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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