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The London Timoii deolarcs that the
upply of gold in now adequate for the
needs of tho world.
UvS varied is the climate ol Mexico
ttiat all the products of the polar and
the tropical regions can be raised
there
The Kaiser says that he is very plad
;to know thnt Germans in tho United
States make such good citizens, as ho
hears, and ho thinks that this is a
great country.
A Kentucky woman, as the New York
World alleges, reoontly brought suit
against a railroad for killing her horse
and her Lnalwnd. She got $150 for
the horsoaniltue cent for the hus
band. Thjuew York World observes:
'WJle tlio farmer in prosperous times
r,day not make as much money as the
city man, ou tho other hand, he does
not Buffer like him in periods of de
pression for lack of food and shelter."
Tho Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal-Ava-lanoho
calls for a statute making it a
felony for a manufacturer or merchant
to put out short weight goods, and
says that there is now geuoral com
plaint all over the country of short
weights.
' That quality is of more importance
than quantity is shown, thir.ks tho
New York World, by the fact that Wis
consin has received $1,000,000 more
for her butter product than Michigan,
alQiongh the latter has produoed 45,
000,000 pounds to only 40,000,000 in
Wisconsin;
There are now only six Assistant
Paymasters in tho Navy, and none
were appointed earlier than 1892. This
is the lowei t grade in the pay corps,
and it carries the relutive rank of en
sign. The Assistant Paymaster re
mains, in that grade from seven to
eleven years, and during the first
three or four years may expeot billets
only on small ships and unimportant
shore duty. There was a pretence
fifteen or twenty years ago to appoint
to the pay corps after competitive ex
amination, but it was abaudonod, and
now appointments are obtained by in
fluence of ono sort or another. Line
officers who cannot get their sons into
the Naval Academy are sometimes
content to sacrifice their professional
prejudice against tho staff and seek for
the young men places in tho pay corps.
The average age of men in the lowest
rank of the corps is perhaps some
what greater than that of line offluers
of like rank.
The Baltimore Sun has an editorial
on the uso of steam wagons for roads,
which it urges as the next step iu
eoonomio transportation. It says that
such vehicles, having broad-tired
wheels, ' have been found to bouefit
rather than injure the roads where
they are in use. Those of the latest
type are cheaper iu use than wagous
drawn by horses, provided the freight
offering for carriago is abundant iu
mount and steady in supply. Steam
wagous iu crowded streets occupy less
space than horse-drawn vehicles. In
army timet they are, ou this aocouut,
of speoiul value and are about being
used by some European Governments.
The horse, besides takiug up space iu
the road, niunt stop at intervals to eat
and sleep, whereas the stoa 11 wagon
can go twenty-four hours a day. The
steam wagon, in fact, has every ad
vantage that the locomotive and train
have over the wagou train drawn by
horses, exoept that of a smooth steel
rail and easy grades to run upon.
The Secretary of the Navy has just
approved a report made by a Board of
OSioers reoommending a complete
change in the uniforms worn by the
navy. Fortuuately for the ollioors,
however, the changes are not such as
will entail much additional expense
in the purchase of new clothing, and
are to be made gradually, so that they
will not be compelled to purchase
complete outfit at once. The present
navy uniform is regarded as oue of the
handsomest in the world, but tho
changes which are now ordered are
aaid to be demanded by convenience
ami comfort. The present heavy over
coat will lose the belt around the waist,
and the hood at the buck is to be fixed
so that it cuu be detached and need be
worn only in extremely cold weather.
The present white helmet for hot
climates is to be abolished and a white
cover, used over the regular service
cap, is to take its plaee. Two years
from now the speciul full dress is to
suffer many alterations, which, it is
believed, will improve it, and other
changes that individually are of no
great consequence are to be made
from time to time, which collectively
will make a considerable difference in
ILs uutiit of m vtlicer,
MY NEIGHBOR,
My neighbor met me on the slroet,
Hhe dropped a word of groat log gay,
Her look so bright, her tone So swoct,
I stepped to music all thnt day.
The cares that tugged at heart and brain,
The work too hoavy for my band,
The ceaseless undorboat of pnln,
The tasks I could not understand.
drew lighter as I walked along
With air and stop of liberty,
Freed by the suddon tilt of song
That filled the world with oheor for mo.
