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Waiting-. ? "When nil the happy woods and hills ? Are tilled with summer's melodies, I "When the oold hand of winter stills The rippling streams, the whispering trees, My heart unchanged pings still ono song, "My love, my love," the whole year long. * & For all tho mystery oflifo, ^ The hopo of dawn, the night's despair, The greed ol gain, tho lust ot strife, * And grinding want and gnuwing care, ] Lio drowned beneuth tho sunlit sea t Of my great joy?Bho lovoth me. { The suminor winds that como and go, T u:..- ?. . . ? juuuKuiiiK iiuout me snauy ways, The waters in their ebb and flow Havo still one voicO through nil the days: "Love mocks nt lime, lovo laughs at fate!" I wait, because she bids mo wuit. Nor would I wondor if sho catno, - In any plnco, on any day, From out the sunset's crimson tlumo, Or down the morning's misty way; Nor dream it more, nor find it less, The marvel ol her loveliness. ?Longman's Maguzlnc. TEE DENTIST'S STORY. Ail up-town dentist was surprised one morning last week as he entered his office from an adjoining parlor by the apparition of a weary-looking young man in a dress suit, who was i c reclinincr in t.VlP Oiinapimm rktiop*it ? n cr I . _ o ? ?I ? ^ chair, and smoking a cigar. The den- r tist had been prepared by his servant r to see a professional vfeitor, but he f was totally unprepared for the visitor's 1 luxurious, free-and-easy attitude. As f the young man recognized the dentist s through the aureole of smoke he re- s marked, with the tranquility of one t who is used to that sort of thing: "Doctor, I want a tooth filled." 41 The professional gentleman, who also looked a little weary, took a nee- s die-like instrument from a marble I shelf with his tight band, and, with ^ his left, gently pulled down the young man's chin, disclosing an interior that s fairly glittered with gold. As the i dentist put his head closer to the d young man's mouth and tapped gently i n on the only tooth that seemed to have g any of its original structure left, he became aware thnt his nnMnnf. haH i . been drinking. As the dentist made t this discovery, which furnished him i with a reason for the unexpected visit, \ and attitude, the young man found i out that the dentist was not a prohibi- c tionlst. t *'1 suppose," said the dentist, tapping j s the tooth again, "you want gold put J n in this?" Ig The young man nodded affirmative- ! g ly. The dentist noticed, as he tucked a a towel under the young man's chin, \ that he wore a massive gold watch 1 chain, diamond shirt studs, and a big I solitaire ring. He mentally concluded s that the young man could alford to s pay $50 for having his tooth repaired. I An energetic agitation of a little c Bteel probe in the hollow of the bad c tooth dispelled some of the young fc man's weariness. k "I should say," the dentist observed, 1 as he inserted a revolving tool, opera- e ted by a treadle, into the cavity and h worked it around with great enthusi- c asm?"I should say that the gold in h your head is worth a snug little sura ?" \ The young man made a sound indi- c eating that it was. c The dentist's liquor, apparently un- c like the young man's, was speech-pro- s voking. a "Who filled them ?" he inquired, as t he withdrew the tool and let the pa- li tient spit out some part of the super- \ fiuous tooth. \ The young man languidly answered, d as if the dentist were boring him as e well as his tooth, that it was a certain t well-known dentist g "Is that so?"' said the tooth mender, s ,with a surprised expression. "Why, he and I were partners less than eight c years ago. He's a good dentist; one of d the ornaments of the profession, sir. I 41 once had a very funny experience with r one of his customers?very funny." A look of distress came over tho t young man's face. But the dentist's liquor spurred him on, and he began ? in the style of a man who had told the g story before: 1 "I was crossing Broadway at Twen- > ty-eighth street one rainy summer i night about five years ago, when a cab } came dashing along, spattering the mud right and left. Just as It bound- t ed over the crossing the head of a? i does that hurt??the head, of a pretty \ young woman protruded from the " ] Ouch 1" exclaimed the young man, 1 starting up in the chair. "You struck a nerve. Why in the deuce " 1 "I beg your pardon/' said the dentist, backing away as if he expected 1 the vounar man to.nifc/?h int/\ mt I?think not~-I don't believe the nerve is exposed. But if you will be , calm and permit me to look, I wil) find out;" and the dentist introduced a little looking-glass into, the young man's mouth and