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OF June. ls73, formed co-partnsrshiP in the
IN styie of VIII
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joining souniies and In the Court Of Appeais-
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collection OF claims. address, hapnett and
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The Hinge Of the Universe.

The beautiful constellation of the
Pleiades is one of the most familiar in the
sky, but it is not generally known how
important position is held by one of its
stars in the economy of the universe.
We read in the Book of Job of the
''sweetinfuences of the Pleiades,n or more
literally of the seven stars but it has
been puzzle to biblical scholars what is
meant by this expression. OF this cluster
of stars, which TennysOn compares to a
swarm of firefiies tangled in a silver
braid' only six are now visible to the ma
ked eye, but as many as two hundred have
been seen through powerful telescope.
In Greek mythology the group consist
ed originally OF seven sisters, one of whom
married a mortal, and therefore her star
lost its brilliance and was no longer visi-
Bile. As the missing one was lost from
view long before the telescope was discov-
cred, it is impossible now to tell whether
its light was simply bedimmed, or, as in
some other cases, altogether eXtinguiShed.
The lost Pleiad has been the subject of
much interest to the poets and painters,
but in the estimation of astronomers, the
star called Alcyone holds the first rank.
According to the German astronomer.
Maedler, it is the sun around which all the
starry systems are revolving. After seven
Years of the most patient research. he
came to the conclusion that Alcyone is the
center or hinge of the universe
1t may not seem TO us large and bright
enough TO occupy so important position,
but it must be remembered that it is very
distant, and that its light is 537 years in
reaching our earth. Moreover, according
10 Maedler's calculations, eighteen millions
of years are occupied in one gigantic
revolution of the universe around this re-
mote center.
The discoveries resulting from the inven-
ton of the SpectroscOpe have proved that
there is very rapid motion among what
are known as the " fixed" stars. Some
are approaching us, others drifting away,
at the rate of from thirty to fifty miles a
second. Ii was long ago announced by
HerSchel that our sun, with lis attendant
planets, was moving towards a particular
part of the heavens. 1t is regarded as
probable by astronomers that the starry
movements, like those of the great men in
Spain, are all revolutionary in their charac-
ter, but some have fixed upon a star in the
constellation Hercules, instead of Alcyone,
as the central point, or hub, round which
turns the wheel of the universe.
Whichever point may be finally decided
upon, we cannot but wonder at the power
and reach of the mind of man, which is
able TO penetrate into such Immense dis
tances of space, to measure the speed of
such rapid movements, to calculate the
almost inconceivable periods of time occu-
pied by the revolutions of the heavenly
bodies, and finally to "pOint confidently
to the starry magnet which unites the astral
brotherhood in one great family. - Youths
Companion.
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| I'LL their mouth with large Jumps Of clay.
AT San Roja an Indian child was observed
which, according TO the statement of its
mother, would hardly eat anything but
earth. The negroes Of Guinea are also in
the habit of eating a yellowish kind of
earth called cdoudc. While the slave trade
between Africa and the West Indies was in
existence, these negroes on their arrival at
the plantations would endeavor TO pro-
cure some similar species of food, main
tanning that the earth they devoured was
harmless. IL was found, however, that
the cdouae of the West Indies had a dele
FERROUS effect on the health Of those partak-
ing of it, and its use was strictly forbid
den.
In Java the same practice prevails. In
1917 some edible clay was sent for analysis
from Samarang to Berlin. and was found
to be fresh-water formation deposited in
tertiary limestone, and composed mostly
of anilnalcules. According to Labillar-
diere, the natives of New Caledonia eat
Jumps ola friable kind of sOap-stone. i'm
which Fauquelin detected certain guam
tity of copper. Among some northern
races, too, clay-eating prevails. A careful
analysis of the earth-food of the Lapland-
ers showed that it contains large portion
of organic matter from the erUUiP of infu-
serial animals. Among the lower animals
the earthworm and some Others are known
to feed upon earth; and the SpdtdnguS
(heart urchin) and ArenicoLa Island worm)
fill their stomachs with sand. The chief
use of clay in the human economy would
appear 10 be for producing a distention of
the walls of the stomach, which seems to
allay the pangs of hunger.
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Care of Agricultural Implements.

In no one thing do farmers more need
slime upon line, and precept upon pre-
cept," than in The care of their agricultural
implements. As a class, farmers are
thrifty and economical, and one would
think the disposition to save, which is one
of the Outgrowths of their lives, would
lead them to at least give shelter to eX-
pensive implements when they are not in
use.
seldom ride out, hut l see plows, or
cultivatOrs standing in the burrows where
they were last used; and on one farm in
particular, whose owner is noted for down.
right stinginess, and though he owns hun
dreds of acres, says he can afford to take
but one paper $50 this article will do him
no good, one may always see things
enough left ruSting out TO more than pay
for all the papers he would need One not
acquainted with the careless habits of
farmers in this respect, would be astouished
in looking around. on almost any farm, to
see the machinery, from reaper To a hoe,
lying about going TO ruin for want cf care.
In seeing these | am often reminded of
what lady once said when aboJt TO buy
a sewing machine. One Of OuT friends
asked. "What will you do if they make
improvements and get better machines af-
ter you buy yours? % 90" she replied,
carelessly, throw it up against the fence
and get new one; that's the way the men
do" Anditi too true. Though farmers
should always purchase the best tools, yet
they find TO their cost that Improvements
arc not always Improvements, and many
an implement is thrown aside when little
judiciOus repairing would have made it do
just a. good service as new one and now
is the time to look things over and get
them in readiness for the work that will
soon be crowding upon us.-L. b. F. IN
Country Gent.
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Clay-Eating.

