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Oft, unknowingly, the tongne Touches on a chord so aching That a word or accent wrong, Pains the heart to almost breaking. Many a tear of wounded pride, Many a fault of human blindness, Has been soothed or turned aside By a quiet voice of kindness. Time to me this truth has taught? Tis a truth that's worth revealing : More offend for want of thought Than from any want of feeling. THE LION TAMER. "That lioness will be the death < you yet, Joe." "Pshaw!" >and Joe Amberly, "tL lion tamer " of a large traveling circui laughed at the predictions of his at sis tan t. " You may laugh as much as yo please; but some day you will find I ai right, and that to your sorrow, thoug then it will be too late." "I have performed with all the an mal8 for some years, and'never had an difficulty." "You forget the one at Longtown. " That didu't amount to much. I soo brought them to subjection." "But the trouble commenced wit this same lioness." '"Yes, though it wouldn't have bee so bad if those cats of hunting leopard had nut set up a yell, and drawn th black tiger into the affray." " lino n had thinner when it is u ?is the most treacherous beast I ev< fed or had anything to do with. I ha\ been watching her close for a couple t days," continued the assistant, "an know she is mighty cross grained. S< depend upon it, you are goiug to hay trouble." " I don't see why more than at au other time." - " There are times?aud yon know i if you will only reflect?and this is ov of them. It I was in your place, wouldn't try to show off to-day with an extras but just give a common perforn ancQ, and get out of the cage as quick t I conld." - ' " Yon k.now what we advertise, an what a crowd has gathered." "Yes,"?with a laugh; "and I kno we liever hav? <>r do one half there in the bills. Paper is cheap, Joe, bi human life is precious. Think ho poorly off you would leave your wife ai child if anything should happen to yoi and what would become of your wife onvkVn'ntr nVinnld liftDDen to the child' Do not mention it!" The man who had handled "and tam< and toyed with the savage beasts as they had been harmless kittens, groam aloud at the thought. A man of tl most ardent, even passionate natuie, 1 bowed down in worship to his wife ai little girl. And that day it had bei advertised that he would lake li s chi and a pail of blood into the cage wi him. It was a very daring, foolhardy pr ject at the best; but how much more when the beasts were doubly savage ai out of temper?when the slightest thii might arouse them to all their pristi fury, and the fierce blood of the wildt ness assort itself in all ite tempestuo wrath. But the husbandly and father emotion was soon conquered. The hal of. years and his natural strength ga him self-reliance; and it would to more than idle words to turn liim frc his purpose, no. matter liow dangerous mimt appear to others. The old lion in the cage, though monster in size, was inoffensive, tar and obedient. In the languago of t keepers, he was " good for nothing b to make a show and sit back in the cc ner, grind his teeth and growL" Besid( he was his friend, aud upon more th one occasion he had acted the part of peacemaker. The leopards?a pair spotted cheetahs?were scarcely to taken into consideration. The bla tifter, the most rare and strikingly ben tiful animal in any collection, was or< narily quiet, though when fully arous not to be trifled with. But the lioness was the especial oi to be waiched. She was a beast of u common power, with massive arms, loi curving claws, lithe and nervous as serpent, teeth sharp as needles, flexil treacherous, smooth, tawny skin ai yellow eyes thai flashed fiercely. Nevt even in her best moods, hiul she bei submissive, and her mildest play w ' rough in the extreme. The lion tamer turned from his coi panioa to go and dress for his attracti but dangerous performance ; but befo doing so, he visited the double cage, a: made a critical examination of t beasts, who any instant might be to hi as fate. There was nothing to especial awaken fear ; and, huif vexed with hii self for having been needlessly d taraslie passed from the great cam into a smaller compartment, aud foil his wife and child waiting for him?t one a young and beautiful woman, a the other a very fairy of a child, whc hair hung down upon her back, as t brightest and finest of spun silk. '" " 1 am Borry, Joe," said the wife a mother, as her husband entered, ** tl you have consented to so foolish a p< formance as the one advertised for day." " Why, May ?" and he looked m< earnestly at her. " Because the ordinary performance hazardous enough." "Then you think this more so ?" "I don't know that it is," she repli< having the utmost confidence in 1 husband's ability; "but somehow don't altogether fancy having Inez tafc into the cage." " You know my reason for consentix and that it would never have been giv had your assent not been first obtained " Certainly, and it was very good v/vn -Tnp yf ;vw? v " Thnt it -wfts promised on account my salary lining raised." " Ye.0' ' Atid that it wan to seoitre the riee wrfju-y, so the sooner to nccumult enough to buy a little home against the rig rainy days that might come." anc "Yes, my dear Joe; but"?with a smile?" had not pride something to do 1 with it ? * That's the curse of the pro- wai fession. Each one is always trying to he* I outdo the other?nmning risks on that aw; account they would not otherwise at- lik< tempt." spr " Well, May, I only gave my promise tov ; to do the act once, but even now will jthe give it up if you say the word. I had co\ ; rather disappoint all the managers and coi be called a coward by all the rabble in np< ; the world, than cause your heart to beat flo< with fear, or to bring tears into your 1 eyes." tio: "No, no, Joe. Don't think I have sot lost confidence and pride in you. No, lap don't think of giving it up. I suppose hin 41 am foolishly nervous. But you will be to ] | careful, and not run any unnecessary soc risk ?" for " My own heart would have to be torn J out before anything should happen to sta our darling;" and he stooped, raised the act child, tossed her up, caught, kissed her, anc and hugged her to his bosom. the "But yourself, Joe ?" the "Oh, I'll lookout for number one." foil The conversation did not tend to ease anc his mind, and before dressing he went she out and held another conversation with can his particular attendant,and took another dre look into the performing cage. I j The animals were more quiet than od( j when he had seen them previously; the call ! lioness especially appeared in a playful enc mood, and with something of the load str< jf . lifted from his heart he returned, with her but little time remaining before he would his ie be called upon to prove his right to the ' 9, proud title of Lion Tamer. wh: 3- And every inch he looked one as he I stepped in view of the densely crowded be u ' assembly. Gorgeous in his new cos- to ii tume, and with a look of calmness and con h determination upon his face?looked, bio with his tall and sinewy form, fit to wei i- gx-apple with and overcome the fiercest leo] y boasts that ever prowled amid the juu- ma; gles of Asia and Africa, and made night " terrible with their roaring. 