Allegorical.!
' GOLDEN ROD.
In all the world.
There's nothing seems more llko the smllo of
Than flowers do when kissed by morning llght
And Queen of these Is lovely golden rod.
tn nnclont days where'er sweet Flora flow,
' In ovory path the charming goddess trod,
Its germs, with lovely hand, the freely throw,
To dock her Holds with brilliant golden rod.
Whate'cr tho songs that Nature's voices hymn,
There can bo nono more llko tho songs of Ond
uu hours 01 oirus, alone attuned by Him
For Flora's gorgeous fields of golden rod.
Though every bud that blooms with beauty
And henrn tlm tnmlnr tnnnii nt inpn rf riA.i
There's nono that wilder blooms and brighter
nuines
Than Queen of all, the gorgeous golden rod.
It bloomoth not In spring or summer ravs.
When countless minor beauties stud tho sod;
vui laior on, in robes of riper days
And regal splendor, blooms the golden rod.
Ko rival beauties Justly can contend
That decorate the Held or velvet sod
With softer shades Its richer colors blend,
Adorning all, thU brilliant golden rod.
Tls not tho dainty sort of tender care,
Nor doth It need a special clime or sod,
But bountiful It bloomoth everywhere,
This royal beauty, splendent golden rod.
And though It royal bo It blooms for all.
Atad sweetly, lowly bends with queenly nod,
To lesser graces of the golden fall,
Their uoblo slater, brilliant golden rod.
Although It bears itself with stately mcln,
It smiles alike for all, with smiles of God,
Of every Hold nndcllmo tho Moral queen,
This over rich and brilliant golden rod.
The odors puro that precious flowers yield,
Exhaled by solar beams from rain and sod,
Exquisite- pleasures glvo, through wood and
field,
Distilled by film who gives the golden rod.
Tho perfumoswoet that Heavenly Flora makes,
As 'twere the breath af angels and of God,
Is tasto of what's beyond tho "pearly gates,"
To bo bestowed whon fades the golden rod.
In all tho world embraced In mortal sight
There's nothing seems inoru ltlto the smiles
of God
Than llowors do when kissed by morning light
And Quoen of all is lovely golden rod.
N. Y. Herald.
SALLY sparks.
Tho Pathotio Story of Her Lb at
Disappointment.
UST to oaso my
bursting heart I
a in g o i n g to
write out an ac
count of jny hint
disappoint
ment. 1 1 is
moant only for
my own perusal
If I thou glit
n ny body olso
would ovor soo
it I Hhould cur
tainly faint
away on tho
Wl WgOJ In tho first
IVtUu U place, I will Hot
down horo what I wouldn't on nny ac-
onnt hroutho to any living bolng I
m forty-ono yours old this spring; and
iyot I have novor quito suecoodod in
tiocurlnir a partner to walK with mo
tho thorny paths of oxistonco, as some
Yioly vory piratically and foollngly re
marked. If I'd only known at slxtoon
what awaited 1110 I roally liollovo I
ho'.ld havo given up. Sixteen! Only
think, that wus twenty-flvo yenrs ago
though 1 give it out to tho public that
I'm most thirty hut I'm afraid thoro
aro Homo of them that don't bollevo it.
However, I don't intend to glvo an ac
count of all my past lifo. I'm only
going to sot down tho particulars of my
last summer's disappointment.
It was just about tho first of Juno
that tho thought poppod into my ho ail,
what u good Idea it would bo to go to
tho country to board. I'd pretty much
Ijlvon up tho prospect of finding a hus
band in Mlllvillo, for tho fact is, thorn
factory girls impudent, brasson husslos,
ob they aro nionopollxo tho attentions
of all tho men, so that those who aro
delicate and rollnod, llko myself, don't
etand any ohanco, bocauso thoy won't
ntoop to use the same arts that they do.
Bloss mol what a long sentence! How
ever, as no oyo but my own is over to
read it, it aon't make so much dllfor
nco. Woll, as I was Baying, I concluded to
fro to Home country town to spend the
summer, hoping that, by passing my
hoU olT for a rich holross or fashionable
bollo, I might bo able to catch a beau.
