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Show SECRETS OP LONGEVITY. Take Car f Vaanalf aa Jaipurt ' CHURCH FOItW AR GOD , I Part. Coming now to the more exact srl- Wc of medicine, I called on Or. A. IL Grandtn, the New York specialist, wto believe that longevity depend eole.ly - upon the action of the heart, aaya the The heart," Cleveland Plain Dealer. he ay,'Mia the nearest approach ' known to inan to that dream of science, perpetual motion. The person whoee pulse teats with full and normal stroke hat the boat chance for a" long life, t Hereditary qualities come neat In Importance, and if the parents ore abort-live- d a person has a forewarning of hi own fate." For the consolation of those whose father or 'mother may have Hind ytmn fmhosld be said that mvny auth mil a malnulu that hereditary tendencies come, to a great extent, from the grandparent, and even from previous ancestor so a good average that. If there ha of long life In past geneniions, the fact of early deatl) in the ease of father or motberrft'ed hot te of srrlou con- sequence, fine of the mod interesting opinion that I obtained in regard to the chance of long life nun from Nicola Twin. the Inventor and electrician, who think .bet sleep ha much to do with the matter. A man has been given a certain terra of life. said Sir. Teslai "no many hour to pa on thU earth I mean hour when he live, awake; I do not count the hour when, he la sleeping; I do not believe they ar, strictly speaking, included la his term of life. When a man really Uvee be I dying hour by hour, but sleeps he le accumulating vital forces, which will make him go on living. In other words, In m ensuring out our dole of hour to each one of ua. the great timekeeper slope hi count while we are sleeping. Therefore, the longer man eleepe the longer he will remain on earth. Nearly all long-live- d people have been great sleeper. When D Lease p was on the ocean he would leap twenty hour on a ntretch. Clad-ton- g 1 a great sleeper, and avenges tweire hour a day, 1 can bellev that a man who would learn to sleep eighteen hour n day might live 200 years." This Idea teem a lb tie fantastic, but It ahould be said that so great aa su- - thorlty aa Prof. F. W. Warner, In a recent lecture on Biometry, or Science of Measuring Life," Include abundant sleep among the four eeeentlal to a To be de.long life, which scended, at least by one aide, from longllved parents; (2) to be of a calm, contented and cheerful disposition; (3) to have a symmetrical form, L a full and limbs, Joint cheat, with a neck and head large rather than mall in proportion to the size of the body; (4) to be a long and eound sleep-- r. The profeesor went on to ahow that women are longer lived than men, and that married women live longer than elngle women. The statistics show that few nuns attain old age, and that monks also die on the average earlier than men who marry. The primary condition of longevity are," said Prof, Warner, that th heart, lung and dfgesttvs Organa, as well aa the brain, should be large. It are large, th trunk will FA these organ be long and the tlmba comparatively short, The person will appear tall In sitting and short In standing, Tha hand will have a long amTsomewhat The heavy palm and short Angers. brain will be deeply tested, aa shown by the orifice ot the ear being low. The blue or brown hazel eye, a showing an Intermission of temperament. Is a favorable Indication. The nostrils being large, open and free Ind.ra'es large d nolungs. A pinched and stril Indicates small or weak lungs," HOW CLEVELAND CoL StrN Tell M Gth H lrt HUNTS- I Sport.. hear what 1 rrj i ud i military' 1 hav-woil- d b FIR TREE OF THE rlry. ui f Jos sf Nm I wanted to Col. Rives ferpftut. Tl,t tbs (.rsu Mos-- bad to say of Cleveland, so with whom or by whom be gues gunFsros C? ning down the Potomac, aaya the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. He is HERE has Just yery close, however, on an official conat fidentiality. The subject had been severected beeu eral time tapped, but would not run. I) o m r e my, in On Lhe last occasion the colonel got as birth-pin- e the Tronic, far as to say. Mr. Cleveland Is a very I of bt woi i to b? very free and be man. He famous m ild of Or- in his comuirfK's. Yxeefil whVn natural w i It, it Jians. ptruak.fiu.wn party, caaie'.lm; jjn.hs would close up like a terrapin. Late,) dciful huah In t h e be has become very circumspect, b opinions to express. I neve' the e.y