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, 1890-12-07

A certain little 6year old friend of
ours, during his sojourn in the country,
could hardly be prevailed upon to say
his prayers. The first night of his stay
it was all right, but the next night he
rose almost Immediately after kneeling,
saying to his mother:
"Oh, Pm too tired, mamma, and
God knows 'em just as well as l dol"
The night before he came home he
said:
"Myl won't God be surprised to find
me at home"
why, Earle, what do you meanp'
asked his startled mother.
you see, - replied the tot, The won't
know Pm back, and the first night /
say my prayers God will say; "Hellol
here's Earle. l wonder where hes
beeng'
Another little tot that we know OF
was saying her prayers one night re
Gently, and she wound up with the
usual formula:
God bless papa, God bless mamma,
God bless Marie-Amenl"
"But, darling" said mamma, 'have
you not forgotten somebody
The tot thought a few seconds,
blinked sleepily and added:
"God bless Annie Rooney-Amenp'
Philadelphia Times.
, 1890-12-07

Pumice was always part of the toilet
from the days of Egyptian priests, who
made it IA point of sanc4ity 10 keep the
body free from any growth of hair that
might lodge u-ncleanness.
Roman and Grecian exquisites and
public men, dainty MS experienced SEN
etors at Washington today, after the
bath were scraped by the ivory sturiRil
or blade and smoothed by pumice till
their athletic bodies were smooth ms
marble.
Eastern nations use it Mt this day,
shaving the arnlphs as women in our
country are known TO do to pre-
vent lodgment Of perspiration, or else
to allow of wearing very sleeveless
dresses
Powdered pumice is sold for the tot
let TO smooth the hands 1t does not
kill the hair, but wears it off. and daily
use whenever the face is washed may
keep down supcrhuous growth. The
best way is to remove the hair by
shaving first, or a regular depilntory,
and then use the pmnice constantly
Shirley Dare's Letter.
, 1890-12-07
M O r e
Mr.. JOSEPH wHEELocK
A Company Of Acknowledged Celebrity,
Under the Personal Direction OF
MR.. VIM. BREWSTER MOORE.

Mr.. Bronson Howard, the greatest American
dramatist of the day. says, Miss Moore'i
voice has an Undesirable charm"
The family relations of Miss Adelaid,
Moore are Of a higher social standing thar
any other actress on the English or American
stage, and yet she never mentions this fact il
any of her numerous interviews.
Miss Adelaide Moore, although but twenty
ave years of age, has played Juliet" o%fteneI
and is more closely identified with tina
character, than any other actress living. Hei
recent performances OF that character for fifty
consecutive nights ay the Globe Theatre,
London, is the longest run Of that play with
one exception on record.
When Miss Moore visited Verona, she
studied every nook and corner Of the grea
Capulet mansion. The balcony, by the way
projects from the third story OF the palace
Romeo must have spoken very loud to have
been heard by the fair Juliet.
One of the charming features Of Miss AIDE
laide Moore's im-personation Of Juliet" is hei
sweet and gentle lisp, coupled with a Sigh
English accent. Although a trihe puzsling tc
the ear in tae first instance 10 grasp each anC
every word spoken one quickly grows accus
toned to it. 1t adds to her voice a certain
melodious ~softness that is intoxicatingly swee
to listen to, and in great harmony with thu
character Of the lovely young daughter of thu
Capulets. That charm alonei is worth a fortune
This, in addition to her graceful figure ane
lovely face, make her the most attractive anc
fascinating 'lJuliet" of h present day.
, 1890-12-07

1t is an easy thing TO laugh when
there is something to laugh at. But
when nothing funny has happened
laughing to order is u very different
matter, The other day a certain Ger
man gentleman urged an amateur to
photograph his two children when they
were laughing. On u certain afternoon
the amateur came with his camera, but
on hunting up the children it was dis
covered that while the little girl was
quite willing to smile the boy was in a
very bad humor. In fact, the boy had
just been punished by his father, and
when he vas asked 10 laugh never felt
less humorous in his life.
But the amor was there, and the
father was set upon having the per
formance proceed. He repeatedly mrg-
ed the boy, whose mouth did not get
beyond n slight twitching at the cor
ners. Then, becoming exasperated, the
father shook his finger and exclaimed.
You laugh now, or l vip you againi"
And under this awful persuasion the
boy made a heroic effort.--St Nicho-
lag
, 1890-12-07


