YOUXfl FOLKS' OOUMN. , PARAQnAPH9 wonTH nEADINa
THE SEtnET OF THE HANDKER
CHIEF TRICK EXPLAINED.
A Rlmrt lint Merry (Ilium Known liy ttin
Namo "lllnln riy" A llrli-r 1 Irxrrlpl loti
of Mount VmiitIuh, llin Well Known
Tulcimo.
Tho liny of Nnplw forms a crescent, Tlio
bcnutlful city of Nnplra Is nt ono horn, nml
at tlio other, nlno mill to tlio nouth, rises t ho
woll known volcano Mount Wiuvlin. Vesu
vius Is n solitary mountain, rising nmjratl
colly from tlio nluln of Cainpniiln, having nt
tho hoso a circumference of ulxiut thirty miles
and dividing at n certain height Into two
summits. Tlio height of Vesuvius Is about
4,000 feci
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VESUVIUS IN r.nurrio.v.
Tho fliyt eruption recorded In history oc
curred in tho year 71 A. D. Previous to this
Vesuvius was not susjicctoil to l n volcano.
Its sides worn covered with fomoux vines,
and its ancient crater, partly tilled with
water, formed tho stronghold of tho rebel
chief, Snnrtncus. It was at this eruption
that tho cities of l'oniK)ll and Hcrculmicum
wcro buried in tlw torrent of wind and ashes
which was ejected, and that tho elder Pliny
was MilTocnted in tho sulphurous vapor. BInco
that famous eruption Vesuvius has been an
nctlvo volcano, and lias been frequently in
eruption, roiuo sixty great and numerous
imall ones having taken placo. Numbciod
with tho most rcmarknblo eruptions Is tho
ono thnt occurred in 1770, when Vesuvius,
not content with rumbling noK nud pun's
of smoko, began to pour forth luvu, then Jets
of red hot stones and ashes inndo their ap
pearance, nnd increased in liuintwr and Inten
sity until grent volumes of whlto clouds roso
from tho crater to a height of four times
that of tho mountain. Following theto
clouds cumo columns of flro nud streams of
burnlug lava. A brilliant eruption, but ono
much less destructive than that above, oc
curred in 1S7A
TJm Gnmo of "Jllrtl My."
"Did you over play 'Birds Flyr " bo asked
ono of Golden Days rcadors, and at onco tbo
rest wcro ready.
Tho leader laid tho palms of ills hands on
his knetw, nud then lifting them suddenly
exclaimed:
"Birds ilyl You must all follow mo," bo
said. "Now tlwn, birds ily, crows lly, bees
fly, cats ily."
Ho lifted bis hands as ho mentioned each
animal, and tho company did the saino.
"No, no," ho cried, "cats don't ily. Yon
must only lift you hand when it is something
that flies. Try again. Birds lly, gecso fly,
hawks fly, brickbat ily."
We wcro cautious this timo and did not lift
our bonds ut "brickbats lly," so wo bod to
pay n forfeit, for brickbats do lly. Again
wo tried:
"Birds fly, swallow fly, horso-fly."
Again wo woro caught, tho smart young
man declaring that ho only mentioned tho
crcaturu's name, anil did not say It lluw. Ho
was bound to mako it wrong whichever way
we did. There was very littlo to do. It was
short but merry.
A Handkerchief Trick.
Tho trick illustrated In tho cut and do
Bcritxxl not long since in Golden Days, is ou
old ono, but will bo now to many of our
young readers, nnd is furthermore un easy
ono to perform.
Tho jierforincr borrows a handkerchief
with which to play a trick. Ho asks permis
sion to mnrk It so that tho owner may know
it ngaln, but does this in nu unoxtiected
manner nnd to tho distress of tho owner, by
apparently snipping a piece out of tho center
with a pair of scissors.
