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 9?^T â- w wm ElUCKDf THE DIGGINGS. ,iitn ipi and Bowns In tlie r«i ,!«*«' of »*««"• one at all familiar aJcap-"^â€" "-,7n« luck, and it iible for ^f'^he Rockies from existence o jfOtf "::i'cious influence on men's r^C thr^xistence of that -j-iB'i'^f" tnovrn as luck. ^â- """"h itself mainly to those who ^*"Tvjd were accepted as the "" thus iUustrating the old 1 fool J- '"T- luck " Old and expen- -a "dislocations in disgust after ^f\ui these were afterward ^:;rcely knew the diflfer. â- " haft and a â- ..(jen level. After a r*^*"ui„ work the latter became find landmadM, but these were nnin ^-^t^?a^â- Â«Â»^^.^.,„ i. -i.^x-*' •"-.ar*-;' •j T-'-a- â- ^^^^Stancelcangive: „,;:iP.elf,aforf "' bte to the readers, and Ida mine and b^d gold may still reward some fortunate »ee^ Mr.-IamesTitu8of Sacramento, CaL, who IS now head of the great hydiauUc nrinfaj compamea m that State, owes his fortmeto tae toUowmg circumstences In 1864 he «f"^°^*^? ** }^^^ *8 sto^^e '«»««on in- St. faul, Minn., when a man named Eld- ndge failed, owing himil75 in wages. This debtor left the city, and a year after Mr Titus went to Carson ttty, NeT., where he met Eldridge, who told him. that he had not prospered and had no money, but could get some minme stock for money due him, and this he would give Titus in satisfaction of the debt. Mr. Titus took 100 shares of C!omstock Mme, valued at about a dollar a share. It .^.. s was original stock, aud in a few months the ty-niner, opened 1 great deposit of silver that was to make the FUBSIGSAMS. 'T't'on'"V;oose Creek, within a â-  5, â-  „l«-der. It seemed to pan "aS lie spent S8,000-all he __in development but the „h ,)ut, and Relf gave it ,1- it with the same â- a 'â- '.tli!"' to pin" f^;;'man t^ok it with the_ • ;â- â- ' on^ of tlie bost mmers in the ^â- â- *" 5.) 000, and after months .-shot himself in despair at his 'â- '" xhe location was ^.'â- Last Chance" by ' „.|icii a man named (^adsen • f ' r-if He wa? looked pn a? thereafter neighbors. l Col. I C'l â- Mini e annoy eu mine owner, sailoi^K^nently •xveak-minded fel- ime^ Fisher, a by constantly â- ' "advice about locating, until Fisher •'Itivthe "Last Chance," adding: '"' ' 'fool enough to have nigger ;.tj-- i« stu-ted off to get a team and L p.nd amid the jeers of the camp ;!f -List Chance." Four days after- â- Uteam was seen coming into camp jetirnn. and it stopped at Col. Fisher's lii.ls'jn, with a bag on his back, .,^i, awl thawing a chunk of rock, laid ;Xre Fisiier, who examined it and said ' l.adsen, you have the proverbial ik. That will assay §3,000 a ton. itiVck it rich this time." An ex- tioiiof hi? miueshowed that only a foot iv Let ween the last owner and oe,i v.eidth, and this Gadseu broke P-.4 the tirst day. ijnidicate was formed and Gadsen sold ioi .^5,5,000. The new o-ivners took out \lf) in three weeks and theii struck a sol porphyry rock that it would have "a all tlie "money in SaA Francisco to se. Xa trace of the lost treasure was and the "Last Chance" was abandoned. Gadsen's good oH'.v.eil him. He left the motmtains, a liome in Missouri, and saved his fortune cf Flood, O'Brien, Fair, and John Mackay was discovered. The stock began to go up and Mr. Titus sold out for $3,000 per share. In two years he was a millionaire by fortunate investments in Crown Point. But success of this kind was demoralizing to most of the pioneers. Johnny Skey died as Sandy Bowers did, a broken-down pros- pector, after rioting away five millions, and Comstock, the original discoverer of the Vir- ginia City Eldorada, died a poor man. If America is ever to produce a distinct andna tiocal school of fiction, the inspiration can be best found in the wonder-working history of the Western mining camps of years back. SOUTH APKIOAH SHAKES. "Love is Enough." [a tragedy.] The groom was loving, the bride was fair, Her eyes met his with a witching air She was tender anJ meek as 8 maid could be, And she had no more sense than a baoi§ of three. " Youngster, beware " the old man said, " We've tried the pass" â€" ^buthe shook his head. He shook that head oracularly "In marriage, 'Love is enough,'" quoth he. Breakfast at home. How strange and sweet But something was wrong with the things to eat Something was queer in coflfee and tea â€" " Nay, give me a kiss instead," said he. Dinner at home â€" ^but he could not eat, O rawish potatoes O kiln-dried meat " You've left out the taste from the soup," moaned he. " I'll make it all right with a kiss," smiled she. [Sefcistory of the firm of Bower White Supper at home, and he could not eat woi the "romances of the mining camps, q bread like putty O mush of wheat MvHowers came into the Washo district o slimy pickles O tea of tan W). He cooked for a party of j jjg rose from the table a starving ni»n. ^.