VOL. XI.
NO. 6(5.
WILMINGTON, N; G., SUNPAlh JMAKCH 6, 1898.
PRICE 5: CEMTS
FLOWERS FCm THE SICK.
.A; well known florist tol a customer
some interesting thtags about sending
flowers to siick people, the other day,
says the -New York; Sum. The customer
was a woman, and it all dame about in
tnis way:- She dropped in late one af
ternoon and told Mm ishe wanted to
send some flowers to a friend in a hos
pital. ,
l am amazed that you Should coirie
in here at this tirne o day to order
nowera lor a sick person," he said.
winy, what do ypu mean?" asked the
.woman.! u thought flowers were ac-
ceptable at any i. time of
the day or
night." ;
I i
So they are "returned the man, ".but
mey are more aoceptaoie to a sick per- I
son at one iUne than another. (Flowers I
should Ibe sent, to the sick .early In the I
nwriinig.whenthJe Invalid feel brightest I
ter-toc.nvYfaci rtnir.aifi-ftJi.l
uic i u7 urmu6.:cycu.iiii I
a poor night, than later in the day. i
Thai flowers go in early In the! day and
brighten every hour of it. Bend flowers
to slick people at this time in the after
noon and nine: out of , ten . will hardly
look at them, and (while they appreci
ate the thought, they'll get no enjoy
ment out of the bouquet.',' I
"How strange,") Tsaid 1 the j woman,
"that I should not have thought of
that. .' I was in a hospital for weeks last,
fall and got perfept loadst of flowers,
and I remember perfectly nlow that t
did enjoy those that came to me early
In the morning most of all." i f -.
"Another thing," Icon tinued the man,!
"great care should be exercised in se
lecting flowers' for. ,people who are 111.
The sender should make each flower ex
press a thought. I Suppose j- you are
sending flowers to fa middle-aged wo
man. Send old-fashioned flowers, ear-
nations, nlgnon'otte,
jonquils, violets
and such things as!
will recall pictures
'of her girlhood. If
you are send ing t o
a young woman fond of society choose
American iBeauty roses, orch ids; or some
rich flowers that Willi make her j think of
the social functions she has enjoyed,
and, at&ye all, never . select; j a white:
flower or iany . blossom that gives a hint
of ideat'h to one who Is. sick." j
Ed:
GENIUS AND WORK
t William Dean Hcpwell said i recently
that hard work in literature made what
the world calls "'genius" with, a brain,
of ! course, to begin with. lnd ; that . re
calls. a little sitory says the j Chicago
Times-'Herald. . h :.;
' In conversation with Joel .Chandler
Harris 'a friend said : "You are one of
the fortunate .authors; everything you
touch' turn's to gold. ; 'Life mUst-be ' a
very smooth affair
lifor you."
HDn the contrary,',' was "the reply,
"llfe lb hard work
o me. 1 get agooo
7 deal of enjoyment
out of it, but -it's
more serious than j vou think.!
'But, then; your
terenhis !
Oeni'US ' OBosh!" he exclaimed, fit's
hard (work, i tell you! While, some of
-
you fellows , are i-Mjng before the j fire, .
dreaming dreams and building cate'tile
thalt cruni'ble, I'm jait a desk-a work!
I haven't time t'o bare Ithe fire out of.
countenance. I'd rather build log cab
ins' on earth than loaf around among
the stars. "And th at's wihatj I'd do. I
nail imyself ,to a chair and bend to the
work, ' and when you 'seel it Avowing
(pre'tty fast you' sy: ; That's' : genius !
Go to work, my lirofcher gd to work!
(Stick to your world and you'll Win."
; A youthful literary aspirant who was
(present said:' : .
"I shall practice Vhat you "preach!" .
' iAd away he went and gat him a
rollerrtop desk' and. a fine,! Revolving
cihaJr- and a ream paper and all the
rttihpr "Ti'ftlina to literature' s And he
"mailed himself: to the chair,
and bent
but when
over that desk for two weeks!
he next 'made h'is appearance haggard
. and ?worh, ; he ! eatd;.' .WellL il've been
there for two to
won' t conie. It's
iDo you know anj
eeks, but the work
no go, I tell you.
body 'who i want s to
buy a roller-top desk and a literary re
voilvxng c'haar r
MRlS. ,WjliSlIITNOTON''iS BEIDTIlXI'E.
