THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , APRIL 13 , 1800.-TWENTY PACiES.
TIIIv WORLD OF FAIR WOMEN ,
Don't ' Depend on Merc Personal Charms for
* Your Happiness.
THE ADVIOE OP DR , TALlfAOE ,
AVlml i IH ; fjftillcH If live Done for Suit
IMcKo-llllllnrilH In 1'aHl'H Hem-
dolr How lo I.lvo I.OIIK
Kcinliilnc Council men.
Young women nro often loil to de-pcml
for hnpplncs upon personal chiinn. . Do
not bo beguiled Into such a belief.
Ueuuly is mieh n Hiihtlo thlnj , ' ; it dons
not seem to depend upon faciul proper-
tlons or upo'u the npnrklo of the eye or
upon the llunli of the check. You some-
tiinr-H Hnil it umoiif , ' irregular feature. " .
It Is the froul shining through the face
that makes ono beautiful. But alas for
these who depend upon more personal
charms ! They will como to disappoint-
jiicnt and to a grout fret , writes Rev.
T. DeAVilt Tulmngo in the Ladies'Home
Journal. There are so many di Huron I
opinions about what are personal
( 'imrins ; and then sickness and trouble
und ngo do niako'HUuh nivuftod. The
poorest god that a woman over worships
IB her own face. The saddest sight in
all the world is the woman who has
built everything on good looks , when
the 7-liarins begin to vanish. O , how
they try to cover the wrinkles and hide
the ravages of timol When Time , with
iron-shod feet , stops on a. face , the hoof-
marks remain and you cannot hide
them. It is silly to try to hide them. I
think the most repulsive fool in all the
world Is an old fool 1
I never could understand why a woman
eliould be ashamed about getting old. It
Is a sign , it is prima faeio evidence that
you have behaved tolerably well or you
would not have lived to this time. The
grandest thing , I think , is eternity , and
that is madeupof countless years. When
the book of books would set forth the at
tractiveness of Jesus Christ , it says :
"His hair was as white as snow. " llut
when the color goes from the cheek and
the hwler from the eye , and the spring
from the stop and the gracefulness from
the gait , alas for those who have built
their lime and eternity upon good looks.
Hut sill the passage of years cannot take
out of one's face benignity and kindness
nnrt compassion and faith. Culture your
heart and you cultivate your faco.
AVIint , AVoinen Can Do.
A writer in the Boston Traveller tells
of u visit to the Ladies' Annex to the
chamber of commerce in San Diego , Cal.
It is probably the only organization of
the kind in the country or in the world ,
und its success has been as marked as its
existence is unique , says the Philadel
phia Press. It has a membership of 700 ,
mid meets regularly every Tuesday
afternoon for the transaction of business.
The organization grew out of a proposi
tion to make ono day in the week
"ladies' day , " by which it was hoped to
interest the women in the prosperity and
progress of the city of San Diego.
The prospect has succeeded far beyond
( ho hopes of these who originated it.
Kvery scheme for promoting the pros
perity of the place is discussed at the
weekly meetings of the Annex. Be
fore it was organized it was im
possible to keep up a respectable
'exhibit of the products of the county
'In the rooms of the chamber of
commorco. Now a variety of excellent
Hpecimens of fruits and vegetables are
always to bo seen the improvement
having resulted from the Annex arous
ing emulation by offering a hand-painted
banner to the district or locality that
maintained the most creditable display
of its own products ,
The example sot by these California ! !
women could bo followed in other cities
nnd localities with admirable results.
There are countless ways in which
woman can make her inlheiue felt inlhtj
over widening life of these times. Every
city does not need u horticultural dis
play in its chamber of commerce , but
there is not a city in the county that has
the parks it needs , or if it has the space
it Is not properly improved. San Diego
was in a similar situation with a nominal
city park of 1-100 acres , but without an
iicro improved. The annex of the cham
ber of commerce obtained the liberty to
inako.a beginning , and by taking ten-
nerpjilolB at a time , steady progress is
being made toward supplying San Diego
with tjn admirable park. All the work
lius-bgcti done with money , trees , plants
nnd-shvubs. obtained by the women.
' TJip.ecrct ol'a lun\K I'lfe.
You sometimes sco a woman whoso old
ngo 18 as 'oxq'uisito as was the perfect
'Wooin 'oMior youth ; says the Ladies'
3Iomo.Tpurnul , You wonder how this
,1ms como about , ; you wonder how it is
lier life has- been a long and happy one.
Hero arc Homo of the reasons :
She know how to forget disagreeable
things.
She understood the art of enjoyment.
She kept her nerves well In hand , and
Initiated them on no one.
Slip beJIoV'ed In the goodness of her
own daughters and in that of her neigh
bors.
She cultivated a good digestion.
She mastered the art of saying pleas
ant words. "
She did not expect too much from her
friends.
She made whatever work come to her
congenial.
She retained her illusions and did not
believe that all the world was wicked
und unkind.
She relieved the miserable and sympa
thized with the sorrowful.
