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I)cIIc!oks2css of Rueslui Tea. Tho cuisine In tho hotel and pood re ataurants Is very duo, ami comfortably cood In tho cheaper houses wo liavo tried rWhcro In living dear. Tea. most deli cious, witSi nico bread, and enough for two, cost el.rV.y kopecks, and atrink gelt to tho wal.cr cf nay ten in nil about fortv coats Chocolate two tumblers full," aud bread or eako for two. game price. A good dinner of soup, two Kinds meat and vegetables, with a compoto and glass of beer, coats in tho best places, for two. about $1.10 of our money. Tho samo at u respcrtablo place, but not ho well prepared, yet good enough, about thirty-five cunt" per person of our money I make it ami to try all kinds of places where fo.-.d is clean and respectable. Rus sian tea is very fine. It is served thus: A teapot largo enough to hold 0110 largo cupful, and half full of leaves, Is placed before two persons, with another largo pot of boiling water. Wo hnlf fill our cups from tho teapot nnd fill up with hot water, and, If desired, with cream or with iniik, at the samo tlino filling tho teapot with hot water. In this way we can have as much nu wo can possibly do sire I not lev Russians drinking and refiling until tho deco?tlon comtug from the pot is barely colored. We, however, refill only once, getting thus two largo cups of delicious tea. Tho third cup is strong enough for fablo use. Tor each portion twclvo lumps of hugar aro furnished and l)rcad enough for a fair breakfast. I tu tico Ruhulans putting sirgar In their TOOuths end racking tho tea through it or eating it after swallowing couio tea. litis,' Lowovcr. when tea is taken simply as a fccverogo and with a slico of lemon. Ono disgusting hoblt Is common hero lntho botter clcsa of restaurants. A glans of water Is served after tho meal, with a jQugor bowl. The Mouth Is wauked and tho water poured out of It into tho finger bowl. I havo heretofore seen this done at many tablca d'hoto on tho continent, but hers so far It seems universal. There is nothing in this really filthy, but it is suggestivu of uastincss. I havo scon It among traveled kwcIIs In Aiperlca. lt Is a habit I hojK) will not tako deop root oven in our swelldom. To wash tho mouth bo f3ro smoking la n luxury. Hut there aro eomo things which ifro better dono behind a screen tlian In mil viow. carter l. Harrison in Chicago Mail. Art of Window J)ri-Mln;. Tho shop windows havo put on their last tyorsnnalvo touches as tho ccason wanes. Tho mllllnora' windows look like aviaries 1 it which bonnots and hats are perched llko birds of gay plnmago. Iiut nothing is dono to attract tho fcjnlnlno ovo more b'killfully than that which allures tho men. Tho artistic possibilities of neckties aro shown in many wayu. Ono enterprising dealer has hung ills entire whitlow in deep indigo uccktles splotched with spots and waving lines. 'Iho Illu sion Is of a very deep soa aspect and very taking. On another street red and bluo uhirts aro inado ciTcctivo by displaying them in Hues to that tho bars of color ehall tell for all they aro worth. Tho nrt of wimlofo dressing we havo learned from tho Trench. Two thing3 aro necosstiry, a senso of color In masses and by contrast and an appreciation of tho valuo of forms repeated. Thcso Americans aro getting, and It marks progress on tho way to becoming an artis tic people, A glovo shop and a placo for women's gear Is n caso In point. Tho window Is laid In black. On small raised etnnds nro. long black silk stockings folded with hanging ends, and on each of thtso aro perched long, yellow kid gloves knotted exactly in tho same way. Abovo thcFe, which suggest, by tho way, pro llaphaellto flowers In a foreground, aro black knitted silk vests, hanging llko banners between tho long yellow gloves, which l.avo thci effect of streamers. In the confer of all is nnotbor vest, crossed by a magnificent, pair of yellow embroid ered gaiters. The wlnuow, with Its ro iterated yellow and I. lack, might servo for an Austrian rail;. Now York Press. What Thoy Don't Lllte. Our coi-.pact and l.iterestlnglotler from' tno Aiuuitic summer sc.iool tor teachers hnd In it a wholo K'rmou hi that ono (pin tatlou from a teacher that "thero w'a'nt but ono way of lar. In' young ones any thing and that was to givo 'cm what thoy didn't Mice." What a picture it offers of tho way some- peorle regard children, and tho sort of people who sometimes secure positions as teachers! Thut tho tentl inent as oxnresscd bristles with errors of grammar clues, not, unfortunately, prove that a teacher did not utter It verbatim. Hut tho essence of tho wholo thing is In that notion of "giving 'cm what thoy don't llko" as a means or education. It is tho philosophy of lifo for somo iieoplo. ' They go nb.nit. as a moral and religious 1 uuty, iniung tho hnpptnehs out or other pcoplo's Uvea for their good, choosing tho ulnugrccabln where- cholco enters, and turning to tho left In a crowd becauso tho others turn to tho right. "Thoy glvo nni what they don't llko." and know it'u tlio right thing because tho.so who get it "don't I'ko It." it l.i u pitiful way of looking at things, and it doesn't belong in tho Nineteenth century, but it Is still to be found ami when found It cannot bo ourod.