Bloomington Telephone, Volume 14, Number 9, Bloomington, Monroe County, 12 July 1889 — Page 3

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There is a man in Hart County, Ga., -who spells his entire name with two letters, Bob Bobo. A 1ULLI5EB has invented a cork bonliet. It is made wholly of the bark of the cork tree and is very light. If marriage generally is a failure, the reason may be found in the fact that so many people who go into it are not a success. A portrait of Gen. Butler is to be placed in the rotunda of the New Hampshire C&pitol opposite that of Gen. Dix. It has been decided that the minimum for the British Foot Guards shall be lowered to five feet seven inches in the ase of men under 20 years of age. West Virginia has a new industry, the making of "Spanish cedar cigarboxes" out of poplar, dyed with an extract that gives the proper color and smell. "Old Tecuseh" Sherman is authority for the statement that every jear the girls at West Point get pret tier, and that such has been the case for .fifty years. According to the Evangelist, out of the 1,139 American Presbyterian churches reported pastorless last year, 812 have less than fifty members apiece And 219 have 10 to 1.

The Port Hope Chiide, a Canadian paper, prints a list of 400 young men who have lately left Port Hope to take up their residence in the United States. It deserves to be added that they are not bank cashiers.

The substance of the coroner's report on Mind-reader Bishop's case is that the doctors were not to blame, but they ought not to have done it. It is like the western jury's verdict "Not guilty, but don't do it again.9 Exoixeeb Boubke, of the British man-of-war Calliope, the only vessel wnich escaped from Apia harbor during the great storm there, has been promoted to be fleet engineer as a reward for his services in enabling the vessel to steam out of the harbor.

A yqpxg woman complains through one of the New York papers, that she cannot ride in any of the cars on the elevated road in that city without being nudged by rude men who sit next to her or stand up in front of her. If she will travel in the disguise of an old or exceedingly plain1 woman, she will be safe from the nudgings of the chivalrous New .Yorkers.

There is a big sensation on hand at Wichita, Kansas, where a supposed suicide has recovered enough to tell that instead of attempting to take his own life, he was shot by a man who owed him money. The man w shot him was the person who pronounced the shooting a case cf suicide, and gave as reason for it that his victim was finan. cially embarrassed. The foreman in the office of the Arteona Tombstone put the head u Horrible Blunder," which was intended for a railroad accident, over a wedding notice, and got the editor shot in consequence; and it has been a question in the Territory ever since whether the foreman really made a mistake or is a convert to the Mona Caird doctrine that "marriage Is a failure." Dogs, when tarried away in a blindfolded or drugged condition, find their way home over distances from five to five hundred miles; and in one case, when a dog was taken off along the two sides of a triangle, he came home by the third side. The exquisitely trained instinct of the flying pigeon, and similar capabilities of most animals, show the great importance of this unerring instinct.

What most took the Shah's eye on the occasion of his visit to the Czar was the superb uniform of the 400 Imperial Horse Guards who surmounted the Russian ruler when he received his visitor in person at the railway station. The uniform consists of a spotless white coat, top boots reaching above the knees, and a helmet of what looks like pure gold, surmounted by an enormous eagle of silver. The Hell G&te Tower ought to be allowed to stand as a permanent school of instruction io American engineers and bridge builders. The contractors have not been able to pull it down, and dynamite has been tried upon it three times in vain. They now propose to take it down just as it was built, piecemeal. It is a sacrilege, however, to spoil such a masterpiece of engineering) -especially as it is as graceful as it is strong. Have the Mcrmons a plural Moses? It looks a little that way. They are preparing for a plural exodus, having purchased large bodies of fand in Mexico and also in the Dominion of Canada, and hundreds oi families , have already taken possession of their new homo? in both the northern and southern lands of

promise Ths census of Utah for 1890 will be affected, by this migration; but if all the polygamous Mormons will have the grace to pick themselves up and leave, the population of that Territory will be 5K),000 within five years. They are wring electricity in India to prevent snakes going into dwellings. Before all tha doors and around the houses two wires are laid, isolated from one another and connected with an induction appai-atus. When the snake attempts to et.ter the house or go under it he completes the circuit as he crawls over the two vires, and if the shock he gets does not kill him it is likely to frighten him f o that he goes away from there as soon is he can.

