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r ,eaeer 4xa ct s ^."t7 '.rNi"1 "1C a.'l'} ;:'"' .' r:r ;' [11:'7 k-'I. "_ i11" 'h' !* .$' wP!"k{iT:''.1'r i i ?AC , "^N Y".r.. . , _ " r "III-WEEKLY EDITION. T T WII 1 SBOIRO, C., XPRIL 24, 1880. LU 1' A LI [TLE~. d Lift a little I lift a littlo I m Neighbor, loud a helping hand To that heavy laden brother. i Who, for weakness soaroj can stand. c What to thee, with that strong muscle, hh Seems a light and easy loa., c Is to him a ponderous burden, Cumbering his p.lgrim road. Lift a little I lift a little I sl Effort gives one added strength b T.at which staggers him when rising, il Thou csn'st hold at arm's length.,t Not his fault that he is feeble, b Not thy praise that thou art strong g It is God makes lives to differ, t Some from wall.ng, some from song. II Lift a little ; lift a little I e Many they who need thy aid, d Many living by the roadside, 'Neath misforune's dreary shade, Pass not by like priest or Levite, g Ileodles, of thy fe.low-man i h But, with heart and arms extended, p lie the Good Samaritan. -t Castaway.. i bi Wild and rocky were the sores of Rat- b tlesnake island. Viewed from a distance, b its peculiar formation gave it the appear- cG ance of a rattlesnake, coiled ready to 1 spring. Its lime-stone rocks were woin by b the ceaseless beatings of the waves Into 11 many grotesque shapes. Caverns were bi hollowed out beneath, and crevices dug 01 deep into the solid wall. Gnaily, twilsted " cedars overhung the highest points and v clung tenaciously to them, all regardless of b the cold waves of Lake Erie that flung ci their foam and spray far above them. In s8 the background were low trees and shrub- si bery in struggling groups, which, although bi relieving to some extent the desolate its pect, gave an additional feature of wildness i and solitude to the place. A single cabin of modest pretensions oc- ti cupied a spot sheltered by a point of rocks, n' where the hollow moan of the lake in its w rocky caverns seemed to answer the moan- gi Ing of the wind, as from low murmurs it. rose wilder and deeper and grander as the ; tierce Canadian blast from the northern shores struck with full force and fury, ri This cabin was the lhone of Ralph Hen- w derson, who with his family Were -the sole di inhabitants of the little island. The eldest k of the family was Minnie, a black-eyed su girl of eighteen, fair and as rosy checked as the bright berries that grew among the Y' rocks and ripened beneath the Indian snm ner skies. Affable and clever, and posess- J Ing perhaps not a few of the little wily arts ti peculiar to her sex, she had won the re- sl gards of a young tisherman, Torrey Weber, ii of an adjacent island, who very often when di threatened by a "squall" somehow found " It convenient to "fetch up" with his boat al under the lee of Rattlesnake island for 11' shelter, and it generally happenet that the ci squall lasted long enough for the young man to make fast his boat and go ashore. st There was an eagle's nest in .a high tree ah just back of the cabin, and in order to pass lit the time young Torrey would take a stroll w along the beach to the point if rocks oppo= ai site the eagle tree; and when, from acasual h' glance, Ie really appeared to be looking to- su ward the cabin, a second glance would re- nI veal the fact that he was only watching th very intently the circumvolutionsgf the old Il eagle about her nest in the top of the hol- li low oak, and very often when thus en- S gaged his vision had been rewarded by dt glimpses of the dark-eyed girl, to whom h " never failed to tip his "souwester,'' with in the profoundest of bows. However, as ci the tino wore on the occupants of the cabin cO began to think the young man a wonder- to fully interested visitor to the spot, and as the subject was alluded to in the presence vc of the young lady, a close observr might li have detected a certaim sly twinkle in her s< mischievous eyes. At last one beautiful October morning, r< Minnie was rowing along the shore, for she if could manage a boat quite well, indeed, as and "wasn't a bit afraid." rThe sunlight lay glInting upon the surface, the high wS mossy rocks weie festooned wit Ii the wild ai ivy and bitter-sweet, their yellow and al scarlet berries contrasting with the dark ai green of the overhanging cedars. Back of st these were groups of lichen-covered trees. ei Through their tops the, blue sky appeared, th in soft, isolated bits of atire. A sea gull Pi darted down to the water, anid, skimmmiug k( along its surface, suddenly rose; aij. satiledt away over theotree tops. Minnie followed pi it with her eyes until it was lost to) view. s< -'Theni eatchaing sIght of a stragglIng tree, wS its boughs all aflame with the gold and hi scarlet, the russet-brown, and the purple di tints of autun, she pulled in close to si shore, and, standing upon tiptoe, trIed to si pluck somne of the bright leaves. Budden- Ii iy she heard the (lip of api oar, and the si next instant a lighit boat shot out from the iS opposite side of the abrupt angle of thme ci -rock. She uittered a little exclanmatipn, of4 b surprise,4nd'iooking up found herse f fago c: to face with Torrey, who /apparenly; was "i as much surprIsed as herself, and so thro wn tI off his guard was he that he forgot not only hi to doff but even to adjust the "sou'wester" ir that rested upon the back of his head, the tf rim touching his coat collar. . . "Shan't I get 'em for you?" said 'Tor- E rey, as ho saw her holding faust to the trio ci of a limb. He did not wait for an sai-' I swer, but with a few vigorous strokes b brought the bow of his boat beneath the yt rocks, and, rising to his full lengtit, broke 'M off several branchies of the flamue-colored j leaves and handed thenm Wb her. 