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Ocean Springs Progress
OCIAN SPRINGS. MISSISSIPPI.
HI8 FIRST LOVE.
They say my heart Is cold and dead,
Insensible to female traces.
I own that I am rather old
To care much for your pretty faces.
But still I might. In spite of this,
Be tempted some fair maid to woo.
And so enjoy domestic bliss,
But to my first love I'll be true.
"And so through what Is left of life,
Alone unto the bitter ending.
Without the care of child or wife
My weary way I must be wending.
In some respects the single state
Is not .much to my taste, but who
Can alter the decree of fate?
To my first love I'll still be true.
I don't see how I could commit
That sort of matrimonial treason.
Besides, I fear the bridal bit,
And that is a sufficient reason.
My heart has never been quite free.
Who was the lady? Lady! Pooh!
I early fell in love with Me,
And lo my llrst love I'll be true.
Chicago Dally News.
H-rT-H
THE PRINCESS AND THE
JEWEL DOCTOR.
BY LEONORA HALLO WELL.
IN St. Petersburg society there may
be met at the present time a cer
tain Russian princess, who is noted
(or her beauty, for an ugly defect
she has lost the forellnger of her left
hand and for her extraordinary at
tachment to the city of Tunis, where
she has spent at least three months
of each year since 1890 the year in
which she suffered the accident that
deprived her of a finger. What that
accident was, and why she is so pas
sionately attached to Tunis, nobody
in" Russia seems to know, not even her
doting husband, who bows to all her
caprices. But two persons could ex
plain the matter a Tunisian guide
named Abdul, and a mysterious indl
vidual who follows a humble calling
in the little Rue Ben-Ziad, close to the
Tunis bazaars. This latter is the
princess' personal attendant during
her yearly visit to Tunis. He accom
panics her everywhere, may be seen
in the hall of her hotel when she is at
home, on the box of her carriage when
she drives out, close behind her when
she Is walking. He is her shadow In
Africa. Only when she goes back to
Russia does he return to his profes
sion in the Rue Ben-Ziad.
This is the exact history of the ac
cident which befell the princess in
1890. In the spring of that year she
arrived one night at Tunis. She had
not long been married to an honorable
man whom she adored. She was rich,
pretty and popular. Yet her life was
clouded by a great fear that sometimes
made the darkness of night almost in
tolerable to her. She dreaded lest the
darkness of blindness should come
upon her. Both her mother, now dead,
and her grandfather had labored under
this defect. They had been born with
eight and had become totally blind era
they reached the age of 40. Princess
ianlscheff as we may call her fgr the
purpose of this story shuddered when
she thought of their fate an 'that it
might be hers. Certain books that she
read, certain conversations on the sub
ject of heredity that she heard in St.
Petersburg society fed her terror. Oc
casionally, too, when she stood under
a strong light she felt a slight pain in
her eyes. She never spoke of her fear,
but she fell into a condition of nervous
exhaustion that alarmed her husband
and her physician. The latter recom
mended foreign travel as a tonic. The
former, who was detained in the cap
ital by political affairs, reluctantly
agreed to a separation from his wife.
And thus it came about that, late one
night of Spring, the princess and her
companion, the elderly countess de
Rosnikoff, arrived in Tunis at the close
of a tour in Algeria and put up at the
Hotel Royal.
The bazaars of Tunis are anions the
best that exist in the world of bazaars,
and, on the morning after her arrival,
the princess was anxious to explore
them with her companion. But Mme.
de Rosnikoff was fatigued by her jour
ney from Constantine. She begged the
princess to go without her, desiring
earnestly to be left in her bedroom
with a cup of weak tea and a French
novel. The princess, therefore, or
dered a guide and set forth to the
bazaars.
The guide's name was Abdul. He
was a talkative young eastern, and as
he turned with the princess into the
network of tiny alleys that spreads
from the Bab-el-bahar to the bazaars
he poured forth a flood of informa
tion about the marvels of his native
city. The ; Incess listened idly. That
morning she was cruelly preoccupied.
As shestepped out of the hotel into
the lu-tght sunshine she had felt a
sharp pain In her eyes, and now,
though she held over her head a large
green parasol, the pain continued. She
lookerrat the light and thought of the
darkness that might be coming upon
her, and the chatter of Abdul sounded
vague in her ears. Presently, however,
she was forced to attend to him, for
he asked her a direct question:
"To-day they sell jewels by auction
,ear the Moequee Djama-ez-Zitouna,"
he said. "Would the gracious princess
like to see the market of the jewels?"
The princess put her hand to her
eyes and assented in a low voice. Ab
dul turned out of the sunshine into a
narrow alley covered with a wooden
roof. It was full of shadows and of
squatting men, who held out brown
hands to the princess as she passed.
But she was staring at the shadows
and did not see the merchants of Oob
len market. Leaving this alley Ab
dul led her abruptly into a dense crowd
of Arabs, who were all talking, gestic
ulating and moving hither and thither,
apparently under the Influence of ex
treme excitement. Many of them held
rings, bracelets or brooches between
their fingers, and some extended palms
upon which lay quantities of uncut
jewel turquoises, sapphires and em
eralds. At a little distance a grave
man was noting down something in a
book. But the princess scarcely ob
served the progress of the jewel auc
tion. Her attention had been attracted
by an extraordinary figure that stood
near her. This was an immensely tall
Arab, dressed dn a dingy brown robe,
and wearing upon his shaven head,
which narrowed almost to a point at
the back, a red f ex with a large black
tassel His claw-like hands were cov
ered with rings and his bony wrists
with bracelets. But the attention of
tbe princess was riveted by his eyes.
