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How We Goto Sleep. "Order is heaven's first law," and tho troth ia manifested evin in the process of going to sleep. When a man drops off to 3lesp, says the Cia ainaati Medical Journal, his body does not do so all at once, so to speak. Some senses become dormant before others, and always in the same order. As he becomes drowsy the. eyes olose and the sense of seeing is at rest. It is quickly followed by the disappearance of the sense of taste. He next loses the sense of smell and then, after a short interval, the tympanum becomes insensible to sound, or rather the nerves which run to the brain from it fail to arouse any sense of hearing. The last senso to leave is that of touob, and in some hypersensitive people it' is hardly ever dormant. Even in their case, however, there is no discriminat ing power or sense of what touched them. This sense is also the first to /etnrn upon awakening. Then hearing follows snit, ' after that taste, and then the eyes beoome able to flash impres sions back to the brain. The sense of smell, oddly enough, though it is by no means the first to go, is the last to come b:iok. The same gradual loss of power is observed in tne muscles and sinews as well as in the senses. Slum ber begins at the feet and slowly *j spreads up the limbs and trunk until it reaches tho brain, when unconscious ness is complete and the whole body is at rest. This is why sleep is impossi ble ti hen the feet are cold. Artificial 3Iarblo, Nine-tenths of the marble-topped tables and so on-what I might call furnituro marble-seen in this coun try, are made of artificial marble, said a man in the trade. Thousands of tons of this mock mar ble are made annually, and even men iii the trade can scarcely tell the dif ference between the real and the false article, for the markings, or mar blings, go wholly through the block, and aro not msrely superficial. The basis of the whole is a combination cf limestone and chalk, which, chemical ly treated, can be made of any shade desired. The artificial marble in tho rongh is placed ia a water bath, and upon 1 his is sprinkled a sort of varn ish, consisting of seequioxido of iron, gum, nnd turpentine, and all manner of marbled designs are produced when the turpentine is broken up by the ad dition of water. Any pattern of marbling can be pro duced to order. Once such pattern appears, the air is expelled from the block, and the colors are fixed by the immersion of the stone in sulphate and warm water baths, and then an other bath of sulphate and zino so closes np the pores and hardens tho 6tone that it acquires the density of the natural artiole, and can be cut and polished in the same manner.-Ex. Who Can Answer? 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Oe. ^~^K TOIJITDRUOQIST FOR * ?MPERIAT ? THE BEST * PO!* INVALIDS OPPORTUNITY, The key of yesterday I threw away. And now, too late, Before to-morrow's closo locked pate ' Helpless I stand-iu vain to pray! In vain to sorrow! Only the key of yesterday Unlocks to-morrow! -Priscilla Leonard, ia tho Outlook? A ROAD RACE. EV LUKE SUATO?, Ewas generally called old Scud amore, bat the adjective was put there not oil account of his advanced years', but I probably be . cause his. tem per was so bad. It was tree that Scudamore had a daughter nineteen years of age, but a man may still be iu the prime of life and possess such a luxury. OKI Scudamore made things lively wherever he was, and {he people of his neighborhood were usually afraid bf him. When tho bioycle oame to its present state of perfection, pneumatic tires, and ali the rest of it, Old Scuda more invested in one. Ile soon be came as fleet a wheelman a 5 any man of his age. It was said that Old Scudamore did not ride the bioycle for the pleasure of it, but merely be cause the machine allowed him to get over his estate swiftly and silently. Silenoe and speed were said to be the great attraction tho bioycle had for Scudamore, because he could drop down suddenly upon any group of workmen on his place aud find in stantly whether they wore attending to the business he paid them for, or whether they were "soldiering." A horse usually gave notice of iti ap proach, while a bioyole did not. Scudamore's speed on his wheel soon resulted in au abbreviation of his name, and they called him "Old Scud," or sometimes 'The Flying Scud." Perhaps Scudamore's greatest tri umph on his bicyole was his discovery of the lovera He had taken a secluded path which ran through his estate. It was bordered on each side by trees which effectually screened tho foot way from all observation. He