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C0 IHK WIFK'S REVERIE. From a Saxe Holm story "Farm Bas sett's Romance." 0 heart of mine, is our estate Our sweet estate of joy assured? It came so slow, it came so late, Brought by such bitter pains endured; Dare we forget thosesorrows sore And think that they will come no more? With tearful eyes I scan my face, And doubt how he can find it fair; Wistful, I watch each charm and grace I see that other women wear; Of all the secrets of love's lore, 1 know but one to love him more! I sec each day he grows more wise, His life is broader far than mine; I must be lacking in his eyes In many things where others shine. 0 heart! can we this loss restore To him by simply loving more? 1 often see unon his brow A look half tender and half stern; His thoughts are far away, I know; To fathom them I vainly yearn; But nought is ours that went before; O heart! we can but love him more! I sometimes think that he had loved An older, deeper love, apart From this which later, feebler moved His soul to mine. 0 heart! 0 heart! What can we do? This hurteth sore, Nothing my heart but love him more! A CUP OF WATEE. Vouth's Companion. The Apaches are the most subtle Indians on the American Continent. Time and again they have outwitted the veteran eompaigners sent against them; and the skilful scouts, who have -n on their spurs elsewhere, have been completely unhorsed by those peerless knights of the plains. Some years ago, when a lieutenant of cavalry, I commanded the escort of a little train on its way through the eastern portion of Arizona from New Mexico. We were in the Apache coun try, and consequently were without any excuse for being taken of ourguard. When I add that we rode over a perfectly dry and level prairie, with only the blue line of the Zuni Mountains visible against the distant horizon, it will be supposed that the last danger we had to fear was from the red men. All our company were Indoldian fighters; but while we were passing across the parched plain, with the cattle train a half mile to the rear, and with our selves on the alert, we are utterly out--witted, and our friends disastrously, ambuscaded. We rode within a hundred yards of a large force of dismounted Indians without once suspecting the astonish ing fact. Some time later, when we were startled by sudden firing behind us, welookedback andsawour friends engaged in a fierce fight with a party -of Apaches. Where the swarthy as sailants came from passed conjecture. ' The country, for miles in every direc tion, as I have said, was a blistered plain. A jack rabbit would have been detected, as he whisked like a ray of light across the yellow surface, and yet more than a score of warriors had hidden themselves from our sight when scarcely a stone's throw away. We dashed back to the help of the undangered horsemen, but before we could reach them several were badly wounded, and the cattle were skurry ing southward in a cloud of dust. We kept up a running fight for several miles, but the raiders, a number of whom had secured horses, got away without losing a stolen animal, or leaving a wounded warrior behind. The Apaches, as we afterward learn ed, knowing the route we were to take, stretched themselves on the ground along the trail. Their scant clothing, and their bodies were the color of the earth upon which they lay flat and motionless. The dry, stunted grass was gathered about their heads and shoulders with such deftness that, as I have shown, we rode by the party without the slightest suspicion of dan ger. In the autum of 1882, Captain Arthur Burnham and fourteen cavalrymen, accompanied- by the young son of the officer, were riding at a leisurely pace along the foot hills to the west of the San Francisco mountains, which for many miles ex tend between New Mexico and Arizona. 'The Gila range lay far to the west, and the destination of the little company was Fort Apache,half a hundred miles to the northwest. The squad was fired upon from the rocks, and one of the soldiers was wounded. Suspect ing.from the sound -of the guns, that their assailants were weak in numbers, Captain Burnham and his men wheeled their animals, charged as far as they could be forced, and then, leaping to the ground, dash ed among the boulders. The warriors numbered only six who, ifinding they could not hold their .ground, turned and fled. Several were truck, but all escaped, extepting one, who was made captive. The taking of Indian prisoners is not a popular occupation ontthe border, and it may be doubted whether Cap tain Burnham would have followed the course which he did, but for pecu liar reasons. The Apache upon whom be fixed his attention was an Indian lad no more than 15 or 16 years of age. He was crouching behind a rock, which partly sheltered