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Forest
ttji tt-KE
A Detroit customs officer says thnt Im
mense quantities of dutiable goods are
smuggled into Canada from thnt port
every yenr. Much of tho smuggling is
done by Cauadiua people of socinl po
lition. '
Every now and again wo hear of a per
son ejecting some monster rom the
stomach. The latest case was that of a
young woman who threw up a turfie.
Tint on further examination it was found
to be simply a piece of orange peel. We
suspect other tales of tho same sort would
have a like explanation if properly ex
amined. i .
It will be surprising to many pcoplo
to learn that they may be blind not only
lu the eyes but in the ears. Becent in
vestigations have given a certuin class of
phenomena tho name of "sound blind
ness." This designates the apparent in
ability which exists in many persons to
distinguish between the sounds of cer
tain words or letters.
. The Electrical VTorld says that so great
success has attended tho Schlcsingei
electric system in the Lykens Valley
(Penn) coal mine railroad, that it is
hereafter to tako the place of tho steam
locomotive. This is interesting as being
the first instance in America, if not in
the world, in which the elcctriq motor
has Tcptaced the steam locomotive en
gine in the railroad service.
Several of the doctors who crossed the
ocean to attend the recent medical con
ference in Washington suffered so se
verely from sea-sickness thnt they have
rif-Asbccn ablo to summon sufficient cour
'i'vlo undertake tho voyage home, and
hare decided to locate in this country.
Two have settled in Boston, one in New
York, another in rhiladelphia,and others
are yet undecided where to locate.
The corn-canning industry in Maine
is a great one. Eighty factories have
been running there this year, and more
than 14,000,000 cans of sweet corn have
been put up, besides large quantifies of
apples, beans, tomatoes and other vege
tables and fruits. The rales amount to
upward of 12,000,000, most of which
goes into the pockets of the farmers and
workmen. The farmers make a specialty
of raising sweet corn, and it is said that
the Blaine variety is sweeter- than any
Other. '
From the report of T. A. Nash, Su
perintendent of the Railway Mail Ser
' vice, we are able to deduce the ratio of
danger in that service During the year
4,403 mail clerks traveled 107,07,(i43
miles over 163,000 miles of. jftnfitio".
There weri; J ra 'iroad derailments or
wrecks, in which 3 clerks were killed,
4:1 seriously and 73 slightly injured.
Hence it follow that the risk of death is
one in about 1,500, and of injury about
one iu 40. Thore was one accident for
every 44,000 miles traveled.
Lieutenant Gushing; the man who has
for years studied , tho habits and tradi
tions of the stmnga Zuni Indians of New
Mexico, has been devoting himself to
Chinese subjects during a visit to San
Francisco. Some nights he spent in the
Chinese theatres. He is astonished at
the discovery he has made and says that
the Chinese mythic lang uago is tho samo
as the Zuni, and further says he will
agree to translate any myth represented
on the Chinese stage by means of his
knowledge of the Zuni myths.
At the recent Baptist Congress in In
dianapolis, Itobert J. Burdette, the hu.
morest, Soke . about the alleged ten
dency of the daily uewspapcra to enlarge
on the worse sido of human nature and
to say little about the better, lie ad
mitted there was some truth in the
charge, hut defended the practice by
saying that if newspapers should make
it a practice to record only tho goo 1
deeds of men, the editorial sanctum
would ue besoiged by men claiming to
have lived saintly lives and demanding
to bo written up. Of course this state
aient was only a humorous exagera'ion,
but the brethren smiled as though there
might be something in it.
"Six and a half tons of diamonds
surely even Siudbad the Sailor never
ventured to compute his diamouds by the
ton valued at about 4'40,0i,J00, have,
we are informed, been extracted from
four African minus alono in tho course of
the last few years, says the HI. Juiuen't
UtCwttt. "The other great diamoiid tield
of the world is India, also a British pos
session. Everybody knows that Amster
dam has hitherto been tha centre of tho
diamond cutting industry of tho world;
aad in former times there was a good
reason for this, as in Loudon, at least,
the industry was extinct. Uut every
body probubly.does not know that of
late years effort's have been successfully
made to reiutroduce diamond cuttiiiL'
here in England, and that English cut
ters have beaten the Dutch in several re
cent prize competitions. Considering the
eaormous value c" the ti ado the United
States alone, it is calculated, requires
3,000,000 worth of cut diamonds pel
annum we should take cure that English
diamonds tt p here to be cut and aro no1
scut eicherto Am-teuhim or to Autwern
knd l uris, v. h'ch hue lately endeavored
o secure a portion of the Dutch trade."
