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18 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1902 ADVERTISEMENTS. (D4 YEARS OLD Stronz, Healthy and Full of Vigor, Thanks to DUFFY’S PURE WALT WHISKEY. Mr. Ralph Bullock, Who (s in His 105th Year, Says: “I Owe My Creat Age to ' Duffy’s Fure Malt Whiskey.” RALPH BULLOCK, 104 YEARS OLD. AS WELL AS 40 YEARS AG0. Gentlemen: The benefit I derive from Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey is arvelous. I owe my great age, vigorous constitu- tion and remarkable freedom from di ease to its daily use for many years Though 104 vears of age, I feel as young and hearty as forty years ago. My ap- petite is good, and I still do all the chores. I cannot say too much in favor of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. It is a blessing to the old and sick. The Lord will surely bless the discoverer of such a great medi- cine and prolonger of life. RALPH BULLOCK, Brooklyn, N. Y. Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Alds_digestion, stimulates and enriches the blood, invigorates the brain, builds nerve tigsue, tones up the heart, fortifies the system against ail disease germs and prolongs life. If you wish to keep young, strong and vigorous low of perfect health. take DUFFY'S 'URE MALT WHISKEY REGULARLY, & teaspoonful in a half glass of water or milk three times a day, and take no other | medicine. It is dangerous to fill your | system with drugs; they poison the | system and depress the heart (quinine de- resses. the heart). while DUFFY'S | URE MALT WHISKEY. tones and strengthens the heart action and purifies the entire system. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has stood | severe tests for fifty years and has al- ways been found absolutely pure and to contain great medicinal properties. Caution.—~When you ask for Duf- 15’s Pure Malt Whiskey be sure you et the genuine. Unscrupulous per- %, mindful of the excellence of | s preparation. are seeking con- | mally to put upon the market, for | and will iry to sell you cheap imitations and so-called malt whiskey substitutes, which, far from relieving the e positively | karmf Demand “Duffly’s” and be | It is the only abso- | whiskey which con- | nal, health-giving qual- for the trademark, “The ©Old Chemist,” on the label. The genuine at all druggists’ and gro- cers’, or direct, $1.00 a bottle, A valuable medical booklet containing symptoms and treatment of each disease and many testimonials will be sent free to any reader of The San Francisco Call who will write Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., Rochester, N. Y. . RUPTURE, ¢ We are curing scores—laboring 1 T tin: profit onl | | | men. professional men, merchants, doctors and their families. Many ladies are cured by us. All stay’ cured. If you are ruptured, call snd see us. Examination is free. NG PAY UNTIL CURED in any case. Fidelity Rupture Gure 26!; Kearny Street, €an Francisco. etsssnssetssssss sessssssacstate o | | | | STUDIES OF CHARACTER IN PUBLIC LIBRARY in the reference room of the Chicago Public Library a student of physiognomy has a good opportunity to study charac- ter. Here every day are assembled per- #ors in all walks of life, - The broken- down business man, the ‘writer, the in- ventor, the theological student, the col- lege professor and the inevitable *“hobo” form the largest number of readers who frequent- the place. Do _you see that gray-haired fellow dver there?” said a lbrary attendant, pointing to an old man who was writing lsboriously 2t one of the tables. *Well, he is writing a history of the Civil War. He has been working on it for over a year, and has only got to the battle of Fair Oaks. By the time he gets to the slege of Vicksburg, I fear, his manuscript will have grown a beard. “That man at the next table is an in- ventor; at least he says he 1s. I am told that be has haunted the reference room régularly every day for twenty years. He never fails to get here early every morn- ing, and is one of the last to leave at night. We never see him go out at noon or at supper time., If he eats we never cgught him at it.