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BREAD ON THE WATERS. A poor vine-flower that clung unto A small and fragile wayside weed. Shook out a drop of crystal dew That there might live a starving seed. The years sped on?a double scoro Had sailed into oblivion's sea? When lo! an hundred vines or more. Climb up a strong anil giant tree. ?E. G. Blandey. CLOUD ON THE HONEYMOON. OOMEDY IN ONE ACT. CHARACTERS: %r.. \fu<2 t?ir-ii \ t>n Pvn. Hilt* AlttlAnw X Li'i/bn, iui>o. A , dek, John", a Waiter. Scene, A private parlor in a hotel in the White Mountains, French window at back, opening on piazza, shows views ot Mount Washington in the distance. Door to sleeping room. Right. Door to corridor of hotel. Left. Usual furniture of parlor, with table set for breakfast. John (discovered looking at bill of fare, whicli has been marked). Broiled trout, spring chicken, ham omelet. Umi He's getting particular about his food. That's a sign they've been married more than a week. If he stays out the honeymoon here he'll swear at the cook. They all do. The cook's a kind of safetyvalve that lets out the steam when the matrimonial kettle gets too hot. Well, I'll order the stuff. [Goes left. Enter Mr. Pedtler from door R. . Mr. P. Any letters this morning, John? John. I'll ask, sir. Mr. P. Thank you. And breakfast as soon as possible. John. Won't be ten minutes, sir. [Goes out. Mr. P. (walkingabout.) How hungry I am. Couldn't eat much of that supper last night. Perhaps the head cook doesn't condescend to look after the late meals. Hope my wife won't keep me waiting for breakfast. ' 'My wife'' sounds well, doesn't it? Gives a inau a sense of dignity and comfort to have a wife. And she's such a darling, is Ellen! If it weren't for thinking of poor little Lulu, there wouldn't he the faintest cloud on my happiness. Enter John, with letter. John?Only one letter, sir, for you, sir. [Mr. P. takes letter; John goes out.] Mr. P. (sitting, looks at letter.) From Geonre. He promised to write soon. What's he got to say? [Reads. J "Dear Dick?Hope the honeymoon is proving all that that the poets describe it to be." [Speaks.) You can just bet it is, old boy. [Reads.] "The city is beastly du*U; nothing decent at the theatres, and nearly all tlic nice girls are out of town." ; '. [Speaks. J And I've got the nicest here. [Reads.] "I must except the Tomliusons, on whom I called yesterday to fulfill my promise to you to see how Lulu was getting on." | Speaks. J Dear old Lulu! [Reads. J "I saw only Miss Tomlinson and Lulu. 3Iiss Tomlinson inquired kindly after you, and Lulu was very anecuonaie in ner greeting. x uui little thing! it does seem hard you had to give her up." [Speaks.] It was tough! [Reads.] "Perhaps Mrs. Pedder's prejudices may not prove so strong as you think, and you may yet all three be good friends. Having duly reported, 1 don't th:nk there's any more to tell you. May join Vaughan on his yacht. He has written to me twice. With kindest regards to the bride, yours, George Hammand." Mr. P. (folding up letter). "One can always rely on George. Glad he's seen Lulu. Better not let my wife see this. She wouldn't like what he says about *her prejudices. | Puts letter in pocket. J j I hear her dress rustling. (Enter Mrs. Pedder in pretty morning dress.) Mrs. P. Here I am, dear. Mr. P. And very charming you look, too. Mrs. P. (turning round so that he can see all the dress.) I thought you would like it. Isn't the looping back of the skirt pretty? I haven't kept you waiting, have I? Mr. P. No; he hasn't brought breakfast, yet. Enter John with breakfast things,including wifli cnfrit lomn litrlit**) Mr flnrl Mrs. P. sit and t^gin eating." Mr. P. This trout is dried up too much. Mrs. P* I'm sure, Dick dear, I don't cee anything the matter with it. John (aside.) I thought he was due. Mr. P. I'm glad you can eat it; I can't. Change my plate, John. Mrs. P. No letters for me this morning, John? , ! John. No, mum. Only one for Mr. Pedder. [He goes oil with plates. M. P. (aside). Why the deuce couldn't he simply say "no"? (Aloud.) Just a few lines from Hammond, dear. He 6ends his kindest regards to you. Sirs. P. Much obliged to him. I like George Hammond best of all your friends 1 have met. Mr. P. Pra very glad you do, for he's the best I have. I want you to make him feel at home in our crib, when we get back to the city. Mrs. P. 1*11 try, Dick. [Holding out sugar bowl. J Does my dicky-bird want apiece more sugar. Mr. P. No. thank you. [Aside.] I wish she'd drop that canary racket. Mrs. P. What does Mr. Hammond v write about? Mr. P. Oh, nothing in particular. Only wrote because he nronjised. Sends a little club gossip and says Lie may go yochting. Sirs. P. Can I read his letter? I d like to see exactly what he has to say about 7 me. >? . Mr. P. All right, dear; I'll show it to you some time. Rut I want you now to get ready for a walk. *- (Rises. Sirs. P. You're in a great hurry this morning. Are you sure you arc not dying to catch sight of that widow on horseback? Mr. P. The widow be?married again. Mrs. P. (coming to him.) Oh, Dick, you say that as if you thought it would be a punishment. Mr. P. Perhaps it would be, to her husband. Mis. P. (anxiously.) But you don't think so? Mr. P. IIow can I tell anything about it? I don't know her or her iutcnded victim. Mrs. P. You know that isn't what meant, Dick. You don't find marriage a punishment? Mr. P. IIow can I, when I have married a girl I love so much. Mrs P. The only one you have ever really loved? Mr. P. Haven't I told you so a hun dred time3? Mrs. P. Well, tell it again. I can't hear it too often. Mr. P. (kissincr her.) The onlv one I have really loved. Now, while you put on your things, I'll have a smoke. (Takes out a cigar and looks in matchfcafe.) No matchcs again! I believe the v case must leak. - *-"^Mrs. P. There's a light under the kettle, Dick. But please go outside to smoke. Mr. P. All right. (He takes out some letters from his pocket, aud tears a piece off one to make a lighter; walks to table, lights cigar, and in putting letters back drops one without noticing he has done so.) I'll go out on the balcony. "Rfinr* mr Vint anrl crlnvpQ flortr whon you're ready; and don't be long. He goes out through window. Mrs. P. I wish tobacco smoke didn't make me cough so. I hope I shall get used to it, for Dick's sake. Dear Dick, how good he is! |Sees letter. | Why, he" droppei one of his letters. [ Picks it up, and sees signature.) "George Hammond." That's the one he received this mnminrr Hfi said I mierht read it. II5e "O" <p i gins to read. J 4 'Dear Dick.k} [ Speaks. ] I don't like anyone else calling Dick, ' Dick." I wonder if lie couldn't get them to call him Richard? [Heads.J "Hope the honeymoon is proving all the poets describe it to be."' [Speaks. J Of course it is, and sweeter, too. Such perfect happiness is beyond the expression of mere words. [Reads.] ''The city is beastly?" [Speaks.J What a horrid word! (Readson.j?"dull; nothing decent at the theaters, and nearly all the nice girls out of town." [Speaks reflectively, and with a self-satisfied toDe. [ Yes. I suppose they are. [ Heads. J "I must except the Tomlinsons, on whom I called to-day?" [Speaks.J Dick never mentioned them; I wonder why ho didn't? [Reads. J?'"to fulfill my promise to you to see hr>w Lulu was getting ?on." [Speaks. 