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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1904-07-14, Page 3BRITISH TROOP OIL LINIMENT Ya Sorains, Strains, Con, Woernds, j7h.trs, 'Open Sures, Bruises, Stiff joints, Bites and tiogs of Insects, Coughs, Colds, Contracted Cors, Rheumatism, Neura'gia, Bronchitis, *roup, Sore Throat, Quincy, 't7lloopwg dough and alt Painful Sweltthtgs. A LARGE BOTTLE. 250. Tri SUGAR CANE. Vire Iiavo Borrowed It irons 1n41*, Its Native Home. 1'he sugar cane and its uses have Leen known in India, its native home, Vont time immemorial. It is perhaps the earliest source from which sugar las produced, and all other nodes of manufacture have been borrowed from or based on it. The early classical 'writers knew sugar vaguely as "honey of canes." To the Greco-Roman world tate sugar cane was the reed which the alrvrartty Indians delighted to chew and trona which they extracted a mysteri- ous sweetmeat. It was the Arabs—those great car- ders between the east and west—who Introduced the cane in the middle ages Into Egypt, Sicily and the south of $pain, where it flourished abundantly alntii West Indian slavery drove it out of the field for a time and sent the trade in sugar to Jamaica and Cuba. 1':aatly in the sixteenth century the came was taken from Sicily to Madeira and the Canaries. Thence it found its enn to Brazil and Alex1eo, to Jamaica and Haiti. Cane sugar was well known in Italy about the second cen- tury and has been common in England mince the Tudor period. The strenuous ,days of great Elizabeth bed sugar for their sack, and ginger 'was hot i' the mouth, too, as we all well remember.— Cornhiil Magazine. RBSOLUTE SECURIT Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of See Fac-Slanaro Wrapper Below. fart small and as east tlo take as augur. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. TOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THECOMPLEXION OBAVI II rtI TWas 4,i.vws, as�'lesoalti f »1r oeretsDle. t ..,.e CURE SICK HEADACHE. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES CAUSTIC CARLYLE, We Contempt Per (reset Alen Wolf $$Meet to $odilicatto*. Carlyle's opinion of Herbert Speucer Ila "the most Intending use. in Christen- dom" must, of course, he read in con- junetien with (.'nrIyie's derision ter Mankind in general. "Mostly tools," he e eer ' lthought h iul o! 1 y us all. Durtvin, we know, he would not have at any price --not a word of him, Cardinal Newman, he estimated, had, "the brain of a Medium sized rabbit." Ruskin Wait a bottle of soda Water. ['A bad young titan" was his saw up of aeons, er eminent writer, But these hostile phrases were sub- ject to considerable modification if the man against whom they were tainted came near enough to Carlyle to do hiin. a personal favor, even to pay hire a personal compliment. Disraeli, whom be had described us a mountebank dancing upon John Bull's stomach, of. fered Carlyle it baronetcy and elicited from him, together with a refusal of the title, many tributes to his mag- nanimity. Ile said very little about Disraeli henceforth in print, and in private he spoke of him only as "a very tragical comical fellow." — London Chronicle, THE ONION CURE. A Beme4y Which Is Claimed to Be Infallible In Pneumonia. This remedy, which is claimed to be int'allible, was formulated ruauy years ago by a well known physician in New England, who never lost a patient by this scourge: Take six or ten onions, I according to size, and chop fine. Put in a large spider over a hot fire, add- Ing about the same quantity of rye heal and vinegar to form u stiff paste. Stir thoroughly and simmer five or ,ten 'minutes. I'ut into n cotton bag large enough to cover the lungs and I apply to the chest just as hot as the !patient can hear it. In about ten min- utes change the poultice, and thus eon - few hours the patient will be out of danger. And just here a word of cau- tion. In applying this or any other hot poultice care must be exercised not to let the patient get chilled during the changing process, Have the hot ono all ready to go on before the cooling one is removed, and make the ex- changes so swiftly and deftly that there is not a moment's exposure of the body surface, which becomes ex- ceedingly sensitive to a chill, J tinue reheats andapplying, : ng andIn a POSITION DURING SLEEP. Slightly liaise the Head and Lie on the Right Side. The main object of sleep is that every organ of the body