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BICK RAISING. A. Hnilnß’. • v’/hlch la Increat- tr y I n-' >ll t>-e B# >t. £/::ks EiV-hei ii> Incubxtora and X I* iij ■ ProSt of Sls Cvh. ••Ur nnrbsl.lf." slid » well-known! *h*nh*r in rr*|on*«* l«> ifwjtiirfr'’* , • br t n |M#tb r for tb<- N<*w V»rk Krprr»» “how rapidly duck *u* to be u londinjf fcaiiif'* j tn o U buMw-a Every clay *how* hi in <rr-3WK'G •!• Ilian I for duck* for *;iling pin - ( 7 n»H-< Why i‘ thi- ' B <an < :> hr lx n j ftMund thnt they an- a delicac y and far of even chicken* as broiler*. TWy tommnnd :k hitfh, if not higher. !«•*< «*» in the m irk -t than < hie ken*. For the pu two ye’ir* a great *|x*< iulty ha lirrfi n l< of i i >inx them in the Lt-L I e*rvc*;i’l\ aroiin I B»*tnn, and now New . Yorke* and Jrr*> yit< - are loginning to | IP I into the- bus:;** •< at a lively rat'-. We Imi-c l. he rto de \ >!<•<! the* larger ;»art of the tr. on oni < hi< ken ram hto the* rau lH,*of 'lirkrn*, but ho gr*’at hi' be come *h< bi. Hid f»r duck- that we have dr n-tn.ii.- ■ to link tli.at our guilty now .-. -f/-hi< ki . They c.an b<* hatched out in tLe io< ib ilor th' Hiitir- a* cluck*, 1 •nd tt • • up raided more easily than <du/ U< Th< \ arc not si/liable to dis wkt do ti »t require mi mu h c an-. Ik ale.' they an- ready for market whe n j r i» < i . -.th* old and iir • t w ire the weight of chi* • h‘ at th- -4liU' age.” • Vr la t kiii'l of 'bi ks arc mo t in d< •’Th INlutu Pekin-. ••line they have < no d »r> feiit her-m*l tlicdr fl<'’h is a hand | Moany :-»w, looking the b'-d when dr*’** j *xJ Why, in c’arlv market such dm k* a high ih 50 and GO rent* a jMiund. Skit t the White Pekin* in demand are : ’ h l ' n 'id the A’ lu J»nr\ Ihr ; d;» iniidi like th'- While- P< kins. Tl»« p- .ib. in favor of the Rouen* are th .t il . . glow rapidly and retain their w*o i.f in.likably well, but their f|r*h r* n f t«dloi\, and eonwqurntly they •io n<< ring as good prh-cm in the mar ftht ” "W 0 is thr average we ight of duck* jnmd g. • if* * 4 J>. .MUiii.ige in wright about six • >i>d «>r linntt *iz»*<l grenr twelve pa mi .. But . .me breed* of geese grow j very .-«• and I have wen a gooxr that wrij'ir- thirty |M»und-. The br-t food for «h ks is iniidc of brewers’ grains. Tiny Ji*'- gicat eaten.” “Cue you ghr an example of money made dm k raising?” i (• is our that i* eauaing mm h C’in :m ‘ among all poultry dealers ju*t •mv , u d it i* H ally a rriiiarknblr eii*r. ft i* t’ ' of a |H»ultiy producer of South »t? Ma * lie shows an iicfual profit • I $. » Irom one dm k and of $1,575 1/o.e . its I'm dm k- A a p<»ultr\ pMirn Humriiting on the fact tiuthfui* iy »•' tJuil it is more than is made » rd <»f dairy cow* and tin- capital is mm h lv**.” K*talm - which win* obtained from hi* th man slmw.d that his adult fl** k lost of thirty five duck*, and ?Io • .1 a- i u d 115 fur each. lb om*-. it I’.-kitH, but think- across be *w<ei at bi*-. I and the Aylesbury Ml jwrir’ . <-ul, . His adult dm k* are •Ibn i hi. 4 trough, through whi< h fn’*h !« i constantly flow*. Thi* is < •dhin-4 purple*. The luimbrr • ><; .• i t \«-ui wji 140 fi*om each duck. Ihr wer. halclied in his incuba u» I "in which U.iHl I ducklings were lai*. the age of from eight to ten s* id mirkett d. the prive received »n th l"-ti»n market l»<-iug 30 cents a . . those that i ime in early ami I s *' • * pound I»r tie -e that Wert* lnt<‘, the a\ .;r piitc luing tents a pound. Jhe ' "■! of lais. ( ;i. h duckling to the •c* o: ght we«kswass cent* u pc»uud. Hi* ' ' ! was thus 1* »< nts a |M»und, Jrt ? the Hilo Jin , produced pounds t n. it their yield was «.»' • a $ <Hm O|h« • v\jh uses Midi as «|imrte’s, attendant <-h . reduced his • $1,5h5 The young du< k* had «u n ’ to w:iti! i \vrpt !