1 *Vho is Lulu Tomlinson, and why shoula Dick want to know how she is getting cn? Perhaps Tomlinson has married a friend of Dick's; but even then I don't sec why he should take so much interest in her. [Reads.] I saw only Miss Tomlinsoa ?ad Lulu. Miss Tomliasoa - 1 inquired kindly after you, and Lulu was very affectionate in her greeting." [Speaks.] Perhaps Lulu is going to marry George Hammond. (Rends.] "Poor little thing! It does seem hard you had to give her up.'' | Speaks. | Oh! Dick has been in love with Lulu. And how often had he sworn that I was the only woman he had ever really loved! And I?I believed him, fool that I was! I feel that all my faith is shattered. So this Mr. Hammond has been helping Dick to deceive me. I never could bear him. anyway. | Reads. | "Perhaps Mrs. Pcdder's prejudices?" [Speaks. | My prejudices! (Jo 011, Mr. Hammond?go I nn T nlw.tvs tlimicrllt VOll VOll Were S'v A J0 v- ? - - , and fast. What more does the wretch j say? | Reads. |?"may not prove so strong as you think; and you may yet all ; three be good friends/' | Speaks. | Very j likely, very likely indeed, Mr. George | Hammond. Friends with a forward ! minx like this Lulu, who, I am sure, was much more to blame than Richard. He has cruelly deceived me, though. If he had only told me the truth I might have forgiven him. [ (Jets up and walks about. ] Rut now?now I can never trust him again. And all for a girl who was ready to give his friend an affectionate greeting. A nrettv friend, this man whom I was to make feci at home! Home! I shall j never have a homo now. | Looks at letter again. | '"With kindest regards to j the bride.'' [Speaks. | The hypocrite! How I hate him! And as for this Lulu, what can I do? Let me think. Oh, if mamma were only here to advise me! [Enter Mr. P. through window. Mr. P. Xot dressed yet, dear? Mrs. P. (hiding letter, and struggling to appear calm.) No. Mr. P. Why not? Mrs. P. 1 am not going out. I have a headache. Mr. P. Your eyes look red. I'm so sorry, dear! |Coming closer. | Can I get you anything? Mrs. P. (shrinking back.) No. Don't touch me. Mr. P. What is the matter. Mrs. P. Oh, nothing. Only my heart is broken. Mr. P. What nonsense! What has U1 UACU lb. Mrs. P. It may be nonsense to you, sir, but it is death to me. I have discovered, your cruel perfidy. Mr. P. (amazed). My perfidy. [Aside.] What in thunder is she driving at? Mrs. P. Yes. You need not affect innocence. I have proof of one case, but I dare say it is only one of hundreds. Oh! to think that f should have married such a Don Juan! Mr. P. Will you please explain what you are talking about. Mrs. P. (sobbing). Not ten minutes ago you told me that I was the only woman you had ever really loved. Mr. P. And I tell you so once more. Mrs. P. Don't! don't!! don't!!! Do not, Mr. Pedder, shatter any lingering remnant of faith I may have. Do not j heap perjury ou perjury. Mr. P. (aside). "Mr. Pedder." It's serious. |Aloud.] -My dear, you arc using very strong words. Mrs. P. I have heard of your loves, and the false stories you have told others ?the affections you have wronged?the hearts you have betrayed. And I?I, who was ready to worship you. am to be rewarded with the worn-out feelings of a rake. Oh! it is a bitter awakening from my dream! Mr. P. If you will drop your tragic vein, ana tell me what's the matter, I shall, no doubt, be able to explain it. I can see that some one has been trying to make mischief between us. Who is the liar??the false friend? Tell me, that I may prove myself innoccnt. Mrs. P. You brazen it out Loldly, sir, but youv acting does not impose upon me. 1 have proofs?the best proofs. Mr. P. Then show them to me?tell me what they are. I cannot answer' an accusation that is so vague. Mrs. P. You could not answer it if I demeaned myself by stating it in the clearest words. Mr. P. Ellen, is this the faith and trust you promised me at,the altar? Mrs. P. Do you dare to speak to me j of faith and trust? You, who are so false and disloyal. j Mr. P. If you won't tell me you won't, | but I'll be hanged if I know what all this is about. Mrs. II. Go on, 6ir, go on. Use bad language if you want to. You don't [ respect me. but you can't impose on me. Had you confessed all and trusted to my love I might have forgiven you, but your shameless protestations of ignorance and innocence show me what I have to expect in the future. I am coincr to mv room, sir. and I beg you will not disturb me. [Goes to door|. If you want amusement this morning, sir, you can think of Lulu Tomlinson. i [She enters room ar.d slams door. Mr. P. (alone). Whe-e-e-w! Lulu Tomlinson! [Takes letters from his pocket and looks them over]. By Jove! I've dropped George's, and she's read it. And she thinks Lulu is a girl! [ Laughs I. That's the best joke I ever heard. Come to think of it, his phrases were rather ambiguous. Poor Ellen! it is really too bad she should have been so worried. But I was worried too. I shall have to give her a little lesson. [Goes to door, opens it a little and callsj. Mrs. Pedder! Mrs. P.'s voice. I asked you to respect mv grief. Mr. P. (in calmly dignified tones). I am aware how cruelly you have mis juugeu iue. i uuimui rust (juiuuy uhuui a false and wicked aspersion. It will be well for the future happiness of both of us that you come here and listen to me. Mrs. lVs voice. I have proofs. Mr. P. Proofs that I shall demolish. [Enter Mrs. P. Mrs. P. I shall be only too delighted if you can. Mr. P. Kindly take a seat. Thank you. When you left me, just now, you hurled at me the name of Lulu Tomlinson. What if I were to assure you that there is no such person? Mrs. P. (rising). Oh, Dick, darling, isn't there really? Mr. P. Oblige me, Mrs. Pedder, by remaining seated. Mrs. P. (sitting). Don't call me Mrs. Pedder. Dick. Mr. P. Madam, just now, on a groundless suspicion, you called me Mr. Pedder once, and sir five times. Had you told me all, and trusted to my love, I might have forgiven your want of faith?the faith that you promised me at the altar. [Hides face in handkerchief. Mrs. P. Oh, but, Dick, I didn't really mean it! I never really doubted you. Mr. P. Madam, your acting does not impose on me. Your anger was too natural to have been assumed. Mrs. P. Don't, Dick, don't. I can't stand it. But you haven't explained it all yet. Mr. P. I should have, had you not interrupted me. You found a letter I dropped, and you immediately proceeded to read it. Mrs. P. 1 saw it was from Mr. Hammond, and you said 1 might read it. Mr. P. "When 1 showed it to vou. But, Mrs. Mrs. P. Don't, Dick, don't! If you call me Mrs. Pedder again 1 shall break my heart. .air. l'. l our aistrusi uas inmost, broken mine. You found in that letter a refcrenee to Miss Tomliuson and Lulu, and immediately jumped to the conclusion that Lulu was a girl to whom I had behaved like a villain. Mrs. P. And isn't she a girl? Mr. P. No; Lulu is a dog. Mrs. P. A dog! Mr. P. A terrier of pure Skye breed. Mrs. P. (rising. ] 01), Dick, how foolish I have been. Mr. P. Don't touch me; hear me out. The first time I met you, you happened to mention your peculiardislike to dogs. I fell in love with you that evening, so I determined not to spoil my changes byspeaking of Lulu or letting you see her. When you accepted me, the Tomlinsons kindly took charge of Lulu, with the un del-standing that if I didn't claim her in six months, she was to be theirs. Mrs. P. (kneeling before him.) Oh, Dick, how wickedly suspicious I have been! Can you ever forgive me? | Mr. P. My dear, I'll try, if you will promise never to be jealous ag.iin. Mrs. P. Never, Dick, dear, never! Mr. P. You see that, however strong i appearances may be. they are not proofs. J Mrs. P. No, Dick, 110. I will never , suspect you again; ana in never reaa j any of your letters?unless you give them to me. Mr. P. That's my own trustful darling j again! (They embracc.) Mrs. P. Dick, I believe I love you more than ever, though I didn't think that was possible. And, oh? Dick, dear, you may send for Lulu if you like. Mr. P. But you can't bear dogs. Mrs. P. Lulu can't be like any other dog. I know I shall love her for your j sake. Besides, I dor;'t want that Miss Tomlinson to have anything that belonged i to you.?Julian Magnus, in llurper. Motto for the coat of arms of a wealth 1 ruit preserver?"I cani" r BUFFALO AND GRIZZLIES. WOT YET EXTINCT IN- THE WELDS OP IDAHO. How They Arc Killed by tlie Hunters ?And Ifloiv Tliey Sometimes Kill iu lteturn. A Boise City (Idaho) letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer says: The buffalo bull ?even the solitary outcast of the herd? never is so aggressive as a Texas steer, and will always run rather than fight; but when cornered during the love season he occasionally rips up a horse and stamps the life out of its rider. But for all this he is not a cowardly brute at all, when his enemies are other than human, and will make a stand against a grizzly bear, which would be given a wide berth by a white hunter, unless specially prepared for him. While hunting in the foot-hills of the Salmon mountains, near the source of the Boise river, a