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be IDeekpl ileszenger l PUBLISHED W EEKLY BY ALBERT BIENVENU. SIn the statistics of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States there is an increa-e in the number of Sunday-school scholars for the year 185e 89, amounting nearly to :10,000), nearly a quarter of the increase being in the dio cese of Pennsylvania. A recent decision of the Supreme Court in California will give new trial, toat least a dozen sentenced murderers, as the decision places the burden of proof, even in murder, on the State. whereas the old decision, wihich has been followed for thirty year.-, insists upon the defendant relutting the charge of malice. The Chic:ag(o I ;r,,l thinks there will be no sympathy waiied on the deftiat of the Mormonis by the (;Cntiles in the r. cent municipal election at Salt L:ke City. The l,.,ay of Mirinoni n grald ually but -urel-y a:iproaclhe-. This con utum:ition will he due les, to skin .t;' laws a :.ist the .orh mo:, ti:.:n to thi leavening in llinc(' of : I:c; r.,to of Amtericans v.ho are now h:,irli:,: tilet lion in his uin. Amnric in cu tnrm- :oti American idel,. art irr-i"; ti,1 r,. in the str,,:'_h, l ,I lf it.: un :.:_ faturous foli A. I,.-. I)urin, tihe i: .at of t:!w \:it h .::n-t o:ver the lE nd:h i u ,r rgi:i, sil l . r :i. 1. lire, tas ti;wy wor- \wiarr-:atcJ, to, ib If Ras clr, ot.r.v .,i l; .t . i-r ith. ; \vt·', r, !!1vie male in halte.i i-nintnl. The revutl-i.oa .)f feeling l. ,r , 1 n I tI, this :t' ut sce nent h'a resuite I at Li-bin in the ntrw,t .ccentric (letmlonttrations on the par of the populace. It was not uncommon t') meet, in the streets, irdies of uei enu gaged in tlhe wholesale destruction of tihe .e'esteo i hleadgear, tram:nli.ngon Lhi' hats ansd threatening those who still wore ;hem. An ingenious counterieiter has turned a ap in Chicwao. Ils n:ttiis s S. I1. Sh:ank t and he has heen arrsted. Ilis methods h were unique and interesting. lie took one-dollar silver certificates, and by means S of acids and tine pen work the large figure a "one" on the reverse side was chaned into two "tells," and the intermediate b portion was transformea: into a scroll. b On the other side the ",one" over the re presentation on the silvcr dollar was oh- u literatted and *"t-a" substituted. The u single 'one"' tigures in the corners were o neatly eaten ofT and the small figure h "ten" substituted. The small "one" a was change.l to an X and a new number f: was printed in red upon the face. None t but an expert would detect the fraud. s q An acute agitation against the practice of lifting th at in greeting persons in ,he street is in progress throughout Aus- I tria. The movement originated in Peath. Two or three meetings of prominent men a decided, when the influenza was at its worst, that baring the head in the open e .sir ought to l.e ,i..couraged. and passed -esolutions in favor of introducing the .4ilitary sliute ii the place of the bow ,ith the lifted hat. The l'ePth ilailies b took up tht subjject with avidity, and were soon in a pretty little newspaper B :ow as to just what motions etiquette re u quired a man to go through when hlie m't h An acquaintance in the street. The dail- n les in otier Aumstro-lthtngariat cities i in', el in th, ,i;,:.. i-:.. ,o.ielc iuently the ques- I Lion of hat raising has become a national one. Every year shows a large increase in the shipm'nts of lRusian petrolemtI to 1 England, vhile Amrerica renmains nearly o stationary. I An U~nappreelated Pairtner. Bilkins--How is hutsiness, Wilkins? t Wilkins-Can't make it go. At this i a rate I'll be Iankrult in ain:othetr nirith. c I don't seem to haIle at: headl for I, :i Bilkins- No, -you haven't: but you a have a good stand. and if ,mu'll pronisue t to keep handls off and' let uii ron things, Ill go in wil o,, asit a partner. W'lk ,s lhtne. . friend in ned i.d a fritend inheil. te 1 tnst of Mr. Wilkins ,tin 'i-ars after, --\ hat a intiui i.\ nt ila, * ,,u ha'e !-ev,,,:,h ,.. that neilth till ti buy or h'art wii-h' Yo' hal-o l, .t c: wonderfull\- pro-l,,:,,us. r. Wills. Mr. \ilkitni sadll -True. hut afi r all I get only halt the lrohits of mi g-,'at estaibli-hment. I just t,-ll .u, a mv ,d friend, the mistake of my life al was in taking a partner.--Xes rYork IWekia. IEAT BEFORE SLEEP. It is the True Way to Obtain Refreshing Slumber. To Sleep on an Empty Stomach is to Awake Exhausted. )f Going to bed with a well-filled stomach is the essential prrerequisite of refreshing slumber. The cautions so often reiterated in old melical journals tgainst late suppers were directed chief e ly to the bibulous habits of those early Is times. When at every late feast the guests not unseldom drank themselves f under the table, or needed strong as sistance to reach their couch, the canon u against such indulgence was not un e t:mely. Nature and common sense teach us that a full stomach is essential to quiet repose. Every man who has found it difficult to keep awake after a hearty dinner has answered the problem for himself. There are few animals B that can be trained to rest until after they are fel. MIan, as he c emes into the world, pre - cents a canlition it would be well for himi to follow in all his after-life. The f wcetest minstrel ever