Narragansett herald., May 23, 1896, Image 2

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WHERE'S MOTHER?
Baursting in from school or play,
This is what the children say:
Trooping, crowdingg biz and small,
On the threshold, in the hall—
Joining in the constant ery,
Ever as the days go by,
“Where's mother ?"
From the weary bed of pajn
This same question comes azain;
From the boy with sparkiing eyes
Bearing home his earlfest prize:
From the bronzed and bearded sob,
Dcrils past and honors won;
“Where's mother?”
Purden with a lonely task,
One day we may vainly ask
For the comfort of her face,
For the rest of her embrace;
Let us love her while we may,
Wel! for us that we can say
“Where's mother ?"
} other with untiring hands
atthe post of duty stands, .
1"+ ient, seeking not her own,
» xious forthe good alone
0! the children as they cry,
Ever as the days go by,
“Where's mother?”
—J. R. Eastwood, in the Quiver.
ON A GATE POST.
to me. Although
I did not ask permission, yet Ido not
fcel that I violate his confidence by
g ving, as nearly as I can remember,
the contents of the paper which he
¢r-asures with such affections:
T'he prospect was not cheeriul,l was
rilinz « horse across a country whose
loneliness was as deep as a sigh which
bespeaks the long absence of some
one. Night was comingzon and a storm
was gathering its forces. A frightened
owl flitted past me, screaming in my
face. The time of year was when na
tare lesitates whether to continue
winter or begin spring. My horse al
most shook me off when he stopped
and shivered. The owl screamed in
my face again. Dead leaves, for a mo
ment would whirledl before me, and
then fall, scaitcred and torn as
thoagh they bad, by an angry hand,
been swept from their long, damp
res:, only to be mocked. *“‘What a
dreary, dreary place it is!” 1 mused.
“I feel as though something terrible
18 go:nz to happen. The air, just be
fore the great agitation which must
eome, seems quivering 1n its desire to
Dear the sound of murder,murder! As
I live younder isa light. Is it possible
shat | shall receive shelter?”
Urging my horse forward, I soon
re-ched asmall house,near the summit
of a desolate peak, overlooking the
Ariiansaw River., I’ lismounted near
the door—there was no fence arouund
the kouse. My horso looked appeal
in ly at me and without asking per
w ssion from any one within, I led the
an mal to a stable ciose at hand, took
of saldle anmd bridle. As I Jwas
reiurning, the storm burst upon the
r.ver. When 1 approached the door,
Ib ard a wail. 1 knocked and heard
the wail coming slowly toward me.
ThL - door was opened by a girl scarce-
Iy more than twelve years old. Her
fa2°s was the picture of despair. She
ta: | nothing, but pointed to a bed,
upon which laid an old man, gasping
for breath. Approaching him, I saw
th:t he had but a few moments to live.
Th: girl knelt beside the old man. He
tricd to put his hand upon her head.
Failing, he looked at me and I assisted
bim. He tried to speak, but counld
nct. The girl sobbed frantically. The
ra:n poured down and the storm shook
tLe house.
‘““He will never get well!” she cried.
*:ly grandpa will die.”
Yes, her grandpa would die. His
lile had a‘ready passed away. The
band lying on her head was growing
¢old. She looked at him and shrieked.
What a night we spent in that
howse. The storm howled and the rain
fell until nearly daylight. The girl,
wlo 1 say was inielligent, with an im
pressive face, said that her name was
Munette Logzgemon, and that since
her earliest recollection she had lived
with the old man, who had spent most
o¢. his time, since she had begun to
talk, in teaching her.
“I bave no relatives,” she said, in
a 0 wer to a question,
““Any friends?”
*No friends.”
‘““You bave neighbors?”
‘“‘None. The nearest house is nearly
eight miles away.”
[ knew not what to do. Surely the
siluation was serions. Early at morn
ing we buried theold man in the yard.
As best I counld, I made a coffin of a
trough which I found in the stable.
After the burial I went on and found
enough corn for my horse. I left
Munette at the grave, on which she
bad, sobbing bitterly, thrown herself.
‘‘Where are you going, little girl?”
I asked when 1 returned, still finding
ber on the grive.
“How can I go anywhere?” she
asked. ““I bhave no friends, I told
you.”
““You eannot remain here.’
“I cannot go away.”
*“l1 will vot leave you here. Yon
must go with me. My mother has no
little zirl. She will receive you.”
Still lying on the grave, and with
out lovking up, she replied:
*{ will go and work for my board.”
““You will not have to work. Whan
I tell uy mother of the circumstances
under which I found you, she will
take you in her arms. Comse, get
our clothes. It is time we were
fuving here. See, the sun 1s shining
beaatifully. It is a new day for you.”
