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Then the little thou hast done Little battles thou hast won, Little masteries achieved, Little wants with care relieved, Little words in love expressed, Little wrongs at once confessed, Little favors kindly done, Little toils thou didst not shnn, Little graces meekly worn, little slights with patience borne Those shall crown thy pillowed head, Holy light npon thee shed. Those are treasures that shall rise Far beyond the smiling skies. " OLD R EDDY'S CALF." BT S. P. BABNES. "Some work for you to-day, Bruce, Said Mr. Webster to his twelve-year-old on, at the breakfast table, one lovely morning in October, 1871. "One of the calves is missing; strayed off down the creek, I guess, and yon will have to look it up. " "All right," replied Brace, replenish ing his plate from the platter of ante lope steak. "I was thinking of taking a hunt to day anyway, so I will take the shotgun along and try to kill a duck or two. I see that there are a few dropping in from the North. I expect it is that fool Tom that's gone again. He is always making us trouble:" "You are right in regard to it being Tom, but he is by no means foolish for wandering off in search of better grass, for the range about here is get ting poor. In fact I have about deci ded to turn all the milk stock out for the present. They will be much better off in the hills until the fall rains start a new coat of grass." "Better let Tom go then," suggested Mrs. Webster. "Turn out the rest of the cattle and I'll warrant that old jReddy will find him." "Just what I would do if tho ca'f was branded; but as it is, we will have to get him up again. I can't afford to run any risk of losing Tom; he is about all the fine stock that we own." "I'll have him corralled by noon," as serted Brace, stoutly. "It's a pity I haven't got him broken to ride, so I could bring in my game on him. " "First kill your game," replied his father. "It is just passible that you will fail to return upon this occasion with either Tom or the ducks. And, by the way! keep an eye open for strangers. Caddo Bill, the Indian, who was con fined at Fort Griffin, awaiting trial for murder, escaped the other day, and he may drift through here on his "way west ward, although the chances are that he has been recaptured before this." "I'll be ready for him," was the con fident remark of the frontier lad, as he stood on tiptoes to reach the gun lying in its rack over the fireplace. "I've got j one barrel loa.l.d with big shot, and if ; I see anything that looks Injuny " I '"'in imiiK your neii riniwr. interrupted his mother. "I know W 4 fiercA ami conr-in-eous my little boy is at times: but it seems to me that he is the most inclined to recklessness after I the danger is over, or before it come. But never mind, Brace, un ounce of dis cretion is worth a ton of foohardiness, any day, and 1 am really glad that yon have too much sen e to rush needlessly into danger." "That's so, Molly," remarked Mr. Webster. "Bruce hos got lots of good cense and judgment for a boy of his age, and he is no coward either. Why, I wouid bet on that boy capturing that fellow, if he found him, as quick as I would, and not run half the risk of get tine killed. But. pshaw ! there's not one chance in ten thousand of Caddo Bill passing through this section, for nil the soldiers from Griffin are after him, and half the county besides." "Well, at all events, I will bring in Tom all right, if Caddo Bill hasn't eat en him," asserted Brace, ns he left the room. "Have my dinner ready at , twelve sharp, mother; you know that hunting always gives me an appetite like a wolf." It is a rare thing for Texas boys to at tempt much of a pedes' rian trip, for from arly childhood much of their time is spent on horseback, and they grow, in time, to consider a mustang an in dispensable companion. Brace Web ster, however, was an Illinois lad, who, ever since his sixth year, had been ac customed to a daily walk of a couple of miles to the neighboring sehoolhouse, and althongh he was fast becoming a proficient in the wild and reckless j horsemanship of the Southwest, he still preferrod to enjoy his short hunting trips unincumbered with any trouble some equine. Therefore, he left, on this particular occasion, the door of the little log stub'.e wide open, so that the 3leek-sided, buck skin pony might lie free to crop, at will, the short grass ad'asent to the corrals, confident that his welcoming neigh would be the first sound to greet him on his return. Brace Webster confidently hoped to find the missing calf within a quarter of a mile of the ranch. This wai by no means the first time tliat the truant Tom had wandered away from his little herd of youthful companions, for it would seem that he simply detested the confinement to which he was subjected during the day, and endeavored, to the extent of his limited ability, to manage his own particular affairs in a way more to his liking. Bruce had always de clared that Tom's aristocratic notions regarding the superiority of blue blood, was the cause of his preferring solitude to the society of the common herd of Texan long-horns, which supposition was based on the fact that old Keddy, Tom's mother, -was a full-blooded Here ford, that tho Websters had brought with them all the way from their old home in the North. It was, really, rather strange that this , - 11 1 ; L I : 1 mgmy-pnzeu scion oi nu sucieui inimn should have been so prone to make his owners trouble; since, for tho first six months of his life, he had been petted by his owner, and allowed to wander at will about the door vara, so that he might enjoy perfect immunity from the "u 'i i .: l ..- nf; assaults ui waiin-jnig ui iucah i lion; but although he till remembered some of the numerous accomplishments taught him by Bmcc in leisure moments, one of which was to charge blindly at the tantalizing wave of a red handker chief, ho was in other respects as wild as any other young cattle. As he had oxpected, Bruce found the calf's tracks aith-mt difficulty, plainly showing ir, the dusty path that led down to tho valley of the little creek; but he was somewhat surprised to find that Tom had jogged steadily along, swerving neither to the right nor loft, for nearly a mile, f aally leaving the trail nt a point wnere he rocky nature of the soil and druse underbrush rendered futile "all attcmp'jift further tradings, and tho nost persuasive and persistent call ing failed to elicit any responsive bleat from the Mtie mnavay. For a mile faillu r, Bruce wandered down the little vallev-, shooting, now and then, a gTeeu-crested duck, or one of the numerous gray squirrels that laikod and chattered at him from the limbs nliove bis head ; but, search as he Fom " MvtBB On LvtB On InaBTttoBv 14atfc VOL. XVII. NO. would, no further trace of the lost Tom could be discovered, Puzzled and disheartened, the lad finally turned b;ick, resolving to mount his pony alter dinner, ana search out the entire country for a radius of three or four miles. Crossing the stream, ho hunted back along the south bank, hardly expect'ng to discover the object of his search, but adding occasionally to his string of game. Presently liis attention was attracted by an unusually demonstrative squirrel who was saucily bidding him defiance from his perch on the limb of a large hollow oak. lhe shotgun was brought to the boy's shoulder, but, as if aware of his danger, the threatened animal dodged out of sight in a convenient orifice in the tree trunk. " Hello ! you are a sharp Uttle fellow, I see I muttered our vonng hunter ' Never mind, though ! You can't