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VOL. XIII.
GRAHAM, N. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 7, 1887
NO. 3.
Unequaled..
For tlio relief and euro of all disiasns
tit the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, and
Dowels, the value of Ayer's Cathartic
fills cannot be overestimated. Thin
remedy is also unrivaled in curing
Itlieuniatic and Neuralgic affections.
For keeping tho Stomach, Bowel",
mid Liver ui good working order, 1 have
licvcr found any msdicine equal to
Ayer's Cathartic Pills. I always use
this remedy when occasion requires.
liandolpli Morse, Lynchburg, Va,
Ahout five years since, my son became
a cripple from Uheuinatisin. His joints
and limbs were drawn out of shape by
the excruciating pain, and his general
health was very muc h impaired. Medi
cines did not reach his case until he
commenced taking Ayer's Pills, three
lioxos of which cured liim.. lie is now
as free from the complaint (is if he had.,
never -had it, and his -distorted limbs
have recovered their shape and pliancy.
William White, Lebanon, Pa.
After suffering, for months, from dis
orders of the Stomach and Liver, I took
Ayer's Pills. Three boxes cured uie.
A. J. l'ickthall, Machias, Me.
Ayer's Pills,
prepared by Tr. J. C. Ayer & Od.,T,owfH,Ma8a.
gold by all Druggists ami Dealers in Medicine.
TOBACCO SEED.
" T ic be? t varieties for eery type of Tubnc
ro. (Jet Hie beit intrf ruise find tobkeco,
which is wiuiicil Hiirt always pays." Piice 3"i
vent per . 42 per pound, Write for ce
..fcilpiivti WH of I'OBS'CO SEED and Hie
b(jl and uibii in'o'ifle SEKn MU. t
It. L. U AG LAND.
ilyco, Va. '
Jan. 13 5t. '
FINE FRUITS !
Out of one of the Inrjrest collections ( f the
finest app'c n lid pem-lics ir, the South, 1 have
S' lcctcd sotire of the choicest accliinnt'-d va
rieties j niso I hnve pome of the finest va ie
lies of urnpes anil oliims.
I will sell spple and pencil trees nt 6cts
Hnc.ce bv fillies of hum! reds.
, " G; K. FAUST,
GliAHAM, N. C.
Jan. 20 tf.
Keal Estate Agency.
. PAEKEE !i KEENODLE, Agents,
GRAHAM, N. 0.
A filiintnlion one mile from Me
bane, in Alamance coiinty, containing
IMS ticres 4ft ucres In oiiginal jrrowui, .so in
pines, 1 '() in culliv.-tion. The lace is e!l
Wa eml. a creek and two 'branches rumilnyr
throimh it. A tine orchard, 3 jrond tobacco
bains, i tenement houses. good feed barii, an
8- room dwelling ith basement and 1., and
(rood well of water, lire On It. Convenient to
churches, school, ni u srood new mill in
mile of the Imtise. It Is a ilefirnli'ii fa.m
ndap-cd t the-irrawth of tob .ce . train and
rawes, P:aee 1 seeded in w!.eat ih-cI oats.
Potsessiou iriven in once. Price 8'J'eOO. j ui!3
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A STOIrt .OF CIlAiltTt
Truly a pitiful object was iitllo baft as
lio sat flinching, lilf fainting in tho bit
ing ntmospheie. Yet but half the Btory
was told Ly his tattered garments. The
pinched niul sunken futures, tho wistful
look of thoso blue eyes and tho weary,
drooping attitude of that emaciated figuro
needed no spoken language to explain
tlut h'ing(fr r.s well as cold had hero an
unfortunate victim. Tho kid could not
have leen muffli over 10 years of an;e; his
face was fair and clean, its expiration c'.e
rtotiurr a manly di'-fiosition. For more
than an hour he-sat there in front of tho
store from which ho had been so merci
lessly driven forth, addressing every malo
pedestrian with the short, business-liko
interror.Htion; Clack yer htots? Only
tlireo c-'iits." Ho received no responses,
not even so much as a brief negative.
Some "Lien who" st rode-byin '-warm
"arctics" looked down carelessly upon
the shivering, little fellow ami smiled at
the absurd. ty of stopriii'r in the streets to
havo their boots blacked on such a day.
Others wondered why the lazy littlo
urchin did not occupy his timo in tho
.more sensible vocation of selling news
pajiere, and tlio proprietor ef the etore,
liapiiening to look out of hi;t window at
the hurrying thi-oiig, caught sight of Iho
ragged lxxitblaclc and wondered why tho
pobco did not take caro of such a vaga
bond. At last there tamo along ono
young man more observing than the vest,
lie saw that the poor boy was suffering
from cold and hunger and his heart was
touched. Stopping hu said: 'Well, little
chap, isn't,.thitLpretty cold work for
you?" . . "
"Kind'r, sir," answered tho boy, as
with an effort lie dropped on his knees
and pushed forward his box. "Havo
your lxx)ts blacked?" .t
. ."No, I guess not," laughingly, replied
the young man. "It is a little too cold
to standout here."
"Black 'em quick, sir!" said the ui-chin,
hwking nppoalingly up into tho eyes of
Ills loiig-wuited-for customer.
MAVhat is your name?" asked tho gen
tleman, paying no" attention to tho box',
which had been pushed closo to his feet.
"Dan, dr."
"How long havo you been sitting here,
Dan?" '
"'Bout an hour."
