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Hunting Eees In GaY,nat,y.

In the court news of The first Easter hol-
iday was the announcement: CATER break
fast the emperor and empress went out to
Bellevue to hunt Easter eggs'' This egg
hunting was accompanied with some GU
rious and interesting scenes. The general
field marshal, Count Moltke had been III
vited by the emperor to take part in the
sport, and appeared in the afternoon at
Castle Bellevue with big basket of col
ored eggs. The emperor and empress and
the old field marshal hid the eggs, and
then followed the little princes about in
the shrubbery to watch them capture the
gay prizes That lasted three-quarters of
an hour.
the empress hid some magnifcently deco
rated eggs for the great Moltke himself.
The famous strategist concentrated every
one of his wits on the egg hunt Indeed,
he was not ashamed to pick his way on his
hands and knees through the flower gar
dens, where the empress had concealed
most of the eggs. He worked conscien-
tiously till almost o'clock At 6 the pc
destrians in the Thiergarten saw the EN-
peror and empress leave the castle with
Moltke in his carriage close behind them.
shall was big basketful of fancy colored
eggs. Every one stared at the eggs and
wondered how they got ON the same seat
with Count Moltke, but few, if any,
guessed that his venerable excellency had
earned them with the sweat of his brow
Berliner Boersen-Courier.
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Reasonable Pride,

People who have seen better days are
naturally enough fond Of referring to the
fact, especially when in the presence of new
acquaintance. The trait is not unamiable
We all like to stand well with our fellows.
An exchange tells story of school mis-
tress who had gone to teach in a rura
town, where she "boarded round," accord
ing to the old custom.
On the second Monday she went to g
"new place." and at noon sat down with
the family at small pine table on which
was dinner of brown bread, fat fried pork
and baked potatoes. We are not told
whether she enjoyed the meal or not, but
just as the chairs were pushed back one Of
the children, little girl of perhaps II
years, suddenly exclaimed:
IT know what good victuals is. Yes
ma'am, know what it's"
"Do you, indeedi" answered the embar
raised teacher, at loss what to say, but
ashamed to say nothing.
eyes, ma'am, 1 know what good victuals
is. I've been away from home severa
times and eaten lots on em."
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Horsewhipping a Panther.


Wild animals bold enough to make an
unprovoked attack upon man are very
rare now in the older states; but Penn
sylvania exchange reports singular adj
venture of Mr.. Hanor one day. He was
driving through Stony Creek ravine in a
buggy with canopy top when his horse
suddenly SHE'D out of the road.
AS Mr.. Hanor refined the horse back he
saw a long bodied animal creeping through
the copse toward the carriage. Before he
had time to make up his mind what kind
of beast it was the animal crouched and
sprang at the buggy.
1t landed in the roadway opposite point
between the wheels, having seemingly
checked it's leap on account of the canopy,
the fringe of which futtered. The horse
snorted and plunged ahead, and the strange
animal crept along and made several moves
as if it meant to spring into the carriage.
1t constantly eyed the futtering top, and
seemed to be afraid to make the spring
snarling little as it kept alongside of the
wagon Seeing that the beast was bent OF
following him, Mr.. Hanor picked up his
whip and dealt it two cuts with the lash
thinking that it would then clear out.
When the lash cut it on the head the
second time the animal gave vent to three
ear piercing screams, and Mr.. Hanor then
realized that he was dealing with a pan
ther. He had the horse well under control
with the lines in his left hand, and as the
panther followed and kept screaming he
dashed it again, and it darted to the rear Of
theN buggy and leaped to the right side
where Mr.. Hanor dashed it half doze1
times.
Again it acted as if it would spring upo1
him, and fearing that it would finally d.
so Mr.. Hanor threw down his whip, pulled
off his right mitten, unbuttoned his over
coat, pulled out his six shooter and free
four times at the panther. Each bulle
took effect, and the beast rolled into thu
ditch and died,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-30

