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A highly polished mahogany table is much more desirable for luncheon when it is spread with the dainty lace-trimmed or fringed cloth which is now quite commonly used. A beautiful surface of even polish requires constant care and pains to keep it in good condition. The scarf of fine em- broidery is the on 1y covet allowable on this beautifully kept wood. which makes the most beautiful background for lovely china and rare glass as well as unique silver. In England and France the finger bowl, it used at all, is of diminutive size and is in Venetian or other rare cclored glass, the beautiful opalescent hues being chosen. It is, however, dispensed with at fashion- able dinners in some houses. For it is no longer considered desirable to have doylies since the finger bowl has gone out, and thus a large expense is saved. for these trifies got to be so very extraordinary that they became one of the most expensive items of the whole table furnishing. Now a substitute at some tables (or the finger bowl is a large silver basin, which the ser- vant passes to each guest with a beautifully wrought 102g napkin. The hostess first dips her finger in the receptacle and then passes it on to the guest of honor, and thence in regular rotation. This is in a measure returning to first principles, but is something new and has the merit of being graceful. A beautiful bowl of silver for this service is one of repousse work, and is not a simple luxury by any means. New stationery is in slate or French gray and peach colors, and the stamping is either in white or in silver to be very stylish. Plain white Irish linen paper, is, however, still considered elegant for any use. Conlport china for furnishing the 5 o’clock tea. table is the prettiest of all the English wares and one which appeals to the has? gate, for it is always beautiful. ‘ The vieiting~card is used as much as the reception card for afternoon teas and should have the small card envelope. For the “coming-out afternoon tea” a. more formal reception card is used rather than the visiting card. as the latter is larger and admits of the debutante’s name under her ohaperone’s. Potted plants (rather than cut flowers), are used for decoration for evening parties. They have the advantage of being always fresh. It is a pretty fashion to have a glass dish of sacred lily bulbs for a centre piece for a dinner or lunch table, the decorative mat set underneath, making a pretty background. The delicate, subtle fragrance adds not a little to their attrac- tion. All sorts of bulbous plants are to be in fashion the coming season. Roman hyacinths are still among the most favorite of all. Gold and white Royal Worcester is still among the beautiful and fashionable wares. And gold and white in some Serves patterns are yet more beautiful and delicate, if more ex- pensive. Tea cups of saucer shape are more elegant than those which are higher in the bowl. Small coffee cups are fluted like flowersI as are the saucers also. Menus of Limoges ware have a tiny vase at the back for flowers. As it is the fashion to use the menu at each end of the table, this little device makes them more ornamental still. The Scotch thistle is the design of some lovely little sherry and cordial glasses just imported. The stem is very fine, and the bulb of the thistle exquisitely out in finest diamond cut; the glass being very brilliant. the cutting shows to great advan- tage. Fayal linen embroideries make very elegant and stylish drapery, and are always in good taste. Small and large pieces may be had in this wrought work, and of differ- ent qualities. That which is very fine is correspondingly costly,but any is effective. . A small table is preferred to a larger one, ‘ as it can he made both more cozy and more ornamental. A foliage decoration is among the prettiest of all the novel table decorations, and the finer the foli- age the more beautiful is it. More and more is silvrr taking its place in table furnishing. Goblets of antique designs are particularly attractive. Considering their great durability they are not more expensive than several sets of cut glass, which are sure to be broken sooner or later. English art crystal, which shows a large plain surface with fine cuttings, is much more stylish than that which is wholly out throughout. Silver borders are to be had separate for rose bowls, salad bowls and other large pieces. For dinner tables the banquet lamp is still‘a fashionable orna- ment, although small candles are a newer ornament still. The Dresden Ware candle- stick and those of Delft are used to contrast the table service or to match ‘it according to taste. A very \pretty effect was lately produced by using Miessen candlesticks with candles decorated in alike manner. The shades were of pure white and had a lace-like effect. The table service and its ornamentation were all of blue and white. - The medicinal qualities of nutmegs are worthy of a great deal of attention. They are fragrant in odor, warm and grateful to the taste, and possess decided sedative, astringent and aoporific properties. In the following affections they will be found highly serviceable : Gastralgia. (neuralgia. of the stomach), cholera morbua, flatulent colic, dysentery, cholera intantum and in- fantile colic. In all oqeee nutmege may be prepared for administration in the follow- ing manner : Grate one or more nutmegs into 1 fine powder. For children, give one- sixth to one-third of a teaspoonful, accord- ingto age,of this powder,mixedwith a small quantity of milk. For adults, from a half to two teaspobnfule may be given in the game way, according to the severity of the nose. Every two hours is generally the best time to administer this remedy. In- omnie (sleepleeenees) is very often effec- cually relieved by one or two doses of nut- meg, when much stronger agents have eig- nelly failedâ€"New York Journal. A