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ThrcDulCDC of pofciljr.
FUR AXD FALSE.
"Cora." eaid old Miss Doohesne ab
ruptly, ".lid you ever Lave your for-
tana told?'
Cor Leslie was dreaming over ber
needlework, in tin toft light of tbo April
hood. Blossoming cyclamens were in
the deep casement: a white hyacinth
hung it odorous bells in the sunshine;
blue ribboned work basket was drawn
close to the window, and a fire of logs
burned, with a comfortable, crackling
sound, in the deep, tiled fireplace.
Cora started at the sadden question,
aod then smiled.
"1?" said she, "My fortune told? How
anouIJ I? We city girls never stumbled
cross gypjy camps; and I don't believe
in tne wiso women who advertise from
city flits"
Old Mios Dnohesne was sallow, with
black hair, scarcely as yet sprinkled with
(rray, although sixty years had passed
over it: sharp, black eyes, and a nose
and chin which nearly mot. Sho looked
almost like a sphinx herself as sho sat
thoro.
"I nsed to tell fortunes whon I was a
girl," sho said.
"With cards?" laughed Cora.
"No; by palmistry;" Shall I tell
jours?"
Cora looked at tho old lady, with sur
prise. Was she in jtfst or In earneHt?
Why did sho speak so nharply? Why did
those glittering eyes seem to burn their
wsy into Iter very brain.'
lint MiHS Duchosno bad been the
school friend of Cora's mother, years
and yt'tirj ago, and Com bad always hu
mored her eccentricities.
"If you chooso," said she, half besi-
tatiiig.
"Give rao vonr hand," said Miss
Duobesnc "tho snmo hand which you
are.ouo day going to bestow upon Duko
UIiPHU'iton iu niurrmgo.
"Yen," S lid Cora mulling.
"A white, plump, velvety little
hand," peering so closoly into tho palm
tbut lit' i' noxo nlmuRt touched the rosy
kin. "Lot mo see! let mo soe! The
line of luck; tho lino of life; tho lino of
love! Ah, hero wo arul Beware of a dark
girl. Ulm is coming botwoen you and
the lino of love. Shu will work yon some
trouble yet.
Mir Duehenne dropped the band, took
ou lior spectacles, aud solemnly placed
tberu in her pocket. Then sho leaned
back in ber chair and regarded Cora in
tenth.
Tho girl Bat as if somo now light bad
addeuly dawned upon her brain.
"You mean my cousin Ariadue?" said
she, involuntarily,
Mitts DucIipmoo nodded.
"I mean Tour cousin Arinduo," said
she. "Child, ohildl can it be possiblo
that you aro so blind as not to soe wuat
1b going ou nudor your vory oyes. That
girl is winning yonr lover awtty."
Cora smiled incredulously.
"Oh, but," said she, "that is quite
impossible. Cuka loves mo! he is en
gaged to me I"
"Meu are as false as MephiHtopholcs,"
aid Miss l)uchenne with energy. "Tbore
never was one yot proof against tho wiles
01 a siren like Ariadne iiiiokingusm
"Mis Duchesne, you must not talk
ao, tailored Corn, with tbo color vary
ing under ber cheek, and a startled look
in ber eyes. "Ariadne is my guest
Duke mv engaged lover. I"
Silently Miss Duo lesne drew aside tbo
ruby velvet draperies of tbo window and
pjiutod to where Mm Leslie s own car
riige was drawn up opposite tbo curb
atone. Ariadne Buckingham a tall,
brilliant brunctto in a carriage oostume
of sa'mon satin and plush, wus just step
ping out. Marmaduko Chesterton, bow
ing low over her band, pressed bis lips
to it a lie assisted ner to aught.
.......
".uo you see mat.' said Alias
Duchesne. N -
Cora burst luto toars and hurried from
the room, j nut as Miss Buo tingham on
tcred from an opposite portal, all smilos,
followeiTby Mr. Chesterton.
