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A poor boy, called Kheinhold, who had,
through death, lost both father and mother,
was obliged to leave his home and seek his
fortune iu the wide world. All day long
the yonth trudged over the dnsty hichway,
and when Jnight came, weary and footsore,
he lay down on the grass by the roadside
and fell fast asleep. "When he awakened
the dew drops on the flowers and grass were
sparkling in the morning sun, the birds
were singing, and a gentle breeze rutled
among the branches. Itheiuhold, refreshed
by his long Bleep, sprang up, and cfiersoiue
little searching, found a number of berry
husbe. He filled his hat with the ripe,
sweet fruit, and was abont to begiu his
breakfast, when a little girl of wonderful
beauty btood before him and aid: "I am
verj hungry and can find nothing to eat."
Itheinhold at once reached her IiU hat,
filled with the berries. When the fairy
like crciture had eaten eagerly of the fruit,
with her dainty fingers, she touched Bhein
hold's eyes, and said: "Follow the way
along the brook; it will lead jou to fortune.
If you see a blue forget-me-not by the way,
do not neglect to pick it and stick it in your
hat."
The fairy then vanished, and Kheinhold
was. surprised tnat altnough his visitor had
eaten heartily of the berries, there were as
mauv iu the hat as when he had first given
it to tier. The bov lost no time in seeking
THE BOT LIFTED THE
the brook, which was near at hand. When
he, for several hours, had followed the path
along the stream, which ran at the base of
a high mountain, he spied a small blue
flower which he broke from the stem and
stuck in the band of his hat. At the same
moment, Kheinhold discovered in the side
oi the mountain a large iron gate. And a
voice which seemed to come iorth from the
blue flower, said: "Knock, knock."
The boy lilted the huge knocker, the gate
swung open, and an old man with a long
white beard appeared. He looked closely
at Kheinhold for a moment and then said:
"By the blue flower in your hat, I know
that the Fairy Qneen has sent you. You
are welcome, enter."
Kheinhold 'then found himself in a long
dark passage, leading under the mountain.
As they walked along the old man said:
"All my life I have served the Mountain
King. I have charge of his 100 horses.
You shall stay with me for a year, and help
me care for them. Every'day we shall
take them to the brook for water, and they
must always be ready, in case the King de
sires to tafe a journey."
lc a short time Kheinhold and his guide
reached tlie King's stables. There stood the
hundred snlendid horses; each one jet black
and having a glossy coat and a long, flow
ing tail and mane. Eheinhold's Hie under
the mountain was very happy. The old man
was always kind; the care of the beautiful
horses was a pleasure to the bov, and he
orten had glimpses of the splendor in the
King's palace. When the year had passed,
Kheinhold did not wish to return to the
upper world, bat the old man said: "You
have served your time here and a fortune is
waiting for you elsewhere."
As a reward for his cervices, Kheinhold
received one of the King's horses and a
glittering coat of mail. Thus the poor bov,
now appearing as some noble knight, rode
away. In his helmet, he wore the blue
flower, which never faded. For many days,
Kheinhold met with no adventure, when
oue bright morning, after reaching the
summit of a high hill, he saw iu the valley
below a group of armed knights. Khein
hold approached them.
"Good Knights, whither are tou going?"
lie asked.
"We are on our way to battle for our
King," was the reply, "will you join us?"
Kbeinhold gladly consented", and wassoon
on his way to the battlefield, where he
proved himself one of the bravest warriors,
and received great praise from the King,
and was offered a place among the courtiers.
But Kheinhold wished to travel farther.and,
laden with honors, he continued his jour
ney. He came one evening to a
1-irge lake, whose shores were bor
dered with low, drooping willows and
beautiful flowers. Here Kheinhold de
cided to pass the night. He loosened his
horse, allowing it to graze in the meadows
nearby. He then threw himself on tie
grass, and was soon sleeping soundly. He
was awakened by tne moonligbt shining in
his face. The lake lay smooth and quiet in
the silvery light and the leaves rustled gen
tly. Kheinhold rose from his bed of grass,
and, thinking the night too beautiful for
slet.p, he walked up and down the shore of
the lake. Fir out on the water he discov
ered what seemed to be a large rock, and he
could see the waves splashing against it
For a long time Kheinhold enjoyed the
beautiful scene before him, when, suddenly,
there arose in the still air the sound of a
sweet, clear voice singing a low,sad melody.
Kheinhold listened as one charmed, and
sever moved until the song was ended. The
singer sang a wonderful story of a mighty
king who had perished by the hand of an
enemy, and now beneath the water stood
his palace, within whose walls the fair
princess, the Kiug' only daughter, was
imprisoned and was languishing in her
dark and dreary home, once so bright and
beautiful.
"J must go to the rescue of the .Princess,"
cried Kheinhold, "but in what psrt of this
great lake shall I seek for the palace?"
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-And the waves dashing against the rocks
seemed to say: "Here, here yon willfind
entrance into the home of the Princess.".
Looking about for a means to carry him
self out to the rocks. Kheinhold discovered,
floating nnder the willows, a small boat
Springing in, he seized the oars, and was
soon speeding ovir the water. When ho
reached the dark object, which be had taken
for a few rocks rising up in the lake, he
discovered it to be the top of a tower. And
he was sure that he had found the sunken
palace of which the sweet voice had sung.
On the top of the tower was a trap door,
which Kheinhold opened, and saw a pair of
narrow, winding stairs. Kunning down
these the youth soon found himsejf in the
wide halls of a once beautiful palace. There
was all the splendor of former days, but
where sounds of music had been heard, and
where brilliant lights had flashed upon
gaily drested courtiers, now a lew smoky
lamps cast weird shadows, and servants
moved quietly about. No one seemed to
notice the young knight until he ap
proached a page and asked: "Where is the
Princess?"