They were small and bright, and
squinted horribly, so horribly that it
was impossible to tell at what he was
looking These eyes gar to his fare
aa expression of diabolic and ruthless
vlgilajsee and swnip Ht seemed at
the game time to be seeing everything
and to be gazing definitely at nothing.
"That . It Saftl, tbe Jewel doctor,'
murmured Abdul in tbe ear of tbe
princess.
"A jewel, doctor! What It thatr
asked the princess.
"When you are tick he cures you
with Jewels." .. f
"And what can be cure?" said the
princess, still looking at Safti, who
was now bargaining vociferously with
a fat Arab for a piece of milk white
Jade.
"All things. I was sick of a fever
that comes with the summer. He gave
me a stone crushed to a powder and
I was well. He saved from death one
of the bey's sons, who was dying from
hijada. And then, too, he has a stone
in a ring which can preserve sight to
him who is going blind.".
The princess started violently.
"Impossible!" she cried.
"It is true," said Abdul. "It is
given stone like that."
He pointed to an emerald which
Arab was holding up to the light.
The princess put her hand to her
eyes. They still ached and her tem
ples were throbbing furiously.
"I cannot stay here," she said.
"It
is too hot. But tell the Jewel doctor
that I wish to visit him. Where does
he live?"
In a little street, Rue Ben-Ziad, in
a little house. But he is rich." Abdul
spread his arms abroad. "When will
the gracious princess ?
This afternoon. At at four o'clock
you will take me."
Abdul spoke to Saftl, who turned
squinted horribly at the princess, and
salaamed to her with a curious and
contradictory dignity, turning his
fingers, covered with jewels, towards
the earth.
That afternoon at four, when the
venerable Mme. de Rosnikoff was still
drinking her weak tea and reading her
French novel, the princess and Abdul
stood before the low wooden door of
the jewel doctor's house. Abdul struck
upon it and the terrible physician ap
peared in the dark aperture, looking
all ways with his deformed eyes, which
fascinated the princess. Having ascer
tained that he could speak a little
broken French, like many of the
Tunisian Arabs, she bade Abdul wait
outside and entered the hovel of the
jewel doctor, who shut close the door
behind her.
The room in which she found herself
was dark and scented. Faint light
from the street filtered in through an
aperture in the wall, across which was
partially drawn a wooden shutter
Round the room ran a divan covered
with straw matting, and Safti now con
ducted the princess ceremoniously to
this and handed her a cup of thick
coffee, which he took from a brass tray
that was placed upon a stand. As she
sipped the coffee and looked at the
pointed head and twisted gaze of Safti
the princess heard some distant Arab
at a street corner singing monoto
nously a tuneless song, and the scent,
the darkness, the reiterated song, and
the tall, strange creature standing si
lently before her gave to her, in their
combination, the atmosphere of a
dream. She found it difficult to speak
to explain her errand.
At length she said: "You are a doc
tor? You can cure the sick?"
Safti salaamed.
"With jewels? Is that possible?"
"Jewels are the only medicine,"
Safti replied, speaking with sudden
volubility. With the ruby I cure
madness, with the white jade the dis
ease of the hijada, and with the blood
stone hemorrhage. I have made a
man who was ill of fever wear a topaz,
and he arose from bed and walked
happily in the stre'et."
"And with 8merald," interrupted
the princess; "have you not preserved
sight with an emerald? They told me
so."
Safti's expression suddenly became
grim and suspicious.
"Who said that?" he asked, sharply.
"Abdul. Is it true? Can it be true?"
Her cheeks were flushed. She spoke
almost with violence, laying her hand
upon his arm. Safti seemed to stare
hard into the corners of the little
room. Perhaps he was really looking
at the princess. At length- she said:
"I will give you any price you ask
for it."
"Ybu!" said Safti. "But you "
Suddenly he lifted his lean hands,
took the face of the princess between
them quite gently, and turned it to
wards the small window. She had
begun to tremble. Holding her soft
cheeks with his brown Angers, Safti,
remained motionless for a long time,
during which it seemed to the princess
that he was looking away from her
at some distant object. She watched
his frightful and surreptitious eyes,
that never told the truth, she heard
the distant Arab's everlasting song.
and her dream became a nightmare.
At last Safti dropped his hands and
said:
"It may be that some day you will
need my emerald."
The princess felt as if at that mo
ment a bullet entered her heart.
"Give It me give it me!" she cried.
"I am rich. I "
"I do not sell my medicines!" Safti
answered. "Those who use them must
live near me, here in Tunis. When
they are healed they give back to me
the jewel that has saved them. But
you you live far ofT."
With the swiftness of a woman the
princess saw that persuasion would
be useless. Safti's face looked hard
as brown wood. She seemed to re
cover her emotion and said quietly:
"At least you will let me see the
emera'd?"
Safti went to a small bureau that
stood at the back of the room, opened
one of its drawers with a key which
he drew from beneath his dingy robe,
lifted a small silver box carefully out,
returned to the princess and put the
box rnto her hand.
'Open it," he said.
She obeyed, and took out a small
and antique gold ring, in which was
set a dull emerald. Saftl drew it gen
tly from her and put it upon the fore
finger of her left hand. It was so tiny
that It would not pass beyond the Joint
of the finger and it looked ugly and
odd upon the princess, who wore many
beautiful rings. Now that she saw
it she felt the superstition that had
sprung from her terror dying within
her. Safti, with his crooked eyes,
must have read her thought in her
face, for he said:
"The princess is wrong. That medi
cine could cure her. The one who
wears it for three months In each year
can never be blind."
