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BETWEEN THE LINES. Between the lines tlio smoke hunff low AnJ shells flew screaming to and fro. While blue or pray In sharp distress Hode fast, their shattered lines to press Again upon the lingering foe. TIs past and now the roses blow Where war was raging years ago, And naught exists save friendliness Between the lines. To you who made the traveler know In southern homes bow warm hearts glow, Let even this halting verse express Some measure of true thankfulness, And grateful, loving memory show Between tho lines. Walter Learned In The Century. MOUNT MYSTERY. VTe were lost In the heart of Costa Rica. There were six of us in the party, nil yor.ng follows with little or no experience, and when we realized our situation we vrere in despair. When we started out from tho coast it seemed to us that it would bo a regulnr frolic to spend a couple of weeks among the mountains in tho interior. At the end of that time the brig Pacific would bo ready to depart, and we could then resume our journey to San Francisco. The captain of tho vessel endeavored to dissuade us. "The natives are iy?t likely to bother yon," he said, "but very little is known of the country beyond the mountains. Strange tales have reached my ears, and although I am as fond of adventure as anybody, the trip would not suit me." We laughed at the old sailor. Wo were well armed and afraid of nothing. "It is all right," I told the captain, "with proper caution there will be no danger. We may make valuable discov eries and become famous explorers. It is time to unveil the secrets of this wonder ful land, and it is nonsense to be frightened off by a few sailors' yarns." The captain shook his head nnd said no eiore. Wo completed our preparations (or the trip, a. id early one morning started t-ff in the higlvwt spirits. When the dovcry was made, nfter we Cad leen cam. 'log out for about a week, that we had list our way it appeared to muddle our 1 Various attempts were made to head towards the coast, but in every instance we were coin palled to return disheartened and uncertain as to our course. The few natives encountered in our wanderings were unlike those along the seaboard. They were light colored, hand some and active, nnd lied at our approach, refusing to hold any communication with us. One evening we camped on the bor ders of a lovely lake under tho shadow of a frowning mountain. "There Is something queer about that mountain," remarked Walpole, tho only Bailor in our party. "Queer!" I replied cautiouslj-. "Every thing is queer in this peculiar land. What is it about the mountain that strikes you?" "Whilo I have been resting here," said Walpole, who was lazily reclining on the grass, "I have been using my eyes. Tho mountain is as steep on this side as the facu of a stone wall. If it is that way all around the top must bo Inaccessible." "Well," I answered, ."who wants to climb to tho top "'' "I do, for one," responded Walpole. "The luminous cloud or vapor around tho summit and reaching down the sides is a strange thing. Just watch it for a mo ment." 1 looked upward at tho precipitous mass of rock. Tho cloud wn.s stationary, nnd looked more liko steam than anything else. "Occasionally," said my companion, "I 3ee birds Ily out of the cloud, and after circling about for awhile they always ro turn. Then, if my ears do not deceive tne, and they are keen ones, I can dis tinguish various voices all coming from the direction oi the cloud." "Why, man, you are losing your senses," I interrupted. "If the summit 'Is Inaccessible what can there be up there to make a noie f" "Birds at least," said tho sailor, with a smile, "I can swear to seeing tho birds. I don't know what else may bo up there, but several times In the bust half hour I have heard the clang of metal and the sound of human voices." "He is right," said Ilinton, another member of our party. "I have heard tho same sounds, but I didn't liko to men tion it." "Why not explore a little ?" I suggested, indifferently. To my surprise everybody agreed. The men were tired roaming about aimlessly with disappointment at every turn. They were ready for anything for a change. In tho morning two men started in ono direction around the base of the mountain, whilo two went in the other. Their plan wits to proceed until they met, and then return together. I remained with ono man nt tho enmp. Others might investignte Mount Mystery, as wo called it, but I felt too fatigued for such an effort. During the day wo lounged about and watched tho cloud wrapped phenomenon before us. More than once I heard n clatter apparently in the upper air, and once or twice I was suro that I heard voices. Evidently Mount Mystery wus a good nnmo for this freak of nature. Lato in tho afternoon our comrades re turned. They had walked all day, cov ering many miles, nnd'they had learned nothing except that tho mountain pre sented the same perpendicular wall-like appearance all tho way around. "At one place," said Ilinton, "wo saw a tolerably largo stream of water trickling down tho sides