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KIC JACEt.
Upon n stone with lichens gray,
'Mi' mossy mul,io of the dead,
A wiM row weeps itself awav
In crimson tears und ki?ses red.
The Wr-h npon it'rms in sol,!;
A brier wantons over it.
And some oil sculptor-hand hath wrolI'J
Its brief Hie-Jaot, qnaintlv writ.
But if or beauty, age or'yout.
pillowed in the reen below;
Or heart of hope, or tongue of truth,
r babe or bri.le, vr'ts my not know.
Or if in life's allotted span.
V,'ho lumbers here knew auht of lova,
That, hopf les, wastes the heart of man;
Or felt the gnawin? pain thereof..
What cruel caprice. rf circumstance
OYrtook him. or what fato befell;
Wiiat lifting wave of lucky chance.
Two words alone remain to tell.
For run as will our roun 1 of years,
In h;ne or shadow, peacj or strife;
Let laughter In' our lot, or tars,
j ilic Jaeet is th sum of life,
i , --Patrick J. Coleman.
Tho Dummy Detective.
ilV If. C. DODGE.
WAS the youngest
detective on tlie
foiee and was burn
in' to listinguish
myself.
So far cliance had
i not favored mc with
a first-class murder
or robbery, because
the older and more
experienced officers
were always detailed
to ferret out those cases.
Sometime?, through the aid given them
by wideawake newspaper reporters, these
older foxes were successful and then, of
course, claimed and took all the credit
for superior skill and shrewdness. If they
failed aa they often did to bag their
game they laid the fault to the papers for
making the affair public'and thus giving
the rogues an opportunity to slip- away
or cover up their tracks.
' One day while I was meditating if it
wouldn't pay me to go to England and
catcli Mr. Jack, the Hipper, I was called
into the Inner sanctum by our chief and.
ordered to report for duty on the mor
row at one of the largest and most fash
ionable; retail lrv-i:oods stores in the
city.
I was there to see the head of the house
and from him learn what I was to do
Although it didn't look like a job
I wherein I should run a risk of life or
fain a aeat re nutation. I was well
pleaed at the commission and resolved
that my part of it shouldn't be a failure.
Accordingly 'the next morning found me
in the priv ite ollice of the g
having a "strictly confidential interviow
with its senior partner
I was informed that in their cloak de
partment many thefts had recently taken
plac, and that in spit'? of careful watch
ing there was not the slightest clue to the
thief.
The garments stolen had been fur
trimuied cloaks of high value, and were
ail taken from the dummies . standing
about the floor, on which said articles
were hung to show them to advautage
and also beautify the -salesroom.
I asked -the usual questions concern
ing the many and decidedly pretty young.
adies employe i in the department, but
the firm scouted the thought that any of
them had anything to do with the rob
beries and gave me to infer that the
thefts were committed by professional
shoplifter?.
After a Tittle more talk, which helped
not at an. rwus mtrolseed to the
gentleman at the head rJ the cloak reom.
ar.d-jefc to folio .v .my way of nab
bing the culprit.
The thefts had all, as far as my cloak
mat-agcr kr.cv, been done during the
u-ii st p .: ; of the dav when the floor
was th rented with lady shoppers.
ha:i I. .;n---.r and most expensive
The
,r,ir.
re di;v'yed oa the dummies
.etitlv reue e 1 each day. for.
I owing to their c itching- the ladies' eyes
i by hanging naturally from the shapely
skeleton forms, they sold much quicker
than if left undistinguished among the
i hun i: e is of others.
j Taking my p.vdtioa in the establish
j me nt a the se.y t'.oor walker and being
' o pouted out to - the young ladv em-
p.oycs.
I began rav rather unexciting and
:. o oay tak.
In my best suit and necktid,' with my
c.oy looks enhanced by a tovisorial art-i-t,
and u!i -miles and bo.vs, f male out
'o by tuhrably basy at doing nothing,
and meeting aud greeting the stylishl?
