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Ton xxir fur u nob,
Too prowl lor mob:
Too liii fur tlio riml
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Poor devil I
Too mystic for Irmli':
Too IioiikI, 'lid Mil,
Yvr giu Hint is mii-le
Hy evil.
Too hijh hii i'l'-nl;
Too liuinlile I bo itI;
To Hut to feel
Vor grieving. .
Too putirut for lwtiiiRl
Too mirtblrM for mating
L.fti'i ileiiiirn hoisting,
Anil leaving.
. Too littles iL
To niske tb world know it;
Too weak Ui fop-jjo it,
rilill trying.
Too Irnuk; too forgiving;
Too prow to Ix-lifving;
Tiki lonesome for living,
Or "lying
Ht'iirj- Berfjh Hie Anlmul' rrlcntl.
Henry Bergh's everyday life during
nearly twenty yearn, liaH been an expres
sion of sympathy with "our poor earth
born companions and fellow mortalH," the
dumb creatures.
Ho was born iu New York City iu the
year 18211. Hit father was a wealthy
wan, tho leading Amoriean shipbuilder
of lib time. Ho was a uutivu of tho Em
pire State, i.nd a long-time resident of
Now York City, which dcply mourned
bin lon when, ut the ago of eighty-three
bo departed this lifo. Mr. Bergh's grand
father wan a native of Germany. His
mother' muidon name was Elizabeth
I vers. She waH the daughter of a Con
necticut family distinguished for its ex
cellent qualities, Blessed with supe
rior parentage, possessing ample means,
Mr. Bergh received a superior educa
tion, but did not oomploto tho oonrso at
Columbia college. Ho married whilo
otitiff a Miss Taylor, daughter of Lng-
li
ih norcnU. in lHo'2 bo was appointed
Hccrotury of bcguiiou ni di. reiors
burgh, and began there that active inter
ference in behalf of tho right of uninmls
to kiud treatment, which has givo him
a reputation wide as civilization.
Of course, his services to abusod ani
mals in tho Russian capital were entirely
unofficial, but they wore effective, thanks
to the distinguished character of his
equipuge and tho tine livery of his coach
man. Mr. Bergh resigned his position
on account of ill health. On his way
home ho iudulgod in tho luxury of leis
urely travel and became acquainted with
the Earl of Hurrowhy, President of tho
Uoynl Society for lite Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, London. Tho soci
ety of which Mr. Bergh was tho founder,
is 'modeled largely after the English one
presided over by this nobleman until his
death, lie returned to New York in
Mi, and spent a year iu maturing his
pluns or tho establishment of meuus to
check ami proveut cruelty to unimuls.
The American Society for tho Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals was instituted
in W'.' In lHtitl it was given by statute
tho powers of prosecution, and even
arrest, which it still possesses. Mr.
Bergh has been its president since its
inception, and it invaluable services to
boast, and mau as well for men are
msdo Uitter by being taught tho practice
of humanity Uwords dumb ereuturos
are largely due his resolution,
the moral elevation of his
character, his tact, unflinching oourage
and unconquorublo perseverance. He
stands six feet high, and liis uppcuruueo
and carriage denote a power of will
which reudily commands respect. But
his appeal to the moral sense and his
disinterestedness are the principal ele
ments 'of his success. He receives no
saiurv for his work, freely gives his time
and energies to it, and the public know
this to be the case and respect and honor
the man who makes tho sacrifice, The
statute o( lHtUl constitutes Mr. llorgu an
assistant district attorney in Now York
City Slid assistant of tho attorney gen
eral of the State, iu the enforcement of
the laws against cruelty to animals. Ho
is a tueinbi r o( the bar, and effective iu
the court room, as well as in iuterfcr
fiiccs in behalf of animals iu tho public
streets and elsewhere, and on the public
platform as a lecturer enforcing the wis
dom and duty of luunaue feeling aud
action.
The New York society has 1123 workers
in the State. Thirty-six states iu the
Union have founded similar organiza
tions, and Mr. Bergh-'u correspondence
contains many applications from foreign
lauds for information as to his methods
and the laws under which ho walks.
During the llrst year of its exist
ence us an agency enforcing that law
of the Ss'ulo which included a prin
ciple new in American jurisprudence,
namely, that men's ownership of inferior
creatures is limited by tlio claims of an
enlightened humanity, the American So
i.etyfor the Prevention (if Cruelty to
Animals prosecuted 101 persous; iu 1SS1,
tV5, and the total number of prosecu
tions np to the end of last year was 'Jllll.
