THE LOST CHILD.
BT MRS. NATO! KO.V B. MORAXGR.
Tjont ! I.out! In the bewildering throng,
Balkod by the hum ft" current, surging strong;
Amid the savage roar its voice is drowned.
No ear has caught the feeble, plaintive sound;
"Mamma! mumma !" it calls, tlmn glances shy,
Betraying dread of every passer-by.
Its eves are tear-blind, and its feet
Are, '<>. so weary, wandering the street;
•"Mamma! nuimma!" it calls, and calls again,
Adding each time a keener note of pain ;
It runs, then pauses, overwhelmed with fears,
For only strangers cross its mist of tears.
The traces of a mother's care
Still linger in the curled and suuny hair;
The playing ohildren tempt it not to stop,
Though'in its hand is clutched a striped top,
And as if hurrios through the alien towu,
One little stocking slips unheeded down.
At last the faint appeal is heard.
And sleeping hearts of sympathy are stirred;
Some bend to ask its name —its mother's
On all the world it seems to have no claim.
It stares at every one in blank ainazo,
While o'er its face a tangled ringlet strays.
Arrested on its errant course,
The verv tears are scared back to theirsourco;
One chubby band is lifted to its brow,
Its head droops like a broken flower now;
To ask, suggest, or coax, alike aro vain,
No hint of home or mother can they gain.
But suddenly from out the crowd
A presenco dawns, like sunshine from n cloud,
A Bob of gladness heaves the little breast!
Bystanders need no more, they know the rest.
"Mammal mammal" it shouts with ringing joy,
Ami to her heart the mother clasps her boy.
Niiff York City.
TIIEY TOOK IIIM IX.
" ' )0 overtaken by
night in the louo-
IBljia 3 licst part of East
Tennessee is to the
IfflßxVy" traveler a condition
'° lamented,
wr^es OpieP.Read,
Times. The road
is rough and tho
'JnL deep valleys have
™ gathered a darkness
so dense that they seem the very bot
tomless pits of blackness. A ray of
yellowish light, trembliug its way
through the gloom, comes down from a
hill where dogs are barking. The
traveler is gladdened and, riding up to
a log cabin, shouts; "Halloa!" Some
one opens the door.
"I would like to stay over night with
yon. lam cold, hungry, and tired,
and don't believe I can go another
step."
" Wall, we kaiu't take in no pusson,
caze we an't got no place for a pusson
ter sleep; but ef you'll go right down
HE AGREED TO TAKE HIM IN.
.van ter Jim Mason's he'll keep yon in
the finest sorter shape. Lives right
down thar at the foot of the hill."
The traveler turns away disappoint
ed, of course, hut ho has placed a
wreath of faith upon Jim Mason who
lives "right down thar," and onward
he goes through the darkness. His
horse stumbles, and sometimes ho has
to stop and feel his way. Mile after
mile is passed, it seems, but no beam
of light comes trembling out to mget
him. He curses the man who has lied
to him, and in his nngor he thinks of
finding his way back ami choking the
scoundrel, when suddenly a light down
the valley warms his heart. Ho rides
up to a ea.bin. "Halloa!" Door is
opened: ;nnn ] okes his head out.
"Jim Mason live here?"
"What do you want with him?"
"I want to stay all night."
"Oh, 'lowed mobbe yer wanted tor
snatch him up befo' the Gran' Jury.
Yes, I live here.''
"Well, I was told away back yonder,
I don't know how far, that you would
accommodate mo for the night."
"Ked-headed feller was it that told
you ?" he asked, still standing with his
head poked out.
"I don't know; it was too dark to
see."
"Wall, if it was a red-headed fellor
it was my son-in-law, an' I reckon he's
the biggest liar in East Tennessy."
"I don't know who it was, but the
question is, can I stay?"
"Question's mighty easy answered.
You kain't."
"llut, my dear sir, I can not go any
further."
"Bleeged to you for calliu' me a dear
sar, but I reckon you'll hafter go
furder. Sam Mayhew lives right down
thar, an' I think he'd l>e glad to takt
you. Jest tell Sam that you air from
Texas an' know his folks that went out
thar three years ago. Tell him yon
knowd Alt, and Tobe, and the rest ol
'em. My brother I'oto went out thai
with them. Community lost a good
man when Pete left, I tell you. Tall,
rawboned feller that could lift one side
of a steer."
I was the traveler, and I saw my
chance. No casuistry could stand up
against such inducements to tell a lie
.— yea, so great a necessity of it. 1
would deceive him.