- You know one of the prerequisites of a first-class inventor is that be must forego eating and sleeping— @ la Edison. ““That spry young man over there is a writer such as Washington Irving de- scribes in his ‘Sketch Book’ on broom- - making. He is employed by some publish- ing house to make a selection from the works of great writers. These are after. ward published in book form under such titles as ‘Gleanings From Best Known Authors,” etc. Great business that. “But the genealogical fiend! Have pity upon him. He might be a good felliow. The less said about the searcher of family gecords the better. “The other day a woman called to hunt up her family crest. She found it, but didn’t like thé design. On the opposite page was a beautiful one belonging to an- other family. She Jooked long and loving- Iy at it “ “I like this one best,” she said to her * “But it fsn’t the crest of your family, protested the friend. “ “That docesn't maké any difference,’ was the reply. “This one Is the prettiest.” ““What does she do but whip ocut some tracing paper and copy it. - This she af- terward had engraved on her stationery. and have on your cheek the | {an KEEPERS OF BEES 10 GONSOLIDATE Association Will Control Industry in the State. | Los Angeles Selected as the Central Warehouse Point. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.—The beekeep- ers of California will form a stock com- pany to do business as a corporation under a single head, with capitalization | of $25.000. Twenty of the largest bee men in the State- have pledged themselves to further the project, and to maintain the price set by the proposed California-Na- tional Association. This association announces that it will fix and maintain a reasonable standard price, and will use a trademark and seal for the prevention of adulteration. Fur- ther, it.will buy and sell bees, -honey and Wwax, and will manufacture and sell sup- plies. A committee of bee men composed of W. H. Brodbeck of this city, G. D. Emer- son of Banta Ana and L. E. Mercer, H. Mendelsohn and Mcintyre of Ventura, has been in session, perfecting the®de- tails of the project and a preliminary or- 8anization has been formed. It is pro- posed to have a central warehouse in Los Angeles, and to make this ecity the prin- cipal shipping point. The final idea ot the new corporation is to affiliate with the National Association and to perfect @ solid, substantial organization. A meeting of the beekeepers of the State has been called for January 20, at the '140& Angeles Chamber of Commerce. At that time the new .charter will be in | readiness and stock will be issued. The new association proposes to control the entire output of the State, either by mem- bership or purchase. — e : { CHOSE WHAT SHE KNEW WELL If love did not laugh at locksmiths this particular story would not have to be told. Because love does laugh at lock- smiths, also prudence and parental re- ai it happened a few years back that a pair of young people, well, even luxuriously, reared, found themselves within a Week after their runaway mar- riage with hardly a dollar in hand.” What the husband did, though he acquitted himself manfully, is out of place here. The pair were in New York City. The Wwife went to a rich woman whom it hap- pened she knew slightly, asking, not charity, but advice as to how she might best help in the battle for bread. The rich woman thought a bit, then asked: “What can you do? Not singing, playing, painting china and that sort of thing—but something, anything—at which you excel. Tell. me that and 1 can really | belp yo The poor woman thought a minute. “My talent, if I have any, runs to lamp- shades,” she said. “I have made some gorgeous ones—-"" “You shall make more,” the rich wom- interrupted. “The first of them for me. Here, take this money—for materials —and let me see what you can do as quickly as possible. 1If it is something individual the rest will be easy.” The completed shade, carried home the next day but one, was not only individ- ual byt strikingly beautiful. The rich/| woman went. into raptures over it, and instantly ordered several more, paying for them generougly, and in advance. By the time they were done she had orders for half a dozen, secured for her .protege, among her friends. To the protege, along th the orders, she gave sounf 2 g g est,” she sdid, “and charge for it | accordingly. People who have money are only too glad to pay well for anything | really distinctive. Keep away from the | shops and the shop models. Trust your eye for color Harmonies, and your own | sense of lines. It is the shops with their | set patterns for the multitude that would rather be out of the world than the fash- fon, which stifle originality, or else pay | it so_moderately it has never a fair chidnce. Take a shop of your own—in a good quarter, no matter how tiny—be no- lite to purchasers, but never overanxious; don’t lower prices nor workmanship, and you will do well.” The little shop in a swell quarter was duly taken. Very shortly there was a workwoman in it to help the proprietor. | And pretty soon the one workwoman had companions, many or few, according to season. The shop, too, was outgrown before a vear had passed. Next year one | a00TH GREETS - THE LAWNAKERS New Senators and As- semblymen Call at San Diego. Chamber of Commerce Re- ceives Party of State Legislators. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20.—The Southern California legislators arrived on this noon train in company with Senator A. E. Nutt, who went to Los Angeles to meet and escort them to San Diego. The party was met at the depot by Senator-elect M. L. Ward, Assemblymen Barnes and Bur- gess and a committee from the Chamber of Commerce and a reception was accord- ed at the rooms of the chamber. The legislators were driven to the Hotel del Coronado. This afternoon at 3 o'clock the party left the corncr of Fifth and D streets by a special trolley car for a visit | to the State Normal School. This evening a reception was tendered them at the big hotel and business men and citizens gen- erally were present to meet the mewly elected lawmakers. To-morrow morning will be devoted to a triffon the bay and the party will leave on the 1:45 train for the north. The legislators included Senators B. W. Hahn of Pasadena, C. W. Pendleton of Los Angeles and William H. Savage of] San Pedro, Assemblymen E. R. Amerge of Fullerton, Edgar W. Camp -of Sierra Madre, Henry E. Carter of Los Angeles, F. E. Dunlap of. Stockton, John A. Good- rich of Pasadena, Fred W. Houser of Los Angeles, W. H. Kelson of Inglewood, H. ! 8. G. McCartney of Los Angeles, Frank C. Prescott of Redlands and J. P. Transue of Los Angeles. Interesting News. That Sanborn, ¥ail & Co. are showing splendid lines of dolls, toilet cases, tripli- cate ‘mirrors, leather goods, framed. pic- tures. 741 Market street. Open evenings.® e THE TOOTHPICK HABIT OBSERVED IN CHICAGO and Has Become So Prevalent Marked as to Give Clew to Character. We have the drink habit, the card play- ing habit, the tobacco habit—in fact, habs its innumerable, but there is one habit of which little has been said, although ‘it is present among us. It is the toothpick habit, and it is as firmly rooted in those who hkave it as any of the more objec- tionable ones. Observe a man coming down State street early in the morning. He has one of the little bits of wood in his mouth. Now, here is where a little character read- ing comes in. If he be of a quick, high strung, nervous temperament, In a few minutes’ time he will have chewed up one end of it and turned the other end in his mouth to masticate. This end is also soon reduced to pulp, and a fresh toothpick takes its place. He reaches his place of business or employment, but the tooth- pi¢k still sticks there, nor does he have his mouth free of one until his stock is entirely exhausted or he is tired.out. In the former case a match is resorted to or a few toothpicks borrowed from\ a neighbor, which he will repay when ‘Ye obtains a fresh stock at the restaurant where he eats his luncheon. Cool, phlegmatic persons will keep a toothpick in their mouths for several hours. A man of moody or troubled mind will let his toothpick droop listlessly downward; » man with his mind intent on one thing will close his teeth.on it and it will stick out straight, while a happy- go-lucky person, or one with a mind free from care, will have his toothpick at an upward angle, or constantly shifting about in the mouth. T tell you, that habit is a great index to a man's thoughts and characteristics. The cashier of a leading cafe, whose is, says the habit'is growing to such an extent as to keep them busy filling the | box anew. “And worst of all,” she re- marked, “they seem unable / to break themselves of the habit. After gazing furtively around, a_man will grab up a handful of toothpicks and hastily thrust them in his vest pocket with a gullty look.”—Chicago Journal. twice its size proved also much too small —not for Christmas rushes and such like times, but for steady custom. So other | floors were added, and later other store | fronts. As a result the proprietor now spends three months of each year abroad, studying colors, materials, heaven knows what. She owns one of the biggest and most artistic lampshade shops in the cen- | tral Fifth avenue region, is always on | the lookout for women of artistic ability, and_when she finds them pays them to work for her at rates that remember her own time of need. She is on the point of setting up a wholesale business, albeit by selling at retail she has already laid by a comfortable sum. All which goes to show that there is money in artistic fin- ger tips—if there be common sense in the head that goes along with them.