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. THE POET'S FAITH.
Sly God is good, and will not leave mo,
"When I die:
His love, I know, will not deceive me>
With cruel doubts He will not grieve 1110,
When on death's t>ed I lie.
My God has done too much for ma
For death to end
In gloomy night uj>on the shore,
The hojx? he gives foravermore
To foe and friend.
Soft flcat? mv soul on lakes of light.
In sp rit land,
Beyond the s-hadow and the blight,
Beyond the i each of human sight.
By angels fann'd.
Who makes my spirit all <levout ?
Who ben Is my knee.'
Who dwells within an I guards without,
And saves my soul from wayward doubt
By all I see?
The mountain's no J, the vale's embrace.
The vault above!
The soul which tills the boundless spac?,
.-ilia yieius me inuu^ui, juiu wjiro 6.?w,
In God's sweet love.
Pure in spirit, if nnn will pray.
And look to God,
The heart of conscience will be gay.
And reason's s.-ept.-r hold its sway
With uent.'e ro 1.
In faith and love all coo 1 is given.
For naught to sever:
While holy prayer's fie skeptic's leaven,
The scul's the lightning-ro I of heaven,
Immortal ever.
?Hurjh Fitrrnr McDennolt.
IN AFTER DAYS.
In after days, when grasses high
O'ertop the tomb win r * I sliall lie.
Though well or ill the world adjust
My slender claim to houorid dust,
I shall not qui s'ion nor reply.
i snon n t so u?r m> > n6
I shall net lit ar the night-wind sigh,
I shall be mute, as all men must.
In aft r days !
And yet. now living, fain weri I
That s m? one then should tis'ify.
Saying?He held h's pen in trust
To Art, not serving shime or lust.
Will none?. .Then let my memory die
In after days !
?Austin Dobson, in Centur .
THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
AN EXPRESS MESSENGER'S ADVENTURE.
I always knew I served the company
in a dangerous capacity, but I bad been
an express messenger for so many years
that I thought little or nothing of the
risks I ran. My route was through a
rouph region, too, after I was changed
from the Central Pacific to the Southern
Pacific road; a region but half-settled
and civilized, where Indians and ruffians
were as plentiful as Chinamen in 'Frisco.
My "run'' was a long one. through a
new country, where railroad stations
were often one hundred m?les apart; and
the loveliness of the scenery, combined
with solitary confinement in an express
car, which looked more like a cell than
anything else, made four days of every
week hang heavy on my hands, thouerhl
was often kept busy for hours at a time.
I generally had a mixed assortment of
express matter, with plenty of gold and
silver'in bricks and specie; and occasionally,
not much to my liking, a coffin
or two going eastward, each inclosing a
dead body. I would not mention this,
but it is necessary, as w.'ll be seen
further on.
I left Los Angeles every Monday
morning at 9:50, and from that time un
til the following Thursday 1 am not
leave my express car. having to go to
El Paso and return for my week's work,
a distance of nearly fifteen hundred
miles!
This may seem a long "run," and so
it was; but as the stations were few
across the southern pert of Arizona and
New Mexico, I had opportunities to take
my much needed rest, which 1 did after
I became accustomed to the situation.
. I was always glad to get back to Los
Angeles, however, for traveling ninetysix
nours without any change is extremely
tedioils, even in a drawing-room car.
Imagine the contrast between riding
that way and riding in a heavily-loaded
express car, with two small barred win.?
dows to look out of, and a hard bunk in
one corner to sleep on, and you may form
some idea of the monotony of my trip.
The miles passed slowly after I had
assorted and billed the expressage; my
pipe was kept bufning: and the constant
roar and rumble of the train sounded
during the day, and lulled me to sleep
at night,when the windows were securely
fastened, the lamps lighted, and several
rifle- and revolvers hung around in case
of an emergency.
I ran as express messenger several
years without being in- a railroad accident,
or having the train stopped by
robbers. Some of my brother messengers
met with adventures on nearly
? every trip, but for a long time I
win unmolested. until I beiran to dis
regard the danger altogether. During
that time I became accustomed to
every phase of my situation, and although
try lonely life gave me a very
silent and tachurn habit, 1 enjoyed my
two days at Los Angeles, or at Santa
Monica, sea-bathing, as much as my more
fortunate friends, who ran north over the
Tchochapi pass, and were at home every
night, enjoyed their rests.
Train robberies had lately been frequent,
and while I did not expect to be
* attacked, I learned to be on the lookout.
I had a set of signals with the bell rope
to let the trainmen know when I was in
I danger. Robberies were often made
while the trains were in motion, and the
* express messengers were either bound
ji hand and foot, or killed, the robbers
I being desperate men who hesitated at
nothing.
Occasionally, however, I did relax my
, vigilance, and slept as soucdly as at the
hotel where I boarded. Finally my turn
came.
The train arrived at Tucson one night
nearly an hour late. There was a great
deal of express matter to exchange, and
for fifteen minutes I tvas kept busy loading
and unloading bundles and boxes.
The passengers walked up and down the
platform to stretch their legs; the engine's
safety-valve hummed with escaping
steam, and the long train of cars,
reaching the full length of the platform,
presented a picture of bustle and activity.
When the last bundle was piled away,
I had a chance to talk a few minutes with
the expressman: then the train started,,
and I closed the door, locked it,and turned
ta the boxes and packages that were
scattered around. The first thing that
attracted my attention was a long pine
box.
I had not noticed it wben it
was loaded, and thinking it
was a queer time for a funeral to
start East, I examined the address. It
was consigned to New Orleans. I entered
it on the book with the other express,
and for an hour or more, wnile
sorting over the packages, I took no notice
of my silent companion.
It was a common thing to have one or
two funerals the whole length of the trip
eastward, and I thought of this as I
thought of others: "Some poor fellow
who left a pleasant home to come here in
search of a fortune, only to die on the
alkali plains, without a friend."
And after I had shoved the box against
the side of the car, I opened a bundle of
newspapers and selected one to read. It
was not very late, and tilting my chair
?- against the side of the car beneath a
lamp, I was soon interested in the news
of the day.
How Ion 4 I was in that position I do
not know, but unconsciously I fell into a
light sleep when I had finished reading
the paper. I awoke wiih a feeling of
dread and fascination in complete possession
of me. I did not move: I could
% not. Something held me almost breathless,
and several minutes passed before I
could open mv eyes. When I did, my
heart gave a quick throb!
The top of the pine box was partly
raised, and the features of a man. shaded
from the dim light, were rcvealea to my
acute senses!
Vtron tVion tlimirrVi rrrfutlv ?tnrtlf>fl T
did not make a motion, and my eyes
were all but closed. Peering from the
corner of one eye, I tried to make out
his features, but saw nothing beyond the
brutal eyes aud half-savage mouth. In
an instant it flashed across me that he
was a train robber?
He was evidently waiting to see if I
was fast asleep, and he did not move
during several minutes, keeping his e)es
fastened on me with the steadiness of an
animal.
I scarcely breathed.
The rifles and revolvers were on the
opposite side of the car. If 1 attempted
to get them, he would shoot before I
made two steps. With my blood tingling
and my ears strained, I waited expectantly
for him to move, resolving to
wait for a favorable opportunity to spring
on him.
* Probably there were a dozen more of
wyoHwI....
his associates in the passenger-cars, and
as soon as lie had secured his prize they
would be notified, and the passengers,
robbed. There was enough gold and
silver in bricks in mv car to- make one
man independently rich. The small safe
was full of specie, amounting to one
hundred thousand dollars' worth.
With the thought of my responsibility
came a feeling of resolution. I must do
something without hesitation.
The dark eyes glared at me, but the
robber never changed his position. I
could read the meaning of their cold
glitter, aud I must act if I saved my life.
1 pretended to awaken, by making two
nr mnvpmonts with mv hands, and
to my intense relief the cover of the pine
box quickly and quietly dropped to it?
place. Without making any hurried
motions, I rubbed my eyes, piped once
or twice, and slowly rose to my feet
"Well, well," I said, aloud, "I've been
asleep."
Then I proceeded to rummage around
the car as if nothing had happened, but
my nerves were not relaxed an instant
Before they had gone live miles farther 1
had some nails in my pocket, and a careless
glance showed me a hole in the side
of the box through which the robber waf
undoubtedly watching every movement
I made.
I did not go near the revolvers or rifles.
I It would have taken but a second foi
him to have raised the lid and shot nn\
and I knew he would do so if I aj>
proached them. Instead of that I carelessly
assorted a pile of express maitei
near the box, with a view to what I was
about to do.
I was terribly excited, though I tried
to appear cool. When I was all ready,
I threw several heavy packages on the
lid, sat down on the box. and hastMj
nailed down the lid. I heard a noise
within, and felt a pressure as my prisonei
endeavored to raise the lid. The weigh!
was too great, and I soon had all the nails
driven in to hold him fast. lie was
secured, but to make sure of him I surrounded
the box with heavy bundles,
and piled upon it the heaviest boxes the
car contained.
