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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Com meats and Criticisms Burt I'pon the
Happeainge of the lay-Historical mud
Hew Mom
Of the Greater New York it may
oe said Id all seriounoss that the
taising of garden truck will be ODe of
6.r principal industries.
Boston alderruan, after watching
a certain dance for three weeks with
noble and unselfish pertinacity, have
pronounced it Immoral. The I'.ostoa
mind does not under all circum
stances leap to hasty cor: . ...sions.
A lecturer at Kansas City came
upon tb platform armed with a rifle
and revolver. He was listened to so
respectfully that no one hit him
with a brick until after he had left
the uZ.ll What a le tarer really
needs in Kansas City is a Gat'.ing
gun.
A Boston man has ma le a wajjer
that be can start pennilesand naked
around the world returning in a year
with5,000, which must 1 earned by
the way. He beg ns the uudortaKing
In the seclusion of hisclubroom. Tt,e
point defln tely settled by the ager
seems to be that a man may live in
Loston and yet be a fool.
Well-kkd Edward Atkinson is
lecturing to prove that SI a week is
all that a workingman needs to sup
port himself on comfortably. Mr.
Atkinson is much less useful to tne
universe t':au a workingman is, and
if he really lelieves his own theory
let him adopt it for personal use If,
unhapplv, be survive, he may secure
few adherents, but not among men
who toil and who have stomachs.
It now appears that the screaming,
pestiferous troliey is not oniv a
menace to life and limb bui that its
evil effects are felt underground.
The return current leaks from the
rails and attacks water and gas pipes,
producing electrolysis, or rapid rust
ing and disintegration of the iron.
Boston's gas and water systems have
already suffered and Philadelphia is
threatened with the same res lit
T e trolley is a danger and a nuisance
everywhere.
Crtteltt in t!,e prison should be
made a crime. In the Ohio Peniten
tiary there Is a Brock way who ter
rifies convicts. harles Mitchell,
who had only a few days to s erve,
stabbed himself with , a broomknlfe
rather than be disciplined for a slight
violation of the rules by Ieputy
Warden Stack ouse. Said t' e con
vict: "The Deputy Warden is so
cruel that I had rather die than en
dare the torture again." The d ck
Ing tub and an electrical-shocking
apparatus called the "humming
bird," are the Instruments of torture.
Ko Legislat ure should fail to see that
inqnlstorial punishmentis disgraceful
to our age.
TnE prospects for a full crop of
house ties next summer is not de
pendent upon such risky possibilities
as a wise contemporary would have
8 believe. It is stated by this au
thor, ty that "a few individuals, in
the torj id state, survive even the
coldest winter, and with the first
warm days o summer lay their eggs."
Hature makes no such mistake as
taking the chance of losing a whole
jr crop by freezing off the old sur
vivors, nor is the rigor of the crop
Jeopardized by Infirm propagating.
The fly supply for next summer was
provided for in the waning days of
last autumn. Myriads of fly eggs are
now safely tucked away, ready to be
transformed into the familiar little
pests by the incubating rays of the
sun.
The estimate of the area and prod
uct of the principal cereal crops, po
tatoes, tobacco, ana nay lor tne year
1893, as completed by the statistician
t the Department of Agriculture,
Dike the aggregate of corn area 72-
036,465 acres, Droduct, 1,619,496,131
bushels; wheat, 34,629,418 acres,
product, 3!, 131,725 bushels; oats,
273, 033 acres, product, 638, Hh4,.
