New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
GATHERED HERE AND THERE

Colored people have a natural antipathy to thun-
oerstorr1s' and their deep belief in the supernaru-
raj upsets them when the thunder rolls and the
HsnLllng plays Nearly all old coIored women pre-
teno 10 have been struck by lightning at some
tine in their lives Many and wondrous are the
tales they tell about balls OF fire 'es rollin roun
IKE dey was nuthn' tall" and OF the personal ef-
fects Of the lightning A day or two after a re-
cent severe storm old negro woman who comes
80 e 20 iheIp with the extra work Of a Washing
~ 4aull!y explained her absence from duty the
S peElous i Py telling her mistress chat she had
II done lit down on me. an was laid out sho' "
She said. I tell ycu ma am, was all swole up,
but nevah los my Conscience 70 a minnit"
General wheeler's intimate friends often laugh
at an amusing Incident which occurred to him dur
ing the life Of the late Mrs. Wheeler and while
he was in the House Of Representatives. The
Wheeler family has always been singUlarly inde-
pendent as to movements and one member rarely
expressed curiosity in the doings OF another
forced z confidence though there was always much
mutual good feeling Mrs. Wheeler was notedly
charming but rather absent minded al
times and this trait once caused the General 10
De placed in somewhat awkward predicament.
The family was in Washington for the winter
season, and settled in apartments IN a fashiona-
bic part OF the city. but after few days trial
Mrs Wheeler became dissatisfied and said one
evening:
Father. don't Ike this place at all and think
We had better move, if you are willing
Why. certainly. mother" responded the ever
gallant General Just please yOurself-anyth1ng
suits I want you to be happy
Nothing more was said on the subject. but
eral days later on seeking MS family after Con-
gressioual duties were over the General found the
apartment deserted and on inquiry learned that his
family had moved in the forenoon. No one knew
where they had gone Mrs Wheeler had merely
forgotten 70 inform her husband that they were
70 move that day and tell him where the new
home was located. He went TO various hotels but
didn't find them. finally spent the night at one.
and next day his colleagues were much amused
and interested at the engaging candor with which
The great little man related how he had lost his
family. and asked advice TO where they sup
the children came 10 the Capitol 10 ind out why
father hadn't come home the night before and then
the mystery was explained. and he went gayly
home 10 have a laugh with Mrs Wheeler over their
temporary separation
L is not generally known fact that the United
States furnishes two-thirds Of the peppermint Of
the world yet such IS the case. The greater por-
ton OF the mint marketed is grown in New-York
and Michigan. Il Is claimed that mint was used
by- the ancients in the form OF a tea, both Tor
medicinal purposes and a stlmulant. and that
II is the LIQUOR spoken Of in the New Testament
The Importance Of the personality Of the trained
nurse is generally conceded. but there are some
novel and rather amusing points in the summary
Of qualifications drawn up by Professor Charles l.
Dana 10 guide his colleagues in the selection OF
nurse for q patient who is 70 take the rest cure
Fe saws: She should be young. neat, careful
zH7cer7-Iv intelligent and tactful, but not over
Educated. or one who feels TOO keenly her social
nosirion Decayed geltlewornen are sometimes very
interesting characters but they make poor nurses