One-twelfth of I lie pt-ojilu tf F.ug In ml suffer friini gout. It in a singular coincidence Hint, ox Congressman James Wilson, McKin ley's secretary of ngrioultiire, is father of llio position, In' linviitg llrst Introduced tliu bill denting it. Tho returns of muses for insanity In F.nglnnd show Hint in every 100 cases 21 nre hereditary, 2i limy lio nl trilmlcit to drink, 12 to business nnd motley trouble, II ta loss of friends, ID to sickness aud 11 to various Ir. Heneen F.gbort of tho Medico Chirurgical College, l'liilnlvliliii,nnyH Hint rheumatism often reunite from drinking too lilllo water, nnd t lint the euros wrought nt watering places nro to bo attributed to t tits free imbibing of Hint llnid. rntber tlmu to tlie min erals contained tliorcin. Amcriesu cotton in rapidly nupor piling tlmt of Indiit in I lio mnrkotii of Japan because of it" superior length nd atrongth, nnd a representative of I ho Japanese government is ninking nn investigation into tlio methods of cultivating nnd bundling tlio stnplo in i'cxnn and other southern stales, from which valuable results nro likely to follow. The town of Fairfield, '.-nn., has n Inrgo contract on bund. Tun records of the town have not been indexed since 1800, Tlio Rolcctinen nro now conoid r-riug tbo bent met hod of beginning tho largo undortnkiiig. Tlio records comprise unveil Inrga volumos, nnd to index th oho will raquiro nt leiiHt n year's labor nnd nu expense of between fcl.OOU nnd $3,000. It in nnid tlmt niorothnu ninety per cent of tho railway passengers in Kng mud trnvoi mini class, lliey cou- tribute about eighty-throo pereent of tho rccoipts, A goodly portion of tho remaining seventeen pereent, it in Hiifo to nay, iH contributed by wealthy American tourists., who nro conspicil aim putioui.cr of the llrst-cliiss ear- ringo during tho Hiimmor months. Nnuscti invented tho model of tho Frnm, milking her bull round niididip pery, liko nu col, with no comers or sharp dge for tho ice to ttoizo upon, Sho is tho strongest voHsel ever ttsod in Arctio exploration. Ho said that prossuro would dimply lift her on tho ice, ami ho her bottom, near tho keel, was mado almost lint in order thnt alio might not capsize while on the ioo surface, and her screw and rudder were also ingeniously protected. The miiny experts who Haid bor design would not save Ibe Frain from instant destruction were mistaken, for she mot theso resistless ico preHsuros, and they merely lifted her out of her era1 tile, aud bha rested safely on tho eur face, In tho heart of Han Francisco is tho city's priucipal cemetery, whore are buried the bodies of her famous dead and where loom up ia the sky the grand mausoleums of her millionaire mining uud railroad kings, A wove ment to bisect this cemetery with uew street una aroused much opposi tion, yet it is by uo moans certain that sooner or later the whole cemetery will not be moved to a quarter whore the dead would eost lues iu real estate and taxes. It seams that when grave yards were started the fouudors ol cities did not know where to place them. For years iu Boston the eld graveyard on Tremont street showed that some of the most valuable prop, crty in the city was occupied by dead beads. Instead of resontiug the notion of this country in restricting foreig pauper immigration, the Italian gov eminent una receutiy adopted meas ures preventing the idle hordes of that country from emigrating to the United States. In Italy, says the Philadelphia Fublio Ledger, the dis tinetiou between worthy nnd unworthy people is broader than in almost uny other country, especially in the olast that furnishes the most of the euii grants. The Italian peasantry ia largely composed of thrifty, industri ons people, such as may be seen any day in our own city, who are willing to work hard for small wages and con trive to save enough out of their scanty earnings to provide for old sge. Snob people form a valuable addition to tho population.