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3 ion ili? Scraps, The amount of strong :U 'exotef&> • i a a ordinary huai ah'Ao in eleven pTrntib. Oi* d-iphr.t o7c*”o 1 aom;* t’l - c*r i irv i iAh ooM m*t have bt.-eu !cp ban 10 leai in .toight. About l,i 00 : specks of fish are liijjwti in the waters 1 of Indiana, and > h lit 50 m; y bn regarded as food ti - hi? 8, A .i i l ' us'-ion of !ho JlaMitiuian the ry biioiiuti the s'aren-oat that cleigy i v j, ;... a "0.1, hft v.i ;ho .largest fam : - f * , ii ,v * An English ’-.‘'iomilic man has pro t rved m recon! of h family of maay <oerf t-cus down to the tenth geucr.i. lion, fj.; i mm bora have as many as seven tot son each loot. A KussasCity carpenter has in vented anew chamfering instrument, f.y the aid of which ha claims to cat a corner to the desired angle at one stroke. Thera is no repetition of the planing p-oie-rs. The machine being passed only once over Use cotoer to be chamfered. The oil of tansy is poisonous, ji used to be employed as a remedy for dropsy and a medicine against wormy. Sometimes the green leaves are ot-ed in cooking. Yarrow, pulverized, used io be applied to mop the nose from bleeding; it exert-:; gaot Ani ''ul ileotiiu railway has been q.i tel, rnnrEng fropi the shore of Lake Lucerne over a bed cut in the s.'.ii-i rock to the summit of 'bo Bergen stock, 1530. I-. h-vrt a gradient of from 32 to 58 per cent. The i hcrncity is '.-aerated by a water-wheel in the Liver Aar. Among the pro facts which science (•.as > u: to valnno!*? t-eivice is the net.- Ua, a weed which it now being colti v &.U i in Ron;-", parts ot Europe, in fibre proving useful for a • variety of textile fabrics. In Dresden a thread is it due:i-l from it so line that a length of s.:x ; v luileH weighs only two and one half pounds. C ?.;. outers and other tool users who keep up with the ti trios aie now using a ini.Mure of glycerine instead of < il for i a-..' uiag thou- edged tool.-*. Oil, as is well known, thickens aid smears the .a,.'. The glycerine may be mix ed with spirits in greater or !.-ss pro portion, according as the tools to be Bbarpet.td are lino or Coarse. For the average blade two porta of glycerine to one of spirits will suffice. In cleansing out the lower levels of the cav-3 at Dordogne, in Franca, along with wma of the most rudiment ary stone arrow heads yet discovered, lucre were found a great many oyster shells piled in such shape ss to show that the Neanderthal man used the bivalve as a common article of food. The evster is thus demonstrated to be the oldest domesticated delicacy known to man. The relics are est;m3'ed to be over 60,000 years old. Anew- invention is reported for dry- ii'ir buildings. A Russian engineer, ,'L de Wrtzinksy, Las invented an ap paratus for drying Luildicgs which in id to have proved very effective. I) bated on the principle of carbonic gas rapidly absorbing the moisture of t c air and to thus cud the inventor ’• _s coubtrsctod a closed stove burning charcoal tylho introduction of air into „ direct frera the epen through tw9 tabes. A steady current of dry, warm , arbonic acid gas is allowed to escape into the room to be dried, which rap idly absorbs the moistsve in the ar, tad escapes in the ordinary manner crough the chimney. Stat‘sties From 51 >xieb Ajcerding to the last statiitics pnb lisb(i by Dr. Ant. Penafiel, the cit? if Mexico n: .l i:s uihurbs comp*iso 1 9" 3 e-.'nmeroial establishraeiits, l, 001) indmvrbtl esa!>!i< hnwiits, 271 v"* nily stores, tnukin;.' a total of ■>.' ■ 8 bnairess hon-vts. There ore 52 hanlr* in# houses, To haz- sis, 88 drug stores, 26 libraries, 13 jewelry stores, (116 j ibblrig h-ilisr-'S and rc-i.vt f own, 5!) saddleries, 10 brandy factorios, 6 tis | sos factories. 65 y.riu:iug establish , me tits, 172 c.'rp.-inters" shops, 15(5 sheen;. her shops; there are, besides 225 lawyers, 48 public uc.taties, 70 brokers anil commercial agencies. 207 phydsiaus (‘Uioi.athi.-ls,) 23 homio op-ithifts, 20 dentists, 62 mid wives, 43 phaimacists, 13 veterinarians, 70 engineers, 13‘builders end eontiao ors, 119 courts of j -isties, 17 Poo. stan: ministers, au t 170 Catholic priests. Philadelphia has a modern Her* cries in George Spotman, who stands nix bet four and a half inches in his stockings and weighs 373 pounds, fie recently visited a gymnasium, and stretching out bis arms, told all could pos Toly do solo get on his back, arms, shoulders and head to take a rule. Eight sturdy and strong men complied • with the request, and, holding cn to his ears, hair and collar button, they bore their weight upon him. lie car ried them without much difficulty. He went to the strength testing scales and pulled np the 2,0.10 pound weight veilii ease. lie then wrapped two straps around his shoulders and back, aid, fastening the c-mls to 8,209 lbs. of .iron, calmly raise! the weight and took a promenade around t.he had with hia load. An his last act he hugged a bear so hard that the beast 1 granted for mercy. The Hangman's Rope. Tl:e chi Francis superstition abort lack attaching to the ropa with which a naan or woman has boon banged has just been sadly belied in the case of a commissionaire living in the line Baa de.'iqae, at Montmontte, France. He had for some time boßn the happy pos scssor of a bit of the coveted, rope. Much thinking of Lis treasure made him morbid. Whenever he looked a; it be remrrr. bered tho dreadiul face of young girl whom be had cat down in a neighboring house one morning. At last the fixed idea became unbearable, lie got his rape out, tied it to a