I sat down for a minute to recover myself;
then taking down a rifle, I cocked
it loud enough for him to hear.
"How many more are there aboard the
train?*' I asked, placing my mouth to s
crack between the bricks.
In reply I heard a muffled sound resembling
a curse, and as all the holes
through which he might shoot were covered
"with gold and silver, I put my
mouth nearer and asked the question
again.
I received no reply, and going to the
pnrl of the car. I auicily opened the dooi
leading to the platform. The night ail
rushed in. and the noise of the train came
with it. making a din in my ears. Wc
were runuing at a high rate of speed
around the hills that abound in that
region.
I stepped to the platform of the next
car. It was a smoking-car. The trainrobbers
were already at work. Two men,
in the forward end. within five feet ol
me, commanded a view of every passenger
with their lcve' ed revolvers, and two
more were going down the aisle for the
valuables.
It was a terrible moment to me. I felt
a keen sympathy for the passengers,
whose terror-stricken faces I could see in
the dim light from the lamps, but I wa?
helpless; doubtless a similar scene was
being enacted in the other passenger and
sleeping-cars.
I was hot and cold by turns. I watched
the villains going coolly on with their
unrk until I bc?ran to think of my own
safety. Charley Slate, a brakeman, was
bound hand anil foot to the forward seat;
in a few minutes they would finish their
daring work and come to my car. I did
not doubt that the fellow I had imprisoned
in the piue box was an accomplice,
and if they should find the door of the
express-car locked, they would break it
open to see what had become of him, and
kill me if I resisted.
This would enable them to take possession
of the money. bullion and valuable
packages and escape. I knew they
would not kill any one if he did not resist
; and inside of live minutes they would
demand an entrance to my car.
Already the two robbers had nearly
reached the farther end of the smokingcar;
thousands of dollars were in my care;
I must save it.
Without any more hesitation I stepped
to the platform of my car, grasped the
lever that operated the Miller coupling,
and, with a quick, strong pull, separated
the two draw-heads. I was not a moment
too soon. Before the engine and
express-car had shot two hundred feet
ahead of the train, the door of the smoking-car
opened and the robbers stepped
out. i heard their cry of rage, saw the
flashes of their revolvers, and felt the bullets
strike the woodwork behind me.
Hurrying forward 1 told the engineer
what 1 had done. ~
He heartily approved of my action, and
his words reassured me. I had taken a
desperate course, but 1 had saved a great
deal of valuable property.
"We hurried on through the darkness,
and soon reached the next station. from
which the news was telegraphed to
the company's offices in San Francisco
J rr. Ul iU? r.;?? Kr>v
anu 1 UCSUll. lilt- luyui-i lu IUC Jfiuv
was then secured, but relused to say a
word, and with a gang of trackmen,
we returned to where we had left the
train. The robbers had departed, takin?
everything valuable with them, and the
passengers hailed us with shouts of joy
and sighs of relief.?Youth'* Companion.
lVhittlings.
Some men are born fools but most fools
are made to order.
Everyone praises a success, and most
people think they can plan one.
If the greatest man who has overlived,
should tell the truth, he would tell you,
that how he came to be so great is a
wonder great to him.
It is oltener the case, that what a man
forgets educates him more than what he
remembers.
It does not require great tact to write
a long letter, but to write a good postscript
to it. does.
Patience is half-brother to laziness.
Whenever a man is anxious to confide
a secre-i to you, you can rest assured that
he has confided it to a dozen other people
before.
The man who has a good deal to say,
always says it in a few words.
There is 110 flattery so pure, and so
powerful, as to listen attentively to
others.
How are you to find out what kind of
a man your neighbor is, when he cannot
even te'l you himself.
Critics and authors are a distinct class.
There is a dozen good au-'hors to one good
critic.
A man is poor, just in proportiou a3he
warts what lie not got, and cannot get.
This world was rot made for any one
in particular, and I feel sorry for those
who think so. They will discover their
mistake some cloudy day.
My friend, when your relations all
think you ure a fool, your success is almost
assured.
Destroy the looking-glass and you
would put civilization back at least two
thousand years.
Don't forget, my snobbish friend, that
you have got to d>e just the same as the
rest of us,- and you cannot bury yourself
either.
Next to a snow-storm, for a decided
nuisance, comes a holiday, in a great
city.
When a man does drop out of sight in
a great city, you not only never hear from
him again, but you cannot even find the
hole lie fell through.
It is the strongest possible argument
for our immortality that nine out of
every ten human beings believe in it.
Politeness lias no creed.
About half we know, we guess at, and
the other half, somebody lias guessed at
for us.
A man of a great deal of character
cannot hide it. lie will betray it even
when he sneezes.
v iww, ~
XjVUi v lilUUt'I lli*? cl LUI/ iUUIIVl tvy J I.
Our characters we make, our reputations
are often made for us.
It is no disgrace to be bit by a dog thu
first time, but the second time it is.
Very intelligent people carry a large
share of their brains in their faces.
There is no slavery like idleness; there
is no burden like it. Every pound of it
weighs twenty ounces.
A man is young just in proportion as
he feels so; a woman, just in proportion
as she looks so.
There is not to-day a score of first-rate
critics living.?Zcke FairchUd, in the Manhattan.
Steel belting is, according to report,
now being made in Germany. The belts
are .made exclusively of steel wire, and
are so constructed that they are flexible,
easily listened, and may be tightened
at pleasure. The pulley upon which
the belting runs must be covered with
leather or other suitable material for securing
the necessary amount of adhesion.
The belting is well adapted for heavy
work, it is claimed, and is not affected
by dampness or a change of temperature,
as is leather.
FOR THE LOVERS OF FDN.
STORIES THAT WILL RAISE A LAUGH ,
AMOHQ OUR READERS. f
1
Cauve and Effect?'The Kind of ITIiiki- n
cian?AChincitc Failure?Tlic Ten- C
dencici of the Timet*?Oucu?cd It*
Gloomy and taciturn barber, sadly re- g
garding the skull of loquacious subject? j
"Hair's coming out, sir; falling out very s
badly, sir.-' j
Light minded and loquacious subject,
very frivolously?'-Yes; I was afraid it j
would. You put something on it last j
week for a dollar you said would bring it
out." " I
(.5 loom v and taciturn barber relapses '
. 1 ,1 mur.
' lllto Ulgllllll-ll Mltuui , UIIU |>I >/?> 1 I
locts to suggest sea foam or tonic only |
1 five cents extra.?B'lrliinjtoii Jluickci/e.
The Kind of .Hu?ician> i
"I'm thinking of making a musician !
| of that hoy of mine, Yeast,'' said C'rim'
sonheak to his neighbor, who had
had young Johnny Crimsonbeak in his
employ as an office boy for a week.
I would if I were you," was the caus;
tic reply of Yeast.
' "Weil, Yeast, your judgment is worth
' something, what kind of a musician i
would you advise me to make of him V
said the jolly Crimson beak, highly
pleased :'t the contemplation.
"Well, Crimsonbeak, to tell you the .
exact Iruih your boy has got a powerful j
\ sight of wind and I have no doubt, i
should his mouih hoM out. that he will
1 make one of the best whistlers in the
^ county!"?Stntc*tnnn.
Didn't Like That Kind. j ]
A merchant traveler was put in a bed
, with a stringer at a crowded hotel. Dur!
ing the ni<jht he becnmc very restless '
and waked up his bed-fellow by kicking 1
. him clear out of bed. 1
5 Tliunderaiion !'" veiled the victim, <
"what do you mean by that sort of treat- i
ment?" 1
, "(?h?ah?beg pardon," said the 1
traveler, rubbing open his eves and gaz- I
ing at the mau on the iloor, "I was ]
[ dreaming."
"Dreaming, was you? Well, it's all I
. right. Mistei. but if it's all the same to (
L you, I'd ju?-t as lief you wouldn't keep ]
your, dreams loaded."?Merchant-True- I
eler. <
A Cliincne Failure. 1
>\ nen a naove or crruna doing business
1 goes to the wu'l. a mandarin investigates
his affairs, and ihe result is usually about
1 as fo'lows:
"I lind that your household expenses *
have been eight cents per day." j
1 "Alas! oh mighty mandarin, I have an
' extravagant family."'
'Your rent has been sixty cents per
month. How dare vou to incur such j
expense ou your small capital?"
"I was in hopes times would improve." I
' And I find among your items of ex- ,
pense such things as opera tickets, oysters
for Sunday, and smoking tobacco J
for your grandmother. No wonder you
1 have o shut up shop and cause your y
creditors to mourn."
"Oh, mighty mandarin, show mercy to
an honest but unfortunate man.''
