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TOTJ ZI88KD MX. b* josepnixz b. htot. i. Tern klised mo! ily bead dropped low on yma bro.ist. With a reeling of pleasure and infinite rest: While the boly emotions my tongue due dcI sj>eak FlashchI up In a flame from my heart to my cheek. Tonr arms held me faBt; oh, your arms were so bold I Heart beat asainat heart In your passionate fold. Tour glance* teemed drawing my eoul thrcmgb my eyes, A* the sun draws the mist from the seas to the skies. Tour lips clung to mine till I prayed In bliss Iheym-^ht never unclasp from tbe raptusoai kit*. n. Toil kissed me! My heart and my breath end mv will ' In delirious joy for a moment stood still. Life had for me then no temptations, no ' charms, No visions of happiness out6l le of year arms. And -were 1 this instant an ancel, possessed Of the peace and the joy tnat are given tb? blest, I would fling my white robe unrepentingly down. I would tear from my forehead its beautiful crown, To nestle once more in that havra of rest, lour lips upon mine* H7 head on yoartaeaet. ' m. Tou kissed m*l My ?oul, in a bliss so divine, Reeled and swooned like a drunken man heavy with wine, I And I thought 'twere delicious to die thcra, 11 death Would come while my lips were yet insist witti your breath; If my heart might grow cold While your arms claapel me round in their passionate fold. And those are the questions I ask day and night, Must my lips taste no more such exqaleite delight? Would you care If your brea3t were my shelter as then? Asd If you -were here would you kiss me asain 1 Lost Lina; ; -OB,THE BITTER AND THE SWEET. A Tale of Two Continents BY MBS. NINA LAWtO*. CHAPTER XX YL?[Continued. 1 Ray's face "was now colorless, and he looked into Lenora's eves with such % sad, longing, loving look that told .more than words what he was enduring. "No, no, my little darling; I cannot look at it in that light. It makes no difference to me about vour wealth or Ihe number of friends tliat you have. I love you with my whole soul and a ears, ana you are uuo umj vuiuuu uj the world that I ever loved. I want jrou for my wife, for you only can make me happy, and by rejecting me cannot pou see that you a*; making one poor creature miserable for life? As true as God is my judge, I'll marry no .other woman, for you have my heart, and can have all that I possess. Do not be so cruel, Lina, my lictle love, and turn me out in the world, a oold, heartless man. I believe you love me; don't you ?" The" agony that was in his voice and the pale, haggard look on his face al most broke Lenoras heart, for sh9 knew that he loved her and that he was her own heart's idol. The color again came to her face, and her scarlet lips quivered as she put her little soft arms around his neck and softly whispered in his ear: "Yes, 1 have always loved you, and do you really mean it all?" -? Bay quickly tore her from him, and held her out in his (Treat strong arms as If she were onlv a doll, still looking her in the eyes. "Do you mean ft, and is the victory mine?" She smiled back the answer, "Tea." He quickly drew her to his bosom in a long, lcving embrace, as if he could never allow her to leave that spot. He knelt there on the snow, still holding Lenora in his arms, while the moon shone down upon the happy lovers, almost as bright as the sun, as if it too were happy. "Oh, God of heaven and of earth, yon have given me more than I do erve! She is mine, and my cup is full!" How long thev knelt there neither -? xi i mt_ 1:4.41^ oi mem aoaew. axis pvui none | made no effort to escape that loving j embrace now, but lay there in Ray's j strong arms, as peaceful and happy as , a babe resting on its member's bosom. j Her great, star-like eyes were shin- j ing brighter than the stars above their heads, as she looked upon Ray's radi- j ant, upturned face. Some ona had gone into the blue j rooms and turned up the gas, no doubt in search of the little runaway, the bright light from the window flashed in Ray's faoe, and roused him from his happy dream. He rose quickly and walked to the mansion, still pressing closely to his j bosom his litlle treasure. TJo one as yet had dispoy^red that Lenora had left the mansion Dut Mrs. Bristol. It was she "who had turned tip the gas in the blue room, and then tearched everywhere for the missing girl; but to no purpose. As she had left the rooms?feeling she scarcely knew how?on her way to her own apartments, Bay came springing up the long stairs, two and three steps at a time, while Lenora clung with her little arms closely to his neck. At sight of the strange scene and Ttn-p's mrtinnt. fn/\p. Mrs. HristnVfl fn. p became ghastly -white, and it would have bsen impossible for her to tell just how she felt. "Raynard Bristol! What in the name of oommon sense do you moan, and where and how did you find her?" "Oh, mother, mother! I am the hapoiest man in all this wide, wide world; for your own safce, Keep quiet; this precious bundle in my arms is more than all the -world to me. She is inno* oent of even a wrong thought, and here is the proof. Follow me, and read fo; yourself, for I am too happy to talk." Kay handed