Yet was this all. A woman wise,
Her Hfo enriohod by many a year,
Had faoed me with her brave, true eyes,
Passed on, and sald,"Good morning, dear 1"
Margaret E. Bangstor, In Youth's Companion
LOVE AND HYPNOTISM.
BI OEOnOE ETHEMIERT WALSH".
HAT visit to Doc
tor Secor seemed
fatal to my hopes.
Selma had always
been somewhat er
ratic and chimeri
cal in her mental
tendencies. There
was a wayward in-
Vyy&JtFs& I dependence in her
Aw)iwir"m naturelthat marked
her either for a deluded crank or a
strong genius. I trembled sometimes
as to which.
I did not love her for these abnor
mal qualities, but more for the beauty
of her form and face, and a quiet,
sympathetic personality that slum
bered somewhere in her nature. She
did not look kindly upon my efforts
to reclaim her from her mental fads.
felt at times that she believed in oc
cult things just to shock my sense of
propriety. When I was fully satisfied
of this, I swung around to the other
extreme and indulgently listened to
all of her wild vagaries concerning
mysticism, spirits, mind-readers and
astral bodies.
This was how we came to visit D r.
Secor, the celebrated hypnotist. 1
decided to disarm her of all suspi
cion. I would not cross her in any
thing. But I soon had cause to ro-
gret my approval of this extreme
course. How well I remember the
words of the dootor when he examined
her as a subject for exhibiting his al
most supernatural power I
"i do not wibu to use you. You
have in you the making of a powerful
hypnotist. Yield to no one, but make
others your subjeots."
With that he dismissed her, but no
one saw the look of exultation in her
eyes as 1 mu. one was now con
scious of her power. Her eyes were
feverishly bright as we left the meet
ing. I knew that the mischief was
dono, and I quietly waited the re
sults.
Selma never did things by halves.
When I saw the books piled upon her
dainty table two nights after this visit,
I knew that she was making a study of
hypnotism. At first she was shy about
her new fad, but she soon launched
boldly forth into her subject. She
was reading everything about the ques
tion, from the first principles up to
the latest discoveries. I tried to dis
courage her, and to draw her mind
toward other interesting subjects. But
that was not elma to yield until she
bad exhausted her passion, and the
thing itself began to cloy.
One evening I called later than
usual. I was not in an enviable frame
of mind. Things had irritated me
that day, and I found myself in the
desperate mood of wishing to bring
matters to a climax between Selma
and myself. It she would not accept
my love I would give up the chase. I
would uBe every legitimate means and
argument to force her to love and ao
cept me. She could not be won by
quiet, modest wooing. She required
the determined opposition of a mind
that would conquer her own in the
struggle for supremacy.
Strange that I did not think of the
words of Dr. Secor, as I revolved
these thoughts in my brain I I never
once thought of Selma's mind being
stronger than my own. I had always
treated her as a half-spoiled, petted
ob.il J, that needed a master and ad
viser. I had unconsciously assumed
this funetion for myself.
Despite my self-possession and self-
absorption in one great subject as I
entered her room, I soon became
ware of a peculiar sensation. The
articles in the room had all been
changed, and Selma herself looked
strangely bright and fascinating. Her
eyes were sever more brilliant and
attractive. She was dressed in an
evening costume which set off her
beauty rather than concealed it. She
glided toward me in a winsome sylph
like fashion, and extended a warm
hand to welcome me. I shuddered as
dropped the hand why, I could not
say. My eyes wandered around the
room, aud then back to Selma each
time. She was always watching me,
with her lips half-parted in smile.
"Why have you changed the furni
ture eo, Selma?" I asked in a voice
that seemed somewhat dreamy to me.
'Why? Do you not like it?" she
answered slowly, without removing
her eyes from me.
They were very brilliant. I could
almost imagine they were two stars.
They were a complete study in them
selves. I wandered somewhat iu my
thoughts, and then recalled myself.
