Tlit' meu who design war maps have *
experienced a .slight da?.h of the return
•of prosncrit v.
Be f ore the jrt? R freeze in Florida
the ti• >?::1 orauge crop was from
.\o(>v <> to li),'M):\oo(Mrt-w3. The
o-tlnii. - tor this season ;s 7U,9J0
bo e .
The uighe-t pilot charges mails any
wlirre in the worM ure levied at San
Francisco, Cul., where the harbor and
its approaches are so ample ami safe
that the Government ha not beeu
obliged to expeud SIOO,O JO on them tu
maDy years.
Japan having made a treaty with
Germany by which German trade
marks and pateuts will he recognized
in Japan, Cheat Britain proposes to
obtaiu the same privileges for British
subjects, under the most favored
nation clause.
On- her run down the coast from
New York to Norfolk the torpedo boat
Furragut maintained her record as the
fastest vessel in the world. She made
the run at au average of twenty-two
knots (about twenty-seven miles) an
hour, despite bad weather.
At a triul iu Louisville, K\., involv
ing a great deal of racy testimony the
Judge had tue courtroom cleared of
all spectators, ami stated that this
procedure would be followed in ail
cases in which the idly curious should
fceek to teed on vulgarities.
The old project of a railroad from !
the City of Mexico south into South j
America is up again for talk. The ;
distance from the City of Mexico to '
the South American frontier is 1700
tniles. Over 400 miles of this road is
iu operation, and SO) miles more are
under construction. The remaining
500 make the trouble, and seem likely
to make it for some time to come.
"It is an extraordinary iuttauce of
the irony of fate," says the London
Chrouiclp, "that Lord Robert-.' son
should lose the sight of one eye at
polo. For years past Lord Roberts
has exerted himself to diminish the
grave dangers of polo playing; iudeed
at la9t he issued an order that players
should cease to wear caps, but should
protect their heads—and their necks
—by helmets. Iu spite of everything, t
however, the list ot killed and wounded
officers is so considerable as to give ;
the game a bad name among the
authorities."
No wonder that prairie laud in Kan
sas is cheap, when a Kansas farmer
claims that a hen is more valuable than
uu aero of his laud. He establishes
his proposition by showing that the
acre of laud produces twenty bushels j
of corn worth only $2, while the hen iu
a season will lay ten dozen eggs, worth (
51.50. As the heu requires little care I
ami less feed, it is plain that she is the I
best revenue producer. Imagiue oj
California farmer content with an in ,
come of $2 an acre from wheat ranch j
or fruit farm, remarks the Sun Fran- i
Cisco Chronicle.
Dr. George F. Shra ly, one of the
foremost physicians in this
was recently asked what was the best !
form of exercise, aud he replied thai
walking was superior to either bicy
cling or borsebael:yidiag,as it was the |
most natural form in which one can j
get air and sunshine. Dr. Skrady de- j
clared that few people are hurt bv |
overwork ; the great majority are in- '
jured by worry, which is more ex- j
hausting than any work, and by fail- i
ure to cure for their bodice. The j
thousands who injure their health by \
uudue exercise in gymnastic and other
sport-s will probably call Dr. Shraly,
an old fogy, because he praises so situ- j
pie a form of exercise as walking, but I
much of the world's best work has I
been done by men who ma lea habit !
ot walkiog and wlio kept a clear brain I
in a sound body by thi-> means.
One of the plensar.test 1 eat ure-4 of j
the inauguration of Preai lent McKin- i
lev, mysthe New York Journal, was,
the public interest taken in hi- a-'ed •'
mother. Her picture appeared in nil '
the papers that uudertuke to illustrate !
the events of the day, aud very re
inarkuble that picture was—of an !
American mother--showing, as it did, i
in its venerable and rugged face most !
of the characteristics which have made 1
her son eminent. Still more remark
able is it that public attention should !
turn aside in a political heyday m> r -
ly to take an interest in the unknown
woman who had the least to do with
the formal festivities and the most to
dt/ with the formation of the Presi
dent'/! character. Nothing could be
finer. It is the first time that the
mother has been recognized by the
nation, with a deep, silent respect,
that she could not have won if she had
spenb her life on the platform or made
slum orous personul appeals.
