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About The Enterprise. (Carnesville, GA.) 1890-1??? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1890)
YOL. I. The Baby. Pray, have yon heard the nows? Sturdy in lungs and thews There’s a new baby! Ring bells of crystal life, Wave boughs with blossoming tip; Think what he may be! Love cannot love enough, Winter is never rough All around such sweetness; One of a mi lion more Lent to the glad heart's door In their completeness. Though in each year 'tis told, Such news is never old Of a first birthday; Welcome thou ray of light, In joyous wishes dight, Sail down thy mirth-way. —Hose It. Lathrnp , in the Jfonstwtfe. Mrs, Melthorpe’s Mistake. BY AMY RANDOLPH. [ “Mark Antony’s widow! ’ said Mrs. Melthorpe, 'sharply. “Again! Didn’t I desire you to tell her yesterday, when she calle 1, that I was particularly en¬ gaged?’ ■ Hyacinth Molthorpe hesitated. She Was a tall, angular giri of fifteen, with an l hands pitifu ly in her way, and big, frightened eyes, like those of a hare disturbo l in its wood:an 1 haunts. “Mamma,” she vestured, “won’t you sec her? Sac is very pretty and young, and she looks so dreadfully • tired.” ft “No, I won’t,” said Mrs. Molthorpe, atanding with a little Die idea statuette in her hand, and considering whether it had better lsc packe 1 in a trunk or b/ hand. “I am going down to my brother-in-law Harp r’s, svith Norine, and I have no time to spare for poor relations.” j§ “Oh, mamma, hushl She will hear you! ’ “Let her hear me. The truth never yet did anybody any harm. Mark Antony would marry her, in spite of all us, when he might havo had Put- Goldiiand with her quarter of a million, for the asking.” “Mamma, she is your brother’s widow.” 1 Mrs. Melthorpe fixed upon her you lg- est born a Gorgon glance which nearly froze her to death. “Be silent, Miss!” said she. “Is it for a slip of a thing lUo you to contra¬ dict me and lay down the law? Tel 1 Mark Antony’s widow to go about her business!” At this moment, however, Il/acin Is was re inforccd by a slight, fair-haired little woman in a very plain black gowD, who valiantly presented herself on the scene. “Do not blame Hyacinth, Mrs. Mcl- thorpe,” said she. “I called to see you because I have just returned from a visit to Harper Cast c— ’ ffllrs. Melthorpe stiffened visibly. Hyacinth looked appalled. Ev;n Norine, the beauty of the family, wh > lay like a sultana among her cushion;, and drank chocolate,rou-e 1 herself into something liko attention, lifting her big, deer-like eyes to the blushing f ice of the newcomer. PCSlie is pretty, in a xv.i.x doll sort of fashion, ” thought Norine, who herself was a sort of Junooian hollo—large, languid and pink-chi cked. BpYos,” said M-s. M dtliorpe. “But if you will a 1 >w ms to mention it, Mrs. Mark Antony, it was hardly the thing for you to besiege my poor dear brother- in-Iaw—even at his own houio.” “His wife was M.uk Antony’s sis¬ ter. ’’ ■“Humph ! ’ sahl Mrs. Melthorpe, If you ex cc', tnadamc, to be a lopto-1 by all Mask Antony s relation!, you will find yourself considerably mistaken. You aro young and perhaps in_■ xpe:-i- enc s 1. Allow mo to warn you that too mjbch pushing svdl not bo tolerated by th? family. Mrs. Mark Antony Maywood colored toihe very roots of her golden fringe of Blair; she woul 1 have spsken, but her sister-in-law leapt the fl >or. |§‘If you will read the newspapers,” * said she, “you will perceive that there are plenty of situations as companions, 'stenographers, amanuenses, and so on, to be had.” “But ’ » — teligain Mrs. 'Melthorpe struck in: ^&‘Or telegraphy, I would recommen purchase 1 you typewriter to study or a and,practice diligently upon it. Any¬ thing would bo preferable to becoming a Burden upon your friends. Good morning!” Mi . Mark Antony withdrew silently. Norine Melthorpe tossed her head; Hya- burst into tears. ■■Goosey,” cried Norine, “what are you sobbing about?” ? “Oil, it was too cruel," faltered Hyacinth. •You might at least have Sred her a cup of your chocolate, line?” (Nonsense,” said Norine. “The ban has got to be taught to know [place! kBut Let her go to work!” do she never was brought up to thing. She was rich when Uncle THE ENTERPRISE Mark Antony married her,” pleaded Hyacinth. “Sho might have had a few thousand dollars—nothing to what Prudentia Goldiiand would have inherited; but it is no fault of ours that Mark Antony gambled them all away. Her mother should have brought her up dif¬ ferently..” “Mamma, it’s