It is remarked that the poppy at last is finding it 1 as a mission aside from beautifying the fields of England and being a nuisance to the English farmers. It is found that the poppy forms a network of roots that cannot be exterminated without great difficulty, and is, therefore, admirable for keeping embankments in place. French engineers are now sowing newly-constructed railway embankments with poppies, with a view to prevent their destruction by heavy rains. By and by the Frenchmen will be execrating the indefatigable English poppy as much as we do the infernal English sparrow or the pes tiferous Canada thistle.

From an anecdotal and personal article on "Gen. Lee After the War,'9 by Mrs. Margaret J. Preston, in the Century, is taken the following: 'He had the gentlest possible way of giving counsel and administering rebuke. I renieniber hearing him say, in a presence where uch testimony was worth more than a dozen temperance lectures : 'Men need no stimulant. It is something, I am persuaded, that they can do without. When I went into the field, at the beginning of the war, a good lady friend of mine gave me two sealed bottles of veiy superb French brandy. I carried them with me through the entire campaign and when I met my friend again, after all was over, I gave her back both her bottles of brandy with the seaLt unbroken. It may have been some comfort to me to know that I had them in case of sudden emergency, but tie moment nevtv came when I needed to use them "

A CHrncH n ember was unexpectedly called upon to lead an evening meeting. For five minutes he spoke smoothly, fluently and aptly, and then, all of a sudden, by some queer caper of his memory forgot all of his discourse, but the subject itsoli He paused to collect his thoughts, but they would not be collected. Then he beckoned to worthy brother in the front pew. When the brother came the speaker whispered in his ear: fcDo you remember what I have been talking about?" "No I do not," said thevorthy brother scratching his head in a perplexed way. Here was a pickle sure enough. Then the leader of the meeting called up another member and made the sitme inquiry but this mem -ber was as ignorant of the matter as the first one, and the speaker in desperation renewed his remarks, touching on an entirely dilere at line of thought, as he afterward remembered, and his audience never knew the difference.

A Frenchm murdered a woman he met on the highway, first taking from her her little savings, amounting to 60 cents. The peculiarity of the case lies in the evidence that convicted the murderer. On the bank of the pond, near where the corpse was discovered, there was found a large piece of bread, the end of a loaf with a singular bulge at one side. One of the neighbors testified that on the morning of the day the crime was committed, Lianty had come to her house to beg for something to eat. She gave him a glass of wine and a lunch of bread; he drank the wine and put the bread, in the breast of his blouse, saying that he would eat it later. The loif that she cut it from was home-baked. One of the bricks in the floor of her oven was missing, so that in each batch of loaves there was one with a protuberance marking the sight of the muising brick. It was this protuberance that enabled her to identify the bread found near the body with the piece ahe had given Lianty. He was forthwith found guilty aftd condemned to death.

A Line Too Much. An individual who made a business of composing obituary notices, epitaphs, etc., used to solicit business far and near. He called at a house in a distant part of the country one day, and finding a woman dressed in significant and somber attire, he inquired in low sympathetic tones, "A recent bereavemenmadam?" aYes," she sobbed. "A husband?" The stricken woman covered her face with her apron and could only nod assent. Then the obituary man whipped out his note-book a ad pencil and prepared for business. "Madam," he said, "I am the chartered obituary writer for a widely circulated and influential journal. I also compose epitaphs for those who are composed in deati, either in prose or poetry. Wouldn't you like a few lines about your liusbandV" "Lines about my husband!" she exclaimed wofully. One Jine was too much for him." "What line was that?" "A tow-line. He was lynched for stealing a can id mule." Texas Sittings.

