THE MIDDLKUUKGII POST.
T. H. IIARTEK, Ennon ako Puo'it.
MWht.hT.ruuh, .!.. ii. i, ivm.
Memphis, Tcnn., i. perhaps, the best
guarded city In the way o' quarantine
regulations on tliu continent.
California's grain nn,l fruit products
nro worth in. ro to tin: St.ito than its
mine. Ti e fresh fruit thin year in th'j
Male alone is worth over $ lit:,0 H).
The Chicng C. m if t' I! .' ' give
tliu pieturotpio info 'nit: io:i tint large
quantities of Inflow r :i -i 1 1 1" lira shipped
from this enmity to Siirh America fr
to, let iiiHti'.-ul of ilium tirtinic purposes.
Th nativis uo them to nmioint the'r
I o.ii"!i.
Another ul'-titil'." for nt
batrglng
hs Loi n I i i ':. t forward b
fa-'tory, s.v.-s tl, 1 '( in. ',
i It is a h avv cort.m
:i l.miiMUM.t
loth tcr ,'c.J
"on ihct .:,' nud Ha .. citl
I e- ia;t pr op. v cut ;! it :i.
wed as ii' i i -it y in y pr o
moi hi r of invent i i'i.
ii; ril to
Tre'.ts es
to bo tho
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The I'nitcl State
p ,i ! nu n t i n:';i ii . ',
in, nl al s! it :D'is for t
an 1 its iii.viipu'a'. ii
A rri n't ir.il Pc
; :'r. e !v v c peri
:u ly of Mirg'h-sm
t;,:ri! i.i . a. -.-a,
oil" ill ' e .v . c:-ey an I one in l.nni- a ia.
II. o .rip: up' i..t nil for thin Work l!ii;
i'ir i one lini'l.i'l tiei'i .nl ii,!tr
I i ejer tin. I i'. li . ever h a i cfo.c.
At M.ir-eiHr-., 1'rilK
i a in ill ii tan,-
e ii .)i .' . c! i in ii. .-'.ell f,
nl , a few il r. s
, m w i f w o , 1 1 1
i entered a
tai I a I 1 1 lie
in-t arrive. 1
Wiii'i i i i w i
fi . in A ' eri,i,
. i I'al lird.
en ro ;( K
etc I a line
pail it nut
l.ii.ed li.in
I 'nrU. 'I'l.e p mr
pe illlell. Ji'id W I
VV I, ell (he ostlii II
ell lilO f-j'iit.
jei,"V M'l,
.1 : '! I to
i ke l and
Tl H'o I'lem h n'dii rs of
! inient well' i ;ii;ilei,i:ii d I
cer for minor otTeii-i's linrin
inaiiieiivrci to run f ir tli c
the
y 11.
: tho
lilt!)
ii o. '.i
leeirnt hiui'i
ar-
ryine; 1 1 1 ir ritlos and I'.i.ly e,iiippe 1.
One mimed N iillad foil down cliauited
at the cud of two hours, l'ho o lii'er in
sisted upon his liein undo to got up
iind go on, silling tint h ' must "keep on
till lie dropped di.-a I
.hot himself dead.
Yallail ro.-u uu.l
Mr. .lolin 1 Tow nsr-nd, in nil address
on the avin::s I, .inks in tin I nitol
Mutes, stated that the nera;ro epetiso
f,f Kii.ings bank mairacineut in thiitien
States is lo-s than one-third of one pi r
.cut., tli nvera;;o intmcNt paid is nearly
.'our per cent ; in the hi-; New l'.iigland
Stales tho average is gicator tlian four
percent., in V ermont it wu four ni.d a
half per cent., uiel in lihmlo Iil.uid I i-10
per cent, was paid in 1 ,s7.
(no Mr. IhlTeity. of !li hnion 1, Vu.,
lias a habit, a-serts the New York I'm-in-
'.' .1 i ;, of leitui in j; for ias
time, an whenever hu d " s it is -mo to
rain. So well mi ler-tood Inn til s he
eoine th it after I'rin o ilenrg ' county
leid ha 1 two months of dro ight lin was
sent Inr in n last leinrt. llo wont, spi ke,
.tml the rain descended '.or tho spaeo of
ti.rht day-, and the l i t e-tate of those
farmers w:i wn r-e than ihe tirt.
Tho rndertakcr' Asso i it ion during iti
e-sinn at Tor nito. ( )i.t irio.C mad i.h id a
jolly dinner. Collin shaped plates, knives,
fork mid napkin rings with colliu hand
les iittaelie'l, jell o s in the shaou of urns,
newly ma le grave, etc., nd I 'd to tin:
delights of tin; oe "i-ioil, d -elan's tho
!cv York H' ;,', an I thinly that not
f 'mi o the hiit'irie I'gyptian lu.npiets, at
.villi li skeletons were lea'.e 1, hits nny
thing ipiito so luguhrio.i dv merry us lUU
'foruiito d nu r t.ikcri place.
