Bloomington Telephone, Volume 14, Number 28, Bloomington, Monroe County, 6 September 1889 — Page 3

Bloomington Telephone BLOOMINGTON. INDIANA-

WALTER & "3EADFUTE,

A statistician" tigures that Ancient Borne bad alout 4,000,000 inhabitants.

It is said tlrtt an excellent quality of

twine can be r xdo from the sunflower plant. ' A Florida party of three alligator hunters is reported to have killed more than one hundred of the saurians in one day, A Boston company is trying to introduce wicker-work coffins. They claim, from a sanitary point of view, nothing can equal them.

The daughter of the Chief Justice of the United States is to enter a law office and study for the legal profession. She has just graduated from college. A SEW vanish has just been brought out it England, It is called the "ardenbrits," and is said to be proof against water, steam, smoke, sea air, and sea water. The news of Chinatown in New York is affixed to a big telegraph pole, and the residents ore much alarmed at an order to remove the poles from the streets. It is not generally known that Mr. Gladstone has only three fingers on his left hand. The index finger was shot off forty-seven years ago, by an accident in the huntincr-lteld.

Queen Vic is now Colonel of a German regiment, and Emperor William is an English Admiral. Would each take command in the event of a war between England and Germany? A Etonoo lecturer in England says that the Bri ish have degraded India and her peop e to the level of beasts, and that tens of thousands die yearly of starvation, and all reports are suppressed. The sudden sinking of a large tract of land in Viiginia has been followed by a similar o?cnrrence in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, where 300 acres recently went down, leaving a beautiful lake on top. , A weiter in the Atlanta Constitution announce himself as ready to prove that "notwithstanding the destruction of human life by the war, the white population of twelve Southern States increased in a greater ratio than the negro raca by nearly four per cent." Miss Alice Dayton, of Ellsworth, Wis., invited her lover t: her home. He was a young minister of St. Paul. Alice's mother favored another suitor of her daughter, and expressed her disapproval by emptying a pail of sour buttermilk over the young dominie in his new dress-suit .

At one factory in the United States there are manufactured between two and three tons of postal cards a day all the year round. The largest order ever filled for one city was 4,000,000 cards, or about twelve tons of paper, for New York. There are 450,000,000 postal cards manufactured annually and their use is increasing daily. It is a queer fact that deaf persons who can not Lear ordinary conversation anywhere else can hear the most casual and low-toned remarks when they are' riding in. railroad cars. I can not explain it," a deaf woman said in speaking of it, "but the rattle of the cars seems to drown the ringing in my ears, and all my acquaintances who are deaf notice the same thing.! A Boston watchmaker recently had a rare task. It was the putting in order of two watches, each of which had cost $2,500. The case of each of these watches is of pure gold, and it works number fully 400 pieces. On the larger dial there are four smaller dials; one showing by a diagram of the sky the changes of th moon, a second dial each month, a tl ird dial the day of the month and a fourth dial the day of the week. Miss Bou , tb pretty girl blacksmith, who k said to be making quite a pile of money in 'Frisco, has already a rival in Alide Wilder, a tall and not unattractive brunette, who makes creditable horseshoes in a little shop under an elm tree in the suburbs of Brooklyn. Miss Wilder is twentysix old, and has dark, oriental eyes, and short, curly dark hair. Bier form is slender but well knit, and she has been accustomed to help her father in the smithy ever since she was a child.

Joe Chase, searched for the cause but could not discover it. Then Mr. Pilclier, tbe organ builder, was called in to see what was the matter. After a short examination he found the metallic "D" pipe out of order. He had the pipe, which is ten feet in length, removed, and found that a sparrow lodged in the middle of it. The sparrow was removed and the pipe replaced, and