"She sits in her room grieving her oung
lifo away," was the replv. At his request
Kheinhold was taKen into the presence of
the Princess. Her eyes were red with weep
ing, and her fair face was pale with grief.
"Noble lady," said Kheinhold, "I have
heard your song, and have come to free you
from this prison."
The Princess looked curiously at Khein
hold for a moment, and then with a bright
smile cried: "Yes, you can save me; lor
HUGE KNOCKER
you wear the blue forget-me-not'
The Princess then said: "Three years
ago my father waged war with a powerful
enemy, and perished in battle. The con
querer, who was a cruel tyrant, was not
content with having slain my father, but
came to our beautiful home, and bv magic
art sank it beneath this lake, and declared
that we should live in this way, until some
knight having the Fairy Queen's blue forget-me-not
should find our palace. If you
had not found and kept the little blue
flower, you would never have heard my
song."
While the Princess was speaking, the
castle began to rise above the water, and
the sun, which was just rising, flooded the
dark rooms with light The lake 'disap
peared, and the magnificent palace with its
stately towers and pillars stood in the midst
of a large, blooming park. Joy and glad
ness reigned once more in the wide- halls,
servants, with smiling faces, ran hither and
thither, obeying com mauds and enjoying
the bright sunshine. Kheinhold married
the beautiful Princess, and they were happy
ever afterward, and the blue forget-me-not
never faded, Paysie.
NEW WAY TOPULL TEETH.
Principle of the New electrical Extractor
The Cnrront Travels Faster Than the
Pain and Gets to the Brain First It Is a
Demonstrated Success.
rwjtrrriif roa thi dispatch.!
One of the latest achievements Iu elec
trical discovery is interesting to every hu
man being, from the baby in the cradle to
the aged person who is down to his last
tooth. It is a devise for painlessly extract
ing teeth with the aid of electricity. Of
course you can now indulge in the luxury
of to-called "laughing gas" when you ieel
inclined to part with a cuspid or a molar; or
you can have a local anesthetic applied in
the neighborhood of the offender, and in
either case you may not feel tbn awful
wrench of the forceps and the mighty muscle
of the dentist But these grand improve
ments on the old-fashioned tootb-pulling
agony have certain drawbacks. The aver
age person doesn't relish the idea of having
the senses practically knocked out of him
as a preliminary to a pull at his tooth. The
particular person objects to the sense of
strangulation that begins with anesthetics.
aud often ends with hours of discomlort, to
sav the least
But now we are about to be blessed with
an electrical contrivance that may possibly
cause you to be as clamorous for more tooth
pulling as was Oliver Twist for more soup.
Che appliance is- called, with amazing
breadth of meaning, a "vibrator." It has
recently been tested iu London, and the
doctors and dentistry seem to be as greatly
pleased with it as a Miss would be with a
new spring hat At the Institute of Medi
cal Electricity teeth were extracted, in the
presence of scores of doctors, dentists and
scientists, with no apparent pain to the
patients, and without any seeming subse
quent discomfort such as often follows the
use of ansasthetics.
The operation of the "vibrator" is curious
and suggestive. Its salient feature seems to
be a sort of race between pain and elec
tricity from tooth to brain. Jt has been
demonstrated, so we are told by those who
ought to know, that pain travels from a
tooth to the brain in one-sixtieth of a sec
ond. If yon have ever had a tooth pulled
in the old fashion you will not dispute the
gait here given. So, when tne dentist
makes that awful lunge with his forceps, the
pain ol contact with the tooth gets to the
brain instantly, as it appeirsto you. JBut
the wise men who know a good deal about
electricity and nerves and pam transmis
sion say that electricity travels from tooth
to brain st the rato of '420. times a second
seven times faster, than pain.- Although
tooth agony travels fast enough to suit any
THE-
reasonable person it is only as a canal-boat
to a railway train when compared with elec
tricity. Now the tooth-pulling vibrator is simply
a lorceps attache'd to a small electrio bat
tery. When Jthe forceps touch the tooth
the current is turned on gradually, and this
current takes possession of the nerves run
ning to the brain, by reason of superior
swiftness, and thus bars the way against the
comparativelv slow coach with the pain
passenger. That is the explanation of the
new device reduced to the plainest level of
comprehension. There seems to be no
doubt that the success of the new device
has been demonstrated, and since man is as
prone to the toothache "as the sparks to fly
upward," we shall all hope to see the day
when It will be as painless to have a molar
taken from the mouth as to have a caramel
pnt into it.
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTSi
Pozzies for the Little Folks That Will Keep
Their Brains Busy for Host of tho Week
If They Solve Them Correctly Homo
Amusements.
Address communications for this department
to E. R. CHADBOOR. Lewiston, Maine.
1526 (a) A BIT OF ADVICE.
1526 (b) VICE VEItSA.
Good Farmer Joe has wed a wife;
I think lie calls lier Flo;:
And having found this of
He leads aoI.
Board heart 'and band, for good or ill,
No qnarrels thev have known;
While he delights to Jier ,
She makes bit her .
Her house is neat below, above
No cobweb there ma; come;
As soon as Joe brought his ,
Sao learned to his .
She keeps her daily duties planned.
Exact as any clerk.
And always has some at
To keep her at .
She never frets at little stlnrs.
For she has learned perforce
There must be, in the of
Some trying 0f .
But you must not from this infer
Her burdin hard to bear:
Joe takes the tenderest of
To lighten of .