- But it also contains a class of vicious idlers, who will not work, who bavo no re pect for law, whose passions are ess iJy roused aud, when roused, are never restrained, aud who make a profession of crime. From this class the Matia aud tbo brigands are roortiilod, aud it is this class thnt the government gents are obliged to keep at Lome uudur heavy penalty. A pnlr of very pluiMiy leits J-'.neased In scarlet hie A pnlr nt little sluMiy boots With miller doubtful loiwi A little kllti a little mint fill nn a mother enn - Ami lo! before in stand In stnto 1 lie fiitnre'n "coming man." Ills eves, Ii "reliance, will rend the stars, Ami senrch their unknown way": erclintiee the human lienrt ami soul Will open lo their tfawv Perchance their keen ami llnshlng trlaiicn Will lie a nation' lluht - Tliosc ee Hint now nre wistful bent tin some "big fellow's" kite. THE ONE GIRL. They were standing together nut on ' tho iiioniilit terrace- lleuind them ill th ilistiiiico sounded the baud. plnviug soft, dreamy wall music. lint what eired they for dancing and tbu hut, crowded ball rooniT In all the world for him theio was only one nullum, and hIiii stood, her bauds hiMioil in bis, her head resting on his sliouldi'l'. "You won't forget me, darling," be whispered, "alien I mil thousands of miles nwny, nt tho other hide of the win Id, mid letters are long in mining? You'll remember that I inn coming hack iu Iwu years at the latest, to claim in v little wife." "Oh, It can't be really true, Geof frey, Unit you nro going to-mm row? It is ton ilreinltiil to think of! And it's not 1 that will forgot. I shall think of you night and day until you como back. lint you'll most likely meet with Homo lovely American girl all American women mo lovely, you know nnd then you'll forget all about poor little Mysio TralVonl, who is urn ting for you in Kuglaiid." "Wlien I inn out ou the grent lone ly prairies," ho said dreamily, "I shall just shut my eyes and think my self buck to this night. 1 shall bear tho baud ill tho distance, I shall feel you once moro in my hiiiis, uud 1 shall smell tho faint odor of tho Jiulio- tropo you are wearing." For answer she took a piece of the heliotropo from her dress. "Hero's a little bit of it," she said. 'When you meet that lovely Ameri can, nnd wish that you were free, nnd that this evening had ucver been, I lien you can put that littlu (lower ill an envelope, nnd you needn't write n word to put iu with it, but just ad dress it to me, nnd when I get it I shall know whut it iiieaus, ami you will bo free." "What nonsense, Mysio 1" ho said angrily, "Why do you talk liko that? You kuow " "Oh, hero you are!" cried n shrill voice. "1 uave liuou looking lor you everywhere, Mr. Castlcford is as cross aa ho can bo, Mysio. Ho says you promised him the last two dunces, and then you disappeared aud no one could tlud you ; aud as for you, Mr. Hamilton, I think you had better keep out of tho way altogether, after disappointing Lady May and goodness knows who besides." Aud Gertrude, Mysie's sister, chattered on, totally unconscious that she was a most uu weloome intruder. Hho and Mysio had been taught tbat it was their duty to make good matches, and Geoffrey Hamilton, with no money, and just off for America, was so entirely ineligible that she sus pected nothing, and ruthlessly insisted on their immediate return to tho ball room. , Mysio looked often at the littlo hoop of pearls the pledge of her be trothal but never put it on, except in her own room just for a few miu utes. Somehow as the days weut by it seemed harder to speak of that even ing to her mother, especially as her mother had not the faintest suspicion ol anytning oi tna sort, auu so a month passed away. Then one evening Mysio returned from a walk aud saw a letter lying ou the ball table. One glauce at her own name and the postmark "New York" and she matched up the let tor, won dering if any one had notieod it, theu ran up to her own room, uud dosed the door to enjoy it in peace. The Are burued brightly and looked inviting, and she drew up a low easy chair and seated herself comfortably as she broke the seal of the envelope, What was the faint perfume na she did so? She drew out a sheet of blauk note paper from the folds of which a little pieoe of dead heliotropo slipped lid fell to the floor. "Mysie, you must oome down," aid Gertrude. "Mr. Castloford is down stairs, and mother says you are to come," as Mysie looked rebellions. "But you must chuuge your dress; you can't coma in that. Has