SWEET, SHY GIRL
meet shy rlrl, wllh imi la her bwt,
Aod kiv llut la ber face, Ilka Uiiaw iipgrowa,
full uf Mill dreams and luougliu (tint, drwuuuk.,
tun
from flu of solitude brn not alone!
dancer oier the Uirnliultla of brlcht din,
Tears quick la ber rym a lauichwg lo her lips;
iruiw ( lud- and seek with tnii the pUjm,
Tune bidlug utaejenfrom hernia bright ectlpaa.
Oh, gentle kuH :-how drar and good the is,
Blreaed b; soft dea of haporania cod Iota,
Prulled In tMiiVnwt nmi ! Her mother's klM
grtla all her g"10 "'tsul praye . Ber father's
wile
Brightens brr mornings. Through the earth thai
oiove
Her child eet soul, out far from beaten the
while! Juan JatiiM Jtt.
Married Aeroae the Flood.
Justice weir received a message re
questing his presence at the huuilet of
Blue LlcK w marry a coupiu. no at
onoe mounted and started, bat wu
greatly Impeded by the swollen streams
tliat lay across hln path. When he
reached Blue Uek Creek ho found that
ordinarily placid stream a raging, roar
ing torrent, impassable.
Wliile trying to devise some plan to
get across thero was a clatter of hoof
on the opposite siae 01 tno struma, and
in a uionient a horse was pulled up on
the edge of the wuter. On its back
was Harvey Taylor, who held on the
pommel of hln saddle Kate Newny.
The couple wanted to get married, and
that quickly. How to do it in view of
the water barrier was a question.
finally the Justice from this side of
the creek suggested that the license be
wrapped in a handkerchief and tied to
a rock and thrown over to him for ex
amination. This was done. Then the
justice mounted his horse, and using
his hands for a trumpet, shouted the
words that are usually employed in
marriage ceremonies at the hand in
hand couple across the stream. They
shouted back the responses, and the
justice declared the knot tied.
About 200 feet of water separated
Justice Weir from the couple, and the
roar of the torrent and the patter of
the rain probably rendered the sen-ice
and responses inaudible, but as all
formalities were observed the marriage
is certainly legal. Louisville (Ky.)
Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Origin of the K.klmo
The Ksklmos are called InnnlU by some
writers because the nnme is derived from
a native word signifying "nmn,"nnd U
supposed to be tliulr own designation of
themselves. lu Alaska the Eskimos num
ber altogether about 18,000, Inhibiting
most of the coast line, as well ns tlie.ln
terlor portion" of the Arctic division.
Where they came from is, of course, pure
matter of conject ure, but one theory Is, t hut
thy originated in the centre of the Amer
ican continent, and Unit their settlement
on the Alaskan coasts was coincident with
the general migration which led a portion
of the same race to Greenland. The the
ory of a common origin finds some sup
port In the fact thut the kaiak, or skin
canoe of the Alaskans Is identical in con
struction with that of the Greenlnnders.
This kaluk, which is a covered boat, is
found ouly among pure Ksklmos, mid is
lost, wherever there has been Intermixture
with other races. This Is a curious fact,
as It forms a distinct mark of Identity.
Chambers' Journal.
Oil Makes Shoe Warm.
When the leather In your shoes be
comes old and begrimed with blacking
you will ascertain that the fost will be
cold. Then it is time to cost side the
shoes and use them to wear beneath
arctics or for some other purpose. If
you want to keep your shoes in good
condition you should use vaseline on
them often. The life will be kept in
the leather, and if rightly applied you
can shine the footwear just as well as
if the preparation had never been used.
Put it on at night when taking off the
shoes. There are castor and like oils,
also, that will as well serve the purpose
and keep your shoes and boots in good
fchape, Imparting much greater warmth
to the feet. New York Journal
Paraguay's Popular Beverage.
It Is stated that another attempt Is be
ing made In Kurope to popularize the
leverage known as "yerba matey," so
popular in Paraguay and Brazil. It Is
said to make a non-Intoxicating, aromatic
drink, and both as touching its chemical
qualities and physiologic effects is not un
like tea and coffee. That is to say, "yerba
matey" arrests waste; It does not form
flesh. It enables people to go a lung time
without food, and the inhabitants of Bra
zil and the valley of the River Platte drink
enormous quantities of the beverage for
this very purpose, New York Tribune.
Sunday In the French Capital.
All Paris works on Sunday; the shops
art open and much of the city work goes
on as usual. The city has 650 wagons
and 1,000 horses collecting the garbage.
8o that by 8 o'clock In the morning the
whole city Is clean. The wagons have
Immense revolving brushes fastened to
them, and men, and even women, wash
the streets with quantities of clear wster.
You can cross a street the year round
without soiling your shoes.
I think you have to be out In the streets
of Paris at all hours to really know it.
The women among the working classes
wear such picturesque caps. I run after
every woman I see and fix her cap with
my eye, and then hasten home and try to
make one like It but they are always so
tlffly starched I cannot succeed In givtii!!
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buv ererv co -Elizabeth Sonne in
mlna Inst the r a hi air. 1 -""
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Aetreue Oft the Stage.
Off the stage actresses may r roug...y
divided Into two classes, one compose, of
those who try to carry Its-glamor ,,u.
thelr daily lives, wno never """'''",
unless it is their maid to see them until
they are 'We up," and I to further he.p
art slt nature receive their visitors lu a i
darkened drawing room or in a boudoir
with drawn blinds and rose colored shades.
