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    THE KING OF COREA
HIS THRONE THE ENVY OF THE
EASTERN POWERS.
American* Core*'* Only t'rlrnil* The
Ktng I* n Vif-tllu of Int ritfiie nftil
Family InllueiM t-«l by iVi-imii* Who
MhimI Close to Him.
HE King of Corea
Is not a happy man.
Despite the fact
that, hla country
hears the poetic
and soothing name
of "The Land of the
Morning Calm," his
existence for the
past fifteen or
twenty years has
been exciting. It
lias been a continued round of san
guinary palace revolutions, of assas
sinations of relatives and dignitaries on
the stafr of Hits Oriental monarch, of
plots and conspiracies without number,
and, above all, of more or less success
fill attempts to kidnap his own sacred
person. The different and conflicting
I! political factions of his countrymen
i have each kidnapped hint in turn. Ho,
i~ too, have the Chinese, the Japanese and
p the Russians. The latter have had him
for some time past In their possession,
a privileged prisoner at the Muscovite
Legation. According to dispatches,
j some of his own subjects have recently
Ifbecn endeavoring to recover possession
of him and restore him to his royal pal
, a'O. He Is a weak and vacillating man,
* Influenced entirely by the persons who
happen to he with him for the time he
ll. g. During his long minority he was
f dominated by his father, a wicked old
prince who tortured and killed mis
sionaries, and who by Ills savage and
reactionary policy forced upon the for
eign powers the first opening of the
country. He has put to death thou
sands of persons, has himself been
| THE KINO OK COREA.
twice kidnapped and deported, and on
one occasion almost succumbed to de
termined attempt* to blow him up with
gunpowder. It is be who is supposed
to be at the head of the present con
spiracy to kidnap the King, his son,
from the Russian Legation. As long as
the monarch remains under the eye of
the Czar's Envoy the latter's influence
is predominant, whereas that of the
Prince is, of course, nil.
The circumstances under which the
King was conveyed to his present quar
ters were sufficiently dramatic even to
satisfy those inured to the sudden ups
and downs of Oriental government. The
King was at the time entirely under the
influence of his wife, a woman of ex
traordinary strength of character, and
who had distinguished herself by her
pronounced opposition to the control
tiie Japanese at one time exercised
over her husband and his kingdom.
Seeing their power on the wane, and
rightly attributing the cause thereof to
the Queen, a palace revolution was or- I
ganized by the Mikado'* Envoy. The \
royal abode was invaded in the middle i
of the night by a band of assassins, ;
among whom were recognized Japanese 1
officials, soldiers and colonists. The j
King was seized, while the Queen was
literally hacked to pieces in the court j
yard, two of her nieces and favorite I
companions were burned alive on the
saipe spot. In the midst of uii the tur
moil a party of Russian sailors appear
ed upon the scene, and, kidnapping the
Klog. carried him off to the Russian i
Legation, where he has since remained
„ prisoner.
Corea’s independence would long
since have been destroyed hud it not
been for the Jealousies that prevail
^iiinong the various power* of the Orient
and Occident with legat'd to it* pos
session. The Japanese are anxious lo '
have it, not only on account of it*
enormous, hut us yet undeveloped, nilu
• tal wealth, but also because U prac
tically commands the Japanese Archi
pelago. and. lu the hands of any power
ful nation, such as Russlu. England, or I
evru China, would constitute a perpet I
nal menace lo the land of the Mikado. I
The Chinese are desirous lo have It, j
because its occupation by a foreign 1
power la a peril to the northern por
tion of iheli emnlre.
The Hua*lana need li as a terntlaiM
(or their Uana-lMbcrlan railroad and as !
gn *11 the-y< at round headquarters for
ihetr navy sad army on the shore* of >
ike I'uvirtc England tlerniaay and !
even Ih* I tilled tltatea are anxious tu
prevent any foreign poser from get- |
t mg hold of the kingdom and elostug It -
to Ihetr Made It mat |m added that the ’
If- oily loreigher» for whom the King has |
■ vat shown any regard and cuaitdeoee
i «e been \mer leans. sad up is althln )
^ tr year* previous to the outbreak of
• h* war between t uma and Japan I
hilt weave af the 1 tilted mate* |> rejoin- ,
j^k • unted at itrtrTtf
%
Is lla l*lk«r« lwau«|w
J i| It at mead Aaqwlifc. who ha* Just
• holorahipw at Maillol College Utfard. ,
U the eldest son of the Mrltuh *« home
i entire!try TtmlMlt y*ar* ago h-e
f twlhsr obtained the earn* disithellon
THE DRUMMER S LATEST,
lu.llir ThfNtrr Me Had More In* Thaa ;
\\*n 1 ill «*»»«! **«l.