short time since, I saw a meeting between a group of buffaloes and a grizzly, which vermes tne auovc siaiemcnt. [ had taken a breech-loader, charged with buckshot, into the bush, thinking to knock over a deer for breakfast. We had an abundance of bulTalomeat in the larder, but at its best even bulTalo-hump is coarse grained and rank, and owes its reputation to the sharp appetites of hunters rather than to its own excellence. I have yet to sec the man who does not yearn for antelope-steak after a week of "bulller"' diet. The woods were, iu fact, nothing more than a coppice, dense and impenetrable as a Kentucky canebrake, and, after half an hour's scrambling, I was about to give up the chase, when I saw a suspicious movement in a clump of manzanita bushes some rods ahead. The movement continued, and | presently a full-grown grizzly bear shambled out into the open, and leisurely made his way over rocks and dwarfed shrubs toward a plain skirting the river, lie had probably gorged himself with the berries of the manzanita of which bears are very fond, and was now making for the Boise to wash them down with a draught of its clear water. I was taken aback. Grizzlies are not common in this country, their favorite range being lurtlier south, until winter, when they come north to hibernate, and, armed as I was with a shotgun alone, I would have fallen an easy prey to ursus horribilus had he got sight or wind of me. But the wind was in my face, and he presentty had other fish to fry. A bullalo cow, bull and calf, probably straggled off from the herd to drink at the stream, came up out of the fringe of bushes along its bank, and met the bear face to face. He charged then, with a hoarse, dissyllable roar, sounding like 4'gruff-gruff!" and the cow threw up her tail and fled, leaving her calf to his tender mercies. Hut the bull met the charge like a veteran, with his head lowered, and his short, sharp horns standing out of the mass of black hair like a couple of spearheads. There was no preliminary sparring; they closed at once, the bulfalo conducting himself as a domestic bull would do under like circumstanccs, relying upon his head and horns, while the bear threw himself forward with open mouth, and buffeted the other on the neck just forward of the hump, first with the right paw, then with the left. When it is remembered that the foot of a grizzly is often eighteen inches long, armed with six-inch claws, strong as steel and sharp as a sabtr, it will not be a matter of wonder that these two blows ended the tight, probably by breaking the victim's neck and tearing out a length of the spinal cord. The buffalo went down at once, and the bellowing calf scampered | after the cloud ol dust wlncii marked its mother s flight. In forty minutes I was back to the camp, "Grizzly!" I yelled, breaking in on the boys, who were lying in various attitudes about the breakfast spread on the grass, ana rushing to the tent I snatched up my rifle and cartridge belt, followed by every man in the cam]), from the doctor to "Half-breed Jim," the cook. "You blame foo'.," said the doctor, when matters were explained, "from the way you rushed in on us I thought the grizzly was after you." "Not so bad as tLat; but there is no time to lose. Unless we hurry he may lose himself in one of the canyons, and then we can whis'le for his hide and claws." The truth of the remark was acknowledged, and leaving Jim to clear away the remains of the breakfast, and to look after the horses, we set off afoot to the scene of the late battle. A pool of blood marked the place, and a clear truck over rocks, dust ana grass roots showed that the grizzily had dragged his prey back into the hills. He could not have dragged it far in the course of a couple of hours, hence we followed the trail wearily, and were fully prepared for business when we finally came upon the quarry, crouched in a ravine and tearing at the still warm carcass of the buffalo. lie arose on his haunches at sight of us with a growl, and then clapped his bloody paws over his chest. A conical bullet from the doctor's rifle had struck him in the region of the heart. It was followed by three others in quick succession ; but, although the shooters were dead shots, and the chest, which was fairly presented to us, is a vulnerable pait, the beast charged us with fury. It is useless to run from a grizzly unless trees are near, as his speed is such that he can often outstrip a horse, and his weicrht carries him through an under growth which would be a barrier to man. So we held our ground, ejecting shells and pushing home cartridges with ticgers,which in the hurry ot the mo ment, seemed all thumbs. According to a previous agreement,one of the party had held Ins lire, and when bruin was only thirty yards away?coming iiKe a steam engine, with fire in his eyes,open mouth and nostrils?he let him have a hollow bullet square in the right eye. It dropped him in his tracks,and opened a channel in his skull in which one could insert a closed fist. It ts not often that a single ball will kill a grizzly, and it is absolutely dangerous ior a solitary hunter, however well armed he may be, to attack this animal. A creature who can tear oil the hide of a buffalo with two strokes I of his paw, which will never flinch from man, and which can drag a full-grown ' bull over uneven ground for a distance ol half a mile, as this one did. is more than a match for the average hunter, and were it not for the fact that he frequents forests,instead of treeless plains, Vin nfAiiIrl /?Annt V*?u Itu tlm thousarids where now they are counted by hundreds. His inability to climb tiees affords the one clement of safety in hunting him. The methods of hide hunters are iil-to get her different from those of sportsmen. Stalking is the hide hunter's favorite lay, while the sportsman generally adopts running as his mode of procedure. When the hide-hunter locates a herd of buffalo he works his way to the leeward of them, secures a shelter behind a hillock of coppice, and then fires awav, leisurely loading or reloading until the whole herd is either dead or wounded. The reports and smoke from the rifles do not alarm the animals in the least, and, unless the wind blows from the hunter to the herd, or the hunter shows himself, the animals will go on quietly feeding, while their comrades are falling about ai mL. V/ki...?M|.n IIlL'Ili. 1 HC lilUU-llUllLl'ID Ui L"iii <m r\ <i have cleared that State of buffalo by the following means, related by a man who knows whereof he speaks: Streams being exceedingly scarce in Nebraska, south of the I'latte river, buffaloes have to travel many miles sometimes in order to obtain water, and when they reach it they are so desperate from thirst that nothing except death can prevent them from having it. Hunters, knowing this, post themselves along the streams and kill them as they come to drink; but for fear their work should not be effective enough by day, they build fires at night, and by this means keep the dying creatures away frnm flip wnfj'r thrpp or four davs at a I time. When, however, they can stand j the pangs of thirst no longer, they rush ' for the precious fluid, preferring death i to unbearable misery, and many sink, to | rise no more, under the leaden hail of i numerous rifles. Herd after herd was frequently slaughtered in this barbarous manner. Another favorite method was j the driving of a herd over a precipice, ' which was made comparatively easy by j the fact that they move with such ve- | locity, and are so crowded together that ! the rear guard pushes the front downward, and then follow themselves in ! the most, stupid manner, although they may all sec the danger ahead. A Hazclhurst, Miss., man has started a new industry. He ships toads to Louisville florists, who use them to rid their plants of insects. It is said they , do it very effectually. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTltlAL J Black walnut sawdust, formerly thrown away, is now mixed with linseed gum I and molded into heads und flower pieces for the ornamentation of furniture. When dried and varnished it is as hand- ' some and much stronger and more durable than carved work. According to the Lumberman's Gazette, paper bottles are now largely manufactured in Germany and Austria. They arc made of rags, wood pulp and straw, and are coated on both sides with defribrinated blood, lime and alumina. They are manufactured in tivo parts and are submitted to high pressure. When completed they will hold spirits, acid, etc., and arc not easily broken. Their cost is very low. According to Mr. Graham, recounting his experiences of mountaineering in the Himalayas to the Koyal Geographical society, especially with reference to his ascent of a peak 23,700 feet above the sea, neither in that nor in any other ascent did he feel any inconvenience in breathing, or experience any nausea, or bleeding at the nose, or temporary loss of sight and hearing, but the motion of the heart was perceptibly allectcd, as its beating became audible and its rate was decidedly increased. The use of catgut sutures and chickenbone drainage tubes is ami ng the latest devices for mercifully healing wounds Catgut, being an animal substance, is absorbed, and does not have to be withdrawn as does silk or silver wire, which has heretofore been used for sewing up or stitching cuts together. Wounds drawn together with catgut, therefore, do not have to be inflamed by taking out the stitches, and arc in conseouence more , likely to heal by what is kuown as the I "first intention." The large bones of a chicken arc decalcified and made into transparent tubes. These arc inserted where wounds must be drained, and, unlike the rubber tubing formerly used, need not be removed, thus aggravating the wound. Being animal substances they become dissolved. The remarkable faculty which cats, dogs, pigeons and other animals possess nf mtnrnlnrrin (1 of mi flfht lijlfi tO a HOint I iVIUlUlMjj "* ? ? ' " %"'Q -- A # of departure, has awakened much curiosity on the part of naturalists. Some refer it to instinct, some to intelligence similar to that of man, some to an internal mechanism which makes the animals simply automata, but none of these attempted explanations does anything toward solving the mystery. Wallacc supposes that when an animal is carried a great distance in a basket its flight makes it very attentive to the different odors which it cncountersupon the way, and that the return of these odors in inverse order furnishes the needful guide. Toussennel supposes that birds recognizes the north as the cold quarter, the south j as the warm, the east (in France) as the ! dry and the west as the moist. Recently, Viguier has published, in the Jlcwtc Philoaophiijue, an original memoir upon the sense of orientation and its organs, : in which he attributes the faculty to a I linrmntinn nf mnornntic ClUTCntS. r"vvr"v" = Scorpions and Centipedes. Frequently though the scorpion is met with, yet a sting from one is rare. An instance coming within my observation j was that of my chowkcenar, who had been stung during the night while asleep on his mat in the corner of the veranda where the reptile had evidently dropped down from above. I was awoke by a loud"bapre-bap"and the very laminar sapKauyia ^rumui, un, father, a snake has bitten me!") and on going to the spot with a light, we discovered the assailant to be, not a snake, but a scorpion, which was standing motionless in the corner, still angrily curving its tail?a discovery which afforded unspeakable relief to the chowkeedar, who had thought his last hours were come, and who now with folded hands and upturned eyes devoutly acknowledged his excapc in the exclamation: "Dehai Kara Ji, jan buchgais ("Mercy, oh, liamf ray life is spared!"). He had presseil upon the reptile, no doubt, while turning round, and had been stung on the arm, which rapidly swelled to a great size, accompanied by pain so excessive as to cause a jeeung 01 iaminess. With his mind, however, relieved from the "worst," lie soon set about collecting herbs from the compound and garden, under the application of hot mashes of which the pain gradually subsided, and along with the swelling, disappeared in a couple of days. ISeing curious to watch the habits of the scorpion, I placed one under u glass case along with a grasshopper two inches long, whose sharp-spiked legs constituted its strong natural defence. For awhile the scorpion took no notice of the wild leaps of his companion, though every now and affain it struck against him in j rebounding from the glass cover, but at length, irritated by the continuance of these, it assumed the olTensivc. After several unsuccessful clutches, he managed to seize with his toes a leg of the grasshopper, which be held in his jaws, while endeavoring to transfix hiin with his sting, till he succeeded in driving it through and through .him. The leaps of the grasshopper now speedily grew feebler, and soon he lay motionless and dead. For twenty-four hours the scorpion took no further notice of his companion, and then, pressed by hunger, he bethought himseif of him, and speedily devoured him. Like the scorpion the centipede also erwme tinrHnl to rrrassliormers. when it ? J-. - - o n > ~ . can get them. Ail enormously magnified copy as it is of the little home centipede, 1 he sight of one five or six inches long, with its multitude of prehensile feet all moving at once, and its long feelers steering its way, causes an involuntary creeping of the flesh. Once while reclining on a sofa perusing a daily paper after mid-day breakfast, preparatory to "turning in" for the customary siesta, I was surprised by a thump-thumping against a newspaper which was lying in a corner of the room, and the continuance of the sound induced me to jump up to ascertain the cause, suspecting, of course, a snake and frog. The raising of the paper disclosed a centipede of about five inches long, holding in his jaws a large grasshopper, which he was quietly hollowing out without the least regard to the frantic kicks of his victim, which had occa- : sioned the noise against the paper. Nor did he seem disposed to relinquish so j choice a morsel, but allowed himself to j be turned over and over without even relaxing his hold; and us the grasshopper could not physically recoup his loss, I let his devourcr continue, till in a quarter of an hour only the shell remained, and only then did the diminish- , iug. kicks of the grasshopper cease altogether. On another occasion, in the hot month of May, during my morning ablutions, while raising the sponge to my face, I ; was met by the near view of an ugly pair of horns, followed by a head, emerging from one of the pores. Not an instant too soon, I dropped it down again on the basin stand, upon which the full , length of a hideous centipede gradually i unwound itself. Such are instances of the way these ( reptiles are come upon now and again in , India, generally when and where least expected, and showing the wariness peo- j pie require to practicc in every move- , ment, even in lining a oook or paper, or ( putting the hand anywhere where the eye docs not also reach. The bite of the , centipede is rarely heard of, but it is ! more or less poisonous, and, iike the . sting of the scorpion, is considered serious to children,?.1(7 the Year liuuiul. , David Davis on Fat Men. < Ex-Senator David Davis the other day j said: "I feel very well, though some of ( my friends are it little alarmed at my rapid loss of flesh. Some persons do not like to tell their age or their weight, but I weighed three years ago more than 30'1 r pounds, and when I was last weighed, . not many weeks ago, I weighed but 241 pounds." Said I: "Judge, your sieges t in an arm-chair, listening to law cases, s probably made you fat." "Xo," said j the judge; "I inherited a large body. Flesh is natural to me. When 1 went to Illinois I made up my mind I would ; neither drink nor gamble, consequently I have survived a smtll host of men proba- ? bly better entitled to live than myself. I j dii not smoke a cigar until I was pretty well advanced iu life?indeed, only a few years ago. Perhaps roy loss of flesh is r attributable to my stopping smoking, t which I did for some time. I prefer a t pipft," said the judge, "to a cigar. The t kind of tobacco I smoke costs about $2 a pound, and is made about Lynchburg. I j cannot smoke Turkish tobacco at all. Prince Krapotkin, who, in his impris- n onment lias raaue a pet 01 a cat., says s there is no question that a cat can see its s reflection in a mirror, which scientists s say is doubtful. 