The total number of disabled animals,
ausended from work in tho cities of
New Yoik and Brooklyn, from 1P1 to
ISHt, was 21,201. No' arrests were made
in these cases, but the drivers or owners
wete warned und advised. A total of
nearly tsro thousand animals was do
Mioyed by agents of tho society in 1SSI,
Mr.'lWgu's society own three anibn
luiieu for the removal of disabled animals
fio-u the street, and a derrick to rescue
them from excavations into which they
Wight fall. The Royal Society, Ln ,h.is
no appliances of this nature, th.'
presumption is that the laie nir:'.rr of
iioor horses, etc., which become uisahied
in the great city, lie there to die unre
garded. Dor lighting men, rat luulers
and cock fghteis, a a matter of course,
rrgard Mr. Bergh m su enemy, but
their opposition, brutal aud hold is of
lew importance th:ui tho indifference
to tho objects of hi society, con-
tempt, or lialf-uvowod opposition of
pooplo who consuh-r themselves cul
tured, wi I of newspapers which boost of
their adaptation to larui.y reading ana
ret eontniu doniortluing acconuU of
bloody dog Cgh. The discussion as to
tue propriety vl rmaertnD is still opeu,
but it msy be well to recall the fact that
Mjrndie, the Umwctoroi forty thousand
unfortunate living creatures, declared
vivisectiou to be a failure. Pigeon
shooting, a form of sport affected by the
weultby and influential, Mr. Bergh has
not been able to stop. Dog fighting as
provided aud exhibited on Long Island
thanks to the vigilance of the offlcors,
may now be regarJed a a thing of the
past. About three years ago the attempt
was made to institute the sport of bull
fighting in New York City. Men bod
rrivo.l from Hnuiu for this purpose, an
arena had been bnilt and performances
were announced, wncu air. uergu whu
flftv tinlicemen Mit an end to tho
enterprise, with great loss to its pro
moters, lucre is no possiuimy oi sum
an experiment being triod again in Now
York. The income oi me soeioiy m
1H81 was 825.4H0 25, and the balaneo in
its favor at the end of tho year H.Wil 72.
It has been assisted powerfully by
beonest, especially thut of Louis Bonard.
of 1W,000, coutostod by relatives but
confirmed the property of tho society, by
in.linial .Wiiiinn. "Our Animal
Friends," is tho name of a pictorial
monthly maga.tno puoiisnea nniier inu
auspices of the society, and which has s
large number of appreciative readers.
The valuo of Mr. Uorgh's work is in
calculable. From the standpoint of more
economy, kindness to animals is cheaper
than oruelty and far moro productive,
as many men who have come under the
inlluenco of Mr. Bergh's persuasion,
though once thev opposed it, now admit.
To increase the happiness of tho animals
dependent upon ns aud to avoid cruelty
tourds all creatures possessed of con
scious life, is a gratilleation of a high
order, nnd a means to morul improve
ment of great importance, as tho experi
ence of all persons thus actuated con
firms. Brutality und cruelly are checked
and punished by tho moons enforced by
Mr. Hergh, and young peoplo observe
and tukc w arning. Iu short, moral pro
gress and therefore happiness uro
directly assisted by tho work done by
him and those everywhere who employ
themselves iu tho same humuno manner.
1,0 k to Your Chlckcnss
If you wish to havo your hens attoud
strictly to business, givo them a chance.
Warm and sunny quarters, warm break
fasts of tho boarding-house style, that is
a mixturo of potatoes, vegetables and
meat with an occasional moss highly
pappercd. Cleou, warm water, or warm
skimmed milk in a clean vossel. ltoom
for exercise, and mako them ecititch a
part of tho timo by sowing their wholo
grain feed into the littering or ground
floor of thoir quarters. We havo found
it a good practice to keep tho floors cov
ered throe or four inches deep with chaff
or cut stiaw, and when feeding wholo
grain scatter among tho littor and rako
in. In this way tho fowls have to scratch
tor a living. If the floor is dry sand,
which by tlio way is ono of tho best, dig
tho dry feed in with a steel rake. Ku
membor that fowls clean themselves by
using the dust bath and sun towel. See
that they havo both. If you have so
cured several barrels of road dust or dry
loam you are ail right; if you have been
so shiftless that you havo nothiug pro
vided you can use dry ashes,
or go to somo sand bunk und secure a
supply of dusting material. With tho
dust bath, whatever it may be, mix u
good portion of sulphur. , IJefore you
got very far into the winter look for lice.