The d ni ill me r always brings the lat
est trick, says the American Commer
cial Traveler. Here It is:
Take a spool of white hasting cotton.
Drop it into your Inside coat pocket
and. threading a needle with It. pass It
up through the shoulder of your coaL
Leave the end an Inch or so long on
the outside of your coat and take off
the needle. Four men out of live will
try to pick that whole thread off your
shoulder, and will pull on the spool un
III It actually does seem as though
your clothps are all bastings, and that
they were unraveling not only your
clothes but yourself. ‘T was in to see
a new play in Boston,” said the travel
ing man. "It was in tin- most interest
ing and pathetic portion of the play.
Every body was rapt. I was sitting
bolt upright, and didn't know or care
to know a soul around me, when sud
denly I felt some one tugging at that
busting cotton that I myself had clean
forgotten. I didn't say a word and did
noi move. Foot* by foot It unrolled.
Half-glancing around, I saw a matt a
total stranger yanking at the thread.
His face was scarlet. He had pulled out
about ten yards and was now hauling
In hand over hand. He didn't care to
stop because be bad decorated my back
anil the whole aisle with basting rollon.
He hardly dared to go ahead, for he
didn't know what portion of my do
mestic Interior economy he was trifling
with. Hip! Hip' went the thread. Hand
over hand he yanked it In. T he aisle
was full of it. 'For heaven's sake, will
It never end?" said he above his breath
I sat perfectly still and ran the spoo,
while he pulled. How I wanted to yell!
I never saw anything half so funny.
The whole section of the house got onto
It, They didn't know whether to laugh
at me or him, but sat and looked on
amazed at the spectacle. At last the
stranger behind gave one frantic, rip
and yanked out about eleven yards In
one bunch, and as the cotton got twlst
ed around his watch chain, over his
eyeglasses, in his hair and tilled his
lap, I turned around and, producing the
spool from my pocket, said: 'I am
sorry that 1 misled you. You see. I have
about 124 yards left, but I presume that
you don't care for any more tonight. 1
am honestly sorry, but I can't help
smiling.'
“The man was a modest sort of gen
tleman In appearance. His face was as
red as fire even to his ears. He looked
at me and then at the spool. He
changed color once or twice and wber.
the crowd caught on a big laugh went
up."
THE LATE MR. HORR.
Like Most Successful Men He Henan
Life on the Karin.
The late Koswell G. Horr was a na
tive of Vermont, and wus born sixty
four years ago ut Waltslleld, In that
state. Whet, he was four years old his
family came west and settled in Lo
ra Ir* county. Ohio. There he passed
the years of his boyhood. He entered
Antioch college and was graduated
with the class of 1857. He began his
political career as clerk of the court of
common pleas of Lorain county, and
was re-electe 1 to that office In 1860.
Meanwhile he studied law. and in 1863
was admitted to the bar. For two years
he practiced at Elyria, and In 1866 he
went to southeastern Missouri. There
he engaged In mining and spent six
years in the mountain country. After
that he took up his abode In Michigan,
and it was from that state that he was
elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty
seventh and Forty-eighth congresses.
At Saginaw, Mich., Mr. Horr engaged
in the banking business, and after
ward went into the lumber trade, lie
became a prominent matt in Michigan,
and was universally esteemed as a
member of congress. Mr. Horr was the
humorist of the house, and very popu
lar with his fellow-legislators. He was
rotund, healthy and good-natured, and
ever disposed to ldok upon the bright
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t’ul William Hup* Harter, author of
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New Verb Tribune.
