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Jp MG I ti f r-. l -'- , l f'l '; 'I I i ll it 1:1 I. t ' . . I (' I I IMI'TKlt I.-('ii'lm.f.l. Hut nothing that Muriel coul would induce i li,- tril l Mirtln rto ; I say ol.i n h"T meaning. he shook her li- tu looked very wise. When a god into M)tiu lxlv, " she said, iioi iiii ward Muriel in a niys crio is way . him god liim elf. dim enroll . and llllC ' to hen . tm the i od r ii aviuy rum him. I. or Ion cr: :omelHiuy else i C,'ueenie I 'lining imw: mi -iji-ship liim. While li in time iu-t n wor peo pl.t I h nty kill I to h.M). 'Ilie i'.uv passed away, mi! hi. 'In came on Am it upi roichcil. hfiivy Ch udi rifted up from I'li-lnuni. !u i busied herself with laying out ro-gli led in tin- h t for M rii' , and ii.uk i i Ji r a pil mv of oil mo and tli': curi 0 lichen-like materia t hat Icoi.'s ; ar Usitlc from tin- tre. un! i co nmoniv known an tin' ' oi i in ,n'- euri, " . both Ma i am) f -i i x assured in-r i oi:!i di rtly no hnri. wo i il con. !o lur within no -tr i t. a I a imi, .Mure-, worn Oi.t with (atigw1 ami ( mr. .ay down at un i -le, t mi rid y on t hi . n.ttiv substitute for a bed-teal. ! -dept witliont dreaming whii Ma i lay at h-r leet. reaijy al a moment s c.il:. Il u as Bo strange, an - yet she wu. mo utterly Wearied lo i O ol herttisc t ti ! 1 1 -!-', , iu 6 ite of her s' range and terrili . sur I'oun in. s. Felix, too, slept for some ho r-. liut woke Willi a -tart 111 tie- li'jlit. It was ruining h -a-wiy. lie i 1 hear thu lieid tint Ter of a I er.-e tropical fihower on t..e roof of I, - hut. Ills (Shadow, at hii feet, slept un IllO'.ed: lint W lien l eiix ro-"' on Ills el bow, t he n'iu.piw ro- e on a .-i 1 il . n . t. m. uiid eoi.freiited him ourioii.lv. The youiiH man heard t.e tain; then lie boweii down liix fiteo w.tli an awe air. hot licihe. hut audihie, in tlic Stilt darkle-.. 'It ha-eoirm ." he .aid. with miim'i'-i' it ions terror. "It ha COlne at la.t my lord ha- lu-oUL'ht it ' After thai, i'i'li . lay awake for som hour., hear.ni; tiiera noi the- ro..f, an I puzzled 'ii liU own hea l hv a half uneertain memory. What win it in hi. .rtioo! 1 ea lillL' that t hat eeremoiiy wiih fie water indetiniti ly reiiiiuded him of? Wii-n't t here uni t .reek or Jioman su ern it ion ai.o it. iiakiiitr your head when wa er was poiire I upon i'.'f What, omld that, i-upi-r.t ition lie, and what lu'h miLlit, it ra.! on that n.y.tt rioni ceremnnyy lie wi'.heii hi; could fememler h it it win ut mvj hince he'd read it, aud lie never eared much at M'hool for lire k or Human antiijuit.es. Suddenl v, in a lull of thu rain, the who e context at once ame buck w 1th a ru.-li to him He rememiiet" d now he had read it s i-i n time or other, in Borne ela icul dietionary. It was a custom concerted with ;-eei .aeri fli'i's. The o.l ci I'inj,' prient pou eil water it win" on t h head of the rin.'ii, b'llloek. erotiu r vh'tiui. If thu v let.m ("h-ok its head and knocked off the drop, that was a Hl;n that it wan lit (or t. o hiieuilii'ij, ami that the (,'od ac cepted it. Il the vh titn trembled vi.l b'y. t hat an a most fuvorahle men. If it htood euite st 11 and nidn'l move its iii'i'l . then t ho t""i rejected it as unfit for hi ptiriow. Couldn't that lio the tneanini; of the ceremony per lormed on Muriel and himself in "Heaven" that morning? Were they merely intended as human sacritieoo'' Went they to he kept meanwhile and, as it were, fed up for the Klautf liter t was too horrible to believe; yet it almo.t looked like it. He w bhed he knew the meaning of that strange word, "Korontf.'' h.-arly. It contuined the true key to the mys tery. Anyhow, ho ha always his trusty knife. If the worst came to the worst the w retches should never harm his sixit.'ess Muriel For ho loved her to nipht; ho would watch over and protect her. He would nave her at least from the deodliebt of insults. CIIAl'TKK VII. INTKIK HAN(;K OF nVIMTIKS. All night long, without intermission, the heavy tropical rain, descended in torrent; ut mmriso It ceased, and a bright blue vault of sky stood in a spotless dome over tho island of Houpari. As soon as tho sun was well risen, and the rain had ceased, one shy native girl after ano her came straggling up timidly to the while line that marked the taUm round Felix and Muriel's huts. They came with more baskets of fruit and eggs. Humbly saluting three times as they drew near, they laid