Nebraska Newspapers

    THE AMERICAN
CURRENT TOPICS.
The proposal by the government of
Hawaii to arbitrate the difference wi-.n
Japan, which proposition hi been ac
cepted by the latter, la likely to ter
minate that coutroveray before the an
nexation treaty with the 1'nlted State
will be taken up by the annate. It baa
been auppoaed that all the difference
between tbe two countries related to
the landing of Japanese Immigrant,
but tbia la by no meana the chief com
plaint made by Japan againat the re
public. It seemi that the Japanese on
the ialanda uae large quantiilea of
aake, liquor that Is imported from
their native country. The forme.- duty
on this article, collected by tbe Ha
waiian government, was IS cents a gal
lon, tut a law was recently passed that
increased this duty to $1. Tbe bill
was vetoed by President Dole upon the
ground that it was in violation of the
existing treaty with Japan, but parlia
ment passed it over bis veto. Against
the enforcement of this law Japan pro
tests. The prime .minister of the empire
admits the right of Hawaii to pas
and enforce all proper regu!atiins iu
regard to the question of foreign Immi
gration, and also that such a right is
inherent in the police powers of any
country, but bis contention is that the
tax on sake does not come within sn'.'h
rights and that it is purely arbitrary
and capricious. He does not believe
that under any treaty such legislation
Is warranted or that it will be sus
tained by any fair court of arbitra
tion. This Is a question in which the Unit-
have always claimed and exercised the
right to levy customs duties for rev
enue or for the purpose of encouraging
the domestic manufacture of any for
eign made product independent of any
treaty. Whether the Hawaiian par
liament imposed its duties on sake for
purposes of revenue, to encourage its
manufacture at home, or as a sort of
punishment to the Japanese who have
migrated to that country does not yet
appear, but it is likely to be brought
out In the evidence that will be pre
sented to the court which will adjudi
cate the matter.
The abrogation by Great Britain of
her trade treaties with Germany has
been referred to as an evidence of the
unfriendly feeling between the two
countries, but this is very far from be
ing true. These treaties were a part
of Great Britain's free trade policy and
under them she was compelled to put
both the Germans and the Belgians
upon the same trade footing, in her
domestic markets, as the people of her
own colonies. In this way it became
impossible for Great Britain to give
any preferences to her own colonics,
some of which have commodities that
England needs and in all of which there
is a growing trade that the mother
country now finds it for her interest
to cultivate and encourage. Some of
the Colonies, like Canada and the Aus
tralian, would like to see an imperial
zollverein, but so long as these trea
ties stood-in the way such a movement
was impossible. N
It Is noticeable that within the last
five years there has been a very de
cided change of sentiment in England
regarding the colonies and commer
cial relations with them. In many
of the dependencies of the British
crown there has long been -a h. for
what was called imperial federation,
and this feeling has been strong in
Australia, yet the government, under
Mr. Gladstone, would not give the sub
ject even a respectful consideration.
But so great has been the change of
opiniof that Mr. Chamberlain, the
present colonial secretary of the Brit
ish cabinet, is warmly in favor of a
closer union between the crown and
the colonies. The significance of this
'is that it indicates a willingness on the
part of Great Britain to abandon her
world wide policy of free trade and
limit it to her dwn possessions. While
this would make the empire more
nearly self-supporting than it is at
present, it would disastrously affect
many other nations.
The United States furnishes Engl.ivd
with 40 per cent of her food aupp
while th British colonies ccntrio.i
only ?5 ner cent, the balance beu.j;
providsd mainly by Russia and Argen
tine. If the colonies were to fu.-ai.ih
the 40 pr cent of the food of England
now drawn from the United States it
would result In a more serious disturb
ance to our foreign trade than we have
ever yet experienced. There is no
doubt that the colonial policy of the
empire la soon to undergo a radical
change, which has been encourage 1
by tbe visit of the various, colonial
premiers to London to attend the June
jubilee, and the abrogation of the Ger-
man treaties la the first positive evl
f. donee that Great Britain intends to
draw her supplies from her colonies
more largely than she has ever done
before, which will mean a restricted
market for our own agricultural prod-
iCtS. '
Tar Heel's Tough Lurk.
