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" A LESSOR IN GRAMMAR. One night an owl was prowling round liOoUnx for nloa when on the ground Do spied a cat, and straightway flew Quite cloee to Ik "Tu whit, tu whool" Quoth he, "may I again ne'er stir. If here, dressed In a coat of fur, I HA nnt sen #*%?%*? ' O, what a very funny fowl! It makw me touch, ao droll?Ho! ha! Hal bo!? Ito^? hot hot bo! bol It ore. It ore, It really are The droUeet thing I've seen by fori" "You're much mistaken, scornful sir," The cot sold, os she ceased to purr; "For though, like one, I often prowl About at night, I am no owL And If 1 were, why, still would you Be queerer creature of Lue two; For you look, there's no doubt of that, Extremely like a two legged cat. As for your grammar, 'poo my word (Excuse this giggle), he-he-he-he, It be, it be. It really bo The wary worst 1 erer heard." ?Margaret Fytlnge in St. Nicholas. THE FAIR UNKNOWN. The opening of tho grand industrial exposition hud brought mo to tho city in the early part of tho spring of 187U. Tired from long standing and walking arouud; moro tired still by tho shows and wonderful exhibitions of the mighty progress of civilization at homo displayed nt this exposition, I turued my stci>3 homeward ono afternoon earlier tnan usual. 1 had taken leavo of my friends, making an engagement for a reunion later on in the evening, and directed my courso to ono of the quiet quarters of the city in which my hotel was situated. Tho less frequent the bazars and show windows became so much moro insignificant becamo tlio number of foot passengers on tho streets. But it seemed to mo a much more stylish looking part of tho city than the public drives of tho central portion, becauso hero tlio high, gravo Inn In nor Imncno nviv vituui Kuvurii* ment offices or wcro inhabited oy city officials or wealthy private citizens. Before mo walked for somo distance a young and elegantly attired lady. At a curve of tho street I succeeded in getting a fleeting glimpso of her profile, and felt myself thereby urged to observe carefully even tho knot of of golden blonde, sunshiny hair, half covered by tho dark English hat, as well as the extremely delicate, graceful figure of tho still youthful girl. Suddenly her stop faltered, she half turned/lipg^rcfl for a moment, and then talked hastily towards me, past mo, and back over tho road by which slio had just come. Not far ahead of us camo sauntering along an otficcr, with a lady on his arm. gnyly chatting and laughing. Could tnoy liavo frightened my Unknown? A saddened interest stirred within mo* T n-inlm#! tn gain somo insight into licr strartgo conduct, and therefore mado a hasty turn, following her and keeping only a few paces bellind. Then I saw how she pressed the little clenched hand passionately to her heart, und with tears in her violet eyes, and a half sad, half scornful expression murmured something to herself which my excited imagination fancied to be: "O, foolish heart, why art thou not quiet; why mounts the blood to my check, and compels mo to turn back lest I betray myself?" Tlio childish ebullition moved mo unconsciously, and a fqelingxtf jealousy stole over me against thai oflicer whom I had involuntarily thought of in connection with this young girl. If I had only dared to address ner; but that I could not bring myself to do. She evidently belonged to tlio first class of society, and nothing was further from my thoughts than a desire to ilisult or intrude upon her. But fortune favored mc. A smallpnckijgo which she had hitherto carried slipped from her arm without lierliaving remarked it. Quickly I picked it up and gavo it back to its fair owner, with a few polite words. Sho looked ^.t mo with a surprised, somewhat haughty glance, as 1 remained standingtbeforo her rather longer than was absolutely necessary. Her large, violet, childliko eyes wore still filled with tea?, 'and the dolicato face was deathly pale. manic you," she said, briQjly, talcingthe packago from my hand. But I did not allow myself to bo dismissed thus quickly. "You are not -well, my deaf young lady," said I. "Will you not command my services!" Something in my voice, perhaps also pay quiet, respectful manner, seemed to inspire her with confidence. She looked at mo with wonder in her beautiful, tearful eyes, and said, less curtly than before: "You are very kind, sir; I would liko to have a droschke." I bowed, and, whilo she stood at the window of a liowcr store, I hurried down tlio street and soon found an empty vehicle, in which I joyfully and with a gentle feeling of expectation of what would happen next, drove back to my little Unknown. Meanwhile she had regained her self command; only her" hand yet trembled as sho in entering the carriage laid it lightly in mine, and it felt icc cold through her glove. "Your residence?" I asked. Sho named 0110 of the elegant streets in tiie west end, and as I called the address to tho coachman I knew how certain I would lie not to forget it myi r!f. I closed tho carriago door; sho 1 lien bowed her lovely head at tho open window and thanked me for my ser-. vico; butshospoko confusedly,and in her embarrassment her pale cheeks colored with a rosy blush, so that sho appeared