FOREvnn,
They sat together In tha sun
And Youth and Hope stood hovering near,
Like dropping bell -notes one by on
Chimed tb glad moments soft and clear;
And still amid their happy speech,
The lovers whispered each to each,
"Forever I"
Tonth spread his wings of rainbow light,
"Farewell!" he whispered as he went,
Thy heeded not nor mourned his flight,
Wrapped in their measureless content:
And still they smiled, and still was heard
The confidently -uttered word.
"Forever!"
Bone stayed, her steadfast smile was sweet,
Until the even-time she stayed;
Then, with reluctant, noiseless feet
Bhe stolo Into the solem shade;
A graver fate moved gently by,
And bent and murmured warnlngly
"Forever!"
And then where sat the two, sat one!
Mo voice spoke back, no glance replied,
Behind her, where she rested lone
Hovered th spectre, solemn-eyed ;
Bhe met his look without a thrill
And smiling faintly, whispered still
"Forever I"
O, sweet, sweet Youth! O, fading Hopel
O, eyes by tearful mists mad blind I
O, hands which vainly reach aud grope
For a familiar touch and kind,
Time pauseth for no lover's kiss;
Love for its solace has but this
"Forever I"
Sutan CooUdgt.
A CLEVER CAPTURE.
At three o'clock one morning twenty
years ago I wns on a railroad train going
from Portage, Wisconsin, to Milwaukee.
I had been out on some private detective
work for parties in tho iotter citv, and
had succeeded so well that I was both
happy and sleepless. This was the rea
son 1 was not in a sleeping car, fast held
in the arms of slumber, instead of oc
cupying a teat in the coiiuTWfrroach, with
my eyes very wide open and my wits all
about me.
I may say, without egotism, that I am
an observing man. There are others in
plenty, but the greater half of humanity
go through life with their eyes half shut
My father was a Shcriif for many years,
and, as a boy, he taught mo to observe
and remember. If 1 went down town or
out for a walk. I had to tell him, when
I got home, who and what I had seen.
On one occasion, for failing to report a
loose horse I had seen in the road, I got
a sound thrashing, and again, for failing
to report a street tight, my liberty was
taken away for four days. I can thus
truthfully say to you that I had the habit
of observation licked into me, while na
ture had kindly furnished me with a very
retentive memory. By and by I began
to study human character as a profession,
and I liked it. I learned to read men's
characteristics by their faces, and their
thoughts by their actious, and ott-VKa
occasions this facuUy Oi'perception pre
vented iiiiA deliveries.
.-Was wide awake, as I have told you,
when the train stopped at a country
station on signal. It barely came to a
standstill, and only one passenger got
aboard. The car was pretty well filled,
and such of the passengers as had seats
alono were stretched out in sleep. I had
sized up every one near me, and had
counted up two honest old farmers, a
drover, two milliners, a mechanic and
family, and a house painter who was
evidently going to the city for work.
No one seamed to notice the entrance of
the new passenger. It was in October,
and ho hud on a full overcoat. He carried
a heavy vaiise in one hand, and he eame
down the aisle, looking from right to
left, until he dually reached my seat. I
moved to the window as a hint that I
was ready to share it with him, but he
hesitated for a long minute, and looked
at me sharply three or four times before
he finally sat down. The satchel he
placed between bis feet. Ho had not
uttered a word, and after sitting down
ho seemed to forget all about me.
"Hello I but I have found a two-legged
hog," I said to myself after a bit. "I
offered him half ray seat of my own ee
will, and he seems to bemad becojg I
did not surrender it all. Old felkw,
you are an H.O.G., and no mistake. Let
me look you over a bit."
I leaned back against the window, pre
tended to shut my eyes and resume my
nap, and then inventoried the fellow.
He had a hard, cruel face on him, and I
felt sure he was a man with little mercy
in his heart. I had not been looking at
him over two minutes when I saw that
he was taking sly glances at me, and that
he wot quite anxious about tho satchel.
In the course of five minutes he turned
around and gave me a thorough looking
over, and I read in the geUure of his
hand and the toss of his head that he
aid to himself:
"Bah! Why shoutd I be afraid of
him ?"
His dress was that of a Larkeeper
rather flashy. The jewelry he wore gave
him away as well. If he was not a bar
keeper he was at least the owncr'of a
saloon, aud, from his build, I judged
him to bo a pugilist of more or less local
fame. After one general look at his
dress, I began at his collar to make a
closer inspection. His shirt collar kept
working up to annoy him, and I said to
myself that the button was gone and he
had fastened it with a pin. Iu his twist
ing arouud he pulled his overcoat back,
and I saw that the top button on his fin
der coat had been pulled out by a violent
jerk, leaving a hole in the cloth. The
Coat was new, and it would take a heavy
wrench to pull the button out that way.
