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QUESTIONINGS. Dairies in the rammer meadow. Fern-leave** in the woodland shadow,— Why they grow and why they blow, Kaow*st tbou wbjrf — Bay, not I: Dreams of happy day* uik! p!a«*. Visions of fond (warts and laces,— Why they come and why they roam. Enow *t thou why? Bay, not I: Wooitbt thou »t2p the Rower* from bloom - ins? Wouldtt thou stop thy bent from roaming Where tbs beams of love-lit d trams Charm ||m eye: Bay, not I* — Willis Fletcher Johnson in thr Current. TWO OF A TRAD “Plague take the beast 1” exc!a'|ned Dr. Nelson, wrathfuUy, with an iastinc- tire movement toward.* :»bootjack which a second thought convinced him would come in too late to In? available. * Dr. Nelson we* a good-looking •bachelor of four-end-thirty, owner of the ‘comfortable house by a w'ndowof which 'bo was standing at that moment, survey- iiwnirm, »• J the neat garden at the back, whose •two flowering bed* were his special pride aod pleasure. That pleasure, however, had just been rudely disturbed by ob- .serving a cat l»clonging to his neighbor on his left—a crabbed old maid, whose Pf 1 *. a savage, snappy little cur, with a long tattered coat of dirty white, a screaming jarrot with a never-ending tongue and a vocabulary tliat would have made a pirate b!m*h, and the afore said cat. were making life a burden to the doctor—I . ap surreptitiously over the fence, stalk across to one of flower-beds, and, after scratching up two or three smaller plants that were in her way.,set tle herself for a sunning against, a tube* rose, with a pressure that broks off several of the flower-laden stalk*. Ah the doettf- flung up the window, the Iguilty quadruped bent a hasty retreat over the fence and out of sight.* ' “This thing ha* gone on long enough!” exclaimed the doctor, pulling the bell icord. “Gallantry or no gnllantry, IT let that old maid know she can t ride over everybody with her plagued mena gerie. liri lget.” he added, ns a neat- looking Irish girl appeared in answer to his summon*, **go in the garden and see if yon can prop-up that, tuberose so that it will do until I have time to attend to it, and then go next door and tell that weman that if she doesn't keep her cat out of my yard, I II find some way to compel her to—that * all and, seizing his hat, the doctor strode from the room. Bridget descended to the yard in some perplexity. {She had only entered the doctor's service the day before, and was not acquainted with the neighbors or their peculiarities. {She wan consequent ly at a loss to determine the quarter from whence the outrage had emanated. Aided, however, by a happy thought, •he scrambled up by the fence and peered into.the yard nearest to the desecrated flower-bed. A sleek, white cat was seated in the middle of the grass-plot, wuhino’ h«*r fun- will, *l,nf J What can it mean?'* she exclaimed, a seem* to actually hate me! and jrt he does not look like a man who would , be jealous of a poor little woman like nje.V even though she had been presumptuous" enough to embark in his own profession. I never beard any one complain of my singing before, and a* for giving up the house when I’ve just cot sett led. ana paid a year's rent,.I cosnot think of it. I be lieve if 1 could speak with him wc might come to some understanding. I won’t go to hi* house, but I'll watch an oppor tunity to meet him on the street.” Fortune favored her design. As she u preparing to leave the house the next morning, she spied the doctor descend ing his own stoop: andn moment later she followed L*i< example. Tie had passed on a few step 7 , but hurrying after him she laid one band on hi* arm. Turning quickly. Dr. Nelson looked down at the little, dimpled, cherry- chcekcd woman, not higher than his shoulder.. ‘Well, madamf? be . said, interroga tively. "Excuse me!" faltered the lady, her carefully prepared and effective little speech slipping from her memory in the most treacherous manner, and leaving her at the mercy of the present inspira tion. “I want to ask you if we cannot be friends, and disprove that disagree able adage that ‘two of a trade can, never agree V ” i)r. Nelson’s handsome eyes opened wider than ever. “I beg your pardon, . madam! I do not understand you; inex plicable'?” he replied. “Let me introduce myself,” continued the lady, raising one hand toward the house she had just quitted, in a window of which a modest sign bore the name of “El inoro Morrow. M. D.” The doctor’s eve* traveled mechanically in the direction indicated; then he shook his head again. “I don’t understand it!” he repeated. “I have taken special pains to keep Muffct indoors, ’ continued Miss Morrow, earnestly. “Ami if my singing really annoys you, I am even willing to discon tinue that: only—” “Annoy met” repeated the doctor, more and more hopelessly mystified— and, if his fine eyes spoke arigi.t, expe riencing another equally strong, but much more agreeable sensation. “I cannot conceive it possible that anything you could or would do could annoy met” WOMAN’S WORLD. Artistic Embroidery. - - Mr. It. Gray, of Manchester, England, possesses an interesting sample of em broidery applied to book-covering, the lK>ok in question being a small Bible dated 1502, covered with silk, on the sides of which raised figures represent ing King Charles IL and the queen, Catharine of Braganza, have been worked in colored silks and silver wire, evidently contemporary work. Speci mens of this class are of extraordinary rare occurrence; the interest of the book it further enhanced by it containing a MSS. pedigree of* the Chase