oven much moro charming than before. "May I call to-morrow and inquire after your health?" I ventured to ask; but sho seemed taken by surprise at the question, and hesitated to answer, whilo tho blush deepened on her cheek. "Hi 1" cried tho coachman at this moment; the horse started off, and as I stepped again on the sidewalk tho vehiclo was already rattlincr away. As if in a dream'I entered my hotel. I could not refrain from laugliing at myself; thisiirdor, tlis interest about a young- lady entirely unknown to mo ?moro beautiful, moro dazzling visions than this childish, shy girl had often during my life crossed my path without having attracted mo particularly. I was a riddle to myself; however, I mado tlio firm rcsolvo to find out by to-morrow somo particulars ahout this new street acquaintance. A few hours lat>;r 1 sat with a number of pleasant friends in one of the best restaurants under tho lindens. Tho conversation was lively and cheerful, and there were many ladies and gentlemen continually going in and out. In the neighborhood of the table at which wo sat and mado ource.ives . _ ??ii merry was gatneml a large 'pafty, joyous and gay like ours. Some young girlish faces before us having attracted mo, I involuntarily looked around for my Unknown, but there?yes, certainly, there ho was next to tlio littlo klondo coquette, with the seductivo littlo snub noee, and the showy whito felt hat?tho officer of Lutzowcr street, tho samo before whom my littlo frienu had taken flight, for although 1 had no foundation for tho the idea, sinco wo had met many other men on that Btroet, I could not help thinking of the large, showy, handsome, but utterly blase and insolent looking lieutenant of infantry in connection with her. "Who is that pale officer?" askod I of my friend Erich. "Where?" I indicated tho direction to him. "The ono with tho black beard, next to tho little blonde lady." "He?" said Erich, and laughed. "Why, ho is the lately betrothed, tho handsomo Paumwolf. I thought you surely must know him." "No, no; but what is the story about him?" I inquired. "Well, nothing moro than that vonder blondo has?with much trouble, it must bo admitted?captured him for life, after ho has caused noarly ninctyliino others to dream of tno samo happy fate. For myself, I never could, havo attained such an elegiac calm, after breaking olf a love affair. But ho has been unfortunate. Young ladies with and without pedigree, with and without money bags, dow down to him, after lie nas devoted himself to them for half an hour, entirely conquered by his irresistible fascinations. And it is just the same with the old ones. Many, to be sure, allege, indeed, that behind that titanic brow there is nothing but a cornfield, and that a thrashed out one I" While Erich had been speaking my eyes had wandered away from Paumwolf. His palo faco, framed in by curling black beard and hair, reminded me, in fact, of tho Zeus of Otricoli. To mo it was in tho highest degree repugnant. "Enough tears havo recently been flowing from beautiful eyes, sinco his betrothal with Fraulcin Josepha Maier has appeared in Tho Gazette. "Miner?" I involuntarily asked. "Yes, yes," laughed Erich; "simply Maier with an 'a-i,' but passably pretty and immensely rich, of courso. And since Fraulein Josepha docs not look Jewish, Paumwolf can endure that his father-m-law in spo should have formerly been a cloth u reliant in Frankfort-on-the-Main." Tho conversation having once turned on tho handsome Paumwolf, it did not soon leave tho subject. On the other side of our table tho people were whispering about him, and ono said: "It is quito incomprehensible to me that ho did not rather take little Gcrdsliof, whom ho so recently courted. Tho girl is of altogether different stock from tho Maicrs. and she 6ecms to bo head over heels 111 lovo with him." xes, oui mo money?tno money r cried another. "Well, at all events, this one is a blonde, too, and a very rude one," remarked a third. An idea suddenly seized me. "Where does Fraulcin Gerdshof live?" asked I of Erich. He looked at mo a moment without ^ speaking, and then laughed aloud. "Well, you certainly aro amusing this evening with your abrupt questions. Besides being called Von Gerdsihof, of old Margravito nobility, her father is a pensioned general, but where she lives I do not know. Do . you wish to console her for the loss of Paumwolf, old boy?" I threw him a glance full of rage. A young assessor who sat at our tablo and seemed to have heard our dialogue called out tome: "I can give you tlio address, Baron Kurprinzen street, No. 35." Alii that was the very dwelling of my Unknown. I felt all tho blood rush to my heart; then thanking him for tho information, took my hat and stick, and without turning to reply to tho jesting remarks of those remaining at tho table, left tho place to saunter, without aim or object, through the moonlit streets. IIow, after long wandering hither unu miiuer, 1 imauy iounu myseu before tbo much thought of houso in Kurprinzen street, I surely cannot tell. I went on the opposite sido of tho street and looked at the house standing before mo in tho clear moonlight. In tho midst of blooming gardens tho dainty villa rose, with its antique, vino