THE GULLY.
In tho ruined milt Ions shadows fall,
The mlco creep over tin1 floor,
The cobwebs swing on the crannied wall,
The mm slfta In through (ha door;
The great millstone lianas Id.y there,
And tho drool; as it trickles by
Gives a happy laurh to tho sunlit nlr
And a smile to tlitt far oft sky.
It springs nnd It leaps tho mill race down,
It whisKrn over tho grass,
It gurgles under the tree roots brown,
It calU to tho birds ns they pass;
Over feathery moss it sofily Hows
Where tho pines their bows interlace,
And tho great, gaunt rocl.s in their calm repos
Kor ages untold have their place.
In the deep ravine. In the summer noon,
The lazy leaves scarcely stir;
A wayward Ix-e Rives a honeyed croon,
The cricket faintly whir;
The trees grow Kt-ecn In their fallen state,
The squirrels run out and In,
And tho very stones seem to watch and wait
For the life of tho mill to begin.
Marie C. F. Sleboth.
HE WAS A BLOOD.
A Young Mini 1'ny 85 for a Itldn In a
.Street Cur.
Ho was young, stylish, nnd very drunk-.
As ho sat in n corner of n Mission street car
last night anil surveyed tho tip of his patent
leathers through n pair of bleared optics that
bulged from their bony orbits, It was evident
that ho was n typical member of the limit
votee.
A young Indy nnd nn ultra fashlonnble
chaperone, with n largo fan and fatso front,
snt opposite tlio young man. Tim young lady
seemed to bo greatly amused in watching tlio
ciTorts of tho intoxicated individual tonppear
Ierfectly solier, wlillo ho seemed to bo totally
oblivious of lier presence.
Tho young lady uutchod intently; the i. I.
luccouglieil mildly, and tlin driver notllled
tlio occupants of the car that a fare was tine
by jerking thu liell violently about every
iniuuto.
Preeiitl y tho enr stopped, nnd nn aged nnd
decrepit man slowly entered. His arms
seemed to bo parnlyz-il, but ho tnanagoil to
net out n thin wallet, from which ho drew n
nickel. Ho gavo a pleading look around tho
car, unit the young lady quickly reached
' over, smiled pleasantly, received tlio nickel,
nnd dejioslted it in tho 1kx. The aged man
bestowed ujhiii her n look of gratitude, nnd
tho blase young man appeared to Im startled
by the trilling incident. Jut about tills
tlino tho driver becamo tired ringing for tho
fare. IIo throw open the door with n bang,
nnd in tlio regulation enr driver' voico com
manded tho young blood to pay tils far-.
Tho latter started as if tho nnglo worms
that precede the largo ugly reptiles had met
this view. He quickly regained his com
posure, how-over, nnd with his thumb nnd
forefinger took u coin from his vest pocket.
Thou ho cast n lieseochiug glance at tho
young lady, leaned so heavily upon tho
i-liaperouo thnt sho managed to conjure, up a
blush, nnd in n voico strained with counter
feit emotion said: "Would you bo so kind!"
"Certainly," was tho meek rejoinder, nnd
she took tho coin nnd deposited it in tlio box,
just ns sho had dono with tlio aged gciitlo
.ttuili's fare. Wliou it reached tho bottom sho
Mtw it through tho glass, und nn expression
of iwiined surprise suffused her countenance.
.Sho quickly turned niul said: "Why, sir,
yoti gavo mo n $5 piece."
IIo was just prepared to lioatn forth a
iinilo of thanks, but the announcement
directed his breathing. He staggered up to
tho door, and in n loud voico demanded
ehnngo for tho $5. The driver had pulled tho
tring that projected tho coin to tho bottom
of the box. Ho thought thnt It wns only n
nickel, ns ho had only tnken n casual glance,
nud the demand for chaugo phased him. Ho
quietly told tho passongur to go nud get
sober, nud when tho latter became obstreper
ous ho was told that lie would be thrown off
thu car. Ho then muttered something about
suing the company, and dually took his de
parture, but he never again glanced at the
young huly. San Francisco Post,
Tho Terms an Inventor Made.
Uoorgo Stayner, Ives & Co, 's solo remain
ing partner, got his slurs through a valuable
invention. A man in whom Stayiior was in
terested died suddenly in Now Havui,, Conn.,
where Stnynor was u munll tradesman, anil
leftun Invention for engraving the backs of
bank notes. Stayner, by boino moans or
other, got hold of the machine and camo to
Now York nt once. IIo went to tho Now
York Haul: Note company n sort of Stand
ard Oil monopoly In this sort of work and
asked to see tho president.
"Does lie know youl'' tho attendant asked,
"Nop,"' said the visitor, carelessly, "but you
tell him that he'll want to know me prott)
darn bad when ho finds out what this ma
chine can do,"
In n few moments tho president nud tlio
supsrititoiideut looked nt tho machine, and
Kw that It could perform thu delicate and
knteidoscopio tracery ou bank notes lu a fash
ion that put their prevailing methods to tho
blush.
"What are your tormst" asked tho presi
dent, Stayner said he wanted a lump sum and n
big block of tho stock. Tho terms wero stag
gering, but tho machine wns a nailer.
"Give us ton days to think it over," said
the president, "nnd wo will then give you our
answer."