the organ is now in good order. It is not known how the bird could have got into the pipe. Mr.. A. B. Kichmond, of Meaiville, Pa., testifies, I have practiced law for forty years, have been engaged in over 4,000 criminal cases, and on mature reflection I am convinced that more than 3,000 of them originated in drunkenness alone, and that a greater protion of the remainder could be traced either directly or indirectly to this source. In seventy-six cases of homicide, in which I either prosecuted or defended, fiftynine were the direct and immediate results of the maddening influence of intoxicating drink, while in a number of the remainder the primordial cause was this prolific soxlrce of misdemeanor and murder." Readers of Bertha M. Clay's novels will be surprised to learn that there is no Bertha M. Clay. A Chicago newspaper says: An English writer, named Mrs. Charlotte M. Braeme, wrote stories for an English family newspaper. As fast as they appeared they were stolen by a story paper in New York, who attributed them to "Bertha M. Clay," a fictitious name which they invented, and without the knowledge of the author. Mrs. Braeme died in 1883, but so popular had the stories of fc Bertha M. Clay" become that the proprietors of the paper hired a number of writers to furnish similar stories, all attributed to "Bertha M. Clay," and thus have kept the name before tlieir readers ever since. The Norwegian element is arge factor of the population of Nort : Dakota. It is estimated that they constitute one-third of the present popul ation. They make good citizens, being generally industrious, thrifty and temperate. Most of them come with just money enough to get on the government land and build a sod house, but they come to stay, and they get ahead very fast. A correspondent says: "Every county has Norwegians who are worth from $25,000 to $50,000, all made since settlement in Dakota. These peopls live economically and woik hard for the first few years, but they Americanize with wonderful rapidity and take to the comforts and luxuries of life just as soon as they find themselves able to afford them. There are no poorhouses where the Norwegians are thickest, and the jails are mainly ornamental." On a recent night the women of Philadelphia slept but little, for there was an enemy of theirs in the city that they have long dreaded.' This enemy was the celebrated "buffalo moth," the destroyer of carpets. Millions of these moths were blown into Philadelphia by a favoring wind. The Philadelphia Inquirer says that "in a short timo millions and millions of the little insects were holding high carnival arourd the electric lights. As fast as they'd rush into the strong glare they would curl up and die. For hours they fell in showers ou the pavements, and pestered passers-by. At Wanamaker's between Eighth and Ninth streets, where three large arc lights make a brilliant glare, the atmosphere was thick with the buffalo moths, and the pavement carpeted so thickly with their dead bodiea that they fairly crunched under tbe feet of pedestrians. It was like walking over a soft road.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF CJTY LIFE.

While tho wolves at the London Zoological Gardens were being fed, one afternoon, recently, one of them leaped over the head of the keeper and escaped into the gardens. There were several

children near at hand, and, but for the j ether!"

Italian women who laud at Castle Garden do not generally wear bustles, but Maria Vincenz Chiara (Qarr ichica was observed to have one on the other day and to be rather anxious about it. She was therefore invited to step into the office, where a female inspector, whose curiosity had been excited, proceeded to elplore the uncommon appendage. Her search was rewarded by the discovery of five gold chains, thirty-three pairs of kid glove3, two gold-mounted smelling bottles, two silver watch chains, nine gold finger rings, five gold pendants, and five pairs of gold earrings. The jewelry was confiscated, and Bignorina Carrichiua held to answer the charge of smuggling.

She Had a Bite. Every one had his or her line ovr the rail of the boat awaiting a bite when the freckled-faced girl with auburn hair turned to the young man with a downy mustache and two watch chains, and exclaimed : "Oh! Augustus, I believe I believe I have a bite !" "Then pull in," he commanded. "But it may be a great big fish, and he may pull me into the water." "I won't let him. "But if he does?"

I will save you, or we will perish to-

bravery of the keeper, they could

scarcely have escaped injury. This man instantly seized tke animal, and, though his hands were terribly bitten one hand, indeed, being pierced through with the wolf's fangs ho succeeded in mastering the beast and returning it to its cage. The great organ of the catholic cathedral in Louisville was out of tune for several days. The 'organist, Prof.'

Then then I will pull."

