Ul)rrttri of t'Wea Prison.
. sv a correspondent, looks
Sl,8nrv from the water, but the vision
1 ''nil nn landing. The streets aro
..!, not moro iuu -
feYide and the houses overhang,
.Vr-rlr touch overhead, ut-
.(;.,rout the sunlight; ana, In
ion 'to being narrow,- are reeking
i with Tha sodan chairs aro the only
of' conveyance used here. They
irricd by tw0 men wb0' 'honever
Jet a customer, start off on a run,
Tyt;nff in a sort of a sing-song tone:
SSSr inpr! Heavy lugerl Oh.ga!
flJ.i'luKerrin one of the principal
ncWiires I saw a constant stream of
1 im clairs, the bearers chanting all in
SJe and keeping military step-and a
tnresque procession it was.
P shsnfihw old town is completely walled
mil the gates are just as I have seen
!um in pictures. Over one gate was the
S of six criminals, with the pigtails
incing to and fro with the breeze.
After passing through this gate, I made
n mv mind toavoid the disgusting sight,
Renter the city by another road, but
the (rate through which I passed this
" bad four heads over it, and I am
old that all the gates are decorated in
he same maimer.
I went to see six Chinese pirates be
aded yesterday. The open square
here all the executions take place was
fliM with Cbineso of all ages and condi
tions and a few Europeans among them.
prisoners were the most forlorn
tarveling9 1 ever saw, and betrayed no
more fear at their approaching fate than
if thev wore to be spectators of an execu
tion. ' A huge Tartar officiated as execu
tioner, rle was armed with a native
urord, and stood on a small platform in
the center of the square. After the
criminals, with their hand tied behind,
Dad been taken upon the stage, the exe
cutioner took one of the pirates by the
arm, brought him to the edge of the
platform, hit him a sharp rap with his
hand on the head, which caused the poor
fellow to bow his head, and then the ex
ecutioner's sword went up, was poised in
the air a full minute, and with a swoop
the glittering blade descended, and the
criminal's head went flying off in one di
rection, and the body in another. One
dv one the others met their fate in the
same wav, tho Tartar making very short
business'-like job of it, merely turning
to receive tho plaudits of the crowd af
ter each head rolled off, and responding
by a grin, which showed every one of
h'is teeth. But tho stolidity of the poor
wretches was beyond description. Not a
musclo quivered, and even when waiting
for the blade of the executioner to fall I
could not detect a sign of emotion. The
crowd seemed to enjoy the sight im
mensely, and sot up a yell of delight at
sack cut of the Tartar's sword. I am
told that executions are common here.
Sickened with the sight, I went down
one of the roads, and coming to a prison,
went in. Of all places in this world, I
believe there is not one where so much
ahject wretchedness can be seen as in a
Chineso prison. Tho prisoners serving
out sentences get but one meal a week
from the authorities; the rest of the time
they are fed by thoir friends, if they have
any, or by the contributions of visitors,
or they starve. ,1 had not much money
with me on going in, but came out pen
niless, the poor creatures so worked on
my fooiings. Some of the prisoners had
lostahand, others were heavily ironed,
and all wore the same pinched, starv id
look. I saw three women in process of
execution for murdering a man. They
were hanged by the neck in a sort of
wooden stocks, so arranged that their feet
could just touch the ground, and were
left in this condition till dead. Some
times death ensues very soon, but oftener
a day or two passes before the poor
wretch dies, as there is no pressnre on
the neck. I waaglad to get away from
this place, too. But the piteous tones of
the poor prisoners begging for "cum
sliaw," (a present) ring in my ears yet.
Catching a Hare with Hook and LIuc.
They had a grand coursing match at
Merced, Cal., and, after two or three
byes an!l go-byes, tho human partici
pants of the sport were very much an
noyed by the remarks of a lank, cadaver
ous specimen, who had been fishing in
the lake near at hand, and who had left
his angling to watch the work of the
hounds. This party amused himself by
making surcastio and coutemptious
remarks regarding what he considered
the stupidity and folly of going to all
that expense and trouble in killing a few
hares
"What on earth," he said to the ref
eree, earnestly, "why on earth don't
you kill the hares with a club instead of
taking the chances on the dogs catching
them, when you could save them all
with half the trouble?"
"Oh, you go to blazes!" said one of
the dog-owners, impatiently.
"But just reason about the thing,"
expostulated the lean economist. "It's
a clear loss of two hares out of three.