1 n A burst of applause?a perfect tem- woi pest of huzzas and clapping of hands? thii Ii greeted him as he swung his little girl, his dressed in silver tissue, and with the win u ' gossamer wings and tiara of sparkliug roll Is jewels around lier golden curls, that 1 ie represent the traditional fairy, upon liis but shoulders. While looking at his stal- woi p I wart proportions, the men thought what tior ;r a dangerous antagonist he would be, of e and the young mothers shuddered at so leoj >f beautiful a child being taken into a den a fi d : of savage animals. the >, With a graceful bow and the dignity and e of a Roman conqueror, the lion tamer ope strode through the circle, disappeared it b v behind the cage, and with such rapidity ree as to astonish the audience, stood withi,n drn t, . the compartment where the huge lion lloi ie l was lying and the agile leopards leaping cloi I j about, and had placed his child between A y i the, claws of the greater brute, and she fell i-; was playfully toyiug with its shaggy iusc us mane. ' ed i For a time he made the leopards leap ben id about him as kittens, jumping from 1 coruer to corner, resting upon his broad dea w shoulders, bounding lightly over the ex- ou= is tended whip. Then he gave his atten- and nt tion to the mother lion, opeued her iin- me: w mense jaws, placed his arm and thrust fro: id his head between them, raised his fairy- I u, like child upon its back, and made it ent if ! march around with her. Then he pre- mo ?" ; pared to throw the two cages into one. bet * Let Inez come out now." whispered his the attendant, uneasily. " You have he if, enough already to keep your promise, bio id 1 and the audience won't know the differle j ence." Lie j " No, I will go through. Mind what r id , I told you, and Have things ready in case , .J 311 there should be trouble, though I don't : Id 1 fancy any." Then he continued aloud, ,iei th and so as to be plainly heard by eveiyo::e: " Hand me the pail of blood." a o- A cold shiver, a supernatural awe apso peared to pass through the frame of all ^ id as the vessel, dripping with crimson ig drops, was given to him, and more than 6e; oe one asked themselves if the man was >r- mad to thus not only risk his own life, lis i bat that of his beautiful child. And T.e when he loosened and thrust as de the ,1S lv nnrtifcion. and the fierce lioness and ? >it sleek tiger came bounding in, their lfir ve breath was absolutely suspended, and !V1: ke , their hearts momeutarily ceased to ira beat. mo it1 "Down!" P*"' The tiger obeyed, and the foot of the a ' lion tamer was upon his neck. J ne j "Up!" ar< be j And the leopards were purring like ?U1 ut I great cats upon his shoulders, while the >r-1 lioness lay crouched with her tawny paws J5'11 ;s, i thrust through the bars and growling . an ! Beverely. ?ll! a' "For mercy's sake let her alone," of whispered his attendant, "and mind not 8n be kick over that pail. If the blood should ft8c ck be spilled, it would be all over with you 6*1 u- : both. All the men in the world couldn't ^ li- save you." , ed "Stand ready, but keep still. The ! brute shall mind." J ae His child was Bitting on the back of |r(j n- the lion, and smiling in that den of hor- :.n ag rors. Her confidence in her father was a j sublime?was a3 perfect as her love, a Qlia novel" flrooint nf fonr toVipti Iia tvus jil near to protect, and while the lookers>r, J on shuddered, she innocently deemed it en u pleasant pastime. or as " Down!" The leopards leaped to either corner "V, n- and crouched down. fl ve "Come I". ire The liouess grumblingly arose, crawl- J nd ed suddenly to his feet, rose and laid her P? he great claws upon his shoulder, making im him swerro with her weight, and raising ily her terrible head upon a level with his m- ov.n. Slowly and slowly they turned 81C is- round as if waltzing, the low mutterings as of the beast becoming more plainly audiud ble every moment, and her yellow, feline he eyes snapping with hidden fires. au nd * With an amazing exhibition of strength iss >se he wrestled with tripped and threw her in; he from him, and the canvas tent rang of again. But instantly she was upon her ta< nd feet, lashing her sides with her prehensile ce: lat tail, drawing back her lips so as to show ni: jr- her teeth, and uttering the deepest and be to- fiercest growls. lat -" For the love of mercy, hand out your gu 3Bt child, Joe," said his attendant. fir i "Wait a moment. 1 shall be done ey i is very quickly." si$ The crowning feat was yet to come, ari It was one upon which he had bestowed j to xl, much time and upon which he prided I m< ier himself?was a tableau of wild beasts, [ at I with manhood and childish beauty for | co: :en the central attraction. He stepped to the corner, led the mon- ! ig, ster lion forth into the center of the tio en cage, made him lie down, placed the nif I. little girl upon lnra, and stood astride, foi of Then a shrill wh'stle brought the cheetah in; I leopards bounding upon his shoulders Se of and standing up .with paws crossed yo above his head, and the black tiger erect on upon his left, and throttled with his gr of hund. Bat the lione?B failed to do his fu ite bidding and take her place upon }d? ' oft lit. She lay in the act of springing, 1 at but a little distance. ' Come." There was no movement and the -whip 3 raised and fell heavily upon her id. That was all that was needed to aken her latent ire, and with a roar e that given in her native forest, she ang -with almost resistless force rard him. A sharp, stinging blow on ) bridge of tbr. nose for a moment red her, and she might have been iquered, had she not partially fell on and upset the pail and deluged the >r of the cage in blood ! Then all became, the wildest commoa?the most terrible and savage mds. Every beast sprung down, ped the blood, and then turned upon a. Even the veteran lion appeared Forget the long years of training, and aething of his young forest life blazed th. Lmberly comprehended all in an innt, and the father triumphed over the or. He snatched up the now terrified 1 screaming child, sprang with her to i door, thrust her into the hands of watchful attendant, and would have owed, had not the lioness grappled I drawn him back, rending his mlders with her sjiarp claws, and tsing the blood to stream over his rich 8S. Ie was fightingagainBt most desperate 1" 44- knAlro/1 mfrt O AAWW flYlfl Alien Xii) uttvnvvi iui^/ ?