The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

r iii oddRirir "With whom?" found Annella, not V^TAW SLYKE, Editor and Pub. IfjrHENRY. |'l» I ... ULISOT- THE MAN IN THE GLASS. polished gentieaTen empty and yet quite herselt •'With Mario, ansympatnetic, although finely clad and unexceptionable from top to witbyour im pas­ sionate MaMo, wh<y 1 hopp, will de- toe. How could she have dared to cide to ask me for your hand.*' MMmmfl* man that I • -JxtsocM nor imlthjr nor XM«NMtov I feel. M I look It kMi 1 WMOd iaM« him if e'er we stouM .. . Y«8, Sie «<3« Jail r" i>BOWS £¥<#£ • (But will never disclose) secrets way down in my heart. ChplMNB in.the glass never gossips of la aw neighbor's inquisitive »ar. , NbffOod reputation lie l i never betray, 1 amt have reason to fear. Though faults he can seat known to him and.to ro% i to other folks never a| i in the els as never < __i Bis follies I fain wonld < *»t tbep oor fellow looks so Ttetl blush for him, too. I expect, r or we Doth feel to blame, -.J'-jii And a mutual shame •' ' i the errors of bo:h to connect. gfcv tl»e man in the glass will be faithful to wm As lonf as I'm honest and true; _ Itat onf« to abxtse him and «iakii«fllM| Would be the worst thing I could do. b.-jW: •"' lor mv best friend he'll be.- W - O r m y w o i B t e n e m y . V r ' - . And he'll stick to me all my life tta)l(k ^ 4 '^-Chicago Inter Ocean. ANNELLA'S LOVEB. VI an listening to yon," wm ell a, lending her blond little and Mario felt that her alender tremble in his. Who was Annella? The beautiful widow of Count raise even her thoughts to the heights on whieh they moved? Which of them would have de&igned.to descend to her, a poor little Orphan, sheltered by the pity of her cousin? Thus set apart and averse to all latteries, she led her own life, amid the festivities and the constant noise and confusion of the house. But one evening she discovered among the crowd a newcomer-- blond and handsome like herself, and like herself, sad, timid, and em­ barrassed. At once a secret sym­ pathy attracted her- toward young Mario. It Reemed to her that shtf might be able to comfcrt him with ber words, for surely he cherished a deep sorrow in his heart, since his fine face never brightened with lively color, and his eyes often glis­ tened as if with lestrained tears. He welcomed sympathy so eagerly j that it appeared as if he sought ber, | as if he came solely for her sake. And they soon talked freely together. ; \fter their first meeting, which was I full of embarrassment to both of I tbem, they passed all the reception i evenings of the splendid Countess j together. Annella always awaited | bim with indescribable emotion, and when she saw him appearing in the doorway, diffident and shy, all ber ; life was concentrated in her heart, j that beat, beat as it it would burst its bonds. Then with studied carelessness be wandered- through 4'Ah." exclaimed the poor girj, "Mario loves only you." "Me!" replied the Countess, with a haughty mien. "What a stupid man!" And she went to the mirror to arrange the corsage of the scarlet gown that set off the marble white­ ness of her perfect shoulders. Annella buried ner face in the pil­ low, and drenched it wit|| f . ill* : • team. ifiiummi had found her one day, Hale, dssolate, and exhausted.^beside j rot,ra9 until he su ceeded in plac- , J J w ing himself at ber side, whence he m dead woman in a squalid, dark loom. The dead woman was tbe Hunt of the Countess and the mother «f Annella, and the poverty which lurrounded her was the sole inheri­ tance of the fair young girl. Countess Giummi, rich, admired, •nd courted by the fine flower of arisr torratic salons, lived upon vanitrjaod coquet v. But in spite of that she had a morsel of heart, and poor Am­ elia's little wb^JH^^the power more srre®t% liaiw, his could ose two pearls, surely thfty would have loved her even *v * More than they d.d--so compassion • ately and tender did she seem amid the triumphs of her happy youth. IP " The same evening Annella reposed : . la a soft bed. under a counterpane of j uk silk, while at the balcony win­ dow, that she had left partly opened, • the moon jeered in and laid a tint of jialor upon the rose-red divans of the elegant little room. I Two years passed after that first tranquil sleep Annella's beautv, which early privations and sorrows had almost withered in the bud, bloomed again as if by magic, it t was a pleasure to see the radiant !rl, a slender little person, but with rfect curves of outline, the bust fall, the throat of admirable softness, and the little bead--oh, that dainty little head was like an artist's thought: Uke a golden waive, the ing hair, which she wore un- floating, rippled down her es laughed with the eavens under arch- e brows that were whiteness of ber •forebeadlf!W(jPh< ? resolute expres­ sion to her beautiful countenance Ber small, rosy mouth was always smiling; it was but a languid smile; and tinged with an expression of Melancholy or bitterness. * - Now, after having sketched Annel­ la's graceful figure, it seems strange not to be able to give it a background of