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.i-fr ---.. -"3" - 3- is ,-f r T?,f r,4P .i " && EED CLOUD CHIEF. M. L. THOMAS, Publisher. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. BEGINNING SCHOOL. Now that to schools aro bcrlnnlnir swats nil over tho land, we think, says . fcw!a, there probatilv ro many mothers who will ap preciate tho folio wlnjr little poem: To-lny the houso la stiller than It's ever been before. . m , There's sothlnr In disorder from thocclllns to tho floor: E'en the chairs around tho room Pccm to sh-iro the jrencral gloom. As Ibey stand In sad precision Just to far apart no more. The cushions look forbidding as they're placed ngnlnU the wall. The cry chair-nicks seem alono, they stand no ft Iff an Hull: And I feel Inclined to cry. And to net them nil awry. "Wtat can It be about the houo that seems to chill us nil? IM llko to scatter every toy now ranged be fore xny sight. From merry "i'unch and Judy' lnthelrrauzo ncd tinsel bright. To the little dojr ns'ecp In a mournful, woolly heap. On the half-torn, fingered picture-books, onco visions of delight. That worn old doll, dejected, brings a picture fair and sweet, . . . . Of bloom, and warmth, and songs of birds tho merry world to greet. And a little child at play On u hnpjiy summer s day, With these tojs in cay confusion scattered round aliout her feet. And tho sunlight, sifting down, shono upon a little bead. And kissed the curls of coldcn brown and turned tbcin bronzo and red: And the doll wns held at rest On tho little lassie's breast, Tor iKitb were soundly sleeping as the sun Milno lightly spol. And as I look I do not think tho wealth of niiinv Iniids Could make trw linnn the poor old doll onco clumped by bi Dy hnntis. This armless, limp concern I've often longed to burn Is snered to ftiose Laby days whoro lovo for ever stands. Ah, well, we all must live and learn; year fol lows year by rule. And as ono may not stayi child, ono dare not bo a fool; And so tho world goes on From rise till set of sun: To-day our baby takes hor turn in starting off to school. THRILLING ADVENTURE WITH A BEAR. A citizen of New York sends to the Evening l'ost of that city the following copy of a private letter from a friond'in Colorado, which letter was not written for publication: J "My Dear Friend: I h aye-just re turned from ray iirst venture out of doors. My strido is shorthand my paco is not j-cl swift, out I have managed to get a lew yards from my cabin and re turn again, and I feel able now to tell you fully of my very recent unpleasant ness with tho hear. 1 was out pros pecting and had just left T., and was walking unconcernedly at tho base of a very high cliff. As 1 stepped aside to avoid a tree, I beheld to my surprise a bear standing motionless 'and looking as demure as the obelisk. She had not yet seen me, so I attempted to retreat without disturbing her, but, after mov ing back a short distance. 1 looked and saw the bear in the spot I had just va cated, standing on her haunches look ing at me with a countenance which lacked amiability. I did not then know Its sex, or that she had two interesting cubs, but supposed it to be an old male Bruin, that would use the same discre tion as myself, arid retire in good order as soon as his curiosity was satisfied. Yet I hurried away, and, soon hearing tho brush cracking, I stopped to listen, hoping to discover that she, too, was running from me, but the great noi9e made by tho dashing water in the creek over tho rocks prevented my dis tinguishing her direction for a moment or two. When I saw her it was too late; she was bearing down upon mo with all her speed. I saw at a glance that I was in for it, as thero was no tree near enough that I could climb to escape hor, so, in tho absence of anything else to do and to lill up tho time, I ran down the hill with ny best speed. Of course she could run three rods to my one, and in looking back to take in the situation 1 caught my too in sonio underbrush, and turned a somerset or two. Tho impetus of the bear caused her to run over and fifteen feet beyond me before she could scop. I had fallen upon my face, with my head quartering up the hill, so I threw my arms over my head ar.d waited for the bear to proceed in her own way, having read how Nim rods have been treated when they "played 'possum." In a moment she stood over me, her head about over my shoulder. She growled a little and then very delicately took hold of my shoulder-blade, turning me over on my back. Then she walked round me and took hold of my left leg at the hip joint, fortunately taking the contents of my pocket (consisting of ten sharp me tallic cartridges and my glasses for ex amining stone) in hor mouth, which made her a good mouthful; neverthe less her four tusks went into my flesh, one cutting a gash an inch and a half long and directly across the femoral artery, but not deep enough to sever it. She then left me for a few mo ments and returned with redoub led energy; catching me by the right thigh, she sat back on her haunch es and shook me terribly. It was then I first saw her cubs; they came whin ing around, not seeming to enjoy tho sport. She would go to them a second and return to me and give me another shake. Thus she caught my right thigh three times, once just below the knee, taking the entire leg in her month back of her tusks, shaking mo as one would a dishcloth. In this last bite sho broke the skin in but one place, leaving marks, however, of the other three tusks, and pressing so hard that the flesh was started from the bone, so that tho doctor thought at one time the wound would have to be opened, and from this I suffered most. Again she returned to her cubs, and thinking she had gotten through with me I got upon my feet, but had no sooner done so than she came at me again. I was then near a large tree, and having thoroughly tested the 'possum tactics without suc cess, I determined to abandon them. I dodged round the tree. Site made a fearful plunge at me, but, like tho priest and the Levite, "went by on the other side." Thus I eluded her several times, but from exhaustion, my right leg torn to pieces, and faint from loss of blood, I stumbled and fell. Again she was upon me; I moved my left hand toward my small sheath knife; she caught my arm just above the wrist, 'fracturing the bone. This seemed to satisfy her; the cubs were fright ened by our performance around the tree, and to her young I doubtless owe her withdrawal and perhaps my life. At last I got upon my feet; the bear was not to be seen. 1 took & few steps to try my strength, and after a hurried inventory of my condition I found my right arm uninjured and my left leg comparatively so. I could bear my weight upon my right leg, but had lit' tie use of it, and the slightest turn of the foot or unevenness of the ground rendered it entirely useless. The camp cad been moved that morning, and I supposed it to be near the mouth of the creek where I first- met the bear, so 1 struck out diagonally toward the creek. My progress