him, and re mained there until the captain was within twenty paces. He then rose to his feet, took deliberate aim, and pull ed. the trigger of his sun. An extraordinary occurrence saved the life of the officer. Duiing the brief but lively skirmish, the hammer of the young Apache's rifle was broken by a stray bullet, without tne owner ais covering the fact. His companions ihad fled, when he cooly levelled his piece and attempted to lire. The soft lick of thehammer followed, but there was no -A. With the r - - woi derful self-possession, he lowered the weapon, glanced down, and observing the cause of the failure, flung it aside and turned to run. "Don't shoot!" shouted thecaptain. "He's mine!" The officer was unusually fleet of foot, and having leaped from the sad dle, he ran after the young Indian with the impetuosity of a panther. Yet with all his cleverness he would have failed, but for another curious mishap. The moccasin of the Apache slipped on a stone, which rolled under him, and he fell on his side. He was up again like a flash, when the captain struck him between the shoulders and sent him sprawling on his face. A sec ond time the lad bounded to his feet, but the irongrirj of the pursuer was on his arm. He struck a vicious blow at the captain with his knife, which nar rowly missed slashing the captain's face, but the weapon was wrenched away, and the writhing young wildcat was helpless. The prisoner expected no mercy, and he would not have asked it had he known it would have been granted. When he was pinioi:ed, and could struggle no more, he submitted with the sullen stoicism of his race. "There's no trusting the spitfire," said the captain, retaining las hold and assuring himself that no weapons were concealed about the prisoner. "We'll bind him fast." His arms were securely tied, and he was forced, with very little gentleness, upon the horse of the officer. A rope was then looped tightly around each ankle, joining under the belly of the mustang, and with one arm around the prisoner's waist, the captain and his men set out on their return. Young Jack Burnham was greatly interested in the captive. He was about the same age as the Indian, and despite their different blood, more than one remarked a singular resom blance between them. The Apache, who was christened Zidda by his cap tors (because an exclamation which escaped him sounded like that word) wore his long, coarse, black hair loose about his shoulders, had very fine teeth, was swarthy of complexion, and his eyes were as dark as midnight. The wife of Captain Burnham was a Spanish lady, living in San Antonia, Texas. The son inherited her dark color and handsome features. His hair was long and silken, and his movements were as easy and graceful as those of Zidda. The Apache, however, was bare from his shoulders to his waist . Below was a pair of gaudy Mexican trousers, brilliantly-beaded moccasins, while a heavy golden bracelet adorned his right wrist. A faded silken sash encir cled his waist, and, as a rule, the han dles of a couple of knives protruded therefrom, while a cartridge box was suspended from his shoulder by a string. The rifle which he cast aside, like most of those used by the Apaches, was a breach-loader of the latest im proved pattern. Jack wore a stiff-brimmed sombrero and a short cloak such as are often seen in Spanish and Mexican coun tries. When mounted on this fleet mustang and speeding over the prairie with his long hair and his Cloak flut tering in the wind, he formed a pictur esque figure. The novelty of Zidda's company wore off in the course of an hour or two, and the general opinion prevailed that the best thing to do was to despatch him, thus creating one vacancy at least in the horde of un tamable red men. Capt. Burnham felt no disposition to show the savage lit tle fellow any mercy, and there can be little doubt that Zidda would have been shot but for the intercession of young Jack. He saw the proposed crime in its true light, and begged his father that Zidda might be held a pri soner. The Apaches have white women and children, and we can exchange him for some of them. Sucha daringboy must be highly valued by his people." "We have been discussing the mat ter." said Capt. Burnham, "and under some circumstances we might try to turn him into a Bland dollar, and force him into circulation; but it may be several days before we reach the fort, and more than likely he will give us tne slip after all." "JLet him do so. "He will pay us by leading a party who will take every one of ourscalps." We run that risk so long as we are on the plains." YOU 11 get over this sentimentality before many years, but on your ac count, I'll consent that he shall be kept a prisoner until to-morrow. i'hen we ll toss up to see now tne bother shall be