"I'll give you Just twenty minutes," said
Mr. Stayner, dryly. Then ho picked up his
but und strolled out. When ho camo back,
tho president smiled nnd said, with forced
curelewnesss
"Well, sir, wo will pay y ou your terms."
"Well, tho fact ii," said Stnynor, thought
fully, "I'm not exactly pleased with tho
terms. I want n larger amount of stock."
lllnkely Hall in The Argonaut.
A Cowboy's lilt of KxperUure.
I am not dissatisfied, but my foolish notions
have licen corrected, nnd I am suro if tho
young men in the east knew the facts and
understood the real work that cowboys do
they would 1m glad to stay at home and earn
a living in an easier manner.
The work is fully as bard as a sailor's. It
lias its redeeming features, of course, and a
cowboy bus good health and ii independent to
a certain extent If I wero asked to ndviso n
young limn about a cowboy's lifo and tho
i-haiuvn of success, I should toll him tht Ufa
was hard, nud that without capital thu
chances were iwor.
Then, if ho iiikUtod upon trying it, I should
tell h I m to go out oa somo big New England
farm, put oa a pair of overalls, do all tho
bard drudgery and then multiply bis work by
two, and bo would get nn idea of a cowboy'
life. Youth's Comjwniou.
Tlio ArUtocmcy of Mind.
' He Charming youth, that young Ilellamy
tuch a ivlluod and cultivated intellect I
When you thluk what he' risen from, it really
does him credit!
Sho Why, weru his people a Inferi.tlit
He Well, yes. His grandfather ' an earl,
you know, and liU unclu 's a bishop; and bo
blum-lf is heir to an old baronetcy with
53,000 it yeurl Jindon Punch.
Dog ent dog Acnnluo eut lug bologna,
Ike knock.
THE ART OF MASSAGE.
Its Enrly HUtorj Several Kinds of Din
nlpulutloim IIo w Prnel lecd.
Tlio art of massage is of groat nntiquity.
'iicro nro nlwnys somo kind folk who will
toko tho tlmo nnd troublo to search deep
down into thonnnals of tho jiastand transmit
to as tho facts they there find recorded. On
tho question of massage, those who hnvo
traced out its history toll us that this system
was practiced in very early timea by tho
Chinese, and tliat. tho Greeks nnd Romans
also resorted to its nid, ovldeiiecs of which
opjcar in tho literature of thoso two great
countries. This ancient art ha3 Ik-mi rovi veil,
In tho present day, on tho Continent nnd in
America, ns well ns in England, und is being
very extensively practiced.
I havo spoken of massage ns n mechanical
modo of trontmont and so it is; but thoso
who undcrtako to crfonn it ought to hnvo
somo head knowlodgo concerning thoir work
as woll as linger dexterity. Tho tnasscuso
has to mako herself acquainted with tho
structure nnd tho function of tho t issues and
muscles on which sho is called ujion to ojier
nto, nnd thcreforo somo study of books on
this part of tho subject is required. Then
there nro tho nocessnry dexterous manipula
tions to be acquired; theso jwrtlcular move
ments can only bo loomed from actual dem
onstrations, and nothing but pntiont practice
will nttain tho manual dexterity needful to
perform tho process. Tho general term of
massago includes several kinds of manipula
tions; thoso nro also designated by French
namci. Ono of these is known ns chlourngo;
this consists in gently stroking tho part
under treatment, which stroking increase!) in
strength, nnd terminates in u firm rubbing oi
thu skin with tho palm of tho hand. Under
tho effect of this treatment hardness unci
dryness of tho skin givo way to softtss, and
tho effect ia very soothing.
Another form of treatment Is named petrto
sage. This pnx-ess consists in pressing nnd
kneading and rolling tho skin and muscles
u lorm of ma.jsugo brought into uso in cases
whero tho patient is deprived by infirmity or
accident from taking liodily exercise. The
advocates of massage ulllrm that the uso of
jiotrissago also boothes und roinvigorntcs tin;
overtired nnd fatigued limbs of thoso who
havo gone through nn unusual amount of
physical exertion. Tapotemcnt is n rapid
mechanical movement u&ud as n stimulus for
rousing into action organs which nro inclined
to remain dormant. Massago a friction may
be dcbcribed as n series of circular rubbing
with the linger tips, icrformed in a rapid
uiauuor, tho object of which process is to
squeeze out tho waste products formed in tho
tissues of joints. Casscll's Family Magazine
fiopdsmen llusy All tlio Year.
"Whn docs tho seedirtan do in wlntcri'"
A ccntlomnn connected with n prominent
houso which deals in plant germs, roots,'
heeds, bulbs nnd sllns, rejioatoil this question
of a reporter tho other day.
"Thero seems to bo n general impression,
which is erroneous," said he, "that thero is
nothing for tho soeJlsmou to do through tho
winter, but It is far from being tho dullest
season of tho year with them. Really, tho
ouly busy season is from March 1 to Juno 10,
nlthough somo of tho market gnrdciiers ,who
start their early vegetables under glass, pur
chase thoir stock of seeds as early as Feb
ruary. "Tho very dullest season is in tho middle of
summer, which naturo designed for tho
growth nnd fructifying, nnd not tho germina
tion of vegetable lifo. During that part of
tho year no seeds nro put into tho ground.
