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Ijaitt^vminent Baltimore physician cstl
5R||Bhat 100 bodies are used every >
? CTfor dissection by the C82 medical <
Proaents in that city, half of which, he <
thinks, are stolen from the city grave- t
rards.
Four prosperous citizens of New York
earn their livelihood as doctors for the I
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lap-dogs 01 ncn womca. a ruic, wu ,
only medicine they use is starvation, j
They fling the dear pets into barred .
boxes, and deprive them of food for four
days, having found out that the usual
trouble with pet dogs is that they are
fed extravagantly and improperly.
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It is stated that Louisiana, Mississippi, j
Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee have ]
expended $64,375,000 for leveeing low t
lands on the Mississippi, amounting to i
23,762,000 acres, with a population of t
1,925,723, that produces annually agri- t
cultural products amounting in value to 8
$78,725,000. s
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Professor Humphrey's investigation of
the physical condition and habits of centenarians
shows that out of fifteen males
seven smoked much, one smoked a little c
and seven did not smoke at all. Among ^
twenty-eight female?, four smoked much, "]
one a little, one moderately and twenty- {
two none at all; two used snuff. c
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In a paper on the cclor of eyes in 6
France, M. Topinard has called atten- g
tion to the extreme rarity of greenish j
eyes in Europe, only six cases having
been observed by Professor Yirchow in ^
6,000,000 Germans. With us a green- ^
eyed person must be fully as uncommon a
& sight. Yet Chinese annals record that ^
green eyes abound in parts of Asia, and
Pallas notes that they a;e met with in ^
Siberia. -j
The number of applications for t]
patents in the United States, with our h
60,000,000 inhabitants, last year, was ti
21,797, while in Great Britain and Ire- b
land, with a population of about 40,000,- w
000, the number of applications was 17,- a.1
162, which makes the ratio of ingenuity a
not very different in the English-speaking
countries. France comes next on
the list, judging by the number of apfnr
notonf.s nnrl fiprmftnv i ^
stands next to France. ?,
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A writer in a Canadian paper, speak- P
ing of the possibilities of pulp as a sub- 81
stitute for lumber in the manufacture of e
furniture and other articles now exclusively
made of wood, calls attention to c
the resources afforded by northern Can- e:
ada for the best pulp making woods. It u
is found that in some localities the for- sl
ests are now at the best age for pulping g
? purfioees, and capable of yielding from 6
forty to one hundred and twenty cords n
per acre, if the whole of the timber were e
utilized. By mixing the pulp with clays, o
stealite, asbestos, plumbago, mica, etc., *
substances of every possible color and n
compactness may be produced. a
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A report has been returned by the
Government relative to the amount of d
forests consumed in this country to sup- c
ply railroad ties. "We have at present p
150,000 miles of railroad and the report ci
is based upon the return from 63 per
cent, of the roads. From this report we
find that, allowing the ties to be renewed c
once in seven years, there will be re- b
quired for this purpose and for the sup- ?
ply of new roads from year to year, the si
timber from 565,714 acre3. As thirty ci
. years will be necessary to renew the b
growth, we must set aside as a "railroad t<
reserve'' a tract of woodland embracing 5]
16,971,420 acres to supply the necessary o;
timber for ties?or an area larger than s<
Vermont, New Hampshire and Massa- ii
chusetts combined. w
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The French Academy of Medicine has
had an animated discussion on the Pas- ..
teur system, in which both members and j(
auditors showed as much party passion Q
as is displayed at political meetings. M. p
Peter gave details of five deaths among Q
M. Pasteur's hydrophobia patients, ap- g(
parently due to the paralytic form of ^
rabies, that is to say, to the Pasteur, not
to the canine, virus. On the other side ^
^it was stated that of 2,682 persops ?
reated up to the end of last year, only
thirty-one had died, ten of these being ^
among the 186 persons bitten in the face
or head. No death, moreover, had oc* ^
curred among the fifty of those 186 per- c
sons to whom the intensive treatment
had been applied. As in most discussions,
each of the two parties adhered to
its original opinion.
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Thirty-three thousand readers of an
English newspaper competed recently
for a prize offered for the best list of the
greatest twelve among living men. The
results of this competition are somewhat
curious. Mr. Gladstone led the polls,
receiving 32,544 votes, while Bismarck
got 32,245. Tennyson came third, with
23,064, and Be Lesseps tourth, with
19,776. The remaining eight members
of the great dozen, as determined by
this election, are Lord "Wolseley, the
"Mftrauis of Salisbury. Count Von Moltke.
