WHAT IS HE WORTH? You my the man “is worth a million," And think you‘ve answer‘d me; I care not if he own a billion, ’Tis the man I want to see! And now I‘ll ask a question or twO—« This man—what is be worth? Is it cash that came from the Lord knows who, And broad, square miles of earth? Dare you assert, in broad daylight, That this is the worth of a man? It takes indeed a sordid wighr. With favor this to scan. The treasures Of the brain and heazt. The mind and body‘s health, And what turns men to the bet‘nr part— These constitute true wealth. If your friend has only what you said. He is worth just nothing at all; Let his acres of earth cover him, dead. And buy him a funeral pail! —Detroit Free Press. Remarkable Figures. Longevity extraordinary can certainly be Waxed for the inhabitants of Chili, if the Chilian census Of 1885 is to be believed. From the statistics there presented it would appear that nearly 500 persons, out of a total of 2,500,000, are upwards Of a hundred years old. This proportion is perhaps not too great, but theastonishing ages recorded put a strain on the strongest credulity. One man coolly re- turned his age at 150, and this would make it very probable that he is, as the editor of the census remarks, the oldest man in the world. Next after him comes a woman aged 138; two women and one man report themselves as 135; 132, 130 and 127 each have a representative, while there are seven 125 years Old. Below that age the numbers mount rapidly, showing twenty¥eight persons of the age of 120, twenty- seven aged 115, and no less than ninety—one aged 110. Of course this is all deliciously ab- surd. ' The returns carry their own discrediting on their face, with their marked preference for the decades and half decades—twenty- eight, for example, set down at 120, while but two are given to 110 and only one to 117. ninety-one put at 110, while but eleven reach 109. If this does not mean a fuddle'd memory vaguely feeling after a big figure best capable of expressing a belief that one must be very old not to remember things more clearly, then the indications are misleading. Our own census bears witness to the imtrust- woflhiness of the testimony of the ignorant as to their age; but two out of 100,000 White persons giving their ages as above 100, while forty-five out of 100,000 colored persOns claim that distinction. The surprising thing is not to find Chilian Indians making themselves rivals of Thomas iParr, but to find Chilian Jensus ofiicers gravely accepting the impossi- ble figures. —IVashington Letter. Trout That Remembered. “Some time before the death of Seth Green, the celebrated fish culturist and naturalist,” said a. gentleman who takes great interest in piscatorial matters, recently, “I paid a visit with him to the fish hatcheries at Caledonia. In one Of the ponds there, at that time, there were 5,000 large brook trout, every one of which had been captured With the fly—in un- frequented brooks in the Adirondack region. These trout, Mr. Green said, had convinced him that fish had reasoning power and mem- ory. When they were booked, he said, and were reeled slowly in by the careful fishermen who were capturing them for the state pond, they had time and opportunity to note the form and character of the tackle that made them prisoners. According to Mr. Green they never forgot that experience. The trout had been in the pond at long time, the females never being allowed to Spawn there, and would follow Mr. Green as. he walked along the edge of the water, tossing bits of liver into the pond. To Show that his theory about their memory and reason was correct he would carry a cane and a fish rod conceal- ed behind hi‘r back. If he took the cane from its concealment and held it out over the wa- ter the fish paid no attention to it, but the moment he produced the rod with its reel and line attached away the trout scampered like a flash to distant parts Of the pond. Mr. Green told me that he would permit any one to cast a fly in that pond to his heart’s con— tent, as he was satisfied that not one of the trout would come near it, so vividly (lid they remember their enemy of five years ago.”—~. New York Star. A Blental Shock. The effects of mental shock on the mind in musing permanent bad health of mind are easily inflicted in the period of infancy, early life and school life, of which let one illustra- tion suffice, writes Dr. B. W. Richardson in Longinan’s Magazine. A gentleman who for many years was under my observation as a confirmed mental invalid, a strong man in many respects, but utterly irresolutc, and in the end of disordered mind altogether, ac- quired his mental disease from sudden dis- trust. He had in his childhood an innate dread of deep water, and he had at the same time a tutor for whom he held the warmest affection, coupled with the most absolute trust and confidence. In a. thoughtless and unhappy moment this tutor became possessed with the idea that he would break his pupil’s dread .of deep water by pitching