If 1 did 1 New Yotk Journal. quote anything be says. It has leea literally built by nolihtiu, could relate many droll remarks. He for soldiers and with the sub possesses a iiaraiter of bis own, whica scribed by soldiers It i an 'jNiiost la apt to disappoint many of hi folexclusively military i hun h Thre is lowers, who e; ret him to go too far more of the pomp ami panoply of war lie will leave the procession when he about It ban even the (lei man era- - doe not want to gi any farther. This peror's chapel at J'otsdam or the mili- ls where partisans become ofTended. tary chapel In the Invalid's at Iar.s, They are n.at willing to let a president In direct contrast to the peaceful aepect think by himself and want him to of most churches-.- Although nominally think as they da. Mr. Cleveland as a built to perpetuate the mime of Joan sportsman is manly. If you want to of Arc, It Is pra tically a temple to the leave him a (luck as they are flying god of war. The very appearance Is and do not shoot at It In your turn he that of a strong, fortress-lik- e building will refuse to shoot It. At the same and both the Interior and exterior are time be la not up to our methods on decorated with warlike sutues and the Potomac. He la so stout that he martial figures; and everything about cannot stand up a long time to shoot. the church speak of military life and He shoots pretty well and Is very active affairs. appearance of the sanc- for e man of hi flesh, but wre shoot In tuary's Interior la certainly calculated turn without a word between us, as to arouse all the military enthusiasm the ducks come Mr. Waller, the prowhich the French aold.er cgn boast ot. prietor down there at Aqula creek, and In the porch stands a magnificently me, be knowing bis ducks, I mine-cra- ck, crack, alternately. We always sculptured group, among which the figure of Joan of Arc, kneeling in the atti- take them on the wing from the blinds tude of prayer and raising her bands we have built. Mr. Cleveland stays out and face to heaven, Is prominent. The on his boat; we stay ashore." figure la lifelike and one seems almost to hear the fair warrlor'a petition for Extraordinary Theft. divine guidance. At her right side stands 8L Margaret, the patron saint The advance agents of traveling exof fortitude, holding the maiden's bel hibitions are usually careful to ascer- - Ih Art-M(ul- tl.aut , Ilvitou'x IteeoUaetlOM 0 Trip to That Laurence Huttons recollection of his boyhood are la St Nicholas under the title of "A Boy I Knew. Ills ear-l.visit to'Scotland was made when he was but 4 or 5 yeirs c' ge and long before be had assumed Cue dignity of (routers or had been sent to school. His father had gone to the old home at St. Andrews hurriedly upon the receipt of the new ot the serious Illness of the boy's grandmother', who died be. fore they reached her. Naturally the boy has little recollection of that sad month of December, spent in his grandmothers boio-e- , except. that , Jt waa sad. The weather was cold and wepr honsey even under drafinafy fin uniktaruis, could not have been a ver.v cheerful one for a youngster who had no companions of hla own age It looi.ed out upon the' German ocean whit h at that time of the year was alv ayg In a rage or In the sulks, and the house was called Peep o Day, because It received the very first rays (jf t(ie sun as he rose upon the British I les. The boys chief amu-emewas the feeding of flour scones and oatcakes to an old goat that lived in the neighborhood and the daily walka with his grandfather, who seemed to find some little comfort and entertainment He In h:s grandsons childish prattle. was then almost the only grandchild, and the old man was very proud of his manner and appearance and particularly amused at certain gigantic efTorta on the boys part to adapt hts own short legs to the strides of bis seniors long ones. After they had Interviewed the goat and had watched the wreck with which the wild shore was strewn and had Inspected the cootie In ruins and the ruins of the cathedral the boy would gaze upon hla grandmother's e grave and his own name In full a common name In the family upon the family tomb In the old kirk-yar- d alt of which must have been very cheering to the boy, although he could Dot read It for himself. And then which was better they would stand band In hand for a time In front Lasrcne FRANCE HAS A NEV MILITARY TEMPLE FOR SOLDIERS. Te VISIT TO SCOTLAND A 111 . new-mad- PAGODAS, INDIA. 1. j - ''tFC.