LL i 2 FAITHFUL NATURt Nature iW faithful It To such a tnut ber (ulihfultwaa. Wbeo ll ton "hall qiMnul m. 'bi the ol(tht and morning lie, mo anil land refuse lo fund me, jwW b mue 'bougD la ill. r.mentm. XnE MAJOR'S UMBRELLA. : "liD't she ridiculous?1 said Fanny nleclare." rasped Rlioda Filley, "I'r laughed until my sides ache!" yoU OUglll W ,w ' uLin.ua, I any price," said Mary Ellis. The girls stood around, in a littlo group, Whins und applauding. It win a dull, rainy day, and business was not brisk at the "Dry Goods and Fancy Em porium" on the corner of Main street and Willow avenue. jlaj. Carson had just Iwcn In to look at yellow silk pocket handkerchiefs a tall, i,ior man with verv black eves, and a complexion that matched the pocket handkcrcliieis anu nuo. gone away, , --inrr curious old Madras silk um brella with a hooked ivory handlo, carved in the siimlitudo 01 a scorn neau, on the counter. And Martha Price, the youngest, mer- .... ii .1.. ..i . i fr jest anu prettiest oi uu mo simp maiu I i.iw! rnnclit it un. twisted a vcllow f r lis, - o i bandanna around lier neck, put ono of the "newest styles" of gentlemen's fait Watson the side of her chestnut curls, land was parading down the middle of hc side nislo, with an excellent imitation f0f the half halt that characterized Maj. icarson's gait. Even Mr. Iloyt, the dig nified floor walker, looked on from a dis ftance and smiled. I "That Patty Price is a regular little lump of withcraft," said he to Mis9 Daly, Hlio cashier. "Just look at her, will you? I'm told she Is cap'tal in private theatit Vals. And she is certainly very pretty." i "Ye-es," primly assented Miss Daly. I gi,e bad nothing against Patty Price, Imt it is hard for a woman of 50 afflicted with chronic neuralgia, to sympathize heartily in the praises of a woman thirty years lier junior. Just at the moment when the laughter was loudest, tho store door noiselessly 'opened. Mnj. Carson himself re-entered. '-Did I leave my umbrella here" he asked, with a quiet glance which swept the whole auditorium, nnd took in every detail of the scone. "Oh, yes, I see, A thousand tl-.r.:;:.-!" He lifted his hat with the quaint, old fashioned bow. and left tho store, I Patty Price stood aghast, tho felt hat till topping her crop of curls, the yellow pocket handkerchief yet displaying its Jlat bow under the central dimple of her thin. The sudden laughter of her audience was hushed. Miss Daly uttered a little gasp of horror. Mr. Hoyt raped sharply with hisjknuckles on tho nearest counter ( "Girls," said he, "go back to your do artments. This isn't business.' The knot of damsels dispersed at once, ut Patty IVice carried the heaviest heart Of all beneuth the coquettish surplice olds of her blue delaino frock. "I oughtn't to have dono it," she falt ered, busying her hands among the rolls Of colored ribbon that the porter had just brought upstairs. "Prudence always told hie that my foolijh, tliglity ways would bring me into troJole. I'ni quite, quite jure that ho saw me!" i "What if ho did'" encouraged Rlioda filley. "llo can't have you arrested, ton her , , I "Oh, but he has been so good to us, alf whispered Patty. "Ho left Jiis aandsome suit of rooms at the hotel and took board with mother just to help us along; nnd sister Prudence says he is the most perfect gentleman she ever knew. Oh, I don't know how 1 shall ever look aim in tho face again!" i "Is he an old lieau of your mother? iked Khoda. indifferently, i Patty started. "No!" she cried; "of course not! Why, he's not 40 yet, for all he looks so old. It's tho East Indian climate has done that Prudence says she thinks he's verv handsome and t "Oh!" laughed Khoda; "then it's sister Prudenco he s in love with'" i "I wish you wouldn't say such dis ipreeablo things," said Patty, frowning, liush! don't you see there's a customer opming?' . All day long Patty was in low spirits. 3he went home at night with a head- iflm tnblnrr nnra tn lip A littlo behind tile regular family tea time, so as not to see iaj. Carson. i"If he told mother," she pondered, "as "I would serve me entirely right for him d do, what will she say? Prudence, too if Rlioda speaks truth, and she is re- n v in lrvo u-itli Mni. ( nrson sho will 'lever forgive me. And now I come to bank of it, Maj. Carson's profile is tcr iect, and his quiet, courteous ways are not a bit like those of the other men around here, lie does walk a little lame a one anklo, but when ono remembers vaat he got the bullet wound in protect ing a party of women from the mail Hill-oh. dear! what evil spirit did possess me to mimic Lira tnrl.iv? It was the sight of that I ..mKmlln I iln Ix'licvo. that ' j uv.vi viu uuiui k.at put it into my head. Old Daphne always t-ud that piece of ivory on the handle vas carved outoi an eastern ouiuwt, w I believe she was right! Daphne don t l bo t no,,- lUi .,,nWl!i in the dark. t he always utters some 6pell as she goes it. mere it lsnowi ci, , nn,i irl-oil nt the um WHO OIUUIICU uuu " - - - - 1 rella as it leaned against the rau or the I . 