-sllariford Con rant. t!o or JUhurcal Wlituky. According to Tho Lancet, In certain dls. trlcls in tho north of Ireland other is largely mod r. an Intoxicant. A special l.lnd of other Is prepared for drluklng purposes, tit'd Its success In nupplnutlng whlfaky appears to bo owing to its cheap ness, for a person can obtain for a penny uulilclcut ot tho potent fluid to Intoxicate mm. Jt may he hero mentioned that tho eo called chlorlu ether, which, under Its newer name of bplrlts of chloroform, la proscribed to glvo n plcasffnt tlavor to nauseous draughts, has often boon used ua stimulant by Inebriates who havo had access to it. It is not ether, but consists of u solution of chloroform diluted la ulnotccn par to of rectified spirit. "With regard to ether told for drinking pur poses, It Is inserted that tho oxciso iUithorltios havo been applied to, but thoy havo no power to control its Bale. Chambers' Journal. Method cf A;)prninln ?!imuicrlt. Tills sto- is told of i certain IJosiou publisher, ntid It is reproduced aa showlnu h unique way of appralslug literary work: A gentleman who does much with Ids pen in tho way of a rathor lurid Mud ofQtory writing hod frequently disposed of manu script to tho publisher In queutloa. Ono day ho entered thoulllcoof tho lattorwlth a atory to null, and handed him tho parcel of manuscript. "Well, how much for thlsY" wo asked tho author, while tho questioner kept poising tho inautibcrlpt on Ids open palm. "Mfty dollars," was the reply. 'Fifty dollarst repeated the Subllshcr, tho rlofng Inllectkm in his volco cnotlng surprise! "why, It's not nearly ho heavy aa tho ono I gave you forty for Mot long uhtcoliostou Utiugot AMONG THt ESKIMO. Their I'rlnclpnt I'ood Cheerless Home. Great I'Jiyslcnl Kucliirunt-c. Tho walrun forms tho principal food of tho Enklmo raco wherever it is found, and it IjKogcncreliv distributed over tho Arc tic part of tho North American continent thJ it undoubtedly makes up tho bulk of sustenance for tho wholo race, with tho various sealg following closely Iwhlnd, and both theao kinds of moats amply sup plemented by salmon, cod, whale, musk oxen, reindeer and polar bear, with an oc casional til bo hero and thero preponderat ing in homo of theao latter foods over tho walrus and ftcal. Tho walrus will not live whero it is so cold t6at all tho water channels aro frozen over In tho winter, ti3 ho cannot cut a breathing l.!o through the thick Ico like tho smaller hair uovfo which In found In about every part of th Arctic that man has pcnolratid. and at about all iioa&oiiBof tho year. Tho greater amount of fatty tlssuq In tho animals of tho sea nako them more acceptablo as food to tho northerner, whose system craves such diet during tho rlg'0-oua win ter of that zono. Tho real and wnlrut aro fat throughout tho year, although varying appreciably in this respect during tho different coa.sons. while tho reindeer for musk oxen aro nowhere numerous enough to enter largely as food Bra onlv In good condition for a few mmithn in the fall and early winter, tho coldest months in tho year, January. February and March, often finding them livid In their leanness. Yet, In opito of all this, my northern travels throw mo in contact with a fair sized tilbo of Eskimo that lived largely oifthis kind of meat, catching only enough seal from an inlet that cut deep into their country to ntipply their stono lamps with a littlo light during tho inng dark winter night. '1 nose living cm r.eal and walrus had enough oil to warm their houses though mado of snow many degrees higher than tho inteuso cold outside, and would tako oil their outsido cult of rein deer clothes when in tho house, while tho reindeer hunters seldom had a tempera ture oven a littlo abovo that of tho at mosphere outside, and often remained double do'"" ,1 as if in tho open. Tl . ..omes were cold and cheerless in ..." extreme, but they had powers of re jlutlug It that seemed phenomenal and far beyond human endurance as wo havo found It limited in our own zona I have known ono of thcso cold weather cavaliers to tako a rcludcor hldo that had been soak ing in tho water, and that was frozen as still as a pinto of boiler Iron, and put It against his bare body, holding It there, not only until It was thawed out, but until it wa3 perfectly dry. Tho skin wa3 to bo used as a drum head for singing and dancing exercises, and had to bo dry and hairless to answer that purpose the soak ing ridding it of tho hair, while thero woro apparently no other means of dry ing it than tho heroic method adopted. From tho htrgo number of reindeer killed by thcso Eskimo thoy aro abundantly sup plied with skins for bedding and clothing, and in tho making up of thcso necessaries thoy havo displayed so much tact and talent with tho limited means at hand that they aro tho best dressod natives la tho north. Frederick G. Sclnvntka in American Magaziuo. Old Fashioned Political Oratory. Tho political