JUL.
ie Somerset Herald
J aslismco ieir.
ionns ot IPublication
.Kiabei every Wednesday morning at 12 00
!jam, " P1 131 dTno otherwise 12 50
i variably ehr1'
rJbK3-.puon will be d lecontiaued nnffl all
rar are P"1 nP rwtmastem neglecting
,ufj m when saDacnDeri ao not lax. eat iceu
M held mpaaafbi far th snbsarlp-
r
4-?fteii iwnorlnt from one postoBe to an
. ns the nam of the farmer a
Address
Thi Soumrr Ribald,
ills
& coon-in.
DENTISTS.
r.,r c-vders Prog fwre. Somerset, Pal
-i.
it-ul attention given to tiihug
' ' ,rl ixh. Artificial dent-
j twu-lt h iimrted wittmut plates.
' t ,ir i:n crowns " the uatur-
jt J !" apnl-il-lyr.
-I w CU:rTHF.R M. P. .
' SoULKStT. Pa
n r.,.n r.re-t. npxt ilr u i-rfuting
t , u --bt cai! atoHicc
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PHWi'IAN ANUsTRoEON.
r.t.rJ'tT. Pa..
. - ,,ffional service u. tue ciusetrf
.;r-t"i'J vaai;y UJ.tw ueil dirnr to
.'Jr. llutei.
II. S. KIMMELL,
,feional services to the eiUseria
ti -uj vicinity. I'uiew profewionaliy
T v . . be found at tut omee on Maui at.
-t:
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J M. LOUTH ER,
PHYSICIAN' AND bUKoEGN.
i,. fed permaneLtly in Somerset for the
, ; . ' h prof.u..u. 0!t. on Maui street,
1- c-i M-'m
J . M'MILLEN,
m -.Hl attention v liw riwrration of
..t Lefttl
Artiikal
lliwrUso. AU
urnce In lb
iTi've: M. M.liwiwe" to- ature, euruet
COLONS.
MLSTIST.
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.f
; .M.h a fining. rrpiiam.(t. tr-unt.
f :' -.. ! uiiiol all kmili.a:iJif Uie t
All wora guarauu-tiu.
-iFNRY. F. STH ELL,
ATTjKNtY-AT LAW,
' A riuuierset. Pa.
and PfnJon AgnV Oace iu Mammoth
1
XTALLXTIN
1 Ar
ALLXTIXE "ATi-..
Fitate. Vi'.l attend to all
ruiruMwl to hi care w:'Ji promptnt.
T4 "X H. I I1L.
,t ATTOKXEY-AT-LAW
pomerwt. Pa.
t a. wo! to all biwiue! enirutl
3 Idi.nry auvuicd oa coiictlioua, 4c.
; MaTumoili Blo a.
Of-
A. EEEKEY.
ATTOR.KEY-AT LA.
honIKMT. Pa.
Lb Oli Fellows" BuilCng.
AiCVEY M. BERKLEY
I ATTUKSV-Al LA
r GHkirr.
Pa
,l-Ji T.J. Koo.Eq.
C HOLEERT,
AIIOKNFT-AT-LaW,
bomermet. P
i;Ui John H. CTu.
X 1L KCK)XT7..
If ATTUEN t X - A 1 J.A w .
j jnitsvet. Pa..
I "r I'Torapt attMitinn to biiwD- cc trusted
I i n iu Mcicrvrt and a.1."iiuni(f rouimca.
1 m Prinim Houx Ko , un'it the Court
UNO. KIM MEL.
ATlUK-StY-AT-LAW.
oomeinet. Pa.,
I ". a'.teiia to all busincw entnisted to bi care
-mr! and aoj.'mmc iwi'nm, " i" m-T
ol Bdeiiiv. ou iiain
Cruse S'.rwjt,
A . r.ber K-.i'k fenre.
J ArTOK.NEY--AT-LAW,
j oomret. Pa.
in amnoth Block tip air. Entrance
- .'ta Yo nwI. i-oi;n:.i made. 4wa
uiltxamiW. and all herel bmanwaat-
tj u lUi t.rou4uet and fiaeiltj.
i
j . coLaoa. a C- CoiAoas.
'OLBUIUC Ct'tLBORX.
L AnoKNEYS-AT-LAW.
T Someroet, Pa.
1 1 biwiiixa r.rmtl to onr car will be
-jip'.:j -J'l fn-.liiiy attrndw! ux ollwuoua
a . IU ..cjrt. B.-IIirQ mi " "
. S.:rreTiL aud oouvcjaucin done on rua-
a'iC irnok.
4
TTF.ED. -W. BIF5 ECKEL,
attoksey-atlaw.
j Someroet. Pa.
in Pr.nuni Houiw Row, oppoaite Court
Aeorge r. sctll,
V? ATTUKSEY-AT-LAW,
f
r,
ttutnerset. Pa.
J. G. Oglc.
uTT A OiLE.
ATT'jkSEl'S-AT-LAV.
1
Pa.
J. K0OER,
ATIURXEY-AT LAW.
bomcnet. Fa.
H.
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S. EXDSI.EY,
AITuRXET AT LAW,
eomeraet. Pa.
UL EAER.
A1T0EXEY-AT-I.AW,
i somerset, rt,
r0 In Sttnemet and adjolnlnn coun-
a- bj.-.!it ttruaied ts 'jim wiil mT
it i;.: tr.-rj'in.
H fon:TH. W. H. KZTTKL.
ty 'EFiioTH & r.nTEL,
V AlTC'kNtYs-AILAW.
oomersrt. Pa.
V : busi3.i entrut,4 to their care w ill b
f -4: t rrl puiictiauiy WhkW to. OflH-e oa
4-i uua- surf I, oi'ltc Jianimolh Blot a.
til HOTEL AT CBMBIELiHD
- ?e:-jer. late ol Sand Patch, has purchased
THE AMERICAN HOUSE,"
v-fcr.. M'l.. auji h Trf.tuil and refiir-
t- f l I.mii (hr-mtht.nl. and njte
iiuors a; ihe br.
i-"-'tT u.-i:r-r n Pnr Old Kye UisA.y
To ",vv ;j ftI : per csJlon.
T::rv - - - : &
FUiir . a. .i yo
if l.i cf-n for erh pr.nti.
i.a- In tnilUt AlWtTI
f -wul t-d aii-mtni. Addrw all ordef to
T r. v ; t . t-. i-K . .!. titjr Tin unlit
S. P. SWEITZER,
-- Cl MBEKLAND, MD.
STILL IN BUSINESS I
Y
Ifley'a Photocraph Caller
f 7 patroai are informed that I am atill In
the
am at t:mo . 1 i.v. .n
kinds of pictures, from a
tjpe or Ct!nrt
rhtpraph,
LtM.ze Creron. IuAnlnev)US Pro-
usrd, and a.i work ruarameed to be
aaiiaory.
jP-Gallery np stairs, next to VougWi
WiL H. W ELF LEY.