just the way you have educate 1 Norine. Sho can’t even sew on her own shoe-buttonsP protested truthful Hyacinth. “How dare you argue with me, you impertinent rninxl” retorted Mrs. Melthorpo, putting down tho Dresden statuette and giving Hyacinth a smart box on the car. “Go down stairs and help Bridget, at once; and don’t you ever darfe again to dictate to me!” So the packing went on—for although Mrs. Melthorpe had only written to her wealthy brother-in-law that she would spend a few weeks at Harper Cistle, with his permission, as dear Norine’s health was doiica'e, an 1 Hyacinth, sweet child, was growing a great deal too fast, still she had m ide up her mind to remain there permanently, when once she had obtained a footing. “And I wonder,” thought indignant Hyacinth, “what mamma calls that but pushing. ” The Melthorpos went down by train the next week but one, leaving the packing-boxes on storage, and taking only nine trunks. For Harper Castle was not many miles from Saratoga, and Sirs. Molthorpe intended that “dear Norine" should have the benefit of the fashionable season. “Albert Harper is as rich as Croesus,” thought the manceuvering mother, “and there’s no reason that some of the money shouldn't be spent en his nieces!” She had not seen much of the Har¬ pers of Hirper Castle, of late years be¬ cause there had been no very particular warmth of affection between herself and her sister. “If I had supposed,” rea¬ soned Mrs. Melthorpe, “that Artemis was going to marry rich, I should have treated her very differently those years that she lived at home with me. But Melthorpe said there was no reason she shouldn’t earn her living, and save us the extra expense of a lsdy’s maid— and, of course, all that is a bygone now, and if wo play our cards well, we can have a homo at Ilirper Ca tie lor the rest of our lives!” Tho elegant opoa landau with its deep bay horses glittering with gold- pl.i’o l harnes 1 , and its two concilium in black livery, was waiting at the sta¬ tion. Norine entered it, more like royal Juno than ever. Mrs. Meithorpc bustled after her, and Hyacinth seated herself timidly at tdie back of the car- riage. • 'This is something like,” said Norine, languidly exultant. “Mamma, wo’ve been grubs all our lives, now we are commencing to be butterfliei. I must say, I liko to feel my wings.” And Hyacinth was silent. Colonel Harper met them at the door —a superb arched portal beneath a row of Corinthian coliuns. Ho was a hand¬ some, m;d lie-aged gentleman, his hair just sprinkled with gray, his keen, dark eyes sparkling through eye-glasses. Norine kissed him effulively. Mrs. M.dihorpe sq icezo his hand, ilyacintji shrank back, scarcely daring to appro¬ priate any of the welcome to herself. “Pray walk in," said the Cilonc’. “I was just considering the propriety of writing to you, when I received the lot- let announcing your speedy visit.” “My dear Albert! Or writing to us?” “Yes,” sai 1 Colonel Harper, usher¬ ing them into a stately drawing-room. “1 do not know that my affairs particu¬ larly affect th3 rest of tho family, but I had decided to let you know of my second marriage." Mrs. Melthorpe gavo a gasp. Norine looked appalled. No thunderbolt could have taken them more by surprise. “Artemis has been deal ayearnow,” went on the Colonel, in cool business¬ like accents. “The lady who has hon¬ ored me by intrusting her future to my care is a connection of this family. Evelyn, my dear” (beckoning to a slight figure which up to this time had lingered among the shadows of the bay-window draperies), “I wish to in¬ troduce to you my late wife's sister and her daughters. Mrs. Melthorpe—young ladies—this is Mrs. Harper. “Why! ’cried out Hyacinth, in her impulsive fashion, “it’s Uncle Mark Antony’s widow!’ Mrs. Melthorpo had reddened as if boiling carmine print had been poured through all her veins. Norine grasped at her lace neck-frills as if she foun 1 difficulty in breathing. Mrs. Harper greeted them with a certain calm gra¬ ciousness, like a queen receiving her subjects. that day < .j tried to tell you about it in the city,” said she, “I should have liked to ask you to our quiet wel¬ ding; but you declined to hear me out. You desired me to read the newspaper^. CARNESVILLE, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24.1890. or to buy a typewriter, or something of that kind. I could not get a chance to explain to you that Colonel Harper was a friend of mine in tho old days bofore I married Mark Antony, and