Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1895 — Page 6

Sftrjkmocratu Sentinel . . .—■ — ■ .= J. W. McEWEW, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - . ■ INDIANA

THE HOSPITAL CORPS.

DISTINCT ORGANIZATION FROM LINE OF THE ARMY.’ During Peace or War Men Are Constantly Drilled, in Order to Render Aid to Wounded Soldiers—lnteresting Account of This Military Branch. Work of the Corps. No branch of the military service of the .United States has a more important part to fill than the Hospital Corps, whether this part is filled in garrison during the time of peace or during active service upon the battlefield, in bivouac or on the march. The Hospital Corps is a distinct organisation from the line of the army, consisting of men whose duties are limited entirely to sanitary’work. Its members are selected because of their,, conspicuous adaptability to the peculiar duties of the corps, from men serving in the line or by enlistment direct into the corps. Those who are transferred from the line to the corps are instructed in their duties at the post they are ordered to join; those who enlist for the first time are sent to one of the two schools of instruction for the corps, located at Washington Barracks and Fort Riley, Kan., where they are fully instructed, and then sent to duty at some military station. They must be brave and active, strong and gentle, and possessed of presence of mind and inventive faculty sufficient to meet the

varying emergencies of succor to the injured. The non-commissioned officers are known us hospital stewards, and they wear a sergeant's cheveron of emerald green, piped with white, and bearing an arc es one similar bar across the top, the whole inclosing a red cross. The uniform is similar to that worn by the enlisted men of the line, except that the trousers are of dark blue cloth, bearing an emerald green stripe, piped with white, down the outer seam of each leg. The privates wear a white brassard, bearing a red cross, on the left arm, above the elbow; the cap ornament is a white metal Geneva cross. This Geneva cross is the sign of neutrality which, under the articles of the Geneva convention, gives some immunity to**the work of the hospital corps in the field. The privates become non-commissioned •fficers by passing a satisfactory examination in pharmacy and the other duties of the corps. The stewards are the druggists or apothecaries of the army, and they must be skilled drug clerks, for all medicines are compounded by them. They receive, in addition to their house, clothing and rations, the monthly pay of SSO. The privates receive $lB a month in addition to their clothing, lodging and food. In Time of Peace. In time of peace the duties of the hospital corps consist in caring for the men in garrison who are ill in hospital, and each post has one or more stewards and two or more privates, according to the size of the command. In time of active hostilities the duties of the hospital corps are important and arduous, and at such times the corps is

THE RIFLE SEAT.

present with the troops in the proportion of 2 per cent of the aggregate strength of the command—a proportion which experience has shown to best supply the needs lof the wounded. During such times the men of the hospital corps are assisted in the care and removal of the wounded by four men from each company,- termed “company bearers,” who have been instructed in the first aid to the

wounded and in the transport of the disth* line of battle, and assist the wounded to the rear to the first dressing station, just.Mxwi rifle ran*. whe£ the temporary dressings are replaced or ■Ki' ■ 1

readjusted. Those cases which demand immediate operative action are designated by a colored badge, which is attached to the clothing, and as soon as these cases reach the dressing station they are attended to first. The wounded, having received attention .at the dressing station, are then put into ambulances and removed to the rear to the field hospitals or permanent ones. As a limited amount of'material, with which

to make the wounded on the line of battle comfortable until they are removed, can be carried by each hospital corps member, many makeshifts are resorted to, and he who can best make use of such, or devise them, is the best man. If a man’s leg is broken by a bullet the proper splints are not at hand, so a rifle is used. This

LOADING AMBULANCE.