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VOL. XL. NO.
THE
PEOPLE'S
STORE !
Firih Ave, Pittsburgh.
Are viu coming to tLe
PITTSBURG
Exposition ?
You can pay your Kijx-iises if you buy your
DRY GOODS
lu re. Our tore is a
::.::Perfect Exposition
Of all kinds of LaJit' Wear, from
Shoes
to Millinery.
Carpet., Curtains,
Upliolstcrr, Dross Goods,
rilk, Velvets, iuit., Jackets,
Wraj)s and Millinery,
Iry Goods, Notions,
TrimRiinar?, Laces, Hosiery,
Gloves and Underwear,
Domestics and Blankets,
Gents' Furnishings.
Ye can i't ymioul Stylit.li!-. Kivnt'y. Eco
nomically, fni head ! foot TLi ilbe
nn!y Morv in Uir two citie s wberi" I.a 'if'S
can tn;y every oonceivahli- arti le of
wearily a; p irel usuii r one nxif, and
ly t.xioiim
ave Time. ?ave cmey. and Save
Troulile. While vi-itinir t!ie Im
position, come in and price our
roods. You pay us a viit and
the visit will pay you.
If you can't conic to the city, write
for samples to our ail Order De
partment. CaiMl & Diet
83. RR. T and FIFTH AVE., P!T(SBI K.H.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SOMERSET, PA.
BUGGIES, SLEIGH?, CAF.FJAGE3.
BI KING WAGONS, Bt'CE WAGONi
AND EASTERN AND WESTERS WORK
Fuxnifched on Short Noti.
Painting Done on Short Time.
ICy work la made oat M TtoiwUy rrjrm4 Wood,
and the HM Mm nnA Sfl. SiilMttjiiitially
tVnrtnicted. Nea'.iy Fiinned. and
Warranted to give Sa-.wacuon.
Enpl:7 CtIj First Clas Tcrkrreri.
Bepairlrr or All Kind in Mr Line Done on
tibort NoUoe. Pneus KEAaoNABLL, and
All Work Warranted.
Call and Examine my Stork, and Learn PrVea
I do Wagon-work, and furnish Seives for Wind
Uilla, Remember the pla, and call in.
CTJRTTS K. GROVE,
(Ejut of Court House)
SOMERSET. PA
DittsDiirgh Femals
College and
t.n.Stt.V ATOKY t'K MI1'. l UL-l-uru. Pa.
teachers n'ir '!v.marfH. ;iperMr
home comf.'rtf aii'1 care. .'i-:h y-r ei;iii jkpL
V: Wend tor catalogue to tiie I'n-i i. i.t.
iulyim. A. II. Sum KOr-i D. D.
Washington and
Jefferson College,
Washington, Pa.
The 91st year begins fceptemler Bth. CaiMcal.
litin t-ieiititic .nd Si-ieiiime ctmri of iu'iv.
rTepsraioT iiiartioeol etKi'luctt-d hy tne t'o!
leie ra ulty. Kxpeii low. Muralsoi the place
eool. Nosalouuis For ui.mie apply u
aUKl'Xt. l'Kll IM Mi'FFAT.
PENNSYLVANIA
COLLEGE,
0ttybura, I 'a.
F -rNTKn IN IJirv-e Facnitr. Two full
iur'rf na'Jv and ! teUlS.-. ?!
rial .:r--5 in all d-ptr:ne''!. t't rvetory.
Laora:irie aiid new '.vrana-i'irn. Five lariee
hU'.ldilics. St. -am heat Lllrar (W volume
F il :.-" low. IH-partp eiu ol live ene and phy
Mcml Oiliure in banre ; an fx;T.eree.l pbym
etan AceesMl ie l v fr.-, ie!;t kallnavl t
yvlion. on ie hATH.hr I Fl 0 OF .ETT3
111 Kk, ukoI P'-asaut a:i l ln.lthy.
rilEI'Ans JURY I'EI'A HTilVST,
n separate buildinr. f' I'vs and ymr.t ler fre
ir:io! St ).u.-nr '"'' vv. under pe-.l "ire
of the principal and !!r-e a..lMallt. reM-Jlue
with Mo lt-nu n: Hie Puinimg. Fnil tens ima
..j F'or Calil';u., .'I'lrev.
il W. M. KM'.HT. U. !.. PreM ieat. or
KKV. U. O. Bl LtlLKK, A. M . Prlll'-lpal.
Julyl.va. -nyasrfc Pa.
Oils! Oils!
The Piandard Oil Company, of Pitwbcrrh. Pa
makes a specialty of mauufacuir.nf fofjbe
Domeuc trade U. n brand
Illuminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Casoline,
Tbatf
be made from Petroleum. We elsilenge
oompariMin wiii every know
PRODUCT OF
If you wish the
PETROLEUM.
nnionsrry
Satisfactory Oils
IX TUE
jmerican Market,
Xrad for Somerset and Ttdnlty
supplied by
Aak for onra.
cook BKrTtrr iw
a-SUAaB IOOkEH.
epUS-te-Urz.
e
14.
Is mGre especially than any other a hereditary
disease, and for this simple reason: Arising
from impure and insufficient blood, the dis
ease Vacates Itself In the lymphAOes, which
are composed of white tissues; there Is a
period of total life when the whole body eon-
HoOd'S 'sU ot wbit0 tissues, and
therefore the unborn child Is
Sarsapa especially susceptible to this
. dreadful disease. But there
rilla Is a potent remedy for scrof
ula, whether hereditary or acquired. It Is
Hood's Saruparuls, which expels erery trace
of the disease and gives to the Mood the
quality and color of health. Get Hood's.
-When my boy was two years prIri
old he was attacked and suf- tnu""'
fcred a long time with scrofula Cured
sores. The physician at length
toldns to give him Hood's Sar-My BOf
ssparilla, which we did. Two bottles cared
oim. He is now 10 years old and has not had
any sitm of scrofula since. We recommend
Hood's SarsapariUatoall our friends." Mas.
E. C. Cupper, 8 Kidder St, Cleveland, a
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Soldbyaildrnggtsta. 1: lixCorfi. PreparwlMlr
j C. t. HOOD A CO., ApotAacaiiea, Low.U, Mass,
100 Doses One Dollar
-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
o
CAPITAL - - - 450.000.
SURPLUS
$6,000.
DEPOSITS RCCCIVC0 IN LARCE tMDSM.U
AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FAHMCMS,
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRi-i M. Hicks. W. H. Millie,
James L. Ptgh,
Chas. H. FisHia,
Geo. E. &cll,
BfKKCrKIB.
John E. Soon,
Fkio W.
Edwaud Stli, :
Valentine Hay, :
Andrew Pa EC EE,
President
Prb-ident
: Cash i KB.
Vice
Hie funds and nwurities of this bank
are securely protex.ted in ac!ebrated Cor
liss Hurlar-proor tare, ihe only isaie
made abeoluUsly Burglar-proof.