"Have you anything new ou hypuo
tism?" I asked irrelevantly, looking
toward her recent collection of books,
"Nothing in book form, but .
have "
A strange idea nai-nod across my
mind as if by intuition, and I inter
rupted her only to finish her own sen
tenoe.
"You have seen Dr. Secor?"
She noddod her head simply, and
bruggtid her pretty shoulders,
. v
"Selma, this is going too far," I !
burst out wrathfully. "You should
not do such "
Sho waved her hand imperiously,
and said decidedly:
"Stop. You have said enough."
This was so unlike Helma that I
obeved. I thotight her eyes grew
nioro feverish, and sho was making
graceful motions with her hands that
fascinated mo. I watched her mutely.
Tlion I grew dizzy. I clutched the
arms of my chair and caught for my
breath. It dawnod upon me that she
was trying to hypnotize me. Dr.
Socor had initiated her into tho mys
teries of his power. Tho thought at
first was revolting and made me an
gry. But before I could speak a
heavy sigh came from Selma. She was
breathing hard and fast. Did she
think to triumph over me, to bring
my mind under her control? She
might have a strong personality, but I
was willing to test my own powers
against hers. I braced myself for the
ordeal, and returned her steady gaze.
The sudden wave of streugth which
swept over me seomed to coufuse and
mystify her. She sighed again, and
olutched her hands nervously. Then
she gradually grew quiet and passive.
Her hands seemed to lose their power,
aud her whole form dropped back into
her chair listlessly. A wild feeling of
exultation possessed me. I felt that
I had triumphed. She was in my
power. I could do with her as I
pleased.
Then came the strong desire to
make her love me. I could force her
to that against her will. She could
not escape. I had come to declare my
love. I would first tell her of it, and
if she refused my pleadings I would
command her to love me.
"Selma," I spoke slowly, and my
voice sounded strange and unnaturul.
"You are in my power."
She raised her head slightly as if to
resist.
"Not entirely," sho faltered. "I
have failed, but you have not wholly
triumphed. "
"But I can," I answered.
"No, no, I shall not yield. Yoncau
go no further."
It was. a far away voice, and it
floated to me softly. It seemed un
like that of Selma. The room itself
looked poculiar. There was something
in the atmosphere that was enervat
ing. My own limbs were dragging me
down heavily into the chair. The
sensation startled me.
"Selma, you must do my bidding,"
I said again, determined to try the
effect of my power. "What I com
mand, you must do."
She laughed a low, silvery laugh.
Then mookingly, she added :
"You are ovor-estimating your
power as I over-estimated mine. I
am not your subjeot yet."
It was not necessary to tell me this.
I could see that our two minds were
struggling for the mastery, and each
was baffled by the other. My feelings
were strange beyond comprehension.
I felt almost as if I was in tranoo.
I realized that if I should yield one
inch Selma would triumph and obtain
complete ascendancy over me. A
weakening sensation crept upon my
limbs and nearly paralyzed them.
The thought that I was yielding inch
by inch roused me, and I recovered
my strength again witu great eilort.
As I regained possession of my pow
ers, Selma seemed to waver and grow
more nervous.
"I shall conquer," I muttered, more
to my myself. "You must yield. I
shall read your life, and make you tell
me of the future !
Her hands fluttered nervously and
her eyelids drooped. Her whole form
threatened to collapse before me. For
the moment 1 had gained the subtle
power over her.
Tell me, nolma, what 1 ask of
you," I said, raising my hand. "It is
impossible to resist longer, xou are
my subject. You must answer me
truthfully."
She nodded assent, aud whispered
lowly :
"Yes, I must answer you ; but you
cannot ask me the questions you wish.
I know what they are. You caunot
ask them, but I will answer what you
ask."
'Ibis strange confession coufused
me. Uould not asK tier wnat 1 wisiied.
The thought made me smile. Had she
tho power over me to keep back the
question that was uppermost in my
iniuu? No; i would declare my love
and get her confession from her. I
tried to frame my thoughts in appro
priate language, but my mind was cou
fused. I vainly eudeavored to begin,
but each sentence that I revolved in
my brain seemed unsuitable. My mind
was never so uncertain and lacking in
decision. Could I not speak? Bashful
lover never hesitated so long as I did to
declare his love. Was she really ex
erting a subtle influence over me that
confused my mind and kept back the
words I wanted to utter ?