anythiug happened? Yon look very queer." "io, said Alysie, with a strange The Cumins; Man. Those linmls -those little, bus hands Ho sticky, small ami brown -Those liamls whose only mission seems To pull all nnler down Mio knows what lihlilen strength ma; be Contained within their clasp, Thoiiirh now 'lis lint a taffy stick In sturdy hold they uril-pV Ah! blessings on those little hands, Whoso work is yet undone! Ami lilessltiKs on those little feet, - Whose race Is yet imriin! Ami lilossiiur on the little lirnln That lias not learned to plan! Whslc'cr llin future holds In store, Ooil bless the "coming man!" Hoiiiervlllo Journal. little laugh ; portaiiee. I "nt least nothing of iui will come down pies- ntl.V." In a very short time slin was in tho Irawing-rooiii, nnd Herbert Castle- ford, ns ho looked at her, thought lie L hail never seen her so beautiful. He bad love I her for years, but ho bad leeoiveil so littlo encouragement from her that he had not spoken; but to night ho had determined to nit his fate to tho test, whilo. poor Mysie, wilh n pain at her heart, was saying lo herself that if (iooffrey could forget so eiiHily, why, so could she. nil so it cami) about that n few hours later sho returned to her room, having pledged herself to Herbert Castleford. Instead of the littlo hoop of pearls shu had never worn sho pos sessed it handsome diamond ring, and the dead ilower nnd tho pearls wero put far away out of sight, to bo for gotten if possible. Nix months had passod and Herbert Castleford was pressing for nn early uiarriage. Mysio nnd her mother had goiio uwuy from homo immediately after her becoming engaged. Mysio complained of the cold and looked no lelicato that her mother took her to tho south of France, where, soon after. OiHtlcford followed them. Mysio seemed willing that tho wed ding should take placu whenever they liked to nrrntiuo it, so matters were being pushed to suit tlio impatient lover, when ouoday Gertrudu ran into tbu room where Mysio mid Herbert were sitting. "Look, Mysio!" sho cried. "Hero is a lovely bunch of (lowers from that deur count! Isn't ho silly? And they are such beauties! Only smell thorn I Oh, I urn so pleased 1 Look! Hero nro a bit of heliotropo uud some maidenhair that will just do for you, To her surprise Mysio turned pale and shrank back, looking almost uppenliugly nt her lover, wlio was watching her. As thoir eyes met there was some thing in his an expression, a con sciousness, a what? Mysiu did not know, but a great trumhliog seized hor. A hundred thoughts seemed to pass through her mind in a moment, but of one thing shu was certain Herbert Castleford know nil about those playful, loving words spoken out on tho terraco on the uuver-to-bo-forgotten night. Then, leaning forward, she asked, ns if they bad already boon speaking to enoh other: "How did you sond it from New York?" "I that Is what do you meau Mysie? I never sent it I" Seeing that hor clear eyes seemed to rend him through, he attempted no more deuinl, but just caught ber bunds in his uud implored bor to for give him. "I came out to look for you that night," he said, "aud I heard what you wore saying just as Gertrude came upon you from tho other side, aud it was such n teuiptntion, for loved you denrly much better than he did. It was all doue for love of you, Mysie." She tried to wave him nwny, but in' stead fell fainting to the ground. When she recovered Herbert Castle ford had gone. A few hasty lines from hiiu besought her forgiveuess.nud told ber Geoffrey was now on his way buck to Eugluiid to Uud out why she bad not written to him ; thut bo hoped they would have been married before Geof frey could arrive, but that now he would go away aud never trouble bur again. "You will forgive me, Gioffrey, won't you," she said, "for doubting you? But it suotned so torribly true! Look! Hero are the envelope aud the flower." "Aud here is tho flower yon gave me," said GjofTrey. "There's not much difference, certainly, between them, but regarding the euvelopa well, I must give you a few specimens of my handwriting when I go nwny again, so tbat you may uot bu taken in so euuity." "Hut I shall never let you go nwny sgnin," naid Mysie, And thnt was how llicv arranged it