WHEN THE YEAR IS NEW.
Heart with orrow ahroudert.
Hornet with ibaJowi crowded,
Skirt with darknrs cloudeJ, , , ,
Hiding nil tha bine, '
Drop their rlli ef adni,
F.morKing from their moduM
To light and lovt ad fldnea.
When the year la aw.
Of the pan repenting,
Of their crlmi't relenting,
Eiwerljr oonienttng
Errom to undo;
Boulionce bent on ilnnlng
Nobler bright! are winning
Grand re'Ttnt beginning
When the yew It new. ,
Many wrong! ro righted,
Many troth! ar plighted,
Loved onet reunited
In bmidwre true:
Doubti that nmke ui falter,
And with conscience paltor,
Vanish from Love'ialur
When the year li new.
While the world li turning,'
While the light! are burning,
And our heart are yearning
For the good and true,
Wo may make advance!,
Spite of elreumitanoei;
And our only chnnoe la
When the year li new.
-Jutrphim I'ntlorii, in S. Y. ViQf.
THE LAND OF THE CZAR.
Impressions of an Amorioan Tray
elor in Russia.
Tha OaUa Wide to Thoaa Who KnUr,
Bui Nnrrow to Thus Who Would
. (Jo Ont-A tlierle.iid lu-
hospitable Land.
Less lit known of Eussla, bolh Inside
and otitsldo Hi a E uplre, thun of nny
other country yet discovered. But a
(rent deal linn boon written about it
and published in every language. In
tome count ling (lie reading mile
think I hey know nil about Russia, and
have a vory exalted opinion of il,
while in other the effect of reading
lint led the people to despise not only
Russia a a country, but the Inhabit
ants and nil who havo to do with gov.
trning it, Most that 1 rend of Russia
In Ann'i Ini mid In rued in England
was aM.cn )hal. Even the map nils
tod me, and Ihose who had vlsllod lh
couniry could render Uttl" nsslsiniiro
In tolling iiio win re to begin and where
to end my journey.
When, a ftW weeks ago In New
York, I determined to visit RiihhIh,
liiil called upon some acquaintances
lor information on the subject I wm to
Investigate, I was told that my trip
Would certainly bo one of great pleasure
Hid tuprflino delight; that the stories
concerning the despotl-m in RiihhIh
were false; that I neod have no fear of
lungcon horrors and Siberia, and that
( should proceed with the snmu deli In
ration and unlnlerriiptlon I would
traverse nnr nthur porlion of the Con
iluouU Ai Loudon my English friends
looked aghast, nnd declared that I look
Diy life in my hand when I entered
RiihhIh. mid remonstrated airalnst It.
rim English know more of the conn
try, the customs, and the alleged laws,
( And, tliitu the Americans; but being
more eicitnhlo and pr J ml iced thev are
leas likely to do justice to thu subject.
The English have snld and done ho
fliticli ngalnsl Russia, that, an a general
rule, thoy do not receive the fewclvll
Itlos a id privileges granted stranger.
Afier a fortnight's sojourn In the
region of the capital of the K nplro, 1
km const ruined to believe li at very
tittle In jtitttco could bn done tho gov
lrnmoni wcr.i ouo to Trite It all down
is diabolical and bn I, for I have buen
Suable as tot to ill-cover a Hlnglo act
r design Intend d to ameliorate the
tyranny nnd burdens the people bear.
I thought II quite fx ic lng to have my
pAHp i' vised by th Russian Ministry
lY:' gton, or ilm Consul at the
point , .-re I entered the country, bo-,
lore I could not) R isslan soil, when a
passport, plain and simple, is required
In no other country a man visits In nil
Europe; but when I learned that
ivon the nntlvos of Russia must take
ml a passport every year and have It
regularly vised by the local ollloor bo
fore they are exempt front contempt
of the Emperor I concluded that
II rang rs wore quite as well favored
is the Czar's own subject. The ob
ject lu requiring natives to have pass
ports In revenue, while aliens are put
lo this lioubln and expense for (he pur
pose of inducing (hem lo stay out of
Russia. All Ru-slaiis must be natural
iced If they remain I'' tho country, and
their passports, which cost them ten
rubles a year (abut' $1.50), Is evidence
f their naturalisation.
