Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

:r~~r ~~~ ^ T : ' WI^^BORO, s: XX, WEDNIISDA^ DECEMBER 10, 1884. . . " y K. Looking "Westward. There's a <onr bri-rr; j- and ol violet Clond Low down in the West^wfcere the suusets!oep$; * W. t &ncl sa.'J? of sn -. like astexte-jfOu Over ibe ervst*iiine ai?b^?e?l>S. - - With never a ro-;r 011 tfce$cweBed shore. With sprirkiir.r cre-Ts of olccontis bright. Lonjr waves of sroid are tenderly rolled, Siting: and failiDjr in tremulous light. * m? ' - 1 Into jruifs of darkness the jriitterinjrisle. With its purp'e peaks and shininsr shore, aBtw Melts fro si the v.'f*j&d the?v~hl)tc s&i;s too.: " Bt Arc wfrelmofi the waves to rise co mote. ~ .BUI?Oi iJKC snuv.i'io Wi. *.vr.vv*? Scattered doivn through tbe vanishrajr j sunset bars, .. . By twos'and threes, nnd in countless seas. " Bloom out frcm heaven the eternai stars. Now tbat tee darkness of trouble and jrrief H;ith shut from my soul all its visions of rest? More joyous ana bright tharvthe islands of. lisrht * Tbat stud-the glad sea of the glittering West? .. , v * Let me still sec thy love, which, all starlike above, Wases.bright?r&udiuilcr.aa shadows increase? - w ? ; ,2S And the radiant beams of those swift-frdinar .<Ire:?::W ? -% 'Wili be-;OkVin tfcc prouiisaof g-oiiea peacc.5 esatacca " ? * AT isi JgAUA. FA3LLS. i - j "Oh!" squeaked Mrs. Spoopendyke, j hysterically, as she gazed oil the failH with- one eye, and furtively threw the! other around- on the vtner- women to -j see if they were any better dressed than j she was. "Isn't this wonderful? Say, . my dear, shouldn't you think that little-j * island would be afraid over there alone j by itself?" ^jfa-s safer - there.than- it w$ul&,be ; ashore,* muttered' Mr SpOoperftfySe, jdropping a highly wrought bead bag in ! his effort to jam a pair of moecasinsrr * ?I**-* aaI'A*- ! Xiir.t weren't ma-ius, iulu m? "If that island is any way bard up and half smar:, it'll stay where it is,1 and hold on to what it's got! I say, what're you going to do with these shoes if you j ever get 'em home?" he continued, as | the larger one hitched up and dropped to the ground. "Don't lose lit" exclaimed Mrs. ' Snoooecdvke. anxiously. "lam going to han^ then up ia/tlr? parlor." "If the mail who sold them was any way reasonable in his charges, I'd like to hire him to get into 'em ajjout.tae_. time the karhjinir comes off!.':"<rr awl&dX JMr. Spoopendykc. "Look here! Have you any fixed idea of the distance yorr expect me to. lug this old shiimey stick? Got any accurate notion, of the:laoor involved in hauling the aod gastea LLlXil^ ... , . "That's an Indian war club," protested Ivlrs. Spoopendyke. "I want that,, and you mustn't lose it for anything." "Prom my experience around, here I don't sTposc I.'couldl lose' if fofnotif-" r- ing!'' grunted Mr. Spoopendyke. "But what 1 wan:-to know,'' hp .continued; settling one end'Of tne cPao iu his- nip pockcr, and trying to conceal the other under his eoat. "What I want to know is, when the measly thing is calculated to go on a pescc footing. . Here! In what portion of my habiliments am I expected io secrete this cemetery? Where does this rapid ly-growing-inpopularity grave-yard go?" m "Oh, my! It's a work-basket!" ciriri? ruped Mrs. Spoopendyke. "You insist msu.m, voui 'iiuuut ii ui vttv^w~ itl Say. dear, "and.she .took Ms-arm Slid creptiaare closely to him. . "Don't" yen enjoy it? IsiPt.that, awful fall of terrible water just too lovely? -What makes it fall down like that?" "I-don't ivr;o'.v?" rctortedOIr. Suco;>-" endyke, eyeing the scene wftir a scow/,' I ' " and droprilusr an arm full of stereoscon"""" v .1 :j. _ 4 1^ .4. L 1C Views. "1 suppose lb uikv iu;ii? . because it can't run up. If you could get into the coafidence of the thing, I presume it ' would refer you to thetheory of gravitation, and tii.it would turn you over to the doctrine of pressure. By that time we wouldn't have money to get home with. Say, do you BP really think you're going to need this r gun boat for anythic:rto which yon can give a definite description?" 'Oh, my little c:inoe!'_' cried Mrs. Spoopepdyfce.: ?Tm goiugj tc> hang that on.the'chandelier with pretty rii> bons." ; "That'll provide a ^cod deal of entertainment!"... saocCeii ^r. Spoopen-; dyke, hunching, the canoe into "his-arm~ pit so as fb get-a bdttfcr ^rrit> oi?tha.-: keel. 'jSut my^Sdgruent is that this self-acting chimk of aboriginal transportation is <roius:' to need Bessemer steel oSains to ho!u it. I can uader- E stand ^ow a savage conlcf sttii irr the thing, but what I want now is the combination by which lie stopped it when he got ready to?Hold on! Citlch noTiT"' cf that jlink, if you calculate to save .'It! Shove it under my arm, will ye? Now, tip up tas other end so I can ?ct a purchase! I don't know, ' tton-rh," wf ruminated Mr. Spoopendyke, gutteral iy, "a man don't want much help to j r find a purchase around here," aijo,ne glared* about him and then stooped over to pick up a tomahawk and a pipe. ,-rf^cw/ "We've got lots of nice things to remind us ofNiagara, haven't we, der.r?" smiled Mrs. Spoopendyke, encouragingly. "But I want to get a few little trinkets for the ladies in, the church. Only little ones, you know." "Yes, I know,'1 grinned Mr. Spoopendyke. "They'll have to be little, for I've only got my ears left to - stow in. Go on and buy them! Don't fiesrtato on my account! Those dod gasted women expect it, and they're going to .have it! All I want now is a war trail: and a consignment of belated government rations to look like -a measly reservation! Bring o" the consignment! Disinfect the goods and file the invoices on. the back of my. neck! If you meet 3 man with a lumber yard oii his shoni~ ~ ? fr> hlC him UCI auu a uauiiuw & I to build a wins; and a loft oa me, and f thea go ahead with your ^ugara iaiisl Whoop! There goes iuqre preaistorie civilization! .C-u you reach down and j& hand me those spears ahd that leftf handed scythe with a ware on its spine? ^ Kow just run 'cm through my suspenders behind, and-^ie that war bonnet ? around my neck!'5 "What's that in your mouth, dear?" ___mqaired Mrs. Spoopendyke, soiicit<55?iy. "A flint arrow head," growled Mr.' SnooT>eadvk'.\. vindictively. .-"And it'if" > take a dentist to* get it-ofat!" Then he'll i go blowing around that he's found an | Aztec batiie-lield, and they'll fence-iny ! jaw in, and charge admission!. Let- it ! alone, will ye! I paid three dollars for ! Jit, and I'm going to chaw on it while it lasts! Seen enough of this? 