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Whisky for .Inii nira.

Its noteworthy fact said well known
criminal lawyer, shat almost the first re-
quest lawyer will receive when he comes
TO visit his client in the jail will DO In the
form Of a demand for liquor. Crime and
the drinking habit are twin brothers, and 1t
is, can assure you, a very rare thing in our
experience TO meet Jail bird who is not
addicted to strong drink. But what are you
going to dos Your man Graves for his old
stlmulant, begs for it with more earnestness
than he does for his freedom. He must have
II, and, as rule, he gets it, too. III tell you
how. When ho becomes annoyingly per-
sistent we say to him: Get your liquor, il
you must have it., in the regular way. No
lawyer will take it to YOU. That isn't pro-
fessional'
"Then he cries: But what is the regular
wayf 1t isnot allowed; how can get itP We
ask him; Haven't you some relative or ac-
quaintance OF the other sexl Lot her bring it
IN. She can carry 1t easily under q shawl or
cloak, and while standing up close to the
wire talking to you she can smuggle the
stuff in without any trouble Now, to make
myself understood I'll tell you there Is moro
than one rubber tube in the jail, carefully
stored away In cells occupied by the expert
enced boarders, and that those tubes are
pretty regularly made to do syphon duty
from one whisky flask to another Tho
prisoner gets hold of an empty flaslx--that Is
easily done; he is visited by his female
relative, who carries under her shawl q flask
full of liquor. The tube is put out through
tho wire netting and the other end Is inserted
in the bottle. The other end the prisoner
takes in his mouth and proceeds at once to
establish suction on IL that causes the
whisky to leave the first bottle and flow
steadily into the other bottle, which is con-
veniently hid under the fellows coat. Well,
that is one way of getting in contraband
goods Chicago News.
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No better illustration Of. the hold which
superstition still has on many intelligent
people could be desired than is afforded by a
recent report Of the committee on expert
mentrS psychology submitted to the Boston
society for physical research. Letters were
addressed by this committee TO nearly SOC
persons, and among the questions asked were
these.
"First-Would you tc influenced by any
feeling belief or not is immaterieD in regard
TO sitting down thirteen at tablet
"Second-0r beginning voyage ON Fri
dnyf
"Third-Or seeing the new moon over your
left shoulderl
"Fourth-Or in choosing a house which
was reported to DO hauntedr'
Ridiculous as these questions may seom, IL
Is none the less true that they were answered
by no less than 500 people, and from
these answers it appears that one-tenth
Of tho men and one-fifth Of the women were
subjecs TO superstition. That the tendency
should be more prevalent among women
than among men Is explained by the fact
that they are naturally of weaker nature and
are, moreover, not brought into that close
contact with the world which, above every
thing else, quickly dispos illusion. 1t Ger
tainly must BIO allowed that, considering ths
practical common sense Of the average New
Englander and the skepticar spirit Of the
period the proportion of those who admit
that they are subject TO superstition Is very
large. Without doubt the result OF the Bos-
ton socictys labors must DO a surprise To
those who have been inclined to believe that
we are every day becoming less credulous. =
Brooklyn Eaglo.
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Llttle Newspaper uumbuu,.

The claim of omniscience and the assump-
ton Of omnipotence are the amusing parts OF
newspaper. 1t Is artless and transparent.
The omniscience Is that of the encyclopedia
and the omnipotence is the frown Of Joye.
1t is a tSage effect, which is pretty, but
which deceives nobody. The roar is well
done. But the performer is not mistaken for
q lion He is plainly seen to DO the excellent
Mr.. Snug, who is professionally engaged in
the support of his family. The elaborate
procamations Of the newspapers private
business rs matter of public i'm
portancc is another aspect Of the same
comedy. The newspaper sobcrly announces
that after prolonged deliberation 1t has de-
cided to widen its columns, and that for many
months the most prodigious machinery has
been in course Of construction to enable it to
satisfy the demands Of its swiftly increasing
host Of advertisers, who will have nothing
less than all tho conveniences provided by the
most modern science. The newspaper is
gratified to be able to state that 1t is now pre-
pared to smile at all rivalry, to outstrip its
esteemed contemporaries at every point, and
to enable mankind TO dispense with all other
journals but itself. This is as simple and
childlike as if great mercantile house should
announce that it had just bought now set
of massive account books in Russia leather,
and laid new floors OF southern pine, and
added another story to the warehouse Tho
buyer, meanwhile, is interested III the goods,
and inspects them, and them only, to decide
whether TO buy or tolook elsewhere. These
are the little humbugs Of tho trade of the
newspaper. Harpers.
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Lifo IN Now oninea.

