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A CALAMITYJN ICELAND.
IOwi Destroyed, Thousand* Mad*
BtMMiit and Many Persons Killed.
About six weeks ago there was a heavy
mis of ashes and cinders along the
northern coast of Norway, Covering the
greand several inohes deep. Invest!*
gstkn revealed the,fact that these
atasnge materials, coming from a north*
westerly direction like immense clouds
aaxuuga she air, were of volcanic origin,
'Skuas at once th»nght that there must
Save ou6D an eruption of Mount Hecla,
ia Iceland. A steamer was dispatched
team Copenhagen, and that vessel has
ashuned from lteikaivik, with news of
anunparalled disaster. It seems that
She outbreak began oh Christmas, and
Am continued ever since with scarce any
interruption. For seven weeks before
(Zhristmos the inhabitants were terrified
Stj subterranean noises like thunder,
which extended through nearly two*
Airds of the island. Eirly in January
JbUowed earthquakes in all directions,
and at last an old extinct volcano near
Wstrayskud opened, and for fonr weeks
srnstizmed to eject immense quantities of
Jqra'd fire, lava, ashes, and a muddy
tmD mass at roiling heat. The village,
mxdione smaller hamlots and farms
within a radius of twenty miles were
'ahtfrcyed, and over a thousand people
lad to flee for their lives.
After fonr weeks this volcano ceased,
Jsfc at that moment another extinct
wfrano, nearly a hundred miles away,
aiMjXyvatn, sent its burning mass upon
Mm -yeooeful habitations around. This
aroptioB lasted for several weeks, the
vDago of Myvatu became a prey to the
any elements, and the whole Country
iter more than fifty miles around was
/fienutated. More than 800 of the
MHJple are reported as having been
sneered homeless. Eirly in March
item seemed to be a general upheaval
nf lie earth in tho whole central portion
af ike island ; new mounds, as it were,
mao to the surface, some to a height of
inreral hundred feet, and over a thou-
wad feet in diameter at the base, amid
Ixaaxdous shocks of thundering be-
scad). They split open at tho top and
wusiied forth their burning contents
jpao the surface around them, covering
a distance of 200 miles. Ten thousand
yeqpis are said to have loBt nearly all
2bai7 possessions, and the remainder,
wto*re nearer to and along the coasts,
xke* forty thousand in number, are
ttusaselves too poor to support such a
-mat number of needy people. Several
hundred persons are also reported to
Jam perished. The world-renowned
ffieysers have dried up since the terrible
arsption began, and instead of water,
lbs mysterious funnels emit immense
-quantities of smoke and ashes, which,
taring the night, rising several thou-
sixl feet into t he air, appear like gigan
tic columns of flameleBs fire, visible for
hundreds of miles. It is said that no
‘idtfano record of any volcanic eruption
anywhere in tho world compares with
lias, either in teiritory over whioh it
^stands, the number of newly opened
maters, or the time of its duration.
The Copenhagen government has issued
aa appeal for aid to the sufferers.
civilly dead according to the laws of
New York, is Mrs. King a widow in
California ? Upon the determination of
that point depends the acquisition and
enjoyment of a large property left by a
father to a daughter upon the event of
her becoming a widow.
. Oholral and Its Perils.
The London Lancet prints a warning
against the habitual nse of the now
fashionable iiypuotie, chloral. Because
it does not produce the immediate evil
consequences dne to opium, and is a far
more powerful sedative than bromide of
potassium, it has become popular, and
Is even, as the Lancet deplores, largely
recommended by medical men. It has
3&s a Woman ho a Widow While
Her Husband Lives ?
A remarkable suit >b in prr gress in a
Has Francisco court. Iu November,
1912; Jay. C. King shot and killed Ar-
Mara F. O'Neil in Brooklyn, New York,
l&xg was found guilty of murder in the
ascend degree, and was sentenced to
Sbo penitentiary for life. King had met
a wealth^ merchant named Scott in San
Fbmoisoo and he had married the lat-
kVa daughter. The union for some
season turned ont to be most unhappy.