Now, if you must use dogs, why not
pnt say twenty rabbits into a barrel with
a rat-terrier?"
"Oh, dry up and mind your own
Business."
"Yes; but I hate to see you wasting
o much good meat. Now how would
it Rtrike you to bitch the next hare to
this trout-line before yon let it start. It
can't get away then, and, when the dogs
fall behind, all you have to do is to bear
on the reel and kinder slow it off.
Now"
"Will nobody put this man off the
grounds?" yelled an umpire.
"Put your Aunt Middy off," retorted
the practical fisherman. "Fact is. your
dogs ain't worth four bits apiece, any
ay. Bet $40 I can catch a hare better
than thev can by casting this line every
time."
"Done!" says the Judge. 'Tut up,',
and to the surprise of everyboby the in
truder at once covered the money the
Judge Lad handed to a bystander, and
then began reeling out his line and get
ting his pole ready for a throw, while all
hands crowded to" watch the resnlt of the
nngnlarwacer.
low, men, snouted uic reum,
the hare was released, and the next mo
ment the Judge's hat flew off and his wig
dangled out in front of the crowd on the
fisherman's hook. There w as a terrible
row after that, when the latter claimed
the com on the strength of the "hair" be
had caught; and, if it hadn't been
shortly dweovered that the ntakeholder
had lit out with the purse, the meeting
onl J bave ended in a free fight all
Wound. ,S'. F. lt.
A Typical Turk.
During my perambulations in Smyrna
I was caught by the ingenious face of a
handsome Turk, who sat smoking on his
stall, with his legs coiled under him,
with an air of supreme complacency. Ho
was a vender of tho perfumes for which
"Araby, tho blest,," is famous. It was
pleasant to stand and sniff the mingled
aromas that surrounded tho spot. Jars
of various essences and boxes of spiced
shrubs emitted a fragrance ravishing to
the nose. As we examined his sweet
sented wnres, I glanced occasionally at
their owner, whose countenance con
tinued serene and impassive. He might
have passed for a statue, so perfect was
the repose of his features and attitude.
There was not the slightest indioation of
solicitude as to our intentions. Wo
would buy if the prophet so ordainod.
We purchased some attar of roses and
other extracts, which were no cheaper
than in Faris, but far more genuine.
After the parcels were make up, I felt
inclined to have some chat with our
marchand. Though sedate and reticent,
as all Turks are, yet there was a frank
ness in his visage that was encouraging;
and so I bade my interpreter to ask him
if ho could be tempted to leave Smyrna
and go to my country, where the rare
perfume would yield him ten times the
profit ho could hope for here. At the end
of a few years, he might return to tho
East, a rich man.
A look of undistinguished astonish
ment overspread his face.
"What!" ha exclaimod, "leave the
land of the Prophet, to go among
infidels! Abandon my home, to accu
mulate money I do not want! I have
enough to eat and drink, and my pipe to
smoke. I have a wife, and, pleasoAllah,
I hope some day to have another.
What more have I to desire? I am satis
fied." This sample of Turkish philosophy
was not a little staggering.
"But tell him," I continued to the in
terpreter, "that in my country ho would
be under the protection of law, where no
cadi could cither imprison or bowstring
him. He would be instructed, would
have books and papers to read, and
might learn what was passing in the
world; also, in that happy country the
patlishah is chosen by tho peoplo, to
govern them, and he could take a share
in his election.
This enticing description of tho ad
vantages of a superior civilization whero
all thrown away on the incredulous if not
contemptuous Turk.
"What are those things to me?" he an
swered. "Would they mako mo happier?
Could I eat and drink more in your
country than in mine? Could I smoke
more or love more? My fathers have
always lived in this holy land. Why
should I leave it till Allah calls me
away, when I shall go to Mahomet's
paradise, where houri innumerable
await me? Do you think I would give
up this to go to your unknown world?"
I felt that it was idle to hold out in
tellectual delights or political privileges
as baits to this true son of the Prophet
whose faith in the Koran was implicit
far more so than that of most Christians
in the Bible. As I was moving off, I
said with a smile, he little knew what he
lost by not listening to my suggestions.
Suddenly a thought struck him, for,
taking tho amber mouthpiece from his
lips he inquired if women were cheaper
in my country than in Turkey. I told
him that no one in my land was allowed
to have more than one, and then only
with her consent. This settled the busi
ness. A scrowl of unutterable scorn
darkened his flue phisiogomy, and re-
E lacing his pipe, he raised his eyes to
eaven, evidently in a spirit of thank
fulnoss to Allah that it had not been his
cruel fate to be born in such a benighted
land. Wilkofi's Reminiscences of an
Idler.
