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Horn.? Ree THE GROWN-UP LITTLE GIRL ; Ehe wa9 sitting up straight in a straight back chair; There wasn't a snarl In her shining hair, ' There wasn't a sreck on her dainty dress, And her rosy face was full of distress. When I drew near to this maiden fair, She suddenly rumpled her shining hair, And dropping down "in a heap" on the floor, lUpllfted her voice In a wail most sotro. "Now, what Is tho matter, my pretty maid?" "I'm all grown t:p!" she dolefully said, "And I'm lonesome, as lonesome as lone? some can be |For Humpty Dumpty and Rlddle-Mo-Ree. "There's Little Boy Blue, who used to creep Under our haystack and fall asleep; Ha Isn't my friend since mother dear 'Did up' my hair In this twist so queer! And the dop and the fiddle, they left mc, too, "When the baby into a woman grew; The dish has hidden away with the spoor.. And the cow has stayed at the back of tho moon! ."Tho Uttlo old woman who swept the sky Is caught In her cobwebs high and dry: And Jack and his beanstalk I cannot And Since I began to improve my mind. "I wovldn't be scared?not a single mite? If tho bugnboo I should meet to-night; Tho bogey man I'd be glad to see But they'll nover, no, never come back.to me! "I watched In the garden last night at dark, A fairy favor to find, but?harkt My mother Is calling?don't you hear?? 'Young ladles don't sit on tho floor, my dearl*" ?Zion's Herald. j WON ON A CROSS. ? "The nurse tells me you wish to speak: with me, Quilter," said Mx. Tranquill, tho clergyman, as he, took his seat be? side the bedside of a dying man in tho infirmary ward. "Yes, yes, sir." replied the man, in a cracked voice. "I feel I shall not last the night, and I should leave this world an a happier frame of mind if I relieved any soul of the secret that has been the curse of my life. "At the age of 14 I became appren? ticed to a trainer a; Newmarket, and In due course passed from under his hands 'one of the smartest horsemen I've turned out,' as he put it in intro? ducing me to the notice of Ids latest client, one Capt Dlsbrow Dives, as sly looking, and, es I afterwards knew to toy cost, as thorough-paced a scamp as ever disgraced the 'sport of kings.' "The captain had been on his beam ends for -some time through heavy losses at cards, and, on top of that, shortly before I knew him, came what to many would have been Dame For? tune's finishing stroke?viz: his com? pulsory retirement from the service through being mixed up in some shady* business or other; but he soon found ihis feet again, for an old uncle died intestate, and Capt Dives, as next of kin, came in for over half a million of money. After pott injr together a choico stud of race horses he soon saw the futility of pltulrin& and organized a systematic nv& ouensive campaign ogainst the rijg. "Eventually the captain promoted mo to the position of first jockey, but dur? ing all this time) he did not associate with the upper crust of race-goers. Ho never visited the paddock, but might always be seen hanging over the rails outside, watching his horses win in tho most unconcerned manner imaginable. "For five years nothing occurred to divert the current of our "wonderful luck,' as it came to be called. But a re? verse, benring out the adage of tho ?pitcher poing too often to the well; eeemed in store for us unless we played our cards very carefully. . "The Clipper handicap was to be run in a fortnight, and our horse, Radix, six stone ten pounds, a dark thtrce-year iold, which had been kept for this race, was a fnvorite at five to one. In our blind confidence we feared nothing, und, in fact, looked upon the colt as a regular top-sawyer among the handi? cap class; but as the time drew near my belief in the colt's vast superiority lessened as some talk I had heard ab jut one lower down crt me thinking. Tho Taptain bod plunged heavily on this event, and in the course of one of our chats about the race I asked him if it was a wise line to follow, even with a supposed certainty. ? "Capt. Dives always became fidgety when I threw doubts on any of his cer? tainties, and after looking keenly at me for a few seconds he broke out with: " 'Look here, now, Quilter, what do you mean by talking in this strain? You've heard something; out with it, man, for there is no time to lose.' " 'Well, sir,' I answered, 'I have heard some ugly talk about Sir Giles Wack ton's Geranium, the bottom weight, but If there is anything in it we shall soon know, as Sir Giles is not the man to let his horses run loose. Old Bridoofi told me on the strict q.t. that Geranium has been tried good enough to give the top weight seven pounds and then win in a trot. Of course, it may be only a fairy tale, but it is best to watch and throw away no chances.' This had a salutary effect on the cap? tain, for after hurriedly looking up Geranium's form he said he would await the development of events be? fore supporting' Ttadix further. "Nobody ever scanned the betting lists more eagerly than I during the next few days, and it was soon plain, that some astute person who didn't wish to attract public attention to his doings was taking a hand in the game, and the captain began seriously to con? sider the advisability of hedging somo of his bets, a thing he never liked to do; but three, days before the race tho Geranium people struck a blow that just about knocked him off his legs. By working commissions all over the country they rushed the filly up from 25's to t'tie position of a red-hot favorite in one day, thus closing against us the last loophole of escape, as hedging our money was now out of the question. j ?T have hitherto omitted to explain, that Sir Giles Wnckton considered Capt. :Dives a personal enemy. They had both been In the same regimen* together1 And had had a serious quarrel over some woman, and Sir Giles had sworn to bo revenged if he waited a lifetime for, ;t!he opportunity. ; "The day Geranium was installed fa-; vorite Capt Dives came down from "London with a face the color of a white? washed wall, and I could see by hia