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MAD IOVE ANDNAD HATE.
Kw Orleans Timea-Dtmocrat.
That I, Philip Vanderbrok, deform
cd in body and repulsivo in feature,
should fall in love with one so good
and beautiful as Anno Gray ia noth
ing to wonder at, for anyono that be
held her, king or beggar, old or young,
could not help but become a subject
to her sway.
But that one with my deformity and
repulsiveness should ask and expect a
return of lovo from ono no puro and
Rood, and failing to receive it turn
against her with a hato as mad as
the lovo had ben, is a different thine
Aye, it is a mad story of a mad lovo
and a mad hate.
It is a dark night. The dismal hoot
of the owl is mingling with the roar of
tho storm. Tho thunder rolls long
and loud. The lightning flashes with
a sulphurous hiss among tho bending
and creaking trees around and above
my lonely hut in tho woods. I am
old, but tho years are but is yestor-
Lday. I am alone in the wilderness,
but tho smiling face of her I sent lid
. ing to death is fiesh before me. The
storm, tho thunder, tho lightning, tho
wilderness, the years, cannot "hido
away from my eyes.
Sty time is short, and life will soon
bo at nn end. I feel my pulses weaken
from hour to hour, but I will livu till
the story of my mad lovo and as mad
hate is told. I will toll it, if for no
other pnrposo than that tho writing
of it may divert my thoughts from
what is to come.
But I must begin at tho beginning.
What I was dose not matter, what "J
am you can glean from my story.
Enough to say that I did not want
for worldly possessions; that my edu
cation had been neglected on account
of my health and a general wayward
ness in my nature, that the only
thing I had learned with auy thor
oucliness was telegraphy, and that I
was an orphan from my early youth.
I came to Wainborough.a small vil
lage on the railroad, for my health;
there I mot Anno G.ay. From the
first time I looked at her faco my lifo
underwent a change. I lorgot my
bodily deformity, I forgot my hideous
face, and had no thought for anything
but to bo where my eyes could follow
this ono being who gave me the first
taint impression of what nn angel
in heaven might look like. I succeed
ed in securing room and board with
the Grays, and from that hour I felt
happy and contented for neerly a
year.
Up to this time, however, I had not
thought of Anne in any other way
than that she was different.somehow,
from other women I liad met before.
It seemed as if the air I breathed in
her presence was purer, fresher,
and more invigorating; that life was a
boon instead of a burden as it had
been to me heretofore, that wherever
she was the world looked happier and
brighter to my eyes.
It was not until the beginning of the
second year of my stay in Wainbor
ough that I was fully awakened to
tho knowledge that I was hopelessly,
madly in love. At this time there was
a chance of station agents at the rail
road. Tho new agent was a young
man and caino to board with the
Grays. Before many weeks had
passed my eyes were opened to tho
new condition of thincs. Allen Ash
ton, the new ncent, was very atten
tivo to Anne, and she on iter part
seemed to give him all the encourage
ment that was needed to make him
fall deener and deeper in love. This
dawned upon me by decrees from day
to day until my own lovo spoke up in
my heart and showed mo the situa
tion I was in.
It is true at this time that Anne was
as smiling and kind to me as ever,
perhaps a little more so than she Jmd
been, but I noticed, too, that the bin
Newfoundland dog, Carlo, was treated
to more frequent caresses than ho
was used to get before Allan Ashton
came upon tho scene.
This is how matters stood until onp
night when Annehad been playing and
singing for us I went out on tho long
gallery to my favorite place behind
the Maderia vines atone end of it, to
muse and dream a while before going
to bed, as had become my habit. I
had been sitting there but a short
while when Allan and Anno
came out of the house. They
yenc to the farther end of tho gal
lery irom me, where they stopped and
stood close together. I could hear
nothing but the murmur of their voic
es, for they were speaking very low,
but I could see their every motion
plainly, for the moon was shining full
and bright. Presently Allan's nrm
wound itself around Annie's slender
waist, and she lifted one of her shape
ly hands and placed it upon his shoul
der. They stood thus for a while, and
the picture that they made to my
eyes is burned into my heart to this
dav.
