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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 8 May 1889, p. 6

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TUB mcswrr. »T THOMAS PIUNOLK. ' _ BllWt I Im to ride, • •t, .. v'-l aHmt Bush-boy alone at mf •i4»f rws of IIfo t he BOUI o'efcasfc V"- Of the present. Idling to tie • eye is »u£fuse<l with r.»gretfui tttin, fond recollection*! of Connor years; » of thiugn that have long Since _ the brain like the ghosts of the dMd: Visions of glory that vanish too soon; that. depart ere manhood's noon; _ ts--by fate or by falsehood reftae Oominniona of early days--lost or left; ! -: And my native land whose magical nan#; ; TBtofflw to the heart like electric flame; • *K&e home of my childhood, the haunts of XHJ prime; All the passions mud eoenes of that nptuous time, men the feelings were jroung and the world was new, lft« the fresh bowers at Eden unfolding to •view; N All--all now forsaken^forgotten--foregone! And 1--a lone exile, remembered by none-- My high aims abandoned--my good deedi BB- done-- ', Awearv of all that is under the SOB--- 'With that sadness of heart which ao Stranger can scan _ I fly to the Desert, afar from man. .Ate to the Desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my mde, "When the wild turmoil of this wearisome UN, With its acenee of oppression, corruption, and strife-- 1 HH proud man's frown, and the DCUM BIM • fears, «me Boomer's laugh, and the sufferer's tea*,-- And nmlioe and meanness, and falsehood and folly. JDfaposc me to musing and dark melancholy; "When my bosom is full, and my thoughts are high. And mv soul is sick with the bondman's sigh-- then there is freedom ̂and joy, and pride r't> • in the Desert alone to ride I ie rapture to vault on the champing steed. And to bound away with the eagle's speed, "With the deadly-fraught firelock ha a . " Tbe only law of the Desert land I . - . - - Jifar in the Desert I love to ride, , ^ With the silent Bush-boy alone by niy «lae; Away, awav, from the dwellings of men. By the -wild deer's haunt, by the buffalo'sglen; By valley R remote, where the orifcl plays. Where the gnu, the gazelle, and the harfco-beeat graze, And the Jkudu and eland uuhunted recline "By the skirts of gray forests o'erhung with wild vine, 1 the elephant browses at peaee in the wood. 1 the river-horse gambols unseated in the flood; And the mightiest rhinoceros wallows at will la the fen where the wild ass is drinking his Ml. Afar in the Desert I love to ride With the silent Bush-boy alone by my sida; Away, away, in the wilderness vast • Where the white man's foot hath never passed, And the quivered Coranna or Bechuan Bath rarely crossed with his roving clan; A region of emptiness, howling and drear, Which man hath abandoned 'from famine or fear; Which the snake and the lizard inhabit alone, With the twilight bat from the yawning stone; re grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root, 1 poisonous herbs that pierce the foot; And the bitter melon, for food and drink, <•> Is the pilgrim's fare by the salt lake's brinks A region of drought, where no river glides, liot rippling brook with osiered sides; Where sedgy pool, nor bubbling fount, r tree, nor ekrod, nor misty mount Mara to refresh the aching eye; . .» i the barren earth, and the burning sky, ' *y "; horizon, round and round „•» , TOtd of living sight or sound. I here, while the night winds round me sigh, L the stars burn bright in tbe midnight sty, As I ait apart by the Desert stone, Ufce Elijah at Horeij's cave alone, ""A still small voice" comes through the will <Like a father consoling hi s fretful child) Which hswii hni bitterness, wxath. sntl frag, Baffin H»li is distant, but God is near. i THE WHITE LILY. Stofty of Early Bays in JlVew England. •tfr BY J. EL SPENCER. eyes told that be wis far from fright­ ened. He was like a caged panther The Indians lifted him to Lis feet and led him away through the forest. On arriving at the Pequot fort, the captive was at once conducted to a wigwam and tied to a stake which was driven deep into the ground. Here he was contin­ ually watched by two or more Indians, and supplied at every meal with veni­ son and cold bread. Upon the tenth night after his cap­ ture, the two Indians who were watch­ ing him withdrew from the wigwam, and he was left alone. They had been gone but a short time when a young and beautiful white girl, dressed in the Indian costume, entered. Her glossy, black hair hang to her waist, and her eyes were large, soft, and dreamy, like those of a Spanish maiden; and as he gazed upon her pale, sad, lovely faoe, thrown into bold relief by the bright fire of small, dry sticks, which burned near the center of the wigwam, he felt as if no harm could come to him in the presence of such a being. She put her fingers to her lips as a sign of caution, and said, in a low tone: "I have come to release you. There is no tkne to lose. The Indians are holding a council to see what shall be done with you, and you can steal out of the village unobserved. I have brought you your knife and rifle." "Who are you?" asked Eli, in aston­ ishment, as the maiden placed the rifle on the ground and severed his bonds with the knife. "How came you here ?" "Among the Indians I am known as 'The White Lily,'" replied the girl; but my true name is Kachel Holden. I When I tfas 9 years old I was stolen by ' a party of Narragansett Indians, who sold me to an old Pequot chief. The old chief and his squaw, who were child­ less, were very kind to me, and hadl been their own child they could not | have loved