The houses on this part OF the coast, as also
in the villages inland, are built upon piles
varying from four to eight feet In height.
A few steps up rude ladder lead to d plat
form, on which some Of the family generally
recline. A baby, and often a young pip, in
nets suspended from the caves, are gently
swinging to and fro. Fishing nets lie in .
corner, with shells attached for weights.
Nautilus shells, with grass streamers or hid
eous carved pieces Of wood, hang before the
bamboo door, which Is low and narrow, and
leads Into the common room whore all the
family Sleep The common room Is about
twelve feet to eighteen feet, with a bnre floor
ing Of rough planks, generally the sides OF
old canoes. Through the chinlxs the garbage
is thrown upon tho plentiful remnants OF
cocoa husks below, for the pigs to eat or the
sea TO carry away. In tho middle OF the
room Is a fireplace, a pile Of ashes on some
boards, with o spark protector of bamboo
stick hung about three feet above. On the
central pole Is hung o toni-tom, while here
and there ON tho grass walls are suspended
gourds for lime, bamboo pipes, toninhawks,
AIDES, spare grass potticoats and net bags.
There is no window, but movable shutter
can generally DO opened on tho sea side and
plenty Of air enters through tho walls and
the holes in the floor
Then, as to clothing, the natives certainly
affect sincere simplicity in tho matter Of
dress. The only article common to all tho
men is q thin string, third OF an inch In
breadth, passed tightly round the waist and
between the Legs A band OF grass. which
serves as a pocket for tobacco, knives and
decorations OF cotton leaves, is for the most
part worn upon the upper part of the arm
Some have head bands OF red braid or small
rounded pieces OF shells, while a few wear
necklaces Of shells or teeth, and carved bones
through the nose Their hair, thick, matted
and long, is drawn up by comb Of bamboo
cane. Tho women wear pettcoats Of woven
grass, sometimes stained with a red hue. The
married aud betrothed have short hair; the
majority are tattoocd with V.shaped mark
and other designs on the breast. Their figures
are squat and not SO erect as those Of Hindoo
women, as they generally carry weights ON
tho back and moi on the head. All the Year
Round
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A Few Facts Abopt rI.as

There are several varieties Of fieas, but
they ara SO much alike that their differences
arc interesting only to scientific people The
cat flea will do as well as any to show us the
process OF breeding. During the spring and
summer months she simply drops her eggs
into the fur OF the cat, but in the autumn
and winter she CLUES each firmly upon hair.
These eggs are SO small as to be barely visible
to the naked eye, but under the microscope
they are very beautiful looking like the
loyeliest pearls, and are perfectly translu-
cent. The flea deposits nearly 200 at a time,
running about and dropping thom here and
there. They soon hatch into small, white,
footless worms. In from one 20 two weeks
they go into cocoon. Nothing can be prettier
than this cocoon. wish could show ii to
you, but will try 10 describe 1t. 1t Is like u
flask Of clear glass. tinged at the edges with
pearly tints, and dotted over with gold. The
little sleeper within lies in circle, is rose
colored, looks like the delicate petal Of u
flower. In about six weeks he reaches ma
turity. AT first he is not larger than mite,
but when well fed grows quickly in size and
strength,
Fleas are quarrelsome, and great lighters
When several are confined in glass, they
viii stand on their hind legs, striking Mt
their opponents with the others, and rdI
over and over each other, losing legs and an
tenne, and at last giving up their lives in
the fight. There is a record Of flea which
lived ten days after such an encounter, with
no antennp, three plates of his side broken
in, one eye gone and with only four legs,
and these cut off to the first joirts.--Ss I.
Ciayes, Swiss Cross.
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4 u.r,rnor n I,iternturc.