was tbiy siow, the ground being 50vered with, brush and fallen timber. I had to rest on every-Jog I came to, then throw my well foot over sad lift the injured over with my hands. This exertion caused the blood to flow more freely. I tied arsBspenders round my leg, irat was 'too weak to draw them tight eaough to stop the blood from fiowiag. I could f oaly few steps at a time; yshoes -4ar jsil t mwu, j wm thoroughly saturated. At last I reache tho creek, but a few hundred yards from whero I started. I hojicd to find an easy descent to the water; hero the bank was too high, so I trudged on. A burning thirst came upon mo. but as yet no place to get down tho banks. My progress becoming Mower, ray wounds beginning to bo terribly sore. I could riot stand nor crawl, 50 "I rolled down the bank. Where I lay the banks wens high. A I ncared tho bottom I discovered a perpendicular drop of six feet. I could not get back, and must go on. so 1 let go. Tho shook was fearful, and I remained exhausted for some time before I could roll to the water only a few feftl off. When 1 reached the water I lav on tnv face and dr.ink. Alter drinking and bathing my head I was sullicientlr revived to consider the problem of moving on. To retrace my steps was impossible, to I was compelled to slide Irom rock to rock down the creek. At last I found a shelving stone in tho bank upon whieh I crept out, and finally reached the toil of tho bank, thoroughly exhausted) Hero I .-tretchod tnycU out, thinking to jpend thero my last night on earth. My only salvation was In bclnc discov ered by inv friends, and that ouickly. While in tills condition I heard some ono breaking stones. I raided my head, called, but no answer. 1 hoard it again; again 1 called. Hearing it again. 1 raised myself upon my arms, and, fifty feet from and twenty-live feet below me I saw T. I called, but the roaring water drowned ray voice; I threw all the sticks arid stones 1 could reach at him, but they fell far short of him. Soou he came directly under mo and looked up. I raised my bloody hands; he saw me and I was saved. This consciousness caused me to lose my remaining strength, and 1 fell. Young L , whose brother was killed by a bear a year ago, soon joined T., having already seen my bloody trail in tho creek and upon the logs. They came to me and brought water in theit hats. I drank great quantities of it. They endeavored to move me by each getting under my arms; I could not stand it. T. then took me upon hi: back this was worse. So one went to tjje camp, a quarter of a mile oil", and brought a huge overcoat; in this they placed me. buttoned it up, and running a long green pole beneath tho buttons, carried me to camp. During tho night my wounds were bathed in cold water, and T. started for Red Cliff at dawn next day, reaching there at ten p. m. lie sent a physician to me, who reached .me the following day, and at once began a good day's sewing upon me. oil know tho rest, I am improving gradu ally. 1 don't think it was a very large hear, but when she was biting nndshak-' ing mo 1 judged by her strength that her health was good. Hoping that you may never meet her, but only havo to deal with tho less hurtful ones of Wall street, I remain youraflectiogate friend, "E. O. IS." Miss Anna Parncll's Race With s Sheriff. Mr. Parnell's obstructive perform ances in tho Senate arc quite eclipsed by those of his sister in tho field. The Irish papers contain highly interesting accounts of tho part played by this ladj in tho evictions which took place a few days ago on the Kingston estates al. Mitchelstown, County Cork. Tho Land League, finding tho 'tenants unable tu hold their ground against the landlords, sent Miss Anna l'nrncli to their assist ance. Last Thursday that lady, ac companied by several local "lady Leaguers," appeared on the Kingston estate just as a small army of cavalry, infantry, constabulary, engineers, commissariat and hospital stall was about to start on a fresh expedition against the nnti-rcntcrs. Miss Parncll and her fair auxiliaries hung oh tho rear of the Queen's forces, and as soon as the Sheriff and his supporters arrived in the rebellious district and proceeded to carry out the law, set vigorously" to work to deleat them. Every houso was barricaded and had to be broken open, when the rent was in each case immediately paid, in spite of tho ad vices, entreaties and reproaches of Miss Parnell. Her interference caii3cd so much delay and excitement that at length she was "put away from tho door" of one Michael llaggerty, whom sho was exhorting to hold out and keep the rent. Upon this she at onco wrote and handed to Mr. Eaton, the magis trate commanding the expedition, a protest in which she said she was com missioned by "a society" to attend "in the interest of ovictod tenants, and de manded liberty to do so." Mr. Eaton answered that he would not allow her Majesty's writ to bo obstructed. This episode ovor, tho column resumed its march upon tho houso of ono William Roche. Let tho local reporter speak: "It was amusing to see the race that was made between tho Sheriff, tho police and Miss Parnell to seo who would reach Roche's houso first. Miss Parnell skipped small streams, but was beaten by a" few yards, and, when sho arrived, she was put out by a police man." It is further recorded that "sho journeyed across fields and ditches, and ran.walked and jumped for nearly four hours." That race between the Irish Anna and the sub-Sheriff must have been almost as well worth seeing as tho classic "sprint" between the Arcadian Atlanta and Melanion. Lon don Globe. The Man with the Umbrella. Why it is that the public do not look kindly upon a man carrying an um brella in a hot day is a mystery yet to be solved, but the fact is they'do not, and that not one man in a hundred has the moral courage to carry one. Yes terday when an eminent and dignified citizen coming back from his dinner turned into Griswold street with an umbrella over his. head he was accosted with: "Been raining down your way?" " No, sirP' Going to?" "No, sir!" " Then you carry tho umbrella to keep the flies off?" " Yes. sir." "Well, that's a good plan, and all soft men ought to practice it." The next man had a grin on his face as he called out: " What's thw for?" "To keop the sun off." "What do you want to keep the sun off for?" "Might get sunstruck." 