¢ nes ny £208 | Ho BF 3 Rh ne i) RP oF ih fr 1 oy rad eee that’s long ydnd bite off just one De Aaland ahd brighlaiad t 1 di i sir g of the ro Wa. Ne And distributing Se candy. .. 180 Ned ate the pieces eve ry "T'was the simplest way to do it; And be cheated little Bandy © And they neither of them knew it AN INSANE PIGEON, The Antics a White Fantail Indulged A in Over a Beer Bottle, i [Cor. London Spectator. ] My bird, whom I had imagined to be the victim of delusions quite peculiar to p broke out in the manner I am about Pl a “pom was a white fantail, and till FN A re relate, the respected head of a large family. He was a very “fifie bird, with . ., immense development ‘of chest and 'spread of tail, and giving himself all the airs befitting his position, nearly tipping over backward with the dignity of his strut. One day I found a ginger-beer bottle of the ordinary brown stone description lying on the carriage drive before the house. In a moment of exasperation at finding it left in such a place, I flung it through the open gates into the stable yard. That instant down flew pater familias from his house in the gable above the coach - hpuse, and strutting round and round the prostrate bottle, though never approaching it nearer than about nine inches or a foot, he began to perform the most ludicrous series of genuflexions I ever witnessed on the part of ag enamored ‘pigeon. HE cooed and he bobbed, and he, in fact, made such a fool of himself that though alarmed for his sanity, I was fairly doubled up with laughter, i i is went on for about an hour, when 1 took "away the bottle. But the same farce was acted again and again. Dur- ing the summer it was the stock cnter- tainment with which I regaled my visi- tors. No matter whether I threw down the bottle or gently placed it on the und, whether it stood up or was laid wn; the moment it a red down he flew with more than the alacrity with 4c which be was_acgustomed'to descend to his dinner, and . wens through all his performances over again, never stopping till the bottle was removed. His family watched his proceedings. from the roof with ca'm contempt, Wever earing to take a.nearer view of the object of his transports. day During the next winter be died, so 1 was ugable to discover how long the de lusion utight have lasted. ~ 86 far uk | knew it was his only. ope, and but for this strange freak he As sane a bird as you could find, "snd always con. ducted with grave propriety What pF eregtuze think the bottle was! For an less like & pigeon it is difficult to imagine. J.may add that I tried him with a 1 le on usre, only a cou of blocks from ble Te, “Prot 87S. Packard and [were invited to breakfast with him at 9 o'clock. We reach ng CA The Belk Joon if ups d ¥ EE i d E 4 Fiis 411 “Why, m | that t 1 (Kansas Times, ] “What do you know about snoringand 1 know ihe nd ist. ba wel n an fpucial A dear follow, w an un- usual qt on," was bho reply. uedr; if you really some the subject 1 may possibly be you a few.” : © "Speaking scientifically, snoring is the gosult of the vibration of the soft palate and the uvula caused by the two cur- rents of air, one of which passes through the mouth of t other sleeper, an through the noge:’ Te iy a le cur- rent passes through hey oat, the vi- , or, in other bration will not be cause words, a man who keeps his mouth shut doesn't “snore, “In nine cases out of ten the habit of snoring may be traced to careless treat- ment of the snorer when a child, by the parents. Children ‘cate cold’ and the nasal organs become choked, The parents neglect to treat the ‘child jproperly, and the consequence f§ that a habit is acquired of sleeping with the mouth partially .open, in order to breathe easily: The habit once acquired, clings to the child, and unléss broken off, is adopted, and causes the person to be come a confirmed snorer, . . “‘Snorers usually lié on their backs, when" sleeping, aud in fact. when lying on the side it is almost impossible to fnore, owing ‘to: the position of the palate and uvula.” Sa Yu “Do women snove as mich as men?” “No. Women are lighter sléepers, and 84 a rule, don't become so great a nuisance as men. After all, the'question 18 more of a social than a medicsd problem, and ordinary physicians wr: not often asked to treat cases of snor ing directly. An ingenious French man has invented an ‘‘anti-sndring machine,” in the form of an Indian rub. ber mouthpiece, with a tube attached The mouth-piece is placed over the sleeper’s mouth, and the tube put to his | “How nts on eto give ear like a spedking tube. When he snopes | U the noise is conveyed «to the ear and | wakes him. This is repédted until the habit is acquired of sleeping with the mouth shut. Another plan adopted by some persons is to tie a bandage under the chin and over the head, which keeps the jaws closed and prevents the nui sance, ' “About a year ago a young man came to me and complained that his roommate was such a terrible snoter that life be. came a burden. 