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^ TUl MH The Columbia |H and Courier thus K pi la bed tip lo IM' ^Vyiufv what wm L sideraiton thia of a hard-worked .n92l,D>l,B,A,1)e0' MIST. 1888 ia drawing ' 9 General Assembl hero not bean bora . H 224 until early en where hearans are deep and BE Whether it will L? , t * adjourn un, du, bu?<* M The Legislature it?i1tJl ,*hcr K,<m tba" hore: 9 , Mpattiure itij^ autumn In the circling V unknown quantity B popular branch ia rer and palm trees waro on over the record o In that time tw auch on atmosphere, I neither of which i* northern sky House enters upoi00 uc* J?f? but gloom' and row (Monday) wit... MB printed pages, nnd glaciers round mo spread, I three hundred bills lo6ttbo mountain's hood, H kinds. WhU has b io baffled eyo bod/ in ih ^pB^*nfaU>omahio bod. H summed u^B^K ?Joseph John Murphy. cepted thejjg^^^ I SiSS V, WMMOUTCAST. I er?l pprcpBW-; I At far a&MB emigration" of Slinks I lbIi occurred because tho m iLw>d grown tired of having o^Abg ^ j,l?nd. Slinks was a failure at B-. i. TbeoO but slinking. His walk, W. ' '2. Tha toit, his appearanco and miniV 8. Tho Stpstory. all conspired to his I 4. Tho pem, and had not only robbed J 6. Tho CJgjoct and credit, but even of queatioa o^placo. IIo had slunk into / 6. Tho no pcrKon know exactly " ion- ,ut when ho slunk out of it, 7- 1,ieorsou in tho settlement who ^ " 1 *. ? t},0 years of under\ This *g was apprised of his going, might w- 0f th0 more enterprising oitionlysixjio self appointed emigration Caroli^tt???followed liini. tho cr,^^ casc?t, tho undcsirablo man "> ??tally given twenty-four hours in I Te up liisatl'airs and placo L iOunty li^ aotwecn himself and 5 ^^ UHapprc'uativo community. In case Of Slinks, tlicro wcro no affaffaMwlo. : Itlb lino was ton miles away, and as fae committee had but littlo faith in Blinks as a nedeKtriun n lisin fen of mounted men lind left ih-airio tptar with Slinks, round shouldered jtod discouraged looking, riding ahead. Vhen the line was reached, Iho dis Banco to Boomopolis was nbouTa milo ess than that to Prairio City, and the flkommittoo reasoned that Slinks would :eop on, and thus savo a clear mile's ourneying. T "Wal, yoro wo air " said Long Jcs3 MMostors, as they reacncd the lono jack M Smbk just beyond the county boundary. M. 'T reckon you know tho penalty, M Blinks?" B "Beckon I do." Perhaps a previous experience had tnado Inm familiar with tho unplcasW luat,penalty bestowed upon a "runout" H tnan found within tho county conlincs m titer the expiration of his timo of B m IP^?lCe Wllcn kad dismounted, l\v BHnksstrodo slouchiugly away. "Wal, good-by, Slinks," called Long Jess. Vx 1 *?'??? n *"u H riicav-. v mS He looked uno'a jo a.\oi j V the fo'r ^i?irio pictuio, ^ ^ A ftOrasion' of wild flowers springing B ?. nun the soft, undulating carpet, or B Men. His hat drooped dejectedly, boots woro run ovor, and his garB HiLsmviii undecided whcth< r to i.tll B or stay on. There was less color in t his faco tlian usual, und tho riidavscnr I on liis check was moro marked by tho contrast. RHk\ ^or ft littlo wliilo tlio committco i SBfatcliod him, dragging Ris feet as if J Jbey woro almost too heavy for liia*. HBBhen,. iust. J?s thoy turned, t^.ridn 1 i <" ilTey saw him stoop ns if pluck- < ^uo ?* *bo bright prairio llowcrs. j (S hoi'dv tho blossoms heard him mutter: ^ ju? Dini"h, >oks liko tho flowers that grew by c L moro door of tho kitchen at"-:? I ^ f tneoHo slouched away faster than before. j ia wjere was moro color in his facq now, j B menid tho scar on his chcck<showed less A W ? ?t inly. . m arc nc'Flowcrs, and ft mm out rrinn? j w law!" ho muttered, with moro ^ J Naii'gy than ho had displayed for , get ticks. *"&, u . j pus iTho caamut^SG-wftl'jhrd- him if liffTo j mger, but they were galloping toward | Sirairio City when ho lialf turned and ] Aln.azcd after them with a lookj that was ] witbjmost wistful. " , subj Nono of tho horsemen spr-*o for j Thoicvcral minutes. Then Col Senior, tho ( ^"aolf elected wit of tho settlement, re- . ''"marked, with ft prefatory "wal:" i ?! "Good riddance to had rubbish, as I b?ld 'cm when tho bViud dog was (!ur etold," '' Tho committee scarcely grinned, and u Long Jess Masters did not appear to E hear. This inattention upon tho part C of tho elongated citi'/.e-i v.a > all iho , moro depressing to tho humorist bc( cause Joss was usually tho lirst and loudest to laugh at his cfl'orts. 1 "When a man's got to go, w'y, ho's got to," Jesa said, presently. "An' hvhen ho gits so's ho sets around till la* Imighty nigh grows fust, an' sneaks loi-nniKi fill nvnrabfldv is tired <>' scoiu' > ^ him, an' borrys his tobacco, an' never ibuys nuth'n', an' pays no taxes, an' I won't vote, nn' never does nur says _ nuth'n' to