'Suppose you did?" " Suppose you mind your own busi ness, sir?" The next one presumed upon his long friendship to halt the man with the um brella and whisper: Pretty sharp in you, old fellow keep the "bulge towards your creditors and they can't see you!" " Other men told him that wearing a poultice on the head would dispense with the umbrella, and others said if he was afraid of his ears beino- tanned he should fasten a fan on each side of his hat. Not one single man took him by the hand and encouraged him, and when he reached the .post-office he was so discouraged that lie lowered his shade and used it to punch the ribs of a boy who had begun to sing: "He's a flat aes a feller. And he lugs an old umbrella. Detroit Free Press. m An Iowa grocer who was annoyed bv his townsmen sitting on his counter rfgged up a little buzz-saw to run by foot power and to work through the top of the counter at a favorite spot. He anticipated a heap of fun, but the very first ma who felt the ragged teeth biting rate lusr hopped down and broke the grocer's wtfk.Dttml-Fne Drem- m DscUrt aid Their Latia. Thero are those who think that tho long illness of the President, whether it result fatally which God forbid! -or In hU complete recovery, will probably effect ono highly dedrablc innovation tho doctors will learn to writo English. Tho public demand for frequent tidings from tho bedside of tho illustrious patient has already developed at least a desire for this reform. Hitherto tho doctors scorn to havo regarded it as tolerably certain that all men are bound to sicken and die, and that, since their fato is irrevocable, they might as well die of prescriptions written m bad Latin as of order for medicine written in lair English, the former having the decided advantage of being only intelli gible to the physician and to hi coad jutor, the drug clerk; nnd thus the pa tient doesn't know what ho dies of, and Ins survivm' relatives also remain in blissful Ignorance in that regard. It is convenient for a doctor whose diag noses may bo hurried or incorrect, to lake refuge in words of learned length and terrible sound, and the same style of language is useful in describing dis ease to tho ordinary layman. In other cases ft may be still more useful to conceal the simple nature of the remedies prescribed. Plain soap and sugar may be Latinized into some thing terrible to tho patient, who con sults old IJolus about getting rid of a boil. And the man with a cold how much more respect ho will have for his ailment if cured with syr. simplex Iroru the drug store at a dime a spoonful, than if his wife gave him a tablespoonful of tho plain sirup that came in a jug from the grocery store. How much grander sounds svr. rhei aroma than spiced rhubarb. Goose grease even may be Latinized until Worth a dollar or more as an onguentor ointment. Aq. roic sounds better than rose water, and 07. is a more learned expression than hydrant water. The man who gets a prescription containing chieily spxr. fnimenti and takes it, is on better terms with himself and his ail ment, fancied or real, than if he had been told to go to a jalooujand get a "pony of whisk-." And the child with a cold what intenso respect has its mother for tho physician who writes a learned prescription in a language un known to hor, instead of plainly re-, marking, "sirup of squills, bloodroot and paregoric in equal parts; a tea spoonful threo times a day; shake tin bottle." Such is the reverence for pre scriptions written in Latin that a Hiber nian patient once affirmed he "felt bet ter alter rubbing his rheumatism with that paper." Tho only part of the or der lie was able to read was the direc tion, in English, 'Tub well;" so he wore the paper out rubbing the affected part. There is still another advantage in tho use of Latin; its pronunciation allords a subject of debate when the have no subject to hack with knives among the medical students, and some range themselves on the side of Prof. Draper in saing duodenum, while oth ers agree with Webster in the lay and popularly accepted pronunciation. Hut, seriously, this Latinizing of pre scriptionsin very bad Latin, as a ru'.e is a tnulitional custom that must soon givo way before tho onward march of popular intelligence and common sense. President Garfield's physicians undertook at first to follow this old custom, and to entertain the public with bulletins intelligible only to pro fessional men; but they soon found that such language would not do in this case. So deep was tho popular interest in the welfare of tho President that the fullest information, conveyed in the simplest language, was insisted upon. It is creditable to the distin guished surgeons iu charge of the pa tient that they yielded, and the official publications that coma from the Whito House arc'now written in English such as ordinary readers can fully comprc Probably tho prescriptions are still writ ten iu Latin, but it is one step in the direction of reform that tho descriptions of tho patient's symptoms and condi tions are intelligible The reform will extend until we shall have diagnoses in English, and medical worlcs will be written wholly in tho same tongue. Then people will be less mystified about tho ills the fiesh is heir to, and having ascertained what aiis them, may, in illness of not a serious character, venture to preseribo their own remedies. Tho gentlemen whose life-work is one of beneficence to tho race will not lonir stand in the wa of these reforms. They cannot afford to. St. Louis Ulobc-Dcmocrat. A Fortune Waiting for an Owner. Mr. M. C. Grav, of Onondaga Coun ty, N. Y., arrived in tho city last night in search of tho heir to a large estate in that place. The story of the man for whom ho is in search and of the fortune which awaits a claimant, as detailed by Mr. Gray, is otic of deep interest. About tw;enty years ago Frank Pearl, a young man of about twenty, who was considered rather wild by his family, left his home in Onondaza County, near Syracuse, N. Y., for the' West, with the intention of securing for himself an up permost round on life's ladder. He so journed about from one place to anoth er, keeping up a desultory and long interrupted communication with his relatives until about the close of the war, when he returned to the place of his nativity. Here ho found only one brother, Silas Pearl, a Professor in charge of a school there, who had accu mulated a respectable fortune, and whose family consisted of a wife and ono daughter. Frank was well liked by his elder brother, notwithstanding his roving and thriftless propensities. He represented to him and his family that he was then living in Louisville and was connected with some railroad in the capacity of a conductor. He was still unmarried, and protracted his visit several days. While there his brother Silas made his will, which he executed, and divided his property equally be tween his wife, daughter and brother. Frank returned to Louisville, and a correspondence was then established and continued between the brothers until about seven years ago. In one of these letters Frank conveyed the infor mation that ho had married a Kentucky lady, describing her as being rather small, .with black eyes, and very hand some. About 1874 the letters from Louis ville ceased, and all trace of Frank was lost. A few years after this, about four years ago, the daughter died, when Silas added a codicil to his will, leaving his estate to his wife and the absent, though still loved, brother. Silas fre quently wrote here and sometimes to Frankfort, from which place some Of the letters formerly received from Frank had come, but never received any answer, and finally concluded that he was dead. Last January Silas