"Where is Cora? ' said the brunette,
airilr. "I hope her headache is better.
We have had such a delightful morning
at the picture gallery, Duke and I. And
wo have brought home some exquisite
cut flowers to arrange for dinner. Where
are they, Duk? Bring thorn in here. I
am sure Cora will exouse ns for iuvading
her bondoir."
But Miss Duchesne did not return the
(sir Ariadne's smiles. She gathered up
her knitting; made soma eurt reply
abont desiring to be alone, and stalkud
ont of the room.
"Cross old thing!" pouted Ariadne.
"One would almost imagine, Dnke, that
woo were her lover, and that she was
jalousl"
She laughed a shrill, sweet twinkle of
sound. Marmaduke Chesterton lsughsd,
also. All that Ariadne Buckingham did
or aaid was perfect in bis eyes.
Miss Buckingham's father had lost his
- all in nnfortunst ventures, and Ariadne
had beeu brought np on an income of
nothing per annnm.
Every one pitied poor Ariadne, who,
nevertheless, was always exquisitely
dressed, went everywhere, and lived,
metaphorically speaking, on the fat of
tbe land.
V 8he had written to Cora Leslie, her
,'V
mother's cousin, that she would like to
spend a winter iu Philadelphia, and
Cora, full of sweet, womanly compas
sion, bad promptly sent money for her
tO OOUitt.
"I never had a sistor," wrote Cora,
"and I am suro I shall love yon dearly 1"
And it was thus that Ariadne bad re
warded hor. The old story over again,
of the serpent who stings its benefactor.
But, although Con had been blind,
the rest of the world, like Mini Duchesne,
were more clear sighted.
Colonel Vavason, Mr. Chesterton's
nncle, took him sternly to Uk for bis
defection from the line of equity.
"Duke," said he, "1 may be a little
old fashioned, bnt all tbb;iooks to ma
like a piece of first-class villainy! Miss
Leslie has neither father nor brothor to
interfere in her behalf. She is a jewel
among women, and that Buckingham
girl is a heartless flirt 1"
Duke laughed.
"My dear nncle," said he, "yon take
things too seriously 1 Csn not an engaged
man so much as look at other women?"
But one day, in blossomv May, Colonel
Vavason 's card was brought up to Miss
Leslie.
Cora was preparing to go out with Miss
Duchesne for a drive. She was full of
bright happiness that morning, and even
Miss Duchesne breathed more freely, for
Ariadno Buckingham bad left them the
night before, in response so at lesstsbe
gave them to understand to a telegram
from ber father, who was ill. The night
msre dream was over at lat all the
world was May.
Sbo ran down into the drawing room,
where Colonel Vavason leaned against
tho mantel, tall, pah and handsome.
"Oh. Colonel," she said, "l am so
glad to soe you. Duke is coming at 2
o'clock to"
But she paused as her eyes fell on hts
psle features, tho look of muto horror in
his eyes.
"Duke will never come uero again,"
said be, in a low tone, "be a heroine,
Cora. Bear your trouble bravely. Duke
went away before daylight. He loft a
no to askinc me to toll vou. II o loves
Ariadne Buckingham, and baa followed
hor to her home!"
And so Cora Leslie closed the chapter
of her first love or rather, Marmaduko
Chesterton closed it for her.
Of course thoro wero plenty of people
to pity her with ostentutious sympathy,
and plenty to say that thoy had prophe
sied it all along; plenty to comment on
Cora's trusting blindness and Duko's
smooth hypocrisy.
But Cora held tier own valiantly. ue
was a littlu paler perhaps; a littlo qui
eter. But the heart wound was too deep
for any sarfaee bleeding. And the world
whispered, behind its jeweled, fan "Uow
woll sho bears it!"
