FUN AT ANNAPOLIS.
(low the nval Cailf In Kftllrvo the Mount-
onj- or Tlirlr KxNtrurp.
Hops are given by the oflioors and
cadets alternate!' every Saturday
night, lint when a contagious disease
lueaks out in the family of an olliect
his quarters are quarantined and ho is
not allowed to attend the hops. Tha
measles broke out in the family of a
very original Lieutenant, only one or
H wo of his little ones being taken sick.
Fearing that ho would he quarantined
from the Imps for sonio time if ho
allowed the disease to pursue its own
course and take e fleet 0:1 Ids children
one by one, he conceived the brilliant
idea of putting the sick and well ones,
together, so that all would be sick at
once, and thus shorten the time of
quarantine. Happily no serious results
followed this device and the olllcerwas
soon attending the hops again.
When the cadets aro reported for any
breach of discipline they have the priv
ilege of making any excuse they may
see lit, though it must be brief and to
the point. One cadet was reported for
unmilitary conduct in raising his hand
in the ranks, lie submitted this ex
cuse: "Hug in ear." The excuse was
satisfactory, though he was warned not
to repeat the oll'ense.
There is a Lieutenant, attached to the
academy as ollioer-in-chnrgo whose
duty it is to inspect the cadets' rooms
every morning. The Lieutenant is very
alxent-minded, and on one occasion lie
brought his absent-mindedness into
requisition, much to the amusement
of a cadet. While on his tour of
inspection one morning he found an un
authorized article hanging on the wall
in one of the rooms. "What is that doing
on the wall?" he ns.ed. "The wall
has been there all the time, sir," re
plied the cadet. Turning to the master-at-arms,
he asked whether that wall
.had been there before. The astonished
man replied that, it had, and the Lieu
tenant walked out satisfied with the in
spection. Passing on to the next room
there was a cadet visiting contrary to
regulations. The cadet had time beforu
the ofliccr entered to get behind the
wardrobe door, but his feet were in
sight beneath the door. After looking
around the room the officer espied the
shoes and reported the cadet who lived
in the room for allowing his shoes to
be out of the proper place, which was
under the foot of his bed, and ho
walked out, feeling that he had con
scientiously performed his official duty.
The cadets are required to keep t tin
lloor of their rooms cleanly swept. One
Sunday, morning thu commandant was
making an inspection of the quarters.
Entering one room he saw that the
lloor was not. very cleanly swept, and
spoke to the cadet about it. The cadet
replied that, the lloor had been swept
that morning. The commandant was
dresxed in a clean white suit, and to
show that it was really dusty sat down
on the lloor, and getting up he turned
'around and asked the cadet: "What
do you think now?" The cadet replied!
"I think you are a confounded fool."
The order was issued the next day foi
the cadet's dismissal.
Practical jokes are seldom played by
the cadets on the officers, but last Jan
uary some of them thought 1 1 1 03 would
have a little fun at the expense of thu
late Lieutenant Dniicuhowur, who was
ollicer-in-charge on the occasion. Sev
eral of them got together one night
and rigged out a dummy cadet, putting
on an old undress suit, shoes, cap and
oor thing complete. They then
lifted the dummy over the balustrade
and dropped it. from the fourth lloor,
at tiie same time raising a dreadful
cry. At the foot of the stairs stands a
marine, who acts as messenger to the
ollicer-in-charge. The cadets never
thought of the marine being under
neath, and down went the dummy
striking the poor man anil nearly scar
ing him to death. Thu cry brought
Lieutenant Danenhower to the scene,
and, being nearly blind, he took thu
dummy to be a dead cadet, or prutty
nearly so. The dnzod marine was dis
patched in great haste to the hospital
for doctors. Soon four stalwart blue
jackets came with a stretcher to carry
the supposed dead or dying cadet to
the hospital, and behind them hurried
all the doctors in the yard. Thu
-dummy was immediately put on thu
stretcher and taken to the hospital,
where the doctors found out the true
state of aflairs. The doctors were tho
only ones who did not enjoy the joke,
though perhaps it might not have been
o funny for the cadets had they been
caught. Cor. Ituffato Courier.