I followed his arm down to his right
hand, aud across the back of it was a
long scratch. It was a fresh scratch, for
the marks of blood still lingered. My
eyes chopped to the stranger's right leg.
and I saw that his kueo was damp and
soiled. He had certainly fallen on the
ground. I might have reasoned that he
had met with a very common accident,
but I didn't. I said to myself :
"Old fellow, you hive locked horns
with somebody to get mus-ed up this
way. It is a scrape you don't want
known, for you keep throwing anxious
glances at me. If it was only an acci
dent you'd get up und fix that collar,
growl a little over the S otoo your knee,
aud cuss the railroad company for having
a depot platform unprotected by a rail
Uui tt the ends. YVonder what veu'v
?;ot in that satchel f A traveller with a
cw clothes in a satchel does not have to
keep his foot on it while everybody
arounj him is asleep. You are no cu
cumber, old fellow, and you've got some
thing in there worth watching. I'll try
a little trick on you."
I had my right hand in my pocket. I
carefully worked my knife out, and as it
fell to the floor I gave a start, woke np,
and bent down to look for it. As I
moved my hand toward his feet he quickly
bent down and moved the satchel into
the aisle. Then I was satislicd that my
surmises were right. Was he a burglar,
and did tho satchel contain his kitl It
was more probable that he was just re
turning from an expedition to the coun
try, and that tho satchel was full of
plunder. I was perfectly satisfied as to
my man, and I made up my mind to have
him arTesled as a suspicious character as
soon as we reached the city. That was
what did take place, only, as there were
no officers about tho depot as we arrived,
I had to take the fellow myself. I let
him reach the door of the depot, and then
put my hand on his shoulder. He
dropped the satchel and made a bolt,
but, fortunately, he ran plump against a
hackman who was entering, and both
were upset. ' Before he could get up 1
had him nipped. On the way to the
station house, and speaking for the first
time, ne asked :
"How aid you know it was me?"
"Oh, easy enough," I answered.
''Well, he didn't act square with me,
or it would never havi come to this."
I had no idea to what he referred ; but
seeing that he was ready to talk, and be
ing anxious to take advantage of the
moment, I asked :
"Do you think he is dead I"
"Dead as a herring, and the old woman
with him. However, they can't punish
me any more for two than one. I was
after my own, and when they wouldn't
give it to me I determined to take all."
"What weapon did you use J"
"Got the axe from the back yard."
"And when you hod finished off the
old couple you robbed the house, ehf"
"Well, I took what I wanted, and if I
hadn't been the biggest fool on earth you
wouldn't have nabbed me." -
"How?"
"Why, boarding the train at that little
station. It was the act of a lunatic, but
after I left the farm house I got fright
ened. I ran across the fields, fell down.
imagined that I was pursued, and bore
off to the station and hoisted the signal
niyseu tor tue train to stop, i suppose
Itider gave yon the tip and put you onto
met"
"Yes."
"Well, I'll kill him, on sight. That
is (with a little laugh) I will if I get the
cnance.
I knew Bider to be a Milwaukee gam
bler and a hard case, but was completely
in the dark as to what criir.e my prisoner
naa commuted, it was prormmy a mur
der, and near the station where he got
on, and from his statements I inferred
that it was an old couple. He had pumped
himself, and it was certain that I had
made a big catch. When we reached
the station, however, my troubles began.
tvic is biwb;s an ju-ieenog ueivcv.
police and private detectives. This feel
ing comes almost entirely from the po
lice. They look upon the private detec
tive as a sort of guerilla, ready to break
up the happiest homes or to sell out to
the highest bidder. This, unfortunately,
is true in many coses, but not in all. As
I entered with the prisoner the Captain
in charge roughly demanded by wh it
right I had made an arrest.
"The right which any man has to ar
rest a murderer," I replied.
"A murderer? Bosh! Where did you
get him ("
"At the depot."
"Well, I shan't lock him up. Let's
see (to the man), but your face is famil
iar to me."
" I am Charley Short, bartender in
Hnrr'gan'i saloon.".
"Ah I so you are. Well, what story
is this about a murder?"
"All nonsense,, eh;" replied Short,
who saw how things were drifting and
sought to take advantage. "I wuson a
spree lost night and this bloke saw me at
the depot and wanted to play smart."
"Well, you can snake it cost him dear
if you will."
"I propose to.. Here, take these irons
off my wrists!"
The satchel was on the floor at my
feef. Lifting it up I said to the Cap
tain !
"An old couple living about forty
miles from the city were murdered by
this man after midnight lost night. Ex
amine this satchel if you want proof."
"There's nothing in there but laundry
work," boldly replied Short. "I set out
with it in my hand last night and didn't
get drunk enough to lose it. Open her
her up and let the Captain see."
"Take the irons off this man!" com
manded the Captain as he waved the
satchel down. "If he doesn't capias you
before dinner he's not te man I take
him to be."
