VOL.: XII.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1886;
NO.' 36;
iFTER TIIE WAR.
,"7 I was clear, cold afternoon, mich
Wft Rre Wont to hare in ' New York- in
- ttJA-winter. If the old English saw
keeps It tevth in our New England
ohrilizatinn. thin Christmas would make
lean, clrurchynrd, -for although the
iiruiiant shop windows were smartly
flecked with green, flie streets ami tlie
roofs were white with mow. There had
Lean a heavy fall the night before, and
. the moist flukes liad heaped themselves
Into a soft and fleecy cushion a foot
thick; then in tlie morning had come a
eharp frost, freezing out the water from
the imow-banks cast up by the plows of
, the street car companies, and or the in
dividual effort of" the householders.
And now it wax Christmas Evc, and tho
harrying multitudes, anxious or joyous,
happy or gloomy, some expanding un-
der tlie) glow of the merry season, some
shutting themselves only the tiehter in
their shell all tramped h"and down
Broadway, cnmchinarthshaTil, dry
, " crystals lieneatli their feet, and uliaking
' from thoir lieiids tho continuous hail of
tiny particles which blew from.' every'
' housetop. " ' f .;
" " '" Amid this throng of men and women
buying the final, forgotten Christinas
Rifts, and hurrying homo for thiTClirist
mas rejoicing and .rest, walked- Alfred
Boliinston, so deeply absorbed in his own
thoughts that he lid not see the eople
as they jmssed him. Ho was thinking of
the letter he -had writs eJi two - days be
wforeIJe had, asked for an immediate
: answer; the mail should be in Now York
1V this time; and in a feW minutes more
that answer ought to be in his hands,
lie cnuld hardly doubt what it would be
' yet he hoped faintly that it might not
what he expected. The hope, vague
end slight as it was, made him a little
less unwilling . to get the answer and
know the worst at once. His letter had
- been written to Susan Ilallett, to whom
he had been engaged for years; and it
was to nsk her to . meet him two days
licnco, that they might be married with
- out further delay; and he was boiing
" feebly that her answer would . reveal
soinp just cause or inipetlimitnt why they
should no: be joined together in matri-
jnony. ... , - - :' " ;
It wan the breaking out of the war
which first parted them. lie was only
14 years old, but lie weut to tlio front
with the first company from the cape,
I" and-as. a-drumuter-lxiy lie saw four
: -rears' hard fighting with the Army of
the Potomac In all those years he was
able to get home only utioo to eve her
. tuid to m-e his - mother. Just before hi
. brigade kf t ApiomaUox to take part in
the final grand review of the armies of
the Union, there came to him a letter
, from her, with deep edes of black, fell
ing him of kis mother's sudden death,
' but saying nothing of tiie loviny care and
comforting service which she had lav
: isliedon that mother, left alone while he
was doing hi duty iu the sharp tussle of
war. What kiudnoss there wm in the
simple Words of that . letter! Ho re
culled every sentence of k, though
it was eighteen years ; sinco lie
bad reitd , it. Al his recollection of
: licr in the days of her youth were guar
- e-ioiis aiid fender, and as his mind went
iilong old tracks of thought, an I as his
memory gave up . ruuaberless instance
- of Iter womanly goodae, Iwm hoart
emote hum. and he reproached himtelf;
le even wondered at himself, and he
dmlr dr-ucied the day when site should
dlswrer lh change ill liim.
BIh rav-id walk up . Brondway brought
him to to tlie intersection of BnaadWay
mill 1 KtU tJjujiMs
street, lie crmwed the street
tered tho Fifth avenue hoteL
au-1 un
As he
etood before the counter of tho offioe,
the clerk nodded h' him in cheerful
mvnrnition, and snick
"1 do not kno'.v whether tlie ladies are
- in yet. Mr. Rollinstoa, but I can send
: your card up." ,' , . -
, - Alfred Rollinaton flushed to the tem
ples, as a man may do when he discov
" rs suddenly that anothar has noticed
what he supposed he had kept close. -
Thank you," he said with an imper-
...Crptible etfort, "but 'I can not pay any
visit this afternoon.'' . I came to see if
i i - i.i -i,
, yu jumi a mirr tur un-. a ui vjt jieuiiug
aa hr tti nUitrnmii nmi I -i ml F ImL-cmi
to have it addressed here, as I may dine
here before I leave the city to-night."
Tlie imuwive but observant clerk
l-lanced at a handful of letters and ssid.
Tliere is nothing for you hers, Mr.
Sollinston." . - ,
"Tliere is perhaps hardly time for it
just yet." replied lioUinston aa he turned
away. Eta drew a long breath of relief,
like a man reprieved.
As he walked out of tfi 1 hotel, and
across the broad avenue to Madison
square, he wondered how the clerk had
come to notice h.s visits to the hotel.
