BANDON RECORDER.

THE MILK TEST.

3otv Yob Mny Discover If Your mi

I Perfect.Milk is known to be out' of the few

complete foods. It contains tin bono,

muscle and fat producing elements andsustains the heat of the body. Tinmilk of different classes of animals(mammals) varies in composition to

stilt tlu different requirements: thusmare's milk is richer in sugar, butlucking in protein, compared withcow's nillk.

Another fact of interest eonneetiilwith milk Is found in the ditlicultywith which some persons digest plainmilk. It is safe to say that shouldany organ, secretion or digestive juicefail to perform its free duty the milkconsumed will not be properly digest-

ed. The reason for this is simple.Milk contains such a variety of com-

pounds that all portions of the di-

gestive system are called into activityfor the digestion of these varied ele-

ments. The gastric juice attacks thecheesy matter: the pancreatic and in-

testinal Juices digest the sugars andfats. This takes the milk through thestomach and the small intestines intothe large intestine. The lower intes-

tine digests wood liber a!o. This aloneof all the forms of food nutrients isnot found in milk, because of thefacts above stated the ability to drinkmilk Is a test of perfect ingestion innearly all cases. Philadelphia Ledger.

THE LEGEND OF JAPAN.

Orltrtn of Dal Nippon, According toShinto .Mythology.

According t. the Shinto mythology,in the beginning chaos reigned, and inIt were contained tin- - germs of allthings. From chaos was evolved arace of heavenly beings termed "ce-

lestial kami," of whom Izanagi. amale, and Izanami. a female, were thelast.

These two were instructed by theother deities to descend from heavenand beget islands, and to help themon their mission they were presentedwith a jeweled spear. .Standing on abridge floating in the ether, they reach-ed down and stirred the brine and thendrew up the spear. The brine thatdripped from this weapon was heapedup and became the island of Onogoro.and on it the pair desi ended andbegat several other islands.

The tirst of these was llirugo. but ait did not meet with the approval ofthe deities It was put into a boat andallowed to tloat away. The next wasthe island of Awa. ami so in successionwere produced the remaining islandsof the archipelago, now termed byEuropeans "Japan." but by the Japa-nese themselves "lai .Nipjwn." "TheGreat Sunrise."

CAUSTIC CURVES.

Why n Napkin ItliiBT Throw, u HeartShaped Kelleellon.

It is found that in concave sphericalmirrors the reilected rays only come toa definite focus in the point, when theangular aperture of the mirror does notexceed eight o- - ten degrees. With alarger aperture the rays reilected nearthe edge cut the axis of the mirror ata point nearer its surface than thosefrom points immediately around thecenter. This being so. and the curve ofthe mirror being continuous, a corre-sponding curve of successive focalpoints is formed in space, and can berendered visible by the rays falling ona rellecting surface, such as a sheet ofwhite paper or a tablecloth.

The napkin ring is a cylinder andpossesses the properties of the spherleal mirror along one diameter. Therays falling upon portions more remotefrom the center line are brought to adifferent focus from those falling near-er the center, and this produces thepeculiar heart shaped rejection.

These figures are known as "causticby rejection." and can be well ohscrvMlby allowing the light of a candle to fallon the inside of a cup or tumbler partlyfilled with milk.

Cooper nnl the Poacher.James IVuImore Coojht. once upon

a day. caught a man on his groundsstealing some of his best apples. Atthe sight of Mr. Cooper the man be-

gan to run away. Coop r hailed him.and told him that he was not only do-

ing wrong, but had wronged him. for ifa stranger saw people slyly creepingInto his grounds to get a few applesor vegetables they would come to theconclusion that he (Cooper) was amiserly, ill natunil and niggardly per-son. If he wanted any such thing heshould come hijuldly at the frontgate, like an Iciest man. till his basketand freely receive with the best wishesof an open heart Schoolmaster.

The Word "Hoodie."Late American dictionaries acknowl-

edge "boodle" as a word. Dr. Murrayquotes from an American palter of1SS4, " 'Sinews of war.' 'soap' andother synonyms for campaign boodleare familiar." There, however, "boodie" Is explain-- d as meaning only"stock in trade." kinship with theDutch "boedel." a man's stock of busi-ness or household gonls, being highlyprobable. JVrhaps "boodle." meaninga crowd or pack, as in the phrase, "thewhole hoodie (or caboodle) of them."Is the same word. In that sen.--e

"huddle" Is found In the early seventeenth century. No doubt it is onlya coincidence that there is an o;dScotch word "boddle" or "bodle."meaning a twopenny piece, and de-

rived from the name of the mint mas-ter Bothwell.