stay in that hole forever ; and the next time vou .show no you'll never know what hurts you." A fallen tree near by offered a com fortable seat, and Bruce assumed an easy position, with his back against the moss-covered stump : and resting: the crun across his knees, awaited the re appearance of the belengured squirrel. Minutes passed, but nothing more was seen of the sharp, rat-like ears and beady eyes, although Bmee's vigilance never relaxed, Half-way down, a mass of scarlet and yellow ivy leaves hid a second opening in the tree trunk, and here, unnoticed by the lad. the cunninp: soui'-rel watched his every motion, with not the slightest intention of exposing himself further. Another pair of eyes wero riveted on ine unsuspicious Doy a pair oi snaivy, black orbs that gleamed dangerously near, in a clump of verdant lohoge; lor, by some unlucky chance, the route to safety selected by Caddo Bill, the red fugitive from nistice, had lam through this quiet valley, after all, and the es caped murderer was now crouched, like a tiger gathering for a spring, not twenty races from the unsuspecting Jiruee. If Caddo Bill had fancied his safety assured upon successfully dodging his iniard and climbing the stockade at Port Griffin, his mind must have soon been disabused of that impression. For more thnn forty-eight hours he had been followed and harassed by the numerous parties in pursuit continually on the move gliding from covert to covert now hid in a clump of thorny cacti again threading the winding bed of some narrow arrow, or gliding like a snake through the tall prairie grass. Exhausted by his continuous exertions, and weak from the lavages of hunger that he lacked the wherewithal to ap- pense, his moccasins worn toslireds, and the re 1 shirt and cavalry pants, that he wore at the time of his escape, now torn to fragments by the envious briers, the fugitive really presented a pitiable ap pearance. Put worn and weary, as he was, the evil, murderous instinct was still domi nant in his breast, and his eyes glinted ominously, as he watched the boyish form carelessly reclining so close to his own hiding place. Was there ever such good luck ! The greatest cause of uneasiness to Caddo Bill had been the fa -t that lie had been forced to begin his flight tohtlly unarm- . -1H. ...... .......wl (n.'l.l'. -L- lew bravery -wUen m-mod to il. taotu, in bis defenceless condition he was help- less. Supplied with but a carbine, some of his pursuers would have doubtlessly . . . . . , , a -ii. felt his vengeance Dioremis; out, w-nn-ont even as much ns a knife, however small, he had no choice but stealthy, speedy flight Was kind fortune about to smile upon him once more? Here, within his reach, almost, and to be had for the mere tak ing, was a substantial-looking shotgun, iust the weapon that he wanted. Pos sibly, he would have to commit another murder to secure the coveted arm, but that was a matter of but small moment. On second thought, it would be far the Fafest plan to kill the boy and quiet his tongue. Yes, that was the proper course to pursue. Cautiously he rose to his feet, his right hand clutching a heavy fragment of granite. All unconscious of his lieiiL Bruce Fat half asleep and half-awake quite tired of watching for a squirrel that never appeared, but yet m no par ticnlar hurry to journey homeward. No thought of Caddo Bill had crossed the Imiv's mind since leaving home that morning. Lake his lather, liruce had thought it hardly probable that the murderer would attempt so far to the northw ard in case he had escaped re capture. Silently as a panther stealing upon its prey, and relentlessly as death resell, Caddo Uiu crept nearer and nearer. Barelv twenty feet sepaiated the murderer and his victim. The Indian's face was drawn in a griniace of fearful vindictiveness. His arm was drawn back for the deadly blow his muscles contracted for the final spring". Suddenly there was a rustle of shrub bery, and the rush of flying feet, and some heavy object was hurled against the crouching Indian from the rear, dashing him forward almost nion the now thoroughly-aroused Brace. lhe missing calf had suddenly appeared up on the scene exactly on time not a moment too early or too late. How long lorn had rieen an interested observer of Caddo Bill s actions, it is, of course, impossible to state. Evident ly, however, the fhvinting rags of the fugitive's scarlet sliirt had been con strued as a premeditated challenge, which could not be tamely overlooked, without doing violence to all the tradi tions of the lighting Hereford's, and the young champion's onslaught was sudden and irresistible. Caddo Bill's surprise was complete, and his discomfiture increased by tho fact that he was, for an instant, unable to comprehend the exact identity of his new a-sailant, and the momentary delay allowed Bruce time to thoroughly digest the danger of the situation. And, there fore, when the murderer staggered to his feet, intent on the further prosecu tion of the villainous scheme, young Webster, without an instmt's reflection, discharged loth barrels of his gun in his assailant's face, and dropping the now useleRs weapon, fled from the spot, without a thought of noting the effect of his shots. Ten minutes later, terror-stricken and ont of bre ath, Bruce dashed into the little dining room at the ranch, where half a dozen strangers were gathered about the table soldiers from Griffin, who, by the aid of bloodhounds, hnd tra led their late prisoner thus far on his way to lilierty. Hurriedly the loy told his story, and in an inconceivably short space of time, found himself seated on a fiery cavalry horse, behind the lieutenant in com mand of the squad, guiding them to the scene of his late encounter. Caddo Bill was found without diffi culty, not dead, as Brace had begun to fear, but so badly disabled by a handful of bird shot, in the muscles of his shoulder, that h's capture was easily effected. The belligerent calf, Tom, was also found on the field of battle, contentedly cropping the s.-attered herbage, and looking as harmless and insignificant as it was possible for a fat, well-grown calf to appear. He evinced no disinclina tion to return to the ranch, but trotted contentedly along in advance of the paity, the object of general admiration from all; and Bruce observed, without a pang of jealousy, that in discussing the particulars of the late "scrimmage, 'the NEW 11. soldiers accorded to Tom the most of the credit for the capture, which view of the matter the last was not disposed to uis- Eute, since he felt that to Tom, alone, e owed Iiib life and safefy. However, the reward pa:d for the re capture ef Caddo Bill was accorded to Bruce by genei al consent, and with the money thus obtained he purchased a number of young cattle the nucleus of the large herd, over which the Here ford, Tom, ruled as monarch and leader for many years. lankee Blade. RICHMOND'S BREAD RIOT. Jefferson Davis Describes a War time Incident. On the day of the not (April 2, 18C3), Mr. Davis said, he received word while in his office in Richmond that a serious disturbance, which the Mayor and Gov ernor Lieteher with, the State forces Tinder his command were entirely un able to suppress, was in progress on the streets. He quickly proceeded to the scene of trouble in the lower portion of the city, whither the venerable Mayor had preceded him. He found a large crowd on Main street, although the mass of the rioters were congregated on one of the side streets leading into that thoroughfare. They were headed by a tall, daring, Amazonian-looking woman, who had a white feather standing erect