Until tho ground is frozen pretty btiir thero
is considerable for us to do. Wo put on our
stock of now seeds nnd sell somo. Up to
Thanksgiving ieoplo set out bulbs, hyneinths
nnd crocuses. Currants, lierries nnd grapo
vlne.1 nro also set out in tho fall, und that is
tho season, too, when tho perennials, daisies,
carnations, digitalis, hollyhocks, cardinal
flowers, pansies, iotunias, mlguonotte, iiello
tropo nnd verbenas nro sown for early
flowering.
"Thoronro several monthsof tho year when
tho seedsman has much less to do than thoso
of tho late fall und winter." Now York
Evening World.
In nil KngllKli Car.
Now. tho American enr nnd tho English
carriage run on two different principles. Tlw
English railway manager o.iocts you to no a
great deal for yourself. Ho oxiecU you to
buy u rug to wrap around your legs, nnd you
doit. Ho expect you to buy a shawl to put
around your shoulders, nnd you do it. Ho
cxjiects you to buy a reading lamp if you nro
to travel by night, and you do it. Ho doesn't
provido you with uuy drinking water, as ho
oxjiects you to buy iv glass of ltcor if you feel
thirsty, and you do it. A traveler in winter
in an English curriago sits mufllod up so that
ho can hardly move. Ho dresses for tho oc
casion ns I would if I woro going to enjoy nn
afternoon sit down on tho banks of tho De
troit river with the thermometer lielow zero.
Now, nn American doesn't like that sort of
thing. If tho car is not hot enough for him
to sit In his seat in tho same eostuino ho
would use lu his own house ho travels by
somo other rond. If tho huns nro not bright
ho blows up tho conductor, and if thero Is no
water in tho tauk nil that section of country
will hoar from hlin. Luko Sharp in Detroit
Freo Press.
Darwin' Mental Itelaxiitlon,
Charles Darwin found backgammon a
great mental relaxation, and he was very
fond of novels for the saino purpose, Tho
great naturalist did most of hi writing sit
ting In a largo horse hair chair by tho Ore,
upon n Invird stretched neross tho nrms.
When ho hud mnny or long letters to write
ho dictated them from rough copies written
on tho iweks of manuscripts or proof sheets,
IIo kept nil tho letters ho revived a habit
caught from his father. Wnen his letters
wero finished ho lay on a sofa iu his bedroom
and had novels read him, while ho smoked a
cigarette or regaled his nostrils with snuff.
IIarier'8 Bazar.
A riendUn Thc.iitht.
Little Sister (angrily) Now you do what I
say.
l.lttlo Brother I won't,
"You, won't, ehi Oh, don't I Just wish wo
was grown up an' you was my husband."--Omalui
World.
Rurrrn at HootliUrUlug.
A New York profesalonnl bootblack
nays; Now, you boo I employ n tlozcn
lwys, nnd they nro nhvnys biusy. To wlmt
do I attribute my successf (icntUuntmly
milliners nnd n goml shine. When it wns
found thnt courtesy wns tlio rule in my
place my business increased. I pay my
hlilners, who nro worthy colored men nnd
boys, $1 n day. Mnny, however, who
tnnke themselves ngrecublo to customorh
nud do good work, often cam nearly
double the sum. Tho work performel ib
plcjismi t. Chicago Timea.
nritlr.l to tlio Miutli I'ttle.
Sir Jamoi Hiva, in command of two expe
ditionary vessels, tho Erebus and Terror,
reached n jxiuit neaivr tho South Polo than
any other mnu lmforo or slmv. Ou FoK Htl,
ltili, bo reached latitude south Tti to. nud
11 mlim. ou iv largo island, whleh ho named
Victoria's lind. Ho was only lldegs.aud
Oil lllllli. fituu Uui tiohk
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
Charles DlcUen Orandmotlier Tlio
bourco of tho Novelist' Olll for Story.
Mr. T. WemyEs Rcid writes in Tho London
Daily Nows of tho grandmother of Charlc3
Dickons, repeating what wns told him long
ngo by tho first Lady Houghton. "Old Mrs.
Dickens," ho says, "wns not r.urfco but house
koeicr nt Crewo in tho tlmo of tho first Lord
Crowe, tho grandfnther of tho present holder
of tho title, and of his sister, tho first Lady
Houghton. I well remember Lr.dy Houghton
speaking to mo with enthusinsm of lira.
Dickens' wonderful jiowcra as n story teller
It was her delight ns child to listen to the
talcs which tho old lndy was nblo to relate
with so much dramatic forco nnd feeling; and
it was with tho greatest interest that, later
in life, Lady Houghton recognized in tlio
illustrious author of 'David Coppcrflold' th-j
grandson of tho favorite of her childhood.
Old Mrs. Dickens had ono grlovnnco which
Lady Houghton still recalled when sho told
mo about her. It was tho conduct of her son
John Charles' father against whoso idle
ness and general incapacity sho was novcr
tired of inveighing. Thero havo been mnny
conjectures ns to the source from which Dick
ens derived his wonderful gift as a story
teller. It is hardly a far fetched fancy to
supposo that ho inherited his special glftfrom
tho old housekeeper nt Crowo."
Sues Cannl Statistics.
Tho number of vessels which havo pnssod
through tho Suez canal sinco it wnsopened in
Deccmlior, 1800, up to 168. was .TO.O'Jl. Of
this number 1,513 wero men of wnr, 2J,C00
wero freight steamers, fi,u0(l wero mail boats,
1138 wero yachts nnd 3S9 wero sailing vessels.