All who have experienced the dis
comfort of a cold draught on a railway
a will hope that the example of the
New England Railroad company in
obyiating such cause of discomfort will
be followed by all other railway com
panies. The plan, in brief, is the use
of double windows and a simple door
check whereby the door closes itself.
The question of draughts on the cars
is almost always a question of ethics
of consideration for the rights of others
from the moral point of view. Unhap-
PLY, as human nature is constituted,
especially human nature on a Journey
for travel, while it broadens many
persons, seems to develop the most
selfish traits in others-ethieal con
siderations are a poor dependence for
keeping a door shut Any appliance,
therefore, to attain that end is to be
welcomed in the interest of the travel
ing community.
1t is barely possible, indeed, that the
object lessons of a car door which me-
chemically shuts itself will not be lost
upon the travelling public, and that its
silent incubation Of the first law of
winter etiquette will in time so impress
itself upon the community that it may
insensibly fall into the habit of shutting
all doors at the inclement season, to
the substantial gain of human comfort
and the diminution of the rate of NOR
tality from pneumonia Philadelphia
Record
, 1890-12-07

II the Lord left any snakes in Para
disc after the settlement Of the primal
fuss they took the shape of the man
who is a confirmed cynic and pessimist.
The man who has no faith, no enthusi-
assn, no candor, no sentiment. The
nan who laughs at the mention Of good
In the world, or virtue IN women, or
honor among men The man who calls
his wife a fool because she teaches his
little children TO say their prayers, and
curls his lip at any belief in a world be.
yond the grave. The man who has
never seen anything worth adIniring in
the sky when the dawn touches it, or
the stars illumina it, or the clouds
sweep it, or the rain folds It in gray
mists Of silence.
The man who lives in this sparkling,
shining world as a frog lives in a pond
or a toad in a cellar, only TO croak and
spit venom. The man who never saw
anything in n rose aglint in the sun
light OF in a lily asleep in the moon
light but a species Of useless vegetable,
the inferior Of the cabbage and the on
ion. The world is overfull OF such
men, and if l had the right sort Of
broom I'd sweep them away as the
new girl sweeps spiders, Chicago Her.
ala
, 1890-12-07

One wonders, sometimes, whether a
period will not at last arrive when ev-
erything shall have been thought out
when nothing new can be suggested,
invented or discovered. Solomon sup
posed that novelty was pretty well ex-
hausted in his day, yet after Il lapse Of
thirty centuries-be the same more or
less-new things under the sun are not
uncommon. The old song tells us that
every day brings something new"
1t must be admitted, however, that
many of our so-called new ideas are
old ones revamped, or ampliied or per
fected. Scattered through the history
of the past may be found vague outgiv-
ings which seem to point to important
results of modern science. That there
we're good chemists in the time of the
Pharaohs, the miracles of the ancient
Egyptian priesthood sufficiently prove,
and the pyramids attest that mechau-
ical science was by no means in its in
fancy on the shores of the Nile 1000
years or SO before the Christian era
New York Ledger.
, 1890-12-07

OF his very last days and of Sir Rob
ert Peel's kindness to him Thackeray's
essay in the Roundabout Papers"
gives a sketch which it would be very
rash indeed for any one to attempt to
rival or paraphrase. The end came
after months'of heroically borne suffer
ing on May 3, 1915, the same year that
carried off his only but very different
rival, Sydney Smith. He had but a few
days before written the exquisite lines,
Farewell, lifei my senses swim"
He vas buried in Kensal Green Gene
terry, where some years afterward they
set up a monument to him. 1t is deco
rated, among other things, with a grin
ming comic mask, in the mouth of
which, when | saw it last some years
ago, the taste and fancy of the British
public had gracefully placed a half bit
ten apple. Ones disgust was a little
mitigated by rejecting that nobody
would have been less hurt or more
amused than Hood himself.-G. Saints
bury in MacmiIlan's Magazine.
, 1890-12-07