sent out of para Iise ca!n tot sin ::na iuf:nt to slcep on an empty stomach. We\i have known reckless nurses to give tel little ones a .1ose of paregoric or soo:hing syrup in ,iace of its cup oiupof milk, when it wa; too miuch troubl; to get the latter, but this is the one alterniative. The little stoma:ch of the slc.p nug chill, as it I,c c ,mes gra luli:l enipt, fol s1 on itelf i t pla:ts; two of thele make it restless; three will open its eye;. bu:t by careful so, ting thI., ar:y bIe cioedl again; four p'la:ti and the charm is broken; there is no i:tmore sleep in tli.t ho:-c h11 I until that child has beca fed. It seems to us so strange that witii this example before the::" e-es full-grown men are so slow fo learn the lesson. The farmer does it for his pig, who would squeal all night if it were not fed at the last moment, an I the groom knows that his horse will paw in his stall until he has ha his meal. But when he w:shs to sleep himself lie never seemnts to think of it. To sleep, the fulness of the blood must leave the head: to digest the eaten food the blood mu,t come to the stomach. Thus, sleep and digestion are natural allies; one helps the other. Man, by long practice, will train himself to sleep on an empty stomach, but it is more the sleep of exhaustion than the sleep of refreshment. IHe wakes up after such a troubled sleep feeling utterly miserable until he has had a cup of coflfee or some other stimulant, and he has so injured the tone of his stom ach that he has little appetite for break. fast. Whereas, one who allows himself to sleep after a conifortable meal awakes strengthened, and his appetite has been quickened by that preceding indul. gence. The difficu:ty in recovery comes from the fact that we are such creatures of our habits it is impossible to break away from them without persistent effort. In this case the man who has eaten nothing after 6 o'clock and re tires at 10 or 11 takes to bed an empty stomach upon which the action of the gastric juices makes him uncomforta. ble all the night. If he proposes to try our experiment hlie will sat down and eat a tolerably hearty maaL He is unaccustomed to this at that hour and has a sense of discomfort with it. He I may try it once or twice, or even longn er, amld then he gives i: up, satisfied th t for ih.mt it is a failure. The true course is to begin with just I one or two mouthfuls the last thing be- 1 fore going to bed. And this should be , light food, easily digested. No cake i or pastry should be tolerated. One mouthful of cold roast beef, cold lamb, t cold chicken, and a little crust of bread a will do to begin with, or, what is bet ter yet, a spoonful or two of condensed c milk (not the sweetened that comes in cans) in three times as m,:c:i warm c water. Into this cut half a pared peach e and two or three Itttle squares of bread, the whole to be one-fourth or one-sixth i of what woubl be a light lunch. k Increase this very gra:lually, until at r the end of a month or six weeks the patient may inlu:ge in a bowl of milk, v Stwo peaches, witl a half hard roll or a j crulst of home-min:de bread. When I peachei are gone take b iked apples t with the milk till strawberries come. and eat the latter till peacites return, again. Th.s is the secret of our health and vita'ity. We often work until b after midnight, but eating the comfortb able meal is the last thing we do every night of the year. This is not an un I tried experiment or one depending on the testimony of a single witness.- Amnercan Ana!yst. They Split the Difference. Ad:jutant-General Mullen was in a reminiscent mood. "*I will tell you a 1 little experience I hal down in Louis. iana in l h43," he said. "I was a mcm ber of the Connecticut Volunteers. The (opposing armies ha I c >m) into pretty close quarters, and Confelerate out pickets, stragglers and skirmishers cere around us and doing consilerabl!e mischief. Three companies of our reg Iment were ordered out on skirmish duty. We marchel down, five paces apart, according to regulations, into a perfect morass. The water was waist leep everywhere. 'I am not very tal, and found it necessary to hold up my c:.rtridge belt to keep it from getting saturated. The Confederates were scattered through this waimp, annl we to k a number of prisoners without opening tire. I met with a misfortua:. IM, foot caught be. neath a couple of parallet brauchcs be neath the water, and I was securely ,i:onedl. MIf complanio:s contin:ucl on their way while I stru'lel hard to ex:,e :tc mi;scIf from un; u:pl:sas:nt pre i:,':t :I. I tina:lv puldc I my foot o.: with a I sp'erste (f rt, i ust my shoe wtas lcf' bIhl ::tl. 1 co(:)u only sac:re it by p!un ti: my he .al l-eacath the surface of s.i:c:v, noxious, muddy water, b:t it ha I to be done. 1 hal no soner i.,t the shoe tic i on again thana a C )e lerate caon in sig'ht from ' bhi:: 1 soot' bthlt. Intuit:vely our mullkets wecre simu:tane)outsl roised. "S..rrcu ler!' thundered the C ,nfed crate. 'Surren ler yourself ' I retuir: I at the top of my lungs. "TIen we stooli and tevtl each other. Each had his gun cocle I and leve.lel at the other, but neithe: pulled a trig. ger. Why we hesitated is more than I can explain. By delayiag, you see, each was pr:ctically placing himself at the mercy of the other, or so it would seem. Sudden.y the Confederate's gun dropped and I brought mine down also. ' 'See here, auk,' he began, in a much milder tone. 