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 HPIP %nmvM.iei».iismtSgr:^v,-:r:sM*^mn .:s »s,^si: ' %-;'â- : V Mf 'St u' M r-7'-aw«««ifcia*i»»**«'«*""' p'^-*"' -•aiv^" .â- ai.?T»'"':*'a«s^"^- ..â- si»ii"*ji alMtf n* f^-'^:n»i'.*M'tV ;---'^-^'-J"«"'f-- I Ifili ii t;i t ii The MUM of tlM fkHing rat af 4ic fib Ii not folly nndsntood. In nwt-C M M j Up dmibtlaH do* to Mm* fiUon m ths BtoOttlota of the hidr f«lliolat. In Ifaeit^ItooDMota with tha fMfalMM*. that A«notoiiM« the fanotknu of the ekln naenlly. Herodityhaa mnohto do wiai4t,M it hM with all the bodfly fnnotieoa and orgaai. .Indlvldiuli In some f uuUes beoome b»ld early in life from genentMi to^geno»ti«n. Cmutm hair â- eami to have more â-¼Igor fiian fine. It ii well kao^iB that iriolca^ emotiemi â- ometim« tnAua^ VInA 1Jh# batr, ttie oerebral nerve (the tropic oentre, to called), which oentaolt Che neniriinMnt of the hair, being affected by the ehook. Fright baa caoaed a tvj^ and almoet immediato falling off of the hair. Caiea are on record of persona apparently in vigOToai health whoa* heads, faoes and bodies have beoome abiolotoly bare. There wu no appreoUble oaoae. The fault was donbtleaa at the nutritive centre in the brain, but what it was, no one oan cartynly â- ay. When the head is scurfy, there is often a connection between this condition and bald- ness. It is foond that the scurf mTzed with vaseline and applied to the hair of an animal causes a baleas en tiie put. In such cases the ciuse ia probsUy a microscopic vege- .table parasite. Two persons should never nse the siune hair-brush. There is little doubt that barbers have thus communicated baldness f ron^'xme patron to an^ither^ Taere is a form ra baldness In which the hair suddenly begins to fall out in a small renndspot, which ^radnaUy inoreases in area, the hair near tiie edge of the eferole be- bsg brittle, and more or less broken. This has been proved to be due to vegetable or- ganisms, which the microscope has detected witkia the hair-tubes. It is probable that coverings which heat the head may result in loss of hair. But the effect is doubtless due to subsequent chilling of the surf are, j aai as a soTore cold or in- flammatory theumatism may result from sudden ooolir g of the heated body. The main remedy against premature baldness is the application of mild stimulating washes and tonics. Notes. A Uttle girl in Watertown, N. ,Y., who was dying of scarlet fever, detired to send a kiss to a little playmate in another town. She kiesed the letter, which was sent by mail to the little friend, who wholly un- aware of the dantjer incurred, kissed the letter as a messasre from her dead friend. In a few days she herself died from scarlet tever contracted by means of this kits. Dr. Hand reports an, epidemic of goitre among the inmates of the Minnesota State Heform School. Forty- four out of one hundred and forty were Euffering at the time of the doctor's observatisn. It was thought that the origin of the trouble lay in the flour from which the bread wag made. The usual treatment with a change in the flour was speedily followed by a cure of most of the cases. Chest Application, â€" In bronchitis and pBeumonic affections the bieathitig is much relieved, and the.coQgesticn of the mucous membrane lessened, by bathing the chest with goose eil, slightly warmea, and then applying some old shirting or other matsr- ial, saturated with, the oil, to the whole thoracic sutfaoe. O^ten the addition of tor- pentine in the proportion of i to the goose o.l will greatly enlunce the value of the ap- plication. A small piece of resin dipped in water, which Is placed In a Teasel on a stove, will add a peculiar vPreperty to the atinosidiere of the room, which will fljlTO great relief to per- sons with a congh. The heat ef the water is sufficient to throw off the aroma of the reain, and gives the same relief that is affordel by a combusticn of rezin. It is preferable to