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Show ' V NOTES ON to pay for mining anywhere except is SCIENCE. the district of Boryslav, in Austrian Galicia, and on an tslandon the weet CURRENT MOTES OF DISCOVERY toust of theCxsplea. SeEf In mining JLMO INVENTION. this mineral wag. shafts ire gAhk.u&t tU a bed. fir "nest, of osocerite Is Elki lnmioH MoMlltka Tkf Art to struck, Then connecting galleries are 5Jieiit her situation FOB WOMEN AND HOME aXd salary,As she waa quite paid her tndepend-e- t and this, by some not well with -- her, waa misconstrued ITEMS INTEREST FOR MAIDS el amauifestatloh (if boldness and tha &ND MATRONS. c ql womanly ganUehes and re flaeaen ge. fotrb Away Vitim' 'Horn Traits or ..'I', driven. There la 'Considerable danger, and .many Uvea have been lost injen-seduehe- e Cktrulw Obiinid la Tkoaa Wke la a Big Boar lag of the sudden'forclng up of tha soft wax Into the shafts by the laiM. enormous pressure to which It is subjected. ' It Id uS4d largely : for 'manulaboiit oik us away from home. Eight of the largest blocks of stone facturing eeresin, which la, employed, 1 lived for. some time iu a boarding ever Quarried In .this country St's lying together with beeswax, for making exclusively, where s at the works of the BodweL Granite wax candles, ss well as in the manu- house tor girlstheir hundred made homes, engaged ia company at Vlnal. Maine, awaftlnglbel facture of phonographic cylinder, and of music . and schools offices, stores, for a completion of great lathe which U to many similar purposes, schools and medical and dental public turn and polish them. They are to colleges. 'Aa most of those girls spent be used aa columns for the Cathedral wrin roMVHTLUvn. their eienlngs in the house, frequent of St. John the Divine, New York city The Invention shown bslow has been opportunities were afforded for observThe weigh! of the atones- in - the designed for cleaning combs of hair, ing the effect produced by sympathetic rough la from 120 to 130 tons each. dandruff and other matter which clog the talk of home, or perhaps the n to sixty feet up the teeth after the cpmb la in uae songs, They are from recital of an accident which 'occasion; In length and about sev.u feet In dia short time, the machine being esameter. When ready tor shipment each pecially useful in barber shops and ally befell tome unfortunate little atone will be a round column six feet hairdressing parlors, where the combs newihoy. Such incident!:, while triin diameter and fifty six feet In length are In constant uae and it ts necessary fling In themselves, served to remove and will weigh more than sixty tons. to have them always clean. The ar- the outer ahleld and sterner mien with The contract price for the eight atones rangement consists of a box with a which many true girls must of need is 1220,000, something more than $25.-00- removable top in which la mounted a envelop themselves while making their way in the world. for each column. rotary brush of wire or stiff bristle Those girts appreciated and aympa As tbere was no lathe In existence with a crank at one end by which it thlsed with the little newsboys efforts large enough to turn the columns, is revolved. In the bottom of thp, box John fierce, the contractor, la having is a row of curved fingers, which serve in getting his pennies together each one built at a cost of about 360,000. to remove from the bristles whatever day. They also loved the songs of Tha shafts of granite are so long that the latter dislodge from the comb. It home, the sentiment seeming to reach and affect the hearts cf those who, they will not hold their own weight being a small task to remove tne mat- through the force of circumstances, ter tne. from the bottom of box at in when suspended from the ends to be were separated from borne and its sur- Strayed and corded with the same. turned down to proper shape. To obd roundings. AU agreement was entered Eton, finished with stiver viate this difficulty a central support into by the girls in that house that, buttons. The skirt is in seven gores, will be put In the lathe, which will whan on crowded cars, they would surwith habit back. turn with the shaft, and after the to age, irrespective of sex, seats render stone la made into a cylinder the mathey might be occupying, and when not (INGLE LIFE NOT LOMELY. chinery will be moved ahead to take very tired, or if they had .been sitting - - off the uncut section. The mans heart may he restless and a greater part of the day at their work, In 186$, when the columns in front then the seat should be surrendered, to unsatisfied, but that la not always the of the treasury building at Washingchief evil of life in the masculine laborers with - tin palls going home ton wera cut on Dlx island, Maine, heart The lack of power, to mend after a long day of hard labor. stone workers said they were the limand aaka the inability to produce ah , Halplnf tha Urchins, it of size in granite work. From that atmophere of home the wretchedOne of the girls, v?ho was engaged la ness of dato until the early 80s the treasury being ill with only stranger keeping books In a large wholesale women, timid of approach and chary