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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.