60 bushels; rye, 2.038,485 acres,
product, 26,555,446 bushels; barley,
3,220,371 acres, product. 69,869,495
bushels; buckwheat, 815,614 acres,
product, 12,112,311 bushels; potatoes,
2,405,186 acres, product, 183,034,203
bushels; tobacco, 702,052 acres, pro
duct 483,023,963 pounds: hay,
41,613,169 acres, product, 65,
"9041,158 tons. The average
yield of corn an acre was 22. 5 bush
via. wheat, 11.4 bushels, oats, 2.1.4,
rye, 13.0, barley. 21.7. buckwheat,
148, potatoes, 72.2, tobacco 687
hay 1 33-100 tona The re-
if the eorreepoadenU of the
Crtastot make the acreaca of win
tsrvfeMtaowB last fall 92.2 per ceo t
t Ca area harvested ia 18Wl
I! I-, ! I'M J U '
Gxr? gflf trow so less to
car are txet to sMiatd
places. It is simply a& outrage on
justice to say '.bat the hangings
which disgrace our Nation are dune
by the people topreseive law and or
der and the safety of people They
are prompted Ly brutality, and that
is confined to no one place. The
Springfield llepullican thinks, in the
name of some facts tbat It has col-lei-ted
during a week, that it is time
for the Northern papers to prea h to
their own people Instead of preach
ing to the South. "Ohio has no ne
gro problem, yet the people of Win
chester in that State 1 nched a 16-years'-old
colored boy. A white man
was lynched in Marion County, Ind.
Three white men were lynched at
Russell, Kan.; and as throwing a lit
tie more light on Kansas civilization,
it should be added that a Jury in Sa
bina allowed il damages to a negro
who? son was lynched last April
Nothing worse happens in Tennessee,
Mississippi, or Texas. "
It gives some indication of the
proiets of shipbuilding to note that
at the time the entrance locks of the
Manchester i-hi; anal were designed
there v. s not a vessel afloat which
could not enter the gates and proceed
up the canal. These locks are at
East ham. between Iiun oro and
Liverpool, and vessels may enter
them at any lime irrespective of the
state of the tide. This is a very
jjreat advantage oxer Liverpool, the
docks of which are tidaL If two vest-els
cross the Mersey bar at the same
time, one for Liverpool and theothei
for Manchester, tiie latter may ac
tua ly tegin unloading first, from not
having any delay but the transit ol
the canal. The larg st lock at East-
ham has a measurement ol 6u0 by 80
feet, and the bottom is twenty-three
feet below the sill of the old docks lo
Liverpool and nearly twel e feet be
low that of the newest docks. Ai
the minimum de th of the canal it
twenty-six feet, essels of almost any
size may navigate the canal, and
very likely Improvements will be
made rendering it suitable for the
largest steamers. A railway bridge,
under which the canal parses, has
determined the maximum height ol
masts allowed to be seventy-five feet
Any nia-as higher have to b lowered.
This is an obvious disadvantage to
sailing ships, many of which have
the tops of the r lower masts about
that height, but steamers are rapidly
supulanting sailing vessels except foi
very long voyages. The canal is now
one of trie wonders of the day at a
cost of 875,000,000, and It probably
will pay.
The death of Rosina Yokes, which
occurred at Tor.uay, in Devonshire,
entails the loss o' a gifted woman
and a beautiful character. Mrs.
Vokes-Clay was an English woman,
but for many years she had confined
her professional career to this coun
try. In addition her husband's
family was closely allied to one of the
greatest names in our history, so
tbat the loss is felt even more keenly
in America than in England. The
professional charms of this gifted
woman are su t.ciently known to theater-goers
of a generation Dast As
an actress she lacked the finish of
some and the versatility of others,
but she had a superabundant cheer
fulness and vi acity, which, com
bined with sincerity and an obvious
desire t please, won all hearts. The
public abundantly testified their love
of the actress and their appreciation
of her charming and always inoffen
give art Not all the public knew the
inner history of a private life which
was even more admirable than the
stage career. P.osina Voke-, without
the almost offensive display which
has prejudiced the public mind
against some "British matrons" on
the stage, was a model of ail the do
mestic virtues. After her marriage
she never played in England, llei
children to whom she was most ten
derly attached, never visited Amer,
ica, sc that they never saw tbeii
mother on the stage By the fruiu
of her labors, however, they were
reared In luxury to inherit from hci
a competence For some years the
mother bad known tbat ber deatt
was Imminent. When the end cam
she went home to her children to die
Bunny Italy Hurled in Snow Drifts.
The oldest Inhabitant of Rome it
re, orted to have said tbat he nevei
knew such a sight as the capital has
presented this winter. The snow
has certainly been a terribly thing
In the streets, and the , oor people
seem to be quite broken-spirited and
unable to compete against it They
have no notion of using shovels and
a little, muscular force to clear a way
through, but lounge about In an ab
stracted and benumbed condition.
hopiog for a little benevolent rain to
rail and do that which they are un
able or unwilling to attempt. It
niay be said that all have suffered,
from the residents of the palace down
to the denizens of cellars and hovels.
