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A vultiiro measuring nino foot
from tip to tip was lately shot near
Julicn, San Diego County, Cal., as it
Was Balling away with a full-grown
Bhccp in, its duws.
Collars and cuffs for women are
now made of steel lace, as line an cob
wob', and in any color. They with
stand the warmest weather and are
winning favor rapidly.
A pipe Hinokcd by General Jackson
while he was President, was recently
presented to tho Now England His
torical Society. It is Htill strong. Vir
ginia plug was Old Hickory's favorito
brand.
A citizen of Burlington, N. J., was
bitten on tho leg by a dog eight years
ago. and every year since, on the an
niversary of the bite, it is said, tho in
jured member has swollcd to twice its
natural size.
Thero is a catawba tree in the
front yard of a bonne in Camilla, On.,
which boars three crops -of leaves
overy year, and, strange to say, each
crop is destroyed by what is called the
catawba worm. O
q Soft shell crabs are always cheaper
nftor a day or two of thunder showers.
They can not bo Oopt allvo in such
wouther. Electricity in the air is
fatal to them. Dealers can not explain
It, they only know it is so.
In Webster County, Ga.. recently,
twenty hogs belonging to a farmer
j (took refuge from a storm under a clump
of bushes that grew near a tall plno
tree. The treo was struck by light
ning and every hog instantly killed.
An Oregon City, Ore., clergyman
got lost in the woods while on route to
Arthur's Prairie, ten miles distant, to
marry u couple, and not until after tho
lapse of forty-olght hours did ho reach
his destination. Tho bride and groom.
together wilho tho invited guests,
wailed all tho while.
The defense scare in England has
brought out tho facts that tho nation
Iiub 291 admirals and onlpllfty armored
sea-going ships. Only thirteen ad
mirals arc cjnployed, drawing .017,000,
O while 281 unemployed receive jUHi 1,000,
At tho same time thero are 1 10 Gonor-
nls, of whom 10'J are employed. .
A Now York man missed $lo, In
eluding his luck-penny, and told his
rotmi-niuto, who offered to take oaro of
him wlille no bad a cent loft. 1 lie room
male In tho generosity of his heart,
bought tho drinks, and, when ho pulled
out a handful of change, lo, the luck-
poiMiy! Tho good Samaritan went to
Jill.
Farmers at work in tho Holds neat'
Long Pork, live miles from Mount
l'liliitGtl, Logan County, 111., had their
attention attracted by tho tinkling of
u boll attached to the neck of an
"American eaglo Hying overhead. By
moans of a glass the boll could bo seen.
No attempt was made to kill tho bird,
which diuappoarod to J ho northward.
An Iowa edllor wrote to a Dakota
postmaster inquiring about a de
linquent subscriber. Tho letter eamo
tjttok Indorsed. "Tho man Is dciQl."
Some time ijtcrwmd, In oveiiaultnga
lisi oi tiounquonis, an inquiry was in
ndverdontly sent to the same poiCD
master about the same man. Tho
reply eamo back: "Still dead." A'jj
chaniji. 9
An English physician, who has In
vestigated tho eharac' eristics and sur
roundings of contfiarlans, says ho
llnds that the average qualit ies were a
good family history, u woll-mado
frame, of averagO Mature, spare rather
than stout, robust, with good health.
lltltWkflt nil il fl I f rtuf I 4 ill fttiimlktit it nl'l
ortlon. good sleepers, of placid tem
perament and good intelligence, with
little need for and little consumption
of alcohol and animal food.
The following aro said lo bo tho
sixteen American inventions of world
wide adoption: Tho cotton gin, plan
ing machine, grass mower and reaper,
rotary printing press, steam naviga
tion, hot-air machine, sowing niaehino,
thu India-rubber Industry, nfftohlno
mnnufiictuio of horseshoes, the sand
blast for graving, gauge lathu, grain
olovntor, artilloial ico-maklng on a
largo sealo, tho oleotro magnet In its
practical application, and the tele
phone. At a railroad statloa, a bonovolont
man found a school-boy orying becauso
'jo had not qulto enough to pay his
faro, and ho remembered suddenly
how, yours before, ho had bepn in tho
sumo plight, but had been helped by an
unknown friend, and had boun enjoined
that same day he should puss that
kindness on. Now ho saw that tho
long-expected moment had come. Ho
took tho weeping boy aside, told him
his story, paid his fare, and asked him
in his turn to pass the kindness on.