1 1 ,L. UnU w.f,,ta n sini-Ia r-.IS Al BUU1U 111 Ultt 11UU, " " D o " burned fee my in uie iauiu -' Is it a good spirit, I wonder," she ried herself, "or an evil one, that ifcphne is alraid of?" , Bhe took the umbrella in her hand and lked wistfully at the carvings of the itorkshead. . , "The Sacred Ibis, I suppose." she F vlered. "And I wish 1 hadn't made tiui if it. Prudence wUl be so angry." Bhe was still lookinj intently at t.:e iuajor's umbrella when Uie street door opened and the major himself came in. "I'm afraid," said he, "that I am a little late for tea. Oh. you were liking t t my umbrella. Miss Martha. ell. rrant you" (with a quiet smile) "it U r Uher ridiculous; but it is a very old t Mend of mjie, and I've a prejudice in livor of old friends." Patty burst into tears; the umbrella M clank ogninst the iron shell of the l:at rack, spUttins the stork's head in two. -Please do forgive me, Maj. Carson!" tho sobbed. "I've beliaved hke a I ata vniaa Indian, and I don't duserve that t ou should ever speak to me again, cut i never will again and, on, please, 1'ye i ruken it nowl What will Prudence t "it don't matter." said tho major, r iietly interposing to prevent her jiiek 'g up the nlinsofthe Sacred Ibis. But fiat has Misa lYudcnce Price to do "I-I don't know," murmured Fatty. She says I have neitherdiscreUon nor dignity, and she is right." , "Now. hi Martlia. stoo crying said t major, gentlr patting ber band, u you think that I bear you any malice on txuntof this mornings innocent tat of girlish mamerade, yoo are ' mistaken. It Is quite natural that hail a dozen gay young things should waka t onj.f an old toa like inA. - "Hut you are nut an old fogy!" "At i-igiit-imd-lhirty? No Well, peo ple diUrr nil kik h auhjecta. And vou are ma to tnniifiit yourself nlwut it any more do ymi Itmr? AS'hv do you look soearnintly ut me?" hu added. i In- I'll ' dark curtaiiii of Ixshea full on (Tiiiiwin rbtvk once mom. 'I !iin I know." she fnllerttl. '1 win thinking liuw giiod you an. Here comes niolher, mid I know by the smell that old Daphne has taken the tea biscuit out of the oven. And oh, I am so orry aix'ui uie unioreiiu: The major nicked un the umbrella snapiied lajiiH.-d ihv slender standard in two, n ami llinu it coiuoosedlv out of the liall window, "There!" said ho. "I won't have rnu frettilii! voin-Melf so ccuselesslv about an old umlinllu!" Old I)uiihiie. comln.t across tho hall with the culTce not in her hand, stonned sliort "llress au' salie usr cried she, "if do spell ain't dono gone outen de house! well, itn Kw ful lucky ting for we una. 1 ik'Ikt dono feel easy wlulo dat or was stan'in' round.'' Martha," said Mrs. Price to her youngest daughter that evcuinc whiio careworn Prudence was examining the liaker h hook down In tho kitchen. "Maj. Carson has been scakiiig to mu"- "1 know," interrupted Patty, with a littlo guilty start. "He's going away tho best boarder you ever liad and it's all my fault." "o, ne s not going away, no "Then," cried Putty, "he's going to marry rrudeiice! And shea a dear, good girl as ever lived, mother, but but do you think the is quite young enough for the major'" "My dear child, ir you would only hear me out The ma ior" "lias gut a wife already in India!" burst out l'uttv "an olive skinned Drill- cess, with a diamond as big as a hazel nut in her tiara, and ho wants to bruig her here! There are somo things I won't stand, mother. Tho Fmixiriuiu people are going to establish a branch business at Denver, and 1 11 go out there with Miss Daly and the Wicklow girls. 1 don't believe" At that moment there was an outcry In tho kitchen. Muster Alonzo Price, tho youngest hopo of tho family, had just come in with a bloody nose from single combat with somo neighboring youth. Mrs. Trico grasiwd u camphor Wtlo and ru-shed to tho rescue, aiid Patty was left alone. "I wish 1 were dead!" sobbed she, dropping her head on the cushioned arm of the sola. "It's all the evil spell of that horrid old umbrella!" "Has your mother told you, Martha?" asked a gentle, reassuring voice close to her elbow. And she started, to behold tho very subject of her thoughts. "No yes" sho faltered. 'Tlease don't go away, Maj. Carson!" "It all depends on vou, Martha, whether 1 go or stay," ho answered, gravely. "Does it. really?" Her heavy eyes brightened a little at this. "Then I will try to be good to her." "To be good to whom?" said tho major, with something of a puzzled expression in his face. "To tho prin to tho lady, I mean, whom vou uro going to marry." "1 shall many no lady, littlo Martha, unless you will have me," said tho ma jor, resignedly, shrugging his shoulders. "1?" "Yes," spoko up Maj. Carson. "1 hardlv dared plead my own cause with you; but since Mrs. Price has not delivered my message, I must even try for myself. I supKo, dear, I seem very grim 'and antiquated to you, but my twin, 1,-iu mivnr v.,t lionn tmielietl bv wo man's voice or woman's eyes, and f have erovvn to love vou very dearly. Do you think, ratty, you could learn to love me again Patty had grown first red, then pale. Her bands (luttered, as she glanced timidlv un. nnd then answered: "Oh, yes, 1 am sure I could, because because 1 felt so miserably jealous when I thought of the Last India princess." "Of whom'" "No matter no matter," said Tatty. And almost in a second sho was crying and laughing on Maj. Carson's breast. ISut tho next morning sho crept out into the garden and picked up the pieces of tho Sacred lias' head, lying out there in the dewy grass. "I shall havo it mended, said she, "and keep it ulwavs. Daphne is right it is an amulet, nnd it has brought me luck!" Saturday Night. Saved by Hit Monkey. An instance of the instinct nnd fidelity of a young monkey comes from Batig nolles, a suburb of Paris. A little boy (so says a French journal), the son of an in habitant of that part of the city, was playing in one of tho rooms of his fath er's Hat with the monkey, which is a most intelligent and domesticated mem ber of its species. The boy, in a tit of juvenilo caprice, tied the cord of a win dow blind tround his neck and pretended to hang himself, to tho immense amuse ment of his Simian playmate, which grinned and chattered on a chub. Sud deidv the boy Lame livid ana began to cry. 