Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1891, Page 7

pias MA i Zs THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES. HOW THE FOURTH CAME BITK WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY JOaN HABBERTON. (Copyright, 1801.) “ WISH THE FOURTH WOULD COME back again,” remarked old Jefferson Porley one summer afternoon, as he assisted two or three acquaintances to keep the side- walk rail in front of Leatherton’s store from feeling lonesome. Leatherton’s was the most popalar of the several general stores on the main street of Berryburg and Leatherton’s competitors declared it was all because of the unrivaled attractions which its front offered to met loungers. All along the outer edge of the sidewalk ran a rail just high enough to sit upon in the attitude dearly beloved by men who spend much of their home leisure in or- hamenting with themselves the tops of fences there was «lower rail just low enough to ac- commodate boot heels, and over all » couple | of mulberry trees cast a grateful shade during the warm summer days and,according to many frequenters of the place, kept the dews of evening from the men who gathered after dusk to mmoke and gossip. qneried Leatherton » leaned against Joor frame of | the store and chatted with the ci le | keeping an eye on his competitor see what might be going on in the way of after- noon bumness. “You won'thave to wait very jong. Mr. Purley, if that's any comfort to The Fourth is only about a week off. I wond whose house or barn will burn down this time get into the lock-up’ ; said the old man, “the day will to the almanac, unless judg- eh on it. But the din, veut day should steal a Fourth ain't. tb more—not the way it used to be in the days before the w: There'll be lots of them infernal fire-crackers nty of drunks, I suppose, but I'm for one of the Fourths that used to mean somethin’. Most of you fellera was too Young to get anythin’ out of it to remember — some of you wasn't born, but I reckon Leather- ton can back me up when I say that there's nothin’ now in the way of celebrations that ean hold a eandle to them days.” “That's « fact,” said the storekeeper. “Hatsin’ the fag in the mornin’ at continue! the old native, 7 around the ot to the top, an’ hangin’ out of jook at the dear wot, too, we'd have a cam we'd have it if there was one to | be borrowed anywhere; the young fellers in| towa didn't make nothin’ of trampin’ twenty miles to « town where there was a cannon, big | or Little, that could be borrowed or hired, an draggin’ it here by band. They didn't care how heavy it was, the bigger the b then we all chipped in to buy the powd ‘wct,” amerted the stot “Tve sometimes of those cannon te fire. No money to | Je that way nowadays—though I did use to make ita rule to sell itat about cost » wanted for # cannon on the Fourth 1 the processions! Gosh!” exclaimed the old man. ‘The town band, when we had one, Sfe and drum when we hadn't, an’ a-playin muse that everybody knowed, instead of the Kind of stuff that bands play nowadays. Then big wagon full of cals in. white an’ rib- e gal for enc a little wagon loud of emailer gals to signify the territories an’ ail of them in white an’ lots of ribbons, & t.”” again said Leatherton, with a sigh over business which had declined. “Sorme- tumes I've soldas many as ten rolls of ribbon | pitel dollars. They bad n it's to be a picnic, and everybody's to bring | plenty of cake and iried chicken. Btart a sube | scription to hiraa brass band from some oth town and make “ip the difference yoursel! you have to sell your horse ata sacritice—Ill him. I guest that’s all now, except you at to say that I’m in it with all’ my might— w. was the first man that gave you any encourage- ment and that I've promised to see you through no matter how much trouble it takes. I must make sure of the extra trade, youknow. We can talk about the rest in the morning. Better find time along about the middle of the even- ing to drop in at the old man's and let Luce know what you're doing, and that it's being done to please her father; that sort of thing don’t do any harm when a fellow's making up toagal. The thing will work all night if it's | managed according to business principles. “Leatherton,” said the young man, “you've been taking my breath away, but now that I'm beginning to get it back I wanttosay that you're the most hard-hearted, practical fellow that I ever heard of. I do believe you'd be equal to the job of starting a revival of religion in this town, just for the sake of waking up trade.” ood idea! First rate! I never thought of it before, but I'll doit as soon as cool evenings gin. Much obliged to you for th You into the schemo as soon xs Now Lurry slong and get the boys waked up. Say, I wouldn't waste any time over Luce this evening. Here she comes down the street; just Jeave her to me and I'll explain everything to 1 1y Burnitt started off in what is known as. ‘astate of mismind.’ He had long thought Lucia Purley the only woman in the world whom he could love, and he sometimes had dared to think bis regard was returned in some measure, but the girl's father had often de- clared that his danghter should not ry until | there came along a inan who wus like what men | used to be—a man who was not at all likely to uppear. Sleepy and ont the way though Berryburg was, it had not been off of the route of the march of progress. ‘The young men had learned to play croquet and forgotten how to eglected the local alf-mile race track of their fathers, where every man rode his own horse and bet upon it, placing the money in a friend's hands; now they trained horses only to sell them and the only races they bet upon were run on race tracks in cities hundreds of miles away by horses they never had seen; they sent their bets by mail or express to men whom they had never scen—men called Lookmakers—whom they never wanted to see unless to punch their heads for suspected tampering with owners or jockeys to make the right horse lose. ‘Truely such times were evil and made young memgood for nothing: Luce Purley with her splendid fuce and tigure and heart was much too precious a creature to be given to any man who had not heart enough to love a horse for its own sake. How Clay Burnitt got through that after- noon, and successfully, too, he never under- stood until he found time to think, which was not until the Fourth had passed. He had the pleasure, however, of assuring himsclf, as he vent to ‘bed, that nearly all the young ‘fellows in the village had fallen in heartily with his plan, and were wiliing to take part in a Fourth ¥ celebration ot anything else that would vary the monotony of village life, and that the plan of having « lot of the prettiest girls in the Village to pose for the various states of the Union went right to the hearts of all. For a little while there seemed danger of everything going to pieces throug the insistance of each Young man that his favorite girl ehould repre- sent the state in which Derryburg was situated, but Clay settled the matter diplomatically and Without giving himself away by showing that the honor of posing for the state belonged by right to Luce Purley, whose father had orig: ally suggested the celebration. When ail the young men agreed with him Clay suddenly found himself frightfully jealous, for Luce aj ared to be everybody & favorite. Clay ne tuiked love to her, for it seemed unfair, in View of her father’s ideas, and because she was the old man’s all. Could it be that others had not been so fair and honorable of spirit? During the next few days he did not