before ho was betrotbod to Miss Artemis May- wood.” Mrs. Melthorpo and Miss Norine re turned to New York in the evening train. After all that was come and gone they deemed it best speedily to re¬ tire from the field. But Mrs. Harper put in a plea for Hyacinth to remain at tho castlo. ‘ She was the only one who spoke kindly to nio,” said she. “Withi ut in¬ tending to be an eavesdropper, I heard her hogging for quarter for me. That it was cavalierly refused was no fault ol hers. You will stay with me, dear lit¬ tle Hyacinth? ’ “If mamma does not object,” said Hyacinth, secretly wondering, if the world was coming to an end. “Mamma" did not object in the least. It was something to have that tall, awkward school-girl provided for, she thought. 1 But what Colonel Harper could have seen to fancy in Mark Antony’s widow,” as she said afterward to No- rino, “J can’t imagine.” Pirhaps all this was a lesson to Mrs. Melthorpe; perhaps not. There arc some people who will never learn much in the school of that grim old peda¬ gogue, Experience! — The Ledger. Cod Liver Oil. Cod liver oil is, as its name indicates, obtained from the liver of codfish. It is an agent which could scarcely be dispensed with, being a nourishing tonic of exceeding value. Many peo¬ ple have an idea that consumption is one disease for which it is peculiarly adapted, and they fail to recognizi the fact that it is equally efficient in many other affections. Hence, when physi¬ cians proscribe it, patients at once assume that they have trouble with their lungs. The accepted list of dis¬ eases in udiich cod liver oil is of special efficacy is much larger than it was a score of years ago. Undoubtedly phy¬ sicians in old times, in attempting to combat disease, often used drugs which depressed and reduced the vital powers, doing thereby more harm than good. All that is changed now; physicians of tho present may be said to ignore, to a certain extent, the disease, but nounsh and keep up—“restore the life that is being drained, bui d up the tissues being wasted.” Cod liver oil is practi¬ cally a food, and as such only does it act. It nouriihes and fattens wasted and xvasting bodies, and in that way it often checks the progress even of pul¬ monary consumption. Among tho many affections in which it is giveD is nervous debility. In some coughs, too, even where tho lungs are perfectly sound, it proves admirable, and often cures the same. Its taste is so disa¬ greeable that comparatively few patients can take it, a fact much to be deplored. Many are the ways devised to make it less unpleasant, flavoring it with pepper¬ mint, mixing it with coffee, rinsing the mouth first with brandy or whiskey, pouring it into the froth of beer, etc. Some recommend that it be salted and peppered and then “bolted down,” afterward the mouth to be rinsed with tincture of myrrh and water. Lately it has been suggested that a few grains of salt bo dropped on tho tongue before taking cod liver oil, as by that means it will be rendered palatable. Or a bite of pickle before and after taking the oil will render it acceptable.— Boston llerald. How He Paid His Lawyer’s Fee. * My first case in Sin Francisco,” said Attorney James K. Wilder, “was the defence of a young fellow charged with stealing a watch belonging to a Catholic priest. I was appointed by the court, because the prisoner said ha had no money. • Tne jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and as the defendant was leav¬ ing the court room I called him back, and just as a joke handed him my card and told him to bring me around the first $50 he got. “Next day he walked into my office and planked down two 20s and a 10. “ ‘Where did you get all that money?’ I demanded, as soon as I got over my surprise enough to speak. “‘Sold the prieit’s watch,’ he re¬ plied, as he bowed himself out.” Mustard Oil as a Lubricant. Mustard oil has of late been given some attention as a lubricant, and it is reported to havo been successfully used for some time in Germany for lubricat- ing purposes. It is said not to be sus¬ ceptible to cold, and, besides, does not easily become rancid or form fatty acids which would attack metal. Its lubri¬ cating value, moreover, according to Prof. G. Herman, of Aix-la-Chapelle, is of a relatively high order. No par¬ ticulars have been yet given as to th8 cost of the nexv lubricant, its specific gravity, etc. A BLOOD THIRST. Abnormal Appetite Developed in a Texan Girl. Periodically Afflicted With a Craving