^aters, aud his wife, a tall, bony woman, t: fortimcs. sold Incky numbers, and Alack, what aileth the bridegroom now ETpicied JiHams for the ;rjdulouSnilherg. He stamps and roars as he knots his brow,- some of i!iP ninnev made in this way i " Go home to your mother and say from me ksbaml took t!{r \i «lalm and made That love is not nearly enough," quOth he, anil for the ne.'ct ten J-CJ^-rS had oon- How do yon like your beau, Jennie " "He's a fellow after my own heart." "We say mouse, and we say n»ice. Now, why isn't the plural ot spouse spice T Why are rats better than tomatoes Be- cause tomatoes make only catsup, while rats make a cat supper. The man who threatens to commit suicide when he is in low spirits is a safe enough venture for a life insurance company. When a man is fortunate in business he attributes the fact to his ability. When he ia unfortunate he bewails his bad luck. City Girl (pointing to the st-.rry sky)â€" "That cluster of stars is the dipper." Coun- try Cousinâ€" "Is that so Which cluster is the pail " Lakeâ€" "What did I tell you The bustle has gone and now the corset has got to go " Squeers â€" ' 'You mistake. The corset has got to stay " "I seem very popular with your father's dog," said Herbert to Mabel. "Indeed?" "Yes the last time I tried to take my leave he did his best to detain me." Proprietor (firmly) â€" "Your account, Mr. Weeks,hasnow been running for six months." Weeks (blandly) â€" "Well, suppose we let it rest for a year or two " Popinjay (passing store) â€" "Good gracious What is the matter with tha.ti man leaning over the counter in there V Blobaon â€" ' 'Got a counterfeit, I guess." A little boy who had to rock the cradle for his baby sister astonished his mother thus "Mammaj if the Lord^ hag any more babiee to give away don't you take 'em." Jack (leaving the lodge with Jem)â€" "Does' your wife wait up for you when you are out late, Jem " Jem (with a melancholy shake of the head)^-"She does. Jack, she does, I'm sorry to say." She (just gone into housekeeping)â€" "How did you like the shirt I ironed for you, Al- fred Didn't I do it beautifully?" Heâ€" " You do nothing by halves, my dear. You did it up brown, of course." Millionaire's Daughter (entering photo- graph gallery and posing gracefully) â€" "Will you take me, sir, just as I am " Photo- grapher (who can hardly make both ends meet) â€" "I'll be glad toâ€" without.one plea." The Rev. Mr. Slim â€" " Yon must remem- ber, my young friend, ' that the soul is the body's guest.' " Young Friend (looking him oyer) â€" " Well, it must sometimes make very impolite reflections on the accommodations." He (at breakfast) â€" " I shall never ask you again what you do with your pin money, my dear." Sheâ€" "Why not, Henry?" Heâ€" " I have found out. I stepped on about six hundred of the darned things when I got hoBialasI; night." • THEaBDCMONSTEB. tfil good fortune. He was ^fcfgslf srate and no business man, but still he rspered. He broke all the gamblers in Territory, and no one cared to play JrJhim. [iipartuer, Loren.