BUDGET OF FUN. |
"
ni MOitoi s SICKTCIIKS N:OM
VAIt!OU& SOURCES.
lien Create You—Cared For-l'p-
I'ijjlit in One Thing—'Tiie I'itss
ing of fjove Served
Zilm Right. Mtc-.
i m mav break, you may shatter
l'Ue vasrt if you, will:
I)ut you c.in't faze th< florist
Who sands you the bill.
—Chicago Record.
CARED FOR.
"Thereare 100 poets iu Indiana."
"Yes; and they are establishing uew
reformatories all over the State, too." i
—Chicago Record.
UPRIGHT IN* OSFI THING.
Our cashier'H defalcation was a great |
surprise to us. '
"Why V"
"He wrote such a beautiful vertical
hand."
WANTED SOMETHING NSW,
"Did you accept that pooin entitled '
•Winter's Snow?'"
"No; what we particularly wish to
encourage this year is snow iu sum
mer."—Chicago Record.
TNR. TOUCH o. v NATURE.
Mr?. Joikins—"This hook on na
tural history says that, seals sometimes
shed tears just like men."
Jorkius—"Yes. Just like men who
have to pay for seal skin jackets."
A MYSTERY.
j "While Miss Fit/, was away George
i look her parrot."
"Anything happen?"
• "I don't know ; she keeps the par
■ rot down cellar, and the engagement
I is off." —Life.
PROFITABLE FLATTERY.
Ted—"How did that English noble
mau manage to borrow the money
frotu Chollie?"
Ned —"On being introduced he
asked him if he wasn't horn on the
other side."—Judge.
THE PASSING OF LOVE.
"I'm afraid he does uot love me any i
more."
"Whv, what change have you
fouud ?"
"None. His pockets arc empty of ;
late."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
THE REASON.
"Too bad about young Baldy being
struck by lightning, wum't it? I sup
pose it was because death loves a shin
ing mark."
| "No; because nature abhors a
vacuum."—New York Journal.
SERVED IIIM RIGHT.
I Sapstnith (endeavoriug to bo very,
i very fuuuy)— "Miss O.dgai, I tee
hee—think I will give you a—aw
1 goose for a birthday pwesent."
Miss Oldgal (joyously) "Oh, Mr.
Sapsmitb, this is so—so tmddeu." j
PREVENTIVE OF FAILURE.
j "There are six necessities, you
know, for a happy marriage."
"What are they?"
1 "First, a good husband."
| "And the others?"
""he other five are money."—La
, Caricature.
THE SUPERLATIVE.
Herbert—"My pa is richer in your
I pa."
Freddie—"No, ne ain't."
i Herbert —"My pa owns three houses
on this block."
Freddie—"Um ; "but my pa owns
! the mortgage on 'em."
HIS FADS.
! "Last year Mr. Giglamps ned to
be always smuggling home va.uabio I
j books he had bought without his wife's
knowledge."
"Doesn't he do so yet?"
| "No; now he smuggles iu expensive
; attachments lor his wheel."—Chicago
i Record.
HOBS DC CO 118 AT.
j "Mv mm can't meet yours to-mor- ,
row," sail the ambassador of one j
i pugilist to the envoy extraordinary of
- another.
J "What's the trouble?"
"He has sprained his"—
j "Ankle?"
| "No; he has sprained his tongue." .
j "Have von real the 'Story of the I
I Baptist Youth and the Presbyterian j
i Maiden' that has just come out?"
j "No.* It ends unhappily, aud 1 1
I make it a point not to read tragedies. "
j "Ends unhappily? Why, it eud->
with the marriage of the youth and the i
maiden." "I know it does."—Chicago;
j Tribune.
HE ADVERTISED FOR FAIR.
Wife "Be sure to advertise for'
Fido in the morning newspapers."
Next day the wife rea l as follows in 1
the newspaper .
"Ten Shillings Reward.—Lost, a
mangy lap dog. with one eye aud no i
tail. Too fat to walk. Responds to
the name of Fido. Smells like a
monkey-house. If returned stuffed,
thirty shillings reward."—Tit-Bits.