'for the cord got into a real noose around his neck, la a very short space of time tho irxukey took in the situation and tried to undo the noose with his paws, but liad to give up tho attempt, it then hopped awty to anotacr room, where tho boy's grandmother vaa sit tins, and begun to pull ct her gown, to chatter, grimace wd loulc wuti'ully to ward Uifdocr. At first, thinking that tho a:iira:-.l wanted tJ bite her, the old lady was frightened; but, seeing that it was caduavuring with niilit and main to drag her toward tho door, she rcso from her scat, end went, piloted by tho mon key to the room where hergninikon was moaning. The boy was instantly extri cated from his peidjus position, though it was some time before he recovered from hu pain and fright. Jocko, he do iverer. Java tho French authority for this strange narrative, received a nice Littlo tablet of chocolate cream for his ..ilendid action, and hu deserved it. London Telegraph, A lilt "f a Woman. Louise Lawson, the sculptor whose (it'll ue of Sunset Cox is occasioning con-Mil.-rable discussion just now, is a bit of a woman, with goldeu brown hair, grav eyes, a lisp and a viva cv manner.' She wears, when work in,' i'l clay, a dark blue blouse and trJin 'is. and her studio costume is al. wav ( f white linen-skirt and coat the lattir linished with an extraordinary collar of coarse embroidery, tied with the traditional knot of baby blue ribbon. With thiscootuine yellow shoes are worn. The whole effect in rather more bizarre than attractive. Whatever the critics say, the letter carriers swear by Louise and her nine-foot image. Exchange. T1t Ilrld Thlr Dinner. Not long ago a a t elation, ut its regular meeting at one of the Boston hotels, partook of a dinner of eleven or twelve courses, which seemed ... a I mi'ni'atnnq! taOaUV altogi tiier more naooruiu nuu agreed upon would warrant. After the nTcal it transpired that they had disposed of a dinner for a fpecial party later in the dav, and by mistake served to them. The ministers met the situation calmly, held their ground and their dinner, and , .. - I..-.H....I is -.ttln m ith tha other leu we i4iuu,w, w - 1 - . ,. A.nW.lllllltlfl 111. i pany. ixiou vAifc.6" I LOUISIANA'S GLORlESb THE BEAUTIES OF THE STATE AS 6EEM BY ONE OF ITS RESIDENTS. eancry That lllra Ilia Soul of Ilia Tort. Romanila Rpota by llia and Hirer. Tha Oild and Intrrwting Taopla Ooa May Im, In New Orleans wo bury In ovens alwve ground to escape the waters on which our city floats; in Si Martinsville there are dungeons of underground cellars; and in one iarish the snows are orange blossoms, and in another they fall from heaven Itself. In the Acadian country, when a ball is to be, a courier carries a flag and ride over all the country shout ing out like a town crier in the olden days the summons to the fete. In Cro oledom a young girl dead is borne to her grave by white veiled "death maidens," and in Acadia the very horses wear amu lets to charm away the "gri-grL" There are out of the way little inns in Louisiana where the cooking is as good as at Del monico's nay, better. Who would not go a-swamping if only the way was shown him? How many tourists would be proof against a day at Spanish lake, or a night's alligator hunt on the Atcho falaya? What Floridian scenery can equal our Tchefuncia? There is a street in Dublin only a few b.ocks long said to le the tiuest street in the world; and there is a river in Louisiana only navi gable for a little way that for beauty, for color of environment, is more finely picturesque and lovely than miles of the Thames, tho Rhine, tlio Arkansas or the Hudson. SATIRE APrEm TO THE ARTIST. Nature in Louisiana apiieals to the art ist, to the xct, to the pliotograiiher, to the tourist, who is none of these in prac tice, yet all nnd more in love with tho beautiful. There is an indescrilable charm in the softness of our hikes, tho serene, deep beauty of our bayous, tho splendor of our forests, the gayety and grace and lively life of our plantations, bvery village has its inn, its traditions, its accessible gossip, its eculiar local customs, too pronounced to escape the interested looker on. Here you will find the big plantation, the line house over run with pickaninnies, the royal wel come, the never failing hospitality. There you will find the adobe nut. tho squalid tamah maker. Here you will find the voudou witch working charms; there you will lind ma belle creolo making a novena before her saint and praying for a husband. There you will meet a pa tient, farm lalwring friar or hear the dirgeliko chant of tho entombed Carmellite nuns. One day you may stand under an orange tree freighted with 10,000 golden glolies of fruit; an other day you may climb up a ladder into the crch of theswanieror down a shaft into a salt mine far below tho sur face. Ours is a pastoral country, as pastoral as England. All is gentle and serene and matured and full of soft repose. The (lowers and even lields, tho still for ests, the waveless bayous, tho rich crops and the lowing kino nil appeal to the home side of nature. The grass is green everywhere, innumerable flocks of gecso waddle over the green levees and nip grass in the orange orchards. THE ITINERANT SHOWMAN. Out in the woods and by tho river's brim, the cheap circus people, traveling In caravans or in gay painted barges drawn by tiny tugs, erect their tents; peddlers plod about in heavy blue hacks; a gypsy fortune teller, her baby swung on her back, stealthily creeps up and wliisiers a wish to have her hand crossed with silver; an evil Arab slinks by under the Cherokee rose hedgo leading a dancing bear, lie gets out of tho way for the gentleman planter trotting by in Ids dog cart. I'nder the pent roof in the Teche country, in the tiny hut made on the gulf islands of wrecked ship's timbers, in the tine old country mansion, a palace in the old days, there burns the inextin iniishnhle torch of cenial hospitality. Like the Spanish the house owner greets tho new coiner with that gracious warmth and rives him not only the