Ono million four hundred nnd fifty-eight
thousand six hundred nnd seventeen pas
sengers havo pnscd through tho canal in the
sixteen years iu which it ban lcen opened.
Among theso wero 1(!G,5S2 pilgrims to Mcc a,
G,el Ilussian convicts, G,!50.) Siberian colo
nists, OK) Chinese coolies. Thero wcr lso
81',C00 soldinrj nnd 301,-Kw general travelers.
Tho receipts of tho canal for tho entire period
oi service nro 11,970 701 francs. Vcsr,ol3 of '.',000
Xinnngi) readily pass through tho cannl,
whilo 1,000 tonnage vessels exjicriercH no
unusual difficulty in making tho pass-ige.
Tho largest (broadest) vessol which poshed
through tho Suez canal vena tho iron clad
Agamemnon, which ban n beam l sisty-six.
fcot, and made tho passage iu lSSr in 147
boura.
An Old Couplet.
Tho couplot t
For ho that fights anil runs away
May llvo to fight another day, '
will bo found in Goldsmith's "Art of Writing
Poetry on a Now Plan." Butler's "Hudibrns,"
written about ,100 years lcforo Goldsmith's
version, contains tho following:
For those that fly may fight again,
Which can nover do that's slain. 1
Ray's "History of tho Rebellion" (1752) nnd
Udell's translation of ' Erasmus (1442) ex
press tho samo idea in almost tho identi
cal languago of Goldsmith, allowing for thel
moro primitivo stnto of tho language iu
Udall's time. Ray gives it:
He that fights and run away
May turn nnd fight another day. i
In Udall's translation from Erasmus the)
couplot is:
Thnt samo man Hint runneth owaio I
Male naln fight another dale. j
Tlio last is tho earliest English expression;
of tho thought, which can bo traced to Tor
tullinn, who lived in tho Second century.
linns Ilreltniann.
Thi3 is tho nom do plume of Charles God-1
frcy Lcland, but is now littlo used by its orig
inal lnmror. Mr. Lcland was born in Phila
delphia, Aug. 15, 1821, nnd becunio a member
if the bar of that city, May (I, 1851. Litem-'
Uro, rathor than law, has proven bis voca
tion, ana to it ho has for many years devoted
his time. Ho is distinguished for his knowl
edgo of tho Romany tongue, licing, it is said,
tho only American who bus mastered the
speech of that strange nomadic iooplo, thel
gypsies. Tho diligent study of nnd ncquireiJ
familiarity with tho history and customs oil
thisinteresting people, which distinguished
Georgo Harrow in England, llkowiso distini
guishes Charles Godfrey Lcland, who is nlsi
widely known through his Indian researches'
esix-cinlly for his works ujion tho language,
and legends of tho Algouqulus. Mr. Lcluutl!
is nt present residing abroad.
A Wedding ItlUR Blotto.
Tho word Mizpnh is of Hebrew origin, nnd,
literally translated, moans beacon, or watch
tower. From this it has conio to mean tho
memorial or reminder of a covonant. The
earliest mention wo have of this word in tho
lllblo is whon Italian, pursuing tho fleeing
Julxib, finds nud becomes reconciled to him,
and tho heap of stones piled up by them both
on Mount Gilead served a double purpose
as witness to tho covenant between theso two
and ns landmark of tho boundary Iwtwecn
them. Lalmn called tho placo Mlzpah; for,
said he, tho Ixml watch Iwtween theo nnd ino
when wo nro absent from ono nnothor. Tho
word Mizpah Is frequently, in tho significa
tion thus expressed by Iilian, engraved in
engagement or wedding rings, both as n
token of tho covenant and as a prayer thnt
tho watch angels of God will hover over tho
beloved.
Tho Great London Fire.
It lasted four days, commencing Sept. 2,
lOfifl. It broko out accidentally in a house
near London bridge. A strong east wind
caused it to spread with great rapidity, anil
thus IjOiulon was given up to tho tlame.4
Two-thirds of tho city was destroyed eighty
nine churches, including St. Paul's cathedral,
nnd mere than 1!1,000 dwelling houses. Ono
good result camo from this lire it purified
tho city and rid it of a plnguo thnt win far
moro fenrful oven than tho lire. Wo nro told
In tho "Dictionary of English History" that
"tho fover dens iu which tho plnguo lurked
wero burnt, nnd tho now housed which were
erected wero far more healthy and better or.
ranged."
An Old Snylnc.
"Necessity is tho mother of invention."
This is a very old aphorism, dating liarkover
000 years. Its origin is attributed to Franck's
"Northern Memoirs," written in tho year
1058. Theso memoirs, however, wero not
printed until 1091, and twenty-two years lo
foro tho appearance of said publication (1072)
tho idea was expressed In Wycherly's "Love
in a Wood," act III, scene 3. ueoiw harqu
har also makes uso of it in hi "Twin Rivals,"
act i, produced in 1703.
Jay Gould's Ynclit.
Thp followini? nro tho dimensions of Mr.
Gould's water nalnco! Over all leucth.250
feet 3 inches; water lino, 203 feet ft inches;
draft, 20 feet 4 inches. CTamp cc eon, ruua
delphla, builders.
