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p VAH SLYKE, Editor and Publisher. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. A*|REVl9ION. imiprn--mmm ;SV"4« "^p C * t " "j«jj mmm , n-1]'«< !..>c v, . ->T\ ^ : . < * -*» ^ A JAPAN EXECUTION. CUT IT WAS MEAN. BRJTONS WON'T BE WARM. , How ?r©«"h fh my mind are the the seines bf Jftf 1 girlhood, j •Aa keen recollection preRents them to view-- , Tile kitchen, the wood shod, and knots of green j firewood, j And nil the hard work I had then gone- through; ' t «fc* breed f timet kneod out, and doughnuts to ft-v brown, ' • . " l?ie pies for the threshers, and town folks, so J : swell, . . i •n» cloti eg I must mb out with pounder ana * washtnb. ' I The ,oakv old washtub. remembered so well; Tbe washtub. the washtnb, the iron-bound , washtnb. • ' 1 i: Hie l». ok-breaking wcthtub that sat on the well. Ibe/ows I must milk era th* brealfaat was rpmiv. ® Hie beds I must make ere the dinner begun, The dishes to wash whan the rien folks were resting-- • Surctnrm a work oft cCttseth, *>ut woman's ue'er done-- , th» floor I mast scrub hard, hud ba^s I must patch up. • . ,, "tile stockings to dsrn: all the tasks nine could ' tel'. • •. c ' Bow oft in mv dreams I am doing b'g wRshiug Hitb n. leaky old wafcluub, r^member-^ so ' . well; Th» washtub, the washtub, the ii on-boUnd wa»htub, " : . , ' Hie Imrk-brpaking washtub thai sat on the well. The oM Wrrn-out tecstl, J. now think with pleasure, • Has gene where it tiever will trouble rue more; £ ite is its stead-now with-^sffisisite p!<>afeare» Machine* which prevent the old backaches of yore; Although 1 :ng retaovod from- that hard situ­ ation. Few tears of regret do intrusrvelv swell When fancy revert?- to my father's -old farm­ house. With eofc soap-streaked washlub way out on ' the well. *n»e waslr.ub, the washtub, tho iron-bound . washtnb, © The buck-breaking wash tub that fell on the we 1. - --Christian at Work; - fti i£ *-• EXPENSIVE KADISII BED. The widow Appleby, called Aunt Samantha by her neighbors, was tidy- \ ~ ing up a room which had been fur-; nished for a sleeping room, aud had s i iu it aiso a desk, a book-case, and a | little row of drawers in which frag-j ments. precious to a geologist, had j been carefully stored. The desk and ! book-case Aunt Samantha regarded j with reverence. The drawers she did j not. understand. Bits of stone, bits j ' i- Of ore: she emptied them all into her i apron, and aumped them with other i odds and ends, out of the window; •* upon a flower-bed that had not been ; 3 dug un that year. Aunt Samantha j had no heart for gardening. Things had gone very wrong with her, and : the death of her old boarder, a Cali-! tornia miner who had made and lost I several fortunes, had put the finish- j ing touch to her woes. His room it was that she was now putting to, rights, knowing that she should never j sec the old white head aud kindly j smile again. i v«4I felt more than anythingel.se, *• after losing poor Peter," she sighed, | as a tear rolled down her cheek. * 'He j was always kind to me." j f As she spoke, there came a heavy v step on the porch, and, looking out of the window, she saw her cousin, Jedediah Twombley, standing there. Jedediah was a rich man, lately made richer by an inheritance from his grandfather, who had lived to be 105 rf& "I 'll It t Simon dig it for you," said Jedediah, "and you seed it dowa, and it wil! be a comfort to you." Br this time Simon, who had befin Slowly driving up hill, stopped at the gate and Jedediah called to him.-- . "Simon, you jest take the spade and dig over Mrs. Appleby's garden. I'll drive home myself. Good-by, Sa man thy. I think that idea about the summer boarders^ a good one;" and jumping into his wagon, he drove up the road, glad to get rid of his poor cousin. Simon looked after this cousin with a very peculiar expression, "Some folks is borne tor luck and some for children," he said sententi- ously. "I've got four." "And I've got three," said the widow. "Now, Simon, don't do that unless you want to. I know you have plenty to do." "I'd just as lief," said Simon. "What have you been throwin' out here, Mrs. Appleby?" "Rubbish out of ray Colifortiy boarr er's bureau drawers," said Mrs. Appleby. "What he kept it here for I don't know." Simon laughed, picked up one or two bits of something and put them in his pocket. The bed was nearly spaded when Mrs. Appleby looked out again, and Simon was gone. As Jedediah Twombley sat on his porch that night, counting up the profits or his hay crop, a voice behind him cfied:-- V "Mr. Twombley, I've got &uthin' I want to show you/1' 'He turned. It was Simon who had spoken, and he held in his hand a fragrant of something dark and heavy. "See here," he said, in a whisper. "I've been to the gold mines in my time, and if this ain't gold I'll give up and say I'm lacking." 