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RE EST "West of tho Alloghanics nearly all educational institutions, from tho primary school to the college or univer sity, aro co-cducntional. The boiling-water fnd at meals Is dying out. Thousands of people are glad, adds tho St. Louis Republic, and now some doctors who recommended it say it's all nonsense. An, official of the World's Fair says that twenty- Ave foot of right of way at Seventy-first street, Chicago, controlled by the Illinois Central, keeps 80,000 miles of railroad from entering the fair grounds. Tho French Minister of War has issue J an ordor that henceforth every officor and every man in the French array shall, when on active service, carry on his person material for a first dressing i.i case of his being wounded. Rye has becomo au important cereal in the West. Field and Farm tolls that the farmers on tho divide a few miles south of the Denver have been meeting with greater success in growing rye than they have with any of tho other cereals. "For some reason or other," muses tho Chicago Sun, "tho possessor of capital is enjoying more advantages in tho building up of business than years ago, whilo tho great trusts seem to bo losing in coherence and power, and in some instances are disintegrating." Tho New York Nation asserts in n notice of a German book on Greek soulp turo that art is not necessarily tho more ideal for being less natural, that the greatest idealists havo been tho greatest realists too; nnd also that thcro is more than one kind of beauty, the artist's bus! no8 being to reproduco that which seems beautiful to him. It is noted by an English financial jour nal as one of the causes of tho failure of so many Australian banks that many of them hold such vast quantities of land that when a pinch comes they aro unablo to realize and are compelled to stop pay ment. In Now South Wales twolve banks and financial syndicates own about 45,000,000 acres of land, ono Instlutton alone owning 8,500,000 acres. Two new occupations have cf lat been found for dumb ami blind persons. Ono Ib for tho employment of deaf and dumb persons as typewriters, where, as much of tho work is written, thoir do formity docs not interfere with its suc cess. Tho bliud women aro showing themselves expert nnd intelligent at massage operators, their dclicato sense of touch nnd deft movements being of special advantage. Filinl duty is tho strongest trait In tho Chinese and Japanese character, remarks tho San Francisco Chronical, but it is frequently perverted aud becomes to Western eyes moro of a vice than a vir tue. Such a perversion was seen re cently iu Japan when tho daughter of sick man brought him a cup of blood taken from her own Veins and besought him to drtnk it, as she had had ft Vision that this was the sole means of his re covery. The recent publication of a paragraph to the effect that living children of Revo lutionary soldiers were few and far be tween has started a general search for such persons iu a few Slates. Tho navies of nearly a dozou have been sent to the Philadelphia Ledger, and as many more to tho New York Tribune, which appears to have originated tho inquiry, Willhun AVallace Lee, of Mcridun, says he bolieves that at least fifty surviving children of Revolutionary soldiers could bo found iu Connecticut alone. Tho State of Illinois Is said to be (ho first in tho Union to establish an eflicicnt Bureau of Entomology. Tho clinch bugs with which that State was long nfllictod occasioned this public attention to ento mology and it has paid in many ways. Even tho prophesies of cliuch bug years have been extremely useful, as when this ItiBcct promised to be abuudant farmers were fore-warned to plant crops it would not attack. In this way tho numbers of destructive insects have been greatly de creased and they are now rarely injurious to any extent. ( ' It will doubtless bo a satisfaction to tho able-bodied men of Germany to know how tho statisticians have figured out some results of the iucreasu in effec tiveness of ".irms of precision.'1 In the last war, it is state 3, the number of sol dicrs killed in action was about twe per cent, of those engaged. Ia tho next it will be greater, though not more than three per cent. that is to say, only about 1200 out of an army corps of 35,. UOO. Of the same number about 5800 will be wounded, it is well to have thtte things settled before baud. It is the percentile l this sort tlmt increases the percentage of I'.eiuiuu ewiyrauts to litis couutry, THE END OF THE DAY. I hear the bolls at eventide. Peal slowly one by one, Near and far off they break and glide , Across the stream float faintly beautifu The antiphonal