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ELY'S CatawfiH arr" wit CREAM : BALM CI causes tho aaal Pavaagea. Allaya Pain Ad laflamnial .on. Heals Kara Eyta Restores Ike keaata of Taste aaa Kraell. Try the Cure. .NCjv'.o.' V VA. AY- ER A panicle t applied Into eaeb neetrlta and la airreeable. Price eo cent at Imulau : by mall rfartatered. W CU. i.Y BKi KS, M Warrea St., New York. U'kS" Per hick M -s-a. CURE FOR FarTerpla Ller. C0NSTIPAT10H, TZH1. Sa-ltKeT AperteTt It li certain to lu eflecu It la gentle la its aetlcn. It la pslatesble te the tasta. It can be relied upon to cure, and It cores "9 aCs r y urunnf, not ny oatrac Iok. aatare. Io tot taae -lolenl purarstiTet yoar eles or allow your ehll- C. . li , . dren to take them, always .IT '.( InafM e this alecant phar Jl. tlcUUdUiiOf maceutlcal prepariuon. A .V it which has been lor mora i v n r n r I I"" krt' " Pb r y AN ECCENTRIC DOCTOR. Tho Quaint Ways of a Soreeoarol Hew England. Medical Man. Dr. Charles Wild practiced medicine In Brookline, Ma., in the daya when people Insisted upon taking large doaes of calomel, rhubarb, jalap, plcra, ipecac, antimony and countless other drugs, and on being blistered and bled. The doctor was equal to the occasion, and gave his patients their money's worth of physic and seryice when they could secure his attendance. For the doctor was a difficult man to find. and. when found, to impress with the idea tcliat he was actually needed L'nless the cae was represented as a matter of life and death, he was apt to delay his visit until the patient had re covered or died. Those who hunted for him, knowing his habits of going from one patient to another, without gtlng home for a day or night, used to go through the streets looking for "old Sal," his sorrel mare, and his familiar old buggy, standing before some house door. But such was the public confidence in him, that in ordinary illnesses people would wait his tardy visit rather than send for another physician. The author of "Sketches of Brook line" describes him as entering a hou.te in the breezy way, stamping off the snow or the mud, throwing off his over coat and letting down his black leather pouch, with noise enough for three men. Fli salutation, uttered tn a deep, gruff voice, was likely to be, if the patient was an acquaintance: -Well! well! what kind of a kick-up have you trot now? lie gave nicknames to the children, and would ask: "How's Nicodemus to day?" or: "Well! is Icbabod's tooth ready for the lance this morning?" A friend's child, whose name was Flor ence, he called "Rome," "Milan, or by several other Italian cities. A member of his family, while making out the doctor's bills, was perplexed by a charge upon the books of a visit to "Don Sebastian. On Inquiry it proved to be the nickname of a child of the Cabot family. - When the doctor had studied the case and given the patient his dose of medi cine, he would, if there was cause for anxiety, settlo himself for a social visit of two or three hours, during which he told droll stories, and acted them out to the aniusemt nt of the children, who were very fond of him. If the case was serious no was jrave and bilent, catch ing Hies, if th-re were any to catch, or walked the room in deep thought. The doctor was more than a physician, he was tl.a counselor of his patients, who cujisultM him upon all sorts of matters, from choosing a wife or a hus band to building a hen-coop. His opin ion Was an authority that few disputed, for his good sense was seldom at fault. Ilisquaint humor, on leaving a sick room, would often express itself in some such salutation as this: "Now if you can't sleep well and don't know what to do, you can amuse yourself with taking an emetic." Youth's Companion. MARRYING A COUPLE. A. Job WHleti tho Loto Ren Wada Considered of Jio Value. The late Benjamin F. Wade, of Ohio, was, at the beginning of bis career at the bar, noted for bis bahfulness; but another trait, his determination, en abled him to get through his work in a way which, though not conventional, landed him at his destination. Once, while a youth, says the Youth's Companion, he started with a bag of corn on his shoulders to a mill twenty miles away. It was in November, and coming to a full-banked river, he dis covered that the canoe was on the other side. Throwing off his domes, ne plunged in, gained the canoe, took it back where tho bag of corn was, which he ferried across, and then went on his way. Another illustration of his way of doing things occurred while he was a justice of tho peace. One day a young couple called at his office to be married. The presence of four or five irreverent young men prompted the bashful justice to