WHEN THE NEW WEARS OFF.
Em was a youth, and she, a maid.
Both happy, young and gay.
They loved and life to them was al-
Aa ous continuous May.
The croakers saw this happiness.
And said, ah. lore is blind;
You're happy now, but care will come.
When the new wears off, you'll find.
They married, and then their life grew rich
With calmer, riper joy;
They were as man and wife more fond
Than when as girl and boy.
Their "friends" could not endure toe sights
And said, with worldly wit,
"It will not be so bright and One
When the new wears off a bit."
Ah, well, the new wore off, of coarse, ,
And then, what did they find?
An otdness which was better far.
For Lore is not so bUnd
As selfish Care; and loving hearts
New joys will always meet,
So, when the new wears off, theyll find
Old love the more complete.
Koon Cherryman in Detroit Free Press.
LOVE AND POISON.
Old Dr. Sylvester Baird does not prac-
now. Ho is retired npon a very
i income, the result of long years of
-"practice, very successful too, in a med
ical point of view, and being a bachelor
-lores to gather such of his old cronies as
-time has spared about him, tmawed by
"the presence of petticoats or the domi
neering of grown np children, whose
rapid modern views are intolerant of old
Xashioned ways, and who, although they
do not express it in so many words, show
that they are weary waiting the inde
3endence and power that money brings,
avnd which they know must be their por
tion when hand and brain that patiently
gathered it are hidden away in the earth,
-with their lying griefs cat in the cold
and repulsive graveyard marble.
One night the doctor and a few of his
gray cronies were gathered around the
blaze of his fireplace, in his solidly com
fortable sitting room, comparing notes
a a case of strychnine poisoning that
bad startled the town. From this special
theme they drifted away to a general
discussion of the peculiarities of poisons
sad then to poisoners, those who pur
sued the dreadful trade of poisoning
then for lucrative gain or place or
power, in ages gone by. The doctor, of
divinity was especially well versed in all
of the horrible cases of poisoning by the
JBorgias of olden days, especially that
far famed prelate, Cesare Borgia, who.
as many historians allege, in conjuction
-with his father, concocted the plan of
"poisoning four of the wealthiest cardi
nals at an evening party in the Villa
"Oorneto; but by mistake the poison,
'which was mixed with wine, was ad
ministered to Alexander VI and Cesare
.himself. But Cesare was saved, having
-"partaken of but little of the drugged
-wine. All the rest died. Then Cesare
seized upon the papal treasures, but was
af terwari overthrown and banished.
. it would seem from what the reverend
gentleman advanced that be believed
-that everybody connected with the noble
rlaimow in those far back days were pois
oners, and that every ambitious man or
-woman made bis or her way to power
through the medium of the poison cup.
.And then, a natural sequence to the
process of reasoning indulged in by the
cloth, he laid all the blame upon the
"theological tenets entertained by the
people in those days, drawing from one
of the retired merchants present the
cynical observation, "How strangely
like a woman the average clergyman
reasons I"
Whereat all present, inclusive of the
good natnred clergyman himself , laughed
pleasantly, while the latter continued m
jus mi ana miss oDservaaons. no was
satisfied from his reading that as a rule
poisoning was originally confined among
the higher classes of society, and from
tills he drew the homily that as a rule
adversity drew families closer together
than prosperity; he was positive that
adversity drew mends together with
.hooks of steel.
When ambition stepped in the hooks
-of steel that bound mends together re
laxed their grip, jealousies were fo-
aoented and the glitter of gold dried the
dewy eye of friendship. He did not
think, barring insanity, that a case of
poisoning ever occurred among people
in humble life. He had yet to hear of
ouch an instance. Talk as you will, he
asserted, the humbler classes are the
closest to God and are the most obedient
to his will.