covered and many columned gallery in front, like tho enchanted castles in story books. And tho littlo fay who wandered about therein? Was slio still awalco, sheltered behind the one singlo window of the gable end, which was still lighted; grieving, perhaps, about the unfaithful Paumwolf? With pity, scorn and ?yes, I will confess it?burning jealousy in my heart, I at length tulmcd my steps homeward to my quiet lodging. After a rather sleepless and restless nicrht. and several anxious morninc liours. I made my "way, at tho proper time for visiting, to Kurprinzen street. Now I was on the steps. Oh the beating of my heart, tho almost painful oppression that camo over mol My pulses had not throbbed so wildly sinco long years ago, when tho first volley of musketry whistled round my ears. In the lonely old family estate of Barwalde in tho Mark, the last few years had passed away so quietly and monotonously; grave studies and a practical application of knowledgo gained in early and distant travels had occupied me so exclusively that tho etiquetto of the great world had become strange and unknown to me. And yet it was not timidity alone that caused tho blood to ily like lightning through my veins, i which mndo mo remark with almost ! tender interest tho elegant brass plate ! with tho name engraved: "Von Gcrdsj hof." Now I Courage I Tho boll is I Dulled! I nm in for it! Ail old servant dressed in liveiy ruif swered my ring, and on my asking if : the master was ut homo, took my card * and left mo witli.tho conventional "I will inquire," but soon returned and opened for me tho .lofty folding door to tho left of the entrance. Ilis assurance that the master would ho' pleased to seo mo dounded very consoling to mo. Within tho elegantly furnished salon ; I found tho general, an old, dignified gentleman, with erect, military bearing, martial hut not unfriendly countenance. and a long, gray beard, which, however, \-as carefully shaved from the broad chin. After I had expressed to him my pleasure at being tide to belo bis daughter, is., h? w lemma, ana no nad tUtmitetaiesvruia slight service?ho seemed to be informed of everything, and to hare oxScted mo somewhat?we passed from e usual forms of politeness to a lively conversation that extended over every poesiblo topic. The time passed as if on wings ^ almost an hour thus passed in chatting with tho amiable old gentleman, and yet Fraulein Eveline hod not appeared. But when at parting the general said he hoped to see mo often at his house during my stay in tho city, I could not refrain from pressing nis hand in deep, heartfelt eraiitnclo. Not loner nftonnudii T m ceivcd a delicately written card?decidedly a lady? band writing-in which Herr Gen. von Gcrdshotr did himself the honor to invite Herr Baron von T. to dine. I must confess I neVfer received an invitation with similar joy. What was the excitement and expectation of tho first court ball, as compared with tho impatient throbbing of my heart with which I, on the appointed day, betook myself to the dinner. A numerous company had already assembled; many of tue persons present wero known to me, were indeed friends, so that 1 soon found myself most delightfully situated. And tho daughter of the house? There stood Evelina with her friends, her graceful figuro moving with bewitching grace among tho guests; for she was obliged to assist that aged, somewhat conventional looking lady in doing tho honors of the house?the general s wifo had been dead many Sears?and I could not help admiring 10 tact and self possession with which she. in spite of ner youth, so charmingly filled tho position of hostess. Here she asked an old gentleman after the health of his sick spouse; there she whispered somo pleasant remark to a young lady about her tasteful toilet, or repelled a too gallant cavalier with a scornful fiance or a saucv an swer. With eacTi and all she fcrow just tho right tono to take. Sho was surrounded by all. Everyone flocked about her, who, like an apparition out of a story book, moved around among those molded fashion plates. And yet there lay in her violet eyes, when sho believed herself to bo unobserved, a sad expression which did not accord with the conventional smile of tho sweet, small mouth. At length the signal for dinner was Siven. Evelino laid tho tips of her ainty lingers on tho arm of a toll, blonuo cavalier, a cousin of the family. To my great annoyance, my portion was Countess Souudso, no longer in the first bloom of youth, t must add that I had secretly hoped .to seo Eveline's angelio head at my side. With a mien which was certainly not very amiable, I offered tho countess my arm ana led her to the places designated for us. Though otherwise a most estimable lady, sue almost drove mo to despair with her loquacity, and while sho even before soup inquired about my recent journey in the East* and expressed a desiro to hear something about my last- now work, my glance strayed impatiently past tho ?uestioner in a vain search for Eveline, had not had the opportunity to exchange ono word with her. She had only nodded to mo from across tho room, pleasantly and confidingly, as to an old acquaintance. Pretty soon I felt a gentlo touch on my arm, and a voice I only