THE DYING WIFE'S FAREWELL
Raise my pillow, husband, dearest.
Faint end (itlnter comet my breath.
And those shadows stealing slowly
Must, I know, be those ol deeln.
Bit down close beside me, darling,
Let me clasp your warm, strong hand,
Yours tbat erer baa sustained ma
To the borders M this land.
for jour God and mine, our Father,
Thence shall erer lead me on,
Wnere upon a throne eternal
gits his lore and only Bon;
rve had visions and been dreaming
O'er the past, of Joy and palnj
Tear by year I wandered backward,
Tllllcu"d Kuin-
presmt of girlhood, and the moment
When I stood your wife and bride.
How my heart tilled with love's triumph
In the hour of woman's pride,
preamt of tbce and all the earth cord
Finny twined about my heart
Oh! the bitter, burning anmildh.
When I kuew Hint we wual part I
jt has passed, and Ood has promised
All my footsteps to attend;
Be that's more thau friend or brother-
He'll be with you to the end.
There's no shadow o'er the portal
Leading to my heavenly home
Christ ha promised life Immortal,
And 'tis lie that bids me come.
When life's trials wait around the
And Its chilling billows swell,
Tbou'it thank Heaven that I'm spared, thai
Tbou'lt f"l that "all Is well."
Bring our boys unto my bedside
sly laxt blessing let them keep
liui they're sleeping, do not wuke them.
They'll learn soon enough to weep.
Toll them often of their mother,
KU them for me when they woke)
Lead them gently In life's pathway,
Lore them doubly for my sake.
Cla'p my bands still closer, darling,
This, the lust, last night of life,
For to-morrow I shull never
Answer when you call me "wife."
Fare thee well, my noble husband t
Fstnt not 'neath the chast'nlng rod)
Throw your strong arm 'round our children,
Keep them close to thee and God.
Memphis Bulletin.
UOINO HOME.
The Old Man Reaches the Fair
Plaoe of HIa Dreams at Last
E WAS an old
man and Lis
bead was
whitened by
the frosts of
many winters.
His form was
bent and bis
step was totter
ing. His eyes
bad long since
grown dim and
his hands were
feeble and
wrinkled.
Often and
often of even
ings bo sat in
tbe twilight,
and as he
gazed up and
away in the
distance be talkod of home, and of tbe
time when ho was going there.
"it will not be long," he said, "when
I will go back to my borne where the
lowers bloomed in tbe meadow down
by the, orchard, and where tbe birds
used to sing In the woodland pasture
down by tbe big spring. To-morrow,
perhaps, or the noxt clay, or the day
titer, I shall go back. It is a long time
ilnnn T una Yt imn attsl alriva T caw If alt
tuto rtaa uuiu - oiiivv nu a w tats
but I know it is just as it was whon I
came away, for every night I have seen
it in my dreams, and it all looks just as
It did tbat day when I loft It to wander
over the world.
The people said the old man was
queer, and many of them were so
thoughtless as to laugh at his eccen
tricity. Sometimes he did little errands
about town, and sometimes he begged
from house to bouse, for be was too
teeble to work much and be could no
longer wandor from place to place as be
bad done for so many years.
He lived in a little abandoned cabin
and there was no one but bis faithful old
dogtokoep him company. - He did not
care for those about him, and when they
tried to learn something of his past life
"XO, KO, I WILL NOT GO WITH TOO."
would only speak of his old home,
u4 of its beauties and end by saying
"it he was going back soon.
Often when the days were clear and
wn be roamed in the woods and gsth
Jw4 ild flowers, or wandered along the
wnk of the little river picking up
will and pebbles. On such occasions
a little dog trotted y his side, and
Retimes the old man would stop and
w to him about the flowers and shells,
w the dog would look up as though he
Wderstood it all.
summer waned and the beautiful
Mtumn days came on. Tbe people no
1 that the old man appeared on the
Jf lew frequently, and it was sel-
he and his dog went out to roam as
"old. They noticed, too, that he was
irowing thinner and his step was be
?lng feebler.
Jlen there came a time when he did
J'Ppearat all, and when two days
" passed, the little dog came to a
f045 where thev had alwava been kind
master, and in his way begged
Cme Witb him to the cMn
tail?'11'11' haa haPPened," me one
"nd the dog wants us to go.
7JP the old man is sick, or dead."
Jr'N'toetnbered then that be bad
""en, and they followed the
tV?". there to find it was as they
jW. and tbat tbe oid man was sick.
M JL0" P00' of straw anddeave
toswd about with fever.
'J entered Tery quietly and talked
W " hispers ao as not to disturb him,
U quick earscaoght the sound of
. "'OOtSterj. llld .tmr,H tt.hl-ltlU
litf
ill
t'Jf
J" them, he put out his wasted
' If to stay their approach.
