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NATURES PRoFLIGAcY.
a Single Flower Sometimes Produces
Millions of Pollen Grains.

a Single Flower Sometimes Produces
Millions of Pollen Grains.
The immense number of pollen
grains produced by single flower ap-
parently initiates against the saying
that nature allows nothing to be
formed in vain. It seems, indeed, an
extravagant waste of material to have
such a multitude of grains when so
very few would answer all purposes.
Take the cases of some of the most
common flowers as an illustration In
single flower of the poeny there are
about three and one-half million e, $780,
OO0) grains; flower of the meadow dan
delion is estimated to produce at least
two hundred and fifty thousand $780,
O0O) grains, and the Chinese Wisstaria
about seven thousand (7,OOo) for each
ovule While but few flowers fall be-
low the thousands in the number Of
pollen grains produced, great many
of them exceed the peony in point Of
numbers. The cases where the num-
Der of pollen grains runs far into the
millions are usually among wild flow
ers of whEt are known as the wind
fertilized' varieties. Writing on this
subject, Darwin says that buckets
full of pollen have often been swept off
the decks of vessels along the North
American Shores and Kerner tells Of
lake in Iyrol which was often COW
cred with the same material.
That these pollen clouds are not al
ways floating in the lower stratum of
the atmosphere or found deposited in
the shape Of sulphur showers" on the
earth, or the surfaces of smooth bodies
Of water, was scientifically proven by
Prof. Blackley. In making a single
observation he found 1900 grains OF
pollen adhering to some sticky slides,
which were sent up to a height Of over
5000 feet by means of q kite, and then
uncovered for few moments by means
Of a special apparatus attached for that
purpose. st. Louis Republic.
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and may be placed in sugarbowl dur.
ing the experiment, SO as to allay sus.
picion.
A glass of water being provided, ask
anyone present to drop in it one of the
Jumps of sugar. The sugar will, at
first, sink to the bottom, but after a
few moments will rise again to the sur
face, and remain there, to the aston.
ishment of those not in the secret.
In reality, it is not the sugar itself
which is floating, it having dissolved
in the water; but it is its double, so
to speak-that is to say, the cotton of
the collodion, which filled it's pores
and which, freed from the sugar, re-
tains the geometric form and crystal
lized appearance of the original lump.
The illusion is merely optical, and
would be dispelled by the touch.
Should an over-curious spectator at
tempt to take the sugar in his hand to
examine it, he would discover that, in
stead of the solid object he supposed
he was looking at, the floating cube
was soft and spongy substance.
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THE BAD RAT AND THE COOK.


not proud enough to make distinc-
lions. There are no castles in the rat
world.
The rats and mice in the white
house are not SO numerous as they
| used to be. The late wife of President
Harrison was a home-loving woman
and therefore good housekeeper; and
she determined soon after her family
was domiciled in the executive man
sion that the rats must go. An expert
was sent for. and he brought some fer
rets to Washington to battle with
their hereditary domestic enemies.
The expert carefully stopped up all of
the holes except one. into which he in.
troduced the ferrets. The rodents fled
out of their labyrinthine underground
passages through the only exit left
open. at which trained Scotch terriers
stood waiting to grab and kill them
with a shake apiece. The ferrets do
most important service by seeking out
the nests of young rats and eating
their brains, of which they are ex-
tremely fond. On the occasion re-
ferred to the wooden floors in the
basement of the executive mansion
were taken up and concrete was laid
down instead. This was done mainly
for the purpose of keeping out such
four-footed foes in the future The
mice in the building are few, by rea-
son of the efficiency of black and
white cat that strayed in and settled
down in the kitchen five years ago.
Mrs. Cleveland had considerable
trouble with white house rats during
her first term in the executive man
sion, md was agreeably surprised at
the commencement of her second term
to find the number Of the rats greatly
reduced. She used great deal of poi
son and many traps during her first adj
ministra ton, but managed to keep
them in subsection by using traps only
during her second term.
The rats were so numerous, hungry,
aggressive and impudent when Gen.
Grant commenced his first term that
Mrs. Grant compelled the removal OF
the stable, which then adjoined the
building on the east. But the destruc-
ton of the stable did not remove the
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POOR QUALIFICATION.
Mrs. Wilson's Opinion of Seliny j enkins
Young Man.

