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OVER AND OVER AGAIW. Over and over again My dullei wan for nw, Tdoy over come in monotonous rounds llrnali turn nil dinner sod tea, Rmonih n- tbo pow-whlle clotbea, s. j. -. and dusting wliu cure There i evi'r mine talk In mjr litlle bom To I.. 'I !. Wnal may 1 claim for my dull' feet Are tbeee endieM rouudi of tatka to b Naught but a dull monotony. Over and oir again? Over and over again Tbo mi iinki low In the west, Abd alwayi over and over again The bird ooioe hack to the nont. The robin ilng 10 hit loving male, C'loie, cloie to mv rotlag" door, The nmi glad eong I have beard mm ling For many a day before What doea the robin aay to me? If the heart la tuned to love'n glad key. No taak onn be dull monotony, Though over and over again. Ada 8. Sherwood, In Good ilouiekreplng. MAS. MOLL'S AILMENTS. She Was Finally Cured In a Very Lively Manner. Mm. BebaOOt Moll was one of those' unfortunate women who aro always "iiilin'." Slio wiih never free from a "misery" of MM kind und never knew lint It wns to see "u well duy. ' Her conversation chiefly referred U the discuses she win MiilTuritiy from, ill"--- - Im liad lnid. mid those alio ex peeled In have. .She ulwuys spoke in a iliiintivo und dejected little whine, but lit the HUM time wished It to be understood that she wiim quite resigned to her fate. She wan sure that alio hud suffered fnim most of the mulu- diua common to humanity, and warm ly roicnted the Idea that any one hud had more dlsousos than she. She loved to dwell upon the many times that "four doctors had given her up, and whon it was confidently sup posed that "every breath would be her lust." It might, however, huvo puzzled her to give tho exact, dates of these trying occasions. Cortulnly they had not boon within the romom- brunoo of some of lior friends who bad known her twonly-llvo years. These Iriends were, Indeed, some what skeptical in regard to the genu ineness of Mi Kobeccn Moll's mala dies. Thoy doubled her oft -repeated statement that she had bad the small pox, the genuine Asiatic cholera, the yellow fever, a distinct shock of par alysis and all the fovers ever heard of. They did not believe that her left lung was "clean gone," or that she ever recovered from a combined nt tack of typhoid fever, diphtheria, congestion of the lungs and black measles. One reason for their doubts regard ing this last Ntatemetit was that It wus proved that on the day following that on which all these diseases were at their height, Mrs. Moll had walked throe miles to a quilling; hut when reminded of this fact she said, calmly: "Some folks git over sickness quick er'n others, and I'm one of that kind." It was not uncommon for Mrs. Moll to be "breathing her last" one day, and enjoying a cup ol tea at the house of a neighbor a mile distant on the next. The ease and grace with which he took on mid threw olT disease was a matter of surprise to her friends und of sutlsfitctioii to herself. There was one person, however, who had linn faith in the genuineness of all Mrs. Moll's maladies, and that per son was her pal lent and affectionate husband, Mr. I'llny Moll. "What my Hecky has endoored no nnebut me and her knows," he often aid, earnestly. "Many an' u-muny's the time 1'vusel by her sick bedside an' said to myself: 'Is she a-hreathin' or uln't she u-brouthinT mid Ivo rli lo my feet think in' 1 was a widow man fAu time yos, sir. An' ug'in when he's boon settin' rlirht in her chair I've looked at her an' said: 'You dead, lioeky MollP' an' when she'd say, so feeble like: 'I ain't quite. I'llny,' I've aid to myself: -Well, It won't lie long t 111 L uro you win do, necK.v Moll, II you ain't bettor right forthwith an' faster. "' ho good Mr. Moll bore In patience the Inconveniences lo which Mrs. Moll's many sudden and acute attacks and unending alliums subjected Mm. As they kept no servant, great domes llo confusion resulted when, as wus frequently the case, Mrs. Moll had to be almost curried to bod from tho broukfusl table, leaving Mr. Moll to wash the dishes und attend to other do mestic duties. But Mr. Moll made no complaint. He would go to work pa tiently and sometimes tearfully say i' ;: "Poor Hecky! poor Hock; y! it's a light harder on her than Ills on me," Oneday Mrs. Moll went to bod, und did not get up again as the days und weeks wore on. "I ahull never got up nguin, I'llny," he said lo her husbund, "I'm done fer. I don' seem lo have the Ural mite of tron'th, un' I've a kind of n feolin' of goneness all the time. There's omethln' tho mutter of my back un' chlsU an' it ain't long 1 11 bo a burden to you." Old Dr. I'hllbrlck was called. He coined unable to understand the case of Mrs. Moll, but told her anxious hus band that he'd "have her around in a lew day a" "No. you wonV laid Mrs. Moll, resolutely, as she came out of the stu por Into which MM seemed to have fallen. "I'llny might as well be mude to underatnnd Ihe truth, doctor, au' it can't be kepi from me!" Doctor I'hllbrick did not have Mr Moll around a lie predicted. He came ugain and again, and seemed at last to bo groully puzzled over the "Sccmi a though iho'd reely ought to gil some ilren'th." laid Pliny to the doctor. 