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:;/•;• in ,#ewi» w&in Japan pities, mom .'•' theyalw^ahafcyiathimble are aged,, •jje^fliirtwo SriiM's, (i great waflje of ihne.. : it is, tSio .Obi»am«n> However;• whei^swbking'gets endless work put of practically nothiufntalj.. . , , Bte carries a :)jt*ta box about twice the size of .an; mtoaiy silver cfgafett*; • «a«e, This is half filledWthflvater, In , 6n?'crii is % *cm6vaWe tiny tube to servo (uVplpe. At the other end IS the pipcste,m, ?ust of ail, fte removes the tube and blows through It to te- move all blockage. Then he fumbles ' thrpngli his awkward dotliea, seareb- lug lot, tobacco and produces a bit of ; £#gjrfwblch It is wrapped. Carefully Be extracts;a wad ol tobac- co, ptthv away His rag ana slowly plugs the \tube which holds perhaps the t^ntb pattd* an ordinary cigarette. But ho never -fcas any watches. So be baa to borrow op hunt out a browb/paper stem ana light it—it glow? tttv a \long time pnd can be pair- ed, into flame ngai»--ljo gives a long dra*vj ' slowly* appreciatively, the spoke oozes from, between his Celes- tial lips; be. spits; he draws again and • gets small result, The smoke Is over, . He removes the tube, Wows through it, and tbo proceeding begins all over again. . The HenH.' Tbo human boart is practically a force pump about six Inches in length and four inches in diameter, It beats 70 tiines per minute, 4,800 times per hour, 100,800 times por day and 30,- ^02,000 times per year and 2,075,440,- 000 times* In seventy years, -which is •'man's appointed threescore years and ten.\ At each of theso beats it forces %y* ounces of blood through the sys- tem, 175* ounces por minute, 050*4 poundsrpcr hour or 703 tons per day. All tbo blood in the body, which is .about thirty pounds, passes through the heart every three minutes, This little organ puinpa overs* day what la eonal to, lifting 122 tons one foot high or one ton 322 foot high—that is, one ton tp the top of a\ forty yard mill chimney or sixteen persons seven pcoreHiich to tbo same height. Dur- tog tbo seventy years of a roan's lifo. this marvelous little pump, without a tingle moment's rest, night or day, dlschargel the enormous quantity of ITBfSSO tons of blood. ,, £aatJPInt, \What becomes of pins? It witild Willy seem reflecting upon the dally WwppparuMco of pins that the «artk would be covered wltb them and. that the annual Jail if measured would amount to several inches. Wo- men who start out with pins plnytug K useful part in the dotnlls of a gown will tell you that they never can find a pint that tlioy ore always buying pinaj that tboy aro eternaily loaning them. In tho dressmaker's rooms the .expenditure for pins is no small item. She average dressmaker uses and loses .twelve pnpors. of pins a month. Set tho floors Of her rooms aro not matted with thorn, and f rormenlly her wall goes up, \What has become of all the pbnf» \Where Indeed do they got 'Is there a crust of pins subtly forming under the everyday sweep tbnt will jiuxxlo explorers In some far age to com«?-Pallade!phlB Ledger. Vhm Victoria MedaO. Tho Victoria medal In made out of bronze from Russian guns captured In the Crimean war, Tho design is tin \wjork of the prince- consort of Queen Victoria. Tho medals are made sop irately* and only when one is needed. Thus when some soldier or sailor, no matter, wba$ bis rank may bo, has •hown j \c6tispl<!iloua bravery or devo- tion to tho country In the presenco of danger,\ as the act reads, the war offlco •ends to the royal Jewolers tho bronze needed-for the metal. It Is carefully cast,-died smooth around. tho edges and then the design is brought out by chasing, Tho soldier's medal Is sus- pended, by a red ribbon and that of the •alley by * blue piece of silk. A Xrtftar to Mather. \Yett pj^OTteeJ mother a letter. Write ,lt now,\ is one of the mottoes on the walls of the Nagasaki Home For Sea- men, a motto that, It Is asserted, has restrained more men from going wrong than sunost any other Influence of the place. Wanderers over tho globo are not tbo only ones who need such a re- minder, Indeed they might be able to give l«u6n& in filial duty to many who bare never reaihsed how fortunate they are that home abd mother are not far away, but near at hand-Youth's Com- panion, r • i Ualcln* Mutter* Worse. Amateur Critic (in the studio of Z., the great painter)—Splendid picture, roaHyl Allow mo to compliment you. But Why did you thoose such an ugly model} \She's toy s!