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Whist Not Bumblepuppy.
It is singular that, being so fine a
ame as it is, whist should be so little
nown. I have said that every one in
England loves whist. I should havo
said that every one loves a game which
is supposed to be whist. But ninety
nine out of a hundred of those who sup¬
pose they play whist hardly know what
the game is. The game at which they
really play has been called by the in¬ It
is genious Pembridge blunder-blindfold bumblepuppy.
a sort of game,
which must be interesting, I suppose,
since so many play it Nay, let us be
honest. Even we who know what
whist is (which is by no means claim¬
ing period to play of bumblepuppy. finely) have most of us had
a
Can we not remember how we sat
gravely When down hands to what we delivered called whist?
our were to us
we set down in our minds each ace as
a card to be led at the first opportunity.
We had little fear about our kings, for
we knew that the aces over them would
be led out by the other players just as
Even frankly as we should lead out our own.
queens had a fair chance. But
the single card was our chief delight.
That was led out at once, and so our
little trumps were safely made, for no
one would think of leading out trumps
while there seemed to be a chance of
using any in ruffing. Somehow worth a trick
made by ruffing seemed If chance two made
in any other way. no came
jfor a ruff trumps were reserved to
the last. But even then our game re¬
tained its beautiful simplicity first, of char¬ aud
acter. The ace came out
then iu due order the king and the
queen. To have led a small card from
ace, queen and others would have
seemed wild audacity, which might in¬
deed succeed at times, but was too im¬
prudent to be encouraged. the whist of the
This game, however,
home circle and of Western America,
(in the Eastern States many Americans
know true whist “real well”) is solely not
■whist at all. It owes its interest
to chance. A player of this bumble
puppy game, who has been lucky in
getting a number of good hands, does
indeed arrogate to himself the charac¬
ter of a good player. He seems to re¬
gard his luck as something due to per¬
sonal influence. Indeed, oddly enough,
while a good whist player, even if,
without a good partner, he has to play will
against two bumblepuppy players,
never how uncertain be assured the of chances success, are, knowing you will
generally find one of these know-noth¬
ings boasting confidentially that he
Will win.
Another way of recognizing the whist
duffers is by their manner when the
cards favor them. A good player,
when he and his partner have made
live or six by cards, will not be loudly
jubilant, though, touching on the help
received from the cards, he may con¬
ful gratulate stroke his partner on but some the player success¬ of
of strategy;
bumblepuppy,when he and his partner,
saving all the honors and five out of
six of the remaining high cards, have
won the odd trick and so made a
treble, will say, “He knew they would
win,’/'“He always does win,” and oth¬
erwise take credit for a ^success which
poweven the skill of a Deschapelles Bijt
iWw il have managed whist to bumblepuppy /avert.
domestic or its
has “these violent delights ’ lor
ex¬
ponents, it is not a game worth play
fng or talking about.— h. A. Proctor, in
Longman's Magazine.
Tlieir Calves too Thin.
“American young men ride so much
in tiie street-cars, le»w instead rarely of going well
a-foot. that their are
deveioped. That is the reason why
knee-breeches are not likoly to be much
worn for evening dress,” said a fashion
able Chestnut St. tailor yesterday. velvet breech- “A
few dudes will be seen in
es and silk hose, but voung swells will
for the most part disereetlv keep their
attenuated calves concealed under their
trousers.”
“Is there to be • ny change in the
colors or fabrics for gentlemen?” was
asked.
“Yes; among extremely fashionable
men the conventional broadcloth will
be replaced by a rich wine or cherry
colored cloth for dress-coats and waist
coats. It is rather a startling gentlemen novelty who
in Philadelphia, but
were abroad last winter and saw them
worn in Paris, Vienna, and other gay
centers are bent on introducing the
stvie here. I have just finished a wine
co’lored dress-coat for a young member
of the Philadelphia club.”
“In trousers the tendency is for
greater width, cut straight over the in
Step, and with more sprint The fa
Torite fabrics will be line hair-line
stripes and English plaids. A few
checks will be worn. In morning
coats the stylish University still keeps
the lead, with the double-breasted
frock and tho five-button sack. Tho
plain cutaway will not be popular,
English and American corkscrews, will the in
blue, brown, and black, be
fabric most generally worn.