from her hat, and who was evidently directing the movements of the plunder ers. The main avenue was blocked by a dray from which the horses had been taken, and which had been hauled across tho street, and it was particularly noticeable that though the mob claimed that they were starving and wanted bread they had not confined their oper ations to food supplies, but had passed by, without any effort to attack, several provision stores and bakeries, while they had completely gutted one jewelry store and had also "looted" some milli nery and clothing shops in the vicinity. At the Confederate Armory in Bich mond were engaged a number of armor ers and artisans enrolled by General Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, to work especially for the Government These men had been organized into a military company under the command of a cap tain, whose bearing was that of a train ed, sturdy soldier, accustomed to obey orders, and ready to do his duty un flinchingly, no matter what it might be. This company had been promptly or dered to the scene of riot, and arrived shortly after Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis mounted the dray men tioned and made a brief address to the formidable crowd of both sexes, urging them to nbstain from their lawless acts. He reminded them of how they had taken jewelry and finery instead of sup plying themselves with the bread, for the lack of which they claimed they were suffering. He concluded by say ing: "Yon say, we are hungry and have no money. Here is all I have; it is not much, but take it." Jle then, emptying his pockets, threw all the money thev contained among the mob, after which he took out his watch and said: "We do not desire to injure any one, but this lawlessness must stop. I will give you five minutes time to di'siierse, otherwise you will ho fired on." Tho, onder was triien the company to prepare for tiring, ami tlie grim. reso!ute old cairfain w ho, I Mr. Davis said, was an old resident oi 1 Richmond, but whose name lie does not recall gave his men the command, "Load!" The muskets were then loaded with buck and ball cartridges, with strict observance of military usage, and every one could see that when their stern commander received orders to fire he intended to shoot to kill. The mob evidently fully realized this fact, and began to disperse, and before the live minutes had expired the trouble was over and the famous misnamed bread riot was at an end.: Richmond (Va.) Dispatch. "Bad Word" Societies. "Bad word" societies are the latest in stitutions at several of the city schools. They are destined to do a deal of good that is of a nature that generally lies be yond the reach of teachers. There are few playgrounds attached to boy's schools in this vicinity where language is not constantly used which would grieve and astound the mothers of those who utter and of those who hear them. The rules of the Bad Word society are usually not written down; but they are something like this: "One cent fine for every bad word spoken ; every boy to re port his own bad words to the treasurer and pay up; no telling of any other boy's bad words; the money to go to the school library." This is simple and practical. Perhaps tfie scheme might be enlarged a little so as to include the grosser forms of bad grammar, such as "I done it," "them cabbages," and "you was." It is high ly absurd that the boys who have been going to a grammar school for years should violate the most mdimental laws of grammar every time they speak ten consecutive words. But the main point is to destroy the habit of polluting the mouth and cor rupting the heart by the use of words which they call "bad." Every boy knows what they are, for no one can keep Wyond the sound of them. They pollute the a'r of every street and ore heard more or less wherever and wnen ever there is a company of boys playing together. They partly cause the dread that mothers feel when they see their liitle ones going for the first time to a boys' school. The mothers watch their boys' departure with a mixture of pride, pleasure and apprehension, and turn away from the window at last with a sigh, because they know that few older boys yet realize what a duty they owe to younger ones in the way of good exam ple. Washington Star. A Diver Nearly Scalped Under Water. Chamberluco said he would get ns some extra fine oysters from an old sunk en vessel on which the oysters had formed. We knew he was a good driver and so put him at it, we sitting around looking at him dive in twenty feet of water and bring up oysters. Finally one of the boys who was also diving came up and said a shark had Chamber luco, but almost at the same time up popped Chamberluco, but all covered with blood on his head. We got him into the lioat, and none too soon, for a number of sharks of great size were around the lioat biting at tho blood that Chamlerluco left iu the water. We washed old Cham off and found that he w as altnott scalped, the fish (for it was not a shark, it was a mirror or Hebrew fish) had taken the top of his head into his mouth down to the eyes and cut a complete circle around the head, taking out one of his eyes, cutting into the bridge of his nose across the cheek and around the l ack of his head. We cared for him the lest we could, and since he hos got well, but only has one eye and has a ring around his head. He says that the fish took his head into its mouth and swam with him around under part of the vessel; that ho fought as best he could with his hands and think he got his fingers in its eyes, and that is why it let him go, and then he lost no timo in getting to the top. Thf.ke are strong grounds for con fidence that the cruiser Charleston will exceed eighteen knots, and be the fast est large vesel in the American vavy. . MOHKISVILLE AND HYDE PARK, VERMONT, THURSDAY, MAY THE JOKERS' BUDGET. JESTS AND TARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. The Height of Absentmindedness More Than He Wanted. THT HEIGHT OF ABSENT-M1NDEPNTBSS. First Sportsman (shouting at the top of his voice) Come here! Come here: Quick! Second Sportsman (arriving out of breath) What is it ? "The best shot you ever saw at a rab bit! He's just got out of sight." "Why didn't you shoot him your self?" "I forgot I had my gun with me!" N. Y. Sun. A NEW USE FOR HAND-GRENADES. Poet I thought this new building of yours was hre-proof J ' Editor Yes. It is. Poet Then why do you have those extinguishers and bottles all through the building?" Editor To put out poets. Bazar. THEX MADE NOTHING T8EFOT, Wiggins (reflectively) Lord Mac Enoch Lord MacEnoch ? I don't re member anyone of that name in the British nobility. Who was the founder of his family f " Baboony (haughtily) My fwiend's family, sir, includes no founders, nor any other kind of manufacturwers. Judge. GUESSED HE WAS. "Is your father a speculator?" queried the first boy, as the two backed up against the gate. "I guess he is," was the answer. "Don't you know '" "Well, we have got out of paying rent for the last six months, and 1 guess father is a sort of speculator." Detroit Free Press. MORE THAN HE WANTED. liladleigh Hid your wife bring you much when you married her? Sadleigh More than I wanted, brought her mother. She FLUES ON HIM. Young Lady Why do you sigh and look at me like a fool ? Lovesick Youth O, Miss Emily, with what tenderness do you brush the insects from the plants. How I wish I was a rosebush to be cared for by your gentle hand. "Flies on you, are there?" Texas Sittings. CHANGED HIS TUNE. He entered a saloon on Monroe avenue with his hat on his ear and his coat on his arm, and