'She Y thanked him, and was about to pull away, a when a little wild autumn flower fell ? into -the wate'r.''Torrey instantly leaned over ii and picked it y~,p as it floated begween b them, lie pauded' a mnobient, their eyes si zha8t; lie raised the flower and pressed it t; reverently to hIs lIps, and then tossed it to a:J her. She took it disdainfully, and theni t( flung / away, with a pout upon her pretty fi lips. 'In he nxt instant. the two were puil. P hang in opposite directions. Tihe thiougpg f3 of both were busy. To:rroy, though re- a gretting that lie.lu4g "made such a-fgol of r( himself," found -it qsiLe' hihpoddible ' ii swallow the big lump that kept rising I4t :his, throat',:besidea, there was aT WerfelIr %h "gonobess' 19 the,rogion.of .the, heart thdt a h he had never beifore experienced. It Minnie, though very mauchi affronted at the liberty lhe had presumm~i.q*talroulf t not help wishing, after all, she had not St ,been qiuite so hasty, abd wondered wyhen Ir - Wok p Afeiey fa -60 el dar is wathe for the "Island f,-it he Island, It always kept at a respectable istatice, until the visits of boat or boat, an seemed a thing of the past. On the eastern extremity of Put-in-Bay land an old woman sat by hi'r warm xbin fire, busily patching up her "old ian's" coat. She had been watching the ouds that suddenly overspread the sky. he wind ha(t risen, a few drops of rain a ttered fitfully against the window pane. he doors rattled aLid shook, and the iutters creaked uneasily upl)onh their inges. The old woman ar ose, stirred the re, and, going to the window, glaiced off tthe ''bar" over which line after line of reakers were aIready swellig. "We're uin' to have another:nor'wester," she said herself. "1 pity the poor vessels that 0 out o' port." Then taking (owni a lse that hung in the corner, she took out I old sea captain's glass, and going to the or, adjus+ted it to her eye and proceeded sweep the horizon to see if any vessels ere in sight. Suddenly re-adjusting the ass, she directed it to some object that ut attracted her attention; a second gliune roved( it to be it small, open boat, far out., ruggling in the waves. It..lg1appeared, ton rising, reveuled a single oCcupant, ap trently the figureof avoniag '3udlenly tro l,in phe .han@cs,' tho-. d1 wpmann, ^i dsti U.tro-trted 'a ld the aidmof the shore toward a house on the sach beyond. As she approached a little >ve she cie upon two young men who Ld been changing the moorings of their )at to a more sheltered place, and were aking their fasteniigs as secure as possi e. One of the young 1men1 was 11011 her than Torrey, who, in h''s full suit of ilers," and "sou'wester, t' Iltdd like a !ritable Neptune. I lie olid wolil eathlessl pointed out over the while ested wa ers. At tif's nothing could be en, lut at last Torrey's quick eye caught ght of the dark object searcly porcepti c im the distance. "Take this," said the old wom'an, hand g him the glass.. "It's a woman;" e:cclaimued 'I'orreyy rowing down the glass aid. turning im e(liately tow4r0 one of the jovtswith the ords, "Let's go," loosened the chain, and, aspin Like oars. sprang in. " Oomta on,' J in, ' said Torrey. "D?on't atid there.'' 'No," replied Jim; 'it's no use f4r us to lk our liveq; nine phances out. one we ill go to the hottoih before wo get a hun ed yards from shore... A boat c'an't stand oked like his. coasted like a pirate tthout ili ia sCa. "Coward!" exchaimed'l orroy, ''I thought nt were more of a nmt." The words seenleml to str'lke honie, for i nnade a move toward the boat; but at at instant a trei)(endots wave cain rolling oreward. It struck the dock with a roar, uging the foatl high into the air, and eching them, sheltered as they; were ith a shower of spray. This seemed to ike Jim's determination, and drawing ck he gave to all 'Torrey's urgings a <de cied no. Under the impetus of a few powerful rqkes the boat swept from its place of elter In the cove, and in a few moiients id passed the line of white breakers and ais ip deep water,. wherQ alone and un ded; Torrey found 1lnsl f struggling tnd-to-hand with the sea.": As is usual in ,ch cases, an anxious group consisting of en, women, and children gathered upon e shores lie had left, where, despite the most watching.and discussing the possi lities and probabilities of the situation. ine thought the adventurer brave and ring; others thought, hin a "fool" for unning such a risk," and although differ g in regard to ''whys" and "wherefores," uses and elrects, it seemed to be con - ded by all that the chances of i safe re rn were very slhi iIndeed. "I always thought the dare devil would nture once too often, and I'll stake my e on it its all iup wit.h hhn this'time," ob rvedl Jhm. "'I"orrey was a .good fellow,"sald a ugh, weathmerbeafd saiilor. eulogizing as seeing Inl persp)ective, certain (100om vaiting Is young friend. The suspense was bruitthlosa. To the atchlers on the shore each mlinuite seemned hour. Meantime by hereillean streigth, ded by coolness aInd fortitude, and the ill1 of a practtised seamian, Trorrey pulled enaily againsk the great waves that threat ed to engulf hin, and ere long reached e drifting boat. As supposed, the occu mt was a woman, who, evIdently- in