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Tho iiiiiicinicH.
Thnv fly to 1 1 in in ill iiiors' liowt-r.j,
To wi'lt'omo tlin coin in; ol Splint;;
They liml tlirio thru liivonlti Ilnwcis
l''rinii jtimltii of iriiHiiiit il Kin;
1 1 it) y Mil from tho rliuiccsa exotiu
IVrrliiint'o to I hit cnnoilolit'st weed,
For l'Bnliion' ilci-intm ion deniiiitio
As luws of tlm lYiniiiint mill Motto.
Iliiru.niiitliiwtus rein I'm- a sm.nm
Willi lilies uxi-liiivu liml nun,
Anil biilleraiim liloutn williout rt-ieitm
Neur oroliiiUnf llnnoiili-Ueil air;
And limt' tun Innso ultisttti-H ol roes,
And them am t'lrpit-iiui-noU liliui,
'Willi hunches nf n ilil wihkIIiiiiiI po-.ii' .
Ilii'iniiikli'il nil ci.vlnlliiix ilcw.
Tlin iiiillini'i' iniHlttlshel' IreiiMiii's,
'.lk, iiitin, mill liirim eoiiiliimiil,
Into iniiiiilolil woii'lt'rtt timl ilotiiiiicd
l''or llin Imlli'i ll.v lustra nt iniiiikiml ;
Then llu tlritr iliiintv ci'riitiirnri iimcinlilu
Society's IniMeilly liiml
Ami Hutu r iiinl ijiiivrr mnl t-cinhhi
Willi joy .il ln-rnliliivl. iniiiinl.
Sim dresse-i etit-li piotty Itcw-i'tiiiier
In tiiurvtOloiH iiiitti'iiis iiinl himitiis,
Htieh ill lull tcillic lovo, in tho bimiiiirr,
'l'o wear iiiiioiiu fulfills iiinl i;liiilc!
In ivI'M ul ii Hilvxiy .liiiinilrr,
In iiiiiiiviil of iiiilo mill j;oli
In Kiirini'iitK 1 1 1 1 1 flitter ami liniini'i
Willi riiilianl bimulies iintol'l.
'I liny will n i'l in mellows iiinl mountains,
They uil! iliiiii oliy tlin olil ocean si' In,
'lliey will nip lioin llir nvi'i-l llowin lonntitiiii
Which Nntiiiit iiinl Fashion provide,
Tlir.v will rival llir niiuliow in color,
Tln-v will rest m Iiii i tlm nioiil !iij(iili! sin,
Ami I Ins woi kiiii!ity win 1. 1 would lm duller
Welt' it tmt lot tin' Imtti'i llii-.i' ini;'i.
.Mil M ('. CnuV in the lltiz.ir.
MY WIFE'S EXPLOIT.
1 win it ti'i'j;r;tiili iipurator stal ittcl
in tlm little town of Iveriuo;, upoti tlin
lion nf tliii I .i -i t it; K.vili niiil, ln-tu oi'li
tlin cities of l- - - ami ! . Six
imlt'H further west wast th muro ire
tfiitiouM town nf Paris, upon tint ili
n'rt mail to l
Dirriiio; was by no means a inotli-1
ri'siileni't. Still there was a ae'non!.
anil it liiniil littlu liltte pyetl wninan
hail imiiio I'riitn Vermont to teaeh it,
How long an unproterti'il woman
in i ;tit have liveil in leprin; 1 can only
Kiiess, for Alifii Holt hail heen thertt
luit throe months when alio consented I
to walk into church with me and walk !
out my wife. This was in .Inly, and
wo had cceiiiiied a pretty cottage
nearly a quarter of a milu from tho
telegraph station since our marriage.
With this necessary Introduction I
come to the story of that i.'toher night,
and tho part my lilue-eyed Alice, only
eighteen and afraid of her own shad
ow, played in it.
1 was in the ollico at ahoiit half past
Beven o'clock, when one of the city
nuViul-t came in, all hurried, saying:
"Stirling, have you lieeu over to tho
emiiaiikment on the roal to day?"
"No, 1 have not."
"It v as it special Providence took
me there, then. One of the great
masses of rock has rolled down direct
ly across tho track. It will lie as dark
.ii a wolf's mouth to-night, and if tho
midnight train comes from l there
will he a horrible sniashup."