flinging the garment on a table, he shouted: "Is the man here who said he could pulverize me in two minutes ? " " He is," replied an individual who was just wiping off his chin. "And are you the man?" "I am." "And you said it? " "I did." "And you won't take it back?" " No, sir!" "Well, let's have some more boer. Tho Vtnys snid on were ait old man with one arm, and 1 d.dn t propose to take sass from any such person. Drink hearty, my friend." Detroit Free Press. TOUGH BISCUITS. New Boarder It strikes me these bis cuits are tough. Mrs. Bazoo (the landlady) Toting man, I've made those biscuits, and I've made them before you were born. New Boarder (unabashed) I don't doubt it ma'am; but why don't you keep them in the onrio cabinet? Aren't yon afraid somebody might break them? Drake's magazine. rN A BOSTON BUTCHER SHOP. Young Boston Wife (at meat stall) I really don't know what to get for dinner to-day. Butcher Why not try some of these mutton chops? Good healthy food; eighteen cents a pound. Young Boston Wife (puts hand to forehead) Let me see. Butcher What tho chops? Here they are. loung Boston Wife No; I was think ing. Butcher About the price ? Young Boston Wife No; I was think ing whether j'ou ought not to have said wholesome instead of healthy. Yankee Blade. SAFE FROM CUPID'S DARTS. Visitor (at studio') I do not see how an artist could paint such a beautiful woman without falling in love with her. Great Artist I assure you, madam, that while painting that picture I never once thought of love. "Is it possible ?" "Yes, yon see tho model was my wife." New York Weekly. EXPENSIVE EDUCATION. Miss Urban (f-om the city) Oh, there's no doubt h t city life broadens a lierson's mind. "Mr.Rubarb (w ho once spent a week in New York) Yes'm it broadens the mind, but, Jehoshaphat, how it narrers the pocket-book ! New York Weekly, COWED THE OLD MAN. Father (threateningly) I ve a great mind to thrash you I Little son Take a man of yer size. Take ma ! Father trembles at the thought, and sits down. New York Weekly. A GOOD REASON. Mamma Howard, are yon going to take part in the tree planting at school on arlxir day ? Howard (emphatically) No, I hain't there's 'nuff switches growin round our school now. June. AN UNPARDONABLE ERROR. Father Mr. Sand, the grocer, tells me he discharged you for swindling him This is a terrible disgrace to the family. Son I couldn't help it, father. lie gave me some lead to put under the scales, and I made a mistake and put it on the wrong side. idle. "revenge is sweet." Barber (to first comer, in hand) Shave, sir t (To second comer) Take a chair, sir. 1 shall be disengaged imme diately. Hmitu (hrst comer, who has recog nized in the glass opposite that it is that fellow Brown, his rival and enemy) Ya-as; I wish to be shaved, and ah then I should like my head washed shampooed, y'know and afterwards my hair cut, and carefully curled I I (lab- leau.) Punch. A GOOD GRAMMARIAN. "Johnny," said a New York school teacher to a boy who had come from the West, "you may parse the word 'town. " 'lown is a noun, said Johnny, "future tense "Think again," the teacher interrupt ed. "A noun couldn't be in the future tense." . "I don't know about towns out here," said Johnny stoutly, "but half the towns where I came from are that way, Merchant Traveler. AMD HUMORED HIli. - Guzzler (running amuck) Warew ! (he lands in the arms of a policeman). Policeman What does tins mean ? Guzzler It means this. One of us two Jias got to go to the station house. Policeman (humoring him) Very well, I'll go. Come along. WHERE IT WAS. Dude (to photographer( Did you aw ever take-a composite picture aw that aw looked like me ? Photographer (reflectively) Y e s, once. "May I awsk where that aw was?" "In an idiot asylum." Texas Sift ings. SWEETNESS TOO MUCH CONDENSED. George (nervously)--Do you love mo? Will you marry me ? Almira Not so fast, George. One at a time, please. Epoch. an important jynsv. "Do you realize, darling, the import ance of the step you are about to take ?" inquired her mamma of a girl who was soon to be married. "I should say I did," was the answer, " ain't I going to wear a dress from Paris?" lEpoch. HTS WAY OF MEASURING. "What is the average rainfall per month in this Oklahoma "country ?" in quired the boomer from Illinois. "As near as I can guess," said the boomer from Missouri with a severe mental effort, "it's about five fingers." Chicago Tribune. IT DID NOT ANNOY HIM. McCbrkle " Smytho says he owes you a grudge." McCrackle " Never mind ; Smythe never pays anything." Bazar. PARLIAMENTARY. Brown Where's that fiver I laid on the table a moment ago? Mrs. Brown You never expected to see that again, did you i Brown And why not f Mrs. Brown I supposed you under stood enough of parliamentary practice to know that when a bill was laid on the table it was seldom heard of again. Bazar. Miss Bostonese When I was in my diminutive years I accompanied my re spected sire on a westward tour, and while sojourning at a caravansary, we viewed the famous Freckled Finale, the Aboriginal chieftain. Miss Gotham "Freckled Finale !' ' Oh, you mean the Indian "Spotted Tail' Miss Bostonese Yes, but he is never mentioned by that name in Boston, you know. . GETTING DIRECTIONS. Doctor (after examining little Willie) The child needs a plaster, Mrs. Simp son. Mother Yes, doctor; externally or internally f Judge. REAL MEAN OF HER. "What I so in my husband prize," Cried Clara, "is he is so wise." "That may be true now," Molly said. " But how he'B changed since you he wed." IT WAS NEWS To mM. . - "I see in the riarert' remarked Mrs. Snaggs, "that Ex-Prlident Cleveland's fine delivery excited tverybody's atten tion at the New York centennial." "Why, I didn't know that he had became a baseball -. pitcher," replied Snaggs, astonished. rittsburg Chronicle-Telegram. RUINING THE BUSINESS. Druggist What's the matter with ym 1 You seem excited. Clerk Heavens ! I sold Mrs. Smiley strychnine instead of potash. Druggist Wel, if you aren't the most careless idiot I ever saw I You seem to have no idea of the value of strychnine. America. The Brain Power of Plants. The manner in which the memosa closes Its stalks and leaves at tho ap proach of darkness is very interesting. As the gloaming gently fulls the leaves move upward toward each other till they touch; the secondary leaf stalks slowly droop till they are nearly parallel with the main leaf stalks, which in their turn fall till they point to the ground. Thus it folds itself at the close of day, and there is no doubt, if it were not al lowed to sleep, it would, like ourselves, soon die. This is not only an example of the necessity of Bleep for the repair ing of nervous energy and recuperation of brain power, but a' proof of the exist ence of the same in the vegetable king dom. Then there are the carnivorous plants, the Venus fly trap, for instance, which will digest raw beef as readily as its insect prey. From glands with which its leaf is provided, fluids are poured out which resemble the gastric juice of the animal stomach in its digestive properties. The ma ter of the insect body or meat is thus absorbed into the substance and tissues of the plant, just as the food taken into the animal stomach is digested and becomes part of the animal fabric. In the animal, digestion can - only be commenced by the biain force acting by means of a nerve upon the gastric glands; we may, therefore, concede that it is the action of the same power in the plant that produces the same effect There is no structure in plauts, so far as its funo tions are concerned, more wonderful than the tip of the radicle. The course