IsssT.Y ,j7I 1 M I
CRAZED BY HAIR BLEACH.
rr-l HE danger of using peroxide of
I hydrogen for blenching the lialr
lias again beeu demonstrated, lu
the cane or Pell Do Forest, n well
known actress of New York, who has
Just been placed In an atrium on Long
Island. Miss Do Forest la scarce i!U
years of ago. Hhe wiim for a lone time
ouo of the belles of Newark, N. J.
jWhen 18 years old she took It Into her
willful mind to bleach her hair, and the
entreaties of her mother and slater
were of no avail. Copious washes of
ammonia were followed by thu use of
the peroxide, and noon her brown loeks
leeamo (-bunged to the golden tint
Just nt that time she made the nc
ciiialntance of a Tnudevllle actor. She
was a graceful dancer, and was finally
TKI.L PR FORRCST
Induced to appear with hi m on the
stage in the whirlwind dance, which
has since made her famous. They trav
eled about the country together under
the name of the De Forrest s, and Dell,
notwithstanding the entreaties of her
partner, continued to apply the power
ful bleaching solution to her hair. She
grew irritable, accusing her dancing
partner of plotting against her life,
and occasionally refused to perform
her dance on the ground that enemies
were In the audience, waiting a chance
to kill her. Her condition becoming
worse she was takeu home and, having
been declared insane, was takeu to an
asylum.
A Handsome Cushion,
In many households there Is very lit
tle to spend on an elaborately embroid
ered pillow cover. But it Is possible to
make one In a short time that will be
very effective and decorative. To do this
take a square of dunlin of a rich red
XASII.T MAHE, BUT KFFKCT1VE,
shade and outline In heavy black filo
selle lu one corner three conventional
flowers. In the opposite corner outline
one flower and darn the petals of them
nil with black filoselle, working the cen
ters lu buttonhole stitch to form a
honeycomb effect, as shown. Then,
with Japanese gold thread, couch
around nit the petals outside of the
black outlining. A very rich oriental
eifect will be the result. Edge the
cushion with a hemmed rulUe of the
denim Ave Inches wide.
New Field for Women,
The first, woman to enter the profes
sion of pharmacy In our country was
Mrs. Jane Lorlng, of ltoston, lu 18UO.
She was a grand-aunt of the famous
Congressman, Under the old system
there was no State supervision of the
profession, and anyone could take It up
who desired without any legal I m pod I
menU. Under this system over 1.2D0
womeu became pharmacists. Of late
years, however, there has been a pro
found change In the Industry. Tartly
to prevent competition or, rather, to
restrict It partly to raise the profes
sional standard and partly to protect
the public, colleges of pharmacy have
been started In various places in the
country and laws passed requiring all
candidates to pass examinations almost
as strict and dlfllcult as those laid
down for physicians and lawyers. The
new system has cut down the number
of candidates, both male and female.
In Massachusetts not more than 8
score of women have passed the exam
ination lu the past fifteen years. In
New York the number is said to be
nearly fifty, and In the various States
of the Union the entire total Is below
COO. Many marry and leave tho call
ing; a few have retired, and a few
have continued their studies and have
become physicians or chemists. At the
present time the total number of wom
en who practice pharmacy either aa
proprietors, clerks or apprentices is es
timated to be about 1,500. j
I The Woman's Watch.
Fashionable watches are very small;
the ordinary size Is about an Inch In
diameter. They are carved with dec
orations, either lucrusted with dia
monds or covered with colored enam
els. If there Is a fob or pin It Is dec
orated, to match. There. are also plain
gold cases perfectly smooth. The old
,0k
:
i
MO
Geneva patterns of engraved concen
tric Hues seem to have disappeared.