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Mir Arthur Ainol4 < tinirtuan of th* ,
l.molon room* roonrtl. in an *.i4r»«a ,
ma4e At th* opening of a hew r»*4in« j
room a f*w 4a»# M'1 »*ol that "It I* |
a htgb grOtleg* t« r**4 n>’«n*ap*»# j
fut the pnbtl* Journal* ate <«» Im'KHl j
hr m«n 4wpl» tmbwml with the liter I
atnrw of their own ruuntrt an4 nuf ‘
evMom well a»«tu*inu4 with the tiler [
atnre of other ronnutew’* *»r A»tho«
•4ilw4 hi* hearer* not to tt»*» p#« j
pi* Who til Ih* r*44lng at n> wapapora ‘
la frltnWu* t hat he a%<4 4*p*n4« I
upon the nurjaum an4 ta*t* of th* j
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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
fbmi* I Hint* About I'ultlfH
t Ion of I hr Hull uml Yirbl* Tlirrrof
llort bullurr. Yltlmltnrr mihI
ftltar*.
—
SWEDISH cout !
spnndent of the Al
bany Cultivator has
this to say about
trees In Sweden:
We can have little
Idea of whtrt an
Immense expense
and trouble keep
ing up the fires In a
Swedish gentle
man's country
house entails upon the occupier. At
flardsjo, which, being a farming
school, was, of course, a large es
tablishment, 400 fathoms of firewood
were consumed yearly. It Is true
the occupier got this for nothing
out of his fctrest, excepting the ex
pense of cutting, splitting and the like,
which whs no trifle. It was reckoned
that 1200 days work, at lk cents per
day, would be occupied during the year
In providing firewood only. As soon
as the ground becomes frozen in the
autumn all the men living in a true
forest district betake themselves to the
woods, armed with fhelr axes and ske
ders, and provided with meal, herrings,
cheese, horses, sledges and fodder. They
have already dug some holes In the
ground about two feet deep, over which
they build a cover, with an opening for
smoke. This sort of hut Is called a
kitja, and here the woodsmen live
through the winter, and seek their
homes only on a Monday. Every morn
ing they go out into the woods to fell
the limiter anil drive It Into heaps call
ed "tunnar." As soon as the snow has
become set, and the Ice on the lakes
frozen hard enough to hear, they draw
the timber from the forest to the near
est draught of water, or lo some place
with a high perpendicular bank, called
a "loop," down which they shoot the
perhaps there is no tree more useful ' f
to the inhabitants of the north. For
implements, building, and even for fur-1
niture, it is greatly in request, and th> 1 i
outer bark, which t< easily stripped off ;
tn the spring, is used for a variety ol I
purposes, from thatihiiig houses down I
to :ho soling of ‘■hoes. No sole is no 1
warm or stands better against the snow
than this. They are called "hafver.”
and are sold In little hunches of 60
strips. They have one peculiarity, that
of never rotting. The birch bark rolled
up. or even oblong pieces of hr bark,
are much used for floating nets. Instead
of corks. No tree Is so valuable In the
young fir plantings as the birch, for tt
is of quick growth and serves to shield
ami foster the more valuable trees that
grow In the same forest. At the age of
10 years the birch Is hard enough for
fire wood, und no forest tree answers so
well for this purpose, containing, as It
dees, so much heat. At 3o years It can
be cut down as underwood, and at 50
years If has attained its full growth. (
As the birch trees are cut down the I
more valuable trees are left. The birch | i
thus pays for planting and preserving | ■
the beautiful trees whleh fatten the
land, while the birch when planted
alone Impoverishes it. Sallow, willow
and mountain ash grow freely both i
sides of the Tornea River, which di
vides Sweden from Russia, within the j
polar circle. The alder Is met with as
far north as 63 degrees.
FIo%%rr
it Is perhaps a little early lo talk of •
spring planting; put it Is not out of
place now to consider what yon Intend
to do, and lay your plana, so there will
be no delay when the time comes,
says an exchange. There Is no invest
ment you can make that will bring a
larger proportionate return of pleasure
than a small sum devoted to flower
seed, it Is a good time now, while the
men have leisure, to prepare the beds.