In the country the mow has been
two or three feet deep in all dlretv
tiona London Court Journal.
Taa police In Hew Tort nave
topped tH O of tatnooxlade on the
Mreettv, TlJmn23WJ sowed
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GRIN AND BEAR IT.
-Ti not a mot to fln u tome.
But & ' r Ui ool, rn r coma,
iTutU richly worth 910001141111;
Lit in thie gft truth utlmi
And I voul'i bar declv it ;
And if bore too Uw-ui iut rb vizis.
Why, ultiiplr grm and bar it."
When chart sbd pro jnrt 1 coma to naught,
(r pain iiuiittr pleuura ;
When bt-uk, and Ujc i jou firmeit thought
bring low to biraJ 1 a&Mtire ;
V. !, fiiendb foratUK), and I increaaa.
Put on, though hari to wear it,
A aunnr atuila of j-rf-t p a-e
1 ili help lust "rin and bear it."
W ban wv come thi ami atill mora thick,
llaa;eri fr:th-riti dr.lly ;
V b-n bip d fened the heart tuakri tick.
While round you, e,tiui! tuyiy,
The world ki.om not bow s&d yo ir tottf,
lreanii not what grief do tear It,
Keep over aelf a calin control;
All braiely gnn and hear iuM
Ah. 'centb tbc homely wordt there lie
Vast Diinea of ie-p'l meaning ;
Whole tomes of ecu d ht!odO'by
Well worth inoa: careful gleaning j
Tet not mete stole s lore I urve
Forever J for. wear it
Let earth's and heaven's be t wisdom me gs
Traat IHmJL then "grin and bear it.".
t't.ca Globe.
WORKED BOTH WAYS.
Mrs. Delanieter sat In her bay win- i
rftiw Kpwinir. 1
If any living soul had
dared to in- .
sinuate to Mrs. Delanieter that her
husband was capable of a meanness,
she would have arisen in ber wrath
and hurled indignation at the oend
ing insinuator.
And yet there bad been times in
the course of their years of married
life when 6he had almost admitted
as much to herself, In her inmost
heart, though she had always hast
ened to assure herself tb?t be 'didn't
intend It" and was "only thought
less."
The trouble lay in a nutshell
there was only one pocketbook In the
Leiameter family, and its aMding
place was Mr. Delameter's pocket.
That morning she felt the last
straw had been added to her load of !
humiliation. She had conceived the i
brilliant plan of asking for more
money than her immediate neces
s ties demanded, with the idea of
sparing herself a few unnecessary hu
miliations in the near future.
She bad screwed up her courage as
she ate her breakfast to ask timidlv,
as Mr. Delanieter rose from the table:
"Tom, an you spare me lo?"
"What's the trouble now?" asked
Mr. Delanieter, good naturedlv.
'I need a pair of boots."
'Whew: Ten dollars for a pair of
boots?" and he arched his e. ebrows,
still good naturedly.
.No," stammered bis wife, feeling
and looking as guilty as though she
had robbed a neighbors clothesline
over night, "the boots will be only
but I thought it would be
handy to have a little money by me.
and not have to trouble you so
often."
And Mr. Delameter her face grew
hot, and she breathed fa.st eery
time she thought of it Mr. Dala
meter took a tZ bill and a 1 bill,
and a silver half dollar, and laid
them on the table, saying, in an o:T
banded way, "I guess that'll do you
this time." and then put up his pock
etbook and went away whistling.
Mrs. Ie!anieter was a good little
woman, and she endeavored, loyally,
to And excuses for such atrocious con
duct
She was a forgiving little woman,
too, so when the clock on the mantel
struck the half hour after five, she
folded up ber work and set the tea-
table with the puffy cream cakes Mr.
Delameter so loved, and which she
bad made in the morning, and put on
the even slices of hometna ,e bread,
and opened a Jar of the ieaehes she
cauueu Liic un ijviuid auu tuoat, vuo
A . U .,11 V.ntnwA an,l . . - A A M a
tea in the precise manner he liked it
made
And Mr. Delameter came borne
and gave his wife an affectionate
greeting, and looked at her admiring
ly across the table, and praised her
cream cakes.
