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jjpr v , . . ?I)c Jltcsscngcr. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Princc Bismarck has seventy-six decorations and a monument. A granite obelisk has just been erected at Lipipehne, in Prussia, to commemorate the ifact that on the 2uth of June. 1842, BisIraarck, at that time a mere sub-licutontant'in a cavalry regiment, threw himself jiiiio mo ihkc cu w cimci~oc anu ai me irisk of his own life saved a drowning Isoldior. The man of blood and iron ieaysthat lie is prouder of that little silver jmedal conferred on him for this act of ibravery than of all his seventy-six decorations. Mrs. Ciovcland's marriago certificate ia thus described by tho Washington I Critic; "Mrs. Cleveland's marriage certificate is a very interesting document. It rests on a bed of blue velvet, in an allligator portfolio about twelve inches 'long and eight inches wide. In the mppor left hand corner of tho certificate 'is a very pretty picture of the White |Housc, drawn by that eminent artist. iMr. O. L. Pruden, the President's assistant secretary. The certificate was sent around to all who who were at the wedding so that they could sign it as witnesses," _______________ Harry McCabe, child of Henry and Hattic McCabe, resident New Yorkers, j was given, ten years ago, by his mother ; to a circus performer after her husband j had deserted her. They were afterward reunited, and, searching for the little .fellow, only four years old, discovered that he was being trained in a circus company in California and cruelly treated. The machinery of the law was iput in motion, and he was finally rescued from his unnatural guardians and retnrned here. But; his parents having once abandoned him, he was not surrendered to them, but to the keeping of ! the President of the Society for the Pre- I vention of Cruelty to Children. The ! late Edward D. C. Kittrcdge, a rich New j ^ork lawyer, bccame interested in the \ tiny waif, who was very pretty aud in- j telligent, and, having no children of his ; own, adopted him. His widow has since j {removed from New York to Concord, N. \ tH., and, as she is worth about $2,000,000, he will probably inherit the bulk j of the property in seven years, when lie I shall have roaclied his majority. His ; early misfortune will prove his good for j tune after all. . If any evidence was wanted as to the continued and growing popularity of diaraonds as ornaments it would be furnished alone by the statistics of the United States Treasury department. In 18G7 the total valuation of precious stones im- , ported into the United States was $1,- j 318,017. In 1872, five years later, the j valuation had nearly doubled, being $2,- j 350,731. In 1880 it was $0,870,000; in j 1884 it had reached $9,139,000; in 18S5 j 11 excecaea ^n,uuu,uuu, ana wnen tno | figures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, are given to the public it will be found that there has been a still larger increase^ the aggregate coming close to $14,000,000. The diamond is to precious ' stones 'what gold is to metals. It is in- j destructible. Further than that, it is a convenient form in which to consolidate j wealth for storage. Many leading jew- j dry houses enter into special agreements with their customers, agreeing to pay in cash the full amount paid for the jewels, !esd ten per cent, and the cost of the settings, upon the return to them of tbe dfiamonds within one year from the date flpf the purchase. They futhermore agree ^ ' ito pay a fair proportionate price for the ^ Bettings if in good condition. In times of financial uncertainty the diamond 1 business always enjoys a boom. A number of very curious Indian relics, J says the Chicago Times, have just been i unearthed in "Wabash County, Indiana. |They have been in possession of members of the Miami tribe of Indians, to whom .alone their existence was known. Among iamoom * TT* - liiuui ao iuv cruas worn uy r ranees oio,cum, the famous female captive, who, with a very few other whites, escaped alive in the Wyoming massacre. The cross is eleven and one-half inches long and seven inches wide, and u of solid I ' ailvcr. It has been in the Miami tribe ;for more than a century. A medal presented to the Wyandotte tribe by George [Washington and afterward presented by -the Wyandotte chieftain to William Peiconda, a Miami, has also been discovered, ,This medal, also of silver, is oblong in !lorm, measuring seven by live inches. On one side occurs the words: ''George yvasnington, President," and a medallion representing an Indian holding the pipe of peaec to a colonist, while a tomahawk i k is carelessly thrown aside. In the background is seen a pioneer at the plow. Un the reverse is the coat of arms of the United Stales. An offer of $500 hai been refused for this medal. Another medal, circular in form and two and one-half inchcs in diameter, is also held by a Miami. A pipo and a tomahawk, with the words: "Peace and Friendshin. r I ; A. Jackson, President, 1829," arc shown on one side, white two hands clasped ornament tha reverse. The relics are regarded with great veneration by the Indians and unfeigned curiosity by the