'if I should shoot you my side wouldn't gain much; and, again, if you should shoot me your side wouldn't gain much. Now, I've got a wife and two babies over yonder, and if you dropped me they wouldn't have nobody to take care of them. Now, it's a blamed mean man what won't split the difference. I'll let you go if you'll let me go, and we'll call the thing square. What do you say?' "Well, what should I say? I walked over half way, and we met and shook hands and partol. About a year after a letter came to our camp addressecl to 'Little Yankee that split the diffr ence.' I had told him my regiment, you see, but not my name. The letter was a cordial invitation to visit the man at his home In Louisiana. He wanted me too see the wife and babies whose members had prompted him to propose to split the difference, and I have al ways regrette.l that I was unable to ac-. cept the invitationa."-S. I'Panl Pionr The Child of the Fature. It is a dreadful point about thesei microbes that the only way to avoid having them in a virulent form is to have them in an artificial or attenuated I form. The children of the future will 1 not run through the present gamut of infantile disease, but they will probab. ly be subjected to inoculation with various microbes every few months. First, they will be vaccinated for small. pox; when they have recovered from 1 that they will be taken to a Pasteur in- i stitute to have a mild form of rabies. t Next, they will be given a dose of the r comma baccilli to prevent cholera, and a so on through all the ever-growing series r of disease microbes. On. luckless child of the future! you will never be ill and never ba well; your health will never be awfully monotonous; you will never know the weariness of the first night of t measles, when it was so nice to lie in mother's lap and feel her e)ol hand on 1 your forch,:.d; you will never know the joys of convalescenct, when oranges were numerous and every one was kind to you because you were not well; and your end will be to die of debility. Ihow gltd we are that we live in the I Cresent, with all its ui)ps and downs of health to lend variety to life and death. - OUR WOODLANDS. The Country's Forests and Their Preservation. Trees Which Are Felled Should Be Replaced. It is estimated, by those whose spe cial study of the subject seems to have fitted them to judge, that the number of acres of land in the United States now covered with wood growth is about four hundred and fifty millions. Of this area, about seventy million sores belong to the United States Govern. ment. The rest is the property of in dividuals, except a small amount which belongs to States of the Union. Of the entire forest area, it was as certained that more than ten million acrcs were burned over in the census year 1SS0. It is not probable that the annual destruction by fire has fallen off since that year. It is estimated that twenty-live million acres of woodland are cut off each year. At this' rate of dcstruction, the woodlands of the United St:ates must speedily disappear if it we.re not the fact that while the woods in many places are bemng wan tonly burned or cut away, they are also gr ,wing, not only in a gr-at many sites where they have ju,t undergone des truction, lut in many placts which have been clear of timber. But although woods grow spon tr.ncusly in many parts of the country anl so freely that there is little fear that there wili be a net loss of timber cast of the one-hundredth meridian, or a, general unfavorable effect upon soil or ciinate in that region, the new growth, in the forests of the country, does not by any means keep pace with the de stiuction. It is estimated that while twenty-four thousand millions of cu!,c feet of wood are consumed annually in the United states, the wood that grows each year on the present forest area of the coun try is not more than twelve thousand millions of cubic feet. It is reasonabiy certain that, whether tree growths as a whole increase or diminish, the great forests of the country must disappear unless something is done to check their destruction. What the effect upon the far Western or more arid section of the country would be if the mountain forests were entirely swept away-as they must be under present conditions, since in that region the woods do not ordinarily spring up again when cut down-can be anticipated by observing the effect upon the water flow in New York State of the partial destruction of the Adiron dack forests. It is officially reported that the cut ting away of woods in the Adirondack region has diminished the reliable water supply in the Mohawk and Hud son Rivers by from 30 to 50 per cent. The loss begins to affect unfavorably navigation in the New York canals and rivers. In the RIcky Mountain and Pacific coast regions, the drying up of the sources of water supply by the cutting sway of the mountain forests seriously endangers the supply of water for the irrigation of the plains below, and thus menaces the habitabihity of those regions. Further east the question is equally a practical one, though not as threatening. The practice is to