And after supper he drew her down
on his knee and said how jolly it was
to have a home of one's own, and not
have to live in a horrid boarding
house; and he was altogether in such
a pleasant mood that Mrs. Delameter
dared attempt a little serious talk,
and paved the way by informing him
that
'll Iss Southernwood came to see
me to-day."
"Ah! she's tbe millinery lady, I
believe?"
"She wants me to trim hats for her
in my spare time this summer.
Indeed The idea of my wife
working in a sho !" said . Mr. De
lameter with considerable spirit.
"1 wish you'd let ne do it"
"For goodness sake, what for0"
and Mr. Delameter spoke a little
testily this time.
"lie ause 1 It would seem bo good
to have a little monev of my very
own."
"Well, don'tyou have money of your
very own? All that's mine Is yours."
"I su pose so -but ob. Torn, you
don't know 1 hate to ask for it"
"You silly little goose! Did lever
refuse you?"
"Hut, really. Torn, I think I'm
almost sure you would feel tbe same
way. "
"Nonsense. I shouldn't, either.
I'd Just as leave ask as not"
"Would you be willing to prove
it?"
"Well I'll Uke that money I laid
up before I was married out of the
bank:, and when your payday comes you
will put every cent of your money
Into tbe tank."
"Well, I promise." said Mr. De
lameter, laughing at ber earnestoess.
Then be looked thoughtful for sev
eral mlnutea
"How long must tbe experiment
last to convince your"
"Well, I think a month would do,
don't rou?"
"I think it would," be answered
dryly.
- Mr. Delameter forgot bis atree-
t till last as be was being paid
off, the neit day, and then, being
a man of bis word, be sto: ped on
the way home and emptied bis pock
ets into the coders or the bank, ra
rying away with him a solitary nickel,
which he had overlooked, in the
pocket wh 're be kept his car fares.
Then the whole affair slipped from
bis mind.
He was opening bis Junch box at
n ma, when, as luck would have it,
there suddenly apjieared W'fore him
a friend of his boyhood days who had
grown rich and aristocratic in the
years since they had met.
Mr. 1 diameter, in an exulrauce
of hospitality, immediately conduct
ed him to the hl.-b-pri ed restaurant
in the vicinity, ordered a dinner in
keeping with the place, leisurely dis
cuss -d it with his friend, and at its
close comilacently drew iorth and
opened bis pocketbook.
His feelings at that interesting mo
ment may be better Imagined than
des rited, as the novelists say.
That night he was glum ali supper
time, and afterwards buried him.self
in the day-tw tore's newspa. er till
bedtime. ,
When morning came be lingered
aliout after breakiast was over, with
no oujnsiuio icjmiu, sv
last made a
feint at starting and then came back
i again.
I "Oh, by the way," he sa d, with a
i fine air uf carelessness, ! had to
borrow some money yeterday."
"How much?" asked his better
half, with a little blush.
"Five dollars."
"W hat for?" trembled on Mrs. Del
ameter's lips, but she did not say it.
Mie simply handed him the exact
sum.
I guess you'd better let, me hae a
little for car fares while vou're about
it."
A ten cent piece was carefully
lected and laid in bis palm.
Mr. Delanieter did not forget
se-
his
straitened condition that day.
He remembered it of course, when
he sent tbe bill to his frend: he felt
it when he pased a fruit stand on
which were dlspla ed some particu
larly floe oranges; it was calico to his
attention when the little lame I oy
with candy made his usual round of
the office; It was painfully present to
his mind when a man with a sub
scription pa; er, whereon figured the
name of 1 elarueter, came to collect
the money subscribed, and tbe lack
was keenly appreciated when he had
to forego buying his usual evening
paper.
The third day he braced up, and,
with a re uctance he was wholly un
able to conceal, reiuer,ted the means
! wherewith to buy a pair of light
trousers.
; Thefouithday was Sunday. Mr.
; lieiameter thought of the contrlbu
i tlon box and decided he wouldn't at
j tend church. His head ached, he
i said.