him into a pool where they were accustomed to bathe together at the deepest part. There was no actual danger, for the depth was really notgreat, the pool was calm, the boy could swim a'little, and in an instant the tutor, a strong and skillful swimmer, was in the water himself rendering succor and support. The lad was brought to shore safely enough, but the mischief to the mind was in- flicted beyond repair. The surface of trust was obliterated, and a fixed distrust in the mind of the youth was set up forever. If a skillful physiologist could have discovered the seat of trust in that youth, and could: have destroyed it mechanically, he could not have inflicted a more severe injury nor one more determinately lifelong in its effects. Legal Banter. Dunning was examining a. witness, Whom he asked if he did not live at the very verge f the court, and received a reply in the af- .. u : n've. “And, pray, why have you select— :0 such a spot for your residence?” asked the muse]. “In the vain hope of weeping the ascally impertineuoe of ‘dunning,’ ” was the expected answer. On another occasion I e same counsel met with a stinging retort. 1: aving dealings with a gentleman whose 056 was somewhat of a peculiar shape, he .= ' to him: “Now, Mr. Coppernose, you . ve been sworn, what do you say?” “Why, pon my oath,” replied the witness, “I would Iot exchange my copper nose for your brazen age.” We are not informed What influence, _any, this evidence had upon the judge. He "ouid probably be satisfied as to theveracity f the woman in the followingcase, assuming- t the cross-exammation be correctly re- mitted. “Was he a tall man?” he asked. ‘Ziot very tall, your honor; much about the’ ,, of your worship’s honor,” replied the “guess. “Was be good looking?” “Quito g '. ._. ~ ; much like your honor, but with a- ?r ,I : -mer non.” “Did he squint!” “A “3,, your worship; but not so much a: or honor byagood deal.” This, we pro _ : is one of those cases in which compar- dwould prove odious—All the Year ' -un . l l l i i NORWALK GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY JULY 17, 1889. HANGING AS A REMEDY. METHODS DESCRIBED BY ONE WHO 18 HANGED TWICE A WEEK. Stretching the Spine to Cure Nervous Dis- eases and Ataxia—The Discovery of the Benefits of Hanging—One Man Tried to Do It Alone and Lost His Life. “So you have never heard of the hanging cure?” said awell known member Of the diplo- matic corps to us the other day. “You never heard of it? Really—I thought every one knew about the hanging cure.” “What do you mean?” we asked in all innocence. “Hang- ing is a cure, certainly, but one somewhat .too effective to be recommended to the ordi- nary patient.” “Nonsense!” was the reply. “I mean the hanging cure as a remedy for nervous diseases especially, and ataxia.” “No, . I have never heard of it; tell me what you mean.” And thereupon our vis- itor set forth his explanation of the new method of treatment, which is becoming ex- ceedingly popular. THE APPARATUS USED. “It is a Russian invention, but it is coming into vogue chiefly through Dr. Char-cot, Of the Salpetriere. Its secret is this, that in certain maladies of the nervous system, es- pecially those which bring about either semi- paralysis or incapacity to move the limbs, the mischief is due to the fact that your spinal cord gets ‘crinkled up,’ and in order to remedy the eVil you must stretch your spinal , l cord.” “That is easier said than done; how can you stretch a man’s spinal cord ?” “By hanging him,” was the answer, “by hanging him in such a way as to cause the ' whole weight of the body to fall upon the spine as a means Of strengthening the spinal mmrow. It is very simple. I am hanged regularly twice a week, and the result in my case has been quite extraordinary. I do not sufi'er from ataxia, but I have a. very invet- erate nervous complaint, which has incapaci— tated me for active work for some time past. I am now almost completely well—at least, after a course of treatment at some baths in France I hope to be completely restored to my former health. For years I have suffered many things from many physicians, and all that they could do for me was to slightLy al- leviate the active imitation that was caused by overexciting the nervous system.” “But I thought hanging was not a remedy for that, but for ataxia?” “Quite true; and when I went to the Sal- petriere they were in very grave doubt as to whether they would subject me to the treat- ment, as my malady was at once declared to be over-excitement of the nerves Neverthe- less, they strung me up, and I experienced very great relief.” “Pray tell me how they string you up.” “This way,” said the gentleman inter- viewed, producing a diagram of the hanging apparatus by which the patients are sus- pended in mid-air for the purpose of stretch- ing their spinal cords. One part of this rests under the chin, the other under the back Oi the head. The patient is then hoisted off his feet and allowed to hang.” “How long do you hang?” “At first