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Admâ€"«mm <- - .‘ft‘h‘wm _, ,_. “w.- ~ _ "dubious SURGERY. l RFMARKABLE METHODS or‘ IN THE FAR EAST. CURE (blur-u- are the Victimsâ€"Woe to astronau- th fulla Sick Among: Mongols-Ir, nornurr m I)er in Their confidence I h Imhlllut- â€"(‘Ivlllzul Ideas of lhe llcnl- 1 hide, wit, In: Ari-Likely to Follow Japanese Invasion. an infallible cure of curvature of the spins, a hunchback applied to him and asked if he could straighten his back. The surgeon undertook to do so and agreed with the man's relatives that he should ask no ice unless he fulfilled his agreement. “Placing the unfortunate patient on his back on a flat board, invoking meanwhile a'l the customary deities vvitn burning joss-s:icks,he placed a similar board on the patient's chest and abdomen, which he 1 heavy Weights and stones. “ The result of this novel orthopaedic surgery Was that the patient was so It wiil be an absolute necessity, accord. ellectualiy straightened out that he died ing to medical authorities, to establish Cl\'llll.£‘d ideas in the healing art in China. before much advancement will be oi:s:rved in social life, and the first. step in this behalf us; now been taken by Dr. Hall, who during his abode in Shanghai, was punished for “murdering a dead man’s soul” as a result of trying to show a Willing followa the real anatomy of man by dissection. 'lhe American physician sums up his observations of what the Chinese know of medicine and anatomy in the following terms:â€" “Tiie Chinese believe tho human form to be a mass of flesh supported by an ivory framework, and held in position by the skin. According to their theory of life the blood flows through it chiefly to supply perspiration to the surface. 008’s person is sacred to the gods and to mutilate it mutilates the soul at the same time. "This applies to the dead as well as to the livmg; hence dissection is forbidden. To cut. a dead body is punishable, the same as murder, of which I was found guilty, and my punishment drove me from the land of the 'intimate friend of the moon,’ and to the abandonment of my project. "Only the Lord High Executioner is al- lowed to do this dissecting, and that in the punishment called ‘Ling-chi,’ or cub ting up the body into a thousand pieces, which is the most terrible sentence in the Chinese penal code, for then the disgrace and suffering the victim is supposed to feel extends into the next world. WOMEN ON THE BRAIN. “The brain they believe to be the seat 0f the ‘yin,’ or female principle, the base of which has a sort of telegraphic coiumuni- cation wit-h the difi‘erent parts of the body through the marrow. In the thorax are the lungs, consisting of six lobes, five on one side,and one on the other, surrounding the heart and regulating the muscular activity of the chest wall. Respiration is perlorinedinthe abdominal region. The air is believed to pass from the mouth into the intestines, its use being to aid digestion, which is a kind of fermentation. “The heart is immediately below the lungs and is the seat of the mind. The liver is at the right of the heart,snd is the chief abode of life itself, and of the passions, which are supposed to be shared in common with the animal creation. The gallbladder supplies courage. It is not uncommon for Chinese soldiers to drink gall of animals for the purpose of increasing their courage. "Constitutional sickness is usually ascrib- ed to the agency of evil spirits, which can be controlled only by the right. propor- tions of the five elementsfire, earth,metal, wood, or plants,and Water. These compose all things human and divine. Some of the evil spirits, they believe, are too small to be seen by the naked eye. These correspond well with bacteria and are the most difficult to charm. RELYING ON THE PULSE. “ Many Chinese doctors declare that tli health of the body is maintained normaI by the flow of the internal perspiration, felt at the pulse,the beating and throbbing of which is one of their most important- diagnostic signs. The radial