If the ground is poor and the subsoil
compact It will pay to dig It out at
least two spades deep and All In good
soil. When tt is done once it is done
forever, and an occasional top dressing
is all It will need while you live. The
men and teams have leisure now; this
work can be done wherever the ground
** LOWING IN THE ORKNEY ISLANDS.
OLD MOORISH PLOW.
logs upon the Ice. Among these work
men are a better class, called timber
markers, who superintend the whole
work and set the owner's name upon
each log. The horses stand through
each winter by the side of tho huts,
without any shelter, nor do they appear
In the least to mind it.' All liquors and
quarreling among the men are strictly
forbidden. Mr. Thomas Meehan of
Philadelphia, when In Sweden one sum
mer, remarked the curious custom prev
alent there of styllngall trees except the
pine and fir tribes as "leaf trees” In
stead of deciduous trees. This arises
uo doubt from the fact that the pines j
and firs are incalculably more abundant
than others, and that in a vast area
hardly any leaf-bearing tree is seen,
save the birch or salix tribes. The pine
requires more air and light than the
fir, consequently If the trees stand cluse
together (be stem Is always free from
branches, which then, as it were, form
a crown on the top. The pine reaches
a greater age than the fir. and cornea
to maturity later the further north it j
grows. lu Weruilaml they are full- ;
grown at the age of 180 years, in Dali- j
roe at 210 years, hut in some northerly
tracts they do nut acquire maturity un
til they are at least 3UO years old, Kor
5re wood the plus which is found here
is much better than Ihe Hr, as it burns
much brighter and leaves a better glow
Kor good lire wood the uattvee cut the
trees down In wlntsr, when all the aap
la in the eieru, epltl It in the spring, dry
in the summer, and bring home for
burning in the follow lag autumn Tbe
birch la tbe most northerly of ail tbe
•European futeat trees. It grow* blgber j
op than any other tree, and even ta *0
degrees north latitude It t# found nt an
elevation of form feet above tbe tea
Where no other tree can grow the birch
reaches the height of a man. and even
at lisu leer elevation some few hushes
are met with, though after that It grad- I
uaiiy dwindles to n creeper The cloud
berry ripene at tbia elevation, bur no
higher After this ait hushes cense to
grow, and Ihe ground te savored only
nith n brown fell vegetation of Itches
and inuaa 1 be nniy berry that can tl
peg among lb» lit nen t* the >rew barrv I
The latpe of North dweden *e»er prtch
l heir teats higher than a bowl wd feat -
be taw the perpelaal enow region To j
my nothing of the bwewty which the
denf green tenv*e in tornmef. and the
•livery stem of the birch in winter,
add la lha northern forest landscape.
ts not frozen. If the goil ig fairly good
throw out a spade deep, and then take
out another spade deep and haul it
away, replacing with good gurface goil
from the woods or fields, mixing in
some gaud, if needed, and some old
manure, or chip dirt from wood pile.
A bed prepared in this wav if the wa
ter does not stand in it, win produce
a vigorous growth and abundant bloom
in most garden flowers, and well repay
the lubor. Home few kinds do best in
poor soil, or in special locations, but
the great majority thrive best in a deep,
rich, moist, but not wet, loam. When
such a bed is once prepared it needs
only an occasional (op dressing to keep
it In line condition forever.
Management of Brood Sows.—A man
bought a brood sow and put her where
the manure was kept. She dug a hole
in the manure for (he little pigs, then
lay down and crushed every one to
death. A few days before the sow was
due (o farrow she should have beeu
removed to a pen with a solid floor,
covered with suitable material. A
rail should have been put around in
side of the pen eight inches to a foot
front the floor, and about a foot from
the sides of the pen, which prevents
the sow from lying snug against the
•hies of the pen. and perhaps crushing
her little ones. We must take #11 the
precautions we know of In order In
save the little pigs, aa our chances for
iuwvm will then be much Improved
Lai ua remember and proflt by this and
other mleiakea. not only our own. but
those made by at bora aa well. Mis
take# are costly, eo why suffer lose by 1
repeating one wa know off Matter heap i
a record at all beard of and commit them i
to memory, then the thoughtful farm
er will steer tl« of them Heller j I
•till, send them tu this department, and
they may help some oae els# — Praetl- !
rsl farm Journal
('opacity of Hall The reu^b*et and I
pooraat satis wa have poasens a car tala I
natural capacity, aud by proper ullage | I
sad the proper application of manure# I
(aa be made to prudUse good crop*, t ,
sad yet, the atfoageet ntr> bo brought <
dona la a putat where productma is
uni* mutter alive,
His per real of the sheep ia Ohio
are reluraet aa pure bred and grade
Cet«w«liiv *
PHK SUNDAY SCHOOL.
