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Tho Eaby.
Pray, liaro you heard tlio news?
sturdy in lungs mid thews
There's a new baby!
lling hells of crystal life,
Wave boughs with blossoming t'p;
Th nk what he may be!
Love cannot love enough,
Winter is never rough
All around such sweetness;
One of a mi lion more
Lent to the glad heart's door
Iu their completeness.
Though in each year 'tis told,
Such news is never old
(r a first birthday;
Welcome thou rav of light,
In joyous wishes (light,
Pail down thy mirth-way.
AW It. 7.iiirni, in the lloiii ilfe.
Mrs. McJtborpe's Mistake.
riY amy tMsnoi.rii.
"Mar't Antony's widow!' call Mrs.
Melthorpe, sharply. "Again I Diln't
I desire you to te'.l lier yesterday, when
shccaWel, that I was particularly en-
Hyacinth Mellhorpo hesitated. She
was a ta'l, angular girl of liftccn, with
feet an 1 hand pitifu ly in bar way, aud
hi", frightened eyes, liko those of a
haru distu hoi in its wood'. in I haunts.
''Minima," sho voituiel, "won't
you see her? 8'iu ii very pretty aud
young, mid sho looks so dreadfully
tired."
"X, I won't," said Mrs. Mellhorpo,
standing with a little Dreideu statue'te
in In r l a:i I, mid considering whether
it had bet or le packe I in a Iiiuik or
carried b; liau I. ' I am going down
to my brother-in-law Hirpr's, with
Xorine, and I have D) tiino to sparo for
poor relation."
"Oh, mamma, hudi! !?ho will hear
yoiil"
"Let her hear mo. Too truth never
yet did anybody any harm. Mark
Antony would marry her, in spito of all
of u, when ho might havo had Pru
deutia (loldiland with her quarter of a
million, for the aking."
"Minima, sho is your brother's
widow.''
Mr... Melthorpe livd upon her young
est 1 rn a Gorgon glance whii.li nearly
frozti her to death.
"Jle silent, Mis-"! ' said she. "Is it
for a slip of a tiling liico you to contra
dict me ami ia dow n tho law! Tel'
Mark Antony's widow to go about her
biMiii' !!'
At this moment, however, llfucinih
was re inforced by a lght, fai-haircl
littlo woman i:i a very plain black
gown, who valiantly presented hcr-clf
on the sc n
"Do uot blame H.aoiuth, Mm. Mel
thorpe," Slid slu. "I called to see
yell bce.iu-o 1 have jut returned from a
visit to Harper C.ist.c '
Mrs. Melthorpa stiffened visibly.
Hyacinth looke I appalled. F.vjii
Xorine, the beauty of the family, who
lay like a sultana among her million;,
and drank chocolate, rou-c I hermit into
something liko attention, lifting her
big, deer-liku eyes to tho blushing fact
of the newcomer.
"She is pretty, in a wax doll sort of
fu.hiou, " thought Norine, who herself
was a sort of Jiinonian belle large,
languid and pink -cheeked.
"Yei," Mid Mis. Melthorpe. 'But
if you wiil a low ma to incut ion it, Mrs.
Mark Autony, it was hardly tho thing
for you to besiege my poor dear brother-in-law
even at his own homo."
"His wife was M.uk Antony's sis
tor.'' "1111111,(11! ' aid Mrs. Melthorpe, "If
you expect, madam", to be adopted by
all Mark Antony's relation, you will
find yourself considerably mistaken.
You nra young and perhaps inexpori
cuoi. Allow ma to warn you that too
much pushing will not bu tolerited by
the family.''
Mr). Maik Antony May wood colored
to the very roots of her golden fringe
of hair; she woul I havj spa'cuu, but
her sister-in-law kept the il or.
"If you will read tho newspapers,"
said she, "you will perceive thai there
arc plenty of situations ns companion,
itcuogr i pliers, amviuensos, and so on,
to be hud."
"But"
Again Mrs. Mellhorpo struck in:
"Or I would recommend you to study
telegraphy, or purchase- a typewriter
and practice diligently upon it. Any
thing would bo preferable to becoming
a burdan upon your friend). Good
morning 1"
Mrs. Mark Antony withdrew silently.
