AN UNFUUGHT DUtL
ANewTork I.nwyer Tells n Oood Story ol
Anto-IIclliim Hays.
A well-known lawyer of this City tells
a good story of nntc-bollum times that,
inasmuch as it is more or less histor
ical, will bear repeating. The story is
t bout as follows: It was somowhoro in
lf48or thereabouts. Party feeling, as
oJtwcen North and South, was running
pretty strong1, and more especially w as
this tho ease in Washington, where
Congress was in session. Congressman
Fothorstone, of Mississippi, saw fit ono
day during a Congressional sitting
to refer to tho conduct of a certain Il
linois regiment, commanded by Major
Ris&cll, at ono of tho battles of the Mex
ican war as being cowardly. Major
Rlssell, who was also a Congressman,
was present on tho floor at tho time.
His ire was roused to its highest pitch,
4ind, going over to where Congressman
Fetherstono stood, ho shook his fist in
his face and shouted:
"Cowardly! Why, you contemptible
liar, why don't you refer to tho conduct
of the Mississippi regiment which all
during tho action, and whilo wo wero
in tho th ck of tho light, was more than
half a milo away and hadn't drawn a
trigger?"
Tho Mississippi regiment referred to
hnpponed to have been commanded by
Colqnel ,IelT Davis, who Was also then
in Washington, and who when ho heard
of Major Rissell's remarks demanded an
apology. This Major Rissell would not
give, and Colonel Davis sent "a friend"
to lix up matters. Tho result of this
negotiation was a challengo for a duel,
which was to have been fought tho day
following. "Zaok" Taylor was Presi
dent at the time, and as JoiT Davis was
his son-in-law ho was bound that tho
duel should not come oil, and accord
ingly issued a warrant for Major Ris
bell's arrest. Major Rissell was duly
arrested by a United States marshal
and Lrought before tho President.
"Seo hero, Mr. President," said tho
Major, "you have had mo arrested be
cause I am going to fight a duel. Why
do you arrest nie? I am not the chal
lenging party. Why don't you arrest
your son-in-law, Colonel Davis? Tho
Southerners will all say that 1 became
afraid and had myself arrested to avoid
tho consequences of a light If you allow
this to go on."
This argument seemed to striko "Old
Zach," who thereupon caused tho ar
rest of his son-in-law, Colonel Davis.
After much persuasive diplomacy on
the part of tho President tho would-bo
duelists were brought together and tho
quarrel was patched up. Both parties
aro now living. Major Rissell served
with distinction during tho lato war
and is now living in retirement on a
farm in Illinois, and overyono knows
tho subsequent history of "Colonel"
Davis. AT. Y. Herald.
INMAN'S SUCCESS.
How tlio I'ri'slilent iif tho Georjila Central
liullroad .Mucin His Fortune.
Tho purehnso of tho Georgia Central
railroad by John Inman, president of
tho Richmond Terminal Company,'
brings that gentleman quite promi
nently into public notice. When tho
rebellion broke out tho threo Inman
brothers John, Samuel and Hugh en
tered tho Confederate army as privates,
and when they loTt the ranks at tho end
of tho war they wero without capital or
resources. At their wrecked and deso
lated homo in Georgia they bado each
other good-bye and started out to mako
their way in tho world. John Inman
came hero to Now York with s-carcoly
$10 in his possession, nnd for a titno
his life was a very hard and unpromis
ing one.
Ho worked as a clork in a brokor's
office, and plodded along for a couplo of
years, saving a little from his scanty
salary. Finally ho got into business in
a small way for himsolf, and to-day ho
is in possession of a fortune estimated at
from ?10, 000,000 to $12,000,000. Tho two
other brothers wero equally successful.
Samuol, who began work in Augusta,
finally, after ups and downs in businoss,
settled in Atlanta, whero ho is to-day
ono of tho wealthiest and most respect
ed citizens. Hugh is also a resident
of Atlanta, and is considered to-day tho
richest man in tho Stato of Georgia.
