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Charcoal is valuable in the poultry yard, broken in small pieces and placed where the fowls can have ready access to it, or pulver- ized and mixed with soft food. Those that, keep more than one variety of fowls should strictly keep each breed by itself. It is a detriment to the business generally, for customers to hatch out cross- breed chicks fron] supposed thoroughbred eggs. As the weather becomes warm lice in the hen-houses will find a starting point from the mests containing the sitning hens. Chickens should never be allowed to roost till ten or twelve weeks old, If allowed to roost; their breasts often get crooked and their growth and appearance at the table spoiled. Occasionally we see an otherwise fine turkey most unsightly from the cause. The Bronze and Narragansett are the two largest breeds of turkeys. The former is a dark bronze color, with a luster approach- ing gold, and with dark or flesh-colored legs. No adult gobblcr of either veriety should weigh less than twenty-five pounds, and the hens should exceed fifteen pounds. The A'ew Eng/and Faran says that straw fed to sheep with corn meal or not meal affords a cheap food, and keeps the sheep in good condition. A little cotton seed meal along with the other meal will increase the fattening qualities of the ration. Straw is not sufficiently appreciated by our farmers for feecding purposes. “"11an fed alone it is a. poor enough food, but when fed with corn meal and cotton seed meal it makes a good article to feed. If a. hen lays only one egg a week for a. year it will pay for her food, and every ad- ditional egg gives profit, says a writer. If a hen lays three eggs in week she will give double the profit derived from a hen that lays two eggs. T110 greater the number of eggs the cheapo)" the cost of production in proportion. The hens can go on the roost but the chicks must remain 011 the ground. Such It is Very importqu that young chicks have mow, even if 0111 ' two or three times u week, but once a day is better, as they reâ€" rluii'u it. A young chick that is growing very rapidly will starve on a corn meal dict, unless it secures other fool, but if givcn a meal of mo.th 01's0 {LdiLy i‘o will thrive under oLhcr diflicultios. A New York dairymau obtains fodder from sowed corn which cows prefer to the best; hay, by planting the corn in drills three feet apart, so that, the sun and the plow could get bctwoen the rows. Corn sowed so close it cannot be Worked, he took no stock in. Bloat in calves is really an acute attack of indigestion, which often proves fatal alâ€" most immediately. Taken in time it may be relieved by a teaspoonful each of baking soda and ground ginger (lissolVed in a quar~ ter pint of boiling water and poured down the calf’s throat. To do this a long necked bottle may be used. Rub the stomach briskly. and make the call move about, if possible to get rid of the wind. Farmers ought to have an abundance of green clove r for their hogs. Good clover pasture with a little cornmeal will keep hogs growing fast and all the time fat enough for good meat. If we had more grass for our hogs we would have less disease among them. By spraying orchard trees with Paris green just after the petals have fallen from the blossoms, as often described, not less than three grievous enemies to apple-growâ€" ers could be squelched at this period besides the endling moth, via, the newly-hatched bark-louse, the canker-worm and the tent- caterpillar. Evergreens may be transplanted a little later than it is safe to reset deciduous trees, in fact any time before the new growth commences, and again in the summer after the new growth becomes hardened. In handling these, use extreme cure to keep the roots from drying ; as in all good plant- ing the ground is to be well firmed about the roots. Oats are the best grains for calves in their first winter, and they have best effect when Well moistened before feeding. A properly matured animal must have its system built up evenly. \Vhat should be aimed at is a large frame and strong muscle, and the young Stock should be fed with this object in \‘lCVV. The Kat/(mas Farmer does not believe in planting largely or exclusively to one vari- ety of fruit. Markets change, it says, and {varieties now productive and profitable may cease to be so, and the orchard become the most useless tract of land on the whole farm. Cherry stones that have been well kept