So I began to look ovor the adver
tisements of country board, and at
length oame to tho conclusion to go up
HE WAS I.OOKINO OUT OK THE WINDOW.
to Huckloborry Cornor, in Now Hamp
biro, whero all the people that ain't
farmers arc agriculturists.
r provided myself with as many lino
drosses as I could allord, for, you know,
I wanted pooplu to think I was woalthy.
X found it bo expensive that, before I
got through, I found myself obligod to
ell tho half-aero of land that Grand
father Sparks loft mo in Ills will. Hut
then I thought how much tuoro valu
able a husband would bo than a half
acro of land. So I submitted to tho sac
rifice with Christian fortitude and
resignation, feeling protty confident
that my reward would cotno sooner or
later.
It wasn't till about tho last moment
that the most brilliant idea of all camo
to me. It was this: I would pass my
elf off for v Southern widow, with a
great cotton plantation. I folt protty
Buro tho men would nlbblo at that bait.
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Of courso thero wouldn't bo nobody in
Huckloborry Cornor that would know
mo, so I could get along well onough.
I didn't quito know what Stnto wm'd
bo tho best for mo to hall from, but I
finally concluded that Alabama would
bo as good as any. So I decided on that.
I likowiso concluded to change my
namo so as to avoid suspicion, and I
wont down to tho city on purposo to havo
some cards struck olf with my now
name. Thoy lookod liko this:
. ......
i MRS. COL. SPAUKINOTON, :
SPAitKvn.r.B,
Mali mi. :
.................... . ....
I thought Sparkingtonsoundod sort of
aristocratic, and as I didn't know tho
namos of any places in Alabama, I
thought I would put Sparkville, as that
would give people an Idea that my hus
band had been u man of some Impor
tance, to havo tho whole town named
after him.
Well, ovory thing being arranged, I
loft Mlllvillo without letting anybody
know where I thought of going. Indeed,
1 hinted round that I didn't know, hut I
should visit some of my rolatlons In
Boston, which wasn't, a falsehood, bo
causo 1 do expect to, sometime, If I llvo i
long enough. I
On tho morning of tho second day, 1 1
found myself on board the stage that i
went to Huckloborry Corner.
Thoro wasn't but one othor passenger j
In tho stage but myself. Ho was a tall
man with elegant black whiskers and
looked as If ho might bo about thirty
yoarsold. I was Immodlatoly struck by his
appoaranco, and considered how I might
draw his attention to me, for thus far
ho hadn't taken any more notice of mo
that if I had boon u cat. After a little
reflection 1 thought I would slip one of
my cards out of my pocket, and contrive
to drop it accidentally athls foot, so that
ho couldn't help stooping to pick It up;
whon, of course, ho would soo tho namo,
and would think moro of mo in conse
quence.
So I just took tho opportunity whon
ho was looking out of tho window at tho
scenery, and silly dropped tho card just
at his feet. Hut would you bollovo it,.
tho provoking crittor kopt a looking out
of tlio window for somo time, and whon
ho got through doing that nover
thought of looking at his foot. So I
coughod slightly, and romarked in what
I considered to be an aristocratic tono:
"Would you bo kind onough to hand
mo tho card which I accidentally lot
fall?"
"Certainly, ma'am," said ho, lndif
forontly, stooping to pick it up. Hut
when ho saw tho namo ho said in a
moro interested tono: "I porcolvo that
you are a Southorn lady."
I bowed.
"Would you allow mo'.'" ho continued,
"to retain this card and givo you ono of
my own in oxchnngo?"
"I should bo ploasod to havo you do
so," said I, quito dolighted at his desire
to mako my acquaintance.
He handod me a card on which was in
scribed tho name of Erastus Lyon, M. I).
"Aro you indeed a physician?" said I,
enthusiastically. "It is a profession
that I venerate It Is tho mission of
tho physician to go about relieving pain
and sickness, and although my own
health has boon remarkably good, I
value the profession none the less. Lot
mo soo. I havon't boon sick for twenty
yours, and as that was when I was a
a mere child, undor ton, I don't remem
ber much about It."