"Call yourself honest when you with- ,
! draw seventy cents of your capital to (
1 buy your wife a party dress? Come to *
1 the temple of justice."
At the temple the creditors divide up
! the asset*, and each one is then privileged
to use a whip on the debtor's bare .
back uniil lie th'nks he has got 100 cents j
on the dollar. ? Wal Street Nctrx.
Tho Tendencies of the Tlinen.
"Gem'len," said Brother Gardner, as the
triangle sounded, "ebcry day o' my life
I h'ar compla'nis about our pollytics, our
! religun, ourskules, our society, ouramusements,
an' our system of gov'mcnt. Sun. (
thin' muse be wrong wid our hull system '
of existence. What am it? Dat am the
questiou I propose to have discussed heah *
to-night in all its bearins", and lax Mr.
Wavdown Beebe to take the iloah and '
lead off." j
' We arc runn'u' away wid de kentrv," .
said the solemn voice of Waydown Bebee,
I on l?ic nomn vvnu onllorl 'Wf> nm liliin'
"" - ? ? " - I (
too fast. Twenty years airo I was satisfied 1 s
with a two-roomed cabin au; a dollar a '
day. Now I has to have a two-story house
and twelvesh'l'ingsa day. Wives who used j
to gobarfut six days a week to save deir (
shoes for the seventh, now wear butes I j
to mop in. De pusson wlio airns $10 a j
week inns' Jib jist as good as the one | j
who airns ?20. Twenty y'ars ago do
woman wid a diamond ring could boss
a liuU nayburhood. Now', when she ,
even tries to boss de sarvand gal, de gal j
}>acks up her peck of diamonds an' (piits ,
de job, widout waitin' to col'ect any ,
lecilc matier like ?40 Imck sa'arv. When '
I was a boy de man who bought a can of
oysters was supposed to have bin left a f
legacy of fo'rtccn mi'lyun do"ars. Now- (
aday dec poo' man's back yard am kivercd
wid de empcy cans (
" I kin see siprn arter sign dat dis generashun
am speeuin'along widout thought j
or car'of whar'itwi'l bring up. Men t
who am hoein' 'taters to-day am nabobs (
to-morrer. Men who used to believe in j
savin' up fur a rainy day now scatter
dcir cash aroun' as it ac sunsmne nms i ]
alius last. Wliar' I used to be satisfied | (
wid beau soup I now want ox-tail, an' ,
| diit's what ails de hull kentrv, we has (
got to slow up an" simmer down or de l
top rail am gwine to give way an1 give uj
all a drap."?Fret l*rm Limekiln Club.
He Cuekwd It.
Traveling men as a rule are not apt to '
make "bad breaks." but sometimes they 1
do. The other day. 011 a train coming j
inio this city, one of these gentlemen
wanted to sell out for a torn two-cent *
stamp, but found no purchasers. On the
train was a particularly lovely young I
lady, seated by herself, while in the seat
in front was a perfect specimen of a 1
weH-io-do planter. The moist weather
had probably affected the old fellow's 1
corns, as he had taken off both boots (
and planted his feet on the seat in front, I
The lcl'ef he had experienced had caused .
I him to drop into a sweet slumber, and? 1
well, it was just about this tiin<- that the y
1 drummer sat down in the seat by the j
i young lady and commenced to make,
things pleasant, after the peculiar style 1
of drummers in general.
"Old party in front seems pretty com- A
fortable, don't he?" said lie.
1 ;Ves, sir,he seems to be enjoying liim1
sell." f
Makes himself at home; don't he? j
' These old guys take a parlor conch for a ;
regular dressing-room. Just look at the j J
I nf tlinsr' pnillllrv socks, will von?" i
' They look comfortable, though,'' said |
the young lady.
"Yes, they do: but just look at the 1
. i style of "em. I'll just bet they were *
l knifed by hand out in the country some:
i where.'" |
?J 'What makes you think so ?"
j '-Oh. they are so diz/.v, you know. ^
Why. I wouldn't disgrace my feet by put- a
ting them' into such o'd ham covers. I'd c
just like to know who the old snoozer is !
and who made those socks." 1
i '*WeU. sir," said the maiden, "as you
i seem so anxious, I'll just tell you. The j
I gentleman you have so politely called an
| o'd snoozer is my father, and 1 knitted j c
j those socks for him myself, and as I know j '
' you would love to get acquainted with ;
him, I'll just wake him up and introduce j J
you. Have you a card ?"
But the drummer had flown,and though i A
the next station consisted of only three *
houses, a traveling man and three large
trunks got oil".
Moral?Vou can't most always some- J
times tell who the pretty girl's father is. '
?Ei'uimriUe Argu'
Elephants for Farm Work.
The following extracts are from :i private <
letter written by a native of Hartford now s
in the "British Straits Settlements," i
India: I am pulling along here very well; ,i
managed to secure several hundred bush- t
cie n( i-nffoo mom than I had estimated, '
and this is always pleasant. Value of c
our crop, about $3,000. Never had the t
pleasure before of working with elc- s
phants. Sent away our crop with them c
this season. I did not intrude myself too r
much upon their attention. You sec I s
did not feel entitled to the honor of an c
intimate acquaintance. I treated them (
with great respect and deference, much a
the same as a street Arab does a police- c
, man. I can't get over my antipathy to r
j that "trunk." The Malay style of feed- i
ing elephants has certainly the merit of 1
, simplicity. When the day's work is i (.
' done they arc turned out into the jnngle I a
to find their own food; and so they go ! s
rambling about, all night, pulling and j i
tearing away at any tree or shrub they c
i fancy. When morning comes the drivers, c
tracing them by their own apparent s
marks, put the driving hook over their | c
ears and lead them oil to work. Ele- c
phants seem to graze in a forest quite as t
contentedly as cattle in a pasture. Their I
ability to scramble up and down appar- t
ently impassable places is wonderful. I t
never saw any animal before show the in- c
telUgence to break a branch off a tree to c
fan away the flies.. They helped them- n
selves to our coffee trees for this purpose, i
.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
One thousand shingles will coyer ono
lundred square feet of surface, laid four
nches to the weather; for the above,
bout live pounds of nails will be retired.
The tensile strength of glass has been
hown to be between 2,000 and 0,000
>ounds per square inch, and the crushing
trcngth between 0,000 and 10,000 pounds
>cr square iDch.
The latest use devised for paper is the
naking of carpets. A Connecticut man
s reported to have taken out patents for
i Lf.i. i
processes oy wnicu uciiiimui unu miuitantial
carpets can be made of paper at
cry low prices.
A German paper says that a roof can
)c made fireproof by coverintr it with a
nixturc of lime, salt and wood ashes,
tdding a little lampblack to give a dark
nlor. This not only guards against fire,
t is claimed, but also in a measure presents
decay.
The power developed by the explosion
)f a ton of dynamite is equal to 45,075
ons raised one foot, or 45.075 foot-tons.
Jne ton of n'tro-glvcerinc similarly exploded
will exeri a powci of 05.452 foot
ons, ana one iuii 01 uiusuug gumnuu
similarly exploded 71,050 foot-Ions.
The manufacture of perfumes from
Florida-grown flowers bids fair to become
m extensive industry in the State. One
irm at Jacksonville is already at work,
[t is reported that a gentleman from
South Florida has patented a process for
lie utilization of the bloom of the mangrove
and the sapodilla, and to extract
:hc sweet fragrance frotr the cassava
plant.
The gathering of old tomnto cans in
New York pays handsomely. They are
>cnt to Newark, where liitecu cents a
hundred is mid for them. The number
found daily in the garbage boxes of this
lity is tremendous now that quart cans
retail at eight and ten cents apiece. The
N'ewark man puts the empty cans into a
furnace, where the solder softens so that
they can be rolled by machinery into
-I.-1._- mi nnrl
[>lciLU2S- i iii'ac pmit's mi; uiav/avuwi wu?
polished, and used by truulc makers to
bind the edges of trunks and cover up
lefects in wood work. The original price
paid for the old cans is fully returned in
;he sale of the solder that falls from the
\ins into a receptacle beneath the furnace
hrough a grating on w"hich the cans are
leaped.
Lepers In India.
A stranger in India visiting a bazar, or
my public place, writes a correspondent
the New York Oluercer, will be
shocked at the wretched beings by whom
ic will be immediately surrounded, each
>ne asking an alms. Mothers are in the
throng and thrust upon the notice of the
visitor a puny babe, a sightless child, or
>ne with a hideous deformity. Oliildrcti
ire leading about a blind father or mother.
Hie maimed are there; and crawling at
lis feet and imploring his pity and pence
ire creatures in all stages of wretchedless
and deformity: The leper, too, .is
here, and holds up before the dismayed
/isifor his hands frightful with the rnv
iges of the pitiless disease that is consuming
his life; or, leaning 011 a stick
tnd hobbling painfu'lv along, directs atention
to his stumps wrapped in loathsome
rags; or. it these members arc
sound, he implores the visitor to look
ipon his marred visage.