And as tho train moved from tho sta
tion tho lad cried cheerily: "I will pass
it on, sir." So that act of thoughtful
loyo is being passed on through our
world, nor will it stay till its rlpphw
have bolted tho globo and mot again.
Vh rinh'tt n Stu ndnril.
From early ages till now tho race
classification of mankind im been a
subject of interest. For a long time
only throu typos, comprising thu white
European, tho brown Akiatio, and tho
black African, wore rccoguliod. To
tlioso, after tho discovery of this con
tinent, tho rod American was milled.
Hut tho number of alleged race of men
has lluotusitod all tho way up to sixty
throes and thoory nftor theory of ola
sllicnUon hait boun from time to time
dovolopud and abandoned. And now
(lit) Idea of I'laitHtfyiug the human rant
according to their language l inking
trocoduncn over other inwdo ThU
liyfilein of clniiotlloalliJii, It t" ald, will
IflVo our Ainurluiiii Ipiiuiim an uihiio.
Wlt'al piuiiilneiiiw iuu MKUtWr Hum)
m IiIUhmIv hMii iniguwtl lo iliwin.
PRINTING IN CHINA.
Tin, Mrthotl Thiit linn Itren In UnoforSIl
Iliuidri'il Vrnr.
A correspondent of tho Korlh Chinn
Daily A'cws of Shanghai describes n
printing establishment which ho found
in a village in the interior, about Kit
miles from Shanghai. Tho printing
was boing temporarily carried on in
the village toinp'o, ami movable typi
only was used. In the largo central
hall of the templo wore placed about
twenty ordinary square tables, on
which tho cases of typo were spread
out, very much nftor tho English
method, only taking up much more
room. At the tlmo of tho visit one
man was engaged in setting up typo,
another was rinting. Tho former
Blood before a table, on which was
what may be called tho Chinese
"case." Jt was a solid block of hard
wood, about twonly-two inchos long by
fifteen Inchos broad, and perhaps three
inches deep. The inside was hollowed
out to a depth of about a quarter of an
inch, this (lejjussion being still further
hollowed out into grooves, a(Jl)tit three
quarters of an inch deep. Tho block
had twenty-nine of these grooves,
each filled to tho depth of a quarter ol
an inch with ordinarstifT clay. With
his copy before him. armed with a
Binifll pair of Iron pincers tho com
positor began his woik; character
after charactor was transferred from
tho case and firmly pressed into tho
clay. When tho "form" was complete
a Hat hoard was placed on I ho top and
the characters prcssodSperfeotly oven
and level with tho surface of
tho wooden block, the -edge
of which was out to form the
border generally found round
every Chinoso jingo. Tho printer now
received tho form and carofully
brushed his ink over
tho typo. Tak
lug a sheet of
paper, by pressed it
down all over the form so that it
might ho brought In contact with
overy charactor. ilo then removed
the shoot, and examined each charac
ter, carofully adjusting ihoso which
wore not quite straight with tho pin
cers, and apparently novor touching
tho type with IiIm lingers. After sttfll
eient copies had boon struck olT the
typo wus distributed, each character
being rotnrnod to its particular box.
Tho typo In tho form was ot three
si.on, oach character being kapt in
phieo entirely by tho clay in which it
stood. Thoy wore ouL out of some
hard wood nnd were perfectly square.
