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. - ' ^ -w •" .. ':>V - • 1- " PLAINDEALER. - • umone nunarea coioren men now control newspapers ia the United Steles. A CHILD born to a Mrs. Wallace at Kelso, Wash., had no openings at the eyes, the skin completely covering those members. A surgical operation was performed to supply the deficiency. A GENTLEMAN who lives near Wash­ ington Village, Me., and deals in sew­ ing-machines ran upbn quite a mine of Wealth recently. In tearing to pieces «n old machine which had been in his possession for some time he ran npon a secret cavity containing fifteen twenty- dollar bills. 1 A GARFIELD, Oregon, citizen has dis­ covered that the squirrels that are shot and left on the ground are devoured by their fellows, and he turned the know! edge to acconnt. When he kills squirrel he cuts a hole in it and puts in strychnine, and in this way has killed a large number of the pe?ts. THE record for the largest amount of butter produced by a cow in one year Jias been broken by a cow owned by D. F. Appleton, of Ipswich, Mass., who, With three days to spare, produced 941 pounds 11 ounces. The previous record was 936 pounds 13f onces, held by Landseer's Fancy, owned by William Morrow, of Nashville, Tenn. defendant, to make up a subscripts for th« plaintiff. The defendant wil ingly garo three roubles, whereu the judge, looking at them, said: " Whaj I do not find any woman in history do you mean by using counterfeipho embody to me the very quintes- money ? Explain how you got this ofence of courage like the resolute plains- R,ev° T™/,, ?rrfe- ZS&Z&JSZ the defendant confessed that he h%ge that poet, painter and historian got them from his enemy, the plaintifi$tay6 honored, but the were inspired by and as a punishment he was compelled great courage, by a tremendous sense to delive the right of their cause. They were fanatics in their way. The name fanatic is not one that any one likes, but I HORSEFLESH F«R DOGS. LIFE OF WOMEN ON THE PLAINS. 0 Galliat Cniter'* Widow Tails of Fron­ tier Henitm. THERE is a new use for hypnotism-- namely, as a remedy for habitual drnnkness. The drunkard, after being hypnotized, is informed that ardent spirits are nasty and the object of his particular hatred. If this is repeated two or three times the habit of thought becomes so fixed that the drunkard can not bring himself to drink a drop of spirits. THE Philadelphia Times says that "Samuel J. Randall always lived in the most modest and unostentatious way at PL.- his little oountry place out on the Penn- Er- sylvania railroad. The house was no K,. larger than many a laborer's, and was |L •,* furnished in the plainest and most un- p pretentions style." Mr. Randall was p,', modest in all things, and that was one §r of the secrets of his commanding strength. • , §?- BERLIN newspaper correspondents I . were not allowed to send out the news jS^"' of Bismarck's resignation on the Hp"t night when it first became public. They 1|'. rewrote their dispatches so as to make them say that it was rumored that Bis- p marek has resigned, and the authorities let them go in that shape. Then the ^"•yr ^^respondents filed a second dispatch saying: "The rumor is a fact," and teM^kaanthorities could find no excuse for J|H^Hsg to send it. . ^NFLHGPRRY LEHCAXLETTE and Victoria asa^^wnght were being married in a coun­ try church near Salisburg, Md., and the clergyman was about to declare themman and wife when an aunt of the young woman appeared with a letter from the wife of Lercallette, The aunt asked the minister to read the letter . aloud. When the "minister finished reading the letter the would-be-bride fell in a swoon and Lercallette in the excitement left the church and disap­ peared. * CURIOUS reminescence of Gambetta ; has just come to light. In 1865 Emile > Olliver was invited to dinner at the *House of the father of Manet, the cele­ brated impressionist painter. At the dinner there was a young man who was exceedingly gay and amusing. It was , Gambetta. Emile Olliver was greatly impressed with the young man's extem­ pore eloquence, and that evening he said to him: "Young man, if you are willing to work you will one day be a great orator. O.lliver little knew how truly he was prophesying, and what im­ portant results for his own career Gam- betta's oratory was to have. 7 | A FEW days ago a dog> on the ranch of George Noble, ^of Hollister, Cal., treed a wildcat. Mrs. Noble went out with a rifle and succeeded in wounding the animal, bringing it to the ground. Then the dog took a hand, and in the scuffle dog and cat rolled into the Los MuerfcDB Creek. Mrs. Noble was anxious to convince her husband that Bhe had killed a wildcat, end leaned over titie bank of the creek to secure the carcass. While so doing the bank caved in and Mrs. Noble was precipi­ tated into the stream. Bhe pluckily ,,, struck out, however, finally landing the animal and triumphantly exhibited the carcass to Mr. Noble upon his return can t> be i A BEBLIN dispatch reports that A cu­ rious ceremony has occurred at Eilsdorf. Two Japanese young men of noble birth were baptized, and renounced their names, titles and nationality. Count Aime of Yeddo now becomes plain Herr Curt, and will study at the military school with a view of becoming a Prus­ sian officer. \ iscount Kobayakawa of Tokio will be known in the future as Herr Bruno, and intends to study for the German bar. The cause assign for this remarkable