Judge "Of course, you have an
excuse ready." Prisoner "1 have,
your honor. I was full, but it was for
medical purposes. Whiskj- is good for
snake bites." Judge "Were you bit
ten by a snake?" Prisoner "No; but,
your honor, 'an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure,'" Judge
I see, 1 see. But you .should have
confined yourself to fho ounce. I tine
yon ten dollars for prescribing medi
cine without a diploma."
1 m m
Baltimore Oirl (to young Mr.
"Waldo, of Boston) "Aro you addicted
to the habit of cigarette smoking, Mr.
"Waldo?" Mr. Waldo (at a loss for
something to say) "Well er really,
iMiss Terrapin, I ah am ashamed to
t.ay that I do occasionally, only occa
sionally, you know, smoke tliem."
Baltimore (Jirl "Well, I wish you
would give me one. My case is quite
empty. " The Epoch.
The flexibility of tho English
language is shown in tho roply of an
irishman to a man who sought rcfugo
in his shanty in a heavy shower and,
finding it about as wot inside as out,
said: "You have quito a pond on tha
lloor." "Vis; shuro wo have n great
lake in the roof."
I CARL DUNDER'S TALE.
The Old (Scntlrinnn Tells Thr Inttrnctlrn
Story or n (irrinmi MUrr.
Shildreu. maypo you haf noticed how
many burdocks vhas growing in der
gardens und all aroundt on der fields.
Kafery pody chops him down und pulls
him oop. but ho comes pack next year
all der same, und he vhas sooch a nuis
ance dot people get mailt und shwear.
I shall now tell you der shtory of how
dot burdock come aboudt.
Vhell, once upon sometimes a man
lif near Bremen, in Shermany. He
vhas an oldt man und he vhas a miser.
He goes hungry und in rags, und he
shleep? on der lloor und doau' care how
mooch his pones ache. Hcvhaswerry,
worry rich. He can buy oudt our city
hall und haf some money left. He
lends money at twenty per cent, inter
est, und ho turns poor peoples oudt
door und vhas so hardt in his heart dot
eafcry body hates und vhas in fear of
him.
Now, 1 toll you. shildreu, it vhas no
good to spend all your monoy und
pringoop in der poor-house vhen you
vhas oldt und feeble; but nopody likes
a man who vhas so stingy dot ho goes
hungry und r igged. It vhas shnst ash
wicked to be stingy as extravagant.
Vhell, to go 011. dot rich oldt miser
has a burdock grow in his garden. It
vhas dor only one anypody eafer sees
in Shermany, und der peoples belict
dot dor leaves vhill uro all diseases.
One day a poor wonians mit a sick
shild comos to dot place, und bogs und
pleads mit der old miser for 0110 leedle
leaf to euro her shild. Does ho gif it to
her? No! He vhants money, und if
she can't pay, dot shild may die. Dei
poor wonians cries und .sobs, but it vhas
no goot, und so she falls on her knees
by dor roadside und begins to pray.
Pooty soon a leedle old mans comes
oudt of der bushes und says:
"How vhas dis? Who makes you
weep und pu sorrowful?"
"Dot old miser wont gif mo some
burdock to safe my shild's life," she
tells him.
"Oh ah I see! Money vhas of
more walue dan human life, vhas she?
Und wo haf only one burdock, und she
vhas in der hands of a miser! Wonians,
wait a leedle bit."
Und he goes py der gate und holds
oudt his arm so. und says:
"Hoky-pokey! presto change! Let all
der nionev in dis house turn into bur
docks!" And, shildreu, shnst as true as I vhas
hero p 'fore you all, dot money come
running oudtdoors. and vhas turned
into big and lecdlo burdocks, und der
poor wonians shteps on 'em as she
vha'ks home. Dot oldt major gifs one
big yell und falls dea.'lt, und dot vhas
der last of him. So yon now see why
burdocks vhas so plenty und money so
scaice, und you may pelievo he vhas
all right. Eafcry burdock conies from
dot one, und dcy grow all aboudt us
dot der lesson of charity may eafer po
before our mine. Detroit Free Press.