• : -drinking jwirp * nml were led in tin same man '* v •»' iel.s, except that they required •< «u..m:d fmnl It was found also t)ul’ « .. h »lu< kling xie’ded from an Mum- ’ two ounce* .>f leathers, which «r|| f. 50 c'vnts a puimd. Each adult du k ud HO <ggx and U-g.mtoliy *h» • months old. The best prices. JO ‘t ’*•. pound, w<: obtained about Mv u die ol May d »:> ising to IS July. They weighed per pair «XC 1 nd a W<s»k h each week's Hrowil. when eight w ek* old. or four <s • .-It » 4 I tic, |H*Und a Wi-ck. *rh< y were la st'd in brooders, but wen* •'Mtrl y wth .. si, Psi often ai d kept w aru Kuund to llriiiiiii Single. B Why d -n l you get married, " W the fact the gals Iwvow t<»o I - h lawadHys, they're t«'o x 1 •uuu(<d I wtiuhln t lik< to have • w who Was y sujMrior in intellect >. howled gv ’ll Then y\ . ar,- K.uud to remain n bwr'bt.A U Why > • *4 Be* >a<e tiiey don't allow the girl* t«. the idiot *' .m» u • 2k r. « * A City wf Magnid rul Hunt*. A corre*|iondent of tin- f/>ndou Tiw who ar< ompat«i< <1 th cx|**ditiufi to Bur mah, write a* follow- U - lighted the ruin* »»f P '/m early <»u the* 2«JI. I !»ev remnrkabb ruin- <\V-nd for moi• than eight mih* along the <-a*t/*ni bank of the |rra-.»<ldy, and average two mile* in bn-adth. ’n this space there* are the* r< main* of Ix-t w < «-n bob and 1,000 tempi' -* und p'ignclu-, ‘.'»me of hem in tolerable prc-Mcrvj.tioib ami many of them of great si/'- find maynill' i< - . I he- vile of the citv i» covered with jungle, and the va-t fiMM-mblftgc of budding* tow ring abou.- thc Mirrounding tr< -. and *tn tc lut»g »ts far a* th<- rye- cun reach, i» ►ingultuly hn pre-ssive. 'i he old* t<d the p.ijan t -in pie* are MippoM-<| to dab from about the year 850, and the* <'ity o:r h<-d thr zenith cjf it* |H»wr and pr'»-|><-rity about the time- of the Norman c <>mpie-t of England. In JB2I the c ity v. ; .-dmo-t (cmiplel«»ly d< tro\<d during the f'hin'-sc invasion o! Bunn.di. Then th' king of Pagan poll' d clown an enormous number of b-mph some chronicle * Mate a* many a* t.oou and used the- material* in atrcngtheiiing the rampaits of the < ity. hen tin* in- • vid* r* c aptur - l it tin y c-omplcteil the destruction. Peihrq* th'-most remarka ble of the '. <t temples in Pagan the Ananda, which i til! u*< d :ts a place <>f worship. In plan it. is a square c»f 200 feet to the- hide, broken oil eac h -ide by th'* piojc-c’tion c.f htrge gable; vestibules, wide h convert the* plan into an almost pci fi < f Greek ' . The central pinnacle re •••hrs to the height of IGbfrtt. Anoth er "f the -i it t'-mpr of P.i_- <i i- the Thapinyu, the hpirr of which rises t » Hi • height of 201 feet above the ground and overtop* all the other monument*. Tiie Gan I i Palen temple, dating from 1100, ri '•»to a height ••! I-J fret. Bin.* i ■ er the.* river than cither the Ananda or Thnpnnxu it is very conspicious when ap proaching Pagan, n- w<- did. from the HouthAard. Glciuning in it- white plan ter, with numerous pinnacle-* and a tall, • (-nti.il spin*, it - em--d t when we first sighted it, like a distant glimp • of Milan cathedral. Many of the ruins nt Pagav are so unlike all other Burim--<• building that if has been suggested by some author ities thnt these buildings are dm- to the skid of a wej.rij (’hristaiu or mi iou-iry. How Golh im (•roll*. (.