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THE ADVERTISER * *
VOL. V. NO.
At M?ht
At al|ht, when work is dons, ’mid shadows
fray that darken
And olid* about the window, where once the
nun w*s bright,
Sweet eo in.ls come back again, to which we
used to hearken,
At night!
At night, though w* are old, and the gray
Mitd^w* clinging
Presage to tu that sLoro where these U no
more ll^ht;
Rotnstbucs *h re come again sweet airs of
childhood s singiug.
At night!
At night we two may sit in shadow, open
hearted ;
I#ong since the time has pasted when hope
wet nil in ightl
Noftly we sing tho songs of happy days de¬
parted
At nigiit!
At night tho cricket's voice sounds through
the »h (lows dreary;*
Our song*, ala-1 liko his, have neither charm
noiwwei^ht;
Wo only rest and sing, bushed hopes and
voices weary,
At night!
— The Argosy.
CAUGHT AT LAST.
11 Y. M CADY.
I never shall forget how it fared with
tnc twcuty yeari ngo, when, as a girl of
eighteen, I vis'ted tny friend, Mrs.
Miranda Brown, who with hor invita
tiou wrote mo these few lines:
“It will he such nn excellent time to
come, Olivia, for Mr. Biles HJkskin is
in New York making purchases for his
uncle’s store, and will bo delighted to
'•scort you bark. And I’ll never speak
to you again if you don’t come.”
This threat decided iun. I awaited
Mr. Silk-tkin’s arrival with impatience,
and ha l my trunks already packed,
when one evening soiuo one wus heard
to rap violently upon tho front door—
an unneces-n y exertion, considering the
fact that there was a bell—and a voice
of exceeding meek ness inquired of
Biddy:
“Bay, do you know anybody by the
navo of O-l i-v i-a—Olivy; I.-double e,
Leo—Oiivy Lee? 1 asked at tho gro
eery man’s, but he did not know; an l I
went to the doctor’s shop, and ho »aid
he reckoned ’twas hero. Is it?”
It was Mr. Silkskin, who had tho en¬
velope in which my fr ivud had placed
his letter of introduction to mo in his
hand. He was h small, very young man,
with a baby face; nnd he smiled all over
as he poked tho letter at me and said;
“You aro Mist Olivy Lor, I reckon.”
This was Mr. Silkskin. Ho had come
to tea and to stop over all night, aud to
dart off in the morning, to tho aston¬
ishment of my parents. But, not to be
outdone in hospitality by Western folk,
they welcomed him heartily; and sitting
on tho sofa, ho smiled at intervals and
answered, “Yes, ma’am,” and “Yes,
air,” to every proposition. When nn
inquiry was made as to Chickamahoo.
be replied, “(hat all it wanted was more
la lies’ society,” and then added :
Is Talking of that, I swow, l’vo forgot!”
and produced a note. It wa; from my
friend, and read as follows:
“Dear Olivia: Bring in'* on a hard work¬
ing girl. Hannah lias left me to be married.
C ooee an ugly one, or she'll marry in a
mouth. 1 inclose cheek for her fare.’’
“Come an hour ago,” said Mr. Silk
■kin.
“I can get a eiri." sail I, remom
bering our Aid Soc ety aud poor Mar
g* et, who could not got a place on
account of her unprepossessing appear¬
ance. “But Hannah married? Han¬
nah » fl’ty, ami has been with tho fam¬
ily alwavi.”
“Ladies,” said Mr. Silkskin, “are
•carce in Chickamahoo.”
I instantly sent a mosseuger to Mar
garet, — who was forty, red-haired,
pock-ma ked, lime of one .foot, and
b’.in I of one eye, —told her to pick up
at once and meet us at the depot la the
morning; which, to cut a long story
short, she d d. We entered the cars,
and began our long journey in silence.