I said this so that ho might make n
calculation about my nge, and think mo
uudor thirty. Ilo looked a little sur
prised, 1 thought, and pretty soon ho
said:
"Havo you ovor boon North boforo?"
"Yes," said I. "In fact I fool protty
woll ncqualntod with you Northerners."
"And how do you llko us, may I vont-
uro'to ask?"
Vory much indood. In fact I may
say that I fool quito us much at homo
among you uo at tho South. Since tho
doath of my husband, Colonel Sparking-
ton, I havo passed nil my summers at
tho North."
I might have said that I had passed
all my springs, falls and winters also,
but I thought it wasn't necessary to tell
tho whole truth.
"May I inquire, " said Dr. Lyon,
"whothor you intend to stop any longth
of tlmo at Huckloborry Cornor?"
I am thinking of passing tho sum
mer thero if I llko tho place and meet
agreeable people"
"ou have novor been thoro boforo?"
"No, and 1 know no ono thoro."
"Indeed," said Dr. Lyon, thoughtful
ly. Aftur n moment's pause ho added:
"If our brief acquaintance will justify
tho offer, I will suggest that the place
at which I myself havo ongagod board
is an excellent ono, and very pleasantly
situated."
"Indoed, sir," said I, considerably
moro ploasod than 1 was willing to
show, "1 shall bo very much obliged
to you if you will take that trouble."
Wliun wo roachod Huokloborry Cor
ner, l stopped at tho stagu otllco while
Dr. Lyon wont ovor to ongago board for
mo. Ho camo buck In about half an
hour, saying it was all arranged and I
could go right ovor.
Half an hour aftorwards I found my-
solf settled in a vory comfortable room
at tho houso of Kzokiol l'roston. lie
didn't take but two boarders, Dr, Lyon
and my solf. I wanted awfully to know
how muoh board I was oxpootod to pay,
but I didn't dure to nsk, as I wanted to
pass for a rich Southern widow, to whom
raonoy was of no consequence. Tho
next day Dr. Lyon happened to mention
to me, of his own accord, that thoy
barged seven dollars a week, it al
most made mo jump when 1 heard It,
for I had calculated on not having moro
than half that to piy, and I folt sure
that they piled on tho prlcn bocauso
thoy thought 1 was rich. However,
when ho told mo I only said vory coolly:
'Oh, vory well. Uulto roasonable, I
think." 1 know that remark made quito
an impression on him, for utter that hn
bocumo quito uttontlvo to mo. So throe
wooks passod away. Evory day regular
we used to walk out togotlior, and I
know tho peoplo of Huokloborry Corner
had a good deal to say about tho rich
Southorn lady that boarded at Mr, Pros-ton'.
I At length tho expected declaration
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camo. ur. iyon toiu mo mat over sinco
ho had seen mo ho had been powerfully
attracted by my beauty and, attractions
and ontroated mo to nccopt him. I told
him it was very unexpected, and I didn't
know as it would bo right to tho mem
ory of Colonel SparklnRton to marry
again, but If ho thought It would bo
right I would mako no objection, as I
felt to doploro my unprotected situa
tion. I confessed, with blushes, that I
had novor met a man whom I thought
so worthy to fill tho placo of tho dear
departed and Insinuated that ho boro
a vory strong resemblance to tho Colonel.
Dr. Lyon answered that in that case a
socond marrlago might bo considered a
compliment to my lato husband, and in
timated that a rofusal might have tho
effect of driving him to suicide. Woll,
tho upshot of it was that we agreed to
bo married In a wook by tho mlnlstorof
'WHY, THIS
is tiii: oi. u
Sl'AltKSl"
MAID, BALI.V
Huckloborry Cornor. Dr. Lyon said ho
would invito a lady cousin to bo prosont
and stand up with mo, as I couldn't bo
oxpectod to havo many lady frionds at
tho North. Llttlo did I anticipate who
that female friend was. Two days bo
foro tho ceremony sho camo, and to my
horror 1 recognized her as my old onomy,
Clarissa Higglns, of Mlllvillo.
