THE aRSAT PYRAMID.
How It Was K itorod by Caliph Al H'tinnun
ad III saraoea ITullorcr.
Tlinagh mercilessly hacked and
qn Hilled nnd dilapidated, the r.i on th
of the entrance-passage glvi 0:10 a
most Impressive example of thu stu
pendous construction pi (in of the whole
grand pile. Il held in secret within
us groat lliro;tt fur manv 11 long th-m
laud years, until A D. 82). whun
Cullpli Al Mauionn discovered It In a
most uuexpuctod mannnr. The dis
tingiilshod Arab of Fostnt the ion of
Ilaroiw Al Rasehid of thn "Arabian
Nights," with Inquiring mind, made a
Journey lo G.ob Hnd proceeded to
effect an entrance Into the Great Pyra
mid, wherein, lie had been lad to Im
Hove, (front li ennuron were lo be found.
A large staff of quarrymen was en.
gaged for the work. At which line to
make the attack, and at what
point, wat a puzzle. A trifling
hint coined the north face to
be chosen, near the bane and at
the center. Two blunder were in ade
at the beginning. The forced entrance
waa started 300 Inches bilow the
proper one, and 230 indict went of it
Night and day, week after week, fr
moiitliK, tho lab.r of tunneling wont
on, until quiie one hundred feet of the
antiquo masonry had keen broken up
and brought to the light Ono (lay,
a somoot them w rought despairingly
al the Inner end of their excavation,
thejr hoard a strange noise beyond
tliom, which resembled the fulling of a
great stone in a hollow apace. Ham
mers, fire and vinegar wero employed
with renewed vigor again and again
until a walled surface yielding to their
effort, the way opened lo a low, nur
row, descending passage, leaping
into the dark oven no with lighted
torch, lliev discovered at ono tlie
fallen Ntono which had lod thoui
in. It had dropped from the
roof to the floor, and re
vealed the fact that I he re wai Just bo
yoiid it anotlicr passage, following
southward like tho oiher, ascending
iiiHtead of descending; but alnst it win
cloned by a series of huge granite
plugs placed there by the builder for
the very purp ma of hoadlug off such
enterprises iitt that of llio adventurous
Caliph,
Nothing daunted, howovor, the
plucky Saracens broke a sldo passage
through tlie western wall of Ilmostone
cut a huge eh ii Hin upward, and made
. motion with tho wall of tho ascend
lug passage where the granite did not
oppose, ''.hey cut through the lime
siono wr.il with comparative ease, but
a fast as they removed tho plecos of
tho well-formed blocks others came
down from above and continued to
bar their advance. Fin all v tho last ono
made ils nppoaranco. Like lis pre
decessors, it was broken and romnved,
nnd the passage was clear. With
lighted flambeaux the eager Arab'
ascended, first on hands and knees,
and then, nftor reaching the Grand
G illtiry, has onoJ. with might and
main, .upward and onward into the
yrrv heart of the mountain of stone.
Visions of wealth grow before them
then where a ray of sunshine never
gave a ray of hope until they came
to tho end of tho passage. Thou a
atop at ill" left, three feet high, ar
retted their attention. Climbing to
its tos a low doorway was found,
with a splendidly quarried granite
portcullis hanging over It. Passing
under this on hands and knees, they
crept Into a small anto-cliam-bor;
through this to . another
low doorway leading lulo a
further low passage, which again
mused them, nonplussed, to bond.
Thus they were led Into the large
apartment known aa tho King's
chamber. There, on the west side,
stood tlie hard gained stone "treasure-box!"
It scemod too good to be
true. It was without a covor to pro
tect its expected contents, and It was
entirely empty!
