RESJ AWHILE.
I vrlll be still to-day and rest ,
I will be still oiid let life drift ;
1 am so tired that it is best
Neither mr hands nor eyes to lift
I am so tired it is no use ,
My will cannot my need obey ;
O Care , I aslc a few hours' truce ,
1 pray thee let me rest to-day.
And so , slant up in restful gloom ,
Ilet my hands drop listlessly ; , ,
TVlthin my dim and silent room
I would not move , or hear , or see ,
Oblivion dropped on me her balm ,
I fell on slumber deep and sweet ,
And when I woke was strong and calm ,
And full of rest from head to feet
So , toiler in life's weary ways ,
" Pity thyself , for thou must tire :
Both body , mind and heart have days
They can not answer their desire.
Birds in all seasons do not sing ,
Flowers have their time to bloom and fall ;
There is not any living thing
Can answer to a ceaseless call.
Sometimes , tired head , seek slumber deep ;
Tired hands , no burden try to lift ;
Tired heart , thy watch let others keep ,
Pity thyself and let life drift. -
A few hours rest perchance may brlnjr
Relief from weariness and pain ;
And thou from listless langours spring ,
And gladly lift thy work again.
NOAH'S AKK
ff
'After much tribulation , Noah and
his sons succeeded' in completing the
ark to their satisfaction , and , having
-floated it , they brought it next the
shore , adjusted the gang-plank and
fixed the time for all the chosen ani
mals to appear for embarkation. On
the morning of the appointed day Noah
took his station at the head of the gang
way with his long list ready for check
ing , while his three sons prepared to
usher the animals to their proper quar-
ters.
ters."Now
"Now , this proposed voyage of
Noah's had excited much talk among
the neighbors , and consequently many
idle and curious people came down to
see the departure. Among them was a
worthless , ribald fellow , Eli by name ,
a frequenter of inns and sinful places ,
who made himself conspicuous as he
sat _ on a stump and endeavored to chaff
the diligent Noah.
"Thinkit's going to rain , hey , Noah ? "
he shouted , glancing around at the
"lowering sky.
"Certainly ! " replied the great weath
er profit , briskly beginning work. "Two
lions , tally ! "
"Much ? " queried his interrogator.
"Biggest rains yet. Two bears , tally !
but I warned you long since. Don't
bother me now at the last minnit , I'm
busy. Two Guinea pigs , tally ! Stop
crowding so , you beasts. There's lots
of time , " and the good man mo
tioned the pressing animals back with
his slyle.
"Want any help ? " ventured Eli.
'No-pe ? " Two tigers-tally ! "
"Til ship cheap. "
< 'Lemme 'lone ; I'm busy. Two pan
thers , tally ! "
"Taking any passengers ? "
"No ! " thundered the exasperated
seer , but mastering himself , continued
in milder tones : "Two antelopes ,
tally ! "
"Better try and make a little that
way. You're going too much on live
freight. "
"Two sheep , tally ! Can't you keep
still ? " implored the prophet.
"I'd like to work my passage , per-
sisted the obnoxious man.
"I won't take one fool , Two goats ,
tally ! "
"O , we'd make a pair , " so that's no
excuse. "
"Two hogs , tally ! " cried Noah , ig
noring the wicked man.
"Urn. I don't think it's going to
arain much anyhow , " the worthless fel
low hazarded , glancing around at the
sky."I
"I hope you'll find it is , " replied the
checker vindictively. "Two eleph ! "
"Ah , there ! Look out , Noah ! " sud
denly yelled the discordant Eli. "Those
elephants are smuggling goods on
jou. "
"Where ? " cried" the startled Noah ,
scrutinizing the animals for contra
bands.
* iln their trunks , " replied the trifler ,
and all the wicked people lining the
shore set up a shout at the disconcert
ed weather prophet.
.For a time the embarkation went for
ward without disturbance. Eli slowly
ate a huge slice of watermelon , and
silently contemplated the proceedings
while the people discussed the sight.
