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SOUTH NURIVALK, CONN.
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
According to a vulgar error prevalent
in days gone by, poison was supposed to
swell the body.
Recent discoveries prove that. the art
of wood engraving originated with the
Arabs about the ninth century. . ,
Rosemary was one of the evergreens
with which dishes were anciently deco~
rated during the season of t'hristrnas.
A lady who received through the post-
oflice a_V postal card containing 1.030
words, written by a gentleman, replied
on aeard containing 1.040.
In Santa Clara county. l‘al.. there is a f
cat, allied to the ground nest making
lpecics. which chuibs small trees and
makes a compact nest of twigs among
the branches, something after the man-
ner of a gray squirrel.
Dr. Antonin Martin says that the
flavor of cod-liver oil may be changed to
the delightful one of fresh oysters, if
the patient will drink a large glass of
water poured from a vessel in which
nails have been allowed to rust.
The artists of Dresden and Dusseldorf
dissatisfied wiih the inclegant costume
for men in our times, have decided to
adopt the picturespie garments worn by
Rubens and the artists of the seventeenth
century-shire}: velvet. breeches, marine
blue stockings. velvet vest trimmed with
red silk and broad felt but.
In the time of Henry I, (1070 A. D.)
the widow was entitled to her dowry
(when delivered to her before witnesses)
and hcr“‘niarriugc gift“ and one third of
the common earnings of herself and hus-
band, as well as her clothing and furni-
ture. If a wife died without children
her relatives divided her share with her
husband. -
The I‘alma ('hristo plant, now being
extensively planted in parts, of South
Carolina as a snbuilute for cotton. is as
easily cultivated as corn, rcpiires no .
particular care in handling the seed. and“;
yields a large profit. The. climate of,
lower South l‘aro'ina is all that could/16
desired, and on the sea IST'IIIKIS the p in!
attains remarkable growth without
labor or attention.‘
The Common potato is
to both North and South
indigenous
America. and
is found growingr wild at the present
day over vast tracts in New Mexico,
Arizona. airl southward in the cool ele
vuled rcgtuns of Mid \fcxico. It
appears in similarsituationsin the Andes
of South America. but is not found in
what are cal'cd tropical climates, but
always in cool or cold ones. \Vho lirs'.
carried the potato from this coiiitry to
Europe is now unknown. but the dntc
of itsintroduction is supposed to be
1550, or about three hundred years ago.
Formerly cocklighting (‘Illt‘l'ctl into
-the occupation of o'd and young.
Schools had their cocktights. ’I‘ruvcll-i's
agreed with coachmen, that they were I
t wait a night if there were :I cocklighl
any town through whirh they lb'lss'i‘ll.
.V’hen l"ii;;lisli country gentlemen had
sat long at table, and the coin‘crs..lion
had turned upon the relative merits of
their several birds, :1 col-klight oftui re»
snltcd, as the lirds in question were
brought for the purpose into the itinnj: .
room. to kligllting was practiccd on
A 5%".ka err—,mesiiml-zirslnn ulé
Mic-:0. tha
n; .. ~
, precmctsor the court. Ihc earliest Illl‘lh .
tion of this “pass‘inic” in England is by
Fitzstephcn, in lltll.
(‘lcnn llamls.
‘According‘ to the fearful experiments
of Dr. Forster. oftlic Il:lllf‘lll .II« it.” I; :-
utti, there is no such thing a: the p issi‘
bility of clczin hands on anybody.
\V'ashcd with so ip and water. with cur» ;
bolic acid, with all lllll any of the
disinfectants in comm -n use, our hands
will still remain scicntiticully unclean,
I
of living organiqns, on being touched
by the lingers thus washed and sup-
osed to be clean, immcilialcly (ICVt‘liilu
iviug organisnu acquired from the
fine‘ch. lint if the hands are washed ill
udilull- of bichloride of rncr~
solution
curv or corrosive subliniutc, onc ‘lftfl to i
. i I
one thousand parts of water, perfect
sleanliness is :it'nined, and no liv-
ihg organisms will be \lc‘Jclopcxl by
the touch of the ling-yrs. It rs‘
pitiful to think that we are. .rca'ly
so palpziblv inride of the dust of the
earth; but it seems that we must endure
it, since corroaivc subliinate can hardly
be made the a-Ijunet of our daily toil»
ettes, amtif it xvi-re, then the next time
we shook hands, or took up a book, or
\ivcnt into the street, we should but dc~
Jclop a fresh crop of micro organisms.
The fact is [fill these discoveries of
science show us, if they donolhingr else.
howfearfully and wonderfully we are
made, and, and if \\‘c regarded them
seriously. there 1\‘ nothing we could cut
Ind nothing c could do which would
not make den! i seem to hing iininnent
in tht’fair. 'l iere is one refuge for the
unscientific, 2 Id that is in whistling the
whole matter down the wind, keeping
clean to the best of bz-lief, and thus
taking care of one‘s self, letting
micro organisms take care of themselves.
-Hm~per’s Hear. '
,_._._
A Missionary Story.
One evening,r when Dr.
stopping at the farm of an African boer,
his host. hearing that he was a mission-
arv. proposed that a service should be
$51.], At- length the family were
‘2 seated. .
' “But where are the servants?“ asked
Modal. ,
“Servants! What do you mean t?‘
“I mean the Ilottcntots, of whom I
no so many on your farm. "
“Httentotsl Do you mean that, then?
Let me go to the mountains and call the
baboons, if you want a congregation of
that sort. 0r. stop. Ihavo it; my sons,
call the dogs that lie in front of the door
:h—thay will do."
The missionary quietly dropped an at.-
hmpt which threatened a wrathfnl eud<
. inn. and commenced the service. The
Inn was sung, prayer was offered, and
a: preacher read the story of the Ser-
aieian woman. and so‘ectod more es‘
ally the words, “Truth, Lord, but
. oven the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall
from the master‘s table.“ He had not
on many minutes when the voice of
old man was again heard: “Will
yaheer sit down null wait a little! He
shall have the IIottentots." .