have much time for either love or jealousy. Leather- ton had assured everybody that Clay Burnitt on a+ingle Fourth—some red, some white ant | some biue,a dozen yards toa roll. Lots of the big girls ‘that stood for the states bought mighty nice stuff for their white dresses, tov. Such goods cost # good deal more money then than they do now, but there wasn't any beat- ing down the price—not for that day, any- be} “I reckon that was so,” theold man said. “I know when my gal, that was atterward my wife, was picked out to ride in the wagon to repre- sent our state I just bought her a whole piece of each of ribbon—red, white an’ blue— en’ sold a colt I was mighty fond of to get the money to pay for ‘em with. I tell you there Was lore of country in them days.” . lly intimated ing young man either kind now,” id the eld man, at which some of the others looked at Clay, who flushed and seowled. But the older man'continued. His mind was not inclined to leave the blisafal past to starve on the barren present. “it used to be the biggest chance a | young man could have to show off, for alot nrseback in the procession and the very oung man in the town was always picked out to read the Deciaration, an’ tain't no small job w read that old paper right, either. The feller that was to do it would study on it weeks ahead until he almost knowed it by heart. I know one young man that bad it by heart so | that be bardly had to look in the book when he gotorn the platform. I'll bet you there ain't a Young man in these parts today that can say ‘any of it off-hand.” * anid Clay You'd lose your bet, Mr. Purley, Baruitt respectfully, yet with something in his voice which made the old man look at hin in- quiringly, and with some sign of approval as he suid: he young man seemed greatly pleased b this remark and Leatherton winked at him encouragingly, at which be looked somewiat sheepish. “Ld give everythin’ I've got, seems to me,” said the old man, rising, “to see one of tiove old Fourths come back again, but I ‘spose there ain't no use hopin’. Decoration days this side ef the Ohio, an\ memorial days down south wherever I've been, seems to have run the Fourth out of people's heads. It's @ durned ornery shame—that’s what it ix.” “Tat's where you're right, Mr. Purley,” said Clay. ‘The old man sauntered homeward. Leather- followed him with his eyes a moment or then remarked offer the old man made, Clay. He'd give anything he's got. Did you take that mz ‘The « ther loungers looked keenly at the young man, but got in returaa glance so indignant that they made excuses todepart. “Big offer, Clay,” re the storekeeper. “¥ heard you, Mr. Leatherton.” “Well, you see a chance of business in i? He thinks so much of that only gal of his that I suppose he treats you ashe does every- body else among the young fellows, but if I was a xvod-lovking young bachelor and on the inside track, like I believe you are, I'd give dum the kind of Fourth he asks for and then Td demand the pay— every cent of it, or pound of it I suppose it would have to be iu that case. “Thunder, Leatherton,” said Cla: some hat etabarrumed and as if he would ike to change the subject believe everything ts business matter-of-fact business to your eye to looking ‘Of course it is,” said the storekeeper. “so itis to everybody else, tov, though some pre- tend it isnt Statesmen, preachers, giris Bot that s neither here nor the TU make a stragbtforward bargain with you right now. | You want to marry L. Purley—confound it, man, stop blushing; there's nothing wrong sbout it; every young fellow in town wants to marry her. Well, her fatner likes you about as well as be likes anybody else, but she’s all the family thats left to him. As for me, I want to wake up my = a little; there's scarcely | ¥tbing doing at this season of the year. Let's y ime get up un old-fashioned Fourth: there isn't much time left, but it be done by hard work. You do the work and I'll supply the ideas. I know how it used to be done. be- een us well get all the glory. Individually PU get the most of the extra trade itll make and you'll get the girl. Is it s bargain?” “It is!” exclaimed the youth, with tremen- dous emphasis “Good! Ill telegraph an order for ribbons and white dress goods at once, and I'll talk the thing up to everybody that comes into the store I'll say that the idea ought to be put through, and that I ing you up with all my might; you must say #0, too, so that Til get all the trade, though I guess I'll be yw sure of that anyhow; I don't believe any of the other stores Lave got any amount of necessary stuff in stock. And I'll spread it around that you're going to read the Declara- tion on the platform—'twon't do to have any- body eise do that.” Inimed Clay, with s look of liad assumed entire inanagement of the affair, and that he was the proper person to be con sulted by any one who wished to ask questions. So the young man was consulted and driven half erazy by villagersand farmers who wanted to do something, but had not the slightest idea tohow it should be done. He sppointed committees, passed subscription Faget uead- ing each one with a liberal sum, he drilled the mounted guard which was to escort the stars and stripes in the procession, he wrote invita- tions to distinguished men in the country round, including one to the governor of the state, he made busitiess lively for the local ph operators while searching the state he inlaed for wcannon and @ brase band, with women who cae to tell freshments they would provide until he felt that the leading features of the Fourth would be @ monuiain of home-made cake and a young man who bad lost his mind. In addition to all this there were two great and special burdens from which he could not free nis mind, sleeping or waking. One was the duty of properly reading the Declaration of Indeyender.ce and the other was that Luce's father had treated the scheme with apparent coldness and suspicion from the momicut be heard of it. His daughter was his informant, bringing the news direct from Leatherton’s store and embetlishing it somewhat with ihe of the to the shoulders of a veteran of two wars, who had no diftieulty in other veterans to assist him, but necessary to impress upon all of these the s} cial features and procedure of such affairs be- fore the war, and all of thisCiay had been obliged to get in detail from Leatherton and re- Peat to the officers, prompting them again and ‘again on the eventful day. Whenever he had ® moment or two to himeelf there was some passage of the Declaration of Independence to urn over in his mind and mutter under his breath, to be sure thiat he had the proper ides as to the inflections, for he had learned that the reader to whom the old man had alluded as having “got by heart” the historic paper be- fore reading it was no other than old Purley himself. Clay aimost wished, in his anxiety and excitement, that those old’ rebels of ‘76 had been pacified somehow by George III and be- come good royalists again, so that the glorious, awful paper need not have been written. Still, no Declaration, no Fourth; no Fourth, no cele- bration; no celebration, no chance to capture Luce by first enpturing her fathe Finally, to bis great relief, the procession started for the grove. And what ® procession it was. Matter-of-fuct souls who never had seen an old-fashioned Fourth lined the side- walks of the main street to scoff, but remained tocheer, and to finally follow’ the column. Berryburg was a smali place, as all of them knew, but they told one another that there was & great deal of it when it was all