WILD CATS.
Something About tin Varlona flpeelet
Found In Ilia fulled mate.
First on tho lint of Anieriof,n wild
cati ojiine thepanthor (Felt cincolur).
It U a large, powerful and handsome
animal. Its body reaches a length of
four and ono-ha'.f feet; its color alwive
1 tawny ) oil, beneath greyish white;
lu limb are short and heavy, and the
whole contour of tho animal show
compactness, agility and strength in a
high degree. Tho panther is found
over tho entire continent of America up
to fifty-five degrees north latitude. Of
no other animal In our country are so
many fabulous stories afloat, but in re
ality It is a retiring ami timid an in it,
living only in wild and mountainous
district, and rarely indeed doe it,
even when pressed by hunger, curry oil
a calf, p g or sheep from some isolated
farm house; nevertheless it in a' limes
guilty of itueh thefu. Young deer,
oHsstims, rabbits, grouse and other
nuull aniinali form its usual food.
1 know of but one or two rekablu in
stances of a panther nttaeking a man,
except when the animal was d.-spor-ately
wounded and unable to escape.
Several have been killed by my per
sonal trends, and in no case did the
animal made any resistance, only striv
ing its utmost to ccape. 1 know of
several instances where It h is been
killed w'.th a club, the hunter el.mbing
up tbn tree in wh cli it had taken ref
uge, anil either killing the animal there,
or shaking it down, to bo killed by hi
companion below. In iced this annual
can hardly be considered a "danger
ous" us a powerful buck of our com
mon deer during the rutting season !
Tho cougar as tiiis species is also
called -is a silent animal, seldom ut
tering any other cry than a low growl.
The cries usually utlribulcd to it really
emanate from tho great horned owi,
the fox, or the common wild cur.
Thj beautiful specie of cat is nearly
exterminated in most .States east of the
Mississippi; a fev yet remain in the
wildest localities. It Is not necessary
to suggest any moans, of disposing of
the paiither, for should one be so un
fortunate as to show itself in any set
tled district, all the men, boys and dogs
of the neighborhood sally out after it,
and sooner or later the poor nnimal is
borne homo in triumph, pierced by
countless buckshot, ami mangled by a
score of mangy curs!
The Canada lynx (Lynx Canadensis)
i a much sin tiler species than the pre
ceding, being but three feet in length,
and seldom we gliing morcthau twenty
live pounds, even when very fat. The
feet are very large, and densely furred
beneath In tho winter season. The tri
angular ears uro tipped by an upright
tuft of coarse, black hairs. The gen
eral color is irrey, clouded with
darker spots. This animal ranges
over the greater portion of North
America north of tho Southern States,
and is found In many localities where
tho panther has been long extinct. In
tho thinly settled portions of our North
ern State and Canada the farmer not
Infrequently has some of hi sheen or
young pigs killed and dragged oil' by
tho Canada lynx; turkeys, from their
wandering habits, also frequently fall
a prey to this species of cat. But it
seldom disturbs the poultry house, al
most always avo ding a near approach
to tho haliitat.on of man. Its usual
food consists of rabbits, squirrels,
grouse, young fawns, and the like.
The female lynx has two cubs yearly,
and Is a most affectionate mother to
her offspring.
The skin of this animal Is valuable,
and many are annually trapped for
their fur. The lynx may be caught in
a powerful steel trap baited with a
newly killed fowl, but the only eligible
mode of destroying it is by the merry
rifle and tho help of a well-trained
hound or two. hen pursued by dogs,
the lynx always ascends a tree, and
may then be easily shot by the hunter,
It being too lar 'o an an. mat to halo it
self among the brunches in the manner
of the common wild cat.
The American wild cat (Lynx rufus)
seldom reaches two and a half feet in
length, and rarely wo'gh more than six
teen pounds, It's ears nre tufted like
those of the Canada lynx, but its feet
are small, uud the soles naked. The
color In brown, with darker mottlings.
The wild cat Is found throughout the
United States, and northward to lati
tude sixty degrees. In the Southern
States it is particularly abundant, and
there makes great hiivoo among the
chickens, turkeys, ducks ami geese
of the planter. The "cat" is purely
an enemy, for its appetite Is epi
curean, and confined to "game and
poultry," and only when pressed by
hunger does it prey upon the small
and destructive rodeutia domestic
fowls, grouse, partridges, wild turkeys
ami rabbits forming its usual food.
