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SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1890.
HIE Fill PURSE
TYomen of Washington Favor a Keg-
nlar Weekly Allowance for
Wives and Daughters.
1GX0SAXCE AXD EXTEAVAGAXCE
Are Related to Each Other as Cause and
Effect, Sajs Mrs. Harrison and
Other Noted Ladies.
JIRS. LAMAK TDTS IX AS OBJECTION,
WiEe Kis. Ststtor Epcoccr Fints tit Bsik Left
Ojt, Vith So (jEtstoas Asiti.
tCOKUESrOXDZXCE OF THE PISFATCn.l
"Washington, November 29. The ques
tion as to how the money matters of the lam
ily shall be regulated, is one that enters not
only into the homes of our statesmen at
"Washington, but into every American
household. Shall the wives and daughters
of the United States have to call upon their
husbands and fathers, aay after day, for
every cent ihey use, or should a fixed allow
ance be granted to them, and out of this,
they be expected to pay their personal ex
penses and those of the household?
This is a subject upon which I have
interviewed this week, some of the most
noted women of the country. I found that
every woman I called upon had a decided
view upon the subject, and none less so,
than Mrs. Harrison, the wile ot the Presi
dent. I called upon her at the "White
House, and was ushered into the upper
private corridor, which has served so long
as the private sitting-room of the President's
family. Mrs. Harrison said:
sins, Harrison's oriNiON.
"So far as I am personally concerned, I
have never given the matter serious thought.
But I must say that I thine every woman
should be allowed some settled amount lor
her household, as well as for her personal
expenses. I believe such an arrangement is
largely the secret of domestic happiness, and
though lew men will agree with me in this,
1 think it would prove a more economical
plan in the long run. Much domestic dis
cord would thereby be avoided, and all
members of the family would be happier.
"I think it is quite as important that the
girls ol the fauijiy should hare an allow
ance, as their mothers, and a certain amount
should be given to 'heni regularly for their
spending as soon as they are old enough to
realize the value of money. This is especially
so in these cays ol reckless extravagance,
when children are not educated as they were
in former years to household work, and are
thus left to the mercy of circumstances.
How often do we see girls reared in luxury
compelled, by loss of means and misfortune,
to earn their own living, only to find them
selves totally untrained in all practical
knowledge.
NEED A MONEY CDUCATION.
"Nothing so completely fits one for every
emergency in life, whether it ie for pros
perity or adversity, as a good, solid educa
tion in the all-important comprehension of a
jest estimate of money, and how else can
this be obtained except by careful training
in that much neglected branch of home edu
cation." "So, then," I asked, "you are decidedly
5n favor of the allowance tbeort ?"
"Most emphatically I am," replied Mrs.
Harrison; "but I think that in regard to the
amount, circumstances should always govern
cases, though O'J women out of every 100
will be all the better for the discipline, even
if they incline to extravagance. Every wire
thus trusted would endeavor to prove her
self worthy of the confidence reposed in her,
and our homes would be all the happier for
the system. After all," concluded Mrs.
Harrison, "it will make very little differ
ence what importance I or anyone else
places on the question. It all reminds me
of the truth contained in the celebrated
eermon once preached by some zealous saint
to the fishes:
The serraon just ended.
All quickly descended:
Tlie iiUc cut on stealing.
The eel- went on ceJmg;
Much delighted v. ere. they
But preferred the old -way.
SIRS. BIMMICK BELIEVES IN IT.
Mrs. Diinraick had listened with much in
terest to the conversation, having upon my
entrance laid aside her book, "All Manner
and Conditions of Men," and quietly re
marked that the subject reminded her of an
acquaintance, who, possessing a settled in
come of her own, was very punctilious in
regard to even the smallest item of expendi
ture. As an example of this she went on
to say that upon one occasion this lady vis
ited the postofiice in company with her hus
band having forgotten her purse, borrowed
the desired 2 cents required for a stamp
from him. Upon their return home, she
conscientiously paid the amount, to the no
small amusement of the rest of the party
present.
"Ail the same," added Mrs. Dimmick,
"I do net mean this as an example in oppo
sition to the advantages to be derived lrom
the fixed allowance theory. On the con
trary, I am thoroughly in sympathy with
Mrs. Harrison's views, and believe that
every one is the better and more careful for
the pof session of a regclar allowance, no
matter how limited it may be.
trnAT jiks. riELii minks.
Mrs. Justice Field thinks that without
deubt every woman should be allowed a
regular income, without which, she asserts,
there can be no real domestic comfort. "I
have never considered the subject bnt in
one light," she observed. " It never oc
curred to me but that every wife enjoyed
the Same privileges as myself. In these
days when the question of the advancement
of sioaien is so widely mooted, and women
receive the same collegiate education as
men, for what purpose is the additional
knowledge, unless to enable them to com
pete favorably in all respects with the so
called 'Lords of Creation.' And if they
possess the required knowledge, why should
they not be trusted with the financial part
of the household management?
"I cannot recall a single case within my
knowledge, in which the wife or daughters
do not receive their regular stipend, and in
every case the rule proves a success to both
parties interested. Every woman feels a
national pride in her ability to make
hotn ends meet, and whether she
bo married or single, she will in
variably aim to live within her means,
as soon as she realizes that there is a limit
to her exchequer."
MRS. CONGRESSMAN MORROW'S VIEWS.
Mrs. "William "W. Morrow, the wife of
Representative Morrow, I found comforta
bly settled in her apartments at the Rich
mond. She said: "By all means, women
should possess an annual allowance. When
so much of the home comfort depends upon
the mother and daughters, more especially
the wife, how can she keep things running
smoothly unless she knows just what she
has to depend upon?
"Some husbands and fathers like to hold
the purse strings," Mrs. Morrow went on,
"simply as a slave to their vanity. They do
not intend to be mean, more often they are
lavishly generous, but even in this they
make n serious mistake, for every woman
fcbould be taught self-reliance. There are a
thousand and one expenses in a household
that will escape a man's notice at the time.
Yet when the bills fall due they will assume
gigantic proportions in the general ex
penses, and must be carefully considered
when the necessity arrives, "Women are in
variably influenced more or less by the
trust imposed in them, and I believe that
every little child should have his allowance
and be kept within it. He will thus spend
his pennies more carefully and will learn
what money is worth."
