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FLOWERS GOOD FOR EATING.
Blossoms OF Various Sorts That Are Useful
for the Table.
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Blossoms OF Various Sorts That Are Useful
for the Table.
LNLOwERs MAY SOME DAY ENTER MORE
Il largely than at present into the list OF
foods for human consumption. Already, as is
remarked by a recent writer, they are much
more widely employed for purposes of diet
than is commonly imagined. Artichokes are
immature flower heads, and caulihowers are q
sort of flowers. The common cabbage, a rare
wild plant in nature, furnishes under cultivs-
ton the cabbage, the turnip cabbage the cauli-
flower and Brussels sprouts according as the
leaves. roots, or flowers of the plant have been
specially developed. Brussels sprouts are buds
which have not reached maturity.
Another variety of the Cabbage called ''broc-
oil. is grown on alluvial soil that has been re-
claimed from the sea 1t is n distinctively
maritime plant, and to secure Cor it sustenance as
nearly as possible Ike its natural food star
fishes are gathered on the beaches for manure.
The crop is put into casks which have con-
tanned wines of Burgundy or Bordeaux, an
agreeable aroma being in this way added. Finally
the broccoli comes to the table in the form OF
pickles or chow-chow.
Yellow pond lilies make delightful preserves.
The flowers OF the Judas tree are made into
fritters with butter added. or mixed with
salads: or sometimes the hower buds are picked
in vinegar. Nasturtium flowers are otter
used in salads The flowers of the caper bust
are familiar in sauces. Cloves used for flavor
ing, are the unexpanded buds of the Glove tree
dried in the srn
Every one has seen and man have eaten VIC
lets, jasmires a.. peta.s In the form OF
preserves and candies. The flowers OF the
abutilor escuieutum are commonly used as
vegetable in Brazil. Some North American
Indians regard as delicacy the cooked flower
Of the pumpkin VINO.
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THE oRassHoppER's VIOLIN.

Akin to the efforts of mon is the orches-
ira Of insects. This instrument is similar
to the violin. The inner surface Of the
bow is covered, on the legs of the grass
hopper, with barbs, as shown. When he
wants to perform a solo he bows the lower
edge of his wing, which is provided with o some
what harder lining while the remainder OF the
wing affords a sonorous membrane not dis
similar to the belly of the violin or the sound
ing board Of a piano.
THE LoCUsT's WIND INSTRUMENT.
The seventeen-year locust. however, plays on
q wind instrument or rather on several Over
each air aperture is stretched membrane
having longitudinal slit. which is muscularly
controlled so as to hold the lips of the covering
more or less closely together. The air rush
ing through under one or the other condition
OF the membrane makes a variety OF musical
notes. This contains the principle of wind in
struments having yibratorv tongue.
The Greeks treated the cicada an instru-
ment and confined it near the couch at night
to play them tc sleep with its tiny pipings.
The scrap of wit they enjoyed was in calling it
the happy, because its female is dumb and
the bit OF romance is that when a cithara player
in a contest for Ii crown broke a string the
cicada perched upon the instrument in place
of the string and by its music enabled the
player to win the prize.
THE INSECTS WING.
But the most beautiful of all Instrumentation
in nature is that Of the insect wing. 1t is usually
membrapous tissue that in flight vibrates as
the tongue Of fageolet or other pipes. II
vibrates with extreme rapidity and gives out a
note, the pitch being high or low according as
the vibrations are more or less rapid. The
pitch Of the mosquitoes buzzing is higher than
that of the house fly. The bees wing vibrates
at 440per second and that of tia bumbiebee
at $50. or twice as rapidly, and gives an octave
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THE TOWERS OF SILENCE.
The Gruesorne Places where the Pars>>s
Dispose Of Their Dead.

