tlarfTvention
The fact that many profitable peach
Drchards exist on the eastern shore of
Lake Michigan is explained by M. B.
White as due to the Influence of the
lake in moderating the temperature
along Its eastern coast. This Influence
is less decided on the western side, the
general direction of atmospheric move
ments being from west to east.
The average dietary of individuals in
different countries varies greatly. An
English statistician, R. F. Crawford,
finds that an Inhabitant of the United
Kingdom consumes much more meat
than a Belgian, Frenchman or German,
but in smaller proportion of bread and
potatoes. More bread and less meat
are eaten In Belgium than in any other
country considered, while a French pe
culiarity Is the apparent small use of
milk.
The experience of the French troops
in the Sahara has shown that dark
colored horses bear great atmospheric
heat much better than do those of a
light color. A writer in Nature remarks
that the same fact has been demon
strated In India, and adds that tropical
animals generally have darker coats
than are found upon those living In cold
Himnt-Aa, Similarly the d
uiuiktat'uucu
races of mankind Inhabit the warmer
countries.
Before a meeting of the Biographical
Society of Washington, W. A. Orton
described the result of experiments
made to determine the cause of flow
of maple sap In early spring. His con
clusion was that the flow has a me
chanical cause, being due to the in
creasing heat which expands the gases
in the wood cells, and thus forcibly
expels the sap. This contradicts the
view that the flow of sap is due only to
physiological action in the plant.
The records of the Geological Survey
in Washington establish the fact that
the loftiest known mountain in North
America Is Mount McKinley in Alaska,
about 200 miles from the shore of Cook
inlet The aboriginal name of the peak
Is Tralega. It is 20,464 feet high. This
Is not far from the elevation of Mount
Jhimborazo, the highest peak of the
Andes, and Is 2,440 feet greater than
lhat of Mount St. Ellas, which was at
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mountain.
n is Known to everyDoay mat siik is
plectrlfled by friction. Acting upon
the suggestion thus furnished, a French
savant, Monsieur Henry, has made ex
periments which show that the elec
trification of the air enclosed In a tis
sue of silk produces a circulation of its
particles which tends to equalize the
temperature. A similar effect is ob
servable In wool, and hence the supe
riority of silk and wool for garments
Intended to protect the body against
vicissitudes of climate.
While Asia has the loftiest mountains
In the world, it also possesses the deep
est and most extensive land depres
sions, several of them, as Is well
known, sinking below sea-level, so that
If the ocean could flow Into them they
-would be filled to the brim. In the
deepest parts of most of them water
now stands, forming small seas. Others
are destitute of water. Among these
Is the Lukchun depression in Central
Asia, concerning which Gen. Tillo
writes, In the 'Troceedings of the Rus
sian Geographical Society," that in
places it sinks as much as 400 feet be
low sea-level. This sink-hole in the
middle of the largest of the continents
is also remarkable for Its meteorolog
ical features, the yearly amplitudes of
the barometer being greater than are
recorded anywhere else on earth. In
summer the temperature rises to Sa
liaran heat, a record of 118 degrees
Fahrenheit having been obtained In
July, while the air Is of desert dryness
SUGAR AS A STIMULANT.
twiss Guides and Canadian Lumber'
men Aware of Its Value.
The Swiss guides fully appreciate the
value of sugar as a stimulant, and al
ways carry It in their kits, preferring
lump BUgar or highly sweetened choco
late. The muscular lumbermen of
Canada consume an extraordinarily
large amount of sugar during the sea-
eon in the woods, taking it In the form
of molasses. They sweeten their milk
less tea with it, make cakes with it and
ven add it to their fried salt pork,
which is the only meat they get during
the time they are In the woods cutting
lumber, and this is practically half the
.year. In the "black belt" of Alabama
the staple articles of diet are also mo
lasses, salt pork and cornmeal. These
simple articles form the diet day in
and day out, year about, and yet the
negroes seem to thrive on them. But It
is on the sugar cane plantations, per
!haps, where the value of sugar as an
article of diet is most apparent. A
pamphlet entitled "Sugar as Food," re
-ently Issued by the Department of
(Agriculture, referring to this fact,
says: "For months the chief food of
the negro laborers on tfae plantations
Is said to be sugar cane, and they are
wen to grow strong and fat it the sea
son advances. They go through the.
hard labor of harvesting the crop and
conie ouUin-fine condition,- although1
they began It weak and half starved."
It should be added, however, that the!
entire juice of ripened cane is more'
complete food than sugar, containing,,
as it does, other food constituents be
sides carbohydrates.
