The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, April 02, 1885, Image 1

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ss JAMES "l,. SIMS. Ei>:ioa and Propbtbtob. Sjil?*erli?i*/oi? Ratesu One Year.'.. Sis ?oatbj.?.???. w Advertising Rate*? Jlratteeertlon, per Boa??..?1 00 Subiequent Insertion..:.??? 60 Notices of meetings, obituaries ar^ tribute* of ."vnpect, same rates per square as ordinary advc> tfcementf. Special contracts made with, large actrerUsers, t?Itn liberal dcdactlons on above ratet. Special noticce la local column, fifteen cents $ai line. THE HERO. Oh, 70a tvho linger in the night of toil And long for day T?ko heart; the grandest hero is the man Of whom the world shall Bay, ?That from the roadside of defeat he plucked - Tho Sower success, Bravely and with a modesty sublime, Hot frith blind eagerness. ?W. T. Tatoot LADT BODHEY's FLAY. 4C1 wish you wouldn't Dorothy." ?'Wouldn't what?" "You know very well." "Indeed I do not." .'!Wellf if I must be more explicit, I wislvybu would not act with that?that Poaaoaby. The way he stares at you, and fixes you with his eyca, is enough to make a man forgethis manners. " ? "My dear Cyril, you can't be serious, ::-j-never heard you so unreasonable be fore," ^ '?UnreasonableT^My dear girl! Con ?ip5orittg~ are to be married so soon, ?~?nd all that; I really thought you would aot-objeot to a little advice from me." . "Of course not. If I like it, I shali always follow it. *@o you know that?" "But surely. Dorothy, it can't be a pleasure to go through rehearsals with that lanky fellow?" "Well, you sec, I am bound to act now. This is the ICth, and the theatri cals come off on the 10th?-only three days; and how. could Lady Rodney pro Tide a substitute in that time?" And be lide, I should like to." "Oh, would you? That, of course, settles the question." "Why, Cyril," exclaims Miss Bohuu, "I-do believe you are jealous!" "Iam. It docs not make a man par ticularly cheerful to know that the weinan he loves is to be the object of another man's adoration for even an hour." "But, mv dear Cyril, it is only farce." "But, my dear Dorothy, I sec no reason why it might not terminate in a tragedy." Miss Bohun laughs. -??"Even that," she says, "would be better thau nothing. This place has grown so dull since the Stewarts left, antl those meu at Coote hall." "Look here, Dorothy, throw it up," Bays Mr. Disney, leaning over her chair, and bending his head until his face is very near to hers, " for my sake." "Well, if you can bring me some fevor, I'll take it; but I don't see where you'll get it, as there's nothing of the sort in the parish, and I'm convinced that nothing less could save me from this thing." "Then you ire quite-determined hot to give it up?" says Disney, coldly, draw ing himself to his full height. "T never was more determined in my life," says Miss Bohun, with some just -indignation. "I am remarkable for never saying 'no' to anybody. You yourself have frequently told me I had the sweetest nature in the world, and it is quite :oo late to alter Lady Rodney's arrangements now." ".No doubt you are-right,* as" yon al ways are. I'm sorry I can't be present on the nineteenth, but it is impossible, as I shall have business that will detain xie about that time." "Very pressiug business?" "Yes, very pressing business." "Ah!" says Miss Bohuu. * * * * * * When Disney has been absent two days, his thoughts undergo a decided change. To have left Dorothy in the manner he had seems to him now to have been not only an unmanly, but a most unwor: thy action. There is only one way out of it. He ?will write to ber, and humbly apologize for his conduct. The nicht passes wearily enough, and the morning brings him no relief. He is still indicscribobly miserable, and sinks into the belief that there is no balm in Gilead fi )t his uneasy spirit. The ne ;Xt day he grows even more des perate, afod finally decides that to-mir row, com cjwhatmay, he will?metaphori cally spc taking?throw himself at her feet, and 'implore forgiveness. How si owly the train seems to move, and how , intolerable seems the delay at each statjpon to Disney, as the next morn itjvSg^ffe"travels on his way to Brompley. One half-hour more, and he is fulfilling the guard's demands for the shattered remains of his mutilated ticket, and awakes to the fact th:it he lias already arrived at his destination. Hastily procuring his luggage, and en gaging the first car convenient, he im mediately proceeds to the hall. Arriv ing there, he dismisses the man, and giving his luggage to the inestimable Williams, he enters the house. How good it seems to him being back again, and how small by this have Dorothy's sins grown in his eyes! Altar all, how could she help it? He is su-e he hated having to do it. And how could she refuse Lady Rodney, aftar promising to piny her part? Aud, be sides, how many women act in private theatricals, and shouldn't Dorothy, who is evidently fitted by nature for that sort of sport ? And when one comes to thirk of it dispassionately, there are few things so?so innocent as little tableaux, and little drawing-room pieces, and that? In fact, whon they arc married, he doesn't see why they shouldn't have pii vite theatricals once a month. Tint green-room at Kingsmore is just the place for a stage?footlights and dro i ecenes, and so on. He is getting positively enthusiastic over the theatricals, which subject has I carried him as far as the drawing-room, when it suddenly occurs to him that Miss Bohun is not there, as the man has led I him to suppose. No doubt she is in the conservatory, which she so much affects. He pauses, j He thinks he will give her a pleasant | eurprisc, and, cautiously moving aside the curtain, that he may not too rudely break in upon the reverie that is doubt less filled with him, he gazes upon the little perfumed paradise beyond. At first, the li^ht dazzles his eyes. He draws his breath quickly, and then? what is it he sees? In the distance stands Dorothy?her features eloquent, her eyes alight, her lips half parted, as a smile, fond and tender, hovers round them. At her feet kneels Pousonby, his hands tightly clasped, his whole attitude be traying devotion the must intense, Even as Disney watches them, stricken to the heart by tins cruel picture on which he has so unwittingly intruded, a passionate outbreak of words comes from Ponsonby's lips. "Darling," he says, "i appeal to yon for the last time, and implore you to listen to me! Do not, I beseech you, let the adoration of another,?