examined the tooth. "No," said the dentist, confidently, "the nerve is all right" Then he got to worl: vith the revolving tool again* ind resumed his narrative, notwKV standing the frown on the young nan's face. 1 "As I was saying, just as sho put ler head out of the window her teeth, in upper set, feli out in the mud. I j law her handkerchief raised to her nouth and her head disappear in the larkness of the interior of the cab. I ricked up the teeth, and, after wiping hem off with my handkerchief, put ,hem in my pocket." The young man's face showed, for he iirst time, a glimmer of interest in he narration. "Of course," the dentist went on, "I sxpected the cab to turn around directy, and 1 waited on the corner to have he pleasure of handing the teeth back o their lovely owner. But I was disippointed. The cab rattled right on. ! took the teeth home and examined hem attentively. I recognized them is the handiwork of my former partler and myself. They were a valuable et, and as I turned them over and >ver under the gaslight I recalled the ace of the young lady for whom we, ny partner and I, made them. It was he same face There, I guess that ? vill do." And the dentist withdrew j V* rt 4- 1 1 : A ?. .. 1 i 1 1 ~ UO UUS.&lUg bUUl, illiu gUlUg LO il 1ILUO ] j iupboard took out some cotton, a box < >f gold foil, and a little automatic ammer. As he returned to the young nan's side and began the final work of j illing the tooth, he noticed that the l ook of weariness had almost vanished t rom the young man's face. lie con- j tructed this as an invitation to re- < ume his story. lie ventured to ask \ he young man where be had left oil. ] "I think," answered the young man, j 'that you said it was the same faoe?" j "Oh, yes. It was the same face I j aw at the cab window. I went to { ied and dream 3d about the young E vornan." ] "What?" exclaimed the young man, t tarting up in the chair. Then notic- x ng the interrogation points in the E lentist's eyes, he became calm, and re- t narked, 'Excuse me, but that nerve ] jave me a tremendous thump." "Well," continued the dentist, as he ammed in the gold, "the first thing hat I heard after breakfast the next norning was that a young woman was vaiting for me in the office. I had an ntimation that I would see the owner if the false teeth, and when I opened he door leading to the ofllce I saw her itting there, a vision of perfect woininhooil, except a set of upper teeth. >he was in a tremor of excitement. >he said she was (hold your head buck i little) driving home from the theatre vith her young fellow (that didn't lurt, did it?) when she lost her teeth, ler young fellow (keep your head teady, please) had never known that he wore false teeth, and she feared to et him know under such circumstanes, so she clapped her handkerchief ver her mouth, pretending that she tad a sudden attack of neuralgia, and :ent it thpm iint.il Imr vrmr?r? -follow . "A- *'V/A1V"T eft her at her door. Living in the lext block, anil knowing that I had telpeil to make her lost teeth, she ileided to come around, and, if possible lave another set made before night, vhen she expected her young fellow to all on her again. I made a hurried ast of her mouth, and told her lo ome around four hours later. While he was absent I polished up her teeth . little. When I handed them to her hat afternoon she said: 'Why, they ook almost exactly like those I lost. I yonder if they will fit as well/ I adised her to try them and see. She [id, and I never saw a woman look nore delighted. I never told her that hey were her lost teeth, and (Don't ;et impatient. I will be through in a econd,) I guess she never will know." "Oh, yes," said the young man, heerily, as he got out of the chair the lentist having completed the process. 'She will know to-morrow when she eturns to the city." ine aenust loosed as it somebody vere about to pull all his teeth out.. "By the way," said the young man, you didn't finish that story. You forgot to mention that you charged the ady $150 for the teeth. I don't know what this job is worth, but, whatever' t is, you may charge it to my wife, f'm the young fellow you spoke about" The dentist stood in the middle of ,he floor gating in a bewildered way it nothing as the young man picked ip his hat and walked toward the door. He bowed politely before going out, md remarked: x/uvvui) nuuu liiv? bU lUttttU uougges- i, tion at parting: by keeping the brandy I aut you will keep your professional secrets in. Good dayl"?New York Sun. Gloucester fishermen from New- 1 foundland aver that on several occasions this season they saw a spectro Bhip skurrying over the water. She was of 9trange build, her sails old and | not a soul to be seen on. deck. Once when about to ptriire a rock she, suddenly disappeared from sight. They were very much alarmed at the'apparition. m&WC-i* '&'}&& ?' 