11,-r appetite ain't failed bar yet; ilie uU lavre'u 1 do" "Pliny MoT!, that ain't so!" orlednTi wife. Indignantly. During her hus band' abnotice from the room Mr. Moll had been tolling the doctor that It gave her pain to (wallow any thing at all, and that she didn't eat enough o keep a bird alive. An elderly relative of Mr. Moll'i called "Aunt 'Cindy" had by this time been installed hi housekeeper acd nurse to Mrs. Moll, who steadily grew worse and now gave daily in structions u how her funeral should be conducted and what Pliny ihould do when the waa gone. These dotal ulvuyi left I'llny very much dejected, h4 one day he said, desperately und teurfully: "You shan't go 'long as anything kin he done feryou that ain't boon done. An' there's got to be a coniultation over you, Hecky." "It won't do no good," said Mrs. Moll, fl mly; "ail tho doctors In crea tion couldn't tell what's the matter of me. It's one of them cases the medicul perfoaslon nin't got up to yet, and there ain't no cure for It." Nevertheless. Mr. Moll dotcrmlnod to have a consultation, particulurly us old Dr. I'hllbrick thought it advisable to do ao. "1'vo done all I con do, Mr. Moll," he said; "I'vo bled her and blistered her and poulticed her, und given her a greut deal und u great vurlety of medicine, und yet she is no better. I roully think there should be a con sultution. ' Dr. I'hllbrick belongod to a cluss of rural physicians fust becoming ex tinct He fulled to keep pace with the ago, and snoerod at all the dis coveries of modern medical science. His remedies were mostly of his o.vn manufacture, and ho bled and blistered his nutionta until nothing- hut th-tit iron constitutions and the tonii'ity with which they clung to life kept them ulivu lhro:igh u course of his tr nl men t. Dr. I'eovy and Dr. Hohbson lived in adjoining villages. Thoy wore elderly doctors in full sympathy with the Pbltbrlok methods of treatment, and Mrs Moll's sltuutloo certainly seemed dangerous when these three wise acres came together In consultution over her ensu You've bled her, I reckon P" uid Dr. Poovy, while tying hi horso in f "lit of Mr Moll's iioiiHO. Yes, half u dozen tlmos," replied Dr. I'hilbiiok, who hud come out of Hi" house lu moot his conferred. And blistered her?" asked Dr. Hohhson, who hud riddon up with Dr. I'eovy. Yes, yes; lime und again," replied Dr. i'hllbrick. It was now June, und Mrs. Moll hud kept her bed steudily for so long u gnu- that even the uncharituble neighbors begun to think thut there "reely was something the mutter of Beaky Moll," und great interest wus fell iii the cuso throughoul the neigh borhood. Mrs. Moll seemed to onjoy the pros pect or u consultation over lie case, it wus a distinction and privilege she mil never yet enjoyed, even though I e bad lived "with one foot in the grave most of her life, nut she was llrm in Ihe conviction thut the consultation would umoutit to nothing o far us her recovery wus concerned. "It's mostly to please I'llny, poof man, that 1 ve consented to the con- illation," sho laid. " know that forty dozen consultation wouldn't uie me. I've had so many diseases ny system Is all wore ont and I ain't n mile o' stren'tli left I've endoored nil one pore human frame kin endoor, and I in convinced that I've got an In- urnble complaint now. My grand mother's mint luy in bed two years, jmt us I m doin , fore she died, unit I'llny hud u second cousin go off jlst as I m goln , anil nobody knowed what ailded him. It runs in tho family and there's no use flghtlti' ag'iu it. If I live through tho consul tation it's 'bout all 1 expect to da" She received tho three doctors wllb stoical calmness, and i culled to alt heir questions in a meek und feeble voice. I'Ioumo put out your tongue, ma am. said Ir l'eevv, while Dr. obbaon foil her pulse, with his eye fixed on his immense silver watch. Then Mrs. Moll was put through Oh a long catechism of questions, und subjected to such a thumping of he chest and pounding of ',hc buck hat her "feeble streii'th" wuvt subject- I to a severe strain. The examina tion of the patient lasted for u full hour, and then the trio of physicians withdrew to consult together. "Supposing we walk out Into the orchard, Brother Poovy," suggested Dr. I'hllbrick. "I'm afraid the mur mur of our voices will make the pa lienl nervous, us she's in the next room, it 'pours to me liko a mighty serious case." "She iloes seem to bo pretty had of," acquiesced Dr I'eevy, as he put on his hut in accordance with Dr. Phil brick's suggestion thut the consulta tion lk tic Id In the coolness und still ness of the old orchard, u short dls tunco in the rout of the house. No lOMtr