"Mv dear sir. I am from Texas, sure
enough, and I do know his people,
though, of course, not intimately,"
"Know Alf?"
"Yes." I
" An' Tobe ?"
"I do."
"Look he*e, you mout know my
brother Pete, that lives out there in
Calhoon County."
"I am acquainted with him. Out
there lie is known as Long Pete."
"Wall, 1 declar, stranger, you air
gettin' iuterestin'."
"Shall I get down and come in?"
"Yes, but wait a minit. Now you air
a truthful man, air you?"
"I have always been regarded as
such."
"Ah, bah, an' I don't like tor doubt
you, but thar's just one thing, an'
onlv one, that looks a little sus
picious."
"Tell me what it is, and I will en
deavor to explain."
"Wush you would explain. You see,
I an't got no brother Pete an' never
did have none. I'm Pete myse'f.
Knowd you was a rascal soon as I
heard you speak. Good-night."
He shut the door and I turned away.
My horse stumbled, so rough was the
way, and at one time fell to his ltnces.
It must have been twelve o'clock when
x saw anotner light. When I yelled
a man opened the door.
" Who's that ?"
Another lie might be successful. I
would take a desperate chance.
"I am a preacher," I answered,
[ "cold, hungry, tired, and lost in this
awful night of darkness. Can you take
me in 1"
" What sort of a preacher ?"
"Methodist."
"Wall, I reckon he ken," a woman's
voice answered. "Jest get right down
an' come in, an' Dick, you take the
brother's hoss. Bless my life; the
idea of a preacher bein' lost sich a
night as this. Walk right in, brother."
They had been to bed, but a great
log-fire burned in the immense fire
place. The man took my horse and (
the woman busied herself with putting
her house in order, and, during the;
time, deplored the hardships to which
I had boon subjected. The man, aj
comical old fellow with dead-grass
whiskers, soon returned and shook
hands with me time and again.
"Mighty glad ter see you, brother.
Han't been a preacher at my house fur,
a powerful long time. Powerful glad
ter see you. Stranger come along in
the nrly part of the night an' wanted
to stay with us, an' although we've got
a first-rate bed up-stairs I sent him on
down ter Sam Mason's, 'cause I 'lowed'
BUthin' mout happen. Powerful glad
ter see you."
He leaned over, and, placing his hand
on my knee, gazed affectionately into
my face.
"Dick," exclaimed his wife, "don't
eat the brother up, fur mussy sake."
"No, Puss," he rejoined, "1 love you.
too well ter deprive you of that air,
pleasure. Brother, what is yo' name V"
"Sanderson," I answered.
"Wall, I am powerful glad to see
you. Puss, slip out thar an' snatch the,
feathers offeu the Dominecker hen and
cook her fur Brother Sanderson. Wake
up Sim an' tell him thar's er preacher
in the house. Wusli you could a met
my daughter Polly, but she married
Nat Buckley last week. As good a
worker at the mourner's bench as you
ever seed. Drawed the Pettygast boys
In when nobody else could teach 'cm.
I'm powerful glad ter see you. What
sort of a hoss air you ridin' ?"
"A pretty fair animal."
"Wall, 1 reckon we ken strike up a
trade termorrow before church time."
"Before church time?"
"Vis; the meetiu'house is right down
thar in the holler; so you didn't miss
it so mighty fur atter all. Don't pay
no 'teution to that noise. It's only the
Dominecker hen a squnwlin'. Better
squawl, too, fur when that wife of mine
spreads the palms of her hands out on
a hen, why the hen's life ends pretty'
soon afterwards, if not right tliar.
Mighty good thing they sent yon, fur
our regular preacher is sick an' kaiu't;
fill the pulpit, an' the folks don't know
it, but I reckon you licarn of it an'
come to take his place. Wall, Pll git:
up nrly an' build a fire in the meetin'!
houso, an' my boy ken ride all aroun'j
an' tell the folks that have liearn of;
Brother ltice's Richness that Brother
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THE ESCAPE.
Sanderson will preach. Powerful
glad to see you. Why, brother, I,
hope you an't sick, air you?"
I must have looked bad at that mo-,
ment; indeed my hair must have begum
to rise on the top of my head. Preach)
I couldn't have said six words.'
Would it do to undeceive the old fol
low? No. He was comical in some re
spects, but his eyes said " Don't you
fool with me."
The woman entered: "Fur pity sake,
Dick, air you still trying ter eat the
brother up ? A pusson would think that
you never hurt nobody in your life, you
air so loviu', hut Sam Bettis wouldn't
think so."