Surely they had not been enough to ex
cite remark. Once in the rquare, he
' turned And gazed up at tlie windows of
one of its apartments. But ia the dusk
of the twilight there was nothing to be
seen at these windows, the shades of
which had not yet been lowered. Alfred
, Boliinston turned abruptly and began to
walk up Fifth avenue. With approach
ing night the air seemed more chill, and
- fas fastened another button of bis over
coat . Suddenly, from the tall mast ia
the center of Madison square, tbers
flashed out the electric light, etcliing on
Die white grass-plots the bare limbs of
tlie ice-clad trees as sharply as though
k wm IwtfeMa In Kw A mi. miA
Up and down Fifth avenue be sidewalks
wire illumined by tiie blue glare of the
- electric light as it fell from tbs high
posts at tbs - street corners. Its azure '
radiance and the jingling of tbs distant
car-bells recalled tbfe moonlight sleigh
rides and tbs other frolic of tbs littls
Caps Cod town, the winter after tas
war, when 'Alfred Boliinston was
petted by all the old folks and allowed
to do as he liked. Bs wondered bow
bow it was that lis did not thea ses that
Susan Hallett loved bun. It was not
until two years later that ha found oat
he loved her. It was in the spring of
. 'C8, when be was just 21, that ba bf
rams conscious, all at once, that his
cart was not his own, but hers. Hi re
cai4 til doubts aad beskatioaa, all ta
lelicioua self-toftuTs of a young man in
ove, all the abounding joy of an un
expected proposal frankly accepted. Of
iourse, marriage was not tO be thought
f till he was able to support a wire,
dntll then he had led a happy-go-husky
'ire, making out as best he might. It
vos understood that she was to wait for
aim, and that they were to be marneit
inly when he liad at least begun to mnke
Ins way in tlie world. And she was wait
ing yet! - .
At first he found it difflcujt to settle
down. Four years of afniy life, good as
its discipline had been in many ways,
were nq$ altogether the best training for
making money. He tried one thing
after another, and he staid nowhere long.
lie membered hi last day as an auction
eer's clerk and his first attempt as a re
porter. In time, his heart began to fail
liim a little, and he discovered ; that he
had not the grit to gains tand burly misfortune.-'
lie reflected on the text, "Un
stable as' water, thou shalt not excel,"
from which he absent-minded minister
had preached the morning lie was bap
tized; it came ba -k to him with alt the
force of a prophecy from the pulpit
When he was most despondent about his
future, anil well-nigh teady to give up
the utruggle, Susan came to his rescue
Not only did she' cheer him with lov
ing words, but she Induced her father to
get an old friend in Boston to give
him another chance. It so happened
that the-'-new situation fell in with his
wayward mood, and he took hold of his
work in earnest. In another year or
two he had an assured position. And
as'-Alfred Boliinston reached 'Thirty-
fourth street and bettnn to retrace his
steps, he remembered that it was on a
Christmas Eve, jus-t ten years before,
that his employers hail given him the in
crease . of salary which warranted his
writing to ask her to name the day.t. But
iu the four years which . had nearly
elapsed since their engagement, her cir
cumstances had changed. Her - father
had made unfortunate investments, and
his health had begun to fail. ' She was
an only child, and she could not leave
her father alone. They mmt wait a
liltfe longer yet.
She had a deferred Imps that her
father might bo . persuaded tomove to
Boston, and then the marriage might
take place.. Butrtlie old man clung to
his native town. His' little property
shrank into nothing; and his health
faded until he took to his bed at last.
Then, after lingering two years; he diod,
Susan Hallett settled his afairs, paid his
few dents, and collected tho scant f 100
which remained. Tiien tlie wedding
day was iixml, after long years of wait
ing, and, a week before it arrived, the
fir vi l.y which Boliinston was employed,
failed, under the pressure of panic and
long drawn depression, and ho was once
mord thrown on the world to begin
again. She had an nun tin a little town
in Ohio, and she went thero and began
t teach school. Ho started again on
the search for work. And again the
U'int of instability in his character was
maileoviuent, and he UiU . not prosper.
& it hnd been for veatu now; whatever
no turned his hand to crushed within his
granp. At lost however, it looked as
though luck had changed; anil Alfred
Kolliustoii quickened his pace, ami
raised . Ills head. Across tlie square,
ou a KCTOen high above the heads of the
ieopl?, was' a uiogic-lantern advertise-
in nut, just' then setting forth tlie best
cheapest, and quickest route to Omaha.
Tins struck liim as a good omen. Sam
Sargent, the groat fpeeulalor, wanted a
man with a Aide experience of life to
take charge of the Omaha division of the
Transcontinental leUieraph .company,
awl wli Hit ikw M aW.1 IUl!iiFt3ff
was to begin this new work.
Sb lie had
written to Susan Hallett asking her to
marry him and to go on with him to
Omaha; and he had requested her to
ynswer him by return mail; and he was
hoping against . hope that there might
ooiiie a refusal.
: As lis crossed the double street before
the Fifth Avenue hotel, he looked again
at the windows of one apartment II
saw" it wai lighted -up; and as he gazed.
4 slight, girlish figure appeared at one
or the windows and lowered, tlie shade.
For a moment her outline wai visible;
then all was dark, as the inner curtains
had been dropped. He knew the roon and
Us gracious inmates, and ha had been
made welcome there more than once in
the past few weeks. He sighed bitterly
a he entered the hotel.