not more than one minute. After- ward it is possible by practice to extend the period of suspension to as much as three or four minutes I have never been ableto hang more than two minutes at a. time. Four minutes is the outside—no one has been known to hang longer than that, and I do not advise any one to try the experiment. One wretch who made an invohiiitary trial hanged him- self in grim earnest. He was alone and found he could not lower himself at the right time. He remained hanging until the spinal cord snapped and he was found dead.” “Is it then so dangerous?” “Very dangerous if you suspend yourseli without another person in the room. Not at all dangerous if you are accompanied by a judicious and trustworthy friend. I an: always hanged in the presence of my doctor, who takes care to lOwcrmeas soon as thesus pension has lasted two minutes.” DISCOVERED B’Y ACCIDENT. “What is the sensation?” “The sensation is not difficult to imagine. If any one takes you by the chin and back of the neck and tries to pull your head Off, you can form some conception of what your feel— ings are when the weight of your body is hanging upon the spinal column. At the end of a minute you experience a. sensation of in- tense weariness, and when you are cut down, or lowered rather, to your feet you feel as if you had walked to the top Of the Eifi‘el tower without resting. You are utterly exhausted, but that soon passes Off and you experience an almost immediate relief. When I went to the Salpetriere I went with a young Ameri- can who had been for three years helplessly paralyzed. He was driven to the door and carried in a chair up the steps into the oper ating room. He was duly hanged, and be- fore I left Paris he was able to walk the whole we y from his hotel to Dr. Charcot’s. It was a remarkable cure, and there areman y like it." . “How was the treatment found out?” “It was partly by accident. An American doctor was in the habit of suspending his pa- tients for the purpose Of making a plaster cast in cases of curvature of the spine. From this they received great benefit, and his method was adopted in Russia by a doctor of the name ‘Of Motchowkoffski. One da he found that a patient of his whom he ha sus- pended for the purpose of putting on this plaster cast had broken the cast, so that the benefit which manifestly resulted from his treatment could not be attributed to the cast. From this be inferred that the im- provement was really due to the suspension. Afew experiments soon satisfied him that ' this was the case, and he took to hanging his patients as a regular method of treatment Dr. Char-cot, hearing of the results that had followed from a. Dr. Raymond, who had been on a medical mission to Russia, conducted a series of experiments in the Salpetriere 'and found that the treatment worked marvels. It is now adopted as a regular method of treat- ment at the Salpetriere, and nervous patients have experienced therefrom the greatest pos- sible advantage. In no case has any injury to the patients followed its adoption. When I left the Salpetriere I took over with me the complete set of suspensory apparatus, and am now being hanged twice a week regularly in my own rooms. There is no reason why you should not have an apparatus erected in the office of The Pall Mall, in which you can stretch the spinal cords of all nervously ir- ritable persons. ”—Pall Mall Gazette. Cultivated Musk. Artificial, or rather cultivated, musk, if wemaybelievewhatseemstobeaverywel] authenticated statement, appears to be a thing of the near future. The announcement is made that at the laboratory of, the Gesund- heitsamt in Berlin 8. Japanese physician namedKitisato, apupilofKoch, hasisolated a microbe from an infusion 01 haywhich has the property of producing a. pewter-101 odor-cf musk. Themicrohocanhecultivated inany of the nutrient media, but thrives best On the potato and the rice preparation. 'The cul- tures are at first reddish in color, afterward becoming moor. tiboolomd. When moul- hires are exhausted “with alcohol thelattér pm the odor of tincture of musk—New York Telegram. The Tennis Racket. Ash is the raw material of the tennis racket. When the tree is cut dOWn it is split into strips sixty-six inches in length. These are placed in a steaming box for a few hours, when they become supple enough to be bent l into shape round a. block. In this position they are cramped and left for twenty-four hours to cool and dry. After being taken Off the block they are fastened in a way which preserves the shape, and left to season. When the manufacturing process is resumed the “center,” which is Of walnut, is fitted in, a slip of wood is put up the middle of the handle and a piece of baywood or; cedar is fixed on each side. Having been left over night to set, the handle is then shaped up. The holes are next bored in the frame, and, the whole being rounded and smoothed Off, oil is rubbed in to prepare for the polishing. The gut is then strung, and this is done with great care, each