" The midnight train must stop at
Paris, then," I replied. "1 will send a
message."
"Yes. That is what I stopped in
f r. The other track is clear, so you
need not stop the train to 1 - ."
"All right, sir."
1 was standing at the door, seeing
.iy caller down tho rickety staircase,
w hen Alice came up with my supper.
"Any measured to-day?" my wife
naked.
"One from l for .John Martin."
"John Martin?" Alice cried; "tho
greatest ritthan in Ueerhig. What was
the iiiesiago? '
"Midnight train."
"Was that all?"
"That was all. Mr. Hill has just
heen in here to tell inu there is a huge
rock across the track at the cml-auk-ineut,
ho I shall stop the midnight
train at I'aris. "
Sho went into tho dressing-room,
taking no light, luit depending upon
tho caudles burning in the ollice. 1
was rising front my seat to send the
telegram, when the door opened, and
four of the worse characters in Peer
ing, led by John Martin, entered the
room. Hefore I could speak, two
threw me back in my chair, one held a
revolver to my head and -John Martin
spoke:
"Mr. Hill was here to tell you to stop
the l train, You will not send
that message. Listen. The rock is
there to stop that train put there for
that purpose. There is half a million
in gold in the express car. Do you
understand ?"
1 trembled for Alica Not a sound
came from the little room as I was
tied, hand and foot, to my chair, bound
so securely that I could not move. It
was proposed to gait me, but finally
concluding that my cries, if 1 made any,
could not be heard, a handkerchief w as
bound over my mouth.
The door of th wash room was clos
ed and 1-M-kid. Alice still undiscovered,
then the light was blown out, and the
ruiliiina left me, locking the iluor after
then).
Then) was it loncf silence. Ontniili! I
ctmlil liear tho Htep of one of tho men
pacing op ami down, watching, 1
rulilieil my head against tho wall lie
Itiiid inu. ami Htineeoilod in getting the
handkerchief on my month to fall
around my neck. J had scarcely ac
complished this tvhnn there was a tap
on tho Inner door.
"Iiolwt," Alice mild.
"Yes, love. Speak low, there is a
man under my window."
"I ant going to I'aris. There Is no
man under my window, and 1 can get
nut thefc. I have nx long roller tow
els hero knotted together, and 1 have
cut my white skirt into wido strips to
join them. The rope made so reaches
nearly to the ground. I shall fasten
it to the iloor-knoli and let myself
down. It will not take long to reach
home, saddloSi'lini and reach I'aris in
time. Don't fear for mi)."
Nino o'clock! As tho hell of tho
church clock ceased tostriko, a rumhle,
it ilash, told mo that a thunder storm
was coining rapidly. Oh, the long,
long minutes of the next hour. Ten
o'clock. The rain falling in torrents,
the thunder pealing, lightning dash
ing. Alice was so afraid of lightning.
Kleven o'clock! Tim storm over,
though still the night was inky Mack.
The midnight d-jwn train was com
ing swiftly, .surely, to certain destruct
ion! Where was my wife? Had tho
riillians intercepted her at the cottage?
Was she lying dead somewhere upon
the wild road? Her heroism was of no
avail, luit was her life saved? In the
agony of that ipiestioit the approach-
ling rumlile of the train was far more
than the liitteriicss nf Alice lost in the
horror of the dimmed lives it carried.
W hy had I let her start upon her mad
j errand ?
! The heavy train runtliled past the
telegraph ollice. It was an ex pre s
! train, and did not slop at I (coring .da
I tinn; luit as 1 listened, every sense
I sharpened ly mental tort lire, it seemed
to mo that the spee I slackened. I.ist
I ening intently, I knew that it ntnpped
' nie eiiiiianMiuni, as nearly as I couin
j'"1!?''- N"1 ,lul ickniing crash
I fxptM-to I. not preceding wails and
Rroans from the injured passengers.
but carefully. A moment more and 1
heard shouts, the crack of firearms,
sounds of some coullict.
What could it all mean? The min
utes were hours, till 1 heard a key turn
in the door of my prison, and a moment
later two tender arms were round my
neck, and Alice was whispering in my
car:
"They will come in a few minutes,
love, to set you free!"
"Hut have you been tj Paris?"