Without replying, she arose and
turned toward me. Her face, even
aside from her grief, was so sad, and
her eves wore a look of such tender
appeal that even though she had had
relatives I would have thought it my
duty to take her home with me. She
weunt into the house and soon returned
with a small bandle.
“I baven't much to take,” she said.
*Grandpa and I were very poor, and
you see, having inheirited his poverty,
1 am poorer than ever.”
1 was not surprised to hear her make
such a remark, for I had discovered
that she had never associated with
children, and was consequentiy wise
of her age.
‘“You shall have some nice dresses
alter a while,” I replied.
“‘Pretty red ones?”
The child was asserting iteelt
“Yes, and blue ones.”
She wept anew as we mounted the
horse—she seated behind me. As long
as we were within sight of the house
she said nothing, but when we had
descended into the thick woods, she
said :
MBROSE NET
tleson has what he
thinks is a valn
able manusecript.
He thinks so,
doubtless, because
it records a part
of his life. One
night recently,
while I was at bis
house, he brought
out the manu-
script and read it
I won't ¢ty any more if I can help
it.” :
“Your grandfather must have been
good to yoa?” & e
“Yes, but he made me read many
books that were very dull—great law
books. I don’t like them. His eyes
for mauy years have been so bad that
1 had to do all his reading for him.
He wrote a book full of awful curious
things and murders, but one day when
he found me reading it he tookitaway
from me and burned it up. It must
have been bad, and he must have been
sorry that he wrote it.”
The day passed rather pleasantly,
with the exception of the influence of
the night before, which naturally
encugh she could not dispel and which
I eould not keep from arising occa
sionally. We sat on a log and ate
dinner, and Munette's remarks gave
me additional insight into her close
habit of observation. 'When evening
came we stopped at a farm house,
where the sad story of the little girl
awoke such sympathy that the kind
hearted house wife begged me to al
low the child to remain with her.
“‘lt is a question that she must de
cide,” I rejoined. “‘What do you say.
hlnnette?"
“I am surprised that you should ask
me such a question,” she replied, ap
proaching the chair where I sat and
taking my hand. ““Would it not be
ungrateful in me to desert youso soon,
or to ever desert you?”
“‘She’s got more sense than an old
woman right now,” said the host, ad
dressing his wife. “*Oar twenty-eight
year-old daughter that married last
month ain’t a patchin’ to this girl.”
“W'y, Jesperson,” said his wife, in
mild censure, ‘“Margaret ain’t twenty
eight years old.”
“She’s mighty nigh it.” _
““An’ beside that,” continued the
woman, “‘she never had no chance.”
“Didn’t go to school three months
outen nearly every year, eh? Whnat
show ioes a gal want, I'd like to know?
This Bttle creetur, I warrant you,
never has been to school.”
“QOy, yes, sir. My whole life has
been a school. The old house where
I used to live contains many books.
If you want them you may go there
and get them. I shall never go after
them. I could never read them
again.”
““Well, blame my buttons if I don’t
mosy up that way. I ain’t much of a
scholar, but I reckon I can worry
through with a lot of them.”
My mother welcomed Munette, and
when I related the sad story of how I
found her the sympathetic woman took
the child in her arms and kissed her.
A few days afterward, when I returned
home after a short absence, she flashed
upon me in a gay red dress. She was
more of a child than I had ever seen
her—more so than I had thought it
possibie for her to become. My mother
was delighted to see her innocent
pranks, and I, for the first time, kissed
the child.
““You have kissed me at last,” she
said. “‘“ls it because I look better in
this dress?”’
““It is because you look more like
a child. Before you reminded me so
much of a woman.”
“Do not women like to be kissed?”
I laughed and my mother, shaking
her head—l can see her gray hair now
—said: “Ab, Ambrose, our young
girl has a very old head.”
We sent Munette to school. The
teacher, a man who had the reputa
tion of being vrofound, met me one
day and said:
“*Munette is the mozt remarkable
child I ever saw. She has read so
many books and makes me such wise
observations that I am constantly sur
prised. To tell you the truth, I can
not advance her. Not that lam not
intellectually able—but—er—because
I do not think at her age it would be
safe. Therefore I would advise vou
to take her from school. I know the
effect that too much learning has on
youth. I know how narrowly I es
caped.”
When I spoke to Munette she said:
“That school is a very dull place. It
is & constant hum of arithmetic. 1
don’t like to cipher, as the children
call it. Fractions make my head ache
and miscellaneous examples make me
sick. Let me study at home.”