forthe Life Fluid. A malndy of the most remarkable and distressing nature has roctftUly attacked the young daughter of Winthrop Davis who owns one of the largest saw-mills in this vicinity, says tho Atlanta (Tox.) cirrespondont of tho Philadelphia Times. The young lady is in her 16th year, and, when in her normal health, of an amiable, rather shrinking dispo¬ sition, and possessed of no small claim to beauty, besides being Intelligent and well ndvancod in her studies. About three months ago sho fell into a low, melancholy state, and displayed a sin¬ gular aversion to all society, refusing entirely to converse at times and exhib¬ iting a sullen, angry disposition when questioned or remonstrated with. All food was icjected for several days until a piece of freshly-killed beef was accidentally brought into her presence, when she threw herself upon it with all the savage greodinejs of a famished ani¬ mal, and began to tear and rend it with her teeth, sucking tho blood with a shocking relish for the yet»warm fluid. Sinco then, at periods ranging from three to seven days, she is "seized with the same thirst for blood, and when brought in sight of it will drink it with avidity, in spite of all efforts made to restrain her. Such efforts are attended with much danger, for during theso at¬ tacks sho fails to recognize even tho members of tho family, and will snap and bite savagely at anyone attempting to moleit her. Her entire appearance undergoes a change, her usually gentle expression becoming inhumanly ferocious, her eyes bloodshot and glaring, while her jaws snap furiously and she keeps up a hideous snarling and growling. Her face becomes suffused xvith blood and her hair bristles on her hea l like that of an angry animal. Once satiated with blood sho falls into a deep sleep, as if from intoxication, and in awakening seems to have no remembrance whatever of her singular attack and is once mure her quiet, lady-like self, only complain¬ ing of severe headache, which frequently lasts until her next seizure. Physicians who havo seen her aro at a loss to account for the cause of her malady and have, up to the present, failed entirely to relieve her. By the advice of several, attempts have been made to keep her from tho sight of blood, but the result is so distressing that it is now thought best to allow her to gratify her unnatural thirst. Unable to do so otherwise, she attacked her own flesh, tearing it without any ap¬ parent pain and sucking the blood with avidity. On another occasion, when seemingly at herself, her attention was attracted to a younger brother, who, having cut his hand, entered tho house for the pur¬ pose of having the bleeding gash bound up. She instantly leaped across tho room and without warning seized the boy’s hurt hand in her mouth and bit him to the bone. It was only with tho greatest difficulty that she could be made to release him, and when finally forced to let go gave vent to her rage in hoarse cries, or rather screams, liko a wild beast cheated of its prey. Mr. Davis and his wife arc persons of education and refinement, and profess themselves entirely unable to account for their daughter’s peculiar affliction, m on both sides for generations there has never been any intemperance or mental disease. A Monkey Does an Heroic Thing. A large ourangoutang was very much attached to his master and to the baby boy, who xvas the pet of the whole family. O re day a fire suddenly broke out in the house, and everybody was running here and there to put it out, while the little bey in his nursery was almost forgotten, and when - they thought of him the staircase xvas all in flames. What could he done? As they were looking up and xvondering, a large hairy hand and arm opened the win¬ dow, and presently the monkey ap¬ peared with the baby in his arms, and certainly climbed down over the porch and brought the child safely to his nurse. Nob dy else could have done it, for a man cannot climb like a monkey, and is: not nearly so stroi g. You ina7 imagine hoxx’ the faithful c-oature was praised and pettel after that, This is a true story, and the child who was saved wax the young Marquis of Kildare. Fragile Steamship Records. “It’s very strange!” commented Mrs. Snaggs, as she laid down the paper. “What is strange? ’ asked her hus¬ band. “Every day or two I read about c steamship’s record getting broken. It’s strange they don’t make them stronger.” Life in “Mulberry Bend.” It is upon “The Bend,” in Mulberry street, New