-i- r - 5 i ' 'T VitY V ft. w v V' r .nr l v 4v Vi y Avol XHruils lrrllstlag. SbJrU l)lnr Tsbl. that In moat households tha dinner. table become a dumping ..ground far th. wholesale plaint of It members T Probably because this le tb only meal of tha day when the entire family meet together, each one feel it a duty to air a few personal grievances in order to seek consolation from th others, aaya tha Boston Herald. Out of deference to digestion, If confor no other reason, dinner-tabl- e versation should be of the spiciest, but , this fact la lost algbt of In tb 'general dewdre of everybody, from papa down to ) th youngsters, to serve up only those topic which have marred rather than made the day's happiness, Hardly has the man ef the house finished his carving duties before be falls Into sn financial discussion with his I wife. Household expenses are rehashed. bills grumbled over, and tha f cost of living recalculated with tedious regularity. Mother, In her turn eager- -' ly pours into any listening ear her do j mestlc woes. The day's errors below Stair are minutely recorded. She sighs over Bridgets butter waste, declare that the butchers Indifference .to her ordr la becoming Intolerable, and so on: Then the small boy (poor little comes In for target for his share of criticism. His failures at school are rejentlecsly raked up and all aorta of punishments threatened unless there Is speedy reform. If there are guests present, this talk of tb,.Jnner circle Is, for courtesys sake, given a personal flavor, but only then. ks (Good cheer and plenty of It" Is not th motto of the average family dinanl-Tnat- ed ner. - ISir Art, "Why did you put the plush album wrr The above Illustration show a tree of India known as the Ficus religiosa (frg tree of the pagodas). This ie one the most notable that embellishes the landscape of that country. It Is provided with adventitious roots which reach out from the branches and find their way to the ground. At first these roots are very thin and small till they touch the soil, when they at oneebegin to enlarge, and develop largely These, as they develop form eplumns round the trees, and thus colonnades of considerable length are formed. The natives delight to build chapels In the Intervals of spaces formed by these adventitious roots, and It is from this uestom that the tree receives Its name. of - Oh, we don't need It any more. Mary wears her father's photograph tn her fcrooth, her mother's In her belt buckle, tb boys' In her watch and bracelet, while grandma la on the coal bucket o4 grandpa on the parlor vases." Da-tr- lt Free Press. yon-tr- y church yard that I beard thi story. following had sexton The been at work at a little distance, but be observed the Interest with which I hud stopped to gaze a straight upon was shaft of white marble, on which on Bianca cut the umple Inscription. "While I spoke I found a little dark MorellR aged 17." j lantern, and we vtere.alrfeady xieoceud . ,v 1 never beheld a preltie t ing the stairs, and next moment war, . bo, eya- - ss big and dark- - and- - snmi were stealing through the ehurchyaro, reda complexion Uke Ivory, and the with my puk and shovel in hand, dest lips. She was a hue figure of a which I had caught up as we pavse-girl,' too; tall .and elegant, though by tbe outhouse where I had kept hair slight; and the regular thm. It was terrible woik, but in lets that Ive heard belongs to that kind of time than 1 had ever used a spade an beauty. Her family consumed of the newly-mad- e gtave was opener., uncie and aunt, and thefr son, to wnom the cofiip rifled of it prei'.ous content?, and she was eugagtd to be njarried. whiih Rex nd I carried to our home, whom she seemed to bate worse than wrapped up in a huge bhawl which I poison. had brought for the purpose. ever It Isn't likely that I would "Eh, my' But it waa the unoanple?) hate known the family affairs of folks so far above me, eten in a country nights work that ever 1 did siuie the 1 o- place like this, where everything gets hour was born' We laid the body talked of. more or lees, but for the cir- my bed, and w chafed the cold, whits cumstance that I possessed a nephew, hands, and ustened in vain at thn who was about the handsomest young pulseless heart. But I saw no sign of fellow that ever the sun shone upon life. She was as beautiful as a figure ll of alabaster and as lifeless, for aught He was as fair as the Signorlna was dark; his eyes were blue, like 1 could see, but