combustion, because the evaporation ia more durable. The same resin may be used for weeks. Di. B. H. Fox states that in a severe cue of rheumatism in which salicylate of sodiimi, petaasium, quinine, colchisum and liniments had all failed to relieve the fever and pain, the relief was Immediate after sponging with cold water and quickly drying the skin afterward. Although this h no new treat- ment, it is one wbich requiros some oonrage to practice, and yet may be well adapted to certain severe eases In which the sallcylio remedies are'fiieffectiial. Again we call yoor attention to the inesti- mable valme if teaching children and other young people to fill their lungs as foil as they can by determined and persistent efforte, and to ezerolse the chest and back muscles by mat oe ivrea of the arms, such as thrusting them outward, npwwd, overhead, down- ward, etc. Ihe method of treatment is a positive cure for consumption in Ito incipient stageii It is a cure fw nervous diseases, dyspepsia, wakefabwss, etc A Cube fob Fbloiss â€" As soon as discov- ered toka some spirite of turpentine in a oup, dip the fioger in it, and then held the hand near a hot fire till dry then dip in it again and repeat for fifteen minutes or until the pain ceaaoa. Ih«' next day pare cff the thick akin with a,si^tp knife and yqu\ wQl find ipmetiilng like a honeycomb filled with clear water, open the cella and the felon is gone. This remedy mnstlitf used at once whea the feci is di»»veredir it will not avail. In carry leg children in the arms care should b3 taken not to oarry them habitaally en the same side, iw this tends to make them one-sided, a condition that may be frequent- ly observed in all the ohiltren of a mother who can nurse only from one breast. Kot only the bodies but the heads and facev^f a whole family oan aemetime* be drawn ever to onedde. The only tamedy la to olunge the pauUisn Ixqaetttlj, » veiy diffioutt filin g for noh mothers to do, bat some- thing that good-wiU and attention oan ao- oompli*^- Mn Mimee*â€" " Now, Jehnnfe, ge and kiss your UtUe awMtbesrt and make up." joh p^i* â€" ' No'm I won'f." Mrs. Mimosa •( Qo «ad tdl Iter heir nnoh you love her and how sorry yra are.;; Johmiie-"GaeBe not. Pa taya be get into a brcaoh ef ma- Sii .Seby'tolUa- » girlthat^ andUi. many the old thing. I ain t mnidn' no risks; lainV j The New Ye(ric Slv nporte an lalsrriaw fcwi«M«« 'toS'^Ja.i'Uok^* I infor- whhadn Tr**ir T t~ ,. "Wnenl fliatmat Jaokhe waa always flash. In faot he is now, bnt he is manager. Jack waa stwark thssi f«r aaawlng machine taonaa, and had oliarga ef tlie oity trade. He oaed to ask me often to dine witii him, and Inotioedhe Qever paid fw ^lat^Jiagat We aeldom at* twioe att|e«i« pws, and I iMffan tothiakfais otedtttns monnmentaL 'N^rime ve AU Cnttf «1o dine Idf a take all tis b^inlhe effiae with ns,' «ald Jsok, as w4 Isft a wal-known mianra^ caie d^. «i diln^ Hke lk» plaea ht all, andTiu ansf- ens to eat up what he owes me.' Then he owes you moneys' said I, to draw Jaok out. Yes, they all ewe me mere than 111 ever get. I might quit work now and beard around from plaoe to place for two years and not -at the aoooante ap Ten see, I onoe put an advertisement In a Sunday pa- per, which read something like this " ' First-class board wanted for a first- clasa sewing-machine, direct from the fac- tory. Riferenoea required.' " " Well, I get over sevmty-five answers. I was given the brat of references â€" ^bankers, preacher! and doctors. Most of the letters were from boarding-house keepers and res- taurateurs. They were from all parts of the city. As manager of the city trade I could sell a city machine as a sample at the wholesale price. But I didn't do that. I picked out twenty good restanrants and boarding houses, and bought twenty ma- chines on my own account on four months' time. The wh^esale price of each machine was |19 and the retail price $55. Of course I paid $19 eaoh, and sold them at the