Mrs. Manderson, wife of the Senator from I
Nebraska, says that personally she has
never found it necessary to request any
regular allowance from her husband, but
she thinks, however, that the importance of
trusting a wife with a regular sum is too
obvious to be considered for a moment,
"I have never seen an exception to the
rule," she said, "that there is domestic com
fort and harmony in families where the wife
is not simply in name, but in deed, the
honored helpmeet of her husband. Many
years ago I was deeply interested in the
bringing up of two girls, both cousins. The
families of both were well-to-do. In the one
case the parents lavished every luxary upon
their daughter. In the other a regular sum
of money, sufficient for the gratification of
all reasonable childish wants was placed
every week to her account, and a strict ac
count required to be kept of every penny.
To-day these cousins are both grown and
students at college. Iu the first instance,
the woman has reaped the results of her lack
of early training in a helpless inability to
manage for herself in the very simplest mat
ters of practical importance. She at times
actually wears herself out in the effort to
decide the common qualities of every day
occurrence. Her more fortunate consin, on
the contrary, enjoys the satis'action of
understanding thoroughly how to manage
her affairs iu any and every emergency."
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WIFE.
Mrs. Attorney General Miller, said: "I
consider the question one of vital import
ance. To realize its full significance, one
has but to take an example of a young girl
fresh from the careless experiences of school
lilc, without the least practical knowledge,
and all unacquainted with the problem of
hnw to make both ends meet. Plunge such
a girl suddenly into the whirl of fashionable
life with its thousand and one demands upon
a generous lather's purse. Then marry her
oil' hand to some ambitions business man
possessing a comparatively moderate income,
and see what a sad tangle she will make of
domestic matters, and in doing so, how easily
she will ruiu her connubial happiness.
"I believe," Mrs. Miller went on, "that
more than half of our unhappy marriages
are the direct result of this neglect, and the
sooner husbands and fathers seriously con
sider the importance of granting a definite
allowance to their wives and children the
sooner will a reform be brought about in
the extravagances of the present ace. Let
your young girl realize from the first that
her garments do not grow upon a bush for
the pleasure of plucking, but must be paid
for in hard earned cash.
school boys' allowances.
"In my opinion," continued Mrs. Miller,
"a young girl should not be allowed too
handsome an income, or one requiring no
forethought or management. This would
frustrate the very end in view. In our
family, the General has followed this sys
tem. My eldest daughter, Florence, has
for years past received an annuity, and this
plan has worked remarkably well. The im
portance of educating our boys in this re
spect is another important question, and it
would be as well if more of our colleges for
young men were to institute the system ob
served at .Hamilton College in Central JNew
York, of which my son is a student.
"The pupils are organized in separate
chapters, or messes, of a limited number,
and the different chapters occupy individual
houses, which are owned by the institution
and which are conducted upon strictly do
mestic principles. A certain amount is con
tributed by every member into a ceneral
fund, which is placed in the hands of a
treasurer elected from the senior class. A
messkeeper is also appointed each year in
the same way from among the older boys.
To these two are entrusted all matters con
nected wjth the management of the home,
subject to the approval of the mess, and to
them is left the furnishing and selecting of
every article, not only for the table, but for
the household, sucli as furniture and car
pets, china, glass, bed and table linen, etc
MAKES THEM GOOD HUSBANDS.
"Should an extra demand crop up for
entertaining each member is assessed an
equal amount for the additional expense,
which is never allowed tp exceed a moderate
sum. I was greatly amused when my son
returned tor his holiday last year to see the
interest he took in little questions ot the
household that formerly never seemed to
trouble his brain.
"At the dinner table one day he remarked
casually: 'We keep a pretty good table at
our house, but, mother, I notice that your
damask is much finer acd of a prettier pattern
than ours.' Not long afterward he said:
'We are anxiously considering a new carpet
forthe parlor, and have not been able to
come to a decision whether it shall be body
Brussels or something equally as effective
and less expensive.' I think the boy is
getting quite as valuable an education
through his housekeeping as through his
books, and I doubt not that it will make
him a better husband and a better business
man."
"WHAT MRS. R. P. PORTER THINKS.
One of the brightest women of the present
administration is Mrs. Robert P. Porter, the
wile of the Census Commissioner. She has
a decided"bpinlon upon the allowance ques
tion, and she believes girls should be given
a fixed weekly sum from the time they are
in short dresses. Said she: "I believe that
a child of 5 years can profit by it, and a
weekly allowance at that age, if it be only
10 cents, or better 5, could teach the child a
great deal.
"As the girl grows older, the sum should
naturally increase, and when she is 1G, with
a judicial mother to guide and consult with,
her allowance should cover the cost of her
wardrobe with a destined portion, no mat
ter how email, set aside for individual
pleasure and charity. If she prefers to buy
books and photographs instead of bonbons
and ices, so much the better, and if in spirit
she is a little sister of the poor, it will go
for a better purpose still. "When a girl who
has been brought up in this manner marries,
she will use her husband's money as wisely
as she had her father's."
HER WEEKLY ALLOWANCE.
"About an allowance for married women?"
"Well, you know there are questions such
as love and religion that are difficult to dis
cuss without touching on something of one's
personal experience. In this question one's
opinion is naturally the result of exper
ience, and any apparent lack of taste in
alluding to it must be pardoned. I have
fixed, as every woman should do, who is
possessed of common sense and respect for
the money which represents her .husband's
brain labor, on a weekly sum which covers
the household expenditures, and use my
own discretion in the spending of it.
"My personal expenditures, 1 never allow
to go beyond a certain limit, and they are
kept quite distinct from household accounts.
"We have no bills, and I have never had
occasion to ask my husband for money.
This is a thing, by the way, that no woman
should be compelled or asked to do. It
puts her in a false and humiliating posi ion,
and to a woman who has been independent,
would be intolerable. Neither would a
man of fine or delicate feeling permit it."
MRS. JUSTICE LAMAR OBJECTS.
Mrs. L. Q. C. Lamar is the only dissent
ing voice in the universal verdict, and she
speaks from her life-long experience of the
Southern open-handed generosity. Said
she: "It has been my experience that the
women of the Sonth, with few if any ex
ceptions, make the very best of wives, and
though generally educated without thought
of the little questions ot economy which
figure so conspicuously in the domestic
management of a New England household,
they seem to possess a natural instinct for
management.
"When a Southern girl marries a young
man in moderate circumstances, she in
variably adapts hereself to the requirements
of the position, and undertakes the control
of a bouse of moderate size with as keen a
delight as though she had always been ac
customed to petty economies. I think girls
are often extravagant simply from thought
lessness, and as soon as they realize the
necessity for retrenchment they prove them
selves practical housewives."
MRS. SPOONEE'S EXPERIENCE.
