The silver lance., 1899-02-03

The word ''fie." or its equivalent in
sound, exists in all languages and in
every one is expressive of disgust.
Letters from Los Angeles, Cal, say
tnat Nine. Modjeska is dangerously i'll,
with but small hopes of recovery, and
almost none of ever appearing on the
stage again.
Upward of $4,000 brook trout, re-
ceived from Superintendent Nevins Of
the state fish hatchery at Madison, have
been distributed in Palmyra and White
water. Wis. waters.
A London chemist, who anaylzed a
sample of hair restorer." sold at half
crown for a two-ounce bottle, found
it to contain only common water. with
traces of salt and sage extract.
A philosopher says that nothing
seems to please fly so much as to be
mistaken for something to eat, and II
1t can be baked in a cake and palmed off
on the unwary as currant 1t dies
happy.-Tid-Bits.
Public story tellers still earn a good
livelihood in Japan. In Toxic alone
600 of them ply their trade, provided
with a small table, fan and a paper
wrapper to illustrate and emphasize the
points of their tales.
The following treatment is recon-
mended for neuralgia: Heat a free
stone and roll 1t in cloth: tnen wet
one side of it, pour over it a teaspoon
full of essence of peppermint lay the
face on it, and wrap the head in fan
mel.
A common cause Of the widespread
prevalence of infectious diseases has
been traced to an unusual and unsus-
pected source. 1t has been found that
cats and other household pets are re-
sponsible for the scattering of the mi
crobes of contagious disease.
Joseph Murdock of Scott county. Va,
who was supposed to have been muir
dered twenty-five years ago, and for
which crime Bud" Lindsay served
twenty-one years in the Virginia peni-
tentiary, has returned to his former
home. Lindsay died recently.
A Georgian who brought suit for
$50, 900 damages against the Southern
railway, alleging tnat he was hit and
severely injured by a passenger train
while standing on the station platform
at Austell, Ca, has accepted $50 in cash
in full satisfaction of his claim.
An exchange tells of the pitiful case
of two young men, one of whom has
married a girl who can cook, and
thinks she can play the piano." while
the other has married girl who can
play the piano, and thinks she can
cook."
To polish old bindings: Thoroughly
clean the leather by rubbing with
piece of flannel; If the leather is brok-
en-, fill up the holes with little paste.
Beat up the yolk of an egg, and rub 1t
well over the covers with piece Of
sponge; polish it by passing over it
hot iron.
A convenient little article recently
patented is combination spectacle
and pencil holder. The case is much
like the ordinary kind, with compart-
ments at each side to hold pen and
pencil One might be made out of
cardboard and covered with silk or
velvet.
killed by a tree falling upon him while
driving by in South Vancouver. British
Columbia, sued the town for $4,000
damages, and sympathizing jury, aft
er a three days trial. has awarded her
10000. the claim being that the tree
was known to be dangerous and should
have been cut down.
Some surprising things were found
in the booty captured from the der
wishes by the British at Dongola.
Among them we're a few coats Of mail
and helmets which evidently date from
the days of the crusaders. A sword
which was found had an inscription in
old French Another sword bore the
motto, "Honi soft qui NAL pense."
George Peabody's donation of 81 ,500,-
900 for London workingmen's houses
has increased to $6,OOO,O 900 in the TWEEN
ty-four years since his death. Last
wear the trustees of the fund provided
II -367 rooms besides bathrooms, lava
tories and laundries; 1854 persons oc-
cupied them. The death rate of infants
in the buildings is per cent below the
average for London.
Pretty collar bands Tor dresses are
made of bias velvet in any light or
bright shade, slightly draped and gath
cred in two short loops at the back.
where they fasten. The velvet is bead
ed with steel, pearl, turquoise, jet. or
rhinestone nail heads, and the frill
commencing at the side and extending
across the back is made of white chif-
fon. edged with yellow lace.
Some interesting facts have been
published respecting the teetotal col
liery village of Roe Green, in Lanca-
.hira ENGLAND Tweuty-five yea ra ago