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*3 " V 9 f I i* '??? -v Av.-3gsja VOL. XLVIII. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1890 NO. 43. I BIRD-TIME. When rills from icy prisons i?ci% Like children out to play, When meads with mantles green replace Their sleeping-gowns of gray. . When tass.els deck the forest tent* ' ' 1 n whard silence spun, ' . And piiant earth no more resent* * The fondness of the sun. ^ What 3oy"alojig the breezes bland At rjoiti and eye to bear , The initsic of The~plumed baha 1 hat- hails the wakening yearl A winged voice is everywhere, The sunbeams singing shine. And every breath of tuueful air Is light as beaded win?\ ! Unworn the ancient carols pour ! From throat of living bird, - [ The very strains that o'er and o'er, j In vei nal gladness heard, The turtles cooed in fir and pine, And 'mid the myrtles sung ' The nightiugales of Palestines, When .Solomon was youug. As dulcet fine, as crj'sial pure. ; As tender, and as free, ? - - ? fc The bluebird's warbled overture Wakes in our homestead tree; ; And the song-sparrow, April's pet, ! Salutes his fellows small. And trills his tremulous canzonet On every card en wall. The yellow-hammers pipe and beat Among the fragrant glades; . The redbreast flutes his solo sweet And laughs his glad rculades; The peewee from the corn-house thatch Repeats his name all day; And th? brown-thrasher troll his catch High on the hickory spray. The wren song, like a shower of sparks, Out flashes, and is still; Far peal the notes of meadow-larks; Aud farther, on the bill, With cry of jay-bird and chewink, And call of soaring crow. The deeper tones of nature link lu quaint solfeggio. The more, as greener foliage grows, The chimes of spring rejoice; The orchard gladder buds and blows To hear the kingbird's voice; The duu fly-.'atcher perching flings His puny plash of cheer; And the green hummer's happy wiDgs Purr at the tulip's ear. The martens chirrup as they wheel; The orioles whistles gay; I hear beyond the alders steal The blackbird's gurgling lay; And bobolink*. >lny s last delight, The breezy fields along Comes scattering in his sidelong flight A trail of tinkling song. Then on each wave of joy that sweeps Across the open land Flat echoes from the forest deeps That charm nie where I stand. Thro' shaded aisles runs silvery soft The black-throat's limpid tune, And vireos iu the murmuring loft Enchant the vernal noon. Where the bright tanager recites His clear mock-robin' hymn. And yellow-warblers' notes like lights Thro' sylvan shadow swim. And the saint wood-thrusb, bird devout, The sweetest of the choir. His golden Angelas rings out As from some temple spire. O sinless songsters! they are dead Who followed where ye lead, Aud listened at the fountain-head _ ' Of melody indeed. Your lays are language seer and bard Translate to men no more, The only music left unmarred At shut of Eden's dcor. I can but "nope, in endless spring. When I to heaven repair, The souls of birds on earth that sing Will join the anthem there; And J ray gentle friends shall know In every fadeless tree. And thank the heart whose overflow Of love they brought to me. ?Tien. Theron Brown, in Barjier's Bazar. Sciuaring the Account. ' i W. ANNA KHEILDS. Herbert Denisoti paced up and down the small room that had been the especial sanctum of his brother-in-law, Tom Thorpe, his brows knit in perplexed j thought, his tiDgers nervously rattling j his watch-chain. Jessie, his only sistor, j Tom Thorpe's widow, was sobbing on the sofa. "Jessie, dear," he said, presently, "it i. is cruel to make you talk, but if I could j; only get some really clear idea of the | j business. 1 might, perhaps, help you." j Jessie sat up, and tried to still the sobs that the talk about her husband?not yet j ( a month dead?had called forth. She ; , was a woman with fair hair and blue j eyes, and young enough still to make her I deep widow's mourning doubly pathetic. I "About the house?"she said. ! "Yes. Yo u sav it is almost paid I < for?" " ' M "The price was six thousand dollars;! for the house and grounds. There is a I ] very large orchard and vegetable garden, !: besides the garden in front. Tom was to 11 pay for it just as he could, but not less j, than three hundred a year. "VVe were so )' anxious to have a home of our own. Bert, that we worked very hard for it, < and that is the reason I know all about < it. I put all my writing money in, too; j 1 not a vast sum, to be sure, but it helped ! < along. " i ] "And you arc sure there were five | \ thousand dollars paid to Mr. Paxon?" j 1 "I am positively certain of it." "And the receipts are lost?" ! I "Lost! Gone entirely. Bert, I never ' t dared say it, for I cannot prove it, but I firmly believe Mr. Paxon stole Tom's re-j ] ceipt book." I "Why?" 11 "Well, he is a man who is not much j i respected, and there have been several < stories told about him that throw a doubt j i over his