feet columns, which were twenty-seve- n bouse, and whose work kept her lonr of soothing and smoothing touch the in length, were the greatest feat of hours, (from 7 in the morning until 6 want of Insight as to what alls disthe stonecutters. Then the monument at night), on coming home in the eve- comforting trifles, really make one to Gen. Wool, which is erected at Week Point, waa cut at Vlnal Haven, and TO REMOVE HAIR FROM COMB, ning always brought the paper with feel that the old maid has greatly the held the record until the architect of tervals as It accumulates comTo operate her, bought of the little newsboys on advantage in the single-hande- d the Cathedral of St. John the Divine the cleaner the comb la placed on the the street Asked why she did not have bat Yith lifes Ula . came forward with a plan for eight slanting end of the box underneath it delivered and pay tor H by ft he week, " A toman is never alone while ah columns, each of which was to be fifty-al- x the thumb rest, being adjusted In re- aa it would be cheaper than, buying It has a work-barkand ber knitting, lation to the brush, when a few turns on the street, she.replled (bat she pre- and e must be desperately 1U it she feet long. Aews-boVaanot tell the dullest attendant how of the latter will force the bristles be- ferred paying aa (he did otH( Of to stake up ber pillows and make a could get their little rake-pff.tween the teeth and dislodge the hairs, TO KILL MOSQUITOES. course, it waa only a penny 6r two, but cup M tea. The physical man, in Some time ago we illustrated in de- etc. it waa a good deal for the boys when houri of distress, cries out for a comtail the experiments which are being , CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT SOUND. they worked hard for It passionating hand, no matter what his carried out in the Roman C&mpagna, This when of other the any minute-guns the girl, girls ment4 strength msy.be; the lonely mosof for the reduction 6f the During firing Italy, by quito plague. It has been established the English fleet at faplthead, on the were unfortunately out of a situation, womsa knows just what she wants, beyond doubt that these insects are occasion of Queen Victorias funeral, always tendered assistance, sometimes and tan find the right apot for an the cause of the dissemination of ma- the sounds were heard at surprising paying tbetr board for twd.'or three achlni head, says the New York larial microbes, and further light has distances inland, and the English sci- weeks nntll they could procure m- - Evening Post been thrown upon the subject by MaJ. entific journals have since published Ronald Ross.fR. A. M. C., who many Interesting facta about . thus VEIYIT COATS. THREE IMPORTER turned to England from West Africa phenomena. It seems to be established s x on September 2, after having con- that not. only the dlrectlonof the wind, "t , ducted extensive investigations Into but Us relative velocity at different the origin and spread of malarial fever. elevations from the ground, affected In At Freetown the Investigators em- the direction of the sound-wave- s. ployed workmen to destroy mosquito some cases, contrary winds retracted larvae and within thirty-fou- r days the sound over the heads of observers they had cleared more than 2,000 between 10 and 45 miles from the bouses, with the result that the num- ship, 'so that they did not bear the ber of mosquitos has been largely guns, but the same waves were afterreduced, and it was hoped that there ward brought to the ground by favor'would be a corresponding abatement able upper currents, rendering the In cases of malaria This week we sounds audible at 50 miles, and even Illustrate and experiment which has as far as 140 miles, while at 34 miles been made at Staten Island by Dr. Al-v- they were so loud that laborers in the Doty, health officer of the port of fields put down their spadee and lis,ljew York. His method was to de- tened to them. stroy (he mosquitoes with petroleum, and he attacked Mullers pond, which IS THERE A PLANET BEYOND has for years been a breeding place, This question was revived before the to the discomfort of the Inhabitants of Concord, where malaria has been Royal 8oclety of Edinburgh, lately by ' prevalent Doctor Doty proposed to Prof. George Forbes, wbo called attendistribute oil over the water, and for tion to the fact that there are seven .that purpose he contrived a wooden comets whose aphelion points, accordfloat eight feet long and four feet ing to their calculated orbits, correAU are of black Yelolrs, trimmed with scroll design to fine metallic em- - ' broad. Within this, in a manner some- - spond with the position of a planet re- broidery don on pale blue silk. No, 1 has a vest of whlte satim, closing with whatresemblhrg-s1rgT- pi Nerepiaced volving around- tbssun at a distance boobs at tha center, with girdls stitched closely. No. 2 fastens at ths aids 100 times greater than that of the front and pipes perforated with small holes six has toner sleeves of black silk. coat-ta- il back stitched with black Inches apart A hose, connected with earth, and having a period of about silk. No. la made with a with Irregular sailor