A North Carolina newspaper has this
local item: "As Col. Williams was
driving home yesterday lightning
struck his wagon and completely de
molished a four gallon demijohn of
very fine whisky. The colonel has
the sympathy of the community."
Atlanta Constitution.
Four-year-old Robbie ran breathless
ly Into the house, just as the sound
01 uagpipes was uearu cuiiiiuk up lur
Dtfnat "Oh momma" ha suirt "thprfl'a
a man out here with a dead pig that
lings; come quick!"
A NEW SCHEME FOR BOYS.
lis la Ixnar ifca Smm Caaa Mutual
lMrlrtlaw.
"Oh, tboae U of mine!" sighed a
hhudfcoine uiatrou on Ca aveuue.iy
the Detroit Free Press. "I don't be
lieve that a dtUibmrnt of police tomd
kep then: wit'iiu bound. Thv.r pa
wtys they are little terrois. and I sues
hr iould know" "Ye." uggt-eti
an outspoken neighbor, "and oe nifht
bn able, by little introspection, to
dlacovir the original source of their
miwhle vousne. Frank used to keep
thing pretty thoroughly stirred up
himself."
"But tjese boy of mine are right
from one thing into another a fast
a they can go. It set me wild. Why.
w- had company for dinner this even
ing, and when I went to lock for the
beautiful layer cake I had baked with
my own hands so a to have it n ee,
there wasn't a crumb of It to be found.
Nothing could be more annoying."
"That reciils an experier.ee of Frank
and mine. We had been raiding the
laidets in both of our house till final
notice was Issued that we must either
reform or take 'ne consequence. One
evening there was to be gome fine com
pany at T'rank's and he managed to
get me an Invita'lon. During the aft
ert oon we discovered the cake and It
was a daisy, all sugared over with
white and su 'mounted by a piece of
statuary work of the same material.
We simply couldn't resist, but we
sought to c:i8t suspicion on the baker,
by carefully iligglng out the interior
through a small hole we made In the
bottom. It took slew, careful work,
b"ut we had our reward as we went
along.
"On the table that shell looked like
a magnificent cake. We boys looked
as solemn as owls through grace and
all the courses, till It came to desert.
Then we fidgeted as his father took the
long, thin knife, complimented his wife
on her taste and then made a cut. The
steel went through and struck the plate
with a sharp sound, the hollow cake
collapsed, Frank still looked solemn,
and I tcok to my heels. The settle
ment was with a rawhide."
"Frank will have to raise the boys,"
mused the wife. "I'l be responsible
for the girls only."
RELATING TO HEALTH.
If dyspeptics would take the precau
tion of resting before meals It would
materially aid their digestive powers.
Daily naps are good for persons who
are troubled by the American disease,
dyspepsia. Sleep is food for the nerves;
early hours should be observed and the
whole system invigorated If recovery
Is wished.
Fewer limbs are amputated nowa
days than ten years ago. Such is the
verdict of one of London's largest hos
pitals. While surgical operations have
increased 50 per cent they have be
come more conservative and science
now devotes Itself to the saving of
limbs which ten years ago there would
have been no option but to cut off. At
the same time mortality has decreased
owing to improved methods of nursing
and better sanitation. Only 2 per cent
of the operations today are amputa
tions. In view of the many changes which
have been, rung in the early-to-bed,
early-to-rlse Idea the following opin
ion from an eminent radical authority
ought to be of Interest. He takes up
the old statement that an hour before
midnight is worth two hours after, and
gives his opinion as follows: "I had
an opportunity to make some study
of this subject in my r.aval service
during the late war. On shipboard the
ship's company officers and men alike
stand four-hour watches day and
night, and to get the retvj'red amount
of rest are obliged to get their sleep
irregularly; to so arrange it that the
same man shall not be obliged to take
early or late watcheB continually, the
'clog-watch of two hours is interpo
lated, thus adding to the irregularity
In watching the results for over two
years I couid never discover that the
watch, officers and men, were not as
fully refreshed by the;r sleep as were the
medical and pay officers, who stand no
watch and have hours as regular as
those of any householder." It seems to
make but little difference to those who
have given careful attention to this
subject whether people sleep at one
time or another, so that they get a
sufficient amount of sleep.