oratory of tho United States for tho first half of tho present century. If wo except tho speeches of a few well known statesmen, had In It lit tle, if anything, to commend It to tho student. Tho addresses wore, as a rulo, dolivored to outdoor assemblies composed of men wlio.su education had not been such as to lender thein critical as to cither matter or manner. Tho orator had full license not only In respect to state ment of fact, but In every other particu lar, for tho art of stenography had not reached that perfection which enabled tho reporter to catch ovory word of tho speaker and fasten It forever on tho printed record of tho time To tho un educated hearer a ludicrous but Indoll cato anecdoto, a humorous but coarso ex pression, a torrent of slander, or a tliglit of grandiloquent but meaningless rhap sody was frequently moro uatlsfactory than would havo been tho polished and witty periods of Wendell Phillips, or tho argumentative discourses of Dauiol Wob stor. Wo occasionally find now, on tho stngo of political action In tho wont, a fossil of that old tlmo. Hohaa been delivering tho samo address for half a century, with such slight changes In It Hoin year to year as would reeoncllo It to tho times. Ills speecli has nover appeared In print, becauso It contains nothing; worthy of pub lication. Indeed, in cold typo It would bo recognized at once as uu absurdity, and yet it still lliltls tl successive repotltiui ioso who applaud its petitions, ami insist that It Is tho aubllmcstetTort of tho humanmlnd. John lleatty in Tho Writer. Itlliulln;; tho Captor. Whllo Mr. Anderson was leisurely trav eling through South Africa, in a wagon drawn by sixteen oxen, ho heard from tho llushmeu many utoiica of tholr remarkable escapes from lions. Ono Hushmau, having been seized by tho ami by a Hon, had tlto presence of mind to usu his free arm to tako up a handful of uand and throw It in tho lion's eyes. Tho beast, rearing with pain and blinded, let go tho man, who ran away before tho Hon could recover his sight. Mr. Anderson saw tho man and tho murks of tho lion's tooth on his arm. Thut Hon was not as cool ns a sutgeaut In tho United Statos army, who was sta tioned at ono of tho forts on tho wPatorn plains, A soldier, having deserted, was captured by thu sergeant In a mlnlug cr.mji fifty miles from tho foit. Whllo returning, thoy were passing a tmloon and tho prisoner begged tho privi lege of going In and getting ft "drink." Tho sergeant consented, and they went in together and stood before tho bar, on which was n jumper box filial with cay enne popper. The soldier took tho box up, unscrewed tho perforated lid, threw a handful of red pepper Into tho sergeant's oves, and started for tho door. The blinded man, though uullcrlug Intensely, retained his pelf possession. Ho drew his revolver, tired In tho direction of the retreating footsteps, and shot tho deserter through tho heart. Youth's Companion. Secrvoy unit tho Jtosc Hippocrates, tho god of ellonce, carries as his symbol a rose given to him by Cupid. From the idea of Kecnicv or re serve thut associates itself with rosea came tho old custom recorded by tho Greeks. NVhon tho people of the north, they Eay, wished to preserve the most profound Kocrecy In regard to what was Bald between themselves at their feasts, a freshly (fathered roso was hung from the celling above tho upper end of tho blade. It was considered not only dis honorable but n orlmo to reveal that which had been said nub rosa. Sophie li. Her rick In Tho Cosmopolitan, LIFE AT TUXEDO. SPECIAL DELIGHTS OF SUNDAY AT THIS FASHIONABLE RESORT. Earthly Enjoyment luJ an Aristocrat! Eden Ilouiitntlu Llfo Among tho U11U Went f the Utitlnoii Luxury, Comfort nud Irccdoni. Tho season for Tuxedo 13 ended In July and August; these two mouths leavo it deserted and alone. Thoso who livo thero ItLcottaecs havo its beautiful woods all to tfrcmselves; they do not oven share them with tho musquitoes and llics, for there aro nous It Is only when September comes that tho club lllo awakes, it is only when tho leaves fall that It rovlvcs It is vOcn tho (iix-a burn that It bursts forth, and when snow falls, then it reaches Its acmo of fashion and success It was on a Sunday in its Intermediate stato that a party of U3 wero Invited by a member to pass Saturday aud Suuday at tho club house. When . Sunday mornlntr came there was this salient point to observe, that the Christians wero conspicuous for their total dtsrerard of all rclirlotis ceremony It is en regie to havo boat races, to play lawn tennis and to iir.li, to attend plcnlio. and to boat, to go in for horse flesh, botl nam' and drivlnir. to partaKo or all man ner of pastimes on Sunday, while a handy wagon, as it is called, stands ready for church at the club door to tako ovcry ono or any one. et onlv a few pood women put on their bonnets and mount tho steps to bo driven oil. There is a great deal to say why hutiday n;oe3 bowunir aionir as it (Iocs. I hero is so much to do. aud only ! Sunday to do It In; there Is so much to 1 enjoy, and only Sunday to enjoy it In. I Suuday has been set apart