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Dying Lawyers.
EVERY Other Saturday.

Il
" met the other day little article on the
difficulty of getting correctly the last words
of great men, and referring particularly to
William Pitt 1t brought to my mind Daniel
Webster. The evening before he died his
physician repeated 10 him the words, Thy
rod and Thy staff they comfort me- and Mr..
Webster replied, as IL In sympathy, but too
weak to complete the sentence, THY rod
and Thy staff, the fact-the fact-I want
Here the matter rested as at first reported,
and, think, as publicly repeated by Mr..
Everett The true account, as it came TO me
very directly, is as follows: Mr. Webster
asked whether he was likely to live till
morning. His physician, DIR. Jefreys, not
willing to give direct answer, repeated
from the twenty third psalm: "Thy rod and
thy staff" etc Mr.. Webster saw the eva
sion, and In n clear and rather severe tone
said: Thy rcd and thy staff The fact, the
fact, want" |. O., he wanted an answer to
his question"
This reminds me Of the last, or nearly the
last, words Of his distinguished friend Jere-
minh Mason. His daughter said In q sup.
pressed voice: "He is. dying" Mr.. Mason
asked what shc was saying. Nothing,
father she replied. Precisely what
words did you Use TO say not hingf" was
the question then put by the great lawyer and
cross-examiner. In both these insta noes the
clear, penetrating intellect Of the advocate
continued to the last.
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A Rage for observation-disclosures.

New York letter.
"Buckwheat is just in fine blossom all over
our state about now" said the florist, "and at
all the watering-places You viii see quaint
ties of 1t in bouquets and other pieces Il
does not sound very roetical, to be sure, but
the flower is one Of the prettiest you would
fnl in long time, and it is almost as fra
grant as mignonette. 1t was first introduced
at Newport, where it was hailed with joy,
but most people didn't know what it was,
and the flor SITS gave 1t n fanciful name. 1t
makes up beautifully with heliotrope or
misnonette, and especially with pink roses,
and 1t does not fall to pieces like spirea. See,
here is Il cluster" and he took up a. bunch of
white flowers growing somewhat like hello
trope and about the same shape The stems
were delicate red and the blossoms white,
with red centers. The fragrance was delicate
like honey. at looks pretty by ITSELF too.
am just going TO send this huge bouquet Of it
to noted belle now at Saratoga for a hop 1
shall tie it with pale pink ribbon and put
ferns about the edge
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A ROMAN BARBER SHOP
About One thousand, Eight Hun.
dred and Nfnety-Six Years Ago.


Scene-A tonsorial studio in Rom.
b. c. II
Dramatis personae-The artist, the journey y.
man and afterwards a prator.
The Artist-Thou scurvy Dacian slave.
Tn half disposed to hurl thee to the beasts in
the arena. Thou couldst have sold fiagon
Of our new elixir unto Pompilius, bad'st thou
but rightly used thy tongue.
The Journeyman-O, worthy master, did
try my best; but he, the young patrician had
gone broke in playing.
L. A.-Silence, dog! Here comes wealthy
pr@tor.
Enter pretor.)
May all the gods to thee and thine be
favorable! Would'st trim thy perfumed
locks, or from thy manly cheek the silky hair
remover"
z. sittingI-I would be razored.
I. A. drescoing his victim with latherl-
How likest thou the bladef 1t came but yes
termorn from Alexandria, and is the best the
rosy Orient makes.
Pit pulls like Hercules
(Pause.)
7. A. (after rubbing some soap in the
prHtor's eye and winking at the journeyman)
Thou hast a head, o noble prator, like to
hPohos diiiDIUNldl IOChs, SUCH rs nee Dc
fore have handled. But what base hand last
scissored them. Twas vilely done
P-Thine own, last kalends.
(Pause)
1. A. (gashing the chin and rubbing in
some alum)-Thy scalp is slightly fevered,
noble sir, and capillary dryness has begun
Would'st thou try our new elixir. / had
the secret from an Egyptian hag Twill
make each ringlst glossy.
P.-l tried il once ON dog. Ii made it
smoother than u new born babe
Pause)
7. A. tslitting the check and soaking up the
hln'h with narvruSl-EN"ns. me- pr7ptpr il
was but scratch. / could not help it, for
liz iuru st thy n,se u, IL lur sJerInItation
Wuulrs thou sneezef
P.-l may. Thou hast been drinking bar
hey wine and eating Tusoa an garlic.
(Pause)
I. A. dropping the lather brush down the
praetor's neck-l have some wondrous hair
oil in yun jar, and fain would oil thee some
"ris very cheap and letter stulf you'll never
find " Rome
P.-No! by the gods! CRises and pays three
sesterce).
T.. A. biting the coin to see il it is genuine)
i have a fine assortment, noble sir; see'st
thou aught that thou desirestt
P.-I do.
T. A. tsmiling and nodding to the journey
manl-What is it, noble pretorf
P-The sidewalk.
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A New Resting-Place.