best he has hut all ho has. Catharine Cole in New Orleans Picayune. Tffth an lnriea of Charactafw A leadinu dentist snys: "To deter mine a Derson's character by the teeth take the upper front teeth. They are a true index of the nature of a man or a woman. "Here." ne saiu. "IB uie tooth of a young lady who has a lovely disposition and is universally beloved. See how remilar and dainty the forma tion in nml vet nossessine all the reouisite points for a perfect tooth, Here you see tlio toom oi a man who Is cruel, although his cruelty is of the refined kind ; notice that tho tooth is white nnd rather sharp and long Then this tooth, stumpy and coarse in form, denotes brutality. It is from the Jaw of a man of brutal nature. Hero is a curious tooth from the mouin oi a DeevL-h. fretful woman. The erown has a sharp, fretful turn to it "Now we have the tootn oi a sensu- rmm wnman. Yon ace it ia square, al thnmrh of cood shaoe. and depressed In ttia rontor. Now we come to one that belonged once in the mouth of a lady who is noted for her retlnement ana in tellectual development. It is slender and nerfeet in shape one of the kind of teeth eoinB with long, slender An gers. Again, tins tooth is irom tne mouth of a much irrofwer nature. I ins vmnan Is lltsh. but has. on the whole. a kindly nature and would not willing ly hurt another's feelings, but it is her nature to be regardless of others." New York Ledger. Tha Dub of Wellington. "The duke, being asked how he had suc ceeded in beating Napoleon's marshals, one after another, said: 'I will tell you. They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid set of har ness. It looks very well and answers very well until it gets broken, and then you are done for. Now. I made my campaign of ropes. If any tiling went wrong 1 tied a knot and went on.' " This, too. is a very characteristic story: "When asked what was the best text of a great general he replied: To know when to retreat and to dare to do it.' " Here is another anecdote; "The duke used to say that he attrib uted bis success in some measure to al ways being a quarter of an hour earlier than be was expected, and that the wisr course in action is to attack your enemy at the moment he is preparing to attack you." Sir William Fraser's Bemims cences. A Living Eutopic Brown I thought I told you lo mvh every cent you got so you would have something in your old age. And here 1 see you have broken open your bank. Little Johnnie Well, dad, I met an old beggar today, and he told me he used to save every cent be got when be was young. Epoch. THEY ALL HAD SOAP, Chlrago liilltlrlana rail Kaaj Victim te Hi I'rnuaaiira I'aklr, The other evening m a representa tive of Tho Post walked down tho cor ridor leading to tho Mayor's otllee he met Private Secretary O'Neil wending his way homeward. Tho genial Tom carried under his arm a lengthy and somewhat peculiarly shnped parcel. On being asked passingly what it con tained Sir. O'Neil blushed, but, like the father of his country, he couldn't lie about it, so In a low tone he an swered : "It's a bar of soap." A moment Inter Deputy Comptroller Frank I turret t was encountered. He, too, carried a parcel. The curiosity of tho reporter wa aroused. "What's thati" Frank was asked. Mr. Itarrett glanced around him, and he replied hastily; "Oh, it's only a bar of soap." Just then A Merman John Summer- field w as stepping out of the city clerk' office. Deputy Clerk Van Cleave brushed post him quickly; both carried parcels. "Itet a quarter I can tell you what you've got under your arm," shouted the alderman after N an retreating figure. "I ll tro you." sold Van. "It's a bar of soap," Interrupted Mr. Suinmerlleld. "Right you are," interrupted the deputy city clerk. "I owe you a quar ter." "So's mine," uiutered the aldenuan, he decendod to the Btreet floor. A scene enacted lu the mayor's office in the early morning explains this mys terious occurence. About nine o'clock a picturesquo looking gentleman, carry ing a huge cage, entered and placed tho cage on John Fitzsimmons' desk. John took a look at it, and then bent a hasty retreat The object that had disturbed the equanimity of Mr. Fitt simmous was a but of enormous dimen sions, with gauzy, filmy wings, each at least two feet long, and the head and body of a monstrous rat. "What's thatr exclaimed Tom O'Neil In horror stricken accent. "Tho great vampire of South Amer ica, whose food Is the blood of sleeping victims and whose home is" and the gentleman with the cage talked until he ran down. "What do you feed it onf asked Al dennuu Siimmerfleld, who hod just linpciicd in, nnd was glancing timor ously at tho cage, "llaw beef and liver," was tho prompt reply. Ity this time a crowd of goodly pro portions had gathered round the vam pire and its owner. Just then the hit' ter drew from his pocket a long slab of something that looked like a sheet of cork und placed it against tho cage. It was gnawed on one edgo, and every body thought It was the vampire's food. With that wonderful unanimity which, like tho proverbial "touch of nature," often shows the whole world to be kin, the entire crowd cried out: "What's that?" This was the vampire man's oppor tunity. "That, gentlemen," he ex claimed, while n ray of luminous intel ligence plaved round his countenance, "is a piece of bark of the soap tree of South America. From It has been manufactured a preparation unrivaled in cleaning gloves, taking grease spots from hats" And before any one could break away tho fukir had the respect ive hat of at least six in the crowd, diligently rubbing away at them with his preparation. That's how the alder men, tho deputy city clerk, the mayor's private secretary and the deputy comp troller went home that evening each with a bar of soap under his arm. Chicago