through the winter for planting, may be planted in drills covering fully an inch deep with soil, then scatter coarse straw over the drills and leave it there until the young seedlings are well up. and longer if it does not interfere with cultivation. ORCHARD NOTES. Making the plum orchard a. poultry run will greatly diminish the number of insects which prey upon the trees. Goml lxyc. old Brindle, bony scrub, The “11105 (ll mum! z: lmttcr lu‘tml, You eat. enough ; hut hero‘s the ru‘o, You never]: for half you‘fued. So after all “ELM: years we part, But pray remember, as you 2.:0. If this should break your bovine heart, You broke my puma long, long ago. I graze at you with tearful eyes, Long-legged, iII-Shapnd, flabby Bri Whin ygars of fruit! " labor risg And “now me what a 1‘00] l‘w hren. The fnvw (\f \Vm‘h‘rl hsymml feed In 10nd and 1njund tone, the w'mic, Com; lain you used them in your greed To simply swell the barnâ€"3 and pile. With best of feed you're Hank and thin, And I've grown thin through care of you, I’ve empty barn and empty bin? My pocket-hook is empty, too. \Vell chosen was that famine ai‘gn In l’ha'aoh’s dream ; and yet, old cow, The seven thin, iil»f:wored kine, Told them of want, no more thnn now. But {trievoua want shall (iixnppcar, If I the signs can lightly mad. I’ll fill my burns this very your With cows of snne good dairy breed. I'll have the kind that‘s fun and sleek, The kind that brings prosperity ‘, My purse shall fatten ()YCX‘Y Work, And no more scrubs shall feed on me The Scrub Must Go. POULTRY NOTE. TOCK NOTF ‘ FARM. L. H. “ 011, then, you won’t do at; all, for I want a. girl who can entertain my friends in the parlour while I am at Work In the kitchen.” The girl proceeded w1th her cross-examina- tion, and was accommodated at every point. It looked like an excellent place, and she was ready for an engagement. But the lady suddenly asked : “ Do you sing?” The girl was a little mystified, but sup- posing that the question was intended to draw her out on the question of her cheer- fulness at work, she answered that she did, and was very fond of doing so. “ And do you play the piano ‘2” This was a poser worse than the other. She had, of course, to admit that her early education had been wholly neglected in the matter of this accomplishment. Private Fortunes in Ancient Times, Croesus possessed in landed property a fortune equal to £1,600,000, besides a large sum of money, slaves and furniture. The philosopher Seneca had a fortune of £2,500,000. Lentfilus, the soothsayer, had a. fortune of £3,500,000. Tiberifis, at his death, $323,625,000, which Caligula. spent in less than ten months. (imsar, before he entered upon any office, owed £2,995,000. Anthony owed £300,000 at the ides of March, paid it before the kalends of April and squandered £147,000,000 of the public money. “Uh, no; myvhuskhand will do all that for you,” she answered, with a mischievous twinkle in her eye and an internal smile at the thought that her husband could be so cgqxplapeznt. Apicius expended in debauchery £300, 000. (Tlcopzxtm, at :LI] entertainment, gave Anthony, dissolved in vinegar, who swal- lowed it, a pearl worth £8,000. Esopus paid for :L single dish €80,000. Caligula spent for one supper £30,000. Heliogalmlns spent for one meal £20,000. lmcullus usually paid £20,000f01‘ {L repnst. Mossala gave £400,000 for the house of Anthony. The lady was not surprised, of course, but she saw that the independent and particular Abigafil wasn’t gping to suit after all. ashes An amusing story is told me of the adven- tures of a lady in search of a servant, says the Brooklyn Citizen. She went to an intel- ligence office, although she might have known that the more aristocratic kind of servants are not usually to be found in such places, which are regarded as “ way down” and quite low, fit only to be patronized by “ greenhorns” and “ rounders.” However, she went to one, and, having been offered a likely young woman, found her qualifications fairly satisfactory. But the girl turned in- terviewer immediately and put; the usual questions, which are the stock-in-trade of comic papers :â€" “ And do you keep a man to put out the being;r the case the most important matter is to have their sleeping places dry. Damp- ness will soon cause the chicks to become week in the legs, as well as induce lice. The best; protection is a. board, about two feet square, which should be cleaned ofi‘ every morning and then sprinkled