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COUNTRY NOTES, I Dew Curiosity. I The amount of dew that is nightly deposited on any object depends to a great extent upon the particular colour of that object. If- four pieces of board are taken and painted respectively red, yellow, green, and black, then exposed during the night, it will be found next morning that there is no dew at all on the red and black fboards, that the green is damp, and the yellow ,covered with moisture. The Anatomy of the Caterpillar. The thoughtless person who carelessly crushes the life out of a caterpillar would probably be amazed if told that he had crushed an organi- sation that was made up of parts as numerous and quite as interesting and instructive as those of the elephant. And a careful study of the anatomy of this minute and much despised animal has disclosed so many singular and in- teresting parts aa to warrant a quarto volume on the subject. Four thousand and forty muscles have been discovered in the caterpillar, and not only discovered but accurately de- eoribed. All of which goes to show that, though trite, 'tis true that to the Creator the smallest Insect is as important as the largest vertebrate. A Winter Visitor. The woodcock is a winter visitor to this country, generally leaving in spring, though some remain to breed, and, where there are (plantations of pine, and fir, and larch, the num- ber increases year by year. The length is about 14in., and plumage reddish-brown with small black markings. These birds lie low during too THE WOODCOCK. I day, the plumage harmonising well with their surroundings of dead and dying leaves, and come out at dusk to feed. There is but one brood in the season, and the old birds carry the young from place to place. The call-note of the male is a loud "whirr." They Must Gnaw. Rabs, mice, and squirrels unceasingly gnaw at something, not out of pure mischief, as people generally imagine, but because they are forced to. Animals of this class, especially rats, have teeth which continue to grow; as long as the owner lives. This being the case, the rodent is obliged to continue his gnawing so as ito keep his teeth ground off to a proper length. Ducks and Water. Ducks don't need water to thrive. There are many farms in this country, where thousands of these fowl are raised each year fop market, and where there is not even a puddle for them to flounder in. One of these establishments is said .to furnish 20,000 ducks a year. Tapping the Poles. Electricul energy has some curious results," days a telegraph linoesman,. For instance, Woodpeckers are continually pecking teLegraph In the country you will find poles every- where honeycombed by the sturdy bills of thesfe abirds, which BUstakes the humming sound in- ieide the poles for the humming of insects, and 4L is to get at these that they make their perfo- rations. The Rain. The atmosphere needs washing just the same as everything else. After rain has been falling for some time the impurities in the air are greatly lessened, and the satisfaction with which lvvlo breathe in the washed air after a good rain- fall indicates that our senses are bearing testi- mony to its purification. The Pride of the Zoo. In Bronx Park there lives a squirrel that is the pride of the Zoo as well as the envied of its mates. This squirrel possesses a remarkably 10ng tail, silky, thick, and of a beautiful greyish •white. It is almost large enough to go around 1% woman's throat, and many a female eye has CURIOUS SQUIRREL. been fastened upon this fine bit of fur with a. -view to making it a part of a winter wardrobe. The squirrel is a great pet, however, and the ikeepsrs would not allow any harm to come to it. Thrush "Building on Ground. Every lover of birds, says Mr. C. R. Hadfield In "Nature Notes," can give numerous instances of strange and out-of-the-way nesting places, ut it is so rarely that a matter of fact bird like ,the thrush departs, from precedent, that any example becomes worth chronicling. The ex- •aanple is that of a thrush's nest built 011 the ground in the middle of a marshy paddock. It was placed in an old hoof mark, on a slight arise, within 3ft. of a ditch used for draining, .-where the first kingcups were in flower. There rwsta no hedge or cover of any description within 25 or 30 yards, and no attempt had been made 4o utilise the rank dry grass for purposes of con- icaalment. The blue eggs attracted the eye from •quite a distance. The Nest. The nest itself was strangely unorthodox, ohly a small portion of it being built in the ordinary way. On the left hand side alone was there the usual outer wall of bents and dry roots cemented on the inside; the back wall was formed by the deepest part <e>f the hoofmark, apparently untouched; on the Sight hand side the bird, so far from trying to eGüüeal itself, had actually pulled down some of the dry coarse grass to the bottom of the nest, hut had left it un cemented; the front was quite open and the ground outside on a level with the bottom of the TVCT-
