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The Sioux County Journal
VOLUME VIII.
HARKISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1890.
NUMBER 24.
LITTLE MAID-O'-DREAMS.
little Maid-O'-Dreains, with jour
Eerie e;M so clear and pure
Casing, where wa fain would aee
Into far futurity
Tell us what you there behold,
lo jour visions manifold! . i
What ia od bejood our sight, ',
Bidding till the morrow'a light,
Fairer than we aee to-daj.
As our dull ejei oulj may?
Little Maid O' Dreams, with face
Like aa in aome woodland place
Lifts a lilj, chaste and white,
Prom the shadow to the light;
Tell us, bj jour aubtler glance,
What strange aorcerj encbanta
Tou aa now, here, jet afar
Aa the realms of moon and star?
Hare joa magic lamp and ring.
And genii for vassaiing?
Little Maid O'-Dreams, confess
You're divine and nothing less,
For with mortal palms, we fear,
Tet moat pet jou, dreaming here
Yearning, too, to lift the tipa
Of jour Sogers to our lip;
Fearful atill jou maj rebel,
High and Heav'nly oracle!
Thus, though all unmeet our kiss.
Pardon this! and this! and thla!
Little Maid O-Dreama, we call
Trace and favor, knowing all!
All your magic Is, in truth,
?ure foresight aad faith of youth
ou're a child, jet even so,
Teu're a sage In embryo
Prescient poet artist great
Aa jour dreams anticipate
Trusting God and man, jou do
Juat as Heaven inaplrea jou to.
-Ladles' Home Journal.
A FANCY FAIR.
"Couldn't we get up a subscription
or something for the widow 7"
"Of course we must do something; In
one owo hotel It la too dreadful!" and
Mrs. Wlldover shuddered and her com
panions did the mlui; In fact, the whole
Hotel de Flandres bod bad Its withers
wrong and Its nerves shaken In n sin
gular! j ghastly fashion. Onu of the
waiters, while banding arouuil u dish
at the dejeuner, had suddenly turned
white, reeled, and then, in sight of nil
the gueets, fallen down in a limp upon
the polished floor.
"Yes, we must undoubtedly do some
thing," continued Mrs. Wlldover; "but
it's a pl:y It can't be something inoie
general than a subscription among our
aelves. Couldn't we organize some
kind of a benefit of entertainment?"
"A fancy fair!" exclaimed two or
three ladle In a breath.
"It would lie a splendid Idee. Hut
who Is to organize It ?'
"Oh, you-you, Mrs. Wlldover! Ou,
dr
aim. Wlldover smiled modestly.
"Ob, but I'm afraid 1 shouldn't In
able 1 "
"Tee, yes, you would."
"But you'll all help, won't you?"
Asked the lady, looking around. "I
think we'll keep It strictly among our
Helves; only the English ladles of the
hotel must bo allowed to take an active
part In the bazaar."
Her audience gave a rapid assent,
and Mrs. VA lltiover immeaiHieiy jihuik
cd into plans and projects. Mrs. Wild
over was fHt, 40, and, thanks to Trne
fltt, also fair; but bad there not existed
a meek, tlmld-eyedi little creature
known as Mrs. Wlldover's husband. It
Is certain that she could, have had as
many suitors as she wished, for Mrs.
Wlldover was ridiculously, fabulously
rich. The fact bad come upon her as
rather a surprise some half doscn
years earlier, when she had fainted
n ber drawing-room sofa In the little
bonse at Peck ham after reading a law
yer's letter which Informed her that an
almost forgotten uncle In America bad
died, leaving her not only his whole
fortune, but his share In some petro
leum springs down country.
From that moment It bad beeu Mrs.
Wlldover's not unnatural desire to soar
above the mimical evenings and card
parlies of I'eckhani and New Cross.
he went everywhere, was Indefatiga
ble In all charltablo undertakings, her
shrewdness telling her that they often
proved the thin edge of the society
wedjro. Now, at the Hotel de Flan
dres, there was staying nt this particu
lar nx nient a singularly bcautlfuldow-jiger-i
ountess. n lndy most popular In
Ioiidon society, anil one whose broad
wings could, and they would, help poor
Mrs. Wlldover In her flight.