The homo of this animal is usually a
tree, hollow some feet above the
ground. Here, on a bed of leaves. In
the early spring, the female brings
forth from two to four young. Even
when captured very young, the wild
at is scarcely tamable; it will Itceomu
accustomed to confinement, and even
take food from the hand, but it is Ill
natured and uncertain, seldom losing
an opportunity to bite or scratch, ami
exhibiting much cunning in capturing
the poultry that come within reach of
its chain.
The wild cat Is nocturnal, but uot
infrequently hunts also in the day
lime. It i a good swimmer, and read
ily take to the water when pursued by
dogs, or wishing to cross a pond or
river. The usual cry of this species is
much like that of the domestic cat. for
which it is not infrequently mistaken.
The fur is not vcrr close aud the skin
posM'sse little value.
When hunted with hounds, the "cat"
often exhibits a cunning but little in
ferior to that of the fox. When started,
he will make for the uearest briar)
tield, aud there double and run in cir
cles, eros-ing and recrossing track,
until any but the hot hounds at. soon
at fault, lie will also wade through
shallow water and soft, dry bottoms,
well knowing Uiat in such places the
scent will not lie. Should a "burnt
wood" bo at band, the ."cat" will put
any hounds at fault, leaping from trunk
to trunk of the charred and fallen tree
in every direction, and effectually
baffling the dogs. If hard pre-sd be
mill take to a tree, genna'ly first
doubling several fmes on his track,
aud then leaping a high as possible
among the branches by a powerful
spring. Tho wildc it may at times be
taken in commo:i cteel or box tra;;,
but is usually too wary to be captured
in so pr native a contrivance. The plan
promising best suocesi is to make a
strong, box like trap, with one end hing
ed, and shutt ng by a powerful spring,
precisely In the manner of tho com
mon wire rat-trap, the trigger being
also arranged in exactly the same man
iter. A chicken ro k is confined at the
extremity of the box opposite tlut door
by a strong wire partition, which sep
arates it from the body of tho trap.
Tho cat, entering tlio trap to seize the
fowl, liberate the tr g:ger and is caught.
A more sportsmanlike method of hunt
ing the wildcat is with the rifle and
hound, in the same manner in which
the Canada lynx Is destroyed. Often
it will lie so close to a large limb or in
a fork of the tree It has selected, that
it is impossible to got a shot. If not too
high to be so reached, it may be easily
dislodged bv a few stones striking near
it, when it will attempt to bound to the
ground, and can be easily shot. If
only wounded, a fierce struggle with
the dogs ensues, which, if the hounds
are good ones, ends in a couple of min
utes by the cat being choked to death.
lintjih If. .Sew, in Country Gentle-man.
LOCAL MARKETS.
Mow Farmers Jlsy Knlianra Thrlr Inter
M III Thin 1,1ns.
Farmers and stock-misers often com
plain of the want of a local market for
the articles they produce. To some
extent the fault is llirirown that they
send their produce to a distant market
to bo disposed of. They do not look
about nnd see what kind of nrt'clcscan
be sold near home. Many butchers
located In country villages send to
lurgo cities to get their supplies of
meat. Tho proprietors of largo
slaughtering houses nnd packing es
tablishment in the city have orders for
meat from towns ot;uted in the best
farm'ng and stock-raising districts tn
the West. It lias several times I ten
reported that cut meats have been sent
from Chicago to Lincoln, Neb. Many
of tho hogs slaughtered in this city find
tlier way buck to tho stations from
which lliey were sent. The farmers
dispose of their hogs 'iirly in the win
ter, and nearly all of them are shipped
direct to the Union stock-yards in this
city. There they are. wlaughteicd and
cured. In the course of n few months
there is a scarcity of nickled pork,
hams, bacon, and lard in tho dis
trict from which tho hogs come,
and these products are returned
to help feed tlie people. Th's sort of
trade is one of course beneficial to a city
one of whoso chief industries is the
slaughtering and packing hogs. It 1
also very profitable to railroads. Tho
trade, howevor, is not beneficial to the
districts in which tho hogs are raised.