as tho day when I peonlo come to do thoso things, and, hav ing como, must not these- things bo done? If ono could kco tho delightful things which they havo on hand all ready to bo enjoyed whonover tho members chooso to tako them I There's tho lako stocked with fish; then there are a dozen or more sail boats dancing and sitting in the sunlight; then In tho boatuouse the dltlcront ireutlo men keep "their racoboats and wherries, all tilted up in their cradles, trim and ready at a moment's call, with their dainty oars at hand, their fishing tacklo and all tho many things which n novico cannot understand, just handy with boatmen to call up by a nod or a look. Besides thoso things in tho boathouse aro two beautiful canoes hanging to tho roof mado out of giant trees. At night tho waterfall at tho bridiro Is lit by cloctriclty, which passes under it. One of tho many lovely thlnga in Tuxedo is tho dining hall, which ts a spacious round piazza, covered with striped awniiiffs, where you breakfast, lunch and dine, looking out always upon tall, trraccful trees and a lovely lawn, which slopos in a most graceful swcop dowu to tho waters edcro. Uno can scarcely describo tho dainty look of tho littlo tables at dinner tlmo, with their shaded pink candles, where not a moth nor a miUow, a fly or a musquito, nor a Ions lepffod nor short leirsred monster swoops or crawls to extinguish thcso fairy lights or start you iuto impulsive action A gentlo breozo plays about you, fanned and yot controlled by tho dainty pink and whlto awnings. Tho waiters glide about, aud tho only uolso you hear is the plash luir of tho lako or tho drawincr of bottles. In loons I uxedo Is an bdon without n serpent. It is also an Edcii inasmuch as it is stocked with animal life. Gamo roam through it without the sound of a rifle shot. No huntlusr has yet boon allowed. I heard a churmlni; Kirl who had just been off on a roam on horseback say that sho "had scon wild turkeys browsing ou ono of tho cottager's lawns.", Whllo walking wo mot a doe, who stood near us and gently returned our curious gaze. Quails aro as tamo as chickens, and hares aud rabbits sit still on tho roadside and let you pass them by, and a lrlend or tnuio mot a fox. There Is a story that when a pair of bucks woro brought to tho park and lot loose to scamper oil Into tho woods, thoy turned on themselves nud mot In mortal combat in front of tho club houso, aud that tho does could not bo coaxed from the kitchen door. Ilowovor, tho bucks wero separated and takon to dlfTurent quarters of the woods, aud tho docs at length disap peared. Tho huntsmen woro gotten ready, It Beoins, long before tho gamo was ready, for thoy used to como out to drill In tho largo opening In front of tho club in the early days when Ik was first started. Thoir dres3 was beautiful; it was of tanned leather jerkins, with greon coals and Tyrolean hats and cocks feathers; while tho ladies (who onlor Into all sports am' games with all tho zest of tho gentlemen had tanned leather pottlcoats and galtcn to push through tjio brambles In; thoj also had greon jackets aud Tyrolean hat& with cocks' feathers. There Is ono thing to uotlco time Tuxodo is equally a club for ladies as fot gentlemen. It is conducted on strict club rules, and tho ladles reap all the luxury, comfort and freedom f rem care that tho men do. The Indies raco the sailboats, for Instauco, us well as tho men, tho only dllTereuco being that each lady took a goutleman to glvo her advlco, while tho men In turn only took tho ladles for good luck. Tho gentlemen wore also willing to play battledore and shuttlecock In the ballroom with tho ladles. There was no flirting, no nonsense, only a jolly, light hearted time for all of them. I had even noticed that tho sports which men were supiKisod to enjoy together, tiiov had robbed of their uiystory by taking ladies Into confldenco. For Instance tf a man wanted his brandy and soda boforo going to bed aud sho wanted her milk punch, they would tako it together; they would sit together boforo ono of thoso cozy littlo tablosso ready at hand ovcry whore. If she wanted to (day billiards (or rather pool) ho was there to plav It with her. In this way parties were mado up. If his dress coat annoyed him she allowed him to take It off. There scorned a great deal of common sense If little romance in all of this, aud 1 quite llkijd it. Now York Star. Sign Xuuir In Chicago, "uno of tho amusing things for a stranger In Chicago to do," said Col. Stephen A. Vail, of Nebraska, "is to watch slgus in tho streets, especially names on them. Nothing gives one a better Idea of this city's cosmopolitan char acter. Hiding ou h Cottage Grove uvo nuo car, for Instance. 