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A ROSE FACTORY.
The Methods Employed at a
World-Famous Floral Park.
T^n Acres Devoted to the Cul¬
tivation of Rose Trees.
1 have several times had occasion to
visit tho famous Park of Roses at
Nice, says a traveler in tho Literary
Digest. The flowers produced thero
arc the most beautiful iu the world.
Both banks of tho Var arc bordered
by it line of hills of some height,
which are prolonged as far as tho sea.
Tho hilts ou the left hank aid in pro¬
tecting I ho whole plain of Nice from
the northwest wind, Toward tho
southern extremity of (lieso hills, on
very rich, alluvial soil, is the Carras
quarter, in which are tho principal
market gardens of Nice, In that
quarter, also, a little higher up on iho
slope of the bill, is the Josephiuo
Villa, or Park of Roses.
Here roses are cultivated exclusive¬
ly for sale in winter ns cut flowers.
Out of tho twenty-eight or thirty
acres which tho property comprises,
about ten acres aro devoted to the pur¬
pose of forcing the roso trees, and
aro covered with numerous smalt
green houses or extensive hotbed
frames, ono or the other of these be¬
ing always in use for furthering the
production of the flowers. Tho total
surface covered with glass exceeds
8000 square meters, or an aero and a
half.
Naturally, it is during tho months
of active sale, from November to
April, that the principal harvest oc¬
curs, but even in Iho spring ami sum¬
mer Ihe very beautiful roses grown
under shelter are in demand by deal¬
ers. These roses aro the only ones, or
nearly the only ones, which show a
purity of perfect tint, exempt on the
outside petals from the discoloration,
the vetoing and folds which are caused
by the bite of cold, too warm sun¬
stroke, or the prolonged action ot
humidity.
During Iho summer the movable
sides of the green houses are taken
away, and there remains only the
glass roof, which protects the flowers
from the rainstorms.
Tho proprietor nnd founder of the
establishment is Antoine Mari. It
may be said that the most striking
features ot his mode of cultivation is
the simplicity of the means employed
aud their perfect adaptation to the
end to be attained, which is to obtain
an abundant and continued produc¬
tion of flowers without great expense
and without exhausting the plants.
A rose bush, as is known, does not
require a high temperature. Certain
varieties, like that of saffron rose,con¬
tinue to put forth buds and flowers all
winter long in Provence, and well-
developed roses of that variety can bo
picked at tho end of November even
in the climate of Paris. At Mr.
Mari’s place the rose trees are planted
either in throe lines, parallel to each
other, for tho bushy variety, or, in
case of those with flexible stalks, each
by itself, something like grapevine*.
a», for instance, the Marechal Niol.
They are sheltered by frame* just
high enough above the ground to al¬
low of a man walking about inside.
At the height of the season, from De¬
cember 15 to April 15, the Park of
Rose* sends away an average of 500
dozen roses a day.
Why Cooks Wear Hats.
Some people wonder why cooks in
hotels and restaurauts wear high white
duck hais. Millers, it is said, wear
white hats to keep their heads warm,
bui chefs, one would suppose, work iu
such hot kitchens that headgear would
be unnecessary. Here is what the
chief in a well-known cafe has to say:
“Wear a cap?" lie asked. “Cer¬
tainly I do. I would as soon not
wear a coat on the coldest winter day
a* not wear a cap in the kitchen. You
know, tlio doors here are frequently
opened, as (hey aro in every other
hotel and cafe’s kilcheu, and the cooks
are subjected to a snddon draught. I
have seen many cooks who never wore
a cap, hut they aro invariably troubled
several times of year with neuralgia
in Hie head, and boside*, their hair
falls out from tho heat of tho range*.
Cooks who wear caps are never
troubled iu that way, and for that
reason most of them have some cover¬
ing on their beads when at work.”—
[New York Advertiser.
Opium in Lettuce.
A sort of opium is obtained from
tlie common lettuce. The scientists
give it a long name, and delare that
they find important differences be¬
tween the opium of the lettuce and
the opium of the poppy; but, for all
practical purposes, the ono is identical
with the other. Every one who has
eaten lettuce knows how sleepy it
causes him to become au hour or so
after dinner, and the older the lettuce
the greater tlie sleepiness, for to ma-
tore lettuce the milk juicy is well de-
veloped, aud all the properties of the
opium aie present. Thero probably
lias never been a case where any oue
died from opium poisoning by eating
lettuce, but this proves nothing, foi
j£>ppy leaves may be eaten with as
touch i pnuuiiy as lettuce,
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
sunflower seeds.