Norine Melthorpe tossed her head; Hya
cinth burst into tears.
"Goosey," cried Norine, "what are
you sobbing about?'
"Oh, it was too cruel," faltered
Hyacinth. You might at least have
offered her a cup of your chocolate,
Norine?''
"Noutense," said Xorli.o. "Tho
woman has got to be taught to know
her place I Lot her go to workl"
"But she cever was brought up' t do
anything. She was rich when Uacle
Mark Antony married her," pleaded
Hyacinth.
"S io might have had a few thousand
dollars nothing to what Prudcntla
Goldiland would have inherited; but it
is no fault of ou.i that Muk Antony
gambled them all away. Her mother
should havo brought her up dif
ferently.." "Mammi, it's just the way you have
educate I Norine. Sho can't even sow
on her own shoo buttons! ' piotc-tcl
tiuthful Hv-aci ith.
"How (1 ire you argue with nie, you
inipirtincnt minx!" rjtorted Mrs.
Mellhorpo, putting d urn tho Dro-deii
slut nolle and giving Hyacinth a smart
box on tho car. Go down stain ami
holp Bridget, at once; and don't you
ever dare again to dictate to mo!"
Sj the packing went on for although
Mrs. Mellhorpo had only wiillen to her
wealthy brother-in-law that she would
spend a few weeks at Harper Castle,
with his permission, ai dear Norine'
health wn dolica'c, nn 1 Hyacinth,
sweet child, was growing a great deal
too fast, still she had mi le up lr-r
mind to remain (hero permanently,
when once she had obtained a footing.
"And I wonder," thought indignant
Hyacinth, "what mamma calls that but
pushing. "
Tho Mellhorpei went down by train
the next week but one, leaving the
packing-boxes oil storage, and taking
only nine trunks. For Harper Castle
was uot many miles from Saratoga, and
Mrs. Melthorpe intended that "dear
Norine" should have the bene lit of the
fashionable season.
"Albert Harper is a rich as Cmcoh,"
thoight the nianrcuvcring mother, "anil
tilde's no reason that some of the
money shouldn't bo spent on his
niece-!'1
She had n it seen much of the Har
pers of H r,i:r Castle, of lato years be
came there hud b.-ei no very particular
w iumth of nflVctioti between herself and
her sister. "If 1 had Mijipnscd," rea
soned Mrs. Melthorpe, "that Artemis
was g ting to many r.ch, I should have
treated her very d iff;reut ly those yeais
that she lived at home with in-.'. But
Melthorpe said thcie wai no reason she
shouldn't earn lie,- living, aud save m
tho extra expeusj of a lidy's maid
and, of course, all that is a bygone
now, nn I if wo play our cards wo!l, we
can have a home nt 11 ir per Ca-llo for
the rest of o;ir live-!"
The elegant open landau with its
deep bay horsis g'.Kt'ring wit'i gold
pil e I tunic', aid its t wo coaolim II
m b'aek livery, was waiting at the sta
tion. N'jiino entered it, more like
royal Juno thai evi r. .Mis. Melthorpe
bustled after her, and Hyacinth seated
herself timidly at tho bat: i of tho car
ring '.
' 'This is something like," said X oiitie,
languidly exultant. "Minima, We've
b-'en grubs all our lives, now wo are
commencing to be buttoillloi. I must
say, I liko to fuel my wings."
Aud Hyacinth was silent.
Colonel H per met them at the door
a superb tin he I portal beneath a row
of (' i inthia a colimu. II ; was a hand
Mime, nr'd lie-aged gentleman, his hair
j ist sprinkled with gray, his keen, dark
eves sparkliti thriugh eye-glasses.
Xoriuo kisse 1 him olTu ivaly. Mrs,
M-.'lthorpo xj iec; his ban 1. Hyacinth
shrank back, scarcely daring to appro
priate any of tie; wcleoin; to herself.
"Pray walk in," said the C.ilone'. "I
was just considering the propriety of
wri'ing to you, when I received tho let
let announcing your spec ly vi-it."
"My dear Albert! ().' writing to
us?' '
"Yes," sni 1 Cdonel Hirpor, usher
ing them into a stately d rawing-room.