family of American fame. A Smart Girl. Miss Jennie Corson, who is known through-out the country as the “Shep herdess of the West,” came to Montana some years ago, and took up a sheep ranch in Meagher County. She did ft all alone and unaided. After awhile she sent for her lazy brother from Chicago, and made him overseer of her flocks. Matters went well with her, and soon , she had a fine band of sheep, and as val uable a ranch property as there is in Montana. She took up some land under one and another of the government acts,, proved up on time, and became a landed proprietor. Now, it happened- that the next claim to her own was taken up by an enterprising young man named Sev erance, who, tike his fair neighbor, first started a sheep ranch, and then got hold of some of the soil. They tended flocks in company for some time, and then Severance proposed marriage. He was accepted, and the two united their for tunes and have been doing better and better ever since.—Kansas City Times. THE PAWNBROKER. Jet ornaments arc abundant and ex pensive. Twilled lace handkerchiefs are in fash- 1 _ 71 ion again. | SOME POINTS ABOUT AN INTER. Stripes appear in many of the new * EST1NG OCCUPATION. dress fabrics. Cashmere and camel’s hair are much ’ Article* t he Impecunious Moot Often combined in costumes. ! Fs * to Raise the Wind—Storage Riding habits are made jurt long ~ Thin f' *“ enough to clear the ground. ,he Detectives. Sprigged mulls are in again, to delight of very yotmg ladies. Every trousseau, to be complete, have at least one green costume. Overskirts continne in favor, although trimmed skirts are fashionable. Gauze woven of metallic thread is used for the foundation of small bonnets. Yetis are now worn so as to fall just above the mouth and under the nose. Cherries, bcrric?, hips and haws arc among the newest decorations for bon nets and hats. A single sapphire, since tms stone has become popular,'is sometimes employed in an engagement ring. Etamine with embroidered stripes or printed crape, are the newest materials with which parasols are covered. The setting of all fine gems is delicate and often invisible, the object being to present the gem pure and simple. Satin screens on rollers, to be made large or small after the window shade method, are the newest for drawing rooms. A navy-blue straw turban is trimmed with folds of velvet of the same color and j “The pawnbrokers’ business? Oh, j about a* active as ever,” said a well- known Central avenue “uncle” when interrogated yesterday as to the status of trade in his peculiar line. “It is always basy with ns, but just now more so than ever. The over-coat season is on. What do thej get on them? Well, that depends, of course, on the quality and amount of wear. . I should place the range at fifty cents'to $5, the amounts running all along between those limit*. a huge bunch of white cherries placed J Here is a light spring affair that is in for $1.50, while ths beater over here repre sents a loan of $5. The amount ad vanced rarely runs beyond that, course, with the warm weather, the ‘benny’ becomes a useless article of the young man's wardrobe: Beside, the pawnshop is a good place to put it away until next winter. They are carefully laid away and precautions taken to • pre vent the moths getting to. them—in feet, the owner secures a safe place of deposit where his ‘fenny’ can remain intact until the cold weather calls it forth again. Very many single men utilize their ‘uncle’ just for that phrpoee.” ; “Wliat arc the staple articles of .spout- THE HOME DOCTOR. Onions for Sleeplessness. Whether onions havo a? soporific effect upon all persons must bj determined by the usf of thru). The lamented 3Ir. Frank Ruckland found them beneficial after mental fatigue, followed by sleep lessness. Onions prepared by the follow ing method have afforded relief to many persons suffering from imomnia. To each quart of onions allow a quart of cold water with half a teaspoonful of salt. Let ^ the onions simmer for two hours. Drain them thoroughly when cooked and let them liecome quite cold. Mix one tablespoonful of butter with one table- spoontul of flour, adding salt and pepper. nnA ~~ the mixture one pint of bail- ACANARYAT THE FARSI. and pour irg milk, stirring constantly. Put the onions in the since and set them on th< fire until they boil.—New York Commer- Poultices. Some suppose that there arc very pe euliar and specific “drawing” or “heal- . qualities in poultices,"and are at great pains and expense to procure cer tain compounds for this purpose, because they have heard some old granny or ig noramus declare that they possessed wonder-working qualities; and not in frequently injury is done by these ridic ulous and worthless applications, and better idea* ought to prevail as to 4b val-. uable an application as a well-ad vised' poultice. Let all understand, then, that jKraltircs possess no “drawing,”.