"Do you suppose Lady Iothalr would
help us?" she asked, tentatively. No
Iwidy seemed ()UltP sure, but everyone
thought that Mrs. Wlldover would ask
ber.
Lady I-othalr was cordial and sympa
thetic, promised to attend the fair, ami
even volunteered to allow some of her
photographs to be sold there. lu fact,
plump Mrs. Wlldover, who was usually
very sure of the ground she trod on,
scarcely felt her feet as she left I.ady
Iithalr's room. It was the beginning
of her success, she thought, and think,
lug so, she collided heavily with some
one coming In the opposite direction.
"I Is'g your pardon."
"Indeed, It was my fault."
And IkiiII passed on In their several
directions.
The person who had gone to the wall
lu the collision was a slight girl dressed
In deep mourning. She turned Into a
door to her left, and, closing It behind
her, tossed her hat petulantly on to the
table.
'Is that you, Nell?" called a voice
from the balcony.
"Yea; come In, I want to talk to you."
The other woman entered. She also
was dressed in deep mourning.
"What's the matter?" she asked,
glancing at her companion.
"Nothing more than uaual. Why will
you Insist on staying here, and like
thls?-lt's awfuL"
"You are always so Impatient, NelL
I tell you that "
sharp knock at the door Interrupt
ed her. "Entreat" called the girl curt
ly, and then, to both women's astonish
ment, the big form of Mrs. Wlldover
loomed upon them.
"Can you apare me five mlnutea, Mrs.
Seymour?" aaked she beamingly.
"Oh, certainly t Do alt down," aald
Mrs. Seymour, while Nell drew for
ward a chair.
"I've come to ask you If you would
care to help us," continued Mr. Wlld
over, aa ahe proceeded to unfold the
scheme of the fair.
Mrs. Beymour and her daughter had
been at the Hotel de Klandres for over
a week, but somehow they seemed to
hare assimilated with none of the seta.
Perhaps their deep mourning Isolated
them, It prevented their Joining the
cercle dea etrangem, but Mrs. Wild
over felt that It would be sweet and
condescending of ber to take tbera un
der her protection and to patronise
them.
"And now, what will you both do?"
concluded the good lady, beaming on
them good-naturedly. "Will you take
a stall, Mies Beymour, or will you sing
In the concert or play, or what?"
Miss Seymour hesitated and glanced
at her mother. "I'm afraid my stng
Ing and playing don't amount to much,"
she began, "but "
"But she dance nicely, Mrs. Wild
over, If that la of any use to you."
Mrs. Wlldover gave a little gasp, and
then suddenly recollected that skirt
dancing was one of the recognized ac
complishments. "That will be charming!" she ex
claimed. "And you don't think you will
be nervous?"
Nell shook ber bead decidedly.
"Then that's all right. And won't
you help us at all, Mrs. Seymour?"
"Oh, I'll sell programs, take tickets,
anything you like," replied the lady,
laughing; "make myself generally use
ful, iti fact."
"Well, anyway, that's something to
do!" exclaimed the girl when their vis
itor had departed.
"Kxaetly!"
"But whether the game is worth the
candle; whether It's worth while vege
tating here for a fortnight for the
pleasure of showing one's ankles at a
fancy fair, I'm sure I dou't know."
"Neither do I as yet, my dear. Walt
till the time comes. We'll soon see.
But you are certainly right In one
thing. Nell; black does not show you
off."
The girl gave something between
n grunt and a laugh and glanced at
herself In the long mirror, the Invaria
ble adjunct to an apartment In a for
eign hotel.
She was tall 'and very slight, with a
clear, colorless complexion and crisp
red hair; ber eyes were heavily lidded,
arid when she took the trouble to raise
them they were of a curious changeful
tone. In her black gown no one would
have called her pretty; yet to an ob
server there were great possibilities
nbout ber. She recognised 'he fact bet
ter than most people, and therefore
there was some excuse for her petulant
turn from the glass. ,
Mrs. Seymour, on the other hand,
was short and plump aud comfortablo
looking, neither plain nor pretty, and
gifted with little appealing, helpless
ways which usually stood her In very
good stend, Indeed.