his mother a letter that he received that evening. He had gone to his office just after bis arrival in the city and then received the letter that made him happier than if it had been a draft for a million dollars. He hastened to the blue-room and his mother followed. "Why, Ray, this seems very strange, indeel. I can't understand.'' "Read it, mother, read it, and then you will know all, and can see why I am the happiest man in all the world." He still held Lenora in his arms and was pacing up and down the room. He was drunk with happiness, and clung to his little love as if she was his life. Mrs. Bristol read the letter, whioh filled her sad, aching heart with boundless joy, for it cleared their Lina from all she had been charged with. We know this letter was genuine I and that its writer told the truth. It I as follows: j " Michisan Cirr, Feb. 15,1876. Rcj-maad Bristol, of Bristol Mas (km: I am indebted to you for my life. No doubt you remember where you were just three years ago to-day. And you surely bavc not forgotten the Indian that had his tomahawk raised to split open the ekull of his poor helpless victim. Fortunately for me you, a stranger to me then. appe;ired juBt in time to save my life, whiletnere was one redskin less. You remember X told, ton then that if it was.' ' In my power to Jo you a favor I should, if my life should answer for It. Well. now. the time ha? come when I [ think I can be of some little service to you. It is no matter how I know these things, but I do. and know thorn to be true. You are in love with that beautiful young lady that lately and so strangely entered your home. You will certainly believe me when I tell you that: I know how she was sent there, and who sent her, but she does not. I also know that she is at present the victim of some deep deoeption, and is being cruelly wronged. As true as there is a heaven above my head, she is innocent as a little babe, and you must not think that there is any foundation to what evil reports may reach you. for they are all started through envy. She was stolen from a peaceful, qmet oountry home in Southern Illinois and carried to Chicazo. where she was kept a prisoner for some time; her captor woe a Frenchman, and intended to make her marry him, but I believe she would have killed hemelf before she would have become his wire, vvnaiever sue coooses to ten yvu i of her past life-will be but the plain truth. I do not know her name; the papers that I were in the box ought to have identified her, but there seemed to be some underhand game about the matter, and it all seems very dark yot. She is connected in ?ome way, however, with the nobility of England, and you can plainly see that she is a born lady. She was stolen by an unknown friend of hers from her captor'f house and sent to yours, and if he is stili alive he does not kxtov where she is. You are not acquainted with my name, and it does not matter for the present You remember 1he man, I am ever your Interested Debtob. As Mrs. Bristol fini%jefl reading the letter she looked aip at Hay with tears in her eyes and .a bappj smile on her face. "Bar, my dear boy, I am so happy frvr -tri-mr and for hers." The happy man had been standing by his mother's side while she read, and as she looked np with tears of joy in her eyes, Kay encircled his loving mother in that strong, passionate embrace with his precious burden. "This seems too good to be real, and how happy we can all be together, and now w? must begin to prepare for a wedding, far I long ,?or the day when she will be mine, and then no one can get her from me." "You need not fear, Kay; no one I would want such a nuisance as I but | you, and I fear you are making a very poor bargain." As Lenoia flpoke she gently patted Raj's cheek with her little soft hand, whiLe a menry little latjgh rang through the room. "Well, I feal like a new man, and I juefc begin to realize that I have had nothing to eat since morning, and, for the present, mother, I will leave the little runaway in your care and go to rouse some of the servants. I feel as if I could eat the whole of a roasted rnlf and five nlutm tiuddincs. You need not worry, mother, for J shall not trust her to even your oare very long at a time." "I cannot sleep to-cight, -so I might just as well sit by her bed and watch with you as to be peeping through the key hole." He then laid Lenora on her little bed and left the room io search something to eat. CHAPTER XXVII. "You do not know how happy I am, my dear little Lina. that everything is clear to us now, and all so lovely; a.id now you will surely forgive me for doubting yoa in the least, won't vou ?" t ai_ .1 v, i/_; ,1 JUtJUUItt UiCW lAJVlXIg + XUCUVA to her ftfca and kissed her on the cheek. "With all my heart I forgive yon, Mrs. BristoL All -was against me. and there was no one to take my part. It -was all so dark then that it seemed that God had forsaken me, but you see He did not. He only made that short night hitter darkness, that the sun might shine all the brighter the next day. It is all over now, my dear, kind friend, and there never vas a happier person in all the world than I. Love had not