'Want to stand around here anv longer watching "It?s so lovely!" murmured Mrs. I P Spoopendyke, turning again to the j' falls. Ob, my dear! Think of a man j going over those falls!" said Mrs. Spoopendyke shudderingly. "He wouldn't be any more of a mens- i ly ass than a man who pays a dollar to j go under 'cm!" argued Mr; Spoopen- j dyke, who still retained a lively recol- ! Icction of his experience on the Amcri- ! can side. "If i come hero a?aia. and \ if God ffives mc my health, f won't, I J Rill think I'll try to'go over the fails, pro- i Tided there is any chance of my drop- j ping 021 the Esquimau* who poured me into a rubber "bathing suit, wi?h' a hole ' unuer eacn arm and a slit up the back! Say, my dear; suppose we give this fatigue uniform, with a bad smell to some worthy charity!" /"That'-s my;"squaw's dress,'' faltered Mrs. : SpoopendySe, "and I wouldn't take-anything for. it" "I wish the man I bought it of hud felt that way!" groaned Mr. Spuopendyke. 4 "Just puli it through the back strap of my trousers, will" ye, and tie tUOSC jvQOClv*i*ri j> ^aiv?4uvv uij waist. ' Look out tor tlra* bitiie-axe! I wanlrthat myself to open oysters with! Where's the shoe that belonged to the game-legged warrior with the ' pip? Hero's one; where's the other!" ; Mrs. Spoopendyke tound it in his hat, and then announced her- 'readiness to take in the rest of the show. "There's a man "down here that's got a. whirlpool," explained Mr. Spoopen-. dyke, experiencing somo difficulties in getting under way wiui his trophies. "I don't know whether he is in the habit of exhibiting it lo band waiTons, but i3Fhc^aS a-rSi lie dpn't insi:^? oiWk'J? ing rae>buv it^we'ijf take a lgoksat it. Come^along!''^ $ \ E "Is that the susperrsirifc bridge?" asked Mrs. Spoopcndvke, as they drove pafTTu "Yes; want it?*' demanded her husband. - itThousrh: I don't know: why-, they should c ill it 'suspension,' when ^everything cise around here appears to be in actite linancial operation. Let's ^ ? ?? 1 1 ** - HgUre Up UUW LUitUii vlilD Utnv> mo to cost Twice six hundred for the horses is twenty-four hundred, and add 'twelve hu^drecF'^for the "wagon makW three thousand. Multiply that by the distance, three miles, and you <jet nine thousand dollars. Cheap. Here, my dear, what's become of that scalp? Where's the'scalp of that "primeval old convert I gave a dollar for? What's become of the hair of the archieological old pirate that sold photographs around this corner before tno foot of the 3d- . venturous white man .ever penetrated these recesses? ' Do you discover' any remnants of a geological formation in bangs around this display, of untutored industry?" iiowio^' Mr. Spoopendykc, rising in wrath as he vainly plowed through his acquisitions for the missing spoils -of jvafc."JJo-you apj^VrTtoTot** serve a fugue in wool lurking arouha this dime museum of pre-Adumite relics?" ""Didn't?didn't you put it'On )*our" own he:;d?" asked Mrs. Spoopendykc, with a misty recoliection that he adom,ed himself with his prize. "Shouldn't wonder!" grunted Mr. Spoopeudyke. locating the scalp without; further-trouble. "I wanted it to feel at home. Here's the whirlpool. Look out ho\7 you step. Now get into this gox and we'll.go- down where we cot: sea if.. J5e careful how you sit on that war hat .of dyed hen feathers! doa-t-minu your sitting on it, but sit down straight so you'll bust 'em even ! Let go. will ye?" - - v-f "But supposo that rope' should break!" gurgled Mrs. Spoopendyke, 'clinging to her husband's arm with one hand and the side of the ear with the other.- 'v ,? "You'd harereached the" bottom all j ti>e sa.Lue," griaaed Mft Spoope-ndyke, j as the car eamc'to astanc? thatr| a great 'sight?' See the whirlpool?" . | 'Where?'' inquired, Mrs. Spoon en-: <syke,' who was .peering into the bushes for snakes. > "Over there. Whgrc'd ye* s'poscyit "was?in tfceiweedi? AYalk behind,hain't ! ye? Don't ye see you're upsetting this : congregation of gencine Indian, watertight, lire-proof ingenuity? There goes the?whoop! Catch that canoe!" . In trying to rescue the bark -Alt. Spoopendyke dropped his battle-ax overboard, and lost his hat, with the wig, and one moccasin.. ... . "A votivo offering to the wonder of the world!" he yciied, as he fired the other shoo into, the rapids.. "Spoopendyke and Niagara join hands?this' style for seventy-five cents!" And in went the war'club.. " 'Or^sinco that :Ti as-left my breast. -keep it/ now/ and take the rest!' " and the stereoscopic views foilowed, succeeded by two speai^adJOW, and agniver of arrows. " 'Go wtoero giory awaits thee!' " he roared,, as iie:; Hiiea ice air witn Deaa work and photographs of the falls. "Gone to meet Captain Webb!" be shocked, dancing a wrathful horn-pipe, an$ shying the bag. and work-basket faii-infio the irapida. i."Oh, 'Maid of the Mist,'this is in your line!"?and the squaw's dress sailed out into the pool, "an'cTwas"whirled away. "Got any more triumphs by field and flood?" he squealed, turning on his horror-stricken wife."Know where the whirlpool is now? Got some kind of a notion that I have pointed it out successfully, haven't ye? Well, I hare; and now you're going home!"?and Mr. Spoopendyke settled iiis ears- down on . his shoulders, and started for fh'e car. ' ' "But won't you buy soma more of the pretty Indian things?" sobbed Mrs. Spoopcndyke, trying to catch up with him. "No, I won't, won't IP"' howled Mr. Spoopeu'dyke, with'outtnrning. "Tnink I'm going around this fashionable watering-place any more looking: like a quarantine? Grot a notion that I'm going into another rehearsal for an Indian encampment,*haven't ye? Well, I ain't; and I'm not going to put another dod gasted mill on this measjy wa ter-privilege, either!"?and Mr. Spoopendyte, innocently oblivious of any intention in the pan, seized his wife by the elbow and iiurried her away. "I don't care,1' murmurecT" Mrs. Spoopendyke to herself, as, seated in the train, she was whirled from ' the wreck of her aboriginal hopes. -*1 don't carc. I saw ail thero -was,1-and I can get the same trinkets in New York for half the money?only I'd like to seesome man who was going over the falls, and ask him'to look 'out.- fcr'my little cairoa.'1? Stanley Hunt'&f, in Travelers' Maaazine. Tiic Poultry World s?.j& "that the di?ference between an egg laid by * a rpiuEty>, lipukhyricd heanfed witir^ood, fresh," food daily, andean egg'laid gg a tilingjpooriy-l'ed ben xs as great a^|Lbe difference between good beef a*nd poor. A fowl fed on.-gav-bage antl-weak slops, with very Ifttfe granvof any kind, may leg eggs, to be sure, but when ibese eggs are broken, to be used for cakes, . pies, etc., ibey wili spread in a weak, j wvn^Atriir wnm- flich;. rrr lnr>k* *\ I my- y. <* j _ rmJky while, instead of having a rich, slightly yellow tinge. A .".rich egg" retains its shape1'as far as possible, and yields to the beating of a knife or spoon vifiVh more resistance and gives you-the conviction that you are reaily beating something thicker than water or diluted j milk. The National Live Stock Journal says: j UW? ~li i/-> o.) 11 tKo WpQtprn f;ir. I mcrv attention to the fact that West- j ern horses are found less able to work j on pavements than Canadian horses of j thesanje weight, and that in the East-! cm markets this is attributed, to the ' general use in the West of eorn as food j for the young horses, while oats and j peas, are fed-mostly in Canada/as graiD J food." . 