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WISCONSIN mas wealthy FARMER VINO
is Known as 1.-THE Cranberry Prince"
BENzYL blue is a new dye, product
of the substitution of rosauline by three
atoms Of benzyl. 1t is readily soluble in
water and applicable to both vegetable
and animal fibers.
OK a recent Sunday evening 1920
persons in St. Johns Roman Catholic
Church, Rochester, Mimi, stood up and
repeated. after Father Turner, solemn
pledge Of abstinence from all intoXicat-
ing drinks for one year.
THE Province of Quebec has the boss
centenarian. X. Richards of Sher-
brooke, aged one hundred, visited Der
by Line the other day with a woman of
fifteen to get married. He is hale and
hearty, his hair is turning from white to
black, and where he was bald the hair
is starting out.
ANNA MAYER of Louisville was told
by her parents to practise steadily at the
piano for two hours. They heard her
pounding the keys about half of the pre-
scribed time, and then the sound ceased.
Mr.. MAYER soon went to the parlor, and
found her lying on the floor unconscious
from chloroform, while two negro thieves
were ransacking in an adjoining room.
MARY KEERsUCKER, one of the most
enthusiastic of the converts at q camp
meeting at Urbana, Ohio, fell into
trance while praying. Her friends be-
lieved that her condition was the result
of special blessing, and would not per-
init physician to do any thing for her.
She lay unconscious several days, and
finally died Of spinal meningitis.
PROF. BRUN of Geneva has described
a curious case of poisoning in child of
2 years of age. 1t was caused by eating
a combination of cabbage and FIGS. The
cabbage. lie says, must have produced
great abundance of Tactic acid, which.
in the presence of the figs, developed
enough Of butyric acid to cause the death
of the child.
RED snow, which is usually found only
in Arctic ATTITUDES, is seen on lofty
summit near Mount Stanford in the
Sierra Neyadas. For several acres the
vast drifts are of beautiful pinkish
tint to the depth of three or four inches.
1t is a beautiful spectacle. One eX-
PLANTATION Of it is that myriads of minute
organisms cover the surface.
SIGNOR MARCUCCI of Spoleto, Italy,
a man of property and position, called
in DIR. Domenicis to attend his only son,
who was seriously i'll. If, said Marcuc-
CT, the young man recovered, DIR. Do
meniciS should receive 1900 francs; if,
on the other hand, the patient died, DR..
Domenicis should be killed. Marcucci
proved TO be man of his word, for the
lad died, and the father thereupOn killed
Domenicis. He was condemned to five
years imprisonment and the payment
of fine Of $1,000, to be given as dam
ages to the Doctors widow.
BARON BRIssE's RICE PUDDING
Wash a teacupful of rice, and boil it in
as little milk and water, mixed half and
half, as will swell it soft. When cooked,
add six eggs (leaving out the whites of
four), well beaten, three tablespoonful
of butter, and little salt. Butter a tin
baking mold; sprinkle over it crumbs
of bread thickly. Whip the four whites
of egg left from the yelks to a stiff froth,
and stir them in the last minute. Pour
into the mold and bake for half an hour.
Then turn out on a dish and serve as if
it were a loaf of cake.
THE number of mpTudent persons
who have been killed since the Franco
Prussian war in trying to empty the
German shells that have been found I'M
exploded in the fields round Paris is eX-
traordinaTy. At st. Denis, n fortnight
ago, a charcoal dealer, an old man of
68, who had earned some celebrity in
the neighborhood by his collection of
German shells, was trying to empty an
ether when it exploded and blew him
and his shop to pieces. The remnants
of his body were found scattered in all
directions. 4 similar accident is also
reported from the arsenal of Belfort,
where one artilleryman was killed and
five wounded.
A QUEER case is reported in the Hos
pital Gazette Of Paris. A doctor was
called to see a patient dying from
cholera. In order not to discourage the
man the doctor prescribed three doses
of ipecac powder; to be given every
half hour. The nurse misunderstood
the directions, and, instead of giving the
drug by the mouth, gave it as a snuff.
This produced a violent sneeZing, which
was followed by aviolent reaction. The
circulation was quickened, the skin was
warmed, and the patient was on the way
to recovery. When the doctor called
next day he was amazed TO find how he
had taken his medicine, and that he was
out of danger.
ALTHOUGH the Big Horn canyon is
called impossible, two miners have gone
through it; but their experience was
such as to discourage any body who
would repeat the feat. Desiring to save
200 miles OF roundabout travel by land,
they built a small but staunch boat, put
some provisions aboard, and embarked
on the rushing stream. They were
whirled along at a frightful speed, and
finally hurled ashore, the boat going on
without them. The walls of the canyon
rose perpendiculariy 600 feet, and there
was no escape except by water; so they
dashed two logs together with their belts,
and again trusted themselves to the
rapids, finally completing the trip I'M
hurt.
STANLEY, the explorer, is again in
Africa, under the auspices of the King
of the Belrians, who is anxious to open
trade with the natives on the great Con-
90 River. About the middle of July
last be sailed from Gibraltar for the
West Coast Of Africa in steamer. A
steamer laden with goods has also been
sent from Antwerp, which will remain
at the Congo till Stanley's arrival. The
steamer has on board two or three steam
barges in sections, in which to ascend