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with a love as inexhaustible and inextinguish
able as that which our dog gives to us? The
child especially finds in the faithful creature
ILD WITHOUT PET ANIMALS IS much of its own impulsive and ardent life;
the delight in little things, the ready curiosity,
A SOLITARY BEING.
tho ceaseless activity, the quick changes of
occupation, the unabated interest in existence.
kf Toilet Soap—Something More Than Kittens, again, seem sent to give to a child
usekeeping — A Farmer’s Mistake— just what the dog leaves out; the more re
fined ways, the soft playfulness, tho gentle
lldren’s Friendships—What City Phy- domesticity, the willingness to be tended and
ians Tell The Chicago Daily News.
¡jetted. Kittens about the house supply the
smaller punctuation in the book of life; their
ie effects of anger upon the human milk little frisks and leaps and pats are tho com
again be likened to the effect of a mas and semicolons and dashes, while the big
terstorm
upon the dairy. Both are
in dog puts in the colons and periods.
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[ electrical storms, only human passioir
Animals, again, give to us, even by what
in it a more refined evil than mere acid. | they receive and evoke from us, the habit of
■nore violent and crazy the anger the I care and tenderness. Those petted dogs we
Ber the danger. As ono may become ac- I see carried in the arms of young girls in
■nod to largo and repeated doses of fashionable equipages are rarely a substitute
Bi, so, no doubt, an infant may (other for the natural object of such emotion, they
■»stances favoring) become somewhat are rather a preparation or intermediate pos
fed against the pernicious effects of milk session that precedes it; something that is
J is subject to more or less frequent more than a doll and less than a human child.
pas of passion, but if the child does escape Mr. Carnegie tells us that he saw at a large
pe an<l dangerous physical illness, it will New York stable a card nailed up giving for
Uy. in the transforming of milk to flesh, the coachman the address of the proper phy
he a most undesirable inheritance of sician to be called upon if the favorite dog
K?ter. A general irritability, bad tem- should be ill. He also tells us of a young
fthe result of trials poorly stood up to lady who, having to go on a journey, had to
Bally—may keep the babe in constant leave her favorite collie to some one’s special
fat. and no one knows what ails the buby, attention, and Mr. Carnegie suggested that
iso cross.
as he had given her the dog, it might be per
f hat lias been said of anger may be said fectly safe to leave her with him, “or rather
|ie other unhappy emotions, impressing with Jack and the horse.” With a grave
Biild after their kind, not always percept- shake of the head, she answered, “I have
but none the less surely. On the con- thought) of that; but it won’t do; he requires
y, states of love, joy, peace, etc., act as a woman’s care.” Here the woman and the
»powerful tonics, and physiological action favorite met on equal terms; neither could
Boil under their stimulus in perfection. do without the other. The care given by the
■ the secretions are, as it were, happy; young girl was simply the anticipated ten
Btion and assimilation take place in the derness of a mother tor a child.
her harmoniously and unconsciously, and
The self control that must be learned in
jpilk becomes perfect in its properties, the dealing with animals is in itself an education.
I literally drawing in health, happiness One of the child’s first lessons in governing
■eace.”—Dr. T. P. Mills.
its impulses is when it finds that the kitten
PLEA FOR THE BOTTLE.
cannot be caught by running and shouting,
B needs no argument to show that infante but by quiet and measured approaches. The
I probability derive a large amount of control of animals, from the lamb to the
jive exhilaration from the act associated lion, is not a matter of force, but of gentle
Inursing, and the inference is plain that ness and a steady eye. Impulses that seem
■»privation may entail considerable dis- the very strongest in animals, as the disposi
■tage. It has always seemed to me tion of dogs to chase cats or bite, can be bet
I to thus early cut off the pleasures of ter overcome by accustoming them very early
I ^ho bottle and its appurtenances, to the sight and touch of the weaker crea
lover, can be kept clean, but not without tures than by any blows. All this is a lesson
■nployment of a good deal more time«Jt>4 to the child, and it unconsciously learns the
■han is usually bestowed ui>on it. The application to itself. In days when oxen
te and nipple should bo afforded a brush were employed largely on our farms it used
■own. Were I, in order to be explicit, to be a common thing at a “oattle show” to
■ vo directions for cleaning a nursing see some sunburnt farmer’s boy drive in a
fe, I should say whsh both bottle and yoke of half grown steers, and win the ad
|e well separately in plain water. Then miration of all the men by the gentle skill
■them, both for five minutes in a 2 per with which be handled them. Oil a farm
| solution of borax in water, scrub them near my summer home there is a flue bull,
[with the aid of the brush, borax water which is better controlled and led by a boy of
leap. Tho nipple should be turned in 13 than by anybody else. Their surely is, as
put and scrubbed. Rinse them all well Heino says, an occult sympathy between
fal times in plain water. Hang the children and animals, as between two races
is and nipple separately in a dry place not sundered very long ago.—T. W. Higgin
son in Harper's Bazar.
■needed.
■other point of importance often over-
id is tho necessity of givfbg to infants
Use of Toilet Soap.
