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M â€" I] TB CORAL SBA. gun-n. AI Extraordlnary Search for an Eccentric Young Heir. When David Tottcn of Birmingham, England, away in the 78th year of his age he left £3,000,000 behind him, every and of which was to go to his son Dick. he wife had been dead many years, and Dick had been in Australia for four or live. Indeed, for the last year and a half he had not been heard from, directly or in. directly, and the best the Birmingham solicitors could do was to advertise for him in the Sydney and Melbourne papers. Dick Totten was a queer young man. He was about ‘24 when he landed in Australia. Nature had not balanced his head just right. He was given to fits and moods, and no one liked him. He left home in 9. buff, as he had done on several other occasions, and he made things aboard the steamer very un- comfortable for the other passengers on the voyage out. He picked so many rows_that the Captain had to threaten him with trans to TAME uni DOWN. He had not been in Sydney four hours when he was arrested for striking a pedestrian who accidentally jostled him on a corner. After a few days he went off up country, and later was lost sight of by every one who knew him. \Vhen the news came out to the colony that flick Totten was wanted as the heir to $15,000,000 there was something of a stir. \Vhen, three months later, it was advertis- ed that a reward of $2,500 would be paid to any one locating him, there was only one man in all Australia. who could come any- where near it. That man was John Faul - ner of Melbourne. He had been a sailor and a ship carpenter, but having lost a leg he had been com ellcd to “job around ” and pick up the est living he could. It was strange information he had to give. It seemed that young Totten became disgusted with Australia after travelling about for a couple of years, and decided to retire from that colony and the world as well. One day he appeared at Melbourne, and began searching for a small sailing craft. hi this search he ran across Faulkner, who knew of a small 3100 for sale. Totten’s first idea. was to go 0 alone, but when he found that no craft which one man could manage would be safe A MILE orr rm: COAST he changed his plans. The sloop in ques- tion could be handled by a crew of three. He bought her, and engaged Faulkner and a second man named Ross. He gave his own name as \Vhite, and his destination as the Coral Sea for a pleasure cruise. The two men very soon concluded that Totten (White) wasa little off, but as he promised good wages and appeared able to manage business matters, they decided to stick by him. It was part and parcel of the agreement that they should not mention a. word to outsiders, and when the sloop left not a man in Melbourne knew anything of her plans. She was well provisioned, and Totten took aboard a. stock of garden seeds, 8. quantity of lumber, hardware, tools, and extra clothing. Among his purchases was one of $500 worth of books. He also took with him six goats, six pigs,two dozen hens, a dozen ducks, a cage of rabbits, two dozen pigeons, a couple of dogs and a parrot. The sloop took her departure at night, and sever- al days later was sighted at sea. According to the story told by Faulkner, and everybody believed in his veracity, the sloop stood to the north until she reached the New Guinea. Islands. If you have a chart of that sea you will find its northern border composed of islands. great and small. They number at least 500 in all, ranging from a mere dot of land, across which you can throw a peb- ble. to islands inhabited by 2,000 natives. For many days the sloop was dodging about among the islands to find one to suit Totten. He at length selected one about tWo miles long by one mile in breadth. A portion of it was COVERED “'1'”! FOREST and the remainder was a fertile plain. There was a large spring of fresh water, no signs of inhabitants, and when he had in- spected it he announced his intention of entering upon a Crusoe life. The cargo of the sloop was unloaded, the oods carried up to a spot which he selecte¢~ for the site of his house, and the two men were with him for a week or more. “’hen everything was safely landed he gave them their wages for six months, presented Faulkner with the sloop, and ordered them off. That it might not be easy to find him should search he made, he took away the com ass. The men hesitated to go without it, ut he be- came so enraged that they feared v.olence, and put to sea. Fortunately when about one hundred miles to the south they came across a trad- ing vessel, which sold them a compass and gave them a chart and the course. and after a great deal of knocking about they reached Melbourne. That is, ‘fli‘nulkner did, but Ross died at sea three days before of some strange fever. Fortunately for the surviv- or he had spoken a ship, and she was lying to beside him when his mate died. Other- wise it might have been suspected that he had made way with him. Faulkner had nothing to say on his return, and it was only when he became convinced that “"hite was Totten and the missing heir that he came forward and told the