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WONDERS OF THE SEA.
Great Depth—Deceptive Waves—The
[ Power i of Evaporat on.
I Lrihii Tlhe sea occupies three-fifths of the
Roux :■ of the earth. At the depth of
15,500 feet waves are not felt. The
I nrperature is the same, varying only a
I Tile from the ice of the jx>ie to the gun
if the equator. A mile clown the water
p-us a pressure of over a ton to the square
[ueh. If a box of six feet deep was filled
vith sea water and allowed to evaporate
the sun, there would be two inches
salt left on the bottom. Taking the
perage depth of the ocean to be three
there would be a layer of pure salt
feet thick on the bed of the Atlantic,
water is colder at the bottom than at
surface. In the many bays on the
of Norway the wat r often freezes
the bottom before it does above.
Waves are very deceptive. To look at
in a storm one would think the
traveled. The water stays in the
place, but the motion goes on.
in storms these waves are
feet high, and travel fifty miles an
than twice as fast as the
steamer. The distance from
to valley is generally fifteen times
the height, hence a wave live feet high
w|ll extend over seventy-five feet of
Vater. The force of the clashing on Bell
Rock is said to be seventeen tons for each
square yard. Evaporation is a wonder
fid power in drawing the water from the
Every year a layer of the entire
feet thick is taken lip into
the clouds.
The winds bear their burden into the
and the water comes down in rain
the ,. Lelds, „ ., to flow _ . back at . last
jpon
Trough rivers. The depth of the sea
iresents an interesting problem. If the
Atlantic was lowered 0,554 feet, the dis
ance from shore to shore would be half
*s great, or 1,500 miles. If lowered a
ittle more than three miles, say 19,G89
eet, there would be a road of drv land
rom Newfoundland to Ireland. This is
plane on which the great Atlantic
ables were laid. The Mediterranean is
omparativcly shallow. The drying up
f GGO feet would leave three different
eas, and Africa would be joined with
The British channel is more like a
which accounts for its choppy
It has teen found difficult to get the
sounding of the Atlantic. A
of the navy overcame the
and shot weighing thirty
carries down the line, hole is
through the sinker, through which
rod of iron is passed, moving easily
and forth. In the end of the bar a
is dug, and the inside coated with
The bar is made fast to the line,
a sling holds the shot on. When the
which extends below the ball,
ouches the earth, the sling unhooks and
shot -------------- slides off. — The --------- lard in the end
f the bar holds some of the sand, or
may be on the bottom, and a
shuts over the cup to keep the water
washing the sand out. When the
is reached a shock is felt as if an
current has passed through the
Wave.
With Head i,c ti.e North.
The superstition ia.it human beings
a sciei.utic fact. They affirm
each human svseem is in itself an
battery, tl.e x.ead being one of
t® m ake°n the body of a man who J
was taken the in
| J lt: . ai 1( ^ pl aCc ° d P9 n a P n tree
* 10 vei as it . might. The head part,
l ji, a mi'd ana tne the Va tKxiNthen ooay tlien remainea radbJd sta- sta
ry. It was turned half way round
l? jjie pt the prore^sors, and again the
pBend of the trunk tnpved slowly to
Cardinal |being repeatea point ace untd north, the the final same re
n||i of organic movement.—New York
“Cats” Among: the Marines.
Turks' heads end cats' faces were
probably once carved on the learn ends,
The purchase by which the anchor ring
is hoisted is the “eat,” or the cheat
(capon). This word •• V i. t” is a familiar
one on board ship, and further illustrates
the extensive hear t nomenclature therein
found. The “cm is a broad beamed
sail boat with no jib, a Norwegian vessel,
and a well known instrument of punish
meat. The “cat harNa'gd' are a part cf
the topmast rigging: tin* *eat holes” are
apertures through which the “stern
fasts” are led; the "cat rack 1 1
another name for the “mast , ’ “cat
lap” is weak tea, a. “cat nap,” a short
one, a “cat's paw.” a mere ruffle upon
the surface, leaving; a “cat skin," and is
also a Irmk in a rope. T he name “eat s
hole” (trou do chat) is applied by French
sailors to the lubbers’ lube <Jjocu tie lobo,
or seal’s mouth, cav the Spanish), which
is aptly called “soldiers* passage” (sol
datengat) by German marines. When a
®
back” (katnenrucken). — Lieut. F. s.
