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A NEURALGIA temper.

1t 10 IN objectionable Show Of Weakness
to Give tho Feelings tho Upper Hand.
Il cannot understand" sensible
woman remarked to her companion, as
they left the house after calling on a
semi-invalid friend, "why it is that
Mattie's neuralgia seems always to 20
to her temper. know of NUN Der Of
persons who suffer in this way and who
are. at least, tolerable to get along
with; but Matte is absolutely unendur-
able when she has one of her neuralgia
attacks. don't think she suffers any
more than many others whom know,
but she does make the most dreadful
fuss about it. think that it is as
necessary to educate oneself to bear
pain as to do anything else in the
world. The barbarian is in many
cases stole as far as pain is concerned
simply because he is taught that to
howl or cry or make any exhibition of
his feelings when he is hurt is weak
ness. 1t is said that people are much
less likely to die If they make great
outcry than if they grimly and silently
bear their pain If making an ado is
of any avail, fancy poor Matte may
come to be immortal, for she makes
more fuss over neuralgia, or, indeed, of
pain of any sort, than any person
ever knew; and she is undeniably ugly,
indeed vicious. under such circum-
stances. She seems to delight in
Furnishing the children or crossing the
maids or members of the family in
every possible way. It seems pity
that anyone who can be as agreeable
as Matte is when she is we'll should
allow herself to be so unspeakably dis
agreeable when sick; and everybody
about her is growing so tired of it, 1
think, that, If she keeps ON, she will
lose much of the affection and respect
of her family and friends. It goes
without saying that neuralgia is very
hard to bear; but believe. and think
most intelligent persons will ayr ee
with me, that the nerves and temper
may be to great extent controlled, or,
at least. they should not be allowed TO
get the upper hand to such an extent
as to destroy the happiness of an en-
tire household. IN. Y. Ledger.
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LONDON SHOP GIRLS.
Low Standard OF Health Caused by Long
Houra and 4kandin1

