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ANGER AND EGGS.
A Boston Man Says the Combination May
 Result Tn Death.

Never eat eggs while you are an. gry," said A. E. Stewart of Boston. My attention was first called to this strange fact by the . e~d sudden death of Il lady acquaintance ia Boston several years ago. l accepted her hus- bands invitation to dine with them. Just az we were going ill to dinner a servant did something that caused the lady to fly into a terrible rage. She had been irritable from some minor com plaint for several days, and her hus- band calmed her ruffled feelings suffi- eiently for the dinner to be eaten in good temper. I noticed that she ate an unusually large amount of soft scram- b1ed eggs, Fifteen minutes ufter we left the dining room she was a corpse
 She died i'll frightful conyulsions be- fore the nearest doctor reached the house. The doctor was unable to ascribe the cause. A few months later I was visiting brother in Connecticut, and one of his sons died under similar cir cumstances. Before breakfast one morn ing the boy, who was about 1 , years old, had fight with neighbor's boy. Before lis anger had snbsided my nephew was called to breakfast, He ate four soft boiled eggs. Had I known as much then as 1 do now would have prevented it. h less than a half hour after breakfast the boy died with exact
 Iy the same symptoms that were present. when my friends wife died. This set me to thinking about the matter.
 It wasn't long after this before q boacon hill friend of mine expired sud
 denly after a meal. The doctors, as usual were divided in opinion on the cause of death. Some of them contend ed that 1t WAS heart failure, whatever that is, and others are still holding out that it was apoplexy. Inquiry by me developed the fact that my friend was very angry when he sat down at table and that he ate five eggs. With these developments I searched no further for the cause of his death. He was angry, he ate eggs, and he died. If these are not links ill the chain of cause and eff feet, the human intellect is incapable of logical thinking. '-St. Louis Republic.
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ERRORS IN LIVING.
man's Excessive Appetite and the Body's
 Capacity For Food.


 Capacity For Food.
 To the lay mind nothing seems to au- gur so strongly ill favor of robust health as a hearty appetite. Furthermore. H2eTe would seem to be a strong con yletion in the public mind. sanctifsd by tradition from time almost imme- morial, that the more a man eats the better he is. The quantity of food that many people naturally eat ig very large as compared with their actual physiz ologlcal requirements. Add to this the many tempting forms in which food is presented te the palate by our modern culinary arts, the sharpening of the ap- petite by the antoprandial cocktail. the stimulus afforded the appetite by bot tle of good wipe, and the result is often the consumption of an amount of food that simply overwhelms the assimila- tive organs. Such indulgence, if unre- strlcted and habitual, taxes both the as slmllatlye and the exeretory organs to their highest capacity, especially when coupled with sedentary life, and. more- over, 1t lends an additional impetus to N14O proper quality of food.
 The human elaborating and exoretory mechanism was evidently adjusted for ordinary wear and tear to an average limited period of about 70 years. Un- der 40 per cent of extra work we must naturally expect impairment or break down of the mechanism much earlier. It should therefore excite no special surprise thatso large 6 proportion of our well to do people die from Bright's dis ease, heart failure and allied diseases af 60 or 55 who should, and under prop erly regulated lives and habits would. have attained the natural age of 70 or over. Paradoxical though it may seem. such people usually spring from excep- tionally healthy stock and often point with pride to the fact that their imme- d1ate ancestors lived to advanced ages of 80years or more This paradox, how ever, IS more apparent than real for in- l vestigation will usually reveal the fact that for the most part the parents ill such cases were people of more simple habits, such as corresponded with New England life D or 100 years ago.
 The truth is that the well to do man of today lives in faster age than that of his father and grandfather. He meets with greater opportunities and possi- bilities and therefore greater stimulus to all his energies. He more easily ac- quires peeuniary resources, and i'll larger amounts, and therefore he pos Besses greater Injuries of domestic life. With these come greater temptations to excess. While he las often inherited a splendid constitution from his ances- tors, unlike them he has run his phys ieal mechanism at Q breakdown rate, and it must of necessity more quickly wear out.-Gharles " Purdy, M D.. in North American Review.
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Melting

|a the the ro,,, to the practiced per |aeltins. young 70 woman that he R appes,aas s,ss 7, a,cumen, as soon as
 |apSIisI IIIssa 'Iosl the young man ran. 'oufnal. ''
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A GOOD SUGGESTION.
A Change In the Calendar That Is Worth
 Thinking About.