Tho New York Sm says tint nt Man
.he'i r, l'uglaiid, the coroner h is undo
the startling siu'enietit that eve.-y year ho
holds lll'ple-ts on at leii-t 1m babies,
whoso deaths wero cau-ed by inrouts
overlaying them in bed. i.o year ho
hill ! .'i -ueli ca-e. In many cus the
deaths n o really accidental, but thcro is
giavo rcil-oim to heiievo a i onsitleriiblo
)iroportion cf cases were deliliciato m ir
dor, committed for the sake of obt:i;niii!:
money fur which the poor littlo lives
were insured 'Ihe competition of so
cubed industrial in-uraneo companies,
who cnlleet premiums weekly in pennies,
is ho keen iu that country that when
.'laims mo m ido tin direclo s, even il
Mispicious.do not ask iiicoiivcnient ijues.
lions, a, they dread tho results to their
liuMnos nf obtain ng tho nrnuiatioa for
i n. h in (uisitieue-s. Neii.ly nil the
cases or cur on r-at ui day nights, wheu tho
pinnts arc more or hs st'.rpelied by
ilr u. Manches:cr's deputy coroner
i. takes nut u statement which di uuinds
legislative ciiiisideiuti in. ilo points out
th.it in lerinany pueuts uro arrested
and cuiivieted iinder.siich circumstances,
uud nays that tmeh il Inr is greatly
needed in I'nglund.
UNFOnOOTTEN,
Hard I tho truth to comprehend
When lifn in throbbing in our veins
Warm life, whosi pleasure and whoM pains
Hcom equally without an end
That soon, perhaps, and certainly
We who nrequick the dead shall be.
And that mro liitter truth, nla.
How hnnl it is 1 1 realize,
That when we pass from living eys,
Km! and dosirsfor u shall paw;
Our placets, filled, our mcmoi-los aeoin
Only the echoes of a dream!
IVtt-r the wi- say while we tread
Life's busy ways, to find dual It's wrong
jjricrous wh'-n tho crass Is lon
I Above a onco beloved h"nd:
j Too short is lime for vain ronrot,
j And they nro happiest that forget.
i Nut oli, my lost one, doubly daar
Mneo ilontii has claimed you, in my heart
There is a handier set apart
I I'or von. on'y. Havo no fear.
Life hrino your previous memory,
And ilrntli will give you back to mo.
M iry llrwit-ij, in Conniitnioit.
THE MAD STONE.
1IY W ll.l.TAM H. tr,N;t t .
"Iii d how y on go pokin' r nnd 'mong
tlier rocs an, bu-die-i, or you'll come to
ver death, "' was Ihe im jin s-ii ir warning
of an old "('ni' ker" woman from whom
l'airl M vi tt had obtained shellcr tho
previous iiiu;ht. mid us ho was about to
ro-iiiue hi, yoiirney.
An employe of the Smithsonian, c
pciiciicd nnd fc.srlc-s, though still
y uing, ho was exploring the mountain
le-ii ns of Noith ( 'uro tin m search of
iioyclt.es in geology, fauna and (lorn, and
smilingly iiiievtioiicd in retuni:
"la what shape, my kind friend.'''
"Waal, tl-.cr inoiintiiiiis, 'si'i-ecrly ther
out-of th r-wav spot, am c-teiliv'ewitli
lattle-liakcH unit jiilots, and ther bite am
rilwiiys ino.e deadly at this time o' ther
year than niiy other.''
"Ye, 1 know that i.s the popular belief
w ith leg i d lo August, t Lough vi ly much
to be ijtie!io:,ei. Hind.' U'r.e'i iho
kin they nro shedding is owr their eyes,
imt otlierwiM-, I limey. I ut have no
feais atioi.t me. 1 am aecustomed to
them, and shall not lie delnieil trom
add ng a !ew rattles to my coLortintl if
( ham e oilers for hugo ones."
"I har lie pit nty on 'cm moristr'us
;e-t iiioii-tr'ii'-.'' was answered with a
shu'U.T. fin a oug l fe in ihe locality had
Hot in the least 1 1 in i ii i -1 if 1 lu r fear.
I! ild.ng his kind friend farewell, I'aul
Vyintt tuiil; tl little path that led Mill
deeper int i the mountains. Ihit ho did
imt i.i :,'h i t the wnrni'ig, and cut a stout
a li -ta !, tlmu-li J.aviiiu nun h -.'teatcr
fai'h in ,!s we ght and loui:hne-s than
nny powi j' of iis e. ul.ar hypnotism as
applied to any spei i. of the t ratalus
ho; inlus.
lias ly kibed were the few ho rl'.anccd
upon, tor tlie stom s of numbers found
arc linn h !ai-.'er than the tea'ity, nnd he
sauntered n,ieh;ssly along, knocking oil"
a fineim iit of nu k, picking a flower,
watch. ng the birds or listening V their
son;,' until the westerning of the Miu
c.nve warning of the nearness of night.
