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Secret
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ur Tin
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C3T-OFFICE
EtPARTM ENT.I
A yw Bona; Jct PntuitiB hy an offlclal of
ttjr 15 teats' eit.-rifnre in the Srcrft Service, in
res Kijn.ficent (oral ocfao Voluma of oer 600
ui 1 ei. cantlj illustrated by tae best arUsts in
iOO Ml'FIin ENGRAVING.
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Mails ; t i:hnr with a complete description of the
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w.if so'l n-.iscrupnlous to defraud the public; also
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k. It : Quw ha leu an unpuralled sale; iflUat
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rr V.wnship in the U. H. and Canada. (""We
tfii.''f-ucr'fU so that Av Per.on with this pho
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HVIHQUANO BUCKBOARD. No. 21.
li Moihol'.iMi-! 9pr1"(t da away vi'h SIIi
tk?ji eiIK sPRINf, BODY-IMii'fl r.. 1
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atrT road, and anterior to all ntbom lie-.-la
h for poel!rur, pleasura cr ljn:n. w! 1
alai 1 f r,)r ilfcauriiitWu. bend for cutaiogue a:. 1
arWie
Bwuidird 'Waoa Co., Cinciaiati, 0.
Firnn, U oompoaed Wholly of Tin-
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'it is: jh acknowl v!f j'l by thu madi-r.r'jfi-.uin
V he the most potent r all
iter.yrDal rTnKl.ei k'i' -.vn to m'Klica.1
Itc -lreawiivvit f : i e vrjr case o '
fPnoral nn1 rri"'is lphlllty,
'por.tltrin, Chronip RhPnmn-
tim. HiahPtt. Stnnn in thP
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Hlsrac8 of the Monmeu.
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PARKER'S
HAIR DALGAM
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Py tt.a antbor of
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A Tale nftttit. A Nvl. Mrs. Hmrt W ..n.
A Br1daT ofl.. a NvI. j mi. or of l..inorii."
A PaaMlvc Crime- A N !. R 1 w I . -r
I nlrdrw II A N l. By author of - I"r Tir.rna.
Tko K n$g htahrldc Mj-atery. A Norrl. by Cm ami s
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itm.'t u'U i k7 WriTT aj rm a ) inj in l or
arer puiMijnti and Knarnnrred wrrth tlme liaira tha
U SSIAN
HEUMATISH
don't care snythina' bnt Rhenmst!fm, bat it cure
thnt every time. It enrt-d
BAM't. BrRNS, lncnnter, Pft.
Ma. Ham-maw, Sr.. Blooni.lura. Pa.
Mrs. Rf.v. R. H Kobimson. Stinnton. Va.
Mrs. W m. Mfbaru. IxSu Wrhe St.. Philadelphia.
J F. .': tor. Camden. N. J.
Mub Mart Catron. Moornstown, N. J.
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not in position to furmrh it to yi.u.do not it
auailed to takeanyttiiinr rise. .:i r.pply direct to tha
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nawapair of it kind jmTiihrd in the world.
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that we ;an meet every want and pleae every
taste. Price the very lowest.
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TW. DICK, ATTOIlNEY-AT-l.AW
a Ebensbunr, Fa. Office in bnildln; of T
J. Lloyd, dee'd. (first Boor,) Centre treet- A.1
manner of leiral buslnes attended t satlgfaeto
rll' and clleMon a specialty. lO-ia.-tr.l
TTT A MTrn For our Kellable Narsery
Wiill HjD Stock, an Nalary or Commls
lo. Write for terrrs, enclojng nTLf2ZlgZi
N.exrerl.nce neeie.VS. SALESMEN
ierymen, Kocbester. -J.Y.
Ki i M Tjoiiaii.; nt
l' 'htain nil! "rn! 4 1
lP15 F IT ISF
h3 FDA frf9
POKER
Tl;.- :
f ' ' ' Vj
A ItAnVS TINY SHOE.
Thoy found him by tho roadsitle dead,
A ratted tramp unknown ;
Hi Xiwt upttirntt.l in nnito despair.
Hi helpless arms utthrown.
Tli lark above him san a song
( )f -rM'ti:i to the day ;
The trM7.r Mew frosh and sweet, and
stiired
His hair in wantot play.
Th'v found no clw to linmf or name,
lint ti'd with a ri'tn Mut
..oy found a parkae. and it held
A baby's tiny ho.
Ilali v.rn and old, a button ofT,
It S4fi:i"i a suTt"i tiling ;
"With n-vfTfiice they wrapped it close
And tied the faded .string.
And laid it on the peaceful breast
That kept the secret well ;
And (tod will know and understand
The story it will t-U
Of happy times and peaceful home
That dead tramp sometimes knew,
Whose only relic left him was
The baby's tiny shoe.
Kansas City Times.
SEEING A GHOST.
&Ty from trie Iiectln g Iloorri.
Ne.l Ailfims. a jnuitor of Now York,
was oMi-e eliililoyeil in tin" ll.'llmii' liny
pital t ulli''o. He i-M.iI'-m ;i:i i -.;n'ii
he h;nl ihoro, which ptsi.v well imsiI.-c
"each particular hair to staTul r cmi."
This H how ho told it to a reporter of
the Herald :
"I lia-1 eharpe of tho dissoctini; rooti
Of I?elloVlie Hospital College fro'll lM'l
to lsTo, ami it was a part of my i!nty to
sleep in the.l institution.