Tim "Tippecanoe" Inauguration. Mr. Joseph II. llishop contributes an nrticlo on "Inauguration Scenes and Incidents" to tho Century, which la nn "Inauguration number." Con cerning tho inauguration of General William Henry Harrison, Mr. llishop says: A mngtiiflcoiit carriage mm been constructed by his admirers, nnd presented to General Harrison, with the express wish that ho l ido in it to tlaOipitolj but ho declined to do so, insi ding upon riding n horso instead. Tho crowd of visitors nlong tho nveniie from tho White House to tbo Capitol was tho largest yet seen in Washing ton. Tho procession created such en thusiasm that tho novel expedient was put iu operation of having it in neli mid countermarch severnl limes beforo leaving its hero lit tlio Capitol. For two hours it went to nnd fro in tho nveiiuu beforo tho spectators wero sup posed to bavo their till of it. Mr. Adams, who saw it from bis window, under which it passed, describes it in bis diary a mixed military and civil cavalcade, with platoons of militia companies, Tippeoiuoc clubs, students of colleges, scliool-lioys, a lialf-doen veterans who had fought under the old hero iu tlio war of IKlt, sundry awk ward mid ungainly painted banners and log cabins, and without carriages or showy drosses. Tho coup il'ieil, ho ndds, was showy-shabby; nnd ho says of tho general : "Ho was on a menn-looking whilo horse, in tho cell tro of seven others, inn plain frock coat or surtoiit, iiudistingiiisliablo from nny of those before, behind, or around him." The day was cold and bleak with a chilly wind blowing. Gnucrnl Harrison stood for nn hour exposed to this while delivering bis nddrcHH, nnd nt its closo mounted his horso nnd returned to tho White House with tho procession again asnu escort. He Sin prised the Ih ill Sergeant. A clipper-built man of .'I!) or there about, enlisted in one of tho troops of the Fourth Cavalry lit the Presidio of San FnincUco a few years ago. When ho was asked by the recruiting oflicer if bo know nuyUiiiig about, horses, bo replied, "Not very inticli." Tho day nfter his enlistment the troop drill ser gennt gave tho recruit a horso nuil took him out to tho "bull ring" to givo him his (list whirl nt riding horse back. Tho recruit labored into tho saddle with grent apparent diflieiilty, nud for 15 minutes bis awkwardness taxed the resources of tho drill ser geant a vocabulary, men, with a gnu, ho sprang to tho ground, rpiickly un cinched tho horse, and threw off tho saddle. Starting his saddlcloss horso around tho ring on a dead canter, bu leaped upon ila back without tho uso of hia hands, aud standing with bis boots upon tho horse's glossy back, ho rode around thu ring for a few times. Theu, the horse still nt a swift lope, ho Hlond ou his head on its back. Ho followed this up with n monkey drill that almost give the drill ser goalit apoplexy. When, a few days Inter, tho recruit got n liist sergeant's stripes, it cnuio out that ho was one of tho best-known circus riders iu tho country, and oue of the most unre liable, ou account of bis predilection for liquor. He kept straight iu the army, however, nud nt Hie close of bis enlistment started a riding school in San Francisco, which he is still man aging with immense success. New York Sun. The "Ears" of Insects. The naturalists have not as vet been able to answer the burning question "Can beos here?" but their researches along that line have resulted iu many queer discoveries. Simply because bee has no ears on the sides of bis head, it is uo sign whatever that be wholly without some sort of uu audi tory nerve. This last assertion proveu by the fact that grasshoppers, crickets, locusts, aud tliet ull have ears situated iu queer places under the wings, ou the middle of the body and even on the sides of their legs. The ooiumou lions" fl d ios his bear ing by means of some littlo rows of corpuscles which ure situated on the knobbed thread which occupy tho places which are taken up by. the hind wings of other spuoies of iuseots. The garden slug, or shell-less snail, has bis organs of bearing situated ou each side of his neek, and the common grasshopper has them on bis broad flat thighs. In some of the smaller insects they are at the bases of the