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i ,1".-. VK' 'WW-' «•'««. pp^: tty bnndb^i * Mr Bew taut.{ •"' Mt •tylt«W-i-.~" fan «b« mean by that? Ipjr r ui'a too Caring my. urown a to ojNMiny honor,,. „ . . v , l « » t 1 w w r y b a n n e t v ; ' ^ / ; I1ii. nbe admired so " And purchased «ith such ^- f»ut one short year ago. * " 80 why m cMMd to plMM bmt la mora than I can tall, V •'«tr, ABd aa for grace and baaa^Jf, :., Why. aoy one can aaa C:*:?' * » B>#hat that *ha U /. .'S. , Dom oot conaparato mai kf J+tomXoAUaeltj. ; ; g. ">1%^ n It?" The lag his Wantod--Valet; must have good re?ereace«. r1 . Apply A. D. Goodman, King's Bond, Chelsea. p*V'- . huch was the advertisement which 1 appeared in several of the London dall es. At 10 o'clock the same morning, a short, thick-set man, with •n extremely red nose showing that i fee had been a high liver in the serv-1 V- gats' hall, knocRed at the door of the house on King's Koad. A neatly at- tired servant girl, with a muslin cap V yerched on her pretty features ap- s Jpeared on the threshold. "Is Mr. Goodman in?" asked the !y. -̂ ]er * 4 "He Is." responded the girl, with V aeveral critical glances at tbe man Who stood before her. ft :' "1 should like to see him on busi- % »es8." r "Step in." .• The visitor was ushered into a 4 fclRht front room. "What name shall 1 say?* v 1 ? "Mr. Smiler." r The girl disappeared. Then the :ig(uui began to examine the apart- v IMot in a leisurely manner. Several handsome paintings and quite a col­ lection of rare bric-a-brac bore ample yt\ testimony to the artistic propensities i, of the master of the house. ••Some swell, evidently," murmured "{/ • the man with the red face. * The girl reappeared. V- f * 'Master wants to know whatfs ttfttr j$*. business." * '<% » "I called in reference to an adver- Ifi Stsement for a valet" s "Oh!" She tossed her head and ; >««»»» vanished. About five minutes |VL_. offt ond'wp" coiaa. "That 1 donSt air. •Smiler "You, iir** "Yes, rve studied a Utile in that line as an amateur. Supple for ex- ample, I were w rsad foot miad, Smiler." .ys »•* "Vou couldn't do it* air." "1 should say you were a faithful, honest fellow, who always served his master's interacts; ** Smiler gave a deprecating gesture. "It wouldn't tan no mind reader tb tell that, sir.** ••But wouldn't1 it takfe" a mind reader to tell Smiler what you've got in your pocketbook?" ^Smiler turned pale; "As an amatettr. Smiler, mind I don't pretend to be accurate: I should say that if anyone should look in that pocket book he would And my ruby scarf-pin and my emerald and dia- mond ring." {* , Smiler nearly went into a fit "Of course i have so many rings and pins that unless I was > a mind- reader i would never have missed And, let me see, Smiler, in Btaaii straightened himseit up lis- tnri Si maUy. "Welt I'm blowed," he said, troit Fwe Press. your trunk you have thrfce pair of my trousers. Those would not be easily missed, efttier. Also about fifty neckties and collars and cuffs innumerable" , By this time fthller was as pale as a ghost « "If I were to read jour mind a further as an amateur I would tell you that on the 20th da? of Septem­ ber you went to a pawnshop on the Rue di Eivoli and there disposed of two seal rings and a watch, foi which you received 500 francs. They cheated you Smiler. Yon should have got double that amount From there you went to a bank, like the thrifty, honest frugal fellow that you are, and opened up an account On the 2M of September with com­ mendable industry you added to your little horde by disposing of my gold- mounted stick, the one presented to me by the Baron Rothschild. carefully obliterated the names. 1 commend your caution. Four days afterward you sold, or rather pawned, sundry articles in four different places which 1 won't take the time to enumerate. In all you have 1,500 j francs in the bank and twenty francs | in your pocket.book, together with ; other articles of mine which you were about to get rid of this morning. A Qnecr Plan t Disease. *' • very I ^autlfol proof of the deli* cacy of ti<s balance of forces on which the life and health of animals and plants depends is furnished by some reoent experiments at Cornell University. Tomatoes grown In the forcing- houses of the university had the veins of their leaves greatly swollen and turned white, and tftf leaf-cells were enormously stretched; so autch so. in fact, they burst, and water poured plentifully from them. The cause of these sin- ! gular phenomena was found to be | that in consequence of the great i amount of moisture contained in the forcing-houses the leaves were not able to srive out water by transpira­ tion as fast as it was sent into tbem by the action of the roots. It was a case of vegetable dropsy. Another Instance of a singular effect has been seen in the case of apple-trees which were ruthlessly pruned during the winter. When spring came, and tbe roots began to cut currents of moisture flowing up­ ward Into the twigs and leaves, tbe latter had been so