Fortunate indeed is ho who has a
plenty of sunflower seeds for his poul¬
try. They aro especially excellent for
use right now while the fowls are
moulting. Tho oily nature of these
seeds tends to assist the natural drop¬
ping out of tho old feathers and their
rapid replacement with tho new, fresh
growth. They aro also useful for
feeding in small quantities right along,
ns they keep bowels regular aud active
and tho plumngc of tho birds glossy
aud smooth, a very desirable condi¬
tion in ttio caso of lino exhibition
stock.—[Farm, Field and Stockman.
SIIIITIXO GRAPES.
Grapes should be picked after the
dew is oil the vinos. The picker
should cut tho stem with a sharp
knife, holding it with tho other hand,
and should carefully placo tho hunch
in tho picking box stem upward, not
filling tho box too full. The grapes
should not bo exposed to the light or
heat of tho sun, but should he carried
as soon and carefully as possible to
the packing room and liiero stacked
up iu such a mauner as to give com¬
plete ventilation. They should re¬
main tliorc at least twelve hoifls. Then
it will be found that tho stems are
wilted and flexible, and the bunches
can bo handled sofily without break¬
ing the skin of tho berries at the in¬
tersection with tho stem.— [Florida
Fruit Farmer.
BULBS.
In making a selection of house
plants for winter growing the different
kinds of bulbous plants should uot be
overlooked. Probably the most beauti¬
ful and fragrant of the Holland bulbs,
which are noted for their ease of cul¬
ture, are hyacinths.
These can bo grown either in cartli
or water. When they are grown in
earth a single bulb should be set
in a five or six inch pot. Use common
garden soil, mixed with sand, iu pro¬
portion one-third. Press the carih
down around the bulbs until the upper
part can just be seen. Water well
and set aside in a cellar or unused
room or attic. Allow them to remain
in this way a few weeks until they
are well rooted. If planted by the 1st
of September these bulbs should bo
well started by the middle of Novem¬
ber, and should bloom iu about three
months.
It is much easier to bloom hyacinths
iu water, using the familiar bulb
glasses made for tiiat pur[ osc. Let
the bottom of the bulb just touch tho
water, and change the water when it
becomes discolored. The bulbs should
be set away iu the cellar as is
recommended when grown iu earth.
Hyacinths require an even temper¬
ature of from 65 to 70 degrees, aud
after being kept in seclusion until
rooted, need plenty of water, light
aud air.
Other bulbs that may be grown like
the hyacinth iu either earth or water,
are the crocus, polyanthus, narcissus
and narcissus trumpet major. Tulips
do well in pots, but cannot be grown
iu water. — [Cottage Hearth.
cracking of tomatoes and plums.
One cannot always vouch for the
scientific accuracy of newspaper arti¬
cles but there is a reasonableness
about the following idea which we
find among our exchanges, that give-*
it a semblance of truth, The writer
speaking of the passage of liquids
through their membrane* says: “If a
bladder titled with syrup be immersed
in a vessel of water, tho water will,
after awhile, become sweet; the syrup
passes through the membrane of the
bladder iuto the water, and correspon¬
dingly Ihe water passes into the in¬
terior of the li’adder.
But this interchange is not an equal
one; Ihe light liquid—the water—
passes in many limes more rapidly
than the heavier liquid, tlie syrup,
passes out. Tho consequence will be
that the bladder will be distended to
its utmost, and at length burst. A
ripe toraao or plum may be consid¬
ered in the condition of tlie bladder
of syrup. The rich juices of the fruit
correspond to the syrup, and the thin
ineuibruuo, which forms the skin of
tho fruit, represents the bladder.
When tho ripe fruit is kept constantly
wet by a rain, osmose takes placo
and tho water passing through iuto
the fruit distends the skin winch, not
being very strong, is soon ruptured.—
[Farm, Fiold and Stockman.
TACKING BUTTER FOR WINTER.
That butter may ho kept for use in
the winter it is indispensable that it
be very well made. The best kind of
butter may be packed so that it will
improve in quulity, but some special
methods are required for this end.
Butter tiiat is quito free from butter¬
milk undergoes a very slow change of
flavor, and tiie most desirable taste
and odor, which are commonly called
the nutty flavor, are produced
by a gradual prodneton of a
Volatile acid, kuowu as butyric ncid,
and by Die action of a ferment in the
cheesy matter of the butter. If «hi"
ie iu excess tlie production of this ncid
is quite rapid, and (lie butter soon be¬
comes rancid from tho excess of it.