She retained an even disposition and
iniido the best of everything.
She did whatever came to her cheer
ful and well.
She never forgot that kind words and
u smile cost nothing , but are priceless
treasures to the discouraged.
.She did unto others as she would bo
clone by , and now that old age has como
to her and there is a halo of white hair ,
about her head , she Is loved and conuld
ored.
This Is the secret of a long life and a
happy one.
Dainty
Not only docs the French woman buy
Iho materials for her dinner , Bays a
writerin the Wavorly Miigu/.ino , but
tiho helps to cook it when bought. In
that marvelous place , a French kitchen ,
where two or thrco little holes in a
steve cook such dclicato dishes , and per
form such culinary feats as our great
roaring coal tires have no conception of ,
who flits about like a fairy , creating
magical messes out of raw nmturinl of
the most ordinary description. Yes ,
though u lady born and bred , rellned ,
elegant , and ngreeablo in society , a
iKfllo in her way , yet hho docs not think-
it boncatli her dignity to lighten the
house-hold expenses by practical economy
und activity.
The dinner of a French family ischeap
nnd simple. There is always a boup , the
moat of u titowimii ; sometimes , if not
strict in expenditure , another pinto of
iiic'U ; goncrally two vegetables , dressed
nnd oaten Bopilratoly , and sometimes ,
not ulwavri , a Bwoet dish ; if not that , a
little fruit , such us may bo the cheapest
nud ripotit iu the BOUSOU , Uut there is
on Bridgeport , Alabama.
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very little in each thing and it is rather
in arrangement than in material that
they appear rich.
'I'lio French may i boa trifle epicurean
in their tastes , but they are not gor-
mands. They spend little in eating , and
thov cat inferior things , though their
cookery is rather , a science than a mere
accident of civilization. At homo the
great aim of the French is to save , and
any sclf-sacrilico that leads to this result
is cheerfully undertakenmoro especially
in the eating than the mere luxury of
idleness. No French woman will spend
a cent to save herself trouble. She
would rather work like a dray-horso to
buy nn extra yard of ribbon or a now
pair of gloves than lie on the softest
sofa in the world in placid , fine ladyism ,
with crumpled gauze or bare hands.
Darned Hose , Darned Had Cooking.
An intensely practical vein has lately
been developed among the witching Bal
timore belles. Ono _ of the very loveliest
debutantes is an indefatigable darner of
stockings , for it must bo known that our
girls , unlike the "Queen of Spain , " have
use for the daintiest and finest hosiery.
This "bud" darns all of her own webliko
blockings and besides all of these of her
relations , who arc , as she terms it , too
lazy to do It themselves. But the pro
posed cooking classes so strongly advo
cated by Dr. Richard Grady aro. being
hailed 'with great enthusiasm by the
ambitious young girls who have already
learned that
Wo may live without poetry , music and art ,
"Wo mav live without conscience and live
without heart.
AVe may live without friends , wo may live
without books ,
But civilized man cannot live without cooks.
Therefore they have adopted the prac
tical fad in order to bo able to preside
intelligently over their own establish
ments''some "
day.
How DOCH She Kscnpo ?
Just how the fashionable woman who
appears night after night clad in a tulle
dress , kid gloves and slippers and a pearl
necklace manages to escape pneumonia
must over remain a problem to vex and
bother tho. doctor and philosopher.
These lovely creatures are certainly endowed
dewed with great endurance , whatever
may bo said of their sense. Perhaps , as
C'arjylo said : "Vanity is warmer than
down , and pride rivals the robe of
ermine. " But to get at facts the ques
tion was put to a pretty little creature ,
who never read a line of the sago : "I
never feel cold at all , " she said , "in
evening dress. Just before dressing I
bathe my neck , arms and shoulders in
glycerine and rosewater and after dry
ing with a coarse towel I have my maid
rub mo down with alcohol. I don t need
this at all , but I do it to please papa. I
think , howos'er , it is a good idea , for my
flesh never gets goosey , and this Is my
second season , and I haven't had u cold
yet. Then I always wear a very warm
wrap in the carriage , and when I get
homo I take a warm bath and go to bed. "
lUlliarils In I'alti'H Hnudoir.
Adoliim Patti , the queen of song , is an
enthusiastic devotee of the game of bil
liards. Her famous Welsh castle at
Ciaig-y-Nois is fitted up with a hand
some billiard parlor , anil she often en
tertains the wizards of the cuo. George
Slosson , Iho champion billiardist , was a
guest at Mine. 1'atti's several years ago ,
when ho went over there to play Vig-
naiix , the French champion , and George
never tires of showing a handsome joint
ed cue which Patti had made for him.
The famous prima donna has not had
much chance to Indulge in her favorite
pastime while on her American tourbut
she is going to make up for lost time
while in New York. A number of work
men from a billiard manufactory were
ordered to the HolTinan house yesterday
to transfer ono of the handsome pool ta
bles from the billiard room up to the
diva's apartments , says the Now York
World. Patti plays the English pocket
billiard game , and two dainty black
spots were pasted on tly ) bed cloth for
her special bone-lit. The table was ta
ken to pieces and carried up to her sit
ting-room where it was carefully put up
and properly sot.