Leprosy in India is painfully prevalent,
aid is found both in the mountains and
;he plains. It is said that there are at
cast 12.1.000 of these wretched sufferers
lerc, and one authority places the numjer
at 200.000. The last census shows
hat the diease is spreading in some parts
)f India. The census of 1880 gave the
lumber as 3,748. In the city of Bombay
ilone there are now 430 lepers.
The condition of no class of persons is
so deplorable as that of the lepers. Not
)nly are they the victims of a loathsome
ind incurable disease, their life a "living
leatlv' but they are outcasts, home'ess
md helpless. When the terrible disaase
nakes its appearance in a member of a
louschold, the afflicted one is cast out by
lis friends and henceforth has neither
lame nor habitation. In the selfish creed
>f the Hindu there is no place for compassion.
How shall morta's pity those with
,vhom the gods arc angry? they coldly
juestion; and so from the home where
le has been loved and honored, the leper
joes out, a hopeless outcast. Henceforth
10 friendly door opens to welcome him;
10 voice in accents of kindness falls upon
lis ear. Unable to toil, he begs from
loor to door, and sleeps where the night
ivertakes him; to satisfy his hunger
i'laUly taking sucn ioou as is - inrown iu
iim;" no fear of defilement now, for
>vho so vile as he. And so the months
ind years drag wearily on, the awful disease
doing its deadly work, until the
nuimed and scarred' stump that remains
icarccly seems the tenement of a. human
>oul.
The people of India provide asylums
tnd hospitals for animals, and to pet and
tamper the sacred cow, or the revered
nonkey, is regarded as an act of great
nerii, but to relieve the sulTerings of
heir stricken fellow-creatures they feel
10 responsibility.
I<ut though the inhabitants of this
and are thus indifferent to the woc9 of
heir countrymen, the children of
'Christian England1' have been moved
:o pity, and all over the land there arc
low asylums for lepers.
How Flics Wulk on Glnss.
Dr. J. E. Rombouts says in Popular
Science Monthly: I have concluded from
ny experiments that it is not the pressure
oi' the air nor the power- of an adlesive
liquid that gives flies the fucidty
)f running over smooth bodies, but that
he power .should he attributed to the
nolecular action between solid and liquid
jodies; or. in other words, to capillary
idhcsion.
If we examine the under part of the
)iilvilli with a microscope, we shall see
lis'tinctly that it Is furnished with nunerous
hairs, regularly distributed,
rhese hairs terminate, at tl e'r lower end.
11 a kind of "bulb, the fcr n of which
aries, whence flows an oily liquid, that
Iries slowly and does not narden for a
ong time. The minute drops left on the
jlass by the hairs may be taken away,
:ven after two or three days have passed,
vithout our having to moisten them, by
imply rubbing a piece of fine paper over
liein. I have devised an apparatus for ,
:ol)ecting these drops by cutting a noie
n a piece of board over which I
ix a irlnss slide. Turning the board over
n that tin; glass shall be at the bottom, 1
lave a little cell with a glass lloor. With
he aid of a piece of paper gummed to
he wings. I introduce a fly into this
:avny in such a manner that the pulv'Mi
hall rest upon the floor. Then, putting
he board under.Uie microscope with the
flass slide uppermost, we have the fly's
eet under our c}Tes. The insect, struggling
for liberty, places his pu'villi
igainst the glass, and leaves after each
libit traces that may be observed very
Mstincily, for they are perfectly visible
n a jrood light.
We may discover, whenever the feet of
he. fly come again into contact w>th these
racks nr minute drops, that they are
:omposcd of a very liquid substance, for
bey spread quite readily on the glass.
A'e cannot admit, as some naturalists asnine,
that the liquid can hold the clubtiniif.d
loiir-cnds bv suction. If this
vcrc the case, the ends would change
ihiipe during the suction, and would take
he form of a disk. The fly put it* feet
Imvn and lifts them up wiih an incommrable
facility that would not exist if
he limb were really acted upon by the
iressurc of the iiir.
An Aid to Curing Alcoholism.
We believe the best authorities arc
generally skepilcal as to there being allure
cure for confirmed linbits ol'inebriety
in less the effort in that direction be
lided by a strong exercise of the will of
he unfortunate subject of tho bad habit,
['here are, however, many remedies recjmmended
as aids in diverting or in a
ninor degree satisfying the appetites for
itro.ig liquors, which are undoubtedly
>f great advantage in some cases, and
>ne of these is thus recommended by a
elf-styled "rescucd man:'' 'I was one
>f those unfortunates given to strong
Irink. When I left it o(T I felt a horrid
vant of something I must have or go
listracted. I could neither eat, work
lor sleep. Explaining my affliction to a
nan of much education and experience,
ic advised me to make a decoction of
ground quassia, a half ounce steeped in
i pint of vinegar, and to put a small tcapoonfulofitinalittle
water, and to drink
t down every time the liquor thirst came
in nie violent. I found it satisfied the
:ruviugs, and it suffused a feeling of
timulus and strength. I continued this
:urc, aud persevered till the thirst was
:bnqucred. For two years I have not
asted liquor, and I have no desire for it.
^ately, to try my strength, I have
tandled and smelt whisky, but I have no
emptation to take it, I give this for the
onsideration of the unfortunate, several
if whom 1 know have recovered by
aeans which I no longer require."?
Scientific American.
A REMARKABLE AFFECTION
THE STBAVOE PAWCIE3 THAT DISTIUOUISH
HEUBOFHOBZA.
Person* with a Dislike for Certain
Streets, Place* or Object*?Other*
who Droad Letter* or Colors*
In the afternoon of one of the sunniest
days last week two men got on a Madison
avenue car going down town at the
corner of Fifty-fourth street. One was a
thin, pallid, rather craaciated gentleman,
possibly forty years of age, with rather a
peculiar transparency of the temples,
restless eyes, and a singular nervousness
of manner; the other large, well nourished,
massive and rat her corpulent, with
the placid, self-satisfied countenance of
the niiin who has succeeded in the world,
and feels on good terms with it. The
pnir might readily have been mistaken
for a madman and his keeper, only the
feebler of the two was evidently not past
the verge of sanity, while the placid companion
was a trifle less vigilant than the
custodian of a maniac ought to be, and
moreover was recognized by at least one
passenger as a famous physician.
The thin gentleman shifted his position
uneasilv. cazed out of the car win
(low a moment, then studied the faces of
his three or four fellow passengers with
the rapid intensity of a physiognomist,
and glanced furtively at the open door,
in which the figure of the conductor was
framed like a full-length photograph.
"Fares, gents," grumbled that functionary,
stalking into the ear. The thin
gentleman paid for two, and again
glanced in the direction of the open
door. His hand shook as he replaced his
pocketbook, and a shiver passed over
him. His portly companion turned and
spoke to him in a low tone. The words
were inaudible, and the intonations were
soft, soothing, and evidently expostulatory.
Suddenly the pale passenger sprang
to his feet, pulled the bell violently, and
rushed out of the car, which was now
midway between Forty-eighth and Fortyninth
streets. The portly physician rose
from his seat in a leisurely, comfortable
sort of way. and alighted* at the corner
of Forty-eighth street, where the car
came to a full stop. The thin gentleman,
excited, nervous, out of breath, and
trembling all over like a leaf in the wind,
joined the doctor and began to speak
apologetically: "No use, you see.* I
can't stand it. You really must excuse
me, doctor."
"Pooh! pooh!" laughed the portly
physician. "You'll conquer the thing
by and bye. Try again, my dear boy."'
"I'll stop across an*.' take the elevated
downtown, with your permission, doctor,"
said the thin gentleman, making no
direct reply to his friend's exhortation.
He lifted his neat Derby hat, with a hand
that was almost pellucid in its delicacy
and whiteness, and was gone.
"That man," said the doctor, "is one
of a hundred eases that have come under
my notice in the last few years?a strange
case of nervous imnression. lie is not in
the least timid; will ride downtown in
a Third avenue oar, a Broadway stage, or
an elevated train, with perfect composure,
but he lias a morbid, unconquerable nervous
terror of the Fourth avenue, and
would sulTer any inconvenience or incur
any expense rather than ride in a Fourth
avenue car. I can't trace this impression
to any tangible cause, nor can he. He
has never met with an accident on the
Fourth avenue, so far as he remembers.
It is simply one of those inexplicable,
unreasoning, spontaneous impressions of
the nervous system that no science can
explain. The man is not a crank, nor in
the least given to eccentricities of opinion
or manners. On the contrary, his name
is familiar as that of a shrewd banker.