During its progres Mirgaret howled
perpetually ovor “tho I on someness" of
h*r situation, and Mr. Silkskin ap
peared to become almost deaf and
dumix He t-milod occasionally; aad
when I spoke, he said, “Yos, ma’am,”
—that was alL
Meanwhi.e a portly gentleman con
versed with me over the back of the
•eat, pointing out places of interest,
offering me newspapers and bringing
me refreshments at stopping- places.
When he asked where I wa» going, and
I stated the fact that my destination
was Chickamahoo, he said that be wa;
glad, for they needed ladies’ soc^ty
thvro. He vu kind, respoctable, old
enough to be my father, and really re
lie red the tedium of my journey great
A* w* approached our final stop
ping-place, be addressed Silas Silkskin
in then words:
•fpoung man, you taka this cigar
and go smoke It in the smoking-ear,
c^rae back. ’
Bilas stared at him, but finally said
-“Yes, sir,” and went. The stranger
UtUatly took his seat,
“I want to ask you something,” he
cxplaiael. “Are you Mrs. or Mi«f”
“Mils,’’ I said.
“Engaged to that young man I sent
away?” he inquired.
I* Oil, no,” I answered.
“Ah!” said he. * Going to be?' 1
“Heaven forbid!’’ I answered.
I. Very woll,” he observed “I’m Sam¬
uel Prico, of Chickamahoo; I’m rich, a
widower, but no children. I want a
second wife. Will you marry me!”
“Ob, no, indeed!” said I; “of course
not!”
“Is that final 1” lie asked.
• • Yes,” said I; “of court# it is.”
It Good morning, said he. %‘If you
chaugo your mind, let me know, I’m
a solid man in Chickamahoo. Your*
friends will advise you to have me.
No offenco on oithor side. Good-bye.”
He shook hands; Silas returned; the
station was reached; we alighted.
Maigarct was sent ahead with the
Irunks; wo mounted into what was
called a public carryall, and Silas draw¬
ing near to me, assumed a sentimental
look.
“Wo pass tho squire’s,” he stated.
“Do we?” asked I.
* • Yes: and Dominie Brown’s too.”
“Ah!’ I responded.
“Yes,” said Bilas. “Which would
you ruther hev marry us, squire or
dominie? ’
“I think you have gono crazy, Mr.
Silkskin!'’ I ejaculuted. “We have
only known each other a few days.”
“That don’t mako no difference
here,” said Silas,
t 4 Oh, don’t it?” asked I, ironically.
“You needn’t be so snrcastical, ” said
Silas. “i’m real smart, and shall have
a storo of my own. I aint to be de¬
spised. Is there any prior attachment?”
“No,” I admitted, “if you must
know.”
4 t Oh, woll,” said Silas, “then you’ll
chaugo your mind when you’ve seen
more of mo.”
“Oh, dear, no, that can’t make any
diff erence,” said I.
“What’s tho matter with rite,” asked
Silas, ‘‘that you’re so short? I’ve sot
my heart on it. You’re so pretty,’ nnd
your clothes fit you so good, I bet a
dollar you’ll change your mind-some
day.”
“When I do I’ll let you kuow,”
said I.
“Vory well,” said Silas. “I under¬
stand thut that is sarcastical, too, and
as things be I’ll go. My room will be
preferable to my company. This is the
Brownses.”
lie helped mo down, smiled at me
spasmodically, and drove nway. As I
rang tho bell I heard & hubbub of voices
within, and, as the door was open, en¬
tered without further ceremony. In the
hall stood my trunk and Margaret’s
green box. Margaret herself sat perched
upon it, with triumph iu hor one green
eye, while Mrs. Brown wept in her Bos¬
ton rocking-chair.
“What is the matter!” I asked.
Everyone turned. Greetings were
given. Tho explanations followed.
Margaret had engaged herself on the
way over to the man who drovo tho
wagou with tho trunks.
“lie was that portickilcr to have me,
I couldn’t say No,” said Margaret, try¬
ing to blush. “And he’s a house and
form iv his own.”