A Charge Not Sustained,
It is claimed tliat Thomas Campbell pin
gianro-l the lino, "Tis distance lends en
chantment to tho view." I ho original inter
pretation from Dyer's "Grouger Hill" 6bows
that tho charge of plagiarism cauuot l us
taiucd.
As yen summit, soft aud f!r,
CUd nt or lor of the nlr,
Wblt-ii to lUoso who journey near,
Dtrrutt, uru.vu nud rough tippoar;
Btlll, we tnvul the sjuio rotme way,
Tun prtfjctv's kttU clJiudv day.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
VHiy Somo I'coplo Wenr Eye Glasses.
Various Practical Items for Kvcry Day.
Spectacles nro much moro worn than they
ivcro half n dozen years ngo. It is no longer
a matter of surpriso to see them on children
of 8 to 10 years of ago. An oculist being
asked if diseases of tho eye nro on tho in
crease, thinks thoy nro not, but that vnnlty
put? many people into spectacles. Only nn
oculist can havo any idea how many people
wear cyo glasses been uso they think it adds to
their personal appearance.
In regard to young tieoplo, they study nnd
read by dim lamp light, and, of course, tho
oyo becomes somewhat weakened; then tho
parents rush off and get a pair of spectacles,
and often patronize men who will sell them
any kind of glass, just to f;c tho money.
Tula carelessness is dangerous and sometimes
fatal to tho organs of sight.
Tlio Proper Treatment of tho Hair.
Dr. G. T. Jackson, of the Now York County
Medical society, sums up tho proper treat
ment of tho hair, which is a proventlvo of
baldness, as follows:
Tho scalp should bo kept clean by an occa
sional champoo of coap nnd water, boras and
water, or some such simplo means. This
should not bo repeated oftcner than onco in
two or three weeks; and after the washing
tho scalp should bo carefully dried, and vase-
lino or sweet almond oil applied. Women
should dry tho hair by tlvs flro cr in tho sun,
and not drcai it until dry. Tholiair should
bo tnoroughly brushed and combed daily, for
flvo cr ten minutes, with vigor sufficient to
mako tho scalp glow. For thi3 a brush
.could have long nnd moderately stiff bristles.
sei in groups widely separated from each
other. Such a brush will roach tho scalp, and
urusu out tho dust. A comb with lanre.
smooth teeth should bo used with tho brush
to open up tho hair to tho cir.
Pomr-ilM ohould not be used, and tho daily
sousing of tho hair discontinued. Women
should not uso landolino, nor pull or twist
tho hair, nor scorch it with curling irons, nor
smother it under falso hair.
How to "Woo Gen In Sleep.
A woman who has tried them ndvocatcs tho
followi'ig remedies for sleeplessness: When
about U retire, wet n soft lincu towel in cold
water, nnd wring a3 dry as you can, then
fold it longthwiso, so thero will bo three thick
nesses, nnd placo it around tho neck, having
or.o end folded smoothly over tho other at tho
back of tho neck; over this plneoath-y flannel
3r cioui. u you havo n hcadacho wet a
similar towel, fold it corncrwiso and tio
around tho forehead, so that tho lower nnrt
of tho fold will rest lightly on tho eyelids.
uoau notmng exciting during tho evening.
If you read a story, let it bo nn entertaining
or diverting ono, nnd do not finish it, but
wnen you cioso your oyes to sleep, think how
you would end tho story if you had written
It yourself. And my word for it, beforo you
havo dispossd of tho hero or heroinn. vnn will
bo in slumberland. If tho compress around
your neck causes you to feel chilly then do
not Keep it on. ir you wako in tho night and
it fools hot and uncomfortablo wci it again in
cold water. In tho morning removo it and
wasn tho neck In cold water and rub briskly.
Hackwnrtl nnd Dreamy Children.
Growing children should seldom bo hur
ried or pushed forward in any way. Ner
vous diseases of tho most obstinate and baf
fling type, affecting tho wholo lifo of tho in
dividual, are sometimes brought oa by tho
injudicious forcing of tho child. Thoso chil
dren who develop slowly nnd steadily will
usually prove strongest In nervo nnd mind,
just ns tho most enduring trees nro thoso of
slow growth. If a child inclines to day
dreams let your interference, if any, bo of
a very gcntlo chnracter.
Cures for IVnrt.
Folio icing nro remedies for warts, any ono
of which often proves elfcctivo: Moisten tho
warts nnd rub salnmmouiac on them night
,uul morning.
Wet tho wart with vinegar nnd cover with
cooking soda, letting it remain on tea min
utes, do this several times per day.
Rub till they nro green with a bean leaf.
Cover with a cloth wet with diluted tiuc-
turo of thuja; two days later pull out by
tho roots.
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Plea for Improvement In Our Public
Simmers.
Tho subject of behavior in public places
is of interest to everybody, nnd tho sins of
tho American woman in this respect havo
been much remarked upon. Harper's Bazar
asserts that sho has no souso of etiquette iu
public places. Sho talks and laughs at the
opera when an artist is singing. Sho behaves
worso at a matinoo than nny other woman in
tho world. Sho crowds, shoves, shows temper
and a hick of good feeling, bho docs not In
her opera box alwnys behnvo quietly and
liko a lady. Sho gets up, turns her back on
tho audience, adjusts her dress, laughs and
talk3 nudibly to her cavalier.
