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HAHLEM. GEORGIA
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Th< re*i'lent* al<»nj/ a linnlnt flume in
the r»»untnin* fibwvr 4’hi<t», < *1 . I» J,V a
novd way <4 iptltntz I heir mail. It h
»tarl<*«l on n r«/t from the lieml <4 the
nt rrffiiUr «lat<•*. miA th' people
)m4ow wntrh so it, takeout what Ix lonjzn
t/»lh»*rn, and th< n w-n<l the raft with it*
pt<-f iou* < urge on the wnv.
Chi'ago pr uniM to lx* IL' th< »tr« in
IHO2 of a world** fair wheh will (dip*
evejrjUiing of th' kn.<l <ver **en
l»efore. It will roinm*'iiionite the mt
vice* of (Zohimhn* in fowling thi* eon
iinent 400 »< at ■ ago, (uml will iini'l' i.t
idly txxifii th* hurtling (By whi< h n< tie*
Im tween th** prairie* and tin lake*.
A French hnir do ■ in Kt. Ix»ui< ha*
applied Jor a pat«-nt for n pro"-h by
which pmwengeni ran 4>c taken after a
rapidly moving milua* train without
*t«»pping the car*. But thi* i* not alto
gether novel, *in< «• pa**eng' r* are orca
*ionally *0 taken off and their < arc'-r* rut
♦Jiorfer than (Ver the hi Jxnii* barber rut
hair.
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Tea drinker* in thi** country will hr in
ter*-fled in the ►tiiteinenf that half a mil
lion iMHind* of willow Irwve* di-gui*rd a*
tea’were shipped to America from Shang
hai la»t yiar and thi* notwithstanding
a law to prevent *u< li importation*. Ihr
fame of English tea i* lm*<l upon the » u<
uard in that (-oiinfiy to prevent adulteni
1I on. ____
'l’hehiiw, the dr|»o*''d ami exil'd king
of Biinn ih, wn% according to the Hark,
oduenfed by Dr Murk*, a missionary of
Lbc ( illlll l> Ilf Ellgllllld Itfllltlnl Hite*
lluil the king, wln-n u liul, gave gn at
pnmtlse of fiitoii <■»< i 11. to <. In the <a*i
ui’ Tlu-lmw, iw in the in«- "f ninny otlu i*
U son him, unrmtraini<l authority proved
hi* min.
Ilog < liolem ana i-iin-fullv ' tudied lu*t
Miminer by nevi-ral pork rnlwr* in Kan
m«r, where the <li*.-ii*r raged part of the
time One of them nwntwl to ••borne
treiitmeiit,’ 1 mt he ealli-il it, mid he say* it
succeeded in bringing every member of
hi* infei ted held iiroinid ull right The
tmxleof treatment hr tint* deM ribe. ■ \
noon n» the animal* wen taken aiik 1
turned th< tn out of the pen* ami begun to
drive them to warm up their blood. The
tlr«t day I drove them tin■ -.- mile* ami the
weond day two inile*. They would
vomit freely while being driven. After
thr imrond dny they allowed sign* of in -
prolviueiit, which < initialled, and thirdly
all tin liog> rvi on rial An Alib-xilli
county (H C.) farmer, whose hog* havi
m ver been attai keti by the dl*<n*i , attrib
Ute-theii immunity to a ipmrt of turp. n
tine *|op* wbieh he gin< them weekly.
The iiiuliiifiii tlire of ba*e ball* in thi*
country ha* livcome mi im|Mirtuut indu*
try, mid mi ingenious one. too. m - ordim
to tin-description given of the ptim **
First, tin re i* ,i litth hard rubber bull,
around wlii< h tin I' i- wound u i-tt'oiu:
blue eoar*i yarn, mid v. hi n thi* n .a In * a
prrw rtlad sire, it i* lirmly wrapped with
white Venetian yarn Tin ball* ai now
plm i d in an oven and baked until the
moisture i* taken out of them and they
are reduced in *ire. thi* making them
Milid. Tin y me then eoatial with l enient,
which nnilM * the ball* to letnin their
►ha|x',alid they eamiot la km* ki d clock
rd. After thi* conn - * >me tim blneiarti,
and around the .whole i* placed tine white
gdling twine. The ball* an weighed,
raeh to lune a eertaiu weight, mid the
cover* me put mi, tlie*i la ing made of
Uh- best hor*e hide. It 1011'1*1* of two
pi«*e*. each cut in the shape of the figure
S. By la nding one m i lion one way and
Uie ollivi in an opmi-ite direction, a com
plet<> cover i.* obtained. Thi* ia a aitnple
and i ffeetual aub'titutc for the fonm r
method of ioviring with four pie*i * of
leather.