honesty. Still, lie keeps clear! oi uic law. 10m iook rue receipts lor the payments 011 the house, in a small ' I red account-book, that had nothing else I 1 in it. That day?no, I nni not going to ] cry again, dear?that dreadful day, he ; sent word to Mr Paxon that he would i< pay him five hundred dollars. lie had j sold a lot of wool, and I had two liun- i dred dollars saved, J know lie had it 11 wheu Mr. Paxon came. Then there was j 1 that dreadful hemorrhage, and hoV\jould \ ] we think of .mytliiug but Tom for the next three days? Hut, Bert, Mr. Paxon | was alone with him when he was taken ; ill, and gave the alainr. There was noth- ] ing to prevent his slipping the receipt- book into his pocket, and I believe he did if. It cannot be found, and Mr. I Paxon would not dare to assert that lie ihas never been paid anything but rent for the house, if he did not know I cannot j produce the receipts." > "H'inl 'les, I see! But one cannot!] accuse a man of 6uch a crime as that without some proof." "I understand that. I think he intended. if Tom got better, to pretend it was a mistake, or he might'have meant, to'cheathim.'' ; "'l'Was there never any "witness to :thd j 'payments?" | 7 ; ; ' No. He would come over, Or Tom ; would go to him ami pay whatever wo | could spare. But I have seen the receipts often! And think, Bert, how that five thousand dollars would keep J me now!" j Bert did think of it! He was a young j man who had made for himself a home | in a Western State, over which he had j asked his widowed sister to preside. He j had come to her with open hands and ( heart, to offer a home to her and her two j boys, knowing that his brother-in-law | had lived upon his sdlary as a clerk in a ! wholesale house. But he had found that j these two by close economj-, by Tom's j experiments in sheep-raising and Jessie's contributions to magazine literature, had nearly secured a home of their own,when j a sudden rupture of a blond-vessel had ; ended life for one, and left the other I desolate. j Many long talks the brother and sister j had about this cruel wrong pressing ! upon her, but arriving always at the con- ! elusion that only the finding of the receipt-book could help her. They were i still talking, in the room that Torn had j devoted to his wife's literary labors and his own business affairs, and dignified by the name of library, when Bert, porting to the wall, said : "Where on earth did you ever get that horrid daub, Jessie? What is it?" "The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers," said Jessie, smiling. "It is a daub, ; Bert, but Tom was fond of it for the \ sake of his ouly brother, who painted it. Poor Fred! He imagined himself a great; artist, and this picture a masterpiece. I But after vainly trying to sell it, he gave j it to Tom. It was a dreadful job to get. j it up, and you sec it takes all the space on that side of the room. How wc are to get it down is a mystery." "Do you value it?" "No! I scarcely knew Fred, who died ten vears ago, and the picture is fright- j ful." "H'm!?I think I see a light!" said j Bert, musingly. "Well, dear, as there is nothing to be gained by staying heie, how soon will you be ready to go to 1 Scrantonville with me?" "I will begin to pack to-day." It proved to be a tedious job to gather j all the household . goods into traveling ; compass, to start off box after box, to take leave of neighbors, and make preparations for the long journey and new | home. But Jessie found comfort in constant work, and the next week most of her packing was finished. But the day before that appointed for their start, Bert sent to for Mr. Paxon, *o make one moic appeal to his honesty. There was a long, rather stormy interview in the dismantled library, where only the huge painting and two chairs had been left. Bert had left the room, under some pretense of questioning his sister, and Mr. Paxon- was peeping about in a Paul Pry way that Jessie had told her brother was habitual with him, when he made a discovery. There was an ugly space in a recess where Tom Thorpe's stationery desk had j stood for ten long years against the wall, j Scraps of paper and string, torn envel- , lopes, all the debris of packing, were ' scattered about, but wedged into the j top of the mop board was an envelope, ! almost concealed, that Mr. Paxon was. sure contained an inclosure. Wnrilv he I crept up to it, seized it, and found it a scaled envelope, directed? "To Jessie, my wife. To be opened | only after my death." He crammed it hastily into his pocket, and when Bert returned took his departure. Something important must be in that paper, that had evidently slipped out of the desk when it was moved and j escaped observation. But the disclosure was a startling one. Without any scruple of honor or honesty, Mr. Paxon broke the seal and read : "Dear Jessie?It has been long known to , you, dear, that my life was a precarious one, : and you will not be surprised that I have 1 made a little provision for you nnd the chil- j iren. Poor Fred left rae ten thousand do!