was stricken with a fatal illness, and, being firmlv convinced that Frank did notlive to share his bounty, made preparations to again alter the testamentary disposi tion of his property and leave his wife sole devisee- These changes were made and the golden inheritance was rout to slip from the hands of the wan dering heir, when old Silas died before his signature was affixed to the last will. This, of course, left the one be queathing the wealth to his wife and brother, or the survivor, in force. The investments of the school teacher had appreciated in value, and the comfort able means of which he was possessed when his last will was made had grown into a fortune of f 160,000, the bulk of which was in Government boad de posited in the county bank. Letters were immediately written to this point in the hope of discovering Trank; but in about sixty days they came back from the Dead-Letter Office at Wash ington. Advertisements were inserted i all thcEsster papers, ifuiring of the whercabouU of the lost heir, bat met with no response Mrs. Pearl had about reached the conclusion that she was the only heir to her husband's projHirty. About this time, some sir weeks ago, this lady took sick, and. in a few days, a funeral cortege wa ap parently the last Testiso of the owners of a large fortune. The property went Into possession of the Probate Court, and was turned over to the" County Clerk to await renewed efforts to dis cover the only possible person who now takes it. This is bricly tho story of how Frank Pearl, if ho is now living. U a rich man. If he is not liring perhaps ho has a wife and children to whom the legacy will come as a divine dipcna tion. Whero is he. or where aro they? Mr. Gray was employed by the attor ney in charge of the cstato to come out here on the ground from where the lait definite intelligence concerning him was obtained and bring him to light if ijossiblc- He passed through Cincinnati day before yesterday and spent the day among railroad men lhcr, but none of them had ever heard of Peail. Although hi familv was un der the impression that ho was a con ductor, the legal gentlemen in charge of the estate think it more likely that he was a brakeman. The Louisvillo directory for 1874, the car in which ho was last heard from, contains but one name of Pearl, a servant girl. Ono would not suppose that this was a very uncommon name, vet in the directories of this, a city of 140.000 inhabitants, for the last eleven years the name does not occur at all in some, and but-oncc or twice in others. Louisville Courier Journal. m The Man With Eleven Wires. The Anti-Motiojoly Lcaguo i re spectfully invited to consider the case of .Marvin, the man with eleven living wives. Why this person, who is no longer young, and who has no physical or mental attractions beyond the reach of ordinary men, should havo been per mitted to pecure eleven wives, cannot be successfully explained. The majori ty of men are more than satis'icd with ono wife. Mauy estimable gentlemen have no wife at all. And el this aged ami battered man, hailing from no where, and utterly dest tute. so far as kuown, of any of those qualities which are popularly supposed to recommend men to that mysterious organism, tho female mind this man walks oil" with eleven wives, it is intimated that there are more than eleven in his c:ue, but for practical purposes it is not necessa ry to push inquiries iu that direction. A man who is convicted of having been married eleven times, without waiting for death or the divorce courts to dis embarrass him of any ono of the first married, may be admitted to have ex hausted his privileges. .lust :ts a man with a million of money is rich, and tho doubling of his millions docs not make him richer. Without intending to prejudice tho case of the defendant, who says that ho is not Marvin, it must be said that tho real offender in the cae is a man of iutiuite resources and gifted with a remarkable and unusual knowledge of the female heart. Marvin, it appears, has married eleven wives without wasting any time in courtship. The popular idea of matrimony is that this blessed state is approached only by tedious processes. These involve "pay ing attention," or, as it is called in tho rural districts, "keeping company with," and then love-making, and. aft er much circumlocution, an engagement- With ail of these preparatory hteps Marvin boldly disj eased. In his case thero wero no inquiries into his antecedents, his bank account, or his prospects. Younger men could not thus havo imposed upon suspicious spinsters and worldly-wiso parents. Marvin was middle-aged, to say tho least, and so solid and leputable in ap pearance that tho very sight of him inspired confidence. Other and shal lower men havo essayed to carry a woman's heart by one bold dash. Mar vin walked into the fortress in tho guise of an cminent'3' respectable gen tleman with a substantial bank ac count. While tho tactics of this experienced marrying man arc apparent, it is not quite clear wiry he should have married so many women. It is not rcasonablo to suppose that he married for the mere fun of marrying. And Ct, tho bewil dering frequency of his matrimonial en gagements, and the variegated multi fariousness of his disguises, can only bo accounted for on the theory that he had an insane passion for tho hymeneal tie, just as some men havo a mania for col lecting bric-a-brac, violins, orold china. Marvin married, apparently, out of pure wantonness. He would start on a wedding journey with two wives, each boing wholly ignorant, of course, of tho other's existence, and then, leaving one of them in a restaurant "to bo called for" and the other at a hotel, would dash off on an express train, or a Hying street-car, and marry another, as if by way of "a llyer," as the worldly-minded say. This, certainty, bespeaks an unsound mind, nnd if the prisoner in Richmond be Marvin, his plea in ex tenuation should be emotional insanity, or hereditary propensity to matrimony. The accuse'd, however, who has as many aliases as wives, says that he is not Marviu, but Morton, "and that he can prove an alibi in each of the "eleven cases alleged against him. The career of this remarkable man dispels one of tho illusions of life. He has proved that there are in the world many estimable women who are to bo had "for the asking. Marvin is no Adonis, yet he has managed to bag no less than eleven wives, every one of whom, so far as known, is reputable, discreet, and, while not pretending to be very affectionate, is well fitted to make home happy. And yet, there are multitudes of faint-hearted youths go ing through life alone because they are airaid of being refused by the woman upon whom the fond and speculative eye is fixed. Marvin has proved that it is as easy to bo married as to borrow an umbrella; as easy as to take a cold in the head. There are womfen who hold themselves very choice: But there are a plenty of others who are ready to accept the first offer, "and no questions asked." N. T. Times. The Boston