Women \Vlio Dress in Two Seconds.
The woman who Can dress for the
street in two seconds , and boasts of it ,
has very nearly cured hoivelf of not fast
ening the belt of her cloak , so that there
is not much fun Iu walking behind her
us there was a few years ago , but a now
source of pure delight is opened by the
narrow velvet bands' which servo as
bonnet strings tills winter , says Uio Bos
ton Transcript. She never remembers
to fasten them and sails along with the
two tape-like ends dangling behind her
ears and suggesting Ascimth'ti compari
son in "Hitherto'until somebody puts
an end to the exhibition by telling her of
her error , and then the scramble which
she makes to finish her toilet is some
thing to see. By the way , why is it that
persons who go about the world saying ,
"Beg pardon , nm'am , but you are losing"
this , that or the other , never have a pin
or hairpin with which to repair damages.
Airs. l ( ' ' .
< aiiji'y's Money Hump.
George Keogh iiiniiigor } forMunsllold ,
said to a t'hlcago Tribune reporter : I
was manager for Lily Ijingtry when she
made her debut and.for some time after ,
t'rltlcs may differ about her ability to
act , but there is no question uniong
financiers and real estate men about her
ability to know a bargain and turn a
nimble penny. She ims natural talent
for making money. Whoa wo were in
Salt Lake C'ity once she was standing in
front of the hotel. Turning to me she
said : "l'all a cab. I K-llovo I will go
and look up some real estate bargains.
I think this is a good town in which to
invest. "
Wo were driven about the city until
the Lily saw u tract of land which
pleased her. She halted the horse her
self , jumped out , looked over the ground ,
returned to the hotel , sent for the agent ,
and before night the title of that prop
erty was in Lily Langlry. Tlio price
paid was $20,000. The other day she
was offered three times the purchase
price. She has never lost a dollar in
any investment she 1ms made in this
country. _
How to Keep Your Krlcnds.
A girl I know said : "I'm a great ono
for making friends. " It sounded as if
she ought to bo very happy , but when I
had a moment to reflect I wondered if
she were- good at keeping them , says a
writer in the Ladies' Homo Journal.
flaking friends is easy to the girl who
is bright and happy , whose society gives
pleasure and who is genial. But the
Keeping of them demands moro than
this.
If you want to keep a friend don't get
too intimate with her.
Have your own thoughts and permit
her to have hers.
Do not demand too much of her in the
way of confidence.
And do not bo too aggressive want
ing to know why she hasn't done this
and why she doesn't think as you do.
If you think your friend's style of
dress isn't beautiful , don't tell her ; you
only olTend her , because deep ; n her
heart she is convinced she knows a great
deal more about it than you do.
Do not find fault with your friend's
friend and do not expect to bo the only
ono given a corner in her heart.
Bo as consulerte of her feelings as if
she were a stranger and remember that
politeness is an evory-day garment and
not ono intended only for high-days and
holidays. To sum it up in ono sentence ,
preserve the courtesy of the beginning if
you wish to keep your friendship to the
end.
Kate Field' * n'aaJitngton.
O , how I wish you wouldn't , Bob
You're such an awful tease ;
Jsow don't you know all women like
Thq men who try to please )
Do take your hands from off your book ;
Don't tread upon Iho eat !
Will you , sir , let my curls alone !
What next will you be all
Don't ! don't ! don't !
Because I was n little goose ,
And said "Yes , " as you plead ,
You need not think I'm sure to go
Where'er 1 may bo led.
I'vo been engaged before , friend Bob ,
To Hal , und Tom , und Bill ,
And if you don't behave I'll turn
You oft indeed 1 will I
Don't don't don't !
Don't touch me ! When I liked you best ,
'Twas on your manly knees ;
Get down again , sir ; 'tis a pose
Tlmt with you most agrees.
What I Dare refuse , unless , forsooth ,
I pay you with a kissi
O , Bob , you naughty , naughty man
And lias it como to this !
Don't ! don't ! don't KATI : Fnu : > .
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Bride ( complacently ) "Yes , I've really
had very little practice. "
At a wedding at Lancaster , Pa. , the groom
was presented with a cemetery lot by his
father.
Girl friend nt n Chicago wedding ( kissing
the bride ecstatically ) "Oh , Fan , you did
splendidly at the alter , and this Is only your
second. "
It was Michelet who said that "woman is
the suit of a man's life.1 It may have been
noticed , too , that sonio young men are not
half so fresh after they get a wife.
Thu Grand Duke Nicholas has just been
ordered out of Hussia in disgrace for giving n
mduablo Jewel belonging to his wife's family ,
to his mistress Mine. Scbisslave.
Mrs.V. . S. Twedell , of Bowden , Ga. , who
Is now In her ninety-first year , span the
thread and knit her husband a nlco pilr : of
long-wristed fingered woolen gloves last
weelc.
