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A Strong Snake Story.

The latest snake story comes from
South Africa. It is recorded in the
Transvaal, published in Cape Town,
as cold fact, that in Sekukiniland a
native ran across a boa constructor
measuring about forty-seven feet,
which had just swallowed young
koodoo buck. all except the horns.
The horns stuck out on each side OF
the reptiles mouth. The native rec.
ognized the horns as those OF buck
he owned, and he ran and got sticks
and pinned the serpent, which was
dormant, to the ground. Then he got
hold of the horns and pulled and
twisted. He got the buck out inch by
inch, until half its body showed, and
then it came with jerk, and the boy
fell over on his back. Before he had
time to think twice the snake, re.
lieved of his load OF mutton, was upon
him, and it seized his head in it's
mouth and in three minutes the ma.
tive had taken the place of the buck,
only he was all inside; there was
nothing left out to pull on, even if
rescuer had come along. Having
swallowed the boy the boa deliberately
swung it's head around and grabbing
it's tail swallowed eight feet of it, then
closing the mouth and throat down
which the native had disappeared, and
making escape almost impossible.
The Transvaal vouches for the truth
of the story.-London Times.
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POPULAR SCIENCE,

Spain has more sunshine than any
other country in Europe. The
yearly average in Spain is 5000 hours
that of Italy, 2300; Germany, 100;
England, 140O.
Sediments, or strati6ed rocks. are
invariably those which have been laid
down under water. They are always
recognizable as such, because divided
into these layers, which the action OF
the water always produces.
One of the small varieties of buckle.
berry is fertilized by a bee, which,
coming underneath the flower and fill.
ing his proboscis up in order to get
the honey, the flower throws shower
of pollen in his face, to be carried to
the next host.
The long undulating folds in which
the Appalachians were produced when
first thrown up are characteristic of
mountain ranges the world over. The
Alps, the Pyrenees, the Caucasus,
Himalayas, Andes and Rockies are
built in just that way. They are enor.
mously thick beds or masses, and they
are all ridged mp into these folds.
Professor Noble, the well-known
plant psychologist of Saxony, says that
he has produced, "on a commercial
scale, pure cultures of the different
bacteria, which are efficient IN affixing
the nitrogen of the air in form avail
able for plant food, and he has them
for sale in small glass bottles" 1t IS
said that soil con be inoculated with
these organisms for the modest sum of
$1.25 an acre.
The flowers of all the pumpkins arc
monecious- having the stamens and
pistils in distinct flowers, but both
growing upon the same individual
plant; they also bear perfect flowers
containing both organs. Nevertheless,
the pistils and stamens not developing
at the same time, it is impossible for
the flowers to fertilize themselves.
This same necessity for insect aid in
the fertilization of flowers is weh
known in Australia, with both the red
clover and the apple.
The bats pass the winter in caves,
the attics of houses and barns, or in
hollow trees, hanging downward by
their hind claws. eating nothing and
moving not. All the carnivoria, or
flesh eaters, as the mink, skunk,
opossum, fox and wolf, are IN winter
active and voracious, needing much
food to supply the necessary animal
heat of the body. Hence they are
much more bold than in summer, and
the henyard or sheep pen of the farm.
er is too frequently called upon to
supply this extra demand.
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PRAYER THE BREATH OF THE SPIRIT.

Prayer Is the breath of the spirit that is
In harmony with God. Learn the condi-
them just as you obey laws Of gravitation,
Of electricity, of physical life. Daily see
that the life aim is right and high that the
ruling desire Of your heart Is toward truth,
and love that the will is set with immov-
able flxedness on righteousness that the
words and deeds Of daily life are In the d.,
rection Of and in harmony with aim. desire,
and purpose, and that you trust in the God
revealed in Jesus Christ and abiding within
you. Rest in Him. Talk to Him. Wait In
silence before Him. Let your whole life Of
business, of hard labor, Of social intercourse,
Of recreation, Of intellectual, artistic, scien-
ti1c, professional service be in harmony
with this doctrine Of prayer-this life Of
prayer.-Bishop Vincent.
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Paper Underclothing.

