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THE WINTER OF THE YEAR.
It is the Winter of tbe year!
O'er buried flowers the snow rifts lie:
The storms have vailed with ashen gray
The blueness of the Summer sky;
No brooks in babbling ripples run,
No birds are singing in the hedge,
No violets nodding in the sun,
Beside the brooklet's frozen edge,
Yet unto leafless, broken boughs,
Tbe greenest mosses closely cling,
And near stem Winter's stormy verge
Float soft, prophetic ail's of Spring.
It is the Winter of our life!
O'er buried hopes the snow rifts lie,
And storms have vailed with ashen gray
Tbe blueness of the cloudless sky:
* No light steps cross the threshold stont),
No voice of love our welcomes greet,
-^u gemif uanu eiRuusps our u?n,
With cordial salutation sweet;
Yet unto bruised and broken hearts
Endearing words of promise ding.
And float upon Time's stormy voyage,
Bright blossoms of eternal Spring!
?Luther (J. Iti'jgs.
TWO LOVERS.
"Of course I know it is a great piece
of folly in me.'' "Then why do it?''
The other young man laughed with a
certain litterness. He was standing in
front of a large oak tree which was half
cut through; he was leaning on his ax,
and looking at the man near him, who
was seated on a fallen trunk and smoking
a cigar.
About this person was the unmistakable
air of wealth aud success, lie was,
nevertheless, gazing at his companion
with the ax with an expression of
admiration.
"Why do it?" repeated Holt; and he
lifted his weapon and swung it furiously
against the oak. '1 do it just for the
same reason that that tree is bound to
fall, because it can't help it."
"Pshaw!"
Mr. Barron, though he uttered this exclamation
as if in remonstrance, could
not help a look as of relief coming to his
facc. He felt that his couutenance expressed
too much, and he stooped down
and picked up a twig from the ground,
breaking it in his fingers, and not raising
his eyes.
"You see, I have grown up near her
since she was a child,'' went on Holt,
"and I don't think she would ever think
? - _ C T}
oi me, save as a Kinu ui uroiuur. a m
not going to give her the trouble of saying
'No' to me. Girls don't carc for
people they have seen all their lives."
"How do you know so much about
girls?" rising suddenly to his feet, and
Hinging away his cigar.
"Who is it who knows so much about
girls!" asked a voice behind them among
the trees, and a girl stepped out into the
opening and looked from one to the
other, not a smile stirring her dark and
vivid face. But there was a flash of fun
in the eyes which was not allowed to
overrun.
Naomi Barto must have known very
well what was the effect of that crimson,
fluffy thing which was twisted over
her black hair; and was she unconscious
that none could wear the drapery of a
shawl with more grace than she could
bring to bear upon that -apparently passive
act? There were little red mittens
on her hands, and one of those hands
held a three pint tin pail.
."1 suppose you think it a manly thing,
Ralph Holt," she said, turning to that
person, whose face, despite himself, was
glowing with pleasure at sight of her,
to leave your poor old mother to sifffer
from fears that you will starve to death.
You forgot your dinner again to day."
Barron had quickly removed his hat as
he had bowed profoundly to Miss Barto,
and now he stood looking at her with
that undisguised but perfectly respectful
admiration, which is so great a compliment
to a woman.
Did she see that admiration? Holt, at>
least, saw it, and it was like a sudden
and terrible revelation to him.
Of coursc, Barron was attracted to
her; of course that attraction roust be
mutual; for Holt was not so perversely
blind but he could see that this stranger,
rich, handsome, of good address, and,
he added to himself, "a good fellow,
too," was one to ensnare a woman's
fancy.
He had just announced to Barron that
he had made up his mind to try his fortune
in the Far West, lie was going to
Colorado. lie could not help going, he
had asserted, for if he remained at home
he should some time be obliged to see
Naomi Barto smile with love at some one
else.
Before Hoit could speak, Barron said,
gayly:
"You put a premium on forgetfulness,
Miss Barto. You'll make him leave his
dinner-pail every day if you come and
bring it to him."
Holt said nothing. The girl wondered
why his face was so black as he advanced
and took the pail from her hand.
Everything was now made plain to
him. He knew why Barron had continued
staying in the country when one
would think he would prefer ins usual
haunts.
"Well. Barron had a light to love
her. What could be said against it!
Holt saw Naomi turn with a brilliant
smile toward Barroii, and in a silent fury
he took up his ax and began plying it
with vigor, finding a sort of savage relief
as the blade cut oil huge chips from
the tree.
The girl remained some minutes, but
she did not appear to notice Ilolt again
until she went away, when she saitt gooaby
to bim with the free pleasantness of
any acquaintance to whom his whims
were nothing lor good or ill.
Barron looked :?fter her as if almost
decided to follow, but something held
him back. He sat dovn again and
watchcd the chips flying fast from the
swift gleaming ax.
Suddenly he exclaimed:
"1 be.ieve you are right. Women don't
love the men they've known from childhood.
IT they think they do, they arc ;
mistaken.''
Holt stood still, breathing heavily. He
scarcely dared look at his companion.
There was some dreadful impulse in his
mind to turn and dash his ax against
that handsome face. For the moment he
was afraid of himself. He saw again, as
through a course of blood, the sweet,
involuntary smile Naomi had given l>arron.
He turned toward Barron, who sprang
back involuntarily a step, crying out:
''Good heavens, Holt! what has happened
to you?"'
The exclamation recalled Holt to him*
T I U m I. ^
sen. lie irieu 10 luugu. 1 ucu uv; o.uu,
awkwardly:
" I am glad you agree with me about
women and their way of loving. You
see 1 am right in deciding not to stay
here and endure the torture of seeing
that girl love someone else. Instead of
waiting until next week before I go. I
can be ready the day after to-morrow."
Holt was looking full in his companion's
face as he snid these words, and
he saw something there that made him
say, sharply, and yet with a kiud of guttural.
sound in his voice:
" Barron, you love her!"
Barron turned away, but Holt saw his
face grow red and then pale. Then he
fronted his questioner and said, almost
<*?* ' in a whisper:
"If I do, you cannot wonder, can
you?"
Holt was silent a long time. So long
that Barron at la-t came toward him,and
put his hand on his arm, repeating his
question:
" You cannot wonder, can you?"
Instead of replying. Holt said:
" I was thinking of that old saying
about looking at happpincss through
another man's eves."
, "But I am not happy yet."
" You will be. I saw her smile at you
to-day."
"You must not put too much into a
woman's smile."
Though Barron said this, his face
showed that his hope was high.
"I shall not cut any more wood today,"'abruptly
said llolt. "Will you
go down the hill with me?"
He hurriedly put on his jacket, then
swung h's axe over his shoulder. lie
looked and acted in haste.