4Oh, to be sure, to be sure," said the old man, clutching the lump nerv­ ously. "To be sure! Where did vou And it?" "In the Widder Appleby's garden. Dug it up out of the flower-garden you told me to spade for her." "Then there's gold on the place! I've always thought there was gold there. I've always said so!" "Said Simon with a twinkle in bis eye: "I've heerd you. Now what a tbing that will be for that poor wid­ der, a gold mine on her place!" Jedediah's eyes gleamed greedily in the dim twilight. "Hush, Simon!" he whispered. "Promise me you won't tell her or anybody. I'll make it all right with you. You're kind of uncomfortable where you be with your small family. I'll let you have the frame-house on the hill at the same rent Don't mention it. I'll make it right with Mrs. Appleby. Though, after all, this mayn't be gold." "P'r'aDS not; but old miners like Kic rather calculates to know," said Simon. "Ef you don't mind, I'll move up to the frame-hoiise to-mor­ row. Wait a bit. Let's go over to the widder's. I'll pretend it's to sow the radish seed, if you'll give me some, and we'll see if there's any more lay­ ing round." "Good enough!" said Jedediah Twombley. "A bright idea!" Accordingly, to the widow's sur­ prise, Simon took the seed over; and, the sowing done, brought back to his the wagon under the trees three or four specimens of the same ore, which Jedediah took at once to a celebrated mineralogist of the nearest town, who declared that where these came from there was as­ suredly a gold-mine.- Trembling with delight, Jedediah went back to walk around the widow's house in the moonlight; where she. seeing him through the curtains, took him for a tramp and was frightened almost out years old, and died, leaving all to his wealthy grandson and nothing to his master waiting in extremely poor granddaughter. It was natural that the thought should sting the widow as she looked at him. "Moruiiig!" said Jedediah. "Morn­ ing, Cousin Samanthy. I stepped up to get the shade. I.feel the sun con­ siderably, and my horse has just sent Simon to get it fixed; thought I'd light here and see how you got on." "I don't get on at all, Jedediah," SiMd Samanthy. . "Xot as I should if Grandpa Twombley had leftmesome-, her senses. thing.as I always reckoned he would; j Several things happened to startle and now my poor old boarder is gone I her that day. The first was the ap- I've got to that pass I've had to sell i pearance of Simon at her door in the the cow.1' j early dawn, as she was boiling her "Too bad!" said Jedediah. "Well, i solitary cup of coffee over some splin- come and get a pan of milk any | ters of wood. time." • I ' m-wo miles there and back; thank | ye!'T said the widow. "Do you know i if I was you, Jedediah. what I'd do? I'd say, 'Cousin Samanthy, I'm rich ' and you are poor. I'll give you a were sitting side by side in the wagoa. Two hours, more, and Sa­ manthy was, in her own opinion, a rich woman, with no fear of suffering before her, and no more noed to toil for her bread. She was to leave the cot tage that day, and bcvrildered by her sudden prosperity, she was pack­ ing her few possessions, when again, as in the dawn, Simon ber door. . * ' •* ' - » "Sold it?" he asked. "Yes, " said the widow t^tfthfesfly. "For $15,000. I reckon grandpa ap­ peared to him." ® Simon put his hand in his pocket and drew out a bunch of something. "What's thai?" he asked. The widow looked at what he held toward her. "It's a bit of the rubbish I threw out offthat bureau there," she said. "It's gold ore," said Simon "Your California boarder had a lot of speci­ mens of it in that bureau; he often showed 'em to me I was a miner once. I took an interest in 'em. You throwed 'em into the radish bed; I dug'em out of it. I jest showed 'eiii to Misfer Twombley. His idee has always been there's gold in these mountings. He thinks there's gold on your place." "And he wanted to give me $500 s^id the widow. ; , "It's all right for you, aqd I didn't tell no lies, ' said Simon. "I did dig up them specimens in the radish bed." The widow lives at ease in the vil­ lage now, and keeps her own coun­ sel; and there is a big hole with a windlass near it \vhere her home once stood. People call it "Twombley's Folly," but ,fTedediah Twombley in­ tended it for a gold mine, and spent a little fortune also in working it several years. Artificial Production of Kaln. At the close of a paper read before the Electrical Section of the Frank­ lin Institute, Prof. Edwin Houston said that the following general con­ clusions might, in view of the present state of meteorological science, be properly drawn concerning the arti­ ficial production of rain: (1) That rain can never be made to fall at will by mid-air explosions on any part of the earth's serface irrespective of the climatic conditions there existing. (2) That during certain meteorolog- icdl conditions mid-air explosions may result in rainfall over extended areas. (3) That the liberation of energy necessary for such rainfalls is due not to mid-air explosions, but to the energy stored up in the most air from which the rain is derived. (4) That the meteorological conditions which must exist for the successful action of mid-air explosions would probably, in most though not in all cases, them­ selves result in a natural production of rain. (5) That a comparatively high difference of electric potential be­ tween different partsof the air, or be­ tween the air and the earth, is possi­ bly favorable