The summons was given; and the mot~
In] (3de trooped in, many who proba-
bly had never been within the door of
their master‘s house before, and many
more who never before had heard the
' voice of a preacher.
When the service was over, and the
astonished Hottentots had dispersed, the
V tamer turned to til-guest undead. "
E SENTINELT'
auxin
35“"10 ‘0 Tuesday to a gri‘at extent, and
3"]:er llenry \ II. of England.
“'9 0 '
that is to say. that a preparation called 3
sterililcd gclalinc. absolutely destitute .
the '
Moffat. was 3
n: in o WISHES
An angel went a walking out one day, as I‘ve
heard said.
And, \‘t‘tl’liilg t) a fagot maker, beggel a
crust of bread.
The fogot~maker gave a crust and something
rather queer
i that stool near.
sail he: .
“Thou shalt have two wishes granted, for
that thou hast given me
One for that good drinkable. another for the
. bread."
V Then he left the fagot—maker all amazed at
what he said.
;
. had gone. .
3’ " I wonder- if there‘s any truth in that some
little song"
E So. turning this thing over in his mind. he
3 cast around,
;! 'Till he saw the empty bottle where it lay
1 upon the ground.
" I wish.“ said he. just as a test, “ if what he i
l sn i.I is so,
l Into that empty bottle, now, that I may.
straight way go. “
flask he fell, ,
a chicken in the shell.
5 In vain he kicked no.1 twisted. and in vain
he howled» with pain;
For in spite of all his efforts: he could not
get out again. '
So. seeing how the matter stood. he had to
wish once iii-Ire.
\\'lieri. out he slipplsl, as easily as he‘d gon"
in licfi t'c
If we had IIIIlI two wishes granted by an air
gel thus,
“'o would not throw away the good so kindly
given us
For first We‘ll ask for wisdom. which, when
\\ 0 had in store.
l‘in very doubtful if we'd care to ask for any
illui’t‘,
- Howard I‘lllr's “ Kiln-iv,“ umf Sir/l."
ON THE Barr-ITEPIELD.
A llt\llrl\llil,\'l‘l'2 i.l-l.\.li.\l.'.\‘
i\i-I'l:ii \t E.
j, A singular experience of ‘llt.’ war was
; that of lil igmlicr l it‘llt‘l’lll Robert I). Lillcv
iVof thcl Ullll'ilrlllle forcesat the battle of
llnihcrfozzl‘s farm. nc:~.r\\'imlicstcr, \‘ir
ginin. (it-iicrul Lilley is now living in
this cily, acting as linanc'al agent for the
centennial mguni/ation for thcendow~
V incul of the Washington and lye univcr»
.; sily (if \ irgii in A few evenings ago.
at the earnest solicitation of friends he
lcliilt'il his story of strange adventure:
3 on thc lltllll~‘lll‘ld. '
“l‘n the l‘ th of July, 1831. he said.
“just after chcrnl l'lurly litt‘I returned
from Washingb ii cily. a portion of his
commend was foimcd across the main
road lcuiliri: from llcrryviilct i Mi'ggcrs
gap in the llliie llidgc to incct :i dcnion»
‘ slraliwn of the Federal fcrces from that
>l.\'lil'l. \I's
To wash it down withal, from out abottloi
l The angel finished eating. but before he left. ‘.
i “ I wonder.“ says the fagot—maker, after he 7
Xosouner said than done; whisk! into the;
“'here Le found himself as tightly packed as i
“No doubt he tried to be careful in
taking off the glass; but he got it as
quickly as possible and hurried to his
lplace in the ranks, at the same time
. placing the prin over his neck.
l “In a few moments all was quiet:
f around me. I lay there trying to realize
l that less than an hour previously I had
been riding at the head of my brigade,
linounted on a good horse. Now my,
division had been driven back. Between
it and me were the enemy. I was riddled
with shot and alone. The heat was op-
, pressivc. I looked around for a cooler
:spot. Near at hand was a tree with
sprouts growing out around in sledge .
‘of rocks bedded with leaves. Slowly I
f crawled around and lay down in a hol-
3 low of the rock in the shade. Here was
Ta slight movement of the air, cool and
f refreshing. I thought of snakes when I
‘got in. but had left my belt, sword and
‘ pis‘ol where I lay first. I was just en~
joying as much as I could the cool breeze
1 and bed of leaves when I espied a Fed—
. cral straggler coming through the woods.
, He saw my weapons, stopped, then dis-
' covered me.
“ ‘thrc are you wounded?’ he asked.
“I told him as well as I could.
“ ‘llave you any greenbacksi’ he de«
maniled.
“ ‘None.’
“ ‘I will seel‘
“Ilc lint cled
search my pockets. 1 have since thought
perhaps it was well that my weapons
were out of reach. “'eak as I was from
; the loss of blood my indignation made
; me forget. pain.
‘ book. watch, some letters. a knife which
had been presented mo in 1852'. a plain
gold ring which I had worn for many
i
l
i
rears. and my nice new slouch hut. leav- ‘
*ing his old battered hat behind as be
deported. .
“A fl w moments later another Federal
soldier came up. He was an Irishman.
He did not want to rob me. lie in-
quired all about my injuries. and finding
that I was suffering from thirst, went to
a spring three quarters of a mile away
for some water. A group of Averill‘s
cavalry came up. 'I‘hev ranged around
mi- in a Scmiu ircic and inquired about
’our command. numbers, etc. I avoided
giving' any information that would lie of
any service to them. Then they began
to see how desperately l was wounded
and how much I was sulTering. They
looked at my bloody slccvc lying by mv ’
s de. saw my bleeding leg, and then
began conversing with each other.
“'liilc they were occupied among them-
sel\'c~=. l heard something moving in the
dead leaves among the rocks above my
head. I tried to persuade myself that it.
was a ground ll]0ll~t‘, but noticed that it
approached with a s'iding mution. It
was a snake. The reptile glided past
mycars, up my temple and across my
forehead. and str-ppvd in tlic sprouts, its
tni‘ hanging don ii near my face.
" ‘l‘lcnse come and kill the snake and
not let i: bite incl” I called to the
soldiers.