down their gifts modestly just out side tho line, with many loud ejacula tions of praise and gratitude to tho gods in their own language. "What do they say" Muriel asked, in a daed and frl htoned way, looking out of the hut door, and turning in wonder to Mall. "They say, 'Thank you, tjueenio, for rain and fruits.'" Mall answered, un von errnjd, bustling about in tho hut. "Miasy want to wash him face ami hands this morning!' I ady alwavs wash every day over yonder In Queensland." Muriel nodded assent. It was all ho strange to her. Hut Mali went to the door and bockonod carelessly to one of the native girls justoutHido, who drew near tho line at the summons, with a somewhat frightene.' air, putting one linger to her mouth in coyly uncertain savage fashion. "1'cU'h me water Irom tho spring!" Mali said authoritatively, in Polynesian. Wi hout a moment's delay tho girl dur'od oil at the top of her spued, arid eoon returned with a large calabash full of frosh cool walor, which she lay down reKictfully by tho talxw lino, not daring to cross It. "Why didnt you get it yourself. " MurielaHked of her Shadow, rather relieved than otherwise that Mull hadn't left her. It was something In these dire straits to have somebody al ways near who could at least speak a Utile tngllsh. Mall started back in surprise. "Oh. bat would never do," she answered. rstcMnc a colloquial phrase she had .ri often heard Ixifore in Q icensland. -Me mi s-y Shadow. That t'feat TaiKK). If me away out of missy's xiht. very hit; "in v. ry hitr danger. Man allotipHi-i catch m"e and kill "me like Jani. .or no me stop and wait all the thr.e on m's-y." It wa. clear ' hat human life was held wry i heap on the island of Houpari. .Vurio. made hemcuntv toilet in the hut its well a. stie was able, with the ca'aba-h and water, aided by a routfh stud eienb v hich Mali had' piovidod for her. Then she breakfasted, not ill, oil ij. and fruit, which Mali c.ookeii witii some rude native skill over the open-air lire without in the precincts. ,' fler breakfast, Felix came in to in cuire iiew she had passed the niuht in In r now i. mirier. Alreadv Muriel ton iiow o hi was the eonira-t between the ipiii't politeness o; his manner as ' an Riii'li-h rrentlemau and the straiitro sava.'e s irrouuiiine.s jp which they Isith now to ,ini the.nselves. Civili.a tion w .oi attribute of e mi uunities we lie es. aril y leave it behind when wo i. nd oui-.el'.e.s isolated ainom,' bar barians or savaees. liut ciilti.ru is a P'l-sunai and individual possession: we ca.r. it ;w.th us wherever we o: and no circumstances of life can ever de prive i s of it,. As tin y sat there talking, with a deep an I abi line sense oi awo at the chan-.'i; Mu le more conscious than ever now of how deep was her interest in helix Thurstan, woo represented for her aii that was dearest and best inline-land, a curious noise, as of a discordant drum or tom-tom, beaten in a sort ot rec ;itciiI tune, was hear 1 toward the hills, and at, its very lirst sound Uth the Shadows, llin.iny themselves upon their faces with every sien of tenor, endeavored to hide themselves under the native mats with which the hare little h it was rouyhly carpeted. "What's the matter'." Felix cried, in lin'lisii, to Mali; lor Muriel hud al r -a ;y explained to him how the trirl had pick d uji some know ledge of our tongue in .uieetislaud. .Nlali trembled in every limb, s i that she could hardly speak. "Tu-Mla-Kila coiru'," she answered, all breath-li-ss. No biac K feilow look ut bitn. Hiirn blai-Kfellrnv up. Vou and Minsy KoroiiLT. All rijhl for you. (iooutlu meet him. "Tu Kila Kiln in coming," the younjj man-Shad. iw said, in I 'oivnesia'n, al most in the same, breath, an I no less; tretnii;ously. ''U'e dare not look upon his :ace les he burn us to ashes. Ho j is very ireal Taboo. His face is fire, j liut you two are t;ods. Step forth to; receive him." Felix took Muriel's hand in his, ; souiewhut trembling himself, and led i her forth on to the open space iu front ; of the h its to meet the 'nan-jfod. Shu j followed him like a child. Who was woman eiioujrii lor that. She had im- j p.icit trii.t in him. As they emerged, a Ktrantft) proces sion met their oys unawares, coming I i. own the zitrziy path that lei from i the hi is to the shore of the ie-()0li j where their huts were situated. At ' its head marched two men - tall, : straight, and supple wearing huge feat her masks