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JEWEL-CURE TREATMENT.
A French “’oniun’s Expensive Method of
Healing the Sick,
Mme. Honouix, of Paris, has been
for some timé well known as a healer.
and is said to be wonderfully success-
ful in the treatment of blindness and
nervous diseases. . Her method of cure
is rather an expensive one, as the only
medicine she employs is precious
stones. In some cases the treatment
consists in simply applying the jewels
to the afiected parts. Sometimes it is
necessary to burn the stones and in-
hale the fumes, and sometimes the
powdered stone has to be swallowed.
One treatment alone costs from $50 1:0
$600, according to the ailment and tha-
gems used. Many treatments are oft~
en necessary, and the stones must 1.0
without flaw s, otherwise their healing
virtue is considered impaired.
Mme. Honouix keeps the stock of
jewels that she employs in treatments
in a handsome and elaborately arrang-
ed case, and from this receptacle the
patient selects the quality and size of
the stone, the kind necessary to the
‘lng been previously decided
but a exceedingly expensive.
Mme. Honouix claims to ‘be the in-
ventor of this cure, and has entered
deeply,into the study of gems, and has
many curious ideas in regard to their
powers. She says that chalcedony,
worn about the neck, will dispel sad-
ness, and onyx, if powdered and taken
before retiring, will cure insomnia and
prevent nightmare. Jasper, she claims,
is a proof against the venomous bite
of serpents, while amethysts are a
cure for intoxication, and sapphires
and emeralds are useful for strength-
ening the sight.——Ncw York Tribune.
NOT AN UNQUALFIED SUCCESS.
The Result of the llIongoose Being Intro-
duced Into Jamaica.
Quite an interesting story might be
written some day about the attempts
which have been made to acclimatize
strange plants and animals. and then
to eradicate them. There is the fa-
mous mongoose episode of Jamaica.
The mongoose was introduced to kill'
the rats which ate the cane plant-a-
tions. Having done this, and multi-
plied very rapidly, it proceeded to kill
all the snakes and lizards an well.
It next atlc ckcd the birds (learning
to climb trees in the p1ocess), until
the poultry and wild birds dis-appeared.
Then arose the “ticks,” 01' “chigoes,”
which the birds used to keep down.
and the island groancd under a fresh
plague. The ticks, however, finally at-
tacked t1he mongoose, which began to
decline; the birds began to reappear,
and attacked the ticks; snakes and
lizards were seen once more, and in
the end the cane plantations vvere de—
vastated as much as ever by rats.
It is not often that we got quite such
a complete history as 'this or else a
longer time is wanted for develop-
ment. One of these plagues, that of
the gypsy moth, arose from six eggs.
which a collector had placed on a pa-
per, blown out of his window, and it
has cost America many thousands of
. dollars a year ever since, whole gangs
of men being organized to collect the
larvae and burn them in piles.
\Vhy They Raise Hay.
While I was up in Canada last sum-
mer says a writer, a venerable inhabi-
tant told me the reason why the farm—
ers of the Dominion Iaise so mu(h
hav.
"He said that two 01' three cen-
turies ago tithes were imposed for the
benefit of the church upon all agricul»
tural products, and a list was made of
them.' The farmers were compelled
to give the priests onc bushel in twen-
ty-siy of every thing they produced.
whether it was apples. potatoes.
wheat. corn, onions, turnips or any
othel giain‘; or vegetable. Evelything
that snows 'ras on the list exc-s pt hay.
whichfor some reason was omitted.
he doesn’t know why. Perhaps it was
:1 mistake, but it is more likely the
hay crop was so insignificant in those
times that it was overlooked. In 1764
when Canada passed from French to
British rule, the tithing law was con-
firmed and ratified by the treaty, and
continues in force this d.1, in thr-
l’r'iox awe of Quebec, and 11 he ver til-:1
Catholt. chuich is strong. Therefore.
to escape tithes the farmers raise hay.
—-Chic:1go Record.
A "Big Die." ,
The average Southern negro. looks.
upon a funenll as a function to be en-
joyed. and one at which all the fine
feathers of the women and the loud
clothing of the men should be shown.
In this city to-day there are hundreds
of negroes and negizsscs who each
month pay their pittance to their
“8' cieties,” {nd the "s’cieties" in re-
urn bury the m with great pomp when
hey the.