('That's me." Disney 3ays, between his compressed lips)?"blind you to the undying love I offer! On you arc centered all my hopes of future happiness! Do not sentence me to a life-long despair, but say you will be mine!" Disney waits with maddening impa tience and beating heart for her reply. It comes very nervously from Dorothy's pretty lips. Her herd is bent modestly, and her hands lie passionately in Ponsonby's. "How can I aDswer you?" she says, in distinct but wavering accents. "And why should I not unburden my mind? r VOL. XIV. coi m Truth is always best. My heart has long been in your keeping, and if you ?wish it, it is yours.". It was too much! Sick at heart, Dis ney turns. away, not caring to listen to words evidently not made for him to hear. The dreadful awakening has come! All his dreams of bliss have been shattered by this sudden and painfully unexpected blow; and Dorothy, his love whom he has believed as true as tho an gels, is nothing more in his eyes now than a practiced flirt and heartless woman of the world. His first thought is to return to the city;-his next to remain. Has he not heard somewhere "second thoughts are best?" Yes; he will remain, and see it out to the bitter send; and when this loathsome play has come to an end, he will tell her what he thinks of her, and* how she has wilfully broken his heart and ruined his life. At dinner he is compelled to meet her; but everybody being present; his exceed ingly cold greeting passes unnoticed by all, except Dorothy herself. She cannot mistake the change in.his whole de meanor. Where is the tender pressure of his hand to which she has been accus tomed? Why did he come at all it he is ctill tilled with bitter thoughts? There is some faint comfort in the remembrance that she did not ask him to return. He carefully avoids her all the even ing; and next morning at breakfast is, if possible, more markedly cold and dis tant toward her. She Is saddened and disheartened; but pride comes to her rescue. She decides in herself that she will show him how little she has taken to heart his coldness and indifference. Never before, perhaps, as during this interminable' day has Miss Bohun ap peared so gay, so bright, so full of life and spirits; and yet in the solitude of her own room, while dressing for this luckless play, she sheds many a bitter tear. At 9 o'clock the curtain rises. The guests iettle themselves in their seats, and prepare for anything. Miss Rodney, arrayed in a very Quix otic costume, fresh from Worth, appears i bet?re the audience, simpering and grimacing, and doing her utmost to imi tate a real live countess, while in reality she only succeeds in resembling a very inferior soubret. While Miss Falkiner, from the hail, who is in private life her intimate friend, now makes a poor pretense at waiting upon her as confidential maid, and renders herself utterly ridiculous by giv ing herself sufficient airs for half a dozen couuf esses. Both are a distinct failure. Everybody tries to applaud, but disparaging remarks fall lightly on the air. The faint applause brings to life two hardy veterans, who for some time past have given themselves gratis to the open arms of Morpheus, and have contentedly reclined therein. "I think Miss Rodney has a better chance of getting off than that girl in green," sleepily drawls number one. "Do you?"replies number two. "Well, I'm not much of a judge about that sort of thing; but my opinion is neither jwiil get off before the other. You see, my dear fellow, when women are born with a talent fqr acting iike those two?two tyros/ they don't get easiiy Bettled in life." Then the curtain draws up for the second time, and somebody comes slowly on to the stage?somebody who sets Cyril's pulses swiftly throbbing. It is Dorothy. She is very pale, and her eyes are a little languid; but she is just a degree lovelier thun she ever was before. Disney hardly hears'how the play pro gresses. Not a syllable makes itself known to him; he can only tell himelf how lovely she is looking, and that she is as false as fair. Her eyes are on the ground; but sud denly some words strike upon his ear? words that bring back to him a scene fraught with griof and anger. He starts, and lifts his head; and for the first time eagerly regards the players. Ponsouby is on his knees before her. He is holding her hands. His whole at titude is as it was that fatal afternoon in the conservatory. He is again pouring forth his soul in words of extravagant passion. And then Dorothy's voice rises, clear but sad, and devoid of the warmth that had characterized it during the rehear sal; "My heart has long been in your keep ing, and if you wish it, it is yours." ' As she finishes her speech she raises her eyes, and fixes them steadily, and with keenest reproach, on Disney, who returns her gaze, his eyes full of contri tion. Then the scene changes, and Miss Bohun makes her exit, amid applaudings loud and loug The curtain drops: so, I may almost say, does Disney. How bitterly he now repents his unpardonable jealousy! "Where shall he hide himself from Doro thy's justly reproachful gaze? Nothing he can ever do will make her forgive him?of that he feels assured; and as he calls to mind the happy days 1 that might have been, "Remembrance sits upon him like a ban:' be feels "They should beware who charges lay in love." Yet in spite of despair, he determines to make an effort to regain his lost posi tion. He will go to her. Rising suddenly, he follows her to the green-room, where he knows she must be. She is there, and alone. "Dorothy!1' he says, eutreatingly. She turns with a start. "Can you spare a few moments?" "Can't you wait until morning, or is it a matter of life or death?" she speaks very coldly. "That your answer shall decide." ' i "My answer?" "Yes." ('oing up to her. he takes both her hands in his, and holding thorn in a close clasp, says, eagerly, "Darling, I have been a fool, a brute, everything unpardonable! Anything you could say to me would not be hurd enough. I will go on my knees for your forgive ness, if you will only grant it! Did von know half the misery I have suffered I am certain you would." "I'm not so sure that I shall." "What! I shall die if you throw me over like this?I shall indeed." Oh. no, you won't?not a little bit! " says Miss Bohun. t "But I assure you I will!" exclaims Dis ncv. "Life will be impossible without you!" ; " Well; but, you see I have promised Mr. Pousonby." "To be his wife?" "No; not exactly that." "Speak quickly!" he says, in a low tone. Suspense is maddening." "I have promised him to become a member of the archaeological society," says Dorothy. "And couldn't you have said so be fore? " says Cyril, with a deep sigh of relief. " How could I wheu you were going mad?" ?"Darling! can you forgive me?"? coming still nearer to her as he speaks. "There's such a great deal of it, isn't there?" says Miss Bohun. "It will take me all my time, won't it?" " Not all, I trust. Spare me a little, and I shall be more than content." "Dearest Cyril," she says, mischiev-1 ously, with a quick glance from under her Jong lashes, and a relapse into her rehearsal tone, "my heart has long been G,0*er Jan 1, ?85 in your keeping, and if you "wish it, it is yours." "My love?my darling!" murmured Cyril passionately. And so, "Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bei}." ?New York Home Journal. The Highland Bagpipe. The only musical instrument that can be said to be distinctively national is the Highland bagpipe. Violin, flute and other instruments are common to many nations, but the bagpipe is peculiar to Scotland, and if it docs not now occupy the position it once did, it is to be found in no other country. In the days when the notorious Bob Roy committed his depredations, when the Vich Ian Vhors lived securely in their Highland fastnesses, and kept up their dignified social positions?in the ] stirring times which Sir Walter Scott i has so inimitably depicted, the bagpipe I player was one of the. important person ! ages in the chief tain's "tail" or retinue, i and these may be considered as the I palmy days of the instrument. Within ; the region more correctly known as the Highlands its shrill note was the first note that fell on the ears of the infancy; it charmed the rude Caledonians in times of joy and comforted them in scenes of mourning; it animated their heroes in battle and welcomed them back from their conflicts; and wherever their chief i went It accompanied them, even to the grave. i The effect which this wild instrument i has on the wild Highland soldiers is I marvelous. Above the rattle of musketry I and the turmoil and noise of the