Ei.eituo-Magnetism anu Sea-Sickness.
A peculiar kind of electro-mngnetic belt
has been frequently referred to of late by
the London journals as a cure for sea
sickness. The belt is made of a silken
tissue stitched and disposed so as to form
parallel ribs, and these latter are tilled
with "Titanic iron powder," which is
naturally magnetic. The belt measures
at the widest end, which is the positive
pole, six inches, and at the narrowest end,
which is is the negative pole, three and
one-half inches. From end to end it is
divided by a kind of rib. which creates
i. t. ,.lnn.n t.-tnntiiif tt in (font tho
other small ribe, which aro parallel to:
eacli otner, oi unequal mugum, unmg iu
the varying widtn oi me ueu, mm oer
which they extend for its full length, run
obliquely to its central rib, into which
thev throw their currents, thus giving it
greater nower. The result of this dispo
sition is that the mapnetic power is
equally distributed over the surface of the
belt, insuring the closest and largest pos
sible contact with the body, which is an
essentiid condition of the cure. When
the belt is on, the body is a true eleciric
bath; and it is the magnetic network thus
formed and applied that causes the action
of the apparatus to be ercised upon the
muscles of the diaphragm which, by
this aciion, iskeptinits normal state, free
from those movements that create the
leraiipementof the stomach and produce
sea-sickness.
Wendell Phillips on Eubopeah
Tkaits. In the course of a lecture de
livered in Troy upon European sights
and scenes, Wendell Phillips said the
Englishman was a piece of granite, jag-g-d
and sharp; the Yankee, a pebble
rolled on the beach a thousand years.
(Laughter.) In this country we all
make tho same appearance on the streets.
You can not tell a man's position in
..;t iw.ro hv liia ilrpss. It is not so in
other countries. There they are willing
you should know their standing, in
America no one can imagine the custom
of kissing carried to the extent it is in
v. kftar tha l.attlo of Waterloo
JJUiJCi Aliv
the Duke of Wellington said Blucher
caught him m his arms ana repeaieuiT
kissed him. Imagine Grant kissing But
ler. (Laughter.) In Europe there is a
noticeable freedom and reverence of
churches not held by Americans. In
ficent cathedrals
uiuac n .
there are no seats, and the peoplo, with-
. a i 1. 1 n
out distinction oi ciasn, -" " "
nAvtila fl rsw Ain al hpfnre God. The
ill a a tjio -
noble, with his dozen descents, kneels
side by aide with the applicant ior ui
bounty.
Prnfpor: the intensity of trravity
greater at the poles or at the eqoator?"
Freshman: "lei. sir." Professor
"Which?- Freshman: "It's greater.
Recent Deep-Sea Researches.
Dr. Carpenter, tho English iilivsicist,
has recently published in the Nineteenth
Century some remarkable results of his
elaborate studios of the latest deep-sea
explorations.
I he work of the scientific circumnavi
gation expedition, though completed in
187t, has not until within a few months,
if even now, been fully reduced, and
some of its most important discoveries
aro now announced by Dr. Carpenter,
its originator. Ono of the first questions
its labors contribute to solvo is tho depth
aud configuration of tho ocean basis.
Tho prevailing notion of the sea-bods,
Dr. Carpenter bIiows, needs considerable
modification, nono of them having been
carefully outlined, except that of tho
North Atlantic, when sounded with a
viow to laying the first Atlantic cable.