To this, however. I dlf? not iihieet !r-)'H
the verv lirst, for, tliouszh I wa: alnm l:
that hiK lmililino;, winch in oin 'ie
most weird and melancholy lookup' institution.-
in tho entire city. I rcul tiee:i so
rnii'-h aieustomexl to the pre-e;.i-e oi
dead liodies that I bepm to like it quite
well.
"My room was situated directly next
door to the dissect inp; room, nml in
this dissecting room lay upward of one
hundred ami fifty cadavers in various
forms of mutilation.
I'oronowho has spent the greater part
of iiis life among .such associations -and
we are for the most part creatures
of habit you can readily perceive 1 1 : r i T
it required no very j;reat decree ot iiimi.1
coinage to accomplish this. And then,
ii am. I never believed in gliosis rind
lau -hed heartily whenever I hoard men
tion of them.
At that t !. ns now, TV. An.-tiii Flii t,
Jr.. was the professor of physiology, and
he took great delight in oxpo!';i:i"ntini;
on liimr animals for the bene.it of his
class. Tin; ipiadruped that be.-t suited
his pnrposi- in this respect was the dog,
und he always kept an abundant supply
of these animal ; on h-md.
I need hardly remark that they were
not of the very 'best specine-ns of tho
canine race and '.id not possess as mtieh
intelligence as ethers of their species.
They Were fed largely on most, and
seemed to be gctti'! R long very Well in
deed. These i"gs occupied a room next to
mine, which was separated by a very nar
row partition, and I could very readily
henr the lea t noise that was ma le. My
self and the dogs were therefore the sole
occupants of that Immense building. The
dogs never once broke the .piietude that
prevailed at night, and if they only oc
casionally did so it would not be such a
bad thinJ after all.
As I had occasion to rise early, gen
erally ahout live o'clock In the morning,
I was always In my bed at ten. and never
found much dli'iculty in procuring sleep,
and I was always as methodical as a
clock In this respect.
"It -'as on the 4th (lay of October,
170, and I had gone to bed at the usual
time. It was a tine, clear night and ex
ceptlomillv warm for that time of the
year. A "large I'.tiglish clock hung in
my room, and as there was always a light
burning; low I could, from my bed, dis
tinctly see the face of the clock.
"I did not feel as sleepy on that night
as was customary with me. and I attri
buted it somewhat to the heat of tho
day. I rolled in my bed for ipiite a time,
and when I again turned to the clock I
8a,v it was close on midnight.
"I now began to pass into a kind of
Stupor, half asleep and half awake, when
all at once I fancied I heard a low, sup
pressed cry as if of some one in great
agony of mind. This was followed hv the
yelp of tin dogs ami then a low. prolonged
growl as such animals generally make
when about to attack some one. This
was maintained for quite a while and
I kept my ear intently listening all the
time.
I could not be mist '!;en in the sound
oTt'io iiiiui'iii voice. I rubbed my ey es
w ' i my hand and stood up in the bed to
i , i; - my '. ' tha t I was not (Ire a miiig,
aa i I cimo b the conclusion that it wa4
per::- ;is some woman who remained in
the building over night. The voice cer
t.ii:i!.v wa of the sharp, shrill charrcte?
of a wo :i. ;i.
"All tnis time I was not one bit afraid,
and I proeee ie 1 to dress myself to ascer
tain t In- cruise of t he ci mi mot ion. I put nn
my pantaloons and waistcoat and walkeJ
out in lay bare feet.
"When I reached tho room where tho
dogs were I opened the door gently and
peeped in. Good heavens! Right in the
middle of the dogs stood a strange
woman, all in white, and as I looked In
upon her sue threw a glance at me that
almost froze the blood in my veins.
"Presently the door flew open, ap
parently of its own accord, and, the
strange form glided out and passed into
tho dissecting room. I tried to follow it,
and as I did so she raised her hand in a
menacing attitude and suddenly disap
peared from sight.
"There was not a spot in that room I
was not familiar with, and I knew thero
were no secret trapdoors through which
she could descend. Kight in sight of me
the ground seemed to open up in front of
of her and she to disappear from view.
"I need not tell you that I slept but
little that night. I did not in fact, go to
bod at all. but sat on the side of it with
my clothes on, and I longed eagerly for
the return of the day.
"I tried In my mind to explain the)
cause of the extraordinary phenomenon,
but every time tho difficulty grew greater,
and if I had been any way tinder the in
fluence of liquor I might attribute it to
some morbid condition of tho nervous
system Induced by over stimulation. But
the fact remained and I could not dispute
the evidence of my senses.
"The next day I handed in my resigna
tion to the faculty, but made no reference
to the cause of my leaving. I have never
vlsltod a dissecting room since thnt night,
and never will again If I live for a hundred
years."
Etneraor.'s Ftndy.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's study in the
pleasant 'old Concord residence is kept
just as the sage and poet left it.
Over t he low man; el hangs a fine copy
of Michael Angelo's Fates." There is a
curious old Kgyplian idol, choice en
pravings on tho walls, and busts of cele
brated men hero and there about tho
room.
On either sideof the fireplace two doors
open Into the sunny south parlor.
In the center of the room is a largo
table. It Is piled with books.
On one side lies the little blotting pad
with sheets of paper, and by it a pn and
an ink bottle.
This is all the paraphernalia of Emer
son's writing materia In. ' z
HIS DARLING WAS GONE.
When the Old Elephant Came.
Colonel Millbank was a proud, arro-
.rant sort of man. The pleasant fa
met 1-1. mg the street held no char
him. He Vad never been known to
mit a cruel net, yet people said h
utterly without feeling. When hi
v..is i.nrieil v Stood beside the ;
s !i.
ii for
Clltll-
wits
wife
rsive.
apparently unmoved, and the not day he
went about his business as tl-tiril.