EMINENT OPINIONS PRAISING…
EMINENT OPINIONS PRAISING I DR WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. In support of the opinion of the celebrated Dr. Lapponi concerning Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People other eminent medical men have added their appreciation of this famous medicine. I Dr. Lapponi, physician to Pope Pius X., recom- mends this unique blood builder and nerve tonic in the following terms: u I certify that I have tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in cases of simple Anemia. After a few week's treat- ment the result came fully up to my expectations. I shall not fail in the future to extend the use of this laudable pre- paration, not only in the treatment of other morbid forms of the category of Anaemia, but also in cases of Neurasthe- nia and the like." Dp. George Oriot, I whose high opinion of Dr. Williarml Pink Pills appears in this article. Bead also what another great practitioner says. Dr. George Oriot, 4, Rue de I'Entrepot, Paris, writes: Dr. Williams' Pink Pills yield excellent results to my patients in cases of poverty of blood, nervous debility and ailments of women. I have succeeded particularly in curing, by a relatively short treat- ment of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, a person suffer- ing from aggravated Ansemia." Dr. E. Coulouma, well known at St. Chinian, Herault, France, prescribes Dr. Williams' Pink Pills regulariy. This is his appreciation of them: After a very satisfactory experiment I regularly prescribe Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for the anaemic and the neurotic, especially among female patients. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have given the happiest results among young girls, also mothers. I prescribe them in cases of Ansemia, Neurasthenia and other womanly ailments common among my patients." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are like a silent guardian of the health of households. Thousands of families can tell of benefits received in cases of Ansemia, Indigestion, Bile, Consumption, Eczema, Rheu- matism, Sciatica, Kidney Disease, St. Vituril Dance, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxy, also Weaknesses of Women. Sold by all dealers (the genuine pills always bear full name, Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale People) Or direct from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Holborn- viaduct, Holborn-viaduct, London; post free 2s. 9d: one box; or six boxes 13s. 9d.
ITALIANS' FIERCE DUEL. J
ITALIANS' FIERCE DUEL. J The Italian residents of the Passage Guillaumot, Paris, maintain their traditional custom of dealing with traitors in love. Guiseppe Crasaio, the Don Juan of the colony, had had many conquests, and hoped to make many more. Recently he became the lover of Francesea Paoli, a girl of his own nationality. The idyll lasted a month, and the gay Guiseppe sought another pretty face. Francesca Paoh was not without pride. She re- sented her lover's treatment of her, and thought of £ revenge. She told her brother Angelo what had happened, and commanded him to avenge her honour. Angelo cheerfully complied with his sister's request, and lay in watch for Don Juan. Guiseppe," he said, when the latter was return- ing home, "you have cowardly abandoned my sister, and you are going to learn how a girl of her blood avenges her honour. I am not going to stab you in the back. Prepare yourself. We are going to fight." Don Juan accepted the invitation. He gripped his knifa, while Angelo put himself on guard with a poinard in his hand. It was a fierce dueL Finally the jilted one's brother conquered. Don Juan received a stab in the chest, and had to be taken to a hospital. He flatly refused to give the name of the man .with whom he had fought; but the truth came out in a police inquiry. Angelo Paoli could not be arrested, however. Immediately after the duel he took the train for Italy.