AS OBTH0DOX MAN.

He Wouldn't Give tho Ughtnia Any CIiaimw to Ho HuHinoftg. A man wearing the evidences of a tiresome journey dismounted from a jaded horse at the door of a cabin near the Arkansas line of the Indian Territory, and, speaking to an old fellow who advanced to meet him, said : "My friend, I am worn out and am hungry. Can you give me shelter and something to eat?" The old fellow picked np a wood tick out of his whiskers, and looking at it, answered : "I dun no 'zackly, but we mout, as sick things have been did. Whut's yo' name?" "Marcus White." "Ah, hah I They call you Mark, I reckon ?" "Yes." " Wall, my name, is Matthew, an I've got a son named Luke and one ' named John. All uv us tergether would make a sort of gospel team, wouldn't we?" "Yes, said Mr. White, smiling, "but the question now is, can I find accommodation here"?" "Hitch yo' horse an' come in, an we'Jl see about it." When White went into tho house a shrunken woman, mumbling over her knitting, made room for him by shoving back her chair without getting up, and a jute-haired child, with a hunk of corn bread in its hand, scrambled under the bed. "Set down, Mr. Mark," said old Matthew. "Tildy, (addressing his wife) "you mout hussle around now an' git this here hongry man suthin' ter eat. You mout go out thar an' kill that old hen that's been a-settin' fur two weeks on them pieces uv brickbats. Bile her long enough an' I reckon we ken chaw her." The woman wiped her nose on her knitting and went out, and pretty soon there arose the distressing cry of an old hen. "Mr. Mark," said old Matthew, "you are religious I hope." "Yes, I try to be.,; "Glad ter hear it, fur nobody but religious folks can claim anything offen me. You believe that Aaron made a steer outen gold, don't you?"

"Yes, a calf."

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jxir yuu suure it was uunii

"I am quite sure. "Wall, then, we won't argy. All I want is ter settle the lack uv yo' belief, fur, ez I tell you, I am a religious man, dyed in the wool an' baptized in the feathers. You believe that old 'Lis ha made the he-bears eat up forty children, don't you?" "They were she boars." "Air you certain about that p'int?" "Yes, 1 am positive." "Wall, it don't make no diffunce so long as you lelieve it. Now, lemme see. It's my habit, you understand, to investigate these things. I wouldn't let a inferdel stay in my house five minutes, if I knowed it, fur nothin' in the world. You believe that Moses split the sea, don't you?" "Yes." "Glad glad to know that ypu air a Christian gentleman. But I hear my boys Luke and John a-comin.' They've been over iuter Bucksnort County ter settle a little diffikelty." When the boys, two gaunt 'fellows, came into the room the old man said: "Boys, this is Mr. Mark. Set down thar, an' tell me how the thing come out. Did you find old man Bender?" "Yas suh," said one of the boys. "Whut did you do with him?" "Tied him ter a tree." "Good ! Then what did you do?" "We cut some hickories an' whipped him" " Good !" the old man exclaimed. "Did he howl?" "Bawled like er cow," "Good! How many did vou hit him?" "Fifty." "Fustrate. Then what?" "We left him tied thar. "Fustrate, Mr. Mark," he added, speaking to the guest, "that -oughter teach him a lesson." "What had he dene to deserve such punishment?" Oh, he sued me for a saddle I borrid from him. Left him tied, eh? Fustrate P They continued to talk, and the odor of the boiling hen floated into the room. A gathering cloud which all day had been making threats burst into a downpour of rain. 'Mr. Mark," said the host, "I wanter ax you another question. We must have a little liberality, yoo know, ez well ez belief. Do you bTeve that Adam wras made outer dust ?" "Well, strictly speaking I do not." "What! don't believe that Adam was made outer dust?" "To tell you the truth, I do not." "Well, then, git outer this house right smart; get right out." "My dear sir, this rainstorm " "Git out (springing to his feet) or I'll hurt you. I don't w ant thehghtnin' ter strike my house jest because I've got a inferdel here. Git out." "Won't you give me a piece of that chicken, please?" ' "Not a speck. I ain't gwine to give the lightnin the slighest excuse for business. No inferdel harbored here. Git!" Mr. Marcus White rode into the storm. Arkansaiv Traveler.