bells of Hull; The dav is done, done, done, The day Is done. The dew has gathered in the flowers Like tears from some unconscious deep: The swallows whirl around the towers. The light runs out beyond the long cloud bars. And leaves the single stars; 'Tis time for sleep, sleep, sleep, 'Ti time for sleep. The hermit thrush begins again. Timorous eremite, That song of risen tears au I pain, As if the one he loved was far away: "Alns I another day "And now Good Night," "Good Night." Duncan C. Scott, in Youth's Companion, "THE CACTUS." BY O. n. LKWISJ. ntu uac t u s ' was the namo bestowed upon her in Cinna bar. Her signature, if she had written it. would probably have been Mollie Pres- cott; at least such was tho declaration I'M'! "ft. I lfl.,A femnln a venr Bern in j - romostone, as serted that veracious chronicler, "where she cooks at the stace station, an sue gives it out cold, sho s called Prescott Mollle Prescott an' most likely sbo knows her name, an' knowed it a year ago." As Rosewood was a historian of known petulance, no ono cared to challenge cither his facts or conclusions; so the real name of "The Cactus" was accepted oy the Cinnabar public as Prescott. "The Cactus" was a personable lady, comely and round ; and her advent in to Cinnabar society had caused some tiling of a Mutter. Her mission was to cook, and in the fulfilment of her des tiny she presided over the range at the n ir TT-...1 it. ; .,; i , . j. i. noici. jieing puouciy nailed as "llic cactus seemed in no wise to de press her, and it is possible she even felt a secret glow over an epithet which was meant by the critical taste that awarded it to illustrate those thorns in her nature which repelled aud held in check the male of Cinanbar. Women wear jewelry in Cinnabar, and on her first coming "The Cactus" had many admirers. Every man in camp loveu uer tne moment sho stepped from mo lucson stage six months uefore. From the term "every man," however. a careful writer would except Rosewood Jim. That obdurate scientist, given as no was to tno inner workings of faro as a philosophy, had no time for such a soft and dulcet affair as love. Another thin". Rosewood had scruples of honor born of ins business. "Life behind a deal-box is a mighty sight too fantastic," quoth the thought ful Rosewood, "for a family. It does well enough for single-footer,, which it uon t make much difference with, when a player pulls Ins six-shooter an' sends em shoutm home to heaven some abrupt juui mere am i no room lor a woman with a man who turns cards as a pur soot." As time went on, tho score of lovers who sighed on tho daily truil of "The Cactus" dwindled down to two. The re t guv out dispirited. "1 m clean strain enough," said Bill Tutt, lu apologetic description of his fuilure to persevere, "but I knows when 1 ve got through.. I'll play a game to a finish, but when it's down to the turn an' my last chip's gone over to the dculer, why I shoves my chair back an quits. An' it s about that a-way of an' coucernin' my lovo for this yere Cactus girl. I jest cau't get her none, an' that seines n. l dow drors out an cives mv seat to some ono else." "That's whatever," said a personage known as Texas Joe, who was an inter ested listener to the defeated Mr. Tutt, "an' you can gamble I'm with you on them views. I lsves 'The Cactus' niy se'f to a frightful degree, an' tliar's times I jest goes about wbiuin' for her; but yere awhile back I come projectin' around her kitchen, an' 'bifgl' comes a skillet at my head, an' that let's me out. You bet I don't pursoo them explorations round her no more. I don't want to get my rope onto no woman who is that cal lous as to heave kitchen bric-a-brac at a heart that's pantiu' for her." Two lovers still knelt at the shrino of 'The Cactus." These were hailed by men of Cinnabar respectively as Rice Brown and Riley Brooks. A descrip tion of ono would have bejn a portrait of the other. They were young, good looking, ol the breezy Southwestern type, tunned as to face, and lithe and limber as black snakes as to person. These still held the atlections of "The Cactus" iu siege aud demamWjd capitula tion. Tliut estimable, virgin paid no heed to" their court, nor the eomiueut of oulooking Cinuabar. She pursued her path in life even and unmoved. She compounded her daily bread, compiled her daily flapjacks, aud broiled her daily beefsteak by that simplo and ingenious process, popular iu the Southwest, of burning it on tho griddles of her lange, and nil as composedly as though Leander never swam tho Hellespont nor Autony sighed or sung iu the car of Egypt's Queen. Still it was possiblo that "The Cactus was a shade less thorny in her treatment of Rico Brown 'and