I took her from school. She was a
devoted student, but was never so ab
sorbed that she was oblivious to the
little attentions which a woman of my
mother’sage prizes so highly. Munette
grew rapidly and I was pleased to
see that she was daily becoming more
graceful,
The war came on. How natural it
is in writing a story, to say, ““The war
came on;” but this is not a story, and |
nothing ean be more natural than
truth—ualthough it is said to be
stranger than fiction. Therefore, when ‘
I say that the war came on, I intend l
thas the declaration should have its
full meaning. I left home full of
pride. I was captain. My mother
prayed; but Munette did not seem to
be very much affected. “‘Good bye,”
she said. “*War is one of the incidents
of civilization, as well as a feature of
barbarity. I know that.you will do
your duty, and that you will not for
get the little girl whom you once saw
sobbing under the hand of a dring
man. When you return, I shall be
old enongh to kiss you.” ‘
I looked at her in astonishment.
Merriment sparkled in her eyes. “You
don’t like to kiss children, it scems.” }
“Munette, yon are strange. I once
said that I did not kiss you because
you looked like a woman.”
““Ob, yes, that is true. I thought
that you did not want to kiss me be
cause I was so small. There, now,
captain don’t swell up like a toad.”
I turned away. She called me when
I was about a hundred yardsaway and
said: ‘*When you pass the big gate,
look on the right hand post.”
Idd so and found the words, ‘I
love you.”
I did not receive but one letter from
Munette, and that might just as well
‘have been written by a professor of
geology, for its four pages were de
‘voted to a description of a lot of peb
‘bles she had found in a cave,
~ Ireturned home ragged aud ill. Ma
‘nette was delighted to see me. She
'was 80 pecaliar, though, that I could
not tell whether or not she still loved
me. It seemed that she did not, for
‘whenever I attempted to remind her
~of it, she changed the subject. Like
; all true lovers, I felt that without her
‘my life would be a blank. I spoke to
‘my mother concerning my trouble.
~ “*She isa very strange girl, but I
‘always found her frank, except when
1 asked her if she loved you, and she
‘replied that the hawks had carried off
lthtegoltho dominicker hen’s chick
ens.’ -
One day, in passing the gate, I wrote
on the post the following:
*‘Will you marry me?”
Two days afterward I visited the
place and found the word *‘yes.”
Without further communication, ex
cept to appoint the time by *‘‘post,”
we were married. I did not find her
disposition to be peculiar, only in the
intensity of her love for me. *“Whv
gx;d you treat me so?” lone day asked
r.
“The dominicker has a great deal
of trouble with her chickens,” she re
plied. Shortly afterward, when she
thought that I was not looking, she
threw back her head and laughed.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL
Certain eminent physicians declare
that there are three hypnotic states.
People as a rule hear better with
their right than with their left ears.
Over 7000 varieties of microscopie
sea shells have been enumerated by
naturalists, .
Some Syrian tobaeco has so small a
percentage of nicotine that this alka
loid can hardly be detectea.
The joints endure much use because
they are constantly labricated by an
oil secreted by glands specially adapt
ed to that purpose.
It is announced that a French natu
ralist has invented an instrament,
which he terms a ‘‘glossometer,” for
measuring the tongues of bees.
The bones of the 3kull are arched
because in that form the greatest
strength is combined with the least
weight and quantity of material.
Dr. Erich Langheld announced at
the International Physicians’ Congress
at Wiesbaden that ke had discovered
a new remedy for tuberculosis, which
he has named anlimicrobia,
The air, after a heavy snowfall, is
usually very clear, because the snow,
in falling, brings down with it most of
the dust and impurities and leaves the
atmosphere exceedingly clear.
The Alps and the Himalayas seem
immense to the beholders who stand
at their bases, but upon the globe, as
& whole, they are no more than the
roughness of the skin of an orange.
The horn of the rhinoceros does not
grow from the bone, but is a mere
excrescence of the sikin, like the hair
and nails. It can be separated from
the skin by the use of a sharp knife.
The habit of turning around three
or four times before lying down has
survived in the domestic dog from his
savage ancestry. It then seérved to
break down the grass and make a bed.
Electric heat has been applied with
success to the thawing out of frozen
water pipes in England. A wire is
run into the pipe until it meets the
obstruction, and then the current is
surned on.
George Shiras, & son of Justice
Shiras, of the United States Supreme
Court, has perfected a spring-gun
camera for automatically photograph
ing wild animals, A flash-light at
tachment, with & mirror reflector,
makes it as useful at night as in the
day-time.
Peints About Persia,
Persin is an independent Asiatic
State, lying between Turkey ard Af
ghanistan. It has an area of 628,000
square miles, and is three times as
large as France. Its population is 9,-
000,000 souls.
The country is divided into thirty
two provinces, each of which is ruled
by a Governor-General, commonly
called the Hakin. The Hakin, with
the sheikle-le-Islam, or Chief Munies
pal Judge, administers justice.
The Shah is a despotic monareh.
Persie, together with Afghanisian
and Baluchisfan, form what is geo
graphically known as ihe Platean of
Iram. The three countries have an
agaregaie area of nearly one-third that
of the United States,
Modiiying sea breezes being shut
out, the Persian climate is intensely
hot in summer and cold in wizter.