me more. Six moons ago the old chief died, and now Totomet, , one of the young Pequot chiefs, wishes | me to become his squaw. I detest him, and will die before I submit to such a fate. I have begged Lenawee, my adopted mother, to take me back to my home in Massachusetts, and she would do so, but she fears the vengeance of Totomet. But you must delay no longer. Your watchers are liable to re­ turn at any minute." I "But what of you, Miss Holden?" asked Eli. "In saving me, you have placed yourself in peril, ana it would j be cowardly for me to leave you to face it. Will you come with me and trust yourself to my care. ?" "I thank you, sir, but the Indians will pursue you as soon as they find you 'gone, and I would be a burden upon you. I entreat you to go at once, and leave me to my fate." "I will not leave you here," said Eli, determinedly. "Will you tell me-- was your father's name Cyrus Holden?" "Yes," said the girl, eagerly, "that was his name. Do you know him? Are my parents alive ?" "They are alive and well, and are now living in the settlement on the Connecticut River. For four years my home has been with them, and they have been like father and mother to me. Come; I could never look into their faces again, knowing that I had found their child, whom they still love and mourn for, and failed to bring her to them." "Is it possible that my patents are so" I have h< h • p.; - - • Ir ( m It was in the month of October. 1636, the first wagon was seen wending iti devious way among the wooded hills of Connecticut. The sons of the forest We often arreste in pursuit of their to gaze with wonder at the afatnge phenomenon; for there was not * being among them, within whose knowledge so strange a vehicle was «*er seen to disturb the repose of their hunting-grounds; nor were they sensi­ ble that this was the day star which warned them that the time was sear at hand when they must leave the land of their fathers. It was a small company of oolonists MB Massachusetts, led by the Bev. Mr. Hooker, who were seeking a new home in the unbroken forest, The weary party at length Beached a beautiful valley, through which a large river meandered its «mrse. Here our party was not long in •electing a camping ground; and pitch- lag their tents on the west side of the lifer,, they soon commenced building their log houses, and in a few days were to secure themselves from the waather, in the first dwellings ever kail!; ki Hartford. Among the settlers were Cyrus Bolden. and his wife. They had no •children but their nephew, Eli Holden, * young man who, through a love of ad­ venture, had left his home in England •nd sought his relatives in the new World, made his home with them. ' Eli Holden was a remarkably hand­ some young man of about twenty-five-- •landing over six feet in his stockings, Ivoad-shouldered and muscular, with marling, golden-brown hair and beard, keen, blue-gray eyes, and features of 4iie Grecian type. One child, a bright and beautiful igirl, had been born to Mr. and Mrs. SoMen; but seven years ago, when she Was.9 years old, she was stolen from her home in one of the Massachusetts settlements, but by whom it could •ever be discovered. It was supposed that she had been stolen by Indians; but although she wsss sought for among all the neighbor­ ing tribes, no trace of her could .be , 4»und. The mother's heart never oeased to flJBarn for her darling, and for- a long lime it was feared that her reason would ^iv© way beneath the blow. . Reason survi «ed, however, but the . Soaoolees yearning grew no less. Tim* <SDuld bring no consolation to her. ?- • Hoping that away from the place , Which continually reminded his wife of %er loss, she would, in a measure, for- . ^f®t her sorrow, Cyrus Holden gave up Ais thriving farm in Massachusetts and went with the colonists to Connecticut Valley. The new settlement thrived; but $ ^jhe Pequot* were one of the most war­ like tribes in New England, and the settlers were made to feel the calamities . ' tfnsepera&le from Indian warfare. / . One beautiful day in the latter part * ••f May, as Eli Holden was fishing in a stream some four miles from the settlement, he found himself aur- tonnded by no less han twenty Pequot Kr Before he could reach his rifle, V/; Wrhich stood Against a tree near near? I have heard of the settlement, but I did not dream that my dear father and mother were there," said Kachel. Eli placed the knife in his belt and picked up the rifle. Then, taking the girl by the hand, he led her from the wigwam. But they had not gone thirty yards beyond the limits of the village when they were startled by the furious bark­ ing of a watch-dog, followed a few mo­ ments later by fierce and startled yells from the Indians. "We are lost!" exclaimed Rachel. "The Indians have discovered our flight!" "No," said Eli; they have been sur­ prised. I can hear the shouts of white men." "Then go and help yeur friends," said RacheL "I will hide in the laurel thicket yonder until you come back." "But what if I do not return?" asked Eli, anxious to take a part in the battle, yet unwilling to leave the maiden. "I am used to the forest, and can find my way to the settlement," she replied. "If I do not return," said Eli, "tell your parents, when you see them, that you have met you cousin, Eli Holden. And now good night." "Good night," returned Rachel, and a moment later she was alone. It was after daybreak when the noise of the battle ceased. Allured by the silence, Rachel, crept from her hiding- place and gazed about her. Suddenly she was startled by the tall form of To­ tomet appearing like a phantom