AFTER THE •REAMS.

1 Tb* »un‘ii want the corrr* ll

itil.vl drranu and t.lrkws! thi- (loriotta day; a'* wanu. wrlroma brama acrosa cover* lay; The world wa» bathed in light and in the jo)» about Grim mrinoHea or tha night were quickly blotted oat. 0 aha!! I wake again, aomc morning from the dream That c-oaiH to each and then behold a brighter gleam. Or ahall no curtain ope. no bar fall from the gate?— 1 hope and dread and hope, and hare my drrama and wait. -S. E. Kiaar.

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aurely • he was only 57; and It couldn't be his bualnesa aO&irt, for all his Invent meets were sound an<l highly remunerative and his large Income was rapidly Increasing. No. he must look for. the cause elsewhere Perhaps It would be well to consult a doctor.

He i looked

went to a window that faced the east and raised the sash. The air came cool and fragrant. Low down by the far-away ridge streaks of pale blue light were showing. •Til e«e this sunrise." said Amos Brandon- "I haven't seen one since 1 was a boy." He'hastily bathed and dressed btmseif "111 see It from the outside." be added, and softly ere;ping down the stairway, found his hnt. and opening the great door, descended the stone steps that led to the street As he faced the east and moved slowly along the avenue he suuBed the air and found It good. He even took off his hat and let It cool his head. "It certainly seems to me that this is better than tossing on that comfortless* mattress," he muttered. "Wonder why I never thought of it before." The pale -streaks in the east grew broader, a pink flush rose behind the wooded crest, the clouds became hazy. Swiftly the flush deepened, spokes of HghT'Were flung upward and then came

the sun.\

Amos Brandon walked slowly onward, eagerly watching those magic

changes.

“Oh." be said, '•that’s fine; It's worth the trouble. How many people know anything about it? P he present audience, tcly old man, and a

few. Look at the present andii One restless, lonely old man. am night watchman or two. What a

shame!”

He came to a street in terse ctloned and paused and looked at his watch. • Quarter to five." he muttered. “No. IH not go home. 1 feel like a runaway boy. I'll stroll down tr the lake. I ijon't believe I’ve really seen the lake in a dozen years." Hsvtfalkcd at a lrlzur*ly gait, tamthing in the tonlcky air and ever and anon taming his gaze on the suntlcted clouds. His eyes were brighter and his step more tlaztlc. Laboring men. swinging their dinner boxes, looked around as they passed him. His was an unusual Ogure at that early boor. Once be beard s man repeat hW name to his companions and they all stared curiously at him as they

passed.

As be came within sight at the lake's blue ripples a girl came across the avenue and turned In on the sidewalk Just ahead of him. She was a girl of perhaps It. rather slender, with a clear olive complexion and thick, dark hair. She was neatly dressed, save her shoes, which were dingy and frayed, and in her hand she carried a basket whose contents were concealed beneath a white paper. Amos Brandon quickened his steps a little. "Tou^ase an early riser." he said to the gin. At the moment bo was Interested In early risers. "Tes. sir," said the girl, who showed no furprlse at hl^abrupt remark. "I have to carry my Tather's-breakfast to him. He Is a help at the mUla over there." She pointed to a long' row of dingy buildings not far ahead. She spoke "well and with a lack of constraint that the old man admired. "Why doesn't four father come home to his breakfast?" he asked. "He goes work at midnight and quits at Coon’” she answered.

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“And how far do you come?" "About a mile and a half." She gave him a itU'.e nod and turned to cross a vacant field that would save Mr a few steps. Amos watched her, r a moment ms she sturdily stepped* Av/ward. n . . - y. “A good little woman, and her father should be proud of ber. I hope he IS." He sighed softly, as he plodded on. He enjoyed tfce lake, with Us dimply surface and the swash of thi little wave* as they struck the piling, and the black banner of smoke trailing alter a far-away steamer. Presently he, turned and strolled over toward the iron mills. Almost.In a moment he came upon the girl Of the lunch basket. She was sitting on a low pile of boards and dose beside her, sat a workingman, bn re-armed awl sinewy, a swarthy man with stffaU, black eyec. and a *hort. black -beard. He was eating with evident enjoyment the bieaktast the girl bad brought him'. Amo* Brandon paused at the picttrs. , It pleased him. He nodded aaillBgly to the girl, who nodded back, and when tha swatthy man looked up be .sodded to him. too. Amos leaned

against a pile of lumber.