The, writer was told that tho art of
printing in this way had been handed
down in tho same family since tho
Hung dynasty, more than six hundred
years ago. No strangers were over
taught, apprentices boing always
taken from tho same clan, '$ioy wore
open to take any work at tho rate of
about twenty-live coats a day, which
Included tho two men, typo and ink,
but not paper. They wore, then print
ing fa m llyo registers. Tho custom in
that part of the country is to hire tho
printers, who bring their typo and sot
up their printing establishment on the
spot. In this way the same business
had been carried on in ono family for
six centuries, and during all this time
movable type only had been used in
the manner here described
UNPROFITABLE REFORM.
A ru li:iloll' S Iiik .'Miii IiIiio A;t'H Ail
vruf lire In (irirlii.
The path oftho sewing-machino man
Is not the rosyond to fortune which
tho general public may assume it to
be, u ml the agent has his up and downs
tho same as other pooplo. My route
for several years has beonJhrough tho
ouuuiuru ninies, aim i nuvo at limes
boon reduced to shifts while on tho
road which 1 would rather not endure
ignln. Ono of my favorite resorts
when down absolutely to bedrock has
been tho country newspaper, and hav
ing had coifflidorablo experience in
this lino, I have frequently boon ablo
to titlo over a dreary llnanelal desert
by working up a boom for the provin
cial editor, and so make my light shlno
that 1 could soe my way to the next
town. Hut I had an experience re
cently la Georgia wlilch has sponged
out ijjj jouriialibtic urabltionind mado
mo conioni xo iouow, noreuiiOT,niy
chosen calling In life. 1 was piuming
my niaehino ami my way across tho
old Southonutoru State when dearth of
lmsliioss brought mo lip standing at
ny Cross, and 1 turned my attention
to tho editor, as usual, and was soon
whooplng-up local enterprise, getting
ads and writing up locals for all tho
town was worth. 1 may sav that tho
locality Is an exceedingly pious ono,
and tho proaehor was aCD especially
good man, but was at this time In diro
distress. Ills wife was very ill and
his cotfers were empty. It struck mo
that the pooplo woro parsimonious
with him, and, as tho editor was torn
porarily in retirement un account of
tho oor enforcement of the prohibl
tion law, 1 turned tho tiro of Journal
Istlc wrath loose on tho town and toro
it wide open. Tho consequence was
that seven column of ads wort) prompt
ly withdrawn, tho shorlif took posses
sion, a coaunltlfo waited on mo ami
tniule nun dr. roftrencs to tar and
fwithoiM. This was more than any
proud nature could, so I almudoiiud
tho Meld awl moved on. Georgia U a
poor field for the perl iwtte tie re-former.
St. l.omt UlotV'Ib iHocrut.
-Jut star Iuk on a w mid lug trip:
Yoinytti.i "I am a fin Ul, li-ar. that
our li. ji tu Piiiu uHl U v r ,xHa-
hi'," Young uuhUaiuI "Ii my be
u li .ib' j.M'nli. but jut think wliitt
it .I.littiil Minx ttfktutll liMVo." ,lua
1 1 ) 1 1 1 ill' wmhlluM trip Vomit; vtilf
Willi ll ifc'l'lillul 1111,1' ttl lt If
I..'.. ill .11 ' IMIIIjJ lllli't'.lllll "V'
.ii litiit i I'li'i. nM i'li'iufc Ii lliui' lull
)ut ihimk iMu u vvlut MpwuM H
U bevHir i
RUSSIAIN ASIA.
Tlie Trani-(iMiliin Itultiviiy nml tt i'r
lti'nt liiii(- J'otltlruf i:iriT(.
A report is in circulation that the
Czar of Kussiu is about to be erowned
Emperor of Central Asia, at Samar
cand, thiit mysterious and ancient city
of tho "thousand and one nights."
Puaslan rule, regarded among Wostern
nations as tho most despotic and semi
barbarous system of government in
the world, is considered on the eastern
side of tho frill range a blessing lotho
unonllnhteiied pooplo of the straggling
series of oases and towns separated by
wide expanses of desert. Free trade
Is tho policy of Russia in Asia, although
in Europe she clings to protection.