hook and hanged himself. At Hopkinsville, Xy., recently, Mr3, P. J, Coe, a lady of some six ty years of age, mar-tied her fifth husband, Mr, R. M. Johnson, a wealthy farmer of over seventy. The next afternoon Mr. Jahnson, after a short walk, returned home, complaining of feeling ill and said he would lie do ivn and rest. Short ly after his bride went to call him to dinner and found him dead in bed. He had die Iso suddenly he had not even removed his eye glasses. A curious ferryboat is be ng built for the River Chile at Glasgow, Scot land. Instead of requiring movable landing stages or bridges to meet the rite and fall of the tide, tho deck of the boat itself, wiil be movable, car ried on six hydraulic elevators, by which it can bo raised and lowers t. The boat will he a double eruler, 150 feet long, of 55 feet beam, and Id feet 6 inches draught. i A BakerD Profits. So much has been said ot laic sis j reference (o (ho increased cost of j bread that it may boiotercating to •do -orne figuring os to what a bar j rcl of flour is worth when made ju ito bread and what arc the profit.-. j I of bakers. A barrel of dour is ernp ; tied into the kneading trough, ii ! eon.,dns 106 pounds, and before the Ist© risoin price could be got | for $5, On top of tho flour 101 ! pounds of water is poured, and the j baker has 300 pounds of dough to j begin work upon. In briet time the dough is fashioned into twilsts and pan-loaves, home-made bread and all the other styles of loaves and rolls. When that 300 pounds of dough in tho shape of bread and roils comes out of the oven the best has reduced the weight about forty pounds, leaving 260 pounds for sale over the counter. Prior to the change in the price of flour the bread and rolls were sold at an av eraga of 41 cents a pound, thus bringing in $11.70 for Ihaeost oi their barrel of flour and the labor expended upon it. From this cal cuiation, which is based on infoi| mation received from men interest ed in the business, it would seem that the average baker who has a reasonable trade ought to be in a fair way to make good profits. Emergency Bread of Turni js. There was a dearth of wheat in England in 1G29, 1630 and 1693, and in those years bread was made of turnips. They were boiled un til were solft enough to mash, then the greater part of the water was pressed out of them. An equal weight of wheat meal was *lllOll mixed with the puip, and the dough was made in the usual man ner with yeast. The dough rose well in the trough, and after being kneaded was formed into loaves and put in t.he oven. Bread pre prepared in this manner had a pe culiar sweetish taste, which is said to be not disagreeable; it is as light and white as wheaten bread, and should be kept about twelve hours before being cut, when the smell and taste of the turnip will scarcely be perceptible. One of the gigantic men of whom Here is any reliable data as to exact sizo was John Middleton, born in 1578 and who was commonly called “The Child of Hale” (Lancashire.) His band, from the carpus to lha end of his middle finger, was seventeen inch es long, bis palm 8 1-2 inches broad, and his height nine feet and three iuchoß. Johnnie Aplleoy of Fendergrass. Ga., saw a cat bird dart down for some thing, flatter and fall apparently lifeless. The boy fennd the bird near dead, pinioned by a black spider. The insect had seized it by tMe tongue ss it descended and bitten tho end off. The bird died in five minutes from the spider bite. At a recent fox hunt in England the fox an into hc ! urch where after noon ret vices were being held and hid himself in the pulpit, where he remain ed till- dark. HU baffled pursuers c; me to the church door, but could go no farther ml bad to give up the chat c much to their mortification. jHardaan & Campy „ ; . Our Line of Stoves, Tinware, Agricaltura! Impiemen s, BSic., era in: b: found in better Quality and Dursbiiny, elsewhere. We alio keep * gool >;•. e ofgnns for the Fall trade. Oail na l examine our stock and prices. 1:* w.iax’vaßrTaaatt.-rtneri!■ i wtruTmim. mMCvW . w fMwinaß-w- m>r’iv7srri*w.;_-cn—r3 au.- * a* Consult your Interests by Buying your ‘ML DRUGs AND MEDICINES FROM— Wsfla Anri V i laliuKb AT H E N S, - GEORGIA. We sell at tho lowest possible juice, and gmantee every article to be abso lutely Pure. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. Ri nierrßer the name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists. Between Hodgson Bros., and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street. 16 VV . A’ ytlStLllskll (!q uo? H A RMON Y G Rov E, DEALERS IN i GENERAL MERCHANDISE And Plantation s upnlies- A A I Our stock of D y Goods, Olodiing, Hats, Boots anl Shoes caa eot be sur passed iu Durability aad Low Prices. We keep in Stock all that the farmer needs. Our Line of staple groceries are complete. We keep a full liße oi Fancy groceries, notions, etc. Also Bagging, Ties and Country Produce taken in exchange for goods. Call and examine oor sooefe. 19 114 Clayton Street, Next Door to Postoffioe, Athens, Georgia. Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors. JL Keeps always cn hand the oest makes of * * > A VO v,b\Aa> 'lij' *AA* \rW'vb' t VIOLINS AND BANJOS; And ail kinds of Musical Instruments at the veiy lowest prices for C.-h. or on the Installment plan. i • Written’guranfoo en all iast.ru menls sold. Special reduced rates to church ,es andkSunday schools. , , PictuuS'and' Pr s-if Frames a sycciahy. All fuses and ftyms of l ames ’ m adeHo otder at stor* notice. Buy Irons us and save agents’ commits on*.