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THE YIRGINIA ENTERPRISE VIRGINIA, MINN. W. E. HANNAFORD, Publisher. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Texas proposes to lay a tax of $50 on all umuairiod lueu i0 years old or more unless they ran make oath that they have tried to marry and failed. —It is said that the following sign is posted in a puWie park iu England: "Notice—All persons are cautioned to keep off the urass. eattle and (wultry included." -The limit Western railway the oth^r ihiy brought to PudiltliiiKtou, London, three and a half tons of gold that had leen brouglit over from New York to Plymouth. -The first- tea ever raised for the mar ka in Arkmuans watt offeml for-sale in Memphis recently. The consignment consisted of 300 pounds, and was of liue t|iial't. —The sea is infinitely more productive than the land. It is estimated that an acre of good fishing will yield more food in week than an acre of the best land ill yield in a year. -.Medical students at Athens are riot ous because women have boon admitted to the university. An. Area din recent ly shot a student from Asia Minor in the chemical laboratory in a dispute over tlie question. ---There are more than twenty species of fur-bearing animals known to inhabit the Hudson Iwiy country, ranging in size all the way from the meadow mouse and sand rat to the cariboo, musk ox, bison and polar bear. —A contract for r0,(RK brace of live Hungarian pheasants has just been signed by a Liverpool naturalist. Ail these birds will be delivered this season. This is the largest contract of this na ture ever made. The longest time during which a note h's remained outside, the Bank of Kngland is 111 years. It was for £25 and it is computed that the compound interest during that long period amount ed *o no less than £»(tX. In England the tirst day of the new year is celebrated by a particular drink. Ir is spiced ale. facetiously known as "lamb's wool." though how it aequirtHl Mich a designation not even the philo logists are able to guess. —The costume o* a Russian nurse con sists of red velvet skirt, a black velvet bodice •'"d bright blue satin apron, embroidered «j»h grey flowers, and on the head a wondrous tiara of red 'vel vet. jth gaudy gold ornaments. -Something of new record was es tablished by thieves in Adaius county. Wash., last week. They stole a big bam belonging to the county auditor, pulling if down during the night, loading it on wagons and hauling it to parts as yet, unknown. —The institution of kuighthood was' intended :s mark of distinction for il.rds of renow and merit. "Knight" properly signifies a ierson who. by vir tue of martial prowess, is raised above the rank of gentleman into a higher -la.-s of disiuity and honor. —A (Jreentield (Mass.) man has an interesting old relic on exhibition in the cenrthouse then-. it is a large black bottle which will hold about five gallons. It was brought over from Holland full of gin in 17.~0. ami has been kept iu his famih for four generations. -What is probably the largest trout it rccord. sealing pounds, taken l»y I.lent.-Col. Andrew Haggard (brother of 1'ider Haggard, the novelist.) in Lake .Wpigon. Canada, has just been added to the museum ef stuffed fish belonging to tin- I'iscatorial society of London. In England and Wales the average •v'eId of iotatoes ner acre is estimated at about tjt-j tons: the average yield in Scot land is rather less than tons per acre, bnt in Ireland the estimates show an average yield per acre of less than 1 ions, airainst more than t» tons in Great Hi i+ain. —The California state hatchery on Bat tle creek made a phenomenal catch of salmon eggs this season. They took over I0.ij00.tm0 eggs, and were catching them af the rate of 1.000.000 per day. when the storage eapaeily became over crowded and the work was abandoned foi this season. —A workman iu a limestone quarry at Maqnoketa. la., the other day. found im bedded in the rock. 25 feet below the surface, a lly. The fossil is perfect. The feelers and legs and delicate wiugs, as well as the body, are as complete as when the insect alighted and stuck in the ooze away back in the upper silurian period ages ago. A London artist lays down the rule that no colors should be worn save those which have a duplicate in the hair, eyes, or complexion, and he claims that a woman with blue^gray eyes, and a thin, neutral-tinted complexion, never looks so well as when dressed in blue shades, which are mixed with gray. A brunette -hould wearcream color, as this pro duces the tints of her skin while florid complexions look well in plum and helio trope, also in dove gray. —"Robin Adair" was by Lady Caro line Keppel. the daughter of the Karl of Albemarle. Robin was a real char acter. a young Irish doctor who had been forced by a scandalous adventure to leave In land and seek his fortune in England. Chance threw a rich patient iu his way. a lady of quality, ami at her house lie met Lady Caroline, and the result was a case of love at first sight on both sides. Her parents objected and sent her away, and during her absence she produced the song. Did Not JELold fligPeaccr ""I attended a mountain wedding in McDowell county. W. Va.," said a post office inspector. "Everything went along smoothly at first. The cabin was brill iantly lighted with candles and one of the best tiddlers in the county was pres ent to furnish music for the dance to follow the wedding ceremonv. Noth ing occurred to mar the proceedings until the rmnister came to the point where he invited anyone who had anything to say why the couple should not enter'the' bonds of matrimony to speak or thereaft er hold his peace, when a rough-looking mountaineer arose and said: ••'Anything ter say. parsonV Wall. I reckon I hev. I hev alius intended ter marry that gal myself, an' thet feller knowed it. so he jes" kep* outen my wav. I sent in word to prepare for a lickin'. an he lef the country, but kep' a-writin' 'er the gal. Now, I in here ter make my word good, an' 'fore this hyar event goes anj farder, the taller-.faeed cow ard has nie ter fight.' "In vain the preacher tried to restore order. A ring was soon squared in the center of the room and the men went .it it. In about ten minutes the groom announced that he had enough, and the victor, tnking the arm of the blushing bride, (lehberately changed the groom's name in the marriage license to his own, winl*' tin* vanquisher! lover made his e« cape. Everybody appeared to be satis fied, ami the marriage took place as though nothing had occurred to mar the solemnity of the occasion."