".Not a ery entil ing spot to iamp,"
ho mused, as he looked over tho rocky
durti.uii'liiigs, tho multiplicity of dark,
wale scams and cavernous openings,
luo-t uiiijuestiona' ly tho homes of scaly
fuem.es of niiiikiiid, "Ah, :i town
within easy travel. That is favorable
nud timely, and I was not mistaken
there are luiittcriiH'S of thunder ill the
drstain e and the w ind and clouds iudi
t ate a stonii.''
t'.'iicluily noting the direction, ho
gathered up his bundle of traveling con
vciiietiees ami started. Soon ho reached
n bold bl;. If, and was compel!, d to tiavel
along its brink until ho could d m over
t-onie path that permitted descent, lint
Mlddi Illy and fearfully his footsteps were
urn ste I, lirst by the sight of ari easel, a
girl sketching, with her long brown
hair, cf the peculiar shade thai leu lily
melts into gold, floating uncovered, and
then by thcfeaiful vision of an innuendo
rattlesnake that had crawled from an
opening undiscovered to near her feet,
nnd v. as coiled for it deadly stroke;
lie shouted in warning, but his voice
was lo t in ihe reverberating echoes; ho
detached arid threw a fiann nt of rock,
but it fell short of itsdestrned mark and
dropped into a luwning chiMii: he ran
with all his swiftness, Put tho di-tance
was mudi too great for him to cover in
t in to s;i . c the mi: onscioiis gill trom
lh'' poisonous I ingi. I'or one stroke of
his stout st td he w uld hae given all
of his iiuthly possessions; now it was
as u-c!e-s to him as tin tree from which
it had been severed.
Ho saw t'no si dc strike, its r iTorts to
get loose when the curvid teeth bciiiino
eMail. riol in the dicss, tho white hand
fall, as to brush mvay some unknown
intruder, taw it bittenthat and tin
arm again and again and then, as tho
girl icali.od tho horror of her situation,
ho. ud tho most ageni. ng scream'.
A little later (thoimh it seemed to the
. young ii at u i a' is t as tho lapsing of houisi
; he rem le d the spot of tho terrible com
: bat, disabled the loathsome and furious
repi ilo with n siuule blow, tung it far
away, and raised tho fainting girl in hia
anus. Whiter than a lily and us holp-le-s
as a crushed one, she lay there, with
her lips ticmbling with nobs, bosom
heaving convulsively und eyes llod
upon him with tho most pleading appeal
: tor help.
I "Myciodi' ho groaned as ho inter
preted her wishes, "1 am utterly with
out tho moans to aid you. Kven tho
customary antidotes 1 iccklesily flung
away as a useless burden. Now I would
give my life for them, lint have cour-
, ago! YVe can surely reach tho village in
! timotosavo your life, though mt you
from suffering. Is it very far?"
i "No," was answered with contracted
1 throat ami husky voice " no, but death
is much nearer, and I shu.l never see
! father or mother again."
I "I ray it may not be as you fear, and
wo must hurry along as nipidly as pps
sible. You know tho shortest way ("
j "Yes," with painful utternuco.
, "Wait yet a moment," ho said aloud
Hid then, mentally "the cham o is des
perate nnd dangerous. My lifo may bo
tho forfeit, b it I lauuot .sen one soyoung
and fair die tho most fearful of dentin
without risking it to savo at least re
lievo her."
Trained in the school ho had been,
' familiar w ith toxicology, especially tho
venom of serpents, nono kucvv better
than ho tho duuyerous tiibk Uo was ubout
to undcrtako. A dingle nnraMon of mouth
or tongue, a carious tooth through which
p'-lon could be absorbed, would be as
fatal nnd a more sudden death than bul
let or knife. Yet thcro wai nothing of
hesitation after the first shuddering
thought. Wiping away the bloody ooze
from tho almost invisible punctured
wounds lie applied h e litis to thorn one
alter another and sucked out the poison.
freeing his mouth from timo to time, and
not desisting unt 1 nsur d the work was
thoroughly done that he could do no
more. Then, nnd without giving heed
to the faintly whispered th mk. he nut
his aim nround tho g.rl and hurried her
forward.
Hut not long coif (I she direct tho way
to travel, not long could her limbs sus
tain her. Another terror came to brenk
down the little remaining ncrvo and
stiengt'n, and she faltered, rcoled and
fell. Mio had gone through as much of
mental and physical su'ering as tiatnro
would endure had gone as fur as she
could.