act on the part of the Japanese is that they have fallen in love with two sisters, daughters of good old Brandenburg family. The young ladies declined to accept the ad­ dresses of the yonng men unless they consented to become Christians and naturalized Germans. FT THE Solomons are not all dead so long as a certain judge at Dorpat lives. lA plaintiff sued for a cow for which he mid he.had paid, but life could bring no other proof against the assertion of the former owner that he had not. The lodge, after hearing the case, pro- jlfrTflirirl in favor of the defendant, and laaitad ifee ftudienee* including the to pay them back again and the cow. AN Englishman who has been experihardly think many of the great reforms menting for a year on a metal resem of the world could have been effected without fanaticism. It needed the ab­ sorbing enthusiasm of their cause to make such heroines forget everything save the work they felt they were chosen to do. Many martyrs have been supported on earth with the belief, and huve gone to Heaven convinced that they were "chosen" from on high to work and die for a cause. Our plains women were not so in­ spired. They had ofttimes no choice in their Jives. The liege said, "We go West," and the wise wife knew usually that it was best not to combat the reso­ lution, but to enter into the scheme at once. She was, of course, ignorant of all the trials that she was to meet. The successful man who returned from the border dwelt on the rewards he was then reaping rather than on the difficul­ ties that obstructed the way to success. But from the fii'st announcement of the intention the woman's self-denial was taxed. She need not try to look for­ ward to deprivations on the way or at the end of the journey, for before she started there came necessity for the ut­ most courage, as she must forfeit so much that a woman holds dear. Her church and its Sabbath school for her children; the dear association of the townspeople, who had been with her at the marriages, births and deaths of the family; the excellent school, where she [hoped to give her children all the fortune she could ever expect to give them-- a thorough education; her physician, dear to her as her pastor, in the sad and dangerous hours of her life. Perhaps aged parents clung to her with the knowledge they would not see her again. She must faco a life for years, at least, without schools, churches, so­ cial village communion, physicians,, public library, the old fertile gardens and.fruit trees, and the peace and pro­ tection of a comfortable home. As travelers climb the stairs of the National Capitol many feet are arrested before the great picture, "Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Course." The detail of that huge canvas will rescue from oblivion the heroic strug­ gles of our plainsmen. It is a peaceful scene, but could the artist for a moment veil the landscape in a thick, murky atmosphere of penetrating dust, or, re­ moving that, replace it by hail and in­ troduce the sharpest lightning ever known; or transpose the sunshiny day into a sirocco, where the hot wind scorches the skin and parches the throat, or even picture the downpour of the clouds, when week after week the. traveler journeys through the "wet sea­ son," the story the canvas tells would be timer to the reality. People would be made to know that when the splendor of a Western sun in spring, and the soft cool air of a plains wind in early summer disappears the real lii® of the pioneer begins. If women lived through those terrible days and kept brave hearts, nothing on earth could daunt them. Imagine one of them at night, after the bivouac was made beside a stream, or at the dry bed of what had been one, where they had to dig for wAtor, trying to get the even- tug meal. The rain descended, though they were in a partially sheltered spot among the sparse timber, and it was an effort to kindle a fire with the wet Bticks. Possibly her frugal habits had taught her to garner a few dry billets from the previous camp. The fire at last begins to burn, and, fighting wind, dust, rain, she cooks the simplest fare for the little family. They huddle in the wapon for the night, but the mother must stop to put on a button or hastily draw together a rent, no matter how the candle sput­ ters in the dim lantern, nor . how crowded and cramped she is, sitting at one end of the wagon. The pioneer mother had no reserve clothing with which to dress the sturdy, active little bodies next day. The nec­ essary stitches had to be taken. Thus cooking, washing, mending, helping with the stock and making camp, she made her heroic path across the track­ less waste that stretched on to the Rocky Mountains. The worst of it all, there was little or no childhood for the elder children. They had so soon to be given the care of the younger brothers fend sisters, to assist in making fires, driving the team, carrying water, that the faces of little shavers I have seen looked careworn at 10, while maternal solicitude and.anxiety gazed out of the eyes of a little girl whose Blender arms held the baby of the settlers. Not long ago I had what was to me a most fascinating description of a life that was intensely interesting to me. A gentleman was playing cowboy, and after innumerable vicissitudes he came upon the stone hut of a sheep ranch on a New Mexican plain. A ten-year-old boy was left in charge. He writes: "It's a marvel how efficient youngsters