Not long since a very largely attend-
d funeral was passing along a promi-
en-t street. An old negro, impressed
)y the number of carriages and wish-
ng to express his adoration, exclaim-
1d: “Iuiwdy! Lawdy! Dat 8110’ is cr
oig di c. "’ ——.‘.E.cmphis Scimitar.
A Scalp Restored.
A young laundrcss e1113_)loy1‘2'1.l in :1
auudry. in Paris was caught by the
air by an endless belt for the trans—
isslon of motive power and was
tcrqlly scalpcd from the back of the
end to thc 11112111101111.
At .111,- hospital. where she was tak-
11, the hair was shaved 00', and the
11111 was washed on both sides .with
oap and antiseptics, and applied to
.111 patient‘s head. The operation
1rned out completely successful, and
lurked a new and important step in
xl'gery. since hitherto scalp wounds
‘01:“ the riata,
ere only cured by grafting and by .
eatincut
1111's.~—1?.:,11:r: snoudent London Times,
which sometimes lasted for
E:COU '1AGE Or A COWBOY.
Swings 232111.1511' ant ii 515:: Across a Chasm
Byn Rope.
“Speaking of the clare- devil charac-
teristics of Western tow boys,” said
an old plainsman “I 10c 1.11 an adven-
ture that might have proved fatal to
myself and a man named Henry, but
for the great presence of mind dis-
played in an emergency by my'cool-
headed companion. The incident hap-
pened in Montana three years ago last
spring. We were travelling along :1
narrow trail on the border of the
Grande Itonde River, when we sud-
denly came to a landslide that was
about twenty—five feet across and left
no trail in the‘ smooth, precipitous
rock. The trail was so narrow that
our horses could not turn back, and,
realizing that it would be folly to ex-
pect the animals to jump the chasm.
it looked as though we were trapped.
out directly above the twenty— —five foot
hie-ak in the trail there was a huge
rock which was split 1n the centre1
Heniy saw the crack in the iock, and
having a strong riata seventy feet long
on his saddle he coiled it up, steadied
himself in his saddle, swung the rope
over l1is~hc11d and then hurled it high
in the air. ' Being an expert in the use
it went true to the mark,
and w as soon firmly fixed in" the crev-
ice of the rock.
‘Whilc I was wondering what he
was going to do with the rope, he took
in the slack and wound it around the
horn of his saddle, which was very
strong and supplied with double
cinches. Then he urged his horse to
the edge of the precipice.
“The faithful beast stood firm. He
would not step over, but Henry again
drew up the slack and pulled with all
his might. Inch by inch he drew the
straining horse forward till his feet
slipped and he swung over the yawn-
ing chasm. For a moment, I held my
breath and closed my eyes, expecting
to hear the slender rope snap and its
burden disappear into the raging
water below. '
“When I did open my eyes he had
swung across the gap, and, dismount-
ing, he backed up the nail, and tugged
at the reins to aid the horse in gaining
his feet. He pulled hard and the ani-
mal lunged up into the trail, with the
chasm far behind.
“Safe on the other side, Henry urged
me to make the perilous trip inthe
same way as he had done. For some
time I couldn’t muster up the neces-
sary courage, but at last, when I real-
ized that there was no other way of
continuing the journey, I consented to
swing myself across the chasm. After
landing on the other side Henry re-
turned for my horse, and having
swung the beast safely across the gap.
we rode away and left the rope dang-
ling for the use of the next Wayfarer
who chanced to come that way.”—
, Chicago Inter Ocean.
Lunacy Developed in an Instant.
“Some 3; ars ago,” said a lawyer, “I
defended a fellow for murder in a little
Southern town, and the worst witness
we had against us was an old German
who was a stackbuilder by trade. A
stack, by the way. is merely another
name for a big chimney. The old fel-
low was perfectly honest, and gave his
evidence in' such a clear, straightfor-
ward manner that I felt my client was
doomed unless I could think of some
way to break him down. While I was
cudgcling my brains a friend whis
pered to me to ask him how high he
could build a stack. 'W‘hatflo you
mean?’ I asked in surprise. ‘Never
mind,’ said my friend. ‘Just slip in
that question and see.’ So at the tail
end of the cross—examination I paused.
as if struck by an afterthought, and
said: ‘You are a stackbuilder, I be‘
heve?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ replied the witness.
