TUK DAILY IIEItALD, I'LATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 16S7.
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IN ATHENS.
5II! thirty ccntiiri'-H of dust ami mold
Vt Kr,,IMi Willi l.f.fx-ful heart an. I enf-er eyo.
Anil liuil our Irfaxiirv trove if w hut Hpy
A vimi-, a roln, a n--iiti-ii!i rnrveil of M
On Attic Ht.oni;. In reverent liainln wo hull
Knell Hi' 'HMaa from tin i'ast, o!nl fain would try
Tliroii;;li myriad frii-iiH-nt dimly Vt ik-Hory
TIio living tslurlcH of the At of GoM.
Vainest of dreams! This rllli 'l r.ave oontninfl
Of Iteanty Imt the. cruiiiMwl outward Kruoe.
Tin? spirit t Imt kivh It life, Hellenic then, "j
Immortal mill forever yi.iiii;; reii.uiiiH,
J lilt Hits from land to land, from rin-r to race,
Nor tarries with i!-p'i.i-iat- slavish i:i;n.
William Cranston lnvloii in Tim Atlantic.
ARMS AND UNIFORMS.
Tho NcedH of Our Militia Tlio "State
Service" r'M u IlntnU?.
To nrguo alniut tlw wlvniitno of a uni
formity of firms hot ween the- states ami tlio
gem-rul government would fiix-m to lo
w-ureely rieius-Hary, no palpal lo oiif-ht it to Ijn.
For one statu to liavn Sharp's rifles, aiiollnr
lU niiiiKton, whilo tho general government
uses Springfield, is to prevent an inlerehango
of ammunition nnl necouterini'iiLi at a time,
Hrliaps, when such interehaiigo might lie in
valuable. The inconvenience of a difference,
of armament in tlio muiio statu is o-ien to Io
Kruno oLjclion, only with utill greater force.
"With regard to a uniformity of dress, how
ever, so strict as to preclude all individuality,
thr? Kii'" senilis less pronounced.
The tendency ut present is to nlKlish regi
mental uniforms in favor of n strife, uniform
closely approximating to that of tho general
government. So far ns a fal iguoor active ser
vico dress is concerned, this general uniform
ity of at tiro is undoubtedly advisable, but I
think a distinctive uniform, and even a showy
ono for lress ocensions, lias much to recom
mend it. A distinctive, uniform gives esprit
du cors, undoubtedly temjits and attracLs a
larger enlistment, engenders greater caro in
Its preservation, and keeps nlivo tho martial
fervor. I renieniltcr talking to a French
ollicor on this subject, anil he told mo that
there wero once but two sizes of uniforms for
tlio French infantry, and tho necessity of
r very man to adjust himself to ono of these
extremes caused greater dissatisfaction than
even could havo been produced by short
rations.
Jjord Wolseley is equally decided on the
value of dress uniforms. "Tho soldier is a
pecu'iar animal," ho says, "who can alono be
brought to tho highest efficiency by inducing
him to liolieve that ho belongs to a regiment
inliniUtly superior to others about him. In
their desire to foster this spirit, colonels aro
greatly aided by lieing ablo to point to somo
peculiarity in dress." Again ho says: "Tho
letter you dress n soldier tho moro highly
will ho lio thought of by women and conse
quently by himself."
Smartness, beauty, picturcsqueness has its
utility, much as this utilitarian age affects to
despise it, anil wo must not forget that if wo
rob tlio soldier of his glamour there remains to
lnm little but cold steel. North American
Keviow.
Contents of tho Tramp's Ituiidle.
For many years I havo Ijecii devoured by
an intense and abiding curiosity to know
what a tramp carries in his bundle. You
may haye noticed that no matter where you
meet a tramp or under what circumstances,
lio has a buudlo with him. It may bo done
compactly up in a newspaper or tightly
wrapped in old and dirty rags; it may ba two
feet square or no bigger than your list, but it
is alwu3's a bundle of some sort, and Ono to
which lio clings with tho tenacity of death
itself. I have, heard a number of conjectures
hazarded as to its possible content. Some
critics have maintained that it holds food and
others that it is a mere dummy, contrived to
imposo upon a. credulous landlord at a half
dimo lodging house. I have read newspaper
stories of fortunes concealed in tho tramp's
bundle, and been told of occasions
when the bundle found in tin possession of a
dead tramp contained family papers and
docuiceuts to prove t hat lho late unlameiited
was a person of high birth and exalted con
nections. Fut of my ovrii knowledge I have
never been ablo to satisfy myself as to its
actual character, so t hat when I was accosted
tho other day by a trump with tho usual bun
dle and a plea for tho price of .a. night's lodg
ings, I said to Lini:
"Tell mo what is in your buudlo and I'll
give you a dollar."