"Wall, he told me a lie, Puss, an' I
won't stand that frum nobody. I don't
mind a man clieatiu' me outen a dime
once in a while, but it won't do fur a
pusson ter lie ter me about nothin' u
tall."
"Come on, brother, an' eat a bite,"
said the woman.
I had been exceedingly hungry, but
my appetite was gone. The life ol
the Dominecker hen might have been
spared.
"I expect a powerful sermon from
you termorrer, brother," my affection
ate host remarked. "Wo an't had our
feelin's stirred up in some time an' we
want 'em stirred. .Test want you tor
pile doctrine up on that pulpit till you'd
think it was a fodder-stack. That's the
only way to please our folks."
We returned to the sitting-room.
Something had to he done.
"Now, brother," said the host, "jest
step right up thar and go to bed, fur
you'll need a little sleep."
"Thank you, but let me go out aud
seo about my horse."
"Oh, no; I've fixed him all right.
"But I'd rather look after him
again."
"Wall, I'll go out and seo to him.
l'on jist must sleep, fur we want a
powerful sermon termorrer. Take off
jo' shoes right down here by the tiro."
"No, I'll take them off up-stairs."
The room above was reached by
menus of a ladder. I bade them good
night and climbed up. My intention
was to escape before daylight. I could
not help but groan w hen I glanced
about the room. There was no window
and I could not escape through the
room below. "I must make a hole
through the roof," I mused.
Would they never stop talking? At
last they were quiet. The clapboards
must have been held down with spikes.
It was awful work, hut at last I suc
ceeded in making an opening large
enough, To get out on the roof was
nil easy matter, but how was I to get
down ? I crawled to one corner and in
trying to climb down slipped and fell
off. I fell on a dog. It must have
killed him, for nothing far removed
from the grave could have sounded
siich a note of despair. The old man
1 did not awake. I roamed round and
round trying to find the stable. Found
it at last. Wont into tho wrong stall
and was kicked by a colt.
I mounted and rode away. My horse
was so tired, notwithstanding his food
and rest, that he traveled with dilli
cutty; but 1 urged iiim on. Daylight
came and then I cursed myself. I had
left my horse, a magnificent animal,
and had taken an old stiff-jointed,
knock-kneed thing that would not have
brought $lO on the public square of a
village. Should I go back ? Oh, no.
I rode or stumbled on until the old
plug gave out, and then I walked and
carried m.v saddle.
PRESERVATION OF REALTY.
Hints to Women Kokiihlliib tlio fare of
the Hair Iho 1 iiie-Tootlieil Comb Con
demned- Cleanliness tlio First Requisite.
i HHANY ladies wash
lVI thdr heads with
" preparations of nl
kalies, ammonia,
Lip 3 borax, and even
/ -J baking soda, and
WWki J sometimes washing
T* soda, but these are
each and all liurt
jjt*'"! both 1° hair and
i i' in vigor of hair
comes from the lit
\iff tie fat glands which nourish the
roots, and render it glossy, soft and
thick. These alkalies dissolve the fat,
and soon the lady is distressed to find
that her hair is breaking off or falling
out. Alcohol, whether in form of the
various hair tonics, or bay rum, is
equally injurious, and to its use in bar
ber shops are the most of the bald
heads due.
"When one feels that the head needs
a "good shampoo," the yelks of eggs
alone should be employed, with plenty
of water. The yelk of an egg is almost
all oil, and for that reason an emollient,
but no alkali nor soap should be used
if it is desired to preserve the hair at
its best.
Dandruff is a great injury to the
hair, and it lias never yet been under
stood, though some have pretended to
have discovered its cause and cure.
But this we have noticed and proved,
those who wash their heads in cold
water daily never have it. Brushes
and combs should be kept very clean,
and no one should use those of another.
When there is dandruff, cleanliness,
washing in cold water, and sometimes
a little brandy will remove it.
The use of tine combs, unless when
absolutely necessary, is greatly to be
condemned, and it is far better to dis
card them entirely. Many ladies find
it inconvenient to wash their heads
daily, on account of their bangs, and
such depend upon the fine comb for
cleansing the scalp, with an occasional
shampoo. There are more exudations
from tlio scalp than from the clear
skin, and the pores need a clearer field,
so to speak, than tlicy have with the
accumulations which catch to the hairs
and mat down tighlly until they form
little scales, which being of refuse
matter turn sour and acrid, and finally
contaminate and heat the little fat cells
which nourish the hair. These scales
i accumulate until tliey keep up a sort
of irritation and itching of the scnlp,
and finger nails poison it, and before
one knows it tlio head is one mass of
scaly dandruff, and before long the
head is sore in spots and the hair be
gins falling.