"Yes, dear."
"In all that storm?"
"Sclini seeuie i to understand, lie
carried me swiftly and surely. I was
well wrapped in my waterproof cloak
and hood. When I reached Paris the
train had not come from I) ,"
"l!ut it is here."
"Only tho locomotive and one car.
In that car was a sheriff, deputy sher
iff and twenty men, ar .led to the teeth,
to capture tin gang at the embank
ment. 1 came, too, and they lowered
me from the platform w hen tho speed
slackened, so that I could run here and
tell you all was sale."
While wo spoke my wife's lingers
had lirst untied tho handkei chief
around my neck, and then, in the dark,
found some of the knots of the cords
binding me. lint I was still tied fast
and strong, when there was a rush of
many feet upon the staircase, and, in
another moment, light and joyful
voices.
"We've captured the whole nine!"
was the good news. "Three, including
John Martin, are desperately w ounded,
but the surprise was perfect. Now,
old fellow, for you!"
A dozen claspknives at once severed
my bonds, and a dozen hands were ex
tended in greeting. As for tho praises
showered upon my plucky little wife,
it would require a volume to tell half
of them.
Wanted Something (hat Would Sipie:ik.
Mr. lirow n took his son with him to
a shoe store one day last week and
bought him a pair of new shoes. Tho
lad had been in the habit of wearing
rubbers and the next morning as ho
was leaving home for school his moth
er noticed that he did not have them
on, and she said :
"Joe, ain't you going to wear your
rubbers?''
"Xo, ma'am, said the precocious
youngster, "new shoes won't squeak
il rubber:i." -Kraitsrille Aiyux.
Caught His I'urt.
"Johnnie, where have you been?"
"l-'ishin'."
"Iid you catch anything?"
"Not jet, but I'm gonter though.
lad promised me I'd 'catch if if 1
muddied my trousers, and you can see
how I've done my part of the pro
gramme." i'OHkfm Uuitttt.
I
)iiiiii'riiiK i uj Nicui lei rin .
If it. be certain that the terror o.
death is most potent among the strong
and vigorous, those whoso life blood
recoils at tho merest threat of danger,
it follows then that those who conquer
natural fear are tho true heroes, and
not thoso who never fell it. There is
a story current, applied to many differ
ent circumstances, from the battles of
the rebellion hack to Waterloo, of il
couple of young ollicers who had been
selected by the commander to cany u
message to a distant part of the Held.
Tho danger of tho mission was so
great that t wo men were sent on the
expedition that one might possibly
escape the flying bullets. Their cliarg
trs had hardly taken a dozen stride.-)
when one. a ruddy-faced, stalwait fel
low, noticed, that his companion wa
ghastly white, tho beads of perspira
tion rolling down his fnrehea I and his
bridle hand shaking with terror.
"Why, you'ro afraid," cried ho of the
ruddy countenance with an air of con
tempt. "I know I am," was the
answer, "and if yoi. were half as much
afraid as I, you would not go at all."
That storv, truo or false as to the
event, contains the whole philosophy
of heroic deeds.
One instance of the disgust a man
can feel at his own Irrepressible
symplons of fear is related by a vet
eran, llu was at Shiloh, in command of
a battery of light guns. For his Lieu
tenant he had a young soldier who
had recently joined. They were in a
hot corner near whero Albert Sydney
Johnston fell, and tho bullets wero (ly
ing thick and fast. An impatient cry
from the young Lieutenant attracted
his chief's attention. "What is it ?"
"I )h, blame it I look at my feet I can't
keep them still." And, sure enough,
they were rattling in his stirrups with
unconquerable physiial terror. The
young fellow was iu despair, for ho
thought himself a hopeless coward,
until tho veteran praised him for his
bravery in not being overcount by his
too visible terror. 'The man made a
brave soldier and died in the front of
a ilesperato light. -SV, .itis iiluln-
leill'irtlt.
Conscientious Canine.
Stories of sagacious dogs are plenti
ful enough, but. they always form
pleasant leading, t hielly because they
are true. Here is a dog with a con
science. He is a skye terrier. The
owner had a dish of mutton cutlets for
his lunch. When tlm repast was I'm
ished there was one eiillel still left on
the dish. The gentleman was reading
the newspaper, and appeare I to be tak
ing no notice. The ilog saw the cutlet,
and his mouth began to water. Then
he smelt at it. It was very nice. lojr
gy resolution could stand it no longer.
