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Medical Customs in England

A question of English expenditure
totally misunderstood by Americans is
the custom Of paying or engaging "med-
ical men" and physicians. A lady
friend afflicted with the common result
of an English winter-bronchitis-- asked
her landlady if she could recommend "a
physician. A physician, ma'am ?" faid
the weman certainly but wouldn't
a medical man do as well ?" Advice
being all my friend required, she investi-
gated this, to her, meaningless distinction,
and found that she saved much needless
expenditure by sending for '' medical
man" instead of physician The
latter class of practitioners in Eng
land are only employed in spe-
cial cases of illness, while the " medical
man." in every sense as good doctor, is
a general practitioner, supplying his
own medicines, and charging in fees only
about one-fourth as much as the fsphysi-
cian." It is more social than an edu.
cutional distinction, and yet one of those
peculiar questions which nothing but a
residence among the English people can
elucidate. Five shillings (about $1.25)
is the ordinary charge of an English
medical man, while the physicians fee
ranges from e1 to e10. And, by the
way, it Is customary, when attended by
a physician, to place his fee Casually a
sovereignty in his hand just as he is
leaving the room after each visit With
the medical man, however, it is the rule
to pay his account altogether, "after all
is over"
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Portuguese COurtship.

The young men of Portugal have one
occupation more portant than, wearing
tight boots, and which almost, in fact,
goes with it-that Of making the very
mildest forms Of love known among men.
The young gentlemen pay their address
es by simply standing in front OF the
house occupied by the object Of their
affections; while the young person IN
question looks down approvingly from
an upper window, and there the matter
ends. They are not within speaking
distance, and have to content themselves
with expressive glances and dumb show,
for it would be highly unbecomiug for
the young lady 10 allow billetdoux to
Autter down into the street, while the
laws of gravitation stands in the way OF
the upward fight of such document,
unweighted, at least, with a stone, and
this of course, might risk giving the
young lady a black eye, or breaking her
fathers window-panes. So the lovers
there remain often for hours, feeling no
doubt, very happy, but looking unutter-
ably foolish. These silent courtships
sometimes continue for very long periods
before the lover can ask the fatal ques-
tion. or the lady return the final answer
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Small Change in California.

The San Francisco Bulletin says: !:
Just now there is a curious mosaic Of
customs in California in respect to
change. In early times no miner or
business man expected to give or take
the exact change. Anything less than a
quarter was too Insignificant for any
Californian to recognize. A New York
newspaper was sold at two bits. A
quarter of dollar was recognized as
change. Finally dime came to be re-
cognized as small change, although it
was very hard for the Forty'niner to
come down. He was willing to sleep in
his blanket and do his OWE cooking, but
to recognise small change was too much
for him. In time the Scent piece made
its appearance. 1t was sn honest silver
coin, and was gaining ground rapidly
But after while Scent nickel made
i!s appearances base, bastard coin
well calculated to excite contempt
There are now two ussges in this State
one of which is OF pioneer times, anC
the other of more modern date. One
discards any less sum than a dime, ane
on all small transactions will take fitl
per cent. additional rather than mak'
the exact change, The other recognize
the fact that times have changed tina
an article cold for dime is not fifteel
cents, and that it is not honest to tax
| it.n
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Excellence of oat-Meai.

Liebig has chemically demonstrated
that oatmeal is almost as nutritious as
the very best English beef, and that it is
richer than wheaton bread in the ele-
ments that go to form bone and muscle.
Professor Forbes, of Edinburgh, during
some twenty years, measured the breadth
and height, and also tested the strength
of both arms and loins, of the students
the University-a very numerous class
and of various nationalities, drawn to
Edinburgh. by the fame of his teaching.
He found that in height, breadth OF chest
and shoulders, and strength of arms and
loins, the BeIgians were at the bottom OF
the list; little above them, the French
very much higher, the English; and
highest of all, the Scotch and Scotch
Irish, from Ulster, who, like the natives
of Scotland, are fed in their early years
at least one meal day of good Oatmeal
porridge
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The Salaries of Circus Men.