Caliph Al Mainmiu was diim
founded, and his workmen were about
to murder him. But ho was a com
mander of tho faithful and under
stood human n a Hi re. During the
night he caused to be hidden near tlie
empty c flVr a sufficient store of gold
to pay tho men. The next day, being
bidden to dig again, they found the
gold and received their wages. As
for tho Cullpli. he returned (n Font at,
wiser as to tho clear-headedness of
the Egyptians who preceded hlinsome
thousands of years, but no bettor In
purse. 8cribner' Mag u ine.
A flgnt between about 100 crows
and perhaps 800 or 300 English spar
tows was witnessed at Cumiuitisville,
(1, just before sundown, a few days
ago. Tho crows were returning to
Iholr rookery from feeding, when they
were attacked by the sparrows. Four
or live of the latter would got after
one crow and pick it so badly as to
almost disable It In fact threo or
four fell to the ground, being so bad
ly Injured as to be unable to fly. The
fight resulted In the complete rout of
the crows. Due of them picked up
, was found to have had both Its eyes
literally picke I out.
' 4 m
'llow ni an v birthdays do yon
think 1 have had?" one person was
hei.nl to say to another In the
liore car. "Q, about forty-seven,"
haiarded the person addressed. "Only
one birthday. The rest have ben an
niversaries," was the explanation, ami
the car suddenly stopped. Ilartfor i
Arte.
A harmless h lar.iyand a buoyant
cheerfulness are not Infrequent eon
romitauts of genius; and we are never
more deceived than when we mistake
gravity for greatness, solemnity for
science and pomposity for erudition.
totton.
MAKING BOVINE VIRUS.
How in Animal AroTraatod at Ilia NsW
fiirk Vaeuine Farm.
Few jtersons who pass the old two
slorv brick building, No. 916 Soqond
avenue, which has a decayed wooden
awning in front of it and bears tho
sign. "Steam Carpet Cleaning," are
aware that it shelters the Hoard of
Health's vaccine virus "farm." The
first floor of tlie building recently was
converted into a stable for cattlo that
are kept there to undergo vaccination,
A cleaner, warmer and better venti
lated stablo probably can not be found
in the city. SlxUten fat cows and Texan
steers stood In the stables tho other
day when a reporter entered the place.
Dr. Pardee, tho virus expert was at
work In his laboratory in the rear of
the stable, while two assistant were
looking after the cattlo. Dr. Pardee's
don Is lavishly deem atod with colored
prints, and is occupied In his absence
by a white cat Un the shelves are
glass jars containing goose quills and
"nolnts" of virus. A big t.ibln. on
which calves formerly were strapped
while undergoing treatment occupies
a part of the room, and there is a small
grindstone used for roughening tho
quills which r to receive trio virus.
The manufacture of bovine virus for
the protection of human being again
small-pox has been going on under the
eye of Dr. Pardee for a dor.en your
or inr.ro. Formerly ha operate i on
ralvvs, but lately he hcani) convinced
that better virus could bo obtained
from largo cattle, and tho Health
Hoard derided to glvo him a new
farm." Hy a clever arrangement of
movable bars in the stalls a cow or a
steer is prevented from kicking while it
is being vaccinated in a dozen or twenty
different places. The operation most
annoying to the animal comes later,
when tlie virus is being transferred
from it to thn quill points. It is neces
sary for the Health I) uird to buy the
cattle outright, foed thorn well while
undergoing treatment and for some
lime aflerward, and Dually sell them to
butchers at a los.
The outlay for rent food, salaries,
cost of in iteiials and lossos in cattle
trading amounts to about $ 10,000 a
your. Part of the money comes back
through the sale of virus. Last year
tliedepnrlmimt received $2,2.')'J for virus
sold to druggists and physicians. Prob
ably money could be made out of the
farm if the H iard of Health charged
a fair price for all the virus it could
dispose of, but the sanitary olllcials are
mainly interested in stopping small
pox. Last year nearly UO.UOU persons
in tho city were vaccinated free of
charge by the sanitary Inspectors, and
enough virus to vaccinate 30, 0K) more
persons was given away to public insti
tutions. As druggists aro charged
twonty-livo cents for a single "point."
the gratuitous vaccinations by the
Health Hoard on that basis last year
might bo said to be worth nearly
.?:)(). Oiw.