, "Has that letter coma yet V ha asked,
"Nothing for you as yet Mr. Rollins-
ton," answered the clerk, "But we shall
hare our mail in a few minutes now,
Rollins too. went out again into the
open air. and drew a long breath. He
thought how man changes in time, and
woman also. In the dreary years of
waiting, he had become very different
from the slnpphng who fell in love with
Susan Hallett She, too, had altered.
He wondered if he had changed for the
worse. He knew ha was not good
enough for her and be caught himself
wishing she were not quite so good. If
she bod not been flawless in character,
he might have loved her longer. It was
not that be resented her moral superior
ity exactly, tliough at tiruej ha could
not but chafe under it Her cods
of Ufa was almost too exacting
for every day use. Even as a girl, tbers
had been a trace of rigidity in her man
ner. She was as gentle and as kind as
any one, but as she grew older she stif
fened and hardened. Siio bad led a
plain and simple Ufa in the country.
wniW ba had enjoyed the gaieties and
pleasures of the c.tr.not always as wimie-
soom as they might b. On tlie rare oc
casions when be wss able to be with ber.
he begaa to feel ill at ease. He thought
that shs had sera fhs conrtniint which
grew on hint ia bar presence. With
wider aad direrbiz xperience of Ufa,
they seemed to bins less weU-mased, and
tbs marriage at last appeared ' less (Is
suable. They bad developed in different
direct in, and a difference of taste in tbs
enjoyments of Ufa may strain the affec
tions severely. Uo felt the tie between
them loosening, aodbs was conscious that
they were drifting apart, although she
seemed not to aapm it
She kept all ber fettle ceoatry ways.
and sbe clung to Vm prov
with 'a strange persistency. She had
the simple and natnral good manners of
her ancestors, but these did not always
iccord with the higher, artifieil code
Boliinston had icarnt to obey. His every
nerve tingled when he noted some phrase
or act of hers which seemed to him a
lapse from the falso standard he ac
cepted; and she was always making
these lapses: he suffered at every one,
and he suffered silently wliilo waiting
for them. When he saw liar lost, she
wore her hair in a bunch of curls at the
back of her head. They made her look
like a "school-marm." Ha had told her
they were old-fashioned and "western",
a term of bitter rspro.ich in his mouth.
She had colored and said nothing then,
though afterward she remarked quietly
that sho supposed she was getting set in
her ways and quite like an old maid. He
remembered that she hod been more
thoughtful antf,vfortous ' afterward.' It
was true, thoitgh; shahad lost tho pli
ancy of youth, while he was as flexible
ns ever.
Then, as he thought of the past of his
boyhood, of his mother's death, of the
happy courting, of her patience and ten
derness a pangof poignant self-reprorch
seized him, and he wondered whether he
had allowed any of his dissatisfaction to
leak into his letter to her. Ho was afraid,
it was cold, and he knew it was not
cordial. He had written to her as lov
ingly as ha could, trying to keep back his
weariness of the bond that bound them,
and his longing to break it asunder.
Would she lie sharp enough to see through
him? Small minds are easily suspicious,
and ns easily quieted, but a large, mind,
like hers for he bad a large and noble
nature is slow to suspect, but sure to
probe to tho truth when onco aroused,
lie meant to keep his troth in
good faith, to abide by the letter of the
bond the spirit was beyond his 'control
already.' . He had read in some book of
maxims that there are times when to act
reasonably is to act like a coward. He
knew it was unreasonable for them to
marry now; but was he not a coward to
confess this even to himself? He felt
mean in his own eyes wli. n he thought
how he had hoped tliere might be some
unforeseen obstacle to her acceptance.
Just then he was aroused from his
reveries by the lioarso cries of newsboys
(proclaiming an extra, and announcing
a horrible loss of life in a railroad acci
dent He bought the paper with an in
voluntary hope that perhaps 'tho
train which hail bprno his letter to her
might have been destroyed; for. in that
case, he would have written uilierently.
But the extra was a catch-penny, and
the trifling accident it described was in
California.
Again ho looked up ' at the
windows of one apartment in the
hotel; and in the room next to the one
where the shades had been lowered lie
saw the bright glitter of a resplendent
Christmas tree. Evidently the occupants
of the apartment had forgotten to close
the curtains. Hi) could sco the lissome.
figure of the graceful girl who had low
ered the shade in the adjoining room.
Then the door was opened, and a troop
of laughing children came pouring in,
dancing -with 'delight around, the one
girl, who began Uetaohing tho presents.
As his eyes followed her about tlie room
he did not notice an eldorly lady who
approaclied the window and suddenly
dropped the heavy curtains, shutting
him out from all sluro in tho innocent
gaiety withju. Rollins ton started, shiv
ered a little, afid sliookifrom his shoul
ders the snow which. liad begun to fall a
few minutes before, lib wont over to
tho hotel to ask again for the letter, the
only Christmas present ho, was likely to
of good or evil, he did not dare to con
sider. :
"Here's 'your letter, 'Mr. Rolllnston,"
ho said. -; "
, juirea Jtoiitnston seised, tlio envelope
and tore It open hustely. Then, he hesi
tated, Hs walked into tho bar-room,
drank a small glass of brandy, and took
a aeat in a quite corner. At last he un
folded tlie letter, and read it with a rapid
glance. ,. .
