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LIBERTY, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1S9I.
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CARDS-PROFESSIONAL. Eto.
GEO. F. WEBB,
Attorney at Law,
Office ia tha Butler Butldlaf , Ubertv,
Amite County, Miss. 11-f-M'
D. C BR AM LETT,
WOODVILLE, MI38L
Will practice In all the Coart mi
Amite and djoiningeotintle,and la ta
bupecia Court at Jackson. 1-L
theo. Mcknight,
Attorney at Law,
BOM MIT, MISS.
Will practlcs ia all th Court ef
Tike and adjoining countloa, and la
the Supreme and Federal Court al
Jackson.
J. R. GALTNEY,
Attorney at Law,
LIBERTY, MISS.
All bustnos con Mod to hi ear will
tecelv prompt attention.
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E. H. RATCLIFF,
Attorney "at Law,
GLOSTER, MISS.
Will practice in all the Coan mi
Araito and adjoining counties aad in tad
Supreme Court at Jackson. 1-M.
E. H. RTCI.!FF,
- (iloster, Miss,
J. fl. IVmb,
Liberty, Miss.
RATCLIFF & WEBB,
Attorneys at Law,
. LIBEBTY, MISS.
- Will practice In all the courts of Amite
and adjoining counties and in the Hu
preme Court at Jackson.
VI. E. CILL,
Allorney -at - Lav,
, . LIBERTY, MIS!
Will practice In all ths court l
Amite and adjoining counties, mi la
th 8upreme Court at Jackson.
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t7. r. McDowell, : Agsm,
Amite County, Miss.
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Ar4 Livery Stable,
LIBCBTT, MISS.
Ths Bsderslgned begs to anaouaoe
II at he is now prepared to reoelvt
btrders and entertain the traveling
fnhlie. Fare the best the market af
fords, lie is also prepared to meet ths
want of the public in the way oT feed
ing, stabling and grooming stock which
feiav be entrusted to his care. Charge
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Footsore and weary, one autumn
veaing, aa old man, a lad, and a dog
arrived ia Wokingham, whpre they put
Bp at a common lodging-house. They
constituted a traveling show, and,
after performing all day ia the streets
of Reading, they , had walked over
here a distance of ten or twelve mile.
The old man seemed broken In
health, and suffered from a severe
cough; but ob this particular evening
he was worse than, usual, for he had
got t thill, and was glad to lay down
his weary bones in bed, soon . after his
arrival He complained of feeling very
eotd and thirsty, and the lad procured
him some tea. which they both enjoyed.
"Grimmy" or to give bim his full
name, Grimwatd, the dog, was not for
gotten, for the trio were Inseparable,
and soon afterwards they all retired to
rest.
During the night the old man be
came rery feverish, coughed Incessant
ly, and complained of a pain in his
chest, but Jimmy, the lad, did all he
could for hint, and eat np most of the
night with him.
In the morning, poor old "Spangles"
a name dear to many children
throughout England was no better,
and when the doctor was summoned,
and had examined him, he told the
landlady that he was very ill, suffering
from an attack of Inflammation of the
lungs, and that he feared it would go
hard with him.
"Spangles" recognized his ows dan
ger, aud railing the lad to hiin, said:
"Jimmy, my boy, you're been a good
lad to me, and I fear the show will
Boon be closed forever! Sit thee down
beside me. lad, as I have eomething to
tell thee." When the lad had sat down,
"Spangles" proceeded;
"The great Mr. Shakespeare says: 'A
man, during bis life, play many parts,'
and that's the truth; for In my time I
have played many parts, and under
many and divers names; but I will be
gin at the beginning.
I "My father died when I was only a
boy, and my mother married again
some time afterwards, my stepfather
j being an ill-natured, cruel man, who
hated and ill-treated me; and, unable
to bear hia cruelty any longer, I ran
away from home and joined a traveling
' circus. --
I "But I Boon found I Bad gone 'from
the frying-pan into the fire,' for the
new task-master to whom 1 had been
bound had uo compassion, and during
I the earlier part of mv nnoren-
lleeship used to treat me shamefully
If I was clumsy or made mis
enijiMr sat
takes when learning the acrobatic
business.
