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SONG OF THE PRINCESS MAY. Nora Perry in Outing for May. March and April, go your way ! You have had your fitful day; "Wind and shower, and enow and sleety Make wet walking far my feet, For I come unsandaled down From the hillsides bare and brown; But wherever I do tread There I leave a little thread Of bright emerald, softly set Like a jewel in the wet; And I make the peach buds turn Pink and white, until they burn Rosy rel withen their cells ; Then I set the bloomy bells Of this flowerv alder ringing, And the apple 'blossoms swinging In a shower of rosy snow, As I come and as I go On my gay and jocund way, I, the merry Princess May. THE APPOMATTOX APPLE TREE. A -White Flag- Sent by the Bebel Oeneral ixom Under an Apple Tree to Prevent an Impending- Attack by Union Troops The Baal Scene and Circumstances of the Surrender. From the New York Sun. At the Chicago convention in 1880 Senator Conkling began the speech with which he nominated Gen. Grant for the presidency with a couplet which was then believed to be his own com position: If yon ask us where he hails from, this our sole response snail do, That he hails from Appomattox and its famous apple tree. This was pronounced with the dra matic force of which the speaker was a master, and brought about one of the most impressive scenes ever witnessed m a political gathering. The allusion to the apple tree revived the recollection of the climax of Gen. Grant's career. The homely, and, in fact, wholly hypo thetical incident by which Gen. Lee's surrender was typified, the Appomat tox apple tree, has gone into history, with those other dramatic symbols with which people epitomize the careers of their heroes. Wellington's "Up, Guards, and at 'em;" Sheridan's "Win chester Twenty miles away," and Sher man's "Marching through Georgia," the only war songs that survives, tell for the people the story of success in a breath. Aside from his iaeomo utter ances, Gen. Grant had given the peo ple no single dramatic incident that could be seized upon to tell his story in a word, until this apple-tree myth at the end of his military career. The dis patch that set the country on fire with its simple announcement that Lee had surrendered to Grant was followed by another asserting that the surrender had been made uader an apple tree, aud the country made for itself a picture of the two commanders beneath the branches of a blossoming apple tree, the one extending and the other receiv ing a sword, and thus ending the great est war of historv. When Gen. Grant was asked about it some days later he said: "There was no apple tree." But the soldiers had selected one, had hewn it into bits, body, branches, roots and all, and pre cious relics they are now, scattered throughout the country. It was the opportunity of the writer to meet two gentlemen on the Appomat tox field some years ago, who, as civil ians, witnessed the historic events that took place there on April 9, 1865, just twenty years ago. They were probably the only civilians who were eye witness es of those scenes. One was Mr. E. G. Hix, the owner of the Appomattox farm, and the other Mr. G. T. Peers, the clerk of the Appomattox county court. The Appomattox river threads a val ley, very gently sloping. It is a small and easily fordable stream. Half a mile west of it, at the place where a level plain stretches westward, is the hamlet known as Appomattox Court House. Here are the dingy brick court house, a tavern, a country store, a wheelwright's shop, and a brick house, then owned by Major McLane. Between his hamlet and the Appomat tox river is the house of Mr. Peers. On the easterly slope leading to the river are fields, and one of them a seven-acre lot, had at the time of the surrender a shed on it near the road. In this lot was an apple orchard. The Richmond and Lynchburg turnpike road ran through the village, and. a bridge over the Appomattox river was about a stone's throw distant from the entrance to the apple orchard. On the morning of April 8, 1865, the main body of Lee's army appeared on the Richmond road, about a mile east of the Appomattox bridge. It went into camp there, and the cavalry and skirmishers were thrown rapidly forward through the village to ward the depot on the Petersburg and Lynchburg railway, four miles to the west. They were feeling for Sheridan's advance forces, and they found them. The night before, Sheridan, with Cus ter's cavalry ahead, had reached the de pot, and during the night a large body of infantry had come up. Sheridan knew that he had headed off Lee's army, and sent out his cavalry to find it. The skirmishers met on the Lynchburg road, about a mile west of Appomattax Court house, and a very brisk shirmish follow ed. Lee's forces withdrew, as did Sheri dan's, and Lee was informed that the "Union troops were ahead of him and commanded the Lynchburg