Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1896, Page 15

—$—$—————— MOST FRIGHTFUL — RAILWAY WRECK OF THE 19TH CENTURY! SAVED BY FATE! HELD UP BY A ROBBER. War of Words and Bullets. The Robber Captured. “Do I believe In fate?” queried Prof. MeComber of New York of a party of gentlemen In the ef a Washivgton south-beund sleeper. went bave I had with the late How. Bluine on this subject. He believed in In destiny. I did not; though I do to a reat extent today. wea tax yeas ago % ia company with @ mated physician of Be m, started from the flu> da. It was the first day of the ‘rible bliz- gard whi cost Rose onkling and hundreds of others their lives. We were bound in Con- Reeticut until Thurslay afterroon, when we slowly our way to New York. We were due to York that Thursday night at 9 o'clock on the Tampa Our berths were reserved. It was 10 o'clock before we reached New York, and Florida train had left or time. We left Jersey y om the very early train the next mi ed Washinzton at 10:45 an . the next morning at 7 a.m., which ime the train leaving New York at 9 o'ciock the nis! fore reached Savannah, acd from Savanuath ¢ leepers of the two trains Were consolidated, and went on southward as oue train. ‘(m this occasion, as travel wa: eaeh train went southward from & ‘The train which left New York at 9 evening co:nprised the first section. We second section; eat was full In to secure ae- smoker James sno very heavy, vannah as a eve stopped at Jackson- ange ccats with a who Wi first Ville. doctor trie Mr. Redmond of than Jaeksoayille that di: his side the Blackshear river we were sig- a man waving a train came formed 0 entire precipice of seventy feet. “Dr. Flower teok care of most of the wounded, aml that evening he took a rload of the wounded and 13 of the ded to Jacksonville. Had he not been there v ef the wounded would soon have been de Now, the wonderful part of thi ‘Tne lady apd gentleman to whom was sold (Thursday evening in New Yo-k) the section Dt. FI ec had had reserved for him- we in the mids‘ of the wreck, the man was killed eutright and the lady fatally Injured, only living a few weeks. The Canadian who re- d to exchange seats to accommodate the doe- bad beth legs broken, his shoulder and elbow shed, besides being seriously Injured in- ternully, Twiee was Dr. Flower saved from this rrible wreek. dn ISS# Dr. Flower made a profe While in sout! t train of ely nm cars had come down a tor sional trip to Kansas he took a day from bis com- er ef the eemed mest plentiful, four robbers who suddenly ap- . He was ordered to thro ht, bogs,’ he said, ‘up go ur suns this way. ‘The ves me the neuralzia." “All ri om’t point ¥ © of th muzzles med to enjoy his half impudent reply. After the leader ved him of bis wat and money he shook hants with the Doctor and to go, when Dr. Fl er remarked: ‘I don’t iY money and wateh, but I uy because they never do you demanded the outlaw. “Be- "s Disexse » and have also a heart trouble elf must soon kill you.’ ‘How do you kidney and bart tronble? asked the “I did not think ide world a sick may ut asking ons except Dr. Flower of Bos- was now the turn. Drawi ening his e bandit, be said, “Tam De. Flower of ‘The robber satd in a nervous one, ‘I have @ to see you. You cam help me, can “Yes, under certain conditions. ‘Name sald the rebber. That you return to ine you bave taken, and that you give me $1,000 know I hay robber. mild te Rr. Doctor's It himself up to his fullest height, and not? you them,” what and chinge your preseat way of living.’ ‘I can only give $700 today, bat I will agree to t terms.” ‘Al right,’ said the Doctor. up sbell out,” and the: robber good-naturedly ed over the $700 What he had taken from er. ‘Now,” suid Dr. Fowler, ‘give me your and address." “My name fs Bob Cocl semi ey for me to Wm. Newm nd I will receive ft, an 0 preserve my secret.” cel under another, and his Prosperous farmer, at the of a family In Northern Missourl. n scores of Dr. Flower's patients at nt times, and they all tel of bis examinatic of their eases in the same gccurate and wonderful I am thoroughly convinced that there Is a Kind of fate or destiny about that man which cn- ables him to perform almost supernatural wonders in his profession. “He is the most pleasing man, persorally, met. Polite, kind and sympzthetie to children are especially fond of him, and eave Lim. He is the most eloquent and fascinating orator on the American platform. Fis language is the expression always of the most Beantifal and poetical speech. “Socially he is genial and generous; he {s ab- solurely fearless. I dort think he knows what fear Is. He believes that whatever is, is best. ‘That he