Tho eomplot'on of fhe trans-Caspian
railway to Samarcand will inaugurate
a no'." era in A.-ia, and beforo the loco
motive hendl'ght the lingemishados
of ignorant and superstition of tho
dark ages will vanish. The building
of this lino uiak'.M us think of tho
fnvoriledon of Pctor tho (J rent, which
was lo aooiiro forever iinmercial
intercourse bet :en Ilussia and Central
Asia. nn)thuri ojuii a wide market for
Hussian indr.-tr!es. I 'efore the build
ing of tills railroad, tho merchant
caravans took about six months to go
fronOllokhnia to Orynlxsorg. while now
il takes only fifteen days to transport
the chief products of l'okhara, silk
goods and cotV. from Tchaordjai at
A moo-Darya, to Mo.tcow. The trans
Caspian railroad is of tho greatest im
portance to :ultiv.!.toi's of cotton in
Asia, and not less so to Hussian manu
facturers, who now must get all their
cot ton from Enghimr and America,
while from one colony alone in Central
Asia, tlioro Is a yearly product from !
two hundred and fifty to throe hundred !
million pounds, at the leant a value of j
some thirty-livo or forty million dol- i
lars. Tho soil and olinuilo of tho J
oases at Mure,hub and Tedzon, as well i
as at the Klianat of Hokhara, are high-
ly favorablo to the cultivation of not- j
ton. As for the rolling-stock of the
railroad, it has of late boon much ex-
aggorated in various European jour-
mils. Tho carriages are naturally
built as airy aspossibio for the climate
of Central Asia, and each passenger
truln has a saloon car with kitchen
and bullet, for thero aro very fow
stopping places crossing the desert.
There aro no special harem carriagos
for ladles, but they aro hardly neces
sary, for the "true believers" will not
permit their wives to travel on a rail
road. The "ship of I ho desort," vul
gate, "cninol,"asorves the Nomad fam
ilies, and long journeys do not occur
In tho li9e of a noble Moliainedan lady,
and Hussian ladies will not care to
travel so far to soo so little; for Morv
and Askabad aro little boundary cities,
whlc only owe their existence to the
Hussian troops garrisoned there. How
ever, the Inhabitants who until lately
never went out of their plastor huts
unloss armed to the teeth, now dovoto
tnemsoivos more and more to com
merce and agriculture; the Turcoman
children are taught by tho Hussian es
tablishment in. clemontaryx schools;
and order, work and prosperity have
taken tho place of rapine, slavery and
recklessness. Wo wonder tho "White
C.ar" is revered by tho Central Asi
atics. If tho Chinoso markets can
now bo opened to Hussian traders,
Asian conimorco and industry will be
still inoro bonellted. Dcmorcst'g
Monthly.
FASHIONABLE KINKS.
I'li'tty Artlt'lt'S fiir 1','iniiiial AiliiriuuiMit
mill Tiililn Di'i'oi'iitloii.
Ornaments for the hair aro, if possi
ble, more fashionable than over.
Tbore Is a wide diversity in tho
styles of bracelets.
Holt buckles as widl as sllvor bolts
continue In fashion; indeed, with tin?
stylo of round bodices promised by
modlstos, It looko as if bolts must bo
worn on indefinitely.
A novelty in the way of candelabra
is one that has the lights shaded by
translucent shellsui which landscape
scenes a9e painted in rloli translucent
colors.
Decided novelties in table ware aro
claret jugs of crystal in form of a bird
with silvorKil and beak. The associa
tion of glass and sllvor, by tho by, is
of frequent occurrence now in suoh
articles as claret jugs, salad and punch
bowls, olivo jars, etc.
Sllvor baskets are having prom
inence. A fancy at tho present
moment prevails for these baskets in
connection with silver weddings.
Among the most attractive goods
displayed for the table Is tho silver
mounted china. 1 his includes a cholco
variety of Doullon salad bowls, Wor
cester, Minion, and other choice
porcelain jurs and fanciful dlshos,
such as oruokor jars and jam pots,
fruit bowls and the like in silver
mounts and bountifully decorated.