, "AVhy don't you peddle newspapers?
No man wants to get Ins boots Hacked m
tho streets such weather as this."
"Please, sir, I hain't got no money to
buy papers," replied the little fellow.
"Oil, that is the trouble, is it? What
Vould yo:i do with 10. cents if I should
give it to 3-ou?" pleasantly inquired tho
young man. As ho said tiii3 ho chew off
ono of his gloves, unbuttoned his coat,
aud took out a well filled pocketbook.
"I would get something to eat,"
answered Dan eagerly.
"Are you very hungry?"
"Yes, sir, but I don't want nothing for
myself. My mother is sick, and there
ain't nothiu' in tho house for her."
"That is too bad," murmured tho
gentleman sympathetically, 33 ho fum
bled in bis pockets for some change
thero were only bills in his wallet. From
0:10 pocket to another went his hands
littlo Dan's eyes following each motion
with a" hungry expectancy until tho
lr.st pocket bad been searched, and no
coins could bo found. "Well, now, I
am sorry, my littlo man" and a tono of
real regret gave emphasis to tho words j
"but I havo nothing less than a $) bill."
' Little Dan's eyes Ijccamo misty,- and j
there w;is a suspicious quiver ab-ont his
hpsrw iiiin7Jir! waa not cbiciien hearted
tail vai r.o beggar-" Tho tears tlial
started v. cro forced back, and tho , re
bellious 'sob was choked down. With a
determined toss of tho head ho stxl
erect ami returned a simple "thank you,
sir," to tho young man's parting words,,
"Am sorry, Dan, but I may see you to
morrow." For a few moments longer littlo Dan
lingered in thu street, vainly appealing
to the pas3eri; by for employment. But
ho received notliing but rebuffs and
Lar. h words. Two ladies attracted by his
odd appearance, paused to ask him why
ho tUd not go home. "I want to earn
soino money lint," ho replied; "my
mother U cick," Tho ladies exchanged
significant 'lances. . "Too bad," said
ouo to tho other as they walked away,
"that chduren to young should m taught
the ti ieks of professional beggars." Soon
a policeman touched tho half frozen boy
on the fhoulder and hauc him "move
on," end in obedience to tho i.tern man
data littlo Dan 2ieked up hia bos and
wearily tru'.lged away
Jcfihecl orrr and kissed tho wan cheek of
tho invalid, saying in a low voice: "LIow
do you feel, mot'ier?'' Tho dying woman,
whoso eyes were fastened intently on tho
face of her son, murmured, as with a
feeblo motion sho stroked his curly hair:
"Poor little Dan, you havo been unsuc
cessful." "Yes, bad luck to-day, mother," an
swered tho lad, endeavoring to speak
cheerfully, bujt unablo to bupprcss tho
sob tliat struggled up from the tender
heart, touched to tho quick at sight of
his mother's patient suffering; littlo
Dan's lipo quivered painfully for nn in
stant, and then he gavo expression to his
sorrow and suffering by a Hood of tears.
"Oh, mother," he cried, "we uro starv
ing." The only response that caino from tho
lips of the agonized mother herself
nearly beyond the reach of the tortures
-of hunger was, "My poor child! my
poor child, and encircling his nock with
ono arm, she drew him close to her and
sought to cover him with a corner of the
well worn blanket, which constituted
her sole protection from tho blasts of cold
air that came through tho almost glass
leas window sash.
"No, mother! 110!" exclaimed tho lit
tle fellow, resolutely starting up from his
kneeling posture and carefully replacing
the blanket over his mother, "you nmsn't
do that. I am not very cold, and, 1h
sides, I can build a fire," saying which
ho drew from bis pocket a match and bit
of crumpled paper, which ho held trium
phantly before his mother's eyes. Then
he proceeded to demolish his unprofitable
blacking box by kicking in the sides and
pulling the pieces apart with his-hands.
Soon ho had quite ai pile rtotcwljwjd
building them carefully over his bit of
paper on tho.dead rcshes in tho fireplace
ho set firo to them, and a crackling,
cheerful blazo was the result. "Loo!;,
mother, isn't that glorious?" ho cried,
turning eagerly to receive Ids mother's
approbation, forgetful for the moment
of all his troubles in the glowing leat.
A sad, tender smilo rested on tlio
mother's face, and she was ahout to re
ply, when the door was pushed open and
a wom:ui's voice exclaimed: "Mercy on
us, what a place!" Two richly dressed
ladies then crossed the threshold. It re
quired but a glanco to cssnro them that
they stood in the presence of sickness and
destitution. They wero 'members of the
Percival Square Church 'Relief society,
and a sense of duty had irrqjclled them to
visit tho old tenement building.- Little
Dan advanced toward them, and with"
instinctive politeness motioned for them
to draw nearer to the lire. ,"Wc ain't
got no chairs," he said, "but wo nro so
glad that you have come." Mrs. Zeal
ous and Miss Prim exchanged deprecatory
glances, and tho elder. lady, turning to
Dan's mother, mquireilfeelingly; "Are
you in great need offflyf hing?"
"We havo nothing, madam, but what
you see here, " was tlio answer. "Neither
my son nor myself has tasted any food
sinco yesterday morning."
"And my mother," interposed "Dan,
'"Is very, very siek."'.
"This is suffering indeed!" said Mrs.
Zealous to her companion. "Wo must
do something to relieve these people."