"In a few years, however, I became
'Alva, the Flying W'onder;' then a
member of 'The Illustrious Schmidt
Family,' then an acrobatic clown, and
finally a ring-master, during which lat
ter period I became devotedly attached
to 'Mile. Annette, the Daring Eques
trienne,' and we ultimately got mar
ried and left the circus business alto
gether. "My happiness, however, was short
lived, for my poor young svife who
had wavered In her affections between
me and 'Slg. I.upino, the Matchless
Bareback Rider,' although she finally
consented to become mine - deserted
me one morning and left a note be
hind, saying: 'Dear Jim you are too
good to me. . I have gone to him! God
blees you.' And I only saw her once
since.
"1 didn't blame the poor Wench, for
she was little better than a child, but
I felt her absence cruelly, and I don't
think I have ever been the same since,
although I have tried to do my duty.
"The greater part of my life was af
terwards spent ia traveling shows, of
one sort or another, all over England,
and for some years I was with a stroll
ing company of actors who did the
reg'lar drama; but it was just about
twelve or thirteen years ago, when I
was about fifty, and my poor wife was
about thlrty-fivo, that she acnt me a
letter, begging me to come to her, as
4he was ill; and I, thinking of nothing
but of seeing her again, v.'ent at once,
but only to find Hint he had been killed
by a lioine three months ago, and tlmt
the was dying after giving birth to a
tier the old bibb aeemed exhausted
fro oi a fit of coughing, but he rallied
somen hat after a diwe of his medicine,
and h resumed his story,
i "Jimmy, ray lad, "said he, "that baby
was you'. 1 promised my darling An
nette that I would be both father and
mother to you, and I have tried hard to
do the best I could for yon."
"Ob, dear, dear master, " sobbed tha
poor lad. "you are not going to leave
me and Griinmy? Whatever shall we
dof Yob have always been so good and
kind to us both, and a dear, kind, good
father to ma,
lirimmy, hearing his name men
tioned, came to the bedside, and sat np
begging, with hia ahaggy head on one
side, as if trying to say: "I know
there's something wrong. Can't 1 do
anything?"
"Poor Grimmy!" said "Spangles."
"YeaH good to hiia when I'm gone,
Jimmy, and sever part with him while
he lives'.'?"
(i rim my jumped oa the bed, and
licked the old man'a hands ani face,
and it was as much as Jimmy could do
to remove him.
"I will, indeed, be good to him, and
never part with him, dear master,"
said Jimmy, "but, oh: what are we to
do when you are gone?" And the poor
lad sobbed piteously.
"He a brave lad, Jimmy, and He who
cares for the sparrows will not forget
either you or Grimmy. Be alwaya
truthful aud honest, however you
may be tempted to do otherwise, and
whatever you find to do, do It with all
your might Bear lu mind that your
mother Is an angel, Jimmy, and 1 am
going to join her at last In Uod'a
good time you, too, will Join ns; think
how happy we shall all be there; and
when tempted to do wrong, just think
that If you do It you may be prevented
from ever coming to us, and God will
help you to do right You and I anil
poor Grimmy have played through
many towns, and tramped for many
miles together; yet w never had an
angry word, whilst we sought to earn
an honest living. Poor old 'Spangles'
is going to leave yon, but life Is before
yon yet, my lad; and although 1 have
not been able to save much, yet yon
will find enough In my bag to bury me
and to give you a start." .
He then sank back exhausted, and
while the lad sobbed as if his heart
would break Grimmy howled piteous
ly, and sat op begging In all directions.
During the succeeding night the old
man rested more quietly, but had sev
ers! severe paroxysms of congh'ng,
which thoroughly exhausted him; he
waa also, at times, delirious, when his
mind seemed to be dwelling among
earlier memories and bygone scenes In
which the name of Annette was fre
quently and fondly mingled. '
On the following morning, when the
doctor called again, he was deeply
moved by the Intense and unrestrained
grief of the poor lad, who held his dy
ing master's hand In his own. whilst
up rkooixu.
the lips of the poor old man were feebly
moved In blessing.
Even the faithful dog seemed to feel
that he was losing av dear friend, for
he was restless and uneasy, sat up beg
ging all over the room, and had refused
to eat since his master's illness.
The doctor, however, spoke kindly to
the lad, and when the weeping youth
said: "My dear master was the only
friend I had in the world," he cheered
him up by saying that he must not
give way, as the future was before him,
and as he had been a good boy God
would not forsake him. "In fact," he
added, "a friend of my own Is seeking
such a youth as you. and I shall pot fail
to recommend you to him." ,
"Oh! thank yon, sir," said Jimmy,
"you are very kind, but I dare not be
parted from dear Grimmy, as I . have
promised master . be shall never leave
me, and I have known and loved him
a.IImy life;" ' :
"Never mind, my lad," said the doc
tor, "we must find some' place for you
where the doggie can go too;;so don't
grieve." , . , ; ' . .