K I If h iL "l wiU not t wilh
Vt . "ot ,oclted up as a pauper
lre 80 flower or mrds- n,i
.v Belds and no beautiful forests.
honie dIrwtly, and they can
W Ut to 'in- W,T now
' eo on, for the Journey U not
,0"i"alam,n!,lllfrJ to m there.
m.M. ?.."' "me ; "he Is
tkI .,; V""01 "nNen thlngV
I he little d. came in and lull 1
head in the old man's band. Tbatl
ml e spread over the thin, sallow face,
there , T" """" Snch- 1"
n,??: V .ld man ,alJ' h to
pat the dog, head. "It has been a long
ion rn fir .n.i . .
, "7 y om been rough,
and sometimes th t,m. t-,zS
but we are nearly through it now. and
Jn a l uio while we will be at home.
1 here is but another hill or two to climb
nd then we shall see tho dear old plaoe
with the meadows all tn bloom and tbe
trees green with leaves, and we shall
bear the birds sing as they used to be
fore we came away. They won't drive
. vu now as tney did then, but we will
live In the old bouse and wander abou'
the garden and orchard every day. and
when we are tired we'll go down and
rest beneath the blir tree h
to go of evenings when tbe days were
arm- W'U oon be there-soon be
Then the eyes closed and the old man
was quiet.
tn- i
unisasieep,- some one sail "See
how he smiles as he roaches out bis
bands. He is dreaming sweet dreams."
For a long time they stood about the
old man and watched him in silence.
Once or twice his lips moved as if In
speech, and the smile on bis wasted face
grew brighter. Then again his eyes
oponed and their gaze wandered about
vue uttie room.
"I thought we were there," he said.
mile disappointed. "I thought we bad
reached tbe ond of the journey and wore
resting on the blue grass undor the big
tree down by the meadow. I smelt the
clover blossoms and the wild roses, and
heard the birds singing in the tree
overhead, and the water as It flowed
along over the white stones on Its u .
down from the big spring up undor the
mree om eim treos. Hut it is not far,
and we shall be there before nleht cornea
on. Come, now, and let's be going, for
weoave another hill to climb, and I
am anxious to see the dear old place,"
lie was still again for a minute or two,
but no one looked up to disturb him.
Ah! be said at last, as tho smile
foded from his features and a look of
aouDt and trouble succeeded It "What
11 they will not lot us come in? What
If they drive us away again as they did
before? Hut thoy can not be so cruol as
that. No, no; I will tell them that we
have come a long way and have walkod
many, many days to got back to the old
homo, and they can not be so cruel as to
turn us away. I will tell them how
well 1 love It. and of all the fond mem
ories I havo of it, and they will be
touched by that and not drive us away
any more. I will tell them of W
of my dear, poor Marian, who came to
live with me in the old house. I will
speak to thorn of tho times when she
and I used to go arm-in-arm about the
big pasture, and of the times whon we
sat on the long porch and dreamod and
planned for the future. I will toll
them bow well she loved the flowers
and the birds, and how often we
wandered about gathering the roses
and the ferns. I will toll them all this,
and of the day she died, and I will ask
tbem to lot me stay at the old home, so
I can go evory day and plant flowers
on ber grave,. Thoy will not drive us
off when I toll them this."
''He is dying," somebody said, la a
soft whisper.
''Yes, he is noarlng the end of bis
journey," the doctor replied, as he bent
over the old man. "Does anyone know
any thing of his life?"
No one spoke.
Then the door opened softly and a
stranger entered. Loaning forward and
bending over the ayparently lifeless
form, tbe strangor looked on the haggard
face for some time, then raising himself
he muttered;
"It is ho."
A minute passed and they all waited
in silence. The stranger did not speak,
and the doctor touching bis arm asked:
"What do you know of him?"
"He' Is my fathor. Years ago I went
away from home and soon after my
mother diod. Tbon there came trouble,
and those nearly related to him set to
work to rob him of bis homo. He was
old and easily persuaded, and after a
time thoy got a doed to his property,
and then thoy drove him out Thoy at
tempted to confine him in a paiper's
home, but he ran away, and for yean
he has wandered about the country.
From the day I learned his fate I hava
searched for him in every direction.
Sometimes I heard of him being some
whore, but always a long time after he
had been thoro, and it is only now that
I have found him and found him
dying."
The stranger sank down on his knees,
and, taking his father's hand In his,
bent his head upon it and let his tears
fall. Those presont fell back a little,
and though they were as silent as death
their eyes grew dim and tear-drops
rolled down the cheeks of some of
them. It was but a few moments, per
haps, though it scorned an ago, before
any one spoke. It was tbe old man who
broke tho silence.
"We have come a long way to-day,
be said, "and I am growing faint and
weak. It is not far now, but I must sit
down hero by the way-side and rest a
little before I attempt to climb the oth
er hill. We have climbed a good many
hills to-day, but I was jr so weak then.
I will lie down here oa the grass and
you. Sanch. lie down by wo, for while I
rest I want to tell you aboof the dear
old home that I am going back to, and
that I haven't seen for so long.
"I will tell you about the old bouse
first and I remember it well, for it was
onlv last niirht that I saw it in my
!reams, just as I have seen it every
night for so many years.