when taken in connec­ tion with other meteorological con- dits for artificial rain-making. (6) That an undirected mid-air explosion is not as likely to produce rain as an explosion in which the main tendencv of the energy liberated is to cause a general lip-rush of the air. kpitatio« "Widder," Simon whispered sol­ emnly, " tend to what 1 say, and don't forget it. Mister Twombley is going to make you an offer for your place. Don't let him have it cheap, ilise on him as bold as brass. Don't little slice of the big un grandpa left chin about anything. Don't tell him me.1 That's your Christian duty, seein'grandpa was 105, and weak- minded when he died. He'd hev done it ten years ago, and you know it too." •"Pshaw!" laughed Jedidiah. "But yoUTe a woman: that's your excuse for talking idiotic. I'm not a mean man; I'll give you 85 down, Saman­ thy, and property is property, and wills is wills, and not to be broken." "Well, I don't set up for proud, and Tin.so poor that this is a good deal to me," said Samanthy, taking the nothin". Jest say, 'I won't sell it for that,' until you get what'll keep you comfortable. Mind, do as I sav; don't ask questions, don't chin, or you'll give yourself away.1' "I don ' t , half understand you." said the widow. "You hev such curious expressions kinder, but if Cousin Jedediah offers much for two acres of stones and a house like this, he's grin' crazy." ••Mebbe he's seen a ghost," said Simon. "But vou mind me." lie was off. Not too soon, for the Among the Moors. When a rich Moor entertains guests, one of the near relatives of the host is charged with the duty of making tea. He squats in one corner, having on either side of him a large server or platter. Upon one of these servers are a number Of cups, and upon the other a sugar-bowl, a box of tea, a pile of fragrant menthe leaves, a copper apparatus for heating water, and a tea urn. The tea-maker sets the water to boiling with a little fuel, and then pours the boiling wa­ ter into his tea urn, quickly adding to it some tea and some sugar, and allows the compound to steep a* few moments. Then he pours out a cup of tea and tastes it, smacks his lips, sniffs the odor of the liquid, and draws a deep breath. The chances are that he .does not find the com­ pound to his taste at the first at­ tempt, for he pours the tea in his cup back into the tev uxn, adds a lit­ tle sugar or a little tea, and pours it back again until he gets it just to his mind. Then the guests are called, and if any onejof them does not finish his cup, he iis expected to pour it back into the urn, for ,it is the cus­ tom in Morocco to take three cups in succession, and the tea-making has to be begun over again. money. "I reckon grandpa's spirit is f wheelsof Jedediah Twombley's wagon ar&und some where prompting you to i rattled down the road the next mo- do right, seein' you influenced him to j ment, and Jedediah stood at the door 4o wrong." i in place of his servant. "2*ow, Samanthy, grandfather was [ "What you sed kind o' teched me not influenced by me! That I can tell i yesterday, Semanttiy," he said; "and you!" said cousin Jedediah. "lie al-1 I've been thinking. What you want. ways felt that you made a mistake stepping off with Peter. Peter was j one of them folks that never prospers. ' •What's the' use,' grandfather used to 1 sav to me, 'of helpiug Samanthy, | When Peter '" . "Poor Peter is gone,'-, said the' widow, taking her handkerchief from ' her a^ron pocket- "Do not talk' against him. He was jest as kind as Jcind could be to me." . "No doubt," said Jedediah hur­ riedly, "no doubt. I did'nt mean any offense. I a,lways thought reter quite--quite-- But what was you a- doin' when Jl^lcame in--house- dcanin'!" ! N' "I was cleanin'out the spare room," ! «aid the widow. "It's been shut up quite a spell,--since the Californy gentleman died. I thought I'd let it it I could. I might take a few board­ ers thi* summer if they would epme." "Pll pav for an advertisement," jBSlfl Jedediah who was worth a mill- Jon and a half; "and I'll let you have lots of cucumbers off our place. If you'd seed this bed up instead of jjitchin' rubbish on it you could grew tilings here now. You could grow .radishes right under your window. Summer boarders, generally thinks 7 Radishes bulsorae.'" "I jest emptied the bureau drawers out onto that bed. There was a lot •f rubbish in 'eitf: and I meant to 4^ H over, only I ain't y^|jr rgpust. " is rest. Sell your place and go board in the village. I'll buy it. It ain't worth much, but what'll you take?" The widow looked at hi/n. It was not benevolence that shone in hiij eyes, but greed. "Well," she said cautiously, some of the same blood ran in her veins, aral she could bargain also. "Well, what'll you give?" "Five hundred dollars!" said the rich man. "Eh?" Samanthy shook her head. "Eight?"" 