With the rain descending as if the
windows of heaven had been flung wido nl of indescribable agony, burst from
open nnd a tcciuul flood caino to ca-lh. t nsl? '' purple lips of tho girl,
with the thunder rolling nnd crashing 'It adheres issm king out tho poison !
above thoir heads and Blinking the solid rVatclt ,,ow il cl"nge color,'' said tho
rocks beiieatli their feet, with tho light- "ranger, with wonderful self control,
ning Hashing nnd blinding, alio lay ' There was no denying tho fact. Tho
fcarceiy able lo move hand or foot for J tlull blackish gray rapidly Rave placa to
sell prcsoi vation. Put uo fear of rattle- , green that deepened and brightened until
snakes then, l'.cforc the terribV miiostv ' ,on' loosened its hold and fell into
of tho elemental war even they had lied ' 1,18 awaiting hand. It was placed in
teriilied to the lowct depths of their i wa"" water to di-gorgc nnd again uti
noisome dens nnd cowered in m. h fear p'ird, its power evidently less thon nt
ns instinct gives instinct that in ninny
cases is twin brother of leason.
Though despirriiig of saving tho fleet
ing life, yet driven nearly fiantic by be
ing alntio with the Lt'irl in tho now demo
darkness and now blinding ghuo, Myratt
lilted her again in his strong anus and
unshed forward. Ctiidfd by tin I gh'.s
of the village he proceeded, whispering
hope ho did not feel, receiving moaning
whispers for a timo and then no recog
nition. The girl was beyond speech! llo saw
by the ii.iiniii of lightning Hint tho bit
ten hand and arm hid swollen to nn im
mense si.e, that upon tho delicate flesh
were if produced the spot of the serpent,
felt that tl S beating of the heart was
growing fainter and fainter, tint tho h it
breath was becoming less and les-, knew
that in a lilt la time ho would bo car' '
ing a corpse, bcautirul but nn hour be
fo'c, thou loa hsome, discolored and
hideous beyond ihe con a ption of tho'O
w ho have nevtr seen such u tlo.itli.
retraining every nerve, p. Hiring from
speed and worn with his burden. Myratt
sli I kept, on, reached tho path that led
ivvn to the vilLc'e nu 1 was about to
. .
was
desconil w In n Lo Was met by a party
mix iousIv si aicl ing lor flic lo-t, girl.
"Ilil'en bv a ratliesiiake? llyinrf or
lead; Stained and soittcd with tin
hoirib'c leprosy of the scr. ent poison .'
ih, mv iod ! it is terrible groaned the
poor lat.ier as tho inscusiolo form was
placed w ithiu his arms and tho fearful
tali: told.
Hut tho gr'eT was as no'hing to tho
wild, agoni. ed sobbing and hhrieking of
the loving unit her when she saw her dar
ling brought in and laid upon u bed as
hideous and repulsive as she had list
seen her bright uud beautiful.
I hysiciiins came, but tlieir cxpcricnco
nud wisdom availed little. The poinni
had spread rapid'y, been strongly incor
porated with tho circulation, the action
of tho heart paralyzed until it had almost
ceased to beat. Ammonia, iodine, every
thing to lie thought of as antidote,
livdratio and palliative medicine wero
tried without giving relief. The hideous
spots grew laiger unil more distinct;
s'liuous, twisting creeping motions took
Hi" place of nut .rat ones und hand nud
limb became more swollen. Tho suffer
ing of the stricken uirl became so terri
ble ns t,i Cause ttcvet-al f, 1 m eiirried
fainting fn m the room, others to turn
ghastly pale, grow sick nnd eagerly rush
into i he outer air.
"t un nothing be done? Oh, my poor,
dca" child!" sobbed tho heart-broken
mother, still clinging to tin writhing
form, si ill clinging to thd hope long given
up by all nth -is.
".Nothing," came answered back from
the liriuly compressed 1 ps of the phvsi-ciari-in-chicf.
"H e have exhausted all
our know ledge, all out skill, but.''
lie motioned to his associates, drew
them aside and u whispered consultation
was held. "Chloroform" was the only
word that rca bed the strained ears of
I mil Myratt, bit it wis enough. Ilo
knew but too well what, it poi tended;
that they were discussing the propriety
of easing her terrible siiilerings and free
ing her puru soil from tho rotting clay
by a long, deep anisthetic slumber, by
one that would never bo broken in this
woild.
It wns so do ided, and wh'.lo one of
tlieir number wns absent procuring tho
powerful cheni cal romhimition they
aga n gather d a'ouud their patient uud
watched the spasms of pain, tho horrible
writhings and contortions, wdn profes
sional iutcrct, though not with tearless
eyes. Other than human would they
have been could tin y havo done so.