a nd of stupor, clung heh lessly to its side. Torrey.WM wit@i'aV.srt distance of his lze whien lhe was struck by a tremni 'ous a. For a m.huliit,. be sened over hiehneid; then the gbopt rightLed, anfl -rose tlf filled wit.h water. Hie looked for the ifting boat, it had disappeared; thenl.hie ,w it. again, close by, floating upon its cle, the wvoman clinging to the raiiling. I an inatat lie had shipped his oars, ized thle capsized boat, and rescued the omlan. As he drew her into the boat lie tight a glimpse of tile fa'ce; it was that of me.veri ,a strong ye soemed to (anioahh.ilt, lhI . row strong6ir an ever. Taking a piece of cord frotn s pocket, lie lashed the benumbed and al oaL inlsensible fqrml fast tq the'b.oat-,:a.nd, king up tihe oats, liulled to the ngarest >int of llattisnake Island. Theli dold ayes swept around - afnd 1 benddlb, and >vered them with Icy shleets of spray. Ike boatwaig ralmUJy fiilhigw1tW 'wa.ter, it still the nerves of steel grasped with eady. flrmnespt} lgigglpg ears. 41 nigtli they aplfproadhed the shore, where ere gathprqdJheo Ilendersona family. TI e )nhlgeriSmlember had( been wveeping, ait I were Ltumultuous with hope aand fear. ,A rope Was thrown as soon1 as the boat id aipproaecd near enough to take it,ad f this means was hauled in close to tl4 eep) rocks, up which Torrey with difleot ', bearing his precious brge fund ' cent. At this noiment flnel' was a fiau r of handkcehief 94,1 y ving of basts onm the dlistant~ g i dditpoh' fhe shores of ut-ia-.Bay Islanid. With glasses they had ayked 'AnJnutely every movemlent, and iralted anxiously the results. But Tor y never once saw or thought of those lhe d left belind, for his whole being seemed be wtil ceii ir 1f~r8y Jl, power. Traken to the warm cabini, the tuncoij MRP0'li9"h applcation of actl e~ Iimulants, was ere long resuscItated, an4 a fwhours jp~nr~yof recovery. at thle hospitabhl id~~ll as tho hearts t whm t g$ntdaddf 4 d etengthened and refreshed, was enabled to arise It appeared, in answer to inquiries, that Minnie had been out for tier accus tomed "row," and when at a distance from shore had dropped a row-lock, rendering the oats tiselesa, and being overtaken by a gale had drifted helplessly farther and further away, until discovered and rescued in the manner described. The fearful or deal through which she had passed was still fresh in her memory; but it was all over now, and seemed like a horrible dream from which she had awakened. As she passed Into the little sitting-room from her own apartment, she found herself alone with Torrey, none of the other mem bers of the family being in. ile was standing at the window when she entered, watehing the wavei that were still dashing. Becoming aware of her presence he turned suddenly toward her. their eyes met, as they had once before on that calm, bright morning by the shores overshadowed by the dark cedars and the bright autumnal leaves. In M nile's eyes was an expression of deepest gratitude. Approaching Torrey she held out both of her hands, which lie grasped within his own. Perhaps it was the reaction of yesterday's exertion, per haps it was the weakness, but tears invol untarily rose to the strong man's eyes. "Minnie!" lie -spoke her name. She looked up into his face and smiled. That was enough. No more words were neces sary. Leaning over he drew her close to him and pressed a kiss upon her forehead. "G.od morning," said Mr. Henderson, nodding cheet fully to the two as he came in from feeding his stock and stood rubbing his hands over the blazing fire; theti glanc ing toward his (laughter an idea seemed to strike him, foar he quickly turned about with a twinkle in his eye and a jocose ax pressiun upon his ruddy face. 1Well, Mlinnie," he said, ''how shall we reward the young man for what he's (on(?' A pause being the only answer, he con tiued: "if the storms hadn't destroyed my nets this season, and 1 had had better luck fishing, I'd give him a snug settin' up right away; but as it is, I guess he'll have to wait 'till spring, and take you for security." The color rose tJ'prry,'s cheek. There was a tlutterut ilS lioart, ahil a confused sensation In his brain, then, controlling himself, he replied bantetingly, "That If the old man and the girl was willin' to fix it that.way, he'd call it sqiare," and sure enough, it was "square," for before Torrey left the island, a few hours later, lie had the promise of Alinnie's hand, 'imd before the ice fields blocked up the channel, and tho island passages, the wedding was con sumnmat'ed, and Torry found himself con tortably ensconced with his pretty little 'wife in a iomue of his owtt, on the East Point of Put-in Bay Island. Years have passei since then. The place las become popular as a summer re sort ; daily steamers bring crowds of pleas utv' seekers, not only from all our inland cities, but from the Iast and West, and away. fron the "Sunny South," and sur .rotiided by all the beauty and attra lion of the place, Torrey has built a pleasant home, where by thrift and industry the soil has become a garden spot of vines and fruits, and If the lovers of romance who frequent this most lovely of nature's favored spots would take the trouble to search, they might still find Torrey in a tangible reality, a real, live matter-of-fact specimen of the genus homo, together with his little wife, who has ever been his choicest treasure. Raiway Management in France. Railway accidents are not common in France ; and for that reason the one