In overcoatings the English melton,
kersevs, and for coldest weather chin
chilla beaver will be worn. The over
coat will be cut a trifle shorter than it
was worn last winter. The odd waist
coat will be considered the proper
cassimeres thin" and brilliant patterns in plaid
and matelasse will be worn
Ihe waistcoat lapel will be cut straight
Ihe side trouser pockets in
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Ophthalmia _ . . , . in Wi.aney.
The /. ophthalmia of infancy has been
p r ,u u. „o S ,c r iii;
of a isea&e3, n „ e «• u
suits in more cases of hopeless , , blind- ,. .
ness Uan any other troubl o whe
the eye may be subjected An inves
tiga inGermany ion o alone w > hasshown 1 ., that 7 "
one
Uura o e a 1
possession of their sight , but lur tno ,
embie consequences 01 f neglecic4 -imilar op -
thalmia, and in England also a
Blindness Btmaness is is foSthe tor tue individual na a catas'
de°n Ph the?efore the'larn-e the inspectors ofVhe
noor in all European cities
have been samplStructions remiired to d stribut, 'to“.others card*
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SPAIN S NEW RULER.
Qaeen M »rie-Christina.
Appointed Regent After the Death
of Her Husband Alfonso XII.
Unfortunately the is for Spain, the heiress
to crown a little child, the Princess
Maria de las Mercede, who w«s born
Septejab;r 11,and is the daughter of the
late King and the lady who assumed the
office of Regent after his death. Marie
Christiana can hardly be popular as Re¬
gent, for as Alfonso’s wife she was great¬
ly dis iked by the Spaniaids, and it
does not appear that she possesses the
strength and ability necessary to her fill¬
ing the exalted station which the infancy
of her elder daughter has induced her
to assume. The Cabinet which appoint
ed her to office had the choice of either
her or ex-Queen Isabella, who was driv¬
en from power in 1868, for personal vices
and faults as a ruler, which rendered her
intolerable to her subjects. This woman
talks of leaving Madrid to avoid being
made Regent in Christiana’s place, and
it is rumored that l-agasta, the new Pre¬
mier, prefers Isabella in the office, to
the young widow. The Carlists and the
of Republicans are ready to take advantage
a situation offering them the oppor¬
tunity of pushing their interests. Poor
Christiana occupies an elevated position
of great discomfort and danger, and i is
not probable, is hardly possible indeed,
that she will be able to maintain it for
the long of years of the minority of that
one her children, born or unborn
who would succeed Alfonso as King, in
case the succession should be maintain¬
ed. When, as Regent, she took the
oath of allegiance to the Constitution
she was intensely agitated and the mo,
meat the ceremony was over, retired t
her apartments in a histerical condition.
This is significant of a weakness of char¬
acter which does not promise well for
the future of Spain, the country needing
a firm and conciliatory policy.
The Queen Regent Christiana is an
Austrian, and, her enemies say, dislikes
31, to speak 1858, Spanish. She was born July
and was married to A if jnso, on
.November 29, 1889. The younger of
her two children, Maria Teresa, was
born November 12, 1882. A vast num¬
ber of Spaniards would be gratified did
Queen Christiana become the mother
of a posthumous son to the late Alfonso,
which is understood to be among the
possibilities of tba future. f .
mrr ,
Stabling the “Old Hoss.”
An anecdote is told of the early days
and the time when court was first held
in this county in a log tavern. An
the adjoining log stable was used cells as a jail,
stalls answering as for the
prisoners. Judge 1. was on the bench,
and in the exercise of his judicial func
Hons severely reprimanded two young
lawyers who had got into a personal
dispute.
A herculean backwoodsman, attired
in a red flannel shirt, stood among the
auditors in the apartment. He was
much pleased at the judge’s lecture
having bar”—and himself been practicing at “an
other hallooed out to His
Worship (who happened to be cross
eyed):
“Give it to ’em, old gimlet-eyes!”
“Who is that ?”demanded the Judge,
He of the flannel shirt, proud of
being thus noticed, stepped out from
among tho rest, and, drawing himself
up to his full height, vociferated;
“It’s this here old hoss!”
