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4C50WTEE.Y PURE
iSPECTSOF SLEEP.
,T 'PLAYS MANY PARTS, TRAGIC AS
WELL AS COMIC,
A M.IMOM El' T"" r,' B'U ' "
tb. IVroof Kf " """ ' "'
Plays TrUkt III Church-A ProepeetlTe
Bride nnd Fortune Stolen by Sleep.
tyw f mini's IiW-ssIiik vo, oa the
, )lu, worthier acknowliHlnniPiit
t Inslix'P- It ".'nips' a nuin round llko a
iiioiit. us Nuicbo Pawn says, bo that
' 411 mniittreli or momlWiint. Dosorvodly
1, lived from l "'"'P J"'1 ln
ftniiiiwp'""-"' 11 v"ry ,"IM "l'l"w.
t'-kksy sprlto. full of pranks and cnprleos
V bto prwonoo ' maitor of IntUlTur-,-ue.'
or whoro lie Is not wiintcd whoro n
umiUloii of his prosoneo U olJiPtlonnlile
r liiaiiltlriK whoro ho Is a bunion nnd n
(!ii;m, tliero slivp drop anil cIIiiks like
A Jjur. Whore he ' luuptl for, praywl
f., wuortl whore, llko n thrifty house
wlfo, h mlftht mlvantaipioiiHly Mia cm
P loved knlltiiiK up "the raveled sleovo,"
tiro, like thostntueof Brutus, ho Is eon
urdi-uoiiH hy hi ahsrnce. Ho is no mere
domestic drudge, hired to inuko himself
useful. Visits ho a sickroom, ho docs to
not to tiring refreshment and rustnre trim
qalllliy to tho Invalid tossing, helplessly,
open eyed, huur after hour, ou hU fcvcrlKh
ontieh. Hy no means ; here, tho mallctoui
1 slyly wills up tho eye of tho uurso nnd
weitrim down tho eyelids of tho would be
wnichcr.
.1 lovers ho In churches or chnpelH at
tifef'ted lo tho former perhaps hy the curved
oaken pews, formed, as tnidltlon relates,
out of the massive bedsteads of a liygouo
pfiienit Ion hero he will alight, funtitHtio
nlly, on tho most prominent imunoiiiikus
'ilm Hirtly alderman, cof.lly seated lu Iho
cUshiomtl coriHimtlou N'w,"can scarcely
I lino his round and shining pate on his
.imip palm ero ho la caught napping
'.to hard worked doctor, whom "cases"
lavo kept waking tlx tie three nights, Is
r jled standing by tho neglected god, and
1 M thus, a sicctuclo of helpless IiiiImwII
1 j, with eyelids dmped like his nether
; ; lung lifter thereat of the congregation
I svo resumed tliolrsents, until some neigh
' pnsls him with a hymn book In the
! k and rescues him from sleep's insidious
J iocs tho Imp perceive a deacon, tho
"proprrost" man In all tho assembly, pro
I aring lo glvo ml Hied and edifying alien
i m to an Impassioned and lengthened ad
(! :, on a summer evening? ytnilghtwiiy
I frinarks him for his own, and presto the
0 -oii Is fast asleep and resting a warm
nitl coiillding cnmlum against the newly
v arnished dudo at bis liuek. Ho will not,
v Iten ho awakes, llko the American youth,
J ".oniino gol" and strlko out at an
glnary plnioner. I lo apprehends, from
, i hlgnlllemit Itxiks about him, tho trap
: $ which ho has fallen, and with as little
1 flny of emotion as convenient and with
; flight but perfectly uudililo rending
Aid, ho will leave the warm precincts.
I a lock of his hair on the dado.
4iko the simulator that he Is, sleep plays
i hy imrts, tragic as well as comlo. Hero
I. iill break off, by his Inopportune tin
I Tinity, a marriage; there, by an un
it iy lapse, ho will ml) a legatee of bis ox
I ft bequest. In the first Instance tho
v '(Id be bridegroom was a highly respect-
lft and respected middle aged lawyer.
I uhvas alsiut to bear tho yoke in company
iSh a lady hardly less rcsoctalilc, learu
ii f ml middlo ngi'd than himself. In com
ni(ii with Klielley'sslstor-ln-law, tho bride
t-f -etant delighted In nothing so much as
I I Reading aloud. Tho lawyer, unlike Car
' 'f did uot "hate" being read aloud to. If
llid not exactly hanker after It, he bore
'' provisionally with philosophy. Uueday,
H-u tho rtMMlIng had boon particularly
(troverslal and long winded, ho had lu
lled and made the required tokens of as
at or dissent so punctually that tho lady,
itmlng to her work, continued her po
)Cl9 to which there seemed no period
tli over Increasing emphasis and enjoy
iit, until sho was suddenly startled al
stout of her chair by her admirer cry
1 4 with a loud voice, "Chock!" What
i Juki this meanf Nothing more or loss
i that the word wearied one an ardent
s player euttcod by sleep, was play-
Ina over again tho game ho had won the
yrSrloua night from his favorite adversary.