A favorite gift to tho bridesmaids
from tho bridegroom appears to be
either a brooch or a bangle. A gold
brooch with a monogram in pearls or
diamonds, is popular for the purpose.
At one wedding each of tho six
bridesmaids wore a diamond "&;H
briMH'h; Hi unotiiot' wedding tin
brooches were in form of diamond
fewnMous.
A luaciUt tliHt htu gained komc
popularit) ami employed h m gift
froiu the bridi 'rti'ni to ihe ItridoMiuiiiU
in. ; mull li him' cm Ii hrtuvlt't.lo vt hirh in
itli. I, i'ii a nit, lul U)trillt,' the dull of
uiitlii,fc' A. ). II ii-..
Tbt' Auu'rli'ttii UtHiiji ttplii-ut Sk-
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A GOLD-REUILm SIOKY
Thr Alrnture ntul Ilnmnnrn ot .Air.
I'Cl'
Ulliaiii! Vim Zanill.
Tho presence at the Palace Hotel ol
Ferdinand Van Zandt. ono of the rich
est mino owhors in the country, ro
called to the memory of local mininK
men his remarkable adventures. Fif
teen years ago ho wii3 in Lendville
without a cent; in the phrase of tho
times he "slung boor." Now he Is
worth millions, is sole proprietor"ol
the Hlue Bird IWino at Butte, and is
son-in-law of Sir John Lubbock.
Van Zandt was tho scion of a Knick
erbocker family possessed of a great
deal more pride than ready cash, or
even collateral. When Lendville was I
the second Pike's Peak of
the young mm left his
started for Colorado. lie arrived at I
Igaadvillo in a destitute condition; he
did not possoss onigh to purchase
sleeping room. Tlioro was a constant
stream of men flowing to and from the
gold mines; and, after working in a
menial position for awhilo, Van Znndt
left with a party for the mountains.
As partner in his poverty ho took a
young man no better equipped for the
rough life of a miner than ho was
himself, but tho two remained to
gether through all privations, and the
companion is now superintendent of
tho Blue Bird mine.
For two year thoy worked together,
but luck wus aralnst them, and all
they got from their hard labor was
just enough to keep them alive. They
woro joined by a young uwi who pos
sessed some money and it knowledge
of the country. Willi his assistance
Van Zandt was able to find a more
favorablo location, and tho men began
to save soniothing.
Six months after the arrival of the
stranger ho wort chosen to go to Now
Mexico to gather mining statistics.
Ho was not to bo gone more than
threo months, and promised Van
Znndt that ho wiQOd return to the
camp when his mission vas accom
plished. The strangorOode away, and
tho months multiplied to a year, but
ho novor roturnol. Then Van Znndt
determined to hunt him up. or at least
learn his fate. All tho money the
partners had was gathered together
and fa ken by tho young man toid in
the search for tho stranger. Van
Zaudt traveled into Now Mexico and
after some time was successful in
discoQring tho trail ol his friond.
In a few weeks lie came to the
end of tho trail and found his
friond had boon murdered. Van Zandt
spent a month at the Hcene of the
crime and succeeded in llndTng tho
slayers of lhj stranger. He' had tho
men arrested, but time passed and
there was no chance of the case com
ing U) trial. Four Mexicans were in
tho prison and Van Zandt decided they
woro all guilty of the murder. Ho
worked up a fooling against tho men
nnd headed a small party which broke
open tho jail and hanged the gang.
Van Zandt then returned to Lend
ville. There ho was ongaged by a
syndicate to go to England to secure
funds with which to slock u farm.
Val liable letters woro given to tho
young man, and ho was woll received
in London. Among tho prominent
pooplo ho mot wus Sir .John Lubbock,
whiOo daughter ho married. Sho had
a great deal of money in her own
right, and her young husband mado
good use of it. Sir John was very
much opposed to tho match, but tho
young pooplo woro determined, and,
after withdrawing objections, the Bar
onot proved a very venerable father-in-law.
Van Zandt brought his wifo
to this country. Ho purchased otho
Blue Bird mine, which ho got very
cheap. It is now clearing $100,000 a
month. Sun Francisco Call.