pur sued by tho radicle in penetrating the ground must bo determined by the tip. Darwin wrote: "It is hardly an exag geration to say that the tip of the radicle, endowed as it is with such diverse kinda of sensitiveness, acts like the brain ol animals, the brain, being seated with in the extreme end of the body, receiv ing impressions from the sense organs, and directing the several movements." I do not quite agree with this, but I be lieve it to be anotjier example of that brain power which is the ranse of all plant life movement. In the commencement ol plant life we find, in the case of the pea or bean, for example, the radicle emerges at one end of the seed and the plumule at the other. What causes tho radicle ti descend and the other to ascend? If the seed is so placed that the radicle comes out at the top the result is the same, foi the radicle immediately turns round and grows downward. It cannot be gravita tion, although Darwin thought it was, because that would have the same effect upon the plumule. There can only be one reason, and that is the existence ol a directing force, or brain power. .Na tional Review. Remarkable Shetland Ponies. Two remarkably small Shetland ponies have just been sold at Ivcrness. The pair in question are about four years old, and their height respectively thirty six and thirty-seven inches. Their hair is fully five and a half inches long, and the little heads are almost entirely nbscured by the mane and forelock, which measures eighteen and a hall itiAnB Tt. in nlnn rftmnrlcflhle that, ths Soles of the hoofs are only two by three inches, their combined weight being but 449 pounds. There is only one other Shetlander as small as either of tl.od flint kr.t liv Mr Walter Gilbey, at Elscnham Hall, its height 1 At. ' 1 . ' . .l JL JUL A LEPER IN NEW YORK. A VICTIM OF THE HORRBILE DISEASE IN A HOSPITAL. The Poor Sufferer Talks Cheerfully to a Reporter or His Sad Condition What a Doctor Says. Charles Segrera, a youth of twenty, is in a New York hospital suffering from leprosy, the terrible disease now very rare save in certain quarters of the world, but familiar by name to all readers of biblical history. The afflicted young man has been visited by a World report er. At the reporter's request Supt. Witt of the hospital, permitted the former to enter the patient's room. "Did you wish to see me?" ssked the leper. "Will you be seated, sir?" he con tinued, making on effort to lift an ice bowl off a choir close beside him. His clumsy efforts to lift the vessel disclosed a horrible fact His hands were drawn up, the fingers rigidly half clenched and incapable of grasping an object They were twice their natural size, the palms and back puffed up and the skin thick, deadish and scaly. This as far up as the eye could reach beneath the sleeve. A chair was brought and the reporter curiously observe! the leper. He is a delicate young man sitting on one chair, his bandaged feet on another. Slight, rather emaciated figure. Complexion i pallid. Nose abnormally large, swollen and hard-looking lips, thicker two or j three times thicker than an African's, i ana oi a color not unlike that of a piece of raw beef, slightly cracked open; eye lids grotesquely thick and inflamed in appearance. Whites of the eyes blood shot and watery. And his ears hang ing down double their nominal length, they were thick, swollen and blood en gorged. His head was a mass of be.iuti ful wavy brown locks combed pompa dour, that had not bleached nor turned coarse. Entering into conversation with the youth, the World reporter learned that : he was born in Cuba, where he passed j his childhood days. He spoke English I not too fluently, but was able to under- stand. His parents are Spaniards of , the upper class. At present his father ! is a prosperous and wealthy merchant in the city of Carthagena, not far from the Isthmus of Panama, in Colombia. About ten years ago he made the discov ery that he could stick a pin or other sharp instrument into his wrists or hands I without feeling any pain. He felt elated at this and made all his young Elaymates envious. His parents were j orror-stricken, however. On another I occasion by accident the heated globe of a lamp fell off and he involuntarily caught it to prevent its breaking. Im agine his surprise to find that, though white-hot, it did not hurt him at all. This was a source of innocent delight to the child, then only ten years old, but his father was terribly worried and knew not what to do. He must keep the nature of the malady a secret from the youth, and at the same time prevent its spread if possible. Thus things stood for eight yeavs. The boy was bright and industrious. He took a fancy to the jeweler's trade, and hnd Iwnmn quite an expert young meclianic by the time lie was tinl,t-eti rears old. Hut the dread disease, v:is not to be ehoiited of its vrcv. It hud been merely slumbering for u iuw car. Slowly it wakened and wrapped its coils around the youth. First he was surprised to find that he could not pick up any of the numerous little pins and delicate machinery composing the me chanism of a watch. Next he could not take hold of his tools. His fingers would slip off. It became impossible to even hold a pencil in his fingers. Nodules lcgan to form on his orms and legs, Ins hands became dead branches of a living trunk, and his feet were, in addition to becoming scaly, beginning to fall away. Deep "penetrating ulcers" covered his soles, necrosis of the joints supervened, and he had to succumb to the inevitable. Ho had become too marked an object to go among his fellows, and isolation was sought. begrera s latlier, however, was unwill ing to desert his offspring, and decided to try what good there was in medical science, since tho days of miracles was passed. He accordingly corresponded with Dr. F. C. Aralentine, of this city, and on the score of old friendship suc ceeded in placing him in his charge. Eight months ago the poor youth reach ed this city, and Jived in seclusion at No. 50 West Fifteenth street, until his malady became so serious that a surgical operation was necessary. His disease was "perforating ulcers, and under this classification he become a patient in the German Hospital on April 2. He was placed in charge of a day nurse and a night nurse in room 26. Occupying a cot in the same room is an old gentleman from near Syracuse, N. Y., who is suffer ing from a stomach affection, and who looks very much like Mr. Russell Sage, except the dyed beard. As Supt. Witt himself did not know the name of the malady, and as the young man himself spoke of it simply as "my illness," it is safe to suspect that neither the attend ants nor the fellow-patient are acquaint ed with the character of their tropical brother's malady. This most probably accounted for their calm demeanor in handling the young man. Had they known as much as the reporter they might not have been so unconcerned. It was decided that on April 25, the legs of the leper should come off. This decision was, however, modified and only his two big toes were amputated. This was rendered necessary on account of the sloughing-off process. Already the joints had died. The leper informed the re porter that the operation did not pain him in the least. In less than two weeks after the operotio.i he was out in the grounds with his attendants walking around. He always selects a time when there is no one to observe him. In the way of amusement for even lepers must be amused the little fellow makes a pitiful attempt at drawing with crayon. He exhibited a log cabin in a wood, which he offered the reporter. He also