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Food For
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A Tale of Dr.
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Jameson's Raid *
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F. Black.
FIE moon was banging, a thin
crescent, just above the hori­
zon when Lawrence awoke.
The stars still shone. Day,
however, could uot be far off, and
the hours before dawn were too chil­
ly to permit sleep. He pecked about
for a few sticks and found them. Pil­
ing them together with fingers that
shook pitifully, he tried to light a little
fire, but again bis band shook so that
every one of the matches In his box
was struck In vain. Cursing, he turn­
ed to the core shaped, abandoned ant
hill which had sheltered him to some
extent from the night wind and began
*o roll bis blanket. That was as wet
with dew as though river soaked and
heavy. He rolled It soldierwise and
slung It across his body. Then very
stiffly he stumbled back to the road
and cursed again as the old veldt-
seboen he wore stubbed on the ruts
of passing heavy ox wagons, and bls
already bruised feet were freshly tor­
tured.
“Blast the country,” he groaned, “and
the man who forced me out to It”
The moon was instantly bld by
massy clouds as be spoke, and he was
left In sudden shadows. He laughed
and looked up at the sky.
“Shocking, isn’t it?” he Bneered. “No
wonder you run away. Of course It Is
very wrong to curse one’s father.”
As he baited, shivering, the unmis
trkable and most characteristic sound
of lonely veldt roads reached him from
the front. He heard the creak of
heavy wheels as a wagon jolted to­
ward him, and the clack of oxen’s long
horns against the wooden yokes, the
shrill protesting call of the voerloeper
to the leaders and the rifle crack of
the driver’s long, unerring lash. Law­
rence listened at first with some inter­
est. then with disgust, for the voices
borne, on the wind were those of nei­
ther Boer nor Englander, but of Kaf­
firs. ,,In his present state of mind be
was too exhausted, too wretched, too
desperately furious with himself and
his present state, the punishment for
his jtpst, to desire company. An ut­
terly ■'miserable man seeks no wordy
consist Ion. Like dying deer, he hunts
solltfile. His stomach, however, crav­
ed lighting food; but, though be might
havdfasked for coffee from a Boer, be
coul^not of a native.
HdirCame to a puzzled standstill as
something entirely novel and unexpect­
ed reached bls ears. Rising above the
rumble of the wagon there now came
song; Lawrence bent forward, frown­
ing. 1 He felt as if Intrusive strangers
were rudely meddling with his affairs,
offetlng him advice. He had felt much
the same once when be had wandered
by chance into the evening meeting of
a mission on the rand, and a youth,
laying a familiar hand upon bis shoul­
der, had asked If he were saved. This
songbf the dawn was a hymn and very
well known to him, or had been once.
The À’ords were not those be had sung
when, a rosy boy In white surplice, be
bad stood In the choir of the old school
chapel at home, but the music—there Is
no heed to translate music Into the
Kaffir tongues. That escaped the curse
of Babel, and therein at least all men
and angels can understandingly con­
verse. Front mission trained lips there
camd the hymn, sweetly breathing
through the grasses. Unconsciously
Lawfence accompanied them In Eng-
lisb:
“WJ^n other comforts fail and helpers flee,
Halp.'of the helpless, then abide with me.”
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their elbows. They were dress«] la a
dull yellowish uniform of corduroy­
stuff, with spurred boots and broad
brimmed campaign hats.
Lawrence
knew them at once for troopers of the
Becliuaualand fonce. They looked up
and eyed l>lm with swift scrutiny as he
step|x*d Inside, still tremulous with hun­
ger and the chill of the heavy night
dews. He seemed an utter wreck, a
confirmed tramp, but that did not de
The customers protested loudly.
"Prisoners of war!” they cried “Oom
Paul wouldn’t dare!"
"I wasn't aware there was any war,"
¡•aid the host dryly. “Not more at least
than there would b ■ between me and
any burgher wh ■ broke Into this house.
Tltis whole business of the raid was a
mistake."
"! wonder,” said his wife again,
“how tlie quiet man made out—him
that joined a week ago and was so si-
lent ami sad and yet so eager for a
light—the one that played the piano
there so lovely for the lads when they
were having their fun here o’ nights.
There's the pocketbook lie forgot the
night the lieutenant called them off bo
BUdden. Corporal Donne was sluglng—
the poor, wild lads, little they knew
what business they were called for—
"Oli, dis tn,v grave both wide and deep.
With a jug of punch at my head and feet!”
The good woman choked.
“Heard nothing of him,” her husband
answered. "Wipe your eyes, Mag.
Here are carriages from the station.
The train must be in from Kimberley.”
( to be
continued .)
Hard to Get an Opinion.
They »hook hand» on that, and Donne
called the servant.
bar him from a greeting in a restless
country where nearly every pioneer
has at some time been a wallaber.
“Morning, matey,” said a trooper
cheerfully. "Camped on the veldt last
night?”