P is strong"." snid a generous man
who had just made an assignment, " how
such a man as Millbank can be successful
iu business."
"Such men are gen. Tally success, ul,
a friend replied. " Hardheartedn.-ss suc
ceeds where gentleness strives iti vain.
Millbank was not wholly regardless of
others. He loved his little boy with a
devotion forgetful of all self. So soon as
he had entered the house the hard lines
would melt from his face, and his evs,
so cold to all others, would glow as il a
soul had suddenly sprung into them.
"How is my iitlle angel" the father
asked one evening as he took the child on
his lap and fondly kissed him.
" Well," the little fellow replied.
"Emmet, do yon know that every
morning when I awake and lind yon well
I foe! so thankful to God that I ought to
spend the rest of tho day in worshipping
Him?"
" No, do you?"
" Yes, little angel
" Au' when the old elephant comes will
you take me to see himV"
"Yes."
"When will he come?"
" Next week."
Will he be hero In the. mornlnV
" No. he won't come until next week."
"Tell me about him."
"Well, he will come marching down
the street with his great long snout, and
the little bovs and girls will clap their
hands and lauirh. Then he will go out to
a great, big tent, and the boys will give
him apples."
" An might I give mm oner
" Yes."
" An' he won't bite mo, elver, will he? '
"No."
"What will he do?"
"lie will take the apple with bis
snout and put it In his mouth."
"Ho will?"
"Yes, and then he'll want another
one?"
" I wish he was here now."
"He'll be here pretty soon. There,
now. papa must go down town," he added,
as he smoothed hack the boy'a beautiful
hair and kissed him.
He passed into the street. The dlvino
light had faded; the hard lines were
again on !.i:'. face.
"When will the old elephant come.'
the loy asked, when another morning had
dawned.
It won't be long now."
" I'll be awful glad when he does
come. I'm keepin' this big red apjile for
him, an' he'll be glad to get it, won t he?"
"Yes, he will."
"Hell say to himself, 'This Is the best
apple I ever did eat.' won't he ?"
" Yes, he w ill think it is very nice."
Physicians came and came again. A
llttl.; Veverish hand held a red apple. The
tears of a heartbroken man fell upon
ringlets of beaut ifui hair. Women came
with their gentle hands and soft whis
pers. Another day dawned. A red ap
ple on the mantelpiece caught a ray of
sunlight. Then came the roll of drums,
the clash of cymbals. Feather- nodded,
people shout"d. The father lifted his
swollen eyes from a little coflii. and
gla.i. eel through a window. The old
Mephant wn passing the house. At
I lanta Constitution. .
The Art of Frj-tnp.
Frying is one of the most common
methods of cooking meats, just ns it is
one of the most objectionable. Put, as
all meats cannot be either broiled, boiled,
or roasted, frying in small families when
fuel is scarce, ami tires too costly lobe
maintained on a large scale, becomes in
disjiensahle. Such being the cae, it is
veil to understand the best possible
method of performing the operation.
The process is a very siuij.li- one, con
sist in-- of merely having t he fat in which
tho ai 'iel i-. to tie frL'd red hot, by l.ieh
is meant be i ted to a degree I. -if In ' ' I ban
boiling water. When thnt is do:" a i'-n.
brown crust is Immediately l" -:"n " on the
outside of the m-at. which jin-ven;- llie
fat from jiem-t rat ing it. as it certainly
would do if the meat Is put into it before,
it is jirojierly heated.
The greasy, soggv fried potatoes so
usually served owe their greasine
and
sogg;:ie
to the cold fat in which thev
are tir-t jdaceil and allowed to stand ni
ter they are done until the fat grows
partially cold. Tin- projier way 1 fry
potatoes is to slice t hem thin and then
plunge t hem into boiling lard. As soon
as they are browned toa erisji t hey should
be skimmed out and thrown into the
the colleinh r to drain. So much for the
art of frying. Washington Republic.
TTealth of People In China.
The xq Hilar notion that the Inhabl
trint.s of Chinese cities ore given to un
wholesome habits does not seem to be
well founded.
Dr. Dudgeon, In a recent work on the
diet, dress, and dwellings of the Chinese,
says that the j.eoj.le have admirably
adapted themselves to their surround
ings, an l enjoy a maximum of comfort.
They have a good many le-sons yet
to leadi ii- iu respect of living and
jirael ieai hea It h."
After an experience of over twenty
years with them, he says that they are
subject to lower diseases, their diseases
are more pmennblo to treatment, and
they possess a greater freedom from
acute and lutlammatory affections of all
kinds. If, Indeed, these can bo said to
exist at all, than obtains among Western
nations.
Deelrtedljr Inconvenient,
A popular clergyman recently related
the following thrilling incident:
A gentleman shaving cut off his noso.
Startled at his mishap he let his razor
fall, and In fulling it cut ofT his too. A
doctor was summoned, and in replacing
the dismembered limbs he made a mis
take, juitting the nose on the toe and the
toe o:: the nose.
This transposition is now c.iusing the
man much Inconvenience; when he has
need to blow his nose he la obliged to
take off his shoes. Shoe and Leather
lie porter.
W here He Took the CakA.
A clergyman of our acquaintance will
have a good Joke to tell a well-known
brother of the cloth when next ho sees
him.
Hiding with strangers he overheard a
lady expressing herself, honestly, no
doubt, but with exuberant warmth, in
favor of her beloved pastor (tho brother
aforesaid), capping the climax by say
ing: " lie Is good everywhere, and on all
occasions, but at funerals he takes tha
cake." Watervillo (Me.) Mall.
