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WINNSBOBO, S. C., WEPNES^^ V Educational Courtship. HRk She -was a Boston maiden. ar.cl she'd scarcely mm? passed eighteen. And as lovely as an bouri, but of grave and |tt sober mien: BC A sweet encyclopedia of every kind of lore, H Though love Jooked coyly behind the glasses tbatab? wore. She sat beside her lover, with her elbow on H bis knee. And dreamily she gazed upon the islnmb'ring hhm ouuimu oca, KB- Until be broke toe silence, saying: "Pray, H ? Minerva, dear, R, Inform me of the moaning of the Thingness ^ of the Here. "I know you're just from Concord, where the lights of wisdom be. Your head crammed full of bursting, love, with their philosophy? Tbose boary-headed sages and maids of ho/ siery bice? / Then solve me the conundrum, that ZbSvo put to ycu." / Sh? smiled a dreamy smile, and said:/"The i Thingness of the Here J Is that which is not past and hasnx yet ar^ ' rived, my dear; - f Indftut" t)>n m?M /iftnHrn/wl i ? ? . *g-- _?r r?voj, c&iia uu- ( m yfeeafPed brow, "^K^tfNow is just Tbisnees HT fe face, then withBjUP ind the maiden's ^Ery lips im^fessed a warm and Rre, this i* what I call the Now mimgsi* This. EA GOTEKN3BSS>, By * governess in George I_ A pretty, iaayKttle creature, whom his Kss children -dearly loved, Bfepg their father was in Sallowing their example. saw that. She was a fladsome, poor, and witii rare unusually keen for all Haed th^yealthy widower. Of herUpsasin, and she had HI for Mm' since his wife's Kh the intention of ultimately jg him for his bereavement igirl is dangerous,'' she thought Ti<tt hft crnt rirf nf at nnneL,> MKrlr easily said than done, however. Ilpprae children loved their gentle friend and play-fellcw7 and their father made no secret of the pleasures her presence and sweet companionship afforded him. While as for Lily?though she ^ was "only a governess"?it was plain that an unwonted sense of happiness made her blue eyes more bright and her smiles more frequent Was it since Mr. Wilbraham returned? Well, yes? everything was surely picasanter under - the master's sway. He was so good, so kind. And he, surely'his life was Innfilr. She wondered how would he ; ever? And at that thought she stooped and > kissed a red rosebud that she held, , and -which he had given her. That instant a voice fell on her ear and a firm hand grasped her arm. . "Do you kiss the fiower for its own sakeP^ asked'the voice, "or tor the giver's?" Poor Lily started guiltily"The?the giver, madam?" she faltwo* Tm<JerstxT*d?--i?" ' Mr. Wilbraham gave you that rose. He is my betrothed husband. I will never <rive, him up. -His fancy for you can only result in ryour dishonor;" for ?trV his heart frontme, you rnnn~f~^Vii?Wiiftrii 'InriTTi engaged to me, and I will claim it." Lily, with wbite face and great, dilated eyes, now, suddenly, witn one - : sharp cry of pain, fell down fainting at her enemy's feet. ??Oh. -madam, what must von think of me" she cried, with a burst of passionate sorrow. "Oh, I must leave this plaoe! Ob, let me go at once!" "I'shall place no constraint upon you, my dear," she said. WI see that! can trust your honor." - :. Mr. WUbraham had said that he should not be home that night, and the poor .girl's one anxie ty was to leave without again seeing him. So, when J*"" n?iTi?r<i+5rtne wew Hnno cKo strtlft down the gardes to bid the place where __sh?-h_ad dreamed such happy dreams a r " ~ last good-bye: It was but 3 o'clock. As she stood near the rose bashes, brushing away the fast-ccraing tears* Mrs. Vane joined her hurriedly. "iSss Dean," she said, "my cousin *s reaming. I saw him from my winclow slowly riding up the lane." You must not meet him. You can slip out by \ the back way as he enters at the front. You can walk to the station?it is not more than a mile." (It was more than two miles, but Mrs.-Vane was not trommAllftW >rp anv nainfnl reverence for the truth.) "Here is jour money, and to-morrow I will send"your" trunk. ? .Will you do this, or"?with a look of insulting suspicion?"will you stay and try and steal from me my. husband?" < The young girl's fair faccd flushed ' and she threw back her head with a ! proud gesture. "You insult me, madam," she said, with dignity. "I have shown no inclination to do vou wroner." Then she hastened away. Little Annie was playing by the garden gate. She caught her in her arms and kissed her. "Good-bye, littte darling!" she cried r and set her down again. Next minute " the gate swung to and the governess had gone. ? _ ? . ? * "Without an explanation!" Mr. ? Wilbraham said. "I cannot undezv J ^VHelen^ Surely she told you why?" .. "Something about a lover,I believe," t - ; 8aid Mrs.. Vane, indifferently.- "You know she was a rexy pretty girl and young." Mr. Wilbraham turned away with a clouded brow and sauntered into - the garden. ' "I could have sworn she cared for me,'* he mattered; "and all the while she was engaged to some fellow. This t night I should have- asked her to bo my wife. Corse such false coquettes!" and he stumbled against something on the grass. "Hullol what*a this?" AnrSe,' his own Ettle five-year-old Rk Annie, seemine-Iv Quite broken-hearted and itt tesr^. . "Oh, papa," she sobbed, on seeing, Mm, "she's dorn. Miss Lily's dorn." 'He took the little one into his arms and soothed her. "Whydid Miss Lily go, Annie?'* said he. "Anntie Helen did scold her, papa, taase she tissed de little f ower you dare her. I heard her. And she tossed se and tried?and she's dorn, she's dorn." MeantimeMrs. Vane; in her rival's empty room, was rejoicing over her departure. v "The game is in my own hands sow," . ihfl timitrht' F mrn tlvo prize." The sound of a horse's hoofs under the window startled her. She sprang to ascertain the cause, and fell back as if she had received a blow. George Wilbraham ^as riding away to the station at full speed. "He suspects* me?he will find her and lean all," she thought, and sat down conquered and despairing. The game was lost indeed. A letter . . ' lOTTWTnrmMTTIITr-from her cousin Apprised her that he had found Uly/m London, and there married her. jjfee requested Mrs. Yane ! to leave his ^fouse before he brought his young btf de home. She obeyeju. too humbled and defeated to utter a complaint, and Lily came back to be mispress and queen of the home where s#e had once been "only a governessjr ^ ^ / To Young Men. Now that you have attained that age which! brings with it the physical eni1nr?iT>/io finr? montftl r>nwers of man ha'od, you will find that you are enterzing into the real battle of life. The past, with its memories of school days, the petty trials of boyhood and the honest dreams and colored romances of youth, has been but piay compared with the solid work before you. You will meet people whose habits are not I your habits,-whose views are-not your I views, and whose oninions are not the opinions that you * hitherto have indulged. Some of these people will tell you that life is not so rosy and that: its work is not so easy as you would wish. And yet, if the truth were consulted, it is a : fact that life is, taken altogether, a beautiful existence. Do not, therefore, bring to the new work a heart lacking r in the belief of the good and the truth; do not forget that .tne strongest muscles of your body, the best impulses of your soul, are those which constitute a young and healthy ambition and an inspiring hopefulness of the future. rrrrwAc JLilO KJ11XJ UVUCOlf (IViUJ Wio.?rv kmv v??