ON noTii SIDES.
FTe was looking tor work, and had
button-holed the manager. •
1 "My motto," he said proudly, "is
> priuted ou the outside of your door.
It is 'push.' "
"That's very good indeed, though
somewhat old," reiuaraed the man
) ager, "provided you've got what's
printed inside our door."
He pointed with a haughty gesture
!to the cold inscription, "Pull."—
i Judge.
I'ussj's Dinner FJew Away.
The Fort Worth (Texas) correspon
dent of the Philadelphia Times writes:
Wo had some pretty cold weather in
this part of the world last week, and
one of the host blizzard stories turned
roose by the low temperature is that
in which u eat and a lot of Euglish
sparrows played conspicuous parts.
The eat, Chico. a big, briudle fel
low, belongs to F. Y. Elliott, of this
county, who is himself authority for
the story.
Elliott says that on Monday morning
of last v/eek. wheu the snow was ul
, ready pretty thick and still falling,
| Cuico came into the kitchen looking
mighty wefl fed, and bringing an ap
' pnrently dead sparrow in his mouth.
The eat had evidently made a pretty
meal, but had au eye to future cou
; tiugeuoies, so he deposited the bird iu
| au overturned basket in the coiner
and went out. Presently he came iu
again with another bird, deposited it
in the basket aud went out, to reap
pear still again, loaded as before, in
j fact, these crips kept up till ten or a
dozen sparrows had been placed in the
basket, aud then Ghico curled up
uuder the stove to take a snooze.
The kitchen is a pretty comfortablo
one and by-aud-by things begun to get
kind of lively iu the basket, as the
heat got iu its little work of restoring
to life the half-frozen birds. First one
then another of the sparrows turned
heels under, stretched his stiffened
tegs, spread his wings ami came to.
Presently the wnole catch were lip ami
out, fluttering about the ro6m, perch
ing on the shelves, helping themselves
to crumbs and feeling quite at home
generally. ludeed, they waxed gay,
and set up such a chirping that they
awakened Chico from his snooze, and
! when the big fellow arched his back,
stretched himself ami made for the
basket, thinkiug to refresh the inner
cat with a toothsome sparrow, such a
look of astonishment depicted itself
on his features as was never Beeu. But
the birds were bv no means slow to
take in the situation.
At Chico's first move they began to
make themselves scarce, and before
he recovered from his astonishment
the last OQe had flown, trusting rather
the ills they knew not than a catas
trophe they wot of. But if over a cat
I was fooled, Chico was. He stayed by
the basket all day, aud refuted to be
I comforted because the birds were not
! there. No doubt the next time he
finds a good thiug he'll hold on to it,
aud let the "rainv day" look out for
itself.
Cheap Land in the South,
From SOO to 1000 miles south of
Chicago we have the State*. *)f South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, with
a climate that cannot be excelled by
any other portion of the globe. These
lauds will produce two and three crops
each year trom the same acre, while
Irom four to six cuttings ol grass may
be obtained during the year. No ir
-1 rigation is required here, as the uver
! age rainfall is about Jour iuches a
: month during the year. This land is
| ready for cultivation at once, many of
I the placed being well improved, with
buildings aud fruit orchards, while
large sections were old-time plauta
j tious. These lands can be obtained
j lor $5 an acre, aud are near all the
; largest markets of thiscouutrv, which
\ can be reached both by water and by
rail transportation. Such markets as
j Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City
I may be reached at the lowest rates lor
; transportation. Chicago's philan
thropic, patriotic capitalists cau per
form a benevolent deed by aiding 10,-
j 000 of Chicago's unemployed but de
serving citizens to become self-sus
taining on these lands.—Chicago Roc
• urtL
Hole in llis Head.