“They looked around and down at me
in amazement and then a! each other,
evi-ll-n'ly thinking that I was delirious.
direction. There “.35. much “n.1, skir- lcuilcd out again and a bi: young fel-
rnishiiig. and we cxt‘ctlcd to be cn~ 1”.“- bent_ over me and 5““ the Hmkpii
t gagcil b 'fozc n'ght. 'Afzcr “'l' liznl biv- ““1 hanging from 3 “wk among ”"3
e onre l;v-d to the north of llcrrvvlllc an ‘lcavcs. "PM "IS {""0‘ .
order came for us to inovc toward “in H ‘ I‘here '5 a snake, boys. sure
chcstci. \ihcii the troops had finished
their sllgii‘t'l‘. \Ve marched all night
and it “as after sunrise whcn “c biv-
onackc-l along the railway track cast of
“'ililhislei. In the early afternoon
licucral Illins‘eur's division was ordered
in .‘l’l"'l!‘.f"“ll'j_,', :bilin-‘su‘s’ brigade first,
Lewis‘second, and l’cgram‘s runder my
Cv‘lllllltllllll, third in column. About
- three miles below the town. the II'lI-l of
f the co'utnn came upon Illl' l-‘cdcrul forces
under command of tiencrul A\crill, al~
ready in line of battle, with twelve
§ pieces of artillery massed in the center
and sunporlcl by infantry. with cavalry
on the ilnlllxrl wailing for us.
f “\thn our buttery opcncd lire and
while the lumps wen- forming. the con-
l central-id tire of Avcrill's tnclvc pieies
poured upon the buttcry and disabled it
. cnlirc‘y, The I“. llt'f‘dl line then advanced
and struck our from before the left wingr
of lcwis‘s brigade go: in line, Iii the
i confusion which followed. lewis‘s bri»
gudc was swept buck past mine in great
disorder. I urgcl l.c\\is to halt his‘
brigade on llllllt‘. but he said he could do
nothing with his men thcn. _I saw at a
i glance lh it the only chance \\'i.\‘ to hold
in); brigade in position and check the
; enemy until Lewis and .loliii~on could
, form in thc fortifications near \Yiirclieder.
.' In the mmniitne, a shell grazed my lelt
thigh with the same effect as if my body
’ had been hit a terrilic bloxv with a club.
and it pained inc so severely that l could
scarecly sit on my horse and cou‘d not
I move my leg. I spoke tol‘olonel Board,
l the senior present. and instructed him
‘ that in case I had to leave the battlelicld,
to take command with »ut further orders.
The Federal troops pressed forward,
evidently thinking that they were carry-
inn Ci‘l‘l'ythiug before them. When
within (ughty yards, my brigade rose and ,
fired rapidly aul ellectively, checking
’ their centre. 'l‘hcii‘ line was so long.
V however. that their wings moved forward
’ until they resemble] an arc of a circle.
f I had ridden to the left of my line. and
i while rcluriiing. my right arm was shat-
; tered near the shoulder by a minie ball.
* \Yilli the two woiiiills received Iouglit
l to h we ridden from the field; but it was
my first cipcrimcul with wounds and l ‘
dismounted, expccting to walk out with
the troops. Just as I had done so and
linjurol thigh. severing a tendon and
completely disabling me. I looked
around at. Colonel Board. who was stand-
ing a few yards away, to place him in
command, when he was shot dead before
my eyes.
“It was a very hot afternoon. Weak
with the loss of blood, and feeling a
deathly faintness coming on, I lay down
in the shade of a tree. exposed to the
enemy‘s tire. The halls struck the rocks
and"trees, singing and ringing around so
that 1 could not cling closely enough to
the ground nor make myself small
enough. I remember wondering at the
time whether there would be a- chance
for me to recover if I should receive any
more wounds, even if they should not;
prove fatal at once. I felt
300 pounds. I wanted to give orders
to have my brigade withdraw, but even
from my solitary position I could see it
move away in good order under the
cover of smoke caused by rapid firing on
both sides. The Federals followed the
retreat, moving cautiously at first, for
they had been much shocked and sur-
irised by the fire from my men. As the
‘cderal line passed over me, the olficers
urged their men forward. and I was
obliged to hear them say, ‘ We have them
started now and must keep them oing.’
My arm began to pain are frightful v and
looking up I found that one of the Ifnion
soldiers was trying to get my field-glass
and my shattered arm was through the
strap and resting upon it.
” ‘Walt,’ I said, ‘untilI can lift my
am through.’
MB. growth“; replied the col-
to move promptly down the road lcéllifif‘m headrficuu‘t hi” “3° i‘
surfaces, aceourpanicl by considerable coin .
while my horse was galloping to the rear, .
a rniiiie hall ‘went through my alreadyf As those Spots inure-”56 i" ““mbels they
as}
large as a man looks who weighi?
enough 3’ llt‘ cried”
“The. so'dicrs gathered around to kill
it. I thought the reptile m mild turn
and bite me. l raised myself to a sitting
posture and begged of ii so'dir-r~ I
“ ‘l‘lcasc stand over mi- and ho'd up
“lie complied'gooiiml‘lmluijfld ii .
was a great relief to have him stand l
the c and hold my head with his brawny
huuils. When the. snake was killed, it
“*3. found to be a large moccasin.“
“llcucral,” was asked at this point.
“were you not unconscious during this
trying ordeal '
“ttnlvmnce: Ill‘ll was when the sur~
gcons laid inc stri tchcd on a table tirade
of a door and under the irillnenee of
chloroform. \Vhen I awoke, they had
cut oil my arm to my shoulder.
not even It‘:\\‘In:_: a stump, and had my
leg di‘cssc l,“ ‘
“How did you manage to live through
it all;“ '
“I think it was
anything else left.“
"lliil you cwr recover
stolen from your"
“I told Surgeon \Io'rris about. my ex«
pcricnce and he 'n turn related it to the.