The terrier seicd the cutlet and bolted
under the sofa. Still tho gentleman
took n.i notice. The terrier paused
for a moment, expecting to receive a
kick or a torrent of abuse. Nothing
nf the kind. The master took no no
tice. Somehow all tho lias or of that
cutlet seemed to have departed. Tlm
conscience-stricken terrier refine I to
touch it. He looked pillt'iiliy around
for a time. How could ho olTmi I so
good a master? lie would not. He
simply picked up tho cutlet, laid it at
his master's feet, hung his head in
shame, and slunk away, with his whole
body expressing the sentiment nf
shame as plainly as anything this
world has ever s-eii. Tho master did
not heal that dog but gave tho cutlet
to him.-- Hour.
Uig Miecp Kttiichcs.
The wool growing interest of Mon
tana is almost exclusively eon lined
t-J the belt of rich grazing country ly
ing between the Yellowstone and Mis
souri rivers and extending westward
to Port lieuton and the headwaters of
the Teton and Sun rivers. The sheep
ranges proper are divided into Mocks
numbering from IjHMtto .5,0h head,
ami men of small nieaus are engaging
iu the business with certain profit to j
themselves -many of them starting
with 1,iXH head or less. The sheep
growers are proving a more direct and
positive benefit to Montana than the
cattlemen, for the reason that more
money is required to conduct the busi
ness profitably, anil it gives employ
ment to a much greater number of la
borers, sheep require constant care
and attention, while cattle require lit
tle, and are allowed to roam at will
until the rounding-up season arrives.
All the Indications for 1SS5 point to a
season of unexampled prosperity for
the stock growers of Montana.--at.
i'uul 1'ioneer 1'rtsx.
Squelched.
"What's that you have In your
hand?" asked Mrs. tiimlet of her hus
band as he brought home a roll of
manuscript.
'Ilrains, ma-lam," replied -Mr. (iini
let. pompously. "Are you surprised
at that fact ?"
"Not in the least," sho replied.
knw yo i didn't earr.- Ihoin in you
I ead." Y. 1'. Graph.
ASTUIY 01- SKASICKNKSS.
How tho Mntt"f ApiKiiii'tt to
n Obi fr- 1 1 It II'.
Ourioiw Instances Shewing tlei TWeet of
Tuiiiiiiraiiitiiit niul Iinaiimtinii.
An old sailor sends tlm following
letter to the New York iiiwj I'ust:
Two letters from Kuropean correspond
ents havo recently appeared nearly
simultaneously containing antagonis
tic views of seasickness. The writer
to the b'n iiinj I'nil, who made the
outward passage nu Mm .Sirm'iitlh , is
an optimist: He says: "All that is
needed is self-erntrol; preserve that
for live minutes it ii 1 you are saved."
The pessimist of the fmiinn rrinl Ail
rrrtinr has no self-control, but resigns
himself to the inevitable, for the "great
ugly fact of seasickness remains. No
contrivance, no specific has been in
Vented to mitigate its woes."
In individual cases each may bo
right. A great many elements enter
into the question. All brains an I all
.'-toinaelis are not constructed alike,
ami seasieknoss is sometimes it disease
of one and sonic times of Hid other.
Ir. Stevens, the oculist, has written
an ingenious pamphlet, in which ho
demons! rates to his own satisfaction
that it is a disease of the eyes, lam
not able to controvert this, because I
havo never had a blind man for a
shipmate not many blind men go to
sea professionally, or for the purpose
of seeing anything abroa I. Few per
sons do, in fact, escape tho clutches of
the monster who attacks in different
ways. About lilly years ago ho had
me uinler control for the first ten days
of my seafaring life, and if 1 did not
havo the will power of "Periandor,"
my superiors had it, but all their
'starting up' was of no avail. How
ever, that ten days was all that was
required of me, and bo has never
tried it again. On Utif other han I. I
once sailed with a captain who, after
'thirty years' experience, always suf
fered on the lirst day of a passage.
A very curious, and to the ship an
expensive, idiosyncrasy once came
under my observaliou. We had a
pais.-nger from Host on to Leghorn.