There Is an awkwardness In placing
a watch on feminine dress. , If It is
pinned on one side of the bodice It looks
foolishly like a society decoration,
and if It Is worn on a lung chain dan
gling from the neck the chain Is too con
spicuous, because It is out of harmony
with the dress. Iloth these fashions
are seen, the last one preferable. The
chain in vogue Is of Ave links. Inter
spersed with pearls. Better than eith
er of these Is the fob chain or clmte-
llne clasp, and It Is the only method
that taste can Justify for a watch worn
out In sight. New York Advertiser.
Clara Norton's Victory,
Those who believed that Miss Clara
Barton was departing on a fool's er
rand when she started for Turkey with
relief for the Armenians, lu face of the
Sultan's order that she . would
not be permitted to distribute it,
are now called upon to witness
the success of this noble wom
an's elTorts. With indomitable pluck,
she refused to take no for an answer
from the Sultan, and went along calm
ly with her preparations, proceeded to
Constantinople on her humane mission,
and there made a personal plea to be
allowed to administer succor to the mis
erable Armenians. At first she was
only partially successful, but .now
comes the gratifying news that Tewflk
Pasha, the Turkish foreign minister,
has given his assent to the demand
that all relief nfforded to the Arme
nians by the agents of the American
Red Cross Society shall be distributed
unconditionally, except that one mem
ber of the Turkish relief commission
shall be present.
Kemarknble Wheel woman.
Tlllle Anderson Is perhaps possessed
of more endurance and speed qualifi
cations that go to make up the success
ful long-distance cyclist than any
whcelwomnn in America. She is a na
tive born American of Swedish de
scent and is 23 years old. Almost since
her first year on a wheel she has been
known as a scorcher of such ability that
even the hardiest men riders have
never be,eii anxious t.- test her speed
and stamina a second time on the road.
In the recent six-day eighteen-hour race
at the Second Hegimeut Armory, Chi
cago, she broke no less than fourteen
world's records for womeu, winding
up the week by riding 344 1-8 miles In
T1LI.IK ANDEItSOX.
the stipulated time. Better still Is her
record In the Tattersall's race. She not
only won, but created a series of new
records for a twelve-lap track for all
distances up to a.0V miles, which dis
tance she accomplished In eighteen
hours, or a trille less than a twenty
mile gait from start to finish.
IUustratsa a I'h Me of Clrrlcallim.
One of the most famous of mediwval
utterances is a curious mixture of dia-
bolioal wit and savage fanaticism. It is
told of the Papal Legate Milo, at the
suck of Beziers, in the"oruBade" against
the Albigoois. History, or tradition,
says that when it was asked how it
wonld be possible to distinguish the
heretics in the town from the Catholics
the legate criod ont: "Kill them all I
God will know his own." So the story
goes. But did the legate ever say it?
Or was it said by Arnold, the Cisteroian
abbot? Did anybody sny it? The only
thing absolutely certain is that, express
iug, as it did, in the pithiest style, the
spirit of mediaeval fuuntioism in religion,
it might very well have been ottered by
somebody. London News.
Real Fire Is Invisible.
No eye, says the scientific writer, has
ever seen real fire. The flame Is leap
ling In strange, fantastic form, fifteen
or twenty Inches upward from the coal
and with It Is a good deal of black,
sooty smoke. The sooty smoke and
the flames are one and the same, with
only a difference of temperature. The
soot which forms the flame Is redhot.
coal or a particle of carbon. The real
fire we do not see. The Instant that the
carbon atoms become really combus
tion, they are Invisible. In burning three
pounds of carbon, the heated state of
which gives us flame, the fire work Is
done by eight pounds of oxygen. The
oxygen we do not coe. The carbon we
only see just before It Is burned; and
the result of the burning Is eleven
pounds of the compound of oxygen and
carbon, which is invisible.
No Saving of Time.
"Before they are married," said the
Cornfed Philosopher, '"It usually takes
st least half an hour to tear himself
sway from her presence."
"And after?" queried the neophyte.