If tho hog were slaughtered at homo
and their meat properly cured nnd
packed then employment would be fur
nished many laborer at a timo when
they have little to do. The cost of
transportation would also be saved, and
this amounts to a very large sum. It
is probably true that many 1 ical b iteli
ers have not milllclont capital to enable
(hum to pack the pork tliey can dispose
of during the entire your and to carry
it till such tune as they can 1 1 it nt an
advance.. It would appear, however,
a though most country butchers could
oltta n money from local bankers in tho
same manner that city packers do.
Farmer would do well to'ninku ar
rangements with local butcher for sup
plying them with the animals they will
require In their trade during tho year.
A local butcher eiui tell with a reason
able degree of certainty bow many fat
bullocks, hogs, sheep, calves and lamb
he can dispose of during every month
of the year. He can Inform the farmers
who arc to keep him supplied with fat
animals when he will want them, lly
being IntormiHl some time in advance
when they will be wanted they can bo
put in the proper condition. A
farmer who has considerable milk
and ha a supply of corn can con
veniently turn oil" one or two fat hogs
every week during the year. A farmer
having a considerable lloek of sheep
and a good feeding lot can make it
prolitablo to fatten mutton during nil
the time that mutton will be in de
mand. He can also arrange to have
lambs ready to turn otf when they are
wanted. lU'so doing hc will bo receiv
ing money during the t ines when farm
ers are generally in need of il, Every
butcher desires very lino beef, mutton
and veal for Thanksgiving nnd the
winter holidays. Not infrequently ho
is obl'gcd to send to a distant city to
obtain what he wants. At each of the
fat stock show which have been held
in this city a large number of tho ani
mals or their carcasses have been sold
to butcher doing business in village
located in the best farming regions of
the West. The cost of transporting
those animals two way, and the ex
icno of feeding them several week
might have been saved by fanners who
lived in the vicinity, rarmers shouiu
take pride In seeing tho animal they
have raised and fattened displayed in
the towns where they da their market
ing on tho occurrence of the holidavs
that are c4ebratcd by feasting, By
supplying the local butchers with choice
animals they can aemilrw a reputation
that will be of considerable advantage
to them. The butchers should en
courage the production of tine meat
kmong the farmer who lire near them.
Chicago Times.
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A victim of street-oar pickpockets
determined to get even with them, so
he put into his pocket a ioeket-look
containing only a slip of paper, on
which was written the words: "This
time, you rascal, vou've lost the reward
of vour lalor!" lie got into the car
and waited, resolved to have the Crst
pickHH'ket that meddled with him ar
rested. Twenty minutes passed and
nothing happened, and tires! of waiting,
he gut out, having first assured himself
that his pocket-book was safe. lie
opened it, and in the place of (be white
niece of paper was a blue one, which
he unfolded and read, as follows:
"What a sly loker you are!" Jr
a f.
CIGAR-SHOP INDIANS.
Interesting Tlk With a "Sculptor" lu Wood
Iron 'rKH'r" Had for Hi Trade.
In a little room reached by going
through a long passage-way and as
cending two flights of rickety stairs,
just off Harry Howard square, one day
last week a reporter found two men
working away with mallets and chisels,
while under their well-directed blows
pine log grew to noble red men,
clowns. Indian princesses and other
familiar shape that adorn the fronts of
tobacco shop all over the country.
"How's business?" asked the re
porter. "Well," replied one of the "sculp
tors," "there ain't much danger of
overstock ng the market. There s not
more'n a dozen and a half manufact
urer of wooden Hggers in the country,
and of this number ten are in this city.
Hut times ain't as good as they might
be," and ho deftly chipped away at
a clown's neck until it was short
ly enc reled by an Elizabethian
ruff. "Before rents got so high
that all the ship-building and repairing
wa driven down east, around Ports
mouth and Maine, there was a good
deal of ship carving figgerheads and
the like, which pay better than cigar
store liggers to be done about here.
Now it's all gone nnd wo have to fall
back on wooden Indians. Sometimes
we get a wooden coat of arms to make,
like that Ton and unicorn you aco
against the wall, foromo rich man.