Ladies whose neatness in other re
spects is proverbial, will not wash their
hair daily because because well,
they can give no reason, only that they
-were taught it was not a' all nec
essary, And when the scalp is not
kept cool and free of dandruff, and the
secretions which cause it, tlio hair often
loses its coloring matter. The heat in
the cells destroys it, and young per
sons turn gray who ought not wear that
token of age for many years yet.
The writer of this is forty-three, and
has not one gray hair yet, and tliinks,
with sonio reason, that the regular
washing of her head in cold water
every morning since she was a child,
is the cause, and her liair is soft and
silky, and quite abundant for that age.
Her brothers and relatives younger
than herself are bald and gray, be
causo they "don't think cold water
good for the scalp." EMMA YILO.
I "PUSH" on 0110 side and "pull" on
1 the other are labels on some doors
i which lead to certain kinds of success,
Poisonous Yellow Dyes.
The investigation which lias followed |
the epidemic which occurred at Lyons,
France, among female spoolers work
ing a particular yellow cotton yarn
used for gold-lace making is regarded
as confirming MM. Arloing anil Caze
neuve's conclusions respecting the poi
lonous character of some aniline dyes
mil the liarmlesaness of others. Tliero
l\-ere exhibited in these cases weak
aess, dyspepsia and vomitings, coupled
with a bluish-gray coloration of the
gums. The yarn, on winding, emitted
aonsiderable dust, and medical exam
ination showed that, while the ail
ments were caused by the dye, some
yellows were very poisonous, others
less so, and some quite harmless, but
110 trouble ar'ose during summer when
the windows were open. Three differ
ent specimens of the dust were sub
jected to analysis by Professor Pou
aliot, who found that, though lead was
absent, there wore traces of antimony
nsed as a mordant. The first speci
men, the most poisonous, was found to
have been dyed with sodium binitro
naplithol, gonorally known as Martin's
yellow; the second, less poisonous,
with Poirier's light binitronaphthol;
and the third, quite harmless, with
sodic suloho-conjngatcd binitronaph
thol. It does not appear that goods
thus dyed are dangerous to the wear
ers, though certainly so to the weav
ers, a fact necessitating the substitu
tion of another and harmless yellow,
or else thorough ventilation of the
wuvkinc-rooiiis.
A Question of Method.
"This talk about us fellows wanting
to marry for money is all foolishness,"
remarked young Ho Troy excitedly.
"Love, and love alone, should prompt
a young man in choosing a life partner.
Do you suppose that before I would
proposo to a girl I'd hem and haw
around and fry by hook and crook to
get her to tell me how much sho was
worth ?"
"No," remarked young Inswim, 'a
thousand times no. ou cl find out
some other wa„y."— Drake's Magazine.
He Couldn't Be.
"Please buy a paper —I'm stuck,"
whined a newsboy as ho approached an
old woman in front of the Soldiers
Monument Saturday afternoon.
"Good lands 1 but you can't bo! sho
replied.
"Yes, I am." .
"But you can't bo. The mud is all
froze up, and nobody nor nothing can
be stuck. Boy, you are starting out
right to land on the gallus!" Detroit
Free Fres*.
SAGE OF IIA WARDEN.
GIIEAT BRITAIN'S MOST EMINENT
STATESMAN.
A Hiuy and I'sol'iil Elf© Briefly Sketched—
Homo Life of Hie "Grand Old .Man"—
Personal Characteristics Mrs. Glad
stone.
f -y ■ "")H E correspondent
/ an American
HB newspaper travel
er JPyTfT||[ ccn stopped off
f *flWat Chester, and af
*"" " Jjjr f er a H kort drive
found himself at the
Glvnne Arms Hotel, Hawarden, and
just opposite the main entrance to
Hawarden Castle, the home of William
Ewart Gladstone.
Armed with a letter of introduction,
he soon found himself ushered into the
presence of the best-known man in the
Ilritish Empire. His reception of the
newspaper man was at the same
time dignified and affable, but as far
removed from any appearance of
patronage as from familiarity.
Respecting the probabilities of his
accession again to power, Mr. Glad
stone remarked that though the result
HON. WM. E. GLADBTONE.
of the by-elections was of such a char
acter as to make him most sanguine oi
the speedy return of his party to power
his hope of such a consummation waf
not based solely on that fact, but ai
well upon the assured conviction thai
the tide of public opinion was surel}
turning in their favor.