Federal l‘olonel. who recovered my
watch.“ ,6
iiencral l illcy has recovered the use of Q
his leg and only an empty sleeve remains .
to recall his experience on the battlefield »
near \\'inuhester.-'—-.Vec York Trill-vie.
c ' use
nerve; there wasn‘t
the articles
l
- l
Symptoms of Diphtheria. l
I‘r. Naglc, of the New York bureau of _
vital statistics. was asked by a reporter: ’
“l on you give a plain description of the
symptoms of diphtheria soth at an ordin- .
nry person will not mistake it for scar- ;
lelinaf"
down and began to"
He took my pocket-
, Without the consent of guardians.
r' concur: sermon.
not determined until toward the end of l
l the larval stage. Entomologists who ~
é rear moths and butterflies contend that ,
. when the food supply is scanty the ma- i
' jority of perfect insects produced arol
males, while if food is superabundant
females preponderate. l
Ileretofore. in planting salmon, it has
been cust )mary to place the little fish in ;
f the streams, and allow them to care for l,
, themselves: but the new idea of placing l
’ them in protected preserves, where they .
. can be cared for by the people living
near at hand, and their growth to the,
I proper size assured. will, no doubt, revo~ ;
-V lutionize salmon culture.
i Measurements of the heights of clouds
- have been made at the I'psala observa~ :
; tory during the past summer. The re-
’ sults are approximately as follows:
' Stratus, 2,0.th feet; nimbus, or rain
f cloud. from 3.600 to 7,200 feet: cumu-
Ins, from 4.300 to 18.000 feet: cirrus,
- 22,400. Cloud measurements are alwags
somewhat uncertain. but these figures
' are considered fairly exact.
The Prince of Monaco is making a
systematic study cf the ocean currents.
‘ Last July he sank a large number of in-
i geniousiy arranged bottles, globes and
barrels at different points north of the
Azores, each floating,r vessel containing a
paper in different languages. stating the ‘
time and place of immersi , and beg-
ging the finder to not; down the hour .
and place of discovery. and forward it .
to the nearest French consul. Now three
. of these bottles have been found in the ,
I I’Insteril Azores. having followed a south- f
easterly direction. instead of giing to;
the southwest, as expected .
E The Cullii'lcltls. according to Mr. John
)Iaizray of the great (‘hullcngcr expedi—
tion, have an aver.egc height ofabout
901‘ feet above sea level. and occil‘py live-
sixtcenths of the earth‘s surface. The
sc:ts' “abyssmzil regions‘occupy ubOut
half of the earth's surface. and have an
average dcplh of three miles, In tho
l'acilic the greatest depths are to the
south and east of Japan. where there are
:iliysscs of over live mzles: and iii the
Atlnrtic the greatest dcpi ‘ion of a lit~
fit: over f on mil s is to the north of the
Virgin islands. '1‘ c :l't‘ni ocean basins
Aoncc dark a" l lll}‘sit‘l‘lllll§4—ll:l\'e
been rapidly becoming familiar to man
during the last twenty years. .
A" polar current appears to doth-ct the,
llulfslream from tin-shores oftlie l nited
States and the llritisli pzovinCcs. and in-
tcrpusc :1 (‘01 i wall of water lwlxvccu the
land and the gcni il warmth of the cur‘
rcnt from the tropics, These rcfrigcrab
ing wateri puss b: twee“. Labrador and
Newfoundland, :inl by l- :ililittg a darn
across the narrow stuffs ol llclic l~le -«
about but miles wide and averaging 150
feet in depth r.\lr. John V. lil‘U‘lli‘lL’C. '
.lr , suggests that {he polurstre lIll might
Ill‘llll‘llf‘d aside into .mido min. Then.
it is bellow-d, thc liulf Stream 'wonld
skirt the American cnzist and materially 3
change its climate from (are Hatteras
lo Newfoundland, fz’ccinrzthc gulf of
St Lawrence from icebcrzs atrl giving
to Nova Scum. the inildmss of Cape
Mar.
l
so
._.-__._._.____
.‘.‘g.ll Age of Majority.
Ily the lloman luv the period of in-
fun.‘\' laslcl till the seventh year, cliild~
hood ct ntiuued till the nubile or mar-
riugcablc ago. which for nia'cs was four—
teen, and feinaucs twelve. and duringr
illie period of adolescence following.
ina‘hsmnillnoszl rummage their own .
pmperty. m-ike a will. or contract mar-
riage independent of the consent of par-
cuts or guardians. but the age of iimjority
was no' reached until twcutylivc. liy
. the linglish law. \vh’ch has been in force
since. .\n;lo Saxl n tinz- s. (here are two
great periods into which life is divided
infancy. which lasts in both sexes un-
til the twenty-first your. and manhood or
womanhood. l‘uut the period of infancy
is divided into several stages. marked by
the growing development of rights and
obligations. Thus at twelve years of age
it mile muv take the oath of allegiance,
and a: fourteen both sexes are held to
have arrived at ycurs of discretion. and
may therefore. choist‘ guardians. give
evidence in court, and consent or dish-
grce to a marriage. A female. indeed,
has this latter pri\ ilegc from her twelfth
rear. but neither sex can legally marry,
. without the consent of parents or guar-
= dians, until the age of majority has been
reached. At fourteen, too, both sexes
are fully responsible lo the criminal law;
but under the age of twcntycue neither
can execute a valid will, At the latter
age both males and females obtain their
full legal rights and become liable to all -
legal obliualions. In Scotland a minor
between the ages of fourteen and twenty-
one has more, personal rights than in
England at the same age, as he can dis‘ I
.pose by will of movable property, make
contracts, carry on trade, and mari'y .
n
“lfere is a mediml work," replied t is , France. by the Napoleonic code, males
doctor,“giving information in words tliu , may marry at the age of eighteen. and ,
ought to be understood.” [
Diphtheria is an h‘dllt‘ infectious disease
in which tm re is a teiiilency to the formatidu ‘
of fulsi nieinliraus on mucous and abraded
.
stitntioual disturbances.
cytnptoms—«Afler an incubation period 3
from tweutv-four hours to ten days. shiver»
ing and vounlin; set. in and tho tcniperaturo .
increases. lh~tltroat 1+ sore with some stilf~ .
iicss about the neck. The faucm becomes of a
dark red color. tho tonsils swollen nnl at the
en l of two days from tho I) “ginning of the
disease, a quantity of minute \vliito points
appear on the surface of both sides of the
faueos.
coalesce and form a thick yellowish white .
membrane. This sometimes consists of a
single piece. but is often stutter-ed over the ;
surface in separate patches Th» cervical?
glands become enlarged. the tongue coated l
with whiloor brown fur, the pulse tampon» '
, ture increased and the urine albumiiious.