with smd or dirt, and the chicks will not only be dry and warm, but clean. At the New York Experiment Station, the best crop of potatoes, grown under vari- ous methods of cutting the seed, ete., re- sulted from the use of seed selected from the best hills, either planted whole 0r cut in large pieces, the cuttings permitted 'to dry three days. Sometimes it happens that geraniums from late spring cuttings, planted in rich, moist soil, grow all to leaf and yield but a. few flowers. To do better than this, they should become pot-bound and show bloom before planting out. Planting pots and all is of doubtful benefit. Better have the soil less rich, but practice deep-digging. With a moist season and rich soil, no geraniums fare as Well. Old, cut-back plants, full of shoots and bloom, planted out the latter part of May, should flower well all sum- mer. To prevent weeds growing in the walks, the use of the following solution is recom~ mended : One part low grade carbolic acid in 100 parts of water, applied in a spray form. Guard the hands and permit none of the solution to go against the grass or box edgings. Much trouble is caused by the grub cut- ting the plants oil" just at the surface, and much time lost in replanting and hunting for the offenc‘er. The following plan will effectually repel him: Have a pan of the green juicy leaves of the black currant; roll one like a funnel round each plant, leaving the root out free. Plant in the usual way, firming the ground round all. I 536v a planut handled by the grub if so protected. The Mistress Got the Best of it. Those who have eggs to sell are often annoyed when carrying large eggs to market that they get no more per dozen for them than another who has very small eggs. The same feeling also prevails among con- sumers when one pays as much for a dozen Fulfill ~ '2‘ :13 another pays {01‘ 5*. dozen large 0118:. It is claimed too that eggs. from a. well bred fowl are richer and heavi- er than those from common poorly fed fowls, This is less felt when eggs are plenty and low, Lut when scam e and hiLh there isa feeling that there is something wrong in the mode of selling eggs. Why not have them sold by weight? If dealers would only establish this plan by calculat» ing how much they can pay per pound, then the traffic in eggs would become more satisfactory.~[Gormantown Telegraph. Carrots and onions are two crops easin destroyed by grass or weeds when the seed is germinating and just beginning to push through the soil. The hoe must he used, while hand-working the plants is sometimes necessary. Gardening is profitable when the soil is not of too cold 2:. nature and the market is not at; too great a. distance. One of the es: sentials is to plant early and to grow nothâ€" ing but good varieties. VVheu too large flower pots are used, there will be more leaves than flowers. Often plants do not bloom because, having so much space, their strength is expended in forming roots and leaves. «7n GARDEN NOTES. In cooked starch put in gum arabic, dis- solved to mucilage, a. teaspoonful to a pint of starch for collars and cuffs and shirt fronts, a, tablespoonful for a dress. For muslin dresses it is invaluable ; this stiffness does not leave the dress until washed again. I also put in a few shavings of a sperm candle. I have no trouble in bringing a gloss on my starehed clothes. A teacup- ful of the starch prepared for the colored clothes, put into the last rinsing water, will give tablecloths and napkins just the right stiffness to iron nicely, and they will keep clean much longer. The cotton clothes also iron nicer, although they do not take enough of the starch to he perceptible to the hands. The nicest way to prepare eggs for tea, is to fill the spider or frying-pan (the former is best, being deepest) two-thirds full of boil- ing water at boiling heat, drop in the eggs one at a. time, from the shell if you know they are fresh; if you only guess at their being fresh, break them into a saucer, and slip them one at a. time into the water, hot enough to cook them, but do not let it boil, dip some of the water over the tops of the eggs until they are white, or have a cover very hot to put over them, and they will cook on top by the steam; when done soft or hard as you like them, take them up one at a time, free from water, on to a platter, with no seasoning of any kind; you can garnish with bits of green, as cross, celery leaves in little pieces, or parsly. \thn eaten, the only seasoning is a little salt and pepper, if liked; nothing else if you wish delicate, first-class eating. To heat cloths for hot applications with- out scalding your hands, lay a wet cloth be- tween two folds of brown paper, place it: on the stove, pressing the top one (loxvn lightly with your fingers, and in a few minutes the cloth will be hot enough to blister. Clean lamp chimneys by holding; them over the spout of a. teakettle full of boiling water and then wipe with a. clean cloth. 