There is the
. . - ..i.k Ua ffMit fl re.
big
room, tne one nu a-- ---
place
I A
in whlcn toe nicaory
and crackled, shooting
UUIUCU - .. .. PTk.
np soft blwes of light There
is where we used to sit of winter even
ings, Marian and I. when we talked
of the future and of what life would be
1 saw Marian sitting
nieht and I the happy smile on
hiffl lust as I have seen It so many
times in tbe old days before
she went
.v... i. tha little irarden
awav. menvuero . -
.V ... .,..... that we used to
,Zn. down below is the great j M
orchard with the red apples and the
Caches. Over on the hill beyond
LTthe old school-house.
bout that home, and last night I heard
them again, only they sang It better
than they used to, and it sounded
sweeter and softer than they used to
sing. I beard the old minister preach,
3 w
THR STRASOEB SANK
KXEtl.
DOWH
UIS
too, but I was so tired tbat I could not
near it all, but I know his text ne
'In my Father's bouse are man man
sions. "Hush! They are singing down there
now. i neir voices grow stronger and
the words rinir out clearer and nlalnee
It Is tho samo song the one I always
mveu ao wen ana tne one Marian used
to sing Nearer Home.' Do you heal
them say it? Nearer home. Yes, we
are nearer borne. e are almost there.
isow tbe minister Is Dreachinir. lie la
telling about tbat other 'home not made
with bands, eternal in the heavens.' It
is a beautiful place, for as he talks I
can see it It is fairer than tho old
homo we have beon looking for ao lonir.
and Its Holds are greon and its water
clear and soft Its gardens are all
abloom with beautiful flowers and the
air Is filled with their rich perfume.
see it all clearly now, and I hear the
softest sweetest music, and there are
angels coming, and as tboy float down
through the air they sing ottbe land so
bright and fair, lie still, now, and let
me hear them before we go on. I will
rest a little longer bore and listen to
the songs of the angels before I go
homo."
The old man closed bis eyes and one
band rested tn that of his son while the
other lay affectionately on the little
dog that had been bis only friend and
companion through all the years ol
his wanderings In search of hii
home. 'Twas thus he waited for the
coming of the angels, and In a little
while he was at last "at homo."
Thomas P. Montfort In Detroit Free
Press.
A POINT FOR REPORTERS.
How a Iawysr Befriended a ralr-Mmdrd
Young Nswspapwr Mao.
A Clark street lawyer (no name by re
quest) I used to practice In the police
courts whon I was a young man. One
day I had a bad case. For tbat matter 1
bad a number of such. Jtut this was
particularly bad. There was a reporter
who wrote It up. It was a ease la which
bo might have roasted me if he had
chosen to do so, and I wouldn't have
blamed him. As it was he did not nog'
lectins ouiy. ne referred to me in a
kindly manner. In after years, when I
had quit suoh practice, I had a murdor
case in the criminal court Charley
Koed was prosecuting attorney. My
case was a bad one, I will admit Crlm
inal lawyers must have such cases. The
young man who had treated me so fair
ly in the police court case reported the
murder case, and again be treated me
in tbe fairest way. Tbe time came
when I quit criminal practloe. The re
lief I experienced when I realised tbat
in all probability I should never try a
criminal case again was like that which
comes to a man wbon be comes outot
nightmare. I became a corporation
counsel. One day a rich client came to
me and said he wanted to hire a short
hand clerk and asked me to recommend
some one. I thought of the reporter
who had treated me with so muob con
sideration and bunted him up. He told
mo be was a stenographer and I secured
him the job. He kept it until his health
failed blm and bis employer sent biro
away on a vacation, paying bis expen
ses. I tblnk he wont to Kurope. When
he came back he was still unable tt
work. His employer let bis salary gc
on. although the young man could dom.
work, until tbe time came when be
didn't neod any salary, and then his
funeral expenses were paid by his em
ployer. He was burled in Uracetand. A
neat shaft marks tbe spot where he
rests erected by his kind-hearted em
ployer. I like to think of this story
and tell It sometimes when T hear peo
ple talking about tbe "bard bearted
world." Chicago Tribune.
Kill bona limtrud r t!l-m tjak.
AproiHm of the tilings men wear.
rou must drop our sleeve links and
substitute for tliein a very narrow rib
bon, wliicli is tied in a stiff little bow
lb r itigli the two button holes.
l itis is le dernier ci i iu Paris, and no
end of surmises come up as to how the
fashion arose. Most fashions have
their birtli from accidents, and it is
fair to conclude that AJphonse, in a
spirit of gallantry, gave his sleeve
links to Therese, Elise or Marie, ind
that she, returning the comnlimcnt,
drew the prettv little ribbon from her
lingerie and fastened, together, in a
feminine fashion, the cutis that t.T
liukless.-Pliiladelpliia Times.
Tt Vlu nf KaiitT"
Up to 18C9 kangarooa were killed
and eaten in Australia, and their hides
were cut into shoestrings. But an
KWIiahninn named Brown in that
year discovered the remarkable char
acter of the leather ond brought sever
al thousand skins to this country.