road. The confederate general's last slim hope was gone. He could not reaeh Lynch burg, and he knew, though his army did not at that time, that in a few honrs all would be over. Gen. Lee had al ready been in correspondence with Grant relative to surrender, and when he found that Sheridan had cut him off he determined to surrender there at Appomattox. The confederate pickets were thrown out on the west side of Ap pomattox creek, crossing the road di rectly opposite Mr. Peers" house. Through some misunderstanding on the morning of the 9th of April Caster's cavalry and Gen. Chamberlain's bri gade advanced toward Appomattox Til lage to make an attack, though it was not the intention of Gen. Grant or of Gen. Lee that there should be any fightuc, that day. Gen. Grant having ridder pretty much all night had arrived before morn ing of the 9th, and had made his head quarters in a grove of pines just off the Lynchburg road about a mile west of Appomattox Court House. The spot is now the site of a negro hut. Gen. Lee, whose headquarters were about a mile and a half east on the Kichmond and Lynchburg road, sur prised that fighting was being forced by the Union troops on his left, decided to quit his tent and ride to the front. He believed that Custer and Chamber lain must have been misinformed about Gen. Grant's purposes, or had failed to receive orders suspending fighting. Gen. Lee was dressed in the uniform of a confederate colonel, and calling his staff he mounted his iron gray horse and rode slowly forward down the slope, toward the Appotomax river. He turned into the apple orchard, prob ably thinking that the shed there offer ed shelter for the horses, and because from that field a good view could bo ob tained of the entire country. Dis mounting, he with his staff, gathered under an apple tree, while the horses were led to the shed. Gen. Lee swept the country with his field glass for a moment, and then he sat down on an improvised seat made from fence rails by one of his orderlies. Here he saw Gen. Cham berlain's brigade coming through the woods ready to attack his advance. He at once percieved that there would be more bloodshed unless something was done, and gave a hasty order to one of his aids. That officer, with a piece of linen, either a towel or a hand kerchief, fastened to a stick, advance J at once to meet Gen. Chamberlain. Thus from under that tree went the j white token of surrender, and Cham- j berlain's men supposed that there the I surrender was made. All hostilities at once ceased, and in j a few moments the federal pickets were advanced beyond the court house, and j the confederate pickets were withdrawn j nearer the Appomattox. Thus the j house of Mr. Peers stood on neutral ! ground between the two picket lines. I Soon after a federal officer passed through both lines of pickets. It was Gen. Babcock bearing a message for Gen. Lee from Gen. Grant arrang ing for a preliminary meeting. It was j arranged that the two comanders should i meet within the lines within an hour, j At the end o that time a number of Union officers passed through the feder a picket line and rode slowly toward j the slope that stretches down to the Appomattox river. In the highway, just opposite Mr. Peers' house, the mud was very deep, and the Union officers turned into the vacant field adjoining to avoid it. Mr. feers saw one man, dressed in a rather shabby blue uni form, and wearing a felt hat, ride a lit tle ahead of the rest and then rein in his horse nearlv under a locust tree, which was the only tree in the lot. This was Grant. Looking down the hill Mr. Peers saw Gen. Lee riding slowly up. He knew the confederate general but did not know Grant. Gen. Lee's face was partially hidden by a gray felt hat. When within hailing distance of the Union commander, Gen. Lee's staff felt back, and Lee slowly rode forward to meet his con queror. Each saluted at the same mo ment and then began a short conversa tion. They appeared to Mr. Peers as men who had met by chance and were discussing some trivial matter. In less than ten minutes they saluted, turned, and each went his own way. It is now known that at that conversa tion the two generals agreed to meet an hour or two later and sign the articles of capitulation. Gen. Lee rode to his headquarters and dressed himself in his best uniform, and after a hasty lunch, started with his staff for Ap pomattox village. On his way there he met near the court house Major Mc Lane, whom ho knew personallv. Reining in his horse, he asked Major McLane if he could tell him where he could find a room with a table to write on, and Major MsLane at once led the general to his own house. Word was sent to Gen. Grant that Major McLane had offered his parlor for their con venience, and in a few moments Gen. Grant arrived. He had no sword and seeing Lee in his finest apparel, sword and all, Gen. Grant at once explained the seeming discourtesy of appearing in rough clothes by saying that he had ar rived ahead of his effects, and had n other clothes with him. After the articles of capitulation were signed, and Gen. Lee had been visibly touched by Gen. Grant's consideration for the confederate soldiers, especially by Grant's suggestion that the soldiers should keep their horses for they would need them for their spring ploughing, he saluted Gen. Grant, quitted the house, mounted his horse, and rode away. Gen. Grant rode leisurely and without apparent '.