help llio l>oom along, an' I 'lows it's nuth'n'to liiui whether the } milroad comes yero or goes to lioomojiolis?w'y, when a man {.its that fur v gwiic, I reckon h^'s got. to go, or" "Or be buried," interrupted Cal. "That's it," Jess went on. "Prairie City h'ain't got no use fer that kind o' I jicoplo. Put, somehow"' 1 "What's that over thru-.'" interruplod another committeeman. A covered wagon, drawn by a]-air of skinny horses, round .1 the slopo of a slight "liso" half a milo distant. ".Uust come middlin' fur by the way the team crawlc," said .less. "What air they doin' out yore, away off from any road?" (.'banging their course, llio committer galloped towards tho slow moving veliiclo. As they ncarcd it they mado a discovery. There seemed to bo no driver, and tho reins were dragging. i iic SiiUUiy ICUlli r.iHji came up. Long Jess lifted 0110 of tho tattered curt;*i us and looked iuto the wagon. "Oh, havo you found my boy J" a faint voico quavered, eagerly. Tho other members of the commit? tee peered into the wagon. A woman, Willi tangled wliito hair about her wrinkled face, that was wan and ghastly, turned her delirium brightened eyes, full of a pitiful, unreasonr. and improved head to Slinks' aequlsi^01 tions. Bk The sick woman did not look so MB thanks to tho kind ofliees of Col and Jerry, who had ad mini >t?rrd Some of the brandy that the latter had brought from Prairio City, and had ' iSlodc a doubtful quality of beef tea over a littlo flro down in the hollow. LWitli awkward gentleness they had pushed back the gray hair and had placed fragrant flowers all about her iiead. "I>p vou think you will find my l>oy . * ? ,#?onf nor iairn voico prpea, us A>rag I Jew looked into tbo wagon. "Ho'll bo yero right 80on, gran'- ' maw " ho answered. . "I saw him jest & little bit ago." 1 Her wrinkled faco lit up with such look of gladness, that for an instant 1 Joes' heart sinoto him at the thought 1 of tho deception they wcro about to practico upon tho sick woman. < "But it's for tho best," ho muttered, as ho turned awav. "It's a shame, 1 bat it's tho best wo kin do." Every face in tlio circlo that gath- t dred about tho outcast was hard and 1 storn. In a few pointed words Long < Jess told tho story. "If she don't find her boy right > soon, sho never will. If slio thinks 1 for a few weeks slio's found him, wo reckon sho may pull through to health 1 .an' bo ablo to go on with lior search. ? Blinks, you look nearest uv any uv us like her son's picture. You look liko s him, an1 if you don't act liko liiuj, we'll?wal, you understand 1" t Only Ixmg Jess accompanied Slinks, v tho outcast, to tho wagon. "Well, yer boy's como, gran'maw," ho said, and turned away. 8 It was evident that tho deception was a success, for tho committee heard v tho faint, glad cry of tho old woman 1 i i? * .wj iitv v/ II bVUOli LAU ill/ u vur xiur. _ "Paul I My lx>y 1^ my boy 1" *' Then tlio committco turned their backs and walked away out of hear- c ing. No 0110 said anything for several moments. Presently Cal spoke, J' gravely: *' "I never 'lowed Slinks had no fccTin's. but?did you see his facol" K "I siiw it," answered Long Jess, shortly. P After nearly a quarter of an hour v had passed, Jess went to tho wagon. 11 Ho was gone a long time, but'vnien he rejoined tho group Slinks remained " at tho vragon. ? "Boys," said Long Jess, "it'll work! " You ort to have seen tho gladness in her ole wrinkled face! I reckon sho'll h live to find her boy yit. But I havo tho idy of tho timo when we've got to C tell?wal, maybe we'll had him 'foro c< that." * * V "An' Slinks?" questioned Cal. "lies pot fcolin's! If I hadn't a- g} knowed, I'd a-'lowcd ho found his olo si mother, Scar 011 liis elicek must he sorto like tlie one on her hoy's, for she w was a-uoticin' it, an' u-sayin' sumthin' ki 'bout Bcssio's 'menibcrinv how Paul'd d< saved licr life at tlio risk of his own. st When slio had said that, I'll swear lx Slinks' eyes were full uv team! llo's got fcclin's, Slinks has." fa It was nearly a week later, after tlio sc sick woman had been provided with of eomfortablo quarters in Prairio City, tli wlicro sho was rapidly improving hi under the son like ministrations of hi Slinks, the outcast, that tlio cmigra- Ci ion committeo wero holding a meet- ur ing in tlio shade of Marshall's "general hi itoro." gi "I believe Slinks is sick," Long vas saying. "Not bnt that bo works "*ag ?works like a redhead to doe veryLing in tlio world to make tho sick to vonian happy. But. someway, lie acts ca ;o blamed queer! laves red like lio'd Pi xiTn cry in'. Don't pay 110 attention to or vliat a body says to him 'less it's tlio hi >io lady, fsiio don't hafto much more linn whisper before-lie hoars licr." ca ''Sick, I reckon," agreed Cal. "But f I could