1 was unable to offer any suggestions. The young man went away in the despair, and that eveniig = when his friend was makihz night melodious, the young man put a clothes pin over his nose. The experimént was only partially ' successful, however. The shoring ceased, to be sure, but my young friend came to me next evening with a #welled bead, and was under treat ment for three days.” “Are snorers conscious of the babit™ “As a rule they are, because they suffer from headachies in the morning, and expeticnce a general feeling of werkness. and depression. <A well-known Indy came to me the other day apd said that upon waking ap ih'thé moriidg she invdriably suffered from a dry mouth. While she was talking her husband ‘came’ if, #8. in: an agonized aside, toll we’ his wife was an iny ie Storer] Yoting me to curd her is now under tf adm coil : y you with t DSS Of WENY youbg and beautifu hv ge aantirm d snorers, bub gle dogtor i... only man A ik, until astounds alving Dit ain f a , By Wetretély of the hn- | An vested with wn eetain de- | ] by A for 4 iA it Houder as it allie to ; until Jas the'dghes” Pdi Wivi round the Rie Ih fo u toousers, Amorgos are not equal to the women, The bebaty of an Amorgiote woman is a re mip | hong ES AI eo that at the time seemed heartless, but hak yh “you wil idly my ie h Tresirt 1 ening the defences at A SOLDIER'S SAD STORY, A Grievous Mistake Which a Weds eral Sharpshooter Made, {Southern Trade Gazette. After the battle of Stone river, and the Confederate forces had fallen back to Tullahoma, Tenn., General Rosecrans, then in commend of the Union army operating in Tenn proceeded to fortify around Mu while the Confederates were ough od in strength- ‘ullahoma. Our army, which had done but little fighting after the battle of Stone river, moved upon Tullahoma in July, 1563, expecting to find thé “Johnnies” pre- pared to receive them with open arms and bloody hands. : .e “It was there that T witnessed the saddest event of the war,” said a vet. eran soldier to us while talking of the trip from Murfreesboro to yo Aang and he proceeded to relate substantially the following: «The Thirty nimth Judiana’ was in advance, and woved cautiously upon the towp, and found that the enemy had evaquated, leaving nothing but a rear guard fo cover their retreat, The regi- mont then posticd oy into the heart of the place. driving the remainding rebels oil aid across a small river beyond, at which our troops came toa halt; and well the enemy on the opposite side of hw ariver, they awaited * for our sharp- “rd to come up. before venturing "ae Confederates cofild be seen rid. g around the woods. and fields six or en hundred yards awdy, and just as ny passed thoough a gap ih a fence va farm house, a man wag seen to cass the rond and enter the lion «, but Win game out again in plain view of our He was too far away 10 be reached ¢ th guy common gun.and was ut fired was not long before the sharp” €1S came up to the river with thes long range, globe shit rites. The man could yet plionly be seen near the hoa oe. veming to defy of th ¥ cad -fhot HIF RUA One brought his gin and fired he pan i ’ 1, 2nd sharpshooters to bis should aa fel: to the glow i i few mihutes time A woraan and several litte cluldren were seen about the fallen man, “The encioy had now disappenred, and our trocps crossed the river and moved on down the road, feeling their way. When they came up to the spot where the soldier had been killed, there lay in death's eobrace—not a Confederate soldier—but an innceent little 12-year old boy, and his poor, heartbroken mother and little brothers. and sisters weeping over him, and praying that God might bring him back to them “The b putting “The boy was ¢ in up the fence neat his Bowe that the Re had thrown down $0 pass through in their retreat, and was mistaken by our men for a Confederate soldier. “Hens truly a sorrowful event: but the soldier who killed the little fdlow would have laid down his own life as a sacrifice if it would have brought the boy back to life again, to comfort his mother, who had already been robbed of a husband and an: son by the éruel war, “The regiment passed on in pursnit of the flying enbmy, and left the poor woman weeping and wailing over the death of her dear boy “Several days afterwards, who the soldiers of the Thirty ninth regiment re- turned to Tullahoma and passed by the house where the sad affair cecurred, and saw a little mound in the front yard near the road, a feeling of sadness crept over the hardened veterans, and they could not Seep back the tears that chased each Ha R Bow bother down their bronzed ehecks, Fat 3 { : ing serenade; Mrs our vid gone since the death of the boy, that “Though twenty summers have come little mound near the door of his home, bere he bad spent many happy days, is still green inthe memory of those who saw him shot.” x 3 Charmed by a Boa. i Missouri Republican.) I remember a little bout I had in Af once with a boa: | shan't forget it alurry, and 1 got my first dash of y Bairs that day. | wonder | didn't gay as a My teeth were as we 8d A str beads for two weeks olks thought | had the old home-made Illinoks ague, I shook so whenever any- body sung out ‘Boa coming.’ [| was eh Ri BB tigers, jaguars a eopR n an unsuccessful t through jungle and morass we for a cold snack from the ha I grew infernally _{ sleapy and lazy afterward, and the part Jaft me to smoke. 1 had a mind to fol- low, and then again & mind to take a rest, as the spreading tree made a grate- ful shade, and 1 sd safe there from Psiing beasts, the natives said. Soon began to have the pleasantest dreams A man anys She Tenmmput ream) visions, Talk about hash: og opium smoking; thy sin't a hing to my feelings. a lower, and | felt as if in t seventh heaven, Saddenly | came to myself just as sound as a nut, and knew that | had been mag- netized by a boa. I swept my hand across my eyes, and there he was, hang ing from a limb near me, his bright, glit buting, Kerions extn wh ie open, ng me while. y on me Although 1 saw wing for me, | was in a couldn't move to save my life. Then 1 felt with a thrill of unu horror that he had n to wrap himself about me In that embrace. My limbs grew cold, and one little squeeze made io t musky nt and sick. Another coil hal on Valuable Parniture Woods, (Boientific American.) A generation or.-mors ago the most adm wood for furniture purposes was mahogony. Until quite recently the taste for Hishofoty has been held in abeyance, and k walnut has long vg the king of the furniture woods, Before mahogony controlled the desire, cherry was 4 favorite, our white walnut, or Hidkory, wis used to a considerable extent. "These old-faghs ioned woods wre comi again, and very fine effects are pro. duced by the contrasts of cherry and hickory, and by mahogony and hickory, Mahogony ar as shades of color instead of contrasts. The so called “branch” mahogouy, that in veneers on thé fronts of bureabs and in'the frames-of mirrors formerly produced such impossible. effects of grain, his given place to that of plain, straight grain, the effort of color rather than of grain osing desired? + + Except yellow and biagk birch: and the satin and birdséye maple, there are few of our native woods. that show a very distinétive grain.” This ' makes them valuable as. foils to the more or ratic grained woods of thetropies, One of these, the coco bolo, of un deep md color, with broad striated grain; works up beautifully with the cherry, making a complement of tints, or with the hickory, showing a contrast. of color ard of grain, Accordingto the statement of a prom- nent dealer in furniture woods, oar cherry and hickory ave coming rupidiy into domand, dnd” for fore igh woods the mahoginy and the comparatively little known coco bolo are much called for by innkers of fine furniture, chrvers, dnd internal nish ro» : Lincold's Favorite Poem, {Chicago Tribune] v Mrs LL. E-Hilkis, of Elgin, “TIL. has a | copy of the well known poem; “0. Why ! Should the Spirit of Mortal.be Propds | into favor |. whorry blend admirably | in the handwriting of Abmabam Lincoln, Khe was once a member of a concert | company, which hanced fo put up at sme hotel with Mr. Lincoln in ; westorn town, when be wasa candidate | { forahe presidency: In. ghe evening the singers entertained the company in the for. a time, and then called Mr. Lincoln, “My friends,” said he, “1 ecomldn't sing ws tune; not even ‘Old Hundred," if it were to save | {my life ‘but 1 can recite a poem for you. ' Then, stepping to the other side of the parlor that he might fase them all, be said: “I will recits to, you, what 1 consider one of the finest productions of the English langunge,™ ind then ih an impressive manwuer recited the pom. As Mr. Lincoln was leaving the rooni after his recitation, Mrs, Hillis asked him who the suthorof the poem was and where it-eould be found. ‘Lincoln re- plied that be did not know “But.” he the parior i pon out a copy of it." The next morning while Mrs. Hillis was eating her breakfast Lincoln handed her the éopy” as he bad prom ised, It was written om the old-fashioned blue legal cap. .. Never saw "Young Génrga™ {Ran Yark ung . A feeble old darker sir wgled pain fully in. J 4 “Boss.” he said, “Ise an ole, ole man’ I was bo'n in ole Vahginny an’ libbed dar mos’ on to ningty-eight year, an’ I want yo' ter assis we er dis mawn in’ boss, of yo' pleas’, sah. ™ ! “You know George Washington, of course!’ “No sah, I neber seed him." y “What! You lived in Virginia ninefy. eight years and never saw George Wash. ington?” “Dat am er fac’, boss, ole mati, an’ am too far gone in dis worl’ fer to tell er lie. | r seed young George, but Lor’, sah, his po’ ole gram®- fadder an’ gran'mudder yuse ter think er pow Tul sight ob me, boss.” Ise an hones’ The Whittling Mania of Americans (New Yirk Lotter. 1 “Do you see that man!” asked the ferry ticket collector, “Well, he is get- piv. Tig jent, and if the boat don't arrite in two seconds he will be hunt. ing-around for something to cat. They would hack the ferry house to win amonth’s time,” he continsed, if awe didn't watch them. 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