-motion back to his headquarters, gave a fev necessary or ders, and then started for Washington, leavine the field forever. Soon there went up tremenduous cheers all along the Union line, and blazing fires were kindled that were kept burning all night, for the men knew that they had fought their last battle and had won. Next morning Gen. Lee had his army drawn up, and standing under an old poplar tree, read his short, sad farewell to his men, and then mounting his horse left them forever. The federal soldiers got word from Chamberlain's advance that Lee had surrendered under an apple tree, and they were shown the tree under which Lee sat when he sent out his flag of truce. In an hour not a trace of it was left. Even the roots and tendrils were dug up, and a great hole was left there where they had dug, the marks of which are seen to this day. NOTES FOR THE FARM ASD HOME. Dr. Shorter Things. Henrv Stewart characterizes the enormous crueltv of the Western sys tern of stock holding, without shelter or Food as "a horrible and gigantic re proach to humanity. Take the weak sheep, pig or other animal, that is slighted by not getting its full share of food, away from the herd, and give it a fair chance by it self. Mention is made in The Medical and Surgical Reporter of a man who has "had no bad" colds since he learned to sleep with open windows." The Iowa Homestead hopes the day is near when farmers will cease shipping a bushel of gram out of the State. Mr. John Eastman, Mil ford, Mich has contracted to raise seventy acres of cucumbers for the Highland Pickle Factory, at 42$ cents per bushel, de livered. It is estimated that forty thousand sheep have died m Greene county. Pa. in the last three months. The scarcity of feed and the unusual severity of the winter and spring weather have com bined to bring about this result. Far mers say that the wool industry has re ceived a backset that it will take years to recover, and they are very despon dent concerning the future. It is not advisable to give horses or cattle food in such a way that they will have it always before them. They will then foul what thev do not eat, and ! eating when they are not hungrv, keep j the stomach overloaded, and so suffer from indigestion. The food is thus j doublv wasted. A good ration for j working horse is three pounds of cut 1 hay and four pounds of ground oats and ! corn given three times a dav, with ! little long hay in the evening. They i will do well on oat or rye straw cut m- stead of the cut hay. Pigs require a little salt, as all other animals do, but not so much as the j wholly vegetable feeding animals. When pigs run in fields or wood lots ' thev gather manv grubs and other in 1 sects and swallow some earth, all of j which contain saline matter; but when they are confined in pens they ' need 1 some salt given regularly, and it is for ! the neglect of this needed salt that they : are induced to swallow filth which ; otherwise they would reject, so that supplv ot salt is not only iieatfilul in ' itself, but it avoids a source of unhealth- ! fulness. The Sew Hats And Bonnets. From a Late Fashion Letter. There is little that is new in shape In bonnets, but much that is new in trim ming. The small capote still lingers, but shows many varieties of brim. Some are curved in at the top and flare like little outspread wings. Others copy the Marie front of the Marie Stu- ait head-dress. Still others show a modified poke. All have a brim of some kind, and aro not mere crowns fitted to the head. The hats are the more aggressive in appearance. The l majority are so unlike what one j would naturally select for a modest girl to wear that it is surprising how thev could have been manufactured for such use. The crowns are enor ' mously high and are still more exagger ated bv the arrangment of the trim ming. The whole effect is bold and very pronounced, and for such costumes I as will not tolerate stvles of this de scription the milliners are using all their ingenuity to tone down and mod ify by a simple arrangement of quiet materials and softly blended tints and colors. The general impression of the i bonnets for spring and "between" wear is not very diflorent irom tnat of the autumn. Indeed, the styles might very well be interchange able. The same netted gold and embroidered crowns; the same gold wheat and balls of pins and other or