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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1890)
a' " r t-iit T-rimmmii n njt jMMMMMMMwiHiiMMMMH "LITTLE BOPEEP." tha Charm f the LUll Maiden at lanry Hull, tha oon made f tln ralrer fr tbsa A ret to mow -pat la them amid tlx dauc !!": So it tucvftil her trlpi liipcvfrl rould look ng To vtfw I !, giuion a-ktpttng About her dulmy erook. Her jtlove nre number sties ho could don a 1 They tunhKuial by tho pixies that no Th-T reach u n to her shoulder, Her arm m ere ma wan, T1 tltocktntr. 1 have told her buch rtuony to nan. Her h!r how ahull 1 term It but umuicr un- Mm curled? I knt-.w 'tttoulil make a hermit (ay and win mm to the world. Her lip are tHiiitlng! scarlet. Her eye a wttchlnir hoe; I'd stylo each one a mat-let If turt were t-nty blue. n far beyond my rrte the bat she chat to nm Her la.im rme, with daisies bright all nod- ainy muQU me nrim; A ml, w l,en her eyi like txiry la Keneath them coruette. Each jrtnnee la fratitrht with peril. A I have found loo lau. Tt dowiLrrri In glanse Inspect her frolic klrt. And often at he Psaee by I hear tlem w uiIr, -ntrtr . but let them take at) that en "W hat care hath fray Hofcepr WHh saucy b and hat on Buo lead the beaux like hect. SUimuel Minturn Peck. COT HIS EYE-TEETH CUT. Dundee Cornea Acroaa On of Hla Old- time Experiences and Ueta Left. "Well. well, well!" exclaimed Ser ceant Kendall yesterday, as a corpulent torni oarttenea tne ooorway of the Womlbridgo Street Station, and he looked p to see Carl Du nder walk in !t vhas me, sergeant." "Yes, I see. Where on earth have you been for the last three mooths?" "Sk-rgeant, you know rae for a long time. "Yes." ! vhas some hayseed." "Yon were." - . "I vhas so childlike dot eafervbodr nwinmes me. "That's true." Nothmgs und noboily vhas twice alike in dis countrt." No." You advise me to soak niv head. sand-paper my neck, shttrupin derrifer or r.ang mvseii. "Yes, I "did." "Yhell. I like to oblige you, because vou vnas my irtemtt, but 1 goes to Buffalo instead. My broder vha in Puffalo! Ah! sergeant, dot PufTalo vhas a great place a great place. Sooeh sharp peoples you nefer saw. I pes Dy my oruaer una take some lessons. Dat vhs der place to get some eye-teem cut out. sergeant, look at me: iui loomng. xou iook like a uiffei-ent man from what vou did, Yon've got a foxy look about the eyes. ana nooouvwouiu ta Ke you tor a green horn now -Sergeant I vans more ash one fox I vans four foxes. If anybody can )eat me now I like to see hint try it on. I doan take ten tousand dollar for what I learned ta Puffalo." " ell. I'm glad of it. What ails vour linger She vahs broke ha! ha! ha!" A joke then?" "LVr biggest kind of a shoke. While I vhas in t levelaod der odder day a stranger comes oop to me ond says j hiii I buy some photographs of Gar- held s tomb, f hit him so queek ash lightning, und dot finger vhas broken." 'Y hat did you hit him for?" "Because he takes tne for some hay eeed. Nobody has a tomb until he vhas ueati. But Garfield is dead." "isot mooch. Doan' I see aboudt him in tier papers all der time? Doan It ay dot he shall retoe dot silver till?" That's Harrison! Yon have got the two mixed upi" lou doan sav sot vhas dot Doasl- ble! Vhas it Ben Harrison who vhas President, instead of Ben Garfield?" "Of course." Great scots! Und dot feller vhas all right nod I almost killed him! If Garfield vhas dead I doan remember H. Vhell! Yhell! I make oop for It, However. "How?" "On der train I meet a man who vhaa card cop. He take me for a sucker. lie beliefs he can schwindle me like seexty. e has a watch und wants to ell him and get moneys to go by bis muoaer saying oeasioe. tie ask me feefty dollar." "And you mid it?" "Not mooch! Dot isn't der Puffalo vhay. I offer him twentv, nnd he shed some tears nd sav he shall haf to do it" Jot it with you?" "Yes. Here she vhas." "Got tired. 1 see, and stopped. i utreis loose, too. onver piate on a nickel case. Worth $5 a bushel when the -market isn't glutted. Mr. Du nder. it was a swindle." "Noap!" . "He took you in and made a fool of you. t hat s in that package?" "tsome agency for Michigan. I him in Puffalo.54 buy "Fly-screen, eh? Where does the agency come in? Isn't it like other fly-screen?" any "She was rewersible. you see. I bin der whole. Mate asncv for f25." Reversible? How?" "Voy, if you haf dis side out der flies can't come in. If you haf dis side out der bugs and mosquitoes can't come in." - "And he made you believe that!" -ueiier mat! tJan 1 1 see mit -my two eyes?" "Yea, but look at that screen hi the window. Doesn't one side keep every thing out? Yon have been victimized all around." Sergeant!" said Mr. Dunder. as he rose up, "was I a wictimP" "Yes." "DoanM know more ash stacTc?" hay- "Not much." - 'Vhas I shust as green ash before I goes to Puffalo?" . "Greener." "Dot vhas all. Good-bye! Vhen my body vhas pulled out of dot rifer shust speak mit dem reporters und say dot I couldn't help it. I vhas a good man, but ao shild-like dot dis cold tind weeked world vhaa no place for me!" Detroit Free Press. Joaquin Miller's Lonely. Home. All alone, with himself as his only company, tip among the high cliffs just outside the town of Oakland, Cat, Joaquin Miller, the pool of the Sierras. Is passing his davs. -What is there to attract one here?" he recently wrote to a friend who wanted to travel 2.000 miles to visit him. "Nothing, abso lutely nothing, except ceolipedes, scorpions and the tarantula, and they are not the best company for a city bred man, for what ever thev put their teet. otf they poison. Bat l" like it. I iust turn the rocks tip here over, then plant a tree or build a fence, and once in a great while I write keep away from me; stay where yon are, and when I want 3011 and the rest of the world Til seiiA."PhiladeIj,hin Press A system of electric homeopathy is 'X to be fcuccessful in curing leprosy, -sed in India. WIT AXt) lUl.MOlt. Some die pa around looking for spiders to catch them. Atchison (Jlobe. A brand of sausnge lux Wen named after Explorer Stanley. This Is a dog gone good compliment. Peoria 2V tcripl. The youth who wtikes Up fresh as ft daisy is likely to go to bed tired if he keeps up hi freshness all day Puck. J Honesty ts the best policy. That seems to be the principal reason why some people are honest too. Somer- viii journal. Elsie "Did you know papa well be tore yon married him, mamma?" Mother (sadly) "No, dear. I didn't." -Iiarvard Lampoon. lou't speud your money for beer lit fiktlt A... I .... ... . A.. 1.1 . . HI IU Kffl) coot. 10 some oilier fellow buv tt for Terre Haute Kxirta$, ' you. a writer snva: am aomA thiny a woman doesu t know." There may be. hut no man ean tell her what iney are." iV. J . UJger. uim Mrs. urown, mere are flics caReii lo this vakeP" "O. If you please. o, '.., .k.. -.r.. ZTSVlZl,:,.: Bee ;..r tvnenever vou tiud a man wiin ; xatiure, you will find also a patient lit- "D irouian who maae his excuses to tne world. JU-hison Globe Misa Euffenne "Where did vou sav you resided in Newport Count PH vount "Kight on the bluff. Miss Eu- genne, on the bluff." 