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Instances of Sudden fps and Downs In the 5 mysterious and capricious influence on men's l St. Paul, Minn._, when 8'91}!!! named Eld- livcs and fortunes known as luck. and hit.11ngf8118tl,0“'lnghlnl$lio ui wages. This ..n i . J '~ . * ' . - _ 31:191th ailiffgkifii'”lit-gizuiigcégdlio: “th: ! Titus went to Carson City. NC“. Where he Then he is l“ 19“'_5Pi|‘l15 i5 3 sat-evenougt like mysterious nature, the public are from fools of the camp, thus illustrating the old met Eldridge. who told him that he had not ‘em-“re for 1" life msumuce compani- proverb, “a fool's luck." Old and experi- prospered and had no money, but could get encedniinersunit locations in disgust after month of labor. and these ware afterward taken by men who scarcely knew the differ- wetx's scmmbling work the latter became vein begrn to pinm out, and Rcli gave it by fortunate investments in Crown Paint. . GB 8, : find landmarks, but these were unintelligi- s LUCK IN THE DIGGING I ble to the readers, and his mine and buried! gold may still reward some fortunate seeker. l Mr. James Titus of Sacramento, Cal., who' is now head of the great hydraulic miningl Fortunes offline“. t is impossible for any one at all familiar ; Companies in that State, owes his fortiine to why is,“ 'the pyuml or spouse spice? with mining adventures in the Rockies from (the following Circumstances : In 1864 he l 1860 to l8?!) to deny the existence of that was working at his trade as stone mason in- debtor left the City, and a year after Mr. r the debt. betwocu a shaft and a level. After a rich men. Uneinstancc I can give : _ ‘ A man named lirlf, a forty-miner, opened lgreat deposd of silver that was to make the a prospect hole on House Creek, within a ortune of Flood, O'Brien,I Fair, and John mile of the Idaholx.»:‘dcr. t seemed to pan )lackriy was discovered. The stock began had in the worldâ€"â€"in development : but the per share. In two years he was a millionaire . s u n n up. Another man tool: it with the same But success of this kind was demoralizing r.-.--:lt. 'l‘hun one of the best miners in the ‘to most of the pioneers. Johnny Skcy die 'l‘erritorv put in $3,000, and after months as Sandy Bowers did, a brokeirdown pros- oi hard \vnrk shot himself in despair at his pector, after rioting away two millions, and ill‘fortiinc. s. emu; to Silver City. He was looked on us , tional school of liction,tlie inspiration can be a harmless and decidedlv “welt-minded fcl- l best found in the wonderâ€"Working history of \Vliat is the matter with that. man leaning ‘ over the counter in there?” a counterfeit, I guess.” low, and he annoys-.1 Col. James Fisher. a l the Western mining camps of years back. Well-known mine. owner, by constantly +_ asking his advice about locating, until 1* isher “ _ n -. v .‘ ‘ . 0‘ told him to try the “ Last Chance, ’ adding: LOVB IS Enough. " You‘re just fool enough to have nigger [A TRAGEDY.] luck." _ _ _ ‘ The groom was loving, the bride was fair, lladscii started ofi~ to get a team and} . _ , . _ . . . . . . . c .7, . . supplies, and amid the years or the camp H01 0393 "let 1“” “1th 9' “m hmb 1‘“ , be, And she had no more sense than a babe of three. \vard his team was seen coming into camp on a dead run, and it stopped at Col. Fisher’s office. (ladscn, with a bag on his back, entered, and drawing a chunk of rock, laid it before Fisher, who examined it and said : "\\'ell, (ladscn, you have the proverbial fool‘s luck. That will assay $3,000 a ton. An cx- “ Youngster, beware 1” the old man said, “ \Ve’ve tried the pass' He shook that head oracularly : cause tomatoes make only catsup, while rats make a cat supper. some mining st ock for money due him, and attributes the fact to his ability. this he would give Titus in satisfaction of ' is unfortunate he bcwails his bad luck. was original stock, and iii a few months the the pan if, has gone and now the corset