[JoaGuin Miller's New York letter.
Not long ago, as | returned to this great
red-hot city Of brown-stones and brick, I
came up town in an omnibus 1t is true that
this city, during my half years absence, in
troduced the yellow-bellied cab, but at the
landing the same old ferocious hackmen laid
hold on me and demanded the same old
tribute, without any abatement either in de-
mands or lad manners. And so took a
cross-town car, ard then an omnibus, and
reached home at a cost Of 10 cents, instead of
s2 Well, during the two mile ride di>cov-
cred the hiding and abiding place of the inn
poverished New Yorker. had hardly been
seated when great, brown, and hairy hand
grasped mine, and saw sitting before me,
and behind a splendid growth of black and
curly beard, Fred W. He was the picture
Of health and mental force; never, perhaps,
with all his thousands, which melted away
in the great dry-rot of Wall street, was he so
entirely happy and healthy. 1t did me good
to feel his strong grip and hear him laugh
like giant as he threw back his head and
talked of old times, when he was the hero of
the clubs and drove span of very fleet black
horses up and down the avenue. And look
ing into his handsome face, l finally saw,
half hidden in his curly beard, bit of straw
or hayseed. at length picked it out, with
an apology for the familiarity. Then again
he threw back his head and roared like a
great big school-boy just let loose from his
books.
ayes, that's part Of the hay CROP" he
laughed. "You see, I've got tired of going to
Europe or Saratoga and Newport every year,
and so / thought I'd go out this year and
help my honest old governor get in the hay
Oh, yes, I've got father and mother and all
that sort Of thing, you know, out in the coun-
try; so has Ben D., Jim H, and n
whole lot more Of our set" I looked at him,
and through him as through an open win
dow, as he chuckled quietly at the thought
of the splendid rich fellows of the year be-
fore who were hiding away on the farms Of
their fathers, their uncles, their cousins, and
their aunts, making hay, hiving bees, and
and taking an interest in the probable weight
Of fall pigs.
Truly these New Workers are adaptive fell
lows: brave and uncomplaining under most
adverse fortunes.
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what n Woman Can DO.


Queen Victoria's career is cited as an in
stance of what woman can do. For fifty
odd years her premiers and officers of state
succeeded in keeping her mouth closed, and
so directed her official walk as to keep the
best foot foremost. Being woman, how
ever, It was only question Of time until she
asserted herself. That time came when
John Brown, tho funkey, died The pre-
mier and nobies Of high estate could no
longer seal those womanly lips, nor
hold that womanly tongue in abey-
ance. She talked, indulged in poetry.
built cairns and wrote book full Of twaddie.
Since then Victoria is regarded as a woman
with the rest Of them. In fact, she is ac-
cused of having big feet, and Of being fat and
coarse, ill-tempered and cranky. But these
do not make her any less model woman.
Are her freaks and cranks not thoroughly
womanishf She would be phenomenal
woman We're she not so.
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Critical Periods I'm Girl Life.

