THE Journal of the American Medical Association publishes the fact that certain cases of sore eyes are due to some of the face powders that are upon the market. The rice crystals in these objectionable powders are driven into the eye by the puff with which the powder is applied to the face. When coming in contact with the tears in the eye, a mucilaginous substance is formed that sets up an irritation. ON May 4 a tornado swept through portions of Illinois, killing one man and destroying considerable property. On the next day a tornado visited portions of Texas, where two men were killed and several towns were greatly injured. ON May 10 a bomb was exploded in the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, famous as Spurgeon's church. The bomb was evidently not timed as intended, and did not explode until half an hour after the service, so no one was killed, and the damage is confined to the property alone. ON May 9 a violent earthquake shock destroyed much property and two hundred lives in Sicily. This earthquake was in the neighborhood of the disaster of 1909.