It won't pay to winter thera and there is
no need of doing it. If your fowls or
fowl-houses ure infested with lieo or ver
min, clean thum out, if it takes a week's
time; you cannot afford to koep lice.
They are ono of the greatest of all draw
backs to egg production or thrifty poul
try, only a few have hens that lay iu the
winter. Tho few thut gut opgs find it an
easy matter, but they do it by giving tho
proiier feud, care and attention noedod.
Tho muny who do not get eggs are those
who neglect tho birds. Tlioro is too
much neglect iu this brunch of farming.
No other farm animal feels neglect so
quick as a laying hen. A largo majority
of the poultry is neglected and left to
rough it through. Fowls will pay for
care and food as well as cattle, horses,
sheep or pigs, and tho labor in this de
partment is lighter than in any other.
There is no difllcnlty about any part of
the work and unyboih can do it. Treat
the hens decently, give them clean aud
comfortable quarters, and feed them
well with a variety of food aud they will
lav.
Writing rr the Porter.
"Have you had much experience in
tho newspaper business?" asked the edi
tor of a daily paper of the ex professor
who applied for a situation as writer of
re lined politics.
"Oh, yes, sir; oh, yes. I hove two
volumes written by Prof. Jotson, and
have almost committed to memory a text
book writteu by Prof. Mixon. Besides,
1 edited a collego magazine, a weekly
publication which made reputation for
tho institution."
"And you wont a situation on a regu
lar newspaper, eh?"
"Yes, sir," said the professor.
"Do vou understand Greek?"
"Yes."
"Are vou acquainted with Latiu?"
"Oh, yes."
"Have you ever studied Hebrew?"
"Yes, sir, for knowing that 1 was to
become a journalist I have paid special
ut'.ei'tiuu to languages."
"Do yoitknowauythiugabout Arabic?"
"Yes, sir."
"Uuuderstand Greek and Latin, you
say !''
"Yes, sir.'
"Aud you know all alsmt Hebrew and
Arabic?"
"Yes, oh, yes."
"Do vou understand Arkansaw?"
"Arkunsaw?"
"Yes, do you understand Unrevised git
up aud yell Arkausaw?
"I don't exactly know what vou mean.
sir.'
"Well, that's the language iu which
we spread our editorial selves, nnd if
yon don't understand it, you'll havo to
write for the porter until you have com
plctwdyour education."
"Write for the portet?"
"Yes, jut throw your stuff in that
basker there, and be ll got it. Phono
graph, Plymouth (111).
When a man turns to look at himself.
that moment tho glow of the loftiest bliss
begins to fade, and the next moment the
very bliss itself looks as if it had never
been more that a phosphorescent gleam,
tue summer lightning of the brain.
Ijsrss's Knnke Warmtn?.
i ti,n .itiocn feet lonff. and five
cobras and black snake were brought to
tin Central Part menagerie on naturuay
afternoon. Thev hod just arrived from
Europe. No blaukots had been provided
by toe exporter. The ertents had been
merely tossed n.to a large wooden box,
with somo loose bay at the bottom and
air holes at top. During the voyage out
the hay got wet, and the box became
soaked. When the snakes were landod
they were found to lo rigid, and so
strongly knit together in a common mass
that it seemed impossible to separate
them. The big caso wa3 put on a truck,
and the truckman drovo tho snakes to
the park in the intense cold of Saturday.
When Superintendent Conklin got the
consignment he was naturally indignant
at receiving congealed serpcntB. How to
separate them seemed a nuzzle. "They'll
have to bo thawed out, said Superin
tendent Conklin,
Tobias Lyness is tho park menagerie
cngiuoer. no has charge of tho great
furnaces that consume 3'JO tons of coal in
a soason. Tobias Lyness bus been many
years in tho employ of the park. He is
an American. Hroud-shouldered, muscu
lar, curly haired, cool, Lyness bus no
fear in him. Ho is no conjurer, charmer,
(0 tamer, merely a brave engineer.
"Lyness, I wish you would thuw out
these serpents for me," said Superin
tendent Conklin, who supposed they
wero dead, "and when you havo thorn
uncoiled, put them in bugs where I can
And thorn and havo them sent to the tax
idermist's on Monday." 1
"All right, sir," replied Lyness, and,
calling tlio menagerie hands, ho sai I:
"Dump those serpents iu the cngino
room."