"Do yon hold marriage bliss for twot"
Laughing, I asked one day;
'The neighbors here all you ;
But you, what you r'
Then Joe an J Floy together said,
"Live single those who will.
But he who thinks It to
Is often to .
" A lottery some wedlock call.
They view the facts askance;
It must be only to
Who leave lc to .
"And for those wrangling ones, not rare,
Who grudge and chide and blame;
The v who so tiercel v their
Should rather " their ,
"In every home some strife may start,
" But he who holds Impressed
The welfare of the at
Will have a at ."
To help, to cherish, to forbear.
There seems no more to tell:
So with a wish that you ,
Kind reader, you "
if. G. H.
1527 CHABADH.
A total last a mariner,
A seaman (ait a seatarer.
All mean the same;
All one the sea, and understand
Tbe best way vessels to command.
Who bear the name.
Botes Sweet.
1528 ANAQRAU.
A noted American who has been much before
tbe public, enzagea a Scotch gardener to have
tbe care of his beautiful grounds. Tbe gar
dener, on the morning of his arrival, was
going over the grounds with his employer, and
as he saw the beautiful and unique style with
which the flower beds, trellises, etc., were ar
ranged, be looked at tho master in astonish
ment and said: "Ah, mon. did your trains
pJan than a' T" Ethyl.
1529 DOUBLE WOED ENIGMA.
In "butter plate";
In "obliterate";
In "dally" sheet:
In "sunny" street;
In "kitchen" neat.
I'll tell you complete
I think you are sweet
R. 0. Chester.
1530 NUMERICAL.
A moral dressed in tot aft clothes
With added lustre often glows
And verse is much ahead of prose.
The 3, 6. 5 and 7 is verse.
Of most that's beautiful or terse,
Which we remember or rehearse.
It is a most 1, 2, i way
Things neat and prettv, too, to say.
And catches thoughts which els? might
stray. Bitteb Sweet;
1531 DIAMOND. '
L In dispatch. 2. To consummate. 3. Very
swift, i. One who makes a quick succession
of small sounds. 5. An Inhabitant of a certain
province of Spain. 8. Tbe act of taking a
prisoner. 7. Spoiling. 8. Gods. 9. Storms.
10. A wooden pin. 1L In Pennsylvania.
Iron Mask.
1532 decapitation.
When an all between true friends
Comes, and makes as if to stay,
Bappiness fall swiftly wends
Its unimpeded way.
Happiness was in their last.
Happiness was in their grasp,
But too swlftl i has it passed
' From out their loosened clasp.
Flittered like a'frightened bird.
Vanished, gone, perhaps for aye:
Ob, recall It, while the word
Detaining you may say
"Friendship is a sacred trust,"
Truihlully the poet sings,
"Friends should be sincere and Just,"
And trust binds friendship's wings.
bittkk Sweet.
1533 syncopation.
The last of salvation is bard to make whole
To some minds; tbe various theories rife
On tbe origin, destiny, aim of the soul.
Make the mystery hard to unveil in this life.
, UOKIZON.
PBIZES FOB MAT.
An especially pleasing prize will be given tbe
sender of each of the best three lots of answers
to the pnzzles puoltshed daring May. Send
the solutions weekly, and don't expect to get
nearly all of them.
ANSWEBS.
1516 Little King Pepin (peep In).
1617-1. H. 2.JNaiL
1518 bhow-case.
1519 One. four, six, (sick 's). nine (nigh n).
five lf I've), two, eight
1620 Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1621-Caneel.
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1523 Trash, rash, ash.
1524 A relic of Egyptian glory.
152a Dear, read, dare, ,
A JXeliel for Bheumatio Pains. "
In many cases persons subject to rheuma
tism have got prompt relief from
pain by applying Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. The relief it affords is
alono worth many times its "cost,
which Is but 50 (Cents, andjts. continued-ar-clication
eticets a eomnleto cure. Vnrxalp
by druggists. vrsu I
HTTSBURG -DISPATCH.
THE TIPSY BOBOLINK.
A Jolly Songster Fairly Intoxicated
With Northern Summer.
WHAT THE POETS SAY ABOUT HIM.
Directions for Some Tery Clsver Slight-of-fiand
Performances.
COTTJNG OFF A PKINCE'S T0P-KX0T
IWBITTKX TOB TUB DISPATCH.!
When Nature had made all her birds,
" And had no cares to think on,
She gave a rippling laugh when out
There new a Bobo'lincoln.
What other bird.hasso jubilant.so jocund
aud "free from care" a song as the bobo
link? What cares he whether "school
keeps" or not so long as he has green mead
ows to live in, and flat pasture fields and
marshes, on the tall weeds of which he
swings as he pours forth his rollicking
song? He is a little tipsy, Intoxicated in
act with our glorious Northern summer.
Unlike the most of our birds, be frequently
sings while on the wing, and in this, as
well as In the joyous abandon oi his singing
he is said to resemble the English skylark. '
Like our common meadow lark the bobo
link prefers flat countries and refuses to
liv,e among the hills. T have seen him most
frequently in the flat pasture lands
of Eastern Ohio, where ho makes
his appearance about the middle of
May, just as the apple trees are
bursting into bloom. Somehow he is al
ways associated in my mind with corn
planting, from the fact, I think, of his
always hovering around the cornfields at
that time, and seeming to watch the plant
ing with great interest Some writer says,
that during the corn-planting the Bobolink
sits on the fence and sings, "Drop itl drop
itl pick it upl pick it ud! quick! quick!
quickl" all uttered with inconceivable
rapidity and jollity.