should have perfeet rest. The brain, the lungs and the heart have been, not inappropriately, called the "tripod• of life," as upon them b the bangsprosperity 6 of the whole frame; bence we slightly raise the bead to check the flow of blood to the brain and more or less quickly find out the position of greatest -ease for lungs andheart, ea t This will be founde bysleeping in for P g the greater part of the time on the right side. for nearly two-thirds of the heart Is on the left of the medial line, and the apex points closely to the smaller left lung; hence the fullest and freest play possible should be given to the left side. A quiet pulse, diminished respira- tion and refreshing rest are all com- bined when open windows, moderate warmth and uuchnflng heart work to- gether. It is often best to court sleep on the left side and turn to the right before going off. A Philanthropist. Modern advertising can cope even with the etiquette of courts, A Lon- don journal tells us that .a young American woman wished to be pre- Sented at the court of the king of Saxony. The high ofcials, having in- quired into her social standing at home, objected. They represented to her that the king could scarcely receive the daughter of a retail bootmaker. The young woman cabled home and told her father the situation. The next morning she received his answer: "Can't call it selling. Practically giving them away. See advertise- ment " That solved the difficulty. She was presented as the daughter of an emi- nent philanthropist. A Doctor's Visit. More patients become dissatisfied be- cause they are not visited often enough than because they are required to pay for excess of services. One of the most grateful families that I ever knew was one that had just paid a young medical grafter for fourteen visits Made be- tween it and 11 p. in. of a single day, when two visits would have been am- ply sufficient. Small wonder that some of the younger men yield to this temp- tation and shortly become known to the profession as repeaters. But these soon lose caste. Lesson In Modern F1nanee. "Pa," said the son of the captain o! Industry, "what is being recreant to one's trust?" "Not increasing the capital stock ser. ery time the public can be hypnotized Into buying a few more shares for the benefit of the people who hold the bonds." trereidaakt. De Garry—As you intend t4 mar* her, Why did you consent to her tiding t bicycle wheat your are is opposed to It? Merritt—Well, I knew she Would Rave her 'way in the end, and I eaten - lilted thatby giving in now her father *Quid hate to pay for the bicycle. Nothing le farther from the earth then heaved; nothing is nearer to hear. Oa that MOIL—Him .... - . .... . WHY iCE STAYS ON TOP, i iese;r" the spiv. Beer edea t0 R* Gane *revise I/ livers** low. It is one of the most extraordinary thtngs in thla extraordlnary world, writes henry l►.lartfu Ilairt in the Out- look, that water should be the sole.ex- septiuu to the otherwise universal law than allcoQligg bodies contract and, therefore Increase In density, Water contracts as its temperature falls and therefore becomes heavier and sinks until it reaches 50 degrees, At this temperature water Is the heav- iest. This is the point of its maximum density, From title. point It begins to expand. Therefore in winter, although the Outface may be freezing at tem. peraturo of 33 .degrees, the water at thti bottom of the pool is six or seven degrees wanner, Suppose that water, like everything else, had gone on contracting 58 it cooled until it reached the freezing point. The heaviest Water would have sunk to the lowest place and there be- come ice, Although It is true that eight pints of water become nine pints of lee, and therefore icebergs font, showing above the streace an eighth of their bulk, still had the water when at the bottom turned into leo the s}ones would have locked It In their interstices and held it there, and before the winter was over the whole pool would become solid ice, and all the poor Ash would be &itonzbed in clear, beau- tiful crystal!. JAPAN'S GOD OF WAR. flaehiman, Strange to Say, Is a hover of the Peneetnl Doh.. Ilaehhhmtn, the god of war in Japan, strange to say, loves n dove, a bird symbolicaal in the west of peace and not of war. Go to any temple or shrine where Ilachlinan is worshiped, and you will and a great many doves coo- ing either on the roof of the temple or on the ground below. The tablet on which the name