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dressed crowds of eager shoppers and
directing them, as well as my hhort
knowledge of mercantile business let me,
to the objects of which they were ia
search.
I also put oa airs of authority for the
benefit of the young, salesladies so they
wouldn't by their manners cause any
-uspicion to the party or parties I was
expecting to capture.
I watched everybody and everything
noticed that each cloak-arrayed dummy
vas generally being examined by one or
more admiring and enthusiastic female
-hoppers, who not only used their spark
ing eyes, but also their daintily gloved
ingers in obtaining a knowledge of the
garments displayed as a bait for, their
husbands' hard earned money.
I noticed, too, that probably balf of
the shoppers cf.me there without tha
faintest idea of buying merely to enjoy
the intoxication of hunting for bargains
tnd giving the polite and attentive sales
! i lies as much trouble as possible.
I saw many more things which aroused
rny suspicions and curiosity during the
lay and I never for a moment left my
-tation not even for lunch till tha
lace was closed for the night and all
rhe hands had gone. 1
Then, to my surprise and chagrin, I
was informed by the manager that two
valuable cloaks had been stolen right
under my nose.
The job ot catching the thief wasn't
as easy as 1 supposed and I began lo
think 1 wasn't much of a detective, after
all at least, when there was a womai
in the case.
But I dared not show any signs of not
knowing my business, and assuming aa
"all right" manner, I told my cloak
mau that on the next day the bird would
be trapped, as it always took n while to
make observaions and form theories, and
then I arranged to meet hun on the floor
early in the coining morning before any
of the. employes arrived.
Before I went to sleep that night I
laid my plans.
In the morning bright and early I was
around and with the manager alone went
on the cloak floor to make the needful pre
parations to distinguish or extinguish
myself.
Selecting one of the largest dummies
and seeing that the brown muslin dress
over its skeleton frame was in good or
der an I reached to the floor, I told my
astonished dry goods man that I intended
to hide under it and there lie in wait for
the thief, whom I meant to nab when the
cloak over me was removed, being, of
course, able to know that by the light of
the salesroom shining through the thin
muslin covering.
He smiled at the queeVhessof the pro
ceeding, but told me to go-ahead and
promised to be on hacd in cjvse I wanted
assistance. --
Putting on the dummy un elegant
cloak for bait,' he helped ra-o hide se
curely under it, and, wishing me success
he left me with a laugh which, I must
say, I didn't feeliike echoing.
Soon I heard the store people tramp
ing in and the young salesladies trip-
ping by me and chatting gaily as they laid
aside their wraps and hats preparatory
to commencing the labors ol the day.
They seemed immensely merry over
something very funny, and their peals of
musical laughter sounaed sweet to my
eager ears until, alas, I sadly discovered
that I, the new floorwalker, was the sub
ject of their witticisms and ridicule.
How I wanted to suddeuly pop out
from my ignoble hiding place and
squelch them as they deserved, but the
certainty of only making myself more
ridiculous and being met with redoubled
laughter kept me in my mean and un
happy position under a female skirt.
By and by, and greatly to my mind's
relief, the smart remarks followed by
peals of merriment gae way to the sober
hum and bustle of business.
For hour3 I sat in my cramped and un
comfortable hiding place, feeling like a
fool, and, no doubt, loj'sing like one.
Crazily excited shoppers brushed against
the dummy, beneath which a bigger
dummy squatted, aud several time3 nearly
knocked it over, so I had plenty of oc
cupation in holding it down. Once the
cold sweat ca r.e out all over me and my
hair stood up straight when some one
tr.ed to lift my Strang? tent from the
floor and expose the "handsome new
floor-walker," squatting like a tailor.and
looking like a boiled lobster under it. .
You may believe 1 held oa with a grip
which death itself coulia't unclasp till
the danger was gone.
Noon, t iine came. lluagry, thirsty,
tired and with bones aching from cramp.
there I was and there I had to stick till
night or my anxiomly hoped for shop
lifter came if that was her day.