"I do not know that my nlTairs particu
larly affect tha icit of tin family, but I
had decided to let you know of my
second marriage."
Mrs. Melthorps gave a gasp. Norine
looked appalled. No thunderbolt could
havo taken them more by surpri-e.
"Artemis has been deal a year now,"
went on the Colonel, iu cool business
liko accents. "Tiio lady win has hon
ored mo by intrusting her future to my
caro is a connection of this family.
Evelyn, my dear" (beckoning to n
slight figuro which up to this time had
lingered among tin shadows of the
bay-window diap-irii s). "I wish to in
troduce to you nw lato wifo's sister and
her daughters. Mrs. Melthorpe young
ladio( this is Mrs Harper.
'Why ! crid out Hyacinth in her
impulsive fashion, "it's Undo Muk
Antony's wid nv ! '
Mrs. Mclth-irp' had reddened as if
boiling carmine piint had been poured
through all her veii.s. Xorine grasped
at her lace neck-frills as if she found
d ill 'unity in breathing. Mri. Harper
greeted them with a ci'rtaia calm gru
ciousncss, like a ij '-! rccciviug her
subjects.
'I trie! to tell you about it that day
in the city," said she, "1 should havo
lik id to ask yjut our quiet wel
ding; but you declined to bear me out.
You desired me to read tho newspapers,
or to buy a typewriter, or something ol
that kind. I could not get a chance to
explain to you that Colonel Harper was
a friend of mine in tho old days before
I married Mark Antony, and before ho
was betrothed to Mis Artemis May.
wood."
Mrs. Melthorpe and Miss Norino ro
turned to New York in tho evening
train. After all that was come and
gono they deemed it best speedily to re
tiro from the Held. Bat Mrs. Harper
put in a plea for Hyacinth to remain a',
tho castle.
' She was tho only one who spoke
kindly to me," said the. 'Willuut in
tending to be nn eavesdropper, I heard
her begging for quarter for me. That
it wai cavalierly refused was no fault of
hers. You will slay with me, dear lit
tle Hyacinth? '
"If mamma docs not object," snid
Hyacinth, secretly wondering if the
world was coming to an end.
"Mamma" did not object in tho
least. It was something to have that
tall, awkward achool-girl provided for,
she thought.
'But what Colonel Harper could
havo seen to fancy in Mark Antony's
widow," as fIio said afterward to No.
rino, 'I can't imagine"
Perhaps all this was a lessen to Mrs.
Melthorpe; perhaps not. There are
some people who will never learn much
in the school of that grim old peda
gogue, Experience! Tin IM'jtr,
Cod Liver Oil.
Cod liver oil is, as its name indicate,
obtained from the liver of cndfi.h. It
is an agent which could scarcely bo
dispensed with, being a nourishing
tonic of cxeacding valuo. Many peo
ple havo an idea that consumption is
one disease for which it is peculiarly
alapted, and they fail to lecogni.i tho
fact that it is equally cllicicut in many
other allections. Henc,l when physi
cians presrribo it, patients at onco
asMitii'! that they have trouble with
their lungs. The accepted list of dis
eases in which coil liver oil is of special
c llicucy is niuc'i larger than it was a
score of yars ago. Undoubtedly phy
sicians in old tunv, iu attempting to
combat discasi', often used drugs which
deprcsed and reduced tho vital powers,
doing thereby more harm than good.
All that is changed now; physicians of
the present may be; said to ignoro, to a
certain extent, the disease, but nourish
and keep up "restore the lifo that it
being drained, I n d up the tissues
being wasted." Cod liver oil is practi
cally a food, and as such only does it
act. It nouridiui and fattens waste 1
ami wasting bodies, mid in that way it
uf.en checks the progro s even of pul
monary consumption. Among tho
many affection in which it is given
is nervous debility. In some coughs,
tio, even where- tho lungs tiro perfectly
sound, it prove) a ltnirabb;, aud often
cures tho sama. Its taste is so disa
greeable that roiuparativjly few patients
ciiu take it, a fact much to b) deplored.
Many nro tho ways devised to make it
loss unpleasant, flavoring it with pepper
mint, mixing it with coltm, rinsing tho
mouth first with bran ly or whiskey,
pouring it into tho froth of beer, etc.