Lawrence slipiH*d off bls blanket roll
and essayed to answer with some ap­
pearance of a similar cheerfulness.
“Good morning,” he said. "Yes, that
was my ill fortune, and I fancy that
even in Africa there are occasionally
obtainable more sumptuous couches.”
The troopers laughed and looked
again at him more keenly. In the free­
masonry of gentlemanhood there is no
need of grip. The voice is countersign.
The troopers asked him to sit down.
“We can sympathize with you,” said
the first speaker, and at once the ruder
salutation of "matey” was discarded.
“Most of us have sought the lee of a
rock in our time. Allow me. My name
Is Donne, and my friend is Wyvll, both
guileless products of Harrow.”
"Harrow?” cried Lawrence, with a
sudden flush of anxiety. “Ah, yes, but
you must have l>een long after my
time. My name is—ah—Lawrence, also
of Harrow and Trinity, Cam.”
They shook hands on that, and Donne
called the servant.
"Such a coincidence,” said he, “as
that of three old Harrovians meeting
lit desert wilds must uot be allowed to
pass untoasted. Wou’t you take some­
thing to kill that chill? Hl, you! Lay
another plate for breakfast.”
At the meal the wreck exerted him­
self to be agreeable In spite of his
weariness, misery and longing for sleep
and forgetfuluess. He was forced to
think. Those wlio would follow him
were not likely to be long behind, aud
he recognized the need of doing some­
thing to hide himself. The troopers
were lads of an equal lightness of
heart and head, at least a dozen years
younger than he. Lawrence fastened
to the youngsters and later in the day,
shaved and groomed, he rode away with
them on a hired horse to the not far
distant barracks. He had been many
things in bis locg exile, and death had
spared hint In brawl and desert and
fever. In trooper guise, .the desolate
outcast hoped the end of it all might
come more surely. Also people would
not be so curious of the Identity of a
fallen soldier as of that of a man scaf­
fold hung.
I have always wanted to know what
disorder the medical world considers
most painful, so I asked a prominent
physician in Fourteenth street about it.
"Without doubt,” said he, "an ab­
scess of the ear inflicts the most excru­
ciating agony a human being is ever
compelled to endure."
1 went over to Thirteenth street and
asked a physician tliere the same ques­
tion. telling him what the Fourteenth
street man had said. Two other doc­
tors happened to be in the room. The
Thirteenth street man grinned.
"Did Dr. G. say that?” said he.
"Well. I dare sav lie thinks lie's right.
I remember lie had an abscess in his
own ear once. From experience in my
own practice, however, I should say
that, while other tilings may last lon­
ger, the most Intense pain any one ever
enduros is caused by an attack of acute
indigestion."
Hi- looked at the other medical men
for confirmation of Ills opinion. One of
them leaned forward earnestly.
"What aid you take for it?” he ask­
ed. ami tlie Thirteenth street man mere­
ly blushed.—Washington Post.
Crowlnic In Lent.
"Dilling tlie season of Lent," says
the London Chronicle, “it was ancient
ly tlie custom of tlie watchmen to crow
tlie hour of tlie night instead of shout
Ing it, the intention being doubtless to
remind sleepless sinners of tlie effect
tlie third crowing of the cock had on
St. Peter. Tills custom, too, was ol>
served at the royal court, an offieei
I nown as 'tlie king's cock erower' per
forming tlie duty within tlie precincts
of tlie palace.
"On the first Ash Wednesday after tin1
accession of tlie house of Hanover, ns
the then Prince of Wales, afterward
George 11., was at supper, tills officer
entered and crowed 'past 10 o’clock.’
The astonished prince mistook the crow
for an insult and rose to resent It, hut
was made to understand with some
difficulty that tlie custom was in ac
cordance with court etiquette. The
custom was from that time discontin­
ued.”
Mnlay Weapon«.
The national Malay weapon, the
creese, is said to have been invented by
a Javanese monarch of the fourteenth
century. Its varieties are said to exceed
a hundred, and there are in Javanese
no fewer I bail fifty names for them. It
varies in size, from tlie two foot wavy
blade of Sulu down to a mere tooth­
pick. But the peculiarity is that the
weapon is never ground, but kept rough
A galloping horseman came sweeping and sawlike in edge by scouring with
down the trek from the direction of the lime juice or the juice of an unripe
Transvaal. His sweating horse dash­ pineapple, sometimes mixed’with ar­
ed past the railway station without senic, and It Is on this account that
stopping, although an official yelled to creese wounds are so dangerous.
the rider as be passed.