They pay pretty well. Wooden figgers
don t pay so well. This Indian chief
will cost the owner $50; that sultana,
15; tho little Indian squaw to tho
r ght of you. fjf:'5, nnd so on. They
have begun to make cast-iron figgors
nt some of tho iron-works, nnd that
cut in on us. Wo get our designs
froip every source. We o to the the
ater and pick out a iigger among tho
acton nnd study him, then go to tho
shop and chisel him oqt. Most of tho
clowns are cut from photographsof Fox,
tho original Huinpty Diimpty. Some
time we take the pictures on the inside
of tho cigar-boxes for models. Last
week I cut out a Iigger of Sir Walter
Kaleigh for a tobacco store down on
South street. 1 have an order to make
a black with patches on his knees nnd
a plug of 'niggerhead.' tho sailors' de
light, in his hand. Barntim and Fore
naugli also buy a good many liggers
for their band-wagons and vans. They
will put one live man on a wagon to
dunce nnd half a down wooden ones to
keep him company, and half the peo
ple who watch the procession will never
know but what they are nil alivo."
"Where does tho wood come from?"
"Someliiww we take the seasoned
mnsts and spars of n wreck, but gener
ally it is white pine logs from Maine.
Fine chips easy, you see."
"Are there" any npf rentiers In the
trade?"
"Oh. yes, but not many, of course.
A good workman can make live dollars
a day at this business." Ar. Y. Tribune.
THE BOOK.
Home Good Advice to Old and Young Peopls
on the Subject of Heading;.
There Is, perhaps, no greater wonder
than a book." lly tho help of littlo fig
ures or mark placed upon reeds or
skins or mimic other available material
men have been able to transmit their
thought through thousands of years.
The nunes and shape of th ngs, the
deeds and sorrows that have occurred
as far back n the time of Adam have
been made known to us. Even those
abstract aud invisible thoughts which
have no shape or substance, but- which
nevertheless inspired thu writer and
have since inspired others, are all put
down in little letters or figures and
made eternal. The songs of lnvid; the
sublime grieving of Job; tho specula
tions of l'lato; the visions of Homer,
have bv these menus been handed down
faithfully for many centuries and dis
tributed among mankind. If there were
no l ooks our knowledge would be al
most confined to the limit of tcglit and
hearing. All Unit wo could not see or
hear, m act o'i, would be to us
like tho inhabit ints (if there be any) of
the planet Saturn a mere matter of
idle conjecture. To read, mark, learn,
nnd inwardly d gest nil the thoughts
and learning of others is evidently im
possible. It is beyond the compass of
any intellect. Hilt we may gather a
lortion of this knowledge, and tho oh
eet is to know how to begin this hum
der task nnd how to proceed for the
purpose. We must uot read to waste. We
must be moderate if we wi-.li to gain
much. The bee does not overload him
self with the nectar of (lowers, but
take whut he can carry away. We
must select also and see that the quality
of w hat we take be good. We should rend
not merely that we may make money,
not to sharpen our intellect, but to en
large it. N e should read in order to
know what is good nnd what is ev.l.
nnd to tlo what is good and useful.
Art we ambitious? let us leurn hu
mility. Are we avaricious? let uslenro
content. When a man can trulv say
to himself: "My mind to mo a "king
dom Is," a kingdom of wh ch he is the
absolute ruler, there is no king beyond
him. Barry Cvrnwall, in Temple liar.
A prominent chemist of Klmira,
S. Y., has given the result of recent
investigations to the world, as to the
proportion of opium found in a dozen
packages of the highest priced
cigarette in the market. These he
ent to a Pittsburgh chemist for analy
sis. He says: "'1 he mnsitli rntile quan
tity of opit'm found in all the standard
brands is astounding. Tho unversally
recognizd bondage resulting from the
use of opium in any form or degree,
especially by smoking' or absorption,
render the muiderous des gn of the
tdmixture and the shai i loson to Is
learned, terribly plain. HhjJ'uIv
Courier.
Police-Justice F.isenmengre, of
Schenectady, N. Y., wears on his
watch-chain a small glass charm or
badge, encircled with gold, wh;cb
was found on a French balth-tield bv
h grandfather in XX It is. said to
have been the badge worn by some of
the Scotth Highland elans'durmg the
Scottish -rebellion, in 1715. Trey
TVwm.