Post says that the symp toms of the .csthetic craze are an appa rent abhorrence of animal food, ale sire to dine on a banana skin or a pea nut, a fancy for dress of a fantastic character, and peculiarly constructed fans. The person so afflicted is much given to solitude, to sighing, and to gazing as a dock gazes upon a thunder storm on nothing. When those symp toms appear send for a plumber at once, and have the patient s head ex amined. It may need soldering. These symptoms are also good evidence of softening of the brain, if the person ex hibiting them possesses a brain. - m Mrs. Fletcher Harper. Jr., and other New York ladies have interested themselves in a movement for the bene fit of young. working women of limited means, who may desire to spend a short season at the seashore, and will be benefited by the sojourn. A cottage for this purpose has been opened at Atlanticville, near Long Branch. It is on the shore, and has its own bathing. A Cincinnati bride has been sued for $35, which the plaintiff claims she obtained from him by fraed. She Eromised to marry him. and he gave er the money to buy a wedding dress; and she did buy one, but wore it;at her marriage with another man.. Advice that is given away is not appreciated, and it is given away be cause the giver has no nse for it self. itosio Transcript. The MwU-ra Hat-Rack, No candid roxa can rxamlae the raod era hat-rack without fecliaz that U U explicable only oa tho theory of Iu de moniacal origin. ladecd. the humaa mind U so eontitatd that It lastiacl irely refer all the contrivances osten sibly inteadcl for ho ding hats to the dcrtl. and taost of u would confess a belief that tho devil makes hat-rack did we not fear the dension of so-catlcd philosopher. I it reasonable to sap pe that any human being yenotisly de signed for a good purpose tho combi nation of braxs rods which Ls to be scn above the table in certain restaurants? Ostensibly these rods are intended for the temporary storage of hats; but when a man tries to put his hai on a brass-rod rack It imtaatiy falU down again, and brings witbj: two other hts aud a pile of newspaper, tho formssTbt which upct the caster, white the latter diffuse themselves over the butter and the beets-teak. Nothing b'U the theory of the active influence of evil j-pintscan account for Ihi style of hat-rack, and Vet it is really inferior in ingenious ma lignity to the common hat-rack of pri vate houses. ThU diabolical contrivance is always placed in the dark corner of tho hall - a fact which shows that evil spirits are concerned not merelv in manufacturing but in placing it. The consequence is that the visitor gropes for it, and so do ing infallibly knocks down tho over coats and hat which aro already hung upon it. When he is able to perceive it with his eyes, he can find no satis factory peg." The malicious manufac turer never fails to mako the pegs o short that to induce a hat to balance itself upon one of them is a tak requir ing both time and doxterity. Not con tent with this, tho manufacturer places tho per so close together that it is im possible for two adjoining pogs to sup port ea h its own hat at the same time. The ordinary visitor learns this truth onlv bv sad "experience. Ho cr.'its in trving to hang his hat on the pug next to'that which bears the hat of the head of the hou-e, and it is onlv after he has knocked tho original hat down with hi own hat, and then knocked his own hat down by trying to restore tho oilier to its originalplacv. that ho perceives tho fell purpose of the maker of hat-racks. Only the ingenuity of demons coirld have combined au umbrella stand with a hat-rack. Tho object of this unholy combination is obviously to tempt the visitor to deposit his overcoat on the protruding handles of half a dozen umbrellas' and caues. The prudent man rarely attempts to hang his over coat on a peg, for he knows that in so doing he will knock down all the hats. Moreover, it is the practice of the satanic manufacturer to put in the peg so loosely that tho weight of an over coat when nut on anv one of them will pull itout. He therefore folds his over coat up and lays it gently on the um brella handles. Instantly these delu sive supports givo way. A rattling avalanche of canes and umbrella! strikes on tho marble floor, and the be traved overcoat gathers to itself all the available dirt that has accumulated in the bottom of the umbrellastand, while tho startled and indignant visitor break into language whHi might well lill listening demons with fiendish joy. So notorious has the character of the com bined hat-rack aud umbrella stand be come that wise men never meddle with it, but uniformly place their folded overcoats on tho "floor in a corner of the hall, aud put their hats on their over coats. Now. if wo attempt to account for tho hat-rack on any theory which ex cludes the supernatural, we make .1 complete failure. It is In vain for us to ask ourselves why men should make an art'cle of furniture that can accom plish no conceivable end except the ex asperation of mankind. The moment wo assume that hat-racks arc the work of evil spirits they become coherent and intelligible Is it not. then, a pity that the abolition of faith in evil spirits leaves us without any method of ac counting for tho existence of hat-racks, and compels u-. to say that we do not know, and cannot conceive, for what purpose they are made? N. Y. Times. The riiyslcal Constitution of Matter. Modern science declares thatevcry substance consists of an aggregation of extremely small particles, xvhich aro called molecule?. Thus, if wo conceive a drop of water magnified to tho size of tho earth, each molecule being magni fied to tho same extent, it would exhibit a structure about as coarse-grained as shot; aud these particles represent real masses of matter, which, however, are Incapable of furthcrsubdivision without decomposition. A lump of sugar, crushed to tho finest powder, retains its qualities; dissolved in water, the mass is divided into its molecules, which are still particles of sugar, though they aro far too small to bo seen by tho highest powers of tho microscope. The phys ical subdivision of every body is limitod by the dimensions of its molecules; but the chemist ran carry the process further. He "decomposes," or breaks up, theso molecules into "atoms"; but the parts thus obtained have no longer the qualities of the original substance. Hence the molecule may be considered as the smallest particle of a substance in which its qualities inhere; and every molecule, though physically indivisible, can be broken up chemically into atoms, which are themselves the mole cules of otherand elementary bodies. Popular Science Monthly. A Railread In the Tree-Tops. It may not be known outside of the neighborhood where it is situated, but it is nevertheless a fact that in Sonoma County we have an original and success ful piqeo of railroad engineering and building that is not to be found in the books. In the upper part of this coun ty, near the coast, may be seen