become in this precocious country. Navajo boys care for a whole sheep herd month after month when only 6 years of age." He goes on to say of the white boy who had charge df the ranch: "And my youthful friend, Filadelphio, is at present the sole executive of this ranch, Acebache- -cook, vanquero- and general utility man. "He warmed us up after our freezing ride with a very passable dinner, cared for our horses and acquitted himself manfully all around. Next day Fila­ delphio and I were out all day rounding np a big herd of cattle and driving them in." The mothers of these prematurely old children feel the deprivation to their little ones of joyous childhood that comes but once, but there is, in the great struggle for existence that the people of the border live, no other course than to set every available hu­ man being at work, All these trials counted as nothing to the uncomplaining mothers if they were but spared an attack from the red man. For how many years, though, those slow oxen dragged the settler on to a frightful doom! How many brave hearts ceased to beat on that hotly con­ tested region between the Missouri River and the Rockies! In the city of Denver, which now lies in the midst of the irrigated plain, smiling and pros­ perous, there are tongues, if they conld but be made to speak, that would make clear how scorched and blistered with suffering was the road which led to the now flourishing city. When I first went there, over twenty years ago, the block houses in which the citizens had defended themselves from top Indians werp standing, - the bling gold, has his discovery near! perfected. He stumbled on the con: bination at first, while analyzing som metals, and when he realized what li had found he soon produced a meti which puzzles the best jewelers. A the aluminums before discovered ail lacking in weight or in some other e sential point. This new metal is heavy as gold and, to all appearance is the precious metal itself. It can I manufactured at a cost of about 60 ceo a pound and will make the best found tion for gold-plated goods that can I found. It is easily worked, and can 1 either hammered or drawn. The met is no compound, it being only one kin reduced to its gold-like appearance I the application of certain chemical The inventor says there is no use takii out a patent, as no one can discover tl secret of its manufacture by analyzii it. A ST. Lor IS jeweler ontwitted landlord in a rather unique fashio He desired to move, but was compel! to pay a full month's rent of $'200, cause h* had not given the requir thirty days' notice. He consulted lawyer, but was assured that the cla was valid. "I can use the store, not?" he asked. "Certainly," said lawyer. His stock had nearly moved to the new store, but the maining occupant of the store, who the landlord, was much surprised wh I the jeweler returned with a select sortment of four dozen cheap alaji clocks. These the owner set to himself and then went out for a wa Then the alarm docks began to go one after the other. The landlord almost frantic with the noise, and hunted up the jeweler and tendeijd him his money in return, but the jewe ;r did not want to be out the price of clocks BO he drove a sharp bargain, cepted $300 and moved out, A YOUNG man who possessed akno 1- edge' of chemistry happened years ago to be in the northern pean sula of Michigan. While there he served that the Portage River and Li ce Linden were of a copper color, a when he asked the cause, was told t at it was copper that had escaped from he smelting and stamping mills of Calumet and Hecla mines. The yoikig man donned his thinking cap, and tlen requested the company to allow him! to experiment with a view of saving (his copper. The company was only too glad to offer facilities. So the young man gave np his summer vacation ind set to work, and was able to devisi a method by which about * ««mtJ of the copper mined was saved, an<j«*i- most pure copper, too. The yrang professor no longer earns a trifling sal­ ary, but has acquired a comfortabb in­ come by this summer vacation. Some years ago a mechanic, riding in ^rail­ way train, was jolted and jarred is in early days of railway travel passetgers were apt to be. He didn't fret and fume as the other passengers did, but began to study and experiment ^th a view to making a spring that vould reduce jolting to a minimum. Ee at last succeeded, and his spring was adopted by every railroad in the oun- try. He is no longer a poor mechnic. Using Nature's Help. An interesting illustration of t)s in­ genuity with which the force of ature can be turned to man's account, is o be found in the peculiar constructia of some of the Ohio River ferries, beWeen Pittsburgh and Wheeling. It is - fa­ miliar law of physical science tha the resultant of two forces, exerted ii dif­ ferent lines, is motion in a dinction different from either. In order to utilize ' this princi le, a strong steel cable is thrown acros the liver, suspended from high towers On this cable a trolley is fitted, from .'hich a strong guy rope extends dow the stream about a hundred feet to thfboat. It is attached to the boat much!thcsame way a string is fastened to a boy'i kite --with a loop extending from o» end of the boat to the other, to the fiddle of which the guy rope is tied. The loop on the outside of the bat is really, however, the half of a circs, the other half of which is made to rri over a large grooved wheel inside, somthing