Not Much Influence.
As Senator Stewart, the patriarchal
silver orator and bicycle rider, was one
day passing through one of the small
parks of Washington he met a lady who
is engaged In performing heroic work
for the Independence of Cuba. In the
course of a brief conversation the lady
asked the senator if he did not think
President McKinley would soon do
something toward terminating the re
bellion. Receiving a negative reply,
she expressed considerable surprise
and said:
"Why, it looks to me as if this ad
ministration should take some action!
Everybody has expected great things
from Mr. McKinley in the direction of
freeing Cuba. You do not mean to tell
me that he has lost all interest in thj
matter?"
"No," said the senator, "it is not
that. But, mortifying as the confes
sion is, the truth must be told. As a
matter of plain fact Mr. McKinley has
but very little intlucnco with the pres
ent administration, and hence there Is
no Hkelihofcd of anything definite ami
beneficial being done for Cuba."
Broad chins signify nobleness anil
large dignity, unless vertically thin,
when if thin, bloodless lips go with
them you will find cruelty.
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.
An apportionment between life ten
ants and remaindermen la allowed IB
Greene v. Greene tit. I ). S3 U K. A.
70, where portion of trust fund I
recovered after the loa of a part of
It. o to make an allowance to the
life tenant for the loa of income Jur
Ing tbe time the estate in course
of settlement. The amount apportlon
able to the life tenant for such loss cf
income I held to be the Interest on
the turn which at Interest will produce
tbe amount recovered.
The time when municipal debt
come Into existence, and not the time
when It I due. I held. In Lanorie v.
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph com
pany Und . 35 U R. A. 6M. to be the
time which must be considered In ap
plying the rule of limitation of Indebt
edness. If the city has already reach
ed the limit a contract payable in in
stallment must be one in which the
current revenue will pay a fast as the
Indebtedness come into existence, to
gether with other expenses to which
the city is liable.
The duty of furnishing a separate
passenger train for passengers only,
and not for freight and passenger to
gether, la held, In people ex rei. Cant
rell vs. St. Umis, A. & T. II. It. Co.
(III ). 35 L. R. A. 6:'.6. to be implied in
the duty of a railroad company to fur
nish necessary rolling stock and equip
ment for the suitable operation of the
road. The sufficiency of earnings to
justify the expense of such a train is
held to depend on the earnings of the
entire system, and not of the mere
branch over which the train Is to run.
In determining the taxable value of
a railroad, it is held, In state vs. Vir
ginia & T. R. Co. (Nev.). 35 L. R. A.
I 7S9, that the earning capacity is the
main consideration, though perhaps
not the only one, where the road could
be replaced for less than Its original
cost. It Is also held that prospective
Improvements to affect the value must
be more than possibilities and so cer
tain that a business men purchasing
the road would take them into con
sideration. Also that the cost of re
placing a worn-out wooden bridge is
properly charged to expense account In
determining the Income as an element
of a tax assessment and that if a steel
bridge Is made Instead only the differ
ence between the two should be
charged to construction account.
A photograph of the scene of an ac
cident Is held, in DederictiB vs. Salt
Lake City R. Co. (Utah). 35 L. R. A.
802, to be admissible in evidence to
aid the understanding of the facts.
But In Hampton vs. Norfolk & W. R.
Co. (N. C), 35 I R. A. 808, a photo
graph of a place is heU inadmissible on
the question of the existence or non
existence of a path at a certain time
if the picture was taken two years
later, after the situation had changed,
and a map made near the time was
already In evidence. With these cases
are reviewed the other authorities on
the use of photographs In evidence.
ENGLAND'S GARDEN.
The little Isle of Wight, which la
called the garden of England, has one
of the highest ladles of the land as its
governor, inasmuch as Princess Beat
rice, daughter of the Queen of England,
Is the resident governor and takes us
much interest in the affairs of the
tiny domain as any man ever has
who occupied the same position.
