DISCONTENT.
Down in a field one day in June,
The flmvers all bloomed together, .
Save one who tried to hide herself _
And drooped, that p;easant weatner.
A robin. who had soared too high
And felt a little lazy,
\Vas rest-ing near a butteroup
“he wished she was a daisy.
For daisies grow so big and tall,
She always had a passion
For wearing frills about her neck.
Just in the daisy’s fashion.
And buttercups must always be
The same old tiresome color,
While daisies dress in gold and white,
Although the gold is duller.
‘ “Dear Robin,” said this sad young flower.
"Perhaps you’d not mind trying
To find a. nice white frill for me,
Some day when you are flying.”
“You silly thing,” the Robin said.
“1 think you must be crazy;
I'd rather be my honest self
Than any made up daisy,
“You’re nicer in your own bright gown;
The little children love you;
Be the best buttercup you can,
And think no flower above you.
“ l‘hough swallows keep me out of sight,
W ~’d better keep our places;
Perhaps the world would all go wrong
\Vith one too many daisies.
“Look bravely up into the sky
And be content with knowing
That God wished for a buttercup
Just here where you a 6 growing,"
—Sarah Orne J ewett.
LOVE’S SACRIFICE.
- “My dear,” said Hero Field, “don‘t
give up. If you yield this way, it‘s
all up with you during your married
life. And the idea of a bride in her
honeymoon being weighed down with
an old grandfather and grandmother-
in-law!”
Nannie Eastlake was a bright-eyed
girl of nineteen—a girl who had been
brought up in a fashionable boarding
school. And the first real heart ex-
perience that ever happened to her was
Donald Aubrey’s love.
"It is such an elegant house,” said
Nannie. “Turkey carpets, furniture of
ebony and gold, and the tiniest little
gem of a conservatory filled with
roses, camelias and the sweetest car-
nations, and my boudoir all in pink
and silver.” '
"Of course it’s all very fine,” said
Miss Field, “but you'll never enjoy it
with those horrid, mischief-making an-
tediluvians snifling and prowling
around.” ' _
"But they are Donald’s grandpar-
ents.” pleaded Nan.
“Well, what then? Let him provide
for the-m as other people do. His wife
has the first right in the house, and so
I'd tell him if I were you. A mother-
in-law would be bad enough, but this
is ten times worse.”
So when Mr. Aubrey came to make
his usual evening call that night and
Aunt I’onsonby had discreetly made
some excuse for leaving the drawing-
room, Nannie broached the subject at
once. _
"Donald,” she said, “I have lately
been thinking—”
"Yes, dear?” _
“And I’ve come to the conclusion
that you ought not to ask me to make
a home for old Mr. and Mrs. Vivian.”
"Is it not right and natural, Nannie,
that their home should be with me?”
he asked, his face clouding over.
"I dare say it will be very nice for
them,” said Nannie, with a toss of her
head. “But how about me I"
“Do you object to them ?”
“Very decidedly indeed,” answered
the pretty young girl, fondly imagin-
ing that she had but to lift her slender
finger to win any boon that she asked
of Donald Aubrey.
“I am very sorry,” said the young
man, calmly. “As I have decided to
ask them to remain permanently with
me, I cannot permit my wife—”
Nannie reddened.
“I‘am not your wife yet, Mr. Aubrey,
and I will not be your wife if—”
“Think of what you are saying!"
“I mean it. 'I do not choose to marry
into a nest of relations-ln-law, and you
must choose between your grandpar-
ents and me.”
“Nannie!”
“I am quite in earnest,” said she. “If
you' really care for me you will give
up this unreasonable caprice.”
I-Iis dark eyes were bent on hers as
if to read the very secrets of her
heart.
“Is it unreasonable,” he asked, “to
honor our aged parents? Is it a ca-
price to retain some natural affection
for those who loved and cared for me
when I was a helpless child? If you
think it is, Nannie, I have been sorely
mistaken in your character!’
The girl’s lips quivered.
“I am then to understand that your
selection is made?”
“I prefer my duty toanything in the
world, Nannie.”
“I have the honor to wish you a very
good evening.”
, Before he could add another word
the girl had left the room.
“Good!” cried Miss Field the next
day when Nannie related to her the oc-
currence of the evening. “He’ll be on
his knees to you before three days are
passed, and you’ll have your own way
for good and all after this.”
But the three dayshad passed, and
three more on the top of them, and
never a penitent lover appeared to sue
for Nannie’s pardon.