Wheat and barley are grownin theup
lands ;rice,tobacco,melons,suzar cane,
cotton and indigo in the lowlands,
The inhabitants of Persie sre Mo
hammedans, and their pursnits, except
in a few cities, are exeluzively pas
toral.
There are no roads for wheeled
vehicles in Persia. Internat commerce
1s carried on exciuively by caravaas,
The Persian are a comparatively cal
tivated and prosperous peouvle, =al
though long suffering from an crratic
despotic monarchy. They have a
literature, and are not igrorant of
modern improvements. They exeel 1a
several branches of manuflacinres.
Their silks, shawls, carpets, arms and
jewelry are in high repute.
Persia 1s particularly famous for its
rozes and nightingales, as well as for
the precious stone known as the tor
quoise. Teheran, the capital, is a cify
of crooked, ill-paved streets and low
mud houses.
Tabriz, on the commerecial route be
tween Russia and India, is the prinei
pal commercial center. Ispahan, once
the metropolis of Persia, contains
many monaments of its former grand
uer. To-day it has miles of houses
without inhabitants.
A big percentage of Persian pro
ducts find their way to British mar
kets by way of Herat, the great trad
ing port of Afghanistan., There is
practically no direct commercial com
municationsbetween Persia'and United
States.
Persia has a Consul-General in this
country. He is H. Rauthven Piatf,
with an office in New York.
Until abont fifteen years ago, Per
sia had a resident Ambassador at
Washington, but the office was
abolished.
Artificial Memory.
An old Welsh blacksmith, why was
also a dealer in groceries and various
other trifles, was unable to read or
write, but had a system of his own,
and kept his accounts in an original
kind of hieroglyph, in whick a rude
representation of anything he sold on
credit did duty for written symbole.
At Christmastime he got his friend,
the schoolmaster, to make out his bills
as he dictated. Once he sent a bill
for shoeing, ete., to old Sir Robert
Vaughan, who presently came down in
a great fluster. *‘Griffith Jomnes, you
villian, you have sharged me with a
cheese, and I never had one from you
in my life!” “Stop & bit,” cried
Griffith, ‘‘while I look in the book,”
And there, sure snough, was a big
round O, which in Grifiith’s script
represented a cheese. Then ensuned a
wordy war between blacksmith and
baronet, in which it was difficult to
say which had the best of it. Sir
Robert was riding off in a rage, when
the blacksmith callel him back.
“Stop; I remember—the cheese was
all right, but I forgot to put a hole in
it. It was a grindstone.’’—Household
Words.
To Test Diamonds,
1t is well known to jewelers that
aluminum will mark a glass or ““paste”
diamond, but not the true gem, pro
vided the surface is wet. This fact has
now been applied in the production of
a mechanical tester, which consists of
a small disc of aluminum, rapidly re
volved by an electric motor. The
stone to be tested is wetted, and held
against the edge of the disc by means
of a spring clamp.
In Shanzhai, China, there is ap
organ mede from bamboo.
THE FIELD OF- ADVENTURE.
HRILLING INCIDENTS AND DAR
ING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
A Sea Captain’s Brave Daughter—
Turned His Hair Gray—The Lion
and the Lady, Ete.
RESSED in her jaunty sailor
suit of navy blue flannel, her
flaxen harr hanging behind
G in one large braid, and with
her hands thrust into the pockets of
ber jacket, Margaret Neilsen, as she
stepped from a tung at the Barge Of
fice yesterday afternoon, looked a
typical sea captain’s daughter. No
one wouid have fancied, however,from
her appearance that this bright-eyed,
eighteen-year-old girl had but recent
ly passed through the horrors of a
shipwreck and had been instrumental
in seving eighteen lives.
It was on April 1 that the Norwegian
bark Julie sailed from Ninai Bridge,
Wales, under ballast for West May,
Nova Secotia. Captain Neilsen was
part owner of the vessel and had be
come attached to her. His daughter,
Margaret, had made several voyages
with him and had shown herself thor
ounghly at home on board ship.
When she begged to accompany her
father on the last voyage, his consent
was readily secured, and her pets, a
handsome water spaniel, a big black
‘cat and hal{ & dozen rabbits, were, of
course, allowed to accompany her.
She wouldn’t havesailed without them.
For the first week the Julie had
good sailing winds, but no particular
ly 'rough weather was experienced,
-and the bark made fair headway.
Then came a succession of westerly
gales, and after pounding about at the
mercy of the winds, the vessel eprung
n leak. All who were not needed in
the management of the boat were put
at the pumps. The captain’s daugh
ter, herself, took her turn at the wind
mill pump, and with words of en?
couragement cheered the men at the
hand pumps. Nearly everv moment
the huge waves broke over the vessel,
drenching the men at their work., The
water was gaining on them, and it
seemed evident that in a short time
they must take to the boats and trust
in Providence for a deliverance.