too well remembered asked, shyly, and at tho samo timo saucily: "Does mein Herr no longer recognize his protege?" I turned quickly,- and, yes, thero indeed was Evelino, who had been sitting next to mo for full fivo minutes without my having observed her. My TIPl orh hnr fhn pnnntncQ on/1 T?irnlinn'c escort, tho cousin in the Guards, very soon understood how much they might expert to bo entertained by Eveline or myself during tho four or five hours passed at tho table. How tho timo sped and what wcro tho general topics of conversation wo never knew. But I was entirely liapny during the whole time. Not onco (lid I discover in her eyes that molnncholy drooping which had beforo made mo anxious. Oh, if I could only succeed in making her forget Paumwolf I To this fond, proud thought I concentrated all my mind and efforts. With rapture I noticed how her eyes hung so earnestly on mv lips as I told her of mv travels, ana my restless wandering about from one distant land to another. And when 1 spoke of my dear solitary Barwalde, with its somber fir trees and its rush grown ponds, of ray immenso library and tho oeautiful grand piano which I often trusted to the hands of my overseer, just to have some accompanying instrument to my beloved violoncello; when I said, "Surely Fraulcin Evelino also plays on tho piano, and very much better, too, than my overseer." a thougntful smile spread over tho dear, swept fnee. ftlift lrtvpd rrmsin itp*w much, sho replied, and it wouid give her pleasure to accompany mo some day. "I hope you will do that at Barwalde," I cried,, passionately. Sho dropped her lids over tho clear, violet oyes. and a deep blush spread over her Cheek. Eight days afterwards Eveline was my betrothed. What did I care for all the Paumwolfa in the whole world 1 On one of the very first days of our engagement we met tho Detrothcd pair, Maier and Paumwolf, on tho street. "Shall wo turn back, Eve?" I asked, playfully, though I could not prevent a slight feeling of anxiety from rising in my heart. Sho became very grave for a moment; then nestling closer to my side looked up at mo with her innocent, childlike eyes. 4ixr i i i *? ? ? iou Know i nave ion an tjiat bohind me," slio said, softly. 1 pressed her arm moro closely to me. "O, Eve I my own sweet Evol" I was so happy, so proud, that oven the bold curiosity with which Lieut. Paumwolf stared at us in passing could not irritate me. Evclino and I have lived many years at our quiet old Barwaldc, where the sun nover seemed to havo risen until Evelino's Monde head ilittcd through tho house and grounds. But tho happiest hours in our blissful lifo ,ur3 thoso in which we sit confidingly toSother after tho cares and duties of tho ay are over, and tho tones of the piano and violoncello minglo their their sounds on tho clear evening air. ?Translated from tho German for , - Tho Boston True Flag. .. i . A 1 III TI'IUI KICIMIICII. Fenelon. who often bother**" lieu for subscriptions to clmritablQ purposes, was one day telling him that no had just seen a capital portrait of hhn. "And I suppose you asked it for ft subscription?" said Richelieu, with a sneer. "Oh, no; I saw there was no chance?it was too like you." " >_YHo usr or TOOAcrc Th# VirtoM aixl Vlcn of tb? Woe<l In All q Wiopw. 0 Tobacco contains an acrid, dark | brown oil, an alkaloid, nicotine, nnd another substance called uicotianine, il) v/hich exist its odorous and volutilo principles. When tobacco is burned, a now set of substances is produced, some of which are less harmful than : the nicotine, and are more agreeable 1 in effect, and much of the acrid oil?a substance quite as irritating and poisonous as nicotine?is carried otf. Those Are produced substances are c called from their origin, the * 'pyridine series." .. By great heat the. more aro| matin less harmful members of the sstiOMM^ftroduoed, hut the more poisonous compounds are generated by tho slpw combustion of damp tobacco. This oil which is liberated by combustion if bad both itr flavor and in effect, anddt UT better, evon for the immediare tolfasure of the smoker, that it Bhou$I<be excluded altogether from his i%>uth and air nassages. Smoking in a stub of a pipo is particularly injurious, for die reason that ..in it the oil is stored in a condensed form, and tho smoko is therefore highly charged with tho oil. Sucking or chewing tho stub of a cigar that one is smoking is a serious inistake> bec&uso tho nicotine in tho unburqed tobacco dissolves freely in tho saliva, and is absorbed. "Chewing" ia nn iliio oooAiin ilia mncf ir*inriniiQ fort* of the tobacco habit, and tiio uso 1 of a cigar holder is on improvement * on tho custom of holding tlio cigar bo- t tween Ahe teeth. Cigarettes are ro- f sponsible for a great amount of mis- t , chief, not becauso the Bmoke from tho P9i>or$15?e any particularly evil effect, ( but because smokers?and they are < often boys or very young men?aro apt to use them continuously or at frequont intervals, believing that their power for evil is insignificant. Thus l the uorvee are under tlio constant in- t fluence of the drug, and much injury i to tho system results. Moreover, tho i cigarette smoker uses a very consider- t able amount of tobacco during tho