collar. Ths I effect, jacket He dis1,000 that the years. suggested a tank filled with crude petroleum, and teat la edged with gray and whit striped sUk to crosswise folds; wide fir- a pump werf then attached to the turbing attraction of this supposed' die, heavily stitched. pipes, and petroleum was driven planet bad altered the elements of the of comet seen orbit the great in 1264 down through the water with considabout to perish to a general conflagraGOWN OF GRAY CLOTH, erable force. There is thus formed and 156$ so that It did not corns back tion. The "Blessed Mother has "II when In 1848. This scum an he eipected which comet, oily upon the surface wise virgins as a sort of bodyguard, thought, might be Identified with the and ths sect believes that these elevea third comet of 1844 or the second women are possessed of miraculous comet of 1813, its return having been powers. London Globe. hastened by the pertubatlon of ti B VhA m UImu la tht Cathedral f St. Aekt tha Dlrlat Briaf tnljM . , la New York. mi gmiita - - fifty-seve- -- 0 , Htff-fltte- ys 4 tT NSP-TUN- planet. SCIENTIFIC .NOTES. , Making Likt from Smoke. A Belgian engineer, Tobiansky, has invented an apparatus for producing light from smoke. Jt appears that the origin of the smoke is a matter of Indifference. It, is simply forced Into a receiver, where it is saturated with and can then be burned, giving a brilliant Illumination. Oeemsas u4 ElfiK1a Antarctic. By mutual agreement, the two principal exploring expeditions which are to start for the Antarctic this year, one under the auspices of the British government and the other under those of the German government, will respectively coniine their attention to opposite halves of the unexplored regions. The Germans will study the side facing the Atlantic and the Indian ocean and the English the side lying south of Australia and the Pacific. ' IMf r la Insalatias Olovaa . FLOAT FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL. destroys the floating larvae of the mosquito. During the process of distribution the float la pulled backwards and forwards over the ponds bo that every Inch of the surface is treated with petroleum. The ground around the pond has been cleared of rank vegetation, and the banki have also been saturated with oIL Doctor Doty will now watch the health report of hla district for some indication that hi According to the results of experiments recently reported to the Interexperiment has been successful. national Society of Electricians, india-rubb- er Pennsylvania Grft. gloves and sandals, and gloves made of glass pearls interwoven with mixes or wax. i In several parts of the world a resi- cotton tissue, ought not to be trusted nous substance called osocerltp, and to afford security to workers about to electric apparatus. They should be de- -' bearing considerable resemblance beeswnx. la found, usually In connec- pended upon, not for touching directtion with rock salt and coal There ly conductors of high tension, but only for touching the already insulated , atare deposits In Austria, Russia, tachments of such conductors aa, tor Canada and Algeria, Egypt, the handles of Mexico, but, says our consul at Trieste, example, Mr. Hossfeld, osocerite has, so far, not Interrupters. The danger ia especially been discovered In sufficient quantities great when the gloves are moist Rou-man- Tall a t V EPIDEMIOJDF" THIS DISEASE LAND OF kllKADO. Woan ES-c- IN I . a! ta Nat' houtrtl ' ' Strapping. Take the wasbtub first Nothing can make that toll hygienic, ' One haato. beqd over the tub, using the arms with s steady, strenuous motion, and at every breath filling the lungs with hot steam. Wishing may develop the muscles of the arms, but It cramps the back and contracts the chest The only relief possible Is to take a few minutes frequently for rest I do not mean sitting down; that ts mot rest-- ., tng Go to the door or window and take several long, deep breaths. Straighten up the body, throw back the shoulders and strike out with both armL Exale the breath and drop the arms. Repost this exarris ten - of twelve times during tha mornings wash, and you will he astonished at how much less tired you are than usual. When sweeping make both sides of the body do the work. Many woman who would be classified by a dressmaker as a figure with one hip larger than "the other has eultlvatad this figure by constantly using the muscles of one side while sweeping or mopping. It la remarkable how n few years of doing certain work In a contracted, bad position wilt alter the poise of the body. I bave heard It said that the student of physical development has a strange , faculty, almost of telling by a glance at a man or woman what bis or ber calling la. Of course there are certain conditions that they should have followed that calling a certain length of time and that It Is a body physically untrained. . Bread kneading affords g better exerclM than washing, ays Good Housekeeping. The steam to not present and halt an hour of steady motion such aa given to well-ma- de bread means good exercise tor the forearm, provided ths , molding board to at n proper height and that one keeps the hack and shoulders . Tbetr Hair