"Selma, when did you see Dr.
Secor?" I said, anxious to discover
whether I had lost control of my
tongue.
"To-day," she said, simply.
"Did ho teach you how to hypno
tize?" I oontiuued.
"Yes, he tried to, but I have partly
failed."
"Not partly, but wholly." I an
swered, quickly.
She smiled as she answered :
"You ure mistaken. You are partly
under iny power. You cauuot rise
from your chair without permission
from me, and you cannot ask me the
question you desire.
To show how absurd her words were I
attempted to get up, but my limbs were
paralyzed. I could not move. Neither
eould I tell her of my love and ask her to
accept me. The realization of my
condition made the perspiration stand
out iu great beads on my forehead.
"How can I iree myself from this
position?" I asked in desperation.
J "Only by obtaining, my cuubcut,"
"And yon? now can you return to '
your normal condition?"
She smiled.
"You have it within your power to
relieve me."
"Then I will do it as soou as I have
shown my power over you. I must
tell you that I"
"J could not get any further. The
words choked in my mouth. My
pride forsook me at the thought of my
utter helplessness. I bowed my bead.
"It is useless. There is some mys
terious power holding mo back. I
cannot tell you."
"If I willed it so you could, and I
would have to answer yon truthfully."
I did not raise my head. I was sick
of the whole business. It was ruinous
to the mind and nerves. I almost
dreadod the result of such a strain
npon Helma with her sensitive, emo
tional nature.
"Release me, Selma, and I will with
draw ray influence," I said, suddenly
raising my head.
But as my eyes met her bright ones
a delicious sensation stole over mo.
My spirits rose with jump. The
heavy oppression was withdrawn. I
only realized that Selma was before
me bright, beautiful, entrancing.
My tongue was now free, aud in the
most eloquent language I poured out
the story of my passion. I even rose
from my chair and advanced to her
side. She was still sittiug motionless,
with her hands hanging listlessly by
her side. She answered my questions
as a child as a mere automaton.
There was no animation or emotion in
her words or voice. She was en
tranced, hypnotized.
1 recoiled from her. The truth
flashed across my mind in an instant.
At my bidding she hadreliquishedhor
subtle power over my mind, bnt in ray
enthusiasm I had forgotten to release
her. From a partial state of hypno
tism she had then rapidly fallen into
totally quioBoent, passive condition. I
had unconsciously taken undue advan
tage of her aud obtained her mechani
cal confessions of love. The thought
filled me remorse and disquietude.
I turned from her and bowed my
head on my hands. The whole night's
experience had been disagreeable and
even horrible to me. 1 vowed that it
would be the last time I should ever
tamper with hypnotism or other un
seen mental forces. I dreaded to look
around and see what effect the whole
occurrence bad upon Selma. She was
quiet and immovable, but her hard
breathing fell monotonously upon my
ears.
"Selma," I said, finally, turning to
her, "let us never try this experiment
again."
She looked up at me and shuddered.
She was now in her normal condition.
The feverish brilliancy of her eyes had
disappeared.
"No, never," she murmured. "It
seems as if I was waking out of a
dream. But it was a delicious dream,
or at least part of it. I thought
that--"
A flush tinged her cheeks, and she
dropped her eyes.
"What, Selma?" I asked.
, "Nothing, except that wo were to
gether, and that I was happy."
She remembered nothing. Her con
fessions of love were a secret with me.
With them still ringing in my ears, 1
then repeated my tale of dovotion,
knowing full well beforehand that she
loved me, though outwardly she might
seem indifferent. Home and Country.
Seven Hundred Miles Above Your Head.
If it were possible to rise above the
atmosphere which surrounds the
earth, the sun would appear as
sharply-defined ball of tire, while
everything else would bo wrapped in
total darkness. The explanation of
this seeming oddity is this: There
would not nor could not be any sensa
tion of light conveyed to the brain
through the medium of the eyes with
out an atmosphero or something sim
ilar to the sun s rays to act upon.