pulse is not the only one depended upon, there being four places on the right wrist. and as many on the left where if. is examined. One hundred different. kinds of pulse beats are describe by the doctors. " The wright wrist gives information concerning the heart and intestines, the left concerning the stomach and lungs. The skin is considered next in importance to the pulse. Every square inch of it is named and has it: appropriate poultice or plaster. “ A plaster which has effected a cure becomes both a sacred relic and a means of professional advertising. It is always preserved and displayed on the wall of the doctor’s office. The number of such plas- ters indicate the authority the practitioner has obtained over evil spirits, and denote his professional standing. mm in ADVANCE. “The distinction between physicians ‘ ~. and surgeons is more sharply defined than with Americans or Europeans, every man being expected to stick to his own branch of the piofcssiou. Nu surgeon is allowed to remove any part of the body except the teeth. The practice of his profession con- sists in pulling out splinters, removing foreign growths from the skin, setting bones, etc. He must not in any case give admc of physio. "As an example of the conventional Chinese medical practice, when a rich man was struck by an arrow, which remained axed in the wound, the principal p'nvsician oi the place was called, and, after pocket~ lug his ice in advance, the invariable cizstom, be cut off the projecting end of thel arrow, leaving the point buried in thel paticnt‘s flesh. “Knowing prowuional etiquette would not allow the physician to extract it,shnul4i it not acciueritly come away, the patient’s family summoned at the same time the principal surgeon of the place. "Copinry to the regulations ofAmerican 39d European physicians. all doctors in China divertiae reely. On arriving in a town one is always confronted Fill; great glaring signs setting forth not only the marvellous skill and many cures performed by the advertiser, but also recommending twoother medical" retiiren as almostequally . onion 1 lRO‘ED OUT A III‘SC" (ZACK “I now :shltll a truly remarkable surn' c .l \ .ur. lb» anew" having advertisch on the spot, but, noththstaziding, the doctor claimed his fee on the ground that he had kept his promise. “The bargain was that he should straight- en the patient’s back, which as a surgeon, he had done. Nothing had been sai.l of the man’s life, which a physican should have been employed to protect. The claim was allowed and the BHI'JCOD paid in full. liUMll-IOI'ATHS NOT \\'A NTED. " Chinese doctors are very liberal with their doses of medicine, for which they charge according to the quantity when con- sulted at the‘r offices. In the matter of size they enter to the popular taste, for their patients are not pleased with ample or small doses. Medicine must be compouud~ ed of at least five different drugs, important enough to have a killing edect, an evidence mu the Chinese have neither respect nor use for Homie-Jpaths. “ No sugar-coated pills for Moiigoliaiis. They want medicines with a bitter taste. The blacker and thicker the mixture, the better they are suited, the efficiency of a dose being in direct proportion to its size and nastiness. . “ The :ngredients used in the art of healing are mainly vegetable substances, of which cinnamon and ginseng are the most costly and highly prized. Uf course opium occupies a high place also, but mineral substances, such as plumbago, sulphate of copper, calomel, arsenic and red precipitate, are just. as often prescribed. “The latter are believed to assist the products of digestion in sweating through the coats of the intestines and becoming blood, and therefore they are freely used in digestive orders. Various animal sub- stances, such as the teeth of the cuttleflsh, the legs of fowl and birds’ nests containing the unfledged young, are also employed, a rich p "nut sometimes being directed to tike a birds' nest stew ouch day. ONLY HANDS AND WRISTB. “As Chinese ladies are not