In the midst of tho stillness that was
worse thu i that of death, a silence lo
which sound would come as the failing
of clods upon tint c-o tin lid, a stranger
entered. So wild witli excitement wu
the town tint no one could escape hear
ingof the accident. In the great sorrow
his pie-cnco was unnoticed. For ft
! ...
single instant ho remained, then wont
out into the now clear and. Iran piil night
und mouutiiig ahorse rode ii.vuy ut a
dangerous speed. His ubsenco wus brief
but even us ho again entered the physi
cians wero holding the sometimes cusing,
tho now-desiiued tobofatnl anesthetic
for the stricken girl to breathe.
Hastening to' the sido of tho bed tin
stronger almost rudely pushed the men
of medicine aside and exclaimed iu a
voice commanding, though intensely
permeated with emotion :
"Ceiise? Why would you commit
even professional murder when tho poor
child may bo saved,' Stand buck uud
give mo room."
They looked upon h;m as a madman
and would have laid violent hands upon
aud thrust him out, but tho di-trnctod
mother flung herself upon her knees and
ut his feet, uud, as ouo clinging to a
straw when sinking for the last timo,
begged him to save tho life of her child.
"I will, (iod helping mo," he answered
firmly und positively. "Human means,
seconded by tho prayer of faith, cuu no
ci iiiplis.li great results."
llo took a littlo puckago from his
puckct. When tho w rappings had been
icniovcd there was exposed to view a
; bmat daik -grayish something, scarcely
more than an inch long and 1cm la width
and thickness.
'The madstone I The tnadstono t" burst
from many lips. ' .Now may hoaven be
thanked."
"Do silent," sternly commanded the
stranger, "and control yourselves, what
ever comes."
"And my c hild, my dsrlinff child, will
lire 1" exclaimed the almost exhausted
! mother.
"."he is in tho hands of the Great
Physician," was answered, reverently.
"By mysterious ways now. as in the olden
time, He can heal and raise tho dead, if
such bo His holy will."
Tho f olio war i of .tisculnplus looked on
with scorcful ryes and curling lips, and
tho young naturalist with absorbing
interest, as tho stone was Applied to the
bito of the serpent. Neither had ever
seen one of the almost fabulous articles
beforo, and doubted its reputed power.
For a moment it wns held I gh'.ly on the
swollen and discolored fledi, then it
clung firmly and pressed deeply of its
own volition, and screams, prolonged
lirst, its green less pronounced, until it
absolutely refused to attach itclf to tho
skin had install its adhesive power.
From the lint touch the screams of the
girl had dimiiiidied, grown fainter mid
fainter, then entirely cease I, nnd when
tho mndstone in its silent way told that
its mission had been neeomi,i-hed sin
had sunk into a sound uud healthy
slumber.
"r-ho w ill awake cu ed, will live," said
tho stranger, "i.onvo her now to tho
rest she needs, nnd morning nnd even
ing praise Him whose mysteries uro past
finding out, the (iod of mercy, pity uud
love."
"And you.'" was questioned, amid the
tenrful blessings of lather and mother.
"A humble servant of tho ( hrisl cm
crilled, tho I.'cileeiuer and Saviour, lie
guided my wandering footsteps hither;
ilo caused mo to havo knowledge i.f the
whereabouts of this wonderful stone. I
a m but u simple iustrtiineul in his mighty
hand."
A year later n vo'inrr. blushing, and
happv bndu stood al tho allar of n
! "'innru ciiun n. i no same lips unit
.. i i i .i . .. .
"" P"ioiiiicuu nor cureu iriuii n.o virus ,
I 1,1 ln" "caniy mountain rni iiu-shhkc,
pronounced her nnd I'mil Myratt man
nun wile, .-sue wouiii nave no oilier. ,i
won
they entered the homo pieparcd for
them and became hidden to the eyes of
tho public, she whispered to him upon
w hose iirm she would lean lovingly for
life:
"I'mil, deaiest, nil honor to the nnd
etone, nil glory to tho high power tint
gave its wonderful charm, nil thanks to
the man that used it, who has given you
to mo : but in my heart 1 know it was to
your lips I owe my lile most nf nil. It
was you who sucked tho poison from
my veins, and"
"Your lips, darling, slmll evor repay
me with their sweetness m they do
now." M mini.
A Conirressmau's (Mil Invcsllxnllon.
1 There was a man by Ihe name of Stan
ton, and ho wns a Congressman from a
i Kentucky district some timo in tho year
ls."7. Ikforo his elect on to Congress
, ho had been a bricklayer und a stono
mason. During his term some of thu
contractors engaged on the Cnpitol ex -
tensions
and improvement got into nn
imbroglio, nud lirst one und then an
other began throwing mud, until finally
ouo of them, in his anger, made, the
chargo that tho work done by another
was of the poo c-t kind, and that tin
Capitol building was in danger. It was
the fiist time Hull any such intimation
had ever been male concerning the
safety of the Capitol, nud it c iilscd
considerable alarm, says the Chicago
'Vim .