"If I sec Steuben before noon," he
said, as if to himself, "I can easily arrange
to leave the day after to-morrow.
Every hour that I stay abaut here is
misery to me now."
The two men began the descent of the
hill, and went en half way down in
silercc; then Barron suddenly stood
still.
"That was a curious sound," he said.
Holt roused himself.
"I heard nothing," he answered.
"What was it like?"
He spoke indifferently, as if he cared
very little.
"I can scarcely tell. It might be a !
cry for help." 1
"Not likely." listlessly. i
"But if it were," returned Barron, still 1
detaining his companion by a hand on 1
his arm?"if it were, you would wish to i
heed it, would you not!" i
ft~
"v
Holt was plainly impatient; but he
said, "Of course," and tried to listen.
Then they both heard what might
have been a cry, but it had such a
strange and suffocated sound in it that
it wa.? impossible to tell if a human
voice had uttered it.
"You heard that?" said Barron, whe
felt irritated that the other should feel
so little interest in this sign of distress.
"Yes; but I don't know what to make
of it. Some dog, perhaps."
"Whatever it is, I shall follow it up.'
And he turned of! to the left and be
gan pushing through the thick growinc
wood, while Holt kept by his side sullenly
but persistently, as one having nc
inteicstin the affair in hand.
In a moment the two had emerged
into a space where the trees had been
cut that winter. It was a somewhat steep
slope down the hill, .ind here and there
cmnll Ti.itnhcs of snow, fasl
wv.v - J -----melting
beneath this sun.
On one of those patches of white,
close to where a small croup of walnul
trees had been left standing, both mer
saw at the same instant the same ob
ject.
That object was a spot bright red or
the snow, something resembling what
women call a "cloud."
It was like what Naomi Barto had
worn a half-hour ago.
Holt dashed forward a step by the
side of Barron; then, recalling the
smile he had seen given to that man, b\
an effort which took all his will, which
was not weak, he drew back, and followed
the impetuous rush that Barroi
made down the hill.
"I will be ready to help, but I will not
be first,'" was what he thought.
As they came nearer they saw that
tree seemed to have fallen, and the next
moment revealed to their eyes that ;i
woman was pinned down beneath one of
the branches.
They saw the daik hair loosened and
lying on the snow. The face was
turned from them, but neither seemed
to see it to know that it was the woman
they both loved who was in such need
of help.
Ilolt'seyes mechanincally took in the
whole scene, aside from that
helnless figure, lie saw that the
tree which had fallen had been sawed
nearly through the butt, and that it
stood ready for the first blow of wind
from the right direction.
lie knew, too, or thought he knew,
whose careless work it was.
Strange how many swift thoughts
raced through his mind in the brief time
while ho was flying down the hill.
Barron rcached the spot an instant be
fore Ilolt. The two men saw at a glance
the position of a heavy branch across
the girl's chest, and saw also from what
place it must be moved.
But Holt had the better judgment, and
in this terrible moment the cooler eye.
He felt as though every nerve and muscle
were strung to the utmost tension.
His swift glance at the suffering face
on the snow told him with almost unerring
precision how many minutes longer
Naomi could endure the burden that was
pressing her young life out.
Barron leaped at once to the place,
close to where the tree-limb joined the
trunk. Before Holt could cry out to him
to wait, that they might unite their
efforts, he had seized the limb, and with
violent and sudden strain, like the lifting
of one miraculously made a giant, he
raised the wood that lay over the woman
pinned there.
His face was purple, his eyeballs injected
with blood, as he did so; but no
one saw that effect save the girl for whom
he was working, and whose face was
turned toward him.
Hoit, as soon as soon as he knew that
Barron would make his first effort with
out waiting lor aid, mrecieu 111s wuuie
attention to watching if the load was
lifted enough for him to draw Naomi
from under the tree.
His own plan, formed instantaneously,
had been that they should both endeavor
to raise the load and jiush the log underneath,
thus relieving the weight.
To his unspeakable surprise, he saw
the thick branch rise slightly beneath
Barrons power. lie had not known
how thoroughly that gentleman's muscles
had been trained.
As quickly as light, as strongly as love,
Holt now acted.
In that flash of time while the weight
was lifted he drew the girl from beneath
it.
Having done so, he fell clown on his
knees beside her, not looking now
toward Barron, who did not come forward.
Naomi, whose senses had been painfully
kept alive, had now become unconscious;
but, being naturally strong and
well, she revived in a few moments, as
Holt rubbed snow upon her hands and
temples, keeping himself outwardly calm
only by a great effort.
When she opened her eyes and looked
at him, though his heart thrilled beneath
that glance, he felt that he must not
yield to the temptation it brought to
him. Now he remembered Barron.
lie rose quickly and glanced over the
tree-trunk, some stilled cry escaping
him as he did so.
lie saw Barron lving on his side, his
face almost as white as the snow near it,
and a thin stream of blood slowly trickling
from his lips.
Something resembling a smile came
into Barron's eves as Ilolt came round
and bent over him.
"Is she safe?" whispered Barron.
Ilolt nodded. He did not think he
could speak. Young, unused to death
as he was, he knew that death was near
the man before him?so near that he
never thought of going for aid.
"They said 1 was fickle," said Barron,
slowly, "but how could I have been
fickle to her':"
He looked up wistfully at the strong,
moved face before hi in.
"I suppose it is all right," he said,
after a pause. Then more loudly and
strongly: "Where did I read, the other
day, that it was not difficult to die?"
As he finished speaking his glance
met the eyes of Naomi, who had risen,
and had come to Holt's side. A gush of
blood came faster. His eyelids fell softly,
peacefully.
The man and women standing there
remained silent and motionless for
several moments.
Then Ilolt turned and looked at the
pallid, tear-wet face of the girl beside
him.
He took off his hat, as !?.?-e?jrently
said:
"1 do not wonder, Naomi, that, as I
love you, so you loved him. Even I
could not help having an affection for
him."
The blood came painfully up over Naomi's
face. The pulse at her throat
beat heavily.
" You mistake," she said, in a voice
that, sad as it was, started Holt into
what seemed to him then to be a guilty
happiness. "I did not love him. I have
.1......... vnn ?
Holt took the little half-frozen hand
quickly in his.
" He gave his life, as I would have
given mine," he said, as soon ?ns he
could speak without too much tremor in
his voice.
f?lie made a sudden movement toward
hi in.
*I am not ungrateful to him." she
said, between sobs, glancing at the man
lyinir there. Heaven knows that. Hut
had you died, I could never have been
happy."? Catharine Hurn?hmt.
Opium Smuggling: in India.
A good deal of ingenuity is displayed
by opium smugglers in the central provinces
in running their contraband goods.
