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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Admiral de Jonquieres.of the French navy, has called attention to a remark¬ able phenomenon which may be wit¬ nessed at Papeete, in the Society is¬ lands. At this point there is but one tide a day instead of tlie two which occur at other places on the sea. M. Aime Girard, after careful ex¬ amination of the composition aad ali¬ mentary value of the different por¬ tions of a grain of wheat, concludes that it ia advisable to reject, as far as possible, tho outer layers and reserve the farinaceous portions only for hu¬ man food. Lyell estimated that the gorge of Niagara river was cut out in about 35,000 years, but, surveys to determine the present recession of the fails indi¬ cate that tiie work may have been done in 10,000 years. During forty one vears the average annual wear of the rock was 2 3-4 feet A microscopist, Air Spencer Moore, has shown that the bacteria which produce or accompany “sweating of the feet” are identical with those pro¬ ducing chemical action in the soil. In the latter situation they reduce the sulphates to sulphites, and the phos¬ phates to phosphites, and in both situ¬ ations are instrumental in setting free ammonia. Captain Trailt, a British navigator, was surprised to find that an iceberg encountered in the Atlantic on July 16th exerted no appreciable influence on the temperature of the surrounding water, the thermometer standing at about 57 degrees for several miles on eit her side of the immense ice mass and within a few hundred feet of it. Analyses have shown that thefallen leaves of maple contain four per cent, of valuable matter (soda, potash, lime magnesia, phosphorous and sulphur compounds), and poplar and willow live per cent, or more, and that conse¬ quently the trees constantly manure (he surface soil beneath their branch¬ es. Other leaves examined contained about two per cent, of fertilizing sub¬ stances. Lieut. J. 1*. Finley, of the United States Signal Service, has found that the West is not, as is popularly sup¬ posed, the peculiar home of the tor¬ nado in the United States, such storms being much more frequent in the South QLthe 180 tornadoes which occurred last year within the bounda ries of the Union, only 59 visited the Western States and Territories, while the Southern States had 105. The Western gales are, however, usually ' more severe and destructive than those of other localities. Relic Hunters. The trouble experienced by ihe guards, at the Grant obsequies and at his tomb, to prevent the petty thefts of relic-liunters,is appreciated here, writes the Washington correspondent of the Boston Budget. Many of the thousands who . annually lt vi3it . this metropolis are possessed with an Insane desire to carry away some souvenir of their visit, ab stracted from a public building or work of art, if possible. During the war one of theso relic-hunters nearly drove old Major II. B. French crazy, by breaking off and carrying away one of the toes of George Washington, as represented in marble by G reenough. A marble worker finally relieved the Major’s troubles by making a new toe, which was ingeniously a m nted on. the possessor evidently thinkingThTt he has a piece of the original statue. flUMOB OF THE 1)AY. An important period—The one between the dollars and cents. Beats the world—The impecunious tramp. — Waterloo Observer. A one-legged feet.— man will Brooklyn never bo troubled with wet Times. What is the difference between a paper dollar and dollar of silver? Never mined.— Boston Transcript. Of a man suddenly struck dumb it may be said that his melancholy daze has come.— Washington Hatchet. A “duck oi a girl” must be very close¬ ly watched, or ten to one she’ll go off and marry some quack.— Chtcago Bun. Baseball is older than we thought, as a squint at history has made apparent. The Emperor Dominitian occupied his leisure in catching flies. — Chicago Ledger. Girls in search of materials for crazy quilts are advised to apply to the rail¬ road companies, because they throw away thousands of old ties every year.— New York Journal. Civilization is making gratifying pro¬ gress in the Congo country, A few years ago the inhabitants ate white per¬ sons raw; now’ they roast them. — Wash¬ ington Republican. Tho man who has to endure all the agouies of solitary confinement is the clerk who works for a firm that does not advertise. buried It’s .—Maple the next Leaf. thing to being alive Little cricket on the hearth, Little children full of mirth, Little breezes blowing long, Little onions smelling strong, Little lovers in the dark, Little kisses—hear them spark. —Chicago San. Customer (entering unexpectedly)— “So, sir, I’ve caught you putting water in the milk.” Milkman—“Yes—er—no —no, that is, sir, I’m only washing it. You don’t s’pose I’m going to serve my customers with dirty milk, do you?”— Chicago Notes. HOBSON’S CHOICE. A thief on his trial refused to be sworn. “Of what use,” queried he, "will my evidence be? If I tell the whole truth, I shall get the Old If Nick; Nick will I tell what’s not trao, the old •et me.” Facts for Families. In order to cook your hare, you must always It first much catch easier it. catch cold than is to a to catch a hare. To get rid of a cold, always use Red Star Cough Cure. To get Red Star Cough Cure only re¬ quires twenty-five cents. A “sound-deadener,” consisting external of elastic air-cushions to close the orifices of the ears for the use of me¬ chanics and artillerymen, has been in¬ vented by Dr. Ward Cousins, of Liver¬ pool, England. Boiler-makers and other workmen subject to hearing constantly loud and sharp noises ore frequently made deaf thereby. This new invention may render city noises less troublesome to nervous people. The lluddy lUver of life is the blood. From it the system re¬ ceives all its material of growth and repair. It bathes every tissue of the body. How nocessary, then, that the blood should bo kept pure and rich. Dr. Pierce’s "Golden Medical Discovery” is the great blood food and blood purifier. It is a sovereigu remedy for all diseases due to impoverished blood, consumption, bronchitis, weak lungs, scrofu¬ la, influenza, and kindred diseases. Lowell: No man is born into the world whose worJi * 3 not b oru with hiul - _ The best Ankle, Boot and Collar Pads are msule of ZUIC aud loather - Tr 'J ihr m - if a man falls down, can he be said to act from a iel1 p uip0b ‘ i _ l.nst Week We Published The annual announcement of the Youth's Com PANloN . No other illustrated weekly paper at tempt, to This is the reason why it has 340,000 subscrib¬ ers—the largest circulation in the United States. Everv family should take it. Dv send ing your subscription now. with 61.75, you will receive it free to Jan. 1. 