The fifth day thegro er called at
j the otl.ee for his pay and Mr. Dela
! meter mumbled something about
i ' pocketbook In other pants," sent
blin to the house, though in former
days he had pooh-poohed the idea of
i that lacing the more convenient way
and had decreed that the gro er
should come to the office for his
money.
The sixth day Mrs. Delameter,
with unlooked-for generosity, gave
him fifty certs when he asked for car
fare, and on tbe strength of this he
hailed a man with strawberries on his
way home at night bought two
boxes and foilrid that be was six cents
short.
The seventh day Mr. Delameter
realized that the experiment wasn't
working ijuite In the way he meant
it should, so he pulled himself to-
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a $10
bill.
"What for?" queried his wife, as
though with an effort
"1 well, I want to get a pair of
boots."
"Men's boots eonie high, don't
they?" faltered Mrs. Delameter, with
an artificial smile, as she opened her
pocketbook.
"Oh, the boots won't tie more than
14; probably, but I gue-.s 1 can make
away with the rest"
Mrs. Delameter hesitated, blushed,
bit her lip. then slowly handed out
two two-dollar bills and a silver half
dollar.
; "i guess that will do you this
I time," she murmured with downcabt
j eyes
i Mr. Delameter glanced at her and
j made as though he would cast tbe
j money from blni.
j Th n suddenly he seemed to recol
lect something, and a br lllant red
color flamed up from the edge of his
shirt collar to the roots of his hair.
He jammed the money viciously
Into bis breast pocket made use of
some words Indicative of extreme
anger, and flung himself out of the
house, slamming the door with great
vehemence behind him.
Mrs. Delameter threw herself
face downward on tbe lounge and
cried and cried.
Wben Mr. Delameter d d actually
come borne at the usual hour she
bardly dared raise ber eyes to his
face, but he was very quiet and did
not slam things and hardly looked up
from bis food at tea time.
Wben Mrs. Delameter had cleared
up her dishes she slipped up behind
ber husband as he sat in the bay win
dow with his elbows on his knees, bis
face between his hands, and his eyes
on the carpet, and dropped the bone
of contention, the pocketbook, into
bis lap and fled.
"Fannie," be said, with whimsical
seriousness, "do you believe that
there Is money enough In this pocket
book to indu e some muscular man to
kick me all 1 deserved to be k eked?"
And then Mr Delameter proposed
that whenever be was paid off tbe
housekeeping ei enses should be de
ducted from tbe amount received and
tbe rest divided equally between
himself and Mrs, Delameter.
And tbey followed this plan, and
contloutd to follow it, imI it forked
I ke a charm, and er they led
happy ever after of course. N. V.
Mercury.
CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT DOGS.
Kaklmoa rind the Faithful Animal a Neces
sity of Th-lr Miserable Kslsteore.
"Without dogs the larger portion
of the the great Eskimo family peo
pling the barred .Northern coa-i of
America would find it impossilile to
exist in ts chosen home." So writes
K. W. Nelson, in his "Mammals of
Northern Alaska" They are used
in the winter for hunting, sledge
'drawing and the like, but in summer
are mo-tlv left to shift for themselves.
They receive much hard u-age, as
well as do much hard work, but are
described, nevertheless as a rollick
log set full of play, fond ot human
siciety and o,uarri-lsome as s tr nil
boys. Mr. Nelson credits them with
a vein of humor and declares that
their varying characteristics can be
read in their faces. They are worth
from 12 to $15 apiece, according to
age, size, and intelligence. For
sledge-drawing they are harnessed in
teams of either seven or nine three
or four pairs and a leader. The load
Is from 300 to 100 pounds and the
course is mainly through unbroken
snow or over rou.'b ice. With a team
of seven dogs and a load of more
than 300 pounds Mr. Nelson made a
journey ot more than 1,200 miles in
about two months. The last slxtv
miles were made over a bad road in
a continuous pull of twenty-one
hours. They are much affected by
the moon. During full moon half
tne night is spent by them In howl
ing in chorus. -'During the entire
winter at St Michael's," savs Mr.
Nelson, ' we were invariably given a
chorus every moonllg.it night and
the dogs of two neighboring villages
joined in the serenade." He speaks
of its "wild, weird harmony," and
see:iis to have found It agreeable
rather than otherwise. The influ
ence of the moon is also very appar
ent when the dogs are traveling.