Some roc mitnend that it be salted and
peppered mil thin "bjlted down,''
afterward tho mouth to b3 rinsed
with tincture of myrrh nnd water.
Lately it has been snggestel that a few
"rains of salt bi dropped on the totifiio
before taking cod liver oil, as by that
means it will bo rendered pala'a'ile. Or
a bito of p'eklo before and after taking
the oil will renter it acceptable.
Ixiston IkrM.
Hon He Vuld His Lawyer's Fee.
' My first case in Sin Francisco,"
said Attorney James IC. Wilder, "was
tho defeiico of a young fellow charged
with stealing a watch belonging to a
("itholie prits'. I was nppdntcd by tho
court, bccauie the prisoner said ha had
no money.
"Toe jury returned a verdict of not
guilty, and as the defendant was hav
ing the ccurt room Icallel him back,
aud just as a joke han led him my card
and told him to bring mo around tho
first $50 In got.
"Next day ho walked into my offieo
and planked down two 20s and a 10.
' Whore did you get all that money?'
I demanded, as soon as I got over my
surprise enough to speak.
"Sold the prieit's watch,' ho re
plied, as ho bowed himself out."
Mustard Oil as n Lubricant.
Mustard oil has of late been given
some atteulion as a lubricant, and it is
reported to havo been successfully used
for some time in Germany for lubricat
ing purposes. It is said not to bo sus
cepti l ie to cold, and, besides, docs not
easily become rancid or form fatty acids
which would attae'e metal. Its lubri
cating value, moreover, according to
Prof. O. Herman, of Aix-li-Chapelle,
is of a relatively high orJnr. Nj pir
ticulars have been yet given ai to tho
cost of tho new lubricant, iu specific
gravity, etc.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
WS.ia A SMII.IMil PACK.
( Docs any one like a drizzling rain
As well as a siinnv sky?
I Does any one turn to a frowning face,
I If a uleasanter one is nili'.'
Oh, give us all the look that springs
From H kindly nature's grace!
We do not care if he's dark or fair
The hoy with a smilin; face.
Does any one like a lowering cloud
As well as the shining night?
Does a peevish word have power to pie use
bike a laugh that is sweet and bright?
' Oh, the girl that is tibniy with fretful
scowls,
Tho' she dresses in silks and lace
lias never such art to charm the heart
As the girl with a smiling face!
Dear boys and (firls. rememlier this,
You are apt to meet with loss, "
No matter what thing you undertake,
W hen you're sullen, and sour, and cross.
Dear boys and girls, 1 would say it thrice,
'Twill help you in every case:
If you'll win success, and tho world would
bless,
You must wear a smiling face.
(liihhn Day),
JOIINNIK S OHATWX.
"Cld yoer speech ready for Friday,
Johnnie?'' asked a school -boy.
"No," snid John.
"Well, I havo. You'd better hurry
up."
"Pshaw! what's tho use?" asked
John. "You see, a speech for Friday
isn't just lik.i lessons thnt a fellow
ought to learn. Ever so many things
may happen, so that I shan't have to
speak a', all. Visitors may comi in, or
some other boy mny recite something
very long, so that there- won't bo tiino
for me. I shan't bother. Maybe I'll
go nut in the country that day, nnd
then if Ilearncl anything it would bo
of no use. I'd wait till tho tiino
comes."
John waited, but ho did not go to
the country; the other boys chose short
declnma ions, an I Friday morning was
so clou ly that there was no prospect of
company. At in on John was in a stato
of desperation. He llew here and thero
nbi ut the h us! in search of something
tint would answer his purpose. Uncle
Jac'.j gave him a book of old dialogues;
and orations, but before ho could learn
more than a line or two it was school
time. The others spoko, but John listened
without hearing much, and when his
own name was called In walked nc osi
the floor with a very bewildered feeling,
aud staring at th ; ceiling, leaned against
a post in the centre of tnc room. Mr.
Grey would not ac.ept excuses; John
know that perfectly, lie put bis haudi
into his pock its an I look.d at tho boy.s,
pulled them out again and looked nt
the clock; then lie b.'gan confusedly:
' 'My uamo is Nerval. On the Grampian
hills my name is Xmval. On tho
Grampian hills my father feedi his--his
niinie is Nerval '"
' I J una in tho family, thnt nnmo
does,-' slyly whispered a boy nenr him.