whites, and nothing can induce the red p; won to p:irt with their treasures. i;-: s* A NEW TRADE. THE ART OF MAKING NEW FURNITURE LOOK L.IKE OLD. Catering to the Taste for the Antique - ?Operators of ihc TruquajjcProduction of Old I'oiatial Furniture. Truqungc, although a term probably unfamiliar to many of ovir readers, nevertheless deserves to rank among the finer arts of modern civilization, iuch is tho industry and skill and ing&nuity with "which it is carried out. Burns' cottar | mother was chiefly admirable for the skill j with which she "gar'd auld things look ! inaistas well as new," but the truqueur [ devotes himself, on the contrary, to the ' art of making things look quite as good as old. The connoisseur in furniture of the present day is well aware that, for certain important qualities of soundness, good workmanship aud good taste, the "old is better," with valid reason also for his opinion. But the crowd, who have neither his leisure, his knowledge or his experience, naturally fall into the hands of flie scientific experts of truquage, an easy prey to the spoiler. The stock-in-trade of the French truqueur and his English congener?quite | as expert as he?need not be large. "Wal- j nut juice?which gives an agreeable mcl- j lowncss of tone?and nitric acid are neither of them expensive. The latter imitatc3 pretty closely tho ravages of ants, | and holes bored with a fine augur easily i give3 a worm-eaten ap' --ance whica appeals to the lover of the antique in carved furniture. The writer was informed by a workingmau's wife that her husband was one of these solely employed in the boring or augur business; but in Paris live worms are kept to do the work, and do it even better, and to order, which is more surprising. New oak can be stained by a solution of old iron in hot ..vinegar, which darkens it to a deeper tone; it is then carefully oiled and polished. The price demanded, however, is such that "bargains" can be boasted of by the inexperienced, while really fine work always commands its value in the open market. The unhappy pieces of furniture which j have to date from the sixteenth century ; i t a 1 Li.. J i ure severely oeiuen wiin neavy uiuu- i geons, which serves to give them the j worn appearance necessary to three centuries of existence. A common device is to paint the panels of cupboard!?, roughly cawed on the premises, with white paint; they arc then dried in the sun, and, after keeping some months, are washed in potash, which removes the paint in patehe?, and the exquisite finish of the carving beneath is apt to be taken for granted by the buyer; who is aware that in the last century much good paneling was thus painted, and preserved to our generation? in consequence of all its pristine freshness of cutting an outline. Buhl of a very ordinary description is ornamented by French dealers with brass scroll work, after the designs of Gillot., who succeeded Buhl. Those who can be taken in by these mechanical repro ductions must be left to their fate. In porcelain and faience one can only say caveat emptor, so clever are the triclts by which even the learned are deceived. At Cage's manufactory at Versailles the faience de Nevers is reproduced to perfection; but here all is fair and open dealing. If the buyer prefers his purchase "antique," M. Cage will bake it for him until the glaze crackers. It is t further mellowed in a manure heap, and | j a slight extra charge is imposed. The special rnarkB of favorite potters are easily imitated, and as much pains is taken with spurious ware, with intent to deceive, as would suffice to give value to real specimens. The character of the early decoration is carefully preserved? the even white of the MouBtiers ware; I the dead, dull -white of the Marsellaise, I and the careful finish of the old Delft j potters. At Venice the reproduction of the old ' palatial furniture is a thriving industry, and the same at Florence; but it possesses little or no artistic value. The ebony is black stained wood; the stipi are bone, and not ivory; the shapes and patterns are, however, carefully copied, and the prices are not excessive, and good patterns are a distinct gain in furniture; but the modern production will not have the lasting qualities of the old. Ivory triptychs are manufactured at Versailles. Ths golden tint is gained by boiling in oil, then plunging into boiling water and drying before a hot fire, which cracks the ivory to perfection. These require a skilled eye to detect, as the carving is often meritorious. Even works of the highest art do not escape ! the truqueur. Clodion, the late eminent | French sculptor, discovered that a group bearing his signature had been sold for ! j 4,500 franco. Legal proceedings were ! j instituted accordingly. It was brought 1 to light that the work in question was | due to one Lebroc, who had made it his i study to imitate Clodion. Nevertheless, j three eminent judges?Millett, Chapu and Guilloume?after careful examinaj tion, and in spite of the signature, de| tided that, in their opinion, it was not the handling of Clodion. So the sales i were annulled, and damages were not al! lowed by the courts. Clodion*3 real name was Michel, and somo of his earliest and finest works are thus signed. The arts of truquagc extend themselves even to lit* , y \ \ v .'''T T :^s;. >craturo. As long ago as the seventeenth century we find the printers of Lyons and Rouen simulating princeps editions of Racine and Moliere. The type, the paper, the colophons, all being reproduced with unscrupulous accuracy, and then palmed off :is genuine upon the unwary purchaser. The manufacture still prosper.?, aided with the photogravure process and the arts of fac simile. So also are old letters and autographs successfully floated, signed by Cardinal de Retz or Pnlhorf or vnn ?