"I wish you would not sit smiling
there like that!" ejaculated Nell, Im
patiently. "I can't see what you want
ed to come to Spa for."
"I am consumed with a desire to
make Mrs. Wlldover's acquaintance,"
quietly replied her companion.
"Then why on earth "
"Hush!" said Mrs. Seymour, "l-et
us go down to the salon and talk about
the fancy fair."
For a week little else was sMken of
among the Ktigllsh colony at Spa. In
all likelihood Mrs. Wlldover had never
been so happy In her life. She spent
her whole time lu bustling and fussing
among her helpers, and the name of
Lady Lothalr wa scarcely ever off her
lips. Iler constant companion and
right hand was little Mrs. Seymour.
"I really don't know what I could
do wilhont you," she said on the even
ing preceding the eventful day. "You
seem to think of everything, dear Mrs.
Seymour "
"Oh, I nm so pleased to be of use to
you In anyway!" exclaimed her com
panion, eagerly, "and so Is Nellie "
"lias her dress arrived?" asked Mrs.
Wlldover.
"Yes I fancy she is trying It on now.
Would you care to see It?"
With good-humored .condescension
Mrs. Wlldover agreed, but she started
lck with a cry of genuine amazement
when Mrs. Seymour threw open her
sluing room and she realized that It
was Indeed "that Insignificant girl In
black" who stood before ber.
She saw a vision of diaphanous dra
peries, a maze of flimsy silk and lace,
and a face pnle as a lllly, but radiant
under a glory of bright hair.
"Why why, my dear girl, I never
realised bow lovely you were Wore!"
exclaimed the good lady as ahe sank
Into a seat
Nell made some demure reply, and ex
ecuted a few graceful steps.
"Your gown la perfect, my dear, per
fect"
Oh, no. It Isn't!" said Nell, with a
laugh. "It wants your diamonds, Mrs.
Wlldover, to be that," she added, with
a glance at the beautiful stones lavish
ly displayed on the lady's ample bosom.
"Let us try the effect," aald Mrs. Wlld
over, graciously.
In a second the girl's white throat
and arms were gleaming and flashing.
"I will lend them to you, If you like,
and you must have aome for your hair,
too; I'll send them to you to-morrow."
Miss Seymour's thanks can easily be
Imagined, and Mrs. Wlldover felt more
like a beneficent fairy than ever. The
whole town would be raving about the
little English dancer to-morrow, and It
would be to Mrs. Wlldover that all the
credit would come.
When she left mother and daughter
together, both sat for a moment silent
"Do you suppose she will really lend
them?" asked Nell, doubtfully.
"Why not?"
"Then "
"Then, my dear child, I suppose you
will be a little reconciled to our vege
tation?" The girl laughed, and the mother be
gan to turn over a "Bradshaw" in a
businesslike fashion.
The fancy hair was not to be opened
until the evening. A great number of
tickets had been sold, and there was
quite an Imposing list of figure In the
account lKxk Mra Beymour carried, for
she had arranged to relieve Mrs. WlldV
over of all the mere business part of
the affair, and was really secretary and
treasurer rolled Into one.
"Do you know that Harry Is here?"
exclaimed Nell, in a low voice, as she
burst Into Mrs. Seymour's room on the
afternoon of the great day.
"Of course he la I sent for him "
"But "
"How silly you are, Nell! You are
delicate, I could not allow you to dance
unless there were an efficient medical
man on the spot Suppose you were to
faint?"
"But If Harry forms one of our
party "
"That would be absurd; no, he will
merely be there In case of an emer
gency." At that moment Mrs. Wlldover's maid
appeared at the door, with ber mis
tresses' compliments and several mo
rocco cases, and a message that that
lady would like to see Miss Seymour
when she was quite ready.
"You are positively charming, my
dear!" ejaculated Mm. Wlldover, when
the girl stood before her dressed, "and
let me tell you that you look worth
more hundreds of pounds than you
have lived years."