rector. Ills guilt was too audible to
t jdcnlod. No allowance was mado for
All's treachery. That day she road no
11110.
tn the second Instance to which refer
mot has been made, the legatee expectant
Imj less excuse for yielding to sleep's
l. l.Uidlshmonts. Ho was eiigagtsl on what
tho Jn wyor only dreamed of playing chess,
slid with his presumptive patron. He
w.i young; ho was far and away 1 1 10 bet
ter Jilarer, and he bad dined. All these
things wuro against him. Ills opponent's
I-' ij was remarkable for Its deliberation
pr after hour glided by. It Is some-
i s as dlfllcult to lose a game discreetly
it others to win ono honestly. Uefort
kllng to sleep's stsl uot Ions, tho young
( -lew hod laid an Ingenious plan for his
ovJ defeat and his future benefactor's vlo
tr. Koused abruptly to action by a stern
Iri'ltilry If ho were dreaming, ho confessed
tisUlellnquency, lost bis head, and won
tlioganio a concatenation that cost him
his patron's favor forever.
Besides such I'uekllke performances,
!l-P has been credited time and again
wltji sending warnings, cautions, rovela
ti.is of the wheroubouts of missing docu
niejis and valuable deeds and oven with
B'vjiig a clew that has led to the detection
uf 4 murderer. Tho legoud of tho ltcd Uurn
ntlned its plaeo until qulto ricctitly as a
'i'P iiutlicntloatod lustance of discovery
'littiugh Information nocturnally received
V"f ' it.la lPg'dtliattlio dreams of Maria
5''n', "'"'her rose exactly In pruxrtloD
'"flie subsidies from the murderer sank,
-ijliambors' Journal.
wpaper Readluf,
' newspniK-r reading of boys and girls
0 uf the siuns of tint tlmm niili'h u-ure
'log when the pareuts of today were
'"n. At a certain household up town,
a is Undoubtedly nnlv mi nvenunt one
r'ls AKwct, two morning paicrs are
f0- At breakfast these are dissected lo
' imoUato the demand about the tublo.
"year-old son bos to have the sKjrt-
POKe. Ilia prnnl. .-1.1..1. i... ..n......
Jh-toliig mothor r-markuhl.) Intelii
f i the U'-yeor-old girl likes an outside
fckii. fur ""'"glaries and axidents,
fiilch hvr simple and tender soul, by
, cuous mentiU paradox, revels, and
J" small 6-year-dd, a bov, wants his
,L '"k "wat the weather is going
',,' ., he advent of the evening pa-r
funitarlj wclcomwl, and the desire for
J n'auing of the weekly humorous pub-
i. T ,? whlrh cornea Into flio home U so
1, V.1 th9 "flmt look" at It Is an ap
" tWM of merit. All of which,
B.'mi 0 ,al1' - In marked contrast to
Jltlon, of o year o.New York
OUR SIXTY THOUSAND TRAMP3.
FrafMsor McCook ty. Thy Ara llraltli
tor Than Any Otlirr ClaM.
Professor John J. McC'ook of Trinity
oollego, ln a ncent lecture In New Haven
on "The Pathological Asiieot of tlio Train!
Problem," gave the following interestlnv
i. lis niKjiit mo kulglils or tho road:
'Now Jer--y was the llrst state to nasi
a law punishing the professional trainr
aim at tnosamo time to dellno what In
was. iius was in 18.0. llhiKlo lrliiml wai
the next, and Connect lout came third. A
recent writer asserts that there are about
60,000 tramps In the United States. Thl
DumlM-r Is a trlllo large, although It Is safi
to say that there are over to.ouo. This 1
larger than tho army of Wellington at Wa
terloo Wo hsik on tramps as human
wrecks and driftwood, and yet the major
lty of them are In tho prime uf life and In
better than the average health. Only 6'A
per cent uf the tramps with whom my sta
tistics were gleaned claimed in tho dead ol
winter, when Iho grip was raging, they
were In bad health. They are robust and
will till you with envy, mallco and all oth
er jealous feedings when you hear thorn
snoring at midnight.
"Klghty-ono per cent of tramps declare
that they took to tho road because they
were out of a Job, and only one iniiii be
cause machinery took his place. Over 60
per cent of tho English tramps are given
as taking the road because uf vagrant hab
its. The majority of our trumps are ol
American birth, 65 per cent of l.DU being
of American parentage, and S"i Irish, who
oomu next. Over 100 out uf 1.TU8 trampt
could road and writo, and they all sieiid
money on tho dally newspapers. liut of
1,!)MU only ?0 are married, 67 are widowers
and Hi have children. Thirty-eight per
cent say that they work for their food, 2t
per cent beg It and 60 per cent that they
steal It. Over 400 sleep at cheap lodging
houses and nearly 300 ln police headquar
ters About 100 sleep lu boxes."
ENGLISH LAWYERS' EARNINGS.
