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The snow huts of the Esquimaux are the armesb dwellings that can be constructed ‘1] polar regions, because snow is the poor- st conductor of heat than can be found here, and keeps the warmxh of the tire iLhin. \Vater dissolves various substances be- ause the atoms of waler, being very mi- ute, penetrate the spaces between the a oms of many substances, and overcoming t, eir coheslve attraction, causes them to f laparc. 'Charcoal is a powerful disinfectant be- 0 use the carbon or whxch it is composed réadily absorbs and combines with many diflerent kinds of noxious gases, thus reâ€" moving unpleasant odors and harmful sub- stances from the air. The strongest muscle is in the calf of the leg, because locomotion is one of the moat necessary functions. The great musele of the calf has been found, by actual experi- ment, to be capable ot sustaining seven {times the weight of the body. Sounds can be heard over water to much renter distances than on land because the niooth surface of the water olfers less im- ediment to the passage of the air vibra. ions, On calm days the booming of artillery at sea has been heard for 250 miles. R Bunches of dried sea. weed, Window cords, trackers, tobacco and similar fibrous sub- {stances indicate the approach of rain, be- cause their fibers become soft by absorbing the moisture of the air when the atmos- phere is approaching the point of sawm- bion. * A flash of lightningis generally succeeded by a. heavy fall of rain, because, it. is sup posed, the discharge of electricity destroys the vesicles of the mist and vapor in the air, the thin films are concentrated, unite with others and descend in the form of rain. People hiccough because of a. muscular contraction of the diaphragm. It is sup- posed to be sympathetic and to arise from an effort of the diaphragm to assist the stomach to get rid of some indigested ordis- agreealble matter. Thehuman system can endure a heat of 5212 degrees, the boiling point of water, he. ause the skin is a bad conductor and be- ause the perspiration cools the body. Men ave withstood without injury a heat of [)0 degrees Ior several minutes. i The oil glands of the skin are most nu- kmerous in races living under the tropics, ecause the oil is nature’s protection gainer. the heat of the sun. In hot coun- ries its action is often assisted by the pplications of vegetable or animal oils. Cropping a cat‘s ears keeps her at. home‘ because in prowling at night among bushes and grass drops of water falls in her ears, and she perfers to stay at home rather than spend the time scratching her head to get the water out . Chimneys smoke because the carbon of the coal is disintegrated and drawn 013" by the heat instead of being consumed in the fire. A furnace properly tended would not, smoke, as all the fuel would be consumed. A cat is enabled to send out or to retract her claws, because the bone to which the claw is attached has a. rotary movement; on the bone above, and a. powerful ligament draws the former down and exhibits the |c1aw. Clouds that move in a. direction oppozute to that of.the surface current indicate a. change of weather, because they prove the existence of two air currents, one warm and the other cold. and the mingling of these often causes rain. THE WHY AND THE WHEREFORE The horse’s eye has a. Lhick glutinous secretion because his eye, being large and much exposed to dust, the viscid secretion cleanses it more efiectually than would one more watery agent. The snipe has nerves clean down to the tip of his bill because he digs for hisliviug, and, not being able to see his food, has these nerves provided to enable him to ascertain its presence. The perfume of flowers is more clearly perceived just. before or inst after a rain because the air, being then laden with moisture, better conveys the essential oils that, constitute the perfumes. Piercing the flesh with even the finest needle hurts because the nerves are so thick - 1y matted just under the skin that not even the finest point can be introduced without wounding one or more. The ears of most defenseless animals like the rabbit are turned backwards, because these creatures are in constant apprehension of pursuit, ; hunting animals have their ears turned forward. water Eontained in its fibFes, which is changed into steam by the heat, and bursts ofl' tmy splinters in making its escape. )Inny persons lay a poker across the top of a. grate to make the tire burn, because of a. popular superstition. once credited, khan. a. stubborn fire was due to the devil. 'rl‘wo pokers were used, and were laid across the fire in the form of a. cross. The “ Iim-nuw" «9 “any Tlllnzn “’lnlch You Iluvv Tim ml Again Wondered Aboul. The vmce can be heard to a greater dis- tance through a. speaking Lube than through the air because the sound is con- fined to the air within the tube and the tube itself is a. good conductor. Green wood hisses and splatters when burning because of t_he {age ampunt of 'The mane of the lion is useful to that animal, because, hanging over his shoul- ders. it; protects his powerful muscles from changes in temperature and keeps them ready for use. \Vhlte spots appear on the nails because the vascular tissue underneath is attached to the substance of the nail, but from some accidental cause. such as a blow, occasions ally becomes separated. A closed room is bad for sleeping, because air once breathed parts with a. sixth of its oxygen and contains an equivalent amount of carbonic acid gas ; air breathed six Limes will not support life. The apparent depth of water is always deceptive, because the light reflected from the bottom is