Tobias Lyness had a rouring fire iu his
half-ton furnace. He raked down the
coal, put ou the Mast, and when the fire
was at white heat ho threw open tho fur
nuoc door. Thuu ho seized tho coil of
frozen pythons, nobias, and black snakes
and dragged it close to the fire.
Lyness lighted his pipe and sat read
ing a papor in front of tue furnace,
waiting for the eerpeuts to thaw out.
After a while, bappouiug to look down,
he paw six great scrpeutV heads, with
lustrous ryos und darting tongues.
Lyness put down his pipe and paper.
As ho did so the toil of serpents quad
ruped in siae, showing pluiuly enough
thut they woreroviviug.
"Como here, Tom," shouted Lyness to
Donohuo, tho night watchman. "Bring
that liox along, ami shut up your nogs.
We're going to have a circus."
Tom Donohuo run up. Ho looked in
through the engine room window aud
said: "Wait till I get tho net, and we'll
haul them iu."
"Not bo darned," said Lyness.
Thn HiM-iumts kmt wrlVL'liiii and un
coiling themselves gradually. Finally
tlio python uegan supping iroiuiiiemass.
Lyness stepped forward and caught tho
python near t lie ncaii wit u one nami.anu
Ltvur .limn iilwillt. tiin hodv with the
other. Then he played with suuko. Ho
choked him and manipulated him. "I'll
thaw liim out well, he sum, laugiung.
Finally he throw the Btnike into the box,
which was quickly closed.
Lyness then turned uisuitontion to tuo
itliir minion uiul tlinvnnclilv thawed
and boxed them all. Then ho and Tom
Donohue carriod the box to tho great
class snakH house, and dumped tho new
comers umoug tho reptiles already there.
Last night the snakes wero doing well.
Tliroii vi mm' rabbits und four tiiccOUS
are b ing fattened for them, and they
will ho fed in a tow (iuys.-icw lorn
Sun.
Hie nelieiizolleriik.
Ouo wondered wheu the military
laborsfor following tho maneuvers of
an army corps on horseback is no holi
day work und the atuuscninuhi of tho
week wero orer, whether tho emperor
did not heave a sigh of relief aud wish
that ho might for once travel about a bit
without being subjected to repetitious of
scenes that ho miut have assisted at a
housaud times before. But those who
know say he docs nothing of tho kind.
lie is as eager for amusement aud as
easily amused ns a boy, and after a long
day of varied festivities will ask whether
that is all in a most regretful way.
Truly, not only an iron constitution, but
a healthy und elastic spirit must bo con
ceded to a man of 83 to whom his long
labors and his satisfied ambition havo
left so fresh and childlike a nature. His
old doctor almost as old as himself, and
the ouly physician the Kaiser will trust
to regulate his daily life reported to a
friend of mine while here the diluoulty
he had in making him remember that he
was no loncer 40 years of ago. His appe
tite for forbidden delicaoies is ns boyish
as bis appetite for parades and fetes.
hvcu when he is taking the "euro" at
Ems, und tho strictest regimen should
be require i of him, ho is not williug to
lo without a lobster tor Ins daily break
fast. One wonders not only that he, but
that his responsible physioiau has lived
so louf.