The Japanese are now making un-
derclothing of their finely crisped or
grained paper.
After the paper has been cut to
pattern, the different parts are seWed
together and hsmmed, and the places
where the buttonholes are to be formed
are strengthened with calico or linen.
The stuff is very strong, and at the
same time very flexible. After gar
ment has been worn few hours it will
interfere with the Transportation of the
body no more than do garments made
of fabric.
The stuff is not sized, nor is it i'm
permeable. After becoming wet, the
paper is difficult to tear. When an
endeavor is made to tear 1t by hand it
presents almost as much resistance as
the thin skin used for making gloves.
Answers.
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where it will not be so much in evi.
dence. These racks become "cstch.
alls," and old coats, hats, umbrellas
and canes are not at all ornamental.
In place of these conveniences broad
hall chair, of formal design, or better
still mahogany settee, will serve
every purpose. These should be re-
served for the use of casual callers. If
there are no convenient closets that
can be made for the garments of the
members of the household, q neat
clothes tres such as are initiated from
the antique, will prove q great deal
more slightly than the hall racks that
are made nowadays. 1t takes up but
little room and can find a place in
some rear corner.
Under the best of conditions the hall
will be none too light, and this fact
should be borne in mind in choosing
wall paper and carpet. The furnish.
ings should be in light warm tones,
and only the most formal designs are
permissible. Few people seem to
realize the effectiveness of pictures in
the hall. It is customary to hang one
or two large frames on the side walls,
and allow the long stretch above the
stairs to go uncovered. In the latter
place pictures are needed, if anywhere
in the house, for there is no other way
in which the vast wall space can be
broken.
All of this has reference to the fit.
ting and furnishing of the ordinary
city hall.
In the villa house the architect gen.
orally plans a square hall that has all
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NOVEL USE OF x-RAIS.
Performe ed the Feat of Washing the INSIDE
Of q Mans Stomach.

Performed the Feat of Washing the Ins de
Of Mans Stomach.
With little machine which looks like an
egg-beater Dr. Fenton B. Turck has performed
the feat OF washing the inside Of mans
stomach at the Post Graduate Medical
School, Chicago. and by means OF the
Roentgen ray he at the same time viewed
the working OF his!little device. The operation
marks an era of progress in the medical
world, as the experiment was the first OF Its
kind made in full view Of the operator.
Attached to tile end OF DR.. Turck's instru-
ment, which Is called gyromele or revolv-
ing sound, was a flexible cable OF spiral
steel wire, on the end OF which was a small
sponge. The cnble was inclosed In rubber
tube, and this, with the sponge, was swal-
lowed by the patient. The latter, who was
stripped to the waist. then stepped before
the Roentgen light, the doctor put the
Horoscope to his eyes, and an attendant
turned the handle OF the gyromele. The
cable revolved as fast or as slow as was de-
sired, the sponge at the further end pro-
ceeded to its work OF securing the inner
walls Of the patients stomach, while tne
doctor through the microscope viewed tne
work by locating the metallic cable nY
means OF the X-rays. No nausea or dis
comfort was felt by the patient, though ne
stood before the rays for over all hour while
the doctors we're In attendance.
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fur. His shirt should be portrayed
with a frilIed bosom projecting out,
pouter fashion, and generally with g
breastpin in it. His shirt collar should
be high and connected with his shirt.
Els cravat should be wide and tied
with "pudding," as it was termed in
former times. The waistcoat should
be buff, single breasted affair, with
gold or gilt buttons. The swallow
tailed coat should be made with high
rolling collar and high pointed hpels.
The greatest difference between
Uncle Sam as he is and as he should be
lies in the pantaloons. They should
be made with strap door" in front
and fitted below the knee for the wear
ing of the boots outside. These boots
should have tassels in front. Colored
shirts were unknown until about 1929.
Striped pantaloons arc of a compsra-
lively late date, and straps under the
boots were not known until 1925.
They were a part of the pantaloons
and were fastened on the boot in front
and buttoned under it. Coates were
not worn until late in the 30's.
The accompanying picture shows
the correct Uncle Sam of century
ago. but times change and our good
uncle with them.
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Valuable, Because Simple.