It Was All There.
Tho joker who makes a bad joke de
serves to havo it turned on him, as it
very often is.
A man who had dined at a restau
rant was asked by tho waiter what lie
would havo for dessert.
"You may bring mu baked apples
and cream."
"Y.s. sir."
"Only lot us have them without tho
cream."
"Yes. sir."
"And without tho apples please."
"All right. sir."
The waiter disappeared, and soon
returned witli a plate on his salver, on
which lay a spoon, and a little pow
dered sugar. The customer looked
surprised.
"It's your linked tipples and cream,
sir, without the baked apples and with
out the cream," said the waiter.
The item figured on tho bill just the
same, and the customer folt bound to
pay it. Youth's Companion.
She Did Not Decline.
Mrs. Baseoni You wouldn't believe
it, Mrs. Tibbitts, to look at 1110 now;
but when 1 was a girl about nineteen
years old, I lot my appetite, and grew
so pale and thin that everybody said 1
was going to fade away and die.
Mrs. Tibbitts Indewl! and what was
t'j" matter with you.
Mrs. Baseoni Love.
Mrs. Tibbitts Do tell! how did you
c ver recover?
Mrs. Baseoni Oh, it came around
kind of natural like. You s(.e, Joshua
nailed to see 1110 one night, looking
awful blue; and says ho: "Mildred,
folks say you're goin' into a decline."
"No, 1 ain't, Joshua." savs I, "not. if
you'll have me."Tid-lliU.
A Gentle Texas Pony.
A greenhorn from New York went to
Alf Heaver's livery stable in San An
tonio to hire a pony. When tho ani
mal was brought out tho greenhorn
objected.
"I don't liko that horse," ho said.
"What's tho matter, with him?"
"He is the same one I had before.
He is not gentle enough. He lifts up
one end and then the other. He rocks
up and down." Texas Sitings.
'
A Sensitive Nature.
Mr. Waldo (coming from tho min
strels) Are you fond of nogro mill
stroby Miss Bree.y?
Mis Breezy Well, n-no, Mr. Waldo,
I can hardly say 1 am, such perfor
mances, 1 think, possess a certain
lack of refinement that is rather trying
to the finer sensibilities of one's nature;
and, asido from that, many of the joke
tlii evening had gray whiskers. on
tlicin. A'. l'Hun.
THE DANISH HORN.
A Itrmnrkabtp Kcllr Snlil to Una GrHnlnt
Trumpet or Ion.
In the royal museum of Copenhagen
there is, and has been for mote than
two bundled and seventy-live years, a
golden trumpet, known throughout
Denmark as the "Danish Horn." with
engraved emblems, comprising the sym
bol of purity, the triple lily. Its weight
is one hundred and two ounces and
it measures two feet nine inches in
length. Tills horn Is said to be a gen-J
tune trumpet of Ziou. The surround
ing circumstances strongly sustain the
position, anil up to the present time
there has not been the slightest scien
tific doubt as to the genuineness oMhe
relic The lily, as a symbol of purity,
was generally carried in the right
hand by the vestal Virgins of tho tem
ple; it also forms the emblem on the
'shekel," the Jewish coin. There are
also disccrnablo the much ell'accd re
mains of what has the appearance of
pomegranates, anil traces of an inscrip
tti n which, as far as it can be made
out, is engraved in that kind of Hebrew
characters known as the Samarian
text. The emblems and inscription
may be easily accounted for and accept
ed for the mean ng of the word "Jeho
vah." Tho trumpet was dlscovoio l by a
farmer's daughter, partly concealed in
the ground, in 10:10. in the diocese of
Hypeny, Jutland. As to how it found
its wey front Palestine to Denmark can
only be conjectured at. It is accepted
as a fact that the relic at one time
was one of the instruments anciently
u.ed in Solomon's temple. Certain or
naments, and especially the beautiful
uugraving near the pening of the
large end of the instrument, forming a
turrtted border around its edge, are the
most convincing proofs for this posi
tion. When Titus Vespasianus, the
youthful Homan Oeneral. subjugated
ludn?a and destroyed its temple, ho
took the renowned tables, the sevon
branoli candlestick, the "Sacred
Bookt." and tho trumpets to Koine,
where they were, with other trophies ot
victory, carried in procession through
the city in honor of tho conqueror.