"About the same length of time. You
see, then she has to tell him ever so
many things she wants hlir. to bring
home." Indianapolis Journal.
Theccral flowers, so called, are ani
mals. A coral reef resembles a bed of
anemones.
THE ELECTRIC 6PIRIT.
With wild wins fettered I rklo the wires,
My II fu hmlH Issue In bllndlns Ore.
Brlulit 1iumm are wrought by my flylnf
uream.
But my touch la flume, and ror klM U death.
Since nmn liatli bound m with coil and chain,
Kor H'i nor spueo ouii Dm word restrain,
I wind uiy oii-clus of buruinif speed
Thu round stout) over to nerve liU need.
Of wurrinif winds I am kins and lord;
Thn storm oin wieldltiK my radiant sword.
I laugh hi IlKht aa thu swift strokes fly,
Tho sullen thunders niuku alow reply.
With uiyatlo passion I yearn from far
To my went home 'ncuth tho northern star,
And thence, on thu vuat black walls of night,
I fling- groat ruya from my gatos of light.
Time (lec before me, and none may know
My course aa from star to star I go,
For I am llfu. In the utmost dark
Uod'a touch enkindled my fervid apark.
Think ye to know me. O ye who raise
Sly torch of Huiiih un tho world'a highways?
Auk him wh(we throne la the control light
Of oountleaa a una lu their wheeling flight.
With fierce strength fettered, I ride the wires.
Prnmethetu spirits have tamed my fires,
But Uod alonu, in his ohoacn hour.
Can free tho force of my nameless power.
Slurion Couthuuy Smith.
A KUSE THAT LOST.
1)0 wus my first love, and so far as I
oau toll, she muy prove to be my only
one. She is now a buxom wife: with
some four or live rosy, romping children,
and I am still a bachelor. But time is a
great healer, and I can now tell the story
of my luckless suit with Dora Rndgwick
without a paug.
Dora wus the only daughter of a re
tired London medicul man, At the time
I first made her acquaintance her father
bud retired from practice and was a
widower. I fell bead over heels in love
with the girl though I can hardly be
lieve it when I look at her today and
she consented to marry me if the old
doctor guve his consent. She never pro
fessed to have any deep uffectiou for me ;
she liked me, however, and was willing
to become my wife if her papa approved.
But the eccoutrie old man wonld not
hear of it. I remember how dejected I
was after he hud told me, with consid
erable vigor, thut I could not become his
son-in-law, and how indignant I felt at
his declining to give me any reasons for
his decision. The following day I met
an old college friend in Bond street
Douglus Bligh.
" You are not looking very bright," he
said. "What are you worrying about?
Bligh also was a doctor. Be had walk
ed the sninn hospital as old Rndgwick,'
only many years later.
"A love affair," I confessed, with a
forced smile.
"Ah I I thought something of the sort.
Girl thrown you over?"
"No, not the girlthe father t"
"Oh, that's nothing I If the lady is
willing, love will find ont a way, and
papa will come round. "
"Be is a pigheaded old doctor I beg
your pardon, but I suppose a doctor may
sometimes be pig heuded like the lest of
us?"
"Undoubtedly. Do I know him?"
"Dr. Gordon Rndgwick."
"Oh, yes. I am acquainted with him.
I alto once met Miss Rndgwick. I con
gratulate you, old fellow. A charming
young lady, 'pon my word. But the old
man ha I ha no wonder he rejected
you I"
"Why?"
"You are too healthy I"
"Too heulthy !"
"Yes. You ought to have some in
teresting and deep seated disease some
thing complicated and lingering 1"
"I what on earth are yon driving
at, Bligh?"
"Don't yon know? He's" and he
touched his forehead with his forefinger.
"You don't mean it?"
"Yes. He is mad on one point He
has a contemp': for healthy people, and
respects only those who are , suffering
from some terrible disease."
"But his daughter never told me."