***r.\ »*Oh, pardon! How foolish of mo! I ought' of course to have noticed the resemblance?* blindness 'Is;, a. condition in which vision Ut flejcfect,;pr fairly* so* in daylight,: bM Sails withthe setting ot. tbg *un ana- is not restored under ordi- nary eondltJons; o f artlflciat lljumina* tio4. ,ibe suffered f rein night biind- 'rtejs. can usually-see thoiighf/pf a can-' dieor lamp when be lpoks dlrepjiiy at ili but be cannot -rea.4 even when the light Is thrown dbrectl| upon the page. Usually, however, he sees well m a 'room lighted bWiltantly witbelectriti- ijy, the degree of illumination then ap- proaching that of Bunllgbtj' - The cause of night blindness is 'be- lieved to be an exhausting of the ppwer of vision: b y toe great Hsb^, fpr-it oe-, curs mainiy among soldiers and sallopi' In the tropics, who are exposed- foir, many hour* to tbo glare of th,e sun, and among arctteoxplorerSi whose eyes are, dazajed by refleatfon from the snow., On. shipboard it is often associated with scurvy, and persons wbp arede* pressed physically or mentally* oV,to any other way \run down'' ate mora likely to suffer, than the strong;' Sailors have a. superstition that Jbe trouble Is .due to Imprudence in sleep; (ng on deck la the moonlight, and this belief is embodied In the term \moon blink,'' by which they call It, .The tropical moon Is probably fs guiltless In this respect es It is to. tho prodsfo lion of insanity. The only treatment for night blind- ness is keeping away from bright light or protecting tbo eyes with goggles or a bandage until the exhausted retina has recovered its tono.-Xouth*» Com- panion. The falling of a drop of rain It a commonplace, overyday matter* but a flash of llghtnlng*-ab, that 1* something ont of tho ordinary, somothmg to won- der at, so most men think. Tbo bum- ble, physicist plodding on tbo trail of these manifestations of physical energy thinks otherwise. To him tho drop of water falling gently Is much more of a mystery than tho sudden rupture of the Sir gap and tho headlong rush of elec- trical energy In a-disruptive discharge. Although rain bus fallen since the dawn of creation, man knows very lit- tle about the origin, tho structure of tho raindrop, Sua reason for this la that tho simple- looking drop of rain is In reality 4 marvelous microcosm. Some day when the mechanism of a drop ot ritin shall b e made plain it will be found that tho univorse Itteif is not more wonderfully hold together, Tho slzo of tho drop Is not the obsta- cle In tho way of a clearer ku&wledgt of tho drop structure, for tho avers** diameter of raindrops Is not far from one millimeter, and men of science bave to deal with quantities infinitely smaller.—Sunset Mngaalnc. - •pam'ii Hlsxaitorr ameep. TbMo are about 10,000,000 migratory sheep In Spain, whlcb each year travel ns much as £00 miles from the plains to tho mountains. They aro known as tronsbumnatcs, nnd their march, rest- ing places and behavior are governed by-special regulations, dating from the fourteenth century. At certain times no one may travel tho same route ns tho sicep, which bnvo the rlgbt to graze ou all open and common land on tho way. Por this purpose a road nine- ty yards wide must bo left on all in- closed and prlvnto property. Tbo shep- herds lend tbolr Socks, which follow after and around. Tho docks are ac- companied by provision mules and by large dogs to guard against