How are the salaries OF the performs
ers in the equestrian profession, Mr.. Bar
mum ?"
"well, 1 pay my best rider 500 a
day, Sunday included that is 500 a
week. The leading lady equestrian gets
S3OO--they generally receive about $50
to 5000 from other concerns. Pad riders
get about--well, say from 500 to SIPS
per week"
How are the acrobats and gynnasts,
and that class of performers paid ?"
'' From $50 to 800 a week, according
to ability and the danger of their per-
formance. There are a great many of
them to be had, always plenty on the
market, but always have the best
Do clowns receive-Y
Clowns always command good sals-
ries, and really firstclass clown is worth
from $3.50 to $175 per week, ana some.
such as Ted Almonte-poor Ted who
died recently, was earning more in the
season."
On advertising he was quite sane:
"Ah.l" said the great Snowman, with
half sigh, advertising is heavy drain,
but then if Z didn't advertise wouldn't
make anything. Ny pictorial printing
this year has already cost me S4S, 600,
but my newspaper bills in a season
amount to great deal more. My ex-
penses on my trip three years age
amounted to s65O,OOO, and in that year
in six months the profit was O,OOO."
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A California Mining Story.

Not many miles frem Shasta City is
the gulch, of which thedollowing mining
storyis told: It is pretty deep ravine,
with rocks showing all the way up the
sides. Gold in paying quantities had
been found along the stream, but it
seemed to disappear few feet from the
channel One day, while gang of busy
men were toiling in the stream, a
stranger, evidently green at mining, came
along and leaned on ragged elbows TO
watch with protruding eyes the results
of their toll. The miner nearest him
took out So nugget, and anxiety over
came the greenhorn. "S.a-a-y," he
asked, "where can go to diggin' to find
it like that ?" The hardy miner stopped
his work, and giving the wink to all the
boys, so that the joke should not be lost,
pointed up on the barren rocks where no
gold had ever been found. Yc see that
rough looking place ?" g Yes, yes"
said the new hand. g Well, thar it is
rich. Jes We stake out claim an 90 ter
work, an when we finish here we'll come
up, too" Then the new hand thanked
the honest miner and the boys all grinned
appreciation of the joke. That after-
noon there was solitary figure picking
away on the slope and every time the
miners looked up they roared with
laughter. But about the next day the
greenhorn struck pocket and took out
something ike $4,000 in few minutes.
Then, innocent to the last, he treated all
around and thanked the miner who sent
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Miscellaneous.

Lonuon mas seven hundred exhibitors
at Paris.
Nstchez is disinfecting and cleaning
up with all her might.
a pair of twelve-year-old twin girls in
Alabama weigh 1S2 and 162 pounds.
One man in North Carolina has shipped
North this season 40, 900 watermelons.
The western people say that lightning
mas never been known to strike a slated
roof.
A few years ago Maine was the great
numbering state of the union, but now
she is the sixth on the list.
'rueIve years ago a poor man in Oak
land. CAL, across the bay from San
Francisco, prs>empted long stretch of
mud fats on the bay shore, erecting a
shanty there and living in it. He has
Just been awarded 800, 900 gold coin for
his twelve years guardianship and his
"squatter rights"
Vicksburg Herald: The Levee Board
of Bolivar, Washington, Issaquena, and
Sharkey counties has fixed the levee tax
on cotton for this year at II cent pei
pound, or $2 per bale. This in an inn
mense tax. We believe the people OF
these counties are taxed higher than any
other people on the face of the earth.
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The Autocrat of the sanctum.

There is nothing like being bloated
autocrat of the ssnctum, while one next
door hears the poor laboring man
toiling at nine-pins in bowling ALLEY.
The editor tolls not, and neither does ne
spin, and yet Mrs. jerks in all her glory
is not arrayed like one of these. While
all humanity is sweltering and swearing
and wondering where they can hang
up the bar-keeper for q glass of beer
the editor has nothing to do. Two or
three columns of editorial to write and
no pitch hot; tive or three hundred of
exchanges to read through; as many
bores to bounce, letters to answer, manu-
s.1iiels-z to read, till one cannot tell
ateIle, when the thermometer Is on ,Vnel
ragged edge of the nineties. As we said
before, the editor heartily despises man
Who works for living, and listens with
ardonic satisfaction to the sound from
the bowling-alley next door, where the
poor man slaves and sweats. 1t makes
such contrast to his luxurious idleness.
II Rochester Express.
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A Miraculous COrnerat the Paris
Exhibition.