It soon became apparent that the at
traction of the fair was In the little
yellow-curtained booth, where a stage
had been erected, and where several
people were content to crowd together
and endure the efforts of several sing
ers In order to enjoy the sight of Miss
Sevmoiir's dancing. Nothing was
spoken of but her grace, her charm and
the magnificent diamonds which Mrs.
Wlldover had lent her.
Mrs. Seymour had, however, been so
busy looking after other people, taking
charge of their stalls during their tern
porary absences, that it was late before
she was able to get near the place
where her daughter was dancing for
the sixth or seventh time.
The mother stood Just Inside the door,
conspicuous In the black gown which
she still, wore; Nell was floating across
the stage, her draperies weaving fan
tastlc figures arouud her, when slid
denly her steps grew uncertain, her
arms dropped limply (o her side and
she fell like a log upon the stage.
A cry ran through the little booth;
Mrs. Seymour pushed quickly for
ward.
"She has fainted!" she cried In
alarm. "A doctor! Is there no one who
will fetch a doctor'"
"I am at your service, madam," said
n young man, making his way rapidly
to the stage.
The next moment he had raised the
fitltiiing glii in his arms and was carry
ing her to some quiet spot. llvcryonp
was lost in pity for the poor widow,
who win beside herself with grief and
alarm.
Jn a very short time, however, a mel
ancholy little procession left the bazaar
by u side entrance. The men carried
the still unconscious glrj on a species
of Improvised hammock, and Mrs. Sey
mour and the doctor walked sadly by
her side. They all entered the hotel;
the servants placed her on the bed, and
then the doctor declared that they
could do nothing more for their patient.
They were. In fact, few hands to be
spared, and the busy hotel keeper was
delighted when Mrs. Seymour declined
all offers of help, and declared that she
would nurse her daughter herself.
It was fully 2 o'clock In the morning
when the strange doctor left the hotel;
the night porter who let him out asked
for news of mademoiselle. Her med
ical attendant shook his head:
"Don't let anybody go bothering there
In the morning to Inquire after her; ev
erything detciida on keeping her quiet
Seo that no one disturbs her, If you
can."
At midday, however, Mrs. Wlldover
would take no further denial, and In
sisted on going to Inquire for her
friends. Several time she knocked In
effectually; at Inst, growing alarmed,
she tried the door. It was locked.
After considerable delay the door had
to be forced open, and, white as death,
Mrs. Wlldover rushed In before anyone
else. It was. Indeed, her cry which
made the others follow her with a rush,
expecting they hardly knew what trag
ic spectacle. As a matter of fact, noth
ing met their eyes but a couple of
mourning costumes, neatly folded on a
chair and the diaphanous dancing
dress lying In a heap on the floor. Fur
the rest nothing nobody.
The astonishment was so great that
It was fully a minute before anyone
grasped the situation.
"Oott In hlrninel! My bill! They
are swindlers!" gasped the hotel keep-
, finding his wits first
"Swindlers!" ejaculated Mrs. Wlld
over. "An, my diamonds:
Everyone gased at her speechless; In
a moment the whole thing was M clear
as noonday, and, In the confusion of
the fair, their mourning garb doffed,
they had escaped, and won a good
twelve hours' start
, Mra. Wlldover startled everyone by
a peal of hearty laughter.
"She's mad!" screamed one In horror.
"7 he loss of her diamonds has turned
bar head."
"The diamonds," she gasped, after a
second. "That's Just it! I left them at
my banker's In Loudon. Those the girl
had were paste."
No one ever quite knew what the
exact figure of the receipts of the fancy
fair amounted to. Mrs. Seymour might
have told, but she omitted to leave her
account book and cash box behind.
And one thing Is tolerably certain
that never again will Mrs. Wlldover lu
tsrest herself In widows or orphans at
a continental hotel. London World.
WALKING ON AIR.
Kastaent Authorities, took to Ita Poe
lbllltr a Reasonable Hop.