Old specimens are so eaten away by
“Is that true we’ve heard about Dr. this practice that the blade seems
Jim?”
formed from a bunch of wires roughly
"True!” the horseman shouted back welded up. Such creeses are highly
and was instantly beyond hearing, as valued, and some of the ancient ones,
the anxious looking railroad man rais­ heirlooms of chiefs, with grotesquely
ed his hands in wondering vexation.
carved and inlaid hilts and sheaths, are
The horseman put bls mount to the almost uiipiii'ihasable.
steep, rutted, muddy road which letl
to the town and pressed it onward
Where Theft I. Vol Robbery,
without pause. At a canteen midway
In China theft is so common that no­
a Dutchman ran out, followed by bis body notices it. A young Chinaman
customers.
ome slipped three oranges up his
"Wacht ecu beety’s!” the landlord sleeve at a party While making Ills
cried. “We’st, Dr. Jim?”
bow at parting the oranges slipped out
“A prisoner!” shouted the rider and and rolled on to (he floor. He account­
spurred on, while the Boers retired ed for the awkward event by saying
within with loud jests and happy that liis mother was very fond of or­
Smiles.
anges. His fault was straightway over
At the edge of the town the last house looked, and lie was afterward held up
on the main street was a hotel, and as an instance of filial piety. There are
there the horseman threw himself off. several proverbs which go to show that
Ills horse was at once taken charge of the folk think lightly of stealing. One
and led to the stables, aud Its rider was says that "when tailors cease to pilfer
met by a middle aged woman.
cloth their children will have to go
“Is It true, John?” she asked as he without food.” and another declares,
went into the bar and was surrounded “When silversmiths do not steal, they
by many men drinking there, whose will certainly starve.”
eyes reiterated the question. “The wires
say hardly anything.”
The Trifling; Brother.
"The fellows at Johannesburg did not
“Br’er Jenkins, you so triflin’ dat 1
keep their word. They were not ready ve’ly believes ef you wuz ’pinted ter be
or flunked or something. Our men were watchman at de pearly gates de fust
surrounded by the Boers. There was t’ing you’d do would be ter let down en
some fighting. A number of English
go fas’ asleep.”
are killed. The rest are prisoners on
“Br’er Thomas, you may well say
their way to Pretoria.”
dat, kaze I’d slio’ feel so good over de
“Ob. John, can it be true?” his wife 'p'intnient I'd des nachully hatter go
asked In horror.
ter sleep ter dream ef It wuz true.’”—
“I got it straight from the Jew who Atlanta Constitution.
He stumbled off the trail and sought
to hide In the maze of shadows from
cloud and tree which strewed the plain.
There was no tear in his eye, but bls
throat was choked. He shook with un­
reasoning rage against the black nonen­
tities who bad thus added to his de­
spair by flashing bls dead innocence In­
to momentary memory so clearly and
vividly. He was too late and too sore
to get out of sight. They passed close
by In the now awakening morning. Ho
turned his eyes to the veldt, but the
song ceased, and he knew they were
watching him. The swinging oxen
lumbered past, and the voerloeper’s cry
and the lash crack sounded soon behind
him, but be would not look round. Then
came pattering bare feet, and a child
with wide-black eyes slipped to Ills side
and, murmuring "Baas,” held up to the
gaunt, bearded, dusty, ragged, shiver­
ing Englishman a tin cup full of smok­
ing black coffee. He gulped It raven­
ously without speech, and the little ne­
gro darted away with the empty cup.
For a minute Lawrence stood staring
unseeingly before him, his lips twitch­
ing convulsively. Then be dropped in
the road, his face covered by Ins hands,
and sobbed. What matter of remorse
and penitence there might be In the
chemistry of bls tears It would be bard
to tell, but the shame faced curse that
sprang from bis lips as at last he rose
up betrayed the hurt bls pride sustain­
ed at having fallen so low as to excite
the pity even of a naked, half starved keeps the place at Jankill, and Boers
Kaffir. '
were there who had come right from
A mile more was wearily trudged, the battle. There’s no doubt of It, and,
and kt last he came to the boundary for my part, all I've got to say is that
line which separates the Transvaal Paul Kruger, though he’s always pray­
from British Becbuanaland. A low ing lias the devil's own luck.”
bouse stood almost on the surveyed
There was silence In the English­
line—a canteen—and from Its open door man- hotel as gloomy as the noise In
came more melody. The sun was now the IJoer's canteen was hilarious. Aft­
up, and the air was already warmed. er awhile tlie wife behind the bar spoke
Comfortable smells of cooking meats again.
drifted out to the roadway, and smoke
"There was many a lad known in Vry-
ascended from the chimney In the imrg with Dr. Jim. Did you hear of
building's rear. As Lawrence stopped any of them?”
to reconnoiter a shout gave witness to
“Field Cornet Hofbauer was at Jan­
the existence of a c >mpany within, a kill the same that bought the farm
joyous company.
Mafeking way. I was in too great a
“Three, four—Nap, hand over, you hurry to get home to ask much. The
toper!**
Transvaal Boers are too cocky after
‘•.Beastly luck! No more Nap. HI their victory to make It pleasant there
you, Alphonse, Jupiter, Gabriel. What's for nn Englishman, but Hofbauer knew
your heathen name? Bring us the dice. Vane and Butler and Corporal Donne,
1’11 throw you for a drink before break­ and he says they were not among the
fast's ready. Come, best of three!”
prisoners, so”—
“I’m with you!