At the frontier '.be stranger eneounl
lers little in Ike forms dlffereut from
ther countries The modes of In
iiieotliig baggage and withstanding
person t fccrutiny do not vary greatly
ram the usual. But as every thing in
Russia Is d stluo 'y Rusdan, and
die re fore exceedingly strange, the
Btost exiMirionced traveler is iospsed
f a seiiHA of ooncfr ', if not fear. Th
tlirotigh train fro Vienna, Berlin,
ind other popular point of departure
lor Russia land on on the froullor at
night. The place) Is small, and the
nation swarm with Russian officers,
big, burly fellows, with swarthy, tin
intelligent face covered with long,
Rowing beards, and all dressed to tha
most elaborate uniforms. There is a
clanking of swords, a rattle of spurs,
a din of voices, ami a rushing hither
and thither that is eppalling. Timid
womeu traveling alone have been
overcome with fear or lost their heads
In this bustle.
The gendarme In charge Is the firs'
ofliocr who approaches tha Incomer.
This is the highest ranking military
ifnVial, and he lakes up the passports.
He Is arrayed I i W a Napuleou
broad-topped rap of rod, white
and black; dark green frock
roi, trimmed with v.' hits and
decked with brass epaulets weighing
pounds; a huge be.t and a sword.
which Is hung to strike the ground at
;ivcry step a d ratlin like muskotry;
pantaloons with a deep whilo stripe
and tucked In kuoe-top boots; spurs of
enormous proportions, and a revolver
nf sufficient sis'i to gun for buffalo.
The passports and gendarme disap.
I ear lu I ho direction of tho offico of the
R.irsian Consul, where the docuinont
are examined.
On the heels of this diplomatic of
fleer come, tho customs lnckevs, who,
wijpbut ceremony or Invitation, pick
up the salchols, bags and bun 11' s. ex.
claim lu Russian! Custom-house!"
and put out. The traveler follows.
He finds his trunks already an ihe
counters inside IU stntlon, and if they
are unlocked they aro opon and the
contents ar. being dumped on the
floor. The terror lo the Russian Gov
(Turnout is pristod matier. Every
newspaper, circular or book found Is
taken out and sent to the gendarme
snd tho Consul. If nny thing
about froe government, free
schools, or other free institutions,
criilcl-m of Russia), or her form
nf government is found It Is retained;
and should it appear among tho possi
bilities that tho amircr has any design
upon the Russian way of doing things
he or she is detained for examination.
It docs not appear In history or tradi
tion that persons "detained" hare
ever proven i!ir mission ciear.
They simply have bsen heard of no
more.
A Londoner who had a couple of
trunks displayed his English blood by
stopping behind the long counter
when bis baggage was pulled out o
the wire cage, where it stays I HI I
openod. and beginning to unlock It.
Tho officers snatched the keys from the
travolor's hand nnd pushed him bnck
in lino with others. When the trunks
were opened the Englishman paid for
his forwardness by seeing his goods
Intuited out on Ihe floor and every
thing mussed nnd left for him lo cure
for. Thcro was n complaint. To
omplnin means to detain, for the
Russian office is are as suspicious as
I hoy are officious. All stand In to
gether, nnd thev havo such unlimited
license that one is at thoir mercy.
I tried to nntlolpalo the ofll -ors as
nut'lt as possible, and, having loft my
trunk In Paris, eagerly opened my
satchels. Tho pockets of my gar
inouts were turned wrong sido our,
letters were squeezed, a IrntWing cap
litto, nnd socks, which were turned in
logoiher, were pulled out nnd looked
into.