So that butter for immediate use may
Son lain a small quantity of buttermilk,
and need not bs washed so carefully
as that to be kept until <ho winter.
For this uso every particle of milk
must be got rid of, and tho washing
should bo continued until iho water
passes off quite clear.
Then Ihe butter is sailed with a full
ounce to the pound, and packed in
cleau or now tubs, and pressed down
to exclude all air. Tho tub is first
scalded aud then rinsed with cold
water, then with cold brine, and then
rubbed lightly with fino salt; the but.
tor is then packed to within half an
inch of the edge, when it is sprinkled
with salt and covered with a clean
cloth a little larger than the top of the
tub. The edge is pressed close lo tho
tub, and salt is spread on it. The
edges are turned over the salt, and
the cover is then put ou and fastened
down tightly. Tho cloth is steeped in
brine before it is put ou the butter.
Tho tub is tlien set in a cold, dry,
clean cellar, It has been kept a
year In excellent condition in this
way. — [New York Times.
J.ATE PASTURAGE.
Ono way of providing late pasture
is to have the regular pastures divided
a nd thou by keeping the stock out of
one, permitting a good growth now,
it will furnish plenty of pasture later,
especially if well set to blue grass.
After it lias become established there
is no grass that will excel blue grass
for either vory earlv or very lato pas¬
ture, w hi to at the same time it wilt
furnish good pasturage all through
the growing season.
Rut, rightly managed, almost any
good pasture or meudow grass will
furnish good pasturage lots in tho fall.
Kyo or whoat may be sown early in
the fall, as soon as the season will ad¬
mit, and then after a good growth has
been secured it will furuisli a con¬
siderable amount of late pasturage.
If care is taken not to pasture too
closely these crops will not only sup¬
ply late pasturago but alsogrow a full
crop the next season.
With all growing stock late pastur¬
age is of considerable importance, as
it will maintain health and growth at
a less cost than if the animals are con¬
fined. Iu doing this, it is not by any
means necessary to expose the stock.
They cau be confined and fed
dry feed at night and ou cold and
stormy days and be permitted to run
in the pastures when the weather
will permit. The food tlioy will pick
up and the exercise they will take in
this way will be of benefit well worth
tiie trouble.
Stock relish a variety and a change.
Ordinarily, pasturage is the cheapest
feed that can be supplied to breeding
or growing stock, and, although it is
not host to depend upon late pasturage
alone, yet it can be used to lessen the
quantity of dry or grain feeding nec¬
essary to keep the stock iu thrifty con¬
dition.— [St. Louis Republican.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Clatter of the guineas scares away
the hawks aud saves the chicks.
Learn tho character of your foods
and combine your own rations.
One evil result of ovor-feoding dur¬
ing the summer is bowel disease.
A Toulouse gander crossed with an
Erabden goose gives a good market¬
able product.
A garden once laid out and planted
it comes easy and natural to keep it
up year after year, aud it pays.
No person who has poultry should
permit his fowls to be without green
food at this season of tlie year.
The idea that ali (he light that a
stable needs is tho trap-door manure
holes along tho walls should bo
abandoned.
On large farms there is no reason
wliy tlie chickens’ runs should not bo
very largo, as tho ground can be put
to few uses that will pay better.
A Summer Without Nights.
To tlie summer visitor iu Sweden
there is nothing more striking thau tlie
almost toial absence of night. At
Stockholm, the Swedish capital, tiie
suti goes down a few minutos beforo
10 o’clock ami rises again four hours
later during a greater part of the
month of Juno. But the four hours
the sun lios hidden iu the frozen north
aro not hours of darkness—tlie refrac¬
tion of his rays as lie passes around
tho north polo makes midnight as light
ns a cloudy midday, and enablos one
to read tlie finest print without arti¬
ficial light at any time during tho
“night." At the head of the Gulf of
Bothuia tfioro is a mountain on the
summit of which the suu shines per-
po'ually during the live days of Juno
19, 20, 21, 22 and 23. Every six
hours during this season of continual
sunshine a steamer leaves Stockholm
crowded with visitor* anxious to wit¬
ness the phenomenon. At tho 6ame
place during winter the sun disap¬
pears aud is not seen for weeks; then
it comes iu sight again for ten, fifteen
or twenty miuutes, gradually length¬
ening its stay until it finally stays in
sight continuously for upwards of 120
hours.—[St. Louis Republic.