"Tho recent change from calves to
large cattle in the virus 'farm' has been
attended with surprisingly good re
sults," said President B.tyles, of the
Health Board. "One inspector recently
vaccinated sixty-tivo children in a pub
lic institution with the new virus and
vaccination 'took' in every case. Form
erly there wcrq frequent failures, and
many children had to bo vaccinated tlie
second time. The new virus is believed
to be as pure as any ever obtained. Wo
havo had no complaints about it so far
as I have heard. It Is alleged that dis
eases may be communicated to children
by humanized virus, but there is no
danger In using bovine virus, when
tint virus is taken from sound cattle."
At present tho virus "farm" turns
out about ft, 000 "points" a woek. A'.
J. 'Inliiine.
CRUELTY TO INSECTS.
Klrd la Florida That tinpalM tlagt and
Muakra on Thorn.
Of all the birds in this section there
is ono that will afford an idler lots
of amusement If he will spend an
occasional hour watching closely. It
Is the shrike or butcher bird. A few
days ago I was In an orange grove a
few rods from the house, where an old
larky, with the assistance of a mule,
w as plowing, and a butcher bird was
flying from tree to tree, following up
thn newly-plowed furrow, looking for
Insects. Every few minutes he would
go to pick up a beetle or Insect, ami
for some time he simply swallowed his
victims. After a little ho seemed to
have had enough to eat and just then
a little flock of larks were seen run
ning along In the newly turned fur
row, at times almost touching tho old
darky's heels. Now and then they
would como across an insect too larga
(or them to easily manage, and then
would begin a little sc utile. Then tho
butcher bird would swoop down in
the center of tho little flock, snatch
up the Insect and Hy off with it before
the larks knew what had happened.
Hie butcher bird had eaten all ha
wanted, and so, with the beetlo in his
beak, he Hew to tho nearest orango
tree, and, selecting a long, sharp thorn,
he impaled the insect upon it 1
watched tills bird put al least ten in
sects on different thorns. During an
hour, besides numerous large insect,
the butcher bird captured two snakes,
tho largest of which was two foA long
and very lively. These snakes, aV
though they squirmed and twisted,
were taken w ith difficulty uvjan orange
tree, and after a good bit of hard tug
ging, they were left with a thorn
through their bodies.
'hm the butcher bird is not looking-
for food or for victims to stick on
thorns, he is generally looking for
stber birds for the purixso of light
ing them, and so he keeps busy from
l.iy light till dark. -florid i Cor! V. T.
fat
I
THE PtUM CUHCUUO.
flnw to Kitrmlot fhl lrrutlm nd
Ftumoroui Furaslta.
There seems to bo no doubt whatever
but what the plum curculio (Cn
Imchrlui nenuphar) can be well nigh
etcrminatd everywhere and regular
crops of the stone fruits grown by sim
ply spraying the trees with arsenical
p lisons (Paris green and London pur
p e) in water; (1) so soon as the buds
b gin to swell in tho spring; (2) two
weoks after the petals f.tll; (3) thou
afier three weeks again, ami (4) for
p rfoetlon, so soori as through blossom
ing, with a weak kerosene and soap
emulsion. Tills (4) will kill the leaf lice
( 'phldic) and plant bug (homlptera)
that puncture the young fruit and cause
il eventually to rot A Michigan gen
tleman told mo that he had two large.
thrifty European plums. "They bloomed
freely each year, but the curculio laid
h"r eggs in nearly evory plum, and all
the fruit that was not wormy rotted be
fore ripening. Sprin bofore last I
sprayed tho trees thoroughly once with
London purple in water about two
weoks after the blossoms felL That
4cu-on thov matured so groat a crop of
tho rinost fruit that I was obliged to
prop up all the br inolios. But to my
sorrow this largo crop so weakened tho
vitality of my t.-ees that the next
spring both were dead. Tho spraying
seemed to kill nearly every curculio,
scarcely a fruit showed her ovipositing
work, and thn plums all ripened with
out rot. This shows two valuable les
sons: (1) Spraying has proven a sue-
s. nnd (2) an ovurburdensome crop
Is deathly, especially to a plum.