In one case which came before the
authorities last year, two and a half
maunds of foreign opium were discovered
stowed away in the saddles of two
camels, and in another case live and a
half maunds of the same material were
found packed in vessels supposed to be
full of oil. On examination of these
vessels it was discovered that a tube
running down the center df each was
tilled with oil, the remaining portions
of the vessel being packed with opium,
tn both these cases the opium had been
brought from Ilolkar's territory, and the
smugglers were caught at Nimar while
attempting to run it into the Bombay
presidency. Despite the successful detection
of the offenders in these instances,
it is daily becoming a matter
of greater difficulty to detect opium
smuggling. The well-to-do importers
of contraband opium rarely attempts to
run the drug in person. They generally
employ poor agents, such as grass and
wood cutters, who are not often suspected.
and to whom a period of im
prisonment does not much matter, their
employer in tho meantime helping their
families.?Times of India.
The signal officer on the summit of
Pike's Peak says the highest velocity of
the wind ever recorded there was 110
miles per hour, when the instrument
broke and cord wood began flying down
the mountain. The guide adds that
seventy-five miles per hour would ft a
mule out of the trail.
1 THE HOLY CITY OF RUSSIA
. WHAT AZT AMEEICAU LADY SAW IN
MOSCOW.
i
A Visit lo ihe Kremlin?Surpassing
i Beauty and HaffnlHcence of the
I Uly'* Jinny Churches.
Nothing can be said of one's first im,
pressions of Moscow who enters the city
by train, and drives to his hotel through
i suburbs which are uninteresting and
. monotonous; the streets arc dirty, the
P drainage bad, and the place full of vile
[ odors, suggestive of cholera to those who
, pay their visit in July. The atmosphere
is a great contrast to the pure, crisp air
[ of St. Petersburg; but in neither city is
l the water fit for drinking.
, Nearly all the beauty of the lace is
, centered in the Kremlin, writes a Mos[
cow correspondent of the Hartford
(Conn.) Times, but three or four hunrlrofl
r>linrr>Vina nro c^nH-orprl tlirniirrVinilfc
M,VW V"?..V?*VO f O
t the city, and their domes, when not
t gilded, are oramented and painted in
. bright colors; richness of coloring is one
of the charms of the place, in which rct
spect it rivals Venice.
k # One of the drives was over the turnpike
road by which the French army en[
tered Moscow; turning aside to Sparrow
hill, their one elevation, wc saw the glit.
tering city from the place where the
. monarch general viewed his prize, before
his bitter disappointment. How he
L looked for the expected attack, and'seeing
no sign of that, waited for the sur
t render of the city; then the puzzicd emperor
made his non-obstructed entrance
into the deserted place. He saw from
every oil-shop and inflammable place the
t fires break forth, which, as the engines
; had been removed and the prisoners libL
crated to fan the flames, raged for three
; days, leaving little of the city beside the
Kremlin, which the French army fortunately
succeeded in preserving. Their
i precious relics, and the enormous wealth
of their churches, investments and *pret
cious stones, were all preserved; dozens
of wagons carried them away to be hidden
until the time of peace.
The Kremlin (the origin of the name
is uncertain) stands in the midst of the
, city; a wall surrounds it with towers
and high corner turrets; its shape is tri;
angular, two of the sides being each a
mile in length; within the walls stand
the winter palace, the tower of Ivan, the
treasury, churches, monasteries, and
other buildings pertaining to church and
state. A staircase outside the palace is
shown as the one which Napoleon mountcd
for his short' and disappointing possession;
and down the same steps, gen,
erations previous, an entaged people
- threw the false Demetrius, the usurper
and murderer of the true emperor, oue of
the tragedies in which their history
abounds.
Wc passed througli many large and
elegant state apartments in this beautiful
palace, which were brilliant with gilding
and rich marble, but when we reached
the old part, built by Catherine II.. we
found the smaller rooms the most interesting;
the walls and ceilings are frescoed
in arabesque patterns and soft Oriental
tints, and the rooms, like all the apartments
of that talented empress, have an
attractive and homelike appearance.
Here we saw rare specimens of old embroidery,
and a book illuminated and
printed by Sophia, the sister of Peter the
Great. Talent and industry seem to have
been the characteristics of all the family.
One can not be a day in Moscow without
realizing that he is in a holy city; he
meets groups of pilgrims in the streets,
carrying their bund.es over their shouli
ders?not the pilgrims clad in gay shawls
and with bright kerchiefs that wc see in
Italy; these are wayworn travelers, their
clothes the color of the dust. In the
churches they fairly impede one's progress;
men and women of all ages bow
down with their foreheads "to the
ground to every picture and shrine, and
each has to be kissed, while the religious
crosses himself many times before every
sacred object. One stands back at first,
to make way for so much religious zeal,
paah tlmfr fmr?H mtist, llRVf*
his turn, so closely do the pilgrims follow
one another; they seem utterly absorbed,
and go through the prescribed
forms apparently unconscious of the
presence of others. In all the
churches there are tombs containing
the bodies of holy men, and a
little spot on the forehead is left bare for
the pilgrims to kiss; the kiss is given to
each saint with the deepest reverence,
and also to each of the valuable, or
rather invaluable, relics, such as a linger
of St. Andrew, a drop of the blood of
John the Baptist, pieces from the cross
and one of the nails.
The church of St. Michael the Archangel
contains the tombs of all the emperors
up to the time of Peter the Great;
then patriarchs governed the Russian
church, but for the last 180 years the
title has been changed for that of metropolitan
bishop. In the body of the
church lies the tomb of the Patriarch
Philip, whom the emperor, John the
Terrible, sent into banishment because
he n-proached him for his many sins;
the little daik spot left bare onthe forehead
of this patriarch has ever since been
kissed by all the emperors at the time of
their coronation. In a side room containing
most of the tombs lies John the
Terrible, and by his side a son whom he
murdered; the most costly among all
the magnificent robes in the patriarchal
treasury is the one given by tbis emperor
to the Patriarch Philip as an expiatory
nffnrinn. fnr ftio murfllT r> f hlS SOI1 ! tllf!
robe is literally covered with pearls, diamond?,
and precious stones, making its
weight to be sixty-four pounds. It is
amusing to remember that the emperor
made an offer of marriage to Elizabeth
of England. She handed over the offer
to one of her cmrt ladies, who wisely
concluded that a good home, with peace,
was worth more than an empire
under the offered conditions. Each
patriarch had his own robe, also his crown
and baton, and all were loaded with
jewels. I did not know there were so
many gems out of the mountains or pearls
out of the sea. These robes are of cloth
J of gold, ornamented with figures of
i apostles and saints traced in pearls an<l
i precious stones, and sometimes velvet
j trimmings form a background to show
j more perfectly the beauty of the jewels.
| I remember a baton covered solidiy with
j turquoises and rubies?a present from the
Shah of Persia?and a large cross of imI
mense diamonds, which had belonged to
John the Terrible. A scarf is shown
which is said to have belonged to the
pope of Alexandria, who was present at
] the Niccne council.