The Wicked Book Agent.
The wicked book agent has been
at
It again.
One of the fraternity Induced a citizen
of Cadillac, Michigan, "to bvy a book f r
a present V his wife, and then s 'd a
copy of the same book to tho wifa for a
present for her husband.
It is needless to bay that thero Is grlaX
In that household.
E1C0U WITHOUT C0SMETIC3.
w Way of Tlrlnging Rosea to Fair Cheeka
A neat l'ttle house on Pine street, not
far v..--t if l'.road, has l-ec:i, for some
!. " i::s', the object of considerable at
' 1.1.1 among the residents of that
n-i ;!iborhood. The suspicion arose from
the fact that every day the house is
; ited by quite a number of ladies
-'.. .ging in age from sixteen to sixty.
j: 1 lor of t he house is occujiied as an
'" I"' a yoti'i" physician. It has lately
1 .'. . i -i - -il that he 1 engaged in "a
lii'i t l"i :;..ii i;:ble business.
To one of the visitors a. News-gatherer
is indebted for an explanation of a secret,
-. the majority of many rosy-
c!i" !:e. maidens who promeiiad'e Chest
::at street would prefer to remain un
diicovored. Thu visits of the young
ladies to thedoctor are for no other jmr
ioc than to get a healthy color; not
jiuinte!, tint a genuine healthy color.
A News-gatherer was fortunate
enough to have, through tho courtesy of
the producer of the" rosy hlii-h."" an
opportunity of w itnessing t he operation
l-y which the cheeks are beaut ilied and U
hea r the iin ti ir's account of how he came
to introduce the new method of an aiU
lii ia! bloom of health In female faces;
It ta feslrom three to five visits to
it:a t rose " permanent. The treat
ni -nt is jiaii less und the girls seem rather
to i'i ;oy it.
The young lady who was being oper- i
ati-d upon during the reporter's visit was I
a Jiale-chei-ked lass from uptown, whose
fa.ee needed but the roses to make her
ii.teresting. She was undergoing the
iirst cour.-e. T'n lcr the impression that
the visitor was a student she made no
objection to his presence.
The doctor began his operations with a
soft, dry towel, with which he rubbed
both cheeks of the patient until they
glowed. Then lie alternately patted and
r ibbed the cheeks with his bare hands
c.iil the blood was brought sufficiently
i.e.-ir the surface to make the girl look as
if she had been standing over a hot lire
cooking a Christmas dinner.
After a rest of ten minutes thejiroccss
was renewed, and boforo that was over
th"re was a spot on each cheek that
glowed like a burning coal. This had to
be toinii down, and the toning was done
by ajijilicatioii of an ointment rut die-1 into
the skin with a piece of soft shcejiskin,
so that when this was done the young
lady, who came in psile-cheeked and col
orless, left the office with a pair of roses
that will be the admiration and envy of
her uninitiated companions. This jro
cess is continued for several successive
days until the bloom lecomes permanent.
"I have a very extensive practice,"
said the bloom jirodueor, and they come
from all sections of 1 hecity. I am think
ing of ojM-ning an office in New York. I
iliscoveriil the method accidentally. My
sister had a pale, colorless face and she
frequently lamented that fact. Several
times I made her cheeks red by rubbing
them, and I found that they nt last re
tained their color. She was gratified
with the ii -nil and had me p it rosy
cheeks on several of her girl frien Is.
"As I was a physician wiihou prac
tice the ii'.ea .-true!; me that I couM make
, oiiey by t!u.t means, so I established an
li and I now have more patrons than
I cm attend to. I have an awful lot of
old maids, from whom the bloom of
youth has faded, coming to have their
cheeks blush again.
"Itruneties reipiire the most work, as
the blood must be brought very dose to
the surface to show through their dark
skin. Plonilcs require t he greatest care,
as there is da"-. of making them look
cooks, with too much color. I have
become such an expert that I can Just
catch the right shade to suit the com
plexion." Philadelphia News.
A 'Wise Father. . .
Tho Crown Prince of Prussia was al
ways a very sensible man in the manage
ment of his household, and he is ably
seconded by his wife. On one occasion
tin governor of hh children came to him
and said :
"Your Highness, I must complain of
the little Prince; he refuses to have his
face washed in the morning."
"Does hi.?" answered the Crown
Frlm-e. "We 11 remedy that. After this
let Ki i n go unwashed."
" It shall be done." said the governor.
Now the sentries have to salute every
member of the royal family children
and all whenever they pass. The day
after, the littlo four-year-old Prince went
out for a walk with his governor. As
they passed a seiitry-lox where a grim
soldier stood, the man stood rigid without
presenting arms.
The litt le Princes accustomed to uni
versal deference looked displeased, but
said nothing. Presently another sentry
was passed. Neither did this one give a
sign of recognition. The little Prince
angrily spoke of it to his old governor,
and they passed in. And when the walk
was finished, and they had met many
soldiers, who none of them saluted the
Trince, the little fellow dashed Into hi9
father exclaiming:
" Papa papa you must whip every
man in your guards ! They refuse to
salute when I pass !"
" Ah ! my son," said the Crown Prince,
"they do rightly ; for clean soldiers never
salute a dirty little Prince." After that
the boy took a shower bath every morn
ing. Inglesido.
Sicilian 8uperatitlona.
The Sicilians are charmingly surersti
tious. They still believe that t he govern
ment has the power to give and cure
cholera at its pleasure that it has at its
dlsjiosition u centre, as they say in their
dialect, a sjiecific against the disease.