Upon the arch of Titus these things won
sculptured and may bo seen in Rome
in a fair state of preservation to
day. The "Sacred Books" the vic
tor presented to Josephus Flavin', the
.Jewish historian. Afterward, whei:
Titus became emperor of Home, the in
Btrumen sand "tables of sehew bread,"
by decree of the Senate and council of
Home, were placed in the great temple
of Jupiter. Between the fourth and
sixth centuries Home was overrun by
hordes of northern barbarians. The
city was taken, religion for the time
dethroned, and temples, regardless of
the sanctity, sacred or historical, were
sacrilegiously plundered. After their
retreat from Home the Vandals carried
oil' with them the spoils they had seized
in the temples.
This trumpet of gold which corre
sponds in every particular with tho
trumpets sculptured upon tho "Arch
of Titus," was doubtless carried to the
north with the other plunder and in
turn lost by the conquerors of Homo,
who had taken it from the conquerors
of tho Jews.
Another illustration of tho old adage,
that "History repeats itself." Earth.
NAPOLEON'S WEALTH.
.tluoll.tc IlNiipp'iraiir- of Onn or thu
tii'':tti4t I'ertoiiiil KorttinrH.
Olio of the most remarkable historical
incidents of this century was the disap
pearance of Napoleon I.'s enormous
fortune. In 1810 he was far and away
the richest individual in the world. Ho
came out of the Italian campaign end
ing hi 1800 with $1,000,000, according
to hit) ovn account. This he main
tained was Ids private property. Tak
ing thu statements lie made to his
friends mid others at St. Helena ho
must have hidden away when ho left
France tho lat time tho enormous sum
of $10,000,000, or '.'OO.OOO.OOO francs.
This would make him very much the
wealthiest man in the world, for that
sum then was equal in influence to
.S-'OO.OOO.OOO now. No sovereign of his
time could begin to approach him in
personal fortune. Marshal Soult, tho
last of tho Imperial Marshals (who died
in November, 18.11, just about a year
hofor- h.s great antagonist, tho duke of
Wellington), told a venerable French
general officer, who repeated it to tho
witor. that when the Emperor wont to
Elba he had B0. 000, 000 francs covered
up in Paris alone.
Of the $1 a, 000.000 hard cash paid over
at one time by the United States to Na
poleon as First Consul in 1803 it was
common rumor not very general, you
ma bo sure, however that 7..100.000
francs of the sum was never accounted
for in vouchers. This might easily
have been. Napoleon was then First
Consul for life. Ho could do just what
he chose and nobody dared call him to
account.
It is not very difficult to hide money
in largo sums, too, so it can not be
found, bo the search ever so careful.
Feidinaud Ward has some millions
thus covered up, and 110 human being
has over yet found a clew to the stolen
treasure. It. was said and believed by
many people, too, that Stephen Girard,
of Philadelphia, had a large sum in
his hands belonging to NaKileou 1.,
which he would have handed over to
him had he succeeded in getting away
to tho United States after Waterloo, as
ho tried to do. Louis XVIII., through
his Minister of Finance, did all in his
power to discover this hidden treasure,
but those who knew would never tell.