—Washington Lvening Star. Iast Storms in California. In anticipation of a severe frost Sun'i day a large number of peopie went tip tA Mount Lowe. While the frost lib in the air didn't materialize there was an un usual spectacle presented to those on the heights. Dust filled the air in the San tiabriel valley from the storm of Saturday. From Mount Echo the moving dust looked like herds of eleohants sis it was swayed by the wind. It was the most unique and peculiar spectacle seen from the end of the Alpine rajlroad, lor many a day. Owing to thtf lack rff moisture iu the air there was little conr fort for snow-seeking visitors.' A large number of people went from Mount Echo t«» the Aljjino clubhouse. The air was so filled with dust Saturdav night that even the searchlight could not pene trate it. Those who were fortunate enough to be liflon the mountain yester day looked flown on the dust more thor oughly than the average housemaid,— Los Angeles Express. All a Deinstall. A great number of people who can nev er cross the ocean without being pros trated by seasickness have coriie to look upon every reported cure for that dis tressing malady as a delusion and a snare. Whether the latest remedy, or rather preventive, is froore efficacious than tbe rest, retaaip%fo be proved. Dr. A. D. Rockwell sats it Is. He asserts that the reason.: so little attention has been paid, to seasickness, .especially by those not subject to it, is that there was a fallnciotui idea that to be sea sick did a person good thfttiit'oteared out the system,[and, therefore, nature should be allow Rockwell holds vantage in nor must be prevented and the battle of pre- vent ion must be fought on land before sailing. For three days before the voy age doses of bromide of sodium .must be taken—in preference to bromide of potassium, and this course must be con tinned for three or four days after sail ing. One pleasant effect of this bromiza tion is the sound and refreshing nature of the sleep it induces. The dose recom mended by Dr. Rockwell is thirty grains of bromide of sodium three times a day for three days before the voyage, and for three or four days after starting. He has invariably found this treatinent an absolute preventive, and has crossed the Lnglish channel'on a very rough voyage without the slightest discomfort from the motion of the ship. In a paper on this subject before a medical society Dr. Rockwell tells of a man who was in the habit of crossing the ocean two or "three times a year on business, and who dread ed the recurring trips on account *of sea sickness. After he had tried the bromide treatment, he wrote to say that for th^ first time in his experience he had crossed without discomfort. Dr. Rockwell states that he has never found auy evil effects from the use of the bromide of sodium tajcen for the prevention of seasickness. A UNIQUE OVERCOAT. Made of the Soft Gray Fur of the Unborn Musk Ox. S. X. Malterner of S okane wears an overcoat that is bound to attract atten tion, no matter where it is seen. The coat is made out of fur of the unboru musk ox, and wlyle not only very rare, is exceedingly pretty. The coat is light iti weight, and wore it not for the weight of the lining, would seem as though made of the softest down. The color is a light silver gray when the light is upon it from one direction, ami as soon as the light is shifted it turns to a clear gray. When seen nuder light not very bright it has the appearance of jet black. Mr. Malterner says that it has attracted so much attentiou in the Eastern cities that he had to lay it aside to keep from being bothered answering questions as to what it was and where he got it. "The fur of the unborn musk ox." said he. "is very rare. In fact, cannot be had for money. The way I got the fur to make this one was peculiar. Two years ago I made a trip to the Great Slave lake, and in fitting out at Atha basca Landing I bought a canoe, paying $100 for it. It was along toward fall when I got back to the landing, and there I met an old trapper, who had been hunting and trapping along the lakes and rivers for a number of years, lie seemed to take quite a fancy to my canoe, although he did not say anything, but was looking it over carefully and noting its good nointij, as a horse fancier would si blood horse. Finally he stepped up to me and said: 'Say. mister, what are you going to do with that boat?' At that time I had no expectations of ever going up in that part of the countrv again, and, as the boat could be of little value to me. I answered, 'Just to show you that the Yankees are all right, I'll give you that boat.'. He was greatly pleased, and. after looking it over again, he said, 'Well, I'll just show you that the old trapitcr is all right, too,' and. taking me over to his warehouse, he got a number qf these furs and gave them to me. At a cash value they would lie worth many times the canoe, and tlie.v were his aecnmuianou for a number of years. After making the coat. I found that I only lacked two of having enough to make a jacket for my sister, and when I went on my tri down the Mackenzie this, year I met the trapper again and tohl him that 1 would like to get three more. He loaned me that canoe that I had given him the year before, and when I returned to the lauding in the fall he had three furs for nit?.*'—Spokane Spokesman-Review. "IT COMES FROM THE DAM.' Echo of the Johnstown Flood In a Phila delphia Hospital. An echo of the Johnstown Hood was heard the other day at the Harper Memo rial hospital in Philadelphia, when Hor ace Tetlow was restored his reason, and "cried out, It comes from the dajn!" These were the first intelligent.! words uttered by this man since the first day of the Couemaugh" flood. Friday. May •51. 1880. when his skull was crushed by a piece of falling timber. At the time of his misfortune he was an employe of the Cambria Iron com pany. Since that time he has been an imbecile eking out a miserable existence by assisting stablemen and others, who sheltered and fed him because of his enormous strength and consequent use fulness. He met with a slight accident and was taken to the Harper hospital to have the wound dressed. His unfortunate mental condition excited the sympathv ol' the physician in charge, and a thorough examination was made of the wound in his skull. Trepanning was decided upon. The operation was performed, a bone button about the size of a half dollar being removed. The patient fully re gained consciousness'afffcr several hours, and-upon opening his eyes, said to the attendant nurse, "It conies from the dam." Ilis mind is a perfect blank as to.the occurrences'of the last five years, but he readily recalls the events of his life preceding the accident that rendered hint speechless and imbecile. A Cuban Incident. A Lewiston man who was in Cuba dur ing a former revolution says that only a person acquainted with the country can understand why the Cubans have such a great advantage over the Spanish. He onee witnessed an attack by rebels on a Spanish camp at an old sugar cane plan tation Before the attack was made, the captain of the rebels walked up into a eanefield 200 yards from the camp and looked it over. A- bloodhound used by the Spanish sniffed his presence and ran out into the field. Seeing the man .standing there .lie went up to him. -It proved to be an old friend who had oft en fed him before the revolution. The man loved the dog, but he loved the cause more, and taking out his "meat cleaver." as the Americans called the peculiar knife axe the rebels carried to cut wood, fight and make their Way through canefields 'with, lie pretended to pat him on the head, a«d with one blow quietly dispatched the creature, which might otherwise have given the alarm to the camp.