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How Francis Bacon Wan Rid of Wart * .
The tnkingo away of Warts , by Rub-
bingo them wth pome what yt after
wards is put to wast , and consume , is a
corn'on exp'meut : And I dee appro-
heudo it the rather because of miuo
owiio oxp'ience. I had from my Child
hood a wart uppon one of my Fingers :
Afterwardes when I was about 10 years
old , being at Paris , there grow upon
both my handes a number of Warts ( at
ye least 100) ) in a Moueths space. The
English Embassadours Lady , who was
a woman free from sup'stition , told mo
one day. She would helpe mo away
wth them.
Whereupon shoe got a peico of Larde ,
wth ye Skin on , and rubbed yo Warts all
over , wth ye fat side ; and among yo
rest yt Wart wch I had had from my
Childhood : Then she uayled the Peico
of Lard wth ye fat toward yo Suuuo
upon a Poust of her Chamber window
wch was to ye south. The Successo was ,
that wthin five weekes space , all the
Warts went quite away : And yo
Wart wch I had see longo endured for
Company. But at ye rest I did little
marvailo , because they cumo in a shorte
time , and might goo away in a short
time againe. But ye goingo away of yt
wch had staid BOO longo doth sticke wth
me yet. They say ye like is done by
rubbiuge of Warts wth a greene Elder
sticke , and then buryingo the sticke to
rot in mncke. Notes and Queries.
Pickwick or an Oyster.
To my chief benefactors , whom it
was also my high privilege to know as
friends , Dickens , Thackeray and Leech ,
I have done homage on happy occasions ,
and I have a pleasant recollection of
the smile and the sympathy of the au
thor of "Pickwick" when I told him ,
iu proof of my profound admiration ,
how in my schoolboy days , with an in
come of sixpence per week , I had saved
half for the monthly numbers of his fa
mous book , still in my possession ,
bound in two volumes , and in the most
degraded form of the art.
The smile expanded as J. proceeded to
describe my wrestlings with tempta
tion , the agony of conflict , when the
siren sang , in the form of an oysterman -
man who passed at intervals by the
door of our schoolyard , and lured us
not only by the cravings of appetite ,
but by the fascinations of gambling.
His mode of business was to receive
halfpenny from his customer , who
cried "head" or "tail" ( the tail was
represented by Britannia in full uni
form uncomfortably located on the edge
of her shield ) as the vendor threw it
upward. The customer lost his coin if
bis conjecture was wrong. If right , he
received an excellent oyster , with a co
pious supply of peppered vinegar from
a huge stone bottle , with a slit in the
cork. S. Reynolds Hole in Literatura
How Rata Multiply.
In this city rats are found in consid
erable numbers , the brown rats predom
inating on the ships and wharfs , the
black rats in the stores and warehouses ,
and the Alexandrian rats being limited
to the holds of the ships that come from
southern ports. Weasels and ferrets are
bred to keep down their numbers. The
fecundity of the rats is so great that in
a few years they would overwhelm a
whole city if they were not kept down
by artificial means. One pair will rear
four or five families of 10 to 15 to each
litter in one year , and in six months
these young ones are ready to repro
duce. Thus one couple in the course of
three years could raise a population of
several hundred thousand if not re
strained by any destructive measures.
New York Sun.
His Mind Still Clear.
Mr. Pneer had been run into by a
street car. He was taken to the nearest
drug store , and a surgeon was hastily
summoned.
"Tho thigh bone is dislocated , " an
nounced the surgeon after a brief ex
amination.
"Here , you ! " ho continued , turning
to a muscular bystander and grasping
the sufferer firmly around the body.
"Pull his leg ! "
"What ! Already ? " groaned Mr.
Pneer , opening his eyes and placing his
hand on his pocketbook. Chicago
Tribune.
Brevity.
The late Duo de Sagan used to relate
this story : "King Frederick William
III was very sparing of words , as is
well known , but one day he was told
there was atToplitz , where he was then
drinking the waters , a Hungarian mag
nate still less talkative than the king.
An opportunity for a meeting was soon
managed , and the following conversa
tion took place , the king beginning :
'Bathing ? ' 'Drinking. ' 'Soldier ? ' 'Mil
lionaire. ' ' ' ' ' ' '
'Good. 'Policeman ? 'King.
