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, 1889-07-25
Death to File. and MOSQUITOES

l haven't a mosquito bar nor screen
door about my house, and yet there
are seldom any flies and eve any
mosquitoes about it l learned the
secret of successful warfare against
these pests when living in the swamps
of Louisiana, where, summer or win.
ter, mosquitoes swarm. For some
years life was uncomfortable, and no
meal could DO eaten in peace. But ell
at once there was a change for the
better, bars and screens were often out
of place, but there was almost an i'm
munity from insects. | was patching
at the time, and had just changed my
colored boy. Tho new m explain.
ed TO me how he kept tho Critters
away. He burnt small pieces of gum
camphor on tho cook stove, and used q
secret preparation he called ''sudekil-
To-" When l got married and came
to Missouri l impaired the secret to my
wife, and as there is no patent on Il
that / know of, l would advise all
fellow suffers to go and do likewise.
The gum camphor alone is ample for
the purpose, and need only TO DO used
two or three times q day.-Interview
in st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
, 1889-07-25

1.-THE teamster, as one of the types
of tho frontier, is seldom introduced
in print without allusious to his ingen-
ious and picturesque profanity where
as it is his silence, rather than his utter
ances, that gives him, among his
brethren Of the way almost tho dis
tinction of a species.
THE sailor has his 'chanty,' the
negro boatsman his rude refrain; we
read of the Cossack's wild marching
chorus of the begging song of the
Russian exiles on the great Siberian
road, of the Persian minstrel in the
midst of the caravan, reciting, in a
high, singing voice, tales of battle and
love and magic to beguile the way.
For years the parlor vocalist has rung
the changes upon barcaroles and Ca
madam boat songs, but not the most
fanciful of popular composers has ven
~tured TO dedicate a note to the dusty
throated voyager of the overland trail.
HE is not unpicturesque; he has
every claim that hardship can give TO
popular sympathy; yet, even to the
most inexperienced Imagination, he
pursues his way in silence along those
fateful roads, the names of which will
o be legendary. As q type he was
evolved by these roads to meet their
~exigencies. lie was known on the
great Sante Fe trail, on the old Ore
gon trail, on all the historic pathways
that have carried westward the story
of a restless and a determined people.
The railroads have driven him from
the main lines of travel; he is now
merely the link between them and scat
tered settlements difficult of access.
will be done. He will have left no rec
ord among songs of the people or
lyrics of the way, and in fiction, oddly
enough, this most enduring and silent
of beings will survive-through the
immortal rhetoric of his biographies
"a one whose breath is heavy with
curses. MARY Hallock Foote in Cen
tury.
, 1889-07-25

Teeth are Just as easily starved TO
death as the stomach. In one way ii
is a blessing TO have been born of poor
parents. What food the poor give
their children is of the variety that
goes TO make strong bones and teeth.
1t is the outside of all the grains, of
all the cereal foods, that contains the
carbonate and phosphate of lime and
traces of other earthly salts which
nourlsh the bony tissues and build the
frame up.
If we do not furnish to the teeth o.
the young that pabulum they require
they cannot possibly be built up. 1t is
the outside of corn, oats, wheat, bar
ley and the like, or tho bran, so called,
that We sift away and feed to the
swine, that the teeth actually require
for their proper nourishment. The
wisdom of man has proved his folly,
shown in every succeeding generation
of teeth, which become more fragile
and weak. Those Touring mills are
working destruction upon the teeth of
every man, woman and child who
partake of their fine bolted flour.
They sift out the carbonates and the
phosphates of lime in order that they
may provide that fine white flour
which Is proving n whitened sepul-
cher to teeth.
Oatmeal is one of the best foods for
supplying the teeth with nourishment.
1t makes the dentine cementum and
enamel strong, flintlike and able to
resist all forms of decay. If you have
children never allow any white bread
upon your table. Bread made of whole
wheat ground, not bolted, so that the
bran which contains the minute guam
titles of lime is present, is best. To
mako a good, wholesome, nourishing
bread take two bowls of wheat meal
and one bowl of white or bolted flour,
and make by the usual process. Moth
ing is superior to brown bread for bono
and tooth building. This is made ont
of rye meal and corn meal. Baked
beans, too, have n considerable supply
of these lime salts and should be on
your table, hot or cold, three times a
week. In brushing the teeth always
brush up and down from the gums in
stead of across Brush away from the
gum and on the grinding surface of
tho teeth.-Amcrican Analyst
, 1889-07-25
ABILITY NAY MOI WIN.
what an Actress Says of the Stage as a
Business for Women.