^o D. Wliite, was a dif- at kind of a man. He neither drank nor iiled, Init was mad as a hatter' on the ect of religion, believing himself to be ptheBapti.st. In business matters, how- Y'.h was shrewd and enterprising, and I'jck was phenomenal. Whatever he \:M tnnied into gold. It was noted that jtever Bowers sold turned out well for customers, while it was reversed in pate's JeaHugs, although he was believed ' an honest man. The mystery was as to fatliedid with his gains. He depleted his pi accoimt every now and then, drawing ~5ge sums in coin and then disappear- F-'3ra time. It was believed that he buri- wealth ui the niMmtains, and he was M«l ami dogged bj^ the camp ruffians, "a HouM have t^keu his life for a dollar, !t was part of his good fortune to escape. Ij-eenilcimeat last. Sandy Bowers got â- '"'"'ed with a party of Eastern adventur- ist .S:}!X»,000. After this he went I hill rapidly. He had at one time halt a *a u, the Ikuk of California, but this â- â€¢^Tent. He became a drunkard, and one KiOt together a few dollars to buy an \^ it h a borrowed mule he started tor 'S'ja, and was, no doubt, killed by the â- [ Indians, as he was never heard or .. ""â- * ^^as not known to have any serious H*Sl)ut he, too. disappeared. He was hposed to have gone back to Maine, his I*-' estate. Inside of a year he came in- .., „ """ mining town of Mercedes, on I*, 'Tande River, Colorado, in rags and •^•austed from hunger and fatigue. He I..* "dewed bv a shaggy Mexican burro, r« as big as a Newfoundland dog. This "â- ^W his miner's outfit â€" a pick, pan, and He was at once recognized and re- He went to an assayer and showed Icon""^** that looked like burned limes- |.% but which evidently contained cold. ' *8say astonished the expert, and he I ^-area that the specimen showed 80 per I an hour's time the camp was wild with ;^^"«ment, and this was the berinning of the Stth T' "White's Cement Mine." At [., '"e old man refused to tell the locaticm, l^jj.^'^e of the ruder sjurits advocated ^A^' '""' ^^^ much persuasion, he lijnt rp^" pilot a narty to the I;- '• rh( lotted. A Short Way wili WiveS. tn ai paper on Tangier in the IfefW Re- vieiÂ¥i " veriion Lee" reports a chat *Be' Yiiii with dt Moiorish gentleman, one Hasan f " He rela*^!' t6 me the history of his three marriages a.i'iS descanted on the perfection of his present #Jfe. The first, he said," was his cousin, fff^ bought her beautiful clothes and fumitui'eti'Mt, after sometime, she gave him words, ^festantly he sent her back, with all he had' ^«n hw, and took another wife remar!^' that she had given him three girls, dead, a"}!^; a boy who still survives. The second wif# y/fimt all right till one day she took it into"h^' head to go to the vapor bath without' hid pter mission. 'Who gave you leave to go tcf the vapor bath witbout me ' he asked. ..'T don't require anybody's leave,' answered) she. 'And immediately,' he added, with that energetic downward pointing gesture, ' I sent her home with all the things I had ever given her.' As regards the present wife, he was quite delighted with her. She made all the children's clothes and her own she could sew with the machine she cooked she never required to buy a bottle of orange or rosewater, so excellently did she prepare it herself â€" above all, she never wanted to go out 'Never once, ' he said 'has she asked leave to go out â€" not from one end to another Never wants to the house or to see any one â€" ^never even crosses the street. Ah,' he said, 'she is a woman of excellent reputation ' " I'^cvel. pilot a party next day Mercedes "was Everjbody joined the procession. eight days' rugged travel they readied i.1er 5 River ValleyTin Utah. \^hae VJ7.8 a narrow ravine a volley of rifle balls, („^f om the chapparal, kill^ three of the ^^ost ot the gold hunters and stampeded Jfeanunals. The Ute Indians had bem tj^jSUig them. In the confasion White es- .;;^»M the party broke up. From time hite -would reappear in mining •saeot^k ^^^ supply of his gold-bearing itjlrj'"'^* his mind was clearly gone and «ia give no information that was of the About 1870 a party of prospeeton on ihui J'l^'ughthlCofora-*^ -^^ " ' .alora«Bivcar Valley, I ^em Utah, found in the wildest part c« .^""ntains the body of an old BMUi wittrj I W ^*^hin^ to his waist. Around him I w °'"iW of specimens of hisgoldoeatet !, ^J'^ntity of goldcoin. He hadevident- HciH °* starvation, as there •were no in- j^ionsoffoodtobeseen. Bymeansoff Uthe " on his person he â- " years leave Treatment of the Hair, No woman need expect to have her hair look beautiful who goes to bed without taking it down and giving it its night dressing. A woman who has wonderfully beautiful hair says "I take out all the pins, brush my hair well, and then plait it carefully but loosely, so that in the momiug it is not in a snarl. I usually try to brush it ten minutes, but