1 M TV03IAN GOSSIP. r How a Lady 31 ay Preserve the Glory -j of Her Hair?Sonic Infallible t Remedies. L Women "Who are Rapidly Becoming: Professional Beauties?Girls in O:!ior Countries. "5 THE HAIR. C The story <roas, says the St. Louis ^ Post-Dispuic'i, :ha:iiie duchess of Marl- p vrr,iv*f. " 1] UU1 KJU^Uj *?i4V/ Vi , , was so incensed at her husband one ^ day that, to spile him. she cut off her t luxuriant tresses, which the duke t greatly admired, and threw them in i his face. Few women, however, would J be willing to sacrilice their hair, which 1 has been called their 4\*iory," for any \ consideration whatever. So highly do t they value it, indeed, that several he- I roines live in history who have earned j: immortality by the sacrifice of their t locks. Modern cosmetic art gives no f small attention to the cultivation of the ] hair, but, ?q the. whole, singularly lit- i c tie is known conccrnin^ its nature and i growth. i When a hair is puiled from the head. J v it may be observed that the end which j I was implanted in the scalp is larger i f than the hair itself. This is the bulb i ? or root.from which the hair grows. A a hair is, in fact, a delicate tube, round c in straight haired persons, and flritien- \ ed in the curly haired. It is the II it- r ness of the hair that makes i: curl. I Women hare coarser hair than men. j s The average number of hairs on the i s head is abont 1^0,000. This calculation ! c is based upon the ascertained fact that : a square inch of the head of a person ] who has an average head of hair con- c "U,rr rtAf-HOl T LLWH& v^/ua . vmv | Hairs, approximately, la early days 1 the kings of France used to pluck a single hair from the hcatt and bestow it upon one of their attendants as a token of favor. The hair gryws from eight to ten inches a year. It has been found that it grows faster in the daytime than at night, and faster in summer than in winter. Light and sun evidently have an influence on the growth of the hair, as on other vegetable products. The best, hair-rsstorer known is soft tepid water; used with a sponge, and white castile soap. This puts the scalp in good, ordsr, removes tuc scenes, uuu. e stimulates thegrowth of hair. f Women - .frequently suffer from a \ gradual falling oat or thinning of the t hair between the ages of 20 and SO. a The hair has a dry, withered look, and c the partings become painfully visible. The young lady who is thus troubled usually becomes alarmed, and after trying every "hair restorer" she sees t advertised, has her head shaved, with 1; the idea that this last heroic measure is c sure to save her from the baldness she e fears. The fact is that the difficulty ? arises xroui 5UIHU ueumn; uiiuau, nuibJ, once ascertained, must be attacked-be- 'J fore the trouble can be cured. This a cause may lie in the condition of the v scalp itseif, or it may depond upon c some disturbed action of some internal g organ. Dyspepsia is a frequent cause o of the loss of hair. The blood may be e out of order, or the trouble mr.y be re- s ferred to debility. These arc the deep- ? scnXcd causes of the failing out, of tie J H&iiy and must be attended to ueiore a v cure can take place. t " If there is a scurfiness present- treat- a ment must .begin with teyid water and r castile soap. After two weeks the fol- v lowing solution should be rubbed in v gently with a soft tooth-brush, morning p and evening: Strong decoction of Peruvian bark, one half pint; brandy, one 11 wineglassful; glycerine, one teaspoon- ? ful. Once every other day?not oftener?the following lotion should be ap- c plied in a similar manner: Castor oil, ? ono ' ounce; best Frcnch brandy, two 13 ounces; roscwater, six ounces. People generally?those wiio nave a ? healthy growth of hair?do not ptiy much.attention to the care of the hair D and the scalp. The head should be e given a thorough washing once a week; a the scalp cannot be healthy unless it is kept clean. After the head is washed, ? the soap should be thoroughly removed wi'Ih pure water. The best hair-wash T is: Borax powder,, a teaspoonful; soft 11 water, a quart; oil of lavender, suffi- ^ cient to scent. .. ** There is a precept in hair-dressing c which can not be too widely known. ? It is this: Wash the scalp, but not the hair; comb the liair. but not the scalp. -? . 1.1 v in. caning me laair care suoiuu. uo taken that it is not wound too tight, in ?. curl-papers or about the curling slick, as the strain upon the roots hurts it. a. The heat of the curling-tongs destroys the life of the hair?which is but a delicate vegetable, and after a few years & the use of them is sure to propagate 0 baldness. The preparations known as 'permanent curling fluids" contain acid, which eats and surely destroys the hair. Grayness of the hair simply indicates . a loss of pigment, and there is no rem- ^ edy known to therapeutics which will f2' restore its color, although it may bo ^ dyed. Foolish women frequently tT bleach their hair with a view of becom- e] - , . Ol ing artificial Diondes. various cnemi- - cais are used for that purpose. The . bleached liair generally falls out, and leaves the victims of their own vanity bald before their time. ^ It is assuredly far worse to have too much than loo little hair. Nothing can 91 be more destructive to beauty than a ^ growth. 61 hair where hair ought not to , be. in brunettes there is a liability to ** the appearance of a delicatc mustache r: on the upper lip. After a certain age, particularly in single women, the chin *r and upper lip are apt to be invaded by . a stubble by no "means attractive. Is "Bearded women" are supposed tor-1owe their hirsute decoration to an UJ overexcited condition oi the hair bulbs. ai Oriental ladies have a horror of sunnrflnnti? the most nnnientlv r ? : j kriowir depilatories came from the cast. 1 The secret preparation used in the Asi- ac atic harems, called "Rusma," has been w found upon analysis to bo very injari- J ous. The safest chemical depilatory *.? known is called striphydrate of calcium. Take: Sulphuret of calcium, two parts; hc quicklime, one part; powder them sop- ^ aratcly; mix and keep in a well stop- ^c pcred bottle. When wanted for use bc make into a pas.e with a little water aud spread on tho part. L-Jt it remain ?i?.: - re i-illITU liiiiiuioa, wi uju.xi iu . smart, ami then wash oil with soap and r1" water. The most effective method is bto pull the hair ont by the roots. The 0x best" instrument to do this with is the psilothorn, as it is called. It is a stick , of rc-sin, tempered with wax, with the addition of a strong anodyne. The end 1 of the stick is softened and