At the ond of a year Marmaduko Ches
terton came back, lie was not married
to Miss Buckingham, after all. Tho
beautiful bruuette bod accepted his pres
ents, smiled on him with those meltiug
eyes of bora, ainusod herself at bis ex
pense, and finally weddod a young neu
tenaut of artillery, to whom sho bad
boon enlaced for years, and poor Duke's
eyes had beou summarily opened to the
folly of hia ways, lie was pale and hag
gard i s ho stood there in .tho boudoir,
where he bad first as Rod Cora Liesuo to
bo bis wife.
But Cora was lovelier than ever. As bo
looked at ber be marvolcd that ho could
ever liavo cared lor ono like Anaauo
Buckingham.
"Cora, he said in a broken voice, as
she cordially gave bim ber hand, "can
you over forgivo me?"
"OH, yes, buo ausworoa, smiling, "l
forgavo you long ago. And, oh, how
you miistbavo suffered, Duke I"
"But, be weut eagerly cn. "1 am
disenchanted now. My eyes nro opened
at last. I know now, that I nover really
loved any one but you. Sweot Cora, is
it too lato to ask you to renew our en-
gagomont onoo more."
"1 am afraid it is," said Uora, still so-
rcnoly self-posscssod and calm.
"But why? bo urged, Lali mnddeued
by suspense.
"One roason, answered Uora, "is tbat
I ha6 long ceased to care (except of
course, as a friend) for tun man wno
loved Ariadne Buckingham better than
mo. Tho other is that I am to bo mar
ried next week to Colonel Vavason."
"To-my undo!"
"Yes, Duko," she answorod serenely,
to your uncle." I love ond honor bim
as l never loved aud liouored man before!"
So Marmaduko Chesterton lost both
bloude and brunette, and MissDuchosuo
was satisfied at last that her darling was
worthily wodded. As for Cora she be
lieves with the poet that:
"Thf re U 4 PMTidencj that hap;i cur enjt
Rough hew ilioa si we in;: '
For did not that darksome path of pain
and suffering lead to sweetest sunshine
at last?
. The Sowhaven FUhwlTej.
Most picturesque of all the figures to
1. ... i -.1.- i.
uo Bt'i-u iu i.uiuiniry u uio uie novi uaveu
fishwives. With short, full, blue cloth
petticoats, reaohiug barely to their
ankles; white blouses and gay kerchiefs;
big, long-sleeved cloaks of tha same
bluo oloth, fastened at the throat, but
flying loose, sleeves and all, as it thrown
on iu baste; tho girls bareheaded; the
married women with white caps, stand
ing stiff and straight in a point on the
top of tho head; two big wicker-work
creels, ono above the other, full of fish
Stacked securely" on their broad shoul
lers, and held in place by a stout leather
strap passing around their foreheads,
they pull along at a steady, striding gait,
np hill and down, carrying weights tbat
it taxes a man's strength merely to lift.
n fact, it is a fishwife g boast that ahe
will run with a weight which it takes
two men to pet on her back. By reason
of this great strength on the part of
the women, and their immemorial habit
of exercising it; perhaps also from other
oauM far back iu the early davs of Jut
land, wher li canons Kcwbavca
fishing folk are said to have originated,
it has come about that the Xewhaven
men are a singularly docile and submis
sive race. The wives keep all the money
wnicb tuey receive lor tha nsu. and the
husbands take what is given them a
singular reversion of the situation in most
commnnities. I did not believe this
when it was told ms, so I stopped three
fishwives one day, and, without mincing
matters, ont the a bastion diract to them.
Two of them were young, one old. The
young women laughed saucily, and tha
old woman smiled, bnt they all replied
unhesitatingly, that they tad the spend
ing of all the money.
"It's a' spent i' the boos," sail one,
anxious not to be thought too selfish
a' fpent i' the boos. The men, they ram
home sn' tak their sleep, an' then they'll
be aff agen." (
"It 'nd never do for the husbands to
stoop in the city, an' hi sponJiu' a' the
money," added the eld woman, with
severe emphasis.
Whoever would see the Kewbaven
fisb-wives at their best must bo on the
N'ewbaven wharf by 7. o'olock in the
morning, on a day when the trawlers
come in and the fish is sold. The scene
is a study for a painter.