battle i field the inspiring notes of the pibrock have spoken encouragement to the High landers and led them bravely forward. At the battle of Quebec, when the troops were retreating in disorder, and when the conflict had a discouraging aspect, the general complained about the bad conduct of Fr?sers corps. "Sir," said the officer, "you did very wrong in for bidding the uiper to play. Nothing in spirits the Highlanders so much. Even now they would be of some use." "Let them blow in God's name then," said the general. The order being given, the pipers stalled an old and well known air; the Highlanders rallied together.and bravely returned to the charge. Many such instances of the remarkable effect of this particular musical instrument might be adduced. Some say that it was derived from the j Romans, while others arc of the opinion that it came through the Northern nations to Scotland. At any rate, it seems to have been always one of the musical in struments of the Celtic race. The pipe mentioned in ancient history was simply what is known as the shepherd's reed. After a time a bag wa3 added, and sub sequently the drones or burdens. There are now four forms of the modern bag I pipe in this country?the great Highland I bagpipe, which is blown by the player, I the drones being placed over the shoul iders; the Lowland bagpipe, which is provided with a bellows for supplying the wind; the Northumberland bagpipe, which is smaller and sweeter than the former two, and the Irish "bagpipe, which is a much more complicated instrument than the others. Outcome of a Newspaper " Personal." Some time since a "personal" appeared in a Chicago daily asking for lady cor respondents, with a view to matrimony. The advertiser lived in California, and represented himself as being rich and willing to share his wealth with a good wife. A certain lady of Kenosha, III., being favorably impressed with the in ducements offered, answered the adver tisement. A correspondence ensued but no photographs were exchanged. After several letlers had passed back and forth between Kenosha, and the "golden coast," the Californian requested the lady to come to him and they would join hands for better or for worse. She accepted the proposition,' boarded the cars, and after an uneventful ride across the continent reached the city where the wealty westerner lived. He had agreed to meet her at the train, but before her 1 arrival an idea entered his head that he would like to see th'lady first, without her knowing him. Therefore, when she stepped off the cars and looked around for her intended he appeared not. She stood on the platform for some time, thinking that perhaps he had been de layed, the only man present being an ap parent "depot loafer." This individual finally approached her and inquired where she wanted to go. Informing him of the name of the individual whom she was desirous of seeing, lie volun teered to pilot her to his residence. The "depot loafer'"' was no other than the "wealthy Californian" in disguise. Heachiug his place of abode he intro duced the lady into the house, disap peared and shortiy after returned, and made himself known. After a short dis cussion the gentleman finally informed her that she did not quite come up to his expectations, and that he had changed his mind, and concluded not to marry just vet. There were tears and re proaches, but to no effect, and the lady was compelled to relinquish all hopes of marrying a "wealthy Californian," and return to Kenosha, where she arrived in safety.?Chicago Times. The Richest Heiress in America, i Miss Nellie tiould, the very charming and accomplished eighteen-year-old daughter of Mr. Jay Gould, who is re ported as soon to wed the partner of her father, Mr. Washington E. Connor, is one of the brightest and sweetest little ladies there is in New York city, says a letter to the Chicago Herald. She has been finely educated and is highly ac complished. She is an artist of no mean ability, and her collection of bric a-brac, which has been adorned by her pencil and brush, has been greatly ad mired. She dresses plainly, but richly, and when in town can be seen any after noon driving through the park with her brother ("eorgc and "Wash" by her side. She has attended one or two private germans, but cannot be said to have en tered the gay society whirl. Sho ia quite reserved, and to a certain extent retiring, traits strongly characteristic of her father, the king of Wall street. She is probably the richest heiress in America, and on her father's death will come in for $20,000,000 or $30,000, 000. The Boom of the Banjo. "There is a noticeable boom in ban jos, which I believe is going to assunv; '.arge proportions. The real value of the banjo is not yet widely known, and can not be discovered from the use of it on the stage. Its finest effects arc not seen there, even in the hands of the most ar tistic players. The public needs to be educated to its superb range of tone, and to that end 1 am introducing a musi cal novelty in the shape of a banjo or chestra. No other orchestra of the kind. ' I believe, exists anywhere, and the audi ences we appeared before were delighted with the musical effect. Wc have twelve banjos, which range in size from the small picolo banjo to the big profes sional instrument."?Prof. J. Armstrong, Philadelphia._ In Cape Colony the extensive planting of the common tomato is recommended, as it is alleged that insects shun the land on which it is grown, H?MOKOUS SKETCHES Effect? oX Nicotine. "My physician says that smoking shortens the memory." "So I have noticed." "In my case?" "Yes." "You surprise me. What have'you observed?" "I have observed that no matter how often I pay for the cigars you always forget to treat back."--Philadelphia Call. A rVcat Retort. Barry Sullivan, the Irish tragedian, wa3 playing in "Richard III." some years ago at Shrewsbury, in England. When the actor came to the lines: "A horso ! a horse! My kingdom for a horse !" some one in the pit called out: I "Wouldn't an ass do you, Mr. Sullivan?" "Yes," responded the tragedian, turn ing quickly on the interrupter; "please come round to the stage door." All the Same to the {Lawyer. "I called to consult you in regard to tho snow and ice ordinance," he said, as he took a seat in a lawyer's office. "If I fall down on?" "If you fall down on an icy walk you can bring suit for damages, of course." "Can, eh? And I can make the tenant pay?" "I'llguarantee you can." "But this is a case when some one slipped down on my sidewalk!" "Ah! I see! Yei-y well, sir. We'll prove contributory negligence, and beat him higher than a kite! What day is the case set for?"?Free Press. A Good Girl. "Now. Minnie," s-iid a mother to her four-year-old daughter. "I want you to play with your little brother while I am down-town." "An' what will you bing me?" " Never mind. I will bring you something, and now, mind you, il he wants to play with your toys,you mustn't cry." "Nome." When the lady returned, the little girl ran to hor, and said: "I played with ray little brother. Now what did you bing mc?" "Mamma brought you an orange. Where's little brother?" "He's sleep. Gimme the orange." "She took the orange and 5-aid: "When he grabbed ray dishes I didn't cry." " You didn't? Why, you are a good little girl.'* "Yessum, an' when" he grabbed my doll, I didn't cry oiver." "You didn't?" "Nome." "What, did you"say?" "Nuffin', but I knocked him downwif the little chair."