Mrs. Wilson's Opinion of Seliny Jenkins'
Young Man.
Folks that hold their heads so high
sometimes have to step down peg"
remarked Mrs. Wilson oracularly, as
she seated herself at the supper table
opposite her mildfaced helppneet 1--WE
been over to Mis- Jenkins this af-
t'noon, an see that young man that
Seliny is engaged to be married to-"
"Well, amt he a nice young feller?''
inquired Mr. Wilson, taking careful
sip of the scalding tea which his wife
had given him. II see him to the post
office with Seliny last night, an I
reckon he looked real clever"
'He may be clever 'nough," replied
Mrs. Wilson, pursuing up her thin lips,
IAN he may be Teller O good habits,
but what say he's come-down for
Seliny, accordin' to the notions her
folks have allus heidi
why, they new er seemed a mite
toppin' to me, Sa ry," ventured Mr.. Will
son.
"Humph I" said his wife. What
do ntei know about sech things, any,
way?'
Receiving no answer to this pointed
inquiry. she continued her narrative:
I've allus thought twas queer they
didn't make it clear what his business
was when they spoke of him, an to-
day jest asked Mis- Jenkins right slap
down: what does Seliny's young man
do for livin'?' says i. An she says:
He's a civil en- qineer.'
well, was all took abackl It amt
but what engineers are jest as good as
anybody, an more usgful than most
men," said Mrs Wilson. with slight
sniff. "But the Jenkins havin' prop'ty
an all that, l expected Seliny would
be lookin' for clerk or somethin' of
that sort.
But 1 didn't show my feelin's
mite. I jest says: We'll, I'm happy to
hear she's made sensible choice The
only thing is, o course, it amt 'xactly
cloan business; an then I should be
continual afeared Of the mines Dustin
or runnin' off the track, says I.
AN Mis- Jenkins looked at me sort
O. smiley, an she says: He's ciDiz en-
gineer.
That riled me up. i noticed you re-
marked he was civil BEFORE says I, am
I'm glad to hear it; but must say
says ], that Pm sorry you an Seliny
have got sech a poor opinion of Berry
vile young mems manners that you
feel obliged to speak of it as maxim
sech a p'inted difference says 1; an
then fastened up my shawl an come
right home.
"Clvil indeed! y said Mrs. Wilson, set
ting down her teacup with an undeni-
able clatter AN what was the mat
ter with our Peltiah, I'd like to know,
if civility was what they was on the
lookout for, all through Seliny's teens
an twenties up to now?" Youths
Comnanion.
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KNEES AND BRAINS.
Wherein Women Can Nsvsr BE the Equal
or Mem

WheTein Women Can Nsvsr BE tho Eausla
OF Mon.
The difference Of weightin the brains
OF men and women has long been 9
source of deep interest to all who dis.
course OF equality and rights. Those
extra ounces remain more or less a
stumbling block to the unwary. Meta.
physical Justice refuses to regard them
other than iniquitous Yet structural
differences escape such close SCRUTINY.
notably Of the knee.
The structure of the knee feminine
constitutes in itself permanent disa.
bility for many masculine pursuits.
The knee joint in woman is sexual
characteristic, as DR.. Ely Van de War
ker long ago pointed out. Viewed in
front and extended, the joint in but
slight degree intercepts the gradual
taper into the leg. Viewed in semi
fixed position the joint forms a smooth.
ovste sphereoid. The reason Of this lies
In the smallness of the patella in front
and the narrowness of the aricular sur.
faces OF the tibia and femur, and which
in man form the lateral prominences
and this is much more perfect as part
OF sustaining column. Muscles de-
signed to keep the body fixed upon the
thighs in an erect position labor under
the disadvantage Of shortness of pur-
chase, owing to the short distance
compared to that Of man-between the
crest of the ilium and the great troch-
anter. A man has much longer pur-
chase in the leverage existing between
the trunk and extremities than wom-
m. The feminine foot, comparatively
speaking, is less able to sustain weight
than that of man, owing to its short
ness and the more delicate structure eff
the tarsus and the metatarsus. Wom-
en- are not well constructed to stand
many hours consecutively and every
day. It is safe to affirm that they have
instinctively avoided certain fields Of
skilled labor on purely anatomical
grounds, in which the smaller guam.
tity of brain substance proves less an
adverse factor than the shallow pelvis.
the popularity of the knee and the
delicate nature of the foot. These, as
parts of a sustaining column, unde-
niably leave something to be desired.
Even the right to vote would not con-
fer on womankind the right to be SOL
diers. Equality, it appears, is quite as
much an affair Of the knee as of brains.
Medical Record.
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A Terrible Encounter.