has got to go !" , v ,‘ Sl ueersâ€"â€"“You mistake. The corset has ot out well at first. and he spent $6,0(Dâ€"all he ‘ to go up and )Ir. litus sold out for $3,000 tolsmy in 3 dog,” said Herbert to Mabel. “Indeed ‘3" “\ es ; the last time I tried to take my leave l he did his best to detain me." . . .v ' . . , . ‘ ‘ . . . H The lUJiiLluli was thereafter Comstock, the original discoverer of the I ir- aveei‘syllfisnofi l)CC}ll\}}D{‘11llS f0r31hlllotlltlls-_ ' . . . . ‘ ‘ - v â€" . v __ , . C . , , :lublnd the “ List Chance" liV neighbors. giuia City laldorada, died a pooi man. If eefxs () MM 3) - "t! , suppose “t ct it It luv it vc ll‘, when a man named (lads-:11 America is ever to produce a distinct andna 195i 01‘ & 2‘04! 01 mo . for his baby sister astonished his mother thus: “Mamma, if the Lord: has any more babies to give away don’t- you take ’eui.” , '. . . . . 'our v. ifc wait up for you when you are out ‘ l 2 v . . ’x‘ ' " ‘ 'tl coul ~ .., . (cf, ml. “Inst “mucus 1.0m. dubs afteb .,hc was tendei and llletn as a mt d d lute, Jem , , Jam (wnh a melancholy Shake of the head â€"â€"“Slic does Jack she does, ’ ’ I I’m sorry to say.’ did you like the shirt I ironed for you, Al- ’â€"â€"but he shook his fred ‘3 head, “ You do nothing by halves, my dear. You did it up brown, of course.” FUNNIGRAJIS. SOUTH AFRICAN SNAKES. I How do you like your beau, Jennie 2” ' “He’s A fellow after my own heart... Their Deadly Blu- nl;;lrthe Remedies There ! “We s‘av mouse and we 53 ' ll‘iCe. Now ’ 3 ' It would, we presume, be safe to assert . j that in spite of all modern appliances and v’ by are “'5 better than mm“th 2 86' hel to scientific methods of research, man has hitherto lamentabllfi; failed to discover _ ‘ _ an infallible cure for sn e-poison. As in the The mil“ Who threatens ‘0 Commit Smelde cases of liydrophobia and other diseases of a time to time startled by the wide promulga- “'hen a man is fortunate in business he tion and unstinted praise of some new so- then lie called specific for snake-bites; but this only lasts for a season, when, 10! the too hastily City Girl (pointing m ‘he smrrv sky)“ summed-up verdict is reversed, and the once Mr. Titus took 100 shares of Conistock “That Cluster of stars is the dippenn Coun_ loudly extrollcd remedy is allowed quietly Mine, valued at about a dollar a share. It try Cousin__uls that so ., “vhich cluster is to paSs into the limbo of exploded ideas, the ‘ knacker’s yard of used-up fads. L.,ke_u“v1nt did I tell yo“ 9. The bustle “"e will for the present confine ourselves to i ‘ ' a few remarks regarding the treatment of snake-bites at the Cape. It- is noteworthy that the typical fresh arrival. or “ new chum,” as our Australian cousins designate him, sets his foot on African soil with ludicrously cx- nggerated ideas as to the prevalence of veno- mous reptiles. He fully expects, for in- stance, if he goes up country, especially if he camps out, that the monotony of his . journey will oceasioiially be relieved by “I seem very popular with your father's Proprietor (firmly)â€"â€"“Your account, Mr. stfcii STARTLING ixcmxxi‘s. of travel as waking up in the morning to fiizda snake confidiugly secreted in the folds of his blanket, with a further consignment of one in each boot, to make his hair stand on end when he attempts to pull on those humble though useful peripatctic appendages. As it would be superfluous to dWcll on the ab- surdity of such ridiculous notions, wc. will pass on to state briefly what are the ordinary specifics used in the colony. The most common practice with the na- tives in cases of snakc~bitc is to kill a black fowl, divide it lengthwise, and apply the separated portions alternately to the wound for the space of about fifteen minutes, or until such time as they think the poison has been absorbed into the body of the fowl. Some tribes use a dccoction of tlicmclk bosch (wild-cotton plant). This bush exudes a I’opinjay (passing storelâ€"“Good gracious llobsou-â€"‘ ‘Got A little boy who had to rock the cradle Jack (leaving the lodge with J endâ€"“Docs She (just gone into housekeeping)â€"“How Didn’t I do it beautifully ‘2" Heâ€" ' "a s 'l - ' it rich this time.” _. , . ,,, v_ _ _ ‘ v. v ‘ ‘ uni“‘ltiofimjhsmincshowed mummy“ foot “In niariiage, ‘Lme is enough, quoth MlijImIrets Daughter (emcnng photo anpseous, 1Viscous, and exticpiclily ictpellcii’z I :_ h . . . ~ - l - -_ “m 1 _ , ‘ , ‘ l _ 1, _t , H l 1 he. graph gaucryand posmg gmccmuy)_u“rlu ‘ uid,uhic1 acts as apou c1 .11 cme it Of "wk 1“) mt“ an t m as mm“ M“ ‘ ‘ is, however, by no means arcliable remedy ; uncoincd wealth, and this Gadseii broke through the first day. > A syndicate was formed and Gadscn sold out for $55,000. The new owners took out to eat 3 ~1"”),000 in three weeks and then struck a Somethmg “'35 (Ulcer 1“ com” and teaâ€" t-.. . . v . . ,, I . mass of orDlin‘y rock that it would have ” Lay: fill“? me “ klss msmadv “Id he- taken al the money in San Francisco to remove. No trace of the lost treasure was ever found, and the “Last Chalice” .wasI permanently abandoned. Gadsen’s good luck followed him. He left the lllOllllti‘tlllS, bought. a home in Missouri, and saved his, money. . | The history of the firm of Bower 8.: \Vhite ‘ Supper at home, and he could not eat is one of tho romances of the mining camps. 0 bread like putty ! 0 mush of wheat ! Sandy llowcrs came into the \Vasbo district , 0 slimy pickles! 0 tea of mu 3 about 1860. He cooked for a party of He rose from the table a, starving man. freigliters, and his wile. a. tall, bony woman, l told fortunes. sold lucky numbers, and Aluck, what ailcth the bridegroom now? Dinner at homeâ€"but he could not eat, 0 rawisli otatoes ! O kiln-dried meat ! “ You’ve off. out the taste from the soup,” moaned he. she. interpreted dreams for the credulous miners. ' He stamps and roars as he knots his brow, wife," \Vith some of the money made in this way “ Go home to your mother and say from me her husband took up u. claim and made That love is not nearly enough,” quoth he. , money, and for the next ten years had con- tinued good fortune. He was grossly illiterate and no business man, but still he prospered. He broke all the gamblers in A Short Way with Wives. ' l Inapupcr on Tangier in the New Re-l the 'l‘erx'itm'y. and “0 one cared to Play View. “Vernon Lee” reports it chat she had house tliatImet Mrs. Crasher.” with him. with a Moorish gentleman, one Hasun : His partner, Lorenzo I). “'hite, was a difâ€" “ He related to me the history of his three fcrent‘ kind of a man. He neither drank not marriages and descauted on the perfection gambled, but was mad as a batter on the of his present wife. The first, he said, subject of religion. believing himself to be was his cousin. He bought her beautiful John the Baptist. In business matters, liow- clothes and furniture, but, after sometime ever, he was shrewd and enterprising, and she rave him words, Instantly he seuf; his luck was phenomenal. Whatever be her )ack, with all he had given her, and touched turned into gold. It was noted that took another wife: remarks that she had whatever Bowers sold turned out well for given him three girls, dead, and a boy who his customers, while it was reversed in stillsm-vives. The second wife went, 9.11 \Vliilc’s dealings, although he was believed l right till one day she took it, into her head to be an honest man. The mystery was as to to go to the vapor bath without his per what he did with his gains. He depleted his mission, ‘\\'ho owe you [em-c to go to the bank account every now and then, drawing vapor bath wit with me 1’ he asked. ‘I out large sums in coin and then disup enr- don’t require anybody’s lcave,’ answered ing for a time. It was believed that he )lu‘i- she. ‘Aiid imiiicdiatcly,’ he added with cd his wealth in the mountains, and he was that energetic downward pointing ge’sturc, followed and dogged by the camp rulfiaus, ‘ I sent her home with all the thinns I had who would have taken hislifc for a. dollar, ever given licr.’ As regards the C,present» but it was part of his good fortune to escape. wife, he was quite delighted with her. She The end cunc at last. Sandy Bowers gotlmade all the children's clothes and her involved with a party of Eastern adventur- own ;she could sew with the machine - shc crs and lust $300,000. After this he Went: cooked ; she never required to bu a bbttle downhill l‘il. iidly. He had at one time half a of orange or roscwatcr, so exccliizntly did million in the liillik Of California, but this 1 she- pi‘epnre it, herselfâ€"above all, she neverl all went. He became a druiikard, and one wanted to go out 1 ‘cher once, ’ he said day got together it few dollars to buy an . ‘img she asked leave to go outâ€"not from one ozitiit. “'ith a. borrowed mule he started for year‘s end to another ! Never wants to Nevada. and was, no doubt, killed by the t leave the house or to see any oncâ€"â€"ncvcr L'tc Indians, us be was never heard 01‘ even crosses the street, Ah,’ he said, ‘51“; again. is a woman of excellent reputation 1’” .â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"-°â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" White was not knoul'n to have any serious losses, but he, too, \ isap )earcd. He was . supposed to have gone badk to Maine, his ‘ Treatment Of the Hmr‘ “mp-L. slaw. Inside of a year he came in- )0 woman need expect to have hcrhairlook to the little mining town of Mercedes, on beautiful Who goes to bed without taking Rio Uraude River, Colorado, in rags “ml it down and giving it its night dressin r. A exhausted from hunger and fatiguc_ no woman who has wonderfully beautifu hair was followed by a shaggy Mexican burro, says: “I take out all the pins, brush my about as big as a Newfoundland dog. This hair well. find then plait it carefully but carried his miner‘s outfitâ€"a pick, )an, and 10050133 so that in the morniug it is not in a shovel. Hc was at once recognized and rc- snarl. I usually try to brush it ten minutes, licvcd. lie went to an assayer and showed but When I can get somebody else to do it, a large mass that looked like burned limes- for me the Sensation is so delicious that I nl. stone, but which evidently contained void. most Wish they could keep on forever. Of The. assay astonished the expert, am he course, I sit down to brush it, because stami- dcclarcd that the specimen showed 80 per lug taxes the strength too much, 1 mn one cent of gold. of the people who believe in learning the In an hour's time the camp was wild with NSth “‘in to do everything. for really the excitement, and this was the beginning of the some ends may he gained with less exertion. craze known as "White‘s Cement Mine." At, The fomish woman is the one who rushes firsttlic old man refused to tell the location, about her room in dressing. races the floor and some of the rudcr spirits advocated while buttonng her gloves, stands while hanging, but, after much persuasion, he she is arranging her hair, and the result of agreed to pilot a party to the her folly shows itself in her wenrincss spot. The next day Mercedes was when the time for recreation arrives." deserted. Everybody joined the procession. Think over all this, you nervous women. After ei lit duys' rugged tmvcl they reached Try to recognize the wastefulness of mis- Grceu ivcr 'alley, in Utah. While as. applied endeavor, and while you strive in reading a narrow ravine a volle ' of rifle balls, every legitimate way to make yourself tired from the clin ml, killer three of the look as pretty as possible. save your forciuostot the go. hunters and stain led‘strcngth for somethin for which it will all the animals. The Ute Indians hm been absolutely be requiref. awaiting t:hoi‘ni. In tits cpnfusionll‘Vhim cs. cs an to rt' mcu. romtime . toliiiiie \Vhiteptvoiild renppgnr in mining Roman“ and BahtY' camps with n fresh supply of his gold-bearin Romantic Missâ€"“ Do you love me well cement, but his mind was clearly gone am cnou h to do battle for me 2" he could give no information that was of the An exit Suitorâ€"“ Ay, against a thou- “wt?” i390 f “mi: ll u good A at a apart 0 ms torsontheir “ 'c ,. r.Bifishis in men way throu h the Coffin o Rfir Valley, in - deal of attention.8 \Voulfiin fight him for Southern 'iah. found in the wildest part of l me 2" the mountains the body of an old man with ‘° Yes. I would." 