Perceiving tho owner's nnxloty, tho per
former says: "Henlly, I am extremely sorry
to lmvo ularmed you, buttlicro is no occasion
for distress, I can easily repair tho damago
done," so saying bo gives tho handkerchief a
rub between his hands and spreads.it out.
tnu shows t uninjured.
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Mr. Sinrshnll P. Wilder goes to China,
Japan nud India to teach tho orientals bow
to lnugh.
Ex-President flruvy is nlout to wrlto a
book aUtut his career as president of tho
French republic.
Pnttl lin been giving "farewells" In Ion
don, previous to her dewrturo for Houtb
America, w hero she oxieet8 another hundred
thoilaud or tun.
Mr. ltlelmrd Sehult of tho Hamburger
Bleyclo club rode nearly four at. ' one-half
miles In half un hour uion n uuieyclo (lfty
two inches in diameter.
Historian Bancroft uiys thnt It would Iki
pit-Mimptuous for a man of SS to attempt a
history of Preside it Polk nud his times, n
woi k which ho has licou asked to undertake.
Augusta Evans Wilson, "Jleiiliili," was a
Florence Xlghtliignlu dm lug the war nud no
immo is more revered In tho south. Kho was
the friend of the sick and wounded nud tho
Moved of all.
Bernhardt has lost her ct tiger cat, Tig
retto, which she brought from America.
The animal had swallowed u piece of tho
rough outsldo covering of a cocoanut. its
stomach nt once swelled ton great slzo and
denth soon ensued.
Tho great financial king of New Zealand Is
Johnny Jones, of Dunedlu. Ills wealth runs
up into tho millions, nnd the gt cuter jxirt
was made In Mcnmho.'itiiig. Ho Is u native,
nnd onco earned scant ttnges ns nit oarsman
on a 'ferryboat.
Union Hlrseli has actually given $10,000,
000, deiHisltisl In the Bank of London, under
tho trusteiwhlp of Baron llothsehlld nnd
Baron do Worms, for tho education of tho
tHKir Jews of Russia. It is the most munlll-
cent gift of charity in tho history of the
world.
Itwnsn queer coincidence that tho vener
nbloDr. John I). 0,;len, of New York, should
ba-vo tiled "the night lieforo Christinas." Ho
was twice married, both of his wives lielng
the daughters of Clement C. Moore, tho
author of tho ikx.mii, "Tho Night Before
Christmas."
Frederick Villlein, the well known wnr cor
respondent nud artist of Tho Innlon Graphic,
luui entered the lecture Held. He went with
Archibald Forbes through tho Frnnco-Gcr-man,
(Servian and Uusso-Tuikish wars, nud
has a great fund of interesting ejqxTlenecs,
which ho relates with graphic eloquence.
F. A. Merrill, called by certain African
tribes "Little Livingstone," has coino to
this country from lVchuannland tosell a val
uable collection of elephants' tusks. Hu says
that the piooii of Tuiignliind, with whom
I'nglnud has Just completed u treaty, is tho
orlglnnl of Haggard's "Nlio." Hho Is a hand
some woman in feature nnd not very dark In
complexion.
Sir Runneth Cummlngs, tlio son of Gordon
Cmnmings, the gnat lion slayer, is Imck in
tills count!' after a year's absence, during
which he visited Central Africa nnd killed
threo lions and several leojianls anil other big
cats. He Is largely luterested in laud schemes
near tho City of .Mexico.
Engineer Kittridgo, inventor of tlio can
tilever bridge, is living in Unit ford, Conn.,
in handsome style. Iliswifu Is a native of
that city. Mr. Kittridgo's success as nu in
ventor has inudeliiui rich. Ho began life in
an humble wuy, but by energy and ability
has gained a high ilnco in tho civil engineer
ing profession. JIo Is a tall, lino looking man,
nnd ho lias traveled extensively in this coun
try and r.m-oiN).