Taking the emerald from her finger
he touched her two eyes with it, and
it seemed to the princess that as he
did so the pain she felt in them with
drew. Her desire fo, the jewel instant
ly returned.
"Let me wear it." she said, potting
forth all her charm to soften the Jewel
doctor. ' Let me take It with me to
Russia. I will make yon rich."
Safti shook his head.
"The princess nay weur It here In
he replied. "Not elsewhere."
She began to temporise, hoping ti
conquer hit resistance later.
"I may take It with me now?" sh
acked. "At a fee." m
T will pay it."
The Jewel doctor went to the dooi
and called In Abdul. Five mlnutei
later the princess passed the singini
Arab at tbe corner of the street, Rut
Ben-Ziad. She had signed a papei
pledging herself to return the emeralc
to Safti at the end of 48 hours and tc
pay $25 for her possession of it durins
that time. And she wore the emerald
on the forefinger of her left hand.
On the following morning Mme. de
Rosnikoff said to the princess:
"I hate Tunis. It has an evil cli
mate. The tea here Is too strong and
I feel sure tbe drains are bad. Last
night I was feverish. I am always fe
verish when I am near bad drains."
The princess, who had slept well and
bad waked with no pain in her eyes,
answered these complaints cheerily,
made the countess some tea that was
really wa.k, and drove her out in the
sunshine to see Carthage. The count
ess did not see it, because there is no
longer a Carthage. She went to bed
that night in a bad humor and again
complained of drains the next morn
ing. This time the princess did not
heed her, for she was thinking of the
hour when she must return the emerald
to Safti.
"What an ugly ring that is," said
the old countess. "Where did you gel
It? It is too small. Why do you wear
it?"
I I bought it in the bazaars," an
swered the princess.
"My dear, you wasted your money,
said the companion, and she went tc
bed with another French novel.
That afternoon the princess implored
Safti to sell her the emerald and as he
persistently declined she renewed her
lease of it for another 48 hours. As
she left the jewel doctor's house she
did not notice that he spoke some
words In a low and eager voice to Ab
dul, pointing towards her as he did so.
Nor did she see the strange bustle of
varied life in the street as she walked
slowly under the great Moorish arch
of the Porte de France. She was deep
ly thoughtful.
Since she had worn the ugly ring oi
Saftl she had suffered no pain from
her eyes, and a strange certainty had
gradually come upon her that whilo
the emerald was in her possession she
would be safe from the terrible disease
of which she had so long lived in ter
ror. Yet Saftl would not let her have
the ring. And she could not live for
ever in Tunis. Already she had pro
longed her stay abroad and was due in
Russia, where her anxious husband
awaited her. She knew not what to
do. Suddenly an idea occurred to her.
If made her flush red and tingle with
shame. She glanced up and saw the
lustrous eyes of Abdul fixed intently
upon her. As he left her at the door
of the hotel he said:
"The princess will stay long in
Tunis?"
"Another week at least, Abdul," she
answered carelessly. "You can go
home now. I shall not want you any
more to-day."
And she walked into the hotel with
out looking at him again. When she
was in her room she sent for a list of
the steamers sailing daily from Tunis
for the different ports of Africa and
Europe. Presently she came to the
bedside of Mme. de Rosnikoff.
Countess," she said. "You are no
better?"
'How can 1 be? The drains are bad
and the tea here is too strong."
'There is a boat that leaves for
Sicily at midnight for Marsala. Shall
we go on it?"
The older woman bounded on her
pillow.
"Straight on by Italy to Russia?"
she cried joyfully.
The princess nodded. A fierce ex
citement shone in her pretty eyes, and
her little hands were trembling as she
looked down at the dull emerald' of
Safti.
At 11 o'clock that night the princess
and the countess got into a carriage,
riro to the edge of the huge salt lake
by which Tuni3 lies, and went on
board the Stella d'ltalla. The sky was
starless. The winds were still, and it
was dark. As the ship glided out from
the shore the old countess hurried be
low. But the princess remained on
deck, leaning upon the bulwark, and
gazing at the fading lights of the city
where Safti dwelt. Two flames seemed
burning in her heart, a fierce flame ol
joy, a fierce flame of contempt of con
tempt for herself. For was she not a
ommon thief? She looked at Safti's
ring on her finger and flushed scarlet
in the darkness. Yet she was joyful,
triumphant, as she heard the beating
of the ship's heart, and saw the lights
of Tunis growing fainter in the dis-
ance and felt the onward movement
of the Stella d'ltalla through the night.
She felt herself nearer to Russia wit'i
each throb of the machinery. And
from Russia she would expiate her slu.
From Russia she would compensate
Saftl for his loss. The lights of Tunit
grew fainter. She thought of the open
sea.
But suddenly she felt that the ship
was slowing down. The engines beat
more feebly, then ceased to beat. The
ship glided on for a moment in silence
nd stopped. A cold fear ran over the
princess. She called to a sailor.
"Why." she said, "why do we stop?
Is anything wrong?"
He pointed to some lights on the port
side.
"We are off Hammam-Llf. madam,"
he said. "We are going to lie to fot
half an hour to take in cargo."