Genial Jane.Jane After looking at me for a min-

ute or two Harry said. "Do vu know,Jane, that a veil Improves you great-ly?" Carrie Not very complimentary.Jane No, but what pleased me wasthe fine tact he employed in imparl itigan unpleasant thought. Huston Tran-script

HI Sole KcKrct."You are not afraid to die, are you?'

asked the weeping watcher by the bed-side.

"No," whispered the chronic kicker,"but It does worry me to think that I

shall soon he with the silent majoritywhen all of my life 1 have so enjoyedbeing in the noisy minority."

I POLL! iMtilingsOf all the petty in.this life that

are calculated to make one's life miserable, it is the hab t of nagging. 1 1 is

! the worst little am ovance we have todeal with, for whili the continual nag- -

ging and fatilt-liu- d ngeaii do no partie- -

iularor lasting hai ni it can cloud thebrightness of mailv a fair day andmake one wearv o living if von haveto reside in the neighborhood of thenagger or fault-linge- r. It is a terriblehabit to fall into :ind is very apt togrow upon one. I jilways want to beatm bast v ret rent win si I find that 1 have

j fallen into the company of the con- -

tinned fault-tind- er The most trillingand trivial incident that is not worth a

second thought tl ey can dwell uponfoi an hour at a time and even longer,and it does not lo; e anything by thecontroversy out a sumes the proportions of a very ini'irtant and weightymatter to the natger. It is the wiseperson who learns to let them havetheir own way, am: if they swear blacki- - white never for a moment hold an

c opinion. O ic word of dissent isfatal and they mus abide by the conse-

quences, for it hai helped to fan thetiny spark into a la.e that leaps intonew life at evcrv word and consumesall the comfort and; pleasure of the con

versa! ion. The n:igger will have thela- -l word, you can iepciid upon it, andif the re- -t of the 'lifty make some ex

disc or other ai d disappears, thechancis are that you will hear thenagger finishing the oiu-siil- ed argument bv talking til themselves. Ninetimes out of ten tl ey will say, "1 toldyou so. 1 knew was right all thelime. It doesn't pay to argue thequestion with the i outiuual fault-fin- d

er, for you will ne er be permitted toscore a -- ingle point! They know it allroiu A to Z. and vou onlv loe your

own self-respe- ct and serenity of mindbv being drawn inio the conllict.

The nagger is tii be pitied, for theirpresence is dreadci; even by those wholove them best for pear something v. illprovoke an argum nl that will end .nmarring the pleasure of every one pr

Many of the jfault-fmdc- rs reali.ethat they po ess this unenviable traitami have moment- - that they spend inprofound grieving lover the fault andmaking good resohjes to try ami breakthciu-che- s of the habit. The troublewith them, howcvijr, is that these mo-

ments of rcpentanW do not last longenough to bring ahjail any actual good.They forget altail it the very tirst mo-

ment that anything crosses them orthey are a little tird or impatient oversome tmimporluntj matter. "Heavenhelp the home where there is a naggingwife." 1 heard a, gentleman remarknot long since, aul two of his neigh-bors looked aercsjj the room at eachother and smiled! knowingly. "Hiswife,' one of then! said afterward, "isknown as a nagging gossip.' No onelikes her, for she i constantly makingtrouble and keeping every I tody in 'hotwater.' if you will excuse the expres-sion. Ib-- r home i not a happy one, I

a ure you, and y hen her husbandsaid, 'Ih-avc- n help the home wherethere is a nagging wife,' he spoke fromhis own bitter experience. She is aterror, Uth at limine and abroad. I

don't think any oij- - can be very happywhen they are nntjging at this one andtiiat one all the time. I often thinkthat the onlv reu nil iv for this evil is toplace a phonograph unbeknown tothem in their vicinity and let it recordtheir conversation for the day in theirown bo y, impatient and qiieruloiirtones ami then sart it up when theyare in a slate of niiiul to receive it. I

can imagine how i would shock em,for they do not realize how raspingand unpleasant t Infer voices can get. Ifthat did not cure tlicm nothing would.

