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WII 1 SBOIRO, C., XPRIL 24, 1880.
LU 1' A LI [TLE~.
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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