• ESSON VI. FEB. 7 ACTS 4: 32
TO 5: II.
lohlen Tettt "Alan I.ookelli I'poll I lie
Oulwanl Appearance. lull tlie l.oril
l.nokeih on the Henri" from flrxl
Hook of Manmel. t haptcr IH. Vrltr 7.
H lexxon i ■•■ii
lii . alioul •■'. enlx of
the year of our l/onl
36. The place of oc
currence lx Jcruxa
lem The full text I.
■ x follow.".
32. Anil the multi
tude of them Dial
believed were of line
heart and of one
houI: neither xald
any of I hem that
aught of the llilngx
which he poxaexxed
wax hi* own; hut
hey hail all llilngx common. 33. And
vllh great power gave the apoxlh" Wit*
icmh of I lie rexurreeiion of the laird
exux anil great grace wax upon them all.
Nell her wax there any among them
oil lacked, for ax many ax were pox*
"•""or* of IhuiIn or liounc* xold them, and
'fought the price* of the thing" that
»'*re "Old 33. MM<| |M|,| t|„.ln down at the
■poxllex’ feet; ami diatrlhiltlon wax made
‘"to every man according ax he had
iced. 36. And .Joxex, who hy the apoatlex
wax xurnarued Harnahax. (which I*, he
ng Interpreted, (he xon of conaolallont.
*_ Hevlte. anil of the country of Oyprnx.
"• Having land, xold It, and brought the
noncy and laid II at the apoxllex' feel.
. Hut a certain man named Ananlax.
wllli Happhlru hi" wife, xold a poxxixxlon,
and kepi hack part of the price, lilx
wife alxo being privy lo It. and brought
. certain pari, and laid It at the apox
l!cx‘ feel. 3. Hill Peter xald, Ananlax,
why hath Halan lllle.l thine heart lo lie
'o the lloly Ohoit. and to keep back part
>r ihe price of the land? 4 While it re
mained, was It not thine own? and after
It was sold, was it not In thine own
power? Why hast thou conceived this
Ihlng In thine heart? Thou hast not lied
unto men. hut unto Ood. And Ana
nias hearing these words fell down and
gave up the ghost, and great fear *ame
on all them that heard these things, b.
And the young men arose, wound him Up,
and carried him out, and hurled him. *
And it was about the space of three
hours after, when hi* wife, not knowing
what was done, came In. M. And Peter
answered unto her. Tell me whether ym
wold the land for so much? And she said.
Yea. for so much. !i. Then Peter said
unto her, How Is It that ye have agreed
together to tempt the Hpirlt of the Lord?
Behold, the feet of them which have
burled thy husband are at the door, and
Khali carry thee out 10. Then fell she
down straightway at his feet, and yield
ed up the ghost; and the young men
name In, and found her dead. and. carry
ing her forth, burled her by her husband,
and great fear came upon all the
church, and upon as many as heard these
things.
HINTS TO TKAOI1 KBS.
There was a spirit of unity In the Pen
tecostal Church. V'erse 32. They were
drawn together by their love of Christ,
and they loved each other because they
loved their risen Lord. As a result of
unity there was fellowship. They loved
►ach other's companionship; they felt
pach other’s needs; they sought to aid
ach other. Love lifts the burdens from
those who are In need by placing It upon
those that have abundance. There was
power In testimony. "In union Is
drength." The testimony of the apostles
to a risen Christ whs made mighty by
the ardent united power of a living
t'hurch. A Church where all are In love
will give solid testimony to Christ. There
was generosity In giving. A kind of
i'hrlstlan socialism arose out of the
warm, abundant love for each other
Those who possessed gave freely to those
who needed. It was the very opposite of
Hie socialism and communism of to-day.