The fish are in long, narrow boxes, on
the wharf, ranged at tbo base of the sea
wall; some sorted out, in piles, each kind
by itself; skates, with their long tails,
which bok vicious, as if they could kick,
hake, witches, brill, sole, flounders, huge
cattish, crayfish, and herrings by the
ton. Tho wall is crowded with men,
Edingburgh fishmongers, come to buy
cheap on the spot. The wall is not over
two feet wide, and here they stand, lean
over, jostle, slip by to right and loft of
each other, and run np and down in
their eager haste to catch the eye of one
anctioncer, or to gel first speech with
another. The whsrf is crowded with
women an army in blue, two hundred,
three hundred, at a time; white caps
bobbing, elbows thrusting, shrill voices
crying, fiery blue eyrs shining it is a
sight worth going to Sootland for. Ir'jme
has had an affection for Christie John
stone, it is a delightful return of his old
admiration lor her. A dozen facos which
might be Christie's own are dashing up
from the crowd; one understands on the
instant bow that best of good stories
came to be written. A man with eyes
in bis bead and a pen in his band coald
not have done less. Such fire, such hon
esty, such splondor of vitality, kindle
tho women's faces. To spend a few
days among them would be to see
Chribtie Johnstone dramatized on all
sidea.--II. II., in September Atlantic.
Zorilla.
Zorilla is, be told me, a native of
Estremsdura. It was not be who brought
in tho Duke of Aosta to replace Isabolla,
but Trim. Zorilla has been a republican
ever since ho loft school. He is a lawyer
by profession, bad good business, but
never enough to mako a fort ane. How
ever, though not rich, be can live in sim
ple dignity here in Paris, and ho is able
frequently to assist poor countrymen
who apply to bim for relief. He goes
very little into French or Spanish
society. Clomenceau is one of his per
sonal frionds, and M. Lockroy, Victor
Hugo's son-in-law, another. With polit
ical men of his creed living in Barcelona,
Madrid, Cadiz, and other towns, he is in
active correspondence. He demonstrates
the necessity of republican institutions,
but does not conspire in the old
fasuioned senso of tuo word. By "not
conspiriug" be means that he does not
organize rosistauco to the monarchy.
But he advises it whenever it is practica
ble; and whenever thcro is, iu conso
qnenoe of bis advice, an insurrection, be
will then go back to Spain. I believe
bim to be there now. Zorilla is a man of
oool head. Ho is in daily practice a
philosopher, aud a man of duty. Vanity
has a small place in the motives which
actuate him. Ho has high aims simply
becausu ho likes what is elevated, and is
satisfied that in the long run God will
not suffer tho world to becoiao the prop
erty of contemptible peoplo whose moral
horizon is limited by their appetites and
base passions. Zorilla has not an
emphatia or bombastic way of express
ing Lis hopes and convictions. He talks
as a man of superior intellect might wbo
was uuder sentence of deeth au I saw the
world in its true light. The tone is
quiet. He reasons clearly, and is very
suro of the stability of tho premises
from which he draws -bis conclusions.
While ho explains tho why and where
fore of the faith that bo kucps bright, he
twirls and puffs n cigarctto. Ho iB not
handsome, but has a well characterized
face. His teeth would be all the hotter
if looked after by an American dentist.
His none is long and of a delicate outline,
aud well developed at tho nostrils. He
has dark, keen eyes, which do not ex
press curiosity, but receptivity and dis
cernment, lie often observes without
beiug couscious that he is observing,
and finds himself under the influence of
an impression which be was at no pains
to form. Then be reasons upon tho
things that havo impressed him. His
forehead is high and whiter than the rest
of his face. Tho bands tiro the color of
ginger bread, -but of an aristocratic
shape.
Zorilla sometimes goes to Mmo.