This ia what he readt
"Ever since J saw you last, Alfred. I
have feared that our paths in life would
part sooner or later. Your letter makes
the parting certain. We have grown
away fron each other. I release you, I
forgive you, but I shall never forget
you. Go where you will, my good
wishes tliall go with you.
"SiB.x IUuxrr."
Brander Matthews in Iklgraria,
Colmatni' "VarOTUa" Mlrtnplaes.
Calvi in Corsica has been making a
great to-do about setting up a tablet to
commemorate the birth of Columbus
within its limits. Unfortunately, as on
historian hai remarked, Christopher's
favorite birthplace wai (Jmrfa; at all
vents, lis see an to have been born there
more frequently tUui anywhere else, so
Calvi lias a bad lookout in this direction.
It certainly can not rival tlie tablet let
intotlie wall of a bouse at Cogoleto,
sixteen miles from Genoa, so far as
grandiloquence is .concerned: "Stop,
traveler! Here Columbus first saw the
light ' This too strait house is the houss
of a man greater than the worUL There
has been but one world. 'Let there be
two,' said Columbba, and two then'
were." Chicago Herald.
Bis Image la Saw.
Michsei .Angelo's statue in snow.
carved to gratify the whim of a capri
cious patron, hi instanced by Lawrence
Barrett as the representative of tlie
actor's art The sculptor and the archi
tect, the painter and then poet live in
their works which endure after them;
the actor's work dies when he dies. He
carves bis imsgs in snow." Exchange.
A DISEASE OF CIYILI2ATION,
TIM Hatha Tsrtla.
turtle of toe .species popularly
known as "rubber tartle ia southern
latitudes, where its borne is, was capt
ured off the Massachusetts coast re
centlyl It was twelve feet long, and,
when it was lanled, a teat waa erected
over it and a big business done. Chi
cago Herald.
Disparage aad depreatate bo one; ai
Insect hasfeeiiag, aadasiatota a shadow.
-Fuller.
Types of raratie WemejiMa Devolapmanl
of Sjrmptntas-rPecullnrllle.
Paretic dementia differs from ordinary
forms of insanity la that it is constantly
associated with organic diseases of tlio
brain or spinal cord; or both. There are
consequently ' two types cerebral, or
"descending," and spinal, or "ascend
ing" both of which may afflict at the
tame time tlie same pemn, acting to
gether to deepen his mental gloom and
hasten bhn into his grave. -
As almost nothing is known concern
ing this disease by the general public,
and as even the average practitioner is
wofully in the dark, n description of the
symptoms and the progress of the dis
ease will doubtless prove important as
well a interesting. - Tlie three stages of
(lie disease uiy be thus classified; I,
Mental and moral deterioration " and
I other changes of chittucter. 2. Exalted
delusions. . li. rrogrcssing mental ana
physical failure. All these rases are not
sufficiently well marked to justify these
discriminations, but typical cases always
have a well-marked preliminary or incu
batory period. Physically, the subjects
of pan-tic dementia are generally in good
condition; thero is little or no wear and
tear of the bodv throtich mental influ
ence; tliey sleep well and they usually
get fat"
The development of the symptoms la
very insidious, and usually covers a
triod of from one to four years. Cases
have been reported, however, where an
ordinary lifetime ' was not sufficient to
get the patient ' beyond tho preliminary
stage. The ymitorns of spinal affec
tion are chiefly pains in tho lower ex
tremities, double sciatica, color blind
ness, belt-like sensations iu various ports
of the body (particularly the head),
double vision, etc. Tlie same symptoms
may exist in ' cerebral paresis, but the
principal characteristic is a sudden
ahange of character. Tho modest man
becomes boastful, the rich man prodigal,
the careful man reckless, the honorablo
man a thief,, and tlie moral man a de
bauche. It is in such stages that
designing men and speculating women
have preyed upon rare gnniif, which
would have been far beyond their reach
but for tho mental blight that hod fallen
upon their victims. Wealthy, respect
able fathers of families have been known
to commit bigamy under such influences,
forgetting at the time that tliey were
already married.
The paretic's memory, judgmont,
morality, will and power of application
are weakened from the first The busi
ness man becomes reckless or negligent,
and tlie good father or husband cruel
And indifferent The sufferer is so absent
minded that he can not repeat the last
sentence uttered to him, or toil what was
being talked abotit, or of what be was
thinking at tho time. Morbid irritability'
about trifles is conspicuous. It is
related of one man that. lie
tii re w a knife at a servant who removed
his plate before he had quite finished
f eating, yet heard with apparent apathy
a short time afterward of a catastrophe
involving a loss ta him of over $100,000.
In this stage men are generotw, "jolly
good fellows" with boon companions,
but cruel, tyrannical, unjust end parsi
monious within tho family cirole. ruch
men have abused their wives for calling
in a physician to proscribe for them, yet
uttered no protest whatever against He
big taken to au oxylum. Tliey are cho
lurical about petty affairs, phlegmatic at
important turning-points in their careers,
and sanguine about though easily di
verted from carrying out tbeir purposes.
