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The bin jiri In the window,
T1 bin bow la In the ball,
llold tb&t aweet old time perfnm
That we Po-poarri call.
We cannot tell who made Jt,
or where the floweia did
For thrM who picked them left na
Fuil fifty years agol
Tet, when at aentel erenlDg
I atand beaide the bowU
And watch my rosea fading
Aa uij(tit mUta upwar.rroil.
I aeeiu to ae their apirlts
bland aileot there below,
W" ho made l'ot-poarrt for us
Fall fitty yeara mgul
I watch them, ynntha and maljena.
About the garden elide;
I aae them cnll the dowera
There growing aide by aide;
I hear their aolt love wbUpera,
1 almcat seem to know
The facea dead and buried
Some fifty yeara ago!
I smile to think bow fleeting
Are all our joys, our pain;
How awifily auushine paimea.
How quickly drtra the rain.
For they, ton, loTed aud a tiered.
And bore their own death-blow,
Thoae pretty lade and lasaea
lead fifty yeara ago!
Yet their dead msea whisper
Of aweetm as e'en in death;
Thia loTely perfumed odor
Has outlived Love's hot breath;
And sweet can bi our evening.
And, If we wish It so.
Can last e'en like l'ot-pourri
Made fifty yeara ago!
TRAPPING AN HEIRESS.
A few years ago I was very well ac
quainted with a lot of. impecunious men
about the Strand, who "lived upon
their wiu," just as I am at this mo
ment acquainted with a'.mllar men who
exist in the same way in or about the
same locality. The mode and style
are different now, but the principle
or ratber want of principle) is the same
as it ever has been.
They were a strange aDd merry lot
of "ne'er-do-wells," mostly men of
good education and superior families,
who had somehow mlsaed the right way
In life. To describe the lirst who come
to my memory br.edy, 1 may s:iy there
was a "retired1' lieutenaut from the
Royal Xavy whose titled cousin had a
rent-roll of about fifteen thousand
pounds a year; a fully qualified medical
man, who was the son of a church
dignitary; an Anglo-Roman who had
held the rank of general in the army of
a semi-savage eastern potentate; a late
chaplain In the army; a few briefless
barristers and ex-Somerset House
clerks; and In addition to those parasites
of society, a few nondeseript individ
uals who humbly picked up the crumbs
which fell from the uncertain tables of
the foregoing.
One of these men, a Master of Arts
of one of tLe great Universities, was
never known to be without a pian for
realizing a rapid fortune, and after a
time he did succeed in coating a
scheme, with branches In all the great
provincial towns, which notonly proved
profitable and for a time popular, but
succeeded in raising hopes in the
breasts of thousands of human beings
of all ranks of society which were
destined never to be fulfilled, and
brought with them nothing but ruin,
unhappiness and unutterable misery.
This man was called GreeviL and his
first partner was the unscrupulous
individual who had been on his own
authority a general in the vicinity of
Turkestan, aud who was known as
Kirby Furnival.
I believe that few of these men knew
my calling at the period. If they did.
I suppose they thought me too good a
fellow to '-split upon them;" for they
used to discuss their plots aud plans in
my preseuce with delightful ease and
freedom.
One day I "dropped In" for luncheon
at one of their resorts, where 1 found
Furnival buttonholing a young actor
who bad just lost a fine engagement at
a neighbotlni; theatre from having
taken too much to drink and letting
tue public see it.
"Say, Frank," said Furnival. "can
you 'make-up' off the stage as well as
on?"
"What do yon mean?"
"What I say."
"Do you mean powder my face and
put carmine on my cheeks to produce
an effect in broad daylight?"
"Xo, no, my ladl" cried Furnival,
who was herculean in build, although
not very talL "What I mean is this,
could you 'make-up' well, I mean
dress and act as, say, a young parson,
for a few days, if I made it worth your
while?-'
"Depends," murmured Frauk, ca
resslrg a heavy mustache, the darkness
of which could not be traced to na
ture.
"Oh. I know what you mean," cried
Furnival. "Ye watt to be paid for
cutting offiyer mustache, (furnival
Lad a. peculiar brogue.) "V ell. look
here, my man, cut the blessed thing
off: I'll provide ye a drees for the part.
and if you follow our Instructions
Ureevil is in the swim with me we'll
atand you a tenner down, and some
thing more may hang on if you keep
quiet and say nothing to nobody."
Let's hear what It's all about,"
aid Frank. "Is it a loker"
"The devil a joke in it, I can tell
you," cried Furnival. "Come on; no
nonsense! If you're game say so. Come
smd have your mustache off. and here's
couple O' quid to sale uio uargaiu.
a rtt vml mi?"
"Am I on. is it? liy Jovel I'd be
on to anything for a brace of thick
nnt rrwriav
"All right, then," said Furnival.
"Come on, and I'll ttche ye yer part."
And away they eut to arrange mat
ters, leaving a few people beblud them
who were highly amused at what they
believed to be the beginning of a very
tine joke. It was fated that I should
discover very soon after that it was no
bike, and never intended to oeanyuiing
t-tit one of the most serious matters in
lir.
imt ten days after this a message
ent to our office by a highly re-
titiectable solicitor, asking the assist
ance of an uicer 01 m i.
ffence. 1 don't know x couiu uy
r..-tr,, m that, but being the only one of
superior rank in at the time 1 was sent
to Lincoln's ma xriu-
Mr. Ilandley was a family solicitor
f the old school, very deliberate in
every movement, but very accurate in
. ex or ess too. At first I was ln-
t.t tn h imoatlent with htm, but I
saw that it was best to wait until be
bad delivered bimseii in ni own way.
r .rr. n.tf. rOiQZ tO trouble yOO With
bis way. or even my way. I shall sim
ply try lo ten you m
be took a great many to convey to me.
ii- i,i received a communication
frqa a Arm of solicitors In Kingston.