'A homeaike picture of airs. Washing
ton and hc avo4'te.. granddaughter is
given by rs. James 'Gibson, who fre
quently visited her when, as the pres
' Ident's wife, sihe resiided In i Philadel
' mihla. -then the capital of tbe United
f5ra!te- Mrs. Oibsoh's language is quo-
- ted by Miss Wharton in her "Martha
Wahin'Erton." 1
'IMrs. WaShing'ttoi -j-as in the habit,
mif rMi rimer tat an early hour to her own
room unless detaiiied by company, and
'there, no matter -What tne npur
Ountls') att'ended
"One evening my f a'therf s carriage
(being late in conning for, me; my dear
' ybung friend Invited note to t&jccomtpainy
her to h'er grandmother's room. There,
.after some little bhat,- 'Mr$.: Washing-
. ton apologized to me for pursuing her
nigral nre-narationb if or the hight, and
rvttiP entered ubon her accustotmed
dUtv by reading 4 chapter oKa psalm-
from the old family Bible, after .Which
ni rkre-semt knelt in evening .prayer. r
i 'win. Washington's faithful maid
then assisted her to "disrdbe and lay
hr 'h.etalA mon the pillow., Nellie then
ma n;sr a. verse of ome sweetly soothing
hymn, and leanirtg down, received the
parting blessing for the night, with
nwihaltic remarks on i;her duties
4rr,rvT.vmnti?. etc. The effect of these
i-haMts and teachings ap-
ZwmI; thP e-randdaughter'-s oharac-
?reM - ' :: '
ter 'through life.
: t ?
j STARS' And strips.
k 1ty& f Irval committee named
il nco,rT. w-nitrifi.t for-a col'lecjtion of
ZUATtZ tVe New ;York Jour
nal for the erection of a monument , to
iTI - t KoIha.ttlAshin iMaine was
held at the office of . the maypr, in. the
rvi,r K.iniincr vost ardav morning. Tseany
on rwf the memnirs of the i committee
named were present, and signified their
Willingness to &e!rve. Air.i JvnigiiL waa
named as chairman ot tne wmmiiico,.
and adjournment jwas taken for further
instructions. . I , ,n
I "The best monument that could he
erected to the memory 'of the Maine s
dead would be tp plant the Stars and
Stripes on Morrb pastle," remarked J. S.
Fairhead, a member of the committee.
"Would you be (willing, to help do it?"
twn,cu cvav I j. ...
I "v. T served four years, and I will
Serve as many mdre, if it beebmes neces-
ianrv" was fhfi reTlV. . '
j His sentiments iwere heartily applaud-
ed. Jacksonville Times-union.
THE GREAT ''PICKWICK PAPERS."
Mr. Percy Fitzererald lectured on "Pick
wick before a : wprklngmen's college in
London! a few evenings "ago, and main
tained ! that "during the last - hundred
years no other book had given rise to
so many satellite bpoks and illustrations
xoquote tne j-.ondon Daily New' s report
of the lecture, "Mr. Fitzgerald, said :
Having been prompted to collect all
the works, on the subject he found in a
short time that jhe had nearly a ; room
ful and when they were bound would re
quire forty or fifty quarto volumes. To
get what was called a perfect 'Pickwick,'
witn tne original green, covers to all the
numbers, and the right details in the-ill
ustrations, for. .owing to the large de
mand, the i first coper plates were . worn
fereneea in fhtaik arLZ
ana others
and KK). Many of the inns and other'
places where Mr. Pickwick and his cbm-
Pahions visited were now pulled down,
put' :iney nad oeen sketched t j photo
ana enxnusiasiie. collectors m
Volumes Of thA fflmniK Krvrtlr 'Tir.1rwllr'
had been translated Into all the leading
languages of Euroie. and ' even- ; into
Japanese. Its, broad - humor was particu-v
larly liked in Holland. Among the many
eminent men who had taken up the sub
ject was the late Sir Frank Lock wood.
He lectured upon it. and - wrote a Dleas-
inig little work! " called 'The Law - and
Lawyers of "Pickwick." '. There i was a
great law book entitled 'Taylor on Evi
dence, ana, strange to say, the Pick
wickian infected might be found there,
for the author quoted half a page from
the4 novel, and remarked; "Mr. Dickens
has in the case of Bardell and Pickwick
given . a vivid picture of the foolish way
iti which the law of evidence is pressed:"
Jerhapst few people suspected that the
novel was proof of an interesting change
in the pronunciation j of lower-class Lon
doners. It represented them correctly as
using "v" for "w," ra peculiarity which
has now died out. i j I
Mentioning the various forms in Which
'Pickwick' has appeared'. Mr. Fitzererald
produced a well-printed peny. edition, is
sued by a firm of sauce and pickle-mak-ers;
and now, he said, very scarce. He
had also a copy of - the book in charac
ters for the blind, and he knew it had
been printed in: shorthand. 'Pickwick'
was to a large . extent a catalogue of
things that had disappeared during the
present reign. For example, it mention
ed duels, ; mail-coaches, hackney-coaches,
debtors' prisons, warningpans night-caps,
rush-lights, carpet-bags, sealing-wax.
wafers (though these two might ' be" seen
in exceptional cases,), half price v to the
theatre, valentines, the two-penny post!
sedan chairs, hustllngs at elections.
elopements to Grentrsa; Green, watchmen,
thetoound for stray cattle, men's tights,'
rufflles, stocks, seals, hanging j- watches,
ladies' turbans, ! : and scuttle j bonnets,
link boys, and. flint! guns. The famous
novel was probably .the first that came
.out in numbers, a form which 'prompted
a lady to say that reading a book so di
vided was like listening through a: key
hole and catching a. few words; now: and
then. Exhibiting viewrs of Pickwickian
inns. Mr. Fitzgeraldr said that in every
one" remaining : the i keepers showed, a?
room, with trmi remark Mr." vPick wick
slept there." The other day Mr. Fitz
ererald was at the Great White Horse.