ended. Camp was made in an open spot that had been used for the same pur pose more than once before. It was close to a stream of running water, where enough succulent grass grew for the horses, and where, with the bright moon riding high in an unclouded sky, it was not believed that tne .apacnes could surprise them. Jack Burnham stood in iront oi tne captive while talking with his father. The young Indian's eyes flitted from the lace oi t he parent to tne son, wren an intentness of interest that the oth ers remarked. The words were in the mongrel Spanish of the Southwest, and though it was unsuspected at that time, Zidda understood everything said. Turning his back upon him, the captain walked to where the soldiers were grouped. They talked over the events of the day, and expressed their opinions about their fiery little cap tive who sat cross-legged, with his hands held forcibly behind his back. "Is there anything I can do for you? ' ' asked Jack, in the same mongrel Spanish, scarcely expecting that he would be understood. "Si, senor," was the answer, in alow voice. "What is it?" asked the amazed Jack. "I am thirsty," answered the Apache lad. "You shall not be thirsty long?" exclaimed the other, running to the stream, from which he dipped a cup of roiled water. When he returned, his father and friends watched the proceedings with amused interest. They saw him advance to where Zidda at on the ground, and place the cup to his lips. The Apache met . with considerable difficulty in drinking without the aid of his hands. At first the good Samaritan did not in cline the cup enough; then he tipped it too much, and the contents ran down the coppery breast of the cap tive. "I sufferfor water," said he, looking up; "I cannot drink from the hand of another. Without hesitation, Jack whipped out his knife, and bending over the lad, began carefully cutting the thongs between the hands. "What are you doing?" demanded the captain. "He can't eat or drink with his hands tied," called backtheboy, look ing sideways over his shoulder at his parent, while he continued work with his knife. "I am not going to unloose his feet." The instant the young Apache felt his hands freed, he caught the knife of his friend, and, with a single lightning like sweep, cut the cords between his ankles, threw himself backward, land ing upon his feet, and whirling about, was off like a shot. Two of the cavalry snatched up their guns and fired at him, but the young Apache vanished with such swiftness that no time was given to aim. The astounded Jack clambered to his feet just in time to catch a glimpse of his new acquaintance as he clisolved in the moonlight. "My gracious!" exclaimed Jack, with a quizzical look, "I didn't suspect he meant to do that." The others laughed over the discom fiture of the boy, and assured him that in case of attack, Zidda would take particular pains to claim his scalp. As for gratitude or friendship among the Apaches, or, indeed, among any tribe of Indians, the mention of the thing was enough to excite laughter. The bronzed campaigners took such precautions that, although in a dan gerous country, and with unmistak able evidence that the Apaches were hovering in the neighborhood, they were not disturbed during the dark ness. On the morrow, at an early hour, they were in the saddle, heading to wards Fort Apache, which point they left three days before. By easy riding (in case no interference took place), they expected to make the post at nightfall. Some twenty miles from the camp, the trail approached a rocky spur of hills which put out from the moun tains. The place had been the scene of more than one desperate fight, and was always viewed with misgiving by those acquainted with its associa tions. As the front is generally accepted as the post of danger, Captain Burnham placed himself there, compelling young Jack to keep well to the rear. On the left , the ground was so rough and stony that a mountain goat could not make his way over it with any thing like comfort. It will be seen that it was inviting cover for Indians, though the hiding places were by no means numerous. At the critical point, fire was sud denly opened on the troopers. The Apaches aimed so well that three of the horsemen were struck, though they kept their saddles. Capt. Burn ham and his men wheeled, and leap ing to the ground, dashed in among the rocks, routing out the treacherous red men, and shooting as fast as the targets presented themselves. The Apaches were not numerous, but they fought fiercely, as they al ways do. Captain jaurnnam ana nis men had been taught in the school of General Crook, and they speedily scattered their assailants, who leaped or dodged from boulder to boulder with an aailitv that saved many a dusky marauder for future forays. The troopers