"I do not want for myself," eaid the
dying woman, "I shall soon be beyond
tho need cf earthly care, but my poor
boy! ploaso take caro of him, ladies;
please keep him from want."
"Wo most assuredly will, my good
woman, and wo will help you also," re
sponded Miss Prim, with eomo warmfh.
"Mm. Zealous, v.ro must bring tli's case
to the attention of tho society without
delay."
r Yo3. it filinll rnmAvct niton! ion flic
very first thing to-morrow, and I am ox-T nil irwpiwlip-frfiw-MBfcZ?ak
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Address.
V.1VS AN D OBSEIiVEi:,
P.AI.KlGli, X. a
F?'an live at h'ire and leak n or.
iwrarr ( work fur n lLan .t an;
tliini; r!e In tlir world ( apital n4
I iimld ; rm are stiflca Ire. tvull
'sries all .if1"., Any on can do tti
trrt rUrt. 'X'tf omit aud Irrma lire. Bt
Irr dt lT. ow yoa autbinc lo tmd
jtmr addrras aod flud t II rtm ars via.
fiti wiU do K ( utK.-. 11. HALLE T A fi)
onUod Xiuac dec 21 1j
Kftl
Y
siwt.
OPIUf
m4 WtlliKTHinfTISm
. 'j ti hm wit haul m
at v Mkl I rW , n . .. t a.
II.
"o'arvr.t'on Ilospital!" tho pLico was
rtrr.oU called. It v.-;-.s one of those ddapi
datcxl and nclcct'jd frame tenements
v.'.i.cii civr.rr.1 -.vita Iu;nia:i lx?in.'p very
much is a wharf liolj swarms with rats.
Tho LiuMlng had he:n crw-ted many
yean before and used as a pb.iiing mill,
bui vh'Si t ratio and business rntcqrLso
de-.arta-d from tlio neighborhood tho old
structurj wci bajtily tltcred iio a chcxp
bl.'n;; Jiouj. After awhib tho place
ua.i ne;;lcctl by ita wncr cud jx-niiittf-d
to c t0 decay, and each year it sunk
lower in tho grado of human luibitatioss.
Noao but the most destitute could bo in
diwxl to liro there, and yet its barren,
iil-la pt rocmj were always full.
onj cf tl;o upper rooms, lightcl only
by a rnnall and LroUea wirultnv, and ap
pracliel by a scrLs of rickety istainvays
tmd (Uirk, vermin infected ccrridors, 11
woman 127 dying of cotunritim. Want
and exposure bad brought iho dlscan?,
tmd ba l nurtured it so oK-jduoaJy tliat
death socraod but lo tny with its victim.
Tho room was emrJl aril dttituto of f ar
r.iture; notliing save tho Liw iron bed
attsid. upfm wlach rejioscl tlio cuirxiitcd
form of tho dying woaiaa was tlicro to
relivo tlic tam-miesa cf the 0sirtmcnt.
A liit aud l-pjkcn caadlp-lick stuoi
ctti;7 nrrn t'w Lrtjcd woodt-n tnAuUl
picee. 'i"ho brick lireiilaco urwlcnicath
CTitaim-d a fd -f tudsni cotliiny more.
Tlirtrjph t:ic brt-n snn-W tlie wintry i
Lkiai-i canto r.t wTJ, ami found a native, ,
unresisting tiuliicct for their cruti ;OTt i
on Uie straw covered' cnt. . j
Tlio aound of uliuflling fontsfrrn in tlie
corridor arrsid the woman from Isrr j
k-thargic tiate, end cn i-t-l Imt to turn j
ber IxmI cogrrly towanl tho d aa if j
expecting mati i-arant tmvcL The j
iron latch wrs lif'ifl and tie iUnr swun? 1
open, admitting VV .nia.Il figure of little
ccedingly eorry Oust I liave no chnngo
with me, for I Eupposo you are hungry,
my little man," continued Mrs. Zealous,
pkicing her h:uid on Dan's head.
' "Ye3'm, purty hungry," answered the
boy, with a look full of disappointment
and grief.
"Weil, keep up your courage." cheer
ily responded Misa Priin, ufter she bad
Rtu-ched her portmonaio in vain for somo
money, "we will eomo to-morrow and
bring you something. "
Littlo Dan made no reply. Long suf
fering had made him patient and brave.
At tho two oikbionarjes of organized
chai'ity descended tho rickety stairs to tho
street ho silently crept toHiM-mother's
cct, and, kneeling on tho floor, wearily
laid bis bead besido hers on tho jiillowless
straw tick- .
m.
"The meeting will pler.so eomo to or
der," called tho divided matron who
ofiiciated on president of tho regular
wef.'kly meeting of tho Percival failure
Church Iteh'cf ux'iety.
'At our last meeting, lalies." spoke
tlio president, "a resolution was adopted
providing for a systematic plan of char
itable work. Tlio city was divided into
districts, and each im-mlier of this society
vraa assigned onedi-tric t. with the ui:dT
Etanding that the i-bor.ld eorlinc lara-lf
t' that particuLirly dcliiiol li'1.1 of labor.
Wo aro now assembled for tim purpose
cf ,Lter!ing to yuur aevenil report i, and
to cct n'n whatever recommendatimis j
may be male concerning tne aiprojri;i
tion and expenditure of nioney. Tlie
Crjt tiling in onlcr u tho reception of re-
portj from tliws ladies to horn districts
vrero asuigiKii.