1 'he Anna. u U an' old military axiom that "aioney wins the battle." Is it in har mony with this Ulea that, so manv iv me iiurur I nuaaetpnia ITtSS. Little Boy -ra. what is a trunk railroad?'' Jather "Well, my son, i expect tne railroad that coe to Saratoga H a trunk line." Texas SijX inquiring: Bor "Pa. what' a ml. nomerr-' tather "O, it s calling the tallest vessel afloat after Philadelphia. Now, go nd play, my sou." A. 1'. bhe (at the noullrv faring Una ee wnt a convention of hens." lie les, a convention coin nosed en. tirely of lay delegates." Bnrtinglon "ihouffht Von were temlinn- he Jack?'' as been fired." -What xorr "tJouldn t raise 10 cents' worth oi roam on one cent a worth of beer. -JmmikJ t'ttss. Snodffrasa "I'd like to utiv that hill out i can t Just now. lou must give tue time. v realtor "I ion t m ml giving yon time, eternity." Life. but you seem to want 1 isiwr vt lumtttc asylum) "i see you give your patients amateur photo graph outfits to amuse them." Super intendent "No; they bring them with them." N. T. Weeklv. "For a life by vour side, mr darllno- I would give up everything I possess parents, position, wealth all." "But in that case what would there be left ror me? ' tltegende Blatter. tiTfL. Sa ... . 1 ' r ,- m lie hung on at our house last nis-ht nn C7 7 - 111 aiter 12 o'clock. Then t out out tne light and turned to Chollie and said: -iSextr " AT. 1. Herald. it is a good thin? for a man to hav 11 irons, ii u were not ror vour f : 1 , a . . . - iiieuiia vou wouia nerer oe aware or the many times vou have made a tool or yourself. 7Vrr Haute Express. I am sober and stead v. I was ten years in my last place and five in the was one before that." "But where the last place you Stale's prison. Phi worked." "tu the prison.' Ptulatletf.hia 7Y?n-, 'Maria, how many beers have I had?" "Six." "What, aix already? You actually terrify me. However. suppose you brinjr me another to take away my fright." Fttegemle tit alter. Little Girl (durini a thunder-storm "Mamma, do thev have music in Rearen?" Yea. mv deitr." Little. Girl "Well. I gtie Wagner must lie leading the orchestra." A". 1. Weekli. Beg-JTS "I wonder tvhv Mr. 4hin won't let her hul:tnd eu'iplov a femalo typewriter operator?" Fusrirs "Don't you Know? Mie was his former tvoe- wnter oiivrator herself." Mutism" i rrvfy. 'When I asked her to marrv she be gao to shrink like likea flannel shirt." "4 ht a an odd comparison: what do youmeau?' "Jut what I sav. She got up around mv neck." PiiaM- j'tta Tim s. lhe banditti, Henrietta, were high- watmen. In tliia coiintrv band ditties are played hv hisrhnavmen. Germans cliiefiV, who may lie m'usii-i.-iiis at Iteart but never so anywhere else. .V. Y. Vommerctal. And -on call that young Sera ties v a musician?"' -So he i. and a good one. --e.l, for a imisician he keciis l. I -,... ...... MiocMiigiy oad time, tte didn t come in this morning until near 4 o'clock Philadelphia Times. McMackin "Didn't vea ohromise me th' psition av dosr-lrowner if I supported yez?" Alderman O Fenellv "Oi did not." McMackeft '-Hivin bless th' phonograph! Listen t' th wur-ruds yea said." Judge. ixjoevoient "Well, tritz. vou c-ot wnipied in si liool to-davP" -Yes. Imt it did not hrt" "But vou cert a i nl v nave oeen crvmsr?' "O. 1 wanted to let the teacher have a little pleasure oui 01 11. riteqeHtie mnUer. Robinson "Thev sav that hicconyh iug caused by drinking can be stopped vy puiiiDg a lump 01 ice in each ear. iieuinuu - Dili, men, now do vou stop the earaches?" Robinson 'I ake another drink." American Grocer. M'ermit me. madam, to present vou with this" "O, sir. but I really can- "oi accept anything of value from you."" "Pardon me, but it is only a volume of my poems." Ot I can ac cept it without hesitation-" Philadel phia Times. Wickwire "Now vou have m-a.ln.it- eu, 1 suppose you feel readv to earn yonr own livine?" Younr Pott- Earn my living? If I can't tret a liv ing without earning it I might just as " c'i oave siaiu out 01 college. i vrre 17 . t.. . 0 "www juxjjtcss. . "Marriaire is indeed'a lotfppr." ;.h ed tomnoddy, after a tiff with his wife. "And we both drew orizes: returned the lady. "Ah!" said T., some- wnat mourned. "Yes. You irot capital prize, and I took the booby." Harper Bazar. She (yawning as the clock Is on the r'"' " "iuo isn i mere a game piayeo with cards in which nn gets out ana the other stays in?" He "Yes; it's called p " "Well, let's oiay it. k 11 stay in. tie didn t Btav long ai ong after that. &orritown Herald, No," said a yonn!! man aIo.it town who is distinguished by an utter lack of the retiring disposition which makes so many men failures in life. "I never toot a sea bath in my life." J'Ah!" was the rejoinder, "that explains why the ocean is salt." Washington Post. It was 11:30 p. m. -Harry." said the Congressman's daughter, "this is the tilth .time you have thought something to say just after you picEea np yournat. -vy hy er yes so it is," said Harry. "And I don't think filibustering is a bit fair." Wash ington Post. Sleeker "Yes, sir; I always kept a liiiiry. And there iifvor was nn etitry in that diary which I would have beeu ashamed that my mother or my sister should see," Hnffuo "Same here. I utd to put dawn candy' for cigars and xmidi liM' for drinkable." boston Trnnwtpt. Lawyer "If anybody asks for mi till.- afu-rnoou tell thxm I am railed away on mo.t nrfint Imalne!." UlUee Boy "Ye, air," (.Halt an hour later.) m ranger 'i Mr. iuiii mr ' Umoe Boy "No. sir; he's been called away to the hnau-imil pamo on most urgeul uusi uess. icuci. Rx term In at trig Hata. I he best eonrae to take, when the extermination of it colon v of rata be comes a neceilt to make them helti to destroy one another In the following milliner, says me lornnin Miitjaztnt, A number of tuba, pnmoritonate to the quantity of mti In tho plaeo it is dew rel to rid of !hcm..tthould be placed iont. the midille of each occupied by a di-ick 8tauiiin' on etui, l lie bottom or these tuba should lie covered with water to such it depth that about an men oi tne urick nrolects above it. The top of the tub ahould be covered I "ivu I nil ii, u.ou WIIH-U witii stout brown M,uyn ' fl"' nd other crapsdear to tho r scraps dear to the rat palate tlcures- a sloping board giving the rodents fa cilities for partaking of it. The feast should be renewed for several