of the god is inscribed begins with the idlograph of "Hecht," the two strokes of which are intendet;� to picture a pair of doves, the femnje on the right and the male on the left - Doves are Hachiman's favorite birds, messengers by which he sends good tidings of peace and love. I3achiman never fights merely to sa- tiate his thirst for blood. He fights battles for peace, He never makes sacrifices of lives so that be may glory over the conquered. IIe is a great en- emy of tyrants and oppressors. He is ever ready to help those who are op- pressed and persecuted. He fights wars of justice. He wishes to see jus- tice done on all sides. His banners bear inscriptions conveying the thought of righteousness and justice. Miserable will be the fate of any Who venture to violate the peace and welfare of the world, for Hachtman in his righteous wrath will crush down such a one under his mighty feet h t , Polar Plants. Climate affects the inhabitants of the seaust j as It does those of the laud. As arctic land plants cannot flourish at the equator, so in the Arc- tic anti Antarctic oceans marine pinnts are found which are unable to survive in warm water. Among the most re- markable of these cold water plants are the laminariaceae, a kind of sea - weeds which sometimes attain a gi- gnntic sire, exceeding in length the longest climbing plants of the tropical forests and developing huge stems like the trunks of trees. Investigations have shown that these plants flourish In the coldest waters of the polar seas and that they never advance farther from their frigid homes than to the limits of "summer temperature" in the ocean. The genial warmth destroys them, just as a polar blast shrivels the (lowers of a tropical garden. A Compromise. Young Matron (with theories on the care of children, to nurse)—Jane. Nurse Yes -sum. Young Matron—When the baby has finished his bottle, lay' Mtn in the cradle on his right side. After eat- ing a child should always Ile on the right side; that relieves the pressure ori the heart. Still (reflectively) the liver is on the right side; perhaps, after all, you had better lay him on the left side. No, I am sure the treatise on infant digestion said right side. On the whole, Jane, you may lay the baby on bis back until I have looked up the matter more thoroughly." The Only Obligation. A story that comes from a country region not fair from New York concerns a native who Was seen stolidly plow- ing a field with a team of weary and dejected horses. As they approached the observer of rural lite remarked sympathetically that the horses "didn't seem to like the Work." "Um," commented the fainter briefly, "they don't have to like it, They only have to do it," Pair of Plaintiffs. aM "See here," exclaimed the angry man, "I wish you would muzzle that dog of yours at night. His barking keeps my baby awake." "I Wast just going to request you to muzZle yout baby," rejoined the neigh- bor. "His nightly howling annoys my dog." Ne Common Hired Hand. Agent of Apartment House—When can you go to work? Dignified Person (who hail accepted position as j ilitor of building)—I Can enter upon the du- ties of my office at once, sir. A it tecoirsreadatlon. Mrs. barley—Why do you have Mrs. Gabb to sew for you? She is not a good dressmaker. tare. Canker -4 know that, but she knows all the gossip 114 the commutaty.--LOndon TwItits,, A BAD CASE OF KIDNEY TROUBLE puRii3 iY. DUN'S KIDNEY PILLS .11,11,101111.1,11 THE YOLKS OF EGGS. , wase.01 a Reddish nue better Then the Pete Tolle`. There is most probably an important dietetic difference between two eggs the yolk of one of which $s a very pale yellow color and that of the other S. rich, almost reddish color. It is a nae torlous. fact that the eounti7 produced egg may usuelty be placed Mader the latter description, while the egg pro, dined by the hen that Is under en nn, healthy and limited environment sheave au anaemic color, generally a very pale yellow. The eggs of wild birds—as, for example, the plover ---show a yolk of a Melt reddish color. The substance which contributes col. or to the yolk of the egg is iron, just as it le iron which gives color to the blood, anti there seems to be little doubt that the iron compound in the yolk of the egg is of a similar nature to that of the blood. It is easily as- similated. and eggs are regarded as a suitable food for the anaemic person, As they preseztt a ooncentrated and generally easily digested form of