Mrs. Senator Spooncr's opinion of this
allowance question is that ot a woman who
has tried an allowance and been found
wanting. "Soms years ago," said she, "my
husband started me off at the beginning of
the year with a dainty account book and a
nice sum of money, saying, 'Now do at
tempt to keep yonr accounts this year." I
had tried to do it. before and had tailed. I
dutifully promised to try again. After a
few weefcs hud elapsed, my husband, with
an expectant expression, asked to see the
book. He glanced at the first page then,
and there all right was the sum which he
gave me, duly entered in very good style.
His eyes wandered to the next page, when
the very succinct statement was down in
black and white, 'Spent it all.' Naturally
I prefer not to have an allowance. I am
also decidedly of the opinion that any wife
who wishes an allowance should have it, as
her right to such an arrangement is not to
be questioned."
Mrs. Dolph, the wife of the Senator-from
Oregon, thinks that an alfowance benefits
the husband as well as the wife, who re
ceives it. She thinks the wife is more eco
nomical under the allowance system, and
that the husband can thereby better calcu
late his yearly expenses.
Mrs. Grundy, Jr.
KILLED BY OVERWORK,
Death of tho First Telegraph. Operator to
Head Messages by Sound Terrible
Strain That Tails Upon the Chief Oper
ator!, in Now York City.
The terrible tension which the nerves of a
chief operator in a telegraph office must un
dergo is very forcibly exemplified in the
case of Mr. Thomas G. Kennedy, one of the
chief night operators in the Western Union's
main office iu New York, savs the Star. His
death, which occurred recently at his home,
No. 21G Harrison street, Brooklyn, was
caused directly by apoplexy, but was, how
ever, superinduced by overwork. Mr. Ken
nedy leit the big telegraph office at No. 105
Broadway at his usual hour, 1 o'clock, on
Thursday morning. He had not been feel
ing well for several days, and had about de
cided to take a vacation. His condition did
not alarm his friends, and when he left the
office he appeared to be in his usual health.
Shortly after he retired, Mrs. Kennedy was
alarmed by his heavy breathing, and found
him suffering apparently from convulsions.
She summoned medical assistance immedi
ately, but the doctor, on his arrival, pro
nounced it a case of apoplexy, in which he
could hold out no hope. In a short time
Mr. Kennedy was dead.
The deceased was S3 years old, and was
one ot the best known telegraph men iu the
United States. He was a native of Indiana,
and when a mere lad went to live with his
uncle, who was station master and telegraph
operator at Carlisle, Pa. Here young Ken
nedy rapidly acquired a knowledge of teleg
raphy, and soon got a position with the
"Western Union, in the service of which
company he has remained ever since. He
was one of the first to learn telegraphy by
sound, all messages previous to that' time
having been directly transmitted in tele
graphic characters by the instrument, and
then translated. The telegraph companies
were at first strongly opposed to the em
ployment of sound alone lor receiving mes
sages, and Mr. Kennedy at the outset of his
career refused to accept any other, so he had
some difficulty in retaining his position.
Mr. Kennedy was employed by the com
pany in various offices in the "West and
South, and about 20 years ago had charge of
the office in Wheeling, "W. Va. He was
transferred to New York soon after, and has
now lor over 18 years been one of the night
chief operators in the head office in this
city.
The arduous duties of his position and the
constant strain which they imposed on his
nerves would be difficult of comprehension
by those not intimately acquainted with the
work in a big telegraph establishment. The
"Western Union building, previous to the
fire, contained the world's greatest switch
board, and through it connection was made
with hundreds upon hundreds of wires run
ning out of the city in nil directions. An
idea of the magnitude of his work may be
obtained from the fact that the eastern di
vision in the "Western Union office not in
frequently handles about 5,000 commercial
telegrams alone, t1) say nothing of the quan
tity of press dispatches during the working
hours of the night operators. The night
chief operator must rush everything at a
high rate of speed, and only a man with
the strongest nerves can withstand the
strain.
The work broke down Mr. Kennedy's nat
urally strong constitution, and although
only 53, he was bent and gray and seemed
many years older. Since the fire his duties
became more onerous on account of the- de
struction of the great switchboard and the
fact that the makeshifts which replaced it
necessitated his almost constantly running
up aud dowstairs to the newly fitted up op
erating rooms. Although the night mauager
is the responsible head of the operating de
partment during his hours of work, the ex
ecutive duties of the department fall largely
on the night chief operators. They are well
paid, but their position is not to be envied.
Every outsider who has watched them at
work on the "Western Union switchboard has
been astonished at the rapidity with which
they make the changes.
BEAUTY'S SECEET VICES.
Hollow Bonbons and India Kubber Grapes
That Supply Spirits.
iwbitien foe tub msPATcn.i
These men folks arc such confiding creat
ures in regard to all matters which have a
woman in them; and as for husbands, well,
they are the most gullible things on the face
of the earth. Said a married woman to me:
"I find it hard sometimes to look my hus
band in the face on account of the thousand
and one petty deceptions which I practice
upon him, poor man. But it can't be
helped. I must do it. It would be folly to
let him into all the secrets of the household.
It would only worry him all for nothing."
And at the theater the other night one of
these same confiding creatures remarked to
his sister-in-law as heresumed his seat by her
side, complacently masticating his coffee
kernel: "How in the world can you women
sit through a five-act play without getting
fagged out?"
She answered by opening an old silver
bonboniere aud asking him to take one of
the confections. He shook his head and re
plied that he didn't care for candies.
"But take one all the same," she in
sisted. "Great Scott!" was his exclamation.
"Shi" said she. "Now, don't bawl it out
at the top of your voice."
"Brandy, as sure as I live 1"
"Nonsense. Not at all. They are only
Cognac bonbons," and then, directing his
attention to a sweet, girlish creature of about
22 summers a few seats away, she whispered:
"Observe her."
"I see," came from the man. "she is eat
ing grapes from a silver box like yours."
"Grapes, you poor deluded son of Adam,"
the woman whispered again. "They are
grapes that would surprise you were you to
crush one between your molars. Know this
that each one of those grapes is an India
rubber sack filled with the best French
brandy. The imitation is perfect, even to
the stem, bnt oh, such grapes never grew on
nature's vines. Do you still wonder how we
women can sit through a five-act play?"
"Not at all," he replied.
A "WOMAN'S BABE COTTBAGE.
In Far-Away Oregon She Shoots a Cougar
and Saves the Children.
Mrs. Georce Hash, of Alsea Valley, Ore.,
says the Portland Oregonian, has more
courage and presence of mind in the face of
danger than the average woman. It is only
sparsely settled in that neighborhood, and
wild animals are quite plentiful.
