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Til. MAIZE
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building.
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HOMELY COUNSEL.
tt Isn't worth whllo to tret, dear,
To walk as behind a hearse.
No matter how vexing things may bo,
They easily might bo worse!
And the time you spend complaining
And groaning about tho load
Would better be glron to going on.
And pressing along tho road.
I've trodden tho hill myself, dear
'TIs tho tripping tooguo can preach.
But though sllenco is sometimes golden, child,
As oft, thero la graco In speech
And I see, from my higher level,
Tls less tho path than the paco
That wearies tho back and dims tho eye
And writes the linos on the face.
Thero aro vexing cares enough, dear,
And to spare, whon all Is told;
And lovo must mourn Its losses,
And tho check's soft bloom grow old;
But tho spell of tho craven spirit
Turns blosslng Into curso.
While the bold heart meets tho troublo
That easily might bo worse.
So smile at each disss te
That will presently pass away.
And bellovo a bright tomorrow
Will follow tho dark today.
There's nothing gained by fretting!
Gather your strength anew,
And step by ctep go onward, dear,
Let the skies bo gray or blue.
Margaret II Songster.
AURORA.
"Orpt. Dnplnl" callod Murat, who, In
mo of tho most beautiful halls of tho
Princo do la Polx's palace, nt Madrid, was
occupied In drawing up somo military
documents. As no ono answered Murat,
tho princo, as they callod him slnco Ids
recent ennoblement, raised his head,
glanced over tho group of officers who, a
few races off from him. wcro awaiting
his commands! and, not vercelvlng among
them him whom ho wauled, repeated with
irritation: "Well, then, Uapt. Dupln is not
thoro?" Then. In tho samo war as an ar
ticle passes from hand to hand when a
nno is lormca, tno namo oi mo oiuo-uo'
from room to room, through tho vast
ubodo all Its doors bciug open, becauso
of tho temneratnro. which Is so warm In
May In Spain was off on Us way to find
tho absontco. Bocauso Murat did not trlflo
with tho negligent. Ho again applied
himself to his writing In sllenco, consent
lncr. doubtless, to wait a few minutes; but
tho contraction of his eyebrows Into a
wrlnklo on his forehead indicated nis uaa
humor.
This happened In 1808, when Napoleon's
envoy, who had easily entered Madrid,
thanks to tho disturbances In tho king
dom, was awaltlntr tho nrocrross of ovonts
with tho secret hopo of being named king
of the conquered country, ana naraiy
suspecting that In the hands of his mas
ter no was only a pawn loft there, on ono
of the sanares of tho European chess
board, to kocp tho placo for tho cmperor"H
brother .Josepn.
Soon was seon running, thanks to tho
obliging call ot uls comrades, tno cui
nrlt. a charminir younir man of about 23,
much beloved, an excellent soldier, but
who. however, for nearly a week had ap
peared restless, troubled! in a word, qulto
different from what ho usually was.
"Whero wcro you, then, captain?" said
tho prince, Sovcrely, on seeing him como,
agitated and slightly out of breath.
"In tho palaco, marshal."
"That Is not enough. You must bo
hero, near to mo. Nevertheless, I havo
been taking notice of you for somo days.
You aro entirely changed. Your anima
tion Is gono, you havo extraordinary dis
tractions. What, then, has happened?"
"Nothing, marshal, I assure you."
"Indcodl You aro no longer master of
yourself."
"Excuso me. That Is truo. I havo
somo anxieties, for family reasons,"
"And those family reasons Hvo under
tho palaco roof, It appears, because peoplo
havo met you up yonder, gliding furtively
along the corridors. .1 do not llko myste
ries, captain; do you understand?"
Tho poor officer blushed and turned
palo. Then, olarmod at' tho Increasing
severity of tho chiof's tono, fearing somo
suspicion moro serious than tho truth,
decided to mako a confession.
"I havo my child, a boy of four years,
with mo," ho stammered, lowering his
head.
Tho princo flow Into a passion.
"A ohlld of that agol Why not havo
a nurso at once? A brnt of a boy In tho
midst of war, when at any moment an In
surrection may burst out against tho
Frenclil"
"If necessary, I will send him away,"
murmured tho young man, in a sad voice.
"Noj keep him, slnco ho Is hero, no
could not bo sent back through a country
ready for rovolt. Let him remain, but on
condition that I uover beo 1dm, under
stand; nnd, above all, on condition that
his presenco. shall not be tho causo of tlia
sllghtost broach, of your duty, mat
would bo very prottyl Discipline would
go on finely if each ono of us dragged
-W his progeny through a campaign''
Murat, to a stato of fury, turned hli
u
his
because ho, Sfaurlcopln, ha not toli
back, leaving tho captain greatly excited.
all. Not only was ho hiding tno child in
tho upper part of tho house, but tho
mother, too poor woman como from
Franco, after risking a thousand dongors,
BUfloring a thousand deaths, during a
ounloy In a carriage under a burning
J?"fiu nom-a ,rv, w,. KyZ
sky in mi enemy's country; becaubo sho
had wished at any cost again to see and
cinbraco her husband, and had been un-
ablo to resist tho mad brained deslro for
tlda reunion. "Think, now, If I wcro to
dlo far from theol" sho had said, with
tho unceasing cry of a poor croaturo on
tho ovo of a crisis, real or imaginary. In
which Bho mav bo overwhelmed. Tho
young husband did not feel himself strong
cnougu to turn ncr away, xio uau eci-
tho room was not missed, and pho had
elnco lived In a constant fright, duo to
Murat.