Even now, and death is almost up
on me. when I think of that scene and
.what followed my heart and brain
tm.-sm fire, nnd I can hardly sup
press tho cry of anguish that comes
to my lips.
Allan bent his head and touched his
lips to Annie's; it was then that I was
fully aroused to the consciousness
that she was lost to me forever. I
felt then that I could, without any
compunction, kill tho man that had
bVepped between her and me.
With a wild cry I rushed to
wards my rival, holding tightly
grasped in my hand a dirk "that
I habitual! v carried about mo.
I do not know by what power I was
stopped from killing Allan Ashton. He
stood before me, smiling, happy, vic
torious in love but defenseless for his
life. It certainly was no action of his
that saved him. Anne's eye3 were up
on me, and I caught their glance of
sadness and reproach. When she
spoke to mo in her gentle tones the
'Iflftjfj dropped from my hand.
"Oh! Pmlip," 6he said, "you ought
to be ashamed of yourself to scare me
no. Please pick up that ugly knito and
co and put it away."
Mechanically I obeyed her. Oh!
that instead I had plunged it to the
hilt into her lover's heart. Bub I wm
powerless.
I went to my room that night, iovo
and hato fighting for tho mastery over
my heart. It was a long night and a
terriblo ono, but that is past now.
Next morning I camo down for
breakfast. I met Anno alone at tho
tablo. My appearance must havo bo
trayed to her some of tho torturo I
had sufferod during tho night, for her
eyes had a sorrowful took in them as
they scanned my faco closely.
"You did not rest "well last night,
Phillip," sho said in her sweet and
tender voice that almost started tho
coward toars into my eyes. "You
should bo careful of yourself," sho
added, "and avoid all excitement."
I felt as if my heart was leaping up
into my throat to strangle me. I
looked at her beautiful faco, and be
fore I know what I was about I was
kneeling at her feet, holding ono of hor
hands in both of mlno pouring fortli
the story of my mad love, pleading
for hers in return.
Sho sat still and listened patiently,
tho tears shining in her beautiful eyes,
until the story of my mad lovo was
told. Then she laid her hand gently
upon my head and Btrokcd my hair,
much m the same manner that I had
seen her stroke Carlo's and her voico
was wonderfully sweet and low ns sho
ekoko to me.
"My poor Philip, I am so sorry,"
she said. "I havo promised to be
come Allan Ashton's wife, but oven
without that promise I could never
have been anything more to you than
I am now your loving friend. Now
I want you to promise me never to
speak to me again like you havo
just done. Will you promise me,
Philip?"
How well I remember my promise
and tho wild pleasure it gave mo to
give it then. I'knew it was tho death
doom to my lovo and happiness, but
I granted it! Had she asked my lifo
how gladly I would navo given it.
This was my feeling when I was in
hor presence and under her influence.
When I was out of her sight, howo er,
another nnd a vety different feeling
took possession of me. I loathed my
self, nnd hated her nnd her lovor, I
planned and plotted night and day
how to destroy tho happiness of them
both I even thought of taking their
lives. This idea after a while took
complete possession of me, and it was
with a sort of eager joy that I watch
ed and waited for a good opportunity
to carry it into execution.
It was two months or more before
tho chance came. In the meantimo
I mingled with the household as of
old like one of them. I even becamo
on friendly terms with Allan Ashton,
and spent hours with him in his offico
at the depot.
As I havo already said, tho oppor
tunity came at last. Ashton was
both "agent nnd telegraph operator at
Wainborou.'h station, but during all
my hours with him in his office I never
told him that I understood and could
read oil every click of his "ticker." I
had no definite purpose in view in with
holding this knowledge from him, only
that I was always on my guard to
hide and veil my real feeling towards
him, nnd in doing this I took tho gen
eral precaution to give as little infor
mation about myself as possible.
But one day when 1 was sitting in
tho ollico nil Alone, and I heard a call
for Wainborough, I went to the in
strument and answered it. Tho next
moment the order came.