The woman began to cry.
"Did you ask after Wyvll, poor boy?
“Oh, dig my gr«ve both wide and deep,
With g jug of punch at my head and teetl”
He had a letter saying his scrape was
Lawrence stepped to the door and all arranged and he was golng home.”
looked in. Two tall young fellows were
“He can, If they don’t bang him at
throwing dice at a table, glasses at Pretoria."
Discovered.
A story is told of a little girl who
naked one morning at the breakfast ta­
ble, "Mamma, is hash animal or vege­
table?”
“Animal, my dear,” replied mamma.
“Then,” cried the little one trium­
phantly, lidding up a tiny bone, “here's
the bash's tooth!”
A Ready Reply,
Foote's ready reply to the caution,
“Your handkerchief, sir. Is hanging out
of your pocket,” was of high merit,
both from tlie surprise and for the cor­
dial way t.i which the caution was ac­
cepted—“Thank you, sir; you know the
company better than I do.”—Gentle­
man’s Magazine.
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BROWN.
NTl.lCITIES OF NEW YORK’S
MOsT NOTED SEXTON.
For Ninny Ivor. He Ministered to
the Aristocracy at the City at
Grace
Church,
and
Hla
Name
Adorn, n Tablet on It. Walla.
It used to be said that a stranger who
was visiting New York for the first
time and asked his hotel clerk for ad­
vice as to what he should do on Sun­
day morning would find his doubts
quickly reduced to the alternative. "<¡0
over to Brooklyn and hear Beecher" or
“Go to Grace church and see Brown."
No prelate of the Episcopal church was
so widely known either in or beyond ills
New York diocese as this valiuut
guardian of old Grace, whose income,
it was estimated, was greater than
Hint of any man in the cloth and whose
power in society was even more feared
than that of any bishop.
He received his appointment as sex­
ton from the Rev. Dr. Thomas House
Taylor, and. while Dr. Taylor has been
long forgotten, Sexton Brown is still
almost as much remembered In the
great city as Jim Fisk. A. T. Stewart or
Charles Delinonico.
Brown would cultivate tlie acquaint
mice of head waiters and cooks, secur­
ing the latest information as to the
social plans of tlieir masters and mis-
tresses, and whenever he learned that
a party or a ball was under considera­
tion he would offer his services to de­
liver the invitations or look after the
comfort of the guests or superintend
tlieir arrival and departure In tlieir
carriages. Beginning in this humble
way, It was not long before he gained
tlie good will of distinguished patrons.
His authoritative manner, too, was
admirable lor such occasions. Indeed
the host himself could hardly issue a
command to his menials with the
suavely peremptory emphasis which
Brown employed. Such was his de­
portment and such his trustworthy
zeal that it was said that no one in
Grace church could lie properly feaBted
or buried or could even say his prayers
without the assistance of Brown, and
eventually It became something like a
dictum In 11 large portion of society
that nobody could be married in New
York In truly first class stylo unless
Brown's presence blessed tlie bridal
party.
Nor did any detail that might be
wanting for the personal comfort of
tlie congregation escape his vigilant
eye. It was a habit of old I’eter Stuy
vesant, for example, to keep in Ids pew
a thermometer. As soon aa lie hud tak­
en Ills seat he would consult It. One
winter morning when tlie temperature
was extremely low the furnaces of the
church got out of order, and Brown's
assistants were able to force through
them only enough heat to lessen the
chill a little. It occurred to Brown that
the condition of tlie atmosphere would
not be conducive to either the piety or
tlie comfort of tlie aged Stuyvesant.
Wlu-n the old gentleman arrived with
in tlie porch of the church, he was
shivering with the cold, but without
attracting Ills attention Brown, who
knew that tlie first thing he would do
would be to step into his pew and ex
amine the thermometer, slipped in
abend, pressed one of ills fat fingers to
the little glass bulb and chuckled as he
saw tlie mercury ascend to 72. When
Stuyvesant reached the pew, lie con
suited tlie thermometer ns usual, look
ed around wonderingly, but evidently
concluded that the church must lie
warm enough and that therefore it
must lie hhnself who was cold.
Brown's funeral was marked by
much of the pomp and circumstance
which lie himself liad so often provided
for the rich aud the great. The wits
said that it was tlie first in forty years
that had been a perfectly correct per­
formance without bis individual guid­
ance. He hud died in tlie little town of
Brandford one August night In 1880.
There he bad been in tlie habit of tak­
ing ills summer rest. He had been
overcome by tlie heat while attending
a wedding at Bramlford. and that sum­
mer lie complained, probably for the
first time In his life, of III health. One
of Ills orders was that Ills body should
be placed In a casket of polished Span­
ish cedar.
A more ponderous casket had never
been carried up the aisle of Grace
church. It was rich with silver and
velvet. It was so heavy—its interior
being large enough for two ordinary
corpses—that the eight Knights Tem­
plars who bore It Into tlie church al­
most staggered with their burden.