of tho rock. So there is water up there, and it may ta that tho wholo surface Is productive and inhab ited " "You forgot," I objected, "that It is Impossible for any living thing except a bird to get up there." "Of course I don't attempt to explain it," said Walpole, "but it is possible that ages ago the mountain sloped down, at least on one side. An earthquake or landslip may have left it in its present condition, with a wholo tribe of people stranded there among the clouds. I don't say it is bo, but that may bo the way of it." Night camo upon us again, and wo were glad to rest. "What is thatf" Ilinton was standing over me pointing to tho mountain. I was wido awake in a moment and listened intently. High nbovo the earth I heard voices singing what seemed to bo a barbaric chant. Mingled with tho voices I could hear the clash and sonorous peal of musical instruments. "What do you say nowf" asked al pole, coining up. Every man In the camp was awakened, and we spent tho greater part of the night listening to the marvelous concert lu tho clouds. The dawn of day found us lookJns at each other with pnlo faces nnd anxious eyes. "Shall we break camp and jnovef" I asked. "Yes, to-morrow," replied Walpole. "Give mo ono more day. I have found out something this morning that tuny lead to a great discovery. Down there by the lake there is whnt appears to bo a streak of moss running in a zig zag fashion up tho mountain. Well, that moss fringes and partially conceals some thing liko a rough hewn or perhaps a natural flight of narrow steps winding around up tho mountain. I am confident thnt a sailor like myself could manago to ascend a considerable distance, and I am going to try it." Wo raised a unanimous protest, but Walpole was obstinate. "I will take olt my shoos," ho snld, "and by crawling on my hands and knees and by hugging the face of the rock it will be safe." There was no way of talking him out sf the notion, nnd as he could climb liko cat wo finnlly agreed to let him try it. It was slow work after the brave fellow had got fairly started nnd we watched him lu breathless suspense. He crawled at a snail like pace, never looking down, sut keeping Ids eyes tlxed on some point ebove. Two or thxci of the men mndo a terri tlo effort to follT him, but soon had to refcraco their steps. The pnthwny was so aarrow that nay the most expert nnd rarefooted climber could make his way. It was midday before Walpole reached the edge of tho white cloud Or mist. After thnt we lost sight of him. How far was he from tho summit nfter lie entered the jloud? Would ho be able to proceed? 'Would he return alive? Wo asked ciuYh other these questions as we waited for :'ub result. It was perhaps nn hour after wo had lost sight of Walpole t.iat wo heard a cracking, grinding mils?. We looked nt tho mount, dn, nnd to our unutterable horror saw great fragments pf granite falling over tho mountain side, carrying with them the last vestige of tho steps by which our poor friend had as cended I Tho debris rattled down into the lake, leaving the wall perfectly upright and even, without the slightest projection to which any one could cling. As the sound of the falling rocks died away we shouted the name of Walpole. If he heard us In the luminous mist above he made no reply. We spent one more night of anxiety and suspense at the foot of Mount Mys tery. There was absolutely no hope of ever seeing our lost companion again, but we could not tear ourselves from tho place. For the last time that night we heard the ringing songs and tho triumphant music in the cloud. It seemed wilder, louder, more exultant than before. "They are rejoicing," said Ilinton, "over the ca;xuro or death of Walpole." I did not Aoubt It. It was not likely thnt these strange dwellers in tho nir would spare ioefrom the earth below who found his way Into their midst. The tumult on the mountain las'ed un til daybreak. There was noth:ng to be gained by delaying our departure, and it was with nsiaweof relief that we marched olt, hoping this time to reach tho coast. It would bo tiresome to relate the story of our trials. Wo made our way to the little port whro the brig awaited us, and told the captain nil about the tragic ud venture ot Mount Mystery. "I dreaded something of tho kind," said the old man. "Do you know that tho mountain has figured in our sea stories for nioro than a century? I do not believe in nnythlng supernatural, but I believe that if any explorers ever reach the top of Mount Mystery they will find n tribe of people who, with their ancestors, have been cut oil from the rest of tho world for hundreds of years. As forjwor Walpole, it does not matter whether ho is living or dead. Ho is dead to the world. Ho will newr get out of thnt big wldto cloud nnd Und his way to tho plains bo low." So wo sailed away in tho Pacific, nnd from that day to this I have never heard anything further from tho mysterious land in tho luminous cloud. Wallace P. Reed in Atlanta Constitution. The Sepulchral "WliUtllnff lluoy." Perhaps other people are familiar with "whistling buoys," but tho