But, on the contrary, if the atmos
phere of our earth extended to a
height of 700 miles, the sun's heat and
rays could never penetrate it, and
nothing in the shape of an organized
being would ever have existed upon
this planet. Again, if something
should happen that would suddenly
expand our atmosphere to a height of
COO or 700 miles, wo would all freoze
to death while wrapped in darkness
blacker than the blackest midnight.
St. Louis Republic.
Au Ironclad Railroad.
A railroad which tho Germans have
built in Asia Minoi, extendiug from
Ismid, a harbor about sixty miles east
of Constantinople, east by south 303
miles to Angora, has as little wood in
it, perhaps, as any in the world. Not
only the rails and bridges, but the ties
and telegraph poles are of iron, nine
tieths of it furnished by German
works; and chiefly by Krupp. There
' re no less thau 1200 bridges on the
line, oue measuring 590 feet, one 415,
and three 327 feet. There are sixteen
tunnels, the longest measuring 1430
feet. This is the only railroad which
penetrates into the interior of Asiatio
i'urkey. Railroad Gazette.
Refinement ol Cruelty.
Two Rochester women were discuss
iug the subject of saluds and their
construction. The first said: "Now
for lobster salad I always get a nice
live lobster that weighs about one
pound and a half or two pounds, and
boil it cicely." The second spoke iu
with, "How do you kill the lobster?
You know, I never buy live lobsters
because I think it is so inhuman to
kill them by putting them into a ket
tle of hot water." The first woman
replied : "Oh, 1 never kill them that
way ; that would be too horrible. I
always put them ou iu cold water and
let them come to a boil. " Rochester
Pubt-iSxprtibd,
A VAST NATIONAL EVIL.
HORRORS OF ABSINTHE DRINKING
IN FRANCE.
Its Chief Ingredient Is Wormwood,
and It Poisons the I?oly and Hums
the Drains of Its Victims.
PURING tho Algerian war,
which lasted from 1814 to
1H47, the French army were
more in danger from African
fevers than from Algerian enemies.
Several things were tried as antidotes
or preventives by tho skilful Brmy
physicians. Finally absinthe was hit
on as the most effective febrifuge.
The soldiers were ordered to mix it
in small quantities threo times a day
with the ordinary French wino. Tho
luckless, happy-go-luoky privates grow
to like their medicine, which at first
they sworo at bitterly for spoiling with
its bitterness that beautiful purple
vinegar they foniUy fancy is wino.
But when absinthe alone began to
usurp the time-honored place of claret
in the affections of the French army,
the evil became au unmixed one.
Absinthe straight as a beverage is a
direly different thing from absinthe
mixed as a medicine or an occasional
tonio. The victorious army on their
triumphal return to Paris brought tho
habit with them. It is now so wide
spread through all olasses of Parisian
society and Paris gives tho cue to
France that French men of -science
and publicists regard the custom of
absinthe tippling as a vast national
evil.
The oonsequenoe of the use and
use of this drug ripens to abuse, even
with men of unusual will powor has
been in France disastrous to a dread
ful degree. Many mon of remarkable
brilliancy have offered up their brains
and their lives on tho livid altar ot
absinthe. Baudelaire, who translated
all Foe's works into French, had a
terrible grotesque passion; for tho
pleasant green poison. In one of his
mad freaks this minor French poet
aotually painted his hair the saino
tint as the beverage that cerrodod his
brain, possibly from an odd fancy to
have the outside of his head corre
spond with or match the inside.
Paul Verlaine, a French literateur
and criminal, still living, who had a
poem in the May number of Mr. Astor's
English magazine, is another absinthe
fiend, and Guy de Maupassant is re
ported to have burned his brains away
with the same emeraldine flames. The
brain disease caused by this drug is
considered almost incurable. Far
worse than alcohol or opium, it can
only bo compared to cocaine for the
follness of its clutch ou poor humanity.
Yet, we take it occasionally as au
after dinner settler of digestive debts
in this oountry, and quite often as an
appetizer or tonio before meals, whila
in New Orleans, throughout the oldei
quarter, little cabarets, devoted almost
exclusively to the sale of it, are quite
common.