git bauds oil that thar shore th liougli son that stays away an' leaves tit lis mother to the kocr uv Slinks I'd nil uako him siclccr'n Slinks is!" he "His tracks wonIdu't stop this sale iT*TTTu "shno" line!" said J_iong .loss. wt 'Must a-tliouglit a heap uv him. ha lor longin' to see him was so strong a?g hat she sold out what 1 ittlo she had, ov in', half s;ck, started west to hunt for u?a lim. When she reached tlio end of "I ho railroad it took the best part uv her d ittlo money to buy tho team an' .vngon. No idy wliur to lind liim. No on vord from him in many a long day; bo jut she started with the determiua- If' ion, woman like, to look all over tho au vest to lind her hoy. Took sick an' to it-ffittrrr' worse, 'out kept right 011 ki n the hunt for her boy. Then tho ca valance is a Manic to her. Clot out of a lior head. Don't know wliur nor how of Long tho team wandered ar'und. But tli now she's happy, thii|kin' at last she's iu found her hoy. Jt 1 could git u-holt in of tho feller?roumin' around in tho ci west at liis ease, while his olo mother's tii novo nil' needy, and brcakin' licr heart on tor liim?I'd" si \ iwrni'A enmn nmuiul tho corner. ol It was Slinks. lv "Maybe lie clitl not know liow bad u; her condition was," lie raid, abruptly. "Perhaps, when ho left, misfortuno 1) had not taken the most of her pro))- 1> crty. Perhaps, discouraged, heart- "\v broken, ho had gone west, where mis- c< fortune nu t him at every turn, till li ho Minlc?sunk?well, perhaps the ri thoughts of homo served still moro to 11 dishearten him, and" c< "Wouldn't thoughts of his mother V an' of Pessio" n "Pessio died beforo ho left homo," v. Baid J links, gravely. "She was his o BWeetheait in thoso old, happy days? Well, ho was unlucky, heartsick, dis- o / Miii'iwivwl e-jnlr" h vv><> ? "Do you reckon ho\l try to lift#bim- a self up if lio had n olu mother 'an' a ti gang uv friends, which gang hain't t< Iireeiscly express all their teeiins, >ut" "Ho would try," said Slinks earnestly. Long .Toss put out liis hard paw. ? "Paul Emery," was all ho said. n r> ho members of 1 ho emigration com- f' mitteo shook hauuls with Slinks, the f outcast, for the last time. Q "Hoys," said Long Jes ;, "I a-'lowed, t p little bit ago, that Slinks was sick. ' Put he's dead, now an' " * "11(5 will never rise again I" said Paul Emery, gravely.?T. P. Morgan B in Frank Leslie's. tng pleading, slowly trem onf to aYr- j1 other of the bearded faces ns they ! looked down ppon her where slio lay, * on a rude bed of quilts, in the bottom F of tbo wagon body, 1 "Have you found my boy yet?" sho <! piped, ft only, with eager beseeching. * "Oh, have you found him?" "Wo hain't"? began Carl Sentor. 1 "1 lush!" whispered Jess. "Wo oxjwet to lind him soon, gran'maw. Ho hain't l>o fur oil'," ho added, soothingly. 1 "Oh, I am so glad!" thesiek woman (. wlii.~ jH'i't (1. "1 was afraid that sonio- ! thing had happeued toliini. Put you'll ' lind him, won't you?" sho went on, anxiously. ' "Wo'li try," answered Jess. J "She's elost to dyin', I'm afeard," ho said, when tho eoinmiltee had with- j drawn a ; b.ort distance from tho wagon for a consultation. "Out of her head I an' dyiu'l" ] \ "What air wo gt>in' to do?" qucxtioned Cal. "Wliat wo kin!" replied Jess. "Slio's stnrvin', too, 1 believe I" I Two minute:* later ouo of t!u> oud rjration cowmitteo was nurfryTng-towards Prairio City as fast as Lis horse xmld carry him. "Mebby licr boy lives somewero yeribouts," suggested Carl Seiiter. : "Have you found himf' tho faint roice quivered, as tho bearded faces looked wito tho wagon again. # "What did you say lus name was?" juestioncd Jess. 1 'It sorto'sl ij>pcd me." jl uui| iiiiu ner voico avrcn iovngly upon the uamo?"Fhul Emery.'t Tho shaggy heads wero solemnly ihakon. No one knew Paul Emery, frizzled, they withdrew for another :onsultation. "I'm afenrd she'll never sec her b6y. f ho hjaiu't found mighty soon,'.' saju Lrtriig Jess. "Wonder if wo couldn't sorto find liui, anyhow," said Cal. "Mebby she wouldn't tell" " 'Twouldn't mako her 110 worse," poko Jess, "an' it might" Tho others grasped tho idea. Again ho bearded faces looked into tho vagon. "Know liim at tirst sight if" quesioned Jess, "Might liavo changed a ;ood deal." Tho siek woman babbled on a littlo rhilo of liow sho would know lior hoy -her Paul. Then sho produced a batered tintypo from beueath lier pilow. "Tliat is Paul, my boy 1" sho said, agcrly?"Puull" Tho picture dimly revealod a slender oung fellow, honest faced and bcardjss. rru . ,.i * i j. uu suuggy neaus wero gravely baleen. "The scar don't show much in the icturo," the sick woman piped, realdy. "Tlio doctor said it'would lways remain thero. And Beksio lid *sho never wanted it to fade from is chcclc, bccduse it would always ho