one anchored off Monhegan was a novel sight to me. It lies about two miles away to tho north west, and is made apparently of sheet Iron, in shape liko a largo old fashioued locomotive smoke stack, inverted. Wo sailed out to examine it ono day, and with much interest watched this great black mass bobbing up and down with each wave, and uttering a grim "moo" (the sounding is by no means unlike tho low ing of a mournful cow) as tho waves dashed up insido the drum. It was an erie sight, and I soon had enough of it. Perhaps the fact that tho waves were high and the breeze nearly gone, may huvo contributed to my sensations of nueerness. At any rate, we did not get away as soon ns I wished. I have sinco learned that tho buoy has broken loose and drifted away. What consternation must It causa tho unwary fisherman who shall bo out alone nt dusk In n snmll boat and shall see this largo block body ap proach and groan in its sepulchral way. Let us hope that It has ere this been cap tured nnd again put in bondage. Cor. Boston Transcript. The Ladles' Flailing Season. The ladies' fishing season Is now at hand. It requires largo Inducements to tempt women to go llshlng, and henco the early days of September nro asslgued to them in these waters. The reason is thnt then tho festive snapping mackerel, as it is called in Long Island sound, or the youug bluellsh, as it Is termed along tho Jersey coast and at tho Long Island sea shore, becomes ravenous. It is only necessary for the men to row tho women among a school of young bluellsh for the latter to believe themselves great anglers. Of courso "no gentleman" will tell his fair companions that to catch ten snap ping mackerel it requires only the letting down of a lino having hooks enough for ono hnlf of them. F"e ilsh le!ug hooked, five other huugry one3 will hang on to their tails. New York Times. Care of nn Umbrella. Don't continue the practice of dripping tho umbrella by tho ferule. Turn it tho other way, that Is, handle down, when vou come in out of the rain. Tho general way Is bad for tho umbrella, for It rots the material at tho coverglng point of the frame wires. Any umbrella mnn will say that the proper way Is to let the water run from tho frame tips. A good many will object to this good ndvico becauso they don't wont the pret hnndlo moistened. But the hnndlo will urr, or If not qnlck enough It would bo better to wipe It, Um brellas should not bo permitted to dry folded. Open them to dry them. Xow Orleans Times Democrat. . THE TURKISH HAREMS. ! MRS. LEW WALLACE OPENS THE DOORS OF FORBIDDEN ROOMS. Sliiwly Oanlptu Where Nightingale Sing nnd limbing Water Coot tho Air Turk ish Vonn-n mill Cotiuetlcs Hath Kootns of AlnhuHtet 1'uasIiir the Time. The word hnrem means tho holy or sancti fied, und in n genornl sense is given to any i spot peculiarly hallowed. I was a long whilo I learning thnt tho nnmo applies to tho spacious inclosed court nbout mosques; not a tarred i prison but consecrated ground, revered as a sanctuary. However blank mid tare the re- uminder of tho house mny be and usually is i the forbidden rooms are well furnished no- , cording to Moslem fancy, in which is copied, ! as far ns possible, their ideal paradise nn ndornblo puloeo with a thousand windows, , and before ovory window a sparkling fouu- I tain. ! Free light, abundant space, shady gardens where the nightingale sings among the roses, , and rushing waters cool tho air. These nro j the luxuries which foreshadow the golden pleasure lielils kept for tlio faithful by tho i houris. Tho women, old and voting, assemble In tho sacred rooms, with tho children and at tendants, and they nro tho center of tho world to tho home-keeping Turk, who cares nothing for travol nnd never emigrates. His spare time and money nro sieut there, and tho wife is, in the tender Arabian phrase, the keoiKT of her husband's soul. Turkish houses nro much alike. Tho en trance is through a double door, largo enough for horses and carnage. llevond it is n swing screen, suspended liko a gate, which i hides tho vestibule, or court, when tho j street door opens. Two outside staircases appear, ono leading to tho men's apartment, tho other to the women's. At tho llrst laud ing tho visitor llntls tho black aga or guard before tho door of the apartment to which only ono man is admitted, and w hich is for bidden to tho sight and thought or all men save that one. There is no special place to eat or sleep in. A low divan, running round tho wall of each room, is mndo a bed by night, tho clothes being kept in presses by luy. In imperial pilacos tlio coverets aro ot l.-uiore stuffs, em broidered with colored silks interwoven with Kuirls and turquoises, tho sheets nro of line cotton barred with stripes of silk liko satin ribbon. Tho pillows have silk and gold, and during summer r.