like a helmsman's wheel on a shij By revolving the wheel, by means of han­ dles projecting from its rim, the nd of the guy rope is made to move ahad or astern, at pleasure. The effect oj mov­ ing it toward the bow, is to thrw the bow of the boat up the stream, erasing the current to strike the boat at ,n oh lique angle. , There are then two kinds lot notion communicated to the boat, ttie u-jward pull of the guy rope and tl^'obliquely downward motion of the currmt. The resultant of this compound notion is motion" in a new directioi--directly across the stream; and awajgoes the boat, loaded with teams ad people, like a ship tacking before thevind, pro­ pelled across the river by tb force of the current. The trolley, f course, moves along the cable in a lie parallel with the boat, thus keepinghe angled at which the t'wo motions te commu­ nicated to the boat always th same. It ia a much cheaper way c ferrying than by steam, and much tsier than lowing; and by simply takig advan: tage of Nature's laws the riar is made to ferry itself.--Youth's Comanion, ANGER is the most impotct passion that accompanies the minoof man; it effects nothing it goes about and hurts the man who is possessed V it more than any others against w$>m it is di­ rected. _ „ GOD is the light, itself utoen, which makes everything visible .nd clothes them in colors. The eye des not per­ ceive the ray; but the hart-feels the n M ujth. townspeople still kept their firearms in readiness, as they hod for years, for the invasion of the red man. The town was small, but comfortable homes had be­ gun to appear, and from these came women to gaze with joy upon the first cars that had entered the place. They had come into the village years beforo behind au ox team, and helped to builol the cabin that was their new home. Alas! there were others who could nofc come to see what was to them a raro sight Wrecked in body and some in mind, they were housed for the remain­ der of their days, paying the penalty oH overstrained nerves. The Indian, in at> tacking the ox train, if he failed to carry away bootv, had taken, alas! tho greatest possession of all, the health and sometimes the reason of the cower* ing woman hidden within the wagon. There were warriors among them, quiet End modest, but still ready to load and lire a rifle, wfyile the men of thft party deployed themselves as skirmish/- ers and walked on either side of ths wagons that the women drove. «Th» most timid woman was nerved to action by the sight of her husband in peril and the danger that threatened the litfcl.s family hidden in the wagon bed. When women stood the hardships, perils, d«> privations, as was the lot of every on.& who crossed the plains before the build}- ing of the railroads, what homes the f must have made for their liusbands 1 What peace and aomfort must have si t down on the hearth to remain foreve< 1 It would be difficult to move woma l to show temper, or to provoke her t ) murmuring, or to induce an houi' k gloom with any in the ordinary trials i t a peaceful life, if she had come off v^l r torious under the tetit of an overlan 1 journey. And when I sometimes see : i plainswoman come in from an "outing* in the States a good deal bedecked an 1 shining with jewels, I do not blame th k frontier .husband for his desire to han r a few trophies of his success on the "ol» 1 woman," who, he courageously tells m<; "druv' the ox team while I fit Ijpjuns ot i our way to the Rockies." An hourU talk with such people brings me to tin I very core of patience, fidelity and cou< • age.--Elizabeth Bacon Custer inN, J \ Press, ' (jneen of the World. Fashion is the sovereign whose reig I is universal. Gentlemen who have r< cently returned from exploring Afrit) l tell us that they never found a trill l that did not yield obedience to thi l monarch's decrees. Many millions <i f Africans wear no clothes, but all Afrf1 cans endeavor to adorn themselves, an' 1 all in doing so follow the fashion! If fashion so decrees they blacken o f redden or knock out their teeth, pvi t rings through their noses, pull theft ears out of shape by hanging a lump Q f gold to each of them, twist or pile u') their hair into fantastic shapes, covt! r their bodies with tattooing, and hai^f hideous things around their necks. Tlj» chiefs follow the fashion in their mod^ s of execution; in some regions, cutting off the heads of those who offend them \ in others, disemboweling them; i l l others, hanging them by the neck; U others, by the heels. In India, at the present moment, great < numbers of English ladies are engaged,: in teaching native schools. One of th< > first things they try to do is to in' duce the girls to come to school with less jewelry on theil porootto* a! tUo IOTIIM their appearance so covered with gold and silver ornaments that it iB difficult to avoid laughing at them. Lady Lufferin, wife of the late vice, roy, describes little girls eight and nin< years of age as wearing bracelets o^ their wrists, arms and ankles, rings it their ears and noses, and "the wholj • head and ears hidden with ornaments. One married lady whom she visited ha<( jewelry wherever it was possible t4 wear it, "a quantity hanging over hel forehead, enormous rings encircling antf depending from her ears, a very biq one in her nose, eight or nine necklaces, at least sixteen bracelets on her armsj and a large ornament on the baok o( each hand, to which chains or a ring for each finger was