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. VENETIAN WALLFLOWEH.
Floating alon? a quaint Venetian 6tivet,
An old, iKl woman, laid ujion thu shflf,
I felt bow much lire a lillti-r mars lu sweet,
And foolislily kept tniuUiiui of myself.
While vanquished day Its sunset banner furled.
I iionuVred o'er forgotten hopes ana fears.
Ami thought perhuuH too hardly of the worlil.
For imtifuce does not always grow with
years.
Hiph on the right there towered an old stone
wall
t;ay w ith a century's disregarded growth.
Where wallflowers held their gaudy festival.
Some reU, some yellow, and some tiuged with
both.
From out the crumbling stones with flowers
arrayed
A little window could my course command;
And o'er the sill smiled a Venetian maid.
And leaned her pensive head uihjii her hamL
Her softly lustrous hair as dark as iii-ht,
lier features lighted by a thoughtful smile.
She turned her snleudld eyes Ui li ft and rif-'ht.
Aud hummed an old Venetian air the while.
Her brilliant cheeks and red liis just apart
Lit by the low sun's slowly uyinr Hume,
She sat so still she seemed a work of art.
With old trray stone and wallilowers for a
Ira me.
S?ip saw me, and she seemed to know my
tlower
Of prief and loneliness and selfish woe.
Ami Willi a sudden Impulse plucked a tlower
And loosed It to me us I passed belo.
The breeze had died away. The blossom
dn.piied.
Fluttered, and wavered: it was falling wide;
A tiny zephyr cam,'hl it up. then stopid.
And brought the flower directly to my side.
I feebly waved my poor old wrinkled hand:
lier pretty features lighted up ut this:
She said some words 1 could lint iiiutcrstund.
And laughed, and threw mo douualillle kiss.
And then somehow this dark world grew more)
bright:
And 1 could see with dim eyes straujjely
clear
How t'rim old time can smile In swiftest flight
And souiber fate forj-'et to be severe.
I love to think that you remi mtx-r, Vx
Sun'i I'irl so lar nuuy across the sea.
Aud while 1 wave this pralcfut hand to you,
lYrliaps yon tlirow another kiss t me.
Kots-rt II Hale, in Youth's Companion.
31 K. IJOYD'S 1JAI) HAIilT.
The Moans His Wifo TJsod to Cure
Him of It.
Mrs. IloytVs eyes were wet with
tears.
"Indeed, Robert," she soblx-d. "it
breaks m;' heart to hear 3'ou say th'se
dreadful woriU! It ii bad eiuuh ftr
you to do so at your office, but a rreat
ib-al worse in your own home and at
breakfast too!" eried the better half of
Hubert L. lloj'd, Lsq., attorney and
counselor at law.
"There, there, my dear, don't take it
so hard if I happen to let a cuss word
slip now and then!"
"'Now and then,' indeed! It is con
siderably oftener than 'now und then.'
I Know you don't care a bit lor me, or
you would a least refrain from usinf
such laiifruav in my presence!"
"Now, my love, you make a frreat
mistake. You are the very dearest lit
tle parcel of humanity iu t he world !
me; so dry your eyes, and let's finish
our breakfast," said Mr. IJoyd, looking
just a little sorry (for he did not like to
see his pretty wife in tears), anil, to a
close observer, just a trifle amiiscil.
"Oh. j-cs, you are always ready to
stop talking- when we are on th;s sul
jeet; but just let me ask you one ques
tion. If we Jiad company this morn
ing, especially any young lady, do you
think for an instant that you would
have given way to your temper in the
manner you did, and used such lang
uage"" "W-e-1-1, my dear, you know" he
began.
"Answer me!-" she demanded.
"Well, my dear, since you are so very
persistent. I will say I don't thiuk I
should, at least not unless"
lie did not get :t chance to finish, for
Mrs. Iloyd interrupted him quickly:
"Which all goes to prove that yon re
spect more and care more for the
opinion of anyone who chances to
breakfast with us than you do for your
own ivifef and her sons legan again.
"Now really, my dear," began her
husband, as he placed his arm around
her, and lifting her tear-stained face to
his, imprinted thereupon a regular
lover's kiss, "you are a little unjust to
.i follow. You know I love and resiioot
my own little wife more than any soul
ui earth, but then, my dear, it relieves
a man a great deal when he is under
iLa v strain or excitement of his feelings
to swear a little. It is such a strong
yet brief and concise way of expres
sa.jn that it gives instantaneous relief,
llun-erer, 1 will eudeavor to quit it for
your sake; so kiss me ngain. and let me
see a happy smile before I go to the
ofl'iee."