That a man could live with a liolo
live inches in diameter iu his skull
seems strange, but that is just what
Robert Merngold, now iu u hospital
at Chamberlain, South Dakota, has
lone for some time. A good many
years ago it was discovered that there
was a hole in the left side of Merri
gold's head about two inches across,
and ever since the hole has beeu con
stantly growing lrrger. The scalp
covers the hole, and is the only cover
! ing over the man'? brain. The pbysi
-1 c'ans who have examined the case are
at a loss to know the nature of the
disease .r what is the cause. Merri
go!d, who is over seveuty-fivo years
old, never felt any ill effects Irani
his strange affliction until a couple of
years ago, but since that time his
mind has beeu gradually giving way.
| —Detroit Free Press.
The Oldest 'iree in the World.
In the royal gardens at lvew there
I i? a branch of what is said to be the
eldest tree in the world—the famous
dragon tree (Dracaena draco) of Ora
tava. This tree, which was destroyed
by a great gale some years ago, was,
| the uew weekly paper, the Rocket,
suys, supposed to he at least 2000 or
d ) l) years old—some assigned it a
much longer growth. A branch was
removed troru it and brought to Kew,
where it still thrives; it may be seen
in the Economic house.—Westmluster
Gazette.
('ami da's To! her- iu - Law.
The late Mgr. Fabre, Bishop of Mon
treal, was a thorough Gaul in tempera
ment and sympathies, enys Leslie's
Weekly, an t did not hesitate to ex
press the latter in pungent bous mots,
i HO IN o ot which have become legendary,
i Dining one .lay at the table of tho
i Governor-General of the Dominion,
ho referred in course of conversation
to "France, our mother." "France,
i your mother !" broke in the Governor ;
; "what, then, is England to you?" The
i Bishop smilingly shrugged his sliotil
| dors and rt?lied : "Oar mother in law."
WALKING-STICKS FOR WOMEN.
The walkiug-stick for women is said
to be coming in again. In "Gay
Paree" they are the fad of the day.
The cane must match the gowu iu
color, and the head is often jeweled
with stones of the same hue. Some
times this jeweled head is made to
serve as a viuaigrette.
THE LARGE WAIST.
Large waists are said to be coming
iu fashion again, but curiously enough
it seems to be the aim of all dressmak
ers aud tailors to give the long, slender
lines und as small a waist as it is possi
ble with any breathing power, and the
lines of braid on some of the new
jackets are most cleverly arranged to
taper iu at the waist and broaden out
over the shoulders.
A USEFUL HINT.
Tortoise shell combs and pins for
the hair are very much worn at pres
ent, and a knowledge of how to restore
the beauty and luster of such orna
ments is of value. An old-fushioned
recipe book, written wheu such orna
ments were treasured by the grand
mothers of tho preseut generation,
advises rubbing tho polished surface
with powdered rotten stoue and oil.
The rotteu stone should be first
sifted through line muslin. This
will remove all scratches; then a pol
ish is to be applied by gentle rubbing
with a chamois to which u little jew
eler's rouge has been applied.
WHERE BEAUTY COUNTS.
4, 1 am inclined to think," said a
man who had a great deal to do with
the 6tnge, "that three-quarters of u
woman's chance of getting a start as
au actress depends upon her personal
beauty. It is not that ulone, however.
There are some women who will at
tract iu spite ot their beauty. J have
seen that frequently in tho course of
my life. A woman who has a large
degree of beauty without the power
of attracting.makes a decided impres
sion at first, but it i 9 soon gone. I
am not sure but it is a certain round
ness of mental aud physical develop
ment that makes a woman attractive.
The feeling that she possesses it gives
her nn equilibrium which is pleasing
in itself. That a good appearance is
u benefit on the stage cau be seen in
many cases where there are both men
and women holdiug prominent posi
tions who cannot act, aud who depend
only on their looks."—Philadelphia
Times.
"AMELIA'S PALACE."
"Amelia's palace" is the cynosure of
all travelers' eyes in the Latter-Day
Zion. Everyone who spends an hour
iu Salt Luke City, Utah, visits the
handsome three-story stone structure
dignified by that title. The womuu
whose memory the building will per
petuate is still living. Amelia Folson
Young, the sixteenth und favorite
wife of Brighaui Young, is still hand
some and remarkably well preserved.