entered my heart for any* man until I saw my Ray, and since that night of the ball my heart was not my own." T? n r? fvAm f Vi r* rl i tti T"? nr. o 11 shortly, and with his mother watched all night by the bedsido of her he loved. ***** Jeannette Nathan did not recover for some time from the last shock, caused by that terrible vision. She had been under such a severe mental restraint sinoe Lenora entered the Bristol J mansion that immediately after her last /\ n<na A /-\1 a fA?? woaVra nr>rl i Alik;lit OUU vt iko uuiiliuuo iVi nvguo uuu weeks with the brain fever. This wicked woman was given every attention during her illness, and every day, while she lay tossing about the bed in her feverish ravings, Lenora woulil f?it bv her bed and bathe the hoi, ttjjobbwg temples in cold water for hoars at a time." Finally, the ] aticnt grew much better, and was able to set up a few hourj each day; cards had been sent out, and many guests had been invited to the wedding. Lenora was very busy now, preparing for that wonderful aav that every girl looks forward to with such joy; as Jeannette was much better, and did not need the happy, light-hearted girl, oVt c* -nTf f i'r\f a ilia aiom 1 lor DUV ill. f t A tTVUU LUIV WUV UAVA VUWiUWbt | now. One beautiful morning, about the middle of April, Jeannette's maid was brushing her mistress' hair, and ithoughtleBsly remarked: "What a fine -wedding it will be! All the city folks are invited, and 60me one is coming over from England. My! but Bhe will be a beautiful bride!" "What do vou mean, Minna, about a wedding ? "Who is to be married now, and who is the beautiful bride?" A look of anxious curiosity came into Jeannette's eyes, and her maid noticed it. "Oh, my lady! I forgot. But the madam said I should not say anything to you about it until you were better, for fear you would want to help before you were able." "For Heaven's sake, Minna, what do you mean? Tell me, instantly!" "Why, the master and the beautiful Miss Lina are to be married the first of May. There! I was not to tell for a week?but The sentence was never finished; q\iiok as a flash the feeble, trembling Jennnctte seemc d to possess the strength of a lion, for she sprang from her chair, like a ball from a cannon, and dealt lur maid such a blow on the temple with her clenched fist that she was knocked senseless to the floor. "Oh, heavens! Why didn't they tell me? Why didn't tfiey tell me all about it, nnd how it all happened ? I will shoot her?yes, shoot her?and in front of Ray's own eye3. "She shall not dethrone me tbss. ! and drag trie ancient, honored race down to tlie low scums of society to , which she belongs! No! I will save ! the Bristols' honor if I am lost to eternal damnation; the heart of that thieving, contemptible creature shall stop beating, and by my hand P Half crazed with auger and excitement, she went to her drawer to get her little pistoL As she stooped to reach it she glanced up at the glass, and in an instant her hands dropped to her sides and her face was ghastly white, for in the glass she saw, standing on her right, the shrouded form of the nurse she had murdered, while on the _ left stood that of the simpleton. They were looking at her and pointing at the pistol, whUe the icy' breath whispered, "DonV ~ Jeannette uttered a faint moan, and her lifeless form fell backward across that of her unconscious maid. CHAPTER XXVIIL The first of May dawned clear and warm, the sun never shone brighter than on that day, and the birds never sang more sweetly. Early spring had dressed the fields, the forests, the lawns and the park of the Bristol estates in robes of brigliest green; the air was full of sweet perfumes from the flowers of the park, and those scattered over the lawn. The ice and snow that was on the ! lake that bright moonlight night in February had all disappeared, and now over the deep blue waters, could occasionally be seen a dancing white-cap, and the sail-boats, with their sails shining like broad strips of silver in the sunlight, at a distance, and sometimes a large steamer would pass by; the trees were in blossom and looked like huge bouquets of bright flowers; the whole of the Bristol estates seemed to smile and welcome the day, while inside the great house all seemed like fainrlanil The great pillars of the halls were one solid mass of bright flowers, and the rooms and archways were draped with roses and lilies. The servants were all bright, happy, and gayly dressed, and Mrs. Bristol's happy face ehone with the good news of her souL The mansion was full of guests, and every hoart beat with joy, except one ?Jeannette Nathan's. A few minutes before twelve, Ray j ana ljenoru itppunreu w tuc p and as they crossed the room to a little gilded raised throne, draped with heavy silken curtains, the rosea and lilies were scattered at their feet Just as the great cloek in the hall struck twelve Ray and Lenora were pronounced man and wife. No earthly being could look purer or more lovely than Leuora did as she raised her child-like face for the groom to kiss his bride. The rest of the day wa? spent in merry-making and in extendiug congratulations to the bride and