One day, not long since, Mr. Hash was
absent from home, when a large cougar
came into the 'dooryard of his residence,
where the children were playing. The
animal was evidently hungry, and
had imagined a small boy would
make a good square meal. But Mrs. Hash
espied the cougar when but a few feet from the
children. She took-aiiown the "Winchester
rifle quicker than it took to tell it and shot
it through the hams. This did not kill the
animal, but forced it to retreat. It climbed
a tree near by, and Mrs. Hash and a faith
ful dog kept it there until Mr. Hash re
turned and. completed the killing. It
measured 6 feet.
WRITING- IN LONDON.
Yankee Authors Find the Atmos
phere of England Congenial.
THET SELL THEIR WORK AT HOME.
Talks With and About Engine Field, Bret
Harte and Others.
LIFE EAST AND EEMDSEEATI0N GOOD
rCORBESrONPEXCE OP THE DISPATCn.1
London, November 21. No other actor,
at least of this day, has ever enjoyed so
many graceful and unique conditions of
life as Henry Irving. He seems to be the
sponsor of all that is good aud the careful
critic of all that is offered in theatrical life.
The personality of this actor reaches far be
yond his theater and its audiences, and
touches a greit deal that is worthy of
thought. Only the other day the Queen of
Roumania came all the way to London to
read hira a play. She was the guest of
Victoria at Balmoral, and came direct from
the royal household to sit in judgment be
fore an actor and a few friends. This was
a privilege accorded to but few sovereigns,
for the play was a long one, and to listen to
the reading of the best of dramas is a task.
Carmen Sylvia from the Queen's penjwas
applauded for its literary merit and
dramatic strength; but it will probably
never be produced even though it comes
from royal hands, because it lacks that es
sential element which pleases the actor and
the actress and gives them a chance for a
display of their powers.
LONDON AH A LITERARY CENTER.
A photograph of the scene while the
Queen was reading her manuscript to Mr.
Irving, Miss Terry and a number of others
would be an interesting souvenir of that new
condition of the drama which has taken it
away from the realm of vagabondism and
made it one of the high professions of the
day. It illustrates how wide a range lit
erary ambition is now taking in the Old
"World. No place that I have ever visited
shows such restful conditions for literary
effort as London and its vicinity, and X
doubt if there iu any place where there is a
better market for what is accomplished with
the pen, and certainly there is none where
the compensations of association are greater
or more delightful.
These thoughts are suggested by finding
so many American writers in and "about the
British capital. There are a number of
them of greater or less note, who are work
ing away here and accomplishing consider
able. They find so much to write about,
and life runs along on such an even keel,
that it Is easy to do three times the work
here as in the New World, where everybody
is on the hustle and everyone anxious to be
come a millionaire in a day. But unless
you strike some occasion of great moment,
it is very difficult to find any number of the
American colony of writers "together. Each
one hides himseif or herself away in some
quiet locality an secluded as the woods, and
onlv reaches the great centers of action now
and then.
A TYPICAL AMERICAN -WRITER.
The typical American writer now here is
Isaac Henderson, whose "Agatha Page"
and "The Prelate" are so weil remembered.
I believe he comes from down in New Eng
land somewhere, but has spent a great deal
of time in New York. His father was once
the publisher of the Evening Post, but Mr.
Henderson has always devoted himself to
literary labor and has traveled abroad a
great deal. He is rich, able to entertain
handsomely, and his doors are open to
every reputable American who knows any
thing or does anything in the realms of let
ters. He is very popular with his country
men who come here, and Eugene Field
voiced to me the general sentiment when he
said: "Ron't fail to see Isaac Henderson.
He knows everybody and a great many
things."
Mr. Henderson is just in the prime of
life, being less than 40, and works just
enoueh on his newbookstokeep him close to
his profession. Henry James is the oldest
in actual commission of any of the Amer
ican writers now in this metropolis of the
world. But he has been so many years on
this side of the water and mingled so little
with Americans that he has almost lost his
identity among them.
TWO MUTUAL ADMIRERS.
Mr. Howells and himself are very fond
of each other, and every now and then keep
the communion alive by each declaring the
omcr to oe me greaiesi oi American novel-
ists. Mr. James is the son of a clergvmart
and came from up about Albany, N. Y.
He leads an exceedingly quiet li!e andlis
rarely seen in the haunts of men. lais
income is ample to permit him to do afLe
pleases and his position so well fixed As a
high literary character that he need (care
very little about what his countrymen may
or may not think ot him. In fact, tH'at is
exactly the position most American wf iters
obtain belore they have been here very
long.
Eugene Field, that wonderfullyf bright
poet, story teller, philosopher, wit ahd jour
nalist of the" breezy "West, has been iiere for
more than a year, and expects to slay some
time longer. The conditions of this life
seem to fit him quite as well as they do the
more tcsthetlc ot our tribe, who Saddle over
here. Meeting him the other d'ay, I asked
him what he was doing. His reply was
characteristic: j
EUGENE FIELD'S LATE WORK.
"I came to Europe to get ri1 of a malig
nant attack of nervous dysplepsia. I have
been here a year and am practically well.
I think I shall be here abaut six months
longer. Siuce coming I Have written S7
letters to my paper, and 1iave written 70
pieces of verse. I have also published two
short tales, about 8,000 wjbrds each. I am
now writing a short story of mountain life.
and I shall write one Chi-istmas story. I
have three more pretentijous tales oh the
docks.
"I have collected abojfit 150 subjects for
lyrics, and shall treat tiieni as I leel like
doing so, for I write vcrf-e only when in the
mood for it. Mcanwhile, I intend to send
my paper at least two
do not particularly 1
alters a week. As I
fke letter writing, I
have been surprised
see my letters so
generally quoted at haime. I have rather a
good knowledge of LAndon, and have done
Germany ana Hollajid pretty thoroughly.
I have become interested in German poetry
somewhat, and have made a nnmber-of
versified translations. Before returning
home I shall visiA Paris and Ireland.
Scribner's Son's hifive just published two
books for me, one eutitled 'A Little Book of
"Western Verse,' and the other 'A Little
Book of Profitable Tales.' I have material
for three other volpmes of average size.
COLLABORATION -WITH BARRETT.