Upon it lay tlieir cocked lints witli wav­
ing ostrich jilumes. Within tlie chancel
stood four of the clergy, In the ix*ws
were the representatives of some of tlie
proudest families of tlie city, and a
long line of men and women filed into
the church showing all the signs of sor­
row for an old friend and neighbor.
On the left hand side of Grace church
as one turns after entering tlie porch
under tlie bell tower and near where
Brown was wont for more than n gen­
eration to take his station every Sun­
day Is a shining brass tablet. It was
tliere placed by members of the congre­
gation in token of him who is described
upon it as ‘ The Faithful Sexton" and
whom they "gladly recall for Ills fideli­
ty, his generosity aud Ills stainless In­
tegrity.” It Is next to tlie lias-relief
which commemorates tlie virtues of tlie
illustrious Cad wallader D. Golden, once
mayor of New York—what greater
posthumous glory would Brown have
craved?—and Is not less conspicuous
than the old tablet on tlie opposite sld<
.which was erected to the memory of
Henry Brevoort. whose family wns de
rived In “unbroken descent from the
colonists of New Netherlands.”—Ladies'
Home Journal.
Napoleon nt Work.
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BUCKINGHAM WAS TAKEN.
PET DOG WASHERS.
IHJ llim Sure Before Cnrtulm
and \ctor Went Down.
Th«- queer Trade Th.« Fluarl.hr. la
the Freuch Capital-
The?
As you walk along certain parts of
Paris your attention is sometimes at­
tracted by the barking of a dog, and
on such an occasion one of the queer­
est of the outdoor trades of Paris Is
seen. Near the water’s edge, his black
coat flecked thickly with soapsuds,
stands tbt* dog and ove.r him, en­
ergetically shampooing the soap into
tlie long, hairy coat, stands one of the
professional dog washers who haunt
the hanks of the Seine at stated spots
from the Pont d’lena to the Pont Neuf.
These men lather and wash pet dogs
while their owners look on from con­
veniently placed chairs. The fees range
from 5 sous to a franc. When the soap­
ing operation Is completed, the dog Is
dropped into the river and encouraged
to get rid of the dirt and soap by a
swim.
Sometimes the pet will swim straight
out. while the fair owner 1 b In agonies
of fear lest some swiftly passing
steamer should strike it and end its
bathing and swimming days forever.
On more than one occasion the dog
washer lias been driven to plunge in
■nd rescue tlie bewildered animal lest
tlie infuriated owner should claim com­
pensation for ills carelessness. With
some Parfsiennes this weekly pet
washing is a ceremony of Importance.
The dainty lady, alighting from her
smart victoria, goes down the steps to
the washing place chosen, preceded by
her footman carrying or leading the
dog, as the case may be. and then,
seated under a sunshade, she directs
the toilet of Fiti or Nero with tender
solicitude. Tlie toilet des clilens at the
fashionable spots includes warm, fleecy
towels, a peignoir de bain while the
dog's hair Is being curled, combed,
singed or cut. and a length of ribbon of
a selected color to tie round its neck at
I lie finish.
A fee of 5 francs cannot be con­
sidered excessive for a "toilet" includ­
ing a clipping during which Fiti or Ne­
ro Is In-Id firmly by tin- lady proprie­
tress of tin- etabllssement des bains,
while licr assistant uses tlie patent
siiears. When all lias been completed,
the victim, wngg!
tils tail with con­
scious pride, proei-eds to tlie carriage
with liis proud and happy mistress and
drives away in state, yelping at dogs
less aristocratic than lie. Wide World
Magazine.
Dur.ng tile first year of my travels as
an actor I joined a troupe that was
presenting Shakespearean tragedy. We
Renting Shakes|x*arean tragedy. We
were playing in one of the provincial
cities of England when a new actor, an
inexperienced amateur, Joiii«t the corn
pany aud was aaslgncd tbs role of
Catesby in which to make his debut in
tin- play of "Richard the Third.” Dur
ing the progress of the piece one of his
new lines is after a quick entranc«* ad
dr«*ss«l to King Richard, ami he says
"My lord, the Duke of Buckingham
Is taken!”
I call r«*m«*mbor that on the night of
li-s fiist appearanc«* he was frightfully
n< rvu • and was anxious to proclaim
tin- t.K-t 1l1.1t tlie Duke of Buckingham
u is taken, ns he had been practicing
and studying it for several weeks. The
result was that lie got the wrong cue
and made liis entrance befor«* time,
«•lying out:
"My lord, the Duke of Buckingham
Is taken!”
Richard turned to him and in an an
dertone said: "Get off! Get off! You're
too soon.”
The actor left the stage mortified and
mor«- "rattled" than ever, so that
si ati-clj was lit* in the wings la-fore be
again made tin* same mistake and
lignin proclaimed that tin- Duke of
Buckingham was taken. Richard turn
<-<l upon him for tin* second time and
told liilu to leave tlie stage, lie also
whisper«!. "Somebody take care of
Hint idiot and tell him when to make
liis entrance."