POISON IN LEMONADE.
Slcliiii-Ks anil Dcutli I.ii')Iiik In th (inlviin
Im1 I.i iihmi Kijiu'iiit.
"Wait a moment, doctor; lot's luivo
a glass of lemonade."
A large crowd was pushing and el
bowing its way toward the grand
stand at a nearby resort recently when
tho nbovo remark was made to a tall,
lino-looking man who toonied to bo
suffering from the excessive heal. His
shirt collar was unbuttoned at tho
thrbat, his cutis were turned back
over his wrists and his appearance
was that of a man in his last stages
of "Qllt." Tho invitation to partake
of tlaj lemonade seemed agreeable to
l$ni, but ho no sooner got to Iho stand
whore the light beverages woro tlis
ponsed, than he gvo a glance and
started back, saying:
"None for mo. 1 admit that I am
thirsty and a glass of lemonade would
be very refreshing, bJf) look that set
tles it."
With tho handle of Ills palm-lunf fan
ho pointed to the huge lomoii squooior
mado of galvanlaed iron.
"Why, doc', that's all right. Thoy
mako tho drink to ordor. That won't
go oft It's only a lemon bqneoaor."
"Tho law should prohibit Its uio.
Hathor than drink lemonade nmdo by
that machine I hud rather drink Iho
water from yonder horse trough. The
mum sqiiew.T is uutde of gulvanlMd
iron or Iron coated with inc. Every
time a Ionian i Mjueeod by it the
citric acid of the lemon coining lu con
tact with the nuUiil dloh'e the xlnc
and fornik an unw holuouie and pol
Miiiuti mU. Zinc ic ti im iMl which U
IVUltll) lltl.U'kl.l lj lh. W l'uld r.1 Ui'illj,
li nit i ui ti r! ii i' nf ffio.l it ilr.'ik nhnulil
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OF 1707.
TTir titirmrt'ilit Itoriiiuriit Which U n Clmi
xttint Hulijret nT lntTCt.
The most serious Tpiestion brought
beforo the Continental Congress after
tho close of the revolution second to
the ever Insoluble one of how the public
debt was to be paid was that concern
ing the disposition of the vast extent of
unoccupied lands at the West. The
charters of the large States on tho
Atlantic const extended their territory
westward to the "South Sea," and over
this they claimed to exercise full
jurisdiction. In 17.S0 New York offered
to cede part of its Western territory
for tho formation of new States and a
few years later Virginia inOle a similar
GHDlNANCt-
tho WestV oruinanee lor
..,.., ... iTlho temporary governwjmt of the
Northwest Territory was passed by
Congress.
This ordinance was drawn
a committee of which
JofTerson was chairman,
known to be mainly
j ul hy
Thomas
and is
the work of tho fruitful brain that de
vised the Declaration of Independence.
1 1 rocomended that all the Western
territory ceded or to bo coded be
formed into nine Stutes, each extend
ing over two degree of latitude, the
said States to be named: Cliersonesus,
Sylvaiiia, Assenisipia. Metropotamia,
Polypotainia. Pellisipia. Saratoga.
Washington. Michigania and Illinoia.
It further provided that after the year
1S00, slavery should bo prohibited in
all thoio States. Tho anti-slavery
clause was lost, and some other
change woro made in tho act before it
was finally adopted. It was not how
ever, wholly satisfactory aiK further
legislation was attempted. . In 1787
Nathan Dane, as chairman of a second
committoo on tho Territories, reported
nn ordinance, which was adopted.