leit in cnarge oi tne horses called to the others, who in stantly returned. The red men had regained their own mustangs and by a dextrous manoeuvre, separated Jack Burnham s from the others, vvnen thecaptain and the rest of his men sprang into their saddles again, they saw the boy urging his steed to the ut most and pursued by a dozen mount ed Apaches, who were forcing their animals to the highest notch. "That's all on account oi tne cup oi water given that young imp," mutter ed the officer, compressing his lips; they have sinsled out my Jack lor capture that they may put him to the torture; come, boys, hot work awaits us!" Teavins? their wounded comrades, who could not stand the terrific riding, the troopers dashed after their leader, as eager as he to save the imperilled youth. The picture was a tnrimng one. w the distance could be seen the black mustang of Jack Burnham stretching away on a dead run, head extended, mane and tail flying, while the cloak and hair of the rider streamed in the wind. Less than 200 yards behind the fly ing fugitive, were the Apaches thunder ing after him. All were splendidly mounted, and there are no finer horse men in the world. The singular double race had con tinifed only a few minutes, when the fearful truth became manifest; the Apaches were better mounted than either the fugitive or their own pur suers. They were steadily gaining up on Jack Burnham. The boy was seen to glance affright edly over his shoulder several times, but he, too, kept his mustang running as he never ran before. His flight drew him into a narrow valley in the mountains, weioh led, no one beside the Apache could tell where. Jack inherited the coolness of his father. Seeing that he was losing ground, he abruptly wheeled almost at right angles, and dashed into astill narrower valley or gorge which pre sented itself. This manoeuvre shwt him from sight of friends and foes, for a minute or two, but the latter felt that the strusele was already decided, and save utterance, to many shouts of exultation as they thundered after him. A croan escaped Captain Burnham, whose face was white as death. No one spoke, but with the same resolve in every heart, tney pumgea into tne gorge after both parties. A brief, fierce run and the race was deciced; the Apaches had overtaken the fugitive. The troopers saw the mustang and its rider, his hair and cloak no longer flying, surrounded by the red men who had captured them beyond all chance of escaping. Still Captain Burnham and his men pressed forward, but in a short time not an Indian was visible; their match less mustangs had carried them and their captive beyond reach. There was much of the Roman sternness in the character of Capt Burnham, when, finding it wasahop.--less chase, he wheeled his horse, and gave the order to withdraw. The troopers galloped down the gorge in silence, their mustangs streaming with perspiration and foam, for the day was a scorching one, even for that latitude, and the beasts had been forced to the uttermost verge of endur ance. "Halloo! halloo!" The squad of cavalry were near the point where the gorge reopened into the valley, when they were halted by the sight of a bareheaded figure,stand ing motionless and waving its arms as if to attract their notice. A second glance made known the astounding fact that it was young JackBurnham. A minute later he was clasped in tne Curing Wild Beasts. Visitors to the Zoological Garden during the last week have been struck with the general air of debility among most of the animals. Nearly all of them either moved about listlessly or else moped in corners and refused to move at all. The chimpanzee kept her blanket tightly drawn around her shoulders all through the week, and no dainty could tempt her to leave her favorite corner. Even the monkeys were less clamorous for favors and the toothsome peanut palled on their usu ally insatiable appetite. The larger animals, and especially the carnivora, suffered even more than the little ani mals. The lions and leopards stopped their ceaseless promenade and lay all day long with their noses between their paws watching events through their half-open eyelids. Superintendent Brown explained this state of apathy among the animals. "There has been more sickness among the animals during the past week than at any time in the history of the garden," he said. Contra ry to the rule, there was very little suffering among them during the heated spell, but as soon as the break- arms of his overjoyed father, and his j up came, and the mercury took such a wonderful story was told. j ternoie mmimv, uenuy eveiy nuuwu Despair was in hisharrt as he wheel- j felt the effect of the change, and almost etl lllUSLfcllJg lllbu Uiic f,ji., uiv throw, but it is less subject to nervous shock than the other