“Oh, Hero, what shall I do?” she
pleaded with tears in her eyes.
“Let him go,” said Miss Field.
To tell the truth, Hero had been a
little envious that Nannie Eastlake
, had been engaged before herself.
Donald Aubrey was sitting alone in
the pretty blue and gold drawing-room
that he had furnished eXpressly with
regard to Nannie’s taste. Mr. and
Mrs. Vivian, early risers and early re-
tirers, had gone to bed, although it
was hardly yet dark, when the little
‘i-parlor maid came to the door and
said——
“A lady to see you, sir.”
Then Donald found himself looking ,-
L-Ig into 11;.- deep blue eyes of Miss!
ECSilzlkc.
“Nannie!” he cried.
“Yes, it is I.
been so foolish, so wrong-headed. And
I have come to ask your pardon.”
“My dear, dear little Nannie!
a word more.” »
, “But I must speak, Donald. I must
tell you how earnestly I‘have repented
my temper and folly. If you will take
me back to your heart, I will try to be -
a good wife to you and a dutiful
daughter to your grandparents.”
Not
The wedding day came, and the wed- '
Oh, Donald, I have ‘
ding tour passed away, and Nannie
Aubrey came home to the house prc- ,
pared for her.
The old people were waiting on the 5
threshold to greet her. The young
bride kissed and embraced them heart-V
ily.
“It is so nice to have you here to
welcome us,” she said. “You are sure
you have been quite comfortable? And
grandpapa, has he had his dinners just
as he likes them? But I mean to see
to that myself now, for you know I
am quite a housekeeper already.”
But when dinner was over the tw0‘
old people got up.
“Where are you going?” asked the
bride, in surprise.
“Home,” said Mrs. Vivian.
“Home is here,” said Nannie.
“No, my dear, 110,” said the old lady,
kindly. “Young people are better by
themselves. Donald has bought us a
nice cottage a mile or two out in the
country, where I can keep a cow and
grandfather can look after the poul-
try: You must come and see us every
day.” _
So the old people trudged away, and
Nannie looked up into her husband's
face.
“Donald, ‘w rat does this mean?” she
asked tremulously. '
“It means, my darling,” he an-
swered, “that grandpapa and his wife
could not be happy in the unwonted
confinement of a city. They love.the
country. So you will have a home with-
out any relations—in—law, after all.”
“Oh, Donald, do not repeat my silly
words!” she whispered.
Saved by Little Coyotes.
Out West, last spring, two young
men were ploughing, when they found
two young coyotes, a species of prairie
dog. They tried to take the coyotes
home. After a good deal of trouble
with the father and mother, who strug-
gled to recover the puppies, the men
succeeded in driving the father and
mother away, and then tied the pup-
pies securely in a bag. They watched
the bag for a while, but, as the father
and mother did not attempt to come
nearer than the edge of the wood, they
thought they were thoroughly fright-
ened and would not try‘to "get their
babies back. The men followed the
plough from end to end of the field,
passing the little creatures in the bag
several times. Suddenly there was
a strange sight when they turned down
the field. It was the mother coyote
dragging the bag across the field to
the woods. ‘ She reached the woods
with the bag, escaping the men, and
there ripped open and let her puppies
out—New York Journal.
The Duchess’s Dog.
The young Duches of Marlborough
is rarely seen without her pet dog by
her side, such a sweet, curly-headed,
roguish little spaniel. Really, he is
worthy of all the adjectives one may
lavish upon him. The "Blenheim Fa-
vorite” had for ancestor a spaniel who
followed the great Duke all through
the battle of Blenheim, which won for
that hero the dukedom.
“Handsome John Churchill"—the
name by which the first Duke was
known—was so much touched by the
dog’s devotion that he kept him by his
side from the day of the “famous vic-
tory” until the time of his death. The
American Duchess, who has the his-
tory of the Marlboroughs at her finger.
tips, when she found that the little
spaniel of whom I write was a lineal
descendant of “Handsome J ohn’s” pet,
adopted him immediately and is rarely
seen even in London without the dog-
gie, frisking after her skirts or sitting
composedly upon her knee.'—From
The Woman at Home.
SNAP SHOTS.
The difference between poetry and
rhyme is that people will read rhyme.
One good way of getting on in the
game of life is to remember what is
trumps.
A huckster with a push-cart full of
apples makes more noise than a four-
horse team loaded with gold for Uncle
Sam’s treasury.
There is no use in wearing oneself
. out. The sun keeps our system of plan- -
ets in good order without _working
overtime.