' ' "
'Compliments.
Turned His Back.
Landlady That new boarder is either
married or a widower.
Daughter Why. mamma , he pays
he's a bachelor.
Landlady Don't you believe ha is.
When he opens his pocketbook to pay
his board , he always turns his back to
me. Boston Beacon.
Thought He Was Smart.
Mr. Peck What is that book yon are
reading , my dear ?
Mrs. Peck It's a novel , entitled "A
Fatal Flirtation , " vith such a sad end-
Ing.Mr.
Mr. Peck Something like ours , I
aresnme ? London Fun.
Great Fall.
"And did he fall on his knees when
10 proposed ? "
"No , but he was so rattled that he
stepped on the cat and fell onhisneck. "
Indianapolis Journal.
A Pertinent Question.
"Doctor , where did yon get thafc v
leautiful scarfpin ? " a
"From my first patient. "
"Inheritance ? " Fliegende Blatter.
THE FIGHTING 3URKHA3.
Something1 About the Men Who Win Some
of England' * Itattlcs.
j The Gurkhas , to whoso valor we owe
I EO much on the Indian frontier , are not
afraid of death in any shape or form ,
have the instinct of instant Mid unques
tioning obedience to orders from supe
riors and take an actual and physical
delight in fighting. It i. . . . popular error
V > suppose that they are without caste ,
ihere are about 18 different castes
among them and several subdivisions in
each caste , but when serving in British
regiments and while on a campaign
Gurkhas do not allow their caste sys
tem to interfere with their comforts and
will eat and drink freely with Euro-
j peaus and among themselves. They have
no objection to taking a pull at a Brit
ish soldier's flask and will share a
"chapati" with the most menial camp
follower. They will gladly tale a c-ipar
or tobacco from a European , but on no
account must a man of one caste smrake
in the company of another.
All Gurkhas trace their descent from
the Rajputs of central India , the Thap-
pas and Guruugs especially claiming to
have the bluest Hindoo blood in India
running in their veins. They have ,
however , intermarried for generations
with Mongolian women. Ono would
imagine therefore that in process of
time a distinctly new type , combining
the leading characteristics of botli races ,
would have been evolved , but as a mat
ter of fact the vast majority of Gurkhas
are either Aryan or Chiueso in their
cast of countenance. Europeans general
ly suppose that all Gurkhas are squat
men , with broad nostrils , Ligh cheek
bones and deep set , narrow eyes. This
is not the case. The Second Gurkbas
regiment has large numbers of Guruugs
and Thappas in its ranks who are of a
slight build , with beautifully chiseled
and sharp features , Aryans every inch.
Gurkhas have one physical peculiar
ity their stature is below the aver
age. As they do not wear beards and
their mustaches , in spite of much care ,
never attain a luxuriant growth , tea
a casual observer a Gurkha regiment
appears to consist of boys , not men. It
is on record that when Lord Roberts
was marching through the Kurram the
Patban women and children came out
to jeer at the striplings whom ho was
leading , as it seemed , to their certain
death , and they only changed their
opinion when , largely owing to the
heroism of these same Gurkhas , the Af
ghan army was driven headlong from
the Peiwar Kotal.
The colonel of a distinguished regi
ment used to tell a story of a Pathau
who had traveled a long distance to get
a glimpse of the terrible soldiers that
had defeated his countrymen. When ho
saw the little boyish looking Gurkha's
standing guard at the Bala Hissar , ho
committed suicide "for very shame , "
at least and this is the best part of the
story so the guard declared when asked
to explain the presence of the dead
body. London News.
Sam Jones and Talmage.
Sam Jones is the embodiment of an
audacity that sometimes comes very
near the border line of discourtesy. A
clergyman who often assists him in his
series of meetings told me the other day
this story in the early history of Mr.
Jones' evangelistic work : He was in
vited by Dr. Talmage to hold a series of
meetings in the doctor's Brooklyn
church. Mr. Jones went to Dr. Tal-
mage's home during the afternoon of
the day on which his engagement began
and introduced himself. Mr. Talmage
looked him over and was evidently a lit
tle taken aback at the rather shabby ap
pearance of the evangelist. As it approached
preached evening he said , "Brother
Jones , would you take it amiss if I pre
sented you with a new suit of clothes ? '
"Certainly not , " said the accommodat
ing Samuel. He was taken to a clothier
and fitted from head to foot , topping
with a high hat.