% fogies utter are the reference to life's brevity. You will find, indeed, with the rest of us, that life is short But that is no reason why we should not make the most of it, enjoy it, and be grateful for the bountiful privilege to which w? owe the right of participation in the joys and sorrows of mankind. Put your best foot forward, and whether fortune frown or smile, make the: best qjt life. Those sour souls whose days are gone and wasted will 4ifjf IUC gicao ^/ivbuivvA j viu future; but let not your ardor be dampened; leap into tlie" sea and swim forward with a strong, sure' stroke. Summon. to your work the b^sc passions of your manhood, and recollect that the successful life is not the One that accumulates vast wealth and possessions, but that which enjoys its possibilities as God and nature have endowed the man with power and equipment to do the work. ) ' We aro all* each and every one of U3, cogs in ine great wnoei ot iue; escu : vocation fits into the cthe'-.. and- when one falls out another is ready to take the place of the missing; one- It is only "when wq. aspire to do too much, when we grow dissatisfied and want to be a whole wheel instead of a useful little : cog, that our endeavors fail of the" effort and we are "relegated to the idle shelf of uselessness or repair. To have -bright hopes' and to be satisfied with doing a little of the great work, this is the greatest'honor for a young man.? WilUamspdH Breakfast Tabled j "Poor Carlotta." - . _______ The emperor and empress are remembered with-more love and justice as time goes on, and the latter is invariably spoken of as "poor Carlotta." She won the hearts of the common people as the wife of no subsequent ruler has ever been able to do. As one incident among hundreds illustrating this fact, let me tell you what occurred not long ago at the Teatro Principal: A well-known Mexi-ean opera company had been delight ing this music-ioving -people tor many nights, and the favorite prima donna? a gay and pretty little creature?was loaded with gifts and favors. One night, for.an encore, the audience (who are always far more excitable and demonstrative here than our colder blooded gatherings at the north) demanded "of the prima donna one of the many little songs written at the fall of the empire, ridiculing the emperor and empress. The prima donna endeavored to divert them from the point, coquettishly singing other songs at her prettiest, but still theories continued for the one at first demanded. In vain she did her best in other lines, the willful audience wouia hoc de diverted, the cries degenerated into howls and then into hisses, till she was driven from the stage. The manager, going behind the scenes to exercise his personal authority, found her in a passion of tears. She explained that she had <y ) been a maiden of the palace, that t -. empress, discovering her talent, I -td been her patron and paid for her musical education, and that the very dress she was then wearing was 5*poor CarlottaV'" gift Could she use the advantages thus gained to ridicule her benefactor? Meanwhile a perfect pandemonium was " raging in the theater; yells, cries, ana groans were deafening; many people were hastily leaving, and chairs had begun to rain down upon the stage from the galleries, with alarming indications that heavier articles might soon be expected to follow. The manager stepped to the footlights amidst a shower of missiles, and explained the situation. With the characteristic volatility of the Latin race, the little girl was recalled in the midst of her tears and cheered to the echo, order- was restored, and the offensive song was rendered by the chorus without her assistance.?Mexican Cor. Springfield Republican, Animal Intelligence. ^ - 7 J 1 1 -%?. vsoe HlgLib s jluuu miwa. waa ucaiu at) the back door, and as the door could not be re-ched by any one outside except by getting over the garden wall, some alarm was caused. On the knock being impatiently repeated, the door was opened, and the cat ("Mrs. Muffins") walked in with great -dignity. Since then she has never failed to make known her presence in the sarcs way, always waiting- after the first knock. Some weeks elapsed before it was ascertained how the knocking was produced, but at length it was discovered that a slip oI wood, wmcn runs ciown the side of the door v?3lS loose at the bottom; this slip she pulls out with her paw, and thea allows it to rebound. She is a very affectionate mother. Some time ago her mistress, by accident, hurt her kitten. "M.*s. Muffins" walked up to her and gave her two or three sharp siaps on the dress. To-day the same thing "has occurred; but on this occasion, as the servant was the offender, "Mrs. Muffins" followed her into the kitchen to chastise her. I may . also add that she has shown great intelligence in making her wants known to her friends.?jsolut&. The progress of the Dominion of Canada -since its organization 17 years ago has been very satisfactory. There has been a large increase of population, the exports of manufactures have trebled, the volume of trade has * J a T / aouxueu, anu uio uumuer ui is more tlian three times as large as -in 1868. .. % . ... '3 About Macaroni. "While macaroni is the nationa} diet of Italy, it has become completely Americanized," said a prominent Italian restaurateur to a reporter. "Our American patronage is increasing, which shows the growing taste for our food. Kxeepting our pure, native wines, macaroni appears to be the W./-SJ-4- 4a-rrr\yn, J Kr nnr AmBHMTl ftni lUV/O U Vi VV4 vv?. --?