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VOL. V. NO. 19.
Discovery.
W Hxjt the world’s first groat wsetward voy¬
ager
8all»d out in faith to this new continent,
dt bitbor he f* It all his life-currents stir,
Though knowing not unto what place he
went,
One day, no land in sight, bU grating keel
Fleportad shoals; the unconscious vessel
slid
Across, nor heard the grinding sands reveal
TLo secret of the coast beyond them hid.
He drifted past, though waif of leaf and
Wnl,
Floating and fluttering after, bade him
•tay;
Va^ue invitations everywhere ho heard:
fly hope'* own dazzling glamour Jed
a-tray,
He landed on an island's rim, nor guesse l
How nearly he had won his larger quest.
Alas! the dumb, inscrutable human sea
That will not tell us of the shores we seek!
Its jealous waves, in m nning mockery,
Hut just returned from pressing a bluo
chook
Against fresh rones blown for ns, unseon,
In our own r -aim, that never will be ours,
Though through the starry dusk all uight
wo lean,
And. unaware, breathe balsam from tha
flowers,
And fuil its soft ml.ta wrapping us around,
And hear far, wave-tossed voices whisper¬
ing
*>0111 toms dim bourne beyond the horizon's
bound—
Heart’s kindred starving for the lore w»
bring,
As wo fi r theirs—an unronj«*d harvest-field:
Cur treasure Just within our reach—con¬
ceal** 1!
And yof, Columbus, this New World is
thine!
Thy claim was in thy forward reaching
soul,
An inner, presciont right; thou did^t divine
Wonders that tho veiled homiapheroshould
unroll
At lant, from out tha bluo blank of the seal
And whatsoever foot might tread this
shore,
Clear was thy title of discovery,
Whose thought outsailed thy ships so long
before,
That which w« r**c*>gulzo and seek is oursi
Approaching, utiporoslved, related souls
*5 iv Irresistibly our n<>bl»kt power.**;
1 s toward our own tho tld i of being rolls:
Aud fchull it not ba joy, the voyage done,
To know the continent aud island one?
—Lucy Luvcom in Harper's.
MARCHHARE’S WILL.
If thero hadn't boon a touch of—
wull, to put it mildly —% touch of ec¬
centricity about old .Tohn Marchhare,
he would linvo lmidly undo such a
will.
Several years before the voisel in
which 1m was returning fr< m tho West
Indiol vent down at soa, witn nearly
•11 on board. John Marchhare was
picked up by one of tho boats, und
clinging to a little girl—a mere child —
whose life ho had saved, while her
relatives and all who knew hor were
among the lost.
From the littlo stranger thus thrown
upon his care ho did not turn away.
She was too young to give any account
of her parents or family; and nil sub¬
sequent efforts to discover her kindred
or whence she oamo proved fruitless,
John Aluichiuue a lopted her aud took
her to his home and heart.
Having neither wile nor child, he
felt free to do as he would with his
handsomo fortune; and it picrued him
that it should go to his adopted daugh¬
ter— “provided,” ao ran hi* will, “that
if my said a lopted daughter should
marry during tho lifetime of my brother,
Edward Marchhare, whom I hereby
constitute her guardiau, without the
approval of my said brother, then the
foregoing bequests and devises shall be¬
come void, and my whole estate shall
go to ray said b.utber.”
This was au eccentric will; but, we
have already *a.d John Marchhare WiiS
au eccentric man. It is easy to see that
ft was loft to Alice Marchhare. as sbe
wa» called, the threefold choice of nc
cepting a luubaud of her guardian’s se
lection, of remaining single during his :
lifetime, or of forfeiting her fortune, j
That it wii thus made the interest of
Edward Marchharj to oppose any match
that might be offered to Alice was a
point that probably did not occur to the
testator, or, more likely still, ho knew
his brother better than to suspect that
sordid motives would ever sway him iu j
fulfilling a trust committed to his con
•cience.
Alice had barely reached womanhood
when her bencfuctor died; but when it
was known how John Murchltare's will
read and the power it gave his brother,
suitors swarm'd around about the young
lady and her guardian, and it is hard
to tell to which they wera the most ob¬
sequious.
George Preston had not watted for
the publication of Johu Maicbhare’s
will as the signal for failing m love
with Alice, as several others had done,
in spite of her beauty. The truth is,
he had been iu that state as far back as
he oould remember. And Alice, wc
may as well let the reader know, had
always liked George.