innnner that ho had been drinking a Jot more than was good for him. After a long confab he told the trainer to ar? range for Radix to be re-tried again early the next morning. The captain was weli pleased with the spin, and,' when the horses had gone home, came ,up to me and said he wished to have a talk with me at his lodgings, so ns soon as I had changed my things I hurried over to hear what wa ? in the wind. "No sooner had I stepped inside tho door than he carefuljyjdosed and locked It Alia are/ve a neavy im u-nn mm?. then he broke the ice with: " "Well, Quilter, I suppose you know, by this time I'm a ruined man, or shall' be in a few hours from now, for you know that though Radix has won an? other trial, he did it no easier than on the first occasion, and that's hardly' goodenough. I've more than confirmed all Bridoon told you, so, bar accidents, the race Is Geranium'a All the same, I lave not abandoned all hope of our fall? ing on our feet?that is, if you will do what I wish. : " 'Now, look here,' he continued, with the boastful air of a half drunken swashbuckler, Tm not going io stand Btill and be reduced to beggar}', so just pay attention to what I am ?bout to say. I've matured a plan that, if prop? erly carried out, must succeed in sav? ing your money and mine. Hark, now, and let me get through without inter-' ( ruptlon.' "And for the rtext hour or more he. j was fully employed, laying before mci | n truly desperate scheme, whereby Radix should win the race and save his backers their money." i I "The evil day arrived at last, >fy first anxiety was to learn if anything had happened to Geranium during the lnst 12 hours; but, no, the betting told me that; it was fast and furious, the bookies refusing to lay more than five to four, and old racing hands shook their heads and declared it was an un? heard-of price with a field expected to reach two dozen starters, and most of them a hit above ordinary handicap class. "We turned out of the paddock sharp to time, Radix being voted the 'gentle? man of the party,' notwithstanding the furore over Geranium. While the cap? tain was whispering mo final instruc? tions I happened to glance across the paddoclc and there, right before me, I saw Sir Giles watching, as a dog would a rnt hole, tho captain in a way that seemed to say: 'Go on, fir; you may give your orders, but I hold the whip hand at last, and, by the powers above, you may expect as much menry from me as the falcon gives her quarry.' "The mocking look on that man's face brought mo up sharp, and before we wore hp.ilf way to the post I was as keen on the job as tho captain. "I won't repeat In detail a descrip? tion of the race; suffice it to say we came away at a rare bat, Radix one Geranium well placed; but I saw from the first that the filly's jockey had re? ceived orders to simply watch me, and 60 close did he stick to them that he aggravated mc almost beyond the point of endurance, keeping as he did with Geranium's muzzle just on a level with Radix's flank on my whip-hand. And eo we went. Geranium's hoof-stroke beating time to Radix's, If I increased the pace the filly likewise improved heTs, and so we progressed in this ding dong fashion until a quarter of a mile from home, when I let Radix out for ail he was worth, as I was not in the least afraid of his staying home, and I de? termined to make a bold bid for an honest victor}'. I "The excitement of the Spectators was terrific, as Radix, pushing hie head weHl into his bridle, went to the fromt as fast as he could lay foot to the ground. For some distance I was re? joiced to see that Radix more than held his own, and that Geranium's pilot wa9 hard at work with his whip, hi hot pur? suit; but the small advantage I had gained was of only momentary dura? tion, as the pace began to tell, and the filly came up hand over hand, my blood running cold the while as I Mw her nose come up level with my boot, and then forge on until we were dead level, head to head, knee to knee, in desperate career. "Thus we ran on locked together, Radix, game as a pebble, answering my repeated calls on him in the most un? flinching manner, until some SO yards from 'the man in the box,' when I saw for certain we should be beaten, as Geranium's light weight must tell In such a hard-foughtrout finish. Could I have mado a dead heat of It I should still have held my hand and remained nn honest man, but fate was against me, nnd I saw Geranium steadily but surely drawing to the front amid the fran? tically delirious cheering of her sup? porters. "The time for action had arrived. I raised my whip for the first time dur? ing the race, and, with a scarcely per reptible hesitation as I brought my arm up, I made my last call on Radix for an extra effort, and, noble beast that he was, right grandly did he respond to it, for in the next few strides we were, once more level, neck and neck, and tho enthusiasm of tho crowd ran higher than ever; but the dastardly deed was. done, and as Radix got his neck in front some six yards from the judge's box, Geranium stopped dead, shivered from: head to heel as with a cold, lurched for? ward, then dropped like a stone, dash? ing her jockey's brains out on the rails' as she came down. "As if changed by the wave of amagio wand the excitement and enthusiasm, born of seeing two good horses gamely contesting a race Inch by Inch, instant-', ly gaive place to the utmost consterna? tion ; and as I was led into the paddoclc, amidst a regular babel of questioning land conjectnrlng tongues, shaking so that I could barely maintain my seat at the thought that young Rymple had met his death at my band, I saw Sir Giles Wackton stagger out by the back entrance with a horribly haggard face, and ere I could dismount the report of a pistol shot rang out abovo the hum of the suppressed conversation of the vast multitude with startling clearness, and I knew that I was a double mur? derer. "I passed the scales safely, and the 'all right' was given, but for once a race? course c ^ was too bewildered to raise a cheer; even the bookmakers were silent. "A vet declared Geraniumhad diedol paralysis of the heart, and the affali soon ceased to interest the public. 