John Bright, Lord Randolph Churchill,
John Ruskin, Henry Irving, and Henry
M. Stanley. For the last place among
the twelve, Stanley and Pasteur were
almost neck and neck, the explorer beat- j .
ing the hydrophobiosopher by less than
thirty votes. It will be observed that
there is no American among the greatest '
twelve, unless Stanley is counted as an
American.
The aggregate wealth of the United
states is now estimated at about $48,000,)00,000,
but the taxable property of the
country ia only a little more than onedxird
of this amount.
Mr. "W. F. Allen has given some inter- !
jsting data concerning the introduction !
>f the new twenty-four hour clock scale, j
*? ? A? _A I* A * At- JJ J
mougn meeting at nrst w;tu consiuera- j
>le opposition, like most innovations, it I
s gradually extending. It is already in j
lse on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, I
ivest of "Winnipeg, upon the Manitoba
ind Northwestern Railroad, and upon
he Idaho Division of the Union Pacific.
5o satisfactory has its adoption proved J
;o the railways ard the towns along their !
ines that propositions to introduce it ;
hroughout the Union Pacific and Canallan
Pacific systems are being seriously j
igitated. Particular attention is called j
o the fact that the twenty-four- our j
cheme is in use throughout the exten-1
ive telegraph systems between Great
Iritain, Egypt, India, South Africa,
zhina, Australia and New Zealand.
A famous Hungarian conjurer, Herr
le Kolta, is now astonishing London e
vith some new and explicable feats, i I
rhe arrangement of the stage is peculiar, j *
nasmuch as the back is black, lighted ; f
>nly from the front, so that a dim reli- j s
;ious light prevents too much being j t
een. Herr de Kolta first calls for a 11
pirit hand?and it forthwith appears in j t
lis grasp; he calls for his wife?and she J \
ppears in flesh and blood beside him; j
a alroa on cmnh rnrniicnm'n twisted I
j himself out of a sheet of paper, and | "
t once shakes out of it enough flowers ' n
o fill the stage?and all without giving ; t
suspicion of an idea where they come , e.
rom. Then he vanishes a bird cage and j
;s occupant, takes off his coat, allows q
tie audience to examine it, and turns up 1(
is shirt sleeves to the shoulder. Then j
iking back his coat, he draws cage and j ^
ird out of it. Finally, he vanishes his ; ^
ife in such a way as to utterly distance ; ft
11 imitators- she disappears without a | ^
loment's hesitation, shawl snd all. ; ^
In a recent article Commander H. C. 1 ?
'aylor, the well-known authority on na- : fj
al affairs, has made some interesting | c
;atements in regard to the needs of ?
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few York harbor from a commercial, ^
oint of view. The complaint that, de- ; u
pite the Buperiortty of the harbor in j li
very other respect, its entrance is ob- P
tructed by bars and sand banks, and its i a
- CI
hannels are narrow and shallow, and w
xcept at certain conditions of tide are ci
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navigaoie Dy me neavier ciass ui ueeuu ~
teamers, is familiar to everv one. A :
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reat many different plans have been n
uggested for remedying this evil, but j h
one of them seem to have found favor, ; I
itheron account of their expensivencss,
r the uncertainty as to whether they a
rill bo of any permanent value. Com- n
lander Taylor is of the opinion that if 1
ny thing is done in this direction?and ' n
tie growing demands of commerce ob- !
iouslv require that something shall be I n
one?it will be necessary to make a h
areful survey of the harbor, by way of *
reparation, before any definite policy | 0
an be determined upon. I f,
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The Pension Office has prepared a cir- e
ular showing who are entitled to the j ^
enefits of the Mexican Pension Act, I ,
ffiich is now in force. A copy of the ; '
ircular will be sent to any one on appli- J a
ition. The Commissioner of Pensions j
as been receiving daily bushels of let- ! ^
jrs from those who think themselves j
atitled to pensions under the act. In ' b
rder to settle all doubt as to who are j d
> entitled General Black has embodied i 1
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i the circular the portions of the act j a
rhich indicate who are to enjoy the i
enefits, with explanatory remarks cal- ( g
nlated to make such sections clear. He , y
nnounces that only soldiers of the Mcx- ;
:an war who served sixty days and are j
ow sixty-two years of age can secuie a b
ension unless they can prove disability {
r dependence. The widow of such j
oldier is also barred from the benefits of f(
he act unless she has reached sixty-two j t!