But when George Preston asked Mr.
Edward Marchhare’s permission to tend¬
er hit hand to Alice, the old go at lemon
shock his best.
* Have you a home to offer her I” he
•shed? “or ttsa&s to support hor?" he
THE ADVERTISER.
added, before George, in his confusion,
auld find an answer.
“Perhaps,” he continued, giving the
young man no time to recovei himself—
“perhaps you think Alice's fortune suf¬
ficient for both. Now, whether she
shall have one or not”
"Is a question I have never stopped
to ask," broke in Georgo, indignantly.
“Whether she shall have a fortune or
not,’’ said Mr. Marcbhsre, disregarding
the interruption, “depends on her not
marrying in my lifetime in opposition
to my wishes: and I shall certainly
never wish to see her wedded to a man
willing to be dependent for a living on
the bounty of his wife.”
M You much mistake me,” cried
George, with flushed faco, “if you rank
me iu that class. I have strength and
on erg/ ’-
I » But as yet they are untried,” said
Alice’s guardian, without waiting for
him to finish. “I am willing to put
you to the test, however. Return in
three years the possessor of $5000 saved
from you own earnings, and if Alice
then consents to hear your offor I shall
not oppose it.”
George’s faco brightened. A much
severer ordeal would not have daunted
him. And when he took leave of Alice,
though there was no formal plighting
of troth between them, he had no mis¬
giving lest the end of three years should
not flud her faithfully waiting his re¬
turn.
Tiie nllotto 1 time had nearly gone by
before George, after many struggles
and hardships, had succoo led in laying
up the sum which entitled him to ap¬
pear and claim of Marchhare the fulfil¬
ment of his promise.
At u railway station, tho last stop¬
ping-place on his journey home, ho
went into the refreshment room for sup¬
per. Ho had not half finishod tho
scanty rapast when the sound of tho
bell, and the summons of the porters,
caused a general commotion and rush
for the train. George caught
up his overcoat, and followed tho
rest.
On reaching his destination he was
about to draw on his overcoat prepara¬
tory to leaviug the carriage, wl.en for
the first time he discovered that the gar¬
ment he had brought from the supper
room was not his own. It was similar
in color and material, but the attempt to
put it on at < nco revealed the diff *rcnce.
Ho whs thunderstruck at the discovery.
In a s eret pocket of his own coat was
the Inuknote which had ccst him three
years of anxious toil, aid which repre¬
sented so mmy preciout hopes.
He wildly ran among the dispersing
pisscngors, looking sharply at every man
ho met, as though expecting to fiud
upon him the object of his sca'-ch. Bat
all in vain; it was nowhero to be seen.
With a vague purpose of advertising
everywhere, and telographing in all di¬
rections, he was hurrying rapidly along,
when whom should he meet but Mr.
Marchhare 1
George’s first greeting was to blurt
out his loss.
“1 am very sorry,” said the old gen¬
tleman, gravely; “but you know my
conditions; and with respect to their
fulfillment, it seems you are just where
you started.”
• t Give me but another chance!' 1 cried
George. “I can earn double as much
in the same time. I will work night
and day to do it! • t
i » Your time is up to-day,” said Mr.
Mirchhire; “and I have promised my
old friond, Wells, in the event of your
failure, that his soa Lawrence may pay
his a Idresses to Alice to-morrow. The
youajr man, though well enough, is
something of a fop, and I doubt if Alice
Wi!1 listen t0 bis suit. Still, my word
>* pw^ed. Ab, here he comes! Shall
I introduce you?”
“Stwop thief! stwop thief!” shouted
* flashy-looking youth, rushing forward
aud seizing George by the collar.
“What do you mean?” exclaimed
George, dashing aside the hand so
rudely laid upon him.
“What’s the matter, Lawrence?”
asked Mr. Marchhare, astonished at the
procee l ing.
“Mattah! mattah enough, I should
say! Why, that’s the fellah that stowle
my cwoatl There it is now on his
arm.”
“C me, come! ’ interposed Mr.
Marchhare; “mistakes will happen
sometimes.”
4 *Mist wake!” sneered Lawrence
Wells. “A vewy likely mUtwake, see¬
ing mine's twice the best cwoat, and
his ts mors than a yeah behind the
fwaahion. I’m almost ashwamed to be
sween in it; I am, upon my swouL But
I’ll have satisfaction. I’ll cawll the
police!