“Yes, yes,” said Mrs. Brown; “but
•tny a month with us. He’ll wait; he’ 11
wait.”
“I’ll not thry that,” sii4, Margaret.
“There’s many a shlip twix’ cup and
lip. And 1 wonder you ever sa*y the
like to a poor gurrul like me. I’ll have
him whilst I have the chance.”
“Well,” said Mrs. Brown, resigning
herself to fate, “it’s the way here. AU
aliko.”
“I looked at tho six Misses Browns,
ranging in age from sixteen to twenty
six. All blushed at once.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Brown, “they were
all engaged in a week from our arrival.
And they will all be married tomorrow.
1 told you to bring your light blue silk,
you know.”
The next evening I was dancing at
the wedding. There was no lack of
partners. The gentleman greatly out¬
numbered the ladies. 1 assure you that
when I had danced four dances, I had
refused as many offers. But when I
stood up iu a Virginia reel with a
native Chickam&hooian he surprised
m?.
“Forward to meet your partner,” sang
the leadir of the dance,
We met.
“You’re the prettl« 9 ; giii in these
parts,” remarked ay* * Chick
amahooian.
I retired.
4 a Right hand.”
“And I’m goin’ to hev you,” laid he.
“You’re not,” said L
“Loft haail- ”
“I’m a catch for any gal,” said he.
r m half boss, half alligator, I am. Re
member that.”
“lit take the warning,” said L
“Both hand*. *
FORT GAINES, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13.
“If you won’t have
will youf” said ha.
“Never,” said L
Our wild interchange of partner*
commenced; then our gallop.
“You’d better not take a shine to
any other feLow to-night,” said he.
“I’ll put an inch of cold steel into him,
if you do. I know my rights, I do,
and I go arrae 1.”
I danced no more that night. Mrs
Brown comforted me with tho stato
ment that these were Chickamahoo
way*, and that I’d like it soon, but let
me sit in a corner beside- her, where,
she being a widow, 1 heard her receive
four or five offers froi^AIderly gentle
men, which she declitfed with a polito
“Thank you; not this time,” as though
ihcy had beon p'.ates of ico crcnm, aud
I began to understand Chickamahoo
customs.
I will add that during tho next week
offers were mado to mo in church, in a
shop, and at a funeral; but after awhile
1 did grow use to it, and felt no nlarin.
I stayed, in fact, until the winter came,
and skating commenced; and one day
we were on the pond, when, gliding
gleefully around a turn of the bank, I
ran into a gentleman’s arms. I knew
him. It was the Browns family doc
tor, a handsome man of thirty. We
sat looking at each other.
i % Hurt?” asked he.
“No,” said I. “Arc you?”
“Yes,” said ho, “about the heart.
Miss Olivia, wilt you let me tell you
how much I have always admixed you?
Now I love you J”
“I can’t help it,” said I. “I can’t
get up.”
‘Til let you stay where you are until
you answer rao another question,” said
he. «> Could you like me?”
“I guess so,” said I.
“Then I’m tho happiest man alive, ”
said he.
ne scrambled up, helped mo to my
feet, and wa skated back to our party.
“My dear,” I said, in a whisper to
my friend, “the sprit of Chickamahoo
has entered into me. I was not engaged
when I skated around that corner. Now
I am .—Neto Yor’c Ledg r.
Saved By Sea-Weed.
The East India spice-la len clipper
ship, Anahuac, 118 days out from Cey
lon, was sighted recently by the tug
Hercules off the capos of the Delaware,
leaking badly, and was towed to New
York. Sho had on board a cargo of
spices worth $1,0J0.000, and the ship
was saved from foundering on the voy¬
age in a mo it curious manner.