Fife Story. A squad of Fifeshire volunteers were out for ball notice recently. One of the mem- bers 0H a squad, a tailor by trade, was making exceedingly bad pracmioe, and miss- ing the target every shot. At length the officer in command became angry, and in- quired grnfi‘iy : “ Can you not see the target, air, and you a tailor, and must threqd your own needle 7?" “ Oh, ny, I can seen the target,” replied the volunteer calmly. “ An' I can thread a needle as well; but_ wha the mischief ever tried to thread a. needle at 150 yards ‘2" g “ Because, my son,” replied the father us he- looked fit the hqliday bills, ” no gentle: inem will twit on facts." A ” sum ” in arithmetic. If you can get one towel out of one yard of doth, how many can you get out of two yards ? II: de- pends altogether on how many there are on the clothes line. After the Holidays. “ Papa,” said little Rollo as helaid down the copy of “ Little Lord Fauntleroy ” which he had found in his Christmas stock-- ing, “ papa, why don’t you can mamma dearest ? " Dinners of few coursaa are considered much more elegant than very long dinners. The short menu is written on silk on tablets of decorated china. This worthy fashion is of French origin, but has been very generally adopted here. Dinner cards are similar and scarcely ever hand painted. Luncheon cards may be more elaborate if it is desired. as the card and favor may be in one, which gives a. unique and pretty souvenir of the entertainment. A Few Hints for Those Who Enjoy This Most Delightful Hospitality. To those who entertain guests at dinner the following suggestions may be of some use : Nutmeg: as 3 Medicine. FOB DINNER GIVERS. At the foot or the mountain is one set of works which are duplicated about halfway up it Some two hundred feet from the top a tunnel runs in for about 700 feet when it is met by a shaft down which the stone is sent. It is then brought through' the tunnel in small trucks and shot down a slide to the upper works, while a cable tramway supplies the lower works. At the top of the mountain is a regular quarry Where some five dozen men are occupied in blasting and quarrying the stone. Fifty- two feet have already been cut away, and they are now working at a second bench. The preponderating stone is a kind of black ironstone with no appearance of gold what- ever, yet it yields as much as five and six ounces to the ton. Some of 1he stone is reddish, and looks as if it might contain copper, while here and there is a bank of yellowish sand which yields 11 ounoes to the ton. Formerly the ore was treated by the ordinary battery and quicksilver amalgamation process, but the gold is so finely distributed through the stone that most of it was lost, and the tsilings are being treated with satisfactory results by the chlorination process which is now in use at the mine. After a drive of between two and three hours through the bush, including the tre- mendously steep ascmt of a hill known as the Razorback, up which every particle of machinery for Mount Morgan had to be brought. we reached the newly-formed mining township. Scattered about among the trees were tents of various descriptions, bark huts, huts of corrugated iron, and wooden houses. In a central position were two hotels, some stores or general shops, a church in process of construction, a school and an Oddiullows' hall. There are already about 5,000 inhabitants, and the object which has attracted them all is a conical-shaped hill about 500 feet in height above the water level, and with nothing, so far as outward appearances are concerned, to distinguish it from numerous other well- wooded hills which surround it. Under this process the ore is first crushed by powerful machinery and reduced to fine sand. It is then roasted in furnaces, and when cooled is placed in the chlorination barrels and subjected to the action of chlorine gas. which dissolves the gold, and it flows out in a fluid, the color of sherry, into large vats. It is then placed in char- coal filters. and the gold adheres to the charcoal beds, which are subsequently roasted in a reverbatory furnace until nothing is left but an ash containing 75 per cent. of metallic gold.“ The works, which are lit throughout by the electric light, are kept constantly going night and day. Nine hundred men are employed and work in three shifts of eight hours each The expenditure of wages is £100,000 per annum ; 45,1000 tons of firewood are burned per mpnt , and the output of gold is about a ton per month. If the works were stopped for a single day it would mean a loss to the shareholders of 134.000. Leaving Rookhsmpton shortly after 6 o’clock in the morning, the traveller is deposited at a. roadside station at about 7 o’clock, end a rough breakfast is to be obtained at 2: country inn from which the coach starts for Mount Morgan. We were about to enter the principal room in which the breakfast was laid out when one of the assayere, who was employed at the mine, informed us in an awe-struck voice that “the directors " were there; and. as the directors of the Mount Morgan Mine were evidently too great to be contaminated by the presence of ordinary mortals we betook ourselves to a. humbler apartment, where we enjoyed poorer but cheaper fare. We then started in a. light fourvhorse coach, holding eight persons besides the driver, in which we were jolted along the roughest ot roads through “paddocks” of over 3,000 acres, with parrots and cockstoos shrieking among the branches of the gum trees over- head. The gravestone which now marks the last resting of John Bright, in the Friends‘ graveyard at Rochdale, is remarkable for neetness and simplicity, and just in keep- ing with what he desired should be placed at the head of the grave of his late wife. It is white marble, but only two feet six inches in length and two feet in breadth, bordered with a. plain groove all round the margin,end the lettering is in plain English characters, the wording being: “ John Bright, died March 27th, 1889. Age. 77 years." This simple record ena unsdorned stone lies horizontally at the head of the grave, and soft green grass now covers the remainder. A similar slab of marblehot the same size, now marks the place by his side where his late wife peace- iully reposes, bearing the inscription : " Margaret Elizabeth Bright. died May 13th, 1878. Age, 57 years."