permitted to be seen by strange men, they are shielded from view by a curtain, with the exception of their hands and wrists thrust out. to be felt by the physician. The patient also pays for the hire of the sedan chair,accord- ing to the distance the doctor has to come. The doctor does not present his bill or demand a certain sum for his services, it. being customary for him to accept what- ever is given hiin. But if he thinks he has been underpiid, he will be "busy" next time the ungrateful patient has occasion to summon him. The actual fees he receives vary from 10 cents to several dollars for each visit, calculating in American coin. “Extracting teeth and other dental operations are the most extensive and im portant measures which the Chinese sur- geon is Tcalled upon to perform. If the tooth comes away easily the patient is unlucky, but if the crown is gone and nothing but. the roots remain they invariably remcve gum and all with a chisel and mallet. They also make false teeth; those for the Wealthy of gold or ivory, and those for the poor of iron. “Chinese surgical knowledge, as is ob- served in the case I have related,is extreme- ly crude. I have never known of an instance of their using the knife. When they are in doubt about a diagnosis they always apply a plaster. It was my good fortune once to be present at the dressing of a fractured leg. Three surgeons and a phy- sician had been summoned. They placed a peculiar kind of clay in a wooden bowl, brought in a lot of chickens, and to the accompaniment of weird incan- tations severed their heads and allowed the blood to flow on the clay, making a sort of poultice. This was applied directly to the fractured limb without any attempt at reduction. Bandages were then applied,and finally small bamboo strips were entwined in the bandage, enveloping the whole as if in a wicker basket. ' Another chicken was confined under the last. turn of the bandage, and the head severed, the blood being allowed to soak through the bandages. After this the bird was removed and the leg dressed in the most approved Chinese fashion. â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"__ A Useful Support for Tomatoes. The illustration herewith shows 2 sup- port for tomatoes that has several special advantages, for while it serves its purpose well as a support for both the upper and lower branches, these supports on either side are slightly inclined away from the row, causing the plant to spread out from its center, thus letting the sun and air in SERVICBABLE TOMATO TRKLLIS to ripen the fruit within. With most tomato supports the plant, with its abundant leaves and many branches, is held together so that the iruit w.thiu is not only difficult to reach, but much of it decays because of want of air and sunlight. Light frames like those illustrated can be made of any length desired, and driven in beside the rows when the plants are beginning to throw out branches. A Good Case. No, said Smallwort, who was taking his case under his own vine and fig tree, no, I won'tzivc you anything to eat, but if you will do some work, 1 will give you a quarter in cash. Do you know, said Everett Wrest, that i l 1 l I I've got a llllfill'} goo-lune agin’ on“ g" {Sampled int-My,” loony full Lia... llJnIilZi‘ it? VABGUTITHE HOUSE. SUMMER 5 MILES. _-\~\. \~ \ - Figgâ€"“Are you at all interested in ! secret orders 3" illun “‘ltl) the soda fountain at the drug The writer i store." was an unexpected guest at a farm house Let the Sunlight In. Keep the house and rooms open and ire to the sunsnine and fresh air. . “Your,” said ( holly, “the uuvnah gives one beau’iiul, siiiishiny day, and oh, dear. l “‘9 money W burn.bu: I don't dott y'know. i i l . . . ‘ ' ‘ . ~ - . v v ' it seemed like going into a tunnel from a l (mm; to we “"6” ‘3 ‘lmfk‘h‘ ’ _ ' 4. , V - _ ; - bright, warm street. The shades in thel Ha.” {0” 59"“ ml .