II lInTenOlOglcal journal.
As a child approaches maturity, the parent
should try in every way to win their full con-
fdence, especially in those little personal
mat ers that young folks generally keep to
themselves. They may feel sure of their
love, but they want more than that; they
should have their confidence and trust, full
and unwavering
Young girls standing
On the brink with trembling feet,
Where womanhood and childhood meet,
have many new and perplexing emotions
They are swayed by impulses and feelings
they do not understand. Life is becoming a
new revelation to them. There in an actual
timidity and shamefacedness at the discov-
cry Of these new emotions They know not
what to think Of themselves They talk
freely with their companions and compare
notes, but they @hate to talk to mother. {"
They feel they can't speak to her; they are
ashamed.
1t is critical period in a girls life. Moth
ers should then do the wooing. Talk TO their
girls in confidential way; tell them how
they felt at their age; confess the mistakes
they made, and acknowledge the blunders.
Let the daughters know that the mothers
were, and still are, human, and can sympa-
thize in their little tribulations. The mother
should come down to the daughters level
and put herself on an equality with her In
short time the heart and confidence OF the
daughter are won, and the mothers fears, II
she ever had any, are gone forever
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Abusing the Hands.
Health Journal1


The recent health exhibition in London has
called attention to most dangerous fashion.
1t Is said, which, beginning with actresses,
has crept into the upper circles OF fashion.
which is that Of deadening the skin with bis
muth to produce the deadly paleness charac-
teristic OF consumption. Actresses and actors
have always used some pigment
for the hands to make them unnat-
urally white, and this has produced a
disease OF the nails. / is curious that among
savages and civilized people equally the skin,
which is the most important window Of the
body, is systematically stopred up with cos
metics. Now there is morbid fancy for re-
pulsive ghsstliness in English society, and
this palloi is produced by bismuth powder.
The poor skin has been heretofore patched
and rouged and stained with antimony, but
now it is covered with bismuth The results
may be better imagined than described. OF
course the face and hands, il covered with
any pigment to keep them white, cannot be
often washed, therefore one of the best means
of ridding the body of its perilous gases is
emf nir
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LEADING CARTOONISTS.
Men Whose Pencils Serve to Shape
Public Opinion.
JOSEPH KEPPLH.

A most brilliantly successful caricaturist
In his way is MIR. Keppler. The facility with
which he adds humor to sarcasm makes his
work no less effective, though it renders
1t palatable, as does the sugar-coating to the
pill He may sting by his satire, but there
Is combined with it such ludicrous senti-
tnent, that even those at whom his pencil Is
directed cannot but be amused at the man.
ner in which they have been portrayed In
this lies his success. The portrait which we
present of him is from his own hand and is
notable in illustrating with how few lines he
obtains his effects.
No writer can possess but fraction of ths
influence which the artist possesses who can
with few strokes Of the pencil present a
subject in such manner that it will appeal
to the learned as well as the unlearned, to
those who cannot read and those who have
not time to read, and then when there is
added to the drawing highly poetical treat
ment, enhanced by brilliant coloring and
artistic composition, the power such an arts.
possesses in affecting public opinion is incal-
culable
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IL. ". DOWles III rOrunlSDtly heVleW,l .
The newspaper originally, as / have al.
ready remarked, published news alone; but
in the beginning Of the present century, the
editor, no longer content that his paper
should fulfill its purpose Of publishing news,
legan to assume the right OF processing oIin-
ions. He began not merely to tell his readers
what was happening but also TO tell them
what he thought and what they ought to
think Of what was happening. 1t is nov over
sixty years since this became general in Eng
ish newspapers, and the result has been that
the leader has overshadowed the news in i'm
portance. and that the horn Of the leader
writer has been exalted while that of the
news monger has been abased. Newspaper
indeed, sffe less news papers than opinion pa
pers
The profession Of opinions not only causes
the editor to neglect the collection Of news,
but 1t prevents the honest and unreservei
publication of such news as is collected
Opinions being regarded as of more import
nnce than intelligence, the editor will occa.
sionally suppress altogether intelligence
which makes against the opinions Of his
newspaper, or publishing such intelligence,
will 80 present it and with such gloss as to
diminish as much as possible lis influential
force. Every writer in a daily journal Is
understood and expected to vicw ell act5 and
events from the special position occupied by
that journal And it is hot too much Is say
that the whole staff of newspaper is en-
gagged i'm presenting things not as they are,
but as IL is held by the editor on behalf Of
certain class that they should be-
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lCOr. fOpulAr Science montniy.l
find that oatmeal-porridge is greatly i'm
proved by being made some days before 1t Is
required, then stored in closed jar brought
forth and heated for use. The change
effected Is just that which theoretically may
be expected-namely, a softening Of the
fibrous material, and q sweetening due to tho
formation OF sugar. This sweetening OBJ
served many years ago In some Cruel that
was partly eaten one night and left standing
until next morning, when thought it tasted
sweeter, but, TO be assured OF this, had IL
warmed again two nights afterward, so that
IL might be tasted under the same conditions
of Temperature, palate, etc, as at first. The
sweetness was still more distinct, but the ex-
pertinent was carried no further.
have lately learned that my ensilage mo-
ton Is not absolutely new. A friend who
read my Cantor lectures tells me that he has
long been accustomed TO have seven dishes Of
porridge In his lardeT corresponding 10 the
days OF the week, SO that next Mondays
breakfast was cooked the Monday before.
and 80 on, each being warmed again on the
day fixed for its final execution, and each
being thus seven days old. He finds the re-
suit more digestible than newly-made por-
ridge. The classical nine days old pease
pudding Is similar anticipation, and find,
rather curiously, that nine days is about the
limit to which IL may be practically kept
before mildew - moldiness - is sufficiently
established TO spoil the pudding.
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THE MACHINERY OF THE ALPS.
How the Work OF the Ages Goes on
I'm Europe.