What, then, is this dreadful drink
composed of, and how is it made? The
answer is easy enough, though the
process, to insure perfection in the
evil, is not so. Absinthe may be tech
nically described as redistillation of
alcoholio spirits (made originally from
various things, potatoes, for instance),
in which to give it the final character,
absinthium with other aromatic herbf
and bitter roots are grouud up, or
macerated, in chemist lingo.
The ohief ingredient is the tops and
leaves of the herb artcmisia absin
thium, or wormwood, which grows
from two to four feet in great, pro
fusion under cultivation, aud which
contains a volatile oil, absinthol, and
a yellow, crystaliue, resiuous com
pound, called absinthin, which is the
bitter principle. The alcohol with
which this and the essentials of other
aromatio plants are mixed holds there
volatile oils in solution.
It is the precipitation of theso oils
in water that causes tho rich clouding
of the glass when the absinthe is
poured ou the cracked ice; double em
blems or warnings of tho clouding and
the cracking of the brain if it is taken
steadily. Thus every drink of the
opaline liquid is au object lessou iu
chemistry that carries its own moral.
The continued use of tho absiuthe
gives rise to epileptic symptoms as au
external expression of the profound
disturbance of the brain aud nerves.
One largo dose of the essence of the
wormwood, indeed, has been noted as
causing almost instantly epileptiform
convulsions iu animals.
But the drug is not without its uses
from a broad point of view. As the
name implies, it is au anthelmintic, or
a pretty sure cure for certain kinds of
animal life that sometimes infest tho
intestines of men, causing pain aud
death. This peculiar property was
well known to the Greeks, who had a
wine infused with wormwood called
absinthites.
The first effects of it are a profound
serenity ol temper aud a slight
heightening of the mental powers,
coupled with bodily inertia. This is
the geuerul rule, but us a famous phy
sician once remarked of a dreadful
disorder iu his lecture-room, "Gentle
men, the chief glory of the beautiful
disease I am now explaining is the re
markable variety of its manifesta
tions." New York World.
Mystery ot ludiau Corn.
The ludiau com, or maize, was first
found uuder cultivation by the na
tives. Its origin has never beeu do
I termiued beyoud all question though
mauy ingenious guesses have beeu cur
rent. Dr. Johu W. Harshberjer, of
the University of Pennsylvania, bti
recently made a botanical an I eeono
' micttl study of the plant, an I contends
that its original native home must have
beeu, "iu all probability," uortli of tho
Isthmus of Tehuantepeo aud so'lth ot
the twenty-second degree uortii lati
tude, Uear theauciuut seat ot ttio .1 tya
tribes. Now Xurk IwJopgudcut,
SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL.
Pnpor pneumatio tires are iu process
of experiment.
Photographs havo been taken 500
feet under water.
There are mora muscles iu tho tail
of a rat than there are in a human
hand.
It was twenty-nine days from the
casting of tho Lick objective glass be
fore it had cooled sufficiently for safe
removal.
An aurora seen from Toronto, Cana
da, last year has boen calculated to bo
166 miles high and 2300 miles from
end to end.
In tests last year in the German town
of Dessau it was shown that cooking
by wood and coal costs a little more
than twice that done with gas.
A German officer has invented a mo
tor in which a fine stream of coal dust
is utilized to drive a piston by explo
sion in the same manner as the gas in
the gas engine.
All plants have periods of activity
and rest. Some are active in the day-
tin- e and sleep at night; others re
pose during the daylight hours aud
are awake at night.
The longest continued cataleptic
sleep known to science was reported
from Germany in 1892, tho patient
having remained absolutely uncon
scious for four and a half months.
The largest mammoth found in Si
beria measured seventeen feet long
and ten feet in height. The tusks
weighed 3fl0 pounds. The head with
out the tusks weighed 414 pounds.
The director of the Sydney (Aus
tralia) Observatory has collected facts
regarding eighty-four icebergs, show
ing that they do not appreciably affect
the temperature in their neighbor
hood. Electrioity haB been adopted for
towing the canal boats on the summit
level of the Canal de Bourgoyue,which
connects the Siene and Soane, cross
ing in its course the divide between
the channel and the Mediterranean.