Ipswich, where he actually heard a com
ma int that Dickens's misdescription of
the house had done ; it harm. . This was
after sixty years. ' .
A JEALOUS ' PET HORSE.
In a board in c stable in 'N'o.w,
ie--horse wnose name Is Tatters. He is
the pet of Mrs. D., who -owns and; drives
him. Shry always! gives ;him . an apple or
.carrot before starting on .a driye, and an
other on returning, the latter, being given
after the bridle has been removed; and
he has -learned-to wait patiently for the j
dainty, until that time. , ' ; r
On the same floor of the stable is- Mr.
B.'s horse, Phil. Mrs. D.' used "frequently
to give an : apple - to Phil, , after giving
one to xatters.. uhe latter would mani
fest displeasure at this in a mild Way ,
but his demonstrations never Went be-
yond the shaking' of his head and laying
back of his ears. -1 ; " : M r .
But one evening, while Tatters; who
had just come in, was waiting for the re
moval of his bridle, Phil, who -vas ahead
of him, was the recipient of an. apple
from Mrs. D.'s hand las She stood talking
to Mr.- B. . j ' i.
A moment later the groom had remove
ed Tattefs bridle and at once his mis
tress offered him his apple, j Ho turned
his head away and refused to touch the
fruit. Mrs. D. followed1 him
into his
he began
not look
stall and tried to coax him; but
munching; his hay and would
.at- her. . ' a,.. I : : " -' . r, I
Then Mr. "B., and after him iti
he groom,
tried to induce. Tatters to take the apple,
but to no purpose; he was hurt because
his mistress had given an apple , to Phil
before giving one to him, and he would
not- forgive the affront. . j i
His owner's feelinsrs were much like
those of the horse, and she left' the sta
ble with Jt ears in her eyes. Before start
ing out the next! day she had a friend
give: a i carrot, instead ot an apple to
Tatters,: in the hope that if he had not
forgotten the - unintended affront the
'carrot might break jthe association with
the apple. : t ; , , : ;-i . .
He took the carrot eagerly. Then he
took one from his .'mistress hand, and
you may be sure she has never since
then given: apple;: or carrot to another
horse while Tatters - was .in sight. New
York Observer. . r " ,
DIDN'T WANT THE ROUTE
"Senator Sulloway of New Hampshire
tells a good one when he gets warmed
on the civil service question,"' said one
of the statesmen ;who came to help the
Michigan club celebrate Washington's
birthday. "Somewhere an the south a
bright colored boy appeared before the
commission to. be examined for the po
sition of leitter-carrier. e ...
'"How far is it from the earth to the
moon?" was the first question asked by
those who were to determine the youttig
mian's. fitness 'for the place he sought. '
" 'How fah am it from de earf to de
moon ?" echoed- the applicant. 1My
Lawd. Iboss, if you's gwine to put me' on
Nat routel don't want de job.' .
"With that the young man grabbed
bfis hat and left? as f though he were
chased.' "Detroit; Free Press.
THEY WAITED : ON LINCOLN.
'A "delegation ipf preachers from Chic
ago waited upon Lincoln to urge the
Issuance of the jEmancipation Proclam
ation. The spokesman urged the claim
with ecclesiastical dignity by -Saying:
i nne luora senos cms commiiission to
you. President llncOln."
rt Perhaps $0,'.' he replied, 'Unit isn't
it sitrange tbat He should send i this
message by the way of Chicago?" ; . '
To another delegation urging imme
diate action, he said: "If yoU call the
tail of "a sheep a. leg, how many legs
will the sheep5 have." ."Five," reiplied
the spokesman. "No," said the both
ered president "it wouad only have
four. Calling the tail a leg wouioin 1
make) it
'Record.
one.
Chicago,
" From thel 1
THE LORD'S PRATER BY BOOTH.
"I think,"' said James O'Neill, in his
talk about the Booths, "the most thrill
ing experience I ever passed through
was ha New York city one . time, when,
quite I by accident a number bf foreign
diplomats from Washington, a few
American statesmen, some prominent
New Yorkers, and one or two of us pro
fessionals were gathered together fn. a.
smoking room of the Fifth avenue Hotel,
when somebody asked Booth, who by the
merest chance happened to be there,- if
he would not: repeat the Lord's Prayer
for, the assemblage. I was sitting not
far from the tragedian when he fixed
his eyes upon the man who made the re
quest. I think that it was Lord Sackville
West, at that time British Minister to
the United States,' and I shall never for
get the peculiarly searehiisg expression
that Booth shot out of his dark eyes.