; In the next stages the membrane sepaiu
ates after leaving unhealthy slougliiug ulcers.
In this stage waiver-y may take place, or
death may result from exhaustion. During
any period of the illness asphyxia. resultingr
. from the production of false membrane in .
the larynx or bronchial tubes, may be fatal, 3
In the course of the disease a meolus rash
; may appear over the bolv.
; ‘Convaleseence after diphtheria Is very :1 aw.
EOften paralysis of the groups of muscles
shows itself within six months from the ho-
‘ginning of the attack. The removal of the
1 false membrane is of no avail.
The Young Man was summoned?
“Then a Chicago woman wants to get
‘ a seat in a street car she wraps up her-.
i poodle dog and carries it. in her arms a
, though it were a baby. lint the trick is
!now becoming known and doesn’t al-
: ways work. l
infant in her arms. A very rapid-lo ok~
ing young man inspected her for a mo~
ment and then said: “Madam, if that
is a kid you can have my seat. but if it‘s
. a pup, you can‘t." “Well, it‘s a pup,"
5 snapped the lady, “but not as big a one
as you are." The rapid-looking young
man at once got 0 and went to the
wheat pit. .
It is a curious commentary on the al-
legedimpecunioslty of the English landed
gentry that the: manage to upper: as
many packs of bound: as over, one In
those counties which on “III-00d to ho
. CC“.
p is other day a lady got,-
.luto a full car with what looked like an'~
females at fifteen, with the approval of
' guardians; at si\teen auiinor may devise
onehulf of his or her property; execute
‘ the will of another. and at twenty-one,
full personal and legal rights are granted.
In the l'nited States the English law is
generally followed. A guardian may be
chosen at fourteen, and the age of iua~
jority, which gives free disposal of per-
sons and property, is usually fixed for:
the sexes at twenty-one. though in some
of the States females are considered “of V
age,“ in a legal point of view, at cight‘ ;
The age at which male citizens are :
allowed the franchise right differs in dif- Vi
ferent countries. In Switzerland and”
Hungary it 'is twenty; in the United .
States, and most of the South Ariteyican
republics, Canada and Great Britain, if. V
is twenty~one; also in Belgium, France,
Italy, Portugal and Sweden. In Ilol~
land it is twenty~three; in Austria, .
twenty‘fonr; in Soaiu, Norway, Prussia l
and nearly all 0 tho German states,
twenty~five, and in 1,)enmark it. is thirty.
—- Chicago Inter- Ocean.
-————-.————-
A Young Smoker.
The village of Vienna Cross Roads,
Ohio, has an inveterate snicker in the
person of Laney Bumcront,a boy only six
years old. and who has smoked almost
incessantly since he was three years_oid.
Not long ago he put a lighted cigar-
stump in his pocket and his coat. caught
fire, and before help came the boy w
nearly burned to death. -
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Cllnk and Chink.
0h, now doth com? the snow,
0.
And merrily bells do jingle;
The maiden with her beau,
You know,
In a cosy sleigh ,
Dotti dash away "
And ruby. tinged ears do tings.
Thoyoung man‘ssonl loud. _
F ad
a: l
For-neglects thomowwitb growlint.
Hemmtobimthglad '
m
“WW . l
l HUHdROUS"§KEiCHEs
In insects. the sex of an individual is l i
§Ilijct for fongrnlutallon.
“Hello, Mr. Ilusenberry, what makes
you look so ,gliimi“
“llromley. I’ve lost that law suit."
“Sir, I congratulate you."
“Eh! You congratulate me for having
lost it?“
“Yes.
the last five years.“———(‘.u’1.
The Way they Caught Ilia--
“\Vhat struck you must during your
travels last summer!“ asked the pastor.
“\Vell,“ the deacon replied. in a mus
ing way. “he couldn‘t just exactly say.
Ile rather thought the sleeping car porter
struck him the oftcnest. but the waiter
struck him for the‘biggest stakes.“
And the poor. bewildered paszor only
sighed and s-iid, "Ah," inipiiringly. and
wished that he had more intellectual
companionship in his yokcfellows of the
church.—ii-n-Jdte. _
The Fishes.
One of the stories in which the pecu-
liar t, hristian name. figures is of an acci~
dent that happened when Preserved Fish,
just twenty-one years old, had been
tirade captain of a New Redford whaling
vessel. A revenue cutter bore down
upon him and demanded the name of
the brig.
"The Flying Fish," shouted back the
young commander.
“What‘s the cargo?" was the next
question. ,
“Pickled Fish," was answered.
“And who is captain?"
‘ ‘l‘reservcd Fish 1"
That government oliicereonldn‘t stand
this. He did not propose to be fooled
with and made fun of by anyboly in
this way, and on board he climbed with
his lieutenants, only to find that the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
had been told him.——.\'nr Turk Times.
A Disgusted Caller.
Professor .lacques,as everybody knows,
has been investigating psychicd phe-
nomena. The professor has a brother
who isn’t so much interested in psychical
phenomena as he is. This brother called
the other evening to mike a fraternal
visit. He entered the house and struck,
naturally enough, for the back parlor.
The profcssoqstopl-ed him at the door.
“Sh‘h, sli-h,“ said the professor,
“don‘t come in don‘t mzike a noise—
tliere‘s a lady in here in a tr nice."
The visitor started back, and attempt-
cd to go into the front parlor. At the
door he was met by somebody he didn‘t
know, who said:
“Sh-h, shah, don‘t come in; there is a
man in hure a ho is just going under the
influencef“
Then he started for the library. Some-
body clse met him as he swung open the
door.
“>h Ii. shh, be careful; there‘s a se-
ance going on, and you‘ll spoil the con-
ditions if you conic in thxt way!"