- j iars in United States bonds, and, unwilling j to trust it to any bank, I have hidden itaway ill iDe lower n^oc-uauii conier ui tue picture i tie gave me. The interest will ruu on until ( pou take the envelope from the hiding place, j is no one else will ever move the picture. I Forgive me for keeping this one secret from pou. . Tom." No one else! Why, they might tear it j lown any moment. A cold sweat broke j 3iit all over the rascal's body. All his I hoarded wealth, the result of scheming, cheating, saving, was as nothing compared with this newly discovered treasure. Nobody else must find those i hoods! But when he returned to the house he Found everything in hurried confusion, j ind Bert issuing hurried orders. "I can't talk to you now," he said, as j Mr. Paxon came up. "I am obliged to ! leave on the 7.30^ m. train from B , md it is nearly Pwo o'clock now. There s still n wagon load to go, and the chillrcn and Jessie arc getting dressed for :he carriage at three o'clock." "But I must speak to you." "And that picture has to be packed j too," cried Bert, bustling into ihe house, j 'Here, some of you fellows bring-a step i adder!" "No, no!" cried Mr. Paxon. "I?I j . amc over to see if I couldn't buy that j Mcturc." "Buy it!" Bert cried. "You mightas well ask Jessie to sell you one of her hoys! Why, her dear brother-in-law painted it!" "But it looks so well where it is, and will be so awkward to move!" ciied Mr. ! Paxon, watching with horror Bert's j preparations to tear the painting from the j wall. "I will give you a good price?" j 4'How much? But I am sure Jessie will never part with it!" "Five hundred dollars." "Bah!" "A thousand!" "A thousand dollars for such a work of j art as that! Why, man alive, if Jessie j ever could part with it, it ought to bring fiveitimes that sum!" ' 'Five times that sum! Five thousand dollars!" cried Mr. Puxon. "Certainly!" said Bert, coolly. "But we do not wish to sell it all. Come, hurry up! Take out the top nails very carefully there." V "I'll give you five thousand for it!" .cried Mr Faxon, desperately, rapidlycalculating the ten years' interest on the bonds. ''Put we leave here in half nn hour! You don't carry five thousand dollars round in your pocket, do you?" "No, but I carry my check-book. I'll give you a check!" "Won't do! I cannotstopto cash it." "I'll run over to the bank with it myself." ''Well, you haven't, much time. You get the money, and I'll speak to Jessie while you are gone. I'm not sure she wilT take it!" Oif darted Mr. Paxon, and Bert hurried '.he last boxes on the wagon and sent it oil just as the carriage drove up. Jessie atid the boys were already seated when Mr. Paxon came round the corner^ actually carrying the money id his hands. Very carefully Bert counted it, the ^ c 1 cnsjj Utiles IU1 JlYi; iiuumcu uvnmo that represented the exact sum that Tom had paid the rascally landlord for the house his widow was leaving. ' Correct!" he said, presently. "There is no need of a receipt. You can see the picture through the window. Good-bye!" The carriage whirled off, and Mr. Paxod entered the empty house. The workmen had gone with the wagon, but when ho pulled the corner of the canvass, he found it already loosened from the frame. A I large, yellow, envelope with three immense red seals, was behind it, and with trembling fingers he tore it open. A long slip of paper was the only inclosure, and half-fainting, the disappointed schemer, read: "This makes our account square."? The Ledger. Pulled Off Jlis Boots. I was talking to a Senator not lour, ago who enjoys an exceptional reputation for ' affability and cordialitj of the higher kind. We were discussing Mark Twain's story of going to a public entertainment with his girl and wearing a new pair of boots. Aud the humorist related that, the new boots beginning to hurt him, he pulled them ofi, and when the show was over could not get tnem on; so ne put one under each arm and led his gii'l out, who remarking, "Doputonyour boots," he replied. "They are not worn this year in the higher circles of society." Upon this story the Senator said: "I am almost tempted to tei.l you for your own ear how such a thing as that might be true. You know that I am now in the Senate, however Unworthy. Well, the first time I ever 6aw that Senate 1 took off my boots in the gallery, and, being unable to get them on at the close of the proceedings, I walked out of the Capitol grounds and to my lodgings in my stocking feet." There was something very ludicrous in this incident, for I considered that this gentleman had also been described as preposterously rich for his commonwealth. Said I"How could such a thing as that happen to you?" His fine manner and perfect breeding made this suggestion natural. Said he: "It was when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President