The Judge called out in a peculiarly
dry, nasal tone: “Sheriff, take that
‘old boss,’ put him in ‘the stable,’ aud
see that he is‘not stolen’ before morn
ing .”—Pittsburg Dispatch.
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The Senator anil His Counselor.
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onI few , that . .
IS . kno , 7 n f° y a
Senator Garland s mother lives here
keeping house for her big boy, and
bemg c onsulted by him about all lit*
politics! and personal He affairs. three Th.
Senator is a widower. has or
four children, two or more with him
here. lhc Senator is y er T much
devoted to his mother, and sh is to
her son. He talks with her a, ' ' u l al *
affairs, political ana personal, na in
her finds a wise and prudent counselor.,
She is thoroughly posted about politi
cal affairs, and is greatly interested in
the career of her boy. She, es out
hut little, only returning the alls of
those with whom she is more tniate.
Although past 70 years of age, ie is ic
‘“JV of hcr facullic3 ’ ’
tngtm Letter.
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pleasure , “Very soon 1 grew, to take great
. the of little girls. <I
much preferred in society
their society to that of
andoj^Yccount m^del' X S cite “ *A p £“g ^
these little girls there was one who
fascinated H ,. r uame . Noemi ,.
She was a ^ perfect model pjajWes of grace and
beauty . hen onr would
quarrel Noemi and I would try to sceptf- bring
abou t peace. But she was very
cal as to the issues of these well-meant
endeaV ors. ‘Earnest,’she would say,
wiil never 8uccccd ; you want to
make everybody friends.’ Even now I
cannot listen to the song ‘He’ll go no
more to the woods without feeling my
heart beat with the sweetness of this
reminiscence. Of a surety had it not
be ,® n for ™catmn, I should have
f^n f 1 devotedmyself in love w.tnNoemi: to study, and buasitwas religious
hair-splitting occupied my mind to the
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M. Benan s Souvenirs de Jeunesse.
! Masts» on Velvet 1 - ks.
“Yes.” said a fashio.. b,» 'ftdy to a
Journal reporter the oiasr • *v, “wo¬
men often ruin their ••»p;o*ions by
the use of the wrong co.mo.ics, es¬
pecially durimg warm we&tao. Now,
if you know anything auout me skin
and the actions of the vai ma. prepara¬
tions upon it you can seo *ow easily
this may be done. Why, I know wo¬
men who would otherwise bo hand
somo if they knew how to do up their
complexions, or if they had patience
and perseverance enough to let natural
aid* help them.
“What do I mean by natural aids?
Well, I will tell you. Even the coars¬
est and roughest complexions may bo
made line and smooth if the owner has
patience, and it requires a good deal.
First, of course, the blood should be
purified by a couple sulphur, of dosos of char¬ it is
coal, magnesia help or of physician and
best to get the a on
this point Then the diet must bo
plain and the meals eaten regularly,
and at 10 o’clock the patient must be
in bed, for beauty’s hours for sleep are
before midnight. will skin
“But all this not make the
fine, you say. Truly no; but wait a
little. Every night the lady above
mentioned must put on a mask of some
white stuff that has been soaked in
water aud it must remain on night
after night for at least six weeks, thou
the skin will bo fine and white. You
see, the wet cloth or mask excludes
the air, and the outer layers of the cuti¬
cle come off by degrees. The
should be washed during this
with rain water, or water that has
boiled and allowed to cool, and must
be dried with a soft cloth.
"Never rub the face with a coarse
towel, and do not rub up and down at
. because such a process roughens
tue skiu and brings out red blotches
upou it; when bathing, however, al¬
ways rub the body vigorously. Now,
it is often the caso that pimples and
blotches come out ou the face and
nowhere else on the body. This is be
cause the face is washed more fre
quently and the pores are opened for
the impurities of the body to escape.”