HOW THE LUNGS BECOME J DISEASED.…
HOW THE LUNGS BECOME J DISEASED. 1 IT IS THB HAWKING AND COUGHING THAT I DESTROYS THB TISSUES OF THE LUNGS, AND I MAKBS THB1I WEAK AND SOBB. | What you want is something to stop the hawk- ing and take the soreness out of the throat and chest. Nothing compares with VENO'S LIGHTNING COUGH CURB; it soothes inflamed membranes, eradicates the catarrhal mucus; you feel well quickly. For weak lungs, catarrh, bronchitis, chronic coughs, and throat trouble there is no remedy to be compared with VENO'S LIGHTNING COUGH CUKE. Relief comes instantly and a per- manent cure follows. It is strongly recommended by such Englishmen as W. Lascelles-Scott, Esq., F.S. So., Granville H. Sharpe, Esq., F.C.S., Rev W. W. Tulloch, D.D. Ask for VEN'O'S LIGHTNING COUGH CURB, d., Is. I i(I., and 2s. 9d. at Chemists everywhere.
BRICK KILiN TRAGEDY. I
BRICK KILiN TRAGEDY. I In the Rue de Lacretelle, at Vangirard, there is a disused brickyard which is utilised as a place of shelter by the homeless. When policemen were making their rounds recently they saw that the door of one of the tumble-down buildings was open; They entered, but saw nothing. Then, impelled with curiosity, they looked into an old brick kiln, and beheld the dead body of a woman. The body was raised from the kiln by rope, and the police commissary, concluding that a murder had been committed, had the brickyard searched. Two tramps were found and arrested. After a careful examination of the body the judicial autho- rities are inclined to believe that the woman, who is 69 years of age, and was known to be homeless, had met with an accident. There is an ugly wound in the throat, however, and it is suggested that this could not have been caused by accident. The police are still working at a solution of the mystery.
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A cockney, whose education pertaining to rural life had been sadly neglected, recently paid his first visit to the country. Whilst viewing the rustic scene, he observed a large hayrick near a farmhouse, and asked his companion what it was. Why, that's hay said his pal. Wot, all 'a.y!" exclaimed the benighted Cockney. If Blow me, BiJl, don't the 'ay grow in big lumps down here? r
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Patience t "You're quite lame, to-day?" Patrice: "Yes. Will stoodi on my foot for ten mlnubee llafit ndglhit." Paitdence: "And you Hjllowed it?" Patrice: "I didn't know it." Patience: "D:idh't know he was standing on your foott" Patrice: "No, I didn't. He was proposing at the time."
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A young and pretty girl had been out walk- ing. On her return her mother said: Where have you been, Alice?" "Only walking in the park," she replied. With whom?" No one, mother." Then," said the elder lady, 11 how is it that you have come back with a walking stick instead of an umbrella?"
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-.-. SPANISH ROYAL MARRIAGE.…
SPANISH ROYAL MARRIAGE. I By the express desire of King Alfonso, tha wedding of his isister, the Infanta MDiia Theresa, with her first cousin, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, was celebrated on Friday with the stately etiquette of the Spanish Court in the presence of the Diplomatic Corps, the Ministers of the Crown, the State and Palace dignitaries, and the elite of Madrid society, who filled the Beyal Chapel. The Primate, Cardinal Sancha, officiated. The splendour of the ceremony was enhanced by the contract between the brilliant Spanish military and naml uniforms, thooo of the knights of the ancient Orders of Santiago, Alcantara, Montesa, and Calatr&va and those worn ,by twenty Austrian, Bavarian, and Orleans Princes and their suites.. Most of the foreign Courts and the Pope sent warm congratulations and good wishes to the bride and bridegroom. Their Royal Highnesses were the recipients of quite as hearty demonstrations of sympathy from the distinguished gathering in the chapel and; the Palace galleries as from the popular classeaj below the balcony of the Palace when they appeared upon it.