there. First came the grand marshal, one horseback, in the uniform of a major general (he had hired it of © costumer at Louisville.) Behind him tramped & brass band playing, as well as it could on short acquaintance, “fhe Good Old Colony Days,” which, by a lucky chance, Clay had learned the ‘old-time Fourth of July proces- sions at Berryburg always started with. Then came the national colors and the state fing, escorted by forty young men on horseback and in uniform, so far as straw hats from the same box could make them. ‘There was not much opportunity for dispiay of horsemanship, but euch young man was looking his very best and carrying himself with the air of a prince, for right behind the color guard came three wagons arranged us one and bearing as many interesting girls as ‘there were stars in the flug. Between these and the wagon which carried the representa- tives of the territories was a carriage in which rode the orator of the day und the reader of the Declaration, the former looking thoroughiy at case, thanks to some seasons at Washington, while the younger man was wishing that he might reach the grove on foot through the back streets. While gazing ahead, however, he finally saw, through the ticket of tresses and ribbons in front of him, the head and shoulders of Luce Purley, and the spectacle seemed to strengthen his heart greatly, for Leatherton, who stood with Luce’s tather under a tree to view the procession, thought that he never knew before that Clay Burnitt was such a id the old man muttere either did I--durn him After the carriage came one containing the reverend clergy aud then followed survivors of the Union and con: rate armies, some of them in their old uniforms, crippled veterans being provided with carriages, while in an old- fashioued gig, all by hitsclf, rode @ survivor of the Mexican war, carrying the sword with which he had taken part in_ the historic charge of May's drugoons—an ex-dragoon in a gig was not in accordance with the iitness of things, but nobody said so—not on the Fourth. Taen followed all the school children, each class un- der command of its teacher, the boys with their faces washed and looking as uncomforta- ble as if going to church, while the girls were doing their best to outshine those who rede in the wagons. The whole town followed, accom- panied by crowds trom other towns, and xo rgea delegation from the farming ‘district that Leatherton, who with old Purley had fallen into the column, groaned: “What a splendid di: for business if a fel- low couid only keep his store open “Durn busiaess! replied the old man, upon which the storekeeper wished he could get shoad and tell Clay that the thing was bound to wor! Arrived at the grove, the two flags were af- Syed to the right and left of the platform, upon which the verend clergy, the orator, the reader and the representatives of states and ter- Titories were placed, the giris form sides of a square and forming a background which one of the reverend clergy said reminded him of heaven. ‘The forty horsemen formed line at right and left of the platform, the crowd Massed iiself in tront, and as a result of an Alterthought the survivor of May's dra- goons was taken toa prominent seat on the platform, as the nearest approach to a revolu- tionary veteran that the town could supply There was hush of expectation; the gra alasked the oldest clergyman to open the ives with prayer; then the baud played 1 Columbia and a del us aroma of triotism and barbecued ox enveloped every thing and everybody as the grand marshal aroxe and announced: “Reading of the Declaration of Independ- ence, by Ciay Burnitt, esquire.’ Ckiy got upon his feet in some way, he searcely knew how, and opened his vid school history at the appendix, Where the deciaration te he courage accumulated during ll vanished. Clay looked around: withan air which the sheriff of the county said reminded him of a crimiual’s last glauce from the gallows. Indeed, the seusation was much the same, for Clay felt himself bidding treasures of Ler own imagination, but the old man listened critically and repiied that no young fool nowatays could manage such a thing in the old-time style. Afterward he lis- tened to whatever might be said about it by his neighbors and the loungers at the store— and nobody talked of anything else in those few eventful daysbat he gave no signs of ap- proval and it appeured from what Clay could gather at second-hand that the old man really resented, on the part of past generations, the attempt to restore the Fourth o July as he had known it. To make matters worse, Luce alfo acted strangely. Hithertoshe had been among the most enthusiastic of the great body of young women who weleomed any change that chanced to disturb the placidity of life in the sleepy old Village, and she always had been frank and un- embarrassed when she met Clay Buruitt, but now she Was as reserved and non-committel as if the proposed celebration had been devised by a rival belle. Clay could not understand it, nor could he look to any one for sympathy, for Leatherton, who was the ouly sharer of” his was giving his entire mind to his own personal interest in the celebration. The young man forced a stiff upper lip and determined to succeed in spite of everything, even should he afterward be obliged to leave the town with alight pocketand a heavy heart. If the old man and his daughter held them- selves aloof Le would have the sweet revenge of showing them that they were alone. ceeded in interesting all the 1 secured the y judge court and even found a Con- from other istrict who g to deliver an oration. A jolly southerner who had strayed north after. the war and married at Berryburg suggested thata barbecue would not be a bad thing at an out- door celebration of the Fourth. Clay promptly supplied at hisown expense a fat ox to be roasted whole and «pent aday on the Kentucky side of the river in searching for men who were equal to the task of preparing so latge a morsel for the table. Ashe returned from his quest, successful but weary, and stopped a moment front of Leatherton'sstore he heard the v of Luce’s father saying: “Barbecue? Don t tell me anythin’ about it. Noboviy nowadays can do anythin’ of that kind Without makin’ fizzle of it.” Clay shipped noiselessly and dejectedly away and repeated the entire De-laration of Inde- pendence before he got his heart back into its proper place. What nonsense it all was, any way, he said tohimself. Here he was spending luis time and money on as wild a speculation as he ever had heard of—trying to win a girl by gratifying @ funcy of her father, who might change his mind half a dozen times before the decisive day. Suppose something should go wrong, us something is always possessed to fo iu great popalar celebrations! | Suppose—hor- rible thought—suppose the day should be rainy ! The mere thougit of it unnerved him so com- plotely that again he had to read the Declara- tion to get command of himself. At last the eventfal day arrived, and Clay envied the sun, which rose as placidly as if nothing unusual was about to happen, whereas poor Clay had risen two hours earlier, after a sleepless night. The flag raising Was a grand success; ali the schoo! children who could sing, assisted by many who could not, formed ircle © around the foot of the pole and gave a verse of the “Star Spangled Banner” ‘as the colors were slowly hoisted skyward; then a cannon which had been through the war burned about a keg of powder and gleefully destroyed much wine dow glass in houses facing the town square, making so much noise that small