—Lewkrton (Me.) Journal. Tabby Catches Fish. Fireman Samuel Moore of the Shaw mont pumping station claims to own tlio most wonderful cat in existence. Tabby was raised around the works, and from a kitten was a great pet of the eiuploves. Every rat or movise that formerly made depredations on the men's dinner-baskets has l»een caught by the agile mouser. After all the rodents had been exter minated 'Labby began to forage around the neighborhood for something more palatable than the cast-off bread crusts and closely picked bones supplied by the men. It was soon observed that fish of the carp species constituted her favorite diet. How she caught them was a matter of no small mystery until Monday last, when "Sam" perceived her sitting on the river bank where the hot water runs in' from the station. In a jiffy she clawed at something in the wa ter, and. much to the astonishment of the fireman, she pulled out a two-pound fish.—I'lliladelpliia Record. A Bit of Royal Love. A pretty story is told of the first meet ing of the German imperial pair. Tire Emperor, then a young man of liO, was shooting at Prinkemau. fine day he lost his way in the park, and came upon a rustic. rose-covered summer house, where a pretty girl of his own age was sleeping in a hammock. Ho did not dis turb her, but went on his way, thinking of a little Gei'man poem known "is the' "Briar Rose." fell in love. They were married «,'n Tiis twenty-second birthday. Great Water Reservoir. Greater New York is looking out for its water supply. Five hundred men are now at work transforming old Jerome park into a great reservoir, or. rather, lake. It will not be ready to hold water for seven years. When com pleted it will be 800 acres in extent, and will hold 2,000,000,000 gallons. It will have a uniform depth of 20'/. feet. dividing walL will .cut the great basin into two parts, so that one-half can re main full while the other half is being emptied and cleaned. To accomplish this great work 7,000,00p cubic yards of earth will have -to, be removed. Next spring the. working force wilt* be in creasedi toi 2000tand thep a trip? up that way will be full of interest. Journal. 'Some folks thinks this Venezuela af fair will be settled without trouble, but ni :be,diig-oh if 1 do," iiaid Mr.^jartoii as the crowd about the grocery stove made built a fort of snow and tested it iTi 'com wny for the old man. "I never wee one »f pp.rison with Crtrtkworks*.. ToufiblK nL UKW IWW'line tone*1 qua?re5r yirltt!!** -tonlKhment they found that a six feet didn wind up iu a light."—Indianapolis YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN An Knvinble 1'oHitlon. We will do our share of fighting If I he worst should really come. Though we aren't just delighting In the music of the drum. .f)' Some may love the blare and riot' When the nation strikes a blow Hut It's idee to sit In quiet With a front seat at the show. With William's rage arising At J. Bull's audacious ways, There Is really no surmising m.,K'V trouble they may raise But Lucie Sam, whose ardor Was great some months ago. May now do nothing harder Than fo sit and view the show. Washington Star. Rolling Unlla of Water, All of you have notieed. perhaps, that the first drops of rain, when a showev comes up. falling upon the dust of a road, assume the form of little balls and rebound or roll about as if they were elastic. This is due to the fact that the water of which the drops are com posed is not in sullieient quantity to penetrate the particles of dust and spread out so as to wet the earth. As the shower continues, however, the drops increase enough to touch each other, and they, become a sheet of water. so to speak. A drop of water on a hot iron plate takes'the form of a ball, too: and that is because it is protected against the action of heat by the cushion of steam iuter posing between it and the plate. For this reason the ironcr in the laundry may put her wet finger on a very hot iron without getting it burned. This property that a drop of water has to retain its globular or spheroidal shape will enable you to make a very pretty experiment. A drop of water on ordinary paper will spread out and wet the paper, but if you put a coating of lampblack or plumbago on the paper, the drop will not spread. Now. for your experiment, get a strip of strong paper about six inches in breadth and three or four'feet in length. Coat one side of it as we have suggest ed, and having placed upright on a ta ble several books of decreasing size, pin the strip of paper to their backs, leaving depressions between the books, as shown the illustration. The depressions •should decrease in depth towards the books of smaller size. At the end where the paper falls over the largest book, pour some water, drop after drop, and these drops will run down the first impression one after the T\ other, and having thus gained momen tum. they will continue their course over all the depressions until thev roll iuto the plate at the end. A\ ith a little practice yon can make the experiment a very neat and pretty one.—Philadelphia Times. An Old Dntch Doll's House. Two hundred years ago a rich old lady took it into her head to have a perfect model of a house made, with dolls to re resent the different kinds oi inmates. Probably she intended it as a gift for some favorite little girl but, at. any rate, now it is in the museum of the Dutch city of Utrecht. Great artists were paid to paint the tiny pictures on the walls, and to decorate the ceilings of the "best" rooms and the chief up holsterers were employed to make the furniture. .The house is two-storied and contains nine rooms and a hall. The kitchen is completely furnished in every respect, and is presided over by a jolly looking cook. In the comfortable and homely dining room some gentlemen are sitting, smoking long clay pipes and telling funny stories, if we may judge from their smiling faces. Two wee globes stand iu one corner of tbe room and an event from New Tes tament history is finely carved on the ivory mantelpiece. There are two gen tlemen and three ladies in the drawing room, which is most elegantly furnished. The ladies wear lovely dresses and each holds a fan. One of the gentlemen seems about to entertain the company, for he sits close to a violoncello. Up stairs in the nursery two children are in bed while nurses are waiting on other children, and two ladies, perhaps govern esses, are taking tea at a table. In a beautiful bedroom a lady, dressed for dinner, stands in front of a looking glass, the toilet table being furnished with silver jars and bottles and china vases. There is a snuiil study, or business room, in which a gentleman sits riting, with bills and papers scattered about him In the laundry the maids are husv washing, wringing and ironing clothes. In the hall a nurse is giving some mess age to a smart young footman who is just coming out of a room. This model dolls house is a work of art in its wav ami must have cost a large sum of money.