naments; the same gold lace, and the same dark shades of colors. There is an entire absence, as a whole, of the freshness that one welcomes and craves in the spring, and it is only a critical examination in detail that reveals here and there a quaint little bonnet of pale ecru straw or transparent lace, the former trimmed with the new, wide rib bons in soft colors and mediaeval designs set up on the top of the crown in loops! after the Alsatian fashion, the folds pinned down with small gold pins with tiny hammered heads or scorn tops in miniature. The interior of the brim is faced with a scant puffing of soft plain silk, the tint of the ribbon ground, but there is no other trimming except the strings, which may be of velvet, and tie at the side. In a reminiscence ol Fletcher Web ster, published in the Bay State Month ly for April, I find quoted an expression that Daniel Webster used regularly every day to his son. "Fletcher, my son, "ne would say, "let us go up to Franklin to-morrow; let ns have a good time, and leave Ijte old lady at home. Let us have a good old New Hampshire dinner fried apples .and cnions and pork. Women's Bead Gear. The venders of bonnets say that this season's millinery is more tasteful than ever, and so they will continue to do to the end of time. Those dealers who may be regarded as endowed with prophetic wisdom insist on the superior claims of the Milans among the straw braids, with a kindly word for the Eng lish split varieties, when the more deli cate straw braids are being considered. They also admit the possible popularity of the small and medium bonnets in Tuscan braids, lace and other fancy de signs, for summer wear. The materials showed are scrim, a canvas-like tenture of the softest and most beautiful wool, tricotines, or stocking-net jersey tex tures in soft wool or tinsel, closely resembling samples of ancient manu facture shown by our grandmothers, of tricotines made wholly of tinsel. Em broidered grenadines will be seen in French and oriental designs, as well as printed and embroidered crepe de chine, Brussels net in black and white, em broidered with gilt and silver. Indeed, Brussels net is found in all colors, and many curious interweavings of silk and wool with gold, silver and steel thread are fashionable. Ribbons are to be from one to twelve inches in width, plain ottoman and satin lined, with pldk. eolors. Striped and plain satin ribbons from three to eight inches wide will also be the correct thing to wear. himbroidered and plain gauzes are from six to ten inches in width. Embroidered scarfs of scrim, surah and velvets will take the usual place of ribbons for hat trim mings, and embroidered, printed and bordered kerchiefs of surah crepe and other silk textures are used for making bonnets, the brims being of fancy Tuscan braid, lace or bead work. This season favors flowers in a remark able degree. Among the novelties in ornamentation are metalized bird wings, birds and butterflies in various colors, piquets of gilded and chenille leaves mounted alone, with gilded humming birds, and butterflies, bunches of green and gilt oats, gilded piuqets with velvet poppies in new and popular colors, such U3 frog, absinthe, cork and mandarin. Ostrich feathers may be in favor for the warm season. The styles shown now may be somewhat modified later on, bat the dealers say that they cannot afford to delay their opening beyond May 1, for the longer they put them off the longer their customers delay buying. Cure for Pneumonia. Pneumonia, writes a gentleman (to the New York World) who says he has been twice down with it, can be cured if the person "will apply promptly over the lungs a poultice or draft made of mustard and flax-seed meal, keeping quiet and warm in bed. Prompt action is of vital importance, and there is no occasion for waiting for the arrival of an 'old-fashioned' or 'new-fashioned' practitioner when so simple a remedy may be applied by any one, and if taken in season will, I think, always be effective. In my first per sonal experience, my determina tion not to give up business, even for a day came near costing me my life. The case was neglected till an eminent Bos ton physician said that my right lung would be of just as much use to me out on the table as in the condition it tln-n was, a fact of which I was already pret ty well aware, but the mustard and flax seed poultice mastered the disease and restored my lung to its normal condi tion, as good as new. In the second attack, a year later, the case was taken in hand promptly, the poultice applied, quiet warmth maintained, and speedy recovery ensured without a physician being called. Sheep Husbandry. It has often been asserted by those in the best position for obtaining informa tion that a pound of mutton can be produced as cheaply as a pound of beef. If this is true the sheep raiser starts on very nearly an equality with the cattle