So well has she managed the liberal
estate left her by her famous husband
that it has increased many times in
value, and she is one of the wealthiest
of her sex iu the far west. She has
exceptionally refined tastes, and is
fond of travel, having made several
extensive European tours. Mrs.
Young is a devout Mormon. She re
sides, not in the palace, but in u spa
cious home a few blocks west of the
historic buildiug. She is a cousin of
Mrs. Grover Cleveland.—New Orleans
Picayune.
WHAT LITTLE GIRLS ARE WEARING,
Tweeds and cloth of various textures
and colors are being used to make
winter frocks for little girls, and
plaids, which are always becoming,
were never handsomer, says Womau's
Homo Companion. Some of them are
so large in desigu as to allow only one
block in the length of the skirt; and
they are held iu equally us good style
as the more modest small check and
tho less pretentious plaids of smaller
size, which are muchworu by children
of all ages. Stockings to match these
pluids are affected, and iu most ot the
newer ones cau be almost perfectly
matched.The Scotch Highlander stock- i
ing, showing the plaid in the foot and
half way up the leg, where it is mot
with the plain color which predomin
ates iu the plaid, is seen with these
natty costumes. Coat and skirt cos
tumes are extremely serviceable, and
are largely worn on the street. A blouse
of some simple silk or wool material is
worn underneath the coat, making the
costume answer for either street or
house wear. Besides the reefer-shaped
coats and tailor jackets, tho Eton
coats and boleros are worn, in which
case they are much trimmed with fur,
and lined and interlined so U3 to give
the requisite warmth.
IIOW ENGLISH GIRLS STUDY.
The English students* power of con
centration is remarkable. They re
spect perfectly the study hours of their
Irieucls, aud will tolerate no interrup
tion of their own. The English excel,
says Popular Science Monthly, wheu
tried by two of Professor Ivruepelin's
tests of meutal capacity : Amount of
work done iu a given time and power
of concentration. Wherein lies their
. advantage? They will tell us that their
strong ami necessary ally is vigorous
outdoor sport. The English girl has,
of course, known from childhood the
habit of outdoor life. At college she
plays hockey or hand polo, cricket,
lives, aud the games with which we are
more familiar for at least two hours
a day, and oftener for a longer time.
Two hours is u minimum of time spent
iu exercise. .\t frequent intervals,
usually at the end of each week, she
seeks recreation from past and prep
aration for future effort by spending
many hours iu the open air; in boat
ing on the river, it may be, or in tak
ing a tramp of thirty miles or so.
During vacations she not infrequently
makes walking tours of longer or
shorter duration.
If an English girl finds that her
mind is inactive and unreceptive, she
recognizes this as au indication that
she needs recreation. She drops her
books aud puts her brain in fit condi
tion for study by some vigorous play.
Under liko conditions the American
student, not recognizing nature's sig
nal, mentally scourges herself for
dullness, and urges her jaded mind on
to overexertion. I once heard an. Eng
lish girl assert that she could dawdle
all day, but could not study for more
than two hours at a time.
A BRAVE MOTHER.
She was a careful mother. The fam
ily of children had been well brought
up, but they were rather fastidious iu
some things, and hard times had made
it difiicult to please everybody. How
ever, the good soul always insisted
upou the plate of porridge and milk
every morning for breakfast as u good
commencement for the day. Other
food might fail, but she munaged to
provide the jug of fresh milk out of
her limited resources, and the boys
aud girls of that household thrived,
though commous were often short.
Hut oue morning tlie mother hap
pened to look into her jug after she
divided the precious quurt among her
offspring. Her own thimbleful lay at
the bottom, aud in the milk destined
for the plateful of porridge in lront of
her was a great ugly cockroach—au
exaggeration of the ordinary roach, it
seemed to her disgusted vision.
Here was a dilemma ! How on earth
was she to flud another jugful of milk?
Meanwhile the children were enjoying
their porridge. They tasted nothing
amiss in the morning mess; and, in
deed, when asked, the eldest boy
thought that his porridge tasted better
thau he had knowu it for a long time.