He tried to sell the hides to tanner,
but they were shy of the novelty, and
he had to sell theni at a sacrifice to
bookbinder. The Ixiokbinder nude
triangular corner pieces in ledger nd
commercial looksoutof the akins.wid
so ascertained the good qualiiy of the
leather. It was in this way that the
largo leather factorie were first t
tracted to kanjraroo hide. Nature.
Strang Krldrnt.
"Young man." said the hoarding
nii.slress, sternly, "your comment are
out of plaoe. 1 made biscuits. ir. fifty
years ago." . ,
Very likely." was the wnner re
ply, adding in an undertone to hi side
partner, "and if circumstantial evi
dence goes for anything, tbi speci
men I'm whetting my twill oo is om
of 'em."-rbiladelphi Time.
Giles How did you manage to get
your poem accepted by tbe uew ed
lUT'bb-Told him the old editor bad
declined it-Epoch.
OS
. QOOO-BY.
Therss a kind o' chilly ferlia' In the blowbV
Ihs brvese,
koi a aeaat u' sadness StJin' through ths tresis
u' Uis trees,
And a mist seeui fallla' dreary oa the mountain)
toweria' huto,
kni I feel my cheeks grow feary as I bid you al
food 0 1
"Oood by" the winds are savln'j "good by" thi
trees coin plain
as thy bend low down an' whisper, with tbeli
trwa karat wet with rain;
"Qood-by" the rosea murmur, an' the bendla
Ullie ilun
As l( they all felt sorry I hare owns cuuie to sat
trood by.
I reckoa all hare said It tome Urns or other toft
And easy Ilka, with ayes oast down, that dand But
tout aloft
Tar the tears that trembled la tham- for the Hps
tnai cuotea ue euro.
When It oametvtwellis' from the heart an' madt
It beat good byl
1 dldnt think twas hard to say; but ttandln' hers
alone.
With the pleasant past behind me and the future
aim, nuknowa.
a-Klooiula' yonder la the dark-the tears ootne u
my era,
and I'm w orpin' like a woman as 1 bid yeu al
Coouoy.
The work fra done at with you; maybe annx
in inn went wrong.
Uke a note that mart the muslo In the sweet Sow
of aeonz:
But, brethren, whea you think of me I only aak
you wouia
8ay at tha klaster said ot one, "He bath don
what he could." .
And whea you alt together In the time at yet
tone,
By your lore encircled firesides In the ralleys fab
and free.
Let the sweet past coma before you, and with
something like a siicb
Just say, "We tint forgot hit sine the day bt
taw vooa-oyi'"
F. L. Stanton In Rome Tribune,
A Fiber from Chinese Oraaa.
Ramie, rhca or Chinese gruss, is by
no mean a new discovery. It is the
fiber of a species of nettle and has been
used almost from time immemorial by
the Chinese for the fabrication of light
clothing, nets and lines. It was intro
duced into England about niinly
years ago, receiving the commenda
tion of the manufacturing institutes.
and since that day etforU to muke the
fiber available to mxlorn processes
have not ceased. Not loss than 11,000,
000 has boeu sunk in unsuccessful at
tempts, some of which have produced
ciotiis oi ix'uutitul texture and tluisli
Boston Herald.
A Mathematical V'mointratloa.
Dan vera Come, Markham, urely
you are not going to propose to that
aosuru miss ueaven worth, are you?
Murkham Why, man, she has
dozen splendid farms out in Kansas.
Dun vers Yes; and (he's at least
forty-two.
Markham Oh, you miss it by about
ni teen summers, my boy.
Danvers You are being deceived.
old man wofully. 1 heard hor de
scribing the fourteen year locusts; and
sue said nobody could tell her any
thing about them, because she had
seen them three times. Harper's Bav
tar.
Horrors of Pompeii.
But among all tho beauties there are
many horror in l'omneii thut leave
lasting impressions. There are casts
taken from the molds of ashes that in
cased the victims of the ereul catastro
phe, showing their writhing and ago
nic as plainly as though they had
ust died. There are sigus of the duily
ife that was being lived when the
ashes began to full: occupations halt
done and suspended in the awful mo
menta when the duugor became ouly
too apparent Washing Urn Btur.
Soft Coal a Disinfectant,
The belief that smoke from soft coal
may have beuvllciul sanitary effects is
gaiuing ground. It is cluimed tbat
sulphur in the coal when burned be
comes highly disinfectant Further,
that creosote and its allied products
are thrown otf with the fumes of bitu
minous coal, and that an atmosphere
charged with carbonic acid must be
freer from germs of disease than an ap
parently purer air. Now Orleans
l'icayune.
To Make Pulled Bread.
Pulled bread is liked particularly
well by English neonle. we are told.
They eat it wilh cheese. To make
pulled bread, take a loaf of freshly
baked bread, while it is still warm,
pull the inside of it out in nieces the
site of your hand and smaller, and put
these into the oven and bake them to
a delicate brown. When cool thev
are crisp and thought to be especially
goou wuu cueese. ew I or it Tele
gram. About the Bar.