attached." . If the mothers set such an exampli. it is not surprising that the daughter^ follow it. Both are equally the obedi* ent subjects of queen fashion. The English ladies in India, if thej are blessed with tact and good sensa gradually reduce the amount of gold and silver carried about the persons o(' their pupils. Then what happens ? Ii the queen tyrant of the world shorn ol' her power ? By no means. The littl< East Indians adopt th« English fash<. ionsl Lady Dufferin's attention wa{ directed to a little girl at a school festl val who was walking very lame. Th< girl proved to be wearing a pair of verj tight shoes, English fashion, copied froni the high-heeled shoes of an English' doll. As soon as a child receives a dolj made in Paris as a reward for good be­ havior or diligence in study, she doe< all in her power to dress} herself in th( same way. "W;th education," remarks Ladi Dufferin, "comes a taste for English millinery; I could really groan when princess frocks, marabout feathers and other shabby finery are flaunted before me." No civilization seems to have bad much success in resisting the tyranny of fashion. Doubtless Lady Dufferin herself, though no longer young and the mother of grown-up sons, would wear at a London dinner partv the un­ suitable evening dress which fashion prescribes, and probably more dia­ monds than her own excellent taste would sanction. We ought not, therefore, to be so much surprised to see pretty and good little girls at our primary and grammar schools disfiguring themselves with brass bangles and gilt breastpins. All the world does something of the kind. The only remedy is to set better fash­ ions, and, above all, the fashion of not following 9 foolish fashion. What He Did. One would say that Shakspeate, at least, must be the one exceptional prophet to be honpred in his own ooun­ try, but, widely spread as we know his fame to be, at least one Englishman had no very clear idea of its cause. Some years ago, while passing through Stratford-on-Avon, Mr. Toole, the English comedian, saw a rustic sit­ ting on a fence. . t "That is Shakspeare's boose, isn't it?'* he inquired, pointing to the build­ ing. . • ' . x "Yes." • * "Ever been there?" ,1 - " N o . " V . - * "Brought up he«e?" - '-- "Yes." "Did he write anything?* . "Oh, yes, he writ," "What was it?" "Well," answered the rustic, "I think he writ for the Bible." GOLD can gild a rotten stick and dirt sully an ingot, ' • ̂ My Grandmother's Spectacles. - My glasses have a way of droppfng from their nasal resting-place some­ times when writing. They have just made such a decent on the paper. But they never do so without calling to mind our grandmother's spectacles. Dear old grandmother! Her spectacles had done good work in their day. They were large and round, so that when she saw a thing she saw it There was a crack across the upper^part of the glass, for many a baby had made them a play­ thing, and all the grand children had at some time tried them on. They had sometimes been so dimmed with tears that she had to take them off and wipe them on her apron before she could see through them at all. Her "second- sight? had now come, and she would often let her glasses slip down, and then look over the top of them while she read. Grandmother wa^ pleased at this return of her vision. Getting along so well without them, she often lost her spectacles. Sometimes they would lie for weeks untouch on the shelf in the red morocco case, the flap unlifted. She could now look off upon the hills, which for thirty years she had not been able to see from the piazza. Those were mistaken who thought she had no poetry in her soul. Yoit could see it in the way she put her hand un­ der the chin of a primrose, or cultured the geranium. ^ Sitting on the piazza one evening, in her rocking-chair, she saw a ladder of cloud set up against the sky, and thought how easy it would be for a spirit to climb it. She saw in the deep glow of the sunset a chariot of fire, drawn by horses of fire, and won­ dered who rode in it. She saw a vapor floating thinly away, as though it were a wing ascending, and grandmother muttered in a low tone: "A vapor that appeareth for a little season, and then vanisheth away." She saw a hill higher than any she had ever seen before on the horizon, and on the top of it a king's castle. The motion of the rocking- chair became slighter and slighter until it stopped. The spectacles fell out of her lap. One of the children hearing it, ran to pick them up, and cried: "Grandmother, what is the matter?" She answered not. She never spake again. Second-sight had gone. Her vision had grown better and better. She could 6ee all now--not through a glass darkly. Grandmother had no more need of spectacles.