Tho Inmans are. among tho most gen
erous and beloved of tho men who havo
dono so much to build up tho now
South nnd vitalize its great anp grow
ing resources. N. Y. Graphic. .
Business Is Businoss.
Jako Thoro's a man out thoro who
wants to know If you need a sign
writer.
Dealer Wo need a good many signs,
don't wo?
Jako I should say so.
Dealer How many can ho mnko?
Jako Ho says ho can turn out ono
hundred and twenty-fivo a weok.
Dealer Could wo get along on ono
hundred and twenty-fivo all winter?
Jako Yos, I guess so.
Dealor -Well, tell him to como hero
all next weok on trial nnd mako us
samplos, and If wo'ro satisfied at tho
end of tho weok we'll hiro him. ZJc
iroit Free J'rcss.
He Was a Good Judge.
"My friend," said tho mnn who was
lighting a cigar, to tho proprietor of tho
storo, "that clork of yours sold a ton
cent cigar to tho fellow who has just
gono out, and ho took it from tho snmo
box from which ho sold mo this flvo
contor. Ho must bo a poor judge of
cigars."
"John Is nil right," replied tho pro
prietor, quietly. "Ho Ui ft good judtfu.
iH-tPi- mate) n mUlke in cus
tomer. '-- Unonjo Tribune.
AL ETIQUETTE.
tacmwyrs of tho Qneeii'g Household T,lk
to Acta l'lnln l'cupto.
Tho custom of English royal families
nro frequently startling, original, nnd
ovor-elaborato to a New Englander. Hut
nttho same time thoro is frequently con
siderable simplicity observablo, partic
ularly so tho higher in rank you go.
Tho royal family, although surrounded
by inevitable forms nnd ceremonies, at
every opportunity mako an effort to
free themselves from theso customs nnd
restraints. For instance, if you visit ns
a guest at Marlborough House you will
find less formality and etiquette than
in many families lower down in the
social scale. Such haughty old dames
as tho Dowager-Duchess of Marl
borough and others of her style would
not put you at your ease as do tho
Prince and Princess of Wales by their
simple manners. A friend of inino who
visited them told mo they entered the
room whero ho waited them, unan
nounced, and greeted him simply tmd
cordially. Only tho first words ad
dressed to them must bo "your Royal
Highness," and need not be said again.
Tho Prince, in fact, particularly enjoys
an unconstrained manner in those about
him; tho easier you are, within the
bounds of good breeding, tho better ho
likes you. Ho talks little himself, al
though ho makes an excellent speech
and address, but ho is a good listener.
He, liko all tho reigning family, speaks
with a slight German accent, his r's be
ing very foreign.
Tho Princess, of course, speaks with
oven moro of an accent, nnd, as sho is
quite deaf, sho also is not much of a
conversationalist. . There aro people
who think she hns nothing to say. My
lady readers may bo interested to know
that her threo daughters havo been
taught at tho Dress Reform Association
to mako their own dresses, which nro
always simple, but admirably cut and
fitted. Tho wardrobe of tho Princess
is kept in a largo uppor room at the
Marlborough house, which room is
lined with shelves, inclosed by doors.
All the dresses nro folded in largo sheets
on theso shelves, which draw out, and
two or threo maids havo ehargo of a
largo and gorgeous assortment of cos
tumes of evory conceivablo occasion.
No servant is nllowed to bo seen by
their Royal Highness, excopt thoso
whoso duty is to bo witli them or near
them. As thoy approach tho maids
nnd men must hido themselves, but this
custom is not confined to royalty; it ex
ists in all other houses of tho aristoc
racy as well. And there is a well
known Duke who, if in driving over his
estates sees a servant or a laborer, has
him discharged at onco, and should the
trembling hireling hear him approach
climbs tho nearest-troe or hides himsolf
behind it or a bush, as though guilty of
some misdemeanor. Put this Duke is
nothing, if not eccontric. Forinstanco,
the finest apartments in ono of his cas
tles are under tho ground, nnd, except
for an occasional rido or drive, ho lives
buried beneath tho surfaco of tho earth,
in a princely manner, to bo sure, but in
perpetual candlo light, or, let us hopo,
electric light. Boston Transcript.
