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VOL. XXL NO. 25.
rv pvucv hi v tun 01 uoBmont
Thirty-one of the ninety-six couatlcs la
Tennessee contain no railroad.
Great Britain still has the largest navy,
though she Is closely pushed by Franco
and Itnly.
A nowspapor has been started at I.os
Crucet, New Mexico, which is "devoted
to war with Mexico."
A professional life saver remarks that
the first thing a man who ha been rescued
from drowning does after he regains his
wits is to smilo.
Reporti of the International Sunday
School I'u'on show that there aro 1,504,
61:1 Sunday school teachers in the world
and 12, (ISO, 207 scholars.
A bismuth mi no with ore assaying fifty
per cent, metal hus just been discovered
tt logo, Col., and as the stulf is worth
f 2 a pound it is a find by no ui"ans to be
despised.
A burglar, in the courso of a recent
examination, declared that ho had com
mitted 120 burglaries in dislri ds of Lon
don during the present year without hav
ing before been arrested.
The recent naval manccivros of Eng
land' fleet show that " the chief n ival
eeed of the country is a largely increased
number of cruisers, and that the prime
factor in m idem na val warfare is
speed."
The Italian coral fishory ?ccms to bo
giving out. Tho 4000 workmen who
ued to be employed havo decreased to
1000. Calcutta is now the chief mar
ket, America nod Europe taking com
; .ratively littlo.
Next year a cedar block pavement on
, concrete foundation, announces the
Atlanta Cutis' itution, will be tried in
i hicngo, as a substitute for tho granite
lock. The objection too granite street
aveinint is tint it mikes too much
olso.
I'r. Jouathau Kneelnnd, for a quarter
f a century a physic.m among th
londngt Indiins, says, in Vn'rj
' ci.v, that threc-fourtliH of tho tribe
s victims of wasting and incurable
cases. They look hardy, he says, but
appearance is a deception.
Pre 'd.-nt Carnot, of France, has been
iiiccd in a curious dilcmmi, declares
i.o New York Wurl. Ho was taught
' handicraft of a carpenter in his
nth, and tho striking c rpenters of
it's have wiitten to him complaining
.nit he lias not attended their meetings
nor subscribed to their fund.
Probably tho lady who pun liases rib
Hons for trimming isuot aware, remarks
he Chicago limit, that she is con
ibuting to an enormous industry, but
such is the case. The demand for this
fashionable article is now fo great that
one State alone New Jersey turns out
i'-.Otn.OOO yards a year. This is 1 H',02
"00 feet, or not quite 22,731 mile.
Au engineer nt liangkok, Sium, dc
siring recently to impress a Princess, who
was on board of the launih, with the
wondeia of steam, wedged down the
safety valve of the boiler on the steam
launih he was running. The explosion
killed five of the Pi incest's suite out
right, badly scalded eight, and tout the
boat to the bottom in fragments.
.Africa, declares tho Atlanta Contlilu
lion, has a great future. Railways aro
pushing into the interior, steamers aro
tailing on her great rivers, and a ste dp
stum of emigration is flowing in. It
will be the great cotton, tobacco and
coffee growing country of the future. In
the course of another half century its in
fluence upon tho industry aud commerce
of the world will be perceptibly felt.
' M. Pasteur, the French savant, state)
his belief that inoculation will toon be
adopted as a preventive ol hydrophobia,
consumption, cholera, yellow fever, etc.
Perhaps he is right, muses the New York
World. But the mind revolts at tho pic
ture of the man of the future wandering
about with a scar-covered body and his
reins filled with a large variety of virus.
However, posterity will know how to
take care of itself.
Before Edward E. Munch, of Buffalo,
N. Y., died he directed that his body be
cremated in the Fresh Pond Crema
torium, and his athos scattered over one
of the Cower beds on the lawn in front
of the retort house. Mrs. Munch faith
fully carried out the directions of her
husband, according to the New York
Sun, and for weeks afterward his light
gray ashes were plainly visible on the
flowers and plants where they bad fallen
The la9t scheme for money-making
from the pulp manufacture, one of
Maine's most prosperous industries, is
the discovery of a process by which
cheap material can be used, and good
paper be made by the product at the
tame time. The tops of pine trees are
gathered after a timber cutting, and
after the knots have been removed the
"Mute wood is placed in steam vats,
where, after having all resinous matter
removed by the teaming process, the
wood is thrown into grinding mills and
reduced to dry pulp.
PHYSCON.
On our knees before the monarch
('leading with a grim despair,
Tears In streams her cheeks o'er flowing,
Falling on her infant's hair,
Falling in great drops of anguish
At tho cruel monster's feet,
Prayed the good Quwm, Cleopatra,
Frayed her Infant's life to keep.