They probably took luthemselvcs when
tho Kmpcror died In 18LM. But it is a
very interesting ami roinantio story,
the disnpponranco absolutely of tho
greatest fortune in tho worhPs history
up to that time, leaving not a truco
behind. Wathinglun Herald.
WOOD PULP PAIls.
now Srrvlrenhln (lomls Are Mmle or In.
ilurntrd Fiber.
Durable, serviceable and economical
pails aro among tl.e numerous useful
articles now manufactured from wood
pulp. The pulp pail is in one pieco
and has 110 hoops. It is light and never
leaks or falls to pieces. It is made as
follows: The wood, preferably spruce,
although any soft, librotis wood will
answer, is first cleared of Its bark anil
cut to a length uniform with the grind
stone to be used, generally sixteen to
twenty-four inches. It is then placed
ng.ilnst the face of a rapidly revolving
grindstone, the grain of the wood being
in a line with or parallel with tho axis
of the stone, and a hydraulic or worm
screw piston keopJfg the wood con
stantly pressed against the stone. The
result, which is washed oil' the stone by
a shower of water, after being screened
of slivers and sawdust, is a milky white
liquid. With the water sufficiently ex
tracted this is the wood pulp used in
the manufacture of paper and indurated
fiber ware. The process of manufacture
of the ware fror.' the pulp is exceeding
ly simple and is similar in all tho lines
made. In making a pail tho machine
for first molding the pail from the pulp
is provided with a hollow perforated
form of cast iron, shaped liko the inside
of a pail, and covered first witli perfor
ated brass and then witli line wire cloth.
This form, worked by a hydraulic piston,
ispuxhed up into a large cast iron "hat,"
which fits over it cry tightly. Within
this hat is placed a flexible rubber
bag, and between this and the inner
form first mentioned is admitted the
pulp, still in a liquid state. 'Hie puip
belli; pumped in under pressure, the
water immediately begins to drain oil'
through the wire cloth and perfora
tions, and the rubber bag swells until
it filb the hat. The supply of pulp is
then shut oil', and water under high
pressure is admitted within the hat and
outside the rubber bag, thus squeezing
uuch of tlio water from the pulp.
After standing some eight to ten min
utes tne pressure is shut oil", the inner
form lowered, and the pulp-pail re
moved. At this stage the pail is still
nearly fifty per cent, water, but is
sufficiently strong to allow handling.
This irater is first all dried out in dry
kilns, and then the pail is urned oil" on
tho outside with a gang of saws. After
sandpapering inside and out the pail is
ready for the treatment house, where
it is charged with a water-prooliug
cmpotind, which permeates thorough
ly tlio material of which tho pail is
undo. Baking in ovens at a high tem
perature succeeds each dip or treat
ment. The polish which the goods
present is described as being the rcdiilt
of tho final treatment. After this tho
handles are riveted on the goods,
which aro then ready for the market.
Mcehtnic.
FACTS ABOUT LICORICE.
Wlu-rn thn Itoot I Olttnlnril mill How It
Ih I'rcpHri'd lor Murlu-t.
"It; is almost an impossibility," said
a well-known pharmacist recently, "to
tell how much licorice is really con
sumed by people in tho city of New
York. The amount is almost incredi
ble, und probably reaches thousands bf
ponnnls annually."
"How is" tho drug obtained," was
asked.
"A specios of licorico is found on the
short 11 of Lake Erie, though a good
deal conies from further West. The
plant from which it is obtained is called
glyoyrrhiza. It jm-ows very erect, to the
height of about .our or five feet, aird
has few branches. It bears a llower
form 3d like that of a pea. but of a vin
lot w purple color. Tlio root in its
raw mate is well known as the "licorice
root" of commerce. It attains a length
of several feet and is often an inch in
diameter. When the root has attained
tho ago of three years it is taken up
and from this, before it becomes dried,
is made the extract of licorice, some
times known as Spanish licorice. This
juice is prepared by boiling tlio root
with water; the decoction is thou de
canted oil' and evaporated to proper
consistence for forming the substance
into titicks live or six inches long and
an inch in diameter tiieso aro the
Spanish licorico of commerce."