Bassett in The American Magazine.
Umbrella* aiul Parasols.
A Philadelphia umbrella manufacturer
says there are about 2.500,000 umbrellas
and parasols sold i:i this country every
year. America has gone ahead of other
nations in manufacturing them, and not
more than It) per cent, are imported.
The Sheffield umbrella, however, still
leads the world. Domestic makers have
to figure very closely, and were they to
raise prices 10 per cent, tho country
would be deluged with foreign material,
it is a remarkable circumstance than only
one person has ever made any money on
any patent on an umbrella. That man is
old “Sammy” Fox, of Sheffield, Eng.,
undoubtedly ihc best known umbrella
maker in the world. lie made the first
paragon frame, and ho got a royalty
from every one made for fourteen years.
An umbrella goes through many hands
before it is rold. No one firm makes an
entire umbrella. The ribs and braces are
made in one factory, the sticks in an¬
other and the little catches that slide
along the stick in still another, while the
silk is imported. Fashion has a great
deal to do with the business.—Boston
Transcript.
Tho Club System.
This club system is growing apace in
the cities of America, and is a consider
able factor in the decline in matrimony
among tho wealthier and more ansto
cratic young men. The latter are dis
posed to contend that the girls are all to
blame in the matter. They say that the
American girl of a certain social position
enters society with a superficial educa
tion; with no domestic acquirements
(which she lias learned to scorn), and
with a marked propensity to expensive
and extravagant dressing and entertain
i n g. “We can’t afford it,” is the cry of
many young men with salaries ranging
from $1,000 to $3,000 a year.—Balti
more Herald,
Scarlet Fever flacilli.
Dr. Edington of Edinburgh, claims to
have discovered a bacillus in the blood
and desquama lion of patients suffering
committee to invertfeato tho baciUus and
its relation to scarlet fever.—Science.
Ti.e of Calico.
beautiful than those of sheep.” The
cotton fabrics of the Hind<X)e have been
excelled in firmness and excellence only
by the productions of the most perfect
ot modem time*. The city of
Calicut, on the western coast, gave its ’.
nanvi to the fabric known as calico.
Tavernice describes some of their goods
^ 44go p ne tdiat you could haidly fed
them in your hand, and the thread, when
spun, is hardly discernible.”—American 1
What is this Dissasa that Is Coming
L'^On /r US ?
Like T •» a thief at . rudit • u it i i
. ,i Ine
in upon us unawares
i seats liave piuus about
m the , back. , ,Vi lhey lee r I i dull ,,i
J i
and , sleepy; , the mouth has
Inul , , taste, , } J ’ especially . n • m ,1
morning. A sor oist.cK
collects about the teeth. Ihe
ftimefcite is fP1 I here .
1)001*. is a
feelhu? o like a heavy J load on tile
btoilUieli; . laillt, . ttii
sometimes a
( >* one sensation lit the pit of the
°. otomach , which i • i r food i i not *
UOOS
satisfy. The eyes feet are 81111 ken,
the hands and become cold
and clammy. After a while a
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after a few months it is attend
ed with a £ * ex¬
pectoration. The patient feels
tired all the while, and sleep
does not seem to afford any
rest. After a time he becomes
nervous, irritable and gloomy, There
and has evil forebodings. of wliil i¬
is a sensation giddiness, in a the sort head when
ing suddenly. The bow¬
rising up costive; the skin is
els become
dry and hot at times; the blood
becomes thick and stagnant;
the whites of the eyes become
tinged with yellow; the urine
is scanty and high colored, dt
positing a sediment after stand¬
ing. There is frequently a
spitting up of the food, some
times with a sour taste and
sometimes with a sweetish
taste; this is frequently the at
tended with palpitation of im
j t > t}|e v j 8 i on becomes
. .