Through the monarch's grand old palace,
Flowed a music low and sweet,
Gentle music, soothing music,
Like the tread of angels' feet
Reeking every room and hallway.
Rising softly to the dome,
Filling every ear that hoard It
With the sweetest sound of home.
It was merry, rippling laughter
From the harmless baby prlnoe,
But It came as if by magic.
And it made the tyrant wine.
But for one brief mo nent only
Did tho subtle spell hold sway,
Then the angry, brutal monster
Brushed the mother's hand away.
And the infant's merry laughter,
And tho mother's tearful plea,
Did not move the heartless monarch
To revoke his stern decres:
But the flashing steed lies -en led
On tbeguileless infant's heid.
And the merry laugh was ended;
F.ypt'j baby prince was dead.
Ltro-j M. Davit, in Current,
wsm.
One Saturdiy afternoon my brother
and I drove o cr to C'rossfield station to
meet our father, but found that there
had been a chnnge of time on the rail
road, and the train would not anive for
nearly an hour. After loitering about
for a few moments. Harrv rro nosed that i
we walk down tho track a bit, to pass As we approached, your dog commenced
awov tho time. j howling, and we found him on the edge
We had gone but a short distance, j of the embankment, and inferred that
when wo came to a place whore the rails you had fallen down the embankment,
crossed the highway, and thero wo saw , Wo searched at once, and found you al
an old man, evidently a cripple, sitting most dead, though I am very glnd to
in a wheel-chair. He seemed to hate
purposely planted himself in the middle
of the track, nnd he now sat unconcern
edly reading his newspaper, apparently
unconscious of our approach.
"I declare," exclaimed Hairy, if that
isn't stupid to sit right between the
rails I Suppose the train should come
along J"
Then as we drew still nearer, ho ad
dressed the stranger:
'Don't you think, tir, that it is rather
dangerous to sit there on the track in
that wayi"
Tho old man looked up from his
paper, a little surprised at first, and then
apparently much amused.
'No, young man," he answered, at
length; "I don't think it 'rather danger
ous.' I've been a flagman on this road
a great many ye.irs, and I never got run
over yot."
hi" said Harry, altering his tone
considerably at discovering that the old
man was au employe of the road, and
noticing for the first timo that tho
strangor had a litttlo red flag rolled up
beside him.
"And beddes." continued the flagman,
''I've got iuto tho habit of sitting here
when no train is due. 1 eoplo feel per
feetly safe to drive over the street wheu
they see me between the rails."
"I should think they would,' said ;
Harry. And then, quite willing to
change the subject, he asked if there I
was anything worth seeing farther down j
the truck.
"Yes," was tho reply. "There's a
new bridge a quarter of a mile beyond
that's worth see ng, part cularly as it
was there we came near having a dread
ful accident two years ago, when one of
the picis was carried away."
We thanked hiin, nnd were moving on,
when he added : "Perhaps you'd like to
hear tho story before vim go down. It
won't take long to tell it, and it's well i
worth telling, too." j
e were not so old yet tn:it we were
not always readv for a storv. and we !
gladly sat down on the grass beside the
truck, and listened to the following in
terestmg narrative, which I give as
nearly as possible in the ilagmnu's own
words:
"If you should go down on the track,"
he began, "you would come to a stcne
bridge, a new one, because, two years
ago this Apr 1, on a dark, la'ny night,
the river rose and carried away the old
one, which was partly wooden. There
is a train an express that goes through
here every night in the year, except Sun
day nights, at tt::)5. It does not stop at
tho station, but comes straight ou down
here, and o er the bridge, and away for
Boston. Two years ago it was a part of
my business to go up aud down the
track every night, to t-e if the track
was in condition for that train to go
through. My boy has to do it for me
now.
"Jn this particular night I took my
lantern I always took a red one, to as
to have it in case I should need to signal
the trail! and, tailing my dog, started
o:r down the track about ha? an bout
before the train was due. It wasery
dark, but it's about as easy to walk on
the track at one time as another, and i
went on at a pretty rapid fa t. All of a
sudden I felt the ground gi.ing way be
neath me, and I knew I was going
down.
"I dropped my lantern, and tried to
save myself, but there was nothing to
get bold ot, and in an instant I felt my
self going faster and faster. And then
I teemed to lose breath, and strike with
great violence against tometh ng solid,
after whieh I must have become in
sensible. "It was hours after that I awoke, to
find in j self lying in my own bed at home.
It seems th it the first pier of the bridge
had been curried awiiy, and I had walked
off the embankment on this side. It was
by one of tiod's wonderful mercies that
in some way I bad being caught among
the fallen timbers below iu such a way
as to sa' e ma from drowning, though, as
it was, it cost me dear. My spine was
so injured by the fall that I ha e never
walked a step since.