Washington Irving, speaking of the
Bobolink, says: "He comes amid the pomp
and fragrance of the season; his life seems
all sensibility and sunshine; he is to be
found in the soft bosoms of the freshest and
sweetest meadows and is most in song when
the clover is in bloom."
,The Bobolink is, as John Burroughs re
marks, tbe only white and black bird we
have. When he first comes in tbe spring,
the white or rather, the warm cream-color
on his back, is decidedly marked, but
toward fall, he doffs his suit, for a rusty or
grayish black, not unlike that of thecou
bunting, of .which he if a distant relative.
He builds his nest on or near the ground,
generally in a bunch of sedges near some
low swamp, and so carefully does he con
ceal it that oiten as I have searched, I have
only succeeded in finding one nest It was
in a tussock of coarse grass near a marshy
place, in a low meadow, and I was first at
tracted to it bv seeing one of the birds
swinging on a tall reed near by, and pour
ing out his whole soul in a joyous outburst,
as though be knew he was
A jolly fellow,
And also "just a little mellow."
There were four eggs in the nest, of a pale
blue, spotted with dark brown and about the
size, or perhaps a little larger than those oi
the cow-bunting.
During the early -part of the summer, the
bobolink feeds on grasshoppers, crickets,
other insects, etc., but later in the season he
lives almost entirely on the seeds of grasses
and reeds, from which he gets his name of
"reed bird." Early in September they
leave for the rice fields of the South, where
they are known as the "rice birds." There
they become very fat on the tender rice, and
are shpt by the hundreds and sent North to
tempt the'palates of the gourmands of New
York and. Philadelphia.
Hill-welcomes the bobolink back in these
lines:
Bobolink, that in tbe meadow.
Or beneath the orchard's shadow,
Keepest np a constant rattle.
Welcome to the North, again.
Lillie N. Houston.
THE CBOWH PKINCE'S TOPKNOT.
Ceremonies of Cnttlns It Off and Thus
Making a Man of Him.
The "toniing of age" of every Siamese
child in any family pretending to fashion is
celebrated with a quaint and picturesque
custom the cutting of the topknot, says
the New York Commercial-Advertiser. The
topknot is nothing more than a round patch
ofihair allowed to grow on the crown of the
head, while the rest of the hair is closely
shaved. Tbe jet black locks, still fine and
glossy, are wound round into a coil fastened
by a large pin with a gold and sometimes
jeweled head, and surrounded on festive oc
casions by a tiny chaplet of sweet scented
white flowers. It is worn' until tbe time
comes when the child, if a boy, is to be
emancipated from the harem aud withdrawn
from female control; or, in-the case of girls,
till their marriageable age begins to draw
near.. Convenience or lancy, tr, perhaps,
more often still, the dictates ot the family
soothsayer, fix this date variously at 9, 11
or 13 years; but the even numbers are
avoided as less propitious.
Come when it may, however, the day of
the topknot cutting is a great and gay cere
mony, combining in itself something of the
solemnities of Christian baptism and confir-
I mation, Jewish and Mussulman circumcis
ion, and feudal coming of age. When the
personage to be operated upon is ot royal
birth, and more especially if he is a "Chow
Fa," or Celestial Prince born of royal pa
rents on both sides the rite is elaborate and
splendid. But when the hero of the day is
the heir apparent to the crown ot Siam, the
whole festal resources of tbe palace and the
kingdom are exhausted in doing honor to
the occasion, which absorbs for a week and
more the. undivided attention of every prince
and magnate. Well, before the appointed
time January 19, 1891 when the present
Crown Prince was to be shorn of his top
knot, there vwere assembled in the Siamese
capital all the feudatory vassals of His
Most Buddhist Majesty.
Tbe bair-cutting lete was ushered in, like
most others iu Biam, by formal State pro
cessions. The feature of this occasion was
the appearance in the procession of
battalions, male and female, representing I
the different States either subject to Siam or 1
connected in some way witn her. .Each
band of 40 or SO, marching four abreast,
sported the characteristic dress of their
country; and the funeral black of tbe distant
Shans, Kith their black hair reared up into
a hideous cockade, contrasted most striking
ly with'the brilliant uniforms oi tbe Maun
irirls. the eav colors of the feudatorv Malavs.
-and the sprightly elegance and neat dress of
fhA Alonnu ihnmllvM TCivA tinntrad
girls, 'all marching in exact-'time, formed'
tbe ran of the main bod.-and-disolnved tbe
costumes of white, black and yellow Sham.
, A Pair of Bobolinks.
SNDAi; MAY 3, -
Lousians, Peguans, Mauos, Ktrens and
Malays.
For three.days iu succession the proces
sion accompanied the 5 King and Prince to
the most sacred of the. palace temples only
to listen to the "recitations and consecrating
formulas of tbe priests. But on the fourth
day, starting earlier, tbey filled the palace
yaribefore midday. 'As tho King and his
son took their seats on raised thrones in the
central facade of the pagoda! the scene was
unique and grand, almost every particle of
ground in front being occupied by hand
some uniforms,' iptersperscd only at rare in
tervals by the plain evening dress of a
European spectator. As the Siamese na
tional anthem pealed through the crowded
space the King and Prince passed into the
pagoda, followed, by other princes of the
blood, and the chief business of the day was
dispatched iu orthodox style.
The locks forming the topknot were sev
ered with consecrated scissors, and the rem
nant of them was shaved off; and then tbe
Prince was no longer a child. He is deliv
ered from the doubtful influence ot the wo
men's apartments. He has an English tu
tor, and will soou have au establishment of
his own.
SZCHETS OF LEGERDEMAIN.
A Magician Tells How Some Simple hut
Effective Tricks ArevDone,
"There is no reason," said Frank J. Kirk,
teacher of magic, to a writer in tbe New
York Herald, ''why every one should not
indulge in my agreeable pastime and art.