They had had falling ont, the two
young men il the loud clothes, and
this was the way the trouble termi-
mated, while number of Mortified
persons looked on.
you're . chump!' q
did you say I was a chump?'
s.That's what j said.
ooh, you did, did your
ssThat's what did"
''Well, you better not say it again,
that's all. !"
II guess I'll say it again il ! feel like
it.
s.Oh, you will, will your
.You bet will. 2
.sWell, You better not, that's all. !"
..Why hadn't / better?'
CHATS all right, you'll find out
quick enough. e &.
Right here friends interviewed and
both young men received congratula-
tions on having survived the encounter
without injury. Chicago Record.
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SHARP SENSE.
Quiokness of Smell In south American
and Frontier Horses.

Quickness of Smell In south American
and Frontier Horses.
Most animals have at least one sharp
sense. A dog and a cat, according to
the fable, lay in a dark room. "Hark!
heard feather DROP said the dog.
"Oh, no." said the cat; sit was q
needle. saw it." Whatever may be
true of demesticated horses, the wild
horse of the South American pampas
possesses most acute and far-reach-
ing sense of smell.
Mr.. Hudson, says Youths Compan-
ion, speaks of it Us .. common occur
renee for the horses of a district, in
seasons of drought, to migrate sudden
~ to some distant place fifty miles
away, perhaps where rain has fallen.
A slight breeze from that quarter is
enough to set them off.
A still more striking phenomenon is,
he says, familiar to every frontiers
man.
The gaucho horse has the greatest
terror of an Indian invasion. and long
before the marauders reach the settle
ment- often when they are still full
days Journey from it-all the horses
take the alarm, and come flying wildly
IN. The horned Cattle quickly feel
the contagion, and a general stampede
ensues.
The gauchos declare that the horses
smell the Indians, and Mr.. Hudson be-
lieves they are right. When passing a
distant Indian camp. from which the
wind blew, all the horses driven be-
fore him have taken fright and run
away.
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Curing Frost Bite by ELECTRICITY.

Although the past winter has in
most places been of exceptional mild
ness, it has developed new cure for
frost bites. DR.. Helbing has been sue.
cessful in Germany in twenty cases
in healing people of the frozen nose.
The treatment consisted in applying
electrodes to the opposite side of the
nose, and passing a moderately strong
current for about five or ten minutes,
moving the electrodes about. The i'm
mediate result is a reddening of the
tissues, which may last several days,
after which the skin and flesh resume
their normal condition. In extreme
cases from ten to fifteen applications
have been found necessary.
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AMUSING SCIENCE.

MyAtifying Experiment Performed with
Ordinary Jumps of Sugar.
An experiment which will greatly
mystify the spectators may be per-
formed with ordinary Jumps Of sugar.
These must previously be prepared by
swift immersion in bath of ordinary
collodion, such as is used by the pho
tographer. They should be held with
tongs during this process. Next, place
them in current of air, and let them
remain a day or two until all the ether
evaporates. They will then have the
appearance Of ordinary Jumps of sugar.
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water and sedlment.

II has been estimated by competent
civil engineers that the Mississippi
river annually discharges 19,50O, 00O,-
0O0, 900 cubic feet of water into the
Gulf OF Mexico. OF this prodigious
quantity the 1-ssooth part is sediment.
Thus it will be seen that the Missis-
sippi annually deposits enough mud in
the gulf to cover Q square mile Of SUR
face to q depth of $40 feet.
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discouraged PedaxoRue

'sHow many hours are there IN q
day?'' asked Harlem teacher.
Il reckon there must be more than
twenty-four hours day now" was the
reply.
Haven't told you more than forty
times that there were only twenty-four
hours in day?"
Yes: and yesterday heard you say
that the days were getting longer. /
supposed that there must be about
twenty-five hours day now. Tam
many Times.
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Vitality Of Disease Germs.