Somerset County Rational Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
Established, 1877, Organized at a National, 1890.
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
Wm. H. Koouti,
J-iah specnt.
Saml Pnvder.
Joria M l ook,
John Stnflt,
Harriwrti Snyder,
Noah A. Miller,
Endsley.
John II. suyder,
Joseph B. l'avia.
Jerome Stunt,
Wm.
Ctjinrner ot thL Bank will receive the most
liberal treatment cu:iteut with aaf. banking.
Parties wisliicf to send money east or west can
be aeoommdaied Ly dralt for any amount.
v,.- ami valimMrw aecured bv one of Die-
holds Celebrated iafes, with most approved time
locL.
Collections -ma.ie In all parts of the Called
Btatiw. Chars; t moderate.
A'.rjjuuut and lxuuaita sollctea. msrwin
THERE IS a WHISKEY
Which is nnii'c rtn in its remits, bid--9 in
every otber prticu1ar. Attested to by
everyone wlio has piven it a thorough
trial, and their name is legion.
The pure 8-year old
GUCKENHEIMER WHISKY
Is the whiskey, soM only by
JOSEPH FLEMING & SON.
Bruirjrist, Pittsburgh, Ta. Aa a
strengthencr of the
Nervous i j System,
with special ?ood effect on the res
piratory and digestive organ?, it
is pronounced unequaled. Trice,
full quarts $1, or six for $5.
We row rarrv a fn'.l an'1 complete stock of
all lb leading Fine Whiskies, botbdo
ros icand fon ipr..(rivins you tbe oppor
tunity to make yourcboice from tbe
fine-t selection to be had in tbe city
at the lowest possible pru-es tbat
can be mad for tbe quality and
ae f the goods.
-r".ease send for full and complete pries
list, mailed free.
Jos. Fleming & Sod,
DRUGGISTS,
410 A KM Market St., I and 2 Market
PITTSBTJBSII, PA,
a-Ladies are Especially invited.
HO. 88 FRAHKUH STREET.
JOHNSTOWN SUPPLY HOUSE.
JOHN H. WATERS &BR0.
. STEA2 AND GAS TTXTHiS.
..t.i.iiituwl In oar new baildlns;,
wbicb. can smely aay. k the bestrranaed lor
our bwnea in Wetern IVon-ylvania.
Tervxajoa- p sitaimn to tbe Plumbins, Steam
u'e will, aw fomerlv. live eareM artrtittotl to
the STKAM TaND Mi)T WATtR HEATIN.I bo
loess. Our f.mner efforts in this Hue enbrace
some of Uie larg.st buiidiers la the county, with
"l 1. sTpPLT DEPART MENT we carry a fall
Hn.ef KiAtoeraDd Leather tteltinsr. Steam aad
!! " ,V ll v.i inwjw Lut.ricatorm.teaa
J j.B Ir.-Pipe rtUUiA. Ji . PrioesfuosedoB
appiicsuion,
PLUMBERS
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER SO, 1891.
SPEAK NO ILL.
Kay. speak no 111: a kindly word
Can never kwve a Mine behind:
And oh! to breath, each tale we've heard
la far beneath a noble mind.
Fall oft a Letter seed Is sown
By ebwMins; thus a kinder plan.
For if but little g-ood be known
btill let tu speak the beat we can.
Give me the heart that fain woo Id hide
Would fain another's fault efface:
How can it pleasure human pride
To prove humanity but bfweT
No. let as reach a higher mood.
A nobler est i mate of man:
Be earnent in tbe search for good.
And apeak of aU aa best we can.
Then apeak no 111. bat lenient be
To ot ber's failing aa yoar own:
If you're the lint a fault to see.
b. not th. first to tumke it known.
For life is but a passing day;
No lips may tell bow short its spa.ru
Then, oh! the Uttle time we stay.
Let's speak of ail the beat we can.
Once a Week.
Aata mad Their Caea.
Dtiriuj twelve months spent In the)
Australian colonies in the years 1870-1 1
had more opportunities) than were pleas
ant of studying tbe habits of ants.
These insects, as is well known, are not
only a nuisance, bat an absolute pest in
hot conntries. They march in myriads
and destroy everything in their road.
In justice to the ants, I am bound, how
ever, to admit that I have found them
ust-ful In more ways than one. For in
stance, I bought an opossum fkin rug
from a native. I soon became painfully
aware of the fact that it literally
swarmed with fleas and other vermin.
In vain did I exhaust my stock of pepper.
Even turpentine seemed to have no effect
beyond increasing the reckless activity
of these irritating settlers.
At last in desrlair 1 threw my ru;r
down on an ant hilL In less than half
an hour every flea and objectionable
parasite was eaten, but the mg was full
of ants. I therefore hung it ou a mi
mosa bush, and as soon as the ants
found they were suspended thfy has
tened to leave the rug and descended by
the bush as best they could.
Again. I had killed a snake in Tas
mania and wished to clean and bleach
the skeleton, which I intended to have
mounted as a necklace. I left the body
near an ants' nest. In a few hours there
was not a vestige of flesh on the bones.
The sun soon did the rest. Gentleman's
Magazine.
A Cauiln. Treadmill.
"Churn dog" stories are always In
order. A city man who nsed to live on
a farm, as so many city men did when
they were boys, sends ns this: -At home
on the farm we had a number of cows,
so many that churning was too heavy a
task for even the men folks, bo Mr. L
rigged up a dog churn, an inclined wheel,
a sort of canine treadmilL It became
the duty of Ponto, a large white mastiff,
to tread that monotonous cycle, and not
withstanding the toothsome bit of meat
that was fastened on a lath within four
inches of his nose, he was not at all
proud of bis position and responsibility,
lie made several attempts to shirk Lis
task, and twice succeeded. He got to
know when churning day came around
as well as any one in the house.
"On the morning of that dav he won'
loiter about the kitchen door until he
was fed. and as soon as he heard the
note of preparation the bringing of the
cream jugs, preparing the churn, etc he
would put for tbe woods and wonid not
be seen again until nighL The day of
churning was changed, and next morn
ing a more crestfallen and astonished
dog was never seen when he was collared
and harnesd to the beam which set tbe
dash in motion: he bxiked positively fool
ish. He did his work, but with lowered
head, and in cogitation evidently.
"On another occasion he tried another
dodge. When they were alxmt to put
him on the wheel he ran np to his mis
tress, holding up one paw, affecting to
be lame. She thought much of the dog,
and was inclined to let him off that
day. The next instant he was seen
charging over a high fence after a neigh
bor's cat. 'Well,' said the old Ltdy, 'if
he can go after s cat like that he is able
to churn. And he did, and never tried
to shirk his work again, Forest and
Stream.
Finely It red Horses Are Nervous.