"Mrs. ColSparklngton, of Alabama,"
said sho iiwior shrill voico, whon wo
woro introduced. "Why, this Is tho old
maid, Sally Sparks, that has lived all
horlifo in'Mlllvlllo."
"Good hoavonsl is this Indood so?"
asked Dr. Lyon, looking from hor to
mo.
As for mo, I fainted away in mortifi
cation, and when I camo to 1 was told
that my husband that was to bo hadloft
town, and tho marrlago was indefinitely
postponed. I used up my last cont In
paying my board bill and stago faro,
and bore I am at homo again, a penni
less and forlorn spinster no longer
Mrs. Col. Sparkington, of Alabama, but
Miss Sally Sparks, of Mlllvillo. Caro
lino P. l'roston, in Hoston Globo.
A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR.
An Article Tliut Attracted General Atten
tion unit Drought flood I'ay.
It is not ovory ambitious writer that
scores success with his first article. I
know ono such, though his namo has
now slipped my memory. At that time
ho was county troasuror. Por weeks
aftor his urticlo appoured in print he
was visited by dilTorent noighbors and
follow-citlzons of that county, who
showed their appreciation of his article
by leaving with him sums of monoy va
rying from ono dollar to several hund
drod dollars in nmotint.
ills theme might havo boon called
"Discourager of Hesitancy," although
it was not, for that is what the urticlo
did discouraged tho hesitancy of many
citizens. Tho only objection to tho urti
clo as a lltorary production was that tho
story had too many horoos. Thoro woro
nofewor than 1,500 characters, and each
character was a hero in tho story. Tho
tltlo of tho story was "D.' Lynn Qu'Ent
Tacquoslist," Tho tltlo looks Pronchy
in print, but tho story was ontiroly
Amorican, and tho scone was laid in
tho author's own county.
What makes me remember tho story
so woll, though I havo forgotton tho
namo of tho author, is that I
was ono of tho characters mentioned.
What was said about mo ran somothing
liko this:
SK lot 30 lottors Ad. C. 11. Holding $31.25
I bought ono of tho papers and took it
homo to show tho paragraph to my
wlfo.
I was Informed by tho nuthor, whon
I wont up a fow doys oftorward with
my fathor-ln-law to congratulato him
on his success, that tho story had notted
him something llko 7,780, including
tho Sai.'JS which wo loft with him for
mentioning my namo and so graphically
describing my rosidenco.
Tho story was published at tho au
thor's expense. Sovoral publishers of
fered to print tho narrative for what
thoro was In It, but the author ohoso to
pay for the work outright, and duullned
tho otters of tho publishers. Tho ond
justified his choice.
1 huvo mentioned this llttlo incident
as an offset to tho thoory that no writar
nood expect groat fame or groat pay at
tho beginning of his carcor. This Inci
dent also Illustrates another truth. To
bo a successful writer one must weave
Into his history incidents and charac
ters about which his readers aro think
ing or In which thoy aro personally in
terested. All tho scones described In
this story woro such us possossod real
interest for ovory reader. Indood tho
same story is published annually and
nover fails to uxclto commont and ore
to interest. a 11. Holding, in Writer.
Almot it Freak.
Pobblo Thoro goes ono of tho most
romarkable men of tho ago.
Stono How so? '
Pobblo Ho succeeded In growing to
manhood without once having his fath
er's trousurs mado ovor for him. Cloth
lor and Furnisher.
"Wo havo now hoard of salosmon,
saleswomen, salesladies, salespersons,
and salespeople," says tho Toronto
Olebo. "Why not throw away tho whole
bundle and say simply 'sollors?' "
Agreed, provldod you will always speak
of "buyers" instoad of "purcuasor."
Buffalo 1-vprcsi.
THE FAKIR'S CURSE.