She pulled, and brought in u searobin about as big as your finger. The peril had passed. We sneered at the catch, but they minded it not. Ne t until that moment had they dared acknowledge their love' He was her'n and she was his'n, and they were very, very happy as they spit on their bait for more luck. The last chapter in the history of a young woman's love is chap. won.

SightH That Mnkc a Visit to a Metropolis hh ool us a Circus to Hut liuollc Si ranger. The one prominent quality which denotes a city resident when away from home, and peculiarly so when visiting in rnral districts, is an air of - seeming unconcern regarding what is transpiring about him. lie has seen so much at home, in the daily kaleodosoopic panorama of street life, that the sense of vision has become surfeited. It is a mistake, however, to presume that he observes nothing, that his stolid look and expressionless eyes mean that. In fact, he sees more without betraying it than it is possible for one unused to the conditions to accomplish. Most of the factors in this daily panorama arc familiar objects. A casual glance, covering a large area of territory, scoops this in without causing any emotion, because it is the normal state of things, while on the contrary the stranger, accustomed only to bucolic affairs, or the occasional jaunt of the village shop, has constant surprises in store for his eyes. With this class it is probable that nothing so provokes his wonder as the multitude of vehicles, which rattle, whirl, and twist by him in endless procession. It is as good as a circus to him, and the observing man may see exemplars of this class posted on aoorways and on corners at intervals all along the main thoroughfares, absorbing the unusual vision with annimated countenances. Yet there are differences in the streets in town which cause notice to be taken bv our own inhabitants. This is apt to be the case where parties break away from traveled routes for the nonce. Take a person who has his

j abode in Boxbury, and his business on j or near Washington street, for instance.

His daily routine is among swarms of people, horse cars, cabs, carriages, express wagons, and drays by hundreds, amid a life o constant turmoil. Let this man, so placid and unconcerned on his accustomed plane, get out of this rut into other localities, and he, top, will act somewhat inquisitively in respect of what he sees. Place him in Merchants row. North and South Market and Commercial streets, Blackstone and Clinton streets, or the streets contiguous to the vegetable, fish, meat, and oyster markets, or on tho wharves, the ferries, the railroad stations anywhere that there is a bustle and hustling and his optics will shoot right and loft in viewing the novelties presented. All the same there's a method attached that distinguishes him as a man of the town as there is when he goes abroad. A Mistaken Millionaire. A very rich business man of Boston tcld an interviewer the other day how he began his business life on $1 a week, and how he advanced from that point to his present position by being temperate, industrious, and honest. He ended by saying, "Any young man can do as well as I have done, if he only will." Young men know that this is not true. Tens of thousands of young men, during the forty years of that merchant's successful career, have been as virtuous as he, without making much headway in business. They have been punctual, diligent, faithful, and well-skilled in their vocation ; but there they are, about where they were years ago, working hard for moderate compensation, and seeing no prosect of much change. It is not possible for many men to found great stores and make great fortunes in them, for the simple reason that the lai-gest city does not furnish business enough for many such. These prizes fall to the lot of the few individuals in each trade who combine in themselves great talent for business with great tenacity of purpose. They passionately want to succeed, and they know how. If our merchant had said that many young men could do much better than they had done, he would have came nearer the truth. In most of our great and famous places of business there are clerks who have done a great deal better than their employers. We saw one the other day, a young man of salary $(S50 a year, whose father died ten years ago, leaving a wife and four children with little provision. The clerk was the eldest boy; he accepted the sacred duty which devolved upon him with cheerful courage. He has carried it gaily along ever since, and has won in it a really brilliant sueces happy himself, and a cause of happiness to those dearest to hiin. There are men whose natural vocation it is to control millions of dollars, and own a tedious superfluity of other things. Hajpily, most of us are spared this great trouble, and have a ctiauce to discover how little is required for a truly successful and joyous existence, Youth's Companion.