During the whole forty days he vora
eiously devoured six daily meals. First
he breakfasted with iho mate and me.
1 shall be sullicieutly understood if I
say that he immediately afterward
went on deck. He then came down
below and had plenty of room for
another hearty breakfast with the
second mate. Ho observed the same
rule with regard to dinner an I supper,
and the second mate stayed with him
sti that ho enjoyed excellent health
excepting for the few momet.ts of in
tervals, and arrived at Leghorn with a
".tin of avoirdupois.
In general it will In found that ro
bust persons of goo 1 digestion are
inoro liable to s-'asickness than Iho
dyspeptic. Faith and inspiration have
much to do with the matter. We were
going out on a fishing excursion front
Hampton beach. A lady declined to
bo one of the party because she was
always seasick even in crossing a ferry.
Hold her of a sovereign reiuodv which
would be effectual for thro:' hours, tlm
time we expected to be in the boat,
acknowledging that it would last no
longer. This c.tiidid admission in
creased her faith in t ho skeins of red
yarn 1 tied about her wrists. I'n
fortunately we were becalmed so that
we did not get ashore for live hours,
during the bust two of which she was
terribly ill, having been without a
qualm for tho time of guarantee. It
is, perhaps, needless to say that the
remedy wits invented on the spot. A
gentleman going upon an Fast India
voyage was troubled by seasickness on
the passage nine miles from the wharf
to lloston light. The ship anchored in
Nantucket lioads to await a fair wind,
and our friend turned into his berth.
After he had slept an hour or two ho
was awakened by a fellow-passenger
who said to him: "Well, wo art out
side tho light, and sho is slipping along
very smoothly." iSefore he could get
on tho deck to look at the ocean he
was so overcome by the enemy thai he
required the steward's attention. The
ship bail not moved from her ancnor
age.
A sudden sense of danger w ill as
snredly put an end to seasickness.
Whatever may have bocn the condi
tion of tho passengers of the fit; f
Jiet-riu in this respect at the moment
when she struck tho iceberg I am
confident that they were an active,
healthy set of persons until they were
assured that there was no longer any
danger. Once when running down
the (iulf of Lyons before a mist ,
all of the oi0 French soldiers we had
on board seemed to be at death's door
because nf the rolling of the ship. At
last the water got the belter of the
pumps, and rose nearly to the furnace
doers. AH the hand buckets were
called intc use, ami canvas buckets
were improvised. The soldiers were
made to bail for their lives, and the I
urgency of the sit nation soon gL he
butter of their stomachs.
Hudson Hay.
We come now to Lieutenant tlor
don's observations upon the natural
history of the country, and first of all
as to its human inhabitants. These
are very scanty, ami, with the excep
tion nf a few w hite men at the traders'
post, are solely F.skimos. On tho
north side of the strait they are quite
familiar with the ways ol the white
men, ami seem to be highly please I at.
the prospect of increase I intercourse
with them. Occasionally one is met
with who has mastered the F.nglish
tongue, but not often. Many others
understand well enough what is said
to them in thai language, although
they can not. be persuaded to speak
it. They are particularly fond of any
I article of civilized clothing, and tho
' head man nt the North Il.uff manil'es
I ted no small prido at tho possession of
a stand-up collar, which he displayed
j to tho utmost ail vantage. In charac
j ter they are docile, aiuiabb', and will-
ing to work. When landingthe stores
and coal at, North Hliiff they worked
I all day along with the men, carrying
: heavy weights up over tho rocks, and
' toiling away as cheerily and heartily as
could be desired, asking no other re
: muneratiot: than biscuits, of which
1 commodity they are inordinately fond.
These people have no farinaceous food
, nf any kind, and, as a consequence, the
children arenot .weaned until thoy reach
the ago of three or four years. The
; families are small, there rarely being
i more than two or three children, and,
i although early marriages are the rule,
' their numbers must bo diminishing,
1 bevauso signs of their presence were
j met with everywhere, while tho people
i themselves wero found at only three
' six places along the straits, and there
' are only smite live nr six families
( known between Capo Chudleigh and
j Naehvak. Along the Labrador coast
the Fskimos gather in small settlements
around the Moravian mission-it.it ions.