what an Actress Says of the Stage as n
business for Women
II am not going to talk about Miss
Demorne's chances FOR getting rid of
her morals on the stage. Everybody
has done that ad nauseam. l want to
discuss the young lady's chance of
getting a living"
The speaker was a we'll known ac-
tress. By Miss Lemorne" she meant
any young woman ambitious for n ca
reer on the stage.
Young people, both boys and girls,
are very apt to get the idea that on
moral questions they are being hood
winked; that the world has conspircd
to stuff them up with moral notions
hat are not based on facts, and their
skepticism is apt to lead them into ex-
periments on their own account. So
Iwant TO take up this question of the
stage as n profession for women from
the business point of view-a phase
that l never hear any one but myself
talk about.
''To begin with, l will say that /
was a member of said profession for
three years, played with all sorts of
companies and all sorts of parts-sou-
brettes, old women, leading juveniles.
lCeAALllS alid WANING ulCS"lTO
New York TO Texas and from Texas
to Oshkosh. Igave it up as an intol-
cradle trade, though n beautiful art.
And l was as much influenced to that
course by what l saw as by what 1 OK
perienced.
''The fact is we are not a dramatic
race, and we in the mass have no very
acute perceptions as to what is or IS
not good; we take anything that is
sufficiently advertised.
Miss Lemorne will be equally jus
tilted in her course if she has any kind
of notoriety; anything hat with less
capital would give her a place in a
dime museum. That is the sort of ten
derby green young thing l was. How
and when am l to begin telling you
what a hopeless crusade you are enter
ed upon2 Of course it is not absolutely
hopeless; you will not neglect TO re-
mind mo that there are people who
have succeeded in it.
Let me take up oneof your earliest
delusions first. You were influenced
to think of going on the stage because
you saw n hopeless non-competent get
a position for season. You said to
yourself: We'll, if she can do as we'll
as that to start with, what may not
dor / am a great deal better fitted for
the place than she is
Your reasoning was terribly astray.
When in any profession you SEE non
competence succeeding you may know
it is a bad place for the competent.
The non-competents are not in the
fore, as you imagine, because the
competents are not to be had
they are always to be had-but be-
cause competency or non-competen-
cy doesn't matter, the case is decid-
ed on other grounds. The ace is not
to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong, which fact is q very sad and
depressing thing to the swift and
the strong, however cheerful it may
look to the other people.
Just why this self evident propo-
sition does not work better in reality
is u complex question. 1 have many
theories in my head as to why the
stage is thus, but there is no time here
for celebrating them. One thing only
I'll mention, and that is that no one,
probably not excepting yourself,
knows what you can do until you arc
tried New York Star.
, 1889-07-25
"uero prodnoo Matoh.r

Congressman "Billy" Mason tells
with considerable zest his first expert
ence at speech making. 1t vas his
maiden effort at the bar, and, knowing
that he was TO address the jury a week
beforehand, he prepared his speech
carefully and committed it to mem
DRY. The eventful day came and he de-
livered his prepared speech according
to programme. Then, drawing a watch
from his pocket, he said, i~mpressively,
But l see l have exhausted my time,
and l leave the case in your hands,
gentlemen" and sat down. The watch
did not have any works in it, and the
case had been knocking around the
house for years, but, as the speech had
been marked at this place, there pro-
duce watch" he flashed his case on
the jury so i~mpressively that he won
his suit Chicago Herald
, 1889-07-25
wa.er as a substitute for Grace.