1886, and a full year’s subscription from that. date. Confucius: To die well one must first learn to live well. Beeson's Aromatic Alum Sulphur Soap is used to prevent, cure and heal skill diseases, and to Philadelphia, Pa., Manufa cturer. Chinese tea~is cultivated in Desha county, Arkansas. Jmun^ Twenty-four kind- of coffee aie advertised b’ ft Ic.Lk Uoutt. The Increase or Inaanlt j. Boston supports 800 insane, says Mr. T. B. Sanborn, not 75 of whom will recover! This is frightful! Insanity has increased 40 per cent, in a decade and most of the cases are incurable. Whatever the individual cau* may be, the fact remains that Uric Acid blood sets the brain on fire, destroys its tis¬ sues, and then comes some form of fatal lunacy. pitiable diseased. Nothing is so as a mind stomach; Most brain troubles begin in the then if the blood is. filled with uric acid, caused by failure of kidney action, and the consequent destruction of the blood life—al¬ bumen—you have the fuel and th8 flame and a brain in full blaze as when one raves, or in slow combustion, as in milder forms of insan¬ ity. Rev. E. D. Hopkins, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., a few years ago was confined in an asy¬ lum. He took a terrible cold while aiding in nouse, putting and out for a twenty-five fire in a neighbors years that cold burning was slowly filling his blood with uric acid and finally the deadly work was done. The case looked hopeless, but he happily That used Warner’s safe cure and recovered. was three years ago, and having ridden his blood of all sur¬ plus uric acid, he has remained well until this day. it is indeed a terrible thing to lose one’s mind, but it is a more terrible thing to suffer such a condition when it can be so easily pre¬ vented. _ Franklin: An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest._ The Old and t o New. Idle old-style pills! Who does not know What agony they causer!—what woe? You walked the floor,you groaned,you sighed, And felt such awful pain inside, And the next day you folt so weak You didn’t want to move or speak. mild Now Pierce’s “Pellets ’ are so They are not dreaded by a child. They do their work in painless way, And leave no weakness for next day. Thus proving what is oft confest That gentle means are always best. Your character cannot be essentially injured, except by your own acts. A Prmtiiist'* Story. Newburgh, Mr. Isaac C. Chapman, Druggist, S’. Y., writes to us: "I have for the past ten years sold several gros3 of Dr. William Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs. I can say of it what I cannot say of any other medicine. I have never heard a customer speak of it but to praise its virtues in the highest, manner. I have recom¬ mended it in a great many cases of Whooping Cough, with the happiest effects. I have used it in my own family for many years; in fact, always have a bottle in the medicine closet ready for use.”_ Small and steady gain3 give competency with tranquility of mind. Fob dyspepsia, indigestion, their depression various of spir¬ its and general debility in forms, also as a preventive against fever and ague and other intermittent Calisaya,” fevers, the “Ferro-Phosphor¬ ated Elixir of made by Caswell, Hazard k, Co., New York, aud sold by all Drug¬ gists, is the best tonic ; and for patients recover¬ ing from fe ver or other sickness it ha s no equal. Man is made out of the dust of the earth, and some of them are terras all their lives. * * * * Delicate diseases in either sex, however induced, speedily cured. Book, 10 cents in stamps. Address, in confidence, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, 603 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y._ Money:—To (lie wise a convenience; to the fool a necessity. Important* When you visit or leave New York oifcy. save baggage, expreseage and $3 carriage hire, and stop at the (Jraa 1 Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central depot. 600 elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, $1 and upward per day. European plan. Ele¬ vator. Restaurant suppliod with the best. Horse cars, Ftages and elevated railroads to all depots. Families can live better for lean money at the Grand Union Hotel than at auv other Sr*t-claes hotel ia the city. Speaker Carlisle is counsel ia a law case at Frankfort over a $9,000 thoroughbred bull. Scrofula of Lungs. I am now 49 years old. and have suffered for the last fifteen vears with a lung trouble. I of have this spent dis¬ thousands of dollars to arrest the march ease: but temporary relief was all that I obtained. I was unfit for any manual labor for several years. A friend strongly recommended the use of Swift s Specific (S. S. S.)| claiming that he himself had been greatly benefltted by its use in some lung troubles. I resolved to try it. The results are remarkable. Mv cough has left me. my strength has returned, and I weigh sixty pounds more than I ever did in my life. It has been three years since I stopped the use of the medicine, but I have had no return of the disease, and there are no pains or weakness felt in my lungs. I do the hardest kind of work. T. J. Holt. Montgomery, Ala., June 25, 1835. Swift’s Specific is entirely vegetable. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., or 15? W. 23d St., N. 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