Having finished the melon , EH threw
the rind to a cow , wiped his mouth on
the back of his hand , and shouted :
"Look out , Noah , there go two female
doves in on you ! "
. "Stop ! you doves , " cried Noah , hur
riedly erasing the tally mark. "Now
don't you try that game on me , and he
shook his style indignantly.
"But , father , the bird insists he's a
male , cried Japhet , who was versed in
the language of fowls , and who had
rushed up on seeing the commotion.
"Don't you believe her , " vociferated
Eli. "She's fooling you. I guess I
&now a she bird when I see her. "
' "Um ! " faltered Noah , beginning to
perspire in his quandary , "this is seri
ous and must be settled at once , or we
shall ultimately be in difficulty. ' *
"Yi ! " balled the exultant Eli ; "can't
you tell a male from a female bird ?
Sho ! I don't believe you know whether
it's going to rain or not. "
"How am I to know anything ? "
groaned the perplexed Noah. "I'm
only good on weather probabilities.
Help me out there , Eli , will you , that's
a good fellow , and I will remember and
see if I can't find a place for you when
the cargo's all aboard. "
"Well , " drawled the mollified Eli ,
* 'in that case I don't mind telling you I
the secret. It's a very old method ,
though , and so simple that I'm sur
prised that such a weather sage as
yourself never discovered or heard
of one. " j
"What is it ? " asked the anxious
Uoah. "We'll have to pay closer at
tention to these birds , or there will
eurely be trouble. "
"Well , now , " cheerfully replied Eli ,
"pull its ears , and if he squeaks it's a
be , and if she squeaks it's a she. " And
while the idle people hoarsely laughed
the discomfited patriach angrily shook
his fist at'the low man.
And while Noah and his sons were
debating how this difficulty should be
' "
settled'the attention of Eli"was caught
by the lamentations of four kittens ,
piteously meowing to accompany the
departing parents. The mother softly
bewailed the ultimatum Of Noah , which
peremptorily declared that only two of
a kind should embark. Eli , who had
been eyeing the line while Noah was
trying to escape from his predicament ,
now quickly slid down from the stump
on which he had been sitting and ap
proaching the disconsolate family made
signs that he would assist them. A
pair of opossums were sympathizingly
gazing upon the meowing group , and
going up to them Eli made signs that
the kittens should be admitted into the
pouch of the female and be smuggled
aboard. The kittens had hardly been
placed in concealment when the .long
procession of animals began m ring
once more. Noah and his sons having
concluded that all questions relating to
the sex of birds should be referred to
the eagle , and that arbitrator having
perched upon tlie gunwale , the em
barkation proceeded.
"Twig the canines , Noah. " yellei
Eh. "Those dogs are full of fleas ; bet
ter pitch them overboard than save
such a lot of vermin. "
"Great Scott ! and I was only to take
two of a kind ! Why didn't somebody
tell me about those infernal ileas before
it was too late. Now the whole human
race will be pestered by liens and I will
have to bear the blame. I wish I was
dead.1' Then , choking with choler , he
returned to his labor. "Two monkeys ,
tally ! "
"Hi ! " howled Eli , that ain't fair ;
you're making a family of it. "
Noah , in a paroxysm , threw his style
at the head of his tormentor and shout
ed :
"Ham ! Ham ! Come here , quick !
You are the biggest of your brothers ,
Go over there and thrash that knave ,
Eli. Do anything to him ; only get rid
of him. "
"Father , " replied Ham. "I dare do
anything reasonable , but remember Eli
is the bad man of his tribe. He'd only
enjoy sousing me in the river. But if
you desire it I'll argue with him from
the deck. " '
"Argue nothing , Ham , " moaned
Noah. "I can do the arguing for the
family. Take your brothers there and
drive him away. Pummel him soundly.
Go , Ham. "
"Nay , " answered the son ; "the
wicked triumph ever in a fight which
the righteous know little ulxmt He
would drown us all before the flood
and our work would come to naught
Reason with him , my sire. "
"Eeason be blowed , " groaned Noah ;
"this is not a time to reason. "
In desperation , Noah called his other
sons , and a consultation was held. The
wicked peopie lining the shore , tiriu"
of the embarkation , now began to
seek amusement by throwing stones
nong the animals and creating con
fusion by teasing and starting lights
among the larger and fiercer beast = .