A week rolled by after tho explanation,
Tho ccnoral snoko no moro on anv Bublcct,
IIo continued, howover, to glvo his orders
In short, sharp stylej a sign that Ids dis.
satisfaction was not yet dispelled. But
ono lino morning, under tho luDucnco of
an., unknown good humor, he suddenly
took it lato Bis head to asic nis amo-iio
camrji
"Well! about this child? Cannot ho bo
seen?"
"Yes, Indeed, marshal. I will go and
find him if von wish It."
In a few minutes after the young father
brought a lovo of a llttlo soldier In full
Jiarado uniform. A tiny sword beat
against his legs, which wero enclosed in
red morocco boots, with gold spurs, and
VU 1113 EUUU1UUD IUU IIUMUI a .v.ioav,
trimmed with fur in tho Hungarian stvlo.
completed tho rich army costumo ot tho
timo. llio captain, foreseeing mat,
sooner or later, by chanco or voluntarily,
tho princo migut soo tno cniiu, noa con
I ceived tho idea of presenting tho llttlo
follow in the uniform most likely to flatter
us superior. iao utuo rascai, iu met,
htd only to appear haughty and swagger,
lng protty enough to cat under tnls
oqulpmout to conquer tho rodoubtablo
cuiettaln. Tho marshal took him astrad
dle across his knee, callod him "my jolly
dog," and mado glorious promises to him
for his future life.
"When you Bhall bo grown un I will
attach you to my personal stall. You
shall fight at my sldo."
"Yes, Princo Fanfarinet," warmly an
swered the future aiQe-do-camp.
But Murat's face turned dark. "Princo
Fanfarinet?" Might tt bo by chanco a
Sobriquet brought in by this Innocent
mouth?
. 'Wby do you call mo sol" ho asked.
"Becauso In tho fairy stories Princo
Fanfailnot is tho handsomest of all, and
you rosemblo him."
And you hoW d0 they call youV-
"liai nai iiicu i am art-uuy uuiverou.
I "Tho Princess Aurora? Tua
"Tho Princess Aurora? That U also a
namo from tho fairy stories. ,
- u not caUed by that namo."
, ''But I m not a little loy, I
A llttlo boy
am a llttlo
girl, disguised. Ask mamma,"
Then, desplto tho father's despairing
signs add to Murat's great delight and
amusement, the little girl, with all tho
frollcsomonoss and Ingenuousness of her
Wtft. wtnt on to rcUto that L") JliJ Cfma
from Taila IhTTbla'" carrlncol tliat tliey
had encountered benrs In tho Pyrenees,
and also tho Spanish queen, who was
maklnjr hor escape! nnd furthermore, that
they had been greatly frightened in nn
Inn, whero tho lnnkoepor was kllllnr
hogs, becauso sho and nor mamma had
bollovcd that they were assassinating
men; that now they wcro living up stairs
in beautiful rooms, witu suit urapcrrcs,
gilt everywhere, but very villainous pic
tures: that among tho things thero that
sho llkod was a largo mirror In which sho
could boo herself alt over, and also some
playthings which were doubtless aban
doned by tho royal children In their flight.
"Cnptaln," said Murat, charmed with
this delightful chatter, "It only remains
for you to present mo to Mmo. Dupln. I
havo already mot her In Franco In socloty.
I hnvo retained tho best momorlcs of her
beauty and graco. When a man has bucIi
a family ho Is not allowed to conceal It.
As to this llttlo ono," ho ndded, caressing
Aurora's check, "sho Is full of wit, bIio
tells a story with Imagination nnd nn ex
traordinary charm. I shall miss my llttlo
orderly, who showed such a blustering
deslro to follow Princo Fanfarlnot, but I
shall not bo greatly surprised If Franco
finds In his placo a second Mmo. do Staol."
Aurora Dupln, becomo Mmo. Dudovant,
was destined to be still greater than Do
Staol, for It was sho whom tho world
knows as Oeorge Sand. Translated from
tho French for Iloston Transcript.
Replacing Uroken Articles.
In tho majority of families thoro Is no
such codo as who break pays. If It wcro
universally oboyed thero would bo less
broken glass and chma for tho clty.hoalth
department to surreptitiously cart away
from our kitchon doors. For, though tho
unique artlclo cannot bo replaced In kind.
It may havo Its substltuto that will
answer ouito as well. Occasionally an
honest soul takes upon lrself to repair
tho uilschlof sho has committed, without
making confession, as happened not long
slnco in ono of tho most artfully decorated
Interiors In a fashlouablo locality. Tho
llttlo maid who has charco of theso valii'
ablcs Is a aualnt foreigner, and as original
us sho is rellnblo and honest. It was her
bad luck to break a certain plcco of hand
pointed chlua wulcn bore tno auto
crnnh of tho civer and artist. Know
lug tho great storo sot upon this
fragile souvenir, tho poor llttlo
maid was In despair, and lier courngo
failed her. Sho could not confess what
havoc her duster had mado among tho
brlo-a-brac. That was beyond her
strength; but sho could go down town
and match It t no matter what cost to
her meager purse. But alas, tho work of
tho poet artist could not bo duplicated, as
sho soon discovered.