groom. Kay gave his bride, as a wedding o r-lionlr for t.u'n hundred thou ?l - ??? ? sand dollars, besides deeding to her RLine Castle-bv-the-Sea, in England, that lie bad fallen heir to when he became of age. Mrs. Bristol gave moat of the family jewels to her beautiful daughter-in-law. The morning of the second of May dawned equally as bright and beantifnl as the linSE. At ten o'clock Ray with his bride left Michigan City, en coute for New York, where they were to take a steamer for Liverpool. All was sunshine and happiness, and there seemed to be no cloud in their horizon to darken their lives or hide the san from their faces. The cloud was not visible, for it was behind them; and in their great joy they forgot to look back or review the past. It seemed that they should not see trouble any more, but as life is not ended on the wedding day troubles and trials do not cease; and so it was with Ray and Lenora, for the darkest days of their lives had not yet dawned. [TO BE CONTINUED.] Economic" Use oT'Loatcs. The rough leaves of the Chumlco and of davilla lucida are used for cleaning iron and polishing and scouring wood. Curatella alata is used in the West Indies for polishing bows, sabres, etc., and in Brazil curatella sarnbaiba serves all tho purposes of sandpaper to the Indiaus for polishing their blow pipes and war clubs. The leaves of celtis orientalis are used for polishing horns in the East Indies. The foliage of guaiacum officinale is very detersive, and is frequently used in the West Indies to scour and whiten floors, which it is said to do better than soap. Leaves sewed together aro much used in India as substitutes for tho plates and dishes of more civllizod life. It is not al? wavs Dovertv that leads natives to use them in preference to metal or porcelain articles, .as caste or custom has often some influence in the matter. The leaves principally used are those of the Egyptian lotus: those of the ban van by Brahmins, 9,na the plantain leaf. The leaves of^ bauhinia vahlii are used in the construction of the curious, rude leaf bellows in Sikkim, with which the natives of the hills smelt iron. These leaves, when sewed together, are used as plates, cups, rough tablecloths, rain hats and cap3. The leaves are heartshaped and above a foot in breadth and the same in length. Sewed togethei with twigs, they olso serve for baskets for holding pepper, turmeric and ginger, and are likewise used for thatching.? Gardner's Monthly. .Lire saved Dy a uog s uarjung. The inmates of the house of 3Ir. W. H. French, of Woodbridge, -which was destroyed by fire Monday evening, have a dog to thank for their lives. The fire started in the carriage bam or woodhouse, which are all connected with the farmhouse by an L, and by the time that the occupants were awakened to their danger, which was about 1 o'clock in the morning, all the buildings seemed to be enveloped in flames, and there was need of hurry to escape. The discovery was first made by Mr. French's daughter, a young lady about eighteen years of age, who was awakened by the vigorous barking and whiuea of the pet dog of a lady who was visiting them for the time. Miss 'Frpnrh nereeived in a moment from actions of the animal that something was wrong, and then bearing the crackling of the flamea knew what it all meant, and that prompt action was necessary. It was but the work of a moment forber to give the alarm to the rest of the household, consisting besides herself of Mr. and Mrs. French, a lady and her little child visiting them and a hired man. The startling news was not given any too 6oon, but fortunately no lives wero lost. Help came from the neighboring houses, but by this time the buildings were pretty well destroyed.?-flew Raven j [Cvnn.) Couricf? _ COIEAI SKETCHES. SINGULAR MANNERS OF' A QUEER PEOPLE. The Men Wear White Kob 8 and Rig Hats?The Women's Dress ?Shops and Manufactures. It is highly probable that the peninsula of Oorea, projecting southward between China and Japan, will, at some future day, be a position of great importance to European rivals for maritime supremacy in those regions. Its extent is about equal .to that of Great Britain. For many years it has been claimed as a dependency of the Chinese Empire, but it is practically an independent ?J? i m BWWWM A cnr GEXD.VRME. State, "with a population of about nine millions, ruled by an hereditary sovereign, who in turn is supported by a powerful aristocracy. The most recent and accurate account of the country is that given by Mr. W. R. Carles, who, as English vice-consul, enjoyed unusual opportunities for study and observation. He describes the capital city, which is 5 m-#/ A B7E STREET fif SEOUXu called Seoul or Kyoung, a large walled town of 150,000 or 200,000 people, situated on the Han-Kung, the chief river of the interior, toward the west coast. The buildings, except the royal palace,are mostly in the Chinese style of architecture, like those of Pekin; but the costumes and manners of the people are peculiar; tlw men of the respectable classes all wear while robes, unless they are Government officials, who are attired in silk or crape of the brightest colors, and they have y C0EEAX WOMAN AKD CHILD. ?