Adam's. Ho was an intimate friend and
a warm admirer tf Gambelta. Zorilla
was turned out of Iranco by tho Mao
Mabon government, which helped the
Kuto ijerrano-t'ayia intrigue. He said
to me when he came back to Paris in
1S70: "Mark my wor ld. The Spanish
royal family will disgust even their
moral-order friends by their ingratitude
toward France." A short time ago he
reminded mo of his prediction. Alfonso
was then making known to Europe bis
desire to keep within the Oermano-Anstro-Italian
orbit. Madrid Corr. X.
Y. Tribune.
A Ccrloas Convention.
About three hundred ladies and gen
tlemen, each wearing a badge of pale
blae ribbon ou which were the letters
"N. D. M. C.," met yesterday at Lyric
hall, in Sixth avenue, opposite Reservoir
square. They were members of the Na
tional Mute conventiou, which then be
gan its three dvrs' session. When the
hour for assembling arrived, a fine-looking
yonng man with dark-brown side
wbiskors and mustache, stood at the en
trance to the ball and waved bis white
pocket handkerchief, and at the same
time motioning toward the ball. A
number of young men wbo had been
gathered in group un the sidewalk, ges
ticulating and in that way gossiping at
one auother, stopped gesticulating and
went into the ha'.l. Then began the
most aniet convention ever held in this
city. The chairman, Professor R. P.
McGregor of Columbus, O., presided
aud controlled, to a certain degree, the
proceedings without the nse of a gava!.
Such an article would have been of no
nse in his band, for tbe sound of its rap
ping wonld have fallen noon ears dead
to the sharp cracks which have so often
brought windy politicians to order. A
wave cf the hand was sufficient to attract
attention or to quiet a too obstreperous
member of the body whose proceedings,
unbroken by any noise, were oppesjiva
in their silence rave to the deal mutes
themselves. To them there was appar
ently as much interest in tha proceed
ings as to tbe members of any conven
tion of speaking people. The enthusi
asm evoked by any speaker was mani
fested by tLe clapping of bands and
stamping of feet, which seems, there
fore, to be a matter of impulse rather
than of education. Tnis peculiarity was
noticeable about tho clapping of th
bauds. When it was Cone the hands
were held np even with tho face or above
the bead, S3 that tbe rign speaker might
see, as he could not near, the signs of
sporoval. Tbe manifestation of the dis
approval of any sentiment uttered was to
the hearing person less manifest, as it
was shown by a violent shaking of the
bead or a vigorous waving of the uplift
ed band. But it was perfectly apparent
to tbe speaker.
The morning session was furmally
opened with prayer by the Rev. Job
Turner, a deaf mute minister from Vir
ginia. To the speaking person it was
a strnago and at the same time expres
sive and impressive invocation. There
was neither bowed beads nor closed eyes
in the audience, though there was evi
dent reverence for a God who had afflict
ed an 1 yet was held merciful. Every
one watched intently the face and fin
gers of tho round, gray-haired and
pleasant faced dominie as be asked for
God's blessing upon the deaf mutes and
f.ir liiu lironfinn in ftnv Arttinn thev
mi.ht take to improve their spiritual
and temporal welfare. At the conclusion
of the prayer, Preaidont McGregor, who
is an insfr.ictor in the State Instituto for
the Deaf ana Dumb at Columbus, Ohio,
mads his annuiJ address in the sign lan
guage , , ,
The afternoon session was devoted al
most entirely to the election of officers.
Preceding tho report of the committee
on nermanont organization, letters from
various persons who were unablo to bo
firesent were interpreted by ti Bifn
anguags. One of those was from iLayor
Edson, nnd another from the Rev.
Thomas Gullardet cf St. Ann s church.
He said bis presence at the International
Convention of teacher's of the deaf and
dumb at Brussels, Belgium, prevented
bim from being present. His assistant,
the Rev. John Chamberlain, promised
to bring to the conventiou to day for
exhibition the seryice of silver presented
to Dr. Gallaudet by tho Xew England
convention of deaf mutes fifty years ago.