Here I encountered money changers.
who were evidently direct lineal de
fendants of those who were cast out
of tho temple. I hal seen money
uhangers at othor frontier pi a cos, but
none like these. No sooner had I
emerged from the customs-room to tha
tdjolninz restaurant for a cup of the
Famous R issl tea than the brace of
money-changers approached me. Both
tbont six feet in height, thoy wore
black robes which came to their feel.
t nd black crowns, giving them an
cclesiitslical appearunsa. die was
probably seventy year old, while the
I her wss pushing three score and ten.
tloih wore the patriarchal beard one
.'nil white, the other as densely black
it was long. Ihey woro insepara
ble, and their black eyes flashed
behind fsr-extonding foreheads, sad
their largo, slutnl . mouths trem
bled and quivered under the great
beaked noses as they simply extended
their hands well-Idled with paper
u I los. uud chuckled in solicitation.
Portunatclv. I had procured a suf-
liciuncy of Russian I oney of ray batik-
r at Vienna, and did not an (Tor tho
JlhOounl of from one to five per cent,
at thu hamls of ihe monev-changers.
who frequently rob t lie unsophisticated
traveler lo an alarming extent.
Trains entering or emerging from
R isxiadonol pretend to respect their
time-card, for the reason that they are
often detained on ihe frontier. Two
hours are always Inken. however, be
ing the time required tor examining
bsggago and passports, long or short.
On this occasion the Irnlu was light.
nnd the baggage was soon Inspected.
But the passengers were not permit
ted to resume their place In the train.
As soon as ther escaped Ihe customs
"Ulcers Ihey were led Into the adjoin
ing restaurant men, women and chil
drenwhere were all classos of peoplo
in every condition. All outer doors
were locked, and were guard
ed by officer. Timid, delicate wom
en hovered in the corners and
waited for the end of tho two hours.
while half-Intoxicated Russians
rowded about, smoking nasty cigars
or dr. nklng steaming tea at the tables.
itittks. Slavs, Persian. Swedes. R is-
slans. Germans, not an English roioo
was heart!; and seldom did one see a
man who could Interpret even a sign.
The womoit were more ready and
bilirht and divined the wish of
travelers more readily. .
Finally a Russian rushed like mad
from the station and began ringing
a Ix'lu There was a commotion in
side. The bell-ringer moved up and
down the long platform and made
much unnecessary noise. The doors
were unlocked and the passengers
passed out, an officer being ready In
si that each parcel bore the
lamp of the eustoni-hous-Ai
hour and a half of un
ncoessKry, disagreeable waiting made
one appreciate the atmosphere, ehillv
even in August. Just before the train
slarUd a jingle of spurs and sabers
was heard, and two gendarmes ap
pearvd. They entered the carriages
and handed out the passport. Each
pxssport bore a si mple and ihori
signature that of the Consul or Q iv
eruor and the seal of the officer.
Two or three passengers did not re
ceive their passports, localise the doc.
uu.vuu were uo vised, and Uiej
were obliged to remain and explain.
As the train rolled on from the
frontier toward Warsaw and St.
Petersburg the proverb: "The gates
of Russia are wide lo those who enter,
'jut narrow to thoso who would go
out," lingered In my mind.
The America1! traveler Is quite ai
much Impressed with the qunintnoss
of Ihe country and the remarkable
character of the people whon he arrivus
at Cracow or Warsaw (the latter the
old Ciinital of P.dand).' now sub
ject lo R issia, as he has with nay oth
er part of the country. Tho charac
teristic of the Poles, so far as tho eon
si ruction of u el v goo, aro as far at
variance with the E iglish or American
as those of the R issiaus. Strsngo old
buildio'.', covered with crazv charac
ters and pictures, broad, roughly
bowlder ! streets tilled with droskles,
tho prevalent vehicle, make ouo feel
that any thing is possible in tins conn
trv.