‘on'idering tluit la>t y ear was not one of the best f a money making, New Y -rk did pretty well in that line, having laid up $37,000,0(10 or so by inerr->-••• in the value of real estate*. The gain was greater in *«»mr previous year*, but $37,- 000,000 is not bad for dull times. There does not -'em tola* much danger of ( hi engo getting ahead of Gotham just yet, except in misccllaticous cusxi-dnexx, and New York threw up the sponge in tlnd matter some time ago. There has lately h(*en some random talk about Chicago ul timately taking away the bulk of the dry good* trad, f- in both Nt w York and Boston, Im! dry goods mm in both cities say it is all fool talk and that the trade inert is< sin < ach city every year, d’he steady ami rapid grow th of N’« w York is not fully known oven by New Yorker* themselves. Very few of them have any idea of how fa-t the new* part of the city, thescition i or.hot the Harlem river, is tilling up. That sect ion is about ns large us the ori- nal Manhattan Island, .aid mm h of it is now axclosvly built a* Hur lem was ten year* ago. As for increase of population that docs not stop a moment Not from the Old World only, but from all part* <3 tin- New World, the stn'am of humanity flows steadily into New 5 <>rk, and .all tie probabilities are that it w ill keep on doing s.» w hile there is room to spread. Some enthusiasts about the future say there w ill b<- a plan some day* to arc h over the East river, lay out street* and build houses on a vast strut tore supported by pier* nnd < able*, a* the Brooklyn bridge is, without inter feting with mivigatmn. mid make New York. B I* n a • I I. cig Island ( ity a single < :y. thr lar- -t in thr world. This may s> em a bnrr-brainc'd notion, but so did the Brooklyn bridge when it was tiixt pmih*setl. And : a man had *aid twentx years ago that families would now be liv ing on the top floor* of te n story build ings he would i.ave be«-n called a fool. - Iboit Shoe*. The immediate pnaietessen* of Indit. rublsr shoes, for w< ir in the cities where |iath* w re prepaml during the snowy si »son*, wt i\- articles te<-hnicallv described as , gal«»' b« < ” I'hcy were, in fact, leather overshoes, save that the pro tection came to the *o|p of the foot rath er Hum tool her jmit*. The prototyjeeot thr shoe* was the am ienl “clog." which, indeed, wis worn a* a shoe or f«»ot cover ing. instead of an extramams pr«»te« tor. 11l later year-the “putt* n" of England wa* kindled to the “gakw he I'here was always im-thing natty in the app< aranc of this article, and the facility with which it could U- dotuied was in it t.Goi a* well. Yet. w.*e to the individ ( ual who attempted the u*e ot a next pa r u|M»n icy w.dks where th hard and stii<*oth soles beguiled frequent downfall mg to the uuinitiat<xi l'h< original vul aui/eti niblw r sluw-s had a leather bot tom, and it <x»nstituted an objection hard ito uvervorm Itfxaus* they were an al ip. pery The use of bottoms came as ,t beniaon to the apprei iatioa of this specie* | of footwear. a .J iMtAar TilE l-VERGMIiES. Millions of A‘-res in Florida • Swamps to be Reclaimed. A V?st Region Long Consider 'd Unfit for Cultivation to be Drained. A w II known civil engim-rr who lui-> • -r:t!\ i.turm-d from :»n extend'd trip • in Florida h is m.uiy int -loting thing- to • tell idwnit that Slat-. “Iml<|M jideiit ly ■ '»! it aalur.d resource*." said he. “Flori da i- on* of ihe most charming region* th. t I kn->w of fora man who travrl w ith his <-y i- open. The Ex el glad - proper, a-- -tdow non fh<- map. orenpx over 20.<Hh».(MXl im-h * in the < \tn-me snothea-tern part of the State. • In the eeijtral part of the State, however, in a ii< I work of little lakes, rivers and i sw amps, which wa* long c onsidered unfit for any of th pwpo'scs of c-ivjliz -d life. This region I . m vert In lcs-. Iwtw'een forty and sixty feet alxive the *'-a level, so that there wa- m» reason why it should !»• • on-idei -<l itlidrainablc. The lake* tiiid *wump- hnv» b<-«-n formed by the rank \<g» lotion, which for centurir* grew de< iy -d mid hII int the rix- r-. thu* dnmminc them up and partially llooiling th nr founding country. A ompany obtaim-d from the Government n grant of all the lands whi< h should be drained by it. The company brought down dndg- and began it- work by < i-aiing oui a ( hamirl from lake to l ike, Irom Laic Ki- immee to Lake Okcecho b 'l’li: wii »I<-roimtrv is *o rxtreim ly llat that thi- -high <ha Kiel, which >nly lowered th.