Jamaica, that a client of theirs bad
just died, and left about thirty thous
and pounds. As far as the other gen
tleman knew, be bad but two relations
alive a grand -nepUe w and a grand-
niece. Mr. Hand ley was Instructed to
And them out. They were natives of
Manchester, and to the last known
address In that city he of course ap
plied. In three days an answer came back
to the effect that the grand-nephew was
believed to have been drowned in a
collision on the Thames. The niece
was supposed to be a governess in the
vicinity of Stockport. Her address at
Ilea ion Cuapel was sent on Immedi
ately after, and then Mr. Ilandley sent
down his managing clerk, who came
back with the mysterious news that she
had left her engagement a few days
before, forfeiting a months' salary in
Ilea of notice.
"I have advertised in the Times and
other morning papers for the young
lady," proceeded Mr. Ilandley, "on
Friday and Saturday, and this morn
ing, but these organs evidently have
not come under the eye of Miss Mer
cedes Brampton. The lateness of her
disappearance makes It suspicious, and
so I have seut to you to discover her if
you can."
" You think the young lady has fallen
into the hands of people who will sacri
fice her interests for their own?" I said.
"What else can I think?" asked Mr.
Ilandley.
"Excuse me," I proceeded, "but
that would imply that some one in your
service had divulged business secrets;
for how else would anyone but you
know that this lady was entitled to
thirty thousand pounds?"
"Ah, quite accurately reasoned,"
the lawyer went on, with a smile, "and
that gives me confidence in you, sir.
I feel that I mav freely assure you that
nothing of this matter has passed
through the lips of any member of my
establishment, except so far as my
clerk made inquiries in Manchester,
Stockport and Ileaton Chapel. He
found that at least two strangers bad
called upon and had interviews with
the young lady one an elderly gentle
mar, and the other a clergyman."
"Do you think that the solicitors of
the deceased have communicated with
any other person in England?" I asked
next.
"No," returned Mr. Ilandley,
firmly; "but I imagine that dozens
nay hundreds of this paper are posted
regularly to England;" and he handed
me a copy of the Kingston Gleaner,
which contained an account of the old
gentleman's death, with the fact ap
pended that his relations were a grand
nephew and grandnlece in Lancashire.
"Ah, that accounts for the whole
thing!" I cried. "Some unscrupulous
'next-of-kin' agents have got their
clutches on the poor girl."
"Next-of-kin agents! Unscrupulous!
What do you mean?" asked Mr. Iland
ley, elevating bis eyebrows. "I know
several of those Arms, and believe them
to be most honorable people."
"And I know dozens of solicitors
who deserve hanging." I said quietly,
"but that does not affect the character
of the profession generally. There are,
of course, decent as well as rascally
next-of-kin agents, and the reason I
say she has got into the clutches of
these unscrupulous people, is because
the honest agents would have replied to
your advertisement at once."
"Ah, you are right," said Mr.
Handley. "What do you propose doing,
then?"
"I shall go to Manchester by the
next train," was my reply, "and. if
possible, 1 shall trace her out."
I did as I said. I had no difficulty
In finding Mr. Giiesple, the late em
ployer of Miss Mercedes or Miss
Mercy Brampton. Mrs. Gillespie was
not a very sympathetic woman, and
was not !nclined to say much in favor
of her late governess. Oh, there was
nothing against her character! She
wouldn't have been in her employ if
there had been, but she bad gone away
without warning, with the first man
that came for her at least, not the
first man for he was a clergyman,
although one night he certainly was a
'little tipsy, and spoke much more like
a play-actor than a clergyman."
"A clergyman a little tipsy and
spoke much more like a play-actor than
a clergyman!" was It strange that these
words 'should bring back to my mind
the Interview between Furnival and
Frank F , the actor? Hot at alL
It was the clue I wanted, and then I
remember that Furnival bad blurted
out a faw weeks before that he and
Greevil were going to found a next-of-kin
agency, with branches all over the
kingdom, or perhaps the world. I
determined to run off to town at once,
and find out Frank. If he had shaved
off his mustache, I should know what
to think.
First. I tried to procure a photograph
of the missing heiress, but Mrs. Gilles
pie had never seen one. After a little
patience, however, the nursery govern
ess was discovered to have had one
taken at ta "Wakes" with Miss
Brampton. When It was produced It
was a very bumble matter, done on
common glass, but no doubt was a
pretty faithful picture.
Armed with this and my suspicions,
I returned to town in high spirits.
I lost no time in hurrying to the
haunts of Messrs. Greevil, Furnival
and Frank F . but no one appeared
to be more at leisure than I was when l
ran against the first two of these
worthies. Frank was nowhere to be
It was soon apparent to me that
Furnival and Greevil were not on the
best of terms together. I have hinted
to you before that Furnival was like a
kind of deformed Hercules perfectly
nnnUn!arilA- GreeviL on the other
hand was middle-sized, quiet, fair-
ii.iri nil with that neculiar stamo of
face which may be called expression
less. We soon had to learn that bis
icii men and cunning were almost
matchless.
iinrin. tha whole of this first after
noon the partners seemed to bs playing
at cross purposes. Greevil wished to
tnnk arrar hnaineas: FurniTal WOUld
Km Thta the other did
WAVUiJMiUJ
nnt desire, and so it went on until
c i .1 nt miu-h ta drink, when
uiuii - -
ku. n- nii.rnil nwnlT. DUt Gree-
vil kept his temper excellently, and
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would not oe arawn ouw at ww., siwi
tnrtiinr ant time. I heard Furnival
'Look here. Mister Clever Greevil.
don't try doubling on me, or yon u
come off second best."