Queer Find of Honey. A remarkable discovery has been made at the Cathaya Yard of the Taffvale Railway Company, says the Glasgow Herald. A large elm tree crrown

; in Gloucestershire wras being cut up

heart a cavity measuring eight feet sevn and one-half inches in diamater was discovered almost completely filled with the comb of the honey bee together with a squirrel's skull. No means of access to tue hollow was discoverable, neither was decay anywhere apparent, and around the cavity itself no less than fifty "rings," each ring denoting a year's growth, were counted, the outer bark being too without a flaw. The hollow was of uniform size throughout Jjnd presented the appearance of having been bored with an auger, and, great though, its dimensions were, it was practically tilled with the comb, proving that the beea must have been in possession for several years. Empty

combs of the queen bee also show! that they had swarmed. How the bees got there can only be guessed, but is surmised that a squirrel once occupied a decayad hole in the tree, cleared away the decay occupied the cavity as its home, and there died. Then the bees entered into possession and tilled the hole with comb, when by some means the entrance, wLich must have been small, became stopped, the largo quantity of frrub and tly being taken as demonstrative that the nest was not voluntarily deserted. Then for fifty years tho growth of the timber Merit on. The entrance bemg absolutely obliterated and the hole being: hermetically sealed, the comb was preserved from decay for half a century, to be found at last ia the way described. The find, is of great interest to naturalists. Ail Englishman. A gentleman to whom the editor was recently introduced, Mr. X. by name, made himself entertaining by repeating the story of an adventure he had had on the New York; tram. He is a member of a prominent steel firm here, and one of the salesmeu being ill at a tune when the house was anxious to secure a particular order, Mr. X. started out himself with a case of samples, in true commercial traveler style. As he got into the train the brakeman informed him that there was an excursion that day, and it was doubtful if he could get a seat. Mr, X. went on, and found the cars literally packed, so that even the aisles were full. He noticed, however, that in one seat sat an Englishman, who had piled up his luggage to occupy the vacant place. "Is this seat taken?" asked Mr. X. when with some difficulty he had made his way to the njan. The Englishman looked up with true British insolence. "Cawn't ye see that it is?" he responded. Mr. X. replied by coolly sweeping all the foreigner's belongings to the floor, and possessing himself of the place thus made vacant. He took a book from his pocket and began to read, while his seatmate stared out of the window, apparently not in the best humor. The volume chanced to be "Pickwick Papers," and as he read, Mr. X. from time to time chuckled appreeiately at what he read. "Well, now, what are ye laughing at?" the Englishman suddenly demanded, turning to the other, "What are you reading ?" " 'Pickwick Papers! 99 replied his companion, regarding the question as an overture of peace. "Humph!" responded the Englishman. "Dickens. He was a fool, ye know." "He had the misfortune to be an Englishman," was Mr. X.'s conciliatory reply. "Now what is that?" asked the foreigner, catching sight of the chestnut case in the other's lap. "That is my case of samples." " Of samples ?" repeated his cornpan ion , with the utmost contempt. "Then you are nothing but a bagman?" What is a bagman?" "Why, ye are, ye lenow, if ye sells things by samples." "I'd have ydu understand replied Mr. -X., affecting a good deal oi the spreadeagle air for the occasion, "that I am a commercial traveler, and more than that that I am an American., and that makes it a good deal of condescension on my part to sit in the same car with the slave of an English aristocracy." He flourished a bit in this style, and wound up by saying: "The meanest citizen of this free country is above an Englishman, because wre are free and equal he-re." At this moment the train drew into a station, and among those who entered the car was an enormous colored woman with a bundle in her arms which corresponded in dimensions to her own portliness. Mr. X. recognized his opportunity. He rose in his place and beckoned to the old woman, who swept her way through tne crowd with ponderous swayings and lurching. "Here, aunty," he said, "here is a seat and pheasant company." "Bless yer, honey, chuckled the crigantic old woman, Tse a good deal sot on company any time. Set over dar, honey," she continued, addressing the Englishman. "Dar ain't no "easion to look at me dat yer way. S et along." And she sat down with a pervadingness which nearly annihilated the unfortunate Britisher, who gasped, struggled, and in the end was forced to abandon his position altogether. Boston Courier. ' In Unpopular King. The subjects of the King oi: the Netherlands are justly indignant at the conduct of their royal master. He was in a dying condition. The undertaker called at the palace and took the measure of the august personage. The doctors were unanimous that his Royal Highness was as good as dead. When a king dies in Europe it is a serious matter to all his subjects. In this case more than half of the well-to-do families invested largely in the heavy bereavement and mitigated affliction departments of the dry-goods stores. Immense quantities of black cloth were purchased in which to swaddle the public buildings. Just at this crisis the King got well mentally and physically. His faitLful subjects had to stop working the pumphandle of their emotions, and go down into their garments for money to buy fireworks to celebrate the recovery of their lord and master. The consequence is they are much mom depressed, financially and otherwise, than they would have been if the worst had happened. What that King needs is a couple of New York doctors like those who attended Biahop, the mind reader. They would have seen to it that the King did not come to again. Texas Silings. It Might Distract His Attention. "Why, I tell you, sir, it's a splendid remedy. Children cry for it." "That may be. It proves nothing. My boy cried for a wooley horse with red legs, yesterday, and I am quite certain that a woolly horse with red legs wouldn't cure him of the colic. Lowell Citueru

