Show i KNOWING ig OP a black retriever jl doe thirty one yea years ra of age air mr K R d hordiner dor ordin diner ir ot of oxford england wishes to learn whether such an age is not an one for dogs to readi J A MEDICAL states that the oyster contains fourteen per cent of flesh forming material TT ATM ell if abou about t the tho amount obtained T 14 jk uni oom agit egge it has lint but five per cent less of muscle making matter and two per cent less of fat than lean beef it seems surprising that among tho the thousands of species of shellfish shell fish only a very few kinds arc are caten puch uch I as oy oysters sterl clams peri perl i mussels rutis sels but t two or three species are known to be po poisonous Is onous IT iras been found that sunlight t p ha has a considerable action apon class colorless s glass for example has become yellow green and blue have A turned up cd to the darker or mellow shades of those colors while coatee colored lored glass has been known to S fc iliae materially serially change to rose and amber in the short space of five flye years it is suggested that the rich tints so much admired in the stained win ca ais cathedrals maybe mav be due lo 10 to the alo action of the sunlight during many years in toning down the original quite bright right or harsh barsh colors r i a Ac unious observation concerning some of the australian acacias amacias acacia de acclimatized in india is recorded by dr Brand ls director of the india for l e sad ij pa rement these trees were H probably introduced on several years before 1845 they t to flower in 1845 in october the month mouth of their australian flowering flow gring time but in 1860 tacy gall thi th c cy flowered flowe r M in september in 1870 in august in 1878 1879 in july and in 1882 they began to flower in juno june the spring monah men di in india cor V P le p oai ng to october in australia it is remarkable that it should have taken the trees nearly forty years hafter removal to regain their habit of flowering in spring SAYS oun ourt new york correspond ent in a lafe ref wpc M Js fc c al qt t c arid in iq the hudson is poor jack Tack tor he lie seemingly deemin iv has no friends in ill hia ij world by accident I learned of or alio tt ic fact that nearly all ill of the transatlantic steamer linea lines such as the cunard Cun aril inman white star S tar etc have isted regulations forbid ie df cf liquor II 11 ilor to tile crews cran do daria darany I a voyage coffeo caffee bissu is for the alcohol the tile result ia is that alia sailor man nan is demoralized his stomach is is used to sterner stuff than conee coffee no ii how strong it muy may be and it is a question whether jack jaek will ill bo able to work with as much agility agility in winter without the furnace insi inside of A with the master vl af lu unar s det on the subject saul said lda wa for of the tile service while liquors were served to the crews we never gave them enough to theet get drunk on but do you know three or four of the fellows actually took turns at fore their liquor for a couple of davs all giving one man four rations rat igns so thai tha each cacti one in the club had a chanco chance borci to get drunk a neek when matters came to such a pass it was necessary to interfere H isms enins iams flast to fe i sho we 11 ll the wonderful ivond erful o u work that Ts is performed by earthworms in the formation of the ve vegetable mould or soil which covers thee the earth arthin in all moderately humid countries the zhe number of these creatures is vast Heil heinsons sons calculation quoted by darwin being Q ati tha leach achre acre of garden mould con isains worms while about half that number must exist to the aaroin aero ia cornfields corn fields A recent careful examination in new zealand by mr A T urquhart proves that even these figures may bo be fur far below th th digging di pg up a batir iiii tt jo anacreon f f bifi pasture tuie laud land and testing the soil in many places over a considerable area from four to twenty six earthworms earth worms per square foot were found the alluvial flats sao slopes pes and richer parts of the upper lands averaged about eight to the square foot or per an annelid population to each racy aar v e as 03 the litt human iliSa population of st louis |