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Tnr prominent imml* i* of the national
houw and senate aretn to lie on the *hmly
side of 50. Brow II of Georgia i* l>s, Vihu -
hi* * 58, Ingall* 5.1, Horn 80. Van M n k OS,
blienmiti 63. Don t 'aim imi 53, Ja< k*on 53,
Iklniund* 58. B|a'akerl'arli*le 50, Spring, r
la 40, a* i« hi* Kepubli* an <olleague, < '.ni
non; lined of Maine i* 46, Long of \| i** i
«liwa-tt* 47, Bland ot Mi**uri 50. M alter
Pli<-I|i*of New Jer**'y 48, Frank Hi*, .-. k
of New 5 ork 51; Warner of Ohio i* the
num age, Bandall 57, 'l-ni*on 60. \be
Hewett i* 63, a* i* Holmmi of Indiana.
Tha oldrat member of the Hou*.- i* Hep
rearntativc Wait of t'nann tieut. aloha*
larrn a mcmla-r of *ix t'ougrv**. *, he *
74 The oldiM nienilw rin service ia "Fig
Iron" Kelly of Pennsylvania, lie ha* b.*n
in 1S <'ongre**. **< iwim; - ,’4 year* Nett
to Mr. W ait in y. *r* cum- - N B. Kldriiig.
of Michigan, who *i-rvi*i in the l.**t Con
grew, he i* 71 year* of age. The youngest
luemla-r of the house t* Robert M lat
Foilettc of Wiia*>n*in. who haa just
turned 30 This is hi* first session in
C'ongneas. Ward of Chicago is S 3, and
there ar*' arverai members w hose agv* lay
in the thirties. A mathematician figures
this way . There are 43 niemlicr* who are
over 30 and under 40. 131 between 40 mid
50. 90 between 50 and 60. 34 between 60
and 70, and four between 70 and 80.
Montreal i* to have a larger i<« I"'* 1 "’ ;
than. i.-r thia y<.r. It i
and 144 fr-ct wide, wbil- tlm great d»B
--jon tower, which riM* nearly in the een
tn-, will I* over HKi f<« tin height. The
jn earth-of la»t winter «-■ I*’ ,fJ I' l ' l 1D .
length and 120 in width. Tin- new pal-
],«* hum vm' inated, and there will
bi- » “k iting and curling rink within it*
Willi*. f
•ji, I, - that '*th<
h. ad of S' oat-.r Lliag <l. Harris 1* *
striking object to thi M*Hor looking
down from tin iimigirs* 'rall'-ry of the
I nit-d State- I irit' A deep war, bin
nil... na r irinl a ; - the top of t !i-
• Lull, rn.uk effort* Os a
F'-di i d < >' by mrui to end the Marthern
er'- carver on the haltl<field of Shiloh.
Air. Harris a* governor of Tenni -n-,
s» with Albert Kidney Johnston
throogliout the two day *’conflict, ami it
wa* in hi* nrm- that th*- t onfcslerate
h-iidrr expired.”
X« |m*itive estimate can be placid
npon tin value of tin animal production
'of eggs and poultry Tin r<- an- thousands
of dori'g* of i gg« i on-uim d annually of
which ii ■> account - ar- kept, to say noth
ing of tin .an a*e«. which render it im
l*.«ibb-for till I ■■ll*ll* taker to record.
Tin- sum* given a* tin- value of poultry
and '■•_"/* ar*-, therefore, only estimate*.
It ha* Isen I laiiiuil that tin- value of the
(multiy inti i<-t« exii-i-d those of the
dairy or any i la-* of live stock, but th*-
r laim i- n disputed one. We may ven
ture, liowin r. to i-*tio,. !■• tiiat each in
dividual in the I nited State* i-oiisumi-H
|Miultry and i • g* to the v.du*- <if five dol
lar- per annum, mid with our population
lived nt 50,000,000, tin- Mini reaches
|:.’sl>,(Mio 000. If only two dollar* be al
lowed a* tin vi.hie of th. |»mltrv mid e-.c
--consumed by in*-b imlividmd w-c hnvethe
large sum of f lOO.tMMf.OOO. But we have
good reason for bdii-ving five dollar*
nearer the amount than the smaller sum.