Riley Brooks than of any of the others. Per hups she was becoming tired out. Ro the reason what it may, these two persisted when tho others failed, uud .at lust were recognized as rivals. "All I'm afraid of," said old man Armstrong, the head of the local vig ilttuee committee, "that thesu yere young bucks '11 take to juwiu' rouu' lor trouble mm with each other. As tho upshot of sech doin's would most likely be tliostringin' of the survivor by tho Cinnabar commit teo on lariats, these yero nuptials, which now looks somo feasible, would be clean busted, an' the camp fct a set-back jest that much. I wish this yeie maiden would tip hef hand in this to somo dis creet gent, so a play could bo made in advance to get the wrong man outen the way. Whatever do you think you'sc'f, Rosewood ?" "It's a delicate deal, "said that sapient cardist, "to go tamporin' round a young female for the secrets of her soul, but I shorely deems it a crisis, and public inter, est demands sometbin' is done. Those yere boys is growin' mighty hostilo of each other, which I notes last night over in the Gold Mine saloou, where they was paintiu' up for war, an' nnlesa wo atl in terferes yere it's my jedgment some of this yere lovc-makin' '11 come off in the smoke." "Thar oughtcr to be a nact of Con gress," said Tutt, tho pessimist, "agin love-makin' in the Far West, an' the East should be kept for sech purpjses speshul, same as reservations for Injuns. The Western climate's too exyooberant for love-makin ." "S'pose me an' you an' Tutt yere eocs over to this young female, an' all polite an' congenial like, we tips an' asks her intentions?" continued Armstrong, in an intcrrogativo way, to Rosewood. "Excuse mo, pard," said Tutt, with sad earnestness, "but I don't think I wants cards in this at all. 'Tho Cactus is a mighty spirited lady, an' you all re calls as how I've been pesteriu 'round her in the past myso f, for which reason. with others, she might take my coiniu' on sech errants derisive an' bang me over the fore crd with a dipper, or some sech objectionable play. So I reckon I better keep out of this yere embassy a whole lot. I ain't airain' to shirk nuthin', but it'll be a heap more shore to win if I do." "Tutt ain' onlikcly to bo plenty right about this," said Rosewood, "an' I reckon, Armstrong, we all better take this trick ourselves." Tho mission was not a success. When the worthy pair of peace preservers ap peared in tho presence of "The Cactus" and made tho inquiries noted, it excited the scorn and ire of that retiring damsel ueyona tne power of words to describe "What be you all doin' in mv kitchen?" she asked, her face flushed with rage and noonday cookery. "Who sent you all canternin' over yere to me with those insultin' questions, anyhow? l demands to know." "And yere," said? Rosewood, in relat ing the exploit in the Gold Mine saloon immediately after, "she stamps her foot liKe a duck antelope an let s fly a stove griddle at us, an' all with a proud, high air, which reminds me a mighty sight of a goddess. At the time it would seera the duo at tempted an apologetic explanation of their presence, and made effort to poin out to "The Cactus" tho crying public neeu or some decision on her part. "You don't want theso two young male persons to take to Bhootin of each other all up nono, do you?" said Arm strong. "I wants you two sots to get outen my kitchen,"- replied "The Cactus" vigor ously, "an' I wants you to move some hurrie.l, too. Don't never lot me find your moccasin tracks 'round this yere water-bolo no more, or I'll turn in an' mark you up a whole lot. ' "Yere, you," she continued, as they were about to leave, something cast down by tho conference, "you all can tell that Riley Brooks an' Rice Brown if they re blamed fools enough to go rnak in' a gun play over me, to make it hard. fell em I cau pick my man out when the smoke blows away." "Tutt's way right about 'Tho Cactus' bein' some sperited," said Armstrong, as the two walked away. "She's shore spirited, an that's fact," mused Rosewood, in assent. Tho result of the talk with "Tho Cactus" found its way about iu Cinna bar and in less than an hour bore its hateful fruit. The peaceful quiot of that Gold Mine saloon, which, as a rule, heard no harsher note than tho clatter of a stack of chips, was sullenly broken. "Kou all who niu t interested vere better take to a lower limb." It was the voice of Rilev Brooks. The trained instinct of the Cinuabar public at once fathoned the trouble aud proceeded to hide its many heads be hind barrels, tables, counter and any place winch promised refuge from tho bullets. All but one, and that was Rice Brown. He knew it meant him the moment Riley Brooks