1 saw In ono sluglo block sign names indicating ton different nationalities. There was n Greek name, ft Portuguese nauio. several unmistakably Hebrew names, a Polish uumo, one or two Irish and Scotch names, a French one, threo or four German and the rest English end American ones. Uu Milwaukee ave nue I noticed that tho signs Indicated a curious mixture of Bohemian, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German with a small eprlukllng of IrUh. 1 noticed no Anglo-Saxon name at till." Chicago itenuu. Farming In tho Indian Territory. An official who has opeut the best years of his lifo In dealing with tho crimes and the pcoplo of Indian territory talked freely about tho condition of things there. Ho said "The end of the pre.ont political con Jltlon of tho Indian territory Is not far nil 1 look foOit within ten years. The railroads, the great ujiniberof white men, and the peculiar con"tlons existing there are hastening a solution of tho problem I (hid ou talking with tho principal men arjou"1 tho Indians tint they atrrco with c;o. The railroads get no graut. but the 'ainloyes aro allowed to scttlo ou tho risht of war The towns are full of white men without rights, and In such numbers as to bo undisturbed, and to possiiss privileges that no ono disputes. "Tho manner In which tho soil Is worked la most peculiar and forms one of ciio greatest abuses and ono of tno 31113111? i:it agencies for tho overthrow of tho In- lian supremacy Tho fact that tho land in tlch and valuablo, taker in conjunction with tho fact that tho Indian does not like to work, has naturally brought about v condition in which tho whites do tho work aud tako a largo share of the profit ami give tho Indian tho rest. Under tho taw no Indian can uell or rent his prop ;rty. but ho evades tho iaw very easily Uo turns his property over to tbe whito sian by Pretending to hire lilm as a farm ir-Iwrer. Tho whlto man, tc all lntent3 tnd purposes, becomes tho farmer and nanages the farm, and yet Is registered u'lder the Indian law as a mere farm hand hired by tho land holder. Tho plan of routing is called tho third and fourth sys torn, tno wuito man paying tno mdian one-third of the yield of corn or a fourth or tho viaid of cotton. TI1I3 evasion of tho law that brings ivhitr.s m to operate the farms, the inter inarrlaga of whites among tho Indians by which the whites become entitled to a full citizen's share of tho land as If thoy wero Indians, aro all weakening tho In dian hold upon liis own territory nnd tending to bring the present systom to uu and What then? That is a serious aud peculiar (iue3tlon An ovll of great mag nitude has been allowed to grow un lu tho territory. Enterprising Indians, lialf brced3 and whites who got full rights by marrying squaws, havo dono what you or l would under the law accumulated largo Holdings. Many havo 8.000 to 10,000 or 2ven .U.blHJ acres In their claims. The law says that a man belonging to any of ho nations may pre-ompt n quarter of a milo around his cabin. Tho enterprising man takes that quarter of a milo, goes a quarter or 11 111 lie turtheron and taucs an- )tuer claim and so gets all the laud that o could Improve and till. ISow lork Wood for tho Xylophone. "I was tho inventor, or introducor, more properly speaking, of tho xylophone, which instrument you know Is composed of a jeries of woodon bars arranged llko the motalaphono on a framo." Vou were not tho Inventor of tho xyl- aphouo, then?" I might bo so called, 1 supposo; but tho Chinese, I bollovo, wero the real in ventors of that kind of instrument. I think there is 0110 mado by tho Cllineso in tho Smithsonian Institution. This nation also Invented tho systom of producing musical notes from stones or pieces of uietal suspended from a framo." "Do other manufacturers besides j-our iclf mako xylophones?" "Yes: but I stand nractlcallv alone as a maker of tho finest variety. When 1 in troduced tho xylophone into orchestras somo years ago they became so popular that a large demand for them was felt. ro supply this demand many mokors of musical instruments went into tho manu facture of cheaper grades, and thoy nro now sold as low as Ulty cents. 1 still, howovori got my original prlco of $15." 'Uhat is the best wood tor this pur- noso?" "I havo finally settled upon locust after trying ovcry other kind. Tho advantages possessed by locust aro that It Is moro clastic and less oily than other woods. It's tunny, too, now 1 uuppoued to thlnlc or locust. I was standing talking to a friend late one evening on a street corner, whon . policeman sounded his club upon tho pavement. Tho quality of tho musical note it mado attracted my attention, aud as I know policemen's night sticks wero mado of locust I tried tho same wood suc cessfully on tho xylophono." Brooklyn U.aglo. A Curious Superstition. One of tho most curious of tho many curious superstitions of women you can havo dallv illustrated bv takliic-a walk on any crowded street. V herevor you find two women walking togethor, should thoy happen to stray apart so that another person could pass between thorn, and should such n person attempt to do so, you will sco them givo a start of conster nation and draw togethor so as to prevent this passage. It Is, I believe, considered the worst of bad luck, worso, oven, than passing undor a ladder, to havo a stranger iass between two mends. Tho ladles, 1 bollovo, couslder that thero Is onlv 0110 more deadly peril hold lu store for them by chanco. This is to present your