took this unaccustomed route, though the oycliug was none to good on it, so that he might be more certain of coming unawares upon a group of laborers who were working at a drain beyond the further end of the path. As he came to a turn in the foot-way he was surprised to see ahead of him two young persons walking together young persons of opposite sex. As he approached silently, he vas amazed to find- ono of them was his own daughter, and the other the impecu nious young cashier of the County Bank. Ho remembered the.t Wednes day afternoon was a half holiday at the bank, and thus the yoting fellow had had an opportunity of quitting the counting of ca sh, that was not his own, for the courting of tho daughter ol the man who waa the largest de positor in the bank. Old Scudamore gnashed his teeth in rage and nearly fell off his bioyole as he realized that the young man was probably thero because his knowledge of the affairs of tho bank gave him au indication of the wealth of the girl's father. He could think of no other reason for a young man coming from town to walk in a secluded spot with p. pretty girl. Old Scudamore cyoled slowly and silently behind them for some time, listening to their conversation, and he was alongside the young mau before either of them noticed his presence. The great value of a oycle is, that it oau keep its own counsel. The girl gave a slight shriek'when she realized that her father was beside her, but the young man kept admirably cool. "Are you aware, sir," eaid Scuda more, "that you are trespassing?" "I'm afraid I am, Mr. Scudamore," said tho young fellow, "in more senses than one." "You are a scoundrel! "cried Scuda more, "and if I ever catch-you on this pla?o again I will have you horse whipped to the village. Meanwhile I will see tho manager of the bank and have you discharged. I suppose you know enough of the affairs of the bank to be aware that I haye sufficient in fluence for that purpose." "Yes," said the young man. "I know that you have; still, I had thought of retiring from the bank on becoming your son-in-law. I thought yon might perhaps want an energetic young man to look after your estate, for everybody says that if you keep on the way you are going, you won't have a mau left on the place." "You impudent villain !" cried old Scud, in a rage. "I'll leech you to talk to your betters in that fashion. Edna, you go home, I'll talk to you later on." The girl was very much afraid ot her father, and, though she looked ap pealingly at him and cast a frightened glance at the young man, she obeyed, and walked toward the house. ."Now, you young jaoka-napes," said old Scud, "do you know what I am going to do? I'm going to hand you over to the police for trespassing on these grounds." "I believe," said young Sherwin, that you are just idiot enough to do a thing of that sort Of courso, you can't make yourself the talk of the country-side more than you are now, but you can, at least, raise 1 scandal by handing me over to tho police, and mixing your daughter's name up in it." "I'll show you, yon dog," said old Scud. ."Of oooirse, it would be a scan dal to have her name mixed up with yours, but I'll take very good care that her name is not so mixed. If my daughter's name is mentioned it will, be because yon mention it, and if you do so, fool as the girl is, she will have nothing more to say to you." The young man realized*the force of this, and he walked along tho path silent,' while old Scudamore cyoled slowly along by his side. When they were still some distance from the gate that led into the main road Sherwin made a sudden dash into the bushes, and drew forth a oycle whioh was con cealed there. The old man, thinking the dash was made to escape him, jumped from his machine, and so the young fellow got a perceptible advan tage in the race. He pushed the oycle before him to the path and sprang on it. "Now, old Scud," he shouted, "let's see who reaches the highway first?" Although Scudamore was not old, his powers on the bioyole were noth ing to those of the cashier. The young man reaohed the gate a long way ahead of him, and when Scuda more passed into the high road his speedy opponent was no where to be bein. Old Scudamore knew the young maa must have takea the road to the village, for the other way led direct to his own Louse, and it waa not like the cashier would have taken that < r?otion. The truth was, howevi that Sherwin had not gone out ic the main road at all, hut had cc oealed himself behind the porte lodge? The porter, being under r tice of dismissal, was reckless. ] bated old Scud, and was friendly the lovers. The moment