"One of the first things I asked, when
I was able to talk of the matter, wa
about the train. Joe Varnish, the
engineer of the express locomotive, who
was olf duty while the biidge was down,
was by me ut the time, and told me the
story.
" 'How comes it that you are here,
Joe, instead of at the bottom of the river,
you tind the whole train f' 1 asked.
He looked at me with a queer look a
moment, and then he stooped over, and
took up from the floor a red lantern. I
knew it tho moment I saw it, na the one
1 had carried that night, and I remem
bered dropping it as I began to fall.
" 'It's that that saved us!' said ho.
"I was puzzled both at his manner
and at what ho said, but I was more pur.
rlcd -and startled, too when he went
on to explain:
" 'We were coming down tho road a
little late, full drive, nt forty-five miles
an hours,' said ho, 'and ha 1 just passed
the station, and I had whistled lor tho
crossing, when I caught sight ahead of
us, and not a great way off cither, of a
danger-signal, the red light. It was right
in the middle of the track, and evidently
approaching, moving up and down
quickly, as though the man who car
ried it was running with nil his tniglit.
" 'Of course, I reversed and whistled
down the brakes in an instant; and it
wasn't half a minute, maybe, before we
came to a standstill, with the light now
almost upon us. And almost before we
were fully stopped, I jumped down and
ran nheud to meet it, and learn what
was the matter.
" 'It was tome rods ahead yet, and I
could still see it swinging from side to
side, as though tho person bringing it
had now slackened his pace to a walk .
" 'A second later it seemed station
ary, and seemed to bo waiting for me to
come up. At I came close upon it. you
may imagine my astonishment to find it
setdowu in the middle of the track, and
not a soul to be seen anywhere around.
" 'I spoke, and then called aloud and
then shouted, but got no response. And
before this, I had not heard any sound
or footfall. And when, n moment later,
the conductor and some of the train men
camo up with lights, we, searched out,
and could not rind any traccsOf the per
son who seemed to have left it there..-.
Then we went on down the road;
and there W found the bridge gone.
say not quite ttm."
That was the way Joe told me the
story. And when he had finished, I
lay there thinking it over for some time.
At last I said :
" 'Joe, how could it have got thore
the lantern i'
"Joe shook his head.
" 'I can't tell,' said he. 'All I know
aboL-t it is, that it w;t there, nnd it
: saved the train. But I'm sure it wasn't
! dono by any human baud !' .
I "I thought it over some momcntt
longer. I did not belie In ghosts, or
; spirits, or anything of tho soit. Some
i body or something li.'ing must have
, taken the lantern from the spot where I
dropped it as I fell down tho ernbunk
ment, nnd carried it up the track to he
place where Joe Varnish first found it.
And all at once I was lure I had solved
the enigma.
" 'Joe,' said I. 'I have it!'
" 'How is thit:' he asked.
" ' Thero were three of us that went
down, nnd found that bridge gone,'
said 1.
" 4 Three? "repeated he, more mystified
than ever.
"Y'es.'said I. 'Myself, tho lantern
and the dog. Now I tould not have
taken the lantern up the track. And it
couldn't havo taken itself up there.
Therefore, it must have been the third
one of us don't you see?'
"Joe stood a moment puzzling over it.
Then his face broke into a broad smile,
and ho uodded his head ;
"'Yes,' ho said, at length 'Yes, I
see ' "
Tho o'd flagman ended his story, and
looked up at Harry and me as we stood
there, not quite comprehending even now
just how it all happened.
"What, don't you see, either;" asked
he, and ho laughed heartily to himself,
for a moment. Then ho put his fingers
to his lips, and gave a shrill whistle.
Tho next instant a large bla k dog
came bounding down t lie road, and came
to the old flagman s side. His master
la'd his hand affectionately on the black.
curly he.id, and looked up at Harry and
me once again.
"I'll make you acquainted with Sig,"
said he. "Signal is his full name. I've
called him by it ever since that night.
It was Sig that carriod tho red light up
the track." Youth's Companion.
How Gourds Climb.
Tho way the gourds climb Is by
meant of spiral, curled tendiils, which
are in reality small abortive stipules or
leaf-annendaaes. specialized for the work
of clinging to the external objects, bo it
bough or stem of some other plaut, over
which they rapidly spread themselves.
The tendrils push themselves out ou
every side, revolving as they go, till they
reach some slender twig or leaf-stalk to
which they can attach themselves. It is
curious and interesting to watch them
as they grow, and to see how closely
their movements simulate intelligent
action. The little curled whorls go
feeling about on every side for a suitable
foothold, groping blindly, as it were, in
search of u support, and revolving slowiy
in wide-sweeping curves, until at last
they happen to lay hold with their
growiug end, of a proper object. Once
found, they seem to seize it eagerly with
their little fingers (for in the gourd the
tendrils are branched, not simple), and
to wrap it round at once many times
over, in their tight embrace. It is won
derful how far they will go out of their
way in their groping quest of a proper
foothold, and bow, when at length they
htumble upon it, they will look for all
tho world as if they had known before
hand exactly when and where to search
for it. These actions come far closer tc
intelligence than most people imagine;
they are deliberately performed iu re
spousive answer to external stimuli, and
only take place when the light con
ditions combine to excito them. Popu
'ar S.ience Monthly.