‘nll.pcem m the ‘ ,magaziiie? “be: but if it’s really your NICO? were ctowly “raw”: the '03“) come' i lost. just name the magazine, and I‘ll bu)‘ quently was dark, and there was a damp ; it» 3” chilly feeling, {\i though sunshine was Mil “Well,” said the monkey to the organ unknown element in that little room where , grinder as he sat on mp of the organ. Ul‘m 0! all places, it should have been freely a.i~ simply carried .gw'gv with the musicfl’ initted. In the very midst of a beautiful l ' country spo:, With no high buildian tome, married in June, ,Juue brides: you snut'out the light, no black, sticky soot‘to I know.” P0Hy_..â€"rhal-s “5% 1,1,3 because oegrime the curtains, and no dust and dirt - meva asked n to blow in, there was a -little parlor that l _ ' _ ‘ thigh! have been so cheery, made into a l 0'3"“ “m” the Summer brings ‘0 “ew \‘erit-able funeral room. Besides this, each piece of turiiiturestood sqiirirely in its place as though it never had been moved, and ‘_ never “1... to be. Now, I ml; in all reason, ' “What makes you think he cares for how can any child regard such a place as YOU 1" “Why, momma talked to him for liomelike, and love to be in it ? more than an hour lust GROWS: and he 0f ail-places in the world that ought to really seemed to enjoy it E” be bright, cheery, siiiisbiiiy, and happy, a “when an 13.}1eur.old girl 53th her mo. farmer‘s home is that place. Let the sun- thet won’t. let her a:cept an invitation to a shine in 2 It wi 1 drive out gloom and give I pan). n, is Germ,“ than the wrong person has hop-.- iiiid health. It will make the children asked her ,0 go. glad and happy. It will give the'n “0 0!" Caseyâ€""Phat made Mulligan fall OH de portuuity to grow moody. It Will makcjladdcr, Did his fun ab“? 2» Reillyâ€"MIL them remember their home as full of sun- did not Ulâ€" wld him a joke an hour ago, shine and light, where they were always. an. sure he jun now tumbled.” pleased to be. That is far better than hav‘ 0 a I , V ing the rooms clored and darkened for fear “r Lngllgh alnng "5 ‘ery queer! the sun will fade the carpets or that the 409°“ng to “PO”: . furniture will become disiirracged. If the A 0499"" hlgh blink Name? In his accounts is short. carpets become worn out, there are many '- . . others where those came from. And chil- “‘ illieâ€""What does alimony mean, pa? dreu could hardly damage substantial l Does it mean all the money ?” Pa (bitter- furnitui'e. So do not shut them and the ly)â€"“Yes, all the money a man can scrape sunlight out. together, and more too, sometimes.” Then, too, sunshine is sure death to A Lively Tim6._She_u I was playing germs, and ll is 3- bet’l'el' “mic film“ all the whist- also last night. It was the first. meet- pateiit medicnes iu the drug stores, and so jug of our Young Ladies: “mist Club." is pure air, which can be had in abundance Ha_u I wondered what made you so only in the country. \Vliere there is plenty hoarse." of both air and sunshine, the housewife H Talk about daylight, robbery being the will be troubled but little with fevers in height, of jmpogmon,” said me man as he the family. The children will not be morosc shook his fist, at the gas meter, “ it, is not and {Howl’s and Ll"? 91mm family Will be in it with the gsslight robbery. No.” hfipl’mr “Dd healt‘merf Man with gloomy liver, -_â€" Cease to deplore thy fate ; Care of 3. Bedroom. Get out toward the river If one thing more than another should be' And 30 ‘0 digging m“ l - i V g - - r - in the glee in Hojackâ€"“ The air seems rarer than it Inflated on, It 13 pu e. a", . p ,g used to be." Tcmdikâ€"” Well, perhaps it room, and plenty of it. Sleep is natures . is rarer. You know that a good deal is restorer. In that process the tired muscles being used in pneumatic bicycle area now.” are relaxed, the weary brain tests, and the I love to swing upon the gate, secret of it is the purifying of the vitiated Suvjust {it eYentlde : _ blood by the. oxygen taken into the system. Ttg'fl‘gging Ltnz’glllageggsfgg yelghl’ This sends rich blood through the oirciila- Gramâ€"u can it be possible that Hawk- “on “gal”: bull‘lmg “P the “lure b“dy' ins is in love with that fat girl? Why, Then if this oxygen be no: supplied, how she weighs 300 at least.” Hobbsâ€"" No, can sleep properly perform its function? Not only should a bedroom be thoroughly I don’t believe he’s in love; he's just in- fatuated. aired in the morning, but fresh air should affiliablzzâ€"fi;‘e'§:eg hiagngla Sgégadssfslzgr be admitted all night. Before leaving the _,, I an ose because he is usual, fun a? room for breakfast spread out sheets,quilts, spirits Egyhow." Blobbs_” Yis and :33 :getgft’ :22:§e::§o§:::do:gz then he always likes to see the ghost walk.” pillows up near the window. Feather beds ” D0 2’?