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