whole story. By the time a Melbourne solicitor had been empowered to send out a searching ex- pedition two years had elapsed. There was a wait to find the right sort of craft and au- othcr for the bad weather season to pass. and when the search was finally entered upon Dick Totten had been playin Robin- son Crusoeofor over two years an a half. The craft- chartered for the search was a top- sail schooner of 300 tons burden, carrying a crew of seven men, and the solicitor sent one of his clerks along as his legal represen- tative. As I was mate of the craft, I am speaking by the card in giving you all these articulsrs. The Captain was a man named . funroe, who had long been in the New Zealaud trade. Faulkner was taken along as cook, and our departure ' CREATED QUITE A 51‘”! throughout Australia. It is probably the only case on record where a ship had to be chartered to search the ocean for the sole heir to an enormous fortune. You will figure that it was a very easy thin tostccr for the Coral Sea and have Foul ncr int out the island on which Tot~ ten had In 'eu up his abode, but we found difficulties from the very tact. Tolten had a chart of the Coral Sea, of. he had not allowed bani! :-r to inspect it. The latter, herefcm, could not say what islands had ‘ first been sighted. He could not be certain [books and a medicine chest, but we failed of the course steered afterward. Our only ' to lay hands on the guilty parties, and to way was to visit and search every one, un~ this day they have gone unpunished for that less we happened to fall in with natives or dastardly crime. As near as we could fix a trader who could give us definite informa- it the murder took place at least a year be- tion. fore we reached the island. Our search We steered a course for Louisiade Archi- prayed the death of the legal heir. and the Image. which is about, opposite and to the millions of money went to the next of kin, east of Cape York on the mainland. Here Who had been 01d Totten’s bitten!“ enemies within an area of thirty square miles are no for many long years. - less than twenty-two small islands. In some cases the channels between them were navigable ; in others we had to send in the yawl. Each and every island was explored but without giving us any tidings. One Is- land looked like another to Faulkner, and your family! Make More of Your Home. What time do on take for your home and on must take time for it if you would havs ita blessing to yourself,and if you would train up your children to be happy and useful. \Vhen Rev. Dr. Guthrie, the great Scotch preacher, was called to Edinburgh, he re- solved to spend his evenings with his fam- ily, and not in his study, as was customary with the other pastors of the cityâ€"a bit of ‘ _ _ common sense for which he is more to be small island about Sixty miles to the east to respected than for his superb eloquence. replenish his Water 0351“. but hm! been And Sir Thomas More, the great English fired upon by some one concealed .m the lstatesmau, said that it was hard work, with bushes and driven off. ‘ That was. eighteen his ublic duties, to find time for private, months previously. His description of the stufy, because “ I must, have time to talk island tallied pretty well With Faulkner‘S, with my wife, and chat with my children, and we at once set out In searCh- _ and to have somewhat to say to my servants; The trader's information a8 1:0 locatlon for all these things I reckon as a part of my and distance was indefiniw. 30d While 3311' business unless a man will be a stranger at ing to the cost- We stopped to examine every home,” uninhabited island which If the truth were known, it would be rnomssn us A CLUE. found that homes from which float out the One day in searching on island which Faulk' social wrecks of society are only eating and nor Was almost sure was the one Totten had sleeping places. No time is devoted in them been left on. I ran across an old camp to the nurture of family life. The father WhiCh hfld PTeVioule been 003-11)in by and mother do not sit down with the child- several men for some days or weeks. we soon found that he was all upside down. \Vhen we had finished with the archipelago we steered to the northeast and picked up island after island without scor- ingapoint. At the \Voodlark group we came across a trading schooner which gave us a bit of information. Her captain re- ported that he bad attempted to land on a had built rude shelters, cut down many small trees for firewood, and there were . many relics of their stay. I found some things which at once added a very serious face to our further search. I picked up three books which had doubtless been of the number carried out by Totteu, and also found some seeds, three or four pieces of crockery, and a hand mirror. As soon as. Faulkner had landed he was sure he had. never set foot in that place before. We CX< plored the island from side to side and from 3 end to end, and it was found to be anything but the one the sailor had lived on for a week or ten days. We now feared the worst. On all the inhabited islands of the Coral Sea is a class of men called “beachcombers.” They are' sailors, traders, wreckers, thieves. and . worse. Anything which can be carried off is 5 theirprey,andhalf adozeuof themoftenband 5 together and take possession of some small island. If these men had discovered Totten on this island home they would not hesitate at murder in order to secure his possessions. The relics found in the old camp seemed to prove robbery at least. Totten had no boat and could not leave his island. If any one had visited him he would not have present- ed them with the books, as the uncut leaves proved he had not yet perused them himself. t was almost without hope that we con- tinned the search. 