Sister Weymouth was one of the
most notable women that ever lived
in the good old Maine town of Blank
mouth. She was notable for her pow
ers MS an exhorter, which shone in the
village prayer meeting as brilliantly
as those of any licensed preacher
whom the villagers heard, and
for her quick wit, that found
expression in many quaint and
pithy speeches, some of which are
treasured TO this day, although she
has long been gathered to her fathers
and mothers. A worthless young man
named Frost fell in love with Sister
Weymouth's daughter. Failing to
melt the stern objections of the young
woman's mother in any other way, he
pretended TO be converted under her
celebrations, joined the church and
was married TO his hearts desire. Very
soon the bad blood in Frost's veins as
serted itself, and the rascal deserted
his wife after he had lived with her
but five or six months. Not long af-
terward his child was born. While
the officiating person was giving the
infant a bath Sister Weymouth came
in.
Look herei" said she. BE sure
to hold that baby under the water
long enough to get all the Frost out
iti'-New York Star.
, 1889-07-25
THE FORMS OF LEAVES.
Uses Which Show That There Is a Reason
for Their Shape and Size.

eSGH hlch SNOW lhAL Ahcre Is n ASGhsOn
for Their Shape and Size
Even the most cursory observer Of
vegetable life must have been often
struck with the various forms of
leaves. Why they should be so vari-
ously formed does not, however, often
suggest itself, though there is a rea-
son for the special shape and texture Of
almost every leaf in existence. Plants,
such as grasses, daffodils, and others
which usually grow in clusters, have
generally narrow leaves growing up
right, so as not to ovcrshadow one an
other. Other plants, of isolated habits,
have an arrangement of foliage which
secures to themselves the space of
ground necessary for their develop
ment. The daisy, dandelion or shep-
herds purse-which may mostly be
e in pastufes-are examples of this.
A circle of broad leaves pressed against
the ground, forming what is known
as a rosette growth, effectually bars
the approach of any other plant and
keeps clear from all other roots tho
space of ground necessary { o its own
nutriment. Floating leaves, and leaves
of marsh plants are usually of simple
outline, for, having few competitors,
they are not liable TO get in one an
others light Submerged plants have
mostly leaves of narrow segments-
the reason for which is not very well
understood, though it is assumed by
~naturalists that it is for the purpose of
exposing as large a surface as possible,
in order TO extract the minute proper
ton OF carbonic acid dissolved in a
vast bulk of water.
Leaves on the boughs OF trees are
often much divided, so as TO fold cas-
lily. TO prevent their being rent and
torn by high winds, while the glossy
surface of evergreens is intended 10
throw off rain and dew, which might
freeze on them, and so cause injury TO
the tissues within. But the hairs on
the surface of leaves are perhaps the
most interesting study Of all. With
the aid Of a microscope, the beautiful
and systematic arrangement of these
al be easily discerned, and their uses
understood. On many plants there are
glandular hairs TO catch or deter small
creeping insects; on others there are
hairs set so as TO act rs effectively
against young animals as a spike pail
SADIE against obtrusive boys; on
other, hairs which arrest tho drops OF
moisture and force them down the
leaf stalk, to moisten the earth about
tho roots; while others are protected
by n series Of poisoned stings. The
ordinary nettle is an example of this,
and the beauty and ingenuity of its
mechanism is truly wonderful. Each
nettle hair is armed with a brittle and
pointed s~iliceous cap, which breaks off
in the wound and tho poison is then
able TO flow put through a tubular
hair, from a reservoir at its base.
There is scarcely n form of leaf but is
specially modified by nature for some
some particular purpose, and the dis
coveryo OF this purpose is a source OF
pleasant and profitable study TO young
naturalists. Horticultural Times.
, 1889-07-25
CheMed hN a Calf.