'.You we're speaking about what begin
ner should do. Where can he get training
in literary work. There are no schools of
literature What must he dor asked a re-
porter of Richard Watson Glider, of The
Century.
"He must saturate his mind with the best
literature and he must practice, practice,
practicer
.sWherc will he get an opportunity to prac-
tice. Write an article and submit it to q
magazine, and If it is rejected write an
| cthcrf"
"My idea is that he should begin any
where. Give away his contributions; get
used to seeing them in type; get his own crit
icisms of them in type and his neighbours
criticisms of them. Ii may spoil wealzling
but il knocks the conceit out Of a sensible
man to see his writings in cold type. / ad-
wise young men and women who arc deter
mined TO be writers to write, write, write
and, If necessary, to give away their writ
ings until they finally become valuable.
They should not try, however, as some
innocently do, to give thcm away TO the
first class paying periodicals. 1t is no in
duccmcnt TO a magazine editor to be told
that he can have n.contribution for nothing.
/ know young man who couldn't even give
away his writings to New York periodicals,
so advised him to try others out OF town.
He then went to work writing editorials with
out pay for an out OF town daily. He soon
got rid Of his rnannerisms, and has become
most valuable salaried writer upon one Of
the large newspapers, and also one of the
best contributors for the best magazines"
"Then there is n chance for a man to gradu-
ate out of every day Journalism into the
higher field of literature magazine writ
ingg'
sit depends entirely upon himself. Moth
ing grievcs an editor SO much as having over
looked talent in its beginnings. The bluest
moments an editor has are spent in the recol-
lection Of some mistake in understanding
talent at its start. New York Mail and
Express
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1t is twice as difficult to keep walters under
control here as in European cities. They
have to be constantly watched or they be-
come careless-they lose the manners Of good
waters. The fact is, the average American
diner is the best natured man on earth. The
swells Of the highest rank in this country will
accept attendance in the dining room that
would drive a Frenchman into Mysteries.
The full-biooded- American, il his digestion is
perfect, will bear anything with an easy good
nature. II trained waiter from Paris or
London is placed in one of our leading hotel
or restaurant dining rooms, he is conspicuous
for his Difference and respect He is polite,
quick and dexterous, and attempts to assist
good digestion by showing desire to please
at every movement But among American
patrons those habits will wear out in less than
month If the waiter is not watched closely.
They become lax first, and that step is fol
lowed by too great familiarity. The lcniency
and good nature Of the guests and the talk
and air of the other walters ruins him. No
head waiter can keep large restaurant or
dining room supplied with good help in the
west, and It is little better in eastern cities.
Hotel Boarder in Globe Democrat
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AUTOGRAPHS OF STATESMEN.
a Privilege of the Pages In the Capitol
Congressmen's Signatures.

a Privilege of the Pages In the Capitol.
Congressmen's Signatures.
For years il has been the privilege of the
pages in the Capitol to make quite lot Of
pocket money each session in collecting auto
graphs. Tho pages of the senate, for in
stance, viii collect the signatures Of all the
senator's in an album, turn the book over 10
some youngster in the house, who gets the
congressmen's names, tten to one of the pages
in the supreme couEs for the autographs Of
the justices, and finally to the riding pages OF
the senate who are constantly going between
the CAPITOL the White House, and the several
departments and bureaus of the government.
The latter get the names OF the president. the
cabinet and other prominent officials. For
such collection the boy who starts the book
has received whatever he could out of his
customer, trusting to his own sharpness and
the latter's generosity When he gets his
money-and $40 is the usual price-he settles
with the other pages who have assisted him.
on such terms as they are willing to make
The ordinary terms of settlement have been
So to the contractor, SO Co the house page. Sc
to the boy who gets the president and cabi-
net. and 81 to the youth In the supreme court.
But the example of the trades unions has
reached the Capitol, and an equal division OF
profits is now demanded by the boys. took
an album which had been sent me by a friend
IN the west to one of the senate pages the
other day, and asked him to get the auto
graphs of the statesmen for me, as he had
done before. l had formerly paid him $40
for such a job, but no informed me that the
boys had organized union and had advanced
the price to $l5 He said that the "kidsr In
the house kicked because the senate bows
were making more money than they, and had
struck; so it became necessary to organize
and have a stated card of rates.
Don't you see,n he said; people who want
autographs somehow always come to Che
senate first. We have got s. for getting the
names of seventy-six senator's, and have
given the kids in the house only SO for get
ting 325 names. When they happened to
catch on to job they got IS, of course, and
gave us 50 for the senator's autographs, but
for every one book they get we get a dozen,
and they kicked about it. SO we had "a
agree to pay them as much as we got our
selves. They won't touch a book less than
50. There was a kid in the house who cut
under them and got some names not long ago
for So, but when the other boys found 1t out
they got hold Of the book and tore out the
leaves. They boycotted him, don't you see
Washington Cor. New York Tribune.
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DAUGHTERS or EVE.