011 the fourth day after we struck the right ; island at last, though Faulkner declared he had never set eyes on it before. This it as . because he had approached it from the south with the sloop, whereas we now approached it from the northern side. \Ve did not know ' it- to be the right island until some time after landing. The schooner was obliged to . cast anchor about half a. mile off the beach, i and I then went ashore with the men. A * heavy growth of trees and bushes came right ‘ down to high-water mark. The three of us ; set out to cross to the south side, and we when we They ran for a. social chat, and a hearty laugh, or perchance, a joyous romp. Children do not go to ruin from houses where these things are habitual. It is such things that make them love home and keep them from the associations that lead to ruin. Cherish the home then, withinfinite ten- derness. You cannot love it too much, or give it too much time and thought. Life has nothing better to offer youâ€"no better sphere for good influenceâ€"no place where you can more surely find and give happiness and train children for right character and success in life. It is the climax and crown of God’s gifts. Make every day of life in it rich and sweet. See to it that in its soil you plant no seeds of bitter memoryâ€"no I neglect, no harshness, no want of sympathy and love to haunt you in after years. Your little ones will die and go hence with your words, your example, your spirit planted in their eternal nature. Sons and daughters will go from you into the great world to live as you have taught themâ€"to be strong or weak according to the spirit you have en- grnfted upon them. How sweet or how bitter will be the memory of the days when they were with youâ€"of what your home has shaped them to be ! The Pickleuess of Fortune. Learn how quickly turns the wheel of for- tune ; from how high up to how far down went Nebuchadnezzar. Those now in places of position and power, even though they should live, will in a few years he disregard- ed while some who are this day obscure and : poverty-stricken will ride up on the should- ‘ ers of the people to take their turn at ad- miratiou and the spoils of, ofiice. Oh, how r quickly the wheel turns ! Ballot boxes are ; the steps on which men come down as often was they go up. Of those who .were a. few : years ago successful in the accumulation of property, how few have not met with re- had made our way for about half a mile 3 verses of fortune, while many of those who then were struitened in circumstances now hold the bonds and the bank keys of the CAUGHT SIGHT OF A “on” nation and win the most bows on the ex- and also heard a. rooster crow. A few min- change. Of all fickle people in the world utcs later a. dog barked, and then we knew Fortune is the most fickle. Every day for certain that we had at last found the ‘ changes her mind, and woe to that man who hiding place of the missing heir. The dog 5 puts any confidence in what she promises presently appeared to view, but he looked . or proposes. She cheers when you go up wild and half starved, and with all our E and she laughs when you come down. coaxing we could not bring him nearer: “If the man was here that dog Oh trust not a moment your- heart’s affection; would to this changeable World. Anchor your not look that way,” observed one of theisoul in God. From Christ’s love gather men. lyour joy. Then, come sorrow or glaoness, Iliad the same thought, and believing that we were on the point of making some success or defeat, riches or piwerty, honor g or disgrace, health or sickness, life or death, time or eternity, all are yours and ye are sad discovery I ordered a. return to the l Chris“! and Christis Gm“, beach and had the men pull off for the Cap- tain and the lawyer’s clerk. There were five of us, and we struck into the forest again. When we reached its southern edge we saw a rude board shanty a few rods before us, the deor of which was open and swinging ., in the breeze. Some fowls were walking 3 about, and we could hear pigs grunting in the bushes. The dog which we had seen be- fore now saluted us from a mass of rocksi surroundin the spring. On the lawn : around the‘honse Were scattered leaves of books, articles of clothing, broken boxes, and many bottles, and as We looked about the Captain said : “ The beachoombers have been here, and we shall find only the bones of the man we seek l” We first moved down to the house. It p contained only one room, and the floor was littered with books, bottles, seeds, and various other things. Boxes had been broken open and, their contents emptied, but amid all the confusion it could be seen that nothing of real value was left. In and about the door were a score of bullet holes. “ We shall find it down there l” said the Ca tain, as he pointed to the rocks, and we fol owed him. The dog made a great fuss as we drew near, and we knew why. He was Gll.