What, then, was to bo dono? Visions
of prison, of tho scaffold oven, roso bo
foro her, until It was suggested at ono of
tho shops that sho havo another pleco
mado llko It. Exactly? Well, then, why
not, and, armed with the address of a
skillful decorator, away sho flow to know
if this lovely china painting, autograph
and all, could bo reproduced. Tho result
of her Inquiry stands at this moment on
tho Louis XV cabinet In milady's parlor,
and no ono, not even tho original artist,
will over bo tho wlsorl Besides, tho out
lav for tho reDllca was onlv SI. SO. Ah.
yes I honesty is tno best poucy. uoston
Herald.
"Installment l'lun" Clothing.
'Thero is another schemo which has
bocomo popular within a few years," said
ono of those merchants. "Yon havo
nrobablv noticed that tho majority of
young clerks and counter jumpers aro
very wen orcsseu. l noir ciotucs aro oi
good material, aro cut in tho latest stylo,
and thoy gonorally have soveral suits.
now, tno majority oi tnoso young men
got from $8 to $13 a week, and havo to
pay tholr board. How do thoy buy .so
many clothes? Ill tell you. Thoy find a
convenient and accommodating tailor, who
Is willing to trust them. Thoy select
their goods and purchase their clothes, of
courso, at a higher price than thoy could
get them for elsowhero. Thoy pay $5
down, and agree to pay $3 a week until
tney aro iuiiy paia ior. mo cousenuenco
Is, thoy aro always woll drossod, but thoy
aro always In debt to tholr tailor. It s
hotter for thorn though, for thoy would
only spend their money foollbhly and
never havo a decent suit to wear if thoy
had to nay cash for their spring or fall
suit boforo thev enlovod tho Driviletro of
wearing. Tho tailor makes about B5 per
cent, profit, but tho boys aro contented,
and very seldom fall to pay all they agreo
to do." Chicago Herald.
Tho YVliolo World IUii.
If Mr. Henry Kendall, tho author of
"Tho Kinship of Men," is to bo believed,
thero Is no need of tho "ouo touch of
nature" to "mako tho wholo world kin."
He traces our relationship to ono another,
not to a common stock, but In each coso
from an actually living individual back
wards. Somo of tho results aro most
startling! as, for Instance, tho calculation
that tho normal hicrcaso of ancestry up
to the thirty-second generation shows that
each llvlug man has 4,204,007,290 ances
tors. After that, who can doubt tho
kinship of tho world? New Orleans
Plcayuno.
In tiith Doth Feet,
Young nostoss (to Mr. Oldboy, a millionaire)-
Will you havo a glass of wiuo,
Mr. Oldboy?
Mr. Oldboy (a rank Prohibitionist)
Thank you, madam, but I never drink
anything.
Young Hostess (anxions to say tho
right thing, but somowhat flurried) Is it
possible? Why, you look llko a drinking
man, Mr. Oldboy. Tho Epoch.
Not an Agreeable Topic.
A Chinaman dislikes to bay that his
friend is dead, but will tell you that
"his namo has been added to tho muster
roll of ghosts," or that "ho has become ono
of tho ancients." "Ho has returned to tho
shades," "ho has taken farewell of tho
world," "ho has gono a long journey,"
aro expressions all very frequently us,ed
when speaking of tho dead. Tho matter
Is not always treated with rovercnco.how
ovor, for they will sometimes say: "IIo
has swallowed his breath," or "slipped
his skin." "Tho mountain has col
lapsed" refers to a dead cmporor, and
"tho dream la over" means that a princo
is dead. Boston Budget.
Ailvanco of Clvllluttlon.
DonAlphonso, brothor of Don Carlos
of Spain, traveling as "Don Juan do
Huolva, Count do Bourbon," Is In Turko
stan ami Is astonished at tho progress
mado thero along tho Transcaspuui rail
way. At Merv. which flvo years ago was
a crowd of felt tents and mud huts, bo
found brick houses and macadamized and
paved streots, and at tho railway station
at Bokhara was a luxuriously fitted up
buffet with a vounc and nrottv Itusshui
barmaid speaking French and German us
fluently as her uatlvo language. Twenty
years ago no Christian would havo boon
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BU1U IU JJUtUlJMI. ilUW IVItk. DUU.
Tho Slteenn, luilluns.
Tho Skccna Indians aro doscrlbed as of
low stature and degraded morals. Thev
are all heathens and sturdily refuse to
ombraco Christianity, They are wild and
lawless, with no moro notlou of fairness
than a wolf, whoso character they exactly
farallel, Inasmuch as when thoy como to
ho storo alouo they oro almost vexa-
tlously meek and lowly, but when thoy
collect in numbers they aro loud mouthed
and menacing, Their faces cou.lst
mainly of mouth and chook bones, with
small, uai noses. Chicago Herald.