Low Standard OF Health Caused by Long
Hours and Standing.
All doctors whose practice lies at all
specially among the sex are agreed in
pointing to the cruelty long hours and
constant standing as causes of the low
standard of health among female shop
assistants, but it may also be indicated
how much less able they" are rendered
to battle with these evils by the
wretched food Young girls of fifteen
to seventeen soon suffer from anamia.
and it is pitiful to see the white cheeks
bloodless lips and dull eyes which first
tell Of this beginning of failure. Older
women find their legs and ankles
swelling, and an incessant aching pain
in the back. Yet many of them bear it
bravely and uncomplainingly, for un.
less they kept up they would as
suredly lose their situations at once.
Doctors Of experience note that differ
ent occupations in the shops have their
especial train of maladies, as, for in
stance, those who stand much and are
exposed to draughts develop internal
disorders, or phlebitis in its various
forms. The skirt filter is particularly
liable to distinctive kind of ..house.
maids knee" from always kneeling,
just Is the barmaid induces form Of
spinal strain from moving the beer en-
gines and drawing corks constantly.
In many Of the largo shops . medical
man Is deputed by the firm to exercise
general supervision. and. as q rule.
when he pronounced them unable to
work, they are summary dismissed,
for the employer does not recognize
any obligation to keep them when un-
able to work. Among the less direct
forms of illness to which the condi.
tons of their lives render them sus-
ceptible is consumption. which carries
of large proportion of men, Is we'll
% women. Dyspepsis and general de-
bility are other chronic affections
London Graphic.
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Aga He was wearing . white blouse
which seemed almost scorched by the
sun. With his white mustache and
imperial his features reminded me Of
some of the old soldiers / had met in
Paris In the >lnvalitles whore the 70
matns Of the great Napoleon arc now
inferred When he had finished his
coffee sud taken. sip Of cognac he
looked round to see that his drum had
not been removed. soon learned that
hes had.no relatives, except some chill
dren OF distant cousin whom he was
wont TO- call his nephews and his nieces.
So the village drum was his best friend!
Jules Malot, feeling that his CONVEX
sation pleased me. drew his chair uea.er
to mine, and. lighting pipe, prepared
himself for chat called for another
eognae for him and poured myself out q
second glass of most delicious cider.
Then Malot went on to tell me what
pleasant life he was leading. He was
the village drummer-h tansbour DE- Ia
os~d-and after, more than thirty years
spent In the ranks, he had retired on a
small pension hardly sufficient to live
upon. But he had been tho Mortain
tambour for several years, and when
ever an announcement was to be made
1t was EMalot who walked through the
village roads and lanes followed by. tho
children who would look up at him as a
god. One day he would cry out the loss
OF . purse, on the morrow he would in
form the population of the arrival of q
dentist who could extract teeth ut a
charge Of twenty sous, or else of boot
maker who could sell shoes and sabots
at some ridiculously low figure.
'Ah! business il good" he said, .ebut
how ! regret the past time, for you
must know that I was at Sebastopol
and ct Solferino-ah! did not we make
the enemy run-and was in Paris dur
ing the SIEGE" And, lifting up his
blouse, he showed me the medal of
Queen Victoria, which many French
soldiers gained in Crimea.
II was drummer of the line, and
when think of my old days, why, It
makes tears flow from my eyes!" And
he went on to tell me how brave drum
mers are. I'm an attack they are
obliged by the rules to remain behind
WIG SOAuAA4u0 Ouu OCdV Ul0 Cu6IkSs 0ut
how often did we rush pell nell in the
different companies against the enemy,
and more than once q drummer was
first in the trenches of our foes.
''Some people think that the drum is
quite modern instrument. but, mon
sieur, it was invented-so they say, for
I have not read any books on the SUBJ
ject-in the fourteenth century, and
when the English took Calais, Froissart
speaks of the drummers in his chroni-
cles."
''Oh! yes" replied, laughingly,
''why, there is a mystical legend which
says that drums were beaten to prevent
Saturn bearing baby Jupiter cry"
He smiled and thought perhaps was
joking.
I shook hands with the good fellow.
He emptied his glass to my health and
babe me adicu.
! could not help thinking that a man
so full of bris would make q grand
subject for writer of the romantic
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When all the shadows merge In cue,
When leaves and grass have met
Whom roofs and steeples blend into
An endless silhouette;
When skies are red ~ russell leaves
That speak the summers fate
sit and dream alone beside
Ny nro In the grate.
Tho' whistles, bells and hurrying feet
And fast receding light
Toll that tho despot toll has Given
The toiler respite;
Isit unheedful In my chair,
Ny fancy for mate
Aud watch the faces come and 20
Within the glowing crate.
Faces Of friends and fanoied foes,
Who lie In silent state;
And one who brings the tears 70 dim
The IRE in the crate.
Leap high. blue namesl glow red, bright
Goals!
Your spirits mine elate:
My love like salamander lives
Within your glowing Crate:
So while ny friends 20 skurrying on
On gastric joys intent,
For ono sweet hour I gladly live
self-imposed lent
Ny dinner may be spoiled, perhaps,
Because It has to wait:
TASTE Of Barmocidal joys
Beside my friend, the crate.
Charles Gordon Rogers. in New England
Magazine.
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Reward Of Merit.

Jacobs" said the managing editor
Of the great daily paper, YEARLY,
what is the name of our man down at
Squareville?"
His name Is Bohackus," answered
the assistant.
"How much are we paying him?''
"Something like $40 month"
"Raise his salary so per cent?" said
the managing editor. THAT is all,
Jacobs. You can CO."
Mr.. I}ohackus, of Squareville. was
the only one of several hundred tele-
graphic correspondents who had not be-
gun his special telegram to the Daily
Thunderbolt the night before in these
words: 1.-The election here passed of
quietly."-Chicago Tribune.
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RA,LRoADERs. FRANKS.