is Im this world to do a work, and that he will stay here until it fs dene. He has great confiden:# in himself, and has good reasons to have. I don't think he ever knew defeat, and if he did I don't think he would recognize it, or Would be long turning it to a vietory. He is most Peaceably inclined, tut when forced to a fight he is the most dangersus and determined foe man ever had. “But the most wonderful feature of this won- I ‘ou @ question or ever being told a thing. I am absolutely certain that there is not a sick man or woman en this earth, I don’t care kow subtl: and complicated their disease, but that tf Dr. cculd take them by the hand he coud tell them thelr exact condition better than they could tell him, and without asking a question cr being told anything; and, furthermore, I belie ke fs the only living man who can do go unless it is his eldest son, R. C. Flower, jr., who, I understand, has Inherited the same gift. And When a tan can tell a patient bis disease ac- curately and In detail without having hed previous knowledge, he Is uot likely to make mistakes in treating his patient. “Here is a tabulat»l and condensed statement,” of. MeComber, “from authentic reports of Flowers wonderful and almost mir: = the sick, and any sick person h of Dr. KR. €. Flower should not fail Va., cured of nm erntekes and being Also of nervous prostra- cured of gallop- and bowel con- given up te di ed of ase aption atl - catarch, . Martha B: fven up as incurable Byrdsville, V Flin; condition of uinption. 4. Il. Allen, Box Elcer, Va., of cancer trouble of stomach, catarrh and nervous prostration. rs Clark, Jonesboro’, ¢ If the south, cured of a dcuble curvatare of tke spine, and of a condition of utter helplessaess for years, except. when in Braces or om erntches. John Bowles of Kichmond, Va., several years in the Inst stazes ef consumption, after va- ious treatments and an operation on the lungs, came to see Dr. R. €. Flower as a last resort. It was a long, hard fight, but the young man was cored, netually arising irom the shadow of the grave. Cell many of these things miracles or! what you may, the fact remains that with all the werld to help them, ff it had not been for Dr. K. C. Flower, these people would have been i their graves. A little book sent free to the sick on receipt of cents fm stamps, calied “Health and Happiness,”* by Dr. Flower. Should be in the hands of every ck person on this earth. Address Dr. R. C. Flower at his home office, 559 Columbus ave., Boston, for this book. “Washington City!" cried the conductor; “change care for the south ant w And this interesth Goup scattercd on their ditferent journeys. it MONTICELLO, JEFFERSON’S HOME. HOME OF JEFFERSON Democrats Will Celebrate His Birth- day at Monticello, ASSOCIATION CF DEMCCRATIC CLUBS Description of a Beautiful Spot in CLi Virginia. FATHER OF DEMOCRACY en January 8 has commonly been regarded as the great democratic day of the year, when meetings and banquets are held throughout the Union, and orators hold forth in glowing terms upon the greatness and majesty of Gen. Andrew Jackson and the political principles he upheld with such vigor. The day was selected because st is the anniversary of the battle of New Or- jeans, where Old Hickory achieved lasting renown, but the military part of his career seldom receives more than passing notice im the eloquence that marks the celebra- tions. There are many who have remarked upon the more fitting appropriateness of April 13 as an occasion for democratic en- thusiasm of the character described be- cause that day was consecrated, in their estimation, by the birth of Thomas Jeffer- sen, the father of the democratic party and the author of that great document which elpthed our forefathers in the flowing gar- ments of freedom. To such the return of the date this year Will be doubly pleasing, because it will be observed by a powerful organization of the democratic party in a manner befitting its importance. The National Association of Democratic Clubs, which comprises a membership as wide as the Union, will hold a reunion next Monday at the old home and burial place of Jefferson at Monti- cello. Here, on the broad lawn that stretches away from the front of the historic man- sion, the hosts will gather to listen to the utterances of men inspired by their suc- roundings, and renew their oaths of al- legiance to the principles Jefferson enun- ciated. Beautiful Monticello. There will be something mcre to interest the visitors than the exercises of the day. They will not only enjoy the historic asso- ciations of Monticello, but also the loveli- ress of their surroundings. There are few estates in