After a quick glance at the young
men’s apparel, George flung aside the'
coat on hit arm, and, placing a hand on
each ot the dandy a shoulders, got him
out of the one he bad on, in a manner
more expeditious than gentle. Hast! y
examining the secret pocket, Gsorge
found his money safe; and Ltwrencc
FORT GAINES. GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1889.
Well» was convinced, under all tho cir.
cumstancss, that there had, indeed, been
a mistake. Mr. Marchhare took him
aside, and explained that his rail on
Alice must be postponed for tho pres¬
ent. We need scarcely add that it
never took place.
Manufacture of Bogus Gems.
“What do you estimate to b) the
value of this solitaire?” asked a stylish¬
ly garbed gentleman as he leaned over
the diamond counter in a jewelry es¬
tablishment.
“That is a perfect beauty,” exclaim¬
ed the expert behind tho counter after
carefully scrutinizing it through a criti¬
cal magnifying glass. “Thero’s no
paste there—not a bit,” with a smile.
“But you want to know its exact valu:?
Well, just wait a rnomout,” and ho dis¬
appeared with the ring.
In a few moments the diamond man
returned. His eye had lost its sparkta
of professional delight, and he wore a
weary air as he laid-the ring down on
the counter with the remark: “It’s
worth $50 or $80 I should judge; noth¬
ing more.”
Tho ring’s proprietor gave a great
gasp, and his eye? shot fire. “F.fty or
sixty dollars'” he cried. “Why, my
dear sir, that ring was purchased but a
month ago, and it cost in the neighbor¬
hood of $1200.”
“The man who sold that ring was a
clever trickster, and his patron was
prettily duped,” said tho jeweller, as
he related the story to a reporter af e
ward. I » Yet the task of illuminating
dull diamonds is so simple that it is a
wonder these frauds don’t multiply. A
fino camel's hair brush and a delicate
sort of paint, made of the shavings of
an indelible pencil dissolved in water,
do the business. When the gum has
dried off its improvement is marvelous,
aud may deceive the very elect. It will
a long time before the paint wears
away, and nothing less than contact
with alcohol will bring to light the
stono’s true shabbiness.
“The gentlemen who make their liv*
iilg by painting diamonds never attempt
to illuminate paste. For one reason
that the paint has a less striking effect
if so used, a id for another, detection is
apt to follow more speedily than in tho
case of real gcm». A yellowish dia¬
mond of mean quality, however, will
brighten up beautifully under au ex¬
port’s brush. These diamond brusliers
have little dealings with reputable jew¬
elers. They arc afraid of thorn, as well
they may bo.
“It has become a favorite trick
among this c'ass of crooks to palm eff
their spurious goods on pawnbrokers,
and at times they have succeeded in in¬
veigling from an unwary money-lender
an amount equal to three or four times
tho actual value of tho dinm >nd that
they put in pawn. But generally they
run a greit ri<k of capture. There is
no class of men extant inorj shrswvl
than the30 pawnbroker.?.— Philadelphia
Rural.
They saw the Point.
TheAiucricau Indians are notel for
their almost solemn gravity in the pres¬
ence of strangers. The Caribs o. r Ven¬
ezuela are described a? being equally
grim and sedate. Mr. Spence succeed¬
ed on one occasion in breaking their ie
serve. He says that once they actually
saw the point to a jokes
“A brave and his squaw brought
some firewood to mv camp, and a* they
wanted to get twice its value, the pur¬
chase was declined. Tacy were greatly
enraged, and after loud maledictions
deliberately burned it, Some days after,
they appeared again, this time with a
bundle of hay for sale, To convince
them of the error of their ways, about
half of its value was off red. On their
declining this abatement,I took a match
from my pocket, and suggested that
they should make a bonfire of the hay
also. A roar of laughter burst from
the pair as the fun penetrated their hard
heads. It was with difficulty they were
induced to take any payment at all for
the hay.
A Musical Mouse.
A singing mouse has domesticated it¬
self in a hardware store at Barnesville.
O’aio, and is attracting a great deal of
attention. The little fellow is a re¬
markably talented songster, aud his
thrills and warblings would rival those
of a canary, while he also possesses
much of the imitative genius of the
mocking-bird, in that he often breaks
out in the full, round notes of many of
our song-birds. The rodent prodigy of
song keeps up an almost constant warb¬
ling or thrilling, and is having a large
number of people to hear him who
wonder at his strange and wonderful
accomplishments. — Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Fate of the Pins.