Women rule in the land. The sta
tion la kept by a woman Whipping
ham station and it Is the boast of the
capable elderly stationmistress that no
man helps her sell tickets or care for
the tiny and picturesque station. From
the station a charming country road
winds along a mile to the royal vil
lage of Whippingham which is rustic
but well-kept and within the Osborne
domain. The postofflce is very quaint
with its thatched Gothic roof and
whatever letters are waiting to bo
called for are shown In the window
like merchandise. A woman presides
over this and to another woman is in
trusted the care of the village church.
The chapel contains a royal pew, for
when the queen is at Osborne she al
ways attends church. Opposite her
pew is the marble memorial to Prin
cess Beatrice's husband. Whipping
ham enjoys the distinction of being ihe
only parish church at which the mar
riage of a child of the reigning mon
arch has taken place.
Very Interesting are the queen's
almshouses, a long row of cottages,
connected Into a rambling building
covered with Ivy, picturesque and pret
ty. Here live the widows of the Os
borne estate and several old couples
whose days of toll are ended. One
particularly bright couple are Mr. and
Mrs. Jackman he having driven a
plow before the estate was purchased
by the queen and having passed into
her service along with the property.
Words in ttie English Language.
It is quite unnecessary for any writer
to interlard his work with foreign
words or pharses. There are now over
250,000 words In the English language
acknowledged by the best authorities,
or about 70,000 more than in the Ger
man, French, Spanish and Italian lan
guages combined. One can easily un
derstand foreigners borrowing from
English, but it seems inexcusable for
English writers to Intrdan their works
with words taken frotn languages with
a much smaller number of words than
are to be found in our dictionaries.
A cannon that was used on board the
Kearsarge In her naval duel with the
Alabama is part of the new soldiers'
monur?nt at Stamford, Conn.
EXAGGERATION.
flirt ml Man Kialr4 fcjr Kaaaa-
I la Lar Mladlrlua.
The nobility rakily lake rank among
story teller. Ilaiou Munchausen, or
e.iurae. stand first, with Sir John Fat
staff a good aevoud. aud now come my
Lady Mlddleton. a very good third. The
roble lady ha written (or an English
periodical publication an account of
some remarkable recoveries of lost
property. In one Cane a valuable ring
was lout. Years afterwards, wheu a
fit or was removed, the Jewel was found
wedged tightly around tbe tuck of the
skeleton of a mouse. Tbe ring had
fallen through a crack In the floor; the
mouse, half-grown at the time, had
thrust it head Into It; had thus been
caught, and had grown until It waa
strangled. Another rase: A gentle
man shot and wounded a sand piper,
which, fluttering across a pond, was
seized and devoured by pike. That
afternoon the sportsman' brother,
while fishing In the pond, ought a pike
in whose stomach was found the Iden
tical sand-piper. Another case:. A la
dy who was visiting a relative lost a
ring. Six years after, while visiting
the same person, then living In a far
distant locality, she slipped her hand
thoughtlessly Into a recess of the chair
she was sitting In and found the miss
ing ring. Another case: A lady sup-
j ped at a royal ball, and one of the
' golden spoons lodged, unknown to her,
, in one of the pockets formed by the
plaits on the front of her dress. The
following year, in presentation to the
queen, she wore the same gown. A
she bent in courtesy In g the plait open
ed, and out fell the missing spoon at
her sovereign' feet.
INTERESTING TO WOMEN.
A dainty bodice is of pink and white
silk gauze, with Insertions of yellow
i lace. A little French blouse is of blue
1 and red muslin, with a vest and point
ed collar of tomato red velvet.
A handsome traveling bag shown In
England was of crocodile leather In
green, with cut glass bottles having
silver gilt tops and lined with corded
Bilk. The fittings were all suitable
for removal to the dressing table. La
dles' traveling cases are now more pop
ular than the bags, as they will hold a
gown. They contain everything that
the heart of woman could wish. Be
sides the regulation cut glass bottles,
they have a manicure set, silver bot
tles for the powders, hand mirror,
smelling salts, card case, purse, flask,
clock, jewel case and pin boxes.
A delightful little frock is of black
velvet, trimmed with black silk braid,
many rows being placed on the skirt.
. The zouave Jacket is trimmed the
same way and has fronts and a Medici
collar trimmed with brocaded satin
, colored flowers on a ground of white.