ears, or is dependent upon others for j d
cr support. The Commissioner also v
iforms the surviving officers of the war t
hat the act places them on the same g
noting with the soldiers, and they only ; li
cceive pensions upon the same coudi- I ^
ions. The amount of pension can in no i 0
ase be greater than eight dollars per !
nonth. I f
What Fancy Is. j y
What is called fancy is often only 5
harp sight, says Louise ImogeneGuiney j a
n Wii/e Awake. Turn your eyes hard on ; 8
ivervthing around you, and what pretty I a
nterests pop out!
mil pvpr ratrh the mowinsr r>ris- 1 8
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natic colors in the fibres of 3'our dark
:loth sleeve? Or the oak leaves nod- J
ling and tossing on the tall flames of '
our winter wood tire? Or the thread- 8
ike outlines of the currents on a rapid T
iver shaping themselves into i;i eat feet, *
narching oil to sea on the tide? How
nuch busy people lose, when they might 8
spy all that and far more, in one royal 1
ninute of idleness! 1
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Not to Anxious to Dip. t
Some say they wish that they were dead, f
That life for them, Las ceased its charms; (
rhatdeath, to them, doth bear no dread,
The grave, for them, hath no alarms. "
This "fleeting show' they wish would fleet.
Some other world they wish, instead; 1
Death's angel thev. with !ov. would greet, f
VJU, yes. mvy wisu iuu? tucy uc-iu. (
And yet, if they've a simple conch,
Ur. indigestion with them strives,
They surely think they're going oft,
And physic seek tj save their lives. *
?GoodaVsSun. 1
AIMS.
Aim welll
No time is lost by care.
Haste fails. Beware! Beware.
A true aim wins, then dare
Make each aim tell.
Aim high!
No shaft is e'er misspent
Which, aimed with true intent,
Strikes near the mark. Well meant
Is victory!
? Walter A. Leese.in Youth's Companion.
MAiuUJN.
One evening, from my seat in the parquet,
I saw in un opcfa box a vision of
scanty, remarkable for the sentiment exsressed
in the pose and costume. A
iquint through the glass revealed a
Iriend, and a few minutes later I was
eated noiselessly a few feet behind her
istening to "Lohengrin" and enjoying,
lot for the first time, the charm of a
learly perfect woman. Her profile came
tgainst the dark lining of the boxes
icross the way; her head, like those
>f maidens in the Panathensen procesion,
bent forward a trifle moodily; a
mall, pink, round ear was listening to
he slow words of a youth directly at
ler back, and I thought the polished
ight shoulder?shoulders are immensely
ixpressive sometimes?had a certain
irotesting turn to it. .My adiSuation
or this lovely vision had bejm open
nough the winter before to warrant
riends in retailing all the gossip of the
ummer in regard to her, particularly as
o things I might be expected by no
aeans to relish, and I sat wondering
rethcr any of it was true and whether
be abstracted look in her face had to do
pith what I had heard.
Finally I examined the youth. He
iroved tc be a noted leader of cotillions,
ot born to New York, but already in- :
liartnncnKI o f r\ vaiiti rr lorli/?cr on/1 iVi o i r
uo^juuouuiv wv/ jwuu^ laui&o uuu du^ii
lammas who give balls; rightfully eseemed,
moreover, for his taste in flowrs
and the gtting up of boudoir and
Irawing room. He, too, was worth exmining.
I could not but think how
ice ofliim it was that he, like the young
idies, his patrons and clients, should
ive so mucn time and pains to his
ress. Handsome to begin with, allough
not cast in any heroic mold, he
ras exquisite as a bouquet that comes
rom the florist's?exactly proportioned
ast right in the arrangement of the
owers, sweet smelling and fresh, with
lie ice water that- artfully recalls dew
limmering neatly on rose and leaf. His
ice did not indeed sparkle, but it was
resh colored and the blonde mustache
urled with exact care at the right numer
of inches below the suggestion of a
url on his white forehead. I envied
eartily the perfect set of his coat, the
nwrinkled line of his trousers, and the
ttle patent leather shoe that coyly
eeped below. The upper body was bent
t just the right angle at the waist,
reasing slightly the starched white
Mistcoat with gold buttons. A flower
orresponding with the bouquet that she
ad laid on the edge of the box was in
ae lapel, and his gloved hands rested
gainst each other lightly, yet with the
lotion of an appeal?an appeal belied,
owever, by the inimobilitwof hw face,
wondered if they were engaged, hoped
bey were not, and fortified the hope by
effecting that because they were bo
like in some things, because their
ames were connected, because it was to
be world in all respects so [fitting a
latch?iust for those reasons they never
roiild many.