A Change Ill the Calendar That Is Worth
 Thinking About.
 It is suggested that on Jan. 1, 1900, a new division of the year into 13 months be instituted If such division were made, the first 12 months would have 29 days or four weeks each, and the new month 29 days, to mako 365, and 30 ill leap year.
 After few days there would be no need to refer to calendars, as the same day of the week would have the same date through the year If Jan. 1 were, say, Monday, every Monday would be the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22d; every Tues. day the 2d, 9th, 16th and 23d and SC on through the year.
 The changes of the moon would be on about the same dates through the year. and many calculations, like interest. dates of maturing notes Easter and many other important dates would be simplified. Although the present gener- ation would have to figure new dates for birthdays, and all legal holidays except New Year's would be on different dates, get the gain would be more than the loss, as that would be permanent aid the objections triaing. Scientific Amer tcaD
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-18

be su see0 hs0wn , in China and aes ,go 1,l.ls 2 z. The game of aalss iree, ssea !, h Europe and
 nom the sixteenth cen.
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1888. LIBERTY.

A translation of sample page makes it apparent that the children are swal- lowing patriotism in large doses:
 "Come to the en-oamp-ment and see the soldiers. There is the advance guard. Look at the sergeant. There is the sentinel. He will fire the first shot upon the enemy. Peter is mounting guard
 Hook at the cavalry It is a Gu ban reg-i i-ment. There goes the gen-er- al's body guard. The supplies and the i'm ped-i-men-ta march in the cen ter. The rear guard follows. The flag of Cuba is blue, white and red.
 'The people are going toward the coast An expedition has arrived, and they all go to help unload the vessel. The Cubans send many arms from abroad. From Key West they sent big cannon. Hurrah for free Cuba!''
 This is one way nation can prove it is respectable: Cuba may throw bricks at her landlord, but she is taking very good care of her children. -Philadel. phia Telegraph.
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maehinists are alw
 itase, as machinery is
 'mEtsd to people who wc |Slstd, bat the ambidextlo, |sy9 an is always at home i aeES IS undertaken. Phila
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'aas h an Extinct Volcano.

'elestiag discovery from a geo. E'la9 ~ ef View was recently made |4 Eposer ln the mountains of Wit Y Natal. On the summit of an EOleano, on the edge of a lake \ |Spies the crater, soundings re- N 'a5er Of sand inclosing small ES..l \ U would be interesting to (us,ler these diamonds were ||~as1ntally-that sas1 is, as the re- s%alng operations carried on sn'sS-or whether this discov- \. 'pgaas to an actual mine of
 ~, aOr The hills of Witzies flock s5l 'alpa'ed ill regions known to |r,a.. usailng. On the last hypoth- s',aSilee ~ of precious stones in
 p.s T !! a volcano would doubtless
 is Asat on the formation of
 - i'a'afe' '-Genie Civil.
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.uNe OF THE LEFT HAND

Inc Advantages That Are Pos ..s..qd by the Ambidextrous. Sidextrous men and women, or |Ebo can use either right or left |Eith equal facility, are not near #reouently met with as might at | snnposed-in fact, they are quite
 faculty is, however, Is,Oro frequently met with among |4rs and sailors than ill any other Eof life. Left handed butchers are |,0us as q walk through any of |hqe market houses will quickly Estrate, but it is 8 very interest sIudy to watch one of them who |Rut chop, saw and handle his |Kithout once changing it from Ele to the other on the block or |bg his own position.
 Eiew of the many advantages de- khOm the ability to use both hands N well many people have often ked surprise at the action of edu- &l authorities in insisting on the R only the right hand instead of Eo develop all equal skill ill the E Ihey all stick to the right hand "a, however, and all old resident #ukford, noted for his ambidex- a, is still mourning the loss of at school through the use of his nd in writing, although he was Gkillful as a penman with his Benefits derived from the use of buds were excellently illustrated Experience of two carpenters who b Frankford some years ago. Aames were Cross and Walton,
 former was right handed, the eft handed. As one was also and the other very short, they
 curious couple, but they always together laying floors and put
 loiners work in buildings.
 could take jobs of this eharae apar than any other, becaus, tldwork from either end toy,.tr
 her So handily. Cross No
 I floor board at one end
 would scribe" and cut il
 ias other end and tllcu
 together from ops
 maehinists are alv
 ifase, as machinery is
 'a Ead to people who wc
 ale99i, bat the ambidextlo,
 eoe an is always at home
 asES is undertaken. Phila.
 Record.
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Worst and wosser.