A well known Washington mer-
chant tells the following story on him
self: He was born clear up in the
mountains near the Tennessee line.
His mother died when he was two
months old and his father and grand
mother raised" him by hand in their
lonely cabin on q mountain clearing,
miles from the nearest neighbor. He
was clad in a single flowing garment
on the Mother Hubbard style, made of
homespun towcloth, which was
heightened as years added length TO
his limbs.
He never saw a girl until he was 16.
That year terrible drought struck in
and his father had TO go ten miles
down the Cove" to get his corn
ground So no yoked up the steers
and throw several bags of corn in the
bottom of the cart. The boy, in his
peculiar garment, climbed in and sat
on the bags. He was going TO q new
and far off country and every sight
was a wonder. Arriving at the mill,
he watched with curious interest the
corn making its way from the hopper
into the heart of the stone and then
squirt out in warm whit, jets into the
trough. He went outside and saw the
water pour over and turn the huge
overshot wheel, and peered with a
sensation of fear into the dark, messy
cavern into which the wheel was
forever retreating.
On rising at n little distance he spied
a log cabin, and shortly wandered
over through tho brush in its direc-
ton. a rail fence stopped his prog
ress n couple of rods from the door
To- a,l lo 1a,,.I .... - Iazl.zl
There, sitting outside the door on a
bench were two girls. One was spin
ming wool and the other knitting.
They Were the most beautiful things
he had ever seen and he nearly died
right there. They saw him and burst
out laughing at his remarkable APP
p%earance. He didn't know what to
do, but thought it was probably the
proper thing TO stare at them and
laugh back, which he did with inter
est. This mutual entertainment kept
up for some ten minutes, when one of
the girls laughed so hard she rolled off
the bench. He thought that was
queer, but just then he felt something
cold on his legs.
He turned around. As he did so
both girls shrieked with laughter and
ran into the house. He found that
the cold thing on his legs was the
muzzle of a bull calf that was chewing
away vigorously on what was left OF
the rear of his dress, which had been
%shockingly mutilatcd by the animal
during the few minutes he was staring
at the girls.
He has seen moro girls since and
bears their smiles with greater equa-
nimity. He is also one of the best
dressed men in Washington, but hat
experience with the bull calf and the
girls will never be effaced from his
"memory.-Washington Post.
, 1889-07-25
Tho pa, of Prejudice Gong.

A woman preacher of Ohio has had
some difficulty in securing the license
TO perform the marriage ceremony.
This cahs out an Ohio protest that in
that state and in Michigan and in nli-
nois there are many women serving
rs ministers, and without officiating at
marriages. To be sure, and as il
should be. There is no rational OBJ
lection TO n good ermon or lecture
from a woman. They may make our
best teachers and professors, and may
do as well as preachers. The day of
prejudice, pure and simple, that enables
a musty old judge of probate to quote
Paul and refuse n women her equal
right 10 do what she do right we'll
is past, Or ought to be past.-St Louis
Globe Democrat.
, 1889-07-25
ArrestIng n stuffed Dog.


The Detroit Free Press says that
there is a policeman who is going 10
show the forco what he can do and he
permits no guilty man to escape or
woman either. The other day he call.
ed at a house and knocked on the door
with his club. A mild looking wo-
man appeared and asked what was
wanted.
DO you keep adog, MADAME" he in
quired in an official tone.
No sir; | do not" answered the
woman, quietly.
Then your husband or some OF
your family do" argued the police
man. Il am informed on credible
authority that you own a dog"
"Oh, you mean old Don2 He never
goes out"
mo matter, ma'am. Answer my
questions properly. Has he a license
from the cityf'
why, no." said the women, look
ing troubled; I'VE didn't think it was
necessary"
Then it is my duty to take the dog.
But you can redeem him within TWEEN
ty-four hours by paying for his license
10 the proper authorities"
Withthat he walked into the house
past the woman and took hold of The
dog where he sat in the hall and gave
a mighty pull, but, as the animal was
nailed to the floor, he resisted SC Wig
orously that the policeman gave up
the job and retired rather democrat
lied.
And the woman sat down on the
floor and gasped between shouts of
laughter;
THE ideal Licensing a stuffed dogl"
, 1889-07-25
THE FEAST OF cRIcKE1s.
A F1orentine Festival which Is Celebrated
with Much Enthusiasm.