4*Lor\ no," said Samanthy. "A thousand?" Samantha turned pale, but still shook her head. "Two thousand?" said Jedediah. , "I reckon you're calculating I'm : half-witted," said Samanthy. j "She knows about the gold,"' said j Jedediah to himself; "or--j'es, some- $ne else knows and nas made her an offer." The miser and the gambler some­ times mingle in one man. It was so in the case of Jedediah Twombley. "Fifteen thousand dollars?" he cried hurriedly. "You can live com­ fortably on that, eh?" ' 'G randfa ther's ghost has appeared," thought Samanthy. "Well, she said, "if you drive over to the lawyer's and pay me now, I'll doit." ol tli«* M»r»0*lto«h It is known that the hoofs of horses were protected by l>oots of leather at a very early period in the world's history--at a time which at least antedates Pliny and Aristotle, both of whom make mention of the fact. The se leather boots were sometimes studded with metal nails, but more usually worn withoutextra trimming, the cheapness of that commodity making it possible for the owner of the steed to "reboot" him at any time. Homer speaks of "brazen- footed steeds," from which we nat­ urally infer that in his day horses were shod with bronze or brass Two reputable ancient writers tell us that the mules of Nero wore silver shoes. Iron shoes were first nailed to the J^oofs of war.h^.ys in.tfre ninth cen­ tury: tfrey were urs£ introduced mtp England by William II., about the year'1088. At |he present day the Japanese use horseshoes made of braided straw, and several European countries use compressed rawhide for the same purpose. b it-' minutes after thi» the two I X'resa. Lichtninar Dosin't Strike fndlaia. In the course of his New Haven (Conn.) lacture the Rev. Thomas S. Dana, an educated Indian, made this statement: "The Indians never cook anything in the house. They always cook outside, giving as their only reason that if they cook inside I the steam will collect in their cloth- j ing and draw the lightning. Whether j tiAs is truth or not I do noo know, j but I do know this: No Indian wig- i warn has been struck by. lightning j since the dawn of history, and no In­ dian has been killed with lightning for more than one hundred years. About UluMlf. Woodward--Is that man you were talking to awhile ago an oculist? Jefferson--No, he's a lawyer. Why did you think he was an oculist? Woodward--Well, he had so much to say about the T that I thought he must be a professional.--Detroit Free Graphic Description or ti-.a vm Of a Crlinlna*. Oi&ll the methods employed by the high authorities of a nation when called ujftm to mete out extreme jus­ tice to an offender against its es­ tablished code there is none more ter­ rible than that in vogue in Japan. The mode of inflicting capital punish- ;mcnt upon criminals in that country is decapitation, and the barbaric cruelty of the manner in which they lop off a man's head is calculated to destroy to a very considerable degree one's belief in current reports of the rapid progression of the Japanese toward perfect civilization. The fol­ lowing thrilling and graphic descrip­ tion of an execution in the land of the Mikado is true in every detail, and presents with remarkable vivid­ ness the awful scene of a Japanese legal murder: The execution took place in the morning, and as each man stepped from the path on to the plateau his eyes were firmly bandaged with white paper^--the only act of mercy vouchsafed. Finally they were ranged in line, the two cripples huddled on the ground, their poor heads as they drooped from shoulder to shoulder being roughly buffeted to a proper angle by the policeman in charge.^ This accomplished/ amid a silence so absolute that one could al­ most hear his heart beat, the great man on the e<tinp-stooi arose, and un­ folding a large document read in a loud voice what was supposed to be a description of the crimes for which the poor fellows were to suffer and the process of condemnation and sentence This was a very long busi­ ness, ahd before it was nearly finished the native spectators were laughing and ioking upon the appearance of the doomed men, with tljat callous­ ness to human sufferings which so much blackens the otherwi.se amiable and pleasing character of the Jap­ anese people. At last it was finished. As there were but five holes for seven prisoners, two would be obliged to remain in blind agony while their companions were being dispatched. Five men were accordingly thrust forward with the staves and fists of the police; each man was made to squat on a mound, his clothes--if filthy, tattered rags could be called clothes--stripped from his shoulders, his nands tied behind his back, and his head pushed forward over the hole. Their feelings at this awful moment can better be imagined than described, but quite as much pity was elicited for the two poor wretches left alone to listen to what was going on Without that artificial aid to for-, titude which the sight of a crowd sometimes gives, as for their com­ panions on„ their death seats. Un­ doubtedly, execution by the keen Japanese sword is as merciful a death as can be desired; but the oriental nature, as if to compansate for this erring on the side of mercy, counter­ balances it by an undue prolongation of the preparations for' death, which is worse than a hundred deatljs. So in this case. As the poor fellows knelt over their holes the executioner slowly and deliberately took off his coat and bared his arms. Then he took from its silk casing the fatal