â€"New York Tribune. . V Gordon soid the freehold to the Messrs. Morgan for £640, or £1 an acre. They dis- oovezed gold in 1882, and in that year formed a partnership, in which they held hulf the wine. while Messrs. T. S. Hall, W. Hall, W. H. D‘Arcy and W. Psitison, who are now four of the principal proprietors, held the second half. The Messrs. Morgen subsequently disposed of their share to these gentlemen for £93,000; and in 1886 the present company was formed with a. capissl of £1,000,000 in 1,000,000 shares of £1 each, of which 17s. 6d. per share is paid up. â€"â€"The Berlin ehop"girl, writes a. corre- spondent, is rarely etylieh and never ohio. In the routine of every-day life she is a unique and quite exemplary young woman She doesn‘t flirt in the street, won’t take a. men's east in a crowded horse cunend is otherwise a model. A conespondent of the Sydney Morning Herald,who visited the mine some time ago, mold the readers of that journal how, returning from the mountain, he stopped at a wayside inn, where “ a. tall, weather-beaten, grizzled-look- ing man” took his horse to a well to drink. This was the original holder of the freehold, who parted wnh it to the Morgans. He said he had always believed the mountain to be of ironstone ; and never knew of the fortune that was so long within his grasp. In olden days he used to sell the pumice-stone looking quartz in Rock- hampton, to clean the hearth and doorstepe of'the houses. The “Mountain of Gold " Recently De- veloped in Ausiralla. A “ Mountain of Gold” is the title which has been given to the great Mount Morgan gold mine, situated in Central Queensland, which is paying at the rate of over a million a year in dividends. The history of the mine, which has only been fully developed during the last year, is a curious one. The original selector of the freehold pox'xion of this wonderfully rich property, consisting, of 640 acres, was one Donald Gordon, who paid 53. an acre for it and ntilimd it as grazing 1am} for his cattle. VOL XII John Bright’s Tombstone. A WONDERFUL MINE. “ ‘ In St. Pancras and St. Giles’ church- yards the scenes were truly awful and even disgusting to the feelings. The burial ground in the former had more the appear- ance of a ploughed field; iurrows from the graves were turned up all over the place; and such was the scene between 3 and 4 o'clock that not less than between forty and fifty interments took place, the under- takers scarcely knowing which grave to go to. Groups of mourners with corpses, waiting in every part (or the clergyman to take his turn in performing the funeral service ; then the horrid manner of the grave-diggers (navviesl who seemed hired for the purpose), their awful language and careless manner of filling in the graves, jumping and stamping on the coffinsâ€"such a sight, indeed, was enough to appal the hardest heart. Some of the mourners had actually to wait upward of an hour beiore their relatives could be interred.’ AT THE HOSPITALS . “ This epidemic seems not only to have proved destructive in its own natural form, but at Guy’s Hospital, in the wards where a free circulation of the air existed. it ran, in many cases, into bronchitis and pneu- monia, and even induced severe symptoms of typhoid or yellow lever. Bo fatal, in- deed, did it prove that the managers of several hospitals set apart wards exclusively for influenza patients. At a meeting of the Westminster ‘ Medical Society. Dr. Johnson stated that the influenza had been far more violent in its character and uni- versal in its extent than the cholera epi- demic of 1833. The "grippe ' prevailed at Boulogne to an extraordinary extent. and whole iamilies were attacked, but though accompanied by painful symptoms, it seems to have been of a milder character than the English influenza. In some of the sur- rounding villsges. however, half the popu- lation were laid up, and the churches had to be closod for the want of _congregations. “ During Februarythe epidemic rapidly declined. The weekly account of buzials pnbiishad in the Medical Gazetpe put down she number for the week ending Eebrunry 213i; at twenty only, and the imprgvement in thé’ general health of the metropolis was even more satisfactory. 'Thua ended ‘ the nfluenza ‘ of half a century ago,” The superstitious belie! that human beings should sleep with their heads toward the north is now believed to be based upon a scientific prin- oiple. The hrench Academy of Science has made experimenteupon the body of a guillotined man, which go to prove that each human body is in itself an electric battery, one electrode being represented by the head and the other by the feet; The body of the eubjeot upon which experi- ments were made was taken immediately after death, and placed upon a pivot free to move in any direction. After some vacillation the head portion turned toward the north, the pivotlboard then remaining stationary. One of the professors turned it half way around, but it soon regained a position with the head piece toward the north, and the same results were repeatedly \obtained until organic movement ceased. “ But it was on the following Sunday (the 20th) that London realized to the full the extent and devastating nature of the influenza. epidemic. ‘ Death,’ said one careful chrcnicler, ‘ had a high day in the metropolis, and perhaps in the memory of the oldest inhabitant such a scene has not been witnessed. There was scarcely an undertaker not employed and many were unable to accomplish their orders. Hearses