when I can get somebody else to do it for me the sensation is so delicious that I al- most wish they could keep on forever. Of course, I sit down to brush it, because stand ing taxes the strength too much. I am oue of the people who believe in learning the easiest way to do everything, for really the same ends may be gained with less exertion. The foolish woman is the one who rushes about her room in dressing, paces the floor while buttoning her gloves, stands while she is arranging her hair, and the result of her folly shows itself in her weariness when the time for recreation arrives." Think over all this, you nervous womai. Try to recognize the wastefulness of mis- applied endeavor, and while you strive in every legitimate way to make yourself look as pretty as possible, save your strength for something, for which it will absolutely be reqnired. -^ Somanoe and BwUly; Romantic ViBBâ€"" Do yon love me well enough te do battle for me " .^eat Soitofâ€" " Ay, agamst a thon- ' lithxmior TheAgeofBeason/ Mr. Chevy Chaseâ€" "I tbink V]X t»k« thai topy of the Society Scorpion homd with The. I want to square myself with my wife." Mr. Harry Houndsâ€" "But why will that squre you, as you put it, with Mrs. Chase?" "Because there's an article in it pitching into Mrs Busby." "But ia she down on Mrs Busby " "Certainly she is. It was at Mrs. Busby's hcJl^se tBt I met Mrs. Crasher. " "Aid 'hat's the matter with Mrs Crash- er?" .. "Why, it was Mrs. Crasher who cornmit- ted' the unpardonable sin She told some- bpdy, ,w-ho told my wife, that It was a wQp- der tb her that such a fascinating,- agreeable man as Mr. Chase, meaning your humble servant, had remained single. Somehow, I never told her I was married. That's the reason Mrs. Chase will be glad to see Mrs. Busby roasted. If you were married, my boy, you'd know something about the subtle- ties of a woman's logic." proved ' W^Mr. deal rf attetttifDD. tase?" Yes, I wookL Conld yon ^t^LastMmV identified^ 1%!°"' mUlionaire, Lorenzo D. WMfe. I "^ry contained numerous directi N-o, lie*a ^bifb^ tlbnA il^fbfeimf of n â-  â-  â-  " Mraey 1 Well, never mind. â-  ITl take yon withinttaitm^i i «»«. oh, do pleaae â€" -iber, n^ daiSng. proBMse n» m yoar tittt if yon ever see Mr. Big^Bsb oom- directkni *• f^' "â„¢-* Tk«Si»ettd of Leprosy. According- to' tft.- Morell Mackenzie, leprosy, the scourge of the Middle Ages, has riot become- practically es^tiact among Euro- peans; but is really' spreading. It has be- tween ten and twelve hund'sfed victims in Norway; is foUttd also in' Portugal, Greece and Italy; and isfapidly spt6ading in' Sicily, in the Baltic prbVincelS' of Russia and in France, while the British Maildb are not exempt from- it. Inthe United States cases have been foiiij^ in Califoriiia, in sfOtiKJ of- the States of the NoriShwest, ifl Utah and iLouis-- iana. Many cassif exist in New- Brunswick. In the Sandwich '^[slaiids' the disease' fii^t broke out in 1853, atidtherfc ate now 1; 100 lepers in the Molb^af ' settlement' alone. The disease is extending-'in 'the' West Iddies. TheOld, OlaBt^ry.- Bashful Rustie Lover (frying to' Work him- self up to the sticking poiflt)^"Sally, does' your ma like me?" "Sally â€" "Ma says you are a 's^l6tidid fel- ler " B. R. L.â€"" And does your jpalike iiit!, Sstl^ ly?" Sally .encouragingly) â€" "Pa said the oth' er day he wished he had a son esraStJtly'like' yon." B. R. L.â€" "And â€" dâ€" do you like me, Sal- ly 1" Sally (leaning her head on his manly bfeast) â€" "La, Tom, you know I do " One minute later Sally was engaged tc? Tom, and the disagreeable job that he had dreaded for five years was a thing of the' past. A Gheerfnl Explanatioii. Passenger â€" "C-c-o-o-n-ductor, why have you let the fires go out We are almost fro- zen to death." Conductor â€" "Well, you see, gents, we soon come to a very rotten bridge, and if there should be an accident the Company don't wish the newspapers to lay the blame against the car-stoves." Tkelr Ikeadly Mte aad tte Keaaetfles l^ere ' for. It would, we presume, be safe to assert that in spite of all modem appliances and helps to scientific methods of i«search, man has hitherto lamentably failed to discover an infallible cure for snake-poison. As in the cases of hydrophobia