A rrophecy of Kvll Tliut Came True TTHh
Cruhlntr Kfl'i-rt.
James Mass, tho traveler, tolls this
story: "It was about five o'clock" In tho
evoning, and Colonel Yeagerand I sat on
tho veranda of tho Vldullah Hotel in
Bomb?, and on tho edgo of tho nativo
city which is cal'od Vicullah, and not
Bombay. Tho Colonel Is dead: all that
ho onco owned and loved Is gone. Ho
was expecting his wifo and daughter,
who had been out to England on a year's
visit, and tho vessel was to nrrlvo at
Calcutta next day, whllo wo woro going
to got tho bungalow ready to recoivo
them. Tho Colonel was in tho best of
spirits. Ho joked and laughed and
told old stories of lovo and war; how ho
was nearly captured and murdored by
tho renowned ana-Said at Comporo; of
his vast poppy plantations and tho rov
onuo ho dorived from tho opium ho dis
tilled ovory year. Pinally wo started
to walk to whore wo had our horses sta
bled, and then for a cantor ovor tho
boautiful roads to tho bungalow fifteen
miles away. Wo had to go throuirh Vi
cullah to roach our destination. What
kaleidoscope that nativo city Is! Tho
burrah-wallah wator carrier, woarlng
nothing but a breech clout, and tho
malo body servant, with his red turban
and long White jackets. Jews from Pal
estine, Parsoes, flro worshipers, who
traveled 3,000 mllos over dosort and
mountain from Persia and carried thoir
sacrod fires, all picturesque nil in white,
bordored with red or othor bright col
ors. "Well, in turning a cornor in Vicul
lah wo found a crowd being haranged by
ono of tho best known fakirs in India. I
bad heard him spoken of as ono who
could put a blight upon you. Peoplo
called him Sadi-Saib, badl, my master.
Colonol Yoager pushed through tho
crowd to within a fow foot of tho fakir,
to whom ho said somothing in Ilindo
Htancso. It seemed to onrago Sadl, who
jumped from his llttlo platform in front
of Yeagor, saying:
" 'Englishman, bo careful, or blight
may fall upon you and yours. Troad
not upon tho smallost thing Buddha has
created, or It may turn and sting you.'"
"Before I could stop him tho Colonol
had cut the fakir across tho faco, and
with an oath had shouted: 'Out of tho
way, you Hindoo pig!'
"Tho fakir with blazing oyos said:
" 'Englishman, you will not meet your
wlfo. You will not moot your child.
Your plantations will bo dovastated;
your cravon heart will wither within
you. You will dio.'
"Tho fakir's words woro prophotlc. I
folt It then, and I also think tho Colonel
did. Wo reachod tho bungalow, and
woro soon In bed. How I slopt that
night I don't know. Tho words, 'En
glishman, bowaro,' woro continuously
raging in my ear. Next morning I wont
into tho breakfast room, and I shudder
whon I think of it. Tho Colonol was
thoro walking up nnd down with a tele
gram in his hand, his faco drawn, and
ho looking twenty years oldor than ho
did tho night boforo. With toars in his
oyos ho handed mo this mossago
'Stoamshlp Piago wont
mouth of tho Iloogaly.
child drowned.' I havo
ashoro at tho
Your wife and
novor seen tho
Colonol sinco, but I havo watched his
caroor. His poppy crop was a failure
that year and it ruined him, his bunga
low was burned by either accident or do
sign, nnd Yoager died within a twolvo
month of a broken heart." Philadel
phia Inquirer.
THE GAMBLING MANIA.
An ISpldeinlc Tliut Is Growing More Vlru.
lent Uvery Dny.
Tho passion for gambling has for
many years boon increasing in this
country, until it threatens to becomo
pro-ominently tho national vice.
Whothor it arose from tho fovor for
speculation which indirectly was ono of
tho most evil of tho results of tho rebel
lion in tho North, or whothor tho causo
is to bo lookod for in that general spirit
hastoning to bo rich that is a prominent
characteristic of Amorican civilization
it might not bo easy to determine; but
of tho fact thoro is unhappily no room
for doubt.