?Arkansaw Traveler. There was lAtc in it* About eighteen mil 2s above Centralia, 111., the engineer began to blow toot! toot! toot! and to slacken his pace, and by and by the trnin came to a standstill. The male passengers rushed out, as in duly bound, and in time to see a man lying on the rails in front of the engine, and another man bending over him." When the crowd, headed by the con ductor, reached the spot the man on his feet explained. "I discovered him about ten minutes ago, and as I didn't want to see the train run over him I gave yot> the sig nal." "But why didn't you pull him off the track?" asked the conductor. "I couldn't be hired to touch a dead body," was the reply. "What! is he dead?" "Reckon he is that." We examined the body and found life in it. He was a poorly dressed man, seemingly in bud luck, and for the mat ter of that so was the other. "I think," said the stranger who had stopped the train, "that he's taken pizen and laid down here to make sure work of it. If you are a mind to take him on to Centralia I'll kind o' rub hira into life and get a doctor to pump hira out." The conductor assented, and we lug ged the body into the baggage car. The case created considerable talk among the passengers, aud a purse of seven dol lars was made up for the unfortunate. However, as we slowed up for Centralia and before the purse was presented, there was great yelling from the bag gage car, and we looked out to see the two tramps dusting it across the field. It was a game they had played to get a twcntv-mile lift.?Detroit FreePrfit. A Free it-Out. The revenue raiders have some very thrilling experiences .sometimes. A few nights ago a party of raiders were up the Marietta it North Georgia Railroad. In the party was a very quiet but utter ly fearless young fellow named Lee Cape. The party approached a distillery in which live men were at work, and as the place was being surrounded the moonshiners discoverod that something wub going wrong. They made a wild dash, every man going in a different di rection. Near by was a creek abent fif teen feet wide and eighteen inches deep. The night was one of the coldest of the recent severe weather. A distiller made a bold dash toward that creek. Lee Cape was on the off side of the stream and put out to intercept him. As the moonshiner approached one bank Lee came up on the other, both panting from the violent race. Without hesita tion the 'stiller plunged in. and as he did so Lee Cape, from the opposite bank, presented a big revolver and said: "Haiti" The moonshiner slopped in the middle of the stream. "Don't run," said Cape. "Hello, Lee," observed the moon shiner, standing half-waist deep iu the icy waters. "Hello, Mose," s:iid Cape, "come out and give up." "You come in here and take me if yon want me!"' '?You run and I'll shoot you." "1 won't run." "Well, come out, then!" "I won't!" "Well, stand there!" "I'll do it!" "All right," said Cape; "you'll stand in that water and I'll stand here. I can stand it if you can." The moonshiner's teeth began to chatter. At Inst he said: "Lee!" "Hey?" "I'll have to cave; I'm coming out.'1 "Alt right." And the blockader, shivering and freezing, came up dripping from the creek and Lee marched him into camp. ? Atlanta Constitution._ The sunshine of life is made up of very little beams that, are bright all the time. ! To give up something when giving uj; \ will prevent iiuhappiness; to yield, when persisting will chafe and fret others: tc CO a little around rather than come against another; to take an ill look or a cross word quietly rather than resent 01 return it; these tire the ways in which I clouds and storms are kept off, and a pleasant and steady sunshine secured. It is said of the 600,000 patients who every year flock to the best London hos- j pitals for treatment fully one-half are abundantly able to pay for what they re- j ceive as charity. tG, S. C| TH?RS TIMELY TOPICS, The suicide of children is a singularly painful phenomenon of modern high pressure. Vital statistics show that iu 1884 ninety-five children under fourteen years of age committed suicide in the United States. In Maricopa county, Arizona, there is considerable barbed fence, and the vaBt flocks of wild ducks which frequent the valley often fly low and, striking the barbed fences, become impaled thereon. It is said that tons of ducks are gathered daily by boys from the fences and sent to market. The New York World calls attention to the fact that fhe most malignant cholera that we ever had in this country was imported in 1882 on a sailing, vessel. This pretty effectually, squelches the theory recently put -torth by Dr. Pettcn kofer that cholera germs could not out live a twenty-day seafroyage. Still the orchid war continues. A lady in New York who raises orchids has already two thousand specimens, and is constantly on the lookout for more va rieties. Among them is a plant that sells for fifty guineas in London. The rage for orchids is now at its height, and the rivalry among fashionable growers waxes hot. A physician connected with one of the hospitals in New York where children receive special attention, says that many of the cases of spinal trouble brought to his notico are the direct result of the careless handling of baby carriages. The matter of how nurses and others handle these little vehicles is one to which par ents may well pay attention. A New Orleans doctor calls attention to a very simple fact which merits atten tion from med'eine takers. If the medi cine is mixed with very cold watei, and a few swallows of the water be taken as a preparatory dose, the nerves of the organ of taste beoome sufficiently be numbed to make the medicine nearly tasteless. The method will not disguise bitter tasto, but acts well in oils and salines. "Undoubtedly the oldest apple trees west of the Missouri river," says the ?Lewiston (Idaho) News "are those on the Alpowai. Some of them are over a foot in diameter. These si'eds were brought out by the Rev. Mr. Spaulding, the mis sionary who was stationed at Lanwai many years ago, and the father of Mrs. Eliza Warren, the first white children born on the Pacific slope, and who visited this city last fall, in the year 1830." That standard publication, the "Al manack de Gotha," for 1S85, shows that Norway has the smallest number of in habitants to the squwe mile, with Rus sia second, of all the countries of Europe. Portugal has 1,084 women to every 1,000 men, the largest preponderance of any country. Germany comes next with 1,029 women to every. 1,000 men. The greatest surplusage of men, is found in Greece, where to every.1,000 'men there arc-only "006 women.1*^ Some speculative individual ha9 pro mulgated a queer story about nyes, by which one can be made to see without them. His theory is to place a piece of copper above the tongue and one of zinc beucath it, and then by closing the eyes and letting the tips of the pieces of metal touch each other a flash of light can be detected. The eyes do not see, but the sensation of seeing is a vivid one, and the impression thus transmitted to the optic nerve, and thence to the brain, would, with blind persons, answer the same purpose as eyes. When Grovcr Cleveland became Presi dent of the United States he lacked fourteen days of being forty-eight years old. Only one younger man has been inaugurated President, and that is Grant, who lacked some six weeks of being foriy-seven years old when he entered the White House. Franklin Pierce was three months over forty-eight, and Ar thur and Garfield were each a trifle less than fifty. All the other Presidents have been older, William Henry Harrison, with his sixty-eight yean, being the oldest of them all at taking the oath of office. A