nearly thirty years ago. Having been an earnest boy for his election in common with thousands who supported him, I came onto Washington City to look at it and to sec our champion put in his place. Having been brought up in the country, the streets, paved with brick, became very severe on my feet, especially as I had bought a new paiv of boots. So when a friend, who is now himself hustling for a seat in the Senate in one of the far Western States, had taken me to the Capitol and had himself slipped in upon the floor with extraordinary audacity, for he had no right there, I went up in the gallery, which was crowded with people, and hcnrd the debating. My boots began to hurt me terribly. I could see my friend down on the floor enjoying himself as if be had all the rights of an ex-member. In point of fact, he had got in by declaring that he was a member of the Confederate Congress in the South. The debate was of a very interesting nature, pertaining to secession, and some of the greatest characters of that time were on the floor. I finally pulled off first ouc boot and then the other. When the audience was dismissed I tried to get on the boots, and there was no possible way to get them on. Being an obscure fellow, whom nobody would notice, I had to make the best of the occasion, and I put my boots under my arm, as Mark Twain describes, and out through those grounds and down the avenue I went, very little expecting that I should ever come back to that Senate and have a desk oil the floor.?Cincinnati Enquirer. Poisoned by His Cap. An extra -riinury case has just come under the notice of a well-known Berlin doctor. Au officer consulted him, suffering from au eruption on the skin of the head, and in spite of every care and precaution the rash began to spread over the face and neck. The symptoms were those of lead poisoning, but no reason could at first be ascribed to account for them. At last the doctor examined the military cap which the patient had been wearing just before his illness, and upon ripping out the leather lining found it to contain a large quantity of lead. Longevity Among Birds. The swan is the longest lived bird, and it is asserted that it has reached the age of 100 years. Ivnauer states that he has sep.n a falcon that was 162 years old. The following samples arc cited as to the longevity of the eagle and vulture. A sea eagle captured in 1715, and already several years of age, died 104 afterward, in 1819; a white headed vulture, captured in 1700, died in 1826 in one of the aviaries of Schoenbrunu castle, near Vienna, where it had passed 118 years in captivity. . TAME RATS. RODENTS THAT HAVE BECOME QUITE DOMESTICATED. They Are Sly In the Presence of Strangers, Clean in Their'Hab-, its, and Intelligent and Affectionate. A chance visitor Jit the house of Engineer Henry Morehouse, of Newark * N. J.j might be surprised and shocked to see half-grown rats running about the floor of the dining room* and perhaps crawling over the lounge or climbing the slim trunks of the oleanders in the window. A man of unsteady habits, if he was to see four rats wrestling catch-as-catch-cau in the corner of this tidy diding room, might imagine for a moment that it was " V A - ,AHA time lor Him to laKe a nine uewci i<>ic ui himself, but he would be relieved wheu gentle Mrs. Mdrehou.'ie called to the rats, and they came scamp "ring toward her and climbed on her shoulders. It is not generally believed that common gray house rats can be tamed thoroughly; but twice in her life Mrs. Morehouse has succeeded in raising litters of young rats by taking them before their eye3 were cpen and tenderly caring for them and feeding them by hand until they were able to take care of themselves. The first litter she got several years ago, and she kept four rats Until they werj two years old, when Mr. Morehouse took them to No. 2 Engine House, when wild rats got at them and killed three of them and inflicted a wound on the neck of the fourth, which developed into a wen, and caused the animal's death ? year later. It was eight weeks ago that a man digging a drain in Vine street, Newark, killed an old she rat aud found six or seven little ones in a nest of sawdust aud rags. He had killed several of the little rats when Thomas A. Morehouse inter posed and said tie would lite to nave them, lie took them home td his mother, who at once accepted the challenge to raise them. They were apparently a day old, for it was nine days later before they could open their eyes. She fed them by soaking bread in milk and allowing them to suckle it from her fingers. They throve on it, and are now eight weeks old and more than half grown. They are slightly shy in the presence of strangers, but are wonderfully tame, and are fond of Mrs. Morehouse and her son. They do not particularly like Engineer Morehouse, but will tolerate his presence. One little she rat has taken a strong liking to Thomas Morehouse, and stic ks to i him ail the time that he is in the room, j crawling up his sleeves, in his coat pock- ' ets, under his coat, or on his shoulders. The others are extremely jealous of this little favorite, and manifest their dislike by biting her after she has been petted. Young Mr. Morehouse has a fine E iglish setter which will kill any rat but these tame ones. He points them constantly when they are in the room, and the rats * ?