Poor old "Spangles" was fast passing
away, and could now scarcely be said
to be conscious; but It was affecting to
hear him, as in hisdelirlumhe imagined
he was going through his performance
with Jimmy and his dog. .
"Houp-la! Houp-la!" he muttered.
"Over! over !! over!!! Well done, sirl
Good lad! Now Mr. Mrimaldi! steady,
old boy! Show the Indies and gontlo
men what you eau do! Good dog!'1
And even as the doc lor, the lad and
Grimmy stood round li i in, he stretched
himself out and appeared to have fatt
en r. ' but the so'il pf p.n.r "I , ....
gle'' td vaulted iut iScniri,!
'IB!-'
6CHOOL AND CHURCH.
Scholars atlrndmg the New Yoik
public schools have formed "an aati-
cigarette-smoking league.
That female traolurs are driving teaspoon of salt, three-fourths teaspoon
males out of the profusion is shovm by , Bake ia thin cakes oa a hot,
tha report of th school fcuperin-' Tm- griddle. If they do Bot torn
tendent of Iowa. , (well, a little more flour or meal mar
-Two .out of Japa. who were sent l added. Butter while hot-lvtroit
to Chicago to repreaeat the Japanese j ' lr-
government at the World's Columbian Chili Sauce: One quart canned to
exposition, have been converted to , ma toes, two onions, two Ubepoon
Christianif v. I f,,la eavh of salt and snfrar. one tea-
-Hawaii was papin in 10 and Chris-
nan in i?.u. seventeen luouaua were
baptized by the veteran missionary. Dr. i
Titus CounSWO of them in one year
and 1,700 in one day. j
The department of the Salvation
Army'a Darkest Foir'and scheme,
know a as the "bridpCB bureau for
helping discharged prisoners, reports
failure in scarcely T per cent of the
convict received.
Siddhu nd Jinda Kam, two Hin
doos, hav arrived la St. Louis to begin
the work of converting the city to the
tenets of the Arj a Somaj. A few Sun
days ago Emin L. Kabokofl sounded
the Mussulman call to prayer In In ion
square, New York.
The Buddhists of Jspan sr ree
newtng their fight sgsinst Christiani
ty; are organizing "salvation armies"
and "moral" associations; buying up
timber so that churches can not be
built; seeking to persuade hotel keep
era not to lodge Christiana; and in
some cases they sre resorting to force,
destroying chapels and other build
ings. St Paul's Is the metropolitan
church of London, and the third ca
thedral dedicated to that saint, built
upon very nearly the same site as its
predecessor. The first church was
founded, according to Bede, about A.
D. (110, b Kthelbert, king of Kent,
but destroyed by fire In 10S7. The sec
ond church, "Old ht. I'sul's, '.' was de
stroyed In the great fire, ltWJ. The
corner stone of the present building
was laid June 11, 1675. ;
The Harvard annex for women Is
lirreafter to be known as Rmlcliffe col
lege, by which name It has been offi
cially recognized by Harvard's over
seers. It is to be part of the univer
sity, and the Harvard seal will be at
tached to the diplomas it 'gives. The
name lain hoqor of Ann KudWiffe, of
Knglaod, afterward Lady . Moulton,
who. In '104S, gave to Harvard A'100,
the first pecuniary gift to the univer
sity that any woman had ever made.
The WaldensiaB church ia peculiar
In this: it is prnvtically two churches,
though nominally one. The one Is the
Church of the Valleys, the original
church among the mountains, where
the blood of the martyrs flowed so
freely, and the other Is the mission
Held, the rest of the kingdom of Italy,
in which the mission churches are.
The remarkable fact is that the or
dained pastors In the mission churches
outside the valleys are more than
thrice as numerous as thoMj within
them. The mission part Is becoming
the great body of the church. A cor
responding change of organization Is
about to be made. United Presby
terian. ANTS BIGGER THAN FOXES.
Pliny Could Dtenoant Ananias la IB Art
of Drawing the Long Bow.