It is not alone that tho lottory has bo
como a national institution; forhowovor
much ono may shirk from acknowledg
ing this, It is practically tho truth.
It is not alone that so many millions
flow year by your into tho pockots of
avowed lottorlos, American and foroign,
or that tho resourcos of tho country aro
constantly on tho strain caused by tho in
iluonco of legalized gambling of tho
Stock Exchange. It Is in a hundred dlf
feront ways that tho tondonoy of tho
times shows itself. It Is in tho constant
allusions to pokor-plnylng which flguro
in tho columns of ovory nowspapor, which
adorn ovory farco, and which form half
tho stock in trado of tho so-callcdcomic
paragrapher. It is in tho comploto mania
for bolting on horso-racing that has ta
ken possession of tho clerks and tho
young men of Now York, and which is
stoadllv on tho increaso in Hoston.
Every day, rain or shine, summor and
winter, in snow storms which would
Boom to mako it impossible, and in going
60 bad that "mud-horses" aro a feature
of tho hotting, tho races go on, not at
all in tho Interest of the sport, but en
tirely for tho sake of tho hook-making
Tho samo spirit shows itsol? on ovory
sido; and If a halt is not calloi soon, wo
shall oxcol tho Chinese in tho vlco of
gambling. Tho epidemic Is upon us, and
who has any remedy to proposo? Bos
ton Courier;
What's In ii Xuiue.
Millicont 1 do so dlsllko "short"
namos, Mr. Jones; I novor allow nny ono
to call mo "Mllly." Don't you think I
am right?
Mr. Jones I quito agreo with you.
Millicont Wlmt do your frionds call
you, Mr. Jonos?
Mr. Jones My namo Is Montmoroncy
Ghorthouso Jones, and or thoy always
call mo "Shorty," Light.
Aloxnnder Jacques, n Pronch fast
ing man, has begun au attempt to boat
tho record in London. Ho proposes to
remain lor forty-two days without any
food oxcoit n powder of socrot oomposi
tlon. Ho says ho sustained hlmsolf and
his comrades for many days on this pow
der whllo ho was a soldior and tho Ger
mans woro :osleglng BolforL
AH at Onco.
Tho falling of a big trco under tlio
, woodman's ax is always an impressive
sight and an imprcssivo sound as
all country bred readers will testify.
The historian of the "Seventy-ninth
Highlanders," of Now York, describes
the cutting down of a whole hillsido
of trees under circumstances that must
have made it a memorablo spectacle.
It was during tho udvanco of tho
Army of the Potomac after tho defeat
at Bull Run. Fortifications wero or
dered thrown up, and tho men of tho
Maine and Wisconsin regiments wero
set to work at trco felling, a work with
which they proved themselves perfect
ly familiur.
It was an interestingsight to witness
the simultaneous fall of a whole hill
side of timber.
Tho choppers began at the foot of
tho hill, tho lino extending for per
haps half a mile. They cut only part
way through tho tree, and in this way
worked up to tho crest, leaving tho
trees in the top row in such a condition
that a single blow would bring them
down.
Thon, when all was ready, tho buglo
sounded, and the last strokes wero
given. Down camo tho upper tier of
trees. These brought down those be
low them, and, liko tho billow on tho
surface of the ocean, the entire forest
fell with a crash liko mighty thunder.
An Old Idea of Iimulutlon.
After all, these insulated coffee pots
do but represent tho application of a
device familiar centuries ago to tho
fishermen of south Normandy and tho
Brittany coast. It has been for an in
definite period tho custom thero for
theso toilers of tho sea to start out with
their nets in tho afternoon, carrying
with them a warm meal for tho day
following. The pot containing tho
stow or heated delicacy is wrapped in
a mattress stuffed with feathers or in
closed in a box with feather lined
cushions, and after fifteen hours tho
dinner is spread as hot as if it had just
como off the lire, not moro than three
or four degrees being lost at all events.