They seemed . to penetrate, the very soul
of the man at whom tbey were! directed,
and then,; as. if satisfied, resumed their
wonted vacuous density '
"We were all breathless with anxiety,
at least I ! was, for. seldom would he ever
recite, off the stage, but at length he
arose, walked to a. little cleared space
at "one" end of the room, and began a
recital that even after all these years
makes me thrill through and through.
He, said 'Our Father, and . never before
had those two words been clothed with
the majesty, and reverence with which
his look and tone enveloped them. And
then he carried us into celestial regions,
pur spirits seeming to leave .bur bodies
and to follow his behest;-be lowered us
Into depths too dark -for Dante's genius
to conceive or Dore's pen to portray; the
power exerted over us, was simply un
natural. His musically resonant tones
sounded slowly through the room, and as
he swayed Ms body we unconsciously fol
lowed his motion. It- was something hor
rible; fascinating I cannot find words
in the language to express It. There' are
none. , ' ."' .. ' .
"I woufd not ' go through' the scene
again for a 'thousand worlds, 1 and yet
u x nad tne opportunity I would brave
' any danger to "hear it once more. Do
you understand ? These few score words
as delivered by Edwin Booth were the
most powerful" argument for Christianity
that I ever heard, and could every being
on the face of the globe have heard them
there would ho longer be atheism. Booth
strode out of the room when he finished
and a simultaneous sigh of relief arose
while without a' word we strode singly
and on -tiptoe,, and I do not believe that
any .of us think of that thrilling even
ing without a shudder. He was a great
man, a great man." Kansas City Times.
YOUR P's AHSTD Q's.
"Mind your ,p's and q's" has three
possible origins: -.First, that j i t . is . the
outcomei "oif the ' writing master's in
junction to Wis pupil, 'to be careful in.
the form!ation of those letters, tb 'dis
tinguish them from y's "and g's; next
that it may be derived from the 'form
erly wnrimOd custom! of chalking Up
beer scores on a slate or board behind
the door, :pints being 'indicated by p's
and quarts 'by q's. When such an ac
count was growing beyond reasonable
prpportlons' it iwouild fbe likely J' that the
landlord, or the customer's 1 .gossiiips,
would bid the offender mind his p's and
q's. The third version- of pieds : (deiport-
ment) and queus (tails of hair): The
'grace and the graceful Harra.ngeme
these were distinguishing marks df the
rtor-xnrTiime'uar The
'later Louis. ' .Vtl ..
'"Dead as a door nail" is not, so hard
to guess. Its- origin date to the priml-
-ttve times of old-fashioned! knoiekers,
Whlich - the vis'itor1 hammered on to
arouse the Inmates. !As the j plate, or
the nail that held it, was favored with
more pounding than other nails it was
naturally thought to ; be the I deadest
mem-ber of the nail brotherhood. New
York Mail and 'Express.
WANTS THIRTY NEW BATTLESHIPS
A first-class battleship costs $3,000,000,
or a little more. Thirty could j be built
iftor $100,000,000. .These with the vessels
already in commission or in course of
construction, would give the United
States the most formidable fleet of battle
ships, in the world. The richest nation
in the world with a national ) debit no
longer: burdensome, the United States
could build thirty battleships and hardly
so much as feel the outlay. "J- .
The vessels 'would not be , built in a
year. The burden of paying I for them
would "not fall upon the people at one
time. It would be distributed over a ser
ies of years. It would probably require
ten years to complete them. Let it be
said that an- equal amount would be ex
pended for cruisers and other vessels
below i the - grade of battleshipes. The
burden would still not be heavy, and the
navy would be increased so :j rapidly in
strength that in a short time the United
States would have nothing to fear even
though still it might rank below England
irt the number of its ships
The coasts should be fortified at every
dangerous point. That would 1 leave the
navy free to prosecute an. offensive v war.
Good, progress has been hade in this di
rection, but there still remains much to
be done. The Union was formed "to pro
vide for the national defense.! It' is the
duty of congress to appropriate what
ever money may be needed to secure that
end. Denver Republican.
RESOLUTIONS
In the Interest of the Blue! and the
. i
- Grayamd National Patriotism,
Headquarters Oerieral Bumside Post,
. No. 28, .
Cakes, N. D Jan.!. 19, 1898.
At. a regular meeting of the General
Burnside Post, INo. 28, . C A. R. De
partment f North Dakota, the 19th
day of January, 1898, the following res
olutions were introduced by Comrade
E. R. Kennedy, of ; Ludden : i
-"Resolved: First, That we ask as a
patriotic measure that the government
oi tne unixea f1' 't 7
I oT the Jl
of the United States Invite all soldiers
and confederate, to 'Washington, as
cmAsrtcs mf . tbrf union for oneiweek. be
ginning' the 1st of July.-1900, j
Second. That on the fourth Indpend
ence Day of that year, the president,
his cabinet, and the surviving generals
.of "both armies' review the; grand old
armies, as they march down Pemnsyl
vania avenue, each army dressed ,as
near as convenient, in their former col
ored uniforms, but al under "Old Glory
the flag of our union. . .