Paris Corr espondeuce of the Boston Journal
In a corner of the immense French
section, not far from the " Gallery
of Labor" is the group devoted to
branch of industry in which the French
are masters, and which is constantly OBJ
served by laughing crowds. 1t is the
spot of all others to which a dyspeptic
visitor to the exhibition should first 60.
There the ingenious Gaul has shown
what he can accomplish in making toys
for children. Surely there never was no
ingenuity expended before upon such
little matters. In the room stands lit
tie theatre, on the stage of which an or.
chestra of monkeys richly costumed, per-
form a selection Of pieces of music
These automatoDs are almost astonishing
enough to make one believe in the black
art. The leader gestio oulates from time
to time, then addresses himself with true
artistic esrnestness to his violin. and his
musicians play with feeling and taste
which might we'll make the Tziganes en-
vious. In minia'u ure pond near by a
women, dressed in a hsndsome bathing
costume, is swimming. Were it not
for the Liliputian proportions of this
rival of Boynton and Webb,
it would be almost impossible to
imagine that it is not human being.
Beneath wide spreading oak are seated
half dozen pretty girls, dressed in the
ravishing costume OF Louis Fourteenth's
time. Beside them is a young cavalier
who salutes them civilly, then hands
them basket, from which they take the
provisions necessary for picnic. IL i
magic you are inclined to say yet it i
really nothing but mechanism. Pass
little further on and you see fragment
of the Jardin d d'Acciimation. The AMI
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THE GOLDEN GATE.
ADELAIDE a. PROCTOR.

Dirs shadows gather thickly round, and up the
misty sfsiT they climb.
Tbs cloudy stair that upward leads to where the
closed portals shine
Rorsd which the kneeling spirits wait the opeHins
Of The Golden Gate.
Anssome with eager longing go, still ressing for.
ward, hand in hand,
ANA some, with weary tep and 81 W, look back
where their Beloved stand:
Yet ID the misty starr they climb, led onward by
the angel Time. -
IS usseen hands roll back the doors, the light that
foods the verv air
Is b1t the shsdow from itnin Of the great glery
hidden there;
i 4 morn. and eve and soon and late, the shadows
pass within the gate
Aione by one they enter in, and the stern portals
close once more
n halo seems to Iinger round those kneeling
closest to the door:
ue joy that lighteneI from that place shines stiII
upon the Wateher's face.
re faint lov echo that we hesr of iar-of music
seems 10 fill
ne silent air with love and lear, and the worlds
elamors al grow still
Intl the portals close again, and leave us toiling
= in pain.
cSslr3s.a mot ttattssEz isiousf--wsrs- road is
weary that ieads there2
Bpfiet the gel take thy hand, ard lead thee up
tne misty stair.
sd then With beating heart Sait the opening of
the Golden Gate
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having been captured.
The Art of Cooking Potatoes

a New York paper suggests that the
young ladies Of Vassar College, having
successfully wrestled with Greek roots,
now turn their attention to che art of
boiling potatoes. To boil potato pro-
perly is thought very simple affair, and
yet there is not one table in fifty where
they appear in that perfection which
makes potato "boiled with its jacket
on' one OF the most delicious of escu.
lents. People who do not know what a
boiled potato is, in that high state when
it appears smoking from the pot, and
bursting like cotton pod, into mealy
whiteness, neither too wet nor too dry,
but always piping hot as it is stripped Of
its skin and prepared for its gsrnish of
salt and butter, with pepper according
to taste people who do not know the
boiled potato in that state of perfection
content themselves with the esculeut
sliced and fried IN grease Can abOmina-
tion to the cultured palate and terror
to delicate stomachs), and think they
know what potatoes are Next to a
potato baked, potato boiled properly
touches the gastronomic economy in its
tenderest region, and does not pail upon
the taste though it be served at table
365 times a year. Whoever does not
relish the potato boiled in the manner
we Shave described, but must have it
sliced, fried, stewed, or mashed, with ad-
dition of parsley or other savory things,
should suspect the condition of his
palate and stomach, and consult physi-
clan for some remedy for a morbid ap..
petite. The Lord made the potato with
jacket on, that was not intended to be
taken of, until the process of cooking is
completed, and all that is delicate and
sweet in its flesh is preserved to tickle
the palate of the eater thereof Gin
cinnati Commercial.
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81 az Beach at Long Branch.