To the princess that half hout
seemed all eternity. She remained up
on deck and whenever she heard the
splash nf oars as a boat drew near o:
the guttural sound of an Arab volet
she trembled, and. staring into tbe
blackness, fancied that she saw the tall
figure, the pointed head, and the de
formed eyes of the jewel doctor. But
the minutes passed. The cargo was all
on board. The boats drew oft. And
once again the ship shuddered as the
heart of it began to beat, and the ebon
water ran backward from its prow.
Then the princess was glad. She
laid the hand on which shone Safti's
emerald upon the bulwark and gazed
towards the sea. turning her back up
on the lights of Hammam-Llf. She
thought of safety, of Russia. She did
not hear a soft step drawing near up
on the deck behind her. She did nof
see the flash of steel descending to the
bulwark on which her hand was laid.
But suddenly the horrible cry of e
woman in agony rang through the
night. It was Instantly succeeded by
a splash in the water as a tall figure
Ai , I .I. rua.r. .u.
dived over the vessel's side
When the snn rose on the following
day over the minarets of Tunis the
f telle d'ltalla. with tbe princess on
board, was far on its way towards th
Btriltaa port.
The emerald of Safti was once mon
la the little house in the Rue Ben-Ziad.
It was still upon the princess finger.
Chicago Tribune.
Influence of
By PROF. LUTHER
of the New York
METAPHYSICAL truth or falsity of a belief or practice is
not a primary factor in its propagation. It is, of course, im
portant in the present day that the belief shall be able to stand
the test of reason when applied to the adult. My point is that
it is not its reasonableness that secures its adoption by the
child ; hence the appeal' to reason as a chief factor in religious
instruction is a mistake. The religious and moral attitude is
one that is usually established long before the reasoning fac
ulties acquire the independent power needed for the exami
nation of such complex subjects as either religion or morals.
Belief is something that is underneath reason, which in many persons
cannot either be established or removed by reason.
The foundation of religion, then, appears to be some other thing
than intellectual appreciation of truth. This is fortunate, for otherwise
a permanent basis for religious life is unattainable, and each successive
generation must with pain and anguish tear down a part of the intellec
tual basis of what they thought was religion itself.
If, thjtn, religion is not to be propagated by means that are chiefly
intellectual in their nature, we need to examine the emotional basis. We
find that religious people are reverent ; that in the main there have been
established in their early lives certain emotional reactions and associa
tions. It is my present conviction that the sympathetic system is so in
fluenced by the unconscious example of the mother as to tend to react
thereafter to certain religious and moral Stimuli ite. definite way, and
that this accounts for the return to the religious life of so many who have
ha.d Christian mothers and of so few who have not.
PERSONAL ARMOR OF FELT.
Invention of an Italian Said to Be
Possessed of Remarkable
Qualifies.
A French periodical, Cosmos, is au
thority for the remarkable statement
that the Italian government Is negotiat
ing with an inventor named Benedetti
for the adoption of an armor of felt for
soldiers. Obviously, such material
would be preferable to steel on account
of its lightness and the ease with which
it would adapt Itself to the form of the
wearer. The chief doubt which must
arise regarding the value of the inven
tion relates to its power of resisting
penetration. On that point Cosmos gives
rather positive assurance.
It is asserted that against the armor
of seven-sixteenthsof an Inch the regular
ordnance revolver, with steel covered
ball, Is powerless, and also the gun of
the 1891 model charged with smokeless
powder. In the numerous experiments
which have been made In firing at a
distance of several yards the ball,
whether it be of lead or steel, when it
strikes the protector is arrested and de
formed. Thus there is not only an ar
rest of the ball, but deformation as well,
and In this deformation the force of the
ball is converted. While there should be
a high degree of temperature at the point
touched by the ball, it seems that the ball
alone feeis the effect, for the protector
does not seem to be burnt in the
slightest.
In the recent experiments it was
sought to pierce the armor with a dagger
driven with all possible force. Cosmos
assures its readers, however, that the
point of the arm could not penetrate the
felt, and was bent Into a shapeless mass.
Signor Benedetti attached his protector
to a horse, and fired upon the animal,
only six feet away, with an ordnance
revolver, the ball falling at the feet of
thehorse, while he, freed from his halter,
walked away as If nothinghad happened.
USES OF THE KOREAN HAT.
By It a Code of Etiquette Is Estab
lished as Well as a Bureau of
. Information.
The Korean does more than talk
through his hat. He establishes a code
of etiquette by it. In its stateliest form
it Is the skyscraper of headgear. Sup
pose a member of the niang-pan, the no
bility, meets you. He bows, and you no
tice his bamboo hat three feet across,
seven inches high. He learns that you
arc an American woman; another inch
or story is added of the finely split ma
terial; you turn out to be a consul's sis
ter and daughter of a general quickly
two more stories were annexed, and you
wonder what would happen were you the
great-aunt of the president, says the
New York Times.
If his hat is of buff color and of toad
stool brim you are to be very sad with
him; he Is In mourning for wife, parent,
or mayhap an ancestor he has newly
found in some old graveyard.
Long strings of beads or gems run
ning from the hat and tied under the chin
Indicate that he is happy, prosperous,
and well married; you may borrow
money of him.
When oil paper skirts appear on his
hat you may know he has seen the
weather prophet and there will be a rain
or windstorm. - Perhaps he has consult
ed a devil-finder for information or the
rheumatic twinges In his great toe; but
never mind, it never fails to rain.