“ kPOWo" flu-Shed M195 May- are most unwliolesome things, and should flower“ , I t’hmlf JaCk "5 very much "1' not. be used. It is almost impossible to air believed In PMWEWY- He cpld me he them, and the feathers catch and hold a Pl“d $25 one evemng 13'” Week In“ ‘0 100k vast. amount of impurities. Mattresses are now used almost exclusively, and they are at another man’s hand.” Lumleighâ€"“ What makes you think a great improvement over the old-fashioned bed. In musing the bed the mattress young Phether Waite is a drummer for should be turned twice a week, so that it a bicycle concern ?” Chumleighâ€"“ any- body can see that. He carries samples in Will wear evenly,u.ud not get full of “hum- mocks ” Tuck the under sheet firmly all his head.” around the tick, with the wide hem at. the Dollyâ€"“I told Mr. Nicefellow that I bet R is twent kisses our b 1. 1d top. The top sheet should be put on so egg v 03 won that the hem will be right side out when win a race at the regatta 1” Daisy.â€" I , " Well, wasn'theshookcd ? Dollyâ€"" No, top is turned down over the quilts. A ~ sweet, clean bed is conducive to sleep, and I let him hold the stakes.” one can rest better with such surroundings. She (in the artgallery)â€"“ I wonder if Children should not be permitted to sleep my hat )3 on straight ; everybOdy “ares ‘t’ with older people, nor a well person with me so.” Heâ€"“ Naturally they do. You’re ' i: one inclined to invalidism or with a consti- the moat perk“ plume here' And now tutional disease. Cliollyâ€"“Why do so many of the girls This most extraordinary chap : The farmer from the sea he gets, The more he \veais that yachting cap. the cards are out. Bassâ€"" Do you know that Feuderton is a regular lady killer? Cassâ€"“I suspected as much from whathesaid aboutthe woman in the big but just in front of him at the theater the other night. ” Albertaâ€"“'1 do wish it were not the custom to wear the engagement ring only on the third finger on one’s left hand. “ Aletheaâ€"“So do I. I can't get more than half my engagement ringsou at one time, now." Mrs McCridc (entering the kitchen)â€" “Bridget, didn’t I see that policeman kiss you?" Bridget~â€"-“Well, mum, sure an’ yez wouldn’t hev me lay mesilf cpin to arrist for resistln’ an officer, mum ?" “ Ye can’t believe half you read in books,” said the new comer to the warden. “What’s the matter ?” “I see in the libiary a book that says a man orter be the molder of his own fortune. I tried ter be, an’ here I am, jugged for counter felting." “ Why, father,” cried the young man earnestly, “she is worth her waiglitin gold." " That may be,” the millionaire carefully returned, “but even in that case you will bear in mind she wouldn’t foot up above thirty-five or forty thousand dollars.” “You have been a good while getting upstairs," said Mrs. Smarts, who with her lord and master was stopping at one of our hotels. “ Yes," replied Smarts; “I stop- ped to take an elevator.” “ Oh, you need not have taken the trouble to tell me,” said Mrs. S. tossing her head. " I smelt your breath the moment you entered the room.” Mrs. Newriche (patronizingly)-â€"”Were any of your ancestors men of note, Mr. Recipes. Rice Muffinsâ€"Take a pint of soft-boiled rice ; a teacupful of fresh milk, three well- beaten eggs, 3. tablespoontul of butter, and as much wheat flour as will make a thick batter. Bake in muffin rings in the oven or on a griddle. Light Family Biscuitâ€"One quartofflour, one teaspoonful of cult, two teaspoonluls of baking powder, one tablespoonful of butter or lard mixed in. Wet with sweet milk, and roll out soft and out with the top of a glass. Uocoanut Piaâ€"Soak one and one-half cupfuls of shredded cocoanut two hours in one pint of sweet milk, then add one cupful of granulated sugar, the well-beaten yolks of three eggs, flavoring to taste. Put in s. deep tin with an undercrcst and bake at least thirty minutes. Use the whites to frost it. Poached liggs.