suggest, privately to the pair that they had better meet him at the little' hotel. They went, and sodid the jwtice, by a' roundabout way, only to discover that the boys were also there. Seeing that he must perform the ceremony in their presence, he, though he had forgotten the usual formula, proceeded, to business in tho most direct way. "You wish to be married?" he asked the pair. "Yea." "Stand up and take hands. You," addressing the not pre possessing groom, "wisn to marry this young woman?" "Yes." "Of courso you dor exclaimed the justice, glancing at tho pretty bride, and asking her: "IK you take this young man for your husband?" "Yes." v "Well.you'are getting the worst of It, but I sav you aro husband and wife. There, toys, you ee I did It!" ho con cluded, glancing at tho spectators. The couple had to have it explained to them that they w v, in tho eyes of tho law, wedded. Whereupon the hus band offered the justice a fee the statute made it one dollar and a half ' which, by a lofty motion of his hand, he waved off, saying: "Nothing for a job like that." Msg-lot re's Qoerr M A Maine priest, in whose parish aro a number of French Canadians, relates that one day a roan came to him to ar-" range for his approaching marriage, and the priest, who did not recognize him, asked him his name. "My-glory-by-night,' replied he, with every-appear-anew of good faith. He did not'speak English very fluently and the priest supposed he must have misunderstood. "Your name, I said, he repeated. "What is your name?" "My-glory-by-night," the man said again. "You can't have such a name as that," the priest said; "somebody has translated it wrongly for you. What is it in French?" "Magloire Benoit, the man answered. It was easy to see how the extraordinary combination with which the man announced himself had been oomo it. nrldsjet's Excellent Memory. Mistress (to new girl) "By the Toy, Bridget, I forgot whether I told you or not when you came, bat I do not allow my kitchen girls to have any followers." Bridget "Yea tould me when I came, Mrs. Chticksley, an' I haven't forgot. I dhrove Mr. Cbucksley out av the kitchen lasbt niK'lit wid a dippcrful of bilia' wathcr, jum." THE INSTITUTE PASTEUR. Bat One Par Cent, of It Patient Have 8u.ee limbed, to Hydrophobia. Many years of labor proved to Pasteur that by inoculation he could give the disease, or cure it, in a dog; but it was not until July, 1SS5, that the experiment was tried on a human being. The first patient, a small lad, having been severe ly bitten In some dozen places on the hands, arms and legs, his mother, a sim ple peasant, brought ham from Alsaoe and asked M. Pasteur to do the same to her son she heard he "did to dogs to pre vent their getting hydrophobia." Pas teur hesitated; but having procured medical advice, all of which concurred as to the impossibility of the child's re covery, he (not being himself a doctor) let his surgeons inoculate the boy. which operation was repeated fourteen times on two occasions twice in twenty-four hours to accomplish the task as quickly as possible. The child has not only never showed symptoms of hydrophobia, though it is now over four years since he was treated, but is fast growing to manhood. During the four years that have elapsed since M. Pasteur inocu lated his first patient no fewer than 7,000 persons have been treated in the Paris institution alone, of whom 73 have died that is to say about 1 per cent. while before be com menced his inoculation treatment from 15 to 30 per cent, invariably succumbed. Pasteur has now made the interesting discovery tbat the nearer the part bitten la to the brain the shorter is the period of Incubation and the more virulent the attack of the dis ease produced. While the ordinary mor tality in such cases is eighty per cent., M. Pasteur by his treatment has re duced it to four per cent. Surely these facts speak for themselves. I will now give a short description of the modus operandi of the inoculation itself as I saw it- The large outer hall of 'the in stitution by eleven o'clock contained eighty-nine persons, composed of all lasses, all nationalities and all ages, who had come to be inoculated (free of charge), having previously had the mis fortune to have been bitten by some rabid animaL On the right hand of the hail is a regular office, in which every case, with all particulars, is moat carefully registered. After the patient has furnished every possible particular he crosses the passage to a small room on the left, where the inoculation is performed. There sits the operator, who is assisted by a doctor, a nurse and a clerk, furnished with full particulars and the number of each ease. The proc ess is a remarkably