"Side track 220, duelutlf-pnsteleven
nt We.inborough, till express 49 pass
es." I wrote down the order and Hashed
back "0. K.," then looked at tho
clock nnd snw it was a half an hour
before the train was due. Tho min.
ute3 slipped away, still Ashton did not
make his appearance. Presently, how.
ever, I heard his voico outside, and at
tiio same time camo the shrill whistle
of tho locomotive not far away. I
was just about to step out on tho
platform to give the order to him
when I heaid him say to some one:
"You are just in time. Thero comes
the train.
I looked around and saw that it
was Anne Gray. Sho was coing to
the city on tho train that was
just coming rushing up, tho
train that was ordered side tracked
till the express passed.
My opportunity had come. I in
stantly went back into the office and
crumbled tho order up in my hand.
I ielt like shouting for joy.
Tho train came up stopped a few
moments, then I heard the conductor
shout: "AH aboard!"
I looked out through the window of
tho oifice. I saw Anne, hnppy and
smiling, wave her hand through the
car window at her lover, and as tho
tram passed tho office and she saw
me, sho smiled and waved her hand
at me also.
A minute or so afterwards Ashton
entered the office looking glad and
happy. He CAmo close up to mo
where I was Btanding. and laying his
hand upon my shoulder, said: "I am
the happiest man alive, Philip. Anne
has jus't set tho day for our wedding
a month from to-day,"
"Fool," I cried, "she will not, can
not keep it."
"What do you mean?"
"Look," I shouted as I straightened
out the paper I held crumpled in my
hand and held it before his eyes.
"Loot:! this order came whi'o you
were making love. I answered it and
now "
I had no chance to finish tho sen
tence, for Ashton clutched mo by the
throat and pushed me violently
against the wall as if ho meant to kill
mo there and then. To save myself
from falling. I caught at a shelf upon
tho wall. My fingers clutched some
thing hard and cold. In a moment I
knew what it was; I had seen it thero
but a few minutes before. It was Ash
ton's pistol.
Thero was a flash and a report, and
my hated rival lay weltering in his
blood, dead, upon the floor with a
bullet through his heart.
Thero was a terrible railroad acci
dent tliat day a few miles from Wain
borough. They brought Anne home
dead, but I never looked at her faco.
They said that Allan Ashton shot
himself because ho had neglected his
duty. Thoy found tho telegraphed or
dor in bis hand, and his own pistol
lying beside him on tho floor.
Contested Wills.
It BecniB very difficult nowadays to
draw a will that will answer tho pur
pose for which it was made. Tho
heirs of the lato Mr. Tilden.ono of tho
most sagacious of lawyers, are con
testing his will. Tho will of the lato
Mrs. A. T. Stewart is in court, and
numerous other prominent instances
might bo cited to prove tho assertion
that it is not such an easy matter to
draw up a will that will carry out tho
wishes of tho testator. Thero Boom
to bo moro truth than poetry or fic
tion in tho sad wail of a Western
journalist when ho writes: "At last
man slcopeth with his fatliors and hla
heirs fight over his uroperty until tho
lawyers gobble it all up. And this ia
tho end of man."
Such may bu tho end of BQtno men,
but there are numerous oxcoptions to
tho title. There was no prolongod
contest over tho cstato of a gentle
man in Northern Texas. Ho had no
relatives or property and ho died in
tho almshouse. A New York farmer
made tho following last wfil and test
ament: "I have nothing, I owe noth
ing, and I givo tho residue to tho
poor."
The frequency with which wills aro
broken lias narrowed tho question to
one of preference whether you will
leavo your money when you dto to
people who, in your opinion, should
not havo it, or allow your money to
leavo you while you live.
Thero is a well-founded suspicion
that somo lawyers draw up wills so
that there will be a contest ovor them
just as some dentists drill holes in
sound teeth so thoy will be subso
qtientlv called on to repair tho dam
age. The following conversation is
belioved to havo actually occurred:
Old Lawyer (to young partner).