- - v: J * ? ,vr. t&KC Kinuiy LO limi uuu ni tniico pcxv^iA uu | his back. He will locate them c.t any I time when they arc in hiding away under i the furniture or on the flower stand, but he does not care much for their friendship. Thj rats are extremely cleanly, and, wheu they get water, will dip their paws in it and wash their faces. They are sleek and fat, and, having plenty of liberty, they keep in good health. Their eyes protrude and shine like new shoe buttons and no movement in the room escapes them. When not roaming about the house they inhabit a large cr.ge in which is a box of soil,which they delight to burrow in. Mrs. Morehouse has a tenyear-old gray squirrel, which is savage and doesn t like the rats. It grow.s and chatters whenever they are in sight. She says the rata are intelligent and affectionate and that rats never had any terror for her. She does not believe that a rat can be tamed unless it is taken in hand before its eyes are open. If the eyes are open the young rats will bite anybody and they can never be broken of the habit. The tame rats she has now never think of biting even when roughly handled, and at times they become nuisances through their affectionate habit j of clinging to her. They are mischievous, ! and must be watched when at large or they will gnaw the plants and the carpet or dig the dirt out of the flower pots and scatter it over the floor. One day recently Mis. Moorehou:ie laid a lot of potatoes in the middle of the floor to see what the rats would do. They soon discovered them and at once set about the task of transferring them to a corner of an adjoining room. They rolled, carried and pushed the heavy potatoes along the floor, helping each other with the large ones, and within a few minutes had tranferre'l fully half a peck of potatoes from one room to the other. It has been disputed by no less i.n authority than Richard Touer (Dick the Rat) of this city thai; the comrnot. grayrat ever curls its tail around anyth ng to assist it in climbing, as an opossum or a monkey does. These rats of Mrs. Morehouse's do use their tails in climbing the plants and in clinging to their owner's hands. A Sun reporter who visited the house raw one of the rats momentarily suspended from a twig of an oleander by his rail, and it clung by the tail until it got another foothold. At one time all four of the rats were wrestling in a corner, and one of them had its tail around the neok of one of its fellows. Dining the wrestling watch Vie. the setter, was steadfastly po ntiny he rats, and he looked as if he would | like to improve the opportunity and i crunch them all at once.?New York i Sun. Killed by Pepper. A lad living at Bacup, England, complained of a cold, and his mother gave him a dose of a mixture which contained a quantity of cayenne pepper. A few minutes afterward he was found on his knees gasping for breath, ^?'id after struggling for several minutes he expired. The physician who was called decided thas death was caused by the. action of Ihe pepper on a weak heart, A Goose-Bone Barometer. William Swift has an Arkansas goosebone fl/hich he pfizes more thafl he would a Complete set Of Sighdi-Setwice reports, i says the St. Louis Pout-Dispatch; It is e the breast bone of ah Arkansas tTild i goose, and for weather forecasts it beats any barometer ever turned or:* of a fac- | tory. Mr. Swift showed it to the re- j porter and explained how the weather | could be read by holding the bone between the eye and the light. . Hold it with the keel down," he said.' . "You notice that the low part is exactly like the keel of many of the ocean vessels, and that, sir, is what they took their models from. Now, when you hold it 1 up to the light you can notice a num- ' ber of mottled spots in it. Bach one of those indicates a storm, and from its size and Character you cau tell what sort i of a storm it'is going to be. If the spot is dark it will be a severe storm, if light ' it will be simply a rainstorm or a little bad weather." . i "But how can you tell when they will , Occur?'* i "Easy enoilghj my boy. You begin at the deep partj tlie pointed end of the keel; that is the 1st of December, and the j first third (iilarked 1) is the space for the ( month of December. Toil can divide it into thirty-one days if you waut to. The second third (marked 2) is for the month of January and the third (marked 3) is ' for February. Now, if there is a dark spot near the end of the keel you may be sure there will be a big storin in the early part of December." 