'HE'S IN THE SOUP.
Tho Origin or tho Latest Addition to the
Vocabulary of Muni;.
Every body and evory thing that
doesn't jut suit evory body else is sure
to bo consigned by somebody or other
to "tho soup." Tho world, in fnct,
seems to havo becomo nn immense
tureen, and all its inhabitants aro fioat
ing about liko chopped vogotables in n
julienne. Why this should bo so and
why tho "in tho soup" idea should bo
uppermost now in tho mind of ovory
citizen who wants to say something
funny is not moro apparent than was
a whilo ago tho reason for ovory ono
being inclined to toll every ono else to
'Let her go, Gallaghor!" Tho origin
of both expressions is involved in ob
scurity. "In tho soup" first nchioved classic
authority, so far as can now bo ascor
tained, in ono of tho picturesque stories
of what are called "sporting" ovents.
Tho event was tho arrival in this
country last fall of Kilrain, tho pugilist.
Tho situation was that tho big Cunnr
der, Etruria, with tho pugilist aboard,
lay in tho darkness .off quarantino wait
ing for morning, and a tug with Kil
rain's friends aboard was hovering
about anxious to got Kilrnin off and
bring him up to tho city. Tho captain
of tho Etruria had announced, with a
severity that scorned unnecessary, that
no such drunken crow should como
anywhoro near his vessol. Tho
dlsconsolato but not unhappy crowd in
tho tug had to content itself with howl
ing greetings to Kilrnin across a watery
gulf that separated tho two vessels.
Ono of tho men on tho tug, Johnson
by namo, was so anxious to got as near
Kilrnin ns possiblo that ho tumbled
overboard. Ono of his companions,
witnessing this act, instendof assailing
tho still depths of tho darkness that
brooded over tho wnvos by shouts for
help or shocking tho calm stars over
head with frantlo cries for a ropo, sim
ply balanced himself against tho rail
and catted out:
"Ho! Johnston's foil in do soup!"
Tho sublime audacity of tho compar
ison of tho great Atlantic to a plate of
Eoup was wasted on tho drunken crow
that heard it, but tho waves chuckled
gleefully ripples against tho tug's
eldes, tho stars twinkled merrily, and
noxt morning, when peoplo read about
it, It tickled tho public fancy bo that tho
new slang bocamo quickly tho pet ex
pression of tho day, and by this timo
it has attalnod juet about riponcss
enough to mako it rondy to pick and
lay away along with Mr. GiUlHghor and
other kUi f onco of rojmt. A'. J',
titm.
TIME WAS PRECIOUS.
A rosMim KIiIrk Courtship nnd It Hnp
iy Termination.
Old Hobson's fourth wifo had been
dead a month, when ono morning ho
caught up his horse, saddled him with
an old sheepskin furnished with ropo
stirrups, and mounting rode oft down
the "hog path" leading to 'Squiro
Hecson's in tho interior of Missouri.
Hobson was in a hurry, but tho old
horso wasn't and wont on at lelsuro
gait.
"Drat sieh or jokin' critter," old
Sim mused as ho kicked and thumped
his heels against tho old plug's bony
sides. "If or feller's in or hurray he'd
best walk."
Ho thumped and kicked till at last
tho "critter" broke into a jogging
trot, which ho hold for a dozen yards,
then relapsed again into his natural
gait, a sort of a cross botweon a walk
and a crawl.
Riding up to Heeson's front gate Sim
Hobson "holloed" two or threo times,
and then a grizzled, gray, unshorn
head was thrust out at tho slightly
opened door and a voice exclaimed:
"How'dy, Hobson! Git down, git
down."
"Hain't timo, I reckon, 'Squire."
"Summatof er hurry, oh?"
"Yas, I'm go-In' tor git married, nn1
I want yer tor go 'long an' jino us."
"Who yor goin' tor marry, Sim?"
"Dunno for shore y it, but I ruthcr
'spoet I'll jino outer old Miss Skaggs."