*aS . singular liata of wickerwork, shaped like inverted baskets, resting on their shoulders; but the women have pretty caps, made partly of fur, partly of braid, with a scarlet tassel. The shops, frequently arranged in small open compartlUJBFB??g It. .! 1 C0KEAN "WOMEN. ments around the sides of a courtyard, usually display a collection of household utensils, embroidered shoes and cloth, metal work, pottery, saddlery, filagree and fancy wares; but the Corean manufacturers have no great merit of artistic workmanship. The wider streets are lined with booths for the sale of food, fruit, grain, meat ami tobacco. A few of the aristocracy ride about on ponies; but their ordinary conveyance, as they seldom or never walk in public, is a chair carried on long poles, like a litter, upon cnmofimPQ l?v fl UiUU S3 ailUUIUtJO, 1UUWU UUIUVW....VW wj ? single wheel underneath the chair. The spoken language of the Corean peopie i3 of Tartar origin, but mixed with Japanese and Chinese forms of speech, and the written literature is in Chinese characters. The Buddhist religion is prevalent, but the Lao-Tze, or ancient religion of China, is cherished by many of the older families. The fish net is being shaped into many clever forms for wall decorations. One of the alcoves o? the Century Club, Philadelphia, has a cream-white wall, across which is stretched a netting that has been gilded. The ellect is pretty. / i Poor Excuse. ' Farmer?"Get down oat of thatl What you doin' up there?" Youthful Plunderer ? "Oh, I only climbed up to git out of the way of the /11!_? J appies uaai -were mum uowa on my head."?Fliegende Blaettcr. A Railroad Up Pike's Peak. Writing from Colorado, a New York Press correspondent says: A railroad up Pike's Peak caps the climax of contrast with those old days and this new and irresistibly progressive era. The road is scarcely in operation ytt, although trial trips have been made. It is a novelty, as I found on inspecting it; indeed, I think it is the most novel road in the world. It is a cogway ioad, similar to that at Mount Washington, but is eight and three-quarter miles in length. The line is standard guage, 'and the roadbed aftiiri mrir or mnaonrv. fifteen to twentv feet wide. Iron bridges span the ravines and crevices that must be crossed. The care are slightly tilted, but the seats are hung on pivots, so as to give passengers a level sitting. An electric light plant at the station supplies arc lamps with light at short intervals along the entire route, and the trains are to be run at night as well as day. It was formerly a two days' journey on horseback to go up and down the mountain* Now the round trip will be made in four hours, with an hour's stav on too of the mountain. Tlic Light Glow Worms Emit One of our readers in Wales, to whom 11 - ?'? a. t ;i; me glow worm is uot bu iiuiiuiar as x?< 1a to our country subscribers nearer home, wants to know something about the food of that curious creature, and the light emitted by it. He says: ' 'There is a poem in which it is said that glow worms tire as numerous as the stars, but I doubt if one person in a hundred has ever seen one. I have seen only two in my life, and those were found by somebody elsa. I have kept one in a glass for a week, supplying it with grass and leaves, which, however, it does not appear to touch. It gives a bright light, sufficient to tell the time by, for about two hours every night, being punctual almost to a minute, both in lighting and putting out its lamp." The glow worm in its larval state lives on snails and slugs, and becomes vegetarian only in its perfect state. Its light is an cxumnle of animal phosphorescence. upon which of late years there has been no lack of scientific theory. Its light has been happily named a love light by one of its closest students, whose account of the Italian firefly's flirtations by mean of her attractive phosphorescence our correspondent would find highly entertaining.?London Ncvi. The Illinois Hay Palace. Scattered throughout the United States at different times there have risen ice palaces, crystal palaces, bluegrass palaces, corn palaces, summer palaces and mineral palaces. Now another one is building? a hay palace. Some time ago the good people of Momence, III.. looked out upon the vast Kankakee marshes from which the people of the vicinage derive their chief income, ana conciuaea tuat alter narvesung ana faifiitf HOW THE HAT PALACE WILL LOOK, baling the wild grass they would use it to build a hay palacc iu which to hold an inter-state exposition. The structure, whose walls arc to be constructed of the big bales, will have a length of 204 feet and a width of 170. The display will include collections of live native fish, geological, botanical, ornithological and zoological exhibits, Indian and prehistoric relics, and representations of the products of farms, factories, forests and mines.?Mail and Express. Plan to Roof the Sidewalks. The idea is being seriously discussed as to the value of a glass roof, or awning, thrown over the sidewalk at the height of the first story, its purpose being primarily to protect