The fare of Russia Is like Wiscon
sin, less the lakes and . beautiful
streams: Northern Michigan, with ml
tho largest pine troos. and New Mex
ico, wiih the absence ui warmth, ine
pineries are si tinted, the fields covered
wlih wln-at in harvost during Au-
gnHiitnd the villagos are of small
wooilcn buildings covered wmi
Iraw. Nowhere Is Ihere archi
tecture, lasto or cleanliness dis
played. The advancement of the
oiinlrv mav be Illustrated in Ihe
statement that, thouzh Russia is one
of Ihe greatest in wheat producing,
the ceronl is sown broadcast, harvest
ed with tho sickle, thrashed with the
Sail, and three-fourths of the work is
tone bv the women. The forests aro
lufeslod with wolves and other wild
animals; tho fields, when not coverod
witn wheat, are carpeted with Jean
Marie, with a vellow rattle and a
plume of blue leaves at the top. Mush
rooms and all the fund of a cold
climate are soon, and one's bewilder
ment Increases as tho slow Irani coes
funh'-r and further into ihe Empire.
M. retcrnburg lor. A. 1. Sun.
STRANGE PHENOMENA.
A I'rlntliig Offlo Converted Into Hug
Klatrlcl llattery.
Some very singular electrical phe
nomena were observed recently on two
very dry days at a printing-office in
Maine, whon the whole establishment
seemed to bo convcrt' d Into a huge
electrical battery. Electrio sparks,
several contimelers long, could be
drawn with the fingers from all part)
of the printing machlncrv, just as
mav le done from a charged electric
machine. The action of the sparks be
came so pronounced that the layers-on
and lakers-oil (who, It should bo re
maikod, In G-rman printing-offices
are mostly young wome') rofmed to
work, as burning sparks ere emitted
evtry time the machines were touch
ed with the hands. Tho electrical
nhenomena were most striking
lu the machines used for lithographic,
printing. A strong paper made of
cellulose was being printed at the time,
and the takers-off observed a slight
crackling as the sheets, wh'ch adhered
prottr closely to the oilcotli covering
of the cyll"der, woro being withdrawn.
This crnckll.ig wss finally developed
Into a a Ion I explosion, accompanied
bv beautiful flashes from ton to twelve
centimeters (from four to five Inches)
in longl li. Tho discharges are stated
to have been more rffjctivo tho moro
quickly the sheets loaded with elec
tricity were withdrawn. A small cir
cular saw mounted about four inches
from an Iron column discharged at in
tervals of from twenty to thirty sec
onds, when driven, powerful electric
sparKS, accompanied by loud explo
sions, upon tho column, llicso phe
nomena were observod for hours, nnd
continued for two days whon Iho
printing offico bconmo froe from cloc
tricity, nnd hits remained so since,
A'. 1'. Font
The Fatal Car Stove.
Il has lioon demonstrated Innumer
able times that the use, of stores in
railroad cars has moro than doubled
the number of victims in accidents.
Tho management of the railroads in
this particular has boon fault-, and in
winter those who travel run great
risks. At a meeting of the National
Association of Rtilway Conductors, it
bill was prepared for the purpose of
correcting and abolishing the present
system of heating. This bill also pro
vide for tho licensing of conductors
and engineers. The he ids of different
roads have taken up the subject, and
the managers are preparing to abolish
the stoves More tho bill is passed.
This will be good newt to travelers;
ai d when the stoves are dono away
with they will not be afraid of being
burned alive if they should happen to
I e so unfortunate as to be on board of
a train when a ro'.llsion takes places
One evil will then be abolished. The
New York Central railroad, on a num
ber of In through trains, ha got rid
of the stoves and I using steam for
heating the ear. At soon as arrange
ments are rom pi-ted, all trains will
be heated In ih s way. Demorttt'i
Monthly.
A novel crslt ts being built In
Montreal. It is a steam catamaran,
each of tho cigar-shaped hulls being
of steel, tixty-nve feet long, and built
In two compartments, one being for
water ballast and the other for stove
coal oil, which will be used for fuel
Two vertioal engines will furnish the
power to two prvpekrs, which ar to
arranged that they will lift them
selves out of th way whon the hulls
strike floating lee or other obstacle.