wolves. Tho merino sheep travel 400 miles to the mountains, and the total tlmo Bpent on tbo migration there and back is fourteen w«wlt» Cased Utrda Zitve Lonireil. Mimy people declaim against tbs cruelty of keeping birds In cages, but it is a well proved truth that cage birds live about six times as long as a wild bird, and the bird Invariably becomes so fond of Its owner and Ita surround- ings that when the eago Is thrown open it will not fly away. It suffers so little from solitude that if a prospective mate is Introduced it hits her on the head ot first for her Impudence In dar- ing to Intrude Into a private apart- ment «,«md»'t It* tl»* ApfclicfctUti. Dumley—She does quote some of the most inappropriate things at times. • Miss WundEer—What's her latest? pumloy—I was telling her that 1 sometimes refrain from Joining In s discussion for fear of making a fool ot myself, and she said one could - not \paint the lily or gUd refined gold.\— •Philadelphia Press. *I^:4$&:A$& ?mm. Arter «, A.—fcet me see) Somowhere 1 rend Of a book entitled \A Young Girl's Beart\ !De yoii know anything of it? B.—res*, it camo' but Just after \A Young Man's Purse.** The Fool*« \Way. The JBarber—The fools are not all floadyetV* ' Tne^Breker^Ndi but there are a lot who dye every day, aren't Iherof- Yonkers Statesman. Quite n Difference. \What Is the difference between a gown and a creation*\ J 1 can't give you the exact figures, but lt'i a amnll fortUnC'-^Oblcago Feat. A Novlije. jEhotogCnpher—Did you ever alt for a photograph before? lAttle • Girl—No, sir. I've always' At the Reception. \I think I>alsy (s going to announce her engagement to Dick tonight\ \Did she tell you she was?\ \No. But see how uncomfortable Dick, looks.\—Harper's Bazar. X* Rapidly Becoming • Vfcjaa/.fEtfe<'ltegu Men who feflr notMng else .shrink Triton ft joke upon themselves. Soldiers who> do not flinch befprejopppslng guns dread to. be mirths riaieulpusi 'Sifoe to the national bete wiiJ.maKes one tri- fling mistake .w^els, to \subje\et him to clever caricature! Efts meritorious 1 career Is hencef,6rthv shadowed by one colored illustration- Acomte paper wii! ttp the. scales of Justicei/snatcbJ the Tic- tor's prize from his extended P al ® and rob the orator off choicest laurels, A brilliant satire will mar the fortunes Of the greatest stfttesmiinj a laugh will turn the tide of a political convention. Indeed the Joke is fast becoming mightier than the pen. 'i'he\ orator has •learned Its value,, and even the clergy- .man resorts to It when he desires to stir the flagging Interest of his flock. ! It furnishes sufficient excuse for the impertinence of children, apd in its name the daily papers doride tho high- est national dignitaries. What Is the meaning of Its steady growth in. power and what results may We predict from Its humorous tyranny! Is therea chance that our keen reHsh for tun may finally produce a kind of humorous dyspepsia resulting from overindulgence, unless with epicurean discrimination we fleinand quality, not quantity, and stubbornly rotuse to swallow other than that which should appease a wholesonao, nay cultivated appetite to Jokes?-<-Carollne Ticknor In Atlantic. m. beat iraMtaae*. ' Quantities of ornaments are lost each year at the drawing rooms or courts at Buckingham pnlaco, and only a very small proportion Is recovered. A very strange story la still told sbout^a diamond necklace \Which was found at one of the state balls some years ago. It happened that one of Queen Victoria's ladles In waiting pick- ed up a diamond necklace from tho floor. As she stood with it in hor hand a lady camo quickly forward and claimed' it The finder was very firm, however, and declared It was her duty to give It In to the lord chamberlain's ofllce, as this was the rule with regard to any- thing; found in tho palace. Tho lady protested in vain, but the oddest thing wss that this necklace nevor was claimed'and is probably still at the lord chamberlain's ofllce. \rm 'GM> Fme HORSE. Wghtlm* pathetic Ending to HJ» BrUllant «»* ' Glorlou* fefuree.?. ' ««t«|t«,rMK W**^'&!