I was talking with a little woman theother ihiv who wal one of the loveliestcharacters I havij ever seen. She isheld upas a model of all that is goodami true and womanly in her own lit

tie home circle. VHome is my altar,'-- he laughingly safs, "and here I woiship day and nigh. 1 1 is also my jewel casket and the jewels, more pricelcsst hail all the geiis in the world combined, are my husband ami childrenI am guarding llii-n- i well, for I knowthe day will conic when 1 shall becalled to give upjthe custodianship ofmv treasures, aiid when that timecome- - it is going, to be bitter indeed,and l want to show my appreciationof them while I have them with me tolavish my love uoii and show themby word and deed how dear they are tome. 1 want to -- ay all the kind andloving things I have to -ay now andnot wait until after the hand-ar- e quiet-ly folded and the lovclight of npprccia-t'oi- i

has died out of their eyes that havee'o-e- d wearily in their last long sleep.Word-o- f encomium said over a collin-li- d

seem like a hollow mockery to mo,and I often wonder as I hear membersof the family and friends speakingword- - of praise over the dear one lyin.so -- till and white before them if theyever gave expression to the words fpraise that come so freely at such atime, when the silent sleeper cou'dappreciate the'ii and give expression to)W appreciation with a glad smile thatvnild lw recompense enough. I don'twant to have any regrets when I ncalled to give up my darlings. AH .. ekind words, all the praise, all the be-

stowing of smiles and Mowers, theyshall have now. It is my study nightand day what I can do to make themhappy and our home the dearest spot inthe world to my husband and my boysand girls. I f one should stray from thefold it will not be because their home was

unhappy and no congenial spirits in it.Our home is a retreat from all outsidecares and worries.

"When my husband comes home atnight there is a lively but good-humor- ed

skirmish letween the children to seewhich shall get his smoking jacket andslippers, and it usually terminates intheir bringing jacket and slippers to-

gether, laughing in high glee becauseit takes so many to bring the articles,.lack, our oldest boy, is the dignifiedone of the lamily, he usually sees thatthe Unit jack is at hand, and at the sametime, if it is in the winter season,brightens up the lire and sends a show-er of sparks up the chimney because itmakes it look more cheerful and bringsout tlte merry, happy faces of his littlebrothers and sisters in its ruddy light.It pays, my friend, to say all the goodthings you can to your dear ones whileyou have them with you. If you lovethem dearly then tell them so. Thisis a beautiful, merry old world, anda glad one at that, if everylnxly wasmore thoughtful, loving and kind, slowtotakeoU'ense, quick to forgive, puttingthe ('olden Rule into practice in theirdaily lives. That is our motto in ourhome life. 'Do unto others as youwould have them do unto you.' "

BRIEF REVIEW.

Walking On The Ceiling.Few people probably know what it is

that enables Mies to walk on the ceiling.It has been supposed that their abilityto do so was due to the fact that each oftheir feet is a miniature air pump.This theory was found to be unsound,and it was then explained that the featwas made possible by means of a viseti-ou- s

substance which exuded from thehairs on their feet. This theory alsowas abandoned as being only partly :u --

countable for the facts, and the pre-

ferred explanation is that Mies are en-:..l- cd

to walk upside down on smooth-- distances by the help of capillary ad-

hesion. An investigator has found bya series of nice calculations such asthe weighing and measuring of hairsthat a tly would be upheld by capillaryattraction were it four-nint- hs as heavyagain as it is. Kadi tly issupposed toU furnished with from 1(1,000 to 12,000minute foot hairs; these exude an oilytluid, and it is ltecau.--e of the repulsionbetween a watery surface and this oilyliquid that a tly funis it ditlieiilt tomount a dampened glass.

What a Nation Eats.A committee of the I ova I Statistical

Society of (! real Britain has recentlybeen engaged in investigating the pro-ducli- on

and consumption of meat anddairy products in that country, andwhile they find that there ha-- been in-

creased production, yet it has not beenon a scale proportio nil with the in-

crease in population. According to itsreport, submitted at a recent meetingof the society, the average consumptionper head in reijlJMtuinAi'aa.uf meatIl!I..s jyounds, of milk 1" gallons, ofcheese 10.." pounds, and of butter is.opounds. The amount of meat included" pounds of yea I, 27.." pounds of mut-ton and lamb and Hi.S pounds of baconand pork. In addition, the Britishpeople consume extensive quantities ofpoultry, game, rabbit.--, etc., which annot included in the above summary.The average of lo gallons of milk doesnot include separated or skim milk orcondensed i it i 1 k , I h 1 1 1 of which are con-

sumed to an appreciable degree. Incomparison with the continental coun-tries, England consume.-- much moremeat, but considerably less than theTinted States and Au.-trali- a.