at her side. "The pale-faces have killed Injuns and burned village," said he; "but To­ tomet will find a home in some other tribe, and The White Lily shall dwell in his wigwam." "Never!"' Rachel answered, drawing herself up haughtily. "I would rather die than be your squaw." "Then Totomet kill White Lily," said he, raising his tomahawk above her head. | But before the deadly weapon could descend the sharp report of a rifle rang out through the forest, and the Indian fell dead at her feet, pierced through the brain. A moment later Eli Holden was at her side, with the still smoking rifle in his hand. "You are safe now, Miss Holden," said he; "the white men have won the battle. The attacking party was a large company of colonists, and seventy Mo- hegan Indians, led by Capt. Mason. Nearly all the Pequots, of which there must have been over six hundred, were killed. Seven were captured, and a very few, if any, escaped. The colon­ ists lost only twenty-two men." "And Lenawee--is there among the captives an old squaw, straight as a sap­ ling, and with snow-white hair?" asked RacheL ' "No; none of them answer to that description," replied Eli. "Then," said Rachel, with tears in her eyes, "poor Lenawee is dead. She was too old and feeble to escape from the village." "It was a cruel slaughter," said Eli; "but the Pequots were a treacherous nation, and the settlers were never safe while they lived. The feelings of Mr. and Mrs. Holden, THE DECAY OF THE TERROR. SM Pop of the Bad Man's Gun Punctuates Western l*eace No Mom - The Terror shows up once in avhile in some of the small towns of New Mex­ ico, and is encountered in the cattle country at rare intervals, but his occu­ pation is gone. The march of civiliza­ tion has been too much for him. The once numerous and thrifty class has thinned down until only a laughing­ stock is left. I was in Cheyenne when Speckled Tom, Big Pete, or Wild Char­ ley used to come dancing into a bar­ room with a "gun" in either hand and sing out: "Now, then, hands up t* Every hand went up. ^ ' ' "Mebbe there's some catamotAlt ^re thinks he kin take the twist out of my coat-tails." If there was he didnt ooins -to the front. sL "Hands down!" ^ Every hand dropped. "I'm taking up a collection for the benefit of Bill Jackson's widder, and anybody who feels like contributing will be afforded the opportunity." We all felt like it. Indeed, every man was anxious to part with a dollar or two. J. saw four Terrors killed in that town, each one dying with his boots on, and I was giving one of them a drink of water when he shivered, took a long breath, and died as he said: "I was a-tryin' to git up to ten, and hev stopped short at seven. I could tally eight on you, but I've lost my pop­ per 1" I followed the Terror to Laramie, and many an eveuing as I sat in the office of the hotel he entered, with cat-like tread, and opened a sudden fusilade on lamps, key-board, ceiling, and doors, observing at the finis: ' "'Scuse me gentlemen, but it's just my way. If any of you don't like my wav please mention it!" We always made haste to assure him that his way was A 1, full jeweled, and extremely pleasant, and that we would feel honored if he drank at our expense. One night a boy from Nebraska, who was strange to our ways, and who had his ear barked by a bullet, hauled out and plugged the Terror plumb center. He expressed his sorrow too late. I had my coat under the Terror's head when the death-rattle came to his throat, and he whispered: •'It's mighty queer, isn't it? I alius hated you fur them red whiskers, and I had dropped in tornight to fill you full of lead!" , I followed the Terror up the Guni- son valley. He was getting attenuated and losing his sand. When he had a street row he sheltered himself behind a post, and when he "let go" in a saloon there was a suspicious uncertainty in his tones as he clicked his gun and said: "I'm just a waiting fur some kyote to move an eyelash or stir his tongue!" We not only moved, but we even ven­ tured to offer him advice, and by and by the day came when I turned a corner to find him dying at my feet. I was loos­ ening his neckband as he opened his eyes and said: "Downed by a durned bullwhaoker, who didn't know which end of his pistol went off!" I met the Terror for the last time at Custer City. I was sitting in a saloon when the door was kicked open with a great crash, and he appeared with a re­ volver in either hand. He had long hair, a big hat, and a buckskin suit. He hun­ gered for gore--not the sort adulterated with cottonseed oil and warranted No. i 1, but the red blood fresh from the b.u- 'man system and served up in puddles on the mopped floor. He whooped. He yelled. He cracked his heels to­ gether. He snapped his right-hand gun, but it was a cheap cartridge. He snapped the other, but there was only a dull click. Then a small man with a bald head and bow legs and consump­ tive look came out from behind a cur­ tain and knocked him down, and flung his gun into the street, and whistled for a policeman. Next morning I was in the court when the Terror pleaded guilty and added: "Your honor, I made a fool of myself. If you'll let me go off I'll go back to pushing a wheelbarrow at ten shillings a day." Poor Terror! I lament your down­ fall.--New York Sun. isfve onrtain,fl of a season as low as $5 a to the effect snoquette oar- sold to a lucky trotted it off to a a dealer, vho gave So among the many e Delmonico waiter is a richly-furnished dingly small oost.