* ‘Where do the pins all go?” asks a
contemporary Well, some go into
clothes, some go on the street, some go
into paper, and many of them occupy
chairs in our sccoqU and colleges—
Baptr.
OLD FURNITURE.
Antiqueties Produced From
Brand-New Materials,
Ancient Chairs, Clocks, Etc.,
Turned Out to Order.
The rage for having furniture of the
antique pattern has grown wonderfully
during the last few years. Antique
oak dining suits, beiroom suit3 and
hall furniture seems to be the most
popular, but anything of an ant que
character now sells very rapidly. Mauy
purchasers who are furnishing their
houses really believe that they are buy¬
ing furniture which some old time Puri¬
tan has used. In this they are greatly
mistaken. Antique articles are manu¬
factured every day in the different ware¬
houses.
A furniture dealer recently talked
with a New York Mid and Express re¬
porter on this subject. IIo said: “A
few years ago agents used to be sent all
through the rural parts of New England
to pick up superannuated furniture of
every kind—such as was found astray in
farm houses, village attics, county ho¬
tels and elsewhere, having been handed
down from generation to generation in
the families of long-resident natives.
The latter were usually willing enough
to part with the treasures, which were
only valuable in the eye3 of people of
(esthetic tastC3, and tho dealer paid a
mere song for the articles and reaped a
big profit. But now’ the supply ob.
tained in this way has been practically
exhausted. Now it is the fashion for
rich people to have in their houses ouo or
two apartments in the old colonial style,
with floor and walls of dark oak, mas¬
sive rafters, huge fireplace, mahogany
furniture and an occasional spinning
wheel. There are not nearly enough of
them precious relics to go around, so it
is a blessing that provision is made for
reproducing them indefinitely at com¬
paratively cheap rates.’’
“How are these articles manufac¬
tured?” was asked.
“Tho most approved mothod of giv¬
ing a floor or wall the look of old age
is to scrub it at intervals with gallons
of a’e. This produces a fine effect.
Mahogany is generally used for tho man
nfacturo of autique pieces of furniture.
In its natural state it is no darker than
black walnut, and to make it of the
proper hue staining must be resorted to.
If oak is wanted, it is rubbed with com¬
mon shoe blacking, and the usual wax
finish put on afterward. This is war¬
ranted to adl fifty years to the appar¬
ent history of a bureau or desk in one
hour. For tho inside work of said desk
or bureau pino is employed, and this is
given the requisite look of antiquity by
repeatedly firing a shotgun loaded with
nothing but powder, and plenty of it,
into the drawers and around them until
the surfaces exposed are sufficiently dis¬
colored and all full of those Curious
indentations which ordinarily signify
age. Anothor process is to wash the
drawers, etc., with a coarse sponge
dipped in powerful acid, which eats
the wood hero and thero and effects the
same result.”
“But how about the brass fittings? ’
“These are manufactured in all the
ancient designs that wefe ever used,
lii order to make them look dull and
old, the molds in which the brass is
cast are rubbed and chipped somewhat,
and in them a little guapowder is
placed and fired with a match, This
occasions a discoloration, which seems
to betoken the action of time’s gnaw
ing teeth, and the same is warranted to
last until the merchandise is sold,
though not much longer.
4 4 A special branch of the work has to
do with clocks of the ancient upright
pattern, which are copied in every de¬
tail from the really old ones. Even the
metal faces, with their curious numer
als, are imitated, and tho works of
modern pattern are permitted to lie in
a dusty corner and oxide comfortably,
while the framework is in process of
construction, There is nothing, the
makers say, in the line of back-number
furniture that cannot be reproduced at
a few days' notice from brand new ma¬
terials, and yet so like the old that no
ordinary person could possibly tell the
differe nee.”
Wedding Superstitions.
As long a3 there are fair women and
brave men there will continue to be
weddings and as long as weddings are
the fashion there will still be plenty of
persons on hand'to suggest to a young
bride just what she should do to avoid
bad look, and aUo what she must not
do for the same reason. People who
are ordinarily sensible about most things
let all their superstitious notions creep
into their ideas regarding the prepara¬
tions for a weddiag. and these whims
are m-ds the subject of discussion at as
early a stage in the proceedings as when
the young lady is considering what §he
prefers for an engagement ring.