Estimating the average price of egg* at
only 12 l ent* fn-r dozen, wi -till have a
large margin in chickr-ns, ducks, geese
and turkey Whatever the amount may
be it i uflii iciitlv large to demand eon
nidi'ration.
Ileailllght* For Horses.
How to illuminate n road in front of
the horac* in driving nt night i*un ini|mr
t.uit matter, sat* the
mid it pria-eed* n* follow*:
Tin u'ltal side lamp* on carriage’, or
tin ,itt u htngof a lantern to the. dash
board, l id to reflei t the light where it is
most waul'd, and tin- *u*pcnding of a
Inntern to tie front nvle i* objectionable
or many a.on*, but it is th" best plan
for *lii dding the light where it i* mo*t
m i ded that we h ive-'eii tried. But a
Philadelphia physician suggests the at-
Inching of tin lantern to the breast collar
of the linriii *“. which, he say*, be tried
with perfei t *ntisfaetion ; and he ha* evi*
ibntly li:td some cv]M'rieiice with tin- or
dinary tm thod of lighting, tor he *ay*
the various form- of da*h light* arc pret !
ty mm Ii th" *amc, in that they put the
tin light iu-t when-it i* not wanted, illu
minating tin horse - tail and hips and the
buggy thill* with a brilliance quite un
iii-i i—- •i v. w hich intensifies the blackness
of thi shadow * i list by them just where
oil' most wi-he-to see clearly. The phy
sician *ay :
My light i* a common tubulnr Inn
tern, with a lelleetor. and n spring for
ntt u hinent to the dash. In place of
putting it on the d ish. I *lippi*l the
sp” ng' ovi I the middle of the breast collar,
directly in front of the horse. Every part
of the rind in front of me was plainly
n-en, *o 1 could drive with a* much con
fident en* in broad daylight. The con
dition* necessary for success m*' a level
lii-aded lior*c, with fair breadth of idlest,
and a shoulder strap attached to the
cheek hook, to prevent tin- lantern from
sagging down In-tween the horse’s legs,
when for any reason the trin es slack. It
would In well to have a short strap sew cd
to the inside of the bti-a*t collar, to *lip
the spring through, so as to prevent any
I lateral motion.”
Urrat Expectation*.
Jom* came into the ofiice of the Aus
tin Water Work* Company. He was
mad. His eyes glcann*i with a baleful
light.
"What i* the matter!" asked the
clerk.
"I want to tell you that I’ve found an
other fi*h in our water."
"How large was the fish?" asked tin
clerk, blandly.
I “Al>out mi inch long. It's a shame
' and an outrage."
"My dear sir, do yvu think that we
can furnish you with whales ninety
feet long every day for I'lo a ycarl—
Kf'rli'.g*.
An Anvions llu*baud.
'. Judgi Peterby i* a very spare
woman She i* excessively thin. A few
days ago her hesbami said :
"I don’t really think that you ought to
go out . -ii th. *tn* t.s, Maria.”
••Why B"t " she asked.
"Well, you know there r* so much
danger just now from uiaU dog*. Tin y
will bite at almost anything."
"But I don’t think 1 mu in any more
danger than any Isxlv else."
••O. yisyou an- Ikig* kna to gnaw
i tvoni*. .*<» ( i..-*.
I
LADii V I xEPAKI jmia
•**' *•« ItrnorlUM*
Afr-v -an aW4>, n try to .aitrival each
■'t! 'by |j,] (.x|h nsivi-i|h~m *.
I”** uuJ « J ib‘-u> '-rm to think of the
'iiTur f Tie- bair i 'utin a dog fashion
1 ' z* fatTbrarl. and taken up on top with
' 4kuaJ»Ji'iitelle, put on with more or b **
‘•■He, but diamond* the *ize of an egg.
To rut tin-'les'ription short tin Mexican
:-m!ii- do not y-t understand that the hair
.* the princiyial ornament of a woman and
imuld lx- attended to accordingly.
The Mexican lady leaves the home in
>e morning to go to church. Hhe wears
oil of black shawl (ta/xi vai.\ which
,i" draws ovit her head, leaving nothing
■ut the nose free. R. turning home she
uvea tin- hair fall down her shoulders.