W hll a Raaldlag la tha Japaaaaa Empire Maar Beard, AUa YaU Out Spec ula ttoa a, to Cause.' EiropMR vr ah tab Ua Los . t Correspondence of London SpectaThe following account of an epidemic of baldness in 'Japan may interest your readers. European women who are resid nta of Japan must live In a state of constant dread, for, according to reports from that country, they may at any f .me lose that greatly valued possession, the hair. A large number of women have already suffered In this way. Indeed, there was an epidemic of baldness at Chiba last year, and there hase been an even more serious one quite recently at Osaka, the same province where, It will be remembered, an extensive epidemic of plague, which subsequently assumed a formidable and alarming character, prevailed in the last montha of 1889 and at the very beginning of 1900. The cllntcal course of the af faction under consideration offers many, points of interest, and differs eminently both as regards extent and character from the occurrence of sudden baldness, say, for instance, after enteric fever or any other acute fever attack. For it Is stated that during that epidemic of baldness tbs loss of hair comes to women (and men also) aftar very little, If any, premonitory warning. The scap may, to all appearances, be quite healthy, and, as far aa Its external examination Is con earned, no morbid, signs could be detected, and there may be no symptofns either of actual llness or even of alight Indisposition; but a woman may find when ahe combs ber pair soon after rising in the morntnf.-th- at It falls out in remarkable quantities, and soon she Is party. If not Indeed quite, bald. Or it mar be that for some little time, as it has been' observed In some of the more acute' cases, there have been disturbances of .vision, a feeling of vertigo, diminished appetite and digestive troubles, but none of them being well defined or presenting nny definite character; it may how ever, be added that In some esses, at least. It was noted, that a slight rise of temperature has preceded the affliction. The effects of the disease exhibit several interesting peculiarities. The bald patches are Irregularly spread over the bead,'" "but ths first Urge one generally, appears os ths crown and extends down ths back of the bead Instead of forward; thus U may be that the back of the heal la quits bad and the front covered with hair the opposite of the course of baldness as we know it in Europe. Then, also, man's beards are ravaged to n peculiar manner. The left cheek, say, may ba completely bereft of hair, while ths rest of the beard is aa usual, as also Is the moustache, which, fortunately,, Is but slightly affseted by ths disease. Another point which may be noticed to that most of the victims f the epidemic are women, and more children, are attacked than men. Strang to say It Is men in the prime of life who have to suffer, not those who are advanced In years. The totter seem to be Immune from the complaint, for no case Is reported of a man who had whit or gray hair suffering any loss, sad such Is the eccentricity of the disease, fair men suffer much more than dark men, and dark women much more than their blonde sisters. Ths cause fit this curious epldemio Is Ysry difficult to determine, Indeed, tor: Sherlock-Holmes-lik- e. erect 5 i (Thy i NOT A SUCCESS th Mlnktar Foiled toG self-defen- se. . , - HOUSEWORK AS EXERfctSK IN JAPAN. , Expected Yooattaa. "Our. minister did not go on hla ts cation this summer, as he expected, said Brown, with an amused smile. "He fully intended d, and had made hto arrangements to that effect But Circumstances over which he had no control were such that he decided at the last minute to remain at home. My wife and other enthusiastic women members of the church bit upon th happy idea of raising a fund sufficient to defray the good mans expenses, as hs has a large family, and both ends finds it difficult to tnak meet With this end to view they held several affairs,' and at tost were the proud possessors of something over 5Q, Then they decided to make th presentation a gala event, and give the members of the church a chance to send the Rev, Mr. Blank away with the good wishes of the whole congregation. It occurred to my wife that a little music would add to the happy occasion, and she saw that some Another musicians were engaged. member of the committee thought that a light lunch would be a happy idea, and took It upon herself to see that it was ordered. Another one conceiv- ' ed the Idea of having th church deoo- rated for the auspicious occasion, and hired a man to do the work. Early to the evening, when they met to compare notes, tjiey discovered to their horror that their expenses had not only eaten up the amount that they had raised, but had left them a matter of 2 or 93 In debt; so the presentation had to be omitted. I asked my wife who she expected was going to amount good.and ahe snap-- . makdlhto therrt no reallysatisfactory explan- ped: The Rev. Mr. Blank, of court I ation of It Same of the native phy- It was all done in hto Interest!' "Detsicians think that the Europeans ara Free Press. affected hy tha climate, and others say roit that ths