Tliey develop fuicidal Unxlencios, but
rsri'lv w rfurra the M$st sdmtryutioaJ
w bile' memory, will, moral and emo
tional balance are thus tottering, phys
ical and alcoholic exocesc? are indulged
in to an extent which quickly precipi
tates more serions phases of tlie disetiso.
Remonstrance leads to outbreak, tlie in
tervention of the poliue to violent phys
ical conflict, and the patient lands in an
asylum.
Among the first physical symptoms is
a trembling of the li and a difficulty in
moving tlie tongue while speaking. The
patient finds it difficult to utter explo
sive or hissing sounds, and the longer
tlie word the greater the difficulty en
countered. The labials -and dentals
P. B. M. T. B. are the severest tct.
Such wonls aa "truly rural" and "l'nro
grine Pickle" are almost unrecognizable
to the ear. Later, whole . syllables are
suppress d. Tlie voices of giod ingers
Income reedy and cracked, but their
good opinion of their own performances
increases. The organs of sight hear
ing, taste and smell exhibit similar de
terioration; indeed, tiie total or partial
loss of smell is regarded as one of the
most positive indications of general
paresis in the earlier rtages. ' There is a
twitching of the facial muscles and a
trembling of the
teristic paretic
manifest The walk of a patient be
comes leas steady and regular, and it is
difficult for him to stand erect with tiie
eyes closed and -tho feet close together;
then, in some cases, it is difficult for
bim to stand thus even when the eyes
are open. The feet are' thrown wider
apart to increase tlie base of support,
titer are lifted hitrh and comedown with
1--L. .u 'virM (k. Hwm '
with a "flop." Tlie expert dancer or
skater loses his pedal accomplishment.
Ht Louis Globe- Democrat
IN THE DOLL FACTORY.
twti ta
Cariosities ef a Business Which
Feaa nahlen.
Tliere is much that may bo seen by a
visit to a doll factory, that would have
for many people all the force of a rev
elation. Few probably roalizo what a
number of processes are necessary be
fore even the tiniest of dolls is ready for
the nursery. Thero is certainly a bewil
dering number of suitable substances.
Beeido the various kinds of wax, from
the best English to the commoner for
eign sorts, there are spermaceti and va
rious kinds of composition; India rubber,
gutta porcha, wood and ragi, not to
mention various jiallewuj combinations
of these and other materials. But the
best dolls are made only of the best Eng
lish wax. Then come, the composition
dolls, which are much more durable
and some of which have thoir faces pro
tected by a thin piece of muslin, and so
on through tlie whole list. . It is, how
ever,, the waxen, dolls that appeal
most powerfully to the affections and
the admiration of the girls of England.
Tho construction of the molds - in
which theso aro made involves soma
knowledge of modeling. The molds are
made of plaster of Paris, tho various sec
tions being deftly joined togother with
luch nicety Xs to leave but few marks of
the joints. Into this the molted wax is
poured while still very ltot, and a thin
film immediately adheres, to the sides of
the mold, wliich is quickly inverted in
order that the molten wax in tha center
may flow out. - But - although . this
rough ' mask is fairly complete
in point of outline, . much re
mains to bo done before it can be re
garded as possessing those, clinrms wliich
aro commonly behoved to be a doll's
rightful inheritance. ..The roughnesses
have to be smoothed down, a distinctive
character has to be given to the mouth
and nose, the eyebrows have to be deli
cately penciled in; and we may well
cease to wonder that Shakspeare's lover
should have written an ode "to his mis
tress' evebrbws." when wo see the won
derfnl effect psoduced on a doll's face by
vanous arrangements of brow and lash.
Then the eyes, which are like' bcauti
ful shells, although they can bo bought
by the gross, of any color and size, have
to bo fixed in, which is done by plastering
them at tho baok with a littln soft wax.
Tlio method of fastening the hair so as
to give it a natural n ppearan oo, u one of
the beet tests of the caro with whieli a
doll has beon made. In the best dolls
almost every strand is attached separ
ately -to tho wax itself, while iu the
cheaper kinds a wig is roughly stuck on
the doll's head. Tins is a very important
point which doll worshippers will prop
erly appreciate, for U not tho most de
lightful part of a doll's daily toilet the
brushing and combing Of her hair; Then
there are many qualities of hair, from
the best mohair to common flax.
We have said little about trie tinting
of hps and cheeks, processes which in
volve a nice appreciation of effect. So
far doll fanciers seam to be believers in
the ruddy hue of health, for we have
never yet seon an "interesting" doll
with cheeks of tlio color of underdone
pastry. But it would bo rash to specu
late upon tlie future, for the new scion co
of tar to may yet influence even the nur
lery and the doll trade. Cassull's Fam
ily Magazine.
Kuaalau Simla la Minor Kay.