* ?um led for his irons. Ono, red hot at the I, was handed to him, but at the first }ke the lioness sent it whirling, and sharp teeth almost met for a moment thigh. ' Hand me something sharp with ich I can brain the brute !" Everything upon which hands could laid was thrust to him, but he failed reach them, and the danger was beling more and more imminent. The od had been lapped up clean?all :e mad with desire, the tiger and the pards crouching upon him. Then the jesty of command asserted itself. 1 Come, Samson." ?he old lion came forward at the :ds, seemed to comprehend that some\g was wrong, thrust himself between master and his raging mate, and, 2n she turned upon him, sent her ing with a blow of his great paw. 'he lion tamer might have escaped; i bleeding, wounded as he was, he ild not retreat, and turned his attf n1 to separating the now tangled mass fighting animals. Picking up one pard after another, he drew them into irther corner of the cage, dragging tiger with the lioness clinging to it [ tearing its glossy hide, thither, toro in its paws by main strength, hurled >ack and shut the partition, turned, led to the door, fell upon it, and was gged through to safety, even with the l?irn no if. woe icaa uciuuu uim >? .? >ing. l few steps taken, and the lion tamer fainting by the side of his already jnsible wife, who lay with her affrightchild hugged closely to her scarcely >ting heart. ?lien the silence tlirt had been as ,th was broken by t> <s most tumultui Bhonts, and breath was drawn again, I half-fainting women and fear-palsied a felt as if a mountain had been lifted m their hearts. jame, torn and weak, the lion tamer ered the cage the next day before the st unprecedented crowd, it having in advertised that he would do so in bloody clothes, but never again could be tempted to take child or pail of od behind the bars. A Mistaken Diagnosis. Che other day, just as the sun had rly settled himself in the meridian ?.???? frw o r?AA/1 win IV U1JO UUU UACU UM iUL a i uu nru to the Pacific slope, a solitary footn wended his way up Mechanic street rard Center, in Galveston, Texas, tiile crossing one of the intersecting ects the traveler was noticed to stagr, but, regaining his equilibrium, he ived onward, all unconscious of the crest that was centering itself in hip lfare. He had hardly progressed the tance of half a block when he reeled, ggered and fell to the pavement. A ge and deeply interested concourse oi sious spectators soon gathered about 3 prostrate form of the unfortunate u, and with one accord tho multitude claimed his malady to be a clear case sunstroke. 1 solid wall of mortality was formed mud the spot where the victim of the a's fierce rays had fallen. Not o Jath of air could penetrate the ramrts thus constructed, and not a zephyi it floated over the head of that highly ified assembly deigned to cast a pityj glance upon the palid face of the Torpr "Rv-nnrl-hvA nf.ltpr? camfl fn :ertain the cause of the unexpected thering, and among them an old man tli a huge proboscis and powerfully veloped olfactory organs. He asked lat was the matter with the afflicted in, and was told that he was suffering >m sunstroke. He raised his nasal be to the proper elevation and Bcented 3 air and then said: " Gentlemen, you j mistaken in your diagnosis. This ng (touching his nose) has never deved me, and I make bold to assert it John Barleycorn is at the bottom oi s trouble. Whether it is a fresh case the continuation of an old spree, I am able to say; but that he is drunk ] 11 wager one of the prettiest sloope it ever glided over the waters oi nder bay against a pint of pickled ppers." An old tar who was present >ked up into the venerable visage of th? caker and said: " Governor, your head level yet," and then they moved the k man into the shade. Spectacles in the French Army. According to the Tempa the military tuonties of France have decided upon tiling an order sanctioning the wear5 of spectacles by the officers and xnec the French army. In Germany speckles have long been worn by both offirs and men in the ranks. It is recogzed as essential that an officer should able to see his men, and that these ;ter should be able to clearly distin lish the target at which they' have to e ; and therefore, unless spectacles 01 e-glassee are permitted, every short rhted man must lie excluded from tlit mv. Consequently by allowing a mat assist hiB defective vision by artificial Hins a large nnmber of men who an present necessarily rejected will beDie available for service in the ranks, Sammy's Suggestion.?This conversa in tniVb- iiIom TSr>f Inner nfrn f ??a -o" lid-servant and little Sammy, a Hart :d baby, four years old, who was visit ^ his grandmother in the country rvant?" Oh, Sammy, yon bud child u mustn't throw those cherry-stonei this nice new carpet; it will mnk< nudum mad." Sammy(contiiming hii a)?"Then muzzle her." (Maid goei ' into p. premonitory Bpaum). AN IDYL OF ICE-CREAM, I How the Girl Absorbed Countless Saucers and Bankrupted Her Bean. It was the wild midnight. The tame midnight was off watch and had gone to bed three hours before. A storm brooded over the eastern heavens. It wow a thoroughbred brood storm. HopI brewed, for it was coming from the i yeast. Hawkeye creek was rolling i tumultuously in its sandy bed. A lithe 1 form cowered at the garden gate. Many . a manly form hati been coward at just such gates, ever since summer nights and , gnats and beauty and love and June bugs were invented. " He does not come," she murmured, , softly, as she peered into the darkness. | ' I cannot see him. I will call him." ( She was wrong. If she couldn't see \ him, she certainly couldn't call him -with ( the same hand. A manly step came scraping down the Bidewalk. It was ] Desmond. ( She threw open the gate, and the next ( instant he clasped in his great, stroDg , orma ttronf.v-RPVAn vnrds of fonlflrd. | three yards of ruching, seven dozen i Breton buttons and a pompadour panier aa big as a doghouse. It was all bis j own. "All is lo8t,"bo exclaimed. " Oonstance de Belvidere, the Russians have . crossed the Balkans. We must fly." Constance was a noble girl. She only said: " Whither shall we fly ?" He wanted to fly to some lone desert ] isle, but she submitted an amendment providing that they should fly to the ice- ] cream saloon. 