simple one. A small hypodermic syringe filled with the preparation is injected under the skin, the point of the instrument being no bigg"ep than a wool needle; the opera tion is as trifling as it is painless, and occupies about five seconds. It is re peated on fourteen successive days, the doso. being made slightly stronger each time. Murray's Magazine. FEEDING OYSTERS. How Loon Rtenlvwa Aro FWttonod by Dool ors In tJut.rn Cities. The big oyster on the top of the bar rel opened its jaws wearily and closed them with a snap, as if in response to a scarcely audible gurgle from the bottom of tho keg. "Hels dry and. hungry, too, I guesa,". said the dealer, in explanation. "It's about time to give him and the other fellows some dinner, and he poured over the oysters a bucketful of salt and water. "Do you call that dinner? asked the reporter. ''More after the style ot a lunch, was the reply. "You see, sir, it isn't possi ble, for some unknown reason, to feed oysters in Washington as they do In the North. Up there a man will buy a bar rel of lean oysters, without any flesh at all on their bones, as you might say, and feed them three square meals a day of corn meal and salt water, poured over them, and at the end of a month they will be as fat as butter. But oys ters won't take hearty grab like that down here, and two weeks is as long as they can be kept alive and in good con dition on salt and water plain. It's a funny thing that if one hundred bushels of real salt oysters are put on top of one hundred bushels of fresh oysters for four or five days, so that the drainage from the salt oyster will drip down over the fresh ones, at the end of tbat time the fresh oysters supposing them thin at the beginning will be as plump as possible and properly salt, while the salt oysters remain pretty much as be fore. Of course, salt water must have been thrown over the whole stack daily. But, on the other hand, if the fresh oysters are put on top of the salt ones, every thing else being as in the other case, both the salt oysters and the fresh oysters will lose and become thin. When you see oysters on top of a pile opening their mouths, it is because they are thirsty, the water having drained off them. Oysters, by the way, will keep longer and better in a dry cellar than in a wet or damp one; they want an equable temperature neither too high nor too low; an oyster that freezea is a dead oyster. Listen fo those oys ters in the barrel now you can hear their jaws go as they eat." Washington Star. ' The MUe or 1 looks. The words folio, quarto, octavo and duodecimo have ceased to possess any specific meaning. The associated li brarians of Great Britain have agreed to define them as follows: sizs 8IZC ABBREVIATIOIt. 1 1 I If CUES. Larire folio La. tol Over l Folio FoL Below 11 Small folio Stn. fol Below 18 Larre quarto Large to Below 15 Worto 4o Below 11 Hmall quarto Sm 4lo Below J Larro octavo La. 8vo Below 11 Octavo Kvo Below V Small octavo Km. evo Below K Duodecimo pimo.. Below 8 Iectmooctaro...luo.... Is -Mo Below C CauinlbaUUm In A fries. According to recent information can nibalism is prevalent in some places in West Africa near to the British settle ment, if not actually In the protectorate itself, and so serious and frequent has become the kidnaping of individuals who have gone out alone that in some parts persons dare not venture beyond their own town for fear of capture. Several cases are reported to have taken place on the broad road from Bendoomah to Dodo and Kibbim. Six persons were reported to have been killed tnd eaten. Por Personal Use Only. Irate German (to stranger who haa stepped on his toe) Ilimmel! mine frent, I know mine feet vas meant to p- valked on, but dot brivili-o pt longs to rr. DIVORCES IN MORMONDOW. Copy of tho OOlolal Record of m Church IJlTorce Toee. Mormons recoize two classes of divorces, as well as two kinds of mar riages, writes a correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-lemocrat from Salt Lake City, U. T. One separates for life; the other for the future state. For divorces of husbands and first wives tho civil courts are resorted to. Plural wives have no standing in civil courts. This was decided by the United States Supremo Court In the case brought by Ann Eliza against Brighain Young. The only divorce remedy for plural wives is through the church. Being invested with supremo authority to unite, the president of tho church can unloosen. Church divorce is a lugical result of the doctrine of plural and celestial marriage. Plural wives would Le baily off if there was not some way of throw ing off a. galling yoko. Besides this, peple married for eternity, if it was not for the church divorce, would