As to courage, he is as brave as a lion, as
I have occasion to know, and would fight
odds of ten to one, if his blood was up.
Only, the moment he finds himself on a
Fourth avenue car he is seized with a
paroxysm of nervous terror which lie cannot
control; and that is the end of it."'
The doctor mused a moment. ''Walk
across with me to my office," he said,
"and I'll talk with you by the way.
Such cases are by no means uncommon,
though no paper haS ever been written
on the subject, and there is no name for
the malady in the medicaid books. The
late Dr. George M. Beard?as able and
acute as he was eccentric?invented the
term neurophobia to describe the condition
existing in such cases, and the
singular thing ulrout this neurophobia is
that it seldom occurs with women, given
as they are supposed to be, to nervous
impressions and hysterical fancies.''
In one of the doctors office journals
there were notes of this case: A i aticnt,
a man of tolerably robust and wellnourished
physique, forty-six years old,
lawyer by profession?cannot bear to
cross Broadway at the Astor house. He
will walk down to Fulton street or up to
Park place, but cross under the shadow
ofthcAstor house never. There is no
assignable cause for the terror; it simply
exists and that is all. It came upon him
suddenly one afternoon two years ago,
after a hard day's work in court. He
started for the Astor house to get a cup
of coffee and his regular half a dozen raw
oysters. To his wonder, as lie was about
to step from the curbstone at the corner
of the postoflicc he was seized with a
fit of trembling and terror, and since
then he has never been able to command
himself to cross at that point, though he
has often tested his self-control by trying
it.
Another patient had the same terror of
the Jersey City ferrv at the foot of Cortlandt
street. The Brooklyn ferries have
no terrors for him, the Desbrosses street
ferry is not objectionible, but if his life
depended upon crossing to Jersey City
at Cortlandt street he could not command
his nerves to accomplish it. As in
the other two, there is no assignable
cause for the morbid impression in this
case. It came suddenly, and has been
in existence for four years.
it " /tAntinnnrl f Tin ilnntAr
" i3UIllUtllllCa? V.IVII 1111 uuu iu^ uuvvvi,
"the victim has a terror of a certain
street, avenue, or public square; and one
man I know cannot pass the statue of
Lincoln at Union square without experiencing
a nervous tremor. But, with
regard to some of our outdoor statuary,
nervous dread is natural enough."
"One of my patients." he went on,
"a literary man of some reputation, has
a nervous terror of words ending in or
containing the diphthong 'ch.' This man
will take any trouble to avoid th
tive pronoun 'which.' He ViirrS'not for
years written any one of words terminating
in tch?su^r'as catch, fetch,
scratch, batch^iatch or patch. For
match he aUjMWs writes lucifer or Vesu[
vian; for^Tetch" cither bring or obtain;
for caVrfi, he uses capture or some other
proximate. He has often ?ried to overcome
the prejudice; but some how his
hand begins to tremble, his breath comes
short, and he cannot form the letters.
For character he always writes flisposition,
reputation, kind, description?anythin"
that will pass muster as a substitute.''
Cases of ncurophobia as concerns
colors are not uncommon. One of the
doctor's patients?a woman this time?
is driven into hysteria by a certain pale,
cold shade of blue. And u nervous,
fidgety little man, who called upon him
to be treated for musicians' cramp, boxed
Ilia n*irc 1*11 l)i< nivn nffifG for Wcarill!? a
crimson scarf, ami begged his pardon for
it, declaring that he could not control
himself if his life depended upon it.
The peculiar nervous affection illustrated
in the preceding cases must not be
confounded with the mere whimsical
l prejudices and fancies common with inj
valids. The latter, though persistent
and often not easily banished by the well
are by no means unconquerable, while in
necrophobia the symptoms are physical
in their description. The patient shrinks
and shudders, and the terror, though
groundless, is unconquerable as the dread
of death.*?Neio York Sun.
Cologne.
Among the things which amused the
author of "European Breezes'' was the
' only original"' cologne-water that she
found in every store in the renowned
city:
If the rest of the world escapes that
future place where all liars arc to go, the
city of Cologne will make it populous.
Nearly every man in that city sells can
de cologne; and since each swears his to
be the only original, it follows that
cologne is made up of one liont st man
and a multitude of liars.
I bought cologne-water in the shop
where the prettiest labels were displayed;
paid a third more for it than I would pay
for the imported article in New York,
and came to this conclusion; that cau dc
cologne is made in one huge vat in that
city, and retailed to all these "only originals;"
for it is all alike, from whence
it comes.
The maids in the hotel peddle it in the
halls; the beggar who fails to get a coin
from you brings from his pocket a bottle
and endeavors to make a bargain. The
bad odors of cologne are no fiction.
"Talk about bein' careful about wearin
out the scat o' my trousers," said the boy
to his mother, "you don't seem to think
o' that when your old slipper's agoin'it."
?Boston Post.
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WISE WORDS.
Hide the faults of others and make
known their virtues.
There is always a spot in our sunshine;
it is the shadow of ourselves.
To be happy is not the purpose of our
being, but to deserve happiness.
To persevere in one's duty and to be
silent is the first answer to calumny.
Whenever you doubt whether an in- )
tended action be good or bad, abstain
from it.
If a falseness paralyzed the tongue,
what a death-like silence would pervade
society.
To look forward profitably we must
look back. Experience of the pas* is the
best light for the future.
There are no persons more solicitous
about the preservation of rank than those
who have no rank at all.
The coin that is most current among
mankind is flattery, the only benefit of
which is that by hearing what &c are
not, we may be instructed what we ought
to be.
Think not you are the only one who
has to endure and who dreads the hardships
of life. Ease and comfort are the
natural desires of the human heart, and
there arc thorns, real or imaginary, in
everyone's pathway. But sitting down
and brooding will never bring power to
overcome them. Rather be up and doing,
thankful for the blessings yet remaining.
Cause of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are
closely related to each other, like ice and
snow. Each may be the effect of a different
cause, or both may result from the
same cause, as there is evidently more
than one cause at work to produce these
effects. This statement will enable the
general reader to form a tolerably clear
idea of my meaning, and yet I am not
satisfied with it myself. Therefore, I
will vary it by saying that a chain of
causes seem to combine, the different
effects of which -a;e earthquakes and
vo'canic eruptions.
The most general cause of earthquakes
5a t1ir> tpnsion nnd pressure of the crust,
by which the oscillations and plications
thereof have been produced. The tension
and pressure have been caused by the
shrinking and contracting of the crust,
consequent upon its cooling. Plications
are caused by a lateral or side, pressure,
in consequence of the contracting of the
crust, whereby the strata, if of clay,
loam, etc., arc thrown into waves, or
ridges, giving an appearancc something
like a fated column. I will give a familiar
example of the forces that produce
slight earthquakes, in order that the
young may have a clearer idea upon the
subject.
On building n fire in a stove, when the
pipe begins to heat it will expand. At
first there is a tension so slight that the
iron of the pipe is able to resist it, but as
the heat increases the strain or tension,
overcomes the resistance suddenly, as a
stick breaks when the strain is too great,
and with a cracked sound. This is caused
by expansion; but similar phenomena
will result from contraction when the
heat is subsiding. Thus it is with the
errth's crust. The straining, by either
contraction or expansion, causes some
place to yield with a loud report, instead
of a "cracking," as in the case of a stove
pipe. If this event occurs near a volcano
then an eruption ensues. Also, as
there is a reflex action, terminating on
the surface of the ocean of internal tire,
an upheaval of the crust results, and if
tViprn is !in ocean of water immediately
above ft tidal wave must he the consequence.
Furthermore, should this slight
shock of earthquake open a fissure in the
crust, from a fountain of water to the
ocean of fire, then the water being suddenly
converted into steam, with not
room enough in which to expand, other
shocks will follow, attended by upheavals,
earthquake waves and volcanic
disturbances. These will continue for a
shorter or longer period, and be slight
or heavy, according to the amount of
water precipitated, the size of the fissure
and other conditions.?Portland (Ur.)%
Went Shore.
About the "First Floors."
The Build in// and' Engineering Times
of London, England, the leading architectural
journal of Great Britain, gives
the following interesting account of how
the people of Great Britain came to call
that tloor the first floor which Americans
call the second floor:
In the London edition of the Detroit
Free Press, Mr. Luke Sharp gi ves a most
humorous account of the venerable citv
| of Chester, as seen by him during half an
j hour's stay between trains. Speaking of
I flin fnmnns Ohnsfpr rows, which annear
to have interested him more than anything
as being the evident progenitors of
the New York elevated railways, he pertinently
asks why English people call the
"second lloor'' the "first floor," the
Americans culling what with us is the
ground or parlor floor the "first floor ?"
In order to satisfy Mr. Luke Sharp's very
legitimate curiosity, we must travel very
far back in the history of house building
?as far back, in fact, as the pile
houses of the ancient lake-dwellers.