"Did you draw up old Moneybags'
will?" Young Partner "Yes, and ho
tight that all tho relatives in tno world
cannot break it." Old Lawyer (with
somo disgust) "I was afraid you
would do that. Tlio next timo there
is a will to bo drawn I'll do it myself."
Porhaps thero is no timo when a
man leels less his own master or moro
helpless than when ha delivers him
self into tho hands of his lawyer ,to
have his last will and testarrjent put
into shape. Ho may be a shrewd man
of business, ho may know much of tho
markots, of languages, Bomothing of
medicine, a good deal of politics and
be an adept in tho ways of common
life, and yet not be nblo to mako his
own will. Our laws aro so complicat
ed that it needs the s tudy of a life to
master them. Hence tho testator is
compelled to resort to a lawyer, and
even then ho has no feelings of secur
ity that his last will is going to bo
carried out.
It was probably an appreciation of
this fact that' caused Jonas Waters,
of Missouri, to sell his farm, build
himself a monument, pay his funeral
expenses in advanco and burn all his
money beforo he died, which ho did,
feeling iirctty Btiro that his heirs
would go into litigation ovor his last
will and testament.
How to Save Your Teeth.
"What should a man uso to clean
his teeth?" askod a reporter of a well
known dentist recently.
"Nothing but water. There are
more good teetli ruined by so-called
dentifrice than by all other causes in
the world put together. The object of
the makers of these dentifrices is, of
course, to produce a preparation that
will, with very littlo rubbing of tho
brush, mako the teeth look perfectly
clean and white. To accomplish this
they put pumico stone.nnd sometimes
strong alkalies in their preparations.
Pumice stone will unquestionably take
all the enamel with it. An alkali will
make a yellow tooth look white in a
few seconds, but beforo a week has
passed it will have eaten away nearly
all tho enamel and utterly destroyed
the tooth.
"In walking along tho Btreet you
often see a 'fakir,' by way ot adver
tising his patent dentifrices, call a
small hoy Irom tho crowd near by,
and opening tho boy's mouthrub tho
dentifrice on his dirty teetli, and in a
mimitn almost takes off all the tartar
and makes tho teeth look perfectly
puro and white. Now, a man liko
that lakir ought to be arrested for ho
has forever destroyedtho boy's teetli.
His preparation, composed of a pow
erful alu ali is eating away the enamel
of the boy's teeth, and in a few
months the boy will not havo a sound
tooth in his bend. The dentifrices,
composed chiefly of pumice stone, are
not as bad as those containing an
alkali, because they will not destroy
the teeth bo quickly; but if used ha
bitually, they will certainly destroy
them in the end. I should advise any
man by all means to uso no dentifrice
of any description, unless it bo pre
pared chalk. If tliis is used not of
tener than once a week it will not in
jure the teeth, and may help to
cleanse them, but it should on no ac
count be used every day. Orris root
docs the teeth no harm and gives a
pleasant odor to the breath, nnd if all
our dentifrices were composed simply
of orris root nnd prepnred chnlk (hey
would bo harmless enough if not
beneficial.
"My own plan is to uso a moderate
ly hard brush nnd plenty of cold
wnter, nnd nothing else, and my
teeth aro in excellent condition, if
people would only pick their teeth
carefully after each meal, making suro
that not the slighest particle of food
remains near tho gums or between the
teeth, and would, also, before retiring
at night, run a pieco of solt thread
through their teeth, they would not
have any necessity for a dentifrice.
Of course, sweetmeats and candies aro
bad for the teeth; so is smoking, or
taking very hot or cold drinks; but,
bad ns nil these undoubtedly nre, I
really think tho wort enemy the
tooth has is tho so-called dentifrice.
Take tho advice of a dentist nnd
never uso anything for your teeth but
a brush and good cold water,"
" A Real Phenomenon.