Scudamc entered tho high road young Sherw sprang on his bicycle and went li lightning up the path again, until overtook the girl. Ile quickly t plained to her what had happened a said: "You nee, my dear E.lna, life i you will bo perfectly unbearable, n< that ho has found it out. There nothing for us but to escape to t Scottish border as quickly as wo c and get married. We must go at ouc or as your father said, there is ohance of my ever seeing you agai if wo don't." "But," persisted the girl, "ho-/ a we to go? Yon can't tako nv a yo cycle, and I haven't onp 1 .ny ow and I couldn't ride if I bad. If1 walk, father will euroTy oVortako T and he will certainly inquire for i tho moment he gets home." "I'll you what to do," said t young man, who was a person of i source. "You go - to the house quiokly as yon can. I'll go back the porter's lodge, conceal my cycl and wait for you there. Order o the dog cart, and put what things y< urgently need in it. Have the faste horse in the stables harnessed to ti dog cart. Drive down to the lodg I will join yon there, and after th we will ohance it." "Bot," said the girl, "wo are sn to meet father between the town ai aere." "Not if we turn down Durwood lane. If we can get that far we a 'all right. He will never think of lool ing in that direction. The great thii is speed, so get down to the portei lodge as quickly as you can. Yon se nobody at the house suspects an, thing, and it will not be difficult, bi after to-day you will find you will I kept a close prisoner. It is now < never, Edna, if you care anything fi me. Edna protested that she cared e erything. The young man'went bac to the porter's lodge. He conceaU his bioyole, ind then waited wil much impaiience for the girl. At la the eame, driving a horse that wi celebrated for its speed. Young She; win sprang up behind her. "Let mo havo the reins," basan: "No, no," protested the girl, "I'I sure I can drive over so much bette than you can, and besides, if we mei father ho cannot aocuso me of stoa ing the horse, while it is just po3sibl he might make such a charge again you, if wo are caught." They reached tho turning and go into the lane without being observo j >and so felt reasonably certain of sue cess. But, alas! they had coautei not on the uncertain ways of Old Scud He had cyclod down into the tow. and found nothing cf tho man he wa pursuing. Ho had learned, fron passers by, that no ono had passed oi a oycle for more than au hour, so h made up his mind that the young ma would como by. tue lane, which though the lougest way round, wa the safest from observation. Accord ingly, old Scud, without waiting i the town, cycled eut through th< place to where the laue joined th main road. He felt sure he wooli meet his enemy there, and his predio tiou was indeed verified, but in a wa^ ho little imagined. He was looking for a cyclist, and so paid little atton tion to the traps he met. "There is just ono chance in a mill ion," said youug Sherwin, to Edna when she, with terror, recognized hoi father on his wheel, "and that is hi may not reoognizo us. Anyhow there will be a raca for it. It's toe late to turn baok, Edna, so whip ui the horso and let us win if we can." It is a curious thing that impres sions aro sometimes loft on the braii as a photograph is left on an nu Jo veloped plate. The young people a! first thought they liad passed the ole man unrecognize d Ho was bending his head over his work, and putting his best licks on the treadles. Ht merely danced as the cart, and woulc havo asked if they had soon a cyclist, only he notiood it was a lady who wa? driving. So without paying any at tention to tho pair ho rang his bell sharply to waru them to keep to theil own side of the road, and passed thea like a cyclone. But as the old mar worked his way along, the picture, or enap-shot as it were, left on his brain began to develop, and he recognized a familiarity in the horse and trap he had passed. He was half a milo be yond them when it flashed into hit mind that it was his own horse and ve hicle he had met. Ho got off his bi cycle and looked after them. The girl was urging the horse to great er speed, and. at that moment thc young man was looking over hie shoulder up the lane. Instantly the truth of the. situation was borno in upon old Scudamore. The advantages and disadvantages of the position passed before him. It was useless to go back and get another horse, foi they would bo in Scotland long be fore he could hope to over take them. On the other hand his already sharp ride had tired him, while their horso was fresh. The road to Scotland was ' anything bnt lovel. It was