"Who's doubling?"
Mir AM m
"You're tipsy, or yon would not say
so." "
Mr -. .nt tines', an' TDD know I'm
not wring. What took yon down to
Manchester when It was agreed to wow
the oraa dv leuerr -
"1 was not In Manchester.
"Ton lie. Ton nere."
"Who tayt so?"
Track F "
"What was he doing there?"
"That's my business."
"Oh, bo!" cried Mr. GreeviL
Tou've bad Frank down there, have
you? I think I am the person who
should complain of doubling. But
never mind; we won't talk any more
to-nl ght on the subject. Here, cabby,"
and he signalled a passing hansom.
He had hardly taken his seat, when
one of the poorer classes of Bohemians
a young fellow who called himself Le
Taine, and was clad almost in rags
came up, shivering and whispered
something to Greevil, whose only reply
was:
"It's no use. I can', I tell you."
"I tell you." said Le Vaine, in a
voice husky from long accumulated
colds, "that I haven't been in bed for
four nights. Come, for auld lang syne,
lend me a bob."
"I won't."
"You won't," moaned the other.
"Then Heaven forgive me! there's
nothing for it but to make a whole In
the water.'
A few of the miserable fellow's old
companions laughed at this "old joke,"
but began to press their hands far
down lnco their empty pockets never
theless. However, they were not called
upon to "deliver" anything at that
time, for Greevil chanced his mind,
and said:
"Look here. Le Vaine; here's half
a crown for you. Meet me here to
morrow, and perhaps I may And some
thing for you to do."
I determined to watch Furnival that
night. He went to the Uaymarket
Theatre, and after a time I saw him
gaze intently upon a certain point of
the dress circle. It was a shady cor
ner next to the stage-boxes, and was
occupied by an old military-looking
gentleman, with a white mustache, and
white gray hair. When not using his
opera glasses he wore gold-framed
double eye-glasses.
The young lady with him was rather
stout, and somehow or other her face
seemed rather familiar to me. Strange
1 could not think who it was, although
Furnlval's perslsteut watching might
have suggested something like the
truth. No; my mind was fixed on
another phase of the same matter
altogether.
I hurried out of the theatre ahead of
Furnival. and got down into the vicin
ity of Suffolk street. Crossing over
Pall Mall Fast, I stood In the shadow,
and soon saw the gigantic bulk of Fur
nival waddle along, and bis "rough'
friends glide up to him on the west slJe
of Suffolk street. The Uaymarket was
pretty full, but at this corner few peo
ple were about.
- Suddenly I saw the gray-haired gen
tleman, and the lady, closely veiled,
coming In my direction. Just as they
were about to step off the pavement
there was a scuffle, words spoken in
anger and while struggling, and, above
all, two shrill screams in a woman's
voice. As I rushed across I saw half
a dozen men, as It seemed, push the
lady about. I rushed among them,
never inquiring who my assailants
were, and scattering them aside with
blows, the more vigorous because the
outrage wai so unexpected. Then I
caught the lady In my arms, and when
I looked around again the men were
disappearing in all directions, and of
course I supposed the lady's compan
ion would be pursuing the ringleaders.
Half a dozen persons soon gathered
around, but not before I picked up a
pair of gold-rimmed eye-glasses, a mag
nificent, full, gray dress wig of the
finest human hair, and a silk hat of the
most fashionable manufacture. The
policeman on the beat having appeared.
1 gave him the hat; but the wig 1
quietly put in my pocket, and then
offered my arm to the now thoroughly
recovered woman, saying:
"You may rely upon me seeing you
to your residence; but first let me know
all yon can of this strange affair."
Oh, sir," she returned, trembling,
"I know nothing nothing at all."
"Hsllo!" I cried. "She speaks with
the Lancashire dialect. If this should
be Bah! That's impossible!"
Then I went on aloud:
"The police station Is close by. If
yon
"Oh, sir, don't aunnot take me
theer!"
I never was so near whistling in
what might be termed a rude way, in
all my life. Then all at once I remem
bered Furnlval's interest in the couple;
his accusation of Greevil having gone
secretly to Lancashire; the proposal of
the former to r rank to impersonate a
clergyman, and the fact that a tipsy
clergyman, "who spoke like a play
actor," had called upon the missing
heiress. Taken altogether, I concluded
that I had found Miss Brampton, so I
respectfully drew close to a lamp-post,
and, taking the humble glass portrait
from my waistcoat pocket, said, "Is
not that' your portrait?"
She uttered a cry of amazement, and
asking me where I had found it. I
told her the truth, and added that my
wife was a Lancashire woman, and
that I would take her home with me,
if she had no objections. She had none,
so 1 called the first hansom and handed
her In. Then, leaping in, I ordered
him to drive to my address lnKenning
tou road,
I was explaining my business and
my Interview with Mrs. Gillespie in
rather a humorous manner, and did
not observe the time, nor anything
unusual about the movements of the
cab. Had I done so, I would have
realized that some one was riding on
the step beside the driver. As soon as
we stopped, I impulsively rose to get
out Immediately 1 saw I was in some
retired and strange corner. I was
about to seat myself again, but was
too late. A man, whose face was bid
by a soft hat, pulled me out, and before
I could recover myself or gain my feet,
I received a blow from a Knuckle-duster
which made me see a thousand
stars, and then all was silence.
It was nearly one o'clock when a
policeman found me in a pool of blood.