W'ork brings us bread, but singing
may bring us a thousand dollars a
night. Happy is the- man who sings
at his work!
Humor is the sunshine that keeps
oil” the storms of life, but some jokes
get so old that they look like borrowed
umbrellas. -
When a man informs you that the
whole world is :1 pack of fools, you
may be sure he knows just where to
put his hand on an exception to prove
the luie. ..
Christine Nil-sun. ,
Though she retired from the world
so quietly and unobtrusively that few
people knew that she had really left
it, Christine Nilsson, the great singer.
is still a beautiful and most charming
woman. For her favorite hobby, the
Countess De Casa Miranda, as'she now
is, has taken up a collection of laces,
both black and white. For jewelry she
has no great liking, though her cofiec-
tion 'of precious stones is one of the
most famous in Europe—From An
swers. '- '
BRIEFLY PUT.
Two Instances of Napoleon’s Rewarding
Those “Thom He Could Trust.
ThOugh the great Napoleon. was noi
accustomed to tolerate “talking back”
on the part of the people‘about him,
several instances are on record in
which he not only forgave but rc-
warded a certain degree of b'luntness
of speech from persons whose loyalty
he had no reason to Suspect. Victor
Hugo tells a story of Monseigneur
Myriel, in which ‘ Napoleon asked,
“Who is that little man who is staring
at me?” and was answered by Myriel
himself—~“You, sire, are looking at a
little man. and I am looking at a great
man, and it may be to the advantage
ofvus both.” The story 'is declared to
be true. The emperor made the little
priest a bishop the next day. It is re-
lated in a recent volume of Napoleonic
reminiscences that,.as Napoleon was
‘one day reviewing some of his troops,
. he rode by an old and faithful officer,
who—perhaps from want of brilliancy
on the man‘s part—had never been ad-
vanced beyond the grade of captain,
though he was well enough known to
the emperor. The emperor was pass
ing at a' slow trot. As he came di-
rectly in front of the old captain, the
officer saluted, and said loudly, but
without any apparent movement of
the muscles of his face, “Fifteen cam-
paigns—private, captain!” The cm-
peror, without turning his head or
slackening his pace, said, “Colonel,
brigadier, baron!” Then he was gone.
There had indeed been no time for a
word more than had passed; but those
had sufficed for the captain to ’com-
municate a long story and a reproach-
i‘ul complaint, and for the emperor to
set matters right with a military and
social promotion.
A COSTLY CURL.
The Duke of Orleans Paid $31,000 for His
_ Flatter-y.
Mr. G. A. Sula, in his Autobiography
tells the following story of Lady Har-
riet D’Orsay and the Duke of Orleans.
“Lady Harriet D’Orsay was really he
heroine of a story which has been told .
in at least twenty forms of twenty dif-
ferent ladies of fashion. She was pre-
siding at a stall at a bazaar, held in
aid of the funds of some asylum or
another, when there came up the
young Duke of Orleans, son and heir
of King Louis-Philippe. The Duke,
after some polite small-talk, began to
, extol the beauty of her hair; and in-
deed her Henrietta-Maria coiffure Ililil
never looked glossier and softer than
it did thisday. ‘Oh,’ said his Royal
Highness, ‘if I could only possess one
of those enchanting ringlets!’ ‘How
much would Monseigneur give for
one?‘ asked Lady Harriet gravely.
‘li‘ive thousand francs.” "Five thou-
and francs! ($1,000)’ repeated the
Duke ‘.‘-. mere bagatelle!’ ‘Six 2min—
sand francs?’ ‘Anything so charming
a lady chose to ask.’ ‘I will not be ex-
tortionate,’ pursued Lady Harriet; ‘we
will say five thousand.’ And then she
very composedly produced a dainty
little pair of scissors, snipped ofi the
adorable Henrietta-Maria ringlet,
wrapped it in silver paper, and handed
it, with a smile and a curtesy full of
graceful dignity, to the Duke. His
Royal Highness looked very straght
down his nose, and, returning Lady
Harriet’s salute, stalked somewhat
gloomily away. But his Privy Purse
duly forwarded the money the follow-
ing day.” ' -
WIT AND HUMOR.
“Move forward a little!” roared the
street-car conductor.
“I can’t,” gasped the man in front;
“I don’t know how to ride horseback.”
Poak—The way of the transgressor
is hard.
Joak—True; but the trouble is it’s
generally hard on somebody else-'-
‘lruth.
“Which would you rather be, Willie,
a monkey or a giraffe?”