"Wilson Bariett is urging me to collabo
rate with him
in the production of two
American play:
and he guarantees me a
considerable su
in of money. But I have
little ambition
matic success.'
either for money or for dra-
Contented witjh this exhibition of a vear's
labor, Mr. Fieldl sits himself quietly down
out in South EZensington and is doing some
of the best work of his life. In fact, of all
the men doin business from here with
newspapers in the United States, Mr. Field
is by far the n 'successful, and yetheisthe
same singular ;haracter in thought and ac
tion as he was before he rubbed up against
the lions of a i oreign life. He lives very
quietly and m ingles very little with the
outside world t hat is so largely represented
here. Notwitl standing his denial that he
is going to write two plays on American life
with Wilson I larrett, I believe he will, and
I doubt if he i -eturns to the United States
for many monlths to come.
SELL THEIR WORK AT HOME.
Isn't it singAlar that with most all of the
Americane wolkinc in London, few. if any
of them, sell thjeir products here. Many of
them could reatiily find a market, but their
demands from tmo United States are such
that they have about all they can do to "sit
here and write on American subjects for an
American market. Prodnctions of the pen
seem to be worth more money from here,
than as it done at home, and it is so much
easier to gather material and write it that
every year the number of Americans who
carn'money with their pen will increase.
Think oi Bronson Howard living here in
his own home and at work on a new Ameri
can drama which he will have ready in the
spring, and which Charles Frohman has se
cured the American rights for. He came
here to see about producing "Shenandoah,"
took a new notion and sat down to work.
He has traveled mnch since he reached this
side of the water, and is said to have gath
ered some material for a play based on Euro
pean life and scenes.
OUTSIDE HIS REGULAR WORK.
Harold Frederic has been here for seven
years and more, and besides doing his news
paper work, has turned out a new book al
most every year. He is about the only one
of the regular newspaper representatives
who do much outside of their weekly work.
His local market here is very considerable,
but his books are printed in New York.
"The Lawton Girl" is his latest novel, but
the greatest piece of work from his pen is
the life of the present German Emperor,
which is just out. He has a desire to write
other works of a similar character about
other potentates. But I doubt if he will
ever get his heart quite as much in any
thing of like character as he has done in his
estimate of the life and character of the
present ruler of Gemany.
I asked him why it was that so many
people preferred to do their work in Lon
don. His answer was: "Because it is the
best atmosphere in the world for literary
endeavor. More men of like thoughts and
desires can be reached here in less time
than in any place in the world. Every
thing is agreeable. Everyone is polite.
All one's surroundings tend to make hi in
happy and contented. Living is cheap, arid
there is less friction here than in any other
center I have ever known."
TEE ROARING CAMP GENIUSi
Bret Harte has been here a nuuiber of
years, and will probably never return to the
United States. He leads a rather secluded
life, and Americans see very little of him.
I met him down at Brighton and the vet
eran seemed to be enjoying himself better
than in tho "Bearing Camfi" of the far
"West. He does not pretend; to do very
much work any more. Years of saccess
have brought him contcsitment, and he
seems willing to enjoy theremaining davs
as a compensation for tfye struggles of his
early life. f
Like most other writers from the New
"World, his stories are sold at home, but his
books are more widelyfread here than in the
United States. In fadt, this is a book-buying
country, and thatf is the reason why so
many people of alfl classes are trying to
write something tijfat will Itrike the popu
lar taste. Toetry doesn't have anything
like the chance iif England that it has in
the United Statespaud there are less poets,
but the people wlio are ambitious to write
good stories and descriptive matter are as
numerous as thef sands of the sea.
SUCCESS AT THE START.
Harry Harlhnd, who hides his real name
under the noni dc plume of "SidnaLuska,"
is a popular representative of American
literary life His publisher told me the
other day that his book, "As It "Was "Writ
ten," had agreater sale than any first work
from the pern of an American author. His
"Mrs. Peiiada" has also been a success,
and Mr. Harland is fully within a strong
literary career. He has so far dwelt upon
the Hebribw life oi New York, but is branch
ing out? into other themes. He is the
youngesl of the American colony of
writerSiJbeing less than 30, I believe.
Mr. Conway still divides histime between
writing and preaching. His latest effort in
the literary line is a "Life ot Hawthorne"
whichjhas been well spoken of. It is not so
niauyjears ago since I remember Mr. Con
way ai a newspaper writer, but he seems to
havcjUrifted out of journalism and to have
gonejinto what may be called the contented
splierfe of writing. He is another example
of thft well-known fact that as soon as a man
gets to writing books or essays he dislikes
journalistic work. That is because the last
is exacting and the nrst easy. Inweaving
stories one can put off until to-morrowwhat
ought to be done to-day. Newspaper work
has Ats exactions every hour.
SOME TALENTED WOMEN.
Irs. Frances Hodgson Bnrnett was here
lart ot the summer, but went to the Conti
nt with her dying boy. She is doing
thing whatever in a literary way, her
mc sorrows destroying her abilities to use
er pen. Liouise imogene Gurney is a new
American poetess who has been seeing con
Jsiderableof London life this summer. She
is here like the rest of tnem to get new sub
jects for lyrics.
A. Oakey Hall, who used to be Mayor of
New York in the old Tweed days, can be
seen along the Strand almost every day,
still looking well and hearty. He has a
quiet home, and seems to be very well con
tented with life, declaring that a man can
buy a great deal in England for what he
earns, aud docs not seem to want so mnch
as in the United States.
It is becoming really a popular custom
with busy men with the pen to run over
here, gather a lot of material and then go
home and write, but it is a fact that no
American writer who has come here and
stayed any length of time ever wanted to re
turn. Their testimony is that living is so
cheap and all the requisites of a literary
life 6o numerous that it is easy to stay here
and be contented. Frank A. Burr.
A VIGILANCE C0HMITTEE.
Citizens at Seattle Think Tliey 1Y1H Have to
Tut Them in Motion.
Seattle, "Wash., is seriously talking of
forming a vigilance committee, says the
Portland Oregonian. A Seattle merchant,
speaking of the affair recently, said: "The
formation oi this vigilance committee
means business. The people have been
trifled with long enough, and if the courts
will not help us we will help ourselves.
The idea that the mere letter of the law
is to be taken in its vague terms,
regardless of the intent nnd spirit of
it, and these thieves and thugs allowed to
go scot free, is too much to swallow, and we
will prolect ourselves. You need not be
surprised if you see a lamp-post decorated
some nio'rning with the body of one ot the
wretches that make Seattle's highways dan
gerous to travel."
A LIVELY COYOTE CHASE.
It Is Apparently an Improvement on the
Stereotyped Fox Chase.