I heard the clock strike ,2"' and t43,M
and ' 4," and in spite of patience and
grit, and pride, and everything, I swore
at myself and laughed at myself, and
vowed to myself thit never rnre would
I undertake to be smarter than a wotnio.
Henceforth I should confine my detective
abilities exclusively to male "Jack the
Rippers" or banc cashiers, or else peddle
peanuts for a living.'
While thiw engaged in sorrowful
meditations and trying painfully to ease
my cramped body without exciting at
tention, I was aroused by some one tug
ging at the cloak, and lifting the
dummy skirt I could just see a pair of
dainty feet. Then, in an instant, off the
cloak slipped the dim light shining
through the dummy's muslin covering
telling me and, like a flash, I sprung
from my hiding hole and of all the
shrieks aud blushes and indignation I
ever knew, those from the elegantly
dressed and exquisitely beautiful young
lady I had captured took the prize.
At once I was the centre of a panic
stricken and terribly angry mob of
females who wanted to kill me, and toss
I what was left of my miserable carcass
out the window. And if the big, de
partment manager had not promptly
rescued mc from their clutches, after my
coat tails had been ripped off and my
fine side whiskers badly damaged, they'd
have done it.
D uring the battle, and careless of my
injuries, I kept tight hold of my fab
prisoner. s
Her sweet, innocent aud beautiful iu
dignatiou seemed so real that I feared an
awful jmistake had been made, and be
gan to figure how many years salary I
should have to pay for uamage3. But
when she was searched, with duo apolo
gies for the apparent necessity, the
amount of pawn tickets for cloaks
found by the female searcher," saved my
bacon and put me in the papers as one
of the most skillful detectives on record.
But no more dummies for me.
Ovoreating ysOverwork.
An abuse that tends to the injury o'
brain workers is excessive eating. A
writer in the Medical Mirror recalls to
mind several active brain workers who
suddenly broke down, and fanciel that
it was due to brain fatigue, when, an a
matter of fact, it was due to overstuffing
of their stomachs. The furnace coa
nected with mental machinery becima
clogged up with ashes and carbon in
various shapes and forms, and as a result
disease came, and before the, cases were
fully appreciated, a demoralized condi
tion of the nervous sjstems was mani
fested, aid they laid the flattering
unction to their souls that they had in
dulged in mental overwork. Hard
"work, mental or jihysical, rarely ever
kills. If a mild amount of physical ex
ercise be taken, and a judicious a niant
of food be furnished, the bowels kept
open in proper manner, the surface pro
tected with proper clothing, and the in
dividual cultivates a philosophical nature
and absolutely revives to permit noth
ing to- annoy or rtt him, the chances
are that he can do a5 almost unlimitel
amount of work for an indefinite length
of time, bearing ia mind always that
when weariness comes he must rest pno
not take stimulants and work upon
false capital. The tired, wor.i-out slave
should not be scourged to alJltioail
labor. Under such stimulus the slave
may do the task, but he soon becones
crippled and unfit for work. The secret
of successful work lies in the direction
of selecting good, nutritious, digestible
food, taken in proper quantities, the
adopting of regular methods of work,
the rule of resting when' pronounce 1
fatigue presents ilfeelf, determining
absolutely not to permit fbtioa, worry
or fretting to enter inton life, aid thj
cultivation of the three graces, charity,
patience, and philosophy. Scientific
Amercan.
Character ii ihe Thumb.
There Is as much character in the
thumbs of people as tejthelr faces. A long
first joint of the thumb indicates wiii
power; a long second joint indicates
atroDg logical or reasoning power; n
wide, thick thacnb indicates strong in
dividuality, while a brovl knob at, the
end of the thumb is a suro indication of
obstinacy. The thumb is the chara'rter
istic feature of the human hani, a char
acteristic in which it differs from the
hand of the monkey, and of ali part ci
the hand no one is so stroal? in ltvi I
ual or telltale as the thuaib. Ciucig
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
TAKMIKG WITn FERTILIZER?.