Max father left all his estate by will to
3b& King on her becoming a widow,
nd the question now presented to a
San Francisco tribunal is, whether she
b entitled, under the will, to eome into
iSB=cSSioa of the property, thongi Kug
|a* present about thirty-eight years old)
is sow confined iu the state prison at
SSsag Sing. Mrs. King now contends
that she is a widow fully within the
asaning of the terms of her father’s
w3), aud therefore entitled to come in
to the property left by him at the time
■This decease. The laws of New York,
as represented to the California judges,
provide that "a person sentenced to
imprisonment for life Bhall be deemed
xmlly dead,” and that "no pardon
granted any person who shall be sen
tenced to imprisonment for life shall be
lamed to restore such person to the
rights of any previous marriage.” The
question is, though the wife be divorced
wad King alive in the flesh, and, though
taken ita place in the medicine chest
and on the dressing-table, and is often
employed without advioe or precaution.
In eome eases, the use of it has resulted
in death in healthy persons, and in
other cases its aotion has given play to
diseases whioh have proved fatal,
although without its aid they would not
have done so. Bnt these eases are too
rare to have the effect on the public
which in professional eyes should be
assigned to them. Still, where no such
immediately serious consequences ensue
or are to be apprehended, the habitual
use of chloral cannot fail to be attended
by injury to the nervous system. As
the Lancet explains, in sleep the sensory
recipient and lower motor centers are
separated from those of consciousness
and will, with which duriDg the waking
state they are in each close connection.
This separation can only take place
under certain conditions which vary
very muoh in different individuals.
Chloral introduces au artificial influence,
and separates forcibly those functions
of the nervous system whioh would
otherwise have been linked togetli
er. It stills unpleasant emotion—
removes disagreeable sensations—
paralyzes the will. This can hardly oo
our repeatedly without some permanent
effect. Each region of its influence
)resents an example of perverted action.
The will becomes weakened; emotional
manifestations are in the chloral-drinker
more easily produced ; the evidence of
the senses is perverted, and their aotion
is no longer nnder the same control of
associated impressions. All influences
of a depressing character are felt more
keenly. The sufferer becomes "ner
vous, ” emotional, hysterical. Nenralgia
and other sensory disturbances become
frequent, and with them various peretio
phenomena, depending chiefly on de
fective will. Ultimately still graver
consequences may result. Delirium,
imbecility, and paralysis of the pharynx
and ooiophagus are among the symptoms
which have ooourred in recorded eases,
and which have ceased when the habit
ual dose was discontinned. All the
time the supposed need of the sedative
increases, the craving for it may become
as intense and intolerable as in the ease
of opium—the patient moaning for the
chloral, which he can hardly swallow,
and sleep gradually becomes almost
impossible, except under artificial influ
ences.
The Cost of a Square Meal in San
Francisco.
Son Francisco is famed for its res
taurants. In no oity in America are
these establishments so nnmeronf in
proportion to the population. They
number between two and three hun
dred, and it is safe to say that at least
thirty thousand people take their meals
at them. They are of all grades and
prices—from the "Poodle Dog,” Mar
tin’s, and the Maison Doree, where a
meal costs from $1.50 to 820—down to
the miners’ reataurant, where it costs
only forty cents. Between these ex
tremes are a large nnmber of Frenoh,
German and Italian restanrants, where
one mry get a royal breakfast for half a
dollar, a lnnnh for twenty-five cents,
and a dinner, inolnding claret; for
seventy-five cents, a la carle. A ten
derloin steak (and there is no better
beef in tho world than here), potatoes,
bread and batter, and a cup of ooffee
will coBt fifty oents; a lamb chop, pota
toes, bread and butter, and coffee
twenty-five cents; salmon, bread and
batter, and coffee twenty-five oents an
omelet or eggs boiled, fried or scram
bled, with coffee, and breau and batter,
thirty-five oents. A grade lower down,
bat in places cleanly and entirely re*
speotable, one gets three dishes for
twenty-five oents, and may find quite
a decent meal for twenty to thirty oents.