the Union more happily located or more perfectly kept up than Monticello. The mansion, perched high upon a gentle slope of Carter mountain, gives a view of Jefferson M. Levy, Owner of Monti- cello. surpassing loveliness. Toward the west the eye overlooks a basin-like valley that stretches away to the Blue Ridge moun- tains, twenty-five miles distant, above which may be caught glimpses of the far Alleghanies. In the near distance lies the town of Charlottesville, just beyond which is the University of Virginia, that famous institution of learning which was founded by the man who built Monticello and lies buried but a short distance from the man- sion. The vision is charmed by the pano- rama which stretches in all directions and the selection of this site for a dwelling house shows that Jefferson had a rare ap- preciation of the beautiful. How It Was Built. Jefferson was born within two miles of Monticello, at Shadwell, April 2, 1743. Shad- well Hes to the east between Monticello and Edge Hill, where the Randolphs, who are the direct descendants of Jefferson, now re- side. His father, Peter Jefferson, moved to Albemarle county from Chesterfield county, Virginia. Peter Jefferson died in 1757 and left Shadwell, which included Monticello, to his son Thomas. The Shadwell house was paintings beirg particularly fine. The li- brary was one of the best possessed by a private citizen in any country, and 10,000 volumes of it were sold by Jefferson to the goverument after the-destruction of the public library In Washington by the Brit- ish. The library room, iike the other liv- ing rooms, was on the first floor, and the second story was given up to the sleeping apartments. The apartments occupied by Jefferson and his wife were singularly con- structed. In an opening in the wall be- tween two adjoining rooms, the bed was placed, and the room on either side was sacred to its particular occupant. Mr. Jef- fersoa got into bed from his room and Mrs. Jefferson from hers. Broad and Numerona Acres. The estate of Monticello contains a sanare mile of territory, or 640 acres, and remains Pow as nearly as possible as it was when Thomas Jefferson died. The tase of the mountain is washed by the Rivanna river, and the stream may he followed for miles, winding tn and out among the farms and plantations, which it makes fertile and back in 1789 the most firm.believer in the rights of the people. He balieyed that while they might make mista! ‘the country was safer in their hands it could ever be in those of any minori' rho were not elected and who could nok be deposed at any time. He exhibited t! itmost tatred of monarchical institutions, and detested a privileged class, and was,’ ¢f course, op- posed to any form of céntralization of power. As Washington's Secretary of State, Jefferson made hiniself felt in all the foreign relations of the’ government, and when he succeeded John Adams as President his first effort was to republican- ize the government. Belieting that the alien and sedition laws passed by the fed- eralists to be in direct opposition to the Constitution, ard a step toward crea:ing a privileged government, Jefferson at once pardoned all those who had been convicted under these acts, and denounced, in strong terms, any attempt to coerce opinion. Unlike Andrew Jackson. He also held that differences of opinion in Politics were not sufficient cause for dis- missal from office, and no President since his day has ever made fewer changes among the office-holders. He divested the position of President of all the pomp which Wash- ington and Adams had permitted to grow up around it. The weekly levees and other receptions were abolished, as savoring too tauch of royalty, and he always traveled as a private citizen. He restricted the pardon- ing power of the President, so that he would not exercise it unless the judge who con- victed the criminal joined in the petition. Jeiferson showed he thoroughly under- stood that freedom of the individual in- volves the resistance to oppression from any quarter by the community. The Bar- bary pirates had tyrannized over European rations, as represented by the crews of their ships, for centuries, and they had endured the shame. Jefferson sent Decatur to put a step to the outrages, so far as Americans were concerned, and the pirates of North Africa were driven out of the business. The President had a keen eye to the future, and when Napoleon offered to sell Louisiana. under which name were included the yalleys of the Mississippi and the Missouri and the MAIN HALLWAY, MONTICELLO. productive. The sides of the mountain are encompassed by four roads sweeping around it and so connected with