\lnnon f? WVAIkSVsAV) VI HUVUl J VU j/lVJUOCj U I good price, and almost challenging scru- I tiny. The history of the Shapira, forgeries of the Pentateuch are fresh in the recollection of our readers. They were offered at the moderate price of AM,00(),OUO sterling. So also the famous vernis Martin can still be bought at Paris, very like,but still not genuine; and clever painters, whose work is as good as Lancrets, can be found to figure as Watteaus with no mean success. Put at present the secret of the real Martin vernis remains as impenetrable as it is exquisite. In buying old oak furniture, the buyer should notice the presence or absence of the "tics" or cross-bars near the floor, which are invariably in the construction of the seventeenth-century joiners. The forger is apt to forget this, and thus himself brand the work as spurious. j Dccoration was formerly the proper art I of a guild of Florentine artists in the j fourteenth century. Painters, jewelers, engravers and metal workers lived in a happy state of co-operative harmony, no that a coffer or casket might bear the Buccessive impress of many clev*r hands; is the enamel, the setting, the lock, the jewel work, would cach be executed by in artist-craftnr.au, skilled at Dello, or Collini, or Ghiberti. It will scarcely do to contrast the revived mode of painting on furniture, as webchold it in tlie shops, with this delicate and masterly work. Yet many of our young painters might be wor.'c employed than in spending real thought and putting real good work on articles of daily use, which we have come ; to regard, unhappily, as necessarily ugly ; because utilitarian.?London Queen. Doctoring the Maoris. ' I was told that a real medical mis- i sior.ary would be likely to do an immense deal of good iu New Zealand, on account ' of the great fancy the Maoris have for being doctored. They do not mind pain. If you give them one mustard plaster they are not contented; they must have one on every part that feels uncomfortable, and have been seen with as many as five or six on at once. They are particularly fond of having their teeth drawn; that is their delight; and when a j tooth is out they take it outside the j house, and get a stone, and hammer away ! till it is reduced to powder. They j miito nn.'n. it..'. _ il -IJ <jwnb bujuj iuio icvciigu upuu luuir uiu enemy. "I want you to pull out this tooth," a Maori said one day to Mr. Taylor. "There is nothing the matter with it." "Yes, there is; it gives me great | pain." "It is not your tooth gives you pain, it i? something else." "But it is my tooth, and you must take it out. I suppose you tell me you won't bocause you can't." And he roared so loud to shov how bad the pain was, and got altogether so excited,that at last the missionary agreed to take the tooth out on the full under standing that it was done simply to please the patient. "There," he said afterward, "you see it is as I said; there is nothing at all the matter with it." Then why did you touch itf" asked the tiresome invalid. "You say it is quite good, and yet you took it out. Put it in again!" What was the good of reasoning with the man? "Open your mouth," said the missionary, "and I'll see what I can do." And, strange to say, the tooth went back into its place, and does not seem to have given its owner any further trouble, while the missionary gained great credit with the natives for being able, not only to tako teeth out, but to put them back again! But it is little wonder that when the man turned round and said: "Now, then, take out this other one; it must be this one huats me," the request was steadily refused.?"Glimpses of Maori Land." Gush. Don't gush. Avoid extremes, superlatives and?gusli. Don't exaggerate the significance of trifles; don't describe moltt-hills as mountains. If a raindrop wets your face, don't say that the storm was terrible; if a person is polite to you, or does you a favor, don't immcdiutclv conclude that he adores : you and would die for you; if, on the j other hand, ho seems somewhat uneffu; sive, don't infer that he hates and would ' lik? to kill you. Appreciate all good | things, but don't sentimentalize over them. Don't run when walking would be just as well, and probably better; and | don't just pour yourself out when, perj haps, it would be better to contain yourIself. Gush is doubtless enjoyed by an individual here aud there who is himself effusive, but by the world in general it I U usually received as one of the things I to be endured with other afflictions.? \\ atchman. V * '' THE HOME DOCTOR. If tho feet are tender and painful after long standing or walking, great relief may be obtained by bathing them in warm > salt and water. A largo handful of salt j to a gallon of water as warm as can bo I borne is the proper proportion. The feet should be immersed and the water thrown over them with the hand and also over the legs as far as the knees. When the water becomes too cool, dry the feet an \ legs, rubbing with a rough towel upward. Neuralgia of the feet has been cured bv pcrsevcrance in this method night and morning. Mrs. T., who knows of the efficacy of the fo^^ing, writes that per- j eons with weak lungs or bronchia, as j well as weak throats, nre wonderfully j benefited by gargling every morning with 1 strong salt and water. A Few Fallacies. Perhaps the formulation'of a few popu- j lar fallacies may not be without interest to our readers at this time, even if they be indisposed to accept the statements without some qualification. Lt is a fallacy to suppose: That alcoholic drinks support pliysi- j cal strength during excessively hot ! weather. That men and women should eat the same kind and amount of food when their manner of life is entirely different, j That pic is really indigestible, or, in : general, that the quality of indigestibility can be logically affirmed of any article of food absolutely and apart from the consideration of the digestive capacity of the particular stomach the powers of which are to be tested. That disease, in any given case, con- j sists simply in the group of symptoms | rnmnlftinorl nf hv fhn nr ! signs detected by the physician. That all morbid processes are necessarily destructive in their nature, and are never conservative. Disease in certain cases may be nature's method of righting a wrong or overcoming the effects of some disturbing agent. A certain portion of the clinical picture of a disease is therefore made up of evidences of reaction as well as of direct morbid action. That, in the production of cholera infantum, the elevation of the atmospheric temperature plays tlic most important or furnishes the principal indication for reatment. j That a person is well who feels well, and that sickness consists in feeling sick. 1 That specifics can bo said to exist in j modern medicine. That the actual number of years of a : man's life bears any direct relation to the ! conditions of the physical frame known ; as senile degeneration. That the conditions of modern life in , I our highest civilization are most favora- ' ble for the development of a large, i healthyand vigorous population. That there are such things as "laws of ! health."?Philadelphia Medical Timea. How to Swim.* ^ j j In nine cases out of ten, Mr. Sur.d- j ! strom says, a boy who wants to make a j first-class and scientific swimmer should I i begin by forgetting what he already knows, so as to learn over nmnn in the i right way. The first thing to master is ! j the breast stroke. That is the stroke i which frogs use, and always have used, i I and it seems to bo the natural way of I swimming. Imitate a frog as closely as ! you can, and you will need no better teacher. But a frog's legs and fe;*t form one straight line, and his lingers are fastened tcg; t' er so as to form a very fine ; paddle, llold your fingers close together when you strike out so as to imitate the webbed feet of a duck; and when you draw up your legs for a fresh kick, be careful to straighten out your feet,so as to avoid the resistance of the water against ! your insteps. In kicking out, strike the | soles of your feet against the water, as I though you were pushing yourself up in bed. Spread your legs far apart as you kick, and then, when they are fully extended, comes an important point in swimming. Do not jerk them up for another kick, as ignorant swimmers do, bnt draw them tight together, as though your legs were a pair of shears with which you wanted to cut I the water. By thus closing your legs on the water you will add almost as much to your speed as by the first kick. Kick out as your arms are being extended for a stroke, and draw up your legs while making ihe stroke. That is i the moment at which to get your breath, i as the water is then smooth in front of ' you, and less apt to get into your mouth, i It is well to accustom yourself to breathe only at every third stroke, as it will help you very much in rough water. It is imi portant to draw the brecth in quickly, ' and so breathing through the mouth, : which ought not to be practiced in other I exercises, is good iu swimming.?Ilarj Youny People. Regard for the Aged. Let us revere the aged, and treat then with irreat consideration. They are some times sensitive, and tempted to thint they are neglected. We can't be to< considerate of their wants, and speak to< kindly to them and of them. They should be dealt with tenderly, and affectionately caressed. As they pass down the darl valley, let us throw a ray of light acros; their path.?Hohston Methodist The owner's photograph must now appear on all passports in Turkey. POLISH JEWS. j HOW AND WHF.RR THEY L.1VE I IN MOW YORK. * Interest i iifi Peculiarities of a Unique People?A Worltl i>y