Those sentiments are exactly in line
with sense, reason and experience, and
especially with our native plums; for
theso fruits aro tho natural food plant
and breeding place of the plum curculio.
Tliis beetlo passes the winter in the
beetlo slate, "holed up" liko a wood
chuck, and emerges in the spring hun
gry. She at once seeks her natural
food plant he.so plums on which to
feed, seemingly in preference to all
oilier trees. She usually reaches them
before they bloom; therefore just before
the blassoms open is the time to spray
tlie trees. Kut for some rcrfson many
of the beetles do not lay their eggs in
tlie fruit until June; lienoetho necessity
of Into spaying, for it Is possible that
these Into egg-laying beetles reach tho
trees late. If tho native plums aro not
within her reach tho boetio is forced to
accept allied plants of the almond family
to which the plum belongs, such as the
olierry, peach, apricot, etc., and lay her
eggs in their fruits. It is of course
possible that the cherri . being so close
akin to tho plums, they way bo as ac
ceptable to her for food as tho plums,
but it is hardly probable. Therefore it
is entirely reasonable that if we have
plenty of nativo plums in and around
our orchards ot other fruits, by
spraying tho plums wo wall destroy
this curculio Milllciontly for all prac
tical purH)ses, and so protect all the
other fruits from her destructive work.
D. H. tt'ier, in American Uarden.
m
CONVERSATIONAL BORES.
Iraliilras InrilrlriuitU Who Talk Without
Kiprfaftliia TlioiightR.
Conversation among persons who aro
very intimate should be the host con
versation, ii no ono need speak unless
he feels impelled so to do by tho stir
ring of thought within; but tho in
veterate small-talker has lost tho power
of distinguishing between tho talk that
expresses thoughts and tho talk that
merely articulates sounds. His idea of
talking is confined to the practice of
"making" conversation; even in argu
ment he passes much time in repeating
w hat has been said in slightly different
words; and, when no subject is under
discussion, and when ho is - not gifted
with high talents, tho grotesque artifices
to hich he issometl lies reduced would
bu absurd if they wore not so irritating.
If ho only talked, and said nothing
that insisted on answers ho might
inoro easily bo forgiven; hut this is
rarely his way. An irritating small
talker, who, though in reality
neither deaf nor absent-minded, eked
out his speech by insisting on having
every thing that was said to him re
peated twice, sometimes thrice. I have
known to repeat his "What was that
you said?" after ho had answered tho
remark that had been made, and when
this was pointed out to him ho only
smiled tho satisfied smile of tho small
talker, who thinks his sins merits, and
does not blush to own thorn. Such a
small talker calls these atrocious de
linquencies conversational talent, and
because It is sometimes necessary to
speak idly thinks it is a good deed to
do so at all times rather than main
tain a wholesome silence. But indeed,
others beside theso obvious criminals
sin in sneaking idly.
Small talk has its uses in expressing
indefinite friendliness, though even this
would probably be better expressed by
some inarticulate sound, if we could
only agreo on ono; but it should never
be forgotten that small talk or talk of
no consequence is in itself of less
than no valu. and that it on all occa
sions, except those of necessity, we put
our energies to Improving our Ideas
rather than to uttering words; in short
if we talked less and thought more, we
and our friends would in all cases be
nuch tho better for it London vuma.
i m
Climbing the Ladder.
Gentleman (to tramp) Why do you
ask for oniy a penny, mv manf Most
of you people want nickels and dimes?