■ “Havo you any good cosmetics for
sunburn and freckles? You know this
is the season for them and the belles
will want to remove them before the
opening of the winter season asked
the Journal reporter, as he sat, pencil
in band, trying to aid ail the beautiful
readers of the Journal. ,
1 “Oh, yes,” said the lady, “nothing
is easier to remove than tan. If that is
all the trouble, a girl should be happy;
besides.it is tho fashion to be much.
tanned this summer, you know, and it
f
no.“, on. o( rumudius ....... tor
sunburn, and is also excellent for
heated skin. It should be put on bo-i
fore retiring and not disturbed until 1
morning. not'so Then for freckles, which
aro pretty or so easy to remove,'
a cosmetic of one cucumber cut in
slices and soaked for a few hours in
sweet milk is excellent. It should be
applied the same as tho cream until
the freckles disappear. Vinegar and all
milk, lemon juice and " cream lad lire for
excellent for)
“Ovcr-heflfiBg ‘ ■ i -—4 chiUmety
■ and
both detrimental to the boauty(of the
skin,” continued the little lady. "Also
great excitement or overwork of any
kind. Soap should not be used on tho
face at all, and rain water is much bet¬
ter than that from Croton lake.”
“But suppose ladies want to uso
paint and powder, which are tho best
kinds for this season?” queried the re¬
porter. “Well,” replied the little lady she
as
smoothed her pretty white cheok with
a milk white hand, “such cosmetics
will ruin the skin, and it requires am
artist to put they them will on, especially bo detected.*’ in thej
daytime, so objection not one’s using the'
There is no to
baby-powder, especially after a bath.; the'
I; take* the fs unpleasant cooling. gloss But from skin
face and also the
should bo thoroughly dry bofore puttin' it is
applied, and then it should be
/with a little pieco of chamois skin,
“Now, if ladies will powder and
rouge, they should do it very carefully
at this season. A little cream powder and
should be put on for the daylight, the
tho very faintest tinge of rose on
cheeks, but not in one round spot. It
is well to put more powder over tho
rouge and not both together. Tiie
neck and ears should be powdered and
the latter slightly tinted with the car
mine. The eyebrows and hair about
the forehead should be well brushed so
a s to prevent any of the powder powder show
ing. For evening a white may
be used and a little deeper tint on the
cheeks . Ladies who are stout and
easily heated should take care, how
ever,” said the little lady in conclu
s ion, “that they do not overheat
selves, or tiie rouge may come off in
big tears. ”— N. Y Morning Journal.
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Dynagraph Car».
The New England newspapers give
a long account of the Dudley dyua
graph car, which has recently finished
its automatic inspection of the track of
the Boston & Albany Railroad. The
iejers ^and ^ctr.ctj IcmT .and and Tcorllfont records on a
Tonetr pensby theeraphemethodof £^^ ^ tse Le cures
0 a tlm
actual condition of the track. Tho
ruled paper passes under the pens at
the rate of eight and eight-tenths feet
IMtVKSJkX.* '° ^ ^ W ? eD lh S ° p hT
notes and impressions of the register
ing appara tus. From three to live
thousand miles of paper are kept P in
the car, and fifteen gallons of blue ink
are used to every 100 miles of track in
“spotting” Great surprise defective place..
is expressed at the
marvelous precision and delicacy of
the apparatus. Mr. Dudley can, if tho
rails are comparatively new and are
traversed by the dvr, a„ rap h car at tho
moderate rate of twenty miles an hour
tell what mill rolled the rails and Cm
tinguish the rails of one manufacture*
from those of another. He can. toll
also the number of vears each rril ha*
been put down, and has an attachment
to show the exact amount of euer"jr d
P «„» ? ,ho
any point in the journey.-27ie Opera
tor.
LADIES COLUMN.
Fashion Notes.
Hoods on jtreet wraps are popular in
Paris just njw.
Bonnet stings are correctly worn two
and one-hal: or three inches wide.
red Ivory white, bright yellow, and poppy
bows are on black velvet bonnets.
Felt bonnets have a bow of fbe same
color, or else the plaid or striped velvet
ribbons are used.
In bonnets where velvet and fur are
combined the fur must match the color
of the velvet.
Bonnets of velvet, with fur or seal
plush or astrakhan plush brims, are be¬
ing brought out for midwinter wear.
Red velvet bonnets of bright shades
trimmed with jet, are in great favor for
wearing with red or black wraps.