At the conclusion of the reading of these
letters, W. G. Joaes, an instructor at
the institutiou for tho deaf and dumb in
this city, and whose mother was at one
timo a leading actress iu this city, gave
a remarkable exhibition of the sign lan
guage. Ho told tho story of a mischiev
ous monkey who followed tho minister
to churcb, and wbo, perched back of the
pulpit, imitated tho actions of the minis
ter, much to the amusement of the au
dience and the disgust of tho minister.
Tho letters of tho deaf and dumb alpha
bet were not used, the whole story being
told in pantomime, the minister, monkey
and tho laughing audience being so
cleverly depicted tqnt no ono could mis
tako the intention of tho narrator nor
losa tho thread of the story. N. Y.
Times, August 20th.
What a Lie Bid.
I onco had an example of bow well it
is to tell the truth, said a gentleman who
was once a prominent candidato for gov
ernor of Arkansas. Some time ago I
was traveling on horseback throngh a
very lonely part of the country. I was
never a bravo man, and I was not in the
lea it surprised upon discovering that I
was scared. Every rustlo of tho leaves,
every sudden cry of a bird, startled me.
I couldn't think of anything but robbers
and desperadoes, and shuddered as I re
membered a man who, years ago, had
been found in tho woods, murdered in
cold blood. Every feature of tbe ghastly
face camo up, and I turned sick when the
gaping wound in his throat came up
with startling verisimilitude.
While I thus reflected, a short turn of
the lonely road, winding around a
thickly wooded hill, brought me almost
face to face with two men, who seemed
to be standing for me. Their horses
were hitched to a neighboring grape
vine, and the suggestive manner in
which tuey looked at the animal I was
riding, sent a thrill like a streak of ice
water up my back. I saw At once that
thoy were desperate men, and felt that
they would not hesitate to kill me.
Flight was out of the question, for any
tnch move On my part would, I was con
vinced, prove oertain death, lor the
first time in my lifo I resolved to play
the bully, and, assuming what I fancied
was an unconcerned expression, I said,
"good morning."
"How are you?" they replied. "Going
far?"
"I don't know that it is any of your
business," I replied. "I don't want any
trouble with you, for I have decided to
lead a better life. Never again do I
want it said that 1 shed the blood of a
human being."
"A bad man, I reckon," said one of
tbe desperadoes.
"At one time I could not have denied
such an accusation; but as I tell you, J
have resolved never to kill another man,
I hope that you will not molest me."
"Hold on, pcrdnerl"
"I've got no time to talk."
"But bold on! What's your name?"'
"I'm Bill Poston, the outlaw, and the
man of whom you bave often beard. I
have killed men for less tlia.i this, and I
don't want yoa to cause a breaking of
my resolve. "
"Do as yon like about your resolve,"
said tho taller of the desperadoes. "I
don't know who you are, but I know you
are not Bill Poston, the robber."
"How do you know?"
"Because I am Bill Poston, and this is
my brother."
"Oh, Lord!" I supplicated, "have
mercy ou met"
"Climb off that horse, Cap.; I reckon
we'd better hang you right here."
I bogged, but saw no mercv in their
eyes; I prayed, but I heard no answer.
"1 II teacn you bow to eo around the
country committing depredations and
layiug thorn onto me! Fine man yoa
are! Stol that horse. I reckon. John.
get that rope off my saddle. Well
swing him np right here."
"On, my kind friends! I have com
mitted no depredation. I am a candi
date for governor of Arkansas, and am
on my way to meet an appointment at a
place o discnsnion. Yon wouldn't hang
a governor, would you? Just tbink of
what yonr state wonld lose I"
"Who is youropponont?"
"ColonofBiaeket."
"What sort of a Wlow is he?''
"He's a bal man."
"Are you well acquainted with him?"
"I never saw him, but know he is a
bad man."
"He's a much better man than yon are,
or at least will soon exhibit more eapao
ity for executive duties than you can
possibly show. In short, hs'll be the
liveliest man pretty soon."