“Tour load will hg lighter on tha why beck." he said to the girl.. “Taa." aha answered, “father always

has a gcod appetite.”

The swarthy man looked up. He godded gravely to Amos. v ‘She's a good girl” he said slowly.

"Yes.'' said Amos. “I’m sure she's a good girl." The swarthy man looked around at the object of his praise. There was fondness in his glance. "Smart girl, too," he said. "Teacher say smartest girl In English school* He said this with some dlfflenlty, hnt with evident gratifleation“Oh. father." cried the child, with o swift little Wash. Then the swarthy man's rough voice grew softer. “She's all I got." he said. “I aee," said Amps Brandon. "Mutter dead, brudder dead, sister dead. Only Lena left." He turned a little and enflly stroked the girl’s hand. Something rose in the rich man's throat, and a mist swam before his eyea. "Father thinks I should wear my beat shoes- she explained. “He doesn't know how fast this walk would wear them out.” "Best shoes," echoed the swarthy man; ''yes. yaa. beat shoes." He looked at Amos Brandon. Then he softly touched the girl's shoulder with a forefinger and struck himself sharply on forearm and chest. "She's what I work for,” he smilingly said. "I must go." remarked Amos Brandon. hurriedly. He paused and stepped forward. “I would Jlke to shake hands with yon." he said to the swarthy man. who met the advancing fingers with a warm grasp. Amos nodded to the girl and strode away. There was a crosstown car waiting for the signal to start He caught It and 20 minutes iatcr opened the front door of his house. The housekeeper met him in the hall. Her anxious face desired. "Glad yon have returned, Mr. Brandon." she said. "We were beginning to worry a little ovgr your nnusual absence."

CAUSES OF NIGHTMARE.

illy

fast ready la half an houi s stepped into the library

icd his dak. For a moment he aat

opened In dee]

■pped into the libra

leep thought Then be rapidly In-

dited this letter.

"My Dear Mary—I find It Is quit* impossible to hold out any longer. I am growing old and I need you. dear child. The door from which I turned you two long years ago to open for yon and yours. You are all I have In the world, degr. Without you the house is cold and desolate. For what have I been tolling all these Teen bat for you? Come back to me, daughter, and all will be forgiven and forgotten. Tell

fess that I sorely misjudged him. "Write to me, dear, as soon as you receive this, and tell me when to ex' pect you and Georg*. Tour affectionate father. Amos Brandon.” He looked at the letter when he bad finished It and shook his head. Then he carefully read It through. Again he showed hls disapproval. After a moment or two he raised the sheet and deliberately tore It to bits of Jagged paper and tossed them Into the waste basket. ''Pshaw," he smilingly muttered, “that's too slow. I'll hurry down and telegraph Mary that I'm coming for them, and then 111 follow by the first train." The housekeeper stood In the doorway. "Breakfast Is ready.-Mr. Brandon,” she announced. The rich man whirled toward her. "Mrs. Emerson," he said, “I want yon to pnt Mary's rooms into the aloest possible shape at once." The housekeeper started. "Is Miss Mary coming home, sir?" she eagerly asked. ''Tee." said Amos Brandon, "she’s coming home."—W. R. Rose, in Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"The custom of throwing an old shoe after the wedded couple for luck Is » remarkably widespread one. but it Is -not always as pleasant a feature of the ceremdhy as one has come to imagine." began a young lawyer who has a penchant for folk lore. “The other day I ran across a curlone custom which is said 4o prevail to some extent even yet in vU-

lagef pf southern France.

"R't Ale way; after the ceremony he bride Is escorted to her new lome by her girt friends and left alone; the young husband, also In the •suds of his friends, is next lei to a point a couple of hundred feet from the dwelling, where a halt Is made. Then: the girl’s rejected suitor. if there be such a one. arms him-