1 collected all my bets, but absolutely refused to touch a penny-piece of the money promised me by Captain Dives If Radix won. I looked upon it as no better than blood money, and from thai day on, I never threw a leg across e horse of his. "The way the thing was worked wo* this: When too late, he found out what a wonder Geranium was. Capt Dives determined, if he couldn't win straight, he'd pull through on the cross, so, how I know not, he procured a whip having a fine hair tube ci some light metal running through the center, with fl powerful spring hidden in the butl end. "Taking up the whip that day I was ai his rooms, he said: 'Now, look at that cat there on the hearthrug.' Then h? leveled the whip. I heard a noise a* of a spring being released, and almosl immediately the cat rolled on its aide febone dead, x woe surprised, to say the least, and asked him to explain. Only too pleased at having aroused my cu? riosity, he at once took from his pocket a leather case, and exposed to view a row- of pieces of fine steel, and pointed out that each needle, as he called them, had been daubed with a most deadly poison, which he explained would cause paralysis of the heart In less time than it takes to tell it after the needle had entered the body or punctured the skin ever so slightly. "Then he opened the eil ver circlet on the whip, and deftly placed a needle In a minute chamber, and smilingly told me the instrument was ready for use once more. Still I did not fathom tho purpose he had In view, though I di? vined there must be something in the background, for it was hardly likely he would want to see me at his rooms simply to show me this lethal toy; be? sides, his manner was constrained, as he was shy of getting to business, and resorted to the brandy flask too fre? quently to please me, "At length, he went on: 'Now, I'm In desperate straits, for I've not hedged a stiver, and desperate men dare much on the off-chance, so my game is win honestly if you can, but win; and to win that way you must guard against rais? ing the faintest shadow of suspicion on the part of tho onlookers. No, no,' he shouted, as I was about to object., 'I won't hear a word until I have finished. " 'Sec here, now,' he continued, hand? ling the whip, 'tako this, and use it when your judgment tells you you cannot win. I should say you'd cut it too flnc if you failed to act until j-ou were less than 50 yards from tho box; anywoy, it would be risky. Press this knob at the time I tell you, and I'll guarantee Geranium does not pass the post, no. not by 20 yards, no matter wliere tho needle strikes her. "Remember, it isour only chance, and the stalte, ?10,000,1? yours if you pull it off, whether you use the whip or not What do you say ?' "Well, I argued and hesitated and re argued, going over the old ground a dozen times, but he was always pro? vided with a specious answer, until I grew weary of his tongue, and finally gave way along the whole line of moral rectitude, and became the veriest fool that ever stepped, for from what little t could ever recall of the latter part of our conference, I believe beforo we parted I, with all tho wonted zeal of a convert, became for the time a bigger blackguard and schemer than my men? tor; but I swear that the death of a fellow-creature In connection with this bit of foul work never for an instant flashed across my brain. 'There isn't much more to toll. You see, sir, what a miserable wreck I am, ;nd I daresay you wonder how I arrived at such a pass. From that evil day an ill-luck dogged my footsteps with un? tiring pertinacity, and do what I would nothing seemed to prosper under my hands. Perhaps the thoughts of tho past had a deal to do with it, for I very soon sought oblivion for them in tho dram .shop, and owners and trainers alike were not slow to discover that T was fast going to the dogs, ana declined to employ me; so, what with fast- living and mad plunging, it was not long ere the crash came, and I was notified that I had overdrawn my account. Then the downhill road at once became very steep, and in endeavoring to keep soul and body together I ran through near? ly every gradation of employment, every situation being lower than the preceding one?in fact, my life might be styled: From leading jockey to sand? wich man;" and just before the old man, whose breath had been gradually getting shorter, gave up the ghost, he added, "and all through winning on a cross."?Tit-Bits. Baked Spring Lamb Chops. Season and cover with egg and bread? crumbs. Bake in the oven until brown, and serve with green pens or tomato sauce. If winter lamb chops are used, it is well to pour melted butter on them the day before using, and to scrape it off before dipping in the egg.?N. Y. Ledger. -ITorse racing was practiced as early as the days when Troy was besieged by the Creeks. In the plain before the city the besiegers celebrated holidays by sports and horse races, and Tlomer says the walls of Troy were covered with sporting Trojans watching the re? mit. Tho Drama at the Vatican, Theatricals in the Vatican! The an? nouncement, though strange, is true Pope Leo has hitherto allowed no the? atrical representations to be given within the walls of the Vatican. lie has, however, lately made one excep? tion. The historic Swiss guards from the canton of Ynlais, who, in their yel? low and crimson uniforms, arc on senti? nel and escort duty within the palace, suffer, it eeems, from homesickness and ernni. To these human weak; n esses the pope has made the concession of allowing short amateur pieces with orchestra] accompaniment to be act? ed during the coining winter. Tho en? tertainments are to take place in the small private theater within the Bel vedere gardens. The performance is to consist of harp and violin music, monologues and short pieces in French. So here is oni mere link between the church and stage.?N. Y. Sun. Boils Tt is often difficult to convince peo? ple their