hus band or sweetheart with a pair or slippers, an act which, 1 am told, will liiovitably lead to his walking away with your in fections. Alfred Trumblo In New York News. Ecuador' Ancient Civilization. Hero in thcso mountains, until tho Spaniards came, In UiUl. existed a civili zation that was old when Christ was cru cified acivilization whoso arts woro equal o thoso of Egypt, wl 'ch had temples four lines tho size of tno uapitol ot washing- ton, from a sluglo ono of which tho Span iards drew 22,000 ounces of solid silver nails, nnd whoft rulers had palaces from which tho Spaulards gathered an unmeas ured qur.utity of silver and gold. Hero was an empire stretching from tho equa tor to tho antarctlo clrclo, walled iu by the grandest groups of mountains in tho world, whoso pcoplo know nil the arts of their time but that of war, and woro con quered by 'J III men under tho leadership r a hpaniDh swineherd, who could neither read nor write. American Magazine. An Acttutlon In India. An agitation is goiugon iu India against tho slaughter of cows for food for tho soldiers. It is pointed out that it takes over 125,000 cows ovcry year to feed tho oldlors, and that the Hindoos them- selves very rarely touch meat, living upon rice, vegetables nud milk. Onco oven tho poorest could havo nil tho milk ho wanted for his babies aud himself, but uow it Is impossible for tho villagers to pt nunc oven tor Hit ants wnoso mothers breasts havo failed, and tho failure of tho breasts U duo chiefly, also, to tho lack of cow s milk. Thousands of children dio ou thl3 account yearly. Chicago Herald. There Is nothing that will eo promptly cut short a congestion of tho lungs, core turoat or rheumatism, as not water, wueu tppltod promptly aud thoroughly. LEGENDS OF INSECTS. WHAT POPULAR SUPERSTITION SAYS ABOUT THF. BUSY GEE. A Hindoo Tradition Stolen Iters In HqQ) land rilei uud ricas-C""'1"' Antrt nml CrJekcM Tho Dainty Lady Illrd I)lvl nation. No members of tho animal kingdom arc regarded by most persons with greater aversion than certain insects and reptiles. Tho folk lore of thcso branches or that kingdom in therefore a very extQjslvo one. It frequently assigns to the mln utei! mombers of tho insect tribe consid erablr- jiower for ;ryd or ovil. nnd popu lar tradition oven anticipated scientific discovery iu tho matter of Insect Intelli gence. Popular superstition has concerned lts"lt much nbout that bnsv littlo Insect, tho I.-jc. A Welsh tradition says bees cumu from paradise, leaving tho garden when man foil, but with God's blessing, so that ware la necessary In tho celebra tion of the mass. Tho auclent3 gener ally maintained that there was a close connection between bees nnd tho soul. .Porphyry speaks of "thoso souls which tho ancients called bees." There la a Hindoo sujierstitlon that the ilakshus or demons keep their souls In the bodies cf bees. Many persons accord unusual intelligence to bees. They are suid In parts of England and France to revere the consecrated wafer. They are also said to sing a Christmas hymn, be ginning at midnight. They aro said neve to thrive la a cuarrelsomo family, nor will thev stay with vou if you quarrel about them or In their presence. It Is a custom In many parts of England and tho continent to announce to the bees u death in tlin fnmilv. nsuecinllv that of tho mas tcr It is said in many parts of England cud Germany that if a swarm of bees sot- tlo on tho dead branch of a livo tree death will occur in tho family within rear. Stolen bees are said in Holland never to thrive. In somo places In Eng land It is thought unlucky to sell them, Thoy aro given away for another gift, riles aro sometimes regarded as fur niihlng prognostications of tho weather. .nd oven of other events. Wilsford, an jld naturalist, who writes much of popu lar tr.iBort. says: "If they aro busier or blinder than ordinary, snorting In tho sun or showing themselves iu warm places, it mav bo taken as a sign of hall. cola showers of rein or wot weather." Fleas nro not too small to enter into popular lore. An abundance of them In dicalea rain, hero and in England. Their eager bitiiu: also prognosticates wet woa ther. These tormenting insects nro not without their benefits, according to tho Eng!i.?h fishermen, for they consider that an nbundauco of them indicates good hauls of hsli. Gimts uvo regtrded by many as accurate weather indicators. Fair weather is said to bo coming when they fly about in clouds iu thu sun's beams; neat follows unusual frisklncss, and rain is indicated by tholr seeking tho shado and biting fiercely. An abundance of these insects in tho spiing foretells a warm autumn. Since the days of Solomon tho ant has enjoyed quite it reputation as a worker. Mohammedans recognize its industry, nnd accoid it a placo among tho ten animals that alone enter Paradiso. Without men tioning his authority, Emerson says, In ".Nature, that thev nover sleep. Ants eggs were of old un autidoto for lovo. It is said that thoy close their holes In tho ground on tho approach of a storm. If thoy aro unusually frisky wet weather is at hand. Tho migration