hhe Oruesomt fleCcs where the ParG&n9
dispose of Their Dead
Correspondence Of the Denver News
The Parsces. peculiar sect living in Bon
bay, were formally from Persia; they are Ore
worshippers, and give the bodies OF their doad
to be devoured by vultures Receptacles Cor
this purpose are built resembling round towers
about twenty-five feet in height, the interior
arranged in three separate rows around the en-
tire inside, varying in size to receive the BODIES
of men, women aud children. These towers
are roofess. the edges OF which are continually
covered with vultures ana birds OF the air. VINO
feed on the bodies OF the Parsee dead.
In Bombay these towers are on the beautiful
emlnence, Malabar Hin The sides Of the road
leading to them are carefully walled, flowers
and ferns grow In pro. usion out Of the chunks
In the walls, the carriage road leads up t. a
flight OF eighty stone steps, 1T the top of which
is a great yellow and white gate or arcLwsg
On the right side OF tins entrance is n large
marble slab, with the large letters In ciit
which reads: ''None but Parsees can enter
here" We were. however, allowed TO enter And
were met by venerable old parsee who had
served an this quiet garden for nearly thirty
years.
He babe us follow him, which. with terror IN
our hearts, we did. he leadiag US through the
labyrinth of that immense aud lovely garden.
beautiful Ia every sense of the word. With fOe-
ers, ferns and trees of tropical growth. down
10 the Walls NuCfc We could view the great \ -
white towers, on the edges Of which sat er
Topped the great vulture ghouls: the trees too
were filled with these impatient creatures WHO
moved about restlessly. stretching their greet
necks If to catch the sound OF tine tramp
OF feet. which were drawing nesr er aud
nearer, toiling up that long. steep hall with tLs
remains of two bodies, which bat a few days
before were teemlng with life and mortality
and the dearly beloved OF the Parsee household.
now 10 them a thing unelean. being borne
| the shoulders OF a despised sect TO be placed Ia
one of these dreadful towers the pr,F
| of those fearfully greedy carrion BIRDS
that in one-quarter OF an hour will have
stripped the body OF every inch % hesh and
left the bones 10 bleach and crumble in tie
seorching sun. Only Parsee men follow tie
remains OF the dead 20 this last receptacle. save
a dog led bya string, aud who Ii the last &c look
| on the face o. the departed. That according
to the Parsee creed, VAL take the soul straigbt
| to heaven.
Near tho tower a sign is placed, ''Stop here.
1 The fnouruors turn back while the dead ~
placed inside the tower, while the birds IN their
| rapid figbt blacken the air they swoop
down upon their prey.
/ The eyes Of the nsourners stream with tears.
| the heart sickens and the knees tremble. while
a silence like pail ialis upon the lonely but
| awful garden. as for the moment the mind con-
ceives the scene OF greed within the walls u
| the tower OF silence.
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Found Him at Last.

From the Detroit Free Press.
She had been away all summer. The noun
tains had felt her stately tread; the sea had
taken her to its ever-chsnging bosom and folded
her in its billowy arms.
She bad firted with everything in pantaloons
from Old Point to Bar Harbor, from Mount
Mitchell to the Adirondack
She had tasted the sweets Of hope; she had
drained the bitter cup Of disappointment.
Now she is at home again.
Home, the Mecca Of the weary pilgrim; the
Canaan beyond the wilderness; the altar around
which we all kneel in thankfulness; the dear
walls which take us to their loving embrace
and hide US from the comfortless world with.
out
Home again. and peace had come to her
she had never known since she had gone out In
June as the birdlet from its most.
At the front door her dear old father, who
had been at his desk ten hours daily all the
weary while she was away, met her.
MY daughter" he said, holding out has
arms to her.
Like tired wandsrer, foot sore and heart
sick, she came to him.
Trustingly, confdingly. restfully, she laid
| her soft white face, in its frame OF golden hair
| upon his bosom.
AT last" she murMured, 'at last have
found some one TO be pepper to me-"
| And the dear old father, In the tumultuoul
| Joy of having his darling child again, didn'
| catch on.
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EOIIAN HARP.

The aolian harp, though constructed by
man, is played upon by nature. Steel wires
are strung over thin slab of rock placed over
a slight excavation in the ground, thus forming
the strings and sounding board of the piano.
There is, however, this difference; the wires
are fastened very firmly and may be ten to if
teen feet long. They are keyed to true notes
and the wind sweeping over them yibrates &C
corning to its strength. one or another octave.
Thus the music varies greatly, and in Italy,
where it is most in vogue, there is something
weird and exquisitely beautiful in the sounds
proceeding from some sylvan retreat.
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CHOW-CHOW.
A Yearly Culinary Struggle Which House
wives Go Through.