Ear vary greatly in form and size.
and the peculiarities of thape they as
sume sometimes give an index to the
character of the individual. Women
have much better shaped ears than
men. Thev are usuullv munli mnllr
and lie close to the head. Borne peo
pie posses a lingular muscular nower
over the ear, and can move the upper
.:n i . ! . rr.
pan Hi win, uut it it rareiy met wito.
ran juau uuzette.
Our Dai
Among persons who have rood
cause to congratulate themselves that
their lines have been cast in tiie "so
called Nineteenth century" is our old
friend the school boy dunce. Dunces
re aow going to be treated on cien
title principle. Twenty or thirty
year ago tney were mode to stand on
bench with a paper extinguisher on
their head at a sign of disgrace.
Loudon Telegraph.
Ceaelnsly.
Ur. Simkint is a treat enthusfast on
the subject of "chest protectors, " which
be recommedds to people on every oo
sasioo. "A great thing!" he says. "They
make people more healthy, increase
their strength, and lengthen their
lives."
"But what about our ancestors?"
tome one asked. "They didn't have
my chest protectors, did theyf"
"Thev did not," said Mr. BimkJns,
riumphantly. "and where are they
owl All dead!" -Youth 's Companion.
The fUqalsltee mi Haabaa4.
A certain pretty little girl, with
great big senous blue eyes, was tell
ing ber companion on the street car
whv she was going to marry George.
"You see, JLtime she said, "George
is awfully good looking; lie alwav
send me flower when we go to th
theatre: be never seems to be so shock
ingly busy, don't you know; be' got
plenty of money, aed he doe just like
I tell him." Prospective husband,
there is a catalogue of the requisites.
stem phis Times.
Tbe ancient Creek need olirs
leave for ballots, and th Australia
voting system Is rerirel of th prae
ti la Bom f,0uw year u.
INFANTILE DON'TS.
What Voa Maatn't Do With Vnur rnforta
Haby Nowadays.
Even the baby is tbe vlutitu ot reform.
Methods employed twenty year ago are
intolerable in the nursery of to-day.
The Infantile don't are almost as nu
merous as tbe etlquettical negatives.
Among the approved are:
Don't rock the baby.
Don't let him sleep in a warm room.
Don't let him sleep with hi head un
der cover.
Don't let blm sleep with his mouth
open.
Don't "pat" him to sleep
Don't try to make blm sleep if he li
not sleepy.
Don't let him nap in the afternoon.
IWt let him be k luted.
IVn't lot hliu wear a garment that it
tlet.t enough to bind bis throat, arm,
waisr or wrists.
IK n't have bull-buttons on the back
of h'S dress.
IWt have clumsy sashes on the lack
Of his dress.
Don't cool b's food by blowing It
Don't f 'Til hlra with a tablespoon
Don't use a tube nursinir-boUlo.
Don't change the milk you started
WllD.
Don't bathn h'm In hot or cold water.
Don't bathe h.m more than throe timet
a week.
Don't allow a comb to touch h's head.
Don't let him eut at tbe family table.
Don't let blm tiwte moat until he is
two.
IWt let hlra sleep on a pillow.
Don't coax, teao, torment, inluilo oi
scold him.
Don't whip him.
Don't make blm ory.
Don't notice blm when he pout.
Don't frighten him.
Don't tell him about ghosts, bugaboo
or nan places.
Dou't shake him.
Don't put him In short shoes.
Don't dance, jump or dandle him.
Don't overfeed him.
Don't let hlra sleep with an adult.
Don't place him face to face on s bed
or In aoarrtago with another child.
Don't let hitn swallow things or eat
ashea.
Don't let him roll down-stairs.
Don't let hint fall out of windows,
Don't teaeh him to walk.
Don't wash him wilh lyo soap.
Don't let him chew painted cards,
Don't expose his eyes to the sun un
less protected by peaked hat or valL
Don't sernm In his ear.
Don't rnp hlra unilor the chin,
Don't lift him by the wrists or arms.
IWt starch any of hla olotho.
Don't allow htm to wear wet bibs,
Don't worry htm.
Don't give blm any thing to eat be
tween meals. N. Y. Kvenlng World.
HUNTING ALLIGATORS.
The I'snsl Prlro Paid Kor theSaurlans ! to
'l Per root,
The dmand for full-grown alligators
ftr Northern museums and aquariums
begins with the warm daya of spring,
and many an alligator's retroat has been
carefully marked by the alllgatorcatch
r who. when the signs are ripe, wil'
dig the saurians out and anil them at
from ?1 to ti per foot, aoeonling to the
longth of the animals. Tho negroes
loop ropes ardund the big alligators and
drag them out In triumph.
Mr. Uuglo llourquln, who la an au
thority in suoh matters, says that he
has known S'.'S to be offered for a 13-foot
alligator. T jo colored men on his place
have two big follows "holed," and when
the weather is wanner they will be dug
out lie g ves the negroos tho alligators
and theyg vo him all the terrapins found
In the holes.
Queerly enough the alligator and the
terrapin llvo in the same-domicile and
tiron terms of the utmost harmony.