Some Men ol the Hlshut Attainments Dn
Not Make ST-ilSO m Year.
How much do successful barristers inaks
lnayearf Some particulars given lu the
London Homo throw somo light on the
question. It Is commonly said that Sir
Charles Kussell never made loss than .0,
000 or aX'5,000 per annum for many years
preceding his promotion. Largo as bis In
come was, there were half a dozen ineu at
tho bar running It very close.
Both Sir Richard Webster and Sir Ed
ward Clarke are making fully '.'0,000 a
year, nnd men like Mr. R U. Klnlny, .Sir
Henry James, Mr. .1. T. Murphy, Mr
Lawson Walton, Mr. Kidding Dickens,
Mr. W. Willis, Mr. Cozens Hardy, Mr.
Graham Hastings, nnd others, are credited
with almost equally largo earnings, liut
most Q. C's are, of course, very much loss
fortunate
There are largo and small Incomes also
among tho members of tho Junior bar.
Men like Mr. English Harrison and Mr.
R M. li ray are, the writer of tho article
says, kept actively engaged with gixsl and
remunerative work, bringing In from 1,
000 to 5,000 a year, but probably half of
the men at tho junior bar arc not making
150 a year, whllo many men of tho high
est attainments are not making and liuvs
not mado for years past 50 a year.
Rosin Soaps.
Tho practicability of obtaining rosin
soaps possessing any required degree of
hardness and qulto free from water Is tho
claim put forth by Dr. Klimsch of Vien
na. Ho says that In his Improved method
of manufacturing soap the longer the
grinding or kneading or the bettor the sev
eral Ingredients uf rosin soap are mixed
and pressed the less Is required of tho bind
ing agents, for during tho mixing and
grinding of the several Ingredients a spon
taneous heating of tho material occurs,
which favors the union and enables excel
lent hard rosin soaps to bo produced. The
special advantages of Dr. Kllinscli's proo
ess, as explained by htm. Include the sup
presslon of every kind of boiling and tht
customary preparation of liquor; an al
most dry, odorless, easy and rapid ojiera--tlon,
which lias no deleterious effect upon
the work people or the vicinity of the
works; tho possibility of producing on n
very largo scale cheap white and eulured
hard rosin soaps of any kind and for any
uses, and the easy production of soaps
which may boquito froo from water, there
fore unchangeable during transsrt and
storage, economic In use and effective, dis
solving well even In cold water.
A Translation.
A Paris physician who was summoned
the other day to nttend a sick child left dl
roctlons which a neighboring French drug
gist had translated for the benefit of the
English nurse In charge of tho child.
Those are the directions, with tho English
Intended In parenthesis; 1. To distend the
children of other children. (To Isolato the
baby from her slstor). 9. Not many flower
ln tho eat and not give him that milk pre
pared. (Suppress farinaceous food and
also tho milk as hitherto prepared). 8.
Before the col of children uno eponge
warm. (Apply a hot sponge to tho child's
throat). 4. Everybody that have occupa
tion of children wild vharh tho hands ln
liquor of Van Swletcn. (Evory person com
ing in contact with tho child to wash hit
hauds ln Van Swleten's solution). 5. All
tho linen doterlored shall Ihj whach ln so
lution before londres. (All Killed linen to
bo washed In tho solution before belug
sent to tho laundress). Now York Trlu-
uno.
Mr. Vani's Lawn Roller.
The lato Richard Vain of Philadelphia
was a believer In progress nnd had little
reverence for antiques as such his hat to
the contrary notwithstanding. A relative
told recently how Mr. Vaux received a
well preserved section of one of tho pillars
of the Pantheon at Koine.
It was sent to him by a friend who had
some trouble ln securing It and considered
It an Interesting relic. He eiectod, on hli
return to America, to And tho broken col
umn standing upon tho lawn of tho Vaux
residence, perhaps covered with Ivy and
looking down tho ages rather scornfully at
the degenerate civilization of the nine
teenth century.
Ho was horrified to hear, however, that
Mr Vaux, not being In ueed of a broken
pillar just then, hod turned It into a lawn
roller. It did duty ln that cajiaclty for a
long time and Is still In possession of tht
family. Now York Sun.
Dlsfuited Him.
"Do you know," aked that suffering
wife and patient woman, Mrs. Lusliforth.
of her husband, "do you know what char
acter of Dickens you remind me of?"
"No, my dear," be answered, with
morning meekness.
Trlali He p."
"What:"
"Uriah Hcep. Tou-rye-a heap," she ex
plained, checking each syllable off on
Anger.
"Oh!" Cincinnati Tribune.
LESSONS IX Fill ST AID
A TRAINED NURSE TELLS AC0UT
QUICK REMEDIES.
Treatment of lllatoratlniis ami Sprains
How o rtitre a ITamlafe An luipro
vised Tunrnlquet What to tio In Cam
of NiHu-bieeil anil Iturns.
She was ii very capable littlo woman
tuil usually "mzpiI up" to any oenisiun,
but t lie cure of tlioso children wus likely
lo prove a III tie too mnih for lier.