"Ilonest?"' said tho tramp.
I assured him of it.
"You won't give r.:e away to a living soul?"
"I pledge you my word."
"Well, then," said my tramp, In a voice
full of alcohol and mystery, "I don't mind
telling you. It's mv full dress suit. You see-
a feller in 1113' position has to move iu society
a good deal, and he must have his dress suit
ready, for ho don't know when ho may nee
it." Alfred Truinblc in New York News.
A Shabby Sort of Knterprlso.
New York city is tho recognized headquar
ters in this country of every description of
Bcheming for the acquisition of wealth with
out labor. An attorney, whoso place of busi
ness is in Aid rich court, remarked: "Among
the novel projects for making money which
I have come across recently is that of specu
lating in the franchises of interior towns and
cities for public improvements. Thus two or
three men in .New York will make a raid on
some town to obtain a street car franchise,
representing themselves backed by immense
capital, wiiicb is only waiting au opportunity
of investment in street car lines. On secur
ing a franchise from the town by such repre
sentations they will como back to New ork
and peddle it out for f 500 or $1,000 or what
ever they can get for it. The result usually
is that the town gets a street car line with a
thirty pound T rail built on cross tics, and
cheap cars, which look very well when freshly
painted. The wholo thing is sold out in a
hurry and some one gets left, while tho town
itself has a miserable street car lino on its
hands.
"The same process is lieing carried on in
reference to water works, gas works, electric
lighting jystems and similar public improve
ments. There are scores of men in New York
who make a living iu just such shabby enter
prises. There is no way to head them off ex
cept for tho authorities in tuo towns and vil
lages of the country to make closer investi
gation as to the character of eoplo asking
for franchises." New York Tribune.
A Coachman's Observation.
"I wasonce coachman forthe dukeof ,
and he had no liner horses than these in all
his stables. Service is very different in Eng
land from what it is here. One thing strikes
me particularly, and that is this : In England
you serve 'his lordohip,' mid when 'his lord
ship' is not using the horses 'her ladyship is
at liberty to use them. Hero it is different.
The lady is the one to bo considered. For in
stance, when my present employer engaged
me ho said: 'William, your duties are not
many, but the most important of all will bo
in consulting and obeying implicit the
wishes of Mrs. Keeuan. AVheu you have
pleased her your work is complete. You will
do exactly as she directs; consult her wishes
in everything.' And so it is. If Mrs. Keeuan
id using the carriage Mr. K. walks or patron
izes the horse cars or a cab. Tho lady is first
always. It isn't like that across the pond."-
Ctiic&afo. Herald. ' .-1 -..
A FAMOUS MINING TOWN.
LEADVILLE AND THE RELATIONS
OF ITS MORALS AND ITS VICES.
A I'lace Whore Jutitlc la Run? und ,
Swift ('ambling as a I'ihIiichh Nolxy
Keno Kouletto l.'ntlur Suspicion I'oker
mid Faro Tu image Visit.
I liny poorJo aro under tho impression that
Tmi! villo i.i n very wicked city. This is a
i.ii .tulve. I. iv iiio has its morals mid its
vices, and tin? relations lietwceii them aro
somewhat. ieculiar. It is submitted without
argument that in a community which sends
tho president of its First National bank to the
penitentiary for ten years cannot xs said to
li-i without considerable moral tone. Ijead
villcdid just that with a man who hxid be
trayed n trast, and so far has refused to join
in a sentimental movement for a pardon. An
assay or of good position, who had loaned his
scienco to a conspiracy for stealing rich ore,
followed the banker down tho Grand canyon
an 1 into retirement lxdiind tho burs. Mino
officials and others have gone tlio same way
for plundering employers. Tho Leudvulo
codo Li not an extensive one, but justice fol
lows swift and sure upon infractions of it.
Having decided to tolerato gambling, Leal
villo does so in the most opoiithauded manner.
Somo of tho In'st locations on tho avenue are
given up to tho votaries of fickle fortune.
Thero is none of the hypocrisy of half drawn
blinds. Tho doors aro thrown wide open, and
from tho strec t can lw seen at any time the
green tables surrounded by the players, whilo
the click of tho chips and tho bawling of tho
man at tho keno gooso fall upon tho ears of
tho passer by. Gambling iu Lcodvillo is a
business.