They brighten up as the moon rises,
and pricking up their cars start off
as if they had forgotten their fatigue.
The fur traders take advantage of
this fact and sometimes lie over dur
ing the day and travel at night The
dogs endure an astonishing degree of
cold. Mr. Nelson saw a female with
two newly lorn pupples lying upon
the snow near a hut with no sign of
shelter, when the thermometer
ranged from 30 to 35 degrees below
zero.
' liIXWMMl.
Among a large class of craftsmen a
wish has long tiecn entertaiue i for
the discovery of a hard, compact and
even gained wood having all the
characteristics of boxwood and for
which it would form an ellicicnt sub
stitute. For maDy years past the
gradual diminution in the suppli of
boxwood and the deterioration in its
quality have proved serious facts in
more than one occupation, Including
engravers, hardwood dealers, et
cutera.esnecially the former, on a"
count of the higher price asked for
the material and the difficulty of
securing it of the needed size and
firmness of texture, so as to insure
the artistic excellence of the engrav
ing While by far the most important
use of this wood is for the engraver's
art it is also applied to numerous
other purposes, such, for Instance, as
weaving shuttles, mathematical In
struments, turnery uses, carving and
cabinetwork. The fact Is interest
ing as well as Important that box
wood Is the nearea approach to
ivory of any wood known, and will
there ore probably increase in value as
it becomes scarcer. Small wood, un
der four Inches, is used to a very great
extent by flax spinners for rollers and
by turners for various pui j o-e, rollers
for rink skates et cetera, and if free
from spLts cracks and other imper
fections, is considered of equal
value with the larger wood.
lAve Peaceably.
It Is really amazing to note and to
feel the entire difference in people's
dispositions. There are persons with
whom it would be a dear bargain to
dwell one month for the price of a
thousand years added to one's life;
i and, again, there are those whose in
timate companionship for a month
would be worth all of one's subse ,uent
ii;e. It is said that it lakes two per
sons to make a quarrel, but it does
not follow that there is always fault
on both sides when two people cannot
live comfortably together. Even two
well-meaning people may not be able
to do so. Well meaning consists with
most intolerable habits, and, wben
one has lound tbat the wavs of a
companion are established ia such a
sort as grind and grate perpetua ly
upon his feelings and keep him in a
constant state of anrovajice and dis
tress, let him decamp, If he can. If
he cannot let him use his best en
deavors to keep sweet-tempered lin
'ler the aggravating Irritation.
Welding Aluminum.
A new and Improved method for
welding aluminum bas ler. dis
covered, and has proved so sat s
factory that when subjected to a
severe strain in testing, the welded
Joint proved of greater strength than
tbe pure metal. The welding re
paration is called a t-oldcr, though,
properly speaking, it Is not an alloy
or solder, but a sulstan e that unites
with the pieces of metal to be welded,
as It were, fusing them together.
The use of alum num bas been re
strained by the absence of some sucb
method-as this A process of weld
ing It has been known, but it was un
satisfactory, owing to tbe weakness
at tbe joint The Invention will
hasten the day wben aluminum can
be used in commercial iuantltes.
To wleesman prefers to bet on
tbe ocean races tban to ride on tbem,
and It to certainly the better way.
MEDICAL INSTINCT IN ANIMALS.
Tnelr Dtseaam, and tbe Methods adept I
by Them to V.ffrt a Cure.
Animals get rid f ibeir parasites
by us ug dust mud. clay, etc Those
suffering from fever restrict their
diet keep tjuiet seek dark, airy
place-, drink water, and sometimes
plunge into it When a dog has lost
bis appetite it eats that species of
gra-s known as dog's grass, which
acts as an emetic anil a iiurgat ie.
Cats alho eat grass. S' eep an I cows
when ill seek out certain herbs. An
animal suffering from chronic rheu
matism always keeps as far as pos
sible in the suu. Tbe warrior ants
have regularly organized ambulances.
Lalrellie est the antenn e of an ant
and other ants came and covered tbe
wounded part with a transparent
fluid secreted In their mouths.