—Wash- ington Star. ————— Difficulty. Oh, the life of a statesman’s perplexing, 'Tis something peculiarly sad. 1f he talks he will wish that he hadn’t; If he doesn’t he’ll wish that he had. —Washington Star. In 1870 an ordinary shell when it burst broke into from nineteen to thirty pleces. To-day it bursts into 240. Shrapnel fire in 1870 scattered only thirty-seven death- dealing missiles. Now it scatters 34). A bomb welghing about seventy pounds thirty years ago would have burst into forty-two fragments. To-day, when it is charged with peroxilene, it breaks up into 1200 pieces, each of which is hurled with much greater velocity than the latger lumps which were scattered by a gun- powder explosion. ADVERTISEMENTS. Impaired Digestion May not be all that is meant by Dyspep- sia now, but it will be if neglected. The uneasiness after eating, fits of nerv- ous headache, sourness of the stomach and disagreeable belching may not be very bad now, but they will be if the stomach is suffered to grow weaker. Dyspepsia is such a miserable disease that the tendency to it should be given early. attention. This is completely over- come by Hood’s Sarsaparilla Which strengthens the whole digestive system. W 7 To “break up” a Cold, take Dr. Hum- phreys’ “SEVENTY-SEVEN” and some form of gentle exercise or work, until perspiration is induced. ‘77" prevents Prieumonia and cures La Glass eyes are now made for horses, cats and dogs, as well as for human be- ings. These animals use a larger eye than man, and several are ordered for them at the same time, as a new one is necessary about once in six months. The edges become roughened and -produce ir- ritation from the acids of the secretions affecting the enamel. || on Adjutant General ‘Heistand for relief. desk is right where the box of toothpicks | NEGROES LEAD LADRONE BANDS Ex-Soldiers Use Military Knowledge to Organ- ize Qutlaws. Apprehension Felt in the Provinces Over With- drawal of Troops. O e ) WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Advices have reached here from Manila to the effect that the bands of ladrones which are har- assing the rural population of the isl- ands are in many instances led by negroes who ‘have been discharged from the army and are employing their military knowl- edge in drilling the ladrones and organ- izing them in a crude military way. In the province of Bulucan it is under- sicod that a band of 300 ladrones, led by an American negro, are scheming to wipe cut the constabulary and that four miles out from the town of Caloocan four American blacks are engaged In drilling a large number of highwaymen in mili- tary tactics. and training them in the use of firearms. Because of the increasing activity of the ladrones the continued withdrawal and concentration of troops in the islands is cuusing apprehension among the inhabi- tants of many provinces, who have de- pended wholly upon the military for pro- tection. Ladrones are said to be notori- ously bold and numerous in Rizal and the presidente of that province recently called He also appealed to. Governar Taft. SOME STATISTICS OF 3 DEATHS BY CASUALTIES Drowning and Accidental Shooting Form a Large Percentage of Cases. In his report as Medical Examiner-in- Chief of the Royal Arcanum, Dr. Hans- com tabulates the mortality of his soci- ety from casualties from 1877 to 1902, The total reaches the surprising number 1613. The extent to which the railroad enters Into our life s indicated by 388 deaths due to rallway accidents, 23 of which ‘were,- however, from trolley-car accidents. The exceptional danger of the railway engineer’s life is illustrated by 77 deaths in this calling; there were 33 con- ductors kiiled, 23 brakemen and 15 fire- men. Of the 1613 deaths 47 were of ma- chine workers, 48 in building trades, 46 connected with seafaring, 21 of miners and 2 of farmers. Besides 161 falls from buildings, ladders, etc., there were 2§ deaths due to falls from carriages, 15 from falls from trolley-cars; it is surpris- ing to find as many as 29 deaths from “falling down stairs.” The bicycle is charged with 14 deaths. There were 212 cascs of accidental drowning, ome of which occurred in a bathtub, and 108 cases of accidental shooting—again teach- ing a néver-learned lesson as to over- fondness and carelessnes: in the use of firearms. Plain, old-fashioned sin zerves its function in 78 homicides. One is sur- prised to find 52 deaths from sunstrokes, all in States north of Virginia and Mis- souri. Fifty deaths came from the “‘pur- suit of pleasure,” yachting, boating, bath- ing, etc., as against 460 consequent upon regular avocations. Perhaps the strang- est item is that from overdoses of medi- cine, 70 deaths from this cause being due to morphine, 10 to chlcral, 7 to carbolic acid, 5 to strychnine, 4 each to chloroform and laudanum, etc.