It led to the appointment of an in
vestigating coniiiiiitce by Cougicss. Mr.
Stanton was undo Chairman of the com
mittee. It is cu-tomary when u Con
gressional invest igating commit too is ap
pointed for it to take up ipiarters in
somu elaborately fuinihcl committee
room, send lor witnesses, ami thou report
in tind.ngs. Stanton didn't do any
thing of the sort.
lie put mi a bricklayer's suit and
clothed his committee in the name garli.
went out about the Capitol ami inside nl
it armed with tho implements which
stonemasons und brickmasons Uso. They
examined the work that had been done,
and found that I hero was nut one word
nf truth in what tho quarrelling con
tnii t .-s hud charge I. The committee so
reported aril was discharged,
I hat was, so I nm told, tho only time
that any charge of fraud in the construc
tion of tho Nutionul Capitol was evel
nude.
Popularity of the Spanish Onion.
A few years since .lO'M) crates of
Spanish onions Were shinned from Spain
to I. Wcgman, f New York, says the
's'" b win tound it almost iinpo,siolo to
.1 t .1 L il. 'I'l... . 1
; iiisiiosu ui iiiL-iii ni a pruui. i nu uinei
afternoon the sumo gentleman received
10,1)00 crates of those delicutely flavored
onions "that shine in nil their fatness
liko Spanish friars," uud about tho same
number of packages uro on thair way
from .-pain to this pott. Each cmto
contains about fifty pounds and the job
bing price varies from M to 7" cents
per crate. Home physicians claim that
i a riiw linish 'i' ''" ,! ,'ury ',,r
ing for a month will chock if not per
manently cure almost any kidney trouble.
They uro said to be very etlicncious in
cases of worms in children, and uo epi
cure can deny tint they aro most appe
tizing in u salud. It is a pity they cun
not bo raised in this country. American
hot-house gardeners have tried to culti
vate them, but they degenerate into n
most insignilleiint variety of onion. Yet
tho vory seeds of tho degenerated onion
planted in its native country will pro
duce an onion o.pinl to the original.
"If you start on u journey," says nn
old book nf wisdom, "and meet a cat,
you should at oueo turn back," The
book does not say for what purpose you
should turn back, but wo suppose it iu
to get your gun." liiuiinjtun Fru
BUDGET OF FUN.
HtlZJonOtm RKKTCItFg FltOM
VAUIOUsJ SOUUCES.
Bhonlit Hear ft. In Mind Nothing
But the) Truth A Itrtter
Name Changed III
Mind, i:to., Etc.
Husband -"You are not the cook my
mother used to bo, my dear."
Wife "iVo, John, fortunately. You
mustn't forget that your father died of
dyspepsia." Sifting.
Nothing nut the Trntti.
Judgo "I'risonor.this is the thirtieth
time this year that you havo appeared
before this tribunal. AY hat brought you
aero again?"
Prisoner ."To tell tho truth, Judge,
it was the police."
A Ilot tcr Name.
Trctty Cousin (to voting Sissy)
"W hy, Charley, since I Inst sawyou you
havo grown quite a beard."
Young ?issy "Ya'as, Maud; mutton
chop wh skcrs, you know."
1 relty Cousin "h, lire they? Why
Ihey look tnoro like lamb-chop whis
kers." Si io YorkH'in.
Tli Proirrcm of Science.
fenkins "Did you hear of tho won
dcr.'ul operation Dr. Ihill performed on
Siidthers last week tf"
llilkins "No! what was ft?"
Jenkins "rive years ago Smithers
stepped on a tack, nnd yesterday the
doctor removed a ten-penny nnil from
the arm of fNiii tliers' littlo boy." The
Idea.
Clitinsul His Mind.
Wife ".'hnll wo go to tho picnic to
day, deari"
Husband "Just ns you say, love."
Wifo Well, if wo go we must take
tho baby.'1
Husband "Oh, by the way, there's
all that cor al wood to cut nnd split. I
guess I'll stay ut homo." JJurlinjlon
tree I'i'ch.
In tlif Snino Predicament.
Kirby "Lend me a liver, will you, old
boy? I'm clean broke."
.Moxey "Tint's a pretty good ring
you wear. Why don't you 'hock it?-'
Ixirby "Couldn't, you know. It's a
Souvenir of u deceased brother."
Moxey "Well, my money is a souvr-
c. .-. ...in.... imj u.j, um
r..i " 7 a..,
I 'nil lalDMIKh.
It was his lost visit to the city.