1: will make them beautifully clear. Let oncrlmlf gallon of buttermilk get lmil» ing hot; then add two taiblosponnsful of flour that 11st been made smooth in a rittlo cream, and the yolks of two well beaten, sugar to taste. To be used warm or cold, Nome persons like it made real thick and to out for destiert. ()r made tliin it; is a. cooling drink. A piece of pointed whalebone of pine is good to clean out corners VVash your windows with sponge and polish with tissue paper. It is no longer necessary to be a cook, or to have a. cook, to keep house. It requires scarcely any cooking utensils to provide a warm meal. A can-opener, a frying-pan and a coffeepot are the principle requisites. Even the last is not absolutely necessary, since a mixture of prepared coffee, sugar and cream may readily be obtained. It is even _practica1 now for the novice to dis- pense with a. cook-book, as the label on every cen tells how to treat the contents. Surely, ladies need no longer complain that the labors of housekeepng keep them from cultivating their mindsâ€"{Kansst Farmer. But modern invention has gendered house- keeping very easy. A couple may now set up for themselves with very few utensils, scarcely any provisions, and next to no knowledge of cookery. A gas or oil stove takes the place of a costly and cumbrous cooking-range. Coffee is bought not only parched but ground. Spices and pepper come all prepared for use. Every kind of bread, cake and pastry can be purchased at a slight advance on the cost of the materials they contain. If one wishes the sport of making them, self-raising flour may be had in any grocery. Fruit of all kinds all ready for the table can be purchased about as cheaply as that which must be prepared. Not only lobsters and other shell fish, but salmon, may be bought cooked and ready to be served at a price but little above what the crude articles cost ; and cooked corned beef, tongue, pigs’ feet and ham have long been on the market. There are also canned soups, that only need to be diluted, mince meat, all ready to put between pieerusts, and roast meats and fowls of all descriptions. Some grocers keep mush prepared for frying. Boston baked beans, put up in cans, have had a great run during the past few years. Eng,» lish plum puddings are also on the market. Cans of cooked green corn, beans, peas, t0- matoes, cauliflower and asparagus, with Saratoga. fried potatoes, are to be found on the shelves of every grocery, while laundries do the washing and ironing. In former years it was no easy task for a young married couple to “ go to housekeep- ing," and it required no small expenditure of cash. A range or cookingr stove, a coffee and spice mill, a mortar, a cakeboard and rolling-pin, a. tray and chopping-knife, not to mention a. large number of pots, kettles. frying-pans and bowls, and a large stock of raw materials in the line of provisions, were required. Then considerable skill was nec- essary to use all these instruments for preparing food for the table, and that skill, unfortunately, was not possessed by the young wife. The consequence was that most persons who embarked on the sea of matrimony sailed directly to a boarding- house, and set up their household divinities in a back chamber, where they remained till the landlady levied on them for an over- due bill for meals and lodging. NOBODY Kxows BUT NIUNIBR. Nobody knows of the work it makes To keep the house together; Nobody lmoxvs of the Stups it takes, Nobody knows illut mother. Nobody lictens to childish woes Which kisses only smother : Nobody ’s puiucnl by naughty blows, Nobodyibut mother. Nobody knows of the sleepless care liustowed on hwy brother; Nobody knows of Hm tender prayer, Nobodyâ€"only mother. lw'obody knows of the lessons taught (.f loving one anutlnr; Nobody knows of the patience sought Nobodyâ€"only mother. Nobody knows of the anxious fears Lest darlingmay not weather The storm of lite 111 after years, Nobody knowsâ€"but mother. Nobody kneels at the throne above To thank the Heavenly Exthcr For that sweet giftâ€"a mother’s love ; Nobody canibut mother. EASY HOU. :m’mn. HOLD HINTS lllt'rT mm ILK HOUSEHOLD. 