A correspondent of tho Hartford
Times, writing about Laura Bridsz
man in tho institution for tho blind at
South Boston says:
"Thero ia a blind and deat-muto
child who acorns to go far ahead ot
Laura Bridgman Helen Keller, of
Tuscumbta, Ala., a child over whom
Mr. Auaguos' enthusiasm seems to be.
unbounded. Sho was born in June,
1880, and at nineteen, months had a
violent congestion of tho stomach
which resulted in total loss of sight
and hearing, Sho is now under tho
charge (in Alabama) of Miss Anuio
Sullivnn, ono of Mr. Anngnos gradu
ates. Ho sayn of hor: 'It is no hypor
bolo lo say that sho is a phenomenon.
Historv presents no case liko
hers. In intellectual alertness, keen
ness oi observation, eagerness for in
formation, in brightness and vivacity
of temperament sho is unquestionably
equal to Laura Bridgman, while in
quickness of perception, grasp of ideas,
breadth of comprehension, insatiato
thirst for solid knowledge, self-rolinnco
and Bweetness of disposition she cer
tainly excels hor prototype For obvi
ous reasons tho greatest dilliculty and
most perplexing part of the task of in
troducing blind deaf muto persons to
tho mysteries of language is to mako
them understand that all objects
havo names which can bo expressed
by arbitrary signs. This is tho most
important part in tho wholo under
taking. As tho French say, It is tho
first step that costs. This initiative
step has been invariably slow, uncer
tain and not infrequently voxatious.
It was nearly three months beforo
Laura Bridgman tho brightest nnd
quickest of them all caught tho idea.
It was notso with Helen. Tho thought
flashed across her marvelous brain as
soon as it was transmitted to it by
ono of its lackeys or scullions, tho
sense of touch. In threo lessons sho
perceived clearly and distinctly that
words stood for objects, atfd in less
than a week's time alio was in posses
sion of tho mystery of this relation in
tho fullness of its meaning, and be
como mistress of tho wholo situation.
"I would liko to givo somo of tho do
tails of tho progress of this remark
ablo child her iovo of letter-writing,
her rapid acquiromont of words, her
noring over books,and her screams of
delight when she conies to thoso sho
knows but this letter is too long al
ready. Stellar Chemistry.
It is ono of tho triumphs of modern
scionco that has revealed to us tlio
composition, to somo extent, of the
sun and stars. Tho course by
which this result was renched is easily
traced. Newton decomposed, with tho
aid of tlio prism, the sunlight into sev
en primary colors. Theso colors make
up tho solar spectrum.
But thoBpcctrum is not continuous.
Wallas detected black lines ncrosH
it. Theso were for a long timo a mys
tery. A. German scientist made a
study of these lines, and from his nanio
they aro called Fraunhofer linos.
It is only since 1800 that any uso
lias been made of these lines in deter
mining tho chemical composition of
incandescent bodies. It was found
that tho different chemical elements
tavo out distinctivo characterestic
kinds of light when in nn incandescent,
or glowing, state. Tho difference of
light was shown by tho lines on tho
spectrum. An examination of this
revealed what was present and
what was wanting in tho composition
of the source of light. This process is
known as spectrum analysis.
Among tho terrestial elements which
this analysis has shown to bo pres
ent in tho photosphere of tho
sun, aro iron, nickel, copper,
zinc, tin and hydrogen. Tho brilliant
fixed star Aldebaran shows tho pre3
enco of iron, mercury and hydrogen.
Tho other fixed stars aro found to re
semble tho earth in then-composition.
It will bo understood that tho plan
ets and the moon cannot bo studied
in this way because they only reflect
(he sunlight. Ifwoweroto examine
a moonbeam wo should find it nothing
but a sunbeam taken at second hand.
There is ono curious piece of informa
tion which this analysis gives us in
regard to the comets." It is that tho
nucleus, or head, of tiie cornel is lumi
nous, shining by its own light; while tho
tail is seen by reflected "light. This
light nppears to bo sunshine, as in tho
case of the planets and moon.
This process of analysis is so del
icnto that an inconceivably small
quantity of an element will reveal its
presence in tho light of itsburning.nnd
to exact is it that four new metals,
the existence of which had not been
t-uspected, havo been discovered.
What Does It Profit a Man?