This may bo dun to the fact that the
swa'lowlng capacity of the alligator Is
not equal to tbe occasion, as only small
fa -teles ran bo swallowed iiy the
tuurlitn. the gullot being dlspropor
tloned to th anatomy of the alligator''
mouth, and a a result of which whr
the alligator kill such animals as doit
and hogs It la said they guard theli
prey until decomposition sots In so thai
that the food may be In sucb condition
as to make deglutition easy.
I lie alligators are said to be getting
fewer In the waters of tbi section, at
they are continually lining bunted and
killed from the t me they eotne out un
til they lay up again for th winter.
Hundreds of them are shot for the mere
sport of shooting, and no effort Is made
to And them after thoy are shot It Is
only in unfrequented streams and along
marshes and Impenetrable swamps
where they are now nutnorous.- "
llie Cold Air Care.'
On returning from a crowded lec
ture hull, a stilling sickroom, a stuffy
minibus, etc., I remove inv bed to the
draft lido of the house, and open a
window the full extent of its mechan
ism, taking care to go to sleep facing
the draft 1 havo often been awakened
in the morning with my head grizzled
witu hour limL but without llie
slightest vestige of tho cuturrh which
liud announced its approach tho night
before. Cold is an aiitineptio and a
powerful digestive stimulant. The
hospitals of the future will be ice
houses. Dyspepsia, catarrhs and fe
ver of all ki litis can be frozen out of
the ivstem. not bv lettimr the nulicul
iliiver iu the mow bank, but by giv
ing extra allowance of warm bed
:lotlnng witb the additional luxury or
jifathiug ice cold air, which, under
iucu circumstances, becomes as prefer
ble to hot miasma a cold ipriug
water to warm ditch water. Uerald of
Ileal lb.
The So and of Light.
One nf tbe nitiat wonderful discov
eric in science that have been made is
flm fnrt tliut a lienm of liirht urudiruuf
tound. A beam of sunlight is thrown
through a Jen on a guts vessel tliut
oouUiiii hinipblack, colored lilk or
wointed, or other suUunle. A disk
having clits or openings cut in it is
mcdo to revolve swiftly iu this beam
of light, to c to cut it up, thu mak
ing alU-fucle flashes of light and
ludow. On putting the ear to the
I ii us riiMU'l. i.i n nee eon nils are heard
to long as the flashing beam is falling
ou mo vessel. American ait jour
nal.
The Uoe tioa li Dssaswsred.
-'You are an authority on feat ol
strength, 1 believer" remarked aatran-
If or to tbe sporting editor.
Tbe latW bowel and replied:
"What can I do for your"
"I wlih you to tell me wblcb U
the stronger, tbe female shoplifter of
tbe woman who holds up train?"
iluniey t Weekly.
The strength ot women lies in their
accurate koo ledge of the wtakaeaaet
of auen.- SuervUl Journal.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,
The first Young Men's Christian
Association In the In I ted States Army
lias reecntly been established at Fort
ress Monroe, Va.
lauding clergymen of Hoston, Irre
spective of denomination, hate peti
tioned the Stato Legislature to permit
the Kalrulion Army to use iu peculiur
icllnnl of attracting the attention of
tho mill i It ihIos.
In northern Michigan there are
many counties without a church of any
denomination, and thousands of men,
women and children grow up In the
towns and In the woods who never bav
heard the word of Uod or seen a church.
-World-Wide Missions.
Protestant missionaries began Chris
tian work In Cores in ItM. The first
nutlvo convert was baptised by Hev.
Horace Underwood, July, ISScl. In 18N7
a Christian church of the I'roshyterlan
polity was organized. This had, in Oc
tober, ISM), nearly one hundred mem
ber. Germany Is to bar new IilMo.
For twenty-live years a committee has
been sitting in revision of the famous
work of Martin Luther, Tho last meet
ing of this revisory body was held on the
10th ot January. Th work has now
gone to the printers, and It will soon be
nisdo publln.
In Cincinnati th Woman's Unde
nominational Society is working hard to
establUh a free klndergarton for the
children of tho six thousand Italians
who swell the population, and the Wom
an' Conference of Charities la trying to
Introduce Industrial training into tbe
public school. ,
Tho lumber camps of Wisconsin
have reoon tly been the scene of remark
able work. The State W. C T. U. ha
kept in Itinerant missionary constantly
In the field and the camps bar been
supplied with the best of literature by
the various unions throughout the State.
Men do read with eagerness all tbat
they receive and are grateful for th in
terest shown in their welfare.
In Paris there are Ave professional
schools fur girls. The course of Instruc
tion embraces modern languages, do
niostlo economy, Industrial designing,
cutting and filling garments, and ao
counts. Each school is equipped with
kitchen, and workshops for making
corsets, feathors and other alaple arti
cle of trade. Girls are sdniitted at
fourteen, and remain three or four
years.
Key. W. II. Murray, a missionary at
Teking, has dovlsed system for teach
ing the blind, and has reduced the Chi
nese language to 408 syllables, lly this
system the blind have been enabled to
learn to read with marvelous facility.