“Giraffe every time. It would be
bully in summer time for lookin’ over
the base-ball grounds fence.”
Chollie—It’s a' strange thing about
50m girls’ eves.
I I..I‘— 7" H'S that?
"’n L5: iii-y can be very dark and at
ihe Saint: time very bright.”—Yonkers
Statesman. . . »
Mr. Aiken—You see things in a dif-
ferent light since you married, do you
not?
Mr. Nuwed—I ought to. There were
fifteen lamps among our wedding pre-
sents—Pearson‘s Weekly.
“I should have brungmy umbrella,”
remarked Mrs. Livewayte, a member
of the Chicago Literary Society.
“Brung?” asked Mrs. Laker, in a
gentle, corrective tone.
“How stupid of me! Of course, I
meant ‘brang.’ ”—IIarlcm Life.
“Yes, that is a picture of my de-
ceased husband,” said the bereaved
widow. “He is gone 'but not forgot-
ton.”
"How much nicer that is,” said the
sympathetic but cheerful friend, “than
if he were forgotten but not gone.”—
I‘ruth. ' '
“Father,” quoth the young son of Is-
rael, “why must we never seek re.
venge?” ' -
“Because, my son,” returned the
gray-haired Jew, blandly, “you should
so manage all your afiairs as to leave
.the other fellow looking for revenge."
—Truth.
The Professor:
the material for my work on ‘The De-
cline of s'uperstiti'on.’ I shall begin
towrite the book day after to-mor-
row.”
His Wife: “Why not to-morrow?"
The Professor;
s Friday.”
"1.1x ' on ' ’ iv »' AL n =-
“I have collected all.
“Um—a—‘to-morro ‘ :'
WOMEN To THE FRONT
THE WILD AND WOOLY WEST
CHAMPIONS EQUALITY.
the Chicago University Boldly_Brenks'
Down Old-Time Barriers, and a Bank
in Indiana Has Made a. \Voman Its
Cashier.’
For the first time in the history of
university life in this country, and
probably in the world, a woman is
:o be the convocation orator at the
iomniencement exercises of a great
Jniversity. It is announced by Presi-
lcnt Harper of the University of Chi-
:ago that Lady Aberdeen, wife of the
Governor of Canada, is to have this
101101' at the commencement exercises
it the university, April 1.
Lady Aberdeen is a polished orator
1nd somewhat of a politician. She
ms made many successful political
speeches in behalf of her husband
:hroughout Scotland and Ireland. In
irclzind, of which her husband was
Viceroy, she used her utmost exer-
‘iions toward increasing, the scope of
irish industries. She opened many
:hanuels of employment for .the wo-
lieu of Ireland, and was the prime
mover in getting up the Irish village
and fine exhibit of Irish women’s hand-
iwork at the \Vo-rld’s Fair. She has
also taken a leading role in philan-
ihrophy in Canada, and is very popular
there. '
Nor are her sympathies confined to
inhabitants of the “right little, tight
little isle” and its dependencies. She
Is interested in the women of the Unit-
ed States, and very liberal in he!
sentiments, as was shown in her
speech before the \Vomen’s Federa-
tion, when she spoke of Britian’s fol-
ly of 1776, and expressed a wish that
"England and America could stand
side by side as God’s chosen servants
in the cause of humanity.” She is al-
so a worker in the cause of temper-
mce and was one of the prominent
participants in the Convention of the
World's \Vomen's Christian Temper
tnce Association in London in 1895.
: Two Stories of Toilets.
Mrs. Bancroft, the wife of the his-
;orian, when staying in London. went
me day to an afternoon musicale in
ilayfair. On the way she was at-
‘acted by a display of shawls in a
Regent street window, and stopping
he cab, went " into the shop and
)ought one, throwing it over her
:houlders to wear to the social gath-
:ring. The astonished guests at the
nusicale were edificd by the sight of
he elegant Mrs. Bancroft floating
hrough the drawing rooms with a
)lacard on her back bearing the
words, “Very Chaste.”
This suggests an incident in the life
)f Mrs. Gladstone, the wife of the
Premier, who is noted for her absent-
nindedness.
She once arrived late at a dinner,
and while apologizing to her hostess.
explained that the delay was caused
by her inability to find the bodice of
her gown. “However, it is all'right,”
she concluded, “for I had another bo-
iice’ that combined well with the
skirt, and I have worn that.”