John I Kiilllrnn recently said to a friend
that ho had never resisted iiKlicciuan. With
a thorough appreciation of his own prowess
ho remarked: "I'm different from every
body else in that. If a ol!ccmnn should try
to nnv-st you and you resisted ho might
knock you down with his club, but if it was
me nuil I rcistcd lie would shoot me the first
thing. No man would taeklu mo without his
hand on his revolver And so I go with a
policeman quietly tho llrst time ho sjieaks to
me, without making any fuss."
Both the sons of Garlb'ildt are now depu
ties, Iticclottl, tho younger, having liecu
olectcil to represent Homo 111 .May, 18S7.
Meuottl Garibalili, who for ninny years has
represented tho district of Velletri, is gen
erally popular with men of all parties, and
is n plain, honest soldier, who, although of
courso a member of tho Left, is distinguished
for good common senso rather than oxtrcmo
radicalism, iticclottl Garibaldi was edu
cated in England, nnd has an English wife.
He entered parliament as n workiugmau's
candidate, but it remains to Ih s en whether
ho will really prove to no as much of u
radical idler his election ns ho was before it,
Jlr. Mnuton Marble, formerly chief editor
nnd proprietor of Tlio World, Is one of tho
very few men in this city who have ever
I retired from tho editorship of any daily
1mih.t miner meir comroi. ims-iey, iuiy
inond and Bennett, who were Mr. Miuble's
cuutcuiioriirleM a ipiarter of a century ago,
worked in harness to tho hut. So did
Bryant, Brooks and Hastings. Not only
did Mr. Marble himself retire from dally
nowspajicrdnm, but nearly all the chief mem
bers of his editorial stair did the same thing
about tho same time, such men ns Hurlbut,
Evans and Croly, all of whom nro ct nlive.
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TIIK ItANDKKnOHIEIT THICK.
Tho secret lies in tho fact, us many of our
wldo awako readers doublcss suspect, that
tho handkerchief was not cut ut nil. Tho
performor has previously provided himself
witli a littlo piece of cambric, four inches
square. This ho takes by tho center, with
tbo corners limiting down, and places It in
tho loft baud, ellpjicd between tho lowest
roots of tho lingers nnd the fleshy part of the
palm, nnd with tho folded angle iolntliig up
ward (vte: in tho snmo direction as tho
thumb) us show n in tho cut. Taking tho
borrowed handkerchief by the center with
tlio other hand, lie transfers it to tho left, tho
center lying Just over tho littlo piece of
cambric. He next, with tho right hand
draws up apparently tho center of the hand
kerchief, but really the littlo niece of cum
brie, about an Inch nud a half beyond tho
hand, and snips this oir with tho scissors. In
order to ''restore" tho handkerchief, there
fore, all that Is ueiessury is to got rid of tho
rouialulni,' kiMoii of the Utile piece of
cambric, uhlch will bo a vwy easy thiug
to da
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
Poisoned by Knthtu Nutmegs Tim In
rrrimluR l'e of Morphia, Cliturnl, I'.tr.
Foreign medical Journals lmvo reported
several cases of nutmeg ioisonIug during tlio
past summer. In four of tho cases a whole
nutmeg was taken, ai'd In tho fifth case five
whole nutmegs.
The following Instnuco Is particularly note
worthy, first for tho small quantity (rather
over half of nu ordinary sUed nutmeg)
which produced the symptoms, nud sec
ondly, for the very mnikcd elTect on tho
heart mid circulation, The patient, n strong,
healthy woman, grntcd the nutmeg, and
mixed It with a glass of hot ale, which she
drunk nt liedtlina. An hour after she foil
soino nausea, but got to sleep, Awakened
nlMUittlii. in., feeling very cold nud with n
sensation of pricking in the skin, nud with
her "heart Itcntliig nt a rnelng dpeed."
When a physician, l)r, Plnnock, of Victoria,
Australia, saw her, two hours later, tho sur
face of the Isxly was everywhere cold and
pale; pupils dilated, respiration sighing, nud
jmlso almost Imorccptlb1o nnd uncountable.