Theory of Html lloadlng.
Tho English Socloty for Psychical Ro,
scorch doos not hosltato to accent tho
theory callod telepathy as au approvo4
ana demonstrated tact, it is unanimously
accepted as tho simplest method of ex
plaining a great many psychological
phenomena. Brushing away a vaBt
amount of fraud, theso men of science do
not hesltato to say that It is demonstra
ble that mind con act directly ou mind,
apart from such organlo communication
as is furnished by tbo body.-yiobo
1888.
TITE ARID LAND AREA.
RECLAIMING WA3TE REGION9
MEANS OF IRRIGATION.
DY
Agricultural Lands ot Colorado Which
May IIo Mudo Immensely Productive,
Atzeo Canals nnd Irrigation Ditches.
Tli Italn licit Farmers Testimony.
Mr. T. C. Honry, formerly of Knnsas,
and now ono of tho most prominent men
in Colorado, who has been Instrumental
in building soveral largo canals In tho
stato, In discussing this question, says!
"Of tho 40,000 Bquaro miles of tho terri
tory tn this stato oast of tho foothills loss
than 0,000 square miles aro actually and
systematically formed. It la my deliber
ate conviction that wcro all tho wator of
all tho streams covering theso plains ab
solutely prcsorvod for domestic and Irri
gating purposes and yiplled with tho
skill and economy displayed oven In India
or Egypt, wo could lrrlgato and mako
fruitful every aero of this lmmonso area
an area capable of supporting an agri
cultural population, urban and rural, of
8,000,000 peoplo, nnd yet It would bo less
than ono-half as densely populated as
Belgium or tho agricultural soctlons of
Franco.
"Tho area oast -of tho mountains Is
practically all agricultural laud, and If
peopled as densely as Is Belgium, would
contain a population of moro than 8,000,
000 of peoplo. Or If provided with wator
for Irrigation, skillfully applied, each forty
ncros would support a family of flvo per
sons, aggregating a population of moro
than 8.000,000, not Including tho directly
dependent urban population. On tho
somo basis, tho great San Luis valley
would sustain a population of 1,000,000;
tho San Juan country in tho southwest
nearly 1,000,000; tho Gunnison and tho
Lowor Grande, 750,000, and tho White, tho
Yampah and tho almost unknown North
west, 1,000,000 moro. Boforo tho closo
of another century thero will havo been
elaborated a system of agriculture sur
passing that wonderful civilization which
Moorish power planted in tho Irrigated
valleys of Spain ten centuries ago, main
taining tho millions then populating our
grand commonwealth. There ore not less
than 80,000,000 acres of agricultural lands
In this stato which only need the applica
tion of irrigation to bo mado as valuablo
and productlvoas any already cultivated."
Carry teso somo predictions Into west
ern JSobraska and Kansas, Into Wyoming
and New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and
throughout tho west, by utilizing tho
wasto waters saved in reservoirs, and tho
future greatness of tho west Is almost In
conceivable. These things aro possiblo.
Tho ruins of tho Aztecs nnd Pueblo In
dians, and groat nations that aro ouly
known In tho dim past by tho desolation
of mighty cities, tell us how densely pop
ulated wore vast regions In tho west In
an nlmost unknown antiquity. With
theso ruins aro old canals and irrigation
ditches, and In somo of thorn thero Is said
to havo been used a kind of cement that
13 now a lost art. Theso ruins aro found
In arid soctlons whoro it would havo been
Impossible for a great population and
cities to havo thrived without vast lrrl-
eatlon schemes. Theso groat nations
avo beon Bwept away, llow? No ono
knows, but from tho dim borderland of
that almost hidden antiquity thero como
up facts that when first considered seem
almost llko a dream. But It Is history,
and let history repeat itself. The public
domain will soon bo a thing of tho past,
and tho present must look to tho future,
and If this great water question is grasped
by our statesmen as it should bo, it will
lay tho foundation for still now and
mighty commonwealths.
Is tho rain belt gradually moving west
ward? This is a much disputed question.
Irrigating ditches mako moro surfaco
water, and henco there Is moro evapora
tion. That proposition cannot bo denied,
although it must bo admitted that tho
rain docs not always fall in tho samo lo
cality whero tho water was taken up by
evaporation. It is also claimed by somo
that troo planting does not materially in
crcaso tho rainfall.
In tho January numberof Scionco, Honry
Garuett says: "Over 100,000 square miles
of almost treeless prolrlo In Northern
Missouri, Southern Minnesota and p.irts
of Illinois and Indiana havo been rof orestod
slnco their settlement, and furnish an ex
ample of reforesting uueaualed elsewhere
upon tho faco of tho glouo, and yet tho
rainfall has not Increased. On tho other
hand, thero havo boen moro acres of land
denuded of forest in tho United States
within a century than anywhere clso in
tho world, yet thoro is no evidence, of a
diminished rainfall."