Children have a natural craving for
sweet things, and the sugar of milk,
which makes up from 4 to 0 per cent, of
it. forms an Important part of baby's
first nutriment, taking the place of
starch until the child's stomach is able
to assimilate It, so that a 2-year-old
child drinking two quarts of milk a
day consumes in this way about three
ounces of sugar.
A lump of sugar contains as much
nutriment as an ounce of potato and Is
far more easily assimilated. In times
of great exertion, as are likely to occur
In army life, this feature is particularly
valuable. In warm countries sugar
takes the place of fat and either sugar
or sweet fruit, as dates, figs, etc., is
eaten in large quantities in tropical ell
mates. As a source of muscular energy
sugar is rapidly becoming recognized,
so that training diets are sometimes
made to include large quantities of it,
as, for Instance, in the rowing clubs of
Holland. Philadelphia Record.
ON TO HIS CURVES.
When He Tried to Discover Her Senti
ments He Struck a Snag.
Ha wns a young uir.n, as soiuo young
men are who are everlastingly paying
their devoirs to pretty girls, and never
reaching any definite business conclu
sion. A man like that learns exactly what
a girl thinks of him, and when he finds
it Is favorable, even to matrimony, he
begins to hedge, and after a few pain
ful struggles of -a choked Cupid, the
affair Is all over, and the girl wonders
whatever she was such an Idiot for,
while the man laughs softly to himself
and seeks fresh fields and pastures
new.
Really there ought to be a law against
It, and if Judge Lynch would Inter
vene now and then It would clear the
atmosphere; but public sentiment Isn't
sufficiently educated yet, and we must
wait awhile for the needed reform.
However, all girls are not the same,
and the one of this chronicle was differ
ent, though the young man was like
those referred to.
He had been paying assiduous court
to her for six months, and It Is not to
be denied that she liked him. Most
well-balanced girls do, and nobody can
or wants to censure them for It. He
wasn't quite sure where he stood In her
affections, and he was anxious to know,
so he proceeded In the usual fashion.
Only this time the girl wasn't an Idiot.
"What would you do, Fannie," he
said in his pleasant off-hand way, "if a
fellow should tell you he loved you?"
'That would depend," she responded
with a little flutter of she didn't exact
ly know what.
"Depend on what?" he Inquired.
"Oh, on a good many things," she
said, rather weakly.
"And suppose he were to ask you to
marry him V" he asked next, concluding
that 'promptness was the soul of dis
patch. "That would depend, too," she an
swered nervously. v
"On what?" and he became very ten
der Indeed.
"Well, you ask me to marry you and
see," she said, so forcibly that he was
disconcerted to the point of utter rout,
and he has been kicking himself ever
since, for he learned afterward that the
girl was worth $100,000 In her own
right and he might have won her.
Detroit Free Press.
Worth Fifty Thousand Dollars.
The tail feathers of the feriwah, a
rare member of the family of ParadI
seidae, or birds of Paradise, are the
most expensive known. Indeed, its
price may be called prohibitive, for the
only tuft existing in England prob
ably in any civilized land was pro
cured with such difficulty that It is con
sidered to be worth $50,000. It now
adorns the apex of the coronet worn
on state occasions by the Prince of
Wales. The feriwah, like most birds
of its family, Is shy and difficult to
track, haunting the most remote re
gions of the East Indian Islands. As
these hills and forests are also the
home of tigers and other fierce ani
mals, Its pursuit Is attended with great
danger. It Is said the aforementioned
tuft was secured by the cost of twelve
lives. Its full beauty and luster are
lost unless It Is pulled from the living
bird, which must, therefore, at first
be only wounded or trapped. Very
valuable also are those of the drepanus
and mono of the Hawaiian Islands,
The brilliantly colored feathers of these
birds were formerly exacted as a tax
from the people, and employed by them
to ornament their state robes. Only
one of these cloaks Is now in existence
In Honolulu, and It Is kept with the
greatest care for the use of the sover
eign on state occasions. Such would
be the demand for this should It be for
Bale that It may safely be said to be
worth more than $5,000,000, single
feathers having been sold for fabulous
sums.
No man is a thoroughbred unless lis
owns two umbrella.
THE "HOLINESS PEOPLE." ,
Eat and Sleep Under One Roof,
and the Gift of
vien lidJLLBJPiiiyjiiy num.
MounaVnie, W. Va., Is the headquarters of the sect cnlled "Holiness People."
They recently held a great religious feast. Many hundreds of the sect came from
aH parts of the world. The church originated in Michigan in 1880, and the head
quarters were moved to Moundsville two years ago. They believe that God's
people are coming to unity; that thin is a reformation of the Christian religion,
and that the true Christians of the world are being turned by God to this belief.