sword, examined it fondly and linger- ingly from the "yasurime," or filings on the hilt to keep the grasp from slipping, along tho "kirimon," or grove in the blade, to the point, held it over a pail while a coolie trickled water down it, and with a great deal of settling of his feat, was ready. At a sign from the official on the camp- s*ool the executioner raised his sword slightly, hardly half a dozen inches, and almost instantly the man's head was hanging over the hole by a single ligament, and the blood was gushing forth in torrents. It was evident then why the executioner had not completely severed the had; and the wonderful skill of the Japanese swordsmen, using as they do the most perfect weapon in the world, can be imagined in so arranging the force of the blow that absolute decapitation does not take place. He tore the head off and held it toward the four sides of the square; then he gave it to a coolie, who. roughly plastered the severed portions with clay and stuck it on a kind of elevated shelf. In the meanwhile two coolies were thumping on the back of the prostrate body to hasten the rush of blood, after which one of the coarse mats \iras thrown over it and it was laid aside. Aud thus the operations were repeated to the end of the list of victims.-- llearh and Hall. Sc«r«il bjr t'lsmlne Shoes. "Coal" is the name given to a negro boy who works in a Brooklpn barber shop, lie is very black and very lazy. More than half of the time when his services arc needed he is fast asleep, and the cry of "Brush!" is unheard by him. Consequently many customers go away with dusty coats and unshincd shoes. - After enduring this affliction for two weeks the boss hit upon an idea to l^eep "Coal" awake, and he quickly put'lOta execution. Heating a cent on thewove, he removed it with a pair of tongs and placed it on one of the sleeping boy's knees. For a mo­ ment it laid there; Then there was a wild cry, and the bov sprang up with a look of terror in his eyes. "Who druv dat tack in my knee?" he demanded. But as a burst of laughter was the only reply he \cqisped the situation and attended toMrusiness with un­ wonted vittk His zeal, however, soon oozed out, and he relapsed into hte formei^somnolc^ state. This so^ enraged tlTe f)ris" that ne seized a small hose with a spray nozzle at­ tachment and gave the boy a shower. And he did. Armed with a quan­ tity of alcohol he crept up to the sleeper and applied it literallv to his shoes and set it blazi ng with a lighted match. AH hands grouped them­ selves to see the fun (?). Slowly the inflammable fluid burned, and tiny blue flames coursed around the boy's ankles. He moved uneasily in his sleep and seemed to try to move away from the fire, but in vain. Hotter grew his feet until suddenly he awoke. Great beads of perspiration stood upon his brow or tickled down his cheeks. He gave a sihgie glance downward. "Wow!" he shouted as he began to caper about the room. "It's burn­ ing up 1 is. Hi! hi! oh! oh! oh! Blue fire!" and then he fell. ' Then the boss ran up, and in a sec­ ond fanned out the flames with a newspaper. "Coal" was badly scared and be­ lieved that his shoes caught fire from the stove, near where he sat. lib has not slept on post since and is one of the most faithful helpers in the boss barber's employ.--N. Y. Herald. Content. . Perhaps the most conscientious workmanship in the world is still to be found in Japan, although the for­ eign demand for merely showy articles has proved somewhat corrupting, even to true artists. Yet there are still;men who are_ proud to spend In­ finite: pains on a piece of work for which they will be, according to our ideas of good wages, inadequately paid. Henry Norman gives the following instance of modest self-estimate, in the case of a man who is one of the most skillful and^iriginal artificers in the world, and whose works are every­ where admired.. This ivory carver sat in his little room, open to his little garden, chisell­ ing upon a magnificent tusk, from which was just emerging a very grace­ ful female figure. The ivory he held between his knees, and the tools were spread out at his side. "How long will this take vou?" I asked. : "About four months," he replied. "And what is the proportion be­ tween the value of the material and the value of the labor in such a work as this when cenipieted?" "I paid $l-|lflir this piece of ivory," said he, "and^^ir months' work at $50-a month, is $^00." And this mait was estimating his work at less. than forty American dollars ^ a month! His was the true artist's tem­ perament, for he was willing to accept only what would supply him with the necessaries of life, depend­ ing for his actual reward on the joy of seeking to do a perfect work. "Are you not very sorry some­ times, "asked I, "to part with one of these works, that have been com­ panions and a part of your life for so long?" He looked up for a minute at a great white lily melding above hi:n in -the garden, and then gently shobk his head. "No," he said. "I expect the next to be more beautiful still." A Vertical Holler l>elii«ton. , In some way, difficult to explain, the impression seems to have gained ground in