1. bond “inching to his Inlet. Around him “ Could you defeat him 2" were n number of specimen-of his goldcenient “ X-o, he'd probably thrash the life out of and a unutityofgoldcoin. Hchndevident- me." ly diet of starvation. u there were no in- " Mercy! “fell, never mind. I'll take .iications of food to be seen. By means of a . you without any 6 bting :and. oh, do please large diary on his person he was identified , remember, my do: iug, promise me on vom- as the once millionaire, Lorenzo 1). White. (honor, that if you ever see Mr. Bigfish comâ€" I â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"+â€"~Aâ€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" This diary contained numerous directions to lug, you'll run.‘ - you take me, 811‘, just as I am 1’” Photo- Brcakfast at home. How strange and sweet! grapher (who can hardly make both ends But. something was wrong with the things mect)â€"“ I’ll be glad toâ€"ivitliout one plea.” her, my young friend, ‘ that the soul is the body’s guest.’ ’ over)â€"â€"“ \Vell, it must sometimes make very impolite reflections on the accommodations. ” again what you do with your pin money, u p11 make it up right with a kiss,” smiled my dear.” She-“ Why not, Henry?” Heâ€" dipping the cap into boiling water; or it is P home last night." 'twccii ten and twelve hundred victims in and it appears to be more resorted to from the fact of its being highly offensive and re- volting to the taste, than for any other particular reason. The Namaquas, Bushmcn, and Damaras have a singular and implicit belief in the all- potcnt efficacy of the snake-charmer’s or doctor’s night-cap, a decoction of which is made and given to the patient to drink! This horribly loathsome specific is made by The Rev. Mr. Slimâ€"-“ You must remem- Young Friend (looking him He (at breakfast)â€"“ I shall never ask you “ I have found out. I stepped on about six Put in a PM, o~ cold water and allowed to extracted. The more grimy and saturated W . n . . . The Age of Reason With perspiration the filthy head-30ch mg is, ' so in proportion are the virtues of the demo- M1‘- Chevy ,Clmeâ€"f‘l thhfli 1’“ka that tion enhanced. The cap must be that. of a. COPY 0f the SOcmty Sum‘Pl‘m home ‘l'll‘h snake-doctorâ€"nonc other will (loâ€"one who me. I want to square myself with my has obtained his diplomas by a long and _ arduous novitiatc, and has himself become Mr. Harry Houndsâ€"“But why Wlll that poison. roof, This immunity he obtains by square you, as you put it, with Mrs. Chase?” gradually increasing the “Because there’s an article in it itchiii . . ~ into Mrs Busby... P g . IVIIWLE‘NCE 0i T1135 1 Oisox . “But, is she down on Mrs Busby 2" inoculations which from time to tune he in- uCermmjy She is_ It was at Mrs. Busy)va flicts upon his person. One of the methods ' adopted by the novice to obtain the desired “And what’s the matter with Mrs Crash- immunity is to collect a goodly number of of ‘3" scorpions and placcthcm on a bullock hide. “Why, it was Mrs. Crasher who comon He then goes and 1165 down, and mus “ml “(dikeunpardonablé sin. She told smug tumbles about amongst the infuriated iii- Eyddy, who tom m‘ylwife’ that it was a Won. sects, which, acting as it is “their nature to" desl. wlmfthm Sue)”, fascinating, agreeable are not slow to wreak their vcn cancc on man as Mr;- (lhazirc, meaning your humble his nude body. Instances arc ’nown of