He rushed up stairs and rapped rather
briskly at the door of the family sitting
room. It was his sisterrin law who met
him this time. and she said:
“>h-li, shAh, don‘t makeanoisc: you‘ll
wake lhc baby I"
Then he darted down stairs, took his
hat ran-l nine and left the house. ~~Bzi.~f:‘ft
Ix Miles. ) [Calm].
A Liberal Iran.
A Griswold street insurance agentfivho
is an adim'ale of the Michigan ship
canal, yesterday received a visit from a
tall~ and commanding-looking stranger
who remarked on the approach of wink-r,
and continued:
“About this ship canal project. am I
right in supposing that it is to connect
Lakes l-Zrie and Michigan!"
“Yes. sir.“
“It is. I take it. a scheme to shorten
the route from the west to the cast 3"
“Yes. sir."
“A vessel bound from illlT‘llO to
t‘hicago would save a voyage up the
rivers. acro~s lake Ilnron, through the
Straits of Mackinac and down Lake
Michigan!“
“That's the idea, sir."
"llave you figured on the cost?“
"Uh, yes. The highest estimate is
$100. 009, can. “
“lluruphi .\ mere nothing. Is it
your personal desire that this canal
should go throughf’
"Why, I am greatly interested as a
citizen.“
"(if course—I see. It is perfectly
proper that you should be interested—
deeply interested. The canal shall go
through.“
“llave you any late news, sir?"
“Yes, sir. I am going toput it through
myself to oblige you. Ilere is my check
sor $loo.llllo,llllll. Go out and hire the
diggers. Good day, sir.“
lie laid a check for the sum named on
the table and walked out. The check
was signed John Smith and‘ hasn‘t been
cashed yet.—1).- :‘rm'l Fm: I‘rtss.
The “’3: or the “'olld.
The new boy had moved in« that is.
the family which owned the new boy
Il‘ld moved in. It. was .quite likely the
new boy would show up in the back
yard during the afternoon, and so. after
school, seven boys headed that way.
, The new boy had only been seen from a
distance. Was he sassy? No one could
answer. “'ould h-- light? No one
could te‘l. He must be tried! It was
the solemn duty of every boy in that.
neighborhood to make this important
discovery at thefearliest possible moment.
If he could be licked. well and good: if
he was a ligli‘er- 2 They breathed hard
over the thought.
In half an hour seven heads appeared
above the alley fence behind the new
boy‘s house. He seemed to be expect-
ing them, and had heaped up a peek of
l green tomatoes at the foot of a plum
tree.
The seven glared down at him. He
glared up and back.
“What ehcr want i“
It was the new boy, and there was
“ass" in his tones.
“None 0‘ yer biznesal”
'It was one of the seven who answered.
“Git ofl‘n that fence l"
“\\'e won‘t!“
“I say glt off l"
“Shan‘t do it E"
The new boy stooped for his tomatoes, pectation of becoming counsel to the
but when he raised up he saw the seven
beads was gone.
sissy. \Vould he light!
“You there?" from the alley.
“Who?" from the yard.
“You dasn‘t fight!"
"Yes I dust!”
“hasn‘t. come over!"
“You see!"
He came over.
and Johnny was ready.
grabbed for his coat, and they
and twisted.
“Sick him, Johnny!”
“Clean him out l”
“Pull his hair!"
It has been tormenting you for ‘
It was settled he was _ denly abolished.
It had been settled .
that Johnny Flynn should tackle him, l
lIe grabbed for
the new boy‘s hat, and the new boy Oh, the world lookson so block and the sky
tugged ; l ks In”
But the new boy but the but of it.
He some down on the taper Johnny and
lit-onus
Mb
hit his finger, and
liokuymsholafiom'd.
l His father came out just then and the
seven ran awav, but the evidence was all
In. The new boy would not only sass
and fight, but he was boss. Before sun-
down that night he had been presented
with two big bites from an apple. thrrc
marbles. a ball of kite string and half a
pound of brown sugar in an old straw
hat, and other boys were waiting to
shower honors and presents upJn him at
, sunrise.~——.\1u: York 5:17.
5 ._
3‘ Bill Nye on Ilen-
l I am convinced that there is great
‘ economy in keeping hens if we have
. sullicicnt room for them and a thorough
. knowledge of how to manage the fowl
' properly. But. to the professional man.
who is not familiar with the habits of
the hen and whose mind does not nae
lurallv and instinctively turn henvvard.
I woiild say: Shun her as you would the
‘ deadly upas tree of I'iscatequis county,
.‘Iaine.
Nature has endowed the hen with but
a limited amount of brain force. Any
one will notice that. if we will compare
the skull of the teragc self made hen
with that of llaniel \Yebster. taking
careful measurements directly over the
top from one tar to the other. The well
informed brain student will at once
notice a great failing off in the region of
reverence and an abnormal bulging out
in the location of alimentivenl-ss.
Now take your tape.measure and be-
ginning at memory. pass carefully over
- the occipital bone to the base of the
; brain in the region of love of home and
ofispring and you will see that, while the
, hen suficrs much in comparison with the
l statesman in the relative size of sublim-
’ ity, reflection, spirituality. time. tune,
etc., when it comes to love of home and
offspring she shines forth with great .
splendor.
The hcn does not care for the sublime
LIFE'S LEXSO. ’.
So that We live this life full just and well,
No other need of us vriil o'er be asked:
All though beyond our strength are my
be tasked,
‘Tis of our strength alone that we must telL
So aim is higher than we ourselves do will
And none more true than some that seen
quite ill.
Efi'eet is never cause The motive pure
And half the battle's won. There is no
fame, ,
More true than this, though it may seem
the same.
And men applaud it who are yet not sure
To what they lend applause. An! over all
The same sum shine, the same den-i equal
falL
Few meet
crave
Is not the end that‘s given.
said
“ ‘Tis better so." though heart rely-1 and
head
Bow low in longinz. And every
or every 119;.) :s but up l.irtbpl.xve of
Some purer trust in faith. or time. or in ‘e.
E chdrirrlnleairii
Paper ware—Bustles.
(‘an the object of ".i burning love" be
charged with arson?