It was three days before I could get
out, and then 1 was far from well; but
I was determined to get at the bottom
of the mystery. I was wild with myself
for losing the heiress, but most of all
for omitting in the hurry to take the
cabman's ticket with bis number from
the usual receptacle in the cab. Al
together I was condemning myself n
no measured terms, and hurrying to
compel some kind of confession out of
Furnival when I ran against the man
Le Vaine I had seen "starving" a few
nights before. He was radiant la new
garments and smiles, and when I asked
him how his luck had turned, be re
plied: "That Greevil ia a splendid fellow.
II car me twenty tola, rigged me
out like this, and paid my expenses to
Faris and back."
"What for?"
"Nothing. Only this. I had to
telegraph to Messrs. Greevil and Fhr-
nival, 27 P street, Lincoln's Inn
Fields, London 'The lady has been
traced, and is now at the hotel waiting
Instructions or your arrival. "
"And you sent this?"
"Yes; and the fun of it was that it
was a 'place' for Furnival. He was In
the office alone when it came, and so
he rushed off to Paris at once. I ar
rived this morning and have seen
Greevil off to St. Hellers, where be and
the lady are to be married at once by
special license."
"The scoundrel has won, after all!
I cried. "Poor Miss Brampton.'
"Brampton!" echoed Le Vaine. "Ia
the lady's name Brampton?"
"Yes."
"strangel"
"How's that?"
"Because that's my name."
"How about Le Vaine?"
'"Oh. that's only a nam Oe jilume. I
was cracked up. ruined, done for; so
when I found my name among the
drowned on the 'Princess Alice," I
thought I'd let my folks think 1 was
gone. That would be better, I thought,
than let them think was a failure in
life."
"And you belong to Lancashire?"
Manchester."
"Had you a sister?"
"Yes."
"Her name?"
"Mercy short for "
"Hang it all!" I cried. "You've
ruined her your own sister. That
scoundrel Greevil has trapped her in o
a marriage because she is an heiress.
Never mind; we can stop that by tele
graph. I'll obtain a warrant at once
for abduction, conspiracy and attempt
ed murder.
I procured this, telegraphed the fact
to t'.ia bailiff and the Procurator-General,
anil then set off with the joint
heir. We found Greevil in custody,
and the meeting of the brother aud
sifter was touching.
Greevil got o3 on that occasion with
two years' Imprisonment, but his later
punishment was much greater, and
must still be in your memory; for he
resuscitated what was called "The
Next-of-Kin Swindles."
Miss Mercy Brampton soon married,
aud the moiety of the money made
Alfred, her brother, a useful and hon
orable man. They are still very friendly
with me. and I am pleased. If not
proud, of having prevented a heartless
scoundrel from "Trapping an Heiress."
tVKM EXERCISE.
Walking Xot Sufficient for the Preser
vation of Health.
Walking on an even surface, the
only variety of physical exercise which
most business and professional men
get In town, is well known to be a
poor substitute for arm exertion. The
reason is partially plain, since walking
is almost automatic and involuutaiy.
The walking mechanism is set In mo
tion as we would turn an hour glass,
and requires little attention, much less
volition and separate discbarges of
force from the brain surface with each
muscular contraction, as is the case
witi the great majority of arm move
ments. The arm-user is a higher animal than
the leg-user. Arm motions are more
nearly associated with mental action
than leg movements. A man's lower
limbs merely carry his higher centres
to his food or work. The latter must
be executed wit h his arms and hands.
A third way In which arm-exercise
benefits the organism is through the
nervous system. Whether this Is due
to an increased supply of richer, purer
blocd, or whether the continual dis
charge of motor impulses in some way
stores up another variety of force, we
do not know. One thing is certain,
the victim of neurasthenia is very sel
dom an individual who daily uses bis
arms for muscular work; with this the
limit of hurtful mental work Is seldom
reached.
Time for Recreation.
What little reputation I have as an
author was fairly won while I was a
bard working and successful lawyer.
On the other band, my literary work
never interfered in the least with my
law practice. I look upon a well set
method of working as the chief secret
of success in any undertaking, provided
the native ability to succeed be gran
ted. I believe in the moral influence
and vitalizing force of playing. A
man or a woman needs play recrea
tion or whatever is the opposite of
work. I have always found time for
outdoor sports and have been the
gainer from them in every sense. It is
a morbid view of life which would
show that in order to succeed one
must work all the year round. Play is
profitable it held within the bounds pre
scribed by good judgment.
I have frequently lost "business" In
my profession by being absent from my
otllee when a client called, but it has
not made me poor or wretched. On the
contrary, I have gone right on getting
together a comfortable little fortune,
despite the clients I have lost, and I
am glad whenever I think about the
pleasure I had at my outdoor recreation
while some needier or more money loving
lawyer was getting a few cases at my ex
pense. To some people it may sound
like romance when I say that for nine
years past I have spent on an average
three months of each year in outdoor
recreation, at the same time success
fully practicing law and pursuing lit
erary work with sufficient returns to
make a very comfortable bank account.'
Meanwhile I have been cheerful, in
good health and at all times glad to be
alive. What is the secret? Steady
habits, promptness in meeting every
obligation in law or literature, and a
conscientious reliance upon the vaine
of painstaking labor.
Lack of Facial Symmetry.
The two sides of the face are not
alike. As a rule, says a German pro
fessor, the want of symmetry is con
fined to the upper part of the face.
The left half of the brain overweighs
the right half; the nose leans a little to
the right or to the left. The region of
the right eye is usually slightly higher
than that of the left eye, while the
left eye is nearer the middle line of the
countenance. The right ear is also
Higher, as a rule, than the left ear.
i Jay-Eye-See has been turned ont
fi-r the season.