I know a man who made a little
feather stutl'ed box on that idea and
put his newly boiled shaving water in
it just beforo ho went to bed every
night. In tho morning, when ho got
up early and shaving water would not
havo been easy to get off hand, ho
opened tho box and took out the water
still scalding hot. Washington Star.
Governmental Thermometers.
"Tho United States government
don't go in for expensive thermome
ters," said Lieut. Finley. "I don't sup
pose tho finest ono at tho headquarters
of tho weather bureau in Washington
is worth over $100. The thermometers
used at the signal stations cost $5. A
thoroughly reliable instrument can bo
purchased for that amount. These
thermometers aro about twelvo inches
long. Each station has several of
them. It is necessary to havo two
kinds, tho spirit thermometer to meas
uro minimum temperature and tho
morcurial thermometer to nieasuro
tho maximum temperature. Thero aro
three famous makers in tho United
states, two of whom aro in New York.
A thermometer," Lieut, Finley re
marked, "improves with ago. Tho older
it gets the better it is. It is absolutely
necessary for tho tube to season. It
must bo several years old beforo it bo
comes reliable." Jewelers' Roviow.
A Delicious Meal.
Anything more toothsomp and nu
tritious than tho vintager's pot au feu,
which I lately tasted in tho Medoc dur
ing tho gathoring of tho grapes, can
not well bo imagined. It was so de
licious that a supply of it was ordered
into tho chateau for midday lunch, and
it was voted by acclamation worthy of
a cordon bleu. It was mado with a
log of beef, onions, carrots, cabbago
and tho like, and poured smoking into
bowls over slices of thiu bread. What
a lesson it conveys to tho managers
of our soup kitchens, and what a meal
for our harvesters 1 Cor. Britisli iled
ical Journal.
Suicides Want Solitude.
Dr. Cushing, a retired physician on
tho West sido, gave mo an interesting
fact a day or so ago about suicides.
"Not onco in a thousand times,"
said lie, "do oithor men or women kill
themsolves while in tho presence of
another person. Tho tendency of tho
suicidal mania is always toward soli
tude. This is why, in all tho asylums
of tho land, peoplo who havo a dispo
sition to kill themselves aro always
kept together, and there is uo danger
then." New York Star.
Where Olives Come From.
Tho olivo has been cultivated in tho
regions of tho Mediterranean coasts
from time immemorial. Olivo oil
thoro takes tho placo of butter. Spain
has about 3,000,000 acres in olives;
Italy, 2,L'50,000, and Franco about
300,000 .acres. Forty-fivo varieties of
tho fruit aro described. Popular Sci
ence. A DUciplu of Hahnemann.
Breezy Young M. D. (an ardent
houuooputh) I ass tiro you, miss, that
in vaccination I uso only virus direct
from tho calf.
Clara Ah, that accounts for your
excellent health. liko cures liko, you
know. Pittsburg Bulletin.
Worth I'roecutlii.
Boulanjay I attempt tres hard, but
t cannot master votro laugagol
Popinjay Oh, well, old man, I
wouldn't givo in now. You have it
broken up pretty badly, anyway I
Dry Goods Chronicle,
I THE SLEEP OF DEATH.
A DrowiilneM That Attack People In
Some Climates Month Before Death.
An interesting account descriptive of
the "sleepy disease," peculiar to Africa,
Ls given in tho "Journal of an African
Cruiser." Persons attacked by this
singular malady aro those who tako
littlo exercise and live principally on
vegetables, particularly cassoda and
rice. Some observers ascribe it to tho
cassoda, which is strongly narcotic.
Not improbably tho cliiuato has much
inlluence, tho diseaso being most prev
alent in low and marshy regions.
Irresistible drowsiness continually
weighs down tho patient, who can bo
kopt awake only for the few minutes
needful to tako a littlo food. When
this lethargy has lasted three or four
months death comes, but only in tho
form of deeper slumber. Tho author
of tho book mentioned tells of a mem
ber of tho royal family of Luakaka
who was alllicted with this curious di
seaso :
"I found tho aspect of Queen Mau
mee's beautiful granddaughter incon
ceivably allecting. It was strango to
see her so quiet, in a sleep from which
it might be supposed sho would awako
full of youthful vigor, and yet to know
that this was no refreshing slumber,
but a spell in which she was fading for
ever from the eyes that loved her.