During those trying hours the cap
tain's daughter sung cheerily. She has
a good voice, high and clear, and she
secemed to know just whatsongs would
put most heart into the Norwegian
sailors. She sang the Sagas which re
counts the deeds of valor of the flaxen
haired race, and the men were in
spired to renewed efforts. They even
smiled as they worked at the heart
breaking pumps. 'The bravery and
confidence of the captain’s daughter
were contagious. In spite of all their
efforts, it was discoverec on April 19
that the pumps were not keeping pace
with the inflowing water. With three
feet of it in the hold and the tide rap
idly rising, the abandonment of the
bark seemed inevitable.
The man at the wheel kent the old
craft headed in the direction of the
Irish coast, but strained his eyes in
vain for sight of land.
Suddenly, from the poop deck,
came the cry in a voige twhich every
one recognized, of, ““Aseail. A sail!
I see it piainly.” It wasthe captain’s
daunghter who had raised the glad
shout, and the next moment she had
flown down the companion way to csll
her father, who, worn out by ceaseless
watching, was trying to get a brief
rest before he gave the order to take
to the boats.
Captain Neilsen was not slow to
act. The kunotted flaz, as wel! as the
fiags of tue international code, were
run up to indicate that the vessel was
in distress. After what secemed an
aze, answering signals were run up by
the other vessel, which proved to be
the Norwegian bark Oscar 11., bound
for this port. While the Osecar 1. was
bearing down upon them, the wheel
was made fast and the now overjoyed
sailors werc busy in getting tozether
their iittle belongings. The crew of
the Julie left the sinking vessel in
their own boat. The captain and kLis
brave daughter were the last to leave
the bark., Up to this time Miss Neil
sen had couducted herself with re
markable fortitude, but when she
stepped into the small boat and sat
down with her dog and her big black
cat, taking a farewell look at the old
bark, she broke down and cried like
any other girl
The Oscar If., with the ehipwrecked
crew on board, reached port yester
day morring. The cailors were taken
to the Sailors’ Home, in Brookiyn,
and the captain and his daughter went
to the Stevens House, on Broidway,
where they will remain several days
before returning {o Norwav.
Captain Neilsen plainly showed the
strain of the experiemces through
which he had passed, but bis daughter
was in the best of spirits. She modest
ly reluses to take npon herself any of
the credit for the rescue, but Captain
Neilsen patted her head and said he
didn’t know what would have happened
kad not her bright eyes made out the
distant ship.—New York Press.
Whitiened His Halr.
Edward Gunnison, a prospector,
while test-pitting for iron mnear Two
Earbors, Minn., had an adventure
that has turned his hair gray, but as
at the same time he discovered a sub
terranear lake fgll of apparently blind
fish, he figures that he 1s ahead.
For several weeks past Gunnison
has been prospecting between this
place and Dulutb, and has sunk a pit
on ths lake shore a few miles north of
here. One morning, while pursuing
his investigations at a depth of twelve
feet, the earth at the bottom of the
pit suddenly gave way, dropping Gun
nizon and his pick and shovel into the
subterranean lake twenty feet below
the boltom of the pit.
The water was shallow, and as soon
a 8 Gunnison recovered from his fright
he made an examination of the cavern
inclosing the lake. This eavern, Gun
nison says, covers two aecres of water,
and the shores of the little lake are of
rock, which also form the walle, The
water 1s clear and cold, being fed ap
parently by underground streams.
After a long search in the darkness
Gunnison found that the lake had an
underground ouilet into Lake Super
ior. This outlet was iarge enough for
Guarison to creep through to the open
aid.
4s & memento of his involuntary
trip into the bowels of the earth Gun
nison brought with him one of the fish
of which, he says, the lake is full.
This fich resembles a black bass in
esome respects, only it is whiter and
aspparently blind.
Two skeletons,' probably of Indians,
were found in the cavern in which the
underground lake is located. They
were lying side by side at the mouth
of the passage through which Gunni
son crept. They erumbled to pieces at
the touch.
The Lady and the Lion.
The bravery of "Miss Blanche Knox,
the pretty young daunghter of Dr.
Louis G. Knox, ahe veteran circus
man, probably saved the doctor’s life
during a struggle in New York with »
young African lion.
Dr. Knox was formerly surgeon of
a circus. He has marvelous control
over wild animals,. and his spare
moments are fint in training them.
Three young lions romp about his
office like dogs. The other day an
African lion named Tom Paine came
by express. He is a brother of Bob
Fitzsimmons’s pet lion, which recently
met his death. His parents are
Wallace and Victoria.
When the lion was taken from his
traveling cage and fastened to the
floor by a chain he became furious
and made a flying leap for liberty.