-osquito nets of Tripoli gauze, spitted with gold, nre susiendeit by gilt hoojw over tho sleeper. Nothing gayer or daintier can be imagined. Formerly cashmero shawls served us "spreads" for tho beds of the rich. Tlio small round mirror, framed in velvet, is always nt hand for toilet use; and tho lay ing on of cosmetics is so deep that it is iniucd "face writing." Turkish women understand tho arts of repairing tho ravages of time, and their toilet service is varied und .'ffective. Every Turkish hnrem has its bath rooms, hreo in nuintar, if tho owner is well to do. l'ho llrst is square, chieily of marblo (in tho ultan's palace, of Egyptian alabaster), ighted from a glass dome. A largo reservoir milt against tho outer wall, with an ojiening .ato tho bath, contains tho water, half of ivhicb is heated by a furnace talow it. Hot lir pipes throw mtciio heat into tho room, fountains lead tho water from tho reservoir, and hero tho rubbing process is conducted, l'ho second room is less lieu ted and furnished jnly with a marblo platform holding mat tresses and cushions, where tho buthers re pose after tho fati.uo of ablutions too ninny for description. Hero they snioko cigarettes, eat fruits and sweets und ilnnlly wrap them selves in soft burnouses and pass to tho outer chiimlHjr, where they drowzo and doze on downy couches till tlrey recover from tho steaming heat and tho languor that follows a long, warm bath. Ik-sides these, there aro ixiblic baths whero women spend ninny hours in gossip nnd tho passive enjoyment of leiiig thoroughly rubbed, brushed, combed and perfumed. I onco met a famous ludy bought with a great price by a high ofllcial of Stumhotil. Sho wus a Georgian, I think, with hair of reddish gold the sunbright tresses of Medea ivory white skin, eyes black as death, tho antelopo eyas of tho xots. Tho faintest lino of antimony drawn on tho lids at tho root ot the long lashes added to their luster nud tho witchery of her glance. Sho wore tho yashmak nnd, as only ladles wero present, I tagged her to remove it so I might seo her unveiled loveliness. Sho com plied without ntl'octation of timidity or blushing and returned my gaze with smiling serenity, too w ell used to open admiration for embarrassment. I cannot recall her name, it was something which being interpreted might mean Tulip Cheek. A rivierer of pearls lay on her neck snow on snow and tho exquisite mouth was n very Cupid's taw. My princess must have lieen a peerless maiden ten years tafore, now, unhappily, growing stout as eastern women usually do; tho result of tho luxurious living and much eating of sweets. Her manner was soft and gracious, her asjiect tho reposo of supreme content. Tho fcecluslon of tho hnrem gives much timo for discussion, and muiiy a question or grave import is there debuted. Tho women uro well informed in politics, fond of in trigue, and so artful that our missionary, Dr. Dwight, of Constantinople, writes: "Any ono who has u private scheme to advance, n policy to dovolop, an ofllceto gain or to keep, a boy to provido for, or an enemy to crush, semis hLswifo to tho harem of a grandee." Women hero bring about the most astound ing results. Their manner is ceremonious during for mal calls, und thoy still kiss tho hem of tho garment in deferenco to ugo or suierlnrity. In familiur places thoy have a sweet frank ness liko untrained young girls, .and listen with interest to accounts of our ways of liv ing, how wo keep house, do great charities, manage tho churches. "How hunl," they say in tender pity, "that llfo may ta good for you, but would not ta at all good for us. You aro mado for work; we aro made for lovo: this suits us lest." So they loan tack on tho silky cushions, tasto tho conserve of roso und of quince, light their cigarettes und are happy. Susan E. Wallace in Now York World. When I'otntoes Are Done. Jossup Whitehead, the gostronomio writer, soys tho infallible rulo to know when fried Iotutocs aro done is this: When first thrown into tho fat thoy sink; when done they riso and llout. After that it is only u question ot color when they should ta taken out. Boston Budget. An Old Complaint. Tho papers of Guadalajara are complain ing that iiumy ludios that go tho performances of tho Pastor zurzuola troupo wear very lurgo hats, which prevent those fitting behind them from seeing wliat is going on on the stage. Chicago Times. There U grumbling In Gotham because th tipping nuisance has extended to tho maid who at receptions look after tho wraps of h lady guests. TRAINING FIGHTING DOGS. Improving Their Grip, ltedurlng Flesh ami Cultivating Wind nnd I.linb. A man w ho owns several lighting dogs and w ho also ow ns a tarroom not many blocks awny from Washington square, explained tho method of training u dog to a reporter, as follows: "Well, take my dog Grip, for ex ample. Say I make a match for him to fight at twenty-four imuiuIs. ;lo has ieen hang ing about tho tar doing nothing but cat and sleep for six or eight months and is conse quently fat, short winded nnd buy, as well as ten or twolvo jhiuihIs over weight. "I must put him to work at onco so as tota ready, but I must tagin slowly. Every morn ing before breakfast I tnkoGrip out nnd walk ldm around Washington square half a dozen times at n' brisk walk and then tack to tho house. With n rough towel I give him n good rub down and