"The form of tho depressed area which
lodges the water of the doep ocean," he
says, "is rather to be likened to that of a
flat waiter or tea trav, surrounded
by an elevated and steeply-sloping rim,
than to that of the 'basin' with which it
is compared;" and ho adds, "the great
continental platforms usually rise very
abruptly from the margin of tho real
ocoanio ddpressod areas." The avorago
depth of the ocean floors is now ascer
tained to be about M.OUO feet. As the
average height of the entire land mass of
tho globe above sea level is about 1000
feet, and tho sea area about two and
three-quarter timas that of the land, it
follows that the total volume of
ocean water is thirty-six times that of
the land above sea-level. These deduc
tions, soemingly unimportant except to
the votary of science, are destined per
haps to serve tho highest practical pur
poses of deep Bea telegraphy. Tho iutol
ligenco now quarried out of tho enor
mous collection of later ocean researches
shows the modern engineer and capitalist
tho feasibility of depositing a telegrapbio
cable over almost any part of tho ocean
floor, and ought to give new confidence
in the success of all such enterprises
properly devised and equipped. hen
it is remembered that at tho begining of
this century La Place, the great mathe
matician, calculated or assumed tho av
erage depth of the ocean at four miles
(or 8000 foet more than Dr. Carpenter
determined it to be from actual surveys) ,
and that La Place's conclusion was the
received view among scientists until
1850, or later, we got some idoa of the ad
vance made in this branch of terrestrial
phvsies by niodorn research. Not loss
interesting is a deduction Dr. Carpenter
makes from the deep sea temperature ob
servations in the North Pacific In con
sequence of the evaporation produced by
the long exposure of the equatorial At
lantic current its waters contains such an
excess of salt as, in spite of its high torn
ufiratnre. to bo si)eciticallv heavier than
the colder underflows which reach the
equator from the opposite Arctic and
Antarctio basins : and consequently it
substitutes itself by gravitation for the
colder waters to a depth of several hun
dred fathoms. "Thus it conveys the
solar heat downward in such a manner as
to make the North Atlantic between tho
parrallels of 20 degrees and 40 degrees a
srreat reservoir of warmth." The clim
atic effect of this vertical transfer of
equatorial boat is obvious. If tho great
heat-bearing currents which enter the
North Atlantic traversed its bosom as
surface currents they would expend
thoir warmth laurolv in the high latitude.
But. as their heavy and slightly-heated
volumes in a large measure descend to
the deeper strata south of tho lor
tieth uarallol. their stores of tropical tern
perature aro permanently arrested off
our eastern coast, anu uiuiuuk;. mono
subserviont to our climate.
French Bohemians.
About twenty years ago La Belle
Poule, a brasserie, in Rue des Martyrs,
was frenucnted by a queer troupe of
Bohemians. Thoy were Bohemians of
tho Ecrger typo, bright, ponuilcss, full of
good resolutions, but lacking in will to
carry them out. Thoy were Pelloquet,
and Destouches, and Potrel, and Marc
Trnnadoux. and Leclero. They are all
dead and eono now, but thoy were origi
hal mortals in thoir day and merit a good
word here. Potrel had had a good edii;
cation, but ho wasted all his intellectual
gifts among a crowd of do-nothings who
could never appreciate him, and who
never encouraged him to better his con
dition. Potrel lived on bread, wine and
hopes. His hopes were that ho would
one day become heir to a good fortuno
and he did. Pelloquet was a real or im
aginary art critic. He passod most of
bis time at tho Belle Tonic, drinking
petit verres, smoking most villainous
tobacco, and taking fine air. Pelloquet
had a lady-love; her name was uoorgette,
He loved Georgette, but Georgette did
not love him. "Just think," said sho
one day at the brasserie, "Pelloquet
comes to tho door of my house every
morning, and there stretches and yawns,
as thonijh he wished to maKe people be
lieve that he had just como down from
mvroom! One day rolloquot doter
mined to give a lecture on fine arts. That
would surely win Uoorgotte s love, no
ho hired a hall, all his friends came, and
Georgette, gayly dressod, occupied a
front seat. Pelloquet begins his lecture
solemnly, but he becomes confused,
loses his memory, and can't find his
manuscript. "My dear friends," said he
at last, "excuse me, but really my
naners. like my ideas, are in disorder.
Seeing that, you read the entire history
of my life!" Pelloquet became crazy a
few years later. Destouches, another of
this Bohemian circle was in turn, a pro
prietor, an editor and a wine dealer. He
occupied a room and a bca-room so
small that if he opened tho window his
foot would be in the outer air. He used
to dress so shabbily that ono evening
entering tho portal of a house, where ha
was invited to dine, the concierge cried
out to him, "On no chaute pas dan la
cour!" Marc Trapadoux hailed from
Lvons. He was the greatest talker aud
laziest fellow in his goodly company. A
Catholic paper had been established and
the manager imprudently sent Trapadoux
into the provinces as an advertising and
and subscription agent. At the end of
the month tho voyager came back with
out a trunk, without money, without
subscriptions. !'I didn't get any sub
scribers." said he to the enraged man
ager, and his eyes beamed with a light of
faith. 1 umn I get any aovemsemenis,
but I bring for the journal what is far
better, the blessing of Monsiegneur, the
Archbishop of Beims. Such were some
of the habitues of La Belle Poule twenty
rears ago. faruian.