that lately occurred at Clichy-Levallois caused the greater alarm. It was, perhaps, the first accident" since the famous one of 1842 at St. Germain (wherein Admiral Dunmont D'Urville and 200 other victims perished) which has been fully reported by the press ; and this circumstance is only due to its having taken p)lace at the very gates of Paris. Accidents which occur at a (dis. lance from the chpital are generally hushed uip as quickly as possible. A bald report Is furnished to the newspapers on the day after the casualty, a stIll balder one appears on the morrow, and on the third cday the public rceive intimation that the accounts of the-nackent had from the first been grossly exaggerated. This state of things arises from t,he fact that the fouir great rail way compamies have come to an under standing with newspaper conductors about the expediency of never terrifying the pubice overmuch. Every writer connected with a journal of any influence can, on ap plication, obtain a free pass on any line for a specific journey, and many have season tickets dlehtveredl to them gratis. These favors are also extended to a great number of Senatoi's, Deputies, Prefects, andl Sub Prefects, to artists, playwrights, and actors traveling cn-troupe. -The consequence is that the railway companies secure in a general way the good-will of all who write and talk most and ha,ve the paramount share in formIng pubild opinion. Against suchi a "Ring'a as tis outsiders have no chance. Whether they claim damages for accidents or agitate for improved comforts, t.hey are shouted doWih with a great clamor as soon as they attempt to b)e noisy. Some times an honest newspaper will take part with the aggrieved ; but i that case its bbntomporaries promptly acduse it of chantago, that bId of attempted extortIon. The same incans are used to slence railway ,reformers In Parliament. The well-mean ig critic Ist got at In the lobbies, and is told that it would be uinpatriotie to alarm the publi.c, that a -dihnntion of' railway traffic wotlkitend'to patialyze tradle, shake the Governmenit,'and so forth. Neverthe lcesp.ag absove sald, there are comparatively id6* hccidents in France. The State re .quires thmat' two;tAulrds of all the emoiers em 'ployed on'rdilwaiys shall have been soldiers, and the habits of discipline to which these men hi~e e been trained - make them really excelelch'servants. T Ihough routIne-ridden tg a point which exasperates Engilsh pas s6ngers, they do not 'sleep over theIr duty, and their digid en forcenment (of regulations which,are of.ten vexatious tends undoubt edllyto effect a great saving of humnan life. French railway by-laws are all framed on the rsandig ta Frenchma'n can not ~care dthimself. He mtzst be kept from leaving the waiting-room before his proper time ; lhe cannot be trusted on a phat ~;he must .exljibit ..lis tiqket s0 frdg h*ot'tao redr Jt htpqusib)e that. he e ~ud iLe travel in a wrong claa or ti, crie glaghoe.thau tg>-his ,r)5h f" qtia tn ___ppen __d__ A ten itoad WagoU. A steam road wagon has made its a: pearance in the West, which has created great amount of interest. By a doubi system of clutches and pulleys, one at cac end of the driving shaft, the power can b applied for speed or for slow work witl heavy draught. But the greatest tovelt, that has been Introduced into the machiner is a system of propulsion for use in case o ascending a steep hili. Taking an idle from the fact that a horse can draw a muel heavier load than its own weight, the in ventor has introduced two sets of levers thu correspond exactly in movement and In ti application of power with the two hind leg of a horse, the one alternating with th other, precisely as do the limbs of the aui mnal. The second important advance mad is in a device for the rapid geneeation o steam, which Is a marvel of Ingenuity, a well as a marvel of success. Uasoline i the fuel employed, and the flame is nn.t to play upon pumile-stone, which heats to whiteness, and thus not only creates a re servoir of a constant heat, but should thi (lamo be temporarily extinguished by a s.id den jerk of the machinery, as it is apt t< be, it is instantly rekindled. The puuiic stone occupies the fire-box, above whicl are arranged coils of pipe containing th< water, which are so arranged as to give th water both-!llteral and longitudinal motion, and to permit the sediment to settle in th lower pipes on the side of the fire-box where it can be readily taken out. A second and smialler boiler is used to generatc yteatt tirst, and this super-heated steam is conducted to a nozzle, at the o':d of whicl id below it is placed closely a secom nozzle. This portion of the apparatus ii similar to the atomizers which are so famil. iarly known and used in procuring tim spray from bottles of perfune, and the ac Lion of the steam atomizer is precisely sim. ilar to that of a pertume bottle. The jet of superheated steam, as it emerges froni its nozzle, meets a jet of gasoline vapor from the nozzle immediately below the stena nozzle, and steam and gas are together pro. jected Into the fire-box in that inflnitely divided condition so favorable to chemica' combination, resulting in intense combus tion and the rapid production of heat. Ai soon tli pulmic-stone -has thus been sulli. ciently heated, the atomizers are shut oil and the ordinary service jets are turned on. By this meanis steam can be generated fron cold water to i pressure of 100 pounds i four minutes. It may be added that th< "leg