- water in the northern lake-ji fool or two. reclaimed about 4.- 000.000 . -w imp land. A f inal wa- then •ui from Lake Okeechobee wustxvard to the ('.doos.*diat«-hec Hivcr. which complft' I he-system of drainage loth l Gulf. It i* now proposed to cut jtm.imr (anal 'a-twmd from Lake Ok< « hob I th Atlantic, a distanc' of fortx mil* -. If the project is ever car- • i'-d out. ii will -horl<-n by about 250 mih s the i v<»yag<* between points on the Atlanta (oa i and the Gulfport-. Th. • "tiipany al-o <-;it 10l to drain the south';»-t I.'• rgladc* by tie- -am» method employ.J in I-' 1.-iinntig the northern 3\x imp*. ••'I'll!' region has m ver been surveyed, but recently one of the company’s em ployes made an expedition into the heart of tin Everglade*, pushing him-rlf through the swamp- in a small boat. He report* that tin- project of drainage is compl'tcly f(-a*ibb In this way the company hope- to acquire about I>J.OOO, 000 acres nioi«-. Tin- Government grant im-hided Pine l-kind, at the mouth of ( alo i-ahjicho! Itivcr, on the Gulf < oa*t. I’his island i* probably destined to be come :i point of c onsiderable importance. It wa- sold for £125 mi acre The pur- ( ha*' i *old ;t for $2 50. Al the m-.xt trail* < r it brought $5 an acre. And nox*. it ha- been bought by some capita! principally Boston men, for $lO :m hr< . It i int ‘iidcd Io build on thi* island a town, which shall form the southern tej-nuui of th ■ Fiorida Snuth 'iii Kai I road. Thi - tow n will be on the line ••f the most dire< t < <nnniuni« al ion between .la< k "iix ilk ;aid tin- north and Havana. I’hi 11 w ill probably be a line of steamer* i.m li' twcrn Pirn l-laiid and Havana. “One of tin most interesting district* in Florida i- Levy and Marion (‘ountirs, ju-t - i-tol tin bend in th< Gulf coast. Thi- is a linic-l<m( • ountry and is almost w itluml -tr< am* or lakes. All the river* ire -uliti i ranean. Then nr< number- of cave- at tie bottom of which one can I ti th- \<at i tlowiiii: At Silver Spring* one of these underground Mteahis emerge- abruptly and form- a rix < i 150 feet wide and seventy fret deep. In the sain* region h l,ik< \\ ier. which has no visible outlet nor inlet, hut is sup plied ami drain by subicrraih-an chan nel*.” V . > . Z Not Pelrilartion*. R ’iinv to an muoun im t that at a r ut < xhumati »u in a w.--t rn . . •nrit-ry >lu I hkl\ of .i won. in w.k found turned to -toll:. I.oui-ville l/o/,.,.' \ .r, ••”>■•.111011:011 of till' built of U v.-ltlu bhxxli'il nnii'i.il neve r lut- lneu known, uiul it i- <|iiit -;il. to-ui nev> , ha-taken l-taeo. Tli<- oondition of th hod, which '> ad-to-iii h a ini-coni c ption i- not that ••1 petrification, but >f -apoiiitieation.' •t i- explained that nitrooenuu-i tissues give oil am ami thi-. attacking tin 1 it- of the bo.lv, pr*>dne< - adipiM'en*. a hard form of -o ip. \ writer in an ex ilian;l n lien at tle* New I >rl< an- Eair**axx' a bare 1 of )>ork lain hxl. "pound tloating in tin XI < ill' of |Kt: ill. atioi. B. iim -kvpt ii ala- to the ca]K.eiu of rook- to float, he < hipped off api , ami found that the hoa. like the human Ix ina under like <in um-tanee-. bail nteri'ly tnrm-d to adipo. > re. A l.iatr Rrjoindcr. ‘•I . an't ”iv von any money. A -tout. Kb b.-hed : How like you to be • nrning a living." "But I haven't any work sir."’ "That - ymn own fault, 1 11 venture to «•X on 1., k . ti. i-gy, Yon don't throw voiu-e|t into y .itr w ork ' "I wouldn't like to. Not would you. sir." “Ob. I w aildn't. eh AX hr not!" "I'm a iraw digger, sir." Phil-uitl » ' ' 1 SworiKniaushlp in India. I lb- wax n tine looking fallow in tho . prime of life, nut withstanding th" frightfully critical nature of what h w.c going to do. he moved about with |x - r feet "ii«e nnd calint.i -s. In one liand he I held a very long double-edged -word, harp at the [mint, and with eitge* like 1.1/ >r- ith the other hand h I'd hi little -on. a child ag d about -i'. years., who wa- al»o clearly well uecu-t imed to what wa- to follow. From the little fel low'- evident enjoyment of the scene, it w.i- plain that failure on the part of hi father was a thing quite beyond the lim it- of hi* imagination. A* soon as the usual preleininarv ceremonies hid been gone through, melt as walking round and -alaaming to the e.Anmaniling officer and principal guests, the father placed his little boy in the centre of the circle, with a -mall lime (a kind of lemon) about twice the -ize of a walnut under hi- heel. Then, taking up his stand a few feet from the child, he grasped firmly the hilt ol hi sword, and began brandishing the weapon rapidly in the air. The blade wa- thin and ti iely tetll’i fed, -o that it could be seen to quiver and undulate throughout its entire length as it flashed in the raysof the setting sun. Suddenly tiie muscles of the athlete might be seen to stiffen themselves; an in-tiint'- pause, then a sudden and lightning-like swoop, and the lime under the boy’s heel was safely -evered. Ido not think many, even of the old e-t inhabitants of the east, have often witne--ed a performance equal to that which this hnvildar was wont to con clude his exhibition. The boy having taken up his po-ition as before, a small open box. about the size of thos • we use for tooth powder, was placed on the ground at his feet. It was filled with a black powder called soormn. used by the native- for da kening the eyelashes. Round thi- little box, and about the boy's head, the sword was now made to play with t •doubled velocity , in the midst of the mo-t dazzling pa-ses. tiie weapon would dart toward he little box. and then ri ap|s ir. -tc»dily posed at the full stretch of th'- performer's arm. in front of the ev: -of the child: then a sudden turn of the w rist, and a heavy dark line powder was lying on one of the boy's low -r eyel.i-hi'-. placed there by the -harp point of t!u- long sword. The one wa- then done to the other eye. I'hi-feat was performed weekly, always with undeviating suece-s. and was cer tainly the n>. -I wonderful instance of nerve and steadiness that I ever wit ne-sed. C'thmel. /hii'i'ns. The President’s Autograph. A piT-on outside ol Washington lias no idea of the immense amount of time the President and his Cabinet are compelled to waste almost daily in w riting ant •>- graphs, -ay s a correspondent. The Sena tor- are comparatively free from thi- nui sance when one compares the requests made of the President and hi- Cabinet. It is almost a sy stem, the making of auto graphs at the W hite House, and the President has been eompeUeil to adopt -oinc met hod. or ot hi t w i-e he would have to refuse the requests altogether or else be interrupted every hour. The door keeper at the Cabinet room is made the custodian of all autograph book- sent to ’he White House. He pile- these dainty little volumes on a shelf of his big desk and lets them rest there until about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, when he opens each one at the proper page and then carries the pile to the library for Cleve land'- inspection. The President rareiv looks over the hook-, but takes up a pen and d.