4 ?? t The young lady who was blamed for allowing her glove to be discovered in iv young man1? pocket stated that she had no hand in it. a ..S. " * -,T" --> SOME MODERN SAMSONS. UfiST A2TD WOMEN OF BXTBAOBDXNABY STEBSGTH. 4 French Woman That Carried Wcig'hu XliatWerc Equal to *2,010 Pound*-Feat* of Strong iTOcn. Tlic feats nf Lulu ITurst fall into insignificance beside those of Mme. Gobert, who laid claim to no other power than uncommon physical strength. This woman, who is described as possessing a remarkably beautiful face and form, appeared first before the public at St. Bartholomew fair in London, in 1818. Her achievements astonished all who beheld them. She carried weights C(|uai to 2,0115 pounds, lifted u heavy table, on which several persons were seated, with her teeth, supported an anvil weighing 400 pounds on lier chest while a blacksmith forged a horseshoe upon it, and afterward tied her long hair about the anvil and swung it about. The Georgia girl's chair feat was a favorite one with Mme. Gobert, and it is noteworthy that in the case of each woman this was the first branch of their performances attacked by skepticism. Whether, as was charged, her public performances were made up largely of trickery, there appears to be no doubt that she was extraordinarily strong. On one occasion while traveling, her coach sunk into the mire and resisted all efforts of the horses. Descending, the female Samson easily extricated the vehicle And proceeded on her journey amid the applause of a large crowd of common people, with whom her popularity continued for years. In 1871, JL Gregoric, claiming to be seventy-one years old, astonished the physicians and the public of a town near London by carrying 700 pounds with ease, lifting an ox, and performing other wonderful feats. Ilis shoulders were prodigious, and his biceps almost incredible. Gregoric's strength, rather than a source of pride to him, was the nf unvintv. Although the mildest of mcu, he lived in dread that he should be provoked to use his strength against a fellow-being. He was afraid to nurse his own child lest he should give it a fatal squeeze. Nearly all individuals of uncommon strength make up in bulk what they are deficient in height. Stanley, the African explorer,describes a strong man who was six feet five inches, and rather disproportionately slender. He could toss an ordinary man ten feet in the air, and catch him in his decent. lie would take one of the large white Muscat donkeys by the ears, and, with a sudden'movement of his right foot, lay the surprised ass on his back. He could carry a threeyear-old bullock half way around his master's plantation. Once he actually bore twelve men on his back, shoulders and chest a distance of !300 feet. Middle-aged people who remember the dawn of interest in muscular exercises recall Dr. Winship, the originator of the idea which was subsequently embodied in lifting machines. The astonishment that tbe doctor's performances created was nsitiol tn fVinf nf tliA Hnrlinflra ft fnw years ago at Jorgnery's feats. The most wonderful of these was known as the trapeze feat. The Frenchman hung suspended by his legs from a swinging bar, and by sheer muscular strength lifted a heavy horse and its rider off the stage, suspending them several minutes, and then letting them down gradually and evenly as he raised them. llerwin Thompson's achievement at Rochester, N. Y., last year was, however, in the opinion of competent judges, more surprising than this. Thompson laid face downward on a firmly fixed ladder and resisted the efforts of a team of powerful horses to pull him from that position. A newspaper writer, in reviewing this wonderful performance, remarks that the little mention with which it escaped could happen only in a nation where strong men were common. The same feat in 1C75 gave William Joy the name of the English Samson. The medical faculty of Vienna thought the strength of Joseph Pospischilli worthy of discussion at several special meetings. This man held a table suspended by his teeth while three gypsies danced upon it. He and one of his brothers bore upon their shoulders a sort of wooden bridge while a horse drawing a cart full of stones was driven over it. Pospischilli's strength was thought to reside in his back, and his bones were said to be frwi:e as large as the usual size. Fishing parties and explorers in the wilds of northern Wisconsin were a few years ago familiar with Peter Panqucttc, the Samson of the region. He was a famous woodsman, possessed of mighty endurance, and muscles that were like iron. Senator Clark says: ''I have had him bare his arm to me and crack hick ory nuts upon the muscles. It was like cracking them on a stone. lie could take a handful of dried hard hickory nuts and crush them to pieces by merely tightening his fist." On one occasion, while serving as a guide for a party of explorers, a yoke of oxen drawing the boat down the Fox gave out through fatigue. Panquettc took their place, and hauled the boat along, heeding the strain less than the beasts. Sheppard, the wonder of the Coventry volunteers, whose muscular development answers to the description given of Panquctte, like the latter, wore his hair long. With the half-breed it was a custom derived from his coppercolored ancestors, but with the ruddy Englishman it was in obedience to his belief that all his strength lay in his flowing yellow locks. Sheppard could lift a heavy man in each hand, and hold I .? L 1 ITrx 4-^ca Uttlli (lb ill 1I1S iUil^lU. 1XU tu UIU tuoo normous t ables, barrcU and bags of flour about as though they were lillcd with feathers. He could take a pewter pint pot and tear it into picccs with his teeth, and he could munch large oyster shells as a person would munch a biscuit. Shcppard was the wonder of the country around, but his prosperous popularity developed enemies, and one of these, it is related, induced the strong man to drink deeply, and while sunk in stupor cut olT his luxuriant hair. Sheppard awoke, felt his bare poll, and in tones of horror announced his strength was gone. Whether because such was the case, or because he wished to excite superstitious credulity, the strong man from that moment was weak, timid and hesita ing until his hair grew long again. ?Inter Occan. Fingers and Tlinmhs. "Beware of the person whose fingers turn backward. He is unjust, subtle, ingenious. and the neater his finders seein to be the more mischievous is he unci an enemy to virtue." Fingers which ciing to each other denote a changeable character. Long and large fingers betoken liberality, true friendship, good condition. Abraham Lincoln had these. Fingers too short, with thick ends and fat, will be dishonest and sly. Fingers that stand apart from each other, poverty, wretchedness, and much talk about self. Nerveless fingers denote a want of character, trembling, twitching fingers i drunkard. Small taper lingers, on a woman, show indecision of character, daintiness, and leccit. If the nails are oblique, want of ourage. A largo, well-made liand inclines to n jenerous, unselfish disposition. Little round nails mean obstinacy and mger and violent love. Long, pure white nails, especially on a woman's hand, are an indication of a deceitful nature, with great strength and cruel, crafty love. Red nails signify cruelty, desperate ovc. Spots on the edge of nails, violent leath. "The thumb," says Xcwton, "is to me t convincing proaf of immortality." iVithout it the hand is almost useless. Hie only animal that has a thumb is the ipe, but it is an imperfect memncr, and Iocs not assist the animal to a more incident use of its hand or paw. Koman laves used to cut oil their thumbs belause they lacked the couragc to to var, and were considered with abhorencc. Infants, while very young, and diots, who cannot control thought, have 10 use of their thumbs, and keep them :lasped loosely in the clenched hand, n the language of the hand an authority ays: "People with large hands can produce csults unnatural to them easier than hose with small; for example, n large h timberl mechanician mav brinir himself i o write poetry, but a small thumbed I >oet can never become a practical calcu- j utor."