In the worst time of the plague, the
Sicilians have been heard to cry tait:
"Come, come, it's not bo "bad ; we'll
soon be rid of the cholera. The govern
ment will put a stop to it when there are
fi.nuo dead."
An anecdote of equal savor Is told of
a young Sicilian who, afflicted with home
sickness in Italy, longed to return to his
beloved Sicily. Moving restlessly alout
the docks for sometime, he happens to
meet a sea captain of his own race. De
lighted with the chance, he implores him
to take him on board his vessel and land
him anywhere on the island.
"Willingly," said the captain, "on one
eondit ion."
" Name it; I subscribe to It In ad
vance." " That you will give us the antidote
for cholera."
"I haven't any antidote for cholera,
my man !"
"What nonsense! Don't you belong
to the government? Are vou not the son
of our Mayor?" Ingleside.
XJver 'Without Baeaa.
A four-year old boy, while making a
morning call at the house of a neighbor,
overheard the servant girl talking em
phatically to the cat in hT endeavor to
get it out of the kitchen.
Among other things the girl said to the
cat wns this: "If you don't get out of
this I'll shake the liver out of you !"
This remark struck the listening young
ster favorably, and he treasured it up for
future use.
Next morning he chanced to be at this
same neighbor's, and the smaller mem
bers of the household announced to him
that they were going to have liver for
breakfast.
The youngster put two and two to
gether at once, and reached his own
conclusions; then, to confirm them, he
turned to the girl and asked anxiously:
"Did you shake it out of the cat?" 'St.
Albans Messenger.
A WOMAN'S POLITICS.
Why She Changed Her Party.
" A changeable as a woman" has been
Included among lamentations ever since
Adam made his misdeal; but for rapid
outflanking of one's own sentiments the
late Widow V., of Michigan, beats the
reitird.
Having a son residing In Texn. seemed
to attach her sympathy to the Palmetto
llag. and she lost no opiort unity of
wishing nil sorts of ill luck to Northern
oppressors ; and if she had not given aid.
cookies and sjinnks to nearly every child
in the village since its first cradle was
dedicated, would have been considered
un offensive partisan.
The T'nion League was her pet aver
sion and Its members little belter thnn
personal enemies; but when a dingy
piece of wrapping paper reached her,
months after It was pencilled, warning
her not to attempt writing to her seces
sion girdhil boys, lest his fate be more
averse if it were known that he had
Northern friends, she wished she had
every Pnionist packed into a cannon, and
a lighted match in her hand.
"They would land over Jordan lefore
you could say scat," she snid savagely to
Edwin Smith, who had called t tell her
that another son had enlisted and must
leave her within the hour.
His errand made him pale, for though
a giant in size, he had rather face an
earthquake than tears.
The young man was not the sort that
leads in" prayer, but he took good care of
his mother and a host of young brothers
and sisters. How they could live wit hout
him, did not disturb'the ncighl-ors. be
cause the Smiths had large farms and
larger hearts, but the near parting made
them chilly, and after the old lady wished,
it took Smith less thnn a second to de
cide that his wife could tell such news
better than himself.
Before he could reach the door, how
ever, it flew ojien nnd the new recruit
called gaily : "Say! mother! The other
boys are all going and It looks like such
a big job for me to stay here and wait
on the girls that I've got discouraged and
put my name down for a chance shot.
You will have my bounty, and I'll send
you my pay. so don't worry about any
thing; and when you hear of a battle
think how like blazes I can run."
There was a hug, kiss and handshake
or two, and as the gate slammed the old
lady called out: "Now be careful and
not shoot at .John."
" I'll watch out!" came drifting back.
Turning to Smith she said proudly.
" WTe are going to win; and Abe Lincoln
won't have a better soldier than Ben
V. !"
She criticised the War Department no
more, nor expressed fear for the safety
of either son, execjd that they might not
kill each other, and lived years after Ben
got his j-ri.e money for lieing one of tho
chief captors of the President of a lost
cause. Detroit Free Press.
A. Noble Kxamiile.
The late Samuel Brown was a mer
chant of Boston. Mass. When the elder
Quiney was Mayor he saw t he necessity
of removing the Alms-house and tin
House of Correction to South Bo-ton.
Mr. Brown owned a very large vacant
estate where the buildings now stand,
and Mr. (Quiney called upon him and
asked the price of the estate referred to.
Tin- reply was, " $:in.(tto." Mr. tuincy
said that "would do, and asked t hirty days'
refusal and a lioiid of It, in i '-t to en
deavor to persuade the City Coin.. ;! to
:":roe to the measure. Mr. l;r..vn re
plied that ho should give no bond, as he
said his word was always his bond.
The Mayor took his word, and in
twenty-eight days had obtained the proper
luthorlty, and again waited'on Mr. Brown,
saying that he had come to complete the
sale of the land.
" What land?" asked Mr. Brown.
"Why the South Boston land we spoke
of," said the Mayor.
" At what price, sir?" asked the
former.
"Thirty thousand dollars," replied the
latter, " the price agreed upon."
" Did I say that amount, sir!"
' You did."
" Have you any writing to that effect?"
" No. sir, none.''
"Well," snid Mr. Brown, "since you
were here I have been offered JCji.ihK)
cash for It, and j-ou exjiect me to sell it
for S to.OOO to the city?"
"I do," replied jlr. QuIncy, "because
you agreed to."
" Have you any proof of that?"
" Yes ; I am the witness."