an actual road-bed in the tree-tops. Be tween the Clipper mills and Stuart's Paint where the road crosses a deep ravine, the trees are sawed off on a level and the timber and tics laid on the stumps. In the center of the ravine mentioned two huge redwood trees, standing side by side, form a substan tial support, and they are cut off seventy-five feet above the ground, and cars loaded with heavy saw-logs pass ottr them with as much security as if it were framed in the most scientific manner. Petaluma (CW.) Argus. Saratoga has lost one of its most notable characters in the recent death from paralysis of "Prof." Henry Gwvnn, the master of ceremonies at the' United States HoteL He was a pretty mulatto, with the manners of a Sir Charles Grandisonand a polysyllab ic Tocabulary equally removed "from this brusque age. Every visitor at the house knew him, and everybody liked him, and a good deal of genuine sorrow is being expressed at his loss. His tact was as wonderful as his language and 'the gorgeous style of dress he adopted on state occasions. It is related of him that once last summer, a man noticing another smoking in a forbidden place, the ladies' veranda, called Gwynn's at tention to .this transgression of the rales. The latter approached the mHii rln his blandest manner and in a moment thecrfar was eone, and evi dently no offense was felt at the re buke. "What did you say to his, Gwynn?" was asked. "I told hint." he replied, "that the snowy columns were unused to rise and break on this - ..m " yrT The lilies of the field neither do they spin." but "toil Ttet, the j hare their blow ont jnst the Tim. fEKOHAL A I) LITER I RT. NVl lawttov (K. '. C Jr!a' lives Irs-tho Ilttlo tora of 5asforl. la the. CatkktU Moaa'am. He is Abnat sixty vcarsvold. start 4 fat wal. srith a'lUsP atnl a cane, aad wrar. bin tkthc ansi brau buttons. "WaJt Whitman dtw not tore n taiw's wafVs as wrllasiht? la tisr cr Ha jays. "I can no ra-w gwt akm wltltout honc, civilbratioa. acTC?""" Uons of htRaon.ty. tneeUng. Uotds. theaters, than I can grt aloa tthoct food" Jarac Gordon Boanett is aM to be a very unassuming, pleasnre-pallrd. younglsi-looking rain. -bo onlv oc cupation Is to kdl tirao In cTerxthlnjj ho do-s h shows most cttrxonlinsrT considrraUoa tor the pleasure &ad proMt of other?. The tseniotr of UrranU ttpin which Mr. Parko Godwin is engagrd. will contain several poems that have never apjered in pnnt Tho work will not bo very Jeagthy, as there, are bat few incident in Bn ant's life that are worth relating. The late George Borrow, the Ab known writer oa gjps) lift, an ccruplnhrdpugtlul L.xncntmg. when he was xrrging toward sixty, that he was claidlcss he viid very mournfullj "I .thai I soon not be able to kntvk a man doMru. and I have no on to do ll for me." Rio Tem Coco's home Is Ink WinstisJ. Conn. It i an old-f.-wltfoned country Iioum-. with antique furniture rilled from mxny a garret, everything oxtromely simple. Cut lull of coxy comfort Sh not onlv writes poetrr aVout her rarth'n. but ho gets tip be fore sunrie to work in it- Iter ncs are her especial pride; but hn takes almo-tl the ctitlru care of all the 'flowers, and they repay her richly She U a famous cook. The retirement of Mr. Mixwcll (MUs ItrafldoujTfroni innel-writmg. In order to devoto horse f to the drama, has been announced. alU'r writing fort) successful novels, miiiio of them xery popular I-ady Audley's Secret" and "Aurora Floyd," for example, .Mr. Maxwell ha- feolved to turn her atten tion exclusively to writing for the stage It is Mr. Maxwell's bo.-tsl that his wife realized a handsomer fortune b writing fiction tiiaii any living novelist Mr. Carlyle, It is known, had nc liking for the youth of tliotime. and hat even mentioned modern young men at tho cliaiax of delegability." One day liist s:ar au accomplished and well- bred young lltcrarv man from Vienna called upon the CheNna sami Willi a picas: tnl letturof introduction from Mr. rennuson. Mr. Carlylo did not ask hi? visitor to bo seated; "he read the leltei standiug. and then in hi harshest tonet a-ked. "Well, what do yu want" The young Viennese. Mimcwhnt aghast at this nort of reception, made a court eous respon-e about his desire to nay Im homage to the master minil. etc. "Ughl" grunted the old gentleman, "vou'd better bo doing something wiser." l!I'JIllUS. Do j-ou know who built the ark?" asked a Sfmuay-.si'hool toaehur of a lit tloHtreet iVrab; and thu liulo follow re plied: "Naw!" Cimbrntyc Tribune Yu kant hurt or help a human be ing without doing tho same thing to 3-ureiolf yu kant even do it to a do;;. Jo."h llilltoiys. Jones, on hearing a band ol "picked inn ilcians" torturing a tmo at a rei-ent concert. jaid: "Ah, I under stand; they wero picked before they wero ripel lio$ton Score. The Baltimore Amcrimn says " 1'copli! deal unjustly with tho water melon." .last ho. but the watermelon is fully able to return the compliment ami generally docs. New ll-iven Hey istcr. Why U a stylish girl like a rillo range? " Hccauso oh. dear, we wish we hadn't begun this one because oh, shackey, you know; Ixjcau-e -boo-hoo, boo-hoo! llecaitso there is a bang at ono end and n buttlo at she other. Hurling ton Jawkcye. Song of the American mosquito on his arrival in Loudon, ' Fee li fo funi. I ftiiell the b!nxl of an Knglishman; I must and I will and I sha'l havo some." And he suits his action to his song. Sew llatien Kcgiflcr. Mniil of Detroit, ere we wpd. Tell me. enn j-nu Imke eryo 1 breaI? I thocoHiH!ht jou brew Mronjr snil cli-r. if mntor hue? I)o you ever c mb j our hair Where tho welrtl hnh rou prepsr? Hut tint of all. prajr tn.l me. rt. Arc rou cursed with frljrl'l tect? Free Press. A Danbury bootblack was in South Norwalk when the train went through tisurc on its way to Hartford with thu Nation's military dignitaries. " Did you see General Sherman?" asked a citizen this morning while having a shins. "No; w.vi he looking for mo?" was the response. Tho citizen was shocked. Dan'jury News. He camo np a little late, stepped in without ringing, and, striding softly into the parlor, dropped uito an easy chair with the carclcs grace of a young man who is accustomed to the pro gramme. " Hy Jove!" he said to tho ligure sitting in dim obscurity on the sofa" by Jove! I thought I wms nev er going to see you alone again. Your mother never goes away from the house nowaday., does she. Minnie?" "Well, not amazingly frequently." cheerfully replied the old lady from the sofa. "Minnie's away eo much of her iimo now I have to stay in." Goshen Demo crat. Record of Droaghts. An interesting record is that of severe droughts, no far back as the landing of the Pilgrims- How many thousand times are observations made like the following: Snch a cold season! Such a hot season! Such dry weather! or such wet weather! Such high winds, or calm! etc Head the following list, bhowing the number of days without rain: In tho summer of PS1, 21 dart, la tho summer of 141. ildmjn. In the summer or 1S7, 'Sdara. la the summer or I've, Wdars In the summer of 16Tt. 15 days. In the summer of 1S rflday-s. In the summer of MM, 63dars. in tho summer of 1JGS, fldas. In the summer of IT.. CI ears. In toe summer of 171. SSdars. In the suoimcr of 1711. 