strand being tightened up until it rings like the string of a musical in- strument. The racket generally used is perfectly straight in the sides, but a. slight lob on the under side has been introduced by the Slazen- gers under the direction of some Of the lead- ing players. For playing downwards is is considered to have advantages in the hands Of experts, giving it great driving power. The “demon” racket which has figured in the law courts has a groove running lengthwise on each side of the handle and one crosswise near the tip to enable the fingersto grip more firmly. Most handles are, however, perfectly smooth. In weight they run from thirteen to fifteen ounces, and in price the best rackets range from a guinea to twenty-five shillings, while a good, ordinary one can be bought for half a guinea to fifteen shillings. The frame of a desirable racket should be free from flaws and have a straight grain, the gut should be tightly strung and yet have a. good deal of elasticity, and the finish generally should be good. When out of play, and in the winter season especially, a. racket is apt to warp unless fixed in a “press,” of which there are various kinds—Pall Mall Budget. The North Carolina Butcher’s Wife. Bedding Cape was known far and wide in the mountain country around Hillsborough as a butcher. NO killing could properly take place unless Cape was there. He was tall, powerful, red haired and cross eyed. His perennial costume was a red flannel shirt and a pair of butternut pants tucked into the tops of enormous rawhide boots. His wife was nearly as tall and heavy as himself. One spring she ’speerienced religion, and with some fifty others, of both sexes, went down to the branch pond for baptism; The minister was short and undersized, but he got along all right until he came to Sis Cape. They waded out into the water hand in hand until she was up to her waist, while the par- son was up to his neck and almost floating Off his feet. , The minister went through the usual for- mula, wound up with “I baptize you, Sister Cape, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,” and made an effort to duck the convert. She stood like a rock, but the pas- tor missed his footing and got a mouthful of water. Again he assayed it. “Sister Cape, when I say the word you must let yourself fall back into the water and not resist.” But the good woman glanced over her shoulder and didn’t like the looks of the pond. When the word came she stood like a tele- graph pole, while the minister nearly drowned himself in his endeavors to have her properly immersed. The crowd on the bank got con- siderably worked up. Bedding Cape was a silent witness of the contumely which his wife was bringing upon his good name. At the last failure he strode violently into the pond, plump, plump,, plump. Ranging alongside the couple, he caught his wife by the neck and waist and growled out: “Give the word when you are ready, pas- tor; she‘s hard fur ter throw. ”—Washington Post. Jim's Maiden Effort. It is seldom that a practical joke can be in- dulged in Without bringing unpleasant con- sequences upon some one. Occasionally, how- ever, one may be found which is both inno- cent and amusing, like the following, nar- rated to the author of “The Falcon on the Baltic. ” “terrible greenhorn” by the name of Jim, on whom some one or other was always playing a trick. ' One evening the barge was sailing by Sheerness, and the skipper, happening to look at the clock, saw that it wanted a min- ute or so to 0. He remembered that at 9 O’clock a. gun was always fired at Sheerness; so, being a mischievous sort of chap, he sings out to the green hand: “Hi! here, Jim, come on deck at once, and bring the fog born with you!” Jim tumbled up. “Now, blow that there fog born for your life!” cries the skipper. “What for .3" asks Jim, looking around. “Don‘t ask what for, but blow, you lubberl It’s the rule here. If a vessel doesn’t salute Sheerness with her fog horn as she passes by they fire at her.” Jim, believing it all, takes the horn and blows like mad. “Harder, harder!” cries the skipper. “They Can’t hear that. They’ll shoot us all if you ain’t louder.” So Jim was blowing away with all the wind he had, when suddenly off went the 9 , o’clock gun, and Jim gave a yell, threw the fog horn on deck and rushed below to hide from the cannon balls. Oh, he was a green chap, then! He’S-a. bit smarter now, but the story of that fog horn will alwaysfollow him.