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often kept for long periods on the
stretch, during which the vessels ars
filed to repletion, they cannot con-
tract even when the exciting causes
cease. Wakefulness. as conse-
quence, results, and every day the con-
dition of the individual becomes worse,
because time brings the force of habit
into operation Everything that tends
TO throw the blood to the brain and 10
accumulate it there should be avoided.
This is q vital matter. and prevention
is better than cure. Tight or iil-ftting
articles Of dress, especially about the
neck or waist, and tight boots ard
shoes should be discarded; the feet
should be kept warm SO that the c;rcu-
lgtion may be promoted. Wearing cork
soles in the boots or shoes and changing
the socks every day are excellent means
TO this end. and strongly recommended.
Apart, however. from physical causes,
there are several moral causes acting
on the brain equally inimical to sleep
whatever keeps the blood vessels OF the
brain distended. and the consequences
of that we know. On the other hand,
when the mind is quieted the tendency
of the vessels is 70 contract and for
sleep 10 folhow.--E an sas City Timer
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RIDE FOR REPUTATION.
what . PedAgogue Was Forced to Do q
Solve q Problem.


Solve Problem
While they we're discussing the melee
IN the school board. the head OF big
manufacturing establishment ~as
moved to relate this experience:
Il was once a pedagoyue myself. ]
had resolved 10 do something worth
while in the business world. and having
no capital except what was wrapped up
in nv person. / taught school TO get a
starter. had some advanced students
and had to sldrmish in order 20 keep UP
with the procession One day the whole
class was s,umped 10y an arithmetieal
problem and so was I. In order 20 gain
time for myself / came the old dodge
Of how much better IL would be IL they
would work out the solution for them
selves, and gave them another day.
That night, behind locked doors and
closed blinds. worked in fear and per
spirstion. From the bottom OF nv
trunk / took a KEY 20 the arithmetic, but
even with that aid ! failed 20 master the
problem BY midnight I was desperate.
II would never do 20 let The scholars.
the parents add the whole cruel world
know that was not equal 20 my posi-
ton But its rot IN ny makeup 20
surrender while there's fighting
chance.
AT the town ten miles sway there
was a loyal and highly educated friend
CT mine. He would help me and ssy
nothing. II was one % the bitser-st
January nights I ever knew. Bot
slipped 20 The bzrR- appropriated a
horse. made ride more notable than
many of tbose iDmortzlized in song
or history. frozs my ears and toeE ard
rad my vocal powers reduced 20
whisper.
-But you should hare heard uvzhis-
psrsd explanation of that problem an.
yy regrets that hone of The pupils he'd
EasteTed = f7"-I1~trcis Free Press
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RAGE FOR SlITalATURES.
A Charming Old Fashion That Is Being
Revived.


Too many of our old-time fashions are
going out, but one at least is coming
in again. I speak Of the wearing of
miniatures. There is, indeed, quite a
rage for these delicate little portraits
just now of our fairest women and chill
dren. You may have them in any size
you may choose; wear them as lockets
or in buttons, Wristbands or shoe
buckles. They are charming, too, in
serted as a medallion On the cover OF
an ivory or tortoise-shell notebook, card
case or pet volume of any kind. And 1
imagine miniature would become the
top of a lovely scent bottle upon ones
toilet table. Only the other day heard
of an American millionaire who gave
orders to Questionable miniature paint
er to emblaaou his watchcase with
flowers of rare enamel round the cherub
heads of his two tiny daughters. For
my part, 1 would like on opening the
watch to see the inside Of the case dis
close the smiling face Of one near and
dear to me.
'Tis such pretty, dainty art, that of
miniature painting. "It needed but
that we should wait" for the revival of
so attractive a vogue. Our great and
great-greatgrandmothers chose to
wear the miniatures Of their beloved
ores in thin gold medallions, suspended
by black-Watered ribbon round their
necks and fastened with gold pin or
brooch over the left breast. / doubt
not we shall be doing likewise in the
year of grace 1897. Great ladies, and
ladies who like to follow their betters,
are giving orders right and left to minia-
ture painters. The best ground for the
work is. of course, ivory, which is prac-
Ecally indestructible. But, although
we have some clever and careful artists,
the brilliant and charming work of
others of a bygone day is by no means
equalled.-Woman at Home.
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POISONING FROM HONEY.
Supposedly Originating from Plants of .
Poisonous Nature.