young American surgeon has lately received high honors in Belgium. This is Francis W. Strain, a graduate of the Jefferson Medical college, of Philadel phia, and surgeon of the Red Star steamer Nordlaud. He lately removed from the face of a lady connected with the court of Brussels a tumor which had defied the skill of the royal physician. In recognition of his skill, the young surgeon has been elected an honorary member of the Royal Sucietyof Surgeons in Belgium, and has been presented with a royal gold medal, appended to a fac simile of King Leopold's crown and colors. Mrs. Alice N. Lincoln is one of the moat energetic, practical and business like women in Boston. She is also one of the wealthiest. She has a magnificent home in Commonwealth avenue and possesses an income of about $12,000 a year. She has always taken a great in terest in sanitary matters, anrl siuce the newspapers began their crusade against filthy tenements she *has been running tenement houses in the worst parts of the city. The places were about lo be vacated by the board of health on ac count of their unhealthy condition, when Mrs. Lincoln rented them, made needed repairs and improvements, and let the apartment to respectable poor people. While in one sense the work is a benevo lence, she conducts her house-son strict business principles, visiting them fre quently and making all the rent collec tions herself. Thus far she has come out with a fair profit. The scheme is now a hobby with her, and she is bar gaining Jor the notorious "Crystal Palace," a very ancient and filthy bar racks in the South Cove, where thieves, hoodlums and debauches make their headquarters. A hospital intended for the charitable treatment of all forms of nervous disease and such mild forms of mental disease as can be rescued by medical skill from the horrors of an insane asylum, has been started in Brooklyn. Singular to say, it is the first institution of the kiud in the j world. The study of nervous anrl man- | tal diseases is tho latest of all the specialties. The importance and fre quency of the diseases have been over looked by the public and even by the physicians. Curious as it may seem, the most frequest cause, among persons who have had their lives insured is from nervous disease. In other words, nervous disease is the most frequent or the sec ond most frequent cause of death among the most industrious, provident and in telligent of the community, being only surpas-ed in fatality by zymotic, tuber cular and respiratory diseases. Not only do deaths from nervous disease oc cur most frequently among the indus trious and healthy, as the experience of the life insurance companies would seem to demonstrate, but they also occur with increasing frequency during the most active years of life, the curve of fre quency rising between the 25th and 30jh years and continuing to risj to 70. DAY, APKIL 2, 18 Nervous diseases vary but little from year to year in frequency, being among the most constant of all maladies. The king of Persia's first visit to Europe tended for the time to civilize him, but before a year had expired he wanted to execute his prime minister. He has lightod his palace with gas, and even started the electric light there; but when he did not pay the salary of the genial Frenchman who provided that light, all was dark once more. After that; the Frenchman got his pay, and the supply has been steady since. The king now returns salutes, as a rule; before his visit to Europe he did not. He now looks at the pictures in the illustrated journals with pleasure. But when he last crossed the Caspian he slept on the floor of the ladies' cabin, under the table, and on the table he put his boots. He maintains a staff Of giants and dwarfs. Once it was a pleasure to the asylum of the universe to fill a boat on one of the large tanks of his numerous country palaces with the grandees of his kingdom, clad in gala costume, and to go into fits of laughter as the boat sank, and the pillars of the empire crawled out muddy, wet, and bedraggled. And they say that on the last visit of the king of kings to Europe, whon seated between two royal ladies at the dinner table, on tasting and sucking a stick of asparagus, that he offered the half-devoured butt to the more august of the +wo, with the idea that she should enjoy the pleasure that he had experienced, saying, with inno cent enjovment, "Bn, ba! how good it is!" _ Oriental Faithlessness. In au article on Arab treachery the London Telegraph says: We need hardly go so far back as even the Afghan cam paign for illustration of Oriental faith lessness. The first disaster of this Sou dan warfare was a signal instance. Hicks Pasha, at the head of a force that, when it had the Mahdi's men in the open, de feated it easily, was misled by guides sent out for the purpose by the enemy into broken country far from water, wherfj the false prophet's generals had collected and ambushed their forces. For three days the fighting lasted, but treachery had done its work all too well, and so, entangled in the hilly desert, fainting from thirst, the Egyptian :irmy, with all the European officers accom panying it, was cut to pieces. A few days later came the rout at Tamanieb, where the bnshi-bazouks, who have so often by their cowardice turned the scale of fortune, failed in the moment of onset, and the day was lost. Perhaps they thought that they would purchase safety by desertion. They had often done so before. But they had sadly underrated the hatred with which they have inspired the op pressed tribes of the Soudan, and they were butchered as they huddled together behind the brave blacks, and not one of them escaped. Or, later still, how was it that the gallant Colonel Stewart met his death? His steamer had struck upon a rock, so, shifting his stores to an island, and spiking his guns, he went ashore, confiding in the pledges given by the chief. With all. respect and ceremony he was mode wolcome, assured that he ^should rcceivo th? transport he asked for, and invited to consider nimaelf an honored guest. An hour passed. He was sitting in a hut when one of the es cort standing at the door on guard saw the faithless chief come out from an ad jacent building, and, striking the signal on a metal water-jar, summon from every side the assassins who were waiting. In two bodies they rushed upon the un armed guests, and murdered them all. The corpses were flung into the Nile, the stores of the steamer divided us plunder, and the vile crime was com plete. The Legend of the Willow. One day a golden-haired child, who lived where no trees or flowers grew, was gazing wistfully through the open gate of a beautiful park, when the gar dener chanced to throw out an armful of dry cuttings. Among them the little girl discovered one with a tiny bud just starting. "Perhaps it will grow," she whispered to herself, and, dreaming of wide, cool boughs and fluttering leaves, she carried it carefully home,and planted it in the darksome area. Day after day she watched and tended it, and when by and bye, another bud started, she knew that the slip had taken root. Years passed and the lowly home gave place to a pleasant mansion, and the narrow area widened into a spacious garden, where many a green tree threw its shad ow. But for the golden-haired child, now grown into a lovely maiden, the fairest and dearest of them all was the one she had so tenderly nourished. !No other tree, she thought, cast such a cool, soft shade; in no other boughs did the birds sing .so sweetly. But while the tree lived and flourished the young girl drooped and fad'id. Sweeter and sadder grew the light in her blue eyes, till by-und-by God's angel touched them with a dreamless sleep. Loving hands crowned the .white brow with myrtle, and under the branches she had loved laid her tenderly to rest. JJut from that hour as if in sorrow for the one that tended it, the stately tree began droopintr. Lower and lower bent the sad branches, lower and lower, until they caressed the daisied mound that covered her form. "See!" said the young companions, "the tree weeps for her who loved it." And they called it the weeping willow. All Interesting Compilation. The table below shows the number of words in each President's inaugural ad dress; also how often the personal pro noun "I" was used: President. .Vb. Words. No. of Vs. Washington, !irst term.1,900 u't) Washington, s'jeond term? UM u J. Adams.2,:H1 I'I Jefferson, Bret term.I,fcili 111 Jefferson, second term.2,(23 US Madison, first term.1,170 11 Madison, second term.!. 142 4 Monroe, first term. 111 Monroe, second term.I. tin; l'? J. y. Adams.2,'.?44 14 .Tilirkson. first term.1.110 11 Jackson, second term.I.itl7 f> Van Buren.'".