blood is impure, until dread? ful carbuncles, abscesses, boils, scrof? ula or salt rheum, are painful proof of the fact. It is wisdom now, or when? ever there is any indication of Impure blood, to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, and prevent such eruptions and Buffering. "I had a dreadful carbuncle abscesB, red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at? tended me over seven weeks. When the abscess broke, the pains were terrible, and I thought I should not live through it. I heard and read so much about Hood's Sarsaparilla, that I decided to take it, and my husband, who was suffering with boils, took it also. It Boon purified our Blood built me up and restored my health so that, although the doctor said I would not be able to work hard, I have since done the work for 20 people. Hood's Sar? saparilla cured my husband of the boils, and we regard it a wonderful medicine." Mbs. Anna Peterson, Latimer, Kansas. Hood's Sarsaparilla fs the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1. u ji r?-?j cure liver 111$, easy to take, nOOd S FlIlS easy to operate, ?centfc I SHIPPING ELEPHANTS BY RAIL. j Why the Cars That TransporOTCeny" derms Are Made Keen re "Do you know/' said tho retired ele phnnt trainer, "why tho big ear's that transport elephants are made so secure and close?" The reporter did not know. > "Well, I will tell you. I suppose you have observed that the cars have not a single opening- except the strongly barred little windows at each end, which serve to admit the air? Tne cars ! are inspected regularly and if an open I ing large enough to admit an elephant's j trunk is found the aperture is strongly boarded up. The elephant is tho most Inquisitive animal in existence.. He Will poke his nose in everything within reach. If he finds an opening in a car, out goes his trunk like a shot He will sway it back and forth, apparently ex? pecting the regular quota of peanuts that makes his lifehappy when on exhi? bition. An incident I recollect clearly, and which has resulted disastrously to Barnum & Bailey's big ele? phant Emperor, happened three years ogo, when I was in; the employ of tho circus. "Section No. 3 of the circus train of five cars was running from Cleveland to Youngstown, 0. We were within twen? ty miles of our destination. Every man on board the train was asleep ex? cept the regular employes of the rail? way company. I was suddenly awak? ened by a slight jar of the train, which was immediately followed by a succes? sion of thumps, bumps, and jars. I heard the engineer give the signal to down breaks and judged one of the cars had jumped the track and was running over the ties. When I got off the train the trainmen, with torches, were al? ready down on their hands and knees trying to locate the cause of the pecu? liar noises. "My attention was suddenly drawn to the car in which tho big elephant Em? peror was housed. I could faintly pee a big snakelikc body swaying back and forth under the car, and I grasped the situation at n glance. I called to tho trainmen, telling them that I had lo? cated the cause of the. sounds. I told the conductor to have the train run slowly and keep his eyes fixed under the car. When the train moved off tho trunk of the big elephant fastened it? self to a tio so firmly that tho enr al? most left the track. The train was run about fifty yards and the mighty trunk of old Emperor caught every tie that ho ymld conveniently hold on to. He was running enough, however, to let go like lightning when the strain;grew so great that it threatened to pull his trunk out by the roots. So cleverly did he avoid being injured that when I examined him afterward there was not the ves? tige of a scar on his hide. "I was on a circus train oncc when an elephant dislogod a telegraph pole, which completely put the entire tele? graph system out of order."?New York Moil and Express. Foiled Again. "Ah," said Mr. Knight Starr, the emo? tional tragedian, as he came in sight of a farmhouse, "mayhap this worthy peasant will give some refreshment for the inner man. What, ho, there!" The worthy peasant gazed at the tragedian for a moment, and answered: "Yew durned fool, don't yew know a pitchfork frum a hoe?" And having thus spake, he disap? peared within his abode.?Cincinnati Enquirer. More Room. ????? Young Mrs. Fitts?The Trollcybys have, such a jewel of a hired girl. Their floor is actually clean enough to cat off. Young Mr. Fitts?By George, that ought, to be right handy when he has to carve a duck.?Indianapolis Journal. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. ' ?Of 2,870 law students at the Uni? versity of Taris 2S3 are foreigners, while of the 5,175 medical students the for? eigners are 904, with 151 women. ?A protest against the degradation of the Scottish language by the Kail? yard school of literature was made by the presiding officer at the recent meet? ing of the Scottish Text society. ?At a recent meeting of the vestrj' ol ?t. George's Southwark, London, Miss A. Eliot, of Lancashire, was appointed Banitary inspector to the vestry by 22 votes to 16. There were 22 candidates end she the only woman. ?The death has occurred at St. Kitts, W. I., of Bt. Bev. Charles James Branch. D. D., bishop of Antigua. Dr. Branch had devoted the whole of his ministerial lifo to work in the West Indies, and ho was respected by all classes. ?The statistician of the United States estimates that the school popula? tion of this country?thot is, ihc num? ber of persons between the ages of five and eighteen years?is 20,009,3S3. Of this number there were enrolled in ISO 1 13,960,288 pupils in the district or pub? lic schools, under the instruction of 388, 531 teachers. The average daily attend? ance of the pupils in these schools is P.208,896. ?Dr. Mair, who has been nominated moderator of the Established church of Scotland, and Prof. Davidson, who has been made moderator of the Free Kirk, were both born in- the. same year at Buchan, in Aberdeenshire; went to the came school, graduated in Uie same class at the University of Aberdeen, and will be put at the head of the two great divisions of Scottish Presbyterians on the same day. ?