Two Brave Sailors, In the year 1872 a French vessel, the Melaine, was lying at anchor at the mouth of the Biver Adour, waiting for fair weather to cross the bar which separates the Port of Bayonne from the Bay of Biscay. She was loaded with 500 barrels of petroleum, which, just as the crew were turning in for the night, suddenly exploded. The ship was soon surrounded by a belt of floating tire. The nearest vessel at the time was a Britain brig, the Anna Bella Clark, from Ardrosson. Her master, Capt. Sharpe, knowing there were some French sailors in the midst of the flames, shouted to one of his crew, John Mcintosh : "Come on, my lad! Let us go to their rescue." Without a moment's hesitation these men launched the dingy, and in a few minutes were alongside the blazing vessel. In this short interval what remained of the standing gear of the Melaine had become one blazing mass of flame. Nothing daunted, ti e British

sailors, with the certainty of incurring the greatest physical suffering, if not the loss of their liven, dashed through the floating circle of lire and laid hold of the rigging of the burning ship. They succeeded in taking off two men in such a helpless slate from burns and ) bruises that they could not possibly have been saved had their rescue been delayed much longer. In tho perforni- ' ance of this heroic act the Englishmen

were more terribly burned than tha J men they rescued. It was first feared' that Capt. Hharpo would lose the sight (

of one eye and his face was permanently disfigured. Mcintosh hired still worse i so severe were his injuries that his discharge from the ship was absolutely necessary. He was conveyed to the Bayonne Hospital, where he lay for nearly a month, at times in the greatest suffering. To show their appreciation of this act of heroism the British community raised a sum of ii) for the two heroes. Ph iladelphla iVss War of Extermination. The war in the petty republic of Hayti is still raging. Timo and again it seemed to be on its last legs and Legitime on the pour; of yielding, but some sudden exploit would raise the hopes of the belensrured soldiers of Port au Prince arid renewed efforts would again be made to check the advance of the northern troops under Hippolyte. But this protracted struggle must very soon end under the policy adopted by both belligerent parties. The idea of offering quarter to surrendering troops has long since been abandoned and capture means death. Butcheries the most inhuman are carried on, and the people of Port an Prince now surrounded by Hippolyte's forces are in a fever of excitement lest the town fall into his hands. No mercv would be shown to age, sox or rank and none would be expected. A short time ago Hippolyte put eighteen men to death in a horribly brutal manner, cutting some of their throats within sight of Legitime army. In retaliation the prisoners taken by Legitime, eight in number, were tied arm to arm, and were led strongly guarded to the market place. One by one the men were gagged in tho presence of an excited crowd, and then with deliberation their throats wee cut like so many cattle, the people shouting their approval as each man fell quivering to the ground. In the very middle of the killing one man managed to ungag himself and tilled the air with piercing cries of fright and mercy, This pleasod the crowd so much that the gags of &U the remaining prisoners were taken out, and the agony of the wretched men fairlv rent the air. When the butchery was CDinpleted a great yell went up frm the crowd for Legitime, and it was evident that the Southern leader had gained a point in the confidence of his lollowers. liecently a com maud of eighty men were surprised by Hippolyte's'soldiersand all were captured excopt two. They begged for mercy but none was shown and they were immediately put to death.