Mr. Iloyd was not a bad or a vicious
man, and he meant no harm at all when
he swore a "blue streak," as he railed
it; but to his sensitive little partner
this was a dreadful vice. She had
talked a great deal to him a I suit it,
and always got almutas much satisfac
tion out of Mr. lioyd as on this particu
lar morning. She made up her mind
to give him a week to try to mend his
ways, and '.lien, if that failed, she de
termined upon a dreadful plan.
She anxiously waited to see the re
sult of her last effort, but the days
rid led by and the change ivu not no
ticeable. At the end of the week her
lieart failed her, and she said to her-jv-lf
that she would give him oue in. ire
.iuv's grace. That evening at tea Mr.
Uoyd said:
"Nellie, do yon remeralier my telling
you atout a schoolmate of mine, Al
fiw.l Newton? Well, I received a note
tii-day from him, and he is coming
ttWough here to-morrow on his way to
lhr coast, and we must entertain hi in.
3 want to show him my wife, and make
biro disgusted with his bachelorhood
"iVhat do you say. dear?"
'l a hall lie delighted to meet your
friend, and will do what I can to make
liis i-hort stay with us pleasant." And
tWy arranged a pretty luncheon, e.
drive, a dinner and a theater party in
the evening. Mr. lSoyil was in high
.spirits, and swore a little more than
usual, "just to express myself, my
dear," aud nextmoruiug met his friend
in a hearty way.
"Well, AI, old boy, 1 am right glad to
see you, me If I uint!"
"Thanks, and I am nst happy to
see you again, my dear fellow. Of
course I am anxious to meet that charm
ing wife of yours, too. Have you got
lier under as tine control as you always
thought you had the boys at school?"
laughed his friend.
"Oh, jea," .aid lioyd. "Ours is a
model home, I can tell you. Nothing
ever goes wrong; all is as agreeable
and us smooth as clock-work. Come, 1
am anxious to prove my assertions; let's
go at once." And so saying, they
started for Mr. Hoyd's home.
Mr. Newton was charmed with his
friend's lovely wife, and congratulated
him heartily on his success in. securing
such a dear little woman. It made him
feel lonely to think of the difference in
their positions. When he was at home,
it was in a hotel, a "swell" one, to be
sure, but here was his friend in a snug.
pretty little home of his own, with a
lieautiful companion of whom he was
tio proud and who looked at her hus
band with such love shining out of her
big blue eyes that it went straight to
his heart, and he resolved to get mar
ried on the first opportunity.
Mrs. Itoyd left the gentleman, to
give some orders about lunch, and
meditated thus as she went. "He is-eer-tainly
a very agreeable gentleman,
and Iioliert is so anxious to show off
that it is a shame; but it must be done,
now or never," aud her lips were set
with a look of determination.
Luncheon was announced. They
were all seated at the daintily spread
table, and Mr. Iloyd was thinking with
satisfaction that things were running
without a hitch and that his frieud
must lie burning up with envy (it will
be observed that Mr. ISoyd was a trifle
conceited), when his wife rang the
bell. No one answered, aud she rang
again, remarking, as she did so, in a
cool and steady manner: "That is the
est girl I ever saw."
No painter could paint the look of
surprise and horror that overspread
her husband's face. He was so com
pletely overcome that words were be
yond him. His beautiful, good little
wife! What had come over her? And
in the presence of the very man of all
men to whom he would have things ap
pear to the lest advantage! It made
him w ild. How vulgar it sounded! To
say that Mr. Newton was surprised,
too, expresses it but faintly. Ue was
thunderstruck; but, like the gentleman
he was, appeared not to notice it, and
the meal went on. l'oor little Mrs,
ISoyd! Her heart heat fast. The nasty
word was out, and she was surprised
at herself, tio. for the cool way in
which she said it; but she had made up
her mind to do it or die, and do it
she did.
Mr. 1503-d tried to speak to her alone
after luncheon, but could not find the
opportunity, und so they all went to
drive. All the time that dreadful
word burned in Mr. ISoyd's brain, but
he tried to appear natural with his
friend. His wife was in gay spirits
and entertained their guest by point
ing out the objects of interest along
their way. Arriving at home, she
went immediately to her own room,
and did not apjn-ar again until dressed
for dinner, when she joiued her hus
band and his friend, lookirg so sweet
and pure that the frieud forgot about
the incident at lunch. Mr. ISoyd was
feeling u little lietter, too, and thought
theie was no danger of a repetition of
his wife's offense; but ho was mis
taken, for as the servant handed her a
di.di of salad, it lipiied slightly aud
soiled the table cloth.