A wanton man standing near a pair cf
buffalo , who were quietly moving for
ward , proceeding a pair of hippo
potami , suddenly jabbed a stick into
the haunch of the nearest buffalo , and ,
turning quickljgazed unconcernedlv
down the river. The buffalo wheeled
briskly on receiving the thrust , but no
one appeared to belhe offender but the
tusk-bearing hippopotamus in the rear.
Hardly had the buffalo faced to the
front when the jab was repeated. This
time the animal bounced about in a
rage and glared at the stolid hippopota
mus , who tranquilly gazed back. The
buffalo , swallowing his ire once more ,
faced to the front , only to be severly
jabbed again. This was too much ; the
incensed animal let both heels drive
straight into the face of the tranquil
hippopotamus. That animal emitted
one terrific bellow and drove right in
to the enemy. The charge of the huge
beast bowled over the whole line of
animals. Pell mell they all went ,
hustled , crammed and jammed against
the ark , up the gang-plank and over
the deck of the vessel. The terrified
animals , endeavoring to escape the aw
ful crush , carried Ham and Japhet
headlong over the opposite side of the
ark. Noah and Shem were lost amid
the confused mass of struggling beasts.
The battered form of each was finally
seen endeavoring to climb upon the
gunwale. Having straddled this posi-
sion , Noah called to Japhet , had crawl
ed up the bank , to reform the broken
line. Ham seized the dangling leg of
his ancestor , and , pulling himself into
the ark , he began expostulating :
"Father , it is useless to go on in this
fashion. That last move of the wick
ed has driven almost all the animals
abroad. Why cannot we cut adrift
and sail ? We have a goodly number
abroad safe and sound , whereas if we
proceed we may lose what we have , and
our labors will have been for naught
Again , if "
"Oh , Noah , yon haven't any mules.
What'll you do your ploughing with ? "
shouted Eli.
"That's a fact , " said Noah , and he
plumped down on the deck in despair.
"Why didn't that double-skulled Shem
"
think of it ! Say"Eli , won't you hunt
up a pair and bring them down here
right away that's a good fellow. "
"Ha , ha ! " and Eli laughed till he
fell off the stump backward. "Mules
oh. Noah , what you don't know about
natural histo'ry would fill that dizzy old
ark iteslf. Mules ! Oh , .hold me 01
I'll die. "
The patriarch stared for a moment ,
and then his face grew scarlet. He
reached for his gun , drew his hand
back , extended it again toward the
weapon , and then with a hurculean
effort turned his back to the shouting
mob on the shore , saying , sotlo voce ,
"I'm mighty glad Eli is going to be
drowned ! "
"Hi , Noah ! " shouted EH from his
stump , "ready for another batch for
your old menagerie. Hurry up , more
emigrants a-coming. "
"You , Eli , you you vagabond , get
down off that stump and clear out , or
I'll have an officer come and remove
you. "
"Ya ! you'll have an officer here soon
enough , " bawled Eli , tauntingly. "I
hearo all your creditors had put their
bills in Joshua's hands for collection ,
and he'll be here before you know it
ind seize yorr : ugly old craft. Rightly.
.00. for trying to bamboozle all these
gnorant animals and gull them off on
a traveling show. "
"Father , let us be gone , " again
Dleudod Ham. "See , tire wicked have
Uirrcd the remaining animals to rage
ind some are tampering with the gang-
olank. " The brothers echoed Ham's
prayer. Noah glanced uneasily up the
ralley-path , where a man was seen rap-
dly approaching. "Well , be it as you
my , " he answered , gloomily. "Cast
jver the gang-plank. "
When the deserted animals on shore ,
; he mastodon , unicorn and others
Jestined to perish from the face of the
jarth. saw these signs of departure , the
roaring , snorting , bellowing and howl-
ng were tremendous , and it was fully
jchoed from the inside of the ark as
ihe crowded animals began to feel the
aovel motion of their refuge. The dis
solute people shouted and hooted with
? reat clamor , but Noah and his sons ,
though very pule and much excited ,
strove zealously to put a gulf between
shemselves and the wicked.