\RDl.\'(‘. THE DEAD hour of his master. No it was not a dead body but rathera skeleton. The flesh was not yet all gone, but what was left had shrivel- led and dried and looked like leather. It lay at full length, and there was a bullet hole through the centre of the forehead. Twenty rods to the south, in the edge of a thicket, we found two more skeletons. These men had belonged to the party mak- ing the attack. “'e figured it out that Tot- teu had first been attacked in his house. He had a good supply of firearms and ammuni~ tion. As he was doubtless unable to return the fire of his assailants from the shanty he had charged out and ensconsced himself '_ among the rocks. How [on hehad stood off a no one could say, but e had made a good fight of it before being struck down. \Vncn we left the island we took with us the skeleton and everything bearing on the case. \‘v'c then spent six weeks cruising about in search of a clue to the murderers. We ran across a trader who had seen six beachcombers in a craft in the neigborhood of the island. We found a native with one l of 'l‘otten's cons, which he had bought of al white man. “'4: found men who had seen Australian Hospitality. Australian station hospitality keeps the latch string always out and says : “ Come when you wrsh, do what you like, and stay as long as you can.” A writer says that the Australian host places himself, his fam- ily, and all that is his at the service of the guest-fishin94tackle, breech-loaders, horses and servants.‘ Such hospitality is rarely abused, though the writer mentions one ex- ceptional case, where the guest prolonged his visit until it were out his welcome. To one station came a visitor, whose original intention of staying a month was reconsid- ered, and he remained two. Six months assed and he was still there. He enjoyed himself hugely with horses, dogs, and guns, developed an encouraging appetite, and his host did not complain. After about nine months,the host’s manner became less warm, and at the end of the year he spoke no more to his guest. The latter was not sensitive, but lingered on for the space of a second year, when he departed and went to visit somebody else. During these two years he was never told that he had stayed long enoth and would do well to go away. ' Human Beings with Horus. Horny exercsenccs arising from the hu- man head have not only occurred in this country but have been frequently reported by English surgeons as well as those from severe parts of Continental Europe. The Imperial Museum at Vienna, the British Museum of the Vatican, Rome, and several lesser institutions of the kind, have fine single specimens or whole collections of these curiosities. In the “Natural History of Cheshire” a woman is mentioned who had been afflicted with a tumor or vein on her head for thirty-two years. It finally great.- ly enlarged and two horns grew out of it after she was 70 years old. 'l‘hese horns which are each within a fraction of eleven inches long and two inches across at the base, are now in the Innsdale collection in the British Museum. In the annals of the l French Academv there is an account of one “Pietro le Dibld," or Peter, the Dev], who had three horns on his head; two, no large as these of a goodsimd ram, one behind each ear, and one straight one 9 1-2 inches long growing from his forehead. Did space permit I could give dozens of authentic ac- tite other dog. We found some more of the icounts equally rare and wonderful. Dreamland. In the dim math: I wandered through, The shadow land of sleep. Came many souls of lovers true, A tryst unknown to keep. There came the God of Dreams to rulqr' His phantom kin om o'er. And roses white an wonderful. And ghostly lillies bore. And as I wandered, loneliest The spirits free among. Unto al . those whose love was bles’ The fairest flowers he flung. Then I caught his garmont’s floating hem, Blurmurmg bitterly : a “lung all the daylight is for themâ€" And hast thou naught for m: 1" An instant as I stayed him there He looked upon my face, Before his garment's fold of air Melted from my embrace. Then, swifter than a shadow flies He passed, and no flower fellâ€" But his eyes were as my lost love's eyes, Looking a last farewell. -â€"l.\Iay Kendall. Everybodv's Garden- All along the “vi 'side is everybody's garden! There the \\'i1 rose blossoms through the Summer days. Bounded by field fences, and over stretching . onward, It is God's own garden. For it, give Him praise. 'Tis gay with goldonrod, There blooming grasses nod, And sunflowers small and yellow turn over un~ to the sun: Quaint turkey-hoods are there. And daisies wild and fair. In everybody's garden, each flower‘s the love- liest one. All along the wayside is cvcrybody’s garden I Come ougand gather posies; the very air is swoc Come our, with hearts of gladncss, ye big and little children, Into our Father‘s garden, made for our stroll- ing feet. . 