He may carry invitations to public
functions in his hat. so you know where
he Is going to be for the next week; also
his status in society. If he knows any
little tidbit of gossip very often he bills
that in his hat in the form of two or
three curious characters. No one is
more courteous than the Korean, and
certainly no one can boast of so versatile
a headgear to express this courtesy.
"... .
Hunting w.th Falcons.
Hunting with falcons was revived In
Scotland some years ago by Sir Henry
Bethune. A writer on neiri sports says:
"The falconers had an old setter dog
which hunted till he found a covey of
partridges. The falconer then threw off
a hawk, which rose in circles till very
high, then hovered above the dog. The
dog looked up to see if the hawk was
rnidy, and then ran in and roused the
birds. Swoop went the .hawk. If he
missed, the birds generally went into a
hedge and the hawk soared again and
hovered over the birds. The old dog
then went off after them and got another
point. If the hawk killed Its bird the
falconer went gently to it and picked it
up. If not he had to fetch the Mrd with
the lure, a dummy bird with a bit of
pigeon on it. He called the hawk "Killy,
killy, Voiyook." a sort of view halloo,
and hurled the lure in the air. The hawk
stooped to it and began toeat tbe pigeon,
and he then succeeded In picking It up."
Rich Kan and Doctor.
'The life of a rich man is worth more
than the life of a poor man, and the
physician has a right to charge the mil
lionaire more for his services than he
does the laborer." is the opinion re
cently handed down by a Philadelphia
judge who went on to say: "Tbe ph ..-si-clan
is unlike tbe merchant who Jia
tooag 0f different quality to sell at vari-
. . . . . .
Out prices, ne must give ms oesi service
in every case. But it does not follow
that the service is worth the same in
every case. Human life has a pecuniary
value of variable quantity, greater in
the millionaire than In the laborer.
Thus the practitioner of common sens.
makes out his bills to suit tbe pecuniary
circumstances ot his patients." N. Y.
' v
the Mother
HALSEY GULICK,
City Schools.
CALIFORNIA'S GIANT TREES.
How They Would Loom Up If Placed
Beside Some Big New York 4
Buildings.
The only way we can comprehend
the greatness of the "big trees" of
California without actually seeing
them is by comparing them with
things of everyday life. Imagine one
of these trees 'being transplanted to
the corner of Fifth avenue and Broad
way, New York city. It would make
the Fifth Avenue hotel look like a cot
tage, and if the largest tree now
growing on Manhattan island were
placed on the top of the Flatiron build
ing it would still be in the suade of the
big tree's upper brandies, says Wom
an's Home Companion. Gen. Walteuffel
stated not long ago that if he could:
have had one of these big trees to
throw across the Pei-ho river upon the
arrival of the international army, it
would have served as a bridge across
which he could have marched the en
tire 30,000 men into Peking in 45 min
utes. It is estimated that some of these
trees contain 750,000 feet of lumber,
and we may get an idea of what this
means when we hear that it would
make a board fence six feet high and
24 miles, long, or that it would supply
enough telegraph poles to support a
line of wires running from" Kansas
City to Chicago, if the tallest elm tree
you know of were cut dovn and bent
into a circle, it would just aootit make
a ring to fit the base of one of the big
trees. But it is not their size alone,
which makes these giants so impres
sive; their age is still more remark
able. When Cheop's army of 100,000
men began to build the Great Pyramid
of Jeezeh, over 2,000 years before Christ,
these Sequoias, as they are called, had
bark on them a foot thick; they were
old, old trees when Methuselah was a
baby they are the very oldest living
things on the face of the earth. And
we Americans should regard them as a
priceless heritage, which once taken
from us could never be replaced, and we
should at any cost guard them forever
from those who with ax and saw would
in one week undo the work of 8,000
years.
EXTENSIVE BILL OF FARE.
Ouest of P. T. Barnum Could Have
Anything He Called For, Includ
ing Urow or Whale.
The late P. T. Barnum was known a
an ideal host, and, next to his interest
in the "greatest show on earth," enjoyed
nothing better than entertaining his
friends at his house and table, says Suc
cess. Among those who visited him most
frequently at LindencroftorWaldemere,
and who gave the name of the last resi
dence, was Joel Benton, who sometimes
calls himself "author of prose and
wrose."
It is a peculiarity of this author that,
with one slight exception, heeats neither
butter nor milk, and none of the ordi
nary meats, nor for any hygienic or
philosophical reason, but simply because
they are distinctly unpalatable to him.
On one occasion, when a young lady
occupied a seat near Mr. Benton at Mr.
Barnum's table, the waiter handed the
bachelor author some butter. "Oh!"
said Barnum to the waiter, pointing
at the lady, "you shouldn't do that, for
he doesn't love any but her."
Mr. Barnum's table, of course, wae
always bountifully supplied with a great
variety of food, and yet, on another oc
casion, when Mr. Benton refused the
beef and the lamb and the butter, Mr.
Barnum wearily said: "Well, Benton,
you secm likely to starve here. What
j can wt. serve you?"
"Oh," said Benton, "I eat everything
'that flies or swims."
, Very wf, Barnum
j get you a crow and a wnale to.
mrjrrow "
Revenge.
Pew Opener (confidentially) That
woman I Just seated Is Mrs. Stuckup.
She had me sent round to the back
door one day when I called at her
house on a business errand. Made me
transact the business with a servant,
too. But I've got even with her.
Friend Why, you have given hei
one of the best pews in the church.
"Wait half an hour. She's just where
a stained gliss window will throw a
red light on her nose." Pick-Me-Cp.
Candy and Race Deterioration.