"Aye! he shall pay for putting the
irons on to me. Why don t you take
'em off."
Was I dreaming. Had I made a fool
of myself? Had this man confessed
a murder to me? I was staggered for
the moment. Then I tore at the satchel
and bur-ted oS the poor old lock, and as
the re eptacle flew open I emptied its
contents on the floor. Gold, greenbacks,
silver, bonds, aud jewelry 1
"Curse you!" growled the prisoner, as
he turned away.
The captain turned as pale as death.
There were the proofs, and he stared at
them for a lull minute before he could
say:
"Well, this u a go! I shall lock you
up, Short."
The man was registered and taken
down stairs, aud then we counted up the
contents of the satchel, and made
out a value of over sTOOO. When this
hail been completed I went out after
liider, and inside of an hour he was be
hind the bars. He went all to pieces as
soon as I charged him with having put
up the job for Short to carry out, but
denied it in the most vigorous maaner.
"Short has been telliug for a year," he
said, "what his uncle out in the country
was going to do for him. A few weeks
aso tue old man found out what a bad pill
his nephew was, and since then Short has
been up a tree. He told me a week ago
that hi 'd have some of their money ; e
way or the other, and when he tikked
about killing and robbing. I did my best
to put the idea out of hi head, lie soft
ened up a bit, and I supposed be had
given over. If Charley Short says I ever
advised him to murder and rob, or that I
have had eyes on him for a week past,
he's the biggest liar on earth.
Well, curiously enough, we had a mur
derer on hand without a murder. That
is, no crime had yet been reported. . I
had secured the murderer without a
hunt. It was not so easy to find the
murder. A telegram was sent to the
agent at the station where Short had
boarded the train, and he replied that he
had heard of no crime. It was 4 o'clock
in the afternoon before he sent a dis
patch, saying that an old couple, living
about three miles away, had been found
in their house with their heads chopped
to pieces with an axe. That was the
crime of which Short was guilty and for
which he was tried. When he knew that
he was in for it he turned boaster, and
felt himself a hero. He was delighted to
give me all the particulars. He said :
"I lived with Uncle and Aunt Desbro
until I was of age. Indeed, I wot an
adopted son, both my own parents being
dead. I came into the city nine years
ago as a dry goods clerk. After a time I
got in with some bad fellows, lost my
place and went to the dogs. For the
last three years I have been a gambler,
boxer, and confidence man. Uncle went
back on me a good while ago, refusing
to give me a dollar. He had in his
hands money which honestly belonged
to me, for I had worked hard for him(for
thirteen years, I went out there 'the
other day, to see if he would not give
me 800 to buy an interest in a saloon.
Aunt Mary was for giving it to me, but
the old man was as ugly as a Turk. We
got into a wrangle at the supper table,
and he ordered me out of the house.
' 'I went, " said Short after a pause, ' 'and
it was only after that I got the idea of
robbing the 'house. The old man nevet
banked a dollar, but kept everything in
bureau in his bedroom. I sat down on a
fence corner on the highway, and thought
it all over. I made up my mind that I
would enter the house after they got to
sleep, and steal what I could lay hands
on. I did go in about 1 1 o'clock, gain
ing access by a kitchen window, (took
the axe in with me to intimidate them in
case I was discovered. While my uncle
was sixty years old, he was a vigorous,
hearty man, and capable of making a
strong fight. I don't know whether he
suspected I might come back, but I had
not reached the bedroom when some
slight noise I made roused him out of
bed, and he struck a light and discov
ered me.
"I want it to stand in court that he
was the aggressor. When he saw me he
yelled put to know what I was doing
there. I told him I was bound and de
termined to have $800, and if he would
count it out I would go away and never
trouble him for another dollar. He had
n big club at the head of his bed, and
instead of stopping to argue with me he
seized the weapon and rushed at me. I
had to use the axe. He would have
killed me if I hadn't struck him down.
Then my aunt came out, screaming for
help, and she was about to escape from
the house when I hit her. After I had
made suie they were both dead I went at
it to rob the bouse, and the plunder I
gat you found in tbe satchel. That's
the whole story, sir, and if the lawyers
can make anything else out of it, let
em.
It seemed luch a straight caso tliat.
there could be no loophole of escape, but
within three days after Short had con
fessed to me he engaged two lawyers, re
canted all he had said, and when put on
trial plead insanity. His friends, as was
afterward known, raised $200 for each
lawyer, and the lawyers moved heaven
and earth to cam their money. One of
the instances of Short's alleged insanity
was a clear case of bribery and perjury. A.
man was brought forward to swear that
he sat behind the two of us as we came
in that morning on the train, and that
he heard Short tell me that he had killed
seventeen people and was then on his
way to Heaven to tell God about it. The
person in the seat behind us was a
woman, while the seat ahead was occu
pied by two women. This liar's testi
mony had great weight, or enough to
call for a commission of doctors to ex
amine and pass upon the question, and
before the case was finished Short died in
his prison bed of heart disease. 2s'ew
Turk Star. '
Origin of Big Plate-Glass Windows.