For cold in the head, catarrh and
the like, put few drops of ammonia
into the hands. Then make cup with
the two hands and breathe the fumes.
This will clear out the throat also.
For tonsilitis. or even for diphtherla,
it would be difficult to find anything
better. 1t is also very. beneficial for
croup-though. of course, small chill
dren do not know how to breathe it.
For the annoying colds in the head
which prevail at this time Of the year,
it will be found effectual. The fumes
of ammonia are death to almost all
forms of bacteria, and if it were gen.
orally used, diphtheria, as an epidemic,
would be Observation-Disclosures Maya
zine.
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Whistling to the Fishes.

"It isn't 80 hard to obey the anti.
street ordinances" said Joseph Boise,
An old soldier, yesterday. can old
soldier or sailor never spits on the
sidewalk. He has learned better IN q
military post or on a man.of-war's
deck. I haven't spit on a pavement
for years; it is second nature for me
to step to the gutter when 1 have te
spit. That makes me think of dis
cipllning I once had for whistling. ]
was walking in front of the colonelt
tent whistling. He sent for me anc
asked: DO you like to whistle?
answered that I had been whistling.
He detailed guard to lead me dowr
to the beach and keep me whistling tc
the fish till they went to roost that
night. The guard was changed every
two hours. l whistled every tune ]
knew, and when my repertoire was ex.
hausted I whistled something original.
got fifteen minutes off once to
smoke. ."-Arizona Republican.
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Long AsO.

The Count Saint German, who ap.
peared in Paris in the reign OF Louis
XIV, and pretended to be possessed OF
the elixir of life, had a valet who was
almost as great as his master in the
art OF lying. Once, when the count
was describing at dinner party cir
cumstance which occurred at the court
of "his friend King Richard I. OF
England" he appealed to his servant
for the confirmation of his story, who,
with the greatest composure, replied
"You forget, sir, l have only been 5oO
years in your service" ''Tlue, v said
his master musingly, sit was q little
before your time. ."-Household Words.
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ceiling and a fight of stairs that
makes an unbroken sweep to the floor
above, very little can be done to give
q true artistic effect. If the front door
is of solid paneled wood great i'm
provement will result from replacing
the upper panels with glass. This can
take the form OF sash of small loaded
panes in fanciful design, or single
sheet of plate glass, protected by q
neat iron grill. The mistake should
never be made of using colored glass
unless one oan afford masterpiece of
genuine stained glass, for the ordinary
so-called "cathedral" glass is crude in
colors, and an abomination. The
hall stand or hat rack, which is Of
ten found just within the front
door, should be banished to some rear
corner, if IL is to be tolerated at all,
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Temporary Telephones.

In many towns quite feature Of
the telephone service is the number of
instruments put in temporarily by the
advice of the doctor, for service dur.
ing the time when it is specially i'm
peratlve that the patient should be
free from excitement. This gives the
friends of the family the chance of
making inquiries without putting
either party to the trouble of formal
call, and is usually very much to the
advantage OF the patient. But the
latest idea in telephone applications
comes from Mobile, where the local
telephone company is said to have
arranged with patrons who are ordered
to take medicine at frequent intervals
during the night, to call them up on
the telephone when it is time to take
the dose. The receiver is carried to
the bed and placed close to the ear of
the sleeper, with a call bell OF low
tones. Another curious point has Just
been brought out. So many burglar
les have been frustrated by the police
appearing on the scene at O most in
convenient time for the burglars-in
response to telephone call from the
inmates OF the house-that the first
thing q cracksman now does on get
ting into q house is to cut the tele-
phone wires. This was done in a re-
cent case of HOUSEKEEPING, but the
lady of the house quickly evened up
matters by pressing a button at the
head of the stairs and instantly
lighting every electric lamp in the
house. The disgusting publicity
which this involved was too much for
the feelings of the thieves, who forth
with decamped.
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air for four or five minutes and alight
without iniurY.