niciit. so that all the rats in the neighborhood may get to know of the good food which is placed within anch nv raM, Whcu it fa judged that this policy has been pursued long enough, the center or the brown paier should be cut in such a manner that any rat venturing upon it will be precipitated Into the vuiu w met ikiow, 11 nugnc oe tuougnt that the result of this would be to cap ture a rat, or at the most two, for every tuo prepared, but no such meager reward for the trouble that has been taken need be feared. lhe tirst rat to And his trust abused and himself struggling in the wa ter at me oottom 01 a tub soon re covers sufficiently front the shock to ascertain that there Is a little island of refuge, onto which he clambers and squeals his loudest for help. Now, the squeal of a rat in trouble attracts everyone of his kind within hearine-. and very few moments will elapse be fore the victim of misplaced conlidence is joined by one of hit friends. The new comer is as quick to discover the chance of escape from a watery grave mat tne brick otters as was the original victim, but when he attempts to avail himself of its presence it become ap parent mat mere is not room for mora than one upon it. The first comer re sists with tooth and nail the efforts of his companion in trouble to dispossess oiru oi voixn 01 vantage, and the squeals which form an accompaniment to the fight for a foot ins uoon the brick attract more rats to the scene of the tragedy. 1 he conflict waxes more and more furious as rat after rat top ples into the water, and bv morning bedraggled corpses in plenty will gladdeu the eyes of the man whose losses at the teeth of rats have induced him to adopt this meens of thinninir iiitir numoers. some years ago the pian uescnoeu aoove was tried in a city warehouse, with the result that more than 3,000 rats were destroyed iu a single nignc An Incident at Sea. Sometimes on board an Atlantio steamer an incident occurs which causes huuiau syniotihy to bridge for an lustant the t.iil kitiin th first cabin and the steerage. As when, for instance, on the first day of May a young married woman in the steerage became the mother of a tiny girl, and in mid-ocean the passenger total was suoaeniy increased by one. trreat was the excitement amonir the children in the first cabin when they neam mere was a new oaov tn the steerage. "it a such a long way for an antrel to ny witnout resting." exclaimed Phyllis, aged six, to Lillian, aged four. mat they don t often brinsr them to ships. But I a pose he just felt like coming, it was such a lovely moonlight I wish the antrel had brunar it to me," whimpered Lillian, "i heard tha doctor tell mamma that the mother who got it was onlv a little girl.1 uontcrr. L,tiuan." savs I'hvllia. Yon know Pollr. our atewardesa? ell. she says it's awful pink, and they're going to call it May flower. Isn't that nice?" "OB, mjr savs Lillian. "Let's tret a 101 01 presents, ami sro ast me trover. ness 11 sne won 1 borrow it and let us 9m ... " . "7 baptize it" The baptism is oostnnned. tint urea. cs. ,. . . - .: i ents arrive, and from all Quarters. Flannels, wine, bonbons, and tovs find me motner and child in the steerasre hospital. The toys are perhaps a little premature for a miss iust three davs uiu. oui me cniiaren wno send them 11 . , ., , refused to be denied the pleasure of giving, and the prudent grandmother carefully puts them away against the time when they will be needed. a iie nospuai nurse, a comely vouds- woman in a neat black dress, crisp apron, anu uainty is.ee cap, holds the little mite on the pillow by the proud juuog roomer wnue me snip roils and tosses, aad the artist braced strain t the doorway, sketches the sympathetic little group for Harper" n'eetlu. The hospital Is neat and ship-shape, but very small. W hile the artist sketches, me nappy lamer and dotin? Era ml. motner Btana outside, and vainly try . , . . ... . J c? 10 uiuueraie uieir uenirmea smiles. Iheyareall jroinsr to visit the old home in Scotland, and the grand mother explains that although little Mayflower "is a wee bit bairn ie noo. she II aye be bigger coomin' back." mtimie oucnanan uooaman, tn Harper s neen-iy. The Water Ousel. Away tip on the mountain side.whem tne numerous streams end their way m-rongn aeep, uarK canyons down tn tne pulse beat of old ocean, is the na tural summer home of the water ousel. me strangest of all strange birds. You seldom see more than one of them at a time, according to the Tacoma Idner. They are of a dark blue color, and are easily recognized by a peculiar quick. icrKiug motion, w men tney never seem to tire of. And as thev flit from rock to rock they are continually bobbing up iuu uuwn, periorming gucn a polite little courtesy as would cause vou to am ue 10 see 11. . , . r v- Owing to their peculiar habits and the isolated spots they select to build their nests, no one but the most ardent sportsmen and naturalists succeed in finding them. Hence a water ousel's ucs. nuu . wo vi ineir eggs in it nas a commercial value among nest collect ors of 25. They always build their nests jinn back of some waterfall op under some overhanging bank, where they have to go through or under tha water to get to it. Another strange habit of thU hirt u the deliberate manner in which thev appear to commit suicide. Th wth start slowly, very slowly, to wade right iown into the water until they disap pear from view, but if tha elear and vou hare a Bh.i m AY -Ok of ;an still see their little dark form ding had ing to the bottom in search of their morning repas t, which consists of peri- nodes. New York stale has 644 G. A. T-L posts and 10,758 members. . j "UNCLE JIMMY" FAIR. tua Advice to a Hired llihtar to Qo to wraw valley and rroipeet. Hard stories are told of United States senator I air's liberality (P) and meth ods, and the old miner of the Com stock often get back at him In this way. Ills crafty under handedness. ifjnornnce. craviug tor enviable no toriety and like characteristic, form tne groundwork for these Tarns, of which the following of local flavor Is a snmpie: I .. ..a . .a uu 01 -unci Jimmy a - He was "Uncle Jimming" among the miners admirers among the aagnHriiKh peas antry wna icte f itzgemld. TlKitiirh unknown to fame in California, Pete was as renowned 011 the lode in his day as Peter Jackson, or Senator Fair now Is throughout the world. He was a "hired tighter' In the Hum vheu the mines up there were worth lighting kuooi. n. niren iigiuer, l should bo explained for the enllghti-iiitient of tho tenderfoot, was a bohemlan of the nUtnl who for ) a day mid the assurance of protection from the annoyances of the law. was wont lo lend himself, his re volver and tne terror of his