vrites on a miniature type-writing macl .ne, and as his ingers are drawn to just the proper angle for typewriting he has attained no little success. Although tin. disease had already com menced gnawing ot his vitals, the lungs in particular, and his physician stated to the reporter that his end was fast ap proaching, he is of a cheerful disposi tion, speaks of an early recovery and a wish to soon master the English lan guage. Dr. Valentine would not say anything for publication. He, however, is authority for the statement that this young man is suffering from an unmis takable case of the old Eastern or Egyp tian leprosy. Not only did he say this, but he said "Dr. Jacoby" had so diag nosed the case. Dr. YaVntine stated to he World reporter that he had no hesitation in handling the case. " I have spent much of my time," he paid, " in the tropical countries, both of thii and the Eastern hemispheres, espe cially in Central and South America, and cannot bo mistaken. I have seen many cases. It is not generally known, but it is a fact a dreadful one that the island of Cuba and the Spanish American provinces abound in leprosy. Lepero,' translated from the Spanish, becomes leper in English. Call a Span iard or Spanish-American lepero,' and see how he will resent it. It is the same as a slap in the face, and nothing short of the code duello can wipe out the affront. When a family discovers 23, 1889. that it has a leper in its midst the un fortunate is closely secluded from the public, and, in many cases, the family itself goes into hermitage for the rest of its existence. Even the fact of the dis ease is a reproach tantamount to the most crying dishonor. " Leprosy is not curable, but it may lie alleviated. A leper suffers very little, if any. There is a hospital for lepers in Cuba, and they have much better treat ment now than in olden times. I have no fear of contagion. I have lived among lepers for nine years, and have not even the slightest indication of leprosy upon myself. I do not say that it is not contagious, but think it is not so from casual contut The young man under my care is in the last stages of the disease, and may die at any time." uo you ininK you could be mistaken your diagnosis of the malady ? " iu eu, j. may De, out i leei quite sure I am not in this instance. 1 am too familiar with the disease in all its foims, and it has many." - At the Tea Taster's Table. The tea taster nowadays is only the half or the portion of a man. Not to speak derogatcirily of the art or the tas ters, it is simply meant that now the merchant tastes his own teas, whereas in the fifties, the sixties, or even to some extent within a few years for the custom has been changing gradually and is not positively a dead letter even now it was a high-salaried exj ert who used to perform that duty. While in almost every branch of t; ade the ten dencies are toward specialism, among the tea men at least it is now the other way. Before his table sits our merchant taster with the teas which he must grade and value for sale and purchase. The tablo itself is a curious affair. It is most like unto one of those old-fashioned, round mahogany dining tables, with none of the leaves in. Upon a pivot swings the top, which is divided into three circles. Upon the outer and low est, which is little more than a narrow ledge, are placed the delicate handleless porcelain tasting cups. In the circle within this, raised a fraction of an inch, are the sample tins, ono for each grade and kind of tea, one of these being placed directly behind each cup. In the table's center, elevated on high, is a minute and very exact pair of scales, in one bal ance of which may be found a small silver coin. Just off at one side of the table stands a most important part of the apparatus. A kettle on a small gas stove it is, called in the trade a "tea kettle," although the housewife could never be brought to ca'l it anything more than a "hot water kettle," for it never holds anything else. Into each one of this circular row of dainty porcelain cups does the taster measure the silver coin's weight of tea leaves from the sample can behind it By tab!e revolution ad libitum he may always be in front of the cup he wishes. Then the "tea boy," taking the kettle from the ever-burning gas stove, fills each cup two-thirds with the boiling water. A couple of minutes or so and each cup shows a liquid of some tint of green or brown. The taster then, with the aid of a spoon, inhales the arising strt,Ti. This is called "getting at thai iiroiiio." Ho inav liu-tlier determine upon the lluM'i- by holding some portion t t the lhitiid in Ins mouth", by ivetnnly tasting (to use the dictionary meaning of the word.) But he does not always find this necessary. And so he proceeds around his table, noting the appearance of the leaf, when dry, its "liquoring" qualities, as to color, aroma and flavor. In this manner he notes, compares and values. New York Mail and Express. A New Breed of Cattle. Besides the pure buffalo, of which Mr. Jones, of Kansas, has nearly 120, he has a number of the cros-bred stock, and it is these which to the breeder of cattla are by far the most interesting. Among these last are four half-breed cows. These cows are all alike in size, and convey the impression of more bulk than large work oxen. When seen in March they were rather thin in flesh and were shedding their coats, so they did not appear to advantage. They were estimated to weigh about 1 ,400 pounds. Mr. Jone3 expressed the opinion that he could fatten one of them in the autumn so as to weigh 1,500 pounds live weight They are sired by buffalo bulls and are out of common Indian cows. . As might be expected, the three-quarter bloods more nearly resemble the buffalo. The hump is much more pro nounced, the head and horns more buffalo-like, while the coat is much longer than that of the half-breeds and more wavy. Animals of this breed attain a great size. A young three-quarter-breed bull, past three yeats old, pulled down the scales at 2,400 pounds when grass fat in tho autumn. Owing, however, to the lack of symmetry, due to the hump, they do not so much impress the catt!e man. They produce a robe, however, which in beauty and evenness is super ior to that of the buffalo. The buffalo's coat in winter on the hump, upper sides and back is curly and matted, and soon bleaches out to a faded tan color, while the coat of these three-quarter bloods is even throughout, having little or no curl anywhere, and is but litt'e lighter on the back than on the belly. It is everywhere a beautiful rich brown, and is as" heavy as any buffalo robe. The robe of the half-breed is even in length on all parts of the body and is without curl, more like a heavy bear skin than anything else. Forest and Stream. Henry Clay and the Tough. Henry Clay once invaded the blue grass region of Tennessee to make a rpeccb. When he arrived at his desti nation a tough' looking specimen, evi dently in tho last stages of whiskeyism, stepped from the throng, slapped the great orator on the back, and said: "Howdy, Mr. Clay !" The great man shook his head and re plied, "Bo kind enough to turn your head that I may see your profile." The man a-'e:-ted his face while the flickering torchlights enabled tho ob server to study him closely for several seconds. "Twenty years ago," raid Mr. Clay, "vou had not begun to grow that long beard and was smooth faced eh? "That's right." "You were not then a cyclops, but had two whole eyes eh !" "That's right, I reckon." "Ah ! Then you sat on a jury before which I pleaded a cos and your nanio is . Am I not right ?" "I reckon