is firmly bound alongside the leg, and the patient is thus carried to the dressing station with less agony. A small stone or bullet pressed down upon a wounded artery by means of a pad of cloth, which is held in place by a bandage firmly twisted by means of a bayonet or a tent peg, is a temporary means of preventing a man from bleeding to death until he reaches the dressing station, where his case, mark-

ed with a colored badge, will receive attention at once. Numerous other cases might be cited. It is in the care of just such cases that the worth of a member of the hospital corps is shown. Another important duty at the front is the careful examination of the field after an engagement to see if any wounded men remain uncared for, or to ascertain if any men supposed «to be dead show signs of life. At night these searchers are assisted by a large electric search light. In carrying disabled men from the front to the dressing station many makeshift litters are used, such as camp cots, window shutters, doors, ladders, etc., properly padded. A blanket makes an excellent litter by spreading it upon the ground and rolling up a rifle in each side until there remains a-space of twenty inches. An overcoat buttoned up, with the rifle run through the sleeves, makes' a good litter, and two rifles with the leather slings crossed are often used to carry a wounded man upon. , Constant Drills Necessary. Constant drills are necessary. Visitors to Fort Thomas last summer were often alarmed to see half a dozen men lying upon the drill ground and .two or three men working over each. These visitors were relieved when told that this was the drill of the hospital corps in caring for men wounded upon the field of battle. Large crowds would frequently gather and observe with much interest the excellent drill the men gave under the charge of the At one place would be seen two men binding a rifle to

THE TRAVOIS.

a leg supposed to have been broken; another place, two men attempting to resuscitate by means of artificial respiration a man supposed to have been drowned,'while others were drilling in the different ways of carrying a wounded man, either singly over the back or upon the

CARRYING A LOADED LITTER UPSTAIRS.

THE PATIENT LIFTED.

two-handed seat made by two men; lifting a patient to place him upon a litter; carrying a loaded litter up or down itfflra. and, finally, loading an ambulance or in the use of the trav iia, wLich consists of a frame having shafts, two side poles and two crossbars, upon which a litter may be rested and partly suspended. When in use a horse or mule is attached to the shafts and pulls the vehicle, the poles of which drag on the ground.

One, pole is slightly shorter than the other, in order that in passing obstacles the shock may be received successively by each, and the motion be equally distributed. The hospital or “red cross” ambulance, as it‘is termed in the army, on account of its having a red cross (the Geneva cross) painted on each side, is admirably adapted for the transport of*Bisabled men. It is a four-wheeled vehicle, and is brawn by two horses. It provides transportation for eight’men sitting or two recumbent on litters, or four sitting and one recumbent. It is fifted with removable seats, which, when not used as such, are hung two against each side, thus answering the purpose of cushions. Beneath the driver’s seat is a box for the medical and surgical chests, and under the body are two water tanks. To the average person who may witness a drill of the hospital corps the work performed by the men may seem easy, but such is not the case. It is no doubt the perfect way in which the duties are performed that gives this false impression, for practice has made them perfect. In the small matter of picking up a wounded man and placing him upon a litter much practice is necessary in order that the wounded man may be given as little pain as possible. To the injured man the slightest movement may cause excruciating pain. The chief aim, then, in carrying him, whether by litter, over the back, upon a seat of two hands or by ambulance, is to do so with gentleness anjl care, and to accomplish those results constant instructions and frequent drills are necessary.— Cincinnati Enquirer.

Day and Night.

The exact time at which darkness gives place to dawn has been legally determined in Philadelphia. A young woman was knocked down by a locomotive while walking over a crossing at half past G o’clock in the morning and seriously injured. The engine did not display a light, nor did it signal

with whistle or bell. The company, when sued for damages, claimed that it was not negligent, because at that hour dawm was breaking and no light was needed, and the entire case rested on whether or not it was daylight when

TWO-HANDED SEAT.

the accident occurred. The sun rose on the day of the accident at 6:54 o’clock. Several astronomers and other experts testified that half an hour before sunrise it is as dark as at any time of night. From that time until sunrise light comes so slowly that the point of half light is reached only seven minutes before sunrise. During the last seven minutes before dawn light comes very rapidly until the full day breaks. The plaintiff’s lawyer claimed, therefore, that at the time 'of the accident, twenty-four minutes before sunrise, it was pitch dark. The jury rendered a verdict of $20,000 in her favor.