If a proper rotation is pursued ordin
ary farm croj can be grown indefinitely
where only mineral fertilizers, chiefly
phosphate, arc applied directly to tho
oil. This rotation includes frequent
applications of clover as green manure.
It has been tried on land rich in mineral
plant food for many years without de
creasing the crop cf grain. It would
not do for growing corn, potatoes or
garden-vegetables. In all of these clover
aloce is too slow a manure, but for
wheat on land rich in phosphate the
biennial clover crvp has for long periods '
been found sufficient for the require
ments of the grain crop.
But for the gTeat majority of fanners
speculations as to what can be done with
mineral manures, alone have no practical
value. They are more expensive than
the supplies of nitrogen and mineral
matter that can be made by careful feed
ing of the bpt stock. But the fact that
some farmers have found out h6w to
"mauage mainly by using mineral ma
nures is suggestive to all. It behooves
every farmer to make accurate experi
ments so as to determine the cost of his
stable manure, and if it cost more than
mineral fertilizers, to either change his
stock or place inoro reliance on fertili
zers with clover. This last requires for
its best use two years occupation of tho
land, and is, therefore, unsuitcd to lo-
It
calties near cities where land is very
dear, and the interest account makes any
green manure the most expensive that
can be applied. It is chiefly nea-r cities
and large villages that purchased stable
manure is now extensively used. At a
distance from cities and villages farmers
must rely on the manure they can make
in their own barnyards, supplemented
by commercial fertilizers. American
Cultivator.
GARDENING. FOH THE rtOUSEUOLD.
The amount of vegetables that can bo
raised in a garden plot would seem to
depend more upon the caro bestowed on
their cultivation than upon the area de
voted to them. Vegetables can be raised
with more or less success on different
soils, but if the garden is upon naturally
good land it will be greatly in their
favor. Still, by yearly giving proper
attention to the preparation of the soil,
by underdraining where required, and
by mulching with a plentiful supply of
manure a productive garden can be made
at no great cost on almost any spot of
ground. The true value of the products
when used in the family is rarely known,
but were they bought instead the cost,
if an account were kept, would be sur
prising. The garden should contain a
judicious selection of varieties and special
attention should be give:: to successive
plantings, that there may be a generous
supply as long as they are seasonable ad
desirable. In this a knowledge of the
habits of plants, as influenced by changes
of temperature, is important. As the
season advances and the weather be
comes warmer all kinds of vegetables
grow faster, or, as some one has expressed
it, they seem to overtake one another.
Thu3 while peas planted quite early, at
dates a week apart, will make about the
same number of days difference lu the
ripenings of the two plantings, those
made a month later, with the same in"
terval between them, under a more fav
orable temperature, wi'l ripen rrauch
closer together. This isojtea well shown
in the replanting of missing hills of corn,
where the latter plantel under the influ
ence of better climatic conditions make a
rapid and vigorous growth that has no
parallel in the hills of the previous plant
ing. Chicago Times.
FArfM AXD GARDEN" NOTES.
Success with poultry does not come at
ice, so do not get discouraged. If things
don't come right as expected.
So far it has cot been shown that cow3
do any better oa chopped hay than oa
that which has not been chopped.
. Size and condition count far more ia
market thaa any particular shape or
color, especially with young joultry.
FoN kept io small ooops are always
healthiest, ail pay the best. Twelve
he n 3 to a coop ten feet square are quite
enough.
The hen that siags H the hea that can ; through any submerged timber and iin
be depended upon to do her bst to pay ; ;Cg tbe'rmind passage with a hard ras
her way. $a has vigor, and it cc.nes j !n3. The engineer Brauel took a hint
out ia her vole?. ; fro;n this animal and was the first to uc-
B.iii potato jnrlo-s and cabba-e : ceed m tuaaelitg under water. -Pittl
with eao-igU corn meal ailed tc take ' burg Dispatch.
tip the moiiture, will be greedily eatea
by the chickens.