WOTS, the doctor out of the house than Mrs. Moll called Aunt 'Cindy. And Aunt 'Cindy appeared. "Whore's Pliny?" asked Mrs. Moll. , "I see him goln' out toward tho modder lot when the doctors come," replied Aunt 'Cindy. "Ho seemed to Ik' too worried mid oneasy to stay in the house while this here powwow was goln' on He's urn liko a tlsh out of w ater ever senoti he know it was goln' it be." "Pore man. pore man!" suld Mra Moll. "It'll bo hHrd on him to give we up. but he's got to do It Mj tron'th !s goTTi faster am! fhsTrT ivery day. 1 wish! you'd tell Pliny I want him, und thoti I'd like you to make me some b'ilod apple dumplin' ind b'tle mo a piece of cabbage. I'm fa) fugged out I've got to huve some thin' nourlshln' for dinner." There stood In the meadow lot a sol itary oak tree, to the shade of which P.iny always withdrew when he was m tbi mood for solitary reflection. Mi he always came thither In his hour of deepest dejection. He seem d to llnd sympathy and strength In tho she.loring arms of tho oak tree, audit hud been told all the joys and sorrow of his life. The good man was almost beside himself on this bright and peaceful June day. There was something so uninou in the presence of those three grave and gloomy-faced doctors that Mr. Moll could not stav under the -ame roof with them, and he had fled u the oak tree to remain there until i hey had gone. Never had he been mora depressed In regard to lira. Moll. "I'm afeerd thev'lldoher no good." he said, with hie handkerchief to his eyes as be lar under the branches of the tree. "NothlirV but a mu uolu will help Hecky now, and the age of mai a olo Is gone. Poor Becky!" and little Mr. Moll was weeping softly in hi red cotton handkerchief when Aunt 'Cindy found him. Aunt 'Cindy was a woman of no lit tle force of character, and she thought that there wore not many occasion when a man was justified in giving way to team She cortulnly did not regard this as one of these rare occa sions, therefore ihe laid, shurply: "Well, l'hny Moll, you Bln't bellerln'P What forP If there's any thing to cry for 1 aint seen It nor yit heered it!" "O 'Cindy!" was all Pliny said in reply to this. "What do they suy 'loot Hecky. Has she lived through UP" "Well, she's alive enough to want cubbugo and dumplln's for dinner, so I reckon Hutu's a Utile vitality left. Tho doctors ure powwovln' out In the orchurd, und Hecky wunU you." Aunt 'Cindy had not come directly from tho house to tho meadow. She hud stopped ut the burn to see if she could find tome new-laid eggs for the pudding sho intended making for din ner. tlon had stopped to dif open u hill ol curly potuloes lo sco n iney were likely to be large enough for a Fourth-nf-July dinner, to thut some little time had elapsed since she left the house. "You'd bettor come right in." she continued to Mr. Moll, "und if I wus you, Pliny Mill, I'd for the land's nko!" Aunt 'Cindy had suddenly thrown up both arms, and she clappod her bunds together as she cried out: "Tho houso is on fire, us sure as I'm a livin' woman!" Mr. Moll rose to hf feet with a bound, and run madly after the fleeing Aunt 'Cindy. Thoy mot tho doctors ut the back gate, und nil run into tho house. Mr. Moll crying out: "She'll bo scurod and burned to death! Git Reeky out llrst thingl We're oomin', Hecky! Keep cu'm we'll nive you!" Tho whole party rushed Into the front hall of tho house, and there they beheld u singular und unexpected sight It wus Mrs. Moll half-way down-stairs with a huge feather-bed on her buck! "Becky Moll!" gasped her umu.ed husband. "Why, Hicky, you'll" "Now don't you loso your wits at u time when you need 'em the most, Pliny." suid Mrs. Moll, sharply. "I'll manuge this feather-bed. and you go up and begin throwin' things out of tho winders. Don't you forgit my black silk d' ess. You doctors bottor pull up the carpets, and 'Cindy, von git my gold bund chany tca-sot out itll right I'll come buck und 'tend to my silver spoons und forks soon us I get this now feather-bed out. Fly around, all of you! There ain't no timo to lose!" During the next flfteon minutes no ono "flew around" fastor than Mrs. Hecky Moll, notwithstanding the fact th 'it sho was still clud In a long, while rightdoss, with her feet thrust into a pair of Pliny's old carpet slippers. After currying the feather-bed across tho road, and pitching it'Yivor the fence of a Hold in front of tho houso, she ran back nnd personally directed Ihe moving of the other things In the burning house. "(letiny winter clonk, Pliny," she shouted up tho stulrs. "It's bran new, und it's got to do mo five years yit! Here. Dr. Phllbrlck, you and Dr. I'eevy curry out the parlor sofy! 