Professor Sargent, of Harvard collego,
says: "Tho removal of a forest from any
region win not uiminisn tno amount oi
rain falling upon It; nor can tho Increase
of forest In a slightly woodod or treeless
country lncroaso its rainfall. Tho gradual
drying up of countries onco fertile, within
tuo history oi tno human raco, out now
barren and almost uninhabitable must
bo traced to gradual geological changes,
of courso entirely beyond tho reach of
human control, and not to tho mcro de
struction of tho forest."
But thero aro ublo men who have thor
oughly studied tho question and who stato
that tno rain belt is surely coming west
ward. Among tho number aro I'rofessors
Wliber, Angbey, Snow, and ex-Govemor
Furuass, of Nebraska and Kansas. Tho
observations taken at Fort Leavenworth
during a period of thirtyrclght years aro
said to indicate an annual lncreaso In tuo
rainfall of C.21 lnchos; thirty years at
uort uiioy, twcnty-iour at tho tstato
Agricultural college, and Bovcntocn years
at tho Stato university, Lawrence, Ivan.,
aro said to glvo figures showing an In
crease in tho rainfall of 8.03 and 8.00
inches per annnm. Tho data Is very
vaiuaoio, ana seems almost indisputable
But thoro is still a stronger authority,
tho farmers thomsclves. In Wostcrn
Kansas and Nobraska and Eastern Col
orado, farmors aro nowalsiug crops on
what was formerly known as tho Groat
American Desort. Thoy claim that thero
is a groat future for that sectlou, and
thoy raise crops without irrigation, do-
ponding solely ou tho rainfall. And bo
whllo somo scientists aro doubting tho
statement that the rain belt Is coming
wost. farmers aro raisin c cruris. If. in
that section, thoy can raise tho cereals
without irrigation, so mucn tno, uetter,
but thero aro many millions of acres fcf
laud that can uover bo mado productive
without Irrigation, and lot us havo reser
voirs and great canals, and from what
aro now arid regions In tho wost new
empires aro possibilities. Will C. Fenil
in Kansas City Journal.
Tim Cnuso of It.
First Citizen Your wlfo seoms to havo
aged greatly of late. What Is tho matter?
Second Cltlzon Sho got that wnv wait
ing for chango In ono of our big trimming
stores. fittsourg uuuotin.
Causo of Prematura Ago.
"I havo 600 gray hairs In my head and
I'm only SO," sold a friend to mo, and
coming down in a streot car anothai
frioud took up tho somo t homo and askodi
"Why Is It wo get old so aulck hi thli
country?" I could uot say, not being old.
"Wo llvo In such a hurry," ho said,
answering his own question. "All wa
think of is cottlng money In this country,
In tho old country they think of spending
it. I mean that wo aro reckless of how
tho money goes aftor wo tret it. and na
wo aro extravagant nild nood mora money
and btrlvo harder to got It, and get old
young. I believe thoro aro more lunatics
lu this stato of Now York with Its flvo
and a half millions than in all Franco
with Us thlrty-sovon millions. In Franca
a man regulates his spending. Ho has bo
iuucii income no manes ii go as tar aa
it to, ana lives in u regular and method
leal fashion on that basis, IIo doesn't
grlovo for moro becauso ho can got com
fort out of what ho has. But hero wa
oro so anxious to tmvku that wo nolthci
epond with economy nor get comfort put
ot what wo spend. Wo wasto our
strength to get It, and then wasto what
wo gain, for wo uoa't get tho good of it,
THE COLUMBIA K, VCI . XXII.N0 35
COLUMBIA UKMOOBAT, 01 LU, KO S3
I'ortal Savings lUnk System.
fno of the foalurcs of tho government
of Great Britain is tho postal savings
bank system, It Is very popular and Is
largoly patronized by tho public Its use
fulness is beyond all question. United
States Consul Walling, at Liverpool, has
boon Investigating this subject and has
f;lven somo very Interesting facts about
Is workings In n. report to thd secretary
t stato. Tho beginning of tho govern
uotit postal savings bonks was in 1801
under a bill prepared and presented by
Mr. Gladstone. It was entitled "an act
affording additional f aclllllos for deposit
ing small savings at interest with tho
security of tho govornmont for tho duo
repayment thereof." On tho day of tho
opening of tho first banks under this act
485 deposits wcro received. Ono year
afterward tho number hod Increased so
greatly that thero wcro 2,633 offices open
for tho accommodation of tho public. In
1880 tho depositors had Increased In num
ber to 8,731,421, and tho amount of money
on deposit was 50.874,338. This in
Amorlcau money would bo $ 250,000,000.
Deposits of ono shilling or any number of
shillings aro received up to $160 or 30.
Tho interest paid Is 2 per cent, a year
on overy full pound. Should tho sum
on deposit reach 200 the Interest there
on will ccaso until tho amount has beon
reduced. Tho government has mado pro
vision for tho Investment of larger sums
In its securities, Tho bonks will recclvo
deposits from parents or other relatlvos
on behalf of minor children. Married
women can also mako deposits which aro
beyond tho control of tho husbands.