Window Gardening iu Bremen.
A feature that adds greatly to the
beauty of Bremen, Germany, is the win
dow gardening. There is no home sc
humble that it may not have its bright
pots and running vine aud clean white
curtains. The handsomer houses are
simply bowers of beauty. They are all
built back from the street and surrounded
by gardens. Owing to the severity of
the climate the piazzas are inclosed iu
glass until April or May. Afterward
they are thrown open and every nook and
corner of window aud step it covered
with bloom and color.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Knncklo of Mutton.
Cover with cut barley, a few capers,
finely cut unions, and thin slices of
turnips; season with popper and fait; let
it steam or simmer gently for an hour
and a half, and then havo ready melted
buttor and pour over, allowing it again
to steam or simmer for twenty minutes.
A beautiful gravy will havo collected,
and the meat bo as tender as a chicken.
Garnish with Poysadu tongue, warmed
previously by steam. Tho prico of this
tongue is far less than the British article,
and the tongue has a sweel taste,
Scalloped Onions.
Boil, and if large cut into quarters.
Put into a shallow dish, cover with
white sauce and buttered crumbs, and
bake until the on:ons are browo. Take
off tho outsido skin of onions and cut.
Pour hot water over them, add a half-
tcaspoonful of soda, and let them stand !
for half an hour or more. Put on to
boil with a tcaspoonful of soda m tho ,
water. I'oil till soft, and then proceed
as directed above. If one has to cut up
a large quantity of ouions it is well to
do it under water, a part of the odor
being thus absorbed. Some lay a piece
of bread near the onions, thinking that
it absorbs part of the odor.
Pickled Cucumbers.
For
000 cucumbers: Three gallons ;
strong cider vinegar, three quarts water, ;
one heaping quart of talt, eight ounce .
alum, 'one handful horseradish root cut
in strips, turee uoen small onious, par- draining every nerve,
boil and peel oil outer skin, one-half j As Joo cam0 p0n' ti,e brink 0f the
pound sugar. Wash the cucumbers in precipice before mentioned, he leaped be
cold water and rub off the roughness, ! hind a jutting rock, and waited in breath
put them into a large jar, sprinkle con- j tCsSanxictv
siderable salt over them and pour enough
boiling water to cover them. Let them
oioun iui .imuiij-iuui i.wu.o, uu i
out the pickles, empty out the brine and ;
pui me picnics ngaiu imu uiu jar wuu
the onions and horseradish, boil the
vinegar nnd water with the eight ounces
of alum, one quart salt, one-half pound
sugar, about fifteen minutes. Take two
ounces whole clove', two ounces of all
spice, one-half pound pepper corns
crushed, two ounces mustard seeds
broken, two ounces cinnamon broken.
Sew these into one or two flannel bags
and put them in the jar. If you like add
two orlthree green peppers cut in slits.
Now pour on boiling vinegar and cover
- . 1 1 , . T - I . iT
your jar uuiiy.
Ina week pour olf the ;
vinegar, doii it, ana pour over uie picnics :
a second time. Vtfrott J' ret Press.
Chicken In Jelly.
Clean and put on to boil a plump
chicken, allowiug a pint of water lor
enen pounu oi mo cnicKcn s woignt.
When tho water is heated to the boiling
point skiiu it auu set uie pot uacn wueie
it wWlnujimer until the meat is tender,
about an hour and a half. Then removo
the chicken, sitin it nnd remove all the
flesh from the bones, then put tho latter
back in the kettle nnd let tho liquor boil
until it has been reduced one-half. Then
strain the liquor and put it away to cool,
It will get into a regular jelly. Then
remove the fat, and put the hardened
liquor into a saucepau, and add a quarter
of a package of gelatine for each quart
oi jeuy souk tne genuine ior an uourin
halt a cup oi cold water twelve pepper-
corns, four cloves, a small piece of muce,
a stalk of celery, an onion, the white nnd
shell of an egg, salt and pepper to taste.
Let the ingredients boil up at once, then
put the saucepan back where it will sim-
nicr for twenty mtnutet. Then strain
the jelly through a napkin. Put a layer
of it three-quarters of an iuch ;thick in a
mold and put the mold iu ice-water to
harden. Cut tho flesh of the chicken
into long, thin strips, season them well
with salt and pepper aud lay them
lightly in tho mold when the jelly is hard.