and mourning coaches were to be seen driv- ing through the streets hurrying from the execution of one funeral to the commence- ment of another. The walking funerals were met at almost every corner of the public streets and many who had ordered carriages were unable to procure them. and compelled to wade through the dirt and wet on foot. The church yards seemed to be all bustle and confusion. The principal interments took place in the parishes of St. Paneras, Marylebone, St. Gilea', Clerken- well, Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, St. Margaret’s and St. John‘s, Westminster. It is computed that not less than one thousand burials must have taken place on Sunday, and when it is considered that the number of parishes in and around the metropolis is near two hundred, the calcu- lation does not seem to be an exaggerated one. “ That’s the most stuck-up man I ever saw, but I took him down this mowing," remarked the small boy with a proud toss of the head. " “ Well, and who are you? ”. aaroastically ggked a. listener. ‘ “‘1‘ Oh! I‘m the elevator boy," he replied oftly. .Ovexhenrd at the Zooâ€"” Mamma, they get ivory from the elephants, don’t they ‘2" “ Yes, my son; they get ivory from the White'elephantl and ebony from the black 91198. ' Hospitals. " In 1837-the year of Queen Victoria’s accessionâ€"England suffered from an epi- demic of influenza so virulent and wide- spread that it gave rise to a genuine panic, and for a while almost threatened a para.- lysis of business,” says the Pa“ Mall Gazette. “ "jhe characteristics of the malady were inflammation of the throat and lungs, with violent spasms, sickness and headache. Now that we seem to be within measurable distance of a return of the epidemic, 'it may be interesting to recall the facts of its last visit : DEADLOCK AT THE PUBLIC OFFICES. “ So general were the efiects oi the epi- demic that at the War Office, the Admir- alty, the Navy Pay Office, the Stamp Oflice, the Treasury, the Postofliee and other Government departments, the greater number of clerks were prevented from attending to their daily vocations. At Greenwich and Chelsea hospitals numerous deaths occurred among the aged inmates, and at Woolwieh garrison the disease was so prevalent that from forty to filty men per day belonging to the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Sappers and Miners, and other troops, were admitted into the Mili- tary Hospital, among whom several deaths occurred. Of the police force upward of eight hundred were incapacitated from duty. On Sunday, the 13th of January, the congregations in the churches were laments.ny thinned, and the number of burials on the same day in the different cemeteries was nearly as numerous as during the raging of the cholera in 1832 and 1833. In the workhouses the number of deaths far exceeded the figures of any return made in the course of the previous thirty years. Slgeplng With the Head to the North. Awful Scenes at LONDON’S EPIDEKIO OF 1837. RICHluOND BILL CFH'UIGSD.AY1 JANUARY 30, 1890. How He 'I‘ook Him Down. “ BLACK SUNDAY." AWFUL SCENES- the Cemeteries and 'l'he Rev. W. A. Heard, M. A., assistant master, Westminster School, has been appointed headmaster of Estates College, Edinburgh. The will of the late Mr. George Reith, manager to the Clyde Trust, Glasgow, shows the amount of his personal estate at the time of his death to have been £5,234 13?. Mr. James Leslie, 0. 13.. who has been awelLknown citizen of Edinburgh, and has been for 43 years associated as engi- neer with the Edinburgh Waterworks, died on the 29111 ult. He was 88 years of age. The Fife minqts, whose wages were 151; year raised 37;} per cent, demand a further rise of 20 per cent. Two brothers named Quigley, who live at Eamfield, Caldercruix, near Airdie, Lannrhshire, have been arrested in connec- tion with the suspicious flenth of their mother. IS is alleged that Patrick, the elder brother, kicked her to death. The Rev. A. L Henderson, of Cemphiil Church, Birmingham, has received a. unanimous call to the pastorate of Ander- ston U. P. Church, Glasgow. This is one of the largest congregations of the denomi- dmion, numbering about 1.000 members. Mr. Hugh T. Tendent, of Dunalastair Perthshixe, and only partner of the firm of J. 64 R. Tennent, Wellpntk Brewery, Glea- gow, died suddenly at his residence“ 40 Westbourne Gardens, Kelvinaide, on the 3rd inst” at the age of 26 years. He was the youngest son of Mr. Charles Parker Tennent. A good meerschanm can be bought for $2 50 or $53. but those with good curving will cost $20, $25. $40 and 350 each, and can be made to run away above that. The largest pipe ever manufactured in this country was put on exhibition last year in the Exposition. It is a. bull’s head, with amber horns and mouthpiece, and is valued at $3,500. 'he Kaldenberg exhibit, repre- senting all the Presidents of the United States, that of George Washington being a large bust, took the gold medal. The death is announced of Mr. Wm. Gray, farmer, Southfield, Duddingston, one of the oldest sgriculturista in Scotland, and one of the best known in Mid-Lothian. In his time he had been a. director of the Highland Agricultural Society, and, always a. well~known figure in agricultural circles, he was one of the oldest members of the Edinburgh Corn Market. A material very much like meersnhsum is found in Spain and the United States, but it bears no comparison wish the Turk- ish meersehsum. 