retail price. At eaoh cf the twenty places I told them if they wanted a brand new machine I would let them have one direct from the offiae for $20 cash, and would take the bal- anoe out in Jooari. Taey jumped at it, es- pecially as the machine was one of the 'best made, and I promised to take it back if not satisfactory. Near three reatahranta I got a suit Of recmi on the machine account, in less than two days I had delivered the twen- ty machines, had $400 caih in my pocket, 'vith fturmmths in which to pay for tha goods. I had $700 to take out in board and lodging in various parts of the city, and, as I say, I got tired of eating up my profits on the scheme. The $700 was all profit and also $1 on each machmo. Way, I worked the Si- m 3 plan on the tailors â€" they wanted sewing machines. I could sell a tailor a heavy manufacturing machine for $60 which cost me $30 â€"and what an elegant suit ef clothes I got for that $30.' " â-  I ss tmi Wheie the East Wind Oomes From. In the winter the sun Is vertical to the south of the equator, and the southern hemis- phere is being heated, which causes the air to expand, and it is gently flowing off in the uppjr stratum of tha atmosphere into the northern hesisphers, and by this means the accumulation of air becomes very marked, especially over Russia and Northern Europe, where the cold Is intense and the air conse- quently denser. The exceptional height to which the barometer commonly rises in win- ter and in early spring amply proves what might otherwise appear theoretical. As soon aa themore southern portions of the northern hemisphere become heated, a!r ascends, and an indraft or general flow ef air sett in from the t orth to supply its place. The east wind, which is indeed air frcm the northward de- flected to the east by the earth's rotatfor, has blown for the most part overland before It reaches the British Islands, enj, although cold, it u at every stage of its progress to wards the south becoming relatively warmer by sheer contact with the earth, of a some- what higher temperature, on which it is im- pinging, and the air is thus constantly be- coi^g capable of holding mwe moistnre by its well-known physical properties but owing to the low temperature at which it started, and the consequently small amonn!; of moisture which it could possibly hold In laadjtelieknpi ifkpMwlthn 4Mdan tha eMi wM â- Â» ^le and onheaithf In its« the Boiatare from otf bed warm itaeH by oendBeUeB,««dpabatte to- man fimmeot a hag* â€"»«"â- '" Mtf i^ hen* and thua leviea a aerwe twc ea the eonrtlta. tiena of aU ezpeaad telt. 1» laaaldomfa tth oonntry thatan aaat wfaid Is Moempanied by B weather, althovgh eooMlpnaUyit does nen bnt, whetner dry er moiit, it la Sjtbly diaagiewible and notoiiooily imhealthy. The gi«iterlh# ftryneaaof tte •Ir the greater the energy with which the •homan body ezhalea frem every pere of the aUn, and mora eqpedally from the hiaga and themore deUeato pwia of the mnoOna mem- brane.â€" Xoiufon ifftandard. SiYEDBTADBSAK. Ike Itrsterteu Bteaaccr and Tee. the Fallen While aoHMdled anpeiatitiott ii ridionled by all intelligeat people at the preaent day, it Is nevertheleoa a faot ttiat slheBeople oat ef ten have more or Isai snperstitlen in their natures, and give rein to It. Dreams are supposed by the maasea to have just aa much signifiosnoe aa a bandied yean age, and Friday is considered the nalneky day of the week the same aa when sailors refused to leave port on that day. There Is, however, say what you will, something In dreams, vi- sions, warnings, and thi like whioh now and then startles candid and intelligent minds. A few years ago a man nanaed Bron son, who was an agent for a liig oeed house, waa travelling threagh Ontario making oelleo- tions for his henae. He had to visit many towns off the railroads, and in such oases he secured a hoise sni buggy or rode horse- back. One night after he liad finished hia business in a certain