over their faces, an i beating tom-toms, decorated with long strings of shiny cowries. After them, in order, came a sort of hollow s uare of chiefs or warriors, surrounding with Ian palms a central iili.o t all shrouded Irom the view with the ut most precaution. This central ob eet was covered wun a nuge regal urn brella, from whoso edge hung rows of 1 small nuutilus and other shells, so as to form a kind of screen, like the Jap anese iMjctiers now so common in I- n- glish doorways. Two supporters held it up, one on either side, in long cloaks of feathers. Under the umbrella a man seemed to move; und as ho ap proached, the natives, to right und left, Hew precipitately to their huts, snatching up their 'naked little ones from the ground as they we.it, ami crying aloud, "Tattoo! Taboo! Ho comes! ho comes. Tu-Kila-Kila! Tu- t Kila-Klla!" I The procession wound slowly on, un- hooding theso common creatines, till it reached tho huts. Then the chiefs who formed tho hollow square foil hack one by one, and tho man under ; I the umbrella, with his two supporters, . j came forward boldly. Felix noticed I that they crossed without scruple tho 1 thick white line of sand which all tho other natives so carefully respe -tod. The man within the umbrella drew: aside tho curtain of hanging nautilus shells. His face wus covored with a ' thin mask of paper mulltorry bar: but ' Felix knew ho was- tho self-same per son whom they had seen tho day lio- fore in tho central temple. Tu-Kilu-Kila's air whs more insolent i and arrogant than even before. He was eluarly in high spirits. "Vou have done well, ( King ot tho Juiln," ho , said, turning gayly to Felix; and you, i j v"oen oi mu l iouus; you have done right briii ely. Wo have all acquitted ourselves as our people would wish. We have made our showers to descend abundant y from heaven; wu have caused tho cnu s to grow; we have wetto l tho plantain bushes. See: Tu-Kila-Kila, who is so great a god, has come fro n his own homo on tho hills to greet yon." "It has certainly ralnod In the night," Fidix answered, dryly. Hut Tu-Kila-Kila was not to bo put oil thus. Adjusting his thin mask or veil of bark, so as to hide his face moro thoroughly from tho inferior god, he turnud round once more to tho chiefs, who oven so, hardly darod to look openly Usm him. Then ho struck an attitude. Tho man was clearly burst ing with spiritual pride. He knew himself to be a god, and wasfllled with , the insolence of his i supernatuial T , ' ' V '7' 1 ,' no cru"i' i .':.'. , . .'. , VUJ" ' in,i-.,i a r,.i .,i,.itt i 'ti Lord o( rarth, Life of tho World, Mas ter of Time, Measurer of the Sun's Course, Kplrlt of Orowth. Creator of the Harvest, Master of MortaU, Be slower of iiroath upon Mon, Cniel J'lllnrof lfeavon." The warrior bowed down befora their bloated master with an unques tioned a-ent. "(iiver of Life to all xna luwtoi tho gods,' they cried, "you are indeed a mighty one. Weigher of thee juiixdse of Heaven and Kar;h, we acknowied je your might; we give vou thanks eternally." . T i-Kila-Kiia swelled with visible lra xrtance. "Hid I not tell you, my meal," he exclaimed. "I would bring you new gods, ereat spirits from the sun. fetcht-rs of tire from my bright home in the le avens' Have they not hi ought the precious yift of fresh fire with them?' Tu-hila-Kila speaks true." the chiefs echoed, submissively, with, beat heads. "Hid I not marfe one of therm King of tho 1,'ivin;" Tu-Kiia-Kila asked once more, stretching one hand toward tho bkywith theatrica 'magnificence. "Hid I not declare the other Queen of the Clouds in Heaven;" And have I not cause 1 them to bring down showers this night uxin our crop? Hag not the dry earth drunk.' Am I not the great gixl, the Saviour of iioupari" Tu-Kiia-Kila says well," the chiefs responded, once mor..-, in unanimous chorus. Tu-Kila-Kila struck another attitude 1 with childish self ' a isfactiou. "I go into the hut to speaiv w ith my minis ters." ho said, grandiloquently. "Fire and water, wait you hear out side while l enter and speak with mv friends from the sun. whom I have brought for the salvation of the crops to ISoupari." i The King of Fire and tho King of Water. supporting the , umbrella, liowed assent to his words. Tu-Kila-: Kila mo ioned Felix and Muriel into the nearest hut. It was tho one where the two shadows lay crouching in terror auiong the native mats. As the god tried to en i ter, the two c iwering wretches set up ! a loud shout, "Talxxi! Tattoo.' Mercy! 