Honeymoon Cookery.
“And go my little wife cooked this
all herself? What does she call it?”
“Well, I started it for bread, but
after it eame out of tlie uveu I con-
eluded I’d better put $ mce or it and
call Jl puddiiig. ,, r-[Life.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
An Indianapolis man has invented %
process for “aging" violins.
The first silver coin was made by
Phidon, King of Argos, 869 B. C.
Gold mines about Nevada City are
tho deepest and richest in tho world.
Dauicl Weiser of Poltstown, Penn.,
to win a wager, ato a dozon angle-
worms.
Gas was first made from coal by
Clayton in 1739 and first usod for il¬
lumination in 1792.
An old man iu St. Louis, who had
beeu hiccoughing at half-minute inter¬
vals for two days, was stopped by
hypnotism.
At a public entertninment in Paris,
a young man was hypnotized. Two
duys elapsed beforo iio was restored to
consciousness.
John F. Shine of Dedham Centro,
Mass., lias a horse that chews tobacco.
When its driver takes a chew the ani¬
mal wants one also.
No bird can fly backward with¬
out turning. The dragon fly,
however, oan do this, and cau out-
•trip the swallow in speed.
Allen Milton Browning,of Hunting,
don, W. Vo., has beeu married six
times, has been tho father of sixty*
sevou children and is now only 60
years old.
There is a surface of 6000 acres in
Silesia, Prussia, which is usually dry,
but which every thirty years fills with
water in somo unknown way and be*
comos a lake.
The prefix “O" before so many
names of Irish luadorB is an abbrevia¬
tion of the word oglia,meaning grand¬
child. O'Connor, therefore, means
grandchild of Connor.
Bees are said to have such an an.
tipalhy to dark colored objects that
black chickens have beeu stung to
death, while white ones of the same
brood were untouched.
A rattlesnake will not cross a hair-
rope. Experienced campers, when
they fear that ratllosnakes are around,
encircle their camp with a hair lariat
or two, and feel secure.
In tho manufacture of carriages it
used to take one man thirty-five days
to make a carriage. It is now made
by the aid of machinery with the work
of one inan in twclvo days.
An Englishman,fishing in the Grand
Surrey caual, caught with his hook
aud line, a handbag, containing a
number of gold rings and about $106
worth of gold and silver coins.
The eggs of the alligator are eaten
in the West India islauds and on the
west coast of Africa. They resemble
iu shape a hen’s egg, but are larger,
and have much the same taste.
The natural configuration of many
mountains suggests the human face,
and such physiognomies cut out of tho
rocks ou a gigantic scale are common¬
ly regarded by savagos as objects of
worship.
At Trinidad, West ladies, dried
bananas are put on the market in at¬
tractive air-tight packages by simply
slicing them lengthwiso and wrap¬
ping ton or twelve of their own leaves
about them.
The word Arkansas is of Indian
6tock. A tribe of Indians, who re¬
belled and separated from the Kansas
nation, were celebratod for the fine
quality of their bows. From this
they wero called Aro or Bow Indians,
and afterward “Arkansas."
The Piano’s Legs Scared the Sultan.
Tho late Leopold de Meyer, of
Dresden, a brilliant and popular pian¬
ist in his day, was once summoned to
play before the Sultan at Constantino¬
ple. Going thither he borrowed a
grand piano from ono of the Austrian
secretaries of legation and had it set
up in a large reception room at tho
palace.
There lie awaited the coming of the
Sultan; but when that intelligent
monarch entered tlie room he started
back in alarm, aud demanded of his
attendants what that monster was
•landing there on three legs, says tho
Boston Globe.
Explanations followed, but were in
vain. Tho legs had to be taken off and
the body of the instrument lay flat
on tlie floor; nnd Leopold do Meyer,
•qu itting cross-legged on a mat, wont
through his programme as best ho
could iu that awkward attitude aud
without pedals.
But tho commander of the faithful
was delighted,and when tho last piece
was played gave the artist over §5000
as “backsheesh.”
A Pauper for Over Ninety Tears.
Miss Betsey Trumbcll, who died re¬
cently at the almshouse in Skowhcgan,
Me., at the ago of ninety-two, was
supported by tlie town from the day
of her birth to the day of her death,
for although ablo to do considerable
work both indoors and out, she was of
a feeble intellect and tillable to take
care of herself. Ninon-two tears on
a poor farm is the longest time on
record. -rfNew York Advertiser.