"This young girl was but 14 years of
ace. With some difficulty sho was
aroused, and woko with a frightened
cry a strange, broken murmur as if
sho wero looking dimly out in tho
j phantasies of a dream. Her eyes wero
, wild and glassy ; rolled wildly in their
I sockets for a second, then immediately
sunk into tho deep and heavy sleep in
which wo found her. This poor,
doomed girl had been suffering for
about threo months no, not suffering,
for, except when forcibly aroused,
thero appears to bo no uneasiness until
after the end of the third month of this
unnatural slumber, when tho victim
becomes wild and constantly rolls his
or her head from sido to sid nover
opening the oyes death ensuing within
a few days after these symptoms sot in."
To Meet Her Lover.
At 5 :30 in tho morning a well dressed
young woman arrived in Utica from
Castle Garden. Sho had como all tho
way from a placo hi western Russia,
and was on her way to meet her lover
in Duluth, Minn., who had left her
two years boforo to find a homo for
both of them in tho New World. Ho
went to Duluth and became fairly
prosperous. As soon as he was able he
wrote to his sweetheart and urged her
to como to him, but tho ago and sick
ness of her parents kept her in Russia
until this year. Both her parents
1 having died, tho young man sent her
tickets to bring her to America, with
what ho supposed was sufficient money
for tho journey. Tho young woman
began her journey moro than a
month ago, and when she arrived at
Castlo Garden thought sho must bo
within
friend.
a few hours' journey of her
Sho camo on to Utica. as
stated, and was taken to tho Central
depot, whence sho was to proceed on
her journey by another train.
Sho waited about tho depot all day,
and at night in broken German told
Leonard Pruoy, tho baggage master,
that sho had not had anything to eat
all day, and had only twenty cents in
her purso. When sho had recited tho
whole story, and Mr. Pruey told her
that instead of a few hours sho would
yet havo several days of travel, her
distress was pitiful. Tho kind hearted
baggageman promised to do all ho
could for her, and began his ministra
tions by giving her a square meal. Ho
then interested himself in bettering her
financial condition, and told Conductor
John Unser, of tho Rome, Watertown
and Ogdensburg, about it. Mr. Unser
was bound north with his train and
mado no promises, but early tho next
morning when ho camo to Utica again
ho gavo Mr. Pruoy a purso of monoy
which ho had collected on his tmin to
help tho girl on her way, Sho finally
loft Utica, after a delay of about twon-ty-four
hours, with a big bag of provi
sions and many good wishes. Utica
Herald.
Snakes at Scnipesklllet.
Near Scraposkillet, Ind., the swamp
lands aro so infested with snakes as to
bo positively dangerous for travelers.
Friday, whilo a farmer and his wifo
wero driving in a wagon, thoy mot
threo largo snakos in tho road, which
not only refused to turn out to ono
sido of tho road, but showed fight
They wero finally beaten off by tho
farmer after considerable trouble with
his mules, which wero almost crazed
with fright.
On tho samo day a physician from
Yankeetown, driving in a road cart,
was confronted by a number of snakes
in tho road at tho samo place. His
horso bocamo frightened and ran away,
leaving him at their mercy, and but for
tlio timely assistance of passers by ho
would havo doubtless been bitten to
death. As it was ho had a sovero tus
eIo. Tho peoplo of tho neighborhood
havo organized themselves for tho pur
poso of exterminating the reptiles.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho newest thing in baby carriages is
a contrivance that by means of various
appliances may bo transformed into a
filed, a cradle and a go-cart, Tho cra
dle, instead of being provided with
rockers, hangs from tlio celling by a
spiral spring, and tlio spring itself plays
w Important part In tlio adjustment of
tlio snn shade that goes with tho car
riage when it is used in its normal char
acter. .