brighter colors. We know how •MMIMriMHMdrilliant setting adds to a certainly the Oountess beauty gained greatly by and ri hnesa of her dress round ings. A lashionable' dressmake , an artist in his line, K dressed her with Parisian taste; a skillful young woman, who was maid fe'- and confidante together, combed the wealth of ber dark hair that touched the t oor and adapted to her shapely ffs, colors, flowers, and om their hands the Coun- a true goddess of love, rine gleaming with silks, ilver, and crystal increased the enchantment and rendered ber #iarvelous to the eyes of the visitors. Poor Annella! so simple in her lit- y tie muslin gown; so tiuiii in that & - .fich house, not her own, bow could ^ : abe contend for the palm with that ^ Suj erb queen? And is.no new thing "C.s 'that the bright rays of the moon dim the placid light of the quiet sta & /•. ; fco the hundred gentlemen that §,Jr flocked into those gilded rooms had eyes only for the beautiiul Countess, and if they designed to bestow a passing word or look on the timid >-> •- Kirl, that was merely an act o. hom­ age to the reigning lady,homage that Showedt their admiration for ber Charity »to a dependent. They all 'fenew, and from her own mouth, um\ «t>he Lountess had taken the forsaken orphan to this beautiiul home and changed her sorrow to hapj iness. but was Annella really hap^y? Her young heart thirsted for love. In her childhood she had been the -one treasure of her poor mother, and though she bad often lacked bread, air, and sunlight, caresses were never wanting. She inew the sweetness of a kiss into which is transfuseJ all a loving soul; she knew the dual life, the breath mingled with another ath from a breast palpitating with derness. Yes, her mother's love taught all these things and ht them to her la poverty- Then e tine times, abundance of every­ thing, new amusements every day and every hour, noisy gayeties and the luxury of carriages and din But, strange to say, amid laughter of life, did not stir until the last guests were about to leave. Mario bad told the story of his life --his poor life of discomfort and iso­ lation. He too was an orphan, brought up by strangers who had speculated upon h 19'talent. By force .A Hot Meal* '?M Walter Mansfield, the Board of | Trade attorney, is a most enthusia3- j tic sportsoiin and an expert with either rod or gun, but he will never I permit his enthusiasm to stint bis stojuacb. If at the moment he had his gun on a flving quail a dinner bell should ring he would drop his gun and go to dinner. When Manstleld goes out on one Wf his trips he always locates a pitted where he can get a good meal, and so times his sport that he will reach it at the dinner hour. A few days ago be went upon the Big Sulphiir creek for a day's Ashing, and, as he started out at daybreatc, he saw a little wayside shanty, in front of which stood a borse trough and a sign, ' 'Hot Meats at All Hours." The trough did douole service as a drink­ ing place for tired and dusty horses and a lavatory for the*guests of the "hotel." "That's just the place," said Walter to himself. "I'll fish up stream and then down again, so that I'll reach here at noon." He carried out his programme, went to the "hotel," where he rubbed soft soap around his neck and washed it oif in the horse trough. • and then seated himself at the wooden table. Au old Missouriansat smoking in one FfiKfiTiiADE PLAGUE. HAS ALREADY AFFECTED VALUE OF SHEEP. Farmer* Who ClUaf to Dejnooratle Policy Cllni to Poverty--How Democratic Flat­ ter ma Contrast with Democratic l'rora- Lgkgnn KepubXicAA ClatM. of study and effort he had at last; corner and never budged or paid the her heart rowed, closed. She, indeed,no longer suffered from hunger, cold, or fear of worse misfortune, but hen; eforth sne had no one to love her, not a simple ob e t to call forth her own love, though she felt an overpower­ ing need to bestow on some one all her warm, impassioned souL At first she had tried for this ex­ change of atfe tion with her cousin, the magnificent Countess. Alas! she had found ber kind, courteous, generous, but frivolous, full of her­ self and her attractions, but incap­ able not only of feeling love, but even of comprehending it. Discomfited, An tie 11* baa looked about her, and amiti ~tbat array of faces, coats, and (leccrations that made a circle around her beautiful sbe had sought and aougbk made for himself a position that had enabled him to demand his liberty in exchange for £ monthly payment. Kever, poor soul, .had he tasted the sweetness of mutual love. Annella, in her secret heart, re­ joiced at all this. Would it net be her privilege to give him the delights that be had never experienced, her task to make hitri forget the bitter­ ness of so many years, and to rewa d bin for all his sufferings? At night bow many dreams of this peopled the vireinal little room of the young girl, and in fancy she saw herself already an adored wife, clasped to the gentle and noble breast of her beloved Mario. « One thing, however, preoccupied her mind. When she met Mario for the first time a cloud of sadness