refracted as it leaves the water. Water is generally abom one-third deeper than it, appears to be. The day after a heavy snowfall is usually very clear because the snow in falling brings down with it most of the dust and impurities of the air and leaves the atmos- phere exceedingly pure. The Pracllcul Separation of the Months and Days we Owe tn the ligypllani. The division of the year into three hun- dred and sixty-five days and a. quarter comes to us from the Egyptians. So far as history reaches hack into the darkness of he early ages we are led to believe that the dusky brown people by the banks of the Nile Were the first to study the motion of the sun and stars and make them the meas- ure of time. And some recent discoveries ’ "Four years ago,’ she said, “I was a sufierer in all that the term implies, and never thought of being as healthy as I am today. Why, at that time I was such a scrawny, puny little midget, pale and emaciated by an ailment peculiar to us women, that my father and mother gave me upto die. 'l‘helocalpractitionerd was at that time living at Scotland, Brant Co., 0nt.,) said it was only a. matter of days when I would be laid away in the church yard, and as I was such a. sufferer I cared not whether I lived or died; in fact, think 1 would have preferred the latter. I could not walk. and regularly every night my father used to carry me up stairs to my room. I remember my telling him that he wouldn't have to carry me about much longer, and how he said with tears in his eyes, that he would be willing to do it always, if he could only have me with him. It was evxdently foreordained that I bhould not die at that particular time, as a miracu‘ous transformation in my condition was the talk of the neighborhood. I read, of the wonderful cures that were being wrought by Dr. Willisms’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and my father went to Brantford, where he purchasd a Couple of boxes from Jas. A. Wallace. I commenced taking them. and I thought fora time they did he no good, as made me sick at first, but very shortly I noticed a great change, They began to act on my trouble, and in the short space of} six months I was able to walk. 1 continu-l ed takings the pills, and in the six months 1 was in the condition you see me now. I fully believe that they alone saved me from 1 the grave, and you will always find myself‘ and balance of our family ready totalk about l the good Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills did for me.” i Schenectady. N: Y: I Beware of imitations and substitutes alleged to be “just as good.” Other nations, and even the Greeks and Romans, used the moon as their guide, and divided the year into lunar months. But it was found, as time passed on, that great irregularities crept in; the months no longer corresponded to the seasons; April became June, and the autumn months winter. The Egyptian sun-year was then generally adopted. But even this was dis- ordered and altered by the ignorance of the Roman priests; and at last Julius Czesar, who was fond of astronomy, resolved to correct the calendar; it is his year that we now use, and to his friend, the Egyptian Sosigenes, we owe our divxsion of time. Astronomy was a favorite study with the cultivated Romans, and from Egyptian Alexandria, the scientific centre of the time, they drew their chief masters and books on the stars. Cresar fixed upon the lst of January as the beginning of his yearâ€"a season of feasting and joy with the Egyp- tians and all modern society. "nub--. Sold by all dealers or sent by mail. post- paid, at. 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by addressing the Dr. Williams’ Medicine .Uo‘ngpany, Brockville. 0m., or Another mode of calculating the days of the year in Egypt was by the rising of the dog-star, Sirius. This was known as THE soTnIC SYSTEM. and is another proof of the careful study the Egyptians gave to the starry skies. It is suggested that the pyramids were built under the guidance of the astronomers, and that many of the smaller temples were directed toward some particular star. But it is probable, as modern research seems to show, that the sun, or Ra. as it is called in Egyptian, was in the most civilized period the chief deity, and its revolutions the only measure of time. The Pharaohs claimed. like the Incas, that they were the children of the sun ; on the oartouches the sun stands a circle at the top, and a goose, the symbol of an ofispring or son, below it. R9. was the parent of the Rameses, the chief Egyptian conquerors and builders, and their enormous statues still guard the banks of the Nile. From the Egyptian Ra we have learned to divide time, and the New Year’s festivities and the more practi- cal separation of months and days we owe to the active astronomers on the banks of the Nile. flow a Young Lady Wm Cured of a Td‘l'l'l- hle‘ Mammy When Near the Brink of the Grave. The large, pretentious brick residence at 86 Miami avenue, in this city, is the home of the heroine of this interesting StOl]. She is Misn Margaret Sienbaugh, and ‘her interesting experiences during the past four years are published here for the first time. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 15th day of December, 1893. D. A. DELANEY, Notary Public, \Vayne 00., Michigan. NIGH TO DEATH‘S DOOR. OUR EGYPTIAN Y EAR. Of hundreds of druggists afl‘ords convinc- ng proof of the great merit of Nerviline in all painful atlectione. F. R. Melville, druggist, Prescott, writes:â€"“My customers who have used Nerviline speak highly of 1t. I am sntlsfied it will take a leading place in the market." This cypresses the universal verdict, andif you are suffering from any painful affection, internal or external, give Nerviline a. trial, and immediate relief will be as certain as the sun shines. Nerviline is a powerfully penetrating pain remedy. Sold by dealers everywhere. A Westminster Abbey for South Africa. Westminster Abbey, which has for so many centuries afi‘orded the lust resting place for British immortal (lead, is destined to have a picturesque counterpart on British soil. Mr. Cecil Rhodes, of South Africa, according to the London Spectator “ is go~ ihg to do a very striking and picturesque thing. He is going to turn the ruins of Zimbabyeâ€"those inscrutable masses of hard, bare stone which stand naked in the wilderness and yield no man their secretâ€" intoa \anhalla for South Africa. There. according to a statement made by Gen. Digby Willoughby, are to be deposited the bones of Major \Vilson and the men who fell with him, and over them is to be plac- ed a granite monument. Mr. Rhodes hopes to be buried there himself, and he express- ed to Mr. \Villoughby his ‘hope that in time to come it would be as difficult to ol)~ lain sepulchle in Zimbabye as it is now in \Vestminster Abbey.’ The ground is to be consecrated, and a chapel erected, and a trust is to be created for holding the place in perpetuity. Mr. Rhodes has already provided £20,000 for the necessary expen- sea. The idea. is as original as it is imag- inative, and shows how the great prehis- toric remains always appeal in a special degree to men of English race.” In point of antiquity Westminster is certainly not in it with the ruins of Zimbabye, but Mr. Rhodes’ remains would be less likely to be undisturbed by barbarians in London than in South Africa. Roses are now in full bloom. Many com- plain that their plants throw suckers from the roots. These are budded roses. You should buy roses grown on own roots, then will have no trouble. Brown Bros. C0,, anonto, Onta, are the leading rose growers in the country. \Vrite them tor an agency. Friendlinesa of a. highly commendable and practical character was displayed a. short time ago in Mema, Neb. A poor Widow supported her three children by taking in Washing. Several of her neigh- bors chipped in, and raised enough money to buy her a house and lot. I‘lnnoon Wrecked aml Rescued. By W. J. HUNTER. Ph.D.. l).D. A series of cnapters to men on social purity and right liv- ing. Ibis written in plain language that all may understand. Live Agents wanted. Cir- culars containing terms sent on application. William Briggs. Publisher, Toronto. Ont. Why should you go limping around when Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor will remove your coma in a. few days ? It will give almost instant relief and a gamma- teed cure in the end. Be sure you get the genuine Putnam’s Corn Extractor, made by Poison & 03., Kingston, for many sub- stitutes are being ofl'ered, and it is always better to get the best. Saie,sure, pain- less. l UU“ cents. Th6 Heraidfbl'o.’ 71.55 SE” Phil.‘1., P8,. Aguest was shown to a. room on the upper floor in a hotel in Memphls. He noticed that the roof evidently leaked. and spoke of the matter to the attendant. “Yes, in leaks,” said the latter, “but only when it rains. You’ll find an umbrella alongside the wash-stand.” YOUR 5.9,"? and am now a well woman. I weigh 128 Emupds, eat well and do the work for a large umxly. My case seems a wonderful recovery and pllvsiviuns look at me in astonishment. us almost like one raised from the dead." HOOD'S PILLS should be in every family medicine chesc, Once used,a.lwavs preferred. Sugar , . . . . . . . . . . .twr Lukewarm Water . . . .twa Dissolve the sugar and yeast. in cm add the extract, and bottle; place in place for twenty-four hours until it fe then place on ice. when it. will open 51 and delicious. The root beér can be obtained in all drug and grooery stores in 10 and 25 cent bottles to make two and five gallons. could snbii “ I became Rev. Dr. Potts says he has used St, Lzon, and finds in both curative and re- freshmg. take Hood A curious fish is found in the rivers of Guiana and Surinam. t is called the au- ablet, and has in each eye two pupils, an upper and a lower one. When the fish is swimming, it keeps the upper optic, which protrudes above the head. out of the Water. [hennaâ€"Fur Making :1 leiclouu lleallh Drink at Small l'osl. Adams“ Root Beer Extract , . . . . . . . l . . one bottle Fleiachmann’s Yeast . . . . . l . . . . . . . . . l . half a cake Mrs. M. E. O’Fallon. Mm. Mary E. ()‘Fullun. n. verylntelligentluzly of l'lquu, Ohio, was pulsuned whila assisting physicians atanautupxy 5 yL‘ilI‘i ago. and 5mm terrible ulcers hmke out on her haul. arms, tungle and thruat. Ill-r hair all value out. Her husband spent hundreds of dollars without any Hood’s Sarsaparilla Biood Poisoning What ! Limoing Yet! The High Testimony / _ ‘ enefit. She weighed @ but 78 pounds. and saw N no prospect 01 help. ’Olauon' A1: last she began to 1-; Sax-saparilla and at once improved; gut out of bed and walk. She says, ‘ perfectly cured by go. 1290 pfjntiggsigos . . . . . . . . . .one bottle .half a cake .two pounds . . . . l . . . two gallons east. in the water, ; place in a warm until it fer menus. ill open sparkling Jum D ;m.. I D has 1:5 own sp Favorite Pres who is “run-d woman wko Sl [.laiu'f’ or wea edy. With 1‘: has its own special medicine in Dr. Pierce's Favoriie Prescription. And every woman who is “run-down” or overworked, every woman wio sufiers f.om any “female com- plaint” or weakness, needs just that; rem- edy. \Vizh it, every disturbance, irreg- ularity, and derangement can be perman- ently cured. It’s an invigorating. restorative tonic. a. 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