spongo out his mouth with a clean sjHingo. Ho is now ready for break fast, generally n piece of raw leef. In tho afternoon I give him another two or three mile wnlk, a rub down and spongo his mouth. Giving him three times a day u good substan tial meal. "A few days of this nnd Grip is feeling ns bright and chipper you please. Then tho walks loeomo longer, w ith iui occasional run, nnd I add some exercise in tho house. This consists princijully of chasing tho tall. I'll show you. "Here, Oripl and a fnt, lazy looking bull dog enmo lazily from behind the tar. A rub ber tall, about half tho size of a baseball, wns taken out of a tax and sent spinning across the lloor and Grip went after it. Ho picked it up nnd brought it to his master, giving it up with a wag of tho tail as natur ally as a well trained setter. "When ho is in training I keep him nt that work for two or three hours n day," con tinued Grip's owner, "besides tho walking it gets tho Mesh olt of him and gives him good wind. After tho training has gonoonfor a couplo of weeks I give him long runs and slack up on tho walking. Sometimes I'll hitch him under a light wagon nnd drive at a smurt jog up to Central park and tack, llo'll make it after two or three trials without turning a hair. "Another essential thing has to ta looked after, his grip. Tho way this is cultivated is by taking a heavy crash towel and making tho dog bito it. Tho way that a bull dog will hang 0:1 is something marvelous. I can mako that ono take a towel and can drag him all over tho place, or oven lift him o'.t tho lloor and carry him tho length of tho room, pro vided his jaw is in good condition nud tho towel holds. IIo gets anywhere from hnlf an hour to two hours of this work ovory day, nnd after ho has been nt it for. two or three weeks he'll hold on until you kill him or his trainer tells him to lot go. "It generally takes about a month to got a dog liko Grip into llrst class shape, and when he is there ho it lit to light for a man's life." Now York Press. A Dining Room Mystery. A gentleman who was invited out to dtuo at a Delaware avonuo residence lately, ob served that tho chandelier over tho diliin; roor.1 table was of peculiar construction, so that there wns a light over tho head of each guest. Tho glol-es wero of various colors, some umber, so.no rod and some blue. "What i3 the object of having tho globes of different colors! tho guest asked of his hostess. " hy, you see," said sho, "when ono gives a dinner or tea, ono may invite somo pooplo whom ono perfectly hate. Now last Tucsduy I gave a super and 1 had to Invito two women whom I despise. Hut I had to invito them or somo of tho young men I wanted wouldn t coiuo. I had my rovengu on my fair enemies, how- ovor. 1 placed each of thoso two women under ono of thoso palo blue lights nt tho table, They're usually considered beautiful women, but under that light thoy had tho most ghastly look you ovor saw. 1 hoy wero per feet ecaroerows. They soomd to have nged twenty years tho miuuto that thoy sat down. Tho men noticed it, of courso, but they did not dlvlno what causod it Thoy woro qulto tnkua aback und aw fully glum at llrst. But lluully ono of them turned with a sigh and tagan talking to a real homely littlo thing that was sitting under n ruby colored light Why, sho was perfectly charming under it. So you seo that when I want pooplo to look perfectly hideous I put them under tho blue lights. It kills everything." Tho gentleman looked up. Ho was under a blue light. Buf falo Courier. Tim ItlKht Ilnnd nnd the Left. As I stood on tho curb talking with an ac complished anatomist tho other day ho offered to tat mo that I could not toll which was my right hand. I immediately hold out my right hand for tho wager. But ho ob jected. Ho said ho did not offor to tat mo that I could not show him my right hand, or. extend mm my right hand, but that I could not tell him which was my right hand that is, that I could not describe it in words so that ono who nover heard of tho distinction wo mako tatweon tho right baud nnd tho left would ta nblo tollnd It. I thought that that would ta amy enough, also, until I thought it over, nuil thou 1 had to givo it up. Said tho anatomist: "There uro plenty of criteria within tho Ixnly which dellno its placo such as tho heart, tho liver and tho duodenum. But on tho outside, of a perfectly formed human taiug there is nothing to dis tinguish tho right hand from tho left, and no ono can describe it in words so that an Ignor ant jHji-son can find It. If pooplo wero nm- bldoxtrous, und wero not taught, from child hood, to uso ouo of their hands more than tho other, it would ta almost iuipossiblo for tlium to know which Is which. I often think of this w hen I hear any ouo say to soma, ouo whom ho washes to stigmatize as a fool that ho 'can't tell his right hand from his left,' as I do also when I road that God said to Jonah about Ninoveh, in which he said wero 'moro than six-score thousand icrsons that can not discern between their right luiud und their left hand.' Chicago Journal. A Ktnte Deer l'ark. Tho