Post. Formation of Coal. There are half a dozen or more theo ries to account for the formution of coal, each of which differs from all the others in some particulars. It is known, however, that most of the coal was formed In what the geologists call the carboniferous ago, which was far cur lier than the appearance of the higher animals or man upon the earth. In that period largo areas of the globe were covered with a vegetation much more luxuriant than Is found even in the tropics now. The atmospheric con ditions were favorable at that time to the formation of beds of peat from this vegetatiou after its death. This peat, being submerged by the downward movement of the earth's crust and eventually buried under an immense weight of sediment, lost much of its moisture by distillation, and at last, after hundreds of centuries of time, be came hardened and changed into the condition in which it now appears as cool St. Louis Globe-Democrat I Slia Stopped for tlreakfaat. A Dominican, in vogue in Paris as a preacher, the Rev. Pere Ollivler, is re nowned for calling to order, without scruples, his pretty hearers. A lady arrived very late at his sermon. The noise of the moving of the chairs, as she walked up the church, much dis turbed the reverend father, who spoke to her ironically in these words: "Mad ame is late. She doubtless stopped to take her cup of chocolate." At first surprised and embarrassed, she grew very red, and then replied, in a clear voice that resounded in me aoep si lence of the church, "Yes, my rever end father, and a little roll with it" A Mother's r.jr. Mistress Do you like children! Domestic Depends a good deal on the children, mum. "Well, yes, I presume it does. Where did you work lust T "With Mrs. Goodheart, mum. She hod only one child." "Oh, well, if you could stand that honid little brat of Mrs. Ooodheart's I'm sure you will not object to my ail little darlings." Good Jiewa. A llarmlrta Sjajpomlam. Bpriggs (who Is bald) What makes jour whiskers so thin on the right side of your facet Figga Oh, tliat comes from always sleeping on my right side. Thai rubs away the hair. Bliggs If that's the rule, then I sop pose Spriggs must sleep while standing on hit head. KicharutHv FACTS ABOUT CATARRH. A DISAGREEABLE DISEASE WITH WHICH MANY ARE AFFLICTED. It Originate In DiffHrrat Cauara Not M 8erlou aa tWrn Kfpivwnlrd f.atljr Cured iI'imIit I'miM-r ( iiiulllluin and Treatment. Tho term "eatrirh" Is from two Greek words meaning "I How," and has its seat in the mucous membranes. Seaking generally, the mucous mem brane is structurally tlio same as the skin. lis ollii'u is similar, being a lubri cator, excretor and ixvretor in llm func tions of tho ImhIv. The disease catarrh Is one which, as' lioforo remarked, linds its expression in the mucous membrane and the extent of this tissue shows at once to what nn extent tho disease can exist, ns there U no part or locality of mucous membrane which cannot and is not affected bv the catarrhal condition. The regions of the mucous trait most prone to catarrh are those of the nose, mouth, upKT and lower pharynx, or Imck part of tho nose-and mouth; tho Itirvir;. or voice organ; tho bronchial tube, the stomach, intestines and gall passaged. These several regions give names to tho existing catarrh, an nasal or nose catarrh, bronchial catarrh, pha- rvngial or larvngial catarrh, stomachic or intestinal catarrh. In these different region we tmd tho catarrh acute or chronic. ritKPisrosiTtoN to CATAitnn. There seem to bo a certain predisposi tion or structural development of the in dividual prone to catarrhal attacks. These conditions nro rhurnetcrized by poverty of Mood ami nutrition, In which the walls of the caoillary or minute blood vessels have n fiebl tone or ower of resistanccwhile the tissue through which such vessels pass are nt the saino time soft and viewing. This predisioition to catarrh Is strongly marked in scrofula ond rickets, and as In bronchial catarrh, the morbid condition is a frequent at tendant on typhoid fever, measles. w hoo ing cough and siiiiiIIhix. F.ffeminuto habit also augment the liability to catarrhal affections. In a consideration of tho reason why any ono should suffer from a catarrh, aciiteor chronic, this condition of tho system or susceptibility is tho important and determining factor without its pres ence the existence of catarrh is nn im possibility. As in consumption, so it is in catarrh, this predisjxwition is the re sult of original organization of tho Indi vidual, or can lie acquired. PANllI'lts tlltKATI.Y KXAflOF.UATF.P. The (laming advertisement setting forth the horrors of catarrh is a familiar object, and our ideas of catarrh are more largely inlluenced bv what wo read than what 'we know. While Rome forms of catarrh nro truly of grave consequence and should reccivo Intelligent attention, if tliis was true in tho majority of cases, probably a large part of tho population of the large cities would lie patients of somo phyi-ieiun or siecialist. Tho truth is, outside of tho common cold, there nro many forms of what limy bo termed mild catarrh, which nro not in coniatible with a state of health, and we can probahlvtako the mnjorityof (ho people in any city nnd by examination demonstrate' that they have, in fact, a mild catarrh. Theso pcnplo are subject to taking cold, easily get n cold, and It is somewhat stubborn. They are usually afflicted during tho soring and fall; steady warm or cold weather is beneilcial to them, and only when they havo a cold nro they much inconve nienced. Their general health la good, ond influences brought to lear on tho general health usually meet with a nromnt effect on tho catarrh. It is stifo to say that, directly, a fatal result from riitarrh is n binrls'iir and linds no foun