" it!" cried Mrs. Iloyd. "What
the devil do you want to lie so careless
for?" And, looking straight at Mr.
Newton, she said in her sweet way,
that contrasted so vividly with the
language just used:
"I always swear when I am provoked.
It is such a strong, yet brief and con
cise way of expressing one's feelings,
and such a great relief, too. When
Kubbie (referring to their young hoe
fill) gets old enough. I shall teach him
to swear. It is manly, and will give
his youthful mind an excellent method
of expression. I did not. use to think
so, but Mr. ISoyd has sofully impressed
this on my mind that I am convinced
of the merits of licing able to swear.
What do you say, Mr. Newton?"
It is needless to say that Mr.
Newton agreed with hur, out of sheer
politeness; but jxor ISoyd. Sr.. was iu
a state lordering on insanity. The
dreadful meal came to a close at last.
The theater party was postponed (as
Mr. ISoyd was indisjHised) and he drove
his friend to the train. Mr. Newton
thanked him for a most delightful day,
and as he bade him good-ly could uot
refrain front saying:
"Old man, you were mistaken. It is
she who has controlled you!"
And so it was. Mrs. ISoyd never had
occasion to" swear again, and Robert
ISoytl, Sr., didu't either. Minneapolis
Spectator.
Frrurh Mall tlue Show.
The department of transiKirtation ex
hibits is advised that the French line
mail steamers w ill make an interesting
and attractive display in the French
section. It will consist principally of
six large paintings or dioramas repre
senting: The entrance to New York
harlior, with two of the compauy's
steamers, and showing the statue of
LiN-rty and ISrooklyn bridge; Ooing
on ISoard at Havre," showing the dock
with one steamer ready to go and tak
ing passengers, baggage, etc, ami a
special train arriving from I'aris; the
dining-room of a steamer at night,
lighted with electricity; the arrival of
an African steamer in Marseilles; a
view of Algiers, with blue sky and sea
and steamer in harlior; the coast at
l'enhoct St- Nazaire, with two steamers
in process of construction. These
pictures were painted by Poilpot, Hof
buur, Montenard and Motte. The re
maining portion of the exhibit will
consist of models of the coast steam
ers. The exhibit will arrive the latter,
part of this month.
Itr.n. and Hntlne.
One day during the period when
Henry t'aliot Inlge now Senator
Lodge was a member of the house, a
countryman and his wife were watch
ing the proceedings on the floor from
the gallery,-one of the features licing a
speech by Mr. L. The old fellow had
his eye on Mr. Ioilge. in evident ad
miration, and at last he turned to the
man next to him for information.
. "Who is that down there in the aisle
talking to the l.iys?" he asked.
"Congressman lnlge," was the reply.
'Where's he from?"
"Massachusetts ISoston."
"ISoston. did you say?" queried the
countryman.
"Yes, ISoston."
The old chap turned to his wife, who
had Ix-eu listening.
"There, Mary." he exclaimed, "just
see what beans and brains will do for a
man that ain't half as big- as a hay
stack, "ISoston Traveller.
UGLY JI3L
Hia Kind Heart Under Cover of a
Rough Coat
"Ugh! What a night!" was my in
voluntary exclamation, as I came on
deck just before eight bells (twelve
o'clock) on that night in March, 'Wi,
which fate had ordained I should never
forget. I had heard the cry of "All
hands on deck!" bellowed down the
fo'castle, the scurry of feet, the hoarse
command: "All hands aloft to shorten
sail! Quick, lads, for your lives!" and
had Imunced out of my berth, jerked
into my clothes and tumbled up the
companion-way to the slippery deck.
What was I doing aboard the ship?
Well, by profession I am a doctor aud
by occupation a rambler. Not that it
is a part of my business a a doctor to
ramble; but, you know, a doctor's mis
sion is to try to restore nature's jewel,
health, and I, being a doctor (ae I said
before), was endeavoring to do my
duty to myself and find that which I
had studied hard to ba able to restore
to others. So there 1 was standing, or,
rather, trying to (for the northeast
gale nearly blew me off my feet), on
the quarter-deck of the little brig Jen
ny Liud, bound from Liverpool to Que
tiec Horatio, wasu't it cold! And the
sharp sleet, driven hard before the
gale, seemed like a sandblast cutting
the gravestones for the poor chaps
who were to tie that night laid foi their
last rest, "rocked in the cradle of the
deep."