The act ended and I -waited for him to
love, but he would not budge, though
e saw me well enough and knew who I
ras. I had to rise and talk over him.
'he warm look of friendship, the elabrate
glance my friend gave round about
sr a chair for me, were not enough to
love him. She was determined, howver;
fleeing that, he rose- and bowed
imself out.
"Is it true?" said I, nodding in his di?ction.
She looked away, frownefl slightly,
nd said;
"Take me round to Mrs. Normnn's
ox; she is nearly alone and there is so
luch chattering here."
I reflected as we passed to the other
ox that last year she would not have
ared to suggest even such an innocent ]
hinp a3 this. Once ensconced in the .
estibule to the box of our kind chaperon j
few questions brought a hood of news. ,
"I always told you that you have the ,
ift of bringing confidences down on .
ourself. Well, yes, I am half engaged
3 that?to that?" ( :
"Leader of cotillions," I said gravely. .
She laughed. "He is more than that;
ut I am not in so much danger as you
lay think. It is a tribute to my vanity 1
o know that he is devoted to me. He is
ery intimate with girls who make me (
eel that I do not be.long to them and
heirs; that I am not rich; that I do not .
ress, live and talk like them. They in- ,
ite me to their big balls, but not to their
pecial dances?don't you knp^vjL And (
hey ask him how his swimming-match
irl is, because 1 was the best swimmer
ist viar at Narragansett. Bui" (and
ere she heaved a sigh;, "there is anther."
"Great heavens! a third?"
She eyed me with her candid orbs and
orced a faint, faint smile.
"Come! You know I never reckoned
ou among my conquests. You are beond?above
me. I cannot imagine you
mong them, and somehow should be
orry to class you with them. You are
,pait; you arc my father confessor."
"Go on. then, small penitent: perhaps
,fter all I have heard of him too."
She gave me a wistful look out of large
irown eyes, as much as to say, "Don't
>el:eve anything wrong of me that gosips
may have reported," waited a little, j
vith her lovely head on one side, and j
hen said:
"" .lrtMe lnn/1 tViA Arttillinn wpll I
"IlttllJ UWM ituv. vuv
ind he dances perfectly. Then at Naragan-ett
he had his horses, and made
nc use one. though I told mamma it was
tot the right thing and would cause gos;ip.
He monopolized every moment,
ind Jack?that's the other one?had to
ight for half an hour's talk. But Harry
loscn't care for swimming, and I do. So
lack and I saw each other a good deal
in the beach. And even after we quarreled
he would always swim out when 1
jot into deep water, so as to be near in
:ase I needed him But of course I
lever took the slightest notice of him
:hen."
i '-Soso! You quarreled! About the
aorses?" j
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""Weli, yes. He wa9 jealonp?and said
things?and wanted to know if I was
engaged?and made himself disagreeable
generally. It isn't pleasant to keep two
men apart who hate each other mortally
?and somehow?to like one better than
the other, and yet neither altogether."
"Very hard, I doubt not," said I, and
while saying it I was surprised to detect
a bitterness in my tone.
"I understand what you mean," she
said oninklv "hntvon don't know everv
thing, and me least of all."
"I withdraw the least suspicion of
irony you may have thought to detect in
what I said."
"That is right; now you are my good
old dear, to whom I can say anything I
choose. Know, then, Haroun al Raschid,"
(I started at the playful name she
used the winter before, when for about
three weeks I had lived a series of foolish
Arabian Nights?until -she cured me
suddenly) "know, then Haroun al Raschid,
that I am sure I do love Jack after
all, and would rather see his sulky face
teominute3 than Harry all day long."
"Which can be taken in two ways,"
quoth I to myself.