—'Tid-Bits. Swallowing a Light. You have all heard, perhaps, of the trick by which an amateur juggler eats a lighted candle right before the eves of the spectators. It seems a somewhat, wonderful feat, but it is simple enough when explained. The piece or* candle is made of ah apple neatly pared and trimmed, and the wick consists of a bit of almond, which burns on account of the oil that is in it. Here is a trick that is better than that, however. It is nothing less than swallowing a night-light, wick and all, together with the oil in which it floats. The night-light is cut out of an almond, a little pointed bit of it-serving as a wick, while the oil Ls well imitated Lv what is known as "white wine," which you may choose of as yellow a tint as possible. Having allowed the light to burn a little while, give the glass a shake, which will send the light to the bottom, extinguishing it and cooling it instantly Then you may drink the contents of tlie glass and chew the almond at your leisure.—Philadelphia Times. Snow Figures. Last winter being an unusually cold tine in Europe, a novel and pretty form Of entertainment was started and soon became popular. It would be impossi ble to have it here everv winter. It was a snow building and sculpture com petition and was often held for charitv. In Edinburgh and ninny other places exhibitions of snow statuarv were held. It must have been great fun, making the figures of heroic size and trying to mohld them so they would win a prize for ar Hrtlc excellence. To give an idea of the skill displayed it may be mentioned that one group thus exhibited reorese'nted a tableau in a play that was oh the boards of the local theater that week. .The Idea is worth introducing. ..especially in .the suburbs, when fitiow is plentiful and pure,—Brooklyn Eagle. -.*• An interesting Experiment. You are alWfamiliar with the story of the defenses at the battle of New Or leans and how Gen. Jackson jased cotton bales with such wonderful results. That incident has probably suggested many experiments. Last winter dilrihg it heavy snowstorm,, a French regintent tliick snow wall was practicully bullet prooi.r-Brooklyn Eagle. LOVES ARCTIC CLIMATE On* of fearj'i Men Finds Our Winter Weather Sultry. "I hear everybody kicking about the cold weather this morning," said a big man Without an overcoat in the Astor house this morning. "Here I :im too warm in cotton underwear, and every body else shivering in all kinds of vraps. Strange, but ever since I came from the polar regions it seems to me that when the mercury is anywhere above zero the birds should be singing and roses in bloom. You see I spent two years with in a stone's throw of wliere the North Pole is supposed to be, and whore it. takes a spirit thermometer to tell- how cold it is on the Fourth of July: -Why, the Eskimos 1 aui acquainted- with' would collate from suitstroke on a dav like this. VI was iu the North country with 1 eary, and 1 must say 1 never enjoyed life—that is, physical existence—so much as did there. The energy which man will develop in a temperature of 75 de grees below zero is beyond comprehen sion until it is experienced. Why, young man, if yoi^would go up iutQ tnut eoun-. try you would eat more in one meal than you do here iu a week. That statement. does not exaggerate, the con ditions. Eat! hy. I am afraid to tell you the plain truth about how a man eats in that climate. You'd think it was a fairy story. Just as in a hot -ouutrv the human appetite craves fruits and leil pepper and hot drinks, in the frigid zone the system demands fat meat, oil and cold tallow. It is no fairy storv for Christmas entertainment that an Eski mo child enjoys a tallow candle more than a stick of candy. "My appetite here is no stronger than any other man's. I don't eat any more tlian any man of my bulk, but I give you my word that while 1 was on'march in the North my daily rations were six teen pounds of blubber and a gallon of whale oil. 1 have seen Lieut. Peary drink half a gallon of whale oil at one draught. The capacity of the Eski mos for food is past belief, judged from what a white man will eat in New York, "We bad two big natives in our patty who seemed never to get enough to eat. although there was unlimited provisions, and Peary concluded to test them. We had been on a Intnl. long inarch, and everybody was near famished when we went into camp. Peary thought the time had come to see how much those men could eat. He ordered them to build a snow hut for their own use. where lie could keep tab on them. He put them into it and gave them 100 pounds of blubber and forty pounds of tallow. Twenty-four hours later we took out the block of snow which served for the hut's door. There were the two fellows, asleep, and not an outlet! of blubber or tallow visible. That's a fact, as sure as 1 live. "I shall never forget a Christinas eve I passed in an Eskimo hut, and the fun 1 had with an Eskimo baby—a boy about 2 years old. lie was stark naked stand ing on a deerskin by the fire, alul he was the most grotesque-looking brownie im aginable. for he was all stomach. 1 cut a thing strip of blubber, about all inch wide, and put the end of it in his mouth. He rolled bis round eyes and began to chew. I knew it wouldn't hurt him and I continued to feed it into his mouth and cut more blubber, until. 1 promice you. 1 bad fed that young one. by actual measurement, sixteen feet of blubber. Now. what do you think of that? And it's true, too."—New York Mail and Express. He Met Jefferson. George Augustus Snla. in his mem oirs, described in an amusing manner the circumstances of his first meeting with Joseph Jefferson, tin* actor: "One Saturday I saw an advertisement in the papers stating that on the ensuing Mon day Mr. Jefferson was to make his ap pearance at the Adelphi theater in Dioli Boucicault's striking romantic 'Rip Van Winkle.' It seemed to me that I had often met Mr. Jefferson in society in New York, and that we had been on friendly terms so I wrote him at once at the Charing Cross hotel as follows: 'Dear Old Hoss: Pork and beans to morrow at 7. Come on.' The letter was duly sent to the hotel, but early on Sunday morning the ter riffle truth broke on my mind that the actor who had been so friendly to me at New York was not named Jefferson, but had an entirely dif ferent appellation, and that I did not know Joseph Jefferson from the mail.in the moon. How the astounding aberra tion had come about I cannot tell. I passed the day in moody perturbation. At 7:30 p. m. lo, and behold! Josepljsf, Jefferson duly made his appearance. 'I wasn't going to miss a good chance.' he .said, as he took his seat at our humble board, and we spent a delightful even ing." Had the Letters. A barber whose vocabulary of extend ed words is beyond Shakespeare's, and whose "tousorial parlors" are in Sixth avenue, always adapts his conversation to the abilities and tastes of his cus tomers. One of these customers is a prominent D. D. of Fifth avenue, Who is very patient, but who enjoys the barber's artistic skill more than his con versation. though he humors the latter. "Doctor," said the artist, as he was shaving the reverend gentleman, "a blb liophilist like you must have, in the extended course of years you have devot ed to literary study, accumulated an ex tensive and valuable library." "Yes." was the answer, which a brush ful of lather somewhat impeded. "1 suppose you have many classical let tern." continued the barber. "Yes." "Have you among your books Belle's letters?" "Yes, I believe I have," answered the doctor, who would have followed his impulse to laugh had it not been for the latner.