Philip D, Armour, tho many million
aire pork packer and provision dealer,
has gone abroad for his first real va
cation in twenty years. Ho looked
"palo and care-worn," was suffering
from rheumatism, and had evidently
come to the point where his "going to
Carlsbad for his health" is a necessity.
If Mr. Arm'our shall succeed in "tak
ing a re?t" he will bo moro fortunate
than many active men before him
havo been, who, after "working Hue a
steam engine" for twenty years, with
no lay off for repairs, found their ca
pacity for resting latally impaired.
Work had becomo so much a habit
with thorn that they could not stop
without "going to pieces."
What doos it profit a man to gain
$1,000,000 or SI 0,000,000, and lose
his ability for the enjoyment thereof?
How much moro rational it is to take
a little vacation each day and a long
.er ono each year. "Wo pass this way
but once." By taking rest, and pleas
ure as tho days go by not only is one
sure of his fun and tho the sum total
of enjoyment swollen to agreeable
dimensions, but he fitted to live long
er in tho possession of alibis faculties.
-New York World.
Sleep and Sleeplessness.
St. James's lludgot.
Tho most nnciont account that 1ms
como down to us of a systematic at
tempt to vanquish sleeplessness ia
probably the one which is to bo found
in tho Book ot Esther. We thero
learn that Ahosuortis, on an occasion
when ho could not sleep, "commanded
to bring tho book ot records ot tho
chronicles, and thoy wero read boforo
him." Tho book ot records ot tlio
chronicles stood in the lion ot tin
nowspnper, nnd a newspaper is still
omployed by many ns an inducer of
sleep. But newspapers and tho light
by which to read them are not always
at tho disposal of wakeful persons.
Mr. William O'Brien, for example,
had no newspaper whon ho was in
prison, nnd he has told us how, in
order to woo sleep, ho wns in the
habit ot recalling ono by one tho
counties oi Ireland and their con
nection with his own history. A person
who is inclined to wakefulness at im
proper hours mny, of course, find vir
tue neither in tho'devicoot Alinsuerus
nor in that of Mr. O'Brien, but there
aro many other d3vices which should
bo tried beforo recourse is had to such
dangorous aids as morphia nnd chlo-
rnl. Save by thoso who aro suffering
from actual brain disease, sleep may
generally bo secured without the use
ot drugs, if pains be taken to induce
those conditions under which alone
natural and relroshingsleep can bo en
joyed. Chief among tho conditions which
accompany natural sleep is tho com
parative Ircedom of tho brain from
blood. Tho difference is, indeed, suffi
cient to cause a sensible falling off in
tho temperature oi the headot asleep-
ing person. A second condition is tho
comparative freedom of tho brain
from oxygon. Alexander von Hum
boldt seems to havo been the first to
suggept this, and his theory is now very
generally accepted, although several
writers and notably Dr. Frederick
Schoiz, of Bromen have recently at
tacked it with considerable energy.
But this condition exists only at the
commencement of sloop. It is appar
ently tho cause of mental fatigue, and
ns tho proportion of oxygen increases,
the fntiguo and tlio consequent need
of sleep decrease. Tho activity and
usefulness of every organ ot tho body
nre carried on at tho expense of con
sumption ot animal fuel, and this pro
cess exhausts much of tho oxygen of
tho system. Wo take in oxygon in tho
air wo breathe, but wo do not tako in
quite enough for our waking needs.
The deficiency is supplied from the oxy
gen which wo store up within us wliilo
wo sleep. During tho day wo gradual
ly exhaust this reserve, and as tho
supply ot oxygen fails, so tho fires of
our vitality diminish. Long depriva
tion of Bleep is, therofore, dangerous
to tho well-being of tho body, "for. in
default of proper fuel, tlio bodily fires
consumo the body itself. Nor is
this all. Oxygen is necessary for
strongth; nnd it is to tho lack of it
in tho tired body that the phenome
non, which is so often to be observed
in a sleepy person may be attributed.