1 They flew. * In the crowded saloon, where the soft j light fell upon fair women and brave men, and the insects of a summer night fell in the ice-cream freezer. They spoke no word. } When two sentient human beings are j engulfing spoonfuls of cornstarch and I eggs and skim milk, language is a mockery. At length Desmond broke the tender < silence. He said: j " More, dearest ?" ( She Bmiled and bowed her lovely head, ( but did not speak. She was too full for , utterance. Desmond gloomily ordered more. And < more when that was gone. Anr1 a supple- ! J 1? At -1. J iL.l J mem to mat. auu uu uuuuuuu wj tuut, , And an exhibit to that. < Gloom eat enthroned upon his brow. ConBtance saw it. She said: " What is it, dearest ?" A dreadful suspicion stabbed her heart like a knife. "Desmond," slie said, "you are not tired of me, darling ?" "By Heaven, no," he said, and then ho looked (and thought) unutterable ] things. I Her brow lightened up with a ray of j celestial intelligence. , " I see," she said, tapping the empty ( plate with her spoon. "Too cold. ( Signed, 0. Morbus." , k He denied it bitterly, and bade her remain where she was while he settled with the man. She, guided by the unerring ins inct 1 of her sex, peeped through the curtains of the saloon. She saw her Desmond ' holding earnest discussion with the man. She saw the man shake his head reso- ] lutely in answer to Desmond's pleading looks and appealing gestures. She saw . him lock the door, take out the key, put it in his pocket and lean up against the ; door, one saw ner own i^esmonu araw from his own pockets and pile up on the counter a pearl-hnndie pocket-knife, six J nickels, four green postage-stamps, a watch-key, two lead pencils, a memoran- i dum-book, a theater ticket (of the variety denomination), a pocket comb, an ivory ( toothpick,a shirt-stud,one sleeve-button, a photograph of herself, a package of ; trix, two street-car checks, a card with a ' funny story on it,a silk handkerchief and - a pair of gloves. And then she knew 1 that Desmond wns a bankrupt, and when i the man swept the assets of the concern 1 i into a drawer and opened the door she i sobbed convulsively: " And it wast ( i mine extravagance which hath did this thing." They d'd not talk much on their way ' j home. Once she had asked him if he was ; rich, and he only said: i "Enormously." 1 j Such is fate.?Burlington Hawkeyc. i - ? I Down the Andes by Hand-Car. | A writer says: At Anchi, 12,000 feet . above the Pacific, the hand-car is loaded j with its ireicht of six adventurous sif?ht . seers, closely braced together. It is of the ordinary construction and appearance, 1 . and does not offer any temptations to a ' , pleasure excursion down the precipitous , and tortuous gorge of the Riraac, except 3 that it affords an unobstructed view of ] ' the shifting grandeur and terrors of the - route. As we descend in our rough i vehicle, at the rate of sixty miles an hour; ( | flying across aerial viaducts, or dashing through sepulchral tunnels; threatened, ] now, to be crushed between converging j mountain-walls, or precipitated from pen[ dulouB terraces, the foaming Rimac emu, lating the maddening speed; now glanc- ' . ing ba^k to take a last look at the glisten; ing pinnacles of the receding Andes; or, > straining eagerly forward, to catch the ( , first glimpse of the royal city of the plain < t ?nd the Ruining ocean. The magnificence 1 ; of the scenery and the magnitude of Mr. , Meiggs' achievement break upon us with j f fresh force, and not for any peril of the i [ way would we forego the exhilaration i ; and novelty of the trip. Far otherwise ] , was it with ore of the party, a stately [ commodore. He, who could face un- ( fli'nnliin/ylv o wlinln Krno/loi/lp nf mnrrlpr j ous miss ilea, sprang from the car after j j | ten miles over the wildest part of the J j I route," declaring that nothing would i | tempt him to repeat such a fool-hardy i ' I experiment. For the rest of us, the ex- J 1' citement and exhilaration of this mode ), '' of travel became so attractive that we I 1 i often went to Anchi for the sole purpose i , ' , of making the down trip. I A Blind Man's Love. j ) The Springfield (Mo.) Advertiser of a i i recent date has the following : Last i | Thursday the Rev. J. D. Biggs officiated r! at a wedding of romantic interest. For i a long time Mr. T. J. Hutchinson has ' < ?j loved Mrs. M. E. Hudson, both of this ! i: city, but he is totally blind, and for that j i I reason felt a delicacy in making his love 1 ;j known. About the origin of this love J ] - nothing can be said. It could not be ' i , called ''a love at first sight," but her |' ' voico was sweet and gentle, and its mild j i - echoes penetrated to the blind man's : < i heart, weighing him down with all the 11 -; desponding sadness of hopeless love. In i i - his grief he made a confidant of a lady ; 1 : i friend, who divulged the secret to Mrs. i , ! Hudson, and carried the glad tidings ! i 4 back to the melancholy lover that his I ! passion was returned. The joy he felt i s : cau never be told. The minor matters ] s i were soon arranged, aud the happv nup- j 1 I tiuls were celebrated m mentioned. 