servant, 11ml i'c’rmiifned single, somehow, I embryo medicos who have actually succumb- never told her’I was married. That's the ed to this barbarous metllo‘i 0f “Walking reason Mrs. Christ: will be glad to see Mrs. the hospitalS-” Busby roasted. If you Were married, my To come to the European’s or white man’s boy, you’d know something about the subtle- remedy i the “1031” P0 “131' “lld Widely “50d tics of a. woman’s logic.” is a preparation caller “Croft’s Tincturc of. Life.” Croft was one of the original British settlers of 1820. He had been to India, whence he was said to have brought the rc- cipe to the Cape. During his lifetime he stoutly maintained that its preparation was in profound secret, known only to himself, and discovered by him when resident in India. Ithn he (lied, hc bequcatlicd the secret hundred of the darned things When I got‘ ‘emain on the fire until all its virtues are The Spread of Leprosy. According to Dr. Morell Mackenzie, leprosy, the scourge of the Middle Ages, has not become practically extinct among Euro-‘ peans, but is rcally spreading. It has be- Norway, is found also in Portugal, Greece and Italy, and is rapidly spreading in Sicily, in the Baltic provinces of Russia and in France, while the British Islands are not with the most. solcm injunctions to keep it exempt from it. In the United States cases inviolatc; and further, that she was to have been found in California, in some of the “will” it with the same proviso to her dc- §tates of the Northwest, in Utah and Louis- scendants; or in default of the latter, to her iaiia. Many cases exist. in New Brunswick. iicxt of kin. Croft made immense profits out In the Sandwich Islands the disease first of the sale of his “Tincturc of Life,” as he broke out. in 1853, and there are now 1,100 used to charge fifteen shillings for a. small lcpcrs in the Molokai settlement alone. bottleful, the ingredients of which did not The disease is extending in the \Vcst Indies. propably cost him so many halfpcncc. 0f its sterling curative properties there can be The Old. Old Story. no questimiif used externally and also inter- Bashm Rustic Lover (trying to work him_ nally, Within a reasonable period following self up to the sticking point)â€"-“Sally, does the infliction of the bite. Time Of course IS ! ) your ma like me .,n everything. If the. poison be absorbed for 1 “Sally-«“Ma says you are a. splendid fol. any lengthened period before the application er !" of, indeed, any remedy the chances of cure , . are almost nil. As regards the absorption of 133;,11- L~â€"‘“A"d (1°05 )0“? P“ “kc me’ 531' poisons into thcystcm, Sin'Joseph Fayrcr, in Sim}, _encoumgingly)_upa said the 0th iswork on the 1 hanatophulm. qundza,says: ,- . “That any drug or substance solid or fluid (feign; he “mhed he bud 8’ 80" exactly like that is either swallowed or iiioculatcd, caii B_ R“ L.__“And _d_d0 you like me, Sal. counteract or neutralise the pmson once T0 AK ONLY DAUGHTER, , THE GRIM MONSTER. A Thrilling Struggle With Death Under the Operator‘s Knife. A Hospital Incident. The writer was one of a small grou of spectators some time ago who had one of’the most thrilling experiences that ever oceur amimd a surgeon’s table. The story has been told once, but it» is worth tellin again. A man of about ~10 years was placef in an ogemtiug chair in a hospital amphitheatre. T ie case was a desperate one, iuid the sur- geon was to operate with a bare chance of success. which the patient had elected to take. It was a choice between a slow, agonizing death and the possibility that he might survive an operation-which would probably kill him. A hard, cancerous tumor rather larger than a lion‘s egg had grown in the tissues on the right side of his neck be- neath the ear and the corner of the jawbone. The growth liud crowded upon the carotid artery, the larynx, and important nerves, and for days the man had lived I.