"She doesn't know. They have kept
it from her. And this is thecanse of his
want of parental affection. There is ab
solutely nothing the matter with the
young lady. Mow, what he wants is a
son-iu-law riddled with disease. You
must get some internal growth or"
"Good heavens, Bligh I"
"Come with me and I will coach yon
up in all the symptoms of a most inter
esting malady. Everything will then
turn out according to your best wishes. "
'
"But how did yon discover you were
in possession of this striking disease?"
said Dr. Rudgwick in a state of ecstasy.
"Well, I have had suspicions for a
long time," I replied, "that something
was wrong, but I kept the opinion to
myself. A fow days ago, however, I
tried to insnre my life, and the medical
officers of half a dozen companies reject
ed me. I then went to a first class man,
was thoroughly overhauled, told exactly
what was the matter with me and in
formed that I was one of the most ex
traordinary cases that had ever come
under his notice. Be gives me only six
months."
"Ah I The symptoms are most remark
able. I have not been so interested for a
long time. It is certainly a very curious
case, unprecedented in its complexity."
"Do you really think it is so serious?"
"Oh, I hope bo. I think I may safely
assert that the man yon have consulted
is absolutely correct in his diagnosis, if
the pymptoms are as you cay. "
"Do yon think I shall survive it?"
".Not unless you allow the course of
the disorder to be interfered with by
those sentimental quacks who binder the
advance of pathological science by seek
ing cures. "
"But six months is very short," I said
despondently. I
"Not at all. With care, the thing may
be induced to run its coune even more
quickly. Drugs and a low diet may be
made to do a good deal in accelerating
matters."
"What would yon advise? Should I
consult Sir John"
"No, no, nol Don't consult anybody.
Don't meddle with it, or yon may spoil
11."
"But perhaps a cure"
"Cure, sir) Don't talk such sickly
nonsense, or I shall begin to tbiuk it
possible that yon could do such a mean
and dishonorable thing as to rob medical
science of one of the most instructive,
bouutiful and striking cusos that huve
ever enriched the literature of -pathology."
"What, then, is the use of pathology
Jf doctors are not to cure?"
"Putbology, sir, treats of diseases,
their causes, effects uud symptoms. It
is a branch of knowledge, an interesting
abstract study, a recreation. It has
nothing to do with treatment, cures and
luch like quackeries. "
"Bat what may be sport to you is
death to us."
"Why, we must all die, and what
could be nobler than to die in the cause
of science? By the way, yon were speak
ing to me about my daughter the other
duy."
I shook my head in a melancholy
manner.
'Well, I have been thinking I spoke
hastily. She is yours. I shall be proud
to have you as a sou-in-law. To watch
the course of your coupluint will be a
privilege and a delight. Marry as soon
us ever you like. 1 think yon will find
Dora somewhere about the house. See
her und fix the mutter up. "
But Dora wus not to be seen that duy.
She had gone to her room indisposed.
When I called the next morning, the
housekeeper told me thut Miss Rndg
wick hud gone on a visit to friends at
Brighton, but had left a note for me. I
opened it and reud as follows:
"I overheard yonr talk with papa,
and am so very, very sorry for you. I
do so hope that your stute is not so bad
as you fear, and that you will not lose
courage and will soon get well.
"Of course everything must now be
at an end between us. It would be mad
ness to talk of marriage. I shall always
think of yon as a very deur friend, and
I want yon to believe that you will have
my most sincere syniputhy. '
I put the letter in my pocket and
went home. What a mess I hud made of
it I First I had gained the consent of
Dora and failed to obtain that of her
futher. Now I hud obtained the doc
tor's consent and lost the daughter's.
Fancy her overhearing all that I said
and thinking I wus speaking the truth
about the diseased stute of my body I
And yet, why should she huve supposed
I was lying?
One thing was certain. I must find
her out and explain alL Dr. Rudgwick
knew the name of the friends whom
Dora had gone to, bnt he could not tell
me the address. He had been uccustomed
to allow her to go and come pretty much
as she pleased.