Advice to Ladles
First Be sure you know whoro yon
want to go before you sret on tho train.
Second When you purchaso vonr
ticket you will have to pay for it; no uso
to tell ticket agent to "charge it and
send the bill to your husband." And if
he says tho price of tho tickot is $2 SHi,
don't tell him yon can get ono just liko
it of the conductor at tho other store for
$2 50; ho wou't beliove you, and ho may
laugh at you.
lhird ISover travel without money.
It reollires broad vinwa lilvnrnl film' a.
tion, keen discernment and profound
judgment to travel without money. No
one can do this successfully but tramps
and editors.
Fourth Beware of tho commercial
traveler.
Fifth Dou't cive a strancer your tickot
and ask him to go out and check your
trunk. Ho will usually be ouly too glad
to do it. And what is more, he will do
it, and your trunk will bo so effectually
checked that it will never catch up with
you again. And then whou tho conduc
tor asks for your ticket and you relate to
him tho pleasing little allegory about
the stranger and tho baggago, ho will
look incredulous aud smuo down upon
you from half closed eyes, and say that
? . -- i i i . t . i
u is a Dcumuui romanco, nut no uas
hoard it before. And then, you will put
up your jewelry or disembark at the next
station.
Sixth If you are going three hundred
miles dou't try to get off the train every
fifteen minutes under the impression
that you aro there. If you get there in
twelve hours you will bo doing excel
lently. Seventh Call tho brakemau "conduc
tor;" he has grown proud sinco ho got
his new uniform, and it will flutter him.
Eighth Put your shawl-strap, bundle
aud two paper parcels in tho hat-rack;
bang your bird-cage to tho corner oi it,
so that when it falls off it will drop into
the Inn of the old gentleman Hitting bo
hind you; stand your four houso-plants
on the window sill; set your lunch basket
on tho seat kesida you; fold your shawls
on top of it; carry your pockot-book in
ono hand and hold your silver mug in
tho other; put your two valises under the
sent nnd hold your bandbox aud the rest
of your things in your lap. Then you
will have all your baggage handy, and
won't bo worried or flustered about it
when you havo only twenty nino soconds
in which to change cars.
Ninth Address tho couductor every
ten minutes. It pleases him to have you
notico him. If you can't think of any
new question to ask him, ask him tho
samo old ono every time. Alwnys cidl
him "Say. or "Mister.
Tenth Kck up all the information
von can whilo traveling. Open tho win
dow anil look forward to seo how fast the
engine is going. Then when you got
homo you can tell the childron about tho
big cinder you picked up with your eye,
and how nico and warm it was, and what
it tasted like.
Eleventh Dou't hang your parasol on
the cord that passes down tho middlo of
the car. It isn t a clothes lino, it Iooks
like oue. but it isn't.
Twelfth -Keep an eye on tho passcn
trer who calls tho day after Monday
"Chewsday." He can't bo trusted a car s
length.
Thirteenth Do not attempt to change
a $20 bill for any one, if yon havo only
8!) 25 with vou: it can t bo done.
Fourteenth If yon want a nap always
lie with your head projecting over the end
of tho seat, into tho aisio. inon every
body who goes up or down tho isle will
mash vour hat. straighten out your
frizzes, and knock off your back hair
This will keep you from sleeping so
soundly that you will be carriod by your
station. ISnrlmgwn uawheye.
Ascending ( hlmhornzo.
Tho most romarkablo of all Andean
ascents has recently been niado by the
distinguished traveler, Edward Whym
nor Writinir from Quito. March lHtb.
he modestly says he liad "polished off
Lhiniborazo, uarazou, oincuoiagoa anu
Antisana.ond passed twonty-six conseou
tivo hours on tho ton of Cotopaxi, en
camping 19,000 feet above tho sea." The
scaling of Cotopaxi, tho ico-clad volcanic
cone rising almost under the equator, is,
the traveler thinks, his principal feat,
though Antisana was found the most
iifiif'iiH, to surmount. Tho achieve
ments of Whymper cast into tho shade
the many recent asconsions oi aioni
Blanc and all Alplno adventures. In
IHO'i Humboldt was bullied in his
attempt to reach tho summit of Chimbo
ho determined bv tritrono
metrical measurement to bo 21,420 feet
high. Tho eminent savant, Boussin
If. RiiWnnentlv cot within sixteen
hundred feet of the top, but could go no
farther. In KM Jules Kemy, a French
man, claimed to havo accomplished the
feat, but as ho asserted that tho summit
was found over 24,000 feet above tho sea,
his wholo story was discredited. Other
trigonometrical measurements of this
immense natural fortress put its altitude
IKK) feet below Humboldt's
figures, but, make it certain that Kemy's
account is not reliable o tunt iir.