name to any employer. lieu a hired fighter n'i in a proiessionai way put a man or two underground he was eiven to icei mat no uai established a perma Pent claim 011 somebody. One sunny niicriioon. aoout ten years ago. Pete offered his hand to Senator Fair in the Virginia wur postoiiico, and it was shaken cordially. I here being noth ing doing in the lighting line. Fitzger ald asked for work iu the mines of which Mr. talr was in control. " ell. Pete." said the senator, in his friendly way. "ye see I've nothln' to do wi' the mines here noo. The su MMlutemtouts an' foremen run thing I. a tl .1 a . . " ii ns 11 mey owned them, air care no more for what I say than if I was yerif." "By Jupiter." growled Fitzgerald. "I ve got to get work at something or 1 11 Hiarve, aure,' -rosectlu pretty good," suggest ed the senator. "I think ye might go insjeciin 1 etc. U here? ' 'Oh. over Grass Vallev wav. l'v no doubt there a many a eood claim to ue iouuii in mat out country yet." "All rlirht. senator" cried Fltj-r,r. aid brightening up. "but I'm dead broke. Mow am I to eet thereP" ell." said Mr. Fair, with nndl mm ished cordiality, but making a move to leave; "well, the walkin's pretty 5001. TTitli heightened color, but in man lier as calm as if he were on duty in a disputed drift. Hired Fighter Finger- tin readied lorili hi r hrhl liand.eauo-ht Mr. tnira nose between his first and second ti Hirers and trave it a twist that nearly took it off. fo appalling an outrage was. of course, not spoken of by tho Comslock pn-. but some irreverent journalist telegraphed the news to the San Fran cisco papers. 1 hen. to the astonlsh- ishiiient pf T irginia City, a card. jigiit-u oy ruzgeraid. appeared, stat ing that there had been no nose-twist- iug. and that if Peter had a friend In the world whom he adored it was Sen- tlor ritir. When asked iu nrivata woj ic nan none mis me hired lighter was wont to execute a slow wink and pat his pocket in an absent-minded a. I. . ft. I. .. . I .1 . .1 . . . '.. . way. The Discontented Man- Truly was he an honest cvutleman but hard to live with, and much given to discontent and fault-Hading. So it came to pass that tradesmen were lit tle inclined to sell him wares. The tailor would have his doublet turned back on his bauds because of a seam. or, belike, becanso the cloth of the cajie was not of flemish dye. and with his ahoon anil hoscn he never was sat- sued, lhe cook because the meat was too much or too little roasted, or the sauce not to the master's taste, was sorely troubled, and the eroom was orten roundly held to task on account of the hides of the horses. My ladv's . . , , - . - . niouincners ami iarmins'a es caused him much vexation of snirit as did his children's garters. And when he went to neaven. and St Peter took from Ids own stores a halo and bid him wear it bit, being as over-particular in heaven as he had been on earth, ouoth mv fine gentleman: "Prithee, is this the last fashion hereabouts? It does not fit me. See you not it falleth down over my ears? The gold of the halo wants refurnishintr. It looketh for all the world like unto . brass. I fear me it is not of the Tower stamp. I deem some low person hath worn it before and shabbied it and I came not here to wear what is second-handed." And so ha went on complaining sore. to stop ma clatter, which was nn. seeming In heaven, St Peter said onto him: "It is well, thou man hard to please. Thou ahalt have thy earth ly frippery." And ao the bonnet ho naa wora when he was alive was hmnirht nnlA ktm miA ft. a ..f. don it and a pitiful sight was he, for in time his wo rid I V habiliment becamit 01a ana tarnished, and a aorrr aaint did he look like. The Stranded Hu morist. No Flag of Trace. It was the closinf day at Fred- ericKSburir," says Gen. Kershaw, "when a man by the name of John Kirklan came rushing into headquarters and said: -General, I can't stand it any longer.' Referring to tha wounded lederals lying in front of our breast works, he said: 'Those poor fellows yonder are crying for water they are perishing for water and I came to ask yonr permission to go out thera and carry them some.' "Said I: 'Kirklan. vou know it would be almost certain death.' "Yes, aaid he, 'but I win risk it for humanity's sake.' "1 aon t think I ousrht to ve you was ao permission to tro .' said I. but . struck with his heroism that I let him go. lie gathered some canteens, filled them with water and went over the breastworks. He got a few steps and came running back; I thought his courage had failed him, but he came to me and asked if he might put up a white handkerchief. Said I: 'No. Kirklan, we don't propose to use any flag of truce on this occasion.' Vile got his canteens and went over tne breastworks a Brain and went about from man to man trivinz the wounded water. At first the enemy fired at him, but as soon as they saw his pur- l. Aw. a n .1 1 f out there until lie bad given water to ft-uc, DiuLrinm, suit -OH remained every one 01 tnose poor fellows." At lanta (institution. Closes Hla Saloon with Prayer. A saloon man has been found in Washington who closes his place with prav-er. His application for a renewal of license having been rejected on tha ground mat his place bore a bad name. ho appeared before Commissioner Robert in his own behalf. In reply to the question Do you shut up prompt at midnight?" he answered: "When ten untunes to 12 comes, I kneel down, say my praynsrs, and shut up-" A Big Catch. A diver who. was wortlnc at tha f A..i . . . . r. ivuuuuiuu ui a rauroaa bridge near coise city. Idaho, cave a. aicmal tn ha hoisted quickly. When ha trot tn tha surface he held fast a aiTtv-ffea salmon tlatba had caught by the gUla. IN REGARD TO SUNSTROKE. The Thing tn be Hone to Aeld It, of Mtifn It Mrcnra, nunsiroKo is one or tne silnlctiniis to winch immunity Is liable In summer, anng tne nolle-t of tho weather. Heat and itioisturu together seem to be the couniti ns most favorable to its oc iMiireiu-e. mr niomnire ill win 111 a r prevent the radimlon of heat from the iKidy. mid tl i'iinal fever, or sunstroke. as It is called, is probttlilr an ovci-hent- Ing of the blood, producing chcinlcul or fcrnientive cli angc Iu it which me Inimical to luiallh mid en n to life. When, therefore, ilnilu-r td,, heated term, one who has U'eii epoed to the sun's heated rats in a humid atmos phere begin to suffer from headache. giidiness. nausea, and disturbance of sight, accompanied with sudden nnd great prostration oflhe physical force, sunstroke is pioliuhly Imminent. If such a one is wise, he will, when the symptom sl.ovo given inniilfesi themselves, immediately seek 11 cool place and make tne of some rest ora I'vcs. such as aromatic ammonia. At:. and he nnfy