-Sinte Barbe, one of themost famous high schools of TaTis, founded in 1-160 pnd the alma mater of Calvin and of Loyola, has been bought by the gov? ernment for 2,000,000 francs. It is be j coming constantly more difficult for private institutions to compete with tho state establishments. Last year the Ecole monge, from which religious In? struction was excluded, was turned over to the city of Paris and was rechris tened Lycee Carnot. This year it is the turn of the Catholic college of Saintc Barbee. ?_ - m ?-*? _ J - jfurairroa In Serving Corn. Only young and tender corn should bo cooked on the cob. Such corn ie known by its tender skin, and is milky. When the corn is old, or very large, it. is best to cut it from tho'cob and cook it in, milk, or make it in fritters. Celebrated cooks disagree as to the best way of cooking corn. One will tell you to cook it in the inside husks, one to remove the husks and to keep the ears in a very cool dry place until ready to cook. In tho former case it is cooked until tender In boiling water, in the latter the corn is put over the fire in cold water con? taining a small quantity of salt and sugar. Sometimes a little milk and but? ter are both added to the water in wh'ch the corn is cooked. The object of add? ing the sugar is of course to sweeten tho vegetable; that of using butter and sugar is to give a richer flavor. All au? thorities agree that the sooner the corn is cooked after it is picked the better it will be.?N. Y. Post. ?Tho wheat fly is said to have been nearly as destructive to the wheat crops of this country as the Hessian fly. CANINE FRIENDSHIPS. Pome Curiaos Instances of Affection and Gratitude. Friendly aJlianceB between animnls hre often of a most singular kind. Nnt i urally enough, dogs frequently make I friends and companions among their I bwn species, although the large share of personal liberty they enjoy is the jcause of their contracting inexplicable intimacies. A close friendship and un? derstanding between dogs and horseB Is apparently moro frequent than any clmilnr relationship between indi? viduals of the same species. Dogs, how? ever, are fond of queer company, and go but of their way in search of it. The numerous friendships formed [between dogs and geese, and even poultry in general, ore quite remark? able. It Is not generally recognized that the goose is a bird of extraordinary Sagacity, and this mutual regard of fur and feather may proceed on an un? derstanding which overrides the dis? tinctions of race. . The species of goose known as "pray-lcg" is especially re? markable for its strong attachments to dogs. Ono which was rescued by n mastiff from nn attack by a fox showed a consciousness of Its obligations and a desire to return them which were touching in their obvious feeling3. The goose cntirelj- abandoned the society of its kind, roosted in the dog's kennel and followed it in its daily wanderings over a large farm ond through the neighbor? ing village. The dog happening to fall ill, the goose would not leave him night or day, ond would, to all appearance, have been starved had not a pan of corn been placed for it every day near the kennel. Dogs and fowls also enter into amica? ble relations for reasons much less ap? parent to onlookers than to themselves. (A hen and a retriever became so strong? ly attached that the former laid her jr-ggs and hatched her chickcn.s in his kennel; on the hen leaving or entering her nest the dog .would move from the threshold to make room, while any at? tempt to touch the eggs In her absence was met by his immediate disapproba? tion. There is also nn instance of a quaint friendship which gradually grew up between a tame rook and o bulldog, the dog never appearing hap? pier than when the rook was seated on his bock. Motives of beneficence lead to many oppnrcntlj'perverted friendships. Cats *nnd dogs ore often known to carry their joung to a foster mother, who for friendship's sake, or from n liberal ma? ternal lovc.accepts the additional duties thus imposed upon her. But still more remarkable are those cases in which foster mothers, overcoming all scruples and antipathies of natural instincts, do r.ot hesitate to accept the charge of young creatures of other and quite different species to their own. Many creatures have more than nan's dislike to a solitary life, ond adopt measures of their own to beguile its tedium. Horses have a pos It ire dread of soli tude, and when this happens to be unavoid? able will make friends of the most u likely creatures. Cases have occurred in numbers where colts and mares hav< shown Symptoms of distress and uneasi? ness amounting to positive melancholy where stable dogs have died or been re? moved.?Dop Fancier. ACTOR'S SOCIAL POSITION. Mollero Was Considered an Outcast? Re? fused Spiritual Consolation, j ThetlmewasinFrancc when the actor had no social position and certainly no spiritual one. Special dispensation Was necessary when the Catholic church allowed a mass tobe said for the repose of an actor's soul. Prof. War? ren, describing the Moliere period, writes: "The social position of on actor in Moliere's time was a low one. Not from any prejudice against the stage, evidently, since tho dramatists like Corneille and Scarrou were on the same footing atthclTotel de "Rambouillet and other salons of Taris as poets and es? sayists and were elected to the French Academy as readily. Indeed, it would 'seem as though the composition of plays was the shortest road to distinc? tion in the Paris of Moliere, as it is to? day. "But with tho actors it was another question. Their wandering, unset? tled modes of life had evidently told against them. They were not admit? ted to society whether their conduct was good or bad. They were not even considered in the light of literary per? sons. Moliere met his friends, Boileau, La Fontaine, Furetiere at public cafes. 