"This is a fearful night," I say to
the man at the wheel, and his answer
of "Aye, aye. sir," comes through teeth
set as a vise. With teet planted, or
rather, rooted to the deck, body lient
forward, eyes trying hard to make out
the canvas he cannot see, he moves
only as the orders shouted through
the trumpet come faiutly to him:
"Hard a starboard!" "Steady!" "Ease
her a little!" straining hard at the
wheel to put it "port" or "starboard"
as is orderrd, and between his white
lips growling back his "Aye, aye. ir!"
15y the fitful flicker of the binnacle
lamp I see his face and know him to lie
Jim 1'eters, the hardest man in the
crew. Nobody liked him or would
have anything to do with him. He
was not a prepossessing object to look
ut. His face had as much sociability
aud kindness in it as a tombstone.
Heavy, square jaw; large mouth; eyes
black, or rather, one eye, for a large,
red scar running acioss his forehead
and down his left chck back of hit
ear took that eye along with it; a
shaggy head of sandy hair and un
Ueuipt beard did their part in his make
up of Usfliuess. I said nobody would
have anything to do with him. I'll
take that back, for there was one
aboard who pitied and tried to be
friendly to him. He was the ship's
liov. a nice, likely lad, good-looking
ami smart and a sailor, every inch of
him. There was one thing about Jim.
however, which none could get back
of, aud that was he was strong as an
ox and as good a sailor as ever trod a
deck. He was the only man alioard
who could nave neiu me wneel aione
in such a night. On we drive, a reel
and then a plunge, and the little brijj
comes out of the trough of the sea
and shakes herself and then leaps on
ward. What's that cry for'd? Jim starts,
and I see his face pale, as with all his
mighty strength he puU the wheel to
port.
"Hard, Jim, hard, down!" come a
faint voice, and the captain comes run
ning aft. You did well, Jim, but your
three times to port were too late to
save her, for with a sickening, ghastly
rra-sh she strikes and commences to
settle rapidly. A rough hand grabs
my arm and a deep voice growls:
It's the ice, doctor; jump for it
jump for it."
licfore I can do so, I am taken off
my feet; and the next moment I feel
myself going through the air: then a
sudden stop, and 1 find myself on a
tield of drifting ice. I turn tot hunk my
deliverer, and find it was Jim whose
clear head and strong arm had saved
me. 1 try to thank him, but he says,
shortly: "I'd a done it by the ship's
log. divtor, as soon as ye, had he ln-en
as handy." Nevertheless I shake hands.
Aad sav a few words to him, as he
turns on his heels and joins his mates
straining their eyes . pierce the black
ness and sec the little craft's last
plunge. Like a bird whose wings flut
ter and then drop, her canvas shakes
and she dives, never to come up. The
crew sadly bid her farewell and even
grouty Jim says: '"Good-by. little 'nn."
You folks ashore can't realize the foar
t hat came over us as the waters closed
over the little craft that had lieen t
us our home, our "all in alL" A feel
ing of dreadful loneliness thrilled us as
through the inky darkness we tried to
read the expression iu our companions'
faces.
I mentioned it was cold, but words
are inadequate to properly convey the
lev intensity, now that thebiood which
had been quickened by the strain and
excitement hail become normal. Added
to the bitter cold was the chill of fear.
We drew close together to diagnosti
cate our case. Naturally we looked
to the captain for advice, and when
asked what we should do, he said,
tersely:
"Stick here till morning. Then we
can get our bearings and shape our
course accordingly."
Now. when the brig stuck, we had
had a close call, and so had a chance to
save nothing but what we stood in.
The captain's advice was excellent as
far as it went; but to stay where we
were, huddled together like so many
frightened sheep, meant certain death,
anil the dawn, as it broke, would fall
uuheeded on fifteen frozen corpses
hat, a few hours before, had been the
crew of the little gallant Jenny Liud.