"Our running expenses " said Con Feath-
eiiy, one of t he proprietors of tho Texas, "aro
S7,f))0 a month. V hen tho houso opened in
1S79 it ran behind steadily for six months,
nnd camo pretty near going under. Then it
took a turn for tho better and ran ahead. If
wo take in $ 15,000 or $20,000 a month we aro
pretty well satisfied. That pays running ex
penses and leaves a margin for profit."
A OOROEOUS BAR.
Down stairs thero is the bar on ono side,
gorgeous with its mammoth mirror and its
array of cut glass. A lunch counter just
across tho way is also doing business. On
blacklmards are displayed the scores of tho
day's baseball games, tho results of tho races
and tho grain and stock quotations from the
cast. To tho right is a room with half
dozen games of faro in progress and open to
all comers. Tack of the faro room is the
business bflleo of the establishment. TV
comes u long, high chamber, where a l...i.
dred men try hour after hour to put five but
tons in a row on a numbered card, whilo o
loud v ' ' ' ' ' l'-n ron-; and
calls out. i.i..- : 4- 1: .as it
falls into his hand. There aro electric de
vices to show at a glanco the exact number
of cards taken out and tho consequent pot to
go to tho holder of the winning card. This
is keno. It is the popular game, and the
noisy ono us well, so tho players are shut into
a big room by themselves. But faro and
keno are only two of tho games which the
Texas provides for its patrons. Adjoining
tho keno room the rouletto has its corner, and
a pleasant faced man whirls the wheel and
the marble in opposite directions, reciting, in
a low, well modulated voice:
"Black or red, odd or even, high or low.
Thirty-five for a single number. Round and
round the litilo ball goes, lioll it for your
self if you ii!;e."
lloulctte, tlio great game of tho European
resorts, is not popular in Leadville. Now and
then a young cleric or a laboring man will
stop and rkk a dollar 011 the black or red, but
tho play is seldom heavy. Tho fact is, tho
wheel is rather under suspicion in the western
country. Smart gamblers havo been able to
fix it up by magnetism and electrical currents
so that tho little marble found its way too
often to tho single 0 or the 00, both of which
sweep the board for the house. Mexicans like
roulette, but Americans give it u wide berth.
The dice table, where the dealer sits behind .
monstrous box and rattles down the cubes, is
better patronized. "Studhorse poker" has
some admirers, but straight poker is always
sure of a tableful. In the rooms on the first
floor everybody comes and goes at will. Men
reach over each other's shoulders to lay down
their bets. Downstairs is for tho crowd. Up
stairs is for tho heavy betters.
"The largest winning at a" single setting
that I remember," said Mr. Fealherly, after
taking a few moments to consider the ques
tion, "was 10,01)0. I recollect a big game
we had ono Saturday night in the front
room. We had been playing all the evening
and about 11 o'clock there was some talk
about stopping. The houso was out $3,500 on
the game. One or two of the players started
to go, but came back and said that it was
snowing so that a man couldn't see ten feet
ahead of him. So the game was kept up all
night until S o'clock Sunday morning, and
when we stopped the houso was $10,000 ahead,
liesides recovering the $o,500 behiud at. 11
o'clock the night before.
THE CHARM WAS BROKEN.
"These big games aro sometimes affected
by things which people who do not gamble
would consider trivial," continued Mr. Feath
erly. "We had a game going one night in
tho back room and tho principal players were
two eastern men who had como here to buy a
mine. They had drafts in their pockets for
$100,000. One was a man worth $1,000,000 or
$5,000,000. The betting was heavy. About
11 o'clock some of the rooms were closed.
The players wero into the game about $2,5(-0.
For some reason wo moved from the back
room into the front room and went on. The
players made a few bets, fidgeted about and
then quit. The moving from ono room to
another had broken the charm. If we had
kept on in the back room the gamo would
havo run all night, probably, and $20,000
might havo changed hanns. I talked to the
players about it afterward and they said that
it was the change of rooms that made them
stop. This may sound odd to those who
don't know unvtking about the little influences
which affect playing, but all gamblers will
understand it."
Talmage visited Leadville once, and it fell
to the lot of the good Maj. Bonn to show him
th9 town. "I want to see it all," said the
preacher, ami the major gave up two nights
to tho job. Some time after midnight of the
second round the pair drew up in front of
the hotel.