‘Well, sir,’ I continued, ‘about how
high can you build—’ I never got any
further. A swift, inscrutable change
flashed over the German’s face, and he ‘
rose on ltedly from his chair. ‘As high
as der sky " he roared. ‘80 high dose
angels come around it like birds!’
five seconds he was raving.
I'lnc Timber “'aste.
.1A11 abundance of the finest Cork pine '
that grew in Michigan was lumbercd
from part of Lapeer County, in those
interesting old pioneer days when the
shanty boys were numerOus and hard
times never known. Already nearly a
score of years have intervened since
the passing of the pine; to-day there
still remains in the wake of the state-
ly forests in many sections, acres of
stumps. those unmistakable and stub
born evidences of the harvests that is
past.
timwbeicd
woodsmen was byno means an insig-
nificant item, as subsequent years at-
test. Many farm building, fences, etc.,
have been erected from this second
crop, which has proven'by no means
an unremuner-ativ’e one. In more re-
cent years the yards of the few saw
mills that still remain are principally
supplied with haidwood timber, and
the time is near at hand when even
the remnants from the pine cullingzs
will not be in evidence.'—Detroit Jour-
n-al.
‘ He‘s a Teetotaler.
He tried everything he could hear
of, winding up at a Keeley institute.
but the drink habit could not be eradi-
(ffltIOd. One day he said he would try an
original experiment on himself. He
would take a large bottle with him for
a day, and whenever he wanted a
drink would pour it into the bottle in-
stead of into his gullet. He denied
himself nothing, but went the same old
Bourbon tl101e,b091 yonder,
where else, cocktails everywhere.
When the day was done the bottle
centained a mess that, looked so 11n-
In;
In those days of abundance of?
wealth the waste of the.
grounds, a glass of rye he1e, a glass of Z
gin some-j
palatable and emitted so foul an odor '
the man got frightened and swore 03
‘or life—New York Press.
HOW HE KNEW HE WASN’T DEAD.
He Thought He Would Not Feel Hunger
If He Had Gone to the other Side.
Thomas H. Grisham, President of
the Board of Managers of the Dodge
City Soldiers’ Home tells a story
about an old soldier named John
Clark, who came near being buried
alive. 1He had been ill a long time
with typhoid fever, and at last lapsed
into a comatose state and was pro-
nounced dead. Burial robes were
placed upon him and he was tenderly
placed in' a casket to await interment
on the following day. During the
night Clark regained his senses and
rose up in his narrow prison. He up~
set the coffin and he was sent sprawl-
ing on the floor. In consternation one
attendant rushed into the room and
retreated, declaring he had seen a
ghost. Then other attendants came.
Stimulants were quickly applied, the
limbs and body of Clark rubbed with
alcohol. He soon opened his eyes.
After careful attention and nursing
he recovered entirely.
“Tell me,” said Grisham to Clark one
day, “how did you feel when you died
and how did you first know that you
were not. dead?”
“When I appeared to myself,” said
Clark, “to be dying, the experience
was a very pleasant one. I seemed to
be entirely free from.tr0uble and to
be passing into a new realm. When I
began to recover consciousness I
found myself in what seemed to be a
coffin, but. I at once knew that I was
not dead because my feet were cold
and I was hungry.”
"I don’t understand what you mean,”
said Grisham.
- “I knew,” replied Clark, “that if I
were in heaven I would not he hun-
gry, and if I were in hell my feet
would not be cold.”——Topek-a Journal.
A SHREWD PHOTOGRAPHER.
Discards the Old Methods for Getting
Children to Pose Properly.
A New York photographer has com-
pleted a system by which his pictures
of babies have become famous. He
has discarded all the familiar expedi-
outs of his profession to persuade very
young children to submit to the cam-
era. and his scheme has been com-
pletely successful. One part of his
gallery has been fitted 11p like a nurs-
ery. Around the room at convenient
points are situated cameras and these
are in charge of his assistants. The
photographer devotes his attention to
the baby. He'tries all the toys in
turn. gets on as intimate terms as
possible wth the baby after such
short acquaintance and gradually
lures the unsuspecting infant into look
ing his best. 'When pose and expres-
sion are satisfactory he gives a signal
to one. of his assist-ants at the cameras
and the trick is done. Mothers bring
their babies from all quarters to this
tactful photographer. It would be a
difficult matter to find any child who
would 1101,. 'z'ftei ten minutes’ session
with toys. :xhibit some expression
that his 11:11:}‘thS 11.511111 be proud of.