«*>**.; A cufiaus %e'ddi^cust6ni which ej ists in ^uikarift'iB^tb^^Jsbatin^i^lj brl9egroow'on^ejw.eaditfg^«y>; *•'&. .While the: hitrber MengO^fap^nii)! The story -of* vetei*s.flreT»ome : itta* t ,ce a danclnrC;rowd olPboys and glgi ' • 9 ' surround tiie^bri'de^oom. .^Wben V< u hair has been' 'out,' the' \Pieces are _ci was disabled abd *ou«dJ4? *a y imp; •-^^'\^bri'degrodm. VWben lili the street cleaning deparhuen| is told ZuT^te J'eut.'le^ie ,by Sewell l?ofd In \RorBes-NWe ^ , ,, fnlly.collected by .spnif of. the^8si(-|o; author says: - ^ ,_> , ,£ p^e^fl fa one;-of thewbri# There, waa.no,delay,afjqut.hisJ^^ai• ^esS, ' ' * *' ¥ ; u^.„ «.„„ K„„„rto^ ^^ ha*^er. Aas IfnisbiKai W tlon. into his fore boofs they branded this shameful inserlptbni;-''!* S, ^-.' w i rJ , ie'.recelyeSa small watte i?' , 037,\ On his back they flungia forty; Z&MtfltiLnk and each -PKffW pound' single harness with a flirty! piece of canvas as a blanket They hooked bim to, ah iron dump cart, 1 and then with a heavy lashed whip they, haled him forttvat 6^80 a. m, tfi begin .the ingloripus 'wort'o'f ^removing refuse 'from, tfie city '8treet9> • I Perhaps you think ©id Silver, could not feel the disgrace, the Ignominy off it all. Gould you have'seen the lower-i, ed head, the limp hung tali; the dulled. eyes and>the dispirited Bag of-his quar-1 ters you would have thought differ- 1 cntly.' I [ It Is one thing to jump a hook and ladder truck up Broadway to the re- lief of a fire threatened block and quite another to plod humbly along the curb from ash Can to ash can. How Silver did bate those cans! Buck one I should have been for him a signal to stpp. But It wns not. In consequence he was yanked to a halt every two minutes, ! Sometimes be would crane his neck and look mournfully around at the un- sightly leg which he biid come -to un- derstand was the cause of all his mis- ery. There would come Into his great eyes a look of such pitiful melancholy that one might almost fancy tears roll- ing out. Then ho would be roused by an exasperated driver, who jerked cru- elly on the lines and used his whip as If it had been a flail. cloth'as' 'a present, ^__ , ., ... gives»'biuT,»a^mfliiii» ; T: iBuni 'qf^ money,; ffhen the brldegraon»..kls^es-th^bsfld< 4 M each girl, washes hi^face and;doH|M»; Wedding dress', \which\ must Be first afe cufately Weighed' threes timeWby a 'laM These strange customs.are»sald>.1$ date back to pre-Ghristum day's,, but they are still 'Stri(iitiy'b.bseWea,%sp'fe f i daily infcountryulstrle.tft' 1 ' '** forty Biblea » Mlnote.'' _ The 'Bible publlcatlons'ef the? Oanfbi Dnlversity Press have heenvlsaued^ 8Q0 years and can be publlshed«in ^50: languages and dialects^ Orders fori 100.000 Btbles-Bre quite common. An order for half'a mltllpn coplCB causae- cording to the Caxton Magazine, bfl' readily filled. On an average from thir- ty to forty Bibles are furnished every minute. There are HO different -ed* 1 tfons of the Oxford Bibles in English,' rnrylng from the magnWiceflt f6Ho. edi- tion for pulpit use; to; the \brllllanf' Bi- ble, the smallest edition of the Script tures In the world. The largest folio: Bible printed In Oxford 'measure*' 19 by 12 inches, and-no erratum has!as' yet been found in it The\BrllIlan j t Text Bible\ measures 8& by 2i64n«ie» tnd i* tbree-tonrthfc'of «n'-^j^I!h ii thie^y ,, • Mm+T 0*rrt*w»> *•* mmi&ii*\'\' Colonel Bill .Sterrett\-uaed to ! rtoll An oi»timl«t. 'l'He'8 nn optlmlst. ,, 1'Indeed?\ \Yes. He thinks he gets handsomer as he grows older.\—Detroit Free Press. Hope is always liberal, and they that trust bcr promises make little scruple of reveling today on the profits of to- morrow,—Johiinon. To Avoid TelHmr Seeretn. A New Yorli theatrical manager was advising a friend to be cautious In an undertaking he had i n view. \You can't tako too many precau- tions,\ ho asserted. 