each other by easy ascents as to give a carriageway almost seven miles long. The old oaks and leeches and lindgns and walnuts, many of which were planted by Jefferson's own hand, tower lof‘fiy through the park, and the slopes of the mountain are covered with a magnificent forest of splendid trees. The @rives and waiks th izhout the broad grounds retain the original lines laid out by Jefferson, and the mansion itself 1s in ro wise changed. The Present Owner. The estate is now ow2ed by Jefferson M. Levy, a gentleman of means, and a demo- erat of national reputation. Mr. Levy in- herited the estate from his father, Commo- dore Uriah P. Levy, who purchased it in the year 183. Commodore Levy was the senior flag officer of the United States navy when the war broke out, and, as he re- mained loyal to the Union, Monticello was confiscated by the confederate government and everything upon the estate was sold. At the close of the war the Levy family again took possession, and set to work to restore Monticello to its original condition, which had been sadly changed by the rav- ages of soldiers and the vandalism of relic hunters. The original tombstone which marked Jefferson’s grave was practically carried away by the latter class of vandals, but the grave is now marked by a handsome granite obelisk, surrounded by an iron rail- ing, and guarded by a watchman, whom Mr. Levy employs to protect the sacred spot. The obelisk was erected by Congress sev- eral years ago, an appropriation of $10,000 being made for the purpose. The grave is situated in the park about a quarter of a mile from the mansion. Mr. Levy's devo- tion to his self-imposed guardianship of Monticello has entailed a heavy outlay, but he is apparently willing to spend another fertune in preserving the manor in its original condition, and the marbles and statuary which Jefferson originally placed about the grounds have nearly all been re- stored by his aid. There are numbers of visitors to Monticello, and they are increas- ing every year. The Celebration Monday. The National Association of Democratic Clubs and its guests will leave for Monti- cello Monday morning. President Chaun- cey F. Black, Secretary Lawrence Gardner and Treasurer Charles J. Canda will be in charge of the party, which will depart by the Southern railroad at 8 a.m. A short stop will be made at Montpelier, the home of Madison, and Charlottesville will be reached at noon. Dinner will be taken at the station, and then the drive to Monti- cello will follow. The exercises will take place on the lawn. The orations of the day will _be delivered by ex-Governor William E. Russell of Massachusetts and Sena:or Daniel of Virginia. The party will return to Washington in the evening, arriving here at 9:40 o'clock. Jeffersons Career. The man whose Virthday is to be thus PARLOR AT MONTICELLO. : burned previcusly, and in 1764 the erection of the mansion at Monticello was begun. There was an enormous amount of prepara- tery work to be done. The apex of the mountain was leveled until an elliptical plain of about ten acres was obtained. Workmen vere brought from Europe to accomplish this work, and many of them were Ital'ans, whose descendants still re- side in tke vicirity and are among the wealthy vineyardists there, whose vines cover the slopes of the near-by spurs in all directions. And they still raise the famous Norton grape, remarkable for its wine- making qualities, which was first sent over from Frarce by Jeffersor himself, when he was minister to that ccurt. The mansi21 was also erected by Euro- pean aftists, and in its interior all the three types of Grecian architecture are re- produced, a hall being Ionic, a'room Doric, and still another Corinthian. The mansion was built on generous scales, being over a hundred feet ee by sixty-five in width, and its owner filled it with rare and pre- cious works of art, the sculptuary and celebrated was horn, as has been stated, at Shadwell April 2, 1743. His ancestors were among the first settlers in Virginia, and were people of solid respectability. They emigrated to this country from Wales from near the mountain of Snowden. Jeffcr- son’s grandfather lived in Chesterfield county at a place called Ozbornes. Peter, the father of Thomas Jefferson, settled in Albermarle county on the land called Shad- well, and he was the third or fourth set- tler in that region of the countrr. He mar- ried, in 1738, Jane Randoiph, the daughter of Ishan Randolph, and left six jaughters and two sons when he died in 1757. “hom. as was the eldest. His mother survived un- til 1776. Prior to the revolution Jefferson had been a member of the Virginia house of burgesses, and