( Kingston seems to be the -fastest
rse now on the turf.
KLUKPIXO AP A FITMENT'S.
Cleanlieeae, Ventilation and Tempera
ture to be Considered.
Some great writer has remarked: "It
must not be forgotten that we spend a
considerable portion of our lives in the
bed-chamber, and, therefore. Its bealth
f ulness cannot fail to have a very im
portant bearing upm our physical
well-being." Everybody. Indeed, who
is actuated by a due regard for health
and real comfort, will consider an
equal degree of attention necessary In
giving attention to the size, situation,
temperature, and cleanliness of the
apartment he occupies during the hours
of repose as he does the parlor, drawing-room,
or any other apartment; and
yet how very often do we find families
crowded at night into obscure and
confined chambers, of dimensions
scarcely more ample than those of an
old-fashioned closet, while, perhaps, in
the majority of instances, the best
rooms In the whole house are set apart
for the sole purpose of ostentatious
display.
Now It is very important that the
largest and most elevated room, or
rooms, upon the second floor of the
dwelling, be appropriated for the pur
pose of sleeping, and that the same be
properly ventilated during the day-time
and during all seasons of the year.
There are lew houses, the rooms of
which are so situated as to render good
ventilation impossible, and.the influence
of this practice upon the health of In
mates Is too important to permit being
neglected from any slight cause. A
bed-chamber should be divested of all
unnecessary furniture, and, unless of
considerable size, should never contain
more than one bed. There cannot be a
more pernicious custom than that pur
sued by some, indeed, by many, fami
lies of having their children sleep in
small apartments, with two, and some
times with three, beds crowded into the
same room.
It is scarcely necessary to observe
that cleanliness, In the most extensive
signification of the term, Is, if possible,
more necessary with reference to the
bed-chamber than with almost any
other apartment in the whole house.
The practice of sleeping in a room
which is occupied during the daytime
is extremely unwise. Perfect cleaull
ness and sufficient free ventilation can
not, under such circumstances, be pre
served, especially during cold weather;
hence the atmosphere becomes con
stantly more vitiated, and altogether
unlit for respiration. While too great
a degree of caution cannot be observed
to avoid sleeping in damp rooms, beds,
or clothing, the temperature of the bed
chamber, if possible, should never be
increased, under the ordinary circum
stances of health, by artificial means.
As this apartment is to be reserved
solely for sleep, a fire is never 'neces
sary, except possibly during extreme
cold weather, aud even then the tem
perature ought not to exceed fifty
degrees. A sleeping apartment. In
which a heavy tire has been kept for
several hours prior to retiring, may to
some persons at first thought offer
great comfort. But, right here, great
danger is very liable to occur, since by
heating the room to such an extent
as has been referred to the system be
comes greatly enervated, creating an
increased susceptibility to the Influence
of the cold air. aud thus the way is
open to the attack of some of the most
serious diseases, especially of the throat
and lungs. Happy, indeed, should
those persons esteem themselves whose
means will forbid an indulgence in this
form of luxury. A person accustomed
to undress In a room without a tire,
and to seek repose in a cold bed, will
not experience the least inconvenience,
even In the severest of winter weather.
The natural heat of the body will very
speedily render a person, under such
clrmumstances, even more com
fortable than he or she will be who
sleeps In a heated apartment, as expe
rience has amply verified. But this is
not alL The constitution of the one
accustomed to sleeping in a room which
is not artificially heated will be ren
dered more robust and strong, and far
less susceptible to the Influence of at
mospherical vicissitudes, than that per
son who is not so accustomed to sleep.
Death Rates ou the Gulf Coast.
The New Orleans Times -Democrat
published on the 2d some sanitary
statistics which the health authorities
of all American cities will do well to
study. This journal demonstrates
from official statistics collected by Dr.
Challle that the death rate of New
Orleans has been reduced from about
63 per thousand inhabitants In 1839
to about 20 per thousand in 1SSS. A
lowering of the mortality by more
than one half in fifty years is a striking
proof of vt tat sanitation can effect even
In a morbific region like the Missis
sippi delta.
According to a table prepared by
Dr. J S. Billings, showing the number
of years in which human life on the
average is preserved indifferent Ameri
can cities, it, appears that for infants
under one year and for aged people
over 70 the chances of living are some
what greater in New Orleans than in
New York. The annual death rate of
the former is given as 25. OS per thous
and, while in New York it is 27.47, In
Brooklyn 22.33, iu Boston 2X53, and
in Baltimore 24.20. It is contended
that the high death rate In New
Orleans Is due to the factor of mor
tality among the colored population,
which is large, and that by drainage of
the many swamps In its environs the
city's health can be still further Im
proved. The experience of Memphis
since the yellow fever epidemic of 1873
rousing the people to build sewers should
encourage New Orleans to make the
greatest exertions to redeem itself from
the malign influence of its malarious
surroundings.
A Canal Across Italy.
An Italian engineer. Signor Victor
Brocca, has just completed the survey
of the proposed canal across Italy, the
object of which is to save the very long
journey around Cape Leuca, This
canal would begin on the western aide,
near Castro, on the Tyrrhenian Sea,
and reach the eastern shore of Fano, on
the Adriatic. Its length wonld be
about 180 miles, and its proposed
breadth 110 yards, and its depth 40
feet. For the purposes of the canal it
would be necessary to drain the two
lakes Bolsena and Thrasimene. The
assumed cost of this gigantic under
taking is set down at 20.000.000.
A little raw egg or lime water stirred
into the food is the remedy for scours
in either calves or pigs employed at the
Wisconsin experiment station.