and other diseases of a like mysterious nature, the public are from time to time startled by the wide promulga- tion and unstinted praise of. some new so- called specific for snake-bites; but this only lasts for a season, when, lo the too hastily summed-up verdict is reversed, and the once loudly extrolled remedy is allowed quietly to pass into the limbo of exploded ideas, the knacker's yard of used-up fads. We -will for the present confine ourselves to a few remarks regarding the -treatment of snake-bites at the Cape. Iv is noteworthy that the typicalf resh arrival, or ' ' new chum, " as our Australian cousins designate him, sets his foot on African soil with ludicrously ex- aggerated ideas as to the prevalence of veno- mous reptiles. He fully expects, for in- stance, if he goes up country, especially if he camps out, that the monotony of M^ journey will occasionally be relieved by SUCH sTAr.TLiJre txgiPSSTS. of travel as waking up in the momuig to finda snake confidingly secreted in the folds of his "blanket, with a further consignment of one in each boot, to make his hair stand on end when he attempts to pull on those hiftible though useful peripatetic appendages. As it would be superfluous to dwell on the ab- surdity of such ridiculous- notions, we will pass on to state briefly what are the ordinary anecifics ussd iii the colony. ' The most comuion practice with the na- tives in cases of «nake-bite is to kill a black fowl, divide it lengthwise, and apply the separated portions alternately to the wound for the space of about fifteen tninutes, or until stich time as they think the poison has been absorbed into the body of the fowl. Some tribes use a decoction of themelk bosch (wild-cotton plant). This bush exudes a nauseous, viscous, and extremely repellent fluidjWhich acts as a powerful emetic. It is, however, by no means a reliable remedy and it appears to be more resorted to from the fact of its being highly ofiensive and re- volting to the taste, than for any other particular reason. The Namaquas, Bushmen, and Damaras have a singular and implicit belief in the all- potent efficacy of the snake-charmer's or doctor's night-cap, a decoction of which is made and given to the patient to drink This horribly loathsome specific is made by dipping the cap into boiling water or it is put in a pan of cold water and allowed to remain on the fire until all its virtues are extracted. The more grimy and saturated with perspiration the filth'"' head-eovei '^gla, oo in proporlion are the vfrtues of the uccoc- tion enhanced. The cap must be that of a snake-doctor- â€" none other 'will do â€" one who has oHained his diplomas by a long and arduous Jwjvitiate, and has himself become drew poison-proof. This immunity he obtains by ' ^ork, gradually incr«ft9Ji'.g the inoculations which frsiii tfni*r to tinie h6 in- flict? upon his person. (mS 61 iifp irt^hods adopted by the novice to obtain tlio desired immtmity is to collect a goodly numbs* 6f scorpions and place them on a bullock hide. He then goes and lies do-wn, and rolls and tumbles about amongst the infuriated in- sects, which, acting ats it is "their nature to" are not slow to -wreak their vengeance on his nude body. Instances are kno-wn of embryo medicos who have actually succumb- ed to this barlMirous method of "walking the hospitals." To come to the European's or white man's remedy the most popular and widely used is a preparation called "Croft's Tincture of Life." Croft was one of the original British settlers of 1820. He had been to India, whence he was said to have brought the re- cipe to the Cape. During his lifetime he stoutly maintained that its -preparation was a profound secret, known only to himself, and discovered by him when resident in India. 