pedestrians from the rain; and secondly, from the brilliancy of the sun. So practical and feasible does this plan appear that it has been decided to test it by erecting such an awning on the streets of Queensgatc. A number of business meu, who have large stores along the principal avenues in that section of London, have determined to combine, and undertake to put up such a structure as this. Two person's may d? Dorn at sn< same time and die at the same time, and yet one have lived one hundred days more than the other. The explanation of this riddle turns upon the familiar fact that a person who goes round the world toward the west loses day, -while the person -who travels in the opposite direction gains a day. We will suppose, then, that the two men in question were born at the same instant in St. Louis, from whence a trip around the world may easily be made once a year. One of them goes always to the west, the other toward the east. One loses a day every year, and the other gains a day every year. When the men die, at fifty years of age, one has seeu one hundred dava more than the other, i POPULAR SCIENCE. The distinguished physician, Dr. W. H. Burt, announces that water is the great remedy for consumption. Silk from paper pulp is made smooth and brilliant, with about two-thirds the strength of ordinary silk and about th? same elasticity. The famous Physick Garden in Chelsea, England, whose preservation is now a matter of discussion, has 20,000 different herbs and plants. A permanent commercial museum, containing specimens of the natural products and manufactures of Poland and a bureau of information for Russian and foreign merchants, has been established at Warsaw. A grand turning cupola eight meters in diameter Is to be erected in the Vatican Garden, in Rome, Italy, for covering the photographic equatorial instrument which is to be used in connection with monnlnr* nnf c+orc LUU|7|/lUg VUk KUV WWUAWI It has hitherto been supposed that the maximum depth of the Mediterranean was 10,875 feet deep between Sicily and Sardinia. Lieutenant Magnachi, of Italy, has found a depth erf 13,550 feet, between Malta and Candia. The effect of gum chewing has been studied carefully by an expert. In gum chewing the masseter muscles which move the jaw are abnormally developed, and the fatty substance which produces fair, plump cheeks is deteriorated. Geologists assert that if the continents and the bottom of the ocean were graded down to a uniform level the whole world would be covered with water a mile deep, so much greater is the de pression 01 tne ocean Dea mat tne elevation of the existing land. A writer upon birds says that in the 5elds and groves there are many old maids and bachelors who apparently aever had any inducement to marry. There is no doubt that the rivalry in bird courtship is extremely keen, and the :hoico is a deliberate one. The jelly fish absorbs its food by wrapping itself around the object which it seeks to make its own. The star fish is even more accommodating. Fastening itself to the body it wishes to feed jn, it turns its stomach inside out and snwraps its prey -with this useful organ. An old manuscript volume of apothecaries' lore and household recipes, believed to date from about the time of Queen Elizabeth, was discovered some years ago among the papers of a firm of chemists in Newcastle, England, and a lithographed fac simile is soon to be published. The woodpecker has a three-barbed tongue like a Fijian's spear, with which it draws out the worm which it has excited by its tapping. The clamfeeds with a siphon, and the oyster with its beard. The tapeworm has neither mouth nor stomach, but just lies along and absorbs the already digested food through its skin. In one of the leading locomotive shops Ihere is now building an engine with an 2normous driving wheel, nine feet in cir:umference, which will be fixed in the :entre, in front of the boiler. Instead )f ordinary axle3 the truck wheels "will bave bicycle spindles, and experts claim that the large driving wheel will carry ilong the train at over ninety miles an hour. Clouds which are luminous in the larkness of moonless nights have been ittracting considerable attention in Europe, and a number of photographs of them have been secured this year in Germany. From comparisons of results obtained at different observatories, it appears that these clouds have the extraordinary height of five and a half miles above aea level. It is proposed to use the spectoscope i to determine whether cesspools, stables, ?tc., drain into neighboring wells. A ioluti<?i of carbonate of chloride of lithium is poured into the suspected sources Df pollution in the neighborhood, and after a week or so the well water is exam !ned spectroscopically for lithium, which san thus be detected even if the water aolds in solution less than one pint in a million. Beeswax From the Sea. No one has ever been able to give an j AAAAimf ?f Kawt piirtVt finnrmrtiiQ i AUl/IiCLilHJ UVJUUUllb \J 1 JUUU VUUi Uiv cw quantities of beeswax came to be deposited on the beach near Nehalem. Specimens are found along the beach in rarious places, but it is most plentiful