boys were ashamed to fire any crackers af Clay looked nervously about in the crowd of adults who observed the flag raising and shuddered h, say alarm; “I can’t do that, I'm no public speaker. i haven't spoke a word in public since the last time I was in a school exhibition. I wouldn't know bow to do it.” You'll have to learn, then. Don't say ‘Can’t!” You're not going to let # little thing like the Declaration of Independence stand between you and a girl like Luce Purley, are you?” “No” said Clay, from between closed teeth. “Ot course you're not. Now get out and Retall the voung fellows in the spirit of the Let's we Detter cay we’ beve it ta t1 bought of Smith; ali the old people will remember that there ‘wed te be such celebrations there. ‘Tell them with delight asthe salute was being fired, but he pret pon soba nen Purley or use’ “As he walked home to breakfast, however, he saw in a side street a feminine figure which he could not mistake and a man wearing a bat which any one in town could recognize as Purley’s; the couple had not been out so early just for the pleasure of a walk before breakfast; the old man was int ‘at least nt of criticism, but why need “offish” about it?” Clay resolved ‘own time came to be an old ‘There was not ever. Clay had farewell to hope and at tae rame time looking for a reprieve or for strength frora some power outside ot himself. He got it, for, as his eve hurriedly swept the platform, it was arrested by that of Luce Purley. Lt was only for a fr tion of a second, but ax Clay faced the great crowd in front it was with the firm conviction that Luce Puriey’s heart with him and wanting him to succeed. He was so sure of it that when his eye fell upon Luce’s father, who leaned against & tree near the front with folded ‘ms and critical face, it wax with a flash that cowed the stout-hearted old fellow and com- led himn to seat himself on the ground, where fe meetly remained during the realing.” ‘Then Clay toased hiv head upward, closed the book and began ina loud, clear voice: “Wen, in the course of human even‘e—.” The remainder need not be printed here, though it would be entirely new to many rea. Absolute silence was mai reading ended, but the instant the words “th. sacred honor” had announced the end and th: rand marshal was about to announce “music, ankee Doodle,” old Purley sprang to his fect and shouted: “Three cheers for Clay Burnitt and the Declaration Everybody loyally roared. The marshal brouglit the band into action as the last ¢ md then—well, there's nor 1,000 or 3,000 people who have not had the force of old asso- ciation refined out of their blood. Clay Burnitt arose to acknowledge the complimer self and the fathers of the republ stole a glance at Luce Purley. ‘The cheeks that ten minutes before were pale were now two glorious roses; the eyes that had looked anxious were now dancing with joy, yet telling astory which Clay was sure Le understood, The oration which followed was a fine effort, but Clay could not repeat a word of it after- ward, neither could Luce. As for Purley him- self, he was in waiting for his daughter when the exercives concluded; he also caught Cli and led him aside, put the girl’s hand in his and remarked: “She's vourn. T couldn't have done it better fi didn’t do it better the time I read it.” w did you like the rest of the celebration, Mr. Purley?” asked Clay when he had recovered from his surprise at the suddenness of things. st-rate; just like old times. Mighty giad rou gst it up." “Then why did you act so very distant about it from the very first? And”—this with a gen- tle pinch of Luce’s arm—“why did you follow your father’s example?” “Because,” suid the girl, trying tolook angry, “we knew why you were doing it. You knew? ‘How did you find o “Leatherton told father and we he would tell others.” he scoundrel! If I'd known that you knew I— 7 #0 glad you didn't,” murmured the girl, leaning heavily for umoment on her lover's arm. ‘The old mun looked cheerily at both while he gesticulated and said to himself: *—Their lives—their fortunes—and their sa- ered honor.” a ‘ urg to whom a double Weiday ont ‘There is one family in Independence day is now a leading feature of its celebration always ia the story which Grandfather Purley tells his: daugh- ter’s children of how the Fourth came’back. 4 Bad Blunder. From the Epoch. Visitor (in gaol, to prisoner)—“What are you here for?” ent and the future with that sublime happiness which only love at twenty knows, wee/CHILIAN CONCEIT. The People of the Republic Are Re- markably Self-Approving. LIFE IN THE GAY CAPITAL. An official report staten that dur- ing last year 317.879 invalids were treated in all the hospitals and dispensaries of the repubhe. The asylums for widows and orphans are mostly in charge of the Sisters de la Provi- dencia, from the dominion of Canada. During the last forty years they have established and nobly sustaited six convents—in Santiago, Valparaiso, Concepcion, Serena and Limache, and have given shelter to thousands of un- fortunates, In various wars and opochs of these good == HOW TO BECOME PLUMP Diet to Give Dimpled Cheeks and Bounded Shoulders, epidemic these good women hare shown the} snVICR FOR THIN PEOPLE. Speaking of Chilian generosity, it is asserted that the owners of Santiagore marble places ‘What It Was Before the Present Revolution— | are so free with their wealth that Irish and | Cella Logan Having Aided Those Who Would Charitable and Educational Institutions— The Government Theater—Echoes of the ‘War—Failure of Attempts to Secure Peace. ‘From The Star's Traveling Correspondent. Santiago Dx Cue, 1891. Amu THE MOST SELF-APPROVING SET of people on the face of the earth, particu- larly as regards their beloved republic, are these Chilians. A fair sample of the native conceit was displayed to a commission from the United States, which came down here a few years ago to talk about reciprocity and if pos- sible to foster closer friendly and commercial relations between the two countries. Our rep- Fesentatives were politely received by the chosen men of Chili and a lengthy but rather one-sided pow-wow was held. Finally, after listening attentively to all that the Americans had to suy for themsclyes, young Miss Chili briefly spoke her mind. She gracefully admitted the truth of all the flattering things which the gentlemen from the north had said about her—that she wasa great, a rich, a pros- Perous and « bewatiful country—but ‘assured hem that the half had not been told. she acknowledged that it might readily be dis- cerned, with half an eye, as it were, how much it would be for the inierest of the United States to have dealings with her; but—really, begging pardon for ening discourtesy— where would the benefit to Chili como in? CHILIAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. In some respects the Chilians are not without grounds for their self-exteem. Their educa- tional institutions, for example, are ahead of those in many older republics and certainly f surpass any others in South America, and their rogress in literature, the arts and sciences has n truly remarkable, considering that this ribbon-like strip of territory—walied by the mighty Andes on one side and washed by the limitless Pacific on the other—is more remote from the worid’s great centers of population than any other civilized land For some years pust education has been » government hobby in Chi dno pains or ex- ‘e been spared in discovering the best securing the most competent in \d opening up w really “royal roud” tolearning for the manyes as well as for the