I despair of giving an idea of the
j beaut v of the churches. The coronations
all take place in the Church of the Annunciation;
which was newly gilded for
the present emperor. Standing in the
center, one sees on every side a mass of
gold and jewels, relieved by the deep,
rich coloring of the paintings on the
walls, the ceiling, and the large pillars.
Figures in heroic size of saints, apostles,
and prophets arc set off by a glittering
background of gold leaf; there arc ornamented
tombs, thrones for the czar, the
empress, and the metropolitan, and gorgeous
banners Hying. Here is the picturc
of the Holy Virgin of Vladimir, which
was brought from Constantinople, and is
said to have been painted by St. I,ukc:
miraculous powers are ascribed to it, and
the jewels which adorn it are worth $250,000.
T four tlinf T ulinnlrl dknrodit an exact
account of the quantity of precious stones
which ornament these churches hail I not
seen them for myself. There are rubies,
sapphires, pearls, emeralds, anil ilia|
inonds, in marvelous profusion. They
I arc on every picture, anil blazfi on the
priestly garments. Some are beautifully
cut, like cameos anil one emerald
! measures an inch and a half in length
| and an inch in thickness.
Predicting the Weather from the
Color or the Stars.
From the fact that the color (jf pure
| water in great, bulk is blue, M. Ch. Monj
tigny explains the predominance of this
; color in the scintillation of the stars just
! before and during wet weather. The
luminous rays, he argues, trrversing the
j air charged with large quantities of water
i are necessarily tinged with the blue color
I of this medium. The excess of blue thus
I becomes an almost certain means of pre1
dieting rain. This theoretic conclusion
j corresponds with the results of his obser!
vations, continued for several years past
j on the appearance of the steller rays in
J connection with the state of the weather.
| During the months of fine weather
j in the present year blue has been much
! less conspicuous than in the corresponding
months of previous years since 1876,
when wet weather prevailed. It also appears
that green, which had always coincided
with clear skiej during the fine
years before 1873, has receutly again become
predominant. Hence M. Montigny
thinks it probable that we have got over
the cycle of bail seasons, and that dry
weather and more normal summers may
be anticipated, at least, for some time to
come.
New York was never so overrun with
beggars as it is now, and many make
from $2 to $5 per day.
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SELECT SIFTINGS.
It was in olden times customary to
ratify an agreement with a bent coin.
There are evidences that copper mines
were worked in this country by the
mound builders. The first copper mines
worked in the United States were chiefly
in New Jersey and Connecticut.
The earthworm, some beetles and certain
savage tribes of men swallow earth,
but this is for the organic matter which
the earth contains; as no animal is produced
immediately from inorganic mat{
er, so no animal can be sustained by it.
Extremes sometimes meet. In China
a dog thief is beheaded, but the man
who steals a million can be but slightly
punished, nnd usually runs away to
Corca. In the United States a horse
thief is lynched, and an absconding bank
cashier goes to Canada.
As a rule muscles are white in coldblooded
animals, and red in the warm
blooded. They are white in all the invertebrates,
fishes and reptiles, except
salmon, sturgeon and shark, and red in
birds nnd mammals, cxcept in the breast
of the common fowl and the like.
There are 80,000 widows in India from
three to five years of age who will never
again Dt> married. in tunc cuumry uu
soon as a child is born a match is made
by the parents. If the boy dies the girl
bccomes ft widow, and must wear mourning
for her intended as long as she lives.
The sacred cattle of India are represented
in Texas, two lots having been
imported into that State six or eight
years ajjo. There Brahma cows, as they
arc called, arc in great demand. They
arc of a rich cream color, while the males
have a prominent hump on the shoulder.
During the 300 years between A. D.
14 and 313 the Roman empire had fiftyseven
rulers. Of these twenty-three were
assassinated, one was poisoned by his
wife, three were killed by their own soldiers,
five killed themselves, one was
strangled, one was captured by the enemy
and flayed alive, one died of plague,
and two or three were formally executed.
In Queen Elizabeth's time, in England,
red, yellow and black hair dyes were in
common use, the first, perhaps, in compliment
to the queen, whose natural hair,
seldom seen, was reddish in hue. She
herself possessed eighty wigs of various
colors. "The demand for hair at this
time ?as so large that children were often
allured into corners and sheared;
even the sancity of the grave was not respected,
and the dead were robbed of
their hair. The fashion of dyeing the
hair was by no means confincd to women;
men commonly died their beards.
How Gan Cotton is Made.
It is not generally known that there is
but one place in the United States where
I gun cotton is manuiaciureu, out. micu js
the case. This is at the torpedo station
| in Newport (II. I.) harbor. In the manufacture
of gun cotton the best cotton
waste and the strongest and purest nitric
and sulphuric acids are used for the explosive,
The cotton waste, after it has
been handpicked for the purpose of recovering
the dirt and grit, is placed in
boiling tanks, where it is allowed to rcmaiu
for four hours. It is afterward
subjected to a thorough washing and is
reboiled. This operation removes all
oily matter and leaves the cotton harsh
and stiff. It is then dried in the rooms
heated with the waste air from a drying
box. After undergoing this treatment
the cotton rolls up into snarls and
bunches, and in order that the acid may
have a freer access to it it is passed
through a shredder and converted into a
fluffy state. IWis afterward exposed in an
air-tight box for several hours to a temperature
of 200 degrees, which practically
deprives it of all moisture. From the
air-tight box it is removed to the
dipping room, where there are iron
troughs filled with one part' nitric
acid and two parts of sulphuric acid.