Yearly Culinary Struggle Which House
wives Go Through.
Miss Meandes in Boston Gazette.
The suburban housewife about this time loses
all her individuality and independence of spirit
in her struggle with chow-chow. She is de-
termined to make it little better than last
year. 1t needed something last year. She
can't tell what. She mixes and stews this
year with an ambitious but trembling hand.
She passes some on q spoon to the cook,
who says, ats illegunt, mum, illegunt,
saving the want Of little more spice, num-"
and upon her protested inability to say what
kind of spice the housewife sends upstairs for
Aunt Martha, who used to be famous cook.
Aunt Martha tastes and smacks her lips,
looks up at the ceiling and down on the floor,
and saws: 'More salt" More salt is added,
when Johnny comes in from school. Johnny
tastes. looks out of the window, under the
table. cocks his wise young head on one side
and SAYS: faint sweet enough" More sugar
is added and neighbor drops in. A little is
carried up into the parlor. She touches her
lips to it, raises her veil resoluteiy and tastes
again; looks under the piano, and thinks
| tastes again; then, with a hesitating air, says:
'.Too much salt" Aunt Martha is upbraided,
cook is ordered to chop more tomatoes and
| onions. housewife gives up going in town to
| matinee. Cousin Susan comes out from Bos-
ton; says she can taste Of it; 1t will give
| her dyspepsia for week. Is finally prevailed
upon to taste; scowls and makes a peck at it
| like a crow; makes q bad face and says:
| Heavens. how SWEET Housewife begins to
scold; says it's all Johnny's fault; sends
| Johnny back to school with q cold lunch.
Mixes some more. Daughter comes home
from city school, tastes. oh ma, its
| too fiat. You want more cloves and
mustard in it, More cloves and mustard
put in. The neghbor comes back to say she
| has thought what it needed-''mOre allspice. "
More alispice is added. The cook tastes once
more and says, vaguely: me cousin, now,
that cooks for the Lawrences, could tell in q
| jiffy now" Latchkey ID heard in door.
Cook and mistress in chorus: DO you sup.
pose he'd knowY' when voice of innocent
masculine inquiry demands: "What are you
making your pie meat SO early in the season
for?'' Housewife falls to weeping; cook pro
ceeds with the dinner; chow-chow looks out FOL
itself; comes out all right and will be all eater
up before December.
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Pictares I'm sulphur.

In demonstrating that sulphur melted a iis
degrees can be cooled in paper, Mona Charles
Lepierre happened 10 use a autographed card.
the edges Of which were turned mp. Upon tak.
ing away the card be discovered that the litho~
graphed characters were clearly impressed
upon the cooled surface OF the sulphur, ana
remained after hard friction and washing. b.
repeated experiments he has been able 70 Sc
cure very hne results, removing the paper
each time by simple washing a.d rubbina
process He finds that sulphur viii receive
impressions from and prodnoe faithfully char
scters or designs in ordinary graphite crayon.
colored crayons. writing ink, typographical
Others. He states, too. that Il viii Reproduce
geographical maps With rsmArkAbls sxssttuis,
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one sac day. when the suns gold crown
Jeweled and splendored the dreamy west,
came with a burden, and laid ii down
Under the lilies and leaves 10 rest
And weeping, ieft u and went my way
With the Twilight whispering: God knooe
best"
One sweet day-it was long ago.
And thorny the paths my feet have presssd
Since with tears hnd kisses laid IL low
Soul OF my soul and life Of my breast
But kneeling now in the dark 10 pray,
There comes with song from the sunless you9
The same sweet voice thar I heard that day
The Twilight whispering. .'sOd knows best"
FRANK L STANTON
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Gold on shipboard.