The new Sheffield Laboratory for
the scientific department of Yale will be
four stories high and seventy-two feet
front by 130 deep. It is to be the
largest and best college laboratory iu
the country, aud will cost $130,000.
The following represent the best
meats for childrou, in the order of
their digestibility : Cold mutton, mut
ton chops, venison, tenderloin, sir
loin, sirloin steak, lamb chops, roast
beef, rabbit meat and chicken. Veal,
pork, turkey, goose and duck should
be excluded from the children's bill of
fare.
The bluo mould on cheese resembles
bread mould. It bears a cluster of
branches, each of which is a layer of
naked spores, like a string of beads,
11 breaking apart whon matured.
These produoe new fungi. This same
mould is found on old leather, and
oftentimes develops on the surface of
preserved fruits.
Dr. Sohiff, of Vienna, has applied
photography to the study of the human
skin. A bright light is projected on
the part of the skin to bo examined
and by direct exposure many small
details of the skin, includiug mark
ings not usually discernible, are pho
tographed. The enlarged negatives
show these details with great clear
ness.
Don't Worry.
Worry is curse and a source of
untold evils. It seams the face with
lines and furrows, aud has a most de
pressing effect upon that hyper-sensitive
organ, the stomach, which at such
times beoomes a most unwilling aud
laggard servant. Indeed, it is safe to
say that unless encouraged by a cheer
ful temper and bright, or, at least,
hopeful, thoughts, the stomach will
play truant or Bulk and do no work
which it can shirk. The physiological
explanation of this is the cljse alli
ance of the great sympathetic nerves,
which are worso thau the telegraph
for carrying bud news ; the worry and
anxiety which depress the brain pro
duce simultaneously a semi-paralysis
ot the nerves of the stomach, gastric
juioes will not flow, and presto!
there is indigestion.
One sign of mental health is se
renity of tomper and self-control
that enables us to bear with oquuuiiu
ity and unruffled temper the petty
triuls and jars of life, esuecially those
rising from contact with scolding,
irascible, irritating folk. It is well to
remember at such times that these
unfortunates are their own worst ene
mies; and a cultivation of the art of
not hearing will help us very much.
It is a very useful art all through life
and well worth some trouble to ac
quire. --Detroit Froe Press.
Clever Horse, Remarkahly Trained,
An addition has just beeu m i4o to
the show at the Crystal Paluue iu the
shape of what is described as a talking
and thought-reading horse. Muzeppu
seems to be able to do auythiug but
talk, aud by means ot her feet aud
head to auswer any questions put to
her either by her trainer, II. S.
McGuire, or any of the audience. She
first starts counting four by striking
the grouud four times, aud then goes
through a simple examination iu addi
tion, multiplication, uud subtraction
with perfect accuracy. After calling
for the number of days in a week, the
number of mouths in a year, aud the
day of the mouth. Mr. McGuire asked
how many days iu the week she desired
to work, and her vigorous shuko of
the head to indicate none caused con
siderable amusemout. She also adds
up a four-line sum, dictated from tho
audience, and written on a black board ;
tells the time by different watches, uud
performs mauy other remarkable feats,
which bear testimony to tho traiuiug
powers of her owuer, who was loudly
applauded at th close of the enter
Uiuuieut. Lou4tfU Standard,
TUB MEADOW BROOK.
I turn no milt . no lake I (111 ,
No whlto sail 11 utters on my hronst.
I show no grace of naiad's fac,
Whoso soft, warm foot my s:ind? has
pressed.
From ono small spring purs draughts I
brlnu,
And tiptoe ttirouqh tho thirsty land.
Cup-bearer I whnro brown wrens fly.
And violets hide on either bund.
In nntauffht sonR 1 flow alonf,
Nor seek to utter that doep word
The ooean spoke when first it wokn
And all creation paused an 1 heard.
Ood's hand hath hound Its own true, sound
To every string Ho plays upon.
HH listening ear hears, soft and eloas,
Tho music of my whispered tone.
When goldenrod and asters no I
And grasses edge my narrow stream,
When swallowj dip and orioles sip
My shining waters slip aud gleam.
Some little noe l In flower or weed
To me alone In trust Is Riven,
And knoll and tree loavo spaco for me
To mirror forth a strip ot heaveu.