A Nest of Bank Notes.The Bretons are a caution- - people,

and prefer to hide their money, ratherthan keep it in a bank. One of themthe other day, having a fortuneleft him, could think of no better hid-

ing place than a drawer in an old ciip-Uia- rd

in an attic which he serenelythought no one would siispecl. (ioingone day to pay a vi-- il to his hoard, hefound his hank notes all transformedinto a beautiful oft nest, harboring afamily of young mice. Not a note wasintact, not a number visible; the wholewas reduced to a state of wool.

Deepest Sounding.

The deepest sounding ever made byany vessel was by the I'nilcd Staleship Nero, while on the Honolulu-Manil- a

cable survey. When near O'uainthe Nero got ."i.-i-

i'.l fathoms, or il,il 1

feet, only i5 feet les- - than six miles.If Mount Everest, the highest moun-

tain on earth, were set down in thishole, it would have above its summit adepth of lijfil'J feel, or nearly half a mileof water.

The jackal is a greater destroyer ofhumanity in India than the tiger. Sta-

tistics published by the government ofIndia show that while !J.S persons werekilled by tigers more than 1000 childrenwere carried away by jackals.

tiermau medical journals are recom-

mending as a remedy for appendicitiswalking on all fours twenty minutesfour times a day. The exercise willLreiigthen the abdominal muscles.

The guiltier a man is the bigger il elawyer he hires. Vou can usually tellthe degree of a man's guilt by considering the reputation of tin? lawyer.

Twelve years ago there were .,((X)

Japanese in the United States. To-da- y

there are IM.MO.

Long Island sound lvoats are beinggenerally equipped with wireless telegraph outfits.

The world owes you a living; but youowe the world a life.

Politics has made a few men and unmade a great many.

CHOICE MISCELLANYThe Ship' .Master.

It is a just and wholesome rule that acaptain shall command his own ship,no matter who is on board. If he hasthe sense and spirit to enforce his au-

thority there Is the less chance of dis-

aster from pompous meddlers. V. C.tells a story of Emperor William whichmay or may not he trio, probably isnot. but it illustrates tiie principle juststated. The story is that when theroyal yacht was entering a port thekaiser noticed that the boat was slow-ing down in accordance with the or-

ders of the pilot, an old Norwegiannamed Nordhuus, who knew the chan-nel and Its dangers. The emperor rangthe bell for full speed.

Nordhuus placed himself In the way,leaned over the wheel and called downthe tube to the engine room: "Halfspeed! Never mind the bell!"

"Vou countermand my orders?" criedthe emperor and gave the bell anotherjerk.

"Never mind the bell!" called Nord-huus through the tube.

Tin? emperor drew himself up."Co below," said he, "and report

yourself under arrest.""Leave the bridge!" repeated Nord-

huus. grasping the wheel more firmly."This ship Is In my charge, and I'llhave no Interference with my ordersfrom king or seaman."

The ollicers on deck hurried silentlyaft, in their hearts wishing luck to thepilot. Nordhuus stood at his post, un-

shaken by threats, deaf to commands,and carried the yacht safely Into har-bor.

The next day the emperor came tohis senses and decorated the pilot withthe order of the Black Eagle.

Cnntrnhamt Tobacco In England.What becomes of the contraband to-

bacco seized by the customs? The earlypractice was to bury it This senselesswaste was suspended for a time by thehappy Idea of distributing the tobaccoamong the troop ships.

That did not last long, and next yearwe hear of the contraband beingsmoked in the "queen's pipe," a hugereceptacle which could turn "hundredsof tons into smoke in a few hours."Again the misgiving of the waste trou-bled the authorities, and they took toregaling the criminal lunatics in cer-

tain government asylums. Any tobac-co that was left over was ordered forthe use of troops sent on foreignice. Hut that luxury seems to havebeen cut off once more, although thecriminal lunatics still enjoy their pipesand cigars.

one attempt was made to throw thecontraband when It was slightly dam-aged on the market, but this caused anoutcry from the tobacco trade. Thewhole story Is a pleasing tribute to theintelligence which administers the pub-

lic service. Macinillan's Magazine.

Sturjceon Hare In (Irrcnn Water.A sturgeon weighing ''To pounds was

captured by a gill net fisherman nearAstoria a few days ago and sold for

o.It has been less than twenty years

since sturgeons of that size were al-

most unsalable, and thousands ofpounds of the big lish have been car-ried off the Portland docks for fertili-zer after the consignees had refused topay the steamboat freight on them.

The prodigal waste of these fish afew years ago. when their value wasnot appreciated, has depleted the sup-

ply to such an extent that they arenow almost extinct.