They Hotter themselves that in this way
Viai-a rrhaatt-Vat thir limitation for lieanty,
bravely Ignoring theiact mat wnm ;
the eye In the perspective snocks ii iu
nr..Tlmltv The other class delight in
showing their utter disregard for personal
appearance, and revel In freedora from
wigs and whitewash. New York Press.
Haw a LoromotlTO Wrecks Itself.
Of all the accidents most feared by rail
road engineers, and one of frequent oc
i. tht nf the hreaklng of a drir
nuicni -- - . . .
ins rod while the engme is runuuits m
O , . . .
hiuh rut of stieed. How
V 1 L CJtu u i , -.
it nft does, and those in the cab escape
with their lives Is always considered a
miracle. The minute the heavy bar, or
rod, as it Is commonly called, breaks, or
the crank pin which fastens the end to the
driving wheel gives wsy, the massive!
piece of Iron goes whizzisg through ti
air, striking the engine and the B"d; !
Uttering and smashing everything that It,
comes in contact with. Old engineers can
relate some verv interesting experWnoea ol ,
this kind. Albany Express.
Killed Mountain Lloa With lilt Knife.
II. Woods went out to Bullock's ranch
recently, and from there took a hunting
trip into the mountains the next day
with his shotgun to bring down some
m null game. He hud not been out long
wh'-n he hoard a peculiar noise in the
under'.. rush, and, after some scouting
around, a large-siiod mountain lioness
showed np. lie hud only small shot in
his shells, but as soon as she came in
reach he let loose, and she took the con
tents in bur body and dashed up the
mountain.
Woods, thinking that she had a mate,
located himself on a rock where be could
see into the canyon, and, true enongh.
in a few mcaienti the lion appeared,
and a monster at that, as large apparent
ly as John Robinson's biggest circus
lion, and he came directly to the spot
where Woods was secreted, and when
within a few feet be got the contents of
the gun in the region of the heart The
lion rolled down the side of the canyon a
short distance, regained his feet, and
made up an arroyo.
Woods followed him up and soon came
within hearing of the lioness, which was
howling frightfully, and all of a sudden
it emerged from a thicket and dashed at
him, with eyes glaring and mouth wide
open. He emptied the contents of his
shotgun into its month, which dazed it
for a moment. Instantly he jerked out
his sheath knife and as he -did so the
lioness sprang for him, but only to re
ceive the blade of the knifo into its heart.
and the fierce animal lay dead at Mr.
Woods' feet as the trophy of his hunt.
Be did not want any more lioness, but
made his way back to Bullock's ranch,
but not until he bod taken the hide of
his lion, which is now on exhibition.
Tucson Star.
Dying on Hoard Oreau Steamer.
Every steamer which enters or leave.
New York should be provided with the
necessary Ice boxes anil other accommo
dations for keening the remains of paen
gers who die en route, and the hitter
should he conveyed to port and dellered
to those who have the right to disio-e of
them. Even If the passenger die on the
first day out, his .'mums should bo kept
The running time of the majority of
Steamers plying between New York and
England or France, Is seven or eight unys,
Some of the German lines require from
from twelve to fifteen days, but their ob
ligations to land their posscnRers, dead or
alive, are just as great as those of the com.
Dailies which make quicker time.
I could cite a numlier of harrowing
cases, which show the Inhumanity of the
custom of burial at sea, but every reader
can form a notion of how he would feel
if informed that his mother, brother or
sister, whom he awaited ou the pier, had
died on the vessel and had been wrapped
In a winding sheet and dropied into the
engulfing waters. Coupled with the hor
ror of such news Is the aggravated con
sciousness that the captain and bis officers
have overstepiied the hounds ol duty lu
thus disposing of the remains or one
whom the bereft person would rather see
dead than not at all. There is an in
tensely gloomy sentiment In the fact that
our friends those whom we most love
and cherish are filling nameless graves.
And It Is beyond reconciliation to think
of them anchored to the bottom of the
deep, the bait of marine scavengers.
Leon Mead in The Epoch.
Conaeqtienree of Intermarriage.
"Do consanguineous marriages neces
sarily lead to diseases In the offspring?" is
a question which hus been argued pro and
con for a great many years. Alfred Henry
Huth has furnished a very carefully con
sidered answer In the negative In his work
entitled "The Marriage of Near Kin"
(Loudon: Longmans, 1887). Mr. Huth
examines, in the light of all the knowu
facts, nrst: Whether consanguineous
marriages are themselves, by the mere
fact of consanguinity and Irrespective of
any Inheritance, Injurious to the off
spring; whether In a marriage between
two relatives wno are Dom periecuy
healthy, who live under healthy condi
tions, and whose families are perfectly
healthy, the children born win prooauiy
be unhealthy. And, second: Whether
consanguineous marriages give a greater
proportion ot unhealthy children than
nnn-cmisatiirtilneous marriages; or, In
other words, whether It is a fact that con
sanguineous marriages, througn intensi
fication of a previously uormnut uereui-
tary family taint, give a greater propor
tion nf unhealthy children. His conclu
sion, substantially, Is that providing both
parents are healthy, no Harm neeti oe ex
pected to result to the children of such
nmrriaces: while if both parents exhibit
a proclivity to any particular form of dis
ease (as, for example, scrofula), the ten
dency is likely to be exaggerated in the
children. This Bccords with the prac
tical, everyday experience ot tne mock
raiser and horse breeder. Chicago Her
ald. .
The Peitruetlon of Invention.