One Csss In which the viotln Got The Daso
Sr the Joke.
Railroad men delight In playing
tricks on each other and ON green
hands, and sometimes they carry their
Jokes to unpleasant aud even danRero 10
lengths. On q certain railroad In this
state . brakeman on q passenger train
was louuging around the terminal do
pot one day, waiting for his train to
pull out, when he was approached by .
young man who desired information re-
garding the person to whom he should
apply for q place as brakeman.
We'll, I'm the man that hires them"
said the brakeman. winking At tho BY
ISLANDERS, land I'm wanting man, too;
but your green at the business, amt
you?"
The applicant admitted that he was,
but reminded his questioner that deter
mination and perseverance were almost
equal to experience.
THAT'S so, " said the delighted brake.
man meditatively. II believe I'll give
you trial. Go upstairs to tho first
room on the right and ask for Charlie
Hepburn. Tell him you are going out
on No 8, and that you want . watch
and time card"
The man unhesitatingly obeyed, and,
walking into the office, said familiarlv:
Il want to see Charlie Hepburn"
A slight dutter ran around the Office.
and the general superintendent, turning
around in his chair, said:
"Well, am he. What do you want?'
"A watch and time-card," said the
young man, nonchalantly. I'm going
out on No. g."
"Who said so?" asked the astonished
superintendent
THE man that hired me-" replied
the other.
'Well. you just come down stairs
with me and see if you can find him.
1t you can I'll give him q run that he'll
like" said the enraged great mogul
But the brakeman's train had pulled
out and the superintendent never found
out who he was
Another similar case occurred where
the perpetrator of the joke did not es-
cape SO luckily. A would be fireman
was hired by man whom he supposed
to be the foreman, but who was in
reality the fireman on freight train
The fireman explained all the duties OF
the position to the green hand, and act
ually sent him out on his own run.
The alleged fireman made the trip with
out anybody discovering the fraud, a.
the engineer supposed the regular fire.
man was laying of. When the new
fireman was cleaning up his engine in
the roundhouse on his return the fore.
man came along.
what are you doing up there?'' he
asked
Cleaning my engine" was the reply.
"Who are you?''
THE fireman on this engine" replied
tho other.
"Humph! Could you tell the man
who hired you, if you saw him?" asked
the foreman.
Certainly; there he comes now,"
said the fireman as the hoaxer leisurely
sauntered in the door.
The foreman discharged the funny
fireman on the spot and hired his victim
to fill the vacancy, and to-day he is the
head engineer on the road.-N. Y. Sun.
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MOZART'S REQUIEM.

The Last Work Of tho Great Compos~r's
Fruitful Life.
The last work of Mozart was a fitting
close to the tragedy of his life. One
can not read the oft-told tale of the
Requiem" without sympathetic tear.
The light of subsequent facts has long
since dissipated the atmosphere of mvs-
terry that hung over it for - long a
time. We know now that it il to tho
vanity of q man willing to nuke his
wife's death the occasion for posing be-
fore the world in borrowed plumcs as
musical composer, that we owe this i'm.
mortal funeral-hymn.
With Mozart's extreme susceptibility,
heightened by his failing health and
his dark outlook, it is not strange that
the somber and unknown messenger
who appeared before him to order a re-
QUEEN for a nameless friend seemed to
foreshadow his own DOOM Haunted by
this conviction, he rallied all his droop-
ing energies for his final work. Il
wish to condense in it all my art. all nv
science" he writes to his wife, and
l hope that after my death my enemies,
as we'll as my friends, may find in it in
struction and model"
He was interrupted in the midst of it
by an order to write an opera for the
great festival at Prague. LA Clemenza
di Tito" was written and put on the
stage in eighteen days; then Mozart re-
turned to his last task. He was pursued
by the idea that he had been poisoned,
and in order to divert his mind his wife
took away his work. His spirits revived
a little. and after few days of repose
he called for his music again.
Into this exalted work he breathed
the last fame of his divine genius In
the hymn of death the sorrows, the
longings of his life found voice. Who
can listen to the sublime and heart
rending strains of the "Lachrymosa"
without feeling that beneath the prayer
for pity is the cry of suffering human
soul? 1t is the prayer of the world
translated into a form of everlasting
beauty by one who adds to the divins-
ton of the poet a subtle something born
of individual tears
''Ah! Sophie" he said to his sister-in-
law, whom he had thoughtfully asked
to stay with Constance the last night of
his life, did not tell you that l was
writing the Requiem for my own fu-
neral?" A few hours before the end
he joined the friends at his bedside in
singing the parts already finished At
the "Lachrymosa" he began to weep.
and could sing no more. He died with
the score beside him.-Mrs A G. Ma,
son, in Century.
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Especial Parts Letter.1