Charles Mcltohcrts nnd wife , who lived two
miles south of Northvillo , Pa. , were born
Saturday , married on Saturday , celebrated
their golden wedding ou Saturday , took their
last sickness on Saturday and died lust Satur
day. Sunday they were buried iii ono grave.
Ceorgo W. Laney , a nlntcen year old boy of
St. Joseph doped with and married Ida' L.
Davis the .fourteen year old daughter of a
prominent grain merchant. The obdurate
father fol owed , ruptured the young Komeo
on a flat boat and had him placed under ar
rest.
rest.Govoner
Govoner Hill of New York , Is said to have
once been an unsuccessful sultur ( Vjr-the hand
of a Miss Margaret Hunter , the , pretty and
accomplished daughter of a Chomung"county. .
Now York farmer who afterward married
another young man and came to Lincoln to
live. The feat that the bachelor govenor now
avoids tlie society of women Is interesting In
connection with this story.
A gay bachelor of Philadelphia has n curi
ous decoration over his sitting-room mantel.
A largo frame Is filled with photographs of
girls and women , most of them pretty. At
the bottom of each picture Is pasted n news
paper clipping. "Why , Mr. Brown , what do
they mean I" be was asked recently. "They
nro pictures of the only girls I ever loved , " ho
replied , "and these clippings am their mar-
rlago notices. "
A devoted couple , husband and wife , com
mitted sulcldo recently at St. Ktlcnne , in
France , becaiiso the husband was attacked
with a fatal malady. They took the usual sui
cidal precautions to stop up all the chinks und
crevices before starting up the carbonlo pas ,
bat only the husband got a sutllclent dose to
tuko him oft , and his wife was resuscitated.
On recovering herself fully she remarked that
she felt as though she .mil waked up from u
deep und long sleep.
The examination papers of the American
college of musicians ithoso that were used
for the examination held in New York lust
July ) may bo obtained from the secretary ,
Robert Homier. No. IK ) Williams street , Prov
idence , H. I. The publication of these pu ] > crs
after each examination Is over utTords candi
dates for future examinations un opportunity
of learning about whut grade of proficiency
hi the various brunches will bo miulred , nuil
Is a valuable cuIUu Iu the process of picjiura-
tlou ,
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SLEEP
Some of the Gauges anil the Cures of In
somnia.
WEIBD FANCIES OF THE NIGHT.
Unpleasant Tliouglit.s Which Present
lvcH ID the Wnkiil'iil llrahi
Kent Voi * Hotly and Itralit
Curious Suggestions.
Emerson says iii his essay on behavior :
"If you have not slept or have slept or
if you have headache , or sciatica , or
leprosy , or thunderstroke , I basocch you
by all angels to hold your peace and not
pollute the morning : by corruptions and
groans. " Now , if wo wore allictcd by
any trivial calamities like the two last
named , perhaps a breakfast table dis
cussion of them might bo inopportune
and inexcusable , says n writer in the
New York Sun. But the man or woman
who has lain with wide-staring eyes
through the long night watches , while
all the trials and worries incident to liv
ing , exaggerated to twice their natural
importance , have danced about in ghoul
ish glee and passed and ropasscd in end
less grotesque , demoniacal procession ,
such a person is very little lower than
the angels who does not attempt a re-
heursul of the horrors the next morning
tor the first sympathetic listener en
countered.
It isn't the lying' awake , but the in-
on"ietiwl ! > -exasperating , < attempt to
bleep , which w > mo power within you
seems to compel you to continually
make , that brings you to the verge of
infanity and thoughts of suicide. Ton
evolve long liiicti'of wooly sheep out of
your inner consciousness and compel
them to tumble over a fence , one after
the other , and just as you really have
them in line working order doesnt one
perverse ewe trot sedately off to some
verdant hillock ; followed by her lamb
kins , and rjfusa to como back to the
fence at all , thus-breaking the continu
ity':1 : or else , despite youiv efforts , the
procession will come to an end , or the
clock strikes , sounding like the report
of a howitzer through the stillness , and
vou are wider awake than be.foro. Then
there is the counting forward , back
ward , by threes , bixesnines , and all the
time you are making your tired head
follow feverishly the dancing figures you
know that on the footboard , laughing in
ilendish delight , sita your particular pot
worry , like a grinning , gibbering ani
mated skeleton , waiting until the weari
ness begins to stupify you to rattle his
bones and waken you again. "Night's
the time for worrvin' , ' ' "ays .losiah
Allen's wife , In her quaint dialect , "and
1 have only to lie awake a little while to
imagine that mo and .losiah is bein'
burgled of all our worldly store.1 After
four hours' wakcfulness your best girl is
sure to have engaged herself to the other
fellow , the horse you have bet on has
gone lame , the bank where you deposit
has suspended , vow new spring bonnet
"
isn't becoming , "or , if it is , you are mire
of a stormy castor morning.