The muwcles of tho neck, for tho nonce
improperly fortified, grow weak, and
tho sulterer involuntarily nods. At a
later stage all the muscles nro similar
ly affected. Tho third condition which
tends to produco natural Bleep may
bo called periodicity. Man is esheu
tially a creature of habit, and tho ad
vent" of bedtime is, oven in the ense of
people who suffer from wakefulness,
the most favorable opportunity lor
Bet-king rest. If. then, the time be pro
pitious, tho position appropriate, and
tlio degree of fatigue sullicient, tho or
dinary person goes to sleep. But one
or more ot the conditions mny bo
lncking, or there may bo mental "con
ditions which seem to forbid sleep
even when time, position nnd
fatigue aro all favorable. Tho com
monest of these ndverso conditions is
moro or less intenso mental preoccu
pation. This tonds to drive blood to
the bend, and the evil may bo reme
died either by intellectual 'exertion in
a less absorbing direction or by me
chanical means. Boerhavo recom
mended his sleepless patients to lio
where they could not avoid listening
to tlio regular falling of drops of water
into a resonant vessel. Jean Paul
Hichter suggested the picturing in tho
mind of an endless garland of flowers
which stretched away into measure
less space. Other people adviso the
sufferer to count to himself, or to
coujiun up visions from the pattern of
the paper on tiie wall or from
the shadows in the room. Aiming
the mechanical means for with
drawing the excess of blood
from the brain, the use of a hot
bath may be recommended; but the
prescription of Professor Preyer, of
Jena, is perhaps the best. He makes
his patient stand with one arm out
stretched until tho limb aches vio
lently. This conducts nri excess of
blood to the arm and seldom fails to
relieve the brain. The worst thing a
sleepless man can do is to make uso
of chloral or morphia. The more he
takes it the moro he needs it, nnd
scores of instnncea are on record of
men who, having taken one or the
other for a few nights in succession,
have never again been able to sleep
without the assistance of the drug.
Sleep is so pood a thing for tho body
that it may alwaybbeenjoyed with ad
vantage whenever it can be obtained;
but the amount of sleep that is abso
lutely necessary for the recuperation
of tho faculties varies greatly with dif
ferent people. Eight hours' sleep.eiglit
hours' work, and eight hours recrea
tion, is, perhaps, tho best division of
tho day and night for most persons;
but stout peoplo generally "require
more sleep than lean ones, and old
peoplo less than younj ones.
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Fort EMU military rcnorvntion 1ms bon
tnken p)6Mt'nion of by Hcpmtttiri. A circu
lar wan recently mulled to tho citizens ot
Hozeimin, which Is nwir the reserve, tolling
them to meet anil bo prepared to tnkn
possesion. A larso number obeyed and
tiie ruHvrvu is now ull taken up. This will
probably end liko all ot tho lormor ettwn
pedes. In tlio ttciuntten being ordered oil by
thu "Uiirdian.
Our ClOrlous Country.
Cirs is a great country. This is not
an original remark, but it has a large'
quantity ot truth in it. And we nre
continually crowing croator In very
many respects including Borne that
nre not ot a character in which we can
take any pride. But it is in poputo- .
tion thnt wo aro making tho most
gigantic Btridcs. St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat shows our present and pros
pective positions in this respect as
follows:
"Tho Unlte4 States has a popula
tion of at least 02,000,000 at this
moment. This makes it second in thin
particular among tho great civilized
nations of tho world. Keeping in view
tho ratio of growth of tho countries
named between recent consos periods,
there are about 83,000,000 inhabit
ants in European ltusjin. 47,000,000
In Germany, 40,000,000 in Austro
Hungary, ttS.000,000 in France, !7,
000.000 in Great Britain and Ire
land, U0,000,000 in Italv: and 17,
000,000 in Spain. Tho population of
none ot tho other countries in Europe
readies 10.000,000 Turkey's inhabi
tants outside ot Asia aggregate scarce
ly halt that figure. Russia alone ot
tho great powers ot Christendom ex
ceeds tho United States in population.
JiA'on uussta must soon be iett tar in
tho rear. On July 1, 1800, when the
next national enumeration takes
placo, tho United States will have
07,000,000 inhabitants. It will have
00,000,000 in tho year 1000 and,
121,000,000 in 1010, This compu
tation is based on tho a vet age growth
of the country during the century.