raiser, so far as meat production is con cerned. The difference lies in the prices obtained for their product. Any advantage the beef-raiser has in this re spect is certainly counterbalanced by what the sheep seller gets for his fleeces, even at the ruling low price of wools. This must be admitted as true of all the so-called mutton sheep. As to those Hocks kept primarily for wool-growing, the case differs somewhat. With these the carcass is of less relative importance as it sup plies a small amount of mutton, and this of comparatively little value. Own ers have allowed themselves to overlook the importance of meat production, and have so long refused to hearken to the counsel of lteason, that dame is now vigorously rapping them over the knuckles for their negligence. They have persisted in putting their eggs in to the one basket of wool-growing until the existing low prices for that product nnd3 them on short rations, though with necessities by no means diminished. These facts are enumerated, not for the porpose of casting imputations on any locality or class of breeders. They are recited onlv because they are be lieved to indicate the avenue of relief for the owners of many admirable flocks from present embarrassments, and as providing a safeguard against the recur rence of such embarrassments in the future. If good mutton can be made from fine-wool sheep, and the owners of fine-wool flocks omit to avail themselves of the advantage its production brings within their reach, they have only themselves to blame for the resulting shortness in their bank account. That a good sell ing carcass is not inconsistent with a fleece combining the more desirable es sentials of fine wool, mav be made ap parent to any man who will look through the more prominent Eastern and Mid dle State markets. Pittsburg is one of the best mutton markets in the country. No better mutton gets into that mar ket than some which comes from flocks in Washington Co., Pa., whose owners have learned to look for money under the fleece as well as in it. There seems no good reason for doub ting that just such knowledge as this must come to all the man agers of fine-wool nocks before the maximum of profit is secured from them. Possibly fewer sheep certain ly better ones and these handled "for all they are worth, " is the key to the problem jnst now engrossing the atten tion of many flock-owners. Wool prices, now low, will probably remain so for some time to come, cer tainly so long as other products of the farm and factory are cheap and slow of sale. From the present out-look how ever, farmers are JiKeiv to get quite as well paid for wool-growing as for corn and wheat-growing, if selling on the ruling market. If all determine to hold for better prices, in the economy of storage and the facility in securing necespary money advances the advan tage is certainly with the wool-grower, who, in the final round-up from hard times, will probably not be so much worse off than his neighbors as many of his self-appointed adviser3 have taught him to believe. The Breeder's Gazette. Health In Bain Water. The question, "how may we get pure water?" becomes each year more im portant, we must look to the clouds. Rainwater has no taste if rightly man aged, and may be pure as the outgush of the most limpid mountain stream, and there is scarcely a roof which will not intercept enough to quench the thirst of the dwellers beneath it. These points he illustrates from suggestive personal experience: "I built two cisterns, side by side. One, six feet in diameterjand twelve feet deep, received the ordinary flow from the roof, and furnished washing water. The other, eight feet in diame ter, and sixteen feet deep, was design ed to hold water for drinking and cul inary use. It was rigged with a chain pump. The spout from the roof was arranged so that the flow could be turn ed, at will into either cistern. "When the cold November rain came and the windows of Heaven were fairly opened, after the atmosphere was wash ed clean, and the roof also, the spout was turned into the large cistern, and it was filled with pure cold rainwater. This was a supply for two years. "Never was the water more pure, lim pid and tasteless. It was cold enough even in summer, and from strangers who drank of it I often ' heard the re mark, 'What a nice well you have!' When told that it was rain water they were incredulous until they saw where it came from, and then wanted to know how I managed to have "such delicious rainwater.' ' "The 'how' was in having a deep cis tern, in never permitting water to flow into it except under the conditions above named, and in having a chain pump, which, where it may utilized, is far the best means of drawing water. The chain pump is a constant and thorough aera tor. Its action keeps the fluid through which it passes lively and sweet. "Where it is impracticable to exca vate a cistern