be left tied together for the next world, although they obtained absoluto divorce in a civil court. Parties sealed for eternity, afu r obtaining a civil court divorce, roust be unsealod by the- church or else they will find themselves still joined together in tho resurrection. Mormons who have been spiritually married and then divorced by the civil courts may remarry for this world. But the women can not remarry for eternity without being unsealed from the former union. Murder, adultery, infanticide and incompatibility of temper are the grounds upon which the Mormon church grants divorces. Mormon divorces are granted by the president of the church after the Bishop of the ward in which the parties live has made an investiga tion of the case and has rerwrted in favor of the application. The IJJshop's first duty is to effect a reconciliation. If that is impossible he arranpes the terms of the separation. The following is the official record of a church divorce case: Minutes of a meeting held at Bishop 's house. Saturday evening. August 24, 1ST?, at the mutual request wJ ',r"i wife; Bishop presiding. Present, Bishop , , , , , II. and wife (parties to the suit.). Opened with prayer by . After a few preliminary remarks the Bishop desired Sister to state the charges she preferred against ., her husband. After stat ing some grievances sho had, the following were made out as the sum charges against her husband, viz.: Willful neglect and general alue of herself and family; ill-treatment and flogging of their children, causing them to leave their home; not properly pro viding for them, and a drsirn on her part for a separation between them. Also, in reply to the Bishop, she stated she wanted one of the two houses to livo in by herself; to be allowed a weekly stipulation for herself and that the chil dren be placed under her charge and care. O. refuted the charge of unmerciful flogging, and stated that ho provided for his family to tho best of his means; that he was willing to do what was just and right; to give his wife tho ht-l house of tho two to live in, and abide by the Bishop's decii.n. The Bishop decided that ho turn over the best houso of tho two for his wlfo's use, and as soon as possible get the pres ent occupant to movo to another place; that he allow her six dollars per week and find her in suHiient flour and fuel; that he let her havo tho sewing-machine, cooking-stove and an equal share of the furniture, and that the fruit of the orchard be fairly divided. W. II. was appointed to see that the weekly payments he made as far as could be conscientiously done. The clerk was authorized to make three copies of theso minutes and pre sent tho same for signature, and see that tt. and wife each get a copy. Dismissed by W. C. , Bishop th Ward. Decrees of church divorces are made out in triplicate, the original remaining in the church records, and tho two copies being given to the man and wom an. The form of the church decree Is as follows: Know all persons by these presents: That we, the undersigned, and , his wife (before marriage to him ), do hereby mutually covenant, promise and agree to dissolve all the re lations which have hitherto existed be tween us as husband and wife, and to keep ourselves separate and apart from each other from this time forth. . In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands at . this day of , A. D. 13. . Signed in presence of In the divorce of a Mormon and his first wife the case must be passed upon by the civil courts before tho church will take cognizance of it. But faithful Mormons always get the permission of a religious teacher before they apply in the courts for dive roe. With Head to tho North. The superstitious belief that human Wings should sleep with thnir heads towards the north w now believed to 1h based upon a scientific principle. The French Academy of Sciences has mado experiments upon the lnxly of a guillo tined man which go to prove that each human body is in itself an electric bat tery, one electrode being represented by tho head and the other by the feet. The body of the subject upon which experiments were mado was taken im mediately after death and placed upon a pivot free to move in any direction. After some vacillation the head portion turned towards the north, the pivot board remaining stationary. One of the professors turned it half way around, but it soon regained a position with the head-piece to the north, and the same results were repeate-lly obtained until organic movement ceased. SlnUlln Siiuilibns Curantar. They have an effective way of dealing with habitual drunkards in Norway and Sweden. They put them in jail and feed them entirely on bread and