Into those troughs the cotton is placed,
one bundle at a time, and allowed to remain
about ten minutes, long enough for
it to be thoroughly soaked. The acid is
hand-pressed from the cotton, which is
then placed in covered carthern jars,
where it remains twenty-fou r hours undergoing
chemical transformation. In
view of the fact that much heat is evolved
during the chemical reaction, it is found
secessary to place the jars in pots and
urroundthem with flowing water, which
serves to keep them cool. The cotton is
now nitrated and is practically gun-cotton,
but the acid, still mechanically held,
must be wholly removed or it would be
apt to quickly deteriorate and become
extremely dangerous. The charges,
therefore, arc taken one by one and
placed .in an acid wringer and plunged
into a large tub which is kept filled with
running water, in which a large wheel is
rapidly turned in order to subject the
cotton to a thorough washing. This latter
process is continued till no acid is
perceptible to the taste. It is then subjected
to a still further washing and boiling
in an alkaline mixture, this being
necessary lo remove every trace of
acid. The cotton is now in long
shreds and balls, which can be
used or stored without danger, the process
of conversion and cleansing
being completed, but for military
use it must be put into a more
compact form. For this purpose the
gun-cotton in charges of 000 pounds is
thrown into a pulpiug tub. where, mixed
with water, it is ground by steel cutters
into a fine pulp. The grinding and breaking
up of the cellular tissue of the cotton
has made it more or less dirty, and it is
necessary, therefore, to expose it to frequent
washings in the poaching tubs,
from which, after treating it with lime
water to make the moisture slightly alkaline,it
is drawn up into a large iron tank,
where it is fed to the molds, which under
a moderate pressure, press the waier
from the pulp and trim out cylinders ol
cotton .ibout eight inches high and three
and a half inches in diameter. These
cylinders arc then placed under a hydraulic
press and exposed to a pressure of
about 1,700 pounds to the square inch
or about eight tons on each. The cylinders
arc pressed into hard dakes or disks,
Fome two inches high and three and a.
half inches in diameter, with a specific
gravity a little greater than water. They
arc then parked in boxes of fifty pounds
each and kept in magazines for general
use. Gun cotton is, from its great explosive
power and the conditions of
safety Attached to its storage, superior to
any other known explosive for naval
warfare.?ye 10 York Times.
Queer Things in Pawn.
A well dressed man entered a Market
street pawn shop last night and quietly
putting his hand to his mouth took out a
full set of teeth, bound together with a
plate of solid gold. After he had rubbed
them on his handkerchief he handed them
shyly to the clerk, and said in a stage
whisper:
" Five dollars."
The clerk handed the man the money
and a ticket, and he slipped quietly out
of the door.
"That man's been here three times to
day," said the clerk. "The first time
he left a watch and chain. The second
time lie left his diamond stud and ring.
I've advanced lum money on his false
teeth before. He's a poker player. He'll
be back for the teeth and the other
things Monday or Tuesday."
''Do you usually lend money on false
teeth?" was asked.
"No, not often. Some pawnbrokers
do. A couple of mcdical students used
to come here who got hard up about once
a month. Once they had pawned all
their spare clothing and all their jewelry
and books and instruments. A couple
of nights after they came here with a
long bundle wrapped in a gossamer coat.
They told me they wanted $10 very
badly. I opened the long bundle and
found a human skeleton. All the bones
were strung on silver wire. Knowing
them well I let them have the money and
carried the skeleton upstairs in the
storeroom, where it stood in the corner
for a month before they came after it.
Several times I've had women try to
pawn babies. It's a common thing for
men to come in here on bitter cold days
and take off their overcoats and pawn
them. A handsome young woman
walked in here this morning and, taking
off a sealskin sacque, pawned it for $1."
?Ph ilmlcljih in Times.
An Experience of Publishers.
The editor of a country paper says
with much reason: It is an experioflce of
publishers that too many people are apt
to think it matters but little whether tbc
newspaper bill is paid promptly or not,
that it is a small sum, and of but little
consequence. This is not because subscribers
are unwilling to pay, but because
they are negligent. Each one
imagines, because his year's indebtedness
amounts to so small a sum, the publisher
cannot be much in want of it, without
for a moment thinking that the income
of a newspaper is made of just such
small amounts, and that the aggregate of
all subscriptions is by no mcaus an inconsiderable
sum of money.
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A MILLIONAIRE'S GRIEF.
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HOW THE STAXF0BD8' XffOUBV TBS
LOSS OP THE IE BOY.
Extraordinary Manifestation!* ol Sorrow?by
a Pacific Coast Family?
A Unique Funeral Address.
A recent letter from San Francisco to
tlie New York Sun, says: The magnificence
of the Stan fords' grief over the
death of their son Leland, Jr., has never
been equalled on this coast. The performances
of the family and their friends
are the theme of talk in every circle.
The great wealth of the Stanfords has
attracted to them in this hour of affliction
all the toadies west of the Rocky
mountains and some from the East. Their
grief has not been permitted to slumber
for an instant. Somebody who has had
an ax to grind has been ever at hand
with a sonnet, an ode, a dirge, a song, a
sermon, or an oration. Silly women who
never saw the lad have written and called
to testify to the family the esteem
in which they held the boy and to dilate
upon his qualities. Portrait painters,
monument builders, dealers in memorial
windows, writers uiiu puumy uicuuuuia
and politicians, photographers, boy3 who
hypocritically pretend to have been impressed
by young Stanford's life, and
scores of others, have made money out
of the family woe.
Leland Stanford, Jr., was an amiable
boy, not particularly smart or handsome,
whose death was noticeable because of
his prospective earthly riches and the
natural sorrow of his parents. The boy
was never strong, and during the greater
part of his life was under the tutorship
of a maid. While in Rome last March
he died, and as soon as his parents could
cet to him elaborate public services were
held in that city. Enormous crowds
attended, because it became noised about
that an American Crcesus wa3 in affliction.
Proceeding across the continent
and channel to England, further services
were held in Liverpool before sailing for
America, and once in New York the remains
were laid in a vault for several
months until preparations were complete
for their interment here. "While tarrying
in the metropolis monthly services
were held over the remains. On the
1 journey across the continent a special
1 train was used, and the cars and locomotives
were almost buried in crape.
As soon after their arrival here as possible,
the train was sent on to Stanford's
country scat at McnloPark,where a magnificent
vault had been erected, into
which the remains were put. The vault
is a vast and massive structure, made entirely
of stone and iron. Its interior is
as magniGccnt as an oriental palace. The
walls arc entirely covered with purple
velvet embossed with gold, and the
draperies are rich beyond description,
consisting of the costliest fabrics and
the heaviest bullion. The vault is connected
with the mansion and the ser
vants' quarters oyeieciriu wucs, uuu uuc
or more armed watchmen are continually
on guard in front of its ponderoiis gates.
But the performance which has made
the most talk and subjected the afflicted
family to the most criticism is that which
took place in Grace Episcopal church under
the guise of funeral services, at which
the Rev. .T. P. Newman, recently of New
York, was the principal speaker. The
services were thoroughly advertised all
through the city, and naturally enough
the crowd that assembled at the church
was much larger than could get within
the edifice. The floral decorations were
of the most gorgeous description. The
chancel was converted into a floral chapel,
and all through the church there were
elaborate pieces made of the costliest
flowers to be had in America. Not less
than $20,000 was expended for flowers
for this occasion alone.
Dr. Newman made a long address, intended
principally to flatter the parents,
which sounded like the rhapsodies of a
court chaplain over the remains of a departed
prince. Ilis address is now in
circulation here as a curiosity, and it is
everywhere pronounced the most fulsome
ever delivered in the "Western hemisphere.