Despite the immense amount of writ
ing and talk on the subject of aeronauts,
the question has always been: Will
aerial navigation be practicable within
a time near enough to Justify us In In
tereatlng ourselves about it? asks a
writer. The decided affirmative answer
of Professor Alexander Graham Bell,
the creator of the Bell telephone, Is
worthy of consideration. Professor
Bell says that human locomotion
through the air will be achieved before
long, although the principle of gas ex
peraion, wiilch constitutes the lifting
power In balloons, will have no place
In the practicable flying machine. What
Is neewwwry for rising In the air, he
says, Is not a ctimtiersome balloon, nor
an unmanageable Imitation of a bird's
or Insects' wings, but a mechanical
contrivance which can be operated by
ordinary motors.
Buoyancy of the flyiug machine muBt
lie secured by motion of some of Its
own parts, and not by the whole ma
chine having a specific gravity less than
that of the air. A French machine
called the helikoptea, Professor Bell
thinks, approaches nearer In principle
than any others the flying machine of
the future. It simply screws Itself in
to the air, a certain rate of revolution
of the screw causing it to rise, a lower
rate giving It more buoyancy, and a
still further decreased rate making It
sink gently to the ground. This device,
it will lie noticed secures only suspen
sion In the air, but little Is detracted
from Its value on thla account, as buoy
ancy Is the only problem, It being
comparatively easy to obtain motion to
and fro.
Apropos of mechanics In a different
field, Professor Bell says that the elec
tric roads, horseless carriages and bi
cycles will not relegate the horse to the
fields, but will give him another and
more effective sphere of acticlty. "Man
has Invented the bicycle," he says, "to
Increase his powers of propulsion, and
while I do not say that a horse could
ride a bicycle, I am confident that a
machine could be built whereby a
horse could be taken off the ground and
used as a motive power. With a prop
er system of gearing, great speed could
be obtained." Deniorcwt's Mapt.lne.
tjicntln Reminder.
"Uncle" Peter Hates was a local ce
lebiity who kept the taveru In Kan
dolph, Vt.. In the old stagiug days.
He was noted for his dry humor, aud
was never at, a loss for a retort or for
u met hod of expressing his ideas.
One morning, after breakfast, as a
stranger was about to depart without
paying his bill, Uncle Peter walked ur
to him aud blandly said;
"Mister, If you should lose your pock
etlook between here and Montpeller
remember you didn't take It out here.'
Truinlng Sheep.
To save labor with sheep, take a
young ewe lamb and raise her as a pel
iiear the house. When the ewe Is grown
place ber with the flock. She can be
called mid the other sheep will follow
her. If properly trained, she can Is
made very serviceable, and should a
dog attack the (lock she will run to the
house. She may also carry a bell,
the owner so prefers.
Conditions of Happiness.
Wllley I tell you, It's better In the
end to lie honest. Did you ever know
a rogue who wasn't unhappy?
Shalley No; but, then, one would
hardly expect a rogns to lie happy when
he Is known. It's rogues who are noi
known that are lt.ppy. Roxbury Ga-leette.
CENTENNIAL OF THE POTATO.
How the Esculent Was Discovered
Many Year Ago.
Centennial celebrations being one of
our modern fashions, why should the
approaching tercentenary of the Intro
duction of that popular and valuable
article of food, the potato, go unhouor
ed? Mr. Krichauff, the chairman of tbe
agricultural bureau of South Australia,
has directed attention to the fact that
it was In the year 1500 Just three j
centuries ago that the great En
glish botanist, Gerard, first planted po
tatoes In bis garden at Holborn, a
pleasant slmlrural suburb In those
days. It Is believed that he obtained
tubers or seeds from Sir Walter Ra
leigh, who had then lately brought
from South America samples of that
hitherto unknown vegetable, and plant
ed them on bis estate at Youghal, near
Cork. Gerard, however, recommended
them only as a delicate dish, and It Is
recorded that the tubers were some
times roasted and steeped In sack
that Is, sherry and sugar or baked
with marrow and spices, and even pre
served and candled. Shakspeare twice
mentions potatoes In "The Merry
Wives of Windsor" and In "Troilus aud
Creaalda" but he seems to have re
garded them a a curiosity of the ma
teria tnedlca rataer than as an article
of food. It is curious now to note bow
lowly the potato made lu way to the
tables either of rich or poor. In a
housekeeping book kept by Anne of
Denmark, wife of King James I., an
entry has been found of the purchase
of a small quantity of potatoes, from
which we learn that the price was then
two shillings a pound.