Mr. Gladstone lives a very regulai
life at his home. He breakfasts lightly
about 7 o'clock, and shortly before t
walks to the church for prayers. Tc
, the intelligent observer the sight of the
great statesman walking to church ai
this early hour in the morning cannoi
fail to be interesting. Clad in a long
coat, tightly buttoned, with a long
shawl wrapped closely around his neck
and wearing a soft felt hat, his appear
ance is decidedly picturesque. Upon
his return to the castlo from morning !
prayers ho retires to his study, where
lie reads and answers, with the aid ol
his secretary, his enormous mass ol
daily correspondence.
There is no regular hour for luncheon
at the castle, and it is partaken of by
those at homo at various times. In the
afternoon Mr. Gladstone takes a walk
in the grounds, and if the weather is
propitious usually engages in his favor
ite exercise of tree-chopping. He dines
at 8 o'clock, afterward reads or writes,
and at 10 retires for the night. Though
abstemious in his habits, he usually
drinks bitter beer with his lunch, and
a glass or two of claret or port at din
ner. Mr. Gladstone is not in any sense
ascetic, is a generous liver, and is a
great believer in the virtues of a glass
of good port wine. When engaged in
speaking his fillip is a compound ol
sherry and egg, which is prepared by
Mrs. Gladstone with as much anxiety
and care as if it were the elixir of life.
Mr. Gladstone never smoked. He ac
quired his habits at a period when
tobacco - smoking was generally re
garded as somewhat vulgar among the
better classes.
Mr. Gladstone usually has three
books in reading at the same time, and
changes from one to another as his
mind reaches the limit of absorption,
or when he fancies that the volume in
hand has interested him just enough
not to bo the solo object of thought.
This mode of reading is intended to bo
corrective of a natural disposition of
his mind to devote attention to some
particular subject to the exclusion of
everything else.
In Mr. Gladstone's study, besides
his books, which are seen everywhere,
there are three writing desks iu the
GLADBTONE GOING TO CRUNCH.
room, one chiefly reserved for political
correspondence, and another nsed by
Mrs. Gladstono. The library at Hawar
den Castle contains more than 20,000
volumes, which are freely loaned to al
most any person in the neighborhood
who wishes to read them. At 0110 time
this library was unlimited, but the priv
ilege was so much abused by some per
sons that a few years ago a rule was laid
down limiting the time for which a
book might bo kept to one month.
With this exception, however, Mr.
Gladstone's library is still the free-loan
librarv of the whole country side.
Beginning his career as an orator,
Gladstone, the greatest of living states
men. has achieved an unrivaled repu
tation as a parliamentary speaker, the
intense gravity and earnestness of his
utterances carrying conviction to the
minds of his hearers. In over fifty
years of public life ho has either insti
gated or participated in a series of
measures which have caused a most
admirable change in the English law#
and government, the most notable be
ing the extension of the franchise to
every man who has an established
home.
He was born at Liverpool —an En
glishman by birth, but of Scotch de
scent. His father was a wealthy mer
chant, who acquired a large fortune in
die.West India trade.
I ne was educated at Eton and the
I University of Oxford, and graduated
oefore attaining the age of twenty-two
fears. He entered Parliament in 1832
is a member for Newark, Nottingham
shire, which borough he continued to
represent until 1816. During these
fears honors fell profusely on the head
of the youthful commoner, "Handsome
Gladstone," as he was called. At this
time he was a constant contributor to
the "Quarterly Review," chiefly on
literary and ecclesiastical subjects.
In 1831, he was made junior lord of
the treasury, and three months later,
under secretary for colonial affairs. In
1841, Mr. Gladstone was made vice
president of the council and master of
the mint. In 1843 he relinquished the
first named of these offices in order to
assume that of president of the board
of trade. In 1845 he entered the cabi
net as secretary for the colonies, under
the premiership of Sir Robert Peel;
but soon resigned this office and also
his seat in Parliament. In 1851 Mr.
Gladstone broke away from the con
servative party. The following year
he became chancellor of the exchequer,
a position for which he showed a mar
velous aptitude, handling the national
accounts with an easy mastery, and
presenting them before the House of
Commons and the country with a degree
of eloquence which perhaps had never
before adorned so unattractive a mat
ter as national finance.
In 1858 Mr. Gladstone declined a
position in the cabinet, but accepted a
special mission to the lonian Islands.
