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A Lunatic Holds q Living.


Here is another story which I offer to the con-
sideration of the correspondents who have been
complaining lately that am too hard on the
Church of England In the diocese of Exeter
there is living held by the son of the patron.
This man is q more or less hopeless lunatic, but
with lucid intervals. Periodically he retires
into an asylum. While he is there locum te-
mems performs his duties. From time to time
the rector is let loose on tine parish-with mixed
results. He came out this way a week or two
ago.
On the following Sunday he was not well
enough to do duty. Amorning or two later he
was observed in the village street at daybreak
attired in his night shirt, sitting in a puddle,
and screaming for constable to come and take
him into custody. The worthy man is great,
understand, on the subject Of bells, and has
formulated a scheme of belfry reform. the first
step of which is that the bell ringers should all
be boiled down into Liebigs Extract.
Now, this is not, and in the nature of the
case cannot be- q reconcile scandal, known
only to few persons. The vicar of the parish
cannot retire at intervals into a lunatic asylum
without a large circle being aware of it. The
parish cannot be in the charge Of a locum
tenens at all other times than the wears lucid
intervals without the bishop being apprised Of
the facts. In point Of fac, the unfortunate
gentleman himself must have in his saner
moments some definite idea of the state of the
cases. and / understand, indeed. that, while
recognizing the fact that he is occasionally not
quite fit for work, he has emphatically de-
clared that he will never resign. In that situa-
ton there Is, 1t seems, no power in existence
under which the parish can be delivered from
this incubus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-05

Experiments Of an English Physician in
Sleeping Tobacco With the Drug.

Experiments of English Physician in
Sleeping Tobacco With the Drug.
From the New York Sun.
! One Of the latest OF those experimental rene
dies in cases of tuberculosis has just been pro-
mulgated by DR. John Gordon Dill, assistant
physician to the Sussex county hospital, Eng
land. He suggests modified opium smoking
and mentions several cases which have come
under his personal observation where the treat
ment has been used with considerable success.
DR. Dill wishes it to be understood that he does
not claim opium smoking to be in any sense a
cure for consumption, but simply that it is
valuable palliative which may be Of service as
an aid in the treatment Of the disease. DIR.
Dill uses, as he calls it, medicated tobacco.
That is, the tobacco is soaked in a preparation
containing all the component parts of opium
in fluid form, about so per cent stronger than
laudanum. The tobacco is dried thoroughly
before using. In advocating this mixture of
opium he is fully alive to the danger which
may result in prescribing the drug for medici-
nal purposes and upon this point expresses
himself as follows.
I'VE certainly do not inject an unknown
poison into the system to work its wicked will
independent Of our control, but, on the other
hand, We may be the means of introducing a
moral poison, the terrible nature of which can
only be realized by those who have had the
painful task Of trying to cure a victim of the
opium habit, and for this reason have never
allowed my patients to know what they are
smoking, merely calling it medicated tobacco -
The mixture was found to have its most eff
cient strength when one ounce of tobacco was
saturated in three fluid drachms of the LIQUID
The patient was advised not to smoke just be-
fore eating. The most marked effects of opium
| smoking in this way are that it eases the cough
and assists in expectoration. DIR. Dill is care
full to say that he is not yetsufRciently prepared
to draw any conclusions to whether opium
administered in this form has any specific eff
feet upon the disease, although almost without
exception the patients who have made use of
this treatment have thought that they derived
great benefit from it.
DR.. Dill got his idea Of employing opium
from the Chinese, having ascertained that in
certain districts of that country where tuber-
culoss was extremely prevalent the opium
| smoking population were almost exempt from
the malady, and this led him to try the effect Of
mixture Of opium and tobacco upon a num-
of his patients.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-05