Soon after the restoration the gov
ernment tried to push tbe cultivation
with tbe assistance of the Royal So
ciety, but progress was slow. In En
glish books of gardening at the time of
George I., potatoes are not even men
tioned, and as late as the year 1784
they were chiefly found in the gardeus
of noblemen and other rich men. Soou
after this, however, the cultivation be
gan to make rapid strides, with good
effects upon the health of tbe people,
who, till then, lived chiefly on salted
meat and coarse bread, varied by lit
tle In the way of garden vegetables.
Thus In the year 1706 1,700 acres of
potatoes were planted In tbe county of
Essex alone.
William Cobbett, as will be remem
bered, was a persistent opponent of the
new food. In his English Gardener,
published In 1838, he denounced tbe
substitution of the potato for bread
urging that It had been established by
evidence takeu before committees of
the house of commons that to raise po
tatoes for the punose would be a thing
mischievous to the nation. In Scotland
a few plants could be found lu 1820
chiefly In gardens arouud Edinburgh
After 1750 they began to be more gen
erally planted. Frederick the Great
was more successful In Inducing the
Pomeranlau cultivators to take to po
tato growing than his father bad been.
He had recourse of Ins soldiery, who
had to force the farmers to plant them;
but Mr. Krichauff thinks that If it had
not been for the famine in Germany In
1771-72 the merits of the potato would
not have been so g"nerally acknowl
edged. France was decidedly behind her
nelghlM)rs, aud even to this day the
quantity of potatoes consumed in
France, although very large, is consid
erably less with us; for there is a
prejudice against them, grounded on a
suspicion that they were unwholesome.
The potato, nevertheless, was placed
on the royal table lu France as early a
1010, but It was Parineiitler, an apoth
ecary, who, more than a century and a
half later, first Impressed Its value up
on his countrymen. I'armentler show--ed
his potatoes, which were then evi
dently regarded in France as a novelty,
to Louis XVI., who gave him upward
of 100 acres of land for experimental
cultivation. The pretty purple and or
ange potato blossom, looking like an
enlarged variety of the flowers of the
belladonna or deadly nightshade to
which terrible plant, oddly enough, it
Is lsilanlcally allied became n fashion
able adornment. The king wore It in
his buttonhole; Queen Marie Antoinette,
twined it In her beautiful hair, and
princes, dukes and high functionaries
fell In love with the potato (lower. All
Paris talked of l'aiiiientler and the.
new "earth apples" (pommcs-de-terre),
as they called them. The king said lo
the cultivator: "France will thank yon
one day, for you have found food for
1ho poor." "And France," adds' Mr.
KrlchaufT, "has not forgotten Parineii
tler, for 1 saw myself, lu H82, potatoes
growing on his grave In the grand cem
etery of Pere la Chaise, and f was as
sured that they were planted there ev
ery year, so that his services might
never be forgotten by Frenchmen." -London
News.
An Interrupted Wedding.
The horrors of war are never more
deeply felt than In a single concrete ex
amplesuch an example as the follow
ing, furnished by Mr. Archibald Forbes
In his "Memories of War and Pence."
The occurrence took place during the
Franco-German war, while several war
corresisindents were at Snarbruekcn.
Within two miles of the little town
lay a whole French army corps, which
any day might overwhelm the town
and Its slender garrison. So wc lived,
a little detachment of us, In n hotel on
the outskirts, reedy for a Judicious
bolt. :
At this hotel there arrived one morm-
lng a young German girl who wa en
gaged, we learned, to a sergeant of the
gallant Hohenzollerns. She had com.
It seemed, to Bay farewell to ber sweet
heart before the fighting should begin
and he should march away, mayhap
never to return.
Some of the livelier spirits among os
conceived the Idea that the pair should
get married before the farewell should
be said. Both were willing. The
bridegroom's officer gave him leave, oa
condition that should the alarm sound.
he was to join bla company without a
moment's delay.