The Russian popular airs are notioeablo
as are those.of Norway, Finland, and
of Hungary for being mostly in minor
keys; other European nations having
favored the major mode the Our mans
o much so, indeed, that there aro only
f f W- 4-.. lUaia
volksliader. That the minor keys lend
themselves readily to tho expression of
either the abandonment of grief or of
joy, according to the rate of movement
with which tliey are associated, is a com
monplaco of musical OMthetios. Karam
tin attributed this melancholy in Russian
music to the sufferings of Russia undor
the Mongolian yoke; writers of the
school of M. Taine would point to the
landscape and climate of the country,
to the monotony of the forest lands, and
to the wide, dreary plains, now frozen
and now sun-baked. The fuct is, how
ever, that the Russian ia one of tlie most
cheerful of mortals, easily moved to
mirth, and unwilling to depart from it;
nor is tliere any reason to believe his
cheerfulness to be a modem develop
ment The general character of a nation
and the character of its national music,
have really but little relation; the causes
which lead to the formation of a national
style being both numerous and complex
in their W-orkincr. St James' Gazette.
Oraai Autlqaltr of Ifca Rafrala.
Tlio various refrains of folk-songs and
bellails would mako a most intoresting
subject for philologists and antiquarians
"DENTIST Hi AND ItS SECRETS
liands. Tlie "charac- j lo investigste, for these refrains seem to
gait" then becomes , come down from very ancient days and
aa Driaklag Xfmtn BaSaaa Oaaaltf f
It has been a matter of extensive belief
in France that the drinking of water in
considerable quantities has a tendency
to reduoa obeaitr. bv increasing the
activity m oiiiihuwi in iimj sjawwa, iwi : rnm.
favoring the burning away or arcurrm- M more meaning in U
lated fat Tlie error of this idea lias just i annes than "tra, U la" in
are found even among some barbaric
it res. The Maoris of New Zealand, , for
example, have long refrains in words
alich they themselves do not under
stand,, but which they assert have come
down to tliem from their remoto ances
tors. The Indian of Con via, when first
met by tlie early Jesuit, song a refrain
wliich sounded very much like "alleluia"
and which Immediately led tlie pious
fathers to imagine that thv ba 1 discov
ered the lost tribes of Iura The Eng
lish refrain of "deny dowi," or "hey,
deny down," is said to Lave been orig
inally a druidlcai charm. Naturally,
some of tliese refrains bear immediate
j evidence tliat they are only a sneaning-
ks jmgle, meant to piece out tin' words'
and melody. "Faekeioruw, dideldo-
'dudeL dideL dum," probably
tlie old tivrman
the aricient
A Profession In Whlah Ills In coin e Are
Haallxed Tvomao: JtantUta.
One afternoon, not long ago, I met A
friend, a dentist, who, buiiig , id a confi
dential mood, consented ' to talU of the
profession of which .ho . is a shining
ornament He said: . , . '
"Dentistry is not what it is cracked up
to be, and, although it pays big profits
many bills for work done are not collect
able. For this reason honest men and
women are compelled to suffer for tile
transgression of 'dead beats.' I have
friend who recently sold a set of teeth for
$95 which cost him exactly $10.20. By
a set of teeth I mean upper and lower
sets. Tho teeth mentioned above wore
set on aluminum. Teeth set on rublier
cost the patient $50 and the dentist $10. .
The prices given are averagef ones. Some
dentists who serve the 'best people' .ask
even higher rates. All dentists claim to
do their mechanical work on their prem
ises. ' This is not so. Less than one-half
of .the dentists in Brooklyn do their own
work or employ mechanical men by the
week. A larger part of the work claimed
to be done by local dentists is performed
by a half dozon mechanical dentists wiio
make a specialty of that 'branch of tlie
business."
"What aro mechanical dentists paid
for their services?" I asked.
"Eight dollars per set wliich includes
upper und lower. The dentist so con
tracting for the work is obliged to furn
ish the teeth, which usually cost from
1 1 to 80 per double set. Plain tucth are
worth 10 cents and gum teeth ,15 cents
each. The best teeth are made in Phila
delphia and are sold at a branch of the
manufacturing Arm in this city. Den
tists try to convince their patients that
teeth are very expensive, and that to
mako an upper and lower set takes two
or threo days. This is all humbug. A
mechanical dentist who is a good work
man can mako throo sets in twonty-four
hours. You can see by the foregoing
figures that patients pay good round
prices for a man s name, or reputation.
Dentists who employ mechanical men
make a plaster parts cost of their pa
tient's jaw so as to get tho articulation,
or fitting of the teeth, correct
These casts cost .about 5 cents
each, and when made are sent to the
dental laboratories where the remainder
of tho work is done. Until the middle
of Septemljcr dentists might as well close
their offices and go in the country, as
little or no work is being done. The
mouths of August and September are
the dullest in tho year for the dental
profession. :
"Suavity of manner Is the great draw
ing card of many dentists. Ladies pre
fer to patronize pleasant and agreeable
dentists to men who are surly ana un
couth in manners. Dentists who are
personally popular have the largest in
comes. Women dentists? Oh, yes. To
my knowledge there is one in Brooklyn.
This lady attends almost exclusively to
women and children; Occasionally she
has a male patient but not often." '
"Do women ruuko a success of dent
istry?" "Notnlwdys. Tho feminine mind is
sometimes uiiabUi to grasp its 'intricacies..