\t alsiut two o’clock the ladi'-s dren*
their hair to go out for a drive in a car
riage which i* drawn by mules, because
horse* eat twi mm h. At six o’clock the
doors of the house* nrc closed for fear of
burglar*. li<iir<lre»ter.
Mslrtiooiilal Odilltte*.
A while ay. " a couple eume to be mar
ried, accompanied by the bride'.* parent*
iiidoneortwo other relatives,” said a lo
al clergyman, "and I at first refused to
perform tin- i-eri-mcny because of the ex
treme vouthfulness of the brfde. Shewn.*
a pretty little girl with light flaxen hair
and blue innocent eyes, and did not ap
pear to be more than twelve or thirteen
years of age. Her parent*, however, in
■i*ted that *he was sixteen, and were very
anxious that I should imirry her to the
groom, a firn- looking young German of
twenty-one. The girl was more than
willing, and I finally consented. The
mother remarked a* the knot was tied:
‘There! I’glad its done. She mightn't'a
had another chance in many a year.’ I
hope the poor little thing is happy.”
“A tine, healthy looking young farmer
came in one night with a large female of
uncertain age and apparently decided
strength of mind, and desired the usual
service. Witnesses were summoned and
the ceremony was about to begin when thn
door-bell rang twice in quick succession,
and a moment after a portly, well-dressed
lady rushed breathless into the room and
shouted with her last breath before sink
ing exhausted into a chair: ‘Don’t you
marry him; you can have it!” The ex
planation was that the woman about to
get married was the other’s oook, and had
left her mistress in u fit of pique because
•du ■ would not raise her wages. ” — Syracuse
titan‘lard.
I Hwiktou in Cai-cetinic*.
The Washington 7W explains the very
iutc*t thing in fashionable greetings, and
why it is likely to be popular:
The courtesy is apt to supersede entirely
the tiresome shaking of hands, of w hich
the Americans arc so fond w hen w elcom
ing a friend. It ha* received a fashionable
prestige in New York and markedly so at
Mr. Winthrop’* ball, where hi* daughter
mid her chaperone made deep and grace
ful courtesy* to each of their guests as they
entered. There was some tulk here three
winter* ago of reviving this bit of stateli
ness, but, as a rule, it did seem to exactly
coincide with our national expression of
hospitality and friendly feeling, and,
again, as Miss Tillie Frelinghuysen said,
“There are very few who can do it grace
fully." Mrs. Mac Allister Laughton can
make the most stately and sweeping court
esy, the very embodiment of the charming
manners for w hich she is noted, and her
courtesy* are at once the envy and admira
tionofall. Washingtonians, perhaps be
cause of their attendance at presidential
receptions, think a shakehands the only
proper expression of civility or formality,
and this idea is so well grounded that if a
lady ri-eeiving in the line with the presi
dent* or the ladies would omit to shake
hand* with each one introduced she would
immediately be pronounced as lacking
in the qualities of a friendly spirit wliieh
u expected to prevail there. As the no
tion now rules, a lady is expected to shake
hands with each comer, when assisting the
president, but in her own house she cun re
vive the courtesy, with perfect freedom and
knowledge that there her intent will not
lie misunderstood.
The Perreet AVltte.
Some year* ago, after Edmund Burke’s
first marriage he presented the following
eulogiuni to his wife, of whom it is said
to have been a perfect pen picture. If
the sketih eiubiaiie* a flattering agglomer
ation of ineutaljand physical jn-rfections
diflicult of attainment and of undoubted
rarity, it may at least be commended to
our readers of the male persuasion as por
traying the qualities most to be desired
in a partner for life,
“She is handsome, but it is beauty not
arising from features, from complexion,
or from shape. She has all three in a
high degree, but it is not by these she
touches a heart ; it is all that sweetness of
temper, benevolence, innocence, and
sensibility, which a face can express, that
forms her beauty. She has a face that
just raises your attention at first sight; it
grow* on you every moment, and you
wonder it did no more than raise your
attention at first. Her eyes have a mild
light, but they awe when she pleases;
they command, like a gvod man out of
office, not by authority, but by virtue.