“But what is that on your skirt, my
dear?" asked Mr. Gladstone, who was
iust behind her as she sailed majes-
tically across the room. It was the
missing bodice, which shehad pinned
there after last wearing, that she
might not mislay it.
A Woman Bank Cashier.
A correspondent of the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat writes from Hunt-
ington, Ind.: The First National Bank
of this city has a. lady cashier, Mrs.
Sarah Francis Dick, and a. lady direc-
tor, Mrs. Fredericka Drover, and is
probably the only bank in the country
hearing such distinction. Mrs. Dick
is also a director in the institution.
Mrs. Dick was appointed assistant
cashier in 1873. She was then Miss
Sarah F. McGrew, and her father
was cashier of the bank. She served
in that capacity until 1881. when the
bank was reorganized. Mr. McGrew
then became president, and his
daughter was appointed cashier and
also elected a director. In 1878 she
was married to Julius Dick. one of
the most prominent merchants of this
city. Ever since 1881 Mrs. Dick‘ has
been cashier of the bank, and her '-
work in that capacity has been un-
questionably accurate and able.
Lighting 3 Fire \Vith Ice.
Yen can light the fire with a piece
of ice if the weather is fine.
Take a' piece of clear ice about an
inch thick, chip it into the shape of a
disc, and with the palms of your hands
melt its two sides convex, thus giving
the form of a double convex lens or
burning-glass. This you should do with
considerable accuracy, and. you may
have to practise some time before you
can accomplish it.
When your ice lens is complete, hold
it where the sun’s rays will fall on it,
and focus them so that they will be
directed on a piece of light paper or
tinder. A blaze will bum up at once.
—-From Answers.
A WINDY JOKE.
Charlie at the game with his 'L.i....
--’l‘ruth. ‘
the load in red blossoms,
RED IN 'MILLINLRV
Foliage an Important Alljulldftf-Sll‘. pi s in
flats are Numerous.
(By Special Arrangement with the .\f. ‘.’. Sun.)
If color can sound the note ol- the
new millinery, red bids fair to reign
supreme in this branch of fashion. The
first display of spring hats and b-vn-
nets .is always a jumble of starting
colors and shapes altogether discour-
aging to the women who prefer ele-
gant and not conspicuous head gear.
but as the season advances the popin-
jay Shari-G of hat disappears and good
taste and moderation have an inning.
Just at present red straw, red tulle.
and red flowers, in more shades than
nature can produce, are combined in
one hat. Poppies and geraniums have
but ihere
/’
are green silk poppies in. pretty soft
shades, with black centres, which are
very effective on a black hat with
green ribbon and black tulle or kilted
chiffon, which is one of the special fea-
‘ tures of milliuery.
Tulle, with narrow satin straw sewn
on in many rows, is used for bows,
and sequined net will be much em-
ployed. Aigrettes of all sorts and
kinds are in order, as are black and
white paradise plumes, and ostrich
feathers curled round the top in asort
of fringe. Every kind of ornament in
gold, pearl, steel, jet, and rhine stones
will be used, and a great deal of horse
hair lace which is well Spangled.
Moire, glace, and gauze ribbons are
the special kinds in favor, and white,
in ribbon, flowers, lace and tulle, will
be very much worn when the warm
days come.
With most kinds of flowers foliage
will have a very important place, and
lilies of the valley, sweet peas, Scotch
thistles, and both white and colored
violets are choice selections. Yellow
flowers are to be much worn, and
‘cowslips arranged to stand up in a
sort of fringe or comb at the back of
the but are a novel fancy.
: The fashion of > wearing the hats-
well tilted Over the eye promises to
continue throughout the summer, and
certainly the shade given to the eyes
is very acceptable, even though it is
not always becoming. The shapes -in
hats are legion, since so many are
made to order out of the pretty soft
'braids by the milliners to suit the
wearer. but the sailor shape with the
pretty straight brim and medium low
crown, will not be ousted.
, A Timely Warning.
A Georgia judge warned his people
with regard to coming into court 'in-
toxicated, and used these words—“I
wish to put everybody on notice that,
if they come into this court-room while
I am sitting on this bench drunk, they
had better look out!"
W'hy is there always'a moral influ-
ence associated with a piano?—Bcc;use
if it isn’t upright, it's square. .
a.
A NOTABLE mm
HE SPEAKS TEN LANGUAGES AND~
: IS AN ACCOMPLISHED' FORGER.