Rex declared that she violets, and bis hair like gold, and. was not dead. bless you, Jr, when these two young "So, as It was necessary that 1 as was should It restore the empty coffin jind fill first saw each other people clear a case of love at first sight a any in the grave again, 1 was obliged to other Romeo and Juliet, and Just as leave him there, on his knees beside natural os the flame between fire and her, wildly kissing tbe poor cold band tow. and calling upon bev to open her loveMy nephew his name was Regily eyes to see her lever by her. But nald, and we called him Rex for short I had no hope that anything but some was the organist of the little church fearful trouble woald come of It, and over yonder, and the young lady sang marveling and terrified as to what In the choir, though she was such a might be the end t tbe business, I hastened away to the- work that awaitgrand one. In that way the two young people ed me. first met, and their acquaintance pro"But they were right, and, like s gressed rapidly, as you may suppose. stupid old man, I was wrong; for The cousin to whom the Slgnorlna was when I returned th trance-Uk- e Bleep engaged used to come to church with was broken, and tbe soul had awakher. I reckon that Italian fellow loved ened within that apparently lifeless the girl In hla fierce way as well os he form, and the lovers sat bolding each could ever love anything, though Other's hands, her bead resting on his thought be cored most about her shoulder, while he sought to calm the money. fearful agitation which had taken pos"Of course he was as jealous as a session of her now that she began to Turk, and If looks could have killed, realize the horror of all that had happoor Rex' would not have lived long to pened. be his rival. But neither my brave "Ah! that was a brave girl, and s Rex nor Miss Bianca cared a bit for story-writmight fill a volume with tbe Signors black looks, and then, you her history and all she went through must know, the young lady never really In those tew months from the time agreed to tbe engagement. It was all of her first meeting with Rex till this made up by ber relatives, and she al- awful night. But 1 must cut it short, ways declared she would rather die for the night is coming on. To be than marry her cousin, declaring bold- brief, then. She had never told Rex ly that she loved Rex Haywood, and half, or Indeed a tenth-pa- rt of whai would never marry any other man she suffered with those wicked rela"And one day, with his bright face tions of hers, especially the cousin wbe shining with triumph and merriment. wanted to marry her. Rex hurried away to the church to At last their persecution reached s practice his music for the, iext Sun 'point when she could bear no more, txJ was s different music and she discovered a very day. jBut plot by which she was to be hurried away to Italy, un-iL't known to any one, and she knew well that she would never see Rex again in this world it this plan should be car51 ried out. She was in despair. Tbe Italian saw that she had dig covered the plot, and she was Immediately locked in her room, all communication with the outer world cut off Mi Even her maid was in the pay of hei lelatives, as she knew, but the girl teemed to love her personally, and driven to the last extremity, she found herself obliged to make a confidant ol her, and to trust her life to this glrl'i pitch-blac- f blue-bla-1- 1 be-o- ie Mo-rel- HIS KNEES. t the Why la It T WAS la a pretty, er well-form- DONT DO IT. to die, believe them not!. Har ms taken from myr"coffln within twelve hours of my burial, and all may yet be well. Ton will not fail me, dearest. I read this extraordinary message over more than once before I took In It meaning, but as it flashed on me, I saw aa well as Rax how little time we had to lose, end I forestalled his words. "Come on, in heavens Bams1' 1 It must be close on to 12 whispered. o'clock, and a safe as It will ever be for such a work. Fortunately Its k night, and all the moo' there was has gone hours ago. Corns ras c- irtrni half-cloet- II Si LOVE STORY. met, wbU SL Catherine, the patron saint of heroism. Is on her left and bear the sword whkh Is to be used In the battle with ilw British, Another warlike figure Is that of 8L Michael, the great archangel of battle. He Is represented as clad In a complete suit of armor, as though ready for Immediate warfare, and he towera high above the other figures, and with his right hand points