reminder of how ho had risked liis fo to savo hers. Bcssio" The committee hoard no more. They ad hastily withdrawn. "I'll stay yero an'wait fur Jerry," 'al Scntor said, after a fownnoincnts' inference was held. "Takomy lioss. lTal, I reckon" The rest of tlio committeemen wore illoping away, and ho was nlono bode tlio wagon. "Looks like imposin' on tlio pore onian," ho muttered. "But, if we ain't iind the rig-lit soil wo'vo got to > tlio uoxt Lest thing, llo'll look >metliing like lier Paul when tlio iys hev got through with him." Slinks, tlio outcast, lay stretched lco downwards in tlio shade of a few raggy persimmon trees, near the head ! a little "draw," two miles beyond 10 spot wlioro tlio comniitteo had left im. Thero was moire b? despair in s faco than any citizen of Praii'ie ity had ever seen there. But when, ouscd by the hoof beats, ho found msclf again in tho hands of tho emi ation committee, the old and almost :pressionless mask fell over his fuco fain. " *? i Ho made no comment when ordered ( "pile on" to Cat's horse, and the vnleade took the back track towards i ?irio City, at a headlong speed. But ] tee, Long- Jess, closo at hand, heard | m mutter: "It's all right, anyhow. Nobody 11 t rc 1" ( Cal Senter, Squatting in the shade of t o sick woman's ymgon, saw tlio little i >op pass, a quart?? of a niilo away, i dgrumbled: "Blamed imposition on l r, but it's the best wo kin do." Jerry was passed by tlie cavalcade, o ck to the wagon with several pack- l cs in his hands and pockets. It was i ident that he comprehended the sit- i lion, for lie said, addressing himself, t yjolcs like a great shame, but inebby s tlio best the boys kin do." ( Slinks' look of stolidity changed to ; lc of mystification and astonishment < on after Prairie City was reached, i o was hurried into iho barber shop i id thrust into a chair, and, in response c a stern command from Long .1 ess,tlio : light of the razor trimmed tlio out- < st's hair and removed his beard with I celerity that threatened to rob him i his ciitielo at the sanio time. While i lis was going on several of the comittccmcn wi re rushing about, to the ilenso inyf tilica.tion of the unoiTicial tizeus, who asked a Inm *,'!, \ qvics- * ens, and wcro shamefully snubbed tcli time. When the "rushing" reilted in the producing of a misfit suit : clothes, into which Slinks was ustled, ho was i:i a stale of open louthed wonder. As nil hands wcro mounting, Slinks card Old Man Barry inform a ncighoa, ia a mysterious hut very loud liispcr, that it was his belief that the ymmittoo liad captured .dinks red untied in some atrocity, and were arlying him decently that (ho outcast light make a presentable looking arpsc. Tlio neighbor nodded a coilincctl head, and fc>links, lor want of a iovc pleasant solution to C e mystery, :as forced to accept the direful thorv, So great had been tlio chnngo in tlio utcast'y appearance, resulting l'rom is experience with the com nut too nd tlio burlier, that when the littlo roop reached tiie wagon (.' ! professed e behove that tlioy had added a now Study Hours for Children. According to Dr. Nowell. "for children f 10 or 12 years tho capacity for bright nd voluntary attention is exhausted by our varied lessons requiring mental efort of half an hour each, with intervals f relief in tho forenoon. In tlio afternoon his capacity is reduced one-half. Two lours in tlio forenoon and one hour in he afternoon is as long a tinio as cliil iren can do proniaoiy cmpioycu 111 chojl." Dr. Chancellor supports this view, and sdvocates eighteen hours a week as the imit for school children under 12. iaginskey, author of a German work on chool hygiene, takes tho same view, and n demonstration of its effectiveness it is illeged that half time pupils in the higiish schools learn as much asthochillren who are in school tho full number >f hours.?Hall's Journal of Health. tiio "Public" of London. Tho London "public?" is a system of porui and compartments concentrating >n a singlo bar. There is tho "oar parol" and tho "family entrance," which las Ixjen imported to New York; tho "holtlo and jug department," and one or two o'Jk r roouis, somtiincs nntucd, sonictitnes not, l'Veo lunches are not ia order, n.o lunch i t tho British public iniv-t be |inid lor. If ia cold weatliT von v.ant vcur r.l.