many quarters that small vertical boilers are free from those elements of danger from explosion which must be so carefully guarded against in other and larger types. Naturally these boilers are much liked for their portability, compact­ ness and some other advantages, and the large number in use has probably secured for them a reputation based on purely imaginary merits. One ad­ vantage which must be accorded to them is that they afford a compara­ tively wide range in the positions of the water line, and that there is, therefore, little or no danger of leav­ ing surfaces, exposed to the direct action of the fire, unprotected by water. Generally speaking, however, vertical boilers are neither much better nor worse in point of safety than other boilers--worse, perhaps, because too much faith is often put in them, and because precautions which would ordinarily be taken are, on that account, neglected. However this may be, the available records of boiler explosions clearly show that vertical boilers require fu.ly as much supervision and careful periodical examination as boilers of other types, and that, as regards the number of explosions, they are very fairly repre­ sented. ItiMlily Odors in lilMane. In gout the skin secretions take a special odor, which Sydenham com­ pares to that of whey. In jaundice the odor is that of musk: in oppila- tion, of vinegar; of sour beer in scrof­ ula (Stark apud Hebra); of warm bread in intermittent fever (Heim); in diabetes when there is a perspira­ tion the smell is of hay (Latnam), or rather of acetone (Picot), "but accord­ ing to Bouchardat, midway between aldehyde and acetone, being due to mixture, in variable proportions, of these two bodies. In cholera the odor is ammoniacal (Drasc.i, Parker); it is acid in what is called milk fever; sweet in the onset period of the plague (l)iemerbrocck;, or honey-like, according to Doppner, who observed the plague at Vetlanka (Lancet, Feb­ ruary 1, 1879); aeetoforniic in rheu­ matism, particularly in the region of the engorged articulations (Monin); of new-plucked feathers in measles (rougeole); of new-baked bread in scarletma; in small-pox the odor is that of the failow deer; in typhoid fever it is that of blood (Beheier). -• A t t X m u l C o w . Many persons moved by religion's *ar: yover-excitement have baen known to Matteniw >. 1.1 half .t illed ho t swa„ow ^ , sma„ bled out of his chair, grabbed an um brella from the rack, opened it and held it above his head. He did not notice that he was again being made a victim, for he shouted: "For lan's sake, boss/ close de sklight, for it am rainln' in right smart." Again "Coal" was laughed at, and again he took the hint and kept awake and at work. But, as before, his reformation was ottiricf duration, "lirush!" exclaimed the boss one ii/'--jii'Lviser] a nqpular patron testimony wfitrtof f '"iitVfc Ssfwnto *»e i.2 d',y/ 'Ips; - i f CfcAs fv D .sra J. » MAKKS prll 7th, A. iKsUfe.*; bodily swallow various sorts of relics and amulets. But cows have not hitherto been suspected of any similar morbid appetite until the following curious accident was re­ ported. A butcher at Mayen, a smail country place not far removed from the city of Trier, where the holy coa| will work miracles periodically, oiy opening the ftomach of a cow wfticli he .had slaughtered found in it aftjolden cross of ancient workman­ ship. A collector of antiquities thought so much of the relic that he paid a high price for it, many times iv h»"d anT«fixed the seal of said court at jt he sum paid by the butcher for the iv office, in Woodstock this 7th day April^^ ^ THE inability of Gerge Washington tell a lie left a gap in our national Lystem that his fe!low-countryy;oz\ have used every exertion to fill. Soli' »B, Cl« Rnga and Uut.Wabir Cass f.ood Knaojh I for thcim on tbn , The comment aroused by the case of an unfortunate English lady who froze to death in a first-class railroad compartment on an English railway last week will not result, according to railroad experts, in the general in­ troduction of American cars in Great Britain, «ays the New York Sun. The prejudice of the British public against the American style of cars is so emphatic that two of the resident agents of our cat companies have re­ cently returned permanently from London. The railroad experts ac­ knowledge the superiority of the American car fully, and it has been adopted Qverywhere by the conti­ nental railroads. But in England the public is obdurate. For two years a Pullman car has been attached to the regular train between Edinburgh and London. This is an eight-hour trip and it is calculated to bring out the advantages of the American railroad car in the fullest mannfer. Yet the English traveler^ invariably take the cramped compartments of the En- glish.carriages in the train rather than the comfortable American cars. They sit up all night, wrapped in rugs and shawls, amlx keep partially warm bv cans of hot water which are pushed into the cars every two hours during the night. They might for the same price have a comfortable birth in a car that rolls on luxurious springs, is beautifully upholstered, admirably warm, lighted by