Quito Superfluous.
Mr. Spoouing.—May I give you some
little token which will help you to re-
member mo?
Miss Tartlets—It isn’t necessary. I
,mvo ,liat 4i w| foeliqy. — [Chicago
News Record.
Australian Ballot Law.
Francis 8. Dutton was the framer of
the Austialian ballot system in 1851,
In his wildest dreams it is not possible
that he foresaw its globe circumnaviga¬
tion. It has now been adopted by Bel¬
gium, Italy, Greece, Canada, and almost
by the United States. On the heels of a
reform ballot in Massachusetts, in effect
In 1688, came similar enactments by the
Island, legislatures of Indiana, Montano, Rhode
Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan Tennessee, Minnesota,
and Conneticut. In
1800, Washington, New York, Mary¬
land, New Jersey and Vermont
adopted ed laws very similar to that adopt¬
in Massachusetts, aud in 1891 Ar¬
kansas, Idaho, Illinois, California, Maine,Nebraska, Colorado, Delaware, Nevada,
New Hampthire, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oregon, South Dakota aud West Virgin¬
ia followed the example which had b^en
set. Id 1892 those states, like Iowa,
whose legislatures were in sessioo, pass¬
ed laws either conforming to the first¬
framed secret ballot law, or at least took
steps looking to that end, so that on
November 8, 1882, but nine States will
vote aa of old.
The Manufacture of Wild Men.
There are many curious trades In the
world, but the most strange must surely
be the “artificial manufacture of wild
men.” Yet a well-known English doc¬
tor in China has just certified from his
own personal practiced experience that this art is
dom. regularly in the flowery king¬
First a youth is kidnapped, then bit by
bit he is flayed alive and the skin of a
dog or him. a bear is grafted piece by piece
upon His vocal chords are next dr.
b'm stroyed by the action of charcoal to make
dumb and the double purpose of'caus¬
ing gradation “etiolation” of the skin and utter de¬
of the mental faculties is ef¬
fected by keeping him immured in a per¬
fectly black hole for a number of years.
In fact, by treating him like a brute for a
sufficiently long time he is made into one.
At last he is exhibited to the entirely
credulous Chinese as a wild man of the
woods, and his possessors reap a rich
harvest. The priests, it seems, are adepts
at the art. When a kidnapper, however,
is caught by the people be is torn to
they pieces, and when him the authorites get him
torture and promptly behead
him.—/London Chronicle.
Siberia Not a Desert.
It is a mistake to suppose that Siberia
is a desert, or a glacier, or a mounrain
fastness, or incap ible of being made hab¬
itable. I he valleys are level plains, and
said to be as fertile as the western por¬
tion of the United States, and it is not
unlike the west in the variety of its re¬
sources—iD minerals, timbers and in ag¬
ricultural facilities. It is a mirvelous
treasure trove of stored up opportunities. unlimited.
Its wealth is practically
With the advantages of railroad commu¬
nication a; d telegraph lines a vast coun¬
try is added to the world of civilization.
The cultivation of tho land and the in¬
troduction of all the elaborate machinery
of enlightened life will,'as scientists de¬
pict, modify the rigors of the climate,
although iu southern Siberia even this
obstacle does not exist.—Hartford Globe.
An Odd Occupation lor Soldiers.
An order has been issued ftom the Si¬
amese military headqdartefi that the
troops in one of the largest garrisons are
to be employed every day in fly catching.
Every man is expected to capture each
day a matchbox full of bluebottle the duty dies, he
and if he does not perform
will be compelled, as a penalty, to row
around the island where the troops are in
camp. The order seems ridiculous, but
the Siamese are taking it seriously. They
say there is great need for cleaning out
myriads of flies that are making life mis¬
erable —Philadelphia at that Ledger. particular encampment.
A Wolf’s Queer Conduct.
An extraordinary occurrence is report¬
ed from Monsac. Between that village
and Couze a little child of five was play¬
ing in front of its mother’s cottage,
when it was suddenly attacked by a large
gray wolf which had emerged from the
neighboring wood. The back beast into picked
up the infant and trotted the
forest, but fortunately the burden was
rather heavy, and on the neighbors—at¬
tracted by the Child’s cries—coming to
the and rescue disappeared.—London the wold dropped Telegraph. its prey
Prejudice Against Red ltalr.