Themselves ?Ilusy Scenes in a Swarm* iiii; Community. Although much has been written con- j corning the Polish Jews in this city, | many of their characteristics have never been described. There arc between 80,- j uuu mm ;tu,uuu .jcws in incw York, two- : thirds of whom arc probably Polos, they ! having no less than 11JG Congregations : of their own. Although they can be found in many | other localities, their great centre is on the east side of the city, where, just J north of East Broadway, in Ludlow, | Hester, Essex, Norfolk, Forsyth and j Broome streets, they manage somehow 1 to pack the greatest number of living ( souls within the smallest given space. A ' thrifty Pole rents a room in a tenement ! on Broome street, which in dimensions is ! about six feet by fifteen. lie determines i to take boarders and make money. The i inconvenience to his family is a small ; consideration when weighed with the j profits of his undertaking. lie takes, | therefore, from eight to ten boarders, as the case may be, furnishing them with mattresses to sleep upon, and a bowl of , coffee every morning for one dollar per head a week. It they wish milk and sugar in their coffee, and a roll to eat with it they must supply that them- l selves. This is no exaggeration. Three j rooms arc often occupied by thirty-eight \ persons. The Polish Jew has the economy of livinr* /lmwn fr* or* nvo/*f aa*?u^ MVHM VVS HU OUICULC. VJ LUC" j times the boarders club together to obtain for a small consideration the privi- j lege of cooking upon the premises of i their lio?t. Imagine eight or ten men, congregated around an oven or stove, in a room which is used as kitchen, parlor j and general bcdchamber, each cooking \ in his private saucepan fish, potatoes, ' garlic, turnips and various other edibles ; 'and you will have the quintessence of the odor peculiar to the Polish Jews. The streets in the Polish quarter are , at all times crowded. Licensed vender wagons occupy the corners. Men with old clothing for sale, peddlers of notions . and lemonade venders walk in the middle of the street crying their wares. The sidewalks arc obstructed by tailors looking for work. Past and west of Ludlow | street. Hester street is a busy *cene. The shops arc mostly sidewalk affairs,tended by old men or women, and in some instances young girls. It is a common tiling to see two veucrable Hebrews accentuating their speech with bony fingers in the vain hope of gaining an advantage over each other in i the trading of commodities. It is on ! Friday and Saturday nights that this : neighborhood puts on its busiest aspect. ; The Streets are then so crowded with swarming life that the pedestrian has great difficulty in threading his way i through them. The .Tews are out in holi- 1 day attire. Every man, even the poorest, sports a huge watch and chain. The \ women are decked with necklaces, lock- ( ets, breastpins and flashy rings. One . j would think they had despoiled all the | jewelry shop* in the city, in imitation of J i the feat of their foiefathers in despoil- ! ing the Egyptians. The Pole must have , chicken upon holy days. He is content to live upon dried herring and scraps all I the rest of the week. Knowing this | propensity, some cunning Hebrews buy up chickens at cheap wholesale prices, j and sell them at a great advance. The traits described are the dark char; acteristic of the Pole. Let us look a i L little into his better nature. The writer j chanced to bs passing down Broome j street when his attention was attracted > i by a large crowd in front of the tene- ' ment No 203. A hearse and two car- | ! r_?* ?:_i ? uo^vo OIUUU 1U 11UIU. 1 I1U WiUUUWS UU | both 6ides of the street were thronged , with Jewish faces. On the sidewalk an ' old Jewess, bent with nge, was walking [ back and forth, jimgling a little tin box J in her hand. Into this the bystanders | were unsparingly throwing small coin, ! although some, from their appearance, i | could hardly adord the charity. This is , t a custom of the Jews, who at every fuI neral solicit aid in this manner for the i poor, in order that they may bury their j ! dead. A small pine coffin was carried j ! Anf 4nrrt lion rrl nrl mnn on<^ in t | VMW J V MVMI MVV* 'UVU UU\4 411 i the hearse. Presently a woman appeared < in the doorway of the tenement with a j shawl thrown over her shoulders and ! wearing a dirty calico gown. She wore j ! no hat to cover the dishevelled hnir, ' which fell in disorder upon her 1 shoulders. She was a widow, ' and her only son, a hoy of twelve, years, had been taken from her. She i was poor, pitiaoiy so, out at ner side, ia i this hour of hnr trial, were many svmpa thetic women, whose eves were stream- ; I : ing with tears, lending her all the aid in their power. Hatless she entered the second carriage and followed her son to the grave. It was an everyday occur- , renee, but it showed how closely these ( poor Jews stand together in times of aflliction. Another fine trait is their hospitality. > A man must be poor indeed, who has not i his domijohn or bottle of brandy to offer \ his visitor. Tho Polish. Jew always drinks first, offering his guest afterward M?? same beverage