This provided for the organization of
the Northwest territory, and concluded
with six unalterable articles of per
petual compact. Tho lbjst provided
for oiire religious freedom; the sec
ond secured to all the inhabitants
trial by jury, tho writ of habeas cor
pus, and the political rights and privi
leges enumerated in the " Bill of
Bights:" Iho third provided for the en
couragement of schools, and fog good
faith, justice and humanity towards
Indians; and the sixth provided that
"there shall be noitlior shivery nor in
voluntary servitude in the said terri
tory, otherwise than in the punish
ment of crimes whereoOthe party shall
have been duly convicted." The op
position that had previously over
thrown this nQli-sluvory provision was
placated by tho following stipulation:
"Provided always that any person es
caping mto tlio same from whom
labor or service is lawfully claimed in
any ono of tho original States, such
fugitive may bo lawfully reclaimed and
conveyed to the person claiming his
or her labor or service aforesaid." This
was the original slave law, and its
passage represents the concession
made hy tQo anti-slavory men to se
cure the consent of their opponents to
the ordinance of 1787. Another im
portant elaus'o of yio orjaoi3 O'as
ono providing "that the navigable
waters loading into tho Mississippi
and St. Lawrence, and the carrying
places between the same, should bo
common highways free to tho citizens
of the United States." The author
ship of this important ordinance has
been usually ascribed to Mr. Dane, but
it has been assorted, from the evidence
of letters, that its principal author
Ow,ls 11 Massachusetts clOrgymnn, Hev
.uanasson t. uiier, wno mm just pur
chased, as tho agent of a colonization
company of his own State and other
parties, 1,1)00.000 acres inQJhio, and
who was in New York aOthis meeting
of tho last Congress of the C9i federa
tion, endeavoring to aid legislation
concernlntlio new territory which he
wished to colonize and to shapo tho
laws, as far jib ho could, to his liking.
Toledo Had,:
THE USUAL
GOOD TIMJ-.
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rirnii) l'lin.
"Did you have a good timo at tho
plenio, Libblo?"
"Oh. ,'l.yatur
"What 'd you do?" j
' Oh i veri Uiimj."
"But what?"
"Woll, wo swung in hummocks, and
had a lovely timo."
"What else?"
"Oh, wo swung in awings, and Mr.
Lillybud swung mo ever so high. Wo
had a lovely time!"
tDo any thing else?"
"Oh, yes; lot of things waded in
tho brook in ourfrure foot. Jtiat think!
Oh, it was awfully awful jolly!"
"What ehw?"
"Oh, played toniils and had a st)i
oVitimc." "That all?"
"Oh, we got Imahels of daisies. It
was lovoly! Wo strung thorn all around
our hats and all tho boys put them in
tholr button holes. Oh, It wns jolly
fun!"
Do angling ol&o?"
"Oh. uW-we flirted ftarfully! 1
never had no much fun. You really
ought Ui have gone!"
"Do any thing eUo?"
"Oh, yea tverjr th'lug you ottu thiuk
of to have a jolly good time. It was
perfect 1 npU-ndld!"
"Chid I iltdift go." MUd Mlks Kittle.
a sin- Mulked away, "same old thing
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TEETH WHILE YOU WAIT.
How the lli'iillil Trlo to Defy Time at
Well hh Niiturc
"Four and five dollars sets of teoth
made while waiting."
That is a portion of an advertisement
that caught a reporter's eye and caused
a visit to the ollice of the dentist who
had inserted it.
Many men doubtless remember that
certain of their relatives remained in
solitary confinement for from two to
three wgjks while waiting the arrival
of th ? id )itt sot of gi'indars. Is it possi
ble that one can have one's own worth
less teeth removed, an impression of
the mouth taken, and new teolh fitted,
and all within an hour or two's timo?
The dentist, when asked that ques
tion, answered alHrmatively. "You
see." said ho. "dentistry ii progressing
like every thing else, and it is an
every-day occurrence for me to get up
a five dollar sot of teeth in an hour
and a half. Although it would bo
much better if. after having teeth ex
tracted, the patient would wait a week
until the mouth heals and the bono
which surrounds the 1 eeth bs dissolved,
still thero are (fcer so ninny who come
here and will endure discomfort
and pain whichjif necessity follows a
quick operation rather than depart
toothless.
How do I do it so quickly? Well,
by a method of process I use in vul
canizing or 'cooking' the rubber used,
for the plate, wfflch reduces that
usually long process to an hour's time.