And then comes the kindly friend who
suggests the particular narcotic that
puts him to sleep. You take it. It
works like a charm. Presently you can't
sleep without it. It has worn itself out.and
the last state of that man IB worse than
the llrst. Not only this , but thoughtful
physicians claim that the sleep produced
by artificial means is not restful , and
that the free use of narcotics is the first
hton in the dissolution of will power ,
which leads ultimately to disastrous
ends. The use of any drug , whether
narcotic or stimulant , which makes a
person surrender his will power oven for
a limited time , takes away a certain line
something which makes it easier for
that person to surrender his will to any
other individual who may tempt him to
the doing of that from which his hotter
nature shrinks and would recoil if not
thus vitiated. And it is claimed that the
iniquity in high places in the social
world IH largely duo to the unlimited
and continuous iio ! of stimulants in the
hours of activity and narcotics in the
periods of rest.
Insomnia may bo distressing , but not
at all dangerous. You frequently hear
people say that they have not slept a
wink all night , which statement , if lit
erally true , would indicate serious con
ditions , but the fact of the matter usu
ally is that such a person has snored
three hours to lying awake one.Vhon
a person doesn't manage to sleep even
five or ten minutes during nn entire
night , though trying to fall asleep , there
Is danger requiring the physician's
hkill , but many simple remedies for
sleeplessness or less severe and pro
tracted persistency have been suggested
by physicians and individuals which
may be interesting , and possibly bene
ficial , to the great army of the alllicted.
Ur. William 15 ; Wood , who has some
advanced and original theories on this
subject , says : Vliibomnia Is almost In
variably a symptom of some functional
or organic disorder , and implies the ex-
Ibtenco of causcH that have been opera
tive for some considerable timo. As wo
ordinarily speak of eleiMilesMicsH , func
tional dlhordir.Sionly niv the rrspuiisible
ciuibes wo have In mind. It is a condi
tion warning us'of more H-rious compli
cations to follow. .Sleep Is the period in
which the nervous system lb culled upon
for the least expenditure of energy anil
'
the time when the greatest re-in'foreo'
meiit of the system takes place. NatureV
storage battery is recharged through
the activity of the nutritive system.
This re-enforcement process is interfered
with by any degree of sleeplessness , be
cause perfect functional cerebral rest is
nature's law of repair. In the consider
ation of questions of practical hygiene it
is often forgotten that from one-third to
one-half of our time is spent in our Bleep
ing apartments , ami that this period is
one in which nature demands that the
individual should bo in the condition
that best conduces to nerve repose and
tissue repair. So far as the treatmentof
the various degrees of insomnia is con
cerned , it is a question of the ut
most importance. The conditions
of our civilization arc such that
overexcilement and overwork are
almost n law of daily "being. In
the life of our cities great numbers of
people are daily expending more nervous
energy than their vital forces can re
place. They are expending more than
their income and making inroads upon
their capital. The nervous system is
usually the last to break down and the
hist to recover. How far it is safe and
wise to use narcotics , sedatives , and
stimulants is by no means certain. Sleep
artificially produced by whatever means
does not result in genuine functional rest
nor bring into full play the normal re
storative powers of the system. Under
these conditions the daily sleeping potion
becomes a too easy habit and soon a
necessity , and only seems to defer the
day when exhausted nature will exact
her penally and demand her only remedy
rest. "
Dr. William A. Hammond recom
mends as therapeutical measures of re
lief for insomnia , first , "those which by
their tendency to soothe the nervous sys
tem or distract attention diminish the
action of the heart and blood vessels or
correct irregularities of function and les
sen the amount of blood to the brain , "
and among these he suggests music , mo
notonous sounds , gentle friction of the
surface of the lody , soft , unduliitory
movements , a repetition of u series of
words , etc. Ho also recommends a sup
per of plainly cooked and nourishing
food. Ho assorts that people , especially
women , are often underfed , the tone of
the system is lowered and local congestion
of tlie different purls of the body is the
result. If the brain bo ono of these
wakefulness is the result and many cases
of insomnia of the passive variety re
quire food and stimulants , whisky being
preferable , as loss1 likely to disagree with
the stomach , Coffee , 'though , in some
cases of passive wakefulness is a speedy
cure. When an individual is strong , the
heart beating with force and rapidity
and great mental excitement bo present ,
ice water upon the head is a good sleep
producer. Mothers in Thibet are said to
place their wakeful children where a
small stream of cold water falls on their
heads.