Her stature ia not tall; sne is not made to
be the admiration of everybody, but the
happiness of one. She has all the firmness
that-d*>os not exclude delicacy- *he haa
all the softness that does not imply
wraknewi. Her voice is a soft, low
music, not formed to nile in public a.*-
<ewblie*, but to i harm those who can
distinguish a company from a crowd: It
has this adviuitage- you must come close
to her to hear it. To descrilx- her body
describes her mind one is tin- transcript
of the other; her understanding is not
shown in the variety of matters it exerts
itw-lf on, but in the goodness of the choice
she makes. She- does not display it so
much in saying and doing striking things
as in avoiding such us she ought not to say
or do. No person of so few years cun
know tin- world bett'-r; no pernor vas
ever less corrupted by knowledge.
Her politeness flows rather from a natural
disjiositioii to oblige than from any rules
on the subject, and therefore never fails
to strike those who understand good
breeding and those who do not. She
has u steady and firm mind, which takes
no mon- from the delicacy of the female
i hiiructer than the solidity of mar
ble does from it* polish and lus
ter. She has such virtues us make
us value the truly great of our
own sex. She has all the winning graces
that make u* love even the faults we *ee
in the weak and beautiful in hers.”
Kaahlon Ilote*.
The leopard plushes are effective.
Homespun is meeting with great pop
ularity.
Fans arc more and more elegant as the
days go by.
Gray and garnet is a favorite Parisian
combination.
Porcupine cloth glows in favor with
the ultra fashionable.
Evening gloves an- long and bracelets
are worn over them.
Sleeves are shown in great variety—
large, small and none.
Beaded woolen costumes are supplant
ing braided ones.
Young girls should never wear trained
or demi-trained dresses.
Walking skirts are as long as possible
without touching the ground.
In Paris the new underskirts have de
tachable flonuees to correspond w ith the
dress worn.
Some velvet bonnets which are bor
dered with fur have the strings edged
with fur also.
A garland of natural flowers about the
waist is a fashionable garniture for an
evening dress.
Three sets of buttons of like pattern,
but different sizes are worn on cloak or
jacket mid dress.
Even some of the long cloaks have
cushions under the plait* in the back to
form the tournure.
Young ladies’ evening dresses are very
simple and natural flowers are the most
fashionable garniture.
Since the hair is worn high again, the
opportunity is afforded of wearing flowers
and feathers to complete the pretty
coiffure.
Fleece-lined silk glove* are grow ing in
favor for winter. They are less cumber
some than woollen and less troublesome
than kid.
Plastrons of silk muslin or piece lace
are laid in folds from the throat to the
waist, where they are finished by a fan of
lace or a bow of ribbon.
The ultra fashionable woman can make
her bonnet serve a useful purpose if she
will have its brim edged with English
sparrow heads instead of a rarer variety
of birds, and help free the land of this
increasing pest.
Umbrellas offer much variety. The
discarded bracelets arc loaned by young
ladies to gentlemen to whom they are
engaged to confine the loose folds when
the umbrella is closed.
No matter what the age, beauty or
homeliness, grace or uncouthness, of a
woman, the hair is at present worn off the
neck and high on the head. The effect is
sometimes beautiful, but more frequently
frightful. ______________
A Costly Painting.
The Duke d’Aumale has just purchased,
to the great chagrin of English art-lovers,
the “Three Graces,” by Raphael, for the
sum of f 125,000, The “Three Graces”
was the gem of the late Lord Dudley's
art gallery. The price paid is all the
more remarkabk- when it is remembered
that the painting is only about seven
inches square. This is the highest price
ever paid for so small a picture, being
about f2* 500 to the square inch. The
“Three Graces" is a juvenile work of
Raphael and is supposed to have been
painted about the year 1506. It would
be interesting to know how much Raph
ael received for the painting—possibly
the price of a dinner of macaroni.—
I’ic’UMi A'euc Freie Frexte.
Capital Punishment.
“Dick," said Mr. Fangel to his son and
heir, “doymt learn anything at school?”
••Oh yes, sir," was the reply.
•■Well. I’ll ask you a few questionsand
sec. For in-tanee, what is capital pun
ishment f"
"Being set among the girls, sir.”
“Yea, you are learning fast, 1 see,’
responded Mr. Fangel. and the examina
tion closed.— Pitttbury ChrvnicU,
TNfQI'E DINING PLACE
A Slice of Bohemian Life in
the Metropolis.
Many Languages Spoken, and an Enor
mous Onion for Dessert
. Much as ha* been written about the
place* where New Yorkers eat, the writ
er* have shown an almost uniform dispo
sition to g<> to extremes. Either a pal
ace or a '’div**" was the selected subject.