They believe iu sanetitication by faith and divine healing.
The congregations, called the "Church of the Living God" or "Holiness
People," are very economical. They wear no neckties or clothing of fashionable
design. The men all wear white shirts and celluloid collars, with bone collar but
tons, and no jewelry is worn. Everything is in communal style. They are all
quartered in the Trumpet Home. At this Home the single people have rooms of
thir own and the families have suites. There is but one kitchen and one dining
room. These people do not mingle with the outside world, and apparently are
a very happy and contented set. They have a publishing house of their own, and
a paper called the Gospel Trumpet. No one working on this journal gets any
salary, as the motto of these people is that all persons need is "enough to eat and
their clothing."
TUNNEL DISEASE.
Curious Affliction of Those Who Delve
in Allues and Tunnels.
There is a disease which attacks the
laborers in tunnels and mines. It Is as
old as Egypt, but only within this cen
tury has it been placed to a specific
parasite. It Is a painful and danger
ous disease, often resulting in death.
A monograph on the, subject of this
malady, called ankylostomiasis, has
just appeared, and,, coming as it does
from Hugo F. Goldman, M. D., the of
ficial physician in the coal mines of
Brennberg, near Oldenburg, Germany,
it carries great weight, for it is based
upon years of experience and practical
treatment of this dread disease.
It attacks not only men but animals,
especially the horses or mules used in
the building of tunnels and the opera
tion of mines. It Is a disease caught by
lmection, like typhoid or cholera. It
may be contracted In the air or by con
tact with the germs, which are really
the eggs of the little worm, or ankylos
tonia, as it Is called. This name means
"hooked mouth," and refers to the six
hooked teeth around the mouth of the
parasite by which it clings to the inte
rior of the human intestine. It is found
not only In the duodenum, but also In
the smaller Intestines, where it grows
and flourishes.
Male and female can be distinguished
among these parasites, the females be
ing larger and more numerous than the
males. The males grow to the length
of .3037 Inch, and the female is on an
average half as long again. They can
be seen with the naked eye. This ani
mal has neither breathing apparatus
nor circulatory system, and varies in
color from grayish white to brown and
even blood red, according to the condi
tion of the person in whom it is found,
l'he female lays a large number of eggs
in the human intestines, from which
they spread the disease infinitely under
proper conditions. The parasite and
the egg develop best in a temperature
between G5 and 85 degrees Fahren
heit The air and surrounding medium
should be moist. It is on account of
the moisture and heat to be found in
mines and tunnels that this parasite
develops so perfectly among the' toll
ers in these places. Darkness Is also
necessary, sunlight killing these anl
malculae almost Instantly.
Ankylostomiasis originated In the
Orient It has been long established In
Egypt but has been mistakenly called
Egyptian chlorosis, or aenemla, and
was treated as mere poverty of the
blood in red corpuscles. It passed over
from Egypt to Italy, where It was not
really , understood until Dublnl found
the parasite in 183H.
Believe in Sanctificatlon by Faith
Divine Healing-.
HIT
When the St. Gothard tunnel was
built iu the '70s, the disease spread
throughout central Europe, especially
in Switzerland. The further spread
ing of the ankylostoma to the mines of
Europe was quick to follow. When the
men were first attacked in the St. Got
hard tunnel It was thought that a new
disease, the "tunnel disease," had been
round, but it was nothing other than
the ankylostoma. as was proved lv
Perroncito, when he found no less thuu
1,500 of these parasites iu the duode
num of a man who had died of "tun
nel disease."
The mode of infection is very -ap
parent. The men while at work often
carry their hands to their mouths, or
eat their food in the tunnels or mines.
and in this way the parasite or its eggs
enter through the mouth, pass on Into
the system and find a permanent home
in the intestines, to the wnlis of which
they cling with all six teeth, femllnir
on the blood of the unfortunate person
attacked.
Not Law but Gospel.
Clergymen oi the past often had
traits of Individuality which are per
haps not so common at the present day,
Archbishop Sumner was once holding
a connrmatlon In an English parish
church, when he observed that a num
ber of people were standing in the
aisles, although several pews were
empty. He stopped the service, and
asked the reason.
"The pews are private property," an
swered a man, "and they're shut up."
"There can bo no such thing," sulci
the bishop, authoritatively. "Let the
pews be opened."
"We can't open 'em!" shouted some
one. "There're locked."
"Is there a locksmith here?"
Vou mT7 Inrrl
a- -t J ivi
"Very well; let him remove the locks.