wild animals. Philadelphia Times. THE CURSE OF DRINK. at the critical moment, Zidda, the young Apache, ran out from behind the rocks, and, flinging up his hands, called to him in Spanish to halt. In a twinkling, Zidda explained that he meant to take the jlace of the fugitive. The cloak of Jack was trans ferred to his shoulders, his sombrero clapped on his crown, the young In dian vaulted upon the back of the panting steed, and called out : "Hide yourself! I do this for the cup of water!" In what manner Zidda made his explanations to and peace with his vengeful country-men will probably never be known, but that he succeed ed is nroven bv the fact that he was a majority of them were taken sick. The camels were thegreatest sufferers. Every one in the garden was prostrated with dyspepsia and a general derange ment of the alimentary canal. One of them is still very ill, and it is not ex pected that he will recover. Three or i iour oi tne carnivora are sick anu one i of the pumas were very ill with cholera j morbus. He refused to take any j nourishment, and the only thing he i could be induced to take was an oc ; casional swallow of water. We tried i for two days to give him a dose of bis ! muth and opium, but we had to give it j up. The medicines were diluted with water until it was impossible for the human palate to detect their presence, but the puma discovered it at the first Edward S. Ellis. seen and spoken to by Jack Burnham ; sniff and refused to touch it. He himself more than a year latter. I didn't eat a morsel for five days, but he is coming around an ngnt now. At last he consented to eat a nicely broiled spring chicken, and I think he will be himself again in a few days. Anotherpuma was greatly prostrated, and I am afraid he is too old to rally. Bennett's wallaby, a variety of the kangaroo, caught a severe cold at the time of the sudden change and died, after a brief illness, of pneumonia. Personal Mention. Ex-President Haves is said to is said to oe much annoyed by the frequent letters he receives asking for informat'on on questions about poultry and eggs. There are over fifty ladies in Minne apolis ivhn earn nav taxes on S100,- One of the sea lions was prostrated 000 worth of property. 1 by the heat just before the cold wave , , . . , , came, and probably died of congest- once said to a lady friend' "Don t be too anxious about the education of your daughters. They will do very well; don't teach them so many things; teach them one thing; teach them to be easily pleased." "For fifty-three year3," says Gen. Toombs, "my dear wife was my con stant friend, companion, and adviser. We traveled four continents of the world together and visited many is lands of the seas. Now she is waiting for me, with the same sweet faith she so well illustrated here." Lord Duffer in, says the Calcutta Her ald, is of opinion that the diplomacy of the world will soon be in the hands of Americans. Nearly every member of the diplomatic corps who gets to Washington, tries to bring home an American wife. Mrs. Lockwood, who ran for Pres ident last year, anounces, by au thority, that "woman is coming to the front." Where in the world has woman been all this time, before Belva came? Mrs. Langtry is said to pay her hus band a monthly salary for keeping his distance. A good many wives would be glad to be able to secure an apartness on the same terms, though not, it may be hoped, for the same reasons. It is related of the late Stanley Hunt ley, humorist, about whom there nas been much newspaper gosssip, that while a mere boy he set about culti vating his imagination, adopting de vices that were sometimes uecmuuiy startling. One of his favorite methods was to smoke tnrougn tne uones oi a skeleton. The skeleton stood upright in his father's study, and young Hunt ley putting a pipe between the jaws of the thing and his own arm aroisndthe bony waist, would puff at the pipe by means ot a stem twining uown anions the ribs. Seated thus, he would read such tales as the "Gold Bug." but he never became an Edgar Allan Poe. Diseases Absorbed by Clioiera. I have inspected sites where cholera has prevailed, and so far as my limit ed knowledge informed me I could come to no definite conclusion as to the causes producing the disease in one place and not in others. I could not find it m surface and visible nitni- ness, in pointed water, nor in impure rivers, nor in over-crowded and hlthy dwellings. There were all these con ditions, hot no cholera. Then, as to individuals, some oi the cleanest men I have ever known have died of cholera. It has, however, been noted Dy meai cal men that cholera, like the rod oi Aron when thrown down before the rods of the Egyptian magicians, pro- dnfAfl a. RM-nent which aevourea an ion of the brain. I made a post-mor tern examination