"I am ill and dispirited. Harry is
deep in cotillions; he leads to-night. By
the way, you must go too; I will not
hear no. And I believe he is questioning
whether he is not throwing himself '
away on mo I sent a ticket to Jack,
but"I feel he won't come; he detests
dancing and thinks Delmonico balls low
?just imagine!?there is no pride like a
pauper's, is there??but then I've been
far from well for the last two weeks. Of
course it cannot be love; nobody gets ill
f rrt m 1 A*rn rrnii 1-nA TTV Kllf oil T Ofl n full
iiuui iUTC| JUU nuvn ? uuu an x vi?u kwh
you is that I have been in a wretched
frame of mind ever since I saw you last,
and that your ugly old face was as welcome?as
welcome?as a steamer chair
to a drowning nerson?there."
I bent formally enough over the little
fragment of a hand stiff in its glove, and
repressed a sigh. Uglvi ill-dressed!
queer! And once I, too,dreamed dreams
which this marvel of youth and beauty
never so much as suspected.
"I will go?and with your party?and
you must give me one dance in the hall,"
[ cried, with all reasonable gayety. And
go I did.
It was like other balls of the kind.
There were the young women whom their
own families "boom" as beauties, and
those whom society at large 'has a convention
to call beauties. There were
those whom the reporters for some occult
reason always push forward in the newspaper
reports, and the belles from Boston
and New Orleans who are not recognized
as such in New York. There were
the English people whom all other English
say are considered quite second-rate
in London. There was the big black
jrowd of men, the blase and timid,
blocking the doorwavs. and there was
that quick-eyed, quick-heeled, quickmotioned,
but, alas, not quick-witted
irmy of youths and men the size of
youths, the reason for whose existence is i
i mystery.
Talking staidly to dowagers on the
iias and watching the atmosphere thick- >
jn with dust and perfumes and the fine
jmanations from whirling robes, I soon 1
placed Jack, and recognized in him a <
stalwart young fellow who was too poor i
to belong to the giddy rout, but too proud <
aot to be a gentleman.
I saw the whole tragedy: how he i
would steal a Saturday and Sunday from I
the sweltering town only to find Marion's i
time "taken'' by the comparatively rich
ETarry during all his stay; how he became
madly in love and madly jealous:
how he fumed to Marion and threatened
to heat Harry as soundly as the carpet of
which he was knight; how Marion had i
to resent his foolish talk; how they
quarreled, made it up, and quarreled to
make it up heartily no more.
He followed her with his eves, devour- ;
ing the figure of one he considered lost,
yet purposely stood so that she could <
not see him. To do her justice, she was
sn the lookout for him and more than
3nce stood irresolute, a beautiful statue i
af hesitation, mustering the black coats j
with the hope that he might shoulder (
his big way through the starvelings at t
the door. He saw it,too,and it gave him, j
I really believe, a mean sort of pleasure. ,
Once or twice she waved a favor in my ]
direction, but I bowed a negative and ,
in apology. Then I saw .Tack edge i
around to the head of the cotillion, and (
knew he meant to surprise her with a |
favor. He was not in the dance, but he i
had the right by courtesy to an extra
turn, which any leader of the cotillion,
who is a gentleman at heart, is glad to :
recognize in men who have no partners. t
He was about to rake a favor from the ;
rack, now almost denuded of its brilliant
burden, when Harry camo up.
Harry had no partner, since the weight
of cares on the shoulders of a leader is
too great to make it possible for him to j
do his work thoroughly and attend to a ,
companion.
Harry arrested his arm, and I saw Jack
turn away with a look that ought to have j
set Harry thinking. Jack strode over ,
to Marion. I saw her rise, a little frightened,
a little bewildered-, and off they
went entiiely alone, just as ITarry was
about to start a new figure with other ,
couples. He ran up to them to ask j
them to be seated, but Jack would not !
hear. Though hi3 partner tried to scop, ?
ho carried her on. I could see tne veins
on his temples swell, and he danced ao ;<
as to make Harry skip suddenly to one a
side in order to avoid a collision. Marion j
was so deadly pale that I sprang up and ;
came to the edge of the dancing area in? 3
alarm. The train of her dress slipped^]
from her hand, and before Jack knewfl
it. the two were bound together by itM*
folds in such a way that none but thttflj
mo?t expert dancer could have saveqar
them. Alas, Jack, if no novice, waar
more than out of practice: half a turn |
more, and both fell, luckily near the 3
seated couples, but so that Marion struck 1
heavily on the floor and chair. 7ack
was still more helpless, for his head
came thud against another chair, and he
lay still.