—in all 12 cases— none suicidal. The irony of fate is exem- plified in the fecord of 7 cases in drug- gists and 9 in physicians, precisely those in whom one would expect the most care. Does the fact illustrate a variant of the old saw as to familiarity breeding con- tempt? No other profession or calling suffered so severely from a misuse of drugs. ——— Mmes. du Barry and Pompadour exer- cised a dominating influence on the dec- orative trades. Consequently it would not | surprise us if the rage for the ?ompn— dous and du Barry styles in dress' should occasion the restoration of their styles in house furnishing, says the Wall Pa- per News and Interior Decorator. Pom- padour beds and Pompadour chairs had the wookwork extravagantly covered over and tufted. The walls also were tufted, and everything was as profuse and puffy as the gowns. The Pompadour style has been neglected for twelve or fiftcen years, but now that every dress silk manufacturer In the United States is running his looms to satisfy an ex- pected Pompadour and du Barry craze, the overstuffed furniture is likely once more to please. Consistent wall decora- tions are parlor papers, silk or flocks, in ADVERTISEMENTS. SISTE RS OF CHARITY RELY ON PE-RU-NA TO FIGHT CATARRH, COUGHS, COLDS AND GRIP. street, New York, reads as follows: Dear Sir:—*1 cannot say too find one case of catarrh that it Interesting Letters From Catholic Institutions. In evedy country of the civilized world the Sisters of Charity are known. Not only do they minister to the spiritual and intellec- tual needs of the charges committed to their care, but they also minister to their bodily needs. With 80 many children to take — care of and to. protect from climate and disease, thesa wise and prudent sisters have found Peruna a never failing safeguard. Dr. Hartman receives many letters from Catholic sisters from all over the United States. recommend recently THE SISTERS’ GOOD WORK. A letter recently received by Dr. Hartman from Sister Beatrix, 410 W. Thirtieth Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: much i prasse of Peruna. Eight a bottles of 1t cureo me o/ catarrh of the lungs of four years’ standing, and I would not have been without it for anything. I helped several sisters of coughs and colds, and I have yet to cure.” SISTER BEATRIX. \ does not received from a Detroit, Mich., reads as follows: Dr. §. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sir:—The young girl who used the Peruna was suffering from laryn- gitis and loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisfac- tory. She found great relief, and after further use of the medicine we hape to be able to say she is entirely cured.”’— Sisters of Charity. This young girl was under th it the Sisters of Chérity and \lses ?;reur?a for catarrh of the throat, with good re- sults, as the above letter testifies. Catholic institution in | | runa. From a Catholic institution in Con- tral Ohio comes the following recom- mend from the Sister Superior: “Some years ago a friend of our insti- tution recommended to us Dr. Hartman's Peruna as an excellent remedy for the influenza, of which we then.had several cases which threatened to be of a serious character. “We began to use it and experienced such wonderful results that since then Pe runa has become our- favorite medicine fo. influenza, catarrh, cold, cough and bronchitis.” Another recommend from z Catholic institution of one of the Central States written by the Sister Superior reads as follows: “A number of years ago our attention | was called to Dr. Hartman's Peruna, and | since then we have used it with wonder- | ful results for grip, coughs, colds and ca- ta;rml diseases of the head and stom- | ach. | . “For grip and winter catarrh especially, it has been of great service to the inmates of this institution.” SISTERS OF CHARITY All Over the United States Use Pe- ru-na for Catarrh. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution in the Southwest reads as follows: A Proninent,‘otller Superior Says: “I-can testify from experience to the efficlency of Peruna as ome of the very | best medicines, and it gives me pleasure to add my praise to that of thousands who have used it. For years I suffered | with catarrh of the stomach, all reme- dies proving valueless for relief. Last I spring I went to_Colorado, hoping to be benefited by a change of climate, and while there a friend advised me to try Pe- After using two bottles I found myself very much improved. The remains of my old disease being now so slight [ consider myself cured, yet for a while [ intend to continue the use of Peruna. I am now treating another patient with your medicine. She has been sick with malaria and troubled with leucorrhea. T have no doubt that a cure will be speed- ily effected.” These are samples of letters re- ceivad by Dr. Hartman from the various orders of Catholic Sisters throughout the United States. The names and addresses to these let- ters have been withheld from respect to the sisters, but will be furnished on re- quest. One-half of the diseases which afflict | mankind are due to some catarrhal de- rangement of the mucous membrane lin- ing of some organ or passage of the body. A remedy that would act immediately upon the congested mucous membrane, restoring it to its nermal state, would consequently cure all these diseases. Ca- farrh Is catarrh wherever located, wheth- er it be In the head, throat, lungs, stom- ach, kidneys or pelvic organs. A remedy that will cure it in one location will cure it in all locations. If you do not derive prompt and satis- fac results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr.. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pileaud to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohi HOW THE GOAL BED3 ARE FORMED Consideration of One of Nature’s Great Processes. Some interesting and mysterious points in the history of coal formation are dis- cussed by Dr. J. F. Hofimann of Berlin in the Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Chemie. Although authorities are agreed that coal is fossilized vegetation, the detafls of the process by which it came to be what it the richer Louls XV patterns. When a Postal ‘a Way to you. They simply write me a PRl | cides it. trial. general are honest. The other on trial to over half a million My Restorative strengthens ‘When an organ is weak we weak. restore that nerve power, the cure is permanent. storative cures the cause, and sick one is well all over. ‘Won't You write a postal to Simply state which book is want- cd, and address Dr. Shoop, Box 630, Racine, Wie. ‘We certainly see some queer things up here in the reference room.”—Washington 1 GRIP I am réady to do that with you. My book will tell you how I cure these troubles, and it tells you so clearly that you will know that I am right. If you then wish to test the remedy, your druggist will supply it on If it succeeds, you are well. Two facts make this offer possible. cure. In the past twelve years I have supplied my Restorative each forty have paid for the treatment gladly, were cured. I have willingly paid for the rest. For a lifetime I have studled to perfect a way to bring back the nerve power, which alone makes the vital organs act. It is like a weak engine—it needs more steam. When we | Mild cases, not chronie, are often cured by one or two bottles. Shoop's Restorative I8 s0ld by all druggists. ADVERTISEMENTS. Don’t Stay Sick Will Bring You Get Well. You who stay sick and don’t write me—I address this to you. ‘While you are waiting I am curing thousands just like postal, then I do this: 1 mail the sick one my book, and with it an order on his druggist for six bottles Dr. Shoop’s Restorative. He takes it for a month at my risk. If it succeeds, the cost is $.50. If it fails, I pay the druggist myself. And the sick one's mere word de- | If it fafls, it is free. One is that people in is that I have learned how to sick ones, and thirty-nine out of because they the INSIDE nerves. know that its nerve power is organ does its duty and the To doctor the organ is useless. The .best results are but temporary; and that is why common treatments fafl. My Re- when the cure is complete the learn about a remedy like that? ’ Book No. 1 on Dyupeg-ls. Book No. 2 on the Heart. Book No. § on the Kidneys. Book No. 4 for Women. Book No, 5 for Men (sealed). Book No.' 6 on Rbeumatism. Dr. is are by no means clear. Dr. Hoffmann believes that spontaneous combustion was an important factor. According to a con- tributor to London Engineering, who dis- cusses Dr. Hoffmann's paper, the popular view of the formation of coal may be summarized as follows: Certain plants or trees grow in morasses; they decay and sink; mére plants grow on the first leaves and sink in their turn. The weighted- down resldue decompose through the in- fluence of microbes, with the generation of methane and carbonic acid; and when the decomposed mass is afterward ex- posed to high pressure we find, according to the age of the deposit, peat, lignite, coal or gnthracite; graphite