up hill and down dale all the way, and old Scuda more knew that going up hill they would out-distance him, for he would have to get off and walk, but going down hill at full speed and risking everything, he would very likely over take them. Then ho remembered with joy that the last three milos of the race was a long incline to the bridge at the border. If he could not over take them before, he was sure to do so at that stage of tho race. "By all the gods," cried young Sherwin at that moment, "he's after us. Give me the reins and the whip, Edna, we must got over the bridge first, if we kill the horse in doir.g so. " The young girl, with a cry o'l' fear, gave the reins into her lover's hands. In spite of all efforts of the horne they could not once shake off old Sonda more, nor yet could he overtake them, but young Sherwin realized, as did old Scudamore, that ou the long decline to the bridge he would come up with them, even if they kept their horse on the gallop. When the eloping couple reached the top bf the hill where the Border er's Arms stand, threo miles from the bridge that leads into Scotland, the old man was but a mile behind them trudging up the hill- as stubbornly, and apparently as fresh as ever. The young man stopped the horse at the door of the pnblio house. "Good gracious I" .said the girl, "you are not going to stop here?" "Yes," said young Sherwin. "Don't say a word. I will explain it all later," and he dashed into the public house, where he astonished the bar-maid by asking if sha sold empty bottles, "YOB, sir, "sk* said, "Then give me an armful quickly," he cried, flinging: down a cold piece. "Never mind the change, but ho quick abont it." Three arm loads the young man took out to the trap and flung under the eeat. Tho girl not knowing the bottles were empty, thought the criti cal situation had turn--\ her lover's brain, but he sprang into the cart, and looking over his shoulder saw that the old man was only half way up tho hill. "Now, ray darling," he saul, "yon take tho reins and drive as fast' as you can. When they were abovo 300 yards from the tavern, Sherwin took a bot tle by thc neck and smashed it against; tho road, then another, and another) and another. "Whft my poor Reginald, what aro yort doing that for?" cried the girl. . "This is for tho benefit of the old man's pneumatic tires," answered Rog inakl, as with crash after crash the broken glass scattered over the queen's highway. The girl continued driving, while Reginald, looking backward, had the full benefit of tho old man's disaster. Se did not stop at the top of the hill, but sprang at onco on his machine, and came down tbe incline like a light* nmg oxpress. Reginald gazed anx iously at the area cf broken glass whiob,.Jie knew, began at the mile stone on the northern side of the hotel. The old man came sweeping on without seeming to notice any thing, and Reginald's heart stood still, as he saw how the infuriated cyclist was gaining on them. "The tires mnst be cut to pieoes by this time," he muttered through his clinched teeth, and ho began again vigorously to smash bottles. No pneumatio tire that was ever made can stand a roadway of broken glass very long, and Reginald, with a sigh of re lief, saw the old man wobble first from one side of tho road and then to the other, and at last slow up and dis mount. The exoited young mau gave a yell of triumph and waved an empty bottle over his head as he saw old Scuda more let his machine drop in despair to the ground, while he himself sat down on the second milestone to mop hisbtuLed brow. They had been married more thau half an hour when the dejected man, trundling a bicycle whose tires hung in ribbons, entered the Scottish vil lage. A smiling young man went forth to meet him. "IR is all right, father-in-law," he said : "I .have made inqniries and find that they oan put now tires on bicy cles in this place, which ono wouldn't havo expected. 1 have sent back a lot of men with brooms to sweep the broken glass off tho .road. You must bo somewhat fatigued with your long ride, so let me offer you a lift to the hall. My wife will be pleased to drive yon, and I will seo the now tire3 put on * the machine and will ride it up there this evening. Although your temper is said to be ?ad, I have always admired your common sense, and as sure you that it is the only thing to do. As Edna is yonr only daughter, and as you aud 1 will havo to settle up our little difficulties some ti<$a^--$ do i: now, for two grown men>*v^^P^' selves don't want to furnucr'JPsip and scandal for this gossipy neighbor hood." "I suppose it's tho only thing to do, yon