Lately one of the Asten eonstables, who is al IHshman, while ia the wit ness box pe2retratsd bull winch fairly set the court ii roar. peserlb- mo fhe conduct cf a man who had been creating q disturbance, be said;
 q saw the defendant. He made the worst TOW i Il tile world, aila tbea i.e went up the street and made wofser' .--London Tit-Bits.
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Plants That Thrive Indoors.

Plants suitable for indoor window gardens are: Geraniums; begonias, not including the Rex sections, as these are not adapted to house culture; oleander, plumbagos caeti, fcus, palm, aspidis. tra, lantana, fuchsia speeiosa, anthuri- um, amaryllis, sword fern, Chinese primrose, primula obeonica calla, abu- tilon, anthelicun, Swainsonia, helio- trope, chrysanthemum and azalea For vines, English ivy, hoya, passidera, cobea and jasmine. For hanging plants, othonna, saxifraga, money musk and tradescantia For bracket plants fuch- sia speeiosa, sword fern, begonia gut tata and geranium Mme. Salleroi will be found excellent, also the single petu- mia of the flower garden -Eben E Rexford ill Ladies Home Journal.
 But for the English and Scotch half the villas at the French watering places would remain unlet till they fell to pieces, half the shops would be shut and half the hotels would be bankrupt.
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Wrecked on Boston Shoals.

The young man looked up from his writing.
 eThe-ah-the-girl lives in Bos- ton,n he said to his chum. Don't you think it would make hit with her If l quoted few lines of poetry2a
 .tGot the book?"
 "No, but I know the verses by heart. :,
 sDon t you take any chances. tried the same thing once and got shook be- cause I used semicolon where there should have been q comma. "-W Wash ington Star
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,-,ua APPLE SEEDS.


 " .1, ono winter night, .ids the l,eaf5 g inc great logs light, , .serog oy ,-a ,'ss fhe chimney dark' aanllns ~s a[ every nook, .ss tne rug s nose demure and staid. a with dreamy eyes, EHensiye 1apou, ,,, inc chimney flies { SIS. whllet wst ap eyery fiery spark, Fh0ns t.a p and flashing thlousdl thu, o,,sd desn 1ee pting l.S sp sigh profound ana 1.l,' aegp slaen
 win as S,1 one moves in her sleep |.g apple ia .,lss, AsF hana sesms to demand. fsign' ,4 9l with T finger light,
 n careial'' c,i.a nov one, now two. &ther pl'sI sbns H exposed to view. ,,,bI What can it be,
 llsl. ner sl gaid, that aileth theef flttle nlaiq tbis9 Some incantation, S Vha. ,,tb .s such reiteration2
 tsres ss ss,. each seed her bright eyes see' FsI o-a as inc words that come to me- .,o.. love, two I love- ||,,,Is InrgI love ! with all my heart, E I Five cast away N ..,v rolls brightly down.
 NJ ase 'sal aecret she has won2 " |' can 'nY say7 ses But just h behind s ind < e,Ss t I voice sosoft and klna 1, |.i .ps tor rsnl, me another seedl" X ,,. tyieht cheeks grow M |EeI sHroaligbt,s Hol ruddy glow.
 .s enough, culprit seed v elOa2r' lsa in the core indeed.
 , sas lsa ll lins m fain would hear
 ss sia 4bs ,-s sixth one means, my dear
 ,ovsa , she murmured low.
 .So as fire 'fgrelight's hickering glow
 laS ssDnr faces now disclose,
 rfFeS eseeks a.glowing like the rose
 auo 'nss.e we'll let the curtain fall,
 ,Ss l'a end is best of all.
 'lS 'H0 = Sacramento Union.
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CUBA'S CHILDREN.
The First Reader Used In the RepubIio'
 Schools.