'An ounce of pre- vention,' as the copy hook' used to say, •is better than, seven pounds of allo- pathic, homeopathic or hydropathic Cure.* One of the most contented men I ever knew was the most cautious. Ho was deaf and dumb, and he never went to bed without putting en boxing gioves.\ JlBoxlng gloves? What forJSL. .. . \So. that he, wouldn't talk in his •jeep.\ Tie Iteporter and the Doolor. The following conversaUern between a doctor x and a newspaper man was overheard the other day; \I've mot some newspaper mon,\ said the doctor, \and I don't like their ways. They're always trying to pry into other people's business.\ \Well responded the reporter. \There's but ono difference between newspaper men and doctors that I can lee.\ \And what's that?** asked tho doctor. \You follows dissect bodies and w* dissect brains. For my part I like the brain ond of it\ Then tho doctor sat down and thought (or several minutes. WlT JVnUte Wept. From Scotland comes the following itory concerning nn enthusiastic curler who Invariably wore at the game a cap with comfortable warm car flaps: Ar- riving ono day without bis headgear, he was greeted by a friend: \Eh WulUe, mon, whnr's yero auld lug warmer?\ To which the other replied lugubri- tusly: \1 hne na* worn it seence mn acci- dent.** \Accident? A'm sorry tne hear o*t What was It, then?\ \A roon offered me o dram, an' wi' they dashed flaps I didnn, hear lilm.\ \Mn consciencol\ said the other.— London Globe. « u«u uwu „ uu». »•»»' * man w ( h0 WW m 9 $ h S * ndll( n To another horse, unused to anything, *?rrl\>ry to selj baby carrlsges, ' Everybody said he wascraky; It wss idajltted that there was. a flnrewp'ot babies in the. territory, but no .<on« could se$ what the squaws, who were used to packing their-offspring'on tholr backs, could do with baby carrlagsev- Still orders began to com* back, flrif for dozens and then for carloads) iad flnally Sterrott went up to laves tig* is, Ho wont into one of the 'Indlsn til* lages. \And I'll ba dashed!\ said 'Cdionei BUI, \if 1 didn't see a doxerl big f^t In- dians sitting In baby carritg**, all icrougcd up, while' tho *qu«,wa .wers pushing them around.' The! baby*c«> ring* man bad made 'the Indians*.!*- -better, the life would not have seemed hard. But to Silver, accustomed to such little amenities as friendly pats from men. and the comradeship of his fellow workers, It was like n bad dream. Had ho not lost bis caste? Ex- press and dray horses, the very ones that bad once scurried Into side streets at sound of his hoofs, now Insolently crowded him to the curb, Whein ho had been on the fire truck Silver had yield- ed the right of way to none, ho bad hold bis bead blgli; now be dodged and waited, he woro a blind bridle, and he Wished neither to see nor to be seen. What Altcd the Clock. Mrs. Benson's dock, after having kept excellent time for several years, suddenly stopped, After trying for eorao time to make It go she removed it from Its shelf and sent it *o a clock repairer. \Madam.\ ho said after inspecting. \Is this clock kept In a damp room!\ \No.\ sho replied. \We keep It to tho driest-room In the bouse.\ \Has It ever had o fall Into a tub ot water or anything of that sort?** \Nover.\ \Well 1 can't understand It Its works aro as rusty as If it bad been loft unused In n cellar for a year.\ \I can't see how that can be,\ said Mrs. Benson. \We arc so careful of that clock that we always keep our vlnte of muriatic and BUtphnrlc acid Inside of it, whore we know they will never be touched.\ Then! the jeweler understood.— Youth's Companion. Wot \'tce. \What a nice, big boy you are, Tom^ my,\ said the plensant faced neighbor. \I'm big all right.\ said Tommy, \hat I ain't nie&\ \Don't you want to be called nicer That's very strange. My Georgle Is never happier than when people nllude lo him ns a nice boy.