nu- triment rich in iron. The iron cozn- peund of the egg has, inject, been termed a "haeumtogezi," because it is probable that from it the blood of the chick is derived. The amount of iron in the yolk of an egg would appear to increase with the intensity of its color, and there can be little doubt that the maximum is reaelied to the richly col, orad yolk of the egg produced by a fowl existing in healthy suvoundings, for then its processes of nutrition would be Working under very favorable con- ditions. As an article of diet, there- fore, the egg should be judged not by the color of its shell, but of the yolk, which should be of a rich reddish rath- er than of a pale yellow color.—Lancet: Kidney Troubles, no mutter of what kind or whet stage of the disease, ran. be quickly and permanently cured by the ute of these wonderful pills. 11Ir, Joseph Leland, Alma, N,W.T., recommends them! to all kidney trouble sufferers, when he eays;—I was troubled with dull head- aches, had frightful dreams, terrible rains 14 my legs and a frequent desire to urinate. Noticing DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS recommended for just such annei- anees es bine, it occurred to mo to genre them a trial, so I procured a box of them, and was very much surprised at the effectual cure they made. I take a great deal of pleasure in recommending them to all kidney trouble 4ufierera. Pries 50e. per box, or 3 for $125; an. dealers or The Doan Kidney 1?i11 Co., Toronto, Out, Chinese Baths. Mongolia writes: [' t springs by the r miles north of C place is named Tang- a arrangements for those' by their healing Primitive,. A row ofefelen boxes the sl packing case are r ad. In these sit b and both sexes, w �r otruding. Atten- dants wa.ith buckets outinuously refill the be es from tho g[ll•tligs For less ! THE ENGLISH TAILOR. A traveler in D There are some ho road about twenty hina;Peng, The Lan. The arrange anxious to benefit properties are very p twenty or thirty � size of an oidivary ranged beside t1'a' road. others of e,,•'i`eay aCe Ith thea `P treads b $oma luxulv'ious bathers thvie is accommoda- tion "gym a pool which as been dug out c se by. In this theysquat, scooping rp the water a eteriiij it over tt•'tr, beads with �/b'{ys basins, it Is t carious , O +, fleet' hat establishments like Hombarg and Aix -les -Rains have had their origin in such beginnings." Beetle Soldiers and Sailors. There are beetles in England, of the family known.ito scientists as telephor- idae, that are popularly called soldiers and sailors, the 'red species being called by the former name and the blue spe- cies by the latter. These beetles are among the most quarrelsome of insects and fight to the death on the least provocation. It has long been the cus- tom among English boys to catch and set them fighting with each other. They are as ready for battle as game- cocks, and the victor will both kill and eat his antagonist.—St. Nicholas. Looking 'on the Bright Side. The lesson which I have learned in life, which is impressed on Inc daily and more deeply as I grow old. Is the lesson of good will and good hope. I believe that today Is better than yes- terday and that tomorrow will be bet- ter than twiny. I believe that in spite of so many errors anti wrongs and even crimes my countrymen of all classes desire what ;is good and not what is evil.—Senator IIoar's "Autobiography." Social Advance. Mother — Are you getting on any, Gertrude? Daughter --Oh, yes, moth- er. We used to be lumped In with "and others," but tiow we have climb- ed up into "some of those present" Oee upatton. "Miss Carnival! complains that she bas too much leisure." "Well, why doesn't she take ua some- thing?" "She tines. She takes up other pea ple'siime." When n than has his picture taken with Isis f:amily be shows on his pho- tographic face that he was forced into it.—Atchison Globe. TO NAIL YOUR FAITH BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS. Is n spring medicine it bas no equal. It purifies and enriches the blood. .Acts on the kidneys, Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Cleanses and invigorates the entire system from the crown of the head to the soles of the feet. Don't be sick, weak, tired, 'worn and Weary. THIS SPItTNG TAKE He '11aed to Be Humble, but Now He Is a Haughty Vampire. Of late, be it noted, the tailor has be- • come quite an unreaasonnblo and gratui- tous drahn.on all men's purses. I'ormerly you _were his patron. He was very civil and gave you uninter- mittent opportunities for seeing the top of his head and the back of his neck. He rubbed his hands and crawled be- fore you for 5 guineas a suit. If you paid any time before the death of the senior partner in his business he bowed you to your equipage and said in his heart that you were a great gen- tleman. 