SCENES IN SANTA FE.
Interesting Description of a Convent and
Home of It Inmate The, Philosophical
Burro. ,
Arrived at Santa Fe, for the first titm
we seemed to have turned our bad
upon the somewhat crude and materi
al civilization of the West, to have got
ten out of the new into the old, out of
the present into the past. Although
the oldest city in America, it docs pot
posses a frame house, a steam engine,
or any ncw-fanglud contrivance. The
streets are very picturesque, for tin.
most part without sidewalks, the littlo
squat "doby" houses turning their
blank mud walls outward, with only a
little square opening up high, like a
sort of an eye, taking a peep at life and
things. The houses are for the most
part built about open courts into which
the doors open. Some of the poorer
sort have no such opening, but are cn
terifd from the top by a ladder. There
are quaint old very old-Spanish,
Cutholio churches, built of large block
of adobe, roughly plastered with mud.
On Sunday the street were filled with
gaily-dressed women, tho richer sort
with the lace mantilla, and tho poorer
with bright shawl over their beads;
the native men, with broad, flapping
sombreros and capa gracefully flung
over one shoulder; tho Indians in their
fantastic toggery, and everywhere a
foreign language sounded in our ears.
We have most interesting acquaint
ances and somo warm friendships
among dogs, but wo had to conic
to Santa Fe to meet with the charming
little burro. The delightful little crea
ture is quite the philosopher among
animals. On meeting you he eyes you
over thoiightfnlly, seems to weigh yonr
character; if you are found wanting he
ceases to notice you with Indian
stoicism or dismisses you with an im
patient toss of his head. If, however,
you meet Irs approval he sometimes
tips you a merry wink, gives you a
meaning look, and says unutterahle
things with his ears. L'ou'utless hecoul 1
speak if he would, but being a philos
opher and somewhat g ven to despising
tho human animal, ho has divined the
secret of the proverb that: "Speech is
silver,' but silence is golden." He will
stand, with pathetic or contemptuous
patience to bo laden, so deeplv over
laden that between burden and burden
only his expressive eyes and cars and
the' thin wisp of a tail nre apparent at
cither end. We are told that when ho
understands that his way lies toward
the mesas, among green pastures, he
nmbles on with fair speed, but arrived
there not nil the King's horses nor nil
tho King's men can make him return to
the city. Ho rolls and kicks and laughs
to scorn hi driver, who usually bow
to noeessity and leave the creature toi
wander at 'his pwn sweet will until, sat
isfied with mere material pleasures, ho
nga n returns to the' haunta of men to
study mind and morals. It is a notice
able' fact and may seem to justify his
rebellion that ho is usually fed whilst
in town upon waste paper.
In strolling with our botanist upon
the outskirts of Santa Fo we discovered
tho bell-pull of the convent hanging
invitingly outwards. Our botanist,
supposing that the foot of man might
not enter within this house of vestals,
turned to thread his way along the Kio
Chiquito, which flows through the cen
ter of the city. Here let us stop just
one moment to introduce our big child
hearted botantist. He is well nigh
seventy and 1 urncd in much and
various sciences. His soul has
never taken strong hold on world
ly desires, or greatly striven for
The things men mostly prize. In spite
of his three score years and ten time
has touched him lightly nnd left his
heart simpbi nnd young. He is a su
preme lover of nature, and once con
lossed he felt himself n brother to every
plant that grew. Doubtless he is. A
sister in white quoif, black serge veil,
with a simple gown of tho same, an
swered tho summons and kindly con
sented to show us" the convent school.