A writer in the Food Journal, discours-
ing on strange dishes, communicates some
interesting notes as TO the employment
and mode of preparation OF that strangest
of all edible substances. clay. Humboldt.
on the 9th of June, 1900, spent a day at a
station occupied by the Otomacs. a tribe OF
clay-eaters on the Orinoco. He describes
the earth eaten by them as an unctuOus,
almost tasteleSs clay, true potters' earth.
This is carefully picked, and kneaded into
balls of from four TO six inches in diameter,
which are then baked before a slow fire,
until the outer surface becomes of a red
dish color. The earth is said to possess
different kinds Of flavor. and il is selected
by the palate almost as carefully as our
more dainty provisions. Before being eaten
the balls are moiSIened with water. The
0tomacS, however DO not appear to adopt
this article of food from choice. nor do they
eat il the whole year round. When the
waters of the Orinoco and Meta are low
they subSist on turtles and fish but dur
ing the periodical swelling of these rivers
the OtOmacs devour enormous quantities
of clay balls, which are kept piled up in
heaps in their huts. Humboldt was in
formed that an Indian would consume
from three-QBarters to one and one quarter
pound of this food daily, without any ap-
preciable injury 10 health.
The Otomacs are by no means singular
i'm the adoption of earth as an article OF
food. for the same practice prevails among
several other tribes chiefly in the tropics.
Ii has been stated by Humboldt and other
travellers that the women employed in the
small village of Banco, on the Magdalena,
IL burning earthenware pots, continually
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An Unpleasant Incident in Church.

We have already mentioned that old Mr..
Collamore, who goes 10 our church, is
very deaf. Last Sunday, in the midst of
the services, Mr.. Hoff, who sits immedi-
ately behind Mr.. COllamOre, saw Il spider
travelling over the latter's bald head. His
first impulse was to nudge him and tell
him about it; but he remembered that
COllamOre was deaf. so he lifted up his
hand and brushed the spider Off Hofl
didn't aim quite high enough, and conse-
quently in his nervousness, he hit Cola
more quite a severe bow; the old man
turned around in a rage to see who had
dared to take such liberty with him, and
Hoff began to explain with gestures the
cause of the occurrence. But COllamore,
in loud voice, demanded what he meant.
1t was very painful for Hoff. The eyes OF
the whole congregation were upon him.
and he grew red in the face, and in desper-
alton exclaimed:
There was a spider on your head!'
" A white place on my head, hey
S'pOse'n there is, what's that to you ~ said
COllamore. You'll know what it is to be
bald-headed yourself, some day."
1t was spider,'' shrieked Hoff, while
the congregation smiled and the perspira-
ton began TO roll off his face.
Certainly it's WIDER" said Collamore
''and it's got more in it than yours. But
you let it alone-do you mind? You lei
my head alone in church."
"Mr. Collamore," shrieked HOff, ''thert
was bug on your head, and | brushed
it off-this way"
And Hoff made another gesture at Cola.
more's head.
The old man thought he was going to
fight him then and there, and hurting his
hymn-book at Hoff, he seized the kneeling.
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PaVements.

Elaborate and careful observations have
recently been made i'm London to test the
relative values for locomotive purposes Of
four kinds of Davements-aSphalt, granite
blocks, and two preparations of wood. The
observations were made twelve hours a
day during fifty days, in localities where
the traffic was very large, and the point of
inquiry was the frequency of accidents TO
horses. the questions Of cost and durabili-
ty being left for further investigation. 1t
appears that the aver &c distance Travelled
without accident on the improved wood
pavement was 4iG miles; on the Lingo
Mineral pavement, IS miles; on asphalt,
l9l miles; on granite, 1872 miles; and of
the accidents that are most destructive to
horses namely, falls on the haunches), as
phalt presented the largest proportion Us
per cent?, granite the next Is per cent },
and wood the smallest e per cent. As
phalt is safer when dry than at any other
time, and more dangerous when damp
than when wet. Granite on the other
hand is very slippery when dry. Wood
seems TO be in all respects and in all
weathers safer and easier than the other
paVementS
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Preservative for Wood and Stone Sur
faces.