It requires nearly as much time toproduce a .'To pound sturgeon as Itdoes to produce a six foot saw log. andthe time Is approaching when the bigsaw log, like the big sturgeon, willpass out of evidence, with nothinggrowing up to take Its place. Port-

land Oregonian.

Jump In Tin Sulillpr Trnde.The business In children's tin sol-

diers has increased about f0 per centin the last three months. This In-

crease was expected. The manufac-turers had prepared for it. The sup-

ply. In consequence, equaled the de-

mand."It Is the war that has caused the

jump In the tin soldier trade," said atoy dealer. "Whenever a war arisesthe martial spirit beats high in chil-

dren's breasts, and they must have tinsoldiers to fight mimic battles with.During the Spanish-America- n warthere was an increase of '500 per centIn this trade, and the factories hnd torun night and day for two months.My foreman, an octogenarian, says hesaw the same thing during the civilwar."

A Valiant IVomnn.Among the many acts of devotion for

which many women. Hussian and Jap-

anese, will be called upon before thewar comes to a close few will he morenoteworthy than that displayed hy

.. ,o. '..n. ..Hue teiiiilieiT. who has. " . . . i iletl everything to act as a u -

(

In. lci..r :it the front. T l s admirablelady acted In a like manner during theInternational occupation of China In

ISioo, when she accompanied the Hus- -

chin re L'linonts on all their marches,even washing for the wounded and I

sick. During the ('reeo-Turkis- h warnf i!i(;-!i- 7 she acted as u nursing sisterfor the Creek wounded ami at the bed-

side of her patients learned to speakC' reek.

Tonthftontr EnKllnh.The following advertisement of a

Japanese dentist In an English news-paper Is an example of what may beperpetrated In the English language:

"Our tooth Is a very Important organ(

for human life and countenance, as '

you know, therefore where It Is at-

tacked hy disease or Injury artificialtooth Is very useful. I am engage tothe Dentistry, and I will make yourpurpose."

Limited Ilenlre.The Sunday school class was singing

"I Want to He an Angel," and theteacher said to one little fellow. "Whydon't you slug louder, Johnny?"

"I'm singing just as loud as I wantto be an angel," answered the Incor-rigible Johnny.

He Wan Sincere.Friend What did he say to you when

he proposed to yon? Miss Rox Hesnld life without me meant nothing. '

'Friend ne waB sincere In that That's

'just what his Dossesslons amount to.

f.; : ,W SHORT STORIESArrested lliniHvlf.

As ,:n instance of punctilious, not tosay quixotic, observance of the oath ofolliee the recent performance of Chiefof I"o! ice Thomas A. Johnson of New-port News. Va., a former captain ofinfantry in the United States regulararmy, shines as the evening star.

While the most exciting mayoraltycampaign in the history of that citywas at Its height Mayor Allan A. Moss,candidate for met In thestreet Hubert W. Perkins, a formermember of the Virginia legislature,and accused him of circulating for po-

litical effect certain rumors rellectingupon the administration. Hot wordswere exchanged, and a lively llstic set-t- o

followed, in which the mayor'sbrother. William T. Moss, also took ah!': I. Captain Johnson, appearing onthe scene while the tight was in prog- -

allTill: CHIKI' ANNOUNCED THAT HE, TOO, W

UNIiEU AltltKST.

ress. threw himself upon the combatants, separating them, and placed thethree men under arrest. This he ac-

complished only after an excitingstruggle. In which the chief lost histemper and gave utterance to some In-

temperate language.Uecovering his composure, the chief

announced to the gathering crowd ashe marched his prisoners oil to the sta-

tion that he. too, was under arrest, and'at the station he recorded against himself the charge. "Cursing and usingabusive language in the public street."

The follow ing day Captain Johnsonarraigned himself with his prisoners inthe police court. The mayor, the may-

or's brother and Mr. Perkins were lined$l.."u each for fighting, but the chargeagainst the conscientious police chiefwas dismissed. The magistrate ruledthat under the law of evidence the tes-

timony of the chief as a witness againsthimself was not admissible, as it mustbe necessarily self incriminating.

lleantr .MI.HpInecil.Henry Turner P.ailey. until recently

state supervisor of art of Massachu-setts, savs there is a wrong and a rightway to induce the children to love thebeautiful, and he tells the followingstory as an illustration: A superintendent of schools, during the vacation pe-

riod, made a beautiful garden in aschool yard, thinking that if he madeit beautiful enough the boys would not

j destroy it. With September a lot ofIenergetic hoys came back to school, andin a few weeks the garden was tram-jple- d

down and ruined. The towns-- i

people were indignant at the rutlianly; behavior of the schoolboys ami spokeof them in rather harsh terms. Karly