from the same glass. This is to show that the liquor is not poisoned. Veneration is still another fine quality. The Jew always honors and respects big parents and the parents struggle for the welfare of their offspring. In this respoct no raeo on the earth surpasses them. .Many an old fellow going about driving shrewd bargains lias this for a motive in his dealings. The Pole is also as quick in acquiring languages as he is acute in making bar. gains. Jle can learn more of the English language in three months than a German Jew can in three years, and he J* 1 At... - 1 ' * 1?A o|icuiva it n iiuuui, lim OUSCUTC UCCCUt lllllt marks the speech of the latter. In Hester and Ludlow streets there are booksellers who sell Hebrew books. Hebrew is the language of the Polish Jew. Among these books is a grammar for those desiring to master the English tongue. It is different from other grammars of n like nature, in that the English words representing the Hebrew arc written in the Hebrew alphabet. From it the student may gain the pronunciation and meaning of a word, but that is all.! Hence few of the Poles can write in English. Those who have savings bank accounts generally sign their bank books with marks, such as crosses and circles.Anotlier feature of the Pole's character is his mendicancy. Although seldom or never seen in the streets as a public beggar, he is nevertheless addicted to the' practice. The Hebrew relief societies furnish many instances of this. One old; woman applied to one of these for aid, and after receiving money und household supplies, returned for more. Upon being denied, she replied: "Well, you may not choose to aid me, but I'll send my four children up here to be fed." Many of the Poles take advantage of the benevolence of the rich Jews, in order that they may save money. The charity bostowed upon them enables them to roll up a neat bank account, and jo long as it does not come from actual begging they are satisfied. But even at begging they will not hesitate, under certain circumstances. It is the custom of all classes of Jews in this city upon certain days to visit the Cypress Hills Cemetery and pay ^ honor to their dead; upon such occasions the Pole3 turn out in force as beggars. Upon August 10, the date of the destruction of Jerusalem, anybody who is curious on the subject may ascertain for himself, for then all the Jews pay respect to the dead. Thousands of Jewish beggars line the way, holding up their hauds for alms. It is a wonderful sight, well worth a visit to the cemetery.?New York Mail and Express. Terrific Encounter With a Snake. The reptile, when he saw he was dis-? covered, lifted his scaly head above the grass an instant to lay his course, and with fire sparkling from his wicked eyes came straight toward us. When he was within a few yards, however, a well directed shot from a revolver and a shower of stones turned him aside, a little. As he paused, with the evident intention of renewing his charge, 1 fired another shot, my last cartridge, and grasping the club with both hands, determined to sell my life dearly. As he came on again, I struck at the monster twice, missing him both times, but turning him back. Afl ho fled crashing through the underbrush, his hideous figure gleaming in terrible undulations, I was after him. He shot out of the woods, however, and swept into the road far in advance of me. Less than ten feet away from him a little girl was picking berries at the road side, unconscious of her danger. , I shouted to her with all my strength, calling upon her to fly, and screamed: "The snake! The snake!" The child saw the scaly monster, and heading him off as he crossed the road, put her bare foot upan him and killed him with a switch shs broke from a bush near by. She then went on picking raspberries while I measured the snake. He was nearly sevea inches long, but you need not say anything nbout that. ? Burdette. in Broolc.lvn. K'loU. Boiled Clam Juice. A fashionable hotel in an up-towa segion, where the facilities for obtaining an enlargement of the head are more ample, probably, than anywhere else in the city, has given a permanent place in its bill-of-fare to "boiled clam juice." The secret of the potency of this preparation, which is simply what its name calls it?the juice of the clam boiled? has long been known in London swelldom, and the pleasing decoction is the regular thing at some of the big spreads in Boston, but here it is comparatively new. It is the only thing in the world that will safely, surely, and quickly restore the normal equilibrium of u system upset by overmuch of "a good time with the boys." It is pleasant to tako, perfectly harmless, and never fails, even in the most hardened case. It has none of the deletrious after-effects of bromide and the other drugs usually applied aa nerve-soothers and constitution-bracers. Another form of the same thing is the , clam cocktail, and thin also is dispensed at the modish bar.?Jiew York Lct'tr. It is said that there is a movement on* foot to establish a land league in Scot-. land, similar to the Irish league. Dis?( content among the Scotch farmers has1 been growing of late. ^ i ' X .v ' > ' : ' ''i