"Over she goes , boys ! " cried Noah ,
seizing the tiller , while his crew of sons
labored at the gang-plank. As the ark
swung clear of the shore , Noah wiped
his despondent brow and muttered :
"Blank the Hood , anyhow ; I'll stay be
hind next time and drown. " San
Francisco Examiner.
The Stuff Brought Them.
Colonel Phil. Janrey , the drummer
For a great whisky house , has just re
turned from a trip to northern Arkan-
saw. When asked concerning his ex
perience and success , he said : "Noth
ing worthy of the name of adventure
occurred until the other day. I was
driving along a mountain road , secure
in the belief that all was well , and
doubtless would have remained in that
condition had not a violent rain storm
come up. 1 was not very well aqtiaint-
ed with the country and was foolish
enough to drive down into a stream.
Almost instantly my horses were swept
off their feet They were washed
around and lodged against a clump of
willow trees , where we found just
enough brace to keep the entire affair
from sinking. I began to shout for
help. I shouted until I was hoarse ,
and then , drawing up my legs , I
waited for my wagon and team to be
swept away to destruction. The water
grew swifter and I saw that to get out
of the wagon would be certain death.
Finally my loud cries , I was delighted
to see , attracted the notice of a number
of men.
" 'Halloa'said one fellow , 'what's
the matter out there ? '
"I have been washed against these
bushes and am likely to be drowned ,
for God's sake , come out and held me. '
' "We can't come out there. The
water will wash us away. '
" 'Yes , but don't you see that I am
about to drown ? '
" 'I see all that , but life is worth
more than money. We can't help you. '
" 'Haven't you got a boat ? '
" 'Yes , but it mijrht turn over. '
" 'For God's sake , men , save me. '
" 'Would like to do it , but the
chances are against you. '
" Til pay you for it. '
" 4Pay don't amount to nothin' . '
" Til do anything for you if you'll
come out and save us. '
" 'sorry , but we can't risk our lives
that way. '
" 'But I tell you that I'll pay you for
V
" 'That's all right , but you kain't
pay a man for losin' his life" '
' 'Suppose I'd tell you that I've got a
wagon load of Bibles , what then ? '
" 'Wouldn't make any difference. '
" 'Say , fellows , as there seems to be
no chance , I'll tell you something.
This is a piohibition country , Isn't it ? '
" 'That's what it is. '
" 'Well , now let me tell you one
thing : I am a drummer for a large
whisky house and my wagon is loaded
with samples. '
" -What ? '
"I repeated the remark.
" 'No joke ? '
" 'No joke. '
" 'Well , we don't want to risk our lives
for money and all that sort o' stuff ,
but if you've got whisky we're with
rou , ' and , sir they , swam out and saved
my wagon and team. They could not
sndure the idea of such a loss of whis-
ty. " Arlansaio Traveler.
The Best Swimmer at Long Branch.
An hour after she had been driven
iway in her carriage I went to bathe.
Sporting in the water was a young girl ,
she picture of health and maidenly hap
piness. Her face and arms were brown
is a berry , and she sported in the break
ers like a mermaid. She could swim a ,
oetter stroke than any of the young
jien surrounding her. Her graceful
antics in the water attracted the atten
tion not only of the bathers but of ev
ery looker-on from the splendid bath
houses of the Hollywood cottages. She
3onld dive and turn a somersault in the
water as gracefully as a swan and her
plain but neatly fitting "bathing suit ad
ded charm to her movements , without
retarding them. She must have been
in the water a half hour or more the
very picture of a water nymph. I nev-
sr saw a female swimmer who could
match her either in agility or graceful
ness. Every one was inquiring her
name , and just as she walked out of
the water , a perfect picture of symme
try and becoming modesty , some one
said : "Why , that is Jennie Kenney ,
of Philadelphia. She is the most noted
swimmer along the coast. "
This was apparent from what I had
seen. I believe this young lady is the
daughter of Mr. H. F. Kenney , the
superintendent of the Philadelphia ,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.