“Beal- curative or specific qualities, and that there is no difference in the applica- directly In float. ' pretty that part of his tinned: You certainly r only c speech, > she con- mg her face with that air of rerene and self-satisfied comp’accncy peculiar to the cat who has ju»t committed some more than usually outrageous mfrdc- ,‘cch, you numberin' baste?” ex- ©f her fiat. “If yer m’slhref*-is a decent wsym, it’s a-sound thromcia’ yell be aflhpr {jettin'.” Repairing the damage us well as she could, Bridget next proceeded to lodge her complaint. In spite of her ..mingled valor and indignation, however, she was somewhat aha-licd Ik*fore tho quiet, aclf- possessed, «unl decidedly pretty little lady who opened the door in answer to her vigorous summons. But there was no back-down about Bridget, and accord ingly she blurted it all out in a breath. “Sure, ma’am, me masther say* will yea be kind cnongh to kapo that villain ous baste of your* out of his yaard! Faith, it’a broke off his beautiful tube rose, bad cesa to its dirtv self, an’ he’s that mad he could kill tho crather!” “Has my Muffet been doing any mis chief in your garden?” was the response, in a sweet ana perfectly self-composed tone, a^ the bright blue eyes of the speaker looked straight into Bridget’i face. “If thatV the name iv the four-legged to have consid ered me ajvcry disagreeable neighbor, sir, judging from*the tone of this letter.” “Letter I” repeated the doctor with a gasp, at the some moment taking the offered document, and glancing over it. “How in the world did you get hold of this, madam?” ' ‘It was handed me by your servant yesterday,” was the reply. “Oh, my good gracious!” exclaimed the doctor, actually red and pale by turn*. “My dear lady, who are you?” “Your next-door neighbor, sir—Eli- nore Morrow, at your service!” was the demure reply, although a new bright ness was * creeping into the bonny blue eyes. “Next door? Oh—why bless my heart, I hadn’t even noticed that the house was taken! The fact is. I’ve had but one ‘next-door neighbor* for the last year, and she has l»cen such an unmiti gated nuisance that you cannot wonder —but pardon me! this is all a mystery to you. and I certainly do owe you a full explanation, as well as an apology for that stupid mistake of Bridget's! So yon i French Female Physicians. “La Doctoresse,” the amusing piece now running at the Gymnasc, has had the effect of directing attention to the lady physicians actually practicing in Paris. They are eight in number, and are all said to have a considerable prac tice Mme. Brea, the oldest and best es tablished of them, secs none but female j patients, and she has resolutely set her • face against the pretentions of those of j her professional sisters who a9pire to ; compete with physicians of the other sex r in'every department of the art. Time, j Rosa Peirce, a younger practitioner, is : ready to treat the ailments of cither sex, • and has a large number of clients among :• the male relatives of her female patients. !- It is to the Empress Eugenic that the first female aspirants to medical degrees owe their admission to the profession. She happened, in the absence of the em peror at the comp of Chalons, to preside over the council before which tho demand first came. The empress supported it with the whole weight of lifer influence, and the council established the precedent which has opened the doors of the facul ty to women.—Pali Mall Gazette. haste what’s enjoying herself on ""the grass beyant, just ax if she had no con science at all, at all, it is! Sure, she’s Kilt the docther’s ilisant flower en tirely!” . “I’m very sorry. Please take my re grets to your master, and tell him I will try not to let it happen again.” Then the door ; creaked suggestively, and have a cat, too? I’ll be bound it’s a very different looking and acting animal from, the ill-favored, ghoulish imp of darkness • next door—the other way, I mean!” cor recting himself precipitately. “But ” “I begin to sec your mistake, and as sure you in advance that you. arc quite excusable!” said Miss Morrow, inter rupting this decidedly incoherent flow of words. “Audaswc both appear to . be in a hurry just now, suppose you come this evening and let us talk it over. I will be home by 0 o'clock. The place is in order now, and as I have obtained a servant I have been able to leave my shutters open for the first time.” “I will do so with pleasure!” was the response; then lifting his hat, the doc tor walked off in in a strange whirl of emotions. “ The prettiest little creature I ever saw!—and a doctor, too! What an id iot I was not to notice that the house was occupied! And to think that I have been abusing her all this time!” But if one were to recount all that A Society “Freak.' Returning from a visit to Boston, tho city of learning and refinement, I cannot refrain from informing our society ladies of the “latest” indulged in by their sis ters of that city. The ladies l>eing fa tigued and their nerves overwrought by constant attendance on balls, operas, theatres and weddings, find it utterly be yond their strength of endurance to read the daily papers, much less to acquaint themselves with the literature engrossing society at the present time. 8tiU a cer tain knowledge of our own and. foreign Bridget withdrew. “Did you attend to that matter about the cat?” a«kcd the doctor on his re turn. “Sure, I did, *orr! an’ l must say that a nicer spoken lady i niver saw,” said Bridget, delivering the message! “Humph!” grunted the doctor, as he busied himself with the plmt, happily unconscious that a pair of bright eyes were watching him from behind the closed window-blinds of the house on his right. “She hasn’t given up hopes of capturing roe yet, I tec, and thinks to mak« an ally of my new servant-girl! I believe she’ll let those pests annoy me more than ever now, for the sake of try ing to strike up an acquaintance, even though it must begin with a quarrel!” Tho doctor’.