p's- sapphics, from The Speaker

'Qs' sapphics, from The Speaker.
Down the green hillside fro the castle window
Lady Jane spied Bill Amsranth a-workin:
Day by day watched him 20 about mis- ample
Nursery garden.
Cabbages thriv'd wi mort o green stuff
Kidney beans, broad beans. onions. tomatoes,
Artichokes, seakale, vegetable marrows,
Early potatoes.
Lady Jane cared not very much for all these.
" hat she cared much for was glimpse o Willum,
Strlppln his brown arms vi view TO hort
Cultural effort
Little guessed Willum, never extra vain. that
Up the green hillside, 4 the gloomy castle,
Feminine eyes could so delight to view his
Noble proportions.
Only one day, while in an innocent mood,
Moppin' his brow ecos twas a tribe sweaty)
With blue kerchief-lo, he spies a white 'un
Sweetly responding.
Oh, delightsome Lowell Not jot do you care
For the restrictions set on human inter-
Course by cold-0looded speculative old folks;
Nor do !, neither.
Day by day, peepin' fro behind the bean sticks,
Willum observed that scrap o white a-wavin,
I'LL his hot slghs oUtgrOwin all repression
Busted his weskit.
Lady James guardian was a naughty duke. who
Chung to old creeds and had a nasty temper;
Can we blame Willum that he hardly cared 20
Risk a refusal.
Year by year found him busy mid the bean sticks
Wholly uncertain how on earth to take steps.
Thus for eighteen years he beheld the maiden
Wave no her window.
But the nineteenth spring, 4 the castle post-bag
Came, by bOok-post, Bills catalogue O. seedlings
Markd wi blue ink at Paragraphs relatin'
Mainly to Pumpkins"
"w. A. cam" so the Lady Jane read.
"Strongly commend that very noble gourd, the
Lady Jane, nrst-clsss medal, ornamental,
Grown TO a great height"
Scarce year arter. by the scented hedgerows-
Down the shorn hillside, fro the castle gateway
Came long train and, the midst, a black bier,
Easily shouldered.
"Whose Is yon corse that, thus adorned WI gourt
leaves,
Forth We bear with slow step." mourner an
swerd,
"'Tis the poor clay body Lady Jane grew
Tired to abide in"
"Delve my grave quick, then, FOR die tomorrow
Delve II one furlong fro the kidney bean sticks,
Where may dream she's goin' on precisely
As she was used to-"
Hardly died Bill when fro the Lady James grave
Crept TO his white deathbed a lovely pumpkin
Climbed the house wall and oyer-arched his heas
wi
Billowy verdure.
Simple this tale,-but delicately perfumed
As the sweet roadside honeysuckle. That's why,
Difficult though its meter was 10 manage,
I'm glad wrote il
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A BETTING swINDIE
The Kentuckisn Wa. Game. but Not Owe
shrewd

The kentuckisn Was Game, but Not ovss
shrewd-
From the Chicaso Mall.
IN bet l can drink more whisky than any
other man on earth"
The speaker was a ilasLily dressed young man
in West Side saloon.
Even money and any amount that you can I"
said tall kentackian.
xviii 200 dor
Yes, or twice that"
Two hundred goes. Jimmy, set out You,
bottles. Who's going to drink against meg'
Il am, answered the kentuckian.
Then here We GO"
The barkeeper put two beer glasses before
them and took quart bottle in each hand
FROM one he poured for the kentuckian and
from the other Tor hls antagonist. Both drank
the hrst two glasses down without effort Each
glass held hall pint. In drinking the third
the southerner gulped little and turned red
but the other drank his dose without moving
muscle. At the fourth the kentucky man 9
hand shook and he spilled some liquor on the
floor. The other man doWned his In a flash and
said:
Come on with another bottle Jimmy"
The tall man gazed at him a moment in as
tonishment aud then lurched toward the door.
saying: "Pardner, the money is yours Good
byi'
After he had gone the winner took the emptv
bottle out TO a restaurant aud got il redlied.
He had been drinking cold tea against the other
man . whisky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-05
The Victoria Cro.s.

From the Manchester Examiner.
The question has been asked-apropos Of the
honor conferred on Maj. Grant of Thobal fame
how many officers entitled TO wear the
Victoria cross. am able TO answer the ques-
ton. The mere statement Of number reveals
at once the exclusive character Of this reward
for valor. No less. however. than tbirty-n
general officers are entitled to wear it-ar in
dication OF the fact that promotion 10 exalted
military rank IN England has in u great many
cases been the reward OF hsroic merit. Thirty
colonies and lieutenant colonies are entitled 10
wear the decoration; TWENTY-FIVE majors eleven
captains, eight heutenants aud five quarter
masters possess the same privilege. Fifty nine
OF the medals, however. are held by non-com-
missioned officers and privates. thirty -four be-
ing In the possession Of privates. five OF lance
corporals, three of corporals, seven Of sergesnts
SIX of color scrgeants. two of quartermaster
sergeants and two of sergeant majors. One
clergyman Possesses the medal and the act
which won the honor for the Rev. j. W. Adams,
who WAS formerly attached TO the Bengal
ecclesiastical establishment was one of the
most heroic in the annals of English chivalry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-05