'Cindy, 'Cindy, fly around! Got ev'ry thing out of tho pantry!" When the nearest neighbors arrived tho wholo second story of the house wus in flumes, und it was unsafe to enter the lower part Mrs. Moll had been the lust to leave. She cunio rushing out with u family heirloom a big blue-edged platter In ono hand nnd u pewter teupot In tho other, (lur ry ing them to u place of safety, sho climbed over the fence and dropped down on the fouthor-bed, saying us she did so: "Pliny, bring me a quilt or some thing to throw over me! I look scand' ious! I'm afeord this'll give mean nwlul back set! Well. Dr. I'hllbrick, what do you make out is the mutter of mo?" "There ain't twth ntj tho mutter of you. Hecky Moll; thut's whnt thero ain't!" said Dr. Phi! brick, tartly, as lie mopped the perspiration from his crimson brow. "Ain't that so. Dr. I'eevy?" "Yes. it Is," suid Dr. Poovy, briefly, as he L'athorcd nu his aadd'e-bnirs. 'Hohhson thinks o, too, don't yon, Hohhson? ' "Of course I do!" replied Dr. Hobb son. This was far from the conclusion at w hich the learned doctors had arrived while in the orchard; but the opinions of the most learned men are subject to change Thoy hud made some now discoveries us to the patient s condi tion revealed by the event of the Are which had liternlly thrown new light on their Investigations. "I should think you'd be ushnmed to talk to u dvin' woman liko that!" said Mrs. Moll, rising frotn her lied and pointing her llngor scornfully be tween the rni'.sof the fence toward the depurting doctora The household goods were carried into a small but quite comfortable old house across the road. In which the Molls had lived before building the house that hail burned. The neigh bor lent their assistance in arranging the furniture, and by night Mr. and Mrs. Moll found themselves comfort ably installed In their old home, w ith most of their effects around them. Then Aunt 'Cindy went out to the barn where Mr. Moll was feeding hi horses und said: "See here, Pliny; I'm goln' home. I ain't goin' to itay here any longer doing for a woman that's as well ai I am, if she'd only think so. I'm a be liever in the mind cure for Becky; for if she only thought she was well she'd be well." "I've Men her do some queer things for a dyln' woman of late," Aunt 'Cindy went on, emphatically. "1 caught her in the pantry eatin ple and I , . . - - . . W.J Uvf ono .lav ml .v-V ml . h..n .. . " : : 1 - I I told her the other day that Mandy ! Pek goln by with a new dreaa I sad hat on, -Ue run to the window to ice; and that, and what' happened to-day. hai made ine think I ulot needed here, and I'm goln'." In fifteen minutes she wai gone, and Mr. Moll lat for the next half hour on tbo barn floor with bli back agalnt a grain bag. chewing the end of a straw and meditating. At last he rose and went Into the house and Into the bed room in which Mr. Moll was lying. Becky," he sid, In a trango but ii , . .. . , l ,,l ,,' ., nnH decided tone, "Aunt 'Cindy' gone, and I reckon If you want any supper to night you'll have to git up and git It I'm goln' out to milk the cows now, and 1 wish you'd huvo some flannel cakes for supper when I come in." Thoro was a hidden degree of firm ness In mild-mannered little Mr. Moll's charucter not often revealod to others, but Mrs. Moll knew of its existence. Whon she beard Pliny speak now she knew thut he mount all he said. She herself was very hungry after her ex ertions at the Arc, and Pliny found her frying eggs und cukes und mak ing an appotiziug cup of coffoe when he enmo In with Ills pail of foamy milk. That was tho lust of her "In curable mnlady," and the lust of muny of her other discuses. Sho died of old n'e twonty-five years later. J. L Harbour, In Youth's Companion. A COURAGEOUS BOY. With the Help ut a Dog He Outrides a htiirin and Saves Veaael. At Bourbon, the most neglected port in tho French Indie, a number of ves sels rode at anchor. Suddenly u tidul wuve was signaled and a cannon shot conveyed the order for ull vessels to leave ihe port The crews hastily regaim d their vossols and in loss than ha f an hour all ships but one had left the port Tho one which remained despite tho order wus a largo brig in bullust, on whose dock not a living soul could bo seen. A second sho' was fired and the brig slowly pivoted and with Hupping sails mude for th open soa. An hour later It was dis covered thut the entire crew of tin brig hud been detained on shore aim thaonly living crentures on board wert a lad lifteen years old and the cup tain's dog. In order to obey the order twio given the lud must have let tho uuchoi chain slip und cut the hawser, but when could ho got the strength to hold tin helm against a cyclone? Three duy pusscdand all the vessels had returnee to port but the brig, und feurs, gained ground. Suddenly on the morning o tho fourth day a naked mast was scei avuinst the horizon. Like a stick ai lirst. it grew longer, and then u hu I appeared. All the soils were furlo and tho brig -for it was the brig wa sailing under masts und cordage oniy kept on hor course by her little iii hoisted one-third high. A quarter of an hour Inter a tug was at Its side Tho brig was brought back after mov lliiin throe