Tho samo authority makes other pointed
comments, somo of which are, iu brief, as
follows:
A young American prima donna used to bo
invited by an American lady to go with her
to tho opera and sit in a conspicuous box,
Sho took her manners with her, talked,
laughed, r.to sweetmeats, throw papers Into
tho next Ikjx, and behaved ns if sho were
ipsy. Christine Nilssou sat In a box near
her. Gravely, silently respectful to tho
singers wns tho great Swedish genius. Sho
did not do nny of thom things. She looked
mournfully nt tho American. Tho Ixmt and
tho highest nro respectful. Tho lowest in
rank nro imjiertinent and poor iu manner
and in style.
In society, in a crowd, wo need les con
venances; they help us to keep our natures in
chock; they moke tho world a fit place to
livo in. When we nro exposed to tho brutality
of ill mannered people wo learn how uncom
fortable tho world would bo If thero were no
etiquette.
Tho lest book of etiquette should bear tho
motto: "Do unto others as ye would that
othere should do unto you."
Foreigners say that decorum in public is
not a peculiarity of tho American woman.
Americans cau do everything well. Why
cannot thoy learn to bfhavo decently in
public places! Why should not an American
centleman infuse into his correctness a cer
tain fresh originality, a vivacity and wit, nnd
Instead of being a dead copy of an English
well, havo n flavor of Ids own! And why
should not aa Americnn woman bo low
voiced, thoroushbred, quiet, polite, as well iu
well dressed, original nnd ueauuiuif
Church Ktlquette.
A littlo hesitancy ns to tho proper thins to
do sometimes disturbs a gentleman wuen
strangers nro ushered into a church po
which ho with ono or moro ladles Is occupy
Intr. Therefore, it may not bo nmlsa to eay
that if tho litrnnrcrs nro a lady or ladles, ae-
comuanied bv u nentlemnn, all that is nccti-
sarv is for tho first arty to move toward the
inner and of the ivw anil mako room ior
tlwui, but if the r.ewoomcni ore ladles olono,
th gentleman tliould tep tuto the aisle and
allow them to uoss iu urwu
A FAD IN JEWELRY.
IlIdlnB a U-idy Love's Likeness In tin
Heart of n Silver Dollar.
dollar for some cigar
n Imnr nrrn W'iW VOU look OVCr 5011:
money drawer 'and see if it has been pasMX.
outr . , ,
if in n rwtnnt, stnvt clear store late
Saturday afternoon. A well dressed young
follow wns tho speaker; ms iaco wuru -y-n.i
.i,, tv-iV nml lietrnved consid
erable pcturbatlon of spirit over the loss of
tho silver dollar. The dealer found that he
had just cloven of tho coins, nnd ho sprcne
them in a row on tho counter. Tho youn;:
man took them up ono ny one, weigu -
in lilu linnil. iindnn exnrosslon of VCX-
... vu... . ..... . 1
ntion overspread his face as ho laid tho last
down very careauiy nun murmureu:
"I knew I couiun t ten inai way.-
TK.. I. wfinl nt fhnfll IT-nln. This timG
1 UUI I1U "Vlt. " - ..j.----.
m-nnl li ,1n1lTP flrmlV wltll 0110 hOUd
nud pressed his nail upon tho letter "E" in
"states." At the eleventh dollar, to which
he applied tho nail of tho littlo linger, nil the
others having been broken in tho fray, thero
... 0,.,1,1m, ol,n n-n In thn nnnearanco of
V... 1 11 1. auv.i.v.a v-' - 1 1
tho coin. Half of it slid ono wny and half the
..... . lit.
other, and In tho lower naif, covcrcu mm "
1 wn thn mlnint.urn of an extreme
ly protty girl. Tho young man heaved iv sigh
of relief, laid down a greonuacK in excuunj,--nnd
left tho storo, ruefully regarding his
broken finger nails.
IIo was ono of the numerous victims oi a
r.t fl.of. l.nu Intolw ttnielr Plillndelnllia with
all tho vigorof wlditymidoxpensivenesscom-
blned. Tlio podcin. pieces nro inauo in
1 mtrxl tnTother with
such 'exactness that they cannot bo distin
guished rrom n genuine com even oy u mi
croscope. A picture of tho owner's liest girl
is tho correct thing to go inside, und tho fnd
dist may pay from $11 to 33 for tho fame.
Philadelphia rows.
I.lcut. ZalliiHkl'K Dynamite Gun.
A renortcr hanncned to meet Chief Engi
neer Georco II. Reynolds, of tho Pneumatic
Torpedo Gun company when ho was dilating
upon tho recent successful exjicrimcnts, una
it was evident that ho had lost nothing of his
well known enthusiasm. Tho peculiar Yankee
smilo of triumph oyerspread his handsome
visage ns ho exclaimed?
"Yes, tho newspapers nnd ovorylxxly ciso,
on both sides of tho water, have found out
that tho gun is a thing that has como to stay
now I 'Nothing succeeds liko success,' does it,
in this world, oh? Thero is ono thing about
our gun, though, thnt tho papers haven't got
to understand yet, nnd that is what we can
do with nn ironclad. Now I don't caro how
many feet thick the plates nro on tho sides of
n vessel, that isn't where we nro going to
shoot. Tho shot that did tho business for
that schooner wo knocked into splinters tho
other day exploded right under her, didn't it
Just whero Lieut. Zalinski meant that it
should, and it lifted her bodily out of tho
water. If ho had wanted to hit her deck ho
could havo douo it by slightly clovating the
range. Now tho heavier tho armor upon
tho sides of tho ironclad tho less sho will be
ablo to carry on deck .and on her bottom.