That leads the poor man to demand a di
vision of property; this led the rich of
their own accord to give It. But In the
midst of this sunshine there were some
shadows. The Pentecostal Church was
not perfect, and Its glory became Its
shame. The distribution of gifts soon led
to complaints, to factions, and to quar
rels. See chap. <J. What was at tlrst
spontaneous and natural soon became
formal and forced. Barnabas gave out of
t warm heart: then Ananias gave bee a ise
lie desired to appear generous. We s* e
ii the latter jmrt of this lesson In turn:
Iberality without Its true heart. 2. r'ovel
yusness: grasping a>t the goods of this
life, and loving its own. 3. Falsehood!
Vila Ilia* lying in deed, without words:
and Hnpphlra lying openly ii.nl in word.
I. Hypocrisy: wearing Ihp livery of hcav
•n while serving salan: c pretense of
>le|y wtiile committing sin. !>. Death: the
'inklen w rath of ttod ifpon those who pro
'ess a tuitlifulrn ss wliieh they do not
losses*.
I log Thai Plays I not hall.
On u recent Sunday an amusing
Irene was witnessed on Moore street,
Dublin, where a number of gumlns were
[tlaylng football with u large bladder
inder their special rules. One of the
cams, presumably being disappointed
(t the out of a "man," tilled the va
alley by substituting In his stead a
Handsome collie dog, The dog played
His game with extraordinary tntelll
lenee, stopping the ball with his bead
shen It was gotug against his team,
inti upon every occasion on which he
lot possession of It he ran with It in
tie mouth, and dr pile all opposition of
Us opponents carried it triumphantly
ihrough the goal The game lasted
ibout twenty-live in i nut os in the pres
ore of a large gathrrlug. and ended
slth much excitement, the dog's team
sinning by 1" goals lo nil As there
saa no gats,to receive money, and ns
he teams depended on the generosity
if their patrona. the latter voluntarily
i>>b*crtbed liberally It la a pity, I am
iftald, that the beat man" In the Held
or rather, the street received vary i
tills of the reeelpts I mean the dog
PLOTUAM
Forest Area in this m intry destroy,
t Is ealintated, fllMWHNtt worth el
irapwrty, umher, and otherwise, year*
If,
Thera are aver seven hundred lawn
irtes is New Verb the labor wf a hi- h
« -arrted wh entirely by Chinese area
ad women
ttf tlt« repraweatallvaa tu the Mara*
rgiataiwre rl*vt«4 this fall two have
ted and ana has fastened thus far
a at usual retard
EARLY AMERICAN DOCTORS.
*»om** \ fry Onr«»r n«*t4lN of Their
rmrtlt-r*
It may be 'veil .ier»; to refer to the
method of obtaining a medical profes
aion in those days, says tne American
Monthly Magazine. There were but
two school* of medicine in the country'.
The one at Harvard college. Just e*
tabliahed. and that at New Haven, or
ganized in 17S4. Hut by reason of the
danger? and expense of traveling they
were by no means well attended. In
general the medical education was such
as the student could pick up by serv
ing a* an apprentice to some noted
practitioner, which combined the du
ties of a student with many menial af
fairs. He ground the paw lers, mixed
the pills, rode with the doctor on bin
rounds, held Ihe basin when the patient
was hied, helped to adjust the plasters,
sew wounds and run with the vials of
medicine from one end of the town to
ihe other. It was a white day when
such a young mall enjoyed the rum
good fortune of dissecting i half-putrid
arm. Hn great. Indeed, was the diffi
culty of obtaining anatomical subjects
that the medical school at Harvard
college made a single body do duty for
a whole year. Coder such circum
stances the doctor's knowledge was
practical, and derived from personal
experience rather than from books.