with Much Enthusiasm
Many years ago, no one knows
when or how, the custom was insti-
tuted among the Florentines and con-
tadini round about of celebrating As
cension day at the ''Cascini," a large
park two miles in extent adjoining the
city on the west. There, in a broad,
beautiful meadow, surrounded by a
profusion and great variety of flowers,
the old and young of both sexes give
themselves up to full enjoyment of
the day, in the manner best suited to
their various ages and tastes. Early
in the morning thousands of faces are
turned towards the scene of the festiv-
;ty, and a constant stream of peo-
PIE enter this delightful park to court
the gracious shade of its fine old trees
and luxurious shrubbery, or take part
in the more lively and fatiguing num-
bers of the liberal programme offered
for diversion.
At 10 o'clock q procession of monks
may be seen to start from an old
chapel and move towards st. Vito.
Before entering the church they pause
upon an eminence overlooking the
happy scene below, while a priest
blesses the throng who participate in it.
One OF the many amusements is the
catching of crickets (grillD and i'm
prisoning them in diminutive cages
made of wood, wire or cornstalk A
leaf of lettuce or n few blades of grass
r given the captive to eat between
songs, and if healthy and well fed he
will live and sing for months. This
particular part of the days programme
grew in Importance from yea to
Nraor Ynf.l G-n11- I.x-a
the chief feature of the day,
commonly called by the F~lorentines
grillD, and while all fiesta days of the
year are dear to the Florentine, none is
Sc dear to the children as ia fiesta del
grill" and their bright faces may be
seen to glow with pleasure as they re
turn homein the evening in possession
of their little black songsters.
There existed formerly a supersti-
ton TO the effect that if the pet grille
die before n certain day in the future
two months from the time of its
capture, l believe-the death was con
sidered an omen of misfortune to the
possessor; but if, on the contrary, it
should live its allotted time, then the
reverse was to be expected. This su-
perstition is still strong among certain
of the contadini. AT noon the games
cease and all sit down to the family or
party spread" where, as a center
piece, the familiar three quart rush
bound flask of Tuscany wine regards
his surrounding of solid food and pic
mic delicacies with complacency, and
being often consulted by those who
surround the board" he does his best
to brighten and enliven the occasion.
After a thoroughly appreciative
dinner and welcome rest the order of
the day is resumed, and each occupies
the remainder of the day to his own
liking. Along the broad, shady av-
enues may be seen and heard the ven
ders of the little chirping bestie, and
calling ont their various points, as,
"Eccoli Signorii belle voci; tenori,
baritoni G soprani. New York Home
Journal.
, 1889-07-25

An educated brown bear is occa-
sionally TO be seen in almost any vii
lage street, where his master makes
him dance, climb trees and perform
other tricks for the'amusement of the
lockers on. But n bear trained like
the one described is n very rare OBJ
ject
A California village witnessed q
novel sight not long ago-a China
man galloping along the street on the
back of n large black bear. The bear
was bridled and saddled in the regular
fashion, and his rider wore a heavy
pair of spurs.
The Chinaman, il seems, caught the
bear when it was u small cub, and
took it to his cabin. He cared for il
tenderly, and when it was large
enough, trained it 20 draw n small
wagon and n -iorm numerous tricks.
Chowchy, as he named his cap.
tive, has always been n great pet. 1t
runs about wherever it pleases, but
always returns to its master when
called, and follows him like n dog.
As soon as it grew strong enough,
its master began riding on its back, a
performance TO which Chowchy never
made any objection.
Apparently the bear took it as o
simple matter of course; but as will
readily be believed, the sight of a man
starting out on a hunting or fishing
expedition, mounted upon q bears
back, always produces something Of a
sensation among the bystanders.
The animal is so well trained that
1t brings game rs we'll as a retriever,
and, taken all in all, is n most inter.
esting specimen of its kind.-Youth's
Companion.
, 1889-07-25

In reply to a question of an old sub
scriber, we would state that DR.. @. II.
Harvey explained his dry process for
tho treatment of dead bodies at the
International Congress of Medical
Jurisprudence in New York. In his
proposed mausoleum decomposition
is brought about by currents of dry
air which absorb the gases and liquids
of the body. These gases are after
ward destroyed by fire, but the body
itself remains for an indefinite period
in dry and perfect preservation. DIR.
Harvey's paper more particularly re-
ferred TO the preservation of medico-
legal evidence in criminal cases by
this disposition of the dead. Such
evidence was retained by this method
of burial, he said, more completely
than by any other disposition of the
body. The method also avoids the
loathsome features of earth burial.
1t is freer from such features than
cremation. The sepulchers are TO be
constructed on a massive scale, to last
for many years, and they can be
placed within tho limits of populous
cities, it is said, without detrimenl to
hcalth.-Herald of Health.