E5PECIALLY DISTINGUISHED FROM DREAMS BY DEPRESSIOIt Why Xlgblmai* U OH»» aervditBrr— CaaMd Ur (iiWM«iae TalM mr W«f«l SpMWMle* - Aflkcu HI shir r—»h .Tb. TrcatmvBt ml til* TreaM*. The nightmare has nothing to do with horses, although they occasionally have It: the word mare really means, in this connection, a spectre, explains the Indianapolis Journal. According to the Bavarian popular belief the nightmare is a woman who appears In the morning asking to borrow something. To keep-her away at night they promise her the three whlteglfts If she will come for them the next morning, and when she does come, as she surely will, aha Is given a handful of flour, a handful of salt and an egg. In Morocco it is customary to place a dagger under the pillow at night to ward off the nightmare, and in Greece a black-handled knife la supposed to have tie same effect. The ancient Germans believed that nightmare was due to a demon, who, during sleep, seated himself upon the chest of the sleeper and oppressed hls breathing. The symptoms of nlghunarfc are variable, though they may bo always extremely disagreeable. It may be a realistic sensation of falling from a high place, such as the summit of a steep precipice; or one may suffer all [ the horrors of a flood, or fire, or a ! struggle with enemies superior In force and number. Frantic animals mmy attack or aprtifK nponjhe sleeper. And with all these vlslons~thefe is an inexpressible anguish and pain, with k sense of Imminent-danger, escape or defense stH-mlng impossible, while the victim Is unsblc to cry out for assistance or in the always present struggle at last utters a groan or two which may awake him. Nightmare Is especially distinguishable from dreams by the sensation of depression and suffocation. It Is. In fact, a true temporary, miniature delirium. Sometimes, long after awakening. it loaves the subject a prey to nervOaa anxiety, violent palpitation and nnusual debility. In fact. It has a marked analogy with Insanity; and If it is constantly recurring It may be of serious ^orient, pointing to some affection of the brain or mind. Not that nightmare cause* nervous disease or Insanity, but that nervous disease pre-existing causes, on the contrary, this special disposition of the brain to temporary delirium. From this it can bb understood why nightmare is often hereditary. Just as abnormal nervous Impressionability may be Inherited.' The child, too. sensitive to the slightest impression, a living bundle of nerves, is more especially subject to night terrors, even while awake, owing to tjie power of the mind to project Ideas Into eijace and witli the eye to aee them as actualities Imbued with life. Next in adbccpUblllty are women and some men whose brains have remained In the Infantile state properly called slmple-mlndid. Anaemia, fever, disturbance of the circulation, dhused by diseases of the heart or the large blood vessels, disturbed respiration, due to asthma or a full stomach, are the most frequent predisposing causes, and are os powerful at nervdes disturbances. such as hysteria acu hypochondria. In causing nightmare. Sometimes nightmare Is due to prolonged wakefulness, a radical change In diet, or faulty position of the body, such as lying upon the back or face. Sometimes it Is due to some mechanltal interference, such as an aneurism or even swollen toosUa. West has reported a case In which, in spite of all hygienic treatment, nightmare continued every night for a long period, due, as was discovered after careful consideration, to a prolonged uvula, which, during Bleep, to tb» prone position hindered free respiration. Cutting off the point of this mischievous uvula caused the permanent discontinuance of the visits of the nightmare.

bead, makes a dash lor the house. The disgruntled suitor «throws as hard and true as possible, and the crowd/eheers or derides according to the success of the shot. A wooden shoe Is a formidable mlseile In the bands of an angry swain, and a husband is Justified in having some mi*giving* as ha tees his defeated rival procuring np In anridpeCon of the wedding, day. Juet think, though, how great a relief It would be cron In this country to take a crack at the fellow who had done you oat of your beet girl - - —-

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a wider meaning. It signifies that the last IB feetlng H thus thrown away, and k it the depth of disgrace

character nightmare may be caused oy gruesome tales or woful spectacles, | grief, discouragement, hatred, anger, etc. In fact, the most Intense nlgit- | mare Is due to exaltations of passion, | due to the loss of dearly loved relatives or friends, sudden and extreme j reverse of fortune, disappointed ambl- | tlon. the fear of disease, or even a shock of one's self love And esteem, which, as ha« been aptly said, slays ! more victims than love. The treatment of nightmare con- ! slsts in awakening the subject, and. If there is perturbation of mind, giving some mildly sedative potion, such as warm water sweetened with syrup cf lettuce. Following this, care ihottld be taken to the supposed cauze. to prevent, recurrence of the nightmare. In tbi^casa-^l children intense moral Impressions, weird stories and gruesome tales should be

avoid*

The child should be put to bod early to avoid the exciting environment of the social circle, of animated conversation and convivial jollity. The evening meal should be a light one. both as to quantltv and quality of food .and drink, avoiding highly spiced relishes and stimulating drinks. The chamber sbonld be spacious and wellventilated. tSe bed not too soft and without too much bed clothing. Perfect muscular relaxation. false poaiuona and pert all compression Interfering With respiration or circulation must be avoided. The feet ought to be warm add lower than l be head. Th 1* extaadod and not duidlad np into a ball. When th* bed is Ic an r* or sunpasdr J by. heavy curtains «mr- is sure to I

and tha btaln

by laughing gas produced by the sleeper, the air vitiated by him being breathed over and over again. The bed ought to be slightly Inclined from head to foot, but the proper elevation of the head varies according -to temperament. Anaemic

people need to have the head quite low. but full-blooded people rest easier If the bead la higher. An excitable.