FAMOUS BILLIARD CHAMPION.…
FAMOUS BILLIARD CHAMPION. I At the age of fifty-nine years John Roberts announces his retirement, to take place in April next. It is almost unnecessary to explain that the John Roberts referred to is of billiard fame. The name is inseparable from the game, and is familiar wherever the game is played. And the game is played the world over. At such an age it is perfectly natural that even the greatest player of all time should retire from profes- sional billiards, should admit his decline, but John Roberts need not have done so. During the past twelve months he has retained his almost unrivalled brilliancy in the making of big breaks and accomplishing apparently miracu- lous shots. All that his action means is that he has lost his once marvellous consisteacy, and that he is no longer without serious rivals. The probable explanation is that Roberta finds he cannot withstand the claims of H. W. Steven- son and C. Dawson to, at least, share his ex- alted position, and that rather than submit to I JOHN ROBERTS. the indignity of a defeat on level terms from one or both of his rivals, he will seek seclusion with his honours thick upon him. Exactly forty years ago John Roberts, then a boy, de- feated his father by 79 points in a game of 400 up, and at the age of twenty he won his first big handicap in the St. James's Hall. At the time the father was smarting under defeat in the first game ever played for the championship, his conqueror being William Cook, senior. Two months later, however, the eon awenged the father, and for thirty years John Roberts, "junior," reigned supreme.
I BESIEGED IN AN HOTEL. \
BESIEGED IN AN HOTEL. Mr. H. C. Pierce, one of the officials of the Standard Oil Company, ia a prisoner in his apart- ments at the Waldorf-Astoria, New where, for two weeks, process servers have vainly attempted to serve him with a subpoena to attend as a witness in the suit of the State of Missouri against the Standard interests, for establishing an illegal monopoly to the detriment of other traders, I's Mr. Pierce is regarded as an important witness because of his intimate knowledge of Standard Oil affairs. He is determined, however, net to give evidence, and many clever stratagems of the pro- cess severs have been circumvented. One court official attempted to gain noeess to his apartments disguised as a clergyman. Anether concealed himself in a large linen basket, which had apparently been returned from a lau IT. The basket actually reached Mr. Pierces apartments, but either from accident or design it was turned over violently, and Hie alarmed occupant shouted for help. Mr. Pierce secreted himself in an inner room and the intruder was ] ejected. Mr. Pierce's secretary scrutinises every caller, and no one is admitted to the apartments unless personally known. New Yorkers are intensely amused at the situation, and the disconsolate process servers are surrounded daily by sympathising crowds in the public bar. ■g —
fMR. BALFOUR'S OPPONENT. I
f MR. BALFOUR'S OPPONENT. Who ia Mr. Horridge? The man who defeated Mr. Balfour has suddenly jumped from a local —almost paroohw-to a world-wide reputation. Till lately Liverpool knew more about Mr. Horridge than Manchester, for, as a K.C. he secured the legal plums in the Assize' Court of the Mersey city. In the court he is a keen cross- examiner, sticking Leech-like to hie points. In politics he is .placability personified., ready to yield on most questions. As a candidate ho had a wonderful and tireless smile that was in his I favour. It shone through his gold-rimined MR. T. G. HORRIDGE, K.O. eye-glasses, and when addreisSiing. election audiences urbanity beamed from his every feature. He made the most of the fact that ha was a Lancashire man born in Bolton forty. eight years ago. Culture, however, has long worn off his Lancashire accent. His ^t- withstanding, it was not the man that beat Mr. Balfour, nor even was it fiscal reform. Chinese labour is generally regarded as the adverse influence. Speaking within a few minutes of hia victory, Mr. Horridsge said his majority was so large that it "could not be written on a half. shiest of notepaper."
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The rector, schoolmaster, bank manager, post- master, and church organist of Ingleton, Yorks, ha,ve been charged with being on licensed5 pre- mises. at a prohibited hour. The cases were dismissed1.
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'n.TMgf- 'n.TMgf- CATALEPTIC WITNESS. The investigation into the death of Mr. Bartley Horner, of New York, alleged to have been shot after a supper-party by his son-in-law, Mr. Simp- son, a fashionable Fifth-avenue dentist, has been delayed by the disappearance of Dr. Frank, to whom Mr. Horner is reported to have made a statement before his death. Another cause of delay is the mys- terious illness of Mr. Horner's stable-boy, who saw the shooting, and gave evidence at the inquest that Mr. Horner said to Mr. Simpson, You would kill me, would you ?" It was at first suspected that the boy was drugged. Doctors say that his condi- tion resembles catalepsy, perhaps caused by fright. The prosecution has not decided whether to call Mr. Simpson's wife as a witness. Her evi- dence at the inquest first led to the charge of murder.