Tramp les, sir, but I m a new hand
at the business, an' I want to besrin
right; make It a dime, though, if you
liko,-.V. r. Sun.
P. T. Barnum says that ho has pro
Ided that if any of his legatees makes
a contest of his w ill he shall by that
act forfeit his bequest, and ha ha3 left
$100,.H) as a fund for tho "xecutor to
b'ht any coultistunk
PROFESSOR M'QOOZLE.
J An rjnhllowil lin.plrer Alnst Hi
launlnats of Lfarniiil Man,
"And now, Mis AivuV id Prof.
McGoozle, as the evening waned, "it Is
tune. Hirhiips. that I dmuld rocur to a
subject whose consideration has not
been whol y absent from my mind. I
niav say. at any lime sinco I came in.
Iii'lhe discussion of the topics that
havo occupied our attention I have, of
course, been deeply interested. I am
p eased to see I hat you have not dis
sented from my views in rolalion to
the charge of pseiideplgraphy so Iroely
made against those who have sought
to deihrone the Shakespearean idol
from the eminence it has occupied for
cunltir.es. Equally gratifying has
been your InipHod acceptanco of the
opinions I hold relative to tlie value
'.f the Iconographical researches of Sir
R gerde Jjams-Ijanis and the Marquis
uiClwmbwj!Z, the distinguished Welsh
man. Yet. even when absorbed in the
consideration of these things. Miss
Alvira. I. have not been totally ob
livious of the pr'neipal object, in some
respect, which I had in viow in com
ing this evening."
The professor pausod a moment to
ot down In a little bla k book a
memorandum of a reflection that had
just occurred to him in respect to tho
.iicroiichmoiits of Slavonic ideas upon
ho Held of modern Saxon thought, and
o emit a sigh that appeared to stir
he window curtains on tho other side
nf ho room.
Rousing lier-elf from a short slum
ber by ai t ffort so cautious thai it
4oo med liko the natuial recovery of a
thoughtful maiden from a pensive
cv rie. Alvira K joncs, smilod in
eneral and somewhat vague ac
quiescence, and the professor resumed:
"In entering upon the consid bless
ly soul Mins Alvira, this divan seems
to have moved a considerable number
of millimeters sinco 1 satdown upon il.
Is there a declivity in tlio floor?" And
Prof. MiGoozlo looked with crudilo
urprise at tho elegant lounge upon
which ho had been sitting. Tho win
low curtains on the other side of the
room stirred again, a id an echo of tho
professor's sigh seemed to come In a
labored, prolonged effort from some
unseen locality.
"In entering upon the consideration
of a subject comparatively unexplored
and un familiar to me," said the pro
fessor, "I labored under some disad
vantages. And yet I have assured
myself that the mild, calm enjoyments
of connubialiiy. if I may so express it
while not resembling in any degree
tho sense of triumph, of ertnsy, of
Jhrilling exultation that accompanies
tho demonstration of a difficult prob
lem in the differential calculus or the
discovery of a now principle in palmon
tological science, are nevertheless of
real worth; and it has occurred to me
that in tho congeniality of our menial
constitutions, the coincident views wo
hold on topics of in short Miss Al
vira, I think I should feel personally
Indctftcd to you if you would to some
extent in this emergency, anticipate
n ly meaning, and, as far as possible,
help me out "
"II dp him out. boys!" yelled an
appalling voice from .boneaih the
Russo-Turkish lounge, and that piece
of f urnituro swiftly rose up on end,
disclosing tlie juvenile but athletic
'onus of two of Miss Kajones' younger
brothers as the ip!ifiiiig force. Tlie
professor's loan form hurtled through
be air toward tho doortho gaslight
in tho room was suddenly extinguish
ed, the window curtains par ed, and
the awful apparitions of l.ve or six
boys with phosphorescent masks on
their faces caino forth and joined in
the tumult Miss 'Alvira Kajones
screamed, tho boys yelled, and the
speechless and thundorstruck profi ssor
felt himself lod out into the hall, his
hat. jammed down on his hoad. his
overcoat buttonod loosely around him.
his cane thrust in his hand, and with
all the wealth of his scholastic tender
ness yet unspoken thu hapless pro
fessor was conducted down the dark
ened hall ami out into the gloomy
night.