day. "Dipping1" and "snuffing" aro semi- 1 barbarities which need not bo dis- f cussed. Not much effect is obtained a from the uso of tho drug in these 1 varieties of tho habit. i Nicotine is one of tho most powerful f of the "nervo poisons" known. Its j virulence is compared to that of nrus- 1 sic acid. If birds bo mado toinhalo its < vapor in amounts too small to bo measured, they aro almost instantly t killed It seems to destrov life, not by attacking n few, but of all thofunc- i tions essential to it, beginning at tho t / center,, the heart. A significant indi- f cation of this is that thore is no 6ub- i , stance known which can counteract t i its effects; the system cither succumbs I or survives. Its depressing action on t the heart is bv far tho most noticeable and noteworthy symptom of nicotino < poisoning. Tho frequent cxistenco of f what is known as "smoker's heart" in I men wboso health is in no other re- ? spect disturbed*is duo to this fact. a Those who can uso tobacco without r immediate injury will havo all tho 1 pleasant effects reversed, and will suf- t fer from tho symptoms of poisoning if t they exceed tho limit or tolerance, ? These symptoms aro: 1. Tho heart's I action becomes moro rapid wlion to. bacco is used; 2. Palpitation, pain or unusual sonsations in tho heart; 3. There ic no appetite in tho morning, 1 tho tonguo is coated, delicato flavors < tllC liUt appreciated, and acid dyspep- j Din fw>r>nwa nf+nr nntinn?? A CnmnAeo of , tho mouth and throat, or nasal ca- f ! tarrli, appeal's and becomes very ! i , troublesomo; 5. Tho eyesight becomes ] . poor, but improves when tho habit is ] abandoned; G. A desiro, often a crav- < ! i ing, for liquor or some other stiruu- [ lant, is experienced. i In an exnerimental observation of l i thirty-eight Doys of all classes of so- i < ciety, and of average health, who had i been using tobacco for periods rang- | < ing from two months to two years, ' \ twenty -seven showed severe injury to j t tho constitution and insutlicicnt ] growth; thirty-two showed tho ex- : i istcnce of in*cgularity of tho heart's < action, disordered stomachs, cough, { and a craving for alcohol: thirteen had j < intermittency of tho pulse, and 0110 ; 1 had consumption. After tlicy had j | abandoned tho uso of tobacco, within < six months one-half were freo from < all their former symptoms, and the remainder had recovered by the end of tho year. A great majority of men go far be- , yona what may bo called tho temperate uso of tobacco, and evidences of injury are easily touud. It is only necessary to have some record of what the general health was previous to tho taking up of tho habit, and to have observation cover a long enough time. Tho history of tobacco in tho island of Now Zealand furnishes a quito suggesI tive illustration for ouf purpose, and i ono on a largo scalo. When EuropeJ /I A J XT _ l * n una iiiTji viaiuxj now ^caiunu iney ; found In the nativo Maoris the most . finely developed and powerful men of any of the trioes inhabiting tho islands of the Pacific. Since the introduction of tobacco, for which the Maoris developed a passionate liking, they havo . frpm this cause alone, it is said, be- , come decimated in numbers, and, at the aune time, reduced in staturo and { in physical well being so as to bo an altogether inferior type of men.?New York Medical Journal. Rather Kxpenslve. A Swedish scientist claims to lmvo discovered tho secret of petrifying wood by artificial processes. Ilo thinks it will do possiblo ere long to construct edifices of wood and convert them into stono. As it takes threo months and costs about $500 to petrify a block of wood of tho dimensions of ono cubic inch, it will probably bo somo timo before his process will bo generally adopted. U-i to oet ib rw a6? i An unmarried man recently drow a i crisp, new $5 bill out of tho bank. A happy though struck him and ho wroto j an ardent love letter across tho face o. it in bluo ink and signed his initials > and nddiyOi. -Then he sjient tho $5. Ho recurred fourteen answers, mntiy i of them inclosing photographs. He t i will marry one of them (not the pho tographs, but tho original of ono of them).?Buffalo Courier. I, A Michigandor drove all the wav to i Jasper, Ala., in hia carriage, anu ho e says it was tho longest, nicest picnic c ho ever had, as roads and weather i were good.?Detroit Free Press. t . t Hobble's mamma put on, by mis- \ take, a light stocking on ono foot, and i a dark one on the otner, when ho ro- ! 