Finely .bred, intelligent horses are
often very nervous. They are quick to
notice, quick to take alarm, quick to do
what seems to them, in moments of sud
den terror, necessary to escae from pos
sible harm, from something they do not
understand. That is what makes them
shy, bolt and run away. We cannot
tell what awful suggestions 6trange
things offer to their minds. For aught
we can tell, a sheet of whit, paper in
the road may seem to the nervous horse
a yawning chasm; the open front of a
baby carriage, the jaws of a dragon
ready to devour him, and a man on a
bicycle some terrifying sort of a flying
devil without wings. But we And that
tbe moment he becomes familiar with
those things, or any other that affright
him. and knows what they are, Le grows
indifferent to thern.
Therefore, when your horse shies at
anything make him acquainted with it,
let him smell it, touch it with his sensi
tive upper lip and look closely at it Re
member, too, that yon must familiarize
both sides of him with the dreaded ob
ject. If he only examines it with tbe
near nostril and eye he will be very likely
to scare at it when it appears on hi off
side. So, tjen, rattle your paper, leat
your bass dram, flutter your umbrella.
run j our baby carriage and your bicycle,
fire your t'istol and rattle your tinware
on both sides of him and all around him
until he comvs to regard the noise sim
ply as a nuisance and material objects
only as trivial thing3 liable to get hurt if
they are in his way. He may not learn
all that in one lesson, but continne the
lesson, and you will cure all his nervous
ness. Exchange.
India. Names.
A station not very far from Pitts
burg, on the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, has the good eld English name of
Soho. In announcing it there is no op
portunitr for the brakemen to dh-guise
the word, as he is too apt to do with the
names of other places.
As a train neared the town not long
ago the word was distinctly shouted,
and a passenger was heard to say to the
man sharing his seat:
"How many towns in this part of the
country have Indian names? Just think
of it Soho, Monongahcla and Du
quesne, all near together. Youth's Com
panion. Why B. Tawk Dews th. Fire Eacapaw
A local hotel keeper gives a queer ex
use for not having a fire escape from a
bedroom in the second story. He says
that be had one placed there a year ago,
but the first two weeks three boarders
skipped their bills by its means and then
be had it taken out Springfield Re
publican. It is said that Alexander Rankin, the
Scotchman wbo succeeded John Brown
as Highland servant to the queen, has
obtained almost as marked an influence
iathe royal household as Brown pos
sessed. He is the personal attendant of
tbe queen on very joursey.
TCSTA -RrTHTTRD 1827.
RUSSIAN CIRCUMLOCUTION.
Bow arJects for Improvements ii
tai the
rabiie Servlea Ar Killed.
The reason why changes that are mani
festly desirable, that are in the direction
jf economy, and that apparently would
injure no one, are not made in Russia is
Due of the most puzzling and exasperat
ing things that are forced upon a travel
er's attention. In every branch of the
administration one is constantly stum
bling upon abnses or defects that have
long been recognized, that have been
lunimeuted upon for years, that are ap
parently prejudicial to tbe interests of
everybody, and that, nevertheless, con
tinue to exist
. If you ask an explanation of an official
in Siberia he refers you to St Petersburg.
If yon inquire of the chief of the prison
department in St Petersburg ha tells
you that he has drawn up a 4,pro jct" to
sope with the evil, bat that this "proj
ect" has not yet been approved by the
uunister of the interior. If you go to
the minister of the interior you learn
that the "tiroject" requires a preliminary
af propriatiou of money even although
its ultimate effect may be to save money
and that it cannot be carried into ex
ecution without the assent and co-operation
of the minister of finance. If you
follow the "project" to the minister of
finance you are told that it has been sent
back through the minister of the interior
to the chief of the prison department for
"modification."
If you still persist in your determina
tion to find out why this thing is not
done, you may chase the modified "proj
ect" through the prison department, the
minister of the interior and the minister
of finance, to tbe council of the empire.
There you discover that, inasmuch as
certain cross-and-ribbon-decorated sen
stors and generals, who barely know Si
beria by name, have expressed a doubt
is to the existence of the evil with which
the "project" is intended to deal, a spe
cial "commission" (with salaries amount
ing to 20,000 rubles a year and mileage)
has been appointed to investigate the
subject and make a report
If you pursue the commission to Si
beria and back, and search diligently in
the proceedings of the council of the em
pire for its report, yon ascertain that the
doenment has been sent to the minister
jf the interior to serve as a basis for a
uew "project," and then, as ten or fif
teen years have elapsed and all the orig
inal projectors are dead, everything be
gins over again. At no stage of this cir-
enm rotatory process can yon lay your
hand on a particular official and say:
Here! You are responsible for this.
What do yon meanby it?"
At no stage, probably, can you find an
official who is opposed to the reform or
who has any personal interest in defeat
ing it; and yet the general effect of the
cirenmrotatory process is more certainly
fatal to your reformatory project than
sny amount of intelligent and active op
position. The various bureaus of the
provincial governor general's office, the
;hief prison department, the miuistry of
the interior, tbe ministry of finance, the
ministry of justice, the council of minis-
ers, and the council of the empire con
stitute a huge administrative maelstrom
af iirnorance and indifference, in which
sevolves sio-n ly, inotiili rer
month and year after year, until it is
finally sucked down out of sight, or, per
haps, thrown by a fortuitous eddy of
personal or official interest into the great
gulf stream current of real life. George
Keuuau in Century.
The Air. Transparency.
Unlike fog, haze commonly occurs
daring an nnusuallv drv state of the
lower str.-.tmn of air. In considering
its cau it i,:ts been suggested that the
small quantity of nontransparent matter
required to produce the damming effect
should always be borne in mind. If the
eye can oliserve the change that conies
over a drop of water when the fifty mil
lionth of a gram of fuchsice is intro
duced, possibly a weight of water or
dust not much greater would suffice for
visibility in a column of air 1,000 feet
long. The air is at all times charged
with dust particles to a degree difficult
to realize.
The purest air tested by Mr. Atkins
when making his measurements on the
top of Ben Nevis contained about 34.000
dust particles to each cubic inch, which
would give 33,203.000 particles to every
cubic foot, or 33,232,000,000 to a hori
zontal column of 1.000 feet This being
the case, it is manifest that a condensa
tion upon a small proportion of these or
a momentary adhesion by electric attrac
tion would suffice to produce the optical
effect called "haze" or "haziness." St
Louis Republic.
Moale of the Spheres.
The origin of this everyday phrase is
sufficiently interesting to even bear re
telling to those that already know it
Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher, while
exierinienting on the vibrations of tight
drawn strings, discovered that strings of
certain lengths produced certain notes.
He then illogically connected the seven
planets known at that time with musical
notes for the reason merely that the
radii of the seven spheres, in which, ac
cording to then existing notions, the
planets were set, were of unequal length
and therefore (?) produced different notes.
These notes he dubbed the "music of the
spheres." Tliis music was not supposed
to be caused by the friction of the spheres
in the sockets in which they were set. as
is now currently thought, bat was pro
duced by the vibrations cf their unequal
radii. New York Recorder.
The Young of th. Sea Devil.