The others began to imili, fi r thoy nil
knew how grandly John had talked of
not taking any trouble. Mr. Grey be
gan to look curiously over his g'ases,
and John knew something must bo
done; so he suldenly said: "I don't
know much about Xuval but I know
something about inlu-try; so I'll talk
about that: Industry is a good thing to
have; it's belter than luck. If a boy
just trusts to luck, it miy not turn out
us lie expects, and then he gets iut)
trouble. If a boy is really industrious
an I gets ready for things why he's
ready. If the mau that iuvjuted tele
giaphing had waited for luck, I don't
suppose theru'd l ava b en any messages
sent yet. Boys, be industrious; get
ready for things beforehand, and don't
wait till tho time couus."
John bowed and sut down, and the
boys applauded heartily. Mr. G ey,
who di I not under t aud tho matter so
well, hesitated a m uncnt, but finally
said: "This aldreis siumt to be
original, and I suppoio wo must judgo
it leniently on that account, though it
is very imp-rfcctly prepared. There is
some valuable tiuth in it, however,
which the speaker himself may profit
by: 'Whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing well. ' O: rather, ho add
ed more seriously, there is a better mot
to still that I should liic to give you:
Whatsoever yo do, do it heartily as un
to the L rd, aud not unto men.' Tuat
will prevent nil shams nnd rarcltss
work."
Tho boys thought John had escaped
wonderfully well; but he was certain of
one thing that if ho hid not lo.rncd
anything to rccile.ho had loarned siin:
thing else that day. Moniinj &tir.
A Sign Which Failed.
Y'oung Husband "Seems to mo, my
dear, this chicken is pretty tough."
Young Wife "I know it is, and I
can't understand it at till. I picked !t
out myself."
"l),d you examine it closely ?'
"indeed I did. I looked in its
mouth the first thing, and I could see it
hadn't even cut ils first teeth yet."
A BLOOD THIRST.
Abnormal Appetite Developed in
a Texan Girl.
Periodically Afflicted With a
Craving for tho Life Fluid.
A malady of the most remarknblo and
distressing nature hm recently attacked
the young daughter of Winthrop Davis
who owns ono of t be largest saw-mills
in this v.Cinity, mys the Atlanta (Tex.)
correspondent of tho Philadelphia
Timet. The young lady is in her ItJth
J ear, and, when iu her normal health,
of on amiable, rather shrinking dispo
sition, and possessed of no s mill 1 claim
to beauty, besides being intelligent and
well advance I in her stuliei. About
three months rgo sho foil into a low,
melancholy state, aud displayed a sin
gular aversion to all society, refusing
entirely to converse nt limes and exhib
iting a sullen, angry disposition when
questioned or rcmonstra'cd with.
All food was icjectcd for several days
until n piece of frrshly-kiiled beef was
accidentally brought into her presence,
when sho threw herself upon it with all
the savage greediness of a famished ani
mal, and began to tear and rend it with
her teeth, sucking tho blood with a
shocking relish for the yet warm fluid.
Hi nro then, at periods ranging from
three to seven days, she is seized with
the same thir.t for blood, nnd when
brought in sight of it will drink it with
avidity, in spito of nil i IT irts made to
restrain her. Such efforts are attended
with much danger, for during theso nt
tncks she fails to recognize even the
members of the family, and will snap
mid bite savagely at tuiyone attempting
to mole t her.
Her entire appearance undergoes a
change, her usually gentlo expression
becoming inhumanly ferocious, her
eyes blood-hot and glaring, while her
j iws snap furiously and she keeps up a
hideous marling and gmw.ing. Her
face becomes sull ised with blood nnd
her hair bristles on her heal 1 ko that of
anangryaii.mil. Once satiated with
blood sho falls into a deep s eep, in if
from intoxlcii' ion, an I in n aliening
seems to have no remcinhriincu whatever
of her singular a! luck nn I is once more
her quiet, In ly-like self, only complain
ing of severe hi adnrl.r. which fieipienlly
lasts until her next .-ei.uro.
