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Derivation Of Fad.

The derivation Of this word is posi-
bly, traceable in the Welsh language. By
the law Of mutation of initial conso-
nants peculiar to that tongue the root
words ffedd and medd are convertible
terms Their essential meaning is pos
session; transitive or intransitive, pos
session Of something, or the act Of being
possessed or engrossed by some occupa-
tion or vice. Welsh medd, and Irish,
Sanskrit, and English mad, have SINH
lar meanings and are probably kindred
words
The word mad is not common In
Teutonic idioms, so that the Anglo-Sax-
ons probably borrowed it from the
Welsh. Fad Is therefore equally deriva-
BILE from ffedd. Fortunately, of course.
1t comes from the midland dialects and
ultimately from some root word com.
mon to many members Of the Aryan
family Of speech. 1t would be strange
il the two words, mad and fad, having
q similar meaning, should be traceable
to the same root-Notes and Queries
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-25
THE FLEE AND THE ACTRESS.

No Wonder That Modjeslxa's Face Wore .
Set and Stony Expression.
Two fair actresses were conversing in
a cafe ON Powell street with the careless
ease of their "profesh. Their COM
ments were distinct and audible to the
occupants Of an adjoining table.
They were chatting about senti-
mental scene in which both had appear
ed on the previous night.
''And just at that moment when he
pressed my hand" said one, land !
was supposed to answer with sob, q
fea-oh, such bite began to torture
me between the shoulders. 1t was aw-
ful-simply awful could not remem-
Der my lines. could not make the sohs
come. All could think about was that
horrid flea. Whispered to him.. Put
your arm around me quick. And he
thought was fainting, and put his
hand behind my waist and whispered /:
What is the matter with you, and why
are you making such horrid face? Are
you ill?' What could say? Nothing.
of course, but fell back against a chair,
and fortunately-oh, how fortunately -
hit it with my shoulder blade. just
where that flea was. Then I swaDg to
and fro as if in great mental agony, and
thus got in little scratching 1t was
just heavenly and did not spoil the
scene bit. When went off the stage,
I had my maid go over the place where
that flea had bitten me with hand
brush. She said there was spot there
as big as dollar"
"Modjeska told me-" said the other,
"that once at the California in the bal
oony scene in Juliet. when she was ex-
tending both hands and saying, 'Ro-
meo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?'
she got q nip in the ankle that almost
made her cry out. She could not stop
1t would have spoiled the scene, and
for the minute she had to suffer. One
of the critics remarked In his paper
next day that during the scene Nine,
Modjeska's face wore set and stony
expression. And no wonder, poor lady l.
"When May Muir, who is very sus-
ceptible to deas, is attacked, y resumed
the other, "she gets mp and begins to
dance. She can twist about and scratch
anywhere while the dance is going on,
and nobody notices her. Clara Morris
told me that in the. dying scene in
Camille q flea fastened on 10 her 30
viciously that il she had not reached
back with her fan aud dislodeed It she
could not have died with any decency.
San Francisco is an awful place for
6eas. " e ~
Awful, awfull'' conceded hen
friend as she settled with the waiter. -
San Francisco Call
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Good Night Good Night"

There is q tender sweetness about
some Of our common phrases Of affec-
tionate greeting, simple and unobtru-
sive as they are, which falls like dew
upon the heart GOOD nightr' the lit
tie one lisps as. gowned in white, with
shining face and hands, and prayers
said, she toddles off to bed Sisters and
brothers exchange the wish, parents
and children, friends and friends. .Fa-
miliar use has robbed 1t Of its signifi-
canoe to some of us; we repeat it auto-
matically, without much thought But
consider. We are as voyagers. putting
of from time to time upon an unex-
plored sea- Our barks OF life set sail
and 60 onward into the darkness. and
we. asleep ON our pillows, take no such
care as we do when awake aud jourxey-
Ing by daylight OF the perih Of the
aight, whatever they inny be, we take
no Feed. Ah 1nsleepink Vigilance Of
one stronger and Visor than we. whp is
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vultures and a Dead Tiger.