1 Today he is a vampire, he sucks your blood, he walks erect, he chooses cloth for you, you must have what he tells you to have, his terms are cash on de- livery, his credit will last you six months. and as often as not he is a jalennber of your friend's club. IIe is the person who makes you or mar's you. With his bit of soapstone he can turn you out just so or not just so. lie' i uh l to him I adjure you. You are only a poor, soppy. brainless, driv- eling rascal of a num. If you be not well dressed you will become a wreck. a hulk, a derelict, a castaway on the misty shores of business and society.— London Gentlewoman. The Telltale. That was an embarrassing position in which a fashionable New York wom- an found herself recently. She was invited to a wedding, but dad not think either of her hats was good enough for the occasion. So she visited her mil - 1 liner's and had an exceedingly costly I affair sent home on trial. She wore it 'at the wedding and the next day drove to the milliner's and returned it, saying it did not suit. It happened that the batmakor, who quite understood the situation, had been similarly tried sev- eral times of late. "Did you not wear this hat at the Blink wedding yester- day?" she asked bluntly. Taken by !surprise, the society women owned up, but asked, "Ilow did you know?" "Oh, • it was quite easy. I see several grains of rice in the folds of the lace." A Grewsome Kaffir Custom, A writer on the ICaffirs of South Af- rica says: "A. rondo chief in very old- en days on accession to the throne Wonid kill one of his brothers and Wash in his blood to strengthen him- self and then would keep his medicines in the skull of the dead brother, a practice which raised the power Of the medicine to the 'nth,' as mathemati- cians would say. If a warrior of con- spicuous bravery is kliled in war his body is made into medicine and admin- istered to the young men to make them brave, a practice which may well have been the basis of cannibalism" The Dog WhIpper. An old church official in England was the dog whipper, who was em- ployed in driving or removing dogs from the various churches and who is often alluded to in vestry accounts, as, for example, "paid the dog whipper 10 shillings;" "to \Viddow Sandys the year's saliery for (dog) whipping 5 shit- Mtgs." Implements known as dog tongs were also used by these dog whippers, many of them being spiked at the end and capable of giving a cruel grip. They are still preserved in tonne of the old churches. The Contlnslon. "What conclusion did yout literary snd debating society resell last night?" "Oh, " answered Miss Cayenne, "the conclusion was as nsual—chicken sided, lee cream and 'Good night.' Had a perfectly lovely time.' " Of More intermit Nell—rack is always talking to me tbout the depth ot his love. Belie --Tho iept(r wouldn't interest me so much as the length. Burdock Blood Bitters Mat thou lore life? Then de not squander tale, for that is the stuff life le made of, AND Netio WELL SHORT WINDED, Why /fOine 1"er..os, Raaore Aareetit lees With. eerie. $ixerre*Me. Breathing cenobite of two rhythmical alternating proeesscs-.Iubreathlug, is Whieh the muscles of the chest play their part, .and outbreatbing, in which the1 s t easti lt,y of the lungs said the weight ot the chest force out air. The number of breaths, which varies with. the age, is one to every three or four pulse beats. In ordinary breathing on. ly about one-sixth of tbe air in the lungs is renewed, but in exercise the amount is considerably increased and the number of breaths multiplied. In disease such n$ reduction of Juni; area the blood 18 in danger of beeoul- lilg overclar ed with carbonic acid, end the lungsstruggle to get rid of thle anti to bring in more oxygen. Exercise causes a similar change, and if of the right sort and not too long continued the circulation and breathing araat. quickened, and the result is good. in severe exercise, such as long con• tinued speed trials, the quickened breathing can no longer cope with its task, $o carbonic acid accumulates faster than the heart and the lungs can deal with