had veiled his attractive countenance, a sadness behind which she bad per- eeived a deeply wounded heart. Of that wound Mario had never spoken to her, but the cloud had not passed aWay, notwithstanding the love that i^nnella breathed towards him from her eyes, her smile, her entire personal­ ity. And, (then, too, sbe would have washed--indeed, she expected it every evening, and alwaytt Vainly--the linal outburst of Mario's love He loved her--oh! she was sure of that--but why did he nut tell her so? Of course, natural timidity--the lear of troub­ ling ber simple life. He was so noble, her Mario! But finally he must eft- plain himself. Ob! and she would not stammer in giving him a favor­ able answer, such a yes would escape ber lips--and then what mutual joy, what warmth, in their luture talks! Then she would be obliged to tell it to ber cous u. and the kind Countess would willingly consent. But why did he not speak to her? One evening wnen they were alone in the shadow of the yellow drawing- room Mario suddenly let himself go, seized her trembling hand murmured to ber, "I will--1 must speak to you --at last!" And Annella, bending her fair head and almost suffocated with emotion, replied, '*1 am listening to you!" "Dear Annella," Ma&U) began, "have yon never asked yourself why 1 first came to this house?" "How should i? Chance, perhaps," murmured Annella, hardly able to contain her joy, while her heart c ied out the answer, "For me, for me alone 1" "It was not a chance, no--I came here conquered, led by passion alone. 1 loved and was wild with pain be­ fore I set foot inside the bouse," de­ clared Mario. I Annella trembled, not daring to interrupt him, but she would have i liked to fling herself upon his neck : without letting him finish, and to ' say to him amid a world of kisse«, "Here is joy for you!" But he con­ tinued. "I loved, and to-day I love more thau then: I suffered, and to­ day .. suffer more than ever." The girl started and looked, wlld- eyed, at his face. Why did he speak of suffering? Had hfe not understood ber great love? Or was he feigning, perbaps, in order to hear her cjnfess it! klDear girl," and here Mario ca­ ressed her hand, "you indeed have comforted me, you have helped me to bear my grief; but now my anguish has reached the last degree--1 know that my love will never be returned!" "So, no; you mistake!" Annella involuntarily Interrupted, bending towa ds bim. "1 mistake?" he exclaimed, with hope beaming in his glance. "Why do you say so? Do you know who it is that 1 love?" And Annella, shame-faced and con­ fused, stammered, "I imagine." '•Well." continued Mario bitterly, ••if you know *ho I love you will have seen for some time that she not only does not even dream * of this tempest in my sohif but she would never imagine that one so low, would dare to lift his eye«;io her. What? Was be gplng ma<J? Wnv did he talk Of descending? Ana the ! girl profoundly troubled, asked him ! quickly: "She! - Wfio?" ! "Your cousio; Mfe Countess, ot course." "Do you loveyiffer? Her!" And Annella eould s^y no more, r-he lelt a cbill like ire through her veins, a riuging in hei 6ars: she saw sparks-- shadows, before- tie^yes--then noth­ ing. When she came to herself she was upon her bed, with the beautiful Countess bending a vllttle uneasily over ber. ™ ^ w * "Oh, what was the matter?" asked the Countess; ' 'have you quarreled . <W»; slightest attention to Mansfield, who was nibbling at a cracker he found on the table. "Well, where is my dinner?" in­ quired the hungry sportsman. "Thar," and the rancher aimed the stem of his pipe at the table. "Why, your sign says, 'Hot Meals at All Houra'" "Thar she is. Crackers an* pepper sauce."--fcan Francisco Post. • ' A Word to Careless Girls. Many of us known the girl wImy hastening to class <;r lec ure, leaves atihome an untidied room, open lidded boxes, bureau drawers suggestive of compressed earthquake, bookcase doors swinging, in imminent risk of demolition--who litters hall stand and vestibule with discarded gloves and crumpled memoranda, whose be­ longings are distributed indiscrimin­ ately through every room, regardless of ownership. She evidently "waits to help," but is she preparing her­ self, meanwhile, for the prospective service? Many of us know the patient mother who moves along in the track of this household hurricane to remove the debres, rearrange the surroundings, close a box, smooth a glove, clear stand and table of en­ cumbrances, and make fast the door that endangers the precious volumes it is supposed to guard, as well as the physical safety of some junior mem­ ber of the family. 