One of the recent inventions for painting
or coating surfaces, says the Journal Of the
Society Of Arts, is a new paint brought
out by Mr.. Thomas Grifiiths of Liverpool,
which has the property of forming firm,
impenetrable enamel on the surface to
which it is applied. By this means the
surface is rendered absolutely waterproof,
however porous it may have been in the
beginning. The material is consequently
not only intended for decorative purposes,
but to be applied as waterproof coating
to the walls or foundations of dwelling
houses, railway arches, bridges, tunnels,
viaducts, and other structures of brick,
plaster, wood, or iron. 1t is also stated
that the paint Is well adapted for covering
the bottoms of vessels or submerged struc-
lures of any description. Various trials
have been made of it. At PortObello it
was tried on some iron plates, and these
were immersed for three months in sea
water. At the end of that time the plates
were taken up and examined, when it was
found they looked fresh and clean rs ever,
and quite clear from seaweed. On some of
the enamel being scraped off, the metal
showed no signs of rust, although similar
plates, coated with other kinds of paint,
and immersed in the same way, were both
foul and greatly oXidized.
As a second test some of the paint was
applied to the steamers trading to Africa
from Liverpool, and these also showed no
corroSiOn on their return.
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Tiny Marvels.

1t has often been said that the telescope
cannot reveal so many real wOpders as the
microscope. The following statements
respecting the world eff Titles around us
go great way TO prove it:
Lewenboeck tells Ofan insect seen with
the microscope, of which twenty-seven
millions would only equal a mite. Insects
of various kinds may be seen in the cavi-
ties of a common grain of sand. Mold is a
forest of beautiful trees, with the branch
es, leaves, flowers and fruit. Butterflies
are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow
tubes. The surface of our bodies is cover
ed with scales like fish; single grain of
sand would cover one hundred and fifty
of these scales, and yet a single scale COW
ers five hundred pores. Through these
narrow openings the sweat forces itself
out like water through sieve. The
mites make five hundred steps a second.
Each drop of Stagnsnt water contains a
world Of animated beings, swimming with
as much liberty as a whale in the sea.
Each leaf has colony of insects grazing
on it, like oxen on a meadow.
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Hair as an Index of Temperament.

As long, says the author of the "Hair
Markets of Europe" as girls will wear as
much false hair as that naturally belong
ing to them. it would be puerile to at
tempt TO read character or disposition in
the fashion and character of the locks dis
played; but viewed naturally, the hair Is
as great an index of temperament and
disposition as the features. Mr.. Greer, in
his volume on hair, for instance, quotes
the following indications of character
founded upon the set and texture Of flow
ing locks from a book recently published
in Paris, entitled 'Secrets of Beauty
Coarse black hair and dark skin signify
great power of character, with a tendency
to sensuality. Fine black hair and dark
skin indicate strength of character along
with purity and goodness. Stiff, straight
black hair and beard indicate coarse,
strong, rigid, straightforward character.
Fine dark brown hair signifies the cOmbi-
nation of eXquisite sensibilitics with great
strength OF character. Flat, clinging.
straight hair a melancholy but extremely
constant character. Harsh, upright hair
is the sign of reticent and sour spirit;
a stubborn and harsh character. Coarse
red hair indicates powerful animal pas
SiOns, together with a corresponding
strength of character. Auburn hair with
florid countenance denotes the highest or
der of sentiment and intensity of feeling,
purity of character, with the highest capa-
city for enjoyment or suffering. Straight,
even, smooth, and glossy hair denotes
strength. harmony, and evenness of char
acter, hearty affections, clear head, and
superior talents. Fine, silky, supple hair
is the mark of delicate and sensitive tenn
permanent, and speaks in favor of the mind
and character. White hair denotes lynn
phatic and indolent constitution; and we
may add that besides all these qualities
there are chemical properties residing in
the cOloring matter which undoubtedly
have some effect upon the disposition.
Thus, red-haired people are VIGOROUSLY
passionate. Now red hair is proved by
analysis to contain large amount of sui
phur, while very blau.- hair is cOlOred
with almost pure carbon. The presence
of thesJ matters i'm the blood points pecu-
liarities of temperament and feeling which
are almost universally associated with
them. The very way in which the hair
flows is strongly indicative Of the ruling
passions and inclinatiOns, and perhaps a
clever person could give shrewd guess
at the manner of man or wOman's dispO-
sition by only seeing the backs of their
heads
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-05
Hack, Hack! Cough, Cough.

Cough is a symptom by which various
diseased conditions of the throat, bronchial
tubes and lungs manifest themselves. But
whether it arises from the irritation produced
in the throat and larynX by taking cold, from
an attack of Bronchitis, from incipient Con-
sumption. or from various other causes, moth
ing will allay ii more speedily nor cure it more
permanently than DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery. 1t does not natter whether 1t
be a recent attack, or lingering cough, the
Discovery is in either case equally well adapted
for its relief and permanent cure. In fact, 1t
will cure a cough in one-half the time neces-
sary to cure it with any other medicine, and
it does it, not by driving it up, but by rcmov-
ing the cause, subduing the irritation, and
healing the affected parts. No time should be
lost in commencing the use of a proper medi-
cine for the relief of Cough, for unless this
course is pursued, serious and dangerous
disease of the lungs is liable to result.
DOCTORS SOON LEARN ITS