The vulture is seen at its best when q
dead tiger, brought into camp to be
skinned, is exposed in the open. Over
head is cloudless sky, and not bird
to be seen in that great void by the hu-
man eye. The tigers body is thrown
from the pad to the ground, and before
the skin has been removed there above
one and ways nearing the earth are
the vultures circling. poising like things
Of air, now a dozen Of them, in few
minutes score or two and then hum
bred strong. Then, when the fiayed car
cass Of the tiger is left by those who
skinned it, the vultures descend. Down
they come like feathercd thunder out Of
the sky, and from east and west and
north and south, the very embodiment
Of power while they whirled aloft and
in their quick descent to earth, and now,
as they waddle- around that cartion
beast. misshapsn ghouls. whose only
apparent strength is that Of the raven
ing jaws which tear and gorge the
tigers flesh, until within the hour
naught Of that splendid brute remain
but clean picked skeleton. Ed
ward Bradden's Thirty Years Of
Shikar."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-25

The Chicago Tribune publishes an &C.
count Of an interview with member of
q firm in that city whose business con-
sists chiefly in the collection Of doctors
bills He was asked if the majority Of
patients paid their accounts and said
that they did not From this it would
be inferred that in Chicago over one
half Of the patients failed to pay their
doctors fees, a statement that is extraor-
binary and improbable. We believe
that in most American cities from 20 to
80 per cent Of the fees charged are paid
and collected. and probably larger per-
centage would be obtained if doctors
rendered better service or managed the
business side Of their profession in
more rational manner. Rec
ord
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-25
THE NEW SERVANT.
Tho Redheaded Girl Is Discouraged y
Trying to Teach Her Things.

Tho Redheaded Girl Is Discouraged ~
Trying to Teach Her Things.
That redheaded girl on Baynes street
lately undertook to teach the art of do
nestle service to q Polish maiden who
had been plucked green in the wilder
ness Of Shumway street. The new girl
was willing. but ignorant even of the
English language. Instruction had to
be impaired by object lessons. The first
lesson was in lighting the gas. The
kitchen treasure was told by her new
mistress that she was to turn the stop
cock and then apply match to the end
Of the pipe. She seemed to comprehend.
The next day the redheaded girl was
attracted by vile smell issuing from
the kitchen. On investigation the Pol
ish exile was found standing beside the
cold water faucet, patiently lighting
matches and holding them under the
stream Of water, which she had turned
on, only to see them immediately ex-
tinguished. leaving an odor Of charred
wood behind. .s-."
In the course Of q yearor two the red
headed girl hopes to be able to impress
On the Ruthenian mind the fact that all
general principles are subject to nlodifi-
cation in practice. and particularly that
all iron pipes do not burst into fame
when approached By q match. Buffalo
Empress,
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be said that we are unable 70 take aa-

be said that We are unable TO take ad-
vantage Of the natural means afforded
for absolute time regulation in spite
Of the care that has been exercised in
the making of timepieces. For 10000
years, since the first recorded mention
of any instrument to measure time, In
Isaiah xxxviii, 8, men have been at
work constructing appliances Of all de-
scriptions, all of them more or less
faulty, to tell them when to eat, sleep
and get up again. Is there no one to
invent q fin de steele watch that shall be
able to keep up with the earth in point
of exactitude?--Philade Times
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-25

The plant from which arnica is pro-
duced appears to be indigenous to the
mountain districts Of Europe and Asia.
It is found growing wild in the Pyre-
nees, Apennines. Swiss and German
Alps. Carpathian mountains, in the
mountains of Armenia, In the Urals
and the Himalayan range 1t is said
that the plant has also been found in
the mountain districts of the United
States west of the Mississippi river, but
whether Q native or an importation can
not be ascertained. The medicine is
chiefly prepared from plants aItifcially
grown in the medicinal gardens Of
France and Germany.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-25
All we.shers Suited Dr.. Johnson.

Dr.. johnson stoutly poohpoohed the
notion Of the effect Of weather ON the
mind. ITO temperance, be wrote.
every day is bright. and every hour Is
propitious to diligence. +" johnson. how
ever, was little given TO analyze the in
huences Of nature, or any other influ-
ences. upon himself. And it may we'll
be that this disposition ON his part was
In the spirit Of the stoics and In def
ance Of his own feelings, to which he
disdained 10 give way. It seemed to
him sorry thing that "a being en-
dowed with reason" should "resign his
powers to the influences Of the air aud
live in dependence on the weather and
the wind. Temple Bar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-25
A STATELY OLD MANSION.