The reader was expected to be either
dazzled or disgusted, as far as it was pos
sible to affect him either way. The gen
eral assumption ha* been that the mid
way establishments are know and un
derstood of all men, and that they have
nothing in them worthy of remark. That
is far from being true. I have in mind
just now a dining-place that would be a
genuine astonisher to ninety-seven per
cent, of my readers at least yet there is
absolutely nothing in it to either over
whelm or revolt. It is simply a slice out
of Bohemian life with European garnish
ing. I had heard of the place as a re
sort of artists mainly, and with some
difficulty found it. It is a basement in
an old-fashioned house on University
Place. A small, weather-beaten, dingy
tin sign outside may accidentally convey
to the passer-by a hint that somebody
with an Italian name feeds people down
there. The intimidation is so modestly
conveyed, however, that one is apt to re
gard the fact in the light of a betrayed
secret. When 1 went in I found twenty
five or thirty men seated at a long table
eating soup. The instant that I took my
seat soup was placed before me. Three
or four more latc-comers followed me, and
before each a dish of soup appeared with
almost marvellous celerity. There was
no question as to whether one wanted
soup. It seemed to be viewed in the
light of a social duty that one should
take soup. At the right hand of each
new-comer a bottle was plumped doxvn,
with a napkin fantastically knotted on its
neck. There were all sorts of bottles —
long white ones holding Rhine wines;
stout dark ones containing claret; flasks
filled with Chianti; bulbous-necked ones
that held absinthe; squat ones bearing
liquor brands; square ones that spoke to
the practised eye of gin. But with all
this array of bottles there was little drink
ing, except of light wines. Only very
small glasses of the liquors were taken, as
appetizers.
About the table a Babel of conversa
tion was going on in French, German, '
Italian, Spanish, and English—all at I
once. Everybody seemed to be acquaint- !
cd with everybody else. Groups of volu
ble talkers were established along and :
across the tabic, but between the groups i
flashed constantly salutation, question, !
reply, comment, repartee, jest, denial,
and affirmation, quick and sharp, with a
polyglot interchangeability of tongues -
that might well confuse a stranger to the
scene. After the soups we had smelts;
then two kinds of meat, served in slices,
covered with a rich gravy, upon large
platters, from which every one helped
himself, as they went along the table, to
as much as he wanted.
For a finale to the meal an enormous
Spanish onion was put upon the cloth at ;
one end of the table with a dish of salt
beside it. The nearest man grasped the
huge bulb, sliced off a big piece of it and
passed it to his left hand neighbor; took
a spoonful of the salt, and passed that
along also. Nearly every one took a
chunk of the onion and ate it. When
one big onion disappeared another like it
was brought on. Toward the end of the
dinner all were smoking cigars or cigar
ettes, and all took coffee. Each man as he
finished dining made a cravat of his j
napkin on the neck of his bottle, and j
each cravat was made differently from !
any of the others, the knotting being the
owner’s private mark, which the waiters
were supposed to remember. Some were
square-notted, others with bows, or hoods I
that capped the bottles and gave them a !
funny feminine look, or with ends that j
hung down like clerical bands, or points
that stood up like Toodles’ necktie, and 1
so on in surprising variety. The conver- j
sation never ceased, but only waned as I
the number of talkers diminished, until
the last one went out, talking back at
the landlord as he went. — Cook.
Put His Foot in It.
They were looking out of the window
watching the fleecy flakes as they fell in
a soundless shower, whitening the roofs
and covering the earth with a mantle of
ermine, when he said:
“ This is a driving snow storm, ain’t
it?”
“ Is it?" she innocently asked. “Why
can’t we go driving, then?”
And he felt a* if he could almOst bite -
his tongue off as he gloomily took his way
to the livery stable.—/Won Courier.
-a'ellectual Hair Dressing.
Miss Angelina (to Miss Belle, her rival,
■ just now surrounded by a bevy of admir
ers'!—“Oh, dear, do tell me how you do
your hair up so charmingly! What do ■
you do it up on ? It looks so intellect
ual.”
i . Ue (who wcars her bio-h)—
M ell, 111 tell you, dear. I gen. rally ,
do it up over brains, and (sweetly) I don't
j think you can buy them at the hair 1
. Stores. —ZLstoa Journal,
THE family physician.
Advlcr to Con’nmptlvM.