The artist catches that expression and
as many other agreeable ones as pos-
sible. The final delight comes to the
mother when she receives the proofs.
not sent as proofs usually are, but
moon-ted on a large piece of cardboard
which makes. it possible for her to
compare them simultaneously. This
wise man has left nothing undone
which could strengthen his hold on
the babies and their photographs.
Are Children Spanked Enough?
These are the days when, if a school
master strikes a child, he will as likely
as not have to appear in a law court
on a charge of assault and battery.
The question should be considered as
to whether the sparing of the rod is
spoiling your children. In olden times
1111111 pinned their faith to Solomon‘s
precept.
It is well to recall, when schoolmas-
ters being terrorized by the law
when they inflict corporal punish-
ments. the doings of one Johann Ja-
kob l-Iulzerle. a German master. He
kept a diary of the number of punish-
ments: he innit-ted on his pupils.
Johann 1411-1151-1112 that during fifty-one
years he di:z:trlbutcd 911,517 strokes
with a, stick. 220.100 birch—red smites,
136.715 hand smacks. 10,986 blows
with :1 ruler. 10.23.? ships on the face.
8.000 boxes on the cars. 115,800 on the
2‘1 1‘1"
head, and {hat hr.- act some 13,009
tasks from thc'l’il 1111. so that it was
necessary ‘1.) put"1l1'.:1 e a new copy.
through 11.1.11' 1.1111! 111:: 1‘, every two
years.
and seventy-seven
make his children
Seven hundred
times did Johann
kneelon dried peas, while
he stood them in his corners with
rulers over their heads. Here is food
for parents to reflect upon before they
summon Stlloolmastcrs forspanking
their children. —-:\'ew York Times.
Oldest House in America.
The oldest; house in America is in
St. Augustin-1. It was built in 1564
by the monks of the Order of St.
l<‘1 '11111ls and the whole of the solid
structure is composed of couuina, :1
combination of sea shells and mortar,
which is almost indestructible. When
Francis Drake sacked and burned the
town this was the only house left in
the trail of destruction. It has becm
purchased by a well-known antiquar-
ian, .l. W. Henderson. who will make
it his winter residence.
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1).-'1: and Thrashings.
"Ian's ago.“ said Mr. Hal Gentry,
or New 11.13.41 certain publication
Whose habfiat was on Manhattan Is-
!nnd. mad? 3. specialty of defaming
{1309‘s 'he most scurrilous articles,
fan-1:21;}; lies from the whole cloth,
War—1 pliuted about well known citi~
zoos. .11.-d no man; however high his
standing, was safe from outrageous
columnl'ation.
“The proprietor of the sheet knew
that in a big city like New York few
would go to the length of seeking per-
sonal satisfaction, and he had no
dread of libel suits. Now and then,
however, an irate invidual who had
been ‘roasted,’ smarting under a sense
of wrong, would seek the 06301”: of the
paper bent on finding the scoundrel
who had written the injurious para--
graph with a view to punching his
face.
“But never was such a visitor suc-
cessful in his mission. When in tone
of blazing wrath he would demand
the name of the author he would be
invited to some little dingy room at
be top of the house. In ‘this boudoir
there 'as no human being, but on a
desk lay a woman’s hat and gloves,
and the visitor would be told thatMiss
Blank would be in presently. Miss
Blank, then, was the perpetrator of
the outrage, but how was a man to
tight a female, no matter how daS<
tardly her misconduct.
“And thus it came 'to pass that a
mythical woman was used as a buffer
to mollify men who were bent on hav-
ing gore. At the worst they could
only indulge in profanity, and this
didn’t hurt anybody’s feelings about
that establishment—Washington Post.
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A lilan of Resources.
“I don't know that I need anv
work done about the house. What
can you do, my good fellow?”
“Sir, in my day I’ve been a carpen
tor, a barber and a school teacher. '.
can shingle your house, your hair or
your boy.”—Chicago Tribune.
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