—The governor of Ceylon prohibits
the farther destruction of the elephant
in that island.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
A substitute for ink has been de
vised by Dr. Jacobsen, of Berlin, which
consists of points, like the leads of or
dinary pencils, that can be fitted into
holders. The writing at first very muoh
resembles leadpencil marks, bnt when
moistened immediately assumes a violet
tint, and then adheres to the paper like
ink. As many as six good copies can be
takcu frnm it by means of an ordinary
copying-press.
According to an English patent, i
ready for shelves, where it is placed on
tiers, and changed and rubbed daily for
about fonr to six weeks before it is
E acked. The packing process is done
y rolling it in heavy paper and
covering it with tin foil, when it is ready
for market.
Keeping Poults* in Obchabds.—
Some farmers make it a prsotivs to keep
their poultry in their orchards from
early spring until cold weather sets in ;
and they find that it pays them for so
doing. A picket fence snoulu bo built
around the orchard, high enough to
fresh meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are prevent their flying over, witkasuit&bL
preserved by immersing them in a more house or shed in one corner of the yard
or less concentrated solution of acetate
of ammonia, and allowing them to dry
in the air. If the articles are to be pre
served for months or years, they are
packed in casks or cans filled with a
solution of the salt. The boiling, roast
ing, etc., readily expels the acetate, and
the articles are said to be free from the
sweetish taste which acetate of soda
imparts.
Danger to Stock from Gvpsum.—
Tnere is great danger in turning stook
on a grass-field on which plaster has
been recently 60wn, or until the plaster
has been taken up either by rain or
heavy dews. At Roanoke, Virginia,
some stock turned upon a field on the
same day on which it was plastered all
died in a few hours. There were no
indications of "hoven,” the stock be
ing in good condition, and the sudden
death was believed to be solely the
effect of the sulphate of lime.
Fire-Fanged Manure.—Mr. Bryan
Ttsou, Washington, D. C., sends the
World the following upon tho above
Bubjeot: " Th s is stable or barn-yard
manure that has heated in bulk until it
has turned to a white moldy color,
being very light. In that condition it
is scarcely worth carting to a field, the
ammonia, which constitutes the princi
pal strength, having been driven off
into the air by the heat. I once tested
this matter by manuring a row of sweet
potatoes with fire-fanged manure, put
ting about a quart to a bill, and a row
beside it with the same quantity of
manure that never heated. The an
imated doubled the yield. The fire-
fanged made no perceptible increase.”
It is reported that an Italian pro
fessor ba-< discovered that perfumes
from flowers have a chemical effect on
the atmosphere, converting its oxygen
into ozone, and thus 'increasing its
health-imparting flowers. As the result
of his researches, he states that the
essence of cherry, laurel, lavender,
mint, juniper, melons, fennel and ber
to she ter them at night. Thus situ
ated, the poultry will thrive and pros
per, keeping themselves in good condi
tion, and the increase in eggs will be
greatly augmented and their usefulness
and value enhanced to their owners at
least, on account of the thousand myri
ads of insects and worms which they
destroy, and whioh will more than repay
the cost and labor of building the fence.
By keeping them inclosed in this man
ner a large nnmber of fowls may be re
tained in an orchard; and the continual
scratching whioh is done by them will
prove advantageons both to the soil and
trees themselves.—Massachusetts Plow-
Humor at the Police Court.
MB. AND MRS. LEWIS HULL.
Doesn’t this weather make you think
of the still, green forests ?” asked his
honor, as lie came on with the lurid
perspiration playing "pullaway” up
and down his forhead.
"It does—it does!” replied Bijah.
"It makes me think of shady dells,
mossy banks, national banks, gurgling
brooks, the Atlantic ooean, green peas,
arsenie, soap suds, shady nooks, Paris
green, and so forth. Oh ! would I were
a girl again 1”
" Is this the hull of you ?” asked his
honor, as Leu is Hall stood on the
mark.
The prisoner looked around to see if
one of his arms or legs had dropped off,
and made no reply.