dation in fact. That much suffering and disability is duo to tho graver or more chronic forms of tho disease is truo. The commonly received belief among tho laity that chronic catarrh is the forerunner of consumption, nnd is nn v noueslion of time, is mire nonsense, If u consumption docs follow a catunh wo arc safe in saying that tho catarrh was consumption' from tho llrst, and tint either tho individual had tho con smuptive taint through hereditary Inllu enees, or his habits and surroundings de veloped it in him and tho catarrh was only the first local expression of the con sumption. In that form of catarrh in which tho disease extends to uoBirucuoii of tissue and death of Imiiio. we must not saddle tho result on tho catarrh; while this unquestionably was tho immediato exciting cause, tliero was present aim ready for tho development of tho result a soil so bad and vicious, either by he redity or acquisition, thut tho death of tissuo and bono was perfectly rational and legitimate. VAl.UAHI.K HINTS TO SlFFT.nEnfl, Tho results of a chronio catarrh are manv nml vnried. and while, marked by a high degree of persistency and still- bornness, relief can anu siiouiu oe at tained. This is to lie accomplished not bv local measures ulono. but more eslio- eiallv by attacking tho individual and relieving the condition which makes the dovcliimiieiit of tho catarrh possible treatment, locauv IlllL'lll ut ihhmh-u for a lifetime and nothing but relief of temporary character gained. Correct nil that is wrong in habits, surroundings and occupation, and you gain a potent iiitlucnco for recovery. One of tho most common causes oi catarrh, csicclally of tho nose, ia de fective nasal breathing or respirution. Again, tho structural changes which usually develop in time from long con tinned nnd neglected catarrh aro other reasons why catarrh Is not reauny re lieved. Notwithstanding these olwta- clcs, relief can and should Ixj uttaiued, The most necessary factor is an lutein etit conception oi mo conuit.ou which i the foundation of tho disease. Helief for this in most of tho cases means relief from tho disease. Cor. bt. Louis tilobe- Democrat. Tlie Common HchooL In tho enrlicst davs of tho settlement of this country, provision was made for tho instruction of the children nt the public cost, the colonics of Massachusetts und of Connecticut taking the load in tho work, nnd tho object being to give nil children free instruction In reading writing, grammar, elementary arithme tic mid L'eoLrranhv. S ben certain com UiUsioncrs addressed questions on this subject to the governor of the colonies, tho coventor of Connecticut replied thai "one-fourth of the annual revenue of tho colony i i laid out in maintains frei ai'hools for the education of ourchildren;' l.ntCovi rnor llcrkelcy. of Virginia, re plied, ' I thank tiod there are nof-ee schools nor printing, nnd 1 hope we shall not have lliese nunureu jcura. per liazar. The simplicity of mechanism and the total absence of all reciprocating parts make the eleetrio motor peculiarly adapted to the operation of a higt ipced car, and to tliese features 1U de creased weight, In comparison with the steam locomotive, lends additional Talue. , Couldn't Haa Mada On. Hoffman Howe I may wemindyou. sir, that my anoestaws luft me an hon ored name. Tm k'n..And a Terr thoughtful I act It was Lu them, to be sure. Fuck. V.limlrj '. t miiiI'H. M"i h Irad-rsin camel secin to le ;t i in, ue Iniiii hl than N 'nnl;ec traders in li-ir s I' ivc i';c i'nit it ii in ut U'ing. Th.' .t:,t!iitil "Aiming I !. A rulat" i.'-ril' ,l'i lulli v. ime ol l!n ii tt i. ks, w hii li, lie-.- ifi i I tu hi. nii oiiiil. oi.ly un I'k iI is h'.i ly t'i delit't. hi one m'i :t-i II. hile in nil Aliih illare, l.f dii I :nil his Intel! tlunul I :.in..a iming camel Noaoonel liad his ih I i' li i e l.tiiiKtt than lit least twenty rami Is were brought lor bis insi iiuii.' They were ull line looking animal,, in c client condition, ui- tvireuily In fact, t lit ly fault our Frenchman could pencivo was that they wi relool.it. After a proN'r amount of ilehUiiiiliiHi and bargaining, lie selected the one which ai'.'ired In Ik- t ho leanest, und paid the price ngni'd iism. The next morning, when be went to look nt his f.it camel he found a living sUclftnii, on w hose almoi t llcshless Uuics the skin hung in huge folds, and whoso best de velopment was ii t Mm t the joints. The method h.v v. hicli tho camels are suddenly "fattciud" for the market is thus dcseriU'd: An incision iilxuit an Inch in length is made in each ear be tween the skin nml thellesh. Into this a small tulx is lilted and secured by a silk cord. There it remains, hidden from the observation of all but the initiated nnd ready for use at any moment. When a merchant w ho is not acquainted with the blnw iiiL' un trick conies lo buv a camel the dealer takes two IiiIh-s, each a yard long, and inserting one end of each in the small IiiIk's just descrilicd, through the other ends two Arabs blow with all their might, until the iiuimal has attained tho requisite degree of plumpness. Tho in flating tubiS are then withdrawn, and tho air is prevented from escnj ing bv means of a cork smeared with pi:ch. The HHr animal now becomes, appar ently, unite lively and frisky, trying to throw itself on tho ground, or to press iigniiist the wall or a tree, or w natever other object may be nt band, so ns to get rid of the wind. Sometimes it manages to elude the igilaneo of the Anili, nml if the cork is not very securely fastened tho wind cscniHn with a w lustle like (hat of a steam enginoand the lino looking U'nst suddenly collapses. Springfield Kepub- ican. An CflWtlra Viiliillitiiry. 