Ihe bout can be taken apart and
p ckod on a ship, and I Intended for
halo and walrus hunting in the arotlo
region. It ill carry a galling gun
and a powerful electrio battery.
INDIAN OCEAN CORAL,
Wonilore ol th IUi"f Obiervable win
tbe Tll I! Low.
Of all Ihe wonderful slghU in this
world of wonders, there are none
ereatcr than the wonders of Ihe reef
li. ih. tl.lrt I low. Tho i'leas
about coral which people have who
have never seen It In IM living
are generally erroneous. They know
It as a beauiif.il white ornament
fthnrit). or In a dulioate
pink bruncho In their jewelry, end
ihey Imagine living conn
,i.n.. Tim r ideas are noineu awns
III' -
by the common misnomer of trees and
branches as applied w corai. i n
never seen it in tho inu oca ismiius.
I.nt throughout Ihe Eastern seas the
lakes a Inmln-
lllltni uifii - j -
utml form, not unlike tho large fungi
to be met with any summer s nay in
an fcllL'llsn wnroi, "run ma
of the older trees. Flat, circular
tables of dingy brown. grow
Ing one over another, wiih.
spaces under each. Those attain a
,.iit siza. extending for yards with
out a break, so thnt the bottom of tho
teals perfectly level. This kind Is
lu.nirht. after bv the lime burners.
niti., . . .
Another specios grows In dotacliod
bosses, like thlck-sleinmotl plants
wh'ch Iho gnrdner has trimmed
around the lop. These clumps grow
out of the tand, nnd Hand up in dull
brown against the white Uooring. a
third pattern It spiked like stags'
horns tanirlod together, and Is a din
gier brown than Ihe first. Its spikes
collect the drifting woods, and i t ap
penrance Is, consequently, untidy.
Tin re are scores of vario;l't of coral
nnd madrepores, but the three men
tioned are those which principally
make up the mass which hjevor grow
Ing under the ttill water inside tho
reef.
Ai Maheburarthe reef Is distant seven
n.llns from the shore, and the whole of
this great lagoon is In process of being
filled up by coral. There are oni or
two hides left capriciously, and a chan
nel which the river has cut to tlio roer,
which It pierces. Is what is locally
called a "pass," Everywhere elso the
ImiIIoiii is only a fow feet under water,
and is alwavs slowlv rlslnr. Tho va
rious corals, the patches of ail versanti.
the deep, windliiit channel, lend earn
a lint to tho water sapphire blue
where It. Is doenest. sea creon with
omen Id flecks, or cerulean blue shot
wiih opaline lints, in ihe shallows.
Tho reef is a solid wall, shelving
townrd the shore absolutely
perpendicula toward ' tho oconn,
nnd varies in width from twen
ty to one hundred yards. Against the
outer face tho rollers rage Incessantly.
Swell follows swell, smoothly and reg
ularly. Thcro is no hurry, for thoro
Is no shelving bottom to keep tliein
back. On they como,separatlng thoir
ink-blue masses from the tumble of
the ocean, rearing aloft their crests,
like living things, anxious to try their
strength, and fall with a roar on Its
edgo ns it stands up to meet them.
J u can stand within a few foot of tho
practically bottomless sea and watch
them tumble, with Iho water no fur
ther than vonr knee, ns Iho surge of
Ihelr onward rush cnrtes them across
ihe reef. To stand so and watch them
coming on, npp-ars lo one unused to
the sight to court destruction; tho
wave is so vast; Its crest, rising higher
as it advances, shuts out tho sea be
vond: notlilncr can bo seen but a wall
of water roll in? on: its strouirth is so
apparent, s i irresistible, and tho pauso
it appears to take as tho top curls over
scorns to check your breath. Tho rocks
and luniDs of doad coral, with which
storms havo strewed tho reef, aro high
and dry; tho pool of limpid waters in
the holes sink down and drain nwav,
tho surface glassy, nnd thoir depths
full of color and strange-shaped living
tilings; then tho roller breaks and
tends a surgo of water hissing by, and
the tvef has sunk beneath the foam
and bubbling water. Boston Budget.