Very few dresses now have flounces,
but sometimes a bias flounce.six inches
wide of oita or velvet finishes the foot
of plain skirts.
eighths Bonne/strings <Jtr should be yard only five
and tied three-quarters of a chin long
in a bow under the or on¬
ly a little on one side.
For morning outrof-door wear, on all
sorts of occasions, woolen frocks of En¬
glish make and appearance take prece¬
dence of all others.
ifRngl'■% bats of feltare chosen for miss
Ie are they in the high crowned shnp
are lower turbans witli
dimed up all a roun d.
•ris wear a great deal of brown
y .is season, but no matter w hat
. > of their lrocks, their stockings
to be t afreet, must be black.
All heavy winter dresses should he
provided with one or with three but¬
tons on the back and sides of the belt ot
the ska t, to fasten to loops sew ed inside
the basque to support the weight of (lie
skirt, i
The most popular midwinter wrap for
ladies bids fair to be the ulster, new
marke-lW.overcoat of seal or seal plush
cut to resemble a man’s overcoat, but
with no effort to make it look masculine
or strong minded.
“f^fO’Shanter cape \ for little girls | are
trimmed vvlth H jttbo of clotb v lvet or
rib bon placed erect on the band and
crown ll of the hat, directly in front. A
gma the steel, dressy silver, or jet ornament adds
t ~' o effect.
blarMy ,English cloths, homespuns, kerseys, Irish , and . , scotch friezes , . che- and
used almost to the exclusion of
a,! woolen stuffs for street utiljitv
A'ssrtffsz b ‘“U-SololB i.theproper ru". J .rs
“'=t m,
It id officially announced by the spon
sorsiMligh art and fashion, that hats
llometsen suite with the costume,
are trasti '‘litas fashionable as those of con
us color and fabric. One of the
Hie l ? 8011 is the covering of hat and
bonnet krowns with pale brown alliga
tor out skiu^tted a " rinklt, to the foundation with
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Household Notes*
Beets, boiled till done, the skin t
ed off in cold water, served plain,
sliced ia vineger are good.
in Brooms boiling dipped for a minute or two
water suds once a week will
last much longer than they otherwise
would.
One can have the hands in soap suds
without injury to the skin if the hands
are dipped in vineger or lemon juice
immediately after.
When a shirt or apron sleeve is very
apt to tear at the wrist opening, a tiny
three cornered gusset sewed in firmly
will prevent this accident.
Water should never be used that lias
been held in h lead pipe all night, and
it should be allowed to run freely before
any is taken for use.
In opening an oven door, always hold
tiie head back till the first blast of heat
lias escaped, for it is almost enough to
put one’s ejes out, and may be likely to
injure them seriously.
When lifting little children by the
wrist, wholly the bonesofthe arm not being
formed, or rather solidified they
are very liable to break, 'ihe hands
should be placed under the armpits.
Apples and Rice: Core and pare as
many apples as wMl fill a pudding dish ;
stew 'hem so that they are nearly so/I ;
hod a haif teacupful of nee; when nearly
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Boiled corned beef is a good dish but
reality inexpensive cooked, and it is not in
so a meat as is gen
era'ly supposed. Half its nutriment is
apt to be lost in boiling, which should
be very slow and continue for several
hours, till the bone comes out easily. It
is better economy, however, to buy the
corned round, at fourteen cents a pound,
than the rump piece at twelve, for tiie
' atter ^ 8 ° ^
Foam ; , Sa uce-May be made, a) a)
but adding the hot water, a long time
before »»«»*• using. Cream half half a a cupful cupful of
t>n„or o.i.i i ------ 1 ---- 1
sugarj i_., then the unbeaten white “ lte of one 01
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egg „ and any em^e^nr flavoring ,,, . you choose. .
when the timn
tilowly an ei K bth of a cupful of boiling
smooth JTK’WsXi'SrlS 1 ST SIX
but not oilv—sa/ about about two
roinutes.