~ ? J- cures. In fact, all the English speaking people in New York are taking lovingly to this wholesome and-slippery diet. Do you know how it is made? No! Well, I will tell you.' Macaroni, vermicelli (or little worms), talliarini, eta, are the products of flour from the best quality of-wheat Macaroni differs from vermicolH only in-size?tho latter being made in smaller tubes. Both are prepared in the greatest perfection at Naples, and lire tho priocip.il -food of tho. trreat hadv of the ueoDle there. I Macaroni is to the Italian ^hat the fig and the date are to the inhabitants of the Levan% ami what rice is to the Asiatic. The hard-wheat flour imported from the Black Sea is the best suited for the manufacture of- macaroni. None of it ever reaches this country, except it is imported by private parties for home consumption. - The liour is mixed with water, frequently washed in mountain streams, then ground in water mills, and hot water is added nnt.il it becomes douorh. It is forced by pressure through a number of small holes or tubes, and then cat off at the desired length. The largest tubes are called macaroni, next vermicelli and the next fedclini. Talliarini is made pretty much on the same plan, only that it is- long, narrow and fiat, and when served looks something like a wretched spider-web. Vermicelli means little worms, and when in soup one would comj to that conclusion without knowing the literal meaning of the word. Spaghetti is another species of the same kind of food chopped into small, round sections. Italian, paste, a * - J J? \T you icnow, is usea in puaumg-s. not in the 10-cent restaurants. It is those little things you see in the shapo of stars, hearts, crowns and letters of the alphabet; and while "eating your pudding or soup you can refresh your memory in the' alphabet or study astronomy or anatomy. At Naples the preparation of macaroni and its species is best understood; nothing is used except flonr and pure water, the best being made of flour of hard wheat; the most inferior, for the peasants, is made of flour of soft wheat. The macaroni used by the" poor is merely boiled in water, and not often washed And. ground with that great care in making kao* Thft lsyiarrari of onr country have only one ambition?to excel each other in swallowing the longest string of macaroni without breaking it."?N. Y. Mail and Express. Extremely Fragile Bones. A peculiar disease afflicts-the wife of an Episcopal minister now residing in a small town in Minnesota, near the Wisconsin line. The minister is well known over the Northwest, and the facts here narrate were given by the reverend gentleman himself. A dozen or so years ago he married a wealthy young lady of the little -Minnesota town, and - has resided there much of the time since. Last year he took charge of a church on the Connecticut seacoast, hoping the change of air and scenes might benefit the con dition of his -well-nigh helpless wife. The hoped-for benefits did not result, and a little while ago the couple returned to their old home. The gentleman's wife is afflicted - with wnat is known in common English as "fragile bones." Ail of the bones in her body are gradually turning to a substance resembling hard chalk. Several years ago an acquaintance in helping her out of a carriage broke her collar-L one. As soon as it had healed one cl her arms broke while some one wa3 assisting her from a vehicle. A little later the other arm dropped helpless at her side when she attempted to make some use of it. After a great deal of trouble tfcd frnofnrpsr wflr? hnt in a little while one of her arms was broken in another place, the last time caused by the sufferer merely lifting a sugar-bowL Thus matters have run along for several years, the unfortunate woman breaking one of her limbs every little while, !the disease is gradually spreading, and is now reducing the bones of her legs to chalk. The greatest care is exercised to prevent the sufferer making use of her limbs. She is carefully lifted about, and is moved' around in an invalid's chair. Phy-' sicians say if she should fall from her chair or have an unusual ehock all the bones in her body from her knees up would snap inta small fragments, ? ?' ^ WTATtli4 ttlLU. w wui ao iici ucam nvuiu vuoug? The case has-attracted unusual attention anions doctors, and manv of the most prominent physicians in different parts of the country have been called to attend the suffeter. They all unite in pronouncing the-case hopeless, and can suggest no remedy. There are comparatively few cases of the same kind on record. The one in- question is said to be the most prominently developed of any of the cases recorded. Fragile Dones are caused oj azi aosence ox animal matter. The cause of the disease has never been discovered- The afflicted lady in all other respects is apparently enjoying the best of health. It is said that death usually results in one .^ear, but in this instance the disease has been fully developed for over six years.?Milwaukee Wisconsin. \Y :tat a Young Woman Wrote. The Columbus (Ga.) Sentinel pub?x?ued the following model letter: Georgetown Ga 6-20-84-?Mr Deab Hoket: i have just laid aside my work and have taken my pen in hand to show you that I do think about you in fact the trouble is to keep irom thinking of you all the time this afternoon just "before commencing dinner I felt so lonely that I didn't know what to do now as I never had such feeling before I met you I can not help but think I must bo in love well if I am in love with you I am sure I have no need to be ashamed of it you see when I got the potatoes -and was about to have them for dinner I just thought how nice it would be if 1 was just doing that for your dinner and mine only in our snug little bouse wiiea are yon going to get yonr license I think you are so long about it I aint in a hurry but then 1 would like to get married if we are going to do it at all and not be fooling away all these short summer evenings as ever your Darling. The people of Washoe county, Nevada, wanted the genuine Kentucky blue grass seed with s wild western yearning that knew no let up. So they sent to Kentucky for some blue grass seed, and sowed it among much local t>omn. Did it ft/vrrtA rm m drm time? i 6h, no; for they had been swindled by i a son of chivalry who had given them | the seed of wild turnips and various . other villainous weeds peculiar to Kenitucky. _ A WONDERFUL ISLAND. 