Jin the spring there was a change ofsuperintendents, and the new man

j heard almost immediately of the spoiled garden, lie went up to the schooland made friends with the boys, andthen he said. "Vou boys don't like llow-er- s.

do you?"They declared emphatically that they

dhl."Then why did you ruin that flower

garden?" he asked."Well." said the spokesman of the

crowd, "they ought to have known bet-

ter than to make it on our baseballdiamond."-Pittsbu- rg Dispatch.

A Woman' Henon."Speaking of the superstition of wo-

men," said Phil Thompson at the Wal-

dorf the other night. "I have a friendwho lives in a studio building. Notlong ago a man committed suicide inthe building. She was distressiil. Shewas sure that two other suicides wouldhe committed before the reign of dis- -

aster was finished and done with. Sheti-.i- o. . .

ifi-.iii- l"""f li i would commit sill- - I

!

ciue nerseii io imm- - me moo, ,oou. i

"Later I met her. She had a moresatisfied air.

"'Well.' said I. 'how did it comeout?' I

" 'All right. she said Two of mygoldfish died, and that made the

.'three.' " New York Times.

IMcujicd, I'nilereiVMkl.Paderewskl s total festooned over the

back of a carved oak chair at an even-ing reception with the purring of muchfemininity around him. One insignifi-

cant woman, after alienating all herfriends by snatching a three minutetalk with him, prepared to move away."1 beg that you will stay, madam." saidPaderewskl, with the melancholy ofPoland's snows and his own personalennui patent In his voice. "You arethe only lady in the room tonight whohas not asked nie how I feel when I

Play."

A Trleft of the Trade.Many of the local curiosity shops

planted In the back streets of mostcounty and country towns are simplykept up by large Loudon linns who,from a prolonged study of human na-

ture, have discovered that people whoare shy of buying old furniture or oldsilver in Hond street or Piccadilly areready and eager purchasers of preciselythe same objects, at a rather higherprice, when they come upon them Inthe back streets of a country town.English Country Gentleman.

THE AGING PROCESS

A .tied leal SiiKKentlon an to How ItMay lie Arretted.

To drink the waters of the fountainof youth is still, In the opinion ofsome, within the range of possibility.A recent writer observes that man be-

gan in a gelatinous condition and endsin an osseous or bony one. He Is softin infancy; he Is hard In old age. AgingIs a process of ossification. After mid-

dle life has passed a more marked de-

velopment of the ossific charactertakes place. The arteries become thick-ened with calcareous matter, and thereis interference with circulation, uponwhich nutrition depends. The wholechange from youth to old age Is one ofsteady accumulation of calcareous de-posits In the system. Entire blockadeof the functions of the body Is a merematter of time, and the refuse matterdeposited by the blood through the sjs-te- m

stops the delicate machinery wecall life. The blood contains com-pounds of lime, magnesia and iron. Inthe blood Itself are these earthy salts.In early life they are thrown off: Inage they are not. Almost everythingwe eat contains these elements for de-

stroying life. Earthy salts .abound inthe cereals, and bread Itself, mistaken-ly called "the staff of life," Is one ofthe most calcareous of edibles. Vitrog-enou- s

food also contains these ele-

ments: hence a diet made up of fruit Isbest for people advanced in j'ears. Thedaily use of distilled water Is, aftermiddle life, one of the most Importantmeans of preventing secretions and de-

rangements of health. Diluted phos-phoric acid is one of the most power-ful influences known to science forshielding the human system from theinconvenience of old age. Use It dallywith distilled water and so retard theapproach of .senility. To retain per-

petual youth, avoid all foods rich inthe earth's salts, use much fruit, espe-

cially juicy, uncooked apples, and takedaily two or three tumblerfuls of dis-

tilled water with about fifteen dropsof diluted phosphoric acid In each glassfull. Thus will your days be longer Inthe land. Medical Age.

JAILS IN JAPAN.

rjlNclplInc Im Military In Form, hutHeformatorj In Spirit.