\' CONSTANT All US Y. There was no possible relief for him except. the knife, and the survcou oll'crcd him no encouragement even as t 10 result of his skill. To operate cvcii upon a bare chance of suc- cess was the only incrciful thing to do. Thench is a dangerouslocution foranoper- ation of any kind. It is full of great nerves, arteries, and veins which it. is death to touch with a knife. In the. present case some of the more important organs were probably directly involved by the tumor. The surgeon explained the situation to the students, and said he should attempt the complete extirpa- tion of the tumor. If the patient survived that» radical operation he would probably recover. The patient had borne the ctheriz- atiou well, and the surgeon went to work at once. By a slight incision be laid back the skin and thin tissues beneath covering the tumor. He began to work around it, dis- sectingf the tissues with greatest care. It. prove to be an extremely hard growth, FIR.“ AND DEEPLY SEATED. He had worked but a few minutes when the patient began to show signs of collapse. An assistant surgeon quickly injected a strong stimulant by means of a hypodermic syringe. The principal operator kept steadily on, working as rapidly as the delicate nature of the task would admit. But a moment or two later the colla so of the patient became com iletc. The reath grew fainter, and caused altogether. The ulse at the wrist disappeared. The heart. itself stopped heating. The features book on the strange gray look of death. The man was dean. Instantly the scene among the doctors changed. Thcrc was no cXcitemcnt. The expected had happened. But the surgeons (lid not surrender their patient to the grim messenger so easily. The 0 icrator with- drew his instruments and adaudoned his work. The surgical chair in which the patient was seated was tipped back to u reclining position, and an assistant endeavor- ed t-O restore breath to the empty lungs by the manipulation resorted to with persOns rescued from drowning. Another doctor applied the full current of an electric bat- tcry at various points on the man’s body. Nothing had any effect, but the efforts were {not relaxed for an instant. The situation was one of awful suspense for those who looked on. Every known re- storative had been applied in vain and it seemed that NOTHING LESS THAN A MIRACLE could relight the spark which had utterly gone out. Ten full minutes passed. Finally there came a slight twitchin of the muscles of the chest in response to t ic intense elec- tric current there applied. A little later there was a flutter of breath from the lungs, and slowly the gray look of death merged into a more natural palloi‘. Other signs of life came back, and finally the patient suf- fcrcr wascalledback from a lllCl‘Clllll death to another space of pain. Thou arose the question whether to pursue further the operation which had been undertaken. The chief surgeon explained that collapse of the pa- tient thus early in the work proved that. the tumor penetrated even deeper than he feared, and that it involved the piicumo-gastric nerve. To continue the original operation would result in immediate death, beyond ossibility of reviving. T he surgeon said ie would content. himself therefore with removing some of the outer portion of the tumor in the hope of thus relieving some- what the pressure upon the vital organs of the neck. This was rapile done, and the wound was closed up. The patient came back to consciousness, and to a les- sened degree of suffering, but he lived only a few weeks. Romance Reduced to Figures. There is an English literary man who at the end of each year penetrates into the published fiction and extracts therefrom very often some exceedingly interesting figures. The results of his researches into last year's 1y ‘3" absorbed and acting 9“ the “0""c'ccntrcgv I fiction are entertaining: Of the heroines Sally (leaning herlicad on his manly breast) do “0t believc'n-{Chambm’ Journnl'] â€"“La, Tom, you know I do l” One minute later Sally was engaged to Tom. and the disagreeable job that he had dreaded for five years was a thing of the Silver-Gilt Insignia Instead of Gold. The insignia of the Bath, which has hitherto been made of gold, is in future to be merely silver-gilt. The representatives of deceased Knights of the Bath always re- turned their insignia until the Crimean \l'ar period. when, for some reason or other, it was ordered by the House of Commons to be retained, which thus proved a. costly piece of nonsense for the country. In most cases the representative of a deceased Knight took his insignia to the Queen‘s jeweler and sold it to him, the result being thit it was later on supplied to another Knight; the same insignia might serve for several, each one being given it- to keep, but. the heirs invari- ably preferred to convert it into cash. It was a very nice arrangement for the Knights, and not unprofitable to the jeweler, but ex. naive for the taxpayers. In future the insignia will be made by aBirmingham firm, in scores, by contract. A Cheerful Explanation. I’assengerâ€""C-c-o-o-n-ductor, why have you let the fires go out 3 We are almost fro- zen to death." Conductor-“\Yell, you see, gents, we soon come to a very rotten bridge, and if there should be an accident the Company don’t wish the newspapers to lay the blame against the car-stoves.” Not Such a Very Lovely Creature. This is the way a Western chap publishes the 'rl who went back on him : “. e is five feet eleven in her stocking feet. Her backbone is as straight as a poplar. She is forty-five years old. She nave-rm married and never will be. There isn't «rough fat on her to grease the bin es of a butterfly": wings, and she sits amid t e {mneuutiou of humanity and the mask of thermometers and laughs the boiling mercury to scorn." More Important to the Readers. Foreman (whistling down the tube to the editorlâ€""One of these articles must be left out. There isn't room for both." Editorâ€"“What are they 2" Foremanâ€"“Earthquake in Europe, fifty lives lost, anda piece about selling more papers in Quohosh than all the other dailies combined." Editorâ€"“Imvc out the earthquake." Customerâ€""Whats the charge?" Bar- berâ€"“ Twcnt cents." C.-â€"“Twenty cents! \Vhy, I thong t you charged only ten cents for a shave. D.â€"«“ Yes, air, but you see you have a double chin." portrayed in novels, he finds 372 were do- scribcd as blondcs, while 190 were brunettes. Of the 562 heroines, 437 were beautiful, 274 were married to the man of their choice, while 30 were unfortunate enough to be bound in wedlock to the wrong man. The heroines of fiction, this literary statistician claims. are greatly improving in health, and do not die as early as in irevious years, al- though consumption is still in the lead among fatal maladies to whichtheyauccumb. Early marriages, however, are on the increase. The personal charms of the heroines includ- , .cd 980 “ expressive cvcs"aiit179‘2 “ shell-like ears.” Of the eyes, had a drcumv lot 1:, 390 flashed fire, while the remainder had no special attributes. Eyes of brown and blue ,arc in the . scendnnt. There was found to to a large increase in the number of heroines who possessed dimples. 502 were blessed with sisters, and 342 had brothers. In 47 cases, mothers figured as heroines. with 112 children between them. Of these. 71 child- ren were rescued from watery graves. Eigho teen of the husbands of those married hero. ines were discovered to be liigamisto, while seven husbands had notes found in their pockets that exposed “everything.” And thus is the romance of a year reduced to figum. l Sricz Cutsâ€"~01“: pound of flail'r,'one-lialf pound of sugar, one-half pound of butter, , {om- cggn' one cup of sweet milk, two table- :spoonfx-ls of baking powder, one tablespoon, -' ful each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. 4 us... “A .y. 0.-.. . I l