Tbey put tne rope around my neck.
I proyed iu vain, I asked the Lord to
forgive mo my sius, and closed my eyes,
everv moment expecting to be drawn np.
"If I let you go will you promise
never again to use my name?"
"I swear I won't. Let me live and I'll
be a better man. I'll do anything for
you, and when I'm elected governor I'll
pardon you."
"All right; yon may go this time.
Take off the rope, John."
I mounted my horso and rode away,
with tearful thankfulness and a deter
mination nover to tell another lio. Next
day when I reached the place of discus
sion, a large crowd had gathered. When
I approached tbe people were shouting
with laughter. Great Alexander! Somo
one was relating my experience. Shov
ing my way forward, I recognized in the
tall man the one who had accused me of
taking his name. He was my opponent. I
could oot face tbe crowd and left as rap
idly as possible. Tbe wholo thing was a
joko. At the election I was defeated by
an overwhelming majority. Arkansaw
Traveler.
A Rival or Quinine.
Cinchona, or quinine, or Peruvian or
Jesuit's bark, as it is variously called,
long a remedy in intermittent fevers, and
for tbo purpose unique, is destined be
fore long to bave a rival in a newly dis
covered medical agent, by Prof. Fischer of
Munich, in Germany, which has been
given the name of "Kairin." It appears
that in a long series of investigations
concerning tbe nature and actions of
quinine, Prof. Fischer found that by
n,'eans of a succession of chemioal trans
forCtions a substanco is obtained in tbe
form ft white chrystaline powder.from
coal tar, which greatly resembles quinine
in its action on the human organism.
The rapid diminution of fever beat is the
chief effect, so far ns has been observed,
that is yet produced, and in this respect
its efficacy is said to be remarkable. It
is belioved that among other things it
will render the u'a of ice in fever cases
entirely unnecessa'y.&nd that its skillful
employment will enable the physician to
moderate the temperature of the patient;
it is also said thai it baJ jess inconven
ience for the stomach tha. quinine, al
though it is not shown np to -ho present
time that it possesses that torn.1 and re
storative influenco for which qui J'ne is
so frequently administered. From the
chemical aud physiological point 'it
view, the most valuable thing about the'
new discovery is that it seems to bring
us nearer finding oot tho chemical na
ture of quinine itself and the true char
acter of its agency. The discovery has
beon patented, and a manufactory of
"Kairin" been established. As it is said
that the cost of producing a kilogramme,
which is about tbirty-five and a quarter
ounces, of the now agent is not far from
sixty dollars, it is evident that it will bo
Boine time, however, before its patrons
can hops to see it take the place of
quinine in practical pharmacy. Quinine,
by the way.has not ulwoys been so favor
able in price as at the present time. Dur
ing the war it was ono of the most essen
tial necessities of tbe arms surgeon, and
in many cases sold as high as twenty
dollars an ounce.
SHORT BUS.
"Could ye lind me the loan nf a tiitiA
an' tobacky?" said Pat;"I have a match."
"What did you say your friend ia,
Tommy?" "A taxidermist." Wlmf.
that?" "Why, he's a sort of animal np-
i.i..i i
uuisierer.
"Oh. she was a iawnlnf a nri'fnt" onM
Pat. mourning over the lnaa nf liia l.of.
tor half, "she always struck me with
tue souenu oi me mop.
Clerk of the Court. "Omu TinhortiT
Are you Owen Doherty?" Prisoner
Vwuu a merry iwmKie in tne eyes)
"Yes, begorra, I'm owin' everybody."
An Irish soldier, on hearing that his
widowod mother had been
be tinitted Ireland pTMm'mo.l- "r-n.
erl I hope she won't have a son older
.1 .'I r ....
luuu me; ii sue aoes x snail lose the
estate."
A satisfactory answer : Barber "Dear
me, your beard's very strong; how often
do you shave?" Van Jboom (Dutch
mariner) "Dree dimes a week effory
tay bot Sondays; ton I shaves efferey
tay." London Punch.