Jim now came to the front, and, in his
rough, surly way, said: "As how I've
made an observation of these here
parts, and I calculate there is room
enough tO move round in, provided you
feliers have brains enough to do it"
We accordingly acted on his sugges
tion, and Jim at our head as pilot, we
commenced to walk around in a circle,
thrashing our bauds anil endeavoi ing
to force the blood into greater activity
through our stiffening bodies. Almost
from the minute we landed on the ice
Jim had ait eye always on Walter, the
ship's loy, and now, as we commenced
our dreary rounds, he had him close be
hind. Oil, how cold and desolate it
was, going rouud and round and round
in that contracted space, moving like a
j chain gang, with one hand on the
vhonlder of the man in front, so as not
to lose one another; for, small as that
space was, the night was black and
and the edge of the floe was we knew
not how near. One by one the men
grew weary, and Jim almost over
looked aboard ship, our leader now
slackened his paec, to ease us up a lit
tle. Walter wa the first one to give out
We heard him drop, the line stopped,
and we closed around him. Jim got
down on his knees beside him and
spoke, not no gruffly as usual:
"Ye ain't tuckered yet are ye, lad?"
Half drowsily and wearily came the
answer:
T'm dead Wat Jim, and sleepy.
Don't mind me; let me sleep, and I'll
catch on Ut the line again, soon."
We heard Jim mutter to himself:
"He'll freeae. lying here," and then
a movement on his part and he said:
"Here, Walter, lad. here's my pea
jacke; I'll wrap this and my com
forter round ye, and ye'U feel more
comfortable like."
He was putting them on to the al
ready sound asleep boy. when I laid
my hand on his shoulder and told him
he'd freeze to death without any pro
tection. He rose quickly, aud, in
savage tone, said:
"What's that to ye, doctor? Yi
never took any notice of me aboard
ship, and a-getting mighty tender o
me now."
i spoke to him again, telling him lie
tween us we could keep Walter mov
ing round, and thus keep him alive,
and that he himself needed some pr
tection. His mates joined me in my
entreaty and tried to raise Walter to
his feet; but he shook their hands off
and, facing us, spoke:
"Air. Doctor aud mates, I ain't no
body, and it don't make no difference
whether I die or not All of ye have
mothers or sweethearts waitin' for ye
to come home. I ain't got nobody; no
home. A vagalionii, matwa, I In-, with
nothing but the shin whose articles I
sign for a home, and the sea'H be my
grave sooner or later; so, yc sec, it
don't make no difference whether 1
freeze ter death here or go to the l-ot-tom
across the line. Walter's got a
mother, lads, as i. waitin ter sue him
soon; and if Jim can htiln her do it hw's
a-going ter. I thank ye all, mates and
Mr. Doctor, fer speaking ter me; and
if ugly Jim freezes ter death, dou't
think too hard of him."
Again the line moves on, but the men
are getting disheartened and overcome,
and gradually, oue by one, they lie
down on the ice, anil, crawling closer
together, a sleep, sweet but deadly,
holds them in its grasp. Jim and I are
the only ones left now, and we walk,
walk, walk round and round the pros
trate forms like a death watch.
"It's no use, Jim; I've got to join the
circle."
And I step toward it He stops me
and says:
"Can't ye stick it out doctor?"
"No," I say, despondently; "I am toe
weak and numb to keep it up. Here,
Jim. give tue your hand."
tiood-by, doctor," he says, and
moves on again, a loneiy sentinel,
lighting death inch by inch, and by his
pluck and dogged determination shak
ing olT its icy clutcli.
It was a blank forme for I know not
how long, and then 1 partly awoke as
Jim, tired out and exhausted, dropped
beside mc. I wa-s iu a dreamy state,
but I heard these words, the last he
ever spoke. He was wandering. I knew,
aud his voice was so gentle and soft 1
hardly knew it was his:
"Mother!'" he murmured several
times, anil then: tur Father which
art ," and ugly Jim's hps had moved
for the last time on this earth Icy
fingers c'osed them hero, but where his
noble deed and last pra3'er reached,
warm, loving fingers shall bid the
dumb to speak, and his first words
shall le his thanks for the Master's
plaudit: "Well done!"
"l'eace and oblivion reign over alL"
That was exactly my state; and on
awakening from my stupor, I found it
hard to realize it was but a dream.
Was it possible 1 was once more safe
aboard a vessel, not frozen stilf on the
desolate drift-ice, but tenderly cared
for by rough but kind hands? Yes, it
was true; for we all that were left of
us, aye, and the poor fellows whose
awaking was of another sort were lie
iug carefully looked after on board the
American ship Yankee Tar, whose
lookout hail sighted on the field-ice
black sjiecks which, through the glass,
he had made out to tie human lieiugs.