'When he died, he bequeathed the secret A Thrilling Stmggle With Death Under tibft Operator's EnifiB. A Hespltel Imeldemt. The writer was one of a small groiro tf spectators some time ago who had one of the most thrilling experiences that ever oocnr around a surgeon's table. The story has been told once, but it is worth telling again. A man of about 40 years was placed in an operating chair in a hospital amphitheatre. The case was a desperate one, and the sor- geon was to operate -with a lure chance of success, which the patient had elected to take. It wais a choice between a slow, agonizing death and the possibility that he might survive an operation which would probably kill him. A hard, cancerous tsmmr rather larger than a hen's egg had grown in the tissues on the right side of his neck be- neath the ear and the ooimer of the jawbone. The growth had ojcoMfded upon the carotid artery, the lai^x, and important nerres^ aud for days the man had lived IN CONSTANT AGONY. There was no possible relief for him except the knife, and the surgeon Dfl"ered him no encouragement even as the result of his skiU. To operate even upona bare chance of suc- cess was the only merciful thing to do. Theneck is a dangerous location for an oper* ation of any kind. It is full of great nerves, arteries, and veins which it is death to touch with a knife. In the present case some of the more important organs were probably directly involved by the tumor. The surgeon explained the situation to the students, and said he should attempt the complete extirpa- tion of the tumor, If the patient survived, that radical operation he would probaMy^ recover. The patient had borns the etherize ation well, and the surgeon went to work at once. By a slight incision he laid back the skin and thin tissues beneath covering the tumor. He began tb work around it, dis- secting the tissues with greatest care. It to be an extremely hard gro-wth, FIEM AND DEEPLY SEATED. He had worked but a few minutes when the patient began to show signs of collapse. An assistant surgeon quickly injected a strong stimulant by means of a hypodermic syringe. The principal operator kept steadily on, working as rapidly as. the delicate nature of the task would admit. But a moment or two later the collapse of the patient became complete. The breath grew fainter, and ceased altogether. The pulse at the -wrist disappeared. The heart, itself stopped beating. The features took on the strange gray look of (\e%tl\, $h^ man wa^ dea.i, Instantly the scene among the doctors changed. There was no excitement. The expected had happened. But the surgeons did not surrender their patient tp the grim messenger so easily. Tte Operator /^l^i ms instruments and abandoned bUi The surgical cbaii' JH which the seated was tipped back to a reclining position, and an assistant endeayor- ed to restore breath t^ the empty lungs by the manipulation resorted lo with persons rescued from drowning. Another doctor Bipplled the full current of an electric bat- tc'iy at i'^riQiis points on the man's body. Noihtng had arty effect, bat the efforts Were n 5t relaxed for an instant. The sftuatiofa was one of awful suspense for those who looked on.- Every kno-wn re- storative had heti applied fn vain and it seemed that NOTHING LESS T'HAN A MIBACLE *0 AN ONLY DAITGHTEB, -with the most solem injunctions to keep it inviolate and further, that she was to will" it with the same proviso to her de- ^scendants; or in default of the latter, to her lUext of kin. Croft made immense profits out iof the sale of his "Tincture of Life," as he 'used to charge fifteen shillings for a small bottleful, the ingredients of which did not propably cost him so many halfpence. Of its sterling curative properties there can be no question if used externally and also inter- rialfy,' within a reasonable period following the infliction of the bite. Time, of course, is ie'^etything. H the poison be absorbed for any lengthened period before the application of, iridefid, any remedy the chances of cure are ^almost nil. As regards the absorption of poisOils'into they stem. Sir. Joseph Fayrer, in his ^oi'k oh the Thanatophidia of India, says f'Ttat any drug or substance, solid or fluid, ^hat 'is either swallowed or inoculated, can couiit^i^ct or neutralise the poison once absorbed and acting on the nerve-centres, I do iiot believe. " â€" [Chambers, Journal. Hot Saoh a Very Loraly Oraatnie. This is the 'way a Western chi^ pnUishee the girl who went back on him "She is five feet eleven in feet. Her backbone is poplar. She is forty-tve yeurs dd. She never was married aqa never will be. Thna iin't onoagh fat on her to grease the hiaoee of a butterfly^ wings, and she sits amidtiie fennoitation of hnmanity and the etadi of thennoineteraand Un^istiie bdlingmenmiy to SOOTH." -i _.. t • --^v^.v •...