When she married a widower ami nn
ilortooV the care of his live boys she
kuew that sho wonld liuve lo face many
unexpected situations, anrl braced her
self to do lior boat. She was not pre
pared, however, for what sho called the
"breakago" in the family. The constant
risk to life and limb Unit five active,
port loving boys were capable of was a
new feature in her young life, and she
felt that sho was in danger of losing her
head unless she) reputed herself to meet
the different calls upon her motherly
care.
In her extremity t-he appealed to her
friend, the trained nurse.
"Cuu't you give me some points," flro
said. "Tell me of tho ptoprr things to
do before tho docter comes in rase of
rertnin acciditits won't yon? Then
there are many littlo things Ifuites
and burns and things that I could attend
to myself without sending for a doctor
if I only knew how. Do holp mo ont.
Snppose, for instance, ono of the boys
fell and broke his arm, what should I
do.before tho doctor cume'f"
"If I wero yon, I would do nothing
but wait, unless the surgeon was delay
ed. In that case I would simply place
the limb in between a folded pillow,
fastening the pillow firmly together,
thus milking a sort of splint
"You will very likely have a Fprain
or two to deal with. Von can either ap
ply cloths saturuted with ice water un
til the swelling disappears, or yon may
use very hot water with vinegar in the
lame way. After tho swelling has dis
appeared yon had better bnndagn the
limb nnd let the littlo patient rctd it ou
a level until it gets strong."
"But I don't know how to npply a
bandage, was the forlorn rejny.
"Then it is about time that you did,"
said the trained nurse. "Give me a
piece of muslin and your bare foot, nnd
I'll show yon how."
Then the uurse took the piece of mus
lin and tore it into strips of 3 inches in
width. Then saying, "Always begin at
the extremity of a limb and work to
ward the center of the body from left to
right," she placed oue of the euds of
the strip at tho instep nud mado a turn
around the buso of the toe. Then she
carried the band diagonally over the
foot, across the point of the heel and
back from the other side, nutil it coin
cided with the first turn. This was then
covered and carried a second turn around
the heel half an inch higher than the
first. She then continued to inttko alter
nate turns under the solo ami behind
the heel, crossing over the instep nutil
the entire foot was covered. Iu flnii-h-iug
the bandage she split the hist quar
ter of yard of the strip through tho mid
dle, wound the ends in oppesito direc
tion around the limb and tied them iu
a bow.
Then the baud was all unwound
again, and tho pupil, trying her hand,
was delighted to see what a "(Inn bund
age" sho could niuke after two or three
attempts.
"In case of dislocation," continued
the nurse, "there is always need of in
stant action. JI oscular tension increases
rapidly and its reduction becomes more
ditilcnlt with every hour that passes. ,
"Fingers and thnmbscan be set by
pnlling in place, but be rateful not tome
too much force. A joint isalwaysveak
er after an accident uud should be strap
ped in place until strong again.
"Freddio's uose bled awfully the oth
er day and frightened me so becanro I
eould uot stop it. It stopped itself after
awhile, but what should I have doner"
"It is a good thing to prers gently the
facial artery at the base of the nose and
pluce cold applications to forehead and
neck. I suppose you had him lean his
head over a basin. Yes; most jeople
do, and that ia just the worst attitude
possible. Yon should have made him
stand erect, throw his head buck and
elevate his arms, while you held a cold,
damp sponge to his uot-trils. If yon have
an occasion like that again, and the
bleeding continues after what I lnive
told you to do has been tried, you hud
better syringe with salt and ice cold
water or a solution of iron.
"Iu the case of bonis or senilis, if
they are very bad scud for your physi
cian, but slight ones you can very well
attend to. The first thing in such crises
is to exclude tho air. I find that baking
soda and sweet oil make a soothing,
healing application. If yon cuu't get
that conveniently, beat up the white of
an egg and apply that with a banduge."
"Will you tell me bow to stop the
Sow of blood iu case of cut, and then
I'll let you go?"
"Find the artery that is cut and tie a
handkerchief around the limb just over
Where it bleeds. Tie tho handkerchief
tightly; then make, say, three hard
knots. In the last knot insert a piece of
stick with which you must twist the
handkerchief uutil it is tight enough to
stop the flow. The handkerchief and
stick make as goad a tourniquet, as we
call it, as any oue would wish." Phil
adelphia Press.
The Cricket's Tapeworm.
I have it on the authority of Dr. IT. C
McCook that tho so called "liorso hair
snake" is nothing more nor li-ss than a
parasite which inhabits t he budies of crick
sts and other insists uf that family. Ho
says that ho has not only found tho well
known seml-lifc!itsscrpentlno mass In the
bodies of dissected crickets, lint tells of a
lady friend of his who actually witnessed
tho cricket's act of expelling ono of these
parasites. Tho fact that they are usually
found In water is accounted for by the deb
tor, who says that the cricket knows of
the worm's existence and goes to water to
facilitate the unwelcome tenant's expul
sion. St. Louis Itepubllc.