air for four or five minutes and allght
without injury.
Experiments that have been con.
Quoted with this newest of flying ma
chimes have been undertaken very
privately. Experts say that the Al
tona inventor has shot far nearer the
mark in his effort to counterfeit the
bird than any of his predecessors IN
the study of aerial problems.
The wings of the Stentzel machine
have spread of about seven yards,
and their surface is eight and two
ffths yards all told. They move
through an angle of seventy de-
grees and are curved according to q
parabola in a proportion of one to
twelve. Compressed carbonic acid
gas is employed as motive agent, and
the machine is driven by an engine
also OF Herr Stentzeps invention. 1t
is stated thst the speed of the engine
can be readily controlled so that the
machine can fly at varying velocities.
The inventor believes that within q
year, if he can raise the necessary capt.
tai to build machine on a large
enough scale, he will be able to fly
above the Kaise1's palace in Berlin.
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AMERICAN FLAG MADE OF BUTTERFLIES.

fectly wild state. There was time,
not many years ago, when big band
of horses was considered very valuable
property and guarded carefully. A
horse thief was considered on the range
one degree worse than q murderer, and
was hanged sometimes on very slight
evidence. Now, a man who would go
out on the range and steal few bands
OF horses would be allowed to ship
them away AID be hailed as public
benefactor. Any one who wished
might round up all the horses he could
find in almost any section in the Rocky
Mountain range, and no one would
question his right. Yes, the range
horse is past, and it will never come
again,
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PRAYER FOB WISDOM THROUGH SORROW.

We beseech thee, Almighty God healer
and comforter of mans sorrow5, that not
the body and the outward losses and pains
Of life may bless us but also may the e7il
that we have done become to US the solemn
gate through which, In penitence and sor-
row having gone forth, In Joy and rejoicing
We may return. We beseech thee to make
US wise that no dead past may have power
to detain US long give US not sackcloth and
ashes but help US to gain light from which
we never should have fallen and in newness
Of heart and freshness of courage to do the
things that we have hitherto left undone,
Hear US Of thy mercy. Make thy face oleat
to US. Lead Us in patience, correction and
loving kindness through life and death into
eternal peace, through Jesus Christ, our
Lord. Amen. ... 81,
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TEE ONE THING WORTH CARING FOB.

To await the growing Of a soul is an
almost divine act Of faith. How pardonable.
surely, the impatence of deformity with
itself, of a consciously despicable character.
standing before Christ, wondering. yearn-
ing, hungering to be like that. Yet must
one trust the process fearlessly and without
misgiving. "The Lord the Spirit" will do
his part. :. The creation OF new heart.
the renewing of right spirit, is an omnipo-
tent work Of God. No man, nevertheless,
who feels the worth and solemnity Of what
Is at stake will be careless as to his progress.
To become like Christ Is the only thing In
the world worth caring for. Those only
who make this quest the supreme desire OF
their lives can even begin to hope to reach
it.-Henry Drummond. ..a
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the effects of an ordinary room. There
may be windows on the side, an open
fireplace, and plenty of oontrivances
that lend themselves to decorative
effect. Here the treatment should be
the same as in any other room, with
this restriction. The purpose of the
hall must never be forgotten. Easy
chairs and sofas will not be OUT of
place if they do not detract from the
formal character, or do not obstruct
free passage. There should never be
profusion of ornaments or bric.a-
brac. In general way the hints as TO-
the city hall apply equally we'll to one
in the suburbs. A hall chair, or settee
should be placed in close proximity to
the entrance door, and the fittings of
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host in itself. It's ceiling is paneled
to represent open timber work. and
the walls finished in hard white plas-
ter. with wainscoating four feet high
from the floor, above which is timed
with a formal design planted on in
stucco work, representing the feur-de.
lis of France.
The residence is sixty-two feet wide,
by seventy-eight feet il depth, the
first story being ten feet six inches in
height. The arrangement and size OF
rooms is shown by the floor plans.
The sum of SS4O5 will build the
design, not including the cost Of
mantels ranges. and heating apparatus.
Copyright 1897.
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THE TALENTS MUST GAIN UsURY.