water ts .the cause fit the J What Wu!4 Happo. trouble, and a third party are InIn th good old days whan we were clined to believe that the disease Is pestered by tha neighbor's sow greatly to view Little wonder, then, parasitic. or or dog, Invading our or bull, mule, treatof this uncertainty, that the and taking unwarranted libments tried for prevention ss well as premises we loaded the old shotgun with, erties, efficacurs, art very far from being and fat meat, and after servcious. There is an opportunity for a powder notice upon said neighbor due ing disto or natlvs otherwise, physician, notice said and being Ignored, set out tinguish himself. to uphold the first law of nature COOKING SCHOOL. ..The (mount of, execution M rtr.fi 'Moiatmly. ca ft be dope by a wad of fat that DwmpUag for CUlckaa stew.' Carthuwhich The monopoly the meat otTlop-oft- a Into a pint of flour sift a heaping good charge of powmonks have heretofore enjoyed der is sian, Wherever It strikes, taamasing. Now salt. of rub a in teaxpoonful In France, and which has netted the blespoonful of shortening and wet with French government 2,0o0,000 francs n hair and hide disappear. It seldom. If ever kills, but leaves scars that tlm enough milk to make a dough that can to sustained under the ecclesdoe not obliterate, The fat being ba roiled out Roll and cut Into year, as been under has It the' iastical causes excruciating pstn which rounds and di4p these Into the boiling sajty civil tow. These monks make the falong In memory, and th be to should ten done lingers gravy. They mous chartreuse liquor, and employ stricken animal does not offend again, missies. everybody In the whole province of A tallow candle can he shot through Muihaull Layer Ciko. Grenoble, where is their mother house, a two-inc- h oak board without Injury Cream a cup of butter with two cupa called the Grande Chartreuse. The to In like manner, n talthe caudle. of sugar, and then smooth and light recipe for this liquor to known only sufficient driven low if hy bullet, add the well-beato these monks and only by three of yolks of six eggs, n would fit penetrate charge powder ar 1892 sec-ulof s milk and two cupa of pre- their number at that In a cup well so him and mans grease body pared flour alternately with the stifpriest named Ciottl, who had he would not care to. fened whites of six eggs. If ths butbeen n Carthusian, at Grenoble and Internally that go dueling again, 4 glancing shot ter Is too thin, add a llttlejnor flour, obtained the secret while there, would plow ugly furrows In the skin. flator with vanilla and bake to layer started the making of the liquor in New York Press. Rome. Hla competition becoming fait, tin. were petitioned Rome at the powers Appl Saow. , Gula with Twaag An Haired." monks in their conStew peeled and sliced apples Until and supported the When girls are chosen for the new mantook his Ciottl Father tention. they are so soft that they can be to - London.-whe- re he . still government telephone ferric Ja Los- - . With teat sad stitched folds of black rubbed throng a colander."" There ufactory it. The don the educational examination finks Carth-uslato the profit silk. Collar and under-sleev'of should be a pint of this apple sauce, maintains Into insignificance before the physioto this from making liquor lace.! deep yellow get aside until cold. Beat the white franca a year. logical test. No girl will be employed to be 12,000,000 sounted of three eggs to a stiff froth, and Into if she be below 5 feet 2 Inches high' STRANGE WOMEN. . this heat the apples by the spoonful, In her stocking soles. She must posA Narrow Eaeapa, Among ths villagers on tha Volga to alternately with a cup of. powdered sess good hearing, have no defect of the province of Samara a curious sect sugar. When very stiff add a teaspoon-f- ul First Official Sir, you must place a and must be tested by viva of women has made its appearance. It of lemon juice, turn into chiliad wider fire escape on your building; speech,examination, In which particuyoce was originated by an elderly peasant glasses and serve very cold. ths one you have will only hold on lar attention to "to be paid to articuwoman In Soznova, called the "Blessed person at a time. Property Owner lation, pitch of voice and general self- -' Until you need a loan or n semes I know; but its a narrow escape. Mothr." :These women hare fled from possession." Any candidate showing Ohio State Journal. the Tillages around into a remote dis- you cannot know who are your st any indication of nervousness, hysfriends. trict, where they live singly In holes or s Th largest grain fleet that ever teria, want pt dog out of the face of the hllL. They sailed from Tacoma to about loading strongly-marke- d twang shall be relead a life of fasting sad prayer, and It takes n wise aon to tell whether 20,000 tons of wheat Total Pacific jected. will probably Mitre themselves ealled from the hla father la a fanatic or only a sanc- exports of wheat will reach 100,000 pass In but dialect to World, which they think 1 shortly tified fool, a severe test. London Express. tons. et ah BALDNESS ia, non-metal- llc Iwlt to, t ep nn es sia-cere- Thg-maJo- rtty J- i |