A Morning Monnlosae.
For a long time after he hud succeed
ed in inserting himself through the door,
at 3 a. tn., she regarded him in silence.
At length she spake.
Also she spake at length. Indianapo
lis Journal
Bnfflcleat Ground.
Judge On what grounds does your
client ask for a divoice?
Lawyer He ys his wife eats crack
ers in bed. ,
Judge Graatedl Next. Brooklyn
Eaale. . - -
ACTOR AND 60NQ WRITER.
John Woodard, tlie Veteran Who VrtU
Joe Ilow !-' and "The Days' of ."
John Woodurd, tlio oM time ac'or
who wrote two world fami.uJ songs,
"Jo Rowers"
nnd"TheI).iviiof
4 fi Forty-nine," is
still nlivn ami
luMing at tho ad
vanced age of "n
years. Ho has had
a veiy Interesting
career, and is full
of f a sci noting
e in i n i seniors.
IIo is ii native of
Grant county,
Ky , ami at the
ago of 1? started
out to sock his
jons woodako. fortune. IIo weut
down the Licking and Ohio rivers ou a
flutboat to Louisville, whero he mot an
actor, James Hccoiu, who persuaded him
to adopt the stage as his career. For
three years Woodnrd roved about the
country with different companies, and
finally reached Kt. Louis. Kvery ouo
who know him declared that ho would
soon die of consumption, and Woodurd
concluded to fool them.
For the purpose of doing: so nnd im
proving his health ho started ucrors the
plains with bum Smith, afterward the
author of "Struck Oil" and otlirr plays,
and when he finally readied California
was iu excellent physical condition. His
clothing was so tattered and his hair and
whiskers wero so luxuriant, however,
that lie was enabled fi r i: timo to p u-e
iu a Sacramento museum as rj captured
wild man. Ho then orguuized u co-operative
theatrical company and mado a
great deal of money playing in mining
camps. Tho company consisted of a
manager, an " orchestra." r.iude np tf a
single fiddler, and six actois, Iwu wom
en and four men. They hung rip Hue
bluuketH for wings, dispensed with the
formality i f a curtain, and produced
such easy plays as "Hnmlct," "Mao
both" nnd "Tho Lady of Lyons."
Woodurd was always iu great demand
as u singer, although, as he remarks, he
"couldu't sing n httlo bit." IIo mod
estly admits, however, that his audi
ences favored him particularly because
he wrote his owu songs and made, them
up to data It was at this time that be
wrote
My nnrno it Is Jo Dowrs;
I've got a brother Ike;
I'm Just from old MisMie.rt
c, nil tuu way fmiu I'lko.
He also wrote "TLe Days of
Forty-
nine," nud both ongs wero pnlilithcd
in San Francisco and becuuio populur all
over the world.
TO LIVE AMONG THE LEPERS.
Father Damlen's ltrotlier Taken t'p lilt
Work Among the OutranU of Molokal.
Father Duiiiien gave his lifo for tho
lepers, and his brother, Futher Pum
pbilo, has guuo to Hawaii to take up bis
work among the outcasts of Molokai.
Father Painphile years ngo desired to
uudortake missionary work in Ilaweil,
FATHER PAMPIIII.I.
and was preparing for the priesthood.
One day bis brother, Joseph Damieu di
Vender, who was then 10 yenrs of age,
was bronglit toseo him. Joseph remain
ed to dine, ami when be returned homo
told his father that ho, too, desired to
become a priest. lie accordingly began
studying at once, and afterward return
ed home to receive his mother's blessing.
Futher Puniphile prepared himself for
missionary work in the south seas, but
at the last minute was taken with a
fever and forbidden to go.
Father Pumpliile was deeply disap
pointed, and Joseph pleased him very
much by volunteering to go in his stead.
Thus it was that Futhor Joseph Damieu,
tho lieroio priest, came to visit Hawaii.
After laboring for several years in the
Pacific islands Father Damieu one day
heard his bishop lamenting that ho could
not tend a missionary to the lepers ou
the volcanic island of Mulokai. Father
Damieu at once volunteered to devote
bis life to the work. For 10 years he la
bored among the outcasts, dressing their
wounds, improving thoir mural, spirit
ual and physical condition, and bury
ing them when they died Finally he
contracted the loathsome disease, and
died April 15, 1880.
Father Pamphilo will aid iu carrying
on the work his martyred biother begun.
11 o will have a much easier task, how
ever, for Futher Conrardy, Du mien's
assistant ; Father Wotidolin Muellers and
a number of brave nuns are now minis
toring to tlio physical and spiritual wants
of theMolokai lepers. Futher Pamphile
is S8 yeats of ago, and a Belgian, lie is
agraduateof tho University of Louvain,
and bas served the.ro as professor of the
ology for many years. The settlement at
Molokai has been in existcuce since 1 8C3,
when the awful spread of leprosy
throughout the Hawaiian group com
pelled the government to banish all the
victims of the disease to tho island. No
provision was made for their accommo
dation, and they wore hnddlcd together
lu miserable huts, regardless of age, sex
or the commonest decency. Their condi
tion was wonderfully improved by Fa
ther Damieu.