greatly reduced in number that they could not take care of the too abundant supply thus forced upon them, and as a result, the leaves became gorged with water, and the tree suffered from a dropsi­ cal diseasa ' - t - • r ,i,'t Condiment*.! - „ Sir William Roberta, in a recent lecture, divides our articles of diet into those which are needed for tbe due support ol tbe body, and those which have a direct effect on the fauctions of the btain and nervous system. The latter articles are il­ lustrated, he tells us, by tea, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco. They are what one may call the "condiments" of life, just as the addenda of spices are You | the condiments of the pudding. tviw* wm j Thmf thm Meeeegre ; to JM> Bant? says the r . . . _ -- , _ ^ ^ • wcic auuuu wxcviiuui buisujuiuiux* €lapsed and then the girl entered ttfe ^ You have been quite thrifty, and in- "You can ^ "You can wait here," she said. *'Master isn't up yet" ;' • "For forty minutes the visitor was ' ' left to his reflections. "Must be some blooming sport" •v lie commented. Then the door opened and a tall, pale gentleman •entered the room in a languid fash­ ion, picked up the moraine paper and «arlessly scanned the contents, as though oblivious to the presence of the visitor. He read the telegraphic I <Hews ana then tbe local. The serv- 1 .ant brought in a tray upon which - reposed breakfast bacon, eggs, a cup •of coffee and rolls. The gentleman 4»nt np his nose and said: Jane, take away those dishes. J&eave the coffee." 1 ' The servant silently obeyed '?!• "His appetite isn't good to-day." commented the caller. The gentle- man sipped the coffee with apparent y* jrelish, read again the cable article ^ from Paris and finally lighted a cigar. %,v All th s time the visitor remained §S"; i-standing respectfully. At last he ventured to cough, and the gentle- h;;" *»an turning to him, remarked: 1. ( "Aw--you called about the adver- tisementV" 3 "Yes, sir." '"Where are your references?* g.4 "Here, sir," and he took from Ills C pocket a bulky package. "Well, I don't care to tee them." E / ' "I served last the duke of " i "What the devil do I care whom ' fev • yon served? Will you accept a gu.nea jgvo. • week and expenses?" *["? j If:' "Yes, sir." •' ! |%( v "Very well, we leave' «a>alch% tor t Paris. See that everything is ready." ! i side of a month it was your inten- : tion to draw out your money and emi- | grate to America, where you are de- j sirous of setting up in trade. This j has been your dream, Smiler, tbe life j of a prosperous and honest trades- j man. Am 1 right, Smiler? If I have ; made any mistakes attribute it to I the fact that I am but an amateur." i But Smiler was speechlesa I "To continue, or rather to go back i into the past I read that you robbed I all your masters before me, only they i were not mind readers in an amateur ! way and attributed tbe loss of differ- i ent things to natural shrinkage, j When you first entered my apart­ ments in Kings Eoad your thoughts were regarding my worldly posses- j sions. Y ou saw much that made you | sure that I was a man of means. Af- I ter 1 entered tbe room I was seem- i ingly busy reading tbe newspaper. I heally, Smiler, I was reading you. I ! did not want to see your references, i They were superfluous. The man i himself stood before me Theie was j the reference. 1 determined to make a little study of you. You inter­ ested me at once, for I recognized in you a th ef of many years' training, a thief who had pilfered for all bis life and never been detected. Here, 1 thought was a subject worthy of my attention, here is a case that will defy and amuse me. So I took you to my bosom, Smiler, and employed you on the spot As you stocd there waiting for me to address you the thoughts that flashed th tough your mind were: M can easily get) away with one of those Dresdenware vases. He has so many ot them that he will never miss it Then he must be Why we should use condiments at { all is a question to which it seemis, | at first, sight no answer is possible. || 1 It may be urged that the use of | condiments is simply a habit, and { nothing more; but then habits must i owe their origin to a definite cause, and that cause must in its turn bear a relation to tbe life and wants of the creatures who practice them. Why, it may be a^fced, should one. take a piece of cbeese--the "higher"' the better, of course--after a full meal, or why is it that we flavor our viands with sauce this or sauce that? Science has an answer ready: Be­ cause the pickles, condiments, and cheese are all so many substances which tends to favor a flow of the di­ gestive secretions. They stimulate digestion, in other words, because they cause an increased secretion of the saliva and of gastric juice wherewith our foods are part di­ gested. Again, they are agreeable to the palate, and the mental influ­ ence which is thus shed on the as­ similation of food is of no mean value in determining that good di­ gestion which should "wait on