town he made ready for a horseback trip of fifteen or twenty miles the next day. Upon retiring to bis room for the night he aat down to smoke a cigar. He was neither overtired nor sleepy, but after smoking a few minutea he had what he termed a vision. He waa riding over the country on horseback when at a junction of the roads he was joined by a fctranger. He saw this man as plainly as one oan see another in broad daylight, noting the color of hair and eyes, and taking parti- cular notice of the faot that the horse, whioh waa gray in color, had a ' y" branded on its left shoulder. The two rode along together for a mile or more, and then came to a spot wnere a tree had blown down and fallen across the narrow highway. They turned Into the woods to pass the spot, he in advance, when he saw the stranger pull a pistol and fire at his back. He felt the bullet tear Into him, reel- ed, and fell from^hls horse, and waa con- scious when the aa»ssin robbed him and drew bis body fnrthw into the weeds. Ha seemed to see all this, and yet at the same time knew he was dead. His corpse waa rolled into a hollow aad covered with brush, and then the murderer went away and left him alone. In making an effort to throw off the brush the dead man c.ime to life that is, the agent threw off the spell and awoke himself. His cigar had gone out, and as near as he could calculate he liad been nn- conscious, as yon might call It, for abcui; fifteen minutes. Hs was deeply agitated, and it was some time before he could con- vince himself that he had not suffered any ipjiry. By and by he went to bed and slept soundly, and next morning the remembsr- myeot what had happened in hia vision hd almost faded from hJa mind. J^ucklly for Bronson, he made some in- quiries at the livery stable as he went for nts horse, and he was told that it was a lonely road, and that it woald be prudent to go armed. Bat for this he would have left his revolver in his tronk at the hotel. He set out on his journey tn good laplrito, and found the road so romantic, and met horsemen going to town so often (that he reaohed the junction of the reada jrithoat ROMAINE VISITE .^a tamin allk, Unad vlth firoiuo and tad itilped latin, and trimmed with job orna- menta. Tha atraw bonnet la composed of Taaam and NjapaUtaa brali pUttad colon* W black valvetTilirii «d flow, era, and fancy graasea. Patt^tna in two tkail ih'die ^UM^ Themaii did not,ho wever have tha leek «r l^aail^I of an «vll-mlhded peia'n. On the oontrary, he aeemed to be dene. He had- bo weapana in eight, and he soon explained tlut he was going to the vll? lage to si^idi Btenaeai waa baond onbosi- neas oenneotad witii the law. The agent ooald net help bnt feM astonish- ed and atartled at the onrloua eoinddenee, bnt the ateaagar;%« aa,t;$ntp*Mi4«|^fi4r ly that there «*M no pioaalbia exehae to ans- pectbim. Indeed, aa if to prove to Ilia com- panion that he ntMitated no evil, he kept a littie in advance far the next half liear. Bronaen'a diatmst had entirely vanished when a tarn in theroadikroaghtan obstrnc- tion to view. 'I'here was a fa len tree aorosa the liighway I TUa priwif that every point and drownatanco fai the vision was being nnrolled lef ore his eyes gave the agent a great ahock. Ha was behind the stranger, and he palled his revolver and dropped his hand beaide thi Ijorsi to^ooiiceSl it. « Well, well 1" isaid the nuHH as he mAl»d np his berae. **int4^iree ib^iri^liavert^tlid over this morning. We'll have to pass around it to the r^ht." Bronson was on the right. The woods were clear of underbrush, and natarally enough he should have been the first to leave the road. Bnt he waited. " Go ahead, friend," aidd the stranger, and as if the words had been addressed to the horse, the animal which the agent be- strode atartod np. Bronson was scarcely oat of the road be- fore he turned in hia saddle. The stranger had a pistol in his right hand Wnac fol- lowed could not be clearly