From scribnsr's Massxine.
In these days of heavy gold shipments the
specie room on the steamship is a very i'm
portant institution. II is located in an out
of-the-way place amidships, under the sa-
loon. Few Of the passengers know Of it, ex-
istence. or Of the valuable treasure that is
carried across the ocean with them. Tho
room varies slightly ON different ships, but is
usually about sixteen feet long by ten feet wide
and eight feet high. II 10 constructed OF steel
plates one-quarter Of an inch thick and
strongly riveted together. The door, the
ceiling and the walls are ali of steel plates
There il heavy door almost made Of steel. II
10 provided with two English .'Chubb" locks,
. variety Of combination lock that ID said 10 be
burglar proof. The gold and silver Is usually
in bars, bus occasionally quantity Of coin in
bags = shipped. This was the case whom the
heavy shipments Of gold were made last
spring. The Majestic l. credited with carrying
the largest quantity, her strong box having
u, ooo. 900 intfustsd 70 Il foe saSs keeping.
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w. : s ::: n: : G; !. ); {:
rection, and nature is constantly engaged in
producing them. We're this not so, were there
absolutely no sound which We are aware of
without detecting it, the silence wouidbe alb
solutely intolerable Perpetual sound is as
much a constituent of nature rs light or heat
and like them it is being produced. necessarily
set in motion. There is q tremor and with it
a sounding over all creation. 1t rises into the
uppermost air; it ia in the caverns OF the earth.
1t comes from every forming frost crystal
and, once sent forth. goes on and on and never
ceases. Really, there is great noise in the
silent night of which We would be we'll aware
were it suddenly to cease.
MUSICAL SANDS.
The ear. though wonderfully delicate is, in
respect to these small and distinct sounds ex-
ceedingly coarse A sound that can be made
entirely obvious to the eve by delicate ap-
paratus is, at least so far as discrimination
goes, lost on the ear. And this is why we are
In apparent quiet while ID is sounding about
us. Most however, of what we hear from ma
ture is sweet. All have heard the clear, musical
note of dry snow under the foot on cold win
ter night. The sharp ring Of ice the split
runs along it is familiar. and is produced on
tue sdmc pIInClple us that VI II lnuslcal lnstru-
ment. Musical sands have attracted much at
tention from the curious circumstance no less
than the beauty of their tinkling notes. These
sands are found in occasional patches along
the sea shores, of which there are said to be
forty-seven in the United States and many
Others in different parts of the world. Musical
sand hills are found in some of the deserts
At Studland Bay, England. there is a patch
few hundred feet square that gives out
clear ringing note as high as and
altissimo 1t is 80 clear and we'll defined
that its place in the scale may be definitely
determined. 1t is q singular circumstance
that these sands are in spots or patches il
midst OF vast stretches Of the same kind, ap
parently, which are entirely noE-musical
The material, quartz, is highly sonorous, like
glass, and needs only to be properly rubbed tt
give out a musical note. When one walks
across these sands the tread of the foot causel
friction among the grains, millions in number
and this friction causes a singing just as ane
ON the same principle that finger bowl re-
spends to the rubbing OF moistened finger
Each grain sounds, but alone could not b,
heard. while the myriads of sounds in unison
may be plainly heard even at considerable
distance. The sand, to produce this effect, ii
| supposed to be entirely free from foreign sub
! stances and the smooth surfaces in contact Il
rub together.
On the tanks of Mt Sinai there is a saad hill
of similar kind. where the downpouring o
| the sand causes q sweet tinkling music, whicl
the Bedouins. disregarding the true source, at
| tribute to wooden gong struck at the time o
prayers by the monks in some under cart
| monastery. The winds of the desert replac
the sands, which gradually pour down again a
| an angle of some tLirty-one degrees, keeping
up the perpetual resonance.
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STATUES OF MEMyoS.

Another instance. famous in antiquity, was
the singing at sunrise Of the huge statues OF
Memnon on the Nile. The Egyptians believed
the water to be supernatural; the Greeks in
their skeptical way believed it to be imposture,
while the undisputed fact Of tones being emit
ted has been lately explained by the irregular
stone, first touched BY the rays of the sun, and
grating against the lower courses. However, II
is said to have been q series Of beautiful tones
that greeted Apollo at his rising, and the
priests made the most Of the circumstance with
the people.
FROM BROOKS
The exquisite music of brooks or running
and FLASHING water has been the subject Of
careful and interesting inquiry. The first i'm
preston is that the music Of running water is
but medley Of rushing sounds, whereas it is
found that they give forth distinct musical
notes. This again illustrates what has been
ssid-the ear is pleasurably affected without
aualyzing what it hears until express and care
full attention is turned to the subject. and hence
it il the music heard III the midst of the rush
ing that makes it what ID 10 and affords such
delicate pleasure. It is now known that the
sounds are caused by the bunting OF Q myriad
bubbles, no one of which would be audible, but
collectively produce . discernibie and pleasing
effect
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OF series of bell glasses forming vibratory sur
faces from large 70 small, that is, from the low
TO high notes. These revolved on . shaft pro-
pellsd by a treadle, the lower edges dipping in
water in the tank below. The performer. using
fingers aud thumbs Of both hands. touched the
moistened edges as they revolved, thus produc-
ing a tune. The vibration Of glass gives an ex-
csptionally pure tone.
IN CAvERxs-
or ali the sounds of nature none are said to
b. more awe-inspring than that heard in the
vast caverns of the Island Of Hayti when &C.
casonally in its dark recesses some piece o.
rock falls from the roof. There the sounds, IN
able to escape and become dissipa.ed in the
outer air. go on reverberating through halls
and passages broken into a thousand echoes
disappearing and returning again and again,
with suggestions Of Stygian horrors
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y praeticsd By many people. Who buy inferior
goodA eurely infsnss are entifsd 20 the bsss food
obtsinabla nis . fact thai the Can Borden Ksgie-
Brand Condensed MIX y the boU tness1 t0od
Year grocer ed dypoDa tseoM
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ROADS OF THE WORLD
How Various Countries Build Paths
for Commerce and War.
LINKING NATIONS OF MEN