But be that as it may , she carries off
the palm among all the female bathers
of this place. As I saw her emerge
from her bath-house a half hour after
she left the water , dressed in a neatly
fitting suit , I could not help but think
how much richer she was than the old
lady with her twelvo millions. The
one young , healthy and attractive , with
her life all before her ; the other old and
alone , with a life spent and burden
some millions to give away to those
who will appreciate the giver only as a
reminiscence. Philadelphia Times.
CUSTOMS AT A HANGING.
Tho Forms Observed "When the
Takes a Man's Life at the Tombs.
A great many customs surround a
hanging in New York. They have
been modified by law , which allows
only the sheriffs , a sheriff's jury , the
judges of the higher courts , the district
attorney , the doctors , and the hang
man to bo present. Formerly the
coroner could bring a party of his
friends as jurors , and the sheriff gavo
out cards of invitation as he would to a
ball. That has been stopped , and
Sheriff Grant keeps the number of
spectators down to the lowest legal
number. The reporters acted as both
sheriffs and coroner's jury at Chacon's
hanging. It is customary for the
sheriff to present the man to be hanged ,
when he is poor , with a black suit to
bo hanged in. The care of the city for
his burial goes no further than to see
he gets to potter's field.
It is the duty of the sheriff to bo per
sonally present at a hanging. One
sheriff dodged this duty once by going
to Long Branch. In a case like that
the under sheriff has charge. Tho
hanging is set down for as early an
hour as possible in the morning to
avoid a crowd. The sheriff and his
deputies , dressed in mourning , gather
at the sheriff's office and march to the
Tombs. Each bears his staff of office.
At the hanging they take off their hats
as soon as the weights fall , and put
them on when the body is cut down.
In a case on the wall in the sheriff's
office are a score of staves and two
swords. The staves have been present
at every hanging since a time that no
employe in the office can recall. They
are about thirty inches long , and are
made of dark hard wood. The middle
is covered with thin , dark velvet. On
each end is a brass tip shaped like an
Indian arrowhead. The sheriff's staff
has a crutch at one end instead of a
dart , and the under sheriff's has a
crook. The two swords have not been
taken to a hanging for a long time.
No matter where in the state a hang
ing may be the staves are sent for and
the sheriff's men carry them. They
would as soon think of trying to have a
hanging without a rope as without
their staves. They are a relic of col
onial days , when a hanging would
draw as large an assemblage as a cir
cus , and the ofiicers who had charge
of it appeared pompously in their of
ficial robes.
The same gallows , rope , noose , and
weights are used time after time until
they arc lost or Avore o-t The gal
lows now in use is abr i.t four 3ears
old. The uprights are aL ut five inches
square and fifteen feet hi.h. The cross
piece is the same size. The construc
tion is simple , and it is easy to take the
gallows apart and put it away. The
only trace left on the gallows by a
hanging is the mark of the ax where
it cuts through the rope that keeps the
weight from falling.
Two men do all the hangings in New
York. One is a short , lean man , with
Hebrew features. He lias a thin , full
beard that curls , dark hair , mild eyes ,
and a shrinking face. He was in the
box at Chacon's hauling when , the
rope was cut The other man , who
pulled the cap over Chacon's head , is a
short , stout German , partially bald ,
with a black-gray mustache. He is in
charge. These two men have a num
ber of names. They do not want to be
known , and the sheriff himself lias
nothing further to do with them than
to give them charge cf the arrange
ments and to pay the bill. The one
man is commonly known as Isaacs , the
other as Minzesheimer. The bills are
made out to Joseph B. Atkinson. The
cost of hanging varies from $200 to
$ .300. The men are hangmen not only
in New York , but they travel around
over the state and country. Hanging
is their trade.
SPANISH PRISONS.
Cruel Treatment of tliowretches
Confined In Them. Punish
ment for Murder and
Robbery.