wine. The bread is steeped in wine for an hoar before it is served. The first day a man will take it, but before many more he will hate tho siht of it- After an in carceration of this sort many become total abstainers. Vessel Built of Paper. The German na-al authorities aro said to havo been making experiments lately with a torpedo boat built of com pressed paper. The vessel is eleven feet long and was found to show great strength and more elasticity when rammed by another boat. FREYTAG ON FREDERICK. Tho Noted JfoveUat' Interesting- Mauo rte of the Lato Emperor. Gustav Freytag, the German novelist and historian, has published what ho calls a "Contribution to the Ilistory of tbo Making of the New German , Empire," in which he hopes to show that what became a fact had long- been a w ish of the then Crown Prince, the lato Emperor Frederick. The Berlin correspondent of the London Daily News says tho author confesses that as late as 1ST0 he himself was not in favor of an empire, and there were many who thought as he did. The ground-work of Freytag's book consists of hasty notes jotted down during tho war and of letters which ho wrote to a friend. He craves the indulgence of his readers for giving an honest, unbiased description of the lato Emperor. He has been loyal to the house of Hohenzollern all his life, but thero is no authority so exalted as to Influence his judgment. Of the last chapter of the book tho correspondent says: "The author, who after the w ar remained in intimate com munication with the Crown Prince, tells us how much the latter was disappoint ed that no field of activity was pen to him at home, how the empire grew and flourished more and more under tho regime of the late Emperor William, while the Crown Prince, with more or less visionary plans and projects, was forced to Veep in the background, look ing on in inactivity. On this period of the late Emperor's life Uerr Freytag's words are: "For a long time the Crown Prince had been fortunate enough to havo amoaj his most intimate friends two men in succession who, by their education and character, were worthy of tiio highest confidence. Ernest von Steomor from 1W54 until his death re mained the confidential adviser of the Crown Prince and Princess. ""At his reoou.mciiilation Karl von Norniiannitiouiiifcd his placo, and during j tho twsnty jvars in w hich the Crown T'rinc !vmplished the great work of ' lus manhood he remained closely con nected with him. After Uerr Nermann in lss4 was transferred to the Foreign thce the Crown Prince was alone, at a time when a faithful adviser was most necessary. He deliberately indulged in sad thoughts and pessimistic reflections. "At times ho thought of abdicating in favor of his son in case of a change of throne. Not even the persuasions of the Crown Princess were able to banish this sadness for any length of time. He began to grow old in mind and body long before the terrible disease struck him, and his vital energy was no longer that befitting a man who was shortly to wear tho Imperial crown. Those who hoped for him would see in him what they most desired, and those who thought little of his capacities were not able to judge w hat powers and inclina tions the oflice and reign might havo developed in a healthy man. " 'He was a frank, honest man, with a chee rful mind and a heart full of love, a man with the power of rejoicing heartily over every thing good and great. ILe was so amiable and full of sympathy to ward the needy and suffering that not even the-numberiess bitter experiences which the great ones of the earth make with reference to the un worthiness of those who seek aid detained hUn from giving aid in individual cases. To thoso who were more closely connected with him he showed the most tender affec tion; every sorrow they encountered ho also felt, as a true friend, from the bat toni of his hoart. He was tender and excitable, a man of rare purity and deep heartiness. " 'He was an ardent Protestant, uni formly tolerant ii all religious ques tions, and his strongestantipathies were directed against bigoted clericals. In politics he was opposed to police rule, and wished for extended rights of self government and the greatest liberty for all communities in all kinds of honest activity. But these were sentiments with which those who had knowlodge of the condition of the people did not quite aree, and it would have been dif ficult for him to put in practice his convictions in face of the authoritative objections they met with, for he was no practical politician. His judgment had not been tested in groat aflairs, and when he wa3 enthusiastically lent on some great end he hesitated in using the necessary means, and