"But you, being an Interested party,
cannot be a witness. Have you any other
witness or proof, and do you wish me to
refuse P,0,(Hio for the laud and sell it to
the city for $30.000 ?"
I do."
You have no bond for it, have you,
Mr. Quiney?"
"None, sir, whatever," replied tho
Mayor, stretching himself up with great
dignity "none whatever but your word,
and that, you said, was your liond."
"And," "replied Mr. Browd, stretching
himself tip with equal dignity, "so it is.
My word is my bond, and for $30,XMtho
land is yours." New York American
Railroader.
Tongh. Story of an Old Rabbit.
TTero I a story which boats the old
dog stories hollow. According to M. La
Imrder, a writer in the Revue Scientilique,
a rabbit, one of the ordinary tame sje
cies, was bought for purposes of experi
ment at the Physiological I.aloratory in
Paris, ami after a fxirtion of the facial
nerve hud been removed it was lelt to run
about the laUiratory.
It very soon recovered from the effect
of the operation, and was for four years
M. Laliorde's affectionate companion. 1
would await at the top of the stairs his
arrival in the morning, and would some
times run to meet him. Whenever it had
the opportunity the rabbit would jump
upon his knee, and it was as fond of
caresses as a cat.
During the progress of an experiment
It would sit on the operating table watch
ing the proceedings with every appear
ance of interest. Bunny's chief delight
waa in a microscopical examination.
As soon as M. Laborde put his eye to
the microscoj.e, the rabbit would perch
on his shoulders arid endeavor to take a
peep. This wonderful animal lived on
terms of the most intimate friendship
with two dogs belonging to the labora
tory; but when a strange dog arrived he
Invariably turned it out, and sometimes
chased It along the street. Nor did he
show himself very friendly to unfnn illai
biped visitors. Pall Mall Gazette.
Oatg-rowai Law.
In Boston the law against smokirg In
the streets still exists; and any unfor
tunate smoker could be arrested by any
policeman who chose to do so.
In England a man wns recently ar
rested under a nearly forgotten law for
bidding driving through the streets dur
ing church time.
In the same country, during the early
part of this century, a convicted mur
derer escaped all junishment by claiming
trial by combat; that is, that his innv
cence or guilt might be proven 1 y a duel
with the nttorney-general (the latter em
phatically declining tho t--t. And it
was found thnt the right f demanding
such a duel had never been repealed.
The English laws respecting the
Christmas street singers or " waits " were
also in existence until very recently.
Originally they were court pages, whose
duty it was to patrol the court nt night
and proclaim the hour with a pious eong-
" BETTER'S COON HT7NTLF-"
rieaxnrea of Seasonable Vagabond Ltn.
A well-to-do old farmer, in one of the
best counties of M iddle Tennessee, owned
a large number of slaves, and among
them one old darkey about his own age.
and whom he had known all his life.
In fact, he wns one of the "old family
negroes" brought out from Virginia.
Old "Sam" was a faith' ul. docil
creaure. a great favorite wit n bis master,
and a sort f j.ri ilegi-d ehiiriii-'ei on the
plantation. The old fellow- was imlus-
Triou- and exemplary in his behavior all
the year round, excej.t during that period
dating from the time when roasting-ean.
lM-gin to rijwn and the earliest ujiM-ar-ance
of frost.
Sam was invariably scire.! at thnt
period with nn invincible desire to "run
away." It p-cum- ! as regular as a lit
of " hay fever," as incurable. P.tid
like that unpleasant disorder could only
le treated by change of air and locality.
Sam. understanding this, preferred to
take his case in his own hands and ad
minister the treatment In his own dis
cretion. of course. In such a case, the usual
punishment inflicted on "runaway nig
gers " was not to be thought of. Remon
strance wns unavailing. Sam diclared.
"He jes' couldn't he' hissef." and it
became a settled and understood arrange
ment, that he should go, and that the
neighborhood should condone his raids
on corn-fields and potato-patches.
After many such escapades, his old
master asked him on one t asion, when
the matter was under discussion :
"Sam, do you really enjoy running
away?"
"'Deivl, Marso John." said Sam. "I
does. Hit- do rnoas' fun In de wurl".
Coon hiintin'aint no whars to hit."
" Well, then." snid Marso John, "just
let me know the next time you take a
notion to start, and I'll go with you, and
try it awhile myself."
Sure enough. In due season Sam camo
up, sa mg :
"Oh1. Marse; de time's mighty nigh
when I'hloegod to lit" out. Ef you guine
wid me. you better be gittin reddy, for
when ile time comes I got to go quick."
"Old Marse" kojt a bright lookout,
and when Sam started ho was on hand.
They had a delightful time. They
fished " occasionally, caught 'possums,
robb.-d orchards and watermelon and
j iota to patches, picked blacklierrlea for
recreation, and haunted the grei-ne-t au
shadiest nooks of the forest, all of which
Sam knew well. Old Marse" had never
enjoyeu t he summer so much. In fact,
he v as so much 'leased that regii! il ly
nl'tei y.ar 1 I .' accompanied S im w iieu llie
latter v.ent ,: to annual re'reat.
At length Sam died. Tin-old tnHster
grieved for him sincerely He was sad
al-oovorth - reflection that his sunim -r
jia-titiu- would in future 1- denied ,jm.
But. to 1 be amazement of nil his friends,
and not e.-.s his own, when roasting-ear
time came again, the tit seized him as
strong ns ever, and he ran away by birn-
Sel;'. Sollt llcl'-'l Bivo.i-jC.
Robert Heller, the Magician.