"Do you know," said a well-known
plate-glass dealer to a New York Tribune
reporter, " that the great plate-glass win
dows that adorn large store fronts have
their origin in the vanity of women ? A
woman likes to see herself as others see
her. She can do that in a mirror. When
Bhe is on the street the show windows
serve as mirrors to tell her how prettily or
badly she appears, if her hat is on crooked,
her back hair down, or her new-fangled
bustle awry. Watch the women as they
sauuter up and down Broadway or Sixth
Avenue, and you will find nine out
of ten casting furtive glances into
the windows that reflect back their
likenesses. Then they are attracted to
the goods in the windows and go into
the stores to inspect and buy. It was
that idea that hint brought about big
plate-glass windows. The old, common
frames, with large numbers of puncs,
gave no opportunity for the ladies to see
their full figures. They could only see
their faces. Tradesmen who observed
the manner iu which they looked in the
windows urged the glass manufacturers
to make large panes. They gradually
made them larger and larger until now
they nil the entire front. The men like
to look in them quite as much as the
women, too."
A Curious Combination in Names.
"What's in a name?" has beeu a ques
tion sufficiently unanswered for centuries
to m ill remain a subject for discussion,
aud what is in two names should have a
double interest. If you don't think so,
take two names as well known as any in
American history and look at them.
They are Lincoln and Hamlin. Nothing
peculiar about them as they stand, but set
tbem up dilferently and see what they are.
For instance:
HAM LIN
LIN COLN
Bead up and dowu and then across.
There's something in that, isn't there I
; Now, again :
ABRA-HAMMN-COLN
Can you find two other names of twe
other men w hose official lives and whose
names combine as these do? HWitrtroa
'; VriUt.
HOUSEHOLD AFI A.
Some Vegetable.
Spinach has been called by a Freu
physician the "broom of the stomach,"
and if the busy housewife would only use
(his broom as often as she does the one
neatness requires, there would be less
stomach troubles in the land, and adver
tisements of stomach bitters would not
greet one on every side. Spinach as it
is often served, is far from inviting, but
properly prepared it is a delicious vege
table. Have the water boiling very
strong before you put the spinach in it,
and keep stirring the spinach occasion
ally, so that it will not get into a lump.
Avery few minutes will suffice to cook
it. As soon as the stalk is soft take up
the spinach, press every drop of
water out of it, then put it on a
board and chop it with a very sharp
knife until it is almost pulp. Then sea
son it with salt and a teaspoonful of
sugar, moisten it with a little cream or
milk, add a small piece of butter, and
place it where it will get hot, but not
boil. The chopping is a little tiresome
and takes some time, but nothing is ac
complished without some trouble. It is
not a generally acceded fact, but cooks as
a does are very unselfish, and unless they
are, success never really crowns their ef
forts. Unselfishness is as necessary as
skill, because the cook rarely or ever
can eat the viands she prepares, and all
the labor is for those more fortunate ones
who have only to enjoy them..
A large per cent, of iron enters into the
make-up of carrots, and those whose
vitality is low, and those who suffer
from poverty of the blood, should eat
this vegetable in season and out of
season. It is a very palatable way of
obsorbing iron into the system, and it
will not necessitate a visit and a conse
quent bill from the dentist, as iron in
variably does when taken in a liquid
form.
Celery cooked, or uncooked, is a
specific against rheumatism, and toma
toes for purifying the b' id have no
rival. ' Asparagus helps, and in some
cases prevents kidney trouble
1 preserve the flavor and appearance
of vegetables, they should be keep in a
cool, clean, dark place, but in any house
that is heated by a furnace, a cool, dark
place is somewhat very difficult to find.
Even if you have not a very good place
to keep vegetables always buy them by
the bushel; this quantity will certainly
keep and will save you many a penny.
Look them over carefully from time to
time, and as soon as any of them show
signs of decay remove them, and use the
one nearest to them for the next meal.
No matter hiw cool a place you may
have, a constant supervision is necessary,
because an apple may have been bruised
by falling, and unless it is tKrown away
in time it will be a source of contagion
to the rest. The same holds good with
all other vegetables. Brooklyn Ci'i tn.
Useful Hints.
The most useful kitchen utensil is a
sharp knife.
The covers of the range should never
be allowed to get red hot.
A hot shovel held over varnished fur
niture will take out white spo'ts.