No funeral oration over Washington,
Jefferson, Adams, or Lincoln
contains a tithe of the praise lavished
upon this poor boy, whose only achievepient
was to die. Newman found that
he had the wisdom and philosophy of a
Bacon, the keen foresight and penetration
of a Richelieu, the beauty of Apullo
Belvidere, the artistic taste of Michael
Angelo, the eye of an angel, the forehead
of a god, the mental promise of a Hamilton,
the eloquence of a Pitt, the philanthrophy
of a PeatJbdy, the tenderness
of a Pascal, and the studiousness of a
Gibbon; and he predicted that for generations
to come the youth of the country,
recognizing in Lcland Stanford, Jr.,
a savior, would visit his tomb for inspiration,
and his example would be as a
beacon light to all the nations. It is
said around town that General Grant's
old pastor received $10,000 for this
precious discourse.
The services just held here were the
fifth celebrated over the remains. It is
the intention of the family to have a
grand memorial in March on the anniversary
of the lad's death, and thereafter
the day will be commemorated each year.
Mr. Stanford already has several benevolent
projects on foot which will be carlied
out in the name of his son, and Mrs.
Stanford has given liberally to many
charitable institutions in his name.
The Greely Rescue.
In describing the rescue of Lieutenant
Greely to a reporter, a sailor of the rescuing
vessel Hear recently gave the following
version:
''At Littleton Island, the entrance of
Smith's Sound, we were nipped in the
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ICC llirt'U Uiiyb. 1I1U uciii cwju. xiiuua
sailed from there to Cnpe Sabine, on the
extreme j>oint of which records of the
Grecly party were found by an ensicn of
the Tlictis. The Bear started at once
for Cocked Hat Cove, where Grecly was,
as indicated by the message. The steam
launch under Lieutenant Cohvell made
the landing. A figure was seen advancing
over the ice.
" 'Who arc you?' said Chief Engineer
Low.
" 'I am Sergeant Long,' said the emaciated
wretch.
" 'Is Grecly alive?' was the next question.
" 'Yes, but starving. For God's sake
give me something to eat.'
''We took the man on board the Bear
at once. Commander Schley and J)r.
Ames landed as soon as possible with
medical supplies. The party was found
in a dilapidated tent, lying in their
sleeping bags, unable to stand upon
their feet, which were useless.
They were so weak and emaciated that
they were literally nothing but human
skeletons wrapped in skin. Grecly was
reading from a prayer-book to private
Cornell, who was supposed to be dying.
As soon as he knew that it was an
American expedition that had rescued
liira Grecly said: .'I am glad to see you.'
I)r. Ames took charge of the party and
allowed nothing to be given them but a
small tcaspoonful of brandy punch at
intervals and at last small quantities of
food. The living and the dead were removed
aboard the vessels as soon as possible.
All but six bodies were recovered.
They were wrapped in sheeting and
covered with alcohol in tanks. We
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SlilYCU ul viijii; ouiuuu injij bivbu uuuid
and returned through Melville Bay as
fast as the ice would allow.
"One of our Esquimaux went crazy
here, and, jumping on the ice, ran olT as
fast as his lc?9 could carry him. Two
sailors were detailed to follow and bring
him back. Such running you never saw.
When they captured him he turned up
his toes like a turtle, expecting to be
carried. But the tars didn't look at it
that way. They punched him with their
boarding pikes until lie was glad to trot
back to the ship. We arrived at St.
John's, Newfoundland, July 17. where
the irons coflius were received and the
bodies placed in them."
Advantages of Woolen Underclothing.
The advantages of woolen underclothing,
beside its warmth, and the closeness
of its application, depend upon its better
adaption in respect of temperature to
the requirements of climates and to
changes of season than any other material
for dress. It also has a special facility
for absorbing and distributing moisture
that makes it particularly salutary
| next to a prcspiriug skin. A linen garment
will absorb the products of transudation
till it is wet and becomes sticky
upon a moist and clammy skin, while
flannel will rest upon a skin which it has
nearly dried and be only damp itself.
Hence, the body wearing flannel is in the
best condition to resist the after-chills
that follow great perspiration. The irritation
caused by flannel, which is brought
up as an objection against it, is an accompaniment
only of new flannels and
coarse ones, and is generally a merely
transient condition. ? Popular Hcicnce
Monthly.
Cedar wood fires are fashionable luxu1
ries. They give out a delicious fraI
grance, and are nearly, if not quite, as
' expensive as coal.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Some French scientists now regard the
zoadical light as simply a reflection of ,
light from the illuminated part of the
earth upon an open stratum of the atmosphere.
In Paris, an electric lamp fed with a
portable accumulator has been selected
and rendered obligatory for use in seeking
leaks in gas pipes. It is probable
that many disastrous explosions will bo
thus avoided.
Paper bottles now made in France arc
built from sheets rolled together, cemented
with albumen, lime and alum.
They are impervious to water and alcohol,
and hence are reckoned specially valuable
for travelers1 use.
A considerable industry has grown up
in Snn Francisco manufacturing the petrified
wood which is found along the'Atlnntic
and Pacific railroad in the Pocky
mountain region. It receives a high polish,
and mantels, tiles and a variety of
things are made from it.
A device for keeping grain and other
uncertain kinds of cargo from shifting
lias been patented by a lirm in New
Orleans, and promises to prove cheap,
simple and in every way desirable. The
snip is aiviaeu into luuguuuiuui turnpartments,
secured by rods from side to
side of (he vessel; and different kinds of
grain, without using bagging, may be
completely separated from each other by
dividing the compartments longitudinally
by sections into such space as may
be desired.
Professor Huxley lends scant countenance
to what has been called by our
English brethren the "mackerel scare."
In a letter he says: It is quite true that
mackerel, like other fish, arc more or less
infected by parasites, one of which, a
small thread worm, is often so abundant
as to be conspicuous when the fish is
opened. But it is not true that there is
any reason to believe that this thread
worm would be injurious to a man even
if swallowed uncooked and alive, and to
speak of it as a possible cause of cholera
is sheer nonsense.
The parasitic worms living within or
on the outside of other animals generally
have a sucker at one end, or underneath,
serving simply for attachment,
and another which is perforated. The
latter is a true suctorial mouth, being the
sole inlet of food. It is often surrounded
withhooklets.or teeth, which serve both
to scarify the victim and secure* a firm
hold. In the leech the mouth is a triangular
opening with thick lips, the
upper one prolonged, and with three
jaws. In many worms it is a fleshy tube,
which can be drawn in or extended, like
the eye-stalks of the snail, and contains
a dental apparatus inside.