Jut la Tim.
The president of an accident iusurr.uce
company, strictly iu the line of advertis
ing his business, lias been telling a won
derful story, which he locates iu Brook
lyn, where numerous trolli y accidents
occur. He says: "Some time ago a
large p' licy holder iu my company was
run over by n ticllcy car and his right
leg painfully crushed. Ho remained
conscious after the shock for three min
utes, duriug which time he pulled out
bis watch and called the attention of
the crowd to tho furt that it was just IS
minutes to 12 o'clock. His policy expir
ed at noon, aud his foresight was re
warded by the immediate payment of
bis weekly indemnity without contro
versy or litigation." New Orleans
Plcajnna, .
BEREFT OF THEIR QUEEN.
A Colony of Auls Terlnrbed Cor a Tim.
The Uuani I'nder Arrest,
An oliserver of nature sitting on one of
the seals In Central park ouo spring day
was w.mderlng why ih-mm tho rubbly as
phalt pull iliere such a migration of
IIhwo big black headed nuts which are to
Iw found here and there nlamt tho park
Utile predatory fellows which sciM) I he
modi or bullerlly that, just emerging
from Its larval winter home, wauls to
climb up some kindly twig, grow Its wing
and then lly whllher it llsteih.
The cause of all tho punnlo was soon np
pin nl There was to be a new colony
formed, and a great brown ant, a quern,
five times us big as any uf her subjects,
win Is'lng drawn across tho pulh by a
guard of honor. A new homo was to be
established to relieve tho ovcrpopulatcd
luvt that bad been tho ants' domicile all
through tho winter.
The observer, without In any way Injur
lug tho qtnvii, raptured her, and thou
there was tho most tremendous commotion
aiiiung Iho ants. Tho queen was carefully
hoiiMil In a small cone of mpcr, and then
all attention was given lo die ants, Ilia
workers. A nation w hich had lost lis rul
er could not have appeared morodlslroiuicd
than were those Utile creatures. Tho news
spread with incredible quickness that the
quern of tho new colony had been purloin
edhad vanished Her guard of a score ol
soldiers, somo threo uf whom at least bit
the observer b fingers savagely, wero nil
apparently placed under arrest, and the
ground was soon black with ants. Those
from tho old homestead were aiding the
Dew colony to dud their missing queen
and were scurrying around everywhere,
touching atilcnnio, and when no definite
news could be given rushing off again In
search of tho missing ruler.
Afier a short time the queen, so egg la
den that sho could not move, wna placed
on the path, and In a second afterward
ono of die scouts discovered her. Tho scout
apHaml really lo make an ohclsanco lo
her. Ho had an Interview of a moment,
and then Bcuttld off to Hud his comrades
to tell tho gissl news and to get a cohort
of soldiers to lake tho gotsl lady homo.
8onn there was a perfect regiment of ants
around her, and sho was carried to a small
hole under tho root of a privet, where no
doubt the new homo had Ihcii delved nut
lu preianitlon for her arrival. A small
tribute to this little glimpse Into nature's
life was paid by getting some lumps of
sugar, softened with water. They wero
placed near tho new colony. They were
soon found, and the littlo fellows were
busy until sundown In taking down the
tiny crystals I hey chipped off the rocks
they wero rocks to them to fill their store
bouso. New York Tribuue.
As llnrd as Ilia Diamond.
Tho diamond has always been regarded
as possessing ono quality which placed It
beyond rivalry namely, that of hardness.
There are several gems which coiiiM'te
with it In beauty, and at least ono, the
ruby, when of raro size and quality, out
ranks It lu costliness. Hut nono In the
whole list equals It lu hardness.
"Diamond cut diamond" has become
a popular saying. The hardest steel cannot
equal tho diamond In that respect. The
diamond, says a recent nut horatlvo text
book of chemistry, "la the hardest form of
matter known."
lint science progresses, and if nature lias
set aside for her king of gems tho d 1st I no
tion of unMirallcled hardness tho art of
man has not been equally considerate
There aro at least two products of chemi
cal oxerli!iciit which have proved, accord
ing to tho great French chemist, Honrl
Molssan, to lie as hard as diamonds.
These are produced from the rare metal
titanium. M. Molssan has succeeded In
preparing titanium In tho electric furnace.
In the pure form It Is harder than steel or
quarts, and when combined with silicon or
boron, so as to form a slllelde or borldo of
titanium, it matches the diamond Itself In
hardness.
Titanium resembles tin In Its chemical
proportion, and It Is the characteristic ele
ment In the beautiful red nnd brown crys
tals of rulllu These, In tho shape of noo
dles, aro sometimes found penetrating
largo white quarts crystals, forming gems
that tho French call "love's arrows."
Youth's Companion.