Clean the zince under the kitchen
stoVe'T'.th. a woolen cloth saturated in
kerosene.
Buckwheat and hominy should be
bought in small quantities and kept in a
covered tub. .
Baking soifi dissolved in spirits of
camphor and applied to corns night and
morning will entirely remove them.
For a sure throat, cut slices of fat,
boneless bacon, pepper thickly and tie
around the throat with a flannel cloth.
Madeira vines can be Kept growing
upright, and bright and beautiful all
Winter, and they will help to beautify
an unsightly corner of a room wonder
fully. Soap should never be rubbed on flan
nels, but they should be washed in warm
suds and rinsed in water of the same
temperature as that in which they are
washed. A little bluing iu tho second
water will improve their color.
An apple grated and stewed with meat
of any sort will insure its being tender.
Vinegar or lemon juice is also useful in
removing the strong flavor from beef
kidney. If sliced and soaked for a time
in the acid it becomes almost as mild as
a sheep's kidney.
Sometimes the lamp wick will obsti
nately refuse to be turned up in an or
derly manner. It will seem (irmly
wedged at one side, while the other will
run up in a point, causing a weariness
and vexation of spirit. To overcome
this depravity, take a new wick, draw
out a single thread near the selvage, and
the wick will be found quite tractable
when introduced into the burner. The
cogs will take it up properly, and it will
ap pour in good form aud give an even
flume when lighted.
A Trick in Rifle Shooting.
"No, sir, I do not claim to be an ex
pert at ritio shooting," said ('apt. Jack
Crawford, in answer to the Arounder's
inquiry. "There is too much trickery
a sort of sleigh'. -of -baud business con
nected with it. I do pretend to be a
crackuhot, and to excel iu accuracy and
rapidity' with a Winchester rifle. The
WiuchaUer Arms Company have offered
repeatedly to back me for (5,000 against
any mau iu tho world for that sort of
skill. I Vave tired twelve shots in three
and a hayf seconds. But here, let me
enlighten you as to one of the neat little
tricks used in many shots." Here the
scout produced what appeared to be, as
be held it at a distance, a brass shell
tipped with a leaden ball. "Looks lie
a bullet, don't it?" he said with a laugh.
"Well, it isn't. It is simply a papier
mache protuberance appropriately colored
to look like lead. .Now I'll bhow you
what's behind it." l'ickiug open the
end he disclosed to view a quantity of
shot about 200 he said were in the
shell, with just euongh powder at the
butt to do the- work. "How are thess
used? You have probably witnessed tht
feat of cracking glass balls throwu iu th
air by shooting at tbem with a Winches
ter, and while riding a horse going at
gallop. Well, that's the kind of a 'ball
cartridge that is used, and tbe spectator
look on with wonder and adiniratios,
supposing that it is done with a singli
ball; and that is something, my lor,
that no man in the world has ever dou
or will do, because it is a physical irupos
ijbility," Hurt-to f'tritr,
I
CORRECT HEALTH HAD1TS.
DA, TALMAGU'S RECIPB FOB A
VIGOROUS BODY AND KIND.
Studying and Observing the Rales
of Health Out-Door Eiercla
Bathing and Correct Diet.
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage is a man
who possesses constitutional vigor, great
endurance and power, with amind that is
clear, sharp and broad, quick to gather
facts, apt in his inferences, and broad
in his generalization. And, as a phren
ologist would say, his moral sentiments,
together with firmness and self-esteem,
are strongly marked: hence, he has
dignity, integrity, determination and a
feeling that the highest truths and the
widest cycles of duty will ultimately
win success. He is well known for his
intellectual power and strength of char
acter, and is considered one of the most
eloquent ministers of the Gospel alive.
"I have secured the highest health of
body and vigor of mind," says the doc
tor, "by studying the rules of heslth and
strictly observing them. I have been
trained physically, intellectually, socially
and morally, and I fir.d that our bodies
are made up from what we eat and
drink, the same as the tree or plant is
made up from the soil on which it feeds.
If the soil in which the tree grows
be rich, or well supplied with nil the ii
gredients necessary, a strong, hardy
product may be expected. On the other
hand, if the soil be thin or sterile, the
tree or plant will be stunted, or other
wise injuriously affected. So in regard
to the food on which we subsist.
Poor food will make poor blood,
and poor blood will make poor tissue,
bone, muscle and nerve. Good coal w ill
make good gas; poor coal, poor gas, and
furnish poor light. Only that which
can be readily assimilated and converted
into healthful blood has any business in
the human stomach. Very much that is
eaten, and very much that we drink,
cannot be thus assimilated or appropri
ated, and is only an enemy to the body.
Instead of favoring growth, many sub
stances in which people indulge are act
ually poisonous. Many drink alcoholic
liquors, which are neither food nor drink.