But will this unhallowed conspiracy
of wild, uneducated nnd thoughtlos
boys against the happiness of a
lenrnod man and a trusting young
woman be pcrmitod to triumph? We
shall see. Chicago Tribune.
Manufactured Honey.
"I never saw honey look like that,"
remarked a reporter, who hud ordered
toast and honey for his breakfast "I
never snw a honey comb look so w hite
or bo so uniform." "Well, sir," re
plied tho waiter, ' I'll let yon into the
secret. lhalis manufactured honey.
The comb is manufactured now of a
white wax. M'dds are made to the
shape and size required and the heat
ed wax is poured in and becomes an
imitation houey-comli. A piece of this
comb is placed in the Lir and the sirup
poured in. They can't make a good
imitation, though; nearly every one
w ho calls for honey detects the imita
tion. The wax is whiter, and then it
is unpleasant if It should get inlo the
mouth. It is much cheaper than real
comb honey and sometimes tho supply
of honey runs short a id tho manufact
ured ho. icy has to be usotl A'. T.
Mad and Exim.
A Texas paper tells the story that
while a Waxahachio man was driving
a yoke .f oxen one of them died from
over lie-!, and that while ho was tak
ing off its skin '.he blizzard came
along and froze the other ou to death.
According to thu Geological Sur
vey large q lantities of crude petroleum
exist near the surface in the far West,
and this petroleum is now under ex
ami lation in the laboratory to discov
er tho Ust method of refining it
DINING ITINERANCY.
How a Sooh4.rn JnllmB Mad Poll
IHnnor Party AgreeaUlo.
Variety, so they tell us. Is the spice
of life. And while each of us has. no
doubt boon in certain conditions that
we think would have boon delightful
enough to have lasted forever, yet we
have many times boon placed in condi
tions where the most sudden chango,
short of absolute disaster, wauld have
been most welcome. What is more
stupid than an uninteresting compan
ion at dinner? to be compelled to sit
through course after course with one
in whom you can Hod no rosponse,
with whom there is no common ground
of meeting? Evidently a Southern
gentleman has found a relief from this
state of affairs, if tho following inci
dent is correctly reported:
"After tlm soup had boon served, and
just prior to serving the next course,
the host gave his signal and roso from
his seat, as did every other gentleman
at the table, all the ladios remaining
seated. Each gentleman then moved to
tho next gentleman's seat to his right
When this was first dono, the ladies, not
being let into tho secret were very much
surprised at tho unusual conduct of tho
gentlemen, and could not at once com
prehend tho meaning of it; but when
they gathered its full intent and tho
charm there was in it, it was decidedly
gratifying to note tho merriment and
interest with which they received tho
innovation. Just prior to the com
mencement of the next course the host
gave hisignal again, and each gentle
man a rain moved one gentleman's seat
to his right, and so on. Tho entire set
ting iK the courses was so harmoniously
arranged that at the close of the din
ner each gentleman had visited, for a
short space, every lady at the table,
nnd had at last returned to her whom
ho had escorted In to dinner."
There might be conditions under
which this system of itinerancy would
be very embarrassing, if not disastrous.
One wAultl not enjoy having to stop
in the midst of expressing a long
cherished sentiment to a most attentive
and sympathotic listener; tho fortunate
companion of an entertaining conver
sationalist would not enjoy an Interrup
tion; the two hearts learning to beat as
one would prefer to ga.e into each
oihor's faces. But to tho unfortunate, two
who are suspended over the middle
ground of indifference or antagonism,
what a relief is thu host's signal that
gives liberty! This custom will not be
come general, but would It not be de
lightful lo tne lion of the evening who is
expected to thrill the company by his wit
or wisdom? Would ho not welcome
this opportunity? He could then pre
para his set phrases and skillfully lead
I ho conversation into the channels
where his little barks would float with
out the mental effort necessary for a
long voyage in which ho must guide
another's freight Christian Union.