to heaven, the warrior tnalda gaze following the direction of his uplifted finger. In his left hand 8t. Michael holds the royal banlong ner of France, with fleurs-de-ll- s, since super eded by the national emof the revolution. blem, the This group of statuary Inspires the cltlxen with martal moat peace-lovin- g ardor, and there 1 not a soldier of the French army within miles of Domretny who has not rUited the church and been struck with this grand military monument It la significant that the group faces toward Germany and the patron saints of heroism and fortitude are gaxtng out In the direction of the not forgotten province of Alsace. This has been particularly noticed by nearly every military visitor to th church. The walls of the church are decorated with old colors of the French reg raants, tatteied and torn remnants of what once were d the bright flags, stained with andsrd-bear- f r and a a of many gallant honored by victory in many a bRttle. On the very altar Itself are marble of warrior salnls with swords on raised aloft and courage-writt- en nhelr features. The building was commenced some years ago, and was Intended to be the national memorial to the fair girl who was so cruelly burned a witch in barbarous times. The money I lOO.OOd was subscribed by French soldiers And sailors in all parts of the world. ! Aa before mentioned, the church la specially erected for the benefit of soldiers. Services of military character art frequently conducted, and every day a mas Is said for the aoola ot those French soldiers who have been tri-col- or long-lost,b- ut llfe-b'oo- efll-gt- re tain the peculiarities, the merits and demerits of the balls they are to exhibit In, for the benefit of the performers when they srrlve, One of these agents, having hired a hall in a Kentucky town, asked the proprietor of the building; "How are the acoustic of your hall?" The which T" said 'the Kentuckian. The, acoustics? Well, I'll tell you," said the proprietor, looking a little puzzled at first and then Indignant. "Ye see, thar was a minstrel comp'ny 'long here 'bout two weeks ago. In my plare, an' they stole 'bout everything they could lay their ban's on. 1 aint seen auy round sence they was here, an it wouldnt sprlse me a grain ef them minstrels had gone an' tuck em'" candy show window, In which was displayed a little regiment of lead soldiers marching In double file toward an Imposing and unconquerable lead fortress on the heights of barley sugar. Of this spectacle they never tired and they used to discuss how the boy would arrange them If they belonged to him, with a sneaking hope on. the boys part that some day they were to be his very own. At the urgent request of the grandfather the American contingent remained in SL Andrews nntll the end of the year and the boy still remembers vividly and he will never forget the dismal failure of "Auld Lang Syne ai sung by the family with clasped hands as the clock struck and the new year began. He sat up for the occasion or rather, was waked up for the oera-loand of all that family group be has for a decade or more, the been, Th Alk Hnonilxry. The full text of the Alaska Boundary only survivor. The mother of the house w the eldest son and Treaty, recently .negotiated between hi8is but lately dead,tfie next day to the son were going our own and the Brl lsh governments, shows that It relates only to the de- oilier side of the world, and every voice marcation of that portion of the twmn-dar- y roke before the familiar verse came to an end. extending along the 141st meridian of longitude, from Mt. St. Elias DerllBMl with Thank. northward to Itemariatlon Point, on He- - Do you think marriages ar the shore of the Arctic Ocean. A more nu in heaven? She Well, 1 don't difficult question, uot touched lv thri know . but I guess yours will have to between be if treaty. Is the boundary-liu- e ) ou ever get married. Alaska and British Columbia The People who saw him one minute are. first, Inter two chief ioints at thought that he was trying to whether Por land Canal in the oil catch a train. Cleveland Leader. treaties meant Portland Canal or Behni Canal; and. secondly, whether the ABOUT THE HOUSE. ccast, parallel with which the is to be drawn. Is the edge of loving cups In cut the mainland, or the outermost edges glass afford a very effective receptable Of the outlying islands. for flowers. -Potted ferns will soon die If dirt la Mineral Wool allowed to accumulate on them. An She What Is