He Got the Ooba,
A story Is told of a Cincinnati whole
Bale gns-ery porter who got fooled on an
order In the daybook of tho entry clerk.
Some one wanted two dozen goblets. Ills
order was for provisions, gnsicrli, crock
ery and glassware. The entry clerk, when
he came to tho goblets, wroto It up "9 dot.
gobs." The porter tills a dual capacity
in the store; also acting as purchasing
agent Ho glanced over tho morning's or
ders and started out on tils buying expedi
tion Ho was gone so long that everybody
alsiut tho store was wondering as to his
whereabouts. Ho finally turned up, bring
ing with him two dozen live turkeys. Go
ing up to tho entry clerk, Henry for that
Is tho porter's uaiiie said: "Thorn, Just
look at deiu Hero fine ones, ain't lit"
"What In thedlckeiiHare you doing with
all those 'turksf "the entry clerk asked
lu amazement.
" Vy, iIoho aro the host I ouuld find on
dat order."
"What order?"
"Vy, dls von dat calls for two doneo
gobblers. "Troy Times.
Another Application,
A certain school master occasionally
compares the achievements of his pupils
with the work of noted men In their boy
hood days, much to tho scholar's disadvan
tage. "Now, John, havo you solved tho prob
lorn?" risked tho teacher the other day.
"No, sir," replied tho Isiy. "I cau't."
"How old nro you, John?"
"Sixteen," was tho answer.
"Sixteen!" repeated tho Instructor.
"Sixteen aud can't solve a simple problem
llko t hat I Why, sir, at your ago George
Washington was surveying the estate of
Lord Fairfax."
The pupil looked thoughtful, but mado
no reply.
After the class was dismissed a class
mate Inquired of hi in If Washington ever
did anything else romarkublo when he was
16.
"I don't know," responded tho boy.
"IIo was a surveyor when ho was as old a
1 am, and when ho was as old as our teach
er he was president of the I' n I tod State."
Philadelphia Call.
Meets ? the Orajr Squirrel.
In the east the northern gray squirrel Is
the commonest specie, and that which Ii
most widely known. There Is no need to
descrllsi It here, but when you come to do
acrlls) die noting habits beware of making
assertions as to what It ds not do. In
Washington I once heard a lively three cor
nered dlsputo on this subject, which was
quite Instructive. One boy assorted that
the gray squirrel nesls lu hollow trees,
Is-ech or oak preferred. Another declared
that In summer it builds a nest of green
leaves, for summer use only. A third con
tended that tho summer nest Is built of
hark strliiplngs from cedar trees, made Into
a big, round ball. Within a month wo col
lected, within ten miles of the National
museum, threw fine nests which proved
j that all three lit tho disputants were right'
- Moral Never base a general statement on
Insufficient facts. W. T. Ilornaday ln St
Nicholas.
It is probably to the too frequent use
! of the hot bath that the debilitated con
stitutions of the Oreek women are to be
ascribed, says an English writer, and
this abuse, added to their natural do
lenoe, tends to shorten their lives.
HIOII, LOW JACKI
Kins ice means very cold weather then
conies a high old time in skating rinks and
skating ponds, on slides and tidrs, aud we
go home tired and overheated. It's th
same old story of cooling off; off with
wraps and on with all sorts of aches and
pains, rheumatic!, neurslsio, tciatio, luiu
baiiic, Including frost-bites, backache, even
tooihscho. Tlii-y who nance must pay the
piper. We cut up Jack and are brought
low hy our own folly. What of it, the
dance will goon, all the tame. It is gen
erally known that tit. Jacobs Oil willuurr
all such aches and pains separately or col
lectively, and tht cry ii on with the dance.
I mw a lordly Briton
lu a nio.l unxeiuir p t,
Quote I, "Are you Initimenf"
Ami he siuwerej, ".No, u.it yet."
ASIVUt l. lit KOKM or MO.MANIl.
There It a ! of people, rstlonst enouih In
other reiecta, who are cerUluly mouomsulsca
In doelus theuitelrea. Tbejr are cmulsully try
ing riperlnteuta upon their stomachs, their
bone i, their lirsrs and Ihelr kidneys wllb
Iruhy noatrumi. When these ortani are really
mil ol enter, II Ihey would only use Hoatellrr't
Sloinara itinera, lliey aoulil, II not hopvleealj
Inasur, rxrveiTe lit aupeilority.
llama That leaver you reeommended Is not
s man ol hie word, fcxberl Why unit "He
told me that I could talk freely In him, sod
look at the bill he'taeul inel"
DON'T TO H Al't O SI'IT OR SMOKE
voiM Lira; away
la the truthful, ttaritlnf title of a book about
No-io-Har, the harmUaa. (tiarantetd toharoo
habit cure that braiva up nieoto.ilted nervea,
rllmltialea the nicotine polann, makes weas
nieu lulu atreniih visor aud luaithmid. You
run no ibyaleaior financial rlak, aa No To Bat
la old by drnsslaU etery where tiiiderasiuran
lee lo rure or moury re In mini. Hook live.