4 . The flitting butterfly. ‘ The fragrant winds that. sigh, ""‘ The tiny clouds that hover above us in the blue, The bird's son high and clear, Make heaven raw more near. In everybpdy’s garden the world once more is new -[William Zachary Gladwln. Evening. Dim falls the light o‘er all the dreaming woods g Athwnrt the distant western sky are glenms or gold and amber ; pearly rose-edged clouds Looking so passing fair. one almost dreams. The opening gate of Paradise hath lent Some tinge of glory to the dying day : And eurth-boun souls. with longing, ling'rlng gaze. Would faln rise up and move along thatwny. A stillness sweet and solemn all around ; The song of birds is hushed ; there falls no quiver 0f rustling leaf, or shaken trembling reed, Upon the fair taunt brightness of the river. The crescnt moon gloams coldly, dimly, forth And in the dccp'nlng blue of woven, afar, A tepder watchor o’er the troubled world, Shmeth one solitary glitt‘ring star. The shadows deepen on the distant hill : Thelhigpest peaks but touched with ling'ring 1g 1 ; And down their purpling sides, soft misty clouds 'Wrap all the valleys in a dusky night. And far away the murmur of the son, And moonlit waves breaking in foamy line. So Nightâ€"God's Angel, Night with silvery wmgs, Fills all the earth with loveliness divine. . â€"-[Graham. Masses From an old Manse. BY GED. THOS- BOWLING. D. D. Theministcr's wife had just finished her chores, ch calling on all the church eoplo: An sgme she'd found open as at the church oors, And some she'd found stiff as the steeple. For while all the dcacons had slept on the wall A committee had come like a lion; And by givmg her husband a generous call, Had shaken the bulwarks of Zion. For years they had paid him who taught them the Word, About six hundred dollars or seven : For they felt that a preacher should " trust in the Lord," And grow fat on the “ manna from Heaven." And so the cash question had come to annoy; Which with so many ministers rankles; For the Lord had sent children ; three girls and a boy, . And the boyâ€"hollow down to his ankles. Sister Blodgett, the wife of “a pillar,” had- cried. (They supported a carria e and horses). “ Beware l lostyou sin age nst God," she had si rhcd; “ A rolling stone gathers no mosses.” The preacher looked up from the book which he read, _ And his merry eyes twmkled with laughter. “ \Vhy didn't you tell slsterlllodgett," he said, “ That moss isn't what we are ufterl” â€"[New York Independent. Der Oak Und Der Vine. I don'd vas preaching vomun's righdts, Or unydinz like dot. Und I likes to see all bco les Shust gondontcd mit d 1011‘ lot: Budt I vents to gondradict dot shop Dot made dis lccdlc shoke; ' “A vomnn vas dor gllnging vine, Und man, der shturdy oak. " Berlmps. somdimcs, dot may be druc; Budt. den dimes oudt otl’ nine, I find me oudt dot man himself Vas pecn dcr glin 'in vino: Und ven hccs frion tst hey all vns gone, Und he vas shust "dcnd prokc." Dot‘s vhen der voman shtcps righdt in, Und pecn der shturdy oak. Shust. go on ‘to der paseball groundts Und seo (1 none “ shturdvoaks ” All planted roundt ubon dor seats-â€" Shust hear dheir laughs und shakes! Dhon rec dhose vomem at der tubs. Mit glothcs oudt on dcr lines ; Vhlch vas der sturdy oaks. minc friendts, Und vhicb dcr glinging vines! Vcn sickness in dor householdt comes, Und vceks and vceks he hhta s. \Vho vas id flghdts him mltou t resdt, Dhose veary nlghts und days! “'ho hence and omfort always pilngs, Und cools dot cfcrcd prowl More like id vas dcr tender vine Dot oak be slings to now. "Man vents budt lccdlc hcrc pclow." Der boet von time said ; Dhcrc‘s lecdle dot man he don‘t vant, I dink ld means, lnshted : Und ven dcr years kcr rolling on. Dhelr mrcs und drou les prmglng, He vents to pe dcr shturdy oak, Cad, also, do der slinging. Mayne. vhen oaks dhcy gllng some more. Lnd don’d soshturdy pcen. Der slinging vines dhey but some chance To hel run Life‘s masheen. In heldh und sickness. she] and pain, In calm or shtormy veddher. . . 'Tvas bedder dot dbose oaks and vines Should always gllng togeddher. There are thirteen miles of bookshelves in the British Museum. Nearly 40,000 men desert from the Ger. man army every twelve months. -â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"_... HEALTH. Care and Cultivation of the Hair. Au eminent authority on the cars and cultivation of the hair says, that cutting and shaving may for the time iucrous the action of the growth, but it has no perman- ent effect either upon the hair~sac, and will not in any way add to the life of the hair. On the contrary, cutting and shaving will cause the hair to grow longer for the time being, but in the end will inevitably short- eu its term of life by exhausting the nutri- tive action of the hair~forming apparatus. When the hairs are frequently out, they Will usually become coarser, often losing the beautiful loss of the fine and delicate hairs. he igmeut will likewise chan oâ€"brown. or