avoid further trouble, but if he mthImis with his business, he nill don bl less soon become very ill, which Illness usually takes the form of l.e-il exhaustion, hcut aiioplex v. or irenuinp sunstroke, the thermic fever of smite wilters. Those who are exhausted hr the heat have a cool, moist skin, a rapid, weak pulse and respiration movement, and the impil of the eye is dilated. In fact the symptoms are those of collapse. These patients will probably recover promptly, an event which may lie hastened br the use of a tonic and restorative treatment Those who suffer from heat mmi,!,r frequeiitly become uurouscioii at the outset. The heart ami breallilng ap paratus are not markedly disturbed and the pupil may be normal, but un consciousness deepen and the case runs on to a tiiutl termination. An rterr has been broken In th l,r.tn and the poored-out blood pressing 011 the nerve , centres, bring about the fatal event A treatment calculated to draw the blow! from tha brain to the extremities, hot foot baths, bleeding. Ac, promises to be the most useful "in urh cases. The thermic fever natfent Is imeoii. leious and convulsed, and his ImkIv temperature may be 108 degree Fah renheitthat Is. about ten degrees above normal. The skin of this uatient feel as though it would burn vour hand when laid thereon. In this case the thorough and promot aunlication of cold is needed. . Ice to the head and cold water to the body geuerally will be in order. Medical ad Ico and assistance should be promptly had in either of the two ease last refi lled to. Complete re covery from sunstroke is rare, tha brain being permanently crippled or (reeled. Residence in a cold climate. it is said, affords most hoi for such patients. Boston lltrald. How to I'se nine. All the jrlne as received from the factory repiii-es ti e u-htiiion of water before it will melt proiierlv. and every auniiioo 01 water inline tne irnie is .1 I , . , - . ... . . z freslV made) will, up to a certain point. increase the adhesiveness and elastici ty; and it Is the duty of every man who uses glue lo tint! out Just where the point lies, as it is possiMe to melt glue and have it so thick that after it is dry or set it will be so brittle as not to adhere to tho wood. Some trluea win bear more water than others, ac cording to the Manuftu-turer and Build er, but all will lcar more than nsuallr fall to their share, mid Hint, too, with greater Increase in the quality of the work. For glue to bo propertr effect ive it requires to iK-nelrate the pores of the wood, and the more a body of glue penetrates the wood the more sub stantial the Joiut will remain. Glue that takes the longest to dry is to be preferred to clues that dry uuicklr. the slow-drying glues being always the strongest, other things being equal. ror general use no met hoI rives such good results as the following: Break the glue up small, put into an iron kettle, cover the trine with water and How it to soak twelve hours: after soaking-boil until done. Then pour Into an air-tight box; leave the cover off until cold; then cover up tight. As glue is required cut a portion and melt in the usual way. Expose no more of the made glue to the atmosphere for any length of time than is necessary. as the atmosphere is yery destructive to mane giue. never beat made glue in a pot that is subjected to the direct heat of fire or lamp. All auch methods of heatine clue cannot be condemned in terms too severe. Do not use thick glue for joints or veneering. In all cases work it well into the wood in a similar manner to what painters do with paint Glue both surfaces of your work, excepting in the case of veneer ing. Never glue upon hot wood, or use hot cauls to veneer with, as the hot wood will absorb all the water in the glue too suddenly and leave only a rery small residue, with, no adhesive power in it Defacing m Counterfeit Bill. I happened to be in the United States sub-treasury on Wall at rapt th other day, aays iH. Y. Star gossiper, and was rather amused at a little incident I witnessed. A eentleman entered. and, approaching one of the clerks. handed him a 20 bill and asked if it were counterfeit. Tho clerk took it. went away, and in a few minutes re turned and banded out the bill without a word. Cut across its face with a die was the word "Counterfeit" The rage of the owner knew no bounds. Confound vou!" he shouted.. ! didn't ask you to destroy the bill. I simply asked vdu to tell me if it were counterfeit It's worthless now." "It never was of any value." mlldlv responded the clerk, "and tha rule of tho department is that alt bills offered in this way must be defaced when counterfeits before returning them to the party presenting them.,r .wow mat." remarked the examiner to me, "is an almost daily occurrence. A man gets a counterfeit bill passed on him and, being in doubt he comes in here to ask about it. and it isdestroved for him.. He is naturally indignant as doubtless he gave value for it and would like to have a chance to nnss it off on somo one else. But the law is Imperative on us and we must destroy all such bills under penalty. If that man had taken hla bill to a bank it would have been returned to him O. K., but he made the mistake of bring ing it here. Tire national banks are supposed to deface counterfeits as well as the treasury. They seldom do it however perhaps not one case out of 100. They are afraid of insulting a customer." Water in Cities. Paris supplies Its inhabitants with 81,000,000 gallons which can be used for drinking and 100.000.000 gallons more used in manufactures and to water the streets. This is only one half more than the averaee of 90.0O0. . 000 gallops Philadelphia uses, and yet Paris has two and a half times as large a population. If Paris got as much water as Philadelphia, and used water as freely iu every house, it would need 225, XX), 000 gallons instead of 131,000. 000. Out of 6,740,000 children in the Jap. anese empire 2,800,000 are enrolled la the public schools. The Pootllght rever. "Tell me, , 1 1 ray you. little one, what would 11 libs I.. I.