The prompter grabbed tlie actor by
tin* hand and when the proper time
came said: "Now is your time Tell
Richard lie's taken."
Tin- actor rushed upon the stage, hes­
itated, looked at Richard ami then in a
wild tom- of voice exclaimed:
“W<* have liini. by heaven, and we
lui vi* him sure!”
I believe tin* curtain wont down, aud,
if I reinemlx-r rightly, the curtain was
mil Hie only tiling Hint went down.—J
II Stoddard in Saturday Evening Post
FLOWER AND TREE.
Heavy pruning of growing trees will
check growth.
Flowering plants should never lie
watered with cold water. It chills the
plants.
The Madeira vine is one of the best
climbers, having a wreath of leaves
equaled by few other plants.
Repotting of plants becomes necessa­
ry nt intervals for two reasons. The
plant uses up tlie available fertility I11
the soil and fills the pots with roots.
The ink plant of New Granada is a
curiosity. Tlie Juice of it can be used
as Ink without any preparation. At
first tlie writing is red, but after a few
hours it changes to black.
In watering the primrose observo
tills: Water should uot lie ¡toured upon
tin- crown of tin- plant nor the pot filled
so full that tlie water flows over Into
it. This is fatal to the health of the
plant.
To destroy aphides or plant lice dip
tin- ends of Hie twigs into a strong tea
made by steeping tobacco stems in hot
water or syringe with whale oil soap
suds, repeating tlie operation in six or
seven «lays.
First Jnstlce to Wear Gown.
"Few people, 1 venture to say, even
in liigli official positions, know what
Justice first wore the gown in tin- su­
preme court of tlie United States," said
an authority on tlie subject recently.
"When Justice John Jay took tlie office,
lie thought tlie members of tlie su­
preme bench shoukl wear a gown of
some sort. Accordingly he appeared
in liis own academic gown, which lie
wore by virtue of having received a
degree from Hie University of Dublin,
or, as it was then known, 'Trinity col­
lege.’ It was a tricolored gown too.
Such a garment would look peculiar
now, since tlie black gown lias been
adopted.”—Washington Post.
THE LOST CHILD.
X
Dramatic Incliliuit nt nn O ppiiii
(> i ' oy <* !•’% |it*i li*nce Meeting.
1
It luid been an experience meeting
Ten thousand p«>ple were assembled
in Hi«- great auditorium by the sea.
There laid b«*e:i tlie handshake, the
waving of hamlkerchit'fs, the hymn,
I be prayer, tin- word which told tlie
spiritual history of many a soul.
Tin* bishop stood upon tin* platform
in the act of pronouncing the benedic­
tion. Emotion was at its height. It
seeim-d as if a spiritual wave had
swept over tlie multitude, wrapping ft
in a divine caress.
At that moment a little child was
passed up to tlie platform, and the
bishop took it in liis arms. "Lost
chlhl.” were the whisper«! words. Tin*
baby put its dimpled arms about the
bishop's ueek ami laid its head upon
liis shoulder, its yellow curls mingling
witli liis gray hair.
•'Lost child,” said the bishop in his
deep, sympathetic voice. “Does anyone
in tlx* audience know tills baby or to
whom it belongs? Will tlie father or
mother come and claim it?”
There was silence, and the baby ties
tied closer, and tile women who sat
near said, "Oh!"
Then a man was seen making his
way to the altar. It was the baby's fa
tiler. Instantly the child stretched out
its arms to go to him. Then as he gave
it up 1 lit* bishop said:
"There are 10,000 lost souls in Ocean
Grove. Flu* Father's arms ar«* waiting
to receive them. So go to your Fa­
ther's outstretched arms as lias tills
little child.”—Detroit Free Press.
Old Time Fonda.
An old writer comments in the fol
lowing quaint manner on th«* superior­
ity of English food over that of the
poor people in France: "They ate no
bread that beans in were, but of cock-
<-t or «-lermatyu or else of elemi wheat —
11«* no piece of bacon, but if it be
fresh flesh' other, tisli fried, other,
bake.”
But, for all that, tlie impossibility of
obtaining fresh flsh daily forced the
ordinary layman to fall back upon the
sailed article, and the consumption of
badly salted fish has since been |x>lnt-
Th«- V. rung Way.
Fathers and mothers who do not know cd out ns on«* of tin* chief causes of the
how and where their sons and especial inedia-eal scourge of leprosy.- London
ly tlieir young daughters spend their < 'lironicle.
evenings are guilty of a negligence that
The F.nrth to lie Like the Moon.