THE RECKLESS SOLDIEIT.
The Reason Why He Toole Another's
Poat of Danger.
.A soldier sometimes acquires a reck
lessuess in risking bis life which may
show itself in other places than on tht
battle-field, and which illustrates one
evil effect of war in dulling the sensi
bilities to ordinary caution and pru
dence. In ODe of the wars on the
continent of Europe, in the last century,
in which England and Spain wen
allied, George Hazlewood, an English
soldier, was taken prisoner by thf
Dutch, in company with twenty-thre
Spaniards.
Prince Maurice, who was in com
mand of the Dutch, ordered that eiifht
of the prisoners should be put to death.
In retaliation for a like sentence passed
upon eight Dutch soldiers not long
before. It was ordered that it should
be decided by lot upon which of the
prisoners the death iienalty should fall.
When the Englishman's turn came
he drew a lot which told him that hie
life was spared. He said nothing, but
stood by to see the rest of the ordeal.
Presently, two or three fatal lots
having been drawn, a Spaniard stepped
out to put his hand into the helmet
who showed a great relutauce to do so.
He drew back once or twice and
seemed .to be under a great mental
strsJn.
"Are you afraid?" asked an officer.
'No," said the Spaniard? "but I
fear it is wrong to make my own hand
the instrument of my own dtath. 1
can die willingly, but I fear the guilt
of such a suicide."
George Hazlewood, the Englishman,
here stepped forward.
"Have vou any money?" he asked
the Spaniard. .
"Yes," said the latter; "I have
twelve crowns."
"Very good," said Hazlewood, "if
you will give it to me. I will stand the
chance in your place."
'He is a fool or a madman," said
the officer in command; "he does not
deserve the lire he has so providentially
obtained. Let him take the chance In
the other's place."
Hazlewood put his hand Into the
helmet, and again drew himself safe.
"Arter you bad escaped once," the
officer asked him. "what made you risk
your life again?"
Because." said he, "I thought I
had a bargain. You see, I risk my life
every day for sixpence, and here was a
chance to risk It for twelve crowns. I
couldn't let it go by, sir?"
A New Treatment for Dyspepsia.
J. N. Semple, in the Jlcrald of
Health, recommends self-massage as a
remedy for dyspepsia. His method is
as follows: First thing iu the morning
and last thing at night rub the abdo
men down the left side and up the
right in round circles, also rub down
the breast; now pace across the room
onoe or twice, and snap the lower
limbs like a whip lash, for exercise.
Now twist the lower limbs, first ou one
side, then ou the other, and rock upon
the toes. Now for the lungs and ab
domen; first take in a half breath, then
exhale all the air possible, then fill the
lungs to their full capacity, walk
across the room and back, at the same
time throwing the arms back. Now in
a half breath send out every particle of
air till you see the abdomen working
like a bellows, and you will soon be
come a deep breather. For more ex
tended practice in deep breathing the
morning before rising is a good time,
provided there is full ventilation anil
the air inside is as pure and fresh as
that on the outside. In the winter
time before a good fire wash the hands
and wet the back of the neck, arms
and lower limbs slightly, and rub
down with a coarse towel. This is
sufficient for a beginner, but the
chronic dyspepsic needs uioie extensive
exercise.
Facta About tlin .lenter Fish-Hawk.
Watching the fish-hawks Is a con
stant source of delight to the people at
the New Jersey coast resoits. From
Saudy Hook to Barnegat these birds
are as familiar as robins are to inland
folks. They are of the eagle family,
and, though slitghtly smaller than the
national bald head, are very much like
him. Though birds of prey, they are
far more tame than crows in some re
spects, notably in the fact that they
build their nests in the most conspicu
ous trees, often those which stand
alone in pasture lands. Whatever tree
they build in is certain to die. The
phosphorus or some other property iu
the bits and bones of fish they drop
kills the roots of whatever tree they
inhabit. The birds are fond of the
Shrewsbury, at Hed Bauk, and there is
seldom a moment during daylight when
they are not to be seen hovering over
the river. They are able to see a fish
In the water from a considerable
height, and, seeing It, they close their
wings and drop like a bullet. They
strike the water with a great splash
and disappear under it, but only to rise
in a second or two grasping a fish in
their talons. Just now travelers along,
the roads of Monmouth county can see
the heads of the osprey's babies over
the tops or the big nests in the dead
trees. The Jersey men are superstitious
about killing them; indeed, no one eve
hurts a fish-hawk.
Let Tubauco Alone.
There are other disagreeable features
about smoking that render it an un
pleasant habit. The smell on the
breath is disagreeable to many persons,
and the habit, when formed, is enslav
ing. A person who Is accustomed to
using tobacco is unhappy when de
prived of it, and cannot enjoy many
things on the account of the uncon
trollable desire to gratify his perverud
taste. In this respect the habit is
nearly as bad as that of nsing strong
drink. Then, last of all. It is a useless
expense. Think of the money that
could be saved and applied to the pur
chase of books, pictures, or even a
bicycle or microscope, or some valuable
instrument or means of amusement
that would improve mind as well as
body.
Why, five cents a day would be over
eighteen dollars a year, which would
buy eighteen one-dollar books, quite a
library in Itself. Bo, everything con
sidered, a boy who avoids the use of
tobacco will save in many ways in
health, in morals. In standing, among
well-thinking people and In pocket. So,
boys, make a resolution at once never
to begin the use of tobacco.
Paper is not utilized in the manufac
ture of coffins.
" A North Carolina man has, in the
space of fourteen years, raised a herd
of fourteen cattle from a single cow.