The chain parted and the lion leaped
toward the window, which was open.
Dr. Knox sprang in front of the win
dow, while Joe Thomas, the doctor’s
assistant, threw himself upon the lion
and twisted the piece of chain about
its neck. :
The temper of the animal was
aroused, and he fought ferociousiy.
His strength was more than a match
for the two men, and matters were
assuming & serious aspect when Miss
Knox seized a strap and making a
noose of it walked boldly up to the
lion and, evading a savage thrust of
its paws, threw it over his head. Then
she slipped the end of the strap
through a ring in the wall and pulled
it tight. The fight was all strangled
out of the lion, and he meekly sub
mitted while a new collar and chain
was placed upon him. The doctor
and his assistant bear several marks
of the encounter.
An Elephant Rescues a Child.
Bessie Rooney, the ten-year-old sis
ter of Michael Rooney, the bareback
rider, was about to be hugged to death
by a bear yesterday morming at Tat
tersall’s, when Babylon, one of Ring
ling Brothers’ big elephants, knocked
the brute down and saved the child’s
life.
The bear, known as ‘“Growler,” has
a vicious temper. He was chained
near the elephants. The little girl is
a friend of the elephants, and was
romping with some of them when
Growler seized her and closed his
paws around her slender form.
Babylon, who had been an inter
ested spectator, brought his trunk
down with ciushing force on Growler’s
head, The bear was stunned by the
blow and released the child, who had
fainted. The elephant then picked
her up and placed her where the bear
could not reach her. Attendents who
heard Bessie's screams, ran to her as
sistance, but arrived too late to rod
Babylon @&f the honor of savinz a
human life;—Chicago Tribune.
An Exciting Incident.
A most exciting incident happened
one day last week in front of the door
of a carriage factory of this city. A
lady who is prominent in social cireles
had just arrived at the placs to look at
a carriage which she had ordered. She
was accompanied by a lady friend. As
they were about to alight from their
carriage they noticed thai there was
some excitement in the oilice of the
carriage &manufactor‘v. While hesita
ting about getting out a mad dog
rushed out of the place and jumped
into their carriage, an open victoria.
Thedog passed under their feet, jumped
out of the carriaze only to repeat the
same performance three times, beford
the almost paralyzad ecarrisge em
ployes could dispatch the animal.—
Washington Star.
This Dor Sh=d His Muzzle,
“You will be amused to lezrn,” said
a manulzciurer of dog muzzics the
other dav, ‘‘that dogzs very often dis
play considerable canning in getting
rida of ther muzzles. A gentleman
living in Brookiyn possesses a dog thut
was continuaily being provided with
new muzzies, but yet was never seen
wearing cue for more than five con
secuf.ve minutes,
“His owner, previous to taking the
animal for a ruan, would carefuliy
fasten on the regulation ‘ornament,’
and a few minutes afterward the dog
would be found waiting expectantly in
the hal!, but withont bis muzzle. 'LChe
mystery remain2d uunsolved, until one
day a servant nroticed the dog—this
time wearing the mnzzle—bolt at full
speed into the scullery.
“Now, in the sculliery wall there was
a large nail fixed about a foot {rom
the flocr, and prescntly the girl be
held the ariful animal hook his muz
zle on to this nail and drag ai it until
he had succeeded in removing it alto
gether—of course, to the detriment of
his nose. 1i is a positive fact that af
ter this had been done the dog took
the obnoxious muzzle into the gar
den, and did bis hest to bury it on
the edge of the flower bed.”—New
York Mereury.
Peaceluluess and Vegetables,
An objection urged againsi vegetar
ianism is that it wonld make us too
peaceable. A mixed diet is supposed
to give resilessness, energy and love
of domination, and, therefore, to give
to races which adopt it somg advan
tage over others which do ngt. The
connection of food with racial charac
ter—if there be such a connection—is
a matter which cannot now be dis
cussed. The savage eats his enemy’s
heart because he thinks he thereby ac
quires his enemy’s mental qualities.
We know that the analogy is a false
one, but we sometimes reason much in
the same strain. The Anglo-Saxon
race is supposed to acquire its energy
from the quantity of meat which it
consumes. We might with an equal
show of logic contend that our energy
is due to our drunkenness or our love
of gambling. If National prodomin
ance be a desirable thing, that race
will be the fittest to survive which has
the greatest intelligence and the
highest physical efficiency and which
practices the greatest economy in the
use of its resources.— Westminster
(Englaand) Review.
Slate for Houses,
Slate is too much overiooked us a
material for inside decoration. It ex
ists in many different shades. It is
easy and inexpensive to quarry, and
by far the easiest stone to shape into
plessing forms. These qualities render
it (3 cheapest of durable materials
for interior purposes, and the wonder
is that =o little of it is in common use.