1 ria-i? V'-32. usefulness of birds. Information for Farmers and , Fruit-Growers. -? 11 &.n Investigation of the Feathered Tribes j 1 of the United States ! , The ornithological branch of the ag lcultural department, recently estab- j ished and put under the charge of I J Dr. C. Heart Merriarn, is beginning to ! irrive at results. The idea is to ob- ' ;ain exact and reliable data about the !ood and migration habits of different rfrds, so as to furnish information which will be of advantage to farmers wi(l fruit growers. One thing that is jeing established is a grand route nap, showing the movement of differ;nt Winds of birds. It has been found * ,hat the threat number of birds in pass- * ng over the country do not spread over 1 i wide area, but that they have certain 1 jeaten tracks, so as to speak, that r .Iiov nlwtivo 'I1!.***. ?-4~v> 1 ...wj ? II HJ u I.vitv/<v. JL IICV llclVC CDUrtU* ished routes which their ancestors 1 lave been traveling over for hundreds 1 )f j'eiirs, and have regular places to c stop for refreshments. They general- 1 y follow the low lands, keeping by a iver when they have one in their course, or go along the coast, and they % ilways follow exactly the same course, fear after year. Here comes in the 1 nvestigation of food habits. Stom- s ichs of birds are being received b.v 11 -he thousand and examined. The 11 jrofessor says: "The most desperato * iriminal we have had to deal with is ? he pugnacious little English sparrow. ^ Me makes no defense whatever, and * le has been convicted and sentenced 0 ;o death. He has been caught in the 11 ict of committing most terrible depre- ^ iations, and upon examination his Sl itomach has been found to be overoaded with stolen provisions. He is he worst of all tfce feathered crinii- ^ lals. His conviction was upon very si itrong evidence, but more damaging n estimony is coming in every day. tl lere is an affidavit which sets fortli tl hat an immense oat-field has been v lompletely stripped of its crop by iin- si nense bands of these impudent little d obbers. $ "The crow has appeared in his own ei iefence, and has made out a very good g sase for himself. He is very intelli- v *ent, as are all the starling family. " Ie pleaded guilty to eating corn thai $ las just been planted, and acknowl- 81 idges that he steals a chicken occasionilly and eats eggs, and that he has iven gone so far as to steal silver ,x ipoons and bright, sparkling jewelry. N )f which he is very fond. But he proests that he makes ample returns for P ill of these deDredation* liv rionHnn t< >ut bugs and worms and grasshoppers, hat if left alone would do much more ^ larm than he does. He claims that he h s working the farm on shares, and e] tsks for his own subsistence only a 0 /ery small part of what lie saves to w ;he farmer. He is a very profound 0 sird, and seems to have the best of the Ci jase. An analysis of his stomach C( shows a very small percentage oi Train. In fact, the English sparrow," 6 continued the professor, "is the only u >ne that has been convicted. All the v est compensate in some way for their ivrong-doing, and in the balance oi ;ood and bad the good outweighs the S sad by a great deal. 1 "The robin is an invaluab le bird d ind the meadow lark is harmless and u lappy, his sweet voice cheering the $ )arly-rising farmer. When all the ri ;ases on the docket are tried it will be tl :ound that very few birds could be dis- y sensed with. Too many have already tl seen condemned on circumstancial ev- tl dence. Farmers see flocks of birds in 1* heir grain-fields and at once conclude 1 -hat they are eating the grain. In H -his way they accused the bobolink. J r ivent into Virginia with my gun v lot long ago. The Farmers told me c jobolinks were devouring their grain, t' [Jreat numbers of the birds were in thf' tl ields, apparently eating the grain, ii 3ut I shot about forty of them, and when I examined their stomachs 1 found not a Bign of grain, but any j( lumber of insects. They were not j, ijiting grain at all, but freeing it from t lestructive insects. However, when j ihey change their feathers and become j rice birds, they change theif good hab- j, its, also, and become very destructive to ^ the southern rice plantations. In large 9 rice fields it keeps two men busy shoot- j ocr them all dav loner, each man imincr _ , W W O' o M up sixteen pounds of powder in a 8 week." ___________________ j "Herr Professor." "Why don't you address the profes. 