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At a recent dinner party in London a
discussion arose concerning Erigla the and ex
change of genius between d
the United States. For every actor,
singer, lecturer, or person of note sent
hereby England the United State,
made a return. There was Booth for
Irving, Mary Anderson fojr Ellen Terry,
I'atti for Nilsson, as Patti really be
longed to us first; Joe Jefferson for
Southern, and so on. At length Alma
Tadema, who was one of the guests,
said: “England is one ahead of the
United States We sent Oscar Wi de
back.”
WIT AND HUMOR.
Tho largest gold nugget ever found
weighed 145 pounds. If you pick up
one weighing less than 140, keep quiet
about it.
Latest dispatches from Peru declare
that General Iglesass has had a misun¬
derstanding with General Gardensass,
and that eaeli ihey will have uo further
truck with other.
A professional beauty has been pho¬
tographed iu 150 different positions. It
is said that the only person who can
beat her for variety of attitudes is a
boy tohi to sit still on a chair.
Everything in its place—A patch one’s on
the face is thought to enhance
beauty, but a patch ou the pantaloons
of the small-boy .—Boston is an Transcript. ever-present
mortification
An English writer says Beatrico
Censi was a vile murderess. As the in¬
formation comes about 800 years after
her death, it is supposed that detec¬
tives have been at work on the case.—
Boston Post.
The latest style of engagement ring of
represents a square lump heart of beside sugar it.
chased girls gold, with rather a have
Most would sweet¬
heart spelled with a solitaire diamond.
Act vlon (N. J.) Begister.
“What would you do if I should die?”
asked a wife of a husband, as she laid
her fair white arms around his neck.
“Well, really, my love, I hadn’t
thought of it,” ho answered, abstract¬
edly, “but I presume I’d bury you.”—
Cincinnati Merchant Traveler.
“Love him? No, mamma; I hate him.
The impudent young scamp.” will “Then break
I suppose, my dear, you
your engagement with him?” “No,
indeed not; 1 shall marry him.” “Well,
well; I didn’t believe you hated him as
badly as that .”—Sew York Graphic.
Professor R. A. Proctor says that
this earth is today as likely to quako
and overthrow cities and towns as it
lias been at any time since man has ex¬
isted. You are right, Professor; but
does it not occur to you that it is just
as unlikely to do so ?—Boston J'ost.
“Miss Mary Anderson lias an idea of
becoming a London manageress,” says
a contemporary. Wo had hoped when
Mary had made tier little pile as an ac¬
tress she would make some good man
a nice wifess and settle down as a
charming hoitsekeeporess.-Troy Times.
“The mischief is to pay now,” ex¬
claimed the leader of the orchestra.
“I’ve lost my baton. Can’t somebody
fiiulme astiek to heal time with.” Tho
musicians wondered why ho didn’t
take the first violin, but every one dis
creetlv held his peace. — Boston Tran -
script.
It was a rich Scotchman that started
a newspaper in 18*10, slopped it in a
few months without a word of expin
nation, and started it again in I860,
with tho remark: “Since the pnnlica
tion of our last paper nothing of im¬
portance has occurr*d tn the political
world .”—Troy Times.
Jones—“Yes, sir, it is mighty 1 know hard it.”
to collect money ju-t Have now. tried
Smith “Indeed! you to
collect and failed?” Jones— “O, no.”
Smith—“How. Alien, do yon know that
money is haril to collect?” Jones—
* hnvt>„Ii iod tq
bston Courier.
tmvitos the Prince of
|v .... no lias just come of age,
to be his guest when he visits litis
country. “I tender you,” double-barreled ho writes,
“the freedom of my
shot-gun during the whore prairie-chicken tho angle¬
holocaust. 1 know
worm grows rankest and tho wild h l:
hatches her young.”
Whitelaw Reid is a.society man, and
the other night fie was attending a full
dress party at one of the most fashion¬
able houses in Now York, and as I 10
was penciling his name on a fair vvo
man’s dance-card a giggling girl sidled
up with tho tender inquiry; "O Hr.
Reid, arc you takiim notes for a repor
In tho Tribune'!" — BuJ/alo Eiprc's.
On the eastern side of the Senate
chamber, in 11 niche, stands a statue of
Joint Hancock, A few days ago a
member of Congress who has seen
some service in public life examined
the Hancock statue, aud turning distant, to lie a
person standing “That a doesn’t few feet look bit liko
remarked: a
Gen. Hancock .”—Washington Star.