Whymper may justly chum to have niado
flm first authenticated ascent of its
dome. Tho dazzling apex of
Cotopaxi the most daring of geographic
investigators have considered insur
tnmintiildc. as beneath its surface are
sleeping volcanic fires which, on one oc
casion, it is said, hurled a mass of stone
weighing 21 W tens a distance of nine
miles, and tho glassy sides of this cone
are peculiarly inaccessible and perilous,
link in the recent exploration which
nil difliculties. Whvmper'
party, ho says, had "grown out of being
affected by rarefaction of tho air, and
(All 1,1 1m i?av and lively at nineteen
thousand feet." The summit of these
equatorial peaks have many secrets of
nature to tell their visitors, and bear on
their frosty slopes the indelible marks of
the wind and storms that sweep the up
per atmosphere, which meteorologists
havn nn lonipd to understand. No doubt
the full notes of these latest and loftiest
ascents, tho barometno, thermomotne
on, I r.tlinr observations will be found
pregnant with interest and instruction.
"Feet like Mr. Whyropcr's," says the
London Time, "leave a traek, though
none be discernible; and Chimborazo
and its snows, with the ice-clothed
innux rt Cotemnzi. have now and
IVlum' - I 1 '
henceforth a road traversing their rugged
as plain and legible as if it had
been engineered.". Y. JIa-aUl.
M01117, aud Row to Get II.
There is no word in the English
language more often used and univers
ally admired than monoy. In fact, it is
considered tho thing altogether dosirod,
and to obtain it many w ill go through all
kinds of toil and hardships imaginable.
They will oven commit the most heinous
crimes. Everybody is after monoy, and
the great desire to gain it often ends in
a total fail 11 ro to accomplish tho desired
end.
About tho first question a youth asks
when ho gets old euongh to think about
tho futuro is: "How can I get monoy,
and how can 1 get rich?" There are two
ways of getting rich. One is by industry
and economy, and tho other is by dis
honesty. Riches accumulated by industry,
economy aud judicious investments never
detracts from a man's dignity nnd self-
respect, but carry with them Happiness,
contentment and a clear conscience, and
leave no regrets. Tho trno secret is,
'Make haste slowly."
In getting monov it does not mako so
much difference as to what kind
of business a mau engages in, for any
businoss will pay if attended to prop-
orly. No man should embark in nny
business to which ho is not adapted; but
when he docs make his selection he
should go in with a steady and de
termined purposo to win, and succoed by
constant and persistent labor, romeuibor-
111K that "little by little Is tuo snre way
to succeed, and out of that littlo a little
should be saved. Romomloring also
that it is by what we save that wo get
rich, aud not by what we make.
A man may make a million a year, and
if he spends it all ho will ho no better off
at tho end of tho year than at tho begin
ning; whilst tho man who makes five
hundred a year and saves but ten dollars
is cetting rich. Tho man at thirty who
can save fivo dollars a month, and invest
the samo m real ostate, is lu a fair way to
bo in easy circumstances when ho
reaches his fiftieth year. No man has
yet livod who saved his money and in
vested it in real estate that did not make
money.
Thoreforo, tho true and only certain
way of getting money is by industry,
economy, saving, and investing in real
estate; and tho man who follows this rulo
is sure to win. '
What Rattlesnakes are (Joed For.
It may not bo generally known to our
readors that snuko poison is used for
modicinal purposes in theso days; and
that, under tho name of "Ciptalus Hor-
ridns " the poison of tho ruttlosmiKo is
utilized in homoopathio pharmacy.
Thompson & Capper, ol Liverpool, hav
ing recently imported a number 01 rat
tlesnakes, abstracted tho venom from
tho livo animals in tho following in
cenious manner: Tho roptilos were in
separate compartments of a case fitted
with a thick India-rubbor noose at ono
end, which could be loosenod or tight
cnod by the hand at pleasure, was
insorted through the partially opened
lid, aud tho opportunity quickly seized
by slipping the noose over tho snako's
head, tho loop being immediately drawn
tight by moans of tho oord thoroto.