propulsion," if it may be so termed, can be used with or without the slow-motiot pulley, or the locomotive appartus may be entirely uncoupled, and the power appliel to driving a thrashing machine, with th wagon remaining stationary. Eathing Glass. le sat in a Now York Saloon grindin and champing the glass up with a noisi like a quartz crusher, while a dozen bar room frequenters encouraged him with con mtondations. "He's in first rate trim t< night," observed one. ,, neverruen nun a better," remarked another. "Good fo you, Bayer," "Chaw the juice out of It How's the flavor old man? Don't you wan some horse--radish?" and Mr. Bayer mas ticated deliberately on, twinkling his eye with horrible gusto, that made the unll tinted spectator's blood run cold, and hi flesh creep. When there was no more glas in his mouth to crush, lie slid his tongu out to exhibit that it was coated with a vir teous paste, and then washed the mes down with a glass of beer the bartende handed him. "What did you do that fort asked the reporter as the glass devoure sank back in his chair and licked is lip: as if with reminiacent regret. "Because was hungry,"- was the reply. "lunge for glass?" "No, beor. They wouldn' stand a drink for me, because they said was loaded already. So . eat the glass t< sober me. "And do you moan to say It sobers yoi to eat glass?"' "1, ye eat It for twenty ycars, and T ough to know, I guess. It's the best thing out It settles your stomach just like a seidlit powdler. I've chewed up a piece of glas when I've been so drunk I couldn't see and In less than half an hour I was al right." "What effect does it have?9" "It acts on me as a purge, always. believe It's better for that purpose thai medicine, and It ought to be used In the hospitals. You could have the glass grount to a powder, you knowv, and give it toi patient the same as any other purgative, in stead of sickening them with epicac or salts You mnight mix sugar with the glass anm make it real[mcoe to take. Why don't: recommend it? I have. I1 wrote to a pape here about it, and what do you think the: did? Why, printed my letter in an editorha headed, "Lool to Your Windowe' am said it must hate been written bys a lunatic I know that editorial was written by fool. I tol a friend of mine--a doeto up the street-of It, and asked him what had better do ?" "And what did he say?" "lHe said hold mlytongue, or I'd land or the Island in a strait jacket. And they 'cal this a civilized countryl What is the use o finding out a thing, 1 want to know?" Ani Mr. Bayer Ilegan to chew the stem of the glass up in disgust. Some one asked hini if !he could chew up a stone too. H< said, why not; chipped a 'fragment fromnt stone-china migt,cJ-holder, and. bsg ny, mas ticaiting It and'thi glass into a ~hAh. Ni patent sausage stuffer over worked witi more precision. A sight of the coloessa energy of that single pair of maxillary' would have driven a Wabash campalg orator frantic witt.envy. When Mr. Bay er finished his lunch, the reporter asken If it was easy to do? M4r. Bayer said; "Oh, yes. All you want is strong teeth Look here." And ducking his head without any peep aration, he nipped the back of a heavj chair between two rows of molars and jerk ed it up to a leveoiwith his face, where h< held It for a second straight out. Then h< sat it down, still without using his fiands draIned another tumbler of 1he beverage and lifted thse four-legged tableibfiWe edg< as he had the chiait. B3efore any one couk complhment him on his genihas ..tor politic he went on. "I saw A hap eat glass once when 1 wa a young fellow in Germany. . It was at counttry fatir. I thought I'd like to do it toojacowhen I went bomne I tried it. A tret I used to. cut myself, but I soon die covered the qaI so.cret of glass-eatinRl discovered it In the lfe of B#nevenuto Col lini, the groat sculptor., by Gcsthe, jo priest tried to poikon Cellini with o psOw tonp der, which was to be distributed in his food. The lapidary sold the diamonds and ground upine 10common glass. This was put ini a tdish of salad, and Cellini discovered it after he had eaten some. lie found that it was glass and didn't hurt him at all; while If it had been diamond it would have cre ated ulcers in his intestines, which would have killed him. Bo he experinented on dogs and eats, and found out that there's - no harm in eating glass, which digests and passes away " By way of emphasizing his lecture, Mr. Bayer took another nibble from what was left of the wino glass. le chewed, the reporter observed, carefully and slowly, with a powerful pressure of the jaws, that showed the nasseter muscles in strong masses through the flesh of his cheek. lie continued masticating till the glass was re duced to a powder and washed it down as before. There were no visible scratches either on the interior surfaces of his lips or his tongue. Ills teeth were not unusually large, but regular, set so close together as if they had been cemented, and with per fectly oven surfaces, which joined without leaving a space between them which a needle point could penetrate. A lead pen cll which was handed him ho crushed in half, grinding out a piece just the width of his teeth, With edges on the separated sec tions of the pencil just as smooth as a knife would make them. A lead half-dollar he bit in half, and lie made dents in a buz zard dollar that. looked as if they had been pounded there with a hamnmer. "Why don't you go in training for tie pie-biting cliaipiunship?" queried the newspaper rep resentative. Mr. Bayer shook his head gravely. "I don't like pies," he answered, "they ain't healthy.'