The adulteration of and use of in
ferior materials in the making of candy
are beginning to attract much atten
tion in England. Prof. Ooston recent
ly lectured on "saccharomaniacs." He
expieseed the opinion that future j
scientists would place the evils of
sugar gluttony on a pedestal as con
spicuous as the drink question, as
causing deterioration of individuals and
races
Quite the Contrary.
"You misjudge me." said the hypo
crite, reproachfully "I admit I am a
poor, weak mortal, but lying is not one
Sf my failings."
"It certainly is not." agreed the hard
hearted man. "It Is one of your sue.
cesses." Philadelphia Press.
Wood OH.
Hankau. China, exported nearly S2.-
(ton.oon worth f wood oil last year. It i
Is used for making varnishes and soaps i
Satisfactory experiments in growing
tbe oil tree from seed have beea made In
California.
8PRINO AND SUMMER FMU0
Pretty Trifles That Are Just Vow tha
Proper Thins "7
Lady's Dress.
Parrot green is a leader in fashion
able tints.
White shades grade from chalk col
or to the deepest ivory.
Persian bands figure conspiaaously
in the season's trimmings.
Silk boulllonnees are superseding
ruchings In popularity.
Rlbon bows with their ends frayed
off represent a new notion.
White will be worn more than ever
during the coming summer.
Soft, pliable materials are given
the preference by Dame Fashion.
Ombre effects in ribbon and chiffons
are utilized for millinery purposes.
Voile is a pronounced favorite for
dressy street costumes and general
wear.
For summer wear linen will take
precedence of all other wash materials.
The garland Idea will be the key
note of- the trimmings for the coming
season.
Irish lace will continue to be used both
for the turnover and the stock collar.
Shantung embroidered with white
pastilles, both in ecru and pastel
shades, is in favor.
Considerable vogue for black re
lieved by touches of pronounced color
Is predicted for spring, says tbe Brook
lyn Eagle.
Linen laces In antique patterns,
macrame and heavy Venlse will be used
for trimming linen costumes.
Both black and white lace hats of the
trlcorne shape will be worn, trimmed
with narrow velvet ribbon.
The tendency in light polors is to
ward champagne, gray, heliotrope, al
mond green and pale golden yellow.
Small white and colored roses, and
lace, too, will be used for bows and
other trimmings on straw and tulle hats.
For applique lace the fine branch
with cone and leaves has been adopted
as a model, and this pattern Is much
favored by the Parisian modiste.
Chiffon in light and dark hues is much
in evidence for evening dresses, gang
ing forming the principal trimming
with a lace yoke or bertha.
In the latest Chantilly laces Japanese
designs have been Introduced, and the
lotus flower has also been utilized as
a pattern for some recent productions.
SHE PREFERRED THE PAIN.
Was Taking No Chances on Reveal
ing Secrets While Under
Drug Influence.
She had been suffering for several
days with a slight abscess, and when
she decided to have it lanced her young
husband accompanied her to the physi
cian's, relates the New York Press.
"You are very brave, dearest," he
said to her, as they waited for the doc
tor In the reception-room.
"Oh," she said, smiling sweetly,
"you see, I'm going to take chloro
form or gas or something."
"No! Oh, no!" he remonstrated.
"You mustn't "
"Why, Jack, it won't cost so much
more "
"Darling, how unkind! But, you
know, sometimes patients die under
chloroform."
"I'll risk that. Ah, doctor, my hus
band is trying to scare me with tales
about patients who die under chloro
form. Now, you don't think "
"Pshaw! There's no danger when
the doctor understands his patient's
condition," exclaimed the physician.
And a few moments later:
"Will you kindly take hold of this
sponge? By the way. Just before you
came in I was administering the drug
to a man, and he was honestly auite
amusing. He rattled on about his early
love affairs gave himself away In great
shape."
"Oh!" cried the young woman, in evi
dent distress. Then, collecting herself :
"Will it hurt dreadfully, doctor?"
"The lancing? No; with the drug you
won't be any the wiser."
"I think I can manage without any
drug, don't you know?"
"You might faint, dearest," put in the
anxious husband. "And doctor says
there's no 'danger In your case. You'd
better take it."
"No, I think not," she said, throwing
the sponge away and sitting bolt up
right. "I'm going to show you men how
a weak little woman can bear pain."
Digestion Table.
The time required to digest roasted,
broiled or boiled meats is from three to
three and one-half hours. Slowly stewed
meats slightly less time. Pork and very
fat meat, four or five hours; veal, four
hours; fresh lamb, two and one-half
to three hours; chicken and turkey, two
to two and one-half hours; wild fowls,
three to four hours. Brains, tripe, liver,
kidneys and heart are digested in about
two hours; fish and oysters, two to three
hcurs. Raw eggs, two hours; hard
boiled, four hours; soft boiled, two
hours. Boiled milk is digested sooner
than raw milk, which requires three
hours. Cooked peas, beans, corn, beets,
turnips, etc.. require three to three and
one-half hours; potatoes, If baked and
mealy, may be digested In two and one
half hours. Raw vegetables, like cold
slaw, lettuce, etc.. require two and one
half or more hours, as do raw fruits.
The more digestible cereals, like rice
sage, tapioca, require two hours. Fats
and oils remain in the stomach but a
short time. Oh'.o Farmer.
Ignornnce of Plant Wonders.