Tho Home Of Sarah Orne Jewett, ShA Nov.
elist, at Berwick, Me.
Iwonder if there is another such house
In New England as the home Of Sarah
Orne Jewett, says writer In the Boston
Herald. have seen many stately man
sions that go back to the days before the
Revolution = one In particular where
General Gage was auartered in old Dam
vers, a town which Is linked by witch
threads to Berwick, and one with gam
brel roof upon which good dame and
her cronies climbed to be cut Of reach Of
husbandly authority while they drank
tea forbidden to patriots until the tax
was removed-but have never seen a
living place at once 80 modern and so
reminiscent of 1880 or days yoenger
still. In its great rooms filled with old
mahogany and warmed by huge tiled
fireplaces it woald be easy TO forget that
the gundalows, with their high peaked
sails like great birds wings, do not yet
sail down the river from the Harding
wharves i'll fleets Of tens and twenties
to Portsmouth, with their loads of pine
planks and boards to be exchanged for
East Indian rum, tobacco and molasses
or for Russian iron, duck or cordage, or
for such priceless old glass and silver
and china as came from unknown ports
and now peep out wonderingly upon
nineteenth century cushions and pic
tures and bric-a-brac, from their deep
set cupboards and shelves.
ass.I found these things here" Miss
Jewett says, land hope to leave them
when L. go INTO the unknown" II one
had sone' ssehoicea Of ancestors, It would
be impossible tospick out better than
those who chose the elaborate corniees.
all carved by hand with infinite palms..
and the high paneling Of the Parlors.,
and the broad window sills, and the
lowered wall paper, still bright and
fresh, though of a pattern ON which Ma.
rie Antoinette might have set the. sea-.
Of her approval when she fitted up the
little Trianon. 49,"
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Helpinr In n Trade.

Doherty, an Irish chief Justice, used
to tell how. when posting on his circuit,
one of his chaise horses began to plunge
furiously. then ran away. "Stop, stopl"
he called out. 81 really think that horse
has never been In harness before!"
"Begorra, your lordship's right ItB
his first time, and the masther says
that if he brings your lordship safe to
the end Of the stage he'll buy hifA.'
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Distinctions.

money makes heap Of difference In
the world" said the misanthrope.
"Of course il does. Still, a man can
always choose his associations
"Oh, I don't know about that. Here
I Inn with Such limited means tAat I
onh't be on speaking ternfs with even the
telephone vompasay." n Washington
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the eternal good. Good and God sprinv

the eternal good. Good and God spring
from the same root, and are the same
In meaning. "Goodby" is only "God
be with you. "Good night" is really
"God night" or "God guard the
night. 1t would be a churlish house
hold in which these gentle forms of
speech were ignored or did not exist.
Alike, the happy and the sorrowful,
day by day, may say 'uood night -
Churchman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-25
Tho Ancient Purse.

For several centuries the purse was
always worn fastened to the girdh. A
Ont purse got his name from the fact
that rather than take the time to loose
the purse from the belt, where it wsS
secured by buckles. he cut the straps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-25

would accomplish the results as surely
as the hundred horse power engine and
dynamo now employed. Professor W.
A. Anthony In Chicago Electrical Jour-
nal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-09-25
Au.trian drown Treasures.