â€"To poach eggs in the form of a ball instead of the usual flat form is a knack known to many clever cooks. [he water is heated to boding and then stirred rotarin until a whirlpool is produc' ed, into the hollow heart. of which the egg is skillfully dropped. The motion of the water coagulate: the albumen or white instantly into a circular covering for the unbroken yolk. Handy Cake.â€"llerc is the recipe for a cake which may be made and put away inside of fifteen minutes: “ Break three eggs into a bowl with a pinch of salt ; beat Cynic 2” Mr. C.â€"“ Yea. madam, Ishould well, adding gradually one cup of sugar : say 89. One of them was the most, famous to this add a. cup of flour in which is a Admiral of his day, and commanded the teaspoon of baking powder. Butter and allied forces of the world." Mrs. N. dust with flour two square, oblong pans ; (with an altered tone of deep respondâ€"“Ia spread the dough very thinly over these ; it possible» MT- 0-! “Dd” W11“ WM bll bake in a quick oven ; spread well with name 2" "Noah, madame. jell ; roll them up and wrap in a cloth. Bugâ€""And of which variety in your wife,tnc clinging-vine or the self-assertive!" Cassâ€"“ A little of both. When she wants a new dress or a new bonnet. she generally begins in the clinging-vine role; if that doesn’t bring the money, than she changes to the self-assertive; andâ€"wellâ€"shc in- variably gets the dress or the bonnet." Why Mary, said Mrs. Wilson to her â€"-â€".""“â€" little girl, you and your Visitors are dcing In Engjmd the "catfoajinmuih" i. onjy nothing but siting aboutand looking miser- and on aiming; who commit "robbery Ibie- “ by 003" YO“ Pl“? '0melhlngl with violence," and it is said that the crime Like Their Fathers and Mothers. Wise parents are continually hearing something from their children; and the more simple-hearted the children are, the more instructive is their example. we I?“ Pl'fylng- I has increased instead of diminished under lli’ymg ml“? the supposed "retormatory" effect of the \\ e're playing that we are growed up. jab. Foggâ€""Unly in counec- lBRO- GARDNER m THE LIME-KEN GLUE. INTRODUCES A GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI. It In None omer This! the Hon. niggln bottom LBWICanâ€"Thal Gentleman no. livers a Discourse on "Sentiment"â€" Dlsllneilons Between Different Kind! or Sentlnu-m (‘learly Elncldaicd. “I wish heah to displain,” said Brether Gardner as be adjusted his spectacle. and brushed up his front hair, “I wish to displain dat- de Hon. Higginbottom Lawless. of Cosciusko, Miss, am present. in do aunt? room an' biirnin’ to deliber his celebrated address on ‘Sentiment.’ He arrove heah three or four days ago, an’ has finished my lat’ bar’l of apples, worn my Sunday coat right along, an‘ will be a dea lohead on me till he can spoke his piece au‘cotch a mixed freighttrain gwine to Toledo. De committee will escort him, an’ if dat water-pail am upsot or any lamps knocked down doorin- his delibery de guilt-y wretch or wretches will receive a lesson dat will remain solid for a hundred y’ars.” THE HON. The Hon. Lawless appeared with a paii of red mittens in one hand and a lemon iii the other, and such was his placidity of mind that. when he bit. into one of the mittens in place of the lemon he never even changed color. He sized up five feet and six inches, intelligent. expression, head cast. in the shape of a pair, and feet large enough to trample an onion bed out of sight. He mounted the platform like a stEer climbing a side-hill, bowed right. and left in response to the applause, and quiet- ly beuan : “ My frens, I