" Now then, how abont shaking your
fist under your neighbor’s nose, whoop
ing, yelling, and being seven-eighths
drunk?”
“ All on account of my wife,” replied
Mr. Hall. "Her blab is allwus going,
and she makes my house a perfect
pandymormonum. I believe she is the
wickedest, meanest old red-headed buz
zard in the great northwest I”
" Lew Hull, you lie, and yon know
- .. .... , it!’’screamed a sharp fen-ale voice from
gamot are among those which develop over fog rope>
Hi a Inv/vnof /tnAtitUfAfl mKIIa I .. «... ...
the largest quantities of ozone, while j
anise and thyme develop in « less de
cree. Flowers destitnte of perfume
lave no such effect. He recommends
that dwellers in marshy localities and
places infeoted with animal emanations,
should surround their homeB with a
profusion of the most odoriferous flow
ers.
Buckthorn for Hedges.—The editor
of the Country Gentleman says in an
swer to a question concerning the buck
thorn for hedging, that it is easily grown
and transplanted, and forms a hedge
row with less training and cutting than
most plants, "bnt having no real thorns,
and not growing to a very stiff tree, the
hedge does not beoome a really formid
able barrier, although making a fine
compaot screen. To make it strong for
a hedge, the soil should be rich, and a
strip of land, several feet wide, kept
well cultivated, and entirely free from
weeds and dry knolls would probably
not be rioh enough to give it a strong
growth, and wet land would be unde
sirable. Of late years the bnokthom
has been mostly superseded at the north
by the honey loenst, and in favorable
localities ana in well-drained land by
the Osago orange.
How LiMsuRsnn Cheese is Made.—
The primary Bteps to the manufacture
of Limberger cheese are similar to those
employed with ordinary choose, except
that the card is taken up in a moister
state, more whey being permitted to re
main, and the mass is hea'ed to a differ
ent degree of temperature, thus pre
serving all the richness whioh otherwise
would be lost. It is then taken from
the vat and pat in perforated molds five
inohes Bqnare by seven inohes in depth,
whioh are placed on the draining table,
where it is allowed to remain f :r a short
time. It is then taken in the cheese
cellar below the gronnd and pat on the
pressing tables, where it remains abont
24 hours before it goes to the salting
table. After fonr or fire days it is
"Silence !” cried his honor.
" That’s her,” continued the prisoner.
"I’ve heard that old hen-hawk scream
of her’s every day for eleven years, and
I’m worn out 1”
“Can'tyou agree?”
"I’ve tried to, judge. I’ve bought
her rings and breast-pins ; I’ve brought
her home ice cream and lottery tickets;
she’s had button boots, a bat that turns
np in front, and now, this momept, she’s
got on the biggest kind of a fashionable
bustle I”
"Lew Hull, I !”
" Be calm !” shouted Bijah.
"And now,” continued Hull, "send
me up—boost me for six months 1 If I
don’t go to the house of correction I’ll
go to the bottom of the river ! '
“ I’ll do it, Mr. Hull; I’ll make it six
months, and if she comes np there and
bothers yon I’ll have her sawed in
two 1”
"This is yawl!” annonneed Bijah,
and the prisoners’ band escorted Mrs.
Hall to the comer, singing :
“ Mat-ri-moDjr’s but a struggle,
First you haul, and then you pull;
Alars! alars! the world is full of
Cases just like this of Hull.
Store clothes,
Red hair!
Think of w.h«t ho had to bear!”
— Detroit Free Press.
A Horse Eatev TTp nv Wood Tucks.
—We are credibly informed that a two-
year old colt, belonging to Jas. Conner,
in the town of Ashwabenon, about
three miles from this city, was literally
devoured by wood ticks a few days ago.
The colt had been running iu pasture
for Borne time and had no attention paid
to it, and when discovered it was com
pletely covered with wood ticks. The
flesh was literally rotten and pieces had
dropped off and its eyes were put out.
The animal was in snoh misery that it
batted its head against the fence. It
was killed by a blow from an axe.
Green Bay Advocate.