uttered the first syllable, and his pistol came to the front with a brevity born of Ions prac tice. His rival's was already there, and so the shooting began. As a result Mr. Brooks received a serious injury which crippled his good right arm for many a day, while Mr. Brown was picked up with a wound in tho side which even the sentiment of Cinnabar. inured to such thipgs and inclined to optimism at all times, admitted as dan gerous. "Well," said Armstrong, after tho duelists had been cared for at the O. K. House, "yero wo be again ah' nuthiu' settled. Yere we has all this shootiu' an' all this blood-lettin', au' the camp gets all torn up; an' still tliar's jest as many of theso yere people now as there was .before, au' most likely the whole deal to go over a',rain." "I shore abominates things a-snlitiu' even this a-way," said Rosewood," "but Cinuabar must b'ar it's burdens same as other camps. It cau't be he'ped uom;." The next day the two duelists were still iu bed. A new phase was given the affair when "The Cactus," clothed in purple and fine linen, and with two vio lent red roses iu her straw hat, took the stage for Tucsou. The management of the O. K. House reported, in reference to the est ited state of the Ciunabar mind, that "Tho Cactus" would return in a week. "Goiu' for her weddiu' troosoe, most likely," said Armstrong, as hu gazed after the stage. Ko oue seemed to kuow the iuliutious of "The Cactus." Tho shooting had in nowise disturbed her. That may have been her obdurate heart, or it may have come from a familiarity with tho cvancs cent tenure of human life born of long years on tho border. Be that as it may, sho experienced not the least Concern touching the condition of her brace of lovers wounded upstairs, and took tho stage without even saying good-by to them or anyone else. "An' some fools say women is talkers," said Rosewood, in high disgust. Thrco days later Old Scotty, the stage driver, came in with startling news. "Tho Cactus" had married a man in Tuc son, aud would bring him to Cinnabar in a week. "When I first hears of it," said Old Scotty, with a groan, "air when I thinks of them two pore boys a-layin' in Ciuna bar, an' their rights bein' trilled with that a-way, I shore think I'll tako my Winchester on' go an' slop them rites a whole lot; but, pards, the Tucson Mar shall wouldn't have it. So sho nails him, an' I hears in a saloon over thar Bhe's been aimin' to marry him before she ever hops iuto Cinnabar at all. I sees him afterward, an' he's a little, mcasly-lookin' prairie dog, and from his looks he couldn't get a job clerkin' in a storo." "Thar you be," said Armstrong. "An other case of woman's inhumanity to man. However, if 'The Cactus' has done gene a-flutterin' from her perch in this yere fashion, jest the same we must prance 'round an give her a high old time on her return. Tho honor of the camp bein' concerned, of course wo whoops it up in style." And they did. Kansas City Star. A Wonder of Science. Ono of the most delicate surgical operations ever performed in San Fran cisco was that to which A. haehm, a patient at the City and County Hospital, was subjected recently. The operation was remarkable in that an endoscope, or small electric light, was used during tho process. This was thrust into the thorac ic cavity, and by its illumination the ac tion of the heart aud luugs was plainly visible. Baehni was ofllctcd with an abscess, which had formed in the.plcuinl cavity and attacked tho left lung. The opera tion was an exceedingly dangerous one, and in order not to shock the patient no mention of the intention of the physicians was made to him. The sick man was quickly anesthet ized and tho inflated breast was exposed to view. A discoloration on the left side showed that tho troublo lay under the tissue in that direction, and Dr. El linwood began operations at once by muking'(two deep incisions crosswise, from which tho blood spurted in streams. Several of the larger blood vessels were necessarily cut, but these wcro quickly ligatured with Dr. Stillman's assistance. The flaps of flesh were laid to one side, exposing tho third rib to view. This rib was resected for three inches, and whe;i it was cut away a dark and bloody open ing was revealed, through which the thoracic cavity and the space between the lungs could be seen. Dr. Hirshfcldcr inserted tho endoscope through the open ing in Baehm's breast nnd the light was turned on, illuminating tho Interior of the cavity with remarkable distinctness. Tho heart worked slowly, owing to the effect of ether. Tho aorta dilated and fell with every heart beat. Tho lung was also plainly visible. During ti e ono hour and a half consumed in making the