The lit l K; world within tho high adobe
wjills seemed one piece of beauty and
happiness. The low, one-storied build
ings formed open squares around two
centers. Within one a flower gardeu
bloomed with a groat wealth of
tropical glow. Within the other
was a playground, where twen
ty vr thirty young girls wenvH
playing at lawn-tennis or croquet, or
wandering hand in hand or seated to
gether beneath the trees in pleasant
converse. Their skirls of merry laugh
ter and tho musical cadence of their
mongrel Spanish chatter told of the un
restrained gaiety of youth. It was Sun
day, after their morning service and
enrlv dinner. The sister explained that
until livo o'clock angelius tho girls
were free to bo happy in their own way
on this their holiday. These Mexicau
Christians are not very strict Sabbata
rians. Sister Mary Angela, our cicerone,
was a very typical nun. She had a
calm, oval face, downcast, patient eyes,
subdued voice and meek carriage; nev
ertheless there looked out from her
clear, blue eyes a happy spirit a sort
of coy maidenlincss. She was very
pretty nnd not above thirty. When, i"u
the boll tower, wo were taking a bird's
eye view of tho squat garden city
mapped out below, the botanist passed
just beneath the outer wall, scarcely a
stone's throw otf. Pointing him out to
our sweet companion, she asked, as she
scanned him a littlo curiously: "Whv
did he not come with thee, dear lady?''
"Might a man come hither, sister?"
"O yes, dear lady. It is my duty to
show our school to all (trnnger." "And
a the magnetism of our eyes drew his
upward shn added:
"I think he must be good."
"Yes, dear sister, he is good."
"Perhaps, dear lady, he see thee.
Wave thy hand to him and call him in.
I would gladly open the gate to him."
And just a little pink color of expect
ancy crept into her cheeks.
Co, Sister Angela, I may not A
w icked world lies outside these walls,
which might perhaps accuse one of
these blameless maidens under thy
care."
Thou art wiser than I, dear lady."
Only more knowledge of good and
evil, sister." Then we gossiped a little
about thing in the outer world love
and marriage, even. She, surnamed
th Angel, had been set apart from
ch ldbood for a nun, and seemed to de-
, i,... nma ill mo Th rmre Innocence,
When parting at the garden gate she
gathered and gave me a bunch of white
lilacs, and. breaking otr still another
cluster, said with coy hesitation: "Ibis
is for thv botanist from Mary Angela.
Verily, the woman still live in thy
heart, gentle nun!
We left Santa Fewith reluctance, but
that day, running slowly for the rail
road here are delightfully slow south
to Deming, four hundred miles away,
was a day of days. Snowy peaks on
the right, grassy plain and brown vol
canicliill on tho left, below the moun
tains and nearer the mesas, those God
made altars for the worship of the sun,
the earth rioting in (lowers and along
the way curious pueblo, y elding us
glimpses of life among the Indians. It
was a full, picturesque, beautiful day.
A cool and backward spring had left
almost tho winter's mantle of snow
still upon tho mountain tops. An ex
traordinary rainy season had made the
deserts literally to blossom as the rose,
while tho Uio Grande and Gila rolled in
rr,,t tin,i.i,l. overllowinrr their
banks. Cor. Philadelphia Times.
POINTS ON INSOMNIA.
The I'realllng American Ailment, and
How to Treat It.
New York suffer more for lack of
sleep than for lack of food, and this
privation Is on the increase to a leartui
degree. One reason for that excessive
. . r t 1 , I .1
UTinKinz wnicn ruics our uumuuss men
may be found in the fact that men thus
make no for the lack of sleep. The use
of stimulants under such circumstances
is doubly pernicious, but this does not
mevent it. All classes of brain work
ers suffer to a greater or less degree,
but the most painful instances are lounu
among Wall street broker and specu
lators who are under such intense ex
citement that healthy sleep often be
comes an impossibility. The next in
point of suffering are preachers and
play actors, who become also excited
to an intense degree. Editors, lawyers,
physicians and business men also sutler
from insomnia, and the following para
graph, clipped from a morning paper,
is an appeal which might be repeated
by a large part of our population:
lislnnnliiaanna. f Alii trnilhleil With tillfl
complaint; tliirty-nva yeitrs old, married,
Inilipy home; sctivu Iiusiuvks; $.'0 for recipu
or cure. Address Sleep. "
Mv reply to tho above is entirely
gratuitous, and yet may be of some
value, being the result of experience.
Avoid intoxicating drinks, and if
possible get your work done before
d-ark. If very nervous, a warm bath is
advisable, for which a wash-bowl of
water and a sponge may sullico. Eat
moderately before going to bed. To
break off annoying thought, which
keep one awake, repeat poetry or count
steadily from one to one hundred. I
know a man who goes over "Gray's
Elegy" night after night until it ends
in sleep, while another counts as above
mentioned until the same result is
reached. Anything that will divert the
mind from iu tendency to prey upon
itself promote sleep. ' If it be too cold
for a tepid bath, then friction of the
skin is beneficial. Opiates are decided
ly objectionable, but there is a sedative
which is both safe and efficacious, and
hence should bo better known. (Th 8 1
bromide potassium, which, in a weak
solut.on, soothes the nerves In a harm
less manner. It should, however, be
properly prepared by the druggists.