< v anned t!.o barmaid n'.ks \os if jcu v. id huvo it "chilled." The chilliii ; i>r< c. v. iiicli warms it, consists in pouring i. into tho funnel of a quia r looking i.no which stands on tho cc.inter, /..u application of heat within warms it, and it is turned out of a faucet at tho lK>tiom.?lhrenticoMulford inNow York Kkr J ' f?' /tV: SIGHT 9 SEEN IN STOCKHOLM. ,Group of tl*e Cinllo Duelists?BrcgarV C'lnba?Otlicr Curiosities. Man/ fcfonia statues to Swotfah's kings stand ux tho Mtrious squares and sparks, and tliero is one bronzo group that holds tho attention longer than any of these. It is planed in tho grounds of tho Najtiinul museum, and is tho tnasterpioce of tho Swedish sculptor Moleri, the group if the Qirdk) Duelists. According to the -fcirbarous old ca torn in Scandinavia, "rose betvroen two men, fFiy Weri^TErrmtr together by a gndle, pnvided with knives, and allowed to tight,out tho duel until one or both had fallen. This group is worthy of the nntiqtio Xor tiie splendid physique of the | actors anu leariui interest or the strir?. | Each has seized with his left hand the right hand of his foe, which grasps the murderous short knife, and both wrestle for life with terrible energy. It is 6aid that these corubats wero so universally fatal that women carried winding sheets with them to the banquets, whero their husbands might bo slain. Four baa reliefs on tiro pedestal with Runic insc; iptidns show such a scene? two men drinking together, whilo the lovely wif j of one of them stands by. Tho jealon anger roused by somo unduo attention on tjio part of tho guest, tho wife on her leuees endeavoring to prevent tho qua* rel, and lastly the poor thing weeping alono by tho gravestone of her husband. A memorial such as this of ancient customs has always an' interest independent of its artistio value; and this iutercat attaches to a great many objects in tho collection of the Northern Museum, an institution devoted to tho preservation ofe?^ii.ndin^vian ralics and cariosities. Yfu-.soo liero a c? t^dtnll pikes uud battle axes so formidable of old?cruel, murd'Tous looking instruments ten feet long, their blades and heads rusted as If with tho blood of enemies; ancient swords 1 ^.,.1 1.^1 t- A <i * ? - - mm iiuiuk'ih, rogeuier wiui innumerable 1 articles of more peaceful household use; rtido louuia that might havo woven tlio garments of tho Vikings, and tho odd 1 hand mangles used for smoothing linen? heavy pieces of wood, polished on tho under side, and elaliorately carved above, j with handles usually representing horses. It seems impossible that such tlat irons I should havo been very cfllcacious, but < hero they nro by tho hundred. < Odder still nro tho kubbestols?chairs < mado of tho trunks of trees?or kubbes i (whence our 'stubs," I 6upjK)so), tho 1 edge3 of tho seats ornamented with, of < all things in tho world, human teeth, driven into the solid wood. These are i not relics of liattle, ns ono might sup- 1 pose, but tho teeth lost by tho family of ? the owner of tho Chair, preserved in this i manner as a charm against future tooth- 1 ache. Litilo white milk teeth mako an 1 agreeablo variety wit^ hugo molars that 1 e. i achrr. enough beforo they came I to this end. Hero, too, is another relic 1 of ancient manners?beggars' clubs. < These formidable weapons were given to I beggars to enable them to obtain relief 1 at tho next hotlsc they came to. - What < a comfortable thing it would bo if ono of *< us could got rid of an importunate tramp a by giving ltim a club to compel our next E neighbor to on pertain liim! Yonder is a l' bundle of Runio Btaves?canes or long v pieces of wood carved with runes, or sen- s fences in Runic characters, usually o juotcd from ono of tho sages. "Whether heso were considered as charms, or only, "V ilco tho Jewish phylacteries, used to keep E n mind como sacred text, wo could not & earn. ? g Ono roorJis filed up in comnai*tments, nch repreSmting a kitchen or a living ooM f>r d-wefling la i i?? and, or Icekuul pes linns; with life size Iguros in appropriat i costumes, sur- _ uMi.wlnrl ir.itl-1 llw> 1 r"\- Ciivnimi n nnd linr vuew-" I? 1 .cry brought from eucli houses, all in 1 iomo interesting position. A man re- ^ :civing an official message brought by J m envoy in one of tho old "bud stikker," * >r mcssngo sticks, which ho in his turn ^ s bound to carry for a certain distance, tnd if no ono is at hand to tako it, to P >tick it in tho earth until someone comes ^ dong, ay if our mail bag3 should be laid K an a roclc at a certain place and left for c the next passer to tako chargo of! An- ? other group shows a girl receiving pres- i onts when tho bans of her marriage are 4 proclaimed; a third, a Lapland family 1 mourning over a dead child. All tho fi-ra arc very lifelike. But timo would 1 -.r~.spen i- the various museums 1 and their trcnorlros.'