wealthy few. THE OLDEST COLLEGE. The oldest college in Chili, the Instituto Nacional, received its charter from the King of Spain more than a hundred years ago, and was known as the Colegio de San Felipe until 1842, when it was reorganized and renamed. It occupies a fine building in the Alameda, along- side of the great university. The latter is divided into five faculties, and in it the sous of weulthy families who are designed for the learned professions finish their education. Ita course of study covers # period of #ix years and embraces mi practical sur: ing, physics, nai -¥, chemistry, astion- omy, cosmography and other sciences, besiles ancient and modern languages, medicine, law and theology. ‘All wellcedutcated young people in this coun- try learn French and German,and of late 3 it is becoming the fashion to study Euj after the “dead” languages have been acquired as in the United States. Spanieh ix about the last language the student thinks of applying himself ‘to, except at West Pot and Annap- olis, where, 1 believe, itis compulsory. ‘That is not as it should be, considering that they are the two languages of this western world, 5 glish Leing universally spoken on one conti- nent and Spanish on the AVERAGE ANNUAL ATTENDANCE. The last statistics I have had an opportunity of seeing gave the average annual attendance at the university'as 981 and of the Instituto ) cional ws 1,150. The ic library of about 10,009 vol of scientific ap; dents. It ix filled wich young men, sof in hand, pacing the © and recding or studying aloud, after the southern fashion. In law department =I noticed two young ladies—an aliogother now departare for Chili, not favor, so that the position of rdly be envinble. Had they takea to the at insiead, possibly they forgiven; but noivily heze~ abouts can see any sense in women studying law. wrnestund thonghtial a may ve Keen, boc ¢ inner corrid wo nenoritas OTHER FLOURISHING SCHOOLS. Santiogo also rupporis a flourishing school of arts aud trades; a school of | rounded in 1369 by the Sociedad de Agrieultu aconservatory of music and nu public and private seminaries, ll well filled and doing creditable work. The Mlilitary Academy is another government institution for the education of young men intended for the ariny and navy. and is sid to have done much toward improving both eervices. It is con- ducted on the French system, and, like that in Valparaiso, oveupies a very handsome and ex- tensive gronp of buildings. The numerous normal schools of Chili sre a experiment, and are designed espreiaily those who are to become te: erument schools. supervision of the minister of tiuance. rectly superiutended by « commissioner of edu- cation—the latter a very learned gentleman, who has been sent to all countries ‘at govern- t expense € the diffe hous of coudu-ting wchools, in order to de- upon that whieh is best for Chih. A YOUNG LADIES’ SEMINARY. Among numerous private schovls, the most popular is the “Colegio Norte-Armericano,” for young ladies, which may be called an ins tution of the United States, becunse it is the outgrowth of amissionary enterprise originated in that country, and is conducted by people whose names are’ familiar in Washington (Mr. vs in the m cide wad Mre. I. H. La Fetra), assisted by eight teachers from the United Status a1 round n of “professors especiales,” who give lessons in music, painting aud the languages. The college, which is both a bourding and « school, now occupies its own casa, new building y stone in the calle (street) de las Augustinas, and has plenty of com- modious recitation rooms, drawing rooms, liz brary, reception rooms, dormitories, arranged with every convenience. ‘Though emphatically a Protestant school, its mission work quietly a it a more effective man- ner than i located in a fine largo near the central plaza, contains up- ward of 50,000 volumes and is open every duy in the week to all classes. Its collection dates back to the year 1813, but was greatly aug- mented by many valuable bouks, manuscripts, inquisition and colonial records, stolen from the once rich library of Lima during the Pera- Chili war. There isaleo a smaller public hbrary in another college, besides that of ten thousana volumes in the National Institute. PRINTING FIRST INTRODUCED. Printing was introduced into Chili in the year 1812, with a little screw press, brought from the United States, which is still preserved in the National Museum. Now there are least « dozen printing establishments in San ago, publishing four daily newspapers, beside the’ oficial journal and various reviews an seriala. The Ferro-carril (“railway train”), established about forty years ago, is the ing paper of the capital, and culation of perhaps 9,000. twenty years newspapers and becn established in. near! the provinces and departments of Chili and most of the larger towns, such as Concepcion, Iquique, sopiapo and Serena, have ench two or three dailies—or rather they had before the present war, which has temporarily destroved the ne business, in cummon with every other industry. Valparaiso has two or three big dailies, beside the Diaro Oficial, the Cato ica, an English and a German weekly, and a ‘period- ‘THE HosPrrars, number of Chilian literary and ‘Though cruel as the gravo in war, the Chilians icals. looked upon with | agricultare— | training of | | American tramps easily make from ten to twenty dollars a day by begging at their doors! ‘This careless giving, however, should not be called charity, but rather a weak indulgence in the luxury of spending money, which can scarcely be counted among the waving virtues. SANTIAGO'S THEATERS. In noting Santiago's public institutions we must not omit the theaters. Besides the Teatro Politeama, the Teatro Santiago, the French theater on Santa Lucia and a few other third- rate temples of music and the drama there iv @ splendid government opera house known as ¢ Teatro Municipal, which is the finest atruct- ure of the kind in South America, and for size, gorgeousness and arrangement surpasses any- thing we have in the United States. A descrip- tion in the cold black and white of print can convey buta faint ides of how it looks at its dost, brilliantly lighted and filled with the creme de Ia creme of the Chilian capital—when the blaze of jewels is not more dazzling than the glances that flash from southern eyes nor the music swoeter than beauty's smile— when Parisian toilets, bare arms, fluttering fans and # thousand opera glass flirtations bewilder the spectator. ‘The building is constructed horseshoe form, and itsinternal arrangement on the European plan, of which are divided into boxes, tier above tier, in semi-circular shape, all luxurionsly up- holstered with crimson brocade and decorated in white and gold. The balconies have no pillars to obstruct the view, but are supported upon brackets, each bracket being a beautiful female figure ‘with uplifted arms. BONNETS AND NO BONNETS. Formerly none but men, and those not of the upper classes, ever sat in the body of the house, though in reality it is quite as comfortable as the boxe: natural 5 who are own to stand as socially and financially as anybody the Chilian “manor” born — » in time in elevating the character of th ersisting in ressed ladies. fashionable as tl of the house pit by pying it with their well- iow, though perhaps not so show places above, tho tloor always filled, at the average price of €4 a seat, even when ‘the boxes ure comparatively empiy. xorable custom, Which in Spanisu America must not be de- parted from, decrees that ladies in the pit must Wear their bonnets or some otier light cover- ing for the head, while never a bonuet appears above, all the ladies in the boxes being dressed for tho suuple or rather balf undressed 80 far as the bodice is concerned) as for the grand opera in Paris or London. LIGUT OPERA THE RULE. Tho Teatro Municipal, as ite name implies, is controlled by the city authorities, and every year its boxes are sold at auction for the sca- son, under ihe direction of the mayor, and the receipts given, in whole or in part, us a subsid: to the opera management. 