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DIZZINESS AND PAIN CUBED BY…
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STRANGE AND WONDERFUL. I
STRANGE AND WONDERFUL. I The Amber Harvest. The poor people who earn a precarious livelihood by gathering amber on the shores of the Baltic Sea work only in the roughest weather. When the wind blows in from the sea, as it often does with terrific violence, the boulders are tossed and tumbled at the bottom, and great quantities of sea wrack are wagher up on the beach. This is the harvest of the wadem, for hidden in .,he roots and branches of the seaweed lumps of the precious gum may be found. < Living Up a Tree. A summer boarder in the little village of Springtown conceived the idea of making a tree house of this old maple. Beneath is a door, which opens into a little room, from which steps lead up to the house. While forming a resting k TREN HOUSA. I place the maple throws out shade for a con- siderable distance, which makes it an ideal spot for those romantically inclined. Remarkable Discovery. As a result of a recent excavation beneath I the Roman Forum remarkable discoveries have been made of the city which was ancient before the coming of Romulus. These discoveries com- ANCIENT ROMAN GBAVE. J prise architectural remains, skeletons, and much of the early pottery of the period. The grave which is shown in the accompanying illustration dates from the twelfth century before Christ. Little Things. It is no great task to play the piano; still in playing some intricate passage the hands must move far more rapiuly than the performer realises. In Weber's Moto Perpetuo" for instance 4541 notes are sounded in less than four minutes or at the rate of twenty each second. In one of Cbopin's Studies" there is a greater ctemand made as for two and one-half minutes twenty-six notes ,are struck each second. Japanese Custom. In Japan it is a custom for lovers to present their sweethearts with a curious toy constructed of strips of glass delicately adjusted which are commonly known as memory bells. The poise of the stripe of. glass is such that the least vibra- A MEMORY BELL. 1 tion will set them jingling. The memory bells are usually hung in some window so that the slightest draught will set them in motion. The delicate tinkling is supposed to remind one of the giver, and hence their name. The Lord Mayor's Coach. Originally coating something more than £ 1,000, the coach of the Lord Mayor of London, still used in the annual procession, has probably had more money expended upon it than any other horse-drawn vehicle in the world. It is nearly one hundred and fifty years old, and in that time more than £ 20,000 has been spent in refurnishing it for the sole occasion when it is made use of each year. A more modern coach could be had for the sum of five years' repairs, but a new coach would never seem the same to the London public who line the Strand on the occasion of the November parade. It is prob- able that the Lord Mayor of a century hence will ride in the same equipage, though, like the Irishman's knife, it has been repaired so often that practically nothing of the original coach remains.
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The East Londlon coroner, Mr. Wynne E. Baxter, heM 1,366 inquests last year. Maude Rollins, a. girl of twenty-two, fell on her knees in a New York police-court and pro- posed to a doctor who had attended her in a Brooklyn hospital. She was not accepted.
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C' v- nil ■! ■■■II' ir-n ■ TWin win nn« 1 w mm~r DESPAIR. I I wonder if there be such things as joy And happiness and love and things like those? I wonder if there be a peaceful veil To hide the world when I would seek repose t I wonder if my heart will cease to ache; Will ease its troubled feelings ever more ? Alas! for me; too wicked am I deemed To taste the joy God holds in precious store. I wonder if there be such things as joy And happiness and love and peaceful life ? God, show me them, before I leave this earth, Just for a moment; ease my heart's long strife. Why am I deemed unworthy of Thy love ? Why am I doomed to bear a weary heart ? I pray for death to rob me of my soul; I pray for life, so sweet to some, to part. GLADYS EMANUEI. I