Houses built on piles in the water at
some distance from the snore of a lake
arc intelligible enough as a means
of safety and isolation from human and
other enemies. As civilization advanced
and the danger of sudden attacks ceased
; these lake dwellings became gradually
transferred to dry land, the spaces between
the piles being at first left open to
the four winds of heaven, entrance to
the apartment, on the first and only floor
being gained bv means of a rude 'adder
or a notched tree trunk, gradually the
spaces between the piles were filled, and
an additional room, so to speak, was
gained, which was at first used as a
stable, a granary, or store-house as in
Turkey, Greece, Southern Italy and
Switzerland, where the upper story is
truly tlie first floor, the lower portion of
the house being simply paved with brick
or stone, or in manv cases lelt in its original
eavthen condition. In his "Notes
by a Naturalist, on thcChaWenger," page
Professor _Mo?.t'icv, apropos of the
pile dwellings, at ihe inhabitants or New
(iuijaev ingeniously derives the modern
"Swiss peasant's chalet from the watery
homes of the ancient lakemen, the \
present balcony being simply a survival
of the old platform to which tin' lake- i
dwellers climbed from their canoes. The j
origin of ihe New York elevated railways |
is. therefore, very much more remote than j
even the respectably aged Chester rows. I
It is strange that ihe Americans should
? ,1 *1 I
can rue grounu or jwi-'ur uuur mc iw.-u?chaussoc,
in fact, the J first'' floor. To
be strict'y logical, thev shou'd call the
kitchen or parlor llooi the "first" lloor. j
Our Animal Census.
The number of people in the I'nited I
States increases about lf.100,000 a year,)
but the number of farm animals increased I
4,()0(),0i)0 (luring iys3, according to a j
report presented to the commissioner
of agriculture by Mr. Dotlge, statistician ,
of the agricultural department. The j
world-wide attention recently excited
by the American hog gives especial in- I
terest at the present time to the animal ;
census of "the republic, whicli i* as fol- i
lows:
Animals. 1S81. 1883. Increase.. I
Hors s 10,838,111 &ilf57? j
Mules l.l'M.120 1,871,017 4.'! 0IT i
Mileh cows... 1:5,501.20(5 1:5,125,0-0 :>7.,52l :
Other cattle., '.t.utti, 101 2S.OH5 i.7i* l.OOO.OM
si...... -.ma i f. li 40.357>i?l i.:is'.i.:iiv? j
| Swine...... .44.20.I.SJ) i 4:;,UT0.08li D.O.soT j
Although wc liuvc less piy-i than poo- !
pie, we have more than any other coun- j
try on earth, and we have almost a sheep |
apiece, or nearly twice as many of the j
ileecy family ns the United Kingdom, and ,
we have more milch cows than all the '
Hriiish cattle together. We have about j
as many horses as families,' allowing an |
average of five persons to each family, 1
and there is one inulc for every thirty in- I
i habitants. During its first century this |
republic doubled its population every I
twenty-live years, and Mr. Grillen, an j
eminent English statistician, recently at- I
tempted to excite alarm by predicting '
that our growth will continue at the
same rate until the soil will not l>e able |
to support so many people. It will not '
be equally perplexing to know how to !
reduce the animal census, should there j
ever be danger of overcrowding, as in- ,
dicated by the present rate of increase.? j
Ncic York Mail find Express.
According to a recent authority, a Jan- j
nnnco Irnnurn nv; fjikn is so DOisOtlOUS !
that death follows almost instantaneously
alter eating only a moderate piece
of it. ]t is not infrequently the crause of j
death among the lower el asses, who believe
it to be possessed of certain marvel- .
lous properties, on account of which they I ,
risk the danger of being poisoned. j ,
There is something heroic in silent suf j
lering. Though a man with a layer of i
active and energetic mustard on his chcst ,
rarely thinks of this. ? Uocl'laml Courier.
A red-hot quarrel generally breaks an j '
intense coolness.?Blizzard. | 3
*
THE FLOWER POT.
BY H. C. DODGE. fl
Q'Ton'ro
this lily,
fair, love, and
e qually as D
pure. tl
Your fi
be anty
lfl as ra re, lovo F
and longer wl 11 g(
;ndurc. Y o n a r e as ^
jraceful, tco, lo vc; yo nr ?
hands are just as white. h
Your mi esion is as true, f<
I o v c, to give the world &
delight. Oh! could I only f
chare, I ove, the care ^
that you be r
stow upon t
this V a
lily fair, love, how happy I J
would grow." "You're like the 7
flower pot, Will, for you are often 'broke'
and also cracked a lot, Will, judg tag ?
by what you spoke. Likewise you are \
but clay, Will, while I, a lily bright, f rora J
you must crow away, Will, to seok a higher e
light." "Hut lilies wilt. Wilt thou?" sighed J
Will, "give mo a leaf to hold
thee still?" "I? Will!"
?mf'.hipnnn Sinn.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY. t
(
Thieves on the stage are always caught j
in the act.?Scissors.
A summery proceeding?Taking off
your flannel.?Chicago Eye. r
El 3Iahdi has eighteen wives, and says j
he went to war simply for a little quiet j
and rest.?Bismarck Tribune.
Sleep is very healthful. There is ]
nobody who knows this better than the )
hired girl, especially in the morning.? ]
Rockbuid Courier. 1
Do not let adversity discourage you, *
my son. "Were it not for the kicks which j
it receives, the football would never get i
lip in the world.?Boston Transcript. 1
' No, Laura; no. They do not open j
the campaign with a can-opener. They
do ii with a corkscrew. IIovv little, alas,
do women know about politics."?Jlatckeije.
There are 2a, 000.000 to 30,000,000
hats made annually in this country, and
when a man is the last to leave a banquet
he generally gets the worst one.?Norristown
llerabl.
It is said that water composes threefourths
of the human body. This may
hold good in some communities, but in
others water docs not enter largely into
man's composition.?Arkansaio Traveler.
THE AIRY SEASON.
This is the airy season
"When tho urchin owns a pup,
And the little girl on th3 branches
Has her brotnef put a " scup."
Soon pas-es this airy season,
-Ana the pup is caged in the pound.
And the "scup' -rope flits off the branches
And lands the girl on the ground.
?Puck.
A Milwaukee girl got mad, chopped
off her finger and sent it with tho engagement
ring upon it to her faithless
lover. As soon as the lover saw that j
she could no longer play the piano he
rushed to her side and married her.?
Philadelphia Cull.
It's pretty difficult for h high- school
girl to think of something to say when
she goes to write a composition, but ns
soon as she gets out of school and while
on the way home she can say a whole
newspaper full without thinking.?Kentucky
State Journal.
A new poetess from the West remarks:
"If love you give, no more I'll ask."
"When this poetess lias gained a little
more experience she will learn that there
are times when a single cold potato possesses
more intrinsic worth than a whole
moonlight evening full of love.?Philadelphia
Call.
the Ulster's wail. (
Once I was bright as a midsummer's morn,
But now I am laded and very much worn.
i
My owner, a seedy and broken-up fop, i
Has hung me right up in his pet "uncle's"' i
shop.
The future, on which all my hopes had been
built,
Has nothing in store save an old crazy quilt. .
?New York Journal.
The Blue Grass Country Not Blue.
The term Blue Grass Region of Ken- i
tucky is quite extensive in its applica- '
tion, but in its popular sense it applies
only to the remarkable body of land in >
the center of the State, which comprises '
six or eight counties surrounding Lexington.
This favored district, which
scientific authority has styled "the very
heart of the United States," is underlaid i
by a decomposable limestone, which im- 1
parts to the soil an unsurpassed fertility, 1
and gives to our grass, known to bota- \
nists as Poc Pretensis, a rich and perma- ,
nent luxuriance which it attains nowhere '<
eise. Hence the term "The Blue Grass
Region," a synonyme for the acme of fer- j
tility of a district which also bears the ]
proud distinction 01 "ine garuen spot ui i
the world." But why our grass is called 1
' blue." when it never is blue, is one of
the unsolved problems. It is always
green except when in bloom, when the j
heads have a brownish-purple tiut. If,
however, the term'-Blue Grass!"is meant i
for an abbreviation of blue limestone 1
grass, then it will do, for certainly it only 1
reaches its highest perfection on our
wonderful blue limestone soil. Propa- J
eated without cultivation it comes up
thick and juicy early in the spring, ripens
in June, renews its growth in autumn,
and, retaining its verdure in spite of snow j
and ice, furnishes abundant and un- I
equalled pasturage during the entire winter.
It is believed to be indigenous.?
New York Sportsman.
Protection by Lightning Rods. i
The report of Professor Mohn,
Christiana, Norway, who was employed
to make an investigation of th.tr protection
(lffnrflprl tn liniIdinirs bv lifhtnincr
rods, shows that lighthouses, telegraph
stations and otjrfer exposed buildings,
which were provided with conductors,
did not by tar suffer as much as churches,
which, in most cases, were unprotected.