“A miss is as good as a mile,“ and a
greatrdeal better, You can‘t kiss a mile.
—I’Iln’ade’phia Call.
“'11:: a person is in every-body‘s mouth
be naturally has a high app:eciation of
the popular tuna—Blades; [Ali-£1 ipt.
, You always feel surprised when you
s see a shooting star. do you norl That is
because you did not know the sky was
l0mled.—-1’r!t.~‘mrg ("¢q.n_.:._’.,
what thay expe‘t. nil!" out we
And time has
Nev -
in nature Xeither does she care for V
musi . Music hath no charms to soften ‘ The chief civic ruler of s “'cstern
her tough old breast. But she loves her town recently (it-camped \Iith *S‘OHO of
home and her country. I have sought the municipal funds. .‘Ionev maie the
to promote the intezests of the heir to . mayor go that time.—-I’ cl”, Ru,“
some extent. but I have not. been a g “What are the ‘seven ages of man,‘
marked Success I" ”lift “139- _ l Henry?” “Lugagc. unrirage. stor ,
I can ““1“ 3 poem “1 fifteen minutes. 3 mortgage. pestage. sllfinkage and dot-
I always could dasli off a poem whenever l age.“ ‘ He went rir'ht up u, m, f.,.,g._.
I wanted to and a very good poem. too, i 1;“,.V1'.tV,¢_ °
for a dashed poem. I could write a s h” . . . h’ _ _ _ ,
speech fora friend in Congress-Va Speech l ‘ galls“, m “{e C, tinney “in?" 3‘1
that would be printed in the (.‘wgreo- l your a}: your "“6 ‘0‘? “i I, ‘ l 1
Show! [kt-arr! and go all over the l'nited : put x" an lo‘d $3324“ >1" “' ‘ ,-,
States and be read by no one. I could l iappcn to ”3 "“1””! to her.— ' "‘3'
enter the field of letters anywhere and
attract attention. but when it comes to
setting a hen I feel that I am not worthy.
I never feel my utter unwortiiiness as I
do in the presence of a sett rig he'n.
When the adult hen in my presence
expresses a desire to set I e\c.ise myself
and go away. That is the supreme
moment when a hen desires to be alone.
That is no time for me to intrude With
my shallow levity. I never do it.
t is after death that I most fu'ly ap—
preciate the hen. \thn she has been
cut down early in life and fried I respect
her. .\'0 one can look upon the still fca—
turcs of a young hen overtaken by death
in life‘s young morning, stuffed out, as
it were, like an old tin' lantern in a gale
of wind. without bung visibly niitcted.’
——t.'!}ic.ryo Ala-s.
Some. Historic Beds.
A curious precaution was
queens about to be confined, and proba-
bly to all ladics‘ of rank.
sccluded in bedrooms of which the bed
curtains, tester, tapestry or wall hang-
ings, were carefully chosen, so that
there might be nothing in them to daz-
fin Free Prat
The Digger Indians in Ran- it - l hico-
have a full brass band. It is no w {MICE
settlers demand they shall be by ul‘. a
reservation far from the homes of Civ-
ilized \\ hite men.—l‘{'ayu:.r.
rfilmodlc was saying that when he was
abroad he was presented at Court. “The
deuce you weref" exclaimed Fogg.
“How did it happen! How much did
they fine you!" ”lint.“ Tr'lrnsrwr‘; ‘.
There was once a quidmmt. quite spunky,
Aruunda buzz saw be w hid in silk-3.5.
That saw gave- a whiz.
Took thus.- fingers of his.
And now he don't fee, quite so
~tlli§t:'1.lf'li_'-'.
_l.ur.rum .Ifo ..' v.1... r.
The discovery has been miele that the
'world doesn't revolve w ith the same mo-
olxserved ;
during the Middle Ages with regard to .
They were .
mentnm it did a thousani I"’.‘ll.€- ago,
but it still savings aro :zzd fast en ugh to
sa‘isfy the man with a bunny n; Coin-
ing due.
Son-~"Father. win! is all thi~ ::oise
t irct . -:
_airut that and Bulgaria and
g Scrvia and the re~t o’ the little {siliws
are rnuk ng:" Father—“Uh, they are
hungryzt cy are crying feral-ices of
Turkey. sfilknfu- [Ira
“Blown out to sea." read our old
Mr. FlluareIOss. looking over ii'A paper.
tie the eye or aw..kc gloomy thoughts in “Blown out to seai" ccinmc... Mrs.
the mind. Figure subjcets were not Squarcmcs. with iu“nite sari min. troll,
allowed on the tapestry. , if the world ain't. gust full of {viii You
The crude of King' Henry V. is Dre- i want a light in to SCC.“—/fruu.:‘r .. High.
served in Mount nith l astc. It is _not “There is Companionship in a glow-
;nlikc the oi l cralle in South lxensang~ inzgrate,” 53,-, the m m “ ho : _3 see
ton. 1‘ ’5 3 crib. l‘illllll‘lCJ‘ -‘“'3“I:“lVi—" poetry and sciitiiitcnt iii a \\:-.1 - .l‘1rv.
' O - . . . .. . . . ‘ . ‘5
on two pus». one .it each end. ruduy “.5. yes—Im'll:=;~s .0, 3., ,1“. . 1:: who
carved into falcons. There is no half-
tcster over the head.
The l.lll,lll)cill:ill bed is still to be seen
in rainy varieties. It stouzl under a
:illuiiy or tester. on four stout columns,
two of which furmcd the framework of
the. bed held. Form-limes the actual
bedstead was within the paneled cu— ,
closure. and could be
drawn out and
)ushed buck uitliout disturbing so large '
l c
a structure. It was derived from the
panclcd bed
which reference has been made .
columns of the older beds were figures
or halt-3‘“.-
of the Middle Ages. to;
(\u the .
arcs of the four evangelists. "
A media-val ballad menzions "the four ’
gospeliorous {goslrellors or evangelists.
on the four pillorus“ lllililll's‘v. and
heads of angels “all of one monld.‘
The tradition of these old beds survives
in the invocation still used in some
country places. “Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John, bless the bed that I slot p on.