A remarkable worm known to the
natives of the Fiji islands by the name
of " Mbalolo" and to naturalists assalolo
virides?is found in certain of the coral
Archipelagos of the Pacific. The worms
/?raof mimVtnra
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and arc highly esteemed by the Fijians
as an artical of food. The -worms only
make their appearance to spawn, and the
time is reported to be the day of the last
quartering of the moon in October, unless
that falls nt the beginning of the
month, in which case there will intervene
another lunar month. There is, however,
a second appearance of salolo each year,
occuring a month after the first, aud
probably comprising such worms as were
not sufficiently mature to spawn iu October.
A Gorman investigator, II. R. Goppert,
has made some experiments to determine
whether, as had been previously stated,
plants, bulbs and roots are killed by
sudden thawing, and not by the preceding
I freezing. He subraitcd potatoes and the
bulbs of hyacinths, narcissus, etc., to a
temperature of about three degrees below
freezing, and then suddenly to fifteen
degrees below freezing. This killed all
the bulbs, whether they were afterward
thawed cither slowly or rapidly, but
none of the bulbs were damaged by exposure
simply to three degrees below
freezing, the potatoes only being frozen.
Certain flowers which were tried were
killed directly when frozen, and could
not be revived by gradual thawing. The
buds of some woody plants bore a temperature
of zero, or a few degrees below,
and subsequent thawing at seventy-seven
degrees without injury.
Fighting the South Sen Islanders.
T.nffnre lintrn linnn roPAlVPfl from IVfl'l
bourne containing particulars of encounters
which the Miranda, Captain Ackland,
had with the natives during a six
months' cruise among the South Sea
Islanders. During her cruise she put
into Havannah harbor. The schooner
John Hunt was in port, and the crcw reported
that her captain had been murdered
by the natives at Bushman's Bay.
Hither, consequently, the Mirandi went,
where she was joined by the Undine,
and both vessels took up positions favorable
for covering landing parties. The
natives assumed a very hostile attitude,
and when inlormed that the murderers
of Captain Hunt must be given up they
attempted to spear the interpreter who
conveyed the intimation to tliem. Three
or four days were spent in vain attempts
to bring the natives to terms, but they
remained (Jefiaut, and assembled in large
numbers on the beach armed with spears,
bows and poisoned arrows.
After receiving due warning and replying
that they would rather tight than
give up the murderers, the Miranda
opened fire upon the natives with two
7-inch guns, two G4-poundcrs and two
Gatlings. Most of the natives speedily
took to the bush,but a number remained
on the beach and sent a volley of
poisoned, arrows after the Miranda's
boat, which, however, did 110 harm.
The Miranda's fire was kept up for an
hour, and a large party of men were
landed to destroy the village, but it was
found to be so far inland that they gave
up the task.
The Miranda afterward proceeded to
Api and demanded payment of the fine
imposed some months since upon the
natives by Captain Dale.of the Diamond,
for the murder of the government agent
and two of the crew of the Lavinia.
The surrender of Ivoro, the chief murderer
was also demanded, but neither of
these requests being complied with, a
party of one hundred men was landed
under Lieutenant Fisher. Thereupon
the natives deserted the place, and the
village was at once burned down and
the plantations destroyed.?London JScim.
The Coolies in Trinidad.
An Englishman who witnessed the recent
riot among coolies in Trinidad says
if it were the means of drawing public
attention to the condition of the coolies
in the island, and the manner in which
they are brought there, it would not be
such a subject of regret. He writes to
the London Time*: There arc in the island
about 00,000 coolies, including
men, women, and children. It
is much to be feared that some of them
are induced lo come by means of false
representations. They are led to believe
they are coming to a land where they
will eat the queen's bread, do very little 1
work, make plenty of money, and where
they arc promised the free exercise of 1
their religious rites. One of these rites'
consists in making parodas of various
si/.e3 and different grandeur, according
to their respective wealth, filling them
with presents, and Hinging them into 1
water sufficient to carry them away and
destroy them, as an offering to their god.
In order to do this they have hitherto
been allowed to assemble together Irom
i thn vnrinns sfiitosnnd nass throusrh the
I towns on their way to the sea. The government,
however, forbade them this
year to come into the towns, fearing that
they might create riots, as there had been
some dissatisfaction among tliem on account
of increased work and pay at the
old rate. The poor, deluded creatures,
not content with the rivers on the estates,
tried to force their way through the sea.
They were stopped by the police nt the
boundary and requested to turn back.
On their refusing, the police tired.
Eighty-eight were wounded and twelve
killed; among them are said to be women
and children. As they only had sticks
they were practically unarmed, and as
soon as the uninjured saw their companions
fall they lied in great terror. The fact
is that the rest of the population is afraid
of the coolies, and so take these stern
measures to keep them down.?tit. James1
Gazette.
Rapidity or the Blood Currents.
The state of the blood current gener
ally increases with the activity of the
animal, being most rapid in birds. In
insects, however, it is comparatively
slow. But this is because the air is taken
to the blood?the whole body being
bathed in air so that the blood has no
need to hasten to a special organ. However,
activity nearly doubles the rate of
pulsation in a bee. The motion in the
arteries is several times faster than in the
veins, but diminishes as the distance
from the heart increases. In the carotid
of the horse, the blood moves twelve
and one-half inches per second, in that
of mau sixteen; in the capillaries of mtn
one to two inches per minute; in those
of a frog one inch.
A DEAD MARCH.
Play me a march low-toned and slow, a march
for a silent tread,
Fit for the wandering feet of one who dreams
of the silent dead,
Lonely?betweon the bones below and the
souls that are overhead.
Here for awhile they smiled and sang, alive in
the interspace;
Here with the grass beneath the feet and the
stars above the face.
Now are their feet beneath the grass, and
whither has flown their grace?
Who shall assure us whence they come or tell
us the way they go?
Verily life with them was joy, and now they
have left us?woe;
Once they wera not and now they are not?
and this is the sum we know.
Orderly rango the seasons due and orderly
roll the stars?
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JtlUW SlJlUi WO UUUIU IUO suimcia ?? **v
frets of his wounds and scars!
Are we as senseless brutes that we should
dash at the well-seen bars?
No; wo are hero with feet unfixed, but over
as if with lead
Down from the orbs which shine above to the
orb on which wo tread,
Down to the dust from which wo came and
with which we shall mingle, dead.
No, we arc here to wait, and work, and strain
our banished oyes,
Weary and sick of soil and toil, and hungry
and fain forskies
Far from the reach of wiugles3 men and not
to be scaled with cries.
No, we are hero to bend our necks to the yoke
of Tyrant Time,
"Welcoming all tho gifts he gives us?glories
of youth and prime;
Patiently watching them all depart as our
heads grow whito as rime.
Why do wo mourn the days that go?for tho
same sun shines each day?