A boat was put out and all hands
taken on lioard. Of our crew of fifteen,
but rive remained, with just a spark
of life in their stiff bodies. Walter
and I were among the survivors, and
careful administration of restoratives
had brought us round. I have stamH-d
upon my mind, with the indelible ink
of unforgetf ulness, the morning when,
for the last time, I gazed on the fixed,
immovable faces of my companions of
that fatal voyage. AH iu their winding-sheets
of sail-cloth, shotted and
ready for the waters to cover them,
ranged in two rows along the deck, we
bade them each good-by. Last of all I
came to Jim, not 'ugly" Jim. now. for
upon the scarred face a peaceful smile,
tranquil and happy, and his last words:
"Mother, mother," seemed to play
upon the half-opened, smiling lips.
"All heads uncovered!"
One by one, into the ocean's bosom
they slid to rest and," as poor Jim's
IkkIv lies poised upon the rail for its
final plunge, the captain's voice shakes
and his eyes water, a? he says:
"Greater love hath no man than
this, that he lay down his life for his
friends. " liussell Gardner, in N. Y.
Iedger.
FOREIGN FARM NEWS.
A i.akt.e number of tea plantations
in India are offered for sale, the own
ers finding that they have uot Wen
paying expenses and are not desirable
proiierty to hold.
TiiKHK are two or three jrrass crops
in Switzerland every year, the first in
the beginning of May, the second at
the end of July and a third often at
the end of October.
The French potato crop of ls'.rj
amounted to 440.000.ouo bushels, as com
pared with a yield of SiMMHHUKKi bush
els as the average annual crop in the
previous ten years.
Ramie filler is Wing used to a consid
erable extent in France as a substitute
for silk in the manufacture of silk
goods. It is also lx-iiig used in the
manufacture of paper that requires
special itreugth, .
THE OLD HEARTHSTONE.
Wf father 'round the old hearthstone.
Without is heard the north wind's moan.
Within all Is il.'hjMit,
While Valnst the pane the whispering rain
Speaks of a starless uiht
We sin? the mnips we used to sing.
When youth wa ouis aud pleasure king.
Nor hei-d theunry storm.
For kindly cheer makes bri-'ht the sphere
Of home where hear l are warm.
Stories are told ot that dear time
When life fiou't-d on like smoothest rhyme.
In the 1 :r b.u:' a -o:
When rustles rare were built lu air.
To melt away like snow.
Grandfather uml grandmother tell
Of uldeu days, w hen l.-Vi 's awnel spell
Their hearts to:-ethi nirew;
When hiic wa-. bn,'l.t w ith tenderest light,
Aud Mirrsa'M were but few.
Good Uncle John. Just home from sea.
Tells of far distant lan!, while we
UnnU in his honeyed words:
As auei-t they are, a.-, sweet, und fuir,
Ai saeelest solids of birds.
And thus with M'iry, lau-h and song,
We pi-s the stormy ni rht anil long.
Our heart, all fn-o from care;
Thank Heaven fur tins: T-uit,-hl there Is
At h.. uu- no vacant chair.
Caleb Huun. in N. Y. Ledger-
THE KTIIirs OF FOOft
Ooorffo'a Experience with Prot
Spatling's Course of Lectures.
T
Soon after our marriage, my wife,
who is somewhat of a stickler for hy
giene, found the advertisement of a,
course of lectures on the "Ft hies of
Ft.nl" under our knocker, aud brought
it in to me.
"George, dear, isn't it fortunate?
You know jou were telling me the
other day that disease is often com
municated by food and here's the
very thing we want. A course of six
lectures on the something or otli.r of
food; only a guinea the course, and by
I'rof. Spatling, tn. Don't 3'ou thinl:.
as you are always io busy writing. I d
lietter go and s-cv.'hat the lectures are
like? It'll lie so useful to know wiiat
one is eating."
The only occasion on which I had
spoken on the subject at all was one
Sunday afternoon, when I had read
from the ISritish Weekly a question
from a correspondent, "whether toma
toes were ever the cause of cancer?"
and had remarked on the improbability
of such an event. lSut then I was new
ly married, and unused to the ways of
women, or jssibly uuduly tolerant;
so 1 made only a faint murmur at "the
expense. "
"Fxpense? ISut wouldn't it lie false
economy to study that when our health
is concerned? Why, we dou't know
what stilTeriug and disease we may es
cape by taking a little care."
Well, the long aud the short of it was
that 1113- wife was present at the lec
ture, while I remained at my fireside
to thuuip out on luj' typewriter an
article for the Olympian Review. I oc
eanic so absorbed in this, that when a
gust of cool air blew into my rixun, arid
my wife, with the usual out ioor smell
that 0:1c notices in winter alioiit her
clothes, came iu, it s.ciued but a few
minutes since she had left me.