instance, becomiu the c estnut, and black changin to dark rown. In addition, the ends 0 very many will be split and rugged, present- inga brush-like appearance. it the hairs appear stunted in their growth upon por~ tions of the scalp or heard, or gray hairs crop up here and there, the method of clip- ‘ ping off the ends of the short hairs, of plus ing out the rugged, withered, and gray hairs, will allow them to grow stronger, and thicker. Mothers, in rearing their children,should not cut their hair at certain periods of the year (during the superstitious period of full moon), in order to increase its length and luxuriance as they bloom into womanhood or manhood. This habit of cutting the hair of children brings evil in place of good, and is also condemned by the dis- tinguished worker in this department, Pro- fessor K aposi, of Vienna, who states that it is well known that the hair of women who possess luxuriant locks from the time of girlhood never again attains its original length after having once been cut. Pincus has made the same observation by frequent experiment, and he adds that there is a on- - eral opinion that frequent cutting of the air increases its length ; but the effect is differ- ent from that generally supposed. Thus, upon one occasion, he states that he cut off circles of hair an inch in diameter on the heads of healthy «men, and from week to week compared the intensity of rowth of the shorn place with the rest of the hair. The result was sub prising to this close and careful observer, as he found'in some cases the numbers were equal, but generally the growth becpme slower after cutting, and he has never ob- served un increase in rapidity. .k The Banana. The banana, notwithstanding certain pre- judices to the contrary, is among the most valuable and nutritious foods. Primitive man in tropical countries is said to have subsisted mainly upon this fruit, and the savage of the sea islands owes to it his phys- ical power. The claim is made and sup- ported by reliable authority that bananas coutaiu all the essential elements of nutri- tion, and that if necessary life can be sus- tained by an exclusive diet of this fruit. What has not been generally known is the fact that the banana. is a developed tropical lily from which by ages of cultiva- tion the seeds have been eliminated and the fruit greatly expanded. Thus the Scrip- ture I’l’llfilled, “ Thou shalt feed among the bliss. Rhos Poisoning. A solution of two drachms of muriate or ammonia in four ounces of water applied to the parts three or four time a day, will be found an absolute specific for rhus poisoning. Ingrowiug Nail. In the treatment of an ingrown nail, good results have followed‘the useof salicylic acid. The flesh which has grown over and upon the nail can be removed by the application ‘of a mixture of two drachms of salicylic acid to one ounce of vuscline. This must be applied daily. Before reapplyin g the ointment each day, it will be necessary to remove a. portion of the overgrown flesh, which comes off easily and without sin. In a. few days it will thus be entire y destroyed; also, at the same time and daily, put a smell pledget of ab- sorbent cotton under the ingrown nail. The nail must not be out or trimmed. It may require a considerable time to bring about a cure in this way, but relief is per- manent. This method of treatment has succeeded in the writer’s practice where pining other plans, including bultion, have at e . The Uouch. A room without a. couch of some sort is only half furnished. Life is full of ups and downs, and all that saves the sanity of the mentally jaded and physically exhausted fortune fighter is the periodical food cry, and the momentary loss of consciousness on the up-stairs lounge, or the old sofa in the sitting-room. There are times when so many of the things that distract us could be straightened out, and the way made clear, if one only had a long, comfortable couch on whose soft bosom he could throw himself, boots and brains, stretch his weary frame, unmindful of tubes and tapestry, close his tired eyes, relax the tension of his muscles, and give his harassed mind a chance. Ten minutes of this soothing nar- cotic, when the head tbrobs, the soul yearns for endless, dreamlcss, eternal rest, would make the vision clear, the nerves steady, the heartlight, and the star of hope shine again. There isn’t a doubt but the longin to die is mistaken for the need of a nap. nstead of the immortality of the soul, business men and working-women want regular and sys- tematic doses of dozing, and after a mossy bank in the shade of an old oak, that suc- ceeding J uneshave converted into atonement of song birds, there is nothing that can ap- proach a big sofa or a low, long couch plac- ed ir. a corner where tired nature can turn her face to the wall and sleep and doze away the gloom. An Awkward Revelation. Young Hopeful (who has been told to gaff off the young man’s knee because he is too heavylâ€"“Too heavy ! Why, in sister weighs 100 lbs more than I do, an be held her on his lap for more than tvvo hours last night." 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