As he
stood on the cuib-tone shaking his sides
w ith laughter, ho was accosted by one of
New Haven's lines t. "What's tho fun, '
stranger;"
"fun.' Can't you seo it? Ju-t look
how that thing (pointing to a watering
cart i leaks. Whv, Iho Id lined fool won't
have a drop left wheu ho get home."
.V if Jina n S .
Iicitritliiif Cngllsli.
A Frenchman of this city, having re
ceived tho photograph of n lndy, asked
u friend what wus customary under tho
circumstances.
"( oinp inn nt it," replied tho friend.
"Tell her its beauty is very rare."
"I beg to make zee nckiiovv leilgmong,
madnuie," ho said to her at their next
meeting. "eo beauty of madamo is
very scarce." ISiii'i mint n JuuUL-an.
Two r.i'iitea.
Magistrate "What's tho
against this man.'"
charge
ntlicer "llo ihrew a photograph lens
lit a babv and cut its head."
Magistrate "Aro you a regular pho
tographer.'" i'risono'- "Yes, your honor. I had
been trying for two mortal hours to take
a picture ot that little imp I mean lit
tle baby, your honor and "
Magistiato "nu nro discharged. I
used to bo n photogruphcr myself."
TUc Certain.
The Lost 1 'mi nil.
"Well, Ms-," interrogated tho irate
father of a Ch dig girl and a now tho i-
l sand dollar pm.o; "can you tell mo
j what this is. sin -U onto this rosewood
like a luin of grafting wax ! Havo you
decided toiinfryu firmer, and is ho giv
ing you lessons in tree-pluutiiig:"
I "Oh, no," i.ns Acred the maiden, with
I a glad i nn g iu her spruce like voice;
i "that's my dear old gum. WU'ii Har ry
1 wanted il song, 1 p .t it where it would
' bo safe, and tnen forgot it und thought
I'd lost it." Ihe liitit.
A Killing: Passion With Illm.
Tho inquisitive traveler had sat along
side his one-legged victim till everybody
had turned in, und still plied him with
ijiiestions till he wished lie had died ut
the II iiptlt'llioil.
"How aid you lose your leg:" ho
asked, us a clincher.
"Well, I'll ted you if you promise
to usk uny more iiuesiions."
"All right; I won't."
"It was b,t otr."
"liood night ; utn going to bod;
I'd liko mighty will to know what
it o.f." t'ii-'iio Timei.
Tho I.xpldlvo Hint Cuuzht Her.
Wifo (piously) "Henry, I wish you
wouldn't swear so."
Henry (shocked) "I dou't swear, my
dear."
Wifo "Yes, you do; or just the sumo
thing. iou musn t say 'by tieorge,'
or 'bv Jove, or 'by ed or by miy
thing." Husband, (submissively) "Not even
buy u new bonnet, love:"
Then she was very, very sorry for her
thoughtless reform movement, and com- j
ing close to him, threw her arms ubout i
liis neck uud asked him to forgive her. j
Wun'tihtjtun Critic. ;
Tlio ttourt Hove r-ioil Ita Ueclslon.
he ji
you
time; vou might as well try to make
court believe that two und two do
iniiko four."
"Mr. Brief," suid the judge, grimly,
tiut. von n o uoiui in
Brief sullied his cveglnsses a little lolor una wusto ot nine.
more firmly on his noso and responded dexterous operator uses the jaw
blindly: "May it p euo your Honor I -". " i,
nm pieparcd to dj that. Two and two once, und lightly, after whn n
make :.." 1 tho customer a porcelain bovvi
Tho Window of nsinilo played around with a small soft iinpkiu tocw
the coi ner of the udgo's mouth us ho f'"--e. Wo have soui ) barber
cat back la his chair, uud miid; "Vou , York as expert as nuy iu la".-
may go on with your argument,
Brief." liotlon liulle in. j
' A rtad llnbtr.
"Now, hubby, before we were n1
ried we promised to tell each othn
our little faults and try to correct t,
do foil remember, denrt"
"L m-htih," grunted the husband, -J
was ncrii in reauinx mo last Bcanaai
. , l . . . . . , ,
- wen, wove neon niarricn a ,,
ana i noiico a imu nauu you uavt-
you henr?"
"Im-huh."
"Yes, a bad habit you hare of
piying attention when one is talking.
w j vi mviisaig aw I
"I m-hun."
"Of not paying'rttention, and fl,,
wncn one gets through and asks
something you say Do what?' Th
not only Aggravating, but impolite.
I want you to break yourself of the d
grecabio habit."
"Dowhati" SI. Louie llunwritt
Would Throw That In.