"Oh. George dear, I am so glad I saw
that handbill. It's so providential; for
if I hadn't gone benight, goodness only
knows what miht have hapiiciied."
"What on earth do you mean, love?"
My wife was too agitated to answer,
but went into the lu-xt room and rati;;
the lx-ll for Pauline. As a matter ol
fact l'auline's kitchen is almost as neat
as the next room, and she might have
called her much more easily than by
ringing the one perfect liell that we
possess. ISut the principle of style was
involved; and to that my wife is ready
to sacrifice any amount of jiersonal
comforU
Pauline, after repeated tinkling,
"came up smiling" from a novelette
she had just 1 en reading. Pauline is
a good girl, with a character which
some day I intend to work into a novel.
ISut that as Mr. Kipling would prob
ably say, is quite another story.
T'auline." said her mistress, 'take
that meat away." The table was al
ready laid for supper, and I attempted
a feeble protest against having mo
nacal spirited away thus licfore my
eyes. ISut my wife was determined,
and said: "Do 3-011 know, George, what
the consequence of our eatiug meat
may be? It's quite possible that we
way go into consumption. I'rof. Spat
ling says th.it tceai is a prolific cause
of consumption, owing to the capacity
of animals to contract, that disease.
The 'basilica', or whatever you eall
those horrid little insects, get from the
meat into your S3'stem, and do the mis
chief. Jews are much freer from con
sumption than we are, solely owing to
the fact that their food is always rigid
ly inspected by the rabbis before being
used"
"For human consumption." I sug
gested, jocularly. ISut my wife was
very much in earnest.
"Then those pickles, too. Tickles
are simply poisonous. Sulphate of cop
per is largely used in their manufac
ture, accounting for their bright green
colors, Yiws can give the lieef and
pickles to Mrs. l'riggs to-morrow, Pau
line, to take home to the children."
"My dear," I ventured to suggest,
"if these are to disseminate the germs
of consumption and to poison their re
cipients, do y-ou think it quite the
thing"
I was going to say "to give them
to our washerwoman," but a visiou of
mothers-in-law flitted across my brain
and I was about to suggest that her
mother might lie glad of them when
my wife coutinued: "Then that bacon
every body who eats bacon gets trich
inosis. And yoa kujw you said your
self, George, dear, that tomatoes
brought on cancer.
"ISut my love," I ventured mildly to
sitggest "if we mayn't e::t meat of any
kind, or tomatoes, or pickles, what on
earth is there left to live on?
"Oh, heaps of things eggs, f.sh,
poultry, vegetables, everything, al
most. And I am sure it wouldn't be
right to fly in the face of Providence
after I "rot Spatling s lecture."
So for tire next week we were living
on eggs vegetables and lisli, and by
the time of the second lecture were
rather longing for a change of diet
l'auline hail just laid our supjier
oysters and sardines, eggs, pastry and
cheese when my wife returned, tear
fully anxious.
"George, darling, do you have yon
are there any any spots about you?"
I said I hail no doubt 1 could oblige
her, but could sot tell with any cer
tainty. ISut she was evidently severe
ly serious.
"I'lease, don't joke, George dear; it's
a matter of life or death. Do run U
ntairs and see In-fore it is too late."
So finally-, after useless protests, I
was sent up to my liedroom with w ti
ed and paper to report on. the appear
ance and location of any "stmts" I
might hapjien to possess.
"Oh. I'm so thankful," said my wife
wlicn slu- was told that but a few pim
ples tiiat had existed long before the
era of food lectures my skin had a
clean bill of health. "I am glad that
our folly has not, up to the present
had any serious consequences. Dr.
Hutchinson, the greatest surgeon iu
Fngland, says I'rof. Spatling, has
proved conclusively that leprosy is
solely caused by eating too much fish;
coast districts arc always the parts
principally affected. Norway, the only
Funqiean country where leprosy flour
ishes to any considerable extent, find
in li-.h its staple food. And oysters
oysters for supper! Good gracious.
George, how could you lie so foolish!'
"Pauline brought them in," 1 ex
plained, feebly and rather meanly. Of
course I had given I'auline the money.
"I suppose you don't really want to
get rid of me, George? I supiose you
haven't got them with the delilicratc!
intention of giving mc blood poisoning
or typhoid fever? Vet surely youonght
to know that Thames oysters always
Von haven't any pains about the the
breast, have you, George?"