paired, With is spots feeling before of the
eyes; J ? there a great
prostration ,. and , Weakness. A11 A ll
of these symptoms are in till’ll
1 )! . ( j. It is thought ~ _ that
nearly one-tllll’d this disease of OU1* ill popll
]«qjon has SOllie
of its varied forms.
It has been mistaken found that the phy¬
sicians have cause
of this disease. Some have
treated it for a liver complaint, 1
Others , <. •, KKiney . i disease, j. etc., .
101*
ireaxmem, ua\ c m i-ll MU mwi
With Success; tor it IS real 1 \
constipation and dyspepsia. It
tract of e Roots, Mother v., . o Dei- .
oi
ffel’s Curative Syrup, ^ when
properly prepared will remove
this disease in all its stages.
Care must be taken, however,
to secure the genuine article.
IT WliiL) tBAN
COTTON.
Mr. John C. Hemptinstall,
of Chulafirmee, Cleburn Co * •
Ala., writes: “My wife hr
been so much benefited b
Shaker Extract of Roots <
0 • ,, c ,
oolite! ° s oymi) , J that . she sa^
slie W01lK1 1 K . r he w ;n : „;
]l!lrt of h , r W tIlan witiu)1
ttie medicine. It has done h»
more , _ goo , 1 tlian tne , doctors , . nu
ail n other ,» medicines ... piitto^e .. tile .
j woulJ rl(1(J * utiles
, . i
t u . ^ the bmrUof any J su
lerer it tie i^et , .. it • nootln ,,
can ^ m
way. r I i Imheve r it will mi soon sell n i •
this State better than cotton.
TESTIMONY FROM TEXAS.
Mrs. S.E. Barton, of Vame
Ripley Co., long Mo., writes thr
she had buen afflicted wit
dyspepsia and disease of tl
urinary organs and was cure
by Slinkjr Extract of Root
Rev. J. J. McGuire, merelmn
of the same place, who sol
Mrs. Barton the medicine, sa)
he has sold it for four yeai
and never knew it to fail.
SUE WAS ALMOST DEAD
sift I that was there so low with dyspe] pin
was not a
sician to be found who coni
do anything of with me. I ha
fluttering the heart an
swimming of the head, On
day I read your pamphlet cnlle
u Life Ammuf the ShuJcers,
which described my diseas
better than I could myself,
tried the Shaker Extract (
Roots and kept on with it unt
to-day I rejoice in good healtl
Mrs. M. E. Tinsley, Bevie;
Milhlenburg Co., Ky.
For sale by all Druggists, c
address the proprietor, A. *
White, Limited, 54 Wane
St., New York.
An Old and True Friend.
Such is Thomas, the ‘No Shod,
clothier of Cff 1 imbus, to the w
dressed portion of the people of t!
county of Harris. He has done .
much as any man to educate the
taste in dress a»id to teach tl cm th
it pays to wear good clothes and
atways tiny the best. He proves tl
last p?oposiffon on every cost on it
for every sale he makes establish*
its truth. A man cannot buy a si'
of Thomas without being pursuadt
before t^eds anetther that it pa;
to buy the best.
Mr. Thomas, at his store next t
the Rankin House, is constantly r
ceiving his fall and winter clothin
He makes a specialty of reddit
Outfits and he can suit you if y<
contemplate matrimony. He ah
carries a full line of samples and l
can suit any taste in his sj eciai ord
department.
Ur. SETH N. JORDAN,
Operating* Surgeon and Physician,
Broad St. # Columbus Ga