On the ship’s second day out from
Cjylon it was noticed that the vessel
was leaking. The leak gradually in
creased off the Cape of Good Hope
after a severe westerly gale, with a
mountainous sea. The water gained
rapidly, and the course of the vessel
was turned toward Sr. Helena. But
still the leak increised to twenty inches
p?r hour, and Captain Welden seriously
contemplated abandoning tho vessel,
and he would probably havo done so
had not the vj sel reached tho Gulf
Stream current, where the drift sea-wCed
worked itself into the c/ev.css of the
ship’s bottom, stopping the leak and
giving all hands an opportunity to rest.
As long as possible the vessel was
kept iu this great current of water, and
then her courso was shaped toward the
Capes. On arriving eff the coast the
leak again increas d, and when found
by the Hercules the ship was leaking at
the rate of twenty-four iuches per hour,
To the drift sen-weed alone do the
owners owe the salvation of the finest
vessel in the world’s merchant marine,
and one of the most valuable cargoes a
sailing vessel has ever brought to
America. She hai on board over 4000
tons of Ceylon spices, valued at $1,
000,000.
Extraordinary Smuggling.
An extraordinary case of smuggling
is reported from SaUrabaya, in Java. A
Chinese passenger having died on board
a junk w hich was anchored in the road
stead, the health officer of the port
went off, and, after Viewing the body,
gave the necessary permit for burial,
The master of the junk then came on
shore and ordered a large coffin of the
usual Chinese kind. Dur.ng the early
hours of the morning the crew, with
the coffin, landed, and the fun.'ral pro¬
cession passed almg the streets. After
the funeral the party went back to the
junk, which immediately pu; out to sea.
In the middle of the day some natives
found an empty coffin in the middle of
the road close by tac Chinese cemetery,
which not only smelt strongly of opium,
but also had am&ll particles of the drug
adhering to its tides. The custom
house authorities found the maker of
the coffin, who identified it as the one
supplied to the master the juik, and
the dead body of tho Chinaman was
washed ashore roqa afterward, so that
it was clear that he had been thrown
overboard, and the burial permit used
to smuggb on shore * Urge fceffla full
of
“THE OVIDOR.”
Broadway and the People
Who Frequent It.
The Greatest Street on the
American Continent
The Ovidor is a narrow street, but
^‘ c f? ran dost on this continent, and for
some thm g* the grandest in the West
crn Hemisphere, says a Rio Janeiro
( B ™ril) correspondent of the Charleston
an 'l Courier. No vehicle or brute
creature is allowed on it. From store
across to store the street is full. It
i°°hs queer to see poople in the middle,
* ,ut ** no * Broadway. Thera is no
rush. Every one has leisure. Tho men
in elegant broadcloth, silk hats and dia
mond9 P uff ttleir cigarctteSj stand in
groups, stare and talk.
Ovidor means car-trumpet, and the
name is appropriate. Hero politics is
taUcd frora morn tin and . for aU
^ ^ aow * * rotu rill morn, Ilore
8tudent3 and artists knot together, and
^ ere s °cioty men gossip. Everybody
goes to the Ovidor for tho news.
Here one buys the finest of every¬
thing: diamonds, silks, millinery,
feather flowers, stuffed birds, laces, etc.
This is tho best place for seeing the
grand ladies. They shop in costumes
' vh ch aro a most ful1 evening dress. A
bonnet or hat. of exquisite materials,
fashioned direct from Paris, slippers,
fan, elegant kids and plonty of jewelry,
ad make something startling to plain
folks. The ladies are pretty, only al
most all are too fat. Even young girU
are so. These are always attended by
chaperons.
There are two distinct classes, irre
spectivo of color—-the rich, and the
poor working pcsplo. The Americans
and English are tho middle class, and,
as far as dress goes, when I see a plain,
neat dre^s, straw hat, kid glows,etc., I
know the wearer is a foreigner. The
-Tho working women, black and native
Brazilians, all wear dark skirts, ono or
two frills, with sacques, a shawl or
cloak, and absolutely nothing on the
head. No matter how r hot, every one
wears a wrap, and, if the sun be scorch
ing, they go bareheaded, except occa
sionally a plain parasol.