When an animal has a wounded
leg or arm hanging on, it completes 1
the amputation by means of it
teeth. A dog being stung on the
mu.zle by a viper was observed to
plunge its bead rejieatedly for several
days into running water. '1 his ani
mal eventually recovered. A terrier
hurt its right eye It remained un
der -a counter, avoiding light and
heat although it habitually kept
close to the fire. It adopted a gen
eral treatment rest and alistiuence
from food. The local treatment con
sisted in 11 king the upper surface of
the paw, which it applied to the
woundeu eye.
Animals suffering from trumatlo
fever treat themselves by the con
tinued application of cold water,
which M. Delaunccy considers to be
more certain than any of the other
methods. In view of these interest
ing facts, we are, he thinks, forced
to admit tbat hygle e and thera
peutics as practiced by animals may,
in the interests of physiology, be
sluded with advantage.
Many physicians have been keen
observers of animals, their diseases
and the methods adopted by them,
in their Instinct to cure themselves,
and have availed themselves of tbe
knowledge so brought under their
observation In their practices. Phila
delphia Kecord.
"Ttm Heart of Kngland."
In the heart of the City of London
stands an old house of worship, the
Church of St Swithin. It was re
built u; on its former foundation by
Sir Christopher Wren, who was also
the architect of St 1'aul's Cathedral.
Tbe traveler who visits it must pass
through the crowd of hucksters ol
fruit and vegetables and of women
with basnets of fiow. rs. whlcii sur
round It until the foundation is
reached, and there among the bluish
stone slabs of whl h It is formed will
te found a large, oblong, gray stone.
This Is London stoi. a It was erected
by the Komans fifty vears
before the birth or Chcist
to denote the central part of their
possessions in lirit aln. From 'it w
are told, all roads and distances were
measured, and it has been called by
many "the heart of England " There
arc fifty-one churches in Great lirlb
ain which bear the name of this ex
cellent man, St Swithin, who lived
in the time of King Egbert but It Is
the church In the wonderful old City
of London which has this historic
stone. (ioldthwaite's Maga.lne.
Itilcy'N Profitable Verne.
No poet in the United States has
the same hold upxn the minds of the
people as Kiley. He Is the poet ol
the plain Anierlcin. They bought
130,000 worth of his verse last year;
and he Is also one of the most suc
cessful le turers on the platform.
He gives the lie to the old raying, for
he is a prophet in h s own country.
The jieople of Indiana are justly
proud of him, for he has written
"l'oems Here at Home" He Is read
by people who never belore read
joetry in their lives, and he appeals
e ually well to the man who is heart
sick of the hollow conventional verse
in Imitation of some classic.
He lsabsolutely American in every
line be writes. His schooling bas
been from the s hool ot realities. He
takes things at flrt hand. He ton
sidcrs his success to lie due to the
fact that he is one of the people, and
has written of the things he liked
and thev liked. The time will come
when his work will be seen to be
something more than the fancies of
a humorist February McClure's.
Drawn with t.hn Thumb Mall.
In picture collections to be seen
both in China and Japan, are sped- ,
mens of some most remarkable pic
tures or kinds drawn with the thumb
nail.
Tbe nails of tbe thumb on tbe left
hand ol these peculiar artists are tak
en great care or, and are allowed to
grow to an enormous length, some
times to ten or twelve Inches. They
are then pared down to a pen-shaped
point tbe point being scraped thin in
order to make It flexible.
Dipping this oddly-constructed pen
in beautiful vermilion or sky-blue
ink, the only kinds used In "sacred"
thumb-nail drawings, the artist
gracefully outlines his work.
Occasionally the bold touches from
the studio of a master In this depart
ment of "art" are lire-size, and are
sketched by a few sweeps of tbe art
ist's arm. Like other Oriental pie
tures and sketches, these sacred
thumb-nail pictures are mounted and
rolled up like scrolls
In China.
One of the sights ot China is the
antique bridge of Sucn-tcbeo-fow,
2.00 feet long and twenty feet wide.
It has on each side 52 piers, upon
which huge stones are laid, soma ot
tbem twenty feet long. Ma iy thov-'
sands of tons were used in the erec-
tlon of this wonderful bridge, which
is regarded by engineers as Indicating
constructive talents as wonderful as
t int which raited tbe Egyptian pyramid
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