11 TURKISH TROOPS. The Zelbecke and Ecjpllana and the Dl ference between Them. A Constantinople correspondent give the following contrasting picture of tw bodies of troops belonging to the Turl ish army: The arrival of the Zeibecks is th latest terror. There are about 2,000 c these wild mountaineers now in the citj and the mere eight of them is sufflcier to frighten the peaceful citizens. Er listed in the hill country back of Smyrnf they were brought here by steamer, o the way up amusing themselves by takin charge of the vessel, and using on on another the numerous arms they wear t their waistbelts. I passed about twent of them?naturally on the opposite sid of the street. A wildly picturesque se of cut throats they were as ever livec Compared with them the stray Bash: Bazouk sinks into insignificance. O their head is a fez of the reddest coloi ibout twice the size of the fashionabl one, ornamented with tremendous tassel and swathed with a bright scarf o 3ilk. A heavy knotted fringe from thi 3carf drops down over evil countenance* giving one a glimpse now and then c x?al black eyes, as the owner therec 3hakes his head in a lionish way to catc a glimpse of the wonders of the sho; windows. On the body is a short zouav jacket, black or yellow, and undemeat is wrapped, in many tnrnB, a long wid 3ash, leaving the tawny neck and breae bare. The handles of numerous wea poi^s?flint-lock pistols, scimeters, re roiyers, yataghans ? protrude from bi<te belt, while a pair of black trouserE resfthing half way to the knee, complete thdcostume of these savages, who hav jftfcnged the trade of brigandage to thn of legitimate (?) warfare. Happily the; arfe to leave, after the presentation of Sag by the sultan, and the bestowal of blessing by the Sheik-al-Islam, to sa; nothing of several outrages committer in the neighborhood of their camp. In great oontraat to the Zeibeoks i blie Egyptian contingent which passe through the Bosphorus not long since an its way to the Black sea. I happen? bo e on board an American corvettothe Vandalia?when the nine steamer sontaining the troops passed betwee: Scutari and Pera. As the transport rounded Leander's tower, the sailor #er*Bcnt aloft in the cleanest of whit jujts, presenting a noted difference t tJMir TurKisn cousins, wno mvariaDi; ire clothed in piratical-looking jacket it dirty blue. Abreast of the imperis palace of Dolma-Baghtche the colors c Egypt were lowered in honor of th raltan, the regimental bands striking u the national anthem, while the battalion* in perfect military line, presented thei tiighly-burnished American arms. The the crews on the yard-arms gave a fierc burr ah for their "Padishah," whic would have done credit to America jailors, and the fleet passed on beyon the green hills of Candilli. Words of Wisdom. Too much gravity argues a shallomind. Joys are our wings, sorrows are on spxirs. The beams of joy are made hotter b reflection. There is in jealousy more of self-lo-v than of love. Joy?a moon by fits reflected in 3wamp or watery bog. Outward judgment often fails, inwar justice never. TIip nnlv real bitter tears are thof ahed in Bolitude. The surest remedy against scandal : to live it down. Frowns blight young children as frosll nights blight young plants. Everything, even piety, is dangeroti in a man without judgment He who can conceal his joys is great* than he who can conceal his griefs. Love often reillumes his extii juished flame at the torch of jealousy. The world is an excellent judge in gel eral, but a very bad one in particular. Gravity is a mysterious carriage of tl body invented to cover the defects of th mind. A man is a brute to be jealous of good woman?a fool to be jealous of worthless one. Friendship is the medicine for aH mis fortune; but ingratitude dries up tb fountain of all goodness. A good man will be doing good when 3oever he is. His trade is a compoun af charity and justice. The vices of the rich and great ai mistaken for errors, and those of tli poor and lowly for crimes. Through woe we are taught, to reflec ind we gather the honey of worldly wii lom not from flowers, but thorns. There is nothing that is meritoriou but virtue and friendship, and, indeed friendship itself is but a part of virtue. The current coin of life is plain soun sense. We drive a more substantial an thriving trade with that than aught elsi The moral courage that will fac Dbloqny in a good cause is a much rar< gift than the bodily valor that will coi front death in a bad one. Never seek to be entrusted with yov friend's secret; for no matter how faitl fully you may keep it, you may be liabl in a thousand contingencies to the sui picion of having betrayed it. We ought never to believe evil of an-j one till we are certain of it. We ougl not to say anything that is rude and dii pleasing even in a joke ; aud we ougl: never to carry jokes too fur. It iB a great misfortune to have a frei ful disposition. It takes the fragranc ant of one's life, and leaves only weed where a cheerful disposition woul cause flowers to bloom. The habit c fretting is one that grows rapidly unlet it be sternly repressed; and the best wa to overcome it is to try aftvays to look o the cheerful side of thiugs. Civil War. f On a certain occasion, when there wa i prospect, or at least a possibility, of ^ivil War in Great Britain, the Duko c Wellington addressed the house of peer is follows: " My lorils, I am one c those who have probably passed a longe period of life engaged in war than moe men, and principally, I may 6ay, in civi war. and I must say this: That if I coali nvoid, by any sacrifice whatever, eve; ane month of civil war in the conntr to which I am attached, I would sacrific my life in order to do it. I say tha there is nothing which destroys propert; ind prosperity and demoralizes characte to the degree that civil war does. By i tlm hand of man is raised against hi neighbor,against his brother and agains bin father?the servant betrays hie mai ter, and tho whole scene ends in confu lion and devastation THE HUMAN FEET. How to Preserve and Keep Them In Got Condition?Corns and their Care. 18 A pretty foot, says Goethe, is the or 0 element of beauty which defies the ai c" Baults of age. If properly cared for, remains as perfect at seventy as it w? ? aa seventeen. " ' To preserve the feet in a thorough] r? healthy and comfortable state the fin object of attention should be thoroug l" cleanliness. For this purpose the l> should be frequently soaked in -warm c 11 tepid water, good yellow soap bein 8 freely used to remove the dirt and pei e spiration which accumulate about then * This should be done, if possible, ever 7 day in summer, every other day i ? spring and autumn and twice a day i ? winter. The appropriate time for tl operation is at night, before retiring t l" reBt. About once a fortnight the nai] 11 or the toes snouia De inspected, wne each of them that requires