Nain is considered the largest settle
ment, and its I'.skiuio population does
net exceed t wo hundred souls. Those
at flo stations are all educate I, being
able to read and write i-i their owa
language, an 1 a"cordnig to the mis
sionarics, are regular attendants at
church, ami very fond of music -two
excellent and hopeful traits eeitainly.
I'opllllir Srlt !),; .). ) )lthhj.
Jut niul.
'Ihc l.yui Fiord and its branches di
vide northern Jutland into several is
lands of irregular shape. A triweekly
pas.seni'er strainer connects all the
ports, and there aro a few towns f
importance which do not have railway
communication with tho south. The
character ot this extreme end of Jut
land, as we saw it from the steamer on
the Lym-Fiord, vanes from east to
west to correspond with the ibtlerence ,
bet ween the Cattcat and the
North Seas. The former. a
well-sheltered. land-locked j,,,,,;
washes i.leas.-.nt. beaches bor.I
ered by gentle slopes and sand j
dunes, while tho boisterous North Sea I
dashes its breakers at the foot of high !
cliffs, and a stunted, hardy vegetation
clings with dilliculty to the summits
(if wind-swept hills. Trees are scarce
in all northern Jutland, although tl
rest of the peninsula is well woo led
and fertile. North of the Lvm-Foird
wesawsdtrcelvei.oiitrl, trees to ,.',k
a day's lire for an Adirondack sports- i
man. Peat bogs abound all over J Jt- i
land, and the cutting and stacking of
peat is the only visible industry in a
very largo territory. The churches are
the only noteworthy architectural feat
ures, and indeed it is on tho churches
alone that may be found specimens of
tho characteristic construction and or
namentation which mark a distinct
artistic period in the history of IMi
mark. Harren, inhospitable people
they are, too, most of them. The peo
ple, like the most of the Kuglamlers,
have generally erected the houses of
worship on tho most exposed point in
tho landscape, where tho winter blasts
and the summer sun make it alike tin
comfortable the year round. A
weather-beaten stone church on a bar
ren hill-top in Jutland is. next to the
sepulchral structures of the New Fug-
land coast, the most forbidding of all
religious edifices. llirer.s.
Japanese Wise Siylng.
Tell no secrets to thy servant.
If you hate a man let him live.
To know the new, search the old.
May to-morrow he all you wish.
Kvenacur may bark at his own
8:Ue-
iug iwo graves neioro cursing a ,
neighbor.
The silent man is often worth listen-
,n- ;
lie is a wise man who can preach a
short sermon.
A man who lends money to his
friend shall never see either his friend
or his money '" .
CIIAM.HI) Till-IK C0I.0KS. '
I'Jii'iirimonn C'nust'H hy Work
ini in ii Si icln-Fiu-tury.
A B y with Groin Hair, and a Manufac
tory Tiill of Bleached Blende
!
Phenomena in the matter of changes
of the color of a man's hirsute cover-
ing are not uncommon, but several !
new phases of transftiiniatinti havo!
been recently discovered by an Eiinn
imr repoi ter, who was quite shoeked
to meet a brunette friend, who, iu a
short interval of throe mouths, had
become metaniorphtxed into a blonde.
His appearance was so altered that for '
soiiiD minutes the scribe was puzzled
to effect a recognition, an I when he
did, his first query was as to w here it
came from. The transformed one!
laughed, and tragica'ly quoted Hy ion's
lims: j
"Mv liior in (ir.iy. lull not liv- yi-.tr, '
Nnr tlllliril it wliitu
In a miiIi' mulil,
Illl'll'.l ll.OC lll'lll' f I Olll MI.Mt'll tlM-H." j
"These lines might apply tome," ho
continued, "if you stib-itituto blonde ,
for gray, but the cause is not immure-1
meat in an island prison, as it was in
the case of Hymn's hero." !
"Who whitewashe I you, then?" tie-
manded the repot ter. j
"It's a condition of my new job." !
"Your new job?"
"Yes, I've been at work in a soda i
factory for the past three months, and j
they don't allow anything but- blondes '
around where they make salcrat us and j
things like that."
"Why don't they?"
"liccatiso carbonate nf soda and tho .
alkalies that are used won't permit of
It.