days' terrible strife with thi elements. After soeing no one come the boy, knowing that to stuy was destruction, hud lot the anchor slip, snwed the hawser, und grasping tho helm set hor head for the soa Slipping a rope with u running knot larboard and starboard to prevent suddon lurches, ho remained at his post with the dog. sleeping and waking, nearly one hun dred hours. The colonist raised a subscription for him and ho wus sent to tho marine school, whence he curao out an ofllcor Philadelphia Pros. He Would Break It Small. Cumso Is it true that Gunley's wife has eloped? Fangle Yes; It's true. "Does Qalley know ubout It?" "Not yet We haven't decided who .hull break tho news to him." "Iet Briggs do it He's the " man. Ho stutters, you know." N. Y. Sun. A Very Knowing Horse. Horses are just like men some huve sense and some have none. There is ono hill horse on our lino that knows as well as I do whon his work is done find with what cur he is to go to the i table. The car loaves tho terminus it midnight and passes the corner whore ho is hitched ten minutes Infer. I don't know whether he knows the number of tho ear. or the tejun, or the driver, but he knows the time, nnd one night whon thoy tried to keep him lo help up another cir, a few minutes atcr, he klckcM. and squealed, and iiit. and refused to pull, so that they had to lot him go. The other hill horse that works with him doesn't know u thing, nnd will pull cars up all night without having sense enough to ibjcct Street-Car Driver in (ilobe IVmoorut God Bless Jur Home. "Whoop! Look out there. .lohnny." shouted the old man. as he stuck hi hoad out from behind tho woodpile, "you better not go into the house." "Who's after you?" asked Johnnv. "Mfr Ye. Somebody tangled all the lepbyr that she was using to work a Cod Bless Our Homo' motto, and she's been out of temper ever siuce." Washington Capital. 'A Texas man who was Innocent of crime wns sent to prison (or twelve year. He thought himself for-uken by Providence, but as the official did nol oblige him to cut his hair, became out with it hanging down to his knees, and a dime-museum man give him 'orty dollars a wi ek for a your. How little wo know what I for our own good -Detroit Free Press. A resident of San Francisco re cently witnessed u territic battle be tween a swordflsh and a whale in the harbor at San Francisco. The sword fish was finally victorious, killing the hale A farmer Yf Sporting Hill, near Mnnheim. I'.i , I as twenty-flve-year-old hore that was so tiff that he could hardly walk. He wai put Into a pasture through which rum a creek. It Wis noticed that a .-rs.at un .,' tu time 111 .llnl In K.tkl... ...i i i- . .ii iiuiiil .mi inH m ... . r . . " ZLl , ..1 J". " T' ,n" me water, anil in a short tim,. i.. th- A REMARKABLE CITY. In Indian Oatsltal That Has No Counter l irt Anywhere. Lying between Assam and Burmuh tf the remote little Hill State of Muni pur, lately visited by Indian officers one of whom, writing on the forests of be stale in the "Indian Forest," give an extraordinary account of Imphall. the capital. It 1 situated in what ap- 8 ft do)ge fopejt ..Neltner spire .... nor chimneys cut the blue sky, nor Is ! imoke observed to ascend from the sylvnn scenes of the capital. Nothing, in fact, bespeaks the bu-y home of 80,000 to 40,000 people, and yet hidden away among these trees is the palace of the Kujnh, and hard by are the iiiises of his favorites, each fumily Having a large inclosure around the homestead. Imphail may thus be de scribed us n city of villages, or rather ubtirbun residences around the palace. Straight, wide roads, lined with trees, frequently intersecting each other at right angles, afford the meuns of com munication, but neither shop, artisans nor wheeled conveyance exist in the city. Industry and skill occur only In the distant rural homes." The peoolo of the capital are the promoted favorites of the rulor. who have hud assigned to them plots of ground near the palace, and live by pressing upon the persecuted agricult urists of the state. The capital of Manipur is a royal residence dedicated to luxury and amusement All are happy. The streets are crowded with smiling, healthy faces, of which few bear the mirks of toll or labor. There are no schools in the state, and court favor and promotion are secured by suooeM in polo. Coin ago is unknown, und the men are not allowed to trade Imports and ex ports, except in certain articles that yield a royal revenue, are practically prohibited. Tho women from tho distant villages repair on a c irtaln day to the capital or to other recognized centers. Knch oarrlos on hor hoad a neatly-made square bu.kot. in which has been placed the surplus stock of the home .ead. th lab'irs of her Industrial skill r of her husband's agricultural knowledge. On reaching the market place the contents of these baskets are exposed and bartered, when each re turns auin to her family, carrying off tho proceeds. On market days the long, straight road from Blsbenpur to Imphail is crowded by groups of womon hurry ing tc and fro. Kitch wears un ele gantly striped dress in bright colors, made of si k and cotton. The stripes run along the length, and the top and savttoin are neatly embroidered. A twig pi il nth is cleverly carried across the breasts and just under the armpits. Instead of round the waist, and is (Irmly lucked up. so that the top ambroid d edg fulls forward, adding an nddttional fold to the gar ment, while the hotti n edge roaches a little below the en :ej. The logs and j arms are left -spu ed. The women ! are the only traders in tho whole State. l.oinloifM'one.s. THE MORIBUND BOOTJACK. Ii.'