It one were to pick out of all the fami
lies in tlio world one which wou'd by its
physical appearance do honor to the
greatest of contemporary thrones, one
could uot find a better than this noheu-
zolleru race. Thoir strength and mauly
beautv are famous amid tue roval houses
of Europe so generally far froiu healthy
or haudsome. What the Lmperor looks
like is well kuown a perfect picture of
a monarch aud a soldier, the most splcn
did specimen of kingly old age ono could
conceive. His sou is almost as imposing
aud even handsomer iu feature, with a
beautv which no plainness of apparel
could detract fiom nnd which the ut
most gorgcousness of a gala uuiform
seems but rightly to adorn. Ono often
ha irs the fact regretted, therefore, that
this splendid hohenzollem slock has
been injured bv his mainuge with Queen
Victoria's daughter. For that it has
been injured one iv very plainly by
looking at the young Prince William,
who is the ni'Xt heir to the throne, and
whose little son, born some months 'ago,
completes tho umiscol spectacle of
four living generations iu direct male
descent. Ue U not a UohenzolUru
at all in bis looks, unfortunately, but
a true child of his mother and grand
mother. Moieovor, he is infirm as well
as unbeautiful iu Ik sly. Ono of his arms
is either stuntod or paralyzed, and from
his face ouo caunot predict a continu
ance of either the sound sense or war
like ability or firta character of his
elders. However, he is verv young, and
may improve, and perhaps Lis little son
will be more of a nobenzollern, and less
of an Englishman. His brother Henry,
now about 13, and a naval oflicer, i far
better to look at-Hohenzollorn through
and through and gives ono tho impres-
:.n tl.it Iia in trmio-er and clovorer. Of
course, when the above mentioned baby
was about to niane lis euiruuuu iu mo
world, there 7as mncb apprehension lest
it should prove a girl. Not only the nat
ural wish on such occasions prevailed,
but also the desire that the four genera
tions might complete themselves in the
masculine. Those Gorman princes,
stately though they are on state- occa
sions, are buergo'rlich enough in their
private lives one great reason why they
are believed by other peoplo. So when
the decisive hour approached the Cr.iwn
Prince walked Impatiently up and down
in front of bis daughtor-in-law's room
just as any plebeian papa might have
done. The "little Prince," as Prince
William is popularly called, at last put
his head out of the window and called in
naive ecstasy, "Papa, papa, it is a boy
after all." "Of course," shouted his
father in reply, "what else could it have
beou?" Great was the joy in the house of
Hohenzollem, and as soon as possiblo
the four generations were photographed
together tho old Kaiser with the tlnv
baby on his knoo and the papa nnd
grandpa beaming upon them from either
sido. The "Four Emperors" us the
picturo is called, is sold by hundreds till
over Germany; and, looking at them.
nnn ..nil L.ttiilVA HlO flltlll-ft Clt ttlfl fumilv
is well assurod, and can undoniluud also
how it is that this royal family holds so
ttrn-m ft ulaoo in the hearts of its sub
jects. Now York World.
A Tex W He.
The best naturcd woman in the United
States lives in Austin. She has been
marriod a number of years to a man
named Ferguson, but she nnd her hus
band have never had a quarrel yet, und
he has frequently boasted that it is
utterly impossibli to mako her angry.
Ferguson mado sevoral desperate utJ
tempts to see if bo could not exasperate
her to look cross or scowl at him,
merely to gratify his curiosity, but the
more outraeoous ho acted the more
allablo and loving she behaved. Last
week he was talking to a friend about
what a hard time he had trying to find
out if his wife had a temper. Tho friend
offered to bet 30 that if I orguson were
to go home drunk, raise a row, und pull
the table-cloth full of dishes off the table,
sho would show some signs of anuoy
anco. Ferguson said he didn't want to
rob a frieud of bis money, for bo knew
lio would win; but they at last made a
bet of $30. the frieud to hido in the front
yard and watch the proceedings of the
convention through tho window.
Ferguson como homo late uud appar
ently lighting drunk. She met him at
tho gato, kissed him, and assisted hlu
tottering steps to the house. Ho sat
down hurd in tho middle of the floor, nnd
howled out:
'Confound your ugly picture, what
did you mean by pulling that chair from
under met"
'O. I hope vou didn't hurt yourself.
It was my awkworduess, but I'll try and
nut do it again," nnd she helped him to
hi) feet, although sho had nothing in the
world to do with his fulling.
Ho then sat down ou tho sofa, and
sliding off on tho floor, abused her like a
pick pocket for lifting up the other end
of the sofa, all of which she took good
naturedly, and finally she led him to tho
supper table. Ho threw a plate ut her,
but she did ns if she had noticed it, and
asked him if ho would take tea or coffee.
Then the bruto seized tho table cloth
and sat down on tho floor, pulling the
dishes and everything else over him in
one grand crash.
What did this noble womau do? Do
you suppose she grumbled aud talked
about eoiug home to her ma, or thut she
sat down aud cried like a fool, or that
she sulked and poutod? Not a bit of it.
With a pleasant smile she said:
"Why, Georgo, that's a new idea,
ain't it? Wo have been married ten
years, aud have never yet eaten our sup-
per on mo noor. wom.ii ueiun jus
liko those picnics wo used to go to be
fore we cot married," and then this an
gelic woman deliberately sat down ou
the floor alongside of tho wretch, ar
ranged the dishes, and fixed him up a
nice supper.