"Spoko to 'or orbout it, I reckon?"
"No, not yit 1 ain't, but I reckon
It'll bo all right with lior. If it hain't
we'll go on down to Miss Thompson's.
I know she'll bo willin'. Thought I'd
take yer 'long so's to mako ono trip do
an' hov it over. 'Tain't no use tor bo
foolin' crway two days or gottin' mar
ried, when thor crop is in ther grass,
'tin asides, mnrryin' er wife hain't no
moro'n buyin' of er boss."
" Yor sensiblo thar, Sim," tho
Squiro said as ho led forth his horse,
and he and Hobson rode away to Widow
Skaggs' domieilo.
When they rode tip tho widow was
out in the back yard boiling soap. Sho
know old Hobson's o'Tiir.d as quick as
she noted tho fact tluvvho was wearing
a white shirt and that his shoos had
been freshly dressed with a coat of
cold tallow.
"Govcnin', Miss Skaggs," Sim said.
"Howdy, Hobson," sho replied.
"I've tuck or notion tor marry
ergin," Hobson wont on, "an1 me an'
the Squire's come tor seo of yer
willin' tor jino me."
"When?"
"Right now, o' enso. I fotch thor
Squiro orlong for that purpose."
"Wal, I hain't thought much of it,
but boin' asyou'vo gono tor tho trouble
o' bringin' thor Squiro, I reckon 1
niout as well marry yer."
" Drive ahead then, Squiro," Hob
son said; "we're ready."
" Hitch yor fists," tho Squiro com
manded, "an' loss git through, for I
gotter tote er turn o' corn tor mill."
" I'm ready," tho widow said taking
eld Hobson's hand, "but hurry up,
for that fetched soap's goin' tor bile
over."
Tho Squiro went through tho corc
mony in short order, whilo tho widow
kept her oyo on tho soap kottlo to
see that it did not bilo over. Detroit
Free Press.
HOW TIGERS EAT.
X Couple of Them Usually Finish n Cow
at One Sitting.
A Hindoo expert on tigers gives tho
following interesting information
about tho appetites of tigers and their
manner of dovouritig thoir prey:
"An ordinary-sized tigor and tigress
will finish a cow or such animal at ono
bitting, leaving only tho head. Tho
tigress begins at tho shoulders and
eats downward. When thoir heads
como together in tho middle of the
animal, they know that there is no
moro loft, and quit eating.
" "Ueforo eating tho tigor always
drags its prey a short distance. After
tho meal, tho tiger somotimos lies
down by tho skoloton, but if thoro are
hills in tho neighborhood, it will prob
ably go oil and find a cool spot for Its
nap.
"If any thing has been loft, tho tigor
will return tho noxt night to eat it, but
it novor makes tho second meal on tho
snmo spot as tho first, ulways dragging
tho body a short distance away.
"Tho tigor can cat half a bullock in
two hours. Tigers will also eat each
other If it is moro convenient than to
hunt up other provisions. Thoy nro
supposed to kill only onco In flvo
or six days, and in fnct, do prob
ably sleep and dozo for sovoral days
after thoy havo gorged thomsolvos, but
they will kill whonovor thoy got a
chance, and it is on record that ono
tigor killed for fourteon consecutive
nights.
"Thoy will wandor immonso dis
tances at night.alwaya taking tho easi
est paths and frequently traveled roads
on that account Tho movo about lit
tloin day timo becauso tho hot ground
burns thoir feet." Golden Bays.
Business Is Business.
Railroad Presldont Did you got tho
injured passengers in that accident
satisfied so thoy won't suo for dam
ages? Undor Secretary Yes, sir. Tho
worst Injured worodrummors, who aro
used to that sort of thing, and three
dollars worth of cigars fixed them ull
right. Tho only other ono was a man
who had Ills noso brokon.
"Eh? What did you do with him?"
" As tho accident changed his pug
noso to a very handsome Roman I
charged htm one hundred dollars for
tlm operation. So, you sua, wu aro
utntfty-titfvi'ii dollar uhoud." I'ulw
(.' (4 Jkeunl,
A SCIENTIFIC WONDER.