SOKE FACTS ABOUT C0JISUHPXK0B.

BY DR. FttANK. Even those of tho strongest minds are at time singularly inclined to tlaink themselves the: victims of disease. Considering the fact that consumption is popularly believed to be incurable, aud that of its causes, nature and symptoms but little is generally known, it is not surprising that it if) one of our most common imaginary a::Hictions. A cough which is not soon recovered from suggests that dire disease; so, too, does a pain in the chest, and a variety of other symptoms, which, taken alone, are comparatively insignificant. Could all the popular delusions concerning consumption fce dispelled, and it be better understood; generally, much of the nnhappine.ss now existing, excited by the fear of it, would le dissipated; and not only that, but fewer cases of the maladv would occur. Everything which appears to affect the health of mankind has been alleged to be a cause of pulmonary consumption, such as deficiency and poor quality of food, lack of pure air, light, warmth, and exercise; in fact, everything which impairs the nutrition of the body, induces impoverishment of the blood, or depresses the nervous system. This is true. Th waste of vital power, no matter how produced, leaves the system in a condition peculiarly susceptible to consumption ; it invites thai; disease. Birt those unhealthy influences are not considered by phyieiens of the present day to bo actual exciting causes. They are held to be contributing ca jses, while the direct and real exciting cause of con sumption is a germ. Now, this germ, in order for it to thrive and do its destructive work, needs a peculiar soil, as it were. If introduced into the organism of a healthy person, it would not multiply, but woxdd die. If, however, that same person's general health were impaired, either by overwork, disease, excessive indulgences, or as a consequence of being denied good and sufficient food, pure air, etc., then he would be in just such a condition as the germ of consumption needs for its growth and multiplication. He is, as physicians term it, in a condition of "susceptibility." This peculiar condition may not only be acquired by errors of habit, etc., but it may also exist in a person at his birth. It is generally the inheritance of children of consumptive parents, but the parents may not necessarily have had that disease to transmit a susceptibility to consumption. If either of them are syphilitic, or suffer from any malignant disease, or have what is termed a scrofulous constitution, their children are quite likely to come into the world stamped with a decided tendency to consumption. From all this it will be understood that delicacy of constitution, peculiar to the whole system or to various important parts, either inherited or acquired, may be considered as u predisposing cause of consumption.