Societv proffers its highest honors and
rewards to 1U inventors and discoverers;
hut as a matter of fact, wnat eaco in
ventor or discoverer Is unconsciously try
ing to do Is to destroy property, and his
measure of success and reward is always
proportioned to the degree to which he
e,ects such destruction. If to-morrow It
should be announced that some one bad
so improved the machinery of cotton
manufacture that lu per cent, more oi
fiber could be spun and woven In a given
time, with no greater or a less expendi
ture of labor and capital than heretofore,
all the existing machiner) in all the cot
ton mills of the world, representing an in
vestment of millions upon millions of dol
lars, would be worth little more than so
much old Iron, steel and copper; and the
man who should endeavor to resist that
change would, In face of the fierce com
petition of the world, soon find himself
bankrupt and without capital.
In short, all material progreructi-i
by a displacement of capita. 7
that of laam,
ranldlty with w hich such displacements
occur. There is, however, this difference
T the two (Hctor, involved. Labor
JJW a condltlon 0f progress, will
l'8PaUy atorbed in other occupa-
tions; but capital displaced, In the sense
iiomM n (J olJ j,
ol "u5ill.HoI1. D,vld A.
P ca-'X 'f?T wnf h
Wells in Popular Science Monthly.
Tobacco la Cuba's Capital.
sDeaks Spanish here and
eVei y oue smokes cigars, i ouug i .
maidens, old men and children, are seem
ingly never seen without a long roll of to
bacco in their mourns, inry are u .,,
indolent race, as a rule, and between the
Cubans and Spaniards an armed truce
always exists. The latter do not like
Americans, as a rule, and are not partial
to their visiting here. The former, on the
other hand, think highly of Americans,
welcome them wun open arms, aim
- . . ... rm.
just as mucu wmj ;
. , t r - l'..r aw Vnr K W M (i
njOie. - Ilatm
A gure to Hi Appetite,
RevivaUst I'ncle Rastus, why don't
. ur evi waTS and become a
brtian,
Unde Bastni tried It, sab, I
thfd ,L l ie jperjeDced religion mo a
wn0ce, but 'uint no use.
KeTiTBijJtVhat seem to be the
trouble? ... . . , .
RMtn I specks I s too fond C
ehJckn, sab. The Epoch.
CZAR ALEXANDER'S CHARACTER.
One of the Moat Agreeable of Compan
lone How He Considers Criminal.
The czar Is not approachable for obvious
reasons. He is the most difficult man In
the world to see for any purpose, because
he is so completely surrounded by police
and soldiers; but when access Is once
Rallied to bis presence he Is represented as
one of the must agreeable of companion
"not a good talker," as one expressed
It, "but a splendid listener." He seemr
to he Interested in anything you are of a
mind to discuss, mid often suggests topics
to his callers In a pleasant, off baud way
to draw them out. He says little himself,
but rememlters all be hears and from
whom be heard It. I would rather tell a
good story to the czar than any man I
know, but I never heard him tell one. He
is particularly Interested on all scieutlllc
and political topics. He will listen as in
tently to a discussion ot the political
situation In America as that In Kurope, and
the description of any new discovery will
delight him. He will inquire minutely
for the details, and will then ask where
he can find further Information. Small
talk and gossip never interests him. llr
will change the subject at once and
abruptly as soon as it is begun. He cares
nothing for newspapers and seldom rends
them, but has a secretary who reads every
journal of Europe of any Importance, and
is able to tell the czar what be wants to
know of current events.
Looking at his photograph does not give
one more than a suggestion of the amount
ot character in the czar's face. He is a
large, splendidly built man, and moves
like an athlete. There Is strength In
every motion of his hand and every glance
of his eye. There is no fare among all
the great men of Kurope with more char
acter in Its lines than his, and the chief
characteristic is determination. He Is a
man of the most intense convictions. He
hates and he loves very strongly; never
forgets an Injury or a kindness, but has a
sympathetic disposition, and Is inclined to
look upon crime as a disease.
This point was alluded to recently In
conversation with an oflinal or the gov
ernment who has to do with philanthropic
Institutions. He told me that the czar hod
always shown the greatest interest in the
humane treatment of the Insane, and
had several times expressed the opinion
that most criminals were partially or
wholly out ot their minds. He is much
more lenient toward the Nihilists than his
police, and It was through him that the
last batch arrested were sent to blberia
Instead of being executed. He considers
the young men, the students who engage
in conspiracies against him, as fanatics,
and Is Inclined to treat them generously;
but an officer of the army who is guilty of
conspiracy or treason he will never for.
give. In the czar's mind hauglng Is too
good for him.
The religions element In thecharncterof
the emperor is exceedingly strong. He
has always had a serious temperament,
even when a boy, and has taken a greater
Interest In religious matters than his
father did, or in fact any of his predeces
sors. He Is scrupulously exact in the per
formance of all his religious duties,
attends mass every morning of his life,
and always goes to the icon ot the Lady
of Kuzan before attempting any great
work or deciding upon any great qnestlon.
William Kleroy Curtis In Chicago News.
Car Biding He fore the War.
People who travel nowadays lu Pullman
sleepers and buffet cars can't imagine
what railroading used to be before the
war in the west. Now the percentage of
deaths by accident on railrouds is very
small. Then a mnn took his life in his
hand when he made a trip on the railroad.
The rails then were known us strap rails,
flat pieces of iron spiked down to the
wooden beams laid along the track. Kvery
now and then a wheel of a car would teur
one eud of a rail loose and it would fly up
through the Kttoni ot the car and then
smash its way through, killing anylwdy
It struck and breaking the wood work ot
the car all to pieces.