. ion ol nn An OU ii 1 1 h un Once Oensidereil i ml Ispeasabloi in the British Musoum is a portion Of the stone floor of an ancient Creek nouse. In one of the steps thut lend from one room to another is a niche shaped like a V. This was used us a bootjack. Its sides are polished as if by long use. and no doubt exists in wall-Informed circles regarding its original purpose In early France the boot lirst received its name from the old French word hot," moaning a tump wh oh the boot of thut day re sembled. So necessary a the juek in European nrmies that the Baying of tho poor German officer to his orderly, "John, puck the bootjack, wo are going to m ivo." has become a mnxim. In the Washington museum thero is the campaign bootjack of George Washington. Tho notch is generous In its breadth and depth and points to the fact thai the father of his country was no dude in the selection of his boots. The bootjack of the fiery Andrew Jackson is unother herituce of the p ist reverently preserved in the historic hermitage, The edges are dented an I notched, for "old Hickory" was never particular what instrument he used when In a domestic or foreign war. The bootjack of tho martyred Lincoln is not preserved. Per haps he never had one. He Improvished a bootjack, as they do now in the West, by placing the left foot behind the right leir, w.th the toe of the boot resting on the calf of tho leg. I hen the heel is grasped by the riht hand and with a vigorous jerk the boot is removed. It has re ceived the attention of Inventive geni us, as the records of the Patent Office Show that fr m 18."i8 to 1806 forty dif ferent patents wore granted. The palm of Incongruity must be awarded i to a patent of Messrs. Osborn & Cran IdalLoflllon N Y., who in 1H76 in vented a bo t jack that oombined with i that function those of a nut cracker, tack hammer, tack puller, wrench and nail puller. With the Improvements ln OOUntry roads and city pavements came an improvement In footwear and top Doots were supplanted by shoes. The bootjnek has declined end several J of Chicago's retail dealers say they have not used a bootjack in their i stores in the last ten years. It has loom to pew that the history of the American OOOtjaok i closed and may be filed away among the records of ;the moldy pa-t Even the present generation of cuts has either forgotten tU name or never knew that it existed. Shoe and Leather Review. Tne antoutft of water passing over Niagara Falls varies with the height nver. rroi. w. D. Gun ning estimate the average amount at 18.000.000 cubic feet per minute. Al lowing 62 pounds to the cubic foot this would give a total of 562.500 tons per minut. or 25.312.500 tons in forty Ave minutes, of which somewhat more than two-thirds passe over the Horse shoe Fall. Other estimates place the total amount pasiing over bothfaliaae - Wi a. 100.000.000,0,.. Mr H T comparison, the recent flood at Johns- town wMagilL THE PSYCHE CORNER. A Hw MM For Yomi Woman Who Are Not Ovar-Haautlful. The newest thing In the way of household ornamentation, decoration and cozlnes ii the Pysohe corner. You do not know what it is, nor why It is called the Pysche knot or a Pysohe mirrorP Is not Pysche the soul, and why should the name not mean, in connection with the corners, the soul of boautyP It does. The corner Is beautiful, soulful, and when properly filled it is filled full with the beauty of a beautiful woman. A Pysche corner Is first of all a cor ner, if you choose to have it a coruor. or It is an alcove; but if you have no available corner and no alcove, then you must arrange drapories so that they simulate one of these things. If it is an alcove made by a window then tho light must be very subtly ar ranged to suit the complexion of the modern Pysche who is to Ull tho niche, and a basket of flowers must hang from tho celling. But if there is no window, then tho wall or walls are cov ered with mirrors hung ubout witti rich draperies, and a tiny antique lamp that burns perfumed Oil hangs from tho ceiling ln place of flowers. The only piece of furniture in this alcove is a divun, and a divan such as is not seen in evory house. It is long, it is low, it is broud and it is soft It is covered with some soft