It drives away the cares of the business man
and lightens the" heart of the overworked
wife and mother. To the children it affords
innocent amusement
"Anyone with a little time devoted to
practice and following instructionsmsy be
come a fair prestidigitateur. When prac
ticing alone tbe beginner should always
stand in iront of a large mirror, in order
that he may see his faults as o'thers see them.
"When about to perform a trick he should
never state what be intends doing, but sim
ply name the articles be is about to work
with. The same trick should never be
shown twice in succession, as the audience
loses interest in it and is liable to detect the
movements."
Magician Kirk then explained a few in
teresting tricks, as follows:'
"The Smoke Illusion Take two ordi
nary glasses and rub the inside ol one with
ammonia and the other with muriatic acid.'
Then place one on top of the other, bowl to
bowl, and stand at the other end of tbe
room and smoke a cigar or pipe. Immedi
ately the glasses will fill up with smoke.
This is a very effective trick, and can also
be done with two common clay pipes. Care
should be used in handling the acid, as it is
dangerous.
"ite Invisible Hen A dark silk hand
kerchief, about 21x24 inches, is necessary to
perform this trick. Fasten an empty egg
shell to the handkerchief about two inches
from the top. The string should be passed
through the egg shell, and be about eight
inches long. The performer borrows a silk
high hat, and faking tbe handkerchief by
the two top ends, with the egg toward him
self, proceeds to told" the handkerchief by
bringing the two top ends together. Then
hold these ends in the left hand and the
other two ends in the right
"Let the egg slide so that all can see. then
cover the bat with the handkerchief, and
when raising the handkerchief keep the egg
toward yourself. Then let it slide into the
hat sgain, and so on for four or five times.
It will appear as though there are five eggs
in the hat, when, to the astonishment of
everyone, the performer shows tbe hat to be
perfectly empty. This is a very simple trick,
and can be learned in a few minutes.
"ToSpinaHandkerohiefon a Cane Put a
strong pin through a common walking cane,
beginning about half an irtcn. from the bot
tom and pushing it slant-ways. It will pro
i'ect about an eighth of an inch. A silk hand
:erchief is then thrown into the air and
caught gently on the cane where the pin is,
and by giving the cane a few quick twists
the handkerchief will straighten out like a
piece of cardboard and spin in the air in a
very lively manner.
"To beginners I would remark that they
must not attempt to accomplish too much at
the start What they-do, let them do it
well."
MAKING PEOPLE AIL ALIKE.
What the Sewing Machine and Telegraph
Are Bapldly Accomplishing.
Some wit remarked that the sewing ma
chine and telegraph are rapidly making one
people of all that dwell on the face of the
earth. They are destroying the national
peculiarities of the dress of men in the'
countries of Europe by giving them the
styles of everyday clothing from London,
which is the great center of traffic for that
part of tbe world. Bjady-made garments
from London are sold in tbe shops of
Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen,
Christiana, Stockholm and St. Petersburg,
and in many of the smaller cities, which ob'
tain their supplies from the jrreat ones on
the list or from London direct. Formerly an
English sailorcould be readilydistinguished
from a Danish or Swedish one, and each of
these from the other by bis distinctive cos
tume, but at the present time all of them
are dressed alike, and quite possibly their
garments came from the same tactory. Fiity
years ago the homespun garments of New
England differed from, those of the Western
and Southern States, and thsse again from
those of Canada, but nowadays the home
spun has been largely driven out by "store
clothes," which have found their way into
the great majority of tbe towns and Tillages
all over the land.
The business of manufacturing clothing
on the theory that every garment that is
made will fit somebody and find a customer
is increasing year by.year, and though the
coats and trousers thus created are sold at a
price that defies competition on the part of
the weaver ofjjomespun, the. trade seems to
be a profitable one for all concerned. In
many of tbe large establishments the cut
ting is done with .great rapidity, the cloth
being piled iu" thicknesses of 100 or 200
layers, which are cut by a fine saw that fol
lows a-metal pattern, under the guiding hand
of a single operator. Thus, with the aid of
machinery, one person can do tbe work of
50 in the cutting of garments; the sewing
machine follows closely and rapidly, and in
this way the whole world is clad. With
our clothing'of one pattern, and the tele
graph layingfbefore us every day all the
news of the world, we are not only dressing
alike, but thinking andjtalking of the same
4Hlnai n 41& An m A J aimx '
A BANK ON WHEELS.
How the People of New Zealand Are A-
-commoduted Financially.
The managers of a bank in New Zealand
have hit upon a scheme for an extension of
business that is said to be meeting with
great success. It has a special car which
makes regular visits to the country distriots,
and at every Station where it .stops it re
ceives deposits, cashes checks, negotiates
loans and discounts, ttnd does all the
regular work of a bank. This plan is a
great convenience to tbe settlers, who are
scattered over a'wide area, and were it not
for tbe new arrangement tbey would be
obliged to leave their farms and go to towns
whenever they have business to transact
Tbe car is fitted up something like the
"pay car" on an American railway, and it
is said tharthe enterprising bank manager
who caused the experiment to be' made took
his idea from our pay car and improved
upon the original. In this connection it is
proper to say ihat in New Zealand there are
few farms or estates without beavy mort
gages, and the public debt of the country
averages $300,000 for every white man,
woman and cbild'of tbe population. The
annual taxation is abont $17 per bead, but
nobody seems inclined to run away from
the country on that -account
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Brace Vp.