Some people havo waking spells during
the night, and it is better to rise and
walk round tho house than to toss in
bed. A man of my acquaintance who
has such waking spells walks the street
for a half hour, and then returns to bed
and obtains sleep.
Knowing the I abiUy of publicspeak
er to insomnia, 1 asked the most ex
citable of th;s class (John B. Gough)
how he obtained sleep after one of his
thrilling lecture, generally two hours
in length. He replied : "On returning
to my room I begin reading some in
teres'iing book, and in this manner till
my mind with other thoughts, and then
I can sleep."
Public speakers find it very aiflicult
to stoj) thinking after they have stopped
speaking. Old Lyman iWcher. father
of the Brooklyn orator, had a load of
sand in his cellar, and after evening
prayer he shoveled it from one snle to
tlio other, and by this exercise toned
down tho fever of the brain, often fin
ishing by playing the violin, which wa
one of hi accomplishments. Boddy
exercise is certainly very efficacious un
der such circumstances. Persistent in
somnia is one of the first signs of in
sanity, and hence should at once call
for treatment. As men advance in life
naps In the daytime become very use
ful. I know one brain-worker who
takes two or three and also sleeps well
nights. If New York could have a
"nooning" and our business men re
cruit their jaded nerves by "kind na
ture's sweet restorer," there would be
les drinking, but they keep them
selves up by the bottle, and then often
lay awake at night from tho excite
ment occasioned by intoxication, Sleep
being our great necessity, I offer these
suggestions to such of our readers as
may lind them of service. As a gener
al rule people should sleep all they can.
The most noted victim of insomnia was
Horace Greeley, whose intense mental
labor and anxiety during that fatal
Presidential canvass led through loss
of sleep to insanity, and then caniu a
genuine collapse of an overworked sys
tem which soon found relief in death.
N. Y. Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
A father was one evening teaching
hi little boy to recite his Sunday-school
lesson. It was the parable about the
wheat and tho tares. "What is a
tare?" asked the anxious parent "Tell
me, my son, what a tare is." "You
had em," answered the bov. "John
ny, what do you mean?" asked the as
tonished parent, opening his eyes rath
er wide. "Last week, when you didn't
some home for three days," said John
ny, "I heard mother tell Aunt Susan
that you was off on a tare." The lesson
was brought to an abrupt close, and
Johnny wa sent off to bed.
There are evidences that copper
mines were worked in this country by
the mound builders. The first copper
mines worked in the United Stat.1 were
ih'etly in New Jersey and Connecticut
PITH AND POINT.
An exchange contains a poem en
titled 'TheSdont BarborDead." It
is a fairy tale.
Business men, as well as religious
men, should beware of false prophet.
Men who are the fastest asleep
when they are asleep are tho widest
awake when they are awake.'
New York wants a half-cent put in
circulation. This would permit the
averago citizen to jingle something bo
sides keys in his pockets. Detroit Free
Vre..
An inquirer asks: "What has given
women tho reputation M being such
great talkers?' We don't know unless
ft is her mouth. -V. Y. Journal.
A fashion item says: "A very use
ful and ornamental gift to either lady
or gentleman is an umbrclla-holdor. '
The dude may have a mission after all.
.V. Y. Urajthic.
Ouida says: "A girl's love must
never be begged, but conquered."
Paradoxical as it may seem, Ahe girl
can not be conquered unless she con
curs.' Chicaijo Tribune.
If plumber were tho right kind of
men they would never put iu anything
but temperance water-pipe. A tem
perance water-pipe never goes on a
bust Sorrixtown Herald.
Fashionable Ma "Children! chil
dren! stop that noise. Sit down and
keep quiet." Children "Why, what'a
the matter. Ma?" Ma-"Uoggie la
taking his nap." ' Thiladelphia Call.