The effect Is of quiet simplicity and
richness.
A new gown has a bolero of white
cloth covered with V's of gray braid.
An Indian red canvas gown lately seen
was trimmed with V-shape folds of
itself, the same arrangement being
carried out on bodice and skirt, with
a multitude of lace and chiffon frills
to trim the front, neck and wrists of
the corsage.
A tailor-made gown of terra-cotta Is
made lovely by revers and straps of
white cloth with white and gold but
tons. A handsome blouse of white satin
has the sleeves entirely covered with
steel hand embroidery. Over the
waist is worn a zouave of jet-embroidered
black net, with a blue satin
waist belt. The front Is of white tu'.le
spangled with steel sequins.
Another blouse of magenta silk is
picturesque with silver loops and but
tons opening on a front of white chif
fon, but is less original than one of
red pongee, with a black design,
worked in button nolo stitch and
trimmed wilh a collar of tucked ba
tistes and Insertion.
Foulard dresses are well represent
ed by a lovely pinky-blue bluet fane
trimmed with gatiglngs of Itself. The
bodice is crossed at the back under a
sash of faded and deep corn-flower
blue. It has a coquettish jabot of
cream lace fastened with steel clasps.
Early Training of Children.
To learn to respect tbe perfection ol
things is of infinite vaiue to a child. It
it is a flower, to shelter and try to keep
it alive, never wantonly to pluck ana
fling away a blossom; if it is a book,
not to deface or mar It; if it is a wall,
not to mark or deface It; If it is a
smooth-rolled lawn, not to litter it
with rubbish nor to deface It with
wheel marks. To learn to wait patient
ly, all their life long they will give
thanks for having been taught how to
do this. How many a pleasant talk
Jias been interrupted, how many an
otherwise helpful visit has been lost by
a teasing, pulling child, tormenting its
mother either to listen to Its demands
or to go somewhere.
The whole of its life lies In what the
t child learns of these thlngs.and it must
either grow Into selfish manhood or
j womanhood, or have the evil beaten
, out by ihe hard and bitter teaching of
j the world in which it was meant to be
I happy and useful, rather than to beein
thus late to learn that we cannot iive
unto ourselves.
Fonr Aren.
Mariau-'Brother George broke an
iron bar with his two hands yester
day." Bob "And I broke four men
with one hand last night." Cp-to-Date.
AN EASY MARK.
Taa 4atlaaaa 'rasa laa laaatri Ma
rallralll Itollail Its I allarlur.
"I welfch Jihj pound," aaid the tuau
who bad lived lu Ihe city a er, de
clares tbe Detroit Free Pre. "My
mustache gruw long aud strong. I in
active, know how to make a Hun,
and have alwaya had an idea that I
knew how to take rare of myself, but
1 guess I ruust have borne a irikmn
resemblance to an easy mark a Leu I
Cinie here.
"Of course some allowance must be
made for tbe fact that I waa very bury
In getting my famllv aettled. There
were trunkmen, carpet layer and
scrub women to look after, and I was
the general supervisor of the whole
business. While I wa straining every
nerve and sweating at every pore to
make 11x14 carpet cover a U'xlrt
room, a big man with a tin budge on
his chest walked In as one of authority
ami politely said: 'I see that you have
ttwee bicycle. Being a atrunger In
town you are probably unaware that
you must pay an additional 1 ciish of
" on each wheel. It I my duty to
collect. I was Just mad enough to wel
come anything that appeared like an
additional hardship, for I wax be
stowing a good deal of pity on m mi f
at the time, and promptly set'led,
"While I was holding up olio eo 1 of
a refrigerator that Is warrie! to
weigh Kim pound, along came another
man with a budge who asked how
many row I kept. I told him one. and
he said I must pay the city $'J for the
privilege. That made me feci all the
more like a martyr, and I reached for
the money so willingly that he inter
rupted to ask what kind of a row she
wa. When I said with some pride
that she was a Jersey, he taxed me
$3. Then followed a man who tied a
brass check to my lawn mower, and
charged me $1, and another that want
ed 10 because I had both electric light
and gas. By that time my mind wi
working again, and so was my boot
toe. but I was out $19 and felt le a
cross-road 'Rube.' "
HEROIC COWS.