A beggar must have as one of his
tools of trade "A quality which one of
Dickens characters terms ''bragian
boldness." Some beggars. however.
are far more ~'bragian" than Others.
a gentleman was one day sitting in his
office talking. with a friend, when a
common acquaintance entered, n man
who was always in debt, and appar-
emily v devoted q thought To pay
ment.
Can you lend me S5r' he asked of
Mr.. A
mo" snid Mr.. A., knowing hat
the money would never be returned
II can't possibly do it."
Turning 10 Mr.. h Tie beo,,inp
borrower made the same request. to be
met with a courteous refusal.
"Well, said the offended npplicant
Scornfully as he opened the door. Il
eve saw such a couple of i~mpecunious
fellows for men who pretend to call
themselves respectabe!"
And so great had been his impudence
and presence of mind that the two left
behind felt rs il they had the worst of
it, Youths Companion.
, 1890-12-07
EGGS 4ATcHgD eY a VOLCANO.
How tIs. Sea Guns Utilize the Marin
sides of Bogosloy's Crater.

How the Sea GuIIs UtfIize the Warm
Sides of Bogosiov's Crater.
From the region of ice and snow, and
of poachers and smugglers, the cutter
Rush came. Her half dozen guns were
in prime condition, not having been
fired on the trip, and her hold was not
laden with the spoils of seizure. But
she brought interesting news.
The most interesting result of the
trip of the Rush was a visit paid by the
officers to Bogoslov Island, where is
the famous volcano of that name. In
conversation with one of the officers an
interesting was obtained of the
discoveries and data cleaned by the
visit. Bogoslov is sixty miles west
southwest of Oonalaska. 1t originally
consisted of one island with two c~raters,
n of which first sprang into activity
in 1872.
The island was once the scene of a
strange convulsion of nature. The sec
ond crater, now known as New Bogos-
Low, became active. In some powerful
convulsion the sandspit which had con
nected the two parts of the island was
submerged, and one crater was sepa-
rated from the other by several fathoms
of water. 1t is thought that during
this convulsion changes occurred in
New Bogoslov below the water line;
hat assures were opened, through
which volumes of water made their
way into the caldron within. This &C
counts for the immense quantities of
steam which the officers of the Rush
saw escaping from the crater at a dis
lance of fully sixty miles.
OF the two craters New Bogoslov of
fered the most interesting field of study
to the officers OF the Rush. They as
certained the crater t. be only 200 feet
above the sea level. The peak had
disappeared in the gaping hole. Along
the sides of the volcano large deposits
of lava, pumice, ashes and volcano
rock were seen. From assures on the
level earth springs of boiling sulphur
arose to heights of from even to ten
feet. The officers planned an ascent to
the crater-a hazardous feat which
could only be attempted when a favor
able wind carried the sitting volumes of
sulphurous steam in a single direction.
When near the mouth of the crater
the footballs of the officers were echoed
within the volcano. On peeping over
the edge of the mouth an impressive
sight was witnessed. Steam in endless
quantities rushed up from unknown
depths, and rumbling, bubbling noises,
like that of thunder, were heard. The
air was impregnated with sulphur, and
near the crater one could breathe only
with difficulty.
One of the most novel discoveries in
connection with the ascent was that
the ocean birds used the volcano island
as a natural incubator for their young.
Thousands of gulls flew away at the
approach of the Rush. They left be-
hind them, along the sides of the vol
cano, eggs in all stages of development.
San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1890-12-07