Another feature of tho British system
is that tho government guarantees tho
ropaymont of all moneys on deposit with
Interest, and also any llfo Insurances' or
nnuultlos granted under tho act creating
theso banks. Tho results of tho moasuro
of Mr. Glodstono havo been such as to
recommend It to tho good will of tho
pooplo of Great Britain. That they do
appreciate It Is shown by their liberal
patronage Tho cost of maintaining it is
very llttlo, being about fivo-elghths of 1
per cent. Tho guarantee of tho govern
ment mokes tho systom absolutely safo.
It Is lu qvery respect a well regulated
financial Institution. Great Britain Is not
tho only nation which has theso postal
savings banks, They aro a feature of
tho American and Australian British
colonies. They havo been engrafted
upon tho political system of Franco, Ger
many, Austria, Italy, Bolgrum, Holland
and Japan. Detroit Freo Press.
Tho Cause, of Poor llalr.
Tho first and great reason Is that
women do not keep their heads clcau.
Oftoner they aro too busy with house
keeping and children to glvo tho hair tbo
wecltly shampooing nnd nightly brushing
It needs. Still of tener thoy aro too negli
gent or do not know that on strict clean
liness of tho scalp dopends their chances
of having good hair at 85. Housowork
should bo dono with a muslin cap or towel
folded to cover tho hair to tho roots.
Houso dust, which Is mainly dead animal
matter thrown oil by clothing and beds,
Is deadly to lungs and hair. Housemaid's
consumption Is gouerally duo to breathing
tho dust and flue of ill-kept chambers,
and tho layer which collects at tho roots
of tho hnlr kills it and causes tho most
of tho falling out of which matrons com
plain boforo 40.
When women comprehend tho baleful
lnflucnco of dust on the health, hair and
comploxion, thoy will banish carpets, up
holstering and unwashlng draporios, at
onco and forever, as tho groat receptacles
and absorbents of dust. When curtains
and carpets or largo mats aro used tho air
constantly receives floating dust at each
movoment; not much, it Is truo, in care
fully kept houses, but quito enough as It
gathers on tho scalp, week after week, tp
form with Its natural oil and sweat a thin
malignant crust In which tho root of tho
hair slowly decays and drops. As tho
most of women wash their hoods not
of tenor than onco in six weeks, tho effect
is best left Indefinite Scalp irritations
aro not unknown, causing months and
yoars of troublo. But oftcner tho bUIh
of tho head, cloggod and loaded with dead
scales of matter, loses its functions and
tho hair drops out. Shirley Daro.
Itats on Hoard Ship.
"Wo can always toll," said a West
India captain, speaking of tho plague of
rats in port now, "when wo havo a fow
or many of tho pests on board. Tho rats
do not, as ono would suppose, remain on
tho ship, but thoy got oil at various ports,
and, alter remaining awhile, ship ou somo
other vessel for another voyage. Tho
water rats, or wnari rats, aro great trav
olors, and mako frequent voyages around
tho world. Thoro aro bore now rats from
almost ovcry part of tho globe. Why, I
saw four colossal Jamaica rats, with their
whlto bclllos, skipping about In tho
moonlight tho other night, and yesterday
killed two Indian malo rats on my ves
sel.
"Rats aro great climbers when thev
find it nocessary to do so. Upon ono of
my voyagos not long ago wo had a long
spoil of warm weather, and thoro was no
water In tho hold which tho small army
of rats on board could got at. Ono night
wo put somo wator up at tuo cross trees
and waited for tho result. Well, tho rats
Just Bwarmod up tho rattllngs and went
for that water. Wo killed as many of
tnem as wo couia as tney camo down,
ind somo of them lumped overboard and
wero drowned. But wo could not kill
them all, and a few mode tho entire
voyago with us." Philadelphia Ilocord
Fashions In Handwriting.
There aro fashions In everything nowa
days. Tho latost Is In handwriting. At
least, I seo that an Instructor In that art
advertises at a stylish stationer s that ho
will Impart to our aristocracy, and I pro
sumo any ono clso who can nav for in
struction, tho latest stylos of fashlonablo
callgrnphy. It uBed to bo charged against
tho old foshluneu writing master that his
method of instruction depilvod tho pupil
of all individuality in tho use ot tho pen.
ino writing master taught writing alter
tho fashion of a copperplate Tho newer
Btylo Insists on an equal suppression of
individuality without tho compensation
of cloganco. Tho thing in handwriting
now is apparently to malto It as Illegible
as possible Tho extent to which the
peoplo succeed Is certainly a credit to tho
master. John Preston JJeochcr lu Now
York .bows.
AVatchlag the Heart.
A novel caso has been brought to tho
.n.ln TiAMin a i i ii j, i
notico of tho Paris Academy ot Medicine
A man's breast bono wna nearly all re-
movod, with parts of soveral ribs, lu or
dor to stop tho progress of bono disease.
Tho experiment resulted not onlv In sav
ing tho patient's llfo, but has given
soveral physiologists an opportunity for
direct Investigation of tho living heart
and great artery, parts of which havo
boon mado readily accessible. Arkansaw
iruvoicr.
How Jim. Shaw Whistles.
"Tho vocal chords, which act as vlhrnt.