EVOLUTION OF EATING.
Some Curlnua Tah'a Mnnncra of the Good
Old Days.
It was late in tlie fourteenth century
when tho first evidences of art in tlie
shape of silver cups were noliceablo on
tho buffet. The dishes were made of
pewter or wood, and fepoons of bono,
wood or silver. Knives were rare,
and on that account guests invited to
feasts carried their own knives. Forks
came fh general uso still later, and for
long years after their introduction they
were considered ridiculous affectation
and foppery, and ,not nearly so con
venient as one's own fingers. The
lord and his lady dippod their fingers
into tho same plato and sipped their
wino from the same cup. Even tho
queenly Elizabeth, with all her elabor
ate ideas of etiquette, was content to
carry her food to her mouth with her
lingers, and at first despised tho newly
invented fork as unseemly and awk
ward. Very gradually thedinnlng-hall grew
in comfort and splendor. Dishes of gold
and silver wero made, and so eager
wero the nobles for them that they
would sacrifice any thing to possess
thorn. The salt-cellar was for a long
time the article of highest importance
on the board. It was a great affair and
stood directly in the center of tho table;
it was the dividing lino; the nobles
were seated above tho salt, the com
moners below; hence grew the proverb:
"Below tho salt." Tho passing of salt
was a ceremonious custom, the guest
throwing a pinch ovor his left shoulder
and murmuring a blessing.
Tho salt-cellars were of the most
eurious devices. Sometimes they rep
resented huge animals, sometimes a
great full-blown flower on a long,
slender stem, and again they were in
the shape of a chariot, mounted on four
wheels, on w hich they were easily run
down the table.
The first glass cups came from Venice
during the sixteenth cetury, and from
that time on society began to lose many
of its primitive wavs, and became, in a
sense, more refined.
Henry VIII. was born with luxurious
tastes; he had his banquet chairs sup
plied with velvet cushions, and about
this time the parlor or "talking room,"
as it was called, was introduced; and
hero the dames took refuge when the
dinner advanced beyond prudent lim
its, as it invariably did before the
finish.
The cook that presided over the
kitthen in those days was not the
counterpart of our nineteenth ceuturv
Bridget but ho was an artist, and gen
erally a man of quality. The ladies of
the turns 'hold, even t hose of noble birtt.
attended to many doaiostic duties,
making the bread, preserving tlie
fruits wti:l. to uudersU'id tne prour
Qse of starch was considered a gival
teviuuplishiucu, Wji.un.
ABOUT LOVE-LETTERS.
Mo Man or Woman In I ot Who llai Not
Writ Ian Thrnn.
The writing of love letters began at
a very early period of thu world's his
tory. We can not bring documentary
evidence to prove just whero or how it
begun, or who started it for history is
hazy when we undertake to get at tho
fad's, away back near tho time of the
primal pair; but inasmuch as lovn was
included in tho original outfit of the
human family, it must have boon talked
In Eden, nnd Inasmuch as writing is
morely talking at long range. It follows
the conclusion, we submit, is inevit
ablethat love letters passed between
tho first pair of lovers that happenod to
be separated after the invention of
writing.
If Adam and Eve had known how to
write and could have guessed how
much pleasure they could find in the
new acnsalion, we have no doubt they
would have parted from each other a
few days just to indulge in epistolary
communication. True, there was no
general xst-ofllce, no fast mails, no
carrier system, no green stamps in their
time, but they might have left their let
ters, as millions of their descendants
have done, in a hollow tree an appln
tree, for instance or under some loose
stone on top of the garden wall. What
a relief from ennui they would havo
found in such an exchange of vows nnd
compliments and tender nothings.