* predictions teemed des tined to be verified. The garden con tinued to bear evidence of feline depre dations, mostly nocturnal, however—and Bridget’s. cadtpUinta, instigated by her master, were met bz polite regrets gnd assurances that she was taking every pains to prevent further annoyances; while it seemed to' the irate ‘doctor, whose hostile feelings toward his neigh bor were increasing hourly, that the dog's Some of the straw bonnets have the queerest pinched crowns; others are in horseshoe shape, or are outlined with horseshoe ornaments. i ecru guipure visitc has the fronts of brown velvet. The centre of the back is of the velvet;-gold passementerie trims the fronts and back. Many of the pretty conceits In jewelry, exquisite in design and of the most ex pensive material, are copied in imitation jewels and will lose their beauty as^oon A short mantle of twine-colored grena dine, beaded with iridescent beads, has a long jabot of Spanish lace,and is edged with the same. The lining is of wot satin, corresponding to the beads. A mantle of jet-embroidered grenadine has the back aud front of sicilivnne edged They ....... and value. Some have heavy gold cases with fine works, on which w« i caddy ad vance $80 to $50. Then there are the silver timekeeper*. looking Kke heir looms in the family, handed down from grandfathers. On these we- rarely loan more than $1 or $2. Revolvers are an other stand-by of the hocking fraternity. TVe receive large numbers of these. On the finest we advance $4 or $5 r while the cheaper varieties, ‘bulldogs’ and the like, are pledged for from fifty cents to $1.30. tions made, so far as the effect, is con- c watches tfmn ; cerned, provided they are moist, soft and of every kind lx>roii?- Thus in cases of boils and fa flamed swelling, where the surface is hot, dry and hard, the object U to soften, open the pores and carry off the heat, and reduce the swelling and inflamma tion, and all that is needed is warmth and continued moisture with a porous substance which will tako up the heat and the impurities in cases of old ill- conditioned and suppurating sores; and any preparation or compound which best effects these ends is the best poultice. will add that a common cloth wet in Rings arc also very frequently put up, and | co ^* cool or warm water, as the of more kinds than any other class of pledges. Every sort of clothing is of fered to us, from an entire suit to a vest,, pair of nnment'ona'Acs, or even a shirt. The women are ns prone as the other sex to seek the aid of the pawn-shop,, as you! may see from this collection of sacques, \ has the back aud front ot sicmenne edged { circulars, skirts, shawls, dresses-in fact, jvithwiSc jet ^mcntine. The front about „ er y orticl-- of feminine apparel Iras n Figaro jacket of beaded lace. Rich | ThcJ . neve - , mlK . h _ My „ or if. lace edge) the back ot the mantle and the long-pointed fronts. Some of the.mantles arc in grenadine with frise figures, and light-colored grenadines trimmed with laces of the color, lined with self color in silk, form most dainty mantles for dressy oc casions during the warm weather. A pongee dress has the skirt bordered with striped pongee cut bias. It has short punier* and a jabot of the striped material faced with brown velvet. The long-pointed drapery is of the plain pon gee. The bodice is of the striped mar tcrial, with a littlo velvet vest. There is no abatement in the rage for lace dresses, and beside the regular piece lacc, with edging to match, which nave hitherto formed these elegant and airy toilets, are added* lace-robe suits imported in boxes colored in pale yellow, nun’s gray, ecru, coffee color,, golden, brown and black. affairs, as well as of current literature, being indispensable, one of the ladies contrived ways and means to gain the required, accomplishments .without any great discomfort to herself, and licr method, proving successful, was in abort time adopted by all her friends. They have a liidy secretary, whose duty it is to be amanuensis, reader and conver sationalists. This lady appears at a cer tain hour each day, or several days a week, in accordance with the engage ment, and while my lady reclines grace fully on her couch the secretary attends to her correspondence, reads the items of interests in the papers or discourses on literature. That the one who fills this » Breath Catching. Fire* Dr. Bcatson says in the British Medical Journal: I have thought it right to put on .record tho following ca to be one of some Name some strange articles put ___ “Well, lake umbrellas, for instance; they are very frequently figuratively as well as literally put up. Here arc a few things that you might call peculiar. In this case a woman ba> pledged a liolt of calico for twenty-five cents, probably just after having purchased it. This alarm, clock also represents twenty-five cents, while this album is in for twice as much. On this looking-glass $1 was given. These roller skates arc in pledge for the same amount. Three dollars were loaned on this old finely-colored meerschaum pipe, and on this trunk $2. This family Bible represents $2, this sewing machine $4, and this baby’s carriage seventy-five cents. The lowest amount, advanced ii _ require, will be equally efficient when changed as often as it may become nearly dry or too warm; will be neater, quite us convenient and comfortable, as it will not be necessarily heavy. I will also add that such a wet cloth will effect far more good than any salvo, ointment or liniment with which I nra acquainted, and-will be far less expensive. Were water far more expensive, more difficult to ob tain. it is very possible that its virtues Would be more generally understood and appreciat-d.—Dr. Ham ford, in Golden Jfiu!e. Folks have been to town, and Salry Fetched her home a pet canary, And of all the blame contrary, Aggervatin’ things alive! 