1 "Do yoii think that much reliance can be placed in this barometer?" "Reliance? Why, certainly; they never fail." "But don't different goose bonCs differ in their spots?" "Never. Dan Able told me that he had shot as nanv as twenty geese on the Arkansas Rher in one season; I know he has, 1 icause he used to be on one of our bonva and he shot at least one goose on every trip, and he said that he had taken ( out all the breast bones and compared them and every one was molted alike. Oh, there's no doubt about the accuracy of :he goose bones as a barometer and the Signal Office reports will verify them." A Tree Growiug Out of a Hou3f. From time to time for the past twentyfive years our attention has been at fo/iforl hv Items concerning a sinsrular I ?at. Louis ttepuo'.ic. The Bottle-Tree. Among the singular and rare plants of I the world is the Australian bottle-tree, au indigenous tree of a limited portion I of tropical Queensland, and found nowhere else iD Australia or on the globe. This tree takes its name from the shape of its trunk, which is wonderfully like the outlines of a giant bottle of the common order. The thick part of the trunk from the ground upward is from fifty to sixty feet high, from thirty to forty feet in circumference, and quite straight up to where the neck tapers to the spreading foliage above all. The bark of the tree is about three feet thick, of a brown color and of cork-like consistency. The i foliage, which is very graceful, spreads j from the top of the tree, and the branches | have their base in the top of the "neck." i The leaves are similar in size and shape . to those of ?. cherry tree, but their color J and consistency are much lighter. The j 1 p ? 1 -T/aIior*n fnrm ! s pre a a or rue imiuuneo auu ivun^b ivi?> , a regular-sht.ped dome of about forty feet ; in diameter and of moderate density, giving ample shade from the rays of the sun.?Prairie Farmer. A Thirty-Mile Flume. The San Diego (Cal.) flume is a. stu- I pendous affiir, measuring about thirty j miles in length. In the course of the j flumes there are 315 trestles, the j longest being 1700 feet in length,eighty- i five feet high, and containing one quarter of a million feet of lumber. Another j tres:le is on the same height and 1200 feet long, thu main timbers used in both of these being 10x10 and Sx8, being put together on the ground and raised to , their position by horse power. The ' number of tuuncls in the course of the fl>mc is eight, the longest of which is 2100 feet, the tunnels being in size 6x6 feet, with convex shaped roofing. Each mile of the flume required an average of one-fourth of a million feet of lumber for its construction, and the redwood used entirely in the box is two inches in thickness throughout. Great Head for Business. T.Ufif. Arklie had been told by her parents of the advisability of keeping an account of her daily expenditures, to the end that she might get into the habit of saving some of her pennies. A few days afterward her mother found a piece of paper upon the floor, upon which was printed this account: Two cents 2 Spent one 1 Upentall 0 ?Boston Herald. A popular science. Signor Fossatti, a printer of Milan, has nvented a phonograph simpler in conduction and less expensive than those low in ilse. Experiments recently made by Dr. juderitz in the Berlin Hygienic Institute ndicate that all kinds of bacteria are silled by coffee. Baron Nordensk;old has nnrfounced lis intention of starting with Baron Dscar Dickson, in quest of the littleiought South Pole. An Australian town has given its streets chemical names, snch a3 Argent, Beryl, Cobalt, Koalin, Iodide, Oxide, Bromide and Sulphide. About one hundred and fifty colors are aow obtained from coal-tar products. They have almost entirely supplanted vegetable and animal dyes. Silence for ten days, speaking only in whispers for ten days more, then gradual return to the ordinary voice, i? a recommendation for stammerers. It is reported that the Russian physician, Dr. Bapchinski, announces that ho has discovered that diphtheria is easily curable by inoculation of erysipelas. Vo+firal mo l'a rmw iicpd in 104 steel phenomenon, which has made Greens- i burg, Ind., famous. As long ago as 18(54 a tree sprang from a crack on the top of the court house tower at that place. At first it was a tiny, wee greenshoot, but scon took on the dignity of a tree, putting forth its lenves in the ( spring time and Spreading its lengthen- , ing branches as modestly as other trees, which were far beneath it. It steadily ( grew as the years went by, getting its moisture from no one knew where, until it became widely known as the "Lone Tree." In 1872 a second tree was noticed starting from a crevice near the first. Soon a third and then a fourth put in their appearances until at the present time there are se*en of these wonders growing in the cracks in the solid masonry 128 feet from