'Ihe imitation meer- sehsum comes from the chips and shav- ings of the genuine article. They are first ground or mashed into: pulp, and then mixed with some binding chemicals so as to keep the molecules together. The imitation cannot retain 12;; 0;: of the» tobacco, and usually cranks when Filled with nicotine. No Delay on Account of the Epidemic. Young Mr. Polhemus (making her hand) â€"Dnrling, ourâ€"k-ohewlâ€"wedding willâ€"- ke-chee lâ€"take place to-morrow eveningâ€" ah-kit-chewl Kit-chewâ€"juat the same, will it not? His Darling (tremulously)â€"It shall beâ€" k-ohee ! k-oheeâ€"juat as youâ€"k-ohoo l-sny, William. ‘ So far as known, meerschaum is found in no other part of the world than the pretty little village of Eskischia. in Asiatic Turkey. The component parts of meet- echaum are said to be magnesia silex and flint, and sometimes traces of iron, earth and other minerals are found in it. Once upon a time it was death to the Christians to go near the mines. which go under ground some thirty feet, and are aired and kept dry by a windmill. The Turks do not believe in reproduction nor in flooding the market, and prices never come down, but generally have an upward tendency when- ever the Government needs a larger supply of funds, for the greatest expense in mining the production is the taxes of the Govern- ment. The indolent natives mine for a couple of hours or so and then lie off in the sun with their coffee and tobacco. With a. knife they scrape off the earth from the lump of meerschaum; then they take the Oily leaf of a tree which grows in the vicinity and rub the lump smooth and give it something of a. polish. In this condition it is sold to the merchant. “ I wonder why the gap doesn’t go out,” he said significantly, as 119 edged a little closgr ogfie‘bofia. ' “ It will is sgdn as you do,” she responded with equal siggificanée. And he didn’t wait for the house to fall on him. Buffalo desires to cut loose from the county towns of Erie county and make of the city the (flat county in the State. The city with its 250,000 people and fouLfi‘fths of the wealth of the county objects to being dictated to by the representatives of 65,090 people and one-fifth of the assessed value- tion from the county towns in the Board of Supervisors. A new pipe should never be smoked out of doors in very cold weather I nor laid on cold marble or glass, as frost is apt to check or crack the meersohaum, especially when it is very fine, but these cracks generally extend only as deep as the wax qoejing: _ The bsih reveals whatever imperfotions there may be in me material, such as flaws, veins or cracks, and determines the quality, which may be creamy,momed.cosrse or fine. If a meersehsum pipe were used in its natural state it would never show any color sud would soon become soiled, just like A clay pipe. All this is prevented by the wax, which fills the pores on the outside and gives the meersohsum s kind of enamel, keeps back the oil of tobacco and shows the benutitqlpolor so_highly‘pr_ized. A Pipe Faucier on (he Manufacture and Care of Meerschaums.- The meersohaum, says e well-known ex- pert, comes to the workman in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and he makes the most of the piece in his hand according to his skill. It is a species of clay. not soft and pliable, not dissolveble like keoline. It re- tains its shape and when softened by the absorption of water can be out almost as easily as cheese. The workman sees in the shepeless lump an animal, a head, :7. figure or a landscape, and after blocking it out turns and perforates the interior of the bowl. When finished the pipe is put into an oven and left to dry for several hours. Then the parts that need polishing are attended to by girls, and where there is no carving the whole bowl is polished. The girls use Nature's file, the first discovered by manâ€"the bullrush. This gives a beau- tiful surface and the pipe is then ready for the final process, the waxbath'._ A 11 Exchange of Remarks. Now: from Scotland. ABOUT PIPES. A Western Journalist in Norwich. The Norwich Weekly People’s Gazette, Gordon Wilcox publisher and editor. is perhaps the most unique newspaper in New England. Its field. is society and ethics, and for two years or more it has treated local questions practically with the some candor that distinguishes the Arizona Kicker theoretically. Its motto is: “Get there. Eli 1" At the head is the publisher’s notice: The Gazette is published ostensibly for the public good, but in reality for the good of the publisher, and is conducted httichly on the European plan. If you don’t see what you want ask for it. If you don’t get what you ask for go without it. It recognizes no fixed orbit, but wanders along the milky way and among the fixed stairsâ€"and if any of the stars need fixing they will be repaired at short notice, on reason- able terms, and guaranteed for one year. We claim the proud distinction of being the only pious journal in North America which is pub- liehed solely “for revenue'ouly." has no plet- form,pxea.mble, or by-lews, simply this trade mark and nothing more. â€"Neu7‘ York Sun. Paul White. a prosperous Colorado ranchman, abouta month ago advertised for a wife, giving an accurate description of himself and his surroundings, eta. His mail has been so heavy ever since that it has been necessary to put it in barrels at the post office, and Mr. White was com- pelled to bring his farm waggon to town to haul it home. He has not yet made a selection. “ ‘ I lost it! I lost it I ' was the burden of his cry, but I alone knew what he re- ferred to. He had lost the 310 note, and it had prayed on his mind, causing brain fever. He died in my arms, unconsoioue that I had trusted him from the very first, and that I would have done anything to save his life. 1 have not a doubt that be either lost it or had it snatched from him, and his sensitive nature kept him from telling the truth, and he gave his life up in the struggle." “ Then he told me that her little boy was dying; that he had been ill nearly two weeks, and kept constantly calling my name. I Went with he: and found my missing newsboy. As soon as he saw me he began to rave. When the old year was fiorced to skip In hasty flight he left: his “ grip.” .The tedorl, Sidyor Tabsdyo. At: hobe I span. Italiado. I ab nod verse id Yagkee ways Ad ab udused to Yagkee phrase. Est id by speech I bake