1 Mercy! Mercy!" Tu-Kila-Kila ro . treated with a contemptuous smile. "I want to see you alone," he said, in J'olynesian, to Felix. "Is the other hut empty? If not, go in und cut their throats who nit there, and make the pla easolitu ie lor Tu-Kila-Kila." 'There Is no one in tho hut," Felix answered, with a nod, concealing his (li.gust at tho comman 1 as far as ho was able. That is well," Tu-Kila-Kila an swered, ami walked into it carelessly, l elix billowed him close and deemed it t est to make Muriel enter also. As soon as they were alone, Tu-Kila-K'ila's manner altered greatly, ''('omo, now." ho said, quite genially, yet with a curious ender-current of halo in his steely gray eye; "we three are all gods. We who are in heaven need ha o no secrets from one another. Tell mo the truth: did vou really come to us d.rect irom tho sun. or are you sailing gods, dropped irom a great canoe belonging to the warriors who seek laltorors for the white men mtno distant i on -i ry? ' Felix tol I him briefly, in ns few wor Is as possible, tho story of their urrival. Tu-Kila-Kila listened with lively in terest, then ho said, very decisively, with great bravado, "It was I who ma le the big wave wash your sisler o.erlxiard. 1 sent it to your ship. I wanted a Korong just now in Houpari. It was I who brought you." "Vou are mis aken," Felix said, simply not thinking it worth while to contradict him further. "It was a purely natural uccident." "We 1, toll me," the savage god went on once more, eying him close arid sharp, "they say you have brought fresh lire from the sun with you, and that you know how to make it hurst out like lightning at will. My peo do nave seen it. They toll me tho won ,jer. I wish tu see it too. Wo are all gods hero: we need have no secrets. Only J didn't want to let those com mon people outside see I asked you to show me. Make tiro leap forth. 1 de sire to behold it." Felix took out the match-box from his ki 'ket and struck a vesta carefully. Tu-Kila-Kila looked on with profound interest. "It is wonderful." he said, taking the vesta in his own hand its it burned, and examining itcloselv. "1 havo heard of this before, liut I have never seen it. Vou aro indeed gods, you white men, you sailors of the sea." He glanced at Muriel. "And the wo man, too," ho said, with a horriblo leer, "tho woman is pretty." to he continued. Not an Original Idea. "When l drink at. a public foun tain," sa d Jenkins, "I do it In this way. I take the cup and touch my Hi s to it at this point closest to the handle. F.very one, you know, naturally holds a cup by the handle. Holding it thus It is extrem iy awk ward to get one's lips anywhere excopt on a certain part of one side of tho rim, so that people without knowing It place their lips to almost tho same si.ot. Hut as you see, " he he went on, illustrating his action, "I twist It a ound this way and get an untouched spot." That was good theory, but It was not borne out by facts. Jenkins and his friend stood near the fountain Tor some time In conversation. Meanwhile several people came up to get drinks of water. About half of them had thesame theory as Jenkins, and sought the spot nearest the handle of the cup. Thus those who picked up the vessel haphazard, generally fared better then moro fastld ous neigh bors. A Favorite Color. Green has been a distinctive color ot th - past season, and blondes and brunettes alike will rejoice that tho now spring color card is headed with this favorite hue. A bright green heightens tho natural brill ancy of a clear dark complex on, throwing into relief tho red cheek and 11k and lend ing the eyes a clear, sparkling light A blonde requites a softor shude of green than the brunette. Too bright a hue would give to tho falr-halred, fair-skinned woman a sallow, washed- oi.t look, l.ut It h well to know that this color, as well as all others, can oa softer and rendered wearable by either tyite of beauty, if judiciously combined with white, Ik you will constantly look for it, you may always llnd a cloud some where In the sky. The same rule Is true, when Instead or looking for clouds, you look for trouble. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. How tn Conntruct a I on vrnlt-nt Hrr fllve Summer Care of Horiw A l.nrdeu Mark, er tfa-rvlrraule hlrkeu Coop harm and fiouaehoUl Aotea, The Simplicity l.aiiuntroth Hive. Rome twenty years ago I owned my tlrst colony of bees. I was then attacked with a se ere spell of the le fever, which left my mind fertile for invention. My first swarm was place I in a Iluckeye hive. Imagine me hauling the entire 'nside of tbis hive out, liees and all, every day or two to see whether my bees were do ing well, or perhaps to obtain a glimpse o her majesty, the queen. My Iniplovetnentu consisted in con structing a hive with a double deck. My frames instead of resting on a monster moth trap for a foiindat;on, as the frame of the Isu kee, slid Into my hive upon strips nailed on the sides of the hive a proper distance from the bottom hoard. The upper story was se arated Irom the lower story or brood chu tn her by an inch board with holes in it, for the bees to pass through. The honey boxes were much like a cigar bo in form. This hive being an infringement upon many other hives, 1 failed to get a patent. From reading, observing and ex perimenting for twenty years, I be lieve th t I he beginner who does not adopt what Is known as the Sim plicity Langstroth hive makes a grave mistake. This hive is too well known to require more than a brief descript on. H may le con structed by making the hive like a box, by rabbeting the corners, or by dovetailing thorn, the latter way be ing prereraulc. Lumber should be seasoned, dressed on both sides and in. thick. The hive with brood frames is my favorite; many prefer Ki frames. The M-frame hive when j put jtogelher is 20 in. long and Yi I in. wide outside measure. The depth is !i In. Hand-holes are madfl In the ends an Inch from the top The ends are rabbeted inside at the top clear across to the depth o? 3 In. and far enough back to re ceive the top bar of the frames, which are l!) In. long. The lang stroth frame outside measure is 17 byiJn. The top of tho hive is level, allowing the Moore case, or the famous T super, to be placed on the top. The cover Is a board, a little larger taan the top of the hive, cleated to keep it from warping. The bottom board is the width ot the hive and 2 in. longer. This board with cleats 2 In. wide nailed on each end forms an excellent base for the hive to set on, the 2 In. extra forms the alighting board. When using this hive for comb honey, I use the breakjoint honey hoard. jNo beehive made contains more points of interest. J. F. Michael, in Farm and Home. A flarden Marker. The vegetable garden, and in fact all growing crops, should at all times be laid out with a system. To a suc cessful gardener, every break In tho straightness of a row of growing crops, e. pcclally garden crops, is of- A OAIIDEN MAKKErt. fonslvo to the eye. Tho cut shows a marker that may be easily made by any gardener of ingenul'ty, Take one inch hoards, cut to a circle and bevel the edges. Tho wheels revolve on an Iron rod, and aro held at the desired distance by pieces of 4x1 inch scantling, through tho center of each, lengthwise, Is borod a hole of corresponding size. A handle fastened to the centerpiece and braced by Iron rods completes the tool. Keeping Hl!llde In Hod. On tillable, sldeblll land there is usually a heavy loss every lime the land Is newly plowed, as the rain of even a moderate shower Is not ab sorbed a fast as It falls, but by IU own gravity rushes down the hllKlde carry iug with It much of th- surfifca will, and If the soil t wft o'tea deep gutters are lormed. if such slopes were well seeded to tiimn hy or ciover, but little injury would result, and if pronerly managed a timothy sod may be kept in good condition on sidehtli pasture land for many ears. I sually the soil in such piaces is naturally thin, henc previous to p'owmg apply fertilizer in some form, preferably well rotted tnrnyard manue. Th s w II keep the timothy In good health for many years. Should any portion become thin. let the whole grow to a height of six or eight inclie., when either commer cial fertilizers or well rotted manure can le applied to the thin portions. Thus guarded, even heavy rains will not carrv much fertility away, but cause it to lodge aga nst and become absoroed ly the growing plants. Hillsides should never be pastured very closely. llHrroHini; Out the WeeitK. Iion't forget to harrow the potato field, lhe best, borrow for this work is the smoothing harrow. It mel lows the soil, but does not cut the sprouts. Two or three harrowing may be given before the sprouts breakthrough