"No. it is not so satisfactory, nor is
it any less expensive bur it is quicker.
1 he price of a false set. of teeth depends
almost entirely on the number and
size of tho platinum pins which the
teeth contain, and tho quality and tex
ture of the porcelain used.
o"Thcn, too.Olhe small manufacturer
of cliap teoth are continually otittircr "
one another's throats, and the people
get the benefit. The dentist has very
little to do in determining tho price.
Country men and farmers buy moro
false loetb than do any other cho of
people. You see, Mrs. Jones, for in
stance, has the toothaclo, comes to
town, and. Sfter frantic attemps lo get
rid of the pain, h)s all her teeth pulled,
and with a beautiful new sot, Oith
perhaps a little gold filled in front, re
turnsto her village or farm. ICrO
Smith boos Mrs Jones' teeth, and not
content to lie without anything that
Mrs. Jones has, she. too. comes to
town and has porcelain substituted for
bone. v
"Country people don't take proper
or oven decent care of their teoth;
and, besides, they eat too much pie.
And thoy, too, aro the people ho
want their teoth served up in an hour's
time. A countryman comes to the city
expecting to do shopping for 'the folk
at home,' take in tho town, and pro
vide himself, and perhaps the family,
with a sot of teeth, and all one dfjy.
Sometimes ho is successful, too.
"Negroes carry a god deal of jOu-ce-lain
and gold in their mouths, too, but
they almost invariably want tho most
expensive sets, insisting upon gold
plates and plenty of gold filling. I
have made a number of sots for ne
groes which cost ono hundred dollars.
But in a year's time ;t negro will man
age to break tho best sot that 1 can
make, and then, of course, ho receives
ii bill for repairs.
"Tho gold plates arc, of course, in
comparably better than tho rubber or
thocelltOiid, and if a patient can all'ord
them 1 always advise their use." N.
Y. Evininy World.
NEED OF ARM-EXERCISE.
Its lli'ii. 'II rut i:ilTt on tin, Oi'Kitnlnii
Tlirouxh tlio Xcri'iiiH Systrin.
Walking on an oven surface, tho
variety of physical exoroisPwhich most
business and professional men got in
toQ:i, is woll known to be a poor sub
stitute ft.O arm-exertion. Tho reason
is partially plain, since walking is
nlmost automatic and involuntary.
The walking mechanism is set in mo
tion as wo would turn an hour-glass,
and requires little attention, much
loss volition and separate discharges
of forco from tho brain surface with
each muscular contraction, as is tho
case with tho groat majority of arm
movomonts The arm-user Is a higher animnl
than tho hj-uiior. Arm-motions aro
more nearly associated with mental
action than log-movements. A man's,
lowor limbs merely carry his higher
contorts to his food or work. Tho hit
tor must bo executed with his arms
and hands.
A third way in which arin-oxorolso
beneilts the organism is through tho
nervous system. Whothor this is duo
to an increased supply of richer, purer
blood, or whether the continual dis
charge of motor impulsed in some way
stores up another variety of forco, wo
do not know. Ono thing is certain,
the victim of neurasthenia is very sol
dom mi individual who dally usos'hls
arms for muscular work; with this, tho
limit of hurtful mental work is seldom
renohod. Walter 11. 'lull, M. J)., in
Sipulur Science Monthly.
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A skilled Chlnoeo woodworker,
who arrived in New York aometimo
ago in take charge of the fancy work
on a Chinese town hall being built, put
on uir to the extent of saying Unit
AiiiiTicu cuninetniakerk could MO I ourii
tlu'ii tiilia- iii iiiiin-y in ( 'liiun, a Uioat
n' thi n- vvurk. wlii'i '!iiul In the ott.
ii .1-i '.i- ui.'.ni t nil i urn Any kUI
1 I n -i u nm , I,,. ,,n,) , ott(4
iDithe a im i.ttnui i hat would tie worth
V I . m 0 in ( hiuii. IhU it woulilii'i pay
i" inula ii h ,t mi, In iv, a. it would
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