1’0 l Some friends of the poor in Edinburgh, Scotland, impressed with the demoralizing influence of soup kitchens and all distribu- tion of food gratis, lately formed a plan for helping the poverty stricken by establishing a system of halfpenny or cent dinners. Not a few shook their heads. It would never work. they thought. “'hat kind of a dinner could be got for a. cent ? The friends of the scheme persisted, and their establishment was opened about the end of March last. During the first month 2,566 dinners were servedâ€"sold over the counter for cash. The charity ticket system was carefully avoided. This gives about from 80 to 100 per day. The result of the first month has been a debit against the scheme of six shillings or a dollar and a half. The halfpenny more than cov- ered the cost of the food, but the cooking and fuel so far put the balance on the wrong side. There has been an actual profit on every dinner sold, and if the business only increases sufficiently it will be entirely self- supporting. The amount that can be thus given for this most modest coin is remark- able. A pint of strong soup and a thick half slice of bread served in a clean tin basinâ€"or coffee or cocoa or rice and milk in the same Wayiand each dinner yielding a profit. It is calculated that if 500 dinners were sold daily the project would be quite flourishing. The free dinners in the shape of soup, etc., naturally develop or attract impostors, and in Edinburgh it is said the crowds of such that swarm about the free soup kitchens are perfectly amazing. In many cases these frauds have been known to trade off the soup thus received for “ hard ale ”or any other intoxicating liquor. On the other hand, it is found that many honest people who would not darken the door of a soup kitchen so long as it was a matter of charity have no objection to avail themselves of what is simply a commercial, transaction. The most of the patrons, however, of these halfpenny dinners are children attending the Board schools. Poor, wan-faced little waifs they are, to Whom apparently even a, halfpenny dinner is a wondrous luxury. The noticeable thing about this movement is the proof it affords of how much clean, nourish- ing food can be honestly prepared and sold at a. profit for a cent. Mrs. 'I)-'mm'in'â€"“ Good-nmrnin’ to CC _ _.V , Misthcr Murphy ; sure, ’ ‘05 em early blrrud ycz are this Missid n’uu'uin’.” Mr. Murphy if“ Thrue fur ycz, Missis Donovin ; but Uti-s a trifle more than .1 day’s job Oi have here, so ()i sex to mescif ()i’ll jist shtzu‘t in an hour before ()i cmnminco, 2111’ wurruk an hour or so afther ()i quit, wid maybe, the last bit in the \Vurruld while 01,111 I'estin’ at 110011, 3.11’ so ()i’ll have it done betwixt day- light an’ darruk.” All these river tribes send expeditions against one another for the sole purpose of securing Victims for their cannibal feasts. Captain Van Gele says that all the enemies they kill in battle are eaten, and that the same fate soon overtakes the prisoners they carry home with them. Before the explora- tion of the Congo Valley the belief was widespread that cannibalism had greatly de- creased, and that there were comparatively few people who were still addicted to the horrid practice. In all his travels, Living- stone never saw a cannibal tribe with the possible exception of the Mauyema. But the opening up of the Congo basin has re- vealed the fact that the world never knew before where cannibalism is most prevalent There are undoubtedlyhundreds of thou< sands of people in that region among whom cannibalism isa confirmed and most cherish» ed habit. Captain Van Cele says that nowhere in Africa has he seen fisheries of equal extent, except at Stanley Falls. The stakes markâ€" ing the position of the nets cover many acres. All these tribes are tall and power- ful, and in form they are splendid speci mens of physical beauty. The scene on the river in the morning, he says, is one of extraordinary animation, He often met as many as 300 canoes swiftly ploughing through the water. The canoes were chiefly filled with women and children. The women were leaving the village to go to the fields and begin the agricultural labors of the day. Other parties in the canoes were setting out for the fish nets, to gather