2 love music—that’s, I love It When its free—and plenty of it— tint I kind o’ git above it At r. dollar-elghty-ftve! I And it’s just as I tvcs savin’,— Jest the idy, now. o’ layiu’ Out yer money, and a-payin’ Fer a willor cage and bird, When the medder larks is wingin' Hound ye, and the woods is ringin’ With the beantifulest ringin' That a mortal ever heard! Soiry's sot, though:—eo I tell her He’* a party little toiler, With his wings o’ creamy yeller, And his eyes keen as a cot; And tho twitter o’ the critter ’Pears to absolutely glitter! Guess I'll lutf to go an i git her A higher pnr<xl cage ’n that! —James Whitcomb KU-' PITH AND P0IN The barber is fond of making cutting- remarks. The action of the heart—A broach of promise ease. Fine weather is never admired until’ it ii? mist.—Motional Wieliu. Nothing reduces a man’s income tike » visit, from an assessor.— Call. If* a poor man that ran’t havo a-few enemies.—Indianapolis lltrald. Working tike a horse—A lawyer draw ing up a conveyance.—Untnliler. There has always barn a ’-oldness be tween autumn and spring. — Washington Critic. One of the latest :ind most effectual cures for toothache I* a pair of tight boots.—Puck. A tcachor of swimming is submerged' in business even when lie has but one pupil.—Siftings. The barber is the greatest of modern travelers. He roams continually from poll t> poll.—Shu*r Fails Leader. “Oh, inamma. I’ve got an awful piin!” “Where Tomm'e?” “Right here in the large part of my back.”—Philadelphia ■ Cant ion* for the Aged, i Ago works great physical changes, many of which are generally recognized. Sdmc of them involve dangerous liabili- and impose the need of constant itiom 'ne is to guard against undue cxcr- The tough, elastic coat of the arter- apt to become, on the one hand, clmlk-likc and brittle, or, on the other, futtyiand weak. Nature seeks to guard against the consequent danger by render ing old persons less inclined to effort. twenty-five cents on this razor. Musicians Hut auittlc extra exertion put forth snd- you good customers of see from this collection of violins, clar ionets, piccolos and other instruments. The sporting fraternity are of course our best patrons. Their diamonds find tho way regularly to our safes. A fortunate winning or the timely discovery of an *angel’ enables them to redeem, but the jewelry always comes back’. We get good position must be highly educated and l fined, write a legible hand, be famiti Incd, write a legible hand, be familiar with literature ana a reader is understood, for only one having acquired all this ac complishments is qualified to undertake so responsible a position. In this manner reused through the doctors mind it ! raadamc c * tt inconvenience would require a volume. Suffice it to t • nn °y a “ c ® ®n her part attain a knowl- sav that that evening found him com- j ofa >' toprea, and m the fortablv ensconced in one of the chair. ! «!??» 5?" , ‘ h 5® “"™“ in ■ Mis. Morrow-, parlor, listening ! e * l,e “g “J® to«?te’tam the company with unwearied pleasure and «it“ t she will grace with her presence and be considered a talented and brilliant isfaction first to her lively cm.^****™*™]™* venation, and then* to her singing—all j women - Chicago Time*. thought of any further explanation of that ridiculous blunder being apparently forgotten by both, for it certainly was not alluded to from tho time they met until, on leaving, the doctor returned to his fair colleague’s invitation to repeat his visit a most hearty affirmative. Those visits continued, moreover, with unabated frequency, and about six months after the first, one, Dr. Nelson, taking the tittle soft hand that made Paper Flower Making. Mrs. Noxon is an enterprising'woman, who keeps a double store on Fulton ave nue, Brooklyn, N. Y. One side is de voted to stationery, the other to birds. She was interviewed lately by a reporter a! 11*uiL AM tl. n ..ihleel C .h. of Woman's Work on the subject of the new industrial craze among women, the malting of paper flowers. “It started,” she said “about a efforMo disengage itself from his clasp. 1*8“: La* February I put. few quire. Mid a few manly) straightforward words ' Of t'Mne paperui mj «ut.on.nr.depart- u PftmKSw.. ! ment, not thinking paper flower making that brought a most charming combina tion of blushes, smiles, and tears, to Miss ment, not thinking paper flower making would amount to much. But the busi ness has increased very materially, until cow my bill for tissue paper, and the trie sTence, with a “yea* - r.- .'r.~'s"7g 7 «—** -— which told‘two «f a trade" had de- ; “ ““SST cided to “agree" for the remainder of ! with the work, mnonnU to from *40 to their liv<a.—KJE «•**.!» tWaMontt. My price for teaching the yelping and the parrot", screeching were ugnientrd tenfold. “This thing must l»e stopped T he ex claimed, ririug one morning in a more ’Lan usual bad humor,' having been kept awake most of the preceding night by ycl tings of the parrot. “There’s no use sending verbal message*—she seems to hax a learned the art of fibbing to perfec tion. Sitting down to liis de.de he uashed off a few rtvcnlfidTicc*. Two hours later “the lady next door’ opened and rend the savage missive. Madam: Unless some ecay can be found to pat a stop to the repeated annoyance* I am feoeirinp fi\*n voa, one of u«.will have so leave Hr- iW*U»rfaco i: ami a< I bold my bouse by the ri^ht <t ownership, and you are merely the ley** of yours, I do not toel dis posed to he driven away. Not only ai •objected to depredations from your cat, my much-needed re*t at night is dut orbed bv the distracting barkiuR and x reaching that go on in y<mr boose, i Mippoee it is ir.wric to you, hut in my opinion the prv petiator of it ought to be indicted a* a public nuisance; and unless u very different order of t bints is iaanguniced forth** ith. I riia'l be comp iled to seek legal redrew Respectful!'