Poisonous Nature.
The old saying that every sweet has
its bitter might be actuated by the
statement that honey sometimes con-
tains the most active and dangerous
poison. A case in point is related in
a medical review as follows: A man
and his wife ate honey. They took but
little, as they observed burning
sensation of the mouth and throat as
soon as the honey was swallowed.
Within a few minutes both were taken
i'll. There were nausea, severe pain,
and vomiting; then a loss OF conscious
ness, coldness of the extremities, feeble
action of the heart and collapse. No
pulse could be detected. The wife re-
manned insensible for several hours, but
the husband was not entirely restored
until the following day. Even then
strength returned very slowly, and
there was every indication Of extreme
exhaustion. A Aportion Of the honey was
treated chemically, and an extract was
given to two cats; to one small dose,
and 70 the other large dose was adj
nIinistered. The small one produced
partial exhaustion, relaxation of the
voluntary muscles and general depres-
sion The large one took effect almost
Immediately producing relaxation, vom-
iting, Purging, prostration and almost
complete loss of control over the volun-
tary muscles. The cat did not regain its
normal condition for "a hours. 4 fairly
thorough examination of the hon-y was
made in order, If possible, 70 discover
the nature OF the poisonous element.
No positive conclusion was arrived at,
but the chemists were reasonably sat
isfied that the rhododendron and q few
other plants Of that clars contained the
Objectionable substance IL is slso
stated that plants belonging 20 the
heath family have been by botanists
looked upon with apprehension, for the
reason that they have been suspected OF
harboring the toxic qualities which ac-
counted for the cases OF honey poison
nQ-N. Z. Ledger
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featuring and mechanics embrace the
largest number of females who cannot
speak English, over per cent, with
domestic service q close second.
In Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and
Connecticut the males engaged in manu-
featuring and mechanical industries in
1890 constituted very nearly one-half of
oil men in gainful occupations. In "a
states and territories. including all in
the south central and most of those in
the north central and south Atlantic
divisions. the males engaged in agricul
ture, fisheries, AID mining constituted
more than half of all the working males.
OF the females at work by fur the great
er proportion were found in domestic
and personal service in a large majority
Of the states and territories.
In manufactures and mechanics the
carpenters and ioiners, numbering 611.-
4s2, make up the greatest element, with
dressmakers and milliners following,
with 4ee,6 $50. There are a little over
1000, COO bookkeepers, clerks and sales
men, 690,65s merchants and dealers,
6,2s1,557 farmers, planters and over
seers, and 3,004,o61 agricultural labor
ers, 349, ,592 miners, and only little over
10000 fishermen and oystermen-
Professors and teachers, aggregating
847, ,344, form the most numerous of the
professional classes; physicians and
surgeons, SOS. come next; then law
yers, $1,000; clergymen, SIS .20S; govern
ment officials, 70,654; musicians, etc,
02,155; engineers and surveyors, 1929;
artists and art teachers, 22.496; jour
nalists, 21,S49, and actors, 9,72s.-Chi-
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BLESSING THE ECIMes.
A Pretty Enabiesosticai Cer.nesy Of se
AEaes Day in Rome.

There Is a most political and beautiful
ceremony celebrated In Rome on ST.
Agnes day in the blessing OF the lambs
from whose wool the garments Of tho
pope are made.
These pretty littls creatures are
brought Up and cared for by the nuns,
who on 81. Agnes day every year bring
the new lambs that have been born
durfng the year TO receive a blessing.
There is first a mass said by the
bishop. who wears a gorgeous chasuhls
Of pink velvet embroidered with pearls
and silver threads, pink glo-es with the
sacred monogram embroidrred on tho
back. and carries a diamond encrusted
miter.
At the end Of this mass the lambs an
carried In by soldiers in full Uniform
The beautiful little creatures. whittier
than snow and innocent az only lambs
can appear. rest In white velvet baskets
on beds Of crimson roses. Around their
fluffy soft necks hang gsrlaBds OF pink
rosebuds tied by white satin ribbona.
and on their woody heads are crow ns OF
red and white roses
These lovely little balls Of dor~ny fesh
gaze al first with pitiful APPEAL IN their
innocent eyes q; the procession OF
priests Ia gorgeous Totrs anl st tlss bril-
fantly-lghted cathedral.
When the lambs have r-aoked the a.
tar the bishop reznovea his pink sil<
gloves and dips the tips Of his fsngrry IN
q cvcf%ou bzasr couf.s ~fvD hrl-- -n-r-
With this he sprinkles the t.rrsid lamb
kins- who are apt si this point 10 at
tempt 20 riSe in alarm from shei,
fowsry beds IN the velvet b~<kesr
They are gently thrust baek. however.
By their eustodians; n. prelase sfroks.
thesr heads rea~or.sgly. says q hese-
dietSon oTer them, and the blessing Of
the Lambs" Is ended urtil nos her year.
Eleanor HodEeus. In Cbau,&uqusa
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OUR WAGE-WORkERS
1etai Number of People Engaged In Oc-
cupations of All kfnds-