'As a writer of comedy he was either not taken seriously or had Incurred too much hostility on the part of influential sets, tho clergy through 'Tartuffe, the Galons through 'Lcs Femmes Savantes.' As nn actor he was considered an out? cast with his class, and when on his deathbed he asked for spiritual con? solation his appeal fell on deaf ears un? til it was too late. So that it was with the greatest difficulty that his widow procured a bit of consecrated ground in which to lay the remains of the un shrived comedian."?Chautauquan. UNCLE EPH AND THE CYCLIST. Not Hard for Ono Csod to "Toting Bar? rels o? Sugar." An athletic old colored man, who in his youth was employed in a sugar re? finery in New Orleans, is now a helper in a bicjxle store uptown. When he Is not otherwise employed it is his duty to give beginners their first lessons. The school of instruction is in the street, and almost every evening Uncle Eph may be seen steadying the wheel for some uncertain novice. The work is not easy, and only a very power? ful fellow could stand it so well as the aged but well preserved darky does. ? The other day there came a new pupil to the bicycle store. It was a lady past 40, still quite fair but undeniably fat. She stated her case very diffidently; said she thought she was past the bi? cycle riding age, and that she feared she would never succeed in mastering the wheel, but the family doctor had prescribed a bicycle. So there she was. It was Uncle Eph who was assigned to give her the first lesson. No cavalier could have been moro gallant. He showed her how to mount and what tc do with her hands and feet. Then for one hard-working hour the mighty old Hcrcidcs kept that wheel upright, to the admiration of the streetful of peo? ple who saw him. After the lesson was over the pupil thanked him profusely "I'm so heavy," she said, apologetically, "and you held me up the whole time. I'm afraid I must have tired you dreadfully!" "Law, ma'am," said Uncle Eph, "I ain't a bit tired. You see, I uster wuk in New Orleans, an' I got use ter totin' barrels o' sugar-"?Y. Journal.. Sweetly Explained. ? "Why do j'Ou say 'as smart as a steel trap?' " asked the talkative boarder. "I never could see anything particular? ly intellectual about a steel trap." "A steel trap Is called smart," ex? plained Mr. Asbury Peppers, in his sweetest voice, "because it knows ex? actly the right time to shut up,"?Cin? cinnati Enquirer. HOUSEKEEPING WORK. It May Be Rendered Ea?y by Proper Proy vision*. Whether or not housekeeping is hard work drpends a great deal on how it tedonc. Iteertainly is not piny; indeed, there is nothing In the world in the way of duties that most of the intelligent people who Hve in it are willing to call other than hard work if they arc obliged to busy themselves at it day after d:ty, week after week and year after year. It Is not always that housekeeping is such hard work, even under unfavor? able circumstances; it is monotonous. Up-to-dato housekeeping need not be very hard work if one is well and ar? ranges matters with any system. In the first place, the house must be prcp orly built. The dining-room and kitchen must not bo far removed fr<- m each other, ond pantries, closets and storo rooms uro to be as near at hand as possible. There must be a laundry, with hot and cold water and arrange? ments for boiling clothes and heating irons. If this Is provided, the kitchen floor should be covered with a matting. If carpets are considered necessary to the comfort of the household, th >y moy be arranged rug fashion, with a border of inlaid wood, or if the floors are not good, of fine matting. This makes sweeping comparatively easy, as a brush clears the margins, and the carpet-sweeper puts the middle of the room In proper condition. The stairs should have plates In the comers, so that there is no tedious and troublesome digging out of acute angles. Thcro should be screens to keep out fl ies in t he summer, and weather-strips to keep out the dust nil the yeararound. A furnace with the most improved dust-flues is n necessity, and the kitchen range must have a g.wd draft, and be of an up-to date pattern. The rooms should not be overloaded with bric-a-brac and furni? ture, but may be tastefully and daintily furnished without entailing upon the housewife the never-ending care of a lot of cumbersome fixings that are bt t ter out of sight than in. A liberal supply of kitchen ulcns'ls should be provided, and there should be a sufficient closet space, so that whi n one is required, a dozen need not be displaced in order to get at it. Closets and pantries should have snugly-fitted doors, with weather-strips to keep out the dust. The housekcep r who has never tried weather-strips on her pantry doors has little idea of their advantage. As for the daily food, if people are content to live simply, a:;d this is very much better than elaborate? ness and too much attention to whnt one eats,thc meals may be prepared without great labor. In the morning, vegetables may be made ready- for t^e dinner, nnd much of the details of the meals of the day attended to. Sonic housekeepers think it next door to a disgrace to put away the dishes from one day'B menl and wash with those of the next morning, but this method has points of grace, as can be attested by some who have tried it. The food should be put away, and tl:e dishes gathered and carefully placed, In snug shape, in a large dishpan. Over these plncc a thick cloth, to keep them from getting too dry. The table mry remain spread from meal to meal, If the dining-room is used for no oth>:r purpose. By looking ahead a little, and word? ing with brains as well as hands, the duties of the household are, to n gre::t extent, simplified, systematized and in? duced to easy and manageable propor? tions.?N. Y. Ledger. Reign of Drocades. : This Is decidedly a brocade season; brocaded wool with satin and silk fig? ures, and brocaded silk. Both these 1 materials come in self-colors, in con? trasts and In harmonies. Perhaps t'.tc purples and lilacs, combined in figi r ings with white, seem the prettiest and richest. But still that may be an in? dividual