™ \An' I can lick him with one band tied behind me,\ said terrible Tommy. -Cleveland Plain, Deslor, The Limit {leached. The prisoner, n faded, battered speci- men of mankind, on. whose haggard face, deeply Uned with the marks of dissipation, there still lingered faint re- minders of better days long pasfstood dejectedly before the Judge. \Where are you from?\ asked the magistrate. \From Boston,\ answered the accus- ed man. \Indeed said the judge—\Indeed yours is a sad fall, and yet you don't seem to thoroughly realize how low you have sunk.\ The man started as If struck. \Your honor does me an injustice,\ ho Bald bitterly, \The disgrace of arrest for drunkenness, the mortification of being thrust Into the noisome dungeon, the publicity and humiliation of trial In a crowded and dingy court room I can bear, but to be sentenced by a police magistrate who splits his Infinitives— that is Indeed tbo last blow.\—New ¥ork Times. . Sixteenth Oratory London. It Is a mistake to Imagine that the streets of London in the sixteenth century presented a much more lively appearance than they do at present The everyday dress of the people, even of the highest rank, was almost Invari- ably made of broadcloth,of a sober col- or, occasionally enlivened with velvet and smart ribbons. It was only on state occasions or festivities, parties, balls and public entertainments that the gay silks and velvets and the cloth of gold Were exhibited, and It must be remembered that so costly were the materials which could then be em- ployed In male or female dress that not infrequently parents left their best clothes by will to their favorite chil- dren as a much valued legacy. hove that baby carriage* w«*» ttsi right kind of pleasure rigs\ for* the* in* bin rod men.\-New X$rk«Wsfl«^ Freaeac* ot Mlit*. A gentleman on a visit to an «syturA< was wahang in the grounds when a nan camo up to him aad entered? tot* conversation. After walking about for aomBjtt»»; Harassing topics suggested by th» place, tbo two sot out on *. tour of 1* •pectlon, the roan, apparently an offi- cial, Inviting the visitor .to goorar ta* asylum. At length they reached the foot of • flight of steps, up Which'the guide led the way, and at the top the Yls2t*Y found himself out upon the reo£;,« height of more than a hundred' JEMI from the ground. As they gazed heiow his companlc*! startled him suddenly by proposing to see who could Jump farthest tbwaw the grounds! Not iiUhTthen had'H dawned upon the visitor that his gold* was mad. Mercifully, he was a man.of ready wit, and bis wit Saved the mad- man's life. \Oh anybody catfjurop down,\ said the visitor, \Lot ns go down and see who e W Jump \to thi top.\ The madman thought* it a gooS Idea, and. retracing their steps, the tW(4! began their Jump from the earth In- stead of from thereof. ' mi^&t When,'! jouifeeMbli' '^ifter/jea%^ Wl)Wk ,^ou Jiitye: JS^^geUtt^ r ^ TfYiien. ^flujay^a, j^. : titst«')M'tlte j\»<*W-V ,\ '''.'.••'•• •'\ : \'•\''•->'•..' •- ' -Wgrypit li^1s; ;, tbi<p!d^r ••>• i Wfiett-jrgw5|ftvel£b headache, •<\> ,,-.• ^Wi|ieajeUj-ieeisbiJiau.eii r ,j< clean* and mvigbraleyourislpi8aen. Oia Comical Pictures. There is In the museum of Turin, Italy, a papyrus roll which displays a whole series of comical scenes, in the first place, a lion, a crocodile a.nd an ape are giving a vocal and instru- mental concert Next comes an ass, dressed, armed and sceptered like a pharaoh. With majestic swagger be receives the gifts presented to him by a cat of high degree, to whom a bull acts as proud conductor. A lion and gazelle are playing at checkers, a hip- popotamus is perched in a high tree and * horse has cllrnhfed Into the tree and is trying to dislodge him. The- Oman of Taste In Insects. The antennas of Insects do not appear to contain any organ of taste, for wasps ond ants quite readily, took Into their mouths poisonous and unpleasant food, even swallowing enough to make themselves HI, while, some bees and cockroaches fell a prey to the teinpta* tlon of alum,.epsom salts and other nauseas foods, placed In their way. These substances were not, however, swallowed, but were soon spat oat, the creatures sputtering angrily, as if dhwi gusted with tb« taste.