of his body, and could find no other cause of death. ! The chimpanzee was also severely af fected 'by the change. She caught a , cold in ner head and refused to eat ! anything except an occasional piece of I banana or orange. We have had her for three years, and this is only the 1 second time that she has been ill. : During these spells of sickness we treat her the same as any human invalid. We never try to force her to ea.t, but simply wait until nature asserts it self, and then tempt her returning ap7 i netite with any little delicacy she i might crave. At one time she went ; three weeks without tasting a morsel, except a few pieces of fruit, but when her appetite returned she ate like a pig. Many of the small animals are seriously indisposed, but most of them : are simply suffering with disordered 1 stomachs and loss of appetite. "In caring for sick animals Ave gener- ally rely on the ordinary veterinary '. treatment. We use very little medi cine, beyond an occasional tonic, as tringent, or laxative. In many cases the administering of medicines I works more harm than good. I ' find our best reliance to bein careful watching and dieting. Aside from the ' harm the medicines might do a wild animal there are other considerations against administering them that are much more important. In the first place it is hard to tell what is the mat ter with a wild animal when it is simply i off its feed. It is not practicable to feel its pulse, listen to the beating of . his heart, and do various other things ! usual in diagnosing a case in a human ! being. j "It is generally a wild guess in de 1 termining what ails a wild beast. I When you have decided what ails it, i however, the next question is, 'What ! shall I give it' Drugs have a different effect on different animals. A dose I that would kill one animal will have ; no effect oro another. But, even if you 1 know what to give it, the next and . most serious- question arises, 'How j shall I administer the medicine?' "The greatest difficulty, of course, is met with in giving medicine to the larger animals. The process is always ' attended with danger, and in many instances the patient dies either from j fright or shock to its nervous system. : In order to administer a dose of medi ! cine to a wild beast it is necessary to 1 bind it down, with ropes, and when it : is firmly secured drench it in the way ! practiced in dosing horses. Tins treat I ment always results in a severe shock to the animal's nerves and frequently ! Tvroriiiras death. A wild animal will not permit itself to be handled like a domesticated animal. It will always lash itself into a fury, and in this lies the danger of overcoming it by rough measures; and still this is the only way that it can be dosed. "Their sense of taste is so pe'tly developed that they can detect any foreign substance on the instant and will refuse to touch their food. Of course, it is often necessary to throw animals for the purpose of autting The Inventor of a Noted Fire-Extinguisher a Pauper. Recently the almshouse has num bered among its inmates an old, gray headed man, of about 68 years of age, appearently in the last stages of chron ic alcoholism, and presenting in every respect the appearance of complete physical, if not mental, decrepitude. Yet, if the story told by the aged pau per be true, he has in times past oc cupied afar different position, his name being familiar throughout the length and breath of the United States as that of the inventor of the Bab cock fire-extinguisher. To an inter viewer who visited him at the alms house he gave a sketch of his life his tory, beginning with his birth at Koch ester, N. Y., in 1817, from which place, at the age of 5, he removed with his parents to Mount Vernon, Iowa, and later to Mansfield in the same state. At the age of 21 he graduated from the Pennsylvania University of Med icine, but did not practice, entering in stead, into the mercantile business, at first in partnership with his father at Indianapolis, Ind., later on his own account in Dayton, 0. He was very successful for eight years, but in 185-1 his good fortune deserted him, and after suffering a number of reverses he went into liquid ation. Going to New York, he secured a position as a dry goods clerk and remained there t wo years, during which time he married. Going back to In dianapolis, he purchased with his sav ings an interest in his father's busi ness, and for six years was quite suc cessful. At the end of this time reverses again assailed him and heretiredfrom business with but 2,000. While in Indianapolis, however, in 1860, he had patented the fire-extinguisher, which grew out of his exper iments in chemistry, tor which he al ways had a taste, and after his failure he endeavored to do something in the way of