in 1779 he was clected the governor of his state. In 1782 he went to France as American minister, and in the following year, as chairman of the committee on currency in Congress, he gave the country decimal coinage. | He went to France again in 1784, and came country as far west as the Rocky mountains —he promptly availed himself of the oppor- tunity, mere than doubling the territory of the United State: nd giving the nation that which it was Soon to need. His Policy as President. At this interesting time it may not be un- timely to repeat what Jefferdon aid in hi: first inaugural addr He declared th: his administration he would be guided by the following rules: Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever stale or persuasion, religious or political, Peace, commerce and honest f; with ali nations; entangling allian none. ‘The support of the state governme: all their rights as the Y is ministrators of the surest bulw cates The preservation of the gehers ment in its wh a sheet anchor safety abroad. A Jealous care of the right of election by the people. Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of ‘y, the vital principles of re- ndship e with s in most competent ad- our domestic concerns and arks against anti-republican 1 govern- hole constitutional vigor as the of our peace at home and the majorit publics. A well-disciplined militia, our best reli a, relian, in peace, and for the first’moments of wae, till regulars may relfeve them. : e supremacy of the civil ov ili athe supremacy ¢ vil over the mili Economy in’ the public expen: labor may be lightly burdened, ‘hat The honest payment of our debts, and the sacred preservation of the public faith, Encouragement of agriculture, and. of commerce as its handmaid. i ‘The diffusion of information and arraign- ment of all abuses at the bar of public rea- Freedom of religion. om of the pre: ‘reedom of the pers: tion of the habeas corpus oe neentotet: “These principles,” sai the bright constellati fore us and guided age of revolution wisdom of our sage: Jefferson, “form lon which has gone be- our steps through the and reformation. The s and the blood of heroes have been devoted to their attain= ment. They should be the creed of Y po~ litical faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; —>___ At Any Cost. From Harper's Magazine. In wrath and tears Edith Howlett had gcne to bed. She had been tucked in once, given a drink twice, kissed good-night three times and the lamp had been extinguished, but the spark of rebellion still burned in her childish soul. “Mamma,” she cried. “Go to sleep, Edith,” her mother said, sternly; “I shall not come in there again! “I want a drink, mamma,” Edith pleaded. “You've had two drinks already. Now go to sleep.” ‘There was a brief silence, and then Edith tried again. “Mamma, come and kiss me good-night.” “You've been kissed good-night, dear, and I shall not come in again, so go to sleep at once like a good girl.” ‘There was another pause, while the lonely child cudgeled her little b = Se brain for a new ex. “Mamma!” she cried, at last, “please come in; I’m so hungry.” “You cannot have anything to eat to- night, and if I come in there again,” the mother said, with rising color, “it will be to give you a gocd spanking!” There was a longer pause, and just as it began to look as if the evening's battle were ever the child's voice was heard again. “Mamm she pleaded, “I'm so lonely in here. Please come in and spank me!” 6@0 et English Railroad Ticke(s. From Chambers’ Journal. - Last year there were issued in the United Kingdom considerably over ‘911,000,000 of railway tickets, exclusive of season tickets and workmen's weekly tickets. It is not easy to realize such a numben. Up till a few years ago the bulk of our rallway tickets came from private factories in London and Manchester. Latterly, the larger railways have been setting up es- tablishments of the!r own for printing their tickets, which, however, they still buy from outside workers in the form of “blanks,” It might reasonably be expected that where the numbers required are so vast, the printing would be done in jarge shests, to be afterward cut up into tickets. This, however, is not the way it is done. Paste- board is specially made for the purpose, but it is sliced up into “blank” tickets, cach to be printed and numbered one by 6ne af- terward. He Just Had to Say It. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. After rapping Cain sharply on the knuck- les for reaching across the table, Adam said: “My dear, if I had had a mother she would have made bread that would make this stuff look like a chunk of concrete alongsdle of it.” SELEESS LHPLE ye the key that saparillas= tried Ayer’s. write us: MIND AND BODY. Mental Influence in Its Relation to Bodily Functions. From the Literary Digest. ‘The lengths to which mind curists and} faith curists have gone in advocacy of thelr special methods, to the exclusion of all cther modes of treatment, have caused many persons to look askance at all ass¢ tions regarding the influence of the mind over bodily functions and processes, .¥ physiological fact is better established than | the existence of such an influence. ing some phases of it Modern Medicine | (February) has the following to say edito- rially, its remarks being suggested by an address made recently by Dr. T. S. Clous- ion before the Royal Medical Soclety of Kdinburgh, Scotland. We quote a few para- graphs below “Every bodily organ and function is rep- resented in the cortex of the brain, by means of which all are harmonized and unified. Each neuron, with its hundreds of fibers and its thousands of dendrites, has relation to some particular part and func- tion, and is connected not only with all cther neurons, but, directly or Indirectly, with multitudes of other similar structures which help to form the brain. Every func- tion of the body—laughing, talking, weep- ing, digestion, sweating, etc.—is affected through the influence of the brain cor- tex. * * * “The evidence that the brain cortex reg- vlates apsorption, secretion, vascular tone, as well as the various tissue changes and other activities of the body, is complete. Sores in melancholic persons will not heal. In cases of lung disease in idiots and im- beciles, there is so little resisting power against the tubercular bacillus that two- thirds of them die of consumption. Sir Samuel Baker noted that grief or hunger is nearly always followed by fever in cer- tain parts of Africa. When in Mexico two years ago, we found that quite a proportion of chronic invalids attributed their illness to getting angry, a fit of anger in that country being usually followed by a severe illness. Death occurs in many cases, not so much because of disease as because of the diminished resisting mental and nerv- ous force which opposes it. A bad memory and an attack of eczema in a man of seventy-llve may he due to the same cause. A cheerful and buoyant mind, as well as a sound brain, are all-important in both the prevention and the healing of disease. “Blisters have been caused by suggestions @uring hypnotic conditions. * * * Warts have been charmed away, gout swellings have disappeared at the cry of ‘Mad dog’ or ‘Fire.’ These are extraordinary exam- ples of an action just as real, though less Patent, of the influence which the brain ts continually exercising upon other portions of the body. “Most diseases are aggravated at night when the brain is least active. Most con- vulsive attacks occur at that time. ‘What man's courage is as great at 3 in the morn- ing as at midday? What man’s judgment is as clear then? ‘Hallucinations. as well as fears, are most apt to appear at night.’ ‘To check many diseases we cannot employ better theraneutics than to strengthen the cortex, and thus strengthen the mental energy.’ ‘To this end the first thing the goo doctor does is to inspire confidence in his patient.’ Dr. Clouston thus presents a good ifeundation for a scientific mind cure which seme ingenious therapeutist will doubtless some day work out in detail.” =e What Cathode Means, From Scribner's Magazine, Let us first see what we mean by the term cathode. If we should break the tiny filament of an Edison incandescent lamp at the middle of the glowing loop the light would go out. If, now, we connect the two ends of the broken filament to the poles of a battery of a great many thousand yol- tale cells, such as are commonly used to ring house bells, we should be able to light the lamp again, not by incandescence, but by a feeble glow which pervades the whole bulb. The ends of the broken filament would glow—and the glow at one end of the filament would be different in appearance from that of the other. The broken fila- ment, by means of which the electrical en- ergy enters the bulb, is called the anode, and the filament by means of which, in ors dinary language, it leaves the bulb, is called the cathode. Now, the great peculiarity of the cathode rays is this—they seem to be independent of the position of the anode, and they stream out from the cathode like the beam of a search ligat, striking the walls of the inclosing vessel. = 6ee— In 4000 B.C. The “Cureboo! From Trath. . "That's just what I like.” Ramesis rubbed his palms and smiled on the artist who had completed the interior decorations of