1 like to tell young people of a simple rule my mother enforced, the helpfulness of which it took me years to realize: "Never leave a room without . noticing whether there is not semething there which belongs or is likely to be needed in another part of the hou«e, and will eventually have to be carried there." It is astonishing how rarely you find yourself going from room to room empty handed if you observe this rule, and how many steps you save somebody who needs to have steps saved. --Donahoe's Magazine. • ttif Loet Shsrp There *fkTorty-eevon different States and Territories in the United States in which the farmer* look to their sheep as a money crop to supply them with cash for buying new implements and tools for the improvement of, thejlr stock. for paying off mortgages, and for general comfort, and without mon­ ey, scrimping, poverty and distress take the part of comfort and good times. ' Farmers know that, sheep in thi-* ,country increase largely in numbers: 'they look forward to the lambing sea­ son, because it adds to their flocks, and every little lamb that lives is worth a few dollars to the farmer. But there musb have been something the matter with sheep between 1392 and 1804. In the good old McKinley protection days there were 44,938", K 5 sheep in United States, yet two years later there were only 1)1,430 more sheep. This. is a very small percentage of lambing. In the year 18.93 the lambing season must have been very bad, Or some plague must have struck the sheep. Perhaps it was the free-trade plague of Grover Cleveland, which struck every other partrofythe country and blasted business. Whatever the trouble was the i Airerican farmer will know and will guard against it He will prepare a good remedy against a return of the disease, ana tbat remedy he wi 1 rub in well this fall before winter comes. The farmer knows tnat each one of his sheep is worth more than half a dollar less money now than it was in 1892. In Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and New Mexico each sheep is worth less than $1 this year, yet we find the Demo­ cratic Senators from Mississippi, Texas, and Arkansas, not satisfied with j the present loss they have brought upon the farmers, still wishing to en­ tirely wipe out the sheep industry. The constituents of these Senators should lco c into this matter. The total money IOSS throughout aU the United States, through the lower values of sheep at-the beginning of this yearj as compared with two years ago, exceeded $25,000,030. There are K>1,000 sheep farmers in the eountry, so that each farmer lost almost $.>1 through the lower value of his sheep. This does not include the lower price that he received fo.- his wool from Democratic and Populist misrule. *K*djatly Invite theli? on- work of resoalng thtootttlry ' - I^pm0cr»tic Blnndrrlng. THE When the Republican members of the United States Senate were elected to their seats, one bf the ail imp rtant duties delegated to them by the people was the protection of American indus­ tries by the maintenance of a system, the success Of which has been demon­ strated by the unexampled prosperity of the country during the time of its untrammeled existence. A working hnaiority of Democrats was sent to the United States Hou e and Senate to pass a tariff bill which should free tlje coun­ try from the bondage under which they had taught we were laboring. And what have they done.' Nothing, absolutely nothing but throw the coun­ try into an industrial apd financial panic as deleterious in its effect as the tt°publican legislation was uplifting. They have wheedled and haggled wi(th every combination which they so roundly denounced, quarreled among themselves, and are now trying to pass a conglomerate measure that is objec- tionab'e to manufaeturing members of the L ejoocratic pat ty. True it is that business is in such a state that almost any bill wculd be better than the p;es- ent uncertainty, but how much more satisfactory would ba the knowledge that the present laws will contine. Who is at fault for this delay in tar- ^ iff legislation? Is it the Republican | minority? Most certainly not. The ' Democrats have had numbers, time and oppqrtlinity galore to pass a tariff bill, pernicious as it may have been.--Rook- land (Me.) Deily Star. Hla Katlonal Crazy-Quilt. GORMAN SUGAR WSGflSOODS the Isew England States there was a loss of -i 10,510 sheep this year as com­ pared with 1892: in all the Southern States there was a loss of 250,000 sheejj and in the Western States the sheep farmers had Oll^bOJ fewer sheep than they had under McKinley protection. How was this for a lambing season? As stated, the total amount of money lost through the lower per cent. ot. all our sheep exceeded *23,000,0,0. In New England the farmers lost $1,900,- 000; in the Middle States they lost al­ most $801),000; in the Southern States they lost $4,7i0, 000; in the Pacific states they lost $4,4i.7.» 00: and in other States and territories farmers lost more than $4, 00,000. This free trade that has got among the sheep i s worse than the scab or foot rot, and it will take a strong remedy to wipe it out. Farmers must be prepared, and mix up a good, strong old sheep wash and have it ready to rub hard into the Democratic party on the first Tuesday "next November. When the Do mo­ ts are wiped out of office, then the .rmer's sheep will be worth more money t)hlm.