viluan," said old Scudamore. "It i?, iudeod," roplied the villain. "Now ro to tho parlor on ilia first floor ot the hotel and talk; real nicely to my wife, while I take the bicycle to the shop "-Detroit Freo Press. Tho Clove Tree. Probably every living plant has some insect or animal that lives on it or fi om it; somo creatures snb3ist on the .'eaves of one plant, some on the leavre of others, somo gnaw tho bark, some the root, somo eat tho fruit, and a few make uso af all parts ; but man consumes and destroys au immense variety of vegetables aud vegetable products. Fruit flowers, leaves, roots, buds, bark and stems of differ ent plants aro selected in turn. The dove which wo uso as a spice is the* flower bud of a tree that is a native of the Molucca Islands. Tho clovo tree is ono of tho myrtle family of plants. It attains a hight of somo forty foot, and in its .native, place lives to an ago of from 100 to 209 years. The olove tree is now cultivated on many of the islands of the Indian Ocean, but it no whero grows so large or lives so long as on the small group of islands where it was originally found. It has a trunk quito straight, with a light, oliv?-colored bark, and at about half its hight it .puts oat its branches almost at right angles and they bear a heavy mass of foilage, the leaves being narrow and resembling those of tho laurel. Tho general ap pearance of the tree is quite formal, being that of an almost perfeot cone supported by a straight stem. The trees in the plantation are sot in reg ular rows, from ten to fifteen fest apart each way. The flowers aro formed in terminal clusters of a dozen or more. The flower buds aro picke 1 when fully, formed and before they open, and are spread ont thinly in tho shade and dried whero no rain can fall on thom. They are dried partly by the natural heat of the air and partly by wood fires. When first picked they are of a reddish- color, bat turn brown in'diying. The fruit is a berry and is gathered when green and then dried, after which it is known as mother cloves and is sent to some extent to this country and Europe, but is principally nsed in China and other Eastern countries. The ripe fruit in size and shape re sembles a small olive, and is of a dark red color and contains ono or two seeds. It has the olove flavor in a mild dogree, as have also ' tho bark, the wood and tho leaves, nono of them, however, being equal to the bud in this respect.-Detroit Free Press. ? Bicyclist Chased br a Cow. Wheelman McAllister left Port Jer vis, N. Y., for a ride to Strondsburg, Penn.- He had completed more than three-quarters of his journey without acoident of any kind, aud was riding leisurely toward Marshall's Creek, when he came in sight of three cows. In n few seconds he had passed the animals and was going along. He heard the sound 'of hoofs b?hind him, and turning aronnd, saw a cow com ing after him at a furious rate. * Tired with his long ride in the san, the wheelman oonld not spurt and the beast soon caught up to him. Gotting alongside the bike, she lei fly with her leg, smashing the front wheel. She then tried to push the rider off his wheel, lacerating his leg in bad shape. The man managed to break away and get to a place of safety,leaving the cow with the wheel The animal tried in vain to get the maohine up with hoi ho;ns. After several ineffectual at tempts she gave a contemptuous snort and ran off after her companions,-. Philadelphia Press. AGRICULTURAL j TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FAR31 AND GARDEN. A GOOD MUTTON CARCASS. A good mutton carcass mast have ?hort legs, a broad baok, heavy shoul ders and thick meat on the ribs. The fat is mixed among the lean, the re* Bult of good feeding all the time, and not mere finishing to lay fat on tho ribs outside of the meat and to make inside tallow.-New York World. THE MILK TESTEE; The English agriculturist ia slow to .take advantage of modern scientific discoveries and inventions. Even the cream separator, the prinoiplo und utility of which are universally ' nnderstood, has not yet come into general uso in this country. As for the milk tester, its very name is un known to thou jan ls of British farmers. Yet tho value of this simple and inexpensive appliance to every one who owns milch cattle is incal culable, and its employment is doing moro to advance the dairying in dustry rn America and elsewhere than perhaps even the separator itself. Mero qnantity- of milk dot not give any clue as to the butter-prod acing capability of a cow. But by the tester the percentage of butter fat in each cow's milk is ascertained, with hardly any labor