—-Youth’s Companion. “Mr. Garrick Did the Honors.” “Mr. Garrick did the honors of his ham very reSpectfully, ” Mrs. Delany tellsher niece, “and though in high spirits, seemed sensible of the honor done him. * * * Asto Mrs. Garrick, the more one seas of her the better one must like her. She seems never todepart from a perfect propriety of behavior, accom- ' panied with good sense and gentleness of manners, and I cannot help looking on 'her as a. wonderful creature, considering all circum- stances relating to her. The house is singular (which you know I like), and seems to, owe its prettiness and elegance to her good taste. * * * It has the air of belonging to a genius. We had an excellent dinner, nicely served, and when over went into the garden, a piece of irregular ground sloping down to the Thames, very well laid out and planted. The river appears beautiful from Shake- speare’s Temple, where we drank tea. and coffee, where there is a. very fine statue of Shakespeare in white marble, and a. great chair with a large carved frame that was his own, with amedallion of him fixed in the back. Lady Weymouth dined with us, and at 6 o’clock her fine children walked into the garden, and Mr. Garrick made himself as suitable a. companion to the children as to the "not the company, to their great de- llght.”—Letters and Correspondence of Mrs. Delany. - ‘ Atesthasbeenmadoin Francetcsee'r whether the color of a horse had anythingto do with his characteristics. It has beendo flmonstratcd that any such idea is all nonsense. Pedigree' 'and early training have all to do with it, and color nothing whatever. The hero of the tale was a certain' THE STORY OF ”JIM.” A Coyote, Captured with Difficulty, Was Spoiled in the Menagerie. “What do I know about coyotes, young man?” he asked, throwing himself back in his chair. “By the way, we don’t call them kai-otes; k-a—i-ote-e-s, kai—O’tees is the way to pronounce it. And let me say right here that I’ve seen many a man get into trouble by doing what you have just done. Out west we don’t like tO have our feelings hurt. W'e’re mighty sensitive about some things, young man, and coyotes—kai-o-toes, I say, so you won’t make that mistake again—is one of them. I’ve seen the boys shoot for less than that. I you ever go out in Wyoming, don‘t you forget that it is kai—O-tee, kai-O-tee,” and he hit the end of a long cigar and struck a match. “Well, you ask me what I know about them. I once owned a cayote; that is, I owned a part interest in him. I think that was the finest cayote I ever saw. He was simply the tarnationslist all fighter you ever saw. Fightl—he’d fight anything, that crit- ter. I once turned him loose on the cham- pion bulldog of Evanston, and I wish you could have seen that dog after the first minute. He looked like a rag baby. We got Jim, that was his name, near Hilliard. I don’t suppose you ever heard about Hil- liard. It’s on the N. P., not far from Evans- ton; not a big place, you know—water tank, fiume and four charcoal kilns. We were rounded up there in ’79, with 20,000 sheep, and that cayote used to come around camp at night howling funeral dirges, until we made up our minds we wanted him Well, we got him, but we hada big job on our hands. "Four of us started out on horseback with lariats to less» him. We chased him for about fifteen miles, trying for him all the time, but we couldn’t get him. Finally he got dead beat, and turned. Then the real circus began. One of the boys hooked him the first time. but that critter chewed the lariat in two in three minutes. He backed up against a sage brush and snapped and snarled like a. mad dog. He had a wicked looking set of teeth, and nobody dared to touch him. Three times we booked him, and each time be chewed the lariat in two. He was fuller of fight than ever. We had only one good lai'iat left, and that was Bill Ryder’s. Bill allowed "that he would fix that cayote. He rode OE about 100 feet and got his noose ready. He was mighty handy with a rope, and when I saw his game I said: ‘Now, Mr. Coyote, you’re done for.’ “Bill dug his spurs into his bronco and they came on like a. whirlwind. As he rushed past the cayotc his lariat shot out in a, circle no bigger than a hat. He caught Mr. Cayote squaré around the neck and jerked him twenty feet. That took the life out of him, and he did not try to chew anything again that day. We got him to camp and chained him to at stake. That night he almost chewed the stake through. After that we fixed him with an iron picket. How Jim used to how-1 at first! It was simply terrible. We broke him of that, though, by, taking him off outof sight and leaving him alone at night. When we moved camp we used to chuck Jim into a sack and tie it up around him, just letting his head stick out. Then we’d dump him into the provision wagon. “We kept Jim for ayear, and he got so- attached to us that I .believe he wouldn’t have run away if we had unchained him; but we never gave him the chance. The next summer we struck Green river. If you’ve ever been there you’ll remember that right in front of the railroad restaurant at the sta- tion there is a large cage. It’s full Of prairie dogs, rabbits and other small animals. The proprietor Of the restaurant wanted Jim for his menagerie, and after talking the thing over we decided to sell him for $10. SO Jim went into the menagerie. The next morning we went down to see him. His new owner was distracted. All that was left of that menagerie was Jim. He’d chewed the Whole thing up. The floor Of the big cage was cov- ered with fur, bones