Curtis May, In St. Nicholas.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
An odd genius A genius who is not
odd.
A bright conscience is tho sun of
lifo. Boston Budget.
The paths of glory lead to a good
many political graves. Puck.
A boy's idea of a hero is another boy
who runs off. Atchison Globe.
He who fights and runs away may
live to ruu another day. Truth.
There is no fool like an old fool who
tries to act like a young fool. Pucfc
In these days a plagiarist is usually
a man who writes a play. Yulo Reo
ord. A word to the wiso is generally sull
cicut to get the adviser into trouble.
Puck.
Maud "What is the best way to re
tain a man's love?" Marie "Don't
return it."
The greatest organ iu the world
with no stops woman's voice. Low
ell Courier.
The golden rule is just ouo inch
longer than a thirty-fivo-iuch yard
stick Ram's Horn.
Few things are hurder to put up
with than the annoyance of a good
example. Mark Twain.
We should say that for longevity
the best occupation would bo that of
laster. Lowell Courier.
The worst of the family tree is thnt
it requires too much whitewashing to
keep the insects off. Puck.
A man who is well heeled can bo a
trifle indifferent about walking ou his
uppers. Philadelphia Times.
Every mortal has a right to his owi,
jaw, but he has uo right to give it to
other people. Galveston News.
It is no trouble to see that, wealth is
a curse as long um the other follow
has it. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Thorn's nothlu' like the we 1 lia'
Fer ter make a feller louru ;
For he thinks that sliu is liis'u.
But Hails out th.it h is her'u.
Indianapolis Journal.
Some men give one the impression
that if they were pricked with a pin
there would be nothing left of them.
Puck.
Banks "What makes you look so
sour?" Rivers "Old fellow, I'm ins
pickle. Can you spare mo a little
sugar?" Chicago Tribuuo.
Toodlos -"Could you lot me hare
$5 for a few days?" "No; I have
more days thau I know what tJ uo
with now." Chicago Inter-Oceau.
Jillsou bays that he has noticed that
some men are a great deal like rivers.
When their heads are swelled you re
alize it from their mouths. Mercury.
A business man with a "ruuuiux aecounl"
Discovers, when driven to duuuin.-,
That his debtors surpass the uocouut very
much
In the matter of actual ruuuiutf.
"The way to sloop," says a scientist,
"is to thiuk of nothing." But that is
a mistake, says au exchange. Tho way
to sleep is to thiuk it is time to yet
up. Elmira Gazette.
Sometimes you can tell about ho
much a man really loves his wife by
notieiug which of them carries the
baby when they go out together for
walk. Somerville Journal.
Though some look down ou pawnbrokers
And quite despise the eroiitures,
W must confess
Their business
Has its redeeming features.
.Ill ll,'0.
Mr. BiR "Here, Johnnie, is a niji
new quarter. Now" Johnnie "If
it's to find out who the other fellows
are that call ou sister it's worth fifty
cents to go over the whole list."
luter-Oeeau.
"I don't think it's right for docttrs
to charge some patients more thau
othois." "Oh, I do; life is worth a
great deal more to a man win has a
million dollars thau it is to me."--Newport
News.
A Woiiderlul Mosaic.
A picture, inoasunu j jcircclv 'nro
than oxH iuches iu its frame, aud yet
Composed of 4 i),0 1 ) muiiitj pieces of
natural colore 1 wails ho just lueti
hung upon the v.-.ill ni Alcuioii il Hall.
This wonderful triuuiph t: mosaic
work was put together by au Ittiiau
artist, of course, its builder h;iviu'$
been l'1-ofe-.s )i- C iralliui, ol i'ior Miee.
It w.is scut over the sea to the World's
Fair, and tiually came to Hud a rest
ing place iu the Industrial Museum.
It represents Christopher Columbus
ou the Santa Maria at the moment ot
discovery, when ths sailors are crying,
"l.uidl Laud I" It is a remarkably
beautiful uiosaio of marqueterie. '1'lij
gift was made by Caiuello Hiccbardi,
au lt iliau, who represented th. Royal
Siamese Commission tit I ho
City. Philadelphia. Kocord