electri­ city, and in the hands of a skilled at­ tendant who can serve breakfast or supper on board. Mr. Parnell spoke recently of tne "intolerable severity" of the journey between Dublin and London. He was obliged to take the regular ex­ press train, which did not make any stops between Chester and London, and as the weather has.been particu­ larly severe over there this winter he complainetl that during the five hours' trip he shook like a leaf, de­ spite his numerous blankets and rugs. A well-lighted and thoroughly comfortable American car was at­ tached to the regular mail trains of this route for a year, but subsequently withdrawn. Nowadays the Ameri­ can cars are attached to the Liver­ pool trains, but that is only because Americans going to and from Atlantic steamers absolutely insist upon them. It was prophesied that after the Col. Baker scandal the English people would accept more modern ideas in cars, and the subsequent agitation over the question resulted in a gen­ eral ventilation of the whole subject. But solitary women are still locked in close iron-bound compartments with strange men at all hours of the night on the English railways, and in­ stances of an insulting and tragic na­ ture arc frequent, A very prominent Birmingham steel manufacturer, who came over here not long since to attend the iron and steel men's conference, had along discussion with Mayor Hewitt on the subject at the banquet at Delmon- ico's. The English manufacturer said the position of "the British pub­ lic on this particular question would have to be ranked with the position which they had taken on the deceased wife's sister's bill and other' meas­ ures which the accumulated wisdom of ages had been unable to alter. The English are well in front in the general world of railroad improve­ ments, and have accomplished won­ derful things in railroad and bridge building. But iii the question of cars they are absolutely in the hands of tho public, and the public will not alter its views. There can be noth­ ing more preposterous than the idea of a woman freezing to death in one of the compartments of a car on one of the foremost railroads of Great Britain. The guard had neglected to pat a hot water-can in her car; hence the tragedy. There are num­ erous and successful methods of heat­ ing cars, but none of them secures adoption in her majesty's kingdom. At certain stations along the route they have a big tank of hot water. Before the train is due this water is poured into cans and the cans arc pilled on small four-wheeled trucks. When the train comes to a standstill a guard rushes along and throws open every door from the beginning to the end of the train. This lets in a blast of icy air and incidentally any rain or snow that^ may be flying about. The passengers wrap their rugs and shawls more tightly about them and sit there and shiver Then one guard pushes the truck along be­ side the train, while another man pulls out the cold water tins and puts the fresh flilled ones in their places. The tins are slammed down in the middle of the floor and the door is closed. Then the shivering passen­ gers move up and place their feet on the tins of hot water and extract what little comfort they can before the water turns cold again. • "In Uo«l We Tru»t *' The motto "In God We Trust," which is now stamped upon all gold and silver coins of the United States, was suggested by an old farmer living in Maryland. This conscientious Christian gentleman thought that our currency should indicate in some way the Christian character of our nation, which, he argued, could be best, done by putting a motto upon our coins expressing a national reli­ ance on divine support in govern­ mental affairs. It was in J861, when S. P. Chase was Secretary of the Treasury, that this man wrote to Washington respecting his pet idea. His letter was referred to Mint Di­ rector Pollock, Who discussed the question in his report of 1862. Pol­ lock and Chase were in favor of in­ troducing the motto at once, but Congress gave the suggestion no at­ tention whatever. In his next an­ nual report Director Pollock again re­ ferred to the matter, this time in firm theological argument, saying- "The motto suggested, 'God Our Trust/ is taken from our National hymn, 'The Star-Spangled Banner;' the sentiment is familiar to every citisfcn of our country; the time is propitious; 'tis an hour of National peril. Let us reverently acknowl­ edge His sovereignty and let our coinage declare our trust in God/' A 2-cent bronze piece was authorized by Congress to be coined the following year, and April 22, 18(14, the first United States coin was stamped with the legend "In God We Trust."--St. Lonis Eepubli|L^, i *• . • feaKA*-.,,.. .... 