—New York Herald. Snowed tinder. Ex-Congressman Yoder of Ohio, in commenting on tlie recent elections, when everything went about one way, told a party of friends tbtj following story at one of the uptown hotels: "In one of the counties ill Ohio a Ger man was running for sheriff on the Dem ocratic ticket. He felt very confident of election, but when he read the returns he found he was snowed under by about 4000 majority. This roused his ire, and lie said to his wife: 'Dot settles it. We vill move oud of dis shtate where dey treats a Democrat like dis. Yust you pack oop our things right avay unt git ready to move avay.' "He left the house in great wrath, but in about alt hour lie returned aua found his wife tearing up the carpets and taking down the curtain poles. 'Shtop dot, Katrina,' said the Ger man, 'yust you let dem carpets alone.' 'Bnt vat is der matter mit you, John?' asked his wife: 'yust a leedle vile ago you said git ready to move, unt now you say don't git ready to move.' 'Veil, dot's so, I did say dat, but I yust been down to the depot, unt dare is no place to move to.' said the German." —Washington Post. How They Keep Bread frgfth. "In Swiss and German farmhouses bread baking is done only once every three weeks, and such a thing as stale bread is unknown," says the New York Sun. "The bread is put away in a pe culiar mapiier, which tends to preserve its freshness. Sprinkle Hour freely into an empty flour sack, and into this put the loaves, taking care to have the top crusts of two loaves touching. When they have to lie bottom to bottom, sprin kle flour between them. Tie up the sack and hang it up iu a dry, airy place, where it can swing. The day before the loaf is wanted take it otlt, brush off the flour alid stand it in the cellar over night. Treated in tlii*' matiner bread remains good several weeks,'.' Beyond Her Scope. Kiriglake, the author of "Eotiten/' was afflicted with gout, and he had fancy to try a lady doctor, and wrote to one to ask if gout was beyond her scope. She replied: "Dear sir, gout is not. beyond my scope, but men are." It was Ivinglake who uttered one of the neatest of mots on the peculiar charac ter of the Times. He had little fondness for that journal, in spite of personal friendships which might have been ex pected to soften hiB vicw of the question. The paper was still to him a sort of juggernaut, irresistible and fateful. On seeing an announcement of the new edi tor's marriage, he exclaimed: "Heavens! that brings the, Times into relation.? with humanity." Five Minntes' Grace. Leader of Mob. (to inah on the barrel) —"If you have anything to say before we hang you up, we'll give you five miu utes to say it in." Man on the .Barrel—"There is the first installment of an exciting serial story ill thtf-paper that the jailer gave me yes terday, and it would be a great" favor to me, geijtlemeiit,if,iyoik could arrange to riofftpdne jthft ^vefit tiir I hate had & cbo*ce*w ascertain how the beautiful heroine comes out iu the last chapter."— Harper'? Bazar, GOSSIP FOR THE LAIDES Sonnets tn Shadow. There l« such power even In smallest things lo bring the dear past back a flower's tint, A, snatch of some old song, the fleeting gllut Of sunbeams on the wave—eagh vivid brings f.sV, The lost days up, as froia the idle strings Of wind-harp sad a breeze evokes hint evokes the By memory of a clasp meant more than speech A face seen In the crowd with curve of cheek Or sweep of eyelash our woe's core can reach. How strong Is love to yearn, and vet how weak To strive with fate the lesson all things teach. As of the past In myriad ways they speak. —Arlo Kates iu "A New Library of Poetry and Song." College Mqilisw at» tle r» 11* itnr What wonderful thing it would be if gome ingenious person would invent a mirror which should: reflect to us our past selves! Not the real underlying present self—that were too disheartening, and it is a wise provision in nature that has veiled it but past phases of development, that we might now and then take an accouut of moral stock and determine our minus or plus condition. Whether tl^e result showed a deficit or an ac cumulation, we shiMild perhaps lie bene fited, and certainly surprised. I found myself confronted the other day with such a mirror as that, only it was double faced, and personified in two typical col lege girls. One was gay-hearted and a trifle feather-headed, but altogether alert, intelligent and charming. The other Was solemn and elaborate in man ner, took herself with seriousness, and seemed weighed down by an ttceuuntla tion of facts, whose specific gravity had killed all inclination to laughter. Were we girls, on whom the first experiments iu college-training were tried like either of those types? I determined to ask Aspasia. who, of all my friends, can be depended on to help out a just conclu sion. She took the matter into considera tion and admitted that the present under graduate was absorbing a good deal of analysis and comparison. "No," said Aspasia. thoughtfully, "we were not like these girls we were not half to clever as either of them—uot so well developed, not so high a type." "Aspasia, 1 remonstrated, lirinlv. "I heard that priggish senior tell a bewil dered old lady from the rural districts that what women needed to be ciuaiici pated from was ignorance and supersti tion. "Well, don't they Even Aspasia will sometimes be ob tuse. I reminded her with reproach that when to state truths, and where, and to whom, are almost as essential aetjtiisi tiotif: of wisdoin as truth itself. I pro tested that we were never so lacking in tact ill those old days, which are ever the best da.ys. But Aspasia held her ground. She Saul We made the same blunders then, and that they went equally unre corded, That satisfied senior will never know how she appeared when apparelled in her self-snliiciency until she comes to the place where she does as we do— looks into the mirror of her callow past. And when she gets there, life will have so snubbed and beaten and drilled her into humility that she will have taken her place in the rank and file, and have learned to march patiently in step with other women who took their training wherever they could get it. in college or out.