The fino ladies do not go out much,
except on the Ovidor. One soo3 them
mostly late in tho afternoon or at night.
Their dress is silk, lace or some elegant
wool, always light weight and generally
light color, except that now there is a
sad amount of black for the recent
scourage. They follow our idea of
French styles, much trimming, tight
lackkg, perfect fitting and such corn
binations that no dress can be easily
imitatod. They cling to bustles* pointed
toes, and hat with the most elegant
flowers I ever saw.
Diamonds are quito common. Brace
of gold arc heavy enough to be a
burden; and gloves arc so fresh, long
aud perfect that one could die of envy
without half trying, if sho were envious
of fi Qe dressing in every detail,
Next to the mountains aud the bay
the loveliest things are the flower yards,
Every house has a flower yard, no mat¬
ter how small. Generally there are
palms and large, bright foliage plants
and roses. The beds are all fanciful
the walks are perfectly kept, and every
thing is as neat as possible,
There i3 very little turfing; often
there anP statues, grottoes, pavilions,
®f c - Bat every hou^c is a fortress of
itself. Generally the wall of stone is
surmounted by an iron ra ling with top
of spikes, the whole from eight to
twelve feet high,or perhaps more. The
massive iron gate is 1 eke 1, and one
stands on the pavement and rings to
know if the seaora is in. It does not
look very hospitable, Through the
gateway we get a view of the lovely
grounds, often quite large.
A Cheap Telephone.
A telephone can be very easily made
for home use, and will work well forty
rods or more. Buy small copper wire,
have a box for each house about the size
of & cigar box, with cover; the box
should be two or three inches deep. In
the cover make a small round hole about
as large as a pea, and- direc ly opposite
another as large as a silver dollar. Place
the small hole next the wall. Between
the box anl wail must be p aced four
small pieces of rubber—taken from the
heel of an old rubber boot. Now draw
the wire tight enough to hold the box
i n place, wind around a nail placod
across the large opening, and your tele
phone is done. Care muto be taken
that the wire d ^es not come in contact
^th anything. ~ Leather etrape can be
tacked , J to p r sts or treei to keep r the wire .
in p ace- ,
Wtat is the differ 3 nce between an
apple and a pretty girl, unless it is that
you squeeze aa npole to get cider, and
you get ’side asire.ty girl to squeeze
How a Dead Body Was Found.
An extraordinary evidenoe of the
reasonableness of an old-timo supersti¬
tion was given here recently, says an
Oregon correspondent, when the body
of a young man who had been drowned
was found by placing one of tho de¬
ceased s shirts on tho water’s surface
and following it in a boat until it sank.
The young man’s name wa3 Ryan, and
he was drowned while bathing in tho
Nodaway river in company with several
acquaintances. R/an got out of his
depth, and was drowned before any of
the more accomplished swimmers could
get to his assistance. The alarm was
given, hut it was some hours before
search could be made for tho body.
After every effort had been mado by
dragging and diving it was suggested
to throw the shirt ho had on just
before ho went into the water. Near
tho same palco a man was drowned
in the NodaWay rivor a few years ago
and his body had beau found by tho same
experiment. The custom requires that
the shirt be thrown in about where tho
drowned one entered the stream.
Agreeably to custom, Mr. Taylor, a
resident of tho neighborhood, spread
out the shirt with tho bosom downward
and arms stretched out on the water,
and lot it float on down tho stream as it
would. Ho followed slowly after it in
a skiff. After the shirt had floated
along for about 100 feet it suddenly
sank plump down. Tho man hurried
with the skiff and was close by when
the last vestigo of the garment was seen.
Then he stopped and felt down with a
long pole right after the skirt and
touched the body with the end of the
pole. Ho told tho correspondent that
his skiff rested almost over tho body,
and that he let tho polo follow right
down by the side of the skiff, touching
the body almost immediately. This
was said in the presence of several eye¬
witnesses, who corroborated his state¬
ment.