-i-he- off hi- name in a rapid man ner and pa-ses to the next. Then th doorkeeper carries the pile away and keep- them until called for. The Presi dent generally din ing thi- hour writes off a numlx'r of autographs on -mall cards, with the words "Executive Mansion" printed in one comer. They atx- -ent away by mail, in tui-wer to the hundred of requests that come through I nch Sant's e ciiez. Some one suggested to th'- Pn -ident that he let one of hi-clerks writ'- his autographs, but he replied: "I am -till able to use my right hand and arm. and it docs not take long to write my name." So th- change was never suggested again. Turning Gray. M. ny ]» r-ons begin to show gray hair while they are yet in their twenties, and some while in their teens. This does net by any means, say -a recent writer, arg.u a premature decay of constitiitiou. It i a purely local phenomenon, and may co exist with unusual bodily vigor. The celebrated author ind traveler, George Borrow. turned quite gray before he was thirty, but was an extraordinory swim mer and athlete at sixty live. Many feeble person-and others who have suf fered extremely, both nuntally and phv-i< ally, do not blanch a hair until past middle life, while other-, with a-signable cause, 10-e their capillary col ring matter rapidly when alumt forty years of age. Race ha- a marked influ ence. The traveler. Dr. Orbigny, -ays that in tin many year- he -pent in South , America he never saw :■ bald Indian, and -careely ever a gray-haired one. The tiegr.ss turn more slowly than the whites. In this country, -ex appear- to make little difference. Men and women spsjrr gray about the same period of life. DO ANIMALS THINK? Interesting Discussion of a Question Often Asked. Fact? Advanced to Show Animtls Poa scss Seme Human Qualities. A great ’leal has been written to show jtliat animals think and reason, just as man docs, though in a lower degree. Perhap- some of our readers may notice thing- in animal- which -how that they have a great deal of intelligence, even if thev do not reason. Mr. Paul Brocca, the French author, devoted much atten tion to this subject. "It has been said of animals," writes Mr. Brocca, "that their actions are always mechanical and without method." This may be true of domestic pets, who are influenced almost entirely by the human beings around them, but does not the beaver change his plans, acting now as a builder, now as i.liner, according tu circumstances? Be sides this, everyone knows thnt the bee frequently substitues pentagonal, or five , sided, for hexagonal, or six-sided cells, j and that this alti ration in tb" work is ! made only when necessary. It has also been said that animals do not reason. : What then is done by the foxes, which in Thrace, are driven on to the ice to test its strength? These animal- step careful ly and lightly, with their heads inclined, and turn back suddenly, directly they discover, by thc- nind of the ice cracking, that it is not safe to proceed farther. A dog, which, in following a scent, ar rives at a cross-road is seen to stop, con sider for a moment, then plunge along one of the roads, sniffing cautiously, turn back and try another road in the same manner, anti finally dart unhesitatingly down the third. It is evident that his logic tells him that as his prey has not taken one of the first two roads examined, it must necessarily have taken the third road, so he does not waste time in fur ther investigation. That this is not mere instinct is shown by the fact that a dog sometimes makes a mistake in such a case, and that when the fact becomes ev ident, he slinks out of sight of the hunt er-, looking a picture of shame and hu miliation. Foresight is a quality, the possession of which one will deny to ants and bees, and the former certainly have a sense of compassion. This is displayed in the tender care bestowed on the wounded during the terrible battles fought