—XJbambew' Jour^ The Mean Helgrlit of land, The meanihelgbt of lahd above sea level, according to the tnost scientific geographers, Is 2,250 feet The mean depth of the ocean Is 12,480 feet Only 2 per cetit of the sea (oceans in gen- eral) is included Inside a depth of BOO fathoms, while 77 per cent lies be- tween 500 and 8,000 fathoms. H the land were filled Into the hollows' of the seas, water would roll over the eartb/s crust to a uruforrh depth\ of two miles. Envelope* In tlieElshtecuth Centnrr Envelopes nre supposed to he' duite modern, but in the Birch manuscripts/ In the British museum. No. 4433-405, there IS a letter from Martin Triewaid' to Sir Hans Sioane, dated' Stockholm, April 24, 1755, Inclosed in an •ordinary- envelope, which is opened, out and taounted at the end of the letter.— Notes and Queries',* * If dogs could speak -they would have something to say about the fool names that women.give them.\-Siw' Ydrk Mail and Express. Why the Stomach Lmm{: An old question which has long pus sled physiologists Is, Why doe's not the stomach digest itself? The walls of thi stomach nre In Bubatasee s&i usUie the food which they contain and which is digested by the peptic fauibt Tnt* stomach is able to digest proteld feeds when introduced Into It, yetltdoesitot digest Itself. Tho reason for 8 this has been'Bhdwn' by Weialand. Welnland found -that,*! substance can be extracted from thK- colts of the 'stomach which, when add- ed to proteld material, iwlli -not-allow' it to be acted upon by the pepsin pt the, stomach'. This substance belongs-, to- the class of so called antifermeutiS^ r that Is, a group ot. bodies twhiclii by their presence inhibit fermentative mo-' tions. The presence of this antifer-' ment in the Cells of the\ stomach/-pw vents them from digesting thems>lt««i«i • After death, when thiamtatanc* de-: composes.\the Vtomi^will*dJjto«t\''it?' •olf/ How Oraterii ftrow*. ' - A.man Who bas devoted much umi to the study of the oyster says thart tukr bivalve is born with bis shell on land that be' grows only m^the suinm'er tune. The beard of an oyster is not only ibis] breathing organ—that is,., his lungs— but it also serves to convey foo'd to'Iiis 1 tnouth. Whenthe warm, calm day* tk June come-the;oyster'iorftmsi BiS'sheil and by means of his beard begbu) build;, Ing dn additional' story' to\ his 'bouse. This he doesHy: dertoSltHife 'veryVVery' fine particlesiof-carbonate'»f. llrae-^tlll! at last they, form.ja substance, as-jhln 1 as Silver paper and eXceealngly'fragile/ fheii he addsmoife and mWaiPitt la*' theneWshell is*BH&aM;mthebld~abel}/, A tilnnt Bmperor. MaximfriuB^the-'glW^ 'ioamn 1 'fere? peror, could twist fcoins ihtocorkscAMv's}! powder.hard i^ckaTbetween WrUnglm and do. bther --—^i--*i*** *ifl •-95, ;:,'.: broi '*. seeminL th* jaw df m&m mtmi . w jvlth WS.flst *Hls wlfg-slSrSceief^rVea* bunlfor a ring; ahai«ve#^yMh^e# sbrty pounds of meat and. attSkimAl ahiphora of wias. :ee 7 25 cebts^eri boi. : For Bai*e tby >,Ctoi- At , ;|iack»<- , iirug|3St»>.42j6 jMa|n^t. v MelJma t JSv^ ; , • ; \ > ' The K*Mt Heaawre Bi'Time, r ; It ttts~th^-ic^jn~'andTiot the, sun Which first iuggeeted- ,to mankind the icirjc*j9,|.pf * theV year afi-a measurtt of time. |The aun exhibits flb changeB of ?appe^{aac^•;l.ail*'3ihr , llgbt bbllterate* ;a^iioilandra*t|£*M0« ^^sky^i^ltt- minare wMcb. ft tbe same yesteraay, to^ay'and^temoi'rolv'inififht give risfe'tti cdn'cepilens 'of ^brfec«tta-ind* eternity^ but ifyon^^he^lteratlbns-of d>y 1 .ttnd night. |t could suggest to men's minds no abslract meABurB oj( time.'\©^* witfi our humbie-satelliteltsis fail otherwise. The ^guJajclywcmrliw phenomena of new inoon-'anii f ull> moon ate too marked fe;ei(c*i|B tl|efTt^ti|not the most, obtuse sutl unreflecting of SHT- :i«ea; •' ..