Accepting this theory, then, tss the .

most reasonable, these must be present in every instance before the disease can be brought into existence Now, almost everv one who has had a severe cold and neglected it, and, in consequence, has been troubled for some weeks with a cough, becomes uneasy and fears consumption. It is true, that, by permitting his trouble to run on, he has allowed his system to fall into a condition which makes it easier for him to have the disease; and, yet, as a matter of fact, very few cases, indeed, of that grave malady ever occur in that way, from that cause. Again almost everyone who has pneumo:aia, is for a long time after recovery, fearful of consumption. He certainly has very little reason to apprehend that. Pneumonia seldom terminates in disease of the lungs; in fact, he who has it aud recovers, makes an absolute and entire recovery, and his lungs are left just as sound and healthv as before attack. A further consideration of this subject will be given next week. Yankee Blade. Table Etiquette for Children. Here are a few good old rules that can be safely followed: Give a child a seat that shall be strictly its own. Te6ch it to take its seat quietly. To use its napkin properly. To wait patiently to be served. To answer promptly. To say thank you. If asked to leave the table for a forgotten article or for any purpose to do so at once. Never to interrupt and never to contradict. Never to make remarks about the food, such as "I saw that turkey killed, and how he did bleed," as I once heard a little boy remark at a Thanksgiving dinner. Teach the child to keep his plate in order. Not to handle the bread or to drop food on the cloth and floor. To always say, "Excuse me, please," to the mother when at home, and to the lady or hostess when visiting, if leaving the table before the rest of the party. To fold its napkin and to put back it chair or push it close to the table before leaving. And after leaving the table not to return. I know children who observe every one of these rules, and are in no way priggish, but are simply well-behaved, delightful companions, and they owe it all to their mother's careful training from babyhood. Good Housekeeping. Chinese doctors have a high regard

for a medicine which they make from white and red coral, rubies, pearls, emeralds, and musk, all crushed into minute powders, made into pills with gum and rose water and coated with gold leaf. "They come high, but we mutit have 'em," say they in cases of small-pox and other infectious fevers. This jewel of a medicine is except ionally i gilt-edged, for most Chinese medicines ;

are cheap and nasty. xr, Jioote s

i Health Monthly.

Me. Vonhinkfxstkinhausenbloser, of Ohio, is right in refusing to change his name. No man likes to have his letters mixed with other people's. And, besides, why shouldn't letter-carriers and sign-painters cam their salaries?

Honest and Truthful The Major was sitting in his library, ninoking a tine meerschaum pipe, when old -Silvester, negro jM&tician, was announced''Come in," said the Major, when Sylvester appeared at the dkor. " Y as, sab, I thank you, sab. I thought I'd come in an' tell you dat it aint outen de range o' my erbility, sah, ter git ail ?eni Tenth ward niggers ter vote fur you fur mayor. I am delighted to hear it,w the Major responded, "but I have no intention of running for mayor. Did yon see what the morning paper said about me ?" "No sah" Til show you When the Major got up to look for the piper ho put his pipe on the centertable; but when he looked for his pipe after reading the paragraph, he found that it was gone "Whut did I do with that piper he asked "What pipe, sah?n "The pipe I was smoking when yoti came in.1 "You wa'nt smokin' no pipe don; dat is, I didn't see you smokin' none." "I was smoking it when yon came in, and I put it on this table when I got up to look for that paper." "You mouter done it, sah, but I didn't see you." "But if I put it there why is it not there now?" "Wall, dat ain't fur me ter say. Yas, sah, dem niggers down dar in de Tenth ward pays erteution ter ebery word dat I says; an da alius gwine ter vote fur de man dat I put out, too doan meek, no diffunce ef it's fur mayor or jedgew The Major saw smoke issuing from the pocket of Sylvester's linen duster. "I)o everything you say, eh?" "Dat's whut da does, sah; fur er fack, dat's jest vhut da does." "That's because vou are an honest

man.