a tank above ground may be substituted. I have one of cedar holding 1,500 gallons. Its interior is varnished with shellac (insoluble in wa ter), which prevents contamination of taste of the wood. There is but one ob jection to this tank, the water becomes warm in summer. "Even a room within the house may not be devoted to accommodation of a more profitable tenant than a big tank to hold the family supply of rainwater. From any roof it may be collected satis factorily by observing the proper pre cautions. These demand attention and trouble, not so much, however, as the nursing of a case of typhus, to say noth ing of contingent expenses of doctor and undertaker. "If tank or cistern water become im pure by the accidental presence of or ganic matter, the addition of a solution of permanganate of potassa will pre cipitate this, leaving the liquid pure. This efficient oxygenator, with direc tions for use, may be had of any drug gist. "The best safeguard against impurity however, will be exclusion from the cistern of all but the late autumn and winter rains, and to defer admission ol these until after rain has fallen steadily at least an hour. In cities even longer than this may be requisite to wash thoroughly from the atmosphere all the impurities suspended. "It has been remarked that those using pure rain-water are generally ex empt from epidemic cholera. There is scarcely a doubt that this pestilence is about to visit us again, and it is proba ble that our liability to its attack will be essentially modified by the water we drink." Front In Fruit Balslng. With all the tons of grapes raised, how is it there is not a grape syrup to be had for love or money in market If you don't know that grape juice boiled down to a clear syrup is the mo6t relishing thing in sickness or health, for consumptives, and to keep people from getting consumption, to be eaten as food or diluted for drink that would banish wine sooner than the temper ance societies, you have something to learn. This article once known, would prevent all danger of an over-crop of grapes, for it would be made and kept by the barrel, and ex ported for use in all climates. The new production of cider jelly, which is merely cider boiled down, without any addition till it is a solid, dark jelly, is a great gift to the housekeeper, and will be the salvation of the apple orchards. ! What if apples are fifty cents, a barrel j in October ? Set the cider mills going, and the huge enamelled evaporating pans. Perhaps cider jelly at 12 cents a pound will pay you, as there is no sugai to be used. Susan Power in Vick's Magazine for March. Sobert Bonner and His Success. N. T. Letter in Galveston News. Mr. Robert Bonner is not making as mach noise in the world as he was ten or fifteen years ago, when he was push ing his story paper in every possible manner. He has become very rich, and may be pardoned if he slackens some what from the very rapid business pace at which he for so many years lived. There are plenty of printers in New York who set type with Mr. Bonner on the old New York Tribune, and some of them told Mr. Bonner that he was making a grave error when he threw up a good situation to embark upon an uncertain enterprise. Yet these men are setting type yet, and Mr. Ban ner is worth well on toward $5,000,000. His scheme was a good one, and it paid from almost the very start. It succeed ed more through the business tact of its proprietor than in consequence of great excellence in the publication itself, although Mr. Bonner spent money for good matter with great liberality, just as soon as he got the money to spend. His advertising methods were new at ' that time, and once under headway the business grew with great rapidity. Mr. Bonner still goes to his desk every day and looks with the same care after a thousand details, but he is also taking a deal of enjoyment out of everyday life. He is a very benevolent man, and be ia .constantly helping persons whom he knows to be deserving. He delights in i nothing as much as his horses, howev er, and he does not let a pleasant day pass without going out for a whirl through the park and up the road, as the drive above Central Park is called. He is very much of a student, and be enjoys his home and books almost as well as his drives and his horses: Bonner lent to Charleu A. Dana the money that enabled Mr. Dana to pnr chase his share of the stock in the Sun and the two have been the best ot friends ever since. After the Sun had been going under the new management for a time and before any dividends bad been paid, Amos Cummings, then the Sun's managing editor, went to Bonner, and said : "See here, Robbert, here ia the Sun going to be a big paying con cern, and I have no stock in it. Why can't you buy me some, and let me pay you for it when I can?" Cummings and Bonner had set type in the same alley in the Tribune office, and Bonner liked him. He