Then individuals who by excessive
mental exertion have lessened the eou-
tractability of the cerebral vessels al
most always experience great dilliculty
in getting to sleep while lying down , be
cause the position has a tendency to send
more blood into the head and in
crease the congestion and general
functional activity. Pope was wont
to ring for pens and paper in the
night at Lord Bolingbroko's to record
poetry. Margaret Duchess of Newcastle
kept young ladies about her all night
ready'to write at dictation the thoughts
which ciimo to her directly she laid her
head upon the pillow. Hrindley , the
great engineer , always went to bed a day
or two to think out a great scientific
project , and Sir Walter Scott said the
[ nut half hour in bed was the best think
ing time in the whole day. All of this
goes to show , as the doctor says , that
"those positions of the body which tend
to impede the flow of blood from the
brain , and at the same time do not ob
struct its passage through the arteries ,
while causing hypernmiia , produce in
somnia , and should bo avoided. "
Dr. Kecloston advocates the food treat
ment for insomnia , on the ground that
animals and babies always eat and then
sleep , and concludes that not only does
the process of digestion aid sleep , but
vice versa sleep aids digestion , because
during digest ion the stomach requires
more blood , and what more natural than
that the supply bo furnished by the dor
mant brain , which is the most muscular
organ of the body ? The fact that indi
gestible food causes wakefulness ho ex
plains by saying that insomnia comes
from the discomfort of the labored pro
cess of digestion , which discomfort
would have been felt if the per-
hon had remained awake , only that oc
cupation would have given less time to
roaliy.0 the distress. Dr. Kceleston rec
ommends a hot bath just before retiring ,
in a bath room at a temperature of < ! , " > = ,
gradually raised during the bath to 7. ) = .
The patient should stoop and have the
head and face drenched with water at
100 = to dilute brain vessels , Next the
whole body , except the head , Immersed
in a bath at OS5 , the temperature In
creasing to I0r > = or 110Vhontho
first accelerated pulse has fallen to slow ,
steady beating the patient should bo put
to sleep with warm blankets over the ox-
Ireinllles.
Of course liiMinniu is most often found
uniting brain workers , whoso brain activ
ity causes the flow of too great an
iimounl of blood to the head. The nerves
I'ontrolllng the contraction of the blood
i-ells through wonrlncsK fail to perform
llieir duty , and a temporary passive
i-ongcstion it * established , which olVcetu-
iillj previ-ntu sleeping the early part
nl the night. The tu-lun should lie-
rtltli lho head raised very high wilh
pllluws. I'YiHiut'iitly the hulftn'er who
Lus counted hluiaolf ufl into drcumluud
after hours of misery is awak
ened toward morning again , and sleep
seems more hopeless than over. This
awakening is duo usually to the sudden
and violent contracting of these malic
ious little nerves who failed to perform
their duty in the early part of the night ,
and wakefulness is caused by lack of
blood in the brain. It requires strength
to sleep , and this burning attack of
wakefulness is usually relieved by a cup
of beef tea , or a glass of cold water may
refresh you and set the blood again in
the right direction. "
As for the number of hours of sleep re
quired , that is a question which each in
dividual must answer for himself. Ono
man finds ho can do more work in a day
by sleeping nine hours than by sleeping
only seven and working during the
other two. Another man may require
but seven hours' rest , and between these
hours the average must be reached. Of
course , as people grow older they seem
to require less sleep , but this may bo
due quite as much' to their lessened ac
tivity as to their incensed years.
- *
KItVC.lTlOX.tK.
There is n innrkcd revival of interest in se
cret societies at .Johns Hopkins university.
The Philadelphia Soc-ial university Is Riv
ing a scries of bunilay lectures anil concerts.
Amhcrst was the llrst college in the coun
try to make regular Kymimstics compulsory.
The proportion of lazy anil dull students is
saiil to bo less this year than ever before at
Yale.
Dr. McCosh of Princeton lias just passed
his seventieth year. Its arrival found him
well.
well.President
President Washington visited Brown uni
versity 100 years tie this month , receiving
the honorary degree of LU U.
. The library of Cornell university contains
100,000 volumes. A new library building is
to bo built at a cost of $ -JOOUO. (
Many of the students of Johns Hopkins
went homo to enjoy the Easter vacation , but
most of them .spent the time in Ualtimoro.
The llrst 'varsity race over rowed in west-
cm New York will take pluco in KakoCayufta
Tune IS. Cornell and Uowdoiu will bo the
contestants.
"The Poet's Mission" is the subject which
has been announced for the best essay on
KiiKlish literature for the alumni prize of $50
at Fordham university.
The University of Pennsylvania has begun
the issue of a scries of ineiiOKniphs repre
senting work done in the fields of philosophy ,
psychology und ethics.
CImrlos P. Hiddlo of Omnlm , fi-lio died hero
recently , was a member of the Thctii Dcltii
Chi fraternity of Dickinson college , and reso
lutions of respect wore passed on his death.
Susannah Warlleld , u wealthy lady who
died recently in Carroll county , Mai-viand ,
has loft all her property to found an liplsco-
pal college , which is to'bo mimed after her.
Dr. Simon N. Patten , professor in the
Wharton school of finance and economy at
the University of Pennsylvania , has in press
a book entitled ' -The Economic Uasis of Pro
tection. "
Dr. 1C. .1. .Tames , professor in the \Vharton
school of finance and economy at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania , is preparing for the
American economic * conference -paper on
the "Canal Question in the United States. "
The University of Ilelsingfors , Kussln , has
nt the present time l.T.Ti students , among
whom are IT women. These are divided into
the following faculties : Onolmndivd and
cfghty-nino theological students , til ( ) law , I IS
medical , -IDS philological , and Ji'J'J natural
sciences and mathematics.