Physicians w ho have se n her arc at
a loss to account for the ciuseof her
malady and have, up to the pie-ent,
failed entirely to iclieve her. By the
advice of several, attempts have b ten
made to keep her from thu sight of
blood, but the result is so di-tressing
that it is now thought best to allow her
to gratify her uiiiialur.l thirst. Unable
to do so otherwi-c, she attacked her
own flesh, tenting it without any ap
parent pain and nicking the blood with
avidity.
On another occasion, when seemingly
at herself, her n.te itioa wni attracted
to a j oiinger brother, who, having cut
his hand, entered the home for the pur
pose of having th; bl xiding gash bound
up. She ii tantly limpid across the
room and without warning seized the
boy's hurt hand in li'-r mouth and bit
bim to thu bone. It was only with the
greatest dilli ulty that he could bo ma lo
to release him, an 1 when finally forced
to let go gave vent to her rage in hoarse
cries, or rather screams, like a wild
beast cheated of its prey.
Mr. Davis and his wife me crsons of
education and letiuciiieut, and profess
themselves entirely unable to account
for their dau 'liter's peculiar i.fll ction,
as ou loth sides for generations there
h.n never b'cu any intemperance or
mental disease.
A Monkey Does an Heroic Thin?.
A large oiraiiguutang w is very much
attached to li s master and to the bah,1
boy, who was the pet of the while
family. One day a tire suddenly broke
out iu the house, aud every b dy was
running here and thero lo put it out,
while tho little b iv iu his uurseiy wns
almost forgotten, and whau they
:!. Might of him the staircase was all iu
11 a ill's. What could bo done? As they
were looking up and wondering, a large
hairy hand and arm opened the win
dow, and presently tho monkey ap
peared with tho baby iu his arms, and
certainly climbed d iwn over the porch
and Inu.'ht the child safely to his
nurse. Nob dy el-e could have done it,
for a man cannot climb like a m mkey,
and is not nearly 90 stroi t;. You may
Imagine how tho faithful creature was
praised and p' ttel after that. This is
a truo story, nnd the child who was
(aved wai the y un Maiquis of Kildare.
Fragile Steamship IteconK
'It's very strange'.' c anniented Mrs.
Pnaggs, as she lad down the paper.
'What is ttran'j i ' asked her hus
band. Kvery day or two I real about
Iteamship's record getting broken. It's
itrauge they don't make them stronger."
Life in "Mulberry Bend."
It is upon "Tho Bond," in Mulberry
street, New York, that this Itulian
blight has fallen chiefly. It is hero
the snuitary policeman locates the bulk
of bis Four Hundred, nnd tho reformer
gives up tho task in despair. Where
Mulberry street crooks liko an elbow,
within hail of tho oil depravity of tho
Five Toints, are the miserable homes
of the ragpickers. Tho law of kaleido
scopic change that rules life in tho
lower strata of our city long tinco put
tho swarthy, stunted emigrant from
southern Italy in exclusive possession
of this field, jti-t as his black-eyed b
has nionopol.z :il thu boot-bluck's trade,
nnd the Chinaman the laundry. Hero
is tho buck alley in its fou'eit devel
opment natutab'y enough, for there is
scarcely a lot that litis not two, three
or four tenements upon it, swarming
with unwholesome crowds. What
squalor and degradation inhabit
these dens the health officers know.
Through the long summer daya their
carls patrol The Bend, scattering disiu
lectantsin streets and lanei, in sinks
and cellars, and hidden hovols where
the tr;im; burrows. From midnight
till far into the small hours of the
morning the policeman's thundering rap
on closed doors is heard, with his stern
command, "Apri p.Tt'! ' on his rounds
gathering evidence of illegal over
crowding. The doors are opened un
willingly enough but tl.e order means
business ami the tenant knows it even
if he understands no word of iCnglisli.
la a room not thirteen bet either way
s'ept twelve men nud women, two or
three in bunks set in a sort of ijcnvo,
the rest on the floor. A kerosene; Imnp
burned dimly in the fearful atmosphere,
probably to guide other and later nrriv
ills to their "beds," for it win only jus',
past midnight. A baby's fretful wail
came from an ! ' -ining hnll room,
where, in the m kness, three le-
ciiuibeiit figures 1 . j ma le out.
Two Delicate Operations.