stato of Now York is ataut to embark in the enterprise of raising ami keeping deer, Last year the legislature vottxl W.IXXJ for the establishment of i state deer park iu the Cutskill mountains, and recently tho forest commission designated Frank U. l'arker to take tho matter in hand. Mr. Parker will try to find two men who know the habits of deer, and with thorn tramp tho Catskllls to llnd a suitable state paddock. U hen located and purchased tho , round will ta fenced In und efforts will tli.'a ta made to cntrh deer and keep them In tho park. Chicago Herald. Drawing ilooui Sleeting. An Englishman with a missionary spirit has issued an appeul to evangelicals to pro vido "drawing mum meetings," at which those who uttend should ta required to wear evening dress. "Wo dress to go out to dinner. why should we not dress to read the Biblo to gotherr" is his original theory, Chicago Times. Kntlvm nrmr Akhovllln. N. T. r-nt tl 7.1 a pound for ginseng root, which they dig Tlio city of Madison Is a phenomenon, from a western rt'lnt of view. It has never hud a "boom," CARE OF AGED PERSONS. HOW TO LIFT THEM OVER LIFE'S ROUGH PLACES. The Ilrt I'hjulciil Chnngm N'otlcrnhlo nn tho Your Olhlo Swiftly hy A Physl- rlnn's Idea Concerning DIot und Medl- chip Sleep Temperature. There nptmirs good reason for considering old age "second childhood." The develop ment seen in childhood during the llrst live years is reversed, though moro gradually in thoso who live to ta over SO years old. Among tho most noticeable chnnges is wast ing, llrst, of the least essential ivirt of tho body fat. As that disappears a shriveled nppenrnnco of the aged subject is tho result; the face lccomes deeply wrinkled, tho hands tany and tho limbs shrunken. Thun the mus cular tissue is slowly nbsortod, nnd tho process is accompanied by loss of strength, w Inch, however, is less noticeable by reason of tho previous reduction in weight. Oc casionally wo note in very nged pooplo thnt tlio powers of tho mental faculties arsi retained ill a wonderful degree, but in tho majority of cases they aro moro or less im piintl, anil tho subjects tawino capricious, exnctuig, nud, in fact, childish. Tho feeble ness of mental power is duo to wasting of the brain. As has Utn said, tho memory goes llrst, especially tho recollection of recent events. Par off remembrances of early days, anil those of middle lifo, eoino up almost ns freshly ns ever; but whnt hapiienetl yester day, or even to-dny, is easily forgotten. Tho power to reason closely, or to give ut tent ion very long to ono subject, next gives way. Wo need not tlwoll on tho dimness of sight anil dullness of hearing which nro among the usual, but not universal iiillrmities of ngo. In nil these particulars thoro Is a very great variety in individuals. Somo of thoso who live tho longest retain till tho last more of their original mental cupicity, with good ight, hearing ontl muscular strength, than those whoso life energy is exhausted not much after tho end of four score voars. 1DWEHS OK DltiUSTION. Tho caro of tho nged is n subject which must concern all, although to somo of us tho timo when wo shall need tho application of correct management may seem afar off. It Is uasy to reason out tho most imperative. ueeds. o know that the ikiwcrs of tlliros. lion must necessarily ta weaker at 70 than in early life; henco tho Importance of a correct dietetic regimen. Foot! must ta taken oftencr nutl less in amount at each feeding. After a person has reached tho ago just stated, ho should tako food four times a day until ho is 80 years old; then, for tho next ten years that ho lives, llvo monls each tiny li-o nouo too man, nnd his food should ta simple nnd easily digested. There aro very tow people near tho ago of 1HJ who have many sound teeth; therefore, during tho years which follow their loss, unless fnlso nn ta worn, their diet should bo liquid, nnd mndo up largely of milk. Beef tea, und lluitl extracts of beet, properly prepared, aro of great assistuneo in feeding tho nged. After three score years anil ten havo been rouched, earlier If it appenrs nocewsnry, it will ta well to commence tho uso of stimu lants. It cannot ta denied that by tho Jutli cious administration of alcohol to tho uged tatter health and longer life aro promoted. Of courso, It must ta wisely given, or, Instead it a benefit, it will prove an injury. Tho question naturally arises, what quantity may ta safely allowed and only gtxxl follow its use) No rulo applicable alike in nil cases can ta given; each cuso must ta studied, nud tho estimate made on individual needs. In a general way, it may ta saitl that when de cline in tho vital powers, in eousnquenco of old age, is roachod, ta it at tho ngo of (15, 70 yr later, uso of stimulants may properly com inenco. If tho subject has been habituated to tho uso of alcoholic drinks, then tho quantity allowed him may ta greater but if ho has lived a tempTnto llfo, a ienspoonful of whisky or brnntly, or n losscrtsiKxmful of tho stronger wines, sherry, etc., may ta properly given boforo his meals. Alcohol will