Take ono of thoso big foreign war vessels, 400
feet long and suventy feet wide, what a tar
got it would mako for ouv gun.
"Wo wouldn't shoot at her sides; her deck
and her bottom, whero her plating is neces
sarily thin, would bo whero wo would explodo
our shells; nnd whether tho shell exploded on
top or underneath, tho result could only be
destruction. Great Scottl what n smashup
thero would lel I tell you, boys, that ship
would go to hunt tho fish in a hurry, and all
thopcoplo aboard would havo to go along!"
Now iork Tribune.
A Louisiana Sugar Plantation.
A sugar plantation is divided by main
ditches nnd roads into sections known in
somo parishes as "cuts," in others ns "strips"
and in still others ns -'blocks." Theso have
names familiar to all the pooplo on tho placo,
At Magnolia thoy talk of tho "Polly Garden
strip," tho "Molly Shanty strip," tho "North
Front strip," tho "Big Oak strip," etc. Ench
of there sections is subdivided by small
ditches into fields containing an avcrago of
nbout twonty-Hvo acres. Every well mnn
aged plantation is carefully mapped, nnd the
planter, running his oyo over tho map in his
office, will tell you just what fields aro in
plant cane, in stubblo enno or in cow peas,
Ho plans his operations on his map as a gen
eral does n campaign. It is n stirring, fnsci
nating business, which keei n man on the
nlert, mentally and physically, and dovelops
tho most Intelligent tyio of tho country gen
tleman to bo found in tho south.
Tho cano cutting season logins tho 1st of
October. It would lo ndvantageous to wait
longer, for tho canes nro constantly sweetou
ing their juices, but thero is danger that the
crop may not nil bo hnrvested lioforo the
frosts come. In Cuba, whero thero is no
frost, tho planter can continuo to cut nnd
grind until tho new sap liegins to How in the
stalks. Not infrequently it happens that a
Louisiana planter raises moro cano than he
can work up in his mill beforo tho cold
weather of January sets iu. Tho next year
ho reduces his ucreage. Tho amount of land
ho can cultivate must depend on tho capacity
of his mill. E. V. Smallcy in Tho Century.
Street Cur Statistics.
Few ixxiplo who use tho Broadway horse
railroad over stop to consider the largo num
ber of men, horses nnd cars which tho road
must employ nnd tho number of pass-engers
carried by thoso cars.
In a conversation with ono of tho officers of
tho road tho following interesting facts were
learned: Tho stablesof tho road contain2,100
horses, and for each of them two sets of har
ness must bo provided. Tho nverago street
-ar horse is short lived, three or four years'
work generally using him up. There are,
of course, horses that havo proved them
selves capable of twice that length of service,
but thoy aro exceptions. Ono of these old
stagers, if tho word is not a misnomer, died
last year at tho ago of 29 Tho 215 cars of the
company mako 1,075 trips a day and carry on
an nverago 50,550 passengers. During tho last
year tho report shows that tho largest numbei
of passengers carried during one month wa
in October, the numlier being 2,017,130. Fel
runry ii tho dullest month in tho year for the
horse railroads. Tho Broadway road duritr
that month carried only 1,450,03) passengers.
rsew iork Commercial Advertiser.
Naming a Guiana Town.
Tho story of Mnrncnlbo's christening
runs thus: it wns nimost 4uu years ngo.
when Spanish invaders enme sailing up
the hiko to seo wlmt stores of gold or
precious stones might be plundered from
tho rulers of its shores, und found where
tho city now is n native town called Co
Itilvncca, governed by a powerful diief
named Mara, who resented the coming of
foreigners with llerco warfare and mnny
battles. Hut mail clnd soldiers were moro
than n match for uaked Indians, und ono
by ono the villages bticcumbed, until tho
last one only remained. A determined
stand was made here, nd in the boat of
battle the chieftain fell. Seeing his death
it Spanish soldier rmsed a cry of victory
that resounded throughout the attacking
force. Mam cuyo! Mnm cnyo! "Mara
has fallen!" And around tho spot where
Mara foil, tho fair town has grown that
ivrpetuafes his nnme. Dr. W. V. Hutch-
uisou lu The American Ainznziuu.
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.
Women carjontcrs have appeared in Lon
don. Maria Mitchell has discovered eight com
ets, nnd hn never worn n Worth dress.
Mrs. Mnckny will Ikj in Newjwrt noxt sum
mer, nnd intends to entertain on an elnlmrnto
scnle,
St. Louis has n mining company composed
entirely of women, who own n mlno in Col
orado. Twenty-eight women aro now studying nt
Columbia college, nnd co-education is likely
to bo tho rulo thero in tho near future.
Aunt Matilda Riley, of Rny wick, in Nelson
county, Ky., has just celebrated her 12!ss
birthdny. She is still spry nnd active,
Mllo. Jiiiechi, n celebrated Indian dancer,
who has been tho lender of tho ballet nt tho
Eden theatre in Paris, is about to bo married
to n Russian prince.