a. slip. Egscuse be, sir, I’ve god the " grip.” â€"â€"Only a hothouse depends on sun beams. â€"â€"-Taking whiskey straight makes many a. man crooked. â€"â€"It takes a. pretty sharp remark to out a. slow man to the quick. â€"It you should happen to want your ears pierced, just pinch the baby. â€".For the few who have sworn off there are many who are swearing right on. â€"â€"Those who say that woman has no sense 0! humor have evidently failed to notice how a; mustache tickles her. â€"Evergteen trees are the dudes of the forest. They make the spruceat bougha. â€"-Don't expect a. four dollar smile from the hotel clerk when you're signing for a. dollar and a. half room. “ The Angelus ” will go to the Chicago Exposition after the 15311 of January, where it will have a room to i‘self, but no extra charge, so it is reported, will be madetor ts inapeotion.,, “ I did not change my mind when a week had passed. I did not know where he lived or who his assoointes were, and no newsboy seemed to be missing. The second week was nearly gone, when a. woman came into my ofiice one day- She was crying. “ ‘Are you Mr.â€"-â€"-?‘ she asked. “‘Iam, madam. What can I do for you 1’_ 7 7 7 7 “I must say his prophecy looked poa- eible when as hours went by the boy aid not return; still I trusted him. I could easier believe that he had been run over or made away with than that he had stolen the money. “‘You will never see the boy or the charge again,’ p9 said. _ ' “I wanted a $10 bill changed, and as I was alone I stepped to the door and called a. little newaboy whom I had frequently employed to run on errands, and told him to carry it to the nearest store and get it changed. I then went inside and waited. My partner came in and ridiculed me tor what I had done A business man of Detroit,whoae 013309 is on Wooaward avenue, relates this singular expefience i; the FreqPrgss : A Thread 115 Miles in Length Spun from a. Single Pound ot Cotton. The 7th of January is a day in which the elderly maidens, who are sometimes called spinsters, should take a peculiar interest. In old times it was known and observed as , St. Distafi’s day, because it was generally then that the women resumed, after the Christmas holidays, the distaff and spindle. When the spinning-wheel was invented, along in 1533, those ladies who used it began to be called spinsters. This, after- ward, in legal terminology, came to be applied to all unmarried women, but the name was an honored one until the employ- 'ment of spinning was considered too menial for women of rank. Then it was used con- temptuously, and gradually it came to signify, more particularly, single ladies of mature years. Before the spinningwheel was relegated to the garret some extraor- dinary feats were accomplished, or, as people nowadays would say, records were made. by those expert in its use. In the year 1746 a woman at East Dereham, in N orfolk, spun a single pound of wool into a thread of 84,000 yards in length, wanting only eighty yards of [arty-eight miles. This, at the time, was considered aper- formance of suflicient importance to merit a place in the “ rroceedings ot the Royal Society "~â€"a very high honor, indeed. Afterward this feat was eclipsed by another English lady, living at Norwich, who spun a pound of combed wool into a thread of 168,000 yards ; and she actually produced from the same weight of cotton a thread of 203,000 yards, equal to about 115 miles. This last thread. if woven, would produce about twenty yards of yard-wide muslin.â€" - Chicago News. THE PEOPLE‘S WEEKLY GAZETTE is a. bar-cent Reformed Newspaper with pious tendencies, published at 111 I‘ Met street, Norwxch. by Wilcox the Reformer, and printed by Wilcox the Printer. Whether you have the grip or not. Drop some quinine into the 510: â€"-New York Press. A TOBY OF THE DAY. Mary had a. little lamb, It bleated in cadenza. ; ’Twill bleac no moreâ€" Its bleater’s sore With Russian influenza The Newsboy. Pebfid' Tramcrip t‘ WHOLE NO 1,639. NO 40. The Indian Story of the Origin ofthe Am- erlcanl. There is a tradition among the Kootami Indians not very complimentary to Cousin Jonathan as regards his origin, and one which shows In its broad humor the dire hatred which the Indian bears to that nr tion. They say that long ago before the “Boston man" (American) was known they and the Pesioux (French Canadian voyageurs) lived together like brothers and traded peaceably with King George’s fur men and the Indian was very contented. In those days the Great Spirit visited his children on the prairies m1 taught them to be happy. One day he killed: buffalo on the other side of the Rocky Mountains and out of it crawled 3 lank, lean figure celled a. “Boston men" and from that day the Indien’e troubles oom- menoed end will continue till they go again where their fathers are and till the evil spirit comes again and takes the “ Boston man " to himselfâ€"they who lived so happily with the Peeioux and the fur traders of King George._ Wife-I bought you a. befiitiful smoking jacket to-day, and, oh, such a lovely box of cig_a.rs._ Pip really is no disease of itself. It comes under the head of colds, and is a forerunner of map. It must, however, be treated at once, or bad results will follow, It shows itself in the fowl first making an eflort to sneeze, then the nasal passage becomes clogged up, and the bird is com- pelled to breathe through the mouth. This takes away the moisture and the tongue becomes dry, showing a bony substance on the end. In plain words, the fowl has a cold in the head; otherwise it is well. Now for a cure. Place the sick birds in a dry, warm and sunny place for a few days, and feed on warm food. A good plan is to throw air-slashed limo around the hen house, causing the birds to sneeze, which generally cleans out their nostrils. A piece of fat pork, about the size of an earthworm, sprinkled with black pepper, is also excellent. What causes this so- oslled pip? Principally too much damp- ness. It is always more frequent during damp seasons, and, unless the house is so constructed that it will be perfectly dry, it is nearly always bound to show itself. It can also some from a crack, leak or ex- pcsure. Husband (resignedly)â€"â€"Tbank you, dear, but how could you bring yourself to go into a. tobaccouist'a ? passed. Jennieâ€"I know. B.