The Young Doctor's Female Accomplice. A certain man, who was lately wed, dwelt in the country, far from the noise of any town. It chanced one night that his wife fell sick, and, being ignorant of the ways of women folk, he mounted his cart-horse and galloped exceedingly fast toward the town in search of a skillful leech. On the road he met a gaunt and withered hag, who asked him: "Whither so fast, good man?" w To got a leech for ray wife, who is sick unto death' "Know ye how to tell a good doctor ? "Nay, mother. I take the first which God leadeth me to." Whereupon the ancient dame gave him a spi'ig of Euphrasy, and said: "Hold this to thy eyes when thou lookesfc at a doctor's house, and thou wilt straightway see the ghosts of those who have died from his bungling. Take thou the doctor with the fewest ghosts." Thereafter whenever that man came to a doctor's house he held the mystic herb to his eyes, and Oddzooks! a fearful sight met his clairvoyant gaze. Around every doctor's door shivered a ghastly crowd of uneasy ghosts, and what seemed strange to that man, the larger and more comfortable the house, the greater was the awesome troop at the door. Through the deserted streets he galloped from doctor's house to doctor's house, seeking in vain for one whose gates were not besieged by uneasy spirits. At length, up a quiet lane, he espied a modest house bearing a doctor's shingle, and lo! but a solitary ghost sat upon the doorship. "Here, by God's grace," quoth the man, "is the doctor for me." But little time had passed, I ween, before that stout horse was bearing the man and his physician along the road to the sick man. When they were well on toward the end of their journey the doctor smiled a pleasant smilo to see, and said: "I wonder right well by what good chance vou called on me, for know I a ' have only been practicing medicine two days, and your good wife will be the second patient I have treated." The profane ejaculation that followed is perhaps better omitted. Medical Visitor. ' Marriage and Divorce in Nebraska. A double marriage was Celebrated in Omaha the other day. Both couples had been married to each other once before, and had afterward intermarried between themselves and this third double marriage restored them to their normal condition. It seems that the two voting couples settled down in the same neighborhood unci commenced housekeeping and soon became vary intimate. Finally the husband in one family and the wife in the other Lecamo jealous and accused their respective spouses of being too intimate with each other. They made it so hot for the accused ones that the suspected lady went baok to her mother, and the husband down at the other house packed himself up and slid out for Kansas. The deserted complaiuants then applied for divorces, got them, and proceeded immediately to marry each other for consolation. Then the runaways drifted together, and were married ii; their turn. About a year afterward each f the parties to the new contracts cooled off and found that the last marriages were incompatible, and they wore aain divorced. Now the original pairs have been reunited, and, to show that there was no maliue, they were married in the same house at tiie same dale by tho same clergyman, and madu t, good time of ill together. It wan a Nebraska reunion. Nebraska State Jou rnal.

LAST CHANCE GULCH. .4., W I til Hew t1i rtamwra of Hf-tana. Moittan Bogait Building Tlieir Jrtmw4H. The ciioumstances attending the bin cf Helena are interesting. Four youi miners whose names are not associate with tho city's later history, in Ma 1864, were wandering along the .ma; range prospecting. They had been uj ftble to obtain claims in Alder Gulcl nnd their objective point, in case the should fail to strike a rich field ol the.own, was Kootsuai, in British Goluir bia, where common report located vah able diggings. They camped one nigh in the gulch where Helena stands t day, but though they found '"color they were not particularly pleased They doubted if gold was there in anj thing like paying quantities. The pushed ahead, therefore, crossed th range, and had gone as many as thirt miles nor thward when they encountered a man who dispelled their dreams o Kootsuai He said the good claims wer all gone, and the best, of them wen poor, anyhow. This news was a grea discouragement to the party. The; held a rather dismal council, and con sluded that the gulch they had Intel; left was their only hope. Accordingly the next morning they turned and cami back to the spot upon which they hat previously encamped. They grimlj named the valley 41 Last Chance (J ulclr and Last Chance Gulch it is to-day They sank two holes to bedrock anc their hearts leaped high when thej counted 3.W) in dust in tlieir first pan Each of these four adventurers made 8 fortune from his claim, and poon a bip camp was drawn together. One of thf miners who had been impressed with the fascinations of Homer's heroin? gallantly urged the name of Helena most appropriate for the name of the new city, and Helena it became. It stands to-day in the very bottom where the Last Chance pilgrims made their first discoveries. A more absurd and yet a more picturesque situation would be difficult to fancy. Its chief business thoroughfare lies directly in the bottom of the Last Chance Gulch, at the farther end of which the patient Chinaman is still washing his pan of dirt and realizing a fortune larger than in his own country he had ever dreamed of achieving. Tliirtv millions were taken from Last Chance Gulch before it was abandoned to merchants and shopkeepers, and even now the builder of a new house can find laborers willing to dig his cellar for the dirt they take from it. Helena Correspondence New York Tribune.