At church the doctor introduced him
as the Rev. Samuel P. Jones from
Georgia. Mr. Jones arose with his new
hat in hand and repeated , "Yes , the
Rev. Samuel P. Jones from Georgia , "
and added : "And this is the new suit
of clothes and this the new hat your
pastor has presented to me. If your pas
tor had as much of the grace of God in
his heart as he has pride , he would con
vert all Brooklyn and would not need
me. " Homiletic Review.
Maginn.
Blackwood set a high value on Ma-
giun's contributions. "There is one
culiar excellence , " he writes , "in this
writer which strikes us Scotsmen his
easy , idiomatic English. No Scotchman ,
however practiced as a writer , is mas
ter of the English tongue so as to bo
able to write in this way. " But he nev
er ventured to impart this opinion to
the voluble and irascible North. ,
jMaginu was a brilliant but unman
ageable creature. Ho soon drifted away
from Maga and devoted himself to its
rival and imitator , Fraser's. When his
habits had brought him to a premature
grave , Lockhart wrote his epitaph in a
score of jingling rhymes :
Bcre. early to bed. lies kind William Maginn.
Light for long was his heart , though his
breeches n-ere thin.
But at last ho was beat and sought help from
the bin.
I
Barring drink and the girls , 1 no'er heard of a
sin ;
Many worse , better few. than bright , broken
Magiun.
Longman's Magazine. ;
Trying to Make It Out.
Theodore I declared myself , Alfred ,
aut I don't know whether she accepted
ue or not. That's what I'm trying to
nake out , you know.
Alfred "What did yon say to her ?
Theodore I said that I thought the
vorldof her , and she said , "It's a queer
vorld. " That was all , don't you know , ,
ind deuced if I know whether it meant
he is in love "vith me or not. Boston
transcript. 1 :
HOW A MAN MADE $7,000.
Because the Chap Who Lout It Told His
liuslueBS In a Cafe.
"Don't discuss your private business
affairs in a public place , " said an old
Brooklyuito to the New Yorker who approached
preached him in a cafe near the city
ball. Then the Brooklyn man , pointing
out a real estate dealer , said :
"Talking about a business deal in
this very cafe cost that man -57,000 , and
the money went into my pocket too.
You see , he represented a syndicate that
wanted to build on some property in
which I was interested as the owner of
one honso and city lot. The agent did
not know mo from a Canarsio clatnmer.
Well , he came in here with a friend
one. of the syndicate for luncheon on
an afternoon in last July. They took
seats at this tablo. I sat at the next
one.
one."I
"I began to'take notice , ' as grand
mas say , when I heard the strangers at
the next table discuss quito loudly a
deal in relation to the property adjoin
ing mine. The agent had ordered a fine
layout for luncheon and was evidently
well pleased with his deal. He said to
his friend :
" ' Well , I pulled off the trick for
that property at 219 Cheap street today.
The owner thought I was doing him a
favor. I started in at § 15,000 and final
ly closed with him for $18,000. He bit
in a hurry. Why , the property is worth
§ 25,000 if it's worth a dollar to us.
Now I must look for the chap that owns
221. He'll bo glad to get $18,000 for
his house. It's lucky for us they're not
on to the fact that wo want to buy that
entire block. '
"I didn't need to do any eavesdrop
ping , you seo. That little speech of the I
agent cost him exactly § 7,000. You can !
readily guess that I , as the owner of 221 '
Cheap street , was not especially anxious
to sell after that. I kept Mr. Real EsJ J
tate Man on the jump for nearly five
mouths , and when I let up on him I.
got my price , exactly $25,000 a neat
little profit of $7,000 above what I
would have gladly accepted. So you see
the point of my remark to you , 'Don't
discuss private business affairs in a pub
lic place. ' Now we'll go to my office ,
and I'll listen to your proposition. "
New York Sun.
HIDDEN GOLD IN PARIS.
Many Fanatics Spend Their Lives Hunting
For Iluried Treasure.