be tween different tribes of ants. The suf fering and helpless ones are not left to perish, but are carried off of the battle field by a regular "ambulance corps. - ’ No one doubts the existence of memory in animals, and as to ambition, is it nec essary to recount the pitched battles which take place in bee-hives between the different candidates for royalty? How can one pretend that man only has the gift of language? He must be blind indeed who does not see that all animals have some means of communication with each other. To give only one example: there is do possible doubt that ants make themselves understood by their fellows, by means of the touch of their delicate, sensitiveantennteor feelers. Beforea war, a.council is held, and messengers hurry about. Scouts or -pies are sent out. and the attack is hastened or postponed, ac cording to their reports. All this could not be done without a very complete method of communication, for the giving and receiving orders, etc. .Moreover, it ■ animals had no language, how could they teach their young? That they do tea’ h them is evident from the fact of y oung foxes in countries where the ani mals are hunt ’d, being infinitely more wary than full-grown ones in other lands 1 How else are we to account for this than by- lying that the parent foxes tell their children of danger, and to avoid it?— Anui ieun Afjnicitlf . Rail a Dead Arm. The other day a well-known Detroit doctor was eating lunch in a restaurant alongside of a business man, when the ; latter remarked • "1 just -aw a case to interest you in a cigar store. There is a man there who has no feeling at all in his right arm." "( a.-eof paralysis, ot course." replied the doctor. "ob, no: it isn t. He ha- been exam ined by some of the most eminent sur geons. nnd they declare that it isn't. If it was a case of paraly -i- he couldn't move his arm, you know "How long has it been so?" "liver twenty year-, he tells me. He say- he'll pay any doctor f.qOOo to re , store the natuial feeling." "I'll see him,” remarked the doctor, and when dinner was over the two went into the cigar store and the medical man was introduced. "Did this thing happen all , lt oncc ?-’ a-ked the doctor. Yes sir. There was no warning whatever." "Does the arm feel dead?" Perfectly dead. You cun stick vour knife into it without my feeling a -en-a tion.” "That's odd. Let me feel of it." The doctor put out his hand, made aue grip, and then turned on his heel ind left the place, his face as red as paint and hi- gate somewhat eccentric j It was s wooden arm. The real one . was -hot off at Gettysburg. F ree Prrs< Historic Rooms la YY'uahiiigtoi!. Washington i« full of int-r -tj.,, rooms, writes a correspondent of the t eago .IZ’Z. If one could hunt th. m up and get their history it would i one of the most interesting little 1>.„,-., be had. Tile room in which Henrvf lived and died, ut the National h»t' kept very much as it wa- when hi , M1 pi I it. There is an old-fashieneil j place in the room, with a soap-tone and pillars surmounted with bra meats, and the old-fashioned itnuit.,, and fender are us they were the he died. The same paper is on the Wii and on the cracked window p wlK written the names of a score <>f win probably have long sinte the dates opposite their names are in the '4os and ’sos. In the old eap toi there is a peculiarly shaped room attlj north of the supreme court chamber, was formerly the United States chamber, which is famous for being tg place where Moise first successfully ated the telegraph. In this little r «n he had an operator whom he had tr,ii himself, a voting man named Sxveisi Ilw The room is now a bare anti-room totb supreme court chamber, and through it regularly every morning and afterno.