you are, snah." "Yes, yes; I remember you perfectly, and," continued Mr. Clay, "you had one other characteristic, which I now recall you were then a gentleman." New York Herald. No Interruption Intended. Little Char'io whose pi andfather is a Baptist mini ter, took dinner at the par sonage the other day. lie lived at a hotel, and before his venerable grand parent began the blessing Charley had begun eating voraciously. "Oh ! don't mind me, grandpa," he remarked be tween inouthfuls, yhen the latter re monstrated, go right on with your blessing." Phi la. Press. TERMS $1.50. LIVINGSTONE. Career of the Great African Explo rer How He Died. It is curious that for a great English man of action Livingstone should hava seen so little of England and England so little of him. His life as a man had b'en passed in Africa; as a boy he had lived in Scotland. London he saw at the threshold of his life as a man, and again in the midst of his triumphs, when all the honors men could pay him were paid with euthusiasm. When at last his remains were carried back to England and reverently dejwsited in the centre of the nave of the Westmins ter Abbey, it was literally true that the only time Livingstone had ever been within those walls as a living man was when as a young man in 1838 he wan dered iu with a sight-seeing company. Another of tho very singular facts in the career of Livingstone is the method of identification of his remains in their arrival imLondon from Zanzibar. Early1 in his African experience he had had an encounter with a lion. "He caught me by the shoulder," said Livingstone in telling the story, "and we both came to the ground together.' Growling horri bly, he shook mo as a terrier dog does a rat." Livingstone's arm was perma nently damaged by this encounter. It thenceforth had a false joint. - By this joint Sir William Fergusson identified his remains. Mr. Hughes's narrative of the last scene in the life of Livingstone is ad mirably simple. A paragraph of it is commended to the reader: "The last halt was for an hour in the gardens outsido outside Ilala. While his men prepared the raised bed of sticks and grass inside, and banked the hut round, a curious crowd gathered round to gaze at the best friend Africa ever had, and was about to lose. Drizzling rain was falling, and a fire was lighted outside the door. The boy Majwara slept inside the tent. In the morning Chit ambo came, but the dying man sent him away, telling him to come next day, when he hoped to be able to talk. "An hour later Susi again heard the boy's 'Bwana master wants you, Susi.' Susi went in ; he was told to boil water and then to get the medicine chest and hold the candle, and he noticed that his master could hardly see. He selected the calomel with difficulty, and was told to Eut a cup with water and another empty y the bed. 'All right, you can go out now,' in a feeble voice were the last words he heard. About 4 a. m. Majwara came agaih. 'Come to Bwana, I am afraid. I don't know if he is alive.' Susi, Chumah, and four others were at the tent door in a moment. The doctor was kneeling by the bed, his face buried in his hands on the pillow, dead." No student of the fitness of events could hav9 chosen for Livingstone a more appropriate death than that It was fit that he should die in the land where his greatness had been won; fit that his companions should be represen trtives of the dark people for whose wel fare he had given his best years and at last life itself; fit also that a man of his cast of mind and faith should die in com munion with God. It is one of the no blest of English stories, this of the life and death of David Iivingstone. New York Times. JHonster Spiaers wiai Aiavei dia. For up in tho mountains of Ceylon and India thero is a spider that spins a wh like bricht yellow silk, the central net of which is five feet in diameter, while the supporting lines or guys, as they are called, measure sometimes iii or twelve feot long; and riding quickly in the early morning you may dash right into it, the stout threads twining round j our face like a lace vau; wnue no creature who lias woven it takes up his iwsition in the middle, he genei-ally catches you right on tho. nose, and, though he seldom bites or stings, the contact of his large body is any tiling but pleasant If you forget yourself and try to catch him, bite he will, and, though not venomous, his jaws are as powerful as a bird's beak, and you are not likely to forget the encounter. The bodies of theso spiders aro very handsomely decorated, being bright gold or scarlet underneath, while the up per part is covered with the most deli cate slate-colored fur. So strong aro tho webs that birds the sizo of larks aro fre quently caught- therein, ami even the small but jiowcrful scaly lizard falls a victim. Often have I watched the yel low or scarlet monster, in asuring, when waiting for his prey, with his legs stretched out, fully six inches, striding across the middle of the net, and noted the rapid manner in which he winds his stout threads around the unfortunate captive. He usually tlirows the coils about the head, till the victim is first blinded and then choked. In many unfre quented dark nooks of the dark jungle yon come across most perfect skeletons of small birds caught in these terriblo snares, the strong folds of which prevent the delicate bones from falling to the ground after the wind and weather have dispersed the flesh and feathers. I The End of the Shakers. The private sale by the South family of Shakers of their entire property in Enfield, N. H., consisting of 900 acres of land and all their buildings, is a mat ter of crnsiderable importance. The purchasers are John M. Corse, postmas ter of Boston, and Walter C. Havdman, of Warner, N. H., who represent a syn dicate. The price paid is $30,000. The property is intended for an extensive stock farm, and is well adapted for that purpose. The South family will now unite with the First or Middle family, and, excepting two or three aged men, consists of women and children. This sale indicates the final extinction of the Shakers iu New Hampshire at an early day. For many years they have gradu ally been losing ground, their numbers have been decreasing, and they have been unfortunate financially. Most of their farm work has been carried on by hired labor. A prominent Shaker re cently expressed his opinion that, as all the societies in the country are much in the same jiosition, unless they early re move to some new section, they will soon be annihilated. For many years tho Shakers at Enfield and Canterbury con ducted a large Diisincss. and their influ ence has been important in many diree tions. Boston Traveler. Valuo of Royal China. I read in a contemporary that tho value of the china at Buckingham Pulaco aud at Windsor "exceeds 200,000." I should think it does, and dC 400,000 would not be an extravagant estimate considi ring that the Sevres desert service in the greon drawingn-ooin at. Windsor is valued at 100,000, and the Rose du Bam vases iu the corridor at 50.000, while thero aro six Sevres vases at Buckingham Talaco for which there? would bo an eager com petition if they were put up to-morrow at 30,000. The whole ot this china be longs to the Crown, )ac practically means that it is the property of tho country, us indeed it ought to be, con sidering that t he w hole of it wa. paid for principally duri ii,; the reign of George IV. by tho tuxpnyers. London Truth. SWALLOWED TACKS. THE BAD RESULT OF A TOUNO HAN'S QUEER MANIA. From Tacks He Took to Swallowing Fins, and Had to Have a Wonder ful Operation Performed to Sava His Life. Charles Raymond, soys the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati En quirer, has been a familiar figure around Niblo's Garden for many years. Besides having charge of the machinery of tho theater, which has brought him into personal coutiict w ith all the celebrities of the stage, he has a bright intellect and a cheerful disposition, ilaymond did not lake kindly to tho ordinary in dulgences that men usuall employ to ruiu their health. He did not use tobacco or drink intox icating fluids, but he' had one little specialty that he heartily enjoyed. It is perfectly safe to say that there are few persons who have been lured into following his example to get a share of the joy that teemed to c mie to him, Raymond's method of dissipation or relaxation after the trying duties of it night's performance wero over, consisted in eating ta ks for the amusement of his friends. There was no lcgerder about it, either. He would swallc handful of tacks with as much greed a love-sick maiden would candy. 