I hear that there is a great deal of
dirt , cruelty , misery , and mismanage
ment in Spanish prisons , writes a Paris
correspondent In nearly every pro
vincial town there is a prevention or
carcet , under tho authority of the
alcalde , and in the hiiids of the civil
gaurds and town police. This stone
building , which you enter by an open-
barred gate , against which some prison
ers are idly leaning smoking their pa
per cigarettes , consists of two or three
stone-flagged chambers above and the
same number below stai : s. The upper
chambers are devoted to women the
lower to men , caught in Jlagranle
dclicttc , who await theru the mandate
of the authorities , which shall either
free or send them to the nearest prison
or carcet proper , there to lie herded
with a host of malefactors until their
trials shall be concluded. The prison
ers in these lock-ups fare badly indeed.
In the summer scorched with heat ,
.eaten by vermin in the winter , sleeping
without'either bed or rug on the cold
stones , with but one meal a day of
coarse rancho or pottage , they pass their
firne leaning against the bars scoffing
at passers by in the street. They curse
and swear , gamble away their clothes ,
and in the intervals .between these
pastimes call on God , on heaven , and
the Virgin to deliver them. They are
kept there it may be a few days and it
may be for six or seven years. The
conversation is made up of blasphemy
and obscenity ; the dirt is appalling , the
allotted food wretched. Many are
brought to these dens merely as sus
pected accomplices of some crime , and
they are kept there and thus hardly
treated until they have confessed ail
they know. With the women the hard
treatment , the exposure , the absence of
decency , often bring about the desired
effect , and they confess and betray alL
With the men a flogging coupled with
this bad fare and all the rest of it , often
extracts a confession.
So much for the common jails of
Spain. As for tho convict establish
ments , where those sentenced to longer
terms of seclusion are confined , the
best are those of Cartagena and Seville.
T7
The presidio of Cartagena is a stone
building , with two or three quad
rangles , not a stone's throw from tho
famous dockyard and arsenal. Pass
ing to it tho stranger hears the clank
of chains and the measured tread of
convicts. The prisoners are chained
two and two. They wear a coarse
brown jacket and trousers of coarse
cloth. Each holds up his own share of
the chain by which they are manacled
around the ancle. For each offense an
extra fourteen pounds of iron is placed
on tho chain , adding considerably to
their difficulty in walking and working.
There are constant quarrels and fights.
Tho contractor gives tho poor wretches
only beans and hot water in lieu of
beans and oil or bacon. Hundreds die
or become semi-idiotic from this starva
tion , as tho body especially In Spain ,
needs fatty matter. Another abuse al
most as great as the herding together ,
the contract system , tho absence of
books or papers , is the terrible power
put into the hands of the sergeants , or
cabos de varra. These are themselves
prisoners who are physically strong and
have behaved fairly well. They are
put in charge of the prisoners , superin
tend their work , and have unlimited
authority. Each carries a stout ashen
cudgel and they beat their fellow pris
oners in the most cruel manner , even
taking an infernal pleasure in the
sound of the blows they administer.
Two striking sights may now and then
be witnessed within the walls of a
Spanish presidio. On feast days a
brass band of prisoners plays its way
into the inner courtyard and there
takes its stand. From workshop and
sleep and smoke the motley groups
come hurrying to catch this little gleam
of light in their dull and wearying
lives. They form an orderly semicir
cle , beat time , sing a little , and thor
oughly enjoy the blare and rattle of
their rough music.
The other spectacle isof a sadder
character. At night a prisoner under
sentence of death for the morrow is
pinioned and handcuffed , and a crucifix
is put between his bound hands. He is
led to the chapel seated in front of tho
altar , a priest hears his confession , and
he then sits through the weary night-
watches waiting for that sun to rise of
which iiis eyes may not behold the set
ting. Sentence is , however , even at
this last awful moment , often commut
ed , through the intervention of the
church , to that of cadcna pcrpclua.