LEARN TO LISTEN,
How
to Keen All tho Elements
of
HncUtjr In a Pleasant Mood.
Ill order lo keep all the elements of
a company sweet, Iho ordinary rulos
of politeness are of courso necessary
no rudeness, no olTonso to each other's
self-esteem; on the contrary, much
m.itunl doferonce is required. Some
times, howover, there is a very turbid
kind of conversation, where there is
no want of common good breeding.
This most frequently arises from there
b dug too great a disposition to speak,
and loo small a disposition to listen.
Too many are eager to get their ideas
expressed, or to attract attontion; a id
the consequence is, that nothing is
heard bnt broken snatches and frag
ment! of discourse, in which there Is
neither profit nor entertsinraont.
No mnn listens to what anothor has to
say, and then makes a rotative or ad
ditionally Illustrative remark. One
may be heard for a minute, or half a
minute,-but it It lth manifest im
patience, and the moment he it done,
or ttops to draw breath, the other
plunges In with what he had to tar,
being tomothing quite of another
strain, nnd referring to another sub
ject. He In his turn is interrupted bv
a third, wiih the enunciation of som
favorite idess of his, equally lrrela
iltr; and thus conversation bffoniet
no conversation, but a contention for
permission to speak a few hurried
words wh;ch nobody cares to hear, or
take the trouble to answer. Mean
while, the m idest an I weak itC ilent
an I ungratltied. Ine want of re pi
latlon i her very manifest. It would
be le ter to have a president who
should allow everv body a minute In
succession to speak without Inter.
rait ion, than thus to have freedom.
and so monMrous y to abuse l'. .X T.
L-cadtjr.
THE GLASS-EATING FEAT.
Bow the Perfi.rmi.nesi of th Trlek !
reive! Credulous Public.
Several gentlemen were discussing
tho other evening at an tip-town cafe
.he peculiar appetitet that museum
f roakt have lale y displayed for glass
They were wondering if the sharp par
tides were digested, and one of the
party said the whole thing was a
fake."
Why." aid the knowing one. "the
trick is ancient. I've seen It dono
hundreds of limes, and can do i my
self. You don't believe It, oh? Well
to satisfy those who doubt my veracity,
I'll do Iho trick." .
A vorv thin glass, of the kind In
which sella T Is generally served, was
brought, and the nmntotir freak callod
fora'gU filled with water. Whilo
the audience, which had increased In
ci7.e. was wondering what was to
coiuo next, the genlloman coolly
l icked up the Ihln glass and dolib-r-ately
bit off a piece, which lie chewed
with tho utmost complacency. When
it was reduced to the proper fineness
the performer picked up the glass of
water and. to all appearance, washed
down Ih" rather unplonsant dish with
sfiparentlv as much satlsfac'lon as if
tho particles of f!ass were delicate
bi s of turkev and the clear beverage
champagne. It, was noticed, however,
that he did not drain the glass.
Every body looked tit him In perfect
astonishment and some of his frionds
tlilnlrlno It was nn act of bravado
which might prove fatal, wanted to
send for a physician.
Never mind calllni' a doctor." said
the trickster, laughing heartily a the
mystified expression on tr.eir inc
changed to looks of abject terror;
' I'm all right now. and now I'll ex
pose the trick. Of course nono of you
bellevo I swnllowod the glass, but the
question I what bocamo of it."
I Li then took ui the class from
which he drank, and putting a hand
kerchief over another tiin-nior. poured
its content Into the emptv receptacle.
When the straining was finished, the
hnndkorchief hold hundreds of tine
particles of gins.
"Now, you follows want to know
how-tho small pieces of glass got into
the tumblor. don't votiP
I i the first ulaco Ihere is little dan
cer in chewin'' tho class if one is care
ful, but it requires n good deal of prac
tice to eject it without being delected.