AS an evidence OF the phenomenal
vitality Of disease germs, DR.. Koch, 81
Germany, and Drs. Ewart and Carpen.
ter, of England, declare that the blood
Of animals and men dying OF conta.
gions may be dried and kept for years
and that they will then produce the
class OF infections to which they be.
long; this even after having been pull
verified in . mortar and subjected to
the lowest degree of natural and arti.
fetal cold 4
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Beauty Transfarred.

Hell think that often people, from
being a great deal together, come to
resemble each other. Don't you be-
lieve that beauty is sometimes trans
ferred, as it were, in that way?
She Well, don't know But after
you and Miss Maycup took that stroll
in the garden last night some Of her
rouge was on your cheeks. Boston
Traveller.
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A Mitigating Circumstance

Little Benny Mamma, please let me
hold the baby for minute.
Mother-1 am afraid, Benny, you
might let her fall.
Little Benny Well, If she does fall
she cant fall very far. Alex Sweet,
in Texas Siftings. i.s
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RATS BY THE MILLION.
Washington Needs Pied Piper
of Hamelin.
Greedy Rodents 1nfest Not Only the
White House, But Every Department
Building and Ofice-Work Done
by Rat Catchers.
Especial Washington Letter

ISpeCI1I w HSIlIlSIOn Lelter. :
A goodly portion of the time of
every careful housekeeper is spent in
uttering 1naledictions upon rats and
mice. 1nasmuch as misery loves COM
pany it may be comforting to the
ladies of the land to know that the ro-
dent pests invade the white house as
pestiferously as they invade the homes
of the poorest of our poor. They fear
not the wrath of the rich and the great
in the pomp and the pride of their
worldly estate. They revel in palaces
here when they can as they eat up the
crumbs of q moneYless man They are
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Beauty Transferred.

He-i think that often people, from
being q great deal together, come to
resemble each other. Don't you be-.
Slieve that beauty is sometimes trans
ferred, as It were, in that way?
She Well, i don't know. But after
you and Miss Maycup took that stroll
in the. garden last night some Of her
rouge was on your cheeks. Boston
: Traveller.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-07
sarno the World over.

Moxey Cad! ! wonder what the poor
Ieclander does when lie comes home
from the club after q six month is even
ing poker party? q.
Mrs. Moxy- Prob badly the same thing
shes says here y dear, it'svery early;''
IN y World -
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-07

The Horrors
OF indigestion, when it takes long lease of
the stomach, are unsurpassed by any de-
scribed by the most sensational writer of
ghost stories. Unlike this latter kind, they
wind on the stomach, heart palpitation, ex-
treme nervousness are only few of them.
D1spossess this unwelcome tenant with Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters, which banishes
also malaria, constipation and biliousness.
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BUILDING AND SCIENCE.
; siMPLE IELEPHohE.

Ats Enectiveness vouched for by Hish
Aurthority-A Little Ingenuity viii So
cure Worry Good substitute for tho
bell Instrument Material Required
Costs but Little.
The following description and cuts
OF telephone very simple to make we
borrow from the Electrical World,
which states that it will give excellent
results on lines up to five or ten miles in
length, when used both as receiver
End transmitter. If used in connec-
~ T.
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An Echo from the worlds Fair

The Lake Shore Route has recently gotten
out very handsome litho-water color of
the Exposition Flyer,n the famous twenty
hour train in service between New York
and Chicago during the Fair. Among the
many wonderful achievements of the Co
lumbar year this train-which was the
fastest long distance train ever run holds a
prominent place, and to anyone interested
in the subject, the picture is well worth
framing. Tencents in stamps orsilver sent
to G. K. WILDER, West. Pass. Agt., Chicago,
will secure one
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How's THAI

H0W'R ThIal
We ofer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
=. J; CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
we, the undersigned, have known F. J..
cheney Tor the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm
West q Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To.
1edo, O; Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wnoiesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
acting directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Price, 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
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Good AdYlnA.s