Ing reods, form, in conjunction with tho
juuuiii as a resonatour or Hollow rover
bratlng sphere, tho onlv musical nn.
paratus that can boast of perfection, nud
It Is certalu that this Instrument, so
sweet and offoctlvo In snooch and Bliio-lmr.
can bo mado equally so when its sounds
aro mado to Issue at tho self adjusting
iips.-- i nis is i no Saturday itoview ti ox.
yutnauon. iiomo journal.
Kraut's Movublo Tvncs.
Notr tUlt they havo demolished Colnm.
bus' pretensions wo are qulto prepared to
hear that Guteuborg did not Invent print
ing. A Professor Korabacetl has recently
demonstrated, at a conference at tho mu
Bouni of Vienna, that movablo typos ot
wooa, oom ior loiter press onu orna-
mouia, wero in uso lu Egypt ouo years be
foro tho printer of Mayence. Boston
irunscript
Not Truly Comerted.
Citizen Woll, deacon, I s'poso the camp
meeting was a great bucccsst
Deacon (dubiously) Well, I dutmoj
tnere wero loriy-rigut converts.
Citizen Why. that's glorious!
Doacoa Yo-oa; but thlrty-sovon of tin
owe mo yot ior root boor an' sandwiches.
uston Herald.
WHAT LIFE RESCUER O'BRIEN 6AY8
ON THE 8UDJECT '
Observations et a Chicago Stan Who Has
Saved Thirty Unman Mrva Peoplo Win
Want to Drown Themselves Methods
of tho Genninn Self Killer.
"When I am freo and nt lcisuro I go to
Lincoln park. Tho lako shore thoro la
my field of operation. Most of tho
drownings tako placo in tho lako off Lin
coln park. Dozens of young people aro
out boating thero ovcry day, and onco In
awhile a llfo hater turns up, determined
to bury himself In tho waves. For ono
who Is really tired of llfo it is iudced n
goal place Tho water Is clear, cool and
inviting. Tho confusing roar and nolsa
of this busy city llfo Is far off. rcoco,
tranquillity and rest rolgii all around. Tho
placo Is Just mado for llfo haters who,
you know, aro often cnpablo of walking
miles In order to terminate their llfo In n
shady and green spot. Along that very
snore i rescued about a nozen people, ana
at least llvo ot them wcro would bo sell
murderers.
During tho nmnv vears I devoted to
this peculiar occupation of mlno that is,
to saving tho drowning I obsorvod that
not only placo nnd tlmo but also tho
weather hos great, deal to no wttn tuo
occurrcnco of drownings. Thoso who
drown themselves In tho spring and
autumn usually havo a weakness for fair
weather. Thoy are visionaries suffering
from inborn melancholy, and often poets
with rulnod, dissipated talents. Tho
great majority, however, are poor crea
tures for whom sunshlno Is rather in
vigorating than productive of a deslro to
dlo. They think of dying for n longtime,
but thoy do it as soon as tho weather
changes for tho worse. If tho weothor Is
too bad, if it rains or snows heavily, they
will wait. They do not like too bad
weather.
"Tho days on which tho drownings and,
I suppose, suicides In general aro most
numerous, are in most cases thoso on
which tho sky Is enveloped lu gray clouds.
Everything then seems gloomy and mel
ancholy. An lncxpllcablo heavy prossuro
upon tho breast makes tho blood flow
slowly and lulls tho brain into a dull
stupor. The thoughts get confused.
Deep sadness seizes tuo unfortunate suf
ferers, and whatovcr unpleasant nnd bit
ter their past llfo contained forces Its way
out of tho depth of recollection, and
bursts forth In ono agonizing feeling of
despair and disgust with tho world.
Thoso who try to plungo Into the here
after on such days offer grim resistance,
whon ono comes to their rescue, and with
out preliminary precautious to roscuo
them Is a dangerous undertaking.
"Many of thoso who resolvo to drown
themselves often como to tho spot thoy
select for the accomplishment of their ro
solvo, long before taking the final step.
Thoy walk up and down along tho shore,
gazo at tho sky, look around shyly, then
thoy bcglu to stare at tho water, en
deavoring to measure Its depth. When
thoy are about to mako tho fatal move
ment thoy holt suddenly and listen, Tl)o
chirp of a bird, tho splash of a fish, tho
whlstlo of a steamor, uny Bound, any
trilling matter unsettled their resolvo.
Thoy turn round all of a Budden and walk
quickly away. A fow days afterward they
como back and seem to reproach them
solves for having been bo cowardly before.
Instead of walking up and down thoy now
remain standing on ono spot. Thoy store
at tho water. In their cyos there is not a
spark of a thought. Thoy havo tho ap
pearance of somnambulists. Thoy can
neithor seo nor blur anything. Suddenly,
It seems, somotlAng startles thorn. Tho
hat files from tho head, tho coat from tho
shoulders, and thero they aro strug
i cllncr with tho waves.
"Most of them appear on tho surface
before they finally go down. A genuiuo
sclf-klller will fold his arms, shut his
eyes and go down without any noise IIo
Is half dead already before tuo unavoid
able apoplexy Btrikos his brain. Thoso,
howover, who go into death with somo
hesitancy, at this dreadful moment aro
overcome by a powerful fondness of llfo.