operation tho action of tho heart was dis tinctly visible, and the unusual sight was the subject of much comment upon the part of tho operators and spectators. When the process was completed and every vestige of pus removed, tho endo scope was withdrawn, aud tho opeuiug in Bnehm'g breast closed. Tho operation was a highly successful ono4n every par ticular, and Baehm's condition shows that he is gaining strength. Electricity. Tho Earth's Southeriiin ist Settlement. There is something pathetic about tho description of the town of Punta Arenas, Terra del Fucgo, located on the strait about midway between tho two oceaus, that town which is tho southernmost settlement upon the fuco of the earth. i lfteen hundred people find life worth living in this place, notwithstanding tha fact that one of the characteristics of tho ueigborhood Is tho frequent prevalence of a mighty wind which sweeps dowu from the mountains back of tho town with such force and suddenness as to overwhelm a ship lying broadside on be fore she can swing her head around and ride out the gale. The town itself is a miserable collection of huts and hovels, but is a point of great strategic value to this country as a coaling station in case of war with a South American power. I'roiessoi .Lee presented several views of the inhabitants of Terra del Fucgo, charming creutures, with their thin, at tmituated limbs and portly stomachs. These beauties allow their hair to grow long and hang down straight. Then they plaster it with seal oil and rod clay. which hardens uud makes a completo waterproof covering for their heads. Tho natives possess the faculty of imitating a sound and Professor Leo undertook to teach them a eoug. He succeeded so well that when he departed from their midst a group stood upon tho shore and seren aded bun with "Father, Dear Father, Come Home With Mo Now." Washing ton Star. Tripe for Hiuiliii; Bookg. A comnanv has recently been inenr. Dor.itcd iu Newark. N. J., with a runitul stock of $100,000, for the muuufacturo of nieiubrauoid. The article aud its nature are alike new. It is a fancy leather made from tripe nothing else thau tanned trine, iu fact. It is said to bn very pretty aud durable. '1 lie inventor of tho process of manu facture, James W. Dcckert, of Newark, hud considerable trouble with the Patent Olliee people until he uud they com promised on the name of the product given above. They insisted upon it previously that tripe was iripe.no matter through what chemical procos it mihf have becu put, St. Louis Republic. SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL. Small machines in 272 tailoring shops irt Rochester, N. Y., are running by electricity. Japan has no fewer than 700 earth quake observing stations scattered over the Empire( Fish do not seem to exist below 400 fathoms (2100 feet) with the exception of the shark. Engines to be worked by wind are to be made in Michigan and shipped to Af rica and Asia. Philadelphia, Penn., lias the biggest reel truck. It weighs 16,000 pounds nnd can carry or bear 150,000 pounds. The Vichy Springs in France and tho Hot Springs in Kansas, arc rccommendod by physicians to sufferers from the gout. An electric tuning box for the use ot leaders of orchestras and others interested in music has been invented by a French man. Two new steamers are being built, each 600 feet long for tho Atlantic ser vice, guaranteed to cross in five days and ton hours. The first trace of a Cretaceous mammal discovered in Europe is a tooth of a Plagiaulax, from the Wealdeu formation of Hastings, and allied to that genus whoso teeth have occured in tho purbeck (Jurassic) beds. Ninety per cent, of the male popula tion of the United States nre Billeted in some degree with nervous debility or weakness and decline, caused either by improper training, sedentary occupations, the use of stimulants, and excesses in habits ofilifc. Some experiments in connection with the artificial production of clouds by burning cases of resiuous mnttcr wcro lately made in Paris, France, but were only partially successful on account of the wind carrying tho clouds away as soon as formed. It appoars that tho song of the cicada in Natal, South Africa, is appreciated by lace-winged flics which, while the cicada is shrilling, were observed to gather, sometimes in a group of fifteen or six teen, forming a rough semicircle at a short distance around its head. Professor Hcim, of Zurich, Germany, says that the most agreeable death is by falling, lie has conversed with many people who have escaped death by falling by a hair's breadth only, and reports that those who experienced such acci dents suffered neither pain nor terror. Fogs frequently riso