-- storm storm zon the are at times which showj slightly^ pair, and that one pet in th bidder for $18. second-hand him $80 PERQUISITES the house New ma, neo { Xsav^ea Wi^ wheQ their daughter was restored to t&down, and he was seifed before hJ ^ ima«ined more ^ 4xmld arise aann He drew his knife, but one of the Tn- struck up his arm with a force that sent the weapon flying several feet •way ; and a moment later the savages had securely boned his hands with a stout deerskin thong. He made no re- dstance, knowing that itjwould be use- lass; bat .the un rabduea flash of his described. A year later Rachel became the wife of her oousiu, Eli Holden, who ever afterward, in his fondest moments, in­ variably called her his White Lily. TJHB man who owns a garden should not be too gentle in gentle spring. He should give his ground a good dig now, and than. 4 v Hot an Even Start in the Race. A commercial traveler who has jnst returned from a small town in Michigan relates a funny incident that occurred in a little hotel in that burg. The ho­ tel was crowded, and a weary traveler who came in and inquired for a room was told by the clerk that every room in the house, where it was possible, had two beds in it already, except one, and that was occupied by an old farmer who snored loud enough to kill a horse. "Is that all?" exclaimed the traveler, jubilantly. "Why, man, I want you to know that I am the champion snorer in my town, and anybody who can beat me- at it must be a cuckoo. Just put a bed in that room for me." The clerk told him that it would be useless, but the traveler insisted. "I'll tell you what I'll do," said he, "111 just bet you $5 my snoring drives him out of the room." The clerk was looking for cinches, and snapped the bet up quick. Time wore on until the hour for retiring. Singularly both men wended their way upstairs together. The clerk waited farther developments. About an hour afterward a rustling was heard up above, and the traveler, half-dressed, with his coat, vest, and shirt on his arm, came shuffling down the steps. -Sud­ denly he walked over to the desk and planked down a Y. ' "I told you so," said the clerk, who fairly rolled over with laughter. "What's ailing you, you gilly?" said the traveler with a string of oaths, Td have won the bet all right, but the sun- of-a-gun got to sleep first." He slept on a hardwood bench for the rest of the night.--Buffalo Expre»». Where Waiters Profit* Delmonico's waiters in the Twenty- sixth street restaurant are just now looking forward to the annual Bale of the furnishings of the building. They expect to add to the attractions of their own houses out of their purchases, or else make handsome profit by reselling to dealers the things they buy. When the season closes the employes of the restaurant receive a notice that a sale will take place, and that they alone will be admitted to it. When the auction begins the carpets, linen, curtains, and the like, which have been in use scarcely a year, are knocked down to the highest bidder. There is an un­ written law that any one who buys for any other than himself shall be deprived of all future advantages of the sales, and therefore the men are anxious to act with entire fairness. As the auction is conducted for the interests of the employes of the famous ! restaurant, the bargains to 1m obtained ie Storm* beyond man's oon- ndeur of a prairie imagined by those it or wittnessed a ch a storm swept over .ugust last. The morn- bright, but shortly came an indefinable still shone, but its itered light, and brought ers into brighter relief, darker shadow where Away toward the hori- g glimmer that curtained the meeting-place of sky and plain be­ came more tangible, and a thin black hue framed the landscape. , Gradually it grew broader and higher, and as it overlapped the bright, blue sky, the birds flew hurriedly from before it, and such cattle as were in sight drew closer together for protection. Gustsof wind that shook the train followed each other at intervals that grew shorter and shorter, and the frame of black was once in a while illuminated with flashes of summer lightning, which, as they came nearer, threw heavy banks of sulphurous-looking clouds into bold relief. Still there was no rain, and the thunder of the train was all that broke the stillness. For nearly, two hours the clouds maintained their same slow approach, and left the spec­ tator to run fancy free and imagine the outstretched fingers of some great ghoul to be slowly closing in to crush him. So strong did the feeling become that the more nervous passengers drew back and shuddered at each succeeding gust, while others clustered around windows and gazed, fastinated, at the coming storm. At last it came. One huge cloud shot out from the approach­ ing bank, and fo- a moment poised in mid-air. Fleecy clouds, that looked ghastly by contrast, hung round it like hinges on a funeral pall, till, with a crash that out­ weighed the roar of ihe train, it seemed to be rent in two with one streak of fire that turned the entire cloud into gold.. From that on and for nearly an hour it was one continual rumble, broken occa* sionally by a sharper crash and accom- ' panied by the patter of the rain that fell in torrents. Both sheet and forked lightning played continuously, and while the former turned the clouds from blackness into light, the latter seemed to rend them in fragments and stand out in lines of fire for seconds at a time. At last it passed away, and the flick­ ering flames that illuminated the southern horizon seemed like the volley firing of a retreating army, but so great was the expance of prairie that they were never entirely lost sight of, but again grew mora and more vivid, until, eighty miles further west, the storm again crossed the track, moving north­ ward with diminishing force. Slowly as it appeared to move, it had in five short hours traversed the half of a oir- cle not less than one hundred miles in diameter, which would giye it a vate of upward of thirty miles an hoar.