it should t 6 pared with a sharp penknife to prever 8 them becoming inconveniently long c * growing into the flesh. Their propt s length is that of the toes, and the shap '? of their extremities that of the naturf ^ cnrve of the part. If they are allowe ^ to grow beyond the end of the toes the b are liable to be forced back and distorte P by the pressure of the boot or shoe an ? to grow into the flesh, while if they ai h shorter or much shorter than the toe 6 the extremities of the latter lose the: natural support. l" It is highly necessary to the preservi tion of health to keep the feet dry, an a to shelter them from cold and sudde '? changes of temperature. Persons wh 8 are exposed to the wet or cold shoul 6 therefore regard Bound and good bool and shoes as of the first importance. I y a livn-ipnin noiTit of view a. wet bac a should be less shunned than wet or col ft feet. We may trace one half of the coi F sumptions of this country to cold buc ^ denly applied to the feet, by which tl sensible exhalation is checked; and it: ? not sufficiently impressed upon the min ^ that when once the regular perspiratio |? from the feet is checked it is a matter < ^ the utmost difficulty to restore it. Tender feet generally arise from th 8 neglect .of cleanliness, the use of thi a cotton stockings, and boots and sho< s that are either too tight or stiff. Th B best treatment of tender feet is soakin 6 them nightly in tepid water, to which 0 handful of bran may be added. "Whe y the tenderness is extreme and persisten ? a little powdered bornx of sal-ammoni? ^ should be added to the water. In a '* cases woolen or worsted stockings, an e boots of French kid, or some equal! P soft kind of leather, should be worn. '? Corns?"clavi '?are horny induri x tions of the skin, with a central nuclei n very sensitive at the base, and occur c ? the exposed portions of the joints of tl k toes. The common cause of them jj continued pressure or friction on tl d nmWfirmR nf thfi bones from ticrht. stil I 4 w ? or ill-fitting boots" or shoes. The cur tive treatment of corns is very simpl; though often somewhat troublesome ar w tedious. After soaking them for son minutes in warm water, to soften then ir they should be pared with a sharp pel knife as close as possible, without can y ing them pain or making them bleei The pared surface of the con and particularly its central at upper portion, may then be touch* over with any substance capable a destroying the vitality of the indi rated cuticle, or at least the part d it next the snrfnce and thus causing it: a few days to separate. For this pu ,e pose caustics or corrosives are employe^ Of these the most convenient, and tl . one most in favor, is fused nitrate silver or lunrt caustic. The applicatic should be repeated eve 17 third or fourl 7 day, until a cure be effected ; soft, looi hIiops beincr. as fnr as possible, woi is during the -whole time. Another meth( of extirpating corns is the application !r a small blister. This will frequent raise them, with the skin, out of the beds, and permit of their complete r moval. The delicate exposed surfa must then be dressed with a little simp 1 ointment, spread on lint, and this mu be retained in its place by a slight ban e age formed of a strip of calico. ie , Arctic Birds. a a The closest attendant upon the wht ing vessels is the fulmar or mallemoke, im petrel nearly as large as a gull, ar ' properly denominated "the bird of tl 1 storm," for it seems to flit about on tl crested waves of a storm as easily as duck upon a pond. It follows the wha d er for such portions of blubber as it mi get hold of, and this impregnates 1 e body with oil to such an extent that te even usesvit as a weapon of defense; at when captured, squirts it out in a jet t pure oily liquid over the person who c tempts to handle it. When shot, to if it falls into the sea, a partial cal arises from the oil which pou I from its mouth. The capture of wha ' always attracts a vast multitude of fr mars, who afford an endless fund d amusement by their greedy fights ov " the largest piece of blubber. T1 3* right to these is disputed with them 1 se the gull, the kittiwake, and the sno^ ?r bird, in which the glaucous gull is l- once the most powerful and rapaciou on account of which qualities it o ir tained the name of the burgomast i- from the Dutch, that being the a nan ,e of their chief magistrate, whose a j. thority no one dares to dispute. I does not take the trouble to search f< fnnd for himself, but hovers in the a I I until lie flees some smaller bird in po 3_ j session of some choice morsel which ft] lt | pears unusually iuvitiug to him, tiIh i ho at once descends and asserts h I right to the prize. ' mm ie i [8 The Judge's Questions. d j A laughable story is related of Dui : ning, an English judge. It is said < 18 him frequently, in the examination i 7! witnesses, ho often displayed gre n coarseness, and drew upon himself tl i animadversion of his brethren. On 01 j occasion, wishing to establish the idenl ! ty of the party through the instrumei s | tality of an unsophisticated old woma a (occupying the witness stand), the fc ?f ' lowing highly amusing colloquy is sai s ! to have taken place between Dunnin if i and the old woman: r Dunning?Was he a tall man'{ it1 Witness?Not very tall, your honoril i much about the-size of your worship :l! honor. a ; Dunning?Was he good looking ? 71 Witness?Quite the contrary?muc n i liltfi vnnr honor, but with a handsom< "1 ? " ' ,t ; 1080. y Dunning?Did lie squint ? r Witness?A little, yo:ir worship, bi t! ot so nmeh n.s your honor, by a grei h ; ileal! t replies produced u roar of laugl 1 ter in Hit' court, in which J.ord Man: - , field (who was sittiug ou the bench) i aid to have joined. MARK TWAIN'S LATEST JOKE. id How He Organized a Wedding In tbe House j and Persuaded the Young Man. te The Hartford (Conn.) correspondent ^ s- of the Boston Herald sayB: A good it story about M^rk Twain is just begin- . is ning to leak out here. Some time ago 1 he went on a visit to Elmira, N. Y., i y leaving Ms qnaint house among the trees jt on Farmington avenue in charge of his f h servants. Nearly two weeks ago an item j y was published in the Hartford daily e >r papers chronicling an ineffectual attempt g to rob the humorist's residence. The ^ r- story was that a man presented himself j ]. at the door one day, saying that he had g y been sent by the gas