--Chas. R. Buckland. A Font Administration. Those Senators of the United States who are known to have sold their votej to the sugar trust in considera­ tion for, ins de information, by the use of which they were enabled to In all i make large $um > of moi ey by speculat- KJll the BeaSfc. Electricity. la the household, numerous ane the uses to which ingenuity has adapted electricity. There arteo houses In which every room is illu­ minated by a lamp which ligbts it­ self automatically whenever the door fs opened, and which shuts itself off whenever the door is closed from the outside. Lights in the barn can be controlled from a house. There are electric lamps wh'.ch at will can be operated either at full candle power or at much reduced power. Electric power is being used for operating ele­ vators in residences. Other appli­ ances of the power in residences are the operation of dumb waiters, ven­ tilating fans, ice cream freezers, and so on. Tbe adaptation of electricity to heating is making rapid progress, but at present it can be used more c&momically thau coal only when it is generated from water power. Thus far tbe beating of large spaces by electricity is an expensive luxury. Electric cooking is economical, and of course, m<ich preferred to any other method. All sorts of electr.c cooking utensils are now In tbe market. These devices and arrange- i ments are generally known, but thus I far scarcely any residences have them all. When they are generally intro­ duced they will make domestic labor lighter and more pleasant, and will do away with, even in isolated and rural quarters, tnucb dru gery tbat now fails uum the housewife 'jS That Gentleman. The man b^d 'telegraphed for a berth in the sleeper to meet bim at a station .along tbe line, and when he got it he was in a bad humor be­ cause it wasn't in the best place in the car. The conductor explained that be ought to be glad to get what he did, as the berth could have been sold to a dozen people at double tbe price, etc., etc., and. at last the gen­ tleman accepted the situation and agreed to sleep in it. Two minutes alter he got in there was a huilabal- loo again. "Here," he yelled, there's no screen to this window. 1 can't sleep with­ out a screen and 1 won't It's a shame and an o utrage I'll report you to headquarters and see if this thing can't begone f ght.-" The porter was trying to set mat­ ters straight, when a tbin, scueaky, little voice came from the curtains across the aisle. "Porter, portor." It squeaked so everybody «onid hear, "if that gen­ tleman' owijs the road be can have my serpen." . and > -that gentleman" • - ' Su, . «<?V Republican Clubs* Platform. The following resolutions were unan­ imously adopted by the National League cf Republican Clubs in conven­ tion at Denver: The representatives of the National League of Repuh, can (Jluba of the United Utates, in convention assembled at the capital of the Centennial State, bow their heads in sorrow and humiliation at the spectacle of incapacity which the Democratic party presents to our country and deplore the calamities which the Kivinsr of power to the present administration has brou«ht upon our people. We congratu­ late the American people that this adminis­ tration was compelled by public opiniun to abandon its un-American Hawaiian policy. In contrast with the shameful record of the Democratic paity, we exult over the record of glory which tbe Republican patty has made, its achievements and its triumphs, ex­ tending over thirty years, establish it as the most masterful and enlightened political organization that has ever existed, in the face o( the present disaster to our country,vlt is with increasing solemnity that we once more renew our allegiance to tbe Republican party and proclaim its cardinal principles. We believe in a free ballot and a fair count, and we demand such legislation as will insure t-> e\rery citizen the right to ca-t one free bal- lo ui any election, and have that ballot hon- e.-. v counted as cant. It is a noteworthy fact t'i;,i the Democratic party in Congress, con- i-i.stent in nothing else, was unanimous for the repeal of the Federal election laws, thus openly confessing itself the party of fraud. We declare our belief in tbe doctriue of pro­ tection to American labor. American indus­ tries, and American homes. We also believe itfsuch reciprocal trade with the nations of 1 the world as will increase the market for the products of our farms, factories, forests, and. I mmn. without increasing the competition which t ends to lessen wages and degraue labor. I We denounce the proposed vicious and de­ structive legislation known as the Wilson bill, and earnestly appeal 'o the Itej ubliean United States senators to p i-vent its passage by all honor ilile means. V* believe in the use of gold and stiver as money metals, maintained, on apcrfect parity and interconvertibiiity. We do not believe that there will be a permanent return ot prosperity to our country until the full use ann highest position of silver ^hall be restored, and we favor such legislation as will britfg about this result. The Republican party is the constant friend of the soldiers an4 sailors of the Union. The promises and pledges of the Democratic party to the defenders of the Republic before elect on were false and fraud­ ulent