l0cVSAoN ~ - Aott0gsl T. IS
I had decided to spend the day at
Mortain, and, as no railroad connects
Sept FORCES with the little town, l was
astir ct day break SO a. to be in readi-
ness for the FIRST diligence that left for
Mortain. secured comfortable seat
and the old omnibus soon ratified away
along the pretty country roads
On my right sat a priest with his tri-
angle hat and In full canonicals. He
was short. jolly-looking person, with
homely but agreeable cast Of coun-
!enance and an eye which expressed
frankness and good nature. On the
seat opposite was q Partisan CONNER
sial traveller.
And as we were driven along could
admire the rich Normandy soil and ite
beautiful hills covered with bright
green woods and separated by valleys,
which spread and narrowed and di.
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WRAPS AND JACKETS.
Snowy Garments for Theater and Chure
Wear.

Snowy Garments for Theater and Church
Wear.
The military cape in many variations,
with Jokes, square, round and pointed,
with or without vest. but invariably
with the high rolling collar and high
shouldered effect that seems to DO 10
dear to the presiding genius of fashion,
is so popular garment rs to deceive
the unwary into believing that it is in
deed the leading and unique style.
Not 50, however; for the caprice OF
elegant dressing is to be little in ad-
vance of what is termed the popular
style, and 30 the coat-shaped jacket is,
after all, more likely to be the prime
favorite. The jackets worn are of cloth
in all the new light and rich colors,
with or without elaborate braiding OF
silk or gold cord on vests and collars.
The more dressy have silk-faced revera
or fur-lined fronts, and open over the
blouse-waists of silk with which they
are worn. to give the latter the effect o,
a vest, if need be. Some very SNOWY
jackets are of dark-colored velvet OF
velveteen with silk facings and lining:
For ordinary wear, the ''reefer" coats,
buttoning closely with largo buttons,
on one side, are the prime favoriteA
In dark blue, green and black, thesA
are most comfortable and convenient
garments, and art most liked for morn
ing wear, while the dressy jackets are
liked for ceremonious visiting, and the
easy-dtting capes sor theater and church
wear.
r. The coats with separate sl<irt-piecea
are usually made to match tho dress,
and importers show .'threo-piecs COS
tumes," that is, dresses with round
waist, skirt and coat, all of the same or
happily harmonizing msterialA-Dsn-
0eeSt
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FREDERIC MAYER,
Lacked Opportunity.

DO You ever weary Of your beau.
tiful home here in town. Mrs. De.
Cashly?"
- ''Never, Mrs. Bronson. What with
our autumn home at Lenox. our winter
home at Asheville, our summer cottage
at Newport, and the spring in London,
| hardly have a chance to grow tired of
tt."-Harr~-'~ Uazar
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vided themselves into branches in the
most fantastic and picturesque manner.
When we first caught sight of the river
Mayenne we commanded a view of its
glittering waters in the woody valley
below. The upper part of this valley
was as green as the fresh young grass
of spring could make it, and sprinkled
with the early wild flowers of the year
In all their beauty and fragrance.
Small, spreading trees interspersed
with aspens and poplars whose leaves
twinkled in the sun clustered together,
as it were, in small tufts, dotted its sur
face; and the turf, like the 'green,
smooth-shaven lawn" Of Milton, sloped
down with inexpressible softness to the
silver waters of the Mayenne. Words,
however, can give but faint idea of q
scene like this, and even the pencil,
powerful as it is in reproducing the
glories of the earth, would fail to catch
all the charms of the spot, which part
~ arose out of accessories-remotene
from human dwellings and the songs OF
the birds, and the perfumed breath OF
spring which filed the bosom with de.
light and thrilled like magic in
fluence through the frame.
The time few by rapidly and, after q
few hours spent in conversation with
the commercial traveller and the priest
and in admiration of the beautiful
scenery, we were safely deposited about
midday before quaint old au6erge, OF
inn, on the market place of Mortain.
The market was being held in large
open space surrounded on all sides by
houses and ornamented on two sides by
a double row of elm trees Here were
assembled an immense number of peas
ants and women from the surrounding
country. whose costume, more especial.
" that of the women, would furnish
rich materials to a painter. Some had
come with their baskets from Sourdeval
and Barenton by the new railroad, but
most of the neighboring villagers had
made their way thither on foot.
In the large dining-room on the
ground floor of the inn the most wealthy
peasants we're seated at dejeuner-
meal which was being quickly served
by two handsome maidens. There also
was the district policeman-gendarme-
with his three-cornered nat and his
dark blue costume, with his epaulets
and his spurs, and his pistols in 9
leather belt about his waist, and above
all his black mustachio 50 well curled.
He was reading the leading paper OF
the department, now taking a mouthfu]
Of well-cooked beefsteak, now q
mouthful of dreadful politics.
Twas soon seated at the common ia
bic, but had scarcely had time to drink
a glass Of cider and begin my meal when
in the courtyard of the inn a drum was
suddenly heard. In a moment every
body rushed to the door or the windows
with their mouths full and their nap
kins in their hands-with the exception,
though, of the tall geadarme, who, at
that precise moment, seemed very inter-
ested in particular passage of his rev.
dictionary paper and consequently did
not stir.
When the drummer ceased beating
his instrument he began the news,
scanning every phrase with deplorable
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The january VIDE Av,eko,