improve his apjie tite, stimulate digestion and quicken circula tion. As ho declines in llfo, anil his strengtl fails, the quantity will need to ta incroused somewhat. Tho conservative reader will kindly understand us, thut we advise alcohol In oltl ngo ns nn accessory food. Not only would wo discourage its uso for any other purpose, unless it ta medicinal, but wo most emphatically condemn It. Give tho oltl man or woman regular doses of a teasoouful or moro if needed, of whisky, or somo stimil hint equally as strong, or tho equivalent in wines, and he or she will ta tatter for it nnd, wo doubt not, will llvo to a greater ago, moiib nouns op hi.ki:i Tho younger n child tho more hours of sleep it needs, in tlocKntng llfo the numbc of hours iu lied must bo progressively In creased. Oltl pcoplo, as a rulo, aro moro or loss wakeful ; few among them sleep so many hours continuously us those who uro youngt At least eight hours of the twenty-four should ta Missed In bod by every ono who bus reached Ids 00th year. After 70, nine hours should ta passed in the same way after 80, ten; and its IK) approaches at least half of the time should ta spent iu tad or re dining on u coui.h. Tho next measure of trentmont which wo shull recommend for the uged will doubtless ta as strongly antagonized us the stimulant treatment already advocated. Hero we will say it is by no means original with us, but has long bwn recognized anil advised by nblo physicians. It is that of giving opium during declining life. This agent may ta used to promote sleep, and under certain conditions it can very proiiorly ta admluls torod occasionally during tho daytime. If the nged subject is wakeful and sufficient sleep Is denied him, then tot or fifteen drops of luudnum on retiring will ta found ot benefit lu nearly nil coses, uud if its action Is good, there can ta no ex cuso for withholding it, Hestlessncss am mental irritability, which tell sorely on the ugod, may demand, as stated, Its uso at othe times. It should ta remembered thnt opium is not simply a quieting, or what some cnll a "benumbing agent, " it is a stimulant, and with nearly ull very old people it acts well and sm.'Iih to help "lift them over the rough plueivt" encountered in the way down tho de cline of life. Tho natural temperuturo of tho body is lowest in the nged. They cannot bear the coM well, anil nro easily mndo 111 by It. Therefore, their clothing should ta thownrm est, nnd, if very old, thoy should not sleep lu u room where tho temperature is talow U) degs. In wurm, pleasant weather they can ta lu tho oH)U air if it pleases them; lu fact, the more they uro out of doors, If tlio coiull tlons aro favorable, the tatter. But iu very cold weather, those who are far advanced In life should ta comfortably housed. As has Iksjii said, a very old iierson "risks death from cold stroko by even walklug out of doors when tho U-niperaturo approaches zero, Boston Herald. A bit of soft iiaiwr is recommended by an English doctor for dropping medicine into tho eve as tarig equally effective, as brushes glass droppers, eta, and far less likely to introduce- forelgu subntaucos. Urooltly lKla. CONKLING AND SCRIPTURE. An Kncnunter nt Quotations Ho One Hud with Kx-Seoretnry llobeaon. Recently a correspondent of The Sun. call ing attention to a blunder mado by a well known lawyer in quoting Scripture, signed himself "C." A party of lawyers were specu lating as to who "C" was. One of them said: Why, It's Conkllng, of course, I know all te lawyers In New York, and I'll tako art flldavit that Uoscoe Conklmg is tho only ouo of them all that knows enough Scripture to Buote even the Ixrd's prayer correctly. Us has the Biblo at his fingers' ciid, or seems to nve, once he gets started quoting It, and ht oes that of ten. In a day's speech he always flings in a scoio or more of quotations from. tho Bible, every ono so npt that it seems im possible that they nro impromptu and not ooked up taforchautl. Hut he really does evolve them on tho spot. "I saw that proved onco during the argu ments in the great Dliismore railroad suit out at Trenton somo three years ngo. He and Mr. Rotason wero on opposite sides. They had talked nearly all day. The court room was crowded and hot, ami every one was weary of the railroad case. Coukling wns talking nw-uy, and Ilobeson lay back in a big chair, with his curly gray hair, jolly red face and gross bulk making him look liko some nged Bacchus resting from hU romp. Coukling was looking his best, and seemed a Jovo to Kobesoii's Bacchus. Suddenly Kolo- son, ponderously raising his liund, lnter- tuiled Conklmg with somo quotation pleas antly satirical. He laughed as he did so, until his fat form -vuivered liko jolly. Iu mi instant Coukling retorted with a quota tion that was even more apt than Kobvson's, and turned the laugh. Itotason was ready utmost us quickly with another quotation, and Couklitig's parry was us prompt as before. The other lawyers got Interested, tho court milled, nud everybody felt a grateful rt-llet rom tho strain of tho lone day speeches. Coukling and Uo1ksoii