Whistler's Advice.

Once Rossetti asked Whistler how he liked a sketch he had made for a picture. “It has good points,” was the answer; “go ahead with it” A few weeks later he was asked about the picture. “Doing famously?” said Rossetti; “I’ve ordered a stunning frame for it” Some time later Mr. Whistler saw the canvas, framed; but still virgin of paint-brush or paint “You’ve done nothing to it,” said,Mr. Whistler. "No,” replied Rossetti, “but I’ve written a sonnet on the subject, if you would care to hear it.” When the recitation was over, Mr. Whistler said: “Rossetti, take out the canvas ahd put thq rennet in the frame.”

ICE CREAM SODA IN LONDON.

Has Only Been Recently Introduced, bnt It Has Become a Craze. ' “The Ice-cream soda craze, which American women bave had so badly for the last few years, has broken out In London," said a traveler recently returned from abroad. “It hasn’t got a firm clutch on the English women yet, but it is growing rapidly, and I expect that in the course of a few years it will materially aid in the disappearance of the beautiful English complexion for which women of the old country are famous. An American confectioner is responsible for the production of the ice-cream soda in London. Before he settled in a place in upper Regent street the deadly mixture was practically unknown in that great city. The few English women who had been to this country and tasted it here of course knew what it was, and they lost no time in patronizing the confectioner. “The great mass of women, however, looked aghast at the combination of strawberry syrup, live soda water, and ice-feream. Those who got up enough courage to tackle it were not sorry that they had done so, and the result was that it soon became necessary for other confectioners in the neighborhood to get soda fountains and learn how to mix the drink in order to hold their trade. There are now half a dozen or more places in London where ice-cream soda is sold, and all day the fountains are surrounded by women. The scene reminds one very much of any one of our uptown confectionery shops on a hot afternoon. I expect It will not be very long before the English women will become as devout worshipers at the ice-cream soda shrine as are our American women at the present day. Heretofore the chief diversion of the English woman out shopping has been to eat Ices and cake or drink chocolate, but I predict the entire disappearance of this fashion In a very short time. Icecream soda has never failed to get a deadly clutch on the women of any country where It has settled, and it will be funny if it does not make a complete conquest of the Londoners.”

THE GIRL OF THIRTEEN.

Unless She Has Care at That Age She Will Make a Forlorn Women. The girl of 13 is the future woman and a very Important parcel of humanity, says the New York Sunday Advertiser. She is a child and just growing into womanhood, and this transition which to grown-ups means only a sudden shooting up beyond all bounds and a tendency to stooped shoulders, is much more to the girl who leaves childhood behind and is not yet a young lady. Fast growing is a very great drain on any child’s strength, and as at 13 she usually has considerable work at school, both mind and body are called upon to do double work. That Is why she needs care. Good food, rost and congenial company are some of the tilings which are necessay for the girl of 13. She should not have too much excitement, or books to read which tax her thoughts too much, as her mind develops only too quickly at this age, and every-day life and lessons are enough to occupy her. She should go to bed early and sleep ten hours. For breakfast she should eat strengthening, bone-making food, oat meal, oranges, brown bread, eggs and milk. For her midday meal she should have something more sustaining than a bread and butter lunch, if she is to grow up into a strong woman. Hot soup and a chop and a baked potato every day. for three months will make her stand up straighter than braces will. She should have a walk in the open air every day; if she does not get this she will grow nervous and sleepless, have fantastic notions about an early grave and running away from home, or, worse still, grow sentimental and write morbid little verses and weep over the poor. These are all true symptoms of the girl of 13. She begins to think she is very old as soon as she gets into her teens, and the responsibilities affect her sensitive new mind to an appalling degree—if she is given time to think of them.