AGAINST THE WORLD.
The Anglo-Saxon Race and Its
Achicveineuta.
The Anglo-Saxon race, with its co
operative Celtic branches, may be par
doned for being a little self-complacent
and egotistical. It is younger In its
career than auy other European race,
and during many centuiles it lacked
the territorial advantages possessed by
Its rivals, and it still lacks their advan
tages In population. Y'et it has ac
complished more in the chief exploits
that go to make up national greatness,
aud contributed more to the achieve
ments of modern civilization than all
the other races combined, it ha given
a uniform language to more thau l J),
000,000 of ixiople, a language enriched
by a literature which, upon the whole,
from Chaucer to Herbert S;eucer, iu
science, philosophy, history, law, po
etry, romance and criticism, rivals, If
it does not surpass, the literature of all
the other modern nations of Conti
nental Euroie.
This declaration may cause an
Italian, a Frenchman, a German, or a
dweller upon the Iberian peninsula to
stand aghast; but we know the litera
ture of those people better than they
know Anglo-Saxon literature. It has
contributed nearly all the Important in
ventions that add to the comfort aud
convenience of modern society. Ob
literate the effects of its mechanical
and scientific devices from the face of
modern civilization, aud the world
would seem to fall into almost media; val
simplicity in a single day. Even the
art of prinliug.a Chinese art originally,
but credited to continental Europe as
its almost solitary great contribution
to the inventive arts that have influ
enced modern civilization favorably,
owes its chief utility to the devices of
Anglo-Saxons.
AOAIXST THE WOULD.
Finally, the Anglo-Saxon countries
count their wealth in comparison with
the combined wealth of all other coun
tries that are intelligent enough to
count statistically, and if the balance
be not In their favor the estimate will
be so nearly equal that it would be hard
to tell to which side the preponderance
inclines. In almost everything that
speaks of achievement save the musical
and fine arts, it is the Anglo-Saxon race
against the world, and ia most prac
tical things it Is the Anglo-Saxon race
alone, and there is no competitor. Why
is this true?
If we trace the growth of Anglo
Saxon civilization we find the answer
to this question. The race advances
more rapidly than other races, because
it makes use of better agencies for pro
moting the interests of society than its
rivals and cultivates a more stolid
siiirit of self dependence. From the
vign of the earlier English kings down
t the American revolution, and fol
lowing through all the earlier aud
later years of our own republic, there
has been a persistent and an almost In
termittent contest in favor of personal
independence and the right to inaugu
rate, carry forward and control per
sonal affairs without let or lnudr.ttire
from superior authority. The truits
impl'ed in this contest have not found
their mostadequate expression in Eng
land. The emancipation of English
men, struggling to obtain a firm foot
hold among the continually crumbling
debris of feudal institutions, has been
a slow process. But it has been con
tinuous, and in all Anslo-Saxou com
munities the individual and society
have long been the Utst objects or con
sideration, th government being held
only as their dependent aud servant.
The rormer lead, aud the latter,
through its ollicial representatives,
whether hereditary or chosen, is only
expected to follow and sustain.
New Style of livening Parties.
A young man iu Boston who Is going
abroad soon wished to entertain some
friends before his departure. He knew
they were surfeited with the ordinary
style of evening parties. He wanted
something original. He invited ten
young ladles and nine young gentle
men. As each guest entered the re
ception room he or she received a hand
somely engraved card which bore the
mysterious word "Causerie." A hint
as to the meaning of what would fol
low was given by the quotation from
"Paradise Lost:" "With the conver
sing, 1 forget all time." After his
guests had puzzled their brains trying
to decipher the meaning, the host vol
unteered un explanation. Ten sub
jects were presented for discussion, aud
he had chosen ten couples to do the
work. Instead of spending the even
lug in dancing, each zentleuian was ex
pected to till out bis card with the
i.ames of the young ladies with whom
l:e desired to talk. In that respect it
d.ffered slightly from the selection of
partners for the dance. There could
be no wall flowers. The conversation
must be general.
Five minutes were devoted to each
topic, aud at a signal from the host
llieie was a general swapping of part
nars and a complete change in the style
of Conversation. For instance, the
company opened the ball by telling
w'rat they knew about "Btnton Busy
B , Biked Beans, Drown Bread, Base
I'.ail, Big Brains. Bloomiug Beauties,
B.ithsome Bachelors." When the
young ladies had practically floored the
gentlemen in regard to the relative
merits of baked beans and brown
bread as the best method of producing
big heads ou bi: tossers, they turned
their attention to the topic: "The Lady
or the Tiger Which?" There was a
stronz division on that as well as on
the next topic, "Should Mrs. Cleveland
bti r '-elected?'' The others were:
"C"iisciousueas," "The real affinity
between a red headed girl and a white
horse," '"Boston Fads," "Given a
squirrel on a tree and a man at the
foot. The man moves around the tree,
the squirrel does the same thing, keep
ing always on the opposite side. Can
the man go around the squirrel?"
'Will the opposition to the Andover
theology warrant the heathen in adopt
ing a protective tariff, excluding our
missionaries." "Does an Incubated
hen have any material instinct?" and
the ladles were familiar with the last
topic for the evening, "Leap Year,"
As an article of diet cocoa has been
compared to milk. It contains a large
quantity of fat and other nutritive pro
perties, which render it very nourish
ing, and therefore useful in debilitated
states of the system, and for healthy
men while undergoing great muscular
exertion.
Sulphur Is the remedy used for the
mildew In California vineyards with
great success.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
It is estimated that the total nurn
ber of books In all the American pub
lic libraries is 21,000,000.