York, that this Italian blight has fallon chiefly. It is here the sanitary policeman locates tho bulk of his Pour Hundred, and the reformer givos up the task in despair. Where Mulberry street crooks liko an elbow, within hail of tho old dopravity of the Fivo Points, are the miserable homes of the ragpickers. Tho law of kaleido¬ scopic change that rulos life in the lower strata of our city long since put the swarthy, stunted emigrant from southern Italy in exclusive possession of this field, just as his black-eyed boy has monopolized tho boot-black’s trade, and the Chinaman the laundry. IJero is tho back alloy in its fou’eit devel¬ opment—-natuially ouough, for there is scarcely a lot that has not two, throo or four tenements upon it, swarming with unwholesome crowds, What squalor and degradation inhabit those dens tho health officers know. Through tho long summer days their carls palrol The Bend, scattering disin¬ fectants in streets and hincq in sinks and cellars, and hidden hovels where tho tramp burrows. From midnight till far into tho small hours of tho morning the policeman's thundering rap on closed doors is heard, with his stern command, “Apri port’I’ on his rounds gathering evidouco of illegal over¬ crowding. The doors are opeued un¬ willingly enough—but the order means business and tho tenant knows it even if ho understands no word of English. In a room not thirteen feet either way slept twelve men and women, two or three in bunks set in a sort of alcove, the rest on (he floor. A kerosene lamp burned dimly in the fearful atmosphere, probably to gutdo other and later arriv¬ als to their “beds,” for it ivai only just past midnight. A baby’s fretful wail came from an adjoining hall-room, where, in the semi-darkness, three re¬ cumbent figures could bo made out,— Scribner. Two Delicate Operations. There are at present in St. Mary’s hospital two patients whose enses aro attracting a great deal of attention among physicians and surgeons, says the St. I > aul Pioneer Press. Tne most remarkable case is that of a gcutleman connected with one of the loading busi¬ ness houses of tho city, who has lately been suffering from brain trouble. Ilis case had bocome so serious that it was decided an operation was advisable. It was what is known ns degeneration of the brain. The only possiblo remedy is by removing the top of tho skull and taking out the diseased matter. It is an exceedingly delicate operation, of course, and one the success of which in this case was con- sidcred exceedingly problematical, but as it xvas tho only hopo the operation was performed in the presence of a score of physicians. Tho patient is doing well, though tho final result cannot yet bo determined. Tho flow of blood is very great, and the operation has proved much more successful than was thought probable at the timo. It is said to have been the first operation of tho kind ever performed in the state. The second case, if loss remarkable, is more curious. A man in some mys¬ terious way swallowed his teeth, not the molars which nature gavo him, hut the sot which his dentist provided as a substitute. They lodged deep down in his throat, and put a stop to everything except breathing. A hole had to be cut in his throatand tho teeth extracted. The operation was successfully per¬ formed, and tho patient is doing well, and will keep his eye on his teeth after this. Ten Yours Beside n Grave. A writer in Chambers’ Journal tells of a man who spent tho greater portion of the last ten years of his life by his wife’s grave. “Ho went to the ceme¬ tery in the early morning, and after re¬ moving any microscopic weed that might have showed itself since tne previous evening, would light his pipe and sol¬ emnly contemplate tho stones in his vicinity. Ho went away regularly to liis meals, and as regularly took his afternoon nap on the grass by the grave¬ side. Shortly before his last visit to the cherishe 1 spot ho requested mo to decipher for him the dates upon several of the gravestones; and we conversed about many whom we bad known in life, and who had passed away. I remarked that tho churchyard xvas a very pretty place, and his face lighted up as he rejoined: ‘Ah, mester, I’ve always thought I should liko to he buried here, for,’ looking around, ‘you see there’s such a splendid view from here.’ This was uttered in good faith, and the old man seemed convinced that neither coffin lid nor church-yard clods would obstruct his view. Perhaps they don’t! Ia a few brief weeks he camo to his favorite haunt to stay. ‘Poor old William,’ the flowers upon your grave have run wild long ago, and no one set ms to remember you as they pass by." SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. A micro-orgauism has recently boon discovered which posse sos tlv’o power of conferring luminosity or phosphores¬ cence upon different crustnceans. It is held that steam jackets are de¬ creasing in utility as engines aro ad¬ vancing toward perfection, and should thoy over attain this idcnl the jacket would be wholly useless. A mortar which, it is claimed, will stand in all sorts of weather, is made of one bushel of uuslakcd lime and three bushels of sharp sand, to which is ndd- od one pound of alum mix d with one pint of linsooil oil. Tho alum will counteract tho action of frost on tho mortar. Tho ‘‘lady bug” is being propagated for dissemination among tho orango groves infested with what is called the whito scale. Tho post seems tho most difficult to copo with and, had no remedy boon found, the industry in the sections affected by it would probably havo been dostroyod. Tho latest electric device is for de¬ tecting fires. When tho temperature of a room reachos a dangerous point tho composition in n littlo button stavti a boll to ringing and indicates the num¬ ber of tho room. The alarm is kopt up until tho temperature of the room is re¬ duced below the danger point. A physiologist in Franco has been ob¬ serving the xvorking of flies in flying, and somehoxv has arrived at tho conclu¬ sion that the wings of a fly make about 830 beats per second, and that such a fly can travel at tho rate of a kilomotre per minute. This is equal (o the veloc¬ ity of an express train (37.3 mile.). M Mosso, of Turin, has found that he fresh blood of fishes acts as a pow¬ erful poison when injected into the cir¬ culation of mammals. The venomous property exists in the serum, is de¬ stroyed by the putrefying process, by boating to some 1200 degrees Fahion- heit, by alkalies, and by mineral and organic acids, except carbonic acid. The modical journals have been draw¬ ing a moral from tho fact which lus been lately brought forward that the native Egyptian is nil extremely good subject for surgical operation. Bey, tho founder of modorn medicine in Egypt, says; “It requires as much surgery to kill one Egyptian as sovon Europeans. In tho uativo hos¬ pitals, the mau whose thigh has been amputated at 2 o’clock is sitting up and lively at 6 o’clock.” South American fire-flies havo been called living diamonds. In tho same part of tho world is also found a pale gray or particularly disagroenblo look¬ ing moth which may bo called a living lantern. Kopt closed in a box for twenty-four hours it will be found xvhen tho box is opeued that tho body of tho moth is giving forth sufficient light to enable one to read plainly any ordinary type. A number of glass frontod boxes containing these moths—Fulgaria can- ternaria naturalists call them—when placed around tho room afford nearly a? much light ns so many wax candles. Advice Grails. Don’t tako medicines unless a physi¬ cian prescribes them. Don’t neglect a little cold. It may bccomo a great fever of inflammation. Don’t put on thin clothing became the weather is a little mild. Don’t got overheated and don't wor¬ ry - Don’t let a draught, blow on you. Don’t drink hot alcoholic drinks or any other to ward off a cold. Keep your feet warm and your head cool. Don’t tax your stomach with rich cr improperly cooked food. Don’t stand on the boxv of a ferry¬ boat or the platform of streot or olo- vated cars unless your throat is pro¬ tected. Don’t cut off your sleep at both ends of the night. A few “don’ts” now are better than a dozen “dos" when the cold gets its grip on you .—Neio York Sun. A Big Siinkc Captured. A sensational snake story is told by «T. K. Matson, who lives in Truro Town hip, Mxtson was quarrying stone, and he placed a heavy charge of blasting-powder above a large hole in the face of tho rock. After lighting the fuse ho retired a good safe distance to await tho explosion. On his return to the quarry, to his surprise, he iound an immense serpent lying on the ground apparently stunned by the explosion. Ho piled cord wood enough on the monster to pin it down securely, and then hurried axvay for help. D. A. Mackay ventured back with him, and after somo trouble the snake xvas driven into a stout box. Matson has the snake on exhibition at his house. It is sixteen feet long, as big