I'hey iloat around iu the atmos-
pliere and bleach a man's hair whether
he likes it or not. Down iu tho factory
we are all blondes but one. ami his
hair is a lovely sea water green. It
was red originally, and then white, and
now the combination is a' work, and
the two colors are so jealous that, they
have painted him green."
The reporter did not believe it, but a
trip t i South San Francisco convinced
lii. n, and, with the pint are of a stout,
healthy lad, with pale green hair, in
his mind, he returned to treat of the
wonder in a scientific manner. Tho
victim of the descent of Ireland's na
tional hue stated thai wln-n he first
entered the works his hair w as a bright
iiiburn, and that it began to fade af
ter he had bean at work handling
hlorinateil soda for about a fortnight.
The transformation was entirely un
solicited and nndesiretl on his part,
and ho heartily wished that his hair
i was less chaiueleon-likj iu hue. so that
he could tell whether ho was blonde or
brunette. All over the factory the op- j
!ratives were blonde with one other I
.'veeptioii, and th it was in the ease nf
a man w hose hair and eye brows w ere i
'the color of an insuilicientlv burned
I l,ri,'K
Thev were brown when heen- ;
i iored the shop, he sai.l. The hair of
j H'" remainder ranged from low to
hlroilg yellow, and the lorcUUIl said
that four-tilths of them were brunettes J
when they went to work. Only one
man escaped the change, and he was j
lialdheaded. After the inspection nf
the bleached ones was completed, the !
reporter sought out a celel rated ca
pillary artist and he'd c.eiverse with
j'."1" ' c.ianges .... nun
,,,U'
"' h' '." assented the "Doctor."
"that is common enough. Fverybody
knows how our young ladies bleach
their hair when blondes are fashiona
ble. They do it with various alkalis,
of which soda and potash are tho
foundations, but they do it voluntari
ly, while your cases ib not seem tt) ap-
l'r,,,'iiu' ,,u' 'hange."
"Does bleaching affect tho growth
of the hair. Doctor?"
"Not always. Tho growth in the
instances you havo mentioned was
rather inclined to be thick and bushy,
was it not ?"
Yes."
"Well, that is f(rn the case. Tho
pi'.mi iilnm niji um, as the coloring
matter in the hair is technically
termed, can be done away with with
out destroying the grow th, but injuri-
' " ingredients olteu enter into bleach
' in compounds and kill it."
! "Strong emotions extract the color
ing matter very often, I believe?" j
I "Yes, such cases arc also common.
j Fear, rage, grief, or any violent pas- J Fast ; and especially in China ani.
i sion may cause a transformation in a I Japan. Its properties wero suppose')
few days, or even hours, but in su -li to be miraculous, but they wero gon
j cases the vigor of the growth is mum-' erally supposed to be contined to It.u
paired." j Coran ginseng. Hut its enrm,ti
j "Will anything cause it to resume ; price put it out nf the reaoh ha
j its former hue?" poorer claiscs. The wil l gloii ft
"No treatment except dveinir. i
There are hundreds of dyes, but all are
bound to have more or lets nitrate of
silver in them, and an expert is tieees -
nary to the application or the scalp ;
w ill suffer. Dyed mustaches are a '
great cause of catarrhal affections, and
; constant dyeing often causes insanity, i
; softening of the brain and eventually I
'death" Han FniwUnv Ei.tin, liter. j
The Secret of the Kiooli.
Tiir mIvi-i- Inook is it lin ing lijjlit
All in the pol len Biiii-liine liriulit;
Ai-i'es die stout' willi ino-t. Iii'itiht
II-t in Ini c l lit's whirl nii'l liit,
In in my ti Itiveis nook ;
Il 1 1 1 ' 1 1 M I 1 1 - Willi llll'loilioll-, fto.v
Anion ; ihc iilit'M white us hiiovv
A iiiiw ml il iloth Hinyiliu' go
Towiint I'le inililv cti li'-low;
Tcill I IJIpIt'S till t'lt) 1'fO'lli.
Conn, to tne, l.ovi ! Tlie it iy is lair,
Aii'l IiIo.miiii ii-eii't' l ii the nil'.
Tin' dowers llieii elioii'i.it eoltii-. weir,
' I i- iM'iin'y In'ie aii'l lii-miy llieie,
I :ir ic. the eye can m e;
',,.;. th'i ,-t in j,,yoii-, -in.;,
liile -unity Sninnit'i- time dotli lniiif;
l it-li tiir mi l joy to evei ylir.ii'4.