In Europe.
fSan Francisco Chronicle.l
The Alps constitute a vast machine, which
manufactures water out of snow and sup
plies it to all Europe. Every year there
falls on the Alps thirty-three feet Of snow,
most Of it falling between the ATTITUDES
1900 and 5000. This snow, light, opaque
and enough, If piled on top of the Alps, to
bury them three-fifths of q mile deep in the
course Of century, is continually pressed
down, formed into glacial ice, showed
through the valleys, melted into rivers and
distributed to the four quarters of Europe
by the machinery Of the Alps. A cubic yard
OF snow weighs ls7 pounds; when snow is
thawed and sinks into the glacial form, a
cubic yard weighs nearly half ton When
1t becomes solid ice cubic yard weighs
nearly n ton. From the surface to the bot
tom OF glacier are to be observed all these
gradations Of snow, the light and Opaque ut
top, the solid ut bottom.
Some of these glaciers are over 1000 feet
deep. The water which melts from them Is
estimated as equal to height Of ten feet in
year. Their movement Is generally down.
ward, but occasionally they appear to shrink
back and upward, only to renew their down.
ward course at subsequent period In this
the outlets OF the valleys. sometimes as low
down as s, 1000 feet Of altitude: this snail-like
journey often requiring more thar a century.
A ladder which Saussure left in 17SS at the
foot Of the Aquille Noir, when he ascended
Mount Blanc, was found in 1852 at distance
OF 4,757 yards below, a descent Of eleven
inches a day. A knapsack which fell into
crevasse Of the glacier Talefre and was after
wards found below, travelled at the rate of
fourteen inches a day. In 1920 a guide fell
into tke first crevasse that opened at the foot
OF Mount Blanc; in 1865, his body, recovered
below, was found to have Travelled at the
rate Of eighteen inches day. In 1850, the
body Of Il mountaineer, clad in the fashion Of
some former age, was delivered up at the
foot of the Ahrenthal glacier in Austria.
Tyndall found that the Mer dc Glace trav-
eled at the rate of thirteen inches a day In
winter and twenty-four inches in summer:
Agassiz discovered that the center Of the
glacial stream moved faster than the sides;
Charpentier ascertainsd that the stream had
its eddies and its whirlpools Render ascer-
tained that it Is impossible to point out any
phenomenon Of rivers which was not to be
observed in glaciers. Hence their impor-
lance to man. They are plastic streams to
be studied at leisure and with the view of
applying their lessons to running streams
The glacial fields Of the Alps cover no less
uan LIT square miles, The glaciers of
Mount Blanc alone cover 100 square miles,
and their mass is equal to ], ,S34, ,0OO, 600 cubic
yards, which represents a body of water
equal to the whole discharge OF the river
Seine during nine years. There is machinery
for You!
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Gathering Fern.