Is little short of criminal and that, too,
Tin- water of the earth Is all destin«]
often leads to snd consequences. The to disappear from the surface of the
American habit of letting tlie young glolx* by being nltsorbed by subterrane­
folks “have their own way” in choos­ an rocks, with which It will form chem-
ing their associates and methods of re Icnlcomblnntions. Tlie heavenly spheres
creation is responsible in every city for exhibit sufficiently striking examples of
a good deal of evil Hint might be pre­ such an evolution. The planet Mars
vented by parental firmness judiciously shows what will become of the earth
exercised.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
In soiik * thousands of centuries
Its
sens nr«* only shallow Mediterraneans
Illuhnown l.nngnnKe.
In the east Hie flow of language in of less surface Hum the continents, and
praise of rulers Is sometimes wonder­ these <l<> not appear to lx* very high,
ful. Tlie Burmese greeting Lord Cur­ and in tlie appearance of the moon, ill
zon, viceroy of India, at tlie Royal cracked mid dried up, we have a view
lakes, decliired Hint "ills glory shines of Hi«* final stat«* of the earth, for Hie
resplendent ns tlie orb of day. Ills in­ absorption of the water by the solid
tellect Is as fat-reaching as tlie light­ nucleus will lie follow«! by that of the
ning. May lie lie as glorious as the atmosphere.
sun and moon!”
Tlie Prince of Wales was extolled by
nn oriental subject ns "great thief”
under tlie impression that this was the
highest possible compliment. Another
monarch was named “the piotector of
all vegetables, regulator of the seasons,
absolute master of the ebb and flow of
the sea.”
I’nImrrNton and Illa Muscle«.
Lord Palmerston died at Ills post two
«lays before lie was eighty-one, his fac­
ulties undimmed and 14s physical
strength little affect«! by his advanced
age. A hidden witness recorded a
touching anecdote: A fortnight before
his death lie saw th«* old statesman
come out of ills London house early one
morning, look around to assure himself
Only One Clrxn Thlnic.
that
I k * was alone, then climb over the
When Jones was at Oxford, lie was a
most excellent fellow, and had only area railing around the house and back
one enemy- soap, lie wns called Dirty again to test Hu* strength of bls mus­
cles. Lippincott's Magazine.
Jones. Ow day the wag Brown went
into Ills ns'ins and remonstrating with
One Price.
him on the untidy, slovenly and dirty
Customer (after lienting the price
state of everything said:
“Upon my word. Dirty, it's too bail. down from $3.50 to $2.251—What right
The only clean tiling in your room Is have you to call tills a “on«* price
store ?”
tlie towel!”
Dealer—Why not?
The Very Rest.
Customer Why, you ask all kinds of
Mrs. Nurleli—I want some terrapins. prices.
Dealer—Yes’tn. Diamondbacks?
Denier—Rut, my dear sir, the price
Mrs. Nuricli Yes, and see that the of a thing Is not what Is ask«l. but
diamonds are of tlie first water.—Oliio what Is accept«) for It.
State Journal.
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IH IAN I ItANCISCO.
ANOTHER
TEST CASE.
Bright*« D ímobmc
and
Diabetes
Are Positively Curable«
While th« b’ultou Com pounds were under ex-
uuuuation, on»’ of the investigator?» went to one
of t he best knowu physicians in Sau Franclm*«»
uud asked him to name a certain eusu of
Bright's disease for a test. He named C. H.
Allen of El Paso, u former conductor of the S.
P. Co , as beyond human aid. Eight physicians
bad declared the case chronic Bright's disease
It was typical—albumen, casts, dropsy, sleep
lessness, night sweats and usual weakness,
pains and distresses. Patient went on the
Compound Juue 5, 1901. We now copy from the
written reports
.June 15 —improvement Skin cleurer Color
better. Albumen decreasing
Patient much
encouraged.
June 25 —Continued improvement. More am
bltious. Albumen diminishing Night sweats
beginning to yield.
July 1.3—Not so favorable Went to the
country and began to bloat Returned uud
feeling better, though not probably quite so
well as lust report. A favorable indication is
the disappearance of the night sweats
July 19 —Dropsy again disapiM*aring Albu-
meu getting less and leas.
Aug. 1.—Improvement continue*
Aug. 13— Patient claims lie is nearly well.
Continued improvement, and patient recom­
mended for light employment. Double analyses
by railroad surgeons in El Paso ahow us fol-
lows :
Spec. Grav.............................................IU2H
lleaetiou ............................................ Acid
Sugar................................................. None
Albumen....... .................................. Trace
Exam, for Casts............................. None
At this writing. January 10, 1902. patient is
got yet etilirel.v reeovore»!, but is still on the
treatment and get Hug bet ter continually.
Medical works agree that Bright's Disease
and Diabetes are incurable, tint H7 per cent,
are positively recovering under the Pulton
Compounds. (Common forms of kidney com­
plaint and rh umatism offer but short resist­
ance.) Pric«'. II for th- Bright'* Disease and
|l 50for the Diabolic Compound. John J. Ful­
ton Co, IJO Montgomery St. Sun Franolsoo,
hide compounders Ere« tests mat»* for pa­
tients Descrintive pamphlets mailed fro«.