There is a prodigious number of persons
who feel very much down nt ther heel just
now. AU'they really need is a dose of St
Patrick's Pill to cleanse and renovate their
system.- It would do xhenr-more good than
fc dollar bottle of 'any. blood parlfier.'. For
aaie, py druggist. . ji- 4 ,- Wfla
1891
WEALTH IU ORCHIDS.
The Importation of These Aristocrats
of the Flower World
THOUSANDS OP .SPECIES KUOWK.
Hybrids So Longer Novelties Thocjh Once
They Were Valuable.
SEARCHING THtf TE0PICAL P0EESTS
rWSITTEK TOE THE DISPATCH.!
EEY few- realize
the amount 'of
money invested in
the orchids? the
aristocrats of the
floweiy world, and
though they have
been attracting
widespread interest
for the past dozen
years, the general
public may not be
Cycnochts Warscttctczii. acquainted with the
fact that millions of dollars ore involved in
the magnificent collections of these plants.
Cargoes of bulbs and roots irom all parts of
the globe are annually imported, which are
soon disposed of to tbe flower-loving public
for sums ranging from $1 up to the thou
sands. One rare bulb from the forests of Mexico,
Brazil, or India will frequently sell for the
price of a grand diamond ring, and occa
sionally a small fortune is represented by
half a dozen poor-looking bulbs that a street
boy would kick aside with his foot if found
in his way. Tbe great floriculturists of th is
country and Europe employ orchid hunters
to explore the woods and jungles of every
known country for some rare specimen of
these plants, and thousands of dollars go
annually to pay the expenses of these trips
into unknown lands. Danger, death and
sic kness of every conceivable kind threaten
the hunters, but despite these they pene
trate to tbe most dangerous wilds to find
their plants.
Thousands of impedes.
The species ot orchids now number be
tween 6,000 and 7,000, about half of which
have been brought into cultivation, and
there are recognized by the best botanists
about 334 genera. The great number of
these species occur in the tropics, but many
species grow in cool temperature, and a very
few in the frigid zones. Many exotic species
Odontoglosiiim Humeanum.
are cultivated, and they are among the most
desirable plants for horticulturists.
Not many can explain what an orchid is,
for they show almost every conceivable vari
ation in form and color and marking of the
flowers, and the habits of the plants are
almost as diverse. Some define them as air
plants, but the larger portion are not; some
define them as parasitic plants, but very
few specimens are parasites; others know
them by their bulb-like roots, and yet many
of them do not have such roots, while still
others suppose that they are peculiar to
tropical climates, but many are natives of
Canada. Many species ot orchids are 'leaf
less, while others have numerous thick and
still leaves. Numbers of them live on the
trunks of trees in their native tropical
forests and obtain nourishment from the air.
Some live upon decaying matter, while
many others are parasites, drawing their
nourishment from live plants. In our
northern woods some of the species live upon
tbe roots of trees.
Where the Name Came From.
A great number of tbe species possess
bulb-like roots, and from this peculiarity
the name orchid itself is derived. The
salep of commerce is produced from these
orchid tubers in Persia. Many species bear
green bulb-like bodies at tbe base oi tbe
leaves above ground, and these are known
as pseudo-bulbs, literally "false bulbs."
These pseudo-bulbs are used for propagat
ing the plants, and they are often cut into
pieces the same as potatoes for planting.
It is pot strange that people become con
fused about orchids when the diverse shape,
color and habits of the plants are considered,
but the order is clearly and sharply defined.
Briefly a popular definition of the orchid
family is: The stamens and pistil are
united in one organ; the pollen is nearly
always borne in masses; the perianth, or
floral envelope, is composed of three sepals
and three petals, and the ovary is one
celled, and the minute seeds are always
numerous. The orchids are always herbs,
and belong to the great class of parallel
veined plants, which includes the irises,
lilies and palms.
Most Have an Artificial Atmosphere.
At one time, not many years ago, the or
chids were admired by only a few botanists,
and not generally known. The true orchids
were supposed to be natives of warm cli
mates only, but they are now found in all
parts of tbe globe, except, upon the verge ol
the frozen zone, and in climates remarkable
for dryness; in Europe, Asia and North
America, they are seen growing everywhere
in groves, marshes and .meadows. In tbe
drier parts of Africa they are unknown, or
very rare. At the Cape of Good Hope
they abonnd in similar situations as in
Europe, but in the hot damp parts
of the West and "East Indies, in Mada
gascar and tbe neighboring isles, :in
the damp and humid forests of Brazil, in
the warm, mild Darts of India, and on the
lower mountains of Nepal, the orchidaceous
plants flourish in the greatest variety and
profusion, no longer seeking their nutri
ment from the soil, bnt clinging to the
trunks and limbs of trees, to stones and bare
rocks; tbey vegetate, among ferns and otber
shade-loving plants, in countless numbers.
When transmitted to our houses they re
quire from us an atmosphere similar to
what tbey enjoy in their native haunts,
which can only be obtained by shade, beat
and . moisture, carefully administered.
There is no country in which the orchids
abonnd so luxuriously as in tbe forests of
Mexico and Brazil, and tons of the bulbs
are annually sent irom these countries to
Europe and tbe United States. ,
Paradise of the Orchid Hunter.