disposing of it, while acting as traveling agent for some Cincinnati tobacco and liquor firm, but met at first with but poor success. However, about a year later, he leased the right to manufacture and sell the extinguish er to Peabody & Co., of Chicago, for five years at $5,000 a year, and im mediately thereafter came to San Francisco. He ran the old Buckeye hotel, on Market street, for a while, practicing medicine also, but, being burned out, removed first to Oak land and afterward to Peta luma where he kept a store for a while, finally failing. He retrieved himself by suc cessfully speculating in Monterey lands with his annuity, and about this time lost his wife, which bereavement im mediately preceded the first step of his downward carter, since it led him to try and drown his sorrows in drink. Having once entered upon the path of vice, he pursued it to the end, spend ing the proceeds of his annuities in drink. Before entering uponthedown ward course, however, with the mon ey derived from his land speculations he purchased farms in Yamhill county, Oregon, for his daughter and each of his three sons, where, he believes, they are all now living in prosperous cir cumstances, though shame has pre vented him from applying to them oi late for assistance-. He was first sent to the almshouse three years ago, re maining for six months, and being again sent out in- July of last year. Between times he has wandered about the country, and the writerremembers seeing him in 1883, wandering about the streets of Santa Rosa, Sonoma county, in the lowest stages of drunk en pauperism, his arrest for vagrancy, etc., being a regular weekly occurence for some months. San Francisco Call. t Ua -.tViOT sM-nents. So with cholera When this is prevalent all minor dis- their claws or paring their boofs or eases are absorbed into. it. What in i making any surgical operation, but ordinary times would be a simple ; we- airways employ a great ueiu oi cure bowei complaint merges into cholera, i in- securing the animal. An excess in living which would pass "Recently we had occasion to throw- in a. bilious headache ends in chiera. , a zebra, and it took seven men to ac Tlie Power of Morphine. From the Boston j?OBt. A storekeeper in a certain New Hampshire town, has for some days been on the verg of having 'em, and has been letting up on whisky and tak ing morphine powders. The otier night some of theboy killed a rattle snake and caught two er three striped snakes, a couplo-ei frogs, a turtle or two, and about dusk set theminfront of thestore. Then the storekeeperwas quietly inveigled to the door and led into conversation. Prsently his- eye alighted on one of the snakes. Look ing about he saw another. But he kept on with the-conversation. Then a turtle caught has eye, and then a frog, and then another snake. Bathe never weakened a bit till he saw the rattler twined aaownd a lamp-post. That settled him. "You must excuse me a minute," he said, and ha- went into the store- audi took a morphine powder. While he wts gone the boys took the snakes away. Hecameback, took a satisfied look around, and said, "Morphine's-a great thing, isn't it?" Over fatigue and. a disordered stomach which would bmoUified by an aperient and rest, if neglected.resultsincholera. A consideration of these facts should induce extra caution and immediate attention to any disordered state ol the stomach, and for more serious all ment consultation wuh the family doctor. Sir Robert Pimlinson in tin Pall Mall Gatette. somplish it without injury to the ani mal. A full-grown camel can kick as hard as a whole train of government mules. Many animals we cau't han dle at all. For instance, yon can't lasso a polar bear, as his neck and ankles are larger than his head or feet, 'and the rope would naturally slip off as fast as you could slip it on. Tha elephant is. the hardest beast to From, tha- Town Records, of Sa lem, Mass. The town records of Salm contain some quaint and curious entries, as that in July, 1644, "that twoe be ap pointed, every Lord's diay to walk forth in time of God's worshippe, to take notice of such as either lye about the meeting-house or that lye at home, or in the fields, and to take account of such and present tbem to the mag istrate." In 1676: "Three consta bles areto be at the three great doora of the meeting house, and allow none, to go out until the exercises are finish ed. One constable is to keep the doga out of the meeting house." In 1694: "To keep people from sleeping; in ser vice time a man was appointed that wholly tended with a short stubbed stick, having at one end a knob and at the other a foxtail, with which he would stroke the women's faces that were drowsy and with theother would knock unruly dogs and men who were asleep." Correspondence. N. Y- Evangelist..