Applauded Too Soon.

Dr. Holmes was a master of the art of so arranging a discourse as to take his hearers by surprise. What they did not anticipate from his lips happened to fall from them. On one memorable occasion they were struck with astonishment as they found themselves in a rhetorical ambush, lured by the verbal skill of the master. The occasion was the opening of the new building of the Harvard Medical School in the autumm of 1883, when Dr. Holmes delivered a lecture before the faculty and government of the college and a large audience. In the January Scribner’s Dr. Thomas Dwight describes the scene, wherein all the audience were astonished, and a part mentally paralyzed. The question of admitting women to the medical school had been debated, and the new movement had been defeated, through the opposition of a great majority of the faculty. Dr. Holmes had inclined to the losing side. On this occasion, after speaking in his most perfect style on woman as a nurse, he concluded:

“I have always felt that this was rather the vocation of woman than general medical, and especially surgical, practice.” This was the signal for loud applause from the conservative side. When he could resume he went on: “Yet I, myself, followed the course of lectures given by the young Madame Lachapelle in Paris, and if here and there an Intrepid woman insists on taking by storm the fortress of medical education, I would have the gate flung open to her, as if it were that of the citadel of Orleans, and she were Joan of Arc returning from the field of victory.” The enthusiasm which this sentiment called forth was so overwhelming that those of us who had led the first applause felt, perhaps looked, rather foolish. I have since suspected that Dr. Holmes, who always knew his audience, had kept back the real climax to lure us to our destruction.

Politics as a Game.

Doctor Parkhurst, of. New York, in a talk with a reporter not long ago, described a common type of politician as a man “who may be honest, who m'ay be incorruptible, who may be reputable, but who handles great Interests without any appreciation of those interests. Men are -tq him mere plank figures, blank checker-men, and he

moves them on his board without reference to the public.” It is precisely this kind of politician who in the long run does as much harm as the man who is personally corrupt. The "boss” of the first type will not enrich himself directly from the public treasury, but he will connive at every kind of trickery and dishonesty by others to attain his end. That end is personal success, the admiration and envy of those struggling unavailing! y for the same objects, the general exclamation at his wonderful shrewdness and superior skill in managing men. Such a-politician cares nothing for great questions in themselves, nor even for his party in itself—although party fealty is his constant cry; he uses these things merely as cards in the game he is playing. The zest of the game, the exhilaration of winning, are to him in politics what other men find In the racing of horses or yachts. The cure lies in the refusal of voters to be longer used as pawns on the bosses’ political chess-board. That kind of politics is what Emerson had in mind when he said, “Some day we shall supersede politics with education.”

A MEASURING STOPPER.

New and Convenient Device for Household or Laboratory. The accompanying cut shows what the Inventor calls an “autometric stopper,” that Is to say, a “self-measuring stopper,” which is sure to come into general use. Its many advantages are apparent. It Is at once a permanent stopper, which will never break nor get “stuck,” and a graduated measure, always ready for use. Besides, it is reserved for the one fluid in which it Is used. The stopper Is composed of a rubber bulb attached to a graduated glass measure. When it is deslfed to get the fluid out of the bottle, the stopper is loosened, the bulb is slightly compressed and the fluid rises to the glass tube. The quantity of fluid brought up into the tube depends upon the amount of pressure upon the bulb; it may be filled, or only partly so, as may be desired. To use the stopper as a measure, the bulb is entirely compressed and the pressure is then relaxed, when the fluid Immediately fills the tube. Then by lightly pressing the small bulb between the thumb and the finger, an air-valve is opened, which permits as much of

THE AUTOMETRIC STOPPER.

the fluid to flow out of the tube as you may desire. In using the autometric stopper there is no pouring out of the fluid and consequently no spilling or wasting of it. It is clean, safe, economical and convenient.

As It Impressed Uncle Zeke.