A week passed, several days of which
I had spent at Brighton, without any
thing being heard of her. One morning
I strolled round to Dr. Rudgwick's to
learn whether bis daughter had written,
when I saw an empty cab standing at the
door. .
"Miss Dora has jnst arrived, sir. I'll
tell her you are here. "
I stepped into the drawing room and
waited. In a few minutes I heard the
dear girl running down the stairs. My
heart leaped with joy.
"How do yon do?" she said, placing
her little hund in mine und looking in
to my eyes with infinite pity. "I do
hope you are better. You axe looking
pretty well."
"My dear Dora, I was never better in
my life. That was all untrue about my
illness. I am in perfect health."
"Untrue?"
"All of it. I will explain it to yon
another time."
"Then you are not going to die in six
months?"
"I hope not, nor in six decades. Are
yon sorry?"
"Sorry? Of course not, but"
"I have your father's consent to our
marriage. Darling, you will now be
mine?"
"Impossible!"
"How so?"
"Well, the fact is I I am mar
ried I"
I sprang back amazed.
"You see, I thought you were a doom
ed man. I heard it from your own lips.
Marriage with yon would have been
mad, impossible. And papa's strange
talk alarmed me, especially when he
gave his consent. I was terrified and
feared his anger. So I went away to
friends at Brighton. There I met Cap
tain Ainswortb. Be was my first love,
and I have never really lost my affection
for him. He asked me to marry him,
and well, I did so at once, as he is go
ing out to India. You really cannot
blame me, can yon?" -
No; I didn't exactly blame her, but I
cursed my fate, and I told Bligh that he
was the biggeBt fool in his profession,
for which he has never thoroughly for
given me, though he says he 'has. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Napoleon's Adrloe About Bortanss.
Louis, who was governing Holland
with reference to its own best interests,
and ordering the affairs of bis own fam
ily rigidly, bnt admirably, received a se
vere and passionate reprimand from
the emperor for his economy. What was
wanted was pay for the troops, plenty
of conscripts, encouragement for the
Dutch Catholics, and a giddy court,
where men would forget more serious
things and where Queen Bortense could
make a display. "Let your wife dance
as much as she wants to. It is proper
for her age. I have a wife 40 years old,
and from the field of battle I recom
mend ber to go to balls, while yon want
one of 20 to live in a cloister, or, like a
wet nurse, always bathing her child."
Professor Sloane in Century.
A Bond.
"Yes," said the Cnmminsville sage,
"I don't doubt that having fought in
the same regiment is calculated to bind
men together firmly, and so is a mem
bership in the same lodge, but for real,
heartfelt sympathy gimme two fellows
who have the same kind of rheuma
tism. "Cincinnati Enquirer.
GUIDES' TRAIN3 IN SAFETY.
A Tonnf Woman of Kama With Impor
tant Matter on llxnd.
Mis Byrd Wutkius of Topoka has the
distinction of being the only woman
train dixputohnr, on a single track, in
the United States, und the responsibility
of such a position uttuchcii no Utile im
portance to tha yonu wumuu who
holds it.
Miss Wutkius is stationed at Junction
City, on the Kansas division of the Un
ion Puciflo railway, n through linn from
Kansas City to D.'uver anil its branches,
the Junction City uud Fort Kearney
brunch, from Junction City to Concordia
mid Belleville ; the Solomon City branch,
from Solomon City to Boloit, and the
Salinu und southwestern branch, from
fcjalinu to MoPhcrsou.
Miss Wutkius is one of the three
"shifts" working eight hours each, and
is on the second "trick," as the time
between 4 o'clock in the ufternoon and
midnight is culled. She is in full charge
MISS nVIID W ATKINS.
of the ofllcn during that time. Her dnties
as dispatcher on a single track differ
materially from those of a double track
dispatcher, us meeting points must be
made for all trains going in opposite di
rections.