. Ceohgk Neksox. M. D. The lady read the miwivc, and then puckered up her smooth white forehead The Air of the Sea. The air.of the sea, taken at ••great dis tance from the land, or even on the shore and in port* wbentbe wind blows from the open, is in an almost perfect state of parity. Near, continent* the land winds drive before them an atmosphere alwa; 1 art is fifty cents for a two hours’ lessox. i If a woman is at all handy and has any • sa, * * - — idea about the art, she will not want more than one lesson. The flowers can be made to look very prety and natural. They- are largely 'used home decorations, they interest, anti sometimes the time lapses . . . mr - j and the stuff becomes ours. Another f re- Jravo some importance from » medico- , Bent [e( , b no |e. parable nt future Z l The" holder, are Sufficiently than give the facts m thb words of the we ll known in banking circles to get patient himself, who communicated them thcm aiscount( , (]j „ n<1 £ avc to f he to me by letter. He “'t; 1 ' 3 “ fo °^' i high rate such risky payer dtmauds. Pco- “A rathm rtrange thing happened to ,» o{ten , cd ^ ^ ^ myself about a week ago. For a month It is ,<?„ wh , h (lo so ^ £ t*. or so I was troubled very much with foul because they don’t want to break them, eructation.. Ihadnoreun, butthesmeU or cls0 they are roll, a or lick/pieces lucky \ pieces, as&astiJsrJLr* 5 ^wTimV^n^d^ who happened to be in the room. Atjout and .hoc. are by no means rare pledges. Every pawnbroker’s p ace is a veritable a week'ago, as I said, 1 got up morning and lighted a match to see the time, and when I put the match near my mouth to blow it out my breath caught fire and gave a loud crack like the report of a pistol. I burned my lips and they are still a tittle sore. I got a terrible surprise, and so did my wife, for the re port awakened her.” From the above occurrence it would appear that the conditions known as “halitosis,” or diseased breath, is not only a source of misery to the sufferer and those compelled to associate with him, but may, under certain circum stances, become a condition of danger to the unfortunate possessor of it., In the present, instance the gaseous'results of the imperfectly' digested food hod thair atoms of carbon and hydrogen eo ar ranged as to give rise to the presence of carbureted hydrogen, the inflammable and explosive qualities of which came into play when mixed with a due pro portion of atmospheric air in presence of the unguarded lightoftheburmngmatch. I may add that the patient to whom the accident happened is a most intelligent and observant man, and that the diet I prescribed for the indigestion from which he suffers from time to time has alcohol excluded from it. and I know that my instructions-: in that yrespeet are acted upon. .■ Punishment in Old Times. The Hartford (Conn.) Ctoimnt says: At the risk of wearying readers with a repetition of what has already been printed in the C-ourant, the following brief record is reprinted from this paper under‘dateofSeptember 7* 17B1: Hartford. September “ ‘old curiosity shop.’ ” “IIow dn vaii lilro tVi How do you like the business?^’ “Certainly it has its unpleasant fea tures, as when some poor creatures! want a large loan on an article of small value, probably to keep the wolf from the'door. Then some people look down>on oyr oc cupation. Of course, like every other business, it has its black sheep, but will find many honorable men c it. Another thing, too, you don’t know. Wc are among the Jbest rids the police have, aud many a ’ “ has been brought to justice wno > have escape:1 but for the honest pawn broker You hear a good dfcal about' * superhuman shrewdness about York and Chicago detectives—how after the robbery of a jewelry store arrest criminals and recover tho sto) properly. The «fact is, without-inf< tion furnished by the pawnbrokers detectives would be as-blind a else. In tho<e title 4 every pownbrok daily sends to the Chief of police- a- d tailed account of the art Yir she has tak in pledge, including a description oft denly,\ may cause the weakened vessels to giire way, from the increased force with which tho heart throws the blood into thfem. Hence may result apoplexy fatalianeurism—the latter being a sud den bulbing out of arteries. So, top, the heart itself (or its aorta— c great curved trunk which first re ceives the blood from the heart) may be in a similar condition, and suddenly fail because of undue exertions when it might have beei^ equal to the ordinary work of years. Such no doubt was the late case, when an elderly gentleman hurried to reach a railro id train, and fell dead entering it. The aged should firmly re fuse to hurry. A like caution applies to whatever quickens the action of the heart. Every -■ knows the power of violent emotions this respcCt. No one wishes to fall ‘ J s - a fit of anger. Undue eating, dead especially of 'stimulating food, is almost ns dangerous. \ All the appetites need to be kept under (control. A special caution is needed in descend ing stairs. Ik our normal voluntary movements there are certain nice adjust ments effected\by unconscious mental acts. But age affects such a change in the brain- substance that mental activity is lessened. Ani old man can no more think as quickly UsA young man than ho can ran as fast/©* jump as high. Hence the missteps of the aged in descending stairs. Aged po^ms, therefore, should form the habit of Viking their bearing, so to speak, at the ft T the stairs, and keep’tlieir mind on e.u-h step down by a conscious voluntary effort. . The. aged should. afro most carefully guard eg* inst a chill. It is more danger ous for an old man to catch cold wan for a young man to o$ch a fever.