■onally some water to drink. During
The opinion that of such a necessary article
lot weather, when evaporation from tho os soap for the toilet one can’t use too much,
|go?s oil so fast, nothing will satisfy tho is an opinion which late researches in science
Bids of tbo body, oven of an infant, so disprove. The attraction of the alkali in it
its a drink of good, plain, pure water.”— for the oil of tho skin as well as for its un
Bobert Tilley.
clean accumulations, constitutes its cleansing
DANGERS THAT BESET.
property. Out of the 7,000,000 pores through
■der tho enervating influence of great which nearly two pounds of poisonous ox
■tendencies toward death, dormant be- halation daily pass from the adult, coiuo
■jecomo potent. Tho weak link in the enough materials in a short time to produce
| is brekon. W hatover tho predisposition fatal and filthy diseases. An eminent physi
leas? may havo been, the depression of cian has declared that “if the skin be moder
i<is tho exciting factor becomes tho ‘last ately active, three or four days suffice to
her that break’s tho camel’s back.’ The form a layer which may be compared to u
*r tho animal tho greater are the dangers thin coating of varnish or sizing.” As this
»set early life, because the period of accumulation increases and decomposition
■ssness is prolonged in tho ratio of special follows it is not necessary to describe tho re
■fence. Parental intelligence does not sult. What agency but soap can remove it?
■pace with racial tendencies, however;
Many good authorities declare that water
■t enough when wo find that:
alone is sufficient, except at rare intervals.
Hnfants are fed upon starchy food before There are oil glands as well as excretory
■olivary glands are developed, and at- ducts, and for no idlo purpose has nature pro
■l are made to raise babies upon beer, duced these tiny human oil wells. Inunction,
Kriddlo cakes, potatoes, skim milk, sour or the external use of oil, has a recognized
l^or even if the milk be good it is often place among the prescriptions of some famous
■ from unclean bottles.
modern physicians, who in this way soek to
■Tho two extremes of wealth and poverty restore that necessary property of which tho
■ neglect of offspring. In the one caso body has been deprived by the excessive use
less nurses are iutrustod with tho infant, of soap or bv disease. They claim that it
hi tho other neglect is unavoidable.
enables the patient to resist cold, that its
|Zymotic diseasos leave as sequoias scrof- nutritive qualities convey heat to those or
| or some other depressed condition that gans which require it, that it gives a sense of
■eeds the push of exhaustion, however exhilarating freshness, and that it is not only
bed, grave ward.
soothing in cases of nervous depression,
Brents should know that milk is the only but it is capable of strengthening weak lungs.
•r food for young children, and that For this purpose almond oil, cocoanut, olive
te animal aud vegetable diet is hurtful oil or vaseline are daily applied by the aid of
nr season and especially so in hot weather, vigorous rubbing. To all such treatment and
it medicines and foods—especially sootli- in most cases where inunction is not required,
Irups, that always contain op um—help tho daily application of soaps is injurious.
■tie ones out of the world."—Dr. 8. V.
“What uncleanly habits!" some one ex
fcger.
claims. Not so. Plenty of -soft water, a
coarse
wash rag, hand friction and a Turkish
FEEDING INFANTS.
i tho food over so wholesome in quality towel, with soap applied at rare intervals,
list be perfectly clean. Probably as and the skin should retain the delicate smooth
(babies die from good milk and food ness of an infant Those milk baths indulged
nas soured and become tainted by ex in by the ancient Roman emperors and em
ite os dio from want of tho right food. presses owed their emollient properties to
7 a physician will refuse to allow an the oil contained in the milk. Every old
1 woman to wean her baby; what mat- nurse knows, too, that weakly children orc
lough ho knows her milk is not the best sometimes injured by too frequent ablutions.
be child, but at least it is clean and is Dry rubbing is often the safest opiate for a
nervous little one, answering many of the
hinted when it reaches the stomach.
Boil a teaspoonful of powdered barley in purposes of soap.
An eminent pbysicifln and scientist lately
I or a pint and a half of water, with a
¡salt, until barley is cooked. Leavo it told me that ho seldom used soap in his daily
bath.
“It makes the skin dry, hard and
L well covered; when settled skim all
irities from the top carefully and strain; harsh, and renders me much more liable to
with an equal quantity of boiled milk if take cold through any changes of the
[is 6 months old, or only one-half milk if weather,” said he. “At the same time, no
ban 6 months. Older babies more milk. rule can be given for the soap. Some per
| bottle and mouthpiece in bow] of water sons secrete oil much more readily than
knot in use. When baby is costive use others, and to such soap is more of a neces
■al instead of barley. Infants of 6 sity," and he spoke much upon the desirabil
lbs may havo beef tea or soup once a ity of using a pure soap or none at all. —Hes
Babies of 10 or 12 months may have ter M. Poole in Good Housekeeping.
[of broad and piece of rare beef to suck.’
be above qre substantially the directions
Something More Than a Ilonaekeeper.
Ceding infanta presented by Dr. Jacobi
A wife and mother needs to be more than a
be Public Health association of New good housekeeper; »he must be iu ail things
t, and t ieso rules have since by experi- the mistress of ths howe. the companion of
oeen found correct and proper to follow, her husband and children. Now, what kind
r child may need other food if it does not of a companion to anybody is a woman who
b; go and ask your doctor what to give is all wrapped up in her houseworki Tbo
tore it fails sick.”—Dr. Ferdinand Hen- children ask her questions about something
that has taken place, probably in her own
THE CLOTHING.
vicinity, that any one would be supposed to
I my experience -the first wrong thing I know, and are sent to the father for informa
t is the clothing of the child. Until a tion. They very soon come to the conclusion
is well past the critical period of teeth- that mother isn’t snppooed to know anything
hnnel should always l>e worn over the outside of housekeeping, and do not trouble
Is, and merino stocking* should be kept her by many questions. The father comes
be year around, summer and winter. homo with a glowing account of an event
I or silk next the akin prevents sudden that is taking place in which be is very much
I of perspiration, and mothers should interested, and is all enthusiasm over it. He
ml-er always one truth: The freer the want« somebody to talk to about it, but be
(ration the greater the danger of even a has learned long ago that his wife bus no in
I chilling of the surface. The babies terest in any W»oig outside of her housekeep
whom the sweat just rolls off are ing, and 1 on learns to find bis entertain
fs the ones more liable to the dreaded ment olsewBire.