AfttT a liri' f pause Mrs. PlrcL- took
tti? dwr end resd from her gH brHmd
tablets 6omo memoranda concerning lulf
a dczen poor famUieslhat flie liail vi
iied. She a.'ktJ for on ordir en tlie
eoriety'a tresEurer for $20, to I cx
px ndid tt tlio mrclm of xl and
clothing. Tho aiiproprialion was unhes
itatingly ma-lo. '
lira. Coodhoort, a gentle face.1 ladr.
nest narTatl a, tooi itin iuchU irt .
poverty and distress tliat b vl come pn l r
ucr observation tlio day Lefo-re. Slie luvl
thought best to relieve tins suiTcnTs r. itli
ouf drawing cn tlie funds of the snriety.
Sir. CWfbt tv-led for ?2 to buy A
C;ar cf eliora for her wasljeTwomnn'a
ttlc girL Tho Lidioa :-!ian;,-e.l tJgiiill
dant glancei, but no coo toU'I agiut
Ujo t;i.Toj.riation. 1 ,
Tin. tktcmpcr r?TCtfci that ba-
perativn aocu:! engagement Lid pre-ventr-l
Imt from ing T.y attention to
lWr district, but Ue next week alio In ped
to t cl.lo to devoto almost entirely to
tlie t"orxl worK,
human Buffering that can be imagined,"
aud tho lady proceeded, to dcecribo in
minutest detail tho visit of Miss Prim
tnd herself to the homo of little Dan
"Did you not do onvthhig for them?"
anxiously inquired Mrs. OoodlluUft, tiftuT
the recital was finished
"Ahem well no. Nothing more than
to try and choer them up. You see, I
had no change with me, and then I
thought it would bo better to bring tho
caso before tho society, particularly as it
was not in my district, explained Mrs.
Zealous. .
"And yet vou sar they were starving,"
said Mrs. Goodheart, in a tono of gentle
reproof.
"Yes, they were very destitute," an
swered Mrs. Zealous, shortly.
"I would like to inquire, Mrs, Presi
dent," said-. Mrs. Quicktempcr, with
some show cf feeling, "if it was not ex
plicitly given-out at tholast meeting that
each ladv must cenflno her work to her
owu district?'-'- '
"It was," politely replied the presiding
ouicer.
"And yet Mrs. Zealous and Misa Prim
deliberately intruded upon my district,
said Mrs. Quicktemjicr, glaring angrily
at the offending ladies.
"We had canvassed our own districts
most thoroughly, " exclaimed Mm. Zealous
and Jliss Prim in unison, "and we
"Very thoroughly, no doubt," inter
rupted Mrs. Quicktempcr, coldly.
"I don't understand what you mean,"
answered Mrs. Zealoui, with spirit.
"Don't you, indeed? Well, I hope
you will understand mo when I say that
I am cnpablo of attending to myowu dis
trict."
"You havo not, it nniicars, troubled
"yourself about your -districtrrp- totho
present lime, my dear Mrs. Quicktem
pcr." "Yon forco mo to remark, my dear
Mrs. Zealous, that what I do, or what I
do not do, is no concern of yours."
"Perhaps not," indignantly replied
Mrs. Zealous, "but when I seo people
starving"
"Well, you didn't help thorn any; did
you?"
"No; I"
"Then, what nro you talking about?"
. "Mrs. Quicktcnipcr, I bad always
thought you to bo a brly,"
' '1 have always known you to lie a very
officious ersoii, Mrs. Zealous."
"Mrs. Quicktempcr, you aro a very im
pertinent woman."
"Mrs. Zealous, yon aro a meddlesome
old thing. I can't bear you."
"I do not wish to havo any further
talk with you," said Mrs. Zealous, striv
ing lo keep calm.
"Nor I with you, madam," saying
which Mrs. Qtiicktcmper, with flushed
face and snapping eyes, changed her seat
and turned -her luick upon tho unfortu
nate subject of her ire.
"Ladies! ladies! pray ccaso this nngry
cltercation," appealed tho president.
'You forget" that out work is of a Clu-is-tian
clinrai tor. "
Mrs. Zealous apologized for her heated
language, hut said that uho could never
forgive Mrs. Quifkteinper for tho insult
sho had put upon ber.
Mrs. Quicktempcr tartly replied that
she desired no forgiveness, and it being
apparent to the members of tlio society
that tho two ladies could not be recon
ciled, 11 motion to adjourn was put and
carried. Action in tho case of littlo Dan
and his mother was. deferred until the
next meeting.
It was snoulng, and tho blustering
winds had piled the whito drifts high in
tho. streets. Tlio warmly clad ladies as
they wero driven rapidly to their homes
m their rolxj Idled conveyances forgot
Can tlia Magnet Care fti PninT f
Dr. Charcot of the Salpctriere hospi.
tal has been continuing with considerable
success his experiments on hysteric and
hypnotic patients. Having satisfied him
self as to bo possibility of transferring
paralysis, nervous contractions and cata
leptic 'systems from one patient to an
other, ho next set to work, in conjunction
with his ablo assistant. Dr. Babinski, to
apply tho test to hysteric dumbness.
It is a well known fact fn medicine that
people afllicted with hysteric epilepsy sud
denly becomo tongue tied and remain so
for many years. A femalo patient
afllicted in this manner, bui who was
otherwise of robust constitution, was
placed back to back with a woman
who had been a long 'time cataleptic.