ap» petite." B^ntlenaan took up careless sort ot a swell, one of those his hat aud caoe and strolled <>ut or spendthrifts. He will come home the house in a leisurely, half-bored i inebriated every night If a pin. a way* ! ring, a watch, or some other article "He is a rum un," commented the disappears he will think he lost it visitor. somewhere the night before. Here's Two days later the gentleman and a swell that pays no attention to his his servants were quartered in Paris. The former has rented a magnificent­ ly furnished house in a fashionable part of the city. Try as he would, Smiler could learn little of his new master. He came and went He usually arrived home about 2 in the morning and sometimes Smiler had personal effects.... All he thinks of is having a jolly good time' Am I right, Smiler?" But Smiler never relapsed from his collapsed condition. "You began to pilfer when you purchased the tickets to France. You made ten shillings on the tickets. Eating Alligator. There is reason to believe that the flesh of the young boiied alligator Is barely distinguished from veal. It is probably cleaner and more tender than much of the meat of the ani­ mals that are usually consumed as food on tbe continent or in the East End of London. 1 bave never de­ sired to taste flesb of alligators cooked or uncooked. But in India I have seen the Sontals and other casteless natives greedily devour tbe flesh of an alligator without waiting to cook it The flesb was very pale in color, and probably was much superior to the flesh of snakes and rats and such like creaturcs which form tbe ordi­ nary food ol the predatory" Sontal when bunting in his native woods. It does not fall to his lot very often a j to be able to circumvent and slay and eat a large alligator. He more fre­ quently comes upon small alligators, and they go to swell the contents of h.s cooking pots. If, however, he is so lucky as to meet a sablb who has shot a large alligator, say about six feet long, he eagerly falls upon the unwonted delicacy without waiting to cook it--very much as we read in books of African adventure, that the natives devour the carcasses of the English spo. tsmen do not want for their own followers.--Longman's Magazine. Dlspatch The are naqwMtioaable, and may be vouched for by two Operators, who have feadr nn corumuniadtions since the s#ange event occured. There was filed in the Pittsburgh general office of tbe Western Union Tele­ graph company, shortly before mid­ night between last Thursday and Friday, a message which read: "Wil­ liam Murray. Elwood Junction.Fa.-- Your mother died to-night. Come hoaae" Tbts message was marked •rush." It was shot upstairs in the manio tnw and iafd on the desk of one Of the best operators. This operator did not know tbe name of the operator at Elwood Junction. That is a small station on the Pitts* burg and Lake Erie railroad, where there is rarely any commercial busi­ ness. At night there is scarcely any railroad business, as only an occasional freight passes tbe place, and that is slow business. The Pittsburgh office began calling Elwood Junction, sound­ ing tbe two letters which indicate that telegraphic station. There was no response, and the call was con­ tinued for some time Then/as still no answer carne^ another piece of work was takelit up and dispatched. The calling of Elwood Junction was resumed. The Pittsburgh operator was very busy and began to be an­ noyed. After several minutes of sounding tne answer came. 1 *What's the matter, old man?" Inquired the I Pittsburgh sender over the line. The operator at Elwood Junction replied: "a fell asleep in my chair." "Don't do it," answered Pittsburgh; "it's a bad habit" "I wish I had not" re* sponded Elwood, "for I bad a bad dream. I dreamed my mother was dead." "Don't mind dreamy" said Pittsburgh, "There's nothing in them. I have a message for some­ body out your way." The message of William Murray was then ticked over the wire. There was a brief pause when the telegram was ended. Then there came hack these words from the night operator at Elwood Junction: "My God! Trouble never ceases! It is my mother!" The opera­ tor at tbe junction was William Murray and he had received the message announcing the death of his own mother within an hour of the time when he had dreamed of her death. The Pittsburgh operator was affected by the answer, and he wired a message of sympathy, asking par­ don for bis iesting sentences. Wil­ liam Murray'8 mother was Mrs. Hanora Maloney of McKee's Rocks. She had been married a second time to Kicoias Maloney. but iv»t verified toribfi. adtoe.'" Farther mmlMNrpil&a !