this mineral wool one occasional syringing will keep them V - reads so much about?". He "Mineral clran. tlm wool? Why, that the wool they shear from rwnoYCfc primitlf Many from hydraulic rams." New York biscuit jar are luxurious modern afTribune. fairs In cut glass, with silver gilt tops, set with s miniature frSmed in Jewels. Tbe acreage of land In Georgia has decreased from 299,000 to 260.000, as InThe princess gown will be aotsd dicated by tha tax returns. among the models- of a coo-stte- n , ! iKinn-dary-li- Three-handl- that he played when that sad day came, for on the very next morning I tolled the bell for Bianca Morelll, wbo bad teen found cold and still and white when her maid entered to dress her for breakfast This was a Friday and the funeral was set for Sunday, and you may be sure, in a place like this, there was plenty of talk about tbe sudden death and the hurried burial. "But my nephew poor Rex! said nothing. He seemed turned to stone, tut he played the most beautiful music that ever was beard lj our church for tbe funeral services of the girl he loved, and, though they wouldnt allow him to go near the grand mahogany coffin In the church, 1 took care he should help me to lower It Into the grave, and he stood beside me and dropped a great bunch of red roses down on to It aa I began to shovel In the earth. "Well, well, my poor Rex! 1 hope I may never see such a face of despair again; and ts 1 glanced at him from time to time I felt sure his would be the next grave I should fill tn. "It was late that night, and I was Just Jthinklng of going to bed. though Rex hadn't com borne, and I was mighty uneasy about him, when 1 heard the click of the door downstairs as it opened and shut, and then I recognized hla step jjul k and hurried, as he came upstairs not a b.t like the slow,. dragging steps of the last two nights, but even lighter and quicker than It used to be; and I hadn't done w (Uiderlngwhen the door opened, and the next moment he waa beside me wild, haggard, pale as death, and with hie great blue eyes almost starting from bis head! Im not a nervous man, but I Jumped tip worse scared than if I had seen s ghost. Before 1 could utT ter a word, for my voice failed me, Rex caught me herd "by the arm and whispered hoarsely: " 'Dont speak, uncle, but Jost listen. Blanciv Isnt dead. I hope you believe she la not dead. Look! read! and he held before my eyes a scrap of paper, ea which wsa scrawled these words; 'Rex, my darling, If 1 die, or seem discretion. "bhe proved worthy, and gave hei entiie assistance to her young mistress the desperate plan, They concocted which, by means of some mysterious Italian drug, they managed to carry out, with such result as I have described, and wrhile I was listening to a story more wonderful than any romance I bad ever read, this same faithful servant joined ns. 'I found tbe door open, she said to the Slgnorina, and bearing voices, knew all was well, and came directly here. , "But It was easy to see from th young ladys agitation that all was not well, and I guessed that if some change was not coming soon she was In danger of dying In earnest from excitement and consequent exhaustion. My mind was speedily made up. I knew our minister to be one good man picked out of ten thousand, and I was soon at his bedside, telling him the whole story while I helped him tc dress. Never have 1 seen a man more dazed; but he soon took In tbe situation, and helped us out of our perplexity. He went with me directly, and special llc3nse was obtained at once by Rex, so that next day the young couple were married and driven by me (In the minister's carriage) to a dis- , tant railway station. Of course, I need not saythat Marla . the maid, accompanied them. She hafl proved herself invaluable In bringini clothes to her mistress, and a box ot valuable Jewels. "The next day there was a great hut and cry over the disappearance ot Maria, whom the Italians called a thief and a monster of ingratitude; bat they never suspected tb real ruse of th girl's running away. All this happened years ago, sir; but I bear from my nephew now that his wife Is at lesglt so strong and well that they are getn to make their appearance be for tht Italian cousin, and claim tbe Signor ina's great fortune, which that vlllalt had beew enjoying ever sine bis return to Italy." one-hor- se - Tk big ocean greyhounds will soon It Is thought, be equipped with life heats harnessed to balloon 14 k b sncUcillj unslnkaJS |