the surface. When the potatoes are u i the hanow should be st( pped, as the sprouts ate very brittle and will break oil easily. The harrowiiigs not only mellow the soil, but kill thousands of weeds jut sprout ng-and this is the tune to kill weeds, ust when they are start ing into grow tit, When the rows or jotaioes can tie seen, tun the cuitiva- i tor through the rows, once in ca h row. To do this to advantage widen ! the cultivator t. its lull w dth, take I off the cultivator teeth and put on the harrow teei h. .Now attach the hoi'se and run through each row but once. This will stir the enti e soil, and do more good than running twice in each row. The editor follows this plan of working his potatoes, corn, and vegetables He ti .ds that the oft crier he can stir the soil the bet ter it is lor the growing C'op. The motto should be. cultivate often, keep the -oil mellow, and allow no weeds lo grow. t M'K of llarlifd "Wire 1'eitcen. Iiarbed wire fence is steadily train ing favor on it. merits of .strength, durability, cost The many years, posts need elfectiveness, and low galvanized wire lasts and only half as many be used as with 'other kinds ol fences When the groutid is so wet that other farm work can not be done, is a projer time to build barbed vviie fences. At such time the ground is generally moist, and soft eno' gh to admit of driving the sharpened posts from the wagon, thus avoiding the expensive labor of dig g rig and tilling holes. To fence se curely against sheep, five smooth wires and (one top-barbed wire are needed: Six barbed wires make a goo I hog fence, but will not prove absolutely reliable as regards very small pigs. For cattle and horses, three barbed wires an wer fairly well, but will be more satisfactory if four st rands are used. Dry (.(miiIh lli.x Chicken Coop. Tho illustration herewith shows how dry goods boxes have, for a number of seasons, been adopted by a correspondent of the American Agriculturist for use as chicken coops. The box is placed in its nat ural position, one siae being made higher by a single board, vides for a slopii.g roof, This pro the central SEIIVICEABI.B CHICKEN COOP. portion of wh'ch is hinged as a door to give access to the interior of the coop. The space left open at the ends is slatted to keep out intruders, and to give good ventilation to the coops In warm weather. Farm NoteH. It requires time to convert sul- stances into plant food, but fertiliz ers are readily soluble and give al most immediate results on nearly all cro, s. A tusTiNiiuisiiKit fruit grower, in an address before tho agricultural students of the Ohio State University, gave it as his opinion that you can sell fi.OOtJ bushels of pears of one kind more easily than you can dispose of one load of mixed var eties. A stockman says that sulphur should always be kept in handy reach ot the sheep house. It is a prevent ive of many ills. A few pieces of roll brimstone should bo always found in tho horse and i ow trougha Insects and vermon do not, like sulphur. Ik a team puils uncavcnly tho trouble may be remedied by unhitch ing tho Inside traces and crossing them so as I o have the same horse at tached to the same end of each swingletreo. One ca-e Is known where many a heavy loud has beon pulled by adopting this expedient. Tun value of a garden docs not de pond on what tho crops may bring on the market, hut upon how much such vegetables would cost for a family if they were bought. Tho best market for garden crops Is at homo, on the farmer's table. Tho farmer who will buy his vegetables and small fruit when he can raise them pays twice as much for his luxuries as ho should. 1 onoe heard a Scotchman say that he bad distant relatives who were Tery iear. i SCIENCE NOTES. Vkhy little ultramarine Is found In the market It is obtained from i the precious lapis-la-uli, and com- manas a lattuious pr ce. Fimi balance themselves in water by the mu-x-uiar ontraction of the air biaddeis. At death the muscles re as and the air bladder expands, with the result that the Hsh is thrown on one : ide and rises to the surface. lr is not generally known that In dia rubber expands by cold, but this was shown experimentally by Pro fessor ; ewar at a recent lecture. A p ece ot rublier tissue was stretched like the head of a drum and cooled lo ally by the apt lication of a pud wet.ed with li mid at lun degrees be low zero. The lubber, whenever touched by the con! pid, expanded into puckers, and tl e-e stretched tint again as the rubber got warm. The followiri i- are interesting facts about snow: A fool of newly fallen snow makes but one inch of water Ween meltej. snow seldom fal.s as fur south as i'ensacola, l'la., but has been known to bonier the gu f from tteit point to Frownsv lie, Texan One hundred miles north ot Key West is toe farthest point south in Finn a tnat it nas ever been kno vn to i 1 1, at l'tint.a I o-u. oi Heceinber i. s,it. Tne only time snow was ever known to fail at San : icgo, Cai., was dur.tig the great storm pe riod of January 1 -1,, !;!. The av.