In June, 1859, he again became chan
cellor of the exchequer, under Lord
Palmerston, at whose death, in 1805.
Mr. Gladstone became the leader of
his party in the House of Commons.
In 1868 he became premier for the first
time, which office ho held until 1874,
when the conservative reaction displac
ed him. While in power ho disestab
lished the Irish Church, passed the
Irish land bill of 1870, and also an edu
cational reform bill; he abolished the
purchase of commissions in the army,
and established the system of voting by
ballot in elections.
In 1880 the country welcomed the
liberals back into power, and Mr. Glad
stone again became premier, which
office he held until 1886, with the ex
ception of brief intervals. Under this
great statesman's leadership, the per-
GLADSTONE IN DEBATE.
manent good that has been accomplish
ed in English domestic reform is most
remarkable.
In 1839 Mr. Gladstone was married
to Miss Catherine Glynne. Two of
his sons are members of Parliament;
a third son is clergyman of the Church
of England; and one of his daughters
is married to a minister of that de
nomination.
An Instance of Monumental Cheek.
D uor "society peo
fffe" really enjoy
printed publicity? A
majority undoubt- !
idly do, and a mi- j
aority do not. They ;
ire glad to have their
weddings reported,
it all events, and
that is sensible. The
representative of a
newspaper is apt to
be a business-like,
polite and agreeable
inquirer; yet thero
are exceptional oases
of unnecessary
cheek. Here is an
aotual occurrence. A
bridegroom and his
bride have just said good-night to their
guests and are Anally left to themselves.
"Well, that's over, he says.
"I should hope so," sho assents. "How
good it is to got a little rest."
A knock is heard at tho door and a
! maid enters. "Gentleman, sir; sent up
: his card; would like to see you—and
I madam."
"He would like to see madam, would
he? Tell him to go to the devil."
Then tho bride takes tho card. "Oh, no,
my dear. It's a reporter; the same one
who wrote up my sister's wedding so
beautifully, and my uncle's funeral. Wo
must be very polite to him."
"Not if I know myself."
"Oh, yes; we must certainly see him;
it is so important to have the wedding
reported. Marie, ask him to come up."
Inaudible leraarks from the husband
are followed by tho entranoo of a society
reporter.
"Sorry to |be late," ho blithely says,
"but I had so much troublo Anding my
way hero."
"That is too bad." And tho bride is
not sarcastic. "If we had only known,
we should have been delighted to sond the
carriago for you."
"You will permit me to take a tew notes
for a special article in the Society Sali
va tor'' You have beeu satisfied with youi
presents?"
"Delighted."
The reporter looks around the room.
"Family poitraits? Old chap with the
Roman nose?"
"Yes, sir," says tno bridegroom, testily;
"my father, I would have you remember."
"All right. I'll put him in. Rare
paintings, costly tapestry, antique furni
ture, priceless china—there, that will do.
Now, may I trouble you to be shown to
some room where I can write these notes
out?"
And the bride effusively said: "Cer
tainly," although the bridegroom
frowned.
The latest nse for a lorgnette is as a
means of defense for woman against wom
an. Ret mo illustrate. I was a witness
of a scene in a Broadway candy store
which will fully explain my statement.
A woman was buying chocolates. Near
her stood two women discussing her.
"Do you know who she is?" asked one.
"That's Mrs. Blank. I think her hair
is bleached and I am sure her coat is not
seal."
The woman overheard this confab. She
has fighting blood in her veins, and she
turned and pluckily faced the imperti
nent pair. She raised her lorgnette and
stared thorn over from head to foot with
such contemptuous coolness that they
weakened, turned tail and fied.
"I'm not a bit near-sighted," said the
conqueror, as she dropped lior lorgnette.
"I keep this weapon for just such im
pudont females, and find it very effec
tive."—New York letter to Chicago
Ledacr.
A CHICKEN cornea is said to nave
been succossfuUy grafted into tho
human oye by Dr. Gravenigo, of Padua.
During Inst yea? oOGi dogs were killed
1 officially IU Berlin*
BLUE-BLOODED DOGS.
THE BREEDS THAT ARE MOST IN
FAVOR NOWADAYS.
Characteristics Shown ly Karon That Aro
Such Ciiunis as to Attract Attention—
Traits of the Great Dune, Wolf, Deer
hound, and Other Kinds—What the Man
Hunter Can Not Do.