it would have been more easy to lead him than for him to lead others. He was much in clined to acknowledge the independ ence of others, and every one could ex press his convictions with the utmost freedom, even if they came in contact with his ideas. " A CHAPTER FOR BOYS. Wlisl Johnny Should Learn If He Would Make Himself I'sefuL To run. To swim. To carve. To be neat. To be honest. To make a fire. To be punctual. To do an errand. To cut kindlings. To sing if he can. To sew on a button. To hang up his hat. To hold his head erect. To respect his teacher. -To help his mother or sister. To button his mother's boots. To wipe his boots on the mat. To read aloud when requested. To help the boy smaller than himself. To speak pleasantly to an old woman. To put every garment In its proper place. To remove his hat upon entering a house. To keep his finger-nails from wearing mourning. To lift the baby out of the cradle and hold it for half an hour. To treat the girls so well that they will wish he was their brother. To close the door quietly, especially when there is a sick person in the house. f She Wanted to Cot Even The following seems to be the latest "thing one would rather have left un said." A pianist recently spent the evening at the house ot a lady. The company was agreeable and he stayed somewhat late. As he rose to take his departure the lady said: "Pray don't go yet, Mr. Jones; I want you to play something for me. "Oh, you must ex cuse me to-night; it is very lto, and I should disturb the neighbors." "Never mind tho neighbors," answered tho young lady, quickly; "they joisouedour dvg yesterday, ''j.' ANTIQUITY" OF JEWELRY. The Style Moot Popular lu AnrlesrC tjfj'l't, Greece and Jtome. The practice of carving precious stones is of remote antiquity, writes Martha J. Lamb in the Jewelers' Weekly. Through their hardness they were susceptible tu the highest polish, and thus retained unimpaired the lines and figures cut upon them. There are no objects known which in so small a sphere called for such elegance of taste and perfect skill in ornamentation or inscription. Th earliest gems appeared among the Egyptians chiefly as beetle-shaped sub nets worn in rings, and many of theai were exquisitely engraved. The form was oval and pierced from e nd to end with a hole through which there passed a strong wire which kept the stone in place in a ring. When worn the flat or seal side reslod against the finger, but when n&cd as a seal it was. turned. Tho Israelites learned the art of the Egyptians and the Greeks adopted it and speedily ex celled all their predecessors. Herodotus mentions tho famous emer ald of Polynates, and the fame ot its. en graver, Theodorus of Samoa. Thia was about 600 B. C. Contemporary with tho Greeks the Etruscans achieved great ex cellence in gem engraving. The art finally attained its highest perfection in Sicily and Magna Gracia. Gold wajs much used in Egypt as a set ting for precious stones, and upon it were engraved favorite animals, divini ties, flowers, coats of arms and hiero glyphics. There are many curious speci mens of early Egyptian art to bo seen in New York City in the museum of tho Historical Society among which is a diadem in gold ornamented with the lotus flower; a silver ring artistically engraved with the namo Amunoph III., 14:',0 B. C; a gold bird with outstretched wings inlaid with turquoise and lapis lt'zuli; ear-rinrs chiefly in gold and va riously ornamented one pair terminat ing in a timer's head holding in his mouth an. engraved stone, another in the form of a cow's head with a car buncle set in the forehead, and several pairs terminating with heads of lions, bulls aud the "dear gazelle." There are also in this fine collection of antique jewelry the gold necklace and ear-rings bearing tbo name of Menes, the first Pharaoh of Egypt and tho earliest King in history supposed to have been made J771 li. C. The Greeks were extremely ingenious in devices. They practiced engraving chVfiy in intaglio, and some of their Irest works are in chalcedony and car nelian. One celebrated specimen of Greek workmanship in carnelian is the beautiful seal of an unknown artist which once belonged to Michael Angelo and was preserved in the Imperial Li brary at Paris. Tho engraving repre sents a vintage, and many copies of it have been made. Such stones as had dif ferently colored layers, like onyx, were found better adapted to the relief style of engraving. Several of the most nota ble artists of Greece established them selves at Rome under the Emperors. In the time of Augustus the art reached its highest excellence, and cabinets of gems became numerous. It was a matter of pride with the old Koman gentlemen