Pour the test of the jcllly into the mold
and put 't away to harden. When tho
dish is ready to be served, dip tho mold
iuto warm water and turn it upside down
on a platter; its contents will slide out
in one mass. A garnish of parsley im
prove! its appearance5, and Tartaro or
mayonnaise sauce may be served with it.
irookli,n KaijU.
Hoimehnlil Hints.
Remove stains from cups and saucers
by scouring with fino coal ashes.
If sassafras bark is sprinkled among
dried fruit it will keep out the worms.
Tiu cleaned with paper will shine
better than when cleaned with flannel.
Clothespins boiled a few minutes and
quickly dried once or twice a month
become more durable.
A litilc petroleum added to the watei
with which waxed ot polished floors are
washed improves their looks.
Tea or cotlee stains will come out at
once if they ure taken immediately ami
held over a pail while boiling water is
poured upon them.
Make starch with soapy water and you
will tind it a pleasure to do up your
starched goods. It prevents the iron
from slicking and makes a glossy sur
face. When potter's waro is boiled for tho
purpose of hardening it, a handful or
two of bran should be thrown iuto the
water, and the gluxing will never be
injured by acids or suit.
Dry buckwheat flour, if repeatedly
applied, will entirely remove the worst
grease spots on carpets or any other
woolen cloth, and will answer as well as
French chalk for grease spots on silk.
Oilcloths should never be washed iu
hot soapsuds; they should first be washed 1
clean with cold water, then rubbed dry '
with a cloth wet in milk. The same i
treatment upplies to stone or slate I
hearth. ;
Ink stains are entirely removed by tho
immediate application of dry salt before
the inK has dried. When the salt be
comes discolored by absorbing the ink
brush it olf and apply more; wet slight
ly. Continue this till the ink is all
removed.
The dishes ou whieh meats, game,
poultry or fish are served ought to be
large enough to leave a space of about
two inches between the food and the
border of the dih. It is very awkward
for the carver to cut up a large piece ou
a small dish.
The French have a pretty manner of
serving smelts. After frying them in
the Usual way, a little skewer four
inches long, silver-plated or of polished
wire, is ruu through two or three of the
smelts, r inning it carefully through the
eyes. A slice of leuiuu is then put on
top oi each skewerful, which is seive.4
at a portion for one person.
An Indian's Cunnln? Rnse.
In the town of New Boston, N. IT.,
there is a hill called ".loo English,"
which received its name from a circum
stance connected with a noted Indian
friendly to the whites. This hill is pre
cipitous and abrupt on its southern end,
having an appearance as if the southern
end had been carriod away by some con
vulsion of nature.
In 1703 or 1703, there was an Indian
living in theso parts, noted for his
friendship for tho English settlers upon
the lower Merrimac. Ho was an accom
plished warrior and hunter. From his
friendship to his white neighbors, tho
Indians, according to their want, gave
him the name, significant of thit trnit,of
".loo English."
In the course of timo the Indians, sat
isfied that Joe gave information of their
hostile designs to tho English, deter
mined on killing him at tho fiiBt oppor
tunity. It happened one day just at
twilight, that two or th ee of them camo
Jo0 h WM returning from a
huDtj nnJ )CaD an attack uponhim;
but he escaped from them, and made
directly for this hill in the southern part
of New BoBtou.
With tho quick thought of an Indian,
ho made up his mind that the chances
were against him in akng race, and that
ho must have recourse to stratagem. As
he ran up the hill he Blackened his
nir-n until his mirsiiors were almost uuon
f,:m thr thv mirrbtlieenme more eairer
: h nnranit
Onco ncar tne top no
great rapidity, and the I
started off with
Indians after him,
A moment later he heard the hard
breathing aud light running footsteps of
i!:g pursuers. Another iunant, nnu a
startled yell broke on tho evening nir,
anj the dark forms of the avenging
Indians rolled over and over down the
Tjrccinico.
Henceforth, the hill was called Joe
English, and well did the faithful Indian
deserve so enduring a monument.
Youth't Companion.
An Indian Household
One evening I dined at the Consulate
of Calcutta. India, writes a correspond
ent. Six servants waited at table, one
for each nerson. It is well wages nie
low, for many are required ; first of all
the bearer or valet is indispensable, doing
'everything for you; you never go to
dine but that he attends to wait on you;
. he dresses vou. does your packing nud
even says "thanks" for you. No one ever
; in India says "thanks" lor themselves;
you always hear them call for their
"bearer." .Mine was a very good one,
thouvh I could notsav I became so de-
pendent on him as all'this, but it was a
ure,it satisfaction to be well waited on
at the hotels while other people were
making themselves wretched. Net in
importance is the cook, and the men who
look after the house, called kitmagars.