the ground. The first tree, that of 1864, is now six feet in height and two inches in diameter. Growing in soil under favorable conditions the tree would no doubt have attained five or six times its present height and diameter in its twenty-five years of exalted existence. The other trees are mere shoots compared with the first, but, as they are to be let alone, may in time make quite a respectable Hoosier forest. Works in thia country, but the supply show signs of failing, and companies are thinking of returning to the old fuel. A new contrivance has been applied to watches, called an "appointment reminder." A small dial is set into the watch's face upon which one can set the hands at any hour required. A silk handkerchief, so often recommended for wiping spectacles or eyeglasses, is not good for this purpose, as it makes the glasses electrical, and causes the dust to adhere to them. The new Danish submarine boat ha3 proved a great success. The crew of two men has sustained life for several hours without inconvenience, an additional Bupply of oxygen being carried. It is estimated that from eighty to one hundred thousand dollars' worth of ni' 0 '' " ^ -U ? n t 1 T* TT trate or silver auu gwiu is us?u onj year by the photographers of the United States in making tbo millions of photographs. "Show me a professional athlete forty years old," says an eminent physician, "and I will show you a man old beyond his time, with bones out of shape,muscles injured and joints stiffened, and no one would promise him five years more of life." It has been calculated by H. 0. Tumlirz that the light reaching the pupil of the eye in each second of time represents a quantity of work which would require one year and eighty-nine days to raise the temperature of a gramme of water one degree Cent. (1.8 degrees Fahr.) Arabian Babies. Life has exceptional difficulties for the babies of Eastern nations, especially for those who are of sufficiently high rank to be brought up according to all the ancient customs of their race. The lady who tells her own stcry in the "Memoirs of an Arabian Princess," says that a royal baby's first toilet, in Arabia, consists in winding a bandage about its body, al ter It has been bathed and perfumed. The iiifin ia thrn nlared on its back. IL 1*1/1 U VlViVbuiv *w ? its arms and feet are straightened, and the entire body is swathed to the shoulders. In this position it remains motionless for forty days, but the bandage is removed twice a day that the child may have a bath. The Arabs believe that this process will make the body straight for life. Under such circumstances it seems fortunate that babyhood is not a period which can be remembered in after years, for no one would choose to suffer such days of misery again, even in recollection. If the child be a girl, on the seventh day after her birth, holes, usually six in number, are pricked in her ears, and when she is two months old heavy gold rings are attached to them, to be worn throughout her lifetime, except during periods of mourning for relatives. On the fortieth day the baby's head is shaved, a ceremony which could scarcely be performed in our own country, where thick hair is usually of a later growth. This operation is considered a very important one, and thirty or forty persons are witnesses of it, for the performance of certain rites. The disposal of the first hair is regarded j ?moffnr it must not ba I as a very ncigui/j ? ?>! -- ? burned nor carelessly thrown away, but buried, thrown into the sea, or hidden iD some crevice of a wall. The fortieth day marks a turning point in the child's life. Heretofore it has only been seen by its parents, the slaves on duty and a few intimate friends of the family; now, however, it may be seeu by anybody, and is regarded as fairly launched on the tide of existence. Several charms arc attached to its body for protection against the "evil eye," boys wearing them to a certain age, and girls still longer. The fjtfcute charm consists of a gold or silver I^ket, worn on a chain. The smallest children among the Arabians arc strongly perfumed; everything they use, from their clothing to nrticlcs of the toilet, is covered at night with jessamine, aud before it is used fumigated with amber and musk and sprinkled with attar of roses. A Faithful Brute Companion. As Officer Maloy was patroling Main street, he sighted a man resting against a building for support. Approaching him, he found that he was badly intoxicated, and at his feet lay his faithful English bull terrier. The officer took the drunk in tow and conducted him to a stntion, the dog meanwhile, following close to his master. He was consignee to a cell and the dog accompanied him. The inebriate threw himself upon the bunk and the dog jumped up and took i position at his head, guarding him zealously, and from time to time tenderlj licked his face. It was another instance of the proverbial faithfulness of canines ? Hoiton Herald. I A SECHBI. ? . ~'.