Tho doctor gave her hot brandy nud water
immediately, nnd mustard applications to
epigastrium nud extremities; nlsoa mustard
emetic. As this did not net, ho gave her,
about fifteen minutes subsequently, one
tenth grain uiMUuorphln, which produced
frco vomiting in n fow minutes. Tho vom
ited fluids contained nutmeg uumlstakntdy.
After this the pulso strengthened, beenmo
more rtendy, nud warmth 1-ctnrinsl to tho
surface. Much drowsiness continued; nud,
after taking some more hot brandy and
water, slio went to sleep. Next day she wns
much letter, nud the day after was fully re
covered, nnd nblo to attend to household
duties.
Dr. W. T. Dodge, of .Michigan, reports in
Mistical Record thnt two children, a girl
r.bout -1 years of ngu, nud a boy about 8,
who had Us'ii left at a farm houso nlouo all
dny, were discovered uctlng stmngoly on
tho return of the family In tho evening. An
Investigation discovered ploees of nutmegs
nlKiut the house, nud tho little girl stated
thnt she had oaten one, but hud vomited,
and that the lsy had eaten two. Ho was In
a sciul-comatoe condition, and In spite of
all that could bo done by the physician the
littlo follow died early the next morning.
'Hie llnlillinil Van of Si-ibillvri.
Every littlo while occurs some sad Instance
of the folly of a iveklo-u or careless uso of
narcotics, it is almost to lie regretted, says
London Lancet, thnt so many agents cajiablo
of producing mimic, or ixitsonisl, sleep nro
known to the profession nud to tho public.
It is now the exception, instead of the rule,
to find u man or woman of inlililio ago who
is not mom or less mlillctisl to the nbuso of
morphia, (literal, bromide of potassium, or
some of the many sleep inducers or pain re
lievers which tho Nineteenth century bos
distinguished itself by evolving for tho care
and comfort of our less enduring ami increas
ingly sensitive nnd excitable humanity. It
Is nothing to the purjswo that tho deleterious
cll'ectn of theso potent drugs, when taken
habitually, oven in small quantities, have
been again nnd ngnln exposed. Those who
have learned to purchase unconsciousness or
easo ut what seemed to Ihj a very small price,
are only too ready to renew tho oxperienco
v. hen any fresh cause of sleeplessness -or pain
arises.
The victims of tho nbuso must not simply
be counted by thoso who dlo of it, but by
thoio who nro left to drag out miserable
lives, tho victims of "cravings" nnd iiiimo
lots nnd immlcrlcss siilfcrings which mor
phia, chloral, bromide now cociUuo and n
host of insidious jioisous nro tho active agents
iu producing.
Sooner or later homo strong measure will
need to lie taken with tho view tif arresting
this really serious "habit" of taking sedatives,
which is extending its influence und gaining
strength year by year. Meanwhllo, wo do
very eurnestly counsel our readers to refrain
from having recourse to these drugs.
I'luiineM for iMiyiuiil Night.
"Never sleep iu tho snmo flannels that hnvo
lioen worn during thoday," is an oft repented
picco of ndvice, ns often unheeded. Tho
habit of weailng tho same iiudervest day
nnd night is nn unhealthy one nud repugnant
to a nice Fcnso of cleanliness.
Cure of l'ernplrlng IVet.
To remove tho odor of iersplrlng feet,
wash them dally. If something nioro is ro
qulred, take ono part of salicylic acid nnd
live parts of powdered starch, nud sprinkle
on the soles of th" stockings.
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Killed a White Doer.
Ono of the rarest of wild animals, a whlto
deer, was killed a few days ago near Snow
shoo mountain, Clinton county, Pa., by Pro
thonotury Munn, of Sunbury. It was nearly
pure white, and ono of tho largest docs over
killed iu the region. But three white deer
were ever killed lieforo iu this p.ut of tho
state. Old hunters generally llieo In tho
backwoods siqierstltioii that to kill a white
deer forliodo owl to its slayer, nnd all who
lmvo heard of Prothonotnry Mann's deliber
ate defiance of the sujicrstitiou ai u aghast at
his temerity nud prophesy all sorts of bad
luck for him. Ho will lmvo the magnificent
skin of tho animal stuHTcd and mounted.