m the morning and fall again in tho evening because, warmed by the sun's rays, they become more rarefied, and disperso to an altitude when thoy appear to bo entirely dispelled ; but at night, when the earth cools by radiation, the vapors near the earth again condense, and settle iu the form of fog. In some fine caves discovered in Ta mania, the lights carried by the explor ing party having boon extinguished, the ceiling and sides of tho caves seemed studded with diamonds, an effect duo to millions of glow-worms hanging to the sidc3 of tho walls and from the cclliug. These wcro the only living beings seen iu the caverns. Tho largest band-sawing machine in the world has recently been completed In England and sent to Tasmania. The machiuo enn saw through a maximum depth of seventy-five inches and the car riage will accommodato logs fifty feet long and weighing about fitly tons, It is asserted that this saw cutuvon faster than a circular saw, whllo wasting sovcu-ty-fivo per cent, less wood. A good illustration of the amount ol change brought about by deep-sea Inves tigations iu our ideas ot tho distribution of the fishes is to be sccu in the recent history of tho discoboli. It Is now shown that tho discobnles, diskbearers, lumplishes, suckling fishes, or Bea snails, as they aro variously called, aro no longer restricted to tho Atlantic and Pacific In their northern parts nud to tho Artie Ocean. Tlio Mamelukes. Tho Mamelukes wcro a former class of slaves in Egypt, who becamo aud con tinued for a long time to be tho domi nant raco of thut country. Their name comes from the Arab, "Mamluk," that is, slave. As far back as the year 050 wo find mention of them, but it is not for several centuries thereafter thut they aro known as a power. In tho twelfth century tho Sultan of Egypt bought of Genghes Khan 12,000 Circassian, Miu grelian, Tartar and Turkish slaves, and in the VCar 1240 Mlllek Sillnh made thnm his body guard; and ten years later they killed Turan Shah and becamo masters of Egypt. In more modern times they played an important part in tho battle of .tho Pyramids ia 170S, where thoy wcro exhibited as fine horse men, but where they were annihilated. The great part of their number wcro massacred by Mehemot AU in 1811, a remnant only escaping, and for a few years maintaining themselves at New Dongolo, but theso were exterminated in 1820. The Mamelukes kopt up their numbers by the purchaso Circassian and Georgian slaves. New York Dispatch. Wearing Dons la Muffs. The fashion of wearing nogs iu muffs began when Richelieu wus great iu France, aud it was of long duration. Tho animal was of a iniiiiuture species which seems to have disappeared from the fauna of France, ami wus as remark able for its diminutive size as for its vicious disposition. That of Ninon 1'Enclos hud peculiarities which history hus taken the pains to pre serve. Tho beautifcl epicurean hud the habit of taking Raton that was the name uf tho microscopic beast with her when invited out to dinner, and placing it in its little basket btsidu her plate, where it watched over its inihtiess's health by growling when she was disposed to cut of any ili.sh likely to i uuse mi indigestion. Mull dogs wem iu such general use that there were per sons who bred and sold them as a branch ft luiiiiutrtc.-Suii Fiaueiito L'hryuicle, THE MOTHER AS DOCTOR. SOME REMEDIES WHICH SHE SHOULD HAVE AT HAND. Casos W hrrc n Ounnn of Prevention I Ilrttrr Thau a round ol Cure What to1 llnvo In tho limine. rT VERY mother of littlo children should be, to a certain extent, wuiiian possesscu oi nn average share of common sense can hardly nursa one or moro children through the dls' orders incident to babyhood and child hood without acquiring a good stock of information as to how to treat attacks of slight indisposition. Iter domestic practice should, however, bo restricted to tho administration of the simplest remedies, of external applications and of preventives rather than professed cures. Her knowledge should stand her in good stead in emergencies, aud yet be tempered with the judgment that will direct her to call in a physician ut the least menace of serious sickecss. A child should be so closely watched by the mother that no derangement of its system may escape her notice. Sho should asotrkni for iiersclf that all its bodily functions aro in proper working order. Her trained touch should noto iu a moment any unusual heat or chilli ness of the child's body, the dryness of the skin, the over-quickness of the pulse. She should learn to know at a glauco whether the throat aud tongue nro in their normal condition, and her ear should be schooled to detect tho differ ence between natural and