— Youth's Companion. person, his residence and other notabl points that would affotd a olne shorn the stuff prove to have been stolen. All a detective has to do when a theft ii i ported is to watch- these lists,, and mi times out of tea he will find where thief has disposed of his spoils. He then, tif coarse, a pretty big clue to war] on to catch the criminal. So- the- pro fession has some claims on the public-. Affection Ai Between a pair of lovebirds, says on au most perfect unity of mony of actloi besidi other cats also; if one accompanies it; forthwith the wife the other feeds it. No of these, little birds may a tree-each keeps with tver sen ‘ ” Well. yes. the profits few of us become rifchj’—St.. Paul Globe. - Pettigrew * put on dresses to be worn at evening i Coart, aittt parties, and are used for German favors, j ““J fore the Superior in this town, for ^ treating ; the boose of Mr. . wy* i panics, «uu are uscu iur uennau ravors. | 7^7^,' tn impure, but at 100 kilometers from the i Here I show you a shaving case, made of j ’ indictoentttey both plead guilty, coasts this impurity has disappcared.The. ! paper entirely, except the ribbons. The i nod were sentenced each of them to receive seat rapidly purifies the pestilential atmos- : ■■ paper flowers can be . mage into • screen? j 15 Stefas, to have their Right Ears cut c“ pherc of continent*; hence every expanse'-. for fire-places in ’ the- summer time. Itydbgrhranfledwtth t Vw*”. St -rarer of a ertoin breadth become j thra*& buai,,«, jrill b. good for »■ i absolute obstacle to the propagation of epidemics. Marine atmospheres driven upon land.purify sensibly the air of the regions which t* they traverse; this purifi cation can be recognized as far as Faria. —M. M. Moreau a d MlqueL other year. I think it will be more pop-1 ZSaSSTS Amp^ttoToThfa e£ ular work next winter than it has been = that his Life was in Danger. this, then, after that, it may gradually j ■ ■■■ die out. At present they are beginning: a Laughable Mistake, to make dresses entirely of jiaper to J* j Henry Smith, of Sleigbtburg, U a pal- Male Diplomatic Beauties. Mr. Charles nardinge. of the British legation, i* the professional .masculine beauty of the corps. He is young, tall and slender and has a distingue ensem ble. Isbolsky, the new Russian secre tary. wears glasses, and is a northern blonde. He is peculiarly quick and alert looking, and is more one’s ideal of what is a foreign minister of diplomatic train ing than any of the others. Count Lippe, the charge of the Austro-Hungarian lega tion, is a toll, jolly person, with distin guishing floating >ide-whiskers of blonde color. These geutlcmeu are all much sought in society, but affect great ex clusiveness to strangers.— Wo thing*# a Utter. fatten L&v'/. worn at evening parties. The material 1 for such a dress would not coat more! than $5, at the outside. “I know many women who have taken lessons in making paper flowers, with a view to selling the flowers. The French flowers have gone oat of fashion, and, not being used nearly so much as they were formerly, the paper flowers have taken their place. As to the price the women get for such work, I could not tell you, but for a tingle rose like that which I now show you, I get thirty cents. The •having case I showed you would be worth $2.00.”—Woman'r Iforl. Fashion Notes, Plain ribbons are few. Crinkled seersuckers appear ate car conductor on the Erie railway, His xun is between Jersey City and Chi cago. He is well-known in Rondout and has extraordinary large hands. He tells of a good story that happened to him at the Chicago depot one day recently. ‘ He hong one of his hands out of a car win dow. Shortly after he felt some one pulling and feeling of first one finger and then the other. He stuck his head out of the window and saw -a man who said: “Say, mister, how do you sell bananas apiece?”—Kingston (AT. F.) Freeman. Manners of Southern. Children. A correspondent of . the Salem (Mass.) Gazette, writing from Norfolk, Vo., toys rather pointedly: “James Russeft Low ell, in a recent review; says that about a century ago more time- was given to man ners than now is. These mav not be his exact- words and sow©omit the quotation marks.- And this prompts us to apeak at the manners of the Southern children. Not an instance, during our sojourn of several months in several States, has cob© within our observation of what, in com mon parlance, is called on the part of the young, cither white or block, and we have seen them in most favorable con ditions for making a display of that kind had they been so inclined. This cannot be owing to climatic influences, for the boys and girls up North in-New Bruns wick and the island* of the St. Lawrence Gulf are equally polite and respectfuL Neither is it the result of any superior ad vantage) of education, that’ is, a school education or opportunity. To whatever it may be due, even if to old fashion, it is far more pleasant than the rowdyism, hoodlum ism, and contemptible deport ment of some of the youth of more highly favored sections.” San Francisco housekeeper- are exer- ss*®* There are 15,000 members of the nllXorVj Birds, species called