--T. De Witt Talmage, in Ladies' Home Journal, ' New Roles by a Business Man. Simeon W. King, of Chicago, at the head of one of the largest legal collec­ tion concerns in the country, has met and seen every type of man. From bis observations he has made the following* deductions, had them printed, and hang in his office: MEN TO BEWARE OF. Beware of the man who "Swears by all the gods at 6nce," or one at a time, for that matter. Of the man who slaps yon between the shoulders and calls you "old man." No amount of familiarity is any excuse for this. Of the man who hyphenates his words with "er--a." Of the man whose first salution is, "What's the news?" Of the man who asks yon, when he has seen you speak to another, "Who's your friend ?" Of the man who asks -yon * Where did you get it?" Of the man who in leaving says, "See you later." Of the man who pokes yon in the ribs when he is talking. Of the man who adjusts the lapel of your Coat or rubs one sleeve, or both, when he is talking to you. Of the man who talks to yon on yonr train, or on a street-car, when he never saw you before, unless there is a public crisis. Of the man who occupies a whole table in the writing-room of a hotel. • Of the man who can't get out of a chair without kicking it from under him. , Of the man who drops into a drug store to look up a name in the directory and hangs on to the book as if it were a new novel when he sees three or I four others waiting to look up names. Of the man who stands at the box- office of a theater when there is a crowd back of him, talking about best seats and other topics. The woman who will do this is no better* She isn't as good as a man. Finally--beware of the man who comes but never goes, and of his com­ panion picture, the man who starts to go but doesn't. About Poetry. A girl said to me a few days ago of a friend of hers, "I never in my life knew anybody who has such a flow of lan­ guage as she has. She is never at a loss for a word of comparison, or an appro­ priate auotation. How in the world does she do it?" Well, I asked her, and this is what the good talker said:-- "When I was a very little girl my great delight was to read and study poetry. I learned poems by heart to recite at school, to say to my mother, and to delight my brothers with. I have always kept up that habit, and every day as I am dressing, I have an open book on my .bureau and learn something by heart, even if it is only a verse of four lines. I have never given drawing-room recitations, for I knowl should simply bore people, but I have gotten a great deal of pleasure myself from the habit, and I believe it has done more to give me a good command of words than anything else." If you take a bit of advice from me, you will choose to begin on the shorter poems of Austin Dobson, Owen Mere­ dith, or dear old Tom Hood, or Ade­ laide Proctor, and later on, of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Rossetti. You know the last was the poet • who so dearly loved his wife that he buried with her the poems which he had written beside her, and which had never been published. Many years after his friends insisted that these poems should be disinterred, and it was found, when the coffin was opened, that her wonder­ ful blonde hair had grown to her feet and formed a net work that glistened like gold thread in the sun over the bundle of papers. If you do not care for these poets take any others yon like, but do not try to do too much at once. The little by little is the very best theory in life if yon want to gain any­ thing.--Ladies"Home Journal, Needed Legislation. She had gone away and left her chewiug gum stuck on the back of the •ofa, and it was perhaps unfortunate that her little brother saw it. It was Certainly grotesque of him to dig out its inside, fill up the cavity with red pepper, carefully ping up the hole and {>ut the gum back ia its place. It was ittle short of calamitous that her beau should call just at that moment in the evening when she had put the gum back in her month agsinj He «ouia not understand her demeanor. So doea not even yet comprehend why she! danced and shrieked and finally ran out of the room. There is no question that the proposed bill providing for the kill­ ing of all boys between the ages of eight and thirteen should become a law.-- Merchant Traveler. Mr. Kittredge's Birth-Mark. The publication in a reSent issue ol the Times of a description of the singu­ lar birth-mark borne by a young man, which was said to be an exact fac-simile of a blackberry, has excited not a little interest here, and stories have been told of the curious mark that is carried by a young man living in this city. An in­ vestigation resulted in the discovery of the party in question in the person of Morgan Kittredge, who is quite well- kndwn in the eastern section of the city. Though reluctant to have his name mentioned, Mr. Kittredge was per­ suaded to exhibit his curious birth­ mark, and finally to talk about it, giv­ ing the following description of what may truly be called a freak of nature: "It lies on Jiiy right thigh and is the image Of a fish, perfect in every respect, < even to the scales," he said, "and is of a dead whito color like the meat of a brook trout. It censes me no pain or inconvenience^xcept when I attempt to eat fish of anjrdescription, when it will bdgin to ache and burn until I am obliged to make use of an emetic. "I believe that, were I to persist in eating fish, death or n^adness would be the result, for after every attempt I have made my curious mark remains red and irritable for days. When in a bath, however, it will throb and quiver almost as if it were alive and so as to be perceptible to the eye. It is nearly four inches long and rises a quarter of an inch above the surrounding flesh, from which it is quite distinct, as if merely laid upon it. It lies head down­ ward with the tail slightly elevated, as if floundering, and the fins are dis­ tended. "The fish is perfectly distinct, only the eye is missing, being only repre­ sented by a small pit. I know of no reason for the mark, but, while there does not seem to be a particle of blood in the mass, I believe it to be closely connected with my vitality, for when­ ever I am ill it takes on a pallid, livid hue, and seems to shrink."