By means of tho magnet tho dumbness
was truncferred from one putient to tho
other with tho eiuiio regularity tliat
rnarked tho experiments in paralysis.
By continuing tlio experiments Dr.
Charcot hopes to bo able to completely re
store speech to the tonguo tied patient.
Tho same experiment was repeated with
male patients and with the . same prom
ising results. . It would, .of course, lx
premature to call Dr. Charcot's wonder
ful studies pre-eminently successful in
their immediate results as exemplified by
the strange experiments which have been
made ut tlio Salpctriere, but no" ono can
doubt that, like t'lo'ido Bernard's in an
other Held, they open up a vast vista in,
pathological and physiological science.
London Telegram.
A VERV" REMARKABLE, FIGHT.
ous had so faithfully painted of poor Dan
pud lui dymg mother in their attic room.
That cao was .
' IV. "' "''.
"Put down, that basket, John, and
l:!nd!i a fire." Mis. QuicktemixT spoke
in a voice low and tremulous with feel
ing. and as clio glanced nl out tho cold
and darkened room she bhuddered at tho
thought that human lieings should be
obliged to dwell in Kuch a place
.John, tho coachman, used as lie was
totceiies of privation and suffering, mut
tered, "By jiminy, this place ain't fit for
a dog to live in!" And a Vfc, accord
ing to John's reasoning, cofjd live al
most anywhere.
Tlie appcaranco of tho room has not
changed f.inco tho vi it of Mm. Zealous
nnrl liirH IVini the day before, save that
the tempestuous winds bad driven the
now in through the broken window and
covered the rough lxiurd floor with acd
white mantle. The little iron cc in tlio
comer was partly concealed by the fart
railing shadows of tl approaching night.
Even there, te, the inow had found its
W;ry and nestled in qucr little drifts
aUiut the -outstretched human form on
the cot. At the head of the bed knelt
little Dan. his face pillowed uikki hia
mother's bosom and hit thick brown curls
radiant with gU.ening snowflakes. No
Bound Wiis heard, mt even the lirealliing
of the two umfniicuMis figures In the
cirner. Tlie wind outside had died
away, and tho rwnr fell lightly and si
lently into the iitreet below.
"Iltitrj-, John, anil grt tip a good
blaze!" npoke Mrs. Q".iieJitemper. Anil
John with bin foot cleared away the Know
from the .fin-place, and on the ocIhh tit
poor Dan's Us fo-m h.-ul a brigbtt rmir
ing fire. Tlit! sparks danced mrr:ly
n'xxit, and formed a striking contrast to
tho shifting unowflakes out-j le. Tlio
liimiuTing light chan-sl the dark alindowd
away, cm rev-nul distinctly evry ob
ject in tlie apartment. Mm. QuicLtemjxT
stcpii-l forward with ouUtn-tclied liand
to awaki n rtio tJeejiing olijerra tA Ikt
bountiful Lut tardy cliarity. A gesture
from John, whoso quick eye liad in
stintly in tlio light rcai tlie fale of
mother and cbilik catwd Imt to aue,
eai wi! LLir.chcd chock and tearful
eye !ie Iieanl: " "
"Too late, mam they be dead."
New York Time.
Explorer Ktnrioj'n llillilt..
"What was the nature of the faro you
were ablo to procure 011 your way
through -the "country?" "
'Cixit fiieatrlndian corn cake, liananns
and milk." . ,
"Did yon drink any brandy?"
"Tho w'hole time, three and a lialf
years, I may have taken ten tablespoon
fulsofit." "Wluit kind of food did you use?"
: "Mutton, beef, goat meat, game,
sweet potatoes, pumpkins, bananas, pea
nuts, tea-, coffee and milk."
"Was your appetite always good?"
"Yes, save when in fever. Iwasnino
months in the wildest parts of Africa
without n symptom of disease. This good
fortune I attribute to. tho increase of
knowledge concerning health habits, tho
indulgence in simple food, the bath and
judicious exercise."
Did you sleep well?
Until toward tho end. The great
sense of resjionEibihty disuuicted mr
mind, and I lost sixty-three pounds in
weight. When I started I weighed 180
pounds, when I returned I was only 1 17.
Tho nervous activity was such that I
could not sleep no, not even after I h:id
paced for hours outside the camp, 111 the
hope of wooing it by fatigue, Herald of
Health.
rceltjr of Hlght Iirtathlng;.
Breathing through tho oiien mouth is
practised for the most part only by
"civilian! men. The aborigines of our
country, and savage trilics eLsewhere, al
ways keep tho mouth tightly closed and
breathe through tho nostrils.
Nature is a wiser teaclier than fashion,
for the primitive method of breathing is
tho Ixst one on every principle of
hygiene. Thero is danger of severe in
jury to the bronchial tulx-s and to tho
delicate vessels of the lungs, in passing
from the warm air of a house to an at
mosphere in the neighborhood of zero, if
tho uir is taken directly into the lungs.
By passing it through the nostrils tho
chill is removed, and tho shock from tho
sudden change escajied.
If - the modern germ theory of the
-'tiili ,.f iiiftiiliHlH diifcilSIt it! (!".!!, !KUlsf
big through tho nostrils is ono of nature's
(Kifeguards. The hairs," which line tho
entrance to the nostrils, may arrest tho
germs floating in tho air and prevent
their pnsbago to tho lungs; and conse
quent absorption by tho blood. Parents
ought to teach their children early to
breathe only through tho notriis.