From the Heart

The very necessaries of life are purchased, in some professions, at the cost of a jest; though the jester's heart be breaking, he must smile or starve. Public mention has recently been made of a pitiful yet heroic example of this kind in the case of the late P. H. Welch, a man who made jokes for comic papers while his body was raked with pain, and who, ly ing in bed during his last illness, still dictated jokes to supply the family needs. Au old illustration of John Leech shows the dressing-room of a circua taut, where the ling-master has just appeared to summon a performer to an expectant audience. But the clown, for whom the orowd is waiting, sits, with tears rolling down his painted cheeks, upon the edge of a bed where lies his dying wife. Even that extremity of grief cannot excuse him from the duties cf his proj'ession; grins and vulgar jokes are sdll demanded of him, though his heart be breaking. Like these cases, and yet unlike them, M as the case of Herr Wachtel, the army-wagoner, whose songs at the camp-fire had first drawn attention to his wonderful tenor voice. Ke was singing to enthusiastic audiecces in some of the large Western cities of this country. One night, the delight of his listeners knew no bounds. They rose, mounted their seats, tossed up their hats, waved handkerchiefs and, indeed, gave ths singer such a royal round of

applause as few men ever receive.

It was noticed that the great sing

appeared somewhat tardily for the last act, and at its close, the manager announced that Herr Wachtel would siag a song of Franz Abt's. Strangely calm, he advanced to the footlights and began, "Each night before I go to rest An unearthly sweet ness and pathos dwelt in his tones ; the music ouivered with passionate pain. The line, "Good-night, cy dearest child." with which the song closed, seemed like a solemn farewell to the dead, and the audience, affected beyond measure, wept as freely as they had formerly cheered. They left the hall in silence, and next morning the newspapers stated that Herr Wachtel, during that performance, had received a te'legram announcing the death of a beloved child.

A Pennsylvania Lumberman's Story. A wonderful story of the recent flood is related by a lumberman. The other day a gang of ir.en were at work on Burrows Inland removing the logs and boards. As they cleared away the debris they came u pon a pile of logs in the shape of a cone at least a do2en feet high. The logs were in such a symmetrical shape that it looked as though they were put together by human hands. The cone was hollow, and as the men proceeded with their work of demolition they detected a smell which suggested nhat there was a dead animal close at hand. Log ai'ter log was removed, when to their amazement they beheld a mastiff dog. The animal wagged his tail and whined when he saw the men, and seemed gladdened at tiie projspeet of being liberated from his prison. In. another portion of the coneshaped cell was the carcass of a csw. By some freak of the rushing waters the dog and cow were caught in this pen on Jane 2.. tho cow being crushed in the j;un of logs. The canine was sleek and fat when liberated., and looked none the worse lor bis two Months imprisonment. Vie has bcoome greatly attached to the nen on the island, and occasionally takes a meal on the dead cow. Where the animal came from is not known, and there will be no special effort made to ascertain its former owner. Wit' liamsport Cor. New York Sun,