Almost any female bird or animal
will attuck another animal, or even a
man, In defense of Its young. A mother
partridge has been known to fly In a
man's face In order to blind his eyes
long enough for her young to hide
themselves. As for the cow she 1
capable of facing a whole pack of
wolves In defense of her calf If the
calf is young enough. If it ha ap
proached the weaning period, she will
very likely abandon it to an enemy
and take to her own heels.
The editor of the Condon (Oregon)
Globe saw a deed of cow-valor lately
that was worth recording as well as
seeing. A herd of cattle, and among
them two cows accompanied by their
calves, were grazing In tall dead gnus
when the calves became separated a
little from the rest of the herd. Just
then two huge, hungry coyotes crept
up through the grass, rut off the calves
from the rest of the cattle and started
In pursuit of them. After running
about two hundred yards, the calves
came to a high, five-wired barbed
wire fence, and being small, managed
to get through it. On the other side
of the fence was an open pasture.
The wolves quickly followed the
calves through the fence, and were
rapidly running them down on the
other side, when the two cow-mothers
discovered what was going on. Each
uttered a loud bellow, hoisted her tall
and started for the rerctie. It appeared
to be a hopeless chase, for the wire
fence intervened, and the cows were
certainly much too large to get through
it. They knew well enough that it was
there, and could, besides, see it plainly,
but both cows plunged together
straight into it.
Tbe watching editor, horrified, looked
to see them hurled back, frightfully
wounded; but instead one of the posts
gave way under the onslaught; the
wires sank down, and in another mo
ment the mothers were on the pasture
side of the fence, badly cut and hls-,l-ing,
but still able to charge the wolves
successfully and put them to flight.
Soon the cows were licking tbo res
cued cilves affectionately, and the coy
otes were howling a disappointed duct
from the summit of a knoll near by.
A Marvelou Needle.
Among the many treasures owned by
the queen is a wonderful needle made
for her In Buckinghamshire. The
needle is a miniature of the Roman
column of Trajan, but instead of the
exploits of Roman emperors, scenes in
the life of Her Majesty are deplctei.
One shows the queen when a young
girl at Tunbrldge Wells, another
scene is the coronation at Westminster,
while a third shows the royal marriage
with the prince consort. The figures
in all these scenes can only be made
out plainly by the aid of a magnifying
glass. The needle can also be opened,
and it contains several others, all of
the same form, and all are adorned
with miniature figures in relief.
Would Have On. Soou,
A freak museum manager wrote a
party in Kentucky naming an offer
for a rope with which any man had
been l,vuchd. The party replied : "We
have noiio on baud now, but have
placed your order on file, and you are
likely to hear from us soon."
t.acl-jr Thirteen.
In tho class of 'S3 at Harvard uni
versity there were thirteen men who
clubbed together during most of their
stay at college. That was fourteen
years ago. and not one of the thirteen
has died.
BULLET PROOF.
A KtM. hiMi I ! ThM Tbb C aaaa
tary ( la la II.
This vn tunc la to be a further
lest in Chit ago of the power of Zeg
ler' 1ml M-proof i-loto (o reaUt the
Mtel-Jdi krleil in inn lie of the Krag
lorgeiiwn rifle. The teat will be made
In tbe presence of the Herman aul
Austrian romuil by their reqiiaat. I .ant
aeek the first tent wa made by I wo
soldier from Fort Sheridan. Col. Hal),
the commandant of the poat; l.leut.
Col. Carpenter and a number of other
officer were present. It mi the first
lime that the army' new rifle bad
been tried aicaiiiHt any of the o-called
bullet-proof cloth, and the officer
were quite confident that the gun
would win. Lieut. Saraneckl attached
the cloth, which nirumired twenty-four
by sixteen Inches, to the wooden figure
of a man which I used by the soldier
of the fort h a turner. The first shot
fired wbh at 4Kt yards' distance, and the
bullet fell to the ground twisted after
tearing a hole half an inch deep In
the cloth. At r.tl yards the bullet
penetrated the ilolli a quarter of an
inch and xt in k. At .toil yards the bul
let went In deeper, aud at 2M1 yard It
went half way thnnndi. At 200 yard
the bullet passed through. It head pro
jecting a aixteenth of an Inch. The
army officer were much Impressed by
the tests, but say that the cloth can
not be made Into uniform on account
of lis weight. The piece used in the
tests weighed fourteen pounds. Be
side, the shock of Impact would be suf
ficient to kill a man. even though '.he
ball did not break the skin. The Krag
Jorgensen I the most powerful of mod
ern rifle and will kill a man two miles
away. It Is thought that Zegler'a
cloth may be utilized to make shield
for Oatllng and other machine gun.