72 dare. In Uie summer or 17 IV. I0S dajrs. In the summer of KiV. tZ dsja. In tt summer of ITS. U3 dars. lBthesamaerorir.3. -dar. In the summer oriTJL. Kdijs. la the summer of l4I2, S4dars In tfee summer of LSTu. ridajs. la the summer or ITU Udar. In ia summer of 1873. 3S days. In the summer of 1578, SB&st. It will be seen that the losgest drought that ever occurred in America was in the summer of 1762. So rain fell from the 1st of 3Iay to the 1st of September. Many ot the inhabitaats sent to England for hay aud grain. Exchange. Way She OaUs't Gs Ay Faster. In the bustle attendiag the depart w j of a boat from the iron pier at coswy Islaad oa Monday eveniag, while the strofig-Toked yooag aen were callisg out. "All aboard," a very fat wosua approached, her reddened face be dewed with perspiratiom. Althoagk k was evideat that she was Bakiag Use best speed she cotjJd, the yooag ae ehoated to her to hsrrv up, or she woald miss the boat. She 'svddealy stopped aad said: "I aa Barryiag p all t cam; I grses if yoa weighed 325 pousds aid was laced as tight as I ass. yoa coalda't get aloag aay faster, either." Tkea she resvsied her prog cess aad Bussedtae bosX X Y. Stas. Our Young Headers. HOURS tCKVKSS. i It tea t tf ? r t Wkrf- A4 tt&4 f fc Nw OTt-4 t " '3rr Mr m H i. If wxkn hl r . U t 4 tX Of tar-O, tt U H AnH .1 tat. -tvws a Mtrtrf , . KB.BHIC. tt trn lk. -laAA HU s W. )ttmKt, . . v - k L . M ,1. itt atu im . W ha tb s M . tut..in t U 4 b-M&Okf t - but r twt Iwrrrs JXHtr ! IfaM K Itf t Sw rtttw txt. I , Uttkl iMU ml It. t Isat rfe !kms atCrrrwws, Ivljr. ft tr4 H rn mt $ IlUmnrtm'ttr It !. IVJ, to fc wr 1 rtr 4"".ui. H K b&nl m tr4. X(irwtT H . Kj tmfnlat is) twr sit tkst I sun It riWTr .-u.l ixtA In ia -imt V M tal gh4tr iklMlWt I cn M, tfce kH Mtct eiimlA-n sit sit lh Ao4 the UU-s ! TpuUwr dwlar I tax Ao4tmHhrr M' U lllnf t kf V m IS tnwrtMR sttJ In a (Mb-blor mr UUjfr ia-! Ht or a wtier, I Asirsivr )r tr jr aJ it i it.k Jr-T. Arvl up fnen tlw i4 wvJrr tfi Uitutitul .. 4)i.M. Ab-I lb Ucc kiv" &H.IHMT t 4sjfO3r tbo -rat put rulut,M. Aa4 I lti! w Ht llkelr lbt IvWM ! fct a.i . -J t,- ttwn h txn1k--4 I & In tht- etwf rf lv iwt tw is 10 ; 11 rt hr.armU.UoHr ik. Isr ju H wteii it MMtr Uui&nve-fftrt l Ih4 u tlt t try- fpju.l llkr.lllnjlt.)Su,tin la4lVHr llw I J ill. Hut U thai I m.mnitir -slut I hj ysMir III" ttat It 1, I'll Jut urx j,irh"I3 u taiiiV lb! 11 I want ! ! 0 mottn-r ti ,ai ni Tu yt hlnl n mitl,in m, tlut pm ktnN il .tMl.(,nM lmot kUWl jour i"r llu.o Kit! Jnn.i f tUt nS.tm, in H1 .!. LITTI.I: HOY ItM'trs aIiVKATUUK. Ills real iiania was Clmrlte, but wo railed htm I.I11I0 1 oy lllua bsaiist of J hU " bran new sailor suit, whirl, was blue and much betrlmmo.1 ith sdver bra d; Im wore n autitv sailor oaju cl soninwiiai ashow on orown curir ua r; 1 liw face was brow n from playing out ol doors so much, ami his cheat wero reJ ( as npples for the same. rean. bo had ' wide open. honet, blue os and a habit of as lug a great tuanytiuansser . nbh queliotis. Had you nked him how old ho was, ho would linxo to d ; ou "Just tree jearsoia last ipurin 01 July." On tho morning of the adventure of w hloli 1 am about lo toll 3011 ho came into the j antry whert mntiitiia waa busy potting reaiU for cmpany (Aunt and I n Iu Hates with the thron littb cousin, wero romlng to tea), ' . i' ...i watched hor stoning raisins for a few minutes, getting his sha-u of them without the cake. "Will )ou mate me a litre one in a pally, mamma, nnd put (Mime mis n on tup'" "Yes. ilinr, ' answered mamma, as she dieted the raisin with llour to keep thrm from all go ng to tho bottom of tin cake you know. " Aud then I i an have a parly nil by m self nnd 111 vlto Johnny lilbht oer, anil wo'll cat It out by tho brook Won't that be fun. mamma' And mamma smiled nnd said "Yr." After awhile he grew tired of watch ing her. and after asking for n eooklo, and putting one In each pocket, lin sud denly exclaimed " I want to go down to the pasture and seo the. sheep thcru'a the ctinnlngot little lamb down there- can I go, mamma, inn I?" And mamma said, "Yes." nnd being so busy just then pouring thu batter into the cake this, nhe did not add her u-uaI cautions about poin utT nnv- wfinrn ! ir stnvlriif tstka Inmr Klin smiled to herself ru she saw him tnidg j Ing by. tho wuiilow, with his liltie whip in one hand, and a cookie In thu other; nnd nodded to him gaily when ho looked round and. seeing her watching, called: "Good. bye. mamma. HI bring you some Cowers when I cme back." Mimmi srfit nn ttrnrr m1 '-- wm,' " -- rUtfk - he generally ran to tho gate to meet his apa. ' Why," said mamma, looking some what startled. "I supooed ho was ,n thejard somewhere. He asked to go down to tho sheep pasture some time ; ago. but I should think ho must h r comeback long be'ore this." and sho I rarr hastily out Into the yard and called. Charlie! Charlte!" but no sweet little voice called back: "Hero I am, mamma,'' as Charlie was wont lo do. Then there were hurried inquiries, but no one had seen anything of the little truant. He may be under a hay stack fat asleep, " said papa, with a little smile, but w th white -Iifs, as he I walked off toward the naslure.. Then . k.. . Strange to say. quite forgot to wonder ' fMy ,n u, "'nog to come Home Ht whv her little bov staid away so long ( tcr,.v lntra-wl by a strain whMi wotslil Presently dinner time came, and I llf "I" ',,JP trrr. Is tire that mala. brought papx Almost his first words rI kog hnr. and InsUU that she were. "Where is Little Hoy Illue?" for n",t ".mrBor u ul' house krlnK what a search ensued in all hi favonto 7 atmospheric conditions we do aot haunts, to find tho Little Boy Ulue; In entirely understand and know not how the barn; up in the hay, in the wagou- ! to rob of their poisoss. lfut it is ejual box. down by the brook and all orer J lrne nl ""df of the troubles obargel the farm; but no Little iJoy Ulue re- y malaria originate In other causes, m warded the search. j Improper food and dress and care, in "I am so afraid he started off toward town to meet you. and waadercd inU I oa, with a very me woous. sai mamma, with a rerv ! . a m whito face, when papa came back from the pasture. " I feel so guilty Ut think I did not look after him better, but he I has never thought 01 going away before, and it did not occur to me that he mi sjht do so." I do not think he west toward town, for 1 have forbiddca his doing tlut, aad he remembers very well; hut 1 am sur prised that Jack did Hot go with him." said papa, as Jack came sniffing aroasd, evidently aware that something was wroag. aad aatious to offer his serr-tces- "Jack was away with the men at the wood-lot. and oaiy came back a few Blaates ago. but i shoslda't wosder if be could help us fiad hiss," at which Jack wagged a joyfai ascat, glad to Cad himself thus appreciaied. "You, my dear, are too tired to go