»er complaint”—Dr. Kate L. Graves.
Visitors come to the house, very often
women who are familiar with all the paving
Children and Pet Animals.
events, and she wonder why her husband and
Shild brought up without the knowledge children are so much brighter end Interesting
t animal.» is a solitary being, no matter with company than when ah»ne. These
rrv be brothers and sisters, while a child women very often are not what she would
has animals to tend 1« never quite alone. call model boaeewivea, yet their families are,
| is of itself a liberal education, with ite as a genera! thing, more contented with their
•pie of fidelity, unwearied activity, cheei
homes than all her housekeeping ability can
rnipatby, and love stranger than death, ever make here People who have known
love that is triumphant over shame and ber for a long time, remembering bow enter
ignominy and «n-influences that so taining »lie was a* a girl, wonder w by It is she
wear out human love or make it change is so much different They ask her -■> sing or
IIu w many of us bold to our f neruls play, but »be excuse« berseif with, - I Uaveti't
played for years, I hare had so muck to-do I
really haven’t had time to practice.” This Li
too bad for a woman who actually squanders
time in unnecessary work, to admit not hav
ing time to practice an accomplishment that
would be a delight to her family and friends.
Then, women, don’t get completely envel
oped in yoar housework. Reiuember, you
owe more to your family and friends than
merely a clean house. Find out what is go
ing oil about you outside of your own neigh
borhood. Take an interest in whatever in
terests your families. It may be only a
baseball game or a yacht rai*e that both
father and little ones are enthusiastic over.
Then learn all you can about it; find out the
names of the rival clubs or yachts and take a
lively part in the family conversation. To
do this will require but a few minutes each
day, and you will be well repaid by having a
pleasant, enjoyable home, a home that hus
band and children will prize far above a
“spick and span” one.—Boston Budget.
A Farmer’s Mistake.
I know a well to do farmer, having eight
children, who, as soon as they are old enough
to supportJhemselves, leave tlieir home. Of
the five boys, not one remains on the farm.
They have gone to clerkship and other posi
tions, in preference to staying on the much
despised farm. A glance in the home may
account somewhat fur this. There never has
been any effort to make it attractive for the
children. The parents’ aim has been to work
*nd save, with scarcely a thought that tlieir
.diildren had any other needs than food and
clothing. They are active, bright minded
boys and girls. It is no wonder that the dull
ness and monotony become unendurable.
This farmer does not hesitate to sp^d
money in farm improvements, in fine stock,
or ineanything that will advance his financial
interest; but any outlay for the children’s
pleasure is regarded as unnecessary and ex
travagant.
Children cannot feel that sense of proprie
torship in the farm and its profits that is a
stiniuli^it to the heads of the household, and
something is needed to take its place. Some
personal property, even if a chicken or a pig,
is a strong incentive. Children are sportive
by nature—all young animals are—and some
diversion is essential for leisure hours; other
wise tlieir minds will wander off and dwell on
the attractions supposed to pertain to village
aud city life.
If children love music and an organ or
piano cannot be afforded, let them havo
smaller and less expensive instruments. Many
an hour might be spent in the happiest way
by a boy in his efforts to perform on the
violin or accordion, that would otherwise
pass’ discontentedly or iu hurtful compan
ionship.
A lew dollars each year invested in reading
natter will not only supply pleasant employ
ment for leisure hours, but the means of
mental improvement as well. There are so
many excellent entertaining publications for
the young, and at such low prices, that no
family in which there are children should be
without one or more.—American Agricul
turist.
Children’s Friendships.
Children are apt to seek the society of
other children at about the sixth year of
their ages. This shouid lie a watchful period
for the }>arents, as friendships contracted at
this time have a very decided influence on the
mind, morals and manners of their child.
Nearly every child is influenced for good or
evil through early associations. If allowed
to be constantly with the nurse, their lan
guage and manners will, in nearly eveny case,
be identical with those of the nurse. A
mother should spend the greater portion of
every day in the society of her children. If
to rid herself of their noise sh© permits them
to seek companions outside, she has no one to
blame but herself if their manners and morals
are corrupted. All children require compan
ionship of those of their own age, but it is
very essential that the parents should choose
these companions.
Children can be readily taught to be neat
and tidy in their habits by example prin
cipally, for they imitate closely the actions of
their elders. A closet or other convenient
place should bo given thorn exclusively for
their toys, provided there is no playroom;
then let it be understood that when play is
ended all toys are to be returned to their
proper place. If this rule is disregarded, the
withdrawal of a favorite toy for a time, as
punishment, usually ba« the desired effect of
causing them to be more careful in the
future. This device may have to be resorted
to more than once, but it usually is success
ful in the end.—Mrs. Ellis L. Mu in ma in
Good Housekeeping.
Sweetmeats and Pastry.
It was recreation hour at both the Poly
technic and Central grammar school. Streams
of boys emerged from both institutions and
at once made for a neighboring bakery.