1 | minded her that "they wero not i I I ? ; I . i A HospitalI BnUt by T?rdL The Gazzetta Musicale of Milan gave in interesting account of the hospital it Villanova, entirely built and sup>orted by Verdi, tho composer. Vilanova is situated about twenty miles rom Piaccnza and in close vicinity tc ho Villa di Sunt' Agata, the country eat which Verdi luis made his home md where ho lives in tho manner of c armor, abandoning all music from Lit bought, and without so much as o >iano in his houso. The now hosn.al, an unpretentious but largo build ng, lies in a commanding situation ivorlooking tho Po and witn a distant rieyv of tho Apennines. There ore twe vings?one for women, the other foi nen, and a separate ward is set aside foi iontogious cases: there is also a hydro >athio establislument, and moot clabor ito arrangements havo been niuab foi ho disinfection of linen and othei unitary purposes. An efficient stall >f nurses and attendants is also pro rided, and Signora Verdi has made the lousckceping department her special :aro. Tlio largo sums required hav< >een contributed by Verdi, who has ilso deposited sufficient funds for th< naintcuancc of tho hospital. The nuniflnenen of tlin nrronl nimnioBni' >nly equaled by his modesty. Tin >pcning ceremony, which took pluqt >n the Cth inst., was of tho simplest dnd, only Verdi and his fumily, tin iliysiciun, and tho Sindaco of Villa lova being present. No speechifying vas allowed, Verdi remurking thai ho only inauguration necessary wai ho admission of tho sick und ailing, welvo of whom were received ther rnd there. Tho Sindaco proposed thai ho new building should be callcc 'Verdi hospital," l>ut to this also tin lonor objected, and tho name Hospita >f Villanova was finully adopted. A Story of Senator Blackburn. Senator Blackburn is not only pep >ery in speech, but is also at times CX' :eedingly grandiloquent, though lie s not now so much given to this fail ng as ho was in the days of his youth, is tho following story shows: Ono day, when ho was only Capt. 31ackburu, he was engaged in arguing i caso in Lexington, and his speeel: vas so full of liighfalutin' that it ratliei jored his legal opponent, who sought elief from it by going out on tin rrcen surrounding tho court house \s ho stepped from tho door an olt lomp raiser who had followed bin: ml said: "Cap'n Blackburn is making agrcai speech." "Oh, yes," sneered tho bored attor icy. "Capt. Blackburn always makes i great speech. If you or I had occa lion to aunounco that 'two and tw< nado four' wo';1 bo just fools cnougl ;o blurt it out. Not so, Capt. Blade jurn. Ho would say: 'If by that par icular arithmetical rulo known as ad lition wo desired to arrive at tho suir )f two integers added to two into jcrs wo should find?and I assert thii loldly and, sir, without tho fear oi lucccssful contradiction?we, I repeat, vould find by that particular rulo oi irithmctic properly applied?and, sir, . hold myself perfectly responsible foi ho assertion I am about to makehat tho sum of tho two given integers idded to the oflior two iiito<rers wmili >o four.' "?New York Sun.0 Woman's Dress, "Women lmvo happily been prcservcc jy their tailors rutlicr than by theii )wn good sense from tho otFense: igaiust tasto which disfigure tho mod ;rn costume of men. It is hardly pos -.iblo to imagine anything better in tin ivnv of di-ess than tho toilets whicl lavo been created by tho first Pari: jouscs for tho adornment of womer luring tho last ten or lifteen years tlieso costumes can bo produced ii wrtraituro without alteration, nnd an is picturesque oil canvas as the sou if any artist can desire. They are, i s true, chiefly combinations of th< :ostumcs of the Fronde, of tho Dircc oiro, and of other epochs, but thej iro thoroughly artistic combinations Dress is, in its essencCj an urtilicia! liing. Naturo has nothing to do witl lrcss; and tho blanket of tho savagi iqu&W is every whit as artificial as thl :ourt tyrnin of tho European duchess When The human form is covered ir iny way, art, moroor less elegant, mon >r less clumsv, must bo called in t< :over it.?Ouida in Chicago Tribune. Visiting Curd Etiquette. Tlio question of tho propriety o: urning down tho corners of visiting .aiuo ao uuuaiai IIUW UIU1 lIH'li; Q11C uost persons, whatever they think o: ,ho custom, at least regard the trie! is a comparatively recent one. In i look of etiquette published in tliii lountry about half a century ago tin luthor remarks: "Ladies havo a fashion of pinching Iowti one corner of a card to dcnoU that tho visit is to only one of tw< parties in a house, and two corners, oi me sido of tho card, when tho visit i: to both; but this is a transient mod< xnd of dubious respectability." Tho significance of turning tho cor tiers is different today, except that tin md is doubled to denoto that n call ii for all tho members of a family; bu svho had supposed the custom to Vx "of dubious respectability?"?Bostoi courier. Ter.cliing Children. It is far better to teach your cliil lrcn all tliey can easily learn at homo .inlil they aro 0 or 7 years of agethen send them to school?unless th< mother lias plenty t)f timo and is com jxstent to continue their education. I is simply cruel to keep young childrci xmtined so closely in the school room sitting upon hard benches, when the1 >uglit to bo exorcising in tho open at inu gaining strength and muscle. Iiavo known children treated in tin former manner to overtako and iliead of thoso who had been kept 11 school from early childhood. Then i s a mother's precious privilcgo tokce] ler childron with her as long as shi ;an.?Mrs. B. in Now York Mail ant [fix press. Tho largest college in the world ii aid to be a Mohammedan institutior it Cairo, which is credited with 80( eacliers and 10,000 students. Important Evidence. A man in New York who waa badlj nussed up and disfigured in a streo ow had a photograph taken of him elf while in that plight to present ai ividcnco before tho court. Thcro it 10 more voracious witness than a pho ograph, and after scanning tho pict ire of a badly misused man it did no ako tho jury long to decido tho cns< n his favor. Photography is a uscfu irt, and it ia constantly realizing nov K)ssibilities.?Chicago Herald. ~ fiiBaf bgki. ' 1 I 1 In the days before tho invention of | friction matches tho difficulty of procuring fire was so great that ull pains ~ v.