Crisp!’« Narrow Kacnpe.
The (’otirrier dos Etuis Unis MJW
♦hut oil Jun. 14. 1K58, the late Frances­
co (’rispi, the great Italian statesman,
then it poHtifuil refugee In Paris, re­
pel red from an Italian friend connect­
ed with the Paris opera two gallery
ticket« for the performance of that
evening, which the emperor and em-
presH were expected to attend. Criapi
and his wife were on the point of start
ing for the theater when the latter ex
claimed, “Fruncesco, where shall we
get a candle?”
They were in such destitution that
they had neither candies nor matches
nor yet the wherewithal to buy them.
Going to the opera would involve grop­
ing for their room at midnight and go
Ing to bed in total darkness. Too proud
to confess their condition and to bor­
row a few sous, they regretfully denied
themsehes the promised treat, remain­
ed In lheir room and retired before ttie
twilight had faded.
On the following morning they learn­
ed of Orsini’s attack on the emperor,
the police raids and the arrest of all
Italian revolutionists found In or near
the theater. If Crlspl had been In the
house, he would certainly have been
among the first arrested, for ht* was
known ns an ardent disciple of Mazzini.
Division General Poor Speller.
"When I was in the civil war,” nni«l
General Groxvenor, "I luid n division
commander who was the finest look
itiK man on a horse yon ever saw. ne
was a good soldier, too, hilt ho had
Hom«* <*dueationiil deficiencies. One day
he thought to drill his division. After
Home maneuvering he got them lined
up in column of fours to start.
"The proper command Is ‘Column,
forward!’ The general didn’t know
(his, and he waved his sword in the
air and yeli«l ’Column!’ Not a man
moved. The genera I had a voice you
could hear half a mile. He stoixj up in
his stirrups and yelled again, ‘Column!
Still there was no move. Then he
turned hla horse and dashed back to
the soldiers.
“ 'What’s (lie matter?’ he shouted, so
l««ud that everybody on the parade
ground could hear Mm. ‘Can't you un
derstand when 1 give a command? Col­
umn! Column! I'll spell It for you,
you Idiots—C-o-ITo-m!’ "
Stranse Effects of Extreme Cold.
Dr. Moss of tlie English polar expo
dition of 1875-77, among many other
things, told of tin* strange effects of the
extreme cold upon the candles they
burned. The temperature was from 3*
to 5<t degrees below z«*ro, and the do«'
tor says lie was considerably diseour
aged when upon looking at his caudl«
he discovered Hint the flame "bail all it
could do to keep warm.” It was sc
cold that the flame could not melt all
of the tallow of the candle, but win
forced to eat its way down, leaving a
sort of skeleton candid standing. There
was beat enough, however, to melt odd
shaped holes in tlie thin walls of tai
low, the result being a beautiful lace­
like cylinder of white, with a narrow
tongue of yellow flame burning on the
inside and sending out many streaks of
light into the darkness.
Entlnic Seals In England.
The water bully of Ixmdon brought a
“quick” seal to court, receiving 20
shillings 8 pence (1530), and In the same
year the item "for bringing a cele” 15
shillings occurs.
Seals were eateu,
though they may have been kept sh a
curiosity, tine was presented to Crom­
well, Wolsey's successor in Henry's fa­
vor, though It died before he could
liaie derived much pleasure from It.
Perhaps he ate It, At Henry VII.’s
wedding feast In 1487 one of the dish­
es was “seyle In fenyn, entirely served
richly," and very rich It must have
been. In Cromwell's accounts for 1537
Wllllnm Wodehouse’s servant brings a
porpoise, and porpoises we know are
eaten.—Good Words.
Napoleon had Ills particular mode of
meditation and work. When he was
not In council, lie stayed In his study,
talked to himself and sung or, like n
child, cut the arms of his chair, then,
suddenly rising up. would give the plan
of a monument to be erected or of one
A Good Provider.
of the grout military movements which
“Is your husband a gootl provider?”
It is never right to say what one does
astonished the world.
asked the sympathetic visitor.
not mean, but why not mean the nice
“Indeed he is, mum. He got me thre«
things? Insincerity does not necessari
Kiecntlve Ability.
Sot Thirsty,
new place« to wash last week.”
ly follow in the wake of politene»«.—
Little Clarence—Pa. what Is execu­
Lady Have you given the goldfish
I think you will find that people who
Ladies' Home Journal.
tive ability?
Abernethy declared that the best
Mr. Callipers-Executive ability, my honestly mean to be true really con­ fresh water?
New Servant No, ma'ntn; they have time to eat was. for a rich man. when
It will do you more good to acknowl­ aon. Is tlie capacity for making some tradict themselves much more rarely
edge your faults than it will do your one else paddle your canoe for you.~ than those who try to be consistent.— not finished the water I gave t .«111 the he could get appetite, and, for a poor
other day.
Holmes.
man, when be could get food.
Judge.
enemies.—Atchison Globe.