1 Pure: Ws, the attendane slim, unless son ‘The lightest of operetta “Dona Juaniia,” the “Orieo in lox Infieraos: eacio,” “Rigoletto” and acceptable “Chimes of Nur | better here than is usu ia th Like all © Sautiagoans are nd would hiss an inuifferent o ata: | is in p rule—such as let of “Brama,” aud | id there isa uli proseexinm box for the pre athe will nov be like occapy it at present, for by his order the Vthester rem: ms odd to be writing of Jun August as winter, but on this si sDuanae wath wh of joint, and the co! We northern jug most with heat. ‘The c howe is a grie cannot be imp ment hax neitzer hough’ vou the dra. ngeessm | the harass is ian society, but to the president i8 attributed th ANX. bi ‘ous for perce than any other man in the 1 the olive branch to his | nothing m | his power aliog them run the governaen ion. ‘The othe States m negotiate 2 hep jrebels. Well, the upshot of his - the president and the insurgents was the latter return Ja shall resize hands wt ver their own iu needs no pr at, whon s helped to elect, now mearin: the end of his legat term, can hardly be calied | ausurper; and the federal soverument, under which Chili has long been tho most Lrosperoua of Fouth American repuabiics, 8 bet for the peole than that set Yap milcontents whose greatest grievance is that Il rule at once. THE TRUE STATE OF POLITICAL AFFATUS. Tho rebel congressman who has been sent to the United States becuuse he is half an Ameri- can, is r to have frequently suid in high | places that “it is time the true state of policical | affairs was made known in the north,” bat the “trae state” be presented by so ronounced a partisan as himself, whove ne- | knowledged object is tu gain in the Stutes official sanction of th rebel cause. Itis particularly uuforiunate for budding business interests that the United States has been in any way brought into this affaix, for in the best of times Chilians have no deep-seated regard for the stronger northera repubi The prejudice against us, which grew out of the attitude assumed by our goverament dur- ing the Peru-Chili war (ended in ’83), has not yetdied out. On this subject the most famous of Chilian writers says in a recent book: “A generous policy on the part of unreasonable and unwarranted interference of Sceretary Blaine of the United States, through his ageuis, Hurlburt in Liwa and Adams in Paz (at that time United States ministers in Peru and Lolivis), imposed on Chili heavy ex- nditures of life and moncy without in the least bettering the defenders or causing any manifestation of inability on the part of the victor to maintain her own interests, much less vo accopt the forced intervention of any neutral power, European or American. Fayre B. Wan. a In the Buse Ball Season, ‘From the Chicavo Tribune. ‘The trouble all arose over one breakfast. It may be that they knew he hated base ball, or it may be that their talk resulted from the fact that every man, woman and child in the board- ing house, with the exception of the lank simist, had been to the game the day before. eed rompt response. - He Tooked p ed, but said nothing. A moment later; when a codfish bail was gal- lantly declined by the dude, who insisted on ing it to his fair neighbor. the dry goods clerk on the other side of the table called out: The pee i ngerea his knife nerrons mist ni as he glared at the clerk, and had hardly recovered his composure when iho waitress the cat through the doorway, and the protty typewriter ‘And the young lawyer added: ance frou the pretty typerdvor to Bre pone rf pr ralga wollen pe a Rend brute the man next door was and the real es- tate agent sang out: Beatle) he turned to the tty daughter, who att next ta him and wike ‘so far said nothing. But as he declined the Jast muffin on the plate and she took it she pacwnphna hor pone > the eye, and with her Geen elec and there is a roem to reat ip that boarding ive piewss, | part of it is converted into fi ra | adiposity, but the oilier kinds of al | weet oranges und al , late. Be Thin, Now Gives Counsel to Those Who Need More Flesh on Their Bones—Lines of Beauty. Written for The Evening Star. YOUTH—“THE SEASON MADE FOR Joy,” a8 Sheridan phrases it—a girl should be plump enough to be pleasing to the eye. Her Jaw and cheek bones should have sufficient flesh upon them to give a soft, rounded contour toher face. Her neck, like a column, should have every chink covered aud rest upon firm houlders, well filled in to hide the clavicles. ‘he chest should rise into a gently swelling bust and thence slope evenly downward to the round, supple waist From the shapely arm no sharp elbow joint should protrude, but should taper down to @ bone-hidden wrist, supporting a small, dimpled hand, with fingers prettily curved. Alas! not to every daugiiter of Eve is given the exact in | proportion of adipose tissue indispensable to a is | with four balconies, three | faultless form. Many of our girls are too thin, and, knowing it, resort to various specious | artifices of dress to conceal their skinniness and succeed fairly well as far as the body is concerned, but there are points of the human frame which defy art to soften or change them. When art fails them our women, enlightened and progressive, call upon science to aid them, and I,a humble exponent of one small but not unimportant branch of it, have been asked knowing how to teach the fat girl to become slender, I cannot instruct the too slim girl how to coax adipose tissue enough upon her bones to meet the requirements of beuaty. Unbesitatingly I reply that it can be done, always provided that the person is he the ‘thinness arises fro ate: 1 nO disonse, such as phy of the tismes of the body, m malady ch mainly supplies museums with their ons.” This wasting dinease is . Ligestion and wxsimi » Which gradually dera:.zes the blood glans, #0 that’ they cease to form blood in quantity suihcient to nourish the body. CHESTNUTS AND CHAMPAGNE. Corpulence and fattening always originate in the way people tive and ent. ‘This was proved by a Dr. Chambers, surgeon to the Queen of ngland. He delivered a series of lectures upen corpulence in 1800, and until 1863, when Banting s “Letter” appeared, Chambers was the highest Rritish authority upon this subject. He related several experiments which bad been made with a view to uscerttiuiug the exact re- lation of dict to obesity, and cited the case of a thin young girl who was ted upon chestnuts and allowed to drmk a great deal of cham- pagne. In a short time she became enor- mously fat, but returned to her natural shape when permitted to resume @ rational diet. LicLig wa; o1 the opinion, based upon his ex- peviments, that fap is formed directly from the starches and sugar eaten, and upon his author- ity it is staved Lat ono s weight can be increased c week mercly by cating ly. ‘This does not mean Using it as a sweetening to coffee or tea, but © eating it solid. More recent investigations th clearly that the albuinen (the corn, wheat and iike grains, the the cocoanut, of the fut sto b; Liebig’s show part