There they gorged themselves with sweet
meats and pastry of every description.
AVizen faced little chaps of 12 and 14 tackle
pies nearly as large os their heads, while
their older classmates gave attention to the
festive cranberry tart, the latter being com
posed of heavily sweetened cranberries and
partly done dough. Occasionally one of the
more adventurous boys sneaked out of the
bakery and in some secluded spot lighted a
cigarette, which he smokad till the 12:30 bell
called him back to school.
Pastry, insufficiently cooked, and cigarettes
make a poor combination. Fond mothers
wonder why their boys have no appetite for
dinner at night and vainly try to guess the
reason. Did they provide their sons in the
morning with an amply stocked lunch box
containing delicacies which would charm tho
palate of the urchin, they would find that the
latter would have better appetites for the
evening meal. Instead, however, many boys
are given sa much money each morning to
psy their expenses for the day. This includes
the price of luncheon and car fare. Business
men sometimes become dyspeptics by eating
toe fast, but it is unfortunate that youths
and young men just leaving school should
ruin their digestions before entering com
mercial life.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Objection!« to the Corset.
It is rather funny that there are no women
in this world so healthy as the English
women, and no women who lace so much.
The French women and the American have
naturally broader hips and smaller waist«, so
that much lacing is not required for them to
gain the fashionable figure. But the English
woman, with her narrow hips and broad
shoulders, needs to make her waist «mailer
to achieve that which she desires, and yet
where are there worn» n who bring into the
world a finer set of men than tta English
women? I think that is one of the very an
swers to the oby<nion* to the corset. The
finest specimen«, physically, of Englishmen
are not what a clever girl called “tailor made,”
but tn coin an ex|»rewion. “mother made."—
“Bab" in New York Btar.
IN THE FLY GALLERY.
HOW A SPECTACULAR PLAY LOOKS
FROM THE SKY.
Music and Applause Heard from Afar.
Men Who Roll the Curtain —A Fantas-
tic Group -Smoke from the Red Lights
of Hailes.
“Follow me and you'll get there; but Til
tell you at the beginning, that you’re going
into a strange region.” This was the remark
of Frank Spangler, head “flyman,” as he
opeued tho rear door of the Grand Opera
stage and began to climb the narrow stairs
leading to the “fly gallery,” which is lo
cated so far above every other visible ¡»art of
the theatre that few jjeople know that such a
place exists. It was a curious looking place.
A long narrow sl^lf extending along on the
right sido of the stage, and as one looked down
through the confusion of ropes, borders and
flies at the crowd of half costumed actors
hurrying here and there and everywhere
held nd the scenes, it is really a new phase of
the theatre and for tho first night it is really
preferable to a scat in the orchestra.
Running through the center of the gallery
is the “tie rail,” to which is fastened anal-
most innumerable number of ro|»es run up
through the rigging lofts and attached to
tke various parts of the scenery that is to be
raised and lowered during the play. A sailor
ought to feel very much at home in the fly
gallery, for the work and the way it is done
is very much like handling a ship’s sails.
MUSIC FROM AFAR.
A dozen men are strung up along by the
side of the railing looking down at the prepar
ations that are boing made oil the stage lor
the first act. The orchestra strikes up the
overture, but it has such a strango, subdued
sound, that one can hardly imagine that it is
the same music that he has heard in the audi
torium. Finally the stage is all ready, the
first warning whistle comes up through tho
pipe, the two curtain men spring to their
places by the large windlass on which the
curtain rope is coiled, tlie bell strikes, and
they begin liauling and tunning and hauling
as if their lives depended on the rapidity of
their movements. “It’s a mighty nice thing,”
said one of the curtain men to the reporter,
“to sit out there and watch that curtain roll
up and so gracefully, but if they knew that
this was what did it” (wiping a flood of per
spiration from his face) “I don’t believe they
would enjoy it quite so much.”
•
The curtain is up. The heated breath from
tho audience, the odor of perfumes, the i>iell
of cosmetics and stage paint, and all the
scents of the place rise at once into the space
above tho stage and at first it is almost
stifling to the person who is accustomed to
breathing the air of the intermediate re-
gions.
“All hands ready!” is th© command of
“Captain” Brown, and a dozen bare armed
men spring to tho ropes ready to raise or
lower such parts of tho scenery as the first
act requires. “Arch sky up!” he shouts (tho
audience below do not hear it, of course) and
at different pointe along tho rail the ropes
are seized and hauled in, hand over hand,
until the “sky” is raised out of sight, and
then the ropo is hitched over the rail pin and
the men drop back on the rail to wait the
next change.
A BREATTTING SPELL.
At last comes a breathing spell for the men
in the flies. The four acrobats are going
through their performance on the front part
of the stage, while tho fairy queen and the
devil, with their followers, are waiting be
hind the scenes for their next appearance in
the lower regions. Looking down at them
from the flyman’s perch they are indeed a
fantastic group. The chief of the Spanish
cavaliers lies stretched out on his back bal
ancing the Queen's pasteboard throne on his
feet. One of the devil’s horns had just got
misplaced and the fairy queen bolds tho
mammoth sandwich, which she is eating, be
tween her teeth, while she reaches up on tip
toe and adjusts his majesty’s demoniacal
head gear in just as^freo a manner as if she
were tho devil’s servant instead of tho great
queen of the fairies.