"Ilave I seen everything?" asked the di
vine. "Everything," replied the major, conscien
tiously. "I have been much instructed," said the
preacher.
Ho had "slummed" extensively in New
York, but he admitted that Leadville could
give hun points. Standing on Harrison
I avenue and looking westward alog State
: street the visitor has spread before him a dLs-
trict of a few hundred yards which contains
; more concentrated wickedness than any
; similar strip of ground on the American con
i tiiient, New York not barred. Vice here
displays her most hideous mien, and is rap-
turously embraced. The locality is given up
w:tiiout a protest to those wuo inhabit it.
Leadville authority only savs "life aud
' property must be safe here," and further
1 tiiau that does not interfere. Clobe-Demo-
A MAN WITH A MEMORY.
SIDE THE FEDERAL LINES.
The Runpoct Answer Every Qution "a
Straight a a String" Algebra la m
Uoot UepeatiiiK the Koll Entrapped
at Lat.
Just lieforo Sherman advanced on hla
Georgia campaign a man supposed to bo a
Confederate spy was ono day arrested in a
Union camp. lie was in Fuderul uniform,
but his look and language were unmistakably
southern, lie claimed to belong to a regi
ment in another camp ubout two miles away,
and ho was sent to the guard houso until his
assertion could bo verified or disproved. It
was iu tho camp of a Wisconsin regiment
that tho spy, who gavo his nai.10 as George
Swift, was arrested. He had come there os
tensibly to visit friends, but somo of the boys !
bad seen him slyly taking notes, and he had
asked such questions as no private Federal
soldier would have any use for. The loys
had no sooner got the idea that the stranger
was a spy than they gave information to me,
and I put him under arrest. I saw at a
glanco that ho was of southern birth. This
was not so much against him, for at that time
we had plenty of Tennessee and Kentucky
men with us.
"What command do you belong to?" I
asked.
"Tho th Illinois," he replied.
I asked what brigade and division, who was
his captain und various other things, and he
returned what seemed to bo straight answers
to every question. When I asked who he
had como to visit in tho Wisconsin regiment
he was lame. Ho mentioned tho name of a
man 110 ono had ever heard of. It was on
this point alone that I held him. A messen
ger was at ouco sent after the Illinois captain
named, and in about an hour he apjieared.
The supposed spy "was taken to the tent of the
brigade general, and as soon as brought face
to faco with the captain he saluted and said:
"Capt. Morton, the -eople hero seem to
think I am a relxd spy."
"And who are you?"' queried the captain,
plainly astonished.
"Do you ask that?" reproachfully Inquired
tho man. "Who should I be but George
Swift of your own company?"
"You can't be. I never saw you before in
my lifo."
""Why, Capt. Morton!"
The two men looked at each other as if
doubting their own senses, and tho general
asked of Swift:
"How long have you been with his com
pany "'
"Four months, sir. I came down as a re-
cri'it from Pekin."
"V"ho is your orderly sergeant?"
"Sergt. White, sir."
"Who aro your commissioned officers?"
"Capt. Morton, First Lieut. Green, and
Lieut. Davis. Tho latter is homo on fur
lough."
"How many men in tho company?"
"Fifty-eight, sir."
"Who are your tent mates?"
"Oscar Jackson, Thomas Parker, and John
Pridgeon."
"Well, captain?" queried the general, as he
turned to Capt. Morton.
The captain was clean beat. He was dead
sure that no such man belonged to his com
pany, and yet the suspect had answered every
question as straight as a string.
"I'll stake my life that I never saw this man
before," tlio captain Anally answered, "and I
know every man in my company by name."
The spy was ordered to strip to his shirt, and
for tho first time his coolness seemed to desert
him. He reproached tho captain for per
mitting this indignity, but slowly disrobed.
1 1 ono of his boot legs was a pocket, and in
this pocket we found a paper bearing figures
as follows:
A.. ..Id.... S7
I ....9,000
c... " ....1,100
Thrro were four or five sets of these memo
randa, running from "Id." to "4d." When
asked to explain the meaning of them, he said
they were somo old examples in algebra ho
had been working out with the boys. In a
few minutes we were satisfied that the paper
read: "Artillery in first division, twenty-seven
pieces." Tho "I" stood for infantry, and the
"C" for cavalry, n e were satisfied, and yet
we wero not, for as soon as we made it out
the way I have given it to you, Swift said:
"General, Capt. Morton does not seem to
bo a good hand to remember faces. Will you
please send for the orderly sergeant and my
tent mates? If I can't show by them that I
have been with Company G four months you
can order mo hung us a spy."