Geese will be more extensively bred
on the farms this season. Farmers lure
their eyes on geese culture; it means
something aad you will see U.
nave you got those fence all la re
pair? Now is the timn before work ba
gins ia the field to put tnera all in order.
Clear out tho fence corners that are
chocked with old briar stalks no you can
cut the gTeea oaes when they come up
vith a scythe.
Perhaps your flock of poultry needs
new fresh bloM for its iavigoratioo. If
so the sooner the matter is attended to
the better. A. good male bird has con
siderable value and therefore it is folly
to expect to obtain such, save by tho
payment of a good price. A real good -fowl
is cheaper at $5 than a por one is
at sevcnty-livC cents orSl.
nOCPF.HOLD UI5TS.
In making cream custards, constant
Virring is Necessary after putting ia the
thickening ingredients, to get a smooth,
creamy result.
When whalebones have become bent,
they may be used again by first soaking
them in tepid water for a few hours, and
then drying them.
Arpretty lamp screen may be made by
sticking an ordinary palm leaf fan into a
long-necked bottlo and covering the
whole with some bright colored figured,
silk.
A simple cough remedy is made of au
ounce of flaxseed boiled in a pint f
water, a iit'le honey adoied, an ounce ot
rock candy, and the juice of three lemons,
the wlole mixed ami boiled well.
To remove iron rust from linen: Sat
urate the spot with n strong solution ot
lemon juice and It, and hold over the
nose of the tea kettle filled with boiling
water, when the spot will almost in
stantly) disappear.
Lamp-wicks must be changed often to
insure a good light, as they will soon
become clogged, and the oil docs not
pass rr.roug. ::.em TrctTy. AtTearZam
will be certain if the wicks arc soaked
in vinegar twenty-four hours before
using.
r
Heas from Natura.
Most ol the skillful dcvioei iivented
by men for doing fine wo rapidly can
be traced to nature, whero for counties!
ages they have becu operating. The dis
coverer of each new appliance of mechan
ism might be shown that his i'tea was
old as the hillj. It is suggested that tho
iuventors of the future will be thoe who
carefully study the natural world. Tha
stones of the hills arc another style of
the molar teeth, which grind all the grist
that feed men and beasts. The hoofs of
horcs are made of parallel pUtes liko
carriage springs. The finest fllo ct hu
man manufacture is a rouh aTir com
da?od with the Dutch ruh, used by
cabinet makers.
The jaws of the tortoue and turtlo aro
natural scissora. The squirrel carries
chisels in his mouth, and the hippopota
mus is provided with adzes, which are
constantly sharpened a they arc. ?rorn.
The carpenter's plane is found ia the jaws
of the be?. The woodpecker ha a
powerful little trip hammer. The diving
bell imitates the water spider, which con-
J fitricts a amall ceil under 'he water, clasps
! a bubble of air bct.vttti it hind legs and
and dives do-vr. oo its submarine chamber
j with the bu'b3, displacing the water
i gradually, uatil its abode, with f.ihes coa-
structs a large,, airy room eurro.uade I by
i water. In leaving Its egs on tha water
! the gnat fastens them iato the ihape of
i a lifelwat, which it Is impossible to slak
I without tearing it to pieces.
i
! The iron m ut of a modern ship Si
strengthened by deep ribs running along
its intericr. A porcupine's quill ie
strengthened by similar rbs. When
eagiaecrs foun 1 that hollo- pillars were
stronger that) solid outs they only dis
covered a priociple th-.t ;i very roratnoa
ly seen in nature. A wheat straw, if
solid, eould not s-ryort it h;a1 of grsia.
The bones of higher animals "fire porous;
those of birds.
where
light sets and
trength are most beautifully combined,
are hollow. T.ie frame work of a abip
resembles the" skeleton of averring.
Aeronauts try to copy the structure and
movements of birds. The ship worm U
aa admirable tuace'er, boring his way
1 Hexald.