The rhonoRi-nph nnd Some or It I'ecn
llnrlllei nnd I'osslhllltles.
If the achievements of scienco had
not alroady familiarized tho peoplo
with tho ago of fable in which thoy
live, tho rooms In which thoro was
lately exhibited in this city the perfect
ed phonograph, upon which Edison
hns spent some of the best years of his
life, would havo been, crowded hourly
with an awe-struck multitude. Of nil
tho wonders of invention, this is un
questionably tho greatest.
With tho moro principle of tho ma
chine wo wore acquainted years ago;
how the sound waves created by the
voice in speaking or singing act upon
a sensitive plate of mica, and aro thence
transmitted to a vibrating steel point,
pressed close ngainst tho surface of a
cylinder of wax; how tho tiny waving
spiral thus traced is an absolutely
faithful record of tho omitted sound;
hnw tho process may bo reversed, tho
vibrating point be made to retraverso
Its course, and its movements be again
received by a sensitive diaphragm, and
made audible by a resonant multipli
cation of tho sound. In fact, there Is
nothing moro wonderful or dillicult to
understand about tho principle of tho
phonograph than about that of tho tel
ephone. Rut it will appear, none tho
less, a weird and diabolical thing for
years to come.
Tho invention is now really per
fected. Ho who sets tho transmitter
at work and listen at tho oar-picco can
hoar tho words originally spoken repro
duced with tho famous accuracy of ma
chine work, and with a human quality
of which it might seem that no ma
chine is capable. Thoro is no diminu
tion in tho volume of sound, no loss of
nny distinguishing characteristic. Tho
quality and peculiarities of tho individ
ual voice, every inflection and accent,
ovory Interruption and imperfection is
thoro with the same fidelity with
which a plate-glass mirror returns tho
features of ono gazing into it. And
then, wonder of wonders, tho funnel ol
the speaking tube is applied to tho ma
chine, and tho auditor, standing distant
by tho space of a largo room, hoars a
speech dolivored or a song ropoatod as
distinctly as if ho wore in tho presence
of tho porformor. It is tho talking ma
chine, with which tho public will re
quiro long conversance to rid thom
solvos of tho creepiness of suporstition.
Tho practical utility and commer
cial value of tho machine aro not yet
decided. Rut it will find its plaeo as
speedily as tho tolophono and tho
type-writer. Tho owner of the phono
graph can hear tho finest otl'orts of
oratory and tho dlvinest effects of
music reproduced in his own library
at pleasure. Members of families
divided by thousands of miles can
hold actual converso In place of tho
unsatisfactory records of tho pon.
Tho human voico and mannor are
uiado capablo of preservation through
all tho ages. Moro than this, tho
practicability of stereotyping thoso
wax cylinders and reproducing any
numbor of thorn discloses the naturo
of the library of tho future An enter
prising publisher will employ a
skilled elocutionist to road into tho
phonograph tho now novol that is tho
sensation of tho day.
Tho resulting cylinders will bo ste
reotyped and multiplied. Instead of
buying tho new book, tho tired man of
businoss will purehnso tho two or
three cylinders that contain it, nnd
havo his phonograph read it to him in
tho leisuro evening hours. Tho meth
ods of employment aro many already,
and now applications can bo mndo. In
ono respect tho phonograph Is not in
accord with tho spirit of tho ago. It
is, for most purposes, not a timo
savor; and tho economy of timo is,
above all other things, a demand of
tho practical generation. Rut it will
find its varied uses, soon to becomo
indispensable: and in itsolf it must
stand for tho present as tho crowning
marvel of scienco. --St. Paul Pioneer
Prcss. MADE HIM INDIGNANT.;
Why an Arkansas t anner Disowns Ills
Pretty Daughter.
An old follow stood loaning on a
gato. A young woman cautiously up
1) reached.
"May I como in?" sho asked.
"No, you kain't!" ho oxclalmod.
"Ain't you novor goin1 tor lot mo
como?"
" Novor."
" Please."