It appears, in fact, that of about a hun- j
dreel churches reported to have been j
struck by lightning, only three were pro- j
vided with conductors: thafr of thrsc
three the first had a conductor in good
order, and the building was uninjured;
the second had a conductor of zin<; wire,
which melted, and of course left the
structure without protection; the third
had a wire which was rusty where it
joined the earth, and the church was
burned. More than one-half the number
of churches struck were totally destroyed.
Encumbered Property. 1
" I hear that you arc to marry a
wealthy American girl," said one British
nobleman to another.
" Ya'as." replied his lordship.
' You must allow me to congratulate j
von. Are there any encumbrances on j
iter property?''
" Ya'as, the lady."?P/ulwhlphbi Call. I
The Hindoo beggars pursue their calling
on horseback. Tlicy will stand alday
before a house unless given alms"!
and are <|iiite capable of pursuing any !
body who tries to ride away from them- ;
?>*o lady noid bo without Mrs. Fin';ham's j
Vegetable Com o :nd i;e?auses!ie is fardis- J
t 11 fro a drug s or s. The | r p. iet irs si. n1 ,
it pj-ta^L1 paid i.y mail from I yim. Mas!..i:i
th .or.ii o. lo.'.eiige. or of pills; i ri v, $1 p r !
in-x, or six lor ? >. S nl io- the "<-uile to |
Mvfdt i." ?hi h gives lull particulars. j
I v tho exchange of thought use 110 ioin but |
Lold and ?ilvir. j
' I I a.e taken one t.ott'e of Dr. Graves' Heart
1 lilor for heart ills ase, aad And
it all 1 could desire."?A. A. Holbrook, Wor- |
L-lSUT, .Mass
Too l'eel is my nature. It i? my thought, | (
my act.
Years ndil to t! e faith of tho:ecurolof j 1
Ireart di ease by i so of l?r. (Jruve^' Heart I ,
11 eg 1 t >r. For thirty years it has prove 1 i 1
icsJlf a spe i it*. $1. j ?
Too low they build who build beneath the |
-tars.
A Cure ol Pneumonia.
Mr. D. H. Barnaby, of Owpgo. N. j
Y., says that his daughter was taken with j
it violent cold which terminated with pneu- [
monia, and all thj b st physic'an-i gave the '
case up and sai 1 she 'ould live but a few j I
hours at most. She was in this conditi n j
when a friend recommended Dr. Win. j j
Hull's Balsam for tho Lungs, aud advised her
to try it. .She accepte 1 it as a last report, j 1
and was surprised to find that it produced a |
marked change for the better, and by per- ; ?
severing in its use a euro was effected. !
A g ! tl -ni'in fro n Orwell, Pa., call d my J E
at mti<*to i ly 's( rean balm as arena dy for ! ^
l atari h, nay Ft vr.ee. He was so earnvst ?>
in ass rt.ng it :o be a positive cure him elf 1
I aving I ren c tied by l. i that I pur based a
to k. The . al u lias a'r?a y efie ted cures, t
?P. F. H\a t, M. D., liordaj.to.vn. N. J. A p
A'ouldst see blithe looks, fresh cheeks beguile. j J*
\.ye, wouldst see December smile? Q
ivouldst see hosts of new roses blow? ^orboline
makes tho hair to grow u
Jn the baldest of heads. A
! u li speakers and j ingt rs us j Piso's Cure
or h.arsencs-i and weak langs. 1
Mearly 40,u00,u00 pounds of maple su j T
rar were produced in this country last
rear. N
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
[owmi Old Veteran Escaped Annihilation
and Lived to Imparl a Warning to Others.
A pleasing occurrence which has just come
) our notice in connection with the New
rork State meeting o! the Grand Army of
le Republic is so unusual in many respects
lat we venture to reproduce it for the benet
of our readers. (
Captain Alfred Rensom,of New York, while i
acing in the lobby of the armory previous to :
ne of the meetings, suddenly stopped and
:anne 1 the face of a gentleman who was in i
arnest conversion with one of the Grand
irmy officers. It seemed to him that he
a'i seen that face before, partially obis
jred by the smoke of battle, and yet
his bnght and pleasant countenance
ould not be the same pale, and death-like
i age, whivh he to dimty rem embered. En1;
he rtcollection, like Ban juo s ghost, would
ot "down'' at command and haunted him
he entire day. On the day following he
,;nin faw t'.e same countenance, and venured
to sp.ak to its owner. The instant the
wo veterans heard each other s voi es, that
m-tint they r cognized and called each other
y name, j heir f a. es and forms had changed,
?ut Iheir yokes were the fame. The man
vhom C'aptai.i Rensom had recognized was
ilr. W. k. Sage, of St. John*, Mi?h., a vetrnn
of th"! 23:1 N. Y. Lijht Artillery and
o'.h members of Burnsides famcu* exp di'
"** *1 r* A /A. ? iUn Attof fTI
ion 10 r>orin uaromii. aih i <ugui?6>?.
ngs wer<? over, Cap ain Ren-om said:
''It hardly fe^ras possible, Sa;e, to see you
n this eondi ion, for I thought you must hive
>een dead lona; ago.1'
''Yes, I do not doubt it, for if I am not misaken,
when we last met I was occupying a
ouch in the hospital, a victim of 'Yellow
fack' in its worst torm."
"I remember. The war seems to have
aused more misery since its close than when
t was in progress."' replied the captain. "I
neet old comrades frequently who are sufferng
terribly, not so much from old wounds as
rom the malarial poisons which ruined their
onstitutions."
"I think so myself. When the war closed
[ returned home and at times I would feel
veil, but every few weeks that conlounded
all-gono' feeling would com; upon me again.
Uy nervous system, which was shattered in
;he service, fail "d mo entir.'ly and produced
me of thj worst possible cases of nervous
dyspepsia Most of the time I
md no anp <tite: then aiain I woul 1 b come
avenousjy hungry, but the minute 1 sat down
? eat I loaihed food. My skin was dry and
mrc hed, my tksh loose and flabby. I cou.d
lold nothing on my sto.nach for days at at
i time, and what little 1 did eat failed to asi
milate. I was easily fatigued: mv mini
was depresse I: I v as cro s and irritable and
nany a night my heart wou'd ^pain me so I
:ould not s eep, ana wnen j. uiu i nau uv>i?>
ireanis and frig itful nightmares. Of course,
tin se things cam i on me on'j bv on?, ea. h
ivorse than th > other. My breath was foal,
bv tongue was coated, my teeth decayed. I
bad terrific heida.'hes which wou!d leive my
nervous svst m comple ely shattered. In
ac my exi teice, sin> e th3 war, has been a
li\ ing death, from which I have often prayed
for re'ease."
"Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
joodf"
" I WTOte him and he treated me, but like
jvery other doctor, failed. They ail saii my
nerve was (rone and without that to build
upon I could not get well. When I was at
my wo-si, piles ot the severest nature came
upon me. Then m y liver gave oat and without
the use o. cathartics I could no! move
the bowe's at all. My blcod got Itae a slream
3f fire and seemed literally to burn me a ive."
"Well, you might better have died in
battle, qui k and without ceremony."
" How many times i wished 1 had died the
lay we captured Xewborne?"
" And yet you are now the picture of
health."
"And the picture is taken from life. I am
in pene-tcondition. My nerve tone is reiored;
my stomach reinvigorated; my fle^h
is hard and healthy; in ia:t I have new blood,
new energy and a "new lease of life wholly as
the result of using Warner's Tippecanoe,
rhis remarkable preparation, which I coni-1?t
i^.'nnn/l otAmonh wwt/Mvr in
;ner iue utitnu iuiuw auu ownwvu
the world has overcome all the evil influences
ji malaria, all the poison__of th3 ar;ny, all
races of tlyspersia, al nial-assimilation of
food and indeed ma!e anew man of me.;'
'lho captain remained silent for a while,
jvirlently musing ovtr his recollections of
:he past. When ho again raisedhis head he
;aid:
"It wou'd be a godsend if all the veterans
who have suffered so inteaselv and also all
sthers in the land who are enduring so much
nisery < ould know o1' your expei i nee, Sage,
md the way by which you nave be.-n reitorod."
.An I that is why the above conversation is
ecounted.? National lYibune, of Washingon.
A hex cm only lay on a nest, but a ship
:un lay both on and off.
Fob dyspepsia, iNDionmoH, depression of spirits
and general debility in their various forms,
also as a preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphorated
Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell,
Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all Drug,
gists, is the best tonic; and for patients recover,
ing from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
Faral v-7ed rersom perma:; tl f c ured. Guaran:eed
bj the i ropri t >rs of Somari' ine Nervine
Sanu.ritan . ervine cured our child's fits.