The prejudice against red hair is
both ancient and widespread. For cen¬
Europe turies the associated popular notions hair of throughout this unlucky all
Color with villisny, untrustworthiness
and deceit. In Henry Bebel’s “Collec¬
tion of Proverbs,” published in 1513, oc¬
curs the following: “Proud are the short;
untrustworthy the red-haired.— St. Lou¬
is Republic.
An Unwelcome Visitor.
A coyote entered an open window in
the central part of Florence, A. T., one
dry recently. Mr. Ortiz, something lying on a cot, had
becamo conscious that
brushed past him. He hastily closed the
Window and struck a light, nnd there to
his amazement was a full grown, wild¬
eyed, terr fi :d coyote from the desert
crouching in the corner of his room.
The animal was soon captured.
If You Brcnlho I’oisou,
No lees than it you swallow it, it will impreg¬
nate and destroy you. If you live or sojourn
Lu a malarious locality, be assured that you
must inhale the germs of diseas •• Nullify nnd
render these harralesi with thegrand antidote
to malaria, Host tt r’s Stomach Bitters, which liver
complaint, isalsia potent costivemss, remidy rheumatism lor indigestion, and de¬
bility. __
To fret and toT after luxury or the means to
have it is a species of suicide.
Many persons aro broken down from over¬
work or household cares. Brown’s Iron Bit¬
ters rebuilds the system, aids digestion, malaria. re¬ A
moves excess of bile, and cures
splendid tonic for women and children.
Luxury shortenr life; comfort and conlent-
ment prolongs it.
If afflicted with sore eyes me Dr- Isaac Thomp¬ V>"“
son’s Eye-water.Druvo’st--ell «.t 25-tv>" A.
Jacob A. Iiunkel, a re¬
liable farmer of Mount
Royal, York Co.,Pa ,cays
that a running sore broke
gs. out on the leg of his
*- nephew, Milton A- Kun-
f kel, when he was 5 years
old. He could not walk.
Milton A. Kuiikel. Two years ago they and be¬
gan giving him Wood’s healed Sit ran par he iff« regained
in a short time the sore he is at up, 13 yeare, live¬
perfect and rugged. health, and Mr. Kunkel now, says: ‘ v> e alt con¬
sider ly short of miracle.’ 1
his cure little a
Wood’s Ptlle enro habitual constipation bj
restoring action of the alimentary canal.
The Visible Stars.
There seem* to be little doubt that
the number of visible stars is realjr limit¬
ed. Moat astronomers now admit that
the total number of stars visible lu our
largest telescopes cannot exceed 100,-
000,000. This is of course a large num¬
ber, but compared with an infinite num
ber it is really very small. It may be
proved mathematically—and the demon¬
stration is a very simple one—that were
the number of stars really infinite and
equally distributed through infinite space
the whole hoavens would shine with’ the
brightness ot 1h s sun. Par from being
the case, the amount of light afforded by
the stars, eveu on the finest nights, is
very small, and the comparative black¬
ness of the background on which they
are scattered is sufficiently obvious.
The number visible to the naked eye,
even with very good eyesight, is not
only comparatively but absolutely small.
Some unreasonable people think that
the number visible in this way is almost
“countless,” but an attempt to count
those distinctly risible in any portion of
the sky—for instance, in the “Square of
intelligent Pegasus”—will, I that think, convince idea any
person the is mere¬
ly an optical illusion and a popular falla¬
cy which has no foundation in fact. The
number visible to average eyesight on an
ordinary night does not much exceed
4,000 tor both hemispheres. For excep¬
tionally keen eyesight and a very clear
sky we may perhaps allow a total of 10, -
000 for the whole starsphere above, or
5,000 visible for tiny one placo at one
time. But surely this is a very small
number, scattered over the whole ex¬
panse of the heavens. Five thousand
men could easily be placed ou a small
field without touching.— Gentleman'»
Magazine.
A Biblical Command.
A Gardiner (Me.) man says the re ason
so many three and four masted schooners
are now being built is the fact that the
sailors have just got on to that Biblical
command, “No man can serve two mas¬
ters.” See?—Bangor Commercial.
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Mr. Slimpurse—“I’m afraid yotl will
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off. ”
Miss De Rich—“Mercy, nol They
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want ladies building neeaifig a should tonic, take of children Brown’s Iron who
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c
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:
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\: RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
Plain, common sense fifty-page
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“German
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