--Phila­ delphia Times. How to Use Canned Goods. An "expert," writing to The Grocers* Chronicle, well says that canned goods should be turned out and eaten as soon as possible. If kept at all, the food should be covered up and put in a cool place--always, however, turned out of the original tin. The liquor around lobster, salmon, and all vegetables, ex­ cepting tomatoes, it is desirable to strain off and throw away. Lobsters and prawns are improved by being turned out into a sieve and rinsed with clear cold water. Never on any account add vinegar, sauces, or any kind of condiment to tinned foods while they are in the tins, and never leave such mixtures to remain an hour or two, if from forgetfulness it is done. All tinned goods are put np as fresh as it is possible to be, but, unless corned or salted, will not keep if turned out, as freshly cooked goods will, and certainly not longer, as many thought* lessly suppose or expect they will. Sar­ dines, if preserved in good oil, and if of good quality, will be an exception; so long as the oil is good, the fish oan be kept in the«tins. • But seven days is long enongh to trust these before eating. Consumers should not buy larger packages of canned goods than they can consume quickly;if they should, most of the fish and meats can be potted after re- cooking, sauces and seasoning being added. If the nose and eyes are prop­ erly used, it is as impossible to partake of an unsouud tin of canned food of any kind as to partake of bad meat, fish, or vegetables from a shop. How to Cure a Headache. 'Dyspeptio or bilious headache is very common, and, it seems to me, it is the headache which is most easily traceable to its cause and most readily avoided without medicine. Every one who has ever, suffered from it knows, as well as I can tell them, the cause and remedy. It is the old story of appetite, indulgence, and punishment. If you wish to know my advice as to curing bilious headache, I say--Don't get it. Eat such food as agrees with you; be temperate in all things, and be as regular as clock-work about your habits. In the case of young people this headache can always be traced to some error in diet--as rich food in im­ moderate quantity, eating at unreason­ able and unusual hours, drinking wine or beer, etc., etc.--and it readily gives way to an emetic and sleep. Almost any emetic will do--ipecac or sulphate of zinc. In the case of elderly persons, however, the headaches, although less acute, are apt to be more tedious and more exhausting. Rest in bed, cold ap­ plications to the head, and some purga­ tive medicine taken so as to operate in the morning, will usually effect a cur p. -r-Dr. Mac Henry, in Ladies' Hoit\e Journal, • A Philosophic Italian. I happened to witness a street scene the other day which I endeavored to lay to heart as a lesson in'patience. An old Italian rag-picker was slowly making his way along the sidewalk with a huge bundle on his back--a bundle so big in fact that scarcely anything was visible beneath it except a pair of snuff-colored, shabby trousers, moving forward, with a simultaneous lateral motion. Just as the old man lunged around a corner q, heavy wagon came, and the hub of one wheel struck the bundle with such force that the baarer was thrown violently to the ground. He got up, with some" as­ sistance, in a dazed manner, the blood streaming down his face from a cut in his forehead. But now comes the strange part of the affair. Instead of swearing and cursing, or at least be­ moaning his fate, the old fellow smiled a gentle, well-bred smile, quietlv wiped his face, reshouldered his lqpd," being helped by the teamster, who was duly apologetic, and went on his way with the philosophic air of a man who hftd simply encountered one of those inevit­ able annoyances which human life en­ tails. Would any Anglo-Saxon person have behaved so well under similar cir­ cumstances?-- Boston Post. Politeness in |he Boston «f Mexico, In Guadalajara when yon enter a street car you are expected, before tak­ ing your seat, to bow, hat in hand, to your fellow passengers, none of whom vou have ever before seen. Arrived at your destination, you must rise, smile a friendly farewell to the car in general, shake hands with the conductor and, with a polite inclination of the head take leave of the driver. And yet Guadalajara is the Boston of Mexico,-- Boston Herald, How m PitUburgh Man Keeps His K.-H In lioot! Condition. Had Solomen lived in Pittsburgh he doubtless have refrained from saying* that "there is nothing new under the sun." The latest novel practice in-, dulged in here is that of feediug dogs on horseflesh. Mr. Adolph Stuckey, of No, 1220 Carson street, South Side, h«» one of the most valuable kennels in the State. It could not be replaced for less than $2,000 to $2,500, and it only con­ sists of eight animals. I During the winter season Mr. Stnckey feeds his dogs almost entirely on horse-* flesh. He bn/s his stock at the Red Lion Horse Market at from $2 to $5 a head. ; The horses are taken to the Twenty- second Ward, where the dogs are kept on the farm of William Vannessen. They are killed and dressed like beef. The meat is packed away in salt and fed to the dogs in its raw state. Horseflesh is held by Mr. StnCkey to be healthier thau other meat, and ii much cheaper. Although Mr. Stuckey