Youth's Conqianion.
Fire Iepartm-iit Horsmk
Tlio life of a horse in the fire depait
ment may last as long afi if ho wero em
ployed ut any' other kind of work. Tlio
mit trying period or timo is tho first
year. More department horses die dur
ing their fin year thnn in any other.
The excitement kills llx-ni. They cannot
get accustomed to the hurry and hubbub,
the flames, tho smoko and the general
uproar with which they are surrounded,
and they die, as men often die, from
fright or worry, sup rimhiccd by tho
excitement. ' Borne horses, though, Liot
for years. The work is not much; they
liavo r.s a rule only short runs, and the
x-riod. of rest ore longer thnn in the case
of horses employed for ordinary draft
iurtHii. If it were not for the excitc
meiit tln-rc would be no reaum why they
tthonldift butt longer in the lire iieirt
metit thnn t-l.-tewherc. A:ii,1;iiit l-'iro
Chief in (;!ol(C-fVinxTat.
Four Elaphanta Ag-alnat On Man A
filinwinHiri Daring Ths) Hot Iron.
"While traveling through the country
with Bamuin in 1881," said a veteran
showman, "J witnessed one of the most
remarkable fights on record. Four ele
pluuits again sit one man, and in tho water,
too. In Jidy or August, 1881, our show
struck tho pleasant little city of Ottawa,
Ills. You aro, doubtless, aware that ele
phants ore extremely fond of bathing.
For somo little timo before coming to
Ottawa they had been deprived of that
pleasure. No sooner were they unload
ed from tho train, however, than their
sharp littlo eyes caught sight of the river
and tho news was trumpeted about in
elephant languago from ono to the other.
They were very restivo all day and be
trayed great anxiety to liathe, and as soon
as tho afternoon pcrformanco was over
the under keepem marched them to the
river bank. L assure you many second!
diu not elapse before the . wdiole herd,
twenty-three in number, were splashing
and dashing in the water like a lot of
school boys. Such a strange sight natur
ally attracted the attention of tlio towns
people and the farmers wdio, with their
families, had driven in to see the show,
and I doubt very much whether the river
at Ottawa ever presented such an ani
mated appearance as on that day,
' "After a whilo the keepers shouted
'Mile up,' which In elepliant phraseology
means fall in. Nineteen immediately
swam to shore-but no amount of shout
ing could induco tlio other four to return.
Men were sent with rocks to tho bridgo
and the entire circus forco swarmed
along both river banks trying with stones
to tiyn the. huge beasts in the direction of
thd eanvas, but all in rain. As a last re
source tho chief trainer, Georgo Arting
stall, was sent for. The poor fellow had
been sick in bed for over a week with
malaria, but on learning of tho difficulty
immediately dressed himself and came to
tho bank. Calling each elephant by
name ho ordered them to 'Mile up.' For
a moment it looked as though his com
mand would be obeyed, for the elephants,
recognizing his voice, halted and seemed
to waver in their course. Albert, the
oldestand biggest, however, settled tho
matter by uttering a loud snort of defi
ance, and led by him they once more
started up stream. Seeing at a glance
tliat ho could do notliing on shore, Mr.
Artingstall mado for the dressing room
tent, from which he soon emerged dressed
in tumbler's tights, and, placing the ele
phant prod or fork between Ins teeth,
boldly swum out tothe-elenhan
"Used as wo were to 6trange sights wo
yet almost held our breath at this daring
act. When within a few yards of them
Artingstall again shouted 'milo up, V but
without effect. Then, seeming to loso
his temper, he sprang upon the back of
tho 'nearest ono ond "commenced using
his fork for all ho was worth. Pretty
soon a cry of rage caine from tho ani
mal, upon which tho trainer jumped
from thut ono to' another, reiealing the
fork performance until, after at least ten
minutes of fierce fighting and jumping,
tho elephants creed peccavi and swam
tremblingly to tho shore. Once there tho
keepers soon had them under uijection,
but Artingdalc, who bad displayed such
intrepidity and courage, sank into a dead
faint the moment ho touched the thore.
Well, I can't exactly say, but certainly
tho menagerio tent smelt of 'burnt ele
phant for at least two weeks after
wards." Chicago Tribune.
LOVE'S PREFERENCE-
Ixm like not laughter all tho 'dor.
Kor sroukl one luce the rear all Kay?
For nenalTe fool oft Lore doth craiv, .
And lllcm hto mist res. aotneUmea gravef
Aodthoo.hltdiraaloTelr.ro,
Be chides her not If abe de err.
Lore like, to soothe a trtmbltnjc maM
VntO her Mb. and team are staid:
Tor (ben bo thin i aba's not all art.
But hidden keeps a gentle heart.
Francis Sterne rifmesV
Electrle Headlight Kot Hafev
. "It is my candid opinion," said an en
gineer on the St. Paul road, "that elec
tric lieadlights on locomotives aro not
feasible. The Pyle invention, which ist
looked upon with more favor than all
others, is this: The arc is maintained at
tho same point, or tho focus, by making;
tho lower electrode a stationary copper
rod, while the upper positive electrode
consists of the usual carbon, and is regu-'
Inted by suitable mechanism. It ist
claimed for tho invention tliat the arc i
not only kept at a constant focus by rea
son of the stationary and non-consuming;
negative pole, but by means of a steady
ing and guiding arm, embracing the -electrode
near the arc, all lateral play of
vibration is prevented and the arc uy
maintained laterally in a fixed position.