cannot depress the pleas- use an’ gratificashun which I feel to fin’ myself standin’ heah under do sacred shinâ€" gles of Paradise Hallâ€"a structure whose name am a household word whereber do English language greets de ear. (Ap- plnuse.) I would rather stan’ lieah dan be buried under a $10,000 monument. (Cheers) “ De subjeck ob my address am Senti- ment. \Vhat am sentiment! Whar’ do we get. it, an what am it worf by the pound when do market am not oberstock- ad? I answer dat sentiment am a sort. 0' ’lasses an’ mush surroundin' do heart. In some cases it burdens out an’ turns to stun, while in oders it. thins out until ds heart fairly floats in a pond o’sweotness. (Ap- plauso.) Sentiment has considerabul, to do wid ebery ackshun in our ebcrydby life. It am bizness when you start to hurry a pan of flour or a basket ob taters. It am sentiment dat' causes a nsybur to lend, instead of demandin’ spot cash. (Wild applause from Judge Cadaver.) “ Bizness acktuates de lazy an’ do shift.» less to sot out an’ -- BEG COLD VITTLES i an' ole clothes an’ dimes an quar- ters. Sentiment acktuates woman to shed tears ober ’em an’ stock ’cm up wid ’nulf to loaf on for ’iiothcr month. When we have a kickin’ hcss ourscntimcnt am’ pcalcd to. We argy dat do safty of our loved ones requires us to trade dat anamile off to some preacher who wants a perfeckly reliable boss. Dat's one kind of sentiment. When we buy an oxcurshun ticket to Niagra Falls, an’ roach do grand cataract after a thirty hours’ sweat on cattle cars, do immense waste of water 'peals to annodcr sort 0’ sentiment. When we luv we reveal another phrase of senti- ment. If de gal 9m high-toned au' rich do sentiment am all solid. If she am only avierage, an’ in debt fur her las’ spring bat, de sentiment am purty thin an' won't last longer dan do first bill fur meat comes in. (Cries of ” You bet. I”) “My frens, sentiment writes poetry wid one han’ an’ tans de backs of do chill’cn wid the Oder. It guides our thoughts to frcns cber de sea. It makes us shed tears fur dc dead, an’ yit warns us to out" do undertaker’s bill down 2’) per cent. Senti- ment tells us to luv our feller-iiien, an' yin whispers to us to lock our doahs an’ place torpedoes in our hen-roasts. (Groans.) I have bin lookin’ into do matter fur de las' forty-eighty’ars, an' I has cum to do con- clushun (lat it was a wise thing tor purvide de human race wid sentiment. If it had bin lef’ out by any accident. in do mixin, de bes’ man among us Wouldn't have got a bid if put up at aucshuii along With a lot. ob fence-posts. 1 could talk to you far three straight weeks on dis subjcck, but. obsarvm dat my half hour am up I will chop off right heah an’ hope (lat. it may be my pleasure at some fucher day to meet you agin. Any pusson who wants his fortune told wi l fin’ me in do aunty room fur do next two hours.” (Cheers and yells, and such vigorous stamping that three lamp and twenty-two feet of stovepipe fell dow and Brother Gardner adjourned the mac ing.) Sir Jul'an Paunccfote's Grace. That was a graceful and thoughtful act of Sir Julian Pauncefotc, the Britisl ambassador, the other day says the W'ash ington Post. He sent Mr. Dunbar, tb sculptor, a check for twice the amoun agreed upon for the bust that artist mad: of him, with a. complimentary note ex pressive of his great satisfaction with it. accompanied by a handsome jeweler scarf pin as a present to Mr. Evans, Lb. gifted young artist studying With Mr. Dunbar, and a lovely jeweled brooch f0i Mr. Dunbar’s niece, who is at work witl: him. A Kind Heart. Mrs. Kindlic (reading lettcrlâ€"My good‘ neu! Aunt Betty, your great aunt, you know, is coming on a visit, and may be here any moment. Daughterâ€"Yes, ma. You are younger than 1am. dear. Hurry up w the attic and bring down that green pasteboard box lying among the old clothes and things in the corner. There are two green boxes thorn. Which do you want. Bring the one with those outlandish Christmas presenis Aunt Betty not us, ant put them on the parlor tabla. ;. ). l ‘I I ~7«»M~.\ww