Ferns are much used for table decoration.
Many varieties of them are to be found In
the woods everywhere around, and sum.
mer residents show their appreciation by
gathering them and using them in decorating
their houses and tables. This is Just the bcst
time Of the year to gather and press ferns. 1t
is simple thing To press them, and yet how
few women there are who succeed In making
them look satisfactory or tit for decorations
They should be simply very carefully put
betwecn the leaves of book while damp.
Every leaf Of the fern should be gently
spread ont Heavy weights should be placed
on the book, and in month they will l,,
ready for use, looking almost as green as
when gathered, and retaining their freshness
in remarkable degree.
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brains for she Kitchen.
TChicago News1

The happiness Of home life and worldly
success are dependent in large measure ON
what comes from the kitchen to the table 10
be eaten. Mental poise hinges on the physi-
cal condition, and mans stomach can play
the dickens with him, not to say anything OF
his liver. The subject OF preparation Of food
and the creation Of appetizing dishes Is one
which no housewife should deem beneath her
consideration. II Is quite possible to be well
informed, cultivated, and accomplished, and
also to give time enough to the requirements
Of the table to furnish 1t in such a manner
that the most fGstidious palate shall be sat-
isded and danger Of dyspepsia and indiges.
tion avertei. Almost universally the women
of brains and judgment cook better taan
those Of unframed mental capacities
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Better Count Forty.

Mamma-It Is very wrong In you, Johnny.
to quarrel in this way.
Johnny twlio has just had a fight with his
brother Tom) got mad and had to
do something.
Mamma-But you should not let your
temper carry you away in that manner.
win tell you good rule: when you are angry
always count twenty before you strike
Tommy-tthe victor in the recent unpleas.
antness)-Yes, and he'd better count forty
before he strikes fellow that can lick him.
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Hoilyhocks for the Table.

IHFNU7H
There is suggestion of sadness in the idea
OF using old-fashioned hollyhocks as the de-
grafton for n modern dinner table, with oil
its luxurious appointments, its costly wines,
and French dishes. 1t seems like dragging
some simple-hearted, rustic grandmother out
Of her armchair, and dropping the dear old
lady amid the glare and revelry of fast
and furious banquet. Beautiful as the
stately, flower-crowned stalk may look sur
rounded by glittering forest of crystal
glasses, it should never be taken from the
sunny corner of the garden il becomes so
well, to serve as a dinner decoration,
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Don't Strike with the Hand.

Mrs. Siegel in chronological Journal.I
Don't strike child with the hand; little
switch of rattan is better The reason Is a
philosophical one. The hand tells a great
deal. 1t gives out of the feelings of the
heart. How soothing Is the mothers hand to
the suffering child! How its gentle magnet
ism Gains the disturbed, nervous system, as
It glides softly and tenderly over the little
form. 1t relieves the aching head, soothss
the disturbed spirit, brings ease and comfort
as it drives away pain. How often cordial
grasp of the hand gives sympathy to an
aching heart,
The feelings Of the heart pass out through
the hand as truly as the thoughts Of the sonl
through the eyes, That being the case with
the feelings Of love, shall We deny that feel
ing Of hatred or temper flows through the
same channelsi Strike person in passion
and you strike passion into him. In a
minute the person is in the same state of
feeling as yourself. Therefore, is q switch IL
used, 1t does not respond 50 readily to every
feeling, and the culprit gets the benefit with
out the Ill results.
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Poor German Girls.
IEli Perkins1 I


The girls in Germany outnumber the boys
by several millions. This, and the fact that
many men are too poor to marry. leaves
about 5000 women who have to remain
single. The rich girls get married, but tho
poor ones stay single and are forced to shame
or hard labor. In Munich no young man is
permitted to marry Until be has proved to
the authorities that he is able TO support q
wife. II children are bora and the parents
cannot support them. the state holds the city
authorities responsible for their maintenance.
When an unmarried German woman becomes
old and peor she is miserable indeed. She
cannot siarve. 80 she carries burdens In the
street. Often she l. hitched like horse to a
wason. and does beasts work Happy in
dfed uueht . young lady to fe,l when her
Rooi fsis has permitted her to be born In
America!