Could she sacrifice u good breakfast
uuder the circumstances? For not a
child would eat another spoonful if
the horror were revealed. It was a
puzzle. Yet to keep silence, and not
to drink the milk herself, meant that
the distressed mother would have curi
ous eyes upon her, aud that would
never do. So at last, in desperation,
rather than send the children away
hungry, she poured out the remainder
of the precious fluid as it nothing were
the matter, taking care to keep the
disgusting insect at the bottom of tho
jug, aud then with an inward prayer
lor strength she proceeded to eat.
The meal ended in due course, hut the
secret remained undiscovered. Every
body enjoyed the morning porridge
except the mother. There is heroism
and heroism—wo are in doubt how to
classify this bit of Brisbane experi
ence.—The Queenslauder,
DON'TS FOR SLENDER WOMEN.
Don't walk to excess ; a short walk
will be beneficial, but long walks
are flesh reducing.
Don't wear black; black has a ten
dency to make any one look slender.
Eight clothes are most becoming.
Don't strive for loug waisled effects
or use pointed girdles ; the longer you
make yourself look the thinner you
will appear.
Don't have your lingerie too close
fitting; have your underskirts gath
ered around tho hips and a full front
in your underwaist is good.
Don't Btay up late at night; get at
least nine hours'good sleep. A woman
needs more sleep thau a man, and |
nothing keeps her iu good condition !
like lots of sleep.
Don t use artificial means indiscrim
inately to make you look less slender.
If done at all it should be doue by a
dressmaker who knows her business
or the result is horrible.
Don't wear stripes; checks, plaids
and horizontal effects are better for
thin women. They should strive for
becomiug, deceiving effects if they
study art iu dressing at ali.
Don't wear a large, broad-brimmed
hat—it looks out 01 proportion, espe
cially as the face of a slender girl is
usually small. A moderately sized or
small hat will be found much better.
Don't fail to have your gowns made
with an eye to hiding the fact that yon
are too slender. Full waists, fancy
fronts and bouffant effects are best,
while draped skirts or very full ones
will detract from your slender appear
ance.
Shabby juckets can bo freshened up
with braids for spring wear. Pretty
designs can bo bought all made up.
Of course, it is cheaper to buy braid
by the piece and make some simple
design, aud is not at all a difiicult un
dertaking.
The Sign* of Longevity.
At a recent meeting of the Academy
of Science, Mr. F. W. Warner, in
speaking upon the subject of biometry,
ottered some very interesting data,
whioli are in the main true. He said :
Every person carries about with him
the physical judications or' his lon
gevity. A long-lived person may be
distinguished from a short-lived per
son at sight. In many instances a
physician may look at tho haud of a
patient and tell whether he will live or
die. In the vegetable as well as the
animal kingdom, each life takes its
characteristics froui the lite from
which it sprung. Among these in
herited characterises we tind the
capacity for continuing its life for a
length of time. The capacity for liv
ing we call the inherent or potential
longevity. Under favorable conditionu
and environment, the individual should
live out the potential longevity. With
unfavorable conditions this longevity
may be greatly decreased, but with a
favorable environment the longevity
of the person, the family, or the race
may bo increased.
The primary conditions of longevity
are that the heart, lungs,and digestive
organs, as well as the brain, should be
large. If Ihee orgaus are large, the
trunk will be long aud the limbs com
paratively short. The person will ap
pear tall in sitting and short in stand
ing. The hand will have a long and
somewhat heavy palm and short fin
gers. The brain will be deeply seated,
as shown by the orifice of the ear bfc
ing low. The blue hazel or brown
hazel eye, as showing an intermission
of temperament, is a favorable indica
tion. The nostrils beiag large, open,
and free indicate large lungs. A
piuched and half-closed uostril indi
cates small or weak lungs.
These are general points of distinc
tion from those of short-lived tenden
cies," but, of course, subject to the
usual individual exceptions. Still, it
is well acknowledged that the charac
teristics noted are expressions of in- ,
herent potentiality, which have been
proved on the basis of abundant statis
tical evidence. —Medical Record.
Tree Changes Its Quarters.