I oi Time, iil.i-,! ii on the w in:,';
('iini", coiiie my l.'iM', to in-'
l lii'i-e' leiiili-r inti-iii' in the oiniil
1 1 il.i-hui4 waters nil aroini'l.
As o'el II," l.l.es lilil iloth I. .Mil l -
;nll;'h il -i-.IK'l' ilolh I.OII'll I lit' HKHIIl'l -
'J he t'lcr lic linu hrook.
I i'l, I .ovc. e li-ll 111 llnw, l'l!c"t tolin
.-.c:ik- to i i ll soul-, us lu re we owu
We lot : I, oilier live ul lie;
'J'hc seen'' ol mo ht'in ls j slii'Wtl,
All I V. liltl ll III Lilt' s It'iok.
--. fir I'.in- Kin.
umoKors.
A railroad man who mairiel happ'
ly, relorrodtii his condition as tin
I 'liion Pacific.
'Papa, why tit) the little pigs get s
much milk?" lleeaiise we waul their
to make hogs nf themselves."
'-Vila woman aks is to beloved,'
iviys a philosopher. True; and all a
man asks is welbconkcd meals.
It was a western market reporter
who put this into type: "Flour is stil
high, but it isn't as deer as doe."
cyclone resembles a woman, be
. cause when it make up its mind to gr.
' somewhere all earth ca'i't stop it.
j Tht, prjr(.iS of Wales is slid to br
I .. ,.til,Ki;Wii,. oi..r vi, u lii...
wise a successful one.
veral vear.-
ago she caught Wales.
I t -tor "For dinner ta'.'
minutes." Timid patient '
be dangerous t o add a pice
fiuty-livc
Would it
1 of meat
and sumo vegetables?"
"(irindpa, dear, wo have come tt:
wish you m.civ happy returns of your
bil l Inlay, and Ii, annua says if you givi
tiscacii a dollar, we are not in lose it or
our way home."
-Oil, why should the spirit of mo
tal be proud ?" (live it up unless it
be that lie has humbugged his wif
into thinking there isn't another man
in tho w orld like him.
'There are good and bad points about
this, eoif.-e," said the boarder, in a ju
dicial tone. '' The gon l is, that there
is no chickery in it; the bad, that
there is no coffee in il ."
Landlady "The pipes are burst,
and the water is all over the house."
Hoarder -Yes, l'o noticed it.'
Landlady "Did ton? Where?'
Hoarder "In the soup."
tiillsCllg.
A parliamentary paper contains tin
account of a journey in.nl' by tho Con
sul icneral nf Ureal I'.ritaiu in Corea
Some interesting information is giver
wiih regard to the production of thf
famous drug ginseng, so prized as i
tonic by the Ch iiese. It is grown
f i out a seed which is sown in March,
The seedlings are planted out in beb
raised a foot above the level of tin
surrounding soil, bordered with up
right slates, and covered in from sun
and rain I y sheds of roods, well closed
in except toward the north side, where
they are left open. In the lirst nr sec
ond year the ginseng plant is only t wi
or three inches high, and has only twr
leaves. It is transplanted frequently
during this period. In the fourth
year the stem is about six inches high,
with four horizontal leaves standing
mil from it at right angles, and in the
fifth year a strong, healthy plant has
reached maturity, though it is more
usual not I) take it up until it has
reat lied tho sixth season. Ordinary
ginseng is prepared by simply drying
the root in the sun or over a charcoal
lire. To make red or clarified ginseng,
the root is placed in wicker baskets,
which are put in a large earthen were
vessel with a closely fitting cover, and
pierced at the bottom with holes. It
is then pi iced over boiling water, and
steamed for about four hours.
tiinseng was for centuries regarded
as a very elixir of life all over tho
Corea has treoueiillr fr'chcd twsr.t-
"tines its weight in siher in China,
! I'h export from Corea is a strict mo.
; mpoiy. which affords a considerable
'' i nue, and is said to be the
king's
vrsonal perquisite.
Death is the pun -
"shmcnt ft. r smuggling it out of the
'"entry. Tho total export is only
tbout 27,nl pounds avoirdupois.
Untijlr Auto halt.
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