The Golden Apple.
The quince, which is not generally
regarded as a fruit of very precious or
elegant character, is nevertheless one
possessing more u;es than most of the
fruits of its family. In cookery it is
exceedingly piquant when simply baked
in an oven and sprinkled with sugar; it
makes a delicious preserve, a fine mar¬
malade, and a jelly of great delicacy,
highly valued in throat troubles. Its
cores and seeds have been found to be
agreeable eating even after long drying,
and they are full of a mucilaginous sub
stanco which, owing to its demulcent
nature, is valuable in bronchial troubles
and coughs, which diluted is used in
various eye- washes, and which is largely
compounded in what is called bandoline,
lately as popular a dressing for the hair
as the perfumed pomades were once.
Meanwhile the beauty afforded us by
the quinco is especially remarkable; iu
spring the bush of the fruit-producing
kind being covered with large pelalod
blossoms of an exquisite pale pink aud a
most delicate perfume, and the bush of
the species whose fruit is-not used bear¬
ing blossoms of a Aiming scarlet, which
gives it great value as an ornamental
shrub; while in autumn the great
spheres of downy gold seem fairly to
steam with a spicy fragrance of inde¬
scribable richness. The quince is 6
Southern growth, found wild in Africa
and Asia, and it is celebrated through¬
out the Oriental literature. No list of
delectable fraits is complete without it
there, anditsarorai fills the pages of
tho Arabian Nights, while in classic
affairs it has as many advocates as the
orange in claming to be the Golden
Apple of the Hosperides.— Harper's
Bazar.
Gold Dollars for Ornament.
“Alnust all of our gold dollars are
being used for purposes of ornament,
and their fate as a medium of exchange
has loug been doomed,” said an official
of the Philadelphia mint recently.
“We are only coining about 5000 per
year for monetary circulation, and this
small amount is meant by the Treasury
Department to be merely for the pur
pose of keeping enough on hand to
change in paying depositors of
g old bullion. If it were not for this,
probably the coinage of gold dollars
wou d be suspended. If we coined
1,000,000 gold dollars yearly, the de¬
mand would not be satisfied. A few
days ago we received a letter from a
man living in Cincinnati who wanted
100 gold dollars. We answered that
we could not grant his request.
He then wrote to the Secretary
of the Treasury at "Washing¬
ton, and the let:er was referred to the
Director of the Mint, James F. Kim
w ^° WTOte t0 * ® g-n* eman
Cincinnati that he could not be accom
modated. Director Kimball has offiial
not.fied by letter that , , the ..
ly us dis
coinage of gold dollars should be
tribute*! from the Mint her* with care,
not to allow them to pass into the
of manufacturers for mutilation
S dental to conversion into articles
adornment,”— PhilodslfhiQ
WILL B. GRAHAM, Editor and Manager.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
It is reported that a system is being
perfected whoreby common lllummating
gas can be mado by electricity.
A course in sanitary engineering hlh
been added to tho other courses in the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The net price of an eight-candle lamp
has been found in France tp be only
half that of n petroleum lamp formerly
used, and only one-third'the cost of gas.
A new material called “steel pig,"’
much stronger than cold blast iron, and
less expensive thsn steel, is now being
mado at Sheffield, England, It is
adapted for a variety of uses for which
the ordinary iron was unsatisfactory.
Professor G. Sorraani has shown that
the flesh of animals which have died
of tetanus may be eaten with impunity,
the bacillus passing through the system
without causing special disturbance.
An animal may swallow unharmed 10,
000 times more than would kili if placed
beneath tho skin. The germ itself is
unaffected by tho digestivo juices.
Eight hundred thousand houses in
London have 4,000,000 chimneys pour¬
ing forth the b ack smoko of partially
consumed bituminous coal. Add the
smoke of vessels upon the Thames and
the countless locomotives on the rail
ways and a volume of smudge is raised
that darkons all the bills of mortality
and hangs over tho valley of tho Thames
like a monstrous postilonce.