If large dealers would establish depots
of standard goods made up for com
bination in house building in such
forms as would be avai'able to archi
tects, its use would be indefinitely ex
tended. Hardly a cottage of any pre
tensions would be built where it would
not take a prominent pari. If such
depots were established, house build
ers would be enabled te see it, and
‘appreciate its beauty and cheapness.
As it is, hardly one in five hundred
! knows anything of either.—Stone.
““Harry” Hill, who was once known
in New York as ‘‘the kin(i”of the
sports,” and was reputed to worth
$1,000,000, is seventy-five years old,
and is said to be living in extreme
poverty. :
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
Owed to Printers’ Ink—Solid Food
—To Fit the Appetite—A Cor
dial invitation, Ete., Etc.
He talks no more of seasons dull,
His sales are daily growing;
Pereistent advertising wrought
Tais hoped-for, welcome showing,
A SURE WAY.
Cook—*‘l can’t break the ice, Mum.”
Lady—*“That’s very remarkable,
Bridget! Did you try letting it fall?”
—Atchison Globe.
A CORDIAL INVITATION.
“Come and see me.”
““Where do you live?”
*‘On the canal. If you happen down
my way, drop in.”"—New York Dis
pateh.
SOLID FOOD.
The St. Louis Hostess—“‘l am afraid
you will find our dear Missouri water
rather nnpleasant to your taste.”
Guest—““Not at all, Madame. It’s
the best I ever ate.””— Life.
IF¥ AT ALL.
Mrs. Rushma—*‘Collegians scem to
bave such splendid times that I often
wonder when they do their stadying.”
Mr. Ruoshma—“Why, alter they
leave college, of course.” —Trath.
A FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY.
Bighead—‘‘Men didn’t commit sui
cide as frequently in olden times as
they do now”
Cynicus—*‘No, The men who wmade
history relieved them of the necessity.”
—Truth.
TO FIT THE APPETITE,
““What do you cherge for board?
“Do youride a bicycle?”
“Yes; what difference does that
make?”
“It’ll be 31 more a week !”—Chieca
go Record.
A HOT OXE.
“3mith got off a bright thing ths
other day.” .
“What was it?”
““A lighted cigar some one had care
lessly dropped into the chair he sat
on.”—Detroit Free Press.
DY ACTUAL COUNT.
“Mamma, I saw a dog to-day that
had only three legs.”
*“Weren’'t you awlully sorry for
him?”
““No’m ; he had one more leg than |
had!”—Chicago Record.
AN UXNFAIR ADVANTAGL,
Bleacher Boardman—*‘‘Kelly onught
& have been out on that slide in from
third base.”
Oscar Rider—*“Why?"”
Bleacher Boardman—*‘“His eaptain
had paved the way with banana skins,”
Puck.
HE DIDN'T EXOW.
Mrs. Henpeck—*“l calied on voung
Mr. and Mrs. Newed to-day. Now, 1
think it nice to see a couple happily
married and setled down.”
Henpeck (glaring) —*“Yes, I shonld
think it wounld be.”—Philadelphia
North American.
NOT ALL THEERE.
“Men’s superiority to women is all
in their mind,” said Mre. Dinsmore,
seseadully.
““A good deal is in the mind,” as
gented Mr. Dinsmore, ““but man’s phy
sical strength, as well as his mental, is
superior to woman’s.”
UNTORTUNATE.
““One of my fiance’s letters is lost.”
““dow do you know, when you have
gob so many?”
““Why, 1 have kept count of the
kisses he-has sent me, and there should
be 2,000,000, but there are 1000 miss
ing.”’— Fliegende Blaetter.
HIS HOISRIBLE EIAMPLE.
Jobnoy Jameson had arrived at his
eighth birthday, and thought that 1t
would be real nice to write a letter to
his ppa, and this is the way he began:
““My Dear Papa: Whenever I am
tempted to do wrong I think of yon
andsay, ‘Get thee behind me, Satan.’”
PROCRASTINATION,
““dave you noticed how extrava
gantly Mrs. Murray Hill is dressing
this season?”
““Yes, indeed. Her husband hes
been losing heavily on ’change of late,
and she is evidently making the most
of her present opportunity.”—Judge.
THE BICYCLYE HABIT.
““What is the hardest thing to iearn
about a bicycle?” asked the elderly
boarder. Bui before the bloomer
boarder could reply the Cheerful Tdiot
hastened to say:
““T'o keep from talking about it, as
far as I can notice.”—lndianapolis
Journal.
A SERIES OF COMPLICATIONS.
Tough Bill—*““When 1 laid him out,
be says: ‘This here undoes me com
pletely.””
Chorus of Admirers—‘“Wheat d’yer
do ter him, then?”
Tough Bill-—““Why, dere wuzn’t
only one t'ing. I went ter work, an’
did bim up again.” —Wrinkle,
BLUNDERED.