and have beeu shamefully disregarded sinct? election. We condemn unsparingly the treatment now nccordeii the helpless, maimed an ' cr.ppled defenders of the flair and to the widows ami orphans of our dead patriots as unfair and cruelly unjust. We are most heartily in favor of the prompt admission into the Union of the territories of Utah. New Mexico. Arizona, and Oklahoma, and wc endemn the policy of the Demoeratic aimtnistratlon in excluiing and depriving tbein of their right*. We uemand that new (<afeguauls bo incorporated in onr Immigra­ tion and naturalization laws to prevent on- worthv immigrants from landing on our shores and from obtaining citizenship. We again commend to the favorable consid­ eration of the Republican clubs of the United Sfatea, as a matter of education, the question oE granting suffrage to women. j WteongiuoMc the women of Colorado and Wyoming on their nosMsslon of the eleettve J.ir'-JIV t. ing ill sugar certificates on the New York Stock Exchange, might as well begin to make their preparations to retire to private life. The American people are long-en­ during, and are inclined to be lenient to ordinary offenders, but they will not submit to treache' y on the part of their representatives. Every Sen­ ator who voted for that sugar j schedule, whether Republican or Dem­ ocrat (and fortunately thare was < nly j one of the formar;, was unfaithful to the interests of the American peo­ ple. It would be unjust to say that all 1 the Senators who voted for the trust j were bribed to do so, but they cast their lot with those who were bribed, and j men are known by the company they I keep, in the United States Senate as i well as elsewhere. What an infamous administration this has been throughout! It has taken from the industries of the country in capital and wa?es more millions than were expended by the Government in suppressing the rebellion. It has made our uii lomacy the butt of all the rest of the world, and now, before its ternf has half expired, it has earned the con­ tempt of the entire nation. It will go Into history envered with obloquy, dis­ grace, and contempt.--Dolgeville Her­ ald. / | Southern Hlln l Hatred. There is one of two things the South ought to do. It ought to discourage narrow partisans from vilifying North­ ern soldiers, and stirring up sectional strife, or ought to write a plain sign- b a d all along the Mason and Dixon line: no Northern men or capital de­ sired irr this country, and those who' are here are notified to leave. We are bitterly opposed to attracting North­ ern peop'e here and then having them insulted after they get here. We must confe s that the narrow vindictive ele­ ment here are in the minority, but they are so severely pretentious and even loud that they make a man tired to hear their boastings.--Huntsville Trib­ une. This is the kind of talk that should have been indulged in some years ago. Prejudice will have to give way before reason: fraternity will then take the place of blind hatred.--Sheffield (Ala.) Reaper. S'mrt and t'» the I'olnt. Abraham Lincoln's first speech on the tari i question was short and t3 the point Re said that he did not pretend to be learned in political economy, but he thought that he knew enough tj know that 'when an Ameri­ can paid $ 0 for steel to an English manufacturer, Amor ca had the steel and l no land had tbe $20. But when he paid $2') for steel to an American manufacturer, America had both the steel and the $20." That was the sum a ,d substance of the tariff question as viewed it. Will Nevnr Roimt I". In intrusting the Democratic party with power the country merely com­ mitted an error of judgment. If it s-hould repeat the folly within the next twenty years it wiil be guilty of a crime.--Kansas City .lournal. Tlin Co <ii Ins; 1'hriiH, It has been suggested that the ex­ pression "Trying fat," as applied to ob­ tain ng election funds, will soon go out of use. "Melting sugar" is the coming phrase. ^ Ornplne (n the Dark. OF A DOCTOR. W is Hound to Oatfeh Advcra* Caitfataa Whichever Wsgr.Bo Tunas. "My dear fellow," said my doctor te me, "you have no idea what we have to put up with. If we call to see a patient frequently, 1 am 'trying to run a bill;' if i don't 'it is shame­ ful neglect.' if I manage to get to church and am called out I bear afterward, 'Working the Bob Sawyer dodge on Sundays, eh, doctor?' if I am so busy tbat I cannot go I am sure to be asked. 