in the finny harvest that had collected since the previous day. The river swarms with fish, the land yields rich returns of all trop- ical produce, and thousands of natives along the river do not know whatfamiue means. They have, besides, food resources upon which most of the world cannot count, as these natives are amothr the greatest of can- nibals. Quite a number of men accompany the women to the fields, but not to take part in tilling the soil. They let the women monop- olize the rude iron hoes, while the men stand around with weapons in their hands to protect the toilers. \Vithout protection there is always danger that the women will be surprised and dragged OH by hostile tribes. .t'ovcrlos of (Tupluin "an (.1010 Along the Great Mobungl River. Last fall, says the New York Sun, the Congo State sent Captain Van Gele, one of Stanley’s favorite officers, in the steamer Henry Reed to make further explorations upon the Mohangi River, the great north- thern aflluent oi the Congo, whoseimpor- tanee Mr. Grenfcll was the first to discover. Van (isle did not ascend the river quite as fur as Grenfell, being prevented by rapids through which Greniell had been able to push his steamer at low water when the cur- rent was slower. He, however, took time to explore, while Grenfell’s journey was nothing more than a. hurried reconnais sauce. Van Gelc made some very interestâ€" ing discoveries. He found, for instance, three little tributaries, up which he pushed his steamer for a. total distance of 207 miles. It is only three years since Stanley estimated that the Mobangi itself added only about 350 miles to the navigable waters of the Congo basin. Now the prob- lem is whether the Mobzmgi or the Kassal deserves distinction as the Congo’s greatest t'ihutnry. __i. M n.‘ - ‘ 0n the Nghirl effluent of the river, and also on the Mobangi, about three hundred miles from its mouth, Van (iele found the most densely populated districts he had seen in Africa. The left bank of the great river was an uninterrupted succession of villages for about seventy miles. Those who imagine that the depths of Africa are an almost voiceless solitude should lead Van (lele’s brief account of the animation and bustle he witnessed all along this popuâ€" lous river. NEW' CANNIBAL 'l‘RIBES. Halfpenny Dinners. Crabs, which are supposed to shed their shells every year, do not often shed them after they have attained their full size, and the creatures become victims to barnaeles and all forts of marine growth that fasten themselves upon the shell. A remarkable example of this may be seen in the British Museum, Where has been placed an old crab of the edible species, with some half dozen oysters of large size fixed to its back, which lead, ever increasing, the 01d crab was doomed to carry to the end of its (lays. An- other eurious specimen preserved is that of a hairy crab, which, though not larger itself than a walnut, is saddled with a sponge as big as a man’s fist. Mexican Street Cars. Another amusing oddity is that the street cars run in groups, one ear never seen alone, nor two together, but always three or four in a. row less than half a block apart. In- stead of starting from the terminus one every five or ten minutes, several are start- ed at once, every half hour. To run each car it requires two conductors besides the driver, and also in many places two or three soldiers armed cap-apie. The first eoni‘ (luutor approaches a passenger, sells him a ticket and pockets the money, and soon the second conductor comes along and takes up the hit of printed pasthoartl; meanwhile the hrassrhuttoned guardians of the peace stand gloweiing upon you with suspicious eye and loaded em‘hines. In some respects this (louth«(inductor system is hotter than the “punch in the presence of the passen- jaire” mode of the United States; but though the soldiers have been provided to insure the safety of passengers from robbers and revolutionists, a timid person is more worried hy their presence than by the possible danger they are supposed to avert' â€"[l.’hiladelphia Record. An experiment made some time since to ascertain the extreme thinness which it; was possible to attain in rolled iron showed as the result {L sheet of about the substance of writing paperâ€"in fact 150 sheets would be required to constitute one inch of substance. A leaf of the giant water-lily (Victoria ray/Ea) has hecn known to measure 24: feet 9% inches in circumference, its weight being nearly 14 pounds. One of the flowers was 4 feet ‘2 inches in circumference, with petals 9 inches in length, and weighed 3; pounds. AGerman mathematician has calculated that the snowfall of Central Germany from December 19 to 23 weighed 110 less then 10,- 000,000 tons in the area between 50 degrees and 52.5 degrees north latitude and between 7 begrees and 18 degrees east longituke. THE FIREPLACE As A VJax'rII.A'ron.