“What’s that box o’ things fur?” inquired Uncle Zeke, looking down into the showcase. “That’s a manicure set,” answered the shop-girl. “A what?” “Manicure set. It’s for the nails, you know.” “Nails? Is ther’ a hammer goes with it?” “N0,.n0. It’s for the finger nails.” “Finger nails?” “Yes. Trimming them, and cleaning them, and keeping them in shape.” “Is that what all them tools is fur?” “Yes.” “What might the outfit be wuth?” “Three dollars and seventy-five cents.” “Ever sell-any of 'em?” “Often.” “Ain’t used fur nothin’ else?” “No.” “An’ you git $3.75 fur ’em?” “Yes.”' “Gosh!” exclaimed Uncle Zeke, strolling on to the next aisle in the department store, “what’d some folks do fur a livin’ if it wasn’t fur the blamed fools!”

Flints.

Probably few people are aware that there still exists in England a manufactory of gun and tinder-box flints, yet such is the case. The same methods are employed in the mining and fashioning of flints as in the stone age, with little alteration. In order to break flint into pieces of convenient size, the worker places the mass on his knee, and, Uy a dexterous blow with a hammer, shivers it into fragments as easily as if it were chocolate. The pieces are then split into flakes, and these, In ‘turn, are fractured into little squares which, with very slight trimming, become finished gun-flints. Most of the gun flints are exported to Zanzibar and other ports in communication with the interior of Africa; but, besides these, large quantities of flints for tinderboxes are still made at Brandon. Tin-der-box flints chiefly go to Spain and Italy for use in isolated districts.

On Water.

Aluminium launches are to be tried in the French navy on a large scale. An order for 42,000 kilogrammes of the metal has been given to the Aluminium Company at Neuhausen, Switzerland, which is at present tile largest manufacturer of the metal in the world, though the Pittsburg company is rapidly catching up with it.

The Horse's Eye.

The horse’s eye has a thick, glutinous secretion because his eye being large and much exposed to dust the viscid secretion cleanses i| more effectually than would a more watery agent. An old lawyer, whose charges are as heavy as those of the Light Brigade, characterizes more moderate askings as “fees simple.” A bicycle with a patent saddle specially adapted to fat women is the latest

ETHICAL CULTURE SOCIETY.

Something of the New Cult Which is Gaining Prominence. The movement of ethical culture now so prominent in all sections of the United States and portions of Europe had its origin in New York city, where the first ethical society was founded in 1876. The attitude of the New York society has been from the first neither irreligious nor anti-religious. In the opening address which Prof. Felix Adler delivered on May 15,1876, the watchword which he suggested for the new movement was: “Diversity in the creed, unanimity in the deed.” He also emphasized in those remarks that belief in any of the received doctrines of religion should not hinder any one from joining the new organization. Neither

FELIX ADLER.

should a negative attitude toward the current religious teachings be a hindrance. Those who aspire to become good men should be welcomed to the new fellowship, no matter what their opinions might be on questions of theology or philosophy, Prof. Adler stated at that time. All that was expected was a sincere interest in the moral improvement of the individual and of society, and a willingness to waive points of difference and to come into fundamental agreement with others animated by the same desire. These views had been known by a number of Prof. Adler's friends for some years prior to the organization of the society. Prof. Adler was at that time professor of Oriental literature at the Cornell university, and when a number of friends of the cause of ethical culture were prepared to form a society he resigned from the faculty of the university and entered the field in which he had long been desirous to labor. It was a labor of love for him from the beginning and still is such. A>t first the new society was the target for much hostile criticism and even bitter persecution. Like all new movements it required time to be correctly appreciated, and in the beginning it was misinterpreted. The fact that the Ethical society did not affirm any religious belief was regarded as positive proof that its members and its leaders were'at heart hostile to religion. But this was a mistake, and as time went on it was perceived to be such. The prejudice which the society at first excited has abated from year to year. Some of those who were its most pronounced antagonists have become its well wishers aud supporters. The change of attitude against the society is shown by the fact-that the legislature of the State of New York has conferred upon Prof. Adler legal authority to perform the marriage ceremony.