>» the supreme court judges in their rolxj pass to tiie bench. It was over aline from this room to a little outdoor static at Bladensburg, five miles away, tin’ Morse was first able to transmit a tnessag, The line was then being built on to Bal. timore, and on the day that the Dinnv crutic Convention that nominated .king K. Polk was being held this little riW a was the scene of great excitement. The Senators kept thronging in there, and the doors were guarded to keep out the crowd of people outside, anxious to learn the work of the Convention. It was here that William L. Marcy declined tobsi come a candidate for the Wlren the message came over the win, that he could be nominated, his fa| words were: “No, no, I will not take it;” and Senators crowded about him, trying to persuade him to change his mind. Up stairs, over this room is a lout narrow, dimly lighted chamber, which once was the finest room in the capitol That was before the xxdngs were and when the capitol consisted of whit is now little mon’ than the base of the dome. This room was Jefferson Ditrei committee room and the headquarters of the Southern leaders in the Senate, th the third floor of the old National hotel, looking out on Sixth street, is thi’ num in which John Wilkes Booth wasmakiu his temporary home at the time heron mitted the terrible crime wlueh gives hit name a place in history. It is a plain, ordinary room, xvhich is seldom used If any guest who discovers its history. The Consumption of opinut. An opium-eater says: There are W very few people who comprehend thcei tent to which opium is used. Some ide 1 of it may, however, be gathered fromi single illustration. An Eastern dnij firm advertises in all the leading papets of the country, including the high-pried magazines, a certain preparation of "|du» in liquid form. Their expenses for ad vertising must be enormous. Now. 1 know from careful inquiries that tlii-iut ticular preparation is sold in bottles J wholesale to the druggists in this eti (St. Lottis), and, of course, elsewlierr,ii 25 cents a bottle, each bottle enough of the preparation to satisfy tin craving’s of all but the most hardenedi> the vice fora month. Mind, the 'lnk store man pays uo part of the adv: rtii; bills. He simply buy s the Imttles ‘I wholesale for 25 cents and retail- tM for 50 cent-. So all the heavy adverts ing charges, as well as the original c>s of the preparation, have to be paid lll! of the smaller sum. The cost of putliM the preparation before the pirtdic therefore, only Is- paid, and a yielded to the whole-trie mat., out »f a enormous multitude of sales. TlwtH is evident to any one who will tllinM® the meaning of the result is that opi®" consumption is grow ing in thi- 'om"! St a rate that seriously threatens tlu'P 11 ’ I'e welfare. A Story of a I»ressingd<ow»> A well-known citizen of Lynn was** eently visited by-a boyhood acquaint* 111 ' whom he had not seen before for a 'l o ® ter of a century. The acquaintance much pleased with the city sight the ways of the town, but was a littj slow in always adapting himself too* circumstances. The other night hi'- hostess presented him with a beautt dres-ing-gown, w hich she hud nia'h’ »- her own hand-, and adorned witliM" woven filagree of feminine tastu This she presented him just pr'-vii®" his retiring. He was profuse in hi- th*'-’ and immediately retired to his rcni the morning he came down without ' dressing-gown. ‘AV. 11. where is the dressing U-o* 1 gave you last night?" kindly inq”i" the hostess. “The what?" "Why, the dres-ing-gown?” “O, that—O, I left it in my ro<®- "Why don't yon wear it?” “What! in the daytime? I tuiwt 1 that was to wear night*. NY hy, I in that la*t night !” A suppressed smile that gradual!’y audible swept through the housel"- Cnl’f.i.