8 |ionwith mister?" inquired a long- c haired German of an American friend 1 who had just greeted an acquaintance j with "Hello, Professor 1" "Now in my country we always say Herr Profes- ( or." , . * "Hair professor! well by jove, that 1 accounts for your professors being so 1 well supplied with it."?Arkansaw { Traveller. " * .v.;rvi '" ;; ' ': TOPICS^OF TIIE~DAY.' - ~T f According to the statement of a a Madrid music journal, uo professional c pianist became a victim of the cholera t Bpidemic in Spain. One can easily un- t ierstand that some piano playing a would scare off even the cholera. o European sugar refiners have lately "3 liscovered in Central India a forest s :ree which seems likely to come into s jeneral use as a substitute for the cane r ind the beet. It is called the Maheva, e ind abounds in Southern Hindostan. a Its blossoms yield an immense amount t >f juice, which is easily converted in- o ,o sugar of an excellent quality. ii t In a paper on the rule of the road, b rom a scientific standpoint, Sir George t Campbell, a member of the English t >arliament, maintains that the most b latural and convenient method for all 1 ight-handed people is to turn to the a eft on meeting others in the road, as b S done in flrfiaf. "Hrif.ain inat-.onrl r?f tt urning to the right, as we do in this ountry. He opposes the proposition o make a change in England. P v There are seven sisters in Xew York ? d vho possess 608 inches of raven hair, ^ ind a statistician recently computed tj hat their combined hair, if placed in . ingle strands, would reach over 160 _ (t uiles.They put their hair in silk bags at fl( light to prevent it from tangling. The ^ ather of these girls, Ilev. Fletcher lutherland, ha3 been pastor of Metho- ^ list Episcopal churches in Geneseo, ^ jyons and Lockport, X. Y., and is the ^ nly survivor of President Buchanan's naugural dinner given at the Na- ^ ional Hotel in Washington, at which rvm n "* kiuc iuiKj quests were poisoned. aj The statistics laid before the ^ rational Butter, Cheese and Egg Asociation at its late meeting in Chicacro lust have made its members feel that j.. liey were something more important ^ tian flies on the country's coach- ti, heel. It was asserted in those ai Latistics that the annual value of ^1 airy products in this country was a, 100,000,000 greater than that of the q( ntire wheat crop, and $120,000,000 ^ reater than that of the cotton crop; rhile the amount of capital interested ir i cows was said to be greater by j0 40,000,000 than that invested in bank tocks. ill y< According to the latest official state>ent published by the authorities of ^ tussia, there are in that country not ;ss than 14,00'J square miles of oil- ^ roducing land, but of this vast terri- gj sry the field at Baku is the only one. h rorked, and even this covers only the mited space of some three and onealf square miles. The output is uormous, and the fact is stated by ne who witnessed the opening of a n rell in that locality that a column of ^ ii spurted to a height of 100 feet, ^ arrying great stones with it, the ilow ontinuing until a large lake of petro cj >um vas formed. The product is re- ^ ned on the spot, the residue being r( sed as fuel for steamers and railas rays. p tl In the cotton mills of the United a, l*ates in 1870, there were employed w 34,860 people, men, women, and chil*/.? 1 T-l- ' * icn WU1UIUCU. AUC UUiUUUl P?1U in rages per head, on an average, was 288.10 for a year's labor; or at the j, ate of 92 cents per day for 313 days, hie number of working days In the ear. In 1880 there were employed in tie cotton mills 172,544 people, and S< hey received in wages for their year's ibor $243.65, or $44.45 less than in 870, or about 80 cents per day. Now, f we allow for a 20 per cent of a t eduction in wages since 1880, it w rould leave the average wages of ach operative 64 cents per day; while be consumption of cotton between he two periods of 1870 and 1880 had acreased 40 per cent per head. nr Dr. Barthelemy of Paris is of oplnon that the symptoms of hydrophobia aj a man are mainly due to the(imaginaion and the irritability of the patient. rj le himself had introduced his finger nto tbe throat of a mad dog and drew ^ b out covered with frothy saliva; in jr trying it he observed that he had a q light excoriation on his finger. He C( ightly cauterized it,. hut, ten days if ter, he experienced a sense of contriction about the throat. He felt tlarmed; the difficulty of swallowing t< n.creaued until he could not drink si inything, and the sight of water t< saused spasms. The will, hovrever, t< vas strongly exercised, a^d at the end r< >f three weeks tbe attack was maa- g ered. This is not an unsupported p experience, there being at least one d >ther notable cure by sheer will- g power. "Will-power, by the way, has fl ilso been successfully exerted to over- a :ome the effects of a venomous reptile*s tl rite. b or " r ' -s*" ?