|3 ... He said: "No one shall sver learn .. "V . This secret that my heart must keep; ' No matter how the words may burn. No matter bow my heart may leap. No one shall know I love her so, vjl No one shall know, no one shall know!1* '< But though his lips were tightly sealed \ The very birds his secret guessed, *?, For in his eyes it was revealed, And in his face it was confessed? "I love her so, I love her so. But none shall know, but none shall know!" The wind soon found it and ran on % To tell it to the wondering flowers, And bear it to the gates of dawn Where loiter all the coming hours, That they might know, he loved her so, That they might know, that they might know. Some time all secrets must unfold, And soon did he a listener seek, To whom his story might be told, Before the laughing world should speak And tell her (if she did not know!) Ho loved her so, he loved her so. t . ?Meredith Nicholson, in OnctrH-Week. PITH ANDPOINT. The counterfeit bill is rejected because it is not legal tender and true. i The pug dog is not of much account to keep the wolf away from the door. A strange effect of some wills is that when they arc read the heirs become blue. ? Yonkers Gazette. The salary of a messenger boy shouldn't come under the head of "running expenses.''? Yonkcrs Gazette. "These are trying times for me," was what the cook said when she stood over the lard keg.?Boiton Courier. ; A bilious man hunting for something to get mad at is generally successful in his search.?New Orleans Picayune. A sister's love can soothe and bless, t Yet, why does woman never proffer This generous gift to man, unless She first declines his marriage offer? Tom?"Yes, that bond will be difficult to redeem." Dick?"What _bond?" - V J ,, . ^ - Tom?"ine vagaDOna." ?jauroura. juampoon. I "Is your friend a man of good judgment and education?" "You can see he is. He has very little to say."?Chicago Timet. A bear never knows until he is muzzled how many people there are in the world who are not afraid of bears.?Alchiton Globe. tliis age of sharp rivalry the man who permits his wits to go wool-gathering is very liable to get worsted.?Binghamton Herald. - <"Yes, Miss Frost, I always wear gloves at night; they make one's hands so soft,? "Ah! And do you sleep with your hat on?"?Town Tattle. Salesman?"This is exceptionally fine; all hand painted." Small Sister (scornfully)?"That's nothing; so is the back of our house."?Life. Patient (on a diet)?"Doctor, I have a strange cr'iing for baked beans. Aro they health " Doctor?"I never treated auy."?Lawn w American. Salesman (seductively)?"A great bargain, sir. They have been reduced to fifty cents." Tom AUOroice?"ao nave I; and I haven't dined."?American Grocer. The language of love contains much exaggeration, but the lover of a millionaire's heiress can truthfully declare that he is her bond slave.?Baltimore American. Chairman of Committee?"We want a watch worth $100 to offer as a prize in an amateur athletic contest." Jeweler? "One that will cost about $30, I suppose."?Life. He?"Why will you not say the word, dear. I am poor, but one word from you will make me happy." She?"Cash! That's the thing that would make you happy, isn't it?"- -Lowell Citizen. The husband's the head of the household he'll see Who closely the question peruses. And the wife is the neck, who, between you and rae, Twists the head around just as she chooses. ?Chicago Herald. Mrs. Gnzzam?"I'm sorry to say that I can't break my husband of the habit of using his toothpick at table." Mrs. Laker (of Chicago)?"I have no trouble of that kind. My husband never uses a toothpick. He takes a fork."?Muntstft Weekly. Tenant?"The windows in your house shut 60 badly that my hair blows all about my head. You must really have something done to them." Landlord? "I don't see the necessity of that. It would be much simpler for you to havo your haircut."?Fliegendc Blaetter. The. New Tostagc Stamps. The portraits aud colors of the now issue are as follows: One cent?Franklin; ultramarine blue. Two cent?"Washington; carmine. ^ Three cent?Jackson; purple. Four cent?Lincoln; chocolate. Five cent?Grant; light brown. ) Six cent?Garfield; not decided. Ten cent?Webster; milori green. Tiftonn mnt?Honrv fUiiv! ricr?n blue.' Thirty cent?Jefferson; black. Ninety cent ? Commodore Perry; orange. The number of stamps ordered before ready for use aggregated nearly 44,000,000, representing $784,323. ? i A Tint Used In the Misty Tast. Artists and scientific men have long wondered about the beautiful "azznrrino" found in the ruins of Pompeii. 31. Fouquc, the mineralogist, with a mixture of silicato of copper and of lime, has now obtained the brilliant crystnfinc "azure" of Pompeii. It is atintpeifectly unchangeable, and identical with the Alcxaudriau blue which was known to the Ptolcmys, and imported into Italy in the first years of the Christian era.? 4.77W&W1 Photograph sr, _