Can Wriic Two Diner-eat Sentences at the
Same . Time—As. Stump Speaker, He
Seems as Though Inspired When Ad-
dressing an Audience. ' -
There has been in the State coal
mines of Alabama Nicholas Said, one
of the most remarkable'negroes that
ever felt {the sting of a lash. Said
drifted into Choctaw county, Alabama.
in 187-1, at a time when Ku—Kluxism
was at its height. It was during the
days when Ben Turner, a former slave,
was attempting to 'carve out a. state
of society to his own liking. ,
The day following the assassination
of the entire family of Blakely Bass
at Biadon Springs Said appeared upon
the scene.
Somehow .or other he quickly won
the confidence of the whites. Intel-
“lectualiy he was so vastly superior to
the others of his race that they at
once became his willing listeners.
’ Said was master 'of ten languages.
His English was perfect, and tested
in Spanish, French and German. it
was found that he was equally as
good in these. .
Of his life prior to his arrival at
Bladon no one in that community
knew anything. His own story was
that in early boyhood he had been
captured in Africa by Captain Simp-
son, who belonged to the British army.
and that he had been made body-ser-
vant to the Captain and had followed
him over all the civilized world.
He knew something of political
economy; had studied the principles or
law: possessed a smattering knowledge
of .physic and had read much on relig-
ious topics. I well remember the con-
spicuous part he played in the cam-
paign of 1876. He took the stump in
behalf of the Tiiden electoral ticket,’
and preached to his less ignorant fol-
low men that the road to safety and
harmony between the races lay in vot-
ing the Democratic ticket. lt was de-
termined to test Said’s influence. So
in that election there was a fair
count. Of the 2,000 negro voters in
the county less than 500 voted for
Hayes. On the stump he seemed as
one inspired. I-Iis sentences were
short. clear cut and logical.
Said had more accomplishments
than those mentioned above. He was
an expert penman. He could write
two different sentences at the same
time, one with hisleft, the other .with
his right hand. It was his adeptness
in the art of writing one’s name so
much like the owner bf it that got
him into trouble—New York- Sun.
A Belle at Eighty. ,
Some years ago there was an old
lady in one of the southern capitals
who not only wore decoiiete bail
dresses at eighty. but actually pos-
sessed the lovely neck and arms which
they require. '
She had a curious way of preparing
for a ball, which our modern fashion-
able women with their multitudinous
engagements would find difficult to
emulate. The morning before she pro-
posed appearing in full regaii-a she
would take a brisk walk, and return
in time for a midday dinner, after
which she remained quiet with her
work until about 3 or 4 o‘clock, when
she would’retire to her bed (partaking
of some light refreshment at the tea
hour), until it was time to dress for
her ball. Then she would get up, take
a bath and make the most elaborate
toilet. All the household regarded
these preparations in the light of so!-
emn rites, and would never have
dreamed of laughing at them in any
way. Her appearance was a triumph
never falling to excite the greatesr .ad-
miration and adulation—New York
Ledger.
Cheap Labor.
There are factories in Mexico where
the high-est rates of wages given are
from fifty to sixty-five cents a. day for
boys and girls: from sixty-sever
cents to one dollar a day for women.
and from eighty-seven cents to one dol-
lar and twenty-five cents per day for
men. The hours of work are from five
in the morning to eight at night, so
that the wages paid are very low as
compared with our own, especially
when we consider that their dollar is
worth but half the value of the United
States dollar. Which proves that it is
not necessary to go so far from home
as India. China or Japan to seek the
possibilities of cheap labor with Ameri
can factories.
Tears as Medicine.
A traveller who has returned from a
visit to Persia says that the Persians
still believe that human tears are a
remedy for certain diseases.
At every funeral the bottling ’oi
mourners’ tears is one ofthe chief fea
tures of the ceremony. Each of the
mourners is presented with a sponge.
with which to mop his face and eyes ‘
and after the burial they are presented
to the priest, who squeezes the tears
into bottles. for use as medicine.
This custom is one of the oldest
known in the East, and has probably
been practised by the Persians for
thousands of years. Mention is made
of it in the Old Testament.
In 3 Desperate Strait.
The Editor of “The Ashland (Me.',
Headlight” makes the following an-
nouncement: “Trout; tongue, salmon
whitefish or chubs taken in payment
for subscriptions atthis office. We
haven’t yet decided to take suckers or
‘hornpouts,’ but may be driven to it
later on.”
“That's the third tack I have step-
ped on." complained Wheeler, the
night after the new carpet had been
laid. “I don‘t believe I could pick ’91))
up any faster if I had pneumatic feet."
-—From Ans“ ets. '
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