it, mid breathlessness re. sults, HABERDASHER. Tile Word 1s Supposed to Meats Thing of Little Value. The word haberdasher first appears in the language as coming from haper- tas, the name of a fabrie mentioned in the Liber Albus along with wool, can- vas and felt, as subject to customs duty, about 1419. A parallel and al- most contemporary list has Naber- tasslzerie. The word is supposed to mean things of little value—small wares such as buttons and tapes. Skeet derives it from the Icelandic haperbask—trum- pery, pedlars' wares. In a register of burials of Ware In 1053 we have one entry; "Melted Watkins, London, haberdasher of harts," probably this being the first material of which hats were made. Clambers gives another meaning to the word. He says• it is derived from the ancient name for a neck cloth, berdash, which is derived from beard, and tache, a covering. Hapertas was originally a cloth ot a particular kind, the width of which was settled by Magna Cllarta. Hence a haberdasher was the seller of haper- tasserle.—London Answers. THE LUDDITES. Authors of the Famous Stocking Frame Riots In England. Early in 1511 bands of distressed stocking knitters in Nottinghamshire began a long series of rlots, marked by most wauton mischief. Assembling in Parties of from six to sixty v under a leader styled general or Ned Lucid, dis- guised and armed with swords, pistols, hammers and axes and bound together by illegal oaths, they succeeded in smashing stocking [nr frames in all parts of England, and their daring outrages continued even when a large military force was brought into the neighbor- hood and two London police magis- trates came down to assist the civil power. To such a pitch had this dangerous disturbance grown that a royal procla- mation was issued offering a reward of 150 for the apprehension of any of the offenders. • Not until October, 1516, did this wholesale destruction and vio- lence cense, by which time more than a thousand frames and many lace ma- chines had been broken up and the mischief bad spread into neighboring counties.—London Chronicle. Five Thousand Distinct Languages. Mr, J. Collier, writing on the subject, says that over 5.000 distinct languages are spoken by mankind. The number of separate dialects is enormous. There are more than sixty vocabularies in Brazil, and in Mexico the Nahua lan- guage has broken up into 700 dialects. There are hundreds in Borneo. In Australia there is no classifying the complexities, and generally the num- ber of dialects is in inverse proportion to the intellectual culture of the popu- lation. Assume that only fifty dialects on an average belong to every lan- guage and we have the colossal total of 2230,000 linguistic varieties. African Road Breakers. Engineering feats by big game in Africa are thus described by a recent explorer: "Elephant and rhinoceros tracks were ubiquitous. These mon- sters are certainly the best road break- ers in Africa. Among the hills some of the rhinoceros paths were extraordi- narily well graded. Unfortunately the rhinoceros has a hide three-quarters of an inch thick and so does not see the necessity of clearing the thorn bush from over his road. An elephant is more considerate—he makes a clean sweep of everything." A Hint. Borem (11 p. m.)—Yes, I'm a perfect tnartyr to insomnia, I've tried every- thing I ever heard of, but I simply can't get to sleep at night, Miss Cut- ting (suppressing a 'yawn)—Did you ever try talking to yourself after going to bed? Carie Per meet/einem.. Cranky Husband (at a reception)—I Wish you were as lively as that woman over there. Wife -Humph! No `Yonder she's jolly. She's a rich Widow. Served Theta night. Ile—They have dropped their anchor. She (ori her first trip) -.Serves theta right it has been Imaging over the side alt day long. An men ere equal the day they ate Worn and the dal' they ere burled: A VERSATILE Pew Tbiziese That Grow Ctilleatt So Many Marl 8 +t 11141. Vrobab}y taw things that grow capable of so many nese or are as aiuno pletely used as corn. The grain .* used for food both for human beiz u while and cattle i h le # he steno; aro need at cattle feed. The pita of the cornstallaa. Is used in the manufacture ot awoke - !esti powder, in the manufacture (af high grade varnish anti 114 the More- facture of paper. The woody portion!, are used in the Manufacture of s eheayp quality of paper. As a food corn. Is auplllied In many forma. The most fa.