Employing a liko basis for Russia,
that nation beforo 1010 will have
dropped to second place, the United
States taking tho first.
"Forty years ago tho United States
stood sixth in tho population among
tho civilized nations ot tho globo, and
twenty years ago it stood fifth. Twen
ty years lienco it will Btand first.
A Man Adopted by Rabbits.
Thero ia an old man out in Mound
Valley, Nevada, who has been adopt
ed by a lot ot jack rabbits. Their
friendliness and good feeling havo be
come so obtrusive that the old fellow
would bo thankful if something would
happen to aliennto their affections.
He is a sort ot hermit, living nli alone
on his ranch, whero ho devotes all his
time to cattlo and horstJ rnlaing. A
ho doesn't try to raise vegetables, tho
rabbits could do him no liarm, and so
he never tried to drive them away.
They soon became very tame, nnd as
tho jack rabbit is an nirectlonato ani
mal any wny they kept making more
advances and trials of friendship un
til they and tho old man have becomo
quito sociable. When he goes out
nfter his cows two or three dozen
rabbits como trooping along alter
him, leaping around him, running be
tween Ins legs.and nibbling his fingers.
Very often a drove of them willgather
around his cabin and cut up ull sorts
of pranks in front of his door, leap an
his bvd.j'.imo into his chair it ho isn't
occupying tlio only ono himself and
noso around among his kettles and
dishes for something to eat. Several
of tho most intelligent he has singled
out for special favors. He has taught
them a number of tricks such a
jumping over it bar or through n ring,
walking on their hind legs, and jump
ing over ono another liko leap fros.
But the rabbits have developed suck
a liking ior civilisation that they are
about to take possession of his house,
and have begun to rear their broods ia
it, so thnt the old man hardly knows
now whether ho owns the house or
simply lives thero with tlio rabbitta.
An Incnnsidornto Order Obeyed.
On tho Russian frontier it once, hap
pened thut an officer was playing nt
cards with a friend, when a Jow wn
trying to smuggle himself into the
Russian empire without proper vised
his passport. Tho sentinel on guard
arrested him and reported to the
officer. "All right," said ho. Hour
afterward tho sentinel again asked,
what ho was to do with the Jew. The
Captain, furious at being interrupted,
shouted, "Why, d tho Jew! Hang
him!" Tho Captain went on playing
until tho morning, when, suddenly re
membering tho prisoner, ho called the
soldier and said, "Bring in tlio Jew!"
"The Jew?" 6aid the amazed soldier;
"but I hanged him, ns y,ou ordered."
"What?" enid tho Captain, "you have
committed murder'." Ho arrested
him, and the judgment death went
up to tlio Emperor. Inquiring, before
signing bo serious a document, and
learning how matters stood, tho Em
peror decided that tho soldier who,
without reasoning, had implicitly
obeyed bo extraordinary an order of.
his superior, was to bo made a cor
poral; that the officer who, while on
duty, for the sake of gambling had
given the murderous order, wns to bo
sent to Siberia, and thnt his pay was
to go to tho family of the poor Jew
who had so iniquitously been mur
dered. Curious Coincidences.
Boston Globe.
A London telegram relates an amus
ing incident that occurred in a case or
trial in one of tho civil courts. One
of tho attorneys in the case was Mr."
Henry P. Dickons, son of the novelist,
nnd during the progress of. tho trial he
brought down the house by calling as
a witness John Pickwick. Quoth the
presiding Baron: "What an appropri
ate witness to be sworn for a Dick
ens!" This caused immense merri
ment, which increnstd when Mr. Dick
ens added: "By a still moro curious
coincidence the witness is a descend
ant of tho Mr. Moses Pickwick, pro
prietor of the Bath coach, from whom
I have reason to believe tho charac
ter of Mr. Pickwick was taken, and I
verily believe that one of the reasons
why I wns retained in the case was
that 1 might call Mr. Pickwick.
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