This broke George all up. He owned
up he was only fooling her, and offered
to give her the fifty dollars to get
a new hat, but she took the money and
bought him a new suit of clothes and a
boxof cigars.
Thi Keal Trolll Kut'rely Overlooker1,
A Baltimore man who bought him a
farm two or three years ago was recent
ly approached by a friend, who had some
money to invest, and who asked:
"(Jan I buy a pretty fair farm for $15,
000?"
"Yes, about that figure."
"And I'll want to lay out about S10,-
000 in improvements, I presume?
"Yes. fully that."
"And I can invest uuother $10,000 iu
blooded stock?"
"I think vou can."
"A id 83000 in grading, filling up.
creating fish ponds, nnd so forth?
"Well, you may get through with that
sum.
"That's 10,000, and now let's figure
the income.
"Oh, you don't need pencil or paper,"
said the victim, as a shade of sorrow
darkened his face. "Tho iucome will be
about S3 for turnips, 82 for potatoes, $3
or St) for corn, aud a bull calf or two at
83 per head. To save time call it 823
I'll see yon again in a day or two. May
bo I've forgotten something that will
add a dollar moro. Morning to yon.
I ffluo Which GiaiMenelb the Hear; of
l Ben.
A kind-hearted ceatleman be-itowod a
half dollar on an unfortunate African
who said ho was nnable to walk on ac
count of the rheumatism. Mnca to the
philanthropist's surprise, he met the
identical same darkey capering about
as lively as a cricket, but not quite so
sober.
"How about your rheumatism?" asked
tho benefactor.
"Bjss, when I pnts myself outside of
fifty cent wuti or whisky, 1 gita rid oi
all my troubles includin da rbenmaux,
I jnst feels as if I wanted ter whistlo for
whole week. leiaa Sittings.
pn t In the Air.
There is scarcoly a solid, however com
pact it may appear, which does not con
tain pores,and these pores are tilled with
air It is to be found in obunduuee in
tho soil; indeed, were it not w, nu.nye1r'
less worms and insects which inhabit the
latter would ceaso to exist. The most
compact mortar and walls are penetrated
by it, aud water in its natural state con
tains a largo quantity of air in solution.
The atmosphere was formerly believed
it extend no higher than live miles above
the earth's surfaoe, but meteorological
observations have since shown that it
extends to a height of more than 200
miles. Owing to the force of gravity tho
air is much denser near the earth, and
gets thinner, layer by layer, as you as
cend. If, then, the atmosphere wero
possessed of color, it would be very dark
just round the globe, und the tint would
gradually fade into space. There is uo
absolutely normal composition oi tho air
wo breathe, or, if there be, it is not at
present known. It contains, however,
in all cases, unless under pure
ly artificial conditions, two essen
tial elements, which ore nearly
invnriabla under normal ciroumstances,
namely oxygon and nitrogen, and two
accessory elements winch vary extremely
in amount, but are practically never ab
sent, namely, carbonio aoid and water.
Without either of the first two, air could
not exist, but without the last to air is
scarcoly found in nature.' Thoir oombi
nation, moreover, is not a chemical un
ion, but a simple- mechanical mixture.
But besides these constituents the uir
contains an immeuso umount of life, and
small particles derived from the wholo
creution. Iu tho air may be found n.'ii
maleulcs, spores, seeds, celis of all
kinds, eggs of insects, fungi, and
elements of contagion, besides formless
dust, and sand and other purtielos of
local origin. For example, no ono cua
travel in a railway carriage without
being surrounded by dust, a largo por
tion of whiiih may be attracted by a
magnet, consisting, as it does, in a great
mnaunra if minntn liftl-tii'les nf il'Oll de
rived from the rails, Tho purest air has
some dust iu it. There probably never
fell a beam of light from the sun since
the world was mado which would not
have shown countless numbers of solid
particles. Good Wrords.
No I se to Harry.
I hnd often road of the slow speed
made by Southern railroad trains, but
noticed nothing unusual until reaching
Macon. The train pulled out at about
fifteen miles an hour, slowed down to
twelve, and tho waits were long aDd te
dious. Some of the crowd didn't seem
to caro if we never got there, but the
drummer for a Philadelphia bouse took
on terribly. Ho was blasting away when
the conductor came along and inquired
what ailed him.
"Why, I'll be left!" hotly exclaimed
the drummer.
"Let's see? You go to Thomusville?"
"Yes, bir."
"You change cars at Smithville?"