4 ;V. JJgM The Curiosities to Be Seen on Qaeefl Charlottes Island. __ Probably no other group in tho wide world carries more curiosities, natural and artificial, than Queen Charlotte Island; few, I think, have as many in the same extent of "country. The geologist, the mineralogist, the botanist; the artist, and the agriculturalist may cach of them find a wide field1 for research, while the antiquarian, the theologist, and others of that ilk would b f highly interested. , . H In their strange and wonderful sesj .. ^ > i > ?_L?U margins, in tneir hoc less wonuena: cavcrns, in whick nature's mark ii^ long past ages is written as plainly ason tho pages" of a book; in their rocks,5 whose voicanic contortions smite the; beholder with amazement; in-Sheirj shells, which as fossils are found deep* down in the seams of its anthracite* coal, while near Cape Ball tho same5; sort are foand alive in the sands ofihei ' -x scttsauruj sji meats tuo gevtuguv vow; write volumes. In their quartz ledges, which, hare been traccd from shore to shore.' in which gold is plainly visible in coal; measures and other materials, a wide Held, may yet be found for the mineralogist. The various kinds of plants belonging to these islands, the tiny flowers u^their natural beauty peeping out from' behind the melting snow-drift on th? lonely mountains, the modest lupins: and. the luscious strawberries, nature's gift to men, and even the brojDd-leaved bush grass?all these, as they follow in the wake of the receding waters of Queen Charlotte's stormy seas; would yield an ample store for the botanist Among the snow-clad mountain^ by the wild torrent and the gentle river; by the lights and shades reflected by' their sunset hills in autumn's shorteu-ing days, a boundless range is oflered for tbe pencil's magic stem, wnue me broad acres of rich alluvial bottoms and the unlimited extent of lands whose nutritious grasses, waving in. the breeze, would lead the fanner 4? say: "Oh, if these lands were mine,an&" my flocks and herds ranged over the plenty they afford!" To the antiquarian, the ethnologist, and other scieo-. U5LS>, IUU IJ.UI1 UklV U-lga VIA biXV W1?IH?H> and the quaint oM legends they depict, and the legendary lore of the ^people, would afford a vast untrodden field. To the piscatorial disciples of Iz&ak Walton an unlimited amount of sport is furnished by the streams. In them they can find the silver salmon and'the dainty little trout of the mountain. rilL If tired of these and, wishing larger sport, let them go to the greater depth* of the ocean, down to wnere tne stormy depths of winter are never felt; to where, deep in ocean's caves, he will find a myriad throng of those denizens of the deep?the black codOn these islands even the moralist will find something in his line. Let; him seek the deserted villages and linger in their ruined halls and. study the works now crumbling to rain, left behind by their ancient inhabitants. The. tall, carved column, pointing heavenwards, with its mystical hieroglyphics from bottom to top. Here is one whose; elaborate carving bears the image Of a man on top wearing a storied headdress. It .is three circles.in height,-and each circle is twelve inches above the other. These circles show the ruins, to have been the dwelling of a chief. Having reached the house let him de"scend the half-rotten stair down into the body of the house among the intra siye eiucr Dusues, ana nuta wu? us sees. . Piled in one corner is a heao of iron, /-the remains of (Hie unfortunate ship. What are those boxes, mildewed and moss covercd, piled in the corner? These are family boxes. Some -held the"oil and others the iood ~they~usedt while others held theirdothea. These he will iind, but where are the people? Where are the women whom Captain D.xon writes of as fair, when they are washed, as English milkmaids? Where are they or their descendants?. Call them and echo, through their deserted in w.n1fn1 UttXAOf 4U II tUUUiy ' V U & replies: "All are gone." Ask those mortuary columns on every hand, and the answer is still the same: "All are gone." Ask the Indians who' may be along with/yon,-and .-their -answer is: "Allare dead." Look among the empty bottles-scattered in large numbers all over the floors of the deserted houses, among the long grass, and to the boxes on posts among- the green bushes, and you will find the mxanmi: fiar?" romoma r?f oil io. loff. Af people.?Victoria (B. C.) Chronicle. < ? ? A Long Pncnmatic Tube. A company is getting "readyto build a pneumatic tube for carrying letters and small packages from Chicago to New York. The idea at first seems impracticable, but on examination it turns out to be feasible. Two .tubes areto be made of brass, which will run side by side, although it is said one tube will A 1 nnmno Tvff h WO MlCVl a |/VIT W&4IU V^AUV IIMU an exhaust wheel'is to be . stationed at one end. It is said that if the tnbe is properly madeand planted no air will escape. The .fight of way it is believed can-be secured'fornothing.orafc anominal expenstvand the ".main cost Will be the tubes, the engines-and stations. A letter, a sample of grain, or package of any kind which is to be sent, is en-^ closed in a leather ball. A ball presents the least friction as-a rolling object^ and the leather is to-be stiff and heavy. A continuous current of air Is Dassine- through the tube- -constantly. VVifch -one pipe^ the plan is to reverse the engine every hoar?the .first hoar forcing the air into it at Chicago and sending packages to : New - York; the next hour exhausting the air at Chicafr and drawing the packages as qoick. back. - The men -who have it- in charge do cot say how long-ifcwilltake to aftnr! a. nanlragft tMa rear hnt to be able to do it-in less than a initiate. Stations will be established at the important cities on the route. It is expected to pay a large profit, and to do the business of the telegraph companies, express companies - and the maii They say the scheme of sending crude petroleum by a pipe for long distances, as is now done, was laughed at at first, and that this one is more practicable, if possible, and not nearly so costly, as the pipes are to be small and can go around curves and over hills as well as-on level.?N. T. Graphic. A lawyer at Portland; Ore., has sued. bUC iuajf Vi VI ViMV J/iWVV 4Vk -W1V i VW f v*^ of & bill thus itemized: For writing a letter which Chapman published over his own- signature in defense of charges of bribery, $100; forte^ar -advice during an investigation the council, $250; for writing the mayor's aiinual message, $100, and for assisting the mayor to secure-a ~$l*$G01oan,;$50^ Y^ung womenhave defeated a Yf est Point order by smuggling -cigarettes into the grounds for incipient genera^, Gathering Rubber in Brazil. Writing about the production: and export of rubber in Brazil, Consul General Andrews says: "The rubber tree requires a growth of twenty'to twenty-five years before it begins: to produce, hence little or nothing has keen done for jts. propagation. The milky sap whieh~*forms rubber is taken from the l?Sd tree, which srrows I | acattered^^SiJKmgh the forests of the. Amazon ancTmany of its affluents* The. j industry, bemg principally- in- -the Jjan&spi an uneducated and- half-civilI i?ed nomad population of -Indian-fclOE^ffire, is ota-cir^3 character. Noth-,. f ing has. been d^ne to improve the of labor. A wasteful and ezr i -I;austive system of labor has .been; fol* ] lowed lor half a century, and the con* i j .jfeqtKnce is that millions of ' robber ??reesLhave -been destroyed and imany ^S^.