@F the numerous va
rieties into which the
breed of is di
i vided none has been
the subject of grenter
/misapprehension in
the popular mind,
nor of more exag
gerated ideas as to
his powers and ehar
- acteristics, than the
v—'bloodhound. There is
something in the very
name that suggests a
* —"ere py" feeling to
the average reader, and brings up vague
ideas of a hunted slave in a fruitless en
deavor to escapo from the fierce and tire
less brutes that follow hie trail with un
"VON MOLTKB"--GBBAT BANS.
erring instinct. Writers of fiction, who
would hardly be able to distinguish be
tween a bloodhound and a poodle, licvo
ascribed to the bloodhound a nature that
is a marvelous combination of almost
human intelligence, superhuman powers
of discovery, and an extreme of
ferocity. His keenness of scent
has from the misty past been as
sociated with the pursuit of escaped
criminals, and stories in which he has
figured are in a great degree responsible
for many of the absurd ideas entertained
of this breed. Without a doubt many
were sadly disappointed during the
Whitechapel murders excitement when
the bloodhounds failed entirely to afford
even the slightest aid to the discovery of
Jack tlio Ripper. Edwin Brougb, the
principal breeder of bloodhounds in En
gland, offered to Sir Charles Warren,
then at the head of the London police,
the use of his dogs Barnaby (whose
Sioturo appears with thia article) and
•urgho, now owned in America, to as
sist in the search that interested the En
glish world. Soveril trials were made,
but they could not "help the sleuth-hounds
of the law." The sense of scent in tho
dog is rather an unknown quantity, but it
is fairly evident from many instances
in various breeds that, whatever it is, it
is not identical with the sense of smoll in
man.
Keen a6 is the bloodhound's scent he
"SCOT"—IRISH WOliF DOO.
had a tank far beyond his capabilities
when asked to trace an unknown man over
the pavements and through the streets of
a crowded city. In sowo bloodhound
trials held in the old country dogs have
displayed their ability to follow "the clean
boot" in a marvelous manner, and again
have lost the trail at the first obstacle or
turned aside to follow the trail of a stran
ger. Nevertheless, the value of his power
of scent must not bo underestimated
though he fails to accomplish feats he
should never have boon asked to under
take. The bloodhound is not a popular
dog, and no packs of the breed arc kept
in the country where he originated—Eng
land—but packs are still maintained in
connection with theprißon camps of some
of the Southern States, where they nre
used in the pursuit of escaping prisoners,
but it is hardly probable they are pure
bred dogs. He is of no particular use in the
present day, anyway, and beyond his oc
casional value as a house guard may be
placed in tho category of ornamental
rather than of useful dogs. His disposi
tion is uncertain, and, though much of
that depends on early training, his size
and power are such as to make him dan
gerous when bad-tempered. A good idea
of the breed may be obtained from the
accompanying picture of Barnaby. A
fair specimen stands about t\eonty-eight
inches high and weighs about 100 pounds,
so that ho is not us big as the Dane, the
St. Bernard, or the mastiff. The proper
coloring is a reddish tan, with a black
saddle, the latter marking believed to
Rhow the blood of the ancient St. Hubert
hounds. His high, poakod skull is cov
ered with thin, loose skin, and his small
eyes show tho haw or inside red eyelid,
while the Hews of the upper jaw are
pendulous and extending below the lower
jaw. His noble proportions and grand
head make him an imposing nnimal.
Bearing the names of bonrhound, tiger
dog, Dane, Ulm dog, German mastiff, and
other appellations is a dog that has had
as mucu variety in titles as the blood
hound has had in characteristics. What
ever their origin and distinctions, there
is now a general tendency to solidify all
the varieties into one class under the
name of the German mastiff or Great
Dane, the latter being now the more com
mon, though the American organization
formed with a view to improving the
breed and advancing its interests with
show committees and the general public
"MIAN," SCOTCH PBEBHOtJKD.
is oalled "tho German Mastiff or Great
Dane Club." Tho breed is becoming
quite popular in C nada and the States.
Tho Great Dane is tho most elegant of
the large, short-haired dogs, and ho has
many good qualitios which, in conjunc
tion with his size and strength, make him
a desirable and useful animal. He
roaches tho weight of 180 pounds, and
dogs have been known nearly three feet
I &
In height. This, of course, is an excep
tional specimen, but the breed ranges
from 120 pounds, and dogs thirty-two
*ud thirty-three inches high are not un
common.