warmed by ^ hanging it near a candle, and is pressed upon the hairy spot for about amin- ^ ute. It is suddenly puiled away, and this without any pain. To perform the operation with "tweezers is most too heroic for most women to undertake, as ^ considerable pain is involved. A man , in Washington has made a ?reat deal of . monev bv a method which he has in- , vented 01 destroying unnecessary nair. , A needle connected with an electric c battery is plunged into the foilicilo or sac which holds the hair, and a j iight shock is . communicated to tne ootv-which permanently destroys it. Pi) is is of course very tedious, as only n:a hair can be destroyed at a timfc ait it fauisouffrir -pour etre b'xd. PROFESSIONAL BEAUTIES. There are three women on the New fork stage to-day who are rapidly beoming professional beauties. " Sadie lartinot.: who isQTowTilSViBWTrcomedy >:irt fa-tie Union-Square- theatre;' is a ir.rticniariy haadsonre: -woman-. The oalers say thai"her ^photographs "are idling inoro-rapidly- -anil numerously haif those-of any- ether - tic tresses n America combined. Next to Miss klartinot ccmcj Paulfoe Hall; and after ler Odetta ;Tyler?".."JJl'. ofthem . art oung woiHen,- and thev are certainly a rio of-remarkable -beauties. Pauline a chorus -' giri." She is now >laying the prirrcipal-p&rt ? ihe-f speoacfe at" Nlmcfir .garden/-- She;'sings airly- but is not. particularly ungm. :Ier advancement and popularity are lue entirely to lier beauty She comaandsr a salary now- that-srotild, have nado her gasp with delight' "when she 7as a chorusgirt two years ago- Miss fclarfiribt' mftj?Ie?'.;I!red Stinson, who ormorly -Jltaanaged" Mme. Mod jeska. >he only lived with him a short time iDfd thetftkeyt-partod/i.' believe; forevir; tho^k"tlW-;ha^K- neVer'-beec:: diroree<?~:A Martilot was/Sngmgfo'ff ra?lewr: tffestre in Jostra.- -^ow she-receives"^loO-a week it the UnionSquare' -flreatre; ^anwi-Swill o'on' go onV'-starfing ;tour with- :her >wn company!' O.letta Tyler pomes of i good southern family. She came to tfew.York about two years ago and derided to go upofc the "stage. She - iiau net'Hoars mimVii then and her hus )and was a quiet young man who * bought it would be rather a fine thing o have his wife go on the stage. He upposed that after studying a week or wo she would be able "to take one of ho leading positions in a New Yorl* heatro. His mind was disabused with : his idea after consulting one or two ynical theatrical men, and finally' bis rife went to study for the stage with Jeorge Vanderhofi) who was very nuch impressed with her beauty and >redicts a future for her. She-.' ha$ >layed in the Madison Squaro and sev-;ral other comnanies and has a beauti ul face. It is of the infantile order, rith big eyes, what lovers call a rosernd mouth, and chubby checks. These .re a few facts of a personal nature :bout three very beautiful actresses. OTHER GIRLS THAN OURS. The notion that girls are too delicate o be useful is limited to a comparative* y small part of the globe. Throughiut Asia. Africa, and in large portions j ven of Europe and America, there pre- 1 ails an old belief that they were born o labor. In Turkestan, and on the :i Tartar steppes, the Kirghcse sultannas ' .ud their daughters, and princesses in i i-lmco min? floTO- thft blond of lone lines I if kings, still milk the sheep, cows and .y ^oats, and perform the menial offices ~ if the household, as the Sanscrit maid- '' ns did six thousand years ago in tho * ame localities. They cook, take care * f the . younger -children, make gar-M aeots. cut ihe ' the -yfiidr fowl, "Cnth the feathers on* for caps, spin'coton, weave cloth, and" tan leather by leans of sour milk. In this delectable egion the mother wears rich attire, rhile the daughter goes in humbler reeds, like Cinderella.' If there is a liano, the mother plays on it in the rout room of the ten?-while the daugh ur brews the koumiss, stews the znut- ; an, and broils the carnal chops in the ; ack kitchen. This is the benighted :i ondition of a patriarchal people who dhere to a nearly obsolete theory of ; .lial duty. Similar ideas prevail Liroughout India, China, and among be native tribes of Siberia, who have ; een driven northward by aggressive ; eighbors. The Tungusian girl gatli- ; rs the snow, melts it, makes the tea 1 nd the fish sono. sews. and. beinsr' ' killfui in archery, helps to keep the ' irder supplied with game. The Ya- \ :ut and 'Samovede maidens, and all rho dwell along the Arctic ocean, help j 1 summer to lay up winter supplies, nd in winter to perform all domestic j uties. The Abyssinian girl grinds j orn in the simple mills in use in that ountry. . The Kaffir girl weaves has- ' ets and draws water. The girls in the 3 ther parts of the dark continent pul- '' erize the grain, weave mats, make ' arthen. vessels, and are the hatters oi leir tribe. The theories of the tribes ' nd nations of Asia and Africa are ; bared by the Indians of North and ! TTATinri * UlLblX XilUUL iVil) U UV VUV J WUiiiris to learn the duties and hardships f life at an early age. The "Wisdom and Foolishness of Bathing* Our modern habits haye made the ith-room a most important part of the juse. Every one bathes. The bath is been so long and so industriously umpeted as a panacea for almost rerything that even those who shiver 7? :ter a cold batn or ieei use laintmg j iter a warm one will'regularly take 1 tlier the one or the other. He who * jes not take a morning bath in these * its scarcely dare own to the fact, for ? } feels that he will be regarded at 3 ice as an uncleanly person. Yet there * no necessary connection between 1 eanliness and total immersion of the >dy for a greater or less period.' The c ith, as now understood, is, as is well c lown to many physicians, too rude a s eatment for many_persons of sensitive ? mperament. It is not every organ- s m that can stand the chill of a plunge ? cold water and the shock of a shower s pon the head. If reaction is swift, ] id all the organs of the body are in * sod working order, cold and shower * iths may often be beneficial; but if r :e tone of the system is slow the re- J tion will not take nhJco and iniurv ill result It would be well if" we ould trust our sensations more and c llow our wills less, When a person I >es not "feel like" taking a bath, yet y i will take it, he is simply using his 5 ill against himself. Cleanliness can i satisfied by washing portions of the c )dy separately so as not to chill the c Ltire surface at once. In any case the snefit of a cold bath comes from the c action and must be sccured by fric- c jn, followed by activc exertion, not ^ r sitting or standing in the currents " O r a:r. m > ? S ? - - - - V From the days ot Uortez, in lo'JL, >wn to the beginning of this century, T id even to the present time, except E hen interrupted by revolution, the l exican silver mines have