Yon may find in the sea devil a curious
illustration of nature's system for ad
justing reproduction. The cod lays sev
eral hncdred thousand eggs at a spawn
ing, because nearly all of them must
necessarily be lost while floating on the
waves and those which hatch are mostly
devoured. But the sa devil, which pro
d uces butasingleyoungoneatatime.re
tains the latter in its belly until the infant
creature is from four to six feet in
length, so that when bora it is able to
take care of itself and is in no danger of
being d.-stroyed. Interview ia Wash
ington Star.
The Word Casta."
The word "cash" is understood to be
derived from the Italian "cassa," the
chest where Italian merchants kept their
money, as do at the present time the
Spaniards in their "caja." the Portu
guese in their "caza" anl the French in
their "caisse." The application of the
word "cash" to money is English, it not
having a corresponding- term in sny
other European language. "Cash" hav
ing been so inconsiderably adopted in
stead of "cassa" (chest), entries to tbe
cash book (it should be chest book) are
mado in American and English count
ing houses in this unmeaning way,
"Cash Dr." and "CashCr.," whereas the
chest, and not the money, is debtor to
what is put into it and creditor for what
ia taken out
Great mischief has too often arisen, as
is well known, in bankrupt trials from
misuse of tne wora -rasn,- m which
large deficiencies often appear, and
which would not be thecase if the word
chest were used, as it ought to be. In
stead of the cash account in the ledger
it should be the "chest' account Brook
lyn Eagla. .
HOW RUBEN3 PAID A BILL.
B. Paint. 1 a rortan. lor Hi. Ungrate
fill Landlord. Who Didn't Like lb
In the beginning of the Seventeenth
century Peter Paul Rubens, whose
name had not the same eonnd then as
now, lived in Paris, at a modest inn
near tbe palace of his patroness, Maria
de MedicL Sometimes he had his pock
ets full cf money and lived like a prince,
but oftener he was without a pfennig:
at any rate he paid his host Yery irregu
larly, or not at alL The host did not
consider it an honor to board this great
painter, and as be had a supreme con
tempt for art, he often cast insults at
Rubens. One day when the innkeeper
was in an especially bad humor he
threatened to throw Rubens ont of the
door like a tramp and without farther
notice.
Rubens had just had an audience
with Louvre, but did not possess a hel
ler. What should he do? The tavern
keeper would net reason, but wanted to
see cash; under any circumstances
money must be procured.
The artist took a small picture of his
own from the wall and asked in a note
written to one of his friends 1,200 lire
for it Half an hour later the messenger
returned, saying that the gentleman
would pay only SOO lire fur it
Rabens was furious, threw the picture
on the ground and stamped upon it, while
the host was still more furious, as his
hopes, through this "daub," to get money
were dispelled. He wanted to put his
guest out on the pavement immediately,
when Rubens gave his word of honor
that he would pay his debt within eight
days.
With these words Rabens hurried np
stairs and locked the door. He left the
room very seldom and never without
taking the key with him. A week later
he appeared before his host with a little
hand trunk with these words:
"1 have kept my promise. Upon the
table in my room yon will find more
money than 1 owe you. Farewell, sir
hostr
Then he left the inhospitable house
with the mien of a grand seigneur, who
bad given rich alms.
The tavern keeper hurried np the
stairs to the artist's room. The door
stood open and the mass of money which
was spread upon the table met his gaze.
Fourfold Louis, double Louis, dollars
and half dollars lay there in gay con
fusion. Naturally the good man thought
he must quickly put his money in a safe
place, but what astonishment and fury
he showed when, upon touching a gold
piece, he found that it was only painted!
Tbe miser, the tramp, had fooled him!
Bat his anger lessened somewhat when
he saw on the wails the rich clothing
that had been left by the painter. From
the sale of this he could cover a great
part of the debt He reached foraciierry
colored velvet mantle what disappoint
ment! That, too, like the other gar
ments and the glittering gold, was only
painted!
The unhappy host was pitied by all his
friends who heard it
The story became further known and
the painter's fame grew and spread.
Distinguished people streamed to the
tnolM o hoar f Ilari' ry
incK from the host himself and see the
painted clothing the table had been put
in the garret as the owner wanted it out
of sight and many a dollar was spent
in the tavern for the purpose of seeing
these tilings.
One day a rich Englishman who doted
on art was accidentally told of the de
ceptive table by the taveru keeper. He
asked to see the table, admired it and
ffered to give the host as much cash in
French gold and silver coins as was
painted ou the table. Naturally the
host accepted and was rid of this "dis
agreeable" piece of furniture. Philadel
phia Times.
Aldermen as a Board of Directors.
It would clear away much misconcep
tion if the popular body in cities, instead
of being spoken of and thought of as a
local legislature, could be looked upon
and considered as a board of directors.
One of the most important grants where
in the powers of such a body in cities
seem to pass beyond the functions of a
board of directors is the right to adopt
ordinances which are enforced by the
police: but even as to this power it is to
be borne in mind that city ordinances
have no original authority. They are
constantly declared invalid by the courts
because they contravene statutes of the
legislature or deal with matters not cov
ered by the grant of power to the city
corporation. The inferences to be drawn
from this discussion are two. First
that the whole question as to what
ought to be the business of the city and
as to tbe best method of conducting this
business is fairly open to discussion; sec
ond, that the question is one involving
good judgment only. It does not in
volve the liberties of the people or touch
any of the inherent rights of citizenship.
Seth Low in Century.
Th Elephant's Memory.
The elephant has an excellent memory.
It recollects friends well and it rarely
forgets an injury. It is recorded of one
that it smashed a cocoanut upon its
driver's head and smashed the man's
head at the dime time, because the lazy,
thoughtless fellow had broken a cocoanut
on its skull the day before. A quarter
master engaged in superintending the
removal of baggage in the camp by
means of an elephant, became angry at
the creature's refusing to carry more
than a certain weight and foolishly flung
a tent peg at its bead. Some days after
ward the elephant overtook the quarter
master as ha was sroing through the
camp, seized him with its trunk and
neatly placed him among the branches
of a tamarind tree, leaving him to reach
the ground again in the best way he
coold. New York Advertiser.
Barglars About.
Little Girl (weeping) Somebody has
stolen my do!L
Mother Your doll! Which one?
Little Girl The oldest and nicest one
of all tbe one that didn't have any
legs or arms or hair or eyes or anything.
Good News.
Natural Ornaments and Plaything.
The seeds known as Nicker beans and
Bonduc nuts, species of Gnilandina, are
often used for bracelets, necklets aud
rosaries, and are very ornamental when
capped and set Baskets and other fancy
articles made of them are very ooraraoo
in most museums. There are two species.
G. Bonducella, the seeds of which are of
s gray leaden color or a slaty olive green;
and G. Bondoc, which axe pale yellow or
orange coloreiL In the Malay Archi
pelago these seeds are nsed aa counters
and playthings by children in place of
marbles, and on the Gambia in playing
s game called waxree-warree. la Bom
bay, strung upon red silk, they are worn
by women as s charm, and also in Egypt
by women and children as amulets
against witchcraft and sorcery. Cham
bers' JournaL
Aluminium has been suggested aa sv
material for coins, but there are objec
tions to it It has always a greasy feel,
due to the presence of a slight but un
avoidable film of oxide of Aluminium
over its surface.