?Detroit Free Press. "I've just found out why lightning ! icver strikes twice in the same place," ' aid farmer Furrow to the deacon as they j tood under a tree during a thundertorm. "Why is it?" said the deacon, j Because, sir, the same place is never here after the lightning oncc hits it."? Veto York Journal. Love's labor lost -- Casting sly glanco t a blind man, < ?"Trr ^ ' 'V . ' ^(v"VH-;:I -'-.-Y '-v' f* SELECT SIFTINGS. The first attempts to introduco gas as ail illuminator in the United States were made in Baltimore, between-1816 and 1820. They failed, but it was successfully introduced into Boston in 1822. The Giant's Castle is a famous structure on the summit of a mountain near Cassel, Germany. On the top of the castle is a pyramid ninety-six feet high, supporting a statue of Hercules (a copy of the Farnese) thirty-one feet in height. This castle includes a system of waterworks connected with the grounds of Wilhelmshohe, which is, perhaps, uncqualed. The fountain supplied by these water-works rises in a column twelve inches in diameter to the height aT 1 OA VI li/V Ittt, The harmonica is the name of a musical instrument, invented by Benjamin Franklin. There are but very few people who know that Franklin ever invented a musical instrument, but such is a fact. It consisted of a number of globular glasses set in a revolving motion on their center, and while they were in motion their rims were touched with the operator's finger, when a soft and beautiful sound was produced. A young lady by the name of Miss Davis became a perfect performer on the harmonica, and appeared in Europe and throughout America in 1705. No imJmovement has ever been made on the larmonicii, and it has sunk into oblivion, while the mouth-organ hus robbed it of its name. All the care of the Dutch has not preserved the islands of Zeeland. Three centuries ago Schouwen was entirely submerged, and everv livinir creature was drowned. Soon after, Noordt Beveland was submerged and remained for several years entirely under water, only the points of the church spires being visible. Zuid Bcveland had been submerged in the fourteenth century. Walcheren was submerged us late as 1808. and Tholen even in 1825. It has been aptly asserted that the sea to the inhabitants of Holland is what the Vesuvius is to Torre del Greco. De Amicis says that the Dutch havo three enemies?the sea, the lakes, and the rivers; they repel the sea, they dry the lakes, and they imprison the rivers; but with the sea it is a combat which never ceases. Throughout the western isles of Scotland timber is a rare and precious article, most frequently the gift of the ocean. A good log of driftwood is a prize. It may have been a tree, tempest-torn from its home, tossed by the waves and waftnrl f/% on/1 fvr\ l\tr mnnv n nurPAnt. nr*? if". drifted to these far isles, or it may he the masts of some wrecked vessels, whatever its story it is treasure-trove, and though encrusted with barnacles or riddled by pholades it can be turned to account. TheJargc timbers become rafters, precious heir-lonms, for a young couple cannot wed till they have accumulated enough to support their thatch, and should they have occasion to "Hit," the only part of their bothy that commands any pecuniary compensation is the roof, not the work only, but also the heavy thatch saturated with thick, greasy peatreek (in other words with a thick coating of soot), which forms a valuable manure. Blushes and Lies. "Among the unexploded fallacies must be reckoned the popular error of making it incumbent 011 a blush to always follow a lie." It was ft popular lawyer who spoke, a man whose face may be seen almost any time in the criminal court building when a more than usual interesting malefactor is on trial, a man to whom a large and varied experienc e with liars of all sorts must be conceded. "Will you elucidate?" said the reporter. "That I will, my boy. "Whenever I hear a person testify on the witness stand I observe two things, whether that person is quiet, self-possessed, and glib, or else embarrassed, easily disconcerted, and led into contradictions. In 'lie first case, I know that no power on earth could make that person blush, no matter how untruthful the testimony might be. In the latter case, though, I am aware that blusli will follow blush as the cross-cxamillation gets more and more, lively. Experienced liars, those who make lying profitable to them, never blush. They consider this ashjn of moral and physical weakness below their dignity. The fact is that no prevaricator of any magnitude at all is ever guilty of blushing. It is only the greenhorn in this business who colors when he sees that his lie is not believed?but only then, not otherwise even with him. The smoothest and most accomplished liars are found not among the female sex as another widespread error will have it, but among the males. You see, it takes more than ordinary strength of character, a very good memory, and a logical mind to carry through successfully a system of avoiding the truth. Now, that is where the ladies are deficient. They can tell beautiful lies on the Spur of the moment with all the apparent candor of a whitc-souled priestess of Vesta, but they cannot be consistent about it, nor mn tVinv nvnlvi* in thf>ir Ififrifal snnuencc V"" V"VJ V. w., V ~0 1 one lie after the other till a perfectly formed pyramid of them has been built up, on the apex of which their placidly slumbering conscicnce may gracefully recline." "I think you arc rather hard on the ladies there," said the newspaper man, who recalled some very brilliant exploits by women in this particular line. "Trust me, I know whereof I am speaking. Ae for their capacity not to blush when disguising the facts, the women compare very favorably with the men, but not in the above points. And as for blushing gencQilly, I've found that you very rarely will meet a liar above the age of twelve who will blush under any consideration. In fact, the most barefaced, cold-blooded liars, combining effrontery with skill, are to be encountered in the youth of this land, both sexes sharing alike in the honor. There is another curio-.is fact I ought to mention. It concerns my own profession. While a "lawyer pleading before a judge, or when dealing with his clients or brother attorneys, is a man justly reputed for his judicious mendacity, he strangely enough lacks that quality if, by chance, he is put on the witness stand. 1 know it happened to me that way last year in the ]) trial, and I quite astonished myself?ha! ha! ha!"?Chicttgo JYeics. A Good Bag; of Bears. Not iong since I was riding toward Cloud Peak, and had gone only three miles, when I discovered two enormous grizzlies down in a horseshoe canon. 1 left my pony, went to the canon wall, and opened tire on the enemies. The bears were five hundred yards away. My first shot wounded one of the monsters, and the wounded one immediately attacked the other bear. They fought desperately for fifteen minutes. It was a terrible encounter. The wounded bear was beaten by its antagonist, after which I shot the victor. They were I <th ferocious-looking animals, and the two would weigh over o.OOO pounds. Their tnol.