The advantages of study were Mparing
ly enjoyed. Kew physicians boasted of
s library of fifty volumes. His appreti
i ■■ * nni|/ i|( I II1 IH'I'I' II'
hi* native town to assume the practice
of medicine. At that period, with tli«
exception of the minister and th»>
Judge, the doctor was the tu<Ht Impor
tant personage In the community. Hla
genial face, tils engaging manners, tho
sincerity with which he Inquired after
the carpenter's daughter and the in
terest he look In the family of the
poorest 1aInner made him the favorlto
for miles around. He knew the names
and personal history of the occupants
of every house he passed. The farmers’
lads pulled off their hats to him, and
the girls dropped courtesies as he
pAssed. Sunshine and rain, daylight
and darkness were alike to him. He
would ride ten miles in the darknest
night over the worst of roads, in a
pelting storm, to administer a dose of
calomel to an old woman or attend a
child In a III The drugs were stored
away on the shelves of the village
store, among heap of -hoc*, Rohan,
hats, packages of seed- and flitches of
bacon. The physician was compelled
to compound Ills own drugs, make his
own tinctures and pur tip his own pre
scriptions. His saddle-bag was the
only ding store within forty -lilies.
Kach spring the blood must be purified,
the kidneys excited and the damsel who
fainted profusely bled. Large doses of
senna and rnauriu and rhubarb and mo
lasses taken dally. It I* safe to say
that more medicine was taken every
year by the well than t* now taken by
the sick In the same time.
Water was denied the patient tor
mented with fever. In its stead was
given a small quantity of clam Juice.
Mercury was taken until the lips turned
blue and the gums fell away from the
teeth. The writer has a vivid recollec
tion, when about k years old, In a rag
ing fevpr, pleading for water: the nurse
handed the pitcher and the child satis
fied her burning thirst. Her brother,
overhearing what was goiug on, rushed
Into the room, exclaiming: ‘'You will
kill her,” but It was too late.
Wan ll<* m l{'*ii««cr;»fJ**>*
Two Irishmen differing In political
opinions were discussing in an im
passioned way their respective creeds.
At last, ardot overcoming good na
ture, me accused the other of being a
rt negade to party and family tradition.
This accusation the c-cond man stout
ly denied, averring that hi* political
views were based upon his own con
victions rather than on an aetdent of
birth. Still his accuser insisted that he
was a "turncoat." ‘ You call yourself
Italy!" lie cried, scornfully. "You call
yourself Italy, and everybody knows
that when you first struck this coun
try you had an O ou your uatne big
enough for a life-preserver!"
%ti Urlnui ►nil Work*.
Karembwc's Is one of the salt mak
ing villages. A sandy clay Is dug out
of the marshes and placed in grass fun
tie!*; water poured on this dissolves
the salt; this solution trickles through a
green filter Into a trough, after which
It Is boiled and struiued and a flue,
large crystal salt I* obtained. It Is a
gieat trade In this part of the world.
All village» make salt, which U put up
In loads about live inches in diameter
by lour leet long. All these people,
the Waitswa. are very polite Most
II inew nan yau *un mtiruiu ; uiey
Im not «■<>(» «bt« to tuatiagu the
nmol."- Oatwry,
t Mini for I’rofroluaaU
l’l;oi**«tu|ilicr That U iwrtainly m
«*»o*l pumro fur «a antntaur. vary
«u*ol Mow illJ you IU4U44*' to gel
aui-b w i' «**.int agpreaaiou oa lit* g.t»
I Ionian a f a* * ?
\ mat rut I lulil h'm I *.»a«* «uiag
to * barga anything Tl* Mila
lOIIW of l)l»4«l|(
% profua uto aipluaian of ilynamltp
In * at ill** |> lot. bla* OKI both ayon nf
Hugh Muoinann n naaliby firmer ut
•'•trottr* III. »n4 niaabml hi* .’a*a to
* pulp. *;*< hangr
HmM la Ira* Owl.
Ua'Ot *4 in i vturning ii*m at r'tanh
tori. by a burglar imm4 * mil
•buut hla b»a l *i*4 )*« o* *g tbioogb a
plata gU<« a.noun. a**apo4
W* Io*a i baaa
h Manana I'M) mlnMar ai«/il«4 bin
tongi •'gallon loot bo»4ay by p***«blbg
a a-fwiia >* lb* taai ' Wbara |> Mail “*
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