T. Tell a Man's Stataa. "
It was a young married woman who
spoke. She was dining with her hus
band on the piazza of a hotx-L
"If you have any doubt, sail she,
"about the relationship of s man and
woman when yon see them at a place
like this there is one very sure way of
settling whether or not they are marrieL
When the waiter makes out the check
for the dinner, watch the man.'ho is
going to pay it If he nervoualyutches
at uie cnecs, crusnes it in nts u.tiiu ana
hautbi the waiter a ten dollar bill with
out looking to see bow much he owes, he
is not even engaged to the girl who is
with him. and stands in mortal dread of
her opinion of him.
"If he takes the check and scans it
with some care and then quietly hands
to the waiter a sum approximating the
total, he is very likely engaged to the
girl, and is willing for her to think him,
bosinessiike and precise,
"If. however, he allows the waiter to
place the check on the table, and leaves
it there for his companion to see and
study, then they are married. It is ouly
the married man dining with his wife
who will sit tack and think of other
things while his check awaits settle
ment in full view of tbe lady opposite.
Before marriage he would not allow her
mind to realize anything so unroiuautiu
as the price of the delicate vianda she
consumed, and even during the engage
ment he would not permit her to think
of such material questions.
"A year after marriage, however, they
discuss together the prices ou the bill of
fare, and when the check is made out
the wife is more anxious than the hus
band to know how much it comes to.
Therefore, the married man allows his
dinner checks to remain on the table for
his wife's inspection. " New York
Letter.
Catching Terrapin.
In the shoal waters along the coast
sooth of Cape Henlopen terrapin are
caught in various ways. Dredges i iragged
along in the wake of a sailing vessel pick
them up. Nets stretched across some
narrow arm of river or bay entangle the
feet of any stray terrapin in their meshes.
but these require the constant attendance
of the fisherman to save the catch from
drowning. In the winter, in the deeper
water, the terrapin rise from their muddy
quarters on mild, sunny days and crawl
along tue bottom. They are then taken
by tongs, their whereabouts being often
betrayed by bubbles.
Turtles will rise at any noise, and
usually the fisherman only claps his
bands, though each hunter has his own
way cf attracting the terrapiiL One
hunter whom 1 saw uttered a queer gut
tural noise that seemed to rise from his
boots.
Whatever the noise, all turtles within
bearing whether terrapin or "mapper"
will put their heads above watT. Both
are welcome and are quickly sold to the
marketmen. The snapper slowly appears
and disappears, leaving scarcely a ripple,
and the hunter cautiously approaching
usually takes iiim by the taiL The ter
rapin, on the contrary, is quick, and will
descend in an oblique direction, so that
a hand net is needed unless he happeus
to com nn m" ! I
the man jumps for him. The time for
hunting is the still hour at either sun
rise or sunset St Nicholas.
Queer Collection lath. Dead Letter Omre.
No brief list could summarize the in
numerable strange things t hat have fallen
into the hands of the dead letter office in
Washington. There are opium pipes and
packages of refiued.opiuin, bottled speci
mens of different kinds of miner il forma
tions thrown up by the Charleston earth
quake, boxes of cartridges, percussion
caps, quantities of firecrackers and tor
pedoes, false teeth, corn husking gloves,
every imaginable sortof kitchen utensils.
carpenters' tools, horns, tambourines.
banjos, harmonicas, gold headed canes,
and even "spirit photographs."
Many of the objects accumulated come
under the "cntuailable" head, being of
glass or "pointed instruments" which
might damage the mails. Bottles or
surgical tools are not carried by Uncle
Sum unless inclosed in wood or tin. One
hundred dollars' worth of nuggets of
virgin gold in a box came in a while ago
and are awaiting a claimant Li.ewi.-o
a damaged plug hat, which had no ad
dress, and a grotesque doll about the size
of a baby. There are some gloves from
the steamship Oregon which were 114
days under water, though they seem to
be fairly respectable now and might be
worn at a stretch. Some wedding cake
is exhibited in the museum that is fifty
years old. Rene Bache in New York
Sun.
Touag Mea aa Aathors.
Keats was dead when just a little over
his twenty-fifth year. Shelley wrote
"(iueen Mab" at twenty, and the "Pro
metheus Unbound" and the "Ode to the
West Wind" at twenty-six. Byron
startled the town with 'English Bards
and Scotch Reviewers" at twenty-one,
and at twenty-four "woke op and found
himself famous by the publication of
"Childe Harold." Burns was but
twenty-seven when he was the lion of
the season in Edinburgh. Campbell
published his "Pleasures of Hope" at
twenty-two. Chatterton was not eight
een when he finished his life's work. The
great Shakespeare himself was famous
when Uttle more than a youth, and the
same is true of the Shakespeare of France,
Victor Hugo; and Goethe, by the bye,
was known to all Europe at twenty-four.
Scott, on the other hand, was more
leisurely. He made no serious effort as
an author till he was over thirty, and he
was over forty when "Waverley" was
given to the world; and Thackeray alo
was verging on two score before "Vanity
Fair" established his reputation. Critic.
Only to Bo 8e.a la Farts.
A beggar rather respectably dressed
solicits alms from the customers seated
at each of the tables outside a cafe on
the boulevards. On reaching the last
table, which is unoccupied, he counts his
receipts and. satisfied with the sum total,
gits down and in m tons of importance
calls out, "Waiter, s bock f Paris
Letter.
Soma Bar. Old China Pitchers.
The naval battles and heroes of the
war of 1S12 furnished many subjects for
use in decorating pitchers, and some
bear inscriptions far from flattering to
English vanity. With the portraits of
Perry ore tbe words of his famous dis
patch, "We have met the enemy and
they are curs." With Lawrence, his
dying words, "Don't give up the ship."
With the likeness of Decatur, who cap
tured the Macedonian, "Free Trade.
Sailors' Rights."
Then quickly met our nation's eyea
- Tu. nubleat si-bt in nature.
A Brat class frigate as a prise
Brought Wk by brave becatur.
With Commodore Bainbride, of the
Constitution (Old Ironsides), are his
words. "Avast, boys, she's struck." The
old ballad says-.
On Brazil', coast she ruled tbe roast
When Kainbridge wm her captain
Neat hammocks gave, made of the wave.
Dead Britons to b. wrapped la.
Alice Morse Earle in Scribners
Did it ever occur to you to think how
wretchedly inferior as s runner man is
to nearly every other living creature?
O
WHOLE NO. 2090.
Balsa, and Berthas.