We heard recently of a college girl
who was deeply Impressed by fome curly
lettuce brought to a stucent dinlrg
table. She loo! ed at it and exclaimed:
"How clever cf the cook to crimp It that
way! How dots she do it?" After all.
many of us are equally ignorant of
plant wonders. The lettuce may be no
mystery to us. and et the plants cf a
nearby swamp may cause us to demon
strate an ignorance quite as profound
as that we smile at. Why not stsrl a
nature study circle right at hoSBf M ri
see what r.ew interests the seasons offer
us? Rural New Yorker.
Cream of Carrots.
Ssfape clean six small carrots, cut in
small pie-res. and rover with a quart of
boiling water: add also a green onion,
two outer stilke of celery and a few
sprays of parsley. Cook until the car
rots are tender, then rub through a puree
sieve. Add one pint of hot milk, and
a tableepoonful of butter rubbed In two
tablespoonfuls of flour. Let come to a
boil, add a teaepoonful of salt. ousting
of cayenne and. if desired, one fourth of
a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg.
Goo1 Housekeeping
Only Occasionally.
On a very rainy day an American in
London got into an omnibus. Very soon
he noticed that drops of water were pat
tering down upon his bead from the
roof. At that moment the conductor
entered to collect the fares.
"What's the matter with the roof?"
said the damp passenger. "Does It 4a
this always
'No. sir." replied
only when It rains "
the conductor;
THE OLD APPLE TREE
IT IS THB FAVORITE -WESTING
PLACE OT THE BIRDS.
The Naturalist Tells of the Great Va
riety of the Feathered Home
Jffakers He Has Found
There.
We have often beard the question.
"What tree is selected as a nesting site
by the greatest number of different
kinds of birds?" Without attempting
to give a positive answer to the ques
tion, I should say there are not many
more popular nesting sites that the ap
ple tree. I know taat some of the ev
ergreens are used by many species
possibly by more than make their
homes in the orchard but if we have
a few large old apple trees on the
premises. It is not Impossible that we
may be able to study, close at hand,
the nesting habits of 20 different birds.
The first time I found a bluebird's
nest, It was in a hole in an apple tree,
and, as I wished to see the eggs, I
thrust In my hand to take them out.
To my astonishment, something in the
hole gave me a painful nip, and I
pulled out my hand, to find a house
sparrow hanging to one finger. After
that, I was not so quick to Jump at
conclusions, or to put my bare hands
into holes in trees. Both bluebirds
and house sparrows are amongst the
commonest residents of holes In apple
trees, and the latter birds also build
large nests in the branches sometimes.
In the larger holes I not Infrequently
And a screech owl, brooding her round
ish white eggs on a handful of feathers,
doubtless plucked from the bodies of
her victims. How she will bite and
scratch when we attempt to examine
her treasures! Flickers, too, will often
make their nests In such hollows, usu
ally widening and shaping them first,
but more often, perhaps, they wlJJ
make a fresh hole in some decayeo
branch. I have seen a pair of flickers
nesting in an apple tree, in a natural
cavity, the mouth of which was less
than four feet from the ground. But
the eggs were not hatched., for the tree
grew close to the road, and the nest
was robbed by one of the many people
FOUND A HOUSE SPARROW HANG
ING TO ONE FINGER.
who saw the birds going In and out
Branches too small for a flicker's nest
are sometimes used by downy wood
peckers. Robins seem to nest In every or
chard, and twice, at least,-! have seen
the home of a wood thrush In an apple
tree. In one Instance the tree grew
close to a house, the occupants of
which, passing in and out, could plain
ly see the parent bird as she sat on her
eggs.
Of the hanging nests, perhaps the
one most frequently found in apple
trees Is that of the orchard oriole, but
occasionally we may find also those ol
the Baltimore oriole, yellow-throated
vireo, and white-eyed vlreo. The yellow-throated
vlreo is one of the most
charming of our bird neighbors, be
ing one of the tamest and gentlest.
Several instances are recorded of birds
which have allowed themselves to be
stroked on the nest; one I know of
which would come down on its land
lord's hand for food, and I have myself
had the pleasure of lifting a yellow
throated vlreo from her nest, and of
seeing her nestle down on her eggs
again when I put her back. My ex
perience with a white-eyed vireo,
whose nest I once found in an apple
tree, was very different. The little
home had been visited by a cowblrd.
whose large mottled egg had been de
posited with the four much smaller
ones of the vireo. If I remember right
the birds were away, but when I called
a few days later, the little mother vireo
was much in evidence. None of her
own eggs was hatched, but the young
cowbird was on deck, and from her
actions it seemed as though she was
afraid I was going to steal him. "Yira
go" would have been a better name for
her. as she flew into a bush quite close
to me and, looking me right In the face
with her strange wite eyes, poured
forth a torrent of abuse. People are
often angry with you if you happen tc
discover that they have done some
foolish thing; and had I not discovered
that she had hatched a cowblrd's egg?
But I knew that there was trouble
brewing for her, so I went away and
did not return for a week. When I did
come back, the young cowoird not only
filled the nest, but hung over on all
sides. Beneath him I found one poor
little starved vireo; Its brethren had
probably been pushed out of the nest
by the usurper. But thye foster mother,
far from admitting her mistake, pro
ceeded to abuse me worse than ever, so
I left her to her problems.
Other smill birds which sometimes
claim the apple tree as home are the
chipping sparrow, house Wren, yellow
warbler, lest flycatcher and ruby
throated humming bird. Near the top.
on the outer branches, the kingbird
often builds his nest, and lower down,
we may flrd. toward the end of June,
the homes of those late builders, the
goldfinch and cedar waxwing.