company to inspect n the meter and pipes. The servant, who j n had not the slightest suspicion, allowed ie the stranger to enter and do as he pleased, o When he supposed no one was watching 1 Is his movements, he hid himself away in a n dark corner (of which there are many 1 ie in the odd chalet), and waited for dark- J it ness. But the girl, who had watched 1 his mnvfimpnts. went and nrocured as sr Bistance, and had the intruder 11 ie " bounced " without ceremony. When f il Mr. Clemens heard the story in Elmira, i d he thought he smelled a very large rat, ( y and hastened to Hartford with the purd pose of ferreting it ont. His theory -was > d that one of the servant girls must have t e had a beau, who was admitted to the i >8 house at unusual hours, and that, being ( ir caught in the act, this means of concealing the real truth of the case was { i- adopted.' With all the sagacity of an ex- f d journalist he followed his clue, but could ( n not establish the theory he had formed. ( o But while pursuing his investigation d he learned that bne of the girls, who had ts been a member of his family a long time, j h was really guilty of having a male ad- 1 k mirer, who occasionally shared the hos- 1 d pitality of the house, unknown to the J ' - oi- i m I l- proprietor, one was u uujluui jlu^uou 1- girl, with a handsome form and a bright, t ie cheerful face. Faithful in the perform- 1 is ance of her duties, and always solicitous d for the best interests of the family, she n had made herself almost invaluable to )f the household. The high esteem in which Mr. Clemens had always held, her te no doubt influenced his course. He was n sorry to part with the girl who had ib served him well, but, seeing no other ie alternative, quickly matured a plan that g should "let her down easy." After a a long hunt he succeeded in discovering n the young fellow's name. When that t, was gained Mr. Clemens went down tc town and procured a marriage c rtificate. 11 Returning he stopped at the residence d of the Rev. Mr. Twitcheir, pastor of the y Asylum street church, and took him into his carriage. Arrived home, the first i- thing done was to send for the young is man, who soon appeared, somewhat in frightened at the summons. From his i ie dress and general appearance of decay it is was evident that his circumstances were le not those of violent prosperity. When T, he was brought iD Mark braced up and a- tried to look dignified. This was about y, the dialogue that ensued: id Mark?So, young man, you have been le in the habit of making a hotel of my a, house?-with all the modern improvea ments. [Silence unbroken by the young s- man]. Well, as yon don't offer any ob3. jections, we'll take that part of the matq, ter for granted. If your offense had id stopped at that point it would have been 5d all right. I am always glad to entertain of company?yee, if you had mentioned it a- I would have had the house refurnished of for you. All that, and more, I would in have done gladly for a guest. But when r- you [dignity and pathos]?when you d. alienate the affections of Maria Jane, le when you descend upon this peaceful of fold with base designs?like a wolf in m sheep's clothing, as it were?that I canth not forgive. se Y. tyL, (with humility) if you please, rn sir, I ain't got no sneep's ciotmng. xJ Mark (examining tho fabric of the of young man's coat)?Ah, I perceive my ly error; it is cotton not wool. However, ir I was speaking metaphorically. As I e- intimated before, I cannot endure the ce thought of having my house, which, unle til your fell presence, had been the abode st of innocence, turned into a kennel of d- wrong-doing. When you sought that end, you not only wounded me mortally, but you aroused my wrath; and, young man, when I'm mad, I'm a bad crowd. In the first throes of my passion, I was , tl- doubtful whether to have you arrested a for murder in the first degree, or? "*] id At this point the young man showed ie symptoms of terror. "Vut," continued j ie Mark, " it suddenly occ nred to me that , a a certain Pennsylvania ju ?je?Joe Brad- , >1- ley, I beliove?once ruled that in case of *y arson, the fellow must marry the girl; ts and so I conclude you must answer to it the crime of arson; in other words you id must get hitched to Maria Jane." of Apparently, Mark's victim was reit | lieve'd, but he was still doubtful. Ho o, said: "If you please, sir, I'd be giaa m to marry Maria, but I couldn't support rs her. I ain't got no money, and I can't le get no work. I mean to marry her some il- time, s'r; honest and true I do. of Mark?That's altogether too thin, er young man. You marry Maria right here ie and now, or up you go for arson, jy Y. M.?Well, sir, if it comes to that, of w- course I'll marry her. at Mark?That's the kind of talk I like, is, Here Twitchell! Maria Jane! Come b- here! er And the two people named, followed ie by the other servant, entered the room; ii- the marriage ceremony was performed, le J and Mark and the second girl signed the ?r certificate as witnesses. After that Mark ir paid the minister, gave the couple $200 s- in cash, and sent them adrift witK an P- injunction?which, by the way, he ascribed to Hoyle?to "go and sin no j i? j more. A Bear Repulses an Alligator. A party of six gentlemen were taking a i q. | sail up McGirt's creek, Florida, recently. . Df i While proceeding np the stream their | 0f : attention was arrested by the spectacle of ! at a black animal, which they took to be a ie j hog, swimming from one bank to another. ie j Suddenly the serrated back of an alliga;i_' tor, who doubtless considered himself in-1: a. I suited by the invasion of his domain, was j IU ' seen cleaving the water in the direction | j. of the intruder. As his ponderous jaws id were about to close upon the victim, j ( ? bruin raised one of his massive paws and j, ! bestowed a hearty twack upon the skull *: i of the assurian, which caused him to dis-1J _ i appear beneath the surface. He soon j ] >g j emerged again, but the near approach ; of the boat prevented a renewal of the j; i contest. The party were, unfortunately, j ]t | unprovided with weapons of any depcrip- ', ;1. j tion. One of them, seizing a plank lying j ] j in tiie Doat, Schick me uear several diows, , ] ! ami another broke an oar over his head, j ; but failed to prevent his reaching the !, ! bank, up which he scrambled more 1 , ! frightened than injured. He was well , ; grown, weighing probably '2ri0 pounds. ! ( is A novel may be very old, and y*fc what ; i in old cannot b? novel; i 1 Items or interest. Never use a gold snuff-box. Gold is / lot to be sneezed at. When are eyes not eyes ? When the find makes them water. The average annual value of imports nto Turkey is $100,000,000; exports, ibout 850,000,000. *' I go through my work," ae thb needJe laid to the idle boy. "But not until rou are hard pushed," as the idle boy laid to the needle. Thinness is an unpardonable fault in Turkiah women, and is considered as food a ground for divorce as snoring or jrinding the teeth in sleep. "The worm will turn." Qnite s6; > . )ut the Italian organ grinders are not iware of it, or assuredly they would impress him into their service. wfire 25.527 dozens of fpgs. >1,488 pounds of butter, 25,350 birds ind 10,220 boxes of berries consumed in i Chicago hotel in one seaaon. , . + Tliere are at least eight smart young adies in Macon, Ga. They gmduated in , jowns of their own make, and then put, nto type their "compositions" for publi- , sation.: . m The dies for an experimental ?;o|d^oint vorth $50, are nearly complete^ and are., laid to be of exquisite workman ship, endering counterfeiting a matter ot the jreatest difficulty. If the czar, just wishes fa'perfectly' mnhilate the Turks, he should' arm his; toldiers with firearms "supposed fa te 3mpty." They do mdre damage noiKa-1 iays than any other weapon. ' Vt Kimortivl nf mftnv vounfl'men low-a-dajs that they shov a decked (termination to stand by th e - <hnrchee?^' particularly at the hoar when' fchegirla i ire coming out to be escorted'home. v . In "his reply to th& congratulatory i elegram of the governor-general of iloscow, the Emperor Alexander eati-, nates the loss in crossing the Danube lear Simnitch at 150 lulled and 700 poundecL TUUliUW . ... , , p f. To avoid sea sickness carry, * piece of laltpork with you on the vessel; tako lie pork to your stateroom and place it' ji a tinnbler half full of water. Then, > ust before the ship starts go back to the. ^ iplxarf and hurry home. * *? " Would you believe," said a thriftless poung man to a friend, " that I had s fortune in my grasp tlie other evening?" " How so ?" asked the friend. '.[I shook sands with a girl whose fingers were jovered with diamonds." nnnvmnno lontrfli ftM - JCJLUUB. UUttlO U1 gut/imuuu ? now fashionable in London. " The Dther day," says a writer in the London World, "I saw a faultlessly dressed young man nearly dislocate his backbone trying to reach his coat tail'pocket Manv a sweet girl, with tender, loving eyes, has wept away the moments of love's voung dream, while the young man who was to tell her about it is pleading with the livery-stable man, trying to hire four dollars'worth of horse and buggy for a dollar and a half. '" When the weather is wet, We must not fret; When the weather is dry, We.must not cry: trri 11 iV... vtuuii tuu iroamoi uj w We mast not soold; When the weather is warm, , We most not stonn? But be thankful together, : Whatever the weather." '' - - v W. Delavan, a deaf mute, died ia Sao Francisco the other evening. He wm about thirty-five yoars of age, and had been deaf and dumb since he.jw ,a child. A few hours before his death.his power of speech was rnstored? and he was enabled to converse audibly with tiose about biin. " " *x . ./) v'i *- lZ0 vifi ** French artificial flowers are now made so closely to resemble genuino blossoms that it is difficult, save by a close inspection, to detect the imitation. In order to render the counterfeit still more complete, an inventor has devised ;& flower which can be worn either as a bud or blossom, and can be folded or expanded as desired, so that it mimics th?t.natural blooming of flowers. . _ ii"/, . A valuable cow, belonging to a.gentleman of West Sutton, Mass.,,ya8 tajcen with hvdrophobia a few days ago. She bellowed and struggled in gr^at agony during the spasms, became loose from the stanchions, broke off one of ber horns, and became so dangerous-it was qccessary to shoot her. The cow was bitten in tho jaw by a dog, while being driven from the -pasture with others, about two weeks ago. . v 4, = In Thomasville, Ga., a man who; had ^ been suffering with a cancer in tthe mouth, and had been pronounced incurable by his physician, became much depressed, and determined upon suicide. fie went about his self-destruction in a very methodical and business-like manner. All his creditors were conferred with, and all paid up, even those to whom the amounts were not due. He proceeded leisurely and deliberately, to set his house in order preparatory .to taking the fatal step. He even made his own coffin. After completing all necessary arrangements he cooly cut his throat The daughter of Sir Salar Jung was lately married, and the Friend of India says that a faint idea of the number of mep of mark who attended the preliminary ceremonies may be gathered from the fact that an eye-witness counted more than 100 elephunts as they knelt before the bridegroom's palace gato, within the interval of an hour, to allow their masters to dismount. The final presents?superb jewels had been already given?of Sir Salnr were much admired, they consisted of an Arab horse, an elephant, a palanquin, and a state carriage, magnificently appointed in Oriental style System. Whatever yon do have System about it. It is the greatest labor-saving machine in the world, and the cheapest, but it is not the easiest governed. Itrequires reason and management to control and exercise it Yet, wherever it has been introduced, this great labor-saving machine has been a success, demonstrating to the world that it hus saved its operator unnecessary manual labor, a multitude of perplexities, kept his workshop in order, and enabled him to perAAwnAfW tnnra \\xr. far f.KlUl % in IUI LU V/V?i A tiV/UAj UAV*W its absence would Lave been possible. It Las many a time kept its possessor from exasperating entanglements; it bns saved him time and trouble; it has kept liis business rectified "while others have Ix^en confused. System! It has ever ber i a victor in war, it is the powerful ?capter that the true statesman and the political economist sway iu govcrmcut, ind it lias been and still is the commonast steppMifr-ntonf to mdrotlriftl fortunes. ETuve in your manapvmeut, and jnm will Huil evcutunlly it wUl outwiigh Llie physical (ot-rm t*i energy without It)