If von watched mo closelv vou saw
that when I put tho water to my lips
my upper Hp was la-tt ovor the rim,
nnd before Idrnnk a drop all the pieces
which were under that upper lip wcro
almost at tho bottom of tho water. To
be sure ono must bn careful not to swal
low any of the pieces with the wntor.
but that can bo done bv closing the
teeth. The finer the glass usod the
less foar there Is oflta being dotcctod
in tho bottom of the tumblor."
Several of the audience tried to do
tho trick, but gavo up In despair when
thoir tongues and gums were cut by
the particles of glass. It Is, howevor.
becoming very popular for blooded
young men to bite pieces out of their
glasses, nnd the time may como whon
a piece of glass for chowing purposes
may ho im luded in the bill for refresh
ments. A'. Y. Telegruitt.
TROUBLE WITH BOARDERS.
A Head-Walter's Chat About tho Trials of
Ills Po-ltlon.
Keeping seats f a- regular hoarders
in a hotel dining-room is ono of tho un-
loasant features of a head-waiter's
litisiness. Thero are some persons who
insist on silting in one place, and who
won t sit anywhere, olse. To keop nn
evo on these particular boarders' soats
and sue that no outsiders slip into
them keeps a feljow hustling. If some
tmo does happen to got into ono of
hose coveted scats nnd the person
who claims it as his own comes in nnd
finds it occupied, there is sura to be n
row, and the poor waiter always gets
tho worst of it. I don t blame a per
son for wanting to occupy the. tame
seat, but there are times when it is im
po-sihle to keep it vacant. For in
stance, if a party of six or seven como
in thoy have to lie seated at ono table.
At this samo tablo there may be, per
haps, four or five regular boardors
eats, nnd when the latter como in I
have to put thorn somewhero else.
Thou they get mad, of course, kick to
he proprietor about the 'shift.
les and unsystematic manner" in
which the dining-room is run, and
finally tho waiter hears from the of
fice. Sometimes, also, a person will
slip Into tho room unnoticed by the
waiter, and will drop into a teat near
est him. Once seated It Is rather em
barrnssing to ask him to remove, al
though you know that he is occupying
a teat of tome regular boarder who it
liable to drop in at any moment.
have known persons to come into a
dining-room, and finding their teat
! - I . . ,
occiipieu, go our. again ana not come
back until it was vacant. I also knew
of a case in which a man left the ho cl
at which he was boarding because on
two successive oicasiont he hud en
tered ihe dining-room and found his
tent occupied. Women are more par
ticular aliout their teats than ihe men.
They a w ijs want to ait where every
one in iho dining-room can tee them
especially j retty women, or young
women that are well dressed. No, a
head-waiter t life it not a happy one.
Hu stands verv little i-how in getting
uppea uae tne regular waiters be
rause he can not be of so much service
o the person who wants extra atten
.ion in Ihe shape of lender teaks,
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ii ami woo warn to oe watted Oil
ii apple-pie order. St Loui$ Olobe-
We send 1.000 000 barrel t of ap-
lf every jear vo lorelgn nations.
DENTISTS IN CHINA.
Bow They Tusale and Deceive Thalr Ig.
noranl Customer
I had always supposed previous to
rnyanlval In China that tho native
rlentlsU extractd teeth simply by
means of thoir tbtimfc and fore-finger,
which, by constant praotloo, had be.
come phenomenally strong. Even aft
er I hn l boon tome years In Pekln I
found English residents there who
firmly believed this, and I myself did
until my curiosity upon the subject
bocamo so great that I dotormlnod to
find out tho real truth of a work of
tome difficulty and time. A friend 1
had with me during my Investigation
at flint believed that the donlisis really
did exti nct teeth with thoir fingers.