-ziilur are rt►oal, hominy and grits. Practically all the starch that Is used In the •United. Staten is. ;nude from corn. ituruense quanti- ties are 5h=10 used in the manufacture of glucose, which, among other things, enters largely into the manufacture Qt beer as a substitute for tualt, A large quantity of corn Is used an- nually in the manufacture of whisky, and nearly 15,000,000 bushels are used every year in the manufacture of co. logne spirits anti elegize!. Even in the manufacture Of these products nothing is lost, The glutinous and other rest- dues estdues in the manufacture of stareht. glucose, whisky and alcohol are used as cattle feed. THE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS. It Is the Strongest Muscle In tine $1}• news Body. The strongest muscle in the bureau body is the gluteus maximus. hardly a Movement of the lower extremltles can be made without bringing it into play, but its chief duty Is to balance the pelvis on the head of the thigh bone. It assists in carrying the leg for- ward and outward in walking, and without its aid any movement of the body from the bips would be Impossi- ble, As it is the strongest, so is it also the largest muscle we possess. In the full grown man it can exert a force of 110 pounds to the square inch of its section in the thickest part. Another strong muscle, which is sit.. noted in the calf of the leg, is capa- ble of sustaining seven times the" weight of the body, The great tendon which is inserted in the heel bone, call. ed tendon achilles, is also of singular strength. When removed from the body, it bas sustained a weight of 2,000 pounds, yet sometimes by the sudden action of the muscles of the calf, to which it belongs, it has been snapped across. PERMANENT MAGNETS. The Simpleit Way of Magnetising a Bar of Steel. The simplest way of magnetizing a, bar of steel is that known as "single touch. Ile• bar to be magnetized ls laid on the table and the pole of a pow- erful magnet is rubbed from ten to. twenty times along its length, always` In the same direction. If tbe north poleo f the magnet i semployed the end of the bar first touched *III also be- come a north pole, while the opposite end, at which the magnet is lifted be- fore returning, will be a south pole. There are other and more complicated Methods, known as "divided touch" hnd "double touch." in which two and even four magnets are employed. A. steel bar can also be magnetized by placing it within a coil of insulated `vire, through which a galvanic current Is circulating. The magnetism induced In this. way, however, is weak com- pared with that which can be procured If the same strength of current is em- ployed through the intervention of an electro -magnet, "Hamlet" at Elsinore. Shakespearean commentators have i wondered why the poet placed the scenes of "Hamlet" at Elsinore, in the island of Zealand, whereas the Danish prince lived and died In Jutland. But the municipal authorities at • Elsinore discovered In their archives tbat an English company was acting in their town in 1387 or 1388, and among the names of the actors are several of those who were acting with Shakespeare in London in 1380, Obviously these ac - •tors must have talked about their ad- ventures in Denmark, and so Shaker speare became well acquainted with Elsinore and when he wrote "hamlet" naturally placed the scene in a place which be knew by description rather than in a place of which he knew noth- ing. The General Utility Conenl. In those larger towns in Turkey where England 1s represented by a consul that official is looked upon as a sort of court of appeal by Christians. Atntenians, Bulgarians, Jlacedottians and even Jews, who have probably never heard an English word spoken, will appeal to the British eonsul when in difficulties, and he rarely refuses his khul offices. In ordinary cases his unofficial backing of the "glnours" is effective. Ciirioslt*. "Professor." said Mrs. Xoozey to the cranky old professor of archaeology, , "what do you consider the most curt - ons thing you ever saw?" "Woman unquestionably," he replied. Moonshine. An old lady, having been told of the theory of the moon being Inhabited, remarked, with emphasis: "Nonsense! What becomes of the people when there is nothing but a little streak of It left?" APproprlktlk, A ('hieago girl wrote the benuty de- i)nrtinent of a !oral paper and iteked,. "What Is loot for big feet?" Promptly the reply appeared. "Big shoes,". .... Ctoustoti Post.