People who go to hear opera don’t
expect anything grand in the way of
scenery, but they do expect a peaceful stand
mountain and valley scene background to
still, and that is what the
for the first act didn’t do last night, it
wobbled from the start, as if it was
very tired of the female portion of tho
chorus. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Morning—Old darky (at gentleman’s Can’t
offiiee)- Gud mawnin’, boss.
yer’sist an ole man dis mawnin’, sail?
Gentleman Not this morning. Charity
begins at borne. Night Same old dar¬
ky (at gentleman’s home)- Gud even¬
in’, boss. I called at yer home fur a
little ’sistance, ’cordin’ to our perar
rangement dis mawnin’, sab .—Few
York Sun.
1 he habit whichfrontiei 1 ost masters
have , of carrying the mail around in the
pockets of their trousers When vexes of the the souls lat
0 /the cowboys. uSfbv one
_______ his ^STand 'l ___ U.e __ Postmaster’s
wife wife that that the the post-office post-office has has gone gone after after
a barrel of water and won’t be hack for
two t wo days, days, the tin: “cow-puncher” “cow-piiiichcr” feels feels liko like
‘-omplaming ...... to the Government. ..
A New Hampshire editor day, was at
tacked by a tramp the other and
in crying out for help was delighted to
SZJZ
th® editor, ’ while the stranger ,f hovered
f ,„ t to dos irj . -Why
don’t you help me?” exclaimed the di«
comfited editor. “Becau,e 1 e:u, t tell
which of you is the tramp and which ,
ain’t,” was the candid reply. -Bur
lington Free Press. ■
ond,Xr “(W-in off See/lineX’et-car that nlatform ” said a
C on a tlef'o!,tcnd to
aa( , ld humon omeoH
m^ht /” last week. “Whaz mazze-r wiz.
z i/ crumbled the bum “I hain’t
burt nothin’.” “That’s all right,
but ,. ou mu , t CO me iu.” “I shay I
WO n’t.” “But you ’have shall. I’ll be durned
- that of
if foolm/all p m going to nose yours
the people along the street.
,,,,, nut in the fold to
he yanked Lin back and piled him up
in a corner .—Merchant -«■».- g——
I wonder why wher —— _
of myself it should hi NT■ BB
and eyes turned in. witi III* §2
that would alarm a .sinue^J HJ 1 V
child "lift I .adored came to Wi^
said: wants to know a y
had your potygruff tooken.” cheerfully; "ij at
& Co.’s”, I responded that
was a pleasure to know one per¬
son who had seen my pursued picture appre¬
ciated it. "Cos,” the sweet
child as he stepped on the cat; “she’s
goiu’ somewhere else, so it won’t look
like yourn !”—Detroit Free Press.
The following bill has been introduced
in the Arkansas Legislature: “A bill
for an act entitled an act to protect
certain people. Be it enacted that
from and after the passage of this act
all one-eyed people shall be admitted
into shows at half price.” One gentle
man front Haiufat county offered an
amendment to the effect that blind
people should bo admitted free, but ob
jeetio:i% amendment being raised, lost, , ie the proposed ground
was on
that blind people should stay at nomo.
Bank Director—Stole 25 cents, did
he? Tho scoundrel! I’ll arrest him
and have him sent to tho penitentiary
this very day. Tho idea of a cashier of
ours doing anything like that is enougn
to- Bank Examiner—Pardon me,
sir, but you seem to have misunder¬
stood me. “Oh! Well, peril a) is 1 did.
I’ve been a little deaf for a good many
years,” “What I said was that your
cashier left only twenty-live tho cents)#; ’
the safe. Ho stole all rest.
“Great Ctesar! I must seo him at once
and get him to compromise tho mat
tor.’”
Cancer a Disease of the Well-to-do.