and skins, while Jim sat in one corner, his eyes bloodshot and rest- lem and his long, White teeth gleaming white. He snapped at every one who came near him and looked just as he did the day he backed up against the sage brush. “The man gave us another $10 to take him away, but that night spoiled Jim. He was never contented with bacon after that, and he got to be a great nuisance. We unchained him, hoping he would strike out for himself, but he used to hang around camp, howling all night long. We chased him off with stones, fired our six shooters and did every- thing we could to frighten him away, but it .was no use. Finally, we took pity on him and let him alone, but he began to droop. Civilized life was too much for him, and he died two months after his night in the menagerie.”—New York Tribune. Applauding the Preacher. In these days, a. congregation list-ens to a sermon in silence; but in the Sixteenth cen- tury it was quite otherwise. Latimer, on his way to the cross in St. Paul’s churchyard, which served him as a. pulpit, used to be greeted by cries from the opening crowd: “Have at them, Master Lastimerl have at them!” They were as quick to express disap- proval as approval. Once, while Bishop Bonner was preaching from St. Paul’s cross, a mania the crowd emphasized his objection to the preachers sentiinents by throwing a. dagger at him. Even aslateas the Seventeenth century, Eng- lish congregations had no idea of being only listeners. A writer in Temple Bar says: It was allowed to them to applaud or hiss the preacher, as the occasion required, the ' applause taking the form of a loud hum of approbation. Dr. Johnson relates, on the authority of his father, that Dr. Burnet and Dr. Sprat once preached on the same day be- fore parliament. When Burnet preached, partof the congregation bummed so loudly and so long, that the delighted preacher sat down to enjoy it, rubbing his face with his handkerchief. Dr. Sprat, during his sei'nnn, was honored with the like animating burn, but he stretched forth his hand and exclaimed: “Peace, peace! I pray you, peace!” When the same Dr. Burnet was preaching on another occasion before the house of com- mons he turned his glass at the end of the hour as a sign that he was going to continue his sermon, when his audience broke out into a loud hum of approbation—a strong testi- mony either to his eloquence or to their en- durance., A Cup of Good Cofl'ee. There is! more than one way of preparing a pot of good coffee. There areas many ways, in fact, as there are kinds Of coffee. Karly every housekeeper has 3 pct theory of her own for producing a. rich color and fine flavor. Some any use this sort Of coffee, others that sort, and more tell you that only by a judicious mixture of a variety of brands can the taste of the epicure in coffee be satis- fled. Many people stick to the conclusion that coffee should always be boiled in the old fashiOned Way, while others are sure that steeping it is the only true way. ' There is no doubt but that the manner of . making coffee has a great deal todo with the appearance and flavor of the liquid, but a great deal depends on the brand that is used. —_-ljew York News. A WATER TELESCOPE. How to Make an Instrument with Which' You Can See Under Water. NO doubt a good many of our boys and girls are ignorant of the fact that they can, with very little trouble and at almost no ex- pense, cOnstruct.an instrument with which they can plainly see what is going on under the water over which they sail their boats. The very idea of such a thing is attractive, and we propose to tell you how it can be done. The water telescope may be made of wood or of tin, whichever you prefer, and we will describe both. The tin is better, because it is lighter and more easily handled. Its manu- facture is very simple. Get a tinsmith to make for you a funnel shaped tin born about three feet long. It should be eight or ten inches in diameter at the bottom and broad enough at the top for both eyes to look into. Into the bottom put a piece of glass cut to~fit and make it perfectly water tight. Leave the top open. The inside should be painted black to prevent the reflection of the light upon the surface of the tin. Around the out- side Of the bottom solder on several sipkers to Offset the buoyancy of the air in the water tight horn and make it easier to submerge. If it is not convenient to get a round piece Of glass, have the large end made square and use square glass. That’s all there is of it. and when you sink the instrument down into the water and put your eyes to the small end, you will be perfectly astonished at the plain‘ ness with which you will see all kinds of fish and water animals swimming around in a state of nature. A wooden water telescopeis made of along, square wooden box, say ten inches square at the large end and four or five inches square at the other. Make all the seams water tight by means of putty and paint. Put a piece of glass in the large end and leave the small end open to look into, as you do with the tin in- strument. A great many of you go on boating and picnic parties, and you can imagine how much such a contrivance would add to your. amusement and pleasure, to say nothing of the instruction derived from studying the in habitants of the water 'at home. Using the principle of the water telescope, a well known naturalist had a boat made with a glass in the bottom, through which he could see every movement of thousands of fish as they swam along through the clear water. Fishermen in Norway iiseAthe water telescope at their work with the best results, sometimes discovering a new kind of fish that might otherwise have escaped the notice.