Much interesting data about the oc-
cupations of the American people 10
given in bulletin of the eleventh CEN
sus just furnished the press.
1t shows that the total number Of peo-
pie engaged in occupa tons of all kinds
in 1890 was 22.735,se1. This is an in
crease of more than 5000 600 working
people IN decade. This whole number
OF working people consists Of those 20
years old or over, and makes up over
80 per cent of the entire population and
almost - per cent of all persons 10
years old or over.
OF the whole number of working peo-
pie the females form 1922 per cent
Divided by classes, the working peo-
pie Of the county are as follows: Ag-
riculture, fisheries. and mining, e,O3I.-
33e; professional, ga, ,533; domestic and
personal service. 4.360. .577; trade and
transportation. 800. .122; manufacturing
and mechanical industries. 5,0eI ,2ss.
The domestic and personal service IN
cludes hot-lkeepers, soldiers. sailors
and marines. laboTers, BARRIERS, de;ec-
f-hNof &C. 4ar AAA1--LA4-f1 NAc-~
ten years gain OF more than 1000 .oOo.
or OF almost 100000 for q score Of
years.
Considerably more than four-ffths %
The iliiterate male population o; the
country and over onefo1rth OF the IL
i:terate female population are working.
More than 50 per cent Of The working
snea are married. over 81 per cent Sir
gle over per cent widow I'd, and oae-
quarter OF ] per cent divorced. Ot al
foreign whites At work here "a per- ont.
OF the males and - pcr cent of The
females cannot soe4k English. There
= al element OF ssaz pe- cent of the men
eT-P1cyed in domestic and re-zonal
eerTie> vbo cannot sp<ax Ens;izh. ard
almost 5 per cent II Tie razngfzc:as-
tz2-S1d rsechoaics. i.cus.-i.x Lzn.-
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HEAVEN NOT IN THE SKY.
Science Demonstrates That the Belief Of
the Ancients Is Wrong.

Science Demonstrates That the Belief Of
the Ancients Is Wrong.
Every church spire pointing its slen-
der finger to the sky is a reminder OF
that idea concerning the location Of
Heaven which was universal in former
times and which is still more or less
clearly entertained by millions of men
and women at the present day. The up
ward glance of the eye and the aspiring
gesture which instinctively accompany
references to the Almighty and to
Heaven are additional indications show
ing how deep-rooted is the opinion that
the abode of the blessed and the throne
OF the Creator are situated not on the
earth, but above the earth. This idea
of the location of Heaven is not confined
to Christian people, but is common also
among savage tribes, who generally re-
gard the sky as the proper locality for
the homes of their gods and of the dis
emboweled spirits of men. II was in
the sky also that the ancient deities of
Greece and the orient were supposed
to dwef-at least those who represent
ed the benign powers and the powers of
light.
Cicero, in one of his most remarl1a bic
and beautiful works, The Dream OF
Soipio," has finely expressed the pre-
xailing belief of his time and of the
preceding ages that Heaven lay above
our heads and among the stars.
Cicero represents the grandson of
A f,~s<> -
the spirit of his grandfather, the con-
queror of Hannibal. He finds his great
ancestor dwelling high among the
celestial orbs, and from the arch of the
Milky Way he looks down with wonder
upon the earth. There. too, he dis
covers the spirit of his father and ex-
presses desire to remain in an abode
% delightful.
Not vet" his father tells him; mot
until God. whose temple this is, shall
have delivered thee from the prison Of
the body canst thou have access 10 these
abodes. He has given to men soul, a
ray from those eternal fires which you
call The celestial bodies and stars. and
you cannot, except at rhe command of
Him who bestowed il, separate that
sorl from its fieshly prison house"
The elder Scipio then goes on 10 tell
his son that everything below the
sphere of the moon is mortal end cor
ruptible except the immortal souls OF
men, while every thing above the moons
sphere is eternal and incorruptible.
Cicero was a pagan, and the ideas
which he thus expressed, aud which
were generally entertained II his time,
were of pagan origin. Yet they sc-
corded in a general wav with the an
cient Hebrew idea of the location of
Heaven, and after the beginning of the
Christian era that idea remained sub
stsntially unchanged. The doctrine OF
the rotundity of the earth and of the
existence of people dwelling on the OPP
posite side of the globe from Europe
was resisted and condemned because it
was regarded as inconsistent with the
orthodox notion of the location OF
Heaven overhead. II Heaven were over
haad far . ChEsssi.- =. E.srar.A- <rhsra
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COLLARS AND CHIC JAsoTS
Novelties In These Little Accessories Mss-
liz. Ribbon and Lace