wings, aud iu others at the bottom of tho feet. St. Louis Ii -public. The llrst number of a new paper en titled the Gormau Industrial Adver User, iu thu Japuuvse luuguage, has appeared. AMERICAN FIK8T. JKANKTTK WA! TIIK FIOXKKIt KI.RIMIANT OK AMKltlCA. Dfalh of the Old llenst Said to llnve Come to This Country In I.S'J.) and to llnve Had forty or More Owners. JKANF.TTK, an elephant which most showmen believe to bavo been tho oldest in the United H'ntesand the first ever brought to America, ia dead nt I'erti, Ind. Her ago is known to have been 1 Illy oars. Tho Chicago Times-Herald say she has been a tennnt of menageries in this country since IHJt. Jennottn really duid of old ngo. Her skin was wrinkled nnd drawn nnd her JKANKI-rR, AMKItU.Yrf l-TONfif;tl Kl.F.I'HANT. eyes bnd that peculiar lackluster ap pearance which always accompanies leerepit old ngn. Jcnnotto hnd liaised through tho hands of so many show men thnt to anvono of these ber entire history it practically unknown. Sho cnuio in possession of her Inst, owner in IHMfi. Previous to that time. It is est i m ted by those who know scraps of tho aged elephant's career, she had liecn owned by nt least forty dilierent persons. Shu was of African birth and was Kold for a bagful ol gold. Anyone who saw her, and was familiar with elephants, would know in nn instant that sho was an African. Her cars wero of tho enormous, "umbrella" kind, which mnko eli.phants look not unlike lingo foxhouuds. I ho llrst that was known nf Jeinette ill this country was in s::i. At that time nn agent of an American menag erie was in F.ugland, nnd there suw tho elephant, in company with a number of others juct nrrived from the Cape, ns Africa is termed in liritain. Sho had been employed as a working ele phant for some tune, in Africa previous HKTTIdNa AN" OLD SCONE. (Twd scenes In to her purohnse by nn Knglish ofllnial, who was engaged in gathing a small herd to export to Knglaod. At that time, it is asserted, there wns not nn elophnnt in tbo L'nitod States. Tho agent from America conoiivcd the idea that bo had found a tremendous cart) for his menagerie. He purchased leanetto for 8!", !()(). The purchase was tho talk of London. The next thing to do was to get Jeanetto to tho United State., aud that wan no trifling matter. Tbo year 1823, it must bo remembered, was far in advaneo of the ocean greyhound, and the voyugo across tho Atlantis for even a human being was considered an event. Tho agent, however, was cqnal to the emergency, and one Juno day when a clipper ship called from Liverpool she had aboard of ber, snug ly stowed in the hold, the bulky form of the comparatively youthful Jeanette, Detail is lacking as to bow Jeanetto enjoyed the voyage, but shu reached New York with but a few abrasions of tho skin and a sour tem per. Naturally Jeanette created a sensa tion in Gotham. People came from a great distance to see ber lodgings not far from Battery Park. Then ber owner placed ber in a tent, because the lodgings were not large enough to accommodate the people who came to see her. Ho made money rapidly and Jeanette waxed fat and strong. Af ter a while patronage began to slacken a bit, however, and Jeanette's owner, who bad long ago given np the idea ot placing ber in any menagerie exoept TH8 DCBU his own, put her in a wagon that was considered a triumph of architectural skill, and with just enough other things to justify him in calling bis outfit a menagerie itarted out to tour the east. Jeanette's fame spread far and wide, and alter exhibiting ber tintil he had made his fortune ber owner sold ber to a menagerie. Bow often she changed bauds after that even the best posted menagerie and circus man refuses to estimate, beyond the fact tbat it was at least forty times. It is certain, however, tbat there has been no prominent menagerie in the coun try in the last half century which has not had a claim on Jeanette at one time or another. When elephants be gan to be common Jeanette's fame faded. She was probably the most traveled elephant tbo world ever knew. Tho lact that alio fell from tho pedestal of fsrno so many years ago did not sour her temper, for sho was always considered a spooial pet by TUB WNKRAr,. everyone who ever bnd