" Go on away now. Clear out."
Tho woman went away, and tho
man who overheard tho conversation
went up to tho old fellow and asked him
why ho had driven tho woman away.
"'Causo sho's my daughter an'
didn't marry lor suit mo," ho answered.
" Didn't sho do woll?"
" No; she flung hcrsolf away, when
sho mout or hit tho nail squar' on tho
head."
" Don't you think that hor husband
will mako a living?"
"Ho mout do thai, but a llvin' ain't
tho thing. Tho follor has got land an'
hogs an' bosses, but tho feller that I
wanted hor to marry has got threo o'
tho best fox-hounds in tho country."
"Yos, but has ho got uny thing
olso?"
"Any thing olso! Why, blnst yo'
lgnunt hido, what do you mean? Look
here, you'd bettor go on, now, fur I
don't boligvo it's u good ldeo to havo
you loafln' orbout tho neighborhood.
Any thing else! Go on crway, now.
or I'll sot tho dogs on youl" Arkan
taw Traveler.
Well, Uncle- Cicero, what mnkoa
you look so glum?" "Yos, sah; totoll
you tho trufo, my ohj woman ban be
gun to mako buokwhout-eakim and sho
litun't got Into tho bwlug ol It yut,
iuh."-.V. 1', Wurld.
LADY ELLEN BO ROUGH.
Mrs. Lew Wallace' Story or nit Kcccntrlo
KiirHsIi Woman's Career.
Mrs. Low Wallace in her famous
book. "Tho Roposo in Egypt," gives
an exceedingly flowery account of Lady
Ellcuborougli, tho eccentric wifo of an
English nobleman, who, emulating tho
example of I.ady Hester Stanhopo and
Lady Mary Wort ley Montague, not to
mention a French lady, Mmo. tie la
Tour d'Auvergne, who built herself a
temple on tho top of Mount Olivet, nnd
lives thoro now, deserted her country
nnd went to llvo in tho far E.ist. Mrs.
Wallace says of her: One day sho fled
to Italy, and, after years of reckless
living, thence to Greece. Tho House
of Lords easily granted a divorce to
hor husband, and tho children re
mained with him. Ry tho terms of
tho divorce a large Income was allot
ted her, and she set up the standard of
wit and beauty, and to It flocked genius
anil valor. She married again, a no
bleman of Greece, from whom sho was
seiw rated by command of King Otho.
Determined to rival Chatham's eccen
tric granddaughter, she sailed away
f iimi Greece to see what tho gorgeous
East is inado of. Her ample income
gave means of gratifying a taste ex
quisite as It was luxurious servants,
carriages, furniture, pinto, linen, a
French maid, the companion of lier
changeful moods, even her little lap-dog
went with her. Thoro nro old citizens
of lteyrout who remember the stir
among an idle populaco when tho great
English lady landed at tho sea-port.
Her languages gave her tho broadest
range of acquaintance, and sho had a
genius for friendships. Officials of
rank crowded the salon, a thronorooin,
where sho spoke In ono evening
French, Italian, Slav, Gorman, Span
ish, Arabic, Turkish and Greek as
readily as hor nutivo tonguo. Pago
after page is dovoted by Mrs. Wallace
to describing the surroundings and life
of tho woiidorful woman who grow
tired of Damascus and sot out for the
hills of tho lire worshipors, Ragdad.
For guidanco and guardianship sho
traveled with a squad of Anazehs un
der a Shoik. Mrs. Wallace docs not
think it best to tell names and tales to
gether, so sho calls tho Shoik Aular.
His real namo was Dlgby ol Mezrab.
In describing him sho takes occasion
to say that when you Hud tho host
Oriontal, tho oxquisilo grace of his
bearing, thosinooth, pationt, courteous
dignity of his niannor.Hurpass thohigh
e.st breeding of Christian courts.
Then sho quotos a remark of an ac
quaintance, who says: "Tho further
east you go tho liner the manner.