- New York World. Hacketf. Beckett's first acquaintance with Falstaff was made at Philadelphia in 1&2, the Hot- spur of the occasion being no less a person— age than Charles Kean. The following year he journeyed to England, and appeared dur- ing May at the Haymarket in “Henry IV, Part I,” with every token Of success. His Falstaff was frequently seen in London af— terward; at Drury Lane in 1840, at Covent Garden in 1845, and again at the Haymarket in 1851. Hackett played the Fat Knight with consummate truth and humor. Stimu- lated by a perfect appreciation of the diffi- culties of the character, for which be pro- fessed great admiration, the American come dian made its interpretation the study of a lifetime, and, with executive ability equal to his powers of conception, the result was un- qualified triumph. On the occasion of his second visit to Eng- land several critics fell foul of his imperson- ation, starting with certain premises that in Beckett’s mind conveyed a. false ideal of the character. By way of counterblast he pub- lished “Falstafl, a. Shakespearean Tract,” in which he vindicated his attitude toward the part by copious citations from the text, and concluded thus: “Shakespeare has invested that philosophic compound Of vice and sensu- ality with no amiable or tolerable quality to gloss over his moral deformity except a sur- pajsingly brilliant and charming wit, and a Spontaneous and irresistible flow of humor.” —The Gentleman’s Magazine. Good English Desired. Pupil~--Teacher, kin me an’ Bill go an’ git a. pail 0’ water? Arkansas Schoolmaster—There you go again. How many times have I got to tell you that it ain’t good grammar to say me an’ Bill? Pupil—W'hat ort I to say? Teacher—Bill an’ me. Can’t I never learn you nothingE—I-Iarper’s Bazar. 100 Ladies Wanted And 100 men to call on any druggist for a free trial package of Lane’s Family Medicine, the great root and herb remedy, discovercd by Dr. Silas Laue while in the Rocky Mountains. For diseases of the blood, liver and kidneys it is a. positive cure. For constipation and clearing up the complexion it does wonders. Chil- dren like it. Everyone praises it. Large size package. 50 cents. At all druggists The Cherokee Indians support over one hundred common schools, with an aggre— gat of 4,059 pupils, and a high school for boys with 211 students. It is foolish to send for the doctor every time you don’t feel just right. My doc- tor’s bill for years was over a hundred dollars a year, which ,made a pretty big hole in my wages. For the past two years, I only spent ten dollars, with which I bought a dozen bottles of Sulphur Bit- ters, and health has been in my family since using them.~—Ronnnr JOHNSON, Ma- chinist. The flood dumped fully $200,000 worth of lumber which cannot be identified on a farm near Milton, Penn. Many poor men have thus been enriched. If you are tired of taking the large old- fashioned griping pills, and are satisfied that purging yourself till you are weak and sick is not good common sense, then try Carter’s Little Liver Pills and learn how easy it is to be free from biliousness, headache, constipation, and all liver trou- bles. These little pills are smaller, easier to take, and give quicker relief than any ill in use. Forty in a vial. One a dose. rice 25 cents. The escape of a swindler by means of a baloon, and his discovery through the pigeon post is the latest sensation in crim- inal intelligence that comes from Viena. Whywill you allow your health to gradually fail ? If you are closely confined indoors with little or no exercise, and desire good health, you must take care of yourself. Use Sulphur Bitters, and you will have a sound mind and a strong body. Queen Marguerite, of Italy, is one of the best Violoncello players of the day. Will be found an excellent remed for sick headache. Carter’s Little Liver ills. Thousands of letters from people who have used them prove this fact. Try them. Mr. McCrackle—Yoang Brown won’t have to wait ten years before celebrating his tin weddin . Mrs. McCrackle—How is that? Mr. cCrackle—He married a girl worth $200,000 in her own right. TRADE ___, fl- - 0rd: 0. TEA The Ghoicest Tea. Ever Ofi'ered. PERFEGTLY PU RE. A MOST DELICIOUS summon}; m 11'. You will never use any other: Quality never varies. 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