With a similar contrivance tno tail was
next fastened, and tho snako boing so
curolv held, was lifted out of tho box to
tho floor of the room. A pickle bottle
containing chloroform was then thrust
oyer the snake's head, and carefully hold
in its place by keeping time with the an
imal's efforts to extricate itsolf. As tho
reptile became stupefied tho nooso. was
gradually relaxod to enabio tno lungs 10
have fuil play; and, when it appeared
powerless, tho snako was laid in a narrow
box mado for this purpose, with an apor
ture at 0110 end. in which its head was
fixed whilo tho after oporation was per
formod. Its jaws were then oponod and
flxnd. niul the poison elands were pressed
open with forceps and tho gloved finger
and thumb, while a small graduated
phial .was held to receive tho drops as
t, , , 1 , ii 1. t.
tney OOZOil siowiy out uiruugu mo
fangs.
Twenty drops was tho avorago quantity
yielded from each snako. Tho venom is
'of a straw .color, thick aud gummy in
consistency! and decidedly acid in its re
action on litmus papor. It is readihly
solublo in clvcerine or water. Its toxi-
cological properties wero fully triod on a
variety of auiinuls. Half a drop pro
duced death on a linnet within three
minutes after being injected under tho
wing. The symptoms produced in U1
cases aro very similar.
When a Man's a Coward.
"It's nstonishin', " remarked the
old fortv-niner this moruinjr as ho
nodded over his glass to our ro
porter; "It's nstonishin' what a cow
ard a man is ut homo a reg'lar
crawlin' sneak, by Jove! I vo trav
clod a good bit, and held up my nd
in most 0' tho camps on tho coast
senso '40. I've got three bullets in
side o' 1110. I'vo shot an' boon shot
at. mi' never heard nobody say I
hadn't us good grit as most i'cllci
that's coin'. But ut homo I'm a ky-
oto. Al'oro I'd let tho olo woman
know that her hot biscuits wasn't A
1 when it's liko stiff amalgam, I'd fill
myself us full as a retort. I've done
it lots o' times. Most o' my teeth is
gone from tnggin' on beefsteaks that
tho old woman hud fried. D'yo
think I roar out and cuss when I go
over a chair in tho dark? Ao, sir,
Whilo I'm rubbin' my shins nn
kecpin' back tho tears, I'm likewise
aweatin' fur fcur the olo woman has
been woko bv tho unset. It didn't
use to bo so," sighed tho poor fellow,
thouerhtfullv. rubbiutf his shining
scalp. "When we was first hitched
I thought I was tho superintendent,
but alter a year or two of argyin'
. . . T ...... I. .1 .1 t A I. , . ! n '
lliat plllv A BCIWOU uunu siiutiu
the car at low wares. lean lick any
man o' mv aire nn' size," cried the
old trcntlcman, banging the saloon
table with his wrinkled fist. I'll
shoot, knife, stand up, or rough and
tumble for coin, but when I bang my
hat on the peg in the ball, an' take
off my muddy boots, an near the 010
woman ask if thats me, I tell you
the starch comes right out o' me."
I irgima (Art'.) Chronicle.
A .New Tructsi lu Printing.
A process of printing many colors at
ono impression is said to bo in suooessful
operation in Paris. The following ac
count from The Iron gives a fair popular
notion of its nature: "Tho pigment for
tho ground colors is formed into a solid
block of tho required thickness, to tho
surfaco of which tho dosign, traced in
artificial tale, is transferred by mere
pressure All the parte of the block
that do not form the ground aro then cut
out by hand with a sharp knife set in a
jointed parallelogram so as to bo capablo
of moving in all directions in a horizon
tal piano, but at the same tiuio kept
rigidly vortical. Tho spaces thus cut
out are then filled by pouring in tho hot
liciuid pigmonts corresponding to the
colors or shades that are to lie repre
sented, pieces of wood, soaked in water,
serving to complete tho sides of tho tem
porary mould. When cold, thorocently
added color is trimmed off by tho knife
and another poured in. In tho case of a
largo design, scvorol operators aro en
gagod at the samo tinio ou different
parts, which are afterward fitted to
gether; and the method is being tried of
cutting out the pattern in wood or metal
by the hand-saw, and forcing tho dies so
cut out into the block of gronud-color
by means of a hydraulic press, thus
forming tho pattern at once. When the
whole mosuio.jjasitmay be culled, is com
pleted, it is pluced in a press somowhat
resembling that used for lithography,
and tho upper surface is shaved off. So
as to render it truo and lovcl. J ho sur
faco is also slightly moistened with a
suitable combination of chemicals, and
tho material to bo printed on is placed
thoroon faco downward. A frame carry
ing six rollers is then passed once or
twice backward and forward over tho
material resting on tho block. A per
fectly clear impression is thus obtained,
and, in tho case of textile fabrics, the
color goes completely through thoir sub
stance. After exposure for a few mo
ments over a hot plato to drive off tho
fumes of tho chemicals employed, the
work is finished."