-o tnnnciirnrl flnws fniir inches, feet fourteen inches, and the bears were twelve feet long. Leaving the two bears, I walked over a ridge not more than a mile away, and came 011 to four more, two black and two silver-lip bears. They did not see me, and my position was a good one on the lee and near a nice smooth crag of granite. Slipping on a pair of moccasins I was soon on top of the granite knob, 150 feet above ground. I opened lire immediately, only *200 yards, killed two at the first shot, and soon had them rolling down the mountain together. It was an exciting time; the four bears made a terrible noise. After seeing a large eagle swoop down among the pines, catching a grouse, I descended from my rocky knob and ventured up to the bears. There they all lay in a heap, all dead and in the gulch together. Those six bears would weigh over 7,000 pounds.?Unit Laic Trili'tim. Pleasant People. Companionable people arc those who have a knack of making light of their tribulations and vexations, and a lialiit ot putting them out of sight; who do not entertain their acquaintances with the recital of a leaky pipe, a bad baking, the children's measles, the shortcoming; of the servants; who know how to keep their melancholy, if they have any, out of the conversation; whose nerves do not furnish them with material for a morning call; who are not always on the lookout for a draught, or u change of weather, or a slight; who do not lament their poverty aloud, and make us feel responsible for it and uncomfortable amidst our plenty. The companionable people never seek to make us dissatisfied with ourselves or our belonging*; they talk about the things we like to hear and arc silent upon the subjects on which we disagree; thev do not dilTer from us for the sake of differing, and do not announce their opinions as if there were no appeal therefrom. THE LANDJOF DREAMS.J Oh, land of dreams! Oh, beautiful land which borders the unknown shore? Whose realms are filled with the loved and lost, whom we meet on earth no more! Land where the weary and worn may rest; where the king and the serf lie down ; Where the serf may walk in realms as fair as . he who weareth the crown. With the loving and loved of our youth we wander by golden streams ; We reck not of care, of wealth or loss, in that beautiful land of dreams. The maid whom wo loved in halcyon days, whoso bed lies under the snow, Flits back and forth in the land of dreams with the beauty of ''long ago Her bright eyes shine with the sparkling glance of the olden happy days? And our hearts again renew their youth flio roHinnfio r\f haf rrn We live whole years of joy at once as the sunlight on us gleams. Whole years of joy that have no night, iu the beautiful land of dreams. The love, the hopes and the knowledge vast that wo yeani for in waking hours We gather in when we enter there as the earth drinks in the showers; We climb the hills of the unknown land?tho land by no mortal trod? Behold tho palace wherein our home, who3Q builder and maker is God ! And brightly its walls of jasper shine as the sunlight on it gleams; Its gates of gems and its streets of gold that we see in tho land of dreams. Oh, land of dreams ! Oh, mystical land ! bo tween the known and unknown, There reigns no king in thy vast domain, each dream is king alone. He knoweth naught of the mystic realm, cares not where its confines end ; He naketli not, for upon its shores he meeteth his long-lost friend ! Oh, land of dreams ! Oh,beautiful land, where the sunlight ever gleams ! * May we enter the unknown land named Heaven from the beautiful land of dreams. IIUMOR OF THE DAY. Letters of acceptance?Y-e-s. By the weigh?The man at the scales. The fall overcoat belongs to the clothe3 of the year. "When I'm waiting for James, a min? ute seems an hour; when he is with me, an hour seems but a minute." "Yes, judge," said the prisoner, "I admit that the back of my trousers was tangled in the dog's teeth, and that I dragged the animal away, but if you call that stealing a dog, no man on earth is safe from committing crime." "How do you dare eat so many onions?" asked Gimlet of Auger. "I don't care how many I eat," he replied. " My wife is a long way off. She is in Buffalo." " Yes, but 500 miles isn't very far for an onion."?Graphic. A Louisville man has turned out some sort of an electrical invention, by which a man can lie in bed and fish. There is no demand for such a contraption, for anybody knows that a man who will fish can lie anywhere.?Merchant-Traveler. Some of our exchanges seem to think that the transmission of a message from Melbourne to London, a distance of 18,308 miles, in 23 minutes the most remarkable telegraphic feat on record, but it is evident that none of them have ever seen a messenger boy run.?Boston Post. There is a young lady who lives next door to Blogg's house, and while Blogg had company the other evening she was heard in her endeavors to extort music from a piano. "Our neighbor's daughter is a very good player," remarked Blogg, * "Affably, d'i rJCg'a"psuse in the conversation. * "Her time is a little slow," was thn critical rcsnonse of Blocrcr's caller. who happened to be a connoisseur in music. "Yes," said Blogg," her young man is there, and very likely she has set the clock back."?Lowell Citizen. Making Silver Spoons. Probably there is no other article of table or of other household use in the production of which so little of machine working is employed. Almost all the work on solid silver spoons rs handwork; the exceptions arc the rolling of the ingot into plates, and the production of spoons with ornamentation in relief, which is produced by recessed patterns on the rolls. The material for spoons is coin silver, obtained from the government mints in ingots, or from trade for old silver, or from the use of current coin. This is melted over a charcoal fire in plumbago crucibles to a certain heat, known to the adept by the appearance of the surface of the molten metal. It is poured into cast iron molds, forming bars of about seventy ounces weight each. These bars are heated over a forge fire of -* 1 ?-1 1--J iL. *1 U ? cnarcoai anu worscu uu iuu uuvn uy hammer and sledge, precisely as iron or steel is worked, or are rolled into plates or ribbons. Occasionally annealings arc necessary to prevent cracking?the annealing being heated red hot and quenching in cold water. The ribbon for the rdinarv teaspoon is four and a* half inches long by tlnee-cights of an inch wide. "When rolled, a blank of two and a quarter inches is lengthened to four and a half inches, to thin it down to spoon thickness. Before rolling or hammering, silver is nearly as soft as lead; but with these mechanical processes it can be made hard and rigid, (jood springs, retaining their qualities for years can be made of silver hammered or rolled" To form the bowl of the teaspoon, the bar, of three-eighths of an inch wide and less than three thirty-seconds of an inch thick, is hammered Hat on an anvil with a crowning face until the workman lias spread it into an oval, which is much thinner in the middle than at tbc edges, as the edges are to receive the bulk of the wear. The handles are formed also by the hammer, and a competent workman will so nearly produce the form of the spoon as to leave very little material to be removed by the file to dress it in shape. The curvature of the bowl is produced by repeated "coaxing" blows by a steel punch and a die of cast composition of lead and tin. No file-dressing is employed on the faces of the spoons; only the edges are lilc-dressed to form. From the anvil and the die the spoons come to hand-smoothing with Scotch gray stones and polishing by stiff brushes?generally vmrnlifinir Krnclioa oht\rrrnrl witli iicrrif-ft" and oil. "Grits" is a peculiar material found in several places?the best in Wallingford, Conn.?that has some of the qualities of tripoli, but appears to be an argillaceous deposit with calcareous particles too line to be palpable. Burnishing is the finish of spoons as of all bright silver goods. All these are hand processes; machinery has little to do in the production of solid silver spoons. Variations of Human Anatomy. F. J. Shepherd,M. P.,says in the Popular Science Monthly, it may not be generally known that no two individuals have exactly the same anatomical structure, and that nearly every one has in him some bony prominence, supernumerary muscle, or abnormal blood-vessel, which tells the talc of his descent. During the past nine years 1 have been teaching anatomy, ami nearly three hundred subjects have been dissected under my immediate supervision; in these I have carefully noted the variations occurring, with the result of Jiuding that scarcely one body is perfectly normal in every part?nay. many are very abnormal, having as many as thirty to forty variations in their bones, muscles, or arteries. I have found variations to occur more frequently in negro and Indian subjects than in those of European descent. When a variation in a bone, muscle, or blood-vessel is found, the tirst question asked is, What is its morphology? and it ia the exception not to be able to make it out; if one fails, it is concludcd that our knowledge is deficient, and that the variation has a history, if we could only discover it. Many variations are explained when an appeal is made to comparative anatomy, a science which is as yet very inknf Jo nnlnnrinrr i/umgHcii:, ?