—Harpef's Bazar. Dcpew on lAfe In Washington. In an interview a few days ago Sena tor Hill said he thought legislation at Washington would receive much better attention and be more expeditiously en acted "if women were sent out of the canital and men left to attend to the business for which the country sends them to Washington." Chauncey Depew read this interview, and in regard to the same has this to say: "Senator Hill is right in saying sena tors and congressmen cannot go out to dinner night after night and attend to their public duties. Tbe man who would dine out often and attend to bis business, too. must lay down four rules for him self aud obey them: ''He must eat Vcry ^ittle and only of the solids rhat are placed before him. "He must drink very little. ,iuist smoke very littk lirr little. He must never, never eat a late sup per, 1 does not obey these rules lie will spoil his digestion. When his diges tion is gone be will wake up with cob webs on his brain he will be utterlv nil ht for business. "If Senator Hill says it would be a good idea to send the women of society away from Washington he is all wrong. Most of the vvomen in Washington so ciety are politicians—the very cleverest politicians. They have a finesse, a deli cacy, a keenness of perception that no rude male politician can ever hope to have. It is impossible for a man who wishes to be a leader in his party to succeed^unless he cultivates the women in Y\ ashington society. Thev can ae quaint him with joints in politics of which he would never dream, which thev resich almost intuitively. Besides, how infinitely a man gains by being in the so cietv of well-bred women! I mean out side of politics. Nearly every man who is elected a senator or a representative is.innately a gentleman. By associating with the. women of ashington societv he. acquires what iie lacks—the external evidence of good breeding the polish and maimers—and he goes home verv dif fercnt from the man he was when he \\ent to Washington. So, by all means, let our public men dme out. say once or twice a week by all means let them go to the social functions to which thev are asked. But, above all, let them'obev these four little rules: Eat very little. Drink very little. Smoke verv little. Never eat late suppers." A Rome in (lie Country. It takes a good deal to nihlce a good home. It needs something even besides father and mother, and ail open fire, and the cat on the hearth. The tirst element in the home is the house itself, which needs to be distinctly different from anv other house sight. Then them need's to be some land around a house before it can be "real homey It gives play room for the eyes as well as for the feet A wide range of solemn woods will do more for a child in a week than yellow bricks and dirty paving stones will do for him in a year or ever do for him. It is a great thing for a child to grow up within ear shot of a babbling brook. There is a Rind of musicaluess of spirit that will become his in that way that he will never be able to acquire from a piano teacher or a fiddling master. This wide range of prospect will also companion him with the bright and more earnest moods of the great mother earth on Whose bosom he is being nourished. He will have opportunity to see the days brighten in the east in the morning, and his soul will unconsciously- absorb some of the glory of the setting sun. Children in the city hardly ever see the sun come up or go down. It simply, grows light about the time they have to get up. and grows dark a dozen or so hours later. To a child in the country there is like wise opportunity for him to see it rain. There is a great difference between rain and fnlling water. Rain in the city is only wetness broken loose, and is calcu lated only in terms of street cleaning aitd aqueduct supply. A square mile of rain or. dozen square miles is a differ ent matter, and is unconsciously con strued. by the child as being a mood of nature's mind rather than a hydropathic uncorking. Still more impressive upon the child's mind are the strange com munications made to him hy the lightning flashing above him across a hundred miles of country sky, and the weird aurora and the swift and blazing track of "falling stars." that, make him feel bow solemnly close to him .is the great wonderful world above the clouds.—Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst. Small Matters of Courtesy.' When one is asked to a small dance or other entertainment at a private house, lie should answer in tinle to allow his hostess to fill his.place if he is unable to go. It is Hot a mere' matter of form, as no, many men seem to think, but it is a matter of the utmost importance. Af fairs of the kind are not gotten uji hap hazard. but are carefully thought out. The hostess knows, just the people and just the number she wants, and' if those .whom she asks do not respond, her plans are all upset and the affair does not go smoothly. Then, as to making dinner calls or party calls. It ifj custom niorp hon ored in the breach"tlia"fi Tn the observ simply formality.. Muyy men absolutely refuse to make them, but it is not good form, and out of respect to their hostesses they should do it. There is one other little formality that it is surprising men who are supposed to be well bred often fail to observe. It is the writing of so-called "bread-aud-but teu letters. When one has spent a day or two at a country house, or has been making visit /anywhere with friends, ordinary coiirtejly demands that on his return home he shall write a note to his entertainers, telling them of his arrival, 11 jid thanking them for the pleasure his visit has A' glove which keepx Of antique tunca, Imprint Of a loved -hund the heart with torture wrings given him. it would seem a •most-natural "tiling-to do, yet some* men constantly neglect it. This is a thing that Is imperative, and no nutn can af- ford not to do it. One may be paruoiHHl for oinrttin^ now and lht*n 10 tUHkt* diinuTa*n]Is, but there in no excuse tpf -on,,tting his breail-and*butter let- Attention lo such little matters as these marks the difference between the thoroughbred and the man who goes heedlessly along on his unconventional way. treading Uit other people's toes, and happy *o long as his comfort is un disturbed. Iu tlio Siditi Century. "PHsouei," said the judge, "would you like to address the jury before it retires to consider your case?1 The prisoner was a young man. It \\as his first offense, and the evidence had shown that he was guilty of *mbez zlinga vast amount from his employer, ino races of the jury women were stern and relentless. It was evident that the in W "Wn- U.uilt-" to%he jury "°,dS "Thank you, judf,(, said the prisoner, rising "there WOnld Hkl' t0 ud,lress Then, turning to the jury, lie bowed Ladies of the jury.' lie said "it'is with .pain that I find myself here todav in this disgraceful position. \r,A/.Tfr 's not I am now. Mj lie ad was then free from the charges that are now heaped upon it. and inv alids unstained by crime. Some of vou knew me in those halcyon days. It was then that I first met your worthv fore woman Mrs. Odigo-Jones. We w:erc in troduced bv Air. Odigo-Jones. I had asked for the introduction. I had said, Johes, old man, give me a knock-down to that stunning young lady you so often walk with. And he said. 