"Is not the article adulterated?"
"Yes, it i often nothing else than a
mixture of the jutco witli the worst
kind of gum arabie. Metallic copper
scrapod oil the evaporating pans is very
frequently present, and starch and
Hour sometimes constitute nearly one
half of the substance." N. l Mail
and Express.
Jones Paid the Money.
In Providence are two men who look
very much aliko.and who may bo called
Jones and Johnson. Jones is a rather
influential member of a congregation
presided over by a new pastor, who,
soon after his installation, started out
with a subscription paper in a worthy
cause. Ho met Johnson on the street,
"Oh, my dear Mr. Jones," said he. "I
havo been told that you arc interested
in this cause. 1 hope that you will
givo freely." Certainly," said John
son, vho was qii.rk-wilted. "Put me
down for one hundred dollars." Days
passe-d and .lone- didn't send the
money; so the parson called at his
office, and said that he'd be glad to
havo tho money. "What money?"
asked Jones. "Why the one hundred
doliais that you subscribed." Jones
couldn't remember any such subscrip
tion, hut he did remember that about
tlutt time ho was 011 a quiet and very
private spree. Could he have mot the
pastor then and subscribed? Possibly,
and 00, rather than confess his weak
ness to his pastor, ho paid tho one hun
dred dollars. Johnson soon told of Ids
shr.ro In tho joke, but he refuses to ac
cept Jones's suggestion mid pay hliu
fifty dollars.- JJ. J' Hun.
ETIQUETTE OF KISSING.
Conitlllom Tnilrr Which Modern Society
lVrmltn Osculntlon.
Kissing Is out of style. Nobody W
it now but sweethearts, young chll l
rcii and teachers. The first blow was
struck by tho medical profession about
tlio time of the decease M Princess
Alice. Ever since the practice has been
denounced, and in families where
proper respect Is paid to hygiene child
ren are .strongly cautioned against
promlfciinus kissing.
In society a woman is not kissed
twice in a season. When an old friend
is greeted and she advances with her
lips the victim turns her face and the
caress falls askance. Possibly the very
woman who is opposed to tho practice
takes the initiative, but her lips never
meet lip. She may kiss within a frac
tion of your in nitii kiss your chin,
your cheek or your forehead; kiss your
"eyelid into repose," or kiss your iiair
but if she had any training socially
she will never kiss your mouth.
The repugnance to kissing is due
largely Jo academic training. In
near!, all the famous colleges for wo
men there is a special teacher or doc
tress in physiology, and in the so
called oral recitations tlio pernicious
ell'ects of osculation are considered at
great length. By way of tolerating
what seems to bo a necessary evil vari
ous theories aro advanced and various
provisions advocated. The girl who
conies from Smith College, Northamp
ton, kisses on the oblique lines that
fall from the left corner of your mouth,
but when kissed is so adroit in tho way
she jerks her head that the point of
salutation may be found on a radius
from the right of her demure little
mouth. The Vasar graduate kisses
more than her Smith College friend,
but the chin is her choice, as you will
observe in an attempt to salute her.
The r.-niors from Wellesley press their
kisses high up on the face, almost un
der the sweep of the eyelash, and the
Lake Forest and Harvard Annex
uiaidrus kiss at a point equally distant
from .he nose and ear.
Nothing is more dainty than the kiss
of a well-bred chaperon, who, mind
ful of the time and trouble spent oyer
the powdor-box. gently presses her lips
on ytnr hair just north of your ear.
The minister's wife is another sweet
soul who knows where a kiss will do
the least harm, and her favorito method
Is an air kiss, with the gentle pressure
of her cheek to your cheek. Tho wo
man of fashion, who patronizes you
and lets you visit her while she is at
her siesta, kisses you any where about
the triangle between the oye, car and
hair line. Sho learned long ago about
the incompatibility of hv-sto anil grace,
anil ns she advances you see her lips
twin in, and simultaneously with tho
kiss If- a thick. viscous noise that sounds
liko the tearing of a middle-aged
uiarsb-mallow drop. Epoch.