^Siw.l:u'"i Cor. ban ] Francisco Chronicle. "j Smncjllng rrcctous^Stones. Ono of tho favorite places wherein to hido precious stones aro in tho small tele- ' scopes i'sed in connection tvith tho inaster o sextant. Tho {lasses aro unscrewed, 1 slonrs picked cecu-ely in tho cylinders and o\ n lac 1. But font customs officials would venture to trouble a valuable fcientioO instrument. Another method is to havo a malacca 1 /-.nh tlivAiio-li liwi \UAn.lnrftill\r skilled hands of a Chtnesomeclinnic. The spneo in then filled in with precious stones packed in cot tort, the joint replaced and detection is nlino.it impossible. I will chow you a l*>ot heel made of iron, to which is attached an iron clamp. Tho leather heel is removed, then Iho iron ouo, filled with diamonds, is secured to tho clamp. It is an old trick, but might have passed muster, except that tho srmirr;,'' r's courage failed and his nore he'ra?"? him. Tho government was richer by $!),000 duties in goiu coin. ?Nov/ York Star. V/U.l or /issai.i. Wlicrcvcr dogs run wild, as in Australia and in India, they show many of tho characteristics of wolves. They havo a similar habit of hunting in packs. Tho pcoplo of Assam tell wonderful stories of tho cunning and saI pacity of the o wild bounds when in pursuit of gnmo. They say that when a pack go^s out to hunt, an old dog goes in front and r.earohcs for fresh scent of a deer. ILiving found this, ho starts oil' alone, and when ho lias ascertained tho wlicreid outa of tho quarry returns to tho j ack, which ho then disposes in a circle of a milo in diameter round it; each member of tho pack has a part allotted to him. These precautions having heen tlio old j, moral starts alono V''| more in ?c ircli of tho victim, \ w-[r u (i'lcliug ^Lves chase. Tho fetartr"r(V r-?' -b flleafrbm his enemy. \,nfiT'; lving tO;iguo asa signal t > (lie r .-st ci the pack.- Tho deer, far Outstripping tlio dog, rushes on, but is v dde.n'y met in f.out by ono of tho 0 itlying tlogu, who gives chase, 'i'no thr, ( f course, turning to tho right 01 left, fain rur lic3 oil, only to bo | t and turned by another dog. , Thus, turned at every point, the \ poor r.tiima. becomes n-.oro u;v\ ii< ;o e: haustcd, wliiio tho pack gradually j cloaca in upi n it, leaving no avenuoj of tscapo, ai d dozens of sharp huiga ' soon feast on tho victim Y.'iuchjfp'" tin's way been run to death ' Companion. / v?>. i QUIET AFFAIRS. Pttwruhop* Which Do Not llang Oat thi Three Sljrnlfloiuit Halls. In my rambles around this grea metropolis I liavo been surprised at th< many methods of making a living writes a New York correspondent o Tho DetroitTribune. Certainly if one half tho world do not know now th< other half live, thev just as little knov how tho other half mako their living There is on Fourteenth street a placx i which gets its patronage from tho verj swellest and most exclusive circles ol society. Tho placo has no sign, noth lug to give it away as a pawnbroker'! shop; but such it is, notwithstanding its liandsouie ontronco and liveriec door tender, who ushers the visitors oi patrons into an elegantly furnished drawing room, decora tea with ran uno-u-UIW ttllU VUU1UO IKUDUDgS. in( woman who keeps it, for the proprie tor is a woman, is dressod in the latest stylo, and receives her customer as i] a guesb It is not until after tho usual exchange of morning salutations that she asks: "What can I do for madamo this morning?" Tho madamo displays a set of jewelry, diamonds, perhaps, or bric-abrac, on which slio wishes a loan. Sometimes a noto is givon at tho rate of 15 or 20 iicr conk. Theso notes, however, seldom go to protest, for the givers do not caro to have theso transactions known to their husbands: but, apart from tliat, they caro but little, as it is generally understood that a woman frequently exceeds lior allowance and makes it up on tho next, while tho obliging broker makos a good prolit from tho necessities of fashionablo women. Tho "duplicate gift" woman who calls at tho liaiulsomo "brown front" house just after a fashionablo wedding is known to tho neighbors, who seo nor descend from a carriage or barouclio only as a caller, but she makes quite a living in buying up tho duplicnto gifts. Every ono knows that tho wedding gifts of a season run in grooves, and that most brides, on looking over their possessions, find a largo proportion of tlioir gifts duplicated. Tho brido who wept herself ill on finding that slio had seven butter iishes, every ono alike, with a cow on the cover, had not tho advantage of the brido of today, who calls to her lid llio buyer of such duplicates. Ono of tho popular briuos of last season found among her 700 wedding presents 15 silver plated candlesticks, 1 bronzo busts of Shakespeare, 4 etchings of Millet's "Angelus," 10 silver laud mirrors, 3 engravings of ono piclirv> P. L'liitrne Ol ni/iirl a yv I 'orks, 1G fans, 11 jewel boxes. 