-, ' 1 toon ih irt auttf ul haby girl and held her on . . . tnr knee. " hut VmkI I Hk to U V she lisped,' and site looked like an infant are. Oo won't tell nolHHljr never, nowf 1 want 10 o uu nm utte." "w hat la ymir aim, oh Sweet H!tjeDf" and ine nariina murmured; "Well. I vo no objection lo atiswerluit yooi of course on iiomin k leu. rim k now that elegant leading man, whom all 1 lie irlrla adore? U t nie .y nmtflMlts tar la to hitn, and I'll ask mr noming morer M 4i ton. v-nur dulnty home to rae a paradise iii-am." She wua a arl of womanhood, wedded a doacn J etftm. "(Hi, yen. we'd ret on well enough." she aaid with a kind of lh, If he'd let me act. but he says 1 ahsn't and 1 it mo 11 or i 11 aiu. -What do you wlshf" I blandly aaked of en old and withered dame, . Who hohhted In elth mr laundry work. She oem ami a irme lame. T eu, you ee, ahv answered mo, "my Work too Itanl hv r-r, It's a ixmitive faet that I can act, and I d like to be a mar." -Kdward B. Kidder In tt. T. Press. CHINESE 40SSES IN NEW YORK. The Old One Ilea Lost Hla Orlp and Name la Dennis. Ills vne 01 1 lie most interesting an a . a .a. nouncements mat nas recently come from that unique locality in New York know as Chinatown was to the effect that tha Chinese laundrymen of New York wore getting up a subscription for the purpose of sending to China for a new joss, whose business It would be to watch over laundrymen exclusively. ana not over merchants, gamblers. hlhlinders, and other persona, as the old josses In Chinatown have been in the habit of doinir. li'i iniiltlpiicatioa or josses In New York' Chinatown is rather an inter esting episode, says the Mail and Ex press, it ia uot so long ago that one Jos was good enough for Chinatown. He was uot much of a loss, and onlv lo the eyes of his followers was be an im pressive object If ever a loss had a soft time of it he Jul. It fa true he had to listen to the appeals of nearly iu.uuo Chinamen who live in and aoout new torn. nut. as tie never I . - . a complained, it must have been all right. 1 ins may nave oeen tor tne reason that being 01 wood he was not much given either to small talk or to undue animation. He had multifarious duties iiiouu. 11 was ins ousiness to keep the lwilleft, MWav frnm lh -1-. houses and opium joints in and around Mott street manifestly a difficult task even for a Chinese gbd to undertake to bring business to about 7,000 Chinese laundries, and. in fact to look after the interests of Chinatown generally. It did not seem to worry the joss very mucn. tie sat under a rich canopy, nnaieu me incense onerea oeiore mm. inn conuucieti nimseii generally in a very dignilied way. In one respect ho was something like some of our Poll- ticians; ho made no promises. So if he didn t do everything be was ex peeted to do no one could charge him with hat ing acted In bad faith. How. ever, no such charges were made against him. if it seemed apparent mat ne mm grautea me prayers of the faithful he was treated with special consideration by the lucky ones. If not. well and good. tin certain occasions he was treated to vast quantities of roait pie. chicken. and other delicacies, lie never ate any ..I ii. . e.a .. a . ui mem. n oouen josses uoo t run to roast big as a rule. However, it was p'aced before him, and if he bad con cluded to eat it there was nothing to pi event it. tin the occasion of a certain great ceremony, or rather a series of great ceienionies, m i-iiinaiown some time ago the colony had an experience that stirred it as it has rarely beeu stirred. lhe ceremony had been going on for evera. davs and vast Quantities of food had been placed before joss. No matter how much was placed there it disap peatvd. Chinatown got excited. Its oldest Inhabitant had never before heard of a joss with an appetite like this one. 1 he joss-house was thronged and the matter ou'ellv discussed. The joss displayed not the slightest interest in the whole matter. Neither did he show the slightest effects of overeating. There were no' signs, of indisposition or dvsiiepsia. or of the contentment that good livine- is said to bring. He was just standing pat and saying nothing. The thing went on for several days and then there was an explosion. One of the high priests, in inspecting tne joss-nouse. saw under a plat Tor m what looked like an old shoe. He pulled on it It was an old shoe, and attached to it was a man. He was a ragged specimen of a man and stood In need of washing and shaving, but he was decidedly self-possessed. "n ell. my yellow jaglets." he said. airily, "the game is up. is it? Yes? well. 1 m sorry. I ain't lived so well since me and Gould used to dine to gether. Ta-t." And with these mocking words the profauer of the temple left iust in time to save his skin, which was fairly well filled with me dainties intended for the joss. The joss appetite has been mora closely wuicneu sinco tins unfortunate oc currence. But the old joss has fallen upon evil times. When the rich men of China town got a braud-new joss-house, they uecitieo mat tne old joss was not quite np to the new mark. So they sent to China for a nnnrnilicictit cod. warrant ed to be sound iu wind and limb, and to be rcntle and obliiriuc in harness. He is doing all the hiarh-toned business in Chinatown now, and the old joss is reduced to doing business with high binders, gamblers, and the like, and even these are loosing respect for the old gentleman, for the police have been giving them a good deal of trouble of late, and they thiuk that old joss is losing his grip or this could not be. So they are about to get another joss. Give the Boy a Chance. We mean your boy. tlie little fellow you left at home this morning when you started for the store or office. lJon t forget he has wants, as real and tangible to linn as yours to you. Remember he is no more a born 'saint than you were. And if you just reflect a little you will lie ashamed to think how far from it you were. Don't forget Ii i lit as soon as his "good-by papa" fades away behind vou.' Didn't he ask you for something? a jacknife or a hammer or a new slate or some pencils or something or other? If you love your boy and wish to show him 4 1... . Z. ... .1 , . mat you uo vou mignt better forget a business appointment down town than lorcret his request. ii ne asKs you ior something your uetier juugiueut says ne snouid not have, don't be content with simply iguormg me ooy s wisn, out take the nine anu trouble to explain your reasons, uoys. even pretty little ones, are quicker than you may think to see a point. Always give a reason for re- iusai or his request, even if it is the one you too often give, that you can't anora it. And be careful bow you give that reason. It he has lost or broken his jacknife. and asks you for a new one, don't scold him. Albeit you may give hfm a nine lesson., in careiuiness, out don't tell him you can't afford to give him ten cents for a new one and then before you leave the house pull out your cigar vase anu ngnt a ten-cent cigar. The boy will be drawing invidious distinctions before yoo know It Business Chronicle. How to Eradicate Warts. "Wtrts!" exclaimed the oracla to th presiding member of the ovstcr cracker convention In a Main street grocery store in Lew 1st on recently. "Pre had Tem. yes, sir, I ve had em, but I charmed iu away." After this statement lhe members of the convention fell