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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.