About lOO.fXO.OnO lead peucils are
manufactured in the United States
annually, one-fourth of which are ex
ported. A comparison of the work of Eng
lish. French and American detectives
show tha latter to bo 12 ier cent,
ahead all around.
The coins struck at the Berlin
mint duriu the reign of the late Em
peror Frederick are alre:idy scarce and
at a bif; premium.
One hundred and six million feet
of lumber, valued at Jl.SVHJ.OOO, has
been shipped from Feruaudiua, Fla.,
in the current year.
Thirty bushels tier acre the couuty
through is ;he nieasme of wheat just
harvested and threshed la Carroll
county, Maryland.
More than l.OOO.OCO working peo
ple In the United States are now Idle.
In New York city alone C7.000 meu
aud 50,000 women are out of work.
Sir Isuac Newton's autograph. In
U-e fhaie of a letter, brought 81115 at
a recent sale In England. It whs
bouslit Tor Trinity college, Cambridge.
A Cincinnati druggist has killed a
patient, by making a mistake in putting
up a prescription, the lirst mistake in
eight years aud in 200 ,000 prescriptions.
A turtle weighing 300 pounds,
containing 500 ei's and measuring
nearly live feet by three leet, was
caught on the beach at New Smyrna,
Fla., recently,
The prizH or 10.000 rranos offered
by the city of Paris for the best musi
cal composition was kept back for the
reason that none of the compositions
was considered worthy or it.
The richest ieer In England is the
Duke or Westminster, who owns vast
estates in Cheshire and In Wales. His
income Is said to equal thirty shilling
a minute.
The cord and tassel is a favorite
mode for trimming the spring cos
tumes of wool, and draiied gracefully
iike a girdle they make a simple yet
graceful trimming.
Dumas, the French author, fre
quently lias a house-cleaning mania.
He is very orderly, aud is often seen,
feather duster in hand, dusting his
study and changing pieces of furni
ture. Josef Hofniann. the prodigy pi
anist, is under treatment at Eisenach
by a celebrated racialist In nervous
diseases, and his nervousness has been
greatly suUlued. He practices an hour
each day.
Telephone rales are comparatively
low in Sweden. At Oivbn, for instance,
the subscriber pas an annual rental or
but four dollars anil pets the um or a
telephone system extending loo miles
into the country.
Of the ten thousand pian?-makers
in this country, about live thousand
live Iu New York. Each one makes
about 118 a week aud belongs to uu
organization which takes caie of Its
members when sick or out of woik.
A petrified pignut lias been found
iu a coal mine in-.ir Wellston, O. It
was taken from the slate which covered
a coal ceatn. A mass of rock sixty
feet in thicknefs rested upon the slate.
The nut was m the hull, aud the iL
llfactiou was compiele.
The first volume of the correspond
ence of Peter the (Jie.it, edits! by
Count Tolstoi, has been pui.i.slied.
There will be ten very larce volumes,
containing upward of 20,imh letters,
which have been g.itliered from ar
chives ail over Eurpoe.
There are three American lathes
who are not obliged U skip over to
the postollice fur stamps every limn
they write a letter. Mrs. Polk, Sirs.
Oai field ami Mis. Grant are the fortu
nate three, the govt i niiient having
given them the frauUir.; ptivileo.
The largest in n f.tsi'iig ever at
tempted iu America was tecenUy made
at Bethlehem, l'euna. ll Mas the base
for the fcteel compressor to lie used in
the gnu steel works, and Ul tons of
molteti metal were used. It will te
some weeks before the huge casting
will be cool enough to examine.
In Austria school-teachers who
have taught twenty years have their
salaries raised eveiy year until they
have taught as long as they are able,
or ieach thirty years of school work,
when they are retired ujhju the oalary
of their last year of teaching, this being
paid by the State.
SK)nges are marine animals, not
fishes, however. The bleeding tlu.e Is
in spring; the young bpmiges swiui
about for sotue time, but. finally be
come fixed to rocks and grow. The
sponges we use are obtained princi
pally iu the Mediterranean Sea and
among the Bahama islands.
The most valuable manuscript In
this country, judging from the price
paid. Is in the possession of John Jacob
Astor. It is the Sforzi Missal, for
15,500 was paid, it is dattd in the
Fifteenth century and comprises 41
pages of vellum bound in red morocco.
Among the tiolicy holders of a
German Life Insurance Company, the
death rate of medical meu in lss7 wai
11.53 per cent, above the total average.
This was due to diseases of the respira
tory organs, consumption, and infec
tious diseases. There was ouly one
case of post mortem poisoning out of
1052 deaths.
Native converts in Japan, with
average wages of less thau twenty-live
cents a day, contributed last year -'7,-U00
to mission woik. During the year,
3.01 J adults were baptized, making a
total membership or 14,15. There are
now 103 organized churches, 61 or
them selr-supiKirtinz, 03 native minis
ters and 100 theological students.
Catharine wheels are so named
from Saint Catharine of Alexandria,
who suffered excruciating tortures ou a
wheel before she was finally put to
death. They are made In great num
bers of sizes, the smallest being called
pin wheels because they can be fastened
up with a pin. Some are made In
parts, each part being of a different
color, so that It changes as it turns.
Curious markings in walnut wood
are not uncommon. A specimen re
markable for the close resemblance of
the marking to a figure of a bird was
recently exhibited in Philadelphia,
Penna, The section had been sawed
from a black walnut log, and measured
about six by ten inches. For several
inches about the figure the wood was
unusually light In color. In the centre
of the slab, in the usual dark color of
the walnut, was a Dearly perfect sil
houette of a bird. The grain of the
wood was considerably curled in the
vicinity of the picture.
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