of ants from low ground Is said to indicate heavy rains, and stormy weather Is imminent when thoy travel in Hues, fair weather coming when they scatter abroad. Superstition lias been very busy with that common household insect, tho cricket. Its lively and cheerful chirp has caused it to bo generally viewed with lavor. it is usually regarded as 11 good omen In England and Scotland. In Hull It Is un lucky to kill them, aud in Lancashire, it is said, they cut holes in tho worsted stockings of thoso members of a family that kill thorn. In Shakespearo'n tlmo this notion that tho presence of tho cricket was iv good omen, indicating cheerfulness nnd plenty, was a prevalent ono. tho littlo insect commonly known ns tho ladv bird or iadv bug has been tho ob ject of many superstitious observances. u iiuiue uiuiL-uiua ua miltuu uuuiucicr, it being ovcry where tho Virgin's bird, tho lady cow. the ladv fly, tho lady's littlo beast, Alary s bird, Uod s calf, etc. loung girls, on finding one, try to divino their lovers by It. Tho flight or tho Insect In dieates the direction in which tho lover is to bo sought. German peasants also try to divine from its lilght how thoy will turo 111 tho next world, it, on being ap pealed to, it flics upward, they will go to heaven; if downward, to hell, or if hori zontally, then purgatory awaits the ques tioner. Tho Insect known ns "granddaddy long legs" Is thought in this country to pos sess somo "iVftterious knowledge Chil- Iron, on seeing it, ask It, "Granddaddy long legs, whero's my cow?" bclio ingthat it will indicato tho proper direction by raising ono of its legs. Snider superstitions r.ro also abundant. They should not bo killed. Spaniards, in tho Sixteenth century, bolioved that spiders Indicated gold, where they woro tound in abundance, in ucrmany, it is said fo indicato good luck to havo a spider spring Ins web downwards toward you, but bad hick when no rises toward you. Thero aro said to bo no spiders In Ireland, nor will spiders spin their wob In au Irish oak. nor ou a cedar roof. F. S. Uassott iu Globe-Democrat. Cot. Hubert G. InceraoU's Idea. Most pcoplo regard thoso who vlolato tho law with hatred. Thoy do not tako Into consideration tho circumstances. Thoy do not bollovo that man is perpetu ally acted upon. Thoy throw out of con sideration tho effect of poverty, of neces sity, aud, abovo all, of opportunity. For thoso reasons thoy regard criminals witn feelings of revenge. They wisli to sco them punished. They want them Impris oned or hanged. Thoy do not think tho law has been vindicated unless somebody has been outraged. I look at thcso things from an entirely different point of vlow. 1 rinrrcnil 4 lirwn tnnnln vl 1 r nwh t it 4 li clutches of tho law not only as uufortu- nates, but, for tno most part, as victims. ou may call them victims of nature, or of nations, or of governments; it makes no dltTerenco, thoy are victims. Under tho samo circumstances tho very persons who punish them would bo punished. But whether tho criminal Is a victim or not, tho honest man. tho Industrious man, has tho right to dofeud tho product of his labor. Ho who bows and plows should bo allowed to reap, and ho who endeavors to tako from him his harvest Is what wo call a criminal; and it Is tho business of toeloty to protect tho honest from tho ills- , . k X T I ? . 1 T-a , m$now-'ivy im worm interview. A UI3 ryrntehnlc Treat. An amusing story is told of a charita ble lady hero who planned n pyrotechnlo twat tho other day for a big orphan asy lum just out of town. Sho invested $400 In rockots. liombs. plnwhecls, and mora elaborate fireworks, such as were best calculated to distract tho minds of be reaved youth. A gentleman of her ac quaintance was Invited to perform tho .'.i'tunl totting off of tho combustibles, which, whllo tho display was In progress, were piled on and around a chair in tho lawn Ho mildly stiQjested that it was. dangerous to have them so near while tho exhibition was being given, but tho ob jection wns overruled by tho ho3tess ou i he ground that it wus so much moro con venient to havo them ready at hand for uso whon wanted. So tho entertainment proceeded, beginning with tho lighting of a low lioraan candles niPl otlier trifles, which woro intended to servo as intro ductory to tho more scrumptious and ex pensive fizgigs A very tew had gone off, to tho inox prc3siblt) delight of tho eleemosynary small boys aud girls seated on rows of camp stools ut a littlo distance, when au envious spark chanced to drop upon tho chairful of l!rework3 aforesaid, and im mediately there ensued a catastrophe of tho most appalling description. For qulto ten minutes the entire landscapo was liblaac. The operator and his assistants got behind trees to cscapo tho bombs and rockets, which wero discharging them selves In every direction at onco. while tho uonprojectilo pieces formed a volcanic pyro in th midst, vomiting flames with incessant explosions. At length tho erup tion camo to an cud. nnd just r.s tho last Roman candle was sputtering whllo tho generous entertainer and tho gentleman whoso aid sho had invoked wero ruofully regarding tho remains of OiUO worth of paper and gunpowder a messenger from tho gathering of hapless orphans across tho lawn appeared at tho scene. Her re mark waa all that was needed to cap the melancholy climax: "That fast firework was an awfully pretty one." said tho littlo girl breath lessly. ''Tho children wont to know If wo can have another ono next just llko It." )!jne Bacho in New Orleans Picayune Cancer Anions Vegetarians. Surgeon Major Hcndlcy, resident sur geon at Japporc, writes: "In Tho Urltish Medical Journal of April 7, 1838, tho fol lowing statements are mado: M. Roclus has shown that cancer was all but un known among tho persons whoso food was exclusively vegetablo.' 