I looked to sec Harry rush forward to
pick Marion up, but he seemed readier
to inn awav. He was furious at this
blemish on his cotillion. I expected to
hear Marion call his name orthat of Jack,
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lor, ill Uii'lUClliS U1 lll^Ub a LIU U?1I?V1.
it not natural that affection should reveal
itself? Instead of that, it was my name
Marion called, and, obedient to the summons.
she was in my arms and hurried
into the ladies' dressing room before half
the room knew that anybody had been
hurt. In the bustle incident on bringing
Jack to his senses the fall of Marion was
almost unnoticed.
I went the other day to
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| ding, rather giddy in mind, but I hope
always as a philosopher. I could not
help smiling underneath my face to rememberfdJarfyJielook
a few days after
that bail, "Wlc&Sk came into "Hers,** aa
the gnomesloriocietv rail the restaurant
of the swel'^nob. I regret to say that
Jack some pretty work on the
faultlias "t&in vulgar truth badmaulod
poorflgfor'apft n m0gt brutal fashion with
his pgfyj and H irry thought that nobody
coiujWM^re the traces of that Homeric
the altar I see both of them
bdSHjfcS&reconciled, and turning back
ajpPPBl Justen in a dazed way to the
clergyman, and awake to find myself in
some incmlipohie wn.e find hi? nafchs nf
Isnt I can give no lucid
ion's husband.?New
11 and Mr. Lincoln.
:kburn tells a story of
b it was never printed
"When I was nineI
located in Chicago,
! practice of law. One
sin the United States
i presided over by
the United States SuJudge
Drummond of
The opposing counArnold,
then at the
?0 bar. I .had filed a
Lrnold's pleadings in
i the case was reached
vas quite nervous at
midablo and experivhile
the dignity of
c presence of a largo
in the court all aided
lidity and embarrassr,
inexperienced, and
ent and nervous; in
fact, I was willing that any disposition
should be made of the case, so I could
get rid of it. I was ready to adopt any
suggestion of the opposing counsel
wuiuu wouiu relieve iue lruui uiy cur*
barrassing situation. I wanted to get
away from the ordeal as soon as possible.
Mr. Arnold made an argument in which
he criticised my demurrer in a manner,
that greatly tended to increase my confusion.
"However, I had to make an effort, I
said but little, and that in a very bewildcred-manne:-,
and was about ready
to sit down and let the case go by default,
as it were, when a tall, homely,
loose-join ted man sitting in the bar, whom
I had noticed as giving close attention to
the case, arose and addressed the court
in behalf of the position I had assumed
in my feeble argument, making the points
so clear that when he closed the Court
at once sustained my demurrer. I did
not know who my volunteer friend was,
but .Mr. Arnold got up and attempted to
rebuke him for interfering in the matter,
when I for the first time heard that he
was Abe Lincoln, of Springfield.
"Mr. Lincoln, in his good-natured reply
to Mr. Arnold's strictures on his interference,
said that he claimed the
pri-ilege of giving a young lawyer a
boost when struggling with his first case,
especially if he was pitted against an experienced
practitioner. Of course, I
thanked him. and departed from the
court as proud as a Field 3Iar*haI. I
never saw Mr. Lincoln again, and he
died without ever knowing who the
young, btrdggljng 1a\tr\er was he had
assisted and rescued from defeat in his
maiden effort before a United States
tribunal."?Chicago Ncxes.
Big Earnings of Medical Specialists.
That it pays to be a medical specialist
in New York city is evident. Some interesting
facts have been obtained on the
subject. Dr. F. Gaillard Thomas the eminent
gynaecologist, enjoys an income, it
is saia, of $50,000 per year. Dr. Lewis,
A\ Snyre, the orthopadic surgeon, earns
$40,000. Dr. A. JL. Loomis, from his
lectures, books, and practice in diseases
of the chest and fevers, has an annual
income of $35,000. Dr. Lordyce Barker,
whose specialty is gynaecology, earns
a like sum. Dr. Robert Taylor, like Dr.