, Then every household has a ta lor, a
j washerwoman and "sweeps," who do all
the dirty work.
j if you havo horses it requires two men
. f0r every horse, and if several a head
i mnQ to boss tho others; one man cuts
! the grass, another gets it in. Tho only
' women servants nre the ladies' maids and
nurses all the others are men. Wages
; vary from one to five dollars a month
i Und they tind themselves. Thev alwavs
i 0 ubout barefoot and without noise.
gentleman told me on first coming out
he attempted to dress his scrvunts well,
hut found they would go to sleep in the
I ttraw with their clothes on, so gave it
up. I nm sorry to say tho amount of
drinking done is tremendous. luu go
to a dinner, you aro olTcred a "peg"
that is, whisky and soda water before
Bitting down, then through the dinner,
ank afterwards it is "pegging" all the
timo. soda water and limes, however,
I found quito palatable. Boston Iran
teript.
A Leper us While as Snow.
Johnson, tho leper, lies in a room off
from the contagious ward, says the Chi
cago Herald reporter who visited tho
hospital. He is hideous. His hands
and hairless fare are incrusted with
scale-like blotches of reddish-brown
The face shows most distinctly the
ravages of tho horrible disease. Tho
lower lids of the eyes arc drawn down
and turned inside out. The lips are blue
and the nose is swollen to twice its na
turn! sue. His back and abdomen aic
covered with huge tubercles. These
scales slightly change color from time to
time. There is no known remedy fo
leprosy. It has for all times defied the
ctforts of physicians. But one important
discover? has been made of late yean
and that is that the disease is contag ous
and is not hereditary, as is generally
supposed. 1 he germ of the disease
known to exist, and animals have been
inoculated, afterwards showing un
mistukablo signs of tho malady. Mill
no cure has been discovered, or even
remedy to alleviate tho leper's suffering
Leprosy is a slow di-o.ise, and Johnson
may live for even fifteen years. There
are two forms of tho disease viz. : b aek
leprosy und white leprosy. In the for
nicr the scules are dark and in the latte
perfectly white, ,'ohnson is sufferin:
from the former. The leprosy of th
ancient Jews consisted of shiuy smooth
blotches on which the hair tin ue I white
and silky, and the skin aud the musciila
tlcsh lost their sensibility. It was in
curable. It was not until about the
year vtiu A. 1J. that tho UlacK leprosy
appeared. In tune the toes and tinker
drop oil', and when tho euting process
reaches the vitals death ensues.
Alpine Casualties.
In consequence of the increasing nnm
ber of accideuts to tourists iu the Alps
the Austrian Government has addicseed
a circular to tho olliciuls iu the Alpiu
pi oviuces lustructiug them to exert the
influence towards the promotion of any
measures tending to diminish the mini
ber of such casualties. They are urged
to encouiuge the development of the
guide system, and to endeavor to secui
a reduction iu the charges of the guides
they are also called upon to assist the
Alpiue Club in the work of mukingroud
and erecting lodges on the mountains,
The local authorities uie expected to do
their share in putting up safeguards
against accidents. The circular poiuut
to the necessity of, ubatiug Ulie pn-seut
evil of marking out duiigeiouscxcjlioinui
to tourists. Sat Yoik Post.
11ST0RY OF THE POTATO.
INTBODTTOTION OF THIS ESCULENT
TUBER INTO EUROPE.
The New World's Contribution to the
Old World's Larder How The
Vegetable Became Popular.
Wise men coll the potato Solanum tu
berosum, while the Frenchman calls it
pomnio do terre, or apple of the earth,
i.ike tobacco, the potato is one of the
native products of tho now world of
America. JNo one knows how the potato
took a notion to travel from liuito to
Virginia; but Sir Walter Pnlcigh in the
sixteenth century transported the potato
from the latter State, and first planted it
in Europe on his own cstato near Cork.
l' or many years the potato was very
scarce, and as late as 172 the potato was
considered by many people as tit food for
outy cattle or swine, tiraduaiiy people
learned the value of this "food root" for
human beings, and the seed was carried
from country to country. I'cfore tho
French began to raise tho potato, there
was a war between Prussia and France,
and many Frenchmen were taken prison
ers by tlis Prussians. The latter had
many potatoes, and determined to feed
the Frenchmen with nothing else. Thit is
said to have mnde'the prisoners very angry
for this was a new food and not much
relished by Frenchmen, aud they thought
they ought to be supplied with food they
were used to eating.
lint ono or the prisoners, whose name
was Pnrmentier, made the best he could
of his misfortune, and determined to
learn all ho could about the cultivation
of the tuber, aud in regard to tho man
ucr of preparing it for the table, intend
ing when the war was over to introduce
the potato into France. II is countrymen
had queer ideas about the potato, and a
a prominent one was that they produced
disease in those who ate them. But
when the Frenchman returned home,
Parmcntier tried to interest the people of
France in the potato crop.