*4 38 Harrisor.'..t>~u8 :fs Tyicr.I ,?4:? l"> I'olk.4,'KM is Taylor.IMM Is Pierce.WM 25 linchanan.2,772 |:i Lincoln, first term.:j..*>>?s i:j Lincoln, second term. SSS I Johnson. ?"<> Urant, (Irstterm.1,1'fli 111 (?'rnnt, second term.1,232 24 Haves.2,472 lti Garfteld.2,11411 in Arthur. 4:il 1 Cleveland .1,1188 ?"> Millard Fillmore took the oath with out delivering an inaugural address.? New York Sun. Sharp Tongues in Washington So Society. People who enter the social lists in Washington society must cultivate a sharp tongue, or they get routed and put to confusion every time. From all accounts some "ladies" have dis tinguished themselves there lately in not precisely the Rochefoucauld style of cyni cism or repartee. For there is a way the pot may call the kettle black that reflects the glory of wit even in the mire of bad manuere.?Boston Beacon. Brigham Young's descendants now number 15,000 persons. 185. CURIOUS WEAPONS. Concealed Ariun Vaed Before tho In* troductlon of Flrcarrux. Before the introduction of tire-arms concealed weapons for projecting mis siles were very rare, though cross-bows evidently meant for that purpose have been preserved. "With the use of fire arms, however, concealed weapons be came more numerous, the sudden dis charge of a volley of unknown weapons causing more fright and confusion than damage. "When the cavalry-pistol was first introduced it was regarded as a marvel of ingenuity, and won many battles for the troops that employed it. In the early days of fire-arms we find them combined with battle axes, pikes, swords, daggers and even shields, though whether these may be considered concealed weapons may be a matter of doubt. In the Mu seum of Edinburgh there is a purse of peculiar construction. Beneath the catch there is a small, fiint-lock pistol, and by turning certain buttons the pistol is pre pared for in3tant use, so that any one ac quainted with the secret can open the ! purse without danger, but an explosion is sure to follow an attempt in the ordi nary way. This purse is alluded to by Sir Walter Scott in Rob Roy and a de scription of it given in full. The Tower of London has twenty-one specimens of shields with a pistol attachment in the center, the pistol being a breech-loader and slightly projecting from the center of the shield so that it would hardly be noticed by an enemy until the discharge took place. A small hole in the shield gave an opportunity for taking aim, and while the weapon could not have been very dangerous it must have been terrifying to a knight to see his antagonist's shield go off in this un expected manner. The Paris museum lias a sword arquebus, the sword being straight and the pistol being alongside of it and fired with a wheel-lock. The tower collection has also a pike gun, double-barreled, with a flint lock, to gether with a dagger pistol, the two weapons being combined in one in a remarkably ingenious manner, the pistol being in the center of the dagger blade. The Birmingham museum has a whip pistol, the barrel being concealed in the stock of the whip, a flint lock having a concealed trigger. It was used by outlaws and also by postillions, many specimens being preserved in the Paris museums. The Cerinans had a peculiar battle-axe with a pistol cunningly con cealed in the head of the axe, so that the owner could shoot down his op ponent before the latter knew what ailed him. Among these early weapons, so large a number were breech-loaders that it is quite remarkable that the fact is not more generally known. Almost the earliest cannon were breech-load ers. Many of the earliest portable fire arms were of this pattern, and so large a number of the pistols that the notion ceases to be novel. Nor wore hammerless guns unknown even before the days of percussion locks. The Tower of London contains a specimen of a hammerless gun made in the seven teenth century, which was far more of an achievement for that day than the most complex specimen of the kind can be for us. In fact,'among the ea?y long and heavy guns, the breech-loader is the rule and not the exception, so that even here there is nothing new, and it may be safely affirmed that, in the matter of lire-arms, so far as the prin ciples go, there is not one principle known to the present generation that has not been applied at least a hundred times two centuries ago.?London Tele graph. Dwellers on the Nile. The Bedouins, or .nomads, of the Sou dan are not a very numerous race. They are altogether outnumbered by the. peo ple of thc_ towns and villages, who, Mussulmans' though they are, unwarlike, and, like all agricultural and commercial people, will quietly submit to the gov erning powers if fairly well treated. The people against whom the English arc now fighting, the soldiers of the re doubtable Mahdi, are these same Bedou ins, and their revolt, though connected with the spread of Islam and fanned by the flames of fanaticism, is also a revolt against the dominance- of the settled peoples of the country over the nomads. These wanderers of the Nubian desert and Kordofan possibly number some half a million,and claim to be of Arab descent. A pure Arab, like a pure Turk, is hard to lind, and these desert tribes have not escaped great admixture. The princi- j pal tribes between the Nile and the Bed sea are the Ahabdehs, Bishaneens and Iladendawavs, while west of the Nile dwell the Ifassaneeychs, the Kabaneesh and the Bcggaras. Their sole wealth consists of flocks and camels. In ;ime of peace they are carriers, guides and camel-drivers, but no amount of money can induce them to till the ground, and they look with contempt upon the humble, patient fellaheen of the villages and upon the "dwellers among bricks.'' They arc fine-looking, of medium height, well-formed, with small hands and feet, arched insteps, aquiline noses, thin lips, splendid teeth and lou;r and fri/./.led hair. Their wean ons are long, straight and broad double edged sword blades, of Spanish or Ger man make, to which they manufacture handles to suit themselves. A few have Hint-lock muskets and double-barrel guns. All carry lances made in the country, with horrible barbed heads. To these arc now added the arms taken from the defeated Egyptian army. Of the mettle of the men, the British, who with great difficulty withstood them at Tamasi and Abu-Klca, are the best judges. Soothing Syrups and Popular Heine dies. Opium forms the basis of innumerable remedies and. very effective remedies, sold