Paris public schools are overcrowded , and
the authorities propose to help to remedy the
dilliculty by forbidding this attendance nt
them of children of foreigners. There are I
liO.OOO foreign children in the city , ami at ,
least 5,000 of them are getting a French cdu- |
cation free at the public schools.
The catalogue of the college department of
the university of Pennaylvaiiia for ISSIMHJ
has just boon issued. There Hi'J professors
and assistants , an Increase of ten over the
number hut year. The number of electives
has been largely increased , so that with u
judicious supervision a student can now se
lect almost anv course lie desires.
A recently issued catalogue of tlm Theolo
gical Seminary of Kntgorx shows that Ibero
are at Murt/.og hall fifty-eight students , thir
ty-eight of whom are in the various classes ,
while the other twenty are preparing for en
trance into the first , or junior class. The cat
alogue shows ono fact that lias been a matter
of considerable xiimiK'iit , und Unit is an un
usually large number of students who are not
graduates of any college.
The university of St. Petersburg numbers
1,75'J students. Divided Into their classes In
society there are 1,1-15 either noble or the
sons o'f olllclals , MS suns of notable eltl/ens or
* of merchants of the lirst guild , 111) ) sons of
clergymen of the orthodox church , 2SO of cltl-
zeds , merchant ! ! of tlm second guild and In
dustrials , fil peasants , t > Cossacks uml Ul of
foreign origin.
At the Columbus , O. , penitentiary every
Sunday morning MJIUO twenty gentlemen
from the various churches ( if the city spend
an hour teaching the iiiicrnuilonal lesson to
little groups of men , ' 100 of whom are In regu
lar attendance. At tlm preaching services In
the afternoon conqci'sions frenuently occur.
Night schools , a library of 1,00(1 ( volumes and
a bible placed la every cell , contribute to the
goud work of reformation.
"When the world's fid r project was first In
augurated , " said Chief Clerk HheeM of the
Smithsonian Institution , "wo at once began
preparations for making MI exhibit , no mat
ter what locality was fixed upon. Estimates
prepared , bancd upon previous experiences at
the centennial exposition at Philadelphia in
1HIO , and the New Orleans cut ton exposition
a few years ago , shnw tb.it * about --WO.OOO
would bo required for 1 ' .KI. This hum , if
placed at our. dbpi'Md ' , wo.ilil enable us to
ijivo the people of ibis iiml other countries u
very good Illustration of the wurli Unit Is lie-
ing accomplished by the Smithsonian institu
tion. "
A church fair Is like n Had scnijio. It's
easier to get into It than it l > > to get oui.
"It Is sail , " they say , -that , tdniieis should
no so sweet andsalnU should Iw so sour. "
The church loves a cheerful giver - and
was never Itnowu to relusc.L gift from u gim'
who WUSH'I hi-fi-fill
Tbo piuui malt unit " > n'li' ' ' always lull ;
of ivlijfluu iliouiio uf whnt In .u > - uu J iho
other of whut ho ft-ari
The next world s fair w > u Uavo wiugs , but
she won't hover around Chicago to niiy
alarming extent.
Tom Tucker -Why Is n kiss like a uerinnn ?
Jack Homer -Heeauso It requires two heuila
and tin application.
Though cleanliness next to godliness is ,
Don't think your soul you can save
Merely by donning your best suit of clothe a
Anil pitting a Sunday shave.
Hey Preacher I think of taking a rest
after my arduous labor of two score \eara.
Bishop Wherefore , my soul Hey I'rcaclier
To restore my youth.
The I'rcacherWell , Sam , how have yon
been getting along since your conversion' !
Sam Oh. furst rate , sail , fust rate. Me iiml
do whole family has quite lyln' , swounu' ami
stealin' In a great measure. '
The Angel Gabriel ( with Ills tiiiiniwt at Uin
lips ) Toot ! Tool ! Too-oo-oo Member o (
Knglish Syndicate-I say , there ! Stop that !
My lease ou this pluiiel doesn't expire fotf
lifty years yet !
Co ! and join the glad procession
On the way to church , '
Think not of papa's expression ,
He Is in the lurch.
Sweetest thoughts thy musings fill ,
You've the honnot lie the bill.
fiostoii Mother You won't go to heaven
Willie , if you are such a naughty boy. U'llllo
Oil , well , 1 don't expect to go ever1 , where.
I went to the circus yesterday and to tli
theater the day before ; Besides , I'm m
Boston.
v
"L" road conductor , absent mimledl.v in
the throng-Step along lively , both gates' ' ! ! ,
St. Peter Hi there , young man , step ; usUV
Thorp's only ono entraeo here. You have
worried my passengers too much already.
Your ticket must bo for the other place.
If wo understand the position of the good
brethren of the l'rot < v.stnnt Episcopal chmvh
In South Carolina they are perfectly willing
to accord to their colored members a pliiei * iu
the kingdom of heaven. All they ubji-et to is
associating with them here on earth.