When Nelson signsIed from hia flagship
to every person in his fleet, England ex-
poets every man to do his duty" It did not
mean the same to all. To the captains It
meant that they should do their best as COM
manders; to the marines that they should
do their best at the guns; to the sailors that
they should do their best In sailing the
ships; to the cabin boys that they should do
their best as messengers. Every one sue
ceeded who did the best he could. Success
Is not question Of talents, but of doubling
them. It is not question Of present posi-
ton at all, but OF making the most Of ones
self. Over both departments Of your busf-
ness; the earthly and the heavenly, in each
of which you are called upon to glorify God
and do good to men, write high above the
entrance door this significant motto: God
expects every man to do his best.-Rev. G.
B. F. HalIock.
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THE LITTLE THINGS COUNT.

Oftentimes the little things you do don't
seem Of much account. But they are. One
spring morning little boy planted single
seed in bank of earth. It grew, budded
and blossomed into sweet blue violets un-
seen by the child planter. 1t also seeded,
and the seed fell out upon the bank of earth,
and the next spring more violets grew, and
80 for years, increasing every season, The
boy, grown man in foreign land, desired
to visit his childhood's home. When he saw
the bank of violets he remembered how,
years before, he had planted there single
seed.s "Can it be-" he said, that all these
have sprung from the single seed I planted2
7 will never waste single seed" ."-Englisb
Exchange.
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WE ALL MAY DO SOMETHING,

We may not move through the dark contl-
nent of Africa, living sunburst Of Gods
truth and glory, as did Livingstone. We may
not he asked to lie in prison, as did Jud-
son, to testify that we desire Gods will to
be done by us and in US. But we have some
money to give, some heart promptings to
compassion, some insight to see where aid is
needed, some ability to pray. Are these all
and ever at the disposal of the Master?-S.
s. Times.
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OUEEREST OF BIRDS.
An Ungainly Apteryx from New
Zealand and Its Curious Habits.

The Geological Society of Regents
Park, London, has recently secured a
fine specimen of the queer bird known
as the kiwi or aptery1.
This bird, which is native of New
Zealand, has been interesting to scien-
lists ever since the first specimen was
captured, nearly one hundred years
ago. The use of the long, snipe-like
beak was a puzzle for Eaturalists until
Sir ". J. Butler made a study of
kiwf he captured and kept captive
while in New Zealand. He took one
of the large glow-worms found in New
Zealand and threw it to the captive
XVII. By the light of its own lamp
the glow-worm was seen to quickly
pass from head to tail inside the portals
of the kiw1's beak, and leave behind it
enough of its slime to set of the birds
beak in phosphorescent glow 60 that
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The butterflies and beetles are 80 ar
ranged as to give the flag the appear
anco of waving against background
of delicate pink wings.
Mr.. Hampson has many cases filed
with collections of gaudy colored in
sects from almost every known land.
He has been collecting thirty years.
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JUBILEE FETES.
Diversions of the English Court During tho

Diversions of the English Court During tho
Victorian Celebration.
The English court fetes In honor of the
Queens jubilee will begin at Buckingham
Palace, Lonlon, June 21st with reception
to relatives and foreign royalties, to be- fol-
lowed by banquet at the palace to the diplo-
matte corps. On the following day the Queen
will attend special service in Westminster
Abbey and state reception at the palace.
The remainder Of the week will be filed with
receptions, garden party, balls, royal en-.
tertainments among the public officers and
embassies and a state banquet at Wiudsorl
Castle. The gayest season London has seem
for many years is expected. ]
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4 Modern Exodus,

A great emigration movement OF
Russian Hebrews from the Vlstula
provinces to Africa is taking place at
the present moment. The movement
has reached such proportions IN sew
eral districts of these provinces that
the Hebrew male population is greatly
diminished, and business in the shops
is principally carried Oh by women.