1 found out that he could swallow tack while working at laying carpets when a young man. Professional carpet-layers x always carry the tacks in their mouths N when at work, and Raymond found that once in a while a kick would slip down his throat He was alarmed ot first, but finding that lie was not much in jured by the tacUs, the idea struck him that he had discinered a good way of having fun at the expense of his friends, and he has been at it ever since. Ho has swallowed several kegs of tacks in his day, and the only bad feature notice able was that his appetite always ap peared to be on the increase. The ex planation of the phenomenon is a simplo one. Raymond has not a copper-lined stomach, as has often been suggested to him, but he has a strong Etotnach, into which there flows an unusual amount of powerful gastric juice, which dissolves the iron. Raymond became ambitions. Tacks were not good enough for him, and he got tired of taking them. Ho wanted a change of diet, and he made, it without consulting a physician. Ho mode mistake, like many others who will not leave well enough alone, and he is now sitting up in a cot in tho New York Hospital, artistically done up in beauti ful white bandages. Ho swallowed a dose of pins to please his admirers, but he never sought their admiration again in the same way. One dose was enough. It is not known exactly how many ho took, but his confidence in his digestive apparatus led him to attempt to give a few points to the ostrich. Tho theory was magnificent, but the gastric juica did not have any fancy for brass, and ." each individual pin made a dive for liberty on its own hook. . Raymond began to suffer in a few hours, and was taken to tho hospital. Dr. Wheeler took charge of the case. The patient was kept perfectly quiet with opiates to give nature a chance to get rid of foreign bodies by inclosing them in a cyst, but this solution, if the difficulty did not appear. -The patient became pale, thin and delirious. A swelling appeared in the region of the umbilicus after several days, aud this increased until the skin broke and dis charged fibres of the omental tissue, farces and pus. There was no time for further delay, as tho developments prov ed conclusively that the contract was too large for nature and assistance must be given. The patient being thoroughly anes thetized, an incision was made iu tho abdomen in the medium line from the umbilicus nearly to the pelvis, so that all the abdominal spaces could lie reach ed without much trouble The peri toneum wns very vascular aud much valuable timo was lost in checking tho. hemorrhage at this point. A number ot iinH wero found in the lower part of the nWomon, whero they had Urojpou auer coining iinuni iin- opening that had leen made in the small intestine by an abscess. Several other pins protruded through the membrane, and were held by the head. Theso wei-u pulled out The surgeon na in doubt as to what course he should pursue, but finally made a small oening into tho intestine near the stomach, through w hich a small rubber tubo was inserted. The bowl was tied above aud below this point, and warm water was gently forced through the tubo. As soon as the pressure dis tended the bowl tino streams, little miniature fountains, burst forth, and n careful count showed that thero wero sixty-three perforations in tho intestine in a length of" thirty inches. Tho mesenteric artery and its branches lead ing to this portion of the intestine wero ligatured with silk passed around them with an aneurism needle. The intestine was then cut with scis sors in two places thirty-two inches apart, and all the broken down intest ines were removed. The iipor point of severance was close to the stomach, ami through this opening the stomach was carefully explored, and several pins were taken out tlmt had fastened on tho lining membrane. All tho pins had reached the stomach, none having lodged in the oesophagus. None of the pins could be detected in the lower part of the bowel, and the eanol appeared to lie intact Being satisfied that there were no more pe: fonitions, the divided ends of the bowel were brought together and united with interrupted sutures of fine spun silk. After a final search for pins in the cavity, it was thoroughly washed with a carliolio acid Milution, and tha abdominal wound was closed with silver and cat-gut sutures. The operation had been somewhat prolonged by the appearance of unfor seen difficulties, and tho patient was in a low state. Vigorous treatment pre vented a collapse, and after the effect of the shock passed away he showed marked improvement, being free from pain entirely. There have been no drawbacks. The patient has an excel lent appetite, and the removal of the liowel dots not appear to interfere with digestion. Tho immense wound in the abdominal wall is healing splendidly, and most of the sutures have lieen e moved. In a few days the patient will leave the hospital, 1 aving made the rec ord of recovery after the removal of the largest section of intestine ever taken from a human being. Petroleum Not a New Thing. Contrary to the general snpiKisition petroleum is no new thing. I nder the various synonyms of rock oil, mineral oil, naphtha, bitumen, pilch, asphalt um ami mineral wax, it has U-en known and employed for thousands of years. Noah probably used it when he gave his ark two coats of "pitch" within and w ithout; the mortar used in building the Tower of Babel was a bituminous "slime," and the excavations amid the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon gave abundant evidence Unit the same kind of cement w os used there. Even ns an illuminating m.-ilerial in the first cen tury of the Christian era it was used under tho name "Sicilian oil," and it doubtless entered into the composition of the redoubtable. Greek lire, ian FrancisM Chronicle. The Microscope in Drug Stores. Says a St. Louis druggist: "There is not another city the size of St. Louis with us many druggists who use the mi croscope iu their business. The instru ment isn comparatively new implement in the hands of the druggists, but those who sell medicines here ore learning how to use it in the detection of adulter ations, v hile tho doctors use it in diag nosing diseases. The increased demand for microscopes has brought down the price so that i'lo will now buy as fine a one os $Z0 would a lew years ago. I think the tin.e will come when not only doctors and dtuggiMs wi'l use micro reopes for H'icntillc. purposes, but most. toe:ety folks will own I hem us a means of tmnsenient nnd enteitnini'ient tor I heir friends."