A Young Girl's Mania.
In fine of the vicinity towns there is
a yotuig girl, about twelve years of
age, atlllelod with a strange mania.
She U largo for her ago, of flue phy
sique, possessed of good feature, and
more than ordinarily prepossessing
She is rolyist in health and shows
groat activity, and is unusually smart
and intelligent with tlio exception of
this ta.inia. Every night about eight
o'clock she will go to a neighbor's
house to burrow a la itorn. Kaeli time
sho v.ll make a new excuse for doing
so. If she succeeds in getting tho
1'iiiteni she then take' long walks. She
dn snot conllne herself to the public
liighwav, but wanders about the fields
and frequently to thu woods. She docs
not seem to know what fear is, either
of man or beast She frcquoutly
perciies herself upon a fence and sits
there a long time, dangling lier lan
tern. About, ten o'clock sho returns
homo and goes to bed contented. Her
friends, of course, object to these lan
tern strolls, and she has to steal away.
Those of her neighbors who know
about them refuse'her a lantern. She
lias a number ot times greatly fright
ened persons, which seems to please
her amazingly. She is in no respect
wayward, but sonis possessed of 11
strange and f iscinating mania for a
lantern. Danbury (Conn.) News.
Origin of Some Words.
Mercy and commerce are from the
same root. Attach and attack are
etyinologically identical. Valet usod
to l;o written vaslet, from vassel, vas
sallet. Pontifex probably meant orig
inally a pathiuaker. Skeptic original
ly implied merely an observer, thence
an enquirer, doubter, unbeliever. Idea,
that which is t-eeu, idol, a little image,
a little statue, a little "that which is
seen." Wiseacre, Old Dutch wiscseggcr,
soothsayer, (lerinnn wisosager, wise
sayer, weissngon, wizagon. Pabulum
is from the Aryan root pa, through tho
latin, and food is from tho same roof
through thu Teutonic language. Pas
ture and fodder are from tho same roof
through the two channels. Uoston
Journal of Education.
Story of the Dahlia.
No flower of tho garden blooms more
I'.-ofimdy and beautifully this fall than
tho dahlia. Tho plant was fouiiu
originally in Mexico, and was similar
to tho single-petnjcd specimens now
papular. A plant was sent to Madrid
in 1788, whom It was seen 111 ble8oin
by ths Abbe Cavanilles, who named i
utter hU friend. Prof. D.ihl, of Stock
holm, In 1801 Humboldt went to Mex
ico, and sent to Europe seeds of the
wild dahlia, and from his seeds tha
plants now grown iinivoroally descend
ed. By degrees It doubled and sprouted
till it became the perfect flower wo
now !ii joy. Svringjleld Union,
PERSONAL1 AND " IMPERSONAL.
One cf the brightest looking little
school-boys in Washington is n son ot
a secretary of tlio Chinese legation.
The young mandarin wears a magnifi
cent costume, Oriental in character,
and with his school-books under his
arm forms a striking and interesting
picture. He has understood English
only a year, hut is making rapid pro
gress iu his education.
On the farm of Harrison Loring
in Duxbury, Mass., there was recently
found a curious medal. It is appar
ently of pewter, about an eighth of on
inch greater in diameter than a silver
dollar, and around the rim in Homan
letters a quarter of a,n inch high is tho
inscription "(Jloria in Kxcelsia. 1G33."
A circle incloses a draped, winged
figure, whose right hand holds a sword,
the left a torch or mace. The rovers
is plain.
Editor Twitehell, of Oorham.'N.
II., owns a spinning wheel with a hit:
of history. Eighty-live years ago Mr.