Sayre, makes a specialty of deformities,
and certainly makes $100 a day, exclusive
of Sundays. Dr. William A. Hamrn
md, the eminent neurologist, is reckoned
as doing quite as well. Dr. Abraham
.lacobi, whose specialty is children's
diseases; Dr. T. Addis Emmet and Dr.
Charles Lee, the eminent gynaecologists,
and Dr. J. M. Camochan, the "bone
3urgeon," have each an income of $25,300.
,Jefij^l?tfnann Knapp. Dr. Charles
InslajSHHlftDr. St. John Roosa, aud
Dr. Agnew undoubtedly realize
fl^Eflfearly as specialists in diseases
and ear, and Dr. Henry
SandsfiK'BBed Post, Dr. A. B. Mott,
Dr. F^p^Bfeand Dr. W. Todd Helmuth,;|?
JtjMqjkiiown surgeons, have a
practiriajjPWgfturns them in $15,000,
while l*|j(?BuMcDonald, Dr. Edward
Seguip^v^Hft|. Spit/.ka, who make a
specialty .oTgSreous diseases, realize a
like sua?ftt$jnfcr work. Dr. William
T. J.uskyN&^W. IT. D. Noyes have an
income of <15,003 from their practice
as gynaecologists.?Mail ond Express.
Silhouette.
Ilhouette," or cheap portrait
k paper, was much in vogue
gland some seventy or eighty
~Thc process was named from
ttc, an honest French minisoout
1759 was noted for his
of economy in everything rele
public welfare. He received
.1 of ridicule, and hence all inhings
were said to be a la Siln
extract fron the Salem
llefftftPi January xau?, reaus:
CiSB&Ecr PROFILE LIKENESSES.
MOSES CHAPMAN
fifeofart the Ladies and Gentlemen of Salem
fiat Hafts talceo a shop next to Mr. Morgan's,
fiMHstiect. Salem, where he will take
PlS^HlS in the newest and most elegant
sty'projo'of one person for 25 cents, or if
4* i^gvroill paint and shade them for 75
Fiiamks, of dirt erent kinds and
P?|Pf?pithe Profiles may be had at the
ISf? Ulljilon.
3pY in h*Vc heard of the term, 'pigeon
rhglA^.taid a gentleman the other
evonhjwg^lio has spent maay years in
Chma^jg^rWell, that means business
Engtisflwiiapin other words, a language
th;ib-'en#leSjt^ie benighted Celestials to
convict pftO^iercial operations with outside'i'jfell^^at
is a mixture of almost
cvery^unfjy^The term 'pig on' comes
from'"the wc't that it is the nearest approach
a chinaman can make to the pronunciation
of the English word 'business.'
"?P.,iQ,adc/j)hia Bulletin.
The. tongi^^^^ more persons than
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ADOWN THE STREAM.
The sunbeams gild the purple stream,
The bubbles float upon its breast;
The landscape in a peaceful dream
Seems sleeping in a soothing rest
The tall, gaunt pines adorn the cliff,
Appearing like a fortress brown, j
While she and 1 in gladness drift
Beyond the noises of the town.
coir rtf kaa tt fl ao f
I t?u WWUVM VI vuauuj oiv?ij uvav
Above us like a snowy sbrond,
And hide in shade our little boat,
As tears are hidden from a crowd,
rhe shores grow dimmer to the sight,
The woodlands wear their plumes unfurled,.
And silent shadows of the night
Descend upon a restless world.
Tis then we whisper, soft and low,
The sacred love-words from the heart;
The joys and pleasures we would know
Together in the halls of art
Tis then that gladness steals around
Upon us while the star-gems gleam,
Tis then, when Love is shadow-crowned,
We drift adownthe purple stream.
?H. Carleton Tripp, in the Current.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
?
A parlor suit?Courting in the front
room.
A garden party?The Shanghai.-4Puck.
]
Go "West young man and freeze-up with,
the country. ??Puck.
"Man wants but little here below"?
zero.?Boston Courier.
Congressmen use six hundred towels a.
day. They ought to have "clean hands.,r?Norristown
Herald.
Maud S. is said to have a stride of fifteen
feet. How a man must envy her
when the sheriffs after him.?Philadelphia
Call.
Customer.?"Don't show meany moreAstrakhan.
Pray what is that fur?'*"
Clerk.?Fur? Why, fur to keep yer
hands warm !" ?Harper's Bazar.