.' He had reached the sixteenth beer on the new deal, and was loving 'y gling the bar mirror when the reporter departed. If some one don't give him pie in disguise, or serve him his beer in a diamond mug some1 day about lunch time, he will be an acqui sition in the comning campaign. The ilows of Sound. There is a man in Detroit who lives in a street where the houses are pretty close to gether. In each of the resideaccs beside him there is a piano; one is a very good piano poorly played, and the other is a very poor piano well played. These pianos are generally silent In the daytime and eloquent at night. They work-or play, rather-on the cat principle, as far a time is concern ed. It was about two weeks ago and the I night was dark and wet. The time was after twelve o' clock at night and the man in question wanted to go to sleep, but bang, bang went the piano on one side and tinkle tinkle ' went the piano on the other side, while the unfortunate victim tried i both sides and also his hack, but no slum ber rested on his eyelids. Then he became - profane. Exasperated at last., he arose - with a desperate gleam in his eye that > might have meant murder. lie slipped his a stockingless teet imo lils shoes, , rapped r h's overcoat around him, jammed an old felt - hat on his heated head, grasped an umbrel t la and sallied forth into the rain and the - dark, lie gently rang at the door-bell of the first house. The madame came won - deringly to answer the ltte summons, and held the lamp high above her head as she a gazed on the uncouth object before her a while she hastily called her husband. - "Madame," politely said our hero, "do a not be alarmed. I come with a flag of r truce-not too prominne ntly displayed per haps-but still a flag of truce. Could r hostilities be temporarily suspended on any I terms you like to name? It is now nearly [ three o'clock A. M., and if you could stop r that delightful piano for fifteen miites, t just to give me a show, I -."' The C door banged and the piano stopped bang ing. He then rang up the next p_arty. Wonder and amazement sat on thme faces of 1 the five inmates that all camne to the door to keep each othler com1palny. "Good evening," sweetly said the victim, "I have just concluded nmost-' favorable termis with the party next door but one, for 1the shutting down of their p)iano, for a time at least; now would you ---," Tihen that Idoor was also hanged and "silence hike a poultice came to heal tihe blo-vs of souind. ' Bull Tailng. I Now came somethig new-the -'"bull taIling,'' a sport peculiar in Mexacdo, and one that is a compromise with the scarcely ,more barbarous bull-fight. On the plateau I where the regiment had stood in line had gathered perhlaps one hundred and fity r. horsemen. Then forty bulls were dIriven up and corralled in a corner made(1 by a stone 1- wall that ran along two aides of the spaee. I There wvas a great deal of ordering and . preparing of various kinds to be gone i through with. Lassos wvere given a few p)re - paratory swings; in fact, everthing possible [ was dlone to gratify the delighlt of tihe Mex lean in showing off Is equestrian accomip lishinents. At last all was ready, although nothling had been clone for an hour except I to talk hond and rush madly about. T wo for three young fellows rode into the hlerd I and cut off a bull from Is companion, lie 3 was as wild as at deer, and away hle went I like the wind. Then there was a grand 3 rush, a thundering of horses' feet, a crack i lig and snapping of thle long dry grass, - until the leaders were up with the bull, A > long-armed rider reached over and grabbed i foP the tailk of tihe fleeing animal, whichl I reered suddenly, causing him to miss5 tIle * mark. A dozen others were in hot purstit, 1 and1 after several attempts one of them got - IoId of the candal appendage. A long, 1 silver-spangled leg was thrown over the tail of the bull, and as tile rider braced himself firmly In the saddle- and supk tile sptjrs into his horse's flank, the animal was thlrown in a twvinkling and went rolling i over an<d over in the grass. The bull was - done for. ils leg was -broken. No one 3 stopped to look after hIm, but eharged s uinother trying to escape. One in the melee a man was thrown. Another rider quickly threw a lasso over the head of the riderless a horse'whioh was leaving the scene. He I was movmng so rapidly, however, and was S so powerful that ho brought the lariat straIght with a crack,- and throw his captor, s horse, rider anId all, that rolled over each t other ' on the grass. I4 was an exciting scene; but.Genoral Grant observed the bll tI with a,)rolp le an4)another anintal bay - oneted bythe so c%gra, tnd, probably think lag tiat his preentce causej the oogiata. tion of the cruielty, he askd the Mayr o drive bqpe, and the "buliali" Was *I ehail never eefijta,gain," he reakd oh - the way back, I~ NIEWS IN BRIEF. -Quebec's two rIots i 1879 have cost city $19,000. . -'here are 34,034,000 hogs* in the United States. --England paid $12,000,000 for for eign eggs in 1878. -'ihe American half dimn.j of 1802 Is deoomed a bargain at $100. -Wild ducks 'have been known to fly over ninety miles an hour. -One Boston firm has cleared $100, 000 in loather since September. -Nearly 300,000 persons are employ . ed on British and Irish railroads. -A botanist says that there are 42, 000 kinds of weeds in the United