in part of source 4 part goes to the nutrient of the usue cells. The cells can elaborate fat irom any kind of food, but rinore readily frou some kinds than from | others. FIVE FATTENING FooDs. A person dieting for eorpulence who eats only Jeau meats inay be allowed # Little butter, as edtul to the system; but if eaten iy butter is caceedingly fatiening. W populariy eupposiat to be thesb. a Taves of Tice eaters, Vive erticies foreordained up fat. They uk, sugar aud pota- you would wax fat eat candy—as uch as thy purse cai Ie th i desizen. Weight shoud contine bus ct aud frish potatoes, swee orn, bread, tavioca, butter, liver, ap- ‘owroot, barley, bects—thes? are ver} t ig. Crackers (expecially sweet), cali carrots, grapes, gravies thickened with flour, the dressiag of poultry, honey, macearo weal, parenips, preserves a r barb, -ago pudaang:, all kinds of pastes (thickcued like mock turtle), masia ai d mush fried aud batiere: very kind, all tres! put into all vegecabl bread, Fanry Davenport blames the boubon box for her obesity. Nothing of flesh, fish, fowl or fruitis torbiddeu to those in the pursuit of entables arc to be preferred. Veal aud pork rather than beet and mutton, goose and duck rather than ey OF chicken, aad the vile. sorts of fisu, such as ces stimon. Eat only the yelks of eggs and all y which contain su; Vr . whe invo pies, is very fatter u berries, Lanons, lettus i, cabbuge (ex- cept the red, but not pickled; no pickles or pickled viands are allowed). | Asparagus and tomatoes are for the cousumption of the fat, not the lean, but to these are permitted cheese, jontilx, ali kinds of sweet and made dishes, rich gravies, tuick sauces, corn meal in all its numerous forme, salep *ago, succotash, suck- ing pigs, bananas and nuts of every kind that that lead to k street, Slecp and Tuke Your Euse street. You nay’ feast on_ boiled chest uuts, doughnuts, griddle and buckwheat cakes, molasses, pineapples and cocoanuts. Eat ouly parations of choco- Coffee is allowed." It has no effect either to fatten or reduce in itself, but can be ren- dered fattening by adding an’ excess of milk and sugar. Acup of hot chocolate, with milk and sweetened, tuken nightly at bedtime ought to skeleton. t meals drink milk, the thicker with cream the better. aud used freely upon Use no vinegar nor acids nor cider. Take no lemonade nor tea. Mik punch is excellent, but should be drunk sparingly. MALT LIQUORS FATTENING. Shakespeare suys that “use doth breed a habit in a man.” Ho always knew what he was writing about, did Shakespeare. ‘The daily re- currence of anything is what fixes it into a habit. Medicine taken one day and left off the next does no good, effects nothing. 80 it fol- lows that the fattening process once begun— to be effective—must persisted in, Port wine is fattening: vo are all malt liquors, y Inger beer. ‘A friend of mine who was lean to emaciation had vainly tried to “flesh up,” when she was recommended to drink a sc of lager every day with her luncheon. She followed this pleasant prescription and by the end of a year was so bulky that she was to for- swear the beverage on account of obesity. To the lean are permitted as drinks champagne and other sparkling and sweet wines, especially port, which, by the way, is to Blame, as a for the obesity of English dames Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, glasses of port daily until out of ail i GEES tie Hi iT i i i Fy : 3 2 g Hit | r i ii i i i i ‘ Fi i E 4 z & E te? i H i HS | t i i i | | ‘ abandon the exclusively fa diet. To Erow stont gradualls, which is the better way, you should lead a calm, quiet, inactive, seden- iary'existence. Puysical exertion works off saperfluons flesh. In consequence of the de- privation of exercise convicts usually grow tat im prison. Corpulence is almost unknown among professional dancers and gymnasts and among the Arabs and other nomadic tribes. Real mountaineers are never undnly fat, and wild animals are always lean, becanse they live in a state of constant movement. Do not imitate them, but rather the lazy lap dog. which sleeps much and eats more of dainty, sugared lite tidbits. ‘anning, rowing and grmnastics are not for thoce who would be fat. “Their exercise shold be gentle and passive, riding rather than waik- ing, they should bo “wall flowers” in the ball room and observers at the skating rink and swimming pools. If you would increase your adiposity let the street car, which is a few paces off, go past without you. Quietly and con- tentedly wait for the next one. Patronize the qlevator; when you mast go Upstairs take your Never bathe in water hot enough to cause perspiration. Keep cool, for the mind has much to do with getting fat, as well aa in othe matters. All the old time proverbs upon thi subject refer to the mind more than to the body, such as “Laugh and grow fat,” “Eat, drink and be merry,” not walk, jump, run and row and grow fat, but laugh end sleep. Sleep all you can and cultivate the practice of taking forty winks anywhere and everywhere. Above all, do not lie awake or pace the floor o' mights worrying about things. “Let the other man walk.” Finally, drink mo ice water. Drink as little water as ‘possible. You will be surprised to find how small a quantity is really required to Satisfy the thirst. Water increases the size by bloating the body. Lager acts measurably in same way. The increase caused by it is not wing to healthy flesh. FAT AND FAIR AFTER FORTY. It is hardly possible to give any idea of just how long it will take to fatten a person while following out the rules here laid down, as tem- Derament and heredity differ so in individuala. One may have an inherited tendency to corpu- lence and fatten speedily, while all efforts will seem to fail with those to. whom leanness is « birthright. Nevertheless, a certain degree of Jumpness can, in the long run, be acquired by any one who perseveres in the diet and adopts the suggestions here given. Only two things can be positively stated about the fattening procera. The first is that women are more disposed to than men because men lead, as @ rule, more active outdoor lives than women. The second is that after forty—when every one is eaid to be either fool or « doctor—both sexes “take on” flesh more easily than before that age. A little attention to dress, with a view either to increase or decrease the appearance of the real bulk, should be given by those afflicted with adiposity or the reverse. In costuming the thin have the advantage over the fat. A lean man can hide bis emaciation under loose Pautaloons and large, easy fitting coate. ‘The “skeleton dude,” whore face is not gaunt, Wears in the streets big garments, large cout, padded about the chest and shoulders, wo that © appears only # little thinner than the rest of maukind and not the “living skeleton” be is reaily. No such devices will conceal the too ample Proportions of the fat man, who should never Wear 4 dress coat, clawhammer, but a frock coat of rather easy fit and buttoned all the way down. No matter if tight trousers are the mode, his should always be somewhat wide. «in gowns, &c., expressly iciencies of thin Wouen. ‘or the modes of the last fifteen years we are indebted to two women, both lean, one extra ordinarily so—the actress Sarah Bernhardt, the other the Princess of Wales, whose neck, it ix said, 18 so long and slender as to resemble a giraffes. Hence all these elaborate throat frilisand furbelows which are in vogue nowa- daye- give an adipose woman the appearance of having her head seated directly upon ber shoulders, EERNHARDT'S AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY. Bernhardt is as great a genius in devising costumes as she is in acting, but her ingenuity is entirely expended in trying to deceive the eye astoher thinness. To hide ber flail like arms the introduced the wrinkled glove reach- ing to the shoulder. To her narrow shoulders ; Ne owe the hidcous leg o’mutton slveve, and to her long, gaunt limbs and skeleton’ frame Senerally are duc the Gionsand and one varia- sions in draped skirts that have been rushed in and out of fashion for the last dozen or amor rs. We have to thank ber for the bustl ' hip draperies. Oue monstrosity alone she has spared as—the hoop ckirt. Wath all ber strivings after the appearance | of plampness Serals has novel ideas and an eye to the graceful and beautiful, but her creations a crous when worn withou: modification | by women whose too solid flesh will not melt or be squcczed out of sight by tight lacing. What a picture squat, podgy woinan looks actived in the fashions of thie year of our Lord, 191! ‘The short, full Medici Cloak, which, fall- ing just below the waist line, cuts’ the form in two, as it were, giving the effect of an Irish peasaut's “short gown.” breaking and shorten- aug the line of tue form, when the sougut for effect should be long, sweeping and unbroken. ‘The present manner of draping the skirt is pretty and graceful on a slight figure, but When the material is stretched without a wrinkle over the broad expanse of the hips of a stout woman the widtn of dank it suggests is anything but pleasing. All the fullness of the skirt and necessarily all the weight 18 massed at the back, so that with the length it is hard for the obese woman to walk at all. The tight, long, armor-like waist cncases her like a vise, hindering ber breathing, except in ener. The immense shoulder shea!s almost double in tooks her already “ws world too wide” shoul- ders. Only more unbecoming to full figures than the Medici cloak is the Medici collar, which reaches to the ears. Hats are too wide of brim and too low of crown to look well above double chins, heavy jowls and massive heads. Chere is hardly a prevailing style which was not expressly designed to increase the width of thin wouen and stout women should mod- ify them # that their defects of form will not be augmented by their attire. Stout ladies, let me entreat you to shake out reef in the skirt so as to give the lower limbs room to move about without tugging at aud straining the tether of tape in the rear of the dress. Let the waist bo at least loose enough to be fastened without the aid of a batton hook. A BAD PROSPECT FOR FAT PEOPLE. the bard, high Medici collar sufticiently to show that although overly plump nature has not denied you a neck altogether. Around the throat wear a single ruching or lace only, scantily gathered in. Let a small shoulder mantle of jot or « half-fitting jacket replace the ugly Medici cloak, which, by the way, was not as a general thing worn by women, but by men rather 48 an ornament than as @ protection from the cold in the days when they wore doublets and hose, which reminds me of the movement now on foot to dress women ina similar manner to men. It is my belicf that if a great army of women should ever march forth in i sack coats and the rightly named plug uglics masculine wear no fat woman will be found in their ranks. Our fair, fat friend will draw the line at trousers, if wear them she must her that heirloom of the ages, Ly gentle and simpie, old and young, quested from woman to woman, tion to nee from century ‘the vanished Inevery clime, time and country woman has invariably worn some covering would sccm a fomsinine instinct. His second wife was a Mise Sap- sistor of his first wife. His third wife was also a Miss Sappington, sister of his first and second wives. When he came the third time to ask old Col. Sappington for his daughter the colone! said: A Mysterious Summer Disense and How to Relieve Its Tortares. S6P\HERE IS NO DOUBT OF THE FACT that hay fever and complaints of esimilar nature have steadily become more prevalent im Tecent years,” said «Washington physician, who is rated an expert in diseases of the nose and throat, toa Stan writer. “The increase is un- questionably due to the growth of luxurioas living, which has @ tendency to propagate ner- vous complaints of all sorts. Troubles of this, kind are due primarily to frritability of the nerve centers, from which cause springs am | over sensitiveness of the mucous membrane that lines the air passages, especially of the nose. For some reason that nobody under- stands this sensitive membrane is irritated by certain causes that are tin the summer time. Among them are sunlight and heat, #0) ‘that a person affected is often unable to look upon the orb of day without being seized with a po fit < am ng But = peinfal and aggravated symptoms seem produced by breathing the polien of planta, “The rame trouble bas different names, ac- cording to the season of the year. “Rose cold” appears in May or June. Thename te pocetanl, butas « pt sang of a proboscis — ‘No rose that blows Is like that wowe Novo destroys reposs.* “Later on, some time in August, hay fever begins to get m ite deadly work. "The of grams in supposed to have something to do with it, but there is no certainty about it, There is no doubt of the fact, however, that the disease is much worse and more prevalent abroad than it is in this country. Forta it doesn't shorten life, though it may be to diminish hay within the last fifteen years or #0 haeit been treated scien- tifically and with antisfactory results. “Cocaine has been much employed to allevi= ate the ptoms of hay fever, but, in my opinion, it is not a desirable remedy. "The pa- tient must use steadily stronger solutions im order to obtain relief, and after employing therm the mucous membrave wooa becomes more in- flamed than before. Besides, the habit ise dangerous one to contract and some prone Are so disposed constitutionally as to be poi soned by the drug. “The most rausfactory cure for hay fever awe at —— = cauterize the irritated membrane with glacial acetic acid, appl cocaine prehminurily to deaden coe ok would otherwise be very severe. At the same me, beginning abouta week before the trouble ts expected to commence, take one pill morn- ing and evening, containing oue two-hundredth of grain of uteopine, which you kuow is the active principle of belladonna. ‘The etropine will produce @ slight dryncss of the throat, but if the dryness is very marked and there is flush- of the face diminish the doses by taking only one pili a day, m the morning. Remember that this a8 a deadly poison aud do not conunue taking it for more than six weeks. Another good method of treatment is to can- terize the seusitive membrane by electricity; but many physicians prefer to apply chromic acid. For the mild form of tbe c it called ‘rose cold’ you can treat yoursell with excellent prospects of success by taking au atropine pill twice a day and cocasionally epray- ing the interior of the nasal passages with @ solution of menthol in fimd cosmolne.” pemepcheate-e satin A Reward of Merit. From the Boston Herald. Bank Teller—“Will you take it as. presump- tion, madam, if I offer you these fow roses?” Miss Caramelia Golddust--“1 don't know you, sir, Bank Teller—“T.am aware of that; but you are the only woman in the uistory of this bank who ever indorsed a check on the right end!” —o- THE EVILS OF INTEMPERANCE. Tilustrated by the Adventures of @ Small Boy and a Horse, From Munsey’s Weekly. “‘Btop it, or you'll burst, sure?