She is a Eentuckian by birth. Her fa
ther, who was a lawyer, died 14 years
ago, leaving a wife and three daughters,
of whom Miss Byrd is the eldest. She is
jnst past 23, and her progress in the line
of work she has chosen has been rapid.
Her first situation was that of operator
for the Union Paoilio at Deer Trail,
Colo. From that place she weut to To
peka and was employed by the same
railroad there forfonr years, nntil Octo
ber, 1894, when she was promoted to
Junction City as train dispatcher.
Few women have the clear head and
steady nerve required to fill such a posi
tion. Miss Wutkius is a nice looking
girl, with a tall, slender figure, and has
blue eyes and light brown hair. Her
manner is pleasing and refined.
"When I first went into the office,"
she said, "the superintendent remarked
that I should be accomplishing a great
deal If I learned to be a train dispatcher
withont swearing. I mnst confess that I
have more sympathy with men on that
score, but when I feel obliged to find an
outlet for my feelings I just get up and
walk ronnd and round the table. I have
had no accidents since I began not
even a narrow escape."
Miss Watkins is said to be the youn
gest dispatcher on the road. The South
west Railway Record publishes a para
graph complimentary to the young lady,
and an official of the road is quoted as
saying, "I wonld not give her up for
any man dispatcher on oar system. "
Kansas City Star.
Don't Use Slang.
Bishop Potter's word at the Vassar
Alumnae association, at its luncheon re
cently, deserves acoentuation. His talk
dealt with the abuses und claims of our
mother tongue. "Slang, "said he, amoug
other things, "is one of the greatest dan
gers to which our tongue is subjected.
Just as a coin is debased, so is a lan
guage, and in this connection I will say
that the dialect story, with allot its ten
derness and pathos, is of doubtful val
ue. " He urged upon his hearers the ne
cessity to avoid the danger of which be
felt sure every woman present was con
scious, "that of giving vigor to expres
sion by the aid of slang." He spoke,
too, of the risky stimulant to the use of
slang among young women from the fact
that such words on their lips oreate a
laugh among men. "Believe me," closed
the brshop eemestly, "that on the testi
mony of young men themselves you can
wear no charm greater than that of re
served, cultivated, choice speech. Use
your eye, your mind, yonr lip, to lift up
the great tongue, Shakespeare's tongue,
which we all inherit."
Mr. Bllnn'a Idea.
A reception was given recently to
Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn of Califor
nia at the equal sulfrago headquarters,
Portland, Or. Mrs. Bliuu said that all
the political parties of her state except
the Democratic had indorsed the pend
ing woman suffrage amendment by reso
lutions or planks in their platforms.
Mrs. Blinn thought thut the accumula
tion of vast rolls of suffrage petitions
had better be discontinued. She said the
work of securing tbem was expensive
and burdensome, and no attention was
paid to them. What is needed is to edu
cate men into the understanding that
suffrage for women will benefit meu a.
well as women, and then thuir opposi
tion will cease.
Lady Wilds' Maaterplacs.
The recent death of Lady Tilile of
London recalls the fact, says u Loj Ice
paper, that it was she who v,ro;p
famons leading article, headed "J.ij.
Alea Est," in the Dublin Nation, wi.u ,.
constituted the chief count in thn crown
indictment for high treason Hguiu.-t the
editor of that journal, who is now Sir
Charles Qavan Duffy, an octogenarian
literary reclue at Nice. The article in
question was published at the height of
the revolutionary fever in 1843. As a
sample of blood stirring English prose it
still retains its place in a number of
collections, and especially those) issued
on the other side of the Atlantic.
Five to ten drops of eardnmon In hot
water will relievo an Infant during an
attack of eolle.
Charcoal Is a good remedy for flatu
lency and acidity of the stomach. Dose
. ono coffeeHpooiif ill.