There are nt present iu St. Mnry's
hospital two patients whose cases ro
attracting n great deal of nt tentioil
among physicians an I suiouis, says
the ht. Paul I'iunnr I 'in Tim most
remarkable case i. that ol a jjeiillcinan
coiiuected with one of the leading busi
ness houses of the city, who has lately
been suffering from brain trouble. His
case had b-comeso seri us that il was
decided an operation was ad vis.ild e. It
was what is known ns degeiieralinu nf
the brain. The only possible icim-dy is
by removing the top of tho skull an I
Inking out the diseased matter. It Is
an exceedingly delicate operation, of
course, and ono the success
of which in this case was con
sidered exceedingly problematical, but
as it was tho only hope the operation
was performed in the presence of a si or:
of physicians. The patient i- (biing
well, though the final result cannot yet
be determined. The flow of blood is
very great, and thu operation has prove I
much more .successful than was thought
probable at the time. Il is said to l.nve
been thelir-t operation of the kind ever
pel forme 1 in the state.
The second ca-c, if less rctnni k'llilr,
is more cut ions. A man in some 111 vs
terious way swallowed his teeib, imt
the molars which naturi gavo him, but
the set which his dentist provi led as a
substitute. They lodged deep down in
his throat, nnd put a stop to everything
except breathing. A hole had to bo
cat in his thro it and the teeth extracted.
The operation was smcjssfu'ly per
formed, ami the patient is doing well,
nnd will keep his eye on his teeth after
this.
Ten Years Beside a Grave.
A wtitcr in Chambers' Journal tills
of a man who spent the grcrcr purlieu
of the last ten years if bis life by Ins
wife's grave. "Il'w ut to the ceme
tery in the early morn:n an I after re
in iving any microscopic weed that might
have showed iiself since the picvimi
evening, would light his pipe and sol
emnly contemplate tho stones in his
vicinity. He went away regularly to
his nual', and ns regularly took his
afternoon imp 011 the grass by thegruvj
side. Shortly before his last visit to
the cheri.-bcl spot ho requested
mo to dcc.phcr for him the dates
upon several of tho gravestones;
and we conversed about ninny whom wo
bad known in life, nnd who had passed
away. 1 remarked that the churchyard
was a very pretty pine?, and his face
lighted up ai lie rejoined: 'Ah, nieslcr,
I've always thought I should like to bo
buried here, for,' looking around, 'you
sco there's such n splendid view from
here.' This was uttered in good faith,
and the old man seemed convinced that
neither coitin lid nor church-yard clods
would obstruct his view. Perhaps they
don't! In a few brief weeks ho came
to bis favorite haunt to stay. 'Poor
old William, the flowers upon jaur
grave have ran wild long ago, and no
one 6cim to remember you as they pasi
by."
ITho Mist nnd the Night Mind.
The mist rose from the river,
It sifted through the trees,
Anil wound alsout the wooded bills
A (,'ray nnd ghostly frieze.
Ami the wind amid the pine trees liioiod
Us lofty scora of the valley mist.
The iiil.-it spread over the valley,
It swept on quiet wings
O'er sedge and marsh ri.d meadow,
O'er rocks and fairy tines.
Ami the !iie.hl wind told the trees it khsed
Its hnto for the low-born vslb-y mis.
Hut when the day was rlawi.ing,
The pallid mist row poid.
And to the Hzureo'er the bilU
In clouds of c.lury r die!.
While miti.l I be pines mei in s pride,
Tin !: 'ifii! r.:l.t wind .ii and died.
- 'ttti,ur-j z;' '(7i.
J I'M 0110 US.
Tue (.otning man will fly when tin
coming broom is after him.
The boy who is left unmolested in
the pantry is likely lo strike a pudding.
When u woman wants tho eurlh, it is
will. th view of jjivinj it to bomt
uian.
Nu one Ii nllo.io 1 lJ d'.-s'.rojr pave
ments, yet it is not unusual to sea I
luan go tearing up tho snoot.
Canvasser Yes, it is early; but I'm I
morning-glory open out rarly. Vic
tim I Lope you'll cinalate that fliwir,
too, in abutting up leloro noon.