I was an express messenger In those
days on a road running between Cincin
nati and Iudianapoils. Oue day one of
these rails broke through my car, struck
my safe, and then came squirming and
twisting like a snake at me. I tried to
dodge It, but it seemed to bend all over
the car In a second, and it caught my
breeches, tearing them clear off one leg.
If it had struck my body I would have
been nailed to the roof by it, as It went
on out that way. Sometimes these broken
rails threw the train on the truck, but
generally the cars bowled merrily along
over the break, and the passengers were
so accustomed to being shaken up that
they didn't kuow that anything extraor
dinary had happeued until some one told
them. Joseph Temple in Globe-Demo-crot.
The Approved "Tragedy" Veil.
"In the streets of Cardiff," writes Mr
Leonard Boyne, "I once saw an Italian
stab another fatally. I was on the oppo
site side of the road, and I gave a yell or
scream and rushed to take the knife.
That incident Is always vividly before my
eyes when I see Tybalt stab Mercutio, and
I have ever since, when playing Komeo,
used the 'yeir. I have noticed a dead
silence come over the house Immediately,
as if something beyond mere acting had
happened. Ouo of the audience told me
that the scream was so effective that he
thought the man was actually stabbed,
and he was completely carried awny by
the scene." This seems at first sight like
a perfect example of "emotion rewllected
in tranquility." But can Mr. Boyne re
produce the cry, with certainty of effect,
In perfectly cold blood?" Does he' not de
pend upon the emotional tension of the
scene to attune him for the effort? I con
fess to a doubt whether Talma himself
could reproduce in perfect tranquility the
"spasmodic vibration" of voice which he
originally owed to overmastering emo
tion. Longman's Magazine.
Bending Panoramas Abroad.
A product purely American and prob
ably in the nature of a revelation to the
heathen peoples of England and France,
to whom Steamship Agent Low has just
consigned it, reached here all the way
from Minneapolis a day or two ago by
water. It was a panorama, and as it
was fifty -four feet long it had to be tar
paulined and bolted to the deck of the
steamship Lydian Monarch, as there was
no room for it in the hold. A single
freight shipment fifty-four feet long is
not to be sneezed at, even if it is only
five feet and a half sqnare in the other
two dimensions, and this particular big
roll of canvas weighed all of three tons.
The manufacture of panoramas for the
European market is a novel industry of
recent origin. These canvas pictures are
not shown over here at alL New York
Letter.
At the Ilall.
Admiring Mamma (pointing to her
daughter) Don't you think that Nannie
looks so much better In that dress, Mrs.
Greene, than In any she has ever had?
Mrs. Greene (with emphasis) Why, my
dear Mrs. Scott. I don't think anything
con Id improve Nannie's appearance.
It was meant as a compliment, bnt the
fond mamma took It otherwise, and now
they don't speak. Harper's Bazar.
Of COO tornadoes of which record has
been made In the United States, not more
than 73 were east of the Alleghany
Mountains.
Wben you sncceed In life you will find
err body willing to help you.
HOTEL LIFE IN CHINA.
COMPANIONS WHO SMOKE
EAT PEANUTS.
AND
Sleeping on a Kudo llenrh Covered with
Heed MaUaml I'rovldeil llh a Wooden
1'lllow Hill of Faio for Nupper -A
Wakeful Night.
Au official In big tortoise shell spectacles
examines my passport, reading it slowly
and deliberately aloud In peculiar sing
song tones to the crowd, who listen with
all absorbing attention. He then orders
the people to direct me to a certain tilt t im,
or inn. This inn blossoms forth upon my,
as yet, unaccustomed vlsiou as a ecu
llarly vile and dingy little hovel, smoke
blackened and untidy as a village smithy.
Halt a dozen rude benches covered with
reed mats and provided with uncomfort
able wooden pillows, represent what sleep
ing accommodations the place affords.
Several other lodgers occupy the room
In common with myself; some are smok
ing tobacco and others are industriously
"hitting the pipe." The combined fumes
of opium and tobacco are well ulgb un
bearable, but there Is no alternative. The
next liench to mine Is occupied by a peri
patetic vendor of drugs and medicines.
Most of his time Is consumed In smoking
opium in dreamy obllvlou to all else, snve
the seiiouoiis delights embodied In that
Oieratlon Itself. Occasionally, however,
when preparing for another smoke, he ad
dresses me at length in about oue word of
pigeon English to a dozen of slmun pure
Cantonese. Iu a spirit of friendliness he
tenders me the freedom of his pipe and a
little box of opium, which is, ot course,
"declined with thanks."
MOIITAU AND PESTLE1.
Long Into the midnight hours my gar
rulous companions sit around and talk
and smoke and eat peanuts. Mosquitoes
likewise contribute to the general induce
ment to keep awake; and after the others
have finally lain down my ancient next
neighbor produces a small mortar and
pestle and busies himself In pounding
drugs. For this operation he assumes a
pair of large, round sectaclc8 that In
the dimly lighted apartment and its noc
turnal associations are highly suggestive
of owls and owlish wisdom. The old
quack works away at his mortar regard
less of the approach of daybreak, now and
then pausing to adjust the wick In his lit
tle saucer of grease, or to ludulge In the
luxury of a peanut
The proprietor of the hlttlm seems
overjoyed at my lllierality as 1 present
him a ten cent string ot tsln for the
night's lodgings. Small as It sounds,
this amount Is probably three or four
times more thau he obtains from bis Chi
nes guests.
AT ANOTHER HOTEL.