We havo been experimenting with tv
view to adapting the electric light to lo
comotive headlights. It has already
caused us one smashup, the presence of
tlio dynamo machino on the footboard of
tlie engine, having had the effect of de
moralizing tlie timepieces of both engineer'
and engine The locomotives themselves1
became magnetized and contrary. An
other thing against the adoption of the
electric light on trains is that it will maker
engineers nervous. You never heard of
lightning striking a train of cars running
at full speed. No amount of argument
could convince an engineer that an elec
tric light in front of his engine would
prove anything but a menace to his -train
in a thunderstorm. Most locomotive en
gineers are superstitious, and they look;
with suspicion upon any kind of tinkering;
with the present mechanism of the iron,
horse." Chicago Herald.
An Old Cjrpre. Tree.
The oldest tree oil record in Europe is
nnfiertcd to be tlie cyjircss of Somma, in
linlai'ly, Italy.- Hiis tree i believed
to liavp liecn in exigence ut tbe time of
Julius
Christ
Tho Arlttforracy of Vienna.
No aristocracy of tho world is so ex
clusive as thut of Vienna. . It seems to
havo inherited tho apiwlling loneliness
uiil iw .lot ion -. af !l!fiIIa'hiirot Tho
English nobility admit ordinary mortals
to their presence if tlieir character or in
tellectual ability entitles them to a crr-s
tarn distinction. It is so also in Cer-
I- many and elsowliere, where a titled aris
tocracy exists. It is not m in irnna.
Hero nothing Imt the bluest of bluo blood
entitles him in whoso Veins tliat precious
fluid flows to mingle with the real liaut
ton.
Official position amounts to nothing.
A foreign cmlKutKadnr may be tho most
eminent of savants, skilled in literature,
rich, sociidly accomplished, but lie is
destined, though ho pates many years
at Vienna, never to sou the interior of a
salon of an Austrian nobleman, unless
with a ticket of cntraucc when the family
ore from homo. In the eyes of this
cL'WH, to I a republican, a simple citizen
of tbe United States, representing tlio
government r.t Washington t tho Aus
trian court, is to lie an bumble jicrsonago
indeed. But what would lwconie of tlie
f-Tcatcr part f these -exclusives without
this adventitious distinction of birth?
They would lx fjio merest no! todies. As
an aggrieved person remarked to me:
"It is all tlicy have." Vienna Cor. San
FrancUco Chronicle. '
HOfl Tainting;" bjr tbe TlkoleMle.
. A Broadway auction firm which sup
plies half the fakirs and peddlers of tho
country with goods offers oil paintings in
gilt frames at fflJ.7.1 per dozen. Tho
manufacture of these cheap pointings lias
frown to mcmnotis dimensions during
tlie l-ast ten vcars in thu ritv, end tlicro
Canar, fortv-twu vcars lieforo i arc r.hTady three large concerns turning
end is tin retire 1,011 year. old. ; tliem out by t!o wliolciiide. A man bit
American Women and Hen.
It is a frequent fashion to proclaim the
general worthlessness of American women
from tlie animal standpoint. They lack
ths breadth of back and the massivenew
of limb observed in lanSs where wives'
plow with the ox and daughters delve in;
tlio mines. The American woman looks)
after her household, rears ber children,
:cs hannv a husband for whom she ta
much too good, and in her old age takes
joy in manly sons and womanly daugh
ters. It is slander to call her incompe
tent, or say tliat she falls short in tho
mens uro of duty, when compared to the
women of other lands, whose strength,
she has, but whose groasness sho lacks.
Just now the fashion in talk ba
changed. It is the man who is the weak
ling, ond who is hurrying the aation to
extinction. There is a craze for big bi
ceps and abnormal calves. In all of
which there is considerable nonsense and
tomo wisdom. Statistics Show that in
America length of life is increasing. Men,
are as healthy and as happy and as calla
ble as a hundred years ago. Some strip
lings may go out of life in a cloud of
cigarette smoke, but they aro not drag
ging the nation toward extinction, and
some of sound body will be left to bury
tho dead. In spite of tbe croakers who
seem to think tliis continent is develop
ing into a graveyard. Omaha Herald.
Russian Selentifle IMaeeervm
For four or five years- past Russian
scientific men have been stuttoned at or
near the mouth of the Jna, carrying on
first the wore of one of the circuui polar
stations and tlien engaging in tho ex
ploration of the delta and of a port of
the large region eastward. They liavo
made a number of interesting discover
ies, and scientific zeal has been richly re
warded even in this apparently desolate
country. In U10 region where tho polo
of greatest cold is situated, tbeso explor
ers have collected 404 kinds of plants,
numerous paleontologies! specimens and
a largo number of insects and other in
vertebrata. Among the' mountains that divide tho
Lena from tho Yana basins Baron von
Toll obtained six specimens of mountain
sheep, lie has made a special study of
tho fauna of tlie sea const, and tho. latest
news from him was tliat he was going
with a party of natives to find a mam
moth which a recent land slide had re
vealed. An important feature of tho
work of this party lias been the complete
exploration of tlie large Yam river from
its headwaters to tho sea, including two
of its affluents. New York Sun,
It U 100 feet in iuight and '20 feet fa ! tin? ca.'t sido of ton'n conducts a littlo
circuiiifen-nce at one foot from tlio j business of bis own, and can produco
prrKir.d. Napoleon, when laying down
bU pLiu fT the great rot id ovit the ftm
.lon, diverged from a straiglit line to
avoid injuring this tree. SujieriiT an
tiquity is claiuiud for the immense tree
in C'alaviTas county, (ill. Tliia is sup
jxd, from Use curolxT of concentric
circle in tho trunk, to be 2,5G. years
old. Chicago Tribune.