Ahe First Reader Used In the Repubtioa
 Schools. There has just come to hand tke first Cuban national sehoolhook, little first reader, in pamphlet form, oov- cred with yellow paper and turned and doubled by the tiny scholar, who stuck it in his pocket during recess while he played at being AIacee and brandished toy wooden machete. It is dog cared and thumb marked No second glance at the text IS needed to show what the republic is aiming at--the rearing of 3 race of patriots, every one of whom shall be in the future western world Leoni, das
 The title page of the primer would be red rag to General Weyler could he lay eyes on it. Here 1t is, literally translated:
 PATRIA.
 REPUBLIC OF CUBA,
 Eastern Department
 PRIMER. READING BOOK FOR THE PCRLIG SCHOOLS OF
 THE STATE.
 By the Citizen,
 DANIEL FAJARDo oRTIs. PRINTING OFFICE FL CuBANO LIBRE.
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'd Telegrams at Once.
& bfation held i'm Ne

Iess'a 9a' e hration held in New .iser |insI'.aa,l al Professor Morse, the |iheS4 4'l'sn' ael invented by him |sire q.;.p ;spnleeted at that mo |unept.' s'.ll .ll every one of the lo,- 'llsn Ill use in the ooun- |as gr@ ssn4 . m message from the in- |d ssals, sssts Vibrating ..r throughout |s ip %@es a9ss.' and was read at the Itles9s .s city from New York Els aud san Francisco. =
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-23
Lute Washington Tins,

Washington, Sept. 20.-Among the
advices received by DIR. Wyman tonight
were the following:
Six persons were admitted to the deten-
ton camp at Fontainbleau, Miss. today.
One hundred are expected tomorrow.
Persons from Mobile and New Orleans
are asking aid. Surgeon Carter, in charge
of the marine hospital service matters at
New Orleans, wires that he has effected
arrangements with the Mississippi and
Tennessee boards of health to receive
freight from New Orleans when accom-
panied by a certificate from the marine
hospital service.
At Mobile Surgeon Glennan reported one
new case and no deaths.
Weather clear and cool and the people
feeling easier.
Two new cases are reported at Edwards,
Miss.
A suspicious ease at Champion Hill is
noticed.
One case appeared on the dredge boat
Alpha on the Kentucky side of the river
opposite Cairo, III. There is no fear Of the
fever appearing in Cairo.
DIR. John Guteras, the expert, has been
directed to proceed to Point Pleasant. NO.,
to investigate the conditions in the dredge
boat Fleet and institute the necessary pre-
cautionary measures.
surgeon SaWteile At AtIdHta Icpolt - 'n"'
there are no suspicious cases in that city.
The case placed in the detention camp on
the 18th is reported well by the secretary
of the board of health. but will remain III
the camp for ten days. DR.. Sawtelle has
consultations daily with the railway Of
ficials and the state board of health and
all are working together tremendously
In his daily report from Ocean Springs
DIR. Murray refers to visit to biloxi
and says:
1T may turn out that the marine hos,
pital service will be called upon to assist
the state and city authorities in main
taining guards and insuring public
peace. l wish permission to take charge
IL requested to do so by the proper au'
thorities.
Scranton reports fifteen new cases
no deaths. Biloxi reports one death: nc
povv oosnc ranortad bare
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-23
At SHREVEPORT.
GrnciousIy Permits Trains TO Run
Under Certain Rules.

Shreveport, La, Sept. 20.-After II pro
tracted meeting today the board of health
took action in regard to extending the
railroad service of the Vicksburg, Shravc-
port and Pacific to Monroe; Kansas City.
Shreveport and Gulf to Port Arthur with
change of crew at Hornbcck; Texas and
Pacific to BOycc, and Houston, East and
West Texas to Houston with change of
crew at Bufkin. The stipulations are
that passenger and freight trains are al
lowed to run between Shreveport and
these designated points with n change of
crews as designated.
Provided, no passenger or freight trains
carr" passengers. freight or express mat
ter from any point that is now infected
or that may hereafter be infected and;
Provided, further, each of said roads
shall carry inspectors on passenger and
freight trains. said inspectors to be
chosen by the Shreveport board of
health, and
Provided, further, that said railways
shall be subject to all restrictions that
may be issued by this board.
The Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
ia restricted to the provision that 10 pas
senger or freight trains are permitted to
enter Monroe from any point on said rail
road east of Monroe, and provided. there
is no Communication between the Vicks-
burg. Shreveport and Pacific and the rail
road running through Monroe from Alex
andTa to Arkansas, and provided that no
freight, passengers, etc, be brought by
river to Monroe from any point south and
provided that nothing of any kind be ad-
mitted from any point infected by yellow
fever. Trains will begin to leave here
for the designated points tomorrow
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-23
LIEUTENANT PEARY.
From the Frozen North Brings News
From Other Pole Hunters.