States. --Insurance was in general use in Italy in 1191, and in England in 1500. -Of English farmers, 477 were bank rupt In 1877, 810 In '78 and 1,431 in '79. --Mine. de Lesseps speaks Tnglish fluently. She is 31. do Lesseps' second wife. -Arizona eontalns 73,000,000 acres of land, 5,000,000 of whlh are sur veyed. - Ditring the roar 1879 twelve nillion dollars worth of wines were exported to France. -The Western Indians still fear the telegraph poles, which they cannot un doratood. -About 46,00C,000 pounds of sugar were exported in 1879 from the Sand wich Islands. --T here are 07 silk mills In New Jer sey, with an annual product of $14, OU0,000 in value. -There are in round n umbers, $320, 000,000 on deposit in the New York State savings bank. -A number of prehistoric bronzes, found in anoelnt Siberian graves, are believed to be from 4,000 to 5,000 years old. -To give a state dinner lin St. Pet ersburg, a United States Minister must pay from $25 to $50 a plate, and even more. -Thie Germans in Paris, who are es timated at 40,000 to 50,000, have estab lished a weekly paper in their own language. -Chicago has 3,000 liquor salortns, at which $11,0(0,000 is spent, and Ill! nols 16,584, the annual expenditure at which is $52,000,000. -Cholera swept awaf Over 100,000 Japanese ii 1879, yet in 1878 the United States were horrified at a yellow fever mortality of only 14,000. --The Chinese Government has do terminted to establish consulates in Bus ton, Philadelphia and New York, for the protection of its subject. -It is estimated that nearly $39,000,. 000,000 were paid during the year 1879 through the twenty-two clearing horses of the United States.. -The value of imports of. eggs and poultry into Groat Britain amounts to $40,000,000 a year. 'T'hese products are said to come largely from France. -The men inI. tramming fdr the Harvard crew show the followit av erages: age, 21.4; weight, ,18.3 height, d9.7 inches; upper artq, 14 2. -Spain, in imitation of Francp, has just started an, art academy in Rome for Government pupils desiring to per feet themselves in sculpture and paint ing. --Dates were not afflxed to grants and assignments until the' year 1299, before whioh time it was usual to pass the properLy, he it what it might, with out (late. --The military and naval expondi ture of Europe' in 1879 amounted to ?100,000,000. Russia spent ?86,000,000, England ?31,000,000, France ?27,000, 000 and Germany ?11,000,000. -Th'ie 1879 "cat tle drive,' represents about $18,C00,000, a nil will Ilumnber 420,000 head-Te'o,as 250,000 anid Mon tanma andl Oregon 100,000'eacm, beeides a large aggregate of smaller fry. ifrom various localities. -The value of phurch propedy In the UJuited Stateos in 1879 is given at $5,000,009, anid should it continuie to Iucrease Ina the same propor'ti9n js in the past, its value in 100 will rdA i the suim of $3,000,000,000. '1' -The importationi of foreige? andi colonial wool for 1878 into 41titain amnountedi in the aggregate to 405,310, 913 lbs. Of th is quantity, 267,476,136 lbs. was Australiain; 31,081,408 lbs. Ca1pe of Good Hope; 25,806,525 lbs. -The his:hest inhabited plae~ ih the world is Galera, a railway village in Peru, 15.645 feet above the sea,. rear It a tunnei 3847 feet long Is being bored through the peak of the mon tald, 000 feet above the p)erpetual snow linC. -The Fnls people in ten months in 1879 drank the following number of gallons of wine: Sherry, 3,819:00; port, 2,892,000; claret, 3,403,000' pam. pagnie, 1,171,000;. SpanIsh red *Ine, 852,000; other kInds, 1,198,000.-gAUons. -Oahkoshm, Wig,, has the lat'gest match factory in the world. 16 cut up 2,000,000 f ee t of logs into matches andi used $300,000 worth of revenue afamps durIng 1879. BesIdes, It manufactured one-fourth of all the merchant-Work, sash, blinds, and doora made .ig the United States, -In the year '1875 thbre wdre'1,584 acres of eane in Minnesota, producing 70,470 gallons of syrup; in 1876 there were 1,095 acres and 72,489 gallons; in 1877, 2,200 acres and 140,168 gallons; in 1878, 3,207 acres and 420,000 gallons; in 1870, 4,024 acres, with the number of grallone not yet returned, but probiably 700,000. -There are 137 shoddy factories in Englantd, Scotland ahd Wales, There are no shiod dle factories In 1reland In England the number is 184, and ot land only 3. The number of spinning spindles is 83,702. In 1870 the number was 133,211. The number .of doulln apiridios Is 9,282, whIch Is a remaEbl Increase asmebmpared w'ith the diher . . in use In,I870 the number atti dato ' bei ng 68. --'The follo*ing am te l i by the different SAates*~hIf for hep y'6ar 1870' Mtia $80~O~ ke Feediag Snakes. As a feeder the snake is mighty irregular, and his appetite is always about four timet too large for his organs of digestion. 