Sbe is told to avoid opals, as no one
ever was known to have any happiness
who owned one of them. In 9pito of
this however, dealers say that there is
always a demand for rings set with this
beautiful stone. Pearls, the superstit¬
ious say, are even worse, but eventually
the little circle is purchased and the
time for the wedding is discussed. Then
more complications arise,as certain days
are unfavorable and some months are to
be shunned. Hay is said to lo an cs
pecially unlucky month—why, no one
can tell but many a rhyme could be
quoted to show that this notion has pre¬
vailed for many centuries. August is
also looked upon as a disastrous time in
which to wed, and those who marry in
Lent, will “live to repent,” according
to very old authority.
Misfortune is sure to follow the brido
who has a speck of green in her cos¬
tume. She must never array herself in
all her pretty robes until dressing for
the ceremony. She must never read tho
marriage service quite through and she
must not stand before tho mirror one
second after she is ready, no matter how
pleasiflg the reflection of the happy
laco and graceful gown. The one who
speaks first on entering the church will
rule the house, so the wise ones say, and
in throwing tho numerous articles of
foot-wear after tho departing couple,
any of the guests may run after them,
and the ono who succeeds in pickiug
one up will bo marria l next. On her
return from her wedding journey the
brido must bo careful n >t to step on
the threshold of her homo, but must be
lifted across by her husband, if all
these rules aro followed carefully, and
great care is taken before becoming en¬
gaged that tho object of her admira
tion has a name which begins with an¬
other letter than her own, thero does
not seem to ba any reason why every¬
thing should not prosper with a bride
unless tho old saying may possibly
have much of the truth in it, which
says the reason why so few marriages
are happy is because young ladies spend
their time in making nets instead of
cages.— New York Star.
Tho World's queerest Restaurant.
Not far from the Rue 8t. Donis, says
a Paris lotter to the Tiroes 'Democrat, is
a restaurant that has few counterparts.
It is the cheapest place in Paris, and
that means in the world. I once had
the honor to entertain a Whyo King,
since hanged, in one of tho chief Chat¬
ham street (New York) eating houses*
Tho Whyo had what he called a “cork¬
in’good foed,” and the bill, I think,
was 14 cents. But tho Paris restaurant
is much cheaper. It enjoys the title of
“Au Hasard de la Fourchette.” In M. trf
a huge Cauldron hangs over a fire, CT
is filled with all sorts and couliti ons
of eatables. The customer pays three
cents to the burly gentleman who is m
charge, He receives in return a huge
long-handled fork. This he p’uagos
into the pot once—no more. I did not
try my luck, but 1 found it interesting
tP watch those who did. It was a pe¬
culiar game of chance, and those who
played it showed more interest in it
than you can see on the face3 of the
gamb era at Monaco. Sometimes a
iucky one would bring up a chicken
wing or a substantial chunk of meat,
and thereon h;s face would light. But
more often the fork would come up lad¬
en with only a potato or some insigniil
cant article. However, that made no
difference. Tue player hid to be satis
fied wilh his winnings, or he would
travel to the street with more velocity
than comfort. Altogether the “Fork
Hazard’ is a queer plao and is worth
seeing,
Consumption of Iron anil Steel.
It is an interesting Jact, to which M‘.
Edward Atkinson calls attention, that
while tho population of the United
9 ates during the past ten years Las
averaged about 4 per cent of the esti
mated population of tho globe, the
consumption of iron and steel in this
country has averaged 30 per cent of the
world s consumption, and now exceeds
40 P cr c« D L The consumption of iron
steadily increases, notwithstanding the
enormous reduction in its way for rail
way purposes, Both iron and steel are
being used more and more wideiy every
day in buildingi, bridges and other
structural work; and while the Ameri¬
can product for 1839 will exceed that
of Great Britain, it is not large enough
to supply the home demad.
A Farm Worked by 250 Lunatics.