^a&doned from premature and ^Ecessive-use. There are instances of - *fgrOVB3 QI trees YiUlVll, uy uiiictnu.. use, feand lyj not permitting" themjto be -. tijjmed, in the months and *ceptember, in which they <&ge. tlieir Jeares, hare been yielding "ior/iirirty.1 years, sua still are in good prodncing . conditions-bat the wmmoo practice 5,. a>'wasteful that -many .well-informed, people apprehend ??tr unless eamf^1 remedy is applied, tfci^Tichresource': WiB-vbefore long- stfi% a-serions and; perhaps fatal'deciine, ^ il : ?i M "JJLBCB" ruDtrertrw vurivetj uiujf uu uuu fSgJch* is '&mma2y overflowed -to a tfjepth of three or more feet, and prefers the lowest *- and most recent river aA&josit.: The'. rubber gatherers 'are -temporary squatters, ana their .1 welling is a hut with low roof of palms, beneath one end of which there is a raised floor or framework of lativ one ; ^?P* two yards from-the ground, to >7hich. the occupants retreat at high I She following, description of th6 I process of 'gathering rubber was written by Mr. Franz: Keller: "Narrow paJhsL lead from the . gatherer's but Jfci&ugh dense underwood to each * J fcTBB, auu awu zu* tuo UJ.J season sets in he; betakes himself with ?rfs.hatchet to.the tree, to cut little Soles;iu the bark. The milkwhite sap jjremediately begins - .to-' exude into p-iecesof bamboo tied ^below and havtheir ends in the little clajr cups set vender the gashes to parent its trickling down the stem. He"tra?ols thus foam tree to tree. On the retiirn yisit he-pours the contents of" the bamboo into a large earthen vessel provided rWi?h-straps, which he empties at home l???o fni+Io-Aoll - WitllOTlt '/1ft. lilftflf. ( lUigV VIM irANMVuv ?*v f ?$e' sets to work to coagulate it with smoke" of. palm nuts, and pours a little ol'Shs milk evenly on a light woodenjfeove!, which he throws into the thick saoka issuing' from a little narrow, chimney made by the neck of an earthen Lottie. He moves the shovel sertimes to and fro with: gr6at rabidity, when the milk is seen toconscSiaate and to take a grayish-yellow CSitil at last the rubber on both sides of the wood has reached a thickness of two or three centimeters. Cutting on Cfcte side, he takes it off the shovel and -hangs' it in the sun to dry. A good 'workman can thus prepare five or sis pounds of solid rubber in an hour. From its initial color of clear silver gray it turns shortly into a yellow, and finally becomes the well-known dark brown of the rubber, such as is eroort ed. "The more uniform, the denser 3ii(I freer of bubbles the whole mass is, the higher the price it brings. Almost double the. value is obtained for the first-rate article over that of the most inferior quality, which is nothing but. the drops collected at the foot 01 the trees." Beer Drinking and Heart Disease. The habitual consumotion of beer in excessive quantities tends to hypertro pby by the direct action of alcohol upon the-heart, by the enor jious amount of fluid introduced into the body, and by the easily assimilated nutritive constituents of the beer itself. Furthermore, such habits are often associated with great bodily activity aiyi -at least relatively luxurious manner of life. The average weight of the normal heart in men is relatively greater in Munich than elsewhere, a fact, without doubt, dependent uj>on the excessive consumption oz Deer m mat city. jlu? characteristic changes in the form of hypertrophy under consideration consist in the participation of both sides of the heart and in an enormous increase/ in the volume of the primitive muscular elements, with enlargement of the nuclei Whether or not actual aumerical increase in the muscular fibres takes place tjan not be known. Many individuals addicted to such excess attain an advanced age, notwithstanding cardiac hypertrophy, by reason ofconstitutional peculiarities, as active open-air life or an enforced moderation, one me greater number perish after Grief illness with symptoms of cardiac failure. At the post-mortCm examination are discovered moderate dropsy, pulmenary cedema, brown induration of the lungs, bronchitis, congestion of the lungs, liver, and other organs. Fatty degeneration of the muscular wall of the head is absent in most cases, and death must be looked upon as due to paralysis of the * ?j ~ rnt _ cardial nerves ana gangua. me uuuditiou of such subjects not rarely 'amounts to a true plethora of the most t^Hjal4dnd, -such- aS'-'is -seen among the drivers of beer wagons and workers in breweries in this country. The excesses in beer are-common in some parts of Germany, as in the new world, but that such excesses are attended by a direct and grave danger, hitherto little suspected, should be generally undorstood.?Phiiaddphia Medical News. On a Bob-Tail Car. "Sometimes a countryman comes Into^thecar and drops -some money into the box, expecting that the conductor will take it out and give him change. .They.do jaot know there is -an aperture for change in the door. Some of them are- so ashamed of the ignorance-that they subside when they find out what a bad break they have made. Often on this car gold pieces ' have been put in as fare in that way. A granger once came in and threw a four-bit piece in the box. He continued standing and looking at me for a block ur 5U) AttU Uit'U 11AV&. UiU UVVJk v^/vuwu? He said that be wanted his change. I tried to-explain matters to him, and told him to go to the office. He would not hare that Ton needn't take me for a sucker,' he said in" a loud voice; I know as much as you do, and I won't stand any of your little games.' He commenced to get violent, and so I proposed that he' should take his change in tickets, in order to pacify him. To^this he agreed, and 1 gave him a half dozen transfer tickets, which he could only use that day. He was no sucker^ but he took those tickets and satdown as if he were the smarter of the two."