Many people are superstitious about Gun
lucky'' days and places until some occa-
sion arises that makes them ardently de-
sire to do something on an unlucky day or
in an unlucky place, and then their curl
osity or cupidity makes them forget their
superstition. A circumstance at the great
Paris exposition of 1889 well illustrated
this fact. The receipts at the exhibition
were much smaller on Fridays than they
were on other days. The average number
of people attending was smaller by some
5000 on this than on other days of the
week. On one Friday the admissions fell
off to about 80, 900, which was the smallest
number admitted on any one day during
the exhibition.
But on certain other Friday the admis-
sions rose to more than 100000, and the
halls were crowded The days attendance
was one of the largest during the entire ex-
hibition. What was it that made the Pa
risians and their visitors forget their SUI
perstitions for at least one Friday? 1t was
the occasion of the first visit of the shah of
Persia. 1t might be bad luck in the opin-
ion of many thousands of people to start
out to go to the exhibition on Friday, but
the visit of potentate who called himself
the "king of kings" and wore coat quilt
ed with diamonds helped these people
greatly to forget their foolish fear. For
once the idle nonsense of the Friday super
stition was overcome by the natural curl
osity to see the shah-Montreal Star.
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Bound to Have That Shoe.

An elegant coupe drawn by a pair of
gayly caparisoned horses turned into
Fourth avenue, coming east from Broad
way by the way of Twenty-third street.
On the box were coachman and footman
as well groomed and as stylishly bedecked
as the steeds who drew milady comfortably
ensconced inside the coupe.
Milady, by the way, was particularly
pretty young woman, with an aristocratic
bearing.
AS the carriage swept by the Lyceum
theatre the fair patrician leaned out of the
window and said few words to the coach
man, who promptly turned his horses and
stopped them in the middle of the street.
The moment the horses stood still the door
was opened by milady herself, who, with
quick word to the footman to keep his
place, set dainty foot plump into the
nasty mud, and, STOPPING down, deity
raised worn horseshoe from the mire and
placed 1t upon the box. Then, with nod
to the coachman, she entered her carriage
again, and the handsome equipage dashed
off in the direction of Madison square.
1t was another case of the superstition
that horseshoes found by chance bring
good luck if actually picked up and pre-
served by the fortunate finder.-New York
Haro11
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t,;s.;,,iaa stfiatiy fs,,foassd.

4 taughab1e illustration OF practice fol-
lowing theory and precept carried imme-
diately into example occurred not long
since in one of the royal dochyards. The
SUPERINTENDENT, mild but Jealous disci-
plinarian, who is admitted to be thor
oughly acquainted with the most insig-
nificant details Of his noble and gallant
profession, from the duties of the energetic
boatswain to those of the dignifed COM
mander-in-chief was briskly passing SEN
t;nel, on his way to his official residence,
when he turned upon the stalwart guard
ian of the royal establishment and demand
ed the reason why he did not challenge
him. In vain the sentry declared that he
knew him to be the superintendent; he
was emphatically told his duty was to chal-
lenge every person who approached him,
and, warming with excitement, the gal
liant superintendent exclaimed:
''Challenge ALL Challenge me, STRIP
"Well, then," said the sturdy pupil, low
ering his musket and bringing it to the
charge, do challenge you. Give the pa
role, STRIP
And the hasty superintendent, having in
the course of his practical instruction al
lowed the parole to slip his memory, was
forthwith made prisoner and driven into
the sentry box So situated, the worthy
preceptor was soon granted another oppor-
tunity of estimating the effects Of his teach
ing.
A policeman, passing, demanded why the
sentry had imprisoned the gentleman.
"You foolish fellow" said he; 'why, it
is the superintendent"
But the only reply from the sentry was
the vociferous demand:
"Give the parole!'
The policeman, deeming his uniform to
be sufficient authority for passing the
sentry, had also forgotten to learn the pa
role, and he, too, was ordered into the
sentry box, from which he and his distin-
guished fellow prisoner were rescued only
when the sentry was relieved from his
post.-London Tit-Bits.
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WeaSelS.
Weasels.
The people of Newfoundland regard the

The people of Newfoundland regard the
weasel as peculiarly wise and malicious.
The following story in support of this
opinion was told to the author of can
American Tramp"
A man who was moving found nest of
young weasels and carried them off. The
man and his mate had a pail of milk for
their special benefit, and the mate, who
was wiser than his partner, noticed ''de
ould weasel come up to de pail and spit
into it three times"
"Ah," said he, "you had better take de
young ones and put dem back where you
found dem, or de ould one will be sure to
do us some hurt"
"Well, de man took de young weasels
and put dem where he found dem, and dey
went on wild dere work. When de ould
one found de young ones all right she
came back to de pail and she never STOPPED
till she overturned it and split de milk.
You see she had spit into it, and she did
not want to hurt us since we had not hurt
de young ones"
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A Musical Tree.