-oro taken to prevent tho flro on the hearth from going out All winter tl long it was kopt by covering tho coal ,l ana brands with ashes at night. This b was ono of tho domestic -cares of our b forefathers, and Homer alludes to tho C practice as common in his day, 3,000 li years ago. P But fire could not be kept with comfort in tho summer, and there would r bo times in the winter when the hearth a would become cold. Then some cools a must bo brought from a neighbor's, or a new Are must be kindled in the j house. This latter process was usually accomplished by means of flint and steel. * Most readers have no doubt seen a r spark of fire struck out from a horse's tt shoe hitting a stone in the roacp or1 from the shoes of a sleigh runner v grinding over rocks. a To obtain (Ire by this method a piece I of steel, such as a file or rasp, was a struck with a flint, or a bit of white s quartz from a granite ledge, and tho I spark was caught in tinder?charred b cotton rags. Tho old flint lock mus- a kot, with a few grains of powder aud j somo tinder in tho pan, was looked i upon by our grandmothers as a do- i mestic utensil. Somotimos, on a clear day, a burning glass?a lens for col- I : lecting at ono point tho rays of tho t Biin?was useo. . } The method of producing firo by , rubbing together two dry sticks is ' i known to most bovs,. but it Ifas not _ t been often adopted by civilizod people. I It bolongs to tne ruder conditions of " ) life. ?? I In Thibet Capt. William Gill found lv practiced a moro scientiflo method than any of these. The natives strike a light by compressed air. The apparatus used consists of a wooden . cylinder, two and a half inches long i l>y three-quarters of an inch diameter. This is closed at ono end, tho base be, ing about tho sizo of a quill pen; an air tight piston fits into this with a large. Hat knob at the top. Tho other r end of the piston is slightly hollowed 1 [ out and a very small piece of tinder is r placed in tho cup thus formed. L To uso this tho cylinder is held in 3 one hand, tho piston inserted and J pushed about half way down. A very 'ei 1 sharp blow is then given with tho palm l'e i of tho hand on tho top of tho knob. *r The hand must at tho same timo close . ? t on tho knob and instantly withdraw ]Vr tho piston, when the tinuor will be . found alignt. It requires skill to uso i tho apparutus as well as science to in vont it.?Youth's Companion. > ; 3 An Improved Flro Escape. A portable flro escape, constructed - with thrco systems of lazy tongs con nectcd together and arranged to bo i elevated and lowered by a screw mounted in tho platform of a truck, i has been patented by Mr. Louis P. f Santy, of Clements, Kan. The platform on which tho tongs aro mounted | f lias screws at its corners, whoroby tho , cscapo may bo held upright or tipped against tho walls of a building. Tho tongs nro united by a scries of trianJ gles, a set of lazy tongs being arranged I at each corner of tho triangle, each set o racing tno omcvs. A screw for elevating the system is mounted in the center of tho platform, a triangular 1 plato being attached at its corners to r tho lowermost set of lazy tongs, and I having at its conter an internally screw threaded boss iu which tho screw - works, being operated by beveled gears j and crank shafts extending to the i ends of tho truck. By turning tho Ar 5 cranks tho three sets of lazy tongs will Le i bo rapidly elevated and by reversing be . -the motion as rapidly lowered. At i tho top of tho lazy tongs is a platform 3 or cage on which persons may step i from the window of a building, and t bo lowered to tho ground by turning 3 tho cranks, or they may descend by a ropo ladder suspended "from an apcr- r r turo in the center of tho cage.?Scientific American. 1 A Waistcoat with a History. 3 Baron Minaldi, tho tonsoriai hospd3 dar of tho Astor house, created something of a sensation by appearing at i his placo of business tho other day be 3 decked out in a camel's hair waistcoat ex ) of startling and unique pattern. This vil garment was sent to Baron Minaldi ironi Sicily somo fifteen years ago. It an was worn by one of his ancestors^ tho *n f fourth Baron Giuseppe Minaldi, of r Palermo, and was constructed more 1,0 J than eighty years ego. The fabric f came originally from BLashgar, in w c Central Asia, and it is in as good state v,t t today as it was the day it was stitched J 3 together by a bronzed tailor under tho 3 shadow of Mount Etna At his family ? dinner, over which Baron M. presided , in tho evening, the waistcoat was ? 3 braced with ono pound of chickon . 3 fricasseed, two pounds of turkey and & r roast pig and tnree pounds of maca3 roni. Not a button gave way. They E 3 could sew in Sicily in tho early part of this century.?New York World. pa 3 To IJm the Rlieea Plant. 