?Driver, in San Frandscs Examiner. HIS WEDDING TBJdP. The Transmigrations of an Anecdote Illustrated by a Bright Example. . ! There is a story about a wedding trip .hat has been knocking1 about the 'oonntry for some time. ;^\Te have tried to keep it. out of. the "Drawer," but it is of no use to. kick against it'any longer! It was first toldtathe "Drawer" editor- in October, 1883, .by. a ?laii/?Trri<in r\f tflmnero7i/>fl r?rin. .tiples and high character?ia .fact,. a total abstainer-^whchad It from" a friend of his, first-hand, who* had jusl returned from "tho west This friend, mind you, saw and heard what het related, -and he was a person of undoubted Vera^Styjibhongh perhaps as ah abstainer, "when traveling,- not so total as -the clergyman. - It was,' in" brief, to this effect; la the car oa & train from; XUltJUU K> \jUiKi?gU WU a uiau rriiv/ oa? alone, Iooling absently out of the" win^ and appeal* -ifc;'ecte(L- DOTrnginreit a .^ua^teri Soir^body1^^^^ iaadibIyrTipojt his slanginess, ^en" ho turned round' and .'said;..1 "Gentlemen, it may appear strange" to you max 1 give' nothing; but I naven'-t a cent of? ;money. The -fact is, I was married yesterday, aud I am on my wedding trip, and I hadn't inonay enough' to bring my wife along." - In "December following the editor of the "Drawer" was seated 'with two other . gentlemen in . a library in New York. One of them said: "I heard' a good story the other day from a friend of ioiner who has just returned fromy-3 y-v ?nr? T^m*r?Kn : Xiiuvpc. UVlUg UV/fTU WU/l/OUUWV uuw Pesth last summer he noticed on the steamboat a melancholy-looking' man, "who did not? appear to care much for the scenery; but -leaned over the guards and vacantly regarded the .river- Fall-. ing into conversation with him he ascertained that the man was a Prussian. Remarking that the "journey did ' not seem--to "interest him, the Prussian said: I'm rather ioaesome. The truth is I'm on my wedding tour, and I could not afford to bring my wife.7" The editor of 'the "Drawer" said that it was a <rood storv, and -that he .began to think' it' ^yfas true, as ilrwas confirmed bv . so m;uiy independent witnesses. Thereupon he took' .'from his pocket a-loiter which fctf hard received that morning from Paris. In it; the writer, t*. gentler&anof culture and travel, said that a ctaious-iheident. happened to him Iasf - summer. Ho and his wife were on a Rhine-'steamer, when they noticed a ^melancholy.: passenger whom all the beauties df-the. scenery failed to rouse from dejec tion. He was an object of* ihtereSt'W them all the morning, and" at length his wife's synjpathy was so mnoE excited that she proposed" to go and speak to the melancholy strangSfanii find out the cause of his sadness.' "Tbio4 husband said that would be a foolishthing to do, and she might get - iata. trouble. But the wifo -insisted (forv though American women have little' cariosity, they haVo warm hearts), and crossed over" to where the stranger -stood, and accosted him, and they engaged in conversation. In a few moments t;he lady returned, laughing. "What is it?". asked the husband.' "Why, the man is on his wedding trip and couldn't afford to bring his wifet" The editor then related the original true story as it was told him ty the T. A. clergyman. So it appeared, on un impeacoauio IBSUUIUUV, wau LUC BULUO strange incident happened in the experience of three persons the same year ?one near Chicago, one on the Bhine, the other on the Danube. Did it happen to any one of these veracious people? When the editor had raised this question, the third member of the party, who.had been silent and hadnofc interfered with the story in any way, said: "I can tell you the real original of that story. Several years ago, in a well known wholesale house in this city, an old bachelor book-keeper, who had been many years with the firm,. suddenly announced that he was to be married. The partners gave him a week's holiday, and his fellow-clerks raised a little purse and presented it to pay the expenses of his wedding trip. A couple of days afterward one of the members' of the firm went down to Newport, and there, lounging about the Ocean house, and apparently enjoying himself immensely, he saw his recently-married old book-keeper?but * * ft* - aione. wnere s your wiier -one s at home.' 'But I thought you had money given you for a wedding trip?' So I did, but I didn't understand that it was intended to include her."Now we are not saying that this is an unwise way c? taking what, is really one of the most perilous journeys in life?a wedding tour. But what couid have induced all - these different respectable people to appropriate thi3 particular instance to their own personal observation P It sometimes seems as if people are not what they should be.1: ?harper's Magazine. Broken or Fractured? * "Is the bone broken, or only fractured, doctor?" is an anxious question often asked apropos of an injured limb. Broken and fractured are synonymous terms in surgery, my dear madam^-it is always a lady who asks this?but I1 think I know what you mean- A. fullydeveloped bone is partly crack^l? nearly always it snaps in two pieces? but the soft cartilage inous bones of children sometimes sustain what is cane a a "green-sucKiracsure, a name which almost explains itself, meaning that the bone is broken through part of its thickness, bat not separated, as happens with the green bough of & tree. Many people have a totally erroneous idea, when an arm or leg is badly braised only, that it would. be better if it were broken. "Eight across the muscle, too!" implies that an injury has been received across the upper arm in the region of the biceps, that being the only *'muscle" which is honored by general public recognition. How many people know that what tney can meir nesn ana tae lean part of meat is nothing but muscle, tbe pulleys by which every action of the body is performed? Common mistakes lie in trying to "walk off" rheumatism, sprains, and other things which should be kept entirely at rest, and In squeezing collections of matter which have, burst or been lanced with a view to hasten thsir healing by the more speedy emptying cf their contents.?Chambers' Journal. __ Large fortunes are rare in Switzerland. and thfl salaries of cublic func tionaries very modest The President of the Confederation receives $3,000 a year, few Judges more than $1,250, and there is probably no bank manager in the country who gets more than twice, that amount. A man with an income. of $2,500 a year is considered well off indeed, and to have $5,000 is to be rich. Popular Cookery. ^ > sU. - * v ? > -* - Xl !