Halite III Munnuar.
The second summer of a baby's life
Is ul ways a crilbul period, it I then
that the canine teeth, which are tbo
most troublesome of all teeth to cut.
usually iimke their appearauce. If the
child is hcalihy and ha been properly
and carefully fed, there is very little
to fear from teething. If, on the con-
trary, It Is feeble and it Is liable to dis
orders of the stomach and bowela,
teething Ih to be dreaded. One of the
greatest dangers of teething arises from
tbo highly nervous condition of the lit
tle one at this trying time. For thla
reason the baby should be kept as quiet
as possible and free from excitement
of any kind. It should also be kept out
of doors us much as possible, under
the shade of green trees, but where no
harsh noise will startle or frighten It.
The foolish practice of trying to arotisa
the dormant Intellect of the baby by
tossing It up and playing with It la
various ways, cannot be too strongly
condemned.
The following directions In regard to
the diet of little babies are from Dr.
Jacobl, the eminent specialist In chil
dren's dresses.
"For nursing babies," he says, "over
feeding does more harm than anything
else. Nurse a baby of a month or two
every two or thre hours. Nurse a
baby of six monllis and over five times
!n twenty-four hour-., and no nuiw.
vVhen a baby gets thirsty In the mean
time, give it a drink of water or bar
ley water. Put no sugar with It." For
feeding I abirs, he says: "Boll a tea
spoonful of powdered barley (grind It
In ii coffee-grinder) and a gill of water
with a little salt for fifteen minutes,
strain it and mix It with half as much
boiled milk and a lump of white sugar,
fiive it lukewarm through a nursing
bottle. Keep bottle and mouthpiece In
a bov.i of water when not In use. Ba
bies of five or six months should have
half barley water and half boiled milk,
with salt ami white sugar. Older ba
bies, mure milk In proportion. When
babies are very costive, use oatmeal in
stead of barley: cook and strain. Whnn
the bras''s mtik Is half enough, change
off between breast milk and food."
It is a great mistake to change Ihe
food of a child in summer. I'nlesa its
health demands It. the change of food
should be postponed until autumn."
Negroes Not Horn Itlitrk.
Dr. Collignun, an eminent French
physiologist, after helping to usher in
to the world several infants of un
doubted African parentage, declares
the new-born babes to be of a delicate
fawn and pink complexion. Though
the pigment Cells begin to change in
hue very speedily, tbe skin does not
assume the color of powdered cocoa for
ten days, and some weeks elapse before
it turns to a decided chocolate tinge.
Exposure to sunlight hastens this
change, and In some cases a couple of
hours will suffice to convert the
whitey-brown bantling into an unim
peachable "darkey." The hair, how
ever, of the new born pickaninny Is
soft and silky, without any of the crisp
curliness that characterizes the race.
By rearing negroes in the dark it is
Just possible that after several gen
erations we might make them as fair
as the lily.
ew Remedy tor Burns,
Dr. Thierry, of the Paris Charity
Hospital, has by happy chance made a
discovery which may prove of immense
benefit in the treatment of burns. Hav
ing been in the habit of using picric
acid in solution, as an antiseptic he
found one day, when some sealing wax
fell on his hand at a time when it waa
impregnated with this acid, that he
scarcely felt any pain, and the same
immunity showed itself when he let a
burning match fall on his hand. lie
has since found that all pains from
burtr'ng cease soon after bathing the
part affected in a solution of this acid.
Trouble In the Aquarium.
"You look thin," said the sturgeon.
"And bony."
"Possibly," returned the shad. "But
I don't wear my backbone on the out
side." Chicago Tribune.