'M. Verneull also believed that tho Incrcaso of cancer wa3 largely duo to tho carnivorous habits of diet of tho past generation.' Tho records of tho Mayo hospital at Jnypore. which is under my charge, show no such immunity of vegetarians from cancer. From January. 1880, to tho present date, 102 major operations havo been performed iu the hospital in cases of cancer. Of thcso. -11 wero on tho persons of meat eaters aud Gl ou thoso of strict vegeta rians who had never eaten meat sinco their birth. In India, whero casto rules aro exceed ingly rigid, tho fact that tho latter wero truo vegetarians is absolute proof. Among them nro six Saraogis, a class of Jains who even reject many kinds of vegetables. Threo of these Saraogis suf fered from cancer of tho breast. Out of 102 cases thero wero 'A deaths attributable to tho operation. Thero Is no Informa tion availablo aa to recurrence, or tho contrary. Tho cases wero divided as fol lows: Cancqr of breast 20, tonguo or Hps S, head and faco 17, upper extremity 11, lower extremity 8, trunk 18, testicle 1, glands fJ. Thero wero 02 males and 40 females, a largo proportion of tho latter iu a country whero tho purdah system is In force. The maximum ago was 70 years, tho minimum 18 years, tho average 13 years." British Medical Journal. Tho Canadian nnd tho Yankee. I havo been spending soveral weeks in Canada this summer, and havo been mak ing a. study of Canadian lifo and pcoplo as much as is possiblo for a superficial ob server. 1 hafo found much to interest and entertain a littlo to amuse. To tho nvcrago American Canada is a terra incog nita. I have bcenjfcskcd as absurd ques tions nbout Canada . by Americans as I havo by Canndians about tho states. Just tho border between us, nnd practically "strangers yet." To tho Canadian the Yaukco is an oblect of mingled horror nnd fascination. Ho is horrified at his contempt for convention alities, his outspoken scorn of "that di vinity that dotli hedgo a king," tho flip pant allusions to tho nobility and tho wholo royal family which are frequently heard on his lips, and at his general, fre'o and easy, devil-may-caro recklessness, so opposed to tho cut and dried Canadian standard. Au coutrairo, ho is rather fas cinatcd by his originality, his Independ ence, at which ho marvels greatly, his prodigality, his generosity, and general 0011 camaraderie. Edith Sessions Tupper. XVerulllnj; Ignoi-nnco lu Italy. Tho prevailing iguoranco and suporsti-" tiou is anpalling. As lato as 1882, accord ing to tho oliicial statistics, C4 per cent. of tho male population over 20 years of ago could neither read norwrito. Tho filthiness, abject poverty and squalor of entire districts is indescribable families being huddled together with chickens and pigs iu ono room hardly sufficient to afford' protection from tho weather, tho wages being so low as to mako it almost impos sible to keep body and soul together, and absolutely impossiblo to leavo the country or better their condition. A pieco of whlto bread to them would bo a grand feast. This wretchedness is not found aiono among tho marshy lauds, but on tho richest nml most lcrtile plains of northern Italy, tho horrible dlscaso known as "pellagra" making tho greatest ravages In Lombardy aud Emilia. As yot tho complaiut Is'llttlo understood, but known to proceed from Insufficient and unwholo somo food, together with physical and moral uncleanliuess. Florenco Cor. Chi cago Times. Airships of tho Future. It has becomo qulto common of lato to cstlmato tho future In tho way of forecast ing what inventions must occur. It has not bo generally occurred to our prophets to ten us wnat civilization in us progres siva movement will drop out. A recent writer suggests that wo shall. In tho next century, havo very littlo tiso for horses. 110 supposes airships to bo not onlv an achievement, but to bo as common as wagons nro now. Tho farmer has then oaly to hitch n load to his airboat, and lift it clear of trees, and movo straight to market. Tho effect of navigating tho air v 111, however, bo most marked on urbau life. Citlos will no longer bo needed to any sucli extent ns now. Tho airship, avoiding streets, con mako n location in the country as doslrablo for n great store as 0110 lu a city, will not also a vast amount of land uow ueoded for highways lua clru ovor to tlllajrot Go ahoad, and gtv uh tho nlnihlp.alobC'Deniocrat. 1