9 A Belfast machinist has discovered " t a process by which the fibera of tho 3 plant rheea can bo readily Separated c 1 from thoir woody and gummy covering, thus producing a fiber at a low prico whicli will admit of being used u for tho manufacture of rope, cordage " - and woven goods. Rheea is a plant , grown very widely in southern and - eastern Asia, and one capable of culti0 vation in tho temperate parts of Eu rope and America. It is tne strongest t vegetable fiber that has yet been dis1 covered, and is, besides, tne smoothest ? , and most lustrous.?Cincinnati Com7 mercial. r Telephone Whispering*. a Tho following is said to bo a simplo > method by which telephoning can bo \ carried on in a whisper: Tako a sheet t of thick manilla brown paper, fold and i past? it into tlio form of a cono or i> funnel, some fifteen inches m length, ec< 1 the small end being just tlio size to fit into the transmitter orifice, without coming in contact with the diaphragm, 7 9 and the large ond being about six (0 1 inches in diameter. With this mes- 1 ) Rages can be sent in a whisper.?Now York Telegram. _ J The Cut Muni to Traill. I t A successful cat trainer says that P next to tbo goat, which is tlio most ob- 1 9 stinate animal in the world to instill an 1 9 |dea into, tlio cat is the most difficult 5 - animal to train. They nover take any 1 - interest or prido in their work, liko the t liorso or dog, nnd they hnvo not a par> tide 6f atfection. Olu tabbies who are i 1 'tho pets of the social corner would J r probably object to this criticism.? | Boston True Flag. 9 f all Lung disease* are nffleh the same: iverishness, lorn of appetite, bo re iroat, pains in the chest and back, . $? eadacho, etc. In a tew days you may a well, or, ou the other hand, you may a down with Pneumonia or " galloping onsumptiou." lluu no risks, but begin umediately to take Ayer's Cherry 'ectoral. i; -$l$ Several years ago, James Birohard, of aricn, Conn., was soverely ill. The ^ octors said ho was in Consumption, - V nd that they could do nothing lor him, ut advised him, as a last resort, to try . A oyer's Cherry Pectoral. Alter: taklnhfrsajSaj^ bis medicine, two or tlu-ee months, he ras pronounced a well man. Huj health omains good to the present day. J. 8. Bradley, Maiden, Mass., writes : Three winters ago I took a set ere cold, rhioh rapidly developed Into Bronchitis nd Consumption. I was so weak-that could not sit up, was much emaciated, ?jj nd coughed incessantly. I consulted. everal doctors, but they were pawer- |S oss, and all agreed that I was in Conumptinn. At last, a friend brought me i bottle of Ayor's Cherry Pectoral, from the first doso, I found relief. Cwo bottles cured me, and my health '/ las since been perfect." dyer's Cherry Pectoral, PREPARED BY -y V Dr. J. C. Ayer 8c Co., Lowell, Matt. . told by All Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, 9 ?MXr?\' * - IEDMONT AIR LIN|E ICHMOND & DANVILLE RAILR3AD * tEENVILLE & COLUMBIA DIVISION CONDENSED SCHEDULE > .^.J In effect December 10, 1888. [Trains run on 76th Meridian time.) _ % NORTHBOUND No. 64. No. 61. avo Clia'ston 7 00 a. m. ave Columbia... flO 26 a. m. rive Alston 11 22 a. m. ave Alston 11 26 p. m. rive Union 1 26 p. m. 4 26 p. m. rive Spartanburg. 2 60 p. m. 6 46 p. m. Try ou .. " Saluda Flat Rook " Hendersonville... ' Asbeville 7 00 p. ra. ? Hot Springs 1 Pomaria 11 66 a. ra. rive Prosperity... 12 22 p. ra. " Newberry 12 89 p. m. " Laurens > V " Ninety-Six... 1 45 p. m. " Greenwood...., 2 30 p. m. ? Greenville 6 20 p m " Abbeville 4 00 p. m. " Anderson 4 40 p. m. " Soneca 6 00 p.m. " Walballa 7 00 p. in. Atlanta 10 40 p.m. SOUTHBOUND, No 55 No. 60 ave Walhalla |8 00 a. m. " Seneca..... 8 80 a.m. Anderson. ... 9 41 a. m. " Abbeville 10 50 a. m. Greenville 9 30 a. m. ' Greenwood... 12 28 p. m. " Ninety Six.... 1 12 p. m. " l.aurcns " Newhprry ...... i 32 p. m. " Prosperity V 52 p. m. rive Alston 3 30 p. m. ave Hot SpringH. * 0 50 a m ave Ashevillo 8 25 a. m 11 Hendersonville " Fiat Rock . jSH " Saluda " Tryon " Spartanburg., fll 55a. m. " Union 1 40 p. in. 9 45 a ai rive Alston 3 30 " Columbia 4 40&V^n. " Augusta 9 05 p. in. '* Charleston via S. Daily. { Daily except Sunday Through C> r Service. Main Line Trains Nos. 54 and 55 daily twecu Columbia and Alston, and dai y cept Sunday between Alston nnd Greenle. Through passenger coach between Cba'sloc d Morrisiown, via 15. C. Railway, Columbia d Spartanburg. Tickets on sale at principal statious to all ints. On train No. 50 and 51 Pullman sleeper hceen Charleston and Hot Springs, N. C., i A. C. L , Columbia nud Spurtuiiburg. a8.. lajlor.l). Onrdweli Sol. Haas j Aee't Gen I j ... , .?o?. s\y 1.1/ ust. jiffcnr. irai/ic Jiana | Columbia, S f ger. N END TO THE HORROB EXTRACTING TEETH. T ' SOT I am prepared to extract Teeth without in or danger, by the use of Gae. I guarantee all of my work to give sail '' ' ction. L. E. MEA DO ItMay 4 18 ft 01. JoilX lUfKKLL MaCIIE1II YOU Columbia, 8, C, Union, 8. C. A8KELL & YOUNG ATTORN IES AND COUNSELLORS UNION, 8. C. % 'ri Othce second floor. No. 8} Law Range. Feb 10 C If SAM'L S. STOKES ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. ALL business entrusted to his eare oive prompt attention. 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