'iThird, That we urge all C A. R.
posts and all (patriotic citizens to help
carry this into effect.
T'outrh That congress ibe, petitioned
and urged by patriotic influences, to
a-ppropriate the money necessary to
defrav all exoenses." : : . ' :
vo mitiAn .Kiricr mermA bv jfiomrade
J. b. Root, was unanimously, adopted
cure the resolutions 'printed: and circu
lated E, G. BALDWIN,
Post Commander.
tH.' V. HICKB, Adjutant.;
1v
Wi
F WESDOOkT.
Aecompllsf tetit . by effort brought to
' pass . ,
Is flualdg-ltQUssed -by a 'burning-glass.
f Grace P. Pennypacker.
iA. flow od rds is no proof of wisdom.
. If the' co el be good, no matter who
gave It., . '
The first f'iep to virtue is to love vir
tue In anoer. -1
In. essentIs, unity; in non-essentials,
charity. i;Jcj
iA. toandfi of common sense Is worth
a bushel x Jesortiixig. -
Though verty may " bring : sorrow,
riches creaj2 rinquleitude. ; ' s
A lie welt jut will carry conviction, to
the averag : mdnd more surely than a
good reasogill expressed. :
X.fberty jnnot long endure In any
country wff re the tendency is to con
centrate wjllth iirt the hands of a few.
i Webster.K'::- -' J - -
I (Learning without thought, is labor
lost; thougl without learning, is peril-"
ous. Conf4;us. ' ;
i Whten wjiproot we must be careful
to replant Ci-der more ifavorable condi
tions, whel'we demolish we should be
'prepared tlbujiW! no comfort will
come of thhaniges
. To deny;H&e qual -right of all men
i to , sit; lati $M- well-sipread ? board of a
cpmv&m -tsr deny the brother
hood of ni--3overnor 'J Ri Rogers,
b IMany pojlpians are in the habit of
laydng it dn . as a self -evident -propo--sition
that ?j -people ought to be, free
till ithey aint to use their freedom.
The anxlm worthy oi the fool in the
old story ';"Vrp resolved not to go int5
the water t?.he had learned to swim.
fMaoaulayJ j , - .:. , "
' ItflEFUL HINTS. ' ' '
: . , -viuY ' '
Do not f&to. oil; the Wringer every
time you- v-fcffti If piled often there is
; less wear - the machinery, and less
strength is 3ended by the operator. To
; clean the rSrs rub them first with a
cloth saturrAd with, kerosene oil, and
f ollow t; witioap and water. Al way.
loosen 1 thS(pllers iDefore putting the
; wringer awj!!'; vp i .
Moisten ml buttonholes of starched
collars,' wriands or cuffs a little (on
the wrong fdej before attempting to,
button . t heiFmbr to Insert cuff- bu t tons ;
; they will . rwe easily, button, and the
buttonholesVf rill keep longer "intact.
Soiled plac4f. n. bed or pillow ticks, are
greatly impjied. if covered thickly with
; moistened cch and placed in ' the hot
sunshine. . ."heri the starch has dried
i rub the spwhich; it has covered vig-.
orously witf iry starch. 1 :, v 'i r
T Salt throif 1 on coals when : broiling
steak wil'l. pjent blazing from the drip
ping fat-i , -Vfraln' -contents of? pot or pan
boil over ostre-spilled, thrown on salt
at once. li?lll prevent a disagreeable
odor and th;tove or range may be more
jreaduyeata,, -- ; : ; . . :
Flannels WlTst be washed 1 in waiter of
Uniform tenfs feature i j Whether it be hot,
lusewarm hmow ooes not so mucti mat
ter, but f orrfthe best results tht water
must beof temperature -for the sev-
conducted With dis-
tmTfe WCK
quickly, Is feShe' injunction for washing
flannels. W Mens should never be allow
ed 5 to freedry.. Freezing injures, the
i The broke iiPieces and crusts Of bread
not fit for .t ast may be put into a pan
and dried, browned; in a cool oven.
Better lea viJ -Jhe door open or you may
forget thenSigWhen "thoroughly: dry roll
them on an;Jd" bread board; sift through
a. coarse 6iqf;:ig-,! put xnem into a. xinass jar
or tin boxltnd stand them 'aside - for
breading ct .quettes, i cutlets or .oysters.