Some Parisians are actually kept from
wandering by conviction that there is
hidden treasure behind the walls or be
neath the flooring or in the chimney
nook or under the roof , says Chambers'
Journal.
You are told that during the number
less sieges to which Paris has been sub
jected and the internal revolutions it
has undergone there exists not a cellar
or a garret but has become the recepta
cle of some part of the immense riches
accumulated in religious houses and old
families. There is , perhaps , nothing ir
rational in the supposition that in the
good old times when convents were
made the depositories not only of the
secrets of the aristocracy , but of the
family jewels likewise , instances must
have occurred wherein these deposits
were buried and remain undiscovered ,
together with the treasures of the con
fraternity. But human folly has of late
years exalted this rational possibility
into dazzling certainty. Every means is
now resorted to and more gold and pru-
cious time expended than the most val
uable treasure could repay in order to
seize the secret which still resists dis
covery. "While you of the matter of
fact , plodding Anglo-Saxon race are
toiling and broiling in Australia and
California , searching for gold , we gold
seekers of Paris find it here beneath our
feet in the old quarters of the city round
Notre Dame and the Hotel de Ville ,
where gold is teeming in greater plenty
than amid the rock bowlders of Califor
nia or beneath the soil of Ballarat , "
said Ducasse , the great treasure seeker.
The Art of Lighting a Pipe.
Now , comrades , not to waste time
talking of style of pipe or brands of to
bacco tastes differ in those things try
this : Keep pipe and stem as clean as
possible , and the time to clean them is
immediately after a smoke. Fill the
bowl with your favorite brand and press
down firmly , but don't strive to see how
solid you can pack it. If you make it as
solid as wood , it will burn like wood
and make a coal fire about as hot and
ungrateful. Don't light the entire sur
face. Don't "pull" as though you had no
more matches and feared it would "go
out. " Light a small spot directly in the
center. Smoke slowly until it works its
way gradually downward. If it under
takes to spread , press it down again
with thumb or finger. A half minute's
care in starting is all that is required.
Now smoke slowly. The little fire con
tinues downward , delicately roasting {
the tobacco on the sides , and presently , I
when you cave this off , there will come |
i revelation in soft , mellow smoke , so
30ol , so delicious , so soothing , that you
will never regret having read this.
Sports Afield.
Von.
In Germany "von" implies nobility ,
md all persons who belong to the uo-
jility prefix "von" to their names with-
) ut any exception. Persons who do not
Belong to the nobility cannot have the j
right to put "von" before their names. I
man who is knighted for some reason , !
lowever , has the same right to put ;
'von" before his family name as a per-
on of ancient nobility. For instance ,
vheu Alexander Humboldt was kuight-
id ho became Alexander von Humboldt.
Ul his descendants , male and female ,
ake the prefix. Philadelphia Press.
Switzerland enjoys the unenviable
listiuction of having a larger percentage
f lunatics than any other country. In 1
1J
he canton of Zurich there are 3,261 in J
population of 839,000. 1
1c
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In J 5fi4 a pair of shoes made iu Eugj j a
and cost tenpeuce. ' t :
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WONDERFUL RESCUE.
HOW SERGEANT VAUGHAN SAVED A
LIFE AT A HOTEL FIRE.
A Member of the J w York
Who Endangered Hln Own 1,1 To to Saro
a Gucat of the Hotel Itoyal Who Had
About Given Up All Hope. t
Jacob A. Riis , author of "How the
Other Half Lives , " writes of "Heroes
"Who Fight Fire" in The Century. The
article is one of the series "Heroes of
Peace. " .Mr. Kiis tells the following
story of n heroic rescue nfi the Hotel - ;
Royal flro in .New York some years ago :
Sergeant Vatighan went up on the *
roof. The smoke was so dense there
that ho ceuld see little , but through it 1
ho heard a cry for help and niado out
the sbapo of n man standing upon a '
window sill in the fifth story overlooking - *
ing the courtyard of the hotel. The
yard was between them. Bidding his v
men follow they were five all told j
ho ran down and around in the next *
street to the roof of the house that ?
formed an anglo with the hotel wing. 1
Tiiero stood the man below him only a
jump away , but a jump which no mortal -
tal might take and live. His face and
hands were black with smoko. Vaugban ,
looking down , thought him a negro. Ho
\vas perfectly calm.