Twitchell's grandfather went to Frye
burg. Me., on horseback to try to find
a wife, and led behind him a second
horso on which to bring her homo
should he bo so fortunate as to find 11
bride. Mr. Twitchell's grandmother
rode back on the horse, with the spin
ning wheel tied on the beast's back be
hind her.
A man well known in St. Iouis has,
the doctors say, a heart forced to the
right side and greatly displaced, and
the liver to the left. The lungs aro
compressed and the stomach badly
crowded, but. the ribs and sternum be
ing firmly set, the position is perma
nent. He has been so since boyhood,
and, with the exception 'if his irregu
lar form, is a perfectly healthy man.
Consumption or pneumonia would 1
sure death, they say.
A Maine sailor played a mean trick
on a shark one day not long ago. Thn
tiger of the sea had been following the
boat for several days and existing on
tho garbage thrown overboard, and the
sailor decided to have sonic fun with,
him. Ho took a largo piece of lime
and throw it at the lish, which greedily
gulped it down. Tlio lime at once be
gan Yo slake, and the shark after
thrashing about in terriblo agony for
fov minutes, turned over anil died.
lir. Blaine's wonderful memory
for names as well as faces is
well known, and ho declares
that ho cultivated the habit in early
life by always indexing alphabetically
all names, so that when ho mcetn a.
face ho recognizes tlio Initial always
comes up iu his mind and aids him to
recall the patronymic. Sometimes he
can not recall the names, and then ho
contents himself with addressing tho
gentleman by his initial until he
secures M10 name by some casual re
mark. Pope Leo XIII. derives his revonui
from three sources. One is tlio interest
of tho vast, sum left by Pius IX. in the
Pontifical treasury, invested chiefly la
English consols. This interest amounts,
to about $(i&r,000 a year. Another
source is the Peter's ponco contribu
tion, which, iu spite of tho vejy great
reduction in late years, averages aloub
$116,000 annually. Tho third source
is tlio Apostolic Chancery, the rocoiptu
of which include sums received for
titles and decorations, privileges of the
altar, private chapels, etc., and aggre
gate nhout $.V.0,000 a year. Tho on
tiro annual income of Loo XIII., there
fore, is about Sl.nGO.OOO.
Without adversity ii man hardly
knows whether ho is honest or not.
Field ng.
It matters not how much intoUt
gonco one may claim, if ho does not
show it he will pass for a nobody.
Unless the diamond possessors tho
necessary number of karats tho young;
woman uow-a-days is apt to turnip her
nose.
(live your growing boy a yeast
cake when ho goes to bed at night if
you want him torisooarly. SomtrviiXa
Journal.
Oratitudo is tho virtue most defied
and deserted. It is the ornamont of
rhetoric and tho libel of practical life.
J. H'. For ne 1.
DYSPEPSIA
Up to a fow weeks uro I- considered
myeolf tho champion Dyspeptic of
America. Durlnif tlio years that I
havo boon nMloted I have trJod
almost evorythliiK claimed to bo a
speolllo for Dyspepsia In tlio hopo of
llnUlmt Bomothliip; that would afford
permanent relief. 1 had about made
up my mind to abandon all medi
cines when I noticed an endorsement,
of BiminoiiH Liver Itrjrulator by a
prominent Oeoi-tftnii, a jurist -whom.
1 know, and concluded to try Its
directs In my case. I havo used but
two bottles, and am satlstled that t
have struck tho right thlntr at last
1 folt lta bonollolal effects almost Im
mediately. Uullko all othor prepara
tions of a similar kind, no special
instructions aro required as to what
one shall or shall not eat. This face
alone ought to commend It to all
troubled with Dyspepsia.
J. N. 1IOLUBS,
Vtneland, N.J.
CONSTIPATION
To Kcur a Ht-gular Habit of Body
without cliuiixliiK ta Diet or DU
orffunliliiK tha Hyitem, tako
3IM0NSLIVERREGUUT0R
4NI.T aCNUINE MAXUrACTVlUk T
J. II. ZEIUH & CO.. Philatobkh