The blind themselves are employed In
the stereotyping and printing of books,
which are produced at an amatlngly low
rate, compared with books embossed for
the blind In this country. Among the
Chinese the blind are regardod with
great consideration, and they are watch
ed with Intonso interest when they read
wilh their fingers from th book which
thoy carry in their hands.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Tbe man who takes things a they
come never ba any "go" to him. Bos
ton Post.
The man who thinks he 1 bright I
seldom Inclined to keep It dark. Buf
falo Courier.
It soems Strang that the sharper a
man is the harder It i to make a tool of
blm. lloston Post
The silent man is tbe one we always
listen to with tbe greatest pleasure.
r.ichmond Recorder.
Tho talent ot success It nothing
more than doing what you can do well,
with a thought ot fame. Longfellow.
If you can't marry a woman with
lollars, the next bnst thing It a woman
with sense. lllnghamton Republican.
Pride Is wise when it gooth before
fall It it waited until afterward it
could not go at all. Milwaukee Jour
nal. '
Sometimes, to unkindnoss and in
justice, silence may be softer than even
tho soft answer which turneth away
wrath.
A horse has the advantage overman
In one thing. Ue' worth mor after
be' broken than be was before. llork
shire News.
Failure after long perseverance 1
much grander than never to have s striv
ing good enough to b called a failure.
George Eliot.
A man will always confess that be
itt Ilk other men, but b will never ad
mit that he was ever anything Ilk any
baby he ever saw. Atchison Globe,
The world Is full of would-be pbllost
ophers; but, like the majority of physi
cians, we do not find tbem taking their
stock prescriptions wbtn occasion arises,
lloston iluilget.
Whatever a mans personal follies
may be, lis never succed In (bowing
th depths of idiocy to which be can de
scend until be trie to run th universe
for other people.
They who have never known pros
perity csn hardly be said to be unhappy;
it Is from tho remembrance ot Joys we
bav lost tbst tho arrow of affliction
tre pointed. Mackemte.
Love 1 th highest happiness, It
may also be tbe deepest anguish. An
unloving heart can not take any deep
hold on Joy or sorrow. Th more we
love the greater the possibility of bliss
or agony. Cumberland Presbyterian.
-lie that will give himself to all
manner ot ways to got money, may be
rich; o be that lot fly til he knowt'or
thinks, may by chanc be satirically
witty. Honesty sometimes keeps man
from growing rich, and elvility from be
.ng witty. Selden.
Moderate desire constitute a char
acter fitted to acquire all the good which
tbe world can yield. II is prepared, in
whatever station be Is, therewith to be
content; has learned th science ot be
ing happy; and possesses the alcbemlo
stone which will change every meta'
Into gold. Dalght
A genuine aspiration I never other
wise than noble and unselfish, even
when It draws one away from the natu
ral companionships of life; separate
one, that Is, not in feeling or in sympa
thy or In tbe common fidelities, but la
taste and bablt and intellectual com
nanlonthlp. Rural Kw Yorker. -
A Carious Birtk-Mark.
Joseph II. Botherman, acarpenter, re
siding at Connellsville, Pa., has seres-cent-tbsped
birth-mark on the back of
his neck which bat aroused considerable
curiosity in that vicinity. When th
moon Is new Rot herman't mark it hardly
noticeable, but at Luna turn th first
quarter it begins to turn red and swell.
By th time of full moon it has swelled
into hornlike roll over two Inches in
thickness. Aa th moon wanes th mark
decreases tn size and color until it again
become a blueith, erecnt-shaped
mtrk, hardly raised abov th skin.
fit. LouU Republla.
A NEW LINCOLN 8TORY. -
lie Pley.d Hall the ly Ilefore Ue Wat
Nominated.
One among many memories of prom
inent piilille characters stored away by
Mr. Edward W. Cox, of th Dennlson
House, is a recollection of having play
ed band-ball at Springlleld, 111., witb
Abraham Lincoln t lie day before the lat
ter was nominated for the Presidency.
Ilofore the nomination of Mr. Lincoln,
Mr. Cox was traveling in the West foi
an oil house. During bis travels he foi
several days used trains which were full
of people liound for the Chicago conven
tion. Mr. Cox and a follow drummer,
who was out for a Znnosvtlle Ink house,
polled all the travelers they could reach
and found the utmost enthusiasm forth
Illinois lawyer.
Thoroughly convinced that Lincoln
would be tho nominee, the pair of drum
mer took a run down to Sprlngtlold to
aee tho coming man. They found no
excitement there, and on asking to tee
Mr. Lincoln were told he could bo found
nuxtdny, which was the one before th
convent inn, down at the ball park play
ing hand-ball, a game of which Mr. Lin
coln was paiHlonately fond. Next day
they visited tho park and there they
found the man of destiny busily engaged
in batting a ball against a blunk brick
wall ami endeavoring to strike it In such
a way Mint It would rebound out of roach
ot bis opponent Thnro was qulto a
crowd sitting about watching the gum.