Pliny, that rare old gossiper, tells,
among other exlraorttinay stories, that
of the Baclrian method of obtaining
gold. The sandy deserts of Bactria in
the days of that historian were, so th
old man says, literally swarming with
ants "slightly bigger than foxes.
These gigantic representatives of the
genus homcnoptera burrowed deeply
into the sandy wastes, their tunnels
and galleries often being hundreds of
feet in extent The earth winoved
from these burrows wss always car
ried to the out side and thrown up in
hills (remember Pliny says this) "cf a
bigness exceeding that of a palace."
This debris sand, earth, etc. was
soon found to be Wonderfully rich In
small nuggets of gold. The danger front
the ants was greater, however, than
that from the Indians In the early days
of gold digging in the western United
States, and many stories are told of
men who were literally devoured in a
few moments by the fierce owner of
some disturbed burrov. - Some observ
ing old hunter at last discovered that
the giant ants slept during the hottest
hours of the day. After that the seek
era after the yellow metal only made
their incursions at the proper time,
and then they only st ayed long enough
in the deserts to fill their sacks with
the golden sand, which they took home
to sift 'at leisure. With all this pre
caution the ants often "swiftly- pup
sued the fleetest horses, and it was
only by uoing various stratagems that
the invaders managed to escape alive.
Chicago Tribune.
' Doable Faced. ,
Lawyer Mow, madam, yon say thai
on the night of the robbery the moon
was so, bright that yon could see the
robber in your room. Was your hus
band awake?
.. Witness I don't know, sir, '
'Was his face turned tows rd you or
away irons you? '
"I can't say, sir." .
: "Now, your honor, and, gentlemenoi
the jury, do you hear that? This wom
an positively identifies these men as
the robbers who w-ere in . her room,
and she can hot tells U how her hus,-
band was lying at the time. And, turn'
lng to the witness, he continued: Why
can t you tell ns, prsy7
"I could nottsee."- ' '" '' '
"Ah!- you eould not. see? Yet you
positively indentify the prisoners. How
is this?"
' "Well, you see, sirt my husband is so
.very bald that in anything but a bright
light I can not-tell whether he is look
lng at or away from me."N. Y. Her
aid. -
iH&s uerwuoe Miiciieii. ot ijlvar-
pool, nas gained tne oueen a ariiomr-
Mip in an examination in w hti h 4 7:,
eaHdioHH'S fmii nil firis of i i-i.
HOME HINTS AND HELPS-.
Sou there Cora Cake
On piat but-
termilk, a taW-rx-u of flour, two I
tgfs, one and a half cups fled meal.
,Px,nful ch ' pepper and cinnamon
tnree leacupluls of vinegar.
Boil th (
tomatoea and sliced onions aa hour,
thenrua through a eolander and add
the condiments; then boil half an
hour. Ohio Farmer.
Pickle for Ham: Six gallons ef
water, nine pounds of salt two pounds
of sugar, ooe-fourth pound of pepper
one-half ounce of saltpeter. Pack the
hams tightly in a cask without salt,
press dowa with a heavy stoa that th
boiling hot brine when it is poured
over them shall not scald one place
more thaa another. After lying in th
brine six weeka, it ia ready for (look
ing. Housekeeper.
Celery Cream Soup: Boil a email
cup of rice in three pinta of milk nntil
it will pass through a sieve. Grate the
white portion of two or three head of
celery on a bread-grater; add this to
the rice milk after it has been strained;
put to it a quart of strong whit stock;
let boil nntil celery is perfectly tender;
season with saltand cayenne and serve.
If wanted rich, substitute one pint of
cream for the same quantity of milk.
N. Y. Observer.
Almond Macaroons: Blanch and
pound finely six ounces f sweet al
monds. Mix in a large bowl th white
or two eggs aud twelve ounces of pow
dered sugai, and beat with a wooden
spoon for fully five minutes. Drop
throng a pstry tube In nieces about
the sixe and shape of a silver quarter
or to sheets of buttered paper placed
in baking pans. Hake In a alow oven
for twenty minutes, until the cakea
are of a golden brown. Ladies' Home
Journal.
Vermicelli Soup: Cook a cupful of
sliced vegetable Oysters, a sta'lk or two
of celery, twoslioes of onion, a parsnip,
and half a carrot In water just suf
ficient to cover well. Meanwhile put
cupful of vermicelli In a quart of
milk and cook in a double boiler until
tender. When the vegetable are done,
strain off the froth and add It to th
vermicelli when cooked. Season with
salt and a cup of cream. Beat two
pKgs light, and tnrn the boiling soup
on the eggs, slirrlngabribkly Ithat they
may not curdle. Reheat is not thick
ened, and serve. Good Health.