"Dat's de cause, I has :ao doubt, sah. Oh, it's jest ez easy fur a man ter be honest. I hear folks makin' er great miration 'bout er man bein' honest, but I ain't neber found it no trouble. I jest goes right er long an3 tends ter my own business an' tells de truth. I neber could see why er man dat's got any ' 'speck for hisse'f wanter tell er lie. Man oughter know dat it's gwine come home ter him sooner ur later." The smoke increased in volume. ' 'Yes," said the Major, "it comes home to him sooner or later and very frequently sooner than he expects." ' Pat's true, sah; dats true. An' I alius say ter my boys, sT "boys, no matter what else you is, be truthful an honest an den the white folks gwine stan' by you. No matter ef the truth 'pears to work ergin you at de time tell it, fur it ain't gwine ter be long till you gwine to stand up unspotted." The Major saw that Sylvester's coattail was on fire, but the old negro, sit ting screwed around on his chair, was still unmindful of an approaching calamity. "Yes, Sylvester, honesty and truthfulness will always win." - " Do it fur er fack, sah; an' dat's jest whut I tells my boys." "You never told a lie, I suppose. "Well, ef I did it wuz mighty long ergo. When I wuz er mussyful hebens, Pse bumin' up! Whoop! Tse on lire." He jumped up, and while he was putting out the tire the pipe dropped on tbe floor. "I I I doan trn'orstan' dis yere, he said as ho gave the skirt of the duster a final twist. "How dat pipe ooulder got in dat pocket I don't know.1 "I don't think it is at all strange, the Major replied. w Who doan?" "I don't" "Look yere, is you cuzen' me right herein yere own house; you come flingin' out er sinywation at ne? Set er man's coat er fire an' den tromp on his feelin'sby 'cuzen' him? You ain't iny sorter folis. I ain't got s'ciety wid you. Oome 'stroyin' er man's clothes an' den lookin at him wid s'picion. Tm gwine. Arkansaw Traveler. One Advantage or Photography "I find oneadvantage that comes from being an amateur photographer, said a friend to me a few days ago, "and that is that almost any young woman will let you take her picture and think its great fun to be taken in various poses and at titudes, and shell think nothing of it, but she'd slap your faoe for you if you asked her to give a picture. Now today a lady who lives at the Back Bay introduced me to her New York cousin who was on here for a short visit and they were both mighty handsome girls. After walking through the Public Gardon it occurred to me that I would very much like to have their pictures, especi ally that of the New Yorker, and I invited them down to the Camera Club to see the display there. They readily consented and when we arrived there, I laughingly su ggested that I take their pictures. They demurred of course, at fiist, but consented without much urging, and when they became interested, they permitted me to take four negatives. I felt as if I had been amply repaid for all my time, trouble and expense in acquiring the art of photography, just by being able to secure the fucture of that damsel, who was, I be ieve, the handsomest girl I have seen. should never have been able to have plucked up couraged enough to ask for a cabinet portrait, and even if I had gotten over my bashfuktess sufficiently to have asked, I don't suppose that she would have given it. She would have put me off, perhaps, with some empty promise, if indeed, she kid not given me a point blank refusal. But, oh, certainly, I could take her pictures, for that was just too lovely you know, and that was only fun, audi was an araatuer. And so I secured the vision of lovliness, which otherwise might erhaps have flitted from my sight forever and been but a memory and a dream." You. would be surprised to know how great a number of young women there is among the enthusiastic manipulators of i;he camera. Many of the wealthiest young ladies in the Bay have taken up ,he craze, and with the fine artistio ;astes of the feminine mind they hare produced many of the finest specimens f photography. W F. Murray in ifta Lowell Critic.