"I ought to, but the train will be
gone.
"Not a bit of it. That tram is two
hours behind time."
"Well, I'd rather wait in Smithville."
"You couldn't wait iu that town two
hours without being asked to drink some
of tho worst whisky ever made, and if
you refusod you'd have to fight."
"I could go to the hotel.
"Then von'd havo to walk a mile in
the sand. No 'bus comes down until our
train whistle."
"I might drum up a customer."
"You couldn't drum nothing. Tho
last Northern drummer iu Smithville
had to fly for his life."
"Couldn 1 1 wait on the platlonn.'
"No. sir. There is no platform to
wait on, nnd if there was, you'd be sus
pected of wanting to start a turpentine
hre.
'Well, it's awful slow."
'What of it? Tho other train is still
slower; no dinner can be hod until we
get there; there is nothing to see; the
depot won't be opeu; you can't sell a
paper of pins in the town; you can t get
on to Thomasville; no ono in the town
plays poker; you can't find a decent
cigar there, nnd from what I know of
Smithvillo, I can assure you thut it has
at least thirty citizens who would take a
pop at you on general principles within
six minutes of your landing there."
Soon after our speed was reduced to
ten miles an hour, but tho drummer had
nothing more to say.
Fate of tin Yam Putiet.
A fine, fat pullet, who was roastiug on
the limb of a tree safe from danger was
saluted by a fox with:
"Good evening, Miss Pullet. I never
saw yon look better; your figure is per
fectly lovely."
"Do vou really think bo!
"Certainly 1 do. I'd givo anything if
I could wear my hair done np in i rench
roll and havo it become mo as it does
yon.
"Aren't you joking?"
"I was never more serious in my life.
Your small feet and pretty month ore
tho envy of all tho pullets in the
neighborhood."
"Dear me, but is that so!"
"And everybody says you have such
a tony air about you.'!
"Oh. lal"
"I think if we were to walk out to
morrow we' mush the whole town.'
"Really, now?"
The fox gave her some more soft
solder, and she furnished a square meal
for the crafty villian.
Moral "Flattrv, soid the old rooster
as he looked down at the few boues and
feathers, "fUttvry is the soft purr of i
cat. The sweeter the purr, the longer
the claws and the sharper the bite.
Flowkks ik the Depths. A botanical
and geological cniosity exists on the 530
foot level of the Pheuix mine. A miner
iuforms us thut among a pile of loose
rocks on that level a beautiful flower has
sprang iuto existence, which is now
si.me four inches high in full bloom.
Tho peculiarity of this singnlur visitor,
which appears to greet the miners on
their passage to and from work, with a
perfumed smile, is, tlut four tiny stems
support it, which ec-tae together directly
nuder the flower, which is of a grayish
blue in the shape of abutter-cup! It has
been fresh aud vigorous for a week pasi,
and from appearances will soon have
some others to keep it company, as sev
eral green blades are peeping through
, the crevioes. Enreka (Nev.) Sentitel.
The Horrors of Solitary f'onflm ment.
A correspondent of the St. Louis
Globe-Domocrat describing the Joliet,
111., State Penitentiary, sayv the saystem
of solitary confinement merits some de
scription. At a point within tho prison
yard, at the extremity of one of the cell
houses, and fur removed from the hum
and noise of tho workshop, is a atone
building, in which are arranged in two
galleries forty solitary cells. Each is
about 10x10 foot in the clear. A long
horizontal window perhanoe six feet iu
width aud eight inches in height, located
near the top of the cell, admits light and
air. It is sunk in the heavy walls, and
rarely do the sun's ruys penetrate the
interior of the tomb-UKe up irtmont. The,
floor of the cell is of stone, the coiling ia
painted white, tho walls are a glaring
white. The two bits of color in the coll
ure the black irons of tho inner grating
and tho rod wooden buckot in the cor
ner of tho coll. That bucket is the
only piece of furnituie. The prisoner
to lie punished is led to one of
these colls and handcuffed to the
inner grating. His onus being at a
natural tlovation. A heavy wooden
door shuts off' a view of the corridor. He
is alono o midst a silonce as profound as
tho gravo. His own voice should he
raiso it in protest at his fate is thrown
bock to him by tho cold, pitiless walls,
and tho echo causes bim to start. Ho
looks urouud and nothing meets his eyes
but the glisteuing, white walls. At first
ho does not notice this. Ero long his
cyei used to the moving lifo of the work
shop, begin to weuryof this monotonous,
glistening, blank view. The feeling at
first irksome becomes painful. He trie
to look at the window above, but it is so
arranged thut he sees nothing but the
flood of light. Tho blue sky he remem
bers only us a thiug of beauty never
heeded before. A glimpse of it now '
would be an inestimable boon. He tries
to shut bis eyes to relieve thorn of the
glistening, blunk impression, but his dis
ordered nerves causa strango lights, aud
an annoying phantasmagoria of grotesque
and ever changing tlgnres to ilauce
through bis bruin. If ho is of au acute
nervous disposition this soon becomes
tortuous to him, and he fears that he is
loosing bis mind. Some of the most re
bellions spirits have beeu quelled by a
brief retirement in those merciless cells.