Lndy Colin Campbell, writes a London
correspondent, is now to be seen in tho Wack
3tuff dress nnd white cap and apron of a hos
pital nurse nt St. George's hospital.
Mrs. Frank R. Stockton is said to bo nfnlr,
wrene, happy tempered woman, whoso na
turo is in strongcontrast to that of her hus
liand, which is nervous nnd restless.
Miss Lucy Hooper, whoso pen has lccn n
wcr in tho land, is to marry tho Marquis
1'Add.a Siinahnra, of Milan. Tho pen in her
caso lias lieen mightier than tho title,
Frances E. Wlllnrd thinks it funny that
men nro willing at women should enter
sny profession except their own. Miss Wil
lard is hard on tho sex. Journalists nro al
ways glad to welcomo the ladies.
A Portland woman has rend tho Bihlo
through eighty-five times; sho is 75 years old
mil began when she was 7. Sho rends from
ho samo book with which sho first began.
.nd has read it nt lenst once every year.
Tho nucon of tho Iiclginns excels in tho art
if producing bowls of fish from handker
chiefs, nnd causing coins, watches nnd other
trticles to vanish into tldn nir. In other
.vords, sho is n practiced adept nt conjuring.
Probably no cotillon in this country has
Kinaled in splendor that recently given in
I'nris by Mmo. Oyugne, of South America.
Vmnng tho favors wero sunshades covered
vith real lace, real fur lions, gold ioncils,
xjiensivo fans and other substantial kulck-
(iiticks.
Modern Greek women excel not only in
personal refinement, but in general' intolli-
ijsnco nnd desiro Tor selt-improvenient. i.ne
a reek women of the upper class nro generally
lover, well bred, well informed, nud might
rival in accomplishments, culture, and con
versational powers their sisters of tho west.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has been
ibliged to give up his old habit of answoring
icrsonally all letters addressed to him. A
orinted note which opens as follows is now
frequently received by his correspondents:
'Dr. Holmes regrets that impaired eyesight
mil tho largo demands niado upon his timo
y distant and unknown friends obligo him
co contrast his hitherto extended correspond-
.-iice nnd to avail himself of an assistant in
vriting."
SENATORS' AGES.
Wado Hampton, of South Carolina, is CO.
Turpie, of Indiana, is 57. Allison, of Iowa,
s 5'J.
Morrill, of Vermont, is 77. He is tho oldost
senator.
Pugh, of Alabama, is 07. Jones, of Arkan
as, is 4S.
Hale, of Maine, is 51. Gorman, of Mary
land, is 4S.
Cockroll, of Missouri, is 53. Vest, of Mis
souri, is 57.
Reagan, of Toxas, is C9. Edmunds, of Ver
mont, is CO.
Ingalls, of Kansas, is 54. Bock, of Ken
tucky, is CO.
Vance, of North Carolina, is 57. Sherman,
of Ohio, is C4.
Cullom, of Illinois, is 58. Voorhees, of
Indiana, is CO.
Colquitt, of Georgia, is 03. Saulsbury, of
Delaware, is 70.
Spooner, of Wisconsin, is 45. Paddock, of
Nebraska, is 57.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, is 49. Gibson, of
Louisiana, is 55.
Evarts, of New York, is 70. Hiscock, of
New York, is 50.
Davis, of Minnesota, is 49. Walthall, of
Mississippi, is 50.
Jones, of Nevada, is 53. Blair, of Now
Hampshire, is 53.
Hoar, of Massachusetts, is 01. Stockbridgo,
of Michigan, isGl.
Quay, of Pennsylvania, is 64. Aldrich, of
Rhode Island, is 40.
Hnwley, of Connecticut, is 01. Wilkinson
Call, of Florida, is 54.
Mitchell, of Oregon, is 52. Don Cameron,
of Pennsylvania, is 54.
Riddleberger, of Virginia, is 43, Kenna,
of West Virginia, is!!9.
Lclnnd Stanford, of California, is 64.
Howen, of Colorado, is 52.
Chandler, of Now Hampshire, is 52. Mc
PKerson, of Now Jersey, is 54.
CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Tho total number of Shakers is 24,000.
The total number of Adventists is 97,711.
Tho total number of Mormons is 250,000.
Tho total numlier of Moravians is 10,680.
Tho total number of Unitarians is 20,000.
Tho total number of Mennonites is 100,000.
The total number of Universolists is 35,
500. The total number of Swedonborgians is
5,015.
Tho total number of Friends "Hicksito" is
23,000.
The total iHimber of Friends Orthodox is
70,000.
Tho total number of Congregationalists is
G0,379.
Tho total number of Protestant Episcopal
is 418,531.
The total number of Lutherans of all classes
is tt!0,S:0,
The total number of Baptists of all classea
Is 3,?27,037.
Tho total number of Reformed Episcopali
ans is 12,000.
Tho total number of MothodlsU of all
classes is 4,532,(1S.
The total number of Presbyteriaus of all
classes is 1,032,430.
The total number of Friends Non-affiliating
Orthodox is 12,010.
The total number of Roman Catholics (es
timated) is 7,000,uiO.
The total numlHirof Reformed (both Dutch
and German) is 259,1)71.
The total number of Jews who are mem
bers of the Jewish church is IS.C&i. The
JewUlt poDulatiou U 250.000.