"My friend," said a tight-fisted bunt,
to a young man who had pulled him,
of the water, "I appreciate the fact tl,
you nave lavra my liio, ana I am
pared to reward you to reward
in it . . ...
noeiitiij ior your services. v uut Ct
uo tor your
"Well, sir, there wns a suit of elo'
spoiled." said the rescuer who wa n
iiniiireii inougn not ciiucatcil,
would lio about seventeen dollars: tl
lost my hat, that would be filtveci
then I took considerable liquor to k
nit a colit, which cost mo n quarter,
don't think nf nnvthing else, sir.''
"But you do not mention tho fact t'
you nave saved my life. Y hat cm
lor you on that uroref"
'Oh, well, call tho whole tl
eighteen dollars air I d throw
suvitig in free." -M refund Tnv Ur,
Tho Visitor Wns Mlitnkon,
I'roprietor (showing visitor tlin
tho nlhcci "This is tho cditirial
pnrtment."
Visitor "Then I supposo that
genial looking chap across there ii
obituary editor, and that the thin, cr
looking genius who just throw u n
weight at the oflice boy, is your (.
man.'"
Proprietor "No; both gurc
wrong. You probably obtuuel i
ideas from current patagrafths. 'II.'
good-natured man is tho immorUt,
the attenuated gentleman is then,
of tho tarilf editorials."
isiior "Ah. indeed! Hut this ;.
man with tl c handsome desk. n...
from the rest of the ollico, uttcii'L J
pretty typo-writer and two lies,
boys? 1 suppose he is editor-in-' lii :
I'roprietor "Wrong ugnin! 'li..
tho bu-eb.ill reporter 1" Tlf l-Ui.
Artificial Floiieis.
Arti'ic'tal I'owers, snys a writer;:
f!-tr'i.it!'iiilie, were lirst invented i'v;
nuns. In tho ltilian convents tin-
und shriiv s of saints were, up to t!.i
of tho eighteenth century, ilw,
with artificial flowers, laboriously p
get her, of paper, parchment, ami
stilt materials. Since then tho "!:
flowers," which nro undo in V
factories of tho imperfect cncim:
silkworms, havo become famous fur
daintiness, which makes thorn part c
ly suitable for toilet decorations. ;
these silk flowers other nrtilicial tl
uro Hindu in Venice, whence mar
Ituiy is supplied, uud wdio ice
wagon loads are exported to other
triirs. -No sooner has tho visitor U '
taken hi early cup of cin e!
1'lorian's, near tho Marcus pint;,
tho cicerone uppears, offering to
him iho "famoud" factory of tli
moils Italian flowers." This fa,;
situated in one of the gray old lna-
tho l-'re.nria, and several hund
nro occiiiiod in it. In the wur:
tho most wonderful rcprodu tio:
natural tlowois uro exhibited in
cases, and it seems in many ra-
not only tho richest and most I:
colors, but tho very scent of the tl
had been stolen from nature, furs
the artificial flowers aro steeped ;
i perfume distilled from tho flovvi-r-jit
represents. Any one wishing t
homo sumo souvenir of Venice i n
his choico of beautiful uud of Uti .'
tic objects at tho factory.
1 In the upper stories nf the l.o";
girls sit at tlieir work, const ruetii :
clever hands, the most beautiful w '
art. for ull the most expensive .it:
; flowers are nearly o .elu-ivc'y in
' hand, nnd their valuo depends su.
tho manual dexterity and ta-te i
jioorly-idad und mostly dtl'u ati' l
gills, sitting at long tables und i'';
thu unhealthy dust of tho dyed
rials. No inaeliineiy could r '
dexterity nnd tasto. I.nst century r
I invented a machine for cutting
, leavs aud petals, 'out it can only I'
i for tho smallest kinds, such as ore
1 cd for hyacinths, lilies of tli'1 v
1 and other small flowers. In lare"
tho irregularities of manual wor
prefcrred to tho still und correct
produced bv machinery. in1' u
not of which tho petals are made ii
: in special factories; tho scis-
I oilier tools used by the girls, in
I tho presses iu which tho veins lire
but on tho leaves, uro of a shape p
bit adapted to the work, llaeh pit
flower is made by specialist.
! room, for iustnnce, only stalksof
i nud loaves are made; in uimtlier'
und beiries of ull kiuds uro nist,
uro of wax, or blown, if of gU
cleverest workers uro employ-1'. 1C
blo-soms of tho singlo petals, ttn-
quets, wreaths and garlands of t-
gle blossoms. It Is very alien
watch this process and to see U"
tho ceutro of n llowcr is coin"
then the petals put round, next 'U
leaves, and so forth, till a l'u'
braucli is complete.
A Uarbor-om Conlrast.
Thcro nro barbers in this la1
the New York Sun, who ougl't
lessons iu l'aris. They lather and
through tho lirst com so, niidir11;
' nnd scrnpo through tho ."';
which the ruin-soaked towel n 1
tho ' into play, and then come f' B
not i -Tush with pomatum, to be M '
! et other fiindaugoes, nil of ";