The toboggan business is only a temporary
mama. "We'll bet a new hat that,
every slide in the country will bo abandoned
before July 1.?Detroit Free Press.
A naturalist recommends eating raw
onions for insomnia. The theory probably
is that you will go to sleep toavoid
smelling your breath.?New Fork ,
Tribune.
"Would you marry an old man for hiemoney
/" asked Mildred. "Well, I declare,"
exclaimed Laura with a startled
air, "you surely don't suppose anything: ?
else would induce me to marry him?"?
Pittsburg Dirpatch
Mrs. Britumer?Why, Mr. Brimmer,
here's a fly. Whore did he come from
this cold weather? See him hover around
that book. What is he after? Mr. Brimmer?Looking
for the fly leaf, I suppose.
?Boston Budget.
"If there is any thing I like better thai*
classical mU9ic," said Major Brannigau,
in a high voice, as he moved with the
throng opt of the concert room, "it's
lemons/ They both set my teeth oi>
edge."? San Francisco Post.
The minister's quite discouraged,
As he looks at the empty pews;
So few have his efforts encouraged,
So few who care for his views.
And he says, with a voice full of sighing^
"Ihe gospel most people are scorning;
Ah! This world is giving to lying.. .. -.
Yes, lying in bed, Sunday morning.
?GoodalVs Sun.
Professional Diners-Oat.
I meet them every day in the season,
dodging out of side streets, in eveo^..
ing dress and immaculate linen, posting
along to eat with Smith or Brown o*
Jones, with appetites sharpened by the
light diet of the day. He may be middle-aged
or old, but the professional
diner-out is never young. If any young
man were to attempt such shifts for exisk^Mj
ence as he practices, society would/ m
promptly denounce him as an irreclaiml I
able dead beat and leave him to starve M
Tf w/Milrl -nrnViohlu hfl imnnssihle id Mm
I AW n VMIM 2" * ?"*? ??r 7 "3"
any social censor to define exactly tf- 4S
line of demarkation between the pi/
fessional dead beat and the profession ^B|
diner-out. In both cases it is a in fln
pretending to be what he is not, in onto
get something for nothing; asorV^^^H
confidence game played quite as
trously in society by Ponsonby de T
kyns as might be pra ticed on
confiding, vulgar public by Hi/? - V
Joe. But we are adepts at mi0? \
nice distinctions in these days 0*7" ' \
vanced social polish, and it is not |
direction alone that we send one *B !
Coventry?or Sing Sing?for
reward in another as a special via?- .
The stpek in trade of the pre8?1000
diner-out is his dress suit and t,B pe?Ple
he knows. Smith invites hi^ because
Jones does, and Brown bemuse Jones
I and Smith do. He lives inexpensively .1
I in cheat) lodoinss o/ a club, where ho ^
| *"""" 1" - u W
| never pays for any meal but lis breait
fast Indeed, a diner-out wbois master d
of his profession can get "plenty of invi- J
tations to breakfast, too, so that Insy-""^
actual ouflnv on bitwself mnv be reduced
to the merest cost of bed and clean linen.
I know one man who, on an income of
?1,200 a year, whicn is the rent of a
bouse left him as sole inheritance by
some relation, feeds fatly from year's
end to year's end, and still has money
over. And no one to meet him at the
festal board would set him down for
anything less than a millionaire.?NewYork
A'eics.
Chinese Theology.
Hung Lung, who keeps a palatial dive
on St. Clair street, grew quite eloquent
last evening as be unfolded to a reporter
?1
| the plan of cmnese tneoiogy. ne emu
I that the Chinese world was not created
all at once, but was made in sections,
China being the original structure, and
all mankind being composed originally
of Chinamen. At first a few stars were
sprinkled aloft, and they were pleasing
to the Chinam.'n. Then a bang-up sky
was stretched across and the moon aad
sun were swung into plaqA
By the time this had been arranged it
was discovered that there were some
wicked men in the kingdom and they
were, to use Hung Lung's picturesque
idiom, "fired out, pietty quics.
Three or four hundred of the gods had
a primaiy meeting one e ening und decided
to give them a little country by
themselves. -Other backsliders were sent *
to join them from time to tim-'^ind in J
this way the inhabitants of the world .fl
outside of China came to overshadow ' V
their original forefathers.?Toledo Blaie. M