OF especial interest win DO found Sci.
1e Joy Whites description of the new
Leland Stanford, Jr., University In CAL
dornia-that tender and magnificent
memorial BY Senator and Mrs. Leland
Stanford. Mrs White calls the article
The Boy who built q College," and al
though the great school is built as a
memorial it was still 80 clearly the
fruit OF the dead boys desires that the
title Is no misnomer. Molly Elliot Sea-
well has delightful characteristic tale
of school-boy life, 1.-TWO Schoolmas-
teri" and Miss Adams "Double Christ
mas at St. Martins" is good story of
boarding-school life. The serial stories
Of Jack Brereton's Three Months
Service, and ''The Lance of Kanana, I"
striking Arabian story by Add ell
Ardavan," already grow absorbing even
In their second installment. The Amer
lean pale-face woman who was adopt
ed by the Seneca Indians, Harriet Max
we'll Converse, has another interesting
sketch of Seneca life In THE Straw
berry Feast at the Long House, Zitella
Cooke tells charming story of the Gel
ebrated Mexican general Santa Anna
and his jealous pet bird; and Otis T.
Mason has something to say of Profess
sor Marsh's giant lizards, sixty feet
long. The poems in the number are by
Celia Thaxter and Clara Doty Bates.
Other verses and sketches fill out q
most interesting number of WIDE
AWAKE, which is, as usual, we'll illus
trated and SO carefully made nm as IN
prepare tempting feast indeed for the
myriad young people who eagerly await
and as eagerly welcome it.
WIDE AWAKE is published at 20 cents
per number, 40 per year. All book
sellers keep it.
D. LOTHROp Co. pnhs BOSTON
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noueh on Ariatophanes.

Tom Anjerry is making considerable
progress in Greek at the university OF
Texas.
..What Is the name of the most cele.
brated Greek humorist?'' was tho ques
ton put by Prof Shore.
Homer, I guess. Tread q good deal
about Homeric laughter''-Texas Slit
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In A6+ction.te Remembrance.

''What shall get you to remind you
of me while ! am away?" asked New
York dude Of the young lady to whom
he is going to be married, on the occar
sion of his taking the steamer for
Europe.
do you want to get me something
that will always make me think Of You
when I look at it?''
Eyes, darling"
'Then buy me q monkey to play
with. "-Texas Siftings.
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Tho Man for the Job,

II do wish could put the baby to
Sleep" said Mrs Dukane, after an
hours unavailing lullaby practice.
"Suppose ! send for John L. Sulli-
van" suggested her husband.
DO you mean the prize-6ghter?"
yes"
why would you send for him?"
'Well. he has often put grown men
to sleep He ought to have no trouble
with . mere baby. "!-Chronicle-Tele-
grayh.
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school, whilst the realistic author could
not fail to admire his energetic spright-
illness and his chic.
AS left he heaved loud sigh. Talk.
ing of the past had awakened in his
breast memories of times gone by.
Like Othello. his occupation seemed
gone.
= o. FAREWELL
Farewell, tho neighing steed and tho shrill
trump,
The spirit-stirring drum
FAREWELL
FREDERIC MAYER.