*? 7 A village in Switzerland, more than Ive thousand feet above the sea-level, md surrounded on all sides by snowlad mountains, with a climate where he thermometer often stands at wenty degrees Fahrenheit in the day, ind below zero at night, does not > eem to be quite the right place foi I onsumptive patients to winter in. j fet, such is Davos, where, for man 5 j easons recently, doctors have been | ending their patients with the best | esults. These results are due to the xtreme dryness and purity of the ir, the dryness removing catarrh ol he bronchial tubes, and the absence ; f organic matter in the air prevent- i ng irritation and breaking-up of lung , Issue. Patients are recommended tc j tegin their stay in the place during he Summer, so that the coming Auumn may acclimatize them and enale them to bear the cold of Winter. ?he place has plenty of amusements, nd the only fear is that it may ecome over-crowded, when its benets must surely disappear. Type-Writing. The type-writer is generally suposed to be a machine of recent in- i ention, but it really dates as far back s 1714. One Henry Mill obtained in bat year in England a patent for a 4*l%rfc4- ... ..1 .1 4t... -It- -? ? * ovjii/o tudu wuuiu "wnto in prmicu | haracters, one at a time and one [ fter the other." There is no de- ! ^ription of his device to be had now, ut it is no doubt true that Mill's inention was the parent of the present ppe-writer. The idea seems to have kin dormant for over one hundred ears, when it was taken up again by arious inventors, who sought at sunI ry times to embody it in a machine i lat would work satisfactorily, but pparantly without success until 1S67, 'hen a firm in Milwaukee made a rpe- writer that was actually used. To such perfection has the machine aen brought that even the mbst deliled and intricate statements, con lining column after column of o;ure3, can be readily made with it, ad in a neat and business-like form lat is impossible with the pen of the verage writer. Its use has opened a eld for women who have to earn their ving that never existed before, hey are naturally expert and skillful i using the fingers, and they readily arn to use the type-writer with great ieed. A number of schools havb Ided it to their regular course, and aung men who learn to use it find it ir easier to obtain situations. Charles eade said : "I advise parents to live their boys and girls taught short.und writing and type-writing. The lortnuaa writer wno can type-write is notes would be safer from poverty lan a great Greek scholar." The speed with which an expert aerator can rattle off words and ntenees is wonderful to one who has ever tried to use the machine. The ngers play with a swift and ceaseles lotion over the keys, accompanied by le monotonous "rat-tat" of the maline, and sheet after sheet of neatlyritten manuscript is taken from the >ller, from two to three times as fast ) an average penman can produce it. ew people write with a pen faster lan twenty or thirty words a minute; 1 expert will bring out of the typeriter fifty to eighty words in a minte. "What, then, must be the value ! a clerk who is an expert at both iorth and and type-writing ??Chicago imcs. A Good Kemcdy. Hostetter McGinnis met Dr. Perkins Douover a few days ago on Austin renue. "I avn much obliged to you, doctor, r that tonic you gave me," said Hosstter, taking the learned physician armly by the hand. "So it helped you, did it?" Helped me? Well, I should say it id. I never had anything brace me p as that tonic did." "How many bottles did you take?*" "I didn't take any myself. Catch le putting such stuff down my throat, fhen I want to commit suicide I'll go t it in a different way." "But I thought you said you expeenced beneficial effects from it." ' "So I did. I gave the stuff to my ich uncle, who had just made his will 1 my favor, and now he is no more. >ne bottle of your tonic knocked him aid."?Merchant Traveler. Cant be Cremated. You can't destroy a false set of 5eth in the retort of a crematory, lys an expert This I deem one vic)rv of art over nature. Our own jeth we o&n reduce to ashes with tl e ?st of the body, but false teeth and old plate hold their own. Silver lates or any other substance used by entists will disappear, but 4k000 derees of heat have been turned on artlcial teeth without destroying them, nd the gold rivets in the teeth after hat heat Aas been applied will also e found intact i e *" s ,v<;. , Av \ '* *^v ' ?