"Robert H'-ller," the noted magician,
was rer.My William Henry Palmer, a
native of Canterbury, in England. At the
age of ten y.vrs h- was a musical pro
digy, and nt sixte.-i. he npponrd in con
cert, and had comosed several brilliant
studies for 1 he pianoforte.
His musical career was hindered by
his boyish fancy for the illusions of
magic, at lir-t a mere recrention. after
ward nn inf'Muation. While -tin a, stu
dent he lcit the Royal Acad-mv, In
company with another young and 1-oto.J
artist, and nt the Theatre Royal. Roches
ter, he gave Ida first magical entertain
ment. The result was not brilliant. The
friendly confederate sat in a front box.
with greatly waxed mustache, eyecla-s
and other disguise, but owing to anxiety
he lost his presence of mind at critical
periods, to the discomfiture of the wiz
ard nnd the disgust of the audience, from
whose missiles the two young adven
turers escaped through a window at the
rear of the stage.
In ls.V2. "Robert neller" came to the
United States, and soon afterwards h
drifted to Washington. There he became
a profes-cr of music, was organi-t at
Dr. Hall's church, became a hmi in the
diplomatic society presided over by Ijord
and Lady Napier, and married Miss
Annie Kieckhofer, a daughter of one of
the firm of Riggs & Co., bankers.
But his infatuation for a Bohemian
life w,-.s not overcome. His marriage
was not a happy one. nnd he persuaded
an old English gentleman named Philp,
the father of a Washington bookseller,
to furnish the fun-Is for n new necro
mancer's outfit. Soon afterwards he ob
tained the services of his stej sister.
Miss Ada Palmer, a.s a confederate, arid
with her travelled around tho world.
Returning to the Atlantic coast he died
at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia,
Nov. 27, 1878. (Boston Budget.
Tlie) Oreat American I.lar.
When Mr. Morton wns American Min
ister to France he was entertaining a
party at dinner, among whom wore
several F'nglish swells and the great
American roc mVnr Tom Ochiltree.
One of the Englishmen had described
the Duke of Westminster'- place as
being remarkably huge ami beautiful,
when Tom broke in with:
" Why, that's nothing. A friend of
mine iii Texas has got a place a thous
and miles square, nnd a house as big
asa hotel. He met me walking alniut tho
house one day and said : " Hello! Tom.
where do you come from?' "Why. old
man. I've been staying with you for two
weeks." It was a fact; we hadn't hap
pened to meet before."
Algnlllette for Indies.
"What Is all that cordage ami trap
pings that the girls wear dangling from
their shoulders this season?" was asked
of a ladies' tailor.
"Those, my boy," was the anSwor,
"are aiguillettes."
"That's something military, I sup
pose?" " Yes. they're worn by officers In full
dress. They're made of gold lace then."
"And why should ladles in street
dress wear part of an oClcer'a uniform in
full dress?"
" My customers now all have brothers
or cousins or sweethearts, they tell me,
in the National Guard. It's got to be
quite the thing to hold a staff -om mis
sion ; In fact, they tell me that none but
young men of the best social position are
now allowed on the brigade and regi
mental staffs, and so. as my customers
all wanted to wear something military,
I picked out the prettiest part of the uni
form for them. Then they set the fash
ion, and the rest followed. My customers
will drop it pretty soon. Phila. Tress,.
Origin of ' l ynch Law."
A eurlouc. fact is that although the
lynching of Henry Mason, colored, re
cently for the murder of Mr. Hammers
ley Is the first occurrence of the kind in
Campbell County, the very name of
"lynch law "was derived from a native
of that county, old Col. Lyi.ch, who wns
In the habit of administering summary
punishment, to marauders and miscre
ants of every desci ijaion without paying
any attention to the ordinary proccs-.es
rf law. Hence he was called "Judge
Lynch." and this it is snid. is tho true
origin of the terms "lynching" and
"lynch law." Lynchburg (Vs.) News.
L0VE-MAIIN0 IN JAPAN.
firacefnl Sweetheartlnf; Coatonaa,
Iii houses wherein reside ne or raoft
daughters of a marriageable age an empty
flower pot of an oriiumentiil haracter La
encircb-ii by a ring and suspended frcr
the window or eranda by three light
hnins. ' Now the Juliet ' Jan- . are. of
oinir-.e. attractive, nnd
anxious a.- tl - e of ..th
But instead of s- r ri
arid it her (b 'icate v .
impression, it is .
elr '.. ex8 al
lands.
- by moonlight
of making aa
.-l- f,,r xbi
jHjiane-e lover to apj l oach t he dv '.:.-.
(r his lady tearing some choice plant In
his hand. 1 I 's takes place nt a timt
when he is fi." --assured that Imth mother
and daughter " at home, and 1 r:eed
sen rely say tluu " -it her of them is at all
conscious t hut . - young man is taking
such a libeitywi.n the llower jut outsids
of t heir v. indow.
It is t.elievcd that a young lover so en
gaged tins never Iwh-ii seen by bis ,i,jy or
her mamma iu this act of sacrilege at
any in:, my friend tell- me that during
hi- long residence in Japan be ii.-ver
heard oi on--being Interfered with In any
way. The fact Is, this uct of placing a
pretty plant into the cmjity flower -ol la
equivalent to a proposal to the yoiir-g
lady who dwells within, and this en-tern
fashion is, as I think, a dell. -ate and
most harmless way of proj.o-ing to a
lady.