Or. Baird, who had his eye bent upon
the fire while the not unpleasantly voi
dable clergyman was talking, looked up
.as he closed and said: One of your con
cluding remarks somehow reminds me
xf a strange case that came under my
observation while 1 was in practice in
one of the largest cities of the United
States. A watchman was taken sud
denly ill while pacing his beat at 2:30
o'clock in the morning, and was carried
loma . '
"The nearest physician, myself as it
.happened to be, was hurriedly called.
and hastening thither I found the man
in great distress. Administering some
thing to alleviate his pains, I came to
the conclusion that it was a case of
poison by strychnine. I put up the
proper medicine, and on inquiry found
that Dr. C was the regular family phy
aician. The watchman's wife was a hand
. mie English woman, about 95 years of
age, who stood at the foot of the bed
-during my ministrations to her husband.
'with nothing peculiar about her except
a pair of piercing black eyes. I do
not know that I would have remem
bered the expression of her eyes
but for the fact that the watchman, in
an interval of his paroxysms, groaned
out, 'Oh, doctor! I waa all right until I
ate that little piece of pork.'
"I happened to look up at the time and
-found the wife's eyes bent upon my face
-with a sharp scrutiny of suspicious in
spection. But there was trouble written
In her face, and I attributed the look at
the time to the natural anxieties of a
-wife. I had a more important case on
hand for that morning, and giving the
necessary directions to the woman, to
gether with instructions to call the fam
ily physician next day, and believing
that the watchman with the necessary
attention was in a fair way of recovery,
I retired.
"But the watchman died. I read of
the fact in the newspapers, but found
that no suspicions attached in the case;
poison was not even hinted at. I re
member only entertaining 'surprise at
the time, but as the time went by the
affair grew upon me to such a degree
that I was constrained by curiosity.
which amounted to partial mania, to in
vestigate. One day I happened in to the
health office, where the record of deaths
and their causes are kept, and turning
to the proper name found that the
watchman's death was attributed to the
intense heat which prevailed upon the
night when he was found writhing upon
his beat.
"It instantly occurred to me that Or.
C, whom I knew," must have known
from the man's general condition, as
well as the medicine which I prescribed,
that it was a case of strychnine poison
ing, and 1 must confess that it struck
me with a suspicion, which I instantly
repelled, that the doctor was in some
way particeps criminis. I made it a
point, however, to casually throw my
self in his way, and to raise the question
of the death of the watchman. The
first few words whieh the doctor dropped
convinced me that he was in no way
mixed up in the mysteries of the death.
"He stated briefly that when he was
called the man was dying, with only a
few breaths left in his body. The wife
had informed him that I had been gone
but a short time before he was called,
and that I had said her husband had
been overcome by the heat and some
thing the watchman had eaten, which
disagreed with his stomach. The fact is
Dr. C. had not been called in until the
afternoon. On comparing notes Dr. C.
became interested, and knowing the
people in the neighborhood, where he
was often called, began a course of cau
tious inquiry, and in the course' of time
gave me the following facts:
"When the watchman died, and while
the preparations for the funeral were go
ing on, the widow gave great scandal to
the neighborhood on account of her de
portment. Her ' face was absolutely
radiant with the happiest of expressions
and the sound of her voice was as joyous
as the expression of her face. She talked
glibly on the most trivial of subjects and
welcomed people as though a wedding
instead of a funeral were going on. No
ticing finally that some of the callers
were shocked at her actions, she became
demure and silent, and called up an
affectation of sudden grief, but it did
not last long; the old radiance came
back, and it seemed that the short time
of her- simulated grief redoubled the in
tensity of her broadly apparent happi
ness when her natural feelings tri
umphed. "In due time after the burial , of her
husband she drew $2,000 insurance
money from a life insurance company,
and, disposing of such effects as she had,
bought tickets for herself and family of
three children to England. It was only
after her departure that Dr. C. learned
that the medicines which I had pre
scribed had not been administered, but
had been thrown in a closet, where they
were found intact subsequently. She
told a neighbor that her reason for doing
this was that she was a Catholic, and
would not give her husband a Protestant
doctor's medicine.
Having started into the investigation
together, Dr. C. and myself extended it
to the subsequent career of this woman.