'If vim would lil:o to kiv a few words beforo" we string you up," mild tliosio!:es nittn of the vigilance committee, sternly, "yon may have the chance." "mere is sometliing l wouiu itso tu snv, respoliileil tlio eoiuieninoti norm thief, pale but self possessed. "All I ask Is that you win iieruiit mo losay u w uu- out interruption." "(lo ulieuil, saw tlio siKiKcsnmn, la conically. "We'll let you linish." Then, gentlemen, nogan mo con I'miicd man, with deep emotion, I, ..-.. n r.u ..,r.ld j,f a,, I. ii, in U'nritlni' til vnrn ai'PJ Utter. In tho Innocent anu hnppy days of my young manhood, licforo I came to Arizona mm lell lino evil ways, i wn engaged in a useful and honorable call ing, nan l never noaniioneu ii i iingm havo been still a rosjicctublo and upright citizen. 1 hough 1 have become a um innii and nm nUml lo receive my just punish ment, I have always kept a memento or those happier days. In my valise, gen tlemen, you will 'lind a copy of a littlo work, entitled 'Tho American Voter's Text Ilook,' of which I sold nearly 1.000 copies In one county in l'eiinsjlvauia alone. It Is indispensable to every mint who would keep himself thoroughly in formed ns to thoso questions concerning which it Is tho duty of every citizen to lie fully advised. Vou will lind in that little volume, gentlemen, full and accu rate information as lo tho olitical plat forms of ull tho Parties, election returns from every state in tho Union, names of memU-rs of congress, judges of the vari ous courts, etc., with a mass of miscella neous statistics and facts never iierore grouped together in ono work. Hound iu cloth or half calf, the price of this valuable book lias always lieen lie paused a moment to w ipe the scald ing tears from his eyes. When he looked nlsjut biin again bis audience lind van ished. 1 1 o w as saved ! Chicago Tribune, "Uiva Votir Etieiulea." When the Eighth Vermont regiment was in Louisiana one of the officers was taken very III. and left in clinrgo of a picket post. A woman living near ly urged him to come to her house, as tho climate w as malarious, lie declined her hospitality, but before long liecamo so much worse that his companions carried him to the house in uluiost a dying con dition. Mrs. Sparks this was the good wo man's name perceived his almost dos nerato case, but bad lio medicines, nor could any be procured nearer than New Orleans, ten miles away. What could sho do for thi.t enemyf Her liuslMind was Inllrin, nnd the few negroes who re mained lo her were old and decrepit. Moreover, it wns Into in the afternoon, and rain was falling heavily! but some thing she must do, even lliougn Uie sick mnn was In arm oguinst her govern ment. bho sent one of her servnnts to the house of a neighlwr, live miles distant, and this woman, a violent secessionist. went herself lo New Orleans, through a drenching rain, for tho medlclno. She traveled lifteen miles in tho storm and tho darkness, and crossed the Mississippi river tw ice, and all to save the life of un nneinv. Tho officer remained In the houso for six weeks, nml was cared for most assid uously. Huch deed are worth recount ing; they go far to redeem tho horror of war. luuui a vuiiiiHiiui'iii , Au l;iiterirlliiii Crow. Farmer Crowder had finished planting hi corn, but hi heart was heavy. Ho knew the crows were whetting their bills to pull up the corn as soon as u appeurcu ulaivn the surface. "1 tell you how to get away with the crows," said M'lgnoor oione. "How?" "Oct you a gallon of mean whisky nnd soak some corn in it till it gets full of the stuff, and then scatter it broadcast In the Held. The black rascals will cut It and get drunk, and then yon can catch 'em und pull their head oil. That beaUpizen nr nliiitill'." In a few days Fanner Crowder met his friend Btokes. "Well, how's crnnsruuerled Stokes. "My corn's bodiiciousfy mint," replied Crowder, dolefully. "I tried that ere scheme o' your'n, ond It's a humbug. I aimked the corn nml scattered It one day, and next moniin' I went down to the new groun to see how it'd worked." Found 'em drunk, chr" "Found not bin. I hcarn a devil of a fuss down nigh the branch, and went to see what it was; thar was a dad-blasted old crow what had gathered up all the whisky corn an' had it on a stump, nn' he was reUillin' it out to the others, givin' 'em one grain o' that sort fur three grains o' my planted corn; and dinged ef they li.nln I ciaweti up inai ueiu vy v tion. Aliania journal. Ree and Tlirlr Product. There aro in North America about 800.000 persons keeping bees. Tlie an nual honey product ia alwut 100,000,000 pounds una it vaiuo I nearly fn.uw, 000. The annual wax product it about uOO.OOo iouud and it value more tliun I100.0C0. Fame, like lightning, generally strikes the man who u uot expecting iL 'Squire liobb. Nineveh, the capital of the asyrian empire, was founded by Ashur about 2.';j D. C. THE SPECTRAL DOG STRANGE STOP TOLD BY AN OLD RAILROAD FIREMAN. A White llo nunnlnf Side by lid with an Kniclne Golnc Mily Mile aa Dour. Tha Truln Saved from What lilghl Bare Deen an Awful Wrerk. A Tribune reporter was sitting on ono of tho seat on the Battery prome nade recently when a well dressed woman passed leading by astrnp a snow white Spitz dog. A mull dressed in the rough garb of a laborer sat on the seat next to tho remrter, smoking a short hteiiimed cob io. "Talking aUiut strange things," said the lalHircr. nudging the news gatherer, "I never see a white dog but what it calls up a strange cxericnce I had while tiring on the Pennsylvania railroad ten years ngo. I was In the cab with Tommy Burns, ono of the best engineers in the company's service, and our run was be tween Jersey City and Philadelphia. Wo left Jersey City at 0 o'clock one Bat unlay evening, pulling a long train of passenger coaches and throe Pullman. Tho cars wero nil full and we had the right of way, making no stops except