around as a man’s leg, is of a reddish cilor spot¬ ted with yellow, and emits a strong odor. — Chicago Tribune. NO. 8. Tho Mist and the Night Wind. The mist rose from the river, It sifted through the trees, And wound about the wooded hill* A gray and ghostly frieze. And the wind amid the pine trees hisiod its lofty scorn of the valley mist. The mist spread over the valley, It swept on quiet wings O’er sedge and marsh and meadow, O’er rocks and fairy rings. kiss.ll And the night wind told the trees it Us hate for the low-born valley mist. But xvhen the day was dawning, The pallid mist grew gold, Ami to the azure o’er tho hills In clouds of glory rolled. While amid the pines, am! in its pride, The scornful night wind sank and died. —Pittsburg Dispatch. HUMOROUS. The coming mau xvill fly xvlion thfl coming broom Is after him. The boy who is loft unmolested in tho pantry is likely to s*rike a pudding. When a xvoman wants tho eurtli, it is xvith tho view of giving it to sonxo man. No ouo is alloxvo 1 to destroy pavc- monts, yet it is not unusual to see a man go tearing up the street. Canvassor—Yes, it is early; but I’m a morning-glory—open out early, V.c- tim—I hope you’ll emulate that fliwer, too, in shutting up before noon. In Siam it is death to mention tho king’s name. In Russia it » destruc¬ tion to tho jaw to pronounce some of tho names of tho common people. Scientist—Bring mo a decoction of burned peas, swcotened xvith glucose and lightened with chalk and water. Waiter (vociferously)—Coffee for one. The Good Friend—So, good-bye, dear old fellow, and if ever you want $50 como to me and wo’11 go iogethor and find somo ono xvfio will lend it to us. How inconsistent somo men aro, to be sure! There’s Bleigh, for example. He is forever boasting that he never does anything by halves, and yet everything that is done at all in his house is done by his better half. “Don’t sleep with your mouth open,” said Fred to his younger brother. “You should breatho through your nose." “But I don’t know xvhen my mouth’s open. What do you do xvhen you wake up and find your mouth open?’ “What do 1 do? Why, I get up and shut it.” The Man With the Coonskin Cap. One night a year ago there xvero hall a dozen of us to go up to the village hole! iu tho rickety old buss, and among the crowd was a solemn-looking old chap, dressed in very plain goods and wearing coon ski.r cap. it was the typical village hotcl-lanllord in tho barroom, a very fresh young man be¬ hind the register, mighty little for sup¬ per, and that poorly cooked, and thero was more or less growling. The man with the coonskin cap was troatod very brusquely by the clerk, and the frowsy- hended waiter girl didn't seem to care whether he had anything to eat or not. Ho didn’t say much, but it was evident that ho was mad. Ahor supper tho laud lord and “Coon- skin” had a private confab. When it was ended the old man came down stairs, opened the front door, and then turned to tho clerk aid said; “You git!” “What do you mean?” “I havo rented this hotol. Skip!” The clerk put on his coat and hat and xvalked out. Then “Coonskin” sent word to the cook and waiter girl to be out in half an hour, for tiro hostler to bo gono by midnight, and for the bar¬ keeper to vacate by noon the next day- Ido kindly allowed 111 to stop over night, hut wn had to get our breakfast at a baker/. By noon tho doors of tho hotel xvero nailed up, signs of “Closed” posted, and as xvo footed it down to the depot the solemn old man thawed out sufficiently to observe: “I'm after seven more of ’em along this lino of railroad, and if I can shut 'em up tho public will be in my debt. I havo figured it out to my entire satis¬ faction, and I truly believe that three- fifths of the crime in this country is in¬ cited by poor hotel keeping.”— N. Y. Sun. Epidemics of Influenza. There xvero altogether about 300 dis¬ tinct epidemic* of influenza in Europe bolwoen 1510, xvhen tho disease xvax first noted at Malta, and 1850. sc/crely. In 1729 tho whole of E.trope su(Tired According to statistics published by the Novae Vremya, tho disease caused 908 deaths in London in one week, and in Vienna 60,000 per-on3 were affectod. In 1737 and 1743 there were further outbreaks, and the deaths in ono week in London amounted to 100J. In 1775 domestic animals xvero first attacked by it. In 1782 40,000 persons fell ill of it in St. Petersburg in twenty-four hours. In St. Petersburg quinine is now served out daily to the troopx, mixed xvith vodka.