Addreie Hierllng Hewed; Co., New York oi
Chlcafu.
UB.irNKHS CANNOT UK CVHKD
Hy local applications, aa tbey cannot reach
the diseased portion ut the ear. There it
only one way to cure Deafneas, and that is
hy constitutional remedies. Oeatness it
caused by an Inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Kuataohian Tube.
When this tube gats inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and
when It is entirely olosed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
mal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of tea are caused
hy catarrh, which la nothing but an In
Hammed condition of the muoous surfaces
We will aive One Hundred Dollars for
any ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall s Catarrh
Cure. Head for circulars, free.
F. J. t'HE.NKY A CO.. Toledo. O.
gold by Druggists, 75c.
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By careful InvetlinenU by mall lhrou(h
a reaponalbla Mr in of large eiperlenee
and (real aueeeaa. Will send you par
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amount of mouejr ran be anally multi
piled by sneeeaaful Investment In grain.
Illgheat Hank references. Opportunltlea
eieellent. I'attlaun Co., Hankers and
Hrokera, Itooua P., Omaha Building,
Chicago.
VlTfl.-AII Sla tuipped tree by Tr. Kllne't
(treat Nerve tteatorer. NeBia after the tlrai
day 'a line. Marvrloua rurea. Treallae and H
Inal bottle lm lo KH raaee Bend to Or. Kline,
Ml arch at, Philadelphia, fa.
For Whooping Cough Plso's Cure is s
successful remedy. M. P. Disrsa, ?
Tli.oop Ave., Ilrooklyn, N. Y Nor. 14, IX.
Tif Giist ia for breakfast.
Aclhe
And pains of rhrumittsm can lie cored
by removing the cause. Inclio acid in the
blcMid. Hood's Hitrsaparilla cures rheu
matism by neutralising this acid. Thou
sands of people tell of iwrlect cures by
Hood'
Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier, fl; sis forV
HOOd'S PUIS JerinoBleualy with
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IIIIIOi IIIIIOLUII O taVRUP
FOR CHILDREN TIITHINO -
Fee aela by all UnffkU, B& I'eeU a bettla.
SURE CURE roR PILES
lufciat ui bii1, airiiBf w rru4iR rn.t rWI M
on. aq-BAN-KO a pili rimiov.
ew. VraaauuMBau. DM. MoeAUfcU, falla Pa.
NO DIRT OR SMOKE.
four Wife Can Hun It, Hmutti Cat er eaeaUat
F.nffttu.
Palmer A Roy, i. r., Cal. and Portland, Of.
N. P. N. U. No. 6278. F. N. 0. No. 704
Mild AIL llSt lilli
Ouiwh brruo. TeMeUuL Vat I
In time. Sold nT rjniasiant
If you want a sure relief for
iiJiAiiiii.-Ll
13 CuhTs
Jte?
rkjgi
i
limbs, use an
Allcock's Plaster
Bear in Mind Not one of the host of counterfeits and Imi
tations Is ss (rood aa the genuine.
JfTTV Chichcstcii b I holism.
TMK OMlOlNAL ANO OINUINC
lAallawa. sssk Drostsia-l tor OUa..r a
gtaiia aaaattaa. arllh hiatal eikhaa. Taagaa
till ptlks) Is pnauimw4 feaaisam, ajpii rsHp, tn 4rlatJ ftsjuM.rff lltv Al UniglU, ear ae4 s)
4. lu MatMfta tor pntatilBr,iMttBsjkU nr1 'krllrf tmr 14 int." Uur, rviarw Mali.
10,(IMI TMilniMiUlt. ! r. Hml4 tr all ImbvI llpHuldt.
tl.lCllfcklfcU CUkMICAL Haiti MaalU I'lll LADT IJ1II A PaV
WEINHARD'8
SfifiuS, Trees, Spray
MALARIA!
Thrw iloa-a nn'T. Tret.
"HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS
SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH
APOLI
air. A.
M. flrinah. a Ia
1 KerrBVMBinplili; TenaZ
Vrrllea that hia wile had san
er wm-a had eatea two
laraw boh la bar breast, and
wiuit-n toe dm phyalclans
Of tlie surrounding country
treated, anil pronoonred In.
eurahle. Ilnr rantinotbr
Cancer
and when told this, the moat
emlneut spnnialliiui of Mew
York, under wbaw treat
aient site was placed, do.
dared nnreaaewaa bopeleaa.
All treatment baring la led,
sho was siren np to dla
8. S, S. was recommended,
end aatoninblne: s It may
seem. B few bolt let cured
ber anund and welL
Our trosllna oa this dls
eaaei wl.l be Seat free to
any addreaa,
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m. B,AS
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Quarantee skirt edr
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you see "S. H. & fl." on the label no
matter what anybody tells you.
If your dealer will not supply you,
we vi lli. s
Send for tamplra, ihowlnr labtli and ma
terial!, tolhe S. HAM Co . P. 0. Pol 699.
New York City.
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