The hlttlm of I)-pow is somewhat su
perior to that of yesterday; it is a two
storied building, and the proprietor hus
tles me np stairs in short order, and locks
me in. This Is to prevent any possible
hostility from the crowd that immediately
swarms the place, for while In his house
he Is lu a measure held responsible tor my
treatment. Tho bicycle Is kept down
stairs, where it erforiiis the utiles of a
vent for the rampant curiosity ot tne
thousands who besiege the proprietor for
a peep at myself.
A little cup and a teapot or not tea is
brought me at once, and my order taken
for supper; the characters on a limited
wrilteu vocabulary proving luvaiuanie as
an aid toward making my gastronomic
preferences understood. A dish of tailed
fish. Dlckled ginger, chicken entrees,
young onions, together with rice enough
to feed a pig, lorm the ingredients oi a
very good Chinese meal. Chop sticks are,
of course, provided; but as yet, my dex
terity In the manipulation of these articles
Is decidedly of the negative order, and so
my pocket knife performs the dual office
of knife and fork; for the rice, one can
use; after a manner, the little porcelain
dipper, provided for ladling au evil smell
ing liquid over that staple.
Bread, there Is none in China; rice is
the bread of both this country and Japan.
During the night one gets a reminder of
the bek-Jees of Constantinople in the per
formances of a night policeman, who
passes by at intervals loudly beating a
drum. This, together with roystering
musqultoes, and a too liberal Indulgence
In strong tea, banishes sleep to-night
almost as effectually as the pounding of
the old drug vendor's pestle did at Chun-Kong-hoi.
Thomas Stevens In Outing.
Esoltlng Causes of Malaria.
The circumstances under which malaria
prevails as a local disease though suffi
ciently marked are yet In some degree
complicated and perplexing. It Is certain
that the exciting cause of the disease Is
something present In invisible effluvia
from the surface of the earth. It seems
almost as certain that decomposing or
decomposed vegetable matter is the source
ot the Infection; yet the apearauce of
malaria in such a place as the rock of
Gibraltar, which is characterized by an en
tire absence of vegetation, preseuts an ap
parent exception which prevents us from
definitely deciding that vegetable matter
alone can produce the malarial Infection.
Moisture is necessary to produce the
poison; yet moisture alone, or even with
the necessary degree of beat, is not suffi
cient; on the contrary it appears that if
ouly the soil whence malarial effluvia have
arisen could be kept permanently soaked
with moisture there would be no In
fection. The soil must first be for a while sod
den with moisture, then dried, before the
Invisible effluvia the marsh miasma
become dongerous. The heat necessary
to produce the poison must be somewhat
greater than 00 degs. and somewhat less
than HO Hevs. ; between these limits, but
not outside them, heat does Its poison
generating wor. we nave in me cou
rilrlnm alnna a certain Dower of influenc
ing malaria, as has been shown by re-
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pea tea examples. tucnara a. irrovior m
Inter Ocean.
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The Contaglounei of Crime.
Under the title the "Contagiousness of
Murder" M. Aubry has published an
elaborate thesis, In which, among other
things, he argues that the relutlou of a
crime, reproduced with minute details by
the press, frequently leads to a series of
crime, the means of execution of which
are copied from the sime "crime type."
He believes these cases to be cases of
veritable Imitative contagion.
Of course the plea of insanity cuts its
usual exaggerated figure in this disquisi
tion. But the four principal elements
necessary to constitute an epidemic of
murder are given as suggestion, Imita
tion, heredity and contagiousness. Morcau
de Tours proposes the following preventive
measures: 1. A healthy moral Individual
hygiene. 8. The moralization of hublu.
8. A restriction of the publication of
crimes. 4. A more logical severity In the
judgment of criminals. Chicago News.
England's Modest Qneea.
v ! an old saving that a cat can
look at a king, but It isn't so with queens,
laaat tint. Ith Oueeu Victoria, for she
has a horror of being stared at, and tries
to live as quietly anG as seciuueuiy as pos
sible. One of the most general complaints
made by the people oi .ugiauu aoom meir
sovereign is that she hides herself from
them and never allows her subject to look
at ber wben she can help It, Cor. Phila
delphia Times.
Never was there a craze more utterly
out of use than roller skating, and yet it
was a prominent feature of social life ouly
t-9 or hr years ago.
BABY INCU3ATOR3.
Two of Them Are Kept llnnnlng Con
stantly In riillttdvlphla.
The "coiiveuo" in tho Woiuon's
Medical college Is an liistittitloti much
ill demand. It is occupied constantly
by some tiny tenant that is not strong
enough to live In tho oX'ii air, and it
wits not long ago that a duplicate "con
rouse" had to bo imported from Paris.
Tho two are now in full oxrntin.
turning out strong, wholesome bullies.
The French word "couvouso" menus
"a brooder," and is applied to tho little
tncubutor in which weak Infants nro
put until they grow strong enough to
live like common babies, and broatlio
tho air of the rest of mankind. It is a
very siuiplo npiuirutus, easily made,
easily imuiipulated, ami serves an ex
cellent ptirHso. It is a plain, hurd
wood box, 2Hx20il3 inches in dimen
sions. Hit Inches from the bottom there
Is a floor through which there is an
opening made, about throe inches wide,
across the foot end. On this floor the.
nest for the little tenant is umde of a
thick bat of cotton, covered with the
softest flannel. The top of the box tits
tightly, and is tmido of glass. At tho
head end of the box there is an omii
register, three Inches In diameter, which
admits tno air into tno lower ciiaiuocr
of the "oouveuso."
This idr passes over five bottles of
hot water placed In the busciiicut apart
ment, and goes up through tho oieiiing
In the floor at tho foot. At this open
ing three good sized soiiges lira sus
(H'lided on a wire. The sponges ure
kept damp, and moisten the air which
comes up from off tho hot bottles.