-- Omaha Bee. Storing the Water of the Nik. Egypt is anxious at present over the vagaries of the Nile, which has never been so low at this time of year since a record began to be kept of the water supply. The Nile usually keeps falling' till June, and, if it were possible for the process to continue at the present rate, the river would become dry. The con­ dition of the Nile for two successive seasons has been calculated to bring into favorable notice the great project of the American engineer, Mr. Cope Whitehouse, for storing the surplus wa­ ter during the inundation in the Raiyan basin, a little southwest of Cairo, to be used during the low Nile period. He estimates that a reservoir can be made at a cost of $2,500,000 that will supply the Nile at low water with 50,000,000 cubic meters of water a day. His plans .have been approved by engineers and by the Egyptian Government, but the money to carry them out is not yet forthcoming. It is a noteworthy fact that his scheme contemplates little more than a restoration of the reser­ voir, dikes, and canals that are believed to have been used for many centuries to equalize the Nile flood, and whose ruins can be seen to this day. The Need of Sunlight. Not many even of the most intelligent among women make a point of letting in the needful sunlight. The average housekeeper drops the curtain on leav­ ing a room, and shades the windows of her sleeping-chamber. "But," you will say, "this curtain-dropping is not a mat­ ter of gentility alone, it is a matter of economy. We cannot afford to let the sun fade our carpets." This makes a very simple thing of it. The question becomes merely this: Shall our car­ pets last or we? Now it stands to rea­ son that carpets should regulate this matter. Are carpets made for houses, or houses for carpets? If the latter, then let us put up small but tasteful buildings, carpet them richly, shut them up carefully, and build other houses close by for dwelling-houses. We could step in occasionally to see the carpets, and could take our friends in. For our dwelling-houses we could have straw-matting or carpets which will bear fading, or - stained woodqn floors, or good carpets, with rugs here and there, as foot comforts; a rug, yoa know, is easy to oover or to more.--New York Tribune. ' He Was Praying Without Prejudice. They are telling a good story in Lon­ don about those two eminent ecclesias­ tical lawyers Mr. Jeune, Q. C., and Sir Walter Phillimore. Q. C. They ap­ peared recently before the Archbishop's Court on behalf of the Bishop of Lin­ coln to question the jurisdiction of the Court in his case. The Archbishop in full vestments entered the Court, and, raising his hands, said: "Let us pray." Mr. Jeune, as became the son of the Bishop, at once knelt, but Sir Walter, realizing that he was there to take ob­ jection to the Court, remained standing. When the Court was up, Sir Walter unbraided his colleague for his illegal praying. "My dear Phillimore,* re­ plied Mr. Jeune, "I was praying with­ out prejudice." Beet Troubles. It is somewhat strange that oorns are regarded ** quite as much a portion of the anatomy of the foot as toenails. Coras are simple thickenings of the skin on any part liable to pressure; and if proper Iwots and shoes were worn, with always care taken that the socks were soft and warm and clean, they would never exist. The cure is self- evident. I ought to say, however, that, as a rule, caustics are dangerous, ex- oept in the hands of an expert. Some­ times corns suppurate. They are then exceedingly painful; but a poultice, and rest, with th<* cutting of the corn to get off the thick skin and let out the matter, soon put things to rights. A bunion is a business of another sort, and a far more .serious one, and may run oa to the destruction of the bone itself and a lifetime's lameness. If one occurs, the treatment must at first be palliative, but a doctor should be consulted, for old-standing cases are all but incurable. Another gentleman who must be consulted is an intelligent bootmaker, for on his skill, as much as on the surgeon's, will your fature com­ fort depend. ? A lesser evil that the feet have to suffer from is cold. This is purely con­ stitutional with many, and only a sys­ tem of hygiene, with now and then medicines which improve the blood, are to be relied upon. The cold bath can hardly be recommended in cases of this kind, because the subjects are usually not of strong recuperative power. Bed- socks may be worn, but I have no great faith in the warm water baby or .bed bottle. The danger of damp feet or wet feet are proverbial. They are certainly best avoided, as they give rise to chills and colds. Many people catch cold very easily through the feet. To conclude: the hygienic treatment of the feet consists not only in the wear­ ing of proper boots and socks, but in the most careful washing, with either warm or cold water and mild soap. A thick, rough towel should be used and the drying made a very complete thing, even between the toes, If this is done every day thickened skin will rarely need the rasp. "A eool heady then, and warm feet," is the excellent saying I began this paper with, and so let me end.