and II You love the quiet byways Of life, IN
disturbed slimpses Of nature. leisure hours fog
meditation sweet, glorious opportunities for
brush or pencil and time to ruminate on every
sin you ever committed, you viii stay where
you are.
You win not at into the life, perhaps. at first;
it will take you little while to get the Mannheim
time, but given q certain temperament, and you
cannot fail to like it
/ should not advise the maiden thirsting for
fresh conquests to come here, for eligible man
is scarce, nor the youth engaged in carving
out his own destiny to the satisfaction Of the
carver. Neither would it profit the summer
tourist who is bent on getting the most for his
money; but to the WORKOUT business man, the
leader Of the german, the nervous wreck. the
society belle whose roses have faded in the heat
of many ball rooms, above all, the artist, il
would be boon and a refreshment. F. A. W.
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SOAP MADE FROM SOAP WEED.
A Western Firm Making Good Use Of . wild
sh> fvg.

Western Firm Making Good Use Of . wild
Product of the Prairies.
From the Kansas City Times.
That prickly pirate of the plains, the Mexi-
can soap weed, is being converted rapidly into
q delicious toilet soap, eft to wash the hands
OF the pope" by West Bottoms manufactur-
ing company. The soap weed since time be-
gan, or since the Kansas prairie was an inland
sea, has thrust its roots deep in the soil Of the
unsheltered plains and hourished There has
been nothing until now to diminish the supply
or exterminate the species. The hot sun, the
baking winds and the dearth of that moisture
which is supposed to be absolutely necessary to
lie harmed not this hardy sentinel of the plains
Wet or dry, hot or cold. its rspier-like blades
sharp a. q cambria needle radiated alike from
given spot on the surface of the earth.
Inc root OF this weed is now being gathered
up by men who drive their wagons over the
plains OF western Kansas. A sharp spade is
driven down deeply by the side OF the plant,
the earth is broken aud the thick brown root
secured. The top, with its long spines, is
thrown aside. Sometimes long sharp tool is
required to reach deep into the ground in order
TO secure the greater part of the root Like
the prairie dog, lit goes down to water" The
root has been known to extend as far as twenty
ieet into the soil, but only from two to three
ieet OF the upper portion, which is about two
inches thick, is worth digging for. This root
Is brought by the wagon load to Kansas City,
where it is converted into SOAP The roots are
first washed, then cut up and boiled out in a
big vat, where other ingredients are also placed.
When this is dried out to such degree that it
will solidify it is nodded into semi transparent
cakes that slip around in the hands delightfully."-
while being used. One of the most wonderful
things about this weed is that while growing in
region where alkali pools dot the ground and
where the soil is white with the chemical none
OF 1t is found in the root. Many of the poorer
settlers who occupy ''dugouts" find the root in
Its natural state panacea for many ills. They
cut it into convenient pieces and use it as q
cake of toilet soap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-05