he sand shark is sometimes hooked
wha not wanted, and, when wanted, not
hoded. He is larger than the drum fish,
andwill singly fight any number of his
study opponents. Fishermen declare
thehnd shark as harmless to man, re-
fusig live or dead bodies as food, while
his elative, the deep water shark, pre-
fers human flesh, dead or alive, to all
otha food. As, however, this sand shark
has eeth and mouth very much like his
NOR formidable kinfish, prefer to keep
out Of his way. have met them several
times with centre fin erect swimming
with the power and velocity of small
steam tug. All sharks. when cruising,
show their upper middle fin, and some
sailors call them battle" or warming
fsgs." Sailors have the highest opinions
of their fighting qualities, as they say
that frequently the ocean seems to boil
when one of these sharks, gets into a
serious tussle with his less formidable
fnny neighbors, and that invariably this
monster sails Off with fin erect, apparent
Iy unharmed, while numerous wounded
or dead fish float in the vicinity of the
aquatic battlefeld.-T Chicago Inter
0oaou
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He. Preferred to walk.

esShe's pretty hot, amt she?" said a
backwoods passenger, addressing the en-
gineer of a Mississippi steamer that was
racing with another boat.
80 So" responded the engineer, as he
hung an additional wrench on the safety
valve cord to stop the steam from escap-
ing.
81 reckon Wen overtake that craft
sosn," pursued the passenger.
That's about it, returned the engi-
neer, giving the celds another twitch,
and hallooing through the trumpet to
the fireman to "sheye her up"
zone hundred and ninety-five," hum
med the passenger, looking first at the
gauge and then at the boilers.
"That's about where she's rusticating, "
put in the engineer.
Then the passenger ran his fingers
through his hair neryously, and walked
about the decks for few minutes, when
he came back to the engineer and OBJ
served:
"Hadn't you better leave that boat
go?"
"Can't do it. Must pass her"
But s'posin we should blow up?"
"Well," said the engineer, as he peeped
over the guard to see how fast he wa
gaining, Gifts the will of Providence
for this boat to blow up, well have tC
stand it," Then he hsllooed to the fire
men to roll up another cask of bacon
and to mix plenty of rosin with the Goa
and give her a little turpentine and oil.
The next moment there was a splssl
in the river, but before the yawl ceul'
be lowered the man had succeeded j
reaching the shore, and hallooed out:
"Go on with the race. ] guess T.
walkp'
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Room at the Top.

Never fear, young man; never
falter. Press forward with living
courage burning in your heart /;
there's room at the top" No. 2s49,
five stories beyond the elevator, right
under the tin ROOF, thermometer 1922 in
in a cool place, no fire escape, no bell, no
water in the pitcher, only one towel and
no soap, and the only window in the
room opening into a dark hail. Yes
young man, there is always room at the
top, and the dnstier you are, and the
more weary and travel worn ycu look, the
more absolutely certain is the clerk 10
send you there Burlington Hawkeye.
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MANY men find plenty of time 10 do
mean act, who are unable to spare
moment to perform an act of charity.
Gentlemen (loq.) "I say, waiter.
I've just cracked this egg. Look at It."
''Den't look very nice at that end, sir,
must say. Try the other"
-. Mi dear friend, az strange ~ it may
seem to yu, mankind had rather see yu
fail than succeed, bekause they had rather
pity than admire.-L Josh Billings.
The New York Herald figures up
the number of American tourists who
have gone to Europe this season at
twentystEousap- ana the season IL nai-.
over.
The college youth who graduated
last week with the expectation of start
ing out in the world and being states
man, next month will be in vain looks
ing for job to run soda fountain in
second-class drug store.
There is a girl in Santa Barbara
with such big mouth that the other
day, when she smiled at a fellow on the
street, a kind-hearted little boy ex-
claimed with great earnestness, "Look
out, miss, your lids coming ofr'
The argumentum ad-" Sam, you
are not honest. Why do you pat all the
good peaches on top of the measure and
the little ones below ?" "Same reason,
sab, dat makes de front of your house all
marble, and de back gate chiefly slop
bar'l, sah."
"A little three-year-old girl who
volunteered to say grace at the table did
so as follows ooh, Lord, bress the things
we eat bress mamma and papa and
gampa "-and here, casting up her eyes
to her grandfather in the next seat, and
discovering that he was smiling, the
little one closed her prayer by saying
Behave yourself gampa-for Christs
sake Amen"
Unknown Prevaricator: Scene in a
restaurant somewhere:
"Waiter %
"Sir?"
our stew ls nOrrlDle.
How, sir"
"This mutton tastes like goat
"And you object 10 that?"
Certainly do"
"But, sir, the cook chose mutton tast,
ing like goat, because the customer can
thereby always be sure that he is not
eating dog"
1t has been ascertained that a book
agent can be won by kindness. One
day recently a West Hill man tried it Oh
one of them. He beat him with
bludgeon and broke his arm, poured
It, shot him through tneIungsana IooEeo
him up in room with mad dog, and
the agent, deeply affected, whispered
through the keyhole that as soon as the
dog got through with him, he'd let him
have copy of "Moody's Anecdotes for
sixty.ive cents, which was thirty per
cent Off Hawkeye.
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ESTABLISHED 1850