is alone in*the use of liorseflesh for dog-food, he seems to have profited by adopting it, as no-' where can be found a finer lot of ca­ nines that he possesses. His kennel in­ cludes St. Bernards, Irish terriers, blooded pugs and block-and-tan terriers. He visited the recent bench show at Chicago and brought home three prizes.' Mr. Stuckey was seen last night. In regard to the care of dogs and the food best adapted for use in a kennel he said: "It takes great care to raise dogs prop­ erly. They require nearly as much at­ tention as a child. Puppies should be fed on bread and milk the first week. This is an expensive diet, but it is the proper food to give them. I always feed them four meals a day until they are about four weeks old, and then drop down to three. Then I begin the use of dog biscuits. When they are a little older I give them a little meat. They need a great deal of exercise, also. They want an absolute freedom. Veg­ etables make a good food, as they have a tendency to purify the blood. "The dog belongs to the family of carnivora, or flesh-eaters, and raw meat is the best food a dog can get. Some­ times there is a question as to -whether it should be cooked or raw. Both have advantages. The essential is fresh wholesome meat, varied from the raw by cooking, with additions of other ar­ ticles of food to add to the flavor and tempt the appetite, together with a con­ stant supply of fre3h, pure and clear water." Mr. Stuckey says he knows of no pre­ cedent where horseflesh was used as food, except in England, where he once read of it being used a short time. He is the only person on record among the kennel owners in America who use it. A call was made on Alex. Montgomery at the Red Lion Stables yesterday. He said he sold a great many old horses, but he never heard of the animals being put to that use. Mr. Stuckey is a mem­ ber of the American and St,s Bernard Kennel Clubs, of New York, and he at­ tends all the important bench shows in the country. He has spent many years in raising dogs,and is well posted on all breeds.of animals.--Pittsburgh Dis­ patch, The Dog Took a Part. One of the most exciting adventures that an actor ever had was experienced by Neil Burgess a number of years ago in Omaha, Neb. "We were playing the 'Widow Be- dot,' to a pretty big house, and among the audience, if I may speak of him ae though he were a human being, was a monster St. Bernard dog. He was o beauty, and no mistake, and as he walked up and down tfce aisle of the theater be­ fore the performance began and even during the first act, occasionally stop' ping to rub his nose against his master, who sat well down in front, there was scarcely a man who could resist rubbing his shaggy hide, Well, the pi ay pro; gressed until it oame to that part where I, as the widow, believing that the Elder has made a proposal of marriage to me, throw my arms about his neck and hug him with all my might. Usu^ ally this scene provokes a roar of l$ugh? ter. "I had no time to wait for laughter on the occasion I refer to. Before I knew where I was the St. Bernard had jumped right over the orchestra, and flew at my throat, knocking both my­ self and the Elder down, I was neveP so frightened before in my life. I knew if I made the slightest resistance, the dog would chew my throat up as he would a bone, and so 1 lay like a status with the dog on top of me still holding on to my throat. The entire audience had risen as one man, bvit did not kn&w what to do, and it was not until the owner of the dog had followed the ani­ mal over the footlights and called ft away that I ventured to get up. He made the most profuse apologies antj said that he had never known the flog to do anything of the kind before. 1^ was evident that it believed tl^at the Elder was about to be assaulted an$ in­ stinctively went to the aid °f the party attacked. It was a narrow escape fof me, and \yhen the curtain was rqng down for the night, \?itli the d°g pff tbe I breathed much easier. ' \:*4< • Proud qf the Relationship. "Oh, Mr. Duspnberry," pried her l|ttlf brother, '*Fm so glad yo$> arp going be kin to me-" "Ah, Johnny, is that so?" he gasped* $ look of happiness flitting oyer bis fcce. "How did yon know? Come here and sit on my lap $nd tell me you have heard." "Sister's other feller come here last night," began the boy after he WW safely in the arms of the yonng man, devouring a quarter's worth of candy, "and I heard them talking 'bont yon,n "What did they say?" i "He was m^d," replied the terror* 41 'cause sis goes with you so much," "And what was her reply to him?* continued the young man, the look of happiness spreading further across his features. ' "She said," began the youth, again, "that he needn't get mad 'cause yon come to see her, as yon was a soft snap, and was saving him lots of money that would go to fixin' up their house after they were married.11 The look of contentment on the young man's face gave way to the pallor of de^ spair, as he gasped: "Well, how is that going to make me kin to you?" P p "Oh," went on the boy. "I'm oomin' to that now. She said that when yon proposed to her she would be a sister to' you; and won't that make you my brother?" J , As the child picked himself off tbe floor he beheld the form of the yonng man flit through the front door, j TRUS merriment may be distlnV guished from false by the fact that it bears reflection; we can "think of it with pleasure next day %pd next week, j