Wide collars, round. square and yokz
shape, cut in points or scallops, ara
made of lace insertion, edgipg and rib
bon, and worn TO transform . simple
waist into moro dressy one for even
ing use. Wide lace attached to a velvet
neck band forms a bsrtha-shaped eel.
lar. aud fichu OF chiffon and lace with
yoke of narrow ribbon and insertion Is
almost a waist in itself. One very odd
collar of black velvet is lined with en-
broidered white satin and finished on
the edge with tiny black feather fringe.
Lace and velvet form another collarefts
with Aediei collar and so on through
the list of colors and designs. Aside
from all the neckwear for the houss
there are ruches without number h
black. white and colored chiffon to wear
as a becoming protection with evening
dress, One of these in white mousseline
de soie finely plated has q finish of
white ostrich feathers on the ends and
at the sides with loops Of satin ribbon
and long lace ends. Anovelty in simple
collars and cuffs for morning wear In
linen bsnd with n two-inch fril Of coll
ored lawn patterned with white and
edged with narrow Vslenciennes lace
set in on the edge. The frill is lrifs
plated and gathered in 80 full that IL
has the appearance of three frills In
stead of one. and the linen band fits
inside the dress band and wrists, lesv-
ing only the ruff TO show abcve.-Esa-
$40 City Times
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g aaiehita paig aete xraas oruiuq gebrnay H. 1887