One of the liveliest coyote chases on record
is reported by the Gervais, Ore., Star:
"Wednesday some young men discovered
a coyote on the lands of O. Thibadeau, west
of town, and at once gave chase. They
followed the coyote until their horses gave
out, at which moment Pete Mickel,the
Gervais butcher, mounted on his gray
charger, with which he has run many a
bovine to earth, arrived upon the scene of
action, and at once entered the race and
followed the fleet coyote for a distance of
four miles, when he succeeded in ending
his career by a well-directed shot."
Tho Best in tho World.
J. B. Loughran, ex-Mayor of North Des
Moines, and the Locust street manufacturer
of steam engines and boilers, said: "I had a
severe attack of la grippe. I used Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, and applied Chamber
lain's Pain Balm to my breast. These reme
dies were just the thing in my case. Mv
child had croup some years ago, and we used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with perfect
success; since then we have never been with
out these medicines in our houe. I had a
cousin who was a printer and was employed
in this city, where they were printing circu
lars for Chamberlain. He had a deep-seated
cold and a terrible cough, and while setting
up the copy he made up his mind to buy a
bottle. It cured his cough, and that was the
first time lever knew anything of Chamber
Iain's remedies. I have been strongly in
their favor ever since. My own experience
and that of my family convinces me that
these remedies are the best in the world.
That may be strong language, but that is
what I think." wsu.
FOOD FOE THE FAIE.
Beauty Doesn't Always Live on Love
and Omelette Soufflee.
A COLLEGE BOI'S CLEYER CURE
For a Maiden Who Trimmed Her Dainty
flails With Her Teeth.
SCENT " OF A 10DTI1FUL
PE0DIGI
tCOBHESPOXPENCK or TUB DlSPATCn.3,
New York, November, 29.
ESTAURANTS
are places wherein
it is difficult to esti
mate persons by
their appearance. A
patty of men sat at a
'table in a Broadway
establ i s h m e nt sip
ping Cognac after
luncheon. A good
looking girl of sev
enteen or there
abouts entered shyly
and took her seat at
a table near by.
The girl's figure was
slender, her lovely face was softly tinted,
her eyes were blue and innocent. She
drew her gloves from her small white hands,
and held the bill of fare daintily before her.
She seemed to be searching for something
made of rose leaves and honey dew.
"Two to one she orders lobster salad,"
said one of the men watching the sweet
maid.
"I'll go yon," responded another. "Salad
is too coarse for her. She'll have a cup
of cold consomme."
""Well, now you just listen for her to
order an omelette soufflee," said a third. "I
never saw a girl out shopping in my life
that didn't run in at noontime and get an
omelette soufflee. They are so fluffy and
sugary that they just hit feminine taste."
"That girl will order a chocolate eclair
and a. cup of tea," said a fourth man in the
party.
HOW SHE SURPRISED THEM.
In the meantime the waiter was standing
at the elbow of the dainty fairy expecting
her order. She studied the card long and
carefully, and then she pouted.
"I don't think you have what I want,"
she said.
"We have 'most everything," suggested
the waiter.
"Yes," responded the girl, "but I came in
here on purpose lor one thing, and I don't
see it on the menu." .".
"What is it, miss?" asked the waiter.
"Frankfurter sausages and sauerkraut,"
replied the maiden.
One of 'the men at the neighboring table
dropped his brandy glass and aliother
coughed convulsively from having swal
lowed some of the liqnor the wrong way.
The young lady rose from her chair and in
quired of the waiter if he knew of any place
close by where sausages and sauerkraut
were obtainable. She was told to seek
Sixth avenue, and as she rustled away the
men who bad discussed her appetite ordered
additional brandies.
"I will bet," said the waiter, "that that
girl is of German descent." And he turned
up his nose as tar as it would go. He was
French.
A BEAUTY'S SAD FAILING.
It is so very vulgar to bite one's finger
nails that the habit in one of the most bril
liant and clever girls in New York's high
society was a marvel to the world as well as
a serious source of worry to her intimate
friends. The yonng woman has slender
white hands and lips that seem made only
for the most poetic purposes, but she would
nibble at the pink nails of her fingers until
they presented an appearance not to be
countenanced by refined persons. An Eng
lish nobleman met the young lady in New
port the past summer, and it is said that he
gave as his reason for not proposing mar
riage to her the fact that his family would
be disgusted by a woman who bit her naiU.
Every means to break the pretty creature
of the ill-bred habit has been adopted by
her parents, but with no good result.
A young college student who was re
cently led by some chance into the presence
of the girl became her slave at once and
prepared to win her in the enthusiastic and
swift way usual with youth. He observed
this remarkable habit of nail biting, and
found out that it was the bane of the par
ents' lives.
A VERT BRAINY YOUNG MAN.
"I do not account for my daughter's
peculiarities, said the mother sadly; "she
was born with two most remarkable
Watrit on the Card.
idiosyncrasies. One is her habit of biting
her finger nails. The other is that the odor
of peppermint makes her instantaneously
ill."
The college youth heard this remark and
pricked up his ears. He was very attentive
to the young lady. She could not do any
thing for herself, be was so ready to do it for
her. Even the nail-biting performance
would not have been objected to by him.
One afternoon at a reception be helped her
on with her wrap and then pasted her
gloves. These she put on and went out in
company with her fond companion. When
standing in the hall of her own residence
talking with the college youth she drew her
gloves from her hands and instantly placed
the tips of her fingers to her mouth. Her
face grew suddenly pale and she withdrew
her fingers from her lips and reeled as
though fainting. Supported by the ready
arm of the young man she staggered into
the drawing room and sank among the cush
ions of the sofa.
SO HE WON THE LADY TAIR.
Her mother, who was iu the room, hast
ened to her daughter's assistance, inquir
ing excitedly what was the matter.
"rep per mint," stammered the girl,
holding her hand up to her mother.
"1 put a little peppermint into hergloves,
madam," whispered the college youth.
"Just be patient aud see if it does not have
a good effect."
For several days the voung woman re
frained from raising her fingers to her lips,
and it was observed that whenever the in
stinct to do so partially asserted itself she
grew pale and seemed to murmur the word
"peppermint." Ater two weeks had passed
the overjoyed parents took the college youth
aside aud deluged him with praise for hav
ing accomplished what no one else had ever
been able to. Cn the following day the girl
and young man came into the presence of
the old people hand in hand, and received
their blessing!. It was agreed that & son-
i i .Sri 9. s.
was
m
in-law who could cure an obstinate young
woman of a habit of over 15 years duration
would be competent to the task of leading
her successfully through the labyrinthine
maze of a marital career.