First among tho sons of men for polish
and urbanity Is tho Arabian; noxt to
him tho Turk; then comes tho Italian;
then tho Spaniard and Frenchman;
then tho cold, stliT Englishman, and,
lastly, the holtor-Hkeltor American,
and I presumo California is worso
than Chicago, though I havo novor
been thoro."
Lady Ellcnborough married tho
Shoik in his tent in tho desert, with no
wltnossos but Arabs, and according to
tho laws of Islam. Tho bride found to
hor horror when sho returned to
Damascus that sho had forfeited hor
nationality, and had becomo a Turkish
subjoct. She novor roponted of her
bargain, but made over hor property
to lior husband, and lived with him for
fifteen years, when she died, regretted
by the trlbo and by all Arabs. Sho
was devotedly attached to lior hus
band anil ho to her. Tho wifo of tho
English Consul at Damascus, who
know hor, said that sho and hor hus
band wore never apart; that sho kept
his respect, and was tho mothor nnd
Quoon of his tribe. When sho died u
rare shrlno was erected in hor memory
at Damascus.
Tho romancoof Lady Ellonboroiigh's
life Mrs. Wnllaco heard undor tho
palms sung in a low, slow song by
an Anuzoh, who had no thought when
singing that tho wifo of tho American
Minister to Turkey was listening.
Wrecked by Eating Cloves.
A physician of Syraouso Bays that
ono of tho strangest casos that havo
como undor his observation in prac
tice is a Syraeuso young lady who Is
addicted to the habit of chowing
cloves. For sovoral years hor friends
and physicians havo been fighting to
break lior of a habit which sho carries
to such an excess that hor llfo will bo
tho penalty paid. At times sho breaks
horself of tho habit for a few weeks,
but sooner or lator goos back to it
with renewed energy. Sho has been
known to chow a pound of thorn with
in threo days. All tho chemists havo
been warned not to glvo hor tho splco,
and many of tho grocers also, but she
managos somohow to supply horsolf
with It in spito of the wutchfulnoss nnd
precautions of her family. Tho effects
of tho excessive uso of tho spice re
sembles somewhat tho effect of opium,
and her senso of taste has been wholly
destroyed by it. A'. Y. World.
A Diploma That Talked.
A young man outored a Woodward
avonuo car one day last week and be
gan to distribute leaflets to tho passou
gors. His maune;' was quiet and ho
had not tho appearance of being a
crank. Each person approached took
tho tract so gently olTurod, and at least
uiado a show of reading it. Only ono
man rojeetcd tho froo ottering.
"You had hotter ho at work," ho
said, rudely; "that's my rollgion."
Tho tract distributor made no
answer until ho was rid of all tho
tracts. Then he turned to the
grumbler and hold out his two hands
without spanking u word.
Thoy wore horny and culloiund with
hard work. Ills appeal was more olo
'iuunt thuuBpucch. Detivit Free Prat,
SARDINE FISHING.
A Wnry IpUh to Cntrlt nnd n Complicated
System of Seining.
Sardino fishing begins in May or
June and sometimes lasts as lato na
November. Roats como from Douar
nenez to tako advantago of tho early
run, and, as tho season wanes, roturn.
At times there nro as many as 1,200
boats engaged here in tho pursuit.
Theso uoats are about thirty feot long,
entirely open except a short deck at
th stern, nnd cary two masts that can
bo readily taken down. Tho sails havo
no booms, nnd whenever a tack Is
made they havo to bo run down and
put up on tho opposite side of tho
mast the windward side.
When at work tho rigging is some
times completely cleared away so that
tho boat has no uppearanco of being
adapted to sails. It Is then pulled
along by huge sweeps. The fish aro
not caught by inclosing them as when
a seine is used, but the not, which in
of small mesh and mndo of linen tread,
often died blue to render It less appa
rent in tho water, for tho sardino is
wary, is made to trail straight behind
tho boat. That Is the not, about twen
ty feet long edge and buoyed with
cork floats
when it is
on tho other, so that
in tho water it
position liko
towed in this
assumes
a wall,
position
end, as
an upright
and it is
through tho
water, In-
ono
tho boat is moved slowly along. Tho
patron mounts tho llttlo deck at tho
storn with a buelcot of halt called roug,
tho eggs Ct codfish, under ono arm,
and his keen, practiced eye ranging
tho wave. He scatters a little of thu
roug on one side of tho not when ho
discovers tho proximity of tho fish, and
thoy rise in a shoal to take it.