--Family Doctor,in CasselVs Mag­ azine, •» Don't Bet. Hosea Bigelow's advice, "Never prophesy, unless ye know," might well be supplemented by "Never bet, unless you have a sure thiilg." But perhaps it would be safest to say: "Never bet anyway." The following shows the un­ certainty of bets: "A boy is a strange machine, isn't he?" queried the Colonel, as he looked out of the office Window. "I don't see anything so very strange about that particular boy," replied one of the other loungers, as he sauntered up, and saw a boy of 10 on the opposite side of the street. "But he's got a jug," persisted the >•' 5 MB. BROWN (proudly to his friend, an attorney)--By Jove, Henry, my wife can sing the entire Bcore of all of Wagner's operas. The attorney (absentmiudedly) --Well, I'll try to get a divorce for yon, old fellow, bat I'm afraid ws oan't maks it. - • Colonel, "Well, what of it? Can't a boy carry ajug?" "But he's swinging it around his head!" "Let him swing. You never saw a boy who wouldn't." "I'll bet he breaks it before he gets to the corner!" exclaimed the Colonel. "Nonsense!" . "Bet you $20," "Done." Half a dozen rushed up to watch fur­ ther proceedings. The boy oontinued to swing the jug, apparently bent upon performing some particular -feet, and just before he reached the oorner, his hand slipped and the jog was dashed into pieces. "I knew it! I knew it!" chuckled the Colonel, as he danced around. "Drat him--here's your money," growled the other. An hour later, after spending the in­ terval in solemn thought, ,the loser mildly inquired: "Colonel, did you think you had a sure thing on me?" "Certainly. I bought the jug for the boy, and gave him 50 cents to carry out the program." To Care Baldness. ' A few words anent one of the most common forms of skin disease among us. Baldness is so widely spread, and so universal among us, that it is quite fashionable. Nevertheless, I shall give a couple of receipes for that form that is accompanied by falling of dandruff, which is technically known as dry sebor­ rhea of the scalp. In nine-tenths of these cases a cure is possible, that is, hair may be restored if sufficient pa­ tience is allotted with other treatment. Owing to the barber's failure to give back to a man his hair, a general im­ pression exists that there is no use to try; once bald, always bald. This is scarcely ever true of sebor­ rhea, not in fifty per cent, of cases from other causes, and whomsoever will try thesis recipes will be convinced of their efficacy. For a week, at the outset of treat­ ment, the scalp is to be thoroughly washed with a reliable tar soap, such as any apothecary sells, drying the hair thoroughly, but not rinsing out the tar. If hair has vanished let the lather dry upon bare spots. Then begin with a wash composed of resorcin pure, one dram; caster oil, one-half ounce, bay rum, seven and one-half ounces. Mix. This is to be applied morning and night, and well rubbed in. After two weeks .of lotion, have the following pomade prepared, and rub into the scalp and hair a portion the size of a hazlennt every morning. Salicylic acid, fen grains; ammontated mercury, five grains; cold cream, one ounce. Mix. After one week's careful attention to this treatment, the bald spots will be ootered with a fine, thick, silky growth, that is forerunner to a crop worth hav­ ing. Try it. -- l>r. Hutchinson, in American Magazine. Plenty of Exercise. Fwed--The doctor says I mutht take exercise. Guth--And shall you? Fwed--Yes, Guth; I intend to buy a Waterbury watch, and wind it up all by myself every day. Guth--Well, me boy, if you need any help just call upon me. I need a little exercise myself.--Yankee Blade, FARMER'S wife--Well, Joshus, did you get things fixed to turn our house into a summer an' health . resort? Farmer--I'm afraid the plan won't work, Miranda. I went to Saratogy and two or three other places an' I found out we can't have no health re­ sort without sp'ilin' our well water so the cattle can't drink it. MODERN dramatist--I' got a new comedy for you. Manager--Is it funny? | Modern dramatist--You bet. Chock fa|lof damns. . . ^ • felsiBsrflfs Present Position. ' It is twentf-saven yean since Bis­ marck, who then bore the title of count, was summoned from the Court of France, where he was serving as Ger­ man Ambassador, and was appointed Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Four years afterwards he had become the most powerful statesman and the most conspicuous figure in European politics, and so he has continued to- be to, the present day. In 1867 he was made Chancellor of the North German Confederation, and in 1871 Chancellor of the new German Empire; and in the same year he re­ ceived the title of prince. His position to-day is in many respects a greatly altered one from what it was during the earlier years of his political ascendency, although his rank and offi­ cial position are unchanged. He has served under three successive German Emperors. From the time that the Empire replaced the North German Confederation, in 1871, down to March, 1888, Bismarck was the clos­ est and most trusted counselor of old Emperor, William L There is little doubt that William al­ ways resolutely followed Bismarck's ad­ vice, and gave him free scope in his ef­ forts to unify and strengthen Germany. During William's reign Bismarck was clearly recognized as the real ruler of the Empire, and, being such, as the ar­ biter of Europe. The case was very different when William died, and the throne was occu­ pied for three months by the dying Emperor Frederick. Bismarck had al­ ways opposed liberal concessions to the German people. He was essentially a supporter of the full power and prerog­ ative of the crown. His