silken Eastern stuff, about which clings the faint odor of some Arabian perfume, nnd it is henpod up with pil lows. These pillows are of different sizes. Some are square and some are oblong, and they are covered with materials of different colors; but the tints ure harmonious and blending, and the pillows aro all as soft as eiderdown can make them. In front of this delicious divan are fur rugs and more cushions. Such is a Psyche corner prepared for occupancy. Here, then, the most fashionable beauty re clines on her divnn amid her many pillows, a perfect picture in a perfect room they receive small attention from frame. If there are other women in the the men, who flock in the divan, for the occupant has a decided advantage over all the other women present A good many women who are not beauties have set up such a corner, for it is the most becoming thing in the world, making a plain woman look almost beautiful. N. Y. Letter. MICROBES IN A TRUNK. They Infect Four ChlMran After a Lapio of Thirty Yean. Thirty-five years ago an opulent family lived in one of our most beau tiful suburbs. Two lovely children graced the happy household. But scarlet fever closed their eyes in death. The grief-stricken mother gather up little slips, slippers and toys with two golden tresses, and rev erently laid them away in a trunk as ad but priceless mementoes of her lost darlings. War came with its tragic vicissitudes, and death time and again threw its shadow over the hearthstona Finally the place passed into strangers' hands. Last year two families took it as a summer residence. The children, six in numbor, with childish curiosity, be gan to expiry the secret recesses of the grund oiJ house. In a closet was found the forgotten trunk. A touch dissolved the time-corroded clasp, and one by ono the sacred relics were re moved, until a faded newspaper was found, which told the pathetic story. Hulf-spelling out the meaning, they took it to thoir mother, who chided i their curiosity and tenderly replaced tne treasures. Five days after this occurrence two of the children were seized with scar let fever, and forty-eight hours later the other four were attacked. Two cases were grave, the others mild. All recovered. Was the disease con tracted from the trunkP I think so, because there was no other ascertain aole source of infection. Moral: Silks, woolen and hair, be ing good foraites, should not be put uway in mr-tignt trunks ns mementoes of friends dying with infectious dis eases, because they may become, at somo remote period, the starting point of a wide-spreading anddisastrous epi demic, a calamity which was averted in this instance only by complete iso lation. Journal of Surgery. What Irrigation Will Do. It is my opinion that irrigation will be the means of doubling the popula tion of every Western State and Terri tory within the coming ten years. I urmiy oeiieve that in the East. W kM the rainfall is heavy, but uncertain, irrigation win ultimately be resorted io in order to insure greater regular ity of crops. Four-tenths of the area of the United States, not including Alaska, require irritation. Thi Htory includes parts of California. Texas. Kunsas, Nebraska, Nevada! Oregon, all of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. Montana, and por turns of Dakota and Washington. Through this vast territory there flow a number of streams with narrow val leys capable of cultivation. In these valleys settlers huvo taken up their -ouue. cities nuve been tuilt, and now the cry is for more room. The room is there, and the only thing needed to make the br,,ad sunburned plains vie wuu vaueys is Irrigation. The senti ment in favor of this method of re claiming lands is growing strong, and 1 predict that ten years will witness a revolution. -Cor. Kansas City Times. T.e' following sentence, from a euer written by Livingstone a short time befere hi, death, and which re- ers to slavery, is inscribed on his tomb in Westminster Abbey: "All I M add in my loneliness 1. may "raven s rich busings come down on every one. American. English or 'Tk. who will help to heal the open orjs of the wor d." - The if is done: First citizen -"U na; buve they wrested the China- ;"r? e,,nd citizen-"O some -s smashed hi wind .w and he hoo hi. lat at them. 1 F. ('.-"And hey ar. sted him?' 'aiiily. Tne,,- mo. n-cved Mnn.rnli.n- the" KT-TVaff T 4he ' .... L T J boaiou Courier. the ..,. - -"-"MAN NAVy Ten N. Iron. lail. mTL r A new (ionnan man.;, H fried, has been luuncl,j vessel communds ome ZStk est. since it Is th- urt ITC1,U tot ten constructed f0P r0ast d!"1 destined to protect the month ors and canals, particular,? treat canal between the rf " Baltic s as, now ln course a lion. The new vessel i .,, "t,lr and 45 foot 6 inches wid'e J?MS about 16 feet of water, wi h! i ment of 8.400 tons. The " .'" of 4.H00 horsepower, and ft propelled by two screws flv hiI" tected by it broad steel belt Mi ter level, and curries three he , in two towers, situated form.! aft on deck. Except a signal .?. 