A mathematical question. A gen
tleman while crossing the Brooklyn
bridge met a beggar to whom he gave
fifteen cents. He soon met another to
whom he gave ten cent. What timo
of day wa it? Answer A quarter to
two. .
A photographer recently acted as
master of ccremon'e at a friend's fu
neral, aud, as he lifted tho coffin lid
for tho mourners to look at the re
mains, whispered to the corpse: "Now,
look natural." Force of habit Chi
cago Herahl.
The unreasonable fellow! A
bachelor says that all he should ask for
in a wifo would be a good temper,
health, good understanding, agreeablo
phvsiosrnomv. tiiure, good connection,
domest c habits, resources of amuse
ment, good spirits, conversational tal
ents, elegant manners money! N. Y.
Ledger.
He (solemnly) "You had a very
narrow escape last night. Miss Julia. '
She "Mercy, what do you mean?"
He "Well. 'you see, I had a dream
about you. I thought I was just about
to kiss" you, when the Chinaman rapped
at the door and I woke up." She (af
ter a pause) "The Chinese must go."
San Francisco Font.
"I hear you are highly satisfied
with your new minister, Brown?"
"Satisfied is a tamo word to express
our opinion of him. We are delighted
with him." "He is very eloquent, I
understand?" "Eloquent! Why, sir,
when he is preaching he affects tho
congregation so powerfully that there
is hardly any interest taken in tho flir
tations of the choir." Boston Courier.
"The world is full of deceit," said
old Mr. Sqiiaggs, "and women is most
ly at the bottom of it." "I know it,"
said old Mr. Squaggs; "it is after a
man gets a wife that ho begins to prac
tice deceit. If he hadn't a wife he
wouldn't need to lie' so much about
where ho spends hi evening. You are
perfectly right. It's" the women that
cause the dece t." Old Mr. Squnggs
became very thoughtful. Boston Ga
zette. STILL IN A TANGLE.
A Detroit German Who Thluks It Will
Take a Year to Urt .Htralghluhcd Out.
"Vhell, I com?) to shpeak to you
aboudt some more shwindles," ho said
as ho entered the Woodbridge Street
Station yesterday.
"Have you been swindled again?"
asked the Captain.
"Vhell, it look dot vhay. I vhas
cleaning up mein saloon dis morning
vhen iu conies a young 'man mit a
shwell suit of cloze uud a gold cane,
mid he says:
" 'Sorry for you, oldt man, but you
must prace oop.1
"Dot make nit scart I belief my
brudder-in-law in Springwell vhas
kilt, nnd I shakes nil oafer. I couldn't
say notiing to him, but he keeps on:
"I called a hack and took him mit
dcr hospital, and der sharge is $1.
"Took who mit der hospital?"
"Your son Joe!"
"What for?"
"Vhy, he prokehi leg mit a fall on
der ice,"
"Vhell, Captain, I vhas so weak in
my knee I almost falls down, und my
tongue got so dry as I could hardly
shpeak. I gif him a one dollar bill und
he goes off mit a bow und a slimile, und
I vhas sitting py der stoaf vhen in comes
my old vhomans. I tells her our poy
Shoe vhas in der hospital mit a proken
leg."
"Poor woman!"
"You potter say poor me! She looks
at me. und den calls me a lunatic-foundry,
und an iaiot-factory, und some old
fools who sthays oudt "doors when it
rains."
But why?"
"Vhell, pecause we haf no poy named
Shoe. His name was Shake, but I for
gets all aboudt iL I vhas all mixed oop
eafer since election. I vhas hea quar-.
ters for Cleveland vhilelbetson Blaine,
und I don't get straightened oudt fur a
year yet" Detroit Free Press.
The oldest carnages, used by the
ladies of England, were called whirli
cote. These became unfashionable
after Ann, the daughter of Charles IV.
and Queen of Richard II., about the
end of the fourteenth century, showed
the ladies how gracefully they could
ride on a side-saddle. "Conches were
first known In England in the year
1530. They were introduced from Ger
many by the Earl of Arundel. They
came into general use among the no
bility in the year 1605. The celebrated
Duke of Buckingham wa the first who
rode in a coach and six horses.
An Inch announcement In a news
paper is worth two mile of letters on r.
board fence. Chicago Journal.