~? 1 ?mmmm- ? CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS. An Indian and a Chinaman are part-. nera in the stationery business in a Nebraska town. A foot-pound is a force which will raise a pound one foot, and 33,000 of these foot-pounds make one horsepower. A new industry has sprung up at New Orleans. Heads of large lish are dried and sold for table and mantel ornaments. I A pearl as large as a pigeon-egg was shown in Paris recently. There were 114 others in the bivalve from which, it was taken. l*rof. Bin7, finds that coffee is an absolute antidote to alcohol, if it be taken in a sufficient quantity. Dogs saturated with caffeine could not be made drunk. The divining rod is still believed in, and used in some parts of England. It is said to have been successfully used a short time ago In finding water on the premises of a brewer, where tugging and boring had failed. An Italian astronomer declares thatthe planet Mars is peopled bj' intelligent beings, who are trying to attract attention from dwellers on this planet, lie is now engaged in making experiments with a view to discover what the messages mean. Statistics show that dogs go mad no oftener in dog days than at any other time. If anything, the number of cases is somewhat greater 5 spring. The bite of a rabid cat is moie surely fatal than that of a rabid dog. It is a mistake to suppose that a rabid dog fears or shuns water. In the early stages of the disease it drinks freely. Later it delights to seek the water and plunge its nose in, but is unable to swallow a drop. A joint or gimmal ring was anciently a common token among lovers. It was generally made of two or t,hrp.f? lioops, so chased and engraved that, when fastened together by a single rivet, the whole three formed one design; the usual device being a ring. When an engagement was contracted,, the ring was taken apart, each spouse taking one, and the third one being presented to the principal witness of the contract. Cattle ou the Truck. "Do we try to avoid killing animals? We do when it is possible," said an old engineer. "But if it is impossible to stop the train before reaching them it is dangerous to lessen the speed, for when a train is moving slowly a big, healthy steer is sometimes enabled to derail it. If I see 1 can't stop before leaching the animal I pull the throttle wide open and let her go. In going around a curve one night eight miles from Davenport, on the Rock Island, I saw a steer standing on the track. He did not move, but looked straight at the headlight. 1 opened the throttle and the next moment, hit-. Mm t -f?it the jar. He was literally chopped tc pieces and the particles of fksh covered the headlight, so that I could not see until the next station was reached. The engine was covered from the pilot to the tender with blood and pieces of flesh." "The worst animal to encounter on a railroad track," continued the engineer, "is sheep. Even if they are on the outside of the fence they will venture on the track when the first opening is reached. And the one that takes the lead is followed by all the rest. Hogs make a bad mess. I hit a drove one day while running fifty miles an hour. Realizing I could not stop before reaching them I let the engine have all she could take. There was a slight jar and a moment later the porkers were flying in every direction to the sides of the track and over the engine. A" As the animals began falling the firem a r\ aornoof !* Uiuu MUi &ciuaiACU| X Uli^ IS coming down.' That engine was the bloodiest and dirtiest ever taken to a> shop. They were two days cleaning it."?Davenport (la.) Gazette. Cotton's Many Uses. Nothing about cotton need be wasted. The iibre having been separated,, the seeds are again "linted," all the cotton adhering to them being removed and sold to the cotton mtfn. Then the hiiaba ova mmAitoil anA naAil A.a? uupao (4i o ?VU1VT?U UUV* UOVU J.VI J UW in the furnaces on the premises. After the seed is ground, cooked, and pressed, the oil being extracted, the refuse forms an oil cake, which is shipped in large quantities to Great Britain for food for cattle. Last of all, the ashes have a virtue of their own, and are sold at a high price. The oil goes to Chicago to make butter and lard; to Cincinnati, where an illuminating oil is made from it, and lo an Eastern city to bo made intopuro olive oil for salads. It is already- \ taking the place of lard in cooking, greatly to the advantage of everybody. Inferior grfedes serve as the ba[ lis for the best soaps.?New York Sun. BBBMBflSBBiHMBBfilBBMMBM