This will sivve the purchase of cracker
To removwnite spots on varnish fur-
niture dip a;.JJft. flannel in spirits of wine
and ruo trt,r.spots well. Arterwara re
polish r thejumiture. with ; a furniture
cream. .-y-r. : : ' - i- (".'" i
The white?; ?ory keys of a piano should
never be Cl( ,sned with water, which dis
colors they Instead, they should" ?, be
rubbed ovef ;;Svith a Jsof t flannel piece of
silk dipped? n .oxygenized wate which
can be obt .'Joed-at ,any chemist s and
when the ijjtes are strained or greasy
usej methyi'Jted spirits, gin or f diluted
IHE REKj TEOElEnD FOR THREE,
lit ; - ; - : - j. '
A man w!L h ad stopped at a crowded
hotel in a viy where a nattonal politi
cal conven?pn, was fin session stepped
up to . the f Jerk's desk on the morning
of his depaur e to settle. .' i ,
"Aw, hov mucih 1 it, me good fel-
I low?" he aed the clerk. - ".:'
I i "Thirty-sS i; doillarsi,"' replied that
irunotionary 2 axter a gmnce tLt ;ns ac-
counts. i r
"HowddDu make that out ?"j ; r
'Four doftrs a day for three Uf you
You have Heu here three days.! ; Three
two of ush-uny wife and myself."
'You rei,4stered as 'Mr. and Mrs.
Upsmith avt Fidelia.' : -
"Aw, .mevt mod fellow, 'Fidelia', is my
Wife's ilapdr. You can't charge for a
lapdog, (yoijnow!'' i ; lv
"All I,krft)w is that we put an .extra
dot in youpgoom for IMoss, Fidelia," re-;
joined theiJSexorable clerk,- "and every
cot in the $ouse has got -to bring in
money1' thiweek.
Thirty-six dollars,
sir.'. v . .w
And Mr. ; vf Dsmith had
to pay . it.-r-
Youth's Oof ipanlon.
Wivil SHOULD REMEMBER.
That it ii policy to let him believe he
is "lord ari master."
; That ydl" relationship is closer o
him than '-your mother.
Tbat a? f jfompt and pointed answer
does not'trch away wrath. ' '
That he tes not get sleepy the "same
moment ;y& do. ,
That he:ix"pects you ta 6os your
best wheuVou go out with MmW -
That it pbes not improve his razor
to use iVi$r chiropodical purposes.
Boston Glle,
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j The storf ? of "Margaret',s Misadven
ture," by .,. : 6. van fWestnunn. (Town
I TOrvicjt eORftti ave.. (New YorkH. la
one that Mound to cause very general
comments. its account of the social
campaigri, t a cad, and its picture of
a young i 1 jrl'3 first disenchantment.
have thejo ialLtles of Interesting' and
pleasing, t? most differing tastes A
number 4t . sharply drawn character
sketches fr on, society, add to the Inter
est of the -' Hot. The style of the story
is such tb?!t 110 one can lay ; It down
until the -tejrt paige is reacmed.
"WHAT! .TO DO IN EMERGENCES.
Some Interesting Points In Dr. Alfred
C. Wood's Lecture to Nurses.
Dr. Alfred C. Wood gave an instruc
tive and interesting talk to nurses last
week at: the College of 'Physicians and
Surgeons on emergencies, arising from
TtZZ: T?? or nervous condi-
iat;jr are UKeiy ro meet
within their experience.
Courses, he said, are expected
to
know rather more about -the treatment
nrifZ V; S"13101
SLSSJSSS: tSH? iS"
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SwSrF Jr 0
Physician. He confined his . remarks
SA?SSS5tnSf emfreen:ie
r1 tog,
wound jburns and scsilte suffocation,
SS5y POP1 pvmg brief di-.
,uw iv prwwu anu mnac to
avoid Jin ithe reatment, with a little In
sight Into the causes of some of these
conditions. . , A few of these points will
be of general interest. . . . ".
In any case of unconsolousness, If
the nurse does not know its c4use, first
examine ithe pulse. The action of the
heart in the circulation of ithe blood Is
one of ;' the ' most imporant functions
of the 'body, and a person can7 live but
a few moments after it ceases to beat.
In persons who have fainted, the heart
.'beats, so feebly that it would not long
sustain life. In most-cases placing the
person on her back will probably re
store her. Fainting is caused by1 a
bloodless; condition "bf the" brain, - pro
duced by , a weak action of the heart.
It is a condition . which usually need
cause mo alarm. ' . . " '
A condition commonly1 eonfounded
with fainting is hysteria, aiwen-recog-
nlzed nervous disorder, in which the
person simulates any form of disease.
In such cases the pulse is not affected,
S?,0!1 !Ma:y-
T Jr -r PAv w
W,tUre- P
S'SS
SfrlT mfteT; an1 -r11;063
fwlT? any atment. It dsun-
xm. u waw m me race, ,
or uise heavy current's of electricity to
arouse them. It is also objectionable
to pay too much attention to the symp
toms, iut- to ignore them as if ithey did
not exist.' -:- - I ';
It is a bad plan - to- give a' .person
everything that is recomlmended in case
of emergency. A. nurse should! do noth
ing unless she sees some indications re
quiring 'certain action. ome j persons
give every remedy in reach that they
ever heard of, as in the case of a man
wno waKeu up wuthsoreness in has wind
pipe, fiand before the physician could
arrive his faithful wife had put a mus
tard plaster on him, given him powder-
e. alum, sulphur, coal oil. and would
have used other remedies had time al
lowed, while , -the patient husband ! was
nearly: choked to death toy the treat
ment. ' . . ' i : .;
In cases oif epilepsy, oornmonly called
inW-? 1 IwA.