A hymn shall be sung meanwhile."
So the locks were removed, the audi
ence seated Itself, and the confirmation
went on. Youth's companion.
Robs'" liiui.t Admirer.
Of all the communications with which
Lord Roberts has been deluged since
he went to South Africa the briefest
and best, he says, is one he received
from three Dublin admirers. It reads:
"Dear Lord Bobs We are Irish, and
we think you are the nicest man there
ever was, except daddy. Aunt Nell
likes you dreadfully; she has a picture
of you, and she kisses It and says
'bless him!' Your little admirers,
Frances Muriel, Molly, and Eileen."
After a woman has been married two
years, she should give up trying to get
her husl fcnd to say voluntarily that he
Is fond of her.
i
MAJ. GEN. WESLEY M ERR ITT. -
Soldicr Whose Honorable Service withi
Uncle Sam Is Knded.
Maj. Gen. Wesley Merrltt has been
retired from active service owing to his
having reached the age limit. He was
born iu New York in 1830 and was
graduated from West Point in 1800. Ha
entered the regular service and had at
tained to the rank of colouel at the out
break of the civil war. His career la
the war was marked by several acts
of gallantry, In consequence of which
lie was made a brigadier general of
volunteers In June, 1803, and waa
afterward appointed to succeed Gen.
Huford iu command of the First Di
vision of Cavalry. Later he was ad
vuueed to lieutenant colonel In the reg
ular army. He was made a brigadier
general in April, 1SS7, and a major
general three years ago, at which tlma
he was stationed at Governor's Island
'toy
MAJ. OKN, WRSLKT MKRRITT.
Soon after the news of Dewey's Tie-,
tory at Manila Gen. Merrltt waa ap4
pointed military governor of the Philip
pine Islands, and asslgued to the com
mand of the Eighth Army Corps, with
headquarters at San Francisco. Gen.
Merrltt sailed for the Philippines with
the third expedition and arrived la the
islands late in July, 1898. Later Gen.
Merrltt relinquished the military com
mand to Gen. Otis and assumed the
duties of military governor.
As he had been appointed a member
of the Peace Commission at Paris, the
general left Manila on Aug. 80 on the
steamship China. After the conference
in Paris he went to London and mar
ried Miss Laura Williams, of Chicago,
on Oct. 24, 1898. The general and his
wife returned to New York on Dec.
17, 1898, and from that time until his
departure for Europe he was stationed
at Governor's Island.
Kate Mastersoa's First Poem.
Kate Masterson, the poet and humor
ist thus describes the beginning of her
literary career:
"I was at school In Brooklyn when
I first sent a poem to Judge, signing It
Kittle K. It was accepted and pub
lished with an illustration, and my cup
of Joy was brimming. When I got a
check for $2 I effervesced. I then sent
some verses to Puck, which was then
edited by H. C. Bunner. They were
also signed Kittle K., but were written
from a masculine point of view, and as
I wrote a very gentlemanly hand Bun
ner evidently came to the conclusion
that I was a boy. He sent me some
very funny letters, and I replied, keep
ing up the Idea that I was a very fresh,
slangy boy. He accepted the verses,
'She Stood on the Stair and they were
published in a Christmas number with
a picture. As this was only the second
poem I had sold In my life, you can
Imagine how wildly anxious I was to
have it appear. I bothered Bunner with
Inquiries, for, of course, that was the
only poem on earth to me Just then. I
recollect finally writing him, 'Do you
think my poem will be published during
my lifetime?
"He wrote me: 'My dear boy, I can
not say If your poem will be published
during your lifetime, as I do not know
when you are going to die. "Philadel
phia Post.
Family Lived In Hallow Tree.
A family named Hopgood, consisting
of father, mother and two daughters,
has been discovered near Richmond liv
ing in a hollow oak tree. The tree was
not large enough to accommodate the
whole family, and they seemed to have
been taking turns, some sleeping under
the tree and others Inside Its decayed
trunk. They made their living by for
aging and begging about the country.
The county authorities have taken
them in hand. Richmond (Va.) Cor..
New York Sun.
Temptation llmlstert.
St. Peter-Editor, eh? What good
things have you ever done?
New Arrival I once took the blame
for one of my own mistakes, Instead
of throwing it on to the intelligent com
positor. St. Peter Go up head. New York
Weekly.
It is easier to open a can of corn than
to prepare a dozen ears of fresh corn.
For this reason, some women argue
that the canned corn is "better for
you."
It Is a pretty safe rule to go by thai
when all the papers don't refer to a
man as prominent, that he is.