Over the head of tho baby Is a little
chimney in the top of the lid, through
which this air uisos out. Iu this
chimney is a little Indicator, which is
moved constantly by the current of uir.
When it stops the attending nurse
knows thut the circulation of the air
has been shut off.
There was a buby In the "couvouso"
last night, ami it looked its happy ou
IU bat of cotton ns a bird would in its
nest The temperature is kept any
whero from 80 to 90 (legs., according to
the strength of tho Infant, the weaker
ones having tho hotter surroundings.
When the heud nurse lifted tho littlo
fellow out of its warm, moist bed it
kicked about In a very lively fashion.
This pioneer baby incubator was
brought from Paris over a year ago,
and it has never been without an occu
pant The new one Is also in constant
use. Not a single Infant that lias been
brought up in either of them has died,
and there have been a great many
housed there. Tho treatment must be
very wholesome, for the head nurse
said thut the average increase lu the
weight of the Infants is ultout thirty
grams daily. Philadelphia Record.
The Malign Town.
Quletelet, in his well known treatise,
"Ou Man," pointed out that tho growth
of town children is quicker than that
of country children. Tho demands
from the nutritive powers are larger,
and consequently wo can understand
how it conies about thut tho educa
tional burden is felt more by town chil
dren thun their country cousins. Town
life Is not a natural life. If It has cer
tain advantages, It also lias sundry
drawbacks. The Imperfect dovulop
meiit of tho digestive organs him far
reaching consequences. Tho realiza
tion of the fact that the digestivo 1 i f II
ciilties of town dwellers lead them to
adopt a dietary which is Injurious in its
after results will causo them to cor
rect it
Already, Indeed, we see many blindly
starting out on a now track In tho
spread of vegetarianism, along with tho
"Bluo Ribbon." Iu this notion they
have not waited for physiology to pro
nounce an authoritative opinion, but
have acted on their own account,
guided by soma Instinctive impulse.
Modifications In our food customs are
required for town dwellers. They
should have food which will nourish
them and sustain without any bad after
effects, and which they can digest.
Possibly, too, before long It will be
found that some modification of the
existing scheme of education Is desir
able In tho Interest of tho weaker chil
dren. Possibly, too, it may be found
that little town mites expand when re
stored to the country, and can lend a
more natural life than that to which at
present they are condemned by the
growth of largo towns, which exercise
such a malign influence upon those who
dwell therein, and especially those who
are born and reared in such towns.
New England Medical Monthly
Murphy's Long Leap for Life.
John Murphy, ' a harness maker of
Cleveland, sat up with a sick friend at
llocky river and sturted to walk home
next morning ou the Nickel Plate track.
While crossing the bridge over Rocky
river, which is ninety-two foot above th
wuter, be wua overtakon by a possenget
train. He shouted to the engineer and
started to run, but it was too lute. The
shriek of the whistle, the roar of the train
and the trembling of the bridge caused
Murphy to become panicstricken, so
that instead of lying down on the outer
timbers, as he might have done with
perfect safety, he leaped from the bridge
into the chasm below.
The passengers on the train and three
or fonr persons in the vicinity saw Mur
phy turn over several times in his awful
fall and strike the water, which is ouly
six feet deep at this point, and snpiosed
be was killed. The keeper of the boat
house, a short distance below, pulled
rapidly to the spot, found Murphy still
struggling and hauled him into the boat
He vomited freely, but quickly recov
ered, and on the arrival of a physician
it was found that, although badly shaken
up and bruised, he had sustained no seri
ous injury. Cor. Chicago Herald.
The housewife can hardly have too
.many doilies. Not only are they use
ful to put under linger bowls and to lay
on'cake and bread plates, but they are
admirable to place under hot dishes, to
lay 1'tween a scallop shell and the
plate, under pates, etc. .
The gentleman Is' solid mahogany; the
fashionnble man Is ouly veneer. J. Q.
Holland.
He who has less than he desires should
know that he has more than ke deserves.
RAINBOW FOLK LORE.
BELIEFS CONCERNING BEAUTIFUL
LUMINOUS PHENOMENA
Olvhie lliinora 'iil Mur.hlp I'ald to the
How Various Xuiura liiveu .t Mraiien
ger troni lleiiven 1 lie lluuil of Bonis.
A Keimin,
Many curious beliefs concerning the
rainlMKv the iinmt Is'iiiitlfulof the lumin
ous phenomena of the sky or air have
prevailed In all ages, and do still survive,
j The anelenls have left ou record many of
! these strange Mlcfs. They grew and
I spreail during the Middle Ages. The
ijiiiImiIIsui of Christian art employed the
ralnliow as an ornament. Christ being
frequently shown sealed on tho many
colored arch of heaven.
The Imiw has lieen recognized as the
deity himself, and divine honors and wor
ship have been paid to It. Ancient Greeks
of Dele is offered cakes ot Hour, meal and
dried fruits to I lie rnluliow. Iris, the
charmingand swift messengerof the gods,
was the rainlsiw in early mythology, and
oue of the lesser divinities in Olympus.
Iu Samoa the rainlsiw Is recognized ns
the village god, and l'ava (god of war)
appeared In Its shining arch. .Mozamliiiiiu
Turks regard It as the Imiw of Mouloueoii
(genius ot good), and Turks as the Ihiw of
I CoiiMi (angel of clouds.) In the I'hillp
I pine Islands vows are addressed to it, and
, after rain prayers are said to It. It was
one of the servants of the sun in ancient
Peru, and n niche was reserved for it in
the Quito temples. In Tahiti it is one of
the children of the (iod Taatou.