purpose was to make Germany great and strong, and not less to maintain the reigning house in all its ancient authority. But the Emperor Frederick took a broader and more liberal view of public affairs. He showed, even during his brief reign, not only that he intended to be the real ruler, but also that he meant to. use his power to extend the liberties of the people. Bismarck had already been at vari­ ance with Frederick and with Freder­ ick's wife, while Frederick was still Crown Prince; and under the new Em­ peror Bismarck found that he by no means possessed the absolute influence over the crown which he had held dar­ ing the life of William. Then came another change. Freder­ ick died, and his son, the second Will­ iam, ascended the throne. It is true that the young Emperor had always been a devoted friend and supporter of .Bis­ marck, whose political instructions he had earnestly welcomed and followed. Yet Bismarck no doubt finds that, even though this was so, his position*^ with the young Emperor is quite differ­ ent from that which he held toward.the Emperor's grandfather. The young man has a will of his own; and there have been indications that he is some­ what restive at times under the disposi­ tion of Bismarck, not unnatural in the case of one who has had so much pewer, to override even imperial opposition.-- Youth's Companion. Our Policy In the Pacific. What will James Anthony Frorrds have to say concerning the following ut­ terance of his friend, Sir George Gray, ex-Governor of New Zealand? In his "Oceana," Froude lauds Gray to the skies as the one man in Polynesia who understands the necessity iBninjain-. fag English supremacy in that part of the world, the one man who believes in the future of the British colonies when United in one confederation, such as Froude vagely saw in his. Utopian dreams: "It would be far preferable to leave each of these island groupes with independent governments, settling all disputes among themselves by arbitra­ tion, and guided, if possible, by a com­ mission of foreign powers. It is clear that America is aiming at this line of policy, annexing none of the islands herself and doing her utmost to pre­ serve the peace of the Pacific. This also is certain to be the policy of all English possessions in this part of the world. "America will eventually become the leader of the Anglo-Saxon race, and will displace England from the position Bhe now holds. Many eyes in this part of the world are already being turned toward America as the power that is likely to preserve the interests of the Anglo-Saxon race in the Pacific with­ out' herself annexing anything or allow­ ing foreigners to do so. It is clear that the center of power among the Anglo- Saxon race is shifting to America, as the center of population has already done. It is therefore unwise of England to neglect her interests in such time of emergency. The United States does not require a standing army, and con- sequently the whole reserve of a people real lovely in it. BO circumstanced could be devoted "1 u ' solely to the maintenance of a navy which would make the Anglo-Saxon race absolute masters of the world."-- Delenda est Carthago. The Frightful Condition or the Leper* of Molokai Island. The latest news from Father Damien, "the Apostle of the Lepers," comes in a letter from his assistant, the Rev. M. Conrardy, an American priest, who went to Molokai some .months ago to assist the sufferer. The ministers of the Episcopal Church started a fund for Father Damien some time ago, and have promised to collect for him the hand­ some sum .of' £1,000. Indeed, says a writer in the New York Times, it be­ came fashionable for all who claimed to HE SPICE OF LIFE. SOMEBODY says a man oan get roaring drank on water. Well, so he can on. land. WHY is a whale like a modem pugi­ list? Because he spends most of his time blowing. THF. difference between a fish and a miser is that one does sell fish the other is selfish. WHY is a fly one of the tallest of in­ sects ? Bpcaune he stands over six feet without shoes or stockings. MRS. FANGLE--It's getting light rn laise the blind. Jlr. Fangle (only awake)--All right!. Ill stay. EASTERN girl--DO Western society people allow themselves any amusement in Lent. Western girl--No; nothing but poker. Ax.i> old bachelor says that marriage was instituted for no other purpose *>»«"» to prevent one from sleeping diagonally in the bed. WHAT is the first recorded mafamea of George Washington's patronizing a popular conveyance? When he took a hack at his father's cherry tree. YOUNG lady--Is this the hose counter? New clerk--No, Miss, this is the stock­ ing counter; you'll find hose down­ stairs among the lawn-mowers and. things. "BUT, doctor, why didn't you kittthrtt snipe? He came just right lor you." "But, my dear fellow, he flew zig-zag, and I had no sooner fired zig tha.n be was zag." WHEN it comes to "mountain dew," it is the prohibitioiiist who graciously lifts himself into prominence and remarks: "Give the devil his dew."