Many of the rare ones found in, these for
ests eclipse anything brought from' Europe
Or Asia, and orchid hunters are continnally
searching the woods of Brazil and Mexico
after new specimens.- They are rich in
every shade or variety of color, airy and
fantastic in their habits but always elegant,
replete With the richest aromatic perfumes,
or emitting the most refreshing and delicate
odors, or portraying in the most extraordi
nary formations of their flowers the minia
tures of almost all animated nature, beasts,
birds, fishes, insects and reptiles,-and even
the human species. In fact tbey combine
all the'qualities that one eandesire beauty,
fragrance and durability. " , -r
Several of oar largest and saott asMMitff
A?
collection ot orchids have been dispersed,
iut"the number of new ones have increased
so rapidly that this is more than counter
balanced. Thousands are now engaged in
the culture of tbe plants, and tbe importa
tions are annually increasing. Yet, consid
ering the number of firms engaged in the
business' of Importing orehids, the appear
ance of new and really distinct species are
not so freauent as many might suppose, "but
this. is partly due to tbe fact that collectors.
devote more time to collecting tnose wnicn
have already established a great name at
home than to looking for doubtful new
ones. Many new species and varieties, how
ever, are -annually brought into Europe and
America among tbe hundreds of thousands
of bulbs. It is very rare, therefore, that an
entirely new and rare orchid attracts the
public attention, but when they do come
ther bring stiff prices in the market
Hybrids Have Swamped the Market
Of late years one grea't feature of orchid
cnlture is the work of professionals and
amateurs in hybridizing them. The enor
mous sums that have been realizsdtin past
years for mule orchids have Stimulated both
f nmatenrs'and professionals to try their luck
iu this delightful employment It was not
long ago that a bybrio orchid, no matter how
poor, or of 'what parents, could command a
Odontoglottum CtrvanUth Decorum.
price in the market that was ridiculously
large compared with its true merits. This
was when hybridization was new and tbe art
was not generally known, but since it has
been practiced so universally the hybrids
have nearly swamped the market, and they
can no longer command good prices unless
they have special merit But with the care
ful selection of material hybrids can be
raised that will not only reward the grower
by beautiful plants, but bring him good
round sums of money. The great object is
to unite the good qualities of the parents
and to eliminate the poor or inferior quali
ties. The orchid hunters or collectors are a
class of enthusiasts and lovers of flowers,
who are scattered all over tbe world, and
engaged in a pursuit as novel as it is inter
esting. Some are sent out by houses on
salaries, with exnenses Daid. and others are
paid a percentage on all of the plants they .
collect Another class still are inveterate
travelers who add orchid hunting to their
pleasure trip, and penetrate tbe wildest
parts of the country, half for the pleasure
and half for the profits of the enterprise.
They are all well acquainted with the na
ture of the plants and their habitations, and
their knowledge of the different species ena
bles tbem to select the valuable ones from
the crowds.
Takes a Keen Eye to Find Them.
The collectors in the forests who expect to
see great displays of orchid bloom are soon
disappointed. They are countless in num
bers, but they are mostly species with in
conspicuous flowers, or such as possess no
brilliancy of color. Even experience is re
quired to find these, and the untrained eve
will overlook them in the profusion of
climbing vegetation and in the dense foliage
of tbe forests of second growths, while in
the primeval forests they are only found on
the tops of the trees hundreds of feet above
the hesd. Frequently their presence is
only betraved by a fallen flower, or by the
fragrance wafted down by the wind. In
the deepest recesses of the forest and almost
Oneiatum Xramtrianuz.
hid from view by vegetation, the finest
speoimens are frequently found.
After they are gathered the bulbs mnstbe
packed carefully and transported to the
coast, and then shipped to America. The
cost of getting one load of orchid bulbs to
civilized communities is great, aud then
there is great loss on the way. Natives
cannot as a rule be entrusted to collect the
orehids, for their knowledge of the different
kinds is very limited. They are only acces
sories to tbe work, and in this way their
knowledge of the woods makes them valu
able guides. C 8. Waltebs.
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THE SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANIES.
Their Business Was the Besolt of Bestanr-
atenrs Experience.
' I was told recently, says a writer in the
Boston Traveller, that the safe deposit com
panies, which are now so prosperous all over
the civilized world, bad their origin iu New
York in an accident A man who kept a
restaurant near one of the markets used to
take care of the cash boxes of tbe market
men who were his regular customers. One
day be was at an auction, and seeing a large
safe going-for a very low price he suddenly
thought it would be a good thing to buy the
safe and fit it un in compartments which he
would rent to the marketmen for enough to
cover the cost
He acted on the idea, and his patrons
gladly accepted the improvement upon the
old method of caring for their cash. An
enterprising financier heard of thenew idea,
paid a visit to the restaurant in question,
and then set to work and formed a safe de
posit company with an office aud storage
vaults on Broadway. It was successfnl
from tbe start, and has had numerous suc
cessors in the .business of the safe keeping
oi valuables.
Clean TJp.
"As the'good housewife proceeds to cleanse
and fenevate the family domicile, removing
the Winter's accumulations of dust and im
purities at this particular season,. so should
every intelligent person cleanse and rene
vate their internal person, aud make it a
healthful habitation, lor it's the home of the
soal., There is nothing that will so quickly
ahd'effectaallr accomplish this as a dose ef
fiCPatrick's Pills. They notronlyTihysic,
bat clear the befogged mind and cleanse and
renovate the whele .system atakijig eaef-feel'
l?i3K'talfM
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IHE-BAMMD FOWI
Although Best Known of Featherei
Creatures, It Has "No Name.
IT PEOBABLY CASIE FROM ISDIAi
The. Stratagem of the Grouse Den
Protecting Her Toniig Ones,
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SOCIABILITT OF THE LITTLE QUAII
IWmiTEX TOB TH DISrATCH.3
It is a curious fact that a bird which if
more distributed over tbe surface of the
earth than any other kind, which is bettei
known to man, and more useful to him than
any other, has in our language no distinc
tive name. This defect in nomenclature,
seems still more strange when we remember
that this favorite bird has bait a dozen
cousin species, every one of which rejoices
in -a name that is. all its own. The nameless
bird is tbe well, the barnyard bird, about
whose capabilities for broiling, roasting-ami
the like We usually care a great deal mors)
than vre do about what we shall call it
But isn't it queer that we have no nam
for it?