lie is said to have gone to Louis .w l
and begged him to give him land on
which to raise potatoes. The king
granted his request, and the potatoes
were planted. When the crop was iu
blossom, Parmenticr gathered a nice
bouquet of tho flowers aud carried them
to King Louis. The court people laughea
at such a queer present, but the good
king took tho blossoms nnd wore tneni
all that day in his button-hole. This
approval by the king fed the hopc3 of
I'urmcuticr, and he also Knew that the
king was anxious to encourage any new
food or new industry that seemed to
promise a benefit to his subjects; for,
liko King I.ouis XIV, who even tried to
encourage the Industry of spider-culture,
and ordered a coat made irom spider
silk for h i own use, so I ouis XVI
thought he saw something useful in the
potato.
When the people saw tho king really
wearing the potato flowers they wore
more ready to approve of potatoes also.
In a short time the people became so
anxious to get the blossoms and tho pota
toes that guards bad to be stationed
around the field that Parmenticr was
cultivating. But the guards weit not
stationed there at night, therefore the
potatoes were all stolen. Parmcntier
was delighted to hear this news, for it
showed that potatoes were getting to be
a popular food, although thero were
some people who were angry and accused
Parinentier of "inventing'1 the new food.
In the course of time Parmeiitier gave a
dinner at winch each dish was potato
cooked in some different way, and Par
mcntier was greatly honored for having
introduced the potato into France.
The Prussians seem to have become
very fond of potatoes quite early iu
potato history. It is said that at ono
timo Frederick II of Prussia took up the
cause of the division of Puvaria, nnd
marched with his men into Bohemia;
but he warded olf the battle so well that
the men had but little to do but to roast
potatoes, therefore this campaign was
called tho "Potato War."
Tho sweet potato, llntntas tJulis, is
the potato spoken of by the old English
writers. It is of a diffcreut genus, and
was known lon before America was
known to Europeans. Some writers
think it was cultivated by the ancient
Chinese. Ouo writer says that tho
Spanish sent the potato to England, and
tho English people thought them very
fine, and ihey were "much set by."
The sweet potato is a native of Southern
Asia.
The sweet potato was spoken of by
Cerarde, tho English botautist, who
wroto the curious "Herbal" in I.VJ7. Hu
says of potatoes that they "ate roots
which do strengthen and comfort nature,
and are used to l.e eaten roasted in the
ashes. Some to give them the greater
grace in eating do boyle them with
prunes, aud so eate them; likewise mak
ing theso comfortable and delicate
meales. called in shops morsitli f,lnen ul r,
and divers others such like." (ierarde
recommends that the roots be eaten as a
delicate dish, and not as common food.
Inl'illi the sweet potato was mentioned
by I'igafella as being used iu lira il a
un uiticle of food by the Indians.
The Peruvians, iu ltitin, made bread
from tho now common potato, which
they called c'niiuio, Heiiut says that
these potatoes grow in damp soil, many
hanging together as if fixed on ropes.
At the old German "five o'clock tea
driukingb" they had what was called
"potato talk," that is, a chit-chat, when
neighbors of the "geutler sex take their
work to the house of muster, and talk
chic ly of the dainties of the table, their
ingredients, admixture and tho methods
of cooking them." Xeo York JnJ-pen-dent.
Nouli's Ark Wood.
Within a radius of sixty nines of
Nashville, Tcnn., there is to be found
a tne that is said to be the shittim
wood of urk fame. Celebrated bot
anists from all over tho country have
examined the trees and agree that they
grow nowhere else on the globe. They
have decided that it is the shittim wood
of which Noah't ark was constructed,
mention of whieh is made seveial timet
in the Bible. The tree is medium sized,
with very dark, smooth bark, aud the
wood is of a bright gold color. Iu early
spring the trees are ladj.'U with lung,
w hite blossoms, closely resembliug great
ostrich plumes. There stems to be no
doubt about the identity of the trees.uud
it is remarkable that they are found ouly
in this small area und so few at that,
iicUntijic Aiiuiioin.
MT SHIPS. Vr- !;
Ah, years ago, no matter where, 1
Beneath what roof or sky, .t
I dreamed of days, perhaps remote,
When ships of mine that were afloat
Should in the harbor lie,
And all the costly freight they bore
Enrich me both in mind and store.
What dreams thy were of argosies, I
Laden in many a clime;
Bo stoutly built, so bravely manned.
No fear but they would come to land
At their appointed time;
And I should see them, one by one, t
Close furl their sails in summer's sun
And then, while men in wonder stood,
My ships I would unlade;
My treasures vast they should behold.
And to my learning or my gold,
What honors would be paid!
And though the years might come and go,
I could but wiser, richer grow.
It.