does not ap- pear to have the same genesis as coal. He goes on to say: “Some weak points of the popular view are pretty apparent. If time and pressure be the main factors which decide the character of the coal, then we should find anthracite In the oldest geographical formations and peat in the most recent. But lignite occurs in the Devonian, and we know historically of the change of mine timber into lignite, while we have no examples of peat passing into coal. Further, anthracite forming the bottom layer should contain most ashes, and, so far as actual experiments can teach us, the very highest pressures of 20,000 atmos- pheres do not cause vegetable fiber to be- come coal.”” Dr. Hoffmann raises some other points. He would distinguish three periods in the formation of coal. First, a period of mi- crobe activity, a fermentation, so to say; then a period of decay, and, finally, the carbonization period proper. Mere heat does not change wood into coal, though we can finally obtain a substance like an- thracite from a gradual raise of tem- perature above 400 degrees centigrade. Hoffmann draws attention to the spon- taneous heating and ignition often ob- served in vegetable productsy and he studies the problem thermo-chemically. Hay is very apt to heat in a warm, damp condition and to burst into flames when air gains access. Wet flax is notoriously dangerous, and so are oiled rags. A mill contalning grain and flour was burne@t down in Berlin some years ago; the fire was ascribed to spontaneous com- bustion, and in some big lumps of smol- dering grain which had been thrown into the river Hoffmann discovered layers re- sembling lignite, coal and anthracite in this sequence. In all these cases moisture favors the combustion or the fungous growth starting it. With coal this is not 80, because there is no organized fiber and no fungus growth. The writer in En- gineering says in concluding his réview of the German article: s “‘Geologicelly we have reason to believe that the formation of the coal beds was followed by violent titanic convulsions, during which heat and pressure may have co-acted. * * * By spontaneous com- Wwe do not understand on these lines how it is that coal beds consist of fairly uni- form coal—coal - anvhow, not lignite—all through down to their extreme veins. We do not: arrive at any final conclusions as to the genesis of coal, therefore, and the chief interest of Dr. Hoffmann's paper lies in the fact that he draws attention to :he influence of spontaneous combus- ion.” 3 5 —_— Our Demand for Egyptian Cotton. Egyptian cotton valued at millions of dollars was imported into the United States in the year which closed on June 30. In the days of old Rameses what wildest of dreamers could have imagined that the Nile Valley would ever furnish material for whirring looms in the undis- covered country of the unknown and un- foreseen Yankee? But it is not possible that a more extensive and energetic pro- duction of the Sea Island fiber of the cholcest quality in our Southern States might lessen the importation from the ancient land of Potiphar and Pharaoh?— New York Tribune. —————————— The use of orange flowers at weddings was introduced into England by Queen Victoria cn her marriage. ILike most feminine fashions, this one me from France, which, in turm, had Jerived it from Spain. According to an old egend. the Moors introduced the orange tree into Sgain, and for a long time the only tree was possessed by the King. Desiring to present an orange tree to his sovereign the French Embassador offered the royal gardener a large sum for a cutting, but the bribe was refused. The gardener's daughter had a lover whom poverty pre- ventedvher marrying. To obtain the nec- essary do she secretly cut off and sold a slip of the orange tree to the Em- bassador. On her marriage, in recogni- tion of her debt to the plant which brought about the happy event, she wors a wreath of orange blossoms, and thug originated the custom. ...SLOANE'’S... oliday Importations... ¥ bustion some seam would become charred; the heat would be communicated to another seam, and o' on, so that coal beds of considerable extent would be pro- duced. But Hoffmann himself sees that, FURNITURE * An Enormous Selection. Many Odd Pieces, CARPETS Al the Choicest Grades. Newest Colorings and Designs, RUGS Oriental and Domestic. Many Rare Pieces. LACE CURTAINS Latest Novelties. Exceptional Values. «..BIG ASSORTMENT... PORTIERES, TABLE COVERS, COMFORTERS, ETC, Prices Verz Reasonable lns&tion Invited W. & J. Sloane & Co. Carpets ... Furniture.: ll4-|167118-l20-l22 POST STREET. Upholstery OPEN EVENINGS.