Consumptive patients arc advised by a
pupil of Liebig in the Apotheke Fere, to
live in rooms where one or two drachms
of sulphur are melted on allot stove. The
first ten days bring* increased cough amj
irritation, then these cease and the patient
improve* rapidly. Per-i n* with catarrh
and in early stages of consumption apply
to enter chemical factories where large
quantities of sulphur are evaporated
daily, and are cured in a few weeks by
the inhalations. Cholera and epidemic
disease* are never found in such factories.
For n .’Vervows Cough.
Dr. Brown-Sequard once gave the fol
lowing directions to a person afflicted
with a nervous cough: Coughing can be
stopped by pressing on the nerves of the
lips in the neighborhood of the nose. A
pressure, there may prevent a cough when
it is beginning. Sneezing may be stopped
by the same means. Pressing also in the
neighborhood of the ear may stop cotuih
ing. Pressing very hard on the top of the
mouth inside, may have a good effect.
And I may say the will has immense
power, too. There was a French surgeon
who used to say, whenever be entered the
walls of his hospital: “The first patient
who coughs will be derived of food to
day.” It was exceedingly rare that a
patient cough then.
Chokinir.
A baby or young child may hold its
breath while there is food in the mouth,
simply because it cannot obtain more food
or cannot have its own way. As soon as
the spasm of the muscles of the throat re
laxes an inspiration occurs, air is forcibly
drawn into the lungs, and if particles of
food have not already been removed from
the mouth and throat by one’s finger they
are likely to block up the larynx and
cause suffocation. In other words, they
are “foreign bodies.” Children just
passing out of bapyhood who are allowed
to feed themselves at table and to eat
whatever they want, run great risks of
suffocation by large mouthfuls of food.
No careful parent who has repeatedly ob
served a baby’s manner of cramming the
mouth full and of gulping food, if left to
himself, doubts that suffocation may
thereby be caused. To reduce the danger
to the minimum, therefore, additional
food should not be given until the baby’s
mouth is quite empty, and the mother
should not intrust the feeding to other
hands than her own. miles’, indeed, she
intelligently supervises it.— Babyhood.
The Banana.
A pound of bananas contains more nu
triment than three pound* of meat or
many pounds of potatoes, while as a food
it is in every sense of the word far supe
rior to the best xvheaten bread. Although
it grows spontaneously throughout the
tropics, when cultivated its yield is pro
digious, for an acre of ground planted
with bananas will return, according to
Humboldt, as much food material as
thirty-three acres of wheat or over one
hundred acres of potatoes. The banana,
then, is the bread of millions who could
not well subsist without it. In Brazil it
is the principal food of the laboring
classes, while it is no less prized in the
island of Cuba. Indeed, in the latter
country the sugar planters grow orchards
of it expressly for the consumption of
their slaves. Every day each hand re
ceives his ration of salt fish or dried beef,
as the case may be, and four bananas
and two plantains. The banana —it
should be called plantain, for until
lately there was no such word as banana
—is divided into several varieties, all of
which are used for food. The platino
manzanita. is a small, delicate fruit,
neither longer nor stouter than a lady’s
forefinger. It is the most delicious and
prized of all the varieties of the plantain.
El platino guineo , called by us the ba
nana, is probably more in demand than
any kind. It is subdivided into differ
ent varieties, the principal of which are
the yellow and purple bananas we see for
sale in our market; but the latter is so
little esteemed by the natives of the
tropics that it is seldom eaten by them.
El platino grande— known to us as sim
ply the plantain—is also subdivided into
varieties which are known by their savor
and size. The kind that reaches our
market is almost ten inches long, yet on
the Isthmus of Darien there are plantains
that grow from eighteen to twenty-two
inches. They are never eaten raw, but
are either boiled or roasted or are pre
pared as preserves.— Hotel Register.
Dealing with" a Tramp.
“Who’s that at the kitchen door?”
asked Mr. Jollikin of his young wife last
Sunday, just after breakfast.
“It’s a tramp, and I’m bothered to death
with them,” she replied.
“Wait a minute, my dear,” said her hus
band; “I’ll fix him so he won’t trouble
you any more.”
He kissed her and went out, and in five
minutes he returned.
‘’Well,” queried-his wife, “did you fix
him I”
‘‘Yes, Igavc him somethingto ent.”
“Why, you shouldn't have done that.
He'll be sure to come right back and worry
memorcthan ever," she said, petulantly.
“Oh, no, he won’t. I gave him a pocket
ful of those biscuit’ vou made for break
faSU"