under titles altogether reassuring and misleading. Nearly all soothing syrups and powders forcxample?"ninth- : ers' blessings'' and infants' curses?are I ready opiates. These are known or sus j pected by most"well-informed people! What is less genet ally known is that j nine or ten of the popula- remedies for catarrh, bronchitis, cough, cold and j nsthma are also opiates. So powerful ' indeed is the effect of opium up the tin- I ing membrane of the lungs and air pas sages, so dilicult is it to find an effective ! substitute, that the efficacy, at least the certain and rapid efficacy, of any specific remedy for cold whose exact nature is not known affords strong ground for suspectiug the presence of opium. Many chemists are culpably, almost criminally, reckless; and not a few culpably ignorant in this matter. An experienced man bought from a fashionable West End shop a box of cough lozenges, pleasant to the taste and relieving a severe cough with wonderful rapidity. Familiar with the influence of opium on the stomach and spirits . he was sure before he had sucked half-a-dozen of the lozenges that he had taken a dose powerful enough to affect his accustomed system, and strong enough to poison a child, and do serious harm to a sensitive adult. Vet the lozen ges were sohl without warning or indica tiou of their character; few people would have taken my special precaution to keep them out of the way of children, and the box, falling into the hands of a heedless or disobed icnt child, might have poisoned a whole nursery.?National Review. Gold is found in thirty-six counties in Georgia, silver in three and diamonds in twenty-six. NO. 6. TFOBDS OP WISDOM. Honesty sometimes keeps a man from jecoming" rich, and civility from being vitty. Arnold spcrtks of "earning genuine nanhood by steadily serving outthe pe iod of boyhood." The first ingredient in conversation is ruth, the next good sense, the third:' rood humor, and the fourth wit. It is a wrong use of my understanding ;o make it the rule and measure of an jther man's: a use which it is neither fit .or nor capable of. This very sage advice was given by an iged priest, "Always treat an insult like nud f rem a passing vehicle. Never brush t off until it is dry." It may serve as a comfort to us in all >tir calamities and afflictions to reflect ;bat he that loses anything and gets visdoin by it is a gainer by the loss. Persons who arc always innocently meerful and good-humored are very use ful in the world; they maintain peace ind happiness and spread a thankful :cnipcr among all who live around them. Do not think of knocking out an ther person's brains because he honest ly differs in opinion from you; it would oe as rational to knock yourself on the lead because you differ from yourself :cn years ago. The sons of rich men ar.d kings learn lothing so well as riding, for their mas :crs flatter them, and if they contend, willingly yield to them; but a horse icver considers if a prince or a poor man be on his back, if you c:.nnot manage aim he will throw his rider. Such is the general disguise men wear that their good qualities commonly ap pear at first, and their bad ones are dis :overed by degrees; and this gradual discovery of their failings and weak nesses necessarily lessen our opinion of them; and there is no observation more generally true than that our esteem of a person seldom rises in proportion to our intimacy with him. Origin or Some Popul?r Songs. " What is the latest popular ballad?" "Vaniti," replied the music pub lisher. " Frank Howard, the author of ' I'll Await My Love' and 'Only a Pansy Blossom,'wrote it?that is, he wrote as much of it as he did the others I have mentioned. He is a ballad singer with Thatcher, Primrose and West's min strels, and his income from song royal ties is between $300 and $400 a week. No, he is not a remarablc musician. He understands music and has a nice voice. Hundreds of better musicians fail as writers of songs. Howard is the son of in Iowa clergyman. Half a dozen yearn igo Milt Barlow, the minstrel, found the young man traveling with a liver-pad peddler in the West. Howard by his singing drew the crowds, and then gave way to his partner who sold the pads. Barlow was struck by the sweetness of Howard's voico, and hired him for twenty-five dollars a week to'sing in Bar low, Wilson, Primrose & West's minstrel company. His voice and his songs made him popular and he now receives $100 a week salary. The way his songs arc com posed would astonish many better musi cians.' Howard will write the words of a. song, and then with three or four mem bers of the company will proceed to ham mer a suitable air out of hotel pianos. They will work hour after hour for days, correcting, changing and culling out bar after bar until they at last agree that an appropriate air has been made. Then it is written out and tried in public. If at all successful Howard sends a copy to his publisher and it is put upon the market. There is a story among minstrels that Howard paid another singer, Harry Tal bot, twenty dollars for the words and music of 'I'll Await My Love.' If so it was a good piece of judgment on How ard's part, for he has made two or three thousand dollars out of that song alone. ?Philadelphia Times. The President of Venezuela. It seems rather i repancy that the president of the ft uolic of Venezuela should receive $250.000 a year while the President of tho United States has only $50,000 and tho premier of England $25, 000. Tho present president, Guzman Blanco, is said to possess a private for tune of $1,000,000. Three beautiful country houses are maintained for him by the state, beside his residence at Caracas and a villa by the sea for the bathing season: and altogether he lives in the greatest luxury and rules as a most absolute despot. Although nominally only president of a republic, he is in re ality an absolute dictator, ruling the Venezuelans with a rod of iron. One or two examples of the arbitrary mode of government of President Blanco may be given, Soon after the railway between Caracas and La Guayra (in which he holds a great number of shares) was opened he issued a decree that all vehicles ou the excellent coach road, which had always been hitherto used, should be en tirely stopped?thereby, of course, bring ing grist to the railway mill, but throw ing hundreds of people with their mules and carts, out of employment. A few days ago the resident engineer reported to the President that a fish plate had been placed on the rails with the evident object of upsetting the train on its pas sage over a narrow viaduct built by the American contractor who commencod? but did not finish?the line. 