--Yonkers Gazette. A TRAVELLING man says that a Boston girl is all right after yon understand her. The only trouble is that you cant understand hqr without consulting the dictionary. WIPE--This is a nice time of night to come home. Husband--Taint nice; itsh bad, and I'm a brute. Wife faints with surprise, and hushand gets into bed and is asleep before Bhe recovers. "WHAT are Bermuda potatoes?" ha asked of a Woodward avenue grocer yesterday. "Why, potatoes from Ber­ muda, of course. "O, they are! Then Paris green is green from Paris, is it?" --Detroit Free Press. SICK man--Is this the West End Sani­ tarium ? New girl (mystified)--This is Dr. Blank's house. "Yes, but doesn't he take sick people to nurse sometimes?" "O! Maybe he does. There's two or three skeletons in thebaok office." "YOU'RE a nice editor, Chubbe!" "What's the matter now?" "Why! yon say, 'the publisher of the Daily Voice is an unmitigated ass.'" "Well, he is!" "But you add, 'we advise our brother journalist to reform his Btupid ways V "•-- Chicago Ledger. STAMP clerk (at posfcoffice window)-- You'll have to pay letter postage on this package. It's first-class matter. Per­ severing author (about to send his manuscript on its seventh trial trip)-- Ah, thank you! Couldn't you get a position as editor somewhere ?--Harp­ er's Weekly. t . MOSHELM--Hey, Schwartzhund! vere you go away so gvick alretty before dot subber ?" Schwartzhund--Schnelgelt, de vatchmaker, yttst cum up sdairs mit his bants bust in hallef. I sell 'em to him yesterday, a bargain. Maybe he feel bad uuft don't vant to see me al­ retty, aint it ?" 1 HUSBAND (after some words with his wife)--Well, let us drop it. I don't care to say any more about it. And besides I like to talk to a sensible person when I'm talking. Wife (with a sarcastic laugh)--You don't always do it then. H.--I don't? W.--No. I sometimes hear you talking to yourself. HOMELY lady--Oh, I guess you can fill the place. My husband is an easy man to suit. New cook (looking at her) --Yes, mum, I can readily believe it. Homely lady (to herself)--Strange she should take that for granted, but pro­ bably she knows a superior woman like myself wouldn't marry a crank. Miss TRUAX (trying to >.vin obdurate parent's consent)--But, father, Claude will make his way in the world because he is honest. He paid an outlawed note last week. Old gentleman--Paid an outlawed note! And wants to marry you? Never! My daughter must marry a businessman.--St. Paul Pioneer Press. "So LIL'S engagement is broken off, is it?" said Miss Debonair, "and her trousseau completed, too, the poor thing." "No, not exactly," explained Miss Chicesprit. "The engagement was not broken, and yet it is off. Lil has had her wedding dress out over into a breach-of-promiso suit, and she looks It is not easy to crush a high-spirited woman." FAIRY FOOD. Said my bine-eyed cousin John, "What do fairies live upon?" And he looked in eager wise At me with his bright young eywb VEvery morning-time." I Bftid, . "They bake tiny loaves of bread; Cricket-steaks they often eat ; And their drink is honey sweet Rom the honeysuckle bell. Or the crimson clover cell; Hiey have berry pip mid tsrt Flavored with a rose's hMTt; And the very favorite tlnng Is a slice of beetle's wing. "Pooh r cried John; "no mate IM XUriee are not big or f*t." , Wallpaper Condemned. The Sanitary News prints -aa artid* strongly condemning the use of wall­ papers in residences as productive of much disease. Not only are the colon be philanthropists to forward personal of the paper produced by the use of contributions to the priest whose suffer- poisonous minerals which are taken in ings death alone can end, and whose by the lungs, but the paste and glue at- devotion to the charge has received snoh tract filth, contagion, and vermin It is also stated as an important fact that this paste and paper prevent a healthy circulation of air which would other­ wise tend to keep rooms healthy. Air passes rapidly through the pores of or- universal commendation. Father Conrardy's letter is addressed to a gentleman in Birmingham, Eng­ land, and declares that Father Damien cannot live much longer; that in all _ . _ - . i m ­ probability he would be dead before the dinary mortar, and even through hard letter reached England. Father Damien finish" and whitewash. This wall res- has, according to his associates, seen th© piration is not possible when the parti- population of Molokai renew itself three tions between the house-dweller and the times, the average duration of a leper's exterior atmosphere are covered with life being about seven years. _ _ The population of Molokai lanow 1,150, "Regularly, every week, writes Father Conrardy, "a small steamer makes its appearance here and very early in the morning announces by the | loud blowing of its whistle, that lepers have been landed. Then, those who can, hurry to the shore. Often we find our new-comers soaking wet. Now ftgftin begin the cries and tears, for one sees here the meeting again of a hus­ band and his wife, or a wife seeing her husband among them, sometimes a child seeing its father or mother. "ELI," asked Mrs. Potts, what is it that every woman wants and no man ever ownes?" Instead of dutifully giv- paper, and the situation is made much worse when the first covering is over­ laid by succeeding oues, as is often done to aave labor. A Mosate William Kelly, the artist, who lives at Lenox, Mass., worked for eleven years on a piece of mosaic wood, which, when finished, presented the appear­ ance of a fine oil painting. This won- derfnl production the artist has entitled "Sunset," and at the distance of six eight feet it would be taken for an oil representation of that phenomenon. It is composed of 230,000 pieces of wood or about 3,200 to the square inoh. The effect of oolor is produced by the vari­ ety of colors in the different woods, iT|g it up and giving her a chance to say there being 128 kinds of wood used in husband," the wretah MMmlf a* the oourtruotwn.- .̂-y irfmW " ' swered, "the earth." tican. i.Xj£kt *- A a? '• ' 1 . f - , , t >•* . i *• .1 Z.1': -.v- t .. "~.a 'fV t V*-... 4.A.:

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