When not regarded as the deity himself,
It is often believed to be in some way con
nect ml Willi him, as many ot modern
names for it Indicate. Curibs consider it
the "basket of the (Jod Joulouka;"
Sninoycdcs, "tho edge of the garment of
supreme lielug," and Kamschatkans,
"the Clod Blloiicay." Its name in .San
scrit was the "arm" or the "bow of
Indi a," God of tho Klements. In Finnish
It Is called "I'kko's bow;" Tslgane eas
auts call it the "ring of God," and Sclv
voniaus the "seal of God;'1 Croatians, the
"belt," "rod," "foot," or "stave of God,"
while to Inhabitants of Archangel, the
Walloon country, and to Araba and
C'.ccks it is I he "Imiw of God." It Is
known In one part ot France as the
"girdle of God."
Others credit the saints with power
through it. Various saints have been se
lected as patronymic. In is "St. Mark's
Ihiw" In parts of Italy and France; "St.
Martin's ring" In other localities of
France, and his "bow" In still other
places, and in Spain also. In Belgium It
Is called "St. Michael's bumble bee;" lu
! France "St, Bernard's crown," avd In
Lorraine his "body;" In Provence and
Dauphuyhls "bridge." It Is "St. Leon
ard's crowu" hi one place, his "carriage"
iu another. Basque folk lore records Its
name as the "arm of St. John." One
Arab name is the "bow of the prophet."
Iu accordance with the tradition that
the rainbow was a sign and a promise to
Noah, we find It connected with his name
lu many place, and frequently shall also
find It in weather Indication. Sicilians
call it "Noah's arch;'' provincial Rus
sians, "Noah's legacy," and it la named
the "boat of the Holy delugo" Iu Frauclie
Compte. Regarded hi many hinds as a
messenger from heaven, or a way to the
celestial regions, the luminous bow Is
named In accordance with these beliefs.
In old French and lu modern Finnish dia
lects it Is the "celestial arch," wliile lu
Spanish It Is the "heavenly how;" in Ar-
deche, the "bridge or the Holy spirit;"
in Welsh, the "arch of the Trinity," and
hi central Russia,, the "bow of pardon."
I Ancient KddaU lore named It "Bifrost,
the bridge between heaven and earth,"
over which the gods journey. Later
Greek mythology represented It as the
road to the gods by which Iris traveled.
"Arcanum mm Irim, sed vium Irldis
' dixit," says Suevliis.
I In Austria-Hungary, the rainbow la the
bridge by which St. Klins descends from
heaven, and the thunder Is the sound of
bis chariot wheels. Central Asian tribes
also call It "St. Kllas' Bridge," and Rus
sian )Masants of Kazun name it the "In
clined Bridge." In one portion of France
It Is said to be the shadow ot a bridge
which exists between earth and heaven.
In Greenland and Slavonlu It is the road
of souls, and is thus confounded with the
I Milky Way. Welch tradition represents
the rainbow as the way by which the
mau in tho moon climlied to his elevated
perch. It Is the way by which saints de
scend to earth to punish and reward men,
according to Lettouian traditions. Souls
of the just ascend to heaven thus In many
beliefs, and it is frequently named a lad
der. Ukraine peasants say the angels de
scend by It to draw water from the earth
to replenish the heavenly reservoir, whence
full the copious showers. New Zealanders
thought It a ladder by which their chiefs
climlied Into the sky, and Philippine
Islanders, a stairway by which the souls
of those dying a violent death ascended to
heaven. An Indian folk tale relates that
mice climbed Us threadlike steps to
heaven, gnawing them to liberate a cap-
. tlve there imprisoned.
Contrary to this Idea of a celestial ori
gin, tho rulnlHiw Is sometimes regarded as
demoniacal. The Karens of Burmah
point it out to their children aa a demon
that will devour human souls. The un
fortunate, possessor ot these will, they say,
die a sudden and violent death. It Is also
said to devour human beings, which
causes It great thirst, and It is then that
It Is seen over n pond drinking the water.
F. H. Bussett In G lots)-Democrat.
The Dogs of War.
In the next war, we may expect to see
dogs tako a prominent part. The French
are training a pack of large and fierce
mastiffs to attack dummies clothed In
Prussian uniform. The Idea, If successful,
will doubtless draw attention to the use of
other animals for such purposes. America
now feeds, clothes and arms foreign na
tions when they wish to tight, and lends
them money when they get bard up, and
doutless we can also supply them with
all kinds of animals for war purposes.
Perhaps the American skunk might
prove even more eflicacious In buttle than
the dog. At all events it would be Inter
esting to watch what the Prussian army
would do when attacked by a pack of
trained American skunks. I'hihulelphia
Times'.
Riiulnn Church AffUlra,
Although the czar Is the nominal
leader of the Russian church, the re
sponslblllly of directing its affairs rests
with tho holy synod, composed of the
metroKilltnnsof St. Petersburg, Moscow
and Kieff. The primate of these, tho
inetroM)lltan of St. Petersburg, occupies
a large and handsome palace, with a vas',
numlier of clerks under him, ami has a
gift of tlJ,000,(KKJ annually from the pub
lic treasury, la-sides the offering collected
In all the churches. New York Evening
World.
Electricity In the rreocb Nary.