A Japanese prison is thus described:"Imagine a park or garden in the Jap-anese style, with dwarf trees, surround-ii- l

by a hedge instead of a wall. Inthis park one sees a group of Japa-nese houses like those occupied by thepeasants. The prisoners are all at work,j - p.iitioned to their physical ability.

oiuc are thrashing and grinding rice,in hers are weaving coarse cloth of adark red color of which the prison uni-

forms are made. The eld and Infirmare separating leaves of paper. All ofthem receive a percentage of their earn-ings. The younger prisoners are InS' hool. The discipline is military inform, but in its spirit reformatory. Thereare few evasions, notwithstanding theease with which they could be effected.One reason for this Is the efficiency ofthe .Japanese police, which is said to bethe best in the world. The prisonersare divided into three grades and aredifferently fed. according as they areKile and refractory, amenable to disci-pline or exceptionally well behaved.The only other punishment Is solitaryconfinement in a sort of dungeon, notexceeding five days. No prisoner maybe discharged, however short his termof sentence, unless his family or friendsassume responsibility for him. The re-

sult has been the organization of alarge number of prisoners aid socie-ties."

FEVER HEAT.

The Itca.sun Some Krultn Have theKlTeet of Cool In; the Illnod.

In health the temperature of theblood is constant, and even when spotsand rashes appear on the skin thereis no departure from the normal tem-

perature unless there is a cause forfever, such as blood poisoning, the In-

vasion of some microbe or serious dis-

turbance of the nervous system. Infevers, when the temperature of theblood is raised, vegetables are nevergiven, as they would not cool the blood,but might help to heat It.

Some fruits have cooling properties,as they contain citric acid, and thisforms citrates in the blood and In-

creases the perspiration. In seriousfevers, however, it Is much safer togive measured quantities of citrates toproduce this effect than to trust to theuncertain action of fruit.

Fruit and fresh vegetables are anti-sorbutic- s-

that Is to say. they are ap-

posed to scurvy. The cause of this dis-

ease is not clearly understood, but It Is

certainly due to an absence of thesewholesome constituents from the diet.The flushing of the skin, with spotsand ra.-he-s. popularly called "heatingof the blood." is relieved and effetematter l eliminated by their use. hence

.. ,;. Pi,rase that they cool the

blood.

SOAP BUBBLES.

The .Method Xewlim Adopted In Jlcu- -nriiiK TheNe Thin KIIiiin.

Sir Isaac Newton studied the coloredrings in soap bubbles, which appearwhite at first and then, as the bubbleIs blown out. brilliant Iridescent colorsappear in zones around the summit tillIt becomes black and bursts.

These films Newton succeeded Inmeasuring by their color, producing i

them by a piano convex lens on plateglass. At the point tif contact was ablack spot with some six or seven ringsof light and dark colors alternately.The thicknesses of the dark rings hefound proportional to the numbers 0.

J, I, i". and of the bright rings propor-

tional to 1. X . The thickness of a skyblue film was found to be two inll-liont-

of an inch; of orange red, eight;of violet, eleven; of green, fifteen: ofpurple, twenty-one- . ami of yellow,twenty-seven-mllliont- of an Inch.

Messrs. Hucker and Helnold more re-

cently confirmed this by measuringblack soap films, which they find aver-

age three or four nillllonths of an Inch.This. then, is a measure of the depthof water and the particle of soap whichtogether make up the soap bubble film.

The reason a man marries his sweet-

heart is because she is not like othergirls. The renson he divorces her Is be-

cause she is. Illinois State Journal.

FACTS IN FEW LINES

Iron mountain, the highest elevationin Missouri, is but 1.S00 feet above thelevel of the sea.

The Salvation Army is makingmarked inroads upon the Chinese col-

ony in San Francisco.The blind delight in races of all

sorts. They do not run toward a tape,as the seeing do. but toward a bell thatjangles briskly.

In the cosit pocket of a workmanwho was discovered horribly mutilatedat Vinceiines, near Paris, were foundmanuscripts of poems written by timin Latin. Creek and Hebrew.

One mesquite seed planted in Hono-

lulu In lSTIT has propagated antl spreaduntil in the Hawaiian Islands todaythere are uO.000 acres of the famousplant of the alkali plains of Arizonaand New Mexico.

Wills & Hicks of Auburn, Me., are atwork upon a unique souvenir, a napkinring made from a piece of the brassspeaking tube used upon the flagshipOlynipia, which was in the engagementin Manila harbor.

In the state of Massachusetts Bostonhas a population of D94,;i8; Cam-bridge. DS.44-1- ; Fall River, 114,004;Lowell, lOO.loO; Lynn, 72.:iT0; NewHetlford, GS.t3T; Springfield. 07,42.';Worcester. 12S.i52.