'How is it that you doct ors are all atheists?' Tf my wife calls on people *lt is because she is trying to get patients for me,' but if sh£ doesn't, it is because she is 'too stuck up.' If 1 cure a patient quickly --get credit, you say? Oh dear, no! --the patient 'wasn't half as bad as the doctor tried to muke out; why, he was quite well in a week;' but, ou the other hand, should tbe case de­ velop serious complications, 'Ah, the doctor never understood tbe malady; in fact, he was worse when he had been taking the medicine a week than when be called in.' If I ggest a consultation, it is only be- ~ .use I don't know what is the mat­ ter; if I pooh-pooh the idea as un­ necessary, I am afraid of showing iry ignoran e.' I am expected to, so to speak, cast a horoscope on a baby's life, and tell its mother what its a 1- ments will be. If I can't do that, I •cannot rcssibly know very much.' I am expected to forsee all the 'Ills that flesh is heir to,' six months be­ fore they come. I once lost a patient whom I had treated for in .uenza, because I did not foretell ap attack of rheumatism which came otfethree months later. In all cases, if they get worse, the fault lies in the medi­ cine. If 1 send in my bill, they say, "He is in a terrible hurry for his money;' if 1 don't* it is -so unbusi­ nesslike.' '.put we get well paid?' do you say. My dear sir, if I received payment for one-half I do, I should die from shock."--Medical fiecord. Use of Salt with Food. Tze question Is often raised to what extent we should make use pf salt with our food. In all ordinary cases, at least, tbe matter may b^ left to the individual appetite. Any slight excess of salt is easily cared lor by the system, while a craving for a small amount with the food is perfectly normal, and under no circumstances harmful. Indeed, although we take at all times more salt as seasoning than is absolutely needed in the body such is the necessity of its presence that food prepared without sait is hardly to be considered nutritious. Common sait--sodium chloride--is perhaps, on the whole, one of the most important inorganic substances in the body; so important, in fact, tbat it can be said that there are no tissues or fluids in the body in which it does not occur. The average human body contains fro n eight to ten ounces. Tbe part which salt plays in human economy is in dissolving much of the nutrition which is supplied to the body, and facilitating its absorption and distribution to the various tis­ sues. The connection between the action of salt, and tbat of various tissues and fluids is so intimate, in other words, the presence of salt is so necessary to the vitality of the various parts of the body, that life would soon come to an end if it were withdrawn en­ tirely. A substance to which so much in­ fluence is ascribed might naturally be supposed to have some virtue as a medicine. Such virtue has^t differ­ ent times been attributed to it by 3ome authorities For exampie, it was supposed, since the acid in the gastric ju.ee was found to be derived from sodium chloride, tbat the addition of a great­ er supply of common salt would be of benefit in cases of indigestion due to a w akened state of gastr.c ju ce. But experiment showed that an in­ creased suppl / of salt taken with the food was culminated from tbe sys* tern, instead of being used to f^rm the desired digestive acid. un the wbo.e, then, we may regard salt as an indispeusable adjunct to good, but not as a substance posses, ing any peculiar medicinal properties. Of the Pigtail. When the Manchus conquered China in ltiz7, or thereabouts, they compelled Chinamen to wear tbe pigtail as a mark of subjection. What was meant to be a sign of disgrace, however, has long ceased to be so re­ garded. and a Lhinaman would as soon have you kill him almost, as cut off his pigtail. Nea ly eveiyone wears it, and when the hair is scanty they make it go farther by using silk or false hair. To tie two criminals to­ gether by their pigtails is to inflict upon them a degrading punishment. The school maste uses it as a cane sometimes, the sailor ties his hat on with it, and men have been known even to hang themselves by it. In the presence ot a supeflbr it is always let down. ' Ambidexterity. They were talkiug about ambi­ dexter.ty. "1 can write just as well with my left bt>.d as with my right," said one, "though perhaps not quite as fasu" "I'll bet you five you can't," was tbe response. "Done," and having put up the money, he touk the other man into the next room, where he had a new type­ writer he was learning on, and with Ois left hand he thumped out half a dozen lines, wmch tbe most skilled 'expert could not have detected from tbe same written with his right hand. 1 Fish. An Englishman who was yachting in the northern seas says that one iluy, on coming on board, he lound the st'wart! waiting for him with an unopened can of French string beans in his hand. "If you please., sir," he said, "you told me to use this for vegetables, but I'm thinking there's a mistake, lor this is some kind of tlsb's tins." And he pointed to a word on the label. Tbe gentleman followed bis linger apdread, ' Haricots verts tins." Wb have noticed tbat if you think before you speak, the other follow gets in his joke first, . _ m AN INCIDENT AT INKrERMAtt Stow Oh Brave Soldi** RstmI th« tlf* a Newly Found Companion. . M. Louis Viardot tells tbe follow^ < ing incident of a famous I attle: ' - It was in 1055, the night of thir terrib.e battle of Inkerman, whe#* the long-disputed field had been take^ and retaken several times, tbat tw*| v " ' soldiers lay dying side by side on tbfr ground, which was saturated witK S4 blood; one was a French a. an, tha other a hussian; the former had hit chest pierced by a ball, tbe latter hj|« leg