Father-Do You really desire to make
my daughter happy?
The Suitor Certainly!
Father s. Then don't marry her.
Halo.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-07

WoMEN's clubs seem to be growing The
broomstick used to be large enough.-Phila-
delDhia Record.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-07

TALKuM-.sProf. Garner says that mon
keys do not actually converse, but contine
themselves to single remarks on matters of
Importance" Thinkum-ssDear me! How
man has degenerated IN. Y. Weekly.
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To Cleanse the system

Fifty useful years behind are fifty urgent
pleas for greater usefulness in the future
Young Mems Era
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The Horrors

THERE is much tenderness in the seeming
" cruel w orld-but the butcher rarely finds
it.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Stop Ut HOTEL NICoLLET, tho central, first
Electric cars to all parts of city, and to st.
Paul, pass the door. Rates, 500, ~. so and
&. 90 per day; suites Of rooms with baths,
oYkrQ
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-07
when visiting NIinneapolis

A GOOSE farm has been started in Mich
igan. twill be managed by a Michigander.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-07

Lille .'Time is good to Miss Scar
leaf" Belle Yes He doesn't tell on
her. Y. Herald. II.
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A VACUUM is an air-rid space.-Rural New
Yorker.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-07

No SPECIFIC for local skin troubles equals
Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
A COPPER cent passes for more than a
counterfeit dollar.-Ram's Horn.
BETTER be called up than called down.
Rural New Yorker.
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Comforting.

Patient-Well doctor, how's my
lung?
Doctor Pretty fairit will last -
long as you live. lilo.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-07

corded warm reception and to be roasted
are entirely different things.-Philadelph
Record
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28

Aycrgg. the Misses Pell Thomas X Cree, ME-
Katherine VI. Cree Mrs. William r. Strone. III NE
" P. O'Connor' j. H OConnor, Mrs. Arthur T.
Clanin. Mrs. X. II Deaierck; William {, N:Nrnr
Mr.. and Mrs. H z Meeker. J. NJ knap. Mi Misses a
Adams r A. Thorne. Mrs. He.en Secor In99rne,
Miss Bullock; Mrs Marshal b smith I fhe,c hiT
OF New-York: Mrs Arthur Britain. Miss y -:
Brittan. Mr.. and Mrs. H. p Walker, OF Ne los
eph VI Blanchard Miss Eleanor Spencer SaHius'
j. Carpenter of Philadelphia: Mrs; J. N i.p mToe'
Hntchjuss of New-Tiaven: Mrs. Albert + l.umi'
charles Luni % Newburyport Mass; MIS-, -; o, w.
sha OF Troy. and Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Dawson IT,
OF Millbrook, ~ Y. - .r,. I,
AZ the palmer House are the Rev. Thomas r.
List OF Philadelphia Or. 7. Il. Porter. J1sei H. =,
Stf.lweI Mrs j. Walker Thomas Miller - hns Z,
ham rilden OF Network. Mrs. !. : ''anney ana
T. j. Ga'Yney OF Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28

AIDE prize was by the 18th Regiment with
score % 999 and the Second Brigade match was
won by the sd Regiment with 95s The prizes con-
sst Of bronze statuettes and are beautiful examples
OF their art 800 80, -,
TIL rnass-meeting OF ex-members OF the 6sth Bat,
talon which will be- held In the Murray mn
I.yceum on October IS will give ex-Captain hugh
Coleman opportunity TO make public the bat
talion's grievances
The field uniform and equipment question has
been settled by general order No. II sent out by
Acknowledgement Porter October II.
when ordered to turn ont In Hello UNIFORM ana
equipment" the order says. Officers and men VIII
undress uniform. with campaign caps or for-
age caps. leggngs and good serviceahle walking
shoes men will carry canteens, PACKS ana blank
cts ponchos and overcoats. and rifles with sings
and bayonets. belts scabbards cartri ge boxes ana
twenty rounds OF ammunition Medical ohcers
will carry the surgical field case. and hospital
corps men the pouches issued TO them or their or,
ganizatlon The haversack will be carried
only when IL is not desirable necessary TO use
no packs