Among the treasures of the Austrian
crown are some religious relics that
would make the fortune of church
They include nail from the cross, q
fragment Of the cross itself, piece Of
wood from the manager at Bethlehem,
fragments of the apron worn by the
Virgin and a tooth Of John the Baptist
The Properties Of Cocaine.
Travellers in Peru and countries where
cocoa grows chew the leaves OF this
plant for the purpose Of allaying the
sense of hunger and the feeling Of es-
haustion that accompanies it. At first
the leaves were thought to possess food
elements, but now it is known that the
cocaine they contain merely allays the
irritability Of the nerves that produce
the sense Of hunger.
Cocaine is an alkaloid made from
the cocoa leaf. which has the effect Of
completely destroying the sensibility of
nerves. The discovery of this active
principle Of the cocoa leaf explained
fully and satisfactorily the effect pro-
duced by chewing the leaves An infu.
sion Of the leaf might be used with
good results in allaying the gnawing
appetite that follows some forms of 70
yer, or in cases where the sense Of hunger
IL due to q diseased condition Of the
stomach.
Cocaine should never be used except
ON the prescription of trustworthy
physician, because it is dangerous. The
cocaine habit Is more readily formed
than either the morphine or the liquor
habit and is far more rapid in its work
Of destruction. -Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.
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given sleeping draft and then laid out
in q glass case, which could then be fill
ed with the fumes Of burning charcoal.
see no reason why we should seek
to make death particularly easy to the
criminal Hook upon the whole scheme
Of capital punishment as a hideous blot
upon our civilization, but II man must
be punished with death 1t Is certainly
not upon the theory that he must be put
ont Of the way in the easiest possible
manner for him. It ia assumed that the
dread Of the death penalty will pre-
vent crimes that otherwise might be
committed. The penalty, if it is to be
inflicted, should come In form to be
dreaded, yet there is no excuse for tor
ture or for the semblance of torture.
The criminal should come to his fate
with a full knowledge Of what awaits
him. The execution Of the sentence
should be by method that is swift and
sure, without mystery. and about the
effect of which there is no uncertainty.
There should be no opportunity for
doubt as to the result, and no reason for
excuse for repetition Of an operation.
Electricity does not fulfill these re
Qaireinents and never can until we
know far more than we do at present OF
its effects in the human organism. II
we knew all we ought to know TO war.
RANT Its use, believe an instrument
that ceald be carried ia the pocket
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HAVE YOU THE TIME 2
THE GODS, ARE TWENTY TO ONE
THAT YOU HAVE NOT.

Some Of tho Reasons Why Most Time
pieces Are Always More or Less Out Of
the wsy-How Correct Time Is Receiv-
cd Daily From Washington.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-16
Fish and Lobsters From Maine.

Last year 4,000, 900 Holsters were caught on the Maine coast, and the num- Der will be exceeded this year,, said the Hon. 0. B. Whitten, state commissioner of Maine's seAshore fisheries That of mackerel will not be as large as a year previous, but with other species it will be about the same, cod being very plentiful. In regard to tho lobster, the.ishermen are beginning to realize that it pays to allow them 1o develop. Tine last legislature made the dimensions for the year round 10M inches, while before that for d DOT tion of the year the length specified WAS 0H inches. Last year large quantities were captured and disposed of at 3 and centss while had they been allowed to de- velop the prices received by the fishermen would have been nearer 10 cents. Much more attention is being given each year to Maine's seasiiore fisheries, which is one of the state ; leading industries. Last year more iobsters were taken along our shores than at all of the coast from Maine to Florida. Augusta Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-16
The Watch Was still Going.

A singular incident took place the other day on Damariscotta lake, Maine, which shows the voracity cf the bass Tn that lake A party from the Kennebec were fishing from boat, when one of them caught the end of his 1shpole In his watch guard and flung his gold watch overheard into 40 feet of water. About an hour after, and quarter of a mile distant, they caught six pounder, and, noticing his fullness and peculiar appearance, he was opened, and there was the gold watch, still going. = Boston Herald
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-16
AT DEATHS PORTAL.
Gail Hamilton Says She Conversed with
 Her Dead Brothers.