"It is no use , " ho said , glancing up.
"Don't try. Yon can't do it. "
The sergeant looked wistfully about
him. Not a stick or a piece of rope was
iu sight. Every shred was used below.
There was absolutely nothing. "But I
couldn't let him , " ho paid to mo mouths
after , when ho had come out of the hos-
I pital a whole man again and was Lack
at work , "I just couldn't , standing
there so'quiet and brave. " To the men
1
he said sharply :
"I want you to do exactly as I tell
you now. Don't grab mo , but let mo
got the first grab. " He had noticed that
the man wore a heavy overcoat , and had
already laid his plan.
"Don't try , " urged the man. "You
cannot save me. I will stay here till it
gets too hot , then I will jump. "
"No , you won't , " from the sergeant ,
as ho lay at full length on the roof , look
ing over. "It is n pretty hard yard down
there. I will get yon or go dead myself. ' '
The four sat on the sergeant's legs as
he swung free down to the waist , so ho
was almost able to reach the man on the
window , with outstretched hands.
"Now , jump quick ! " he command
ed , and the man jumped. He caught
him by both wrists as directed , and the
sergeant got a grip on the collar of his
coat.
coat."Hoist
"Hoist ! " ho shouted to the four on
the roof , and they tugged with their
might. The sergeant's body did not
move. Bending over till the back creak
ed , it hung over the edge , a weight of
203 pounds suspended from and holding
it down. The cold sweat started upon
his men's foreheads as they tried and
tried again , without gaining an inch.
Blood dripped from Sergeant \raughan's
nostrils and ears. Sixty feet below -was
the paved courtyard. Over against him
was the window , behind which ho saw
the back draft coming , gathering head
way with lurid , swirling smoke. Now
it burst through , burning the hair- and
the coats of the two. For an instant he
thought all hope was gone.
But in a flash it came back to him.
To relieve the terrible dead weight that
wrenched and tore at his muscles he
was swinging the man to and fro like a
pendulum , head touching head. He
could swing him up ! A smothered shout
warned his men. They crept nearer the
edge without letting go their grip on
him and watched with staring eyes the
human pendulum swing wider and wid
er , farther and farther , until now , with
a mighty effort , it swung within their
reach. They caught the skirt of the coat ,
held on , pulled in , and in a moment
lifted him over the edge.
They lay upon the roof , all six ,
breathless , sightless , their faces turned
to the winter sky. The tumult of the
street came up as a faint echo. The
spray of a score of engines pumping be
low fell upon them , froze and covered
them with ice. The very roar of the fire
seemed far off. The sergeant was the
first to recover. Ho carried down the
man ho had saved and saw him sent off
to the hospital. Then first he noticed
that he was not a negro. The smut had
been rubbed off his face. .Monday had.
dawned before ho came to , and days
passed before he knew his rescuer. Ser
geant Yaughau wass laid up himself
then. He had returned to his work and
finished it , but what he had gone
through was too much for human
strength. It was spring before he re
turned to his quarters , to find himself
promoted , petted and made much of.
A Hureau of Courtesy.
"A curious innovation , " says the Bos
ton Transcript , "at the coming Omaha
exposition will be a bureau of courtesy.
Not only is the idea novel , but it is sur
prising to learn that nearly all the pen
pie of the city will bo enrolled in the
committee. Every member will wear a
badge , and visitors will be at liberty to
address any one who wears the badge
and ask for information just as much as
he likes. The member , on the other
hand , will be pledged to treat the visitor
courteously and answer his question ? ,
or put him in the way of getting them
answered. "
Coke In Different Countriex.
The prices at which coke is quoted in
different countries are given as $1.4-1 in
the United States , $3.18 in Great Brit
ain , § 3.24 in France , 3.36 in Germany ,
53.48 in Belgium , and in Spain $3.08.
Ihese figures are based on the quantity
if coke used in the manufacture of a
ton of bessemer pig iron.
The proportion of deaf mutes to the
population is one to every 2,043. In
1851 there was one deaf mute to every
1,738 of the population. Physicians
laim that this decrease is mainly trace-
ible to greater knowledge and care in
hi ? treatment of scarlatina in children.