the pyramids. “Those poster effects give the whole place a chic and fin-de-slecle appearance that is delightfully up-to-date.”” Yet people talk as if Beardsley had in- vented something new. - Keyhole Knows That in the twenty keys on the key-ring, there’s just one will fit it. All the rest of the bunch are keys, too, some of them very much finer and some much bigger than the right key--- That’s the way with sar- there’s a string of them. you tried them, and found they did not fit your case? Never despair, until you have There’s others that promise more, but Ayer’s is the Sovereign Sarsaparilla. It cures where others fail. fits. So “I got no benefit till 1 tried yours.” “When all others failed, 1 was cured by taking Ayers Sarsaparilla.” tells more. Free. Send J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. BOUND TO HAVE ONE. Everybody Should Have One and Ex- pense Must Not Stund in the Way. From the Chicago “John,” said Mrs. Croesus thoughtfully, “everybody in society seems to think an awful lot of genealogy these days.” “Jennie what?” exclaimed Join, looking j Up from his evening paper. “Genealogy,” repeated Mrs. Croesus. “What's that?” “I don’t exactly know,” replied Mrs. Creesus, “but I think it's a tree uf some kind. At least, I heard some ladies refer to it as a family tr Well, what of it?” he asked. “Why, it seems to be a sort of fad, you knew, and everyone who is anyone has to have one.” 2uy one, then,” he said irritably. “Buy the best one in town and have the bill sent to me, but don’t bother me with the details of the affair. Get one, and stick it up in the conservatory, if you want one, and if it isn’t too large.” “But I don't Find out, and if it’s too big for the cerservatory stick it up on the lawn, and, if that ain't big enough, I'l buy the lot in order to make room. any of them fly any higher than we and, if it comes to a question of tre buy a whole orchard for you.” Sull she hesitated. “The fact is, John,” she confessed ai 1, “I don't know just where to go for a thirg In that line. Wher family trees and all such ? “What do you suppose I know about it?” he exclaimed. “You're running the fas’ ion end of this establishment, and I don’t Want to be bothered with it. If the florist ent tell you anything about it hunt up a first-class nurseryman and place your order with him.” ———+e0_-____ ODDITIES OF ANIMALS, know anything about tk nings?”* Some Quecr Features About Them Which Are Seldom Noticed. From the New York Herald. Observe for yourselves. Every spotted dos has the end of his tail white, while every spotted cat has the end of her tail black. Live beees are sometimes shipped on ‘ice so as to keep them dormant during the jcvrney. This is particularly the case with bumblebees, which have been taken (o New Zealand, where they are useful in fer- tilizing the red clover thai has been intro- ducai into the colony. The amount of light that can be obtain- ; ed from fire flies is not generally known. These insects have two bright spots on their thorax and also brilliant wings on the al-domen, and give light sufficient to enable one to read a little distance. Two or three placed in the center of a room will shed a soft Nght all over it. Th are very com- mon in Havana, Brazil, Guiana, Venezuela and Mexico. In those’ countries at night the natives affix the little creatures to their shoes, aad thus obtain light to see the road and frighten away the snakes. Mexican women use them as jewels. They tie them in little gauze bags and put them in their hair or on their clothing. They keep them in wire cages and feed them on scraps of sugar cane. Reynard is a knowing animal. The foxes are much tormented by fleas, but when the Infliction becomes too severe they know how to get rid of the insects, They gather | from the bark of trees moss, which the carry to a stream that deepens by @. grees. Here ‘y enter the water, still car- rying the moss in their mouths, and going | backward, beginning from the end of their tails, they advance? by slow degrees till the whole dy with the exception of the mouth is entirely im: sed The fleas, | during this proceeding, have rus’ in rapid haste to the ary parts and i the moss, and the fox, i he has, cording te his calculation, allowed suffi fleas the to take th 3 mouth. The ream with its nd when it is out of ju: x finds its way to the much relieved. time for all parivre, qui floats off dot Bieyeles and Mad Dogs. etter in London Stendard. Another use has been found for the cle.. On one of the outer bouleva: cyeftst recently perceived a policeman ing a cart and urging on the horse at a rapid pace. Upon questioning the consta- ble the wheelman was told that he