Accounts of reliable travellers describe {
musical tree, found both in the West In
dies and in Nubia. This vegetable phenom
enon has peculiar shaped leaf, and pods
with split or open edge. AS the vino
blows through these it gives out the sounc
which gives the tree its peculiar name. Ii
the Barbados there is valley filled witt
these trees, and when the wind blows
across the island a constant moaning, deeI
toned whistle is heard. which, in the still
hours of the night, has weird and mourn
full effect.
A species of acacia, which grows very
abundantly in Nubia and the Soudan, il
also called "whistling tree" by the natives
Its shoots are frequently, by the agency O.
the larvae of insects, distorted in shape an(
swollen into globular bladder from one
to two inches in diameter. After the insect
has emerged from circular hole in the
side of this swelling the opening, played
upon by the wind, becomes a musical in
strument, nearly equal in sound to sweet
toned fute-New York Ledger.
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passghgafs would SHUT down ali the wfheows
a. If they feared t., breathe the air In passing.
Even the local freight only slowed as she
went on her way, and the train men care
IessIy dumped the barrels and boxes of cloth
ing and provisions on to the little platform
for Rod to gather up as best he might
So the days and weeks dragged slowly
along, and one morning the papers had these
words at the foot of their usual dispatch
from Snowflake City:
1.-THE only telegraph operator in the place
has the fever and is fast failing"
Then for days there was no news at all over
the wires from the unfortunate village, and
the stricken people had to shout the news and
their needs to the train men as they passed
through the station.
But Rod did not die; he was one of the
very few who recovered from the fever, and
shortly after he was stricken down the first
frost came to gladden. and cheer the people of
the SOUTH who feared for the spread of the
terrible infection.
Yes, Rod recovered, and went, after
while, back to the old farm, to rest and gain
strength. And while there he received let
tiers and presents innumerable, congratulate
ing him upon his plucky behavior at Snow
flake. Among them was the official thanks
of the governor of the state. But the letter
which Rod prizes most of all is one from Su-
perintendent Stebbins, and this is what it
says:
My DEAR Sn1pToN-You did your duty nobly.
Accept my thanks and the thanks of our direct
ors When you are quite well again shall like
to have you take position as assistant to the
chief train dispatcher at Jackson. The salary is
SIS month. Sincerely yours,
HENRY STEBBINs.
Today Rodney Shipton is manager of one
of the largest offices of the very largest tele-
graph company in the world. l stepped in
to see him the other day, and on the wall,
over his desk, rsaw these words in neat
frame:
They also serve who only stand and wait.
w. H. S. Atkinson in Yankee Blade.
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An fIilasa,,; :,t,istn,


A number of patriotic sons of Erin were
seated around u table one night discussing
a little of everything, when one of them
began lamentation over light weight
silver dollar he had in his pocket.
9TH hid an thu tails worn down thot
foine We wouldn't know TIL hid from tn
tail if it wasn't that tn hid's always on
tn other side"
"Got worn thot way by cirkylation?"
$50 they say; but OF behave some smar-r-rt
divil's TUX a jack plane an shcraped
doime or two off her for luck Cirkylation
can't wear dhollar down loi1e thot."
"It can, too, an DILL prove it," said
third "Have We got good dhollar, Din
ny?''
Dinny, curiously enough, had one, and
produced it.
"Now pass it round tn table"
Around it went.
'Twicet more"
Twice more it went.
"Wance more, an let me how it,
Once again it circulated, and finally rest
ed in the palm of the instigator of the per-
Torrance. He then leaned over to the
owner of the dollar and handed him sill
yer quarter.
''Phwat's this?' asked the latter.
"Thot's yer dollar. ''-Harper's
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How to Cure a Headache.