Two whistles through the pipe, another
quick pull at tho ropes and the stage below is
instantly transformed into tho regions of
darkness. The spectators in the auditorium
<ee the horrible picture of hades on the stage,
but tho poor fellows in the fly gallery get the
full force of it. The thick smoko from the
red lights rolls up through the scenery until
the men at the ropes are almost suffocated by
the poisonous fumes, and are sometimes
forced to spell one another by going below
for fresh air.
The whole dramatic world is under the eye
of the flym&n. He ought to be a good critic,
for at all events he has an opportunity of see
ing all sides of an actor and all phases of the
atrical life.—Buffalo News.
The Metal ef the Future.
“Twenty-five cents a pound for aluminum”
-noans an economic revolution. Its applica
tions we do not as yet fully know, but it is
joufldently predicted to be the metal of most
»Tactical application in the future.
Its
«trength surpasses iron and steel, while it is
llmost uncorrodable. Gases, acids and water
Jo not tarnish it, while heat does not change
its color. It is the best known conductor of
□eat, also of electricity. It is very ductile
ind easily worked, while it is lighter than
.oinoof our harder woods. A leading scien-
;ist sums up our knowledge of it as “the
lightest, easiest worked, strongest, mosc dura
ble and generally most valuable of all metals;
ind the man who invents a methods of mak
ing it cheaply will revolutionize industry.”
Only one year ago Henry Cary Baird pub
lished a book on aluminum, telling every
thing known on the subject. The price at
that time was projected to be $7 a pound, by
i new process of reduction; but the promise
of that process was never realized. Practi-
sally the metal has so far rested at alxnit SI
a troy ounce, or S12 a pound. If the Costner
method prove a success, it become« as cheap
i metal as it is widely applicable to mechan
ical and domestic uses. It takes but a twelve
month to make our knowledge of such mat
ters antiquated.—Globe-Democrat.
Training the Children of Criminals.
In a letter on the employment of criminal
children, published a few years ago, from
the pen of Mr. Isaac Ashe, president of the
i Central Criminal asylum of Dnndriim, Dub
lin, he expresses that if the child of the
clever forger ta taught draughtsmanship the
hereditary.proclivity to a criminal use of an
instinctive faculty, so called, is dire<*tcd into
an analogous yet healthy channel, with the
hopeful remit« of cur. ng a tendency for
crime and of making a skillful artisan. If
the children of generations of pickpocket*
be taught to use ttair criminally deft Angers
and delicate touch in some handicraft requir
ing a speHal capacity of Anger, su<*h as
Keep *H
epi-aratas for draining lamp, watchmaking, the healthy function is found
on an oil tray, and never iw rag«, lirusbee, for a nervous proclivity and a muwuiar ap
arteora, or any of th, articiee for any other titude which would otherwise fairly work
jiirpoee than trimming lamp«.
itself out. in the criminal arts to which its
very existence forms an almost irresistible
Never scrub oilcloth with a brush, but temptation. But to attempt to abrogate ut
after being «wept it may be cleaned by wash terly or eradicate a criminal tendency with
ing with a soft flannel cloth and lake warm out such utilization of it in a healthy direo-
water or cold lea
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POTTER PALMER’S OLD
An
NO. 48
PROMISE.
Old Granger Brings the Chicago
Hotel Man a Queer Old Note.
An old man with a fringe of white beard
all around his face, a big bald spot on the
top of his head, and a heavy oaken stick in
his hand, walked into the Palmer house
early one morning, eyed the handsome
clerks suspiciously for a few moments and
then blurted out:
“Say, young man, is this Potter Palm
er’s tavern*”
Being assured that it was he put his oak
stick upon the office counter in a familiar
way, and continued:
“I want to see Mr. Palmer.”
He was told that Mr. Palmer had not yet
reached the house, this intelligence causing
the old man to wonder that a landlord with
such a splendid hotel should want any
pther house to live in. For half an hour
he i>atiently awaited the arrival of the land
lord, but, after fidgeting about in his choir
for awhile, again broke out with:
“Say, young man, mobbe you can attend
to the little business for Mr. Palmer. I’ve
got a note of his’n I want him to pay, an’
I’m in a hurry to catch a train. Fact is, I
stopped over in Chicago on pu’pose to collect
this note. Here it is. ”
And from the depths of an ancient and
time honored pocket book the old man
drew forth a piece of thin, cheap paper, a
good deal worn, and bearing upon its face
in cheap printing, with a bit of inartistic
coloring in the ornamental designs, one of
Potter Palmer’s promises to pay.
“Is that good for twenty-five cents?”
inquired the old man.
“I don’t know anything about it,” was
the astonished clerk’s reply. “I never saw
anything like that before.
Mr. Palmer
never gave me authority to pay his notes.
But still I think that ho is able to pay it,
and probably will if you will wait till he
comes. ’ ’
The old man waited as patiently as he
could until tho landlord of the Palmer
came in from his castle on tho shore.
“W.hy, bless my eyes,” said Potter P.,
as the queer old note was handed to him,
“I thought till of these w ere in and paid up
long ago. The terms of the issue, sir, were
that tho bills would bo redeemed when pre
sented in sums of $4 or over, but I guess I’ll
waive that and redeem the note. Here,
Townsend, give the man a quarter and
charge it to my account. Stay, figure up
tho interest at 8 per cent, for twenty-four
years and let him havo the whole sum. I
guess that is the last of my old dry goods
notes. You remember, boys, that at the
beginning of the w’ar we had no fractional
currency. Tho silver coin was all hoarded,
and tho government pai>er scrip had not
come out. Every firm printed its own. I
was in tho dry goods business on Lake
street then, and I had to issue thousands of
pieces of scrip in order to carry on business
at all. Other merchants did the same.”—
Chicago Journal.
