, 1880-08-16
" Invisible Fire"

An English gentleman discovered
that the fame of electricity as curative
power had penetrated Persia.
While tarryine at Shiraz, on business
connected b ith the overland telegraph,
he was visited by Persian noble.
Having received a paralytic stroke in
his LETT shoulder ard arm, the noble
nan came to inquire if the English
mans lire electricity would not cure
him.
He had heard that there were ma
gicians in Epgland. who cured all dis
eases by the aid of this fire: The Eng
iishman, having moderated the Per-
sian s expectations by remarking that
the statement was an exaggeration, ac
companied him to the office of the tele-
graph.
A powerful battery had just been
prepared, and the officer in charge
readily consented to operate upon the
paralyzed arm. To the two poles of the
battery copper wire was attached. and
at the extremity of each wire dam
pened sponge. The Persian was in
structed to tightly grasp one of the
sponges in his parslyZed arm. Timidly
complying, he was astonished to feel
no sensation.
Wait moment" said the English
man, clapping the other sponge on the
mans shoulder. With leap and a
yell, he bounded out of the room. amid
the uproarious laughter of the officials.
All Shirsz was excited, the next day,
at the shock the nobleman had re-
ceived. Though it effected partial
cure, the frightened man refused to
submit to a second application Of the
" invisible fire." One shock was suffi-
cient, for, he declared. all the stars OF
the heavens were visible to him in that
awful moment.
He would visit the telegraph office
and look with awe at the " fire." ma
chimes. Mournfully shaking his head,
he would depart without nttering q
word.
Another Persian, whose curiosity
conquered his fear, while examining
the telegraph, touched one of the ter.
minals Of the machine. AS he felt NC
sensation, he laid his hand on the other
terminal. A sudden yell and back
ward jump were the result.
The man told his com panions, in an
awe-struck tone, that he had been bitter
by the genii of the machine. The Eng
1ishman attempted to explain the ope'
ration, but his words did not disturb,
in the least, the Persian's credulity.
WHY We BUTTER Our BREAD.-The
lay ers OF the wheat berry, as We pro
ceed toward the center, become more
and more completely starchy, and al
the center but little else is found. and
this portion makes our finest flour
The fuer the -four the less fit it is fol
nutrition. In its natural state the
wheat, with all its components present
is not fitted for perfect human develop.
meHt. There is deficiency in the DO.
tential heat-producing materials. es
pecially for cooler climates, there
being only two per centum OF fat in
wheat. We instinctively supply this
deficiency by the addition of fatty
bodies. We spread butter upon bread
we mingle lard or butter with oul
biscuit or cake, and the fat meat anc
bread are taken alternatively or coinci
dentally. The starch, being carbon
hydrate, can afford, comparatively, bu
little heat in consumption, and the fat:
are demanded by the wants of the sys
TEN.
To DESTROY " oRMs ON Rose BUSHES
One ounce fluid extract May apple
root to one gallon rain water. Sprinkle
the bush while the sun is shining on it
1t is said by good authority that if the
May apple root is gathered in sutflcien
quantity and boiled until stron9
enough, and used in the same way, il
will effect the same purpose. 1t il
also suggested that this preparation
will kill the potato bug. cabbage motl
and othe, insects that destroy vegeta
ton.
Carbolic acid soap rubbed on tn.
neck and legs Of horse will keep away
flies. The strong odor of the soak
drives them off. Take dry cake O
the soap and rub on after grooming
This will also give the animals coat {
fine polish.
Many persons who rake through an
others character with fine-tooth comb
to discover fault, could find one witt
less trouble by going over their owr
character with se-rake.- Whitehall
Times.
Then comes reaction; this cold gray
hour of moral indignation; the break
ing of new day.-Ja.