* i Whether from some instinct preserr-j stive of health, or from a mere taste, man distinctly prefers" hot food;- and to gratify this fancy pets himself and his womankind all over the world to 'the tronble of " daily cooking. Even 'bread" is eaten hot by -the majority of mankind?the : use ol- bread which VIAIM/V a TTViiwyiAA** jiavI WUi ACV^W CU U%7iU^ +? JJU4 w^fwsu ticularity; and very few -races .habitually .eat anything Cold,'exc6pV when hotfooSas unaftaznableor expensive. ^Efa'ey Eke ^eir^rree "or their milleV'or ortlfeir ineaViaft^s iteorQ^^omthe fee." Jcs^tfais practice involves immense additional expenditure lor firing ? which in most places is one of the -heavy btirdehs * on-tbe- poor?and the loss of- atleast six honrs 4abor"a" week, *vj- -* ?>.kU vA.-u>i<r >? uilB.JJi, uaou' tuigut - w uotu w ?ivy> that * taste ior pleasant-food isnniver- s saL Anwng the immmgfl vraaforifcy of - mankind' each. household _cook3 for it* j&lS-tl*e- j&fk-tailing-' mainly-on the . her mother, -arid in the most traditional way. ImpFOveoa?^:-any ; is ' ever made, is exeeodin*ly stow; "Mid-among some peoplepopoikr cookery has probably retro<*rJuied, - owing'- in this "-"instance, to the chasm of years wh2ch,- so to speak, broke or interrupted thepcpnlar knowledge, of the way to prepare meat. They found fresh meat -difficult . tn k*n/t ^a'jj? W J/iVVUiV, ?ruu w 'MHMO. VKVITTM the needful instruction for its preparation. Half mankind at least knows nothing of boiling; of. those who do know, another half will eat their-TOgetables in-a sodden, condition. - Among the races who .eat meat, only a limited percentage of persons try" to make meat tender; we: believe the flesh-eatincr Mongolds form an exception to this rule, and among those who^at grain there is a distinct- preference , for the under-cooking alike* of flour, rice and. ^ millet-from a belief that* such food, is more fully satisfying. ... "But'cooking not advance. * A a new article of dietis-occasionally added, like the potato or a new condiment, > like, pepper; .but it may be doubted if a European laborers dinner is made a bit more palatable than the dinner of; c an Israelite was when-,.the lawyer promulgated the curious. notion ^that' , jpast ineat was more acceptable to the . ^superior powers than, meat .boiled'.or" stewed. Indeed, the way to'.xn&& a: .kfbab,'-which is known to the humblest. '.In Asia,"has beifm^ost 'here; .and" only 'tiwi gypsies, are aware tl^ masA coverK ed wiffidamp clayi an^place'dramong"; 'the botflies is'no^oi^rdeliKOUs'"but mpcVmofe nourishing tton meatfei^r' . fc^Sed oi^boUe<L ^The-pitiail way with a civiliieiDeoble! if thev oared for nice ioodi'would -be to; entrust the prepar-j: alion^Iit^toprofessionals, who wouldlearri that'trade "by-apprenticeship and^ incessantly improve; but, exceptin Tas- . canv and South France, this is "hardly done anywhere, though it ought to he the easiest of arrangements. v'K L?ronIy : in..the making.oi bread.uiat men com-, bi.ne; and .they have only.just began to do that in'"Europ^'a-nd So not "do it in Asia,: or we believe, in most parts of North America?the "Western woman making bread for her household; as Mexican woman makes her thin cakes. Tet the world everywhere in order tc, ?. It- I A itvi {4- ,Un!ro 1JCI> 1L?> ui iu fv.o, o-iiu. lug miii^o av *****10*9. gradually but quite steadily improve. Household brewing is, by the mercy of Providence, dying, out;-and nobody in Germany, America, or England would now swallow the horrible stuff which onr ancestors called beer.?London Spectator.. ^ Thurman's Fish Story. v. Once upon a time, when crowded rabout his presidential aspirations, Mr; Thurman replied: "I really hay? no ambition in that direction." , A look tt ;; incredulity on every face was the only response. The?Jud^e took in these looks and related a little storr. Said 4 1 - - '"l T Qe: "vne suuimcn was ai iuc va&iouu house, Maryland, spending a little vacation. up in the cool mountain region. We got to telling fishing stories. T re- . latea something of my own experience when I was present-and saw caught a catfish weighing ninety pounds. When I told the weight there was a general ! laugh, and I was humorously awarded the prize for telling fish stories. I quietly remarked to my incredulous listeners that I hoped soon to convince them of the truth of my . story "^hat in ; western waters there were catfish that weigned ninety pounds.- When I retn fV?1nmhns I went to a leading restaurateur and .instructed him to procare for me the largest catfish he could possibly secure. He reported in a few days that he had one. I walked over and found an excellent specimen weighing seventy-five pounds. I -had mm boxed and carefully packed in ice, and shipped him to my .das believing friends' at Oakland. From the restaurateur I ' got all the recipes I could for Catfish chowder, catfish steak, stuffed catfish, : roast, etc., and sent them on by maiL I telegraphed as follows: #$>?in your fish before you cook him,1 a catfish's skin, being, so rank as to spoil the flesh when cooked witk it on. They got my telegram and were puzzled. When the:: box arrived, dripping from the melted ice, they were-more puzzled. -The letter, which -arrived by the same train as the-fish,-explained all They had a fine feast, and it was-formally organized with a president and secretary, andpassed tW following resolution, 5 whicn was-sent-me: "?Eesol^ed, ^That'the truth of Allen G. Thurman's "statements should never be questioned; that his fish stories are; always absolutely true, especially Ins catfish stories.' 3r? Cleveland Press. Mrs. McCarthy's Philosophy. An ould torn cat an' a biseekle wul ' same up fornist ye afore yez beknownst to it, but a haythen C kinase washerman goes beyont yez like a shaddow, he do. Wan foine nuss.girl a ladin* two kids ; wid the two hands av her wul kape more honest paple behint her on the strate than a~funeral wid forty hacks ; an' a wagonful of swate flowers, so she : wnL The cloods drap their rain an' the snn may hide " hisself' ahint 'em, but; whin the pavin' stones of the strate bees white an'dhry.loike there wnl bees a picnic me neixc a ay, or me name. isn't Bridget. Me bye, Danyel, bees a pollytishuner, he bees, an' sez he wul be in fur hevin' an orfis after a bit. I crowed him meself an'hey kep him tifl since, an1 divil a thing have he got, barrin' a headache, till yit, an' no loikes ay it. 