and with absolute accuracy, before tho milk is poured into the common receptacle for butter-making purposes. The dairyman who has no tester merely knows the quantity of butter his cows produce in tho aggregate ; he has no cine as to tho value of each in dividual cow in the herd. With the tester, on the other hand, he knows exactly how much butter each indi vidual cow produces from every gallon of its milk. By this means he is en abled to cull his herd, replacing poor butter producers by good ones. The poor cow costs just as much Tor food and attention as tho good ones, but the annual monetary returns of the two animals show a wide margin of difference. Moreover, a good butter cow produces good butter stock, and BO, from his knowledge ?oquired from the use of the milk tester, the breeder of dairy stock is enabled to select the proper calves to rear and tho proper ones to reject. In this way it becomes perfectly possible, as has been actually done on farms in Vermont and elsewhere in the United States, to grade np a dairy herd from an average production per cow of 150 pounds of batter per annum to an average ol 300 pounds and over. With these figures before him, even the layman will grasp tho value of such an invention to each in dividual farmer who uses it. But let us reflect what ore the money ad vantages of the system when spread over the 1000 farms that contribute to Buch a creamery as that of St. Albans,' Vt. ; what the gain to the wholu of that great dairying State ; what the enhanced prolit to the vast dairying industry of America. Were tho milk tester in universal uso throughout Great Britain and Ireland the capital ized value of our dairy herds might be-increased in a few years' time fully twenty-five per cent. If, then, thc British farmer does not eagerly avail himself of such an invention can he fairly grumble at being ousted from his own markets by his foieign com petitor?-Westminster Review, DoiuaxGS. ; Thia variety of fowl has existed practically unchanged for over two thousand years, and is still the most .popular breed in England, where even the most mongrel specimens of fowl generally exhibit somo traces of Dork ing blood and characteristics. In tb is country they are but little known, as they do not thrive well here, and tho chioks are delicate and difficult to rear. This may be partly owing to ignorance of their habits and peculiarities and partly owing to the fact that they have been closely inbred, owing to the trouble and expense of procuring fresh blood from abroad. The secret of the popularity of the Dorking is her merits as a table fowl. The meat is very tender, juicy, of fine flavor and grain, while the breadth, depth, fulness and plumpness of the breast m a ko the birds unequalled as producers of breast meat. The peculiar build and characteristics of the breed have called forth the re mark that this vuriety occupies the same place among fowl that thc short horn does among cattle. The Dorking would be at a disadvantage in America owing to its having white legs and skin instead of the popular yellow ones. The fowls are poor layers as a rule, though there are some excep tions. There aro threo varieties of Dorkings-the colored, the silver gray PRIZE DORKING. and the white. The colored is the most highly esteemed, becauso with equal quality and beauty it has the largest size. The breed is good for crossing purposes. The mating of a Dorking hen and Brahma oock gives hardy, plumb, compaot and rapidly maturing fowls.-N.w. York World. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Eapo will produce ten tons of for age on an acre of good land. Not hard work, but poor care, de stroys the average farm horse. English farmors are finding that they can gr^w alfalfa to advantage. Bapo has twice the feeding value of green clover, and is even more palata ble: Lean sheep may be turned into a field of rape, and taken out fat two months later. Save the soap suds for the garden. They make nn excellent fertilizer for tomatoes, and should not be thrown aWuj\ If when the turnips come up they are too thick to make a good growth thin them out. Unless this is done the crop will be a failure. Wiien onions get ripe their tops break down, and they should bo pulled and carefully dried and stored away, or wet weather may osase them ta make a second growth or ?-gt, either of which would spoil their Highest of all in Leavening Pc Serai ABSOLU' IMCT9 THAT ARE PECULIAR. The tongue of a common snail is set with ???000 tootiilike points. The raven is the only bird fonnd na tive in every country in the world. 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