Balzac, the great French novelist,
once received a lesson in good manners
from a younger and less distinguished
associate. The hint came with good
grrxrt from tbe younger man, Kie Br
thet, because it was deserved, and be
cause Bi rtiiet himself was a person of
courteous manners and gentle and amia
ble dispot.it ion. B-rthet had written
some romances which becainso popular,
and he so distinguished himself in jour
nalistic work, us to become an ao&istant
editor of The Siecle.
As the assistant of M. Dvsnoyers, the
editor of The Siecle, he had been intro
duced to Balzac, But thongh Balzac
had many interviews with M. Desuoy
ers. and was often in tbe office, he never
paid the slightest attention to Berthet
H.i did not even s;ak or bow to the
young novelist
One day Balzac ttiok some copy to The
Siecle office, and was greatly disturbed
because M. Dvsnoyers, whom he wished
to see, was out.
Soon after he left the office he met
Eiie Bertbtt He went up to the young
man, and without touching his hat or
otherwise; saluting him, touched him on
the arm with one finger and said:
"Ah! yon tell LVsnorers that I have
left the copy at the office."
Without a second glance he turned
away.
LVrthet delivered the message and the
editor replied:
"I am net likely to forget it. He has
sect me word by three jiersons already."
Thn-e days later Balzac and Berthet
met at about the same place. Berthet
did not take off bis hat. He touched
Ba'.zac on the ana with one finger and
said:
"Ah! he says you have sent him word
by three persons already."
Then he walked on. Youth's Com
panion. Cold In Alaska.
"My experience with Alaskan winters
was rather disappointing," said a mem
ber of the Alaskan boundary survey.
"The greatest degree of cold we expe
rienced was 50 degs. below gero, and that
was when Mr. Turner extended his trip
north along the Ixiundary line to the
Arctic sea. From what traders anil
missionaries told us of previons years it
would seeui that the winters of 19,
1S90 ami lS'Jl were exceptionally mild.
"Even at the low temperature of this
region the growth of vegetation is sur
prisingly rspid, but as there are enly
three months of growing weather this
can be easily accounted for. I f-'und
grasses six feet high along the Yukon
and Porcupine lowLuids a more re
markable fact when yon consider that
the Porcupine extends many miles above
tno Arctic circle. There were also salm
on berries, blueberries, currants and
raspberries in profusion and hundreds cf
acres of cranberries. Of the latter fruit
the Indians store large quantities for
winter food.
"When the work of tracing and estab
lishing the boundary was completed tbe
arty set up a monument of rough stones,
about twelve feet high, aa a visible mark
of the dividing line between American
and British possessions. Of course there
is cnecs. ou iiiisj in me sna;e ot a se
curely concealed stone, properly marked,
at the head of tbe bao line, near the
main station. When we were about to
break camp it occurred to me that too
pbot( 'graph of the monument had been
tuk-u, so I t')ok a camera and sight' d it
and then climbed ou top of the rocks
and had a curious native 'shoot' the ma
chine." San Francisco Chronicle.
Sprlug Hiding Saddle.
Moet of those who have done much
horseback riding have sad recollections
of having had at one time or another to
jog along for weary miles on the back of
an ill bred, straight patterned nag,
whose every ttep jarred every nerve ia
the body aud aroused the most pro
nounced feelings of resentment. Accord
ing to the inventor of a uew saddle, such
memorable incidents as these need never
more occur and the horseback riding of
the future will be pure, unmixed deligbt.
This saddle owes it peculiar merit to a
series of springs. The upper saddletree
or seat is couuected with the lower sim
ply by these springs, so there is nothing
to interfere with that free working with
out which no spring saddle caa fulfill
the purpose and object of its construc
tion, viz., to relieve th rider from tht
constant polt experienced in riding on a
sprin'less saddle. Tbe springs are cone
shaped, working within each other, and
are made of tempered steel wire so
placed between the wooden tr e and the
upper tree or frame seat (consisting of a
steel wire bent to the shape of the lower
tree and clasped by brass bands which
cross each other) as to work freely
wherever tbe m tion of the horse may
bring the weight of the rider. Phila
delphia Press.
y ranee. Germany and Ilaaaia.
Till 1870 France held the supreme con
trol of the peace of the world. No sword
could be unsheathed in Enrnpe without
her consent Napoleon III was the great
arbiter. A frown from him darkened
the horizon. The day after he expressed
regret to Baron Habcer at not being
iu accord with Austria, tha stock ex
changes were ia a p;iai?. and Austria
and Prussia concluded a hasty peace be
fore the master had time t- show dis
satisfaction. Since the war of I70 this
role has ceased to belong fr France.
Germany has usurped it. and her claim
to it is what has revolted the czar, who
remains alone, striving by his delil-erate
isolation to neutralize the unwelcome
sutiretnacv of Germany, allowing France
to render him apparent homage in order
to emphasize his attitude, but really
knowing bun .f to be doomoil to immo
bility as long a he remains outside the
allied empires. De Biowitz in Harper s.
TboM Beautiful Antlers.
Eastern Sportsman (with full assort
ment of dogs, gnv-. etc.) I bear that
over a thousand elk are killed in this re
gion every year. What do you do with
tbe antlers?
Western Hunter Sell thera to eastern
bnnterson their way home. Good News.
Fairs given to raise money for chari
table object have long been recognized
as among the quickest means known for
emptying px-ketbooks an l loading un
wary purchasers with all sorts of things
for which they have no nse, and the
prices demands! for the articles are said
to lie usually quite out of proportion to
their value.
In France a man on entering the bonds
of matrimony renders himself legally
responsible, not ouly for the support of
his wife, but for that of her parents, in
case they should become destitute, and
the same obligation is incurred by the
wife in regard to the father and mother
of her husband.
Coal equaling that of the finest Lehigh
valley grade has been discovered in
Brazil, the veins being from four to
twenty-live feet in thickness. The mine
are situated at and near Sonera.
In Bokhara and other parts of Tur
sestan where native usages still prevail,
the customary salatation is. "May yoo,
lire 130 years'"
1111 A 1ILVLTII D0CT0IL
EARLY MOFiNiNG CCN5 IN TENE
MENT HOUSE DISTRICTS.
Hilt Slarvod RaSn and Children That
Live .a Iayed frail and Noarixh
snrnt That I Wm Deadly SmlU
Abound and Uaw Tly Are CortevUd.
T wenty minutes sis cue of the districts
of th sutii:tir corps of tbo ixtard of
health will enable any one to obtain an
idea of how tho tenement hortse pcopl
live. Imagine that you have accepted
an initat:on t spend twenty minutes
with one of the summer doctors.
It is a hot Angnst day. 8 o'clock in th
morning. The air even at this early ht r.r
is stilling. Are you surprised to find
lifj astir hen? KeuietuU-r you are i:i
the midst of the poor people, who l-gm
their (hy"s latKir at 6 o'clock. Entering
our district, nothing eca;s our eyes.
See this stand on the corner piled np
with fruit beautiful to behold, suggest
ing a garden iu tbe tivpics. B it what
is that odor? And this wm newsboy
what d-x-s he want to buy?