The whole of the work on the Islip
farm, Long Island, is done by the 250
insane patients who live there, Many
of them are excellent laborers, skilful
and steady, as Dr. MacDonald, who has
had charge of tho work there during
the past summer, can testify, Tho
farm, which was formerly poor laud, is
in a fine state of cultivation,highly pro¬
ductive and pleasant to behold- It is
greatly admired by the level-headed
farmers of Long Island who take a look
at it —Jfrw Tori Bun,
WILL B. GRAHAM, Editor and Manager.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Mr. Duthie, botanical director for
northern India, advocates tho uso of the
flowers of the Calligonum for food in
northwestern Imtia.
In a recent report on magnetic rock
among the hills of Upper Burmah, Dr.
Noetling describes a mountain or hill at
Singaung, which consists of a huge
mass of iron or o.
More than 1000 peaks in the Hima¬
layas have beeu found by measurement
to exceed 20,000 feet in height, and it
is estimated that at least 2000 reach
this altitude. In tho Alps there are
two peaks more than 15,000 feet high,
and six or seven over 14,000 foot.
Tho new piano inveutod by Dr. Eiso
mann of Berlin can, by tho aid of elec¬
tro- magnetism, sustain, iucroase or
diminish sound; another and valuable
novelty in its construction is that by
moving the electro-mngnots the tim >re
of the toue is changed, as, for cxamplo,
from that of a violoncello to piccolo.
Pita, the new remedy for hydropho¬
bia recently discovered in Spain, seems
to bo a name given to the flower stalk
of the aloe, a plant common in some
parts of Spain. The story goes that its
virtues wero discovered accidentally by
a man in a fit of hydrophobia falling
upon an aloe plant and unconsciously
biting tho stem.
The noiseless powder is not a new
invention. In the third volumo oi
Benvenuto Cellini’s autobiography the
author relates that when suffering from
fever in Ferrara ho cured himself by
eating peacocks, and that he p r, »curud
himself the birds surreptitiously by
shooting them with powder “invented
by him, that made no noiso.”
Among tho various u cs of celluloid,
it would appear to bo a suitable sheath¬
ing for ships, in place of copper. In
experiments by M. Bulaino, platen of
celluloid applied to various vessels in
January last wero removed five or six
months after, and found intact and free
from mar’ue vegetation, which was
abundant on parts uncovered.
Carbolic acid is now much less used
in surgery than formerly. 8u-goons
have only gradually become acquainted
with its dangors. Tho acid may not
only cause inflaination and gangrene,
but also blood poisoning, and so may
even prove fatal. It is useful only in
the hands of a skillful surgeon, and
ought never to be used without his ad¬
vice. The best lotion for recent in¬
juries is the ordinary lead lotion, which
can be bought at any chemist's.
That the eastern half of our conti¬
nent is slowly foundering m tho Atlan¬
tic is a fact well known to science. Tue
rato is slow—a few inches in a hum*
dred years—but, like Mercutio’s wound
it is “enough.” It effects do not come
insensibly—like a thief in the night—
each generation amply able to take care
of itself by means of which it is un¬
conscious; they are felt at long intervals
in storms whose devastations are greater
and extend farther inland than any
previously experienced.
In France when a patient is under
chloroform, on tho slightest symptom
appearing of failure of the heart they
turn him nearly upside down, that is,
with his head downward and his heels
in the air. This, they say, al ways re¬
stores him, and such is their faith in
the efficiency of this method that the
operating tables in the Paris hospitals
are made so that in au instant they can
be elevated with one end in .he air,, so
as to bring the patient into a position
resembling that of standing on his
head.
A Martyr to Enterprise.
Those who are fond of seeing tho
magnificent photographic views of
mountain heights which are now on ex¬
hibition in the picture shops do not
realize the daring that is required to
procure them. One of the boldest of
these mountain photographers was Mr.
Donkin. His views of the Alp9 are
famous, and he set out a year ago to
duplicate his achievements with the
camera in the monarcha of the Caucasus.
In ascending Mount Dychtan, however,
the adventurous photographer fell a
martyr to his enterprise. For a long
time it was known that he had been
killed, but the manner of his death was
in doubt and there were painful rumors
current that he had been slain by the
natives. But to ascertasu the facts a
party led by Mr. Dent, the president of
the British Alpine Club, cl mbed Mount
Dychtan to search for evidence. They
found the photographic outfit of the
unfortunate man at the brink of a preci¬
pice under such circumstances as to
leave no doubt that he and his compan¬
ions had slipped over the edge and been
instantly killed. —New York Sun.
Sharing His Lot
Mr. Top Heavy: Will you share my
lot. Penelope?