â€"â€"'Io give an idea. of the amount of air exhausted by a fire in a common lire-place, General Morris states that “in a room 20 feet square and )2 feet high, heated by an open grate, with a. good fire, the air would be removed four or five times an hour with a moderate draught of the chimney, and six or eight times with a blazing lire." Mr. Putnam found that in a small fireplace in the base» ment of a city house, where the flue was about 70 feet high, with only a difference of 2 or 3 degrees 0, between the air in the flue or house and that of the outside air, 113 cubic feet of air per minute was passing up through the flue, and with a lire produced burning about six pounds of wood 450 cubic feet of air per minute (27,000 cubic feet per hour) passed up the flue at a. temperature halfway up the flue of 248 degrees. This would change the air of a room 12 x 15 feet and 10 foot high every four minutes. In some of the chimneys in newlyJJuilt houses the amount of air passing up the fine was found to be greater than this. The best position for the fresh air inlet is over the fireplace and at the top of the room, when practical. \Vhen the air supply comes through the pipes of a. hot-air furnace, the best position for the register is in the floor or wall opposite the fireplace, or in case this should bring it on the south side of the room the register should be about the middle of the west side. \Vith a good, large, gas» tight furnace, and ample hotvair pipes and fireplaces, very good ventilation is almost certain, provided the hot-air register is pr0~ perly located. For ventilation and health such a method is to be preferred to heating by direct steam or hotwator heat. During the last Century 100 lakes in the Tyrol have subsided and disappeared, ac- cording to Dr. A. Bohm, of the ’LGeographi- cal Society of Vienna. A recent computation makes the velocity of the solar system in space only about 10,- 000,000 miles {L year. By a different method, zmoLher computer had determined the rate to be about 525,000,| 00 miles in a. year. To aid in an analysis of noise, Prof. Urum Brown, of the Royal Society of Edinburg, hopes to be able to make a. machine to give very loud imitations of vocal sounds. He expects the apparatus to hiss with thousand- man power. A French instrument for recording the rolling of a vessel at sea was lately tried on the voyage of a steamship from Bordeaux to Brazil, and made a tolerably accurate regis- ter of the motion. AN IMPORTANT FIRMâ€"«Two skeletons dug up seveial months ago in a. cave near the Orneau, in Belgium, appear to belong to the oldest race of which any distinct record exists. These prehistoric individuals were Cl>lltt'irlp()1'ZLI‘y with the mammoth, and in- habited the country before the great ice age. They were short and thickeet, with broad shnultiers, supportng a. lorg and Her‘ 10w head, with an extremely low forehead. HEAT FROM LYQUID FUEL.â€"N:phtha., which is burned in locomotive; in the Cau- casus, yieldsninety per cent. mats theoretic heating power, while not more than sixty per cent can be realized from solid fuel. l’e- tl‘oleum is now the sole combustible L‘ ships in the Caspian sea, and only half as much is required as was formerly used of coal. The maximum force obtainable from coal is said to be only two»fifths of that which petro» leum may furnish, and the railway experiâ€" ments have shown that a. given weight of naphtha will take Lhc place of eight anda half times the weight of wood, although the theoretical difference is only as three to one. CHEAP SUI'IUM.AUKSMICI"S new sodium preparing prouess, in which caustic soda is distilled with an intimate mixture of coke and very finely divided iron, proves capable of successful working on a large scale, and it is expected to reduce the cost of sodium to less than a. fourth of its present price. As sodium hm been largely used in the pro- duction of aluminum, this mwill greatly cheapen the old method of obtaining what must become one of the most important metals of the future. ' SCIENTIFIC.