to possess camel and intagii of value. Tho passion for gems spread through France, Germany and England and in all civilized countries the art of engrav ing on precious stoneo has ever been held in high estimation. The countries that have been foremost in producing those stones are Hindostan, Pegu, Cey lon and Siberia, although in modern times Brazil and Peru have ixt n notable rivals in this class of gems. The Ilus sias, from their proximity to Siberia, havo become the most lavish of any peo ple in tho world in their us of gcras. The head of the royal family of Russia could outshine any other ruler in tho display of costly jewels, and diamonds emeralds, pearls and opals are much worn by the Russian aristocracy. Other fashionable stones in Russia, brought from the mountains of Siberia, aro the amethyst, garnet, topaz, aquamarine and onyx. Engraved gems aro for the most part easily referred by connoisseurs to their true period, country and some times to the artist himself. Each had his own cypher, which is commonly found upon the gem. PRETTY FINGER NAILS. Kvery Body Can Have? Them by Caring for Them ltes;alrly. "Your nails always look so nioe," I overheard one damsel remark to another not long ago, says a correspondent. "Do you go to a manicure every day?" i )h, no, I have never been to one, for it is the easiest thing in the world to take care of one's own nails just a lit tle care every day." "Well, I've tried and tried, and can't make mine look even decent. Tell mo what you do." Here I listened for the prescription, which in sum and substam) was as foL lows: "In order to keep the skin back from tho r.ail I use a nail-brash freely using it on tho nails particularly. Then, in drying my hands, I work the towel from the point of the nail back toward the linger. I cut my nails often, and don't let thjptn get too long. By cutting the nails in sucn a way mat tne corners do not adhere to the skin, hang-nails can be avoided and the shape of the nails changed. Where tho nails are thin and inclined to break, frequent oiling is necessary, and the nails should never be polished, except when some oily sub stance isusod lesidcs tho powder. This keeps the nails more pliable, and no matter how thin they are, it properly treaU.nl they are no more liable to break than thicker ones. Another thing that is bad for the nails is polishing them too roughly. They should bo lightly touched and not rubbed until they become heated. This is one caus of white spots coming on tne nail ani marring its beauty. A little attention every day will mako any hand lok nioe." To this conversation which I over heard let me add a word or two about the hands. To make them white tbey should be occaionaUy rubbed with lemon juice- and water. Tho hands should never be allowed to remain long soiled with any thing that will stain them. But uniess thero is some reason for it, it is better aot to wash tho hands too often. They should bo dried w itU a soft towel. IVesrhlnc; tersue Practicing-. "Upon my soul," exclaimed Mrs. Fly around, "I never saw such an old gad der in all my life as that Mrs. Nevc-r-homo is! Actually, yesterday I called seven times at hv.r house and. couldn't r in once." a frrrtE nonsense." Dock "Bess, I have throe millions and I lovo you." Bess "No mistake alnut the three millions, is there?" Fpoch. Cumso "Is Mr. Simeral a mim!iPf of your church. Gazzam?" Gazzam "Yes." Curnso "One of the pillars, I suppose?" Ilazzam "No; one of the sleepers." Munsey's Weekly. Passenger "Why do you wear thoso mittens on your ears? Afraid you'll catch cold?" Conductor "No, but I was well brought up. and I don't want to hear the dr! v-r swear at tho horses." Munsey's Weekly. Mr. Prettyboy "Miriam, if you will be mine our bliss will know no al loy." Miriam Smelt (whoso father is a gold refiner) "No, Mr. Pretty lxy, papa assures mo that any thing afove eight een carats fine doesn't wear well." Jewelers' Wct-kly. Overheard in the Kitchen. "What did you wear last night?" asked the cel ery, "A lovely mayonnaise," replied the lettuce. "And yn?" "1 never was so mortified in my life; I wasn't dressed at all." said tho celery; and the beet blushed. Life. Pon.iooby (somewhat boastfully) "lmay say, Miss Blotlerwick, that I am quite an adept at athletics. I can row, ride either horse or bike swim, spar, jump and run." Miss Blotlerwick (sweetly) "Here comes papa. Do let me see you jump and run." Time, What is Coming First Female "I suppose you will attend the primary to night?" S-coiid Female "No, I gaesa not. You see, 1 proini&od my husband I would take him to the theater, and if I go back on my word I know I won't get a decent meal for a week." Terre Hauto Express. Mr. Centporcent "Business is so brisk and correspondence accumulates so that I fear I shall bo obliged to em ploy an amanuensis." Mrs. Centporcent "Very well, my dear, pet a manuensis if you must; but I decidedly object to your having a womanuensis in the of fice. 7 America. ,rij' sj "Horatio." remarked Hamlet on the ramparts of the castl; on tnat memora ble Christmas; "if Ophelia hange.h not up her stocking she gets no gift from me." ''Good Hamlet, economical for ever!" chuckled i. - f-ior; ' . "i. t-avest the price of the gift, '.v : . ... a...s:, stockings have not been i. X y . Judge. "Ladies and gentlemen." said the professor, "I find that I can not per form the erpf'rin-K'iit of inflation, as the wind machine is out of order." There , was a preat rrojn of disanixjintment." "However," added tho professor, sud 1 denly, 'I may lie able to provide a su1- t stitute. Is there a gentleman from Chi 1 cago in tne audience liratie s Maga zine. ' AN EXTRAORDINARY BET. Two Cockneys Wnsrer Kvrn Moucy on a Man-Katlnx Shark. About thirty miles off the pert f Hon olulu, as we were headed for San Fran cisco, a big shark suddenly ap(eared on the steamer's port qcr.irTer, ana only a biscuit throw away. r.d for a time he was the observed of all observers. Ho was estimated to be fifteen fettt long, and tho sailors were agreed that they had never seen a larger onu lie kept a baleful eye on tho people cr -w. ling to the rail to sec him. and aUlio-.gli pork and other stuff were thrown over ho paid no attention to the food. Itlot.ked as if he had lately cr jiged hi i f or was ttound to have one of the t-a-engers. Ho appeared at ten o'clock in the fore noon, and hd not moved an iueh when night came. I). l.gl. L found him t-till there, and rheii noon cuuiu a:;d that wicked starboard eye of Lis continued to stare at us word went round tho ship that some one- was doomed. We had with us two English cockneys who were making a tour of tho wurld, and as tho question turned upon who woi.M fall a victim one of th m drawled out: "I say, Fustus. tmt 't rc's your tilonm in" chance to inaite or lose ten pun's if ye dares." "Ou's that?" asked tho other. "H'l wagers a ten that the fish gets you h'over I. If one of h'us h'is to bo got h'its you." "Done, Tommy,'' replied the? other, without looking up from his lxioie.. Night came and 'the shark still hung on. Daylight can' again and he was still there. Some of the passengers p'oh hooed, but I think all were somewhat affected by the monster's persistency. At about ten o'clock we sighted a water logged vessel and ran close to lu r.. All the passengers had! crowded to th. poit rail, when some inurement precipitated both- cockneys into the sea. They i.iado a (Treat splash as Uiey fell, arl disap peared for only thiee or four second. When' they came to the surfaco tho steamer was already cheeking sjseed. and as they began to tread wateT to keep afloat we heard onr -of them saj.:: "h'ustus, old lKy, I'm goii4fc. tff win that ten." "Not hif 1 knowt meself. Tummy," re plied the other. 'I'm a blooi-iin" " We had forgottea the shark in the ex citeinont. All eye wore on t h two men, who were taking matters vry cooHy, when the one cj-J'ed Fustu threw up his arms with a strewn and disappeared. Next moment the other was pi-ket up by a 1: Ho camo ahoa:i, cliang.-d his clothes, . ' -s he cair.e jut to enjoy a promenade an.. . ' ' '" . narked to us: '1 Um. : , kand I "ave, hard I'll le- gents hif I to ak hauny li.. b ad vantage to do lit!" N. Y.. sun. The l'oetry of LoUngr. That marvc-lous story -writer Guy do. Maupassant says: "A minis a gourmet as he is a pcV or an artist, or simply learned. Taste is a delVcato organ, per fectible and worthy of respect, like the eye and the ar. To lw war-ting in tho sense of ta-ju is to be deprived ;f an ex quisite faculty, of tho faculty of discern ing the qua'-tv of a.Umet"i, j-.-st a one may be Oy.piived vS the faculty of dis cerning Lao qualities of a book or of a work of art; it is tv bo dej H red. of an es sential sfnse. t a part ol human su periorityt it is to belong to ono of tho. innunnrablo e! asses of cripples, kuSrm people- and focvis of vLivl, our race is com poc-d; it is, iu a word, to have a stupid mouth, just as we may Lave a stupid mind- A man who dues not distinguish between a langouste and a lobster, be tween a herring (that admirable fish that carries with it all tho savors and aromas of tho sea) and a mackerel or a whiting, is comparable- only to a man who cutild confound Balzac with Eugeno j Sue and a symphony by IWi thoven with j a military march ctaJrHrovl ly some r e p i iu e 1 1 ' a ba n d -tua e t cr. ' V ,. . J
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