8 bon ion boxes and 7 table crumb knives. What did sho do with them? Tho exihango women came to her aid and ook most of tho duplicates off her lands. Of courso tlicy were disposed >f at a sacrilioo, and the young orido vorried for weeks for fear tho trans* ictiou would leak out, but what "could ho do? Sho could not litter up her ooms with duplicates. I think it vould bo a good idea, when ono is ending out invitations for a fashionblo wedding, to add to each what ono ? desired to present, or else to do away ?-ith gifts by saying, "Gifts not doircd." I ain suro either method would aVo any amount of aunoyanco to both Ivor oud receiver. Peru'** Curoo of Wealth* If. 1 H 1IHJ ncdlttl vr - x VI x* Bolivia which was their curso from lio timo of rizarro to that of modern Jhili. Guano has been exported sinco 8-1 ('. from Peru, and tho annual ship nents aro said to lmvo amounted to 20,000,000 and $30,000,000, wlieroas ho whole population of tho country ras not greater than Pennsylvania, 'ho epidemic of riches broke oolk tho ;overnment and tho people, and irought in foreign enemies. How aueh better aro wo off in somo parts if this country with all our riches and o littlo fortitude? Tho guano ruhning lown, nitrato of soda was found in tho loserls, and Chili eamo in to get this, uid destroyed Peru. It was discovered in 1833, in South Imcrica, by an old Englishman lamed Gcorgo Smith. They say it tvill take eight or ten centuries to dig t away. Nobody knows ltow tho nitrate was formed under tho sands of this desert. Shoveling off tho sand. j,rou conio to a coin-so of sun bakcu clay, and under this is a bed of white material, like melting marble, and soft Fis cheese. It is about four or five feet thick, anil is broken un by crowbars and ground. A solution from it is run into vats of sea water, and crystallization is caused. The ultimato result is an iodine of commerce costing ns much per ottneo as the saltpeter brings ncr hundred weight. Tho highest grade goes to tho powder mills, tho next to tho chemical works, and tho third to tho fertilizer factories.?Ciu cinnati Enquirer. Wliut Cigarettes Are Mario of. For somo timo past Tho Chicago Journal and Tho Evening News have been waging vigorous warfare against cigarettes. Tho Journal has printed a series of articles showing llio large number of cigarettes thatwero sold by small shopkeepers to tho public school pupils, and has had interviews with tho principals of tho various schools and with physicians, showing tho exTent and injury of tho cigarctto practico among young boys. Tho Now? has been investigating tho composi tion cud ell'ect of cigarettos generally, With this cud in view a number ol packages of each brand commonly used wcro purchased and stripped ol tho boxes, cards and ovory distinguish ing marie. Each kind was put into i pasteboard box, tho lid of which wai inscribed with a letter. Theso wer< taken for analysis to Professor Dola fontaine, a well known chemist. IIo found that tho cigarettes Ik tested wcro generally mado of to bacco "imperfectly fermented," whicl means that an unusually largo amoun of nicotino was present in tliem. II' fnundtliatnearlvail had nnunnatura proportion of insoluble asli, that sov eral kinds woro steeped in an injuriou substance, and wcro impregnated vvitl dirt in varying proportions.?Nov York Tribune. Head* Tticir Namcn Publicly. One of tlio most successful mini?tog of our wholo connection hnsinaugii rated tho follow in": pi-. <uoe in t"1 (!.i! I. i;e\< ilrnt roiiQutMtltf* ** by nninc from then''' 0> v*1 II?i Low Life Boidaoi in Pule. n Nomadic Russians, with beetling eyebrows, shaggy hair and a generally t greasy appearance, may sometimes be 3 seen wandering in drovte along the brilliant boulevards. They look like | peasants or Moujiks out of tne dramatic adaptations in French of the works of 3 the Russian realists. You are often r surprised to see these children of tho snow and tho steppes so for away from j homo, and are apt to wonder ai their r business in the most expensive city in p the world. Some interesting particulars, however, havo just becu nub * lished respecting tho low life memocn . of tho large Russian colony in Paris in [ connoctiou with the registration ol . foreigners I? taking placo. I at tho prefecture of police. They fore. gathor, it seems, in tlio Latin quarter, j where they havo a kind of political nope, or patriarch in tho jicrson of Fetor ^ Lavrof, on old nihilist, who has been f expelled from Russia. His room in I the Rue Saint Jacques is piled from ^ floor to ceiling with hooka This place is tho rendezvous of tho maid and to, male Students of Russian nationality, who are attending lectures in tho Paris medical schools, and they delight in discussing politics, literature, medi cino and mathematics with their patriarchal compatriot. Lavrof lias had an eventful career. He was born at i Pskof in 1823, and went through a courso of studies in the Russian scnool of artillery, in which ho succeeded Ostroj^radsky in tlio professorial