From Other Pole Hunters.
Sydney, Cape Breton, Sept. 2O.-The
steam sealing bark Hope, with Lieut.
North Greenland, arrived here at s
O'clock this afternoon All on board arc
well The Hope came into port burning
her last ton of coal. and with her bull
warks and decks giving evidence of the
furious seas of an unusually stormy sum-
mer. She is nearly as deep in the water
"a when she left here in the latter part
of July with her bunkers full of coal, for
the huge Cape York meteorite, the largest
in the world, is in her hold and imbedded
in tons of ballast.
Lieut.. Peary has on board also six
Cape York EsquimauX who will go with
him when he returns next year to at
tempt to reach the north pole. The
Esquimaux have their tents, dogs. sleds
aud canoes. They are eager for the I'M
dertakinG and all the arrangements have
been made. The expedition visited Cape
Sabine and relics of the fated expedition
led by Greeley have been obtained. The
summer in Baffins bay was marked by
almost continuously stormy weather and
by all unusually scarcity of ice. The in
vestigating party from the Massachusetts
institute of technology under Mr.. r. w.
Porter landed at Cape Haven on August
3 and did not re-embark until September
IS. The party led by Mr.. Hugh Lee, the
Arctic explorer, of Meriden, Conn, land
ed at Gcodhavcn on August and re-em-
barked September Z. Prof. Schuchert's
party. representing the National museum
landed at Onemak, on August 8, re-em-
barking on September 4. The party led
by Mr.. Robert Stein of the United States
geological survey was on land from Au-
gust 10 to September 2.
The Hope will coal here and then pro-
coed to New York, where she will land
the meteorite.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-23
AT vICKSBURG.
10 Yellow Fever and Health of City
Excellent.

ENceIIent.
Eicksburg. Miss, Sept 2O.-Jackson
will be headquarters of the state board
of health hereafter, the change dating
! to that city this morning and DIR. Kiger
| follows tomorrow. The body. by an or
der, has prohibited tropical fruit from
entering the state and also newspapers
from infected points until the same are
! fumigated by the postal authorities. The
city authorities have fatty prohibited
New Orleans papers from being sold
here. An imbroglio with the town of
Osika, where the state line quarantine
of the Illinois Central is situated, oc-
ours today the people swearing the sta
ton should not remain longer than to-
morrow. The trouble was bridged over
by an agreement to move the station to
APPOINT north of Osika.
The board has had alleged cases at
Smedes station, Sharkey county. and at
California, Madison parish. investigated.
There was nothing in them, Vicksburg
continues in excellent health despite all
false reports.
The Alabama and Vicksburg and
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Rail
roads are still tied up. Superintendent
Bond Is trying to move trains on some
parts of the line, but so far is baked
by conflicting views of various munich
PARTIES. Inc special TO JACKSON was the
only wheel turning on that line today.
Tallulah. La, is clamorous for food but
can not be supplied. A pathetic appeal
from Ocean Springs came to the Herald
tonight. Protests have been made
against the quarantine station below
this city by the population near it. Re
ports say that negro who twice eyaded
quarantine guards on Big Black. being
captured each time. was soundly ducked
after his second effort.
The Valley route inspected its line
from Memphis south in the past twenty
four hours. The result WAS not a sus-
picious case discovered.
This city is being guarded 10y its two
military companies and by volunteers.
The Gordon is complete on all sides.
Trade, except locally, is paralyzed, but
all Industries are going on. The belief
is that fever will be warded off.
\ report from Edwards tonight says
Capt Montgomery, who had black
vomt. is convalescent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-23

marine hospital from DIR. John Guitera-
that the two cases of yellow fever AT
Cairo, ILL.,. have been isolated and every
precaution possible taken to prevent the
cases are very mild and have caused lit
tie alarm in Cairo. Instructions have
been given for the disinfection of the yes
sells from which the two patients were
taken.
Surgeon General Wyman has been in
formed that vessel has been anchored
in the river near Cairo by the Illinois
board of health for the purpose of in
speeding vessels from New Orleans.
Surgeon Carter has arranged train in
spection Of all vessels leaving New Or
leans.