fancy, because the plush pink, with white, the orange with canary,the blue with greeu are beautiful, and far mere Vrconvng to some natures than ally of the purples.?Chk-::go Tribune. Some persons are al J ways taking' Iron. If (weak and easily ex? hausted ; pale and with a out appetite; if the nerv- $ i ous system is weak, and ^ (sleep difficult, what do 1 you take? iron? But a iron cannot supply food a to the tissues; nor does a it have any power to t a change the activity of i a unhealthy organs and * a bring them back to a health. Cod-liver oil is a what you need. The oil a feeds the poorly-nour \ ished tissues, and makes a rich blood. Iodine, bro \ mine, and other ingredi a ents, which form part of a the oil, have special a power to alter unhealthy > action. of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypophosphites, is the most palatable way to take cod-liver oil. The hypophosphites supply healthy nerve action, which controls all the processes of life. SCOTT'S EMULSION, has been indorsed by the medical profes? sion for twenty years. (Ask your doctor.) This is because it is always paiatable?always uni~ form?always contains the pur? est Norwegian Cod-liver Oil and Hypopjiosphites. Put up in 50 cent and $1.00 sizes. The small size may be enough to cure your cough or help your baby. All druggists. JUST AS GOOD IS NOT SCOTT'S EMULSION. 1Mb N TTT All Women Work in Some ity and Need Advice. MRS. PINKHAM OFFERS ASSISTANCE Women in Stores, Mills and Domestic Service? Tens of Thousands are on the Never Ceasing Treadmill Earning Their Daily Food. To these -women Mrs. Pinkham wishes to address a few words of counsel, in the hope that from her vast experience some littlo good may he obtained by those who are ill. No matter in what capacity women are employed, all are subjact to the same physical ills of nature, all suffer alike from the same physi? cal disturbances, and the nature of their duties in many cases quickly drive them into the hor? rors of all kinds of female complaints. Ovarian troubles, inflammation, ulceration, fall? ing and dis? placements of the womb, leu corrhoea or per? haps irregular* lty or suppres? sion of mens? truation, caus? ing severe backache ner? vousness, irri? tability and pain. Those of you who are suffering from any form of female weakness arc requested to lay your case before Mrs. Pinkham. Perhaps you cannot afford to pay tho large fee of a local physician and then run the chances of not receiving benefit from their treatment. Then again it is em? barrassing to relate your private troubles in detail to a male physician. Mrs. Pinkham asks you to remember that her advice and help will cost you nothing. We ask you to remem? ber the great volume of experience i ?he has to draw from; no physician living has ever treated so many cases of female ills as has Mrs. Pinkham, and from this vast experience surely it io more than possible she has gained the very knowledge that will help your j case?anyway, you should give your? self the benefit of the chance. BENEFITS FROM CHANGE OF AIR, Invalids Aro Often Helped by Removal from Their Old Environments. A very favorite last resort of the eigh? teenth century physician was to send a patient to visit the placo of his birth, slnco it was thought that "natal air*' would bo likely to prove peculiarly ben? eficial. This last theory, although somewhat ludicrous when viewed from our modern standpoint, strikes me as being somewhat more than a mere I piece of plausiblcempirkism. It shows that, in spite of the terrible faith in physic, the doctors in those days did not lo?e sight of the importance of con? forming to nature's prop-ram. Although the beneficial effect of sea j voyages was to some extent recognized it is easy to understand that the. ships of tho seventeenth and eighteenth cen? turies, damp and stuffy below and pro? visioned with ?dt junk and hard bis? cuits, scarcely gave a broken-down in? valid a fair chance of deriving any great amount of good from a change of air taken under such conditions. Generally speaking, we now consider that sea ond mountain air owes its virtue to its freedom from organic im? purities. Probably it is this quality moro than any other which gives it its reviving eftect on those who have been living in the clogged and polluted at? mosphere of large towns. Yet purity of atmosphere is no preventive of tliose very ailments which bring the majority of patients to seaside watering places and highland sanitariums. If any in? valid who lias tli us sought relief were i to* take careful note of the natives of his favorite health resort he would probably be disquieted to find that pale, Sickly children and ailing adults were, by no means uncommon. Patients with weak lungs are often sent to winter in Devon and Cornwall, although the mor? tality from pulmonary diseases among tho permanent residents of these favored counties is not a whit less than among the dwellers in the midlands and the north. Yet the undoubted fact remains to be accounted for that 6uch migrants to warmer climes almost al? ways derive marked benefit from tho change.?National Review. ONE STUDENT'S BAD MISTAKE. Ho Tries to See a Young Woman at the | Northwestern 1'nlvoraltjr. . This is an incident which illustrates !tho exciting times which the students of the Northwestern university have once in awhile. It hinges on a rule in the government of woman's hall, which is the dwelling place of the young wom? en students. That rule is in effect that no young man may call and succeed in passing the portal Thursday evenings. And it happened one of the young men, who is in his first football year, tried to | get a few moments of profound conver? sation Thursday evening with one of the dwellers of woman's hall. He knew the Thursday evening rule. It is the first rule he learned at the university When he rang the bell he waited a lit? tle while and a young woman appeared "Take this card to Miss-." "It is against the rule. This is not calling night." "Oh, that's all right. Here's a quar? ter for you. Now hurry up lfke a good girl." i "You will pardon me if I don't do as you wish," said the young woman. "I am Emily Huntington Miller, dean of woman's hall, and I cannot violate such an important rule for a quarter owing to the responsible position which I hold." ? Tho student recovered from the shock sufficiently to get home that night un? assisted, but ho has a relapse every time he sees the dean of woman's ball. Thursday evening1 was the first time he learned that the timid-looking little woman was really Miss Miller.?Chica? go Chronicle._ _ ; . Encouraging. Softly?By Jove, old fellow, when ft man's in love he begins to think that his eyes are open for the first time. Sympathizing Friend?Yes, and when it's nil ove* he sometimes has the same Bensation.?N. Y. .Truth. You ask the question, why should Mrs. Pinkham expcet to be more suc? cessful in treating your illness than a regular physician? We answer that her experience in such cases is a hun? dred times greater, and that you will be very much more frank in your com? munications to her than you would be to a male physician. These are the reasons why she can be and is more successful in treating such cases. As further encourage? ment to you we attach a letter just received from Miss Grace Collard, of Cincinnati, Ohio. "Words cannot express my gratitude for the good that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com* pound has dona jr me. I have taken five bottles. The pains in my chest and abdomen have I gone, my step is more steady, appetite i better and feel better in every respect. Menses heretofore lasted too long and were very profuse and made me very weak. The Compound is a miracle. I had tried doctor's medicine, but of no avail. I would not give up the Com? pound for female complaints for all the doctor's medicine in the world. My friends want to know what makes me look so well. I do not hesitate one moment in telling them what has brought about this wonderful change. I cannot sing its praises enough. lean do twice the work I used to, I hope everyone who suffers as I have, will give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com? pound a trial. It has helped me, and I know, if taken according to directions, it will not only help but cure others." Miss Grace Collard, 1,434 Easter Ava, Cincinnati. Ohio. UNIQUE RIDE. A Trolley Journey Through the Sewen of .Varls. The anain sewen. of Paris are period' ically cleared by means of scrapers car? ried on boats or cars. These convey? ances are also used for conveying via iflors through the large sewers under the Eue de Ittvoli and the Boulevard:! ?ebastopol and De Malesherbes. Thes? expeditions take place 14 times a year: in spring and autumn, and about 8.40C visitors are admitted yearly. Until 1894 these cars and boats were drawn by men, but the labor and expense were found to be so excessive that now the traction is done entirely by electric motors, taking current from accumu? lator batteries on the boats or cars. The "Genie Civil," which describes and illustrates the plant, soys these main sewers are in section very similar to an ordinary tunnel; but in the floor is formed the rectangular channel for the sewage, while round the roof are fixed tihe water and compressed air mains, the telegraph and telephone wires, etc. The sewer under the Boulevard dc Malesherbes is the largest; it is 18 feet 4 y2 inches wide, 10 feet high from floor to roof; and the sewage channel in the floor is 3 feet 5^4 inches deep and 9 feet 10 inches wide. Boats axe used in this channel. The otjber sewers are smaller, the channels in them being only 3 feet 11 inches wide, and from 3 feet 11 inches to 5 feet 7 inches deep. In these cars ore run, the flanged wheels of the cars ? running on the edges of the channel, which are protected by angle-bora, and form the rails. T(he approximate weight of a train of five cars with 100 passen? gers on board Is about 7 tons 12 hun? dredweight, and t.hfo travels at the rate of 3% miles per hour. The accumulator battery consists of 28 elements and weighs 14 hundredwelgnt, and ita ca? pacity is 100 ampere-hours, with a mean discharge of 25 amperes at 60 or 60 volts. The motor, which is series wound, develops two-horse power and runs at 1,600 revolutions per minute, th is speed being' reduced to 80 by (means of a pinion and wheel and chain-gear? ing to the driving axle, the wheels being 15% inches in diameter on the tread. The boats are towed by means of a chain sunk in the sewage channel, which is brought to the surface and passes around a pulley driven by means of a double reduction gear from tjhe motor. The chain, by means of guido pulleys, makes three-quarters of a turn around the driving pulley, this pulley being a magnetic-one, magnetized by means of two coils, one on each aido of it, on the axle. , Each passenger train consists of six boats, in the first of which is carried the accumulator battery ond a towing apparatus; while in the last boat, which Is smaller, there Is another towing ap? paratus. The battery consists of 6Q^ elements, giving an output of 60 am? peres for 2 Vi hours, at from 98 to 125 volts; it Is divided into two parts, which can be connected in series or parallel, as required. The motors run at 580 revolutions per minute; but this speed is reduced by means of the gearing, bo that the boats travel at about 1% miles per hour. The power required for this Is from about two-horse power to 5 Vi-horse power, according as the boats are traveling? with or against the currant. The total length of the sewers open, in this way to the public Is about 2 miles, and they are lighted partly by lamps on the footpaths, or by oil lamps on the boats.?Par is Letter, j Criminal CaTolewncM. Newspaper Weather Prophet (big New York doily)?See here I If you don't discharge that careless foreman, bur weather reputation will be rulued. Great Editor?My goodness I Wha& has he done? ' "Done! What hasn't he done? Iar the paper to-day. ia my prediction for; yesterday, which he forgot to take out* and ri?iht alongside of it is the official .? - . _ii_m *r v report of yesterday's