SEVEN AGES OP WOMEN.
, A friend of mine pretends to believe that
you can tell a woman's age by the style of
ornaments with which she decorates her
room and the books and photographs which
she displays upon her table and dressing
case.(' He insists that a woman's life, like a
manli, has seven ages, each of which is
quite as distinctly defined and sharp in its
optlines as the corresponding seven ages of
an; only he begins with the 15-year-old
girl as his starting point. Her room is
prim, stiff and inartistic Miss Edgewortb,
Miss Porter and Miss Braeme figure upon
her bookshelves. There are a few pictures
of girl friends, but the male biped has not
yet made his appearance.
At 20 a change is noticeable. There are a
slight loss of straight lines, a straining after
effect, home-made articles from bits or silk,
satin and cardboard, and a few likenesses of
"cousins." "When 25 arrives, you notice a
complete transformation. Powder boxes,
perfumery, manicure articles, portraits of
male friends, programme of dancing, favors
from the zermau, college souvenirs from
Yale and Harvard boys, an occasional
French novel, together with two or three
Ouida and a pile of fashion journals.
THE AGE OP ENNUI.
Thirty has its unmistakable symptoms in
photographs of actors, skin 'lotions, com
plexion powders, depilatories and corn
tic
37ie Youngster Makes Himself a NuUance.
salve. Forty comes in sadly with a strong
odor of cigarettes and tonic, risky novels,
stacks of perfumery, pictures of a bald
headed friend in the mirror frame, and of
several "intimates" in extremely decollette
costumes. Fifty is pathetic. All photo
graphs, save possibly the bald-headed
friends, have been carefully put away, and
the table groans under its load of essays,
poetry and ethics. There is an odor of lini
ment. Perlume bottles have disappeared;
so have souvenirs of other days. In one
corner the monthly magazines rise like a
miniature tower of Eiffel.
And now comes the last scene of all
65 to 70 sans perfume, sans manicure,
sans coquetry, sans gayety, sans every
thing frivolous. Bible and prayer book
lie on a little table at the head of the bed.
Photographs of reverend this and bishop
that adorn the mantel. The well-padded
rocking-chair shows the effect of constant
use, while on the dressing case a long array
of medicine bottles tell the story of late
suppers, bare shoulders, late hours, irregu
lar habits and disappointed hopes of the
far away past. The husky, staccato cough
has taken the place of the bird-like voice,
which in the days of long ago carrollcd
forth its pleasure in fleeting and frivolous
things. It is a big jump from 15 to 70
after you have made it.
NUISANCE OP A SINGLE CHILD.
I need not iell you that the fashionable
woman of this city is not anxious to become
the mother of a large family. She is quite
willing to have one child, and let it go at
that. The consequence is that this poor
little specimen of humanity is often petted,
and spoiled and idolized, which would not
be the case if there were half a dozen of
them. The single hud upon the proud an
cestral tree is made to do all sorts of ridicu
lous things, such as recite poems, give im
itations of people who visit the house, sing,
dance and make himself generally disagree
able. A certain wealthy family has one such
prodigy. People actually sirun the house,
for no matter at what hour you call, Archie
is invariably dragged into the room to show
off something new that he has learned. All
conversation ceases. All attention is cen
tered in the youngster, who proceeds to
make himself a nuisance, giving pert an
swers to his lather, and retorting upon his
mother with slang. Finally, he is bribed
into "being good;" but belore they can get
him out of the room he
SENDS A FAREWELL SHOT
at some bald head, red nose, set of false
teeth or bodily infirmity that catches his
sharp eye among the guests. "Well, the
owners of this Archie were lately beside
themselves with joy. The boy suddenly
gave promise of becoming the eighth wonder
ot the world. Although at the tender age
of 10 he began to write poetry, talk politics
and discuss the tarifl. Tops, marbles and
ball had no more charm lor him. His
picture books were thrown aside, and in
their stead, Bancroft, Ruskin and Emerson
were greedily devoured by him. Archie
put away his putty blower and began to
study the ancient civilization of Central
America.
It was astounding, and people came from
far and near to converso with this infantile
Solomon. The family physician was con
sulted, for it seemed necessary to check this
abnormal development of brain, and in one
of his examinations of Mas'or Archie's head
our good JEcuIapius caught a decided
WHIFF OF SHERRY WINE.
He knew how it was himself, beincagreat
connoisseur of Amontillado and Xercs in
general; so, upon t.iking his leave, the good
man merely remarked to Archie's mother:
"Please keep that tonic of yours, that qui
nine, cocna wine and chloral, under lock
and key 1"
The woman obeyed, and, lo, another
miracle! Little Archie became as a common
youngster, and in the course of a week re
turned to his jig saw and tricycle. He lost
all iuterest in the weighty problems of life,
and gave up his philosophy for the nickel
novels of wild Western adventure. The
parents are disconsolate, and sit like two
figures of hired mourners paid to run lor a
fortnight; but the family physician assured
tnem that the "tonic" which little Archie
had been drinking on the sly, would inevit
ably end in stripping the family tree of its
sole and single bud. So they were obliged
to bow to the harsh decree of fate. The
friends of the family press the doctor's hand
gratefully when they meet him.
Clara Belle.
AUTOGEAPHIC SEHTIMEHTS.
Expressions Inscribed by Prominent Men
Upon Such Occasions.
Count Enzenberg, the Hessian Charge
d'Affaires in France, had one hobby the
collection of autographs of famous men.
On one of the paces of the Hessian's album,
sayi Youths' Companion, the statesman
Guizot had written:
"All through my long career L have
learned to forgive much and often, but to
forget nothing."
The sentiment is not a Christian one, nor
is it notable for its worldly wisdom. It is
strange that Gnizot, who was a professed
Christian and reputed to be worldly-wise,
should have written it. His rival Thiers
must have noticed the inconsistency, for
underneath be wrote:
"A little shortness of memory cannot de
tract from the sincerity of forgiveness."
Bismarck, while Prussian Ambassador at
Paris, being asked to write, something on
the same page, wrote:
"As for myself, existence has taught me
to forget many things, and to get myself
forgiven for a great many more."
THEORY OF A COLD.
An. Excessive Flow of Blood to the
Part Affected the Cause.
SIMPLE COKTZA AND ITS CDEE.
The Secret is to Draw the Life Fluid Away
From the Head.
WHEN TIIE LUXGS ARE AFFECTED
One form of "a cold" is an affection of
the nose, which makes us sneeze, feel
chilly, our head aches, and we "ache in our
bones," says the Boston Globe. Another
important sympton is the exudation lrom
the nose, which causes us to keep a hand
kerchief in almost constant use. This
affection is more properly called coryza.