â€"He is extremely homely. isn't he ? J .â€"He is; but he is a man of most excel- lent taste. B.â€"Iudeed ! How do you know 7 J .â€"â€"Ha once proposed to me. StovE~Yea, but I mama it warm for him before he got through with me. The Pall Mall Budget says: It is said that since Canada. has hit on the plan of sending ready-made houses to the Mother Country orders have flowed in space. Next summer will accordingly see England dotted with transatlantic chalets; for, once they become known, I prophesy they will become indigenous to the soil. Think of the advantage of being able to “ move off ” or “move on ” whenever the fancy takes you! Seaside lodgings will become a. thing of the past. Families will in future take their town house along with them. One woman has made the silk gowns of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court for the past forty years, and she gets $100 for each one of them. They are all made alike, the only diflerenee being in the material, the Chief Justice wearing blue]; Chinese satin, while his associates are rohei in black silk. The Chief Justice nlwe s wears a new gown when he IWQIIB ins resident. Coal Scuttleâ€"Old mun 'gave you a. grate shaking 1113‘ thig mafning, d_idn’t he ? Neither does the writer, to whom Gov- ernor Curtin told this story, believe in en- couraging beggars, but he does believe in being ready to help an unfortunate brother up instead 0! down.â€"â€"-You¢h’s Companion. “ I don’t want to boast of my good works, but it's a. very pleasant feeling to know that you‘ve helped a brother-man upon his feet again. And then I don't sup- pose that I should have been Governor if I hadn’t been the friend of poor men. You know they call me the ‘tramp’s Governor,’ and I am proud of the title. I don’t en- courage beggary, as I said at first, but when a brother-man gets so reduced that he must beg his wny, he’ll find me ready to help him with a dinner and a friendly word. No man wants to be down at the foot, and if he gets a. chance, he may start again and game out all right.” Wifeâ€"Oh, I didn't. I got the cigars at be same place I got the jacket. Sâ€"â€"; there isn't a man about here more respected today than he is. Fifteen years ago he begged a dinner at my house. He'd been unfortunate, hadn’t a. cent, and was completely discouraged. He has told me since the: that dinner saved him, (or he he had grown fairly desperate, and was re- solved, ii turned from my house, to go to the bud and turn thief. “ I have five man in my employ who came to town as tramps, and they are faith- {uh efiioient workmen. And there's John “ 1 had the man arrested, and after he had served three years at hard work in the State prison, a stable-boy confessed to having not the fire by smoking. I have been trying to atone for that injustice ever since, but the poor fellow only lived a year after he was out of prison. “ I‘ve heard home and stories, I assure you,” he continued, " and I have learned thntagood dinner, when a. man is dis- couraged and friendlees, may awe him from crime or suicide. Twenty years ago my buildings were burned, as I then thought, by a. tramp whom, the day be- fore, I had turned away when he asked for dinner. ‘ Why Governor curun Has a. Kindly Feel- ing for Tramps. “160 not believe in encouraging beg- gnry," said Governor Ourtin, of Pennsyl- vania, “ but when a hungry man calls at my door, he isn’t going away unsatisfied. That’s been my principle for a good many years, and I wish it always had been. Every one in town knows that I lead tramps, and yes I do not have a. dozen calls in a year. RBugh of: the " Boston man " isn't it? She Knew It. Bellaâ€"That is Mr. Griggs who 'just They Wont Together. What In Pip ? A BAD STORY. Revenzed. A young lady in the town of Min-k, Russia, purchased a pair of glovelo ll Serah Bernhardt. Immediately after nt- ting them on her hands began to itch. he next day her arms were oovered with sores. and a week later she died 0! blood poisoning. The doctor! snppoee ihli th! skin belonged to In snimll tin had Ion. contagious melody. Pepsâ€"He requested the pleasure of a series of games of chess with me. The first one we will play this evening. and after that every third evening during the winter. I hope, my dear, you will keep out of the library. as chess is a very absorbing occupation. I want to say a word about nervous chil- dren. Never scold or make fun of them. They suffer enough without your threats or sarcasm. Don't let them know you see their awkwardness when in company not their grimaoes when alone. A case was reported by the Boston Globe of a boy 10 years old who, on being vexed, and often without any apparent provocation, will clinch his hands and make the most fright- ful contortions of the muscles of his face and head. till his poor mother fears he is idiotic. By no means. He is the brightest boy in his class at school, fond of reading and of natural history, but he is of a highly nervous temperament, and has not been taught to control the little wires, so to speak, on which he is strung. This is no single case. There are thousands of chil. dren who give way to their nerves in simi- lar fashion. Never whip them, but talk to them about these curious little strings that should be made their servants, not their masters. A prominent physician in this city says the man or woman who whips a nervous child should for every blow given receive five, and is on a level with hrutes that have no reason. It is our duty to encourge and help them. Be patient with them. They are the making of our future successful men and women, for they will work hard at whatever they undertake. Brace up your own nerves first and then be indulgent toward the capers of you over nervous children.