was endeavoring to overtake a rabid dog whic had got ahead of the trap. Borrowing the gendarme’s saber the cyclist hastily moun ed bis machine and sped away in purs of the enraged animal. On coming with the dog he charged it while still on his bicycle, and had the satisfaction of running the creature through with his weapon, killing it on the spot. The cy- clist’s plucky action was much applawled by the crowd that had been attracted by so unwonted a sight. biey- is a, driv- Have many people : for it. “se HIS PARENTS’ FAULT. And, Come to TI ik of It, the Owning of Children is a Responsibility. From the Chicago Post. The young man admitted that he ha children, and the real estate ran frowned and shook his head. “We are very particular in regard to that building,” he said at last, “and I am afraid I cannot let you have the flat.” “I am very sorry,” returned the young | ™man meekly, “and it seems rather hard that a man should be made to suffer for what is no fault of his own, but I suppose it can't be helped.” The real estate man looked surprised. “You see,” explained the young man, “T wasn’t given a fair chance, for 1 never wax told in my younger days that it was wrong |to have children, or that there was anv penalty attached. I supposed it was- all perfectly natural and proper, but 1 pre- sume the enormity of the offense is fully explained in all the schools no’ Really, I— “Then I had a very bad example set mr right in the family,” interrupted the youn, man, “for my parents had childré seems remarkable, doesn't it? But fact; and they were held to be very mable people, too. I was taught to revere them, and naturally I fell into the error of supposing that there was nothing unlawfal or opposed to public policy about it, and xo I married, and now I find m: elf in suc’) | disrepute that I can't gct the kind of flat 1 Want. I suppose it’s all right, bu: uomust | admit that it seems rather hard a man who has always aimed to be a good citi- zen.”” “My dear sir, you" “Now I think of It,” broke in the man agein, “I suppose your parents we guilty of the same offense. I do not how you can successfully deny it. Now. sir, I would like to ask you if you think i. is fair for a man to erpect his tenants to be more acceptable than his parents?” I was about to say, when you interru: | ed me,” returned the agent, “that, wu vr the circumstances, I am prepared to su=- pend the rule regarding children and lei you have the flat.” } OERHEARD IN THE CAR. The Funeral Had Been a Del iclous One and She Enjoyed From the Chicago Record. This was overheard in a North Clark Street cable car: “I was sorry I couldn't go.” “You missed it, dear. It was a perfectly lovely funeral.” Large crowd “Oh, inGeed, yes; and such swell peor too. I think I never did hear a_ better quartet. They had a new soprano, whe was simply heavenly “I dare say the flowers were nice.” “Oh, they were perfectly magniticent. 1 told Clara that the flowers were ever so | much finer than those at the Wilsou fvneral.” “Black casket, I suppose?” “It was very dark, and had the swecte Bning I ever saw. The body of it was pink satin, puffed, and then there vy | delicate roses, and they were all ha painted. I never saw anything pr “Did you go to the cemetery?” “Yes; and do you know, their lot was ene miss of green, and inside the gi they had a thick bed of evergreen cove the box. It was simply superb. “Well, it's just my luck,” said th who had missed all the festivit didn’t know it was te be so swell. “Well, it was. It was the prett fur al I've seen in years, and I'm awfully | 1 went. | And then they began to talk abou: the | grand opera. | —s0- Why Hin Audience Laughed. From the Detroit Tribune, Speaking of the plane of natural ri eousness to which men may seth selves by continual practice of the laws of truth and honesty, Mr. Wood said | “There are lawyers in this city who will net teke a law case until they are th ersuaded that there is justice fon which they are asked to nvinced that it is right. I don’t how many there are, but I say the: such men in Detroi There was a burst of incredulous laugh- ter. Then Mr. Wood went on to talk about other kinds of lawyers. —S | Advertising Physicians. | From Life, Chicago has ordained that dcctors, when | answering professional calls, shall have right of way in the streets. For each doc- tor who gets a permit and a badge, the ; cows and horees must turn cut and the processions open to let him by. The ad- { Ventage of this ordinance to enterprising j young physicians who wish to make thelr existence known to an inattentive public 4s obviously great. in From the Filegende Blatter. THE COFFEE HOUSE CARD PLAYER. ——— bh BLS DAD