- Dyspeptic or bilious headache is very COM
mon, and it seems to me it is the headache
which is most easily traceabe to its cause and
most readily avoided without medicine. If
you wish to know my advice as to curing bill
ions headache say: Eat such food as agrees
with you; be temperate III all things and be
as regular as clockworli about your habits.
In the case Of young people this headache
can always be traced to some error in diet
as rich food in immoderate quantity, eating
at unreasonable or unusual hours, etc.-and
it readily gives way to an emetic and sleep.
Almost any emetic will do-ipecac or sui
phate of zinc. In the case of elderly persons,
however, the headaches, although less acute,
are apt to be more tedious and more exhaust
ing. Rest in bed, cold applications to the
head and some p4rgative medicine taken SO
as to operate in the morning, will usually eff
feet a cure.-Dr. MacHenry in Ladies' Home
Journal,
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Vaccination.

In speaking of the doubt sometimes ex-
pressed whether vaccination really confers
immunity from smallpox, the sanitary in
spector remarks: 1--WE believe that the heroic
young woman of Cumberland Mills who re-
fused to leave her room mate suffering with
presumable scarlet feTer, and who held the
dying girl in her arms, all unconscious that
she had smallpox, has not ceased to be thank
full for her successful vaccination of two years
before, and to the man who was able to pro-
tect the world from its greatest scourge, II
she ever heard of him. Lewiston Journal
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The Egg in Medicine.

In medicine the shell of the egg is used as
an antacid, being better adapted to the stom-
ach than chalk The white Of the egg is an
antidote in cases of poisoning with strong
acids or corrosive sublimate The poison will
coagulate the albumen, and if these posons
be in the system, the white of an egg swal-
lowed quickly will combine with the poison
and protect the stomach. An astringent
poultice is made by causing it to coagulate
with alum This is called alum curd and is
used in certain diseases of the eye. The yolk
of the egg is sometimes used in cases of jaun
dice, and is an excellent diet for dyspeptics.
Good Housekeeping.
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Immigrants in the United States.

Never has immigration from foreign coun-
tries to the United States been SO great as
during the decade just passed. 1t is stated
that in 1878 the number of aliens arriving in
this country was 13s, 1863; in 1888, ten years
later, it was SAG, $50; in 1889 the number was
Az, 427, of whom 432, $40 came from Europe
OF these Europeans the Germans stand at
the head of the list with 1888, or a little
more than one-fifth. The English are next,
with 35,415; and the Italians, with :5,307.
The total number of immigrants arriving
from 1920 to 1855 was 4,212,614 yearly
average of 120,360; the number arriving
during the nine years ending with 1889 was
5,565, S4s, yearly average of 61S. 427.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-30

A Marietta (O.) gentleman swallowed an
overcoat button which he found in a dish
of hash. The button closed the cardiac
orifice of the stomach completely, and the
case puzzled the physicians, as emetics
we're useless, because the medicine could
not reach the stomach, After three days
OF terrible suffering, and when death was
momentarily expected, he swalloweda but
tonhole tied to string and fshed out the
cause of the trouble. Philadelphia In
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A MEETlNa.

Softly she came one twilight from the dead;
And in the passionate silence of her look
Was more than man has writ in any book;
And now my thoughts are restless, and a dread
Calls them to the Dim Land disconnected;
For down the leafy ways her white feet took,
Lightly the newly broken roses shook
Was it the wind disturbed each rosy head?
God! was it joy or sorrow in her face
That quiet face? Had it grown old or young!
Was it sweet memory or sad that stung
- Her voiceless soul to wander from its place?
What do the dead find in the silence-grace?
Or endless grief for which there is no tonguei
Charles Edwin Markham in Scribner's
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Gold Thread.