Commonly we call the bird chicken. That
is clearly a misnomer unless we are allud
ing to the little fellows that have lately
emerged from the shelL An adult of this
species is as far from being a chicken as a
man is from being a baby. When we want
to be specific about tbe adult of this species
we Americans call the male bird a rooster
and the female a hen. But these terms
apply equally to many other species of
birds. Probably tbe most favored word for
tbe species is fowl, bnt that is shooting 'very
wide of tbe mark. Webster's definition of
fowl is "a vertebrate animal having two
legs, and covered with feathers or down a
bird." Shakespeare uses the simile, "Like)
a flight of fowl," and the Bible speaks of
"the fowl of the air."
Not a High Flyer.
Anybody who has dulled his teeth or
strained his jaws in the effort to dissect aa
aged rooster is ready to solemnly affirm that
tbe bird's aerial excursions never got beyond
the top rail of a fence. Even the toothsome
"spring broiler" is not suggestive of lofty
flights except in connection with the appe
tite of a soaring and appreciative hawk.
But it is not the present purpose to say
much about the familiar, so dear, and often,
alas! so tough an old friend as the ? which
is here dismissed withthe suggestion that it
might be well for some philanthropic friend,
of the bird to insert a newpaper advertise
ment on, its behalf headed, "Wanted a
naine."
It is not definitely known where this do
mestic bird bails from. The nearest ap
proach to it in a wild state, is found in
India, and the most likely theory is that to
India we owe a debt Of gratitude for our
favorite broils, fries, roasts and fricassees.
Next to the Indian bird alluded to, tha
grouse probably comes nearest, in appear
ance and habit, to our barnyard bird. Tba
young of the grouse, or prairie chicken, as
they are commonly called in the West, are
very similar to our chicks. When just out
of the shell they are the. cunningest little
creatures you ever saw. There is nothing
much prettier than a freshly batched brood
of little tailless barnyard yawpers; but tha
young grouse are smaller, more firmly built,
a great deal more active and much mora
handsomely colored. They usually hava
bands ot dark color which alternate with,
lighter shades.
Traits of the Domestic Hen.
There is a close resemblance between thsj
domestic hen and the grouse mother. A.
hen, as you know, will boldly fight any
thing in defense of her young, although
normally she is a great coward. A grousa
hen will not attack a man or a dog, but sha
will resort to arts and devices, to protect her
little ones, that are both amusing and
pathetic. She is a very sharp-sighted bird,
and in her prairie home she is sure to sea
you before you discover her presence. Sha
could fly away at your approach, but sba
will not desert her chicks. She will first
hide with them under a tuft of grass in tha
hope that you may pass by without discover
ing her.- If she finds that you have discov
ered her she will fly away a few feet, flutter
ing and falling as if wounded, with tha
manifest purpose of drawing you away from,
her brood. If you follow her she will keep
on with this queer stage effect, gradually
leading you away until the chicks are safe.
The next nearest relative to onrdomestio
fowl, at least in Americans the partridge.
It some parts of the country it is called
pheasant, but there are no indigenous
pheasants in the United, States. Tna
partridge is similar in general appearance
to the grouse, but a little smaller. It was
formerly very abundant, but the advance of
civilization and the shotgun are rapidly
driving it to extinction.
The Popular tittle Quail.
The quail is in some respects the most in
teresting of the gallinaceous family, as all
these rooster and hen birds are called. Tha
young are very much like the grouse chicks,
except in size, and indeed the adult quail ia
only about as large as the average 3-weeks-old
chick of the barnyard. Their seeming;
trustfulness in man, and their inclination at
times ta mingle with their big cousins near
farm houses, make them universal favorites.
When food is scarce in their natural
haunts quail will boldly appear among. tha
domestic fowls, hobnob and dine with tbem,
tbe two species treating each other like tba
long-lost cousins that they are. It is
thought by some commentators that quail
was tbe miraculous food supplied to tha
Israelites in the wilderness. If they ako
made toast out of the manna this may help
to account for their leisurely stay of 40yeara,
J. H. Webb.
A TBI? FOB A BAETEBDEE.
Novel Echeme Set In Operation by St. tools
Liquor lien.
Arrangements are being made to give tha
most popular bartender in St Louis, which
of co urse means the best mixer of drinks ia
the town, a tour of Europe and a jaunt
through the Holy Land, with a delightful
little boat ride up the Nile, all free of cost
to himself, his friends and the community
at large, the expense being bor;ne solely and
individually by a syndicate of liquor deal
ers which does not wish to make' a solitary
red cent out of it
The dates of the opening and closing of
tbe contest will be announced in a few days.
The form of the ballot is left to the taste of
the individual, but the syndicate seem in
clined to respectfully suggest ,. something
tike the following:
: In consideration of one good
: Satisfactory
: 15-CEST DRINK.
: Supplied to me by '
Mraeee .
: ot No street
: fend paid for by me,
-: I vote him the -;j
MOBT POPULAR BARTENDER f
In St Louis, - :-
: ancf deem him folly entitled to go";
; to Europe, the Holy Land and
: up tbe Nile free of all cost to
: himself. I :
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The ballot leaves no room for. doubts or
mistakes. It shows on its face that I'm per-
son -who. cast it got value received farshial
taooevv and that be. .wore IS.eeBiiAwerttVof J
'liquid comfortundeV his wabBfati.tWl
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