Artist—*‘There you are, sir! T've
painted vou a full line of ancestors,
and I'll warrant you that no one will
know theat they are not genuine. This
is your father, that your grandfatber,
this your great-grandfather, and—"
Mr. Newrich—*“Hold on! Good
heavens, man! You've made my great
grandfather a much younger-looking
man than I am !”—Tid-Bits. :
AT THE MASQUERADE BALL.
Peg—*‘l just saw your friend, Mr.
Icecut, going into the conservatory
with Helen Heartbreak. He looked
as white as a sheet.”
Jack Ware—*‘l wonder what was
the matter with him?”’
~ Peg—*“‘He was going Into a decline,
i shounld say, from what Iknow of
Helen.””—Harvard Lampoon.
Hereditary Athletes,
Athletic excellence is often heredi
tary. Thomas Garnier, son of Thomas
Garnier, Dean of Winchester, who
died at the age of ninety-seven, rowed
in the Oxford boat in the first uni
versity race in 1829. He was after
ward Dean of Ripon, then Dean of
Lincoln. His son, Rev. Thomas P.
Garnier, played in the Oxford eleven.
Another son, Rev. Edward S. Garaier,
ran a dead heat in the hurdle race in
16 3-5 seconds in the university sports
in 1871, and won the hurdle race for
Oxiord in 16 4-5 seconds in 1872. His
son, Edward D. Garnier, won the huz
dle race for Oxford this spring.
ARE YOU RUPTURED?
If s>, we can cure you permanently, and almost painlessly, without surgical
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Examination Free. No Cure, No Pay. Can Rupture by Cured? Yes.
Bead the following statements, made by
physicians, who are using the Wilcox Sys.
iem, viz.:
.. EDWARDS, M. D., ot Jackson, Mieh.,
says: “l have administered the treatment
over tive hundred times and have neve{ had
any bad results. I can cure any case of ber
nia that can pe held in plaéde during treat.
ment.” * * * *
S. W.HOVER, M. D,, formerly of Fayette,
Ohio, now of Toledo, says: *I have had good
success with the WileoXx system for treating
hernia. I have cured over two dozen cases
during the past four months.” * . *
DR J. M. HANGER of Staunton, Va_, says:
“It will do ti.e work safely and certainiy. 1
have cure-l a number of cases.” * =
S DR.J.T. V. BLOCKSOM of Wi'mington,
Del., says; “1 am fully convinced that the
Wilcox treatment for hernia is safe and
SRR W W B e L
C DRSS MeNETT and SUTTON of Bath, N. Y.,
say: “We Lave cured a number of cases and
have never seen any unpleasant effect from
its use.” s . 8
DR. JM.SCOTTof Birmingham, Ala. savs:
“1 have cured several cases and have nevdr
had an unfavorable symptom.” & ®
DR. J. M. WINSLOW of Cold Spring on the
Hudsou, N. Y , says: “The treatment is not
rainml and does not detain the patient from
lis daiiy avoeation. It is a purely scientific
method and unatteded with danger.”
IS THE CURE PERMANENT?
We answer, YES, and subwmit the follow.
testimonials to corroberate out =tatement,
viz.: :
~ Mr. A. E. Sweet,a werchant of Gibson, PPa.,
in a recent letter says 1 was perfectly cured
of hernia by Dr. Wilcox in October, ISB3,
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and have not wora a truss since. Duri
treatment I attended to my usaal husina
without inconvenience. 1 believe ittobea
good thing and can recommend it.”
Mr.l. W. Evans of Berkshire N.Y. says*l
was cured of rapture by Dr. Wilcox in Au
gust, 1803, and am well to-day.”
Mr. Henry K. Mandeville of Norwich, N Y.,
says:“l commenced being treated for rap
ture by Dr. Wilcox in May, 15383, awgl afters.x
weeks' treatment I was able to &u-h foan
teen acres of hay without a truss and have
not worn one since. lam a farmer by o&m
pnxtm. and worked all time during treat
megt.’
Mr. LK. Burlison of Balnbridge, N.Y. says;
“My son Clinton, 6 years ofage, who “ias been
ruptured from the time he was 2 monthsold,
was cured by Dr. Wiiecox in August, 1803,
Mrs, Sarah J. Phillips of Chenango county
N. Y, says:“l was troubled with mobili
hernia from intancyv, but was cured in July,
1883, and have not worn a truss since.”
The Wilecox systewn is in succes-tul ope
tion in a number of states and hasa rvcofi
of several thousand cures. 1 here has neve
been the loss of asingie life as a result o:
the treatment. We are just getting fairly
started in New England, yet we alreads have
a nnmber of patients under treatwent and
all doing well. If you ure aMicted with
hemia we invite you to call. You will e
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