The I), ml Man Cim to 1.1 r-.
A few months ago, as I was accompa
nying Latin" Pasha, tho governor general
of Upper Egvpt, on a tour of inspection,
two men came to complain that tho
sheykh of their village had one of them
strangled and seized his laud. They
brought the corpse sewed up in its
shroud.
vIIow long," I naked, "has he been
lead?"
"Sojio hours," Ihey said.
I desired it to bo stripped, and found
it still warm. I felt the wrist and tho
pulse was still beating; so that was of
tne temporal artery, and very little dis
turbed. Tho eyes were shut and there
did not appear to b any voluntary mo
tion. I prescribed en application of tho
Korbag (whip) to tho soles of tho feet,
which, os a counter irritant, would re
lieve the head if life was not extinct.
Tho dead man overheard me, opened his
eyes and asked for water. "God is
good," said tho complainers, "aud has
restored him to lifo." The Pasha, how
ever, took a more matter-of-fact view of
the caso, and ordered them to be basti
uadoed; whilo this was being done, I
whispered to the corpse, "lour turn will
come next; you had hotter slip away."
It threw oil its shroud and ran off. It
was caught and received its punishment.
Having thus disposed of the fraudulent
pleading, the Pasha heard the merits of
the case; and it appeared that the man
had really been unjustly dispossessed
of by tho sheykh, though ho thought it
advisable to strengthen his case by ad
ding the accusation of murder to one of
unlawful eviction. (Conversations und
Journals Senior.
Worked Like a Railroad.
In a certain Western town having two
railroad connections there were four dif
ferent hacks and 'busses nnder as many
managements, urd each was so anxious
to secure patronage that not a vehicle
iiaid for tho oats which the horses ato.
n this emergency the party owning the
best rig proposed a pool, and when he
had made it clear to all that each and
every oue would be tho gainer by such
a combination, it was entered into, and
only the one rig was driven to and from
the depot. At the end of four weeks
there wtis a meeting to divide up.
"Gentlemen.we will now come to busi
nessVoid tho chairman as all was ready.
"One of Brown's horses has died since
the pool, was formod, and he really owes
us $30. Jones has sold his hack, and
has not offered to divide. Peters has
had his all smashed np by a runaway,
and that's another loss to the pool. I
figure that each of you lias $22 coming
to bim from the pool, and that each
of you owe the pool 28. Pay in.
gentlemen und we will make a fair di
vide.
They kicked, of courso, and the chair
man placidly continued:
"Very well, gentlemen. If you can
not abide by the pool the pool is busted
and each of us will go on his own hook
again."
tarring in and Out or a Cyc oue.
A gentleman has been vaunting bis
great and nn paralleled skill as a carver.
"I remember once," he says, "when I
was in the East Indies, I carved n duck
aud a duck is not an easy thing to
carve, let me tell you I carved a duck
on shipboard during a cyclone that blew
so hard by Jove, that the people at din
ner had to hy Put on the floor and
hohlinj on :l.o lc;;s of the stationary
table. That's tho sort of carver I am."
Impressed by this story, his host, the
next time this expert carver was
dining out, asks bim to car-ve a fow l.
The expert carver applies himself to
the task with vigor, but with a deplora
ble lack of success. His face grows red
as auy beef, and beads of perspiration
stand out upon his forehead.
"Andyetthero is no clyclone blow
ing!" remarks onu of the dinei-s, sol
emnly. "By Jove, that's UP exclaimed the j
carver; I never could carve when it "wos I
i culm. I takes a cyclone to evoke the re-
! sources of my nature.
' of a carver I am."
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Ko Htjl-r, .V V hues ud perfume.
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