rigid,-- r-ev4iin:g -bre athllug : Ai ter ia'
few moments the spasm - relaxes, there
are a, numiper uf convuisionis,'. and Tess
pirat Ion .is resumed. - The condition at
the out-set 'is perfectly plain, j It needs
no - particular treatment. "During; the
convulsions the person should not be al
lowed to hurt himself In any way. ;
Apoplexy, or, as it is called, a stroke
of paralysis, - and .by various other
names, is caused by the rupture of a
blood vessel, which allows the blood to
pour out and cause a pressure on: the
brain.. If -a large rupture, the person
loses consciousness and the' power toi
move certain portions of the body at
once.' If small the effect "is'
produced'
gradually. In such cases 'the patient
should be set upright, with the head
as., high as possible, A ipersod with ap
oplexy 'would not be) apt to have any
convulsions. It occurs almost invaria
bly to persons past middle lif. If there
are any j premonitory symptomis they
would. 'be headache- and dizziness,. INo
stimulants 1'ik.e whiskey should . Tte
given. . , : . , , ,. ..
! Convulsions commonly occur iri child
ren from all sorts of causes, some bf
themj very simple, like the scratching
Of a pin: Thejbesit ithing is to put the
child in ;a tub of hot water, j tempera
ture 100 or 103 degrees. If the child has
fever ice should be applied to the head
while in j the hot water. ' . !
; "What jls "called ' shock: resultis tfrom
any general injury. Any local, injury
should be allawed to wait until the pa
tient has been partial- restored to a (bet
ter physical state, the pulse I and tem
perature being the best guide. In giv
ing stimulants, particularly
do not make the mistake of
internal,
giving an
overdose, as it prejudices subsequent
treatment. j :
.In cases of drowning, the person
should .be placed .: face downi wards so
that the water may escape from the
lungs, and .the chest pressed! at not too
rapid intervals, so as' to clear, the lungs.
Then the person should be turned over
on the back and" the motions! of breath
ing be stimulated by pressing the chest
about sixteen times a minute. In cases
of isuffooation from choking! by some
thing in the throat, care should be
taken not to push the obj act further
down. It .is well when the person is
coughing to strike ta smart blow .on
the back at the moment of ;, the cough
to assist in forcing the object out. :
Burns 'or . scalds, if superficial, are
best treated by a strong -.jsolution of
baking soda. If deep, ;. and, the whole
skin is invorved, care should be taken
J.o bring nothing against jthe. wound
wMch; ts not sureicaiiv clean. trong
fVia. pflnur flp-ih !hviii1 nrtf
be used Boric acid could be used' free
..w
ly without harm. Having cleansed the
part, it should be protected tfrom the
air. ' .. . I . lv
VALUASBLE EXPERIENCE
"Johnnie," said his1 father; 'Tm sur
prised to hear that you have dared to
dispute with your mother." i
"But she was " wrong, pa," replied
Johnnie. . v -' - '
"That has nothing to do with t,"
said the old man. "You might .just as
well profit by my experience and learn
once for all: that when a -woman says a
thing is so it is so, whether it Is so or
o.ot."--Ch'Icago News. , : I
There is hope for the boy who, what
ever his failings,-still reveres bis mother.
Nashville Christian Advocate.
RELATING TO HEALTH
! We all known that bur feet spread,
and take It quite as a matter, of course;
but .lt seems that, after all, there is
no necessity for . their : doing so. They
spread because we do not know how
to; rest them; properly. The feet do not
grow, but by resting them in the wrong
way the muscles have been- uermitted
to take a wronk direction, and the foot
flattens. "When a woman finds that
the instep of the foot is tired she
1 and Put on slippers witli-a. totally
different heel from that of: the shoes
she took off. either higher or lower,
; as;!the case may be. Then she should
) iie down; turned upon her face and
Place a-pillow under the Insteps of both
feet, so that every inch of the breadth
her feet should rest upon the pillow.
fwhen this Is done, the foot is at ease.