Coryzi is simply an inflammation of the
lining membrane of the nasal cavity. This
membrane extends from the outer edge of
the nose to the upper borders of the throat.
, This membrane is well supplied with
blood vessels, and there are minute cells
which exude a clear transparent fluid called
mucus. Now, if a greater amount of cold
air than usual strikes a part of the body that
is generally well protected, the exudation
of this mucus fluid is at first checked.
The nerves are irritated, we sneeze,
and an increased flow of mucus
takes place. A cold whiff of air
striking the back of the neck,
or the -uncovered head, will produce
the same result. In consequence of this irri
tation in the living membrane of the nasal
cavitv a greater amount of blood hurries to
this locality. Whenever there is more than
the nsual amount of blood, the organ, or
membrane, is the more active, and its work
is increased. The presence of this increased
quantity of blood causes inflammation, aud
the mncus continues to flow more rapidly.
now we catcii cold.
Generally we are caught by the "cold" in
coming out of a heated ballroom, theater
or concert hall. The blood that circulates
near the surface of the body flows in in
creased quantity on account of active exer
cise of the body or high temperature of the
hall. In consequence of this increased
quantity of the blood the nerves are irritated,
the cells pour out moisture on to the surface,
and we "perspire" Ireely. Now, if any
portion of the surface of our body is exposed
to a gust of "cold" wind, that is air of a
lower temperature than the skin, a sudden
check will be given to the radiation of heat
at the surface, and a local inflammation re
sults. "We may "catch cold" in the head, and we
have coryza, or when of a more seriou3
nature, influenza. "We may "catch cold"iu
the throat, aud we have tonsilitis, or sore
throat- "We may "catch cold" in the upper
part of the breathing system (not the nose),
and we have laryngitis, or hoarseness. We
may "catch cold" on our lungs, and we
have bronchitis, pneumonia, emphysema,
anginapectoris and phthisis (consumption;.
"We may "catch cold" in the lining mem
brane of the chest cavity, and we have
pleurisy. A cold on the lungs is serious.
Even if it is only bronchitis, that is some
times fatal. But if the "cold" goes deeper,
and we are stricken down with pneumonia,
we have all we care for in the line of "a
cold."
THE CAUSE OF A COUGH.
The walls of the bronchial tubes and the
cells of the lungs are lined with a mem
brane. This membrane is constantly moist,
as it is in the cayity of the nose. As a re
sult of irritation, this membrane exudes
more mucus than usual. The mucus fills
the cells and bronchial tubes, and the nerves
arc irritated by its presence. A sort of
spasm or convulsive action at once takea
place, in order to get rid of the accumula
tion of mucn. This action is called "cough
ing." "We often feel sore in our lungs. This
feeling is caused by the intensely inflamed
surface of the lining membrane. We feel
the necessity of attending lo business iu
spite of the "cold." Yet, if we could realize
the importance of perfect rest at such a
time, we would stop all work at once.
The first important t'Jhng to do at the first
sign of a cold is to r. Give the muscular
and nervous system complete rest- The
next step is to reduce ate increased circula
tion of the blond at the affected part. This
can be accomplished iu several ways. If
you have tincture of aconite in the house, it
is one of the best internal remedies. Place
ten drops of the tincture of aconite in a cup
or tumnler and add 12 teaspoonfuls of water
to it. This aconite must be dropped ac
curately, and the water measured accurately.
It is not sale to take into the system more
than three drops of aconite at one dose. As
a dose of the medicine prepared as here
stated take one te.ispoonfnl every hour.
Aconite reduces the rapidity of the circula
tion ot the blood and blunts the activity of
the nerves.
THE MUSTARD FOOTBATH.
Another remedy is a hot mustard foot
bath. Pour hot water into a pail till it is
two-thirds full, and stir into the water a
tablespoonful of mustard. Undress and
prepare to retire. "Wrap a hravy blanket
or a quilt about you, sit in a chair and
place yonr feet in the hot mustard water.
Keep the blanket wrapped closely about
the pail, and shut yourself well within its
folds.
What is the object of this hot foot bath?
To relieve the blood pressure in the head.
There is an unusual amount of bood rush
ing to your head, and in nine cases out of
ten your lower extremities are cold. After
about five minutes oi this treatment remove
one foot at a time. Sec how read it isi
Give it a good rubbing with a coarse towel.
Rub the other foot in the same way and
get into bed. I will answer for it "that if
you have taken four or five doses ot the
acouite previous to the foot bath yon will
pass into a refreshing sleep, and wake ud
the next morning greatly improved.
It is also a good plan to apply to the in
side of the nose vaseline or glycerine. Do
not snuff irritating drugs up the nose. I
would not use sale and water, either, but
soothing ointments.
WALKING OrF A COLD.
Now, I think these three lines of treat
ment are sufficient for all "colds" in the
bead. If you are canght by a cold at a
distance from home, and at a place where
there are no conveniences for treatment, an
excellent plan is to "walk it off." To carry
out the walking treatment, bundle yourself
well, to protect your throat and body from
the weather and to retain the heat of your
body, then walk till you starta perspiration.
"What is the effect of this treatment? It
draws the circulation to the surfacfof the
body, thus relieving the inflamed and over
heated membranes of the cavities of the head.
After this perspiration is aroused, do notcool
off suddenly, but get inside of a house,
and allow the active circulation to continue
for a time. In the case of a "cold" on the
chest, nearly the same treatment will bo
directed. An exceedingly valuable remedy
in this case is a turpentine stupe. Get a
piece of flannel about six inches square,
spread .it well with lard or vaseline, and
drop a plentiful supply of rectified spirits of
turpentine upon the iard. Place this flan
nel high upon the chest, with the uncovered
lard surface in contact with the skin. This
stupe draws the blood to the surface o! the
chest, and relieves the membrane lining the
bronchial tubes. Also mustard poultices
and linseed meal poultices may be applied,
bnt the turpentine stupe is the best. If there
is much cough in the early stage of thia
bronchitis, you may use mild, unirritatinj
inhalations. Simple steam is beneficial.
Telegraph Companies' Errors.
An important point, involving the liabil
ity of a telegraph company for errors in
transmitting unrepcated messages, has been
decided in a Supreme Court in Arkansas.
The court held that a telegraph company
was liable for an error in transmitting an
unrepealed message, and that the measnrs
of damages was the actual damages proved
as baring occurred by reason of the error