The custom and modus operandi of
the native dnntists of Pukin are
as follows: Tho dontal court is
held in a large, opon square
near the center of the city. Arranged
around this square are rows of booths
lu which the dentist operatos upon Ihe
unruly molar. For weeks and weeks
we haunted this placo. but the deu
tists were- always sharp enough to
prevent us making any Investiga
tion into thoir method. After con
siderable time had been spent In this
unsatisfactory kind of work we found
an old practitioner who. after con
siderable persuasion and the promise
of good payment, consented to lot us
both Into the secret of Chinese den
tistry. Even whon we mot by ap
pointment he demurred, not wanting
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lo let ine loroigu uuvu nuw w
much. But a littlo gold soon over
came all objections, and under a
promiso of the strictest secrecy during
our stay in ihe couniry the old don
tist told us tho following:
No Chinaman ever extracted a
tooth wiih his fingors. Ho could not
do it and knows too much to try. We
never extract a tooth unlosa It is very
loose, and even then we use this.' and
ho showed a small iron Implement
about throe inches long nnd one-hMf
nn Inch wide, wiih a V-shaped cut in
ono end. 'With this concealed' in our
hand we j ush and pry the tooth,
meantime pretending to rub a powder
on it to loosdii It Whon tho tooth has
been sufficiently worked, a quick mo
tion of thifthaud and it is out. No one
ever tees this Instrument and we en
courage the belief thnt the fingers
alouo aro used ih extracting tho tooth.
When a person comes to eo us with a
toothache and the tooth is too firm
ly sot for us to got it out, we
toll him that some devil In the
shape of a worm has got Into his tooth
and that to take the tooth out will be
dangerous but we will lake the an
noying worm out nnd so give relief.
This Is done, and when the worm is
out the man goos awny happy.'
"This was all that the old man
would tell us then. After a number
of visits to the dontal court I was for
tunate enough lo be present when a
woman came, in to bo treated for
toothache. 'I carefully noted each
motion of the dentist, and judge of
my surprise when I saw him apparent
ly take a living worm nlout ns largo
as a grain of rice out of the tooth. A
visit to my first informant, an old
mnn, elicited the following: 'You
nre getting bad devils, just as I
said you would if you know too much.
but a little more wickedness ran not
hurt you, as you are bad devils, any
way. Tho worms that you thought
were taken out of the woman's tooth
wero not worms nt nil. In tho first
placo no dentist has more than one or
two real live worms, and ns these enn
not livo long except in a dnmp place
they aro kept in a jar of wator, so that
In case any one is inclinod to doubt we
do not actually take thorn out of the
teeth they can be shown as proof.
What wo really do is to take an instru
ment liko this (and he showed us a
long double-headed steel instrument, f
with a little spoon-shaped bowl at each
end). Into one end of this instrument
we place a piece of pith, so made as to
exactly resemblo a worm. This end
we hold concealed in our hand. ' With
tho other end we push and scrape
around the aching tooth, meanwhile
sprinkling a little powder in the mouth
and in the tooth. After a fow mo
ments we quickly tnrn the instrument
around, bringing the end having the
pith worm concealed in it Into the pa
tient's mouth, and there we have the
worm.'
"From other sources I learned that
false teeth are known to some extent,
but they are usually made of wood or
metal and fastened Into place by
means ot little clamps fixed around
the remaining teeth." M T. 2W
gram. I have sometimes thought that we
can not know any man thoroughly
well while he is in perfect health. As
the ebb tido discloses the real lines of
the shore and the bed of the sea, so
feebleness, sickness and pain bring
ont the real character of a man. Gar
field. A subscriber for the Tupelo (Miss.)
Journal wrlti s to that paper lo inq'ulre
whether there are any "mnle-footed"
hogs in Lee County. He says there
was formerly a breed in the county
that bore that name, because they had
unsplit hoofs like mules.
The Jspanese women of Osaka
have formed a "Ladies' Christian As
sociation." and at a recent meeting in
the Y.HCA. HalL in that place, an
audience composed of ladies only U
taid to have numbered over L0O0.
li.
-He (t nderly)--Te; when Ifa
done again, you must really see the
Blondin donkey." She ( incereiy)
"I wUL I'll look out for it, and, when
Ido 6 li, 1 ill think of yon!" Lv
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