destroy without re placing. We commonly trust to the unaided operations of nature to put back the wood growths we take; but nature does not always put them back. The experience of the old world has proved that a steady and profitable supply of wood may be drawn from forests, and a revenue from them de rived by those who own them and the forests maintained in good growth at the same time, to supply still further revense and to exercise their equalizing and preserving influence on climate, rainfall and water supply. This lesson of profit and loss should not be a hard one for the practical American people to learn, and there are many indications, both in the direc- I tion of private enterprise and in pro jects for legislation, that they are learning it. President IHarrison, in January, sent to Congress a special message calling attention to the necessity of preserving the forests on the public domain, and urging early legislation to prevent the destruction of forest areas. The legia lation which is most actively urged provides for the withdrawal of public farest lands trom sale or pre-emptio% and the protection of the forests from destruction by fires and by the depreds. r tions of those who take the punlie timber without paying for it.-Yout'e Companion. Women's Family Names. There is a lawyer who does a good deal of real estate conveyancing, one of the chief of whose grievances in life is ., e the scant respect that women show to. r ward their names. The fact that a is certain alteration takes place in the it name at marriage destroys, so he claims, I whatever regard a woman might be er. s pected to pay to an exact rendering, . and the fact that any legal significance can in any case attach to the form seems h to be quite beyond the grasp of the average feminine brain. If a girl baby is christened Elizabeth she will sign a herself when called on to put her name s to a deed after she is e grown, Lizzie, Lisa, Elite, Lisbet If or Lisbeth, according to which t diminutive happens to be her favorite I for the year, and will omit her middle f name, give it in full or by initial, or e sign instead of her own her husband's r name, according to her sweet liking. e The task of the lawyer who has to trace up half a dozen of these signatures to make sure that they all refer to the same person is not calculated to make easy the task of his wife who has to h soothe his rufled temper with a good dinner. That the marriel women should in all cases retain her own famly name, preceeding it by her given name r and following it with her husband's r family name is the lawyer's plea if he r is to be saved from insanity. Frances r Folsom Cleveland, Julia Dent Grant, Louise Chandler Moulton, Juiia Ward t Howe, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and other set in this respect a good example. Two Fish United by Hlooks. i Ncarly aye :r ago Fisherman W. T. I Van Dyke, while pursuing his occupa tion off shore, invitingly threw out a fishing line with two well-baited hooks. Presently there was a jerk-the bait had "took." Van Dyke was hauling L in hand over hand, when suddenly the tension ceased, and the line was grace fully and adroitly whisked into the boats minus both hooks. Last fall Mr. Van Dyke in emptying one of his "pounds" of its over-night catch, discovered among his catch a pig fish and a sea bass united by a fish ing cord, which he readily identified as his own. A hook had penetrated the jaw of each fish, and, becoming im., bedded there, the flesh had grown around their barbs and securely fas tened them in position. Thus held to gether for nearly a twelvemonth, they had coursed the briny in double team, held by a single twine, until death cut their thread of life in twain. The skeletons of this curious pair of accidental Siamese twins, together with the hooks and line which constituted their so:e domestic tie, now adorn the walls of the fish house of Mr. Van Dyke.-Long Braek Ness.. How to Fall Asleep. Nearly everyone has experienced the misery of lying awake in bed desiring to sleep, but unable to do so, and wished for a means to successfully woo Morpheus. Reciting poetry or prayer, or counting ticks of clocks or other de vices may have been tried in vain, and when they have been the situation is only aggravated by the dread of inusom nia and consequent insanity. A phyd. cian said on this subject the other even ing: "Sleep can be induced withoutr drugs. Persons who ind difficulty i . going to sleep might try the exper. ment of placing a small bright object, seen by reflection of a soft and distant light in such position that the eyes' are strained upward and back at such a dis~ tance as to make the eyes squint. That willinduce sleep. Whf? Why, simplp • because the person will magnetize him. self. A bright dime suspended from a cord at the head of the bed would d9 for the' bright object. This is not j new discovery. I've seen it in booksi and if a person can't, so to speak, mage netiza himself into sleep this way, be' in danger of Bedlum.."-st&r.'aSirsg. A Discourager. Mrs. F:gg-Isn't there any way to get rid of that young Jinx who keeps Scalling on Clara without positively in sulting htm? Mr. Fig g-Why, ccrtaisly. Just givO him the blby to hold the next time bi cpmes.-Terrre IIrue Lrpnr'ss.