Thoy cry and kick and trainplo with tholr
arms and lcgB, and when ono comes to
tholr roscuo thoy cling to him llko a polyp.
To die Is not so dasy a thing after all, and
ho who attempts to tako his own llfo will
not soon repeat his attempt.
"Even tho hours of tho day are of great
lmportanco to tho suicides. Generally
thoy choose tho afternoon hours, when it
begins to grow dusky. Only a small pro
portion sulcldo iu the morning. At day
break, when only the streot cleaners nro
at work, In Chicago as well as lu other
largo cities, vyou can sometimes notico
peoplo of all ages and stations of llfo walk
down to tho lako or to tho river. They
loon palo ana weary, their hair is con
fused, tholr clothes in disorder, they look
as If thoy had lust como put of thou? bod.
They aro gambiors who havo lost.nll their
possessions in ono night, or cmbozzlors
who havo spent tho inonoy of their em
ployers In ono groat dobauch, or thloves
who aro esaiplng from tho police Thero
thoy stand at tho edge of tho water ana
sigh. Yostorday thoy wero happy und
free from all care, today a dreadful end
awaits them.
Tho darkness vanishes moro and more.
tho city awakens, Its noiso bocomos louder
and loudor. Thoy sit down and lot their
legs hang ovor tho surfaco of tho water.
rears nil tneir cyos, tuoy soo quietly.
It is so difficult to dio, especially when
ono Is young. Tho sun has riscu high
upon tho horizon. 1'ooplo hurry down
town from all directions. It strikes 8, 9
o'clock now, porhaps, tho embezzlement
has beon discovered, tho police aro being
notified another hour passes quickly
awoy. Thoro Is no hopo loft. They look
around again and again, then suddonly
thoy shut tholr eyes and glldo down Into
tuo water, inoy unuit it is an over, dul
somebody comes to their rescue. When
thoy nro brought ashore and thoy regain
consciousness, they send forth shouts ot
joy. WhatQVor may come, disgrace-, or
imprisonment "Thank God,' thoy repeat,
i am ouvo, l am aiivor ' unicago jour
nal Interviow.
Tho atusqulto n Illessidg.
A lecture was rocontly dollvered At
Madras, India, on that Interesting and
familiar pest, tho musquito. Mho loct
urer, Mr. II. sulllvon Thomas, asserts
that it Is only tho femalo musquito that
does tho biting. IIo considers tho mus
quito a most useful post, sovcn-elghths
of its oxlstenco being dovoted to tho
service of men and only ono-clghth to
tneir annoyance it exists in tno larvai
stato twenty-ono days, nnd during that
poriod engages In sanltSiy work with
ardor and thoroughness. Wherever thero
i.. .ii-... .......... ..... . - ia m.i.-.
isuuijr viuiui, ii uuiutu tuu.w i. t M.wijr
drain, thero tho musquito larva) are to
be found In hundreds, voraelously do
vonrlng tno contaminating matter. jnow
Orleans TImes-Domocrat.
Chinese history Is "complleil by a per
manent commission of accomplished
iiterary mon, who aro always at work
upon it. In 1737 an Imperial edict stated
that history ought not to no written for
the emperor's uso ouly, and remain shut
up lu golden caskets and marble cham
bers; it ougnt to oo moao arccssioio to an
oillclals, that thoy may know tho mind of
I uio emperors nuu uie laws oi tuu iiuiu.
F ho chluoso standpoint, history U
5,i,i i .Tr. ,,nL 't v.
tuo emperors ana uie laws ot tuo lonu.
divided Into two parts ono an exact nar
rativo of events, tho othor a record of
what the emperor has said and dono.
This division originates two sets of pub
lications; ono In which tho ollicers speoir,
tho other in which tho emperor Is tho
spokesman. In tho first, tho Industry of
tho bureau of history is run in tho collec
tion of facts, but thero Is always a dan-
gor that tho recoraer may uo under a
strong court Influence. Historical can
dor can scarcely And a placo In reference
to nations or persons vuo novo ncen in
conflict with tho court. With this ox
coptlon, tho array of facts thus rccordod
is most valuable.
Tho edicts published in tho second series
express tho mind of tho emperor, Ha
Is always a man who has the advantage
of good training, and If his stylo is toler
ablo and ho happens to bo fond of writing
his edicts himself, thoy will all bo trans
inlttod to future times hi full. Tho
scribes, who stand writing when ho
speaks, translato his spoken words into
olUclal phiobes, and his opinions and de
cisions will then p,tss into official history,
written partly by himself and partly by
tho scribes of tho cabinet. Bosldos theso
thoro aro various series of historical
works tho ilrst having boon prepared in
tho Eleventh century to popularize Uio
subject and placo tuo chief facts of tho
Chlneso annals within tho roach of com'
mon readers, who havo not tho oppor
tunity to study them in full. Tho last of
theso has just been published. It deals
with tho reign of Klonlung, from 1780 to
to 1705, and is In fclxty volumes 15wry
Important public matter Is rojordid u.td r
the duyouwhiuli It occurred. Tbo eui
ticror has, as usual, tho lion's slinroof tho
talking, and thero U room for him to say
a good deal in 120 chapters. North
Chlua Harold.
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