When 1 had satisfied my wife on this
point, she went over her notes of the
led lire, and one by one knocked most
of the principal articles off our bill of
fare. To cut live lectures into one,
week after week she did the same, ter
ribly agitated aliout the ill effects re
sulting from this or that article of food,
and in mortal fear lest, through our ig
norance of the'laws of healthy dietet
ics, typhoid or some other dire com
plaint should carry us off lieore the
conclusion of the course of lectures.
"It is a comfort to have one's eyes
open at last," she said, time after time,
as this disease or that frightened h.-r
nearly out of her senses by Wing
caused by some corresponding art icle
of diet. After awhile she began to
take a melancholy interest in discov
ering fresh facts and arguments show
ing some new association of eating and
ill health; anil her time was principally
spent in comparing the cookery Imm.Ic
with the dictionary of diseases,
Pastry was knocked off as bad for the
digestion; sugar in any form produced
drilietes; jam was simply turnip
poisonously colored; tinned provisions
wre notoriously dangerous; while
anyone with sense and a natural desire
for good wind anil breathing appnrat us
would avoh cheese like a j,cslilenre.
Then butter, according to a medical
journal, was known to carry the germs
of consumption; eggs were responsible
for serious derangements of th- liver,
and fruit and vegetables meant cholera
at the very least.
I Imre up as liest I could under these
deprivations thinking it wise to humor
my wife while the lit lasted; and con
soled myself in the meantime with the
piie and drinks that had not yet l.-eu
taken away. ISut their day was at
hand. A special lecture was devoted
to these subjects; and immediately
aftc, the corner of my mouth was vio
lently seized and examined by my wife
for signs of cancer; blindness was
threatened unless tobacco was instant
ly relinquished; and as for drinks
well, with typhoid caused by milk,
gout by beer, loss of nerve-power lu
te a and coffee, and fatty degeneration
by cocoa, not to speak of indigestion
and sundry other evils a man would be
criminal indeed to run such risk.
For the last week I have lieen living
on bread and water and haricots, and
even these were not obtained without
a struggle. Haricots were conceded
doubtfully, with a pensive statement
that "perhaps it might not do any
harm, ami haricots were certainly very
nutritious;" to that since then, this
white, fatty, insipid vegetable has
made its way to the table in every con
ceivable form and on every conceiva
ble occasion. Water, my wife thought,
we should lie better without the pro
fessor had said "the less one drinks
the better;" aud it certainly follows
that if one does not drink at all, a con
dition of perfect health is likely to b
attained. With regard to bread, its
properties are so fattening, that u
wife, who has a sligltt tendency to "em
bonpoint" and whom 1 once discov
ered running surreptitiously up ai.d
down stairs with the object of reduc
ing her weight called upon pe on
those grounds to relinquish its use, re
minding me that as ISyron used vine
gar for this worthy object, so ought I
to deny myself a little for the sake of
health, economy and above all. as a
literary man. the preservation of a
poetical and professional appeurance.
Here, however, I put my foot down,
and she did not insist
To-morrow is the last lecture, arm
then, after acting for a week or so tlu
part of Succi or of Tanner, we shali
probably resume our usual reckless
habits. I ventured to remark just new
to my wife that our bill of fre" was as
suming rather narrow limits and that
the morrow's lecture would probably
deprive us of even our remaining food.
She smiled, assent but then said, eu
couragingly: "How healthy it w ill U-,
though! How perfectly charming to
know of one's immunity from disease!"
Chambers' Journal.
Ill .M-antiir Wu. Tluiwlv,
"May I ask you. madam." inquired
the gentlemanly caller at the front
door, removing his hat, "if there has
lieen a large and successful cooking
school in this neighborhood for some
weeks?"
"There has" replied the lady.
"Some luemlier of your family has
lieen in attendance, perhaps," he ven
tured. Yes Two of my daughters attend
it."
"Ah!" rejoined the caller, pleasantly.
"A gi.nl cooking school is one of the
adjuncts of an advanced civilization. I
am always intrrcMed to. notice the ad
vance of a community in the know ledge
of the gentle arts and sciences that go
to make up the sum of human happi
ness. Rut I have allowed myself to for
pet the business upon which I have
ventured toTcall," he continued, briskly,
oM-ning a small valise. "1 am introduc
ing a small but comprehensive work,
entitled: 'The Horrible Curse of Dy s
pesia and Indigestion; How Cured and
How Removed.' The price is ouly
seventy-flve cents and I can assure you,
tuadam Thank. Good xuoruiug!"