'Tis the last drop av beer is the swatest, an' poor people wid small cans know the taste avlt best , Chairs wid rockers wul do for the rich, but people as works sit down to zest?Boston Globe. Two fishermen recently captured and -carried into Charleston,- S. C., a saw- J J fish 20j feet long from the end of his ixnjk ] to the tip of his tail, and weighinga^^H I 1 ' ? GLEASTSGS. ? Artesian'wells were known at Thebes two thousand years before, .the Christian era. Mr. Moody expresses the opinion that London is the most religions city in the world. A Coney Island cook has been awarded $450 for the invention X>2 a new chicken soup. A lnmp of Alabama coal weighing 140.GOO rsomids fe <m .exhibition at Bir? mingham) in ?hat state. All the vessels of the , British navy which carry divers are to besupplied * with telephones for the purpose of submarine communication. jBtotfl The ne w uniforms of the Bussian army are very simple. Even metal *. buttons are ^discarded, and hooks and . , ^ eyes used which cannot be seen. "^Sq. well do theAmerican jjrape vines resist*^ DhyUoxera that 17,'COO acres .^asax of them nas^gen set on^ in the The whole business the Dominion of Caxsada in' telegraphy is. not equal to the business of the Western Union Hi i eiegrapa omco in tae city 01 umcago. "Uncle Henry" Logan, the colored messenger oi^lbeitegister's efiice in Washingion,who' handles more money than any other man living, earns $720 a year and lives in a $10-a-month cotFrom tho will of a Quakeress, Miss Haughtou, who recently died in Dublin: "1 beqneath the snm of $5,000 to thfl rifttlnnn? on'rrcA fnr fliA inHftruvnf? encc of Ireland?liberty for mv country to rule herself." Trichinae, if the -experimental resuits of the work of M5i. Mignon and Touard, in Paris are- to bes relied on, are rendered inoccuous afSerthe meai containing the parasites has been subjected to a temperature as low as 20 degrees centigrade. The state treasurer of New Hampshire has issued auiatice-.to.--seIecJaiien of towns informing, them. ,that in -^presenting claims for bounties *on woodchucks they must ^certify that none ^fef the animals *rere killed-oa Sunday,else tho'ciaim wi&not bb allowed. u~'. /:&z%sSm TheDiggerIndlaas-of -'California feast gpou;gra&ttopft<riyand wild hon? ey. ;Ti> secure the former #ey make a; grand driTfe getting dhe into a pasd of water,and then^cafceh them in baskets, dry .them, shake their wings off aud storc them, away iorwinterfood. They say that the upright "choker" coSar is gradually going- out of fashion which will be-pleasing intelligence to thousands of~Sts victims. The gallants of ;xlie time, cf Qaoen Elizabeth-wero afflicted by, similarly . starched cuSs, which finally attained to such enormous proportions that the fashion died but English -papers have charged the American press Witt being sensational and fpnd cf the dark' side of life, but London Truth says: "Onegood. bloody murder, from a newspaper point of view, is -worth more thananytfcingeke that can happen, "Sacta murder in Erg- _ land interests Londoners morelEan a " ' campaign on:the Kile." w U Chicago will go down, some daywill tumble into the unfathomable gulf whicu those tireless miners, the rats are digging; for her. Tortiiihk thsT" in this ?rrew-Iooiciii^, first class hotel. one sleeping in the ladies' ordinary can hear tats as large as a poodle dog galloping over the floor and tables ana beds all night long!" So writes the editor o? the Nashville World from St. Bernard" do*s~"are religiously trained..- At meal time in a row, each with & tin dish before him containing his repast Grace is said by one of the monks, the dogs sitting motionless with bowed heads. Not on? of them stirs tfntii the "amen" is spoken. If a frisky pappy attempts to cample his meal CL^ore the grace is over one of the oiler dogs growls and .gen.* Vaccination performed onceidoes not ? nrftponfigfl nf cm*TTjnnT'9ft<>ip& ? ' ' ' "Sea certain time has elapsed. - An esami- . nation of the statistics of this disease shows that of those who hadtaken it and had bcec vaccinated in infancy, SO per cent, are-over ten; .years of ags, while only. lOper cent were -cnderten years of age. Revaccination ^it. intervals, say, of seven years, is tfcie only known effective-raeSSare tor protection. . An Irish fanner lias about twenty-fivo acres of land and 10,000 chickens. After fonr years' laying the hens are fattened! for market in tluree weeks and, arc fit for the market The chicks aro hatched in simply constrticled mcuba- /? tors, ?, insisting of nest-ISje^ Ixs&f" "T!^-g placed is row&jHvj hestctE .andkept at ? a regular ?by steam. The eggs are co^B from-tile light, -'and as the chicks' ^?ar ?he^:a?e" removed toanother room. %* Br actual. count there *2Jfcc*JI3,$62 "Maiden Rocks" in the tfrJte?$fcaies, I exclusire of Idfho and Washington ?/ territories, which are stillvto. be heard from. Theserocks arewidely distributed, but there are no fewer;: than - 850 in Michigan, S00 in "Wisconsin, 180 in Iowa, 187 in Illinois; 150 in Indians and 567 in Vennonfcalona. A "Maiden jf Rock" is always: connected .With the unvarying legend that a beautiful and n| gentle Indian maid, daughter of a -? noted chief, leaocd'-fronr ftsatiejc to^the with a barbarian brave; choseirfey her ; stern parent, or to prove -false to the i other redskin npoh whomlfce'affect&nfl of herheart were set. A southern senator- Well known in | Georgia had occasion-to visit KewYprk on business. He went'to the ^station, bought his sleeping" car ticket, boarded the train, and went tombed. Heslept soundly and comfortably ?5i3ftigjst;and iutha morning rose to perform ins ablutions preparatory to crossing ;he fer-. ry at Jersey City. Peep^-o^ aof-th? car window lie wasasaaze&to-fi^thai there was no sign of theLin?hiy Babylon, the spire of 'Trinity,Vtne dashing waters and the big: .bridge. In point of fact, the senator kulsiept all. night in tae Washington station* this car he was in nerer having turned- a-wheel is the direcuon of iT^Y'orkl He had just "^saduated, and they were strolling about ike campus while he explained to her the exercises and i fi related the various - exploits in which t- ? t.v? J U-aam ? ? * * n ^ Ti*n wn?nn up 11OU UWLL WUiOU A bright idea seemed suddenly to strike him as ho tprnegg|tt^whh. j? happy light dancing JflB A do they ^1 suppose, ^m| stcadofJg