When the capital sentence is carried
out by the garrote the prisoner is pin
ioned in a chair in a waste spot outside
the city and is executed at sunrise. I
do not like to continue this subject. I j
have been told enough about Spanish !
prisons to enable me to take my read i
ers from the lock-up to the jail , from j
jail to the convict establishment. We i
could almost share ' the unhappy felon's !
mess of pottage ; see the prison chapels
unopened , the images dusty and rust
ing , the battles with knives within the
prison walls ; the prisoners gambling
day and night until some have gam
bled away sill their rations , and"are
foodless for forty-eight hours ; the aw
ful amount of crime committed within
the walls of some prisons ; the utter
want of occupation within the jails ;
the total absence of any private minis
trations of religion in the large convict
establishments. If anyone is curious
as to thoseiitences pronounced , I can
but tell him that murder is punished
with from seventeen years four months
and one day to death , and robbery very
much in accordance to the value of the
article stolen. In proportion to the
population the number of convicts in
the various jails , prisons , and convict
establishments is enormous , but and I
am glad , to say it marvelously few wo
men are found in prison.
Our Indians A Suggestion.
The Indians in our souhtern borders
are reported to h : > ve a habit among
them of tightening up their belts
whenever they miss a meal. That is ,
if they miss breakfast they tighten up
the belt one hole. If they miss dinner
they repeat the tightening , thus seek
ing to diminish the size of the cavity
on the inside of them , which is usually
filled up at meal times by eating , by
pressure from without. Those familiar
with the Indians and their way of life
hold that the practice is a good substi
tute for the missed meals , but it is only
for temporary benefit You can't go
on always drawing in the belt. The
worst will come at last ; yet it does help
some , so they say , and that being the
case , the Herald in its solicitude for the
welfare of certain United States offici
als who will be deprived of a hearty
meal or so , through Congress cutting
down the Utah appropriations , calls
the attention of those certain officials
of this practice among the half-starved
Southern Utes. Draw up your belts ,
gentlemen , a hole or too , and console
3'ourself with the reflection that repub
lics are ungrateful to their servants
any way. Salt Lake Ilcrald.
The Immunity of Physicians.
It is a prevalent popular impression
that some special providence surrounds
the physician with protective agencies ,
and that , although daily exposed to
disease in its most malignant forms , he
escapes when others are attacked. Dr.
Ogle , of England , finds that while the
lawyers die at the rate of 20 , the
clergy at the rate of 1C , the doctors'
mortality is 25 per 1,000. In a million
adults other than physicians 16 died of
scarlet fever , 14 of diphtheria , and 238
of typhoid fever ; while of an equal
number of physicians. 59 succumbed
to scarlet fever , 59 to diphtheria , and
311 to typhoid fever. Small-pox , on
the other hand , claims more victims
among the laity than in the medical
profession ; due , doubtless , to the fact
that physicians have sufficient confi
dence in the protective influence of
vaccination to keep themselves insus
ceptible to the attacks of small-pox.
Not a Sickly Country.
"Isn't this a sickly country ? " said a '
stranger to an Arkansaw man.
"No , sir. "
"Then is it that
why nearly every
one I see is sick ? "
"Oh , the people is sorter sickly , but
the country never gets sick. Never
heard o' the country takin' a pill in nay
life. " GoodaU's Sun.
FRESH CIGARS.
Tho fewest Crazo Among TIsors ol
thoVccd. .
"I want you to try this cigar , " said a
gentleman yesterday , as he handed oul
a line-looking specimen of tho weed.
It was a good one , and tho smoker said
so.
"That was made on Friday , " said
the gentleman. "I got it in Reading.
There's a cigar manufacturer thcra
who does nothing but make fresh
Havana cigars , at $7 a hundred , to bo
smoked at once. The idea is all tha
rage there , and he has as much as ha
can do. On Saturdays , especially , ho
has more .than he "can do. Persons
order cigars made on Saturday to sinoko
on Sunday. Queer idea , isn't it ? I
ordered a box just to try them , and I
find they're ever so much better fresh. "
"I don't know of any such a thing in
Pittsburgh , " said one of the most prom
inent cigar-dealers and manufacturersi -
last evening , "hut I don't see anything
wrong in it. We have to keep all out
fine imported cigars fresh. We
couldn't sell them if we didn't.