Mr. Lincoln wore, among other gar
ments, a lotig-tnlled, black coal, and aa
old folt hat, which tended to magnify hll
tall, ungainly form and prominent fea
ture and ho looked quaintly pictur
esque as ho danced about, now bitting
the aphero a hard blow and again "ba
bying it" so easily that it bnruly : each
ed hit antagonists. When Mr. Lincoln
snt down on the players' bench, having
finished a triumphant turn, Mr. Cox was
introduced to him. Mr. Lincoln received
him rordlully, asked If be ever played
the gamo, commiserated with him whoa
Mr. Cox siild ha didn't undorstand it
and offered to tea-h him. Mr. Cox, how
ever, was thinking of tbe oonvontlon and
said: '
"Mt Lincoln, I believe you will b
the nominee." Mr. Lincoln laughed
and said: "I think not I believe tbos
Easlern chaps will euchre us out of It,
but you are very kind to tblnk I will bt
nominated, and I am much obliged to
yon."
Finally one ot tbe players dropped
out, and Mr. Lincoln Invited Mr. Cox to
tako a hand. Mr. Cox of course did so,
for he was anxious to play with the man
be was suro would bo nominated, and
the game lasted somo time, Mr. Lincoln
displaying great skill and strength.
When tho game wa finished Mr. Lin
coln kept scoro for another sot ot play
ers by notching the points on a stick and
calling out "scoro" in a loud vole,
Cincinnati Times-Star.
CHINESE cbTfpNM I LLS. .
A Mew Departure, With Voaalhly Far
Krsrhlnf Kesults.
The efforts of LI Ilung-Chsng to es
tablish an extensive railroad system In
China' have evidently awakened emu
lative progressive feelings In the breasts
of certain other high Chinese ofllolals.
Tho latest evidence of this is a memo
rial prepared by Chnng Chlh-Tung, Act
ing Governor of Canton, advocating th
establishment ot cotton mills undot
Government supervision within th
boundaries of his province. It is point
ed out that India and Ceylon are suc
cessfully competing for the China tea
trado, making it necessary to take in
hand somo other enterprUe with a vie .
to Improvement of trade and tho pro
ven Lion of the outflow of money, Th
memorial (tales that as "It is at present
impossible to prohibit the Import of cot
ton goods, tho only alternative that re
mains open is to purchaso machinery to
reel the cotton and to weave the cloth
In order to improve the wolfare ot tht
laboring and mercantile classes, and to
safeguard the soun-o of gain." Aftet
establishing the mills under Govern
ment supervision and by Government
aid, it 1 proposed, as soon as the success
of the undertaking is demonstrated, to
make them share-owulng concerns, the
capital raised paying oil Government
advances. ' Later advlcea from En
gland report that arrangement bav
bnon completed thnro for the purchase
of 1,000 looms for the preparation of ma
chinery suitable for routing yarn, dying
yarn and for preparing cotton for bro
cades, as well as for boltors, furnaces,
pipes, etc., Involving an expenditure ol
about H.'iO,000. This looks as though
the project bad passed from hope into
fruition. Dependent upon the fortune
ot these first mills are other schemes to
construct cotton mills at Shanghai and
Hong Kong, and inter on at Tientsin and
other parts of tho Empire, Of tbe suc
cess of theso cotton mills the Acting
Governor of ('anion has no doubts what
ever. He points out that thore are ten
different kinilsof cloth (cottons) most in
demand In China; three of these can b
manufactured from Chinese-grown cot
ton alono, the other seven requiring an
admixture of some 30 percent of foreign
cotton. The low cost of labor is, bow
ever, tbe great point in favor of success,
and. witb the easy market obtainabl
for th goods, excellent profits ought to
be realized; the Unvernorexpects "much
greater profits thsn those derived In
foreign countries." N. Y. Commercial
Bulletin.
Th y.Hct ol Tight Laclnc-
In order to test the injurious effect ot
tight lacing on the respiration, Dr.
Lander Brunton, while In India, mad
number of experiments on female mon
keys, tor tho simple reason, as Dr. Brun
ton ingeniously explains, that they ar
mor like women than dogs are. A
monkey wa enveloped In plaster ot
Pari Jacket to Imitate stays, and a tight
bandage was then tied around the abdo
men so as to Imitate the band which
would sustain the petticoats. Tbey were
then given chloroform. The result ol
tbe experiments Is reported to bav
bean "very marked Indeed," so much M
that several of the monkeys died very
quickly. Dr. Brunton added that th
survival of some of the animals experi
mented upon wa probably due to tht
fact that th diaphragm is sblo to com
pensate to a large extent for the en
forced lost of chest movement Med Leal
Record.
Family Thrift.
"Goorre." lnoulred the proprietor ot
th market "isn't this the day to send
Mrs. Keer ber regular chicken?"
"No, answered the boy. "It doesn t
go till day after to-morrow. "
"Tbe Ni-ers get Just one chicken a
week." explained the proprietor to a
customer. "They cook it for dinner th
first day, make soup from It the next
four days, and then live for two days on
th feathers, and I've got to be partic
ular about sending the chicken at tha
rlebt time or I'll lese their trade."
Chicago Tribune,