# fifth BlSbed by Dr. J. B. Taytof, of' Sift Angrelo, on whose ranfeft Mr. Fulton Was hunting when he ktllad his bnf- fao. Dr. Taylor says that twioe since that time he has located a herd of some thirty buffalo ih tbe Devil's River country. An F«yptl«n Wedding. Among the wedding gifts of the bride, a pretty little maid of fifteen, were threadiamond^tlSras and Hfty- slx stikWlsl Her bedroom, wfctehshe furnisned herself, wis very beauti- fiil; there were cut-glass bowls and pitchers on the wash-stand, fine linen towels heavily embroidered with gold, .a silver toilet set on the dress­ ing-table, and, on the little table by the HfSd,' a gold tray, with gold pitp^rand cups to match, and many other tnotfern European articles about the room, showing that the Egyptian womaj^fct.progressing.in some direc. tion at', least, notwithstanding her limited'environments. There is no churoh ceremony for the bride; the gioom goes to the mosque and prays, she meanwhile wailing for his re­ turn, heated on a throne in her apart- meht» and gazed at by many richly drqpsed women. A wedding affords them one of the few opportunities they have for displaying their pos­ sessions to each other, and they im­ prove it When the bridegroom came the trembling bride arose, ber veil was put ever hsr face, and from an opposite door tbe procession en­ tered--eunuchs carrying torches, singing women, and then the groom, dressed in a conventional modern European dress-suit. He was a good-looking fellow of 22 years. He had been educated in France, and had imbibed many progressive ideaa He advanced to the bride and raised her veil, seeing thus her face for the first time (what an anxious moment!) looked at her intently for a moment, and bent over and kissed her. Con­ gratulations from those present en­ sued, and then all were ready for the wedding feast #0 pnt him to bed. He got up any- \ You put aside for yourself five Shil- whorA in n'f*%r\/»Lr onH n*is\n 1 11 * where between 10 o'clock and noon. , Sometimes he breakfasted heartily; 3 3&t other times he merely sipped his ; :koffe& Smiler was commissioned to J)uy tickets for every fashionable «vent, from tbe opera to the races, and be always came and departed in . a private carriage, quite an elegant iSqulpage. About this time tbe J?arisiac newspapers were agitating^ pbe matter or tbe remarkable tests] IP* spiritualism given before the emi- - **ent gentlemen by a peasant woman i Milan. The psychological society j imas In session in the French capital I ana the comments on the feats per-' Itormed in Italy were made more in- g£|te •' wasting by the presence of a re- *14 nowned mltid reader. This gentle- tft showed..great aptitude in ferret-1 s crimiuals, and his accuracy r in this respect made him feared by f§K WroaK doer* Mr. Smiler read of p wriere;,but bei°« °r a 8*ep. disposition poo hooed them. °ne morning when the gentleman P1 was sipping his cotfee, into which he i'/" ?a<? p!aced.a ,ew dr°P« of cognac, he fh} L00^ UP from his paper and said u> -;j.. Smiler: 1 %,v ••Markbam, the mind reader, has HP 2 2*n down another criminal, Smiler. Jp : What do you thin* of that?" "If I might venture my opinion, air, I should say that it was all bosh." "All bosh, eh? May I ask why?" * Well, sir, it stands to reason, sir that no man can read what is going op in another man's mind. Its against nature, and what's against nature can't be done, sir. My idea is, sir. that this man, this fraud, 1 wlilcail him, sir, is in collusion with these fellows and pays 'em. That's my impression, sir. A criminal, sir, lings from the purchases from the trunkmaker. Do not deny it for it is written indelibly on your mind, j 1 took to you right away. 'Here is a precious rascal,' 1 thought 'Here's a servant worth having.' You will remember that I commended you for your faithfulness. And now, Smiler, do vou believe in mind-read­ ing? By tbe way. where are those pawn tickets, and kindly hand me your bank-book." Smiler obeyed withonlra word. "And now it wouldn't take a mind- reader to ten what is going to hap­ pen." The languid gentleman went to the door and ushered in two officers. Smiler fell apoc bis Itseea "Mercy, mercy," he said. "Yes, yes, 1 couiesa Don't p«t me in jail." "1 am sorry, Smiler, but I have finished with my subject I now I turn him over to tbe law. * Officers, | do your duty." j "Very well, Mr. Markham," n- I plied one of the officers. "Markbam?" groaned Smiles^ "Tbe same," replied the languid gentleman. "Tbe great English mind-reader?" "I am he I advertised not for a vaiet but for a subject 1 wanted to prove some of my theories to the society of savants here. You have proved a very good subieet 1 write out the results of my investi gations to-night and then if you care to have the law deal leniently with vou, you will sigh it I will then read the paper before the society. My enemies will have to concede that my work is incomparable. By the way, Smiler, have 1 converted yon to a belief in mind-reading?" Care of the Teeth. Good teeth and a sweet breath are within the reach of most every one. The services of a good dentist will insure the former against such im­ perfections as shall be positively un- sightly or taint the breath. The ad­ vice of your dentist should be sought as to the proper tooth powder to use, as many of the compounds on the market contain ha m:ul acids and gritty substances. There is no surer way to destroy tbe teeth than by the