Many chew, snuff or smoke tobacco, and
impregnate their whole system with vile
elements which poison tbe blood, inter
fere with healthy crrowth, blunt the
, moral sensibilities, aud stupefy, exhaust
and wear out the nervous system prema
turely. If one would acquaint nimsell
with toe laws ol life and nealtn, and live
in accordance with hygienic principles,
he may escape roost of the diseases and
infirmities with which our race is afflict
ed. Even epidemics, such as cholera.
yellow fever and small pox, often do not
touch a perfectly healthful organization.
Too many people pursue an artificial
mode of life, A better knowledge of
physiology would correct this.
"I take a good deal of o.it-door exer
cise, either by walking or in a carriage.
I retire early and rise early, invariably
at the same hours every day. 1 indulge
in light gymnastic exercises almost daily,
and bathe three times a week during the
summer in water that is comfortable to
the feelings, and twice a week during the
cold weather. I believe In the old say
ing that "cleanliness is next to godli
ness," for without it and attention to
diet it is of little use to try and keep
'iWU. .-disease, There is nothing like a
correct diet aud a wtlWreculnlsd. general
regime. Consid' " tho rrany dangers
to which the ave a man is exposed, it
is surprising that he should remain in
health so long as he does. But parental
nature frequently repairs the in
jury, unknown to him. I believe
that, if a man eats sparingly and
drinks little, he is sure of bringing
no ill-health upon himself, and that a
moderate supply of food nourishes the
body best. The quantity of food which
nature really requires for her support is
small, and he that lives temperately and
drinks moderately at each meal, as
Hippocrates says, stands fair to enjoy
spritrbtliness, vivacity and freedom of
spirits."
Dr. Talmage believes one of the great
est errors that many people fall into is
that of eating too much at a meal. J. J.
VoMlusin, in Jlerai l of Health.
Gypsies.
An article in the New York Iemld
on "Gypsies" gives interesting details
concerning tbe mode of life and general
habits of these nomads. The following
is an extract:
"Do anjr of your people ever leave you
and to live in towns and cities?"
".Not in the sense you mean, mister.
Once a gypsy always a gypsy. But
you'll find gypsies iu the cities just as
often as you will in the woods. When
winter comes gypsies must live like
other folks, and when they've got a trifle
of money together they're just as likely
to buy houses and land with it as they
are to invest it in any other way. But,
though they may go to live in the cities,
they remain gypsies to their lives' end,
and love the gypsies' life better than
that of city folks."
"But how about their children? Do
they remain in the cities or join their
fathers' tribes:"
"There's no fixed rule. Very rich
gypsies spend a mint of money on their
children's education, aud it's only
natural that such children should not
care to live tike gypsies. Still, many ol
them do come back to their fathers'
tribes, and live and die with them. I
have t n daughters iu a convent now,
aud when their education is finished I
will let them choose between living with
me heie or with an old aunt of theirs
who has half a dozeu good houses in
Newark. They're gypsies to tbe back
bone, so I suppose they'd spend their
lives wandering like their forefathers. "
"You are a Itoin m Catholic, then?"
"o, mister, I'm not; but my wife
was, and the children take after her. I
come from the New Forest, in England,
anil my wife from Yorkshire. Thi ru'
I hardly a town or village in ireat Britain
that she and I hiven't tramped through,
We did our best for the children, a-, in-
i deed, all gypsies do, and when poor -Mary
died, eight years ugo, in a Coiiuccticul
village, 1 sent the childien lo Srjiool,
and paid haudiomely for them ever siui e.
Nol 'lhat I'm rich, for I've no home
very few gypsies have but I've soun
money saved, aud am strong and h -Hlthv,
and I can pitch my teut almost auy
where I please, so I'm peifecily happ)
aud couleuted aud ready to go to thi
next world when my time comes."
THE FARMER'S SEVENTY YEARS.
Ah! there he is, lad, at the plough;
He beats the boys for work,
And whatsoe'er the task might be,
None ever saw him shirk. ,
And he can laugh, too, till his eyes
Run o'er with mirthful tears,
And sing full many an old-time songj
In spit of seventy years.
"Good morning friends! lis twelve o'clock:
Time for a half hour s rest,"
And farmer John took Cut his lunch
And ate it with a zest.
"A harder task it is," said ha,
'Than following up these steera, -
Or mending fences, far, for me
To feel my seventy years.
"You ask me why I fed so yoang ;
I'm sure, friends, I can't toll.
But think tt is my good wife's fault.
Who kept me up so well;
For women such as she are scaroe
In this poor va'e of tears;
8be's given me love, and hope and strength.
For more than forty years.
"And then my boys have all done well,
As far as they have' gone.
And that thing warms an old man's blood.