Two angels at my heal. four angels
doesn't have to get up \\ hen the mercury
is cut of sight and lifc.
L1". [Mg-J tit-f1]! r.
so xrep or :r.
Th.- rnaida-xgwcts
Ilci' b “Ill to zi:;l.t,
Arid tilis ti=c store
\\'ltii . ‘
Because if!" or
Is raw :lllI damp,
liut quire foruefs ‘
Tu til the Lump.
«r: » T.
landlady—”Did you like the turkey
we had Yesterday. Mr. Sznithz” .‘lr.
Smith—“Did I like him: Yr ~. indeed;
why, I loved himl I used t . think when
I was a little child that yerisi-s. after
all. Ishoull live the long-«t. :1le the
thought. made me sa ."—b‘~‘. a 1’ 0.
\Ye learn from a reliable exchange that
a good, healthy hippopotamus is iulued
at . MAW”. Here is an IlIt‘:i. for thr- f::sh~
ionable girls who had u t'uous .llLI iollar
dog along Chestnut street. Hot :. hip-
stnr: the —-
“1...: ti.
1
round niv bed: tw to watch and two 3 . . - r . , ; ., .~
to ““1" {rill two t carrv iuv soul aww" “ popotamns “ml k.ll 1h} “1.21" 3“” ““b
etcI ‘A‘f‘t‘ir‘ the reforiii-i'ion this (ill Verivy. “HS :Eg‘zc‘mnz” thrown out
.._ i 3 ..... .__A;,?I."
usa'rc died out. The (Oillnllts o? the‘ “mm”! in) cumin. ”J1! ‘ C '1“
,. a , _ \ ‘ l 10 .uv our l‘MIl!{l'I.L.\. «
ludor bed have square dado bases. and . T, _. , .. . tl 1-1
in general character resemble b: usters ‘ m"‘_“,"a"‘ “‘ m ., 2‘3”” 7" ' ,,.
. I ~. ‘ ~ ‘ Th . b- h V 1 . A in} arm upr- aria, ,..xnui ..n-l ion.
on d 8158 3(343- . . ‘- t fill ‘5 Nil" t try in vain tosnzlkc tus-
ported by carryatiiles, or ‘rrninalfiuurcs, .\felhou.:htthar when the skies :- bleak
and paneled with arch or square rc-
cesses sometunes containing figure curv-
ing of some. merit. The tester is pans
eled, and all frame pieces, wherever
set, are carved “‘Illl decorative mold—
ings of many kll‘tls.
of ask for the English market wcrc iin-
porte-l from Flanders, the bed heads and
feet composed of many tiny open arches.
lied testers. finished with details repre-
senting hanging fringes and decorative
detail borrowed from drapery, may gen-
erally be set down as of Flemish origin.
English beds of this date are more mas—
sive and rudcr in execution. alliaw‘s
“Ancient Furniture“ contains an engrav-
ing of the great “bed of \\'are. in llert~
fordshire. It. is in the Tudor stv‘c,
.twelvc feet siuare, and bears a date.
. (but not authentici, 1460.—.l!uglizinc «3r
Art.
i A Journalist Killed by a Wasp.
3 Mr. G. M. (.‘rawford, for thirty~four
Eyears the Paris Correspondent of the
Vlt'eiu, is dead. The deceased, born in
5 1816, was the grandson of Henry Craw~
Z ford, who was associated with Clive and
' Hastings in their Indian achievements.
f Mr. Crawford went to Paris in the ex-
llritish embassy, but. the post. was and-
Mr. Crawford was in good health un-
, til about seven years ago, when he was
I stung by a wrap in the carotid artery.
l "e was in a fair way of recovery when
. blood-poisoning sipervened, and he
a passed away quietly while supposed to
, be asleep. -—-Laudc~r Times.
When the Last Dollar is Gone.
00 so
. “'hen the last dollar is gone.
And aorta-ifs whole physique takes an aspect
cm
When the lost dollar it gone.
Tbmtbs {£334 the Greek, and tbsphln
Mumm’amkanduI-uul
WNWU“
Many bells made ’
some tr.end with thee away ought ~:r - m,
But no one cares to take the:
Thou malii‘val chestnut bl:
Thou dull. nrcnaic f'rli -:i
Thr it wabst my abharreire.
I rather \vould :et wet. I vow.
Then carry such a wreck as thou.
Though rain might run in torrents.
Yet still I keep the 1. and some friend
To eniit‘iscnte may con res ~~-u.l,
An 1 never think of paviiieut;
And how wouid I enjoy his pique
“'ben thou begins: to spring monk
:Aud ruiuest hisraiureut.
It Belonged to Another Road.
“I saw Vanderbilt once, and n'. that
time I wished I hadn‘t," said the freight
brakenizin. “It was when I was brake-
man on the ('entral. line duy we were
shifting cars at a little station near sea.
cuse. when a special car, with lor'oinm
tive attached. came in and stood on the
main track near where we Were at Work.
Special cars Were not very uncommon,
and we didn‘t pay much attentmn to
this one. Pretty soon I was makln a
coupling, but the infernal link wouldn‘t
fit. I tried it two or three titties. and
the engineer got out of patience backing
up for me so many times, and I begun
to get and myself. Then 1 gave it
another trial, but still it wouldn‘t work,
and then I took that link and gave it a
sling into the creek. and swore in the
bargain. In about ten seconds- I heard
some one calling me. and, looking up,
saw a plug~hattcd. side-wliiskcr.~d man
standing on the platform of the s recial
car. I knew him as sum :is I Iii eyes
on him——it was Billy Vanderbilt.
“ ‘Sec here, young man,‘ save he; ‘I‘vo
been watching. you. Do 'vra know
whose property you have beeu throwing
into the creek f"
“ fYosr-ir,’ says I, trembling. and ex-
pecting to be bounced the next minute.
“ ‘Well, whosowu it t" ‘
“ :I‘he Pennsylvania railroad], slr,‘
says .
“ ‘0h,’ replied Vanderbilt, and than
homtlntohi- wand-hut thedoor.
I wasn't bounced,plther.”—0h‘ugo Btb
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