The cool proposition staggered the general.
Had we discovered the paper in tho man's
pocket instead of his boots he would have been
allowed to walk off. That discovery looked
suspicious, and ho was ordered back to tho
guard house and the persons sent for. Twa
hours later ho was confronted with the orderly
sergeant.
"Sergeant, do you know this man?" asked
the general.
"No, sir."
"Isn't ho a member of your company f
"No, sir."
Swift actually grinned as if it were a good
joke, and said:
"Perhaps I have changed skins with some
body since I came out of camp this morning.
Sergt. White, your given name is Thomas.
You camo from Chicago. You have been
twice wounded. Your father was down to
see you last week. You get love letters from
your girl in Gales'burg, You are 32 years
old. You have a brother Ben in Company E.
Hear me call tho roll of our company: All
bright, Allison, Andrews, Arkwright, Bement,
Beamer, Bostwick, Carter, Corliss, Collins,
Costigan, Cummerford"
And the man rattled off forty of fifty
names as fast as ho could speak, and he got
them all correct, too. Tho sergeant looked
from his captain to the prisoner, and then
pinched himself to see if he was awake or
asleep.
"I I never saw him before," he finally
stammered, "but he must belong to the com
pany." "Well, take him back to camp with you,
sergeant," observed the general. "Hold on,
though, didn't we send for his tent mates?"
"They are here, sir."
"Well, we'll see if they recognize him."
The three men were brought in, and inside
of five minutes Swift was a doomed man. He
had come into camp four or five days pre
vious, claiming to le looking for a friend,
and had bribed the boys to let him into the
tent. He made his excursions through the
division from this point. He must have beeu
a mail with a wonderful memory, and he had
coined oceans of information, without seem
ing to pump anybody. Ho tried to brave it
out against the three men, but other niemoers
of tho company were sent for, aud his nerve
at last gave way. A court martial was con
vened, aud four days after his capture Swift
was hung. While he died game and would
admit nothing, it was satisfactorily settled
that he came from Johnson's army, and that
be was old in the business. I was at the
foot of the gallows as he mounted it. and
when the noose was put over his head I
heard him say:
"Gentlemen, it's a d d fine morning to
start on such a journey as mim!" New York
bun.
AN INTERRUPTED LUNCH.
A Collar Itutton Uoy Get II U Kara Cuffed
aud a Five Dollar Gold Piece.
At an early hour tho other afternoon, a
well known member of the bur strolled Into
a prominent resort and ordered a lunch. Ho
examined tho bill of faro und selected a few
of tho choicest articles. In order to get his
appetite to the right tension he first drank an
absinthe frappe, then he ato a delicate salad,
and top'ied off with nibbling at an olive. In
the meantime his interest was aroused by
watching the skillful cook manipulate tho
various articles intended for his lunch. Somu
friends camo iu and asked tho lawyer to join
them in a social round, but he declined. All
his thoughts were centered upon a thick and
rare steak that was just ready. Another
friend camo in and with a breezy uir wan'ed
tho lawyer to join him iu arranging for u
boom iu Milpitas reul estate.
Tho hungry man steadily declined to do
anything until his lunch was eaten. Ho
savagely affirmed that so long us tho stomach
was empty he would not discuss booms,
stocks or baseball, while for Milpitas ho did
not care a rap. By this time the meal w as
ready and deftly placed before the hungry
lawyer. He spread some mustard on tho
juiciest piece of tho steak and severed just 11
it to enjoy its fragrant aroma. Before tho
bonne houche reached his mouth a small lioy
touched his arm and said, briskly: "Don't
you want to buy somo collar buttons?" Tho
lawyer put down his fork, and, glowering at
tho intruder, said, firmly: "No, I don't want
anythingl" With a savage prod lho steal
was again impaled, and ugaiu passed toward
his mouth. Tho hungry man's teeth did not
get a fairly good hold when the same small
boy renewed the attack, and this time ho
offered tho lawyer his whole tray from which
to select a bauble.
This interruption was the last straw that
broke tho self control of tho tried and hungry
lawyer. He gulped down the bit of steak,
and, with a sudden blow, he cuffed tho boy's
ears, and knocked the tray to the floor. Tho
loy did not object, but stooped to gather up
his wares, that wero scattered about tho tiled
floor. Before they wero half restored ho
burst into tears, but ho tried hard to make no
noise. Tho lawyer went on with his meal a;;
if nothing had taken place. But suddenly
glancing at the boy ho noticed his abject con
dition, and caught tho echo of a faint sob.