e on the le ild be In |

congested brain may be relieved by warm baths, tonics and antl-spaamod-les like the bromides and valerian. If there la a tendency to palpitation the person should lie upon the right aide; If the UYer la disordered by chronic digestive troubles, the person

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good cont

peclally If there is flatulence due gastric torpidity, leswflng to fermentation of food, and dilation of the stomach should be energetically

treated.

In bacon's "Natural History," which Is quaintly worded and based on very crude knowledge of natural history, as It Is understood today, the author says, with a grain of truth, "mushrooms cause the incubus of mare Id the stomach." The same might be cold of Welsh rarebits and similar Indigestible delicacies eaten Just before retiring; these lie hard on the stomach and -cause more horrible dreams In those not hardened to such gourmandlsm. But It is equally erroneous to go Jo the opposite extreme and prohibit al! food before retiring, for often a light repast is a most excellent nightcap, an 1 tha. pleasantest and safest remedy against Insomnia and.

In fact, against nightmai empty stomach may cause much as an overloaded om

Not less important in the treatment

lare, ft

cause it Just

one. the

of nightmare is an endeavor to neutralize. as far as possible, all Injurious moral causes. This Is often simply a matter of good counsel and caution against the dangers of poor hygiene and excess df passion. The friends should especially endeavor to reassure and render cheerful those unfortunste beings who have a morbid fear of disease (nosophobia, as It Is technically called), to discourage their brooding! and encourage them not jo give way to despair. Unfortunately, the physician of today too often scorns and neglects this animlsolatlo. this solace of mind, which Is none the less often far superior to and more efficacious than the most potent drugs. TROUT IN SHALLOW WATER.

On Monday a gentleman wrote me

ponds, artificial,

which be intended to devote to trout,

saying he bad

and desired to connect one with the ether by a channel that trout could swim between them, and be wished to know how little water It would take for a 2-year-old trout to swim in comfortably. As a 2-year-old'trout is Just about os big as a piece of chalk, that part of the question was easy, but I really do not know the depth of water .a trout would regard as comfortable to swim in; and for this rear on: On the Saturday before the Monday I was with a foreman of a hatchery looking at some trout fry in some fry ponds.

the waste water passed through a spillway into a wild pond. The spillway was about 14 Inches wide and perhaps s foot high at the sides and from the end this water dropped fully 18 Inches, perhaps SO inches, to the surface of the pond. A* we stood on the cover of the reservoir box looking into the spillway we saw a trout in It, nnd it may have, been 2 years old. also f*

may hare been only a yearling, for It bad jumped up from the wild Into the spillway, and appeared ' eye to be about nine Inches long. The water was so shallow In the box that the trout was from one-third to half

ter. hot aide to

immersing Its body completely. This was a deliberate motion, as if to keep the exposed skin wet; then there - --in*' ‘ and perhaps that was what it was doing. clearing its aides of slime. After watching the fish for some minutes 4 brought my heel down on the boarding and the trout swam up and across the spillway as rapidly sinks* easily as though It bad been in water a foot deep, and finally pot of the spillway Into the pond. The water on one side of the spillway was deeper than on the other, for on the shallow aide the water barelj^oovered the green mould, so that In Its efforts to escape It was at times almost entirely out of water. Whether this was comfortable or not I cannot say, but the fish ronde lightning darts with Its body partly In the water and totnctlmes almost entirely out, with the same faculty and apparent grace displayed by a fish which swims in wat ;r» that are over its head nnd body.—Forest and Stream.

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A for Arthur.

Little Arthur, the son of the preacher whp had started in life as a blacksmith. ran, squalling. Into the good man's pfteacnce. and when asked what

was the matter, yelled:

"G-G-G-Oeorgle Wattle* hit me on the n-n-n-n-no-o-o-o-ae!'' "Well, what did yon do to him?" the

boy's father demanded.

"N-no-nothlng."

"Didn't you hit him at all?"

~£-n-no<K>-o!"

"Well, didn't yon try t*T"

nimseii;- i ii snow you wnai u means Th# y*Ue from U. back yard indlcatad that Arthur toad o«L-Ctl<*go

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