â€"-Ladiu' Home Journal. Besides his geographical discoveries Mr. Stanley will make some interesting con- tributions to the anthropology of the countries he has just visited. Among the most important are his discoveries relat- ing to the wide extent of the Wahuma people, with whom we already have some acquaintance. He found them very numerous on the east side of Muta Nzige and he says that most of them “ can boast of features quite as regular, fine and deli- cate as Europeans." All the wealthier and more important people are pure Wahuma. They are very light in color and are the most interesting type found on the central African uplands. “ Wher. ever,” says Mr. Stanley, “ we find the Wahuma with their herds, one might fancy himself transported into the midst of Abyssinia.” He also heard of a great people in Ruanda, the vast unexplored region west of Mute. Nzige ; and according to the description given him, no people. not even the Waganda. until now supposed to be the greatest nation in the lake region, equal the inhabitants of Ruanda in number and strengthâ€"New York Sun. Sweet Girl (anxiously)-â€"- Did Froâ€"I mean Mr. Ninetellow call to see you to-dny, pugs ‘2 ‘ i’apnâ€"Yes, find to oblige him I 0011- gentgd. I suppose time hangs heavy on his an s. Sweei‘Girl (mystified)-Whyâ€"why what dill he say_? _ When an Indian gets a gash out in his hand, instead of having the flesh sewed together as the physicians do in this coun- try, he procures five or six large black nuts, and, holding their heads heirthe gash, they bring their j aws together in biting the flesh, and thus pull the two sides of the gash together. Then the Indian pinches off the bodies or the ants, and leaves their heads clinging to the flesh, which is lfielciedtogether until the gash is perfectly at . Peculiar Sutures Improvised from Black Ante' Heads. Ants are terrible fighters. They have very powerful jaws, considering the size of their bodies, and therefore their method of fighting is by biting. They will bite one another and hold on with a wonderful grip of the jaws, even after all their legs have been bitten off by other ants. Sometime! six or eight ants will be clinging with e death grip to one another, making a peeulier spectacle, some with a leg gone and some thh half of the body gene. One singular feet is that the grip of en ant’s jaw is retained even after the body has been bitten 01f and nothing but the head remains. This knowledge is possessed bya certain tribe of Indians in Brazil. South America, who put the ants to e very peculiar use. _ ,.r,_-__ _,-.. -_.,,....v... v... The lesson I have taught you will not miss: You cannot gather back the scattered seeds, Which tar and wide will grow to noxious weeds Nor can the mischief once by scandal sown, By any penance be again undone." ' wider V --...--_-.. ._-... w... an .m- Over tha meadowed vale and mountain side." The father anewered: :‘ Now [Hope frqm this nun“ 1-..-.‘M YLA,“ A, ,1 ,rv‘ _ _-_-._-_u ...... .v. p... w do; Those little thistle seeds which you have sown, I bid you go regather every one." The woman and: “ But, rather, ’twonld b. VIII 'I‘o trv and gather up those seed! again; The winds ave scattered them both I“ ma __;_1A "He that uttereth e. slitsnder is afool.”â€"-Prov x., . A woman to the holy father went. Confession of her sin was her intent; And so her misdemeanors great and small. She faithfully to him rehearsed them all; And chiefest in her catalogue of sin, She owned that she a. tale-bearer had been. And bore a bit of scandal up and down To all the long-tongurd go'sips of the town. The holy father of her other sin Granted the absolution asked of him; But while for the rest he pardon gave, He told her this offence was very grave, And that to do {it penance she must go Out by the wayside where the thistles grow, And gathering the largest, ri est 0' e, Scatter its seeds; and that w on this was done She must come back another day To tell him his commends she did obey. The woman. thinking this a penance l ght, Hastened to do his Will that very night. Feeling right glad she had escaped so well. Next day but one she went the priest to tell ; The priest sat still and bend her story through, Then geld: " There's something still for you to * Adaéie_fe?p;5€'€677§5&1;y'i‘7'.“ Then 05' me “ Scotty" if ye will, Nick-name like that can mean use 11!. I’ll shake yer han’ wi’ richt guid will. Whan'ere you ca.‘ ma “ Scotty!" , V _ ~-Vâ€" .- “nu-a, 1‘3 loyElVEOHâ€"is Scotty I "- Should Scotlan' ever need his help, He’ll gie her enemies a skelp, An’ make them howl lil‘ig 91}; 1713011), A...1 .1- .M____~L AA . A “ aanntxfli” maiViâ€"s'“ Scotty I ” ' Though aft he travels far free home, He's aye a. Scotchman a.’ the same, An“ prood _to crqclg g‘ Seaman‘s fame,- "1’11th or dee," saysâ€"‘7 Bcottyl " ' An' if he meets wi‘ ane or twa O Scotlan‘a sous when far awa‘, They’ll gree like britheyslgge gpd_§‘,-~ u -1_._._1_L u h. H ‘7, __-V -_ _ v -_ -...... I... uvu - The perse'verin' " Bonny! " He's ’tantive bait}: to kirk an' mart, To friends he's true 511' hard to put In life’s great race he needs an at: ,- n nn .4“ .. .1..- n -___ n u~AAAW . n ...u .- uu-m Jnuu vuu u a plum.â€" H The honest, faithful Scotty I " A Scotchman has the knack to plod, Through think an’ thin he'll best hi! load, His grunt is aye it; rioht up: (flap ' L- --__A__,.,~. .. n, fifi_-,__- ._ J - _.. I’m quite content wi'." Econ-$1" To be 3. Scot is no.9 disgrace. Maist folk can trust a said Scotch hoe. He‘igev‘er lung 9030: a! glgceLâ€" _ u (By John Imrie.) Yes, ca" me “ Scotty" if ye will For sic‘ a name on mean use ‘11, 0' a.‘ mic ago; just. tng'uygr fl_l_l,â€"_; «n... Some of Stanley’s Discoveries. Fred Had Weakenad. INDIAN SURGERY. Nervous Children. Sow Not Scandal. “Scott, I"