told Cummings that he would lend him enough to buy ten shares, but as they were selling at $600, Cummings did not care to as sume so much, and they final ly agreed on five shares. When it came to the transfer of the money, Cummings began to talk about borrowing money on the shares and making part payment to Bonner, but the latter simply said : "No, 1 will lock them up in my safe, and you may pay me for them out of the dividends they earn. " In three years they had paid for themselves, and Cummings took them, under his wing. In three years more they were worth $5,000 a share. Bon ner has helped a score of newspapex men in a similar manner. He is liked by the printers, and is adored by tha members of Dr. John Hall'3 church, with whom he worships. His paper is yet very prosperous, and in ten years more Mr. Bonner will be worth $10, 000,000. . Advantages of Weeping. A French physician gives a long dis sertation on the advantages of groan ing and crying in general, especially during surgical operations. He con tends that groaning and crying are twe grand eperations by which nature allays anguish ; that those patients who give way to their natural feelings morespe3d ily recover from accidents and opera tions than those who suppose it un worthy in a man to betray such symp toms of cowardice as either to groan oi cry. He tells of a man who reduced his pulse from 126 to 60 in the course oi a few hours by giving full vent to his emotions. If people are at all unhappy about anything, let them go into theii rooms and comfort themselves with a loud boo hoo, and they will feel 100 pel cent better afterward. In accordance with the above, the crying of children should not be too greatly discouraged. What is natural is nearly always useful, and nothing can be more natural than the crying of children when anything occurs to give them either physical oi mental pain. Horace Howard Furness of Philadel phia claims to have in his possession a pair of gloves once worn by Shakes peare. They were given to Garrick at the Stratford Jubilee in 1769 by John Ward, the actor, who had received them in 1746 from a cousin of Shakespeare, with the assurance that they were gen uine. On the death of Garrick the passed with all other personal effects to his widow, who at her death be queathed them to Mrs. George Combe of Edinburgh, her daughter, who be queathed them to Mrs. F. A. Kemble, who gave them to Mr. Furness. Germany's Strongest Man. There was a wrestling match in New York recently between Prof. Wm. Hcefler, a well-known scientific wrest ler, and Carl Abs, champion wrestle of Germany, who arrived a few days ago. Abs stands six feet, weighs 230 pounds, and is 33 years old. Hcefler ia an inch and a half shorter, weighs 190 pounds, and is 28 years old. Abs had the reputation of being the strongest man in Germany. He had thrown the best wrestlers, lifted 230 pounds witij' one hand, and carried 1,500 pounds up stairs to harness. The match was Grae co Roman, the best two in three. Inside of two minutes from the first grip Abs lifted Hcefler in the air twice in sac cession as though he was a schoolboy. In another minute Abs dropped hit man on the stage and rolled on him and pressed his shoulders and hips te the mattress, and the fall was awarded to Abs. The second bout showed the great superiority of Abs, and in five miuutes he had his opponent flat on hie back, and was awarded the second fall and match. It is said Abs is the most powerful wrestler ever seen in America. Plenty of sportsmen stood ready to back him for any amount against any comer. A challenge from the stage fc a match for $500 or $1,000 was accepted by Sorakichi, the Japanese wrestler. The Art of Early Basing. Popular Science Monthly. The proper time to rise, says tha Lancet, is when sleep ends. Dozing should not be allowed. True sleep it the aggregate of sleeps, or is a state consisting in the sleeping or rest of aU the several parts of the organism, Sometimes one and at other times an other part of the body, as a whole, may be the least fatigued, and so the first to awake, or the most exhausted, and therefore the most difficult to arouse. The secret of good sleep is, the phy siological conditions of rest being established, so to work and weary the several parts of the organism as to give them a proportionally equal need oi rest at the same moment; and to wake early, and feel ready to rise, a faint and equal start of the sleepers should be secured; and the wise self-manage should not allow a drowsy feeling of the consciousness or weary senses, ox an exhausted muscular system, to be guile him into the folly of going to sleep again when once he has been aroused. After a few days of self-discipline, the man who resolves not to doze, that is, not to allow some sleepy part of his body to keep him in bed after his brain has once awakened, will find himself, without knowing why, an early riser.