lear the mouth of the Nehalem. As the lea shifts the bar pieces of it are washed ishore, and large quantities are found )y plowing some of th3 low land near ;hc beach. There ar5 spots where the ;ea has never reached in the memory of ;he oldest settlers, and which are coy J ~ Vi nf enrilAii "I'UU Willi tt ^iuit nu va uvvj vhere deposits of the wax may be found >y digging. Specimens of the wax may )e found at the house of any settler on .he beach, and to all appearances it is jenuine beeswax. Several tons have >een unearthed, and one man shipped a avge amount to San Francisco once, for ffliich he received ?500. In quality it 3 a3 good as any in the market, and has etained its familiar odor through all its ough usages and age. It ii supposed by some, and so stated, that it came from ;ho wreck of a Spanish vessel over a :entury ago. Others say that it came from a wrecked Chinese junk. Those traditions in regard to the wrecks come from the Indians and are not very reliable.?TiUamock Headlight. Ancient Egyptian Glue and Veneering. Among the many occupations ot tne carpenter, that of veneering is noticed in the sculptures of Thebes, as early as the :ime of the third Thothmes, -whom I suppose to be the Pharaoh of Esodusv ind the application of a piece of rare wood of a red color to a yellow plank of sycamore, or other ordinary kind, is :learly pointed out. And in order to show that the yellow wood is of inferior quality, the workman is represented to have fixed his adz carelessly in a block of the same color, while engaged in ap plying them together. Near turn are some of his tools with a box or small chest, made of inlaid and veneered wood, of various liues, and in the same part of the shop arc two other men, one of whom is employed in grinding something with a stone on a slab, and the other in spreading glue with a brush. It might, perhaps, be conjectured that varnish was intended to be here represented, but the appearance of the pot ou the fire, the piece of glue with its concavo fracture, and the workman before mentioned applying the two pieces of wood together, satisfactorily decide the question, and attest the invention of glue 3300 years atro.?Scientific American. N TEMPERANCE. : I NOTHING AND SOMETHING. M It is nothing to mo, the beauty said, jfl With a careless toss of her pretty head, The man is weak if he can't refrain |H From the cup you sa^ is fraught with pain-? BjH It was something to her in after yearn, flfl When her eyes were full of burning tears, And she watched in lonely grief and dread, H9j And started to hear a staggering tread. It is nothing to me, the mother said; I have no fear that my boy will tread |H The downward path of sin and shame, flfl And crush my heart and darken his name? It was soncthing to her when that only son Hfl From the path of right was early won, H And madly cast in the flowing bowl |B A ruined body and sin-wrecked soul. B| It is nothing me, the merchant said, As over his ledger he bent his head, B| lam busy to-day with tare tret, And have no time to froth and fret? H It was something to him when over the wire A message came from a funeral pyre: A drunken conductor had wrecked & train, H| And his wife and child were among thnabdn. H| It. fa nntfilncfn ma tho vnnnc man said: Mi In bis eye was a flash of scorn and pride; H I heed not the dreadful things 70a tell, H I can rule myself, I know full well? mm But m 'Twos something to him when in prison be H lay H The victim of drink, life ebbing away, H As he thought of his wretched child and 9 wife, B And the mournful wreck of his wasted life. M It's nothing to me, the voter said, H The party's loss is my greatest dread? |B Then gave his vote for the liquor trade. 9j| Tho' hearts were crushed and drunkard! made? ^ M It was something to him in after life, - 9 When his daughter became a drunkard*! H wife, n And her hungry children cried for bread, H| And trembled to hear their father's tread. H It is nothing to us to idly sleep H While the cohorts of death their vigils keep, To gather the young and thoughtless in? And grind in our midst a grist of sin? afl But It is something?yea, all for us to stand ifl| And clasp by laith our saviour's baud?. H To learn to labor, live and fight . Ou the side of God and changeless right. S ?D. S. T. Butterbaugh, in the Voice. H ro LIQUOR 15 SOUTH DAKOTA. H _ Chief Justice Dighton Corson, of the Sotrtlj fj Dakota Supreme L-ourt, nas nanaea down a decision that has been awaited with great interest in all parts of the State. In effect, It does away with the sale of intoxication liquor as required by the stringent laws already enacted. He affirms the constitntiflgEtr ality of the law and gives the county ccrartl full"jurisdiction to fine and imprison liqndfc sellers without interference of grand juries or other courts. His decision is very long, covering th* ^ ground thoroughly, and was made up on a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Robert Evans, an original package dealer of Pierre, who was fined 1100 with two months .