poured forth 8 i unceasing stream of silver, such as c e world has never seen. It is esti- a ated that the value of the silver coin a id bullion produced in that country y ace the conquest is over $3,000,000,- s i0, and it is well known that some of T e mines have been profitably worked 0 most %viinout interruption irom mat ty to this, and that one of them at ast is still running out silver at the T .tc of orer ?5,000,000 per year.? Phil- t leipkia Record. " s t | EDUCATIONAL. Requisites for Practical Success as a Teacher. Ti^-qo^lties which help a teacher to command a good situation may be con^^MQtlyL grouped under three neaosy?power 01 discipline, a, tuorou^&educ^ktion, and -ability to work wel^writh.'other people. Any principal or committee seeking a teacher, wishes, to. find one combining all these qualities; but they aire rarely to be founS in any marked degree in the same person.X A teacher who unites two of ..them can usually depend on : havkia^rfair position with a fair salary. JS&ordiagly, whoever intends to mak&^ofc&g a profession must consi(^flilfe nattlR^ powers in these dir^WwRad decide what kind of seI*ggffiQ *s necessar7 f?r him. nucic tug jiuiciiuubuiu stajOTHfc^BK high, what- 1b commonly call^ffj^fo discipline. i;is easy, for the pup3^;are occnpied ;-asd interestedoa the^stndies. Discipline is still of impor'.an^. tut it is of snch a nature that itmay often be beat enforced by a teacher of gentle manners and cultivated mind. But this is not usually the'fcase in the lower schools, where thorough and untrained elements of society arc to be tutored. Of course, a teai&crneed not be rough in dealing with rough pupils, and there are exceptional persons who combine high intellectual attainments and refined manners with quickness of perception, anU that overmastering firmness of will which makes everything yield to its atShority. : Generally speaking, however, one who has a profound love of books,?such a love as is needed to m*ke a scholar in any high sense,?by this very fact is somewhat incapacitatedjfor the successful management of a hitfd school. In a room where eternal yi glance is the price of liberty, the m ndis .too much distracted to do any w irk. except on an exceedingly low p3 inc. The tcacher who has the quickest eye, the Sharpest ear, the r^idiest decision,-^the one whose faculties are. always on the alert, whose wits are always all about him, in the v&ty' rootd, is'the one who succeeds in each a place, and enjoys his success. 14. by any misfortune, a scholar finds Ui-mnetolf ?n ennh o ho mnct. ty\nlra 1 *4 l?JW* tJWVU W U W tile best of it and cultivate the qualities belonging to it, and ho may with difficulty achieve success; but he will hardly, enjoy his succcss, for it will be bought at too great a sacrifice of what aire to him the essentials of life. Yet such work js by no means tq bp undervalued. In some respects it is. ?he most important work which can be done now in this country. To bring fiie lawless elements in our community under tho strict dominion of Jaw is so pressing a need that it seems erimotinipc ns if nnr nation's salvation depended upon it. Happily, there is a Hrge class of our teachers who show this special aptitude for governing. ?. Only, speaking in general terms, wo must say the student is not the disciplinarian, nor is the disciplinarian the student; so that a teacher, starting^ in oF*tKese'twa a"at'ftte""me3nt him -to be, ; and to follow faithfully, so .far as he can, his true bent Of course the one who elects to be a disciplinarian is not to be content with superficial class work. He must knew bis lessons, and know them thoroughly; but he must not think himself fitted for a position demanding wide knowledge, or careful . reasoning, or critical judgment, or fine . poetical discrimination. He must re- 1 alize that his own proper work is noble \ and indispensable, and he must not at- ; tempt to do another's. : On the other hand, the student i3 ( not to be satisfied with lawlessness or : inattention in his classes. He is not to , fix his eyes on the floor and tell his pu- : pils a series of erudite facts. If ho . cannot impart his knowledge in such a j way that his pupils actually receive it, j tie jias mistaken his vocation. He may < bo a good writer, or annotator, or } translator, but not a good teacher. , rhe teacher who is a student must ^ strive fcr the best possible discipline ( among his pupils, but he must realize . that the kind of discipline which .he ] 3an enforce will be that which is al- . most unconscious; and he must, if pos- \ rible, find a position in which the , qualities of a student are needed. } And here young: teachers find a diffi- , :ulty. At graduation, very few per- ( sons have enough special knowledge to , enable them to till situations in the j ligher schools. The number of schools ; u which discipline is the first requisite is so much the larger, that a young aroman who is secretly sure that her ;rue power lies iij- the direction of scholarship rather than discipline, may ] forced to begin in a school where 1 scholarship counts for little. Of course f !>>o rriTiaf flion her T5nf.' rf. sslift 5 joshea eyer to do any satisfactory x yor&.^d ujust look forward a little at < ha sain? time.:: S^.g will not have 13 ntscfi ieisnre^^ s:udy, and; it will be i toinafce of herself a Tin i- i rassail encyclopaedia. But if she will t :arefully decide the line of study for t vhiobrlier'^ability is greatest, and j iteadily pnrsrae that, she will, in a few t earsv-iind herself fitted by education i 'or *tfoe'Place for which she is lifted by t latere." 3 Having decided whether one is a s iisciplinariaa or a strident, and having I letermined to work in one's own \ ipecial line, unless the fates are more c idverse thati they usually are, there is I itill something of importance to con- < I lider if one wishes to bo- practically a 2 successful teacher. Can he work well $ vith other's? ' With some principals, e his is the first question in selecting a c eacher. One may be a very Napoleon t rvr diarsmlmtv aniJ n Dr. Johnson for \ earning, and still be an intolerable 1 eacher. ' " s Naturally, working well with others c lepends on character, but as there are 1 >ersons of fine character who fail here, e 7e will specify a few points of im- s >ortance in securing this end- 'First, o he teacher must understand where his c wn place is; that is to say, he must 1 [o his own work without shirking, or ixpecting other people to help him tut, while at the same time he must ibey those in authority over him, x phether principal or committee. If he a hinks lie cau see a better way of c rorking than that prescribed, ho c hoold, of course, say so respectfully, c ?ut he must not insist upon his own 1 pay, except in eases of absolute right *v md wrong. He may think his judg- I uent better than that of his