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The Reproducing lllrror.
I was informed tho other day by a mem
ber of tho Academy of Sciences that ex
periments which M. Pictet and Dr. Raoul
Duvernay have been making during the
last five yeare have at last been crowned
with success, and that these two distin
guished men of science are now able to con
struct mirrors in w hich old impressions can
at any time bo reproduced at will, and thi
mirrors be forced to yield up the history of
all that has taken place within a room
since one of them has hung there in such a
position as to command a fair view of tho
apartment. The full secret of tho process
through which these tell-tale contrivances
are constructed has not fully been made
public, though it is pretty generally under 1
stood that tho mirrors depend for their
effect upon tho peculiar action of light
upon selenium, the metal by means of
which, when fortified by aid of electricity,
it is now possible to reproduce in light and
shade, at ono end of a long wire, a photo
graph exposed at the other extremity. The
latter contrivance has been perfecting for
tho last ten years at least, but now, as
I recently read in La Nature, it has been
brought so near to the end desired that it
will come to work satisfactorily ai id
cheaply w hen a little more ingenuity stall
have been expended upon it.
The uses to which this contrivance may
bo put must readily suggest themselves to
the reader. Tho instrument may bo so
constructed that no one can at sight dis
tinguish it from an ordinary mirror, and
in due time it can bo mode to yield up its
story, incideut after incident, of all that
lias taken place before it—crime» lovo,
villainy, intrigue—all shall bo read in tho
open light of day.—Paris Cor. New York
1 inics.
A Maker of Fiddle ltowa.
In a quiet street uptown, I recently saw
a trim looking young man shaping a fiddle
bow at the window of a snug little cottage.
He informed me that lie worked entirely
to order, and gave mo the names of a num
ber of prominent amateur and professional
violinists and teachers who are his patrons.
He is always well ahead with orders. A
few years ago he was a journeyman in a
factory. Being of an ingenious turn he
worked at homo and turned out a number
of I kjws that were of a far superior order
to any manufactured at the bench. He
found a ready sale for these among the in
strument dealers, and having saved enough
money to start himself lie abandoned the
factory forever.
“I can make as good a bow as Vuil-
laume,” said he, proudly “if any one will
order it of mo. But people who can afford
$50 or more for a bow believe they can't lie
got here. My customers pay mo from $10
to $20 for a bow. I could run a house
full of journeymen and make money. But
I am satisfied to keep at the higher priced
bows and make less. I expect to see the
time when I can get as much for a stick
as any maker in tho world, and the only
way I can get there is by doing only the
best work and improving it wherever I
can.”—Alfred Trumble in New York News.
Extent of Ixmrfon Sewer«.
There were, in 1855, 2,800 miles of sew
ers in London, of which about ninety miles
were main intercepting sowom. The mile
age 1« of course, constantly being added to
as new roads are opened up and houses built.
The total cost of the main drainage works
wm estimated at £4,100,000; 818,000,000
bricks and 880,000 cubic yards of concerta
were consumed and 8,500,000 cubic yards
of earth removed in the progrès« of the
work. The nr wag* on tho north side of
the Thames is over 10,000,000 cubic fret
per «lay, and that on the south side over
6,000,000. In addition to thin, provision is
nwl© for 28,500,000 cubic feet of rainfall
per day on the north side and 17,250,000
on the south side,* the total being equivalent
to a lake fl fteen time« as large a« the Ser
pentin*
This Krrat work was formally
Inaugurated April 4, 1865. The area drained
is about 117 square mile«.—Chicago Tri
bune.
A Correction.
Office Boy
Bov—I couldn't get In through
U*e door so
— 11
. clum in the window.
Employer (with a significant emphasin on
the “clum”;—You clum in the window, did
you?
“Wall, dim» than.”—Tid Bit*
YANKEE DOODLE.
HISTORICAL FACTS IN REGARD TO
THE ANCIENT TUNE*.
Synopxi« of an Essay Read Before the
Historic Genealogical Society of Bos
ton—Origin of the Word “Yankee.”
The Primary Expression.
At a recent meeting of the Historic Gene
alogical society Dr. George H. Moore, of
Now York, was introduced to read an essay
on “The Origin of Yankee Doodle.” The
tune, ha said, is familiar all over the known
world, and the phrase “Yankee Doodle” is on
the li|is one time or another of all English
spunking jieople; but of the origin of it few
people know anything.
In considering the question it is manifest
that theI*u &re two elements in it, one being
tho meaning and derivation of the word
Yankos, and the other of the song and tune.
One explanation given of the word Yankee
dates back as far us 1713, when there was a
farmer living at Cambridge named Jonathan
Hastings. He was a familiar acquaintance
of the college students of that period, and it
was reputed that he invented the word.
At any rate he used it constantly in the
presence of students and others as an adverb
to signify a high degree of excellence—for
example, “a Yankee good horse,” “Yankee
good cider.” This use, it is said, the students
adopted, and after leaving college spread the
knowledge of it in places near and distant.