-f Barley Soup : Cut three slice of
bacon and two pounds of the neck of
veal in small pieces, put them in a
saucepan with a pint of water. Let
this simmer for three-quarters of an
hour, then add one small onion, a car
rot, two stalks of celery, all cut fine,
bouquet of sweet herbs, a tea spoonful
of salt, half a tcuspoonfulof black-pep
per and two quarts of water. Let this
boil two hours or more. Strain th
soup, and when cold remove the fat
Place the soup on the fire and add a
pint of barley which haa been washed
and soaked in water for at least thre
hours. There should be a pint of the
barley after it ia soaked. This is the
right proportion for two quarts of
soup. Boston Budget
Scalloped Cavllllower. -Put
a good-sir,ed cauliflower Into
kettle containing two quarts of boiling
wtvter, and, after adding a tablespoon
ful of salt, Cook the vegetable, alowly
for half an hour. At the end of that
time remove it, arid, after allowing the
water to drip from it, break the cauli
flower apart and put a layer in a scitl
lop dish, moisten with cream sane and
sprinkle with grated cheese, then put
in another layer, pour .the remainder
of the sauce over it, and sprinkle thick
ly with cheese and bread crumbs. You
will need a pint of sauce, a scant hslf-
pint of bread crnmbs and two table'
spoonfuls of chceso or more if you de
sire a strong flavor. Cook the dish for
twenty minutes, and serve as soon as
it comes from the oven. To make the
sauce put two tablespoonf uls of butter
into tho frying-pan, and, "when it be
comes melted, add. a tabtespoonful of
flour. Stir the sauce until it ia smooth
and frothy, then gradually add a pint
of cold milk. Season with salt and
pepper, and boil up once. N.Y. World.
Toilet Sachets.
Among the many dainty fixtures of
the modern bedroom the fashion of a
pretty hanging cushion for the toilet
tabic, perfumed with some sachet pow.
dcr, suggested' by the color ot the room,
is one of the most deligbtfuL The
sachet powder may be violet for a bin
room, In the form of a blue Russian
violet, if you fancy, or a simple affair
of dainty blue silk and lace, much sug
gesting tho favorite flower of the hour.
For a fink room it may be perfumed
with rose powder to the form of a full
blown rose, or in any dainty form in
pink and whit which the maker fan,
cics. Lavender makes one of the most
delightful 'sachets, the color contrast'
ing well in a yellow room if Used In
combination with a delicate shade ol
yellow. Very pretty wall, sachets are
made of tissue paper, crimped and in
some delicate color, suggesting flowers,
while they do uot In any way copy
them. N. .Y. Tribune.
1 I'lrssld Taunton .
. home" mokt comfortable fireside cush
ions arc filled with -hair- and covered
with large squares exactly like Orien
tal rugs. The colors are dark and rich
and the coverings will last a life-time,
Showing wear as little a do the good
eastern rugs. Other fireside cushions
are covered with Corduroy. Embossed
leather all of a color, or brightened by
bronze and gold and silk paints, rnnks
rich cushlonsfor librariesand all chairs
and scats. The favorite siie-for down
pillows is twent v-fonr bv twenty f
iiKdirs, w it'i a coicrnf lijui j a i
int-li fn.l f"t bet eon the. ed"f. 1
fr,i when of soft sun I s nsimitv- m:
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AERONAUTIC
Yfeet Cu Ball NiiiM st.k tr
mwrm in t A ir.
There Is a certain cf " '
which is moved by in- " -t at e-t, n
iew5 of the yrr to t si I., i t
travel distance that bo um w,:dt
suspect hi in deiirons of ewverm j
What, then, is Ins iwVt,' Vc1
spider select the r'eht kimlcf a d. i i
on on wnica there is a'lh.wt a rm to t
the air, rather one nea thee j i-t
the slightest brec te
lle era vis up a tree or a f j;'"f. oi
bu!lruh, or anythiur tist .11 gu
him a free position. He tliea twn
to emit the free end of a web from 1m
filament bug. and this is so 1'M and
fresh that ii floats ansv in tlie air and
is carried along by the l'tht bres".