related. Bron- sen slid from the saddle as a bullet whizzed past him, and a aeoend later returned the fire. Three or foar shoto were rapidly ex- changed, and then the would-be murderer, uttering a yell to show that he had been hit, wheeled his horaetlo gallop off. He had not gone ten rods whence beast fell under him, and he kicked his feet from the stirrups and sprang into the woods and* was out cf sight In a moment. The horse had received a bul- let in thei« throat and waa dead in a few m!n- nt3S. As a matter of coarse Bronson put the case in the hands of the proper t ffidala, but the horse oaold nsither be Identifiad nor the man overhaolad. It was agreed thai he was an entire stranger in that locality, and that, while he did not knvw Bronson nor the busi- ness he was engaged ia,iie:.was ready to commit a cold bloodeck iBiinter, and 4^e his chances of finding a fat wallet to repay him. A Melancholy Weddin?. At the Novgorod prison chapel (-lays the Russian Petetborgskia GazettO a couple was recently married, A young fellow of the name of Zamizki, who had been sentenced to a term of imprisonmont for fourteen years and six months with hard labour, married A young girl who was the daughter of a soldier, Yefremoff, and had only been re- leased from the Novgotoi prison at tha ba- glnnirg of the present year. Zamizki had toid his brother of his intention to marry, but the later thought the prisoner insane, deeming it impossible that any woman ccu'.d be persuaded to marry a convict. He was, however, CDovInotd cf the truth by the pri- son administration consenting to the marri- age. On the wedding-day the warder ap- peared in the prisoner's cell, his chains were removed he was dressed in a black suit, and token to chapel, where the bride appeared with the bridegroom's brother, dressed in a white bridal dress and veil. At two o'clock the ceremony was begun, several prisoners assisting. One hour the newly-manied pair were allowed to spshd together in their cell, the warder drinking their health and then retiring to leave them with a stoamiag toa- urn and a sentinel at the doer. During the whole of the time the huaband tried to persuade Lis wife to go with him to the con- vict colony to which he will shortly be de- spatohed. At the expiration of the hour the warder reappeared, the convict doffed his wedding garments for bis^ prison «ear, and the wife went silently away, accom- panied by her. hnaband's brother. Somantio Stoiy. A remantio story cornea from the province of Limbnrg, on the Dutoh frontier. The owner of a large mannfactory who had mar- ried youngjuid was left a widower had an erfy daoghter to whom all the moat desir- able yenng men In the neighbearboed were paying attention. Her father noticed that she treated them aU with indifference, and showed a sarked preference for a youne oleik of hiv ^1 orphan, witii ne means but hU salary. As he had always given the greatest aatiabotion in the performance of hiadutleB,and was eJxceedingly weU con- ducted, the father, persaaded that he weald never ventnrer to ^ae his eyes to bls daoghter, who evidentiy was sincerely at- S^ iS*^ h{in,^made up Mi mind to broaoh the ttatter to him. What was his sarprise toM^fiV*" ?l*?' »«|e'?nuoh hesitation, told hta he would be only lioo happy to re- gard the yenng lady ai a sister but he oould not maifcrtr her, becaose he vran not a man, but.* yjwng jpoman in diag alw-* dk- guUe aheh^ a^ted whf» Jelfr6^^p to order tojet wore luoiailve altaattoB I The oonoln^n of the story iaSt?*'^*^ if""'"/!*? daughter, she is wife of tiiemikHni vvj-.V itead now the A Prince Who is a Popular Oculiat- Hundreds of patlente suffering from eye hi!^^"'°i"^l!° «"°«*o MeAnto seL oeijeafor thi^«r few hoaS/whi mJ- body may caU who ^afiara from eye dlaea^. £«»»^«£4 eaoribea freeof^S«S V* '^^*^» bandages,.o. PrinL^5" ' '*q«ttea1onger cure the dSSS!l^^*?^ « estobltahment for 2«fad toeatmen^ where those who come ueoarad for and treated freeef example, she held ?