labored or shortened respiratiou. A fever ther mometer should be ia every family medicine chest, and tho mother should understand how to tako her child's temperature, and thus make herselt absolutely sure whether tho patient is feverish or not. Eveu when the symptoms arc such as to cause alarm, a physician is not always at hand, and upon the mother thcro devolves tho charge of the little one. A few general hints as to simplo nodes of treatment may not bo amiss. Some children have a tendency towards croup that manifests itself as night approaches in fcvcrishuess,ho!irse ness nnd a barking cough. Such symp toms must not be disregarded. Tho child's feet must be well heated before it goes to bed, its chest rubbed with cam phorated oil and covered with a bit of red flaunel spread with vaseline. Aconite may be given at the rate of half a drop in a teospoonful of water every half hour for three or four doses. If tho cold is a fresh ono this may check it aud pro duce a gentle respiration. Wheu tho un pleasant symptoms remain, fifteen drops of syrup of ipecac may be given every t-venty minutes until tho hoarseness is relieved or the child vomits. Should tho little one waken suddenly from sleep with a hoarse cough and tightened breathing, a tcaspoonful of ipecac con taining as much powdered alum as can be heaped on a silver dime may bo ad ministered. If the child does Jot vomit within half nn hour, the dose may be re peated. A bath in water of about ninety live degrees is, of course, excellent iu croup, us in congestion or convulsions, Croupy children should bo kept housed while there is melting snow on the ground. The snow air often affects them even then, and makes thaws anxious sea sons for mothers. Slight bowel troubles can usually bo regulated better by diet than by drugs. Children suffering with looseness of tho bowels should bo fed with boiled milk, boiled rice, arrowroot jelly, rice flour porridge, sage or tapioca and soft toast, lt-iw fruit and sweets should be especially avoided. The regimen is not severc,und is more attractive than dosing. Children whose tendency is iu the opposite direc tion should have u laxative diet, consist . i ing of oatmeal, hominy, mush, wheaten grits, baked potatoes, beef juice, apple saute, etc. Sugar of milk may be added to the food as a gentle corrective, u tea spoonful three times a duy usually being enough to produce tho desired effect. Pain iu the stomach or bowels, or colic, is so varied in its manifestations that it is hard to lay dowu any fixed rule of treatment. If the colic springs irom uciuity, u leuspoomui ol lime wa ter, or a pinch of carbonate of so lu dis solved in u little water will often relievo the patient. Where there is any incli nation to sourness of stomach, lime water should always lie added to tho milk which a child drinks. For pain iu tho bowels a tcaspoonful of uiiise cordial mixed with a Icaspoonful of hot water ufteu produces a happy effect. Flan nels dipped in hot spirits and wri'ug nut may be laid on the bow els of the sufferer. uud frequently prove very soothing. In sharp puin laudanum limy be added to the spirits. Au old fashioned spice plaster in excellent remedy. It is muile by mixing u heaping tcaspoonful each of ground cinnamon cloves', mace and all spice with two of ginger. The mixture is quilted between two thicknesses of red flannel about right inches long by six wide. The plastci may be applied dry or dipped in boiling alcohol uud laid ou the little patient's at'doiiien us hot as he can bear it. lu cases of weakness of the bowels this plaster may be worn con stantly with benefit. Although an overuse of drugs is al ways to be deplored, each home where there are little folks should be supplied with its medicine chest or cabinet, kept locked, ami the key iu the mother's possession. In this box or cupbourd, besides the purcgoric, ipecac and pep permint bottles, thcru should be ucointu tor feverishness, linseed oil for burns, ammonia for bee stings, cuiuphcr for influenzas, and a vial of brandy fcr sud den fainting tits, or the serious iiccidcnts that will sometimes occur iu the best regulated iumilies. New York Recor der. The lust picture upon which Meissonier worked is now on exhibition iu London. It is a water color study of a soldier on horseback, uud is done on the top shei t of an ordinury water color block. It was found near the puiulei's bednide after his death. HINTS OF SUMMEHe Buds a swellin', rposp a iU.iwkln,' Everything a stirrin'; Robins wliistlin', quails a piniu', l'a'tridges a whirriu'. Old man looks around about him Sees the ground n craekin' Kase the present timo for freewill Lacks old winter's Lack in'. ' Farmers mendin' up their