An unusual feat in the transplant
ing line was accomplished recently
here, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. An
elm tree lifty feet high and with a
trunk eighteen inches iu diameter,
with roots aud all, was moved titty
feet. The tree is the property of Mrs.
William Thaw, and stood on the line
of the Heechwood Boulevard, where it
traverses Mrs. Thaw's property at
Fifth avenue, near Shady avenue.
Mrs. Thaw desired to save the tree,
and Conductor Johu Eichleav under
took to move it. A circular trench
was dug round the tree at a distance
of ten feet from the trunk. At a depth
of six feet the workmen excavated un
der the tree, bracing the earth above
with timbers. The mass of earth,
twenty feet across and six feet deep,
in which were imbedded the tree and
its roots, was theu boxed in with j
planks. Screws were placed beneath,
the whole mass raised and placed ou
rollers and moved fifty feet to where
a great hole had been prepared for its
reception. It was lowered into place,
earth tilled in as the screws weie re
moved, and it stood as firm as if it had
grown there.
The tree was maintained in an up
right position by the weight of earth
at the roots. The whole mass weighed
seventy tons. The work occupied
about three weeks and a number of
photographs ol the tree while in tran
sit were taken.
Origin of Druggists' Show Bo'.ties.
An interesting story is told by the
Chicago Grocer in connection with the
familiar red, yellow aud green vases
that brighten tho windows of drug
stores. The custom of placing them
there originated with an apothecary
who found himself wiuiis the red light
with which tradesmen ot his class were
accustomed to ornament their store
fronts. To make up the deficiency he
got a bottle of red liquid and placed a
candle behind it. The effect pleased
him so well that he decided to improve
it by placing a second red light in the
window, with the aid of another bot
tle of red mixture and au additional
caudle. This sign made such a brave
showing that au euvious rival cist
about for means of improving on tue
sign. He hit upou the scheme oc
placing a bottle colored with yellow
fluid beside the red oue, and theu sur
passed his previous effort and carried
all before him by placing a green bot
tle beside the yellcw. The three made
a sign that caught the town, aud afl
the druggists quickly fell into line.
The bottles were replaced with the
handsome vases at present in use, aud
the druggist's sigu was here to stay tc
brighten the dingy streets of town aud
village.
Little Known About Warls.
"The more I study into tue question
of warts," said a well-known physician,
"tho more convinced I am that there
is but little known of them. It if
surprising what few references are
made to warts by the standard writers.
Iu many of the leading books ou sur
gery there is no inentiou at all o
warts, and as a result physicians ar<
almost in as much dark about them a*
others. To tell the truth, I have goi
more information from old nurset
about warts than I ever did from mj
medical or surgical lectures or from 1113
reading. Hundreds and hundreds o!
times patients have asked me how to
get rid of warts, and my answer ha*
generally been to let them alone, aud
that they would go away as mysteri
ously as they came. Of course I coulc
cut them off or burn them oft* witb
caustic or nitric acid, but my experi
ence has been that two or three came
back tor every oue so removed. lam
not superstitious on anything excepl
warts and I confess that I am aboul
them."—Washington Star.
K.vpcctanoy.
Over the sea, tfie (oam-orPMtod sea,
There sails us tip with white wings to mo;
'Tis laden with hopes of Is-To-Be.
It will corne to land, when the break of day
Bends a rosy E DUII on a sun-lit rav.
To brighten tue shore-touched, shell-linod
bay.
—tthuda A. Masteu, in Homo Magnr.ino.
At the Tick of the Clock.
Ever" minute, every minute
Has the whole oT living tu it.
home one's crying,
Home one's born.
Some one's dying,
Old and worn.
one's laughing,
Some oue's fed.
Borne one's chaffing,
J>ome one's dead.
Some one's hearing
• Love confessed.
Some oue's jeering
Some ouu's jest.
Some oue's sorry.
Some one's glad.
Some one's worry
Drives him mud.
Every minute, every minute
lias the whole oT living in it.
—Tom Hall, in Truth.
A Lassie's Way.
O. flown in the meadow the air was aweot
With a breath of blooming clover.