Mr.. William Higgins, an expert in
this lore, said to me that sales in French
china probably exceed all others. The
Limoges ware compares very favorably
with the more expensive kinds. Hand
some fish sets of it, with heavy bur
nished gold borders, are from 50 to
$40, a really beautiful set of sixteen
pieces costing SIS.
Game sets in this ware are from so
to 800, and large dinner plates from
SIS to $50 n dozen. Dessert plates in
various colors from 81 to 90 each are
very desirable. Chocolate cups and
saucers, cream tinted and decorated,
in raised gold are SIS a dozen. This
china has a very smooth surface and
looks almost like glass. A set of Ger
man china in>white and gold, contain
ing 1856 pieces, is marked S125.-New
York Telegram.
, 1890-12-07

Perhaps they were not so much In
terested in each other as they seemed
to be, but they were both young and
she was pretty, and every n in the
car got the idea into his head that they
were a good deal in love with each
other. At any rate, shortly after the
train left the station only two people
were talking, and these two were the
young man and the young All
the rest were just watching,
There is a tunnel a little way up
the road he said, trying to look self
possessed, but looking a little guilty.
rs thereT' she said, blushing family
and looking out the window.
IL suppose it's about a mile long. I
don't know, though, he added hastily
1T might be less
I've been through snowsheds out
west, - she answered, that took seven
minutes TO go through"
'Oh, this is less than two minutes
long, he said. Their glances happened
to meet, and they both turned their
eyes quickly.
Every one in the car was now in
breathless suspense, for the tunnel was
near.
Tunnels are SUCH But the sen.
teIae was lost in the rush Of wind and
the changing of the bell ms the train
went rushing through the b~lackness.
There was that sudden roar hat comes
at such times, a dark shadow over the
a and then a yellow light, for the
lamps were burning, turned down low
enough TO be unobserved in the day
light, but with a fame which gathered
life underground. And the two young
people looked at each other with
startled eyes. It wasn't so bad after
all. Perhaps no one likes a tunnel I'M
der such circumstances. There are so
many idiotic people in the world.
Some hard hearted wretch snickered.
That vas all, but IL was bad enough
for Two people who sat in the same
eat.-New York Tribune.
, 1890-12-07

Below is given the prayer offered
daily by Noah over the body of Adam
during the time the flood lasted. 1t is
from the Fabricious collection of Apoc-
rypha of the Old Testament:
so Lord, thou art excellent in truth,
and nothing is great beside thee look
upon us in mercy; deliver us from this
deluge of waters for the sake of the
pangs of Adam, the first whom thou
didst make; for the sake Of the blood
of Abel, the holy one; for the sake of
just Seth, in whom thou didst delight;
number us not among those who have
broken thy commandments, but cover
us with thy protection, for thou art
our d~eliverer, and to thee alone are
due the praises uttered by the works
of thy hands from all eternity" And
all the children of Noah responded,
"Amen, o Lord. st. Louis Republic.
, 1890-12-07

He was trying to read the Sunday
paper and she was seeking to get him
interested in how well the man next
door treated his wife in the matter of
new hats.
Maria" he asked finally, did you
ever hear the story of the Diamonds
and the pearlsp"
No; what is itg'
Its a fairy tale of a woman who ev-
cry time She opened her mouth dfa-
monds and pearls fell from it."
"'Wellf'
Well, l was only thinking If that
was the fashion still what a lot of pre-
cious stones there would be in this
house, New Orleans Democrat
, 1890-12-07

The Direction OF Growth In Roots.
While it is the rule for primary roots,
or those first developed, to grow down
ward, the secondary branches usually
tend to assume a direction almost at
right angles TO the vertical, and so
grow outward and a little downward,
as if they were but slightly susceptible
TO the action of gravity; while tertiary
branches, and the farther branches to
which these give rise, grow in all direc-
tions quite independent of gravity. 1t
is plain that as a result of these pecul-
iarities the active parts of the root are
distributed in such n manner as to
search the surrounding earth more
thoroughly than would otherwise be
possible.
In case "A stone or other obstruction
is encountered by any of the branches
the tip is turned aside and follows the
contour closely until the edge is
reached, when it soon assumes its
proper direction. Not infrequently it
must happen that some root eating ami
NAL will destroy the end of a young
primary root and so endanger the
proper development Of the whole sys-
tenn, but experiment has shown that in
the event of such injury one of the
younger secondary branches changes
its direction of growth so as to point
directly downward and thus assume
the function of the primary root to
promote the search for food in the
deeper regions. F. l.. Sargent in Pop
ular Science.
, 1890-12-07