On one occasion, I was entering a
very old orrhard. when I heard a loud
whistling of wings, and looking up
I saw a pair of mourning doves flying
straight from a large apple tree, and
on going up I found their partly built
nest in a wide crotch, within a few feet
of the grourd. But a more unusual nesi
to find in an apple tree was one I found
on the Connecticut coast, a few years
ago. I was visiting a colony of green
herons in a clump of cedars. Among
tbe evergreens there was a large apple
tree, and on the top of It there lay the
nest and eggs of a green heron
ERNEST HAReJLD BAVNES
Truth in Old Saw.
sne you say you are unlucky at
cards?
He Very.
"Well, yon most be lucky at lore
I suppose?"
"I am I've never been married "
Yonkers Statesman
Directions.
Bring me some coffee " said
Mr
Nurox, as be hnlshd tits dessert
Deml-tasser inquired the waiter
"Sure, if that's the best ftm got;
snd. say. bring m owe o' them little
sou fall ot it." Phlladajphta Pre.
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FUN ON A STREET CAR.
And This Nonsense Was Heard In
the Sedate and Sensible City
of Philadelphia-.
On a Walnut street cur the other day,
says the Philadelphia Record, two women
who evidently knew each other but slight
ly struck up this conversation: ' Why,
Mrs. Brown! How d'ye do?" "How d yo
do, Mrs. Green? I wasn't sure it was you
at first." "Yes, it's me, all right. How a
Mr. Brown?" "Oh, he's all right. How s
Mr. flieen?" "He's all right, too. Hows
the children?" "They're all right. How's
yourn?" "They're all right."
There was a' slight pause, as thoush
neither knew what to say net. Suddenly
one had an inspiration. She giggled a
minute and then said: "Say. my husband
asked me the other day what your first
name was, and to save my soul I couldn t
tell him. What is it?"
Then it was the other woman's turn to
giggle. "Why, it's Millicent." she said.
Miilicent? Slow do you spell it?" "Oh,
it's an easy name. M-i-l-l-i-c-e-n-t. Well,
you can't never say you ain't got a cent
to your name, can you?"
A scream of laughter followed this wit
ticism, and they began to slap each on the
wrist.
A drateful Young Lady.
Bullivan, Arlc, 'April 11. Miss Fay
Clover, one of our brightest young ladies,
is receiving the congratulations of her
many Mends on her restoration to good
health For a long time she has been
ailing and her grntitude for her complete
recovery has prompted her to explain how
it was accomplished.
"Some months ago I found myself in a
verv serious condition," says Miss Clover.
"I had neglected myself till I was forced
to give my condition immediate attention.
I could not sleep at night, my appetite
failed and my Kidneys were affected, caus
ing a severe backache and a dull pain in
my head. .... . . ,,
"A friend advised me to give Dodd 3
Kidnev Pills a trial and I bought a box
to please her, not thinking that thev
would do me any good. I used them and
was surprised at the improvement they,
made in my case. In a short time I was
permanently cured. They are a splendid
remedy."
Not Wasteful.
"I suppose," said the physician, after
he had sounded the new patient, "that
you exercise judgment in the matter of
smoking? You do not indulge to foolish
excess in it?"
"No, indeed," replied the inveterate in
dividual. "I never smoke more than one
cigar at a time." Cincinnati Times-Star.
SKIN PURIFICATION.
Cntlrnrn Soap, Ointment and Pllle
Cleanse the Skin and Blood of
TorturlnaT 11 11 ruorn Com
plete Treatment B l.OO.
The agonizing itching and burning cf
the skin, as in eczema: the frightful scal
ing, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair and
crusting of scalp, as in scalled head; the
facial disfigurement, as in uimules and
ringworm; the awful suffering of infants,
ana anxiety oi worn-out. parents, as 111
milk crust, tetter and salt rheum all de
mand a remedy of almost superhuman
virtues to successfully cope with them.
that t uticurn Soap, Uintment and rills
are such stands proven by the testimony
of the civilized world.
With Interest.
Magjcian Why. here's a quarter in your
eye. sir! How'd it get there, I wonder?
Village Chump Well. 1 swan! It must
be that penny 1 swallowed 25 years ago.
Boston Post.
No two things differ more than hurry
and dispatch. Hurry is the
mark of
weak mind
Colton.
dispatch of a
strong one.
WOMEN. BREAK DOWN.
Sometimes women drift into a cen
- M edition of "half invalid."
IffiAjft Continual languor nil
jnPJV t'rfd out, run down,
backache, nerves Ehnt-
q tered, headache, terrible
sVa po
pO di
pain, no appetite, poor
CPstioTl. Ill liillf s
ffifffi out of ten it's because tho
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l!is! work of filteriiiir the
poisonous system waste
from the blood. The
kidneys are weak and
need the strengthening
help of Ooan's Kidney
Pills. Read how these
pills repair a weakened
physical condition when this condition
is caused by sick kidneys :
Mrs. Sadie Mettles of SM W. 4th Ave.,
Columbus, Ohio, says: "Prior to the
fear 1898 I suffered considerably from
backache, pain in the head, languor
ind depression and weakness of the
action of tbe kidneys. The pain was
always worse in the morning and I felt
miserable. I was induced to procure a
box of Doan's Kidney Pills and I began
.heir use. They proved prompt and
;w T-l A A ,1,. ...
has been no return of the tn nbie since
taking them. I owe all the credit to
Doan's Kidney Pills."
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