into silence, con sidering the departed warty days of youth, "if a man will write dowt the number of warts that he has on his nanus on the hatband of a tramp with out the tramp kuowing it the latter will carry the wart away with him." suggested George William, the elderly oi miaou wane, alter a long Silence. "Warts used to give In," he continued, - wuen vou cut one notcn on a green elder stick for every wart you had and then rubbed the stick on each wart and then buried it in the barnyard uotil it rots. That fixes 'em. Take a mac, snail, rub him on the warts and then stick him on a thorn bush. Do this nine successive nights and the n.ll. I ,.. in T . I im ine wiru win uc aeau to gether." ' "Chalk marks on the stove funnel used to fix my warts." said the Chair man oi tne meet in?. '-Get 'em od when nobody could see you and wheu- mey aisappeared the warts went too. This used to get sort of mixed when my mother saw the chalk marks and i ft aa .... . . wijftca em on. nen i used to see a funeral go by unexpectedly I used to rub the warts up and down and say. Warts and corpses pass away and nev- er more return. That was Intended to tlx m." "Charmioe warts was the popular way in my day." said the miotster. A man of elderly mien and sad fea tures was the king of charmers. I went to him anrreotitiouslv one rise and be looked tne in the eves and said something that sounded I ke 'wobblr. gobbly. gum,' and a lot more of the same interesting description. I've for gotten wnemer tne warts went or not. n e nsea to mink mat to take as many pebbles as we had warts, touch them to the excrescences, sew them in a bag, take them to the four corners of the cross-roaas ana throw the - bag over the left shoulder, would do the busi ness. The only bad feature about this was that if any person should find the bag and open it be would reap the warty treasure of the bae." LewUton VVHIWH, Skipped av Cog. I was waiting at the railroad detot at Cairo. III., and fell in with a vountr farmer and had quite a lengthy chat wun him about agricultural matters. we took the same train and trot into the smoker, and we bad scarcely left Cairo when a young man sat down in the seat facing us and began to tbroi three cards about It was the old, old game, and 1 smiled in contempt. not so wun my acquaintance, hot ever. He was at once interested, anal when I denounced the nmt as a awin .ii. ft. - i-i "well, l dnnno about that I believe 1 kin Pick out that keerd " It wasn t three minutes before ha bet ao that he could, and be won. Then lie bet 10 and won. Then be bet $10 more ana won. Xou were born luekr " said the sharper. "Don't vou want to raise vour betr - J 'l guess so. I'll go you 75 this time." I expected to see him Tna. of Mnru but be won, and as be did ao the other uttered an oath about a rod long, and put up the cards. I saw that be was greatly perturbed, and said: w bat'a the matter, old man?" a fL . , . . . . ... luiilWDllia itt ta know mv. -at n ft. - . , . . .. J u ugniy exciaimea. "i tn no proiessionai: 1 m a farmer's hrnA man Alutnt 1 . wo wet-as ago a chap came aiong ana offered to show me how to work this for 25. I took it in. J. nis is the first time I've tried it ia public." "And VOU are abont at hnntrMl fd. lars out?" exactly. Hans- me for valine cair, out the durneiL. machinery has skipped a cog. blown ont a flue. 'broke a piston rod, or bust a biler on me somewheres. and I'm so near dead broke that I can't raise a chaw of to bacco. I orter known better. Kick my shins if I ever did have sens enough to burglarize a haystack, and here I ve gone broke and mml f,w,l oi myself to boot! A. Y. Sun. Bismarck's Drinking anoT Smoking. I am only allowed." r - , ' . . J - ...... vi Bismarck "to drink thrice a dav . quarter oi an hour after each meal. uu eacn time not more than a half a bot.tle of red. sparkling Moselle, of a very light and dry character. Ke. 5""o mm UBIT, UUW1 OI WniCD I am v,,...l. ....I 1 . ft . . ... extremely foud of. are strictly forbid den 10 me; so are all the stmnn- Uhi.l.l. I a . . nuu ouauisn wines, anil eron claret For some years nnst I ! ocen a total abstainer from all thes generous liquors, much to the ad rant' age oi my health and my 'condition' in the siiortinr aennnnf lh omr,! r, , t O " Av Iftft et-iy I used to weigh over seventeen stone. By observiasr . this refrimen I brought myself down to under four teen, and without any loss of streof h indeed. with gam. Mv normal weight now ' is 185 pounds. I am "ns"t once everv , oav. bv m i- doctor's orders, and any excess of that ngure i am at once set to work to get I"1,"' ) eercise anil special regimen. I ride a good deal as well as wait. tigar smoking 1 have given uo alto- ... . , 1 . . . .. r . . . - . w.r., , i-vuiw unuer advice, it is iiciiiiitatnrg aud bad for the nerves. An tuveterate smoker, such as- I used to be, gfcts through 100.000 cigars iu his life, ir he reaches a fair average age. But he would live longer and feel better all the lime if he did without them. Nowadays I am restricted to a long jupe. happily with a deep bowl. one alter each , meal, ami I smoke notuing in it but Dutch Knatter to bacco, which is liubl. mild, and sooth ing. You will see presently: the oina comesJn with the pint of red Mosel win. It will be a whole bottle to-day. mmjuuniiisi neip me out with it. aier manes me lat so 1 mnst not drink it However, the present ar- i alignments suit me very well." The Ocean's "Under-Tow." UOUbllCSS we have all heard a ovwut deal about this "under-tow." as though -it were some mysterious force from the recesses of a treacherous ocean to draw unwary bathers to their uoom. as a matter of fact its presence . uuviuusiy natural, ana tbe explana tion oi it more than simple. As each wave rolls in and breaks upon tbe beach, the volume of water which it carries does not remain there and aink- into the sand; it flows back again, and. as the succeeding wave breaks over it the receding one forms an under-cur rent nowing outward of strength wro- puiuuuaia io me oooy or water con tained in each breaker, and. aain. proportionate in a great measure to the depth of the ditch. Where . this tatter is an appreciable depression, it can be readily seen that the water of receding waves will flow into It with similar effect of that of water gointr over a fall, and that a person standing 1 j;! ia erj iiKeiy io oe arawn over with it, and thus, if the ditch is deen cuuuci, carriea out -oi ms depth. This is all there ia to the much-talked-of "under-tow" and the numerous ac cidents laid to its account Outfield wsoorne, in ncnoner'. X r. A MOMENT OF TERROR. A Pennsylvania ('amber Find m f II Mi la If i Troaser Leg. Dr. Fampsel and J, K. Snyder, both of Centreville, had an