li Paralytic Cured by Faith The remarkable recovery of Franlt Paris from a stroke of paralysis durinff the services in St. Joseph's Church, mi Lowell, Mass., recently ia honor of thii feast of St. An je, continues to be talk of the city. The most skeptical Mr, Paris' many friends, says the Boston GJobdt are convinced that a wonderful improvement in his general health has occurred within a few days, even if the;f are inclined to doubt the efficacy of fervent prayer and perfect faith as exhibited by this patient sufferer during hi long illness, Mr. Paris is a native of Chnada, ani has been with the exception of brief somrn& at his old home in Canada, a resident of Lowell for twenty-two years He was, until ill-health compelled him to give up work about five years ago, employed ps a "stocking boarder in the Lawrence company's hosiery, and men who worked with him said he was an unusually skillful workman. One Sunday, about two years ago, Mr. Paris went out with some friends for a walk, and was compelled to go to his room on returning. The next morning he got up early to light the fire, and was soon after found upon the floor unable to move his left leg and arm. Several doctors attended him, but were unable to cure the paralysis which was tho cause. After a while Mr. Paris was able to slowly crawl about by aid of cane. He had no power whatever ovr his left side. Going to and from St. Joseph's Church he was obliged to crsvrf along sideways, and crossing Merrimjo street it would take him ten minutes. He Mas an attendent at the servioca in honor of the least of St. Anne a yeer ago, and the remarkable cure of Mr.w Charl es Hamol at that time gave him hope that some day his prayer would le answered, and he could again be of une to his wife and his three children. Mr Paris has been a regular attendant ttt the services this week, and during his short journey from his home continually prayed to St. Anne for intercession. Wednesday morning he felt a change, and this gave him encouragement mora fervently to pray to the tutint During the solemn high mass, celebrated by the pastor, Bev. Andrew Garki, O. M. I., Friday morning, Mr Paris reached the altar rail and received oomittunion. He says he felt a decided change in his condition, and, assured that his reques i had been granted, lie placed his cane within the rail and arose to walk out of the church. He found that he was able to use the limbs and walked on, followed by,many friends. H Mr. Paris' friends in the church wero surprised and delighted to see him again restored to good health and strength, the business men on Merrimao street and ethers who noticed him frequently on his way to the church were equal ly pleased to see him walking slowly but without aid to his home in Race street. Advantages of "Forty Winks.' Sleep is closely connected with tlio question of diet; "good sleeping" was a noticeable feature in the large majority f Dr. Humphrey's cases. Sound, refreshing sleep is of the utmost consequence to the health of the body, ar d no substitute can be found for it as r restorer of vital energy. Sleeplessness is, however, often a source of great trouble to elderly people, and one whioh is not easily relieved. Narootic remedies axe generally mischievious; their first effects may be pleasant, but the habit of depending upon them rapidly grows; until they become indispensible. When this stage has been reached, the sufferer is i i a far worse plight than be fore. In all cases the endeavor should be made to discover whether the sleep lessness be due to any removable cause, such :is indigestion, oold, want of exfl cise, and the like. In regard tesleeping in the daytime, there is something to be said both for and against the practice. A nap of a forty winks in tae afternoon enables many aged people to get through the rest of tbe day in coinfort, whereas they feel tired and weak when deprived of this refreshment. If they rest well at night there can be nq objection to the afternoon nap, but if sleeplessness be complained of, the latter should be discontinued for a time. Most of old people find that a reclining posture, with the feet and legss raised, is bett er than the horizontal position tor the afternoon nap. Digestion proceed with more ease than when the body is recumbent. Fortnightly Review. Mr. Jester Gets Badly Frightened. When Mr. Jester, of Athens, was a young man, in the community in which he lived was a woman who drank very freely, aud when filled up with liquor she always went to the graveyard, and, getting inside of one of the little pailing inclosures, made her bed fo r the night, says the Atlanta Jo urn xL Oa the night of the story we leave her there for the present. The young man of the community had planned i for a f :x hunt. And a young man of the party hed planned to give his companions m first -cl ass scare. So, instead of joining the party as they struck out from the gathering place, he went ahead, aod covering himself with a sheet mounted the fence which enclosed the old woman raentioned in the first part of the article. As he sat there in the quiet of the night, he chuckled to himself and could hardly retrain from a hearty laugh at the fright he would give the fox hunters. Soon the clatter of the he rs was heard and the sheet was carefully wound around him. As the party rode in front of hiin he threw out his long white arms and in a graveyard voice sb id: WI will rise and go to Jesus." Hardly had he said the words when a voice from the grave answered: I'es, Lord, I am coming. Of course the whole crowd were frightened, but their scare was nothing compared to that of the ghost. He

never visits a graveyard at night, and he will never play ghost again. Strong ireuinstautial Evidence. Omaha Mamma Daughter, did Mr. Brown attempt to kiss you last evening while vou were in the parlor? Daughter What in the world makos iu ask such a question, mother? Omaha Mamma Web, as it was quite dark in there I wondered what it wata Gnat, made you say to,kh.i that you

guessed ho hadn t shaved for a week. Omaha World.