On her arrival in England, where, as it
transpired, her girlhood's lover lived,
she sought him out, and found that he
had entered the British army as a com
mon soldier. But, nothing deterred by
this, she flew to his arms, and they
were married, although she knew him
to be a common drunkard, only saved
from a drunkard's grave by the rigid
discipline of the army.
"And ere long she also knew that she
was indifferent to bis selfish egotism and
swinish character. She loved him and
she was near him, and that was all she
cared. He beat her, but she loved the
hand that rained the blows upon her
head. He squandered every dollar of
the money which she possessed, , and
when his regiment was ordered to the
West Indies he left without even taking
a farewell look at her as she lay, not
only in. a bed of sickness but in a bed of
poverty, with her three children in the
poorhouse. She only wept, but never
upbraided her heart's love when she
heard how he had brutally deserted bar."
As the doctor ceased the cynical mer
chant hummed the line, "Tis love that
makes the world turn round." J. W.
W. in Detroit News.
He Got One.
At one of the tin .type galleries the
other day a gentleman who was in wait
ing noticed a boy about 10 years old
hanging around the door, and he beck
oned him in and asked what was wanted.
"Could I get a picture here?" whis
pered the lad. - -' . "
"Why, yes."
"How muchll it cost?"
" "Only a quarter. YouH be next."
"But it isn't for me, sir; it's a picture
of my brother Jim."
"Oh. that wont make any difference.
""fT him in any time."
"I I can't, sir!" gasped the boy.-
"Whyr"
'"Cause he's d-dead, sir; died $ns morn
ing!" Upon investigation the boy was found
to be possessed of only eleven cents, and
after ascertaining that his statements
were true, the gentleman paid the ex
pense of sending the artist up with his
camera and securing two full dozen tin
types of the pale faced dead lying in a
house where cold and hunger held places
almost as members of the family. De
troit Free Press.
Young Henry George Savage, who is
exploring some of the unknown lands of
Japan, is a grandson of Walter Savage
Landor, and an artist of note. He has
traveled into the interior of Hokhaido
and to the Knrile islands, going on horse
back 3,800 miles and walking some 400
miles. For seventy days he lived entire
ly on raw fish, seaweed and rice.
HOLLAND'S LITTLE QUEEN.
A Royal Child In the MlrUt of Fonp and
Ceremony That She Xoes Not Like.
" The little Wilhelmina, queen of Holland,
as yet thinks only of berdolbt, her pisreons,
and her drives and excursions into the
country. I saw her some months ago at a
railway station, a tall, well made girl,
fairly pretty, who was jumping and run
ning about without the slightest regard to
etiquette.
"You see that child!'" said the station
master.
"What child?" was asked.
"That one jumping like a kitten. ' Well,
she is a royal princess."
One would never have imagined it. She
was surrounded by high officials, evidently
standing on their position and. dignity,
while site was watching the different per
sons who were getting into the train with
an envious air, which appeared to indicate
a wish to get rid of her attendants to enjoy
the same freedom.
The child was educated by a French lady
at first. Mile. Siotard, and she spoke en
tirely in the French lanjruase untH she
waa 4 years old. Then she learned other
languages, but, strangely enough, never
German, her father having a horror of all
Germans. Miss Winter, an English lady,
now replaces Mile. Siotard, and all lessons
given by the various professors are always
delivered i.. the presence ot Miss Winter,
who has absolute authority.
The little queen has ber military house
hold, and ber service includes also a cham
berlain, professors, her governess and other 4
attendants. All this concerns the queen
but little. Her chief happiness is to work
in her garden and to look after her pigeons,
which she loves as much as her dolls. She
attends to her pets herself.
Early hours are the rule for the royal
little lady. She gets up at 7 a. m and at
once goes to kiss her mother. At 8 the
first breakfast is served, at 11 the second;
0 p. ra. if the dinner hour. Between 8 a. m.
and 11 a. m. the queen has her lessons in
languages, music and drawing. After
breakfast she talks with her mother, who
invariably reads a chapter in the Bible to
her, and explains it afterward. Then the
queen is allowed to go into the garden,
where she feeds her birds, or rides her pony
and rows in ber boat. In her own room
she has heaps of beautiful playthings and
large dolls in lovely costumes of every
kind and design. At 8 p. in. Queen Wil
li el mi na slways goes to bed. London Let
ter. Too Saving.