'Icneral Blanco immediately without instituting any inquiry vfith the object cf discov ering the offenders, and without making any distinction between rich and poor, ordered every one living within a radius of half a mile of the scsnc of the at temped outrage?in all sixteen persons? to be locked up for one month.?San Fra ncisci? Argon ant. Eggs a.s Fooil. "Would it not be wise to substitute more eggs lor meat in our daily diet?" in quires Health and Home, and then adds: About one-third the weight of an egg is solid nutriment. Th-re arc no bones and tough places that have to be laid aside. A good egg is made up of tun parts shell, sixty parts white, and thirty parts yolk. The white of an egg contains S>(! percent, water, (he yolk 52 per cent. The average weight of an egg is about two ounce . Practically? an egg is animal food, and yet there is none of the disagreeable work of the butcher necessary to obtain it. Eggs are best when cooked four minutes. This takes away the animal taste that is so offen sive to some, but docs not so harden the white or yolk as to make them hard to digest. An egg if cooked very hard is ditticult to digest, except by those with stout stomachs; such eggs should be eaten with bread and masticated very finely. An excellent sandwich can be made with eggs and brown bread. An egg spread on toast is food fit for a king, if kings deserve any better food than other people, which is doubtful. Fried eggs are less wholesome than bniicd ones. An egg dropped into hot water is not only a clean and handsome, but a delicious morsel. Most people spoil the taste of their egg; by adding pepper and salt. A little "sweet butter is the best dressing. Eggs contain much phos phorus, which is supposed to be useful to those who use their brains much." Dr. Jacoby, of New York, says that children grow taller during an acute sickness?such as fever?the growth of the bones beiDg stimulated oy the fe brile condition. Cljf Ctes an) itoarrat. SPECIAL REQUESTS. 1. All changes in advertfcwme.its tans} reacli us on Friday. 2. In writing to this office on bibrinesj always give your name at?d postoalce ad dress. ? 3. Articles for publica-On should bo writ ten in a clear, legible hand, and on only on* side of the page. 4. Business letters and eoniDnnicationf to be published should be written on separat* sheets, and the object of each clearly in dicated by necessary nor} when required. J OB PRINTING jX>NE WITH NEATNESS AND DISP ATC3 TEKMS CASH. ONE DAY AT A TIM One day at a time I That's all it can be; No faster than that in tho hardest fate. And days hare their limits, however we Begin them to? early and stretch them too late. One day at a time! It's a wholesome rhymo, A gcod one to livo by, A day at a time. One day at a time! Every heart that ache Knows only too well how long that can seem: But ?.t's never to-day which the spirit breaks, It's the darkened future without a gleam. One day at a time! - It's a wholesome thyme, A good one to live by, A day at a time. One day at a time! A burden tco great To be borne for two can be borne for one; Who knows* what will enter to-morrow's gate? While yet wo are speaking all may be - dona One day at a time! It's a wholesome rhyme, A good one to live by, A day at a time. One day at a time! When joy is at height Such joy as the heart can never forget? And pulses are throbbing with wild delight How hard to remember that suns must set, One day at a time! It's a wholesome rhyme, A good one to livo by, A day at a time. One day at a time! But a single day, "Whatever its load, whatever its length, And there's a bit of precious Scripture to say That, according to each, shall be our strength. One day at a time! It's a wholesome rhyme, A good one to live by, A day at a time. One clay at a time? 'Tis tho whole of life! All sorrow, all joy, are unmeasured thereby Tho bound of our purpose, our noblest strife, Tho ona only countersign, sure to win! One day at a time! It's a wholesome rhyme, A good one to live by, A day at a time. ?7he Independent. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Ti e roller-skating rink is a good place to study ''fall" fashions.?Boston Bulk tin. He was a level-headed doctor who hired a house next door to a roller-skat ing rink.?Boston Courier. A poetess sings, "I have found what silence is." Her friends, it is under stood, are not so fortunate.?Boston Tramcript. The rain falls not alike on the just and unjust, for the simple reason that the unjust usually has tho umbrella belong ing to the just.?Puck. Every person has a role in life, and some people seem to think the only role they were destined for is to roll at the skating rink.?Boston Courier. "I read Brown's new novel- to-day,"^ she remarked. "How did it turn'dufP* ? he inquired. "Badly. The ending is very sad." "Ah?" " Yes; she married him." A Cincinnati man claims to have a wife so hot-tempered that he can light his cigar from the llash of her eyes. He made a good match when he married her. - Chicago Sun. The Baltimorcan says "a cleric is like a gun because he can be discharged." Ho may also get loaded without the knowl edge of the proprietor and go off unex pectedly. ?Pica \j une, During the past two years 30,00(7 roller skating rinks have been opened in this country. During the last year and six months 100 new court plaster fac tories have been established. ?Ecantville Argus. A member of Congress visited the rink the other night and put on the rollers for the first time. Ho was not invited to "take a seat on the floor of the house," but he took one, all the 6ame.?Norr?town Herald. Too young for suspicion. Edith (con templating her faco in the mirror)? ".Mamma, me fink Katie Jones is berry pretty." Edith (five minutes later)? "Mamma, me link me berry mueh like Katie Jones."?Harvard Lampoon. Upon this bald old Earth of sin, Which whirls from day to day, Th'ire are many things to make us grin, And laugh our breath away. Bu'; therd'a nothing will a man invest With mirth, and make him holler, Like finding in a last year's vest A last year's unspent dollar. - It is said that every convict in the Ohio penitentiary is compelled to write an essay each month. When he is re fractory his essay is read to him. The Ohio authorities are making the prison discipline more severe every year.? Graphic. "If man wants to own the earth, what does woman want'" inquired Mr. Grab of his better half, after a family matinee a few days ago. "Well, my dear,'' re sponded that lady in a gentle, smother ing tone, "to own the man, 1 suppose." ?Boat'iu Post. Gayly the rash young man Puts on thi* skates, Saying, "I think I can Astonish the States." Then ho strikes wildly out? Faster and foster; And with a hump and shout Yells for eourt-plaster. "Your honor, I am summoned to servo on the grand jury, but I wish you would excuse me." "What is your business, sir?" "lama coal merchant;" "You are excused, sir, on the ground that it would be impossible for a coal merchant to weigh a matter properly and find a true bill.? Chicago Netra. "You see," he explained, "I have a little railroad back here in Wisconsin. That is, I h ive organized one, and se cured the right of way across the two counties. 1 came down to Chicago to float out a little loan. I want a hundred thousand dollars."' "I sec." "Well, I've been here a week, and have'nt ac complished anything." "Why?" "Well, the best oiler I've had yet was to furnish me the money at twenty-two per cent, interest, and charge me .sixty per cent, commission for making the loan. What's left won't nay me for lying to the farm ers."? II'all Street New?. The Danger of Dycstuffs. The danger of wearing next to the skin articles of clothing dyed wi:h sub stan: c obtained from benzole and other products of < oal tar has been declared many times in letters from medical men both in this country and abroad, who have given instances of the ill effects caused through the absorption by tho skin of these irritating and poisonous compounds. Their warnings arc repeat ed and illustrated in a case of exhibits sent ?o the health exhibition in London by an authority on skin disease?. In this case are specimens of some of the beautiful aniline colors, rosnniline, mag neta, violet red, Bismarck violet, etc, and gloves and stockings dyed with the substances by which these Hues are ob? tained that, in cases coming under the treatment of the exhibitor, bad produced eruptions on the skin of women and children, in some instances of a vary severe chnracio.-.?Cletdan-l Htratit.