Cariosity to see what th child is go
ing t.) bay. also our duty iuiia-Hing us
to discover the cause of tbo odor, hold
ns a moment. We see that h buys twu
peaches for a cent, and then for the Mrs;,
time notice that the ltiscior.s heaps con
sist of piles of decaying fruit thrown
promiscuously tgetaer rotten p 'trs,
bananas and peach.es; this r it ten fruit
seiiing at two aud three for a cci.t. We
mildly ace st tho owner nn 1 tell luta
such fmit is not wholesome; it on.-bt to
be thrown away.
He "doesn't care" .-.bout the nnwhol.
sometiess of the stuff. Wo tiiea show
onr budge and make him throw it away.
We pass on thinking that we have saved
the lives of many children, an ounce of
prevention being better than a pound of
cure.
Pushing our way we pr.xved. It is
really pushing onr way, f. r the street i
lined with mothers, each hoMing a baby
in her anus, with another dragging .
to her skirts. S'ttie are sitting on th.
stoops, soma in th areas and others ou
the etirbst. ties; in fact they are all over.
Suddenly we hear a pitiful wail frjui a
Uttle baby. We know what that means
it means that the baby is thirsty. The
mother also thinks slio knows. She
gives it the bre ist. The oor baby, after
clutching it eagerly and taking many
swallows, releases it andagaiu cries that
same pitiful, forlorn waiL
ELESStD WATrii.
Can any cue 1 ignorant that nothing
can quench thirst bnt water? Milk is a
poor substitute. Here is a chance to
give a private lecture, and presently wo
are telling the mother tbat the baby
needs water to quench its thirst; tbe h. i
weather makes it sweat a good deal ; it
loses a great deal of water and so noeds
a great deal. A passing ice wagon fur
nishes a scrip of ice. U does one good
to see how eagerly baby sucks it. This
mother lives iu a house where there are
fifteen other mothers, and asking her to
tell the others, we walk away feeling
suro before night all tiieso liubit s will be
drinking water. We havo told her to
boil the water, put it on ice and tueu
give it to tbo baby to driuk.
Looking up and dowa th-j street we
see that it is very dirty. Going over to
investigate a pile of dirt, we see on its
uphill si'k' a pool of sta.rr.aiit water
which is almost green. Giveu a hot
August day, a pck of garbago and the
universal dust, and we have a germ
breediug center. The people inhale '"us
air all day and ail night.
Looking around we see tne hour's that
need us most dirty, filthy houses. No
wonder the peopl j camp out ia the streets
all day yes. an 1 all iii-!:t. Wo se? a
group of mothers and childrea t.tard;r.g
at a luill door. They make room for tu
to rass. We st ; tj speak to them.
Noticing a weary, white faced girl of
about twenty ye;.rs, au.l seiing a ci.ii I
inging to uer dress, we a-x l.er at
the baby, then about herself. She tells
it th baby is a v ar and luf old.
still nursing. A--t3ug ini n sue tiomnot
know that babies should be Weaned at
nine months, the answer we receive is.
yes, that she knows, but it uoi-s not h".rt
it and it saves the cost of buying n.ilk
for the baby, for they are Very poor.
HEATH IN Till-: CflJ-AR.
Oat ia theyard we notice a chil 1 almnt
three years oh!, with an old man's fac-
this face being characteristic of r.ck
tts, that di.settse now becoming so com
mon araoug psor popie. I nis iiiue one
is busy eating aa app! sk'-wer.-d on a
stick, and eating it as if it were its en
tire breakfast: not dcs:rt or any reii-h.
but its whole meal. In contrast toth..
one and other dirty children, three clean
children attracted attention, and what a
contrast!
Our twenty minutes is almost up, but
we can hardly tear ourselves aw;y from
this gypsylike encai:;; ti;' tit. A hi-t 1 oi
it them forces a sinil--, as we s.-v a Ger
man housefrtri with her basket of l.iuch.
blanket and knitting. She has evidently
come from an upper story to spend tii
day on the sidewalk. Ia l::-; had we
meet a pleasant faced, motherly Wuiaa:;;
ihe is evidently the janitr- ss. We a-k
her about the number of families ia the
house, children, plumbing, sickness, etc.
We notice a di.-tiuct odor ia th-j bail.
We'll try the cellar. She lights ns down'
there, and answers glibly all our ques
tions. We are really ashamed to hav
suspected anything wrong in t!iu cellar,
but the odor is a dang r signal, which
says, "Take heed: danger!"
We lxk around th cellar; all cWn
and dry. We are jnst going to leave
when we see a relieved look in her face,
and suspecting at once something wrong,
begin to pry about frjiii end to tud.
Knockiiig on one tad of the wall we hud
it not solid, but boarded up. We pull
one of the boards "ut and discover the
the "anse ff the odor. There lies an nn
dertrrounil lake, fed not by spnnirs, but
by an oid Uik in tiie sewei ! This, at
least, the authorities caa deal with. We
report the case at on'.i. New York
Uenil.L 2
Oueen Mary's lapdog.
Mary yr.it n cf Soots had a favorite
lapdog, which is said to have been present
at the execution of its poor mistress ia
Fotheringay iw.lc. After the royiJ
Udy had been behead'.. 1 tbJ faithful
creature refused to leave h r dead body
and had to be carried out of tii-j hail by
force. At that prhjd lap-logs were the
pets of men as well as cf women. Dr.
Boleyn. a relation of the unhappy Queen
Anne Bo'evn. owned one "which." as it
is writteu, "he dot;d on," Atiue or.co
asked him to grant her one wish and ia
return he should have whatever h might
desire. Knowing his aff .-etioa for tin
dog. she begged it i f him and of cour-i
the doctor had nothing to do bnt to giv-i
it to her. "And now, madam," he aid,
"yon promised to grant my '"q'test."
"1 will," quota the queeu. "Tueu. I
pray you, give me my deg again." Ex
change. Girl, ia Vermont'. C.lebration.
The most beautiful feature of Ver
mont's centennial celebration at Ben
nington was the triumphal arch, a mass
ive structure, at least thirty-five feet
high. In its lofty turret was a throne
of gold and national colors, occupied by
Miss Lillie Adams, of Bennington, relied
as the Goddess of Liberty. Just beiow,
on the top of the arch, were Li3 g'.rls,
selected from the public schools, clad ia
pare white and with flowing hair, who
sang patriotic songs accompanied by .i
cornet, as the parade passed beneath the;
archway. Below thee the ana arcb-n
were filled with maidens, bearing ia
their hands banners einbiazoned in gold
and colors with the vanotis coats of
arms of the states. At the banquet
many notable ladies were present, and
the tables were Served in part by 3- 0
young women in white. Boston Wom
an's JournaL
It is a great deal easier to see allevia
tions and to apply philosophical consola
tions in the case of a friend's troubia
than in our own. The one and only form
of consolation which is universally true
and applicable is that "'it might be
WOrse." There is no conceivable case so
bad that this may not truly be said of it
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