'That is mv wife, 'lour wife?' I cried 'no vou'r daughter! My mistake, ladies of' the jtuy, was natural, for where is one move fair or younger than the beautiful ami accomplished Mrm. Odigo-Jone#?"' I he prisoner paused a moment, over come by his emotion, and then proceeded "1 hen, too, it was that Mr. John Van John took me home with him one dav to dinner Never shall I forget that' do lightful meal. Especially shall I remeni tier little YV illy mi-John, whose bright and witty sayings enlivened the table, and whose perfect manners made me wish that all mothers were Mrs. Van Johns'. But. alas! when I emerge from my prison little Willy will lie a man, and I will no more see him in his childNli merriment!" Here the pl-iso/iel- raised his shackled hands and wiped away a tear. "Ladies of the jury it liumiliates nie to be obliged to stand a wretched crim inal before the eyes of that queen-of charity and righteousness. Mrs. "Cornelia Hobbs. Many a time have I kept mv eyes upon her as I sat in Saint Simon's church, forgetful of preacher and ser mon. and finding a better sermon in that graciously benevolent face, so full of the glory of the kingdom. It was that face that kept my hands from wicked ness for years, and had she not jour neyed to foreign climes, and tints re moved her helpful influence from me. 1 should not now be here Mrs. Hobbs was observed shedding tears, and the .sobs of the prisoner wert so powerful as to stop his utterance for many seconds. When he had regained his self-control, he continued: "Ladies of the jury, in the box before tne I see nine radiant, beautiful young women, anyone of whom might claim for herself the wealth and title of foreign lauds. But with the nobleness of true-born American citizenesses. they scorn such paltry baubles, and, thrusting them aside, choose to retain for awhile the mantles of virginity." Here the nine spinsters were observed to assume less severe countenances. "But. ladies of the jury, although the weight of ttiy coming punishment hangs heavy upon me, there is a still greater pain that wracks my whole being. Must I confess? Alas, yes! why should I con ceal at this time what 1 have so long bidden in my heart? Ladies. 1 have loved, loved deeply and passionately, and above my station. For a year before my apprehension I had-in silent faithful ness cherished in my heart the image of one of the young ladies of the jury. But I was poor. In my love and desperation 1 allowed myself to go astray. Think ing the sooner to be able to lay my life and love at her feet, I let my hands fall upon my employer's wealth, and for her sake I became a criminal. Ladies. I will not subject the object of my love to the infamy of being named in this place. It is enough that she sits in yonder box. a paragon of youth and beauty, the star of my life she who has so long been the unconscious prize for which I la bored. And now, alas! the prize is torn from my grasp, my poor heart is crushed, and my life becomes a dark, dismal dun geon! Oh. ladies! it is not for freedom I plead, it is for respite, that I may be bound by the chains of loving wedlock to the anpel of my dreams." The prisoner could no longer control himself. He sank iuto his eliair ami buried his bead in his arms, while his sobs seemed to shake the room. The jury filed slowly out of the court room. In a minute they filed slowly back. The-forewoman arose. "Ladies of the jury." said the judge, "have you well considered your verdict?" "We have!" replied the forewoman, firmly. "Guilty or not guilty?" "Not guilty!" cried the entire jury in one voice. And that evening the embezzler re ceived twelve invitations to tea.—Ellis Parker Butler in Puck. Mistaken Sacrifices. A certain woman, with a small income and a large heart, has a family of impe cunious cousins—mostly girls, of the type that cannot earn their own living, and let themselves helplessly down upon the nearest available benefactor. She wot* ried over them last winter con sidorably. because she was sure the necessaries of life were running low in their little house, and she finally gave up her Christmas presents to her own family, and sent the cousins a check instead. Two weeks later she met two of the girls at tea— they always go to everything—and to her amazement each wore handsome gold, buckle at her waist. "Dear Cousin June," one of them said, effusively, "we were so grateful for your gift! We have wanted buckles for a year, and now we have gotten them through your kind ness!" Cousin Jane's feelings, as she thought of her home Christmas sacri ficed for these adornments—butchered to make a Roman holiday, as it were—can be imagined. She could sympathize with another friend in New York, who gave up going to hear Patti, with her son and daughter, in order that she might send the inonev for the three tickets—!?1 —to relatives who. she knew, were much straitened by the business crisis, and in actual need of readv money. What was her surprise to hear, next day, that three of the fam ily had treated themselves promptly to Patti on receiving the check. "It came just in the nick of time!" one of. them said appreciatively: but, of course. Mrs. could liot feel it as providential a happening as they seemed to do. Tntee gentlemen, none of them weal thy, meeting at the seashore last sum mer, happened to discuss the needs of an old classmate, and each pledged him self to aid toward a generous gift. The recipient, when last heard from, was en joying the Atlanta exposition on the pro ceeds, while his three benefactors were a trifle sore over the affair, which had cost them some troublesome economies. We all know such cases. They are both absurd and disheartening, and yet, since true charity is more blessed to the giver than the receiver, and since it takes all sorts of people to make a world, gen erous minds will go on giving to the end of the chapter, and will not lose by it after all.—Harper's Bazar. »nlt of the Earth. In an old-fashioned home of New Or leans there was company at dinner, and the ladies were discussing the woman question. A gentleman present, after bearing all the pros and cons, fncetiously remarked that two preachers were dis cussing the same problem recently in his hearing aud they both agreed that, it portended evil, and "that women were responsible for most of the evil in the' world—in fact, that women were worse than men." One of the ladies indignant ly retorted: "Indeed they are not wom en are the salt of the earth." "Dat's so, honey," nut in old Aunt Susan from the kitchen j'dat's de bible truf, for shore. •Women fsj'de salt'ob dceirth. .lust thhj|fs»b "fjet'a \\*ife!' A-nd rtfJt^ybtaly, laughed at tlie «udden *and unexpected application of the old bible story. WIRING THE SAHABA. Telephone Line* Are Going Up Aeroaa the Great Desert. .The telephone and telegraph are rap idly making inroads into the arid'portion of the desert of Sahara. Engineer Bayol le is now ou the way from Biskra to Tug gurth with a working force of 100 men for the purpose of laying telegraph wires between the two places. The line is erected as the party proceeds, and the first news from Bayollc was received (it.,Biskra when he telephoned from a point some twenty miles south of Biskra. He advances at the rate of from three to five miles a day, and will probably reach Tuggurth about the first of the year. He reports over the phone that he has met with a peculiar difficulty the camels which he has taken along are not used to carrying burdens of a long shape like telegraph poles, ahd iu many cases they refuse to go on with their loads. Each camel was loaded with four poles, two being strapped to each side, tne smaller ends dragging on the ground. Bayolle w.v.., VU IMC ftlUUUU. found it necessary to leave behind half of his poles at stated points, and continue on the trip with the lightened burden since only short distances are covered at a time, he then sends the camel drivers back for the rest of tlie load, and in this way the poles are transported without being dragged on the ground. Since the camels will not carry