broken--possibly they bad been stiuck at the same time. N ight came on, and with it the cold ^ increased; tbe wounded men d eif nearer to each other and clappe# * hands, and in solne manner exchanged - ^ good wishes. But toon the RussianS. w^o shivered with cold, fell into ft- he^vy Slumber, and only having hil* thin cloth coat over him this sleep* must have been fatal. When h« woke toward morning, and gradually recovered consciousness, he found bimself carefully wrapped in a warm military greatcoat, and found it wa|N a French greatcoat His unfortunat# companion, feeling that his hour»r were numbered, had had just strength enough to take his own greatcoato|t; and wrap h.s new friend in it, then! with a mind perfectly at rest, he hall lain down again and .quietly breathe<|. his last. The wounded Kussian wa§* taken to a hospital later the sam| day, and in time he recovered; but^ as be remained a cripple, he was senjt! home to his own village. He carried home with him a button of thf: t rench great coat to which he owe# his life, and for wbi.h he had the highest veneration y A Monopolist tn that Line, -• "My father," remarked the Con­ gressman in a story telling humor, "was a oueer old fellow. He was man of only ordinary education, b his natural abilities were great, an a shrewder man 1 think 1 never knew. One or his pet hobbies wafgf to take the conceit out of his foup; sons at every opportunity, and hil had it strong even tip to the time of, my first election to Congress. I hait 5 been elected on an independent# V; down-with1 monopolies ticket, and a| soon as the count was in and I was T[1 sure of my prize, I went to the ol<fe* gentleman for congratulations. S? '• 'Well, my son,' he said, pretty much as if I were about ten year§> old, 'you Aave been elected to Cun»>-.>.»,:.. gress?' . - ; A.,/. " 'les, father,' said 1, feeling very ' proud and happy. " 'And you'll be going to the na­ tion's capital before long and ming­ ling there with all the great men of the land;' r" '• 'Yes, sir.' > " 'And you'll be mak'ifig laws for your country?1 "'Yes, sir.1 ' •' 'And be laboring for the highest and bei»t interests of your district and your constituents?' "'Yes.' . " 'And very likely 11 won't belong until you begin to think you are? a great statesman yourselfr* ••'Very likelv, father.' N _ "He put his hand on my shoulder very kiudly. " 'My son,' he said solemnly, *don'| think so; don't think so, 1 beg of you; you were elected, on an anti-mono; list ticket, and, it would be a be* tra\al of the tr^st reposed in you by your constituents for you to havt puch a monopoly as tbat during your very first term.'" Vl| 3 'M Queer Atoms of,Atanomjr. There is a school of learnsd spe­ cialists who hold that the f/hite cell*; of the blood are traps for the de« r . struction of microbes. Each perspiratory duct is one-fourtt| of an inch in length, the total lengti in all the human body being about" nine milea Tbe human heart weight from eight to twelve ounces and / beats 10J,000 times every twenty* - four houra An amount of blood e^ual to all tbat contained in tbe body passes . through the heart once every three minutes. It has been calculated that the " whole number of sweat glands oj^V, "s pttfes in the skin is upward of twd - /^ millions. ^ About two thirds of a pint of air i|*H ' iAha'ed and exhaled at cach breath of ordinary respiration. ; It. is estimated that in a lifetime# of three score jears and ten that thf|^ • heart beats not less than two billioifj^- % five hundred and thirty-eight milliof|« eight hundred and forty-eight thou­ sand times. The lifting power of the heart, ac­ cording to Dn Richardson, is eqfal to the feat of raising hve tons onf. • * • foot per hour. * A German writer in the London!// -J i Standard claims that the heart con^r H tinues to grow until after tbe !iftietljj| ; ^ birthday. , . . *4 Every well-developed adult of th^i human species has lu 'g suriace equal to lourteen hundred s ,u#re jffle. The heart's power is sutticfent to wi itself .thirteen thousands fee hour- SZ- r ' ,tj Babies and Barns. j " . f , •*:. *4* A happy young lather and n^^ef^; f on a farm in i-ennsylvaniiiKlUHj* bqe#'*-" r enjoying the looks of tt^ son for a week, wheijt new barn bu ned. A latpr, when this liltle boy^s first lietl# siste was a week oldjc Vbe bfc and handsome barn built to ('repljlCe tbi first one caught fire and ?went dowd also. A second little sister arrived the next summer, on the third of Juiy^ and the next day, while tbe eldesi little boy was playing with fireworks tbe third b<t n was burned. > ears went on, and the farmer had built two big barns for his increasing needs, when one tine day he was toic tbat he was the father of twins. Foi a moment he stood dumb: then he laughed and said: ^ "uiood! that's tbe way it ought toi be. I've got two barns now: a barq^ to burn for each twin. Twins right!" But at last accounts twins were both prosper! larmer believes that his proved. A MAN'S idea is tag tbe things his wif« him to do, if he knowing he does tbei es cottfe a fit boy. the question eve are we at.' is the Democratic i*' T'IKRJS IS UO RC