II Biav ew.t in, hu-..''ct or t
hviadved yards, and everr now sui
the he tries whether ther Is enough
out and floating to buoy htm if htt let,
go ais grip on the tree or other eiera
tion. l'.v a nice system of calculation.
he ascertains just what will buoy him.
and then, letting go his hold, the 8 la
ment ia borne off br the wind, and he
himself at the end of it, snd in tint
wsv he can travel mile and miles.
If he finds himself coining near the
water he pays out more of his cable
and In that way he obtains mor float
ing filament to bear him up. If. oa
the contrary, h finds himself going
too high he draw in his cable and
descends by lessening the amount of
floating filament
If you anchor a pole in a body ol
water, leaving the pole above the stir
face, and put a spider upon it he wil
exhibit marvellous intelligence by hi,
plans to escape. At first he will spin a
web and hang to one end while he al
lows the other to float off in the wind,
in the hope that it will strike some
object
Of course, this plan proves a failure,
but the spider is not discouraged He
waits nntil the wind changes and then
sends another silken strand floating
off in another direction. Another fail
ure is followed by several ,other simi
lar attempts, until all the points ol
the compass have been tried.
But neither the resources nor rea
soning power of the spider have been
tried. He climb to the top of the pole
and energetically goes to work to con
struct a silken balloon. He has not
hot air with which to inflate It. but he
has the power of making it buoyant.
, When ne gets his balloon finished h
docs not gooff on tho mere supposition
that it will carry hi in, as men often do,
but he fastens It to a guv rope, th,
other end of which be attaches to the
Island pole upon which he Is a prisoner.
He then gets into his aerial vchieW
while it ia made fast, and tests It to se
whether it is capable of bearing hiir
away.
He often finds that he has made i
too small. In which case he hauls ll
down, takes it all apart snd construct!
it on a larger end better plan. A spidei
has been seen to make three different
balloons before he became satisfied
with his experiment
Then he will suap the guy rone and.
suspended from a filament will sail
away to land as gracefully and as sn
preinely Independent of his surround
ings as conld be imagined. ToronU
World.
WHEN YOU CAN NOT SLEEP.
Th barter Tell a Just Whv Tea t'aa't
ad iut Vht to Um.
"What is the next most common com
plaint among women to melancholia?"
reflected the doctor. "Well, a good
many of them complain of sleepless
ness. Of course, that Is sometimes an
sccompanlment of real disease, but
there are numerous cases of it in my
experience whore it I a separate and
diatlnctilL"
How do I treat it? Oh! I nsunllv be
gin by asking questions. I asked my
patient whether they have unusual
worries which they lie awake o
nights to think over.' I inquire
if they make a practico of going
to see exciting play or reading ex
citing books before they seek their
downy couches. And you have no idea
how many women regard an evening's
entertainment as a miserable, failure
unless it is full of excitement They
go to ee their "Second Mrs. Tan
qnerays" or they read their "Heavenly
Twins" all eveulog and come to me
the next morning to know why they
don't sleep! - Why, excitement is as
much a foe to slumber as a guilty con
science is.
"Then I find on t what kind of physical
food they take before going to bed
whether It is a harmless cracker or
two or a rest-dlslurbing Welsh rarebit
or fried oysters. Of course", if they
persist in foolish evening feasts,
whether material or literary, 1 can t
do anything with them. But if they
assure me that nothing more thrilling
than Maria Edgeworth's talcs and
nothing more indigestible than Graham
crackers form their bedtime banquets,
I am willing to take them in hand.
"I tell them to take a very hot bath,
or, at least hot footbath, before go
ing to bed. That will almost invaria
bly produce the most deliciously
drowsy sensations. Then I bid them
open wide their windows, for fresh air
Is a great aid to healthy slumber.
Then when they are safe abed I charge
them not to let their minds think of
anything connected with the dailv
routine. I try to make them picture
to themselves long, even stretches of
prBirie, with the grass' slightly brown
or the ealra of a quiet sea. Ifenivthey
can get flrmly before their minds some
quiet soothing image, they are saved
and will be asleep before they know it
"Drugs? Oh! I believe In mind cure
for most women's Insomnia," N. Y,
World.
A Frenchman was teaching in
large school, where he had a rcputa
tion sirlong the pnpils for makins; snm
queer mistakes. One day be was tak
ing a clri'-s which w ra'her d'sr.rder
lv U li.t Willi tin- i("st, snd t
troi li esomp bo s I
I m i 4 (.
on t".? i?