From the New FORK Tribune.
1t would appear from reports just published
in England, by Mr.. Howard collins and other
painstaking and conscientious Psychologists.
that our bodies are undergoing process of de-
generation and that the advance of our moral
condition and mental Enlightenment is attended
by a corresponding physical deterioration Our
hair is becoming more scarce. our ears larger
and our lower jaws smaller, in proportion as
we attain higher plane of civilization. and by
the time we have reached the summit we shall,
according to the psychologists, have developed
into a race without hair, with long ears stand
ing at right angles with the head and with lower
jaws of the dimensions of tina: of an average
lack rabbit"
While the loss of our hair must be a source
of satisfaction to those who believe in the OAR
winian doctrines of evolution. since it denotes
that we are gradually increasing the distance
from that hypothetical period when the human
form was more hairy and apish than divine, it
is subject of considerable preoccupation and
concern to those of us who do not happen to be
either wig makers or piatory fertilizers. And
Notwithstanding the potent arguments ad-
vansed by the English Psychologists, who seek
to show that scanty hair and cleyeruess 60 to-
gether on the one hand and abundance of hair
with stupidity on the other, We venture to be-
lieye that badness is due, not SO much to the
presence of brains beneath the pilatory soil as
to insufficient exposure. Women no matter how
clever, retain their nalr much longer than men,
and the airy kind Of headgear they adopt
affords the explanation Of the fact.
With regard to the tendency of the ears Of
''glided youths" and ''high-born maidens" to
stick out laterally and to develop abnormally
in size, we are unable to speak. as we have
failed until now to remark any such popularity
among our younger fellow citizens. We would
merely observe that length of ears has never
until now been regarded as indicative Of ex-
cessive sagacity-rather the other way.
For whereas the serpent, whose wisdom 10
Wanted by the psalmist, has ears so small that
they are almost imperceptible, the stubborn,
ignorant jackass possesses aural arrangements
that are absolutely monumental in size.
As to the decrease of the periphery Of our
lower jaws, we feel a certain delicacy about en-
tering into q discussion of the question for
the reason that the British Psychologists con-
fine this falling of in size to the jaws of the
male sex. They are even rude enough to assert
that the lower jaw Of woman has increased an
inch and a half in periphery during the last
hundred years, and to hint that the growth Of
the feminine jaw is attributable to their in
crease Of Independence and, above all, to the
relaxation Of that golden silence to which they
were subjected by our forefathers. That the
silvery and ripping eloquence Of woman has
become q more prominent feature Of the pres
ent age than in days Of yore it is impossible to
deny. But who is there in this country who
would be willing to dispense with it? Certainly
not the Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-05

He fut Up oso.o00 and Rivnied the Peusior
once at Kuoxyilla

Vmce AZ AnoxvillA
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Among the men who had watched the grow
ing inequality in pensions in east Tennessee
was old man Tate Possibly he was kin 10
sturdy Sam Tate, who built the Memphis and
Charleston railroad. He saw the Union pen
sioners growing in numbers and claims year by
year. He knew the fraud in dozens Of cases.
He had been democrat all his life and con-
federate during the war. II riled him to see
those sturdy fellows who charged through the
ditch ct Knoxville aud who piloted I.ongs,rset
across the Holston on his retreat left out in the
cold. The boys who walked barefooted through
Clinchdale or signaled with torches while the
| snow was white on Chilhowee were growing
fewer every year. Some were poor and their
spirits were broken. Ithacks amountaip.sr 20
have to toe the heavy end of the log all the
time. So old man Tate thought He pulled
his SLOUGH hat over his eyes and kinder stud
led the situation" Then his face kindlsd and
the same look came over him when he rode
with Forrest or charged with Bragg.
So old man Tate wrote q letter to all IFS old
confederate friends. He announced that down
| on the river there would be a reunion Of sur
viyo-s. The mountain men have very few
chances to eat barbecue and mix memories of
the four years fight. Bnt they knew thst old
man Tate would give them something worth
thinking over. So about 100 men went down
to his house. When he had called them about
him he said:
Boys you all fought faithfully during the
war. The thing didn't turn out our way. and
the government which would have paid US pen
sions has gone down. The men who would
have stood by the old soldiers of the Army OF
Virginia and Army Of Tennessee are dead. Its
all right now, but il goes against the grain
when 1 see the other fellows travelling M TO
Knoxville every month and coming away with
fuil pockets. want 10 say TO you that have
put aside from my own means $40. 900 for you
my old comrades happy"
Well, this Is about all ] could hear of the
story. The money was divided out. for Veteran
late could sign his check for 600. 900. saw
some OF the men who got the pensions" and
they looked as if they needed il. Mr.. Tate
might have built monument or founded a
soldiers home or left provision in his will to
be Irrigated. but he chose the wiser way. lie
Just went down into his pocket and one time he
thanked the Dansion afiica in Il naxvtlla
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"The Lay Graved on the Stone"