The base of the ''gold thread'' of com
merce is silver, which is brought from the
Bank of England in cakes weighing about
1000 ounces. Gold leaf is carefully incor-
porated with the silver by hammering, and
afterward the whole is subjected to char
coal fire The bar is now ready for CONVEX
sion into wire. This is accomplished by
drawing it from 100 to $50 times through
ever diminishing holss in steel plates; and,
finally, when the capabilities of this metal
have been exhausted, through apertures in
diamonds, rubies or sapphires.
The delicate wire thus obtained must now
be passed through the steel rollers of one of
Herr Krupp's little ''fatting mills" This
brings us to the final process-the spinning
of the flattened wire round silk, to form
the golden thread of commerce These
spinning machines are worked by water,
although two steam engines are to be found
in the factory; for water power is consid-
cred to be more regular and even In its
action, New York Commercial Advertiser.
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Clearly Defined.

Waiter Gnsinuatingly)-S O. these
fool newspapers is sayin' tibet tn custom O.
tipping walters is un-American.
Guest-Nonsense! There's nothing I'M
American in offering a tip.
tNo; course ther amt"
"No, indeed It's only the accepting OF
a tip that's un-American. 60 New York
Weekly,
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More Root Than Doctor.

A Louisiana negro went to New Orleans
and got woman to ''hoodoo' or bless
certain root, and then returned home and
went to doctoring lot of negroes down
with swamp fever. After thirteen of them
had died under his root treatment he was
sent to Jail to let the rest of them get well.
Detroit Free Press.
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.E,;c;isi, Stiffness,

dumas the elder often laughed at English
stiffness and reserve. One of his stories
was this:
ssOne day Victor Hugo and Iwere invited
to dine with the Duke of Ducazes. Among
the guests were Lord and Lady Palmerston
of course this happened before the Feb
ruary Revolution. At midnight tea was
handed round. Victor Hugo and I were
sitting side by side, chatting merrily. Lord
and Lady Palmerston had arrived very late,
and there had, consequently, been no OPP
portunity to introduce us before dinner.
After dinner, it seems it was forgotten.
English custom, consequently, did not al
low us to be addressed by the illustrious
couple ALI at once young Decazes came
up to US and said:
"'My dear Dumas, Lord Palmerston begs
you will leave chair free between you and
Victor Hugo
81 fastened to do as he wished. We
moved away from each other, and placed
chair between us. Thereupon Lord Pal
merston entered, holding the hand of his
wife, led her up to us, and invited her to
sit down on the empty chair-al this with
out saying word.
MY lady, he said to his wife, what
time have you|
Ouc lOOhcd tU uCI WdCCA dhu NV C1Co.
"'Thirty-five past TWELVE
"'Well, them said the great minister,
remember well that this day, at thirty five
minutes past twelve, you were sitting be-
tween Alexander Dumas and Victor Hugo
an honor which you will probably never
enjoy again in your lifetime
''Then he offered his arm again to his
wife, and took her back to her seat without
saving a word to u.s. because we had not
been presented"
Wasn't Saying Anything.
At shoe factory in Lynn thief entered
a room at MONDAY to steal clothing He
got caught in shaft and was whirled
around at the rate of ninety times per min
ute for IA quarter of an hour before being
discovered. When released he looked a lit
tie out of plumb, but had nothing to say
and was permitted to go.-Detroit Free
Press.
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1t Depends on Who Goes.

DepeHtfS Oh VIII GOeSs
Englishman-Patrick, what do you think
of emigration as cure for the ills of Ire
land?
Patrick Emigration be all roight, sor,
but tn landlords must be tn vans to emil
grate-New York Weekly.
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A ScaIY Trick.

Groceries, want pair of grocery
scales, but-ahem-
Hardware Dealer-Oh, the weights are
all right. We have hole in the bottom
of each one to be filled up with lead. No
pound weight will go over fourteen ounce,
until filled up.
Grocer-Ah, see. Very well, sir. Your
house evidently understands it's business.
Send me the scales.-Texas Siftings.
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Heroic Surgery.

A German medical congress declares con-
sumption durable. From the cable dispatch
a cure seems to have been effected by cut
thug out the diseased lung-a simple and
Ingenious plan. We know now how to cure
softening of the brain-we have onl y to cut
off the diseased head.-San Francisco Elk
aminer
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A man arrested in New York city for sup
posed intoxication was found to be suffering
from peculiar and obscure brain trouble.
He is unable to keep awake and seems to be
in fair way to sleep himself to DEATH
Times and Register