superior, c tnd it may really bo better; but then, j I n the other hand, it may not be. At I s XL events there cannot be two rules, j t ;nd a constant struggle for mastery | i pastes in friction all the energy -which | 1 hould go to instruction. The person ; rho cannot submit to those placed ! iver him, cannot succeed practically as ; ? , teacher. i' Second, he must not interfere in any \pay with the work of others. If a u eacher seems to do his work badly, f till it is not the concern of another c eacher," unless he is absolutely asked 1 for advice by the. teacher who is in" difficulty, or is urged to give judgment by those who have a right to his opinion He should- remember; too, that the teacher he criticises may really be doing better than himself. Third, he or she must know how to be absolutely silent on school affairs. There must be no school gossip even among intimate friends. Nothing is mnni r>nmmnn and nnthinor is mnrA pernicious. Speak of school affairs, only to the persons with whom thej must be discussed as matters of. business. Co not weary the principal with, anecdotes of you? difficulties with your scholars, unless you need his advice and are prepared to takfrit. Do' not criticise your. fellow-teachers in talking with other people.,. Do not complain to the teachers that the principal is weak and ignorant Do hot" explain iu . general society that you* hate teaching, or that you love it, and? do not bore the community with school - room experiences. anegoxaen giiuoi silence help3 a teacher more in working harmoniously with-others'tlHSJi anyother trait,? morfe even than unfailing good temper. Plain and Simple Speech. A plain, strong, colloquialism may be at once easy and correct; but whoever attempts to use long words," or new words, with an air of pitying superiority, to express ideas that some familiar phrr.se more nearly fits, is assuredly caught in the slough of affectation." A man who talks "to you in' casual speech, of ^localities," "resit dences," "tragedies," "domestics," "mendicants," and "individuals," in stead of "places," '"bouses," "snocKing afhiirs," "servants," "beggars," "persons," is certainly bad enough. If, besides his weak nouns, the verbs also are affected," if he "states" things that ordinary people "say," and "purchases" when others "buy," and 'commences" when a college professor would "begin"?the case is decidedly worse. Even'the rude, rustic dialects, with their quaint and homely Saxon expressions that hare somehow lingered among the lower classes for centuries, are infinitely more interesting and agreeable than tbis emasculated modern talk. The daily newspapers often contain examples of the finest .and. most difficult kind of literary workthat in which poise, reserve and bril? liancy are united, and the style is perfectly limpid. Bat who has not felt that the over-expression of a feeling, the undue emphasis-of a.fact, the tendency towards extravagance, are manifest in much that is printed in newspapers? ' Perhaps 4tthe public demand - it". Let us waive that point and merely ask of the probable effect of it on what may be called the speech' of the people ?the rich, expressive, effective vernacular. Effort there must be, for every one reads papers, and even the modern school book is more and more written in the stilted style. Despite the continuance of "notes and queries," and the survival of folk lore, and philolog ical societies, it is to .be feared that the harmless idioms will go to the wall. The little English ?irl of the brickyards who said: 4 "We"swills the spottles off us faces before we has us dinners," will learn to say: "We perform our ablutions before our noon repasts." The coiliermcn's plea during a tiofc: "We must have something to fill- our beliies," is terse, idiomatic, and not to be strengthened. The Virginian mountainer, instead of saying: "We are going to harness up our horses, notify the poung ladies, and have a dance," sums up all this in the phrase: "We are go i-? " LU" \JL? vk \iy It is desirable to know the meaning of words and to use them with correctness. Yet it is pleasant to notice how uneducated common sense will assert itself in the loDg run and how it manages to be understood through air its blunders. No one want3 mere barbarisms of speech kept alive; the ideal is, 3f course, to have the easy and correct ase of our mother tongue become universal. But it would Se a sad result if the uncultivated classes of society should give up their spicy idioms and lccept instead a second-hand language, :he cast-off fripperies of ordinary newspaper English. How often, in rural circles, it is said of some shallow brain "he talks like a book." Let a man vhose education has permeated his ;vhole nature, and who dwells naturally )n high levels, come into the same comnunity and the rustic comment will )e, "why! we can understand every vord he says." Beatinjj Jay Gould. Nelson Morris, of Chicago, is the i 3ebrew ten millionaire of that city. ?Vhen a boy he was a laborer on a arm. Some years ago Mr. Gould was n control of the Erie Road, and deter ninect to secure a monopoly-on pastern > jatile shipments. He sent for Nelson ' klorris, then a powerful but not so well :nown cattle shipper a3 to-day. Mor- ' is said the first thing to be done was ;o secure terminal facilities for the cat,le. Mr. Gould remembered that a ' jarticular bnrden on his bands were j hirty acres of swampy, good-for-noth ng land in Jersey City. He converted : his into cattle yards and bonded it for < ?200,000, making the Erie Eoad guar- i tntee the bonds. Then he issued as nuch stock, which, haying no value, :J 7as generously distributed free Jo all tattle shippers tfcrougfiout tfie west, le made an agreement in which Mr. i Morris was entitled to ship cattle to . 1 Jew York for one year, at the rate of 1 ;l per car. Mr. Morris used his influ- i ince extensively, and sent 300 car-loads 1 >f cattle per week over the Erie Road, 1 it a profit of about $500,000 for the 3 'ear, which went into his own pocket. ] Lt the termination of the contract he ued the road for $200,000 damages for 1 Lelayinsr cattle, which Mr. Gould gave i lim rather than endanger the prcced- i mcc which the road had secured in ucn shipments. It is said Mr. Gould ;ave up beaten for once, but remem- { icred with joy that he had sold his -i and at a clear profit of all it -brought, . i -New York Graphic. j The Digger Indians were, until a few " ears ago, considered the most ignor- ? ,nt and least intelligent human beings . J in the Pacific coast. Tnose wno iive m Rancho Chico have now been eduated in civilized ways. They have earned to read and write almost as rell as whi& peoplo, and some of them iave even become musicians. They re ently gave an entertainment in San IVancisco, under the care of their intructors. Sunday-school hymns, naional songs and other musical andnetrical