Aunt Betsey Hicks, a New England wo
man, who had been left a widow after a
few years of married life, "carried on" her
late husband's farm with a good deal of
ability, but with such dose economy that
her saving devices grew famous in the
country round about.
Next to her economy of provisions her
economy of firewood waa perhaps her chief
concern. . At one time a sister of her late
husband, from "down country," came to
make her a visit, and soon con
vinced that Betsey was endeavoring to
freeze ber out. But perhaps this was not
so, since the temperature was as Mrs.
Hicks usually kept it.
"I declare," the visitor ventured to ex
claim, "I should think you kept it pretty
cold here, Betsey!"
"That 'ere pesky thermometer's to
blame, Susan," said Betsey. "1 guess it's
got choked up. I can't get it above fifty to
save my life!" .
Then she turned over the stick of wood
in the sheet iron stove, while ber guest
walked up and down the room with her
hands thrust up the sleeves of her dress.
The visitor remained at Aunt Betsey's
for several days, however, in spite of the
choked up thermometer,pending much of
her time in bed or watching . a chance to
smuggle a stick into the stove when her
hostess was out of the room.
-Late one afternoon she happened to go
out into the woodshed, and found Aunt
Betsey there, with an old shawl wrapped'
around her shoulders and a stick in her
hand, engaged in violently stirring some
thing in a large tin can. A strong smell
of petroleum filled the air.
"Betsey Hicks," said the visitor, "what
be you a-doin'T"
"Wall, if you want to know," said Aunt
Betsey, "I thought I'd see if I couldn't stir
a leetle mite o' water int the karosene. I
reckon it'd go a leetle fu'ther, 'th so much
comp'ny in the house as I seem to have!"
Her guest went away early the next
morning on the stagecoach. youth's Com
panion. '
T null li im .
Among the notes which the Listener has
received relative to the discovery of the
love microbe in Berlin is one from a lady,
who describes an artnal case of lovesick -ness
as treated by a regular physician.
The patient, a lady, first went about look
ing dull as a hoe, which was putting it
quite mildly. It Was not more than half
as dull as she felt. Then she was bereft of
sleep, and saw the sun rise on her misery
every morning. The illness went on, with
one symptom and another, for a year, and
during all this time a physician of "the reg
ular school was prescribing for her. First
he gave her claret for her digestion. It did
no good, and then ho gave her morphine,
chloral, bromide, medicine to net on the
heart (!), medicine to act on t-he nerves,
and medicine to act on the liver.
Meanwhile he began an accessory treat
ment of wines of various kinds; hops in
pillow form; brandy, hot and CoW; stout.
with meals, pale ale and beer, and finally
codiiver oil and whisky. The patient bad
taken all the other things with admirable
patience; when it came to the codiiver oil
and whisky she rebelled not as the cod-
liver oil, but . at the- whisky. I was all
useless; and the climax had to come. It
did come, the patient still lives, and she at
tributes her survival to country air. Bos
ton 't ranscript. -
Qtieer Wells In Nebraska.
In Polk county. Neb., are many wells
which exhibit a very peculiar phenomena
oi lncermittance." They vary from 100 to
140 feet in depth, and all ebb and flow either
irregularly or as regular as tides on an
ocean beach. .' The flow is accompanied by
a roaring sound like that of the sea, as
though a distant wave were coming in, and
at the same time a .stiff current of air
rushes out at the mouth of the welL The
ebb is accompanied by a downward draft
of air, as lr'ht naturally be supposed.
The period of- ebb and flow does not seem
to depend upon the heat or cold or upon
toe oampnessor uryness or the atmosphere.
Some of the owners of these queer wells
believe them to be in some way eonneetei
with the waters of the Platte river, whilr
others, with equally as good grounds tv
their suppositions, declare them to ua f-i
direct communication with the ocean.
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