}«*•• bjiadfor-tt^S^oiiii' ISJ^h S.o I tleod from the o~.i*3-!r^..r!IS^° "" I blothnj. operatten aatorated her Italntjesttheatonr ^^ But then, it's a atoi* ♦•. An BometlmeawecaBth., ^•sk.l 'An' thfeo^ riV^'^^C taiownthaaC!'""»«o»l.ik^' I mind the day he wm». I mind how they sat „ ^*X WhenWfcXV^V^' every year a hahvl^ ^4| TmthW.^^4^^7r'"«' 0^1 An' their Bin rin Beilamwithik'X«^^. He smd It waa fuCSSri« ^l ^^xitobowV^rete-l^ So, they lived along in th«f». With p'enty of time fordri^,-. time for play. "'TOft.ffi An grpwln' arouni'emH... Tiuthe^|,!i^^"^t. maZi«^^«'e«8»i An they're honest, an* decent.,, v • the very best Ch-iS fL '""I Though I reckoii ia brilffi'L^"' voted a little eiow. """""rl Oh, you're Pressed fortim9-6t(niiB«„i, rm sorry I kept you m1o?5"" Gk)od-bye. Now ne lobkedkffik an' I rcceon th^tl W.^" '"«'« To ten sncvi a coV^onlll^Z?,.^ eommonnlace lives ^°"" But we can't b1i git drtrnt an' aaiihl.... an'runpffwithothermS?5rt%' BOIENnFIOAITD UBEFBL sela. Falling on a smal! ibftthemia an upward draught of ah which aiin In motion, and that, in turn, Etirti i ery that winds a clock. The electrlollghting dynamo atLiakl Inn Dining Hall and Library, I driven at a rata of not Jets thw ..^ volutions a mhiute by a Pjrion'i hi^iiHii engine. It is claimed that this is t motor that has ever baen mide ton the actual vdccsty of tha ateam aiiti oapea from the bailari The Popular Science Neva anirti I tha average lergth of life is creaalng, and the tioie ma; yet cooei pereoas one hundred years old will i no more curiosity than oseofeigiit at the present time. The (avention of tha typewriter far back aa 1714, when one Henry Pd talned In E jgland a patent fo: a i' ' that " writes in printed chanciers, onil time and one after another," Bit ill not until 1S67 chat it waa i!npravednMl| work satiafactorily. Attention has lately been called to t races of men that mast soon beoomn At the preaent rata cf decrease, I cf New Zealandâ€" now reduced, tolesli 45,000 from 100,000 ia Captain C»ti4 â€" must have dissppeared by the year 2 The L»p!attdeja are estimated act tar 30,000 in number, and are graduaflybi ing fewer. Prof. Josef Kiroai, the statiihclu. f that the rich class avsrage fiftj'*^ of life, tha middle class average W years one and one- tenth monthirfliU'r the poof class average forSy-one seven months of life, FromihiartlJ"" that the posasaalon of wealth «ii»«« of exemption from privation lergs average life nearly ten yeari. Dr. Bondatates that for adaltst important elementa of milk are W «"" oids and salts, whio^ oonta'n th" and phosphates. Iheaa elemati sent in just aa larges proFrt«»^ milk and I utter milk ai theyw b' milk. Whole milk i«.h»**I*' food for the yocng, whooW; abundance of fatty matter In « ' almilable form. A carious needle fa In pMjw" Victoria. It was made at «M needle manufactory »* R""' Bsnta the column of Ir»]« » ' This weU known Riman o»lw» » with numerous soenw » ii»^ immortalisa Trajiu'a t«;" "J ".« On thb diminnttre needle »o^ J of Qaeen Viotorla are reprM»Jj^ |J but so finely cat and »\fr^ qulrasamagnifyin2claHto«»J, A nice way to 8«ve^«^?|' .nriskl" ia to butter some patty Mjiii,it soientiously with face cm»°'"^J an egg into a aanoer, ana " ' jn « turbtng the yolk, E"' 'f !»»*"' the tins inteahotdiippJ'l-Pj^bj stand in the oven "f.^'Sejei"' Then after patting t^a Y'^^tW, t^ broiled ham ^Vo^' ^tloti^K eggs from the oven aad Wâ„¢ „* • It is not neeeasary to^clweS^M" while the eggs are in lti»» tor not to do so. AntiSsient csft^f fj^ffliii and other waste P«Pf»"' 5 " bottle with a »""'*Vaairt«'l,«iii ennoes of ooPP"»« "'^to tln'^Stt fitting a perforated^2lStl. a small g the cork, ef the waste V^'Z'JAi rcH ' Uohoapandnot poWf^j,e were uhiveraally »*'*%b^" ., of potential dl«.s»yj^^l»' Bterfliaedandrendirjan* onbative state. '5( *ff^ a perforated P«»^^gl,*"5 ,glaaatnbethro»«^^ft^ k, invert the botfj^^ttj; TOste pipes. .1«*S5 Iff "5.l [0*1