- Cdstoom^â€" "Wbsts the yiMgef' Bar- berâ€" "TwwilycfflitB." aâ€" "TwwitYomtsl 'Why, I theaght yoachaiged onfy len cenfte fH- a shave. t â€" "Yee, sicv Ibsi yoaaee yoa have a donUe ehhi." SilVdf^Giilt Insigma Instead of Cbld. The 'insignia of the Bath, which has hitherto been made of gold, is in future to be merely " silver-gilt. The representatives df deceased Rights of the Bath always re- iarned their insignia until the Crimean War 'pdnod' -iRfhen, ior some reason or other, it ^1^ otxieijed bytbe House of Commons to be refined, whi^h thus proved a costly piece of ^onseiise for the country. In most cases the r^i«iienla'tJv}^ of a deceased Knight took his insignia to the Queen's jeweler and sold it to himj '|iie.raimlt being that it was- later on supplied !to another Knight the same imrignia. might seTve for several, each one patient was being giveu it to 'keep, but the heirs in-vari- ably preforred? to convert it into cash. It -was a vary nice aa^gemeut for the Knights, and not nnpn^wD|e to the jeweler, bat ex her stocking twnaive for jtiie, taxpuren. In fatote the Strai^t â€" «. ft^Mgnt* ^11 "b« niitga hy WirminghiMw fiytwj is aoores, by conM£t._^ could relight the spark which had utterijr gone out. Ten full minutes passed. Finally there came a slight t-witching of the in'iiscles of the chest in response to the intense elec- tric current there applied. A little later there was a flutter of breath, from the lungs, aud slowly the gray look of death merged into a more natural paUor. Other signs of life came back, and iuially the patient suf- ferer wascalledback from a merciiul death to another space of pain. Then arose the question whether to pursue further the operation which had been undertaken. The chief surgeon explained that collapse of the pa- tient thus early in the work proved that the tumor penetrated even deeper than he feared, and that it involved the pneumo-gastric nerve. To continue the original operaticm would result in immediate death, beyond possibility" of reviWng. The surgeon said he would content himself therefore -with removing some of the outer portion of the tumor in the hope of thus relieving some- what the pressure upon the vital organs of the neck. This was rapidly done, and the wound was closed up. The patient came back to consciousness, and to a les- sened degree of suffering, but he lived only a few weeks. Bomance £ednoed to Figares. There is an English literary man who at the end of each year penetrates into the published fiction and extracts therefrom very- often some exceedingly interesting figures. The results of his researches into last year's fiction arc entertaining Of the heroines portrayed in novels, he finds 372 were de- scribed as blondes, while 190 were brunettes. Of the 562 heroines, 437 were beautiful, 274 were married to the man of their choice, while 30 were unfortunate enough to be bound in wedlock to the wrong man. The heroines of fiction, this literary statistician claims, are greatly improving in health, and do not die as early as in previous years, al- though consumption is still in the lead amoBg; fatal maladies to which they succumb. Esf ly marriages, however, are on the increase. The personal charms of the heroines includ- ed 980 " expressive eyes" and 792 " shell-like ears." Of the eyes, 543 had a dreamy look. 390 flashed fire, while the remainder had no special attributes. Eyes of brown and blue are in the ascendant. There was found to te a large increase in the number of heroines who possessed dimples. 502 were blessecT with sisters, and 342 had brothers. In 47 cases, mothers figured as heroines, with 112 children between them. Of these, 71 child- ren were rescued from watery graves. E^^- teen of the husbands (rf tiiese married hero* ines were discovered to be biiBamists, while seven husbands had notes fomidin their^ pockets tiiat exposed '^eveiytidng." And thns is the ranance of a year zednoedt» n^jiiies*. Ifoe LnportMli to ths Seadflti. Tonaimn (whiitlfj^'^own the tnbe to tiie editor)â€" "One oi tiieeitf artides must be kft out. Thne isn't rOOTiii^jbotii.' 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