The French minister of marine has de
cided that every military port shall send
to Paris two foremen and two working
electricians to study the various systems
of electric lighting. A further evidence
of the extent to which the government
of France Is recognizing the importance
of providing its navy with the fullest
possible instruction in electrical matters
is afforded by the fact that lectures on
the theory and use of electricity and it
employment for naval purposes are being
given at the Brest observatory, and they
will be continued for four months. Now
York Commercial Advertber.
THE YOUNQ PEOPLE.
A Toung Man Who ftneceederf la lifting
the Family Curtain.
THiy cannot the parent in preparing l'en
fant terrible for expected guests be wise to
warn against the actual snares that lis In
waitt Kor example, a friend told ns this
week of a recent visit she had made where
her hoateat all too evidently "made com
pany" of ber. Heated at the breakfast table
the little terror piped out, "Two kinds of
nieat on the tablel I never saw such sup
per a that before." They tried yet again,
and served ponlet for the midday meal
Again 1'enfant terrible. "That was my
chicken they killed. Poor chlckle! That was
my chlckle, Mis ." Mis would
gladly have spared the poor victim after this
appetizing remark, but as there was at this
esion but one kind of meat on the table, the
laws of politeness forbade, and she partook
with tho best po&slllo grace of the pet of the
poultry yard. Boston Commonwealth.
Moods and Tenses.
Two little twins, Louisa and Julia by
nsme, Illustrate in their queer speeches the
hard work which children have In mastering
the part of speech:
One day their mother missed Louisa, and
as Julia had just been out at a neighbor's,
she fancied that perhaps Louisa had been
with her.
"Julia," she asked, "did Louisa go out with
your'
"Xo, mamma," said the little girl, "she
didn't been; I saw she at the window wben I
was a weutluT Youth's Companion.
The Probabilities.
Teacher So you can't do a simple sum In
arithmetic! Now, let me explain it to
you. Suppose elht of you have together
forty-eight apples, thirty-two peaches and
sixteen melons, what would each one ot you
getl "Cholera morbus," replied Johnny.
Rare Bits.
Hit Ambition.
"Willie," said the good pastor, who was
taking dinner with the family, "I suppose
you will be a literary man, like your father,
when you grow up."
, "Nok," said tho little boy addressed, as he
looked at tho somewhat meagre array of del
trades on the table with lofty scorn, "liter
ary nuthin't I'm goiu' to be a 1 10,000 cook I"
Chicago Tribune.
The Show Conld Now Begin.
What funny things a man in the box office
sees, The other day I was in the treasury
department of a theatre for a while. It was
a matinee day. Among tho people in line
was a chap whose makeup indicated that be
was In the city to see the sights.
"I would like to have one of your best
seats," he said, as he looked in at the window
just as a chicken iu a coop looks out at a
grain of corn hieh it can't reach.
"Dollar and a half," was the reply.
'Uot any cheaperf '
"Oh, yes; got 'era for 1, sevojity-flve, fifty
and tweuty-tlve centa"
"OiTime a fifty cent ticket
"All right; there you are."
"Hiu the show begun yetl" " JJ
'Not yet."
"Bow long before It will begin!"
"Just as soon as you get seated," said the
treasurer, in a way that was mutter of fact,
"We have been waiting for you."
"Ileyf" said tho countryman.
"I say we have been waiting for you. ' I
was afraid you wouldn't come. Flease step
in an as uot to keep the coniany waiting."
The countryman looked at the treasurer
for a half minute, and then asked:
"IIow did you know I was cominT Chi
cago Mail. '
A Definite Answer.
One of hit oolleaguna lu the senate said to
Mr. Palmer, of Michigan, the other day:
"Palmer, I supXMe that between legiti
mate lumbering, lumber stealing and fires,
the timber is gutting pretty scarce in Michi
gan." For a moment Mr. Palmer looked at his
friend pityingly and then replied:
"Just to think what a common school sys
tem ws have and, with it all, a United States
senator to ak such a questloni Why, my
dear sir, there is timber enough now standing
in the state of Michigan to make three board
fences, potts and all, fifteen boards high,
clear around the earth ouos a year tor Of teen
years."
That removed the questioner's doubts at
least in Mr. Palmer's opinion, I suppose.
Chicago Herald.
An Appropriate Motto.
Mr. Mould (in book store) I want you to
get me up an appropriate motto to bang la -my
audertakiug establishment.
Dealer Bow would "Honesty the beat
policy" dot
Mr. Mould That's too much of a chest
nut. Dealer (contemplatively) H"m, how does
"Is life worth living!" strike yout
Mr. Mould-Good, that's just the thing!
New York Sun.
Mr tVhltniani Nemeil Aroused at t .
An exchange has printed a poem "after
Walt Whitman." It is time some one got
after Walt, FitUburg Chronicle.
Nature Comes to the Iteecae.
The recent discovery of an ink lake In Col
orado is considered timely in view of the
coming campaign. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Strange.
The barber's Is a strange profe-loa. You
seldom see one that Is not at the head.
Yonkers Statesman.
A Classical Course.
He And so you are really attending
cooking school, i&b Clara!
She (brightly) Yes, and it is such fun.
He I suppose you can make nice bread,
already!
She No, 1 have nothing to do with making
bread; but I can make lovely angel caka I
am only taking the claw teal cours e. N(W
York Sun.
A pleasant cure for hoarseness la to
bake lemon for fifteen minutes in m
slow oven, cut off oue end and remove
the pulp, and sweeten to taste. This
simple medicine will often take away
the tightness in the chest which so often
accompanies severe cold.
A French doctor has recently been col
lecting statistics with regard to those of
bis patients who octnplain of nervous
affections, with the result that be has
come to the conclusion that the prim
causa of all the evil is the practice of
reading in the train. .
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