chair. In 1866 ho was arrested in connection with the Karakosof affair, and was imprisoned, but escaped in 1870. After having lived in Switzerland and Enjy gland no camo to Paris in 1877, and is now busy with a tremendous treatise on modern thought. AJl tho students and refugees gathered round Lavrof, work liard jit teaching, translating and copying in order to support themselves whilo in Paris, and nearly every ono of them has a sovero strugglo in order to mako both ends meet. Thoro is also a largo colony of Russian and Polish students who attend the lectures, but who depend to a great extent on tho assistance given to them by the Alliance Israelite. Most of tho poorest students, male and female, livo in community in an establishment in tho Rue Flatters, where thero uiu oupaiaiu uuriililurit'S iur IHO BOXC5 and a common 100m for study. Thoy tako their meals in a kind of co-operative restaurant in the Avenue des Gobelins, where they act as their own cashiers, cooks and waiters. The prices of tlio meals aro reduced to the minimum figure, only horsellesh being consumed, with cheap bread, vegetables and tea or coffee, wino being as i rigidlv excluded from the repasts as if tho 1 Muscovite wanderers were membora of tho Bluo Ribbon movement.? London Telegraph. Ralfllna ou the Paclflo Cooat. Tho raisin industry of tho Pacific coast is growing rapidly, and grape raising is, as a consequence, profitable. A vineyard of good average bearing will yield six tons of grapes to the acre, with a value of $20 a ton on tho vines, or $120 an acre. Older vineyards produce from eight to ten tons, and tho fruit brings a higher prico than tho product of younger vines, as it is better adapted to tho larger or bunch styles of high priced raisins. Thus a forty aero vinoyard in full bearing at. six years of ago would fnr$6,000. Labor, however, is vory high, and growers liavo found it dillicult to obtain a full complement of hands to euro a crop needing such nromnt attention. This difficulty will bo lessened as newcomers thicken. California produces in quantities only the raisijis that compote with tho famous Malaga varieties. Tlio Pacific raisin crop of 1R88 is expected to approximate 1,000, 000 boxes. Somo of this has gone abroad, owing to tho small crops of Malaga this year, and tho latter fact will lielp to distribute tho domestic crop through this country.?Leslie's Newspaper. Hygienic Aspects of Hypnotism. Upon the hygienic sido wo find tho discussion of tho prohibition of public hypnotic performances. Tho Academy or Mcdicino of Belgium held a long discussion upon tho question, and finally voted to recommend a law abolishing it. Tho chief advocate in favor of tho exhibitions was M. Delbocuf. Belgium thus follows iho action of Austria, Italy, Denmark, Germany mid most of tho Swiss cantons. Tho people havo been strongly impressed with tho dangers of an unskilled use of hypnotism, and a healthy sentiment to havo it restricted to experts prevails. At tho last session of tho E rcnch Association for tho Advancement of Scictico, M. BerilIon introduced a similar measure, nnd it was voted as tho sentiment of tho section of hygieno and public medicine that all puolio exhibitions of hypnotism should bo legally prohibited in Franco. > ?Kovue do l'Hypnotismo. . A dozen trees planted each year may I i change the npi>earanco of n farm greatly ? in a generation and laid along to income, ' Tory satisfactory, as well. 1 - ^ - 1 ' !' 'IB I To Save Life j Frequently requires prompt action. An hour's delay waiting for tlio doctor may be attended with serious consequences, f especially in cases of Croup, Pneumonia, r and other throat and lung troubles, f Hence, no family should ho without a bottlo of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, V which has proved itself, in thousands of 3 cases, the best Emergency Medicine } ever discovered. It gives prompt relief r and prepares the way for a thorough euro, which is certain to bo effected by 3 its continued use. 8. n. Latimer, M. P., Mt. v< mon, 1 Ga., says: " I have found Ayer's Chorrv t Pectoral a perfect, euro for Croup in all 3 cases. I havo known tlio worst cases 1 relieved in a very short time by its use; and I advise all families to use it in sudden emergencies, for coughs, croup, &c." A. J. Kidson, M. P., Middletown, 1 Tenn., says: " I liavo used Ayer's j 7 Cherry Pectoral with the best effect ir, my practice. This wonderful prcpr ' tion onco saveil my llio. I nail t^meil i Btant couaUwjye''* sweats, was "r,,.. ? re(hyj^MtpP^ Vv^?<l Riven > MLle an?l a ' 1 Dec 1 ae ^ lor 113 J -?A WuRh; ^ o<> ' ",oir '">* I 1>0JU i? _ . _ ,3 OIIITTJA ItY "*"**I4iLL?Died, at Osceola, Arfc^OoC * Timjki!! II aged SI yeaffl. He f 8. 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