want of brushing or rinsing after eating fruit In California, where fruit of all kinds is so cheap for ten months in tbe year as to be within tbe reach of almost tbe poorest, beautiful teeth are rarely found, while it is a very common thing to see even young women with false teeth Six ounces of rose water mixed with two drachms of chlorate of potash is an excellent purifier of the breath. Hinse tbe mouth after each meal. For acidity of tbe stom­ ach, which gives bad breath, use & solution of a teaspoonful of baking soda and balf as much salt in a glass of water. Drink a little of this and rinse tbe mouth also. Sliding Through she AH* -' - At Knoxyllle, Tennessee, they have a novel way of crossing the broad river that bears the name of the St^te. The city horse-cars take you out to the station, says Harper's Young People, and in a few minutes you may find yourself suspended by two thin-looking cables that stretch away to the tall bluffs on tbe oppo­ site sida You glide smoothly along, getting higher and higher, until the earth and river seem to be dropping away from beneath yon, ana tbe sensation is odd and strange as you look down from the side of the car, which is capable of seating sixteen passengers (and often carries more. 1 You can imagine how a bird mu^t feel; and if the trip is made for the first time you heave a.slgh of relief when yon feel the earth beneath your feet again. It seems hardly possible that those two parallel cables, only one and three-eighth inches in diameter could be stiong enough to bold the weight they are re jUired to, yet each is supposed to be able to support sixty tona The span between the river banks over 1,060 feet and on the southern 6ide, where the tall bluffs are, you are 850 i feet above the water--uo small dis­ tance to drop, and this idea crosses the mind quite often on the first two or three trips. The propelling force is on the Knoxville side; it consists of two twenty-horse power engines that operate tbe hauling cable at­ tached to tbe car. The trip upward takes about three minutes and a half, and the descent takes only half a minute, tbe propelling force in this case being gravity. You liter­ ally coast down through space, and if tbe first trip was exciting, this one proves doubly so. As there is nothing close to gauge your speed by, it seems like a dangerous pace; the station grows nearer and nearer; the earth seems to be coming up this time to meet yon. It is not strange to say that there is very little talk­ ing on this downward trip by tbose who take it for the very first time. The car is provided with automatic brakes, which arrest its motion if tbe propelling cable breaks or slips the drum. The cables that support the car are firmly anchored on either side, and provision is made for tak­ ing up tbe slack. ^ Ate Lecture. The county courts of Virginia. which some years ago were composed of justices of the peace who had never studied law, afforded many amusing Incidents. At one time five honest farmers convened as examin­ ing court to determine whether a mere boy, who was accused of "petty larceny," should be sent on to the circuit court for trial. The evidence against him was con­ clusive: but he was very young, it was his first offence, and there were some extenuating circumstances. It was finally decided that he should receive a severe lecture, to De ad­ ministered by tbe oldest member of the court, and should then be dis­ charged. Tbe farmer selected to administer the rebuke rose, looked at the culprit severely through his spectacles, and began bis lecture. "Young man," said he, "this is awful, this is right-down awful, and I want to warn you--1 want to say--" Here tbe old man's sense of justice suddenly conflicted with the pity awakened by the sight of the lad, who stood trembling before him. He cleared his throat twice, and then,, half in mercy and half in indignation at his own weakness, he cried, "Clear out o' my sight you ornery scamp!" and sat down to mop his forehead amid the merriment of the court- rofrn. ' ' ^>'They Remembered Him. X circumstance happened In con­ nection with the failure in business of a well-known inhabitant of York­ shire which caused much amuse­ ment The bankrupt was asked the momentous question, "What are you, prepared to offer?" and in reply stated that he had no assets what­ ever. "What is there, now, Joe?" asked a jolly-looiing creditor. "Nothing," replied the bankrupt "Weil, you can sing: Come, sing us a song." Joe fumbled with his hat anl said he hardly liked to sing. "Come, strike up!" exclaimed the creditor; "let's have something for our brass." Thus urged, Joe cleared his throat and began tbe ballad, "And You'll Remember Me." As the plaintive melody tell on the ears of the credi­ tors some of them began to feel in­ dignant, but the humor of the situa­ tion at length burst upon them, and tbe final line was greated with roars oX laughter. yneer Canae for Crowded Hospital*. At the annual meettng of the Hahnemann Hospital Association in A New Herd ot