The blue-eyed grasses were kissing her foot
And an a/, ire sky bent over;
But Mary's heart had a burden of woe,
A bur.ien she sought to cover
With a smile and song, lest the world should
know
She ha 1 loved and lost, her lover.
Each daisy was nodding her snowy head.
And a zephyr stirred th grasses;
Sir bobodnk. saucily laughiug, said:
44 'Tis ever tho way with lassies.
They thiuk that a quarrel when .nce begun
Can bo as easily ended;
But laddies are lost, as laddies P.TH won,
Sometimes when 'tis least intended."
But down through the meadow young Arthur
And the laughing skies beut over;
The zephyrs wnispered a maiden's name
And a tremor stirred the clover.
Though he spoke no word, yet he kissed her
brow
In spite of the ch'ding grasses,
And bobolink whistled: ''Just see her now,
" "l'is ever the way with lassies."
—The Peterson Magazine.
The True Patriot.
The man who lays his life upon the shrine
Of Liberty, responding to the oall
Of Freedom, bidding him surrender all;
Obeys HO impulse struug so subtly hue
it is less human than it is divine.
But ho whose purpose, every wish and
thought.
Is for his country's progress, weal and
power,
Who gives his youth, his manhood's per
fect flower;
The good of throbbing mull it tides has sought*
A grunder, higher destiny, has wrought.
The victor's death is easier than to know
You live a martyr's life for some grand
cause,
Bujliling the temple of j(i9t, righteous
laws,
For ingrates to revile and overthrow.
The laurels of a patriot's best tjanowA
Are plucked by Freedom from a martyr's
crowD.
—Emma P. Seabury, in Home Magazine.
The Knd of It All.
The proud man, fat with the fat of the land,
Dozed back in his silken chair;
Choice wines of the world, black men 10
command,
Bare curios—rich and rare—
Tall knights in armor ou e.rher hand-
Yet trouble was iu the ah*.
The proud man dreamed of his younger
days, when
He toiled light-hearted and sang all day;
He dreamed again of his gold and of men
Grown old in his service and hungry and
gray.
Theif his two hands tightened a time: and
then
They tightened, and tightened to stay.
Ah me! this drunkenness \vor. j e than wine!
This grasping with giuedy hold!
Why. the poorest man upou earth, I opine,
Is the man who has nothing but gold.
How better the love of man divine,
With God's love mangold.
They came to the dead man back in his
chair,
Dusk liveried servants that come with the
light;
His eyes stood open wiih a frightened stare;
But his hands still i;.ghteuod us a vice is
tight.
Thy opened bis bands—nothing was there,
Nothing but bits of night.
—Adelaide Chronicle,
••Until the Day llronk."
A human soul went forth i:n< ihe night,
Shutting behind it .DAUU'B mysterious
door,
And shaking off with strnuge, resistless
might
The dust that ouce il wore.
So swift its ttlgnt, so suddenly it sped-
As when by skilful bund a bow is bent
The arrow hies—those watching round the
bed
Marked not the wc.y it went.
Heavy with grief, their aching, tear-dimmed
eyes
Saw but the shadow fall, and knew not
when,
Or in what lair or unfa miliar guiso,
It loft the world of men.
It broke from Sickness, that with iron bands
Had bound it fast for many a grievous
day;
And Love itself with iis restraining hands
Might not its course delay.
Space could not hold it back with fettering
bars,
Time lost Us power, and ceased at last to
be;
It swept beyond the boundary of the stars.
And touched Eternity.
Out Jrotn the house of mourning faintly.lit,
It passed upon its journey all uloue;
So fur not even Thought could follow it
luto those realms unknown.
Through the clear silence of the moonless
dark,
Leaviug no footprint of the road it trod.
Straight as an arrow cleaving to its mark.
The Soul wont home to God.
44 A105!" they cried, "ho never saw the mora,
But fell asleepoutwearied with thestrife"—
Nay, rather, ho arose ,\nd met the Dawn
Of Everlasting Life.
—Christian Burke, iu Pall Mall Magazine.
Either Way—Flat Hunter—"ls tbia
a spare room or a closet?" Agent—
"lt depends, madam, on how many
you have in your family."—Puck,