compositions were rendered jy their choir in a very felicitious style. The independent American citizen ~1 * ~ " * ~ - ??ill* Ka r? I ruu uais aai'uiuw WAUL ^ w. earn that the packing-box is made a Jersey City, the wrapper is printed a New York", the tin cans are 'manuactured in Boston, the iish are caught n the Maine coast, and the oil is erracted from cottonseed in Georgia* a. r . - THE tl. S. PRDiTIN r OFFICE. The largest Establishment of the. Kind in the World?Precautions Against Fire. ; . In so extensive a building .as thegorernxnent printing office?the largest establishment of tne kind in the world?, j t v? ' miea witn vaiuauiu inateriui, ;uiu con- j taining within its walls ever; day over two thousand operatives, tho necessity of extraordinary precautions for the safety of life and property from destruction by fire is apparent, particularly as the building is not a fire-proof structure. The present head of the office, Mr. Sterling ?. Bounds, who is a practical business man with great executive ability, and who has had exper ience in thd'west as a fireman,'when he took charge-of the government printing a few years , ago . recogniasd tils' feet; and a? the present time, there- is probably no better equipped building in the country for preventing loss of . princip^means of "escape proTi^e^for" the inmates of the immense building were iron stairways in a couple of towers in addiiion to "the ordinary stair-;, ways. Now a plentiful supply of water can be turned on each floor at a moment's notice from the six stand nines, which run xip near the. ladders, and sections of hose are kept at hand, fitted with discharge pipes, and to take charge of each outlet or section of hose in an emergency there is an organized force consisting of a captain and lieutenants, with a suitable number of men, all selected from the employes. There is also on each floor a* fire extinguisher, in charge of a captain and lieutenant and on the occasion of -the burning of the stable on the premises, soma months ago, these were found to work illV - wejj. There is an iron tramway running entirely around the building, with iron cages, secured with wire ropes, to aid in conveying from the upper windows, any person who might, in case of a fire below, have their means of escape cut ofil This tramway was designed by Gen. Meigs, and the experiments made with it have been entirely satisfactory., : In addition? to^the ordinary firc-escapes" there are two canvas escapes, reaching from the upper floor to the ground, and,, as is well known, these have been satisfactorily .tested several" times. In his last report Mr. Rounds says: . JJows And arrows are also - provided. whioh would enable life lines to be shot or thrown through the upper windows. Up to the time these cnanges were made the entire office was supplied with only a three-inch connection "with tho water maiiis* which bareiy gave sufficient water for daily office use, and was wholly inadequate for lire purposes. But by the kindly co-operation of Mr. Edward Clark, architect of the capitol* the office has n<rw more than double the former supply, and quite ample to render the new lire apparatus in every way efficienr. Ail the outside ^ doors were originally hung so as to open towara tne msiae 01 me oauain^ and in case of a panic, x~ith the pres? : sure against them,. It would hare oeefc ^ impossible to have opened "theita. The hinges have been changed so as to open either way, and egress'can.not thereby be obstructed. } Besides all these ample facilities for i the safe egress of employes in case of : sudden alarm of fire,* the entire force . of females has been divided up, into j companies of forty each, and each ( company placed in charge of a captain, . with several aids, and in case of alarm ] these companies are taken out by des- t] ignated fire-escapes, under the charge ( and aid of tlie men appointed lor tne ^ purpose. The first trial of the system demonstrated, the fact that the bindery , containing about five hnndred women ] and nearly one hundred men, -was i emptied in less than one minute; and j it is believed that after more trials the ( entire office can be cleared in less than j two minutes. It, therefore, may be j fairly stated that for the first, time in j the history of the office it is reason- T ably safe from fire, and its employes A AM/wvw A# l/\oa Kfrt limK 11 \JLLi VI iVOO VI iiiv Ut iiUiU. caused by a stampede of want of sufficient egress. There have been test alarms rung < since the present system, was adopted, t and it was found that every man or wo- j man knew his or her place! By a test j once made in the bindery it was found j that the folding-room, containing over ? five hundred operatives, was cleared * inside of one minute. The female em- a ployes, however, found* that in going down the firerescapes llere were some "Peeping Toms" on the ground, and in subsequent tests asked that canvas be placed on the ladder before they would make the descent. In each room there is a captain with, three lieutenants, and these direct the others in case of an alarm, but the . working force consists of about forty men to a section. Probably no better trial of the system was ever given than that oi last month, when a partition on j which oil from the binder had dropped , took fire. The flames were extin- ! ^UiOAAUVl IYUVU VU1V1 VIVUiU ? was within a few yards of the scene, s and neither he nor Mr. Rounds knew * of it until it -was all over, no general c alarm having been given. c For soma years it has boon thought c that the old portion: of the building t was unsafe in consequence of the great j weight on it, but by exercising due t care and removing the surplus material j to the Congressional- Globe building, 1 there has not been for some time past ? anv danger. the officers keeDifi? in * this portion of the structure at any one s time the smallest possible amount of ? material necessary for the work in ? tiand. e Supt. Bounds' office is connected by r telephone with every part of the build- r ing, and in case of fire he would be in- s formed at once.?Washington Star. t An old custom, known as the hunting t jf the wren, is still observed on the c [sle of Man. A legend exists to the s effect that a fairv. who exerted a bale- d :ul influence over the island, was pnr- 8 sued by a knight, and only cscaped in C i moment of extreme danger oy as- I mming the appearance of a wrenv In h ;onseqaence of this, on the specific an- C liversary, the islanders devoted their jnorgies to the extirpation of the fairy, . md the wrens were pursued, pelted and 1 ired at without mercy. Their feathers a ;vere preserved with great care, there * jeing a superstitious belief that they * possessed the peculiar charm of pre- s serving against drowning or from death 1 by shipwreck. Any fisherman going c x> sea without such a safeguard was 1 ooked upon as exceedingly tool-hardy. Every .year, after Christmas Day, boys : 50 about the Isle of MaD, carrying a t &Ten in a cage suspended 02 a pole, 1 md they pluck out her feathers and pre- < sent one to any liberal-minded person : 17ho pays them for thek song. J ' ^ J The Massachusetts Ploughman says t "ensilage is still on its successful 1 march." ' i . i f.r " ' ' * : ^T,EAXEN'<5S. tL The oyster interest in New Yorit employs $20,000,000 capital'and about 16,000 men in the wholesale trade alone." Gotham's average d^Sly ^cootsumption oi the bivalve is 85,00(Fbush-''' els. ?? , . " : . ..About 600 German. "newspapers jare, puuiistreu ju mu cmcea owitea, ut witich 7 are ia. thd New -En'glandStates, 2C'S ia the Middle States, 85 in the Soutliern. States,-and . 