This is tho critical moment. Ha
throws a quantity on tho opposito sldo,
nnd tho fish, making a dash for It, aro
entangled in tho meshes. Whon tho
sardines nro numerous tho boat does,
not halt to tako the not on board, but
by giving it a cortaln pull tho meshes
aro tightened, and with a buoy to mark
it, it is cast olTiind loft till a full catch
is made. So many fish havo boon
known to entangle thomsolvos that
their weight carried tho net down and
it wtis never recovered. Another not
is innnedtatoly put out, and tho opera
tion is repeated till tho nets aro all
used. Then comes tho picking up and
tho extraction of tho fish, tho lattor
work being performed with great euro,
becauso bundling tho llsh injures them.
Tho not is caught up at tho otitis and
see-sawed till tho llsh drops Into the
bottom of tho boat, whoro thoy remain
till tho arrival in port. Bulletin Amer
ican Geographical Society.
FOUR OLD POETS.
Tho Dllllenllles trailer Which They Accom
plished Their l.lle-Worlt.
Homer lived about a thousand years
before the Christian ora; his Iliad was
tho first great poem written. Ho lived
nearor tho timo of tho Greek war than
any other author, and It It is right to
suppose ho know what ho was talking
about. Liko Milton, this author was
blind, and used to stand on tho stroot
nnd recite his pooms, tho fragments of
which havo boon gathered up and
handed down to us. Homer wus tho
model for all tho poets who followed,
him.
Virgil follows Homor, ns to timo.
Ho had a liberal education nnd ovory
advantago which could promoto liter
ary eulturo; in this ho had a hotter
chance than Homor. His stylo is moro
beautiful and porfoct than Homor's,
though ho obtained many of his ideas
from him. It is said Virgil and Milton
wero both plagiarists, but that it was
as honest for thoso authors to copy tho
old writer as it is for a sculptor to
copy nature.
Dunto was a follower and admirer
of both Homor and Virgil. Ho
studied Virgil closely and has some
thing of his stylo. His Inferno
is very much liko Virgil's descrip
tion of Hades in Rook Six of tho
iEnoid; his stylo is moro thrilling and
real, howovor. Tho lifo of this man
was very sad; ho spent nlnotoen years
in. banislunont from tho city of hla
birth; thon his own words bocamo truo
of himsolf:
" Thou halt havo proof,
How snvorcth of suit tlio bread of others.
And how linrd a road
Tim (joliig down and up another's stairs."
Milton was a follower of all thoso
men, and it is said ho was the most
classic of English writers; ho was also
a Christian poot.
Tho lives of all theso authors woro
much alike, in that oacli had soma
great trouble; it is supposed that
Homor composed his Iliad and his
Odyssey from tho memories of hla
childhood, aftor ho bocamo blind. Dun
to composed his Dlvlno Comedy whilo
wnudoring in oxilo; his ndmirors called
it dlvlno, but ho called It a comedy,
becauso it had a happy ending. Virgil
wroto during political troubles, and
while enduring a long illness; Milton
wroto Ills Paradlso Lost after ho bo
camo blind.
Therefore, tho host part of tho lifo
work of each was accomplished undor
ditllculties. Treasure Trove.
Tho proper modo of treating muck
is to dig it up in tho fall and lot it re
main exposed in order to permit tho
frost to pulvorlzo It and also to allow
It to undorgo a chemical ahungo.
Whon In a lino, dry condition It Is
suporior to all othor absorbents for
uso In tho stalls and for saving tho
liquid manure.
Tho banana pool 1ms at length
found a rival. A Portland, Oro., man
slipped on a wot loaf and hroko bin
blilu-bono. A curious foaturo of tha
acoldent Is that ho walked around for
two day bofon) ho know lit) whk lturt