* imprisonment by the county judge, and went before the Supreme Court on the writ oa tho grounds of no jurisdiction in the court below. mr>T>/\T> l Trove tt? a nrr rrtrert* The temperance movement ie having a V'| substantial backing from a strictly busineM quarter. The New Jersey Central Railroad has followed the example of Vanderbilt1? lines and issued on order forbidding on pea* alty of dismissal all employee of tho road to take anything intoxicating either while OH or off duty. Naturally this order bas-rtirred up some feeling among the employes, who do not as a rule, profess to be total abstainer^ and the feeling is not, perhaps, as warmly, commendatory of the order as is that of tho traveling public. Temperance could hav* ' no stronger indorsement than tho fact thai these great roads enforco it as a matter of policy, and it is undoubtedly true thatdrinfe' ing habits are going more and more out of ? fashion. One hears much less often the weDp worn phrase: "A very brilliant fellow when. he is sober." In the keen competition of tho present day to make his way in the world ft man needs to have all hia wits about himt which he cannot have when his brain iff-s stupefied by drink .?Waahinglon Star. W0EK ON THE TEMPERANCE TEMPLE. * The underground Trails of the Woman'!Temperance Temple in Chicago are now In , process of construction. The contract for i the entire building has been let and it is to be ready for occupancy by May L 1892. A large number of applications for offices havealready been received. This will probably be the finest building in the city. The chief feature of the interior will bs Willard Hall, a magnificent audience room, lined with marble, on the ground floor and in the southwest corner of the building, with a capacity of six hundred, where daily meetings will be held, aud where the incense of prayer for the inebriate and for the temperance cause will perpetually ascend. The laying of the corner stone has been postponed to September 13, the earliest date at which Mies Willard can be present. This, how ever, win not aeiay me worn uu otutu- pm w of the building:. Miss Willaro thus enumerates the cornerstones of America's temple. The co-education of the sexes, financial education for woman, a healthful mode of dress, an equal participation in the Government; these are the four cornerstones of America's temple of purity and peace. TEMPERANCE SEWS AND XlTio. 'A wine gloss is never right side up till it Is upside down." Every dollar spent in the saloon is a blow at the family, and the family is the defeaoa of our nation. I A bequest of $533, " to be used in promot-. in? temperance wprk," has been received by Miss Willard?bft to her in trust by Saran. E. Spear of Woburn, Mass., whose death oo- maM curred recently. ~ The State Fair Association of Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska, forbid the selling of liquors, gambling and games of chance and immoral sliows on their grounds. The list ought to be increased by nearly forty. , ; Germany has a heavy responsibility for the introduction of the abominable trash which it calls rum, gin, etc., iuto Eastern Africa. It has done more to injure the black population than all the missionaries can do to reform them for the next fifty years. The theory that whisky is necessary in the treatment of pneumonia, has received a blow from Dr. Bull of New York city, who discovers that in New York hospitals sixtyfive per cent, of the pneumonia patients die with alcoholic treatment, whilo in London, at the Object Lesson Temperance Hospital, only five per ccnt. die. During the last eighteen months Boston has ssnt 1,250,0)0 gallons of rum to Africa. Boston is nobly keepingu > with the advances of African exploration. New England ram with its exhilarating influences follows fast ? on the footsteps of tho intrepu crpiorer, though they may lead among the most sav- 9 age races and into tha darkest and most for- I bidding corners of tho earth. 9 The courts are beginning to work in the I Free State of Congo. A chieftain accused of I numerous assassinations of other chiefs was I arrested, tried, convicted, and executed a I month ago. The execution was military. I Just before his death, N'Souuda, the culprit, I was asked if ho would like anything. He I said, " Yes, gin,'' and drank half a bottle of I it before his soul went hurling to tho shades. I In the zreat plain poople of th3 country I lies the future hopo of our iree insiiuuuuw. _ If the saloon continues to dominate in all the S affairs of the nation, the farmers to a large I extent must be responsible. They are, as a I class, conservative and honest, and constir I tute a conserving element in our political jj affairs. When they make up their minds somethiug must be done, tho doing is only a H question of time." Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt, writing from Banana, Congo Free State, says: "The fear- J ful tide of drink here is more fearful than J one can imagine until one has really seeD, V as I have done, the steamers full of the vilest | spirits, much of which is alcohol distilled I from the cheapest substances that will pro- I duce it, brought out in this form to be ret * ducod with water, flavored with anise seed) and so sold at an enormous profit." I " " f, -lh'f