Many womnn dentists practice their pro
fession in New York. Tliey are usually
discouraged in thoir attempts to study
dentistry, as close association with male
htudents has often unpleasant results.
The only plan which I thmk would work
satisfactorily would be to separate the
sexes in dental colleges. This plan lias
shown good results in medical schools.
More women dentists practice their pro
fession in Europe than in America."
IIow are $13 a set tooth, 'made while
An idle i
Doct here and there.' . , '""
Looks round him: bnt for All the rest'
rhe world ttn fathoms bly fair.
Is duller than a wltltnz's iet; , ,,
Lovs wakes' men, oiice'. IU( litis eschj
They lift their heavy lid and look, -And
lo I what drie weet page Can teac'a; ,
They read with joy,' tUenil.ut i.ha book;
And some . give tuunk, and some bia--'
' pheme, . ,
Ami most forget; but either way;
That aad the child's unheeded dream 1
Is all the light of all ttielr dny.
, .'Coventry Patmore. ...
WAYS OF THE M2NNONITES.
yen aitriHBiiutauturuiir r
In almost tho same manner that foO
sets aro made. A mechanical : dentist
would chnrgo the same price (ft) for
making a $13 set of teeth ft) ho would
for a higher priced set. Dentists, how
ever, who make teeth at the rate named
always do their own work. In cheap
upper and lower sets of teeth
tho teeth cost $3, while in the
higher priced sets the teeth are worth
but $3 more. In cheap sets the only
additional expense is for rubber and
piaster. The latter is worth, possibly, 5
cents ami tho rubber S3. The materials
used in dentistry cost but little. It b the
work and skill for which tho patient ia
obliged to pay." Brooklyn Eagle.
been shown by Ur. U-jhore. who lias BI)j modem Enua ones. Bostua Mas-
proven tost ine qiunm oi waier taaen .j Jujmal.
biis oo influence on nutrition or body '
weight so long aa the. solid dirt remains " " -""
nnrbanged. Boston Budgrt . - j "You are going (o errrl monument
--" i ' to your fsttwr's memory,- I strppoae?"
A Faar Cauar. I "Oh,- not sftnominrts crunrhle and de-
Le Vitesse is the name of a paper cay and are forgotten. We are" going to
cutW recently invented in Fraaoe, j do something tliat will keep bis memory
which will cht iat papers on fr sides ! " "och longer." -Whav that?"
at once, bfcaifc books on three aides, and j "W are going to nKht In the Sbftrta for
two Uwdfc a lane.- -Cbica.o HeraU. property. .Exchange.
Kemarkabla Draman Callnrs.
As for the cities for they are really
the subject of our observation, the jeo
pleiieing merely accessories, as in Claude
Lorraine's landscape Bremen was tlie
first as well as one of the most interest
ing tliat we have seen. It is a pretty
little town,chiefly noted for three tilings.
its present freedom, the former influence
of tiie celebrated Hanseatic league, and
the bleikeller. With regard to the sec
ond of tliese peculiarities it U only nec
essary to aay that the leaders of the
league used to meet in the rath-haus
(town ball) here, particularly affecting
tho Urge and well-filled cellars apper
taining thereto. In one of these cellars
is a vault containing twelve hogsheads
of old wine; each cask is named after an
apostle. In an a I joining vault ia a thir
teenth cask bearing the device of a rose;
on the ceiling is a huge, gigantic figure
of the same flower. It is from the num
ber of secret mevtings which took place
here tliat the term "sub-rosa" is derived.
Tlie bleikeller, or lead cellar, has the
peculiar property of preserving bodies
wliich beve been buried in it- Although
in open cases, some have been kept for
nearly 300 years. There' are two or three
other places in Europe which bare the
same power, as in Bordeaux and some
parte of Italy thr re. however,- the
monks attribute tbe' effect to jniraclea,
not to natural causes. Or. Albany
Journal.
-
Tata Callag-e EzaMtraatlaas:
The pumber of those' who pass the en
trance examination of 'sale' eoUege aad
do not enter is increasing. Tlie reaaoo
given is tliat pupils present themselves
for examination without intention, of
enterirrk, simply for the honor; but it is
rather hard for fie patent pro feasors,
who fUi yaar xamiaed i.fV0 papers.
avragi4ar least five sheets to
psper. )iiicago Tims.- - '
ICeoaomloal In Tbelr Hbibtta llMJlaf i
an Anerlon-rA FtineruL
It don't take much of a man to make a
Mennonite, and all of the Mennonltesar
doint well out west These ir.-nnonitai
left Russia by tho thousand fifteen years
ago to escape military service, Tliey are
no good as fighters, but He Ant-plaa4
farmers and financiers. An average'
Russian family of seven persons will sub-'
sist on 60 cents a week, raising their owtf
potatoes. If a Russian ha nothing else'
-to do he will walk " ten miles to towiu
carrying in his pocket a few cucumber
. . . r, f t : 1 J s .y
cents. After getting the money he wHl
clutch it tightly and trudge home again:
When a Russian goes to an1 auction, 4
he often does, and bids mi a hrir an.i
wagon, or a arrester, or a cow, does hi
go at it recklessly with' $-5 or $1 bid
No, indeed. If Uiolast bid, U $63 tha
Russian's will bo $'tt01; and if sotno'
white man raises him to $8.1 he bids
back with $6101. When a lot of Bus-.