A Smuggling Scientist.

A Berlin periodical has the following: In 1805 Humboldt and Guy Lussac met in Paris to pursue their investigations as to the compression of air. The two men of science found it necessary to obtain a large number of glass tubes. These were very dear in France at the time, and the enormously high* duty forbade their introduction from abroad. But Humboldt was nothing daunted. He ordered the tubes from a German glass works, and instructed the manufacturer to close them up at both ends and affix to each a label with these words, “Deutsche Luft’’ (German air). The air of Germany was an article which did not appear in the tariff, and the custom house officials allowed the tubes to pass, and they were thus delivered free of duty into the hands of the two men of science.

A Natural Question.

An agent for one of the large jewelry stores in this city was canvassing a section of the over-the-Rhine district. He was endeavoring to sell an eight-day clock, and had the good qualities of it at his tongue’s end. “ My dear sir,” he said to a portly German, ‘‘this is a remarkable clock. Not only is it beautifully finished, but it is a perfect timepiece. Why, this clock runs for eight days without winding.” The German opened his eyes at this, and gazed with wonderment at the clock. “ You say it run eight day vidout vinding,” he inquired of the agent, “ Veil, dat is ein gut clock; but if it run eight days vidout vinding, den how long vill it run ven you do vind it?”

Brain Not So Quick as a Leyden Jar.

According to a writer in the Popular Science Monthly, the nerves ol warm blooded animals telegraph information to their brains at the rate of about 150 feet per second. When anyone puts his hand on hot iron he does not feel it until the nerves have sent the message to the brain, and in the interval his hand has been burned. It is thought that this would not be the case if the nerve message were transmitted with the intensity and velocity of electricity transmitted over a copper wire to a brain acting with the promptness of a Leyden jar.

Hawking Girl Babies.

Miss Adele M. Field says mothers in China often turn their girl babies over to the hucksters, who hawk them about the streets in a basket, Belling them for about the price of a r pring phi'eken. Mothers of infant sons buy these girl babies and rear them as future daughters in law.

HUMOR or THE WEEK

STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Odd, Cnrioea and Laughable Phases of Human Nature Graphically Portrayed by Eminent Word Artists of Our Own Day—A Budget of Fun. Sprinkles of Spice. Mrs. Gadzley—“Do you suffer much from toothache.” Mrs. Blazzer—“No—that is, not unless my husband has it.” —Roxbury Gazette. “So the insolent fellow refused to pay his rent.” “He did not say so in words, but he intimated it.” “How so?” “He kicked me downstairs.”—Le Figaro. Bryce—“ Algernon Fitz Sappy is one orthose fellows who has more money than brains, isn’t he?” Knowso—“Yes, and he is poor, too.”—Life’s Calendar. Mrs. Nuwed—“Our landlord thinksof nothing but the rent” Nuwed—“You wrong him, my dear. I’m sure he never thinks of the rent in the roof.”— Judge. “Mrs. Trout, why do you look so down in the gills?” “Trout my dear, I can’t help worrying when I remember that it’s most fly time again.”—New York Recorder. Blobbs—“Do you think the average man is as stupid before he marries as !ie is afterwards?” Cynicus—“Certainy, or he wouldn’t get married.” Philadelphia Record. With joy I greets you, gentle spring; You bids us smile ag’in— No wood ter saw, no snow ter sweep. No coal ter carry in. —Washington Star.