Buffititob , C Forest and Stream entertains no d< ibt that a herd of Buffalo still r<»4tn the plains of Texas in Val v erde County, a mountainous region near the Bio Grande border. The popular belief has been that the only undomesticated buffalo in the United States were to be found in the Yellowstone Park, where they are be­ ing preserved by the government About four years ago the storv that Mr. George W. Fulton, a ranchman and sportsman of Gregory, Texas, had shot a buffalo on Devil's liiver, in west Texas excited only tbe good- natured badinage of bis friends, but the evidence in corroboration of the story which is now produced by For­ est and Stream cannot be easily cried down. On the 2?th of last month Mr. C. H Moreau, of Val What and What Not to Say* Mth't say a garment sets good, but it fits well. Don't describe an unusual occur­ rence as funny. Don't say not so good as, for not aa good as. Don't say 1 feel good, for I feel well. Don't say she looked beautifully, but she looKed beautiful. Don't say these kind, but this kind. Don't say 1 have blacked my shoes* but I bave blackened my shoes. Don't say the matter of him, but the uiatter with him. l on't say fix my gown, fix this room, but arrange my gown, the room. 1 he best inglish authorities rarely use fix except to Indicate stability or permanence. Don't speak of articles of diet as healthy, but as healthful or whole­ some County, stated that he had received information from his foreman, Leal Martinez, of the existence of a h«rd Philadelphia the other day an inter- j of about forty buffalo in some rough eating explanation of the crowded j shall j condition of the hospital was made. 1 Secretary Lewss said tbe institution ! | had been crowded beyond its capac- ! ity, and the number of typho d lever i cases was in excess of all previous years, This condition tbe physicians ascribe to the business depression and consequent worry of men over financial matters.--§t Xouis tilob* Deu.ocrat country near tbe Mexican border. "Martinez told me." said Mr. Moreau, "that he found the herd in a small valley between two ranges of big hills, many miles from any set­ tler. That part cf \ al \ erde County is very remote, and it .s [ossible that the herd has been there for several years without being seen by anybody. Martinez, xtatcd that he counted the herd and that there were between of «!»•* wHiW ft 'ftrtoftwN* through a year wlth ao averag* bread anpply of 1 n pounds--about half a pound a day--a SpanUtirti ittit acrOes the border, require 413 pound* per annum, and Spain cannot ba ranard- ed as a wheat-growing country, either, in Hungary, where waving fields of grain are common in the wheat-growing season, 361 pounds a year on an average annpiy a native, wime an Austrlan wbo alsd fAtaes more or less wheat gets along vrtth 187 poundsayear. Only 143 pounds of fiour is required by a Genoan in a year, l«6,by a Dane, while the Rus­ sians, the greatest wheat-growers in [Europe, eat Irat 99 pounds per annum per capita. A native of Belgium con­ sumes 278 pounds and of America 357 pounds, while the Swltzer eats 418 pounds per annum, an Italian 310, a Dutchman 283, an Englishman 352 pounds. The greatest flour-eater in the world is the Frenchman. He con­ sumes nearly two pounds a day, or 705 pounds in a year. This enormous quantity consumed by a Frenchman, when compared with the 56 pounds por annum which a Scandinavian re­ quires, revives the old theory that climatic influences have more to do with the demands of nature than education. In tbe extreme northern climates where cold is severe flour does not seem to be tbe favorite food. There Is not so much combus­ tion in it as in oils and animal food. The Laplander, who eats no flour at all, is sometimes known to consume seven pounds of whale or seal blub­ ber at one meal. A Russian, who only eats 99 pounds in a year, of the flour he raises, is popularly supposed to make up the deficiency in swallow­ ing tallow candles and any kind of rich, fatty substance that happens to come to his hopper, no matter what the flavor.--Cincinnati Times Star. How Oatmeal is Made. The first operation in the manu­ facture of the meal is the removing from the oats all tbe cockle, small oats and foreign seeds ot whatever kind, for if any of these remain the quality of the meal is much injured. Black oats, If even of good quality, give a bad appearance to the manu­ factured meal, as It appears in tbe form of black particles, which to the tidy housewife appears to be some­ thing more uncleanly. After the oats have been properly cleaned by sifting they are subjected to tbe operation of drying. This is accomplished in dry kilns, with spe- cial|apparatus constructed for tbe pur­ pose. The operation requires some care to prevent the oats from burning. As soon as sufficiently dry they are removed from the kiln while still very hot and stored in such a way as to have them retain their heat; after thus remaining three or four days and hardening they are ready for the shelling operation. This