According to a recent Hussian con-

sular report six years ago U.OOO chil-

dren attended the Hussian schools inSyria. The number is now 20.UOO. Hus-sl- a

has taken the lead in establishingmissions in Palestine.

Peterborough cathedral has the oldestworking clock in England. It was erect-

ed about l.'llio and Is probably the workof a monastic clockmaker. Tt Is theonly one now known that Is wound upover an oltl wooden wheel.

Several facts that go to show Unittilt aurora borealis Is of terrestrialorigin and that It Is Intimately con-

nected with the other meteorologicalphenomena of our planet have recentlybeen noted by M. II. Stassano.

There Is an element of danger inthe consumption of raw salad plantswhich have been grown upon soil thatIs possibly infected with disease germswhich may be present as the result ofthe application of stable manure to thesoil.

What Is said to be the largest electromagnet in the world has been installedin the Hridgeport (Conn.) hospital. Itwill be used for extracting pieces ofiron antl steel from the eyes of machin-ists and other metal workers who maybe Injured.

Japan is beginning to enter SouthAfrican markets. Japanese press copybooks, made of tissue paper, have driv-en the C'eriuan article out of the Natalmarket, as they are sold at $1.52,whereas the Cerman make sold here-tofore at 2.40.

A warden of an old English churchfound in the lumber room an ancientjug which proved to be an Eliza-bethan steup of-v-ii rare kind. It wassold in London at auction for $o.rll,which sufficed to make some longneeded repairs to the church building.

The loss of life from accidents anddisa.sters in tfce Cnitcil States In 1!M)3

was: Fires. 1.792; drowning. 2.471; ex-

plosions. 7'HI; falling buildings, etc.,474; steam railways, 4.000; electricrailways. electricity. l."ii; mines,7SS; cyclones and storms, 4S7; light-ning. 1 :',!.

The butter from Danish dairiesbrings higher prices in England thanany produced by the Hritish butter-maker- s

or any Imported from any oth-er nation. The little kingdom on thenorth coast of the European continentexports also 2."OO.0Om. pounds of honeyevery year.

In the National Review (English) aphysician advocates the exercise ofskipping rope as a means of maintain-ing or regaining the health. He pointsout that this childish pastime not onlyexercises all tin muscles, but that Itcan be practiced most convenientlyeverywhere.

In New York state Albany lias apopulation of 93.920; Auburn. 31.092;Hinghamton. 41.039; Buffalo. 3S1.403;Elmira. :;7.in;; Kingston. 2r.r10: New-Yor-k.

3.7 10. 139; Newburg. 2.r.n01;Rochester. 170.79S; Schenectady. 43.f3S;Syracuse. 114.413; Troy. 7r.rw7: I'tlca.(n.097: Yonkers. f2.701.

The local telephone company at SLJohns. Mich., which handles an exten-sive rural service. Is seeking to makeIts service Indispensable by furnishingsubscribers with the government dailyweather reports and other importantnews of the day. Signals are rung eachmorning tin ail farm lines, and all whodesire may get this report.

An English inventor has replaced theordinary grooving of a ritle barrel withlines of small ball bearings, alongwhich the hard steel project ilc( slips.Tne inventor claims that he gets 10 percent greater average velocity, penetra-tion and range than can be obtainedwith the same weight of projectile andcharge from guns made on the old sys-

tem.Mrs. Hester Trudow of Lesueur.

Minn., whose age Is ninety-eigh- t anilwho until lately had been entirelytoothless for thirty years, began sixmouths ago to cut her third set of teethand has now a complete outfit of newnatural teeth, both uppers and lowers.She claims that she has acquired hernew teeth by eating each day a tea-spoonf- ul

of powdered oyster shells.In the country districts of the south,

excluding 242 cities that had a popula-tion of 2.."00 Inhabitants or more, thenegro population Increased 10 per centbetween 1S90 and 1000 and In the cities21.7 per cent. In the five southerncities having at least 100.000 inhab-itants their increase was 2.".S per centin that period. In the country districtstheir Increase was about two-third- s asrapid as that of the whites and In thecities five-sixth-

It' Sometime That "Way.She was surprised when she heard of

the engagement, and she showed it."Why, 1 was perfectly satisfied In

my own mind that you liked Tom bet-

ter than t'eorge," she said."Well, to tell the truth. I did." re-

plied the engaged girl."Hut you say you are engaged to

George?""Yes. that's true.""Well. I dou't understand it at all.""Why, it's very simple. You see,

George was the one who proposed."