Its first appearance on record, so far as the
essayist knew, is of date 1725, when an ad
vertisement appeared of the sale of the effects
of an English gentleman in Morpeth, Eng
land. One item of the list was, “One negro,
named ‘Yankee.’” Many plausible sugges
tions have been made, some in earnest and
some apimrently in a frolicsome spirit, that
the word is of Indian origin. By some it has
boon traced to the Cherokee Indians and by
others to those of New England. Among
those who manifest sincerity in this way the
essay ist mentioned the author of a history of
the Moravian missionaries in 1818, a writer
in the North American Review alxmt the
same time, aud of more recent date, Dr.
Trumbull, the philologist.
Tho theory is that “Yankee” is an attempt
of the Indians to pronounce the word “Eng
lish.” The essayist held that these are mis
taken judgments on the ease and that the
writers have been misled by a resemblance,
real or fancied, in the sound of certain In
dian words. He held it to be impossible to
believe that the word is of Indian origin,
when it is considered that none of the early
accounts of the dealing of ».bite men with
Indians, from the Fifteenth century forward,
inako any mention of it. Neither Capt.
John Hmith, nor the father of New England,
nor Roger Williams, nor John Eliot, nor
Hutchinson, nor Belknap ever appear to
have heard of such a suggestion.
The essayist foflnd a perfectly intelligible
and natural explanation of the origin
_ and
primary significance of the word in th«
Dutch word, of which the substantive form is
“janker” and the form of the verb ‘.‘janken.”
The meaning of tho verb is to grumble, to
snarl, to quarrel, to scold; the meaning of
tho noun is a howler, a crier, a weeper, a
barker. As used it is expressive of contempt,
derision, or objurgation. To call a man a
barker br howler is equivalent or is exactly
tho same as to call him a dog, and in almost
all languages and among all nations such an
spoliation is one of disparagement and
abuse.
The essayist gives a luminous account of
the rivalries, jealousies, controversies, and
clashing» which occurred in early times be
tween tho Dutch settlers of New Netherlands
and the English who inhabited New England
and hail any occasion to deal with tho Dutch
In any form. The feeling of antagonism and
contempt for the English colonists continued
long after the territory of New Netherlands
had come under English dominion, and, the
Bssuyist added, that to this day in some of
tho families of New York of anqient Dutoh
origin, the Yankeo is regarded with a feeling
at least of distrust.
Tho word “janker” and other words de
rived from it are not, the essayist said, any
part of the language of reflnemeht among
tho Dutch. The primary word is a low word,
used by the mob; it is slang of rather a vile
lort. A gentleman might think hiiflself jus
tified in using it under great provocation, or
amid very exciting circumstances, but it
would not l>e ordinarily a part of his spriech.
Various facts were given in the essay going
to show that in its early use, whether by tho
Dutch or others, including tho English at
homo, the word Yankee wan expressive of
3ontempt. Accordingly it came very natur-
illy into service when, upon the occasion of
the asKombling of an army near Albany for
& cani|Niign against the French and Indians,
the New ’ England contingent of troops ap
peared, and the New York troojm and British
regulars felt diaposed to ridicule these New
Englanders.
As the essayist described the New England
troops they were indeed a ridiculous lot, so
tar as looks went. A littlo later, when they
bore the brunt of tattle and struck the en-
imy his deadliest blows, that appearance did
not cling to them. But they came to the
rendezvous without uniforms, wearing all
«orta of outer garments, dyed of various
hues. They were comparable only to the
,*rmy of FAlstaff as to outside appearances.
Dr. Richard Shuckburgh, then resident in
Albany and later in New York, gave voice
to the camp feeling of contempt for the New
England contingent. He composed certain
verses of derision and adapted the air known
in England as “Ficher’s Jig." This tune was
printed in England for the first time, so far
ft« known, in 1750. The verses of the original
iriginal
’long are now unknown, but there con n be no
loubt that they were the merest doggerel,
They have been superseded and their suc-
?re«ors have been superseded by others of
various merit, more than 700 in all, it is
laid« But «there is no particular set which
:an be called distinctively the song of
“Yankee Doodle.”
The word Yankee was a nickname of de
rision for a New Englander long before the
revolution. The ame and the original words
ftntedate that period, and they were intended
for ridicule. It is not protable that in the
Continental armire the tune was ever a ¡>opu-
lor one with the troops.
collection of fife
music used in that army does not contain it.
it was a tune of Briti»h origin, and for a long
while played only by British tands. When
the Second brigade marched out of Boston
on the day of the tattle of I ^ex mg ton to the
relief of the First brigade of British troops,
they played “Yankee Doodle" as they
tnarcheil.
The American musician« iww. it only ap
parently by way of retaliation. When the
British troops surrendered at Yorktown they
turned their faces away from the Americana
and looked toward the French troops. I a -
fayette observing this, ordered all <he Conti
nental bands in his command to play
“Yankee Dcxwile,” which was done with good
will and a» a note of triumph. But after the
final victory the popularity of the tune m an
American national air steadily increased.
The easeyist found in the word “d-swlle”
tomethmg of disparagement rather than of
compllnu-nt, and as the compound words
flapdoodle. e<x*ka-doodle and whang doodle
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TEA TABLE TALK
In arranging the “Psyche twist,” first get
your Psyche and then all will be well.
Crazy quilts—“insane bedspreads,” as they
are called in Boston—bring very hign prices
at charity fairs.
Ladies in Parisian cotillons are now ar
ranged according to the colon of their
gowns. Striking effects result.
Very fine silver watch chains are affected
by some youths whoso fathers or mothers have
tho money to procure them gold ones.