shelling is accomplished by passing the oats through millstones of a special pattern. Tbe product that comes from the stones is groats, or the whole ker­ nels, dust seeds, etc., and these must be separated. By means of a combination of sieve and fans the gloats are separated from the other material, and are ready for grinding. For extra qual­ ity meal the groats may be shelled and also passed through a brushing machine. The grinding ot them must not be long delayed, aa a few weeks' expos­ ure renders them unfit for milling. In grinding the groat the great aim is to avoid pul verlzation, and to have the grannies cut square and of uniform size. Oatmeal is generally denominated by tbe cut--as pin bead cut, rough cut medium cut--though these terms have different meanings indif­ ferent districts. After tbe grinding tbe meal is passed though sieves, and the siftr ings graded according to s ze. Probably His Best Plan. Reformed pugilist--Doctor, I'm thinking of marrying and setting down. Emi nent surgeon--Well? ••Well, you see this broken nose'of mine. Can you straighten it?" "No, my friend. It is too late for that" . "How about a false nose?", . - "That would look worse yet** "Can't you graft a piece of flesh on It and kind o* build it out?" "That wouldn't improve It any. The nose is all knocked to one aide." "It's too blamed bad! What would you advise me to do?" "You say you want to marry?" "Yes." "Have yon got a wife picked out yet?" "No." "We.l, you can find plenty ot girls willing to marry you, oven with that nose." "Doctor, I'm a little bit par­ ticular." ••Then marry a good-looking blind girl."--Chicago Tribune. Wordsworth's Frugality. Sir Waiter Scott once went to stay with Wordsworth, but he found the living very poor. Sir Walter was ac- Verde i customed to better living, and every morning he used to go off before breakfast to the Swan Inn and have a good breakfast on eggs and ham, and come back in time for the mod­ est bread and cbeese and beer fare at Wordsworth's cottage. One day, when Wordsworth and Sir Walter were going on an early excursion, they looked in at the .-wan. "Hu:" said the innkeeper, "so you're early for breakfast Sir Walter, to-day." ' What's this," said Wordsworth; [ "now I see why you get up and go out so early, and you only coj.e back to me for your pints." Obedience* It Is no doubt a good thing to make children obedient but there is some- thins almost pathetic as well as funny in the following conversation, which recently appeared ia a German paper; "Please, mamma, may I speak?" said little Hans. "No," replied the mother, "you know that you are never allowed to to speaa at the table." "But mayn't I say just one word;" said Hans, very red and much troubled. "Not tiil your father has finished reading his newspaper." The father reads the paper in a very leisurely way, lays it dewn on the table and turns to the child, wbo has been waiting patiently. "Now, my boy, what do you want to say?" "Oh, please, Da pa, the pipe in the bath-room has burst!" Waai V. ' „ Ws have yet to meet a man who admits that bis life would have been rained if his wife had refused to marry him. '*7 T;P^ WwM far Six Vmmtm with Setatloa ItoWentrom, B* Eipcetmlta *•» Was Savsd «», MaiwhwMannar. . ^ "Y CovinvUm, Kv . Pogi) * Tba Boo. John M. Rioe, Louisa, Law. ronea County, Kentucky, hm for tha past two yean retired from active lifft as Criminal and Circuit Judge of thf Sixteenth Judicial District of Kei*. WdqTi * for many years served htiiSj unty and Stats in the Legiaff at Frankfoet aad at Wawhingf-' noted figure in imical and judicial circles. The Judge is well Imowtt torw r̂hout the State aad powwjsea the beat qualities which go to make a Kentuoky gentleman honored who# ever ha ia known. About six years ago the bodilM troubles which finally caused his re­ tirement at a time when his mental faculties were in the zenith of their strength, began their encroachment upon nis naturally strong constitution*: A few days ago a Kentucky Post porter called upon Judge Rice, who ia the following words related the histqrfl& of the causes that led to his retir#'.;» ment: "It is just about six years sinews I had an attack of rheumatism, alight at first, but soon developing into i-c|5" atic rheumatism, which began fi with acute shooting pains in the hi ^rwiually extending downward to "My condition became so bad that eventually lost all power of my legs , and then the liver, kidneys and blad ­ der, and, in fact, my wholesystem, ' came deranged. I tried the treatment of many physicians, but receiving lasting benefit from them, I had course to patent remedies, trying onaK' kind after another until I believe# ^ there were none I had not sampled. "In 1888, attended by my son John went to Hot Springs, Ark. I was n> much benefited by some months' sta, there when I returned-heme. My live was actually dead, and a dull persist^? ent pain in its region kept me on th# rack all the time. In 1890 I was re-ar r pointed Circuit Judge, but it was i possible for me to give