at Market street, Newark, and Trenton. We rolled along ull right over tho Hacken sack meadows and after we left Nowark wo struck a sixty miles nn hour paco, and w atched the telegraph poles flash by till they looked like the teeth of a line tooth comb. Bl ttNS SEES TUB SPOOK DOO. "We bad struck the plain at Princeton Junction when Burns, who was looking out of the cab window, savs to me: " 'Look-a hero Jack! There is a white dog runnin' nlongsido what's been follow-in' us for live minutes and blamed if lie ain't kecpin' up to the injine. Look ut him.' "1 was shoveling coal in the furnace nt the time nnd tho heat was blistering my eyo ball in their sockets. It took me somo time nfter gazing out of the window before I could make out the dog. l'iimllv 1 saw him skimming along hke a swallow. Now in tho glare from the window he could bo plainly seen, then bo would get out In the line of the dark lies and we would lose sight of him. But be would lie sure to show up again In a few minutes. Ditches, cuts and sharp bends, it was all the sanio, that white dog stuck beside the cab as steady us its shadow. Bums and I couldnt make it out. First we thought our eye sight was deceiving us, for the awful heat from tho rurnace, tlie snarp winu or something else, or all of tlwse things pul logctiier, is tommy trying on ono a eves who has to use them in an engine ciib. The Bight gets blurred nnd cloudy, ami sometimes you see doublo, and sometimes vou don't see half. Well, Hums mid 1 thought nt llrst we were fooled by our eyes and there couldn't be any dog. But mile after mile that white dog was alongside. 'Jack.' biivs Burns all at once, this Is more'n I kin stand. If our eyes ain't mussed up there's something wrong somewhere. I am ogoin' to stop bar. THE HEAVY 6 TONS OM TUB TRACK. 'Sure enough ho stopped and we both got off tho call. The conductor came running up nnd wanted to know what in the blue blazes was the matter. We told him almut tho white dog running alongside tho enginp, and we looked nliout to show him tho blamed animal. But to our surprise there was no dog to bo seen, nnd hunt high and hunt low we could not lind him. The conductor laughed at us, and Burns and I got uhourd again thinking thut after all our eyes might have fooled us. Burns pulled hack tho throttle ana we sianeu on slowly. Thero was a curving cut just abend of us. Fifty yards from it, before tlio wheel had fairly begun to revolve Ksxl, tho headlight hushing on tho track 'fore us showed us a rock that must have weighed two tons on our track. Wo topped the engine with the cow catcher not twelve inches from the Btono, which, loosened by ruins, liad rolled down from tho back. Had we not stopjH'd on account of that white dog we would havo Btruck It on full head way, ami you can see what tlint would have meant. I got shuky soon after that and resigned, and the very mention of a white dog, much lens the sight of oue, brings that strange ride back to me. Now York Tribune. Sclent Mo Watch Stealing. A prison official relates the following storyi "When spenkmgone day to aeon vlct, a professional pickpocket, to whom I was giving a word or two of friendly counsel, I asked him why he could not turn over a new leaf and become an hon est man. '1 could not, sir,' he replied, I must pick pockets. I would take your watch to-morrow If I met you in the strand; not,' ho added, 'but what Id give it back to you, for you ve nocn very kind to me. Would you like to know how to prevent your watch being stolen? ho continued; 'just let me have it for a minute.' Curious to learn a useful libit, I was about to draw my watch from my pocket, when I found It was already in this extiert's hands, without my exper iencing tho slightest touch. Ho men ex plained to me that Uie most approved method of detaching a watch from its owner was to hold the ring to which the chain was attached firmly between tho finger nnd thumb, and then, witn asnarp twist, snap the steel pivot connecting watch and ring, leaving the watch free In the thief's band and the ring on the chain. 'A dead loss to us,' he added, with cool effrontery, 'of six 811111105.' Ue then showed me that if the ring and watch were connectiHl by a swivel joint, tho difficulty of watch stealing would lie increased so much as to make it scarcely worth tho rink."-London Standard. A Talac Mad or Salt. The people of Bait Lake City are con templating the erection of a great "salt palace." It would be a structure that would lay In the shade all the ice and corn palaces ever constructed. The mala part of the structure could be of the tinest siccimens of rock salt to be found in the quarries, chiseled, carved and ar tistically arranged, while the interior fittings should be of crystallized work from tlie lake on a grand scale. Such a palace should bo permanent if properly protected from the winter rains: it could be made of the most unique and striking style of architecture; it could be made one of tho wonders of the world. When lighted by electricity the structure would have all the tparklo and diamond glitter of the great ice palaces, and with the difference in the salt palace's favor that heat would not melt or dim Its glories in the le:.''. Virguda (Nevada) Enterprise. Miulo by Telephone. Wliilo tho reception was being held at Mrs. Dickson's, a gentleman went to the telephone to speak to a friend in another part of the city, when he was attracted ty tho sweetest music imaginable that came over tho wires. Ho listened for a while, and said tho distance and hour to gether made tlio sounds as tweet aa seraphs' harps. Atlanta Journal. A SIO.OOO liubj. The rare ruby once presented by King Louis of Bavaria to Lola Montez, and . Tallied at $10,000, is now the property ol Jlrs. J. B. lluggin, wife of the California turfman.