This was too much for the man. His better
nature instantly asserted itself, and leaving
his seat, he went to tho boy and took his
hand. "Sonny, I did wrong, and beg your
pardon. Here, take this and leave meuloue,"
was his quick response. Tho boy's face
brightened, and his little hand grasped a livt
dollar gold piece that was left by tho lawyer.
"Thankee, sir," was tho boy's only answer as
ho left the place. San Francisco Call.
The 51 an Who Is Handsome.
It is not often that a really handsome man
is seen. Thero aro wholesome, stalwart, good
looking scions of tho American stock present
able enough in the drawing room or on hoi-se-back
though, for tho most part, tho repre
sentatives of our rich and would bo aristo
cratic families are undersized weaklings but
a man of faultless faco and erfect figure is a
rarity. The consequence is that where there
is a man whom society would cull handsome
and tho school girls stylo "a pretty man" he
is apt to bo altogether too conscious of hit
distinction and ridiculously conceited.
Women flatter him and feed his vanity, for a
handsome fellow will be "pretty" in their
eyes unto tho end of time. In nine cases out
of ten his head becomes emptied of every
thing but self conceit and vacuity, and be
naturally becomes so arrogant and ill man
nered as to bo insufferable. Then follows n
reaction. He is dublied a coxcomb or a pup
py, and feminine beauty shakes its head
at him and proclaims that he is "in love with
himself and without a rival."
Tho man who is merely handsome is to be
pitied. Ho never attains any eminence bo
yond that which his physical attractions
bring him. Like the flower of tho field he
springs up for a day, and like the flower of
the field he has his day and dies. A barber's
block would do as much good as ho, for his
one fatal gift of beauty I as been destructive
to his manhood. Butter to have loss of beauty
and more of wit loss of stylo and more of
grit. The woman who finds this out will be
much more apt to get a good husband than
tho girl who looked merely to the outside.
It may be well enough to capture the "look
ingest" man, provided always that ho is al.se
the "goodest." "Berkeley" in New York
Mercury.
Applause from the Csher.
There may be some who don't know that
ushers sometimes have other duties besides
that of showing people to their seats.
To such I would solemnl declare this to be
the truth. One of these duties is to sit iu the
audience, after the people havo all been
seated, and applaud judiciously. You hav
no idea how effective ono man may be in
starting the applause at the proper moment.
I assure you many an encore is produced in
this way. Tho usher alluded to ns undergo
ing infernal torture sat ucross the aisle from
me tho other night and did this act. To his
credit bo it said, he worked heroically.
Whenever there was a ghost of a show he
braced up the applauding portion of the audi
ence, re-enforced them, us it were, and led
them on to victory. But between whiles he
leaned his head wearily on his hand and
looked as dejected us a north pole explorer.
He had seen the pla so often that it was as
gall and wormwood to him, and he writhed
in his sent until he attracted the attention of
his near neighbors. Ho didn't look at the
stago five minutes during tho play. He
seemed rather to studiously avoid lookiii,
that way. Chicago Mail.
riat Chests In Society.
Every woman will of course deny that sho
laces. Aver eminent lady specialist of New
York said, however, a few weeks since, that
you could not lay the weight of your finger
on an exposed vein without' limiting its nat
ural flow of blood. She also said that she
had not had a female patient for many
months who had drawn a full breath one
which expanded her luugs to their full ca
pacity for a year. The doctors and drug
gists could, if they chose, tell a story concern
ing American women which would to the
intelligent ear be startling. They say that a
perfectly sound girl of 20 is uncommon in
society. The female aristocracy in one sec
tion of the land have decreed flat chests to be
the proper thing, because many of them,
through relaxed muscles and diminished
strength, were poverty stricken in curving
lines of beauty. They had a fine working
majority with which to pass the fashionable
law. Those flat chests were simply the nat
ural result of a generation or so of dressing
and living on the fashionable American plan.
New York Times.
Robbing Bismarck's Park.
Prince Bismarck has been compelled to
close his park at Friedrichsruhe to the public
on account of tho depredation? committed by
visitors, which for a long time he took in
good part. It is related that when he re
cently caught some yonng ladies iu tho act
of plucking leaves from a shrub, he told
them: "Ladies, if every visitor of this garden
would take along only one leaf, there would
boo a be" no more leaves left than there are
Loirs on raj bead." Chicago Times.
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