And helps him up and on;
My girls have never caused a pang,
Or raised up anxious fears; ,
Then wonder not that I real young-
And hale at seventy years. j
"Why don't my good boys do my work 1
And let me sit and restf
Ah ! friends, that wouldn't do for me:
I like my own way best.
They have their duty ; I have mine,
And till the end appears,
I mean to smell the soil, my friends,"
Bald the man of seventy years.
Hartford Time.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The bride never disposes of such
duplicate, wedding presents as thousand
dollar chocks.
The late-t society game is "progressive
angling." It is said to be very catching.
CvIuiiiIhi DIJMt'lh.
A Kentucky jury has acquitted a man
named Pendulum ofnurder, and so he
won't swing. Chicago Tribune.
Music, with some people, is like
measles. They have it in them, but it's
hard to bring it out. The Ejoch.
A poet sings: "Two Chords I Struck."
Perhaps he ctruck because ho was too
lazy to saw them. I'Ailadelphitt Call.
Dr. Koch says the cholera germ is in
the form of a comma. When it lays hold
of a man, however, it is. generally found
to be a full stop. Syraiua Hirald.
It is one thing for a person to know a
good thing when he sees it, and another
thing for him to aeizc a good thing when
he kno ivs it.- Barlinton Free i-Vvsi.
It has been discovered that the Irish
tenants do not pay any quicker wfien
charged by the police than when charged
by the landlords. IHtU'iiirg ChronvU.
He could talk the art of artiste
In a manner quite intense;
He could draw a perfect lily.
But he couldn't paint a fence.
Wa-thington Critic.
Russia has placed a tax of one kopeck
each on every egg sold iu the kingdom,
and the hens kopecking around with
verv murk nf nifisariaiaciinn. l ne -
Epoch. -Ukim""'
-.-''osorihers tell us that t .TJuj,-"
know cfti JMryt&rrrtu&"gy
medical fraternity, ' however, it pays
better to know many thiegs ill. Ruton
Transcript.
"It's an ill wind that blows nobody
pood" said the Christmas goose, as a
cycloue whirled him from under the farm
er's uplifted hatchet into the next county.
TU-BU.
Father "Come, Bobby.you are all tired
out ; so hurry oil to bed." Bobby (with
a slow ond r luctant movement) "Pa,
you oughn't to tell a boy to hurry up
when he's all tired out."
After a while it may occur to the
French Government to do away with the
Legion of Honor decorations, aud do
what decorating is necessary with red
paint. lliH-henter Post-Ecjirca-i.
Hypocrisy. Ethel "Mamma, I am
writing to Nellie Lee; shall I say any
thing for you?" Mamma "Writing to
that contemptible person again? Yes,
givo her my love. How I detest that
girl to be sure!" Jfarftr' Jiazar.
" When you are tired," said one young
man to another, " do you ever, lose com
mand of words and ideas? " " No," said
the other young man, " I can't suy that I
do; but I have felt that way sometimes
when I got home very late at night."
tkimrrcille Journal.
How Providence does temper the wind
to the shorn lamb! Twenty years ugo it
cost $10 to telegraph ten words to Cali
fornia. Now, during the California land
boom, the words " Send mo cash enough
to get home on. Am busted," cost only
$1. Vc'ruit Free Pn-tt.
The report that short sealskin jackets
are the fashion abroad is evidently
started by some interested paterf.imllies
with a desire to save enough money from
the cost of the long ones to pay the
butcher's bills for a year or buy a paid
up insurance policy. PitUbutij l)Uatch.
Two Ways ol Saying It.
Those who live anions books, aud
have withal the gift of language, are
apt to be bookish in their expressions.
One of this cla-s, Miss Elia Bobbins, of
Boston, was visiting her friend, the poet
Bryant. She hapteued to be alono in
bis library when u cabinetmaker brought
home a chair lie h id altered.
On Mr. Bryant's leturn, he said: ".Miss
Bobbins, what did the man say about
my chair?"'
"That the equilibrium is now admi
rably adjusts ," she replied, uot lifting
her eyes from the hook she was reading.
'What a line fellow!" kiiid Mr. Bry
ant, laughing. "I never heard him talk
like th.it. Xow, Miss Bobbins, what
did he say ':' .
'Well, he said -It joggled just riyht,' "
she replied. -Youth't t'ntsi'toi.
Tho Upper Han l.
JU-mmliii ; man's supremacy
Tbe yo ith anil mtiitau quarreled.
" Th hau l that wielUa llir mij ho,
" Is th- liaul that ruN-c th" nnrM.''
Tbu quota the miil.u riiiir.
Wiul her red hoa cle- em ,(.,1,
" Bir, tlMliaii'i thai wn-M-. iht i,lippr
la the hand ' hst rul tin1 worM. "