All was In readiness, and the clergy
man was Just about to Join the couple
In holy matrimony, when the sound of
a bugle broke the stillness. It was the
alarm! The bridegroom hurriedly em
braced the bride, buckled on bis accou
trements, and darted off to tbe place of
rendezvous.
In ten minutes more the combat was
In full intensity; tbe French had car
ried the heights overhanging tbe town,
and were pouring down upon it their
artillery snd mitrailleuse fire.
Our hotel was right in the line of the
fire, and soon became exceedingly disa
greeable quarters. We got the woman
down Into the cellar, and waited for
events. A shell crashed Into the kitch
en, burst Inside the cooking stove, and.
blew the wedding breakfast, which was
still being kept hot. Into what an Amer
ican colleague called "everlasting;
smash." It was too hot to stay there,
and everybody maneuvered strategical
ly to the rear.
A few days later was fought, close to
Saarbrucken, the desperate battle of
Splcheren, In which the bridegroom's
regiment took a leading part. The day
after the Imrtle I was wandering over
the field, helping to relieve the wound
ed, and gazing shudderingly ou the
heaps of the dead. Suddenly I came on
our bridegroom, In a sitting powture,
wlCh his back resting against a stump.
He was stone-dead, with a bullet
through his throat.
HEALTH EXPERIMENTS.
Tbe Result of Borne that Have Been
Tried In France.
Among the soldiers under the mili
tary government of Paris there were
624 typhoid cases In 1888. The fol
lowing year the number Increased to
1,179. At that time the water of the
Vanne was substituted for the contam
inated Seine w ater. The cases the next
four years numbered, respectively, only
21, 270, 2!).'l, and 258. Last year the
Vanne itself became contaminated
through au accident, the history of
which has beeu traced conclusively.
The result was an Icrease of typhoid
cases in tlie Paris garrison to 436, of
which 310 occurred in the three months
of February, March and April. Dur
ing January and February of last year
there were only eight cases In all.
The fact that typhoid fever comes
and goes with Impure drinking water
could hardly receive a more striking
demonstration. Yet the possibility has
been realized In the experience of Me
luu, a garrison town of about 12,000 In
habitants, situated on the Seine, twenty-eight
miles alsjve I'urls. Here, In
1880, there were 122 cases of typhoid
fever among the soldiers. The Cham
berlain filters (Pasteur system) were
then Introduced, and the cases of the
following years numbered, respective
ly, fifteen, six, two, seven, and seven
ogaiu for 1804. Suddenly during tho
severe weather of February of last
year, twenty-eight dragoon, one after
the other, came down with the fever.
The infantry battalion, living In the
same barracks, had not a single case.
The secret was soon out. The filters
had been allowed to freeze, and the
soldiers were ordered to drink only tbe
weak Infusion of tea furnished them, in
which, of course, the water was bollc 1.
The dragoous had simply not obeyed,
but had helped themselves to the Seine
waler from the hydrants.-Popular
Science Monthly.
A Solitary Drug Store.
I am Informed iry a man who ought
to know that there Is in the whole
country only one drug store, and that Is
in 5th avenue. New York. No patent
medicines, no proprietary articles of f
any description are kept for sale thero. '
It Is simply and purely a prescription ;
drug store. Ten proscription clerks are
employed and kept busy. On the sec- ,
ond floor are some of the finest micro
scopes In the world, and these are In
constant use. Tbe leading physicians
of the city are the patrons of the place, '
and all their analyzing Is done there.'
Tho annual Income of the proprietor1
from prescript Ions and analyses alone
is over $2.",000. -New York Times.
Slnhlc Drafts.
A draught of air (luting damp weath
er from a ventilator may be the cause,
of colds and diseases of the animals.
V put Uatlon Is necessary, but In cold
weather, where stables are not very
tight, there will be no lack of fresh
air. In fact, It Is more difficult to keep
the cold nlr out than to let It In. Mitch
suffering Is occasioned In some stables
from mistaken opinions on ventilation.
Color and Quality of Milk.
The color and quality of the milk l
of more Importance than the color of
the cow.
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