ans get to bidding ngainst . each other,
the auctioneer becomes weary. Ever
bid is for a ' (Vnl Aviine wrilaua n.,-
chance, some young and reckless Eurf
sian shows hi contempt for the conser
vatism and caution ' of his fathers by
going two whole, cents at one fell swoop;
Onco in a while a Russian dies.' On"
luch occasions there is a bio- fi'innraly
but no extravagance. The crave is dm
in a "basin," where tlie laud is not ill
for cultivation, so that there is no loss in
that. Tho coffin is home-made, nni
usually consists of three or four mttnri.
wood boards fastened tornther with 1,1 nit
' -f" - a.wu. M.J WAV.
The flowers used fur flMmratimf arte allrF
ones, of the Dralrie. cars beln? taksn In
their selection to get none that tlte cows'
iuny it an i to eat. , ,
8ome of the richer Russians, those'
who count tlieir acres by tha thousand,
sometimes indulge in tile luxury of af
drink of whisky. Their method of tip-,,
pling is to get five solid brethren togother
and inarch into a saloon. Ech produces'
3 cents, and the barkeeper sets out onv
glass. This the'leader of the gang potuV
just as full aa.the barkeeper will allow1
mm sou meji unius one-liim M tne
whole While he is smacking Ms ftp,' ,
tho next man takes his fifth; an 1 so on.'
They never cheut each oilier in the drink '
They are very just and honorable peo-'
pie,-and lake , pride in their integrity;
The saloonkeeper up' In Aurora who pro-'
' i , . . . t
tuicu r.uui,ru giita ..4ill(iuu LULU
fifths as a special inducement to ttieRas-
siaii trade made a great niintuke. Tha'
disciples of Men no regarded the gradu
ated glass as an insult and forever' uttet
ward shunned tlie Iwrof tlio unfortunate)'
saloonkeeper. Nebraska Cor. CbiiagV
Herald.
Evldanoaa of Incrriulns Crflia'rel'
The clerk of the Fifth Avenue hote
was leaning meditatively agninst thff
desk the other night,' with his eyes on
tho oorridur. U'i Iihs been at It's post
many years, and is a shrewd observer.
"They are ad countryman, as tha sy.
toward the throii'-J "a-nii Ihev nr a wotw'
derful illustration of the atlranee the'
whole country lrsi run-io durinsr tho past
ten or fifteen years in manners and at.
ire. . lis men are iroin every corner or,
tho big continent This it the time of
year, you know, when tbe backwonds
roan, farmer, herder, miner, and viil.iga
merchant come to New York for their'
annual blowout Ik' at them, an I
you see a body ef mm who aroxiressuir
as quiet evory-day Now Yorkers drees,'
and who do nut differ in tlie mus froin '
so many respectable an 1 woll-P-'do ohi-'
zens. Their clothe aro of the
conventional cut aad pastern, their
boots well and neatly tna-ta,
their' hats of the protr bl-xsk,'
and their faces conijKxrd. Three yoar'
ago' you'd have seen a dozen big sioiicti
hats in tliat crowd; five years ago '
quarter of the faces wor.ild liave' beeit'
derorated by open luoulh and ere,!
shining wit'.i surprise an 4 fright;' seven'
years ago there wou'd haYelwi a do.n
men anions tuem without nex.kics; an I ,
fifteen years ago you would httre seen n-
end of awkward. uni0utv and shaniN-'
ling back-country gentry wlwi' Uidn'C
know how to talk or . what tt do wilof
their hands or feet."
"It's a gront cliange; qu!te aa noticea
ble, too, in tho street! at here."
"Of course; that's' just the point; aV
they are before yob,- so' tiiey are ail over'
America. It bus besn an amastng
change. It is due in pirt to the drum-'
men, who go everywhere aad by ex
ample teach young men ur tlie country
how to dress; to tlie great clothing
bouses fhat auhd out hundreds of thou
sands of ity-made suits ' of clothes a
year, and to the nevrsnnpers that talk
much about the big cities that the read
ers are gradually educated! un lo the'
standard. It's a wonderful change.'
BUkeiy Hall in ChKagorTimest
Be tTaataa Sada TTarrV
Two Indians entered a dnrg store oar
Third street One was a taU young m -ui.
and his companion was an aged an 1
dried -up specimen of btarnhnity. Ttiey
were dressed far darky UJ-fittin; clothe,
and each of themr bad- on moiasini.
Their black slouch hats paitL-tHy e.-'
cealed their jet-blark- hair. Marchin ;
into the center of the store tbe red mac.
after the style' of tiie pow-wow arou ii
tbe cairnr fire, expreseei' himself as fol
lows? "Big Injun wants bean Li?
wind." Without aay hesitation t
cterk tumtodF off two glasses of
water and gave tbera to the two r
men. Tbe Indians drank and ware s..
tad. S. TA Cluov .,