any farther." said papa to poor mam ma, who was la fact tremblhsg all orer. aad pauiag her with a gestle bt Srm baadoa the sofa, he added, "bsrt 1 will take Jack, asd we'll go dowa to the pastare azaia. asd he say be able to get track of him. 1 will take my gsa ihmg. and the ssoaeat we fisd him I will Kre it so yoa seed set he kept is iuspesse as losg 1owb to tsepsstsre agsis. where the iheep were qaietly graziag, they west, paps lookiag abost wks ssxkws eyes, asd Jack raaaisg nktmd with sose etose to the grossd, tryiag to get the trsiL IresesUy he gave s qaick, sharp hark. raa sp to papa, thes hsek agaia to where Charlie's little whip lay oc the zrass. ItwMsesrtlMTisrTsreek that raa tsrosgh the field, asd. is the soft sofl, eosld be pkisdj sees the prist of a pair of IRtle feec Jack, who sad al resdy essgst the trssl. was bessdise: ahesd. asd pe. with a Takk epasli besthssr heart, fellewed. Alosg the ereofc.esrtss sesee. asdeshstothe wood they west for whstrssst have bees a Joig distasee fer ssck short Kt tie lea to have trarsJed; asd, ssslly. is a shrttsrei seek farmed bv ik HB. restssf s trst tsstksd stvBem; t lM (fcfriJt UT ti -& Ml- lVr n? ' ? ' 't tt st vfif y-frt & mt, . M & h- slpFsl tm n st rs tJ lr I V . t& t ;M4 M Jrsi twis H 4W V5. h4 Srwly wn drtj Httl i"l 1' J k"t ' pn"! t tee tnmi. tfw Wt Js4 tIy fff. HsWt4 m 4 t"C ft. Vm 4 cl-nl Ss." !! 4 be wt Ws fr "- Hi im tsw tirM "awe rtt. imiti J, tsmsst .uJLr m . :.-.. ti.i L. ..1 & .... . rt ffr irwas " , , ...-. 1.,. i Mb rt- wmm wi. 4. i tkWr. nf nr I Mil t ttatv mwfwat! I a Urrl. mf ' tw &. ffy. p 1 . 1 j Jut Ul pr S . jr rh tefet t& tfeU p.f 8mSftAfci-4'i fw H $- It t fcrtme. TWa iw . iV u,v m hi tnif mH ! tr 1 aHL H li htf J" l rW tMMti f o . !! SSS ....I ..-..-. .tu.lkun.l tsitrt ymmM kiiv and woWn t KIp sthi hs a VsaV(Ht tap at hf wwodersssty ss atXr!. - Is vi Wt Witssss Wb m.iki tus WV i lol. d ft n.4 r fcH Sm1 Vs wtH Rt c 8 ajrwa. idcar j " N. masjwut. t ddn t ibm Ik artinno! wtf rlr , ' trstth tt 11, 1 ! Iksc-s Uut W ! had n id h a dH "stssssg j " Wh4 yM drsst 1 Muuttod t c whrw lW bsss1 !rams frsmi. an I nt pssf ' 1 far, and vouMn'l find t p al 4l. ' but I did Bad drsn bao fMl a. lw u, tiKuntuii. Jf d pKljf fKn jtssj j 1 ""J; ?, A j did jt,t v Uisl, M I wal ys. j trll to cw Wk. hit 1 ! ffMi , now - V hungry j4f . . . i ,. j wft, .j,. , n t.ftJ 1 llatc familv sunt,, the (shism j all s.tUHg down with ihiaHVfisl lrtSK lo 1 cold dinner. Xir. X. A. . m Cwhisv .iit rone. Too Mite Xlarla. Tins Is a maktrtal Ajv lksan lisst iuk! to l vmsMlorvd iHssiitii hjalth arv now cMtdttiHiHl tv. fa Untih malarial. The fftvaiMl-agsa t hW h m e ud to think (Hlnl HMsssIt t Q hff u ,, aHlI ,Smlf.WM K. rfs. . ,nf,rUO lUff unlry, n. Jr 4 M Uu a,a l t,,r VHl aW4HW( the UhitO Mussatn n and In Vh R- g!ales of HorHliv I'nip' Utnl U kt 'It Is In tho next low 11." jaitill if they hod n hu to snH, or lt. lh tfatit ng niltetUsftUilil t mm metlleinei to iorw thw tenWe UiS'swi per posted on all the wails ami In4 make U iitio imjjnW to kante tl Itileetcd ilutU?l otuelioro o4. l rtvildents aro now shovkrd Ui Mara that they have lived s.tty or vmr ears m a regular fovor tl wtte mt knowing It. and think they tmrUx la hto the hake, and half littagitt Uoy li-sve been remU in their doty m imh I i'Mtln' tlioiu Hio high and dry . .. ::. - ..... .1 111 our vnins m-j Ihero seotus t lrt iiothlus to matmfaotiiro main tin oh! are nut down on tho charts a tmasiwai ! And towns nrid and Iwlmjr UmI onlinnry dlsoao cannot ofnen them on nil fours, so lo speak. 4 whoe undertakers havo gone t 1m MMir hou'o, nie now ant down m halsle tolnfot lion ltlotieof themt whsmI. fit) facta in modern history that a mm try reganleil as esrepltonally heatUtr a few years ago, except fr lis hIhMi e Imalie ehntiges. Is now ihseoreiSMl U be o charged with ol.oiis of nit sfft that it is a standing miracle that any body Is alive. It Is almost equally ie markabli) how fashionable miUriaf ills oao and disonlers have lieime If a )oung lady sits out under the trees till midnight with nothng n hor head, or danies till da) light a tor a day's shop. ng or drrss-tnaking. he Is mirw t hn are an alia k ot malaria, If a man spnds two-thirds of tho n ght In dti paimg with biMin companion, h- M w to have a bad attack of malaria 0t !,cxl '"V If a man Interviews th bar a dozen times In tho d,y and has a fi- with champagne) m brandy punch in tho ovetiinir. he tmm L" lams ot malaria for a week, nnd feet In all h botis. Tlie woman who huts herself Into tlose rooms, oaM rWi foinl, gets axclted otor hor cook and dres-inaker. goe out half drel to a . - . - - - . altogether. A dozen bdlc oit at the sewing circle, dissert alt tho ishar aclers In tho ueightorhooI. ltll lh"ine!ve! with cren tea and the scandals each has carefully prwrv- ii,T, x onth Ut hare fresh tot the occasion, arc quite slek of tho torriWe- " " or the fatal miama of that pciiiarjo-aniy me next day. a euro l badly fed and only half-cloth!, and aepi out 01 tho air like a wax Image on til ho become too puling and foeble Uj staad a strong whdT of air. and then malaria takes hun oft. Malana ot now sterns u ! the general stalking horse, and Is ridilen almost lo death. Undoubtedly a rrrat deal of disease j - ., , --. m-- ' and discomfort and ickns are cnuid 3i bits. In excesses of all sorts, and ,n spTetI ImagiatlJoB. A great O"3' f the -nlled "malaria" Is dls- 'ltioo, fast lirlsj. IsIeeas. luxorr. Miaama la another aame for absinthe " cPegne. Jf oar habits and ways 01 living were properly sewered as i the rtdott elements drained ofT. we should hear precious little abot deailly gases aad other Jnvisthi destroyers. Chnrtivn at Wvrk. Uon Amema Is only a false name of the ditiaguibed Tsntsias leader. Ills real aameis Kaildoara Uvshasisa, King of a desert tribe called the Ssdiebeik. fhey were formerly friendlv V, Kranee. but oae day the Algerian Oovernment I"11 Alters two friends of lh Swljchelics. wfeo died dnnag their stay there. The Sidieheik sospectI poi- oaiBg aau revolted, asd siace then save oeea impiacaMe enemies ot Fraane. van the revolt m 171 b Arabian derier delivered the child of BcsbsjsM. Uses two years old. to the Freech- H has bees relalsed as a hostage asd edscated at tk cmi ot the State is the Frescs Lvceum. IJea hamAS. so dosihi. tsisks the life of his rz hi is dasger d hi tkaL ruus hi TenSed. This is tsreaosforhhiUk. tegs false same. Deepite his edcea tioa the sos seems to save retaised his satire wilds aad hate of the Frescs. Btg pabked the other day. h thus addressed hMprofesserr "ifewael Jf yo come la the desert I shall attach yos to the tail of sty korsc asd drag yostiU yes are dead." mam A BoHoe Tossc- sass jast heme from afcrosd. haviag hees asked the qsesiiess sutr-seves lime, mew U afriesd m ssesce. ssskes hasds. aadtsnthfriesdesssUer -Hetr are yos? iiad a Ssse Hme?' mmair pUce m sis sssd the feUowhsct 1-1 am welL 2 Yes. had a Sse time, 5-Get beck a week are. -I--YSS, glad taget hsek. I V T 1 1rs.lhve Good-hy.-itmtsss Tr-mrifL ' it X I ? wf. r 4 a '- s t ) iV VjrJrtS