A practical test has been mado of a
new ventilator, which, it is claimed,
will ventilate cars without letting in
dust or cinders. Fans under tho car
are operated by tho motion of tho latter,
and drive air through a box containing
water, which filters and cools it, into a
central tubo along the roof, and thence
through smaller, bell-mouthed tubes
into the car. Whenever the car moves,
a constant current of air is secured, even
when tho doors, windows and all other
apertures are closed.
The manufacture of tho now six-inch
gun, of which 100 have beon ordered
for British land and sea service, has
been stopped until a cartridge case of
solid drawn metal can bo devised which
will stand the shock of discharge of
twelve pounds of smokeless powder,
and which can bo used over and over
again. This the authorities have not
yot been able to do, and the machinery
engaged in the manufacture of these
guns is all standing idle, as well as tho
guns already manufactured.
Dr. T. II. Bean, in -charge of the
party investigating the Alaska salmon
fisheries, reports to Colonel Marshall
McDonald, United States Fish Commis¬
sioner, that they have visited Kurluk
Lake, found the spawning bods of the
red salmon and explored all the Karluk
River, except eight miles of rapids. On
tho nests of the fish were found small
miller’s thumbs, a species of uranidea
resembling the one which proves so de¬
structive to eggs and youog fi,h in
Eastern streams. Tho number of spawn¬
ing salmon was disappointing, whilo
tho enemies of the flih are numerous.
A Prosperous Chinese Doctor.
A celebrity among the Chinese of
Ban Francises is their great doctor, Li
bo Tai, He has been in this country
nearly thirty years, and has a larger in¬
come from his profession than any white
practitioner in the city. His patients
all come to the offico when ablo, and Li
Po Tai sits up, habited in gorgeous silk
nnd brocades, in a little den of an of¬
fice overlooking the plaza, and feels
pulses all day long. The patients are
mostiy white people, who como to him
after a varied round of their own physi¬
cians, or at the instigation of somo
resurrected and enthusiastic patients.
Li Po Tai rests the patients’ elbows on
a blue silk cushion, and proceeds to
feel their right pulse with his three
hooked und long-clawed fingers. He
feels the right pulse to ascertain the
condition of the brain, stomach arid
kidneys, and then grasps the left wrist
to find out about the heart, liver a-nd
lungs. Although he knows practically
nothing of anatomy as our physicians
know it, he makes a wonderful diagno¬
sis of a case. He charges $10 a week
for his services, including his medioines,
and patients either come to his office
and drink the tissanes, or take pack¬
ages of mjsterious stuff home and make
their own hot drinks.
Li Po Tai has many notions that pux
zlo and interest his patients.
He treats them to a severe course of
antidotes for genuine poisoning, if they
confess to ever having eaten that dead
ly diug. He next commands them not
to eat shellfish or uncooked fruit, to let
alone poultry, fried meats, eggs, watery
vegetables, ad liquors and everything
sour. For these thirty years Li Po Tai
has made his patients drujc hot water.
Dyspepsia, cancan and tumors are his
specialties- Hj income frora his pro
:ession is estimated at more than
$6000 per month .—New York Medical
Tunes.
Itegreh
Itegret! Regret Regret!
Tired eyes with sorrow’s salt spray J
By day’s broad beams or midnight
A poignant grief that never sleeps;
That haunts my waking hours and seems
The specter of my fairest dreams;
The woe I'd give worlds to forget
And wish and weep—Oh, vain regret!
Regret! Regret! Ilegret!
I often think had we but met
Ere all the passion flowers of youth
Had died and left lifo’s field uncouth;
Ere drouth of disappointment drove
Tho dewdrops from the blooms of loV
And thoru of withered hopes beset
The weary way—Oh wild regret!