850 .in. the.. Western Stales. _ Mr? 1>. H. JSUliqtt, whose. serrioea ia the development of transportation fa-. cinties have built up the^Florida'orange, trade, estimates the crop df 1884 and5 1885 at- a million boxes* against tag: 650,000 boxes of last season. Tl*A AnA/^MiAn /-V W> A +? a wfceeiod veliicie invented- by^ James :Q. Brown, .of. Bpsion. ..It -has^ two at ^ 136^ lars, wcigiil^ yearly" 5,000, teas. 2 placed id ordinary coal carts, a' ton in each it would make a* "eontrntiois pro-* cession fourteen miles long. The above figures do not include; the silver bullion: and fractional silver, of . which there is, a thousand tons more. Miss Nellie Arthur ^carries a doIL' When she was" wlth'h^Tathe^ at Kingston, N. T.'. a woman said: - "Mygood-. nes3| why-does th3t ljjg gM-' carry a doll?'' An answer was. quickly given, by another woman,-who said:- "Well,/ if the Kingston girls would carry dolls until thcv were a little older instead of running after the boys before -they got their short dresses oitit-rraould^fce much more to their.?reditA*j: v . What is claimad- -to.-J?~4he largest grain elevator in. the world, .has been erccted at Newport ..News,-Ya;, by-the, Chesapeake & Ohio Eailroa^ Ccmpany. It as 90 feet -wide,: 38$: feet "long and about 164 feet high, with engine an<f boiler rooms 40xlW) .and .40 Seefc highi' The storage of the,house- is 1,600^00. bushels, with, a recfeiying.' .capacity of 30;000 and 'a shipping1 -capacaly of 20,000 bushels per homv;';-it': . /: ' i:c The Chinese have what isitermed'the kite festival on-the -aistit day of the nintli raooD- Sometimes the kites resemble serpents 30 feet long, at other times a {group of hawks' hovering around a center,'all being suspended by a single, strong cord,-but each, kitb moved by a separate; liner Sometimes the kites are cast adrift under tHe belief that they will' carry away with them all pending disasters. A benevolent woman in ' Cincinnati has undertaken to supply poor, lonely bachelors in the West with, ^rtjes. t For $1 she will send an applicant .a list of names of farmers "aaugfiters with whom he can correspond with "matrimonial intent. It he cannot, with this advantage, capture a. companion, "he ought to fee doomed to everlasting loneliness. Several able works on the art of letter writing contain some' effective ammunition for this purpose. Having the ^PanansevtoJaegia -with, he has only to'.'fire it at,the.mark. ..Coral fishing is largely fellorred: in Algeria, 4J.0QQto.4o,*006 pounds of coral, valued at about ?28,000, beiugjhei yearly production: La Calle-is the cen ter of ,u:is industry. and there are- employed annually 160 boats and 1*300 men. The coral is obtained by .means Df a wooden apparatus in tlie. shape of i cross, having in its center a leaden slug o.r sione for ballast. . Nets, tho meshes of which are loose, are hung dd the bars of the cross, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, and among'the jrevices of the rocks. These, nets, binding about the coraline plant, break up or tear off its branches, which . id here to the meshes. . The apparatus s drawn up by the fishermen whenever he thiuks it sufficiently laden. There s also a net which is provided .with arge iron nails, having thus great ;orce to break the coral, but this ap>aratus is forbidden to be used. The Alarming Increase of I>eaf Mutes. Throughout the sessions of the Association, one of the snbrects ,hat has come up most frequently has >een the best way of dealing with deaf nutes. An interesting discussion on he subject .took place in the-section 'on mthropology. Whether it is because * the chief study of mankind is man," his section is always well attended, md, from the first,"more ladies have ittended it than any other section. The l it.*, -J ?? * * rami in iticst yi mx> ucai uuiv uuvussion was the part taken in it by JProtL Graham Bell, the telephone mvent>r, whose wifeTas it is" well known, is i deaf mute, and was instrumental, it s said, in his making the discovery hat has brought him fame and forime. Mrs. Bell, who is able to tell all hat is said by watching the lips of the ipeakers, was present and sat'near her tusband. Prof. Bell's father, who has * riven the subject; considerable attenion, and devised a method by which he dumb may be taught to speak, was ilso present. Prof. Bell is" violently opposed to the existing arrangement . . :oncerning. the deaf and 4umb in this rountry, which makes them a separate slass, and especially objects to the coninual marriage of deaf mutes, which; le claims, must evolve a'race of deaf antes in this country. In one. family* ie said, he had found ninety, deaf nutes in foar generations,' connected yy blood or marriage. Of-deaf mutes orty per cent, marry, and with each ucceediDjr generation the tendency to he infirmity"increases. Of the forty-, * ive per ccm'l oi deaf mates who marry, ighty per cenu marry deaf mutes. To emedy the evii he said we mnst sepaate the deaf jautes^as? much as posible from other deaf*mute^ during the ime either he or she is being educated. L'fley sfloma not do sent to asyiums; hey should be taught English;instead f the sign language. They should a3- ' ociate, during play hours,, with chilren not similarly affected, and'they hould be taught here, as they are in rermany, to enumerate artificially. >eaf mutcism, the speaker declared, is IIVJi.C at an . iii Ifucago Times. -J To feed young pigs six times a day s better th an to da so less often, -says m exchange. By a "little" is meant mough to till the stomach moderately nil. bat in no case to the extent of tufEng or gorging. This latter .manter of feeding win destroy the appetite >r produce an inflated or poddy condiion and stunt the pig;- , Professor Beal, of the Michigan Agricultural Colloge, one of the best auhorities on grasses, writes' that he has nany tima? seeded land to grass^ with>ut another crop, and always received k fair yield of grjiss the first year with spring seeding, and a good crop with rail seeding. If sown in early Auumn, the annual weeds die out and cave the grass to take the lead in. the Spring.