enjoyed it as well as any one, unit for a quarter of an hour rail roads and dry figures wero dropped, whilo treat Jove and Huivluis Hung quoted jost at one nuuther. Hobesou did well, but Coukling was marvelous. The Bible ami octs and fiuges of all limes piiil tribute to hU dviuuiid lor a tart repirtee. hen tho duel finally -ended it was llobeson who dropped It first. ''One of Couklliig's best hits was when lltCcson introduced some allusion to so com monplace a thing us a fact, and Coukling with an illimitable gesture, pointed to llobeson uud exclaimed: "A primrose by tho river's brim A jellow primrose was to hint. And It was nothing mure. "Whnt finally squelched Hobesou wns, I bo- tiovc, something from Pope. Coukling, with, a mock reverential taw to llobeson, who was still lying back iu his chair, und, shaking with, laughter, exclaimed: " 'Sec, wheio ho '.Shakes his nmbroslnl locks anil elves tho nod. The stamp ot fate nud sanction of the Uod.' "After that I never suspected Coukling of having his quotations made to order before hand." Now York Sun. l'rofeiisiuiinl Window Gazer. Two young men who spend tho day and a largo part of the evening on Chestnut street are paid to do so. They are both well known figures, and generally thoy travel together. I'hey are professional whitlow gazers. Tlia young men, iu common with everybody et, know- that to attract a crowd to a whitlow, ull one has to do is to stop and gaze Into that window. In n short time ten or a dozen peo ple will ta gazing with him. Thoy wero down to hard pan on their uppers, so to ripcak. One of them went to the proprietor of a. men's furnishing house on Chestnut street uud told him that for so much a week ha would guuriiuteo to attract moro attention ta tils window than ull tho displays that could ta laid out. 1 ho proprietor wus struck with the Idea and gavo it a trial. As a conse quence there was a crowd at his window nearly nil tho timo. Tlio young man would wulk up to the window with his friend and ttuiid gazing there until a crowd of a dozen or fifteen wore standing with them. To keep the crowd moving ho would walk away and time started a break in the crowd. The per formance was repeated evory ten or fifteen minutes. Tho young man went to other ttorvs along the street, unfolded his plan and pointed out tho success of it, Iu a short timo be hud the whole street from Ninth to Broad on his beat, and he had to tako his frieud into partnership and ho makes plenty ot money. If other window gazers do not get on to th idea and get into tho bus.ness these two. orginutors will shortly establish brunches of tho "Gazers" in other cities. Philadelphia New. Ifitrrimtlonnt Copyright. Tho English author who rails at our legis lators for refusing to bring about an interna tional copyright luw has an equal griovanco igainst Ids own law makers, for they givo tilm its littlo protection lu another way as ours lo. There is nothing iu the English law, for instance, by which the right to dramatize a. novel cull bo reserved to the author. In thli sountry at least that much protection is given writers, but in England any one can produco i dramatic version of u published novel with out let or hindrance. Constant litigation, takes place over this point, but It has always resulted adversely to tho author of tho book. A cuso of this kind has just been decided la London. A opular novel was turned by its tuthor into a play and became a success. An other iierson, seeing this, mado a play from, tho same source ami produced It at another theatre. Suit was instituted by tlio ludy who bail purchased the play from the author ot tho book, but (he wus tauten, us It was cer tain she would ta. The only safeguurd tho English novelist has is to llrst write hU story as a play, produce it nnd thou issue his novel. Under the English law ho is thus protected Bguiust any other stage version of the book. Charles lleatie, thut steady defender of hi rights, wus the first to discover this protective technicality, But nearly all his books aro dramatic in their construction, anyway, or iro susceptible of dramatic treatment, and bis popularity was sullk-iont to overcome us a novelist ull failure possible as a playwright. This is tho only loophole left to the Engllili novelist at home. It is little wonder that h complains when foreign pirates steal his work, Chicago News. Clotlng the Bub-Treasury. Tho United States sub-treasury makes It A practice to close on all hollduys that are ob served by the tanks and clearing house In . New York city. The reason is that whlla tho tanks aro closed the treasury can trans act no business of moment and might as well close as keep ojh'ii. So intimate is tho rela tion between it uud tho tanks that when tho 1 utter close for a dny the sub-treasury bt forced to observe a luw that it is not legally bound by. Chicago Times. IIoxIiib Not Allowed. Aq attempt was mado In Madrid recently by a jiorty of Englishmen to get up a taxing: match, but tlio authorities would not allow It. Hull lights are jierfectly proper. Platinum has been discovered near Clintea, Uo. .