We havo then confessedly to face tho
fact that cancer is increasing in eur
midst at a rate which bids fair to bo
come more and more serious with tho
advance of time. In an article entitled
“An Inquiry into the Causes of the In¬
crease of Canoer,” published in tho
“British Medical .Journal” a yoar ago,
I drew attention to the observations
which bad been made upon tho subject
by the late Charles Moore, whose in¬
vestigations into tlie pathology his notice of cun- tho
cer had brought under
incontrovertible evidence of the increase
of tho disease. In tho year 1865 ho
published a small book called the
“Antecedents of Cancer,” the contents
of which chiefly consist in an attempt
to explain in what manner the aug¬
mentation of cancer is influenced by
the circumstances of life prevailing in
this country. For instance, lie hold
that t to introduction of corn laws, tho
discoveries of gold and sanitary im
provements, whereby conspicuously the well-ueing establish- of
tiio nation was
ed, affected cancer indirectly predisposing by bring
ing into prominence the
causes of its occurrence; and good liv—
ing, it is thought, which follows as a
corollary of commercial prosperity, is
intimately associated with tho mani¬
festation of cancer. Again, inasmuch
as cancer is characteristic of tho
healthy, it ntay bo expected to abound
amid the conditions of health. Tho
greater prevalence of tho disease among
the rieli than among the poor can prob¬
ably be explained iu this manner.
According to a French oiserver, tit®
proportion of naimor in the weait/.jv
classes is about lot mi: l, 000 ,iu the poor
classes it is 72 in 1,000; or at a rate ia
the former ease of ten per cent, and in
tho latter of seven per cent. Now,
curious as it may seem, cancer is mot
with in tho lower animals; and it has
been said to prevail more flesh-eaters frequently
among those which are
than th ise which are herb-eaters. It
has been dated by the late Dr. Crisp,
who had good opportunities of judg¬
ing, that cancer is by no means an un¬
common disease among the domesti¬
cated animals, while in wild animals
and uncivilized man it is rare .—From
English Experience with Cancer," by
Dr. //. Percy, in Popular Science
Monthly for March.
Home of Webster's Love-Letters, i
I'mni“keminiseenees of Daniel Well-,
ster,’'accompanied by a March strikintr/rontiss
piece portrait, in the CKNTIilty,
>e liese quote days, the it following: in “Lovers habit in
appears, were tue
,,l silting up Jale, or rather e:,,ly; and
his manlier of letting leave Ids lady know at
ivliul lime lie would her is, to say
the leii-t, novel. It readd as follows:
“‘Alv ( ot siN: I intend to set out
for home from your Jiousj at threo
o'clock. D. U .
“‘.Miss Grace Fletcher, Present.’
“One day lie assisted her in disen*
tangling a skein of silk, and, taking up
,i piece of tape, he said:
‘Grace, cannot you help me to tie®
knot that, will never untie?
“She N,n’t blitshingly replied:
“ know, Daniel, but am wilD
ing try.’
“T..e knot was tied, and though
eighty years have since sped by. it nea
before me to-day, time-colored, it is
true, but nevertheless still untied. I
•March, have a 1895, note addressed in my possession Miss dated
to Grac
Fletcher.
“ ‘Miss Fletcher: Monday morning
five o’clock i expect to go out on th®
stage for Amherst, if it should consist
with your convenience to riile to Dun-'
«ab!e 1 ' on that -- .lay, - - 1 should ■ be he happy
\‘ ", 1 he be eh:,- charged with the duty . of atteml
mg you. It will probably be in my
W:l wav .V to l " b be in Cambridge Sunday eve.
and ;*-*<" I can furnish you a passage into
w ,
,, (1 , yj- ss "pp-teher ‘Precious Docu
c ,KA “-7,,,, ‘ »‘ )r t UD a „
enough to clock, . be at home . Sunday ^ solitary monung .
A five o after a ride. .
• ° • L ^r *,! y m the week after next I hope
“‘Yours entirely, , D. W. 1 19
One _ county in Australia has this year
bounty 011 ^,840dozen of cap
i tu red sparrows’ eggs.
! Sliakspcare’s daughter could not writq
'her own name. Her father could write
;it, At but the nearly always Cat spelled Show in it London wrong,
* recent
one feline valued at $500,000 was cx
hibited, and *6,000 cats were plentiful.
Of the 4 000 Chinamen in New York
„ 1 1 , .1 .u ,
business. ~ ° ° 7