An exclusive milk diet Is pronounced
the best for one who bus chronic ca
tarrh of the stomach.
Five grains of pheiineetlne taken ev
ery three hours may be used with good
effect In cases of neuralgic toothache.
It Is claimed thut cod-liver oil, cocoa
butter, cocoannt oil or sweet oil rubbed
Into the skin will have a fattening
effect.
A little bicarbonate of soda or some
milk of magnesia, ndded to milk used
in Infant's food, will preveut It from
curdling on the stomach.
A good remedy for canker sore mouth
can be made by dissolving one dram
of chlorate of potash In six ounces of
hot water. Use as a mouth wash every
three hours.
The safest treatment In washing an
ear that discharges somewhat Is to use
a warm saturated solution of boric
acid, applied with an ear syringe sev
eral times a day.
Pure sulphurous (not sulphuric) acid
Is a very good remedy for ringworm.
The pure acid should be applied twice
a duy. Cases of barber's Itch yield to
the same treatment.
Persons suffering with nervous palpi
tation of the heart will find a good
remedy In a mixture composed of equal
parts of Hoffman's anodyne and com
pound spirits of lavender. One tea
spoouful taken hi water every two or
three hours Is a dose.
Quinsy sore thront may be relieved
by using a gurgle composed of ten
drops of peppermint, one dram of pure
carbolic ncld and three drams of alco
hol. Place ten drops of this solution
in a tencupful of hot water, and gargle
every three hours.
A standard prescription for a bard
cough is the following: Muriate of
ammonia, two drams; fluid extract of
cubebs, two drams; brown mixture, two
ounces; syrup of wild cherry bark,
enough to make four ounces. The dose
for an adult Is one teaspoonful every
three hours.
OUR MINISTER TO SPAIN.
Man of Extreme Determination and
of Highly Strung Character.
Ilauuis Taylor, the American minis
ter at Madrid, who nurrowly escape-'
being mobbed by a crowd of enraged
Spaniards when the Senate's action on
Cuba was made known In Spain, Is a
man of extreme determination and of
a highly Btrung nature. He Is a splen
did representative of those Americans
who believe In resenting promptly and
MINISTER TAYLOR.
plenteously the slightest Insult to na
tional honor. It was through his quick
action that the scientist Concas, who
reviled Americans In a public address,
was forced to apologize. Mr. Taylor la
a native of North Carolina, and is 43
years old. At a very early age he
moved to Alabama. In Mobile he rose
to eminence In the practice of law. His
argument before the United States Su
preme Court several years ago on the
constitutionality of the anti-lottery law
won much praise from the legal pro
fession. It was read carefully by Sen
ator Morgan, and so favorably did it
Impress that statesman that be recom
mended to Mr. Blaine, who was Secre
tary of State, the appointment ef Mr.
Taylor In the arbitration of the Bearing
Sea matter. Colonel W. C. Oates, Gov
ernor of Alabama, commended Mr.
Taylor to the President for the Spanish
mission, and he was appointed to this
post on April 6, 1803.
Gladstone's Podding.
Shelley once blurted out that pud-
ding was a prejudice, but according to
a contemporary, which tells the follow
ing exciting story, Mr. Gladstone mere
ly regards the habit of eating it too
hot as a prejudice. "One day, not long
ago, he was going for a drive Into Ches
ter after luncheon. His pudding was
very hot, so he went away from the
table, changed his clothes, got ready
for the drive and came back and fin
ished his pudding, tlfus saving the ten
minutes during which his pudding cool
ed r
He Knew.
Teacher Now, suppose there were
five boys going skating and they had
only three pairs of skates; how many
boys would have to look on?
Boy I know; the two that got the
worst of the fight Harper's Round
Table.
Drug Clerk "How will yon have
yonr soda hot or cold?" Customer
"Guess I'll have it hot; haven't time to
wait for it to get cold." Roxbury Ga
xette.