the poles when strapped alongside of them, lie had to re sort to the peculiar mode of balancing the telegraph poles across the pack sad dles. and fastening them in this position by means of straps and ro|ies. From a little distance it is quite a curious sight to behold the file of camels with their swinging gait, and a load extending many feet to each side. One would think that a drove of gigantic birds with spread wings were sailing over the des ert. GULLS STEAL FROM DUCKS. Ha-re a Clever Way of Opening the Fear ful Close-Shot Clams. Thousands of big white gulls and countless numbers of water fowl have been driven by cold weather to the South Jersey coast, where they find plenty of food these wintry days. At the upper end of Sea Isle City a bar juts out into Corson's Inlet, and this spot seems to be a favorite place with the birds. Sand crabs and clams form the principal food of the birds. The clams find little protection within their hard covering, for nature has taught the gulls a way of reaching the contents. Catching a large clam in their talons, the birds rise skyward to a height of twenty or thirty feet aud let the bivalve fall to the hard beach below. This meth od of clam-opening usually is successful at the first attempt. The large Skua gulls are not alto gether dependent upon themselves for what they eat. They are inveterate thieves, and not only will they steal from one another, but they will rob the ducks of many a hard-earned morsel. All winter long large flocks of ducks find a feeding ground on the bars in shallow water just beyond the breakers. The gulls will loiter near by, and when a duck dives down and comes to the sur face with a bit of sea food in its beak, it is pounced upon by the big white winged rascals and forced to give up its eatch. THE NEW PLUMBER. He is Not a Mere Solder Dabber, bat Mai Understand Sanitary Engineering. The modern plumber, it seems, is a kind of half sanitary engineer and half doctor. He must have such knowledge of smells and tastes, with their good or evil effects upon the human organism, as the doctor possesses and such a ca pacity for safely conveying away all waste and deleterious matter as the practical engineer can boast of. Thus educated and equipped he can convert the most unwholesome of dwell ings and public places into perfect Ar c-adias for sweetness, provided you give him a plentiful supply of money. It is the worthy ambition of the Plumbers' company of London so to utilize its funds—not very large funds, by the way —as to provide for every town or village in Great Britain as many thoroughly competent plumbers as the necessities of the country demand. To secure the registration thev ask for they require an act or acts of Parlia ment and everybody who has the least comprehension of the almost infinite im portance of pure water, efficient drainage and a sweet atmosphere must wish them success in their efforts to obtain the leg islation they demand.—Hospital. Steel Bowling Alley. A bowling alley built of steel has been opened in Brooklyn, and works like a charm. The alleys are built of a number of steel plates, welded closely together, each plate being 0 feet long* 38 inches wide, and weighing 250 pounds. It is almost impossible for the alley to get out of plumb, but, should any part of it sag or become depressed in any way. it can be easily remedied. As bowling is one of the fads in this section, the amount of steel liable to be consumed when the wood now in use wears out is not to be sneezed at.—New York Letter. Fatal Superstitions. A singular incident is reported from Chrastian, Bohemia. A loving pair were in church to be united for life. While the priest pronounced the nuptial bless ing one of the candles on the altar sud denly went out. This, according to popu lar tradition, heralds the advent of some great misfortune. The young, beautiful and just before so supremely happy bride uttered a heartrending cry and fell sense less into the arms of her distressed lover. She died a few minutes after, still en veloped in her bridal veil. Stole Water from Baptismal Pool. The drought is responsible for the post ponement of the immersion of several converts to the Baptist church in Ken tucky the other day. A creek was dammed for the purpose of creating a baptismal pool. When the minister and the sixteen converts reached the pool they found to their amazement that it was almost dry. Investigation showed that the water had been stolen. Neigh boring farmers had gone with wagons and barrels and hauled the water all away to moisten their gardens and water their stock.—Quincy Herald. "The Master IS ure. Absolutehj Purc-DeliGious-Nutritious The Breakfast Cocoa He will tell you that Fortune Lasted Fifteen Days. Samuel Evans, son of te late John K. Evans, arrived at his majority three weeks ago, and came into the possession of .825,000. He threw money away right and left, and in fifteen days managed to squander his entire inheritance. He it* now under arrest on the charge of forg ing the name of the president of the Adams County bank for SUMO. Sam's two older brothers spent their patrimony of $10,000 in six mouths.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Sebastopoi. Was Aot Impregnable, For it was taken by assault, but a i»hj-#iqne built up, a constitution fortified by Hostel ter's Ktomacb Bitters may bid defiance i» the assaults of malarious disease even in lo calities where it is tnosl prevalent and in i lignaiit. Immigrants to tlie ague-breeding sections of th West should bear lids in mind, aud start with a supply. The Bitters promptly subdues dyspepsia, rheuuiatb- and kidney complaints, nervousness,, constipa tion and biliousness. Atlantic City's New "Walk.*' Plans and specifications for the new steel esplanade to replace the present board walk at Atlantic City have leen accepted. The structure will forty eight feet wide and seventeen feet high, and will run from Massachusetts avenue to Florida avenue, a distance of m-arly three miles.—Ma nu fa ctu rer. High. Low Jack. Fine ice means very cold weather, then comes a high old time in skating rinks, and skating |ouds. on slides :nd rides, and we go home tired and over heated. It's the same old story ef end ing off: off with wraps and on with ail sorta of aches and pains, rheumatic, neji ralgic, sciatic, lumbagic. including fri»st bites. backache, even toothache. Thev who dance inust pay the pijter. We cut up Jack and are brought low by our own folly. hat of it. the dance will go on. all the same. It is generally known that St. Jacob's Oil will cure ail such aches and pains separately or collectively, and the cry is on with the dance. —The country ix-opic near La Oramlc. Or., enjoyed a grand hunt for coyote* and animals that are bothering ranchmen on New 1 ear's eve. The bunt was along the Grande Uoude River valley lands, which furnish shelter ami safe re treat for wolvtii during the daytime, and whence at night they conic forth to prey ou swine, sht'i'p and poultry. Lverybody who could walk joined in the roundup, which lasted all day. When the two flanks of'the parties of hunter* met, the dogs were turned .-uid slaughter of "varmints" was commence.!. 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