Iti tsiatu it is di Mih to iii'-ntion tho
Icing's nnmo. In I! i-si.i it is destruc
tion lo thu jaw to pronounce sun.e ol
tb'i nainos of I hi: coiiiurm people.
Hcicu'isi f!"ing iiiu a driiictiun ol
binned pen", sweetened iviih glueo-e
nud lighteno 1 with chalk and water.
Waiter (vociferously ) IVITj-j for ono.
Tl.o Good Fii-nd S, good byo,
dear old follow, and if ev;r you want
$50 roino to 1110 and we'll go togelhel
and l':n 1 sole; ono wlw will leu-l it t
us.
Ho'v iiieunsistrnt -oiue iiiot! are, to b
sum! There's Weigh, for example. Hi
is foiKVer boast lug that ho never does
anything by lial :, and yet everything
that is d-uio at all 111 Ins liouio is done
by his lietler half.
'! ui't sleep with your month -spell,"
said I'red to bis yioiugi 1 lo other. "Y' l
should breathe through your nose."
"But I don't know when my month' 1
open. What do you d.i wlu-ii , 101 wnk
up and I'm 1 you; no'iilh op-u?' ' What
do Ido? Why, 1 get up an I vl.ul It."
The Man Willi I lie ( ocnsl, in 4 iip.
One night a year ago 'li"io were hil)
a dozen of us to go no to ti e vilbigl
hotel in llni ra-kcty old bus, mil
omong the crowd 111; a s' b inu-l 1 iking
old eluip, dres.-el in very plain good
and wearing :i coon ski 1 tap. It wai
the lyp'ral v.l l.cgo lioteMati 1 tor I hi the
barroom, a vciy fro h i.ui:ig mm be
Iliad the leg.- ter, inig ily little f. r Mip
per, and that poorly cnolccd, and the 1 1
was more or less i-rovliiig. The n)t
with the ( iii kia cap wis treated VcM
Lin ipiely by t he clerk, ai 1 tins rw,y
hcaded wait) r giil didn't seem to can
whether lie hi I an .'tiling to eat or not
Un didn't -ay muc'i, I lit it was evident
that liu v.:s mod.
Ai'.ei supper the boulior 1 and "Coon
sk:u ' ha I a r vat-; C Mifal). Wuen it
was ended the old 111:1:1 came d iwn
stairs, opened the II .ml do"!', a ad then
turned lit Hi" (h k aid aid:
"You git 1 '
"What do you i;ic mi"
"1 huve lented 1 1 i h .1 ;1. Skip!"
The clerk put on his c'tt .-ind hut and
wa ked 1 ut. Then "( 011-k 111 ' seni
word lo the 1 oik a:.d waiter gitl to hi
out in half an hour, f r t lis hostler t i
he gono by midnight, and for the bar,
keeper to vacate by n 1011 tho next day
He kindly allowed il to stop ovci
night, I it' we hid to g-: .ir breakfast
nt a biker. iiy iio hi Hie d es uf the
, hotel nee nailed up, signs of "Closed"
' posted, nnd as we fo t- I it d,,wii toth
j depot the solemn old man tb,:wed out
sullicieiit ly to idi-erv" :
"I'm after seven more of "em a! on a
I this line; of railioad, and if 1 cm sbu
j 'cm up the public will I e 111 my debt.
j havo figured il out to my entire satis.
faction, nud I tin y believe that three-
fifths of the crime in thit c.'ouirry is in
j cited by poor hotel keepiag." V. J',
Sun.
Epidemics of lull ion. 1.
There were altogether about oOO dis
tinct epidemic! of influenza iu F.urop
between lob), when the disc a so wa1
first noted at M illn, and 1 .). In 1729
tho wholo of K nope sulT red severely.
According to statistics published by th
JWoa Vremy t, tho disease caused 909
deaths in London in one week, and it
Vienna 00,000 person! were nffectod.
In 1737 and 17J!) there wero furtlict
outbreaks, nud the deaths in ono week
in Lmdon amounted to l t). In 1775
domestic animals wero first a' tacked by
it. In 172 lU.OOil persons fell ill of it
In S. Petersburg in twenty-four hour.
In St. Petersburg quiniue is now sen el
out daily to Ihs ttoapi, ruiiod with
Vodk.