experience re cently that tbey will never forget. They camped at tha lower dam at Swift Run near a ledge of rock on the night in question, and I fore darkness eatue upon them they scraped a lot of leaves together for a bed and provided a pile of wood to keep up a fire during the night About 10 o'clock they pre pared for sleep and drawing a blanket over them, lay down to pleaaany dreams. -7 Aloo toward 1 o'clock Mr. Snyder felt chilly, and got up to put some more wood on the fire, and then lay down and soon fell into a deep sleep, from which he was awakened by a cold object which seemed to be resting ?o flltt lfT W it I, t. ,1 ft 1 1. A I.. I- ft. u. ' r' ui.i I,JA ' " j ftw ir waiting for developments. f The next moment he felt an itrrtt scribable sensation come over hirn which seem to paralyze every nerve in his body. Realizing that there was something extraordinary the matter, he called to the doctor to hurry and get up. as something was crawling up the right kg ut hi ntsloous, and he be- lieved it was a f uake. '1 he mutds went through the doctor like an elec tric ahoft'lr. tut e-k-lno 1 a n .? . , , .1 the fire he approaehnv-Mr.., TT who was lying as it paraly seiCirua i'.i cold sweat Standing in big beads eu his forehead. Half blinded by the flickering flame of the brand, he noticed what at first looked like a broad black strap hanging out of Mr. Snyder's trouscr leg. but the next mo ment exclaimed: "My God, MockeJ, lie still, It's a rattlesnake!" Trembling like a leaf, Mr. Border seemed powerlesi to more even if he would. The condition of things was at once evident The reptile had been attracted lo the fire, and sought warmth on tWe person of Mr. Snyder. Every moment she disappeared farther up the leg. and prompt action waj necessary. Grasping the snake by the tail the doctor pulled with all bis might His hold slipped, and the rat tles, fourteen in number, came off and remained in his hand. Tbe reptile had wrapped itself around the bare skin on the man's leg. and violently shook iu derattled tail, indicating its anger at such harsh treatment This perform ance almost threw Mr. Snvder into convulsions. Recovering himself, the tloctor be- Ihouzht himself of bis knife, and. quickly opening a blade keen, as a razor, lie cut the pantaloons np to the body. This released the snake, and she quickly unwound and threw her self into a coil, ready for effective work, but before she could strike, the doctor struck her a blow with a club that cut her clean in two. Mr. Sordei was lifted by the arras and dragged away from tbe hideous serpent - and tbe next moment was on his fee scarcely able to stand. They drank the balance of theit nerve touie" out of a pint bottle. which to some extent restored their equilibrium, but sleep was out of tbe -question and they spent the balance of the night in stitching up Mr. Snyder's trousers to make him presentable, and at early dawn they pulled up stakes and took a solemn oath to never, no. never, bunk at Swift Run, again. Atiddleburgh Post - Tbey Were All Iacks. Tbe manr thefts of nonltrv and nr. duce from farmers in the email North Atlantio seaport towns by the crew of the man-of-war Powhatan some rears - i i . i . . i ago uau at ia caused toe onicers lO take action toward punishing the of fenders. Tbe men were all no tified that dire punishment would be inflicted upon them if tbey continued in their nefarious practice, nd for a while a chicken could stroll aloag the beach with the utmost impunity while the vessel was in port This did not last long, however, and one day while the ship was anchored in a small sea port some of the mea asked to be al lowed to go ashore. When the officer of tke deck was importuned for per mission he replied: "lea, you may. but II I hear of rou robbing a nen roost 1 will put yon ia donble irons for twenty days." "Pat" Harvey, an Irishman, who act ed as spokesman promised that no -hen roosts would be robbed, and the men left tbe ship. .r-arly next morning a& irate farmer came on board and swore that the men bad entered his barn and carried off several hundred pounds of poultry. All who went ashore . were ca'led Up and the officer of the deck, who hap pened to bethe same that let the mea off, pounced upon Harvey. uioo t you," be cried. "Dromise not to rob a hen house if I let you go ashore?" "Sure Oi did. sir." replied Harver- "We didn't take a hen. sur: thev're all ducks." . Harvey was right. There were eighteen ducks found when tlie mesa chest was searched, bnt there was not a single chicken among tbem. N. Y. Heraid. , . . Cores for Obesity. "The number of nostrums for tho re duction of obesitv which have been ont npou tbe market during the last two months." said the manager of an upper Brojidway drug store, "is almost with-' ont limit Here, for instance, are four remedies, all designed for this particu lar ailment and every one of them has been turned into onr hands for sain within the month." He olaeeil two bottles, a pill-box. and a tin can full of powders in a row on the - show-case. They were ail incased in neat wrap pers, and every one of them had a name which suggested corpulency, but " did not use tlie word fat. "All of these remedies." said tho old druggist quietly, "are claimed to be made of special ingredients, but they are noth ing more :hao Eoaom salts in one form or the other. W i never recommend . them, but wo have to keeo thum on sal owing to tbe steadily increasing de mand for all medicine of this sort. It is not that thev are esueciallv deleter ious. .They siiutdv have "the uma weakening effect that Epsom salts have if taken every day for a month or two. Naturally they reduce the weight, but " the flesh comes right on again as soon as the salts are stopped. You can Im agine the prices the public pay for these things when yon reflect that our prone on this bottle of stuff is 60 cents It is sold for $1, and I bare no doubt that the manufacturer clears SO cents) n every bottle." A. T. Sun. Mrs. YantterbiH's Wonderful Bed. Mrs. Willie K. Vauderbilt is aaid to have tbe most imposing bed in New York. It revives the ancient style of posts and canopies, and it stands en throned, as it were, on a raised plat form, two steps high, in the center of her room, which has four windows looking out. two on Fifth avenue, and twoxra Fifty-second street. The bed stead is of rosewood and the canopy used to be lined with an enormous plate-glass mirror, so that the sleeper could see her face and figure as lono as she kept awake, but this vulgar thing has been removed and is now're placed by the more conventional panel of old-rose satin. Chatter. A Big Tree, The largest tree in the state of Wash ington is a hollow pine, thirty feet Ut diameter at the base.