“Chollle is a changed maq. He sent $lO to the mission in China last wgek.” “He must be changed indeed, or he could never make $lO go as far as that!” —Harper’s Bazar. “It’s her disposition to make light of serious things,” he said mournfully. “Yes,” replied Cholly Luvlorn. “She even burns the poetry I write about her.”—Washington Star. Lipper—“l wonder why it is that Miss Primper always takes such good care of her complexion?” Chipper—“ She’s so conscientious; it isn’t her own, you know.”—Cincinnati Tribune. “Our first impressions most readily slip our memories,” said the teacher. “Oh, I know why!” shouted Johnny. “Well, why?” “Our first Impressions are slippers?’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “And this—this is elocution!” sighed the poet, as the recitationist finished his pet poem. “Yes, what did you think it was?” “Execution,” returned the poet, with a moan.—Harper’s Bazar. Cholly Uppers—“Fwed, can you spare me small bills for a ten?” Freddie Heeled—“Suah, dcah boy.” Cholly—“Thanks, weally, I’ll hand you the ten to-morrow.”—St Louis Globe-Demo-crat

Mrs. Rash—“ How do you manage to get your cook so early?” Mrs. Dash —“Well, I hunted up a young and gqddlooking milkman and hired him to come at 5 o’clock.”—Louisville Courier Journal. “What is the matter with that man?” asked the inquisitive small girl in the theater. “The man sitting in the front row?” “Yes’m. The one whose hair is too small for him.”—Washington Star. Author—“ What’s the matter with the dialect in that story? Isn’t it plain enough?” Magazine editor —“Yes; that’s the trouble. Anybody can read It "without a glossary.”—Somerville Journal. Impatient tourists (to small boy fishing In the lake)—“You told us the boat always left here at 4, and we have waited now till past 5.” Boy—“Oh, it doesn’t begin to run till May.”—Fliegende Blatter. “Experience is the best teacher,” remarked Plodding, Pete. “Yes,” replied Meandering Mike; “but my personal observation is that It’s a mighty poor way ter study law.”—Washington Star. Wife (to unhappy husband)— “l wouldn’t worry, John; it doesn’t do any good to borrow trouble.” Husband —“Borrow trouble? Great Caesar, my dear, I ain’t borrowing trouble; I have It to lend.”—Colorado Sun. Old Bache—“That’s a handsome pair of slippers you’re wearing, Harry.” Harry—“ They ought to be; I’m sure they cost enough. My wife made them, and then coaxed out of me the price of a sealskin jacket.”—Tid-Bits.

Stern Parent—“ You tell me that you love my daughter and wish to marry her. But how do you expect to live on eight hundred a year?” Loving Swain —“Oh, come, now, your income must be more than that!”—Boston Transcript. Clara—“ How under the sun did Edith happen to marry Mr. Awkward?” Dora—“He was the bane of her life at every ball She attended, and I presume she married him to keep him from wanting to dance with her.”—New York Weekly. 1 Judge (to prisoner)—“Have you anything more to say?” Prisoner—“No, my lord; only I would ask you to be quick, please, as it is near the dinner hour, and if I am to go to prison I should like to get there In time for the soup.”—Francais Illustre. She—“ Every one in town says we are going to be married.” He—“ Well, it’s true, Isn’t It?” She “It can’t be, Frederick. You must be deceiving me. If it were true every one in town would say we are not going to be married.”—Truth. “But he is so much younger than his wife.” “I know that, but then he will be much older ten years from now.” “As for that matter, won’t she also be much older?” “My dear sir, she Is a woman. Just you wait ten years and see.”—Boston Transcript.

The Dighton “Writing Rock.”

At Dighton, Mass., lying well out in the tidewater of Taunton River, is a rock of great antiquarian interest It is i granite bowlder about 11 feet long and 5 feet in greatest height, and 1 la known throughout New England as the “Dighton writing side of the. bowlder is almost perfectly smooth, as though worn by glacial action. On, the flat^surf gee, In clear-cut outlines? are dozens of characters, hieroglyphics and pictures chiseled by some prehistoric engraver. The archaeologists have never,beep able to decipher these characters, but’ they are of undoubted antiquity.—St Louis Republic.