The empress Of Austria is advised TO spend
the winter in Egypt on account Of rheumatic
troubles.
Scarpia and Justinian are tho names Of
Sarah Bernhardt's two lions, which she lets
loose occasionally. One Of Sarah's friends
always brings his revolver with him when be
calls.
Two New Orleans young ladies who find it
necessary to work for living have opened a
dairy and sell milk They have a little cart,
and every morning may be seen driving be-
hind their bright tin cans and pals.
The preparation Of the trousseau Of the fu-
ture empress Of China Is under full Roadway,
although the wedding win not be untll 1850.
THOUSANDS Of hands are now bury. aud II VIII
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A COUNTRY souIRe,s HOUSE.
An Intensely English ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Solemnity of "Prayers.''

An Intensely English ranIso
Solemnity of Prayers"
There is yet another ceremonial which at
most country houses the visitor is expected
to attend. That is family prayers. AS n
student of men and manners it will BIO worth
his while, for no institution is so intensely
English. AT 8 in the morning and about 10
at night the butler announces prayers, The
family and visitors then proceed to the hall,
where the servants are arranged in q long
row. The butler places Bible and prayer
book in front Of the squire, and then retircS
to his scat with the air OF man who has
done difficult duty rather neatly, Then
the squire reads a portion of Scripture ana q
prayer in loud, sonorous voice, destitute of
all expression whatever. Now look for u
moment round the assembly. Old Con. Sile-
nus who has drunk perhaps half bottle too
much claret, presents an intensely pious, but
withal sleepy, appearance, and tries to cover
a hiccough with a grunt. Capt Fitzfilke
OF the Dragon Guards who has just been
CONFUSING the gentlemen at the dinner table
with "broadn stories, looks appallingly
proper The rest are obviously thinking o
nowt,n which the rustic explained was the
great delight of church, but everybody is
bolt upright and wears a stony priInness of
aspect.
We're twinkle of amusement, or even of
sensibility, to be seen in any ones counten-
ance, tho vigilant eye of the lady Of the
house would instantly detect it, The essence
of the ceremony, in short, is kind Of gram
itic solemnity. remember once q ludicrous
accident occurring at one OF these rites,
which set the weaker folks Off in an ire
pressible litter. The lady of the house was
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Frank Briggs, IL years old, was drowned
Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Wiuchendop, Mass, and
the body was found Wednesday evening by
use Of an electric light, which was put under
water on a pole.
A Birmingham, Ala, man fred a revolver
point blank at Negroes head, but the bullet
glanced off, passed through a thick wall and
fell TO the floor In an adjoining room. Tho
negro escaped with slight scratch.
Augustus Arthur Percival, keeper Of tho
town hall OF Chelsea, London, was arrested
for breaking ups political meeting In tho
hall by turning tho hose on It The defense
was that the meeting was 80 turbulent that
he had to take that course to keep the hall
from being destroyed The nocr, II was
testified, was half an inch deep with water
before the stream from tho hose drove ths
crowd out
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voting for School Committee,

ssGood morning, Mrs. Black Are you
going to vote for school committee toslayT
Eyes; and I'm awfully glad / met you.
Tell mo what kind Of person this Mrs.
White is. don't know whether to vote for
her or not
ooh, she's splendid woman; 20 devoted,
you know and they say she knows more
about educational matters than all the men
on the board put together. There she is
now!p
what that woman over there in a blue
bonnet trimmed with grecns Why, Mrs.
Gray, I'm astonished TINT you could think OF
voting for person who Inns 80 little taste. y"
Boston Transcript.
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WORKING. WOMEN AZ LUNCH.
yheir Three Favorite Articles of Food--A
Clever Little Game Played.