Regret! Regret! Regret!
Like cloud wracks when the sun has r
That flit across tho darkling skies
And blur the evening’s golden dyes:
That cause the bright-eyed stars to swoon,
Aud, gathering ’round the maidou moon,
Enshroud her silver coronet
In widow’s weed—Oh, dark regrotl
Regret! Regret! Regrot 1
The saddest thought in life, and yet
Through depths of mournful mists a La
I gazo upon that paling star
And feel a wild delicious thrill
Of joy itieffablo, and still
A hopeless debtor, dear tho debt,
I owe to Fate—Regret! Regret
—Atlanta Constitution*
HUMOROUS.
In his loneliness tho teamster tells his
horses of his whoas.
Railroad mon report collections dull.
Nearly all trains are compelled to run on
time.
Tho water-lily keeps its head above
water about as woll as anything we
think of.
“Good morning, Mr. Good; you’ve
arrived, I see. IIow did you leavo your
wife?” “I left her talkiu’.”
An exchange says: “Thomas A. Edi¬
son rarely sleeps more than four hours a
day.” Tho balance of his sleep he
probably gets at night.
It isn’t every country that has, like
the United States, tho free choiqo of a
national bird. Russia would be a Tur -
key-gobbler, if she dared.
Stern Parent (to a young applicant
for his daughter’s hand): Young man,
can you support a family? Young Man
(meekly): I only wnnted Sarah.
“Aren't you ashamed to bo seen fight¬
ing with that brutal Jenkins boy on tho
street?” asked Johnnie’s irate mother.
“Ashamed?” ropeatod Johnnie, in sur¬
prise. “Ashamed? No, why should 1
be? I licked him.”
Says a physician: “Good health de¬
mands that the mouth be closed whilo
asleep,” Wo havo known instances
where a man’s health would have been
materially improved if ho had kept his
mouth closed awake.
Mixed Fruits for Preserving.
There aro some fruits too acid to bo
canned alono that are very much im¬
proved by mixing othors with them.
Blackberries put up with red plums or
blue plums are better than either of
these fruits canned separately. Plums
are too tart and blackberries are quito
often insipid, if of the smallor varieties
or if the season bo a wet one. A very
perceptible difference is shown in the
amount of sugar necessary to sweeten
them when canned togethor. Tho fruit
can be taken half and half or in th*
proportion of one-third of tho sour
fruit.
Cherries and raspberries togother make
a very good sauce, stewed; also rasp
berrios and currants, but currant seeds
are very objectionable to many people.
The juices of the two make excellent
jilly. Raspberry or blackberry jam can
be made from the following recipe: To
twelve pounds of berries take six pounds
of tart apples, red Astrachan, peeled
and quartered ; cook the fruit togethor
with just sufficient water in the begin¬
ning to keep the apples from scorching.
Boil hard for two hours. Then add
twelve pounds of white sugar and boil
hard twenty minutes, An extra stove
lid on the top of the ono next to the fire
will prevent tho fruit from Jiurning.
Iron rings can bo purchase 1 at-the tin
shop for a few cento, which are very
convenient for standing the kettle on
while doing slow cooking; an old pie
pan inverted will prevent the content*
of a small kettle from burning. Jam*
need thorough cooking in order to in¬
sure their keeping without mold if put
away unsealed.
A Dog Saves Four Lire*.
a big Newfoundland dog named
p e te, who belongs to Mr. Smith, in
Belmont, Westchester County, N, Y.,
saved four little boys from drowning re¬
centiy. George Smith, 14; his brother,
Oscar, 8; Frank Wilson, 13, and an
other little boy got into & boat on a
mill creek near their home. The rope
hjroke and the bolt drifted into the
stream and started toward the dam*
The dog saw the boys’ danger, and he
plunged into the stream and swam out
i to the beat One of the boys grasped
i his collar, and noblo Pete towed the
. boat safely to shore. Since then he has
been the hero of the town,