him up there, and took his money and
went down into the valley and bought
him farm. Then the unhappy miners
arose, leaving their old claims and dotted
the hillside for many days. But there
were no more pockets anywhere. The
whole thing reads just ike traditional
fairy story. But then 1 saw the gulch
Much more unbelievable things have
happened in the mines.-ISan Francisco
PulIetiD
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Troublesome Cigars.


Editorial correspondence Cleveland Leader.l
The passengers were all detained for
the purpose of having their baggage
luggage, as the English call it-exam-
imed for contraband tobacco, spirits,
perfume water. etc. The trouble with
me was to get my box and q halt OF
cigars through without paying dirty
The officers inquired of me if had any
cigars, etc. Imeekly replied that % had
few for my own use" He requested
me to unlock my trunk, which 1 did,
and he waded through my effects and
captured my two boxes of union club
cigars aud politely informed me that
he would have to infict duty of five
shillings pound for the benefit of her
gracious majesty. And I followed him
to the farther end of the room, where he
weighed the cigars and 7 disbursed for
the benefit of the aforesaid most gracious
majesty the sum of 81 %. I stated that
l was going direct to Paris, and that l
ought not to pay duty twice. He then
informed me that by his sealing the box
and giving me an order on the collector
at Dover the amount 1 paid would be
refunded. Accordingly he sealed up the
boxes, gave me an order, required me to
afix my signature TO couple of docu-
ments, and after going through all this
fuss, which took fifteen minutes, the
official coOlIy informed me that when
arrived at Dover the following morning
/ would have to lie over there in order
to collect my 1926 and take the night
boat. Then / informed the official that
her majesty might keep the money as a
present from me. l went back to my
al9lS, 5aRl99lsS, whsEssn 5sffs tefr fvoTfgs at my
having haan cantnraa
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How yellow Fever is Brought

The New Orleans Picayune says Y
connection with the introduction q ~. g,
low fever into this city, it ia asserted Y 7,
thoss M who are in authority that solae q 7.
ths tl,s1r eruit dealers have not acted honesty
bv the board. 1t is said that ~. ...,.
tfem have their clearance papers .'..''. .s..
ont from an uninfscted port AZ .lI. e. .ss
that is carefully conces4Iee3P 4eP.o = sis 1
quarantine authorities y ~ as s6s d|'
STestigation into the origin NJ. y ' i'n|
has been concluded. u = Zo.c.1 Z I|t
that several cases will e .,s rh|eI
to contact with irui'-.4 4I,hoa
from an infected Pr, ,ss.,.ni'as
knowledge of the
ties"
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Ger
msls ase shown engaged in eating, in
noufishing their young, in soliciting
food isom yisitors; the toy elephant
slowly moves his trunk through the
grating takes toy cake from a girls
hand, eats it, flaps his huge ears in token
of satisfaction, and passes out his trunk
for more" the giraffe cranes his neck
andaooka out comically upon you. A
sorcefeF could do no more. This
meehanical world is as natural as the
real one And the doII-houses And
the armies marching, countermarching,
storn1ng Publications and firing mimic
caDronsl Verify, one can not help re-
calEHpg the remark which the satiric
YostsiFe put into the mouth of his
pripee oi Babylon. "The French are
the 4lldten OF the good God love to
rene n here and play with them" By
no Z essz forget the top corner at the
e<f.Ga Volumes might be written