A short time ago Miss Mary Abigail Dodge (Gail Ilamiltonl, the well known writcr and biogfapher of the late James G. Blaine, was at deaths door, and there seemed no hope that she would live But she is slowly recovering and almost her first effort was 10 trahseribe the vision of spirit land which was hers when she stood on the portal. Her weird paper was read at the Congregational church at Hamil- ton, Mass, Sunday, Few people were at the church. and these did not know such a paper would be read.
 The title ef the paper was Tn the Val ley of the Shadow of Death, J and it dealt with the thoughts, impressions and feel ings of those who are passing over the river. Miss Dodge introduced her snb- ject by writing of the experiences of 6 clergyman and several others who had al- most died and were brought back to life, almost as by miracle, and said that they had seen the forms and heard the voices of relatives and friends who had gone before
 Passing on to her own experience, she said that she was taken ill last spring while locked in room in the Blaine man sion at Washington. She felt that sho was falling and realized that something very serious had seized her. Her most intense feeling was the shock that her friends would receive when they broke open the door and found her dead upon the floor She felt that the shock would be lessened to them if they should find her lying in q natural position upon the sofa, and so she made mighty effort with her fast ebbing strength to cross the room to the sofa She reached it, but stumbled and fell on the floor beside 1t. She realized the situation when her friends found her and could hear them as they spoke about her, al- though apparently she WAS unconscious.
 Then came a long blank that lasted how long she knew not. At times she would partially recover consciousness and wonder whether she was dead or not Her broth CTS, Stanwood and Brown Dodge, both of whom are dead, one of them dying less than a year ago, appeared to her and con versed with naturalness. She sometimes felt that she would like to speak and in- quire if she were really in the other world, but found it impossible to enunciate sylla- bles.
 She decided to impress upon those who heard the paper read the truth of the sen tenee Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, y for death, she said, lis indeed blessed thing" She felt no especial sor- row in leaving life and laying down its burdens, but she had apoignant sympathy for her relatives and friends who she knew would mourn long and deeply at her death. ' Do not have a horror of death, y was her thought. Ut is blessed thing. ',-New York World
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-16
Mackay Disappoints San Frasskisceo.

John " Maekay, the millionaire, will not erect the s2, 00o 900 or any other kind of building on his lot at the southeast cor ner of Fourth and Market streets, as has been reported His secretary, Richari Dey, is responsible for the statement.
 < He did think of doing So at one time, but has abandoned the idea, ;" said Mir. Dey He could not make up his mind as to what sort of building to put there. 1t is big lot, having a frontage of 175 feet on Market street, l7o feet on Stevenson street. and TO feet on Fourth street. A building such as Mr. Mackay had ill mind it was estimated would cost si, 800, 000. By the time it was ready for occupancy it would cost $l 750, 000 Some day he will undoubtedly improve that corner, but not just now. n-San Francisco Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-16
In His Kingdom.

A soul set free came trembling through the night
 And stood all naked in the judgment light. sAlas, ? she cried, ssso pressed with life was No space found to teach me how to diel esUnshriven came. was so full of care No time had for penance or for prayer. q dwelt where men were in such evil case, Their woeful eyes still held me to my place. ssNor did heed my garments fret and stain, If so. might little ease their pain. ..And scarce my thought from haunting care could stay
 To say at morn, Ali, Lord, another day!' aBut flying still and followed hard by fear, Iloved and toiled and walked to find me here. Then round the naked soul the judgment light Grew, like a lily's bloom, to garments white, And new dawn of rapture and surprise Shone through the doubt and sorrow Of her eyes,
 As a voice whispered, Since thou didst not fear :, To drink my cup on earth, come share it here. :" And gazing on . face, unknown till now, She cried, exulting, Master, is it thouf'
 New York Independent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-16
OVER THE COFFIN
A Leaf From Life In Great and Wicked
 City.

Leaf From Life In a Great and Wicked
 City.
 Mrs. Edward Flanigan of 530 Vest For ty-ninth street died the other day Joseph Mulyey of Westchester, brother of the woman, called at the house of mourning. He found his sister in her coffin and his brother=in law, the woman,s husband very drunk beside the bier.
 He regarded this condition of affairs as inconsistent with propriety and so ex- ances with shovel that he found in the room.
 At 6 o'clock last night Policeman Leni- han was startled by call for Police!' interlarded with " Murder!' "Help!s
 The policeman found Edward Flanigan with his head thrust from the window of his apartment on the second floor of 530 West Forty ninth street, shrieking wildly for help.
 Flanigan presented ghastly spectacle. He was covered with blood that dripped from wounds on his head
 Lenihan rushed up stairs, when wild and grewsome scene met his vision. Upon the floor lay the coffin containing the body of Mrs. Flanigan, while an excited group rushed wildly about, all talking, crying and expostulating at the same time.
 Flanigan YVES hanging out of the win dow, hellowing for help Lenihan yanked him into tine room and demanded an ex- planation.
 Flanigan said Mulvey had basted' him with the shovel, and the policeman took both men to the station house. New York Telegram.