was it when he visited China Could
he put Heaven under his feet by simply
going to another part of the earth?
But science moved on remorselessly,
teaching that the stars were not "eter-
nal fires" having spiritual essence,
but simply other and mere distant suns.
and that the planets. although they
differed from the earth in their precise
condition, yet closely resembled it in
makeup. Finally, in our own days,
have come the demonstrations of the
spectroscope, which give direct proof
that the sun is composed Of precisely
such substances as exist on and in the
earth; that the atmospheres of the
planets consist of the same gaseous ele-
ments that we are familiar with here,
and that even the distant stans have
nothing mysterious in their compost
tion, but contain metals and chemical
elements identical with those that form
the sun, the moon and the earth.
Then, too, we know now that the
space separating the planets and the
stars is an airless region where a de-
gree of cold prevails which terrestrial
Thermometers world be utterly incapa-
bic of registering, and that these frigid
regions are traversed in various direc-
tions by wandering comets and meteors,
either in swarms or widely scattered.
all Of which consist Of iron, carbon,
hydrogen and other elements that we
encounter continually on earth. In
fact, these vagrant bodies frequently
fall upon the earth, and thus bring US
tangible proof that neither they nor
the regions of space from which they
come have anything supernatural about
them.
In short, from one end Of the visible
universe to the other-while there is
infinite variety of combinations and
conditions-we can find no evidence
whatever that the essential nature of
things varies in any manner. The earth
is corruptible and the home of mortal
things. The sun is no more immortal
than the earth. It's days are fixed.
It is simply physical body undergoing
development and change according to
strict physical laws. 1t is the same
with the stars, the same with the entire
universe as far as it hes within our ken.
IN. Y. World
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lead survey of Corbett's towering figure
and broad shoulders.
"And l am pleased to meet you, re-
Piled Corbett 50 You proved by signing
that glove contest measure and giving
the people what they wanted that there
was no hypocrisy about you. 1t needed
some governor with the courage or his
convictions TO break the ice in matters
Of this kind. 1t is to be hoped your ex-
ample will be followed, and that there
will be less hypocrisy about things OF
this kind in future"
Harry Corbett and others accompanl-
ed the governor from Carson and the
champion held a handshaking levee- Out
side the car vast crowd yelled for him
10 come out and show himself, and in re-
sponse to vociferous demands Jim put
in an appearance on the platform. or
course he was asked to make speech
he said:
Il am glad to see you and l hope to see
YOU all on the 18th of March. l am TO
meet Mr.. F'itzsimmons and L think l VIII
beat him. although of course you can't
always tell about that thing. l must
say that [ never felt better in my life.
feel 1 have plenty of good friends in Ne
yada."
AS the train pulled out there was great
chereing for Corbett.
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Jackson Of Comanche to appropriate
100000 to pay bonds against that county
issued some years ago by sharks and
sold to innocent purchasers. Mr.. True
blood, chairman Of the committee, said
that il would be establishing a dangerous
precedent and that none Of the members
Of the committee would consent 10
movement 10 get the matter through. Mr.
jackson tried yesterday TO get the bill
printed and put on the calendar but the
vote Of the house was nearly tWO-thiTdS
against him.
STATE OFFICERS TERMS.
The house in committee of the whole
yesterday afternoon voted to change the
constitution regarding the term of office
Of all state officers. The question is rec
commended for submission to the general
vote of 1898.
A new section, II, is to be added 10
article Is OF the constitution, to read as
follows:
The regular term of all executive state
officers provided for by the constitution
shall be four years. The regular term OF
all county and township officers shall be
tWo years, no executive state officer be-
ing eligible TO an election for two cOnsec-
utive terms. and no county officer for
more than two consecutive terms; Pro-
Nidel, tnat Ile county cleTk SIldl HOI Dc
eligible 10 the office of county treasurer
nor shall the county treasurer be eligible
to the Office of county clerk for the term
Immediately succeeding the expiration OF
his term as such county clerk or such
county treasurer Provided further, the
number of county commissioners and the
length of their term may be such as may
be provided by law. Until such provision
be made, their number shall he three, and
their term of office two years.
In the event of the adoption of this
provision. the state officers elected in
1898 shall hold their offices as follows:
The governor. lieutenant governor, at
torney general and auditor for the pc
riod Of two years. secretary of state.
treasurer and superintendent of public
instruction for the period of four years.
The term of all state. county and town
ship officers shall commence on the sec
ond Monday in January next succeeding
their election. except the term Of office of
county superintendent and county treas
urer. which shall begin on the first Tues
day of July and October respectively
next succeeding their election.
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ENGLAND'S HISTORIC EVENTS
Not Much Stir Created Over Days of
Great Deeds.

Not Much Stir Created Over Days of
Great Deeds.
So far as public celebrations 60, you
could live lifetime in England without
knowing that she had history. No at
tempt is made TO keep alive the mem-
cries of her great deeds, to stir up her
patriotic emotions. Waterloo might
never have been fought for all the notice
taken of it's anniversaries. Once
year the survivors of the Crimean war
dine quietly together, and the outside
public experiences an annual shock at
realizing that there are still alive peo-
pie connected with an event which has
so completely passed into history. Guy
Fawkes' day has long since become
mere holiday for schoolboys. All the
more remarkable, therefore, was the re-
cent outburst of enthusiasm on Trafal-
gar day. The events of the past year
have had a most stimulating effect on
the English public. Patriots and jim
goes and severe statisticians on the mill
tary and naval resources have sprung
suddenly into excessive vigor. The
union jack has begun to be introduced
at public meetings. Men have gone
about talking of spirited foreign pol
icy that would teach Germany her
place. There has seemed TO be some
thing stirring in the air that spoke of in-
perial enterprise. Even the poet-lau-
reate was moved to compete with the
music halls in this national uprising.
And the result of it all was seen on
Trafalgar day, when Nelson's column
was wreathed with flowers and Trafsl-
gar square filed with cheering crowd
Another result was seen at the meeting
of the Imperial institute, summoned TO
listen to a lecture by Mr.. Draper on
the geology of South Africa Mr..
Draper was supposed to have helped the
Transvaal republic in its defeat of DIR.
Jameson's raid, and the members of the
Imperial institute gave him q warm
reception. Traitor, renegade, cur and
liar were what they mostly called him.
Considering the social standing of the
members, the scene was almost as re-
markable as that famous night, some
20 years ago. when Sir Charles Dixie,
rising in the house Of commons to pro-
pose an inquiry into the expenses of the
crown, was howled at and hissed and
all but mobbed by his brother members.
--Harper's Weekly.