harness, Girls a huntin' roses, Mud knee-deep in all the roadways; Old folks countin' noses. Thus by curious methods find we. Spring Is slowly waning; And that summer long a laggin' On our path is gaining. Browne Perrimnn, in Yankee Blade. HUMOR OF THE DAY. An old salt Epsom. A cut and dried affair Hay. v Hungers for fume Tho forty-day faster. Motto for a dictionary of proverbs "Old saws filed here." -Truth. A boot and shoo trust is n corporation with a boIo. New York Journal. Thero is ono brauch of labor which must always bo douo by hand Picking pockets. A man is as old as he feels, but not always as big, not by a heap. IuJian npolis Journal. "Faith" was described by an Ohio boy as "expectm1 something ye nin't gota' to git." Columbus Post. A "statement that you won't wash" can t be trusted to the dampened tissuo of the ofllcial letter-book. Puck. A merchant may drive n fust horse, but ho never objects to taking other people's dust. Uiughumtoii Republican. Maud "What a terrible thing drown ing isl" Mabel "Yes; it would just kill mo to dio that way." Harvard Lampoon. "Ten lifetimes," says a writer, "will not suffice to solve the euignia, woman." Indeed that is so ; and yet wo must not give her up. Judge. You can't convince a girl by arguing that a mau is not an angel. Tho only wny to convinco her is to let her marry bim. Atchison Globe. Tho cxpcit has becomo so necessary a part of our civilization that nothing is certain but death, and that is in doubt until after tho funeral. Judge. How does lovo tako the life out, of a man I But then n mnn cau't be expected to havo much pluck after ho has given away his heart. Boston Transcript. Possibly ono reason why men who talk loudly Bcem so generally successful is thnt thoy can't be easily disturbed iu their occupation. Washington Star. Shakespeare speaks of sermons in tho stones. Now I understand why women pay so much attention to one another's jewels wheu in church. Now York Herald. "I never thought you wcro the sort of man to get married." "No; but you seo I go about a good deal, and I found it necessary to have some oue to leave curds for mc." Fun. Miss Vassar "Do you know, Mr. Blank always carries a noto book in which to put down any bright remark ho hears." Miss Smith "Why, I know him very well, uud I never saw it." Yale Record. Every timo Miss Amanda, whoso understanding is fomewhat large, stops at a hotel, she cleans her own shoes and sets outsido the door a small pair, which sho carries with her expressly for that purpose. Fliegeudo Blaettcr. A police olliccr met a sarcastic organ grinder on the street and said: "Have you a liccuso to play? If not, you must accompany me." "With pleasure, "an swered tho street musician. "What will you sing?" Providence Telegram. Physician "You owed mo another littlo bill, Mr. Judkins, which I cau't rcn-ember your having paid." Mr. Jud kiuB "Well, don't grumble at me about it. I am not responsible for your bud memory, am I?" Pharmaceutical Era. Judgo "Prisoner at tho bar, tho court has assigned counsel to defend you." Prisoner (with n glance at tho counsel) "Is dat my lawyer, yer honor?" Judge "Yes." Prisoner "Den I pleads guilty." Ilrooklyu Life. "Well, Uncle 81, you nro a prophet; tell mo what is the weather prospect for to-morrow?" "Ye'll hev tcr excuse mu tcr-duy, sir, I'm too busy to tell ye. Call around day after to-morrow, and I'll givo you all the information you want about to-morrow." Harper's Bazar. Doctor "If your husband's hiccoughs don't stop very soon, madam, he'll bo u dead man. There is only one thing to bo done. Ho must be startled out of them. Can yrti suggest nny wny?" Anx ious Wife (thoti'ditfully) "I might tell bim that I iiad decided not to order that new silk dress." Cloak Review. Young Medical Man "Thank good ness, I have pulled through my exams at last. It is horrible to think of nil tho hard work I have had to go through theso last four year-'." Elderly Practi tioner "Well, mv dear colleague, thero is oue consolation ; you won't have any thing to do for a long, long while now." -Her l'loh. "Iar, dear!" said a kind hearted matron on meeting u friend whom she had not seen for a long time; "and you're not yet inariied, Jane with jour good looks too.'" "No; I'm nut mar ried yet," replied Jane, with u laugh. "Well," said Jane, with a twinkle of her eye, "I expect it is because I was boiu so." Wasp. The New Englainrst.iles use tem, the Mi. Idle States all tolling leas, green teas uud a Porinosua hinds of lew t'ou reeu teas. gos; the Sooth principally and the Northwest and I'una teas, which latter constitute hull of the vutiiv ctiuauuijiiiou, It, Japau over out)
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