China supplied 81 per cent. of the
tea supply of the world in 1864, and
India 3 per cent. but in 1888 China
stood at 43 per cent. and India at 81
per cent. In 1921 the tea plant was
discovered growing wild in Assam, and
in 1884 the Indian government caused
experiments to be made by bringing
plants from China and cultivating
them, and It was not until 1854 that
tea plantations were opened up. There
are now 300, 900 imported laborers
working 1000 tea gardens in the prov
ince of Assam.
There are TOUR other places where
tea is raised, and the tea growing pos
sibilities of India are unlimited. The
Chinese find they cannot compete by
the old methods, and they are building
railroads and taking steps to lessen the
export tax. 1t looks now as if India
were too far ahead to be outdone by
China on the tea question.-New York
Ledger.
, 1890-12-07
A NURSES DAY IN 4 HOSPITAL.
The First Eight Hour' Work Usually
Ends with a Severe Headache.

The First Eight Hour' Work Usually
m with a Severe Headache.
We each begin our duty in the hos
pital as probationers on a months
trial That beginning Is very new to
most of US, quite unlike anything in
our previous lives. Before entering
the school some of US may have imag-
ined hat we had a peculiar fitness for
nursing, even If we did not consider
ourselves born nurses. We may have
made up our minds that we knew how
to make a poultice, and to care for the
sick by being kind to them and VENT
lating their rooI>s. We may possibly
have read Miss Nightingaleis Notes
and so are quite sure that we know
something Of nursing; but that the
hospital training will give us a sort of
standing, and therefore It will be a de
sirable thing 10 have.
As we proceed with our training we
discover that we did not know how to
make a poultice, nor how best to care
for a sick person. Some of US, again,
know nothing at all about nursing, but
we are not required TO know anything.
A head nur prefers to train the raw
material, so to speak. in her W way.
What is required is that the proba-
TONER be receptive, that she be intelli-
gent and, above nll. active, and in case
she has any knowledge of nursing, or
ideas, or opinions, If she is discriminat-
ing she will keep them 4 herself.
We have no dreaming time; there is
no place for sentiment and very little
for sympathy in the ordinary sense of
the word. Were we to sympathize with
all the woes that we see we should be
used up, we should die.
A probationer enters the ward for
the first time and is introduced to her
head nurse. She is her probably set
10 do some simple piece of work, such
as arranging a closet or folding clothes
and the like. On the next day she will
her regular duties to learn. As
the afternoon goes on she may find her
self looking Mt the clock watching for
80 p. m. to come so that she may
go off duty, and she hasprobably a bad
headache. There is a hospital atmos-
phere, produced by the smell of drugs
and other unavoidable odors, percepti-
TO a fresh nose; there are strange
and sounds which combined give
a sort of shock for the first day.-Mns.
Frederick Rhinelander Jones in Scrib-
ner's.
, 1890-12-07

An item that periodically goes the
rounds of the press is that Humboldt
said 100 square yards of ground pro
duces 1000 pounds of bananas, while
the same area will produce only thirty
pounds of wheat, or eighty pounds of
potatoes.
Now, 120 square yards is about one
thirteenth of an acre, which, latter ac-
cording to the above, would produce
50, 900 pounds of bananas, and respec-
lively about 400 pounds of wheat, or
1,O40 pounds of potatoes. The facts
are hat in the richest soil bananas are
planted at least six feet apart, say
thirty trees to 120 square yards, aver
aging less than forty pounds per
bunch, or 1900 pounds, 80 per cent.
being water, leaves 100 pounds solid
matter. Wheat on equally good soil
will yield about two bushels, or 120
pounds, and potatoes about 1000
pounds, or 200 pounds solid matter. 1t
will thus be seen that the wheat fur
nishes as much and potatoes two-thirds
more food than bananas on an equal
area of suitable soil.-San Francisco
Bulletin.