^„ , _ • *ttambtton\of'.tne1wm\raay be com- ps^'rtb4tyoff|hr»h3uM-l«£4^ « clocI^»eeplnif W hfetfifMlb^ VlUv :out\Ieavtogfmuca>w(^id.#Jtt»cern^ttr- atlvelrvaat Journey. ,^he^progress of the moon, onthqfcon^ti^/may be lik- in'ed\ W'thRt'ef thfr notfrfhand,*wbicn reglatots tne wo«ment|i'»of^It^;.oon*5 panloiiilnd •retMljref f$em Into twslve wetf d^Dned period* * ^ ' W«K*«C th« r±*mtf*ki'itmAiU One linking-«hartct«ri*tic of W»«h- Ington life la tfie^easw wiih which an tattrvlovE f c«a'\tM 3S|Ifl %}{h)t n « P***d- <*nt, the members of the cabinet ana tt»«f**l»laSrA of 'dtfick.'' HbW*'fiie'r-get Oiifcuiliixheir current work wife ,»» these IntemiBtJpiwJf j. mystery, but they dot 'It is undoubtedly bettiethat I aubj^ffl^t^lfD* «t»cu«»ia*d»-yive rolx.wlth tne chlst*\ than that It should Uter ih^gh'm^cWlntlHsl^to ktHv* aft*su mors or-Jws g«g(bl*<*-varsl»a r at ,b*ad«i)»rter». Th* result peers gooa frnlti^foFtlslniJ ki* ©fttui'**»W«a\off-: band ihicli'aw-wrtks'aM.'ajonths 1 te mothor country, AUc^-lt;is-humsn'na- ture ,te Uke-in*rt.int«Ttst in a ptrtoa- slity tSiftf!g;cn\.'MjMtnji^Hon. Markt rauncjfottlo Wnett^nth- Oeotury.-' l W*M°I<*li«Jf,. laJiEliItWi-tii*' Kartk- At dllferent epoch's during tbo.'tlra* known'ii* tb^ije^rtdirj. p«rJod*tbe sur- face- ot the .earth •eexut t? hfire been to prccornlnarttly pcopred with 'rcptlls life that it ltaa been-cllWcT \tho ago of rept|le4^ , TfisT jSujtei fguEsmodons ittMked or leaped sdmnt -In the wealds 6t -SnMti-siBd Hambeh**. VOf'theso- Iguanoilons mkrjjlobsiy-complete skel- etons ire to he teen (mounted la ittt' twles\- of life) in>tbe'Royal 1 mus«uti ? <-- Bras»1i-^~^jht'hi Itself sulnclcnt ta l52rfCB;»\ylJsit to that,,cspljtsb. Other imellsr r^tIl««^l'raws*q;on. tj» /ellflge 9f the then eriiilng pislnl', and'were pursued kniS pl^Ftd-trpoa'by feli'.rep- tuXatt* nioniterif eHaWopil'ifibds:' ^Ther iea'mltd swVn# *ith r^tiles^0ch- thyo«UH>'mi-aqiMtie isfths iwhsleaP srkl'do'ltihiaafof.olirown'dsy: .And cot; only'were-the earlli and :•<>«• thui peo- pled. but?|JM^\t«M\^ylB|t«Pth , s| r oC different-kinds,lad sises, known as pterodactyls, i . . , .W*r Jtevrt»«i Cam Be*r Bast. * TThe Mcttdrrtif at \negro's*J«a^k 'Aha l» amp^oM^bi'me^rMrifo'n oHhU lun's-'llKhf^fii-heia. 'TUs'lieel^M generated retmtlni r '& thrrtln-aid''doe« not peuetrate to the de*psfr.<u>,<>uesw Belngr thus provided With a sun proo* armor the negro can stand a n amount erhreStiK^irTbeT^iio^:^ Pni,,«ij$ jruaanmor^bt^f trsun-- Irroke. ! ' T^ -r^— j A IrfMst^y^S-aarlie. She-8unriee of a b«intlfnl mornbur k.aif sighf or which? I; nev«lJ : w»kry^ , ^Ce-^li, *but yon\shouli\iee 1 »inet Why, i pasSfwhele days \ooldni at It j-BTgare.*- ] Ef^Ttfc-pa'Ii'j lef^tnowVtpib- fag t o nte. .. ] She-0li:-r- m&,f M^^o^^uoktait ijbdut you. - Xoant Eaarlea. ji An eagle. Uvea from eighty to 10O fom&y , at6- yolliSi^1}ira«'llW- v drl*anP »*^.n%^ie%aavage parent/?, to prtn Tide fof tbemselvesas eoon as they are able' to ty, -~sfo* triinln%«ia:giv%n themr by the eldiifiaf'Sat fs'ffefr'to thei«^ jiftld Instincts, whl# \hunger 'and ne-' tessity develop?«T4ere>id no \going back to.the.oia h6n>e ife x>>rtth;6yoUng ea-\' ries. Th&inath^i^- ; teaf«%> every*- jvestlge 6t in*^%«and*lf they emhy ; p|alntlfl ihrirfeksLta* old#,hjrds dart at. •them an? push lu^'off tiie crags or 4 - fj&Cks and th^re^'ttite^them take tow\ ffieir wlfigsl It tiices threl! years for urns **&&*' fgt*m> we can.. .„ ' Vat's PttEala. f *1ve- r # tfi^meff^eW^ent^chat^ hog; mhtvUIate\tonf*h«nninfe^of themt\ idid: '-*•%:.' .• ^.v «»..-.•,. ... - i-.-. I ?*x Bajfi, bgjteiMnt*g» im*ow°A r** jean't te|*ae- the »n*w«r**o a puizle I knows.of,!',» t 1st the f annleat creature in the worldr*^ IlfAtter- itym#$^izl&i$3<iut two* ||urs they sadly i»Jd ttey tnust give It l^vfyf *md$k dellgmlrf jtf*to- mu If it's BOSTi NEW V mm ;0i R OLD P m • <?. NewiToW Old Domi ,„ j*... J-* -. *\^ 81^gAtffli;fi