In wr ti:an
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net
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- 1 -O IS t , 1 U
g of the 1 urv -
t'-.e
ent pt;h of Hit ni-rti
is inn, ti lc in
than it is a t oiner t
irv linv s moiMii t-f
1 .
chai!.v of
r.f
ve-i'-a to
OOI I.. 'I.
A n-.-e c
matte the nr-
un '. (--. ..4
In
narv apparent dm
moon has in ro-?
hever'v U i r-s r
bv which it emu
the he.nens tv
a month, and the
tion J ii-.'ierilv n
.lireefon of the d
lnr irenera;v n-
rlh vvnn
ward a weil as east nam. -
may see the motmn-hv s f.
watching of the relative p. .
the moon and a s:ir n
Th diurnal motion is
a line at rii-ht ar.'- s t
line drawn from the l-.'.lr t
celestial pole, the po it in t - 1
approximately mlu-nti-d hv i .i
shir. It is always p i 'i
about the pole as a c
this which w tke as ir r-uiea.sni-e
of time.
Now consider the position , '
moon and the sun at the time i r '
moon- The moon rises jhsi a -v.;
sets. On the neit eremrnr at smi
th moon w ill still Vc l.,,,, i.,.. , .
ion, because it has moied ei
among the stars relative t i
and It will not rise until the ,,-.
motion of the heavens ln r s i i
the horizon. If the moon m
uniform and always si m t
ordinary diurnal motion, tins r -i ' '
tion of the time of rising would i -
he the sane, and would.
the outset, be fifty one nuniii s ,
day. But at the time of lisne.,' i
the direction of motion of the n-
among the stars Is e n- '
ward as wen as east want.
at the time of moonnse t
makes a comparatively small bji
with the hori,on, verv much let i
it does at other times of full in
during the year. Iheiefxe ni si
08 the dav sfler the full. tn n
having moved along s line wlm-ii is u
clined to the horizon at a much iitwiii
angle than nana), ita distance l-.-i.-
the horir.on will be less than the si
age, and hence a smaller mrmniM t
diurnal motion will bring it into
that Is the retardation of time i
rising Is less than it is at otner t"n
This condition continues for ec--:
days.
Several other things, nofahlv Inn -
clination of the moon s orbit to tf.
of the earth, and th- van i r ri
motion in the orbit doe tv mr'-i -distance
from the earth, t-c I t i
tho amount of daily reiaro mmi
they do not depend on the time of t-
year, and they sometimes ine,-.
and sometimes dimm1 h t'i
phenomenon of harvest moon. Lai
tnde has a atronir eficct. and in no; i
ern Europe the phenomenon is a noi
more noticeable one than It is in t!
t'nit.., S.tulj Trt fui-t if one r.i. ;
enoiiffh north, the harvest iihhjii n.
rise even earlier on any bight t ...,
did on the night preceding. Popu'.
Science News.
SHE MERELY WANTE DTOK1
And Did Not Realize that I!-r (,,.-.:
tfas Delajin IrsiMe.
The cable car had just stopm -1
tho corner when she atatt'- i to i
"Let tho passengers off f i-st," ;
the conductor.
he did not seem to hear him, 1
1! 1 A .111. 1 I. ......
poundsnpon the platform. Hov
just before the door, she tion
around and inquiii I hu i
car went to the postoflice.
"Tak the downtown car. s i
conductor, adding, 'Lit I r ,
gersoft." ,
"Indeed," site chirruped trnrtt,
how long will It take to g.-t d
there?" .
"Twenty minutes; let the j .
gers off please," fairly tcroame.l 1
conauctor. Anotner car nnn -behind
and two had whi, 1 t v
their way downto-vn,
"Will I have to ehir-a .: a
where?" she smilingly inqnired.
Tl, j...,HUet,i- wys ahnsit. to,b.,!
thing desperate. His face had 1e- -as
red as the proverbial beet, when t
woman suddenly dropped r fan ';
the ground.
"Oil, my!" she exclaimed, p -.
to climb down. In an (
whole line of V'r" ""-"
waiting to leat-e t'. r--ward,
the si 1 si 'v d -shoved
ovi!i'aid, and i e
recovered her se i . t -
rying aronnri t- e .- . p . ,
squsre, , - t
standing ii f " r