Facts Collected on the subject by the Depart
ment of state-The Ancient Roman Roads
Roads of Modern Europe-sonsh American
and Fiji Roads.
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THE MUSIC OF NATURE
Instruments Which Give Forth Pleas
ant Sounds.
THE ORCHESTRA OF INSECTS.
Musical Sands and What Causes the Tones
The Singing Statues Of Msmnon-Notes
From Running Brooks-vIbrating Wings of
Bees and Mosquitoes-Theory Of Music.
Written for The Evening Star.

he AlR 10 II OLL Or
sound. Even on the
stillest night when not o
breath of air seems to
move there is SQUAD
audible by closest atten-
ton, but not noticeable,
because the ear has
been SO accustomed TO
loud, everyday confu-
sion. The air is full of
minute sound waves,
coming from every di-
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latitude 81, makes wide circuit up ten degrees
north to latitude AZ and then down twelve de-
grees to latitude 35. at Yokohama, in order to
shorten the distance between San Francisco
| and Yokohama. II requires vast deal of ex-
PLANTATION and illustration as TO the fattened
condition Of the earth at the poles and its bay
| window bulbousuess at the equator to show
why this apparently longest-way-round
northern course is really the shortest way
across Some OF the seasick passengers, dis
gusted with the cold weather and stormy seas
Of this northern route fail to grasp it yet.
THE PACIFIC WHEN IT Is NOT PACIFIC.
1t seems, however, that the cold head winds
trip are unusual this early in the fall and thai
later in the season. when they are expected, q
more southerly but longer course is taken. Fol
the last week we have had a succession Of heat
winds. eliminating in gale that made thing,
quite lively for time even on our big, steady
going steamer. One was shipped tina
stove some OF the boats into kindling, brok,
through the skyiights and .deiuged some of TIN
state rooms 20 bring ont the occupants il
a panic, thinking the ship going down
The wave was so enormous in height and vol
ume as to dash over the bridge, twisting ant
, knotsing the heavy brass ratings as II they ha
: been fine wire. One sailor had q leg broke
!, and others were badly bruised An Of
tank broke away from its fasten
e inSs in the hold and deluged
portion Of the passengers baggage with IL
, contents. The trunks Of the missionarie
: suffered much damage from the oil and some Q
Z them had their outfit for term of seven year
{ completely ruined. II was pitiable to see tn
!, havoc made with the choice things, the wed
Q ding gifts, DC, Of . young married couple. bt
U they bore 1t brsvsly - psrt Of The sasriAel
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The Three Kings

Among pianos are the Decker Bros,
Knabe and Fischer; their qualities are
known everywhere and by everyone. There
are more of them in use in and around Pitts.
burg than any others, all placed by the
weil-known music house Of s. Hamilton, 81
and 9S Fifth avenue. Go into our schools,
colleges, churches and homes, and in fact
everywhere that q piano is required and
used, and you will find them leading.
"Why? Because they have earned q repu-
tation for tone and durability. As you pur-
chased them to-day, SO are they true in
workmanship, material and tune years
hence" Hamilton sells them at just as low
prices and easy terms as you can buy new
and untried makes for at other music stores.
No other dealers sell these pianos in the city
but Hamilton. Go to Hamilton's and see
and hear them and you will buy no other.