'They have long since found this out at the Zoo, Philada. Pa. Mr. Brown, the superinten. dent, is in a dilemnma to know how he will be able to find the proper food for the ser pent family under his care. The small species of land-snakes feed on toads, lizards, and grasshoppers, and other members of the insect and reptile world, and at times it is very dilicult to supply the demands of these insatiate "varnunts.'' The king and calico-snakes belong to this same class, but if a famine should occur these two species are cannibalistically inclined, and would weather the hard times by swallowing each other. In the big case in the snake-house are twenty-six boas, the largest of which is fourteen feet in length and twenty-six inches in circumference. Tie business of a captain boa is simply to load his stomach to repletion, and then tie himself up in a graceful knot and doze calmly for several weeks, while the spectatora gaze on hin and speculate on his easy job, and what they would do if they were to encoun ter hiun alone in a jungle, with nothing but at Barlow knife as a weapon of defense. Though not particular to a shade ats to what their diet may be, yet our Zoological boa is something of an epicure in his way. Nature has provided him, and other mehm bers of the reptile tribe, with an accom nmodating head, the roof of which, in a nianner, ifts off and allows the introduc tion of toothsome morsels that would crowd a quarter-peck measure to hold. Up to the present time these lmonster-b)oas have been fed upon rabbits and rats, and just now rabbits and rats are becoming scarce. They have been tempted with sportive and innocent little kittens; and an occasional pup has been placed at their disposal, and at times spring chickens and pigeons; but the boa cannot stomach I cat, has little appetite for the dog, and goes square back on the feathery tribe. lence it is that their diet is reduced right down to rats, with now and then a rabbit to regulate his liver. Every Zoological garden gro% ima nhense crol,s of rats, and rabbits are popped into the world in amazing numbers. But the appetite of the snakes at the Zoo have been telling on both families, and the pros pect is that the supply will shortly have to be obtained from the outside. Each of the twenty-six boas consume from three to four a mobth, and in the course of a year they manage to absorb about four tons of these little aihnmals. Not long since a prairie dog was forced into the cage, but the big snake only winked at him and allowed himt the liberty of the inclosure without moles tation. 11aving coiled its body about its little victim, and squeezed the life out of it, the snake proceeds to swallow it leisure ly. Having got it back of its jaw, it coils up gracefully, drops into a totpiu state and reainis oblivious to the peanut lmunchers and nervous old ladies who peer at it through the glass from day to day. Vourage In Di)esase. Many a life has been saved by the moral courage of a sufferer. It is not alone In bearing the pain of operations or the misery of confinement in a sick-room this self help becomes a vital moment, but In the mo notonous tracking of a weary path, n'nd the vigorous discharge of ordinary duty. flow, many a victim of Incurable disease has lived on through years of suffering, pa tiently and resolutely hoping against hope, or what is better, living down despair, un til the virulence of a threatening malady has died out, and it has ceased to be des tructive, although Its physical chiaracteris tics remained I This power of Agood spirits" is a matter of high moment to the sick and weakly. To the farmer it may mean the ability to survive, to the latter tlhe iossbility of outliving or living in spite of a (disease. It is therefore, of the greatest hnpiortance, to cultivate the highlest and b)uoyant frame of mind whiich the condi tions will admit. 'The samne enlergy whlichi takes the form of mental activity is vital to the wor-k of the organism. Mental lnflu enlces affect the system, amId a joyous spirit not only relieves paIn, but increases the momentum of life ini tile body. The victIms of disease do not comYmonly sufliciently aip plreciaite the value and use of "good spirits." 'lThey too often settle down in despair when a professional judgment determines 'the existence of some latenitof chronic malady. he fact that is probable thley will die of a par ticular disease casts so deep, a gloom over their p)rospect thlat through fear of dleath they are al11 their lifetime subject to bondage. The muliltitude of healthy per sons who wear out their strength by cx haustinug journeys and p)erpectual anxieties for health is very great, and the policy im which thley luadulge is exceedingly short sighlted. Atost of the sorrowful and worried cripples who dirag out miserable lives in tis way wold( be less wretched and llve longer if they were more hopeful. It Is useless to expect that any one can be reas oned into a lighter frame of mind, but it is desirable that all should be taught to undeor stand the sustaiig and often even curative power of "goodl spirits." Thle Ganie of Nlfteen vs. Twenty. "Whlat Is tIs puzzle of 'fifteen' they are all talking aibout?" asked Mrs. Meiroso, as her husband dropped into his easy chlair the other evening. "Well, I'll explain the principle of it,' he replied. "Suppose, now, you asked me for $15 to btuy a bonnet I" "Yes, that would buy a common hon net." "I give you the money." "Oh, yesi very much you dol I'd lIke to see myself get $15 out of you for.any such thing; You'd have about a thousand excuses, to keep me wvaltlng a month and then give me about $'I to buy a bonnet and a ton of coal together." "As I was. saying, .I give you the $15," he went on, a shade of sadness crossing his face. "Yes, in your mind." "Now, the game is to make that $15 get fifteen different articles, instead of one. You could buy me three white shirts, five collars, a pair of socks a silk handkerchief and a now pipe, m ag eleven articles. Your bonnet would make twelve, and the other three. articles could be, shoes for the children. Thousand. of loving wives au "T%~he ati eh Well, 'let 'cem . When, I got my hands om $1p of y9iou ey I'll arg4 gwn town and pilay thigin4 ol