-ruge annual fall in Maine is seven feet-. New York lour feet, and Iowa two and a half feet. 1 : the mercury mines of Alrnaden, Spain, th quality of the mercury im proves and the q uaritity increases the lurther the distance traversed. In the deepest gallery the mercury seems to run from the rocks as resin from the trees. ( n being taken lretn the pits the ote is smelted in vast furnaces. Distillation is ef fected through a long and complete scries of tubes, formed of thick jars, v th a. long, narrow neck, titling into cac'.i other. In the lower portion of these jars there exists a kind of tcscrvoir, where the drops of mer cery produced by the evaporation of the metal in a state of fusion are condensed. These drops are then collected, and with the aid of small pipes, stored in large .roti barrets. A strong and penetrating odor, which irritates the eyes and no trils, es capes from the jars and barrels. It is Well to Hemoniber. That a box in the kitchen or drawer or shelf in the cupboard w 11 hold pa per bags, also the strings, and they will be found useful many times. That one ue is to slit them open and I. ne the ealte tins. Than another u-c i to cover each i;tr of canned fruit to keep out the light. That newspapers should be saved for kitchen U:-e, to wipe the stoe off, to pol sh the teakettle, to wipe the Hat. irons, doubled to place under a hut kettle or hot. dish we wish to place on the table. That two or three spread on the f our ;n front of the table, stove, 8 nk on baking day saves the lloor, and they can be tmrned up when through with, taking the dust with them. That a handful of i on tacks are good to clean out bottles and fruit cans with; half lill the jars with soapsuds, then add the tacks and bhake, That it Is safer to use them than snot, as the latter may leave a poison deposit. That if one cooks in hot summer weather one should dress as coot as poss hie. That a dress made of five-cent chailie is surprisingly cool and will wear longer tha i one would suppose from the thin nature of the goods, Oood Housekeeping. No l'i'oliililtion. I ur ng a certain court-martial trial held recently in New Mexicdj"a colored sergeant was called to testify against a lieutenant, formerly his troo., -commander, now charged be fore the court with intoxication and neglect of duty. "Vou say that the lieutenant told you to march the troop down to So-and-So's ranch and there go into camp'" asked the Judge advocate. "Yes, sah," replied tho African sergeant. "Well, from pre vious testimony, it seems that your troop went that night without water. " "No, sah; we didn't git no watah. " "Well, how was that.J There was plenty of water at the ranch. They didn't prohibit you from getting water, d d they?" asked the judge advocate, "oh, no Rah! dey warn't no pro'bitiou, about it Hey was watah dcre, bub they Just wouldn't let us hab it" 1'ropnlatmg the Domestic Tyrant. In Herlin at the house of a cele brated physician and geheiiner saui thetsrath, the twenty-tlfth anniver sary o. tho entrance Into his se vice ot a girl named Augusto Prill was lately celebrated in the most brilliant manner. All the memoets ot Jie family, mny of whom livo at a great distance from Herlin, assembled to do the faith ul servant honor, and she was loaded with beautiful gifts. Loudon I'aily News. A u germ. The largest auger ever made in an auger and bit manufacturing town has been recently tlnlshed at James Swan's shops. Tho tool is fourteen feet long and three inches In dlamtor. It was made In sections three feet long, and three men were kept busy nearly three days In polishing It. There Is but one use fjrthis immense tool, and that Is for boring pump stock s. The women are particularly pleased with a marriage ceremony so Im pressive that It make the chills run down their backs.