"But how do yon keep them fresh ? "
"Well , you see this case here. Tho
lowest priced cigar in it is three for _ a
quarter. All these boxes sit on tin
boxes , which contain water. " I
"These boxes are made in Now I
York , " he continued , "especially for i , .
this purpose. They have a sheet of | f |
heavy felt inside of them , which wo * ' |
keep moistened with water. It doe.- ;
not do to make them too wet , for then . .
the water would get into the cigars 4j ;
and they would turn moldy. They fj
must be watched all tho time to see
that they are kept just moist enough.
Cigars that are not in the case wo keep
in an air-tight , zinc-lined box. A
Havana cigar must never be allowed to
dry out ; it spoils the flavor. That , at
least , is my judgment , and that of all
the best judges of a cigar. A cigar
that has any Havana in it must be
smoked when it is moist It is not
that it burns up too rapidly when dry ,
but it loses the delicate flavor. A cigar
that lias no Havana in it is better the
older and drier it becomes , and it must
be kept away from moisture. You see
in this case there are no water-boxes.
There are some good cigars here , but
they have no Havana in them.
"A man who buys 100 fresh cigars
with Havana in them must be a rapkl
smoker , or have a good many friends ,
if the } ' will keep fresh for him until
they are all gone , unless he takes care
to keep them moist That Reading
man lias probably got a now scheme ,
and lias succeeded in making it tho
fashion. There's a great deal in get-
ting it to be 'the tiling' in any such
plan. The best judges and lovers of
good cigars that I know of prefer to
buy what they want each day , as they
can be more certain of having them
just to suit their taste. " Pittsburgh
Post.
Two Curious Dreams.
"Dreams are funny things , aren't
they ? " exclaimed a traveler on the
Minneapolis & St. Louis train to a St.
Paul Globe reporter. "Now of that x
rapidity of thought , that leading up to J
an accident that I consider most re
markable. Not long ago I was on a
visit to a cousin and while there an
other cousin , a doctor , came. I had
the only spare room and of course tho *
new arrival was sent in to sleep with
me. We had the bed with the head up
against a door which had a transom
a good-sized transom with two big
panes of glass. During the first night
the transom fell down and we were
awakened from a sound sleep by our
faces cracking through the glass.
"Scared ! Well , 1 should say so.
But the funny part of the thing was
the different way in which our mental
powers accounted for the very same
physical sensation breaking glass and
more or fess scratching and cutting ,
but nothing serious to either. I was a
traveling man even in my sleep , and
when the crash came which of course
wis only a second before we were wide
awake I dreamed I was on a sleeping
car and was enjoying a lower berth. I
thought the train had jumped the
track , and in trying to look out and
see what was the trouble I was thrown
against the window glass and awoke.
"Xow , the doctor dreamed , as he in
formed me , that he had passed into a
trance and while thus powerless to-
move he was placed in a casket and
prepared for the narrow l.ttle home
beneath the sod. He had been reading
of a similar case , and the details were
first in his mind. In his dreamy trou
bles he thought that just as the sor
rowing relatives were about to remove
him and the casket from the old parlor
lie broke out in a profuse prcspiration
and the result was that , the room being
warm , steam was generated in tho
casket , and the glass face covering was
broken , the pieces naturally tailing " '
over his face. Now , there "was one
and the same accident , and two people
siiniliarly affected by it expressed it so
differently in their dreams. "
Hydrophobia Curable.
Hydrophobia is curable. It may
even be combated by force of will.
There are instances on record where
strongminded men have shaken it off ,
after the development of the symptoms ,
by determining not to give way. One
well known surgeon shook the disease
off in a single day by taking violent ex
ercise and forgetting all about it
If you wish to prove what the result
of dwelling on one idea may be , try a
simple experiment Hold your arm
out at full length with the fingers ex
tended and say "My forefinger is going
to ache. " Co'ncentrate your mind that
it is going to ache , presently the pain
will commence. Then say , "The pain
is going to extend to the elbow. " In
minute you will feel the elbow begin
ache. You can bring pain to any part
of the body by concentrating your
mind upon the idea that there is going
to be a pain there. In half the cases
of hydrophobia the sufferer's mind has
been concentrated for weeks upon the
symptoms which have been described
as the result of a dog bite. If a dog-
bitee you , first cauterize the wound ,
and tiien cauterize your mind. London
Referee.