attention to m auties. In 1891, I went to the Sil Springs, Waukesha, Wis. I stay there some time, but without improved ment. J'f Again I returned home, this tlm^ feeling no hopes of recovery. Th muscles of my limbs were now reduce by atrophy to. mere stringa Sciati. pains tortured me terribly, but it was the disordered condition of my livei|, v that was, I felt, gradually wearing mj| j life away. Doctors gave me up, ail kinds of remedies had been tried withj^*! out avail, and there was nothing mor||f for me to do but resign myself to fatei|5 5 "I lingered on in this condition suafi# tained almost entirely by stimulant|\; until April, 1893. One day John saMtfe an account of Dr. Williams' Pink PilljjgS' for Pale People in the Kentucky Pos%^ This was something new, and as onfe^ more drug after so many others coul^";? not do so much harm, John prevailed ; } upon me to try the Pink Pills. It waefeki I think, in the first week in May th# -: pills arrived. I remember I was nop!;: expected to live for more than threi^ or four days at the time. The effeel, ,: of the pills, however, was marvelous# and I could soon eat heartily, a thing fe^' had not done for years. The liver be#«: gan almost instantaneously to perforra- its functions, and has done so evefs ; since. Without doubt the pills save4pl; my life, and while I do not crave notoi|^ rlety I cannot refuse to testify to their worth." The reporter called upon Mr. Hu^lies^ v, the Louisa druggist, who informed hink • that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills hav# '" <<,' been very popular since Judge Rie|g¥li; used them with such benefit. He men* . : tioned Several who have lound relief ip • • their use. An analysis of Dr. Williams! PinfeB. ; Pills for Pale People shows that the#** ' contain, in a condensed form, all tha > elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restor||^-:;-' shattered nerves. They are an unfaiW" - * ing' specific for such diseases as locoj^;'^'. motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. v - tus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rhe* 11 ; matism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, palpitation of tha;t| heart, pale and sallow complexions, al|, ̂ ' , forms of weakness either in male or fe^' * " male, and all diseases resulting fror%. , vitiated humors in the blood. Di#^' > Williams'Pink Pills are sold by alf ^ dealers, or will be sent post paid on reef* ceipt of price (50 cents a box, or gy boxes for $2.50--they are never sold ifiT• bulk or by the 101) by addressing Drv . Williams'Medicine Co., Sehenectadm> ? N. Y. . a ; " I • „ Issued Once a Year. * Apropos of carious newspapers, ttH* , Esquimaux Bulletin is certainly thj§& most curious in the world. It is prinf^., ed at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in* > latitude 54 degrees 40 minutes, and claims to be the only journal published Within the Arctic Circle, while it ia •ued only once a year. %Ji: This little paper is printed on sti% vi white paper, on one side only, the siz^ of the sheet being 12x8 inches. It &., Erinted not from type, but by the heci jgraph process, and contains a variety of news, arranged under different * heads. In mirthful imitation of tha daily papers in other localities it tri­ umphantly carries at the head _ of itjs Columns the legend. "Largest circula* tion in tVe Arctic," and also the addfevl^' " : tional boast of "Only yearly newspaper s In the world." The Esquimaux Bul­ letin is in error, however, in assuming this sub title. Has our contemporary never s-een a e®py of the Athagiintitr This is also a yearly paper, and it Jl- - v published in about the same latitudes as the Esquima ix Bulletin, at Goof- haab, in Greenland. A Parisian joufc». na). the XX e feieole, appears onca gr year, but that is only :to secure th# right to the title when the twentieth century becomes a fact . , , Tea. ~y The o rdinary oolong tea, costing tfeSI or 70 cents a pound, has a capacity <h about 110 half-oint cups to the pound, while the same amount of Ceylon si|» ver-tipped tea, costing $32, will supply over 1,500 half-pint cups, and, in aidf- tion, is vastly superior to that of th<a common brands. The intrin ic value of imported teas rarely exceeds that figure, but in certain instances, when# the tea market has been cornered, as high as $17;i a pound has been paid ill London. Society people have lately declared in favorof theexpensive tea*, ani} the dainty 4 o'clock teas are nil longer the economical social events ol' yore. The Sultan's Kitchen. The Turkish Sultan's kitchen cfeattj . the empire $"20it,000 annually. Tha kitchen extends l.V> feet on every sida, Tbe dishes are sealed in the kitchens by no less a person than Osman Pasha; the hero of Plevna, and arp unsealed In the Sultan's presence. Real Curiosity. A copy of the Pentateuch, inscribed by the1 nand of Maimonides early tP - the twelfth century, believed by ex­ perts 10 be genuine, is included in the 88 SA? j ,/*ji a "4 .sis -:V # •f'~K I V v. , IxL.. .V ,l, if I