(The musrlM-rPfff nnA 1 0fWo.tH
j ' mm j J A- 3 buy, A
the beutiful arch of the instep is pre
served. Possibly someone may think
" this is nonsense,, but let; them try the
f above plan of resting when j very tired
and they will.be surprised to find out
i how successful it really is. ; ; ( i
i People speak about their eyes being
tired, meaning that the retina or see
ing) portion of the eye is fatigued, but
such is not the case, as the retina hard
ly ever getsr tired. The fatigue is in
the inner and outer muscles attached
to the eyeball, and the, muscles of ac
commodation which surrounds the lens
bf the eye. When a near object is to
be looked at this muscle relaxes and
allows the lens to thicken, Increasing
Its refractive power. The inner and
outer muscles are used 'In covering the
eye on the object to- be looked at, the
inner one being especially used when
a near object is looked at. It' is In the
three muscles mentioned that the fati
gue ! is1 felt, and relief Is secured tem-
poriarily by closing the? eyes or gazing
at far distant objects. , The" usual In-
dication of strain is a: redness of the
rim of the eyelid, betokening a con-
gested state of the inner .surface. -ac-
Sompanied with some pain. Sometimes
this weariness indicates the need i of
glasses rightly, adapted to the person,
and in other . cases the true remedy
is to massage ithe eye and Its surround
ings ; as far as may be with the hand
wet in- cold water.
t ;-: I,;-. : '.'
As to the ! Influence of tobaccd on
health, this appears from an analysis
of the statistics, gathered by the Rus
sian doctor: f'Out of 100 smokers, 16.09
per cent fell 111 fryWi affections of the
respiratoy organs arid out of 100 non-
smokers only 110.96; ill from! affectibna
of the digestive organs, out of 100 smok
ers, 11.88, and and out of 100; nonsmok
ers, 9.92; affected in both apparatus,
respiratory and digestive, out of 100
smokers; were 8.77 per cent, and out of
100 non-smokers, only 3.22; in general,
36.74 per cent of smokers and 23.83 per
cent of nohsmokers were taken ill."
As these facts were derived from an
lnluiry among 1,000 young men of
Olxionr xney eeem tu buvw i uuuuokaiwwij.i
that smoking jis deleterious ,to health.
Chicago News. - ;
THE PASSLESS PARSON.
;L,:.;'r -;--. .- . j p, :..--
Colonel Andrews Loaned Him a Hand
Car and Gave Him the Right Away.
; (Fairbrother's Farrago
It is related that a minister recently
called upon Colonel Andrews and re
quested a pass to his home in the
western part j of the state. Colonel
Andrew explained' to him that it " would
be impossible.; to eompjy with has. re
quest which he would ilike very much
to grant but .because of the fact that
grand juries were indicting the South
ern with alarming rapidity for issuing
passes, he would be obiidge to refuse.
I "But,' said the .consecrated man,
'u" om short of money,;, not only here,
tout at home;; I expected you would
grant this favor, and j. consequently I
am not prepiared to ibeair the expenae
it is several dollars, and" really, look
ing a gubernatorial oath, "I must be
home Sunday." ' ' ! '; '
' Colonel Andrews offered to loan the
preacher the 1 price, but- he refused,
laying, "If I borrow, ' I cannot return
41.. T niw. nn'inKlA"'- . . '
j .Then the Colonel offered to imagine
that he was Iri, church,? and that a con
tribution hox was conning, and he
would chip in. This . the minister re
fused saying i it was hot right.
After a few moments thought tine
parson
dar?"
said:
"Have : you i a a hand
. Colonel Miller ascertaiined' that there
was. a spare hand car at .the Raleigh
section hou se. 1 ; i ' f 1
"If you would loarnt me f tfhat, and
give nie': the right away,' I think .1
could make it by Sunday," saM the
parson, his face beaming with delight.
The right of way was given him,
and he started, pumping 'the hand car.
As he passed through Durham- he was
stopped about . an hour 'by parties
wanting . him 1 to Taffies off . the car,
which he refused to 40; at Greensboro
he was : biittenb y a rriad; dog ana tne
authorities at Charlotte overtook him
and t vaccinated him. Two Mormon
cititHx ihM ?htm ur at Statesville. but
he got . home ssunoay ; imoriians
o'clock, and delivered a powerful ser
mon i from the 16th chapter and the
lTitfli verse of "St. . Luke, wherein It Is
recorded that "and lit is , easier r for,
heaven ; and earth to passf-" than It
was for Colonel Andrews. ; .
A WASHINGTON 5 INCIDENT.
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There was interchange or courtesies
nit . rereht receotion in which the 1 wife
1 ; j". -
oi a normer congTessmau 041 iuc "uo
of a bureau official were the principals.
It was a crowded af ternoori . affair, and
the ex-cpngressman's W'ife was assist
ing the hostess ba receiving the guests.
When the wife of the bureau official was'
presented, the i hostess said to the woman'
of the receiving party, "You know Mrs.
Blank, don't you?" "Certainly," said the
ex-congressman's wife, ! "I would know
her anywhere by that pink dress." The
cheeks of the i bureau official! s wife were
suffused with a. rosy glow, but she turn
ed on her tormentor and said: "Proba
bly if my husband had been mixed up in
as many questionable 1 transactions as
ypurs , madam, it would not be necessary
for me to wear my pink reception dress
so often as to cause comment." Every
word rang out clear and sharp upon the
ears of the astonished guests. Inasmuch
as there had been frequent j criticism of
the ex-congressman fori' his connection
with questionable transactions the force
of the bureau; Official's wife's retort can
be readily imagined. San, irrancisco at
gonauL
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