r, “we find the e eats, the the other husband cries, in. Is one ill, Iter how many assembled on , Is mate; they And ^mother writer adds: “It is a well-known fact that these lovely creatures rarely survive the away visibly when cruel fate dissolves the.marriage bond, rarely touch food again, scarce utter a sound, or if they do its tone Ls most piteous, and in a few days they follow the loved one gone be- Often sterner birds show the same depth of feeling. “We even know an 1 pie where the female owl pinedito .a on the decease of her | mate and ipanion of many seasons.! Clinging , ction tike this is a beautiful picture ot nfe’oQgattaehment. Here,at ’ ’ d no jfacebf selfishness; the one find* happiness only where the other takef rt; each lives for the other.” V Swindling the Farmer^, at looks as if our farmers, aaia class, were the most easily swindled people ia the country. Some of them are Shrewd enough, but the most of them arelgullfd by l every bum that comes along. \ The other day a man went through Dauphin county with a lot of colored salt put up in jar?, which he represented was a stump-consuming powder. His instruc tions were bore a hole in the stump, fill it with powder, plug up the whole, let it stand for .six weeks and then set. the stump afire, and it would burn down be low the plow-line. The farmers caught Call. □ns take after their fathers,” remark an exchange True, but a great many fathers take after their sons.—Hot Springs News. Did you hear the lecture last night?” asked W illiams of his ne»ghbor Beasley. No.” replied Beasley, 'uny wife wasn’t at home.”—Tid-BiU. A book has been written under the title, “Four Centuries of Silence.” It is needless to say that it is not a history of the profession of barb? ring.—Graphic. The gloomy winter has gone henet* u The days are warm and bright, The cat sits on the backyard fenc-j And warbles through the night —Boston Courier. Little maiden (who is spending the af ternoon with her aunt)—“Auntie,mother said I must not nsk you for anything to cat, but I’m.awful hungry.”—Harper's Bazar. A pilot boat picked up an oil painting that apparently came from the wreck pf the Oregon. By the time it was rescued it was probably a water color.—New York Commercial. It seems sort of cruel, when a man has.' fallen into bad company, to put him into solitary confinement, and thus keep him in the bad company which has proved his downfall.—Boston Transcript. ‘I stood at eve, when the gas was lit, by* the door of a cheap hotel,” sings a a wild western poet. If the gas hadn’t been tit he would probably have been in side, with his liana cn the spoon-stand. Boston Post. “I should tike to know, sir, why you leave my house so* suddenly?” asked Mrs. Jackson, theboafding-house keeper. Americans in Mexico. fl presume you have grounds?” “Yes, madam,” replied Simpson, “I have grounds—Coffee grounds.—New York Graphic. “Make room for the girls?” cries the Woman's Journal. Oh, pshaw I the girls dont want much room. A chair that will hold one with a tight squeeze will hold two-very comfort ally. Room for the girls, indeed! Sit here, girls.—J. Burdette. ‘Ah!” exclaimed Fogg, looking up- from his newspaper, “another clergyman come to grief l” “What’s that?” ex claimed -half indozen eager voice*. “How did it hmipenf” “It was at a funeral,** replied Fogg, and everybody ejaculated,. ‘Pooh l”—Boston Transcript. A Macon man, who has never witnessed! a game of base ball, declares that he never will. “I hear them talk about catching a fly,” he says. “You needn’t- expect me to pay my’money to see a lot of lunatics catch flies. It’s cruel to catch • flies, anyhow. Why not let the little insects-live ? J ’ “Carp,” of the Cleveland Leader\ has- been .interviewing John W. Thompson,, recently returned from an extended trip, in Mexico: “Are there many Americans in busL ness in $fexicof* I asked. “Yes,” replied Mr. Thompson, “and-, the number far increasing. • There is quite an American colony in-Mexico city, and.; the English and Americans associate largely together. There are American dentists, American doctors, on American barber,' and there is - an American who publishes a daily newspaper in English. His name is Clark. He is a bright fel low, and his paper, known as the Two JlepubUes, is a spicy one. The Americana .1 '.i » - -f 'TO.— i have do-th* big business of Mexico. They are tho pushers in great enterpri*es,while the English and Germans have the stores J and: shops. In a Mexican shop you 1 to- bargain for whatever you; pure iathe same way as in Italy. ' Toe si keepers have two prices, and they do i expect you to-pay what'they first as For instance, a Tnttn came into wr ro< at tho hotel to sell me a pair of figures. looked at them and liked the said they were worth forty dollars, * half the sum bought them.” Damascus* A correspondent says that J with its 160,000 inhabitants, mostly] Mohammedans, is- quite as fanatical J centre as there is in Syria. Here curred mme of tho most < scenes in the massacre of 1860. arc not safe at any time. A short timd ago it was impossible to bny a Koran H the bazaars if it were known that yo were a Christian. It is not an uacommon! to it readily. The »ii weeks’ provision thin- now to be received with indignitko.: s a wise one, for it allowed tne agent '< Children shout at^ the Christians ib tbo| to get away. “nowder”! agent ^ _ An oxamination of powder,’’’however, proved its woeful qualities, and the farmers can k selves over being badly fooled,-*-. Tmss. 1 Moslems will angrily spit id aad show other rigas of disgust. 1 R. late there has ... .tif:': ;f ^