Penelope; Yes, if there i* a brown
•tone front on it.— Lift.
Hands.
Two dimpled hands
Outstretched in glee,
As pink and as white
A.s shells of the sea!
Oh, softly caress them
And well, for I wish
That such tiny hands
Were made to kiss I
Two slender hands
All dazzling with gems—
As soft and as whit »
As lilies on thoir stems,
O. lovingly clasp them
And kiss—for I ween
That such dainty hands
Thou never bast seen.
Two toil-worn hands
On a pulseless breast
So hard and so brown—
Tired hands now at rest!
O, reverently fold them,
For she’s gone to stay
Where tho weary old hands
Ar at rest for aye.
•^■Avgusta. Wail in Atlanta Constitution.
11UMOHOU3.
Faro yet fowl—A broiled chickon.
Tho path of duty—Through tho cus¬
tom house.
When a mustard plaster sots up in
business it generally has tho drawing
room all to itself.
She—And will you always lovo mo?
All tho live-long day? Ho—Yo-c-s, 1
think so. You’ll give mo a chauco to
stop for meals, I supp se?
Editor—“J cannot think and use tho
type-writer at tho snmo time.” Rival
Editor—“Then yon fiud tho type-write!
no Letter than the pen.”
Johakiu—I hear you Oolong to an ac*
cident insuranco society? Tomkin—
Yes, I joined over six months ago, and
deuce take it, I havn’t got hurt yot.
Thero arc no less than 857 different
terms in tho English lauguago which
express the state of being in love, and
the sweet young authoress of tho glow¬
ing society novel utilizes them ull.
The average number of hairs upon
tho human head is only 120,090. Tho
American wife will please boar this in
mind when taking a largo, generous
handful from tho head of paterfamilias.
There is a limit to all good things.
The Moon.
Most persons aro under tho impress,
sion that this familiar expression refers 1
only to tho faint appearance of a faco
which tho moon presents when full.
But tlioso better acquainted with folk-’
loro are aware that tho object referred
to under tho name of tho Man in tho
Moon is a dusky resemblance to a human
figure which appears on tho western side
of the luminary when eight days old.
The figure is something like that of &'
man in the act of climbing, and carry¬
ing a thorn-bush upon his back. Thero
is a detached object beforo him which
looks something like a dog. Am< ng
various nations it is a popular notion
that this figure is the man referred to in
the book of Numbers as having been de¬
tected by the children of Israel in tho
wikJer.icss in the act of gathering sticks
on the Sabbath-day, and whom tho
Lord directed to be stoned to death
without the camp, Our poets make
clear to us how old is this notion.
When moonshine is to be represented in
Pyramus and Tnisbo (Shuke?pcaro’s
“Midsummer Night’s Dream"), Quince
gives due directions a? follows: “Ono
must come in with a budi of thorns and
a lantern, and say he comes in to dis¬
figure, or to present, the. person of
moonshine.” This order is realized:
“All I have to say,” on eludes the per¬
former of this part, “,3 to ted you tuat
the lantern is the moon; I tho man in
the moon; this thorn-bush my thorn
bush; and this dog my dog!” C laucec
thus adverts to the Man in the Moon:
On her brest a chorle painted ful even,
Bearing a bush of thorns on his bucko,
Which for his theft might clime so ner tha
heaven.
Dante, in his ‘Tuferno,” makes a refer¬
ence to the Min in the Moon, but calls
him Cain, a variation from the popular
English idea.— Lippincott.
A Remedy for Insomnia.
The abu.e of the eye is the crime of
the age. I am prepared to demonstrate
that at least nine tenths of the prevail¬
ing sleeplessness, of which wo hear so
much, is due to nervousness directly
traceable to the optic noive. Wo aro
wearing our eye3 out over books and
desks and types, and the effect shows
itself not only in the appearance of the
organ itself, but in its retroactive effect
on nerve and brain. I have discavered
a remedy for sleeplessness, and for the
reason I have never known it to fail 1
im fortified in my opinion that the
whole trouble arises from the overstrain
of the eyes. Take a soft cloth—say a
a piece of napped towel—and fold in.lt
two small pieces of ice at a distance
apart to exactly cover the eyes when the
cloth is laid across them, Then lie
down, adjust the cloth with the ice over
the closed eyes and you will be asleep
in a very short while. — St. J Louis lit*
public.
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