/i4? Miu^u I.J its boundaries. Some animals we know by their fossil remains, and in these merely their bony structure can be studied; all the soft parts are, of course, lost forever, and can only be approximately restored by our knowledge of allied existing types of the same animals. " Women as Detcctives. Some of tnc cleverest detectives in New York are women. They are of the ! ditTerent types of beauty and mind calculated to gain this or that man's conli- j dence and learn his secrets. One is coquettish, another has a deeply religious exterior, yet another is a delightful musician, sings well or sketches cleverly. They may be sent to follow up their prey | in Europe, and may even learn to love j him, so dangerous is propinquity?but then there is the Nemesis, the fateful re- j port to be made to "the inspector" when they return.?PhUudclphia Pre#*, \ N ' J ^ .7*. ' ' Al~'~ /" . ' '.'' Methods of Chinese Doctors. The employment of acupuncture and cauterization by Chinese doctors forms the subject of an article in one of the last numbers of the North China Her>ld. A native public writer not long since claimcd that a skillful physician in this department of medicine could cure such diseases as imbecility, fits, cholera, etc. The principle of cauterization is simply that of counter-irritation, and the English writer bears personal testimony to its efficacy in the case of a slight sunstroke, although the operator was a simple Manchu peasant and instrument a couple of copper coins. Very extraordinary cures are attributed to acupuncture by the Chinese. It is first performed in the hollow of the elbow of each arm. If the puncture draws blood there is no danger, but if no blood appears the case is regarded as very grave. But before abandoning the sufferer puncture of the | abdomen is tried. Seizing a handful of flesh, the operator drives the needle right I ftivmirvK if o?i/1 fKon r\ rna'a if hflrlftPAwl and forward a few times. If the patient manifests any sense of pain, or if any blood is drawn, a poultice of eggs and buckwheat flour is applied over the puncture, and recovery is regarded as almost certain; but if no pain is felt and no blood flows the case is declared hopeless, and the sufferer is left to die. The case is then quoted of a young Chinese, educated abroad, who was attacked with cholera; \ his extremities became cold, and cramp set in in a somewhat alarming manner. The barber surgeon who was called in commenced by running a needle into the pit of the patient's stomach, a jet of very dark blood following; he then punctured the calf, the two breasts, nnrl thf> fnrphead of the sufferer, freeing a certain quantity of blood each prick. The relief is said to be instantaneous, and in two days recovery was complete. The Chinese explanation of this treatment is that, when the blood is in the poisoned condition- which induces the choleraic symptoms, it becomes thick, and accumulates in certain portions of the body. A clever surgeon knows exactly how to put his finger on the par ticular spots, and, by skillfully " opening the mouth of the heart," as the operation is called, sets free the poisoned fluid which causes all the mischief. It is noteworthy that faith in the efficacy of this mode of treatment is not confined to the masses, but is shared by Chinese who have been abroad and have had ample experience of western medical practice.?Nature. The March of Death. Dr. Farr once said that if he could watch the*march of one million people through life, the following would be observable: Nearly 150,000 would die the first year, 53.000 the second year, 28,000 the third year, and' less than 4,000 in the thirteenth year. At the end of forty-five years 500,000 would have died; at the end of sixty years 370,000 would still be living; at the end of eighty years, 97,000; at eighty-five years, 31,000; and at ninety-five years there would be 223: at the end of 108 years there would be one survivor. In the United States there are 07,000 paupers. These are paupers in almsnouses. Of the CO,000 Jews in New York city not one is a bartender. "Hello I" we heard on9 man say to another, the other day. "I didn't know you at first, why, you look ten years younger than you did when I saw you last." I feel ten years younger," was tne reply. "You know 1 used to be under the weather all the time and gave up expecting to be any better. The doctor said I had consumption. I was terribly weak, had night-sweats, cough, no appetite, and lost flesh. I saw Dr. Pierce's 'Golaiwi M?dical Discovery* advertised, aud thought it would do no harm if it did no good. It has cured me. 1 am a new man because I am a well one." Church bells are going out of use in every considerable American city. It's no secret nostrum. We speak of Dr. Pierce's Extract of Smart-Weed, composed of best French Brandy, Smart-weed, Jamaica Ginger and Camphor Water. It cures cholera morbus, colic or cramps in stomach, diarrhoea, dysentery or bloody-flux, and breaks up colds, fevers and inflammatory attacks. Since 1882 France has had Ave epidemics of cholera. Heart Pain*. Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness, Indigestion, Headache, Sleeplessness cured by "Wells' Health Renewer." Dairymen Prefer If. Me88r& Wells, Richardson & Co.: Since the introduction of your Improved Butter Color among my customers, it has given universal satisfaction. The leading dairymen of this section who have used it give it the preference over all other colors, of whatever name or nature. They are especially pleased with the fact that it does not become rancid, like other oil colors and their product brings highest prices in market. W. S. 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The eiperienoe of SDyears shows that there is nu safer or better investment than good tir.n mortgages. We bare never lost n dollar. Salt River Valley Land improvement Co. , W. S. IOQAN Attorney, GO Wall St., Now Yo k. SSSEIHARROW When the Maaon ft Hamlin Company aa- l| ncunced the Accomplishment of a great 'u>? provement in Upright Pianos, which tbiy ? would toon give to the public, much was expected, because of the vast iinpnxvwranli /^H| which had been effected try them in reed jar ftruments. and the acknowledged euperaxd? vknee of their organs. These expectations an folly justified by the pianos which they are producing, which have extraordinary purity and refinement of tone. Every chanic will see that the peculiarities of tbtb' consti-uction must add greatly to their (furabflity and especially their capacity to keep in good tuna This company have as great a future their pianos as they are already roalfgMM their organs, which are ccofe&jfl equaled among such instruments^^^^H^^^fl Traveller, A good medical authority says beoiit^^^H^H ducire to heart disease. ft '*No Physic, Sir, In Mine!? A good story comes from a boys' boarA^^^^B^I school in "Jersey." The diet was monotooMH^^^H and constipating, and the learned decided to introduce some old-style phyaS^^^^^H the apple-fauce, and await the happy One brizht lad, the smartest in school diag^^^^M efed tils'secret mine in his sauce, and pusoj^^^^^M back his plate, shouted to the pedagogue: physic, sir, in mica My dad told mo tojj^^^^^H nuthin' but Dr. Pierce's 'Pleasant Purgnflfl H Pellets.' and they are doing their doty charm I" They are anti-bilious, ana puJ^^H^HM vegetable. nHB Virginia's crop of peanuts is estimateq|HH^H 11,000,003 bushels this year. Any lady who desires further informat^^^^^H than can be given in tlio limited publi<r?p?aB of newspaper columns can obtain Mrs. Lyaxa^H E. Pinkham's pamphlet "Guide to Health" W H by sending a stamp to ^yno, Mass. "I Hare-Snffered r* With erery disease imaginable for tb* lM^ three years. Our ^9 Druggist, T. J. Anderson, recommending ' jM "Hop Bitters" to me^. I used two bottles! 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