Ever a spring her primrose hath and ever a
May her may;
Sweet as the roso that died last year is the
rose that is born to-day.
Do we not too return, we men, as ever the
round earth whirls?
Never a head is dimmed with gray but
another is sunned with curls.
She was a girl and hewa3 a boy, but yet there
are boys and girls.
Ah, but alas for tho smiles of smiles that
never but one face wore!
Ah, for the voice that has flown away like a
bird to an unseen shore!
Ah, for tho face, the flower of flowers, tha
blossoms on earth no more!
?Cosmo Monkhouse, in the Magazine of
Art.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A tie in the house?when a wedding
takes place.
A silent partner is one who makes no
noise and leaves nothing.
The best chest protector?a quarter to
the baggage master.?Boston Bulletin.
The peal of a breakfast bell often fails
to wake a man up. The peel of a
banana will do it every time.?-Breakfast
Table.
An exchange says: "We spend nearly
$100,000,000, perannum on ourschools."
Well, it is money well spent. We have
the best base ball players in the world.
?Norristown Herald.
The craze on electrical study is begin
ning to bear fruit. "Are you the conductor?"
asked a lad on an excursion
train. "I am," jeplied the courteous
official, "and my name is Wood." "Oh,
that canT be." said the boy, "for wood
is a non-conductor."?Boston Bulletin.
Hard times have even reached the
Rothschilds. "I don't suppose you
know what hard times are," said a man
to one of tho house servants of the baroness
Rothschild in Paris. "Oh, yes, we
do, for it is only this morning that I saw
the baroness and her daughter playing
on one piano."
Actress (to washerwoman, who has
brought her bill)?" How can you be so
impertinent as to dun me in this way?"
Washerwoman?" Impertinent! What
do you mean? Who are you, I should
like to know? If I choose to pay for a
gallery ticket you have got to faint on
the stage for my amusement."
THE INEVITABLE THORN*.
She had such pretty bright Dlue eyes,
And waving hair of golden sheen;
A saucy nose and cherry lips,
And stately manners of a queen.
But oh. there was one little fault,
One blemish all these charms among;
This lovely rosebud had one thorn,
She had?alas! she had a tongue.
In Aroostook county, Me., it is complained
that people have to go a hundred
miles to court. Now while it
would seem a little difficult for the old
Aroostookers to go to law with one another,
the young Aroostookers can probably
go to court at their next door
neighbors; but it is human nature to
grumble.
THE HLEASUnE OF COASTING.
See the boy
Full of joy
With his painted sled
Gayly go
Through the snow,
Always at the head.
Bells jingle,
Ears tingle,
But what matters that'i
Rubs 'em warm,
Doesn't harm,
Though ho tumbles flat.
Up again,
A\ ith a grin,
He's lwund to have his frolic;
Slipping down,
Cracking crown?
:Sno worse than having colic.
? Chicago Sun.
A Chinese Poet.
"Wontr Chin Foo writes: "The New
York Chinamen have a literary club
called the Yueh Kink AVh%y (Monthly
Improvement Society), meeting once a
month to compare essays and poeni9, for
mutual improvement, in the Chinese language,
and prizes are offered for the
best literary prodcctions on themes given
by the club. The essays are generally
submitted to a good scholar who is not a
member of the club. 0\v Young Ming,
the venerable Chinese consul, has been
filling the office recently.- On last Monday,
when the society met, the first prize
was awarded to Wing Sing, a Chinaman
who keeps a laundry in Brooklyn, X. Y.
The prize was $40 and a bottle of
Chinese wine. I am sorry I cannot do it
justice, ss I am a very poor poet, but in
the Chinese it is really good:
r
THE CUP.
The heroes drank in royal mood:
The bubbles sparkle clear and good:
And mirth dissolved each ancient feud.
Fair cheeks as red as cherry's blood
shone brighter than the winter moon,
Their voices rose in sad. sweet tune:
"Too late we come and part too soon,
Iu life's swift-ending afternoon.''
One dry goods firm in New York estimates
that it is put to an annual expense
of from $17,000 to $20,000 for samples
of fabrics, with the postage, sent all
over the country in answer to requests.
01 the d-1,000 newspapers m the world
32,000 are published in Europe and North
Amoripfl lr>nvinrr n liMlr> nvor '} 0(10 tnhft
iisiributcd over the rest of the world.
In It Jte.illy Consumption t
Many a case supposed to be radical lungdisoast!
is really one of liver complaint and indigestion,
but, unless that diseased liver ran bo
restored to healthy action, it will-so clog the
lungs with corrupting matter as to bring on
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Twenty years ago the Danes imported
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Physicians prescribe Lydia E. Pinkliam's
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The sulistitntion of glass flooring for
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* * * * Cancer of the lower bowel sometimes
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A Chicaco socialist wants to hang all the
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To break up cold j, fevers and inflammatory
attacks, use Dr. Pierce's Compound Extract
of Smart-Weed.
The proportion of newspapers in China to
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publication to 2,000,00) inhabitants.
"KoiirIi osi Itch."
"Rough on Itch" cur s humors, eruptions,
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_ XI S U-v!
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Address JLLINOI8ACRICUUTURI8T,
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"Maryland, my Maryland
* * * Pretty Wivet,
Lovely daughters and noble, men."
j 2*'.
"My farm lies in a rather low and mias*
matic situation, and
"My wife!"
"WhoP
."Was a very pretty blondeI"
Twenty years ago became
"Sallow!"
"Hollow-eyed!"
"Withered and aged!"
Before her time, from
"Malarial vapors, though she - made no
particular complaint, not being of ths
grumpy kind, yet causing me great unea
ness.
"A short time ago I purchased your rem
edy for one of the children, who had a very
severe attack of biliousness, and it occurred
to me that the remedy might help ray wife
as I found that our little girl upon recovery
bad
"Lostr
Her sallowness, and looked as fresh as a
new blown daisy. Well, the story is soon
told My wife, to-day. has gained her oldtimoH
honnfcv with fnmnonnrl l'ntornst. And
is now as handsome a matron (If I do say it
myself) as can be found in this county, which
is noted for pretty womem. And I {yive only
Hop Bitters to thank for it
"The dear creature just looked over my
shoulder, and says, 'I can flatter equal to
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me there might be more pretty toioes if my
brother farmers would do as 1 have done.'
Hoping ycu may long be spared to do good
I thankfully remain,
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Beltsville, Princo George Co., McL, )
Stay 28,1883. j"
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' LYD1A E. P1NKHAM'8..
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! fit All tlioso palnfnl Complaint*
I * "nd Weaknesses so commoa *
**?,*? to oar best
* FEMALE POPULATION .
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DR. KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY. To
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I am now a well man."
AMPUTATION.,
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