anything to do with her. Although possessed of (his good nature, sho was resentful of fancied or real injuries, and if she once took a disliko to a person won betide that unfortunate individual if ho ever ventured within reach of her trunk. Jeanetto had nn antipathy to n painter named Frnser, which seemed to turn her against all painters. Onco sho broke loose and discovered a gang of painters outside tho gntn ou their way from work to dinner. She gave a shrill warning and thundered nfter thorn. They ran ns fnt ns they conld, but feanettn gained ao rapidly that they were foroed to take refuge in a born, tho grent, doors of which swung right open. .Teanelto pressed them so hard that thny climbed up int.) tho haymow, and there tho elephant kept thmn until their cries for help brought aid. feanotto was not a large elephant. Sho weighed only three tons. Sho hnd a persuasive way, however, when ever sho took nfter nnyono. To tell tho complete story of ber escapades would be an almost endless task. The greater portion of them wore good natured, nnd sho was never knowu to really hurt nnyono who had not in jured her. it was a favorite pastime of bars whenever she broke loose in ttiiylnonngerio tent to make for tho lemonade venders, put them to flight nnd drink all their lemonade. This sho seemed to consider a most delight ful treat. Tho same method of treat ment was applied to the men nnd boys who dispensed enndy, nnd 'eanctto nppropriatod so much of their stock that they grow to bo afraid to venture near her. The peoplo of I'orn mourn for Jean etto. She was oue of tho sights of tho town during tbo winter season, nnd wnsa friend of two-thirds of tho popn- WlCVKNKsS FOP. l.F.MOSAfJH. the life of Jcun-tle.) lation. Her funeral was ns largely at tended as tbat of the most prominent citizen would have been. She was i only nn elephant, bnt it is something i to have been a good elephant. liisiiiarck Is Itiirril. A ndder ntteranoe can hardly ho imagiued than that said to have been lately made by Prince iiisrnarak, now nenr the end of bis life, after having occupied tho position of dictator of Kurope : "I feel weak ond languid, but not ill. Mr illness is want of the joys of 1 To. My existence is no longer nf any use ; 1 have no official duties, and what I see as an onlooker gives mo no pleasure. Should I live longer it will ; still be tho cise. I feel lonely. I have lost my wife, and as regards my ! sons, thoy bavo their own business, i With growing ago I have also lost in : terest in agricultnru and forestry. I rarely visit the fields and woods, since I can no longer ride an 1 shoot and move about as I like. Little by littlo politics begins to tiro me." I The faculty of retiring gracefully 1 from active labor and responsibility when years become a burden and other can do the work better, is ona Bismarck has not learned. He has no such resource as Gladstono has in I other interests than statecraft. Ha finds nothing to do bnt to meddle and , complain. Tho knowledge that he j created a strong empire gives him lit f tie comfort, 'or he has not faith that anybody bnt himself can keep it i strong. 1 had for When Milton was old, and "this three years" lost tue j sight of bis eyes, he could say : i "Want supports me, dost then .'!? The cousalttoeu to bnvu lostihsm nvorpllad j la Liberty's (Intense, my noble task." I But liberty is a better work than I empire. New York Independent. The Ballot Here and Abroad. In the United States there is onfl voter to every fonr and a half persons ; in Great Britain one to every six per sons; in Franoe one to every three and a bait persons; in Italy one to every ten persons. The United States coat 13,9,102 votes in 1808. Great Britain oasts 6.116,000 votes. Scotland has 630,000 electors. Ireland has 830,000 eleotors. Franoe has 10,000.000 electors. Germany has 10,600,000 elector. Austro-Hangury has 5,300,000 eleo tors. Italy has 3,006,000 electors. In 18Ua out of 3,000,000 qaalific. electors only 1,600,000 voted in lu.y or about live per cent, of its total population. Belgium bad 100,000 voters ten years ago, bnt since then bus increased its suffrage io that some citizen Uava several ballots. ; w-
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