Girls who wear plaid gaiters are often the
ones who talk slang and whose grammar is of
the kind that disturbs the late Mr. Murray.
The newest Paris bonnet of black velvot
and black ostrich tips goes up on one side
like a hat and is well described as “rakish.”
A very expensive fashion was set lately by
the distribution of real ostrich feathers as
favors to the ladies in a fashionable german.
Stout women, painfully laced, creak and
groan in a crowd like a locomotive endeavor-,
ing to haul freight cars through snow drifts.
Buttonless kid gloves are in highest favor,
but it almost breaks many a girl's heart that
fashion decrees they should tie of a size too
big.
Everything is a “fad” nowadays, and the
silly, English term has been run very far
into the ground, even through the frozen
snow.
Best dressed women now almost wholly
discard the bustle, and they not only look
much tatter, but ure probably far more com
fortable.
Tho man who wears a double breasted
waistcoat, with gilt or coral buttons, with a
dress coat, ought to pull his boot legs up over
his trousers.
Beauty spots of court plaster, or painted
on the face in India ink, are observed more
frequently now, and this is another fashion
able revival.
Yellow or red handkerchiefs about the
neck with the sealskin jacket are “common.”
This is given on the authority of those who
ought to know.
Silver forks and spoons are undergoing
some changes in pattern and style. The
modern oyster fork is quite different from
the Original affair.
Necklaces of colored stones, as the sapphire
alternating with the ruby or the emerald
with the turquoise, have lately driven out
the diamond in Paris.
Helen of Troy may have had bogus jewels
in her ears and falso diamonds around her
neck when she raised such a fuss in ancient
society circles, for it is said that even before
Trey was built emeralds and other jewels
were imitated in glass.
A large bowl of cut flowers, or a fairy lamp
almost hidden with flowers, in the center of
the table, is one of the most fashionable
effects in the line of decoration this season at
dinner parties. The idea is said to be Rus
sian, and Mrs. Whitney, the secretary's wife,
is said by Jenkins to have been the first to in
troduce it here. In this Jenkins is as “far
off” as if he were in China.
GASTRONOMICAL
TIDBITS.
The length of time a large turkey will last
in a small, economical family recalls the
scriptural widow with the vessel of oil.
A school for instruction in the art of carv
ing in Paris has over 300 pupils, nearly half
of whom are said to be young ladies.
In the making of hotel sponge cake there
does not appear to be the smallest difficulty
in getting the “sponge” for a foundation.
In old times they used to be called red head
ducks, but now on the fashionable bill of
fare the reading is like this, “Canards, a Teto
Rouge.”
American fruits and dainties are all the
rage in Paris, and the most fashionable din
ner party without them is regarded as in
complete.
There is complaint of the gastronomic
monotony of the average public banquet,
now that tho feasting season is gradually
drawing to a close.
Commercial travelers who have to frequent
inexpensive hotels want a law calling in the
everlasting smoked beef invariably served
for tea or supper.
In union there is strength, but the same
cannot be said of some of the new brands of
pickled onions whose chief attraction is ths
handsome glass jars.
Pickled oysters, which years ago were a
standard dish at receptions and parties, and
then were neglected, have come into gas
tronomic fashion again.
The hostess who can introduce something
gastronoinically new at her dinner party now
has all the honor and distinction of being
“talked about” as a full fledged social heroine.
Croquettes of ahrimps instead of fish proper
is an affectation of some caterers this season,
who tell you fish is obsolete. Caterers, how
ever. do not everywhere set gastronomic
fashions.
CMtase straws are a new wrinkle at dinner
parties. The cheese comes in long sticks like
macaroni, and one end is tied with a narrow
strip of ribbon, which is not eaten—a fact
mentioned for the benefit of the unsophisti
cated ! These cheese straws were first intro
duced at ths 5 o'clock teas two seasons ago,
and now find their way to the fashionable
dinner tables.
SPORTING AND ATHLETIC.
St. Louis has a new sensation in the way of
prize fighters in a man named Howe, who
weighs 260 pounds and is six feet seveu inches
In height.
R. F. Edge, an English cycle rider, covered
7,201 miles last year, 5,638 miles on a safety,
723 on a tricycle, 52V on a tandem and 811 on
an ordinary.
Winnipeg “Spring,” a famous fighting dog,
who Is said to have won over 100 contests, re
cently fought Madge, owned in Minneapolis,
and was killed in twenty-six minutes. Both
dogs fought at fifty pounds and for $100 a
John Moulds, of St. Louis, «ays he will
play any of the billiard experts of the east
balk line or cushion carroms for $500 a side,
except Maurice Daly or Sexton. He prefers
McLaughlin, who he thinks is the best of
them.
A swimming race of ten miies for $500 a
side and the long distance swimming cham
pionship of the world will probably take
place on the Monongahela river at Pittsburg
about July 8, between Professor Levy and
William B. Johnson.
The idea that the muscles of the legs only
are developed by 'cycling is a very common
and very erroneous one. In reality nearly
every muscle in the body is brought into use,
those of tho lower limbs for propulsion, of
the trunk for balancing, those of the upper
jimtm for both balancing and propulsion.—*
Medical Brief.
The Australian «porting press is angry
with Beach for resignii^Jthe championship.
The Australasian «aya. ^»each’s policy h cer
tainly not so strung as his arm. In handing
over to Kemp the champi jnship, or, in other
words, forfeiting the title to him when
challenge.I, it has nut neen «Iona so well as it
i should have beau.”