Why is it that the publication of love
lo'tcrs in courts of law or in the news
papers sends a snicker across the con
tinent? Why do people, old nnd young,
and of all sorts and condition, rush in
crowds to the courts and almost travel
over each other's heads to hear love
letters read and then go home and
laugh at them as if they had found
something unique in the way of fun?
Why do grave mou and sober women
skip all tho sensible rending in a news
paper if it happens to contain a love
letter, and, having read that, laugh at.
it as if it were tho latost and best of
Gilbert's operatic jokes? Ten to one if
all tho old trunks in all the old garrets
wero called to give up their treasures
they would convict theso grave men
and sober womonof just such "silli
ness," if they please to call it so, as
that which excites their risiblos. N
man or woman was ever thoroughly in .
lovo and not to have been there, wn
are informed, is to have missed sonic
happiness, at least who didn't say and
do "silly" things. Why, then, does
every body fool such nil irresistiblo in
clination to poke fun at the manuscript
love-making of an unfortunate whoso
letters get into tho courts and papers?
It is a mystery we shall not attempt to
explain.
There is-one phase of this general
subject that seems to call for special
mention, to-wit: the intensity that an
aod swain puts into long range court
ship and the peculiar zost with which
other aged parties get their full of fun
out of his written caresses. There is
nothing now in thn torridity of an old
man's love, provided its object be a
damsel of tender years. If we had tho
fjocial statistics of the Patriarchs and
we regret our inability to cite them in
this occasion wo would prove that De
cember has always been falling in lovo
with May. And if mathematical formu
la were applicable to a matter of this
kind, wo could demonstrate that tho
heat of an old man's love for a young
woman is in tho ratio of the square of
his distance from her in years. Why
make fun of a universal trait? Wash
ington Post.
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ETHICS OF LAWYERS.
What Professor Dwlglit Haa to Bay on
' Thl Interesting Subject.
It is quite a common thing, particu
larly among the unlearned and un
thinking portion of tho community,
that ttio main business of the lawyer is
to prevaricate, and deceive. If this
were true at all it would only apply to
a very small part of the profession, who
aro engaged in advocacy before juries
The groat mass of lawyers are not oo.ti
pied in that way, but in matters of busi
ness affecting their clients, where thei 'i
is no room for deception. Nor is it ap
plicable even to advocates, except in
very special instances. It is not the
peculiarity of the legal profession aloiitN
to have bad and unworthy practitioners,
for similar flings will be made at phy
sicians and clorgymcn. But no sonsiblo
man forms a judgment as to an
entire profession by simply regard
ing nieu of exceptionally bad char
acter. It may bo said with conlidonco
that as a rule there is no class of men
more sonsiblo to ethical obligation than
the best members of the bar, and the
alder lawyer a man is tho more sensi
tive he is in general in that respect
Of course tho lawyer is bound in tho
great principles of ethics in the same way
as every other man; he has no right to
sacrifice them to oblige or help a client
Fortunately, it is very seldom neces
sary for a lawyer to put himself lo tho
test in this respect In most instances
wrongful acts in this direction are not
only immoral, but inexpedient and
impolitic. And this is patent to every
man of good judgment The confi
dence of a judge and jury in the honor
of an advocate is his stock in trade,
and a man of sense would be no more
willing to sacrifice it thsn he would to
cast tho most precious items of his
property into tho ocean. The outcry
against lawyers in this respect is, for
the most part, senseless, for the very
men who make it will, in times of diffi
culty, trust their lawyer with their
most precious secrets believing that he
would not disclose them, and with
their most valued treasures, believing
he w ill not waste and abuse Ihem. No
lawyer is ever justified in deceiving
either tho jury or the court, and no
man of sense will ever try to deceive
him. From an Interview with Fro.
DxcighL
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