The doctorsfail.d. Henry Knee, Verr.lift,Tenn
Rheumatism.?"Wilson's Wonder" cures
ji 8 hours, or money returned. Sent on receipt
)t $2. Medicine depot, 99 Park street, N. Y.
An Irish dairymaid ought to make nice
ittle Pats of butter.
Warmer Weather
U often accompanied by extreme weariness and wde.
icribable debility, and sorofala and other diseases are
labia to manifest themselves iq severe and painful
Forms. Now is the time to take Hood's 8arsapariila.
it no other season is the system so susceptible to its
reviving,regulating and restoring influences. Thoulands
who werj "all run down" testify that Hood's
3\njap*r.lla has given them new life Md vigor.
"For seven years,spring and fall, I had scrofulous
lorei come out on my legs, and (or two years waa not
Tree from them at all. I suffered very much. Last
May I began taking Hood's SartsparlUa, and before I
3ad taken two bottles the sores healed, and the humor
eft me."?c. A. Arnold, Arnold, Me.
Purify Your Blood
"I tried a dozen artiolea to cleanse my blood, bnt never
found anything tbat did me any good till I began using
Hood's Sarsaoarilla."?W. H. Pxeb, Rochester, N. Y.
" My wife has been troubled with indigestion, and her
jlood has been in a poor condition. Sb? baa used tar>ral
bottle* of Hood'i SaraaQprilla, and it haa been a
treat beneht to her."?H. DicxiON, Kenton, O.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
lold by all druggists. $1; aiz for 9>. Male onl/ br
j. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mais.
100 Poses One Dollar
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fl'Ieiuanc to Take,
Powerfal to Care,
And Welcome
In Every Houie.
KIDNEY
LIVERCDRE
Dr. Kennedy's Fftvor
MH31 VMM Ijjpfj lie Remedy is adapted to
Jrffk all aft-B and both sexes, afEggNflMrY
f&gmA fording permanent relief tn
^(SBJ3 all coses caused by impurity
- ->?.=3 of the blood, such as Kidney,
Blndder and l,lvrr
Complaint*. Constipation and W'eaknenae*
peculiar to women. ...
It pti'Tw succesful in cases whert all other medicines
had totally f tiled. No>ntforer should despair
as lon?- as this remedy is untried. It ban an unbroken
record of success for many yean, and ha*
won hosts of warm friends.
Are vou suffering from any diseaae traceable to
the raises mentlonedr If so. I>r. Kennedy
atiilcei his personal and profestmnal reputation on
the statement that Fnvorltu Hciucily will do
you ko< d. ? _
Kor sule by all drugtrist*. or writ* to Dr. David
Kenuvdjt Uondoiit> K. V.
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Blaklnar Health and Life?Statement of a,
Wen-Known Ojuclnl of Lowell, Ma**.Sbronlc
Kidney Dl*eue Cured by l)r.
avid Kennedy'a Favorite Remedy, or
Kondont, N. Y.
"I must have otherhelp or die," exclaimed
City Assessor Francis Goward, of Sumner
street, Lowell, Mass., to his physician. Like
bo many other public men, Mr. Coward wag
in early life strong, stalwart, and a perfect '
stranger to physical infirmities. Bat the excitements
ot a busy life, and the nervous 4^
/wmaful Krf Knomflcfl <onrrncramPT1 ffl t/V
eether, perhaps, with some indented tendency
(for the tendency is often inherited)
had made him, he pays,' 'as most of my friends
in Lowell are aware, a great sufferer from
kidney troubles. As a matter of course I
procured the best of medical attcndafi.e, but
without real benefit." Healsohadin'lammaticfa
of the prostrate gland. Utterly discoura<5
d, he investpd a dollar in DR. D1VID
KEXNEDl 'S FAVORITE REM EDY, oC
Hondout, IV. Y. That wastwoor threeyears
ago. Under date of Feb. 13.1881, he says:
"51 v health is the b?st it has been for years. *
I still use FAVORITE REIflE ? Yocca?'iona'ly.
I always keep it in the house. I have
haa many letters or inquiry about my case,
and I always recommend it as one of the btst
of medicines for such troubles, for I have
used meet all other medicines for similar
troubles without benefit." Such an emphatic
indorsement from such a source ought to be
P'rfectly convincing to all sufferers. Dr.
Kennedy bafius'd FAVORITE REMEDY
in his practice for twenty years. It is purely
vegetable, non alcoholic, sate, surj, efficient
if taken as dire :ted. Try it. .
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Mnted. Freights paid to
pointa. Eatnbliaheri 1878 .
A. C. JOHNSON, 37 North Pearl St, Albany,>.Y.
* * LYDIA K.VlNKHAM't !' ']
* vrncTADic rnuDnimn
IS A POSITIVE CE EE FOB
! l?\ ytf An tIl0*e P*InflBl Complalntf ~^1
! NJSra/ * nnd Wfakne??n ?o (MNMl* '!fj
/Mtv ? ? to our best j.
* FEMALE rOPCLlTIOS.* . ' {
/ Wild UDtaU, yUltr Iwififtf. .
Th purpote It tolebi for the legitimate healing cf
dittos; and the relief of pain, and tkatUdoeeaU ?
it chime to do, tlioiuand* of ladUe can gladlv testify. J
It will euro entirely ill Orarian trouble*, IcfUmsuu . fl
tl jri and U1 -ration. Falling and Displacements, and .,1
c-in?oaont S->lnal Weakness, and liparticularly&dap#>"
cd to tlie Chanjte of Life. ?
It removes Falntncsx.Flatnlener, destroys aHerarin^
for ttimul *nts. and railages Weakness of the Stomach.
It cures nioj'lnjr. Headaches, Ncrrons Prortratkm,
General D.rtilitr, Hlceplounewi, Depression and Indl
eartlon. Tii*t feoIlKtof bearing down, causlnirpaln,
and back* oh i>, U always permanently eared by Its at*.
Bend itamo to Lmn, H**i, for pamphlet. Letters of
ta<julr^coiiflrlentM?y^UMwered. For nleaidruoQirtt.
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Health and[Happiness.
O DO AS OTHEBs l
ObCritf ? HAKE DOME.
Are your Kidneys disordered?
"Kidney Wort brought me from my graT?,ajll
were, after 1 had been gl?n up by 13 best docMr* Ln
Detroit." M. ft". Deveraux, Mechanic, Ionia, Mich.
Are your nerves weak?
"Kidney Wort cured me from nerroua weakne*
Ac., after I was not expected to llTe."-nr?. au m, a.
Goodwin, ?<L Christian Monitor Cleveland, Ok
Have you Bright's Disease? ?
"Kidner-wort cured mo when iny wiwr waaJail I
like chalk and then like blood." 1
Frank Wilton, Peabody, Haw. I
Suffering from Diabetes ? I
"Kidnjy-Wort Is toe most successful remedy I hare 1
ever need. Gives almost Immediate relief." V
Dr. Phillip C. Ballon, Monkton, Vt
Have you Liver Complaint?
"Kidney-wort cured mo of chronic Liver Diseases
after 1 prayed to die."
Henry Ward, Late Col. (9th Nat Guard, ft. T. ^
Is your Back lame and aching?
"Kidney-Wort, (1 bottle) cored mo wheal was so
lame I had to roll out of bed."
C. JI. Tallmage, Milwaukee, Wta,
Have you Klidney Disease?
"Kidney-wort made me soundlnlirerand kidneys
after yeari of unsuccessful doctoring; It* worth
$10 a box."?Sam'l Hodges, Wliiiamstown, Wot Va,
Are you Constipated? -4
"Kidney-Wort causes easy evacuations and cured 7
me after It years uso of other medicines."
h'olson Falrchlld, St Albans, VI
Have you Malaria?.
"Kidney-Wort has done better than' any other
remedy I have erer used in my practice/'
Dr. 11. K. Clark, South H?ro, Vt
Are you Bilious P
"Kidney-Wort has dene me more good tbul asy
other remedy I hire over taken."
Mnj. J. T. Galloway, Elk Flat, Oregon.
Are you tormented with Piles?
"Kidney-Wort permanrntly cured mo of bleeding
piles. Dr. w. C. Klino rccommendcd it to me."
Geo. H. Hurst, Cashier M. Bank, Myentown, Pa.
Are you Rheumatism racked?
"Kidney-Wort cured me. after 1 was given np to
dlo by physicians and I had suffered thirty year*,*
Elbrlcjje Malcolm, West Bath, Koine.
Ladies, are you suffering?
"Kidney-Wort cured mo of peculiar trcuoie* of
several years standing. Many friends use and praise
it" ilrs. IL Lamorcaox, Isle La MotterVt
If you would Banish_Disease
THg BLOOD CtBAW8?R. .
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