Clever Little Game Played.
A very great many working women in
New York take their luncheons with them to
the offices ia which they are employed, and
eat sandwiches, apples, bits Of cake and slices
Of bread and butter at their desks or type
writing machines out of little tin box OF q
scrap of paper. Butall those who can afford
it try to get something hot and substantial
at their midday meal, and are wise in so do
ing, because bits Of cold bread and fruit are
not sufficient nutrinent for q woman who Is
doing ten hours Of hard work. In a good
many OF the big Office buildings, and in
some of the newspaper buildings, there are
cheap luncheon rooms, and at these places
the three favorite articles of food among the
female customers are coffee, hot bread and
pie.
Strange to say, no woman seems to con-
slider her luncheon satisfactory without
something sweet, and men rarely cat sweets
at their midday meal A few women busy
in offices down about Park row drop into the
Aston house for a little steak and a cup of
ten. There are restaurants ON Fourteenth,
street and on Broadway, near Ninth and
Tenth streets, that ara largely patronized by
working women because of their conyen-
fence and their moderate rates. Very few of
these women spend more than forty cents for
their luncheon. They order very modest re-
pasts, but they clean up every scrap and
leave the dishes looking like Jack Sprat's
They study tho menu with great care, and
know just what to order to get tho most
nutriment for the least money. The conf
panionabfe girls divide into parties OF four
for luncheon, having learned that by order
ing one portion OF everything the four can
mako pretty satisfactory meal, but the
four never leave enough OF that one portion
TO provide the thinnest sort Of lunch for the
very churchliest sort Of mouse.
There Is one clever little game played by
these parties carrees which provides them all
with an abundance on one portion OF tea.
Instead of having cup for each they order
a pot of the beverage, which comes with
plenty of tea leaves and only water enough
added 10 make two cupfuls. This they i'm
mediately pour off and request the waiter for
q pitcher OF hot winter, for which there Is no
extra charge, and armed with this they can
I'LL tho teapot and replenish their cups twice
before IL begins to got weak and tasteless
There Is no extra charge for sugar or milk.
and SO this pot of tea, which costs twenty
cents, makes good part Of the luncheon OF
four women. Some OF the restaurant keep
ers caught on to this and only sent to the
table with the teapot q saucer containing
four or FIVE humps Of sugar, but the sympa-
thies of the walters are usually with the hard
working and under paid females, and they
manage to provide them with sufficient to
sweeten all the tea they can brew in one tea
pot.--New York World.
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PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Leo KIN always dimes alone.

Leo XIII always dimes alone
Mr.. Russell Sturgis Of the house OF Barring
Brothers left an estate Of R2,0O0,000.
Mr.. Gladstone has decided not TO 60 to
Rome to have an interview with Pope Leo
The Italian Academy Of Science has
awarded TO M. Pssteur the great worlds
prize Of 200
The lace curtains In the Robert Garrett
mansion at Baltimore cost 500 yard, and
some of the carpets are declared by an en-
thusiast to be actually worth their weight in
gold.
Cyrus Field began life as q clerk in New
England store, and once worked for A. 7.
Stewart for the munihcent salary OF $50 q
year. He left tho dry goods kings employ
to ssu newspapers.
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~ he greatest trousseau ever made Tho hats
arc particularly numerous.

are particularly numerous.
Sarah Bernhardt proposes to be the greatest
mother-in-law on record. II shall put into
the part all my heart, all my art, says she.
Her presents to tho daughter-in-law began
with diamond necklace for 10000 francs
and ran all the way down TO fur boa.
Jenny Lind was rather sensitive on tho
subject Of her rivals. She attended, on one
occasion, a garden party given by Lady Bur
dett-Coutts. In the course of conversation
gentleman, speaking of Christine Nilsson,
called her the Swedish Nightingale In
stantly there sprung up from seat close by
an aged, thin woman, who pointed her finger
at the speaker and exclaimed, in voice quiv.
ering with rage, "You are wrong, sir, gross
ly wrong; am the Swedish Nightingale
am jenny L:ndm