1,4 tween the towers thorn are nn W the sole reliance being power. The speed is sixteen fc ' hour, probably us great I?" draught of water and consequent! width would permit. The 2? ever, is narrnw tlin .u . "Of. in ..n,i ,h,. . . . . . ' 'u l -S l)im,J uiitl I affords only u comn , murk for an aa. 'eu Bl' mark- lor an enemy. There ttftl contrivances for 1 mnching torned and besldos the throe heavu re ilu new ironclad will De armedVhhJJ firing and revolving gUns and trtiiT lighted by electricity. The new ironclad, as describe l built as an experimental ship to J. as a model for the other nine of kind. Its construction and above tho water level adapt it to T strain of high sons and enable it to.' counter ocean ironclads at some dil tanco from tho const, particular i, view of the fact that but few of'th present armors, whether steel or iron c m withstand the force of its rowst, m"ugn destined prinei yunj mi uoasi, ueienso, has power of attack. great The cost is ubout 1775,000. not Ij. eluding the battery, estimated at about 1220.000 more. Thus the whole often vossols will cost about $10 000 000. perhaps $1 1,000.000. The fried is built of German steel, its plat, lng being composed of compound weld ed steel and iron plates upon a btek. lng of Irdmn onk. and it is alnw.!u. perfltious to state that the vessel U guarded against sinking by watertight compartments, and n to auxiliary et gines, etc.. lacks no improvement that has been made use of in recent times. Tho German fleet will g.dn an ef. fectiveand a formidable reinforcement In these ships, and our American Gor ernment mhht well take notice to what extent tho nations of the old world are preparing to meet the i gencies of u coming strife for the su premacy on the waters that govern their coasts and harbors, the keys and doors to tho homos and to the lives, the property and the fnmilies of their citizens. Cor. Chicago Tribune. CARLO IN TEARS. A Pathetic I)o story Told By a rt.ru Sportsman. "He had been ow ned by Rev. R C. Phelps, a Methodist preacher sta tioned at Daniolsonville. Conn.," re sponded the Major, who does not hesi tate having told a stovy twenty times to tell it twenty-ono times. "When Mr. Pholps was removed to another ohargo ho made me a present of him. The do.r took kindly enough to me, as yellow dogs always do to small boys, and we struck up a great friendship and had glorious old times hunting woodchucks and rabbits. It is 'hunting without a gun.' but with Carlo's h"lp I captured lots of (rami', such a- it was. Tho dog had not ap peared to mind parting from its former owner, and as timo went by I took it for granted that ho had forgotten that he ever ownod any other master than myself. One day, it must have bees a year afterward, we had been out on a hard campaign against the wood chucks and I reached home just at sundown. As I went into the house by ono door Mr. Phelps entered by an other. Ho hud boon an intimate friend of my father, and now walked right in without any ceremony. After greet ings by my father and mother and just as Phelps was seating himself Carlo came running in without noticing that he was there, 'Why, Carlo!' said Mr Phelps. The dog stopped, looked, and with u bound wns in his old musters lap, and lay across his knees motion less, with his heal hanging down, while tears rolled down from his eyes and dropped on the floor Well. sir. at seeing the dog weep Phelps himself choked and tears came into his eye Father he followed suit, and I heard something that sounded hko ok from mother." Forest nnd Stream. Joseph G. Parkinson, of Chintfft Is said to be tho only deaf and dumb lawyer in the country. He is a0 elated with his twin brother, who doe not share his disabilities. When Mr Parkinson was twenty-three years old he was chief examiner in the Pat" Office at Washington, a plac he held for six years. In 1879 he resigned and soon afterward was admitted to prac tice before the United States Suprenw Court. He now ranks as one of ths most sneenaafiil nftlnnt laWVCM " i - country. "How are you getting alomr your work on the piano?" asked Blink ins of a young woman. "Ch- rerf well; I can see great pi-ogres in ! work." -How is that?'' -We.l.tM family that lived next door movw away within a week after I commenced to prac ice. The next family stsr month, the next ten weeks, at" J people there now have remainei nr' ly six month." Wa-hington Caoit- -A citizen of Fairfield. Mich.. unstruck and tung by umblebe at the same time recently, and lJ then has been obliged to keep coo1, because every timo he gets w.irm 1 faints. Says an English verbal criti: "Americans are generally fallin? the habit of using the word &r9 for 'confirm.' For instance. when official is queirlioood as to the tmuV fulness of a certain rumor, hi n"ef ii apt to be: -I will neither afflr- dT U "port' Of oouree he ML to 'confirm.'"