The Human Race Running to Brain.
If there is to bo so much head w ork,
what will becomo of us all? If both
men and women are to develop more and
moro their brains, wo shall soon be not
far from tho realization of the words of
Diderot, who said: "Wo walk so little,
wo work ho littlo, and we think so much,
that I do not despair of man finding by
boinir nothing but a head." Fignro to
yourself civilized man 100 or 200 years
honco, when manual lauor snau nave
been rtalized, and man, even in tho low
est grade of society, shall bo ablo to
gain his livelihood by working say throo
or four hours out of tho twonty-four.
Tho tendoncy, you will observo, is con
stantly to reduce tho hours of labor, lu
many parts of England, for instance, tho
hours of labor are little more than half
what they were fifty yoars ago. Imagine,
then, tho movement spokon 01 by
Didorot constantly progressing, and mau
walking less and loss, owing to the in
creased facilities of communication and
locomotion, and working less and less,
owing to tho constantly increasing use
ond perfection of machinery, and think
ing moro and moro out 01 tno pure dis
traction nnd out of tho ennui of civili
zation I Imagine woman, thanks to tus
realization of the project of Mr. Camilla
Hoe, and to the establishment of Girton
Colleges all over tho world, imagine
woman walking ovon less tnau sue does
now, working loss, and tninking moro
and more I W hat shall we come to,
groat Darwin? Does not the thoory of
evolution point to the iuovitablo realiza
tion of Diderot's words? Will not our
logs wither awav and return to the rudi-
montary stage uko onr vans r w m uoi
our arms nnd bodies diminish, and
muscles for which thero is no longor any
uso, dry up, and their elements be ab
sorbed by the brain and head, which will
acquire the phenomonal proportions of a.
creaturo ? rorisian.
How SItite Pencils are Mado.
Itr-nlimi nlnlii from the nuarrios is tint
into a morter run by steam.and pounded
into small particles. 'Ihonce it goes
into tho hopper 01 a mill, wiiicii runs
into a bolting machine such as is usod
in flouring mills, where it is bolted into
lino, almost inpalpable flour that results
being takon to a mixture tub, wiicre a
small quantity of slatite flour manufac
tured in a similer manner, is added, and
tho wholo is thon mado into a stiff
dough. Tho dough is kneoded toughly,
by passing it several times between iron
rollers. Thence it is conveyed to a table
whero it is mado into chargesthat is,
shart cylinders, four or five inches thick,
and containing iron from eight to
twelve pounds each. Four of theso aro
placed in a strong iron chamber or re
tort, with a chamber nozzles, so as to
regulate tho sizo of tho pencil, and sub
jected to a tremendous hydraulic press
ure, under which tho composition is
pushed through tho nozalo in a long
cord, like a slender snako sliding out of
a holo, and passing over a sloping table
slit at right angles with the cords to give
passage to a knifo which cuts them into
leugths. They are then laid on boards
to dry, nnd after a few hours are re
moved to sheets of corrugated zinc, the
corrugations serving to prevent the pen
cils from warping during tho process of
baking, to which tney are suujecteii in a
kiln, into which superheated steam is in
troduced in pipes, the temperature being
regulated according to the requirements
of the article exposed to its influence.
From tho kiln tho articles go to tho
finishing and sacking room, whore the
ends are thrust for a second under
rapidly revolving emery wheels, and
withdrawn neatly and smoothly pointed
ready for use. They are packed in
pasteboard boxes, each containing 100
pencils, and these boxes in turn are
packed in wooden boxes containing 100
each, or 10,000 pencils in a box. Nearly
all the work is done lmys, and the cost
therefore is light. Manufacturer and
builder.
Mr. P. T. Barnum enjoys a circus per
formance as much, watches the feats as
intently, laughs at tho clown as heartily,
and applauds as vigorously as it boy.
But w hen it comes to crawling under the
canvass without getting canght, the boy
can give him points.
Send your kitten to Beecher. He says
it is a crime which heaven will never for
give to drown them.