'1 he youthful gardener, having fettled
his plant to Ids mind retires, and tha
lady is free to act as she please. IT he
t 1he right man she takes every enre of
his gift, wnters It, tends it carefully w ita
her own hands, that all the world may
see. in a word, that the donor is nn no
cejiteil suitor. But if he Is not a fav .rite,
or if stern jiarents object, the x.or plant
Is torn from the vase, nnd the next morn
ing lies limp and withered on th ver
imda, or on the path below. Home
luii nuil.
"The Oray Mare ia the Better Horae."
A gentleman who had seen the world,
one lay gave his son a span of horses, a'
chariot, and a basket of eggs.
" Do you." said lie to the tiny, "travel
urx.:: the high road until you come to tha
first house n, which is a "married couple.
If you find that the husband Is master
there. cive him one (if the horse-. If,
on the contrary, the wife is the ruler,
give her an egg. Return at once if vou
part with a horse, but do not come b'n'-k
as long as you keej. both hors(s and
there is an egg remaining.'"
Away went the l,v full or his rni-slon,
and, ju-t beyond the t,rdor of his father 's
estate. In! a modest eot'.-ige. 1 ( .. , . i . t -ed
Horn .ts chariot, and knocked at tne
door. The good wife ojienej t for hira
and eourt' sjed.
" I - you.-- husband at home?"
"No." but she would cull him from
the hay-field.
In he came, wiping- his brows. Tbs
young man told them his errand.
"Why." says the wife, bridling and
rolling the corner of her apron, I al
ways do as John wants rue to do; he la
my master; ain't you, John'"
" Then, " said the Ny, T nm to g)vJ
you a horse; which will you take?"
" I think." said he. "as h.ov thnt bay
gelding scents to be the one a., would suit
lue th" best.'
"If we have a choice, hu-b.-oai." said
the wife, I think the gray mar- w iii suit
us the Nt."
" No." rejdled John, "the bay f..r me;
he is the lucre square in front, and his
leg- are better."
-Now." said the wife "I don't think
so, the gr.y mare is the better horsa,
and I shall never be contented utiles I
get that one."
"Well," said John, "if vour mind is
set on it, I'll give up; we ll take the pray
mare."
"Thank you," said the bov, allow
me to give you an egg from this basket ;
it is a nice fresh one. and you can boil it
bard or soft, as your wife will allow."
The rest you can Imagine. 1 he vour.g
mnn came home with both h. but
not an egg remained in the ba.skei.' Bos
ton Courier.
FomctlilDC INt-Tv The Fa-ot Farty.
The fagot party Is instp - ion of
the h. test date the very - t thins out,
in fact, in the way of int. ll.-v1tj.il er.ter
tainment for evening hours at home or
with one's neighbors.
The ruling feature of 'his i.ew- in-'itu.
tlon is that every one accejitlm- nn invi
tation to a fagot party mu-t bring, or
every one pre.-ei.t must furnl-h, a fagot
to aid in keeping, the social firelight of
the ocea-ion interestingly bright.
The fagot may 1- a game, i-tory,
riddle, song. sjee h. .r any other form
of social offering tor th amusement of
the rest, and it will Im- well to have the
complete bundle of fagots as varied in its
character and make uji as may be. Good
Housckeejiing.
Mexican Ixve of Children.
One trait of the Mexican ( haracter
deserving of all praise, is the national
love for children. Mexico Is the chil
dren's paradise. Children are love, nnd
petted in public to an extent thnt mnket
an American, used to thestnlid w.-ivs ,,f
bis own country people, oj'ti I is ev.-s jn
a-tonishment and pleasure. There' i-s.tjr
affectation in the matter. A little child
is the jiot of the poojde baby is every
one's admiration, nnd here you mnr see.
fathers out walking with their children
for the pleasure of the children's com
pany. In shejis and all places where peojila
meet children are petted, and a la!.y in a
shop is seized and caressed hv nn armv of
male admirers. Washington Republic.
rmallet Terrier la Che World.
Tiny, a black-and-tan terrier, has tha
honor of having been the smallest full
grown dog that ever lived. He Iminnged
to Lieut. -Gen. Sir Archibald Mnolain. of
England, and in honor of his extreme
thinness, is now carefully preserved
under a gins-, case. Tiny was le?s than
four inches long, and could comfortably
curl up and take a nap in a common
glass tumbler. St. Nicholas.
Good Cteaullna; for ritammerera,
rieaslng reading for men with stam
mering tongus may lie found In Le
l'rogres. the French journal devoted to
colonial extension In Indo-China. In a
recent issu". it speak- of " I manifes
tations and proclamations mblt-hed by
the Chanemi ngavel iyouiia iuo.l iini n tuii
daninndn lavele.-ija Committee." Tiiat
bents old man DciuosUiciiec'tj pebbld
business every time.
A Miser' DtIo: Wl.k.
A clergyman, endeavoring t console
a rich mi-cr in his dying hours, not far
from Lodi. asked hhu : "In looking orer
your past life, what do you regret the
most at this time? '
" That I did not die twenty-five ynnrs
ago, when funerals were che.er." Cal
ifornia Maverick.
Her llurlc.l Ic Tr.iil:cJ Her.
"Two of the ..f m-.- bnr:"d lee
overlap each other nn 1 ai i : dread
fully." t-nid t he v.:f" of .on ..:;. i.-iin, ol
M-rlboro. Ma . '!'! b g l .ilbi'ii am
putated and buri -1 one in,c,t!i
The hu-b.vid. inkt'-iRii t. the wif. had
the leg exhumed and the toes straight
ened out. an l shw-ai l -ho knew l-y thr
re!i--f that fol! ivv.-l tho t-xa. t inomeat
the act was pel Tel me i.