't . ft. ' ' M M -• % '"i A* Iffi flow • rrimmw Won at miliar4* t "Batt.tng" His Opponent. \ v " , One was a commercial traveler, tho other was just a common, large, ' quiet, bashful man. They were play- ; ing billiards in the hotel billiard- $ room, which was deserted by all save J them, and the quiet man had beaten ; the drummer every game and beaten > him badly. % "I know what's the matter," said P the drummer, as they chalked their '•; cues for another game, "I want an incentive. We ought to make a ' little bet; say a couple of dollars ,on this game, and let it be the last one. / Come, you've had it ali yourown way. What do you sav to that?" "It's agreeable to me," answered the bashful man. taking the leaa, and then he ran off six points. . , The drummer made two^ The large man got in a little * of fifteen, playing the balls around In . ,f,, the corners softly and gently without *1 i\ • apparent effort. "I want to see the clerk about get­ ting my baggage ready for the next train," said the drummer,. looking at his watch. "I won't be gone but a minute," and be hastened out to the office, which was filled with com­ mercial men and other guests of the house. "Well, now we'll trv again," he said cheerfully, when he returned a few minutes later, but he made on'y four points and left A beautiful "set up" for the large man. One or two other men had strolled in from the office and stood by while the bashfui »JOyer made the shot, and by the tmfe he had run the score up to twenty-eight there were half a dozen'onlookqrs standing about the table. "Gemini, that was a good shot!" said one, as the hig man Made a very good draw. . Then he made 8 difficult carom, and the spectators looked at each other with that side movement of the head which indicates both approval and surprise. "Where are you in this game, Billy?" asked^ one of^them. "I guess I ain't in it at all," said the drummer, leaning on his cue and watching his opponent, who, seem­ ing a little disconcerted by so much attention, missed the next shot and sat down. * While the drummer was rjinning off seven points three or four more men sauntered in and watched the game, meditatively puffing at their cigars. The big man came up, missed and retired to a seat amid the most in­ tense silence, and the drummer got in another little run. "That's a shot I can never make,M remarked one of the spectators as the big man advanced and stood observ­ ing the balls. "It's very difficult," said another. "Well, I should say so," said a third. "The man that can make it is a dandy." The heat of the room or something had made the large man a little red in the face, and he looked uncom­ fortable. He missed the shot. There was no comment, but every person had closely watched the attempt, and there were about a dozen of them now. Tho drummer made a very good run; the bashful man missed again, and when, finally, the drummer ran the game out, the other stood by with a $2 bill in his hand. "I kind o' lost my luck towards the last," he said with a sickly smile, as he laid down the bill, and murmur­ ing something about having an en­ gagement he went out. "Well, boys," said Billy, as he put on his co;\t and picked up the $2 bill. "I'm much obliged to you for coming in. I ain't much of hilliardist, but I'm a very fair judge of human na­ ture."--Free Press. They Have Tlielr Heads Modeled. A curious eighteenth century cus­ tom has been revived by the leading Paris coiffures, of having models made of the heads of distant clients, in order to study the effects of new styles of hair dressing and keep the ladies posted on the newest and most becoming fashions. A Russian graride dame, for example sends at a consid­ erable expense a fac-simile of her head and face, copied perfectly in every detail, to her hairdresser in Paris. He experiments freely, and when a satisfactory result is obtained he mails a photograph of it, with minute directions for arrangement, each month to the St. Petersburg belle, and thus enables her to look up to date in the matter of coiffure. The initial expense is not small, for the wax modeler must be in his way a true artist. ' A Loii|t-li'T«^ Family. Henry Church, Sr., a well-known citizen of Wetzel County, W. Va„ died at Hundred, aged 99 years. Within a year his sister, Sarah Sole, died, aged 71. They were the chil­ dren of that eccentric character* "Old Hundred," and Ninety and Nine," his wife, as they were univer­ sally known in Wetzel. "Old Hundred was a native of Eng­ land ana a British solcier during the Revolutionary War. He was not nat­ uralized until he was 100 years of age. He deserted from the British army and made his home in the then wil­ derness along the Ohio, where Henry Church, his son, was born. "Old Hundred" lived to be 112 and his wife 109. The combined age of the four --father, mother, son, and daughter was 410 years. Goo.I Idea. Many Eastern drug stores hare adopted the precautionary measure oi having two persons attend the preparation of any prescription con­ taining poisonous drugs. The Medical Record calls attention to the Harris murder trial in New York as an illus­ tration of the importance of this check,'because "if a single clerli re­ ceived the prescription, prepared the capsules ami delivered them it might readily have been claimed by the de­ fense that a mistake bad been made by the druggist. As it was, the druggist was able to go on the stand and testify that an assistant had also read the prescription and seen the amount of morphine which it called for properly weighed and dispensed." / THE- man who refuses to profit by experience makes it. ^ ..v.;