Inscriptions in Bavarian mountain COM
munes Of the earlier part Of our century record
the possession Of the mere rudiments of school
ing distinction of the deceased. For in
stance, "Hore rests the worthy N. N. He was
very accomplished in reading writing and
reckoning ('raiten,' the local dialect for 'rech-
nen.O The tomb of Franz Amman records
that he was mighty in three languages, the
French, the Italian and the English" The III.
scriptlons upon the sites of accidents (the So
called "Marterln, which are frequent in AL.
pine countries, are sometimes very original
The author gives a few specimens from the
the Oberinnthal. One is quite Carlylean:
Here fell Jacob Hosenknopf from the roof
Of this house into eternity"
Another. with characteristic differentiation
OF the gipsies records: I'm the cold year 1868
two men and two Bohemians were drowned on
this spot" verse over two graves with one
common tombstone is worthy OF the English
old socialist priest, John Ball, and of Bishops
Latimer and Pilkington:
Righteous and true is the Lord God,
Here lies the master and here lies his man.
Now you world-wise ones who 60 by,
Say which is the Herr and which is the Knechti
The involuntary humor' which il so FIRE.
quent characteristic Of English epitaphs upon
tombstones occurs often, it would seem. in
the churchyards OF our Teutonic cousins A
second edition of Ludwig Won Hormann's
'Grabschriften," just published at Munich,
contains rich collection OF oddities. The in
scription on the churchyard cross in the CON-
mune OF Obcrsteiermark runs as follows:
This cross is erected
To the honor of the Lord Jesus Christ
Who was crucifed for US
By the peasants of this parish.
The absurdity in this case, as the editor
notes, is solely due to the absence Of any pune
tuation. But another in tho same churchyard
deserves to be quoted by Sir William lawson.
1t is in memory OF brewer:
Since the drink which he brewed
Has brought many to an early grave,
Here at last lies he, the 'Bierverhunzer."
o, Christian, say for him five ''Our Fathers II
A faulty singer in the choir Of the same COM
mune is thus commemorated.
Here rests Johannes Hesserer,
He was but q bad tenor;
But mp there in Heaven he laughs ct z
Because he can now sing 20 perfectly.
The original in each Of these epitaphs IL IN
rhyme. !,
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reached four all he made desperate effort, and
rallying strongly won the next two games, the
match. and-Jessie.
Poor little girl. She went to him - he sat ex-
would break, asked his forgiveness. And he
well, never mind. That evening as they together
sat in their accustomed place she explained it
fully to him. "And l have paid dearly for my
folly" she sighed. And Tom, who had watched
his friend through the whole affair and hoped
for this, good-natured, happy Tom, who had
just then come upon the scene, was one great,
beaming SMILE
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Now . DRINK for the Made ssa w.~&i,s
Ciasses-

-
Ciasses-
Prom the London Daily New.
High-prioed port wine ne . luxury for tn
rich, ne are assured by Mr.. Consul Craufura In
the current Forsnightly. is very nearly thing
Of tho past Port has become essentially the
drink Of the middle and working CLASSES IN
Portugal. and IL. and must be, . low-pricsa
wine. We pay, il seems. for the name OF ths
thing. certain prestige, says Mr. Craufurd.
is attached by traders at home 30 wine actually
brought from oporto, and therefore fondly
supposed by them 20 be the genuine product u
vines grown in the neighborhood Of that city.
The money value Of this prestige is about -
per pipe.
When this prejudice 10 overcome there a
every reason why good port wine should 10
made, as port wine Is made now, from wine
grown in various parts Of Portugal. or even If
Spain. Italy or Greece: that IL should be brought
in its young condition 90 England. blended
and matured in English warehouses. fortified
in bond by untaxed English spirit, aud sold
more cheaply than II can nov be sold. TO the
great advantage Of the consumer and Of crowd
OF English coopers, carriers. warehousemen and
workingmen of every class. AT present the
young wine Is brought into store az Oporto
blended, alcoholized, turned over laatured
and lotted, and in due course shipped 10 Great
Britain.
The Portuguese have AT all times cast jeal-
ons eyes on these various processes Of yinihcs-
tion carried on by Engishmen abroad for the
benett of Englishmen at home Imbued with
the singular notion that to the Briton port vine
lie necessity Of existence, they have seen their
way safely TO monopolies. restrictions. exac-
lions and all the DELAYS and COMPLICATIONS Of
ofhciAidom that dear 20 all classes OF Portu-
suese. For years stringent aud oppressive
monopoly hsmpcred the trade and enabled the
hauNes 70 take heavy toll r the wine on its
| road TO England" Mr.. Craufurd explains thas
competition from abroad ended the monopoly
ana trade was nearly freed. but now that Porta-
Suese jealousy and al viii run somewhat strongly
! against Great Britain be apprchends further
hlndrsnces. but sees no reason, except the preju-
dice in favor Of OpOrto wine above referred to-
why London or Liverpool should not become,
Instead OF Oporto. the emporium Of port vine.