Chicago News.
Kniperor 'William's Truwl.
On nil tho German railroads and tho
emperor, 1k it stated, nlwuj s travels by extra
train ho pays the regular turltr fare for his
person und suite, us well as for tho Uiggngo.
Tho average into is six marks (H-r kilometer
for every uxle, and iu view of tho fact that
Ids majesty travels many thousand kilo
meters iu tlio courso of n your, the railroads
liavo it good customer in lilrn. Tho Argonaut.
Ranson Carbon Light
I'orlei- mill I'mfessoi'.
Tho IjwIstown Journal says that tho por
ter that takes caio of Senator Stun ford's pri
vate car gets filiKI a mouth, and that tho pro
feviis in one of "our MalnocolleB'es" receive
fluu a month each. It's er doubtful If"
they'd be uwrlh even that asp. .iters In palace
cars. Nevertheless thoy ou0'lit to get more
money ns college professors
Tho Loudon Ft Id says t int a man who can
rldo with hounds when Uiuy cover eight or
lime miles within iu h mr "accomplishes n
feat which takes him iinl his linrso out of the
common herd."
A New Vm U house lias received nn order
for '.',(KK,0iii' live (vi t M)stngo stumps foi
Uboiu Clu'i
Milliners unit Ciutoms That rrutull ut
Halls mill IliiiKiii.
Balls nnd dunces being now In full sway,
as ,ood authority ns Mrs. Sherwood notes, in
Tho Mull und Express, a fuw )oIuts that may
lie of assistance to those not quite familiar
with tho KK'lal requirements of such occa
sions: Iu going into society un unknown young
man, who receives nn invitation to a ball,
must seek nu Introduction to a young lady
through In r chaperon. In our crowded ball
rooms, where there nro often three ladles to
ono gentleman, tho chaperons uro gouonilly
very happy to necedo to this request.
Nothing can excuse n young man for tho
absence of good manners, and bo should re
member that a ballroom introduction means
that bo is Intended to dnnco with the young
lady, and thnt womanhood should always
command rcsjicct, although he may bo some
what annoyed, perhaps, by tho persistent ef
forts of some ambitions wall flowers that ho
should "take her out" whether ho will or no,
ho must uoer forget his good mam era.
While it is considered very proper to ask
for invitations for gentlemen tonili.uco, iti
uot considered proper to ask fur invitations
for ladies. Tlio hostess, howoer, has always
tho refuge of saying thnt her list is full No
offonso should lie taken if this request it re
fused. At nil public balls there should Imi a com
mittee of ladies to receive. Tho elegance of
u ball deiHMids very much ujion tho presenco
of n recognised hostess,
A young girl should not forgot or break
her ballroom engagements. To do her jus
tico, she is not apt to do bo, but there ar.
some who are careless and hurt the feelings
of modest young men. To hurt any one's
feelings imuecessiirily Is to prove one's self
not a gentlewoman.
Mnny young ladles llnd thnt their men
partner' dancing does not realize their ex
jwctatlous. How can they get rid of him
w Ithout hurting hu. feelings A oimg lady
might say, "I am afraid I am not dancing
your step. If ou do not muni, I should liko
to sit down and talk awhile." The young
mail might decline "that it is his mull"
(which It probably Is), nud then next day ho
should go to u dancing muster.
Tho phraseology of Invitation Is is for
mal than it used to lie.
"Shall we taken turin"hasruthcricpai'cd
the old tasiitnned "May I li.ivo the ph-usuio
of dauciiu with j ouT' "Won't joii biv me
ti daiieof "l Iiqjkj you have left it dame foi
mo." "Is this my dancer1 etc. TIiunouii;
lady is apt to bo qulto as iufonuul in her re
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