A Toronto gentleman, Mr. Howard, has
two puppies, Bismarck and Von Moltke,
that will be very large dogs, tho former
being now about thirty-three inches, and
they will grow for some time yet. Biz,
also owned in Toronto, is another very
large dog. The Daue is easily controlled,
and as a playmate for children has the
recommendation th t he seldom resents
bad treatment or teasing, but at the first
opportunity withdraws in a dignified
manner from his young tormentors. The
courage, strength, intelligence, and fidel
ity desired in a watoh-dog are his, and
bis imposing appearance adds to his
ability as a protector. The remarkable
variety of marking found among the
breed 110 doubt had much to do with the
listinctiou sometimes needlessly drawn
*8 to the varieties. The tiger mastiff got
bis name from his peculiar markings, for,
he never hunted the tiger. The black or
blue is splashed all over the white in the
most unreasonable st\le, and the white
runs even into the eye. The glassy wall
eye that would be a deformity in any
other breed is a regular feature in the
Great Dane, and adds to his striking ap
pearance. His size and bearing demand
attention anywhere, and the Dane has
"BARNABY"— BLOODHOUND.
passed under many names other than
those enumerated at tho opening of this
article, and which might have been fairly
applied before the unification of the
breed had passed its present state.
The Irish wolfhound is generally be
lieved to be one of Ireland's long-lost
glories, but while it is undoubtedly true
that tho breed in its original integrity is
not now to be found, it is reasonably cer
tain that there are in existence strains
tracing hack more or less clearly to the
original breed. In tho opinion of the
Irish Wolfhound Club it is tolerably cer
tain, too, that the modern Scotch deer
hound is descended from that noble ani
mal, but undoubtedly much the inferior
of the wolfhound in size and power. No
animal has figured more in the song,
story, and art of any country than has
the wolfdog in the works of the gifted
sons of Erin. Strength, stature, and
tieetnoss were points most carefully cul
tivated in tho Dreed, and so far back as
the days of tho Romans this dog was
well known and highly prized, and his
strength and activity were displayed in
many a Roman amphitheater.
Like his ancestral breed of wolf dogs,
the Scotch deerhound has figured much
in the poetry and story of his native land,
but the strain has always been carefully
attended to, and is co-day in a flourishing
condition. About 29 or 30 inches is the
correct height, with weight from 90 to 105
pounds. The deerhound has a long, lean
head, small, semi-erect ears, which are
preferably smooth, though good dogs are
found with hairy ears. The color runs
from white to black, briudle, blue, gray,
fawn, sandy, and cream, and the coat is
coarse and hard, and longer over the
eyes and under the jaws than on the other
parts of tho head. The deerhound is
very fast and courageous, and his power
j
"Biz"—GREAT DANE.
and gentleness recommend him as a pet
and companion. lio is a poor swimmer,
but never shrinks from the water when
*.n pursuit of game. In spite of his ap
parent hardiness tho deerhound is not
long-lived, and is rather difficult to rear.
A Georgia Federal Regiment.
Although not generally known, it is
nevertheless true, that Georgia fur
nished one regiment of infantry to tho
Federal service during the civil war.
It was not a full regiment, and some
how the officers ancl men were never
paid for their services, although they
did hard fighting, and a number of
them were killed and wounded. This
Georgia command was made up among
the hard Unionists of Whitfield, Mur
ray, Fannin, Dawson, and Pickens, tho
,last two counties furnishing the ma
jority of recruits. Tho raising of the
corps was authorized by Gen. Thomas
while commanding the Army of tho
Cumberland. After doing valuable
service it was surprised and broken up
by a Confederate force.
A Long Journey.
Old Lady (on ocean steamer) —Mercy
me! Is this all one ship?
Traveled Granddaughter—Why, yes,
grandma, and we haven't walked a
quarter the length of it yet.
"Land sakes! How near will we bo
to Europe when we get to the other
end?" — New York Weekly.
M. Mosso, of Turin, has found that
the fresh blood of fishes acts as a power
ful poison when injected into the circu
lation of mammals. The venomous
property exists in the serum, is de
stroyed by the putrefying process, by
heating to some 1,200 degrees Fahren
heit, by alkalies, and by mineral and
organic acids, except carbonic acid.
REPORTER— Miss Anderson, will you
never many? Our Mary (blushing
and tripping on her words) Navarro i
Reporter (in surprise)— What! Navar
ro ? Our Mary (recovering herself)—
Well, hardly Navarro!
Miss MOFLIMSEY (who wants to get
a pair of gloves for a male friend) —
Have you any gentlemen's gloves?
New Clerk (glancing at her hand) —No,
miss; but think I can find a ladies' size/
that will fit you.
THE proprietor of a gaming house
should never abuse his betters, .