Dan. Iln a-Jvaiicr.1 iUo tlie mf'lr. .' veft'-ntiy of
placed his box ou tlie lloor at the liead of Vuxktcmpcr s Urruory, ana we f.iima
tlw Led, tad, Laccling dywa uuo it, 000 E l4oral.le iastinccs of
I havo tried alkalies, soda ammonia,
liquor iiottsna, lioney, rub with an onion,
bniic-j tobocco, etc.. and-with tliirty
Tears" exnerknee can say that a emr.ll
Mn. President," s-ud Sin. Zer.lous, j amount of oil of cinnamon, applied with
"Mi- I Vim and mr4f took t!e blurry ' a sni-ill straw, end cf knitting r.oedle, or
tor, 11 worui more w.n mi ma
on It a buV. for it will Uiater.
Besnedy for Ita St inf.
Dr..O. O. Frwr, of nando!ih, O.,
CJV3? -"Sepias different remodiea nsroui-
mended f T Luc stings, I wislpto aay t',u:t I attributed by Hindoo tradition to King
im Ortclsi mt the- Vlrtl,
Tlie nntrvee of IIinVtan liave lung
Imd on in.'rumrnt calitnl tlie "ravanaa
Tron," at first constructed in a rude man
ner out of a hollow -ee of sycamora
wood, but afu-rwards di-vr-Ificd into a
practicable violin. Tlie rudest of tltcse
Las two or Uiree strings, and it ii pbyel
wi:!ut bow. Tl.ij woe uiklwiMeIlr tlso
oriirm of tlie vkJin. Its invention is
seventy-two complete Huntings va a
week. Ho was found in tlie 1 )ft cf a
totiocco factory, engaged on c:i cnonncus
canvas oa a stretclM-r. Thin canvas was
subdivide:! into a number of squares, each
rejireaentiiig a painting. Ho iL-sed a scries
of Ktencil pbttes to give tlie pictures tlio
outlines, and then rapidly dashed on
nioio fini-Jiing touclics liere and tliero
with a brush and some bright paint.
Wlien tlio iictnrcs ore finislteU they ore
cut out and motintid, and find a ready
sale among tliat class of salesmen who
f reoucnt fairs and travel from town to
town with t.'scir wares. New York Jour- )
Kesr Terk'e MaU Statistics.
The statistics of the New York post
office for tho last year present some large
figures. More than 00.000,000 letters
were distributed through boxes; and
mora than 120.000,000 were delivered by
camera. In addition to those, nearly 50,
000,000 postal cards wero boxed and de
livered. More then 100,000,009 postage stamps,
nearly 20.000,000 stamped envelopes and
nearly 42,000,000 postal cards were sold
during tho year. The total weight of
mails handled in the post office last year
was over 103 tons, ur 48 per cent, tncro
than five Tear ago. New York World,
cncTacliir.g o;ro lit, small rbntcr.
ifi. 1. c one
Amcricaa Medical Journal.
Havana, who reigned in Ceylon. Chicago
Tribune,
The Bible la Harass.
A Madrid acliolar, Senor Cornlla, wbo
has Urn for many years at work on a
rhymed version of Uie Bible, has jus
completed his task, Tho work contain
260,000 verses. - - ,;
. Bawelte e Dlekeae.
Mr. ,W. D. Ilowclla, la commenting on
Dickens Chriiimas storioa, save that in
this later dav thetr "pr.Uio appears fab
and strained: tho humor Lirgelr liorao
piny; tlio character Usrairical; tlie jovi
ality pumped: tlie psycbxJogy enrnmon
place; tho aociolocT alone funny."
after the Orernn
Pepetlar Kansas la Loatdess.
' Tho new edition of tho London post
office directory cmxists of 3,073 pages,
plus 322 pagt of advertisements, and
contains 244,000 names. On each page
titers are 10,000 letters, tlie number of
letters in the '"Commercial' alone mak
ing a total of 7,080,000, and the weight?
of Use type used for tbe volume is about
twenty-fire tons. Hero la a small but in
teresting table which shows Use tlifiicul
ties of arrangement. In the new ilirce
torx there are 2,123 Smiths, 7,104
Joneses, 70S Brown and 4C7 Rnhiiwia,
rail Mall Gazette.
riHinii In lea.
It is not kng ago that a party of Arctic
aeetnen discovered an ctepliant imliedded '
m aa IcetaTg. and cooked mama of l a
flesh, although, according to Bcieooe. tin
carcass must have been there for some
thousand of yean. BrootlyB Eajrie.
Twentv-four honra
"chinook," the warm wind, rtocbed land Mohammedana, wIk are irjcrratj;
To evangel ire 1,016,000,000 botlien
I'ort Kcogh, M. T- the
aura CO deja,
mercury lad 1 fy natural Urth at 1.000,000 a year, we
. hare ttiiy about f.OOO BiiiUtwrmrk-a.