In later years, no matter where,
Beneath what roof or sky,
I saw the dreams of days remote
Fade out, and ships that were afloat, ,v
Asdriftinz wrecks go by; "T
And all the many freights they bore
I .ay fathoms deep, or strewed the shore!
While ships of which I never thought
Were sailing o'er the sea;
And, one by one, with costlier load, '
In safety nil the voyage ro le,
Aud brought their freights to me;
Then what I lost a trifle seemed,
And I was richer than I dreamed.
No wondering crowd, with envious eye,
I.ookel on my treasure rare; ,
Yot they wero weightier far than gold ;
They still increase, though I grow old,
And are beyond comiare;
Would all the restless hearts I sea
Had (hips like these that cams to ma!
-A. D. F. llamlolph, in Sailors' Magazine.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
1
A "pass" word Good morning!
Thero is no wedding without a h'tch
in it.
Tho original grnnd old party Methu
selah. Tho smaller the "talker" the bigger
the salesman, often.
The thoughts of tho lovesick youth
are sadly iniss-sh.'ipi.-n.
When a stock fails to pay a dividend,
tho holder loses his interest.
A certain chiropodist has dubbed
luiuself "Williuin the Corn-curcr."
The worst breach of good manners is
Wir Misfortune to stare u woman in tho
face.
The most unhappy fcaturo about be
ing a jail-bird is said to bo its inability
to fly.
"That puts a different face on it," as
the HmuH boy said us his bull struck the
clock dial.
When on Indian catches a cold on
the war-path he has the war whoop
ing cough.
The man who supplied the inquisition
with machiucry was tho original rack
renter. I.ie.
A woman may not object to a man's
following her, but she dislikes to havo
him get on her trail.
The professor of penmanship cannot
do a flourishing business w hen ho drops
his pen and uses a typewriter.
"No, indeed," said tho young lndy
from Boston, ud justing her eyeglusses,
"1 never ride iu those Itobcrt tail cars."
A AYiso Doctor "Doctor, I have a
frightful cold in tho bc.id 1 What shall
1 take for it:" Doctor (after reflection)
"A handkerchief.
The sou of a Detroit railroad man was
punished at school. Ho told his father
he was suffering from a misplaced twitch.
Detroit Frte Jrc.s.
Wo pity the young fellow who wants
to vote but will luck a day of being -il on
election day. lie must led lack-a-day-sical.
Spruiijfieli Uipuliutin.
Lady of the Houo (urging company
to cat "Picaso ho'p yourselves. Do
just as you would in your owu house.
1 uin always so glad wheu my friends are
at home." Miurj.
"Where did young Browne get his
money. Pupa;" "From his uncle, old
Sum Brown. Ho inherited everything
he hus iu this world, except the final 'o'
to li t name." l.ije.
The girl who has fino teeth may not
have a keener scdso of humor than other
women, but you can depend on her to
bljow all the appreciation sho has of a
jOkc or a funny story. Mereuri.
"Your name, my child i" inquired the
matron of the poor litt'e waif that had
applied for charity. "Mary Haddell."
"Little lamb!" feelingly exclaimed the
tenderhearted mairou. Cicajo 7Vi
hune. First landlady "What! Twelve
dollais a week board from Dudie Downv
lip! 1 never could get but f How
did you manage it.''1 Second Landlady
"f served h's coffee in a mustache
cutf. '' C'i. ojii.
'1 ho Trials of Authors - Scapegrace Son
(introducing his old father to jouug
lady) ".Miss Gladys, the author of my
being." Ol I Gentleman (bowiug) -"A
work thit has been much criticised."
JJarpei'i .Mmja.ine.
lie was an economic man,
No money ilul hu waste;
lie took things as thev came along,
.Nor to get neb made huale ;
ria lived ubovo the store.
Where lie his money made,
And spiteful people us.-d to say
Hu nuaubuis ins trade.
t'lu-Wiiiid Leader.
After Tho Musicalc Miss Screcchcr
"Well, dear, how was my voice to
night; ,Did it till the room" Mis
Veracity "At first it did, but ufter-
wariJ " Miss Scieecher " Well?"
Miss Veracity "It emptied it." Ttme.
"I want to piucha-e auarrow escape,"
said a Frenchman in a Pittsburg tur
nishiug store tho other day. He had
fouud out somehow that iu the wonder
ful English luuituage, a close brush and
a narrow escape were synonymous.
J'ittl'UiJ Cfiromele.
I admit, dear ( buries, I told Miss Jones
1 really did uot like you
Pel hap the meaning of iny words
Uotu not yet fully strike you,
So hoar me swuur by ail the nUts 4.
A-tw-inklin uow above ou, '
The reason why 1 like yuu Lot
1 this. beraiue I lov. you.
w-7njei-' ii(i;or.