Little Johnny W Is four years old. and
formerly lived in Hanger. His parents now
reside in Augusta. Tlm other day .lolmnv's
natural aptitude for fun and mischief led
him to commit some trifling misdemeanor ,
which war promptly rebuked by lii.s mother.
She dwelt upon the fact of God seeing us and
always knowing what wo ro doing. The
idea seemed to Impress Johnny forcibly , anil
for several moments ho remained silent. At
last ho broke out with : "tiny , mother , dm-s
God sco everything in Augusta1Yes ; , "
was the solemn reply. "Ho sees our every
act. " Whereupon the young sinner i-x-
elainied : "Good gracious , mother ! Let's
move bade to Hanger ! "
Dr. IMriuiy , catarrh specialist , Hco lldj. ) {
A blnek fan of turkey's feathers is consd | >
cred chic with the mo t delicate ovei.ing teL >
let.
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K'ni.
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rlnc"ii > ciit li ) ' mnll or o | ui'n , ncuiiri'ly luu-biMl , frMi
fiomnliHcrvntlon. ( iiinmnlius tucutc iiili | kr > , tutu-
Iiiml iicniiunently.
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dons , riiynli-nl decay , iirlxltiit from Imllnrrrllnn. c .
ri'HH or IniliilKriire , iiroilui'liiK flci.pcMsiii' | | H. ilrhi cm ,
ili'iicy , MMIJIM | | on tfio fniv , urchin In urli-ly. vta\\t \ \
illnrniiriiiitM. Inrlc of rulhlnncc , clull. iiiilll fi > rnlii4F
or liiisliiuKn. iiml llml.1 llfnu Ininlmi. Sulrly. IIITIII-
nt'iitty uml prlvntuly ruri'il. l'un uH lr . Ik'iu ft
lletlH , HIM rnriiiim Htrcct , Oinnlm , Nub.
niooduml Skin Diseases. SK1,1.1,1. ! '
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lh ( > iilil f mi-miry. Hrnifuln , eryHlpi'luii , fuvi'r rorvy ] " "
l > lntflii > , ulrurH , | uiln/i / In tint hi'Oil Mini lior.i'n. > ) ' | ilill.
Itli > uru tliro.'it , inuiilli iiml tongue * , cuhiriU , t-U ; . ,
lierinant'iitly fiiri'tt whuro ulliurH liuvu fuHvl.
1'i'iiniMt ' and Illailili'i-JuiriplirvJTiln (
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Kt/1imir , Ullllill ) I'ainfnl , Illlllrnlt. lee
fri'iii'nt | liurnliiKor lilnoily nrlnii. urine lilfb tuloli-il
nr H llh milky Kuillliii'iit on MniHllnn. wu k l'fiiKUII ' <
iirilin-u , ulci'l. ry tlll.4. i > lr. 1'rouiytly uJ
cilli'il. Cluirxe ) K-liniiimahlo.
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innrnl rnniplnlo without riittlnit , nuitllr nr illllutluu *
l'mr iircctc"l ! at linriic liy | > ntk nta wllliuul u uio- < *
mi'lit'ii ( mill iirunnniinru.
Men and Middle-Aged Mm.
I'lvM' "I'lVI' ' 1'l" > nwful HTi-i-m ne
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ili'Hlniylnu l" > lh nilnil mid liuily ,
with nil lit ilri'ailful IIU. | > i-riiiuiii > iilly cuml.
nivs ( IWI 's ' Aililri'Hi tliosi ) ulio liiivr tin-
iwm's I imlred tlii'iiiiiilii-s hy Im-
ruii'ii liululKfliiTft mill milltury halillx , Hhlili ruin.
iwm hnily tinil nilnil , unlltllnu I hum fur LiKliiuin ,
luily or iimrrliiKO.
M.uum.li Mt.nr Ihnio cnlrrlnK mi Unit l.n | > i > y
Hit ; u H urn nt | iliy lc.il ilcblllt ) . qiili kly u > "i u-il.
OUR SUCCESS
Ibtiancil IIIKIII fai-lii. llrst. priirllrul uipi'rli'rii * rrc-
onit. rviry ( Mm1 U i rfpiM'liill ) Ktiiilti'il , ihiiH klnrllnif
mlulil : Ihlrit , uii'illHiii'H MM' 1'ii'l'mi'il ' In nur i. n IK-
luiriilnry innctly In ult rat-li vun > , linn
fiiri'n wit ) , nut Injury.
t& * . * < i-liil U rviiU poiUpi fur rolflirulril
riiriintf , NiTVtiiiN unit Ik'llrutu l > i * > i'a ' * . TiiintMiiil *
rurul ; fA Irlfiiilly li'liur r mil mny tiivniuu
fiiliiru utriTlnit ami liumo nml ml'l ' iinlili'ii H'iir ID
lifo Irf Nu li-uuri miiHi'ri'il unli'iit uicuii | | > auitill/r /
4 cunts In ftnuipi Aihlri-im ur cull un
Lil/i'TH t Ul.'lTS.
1(08 VMILNAU SIIIKKT , OUAlil , M.U.