A Parisian author has translated
Shakespeare's line, "Oat, brief candle!''
in Frenoh, thus: "Get out, short enn
dle!" That isn't as bad as tho transla
tion oi an exclamation of Milton's by a
Freshman, who rendered "Hail, hor
rors, hail!" thus: "How d'ye do, hor
rors, dow d'ye do?"
SaTing th9 Wheat.
Just when the reapers ought to have
been at work in Michigan it was raining
every day, and a dozen times per day,
and farmers were a blue lot. Sunday
came and it was a clear, fair Uv. At
Delhi, in Ingham county, a fair sized
oongregatiou nad garnered at a country
cuurcu to noia tne usual seryice, when
tbe minister arose and said:
"Brethren, the Lord has finally given
ns a fair day."
He paused here, and a coudIs of farm.
era slid out.
"He has civen ns six dava to work nA
one to rest, bnt during the last week yoa
havo rested six."
Here four or five more went ont. and
ho turned to the few left and continued:
"A farmer who has thirty acres of
wheat aching to be reaDed should roaliu
that the Lord knows that no man can
worship him on an empty stomach."
Tha last farmer started for home, and
the cood man looked over th wnmon
and children and aaid:
"Old Mrs. Radwick ia nwtrlr hV.nA
and Deacon Jackson has no wheat ont.
I kuoss the threa of ns can visit with tha
Lord so well tbat he won't hear the rest
of yoa driving the reaper and loading
the wagons." Wall Street News.
EDUCATIONAL HOTES.
JTherear. 12,000 school bouse. laIlli
Oirl graduates in England we.r
precisely like those wrn bj ?
men, and mode by the same tailor, J
The Scranton Republican lv.liJ.
tho building of aollool SnVu!
to make the building of pnZS
Tha New Orleans Times
states that Minnesota is tbe only
tbe nnion which has passed a U- w ?
ing the high school, and industrial If
lege, closely togother. U8iril col-
The best product of tbe public school,
is in the rural districts, where schon
for part of the year i.' connecSl?
work on ho farm the rest of the jer
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Tbe Schoolmaster, an English ,!
cational journal, is disousskg the on!
lion of mid-day meal, in the school, ii
state, that the introduction of a hot Iri.K
stew in a London mission school ht
been a great success as an incentive,
study. 0 10
The scheme for introducing pictnr..
into elementary schools in England"
taken practical shape; and an "Art foi
Schools Association" has been formed
with Mr. Ruskin as president and Mr'
Mundella and the chairman of the Lon
don school board among the vice preii
dents. Beside, tbo introduction of
picture, into schools, tho association
proposes, so far as may be practicable
to undertake oral instruction ju th'
national gallery and elsewhere.
The Congregationalist thinks tu
there need be no rivalry between
Christian college, and state collet-ei
Each is the complement to the other if
the Christian colleges are such as thev
should be made to be, their influence
will permeate the whole system of eJacs
tion with religion, influences, and com
pel state schools to maintain a high or
even religions standard, or students will
be drawn from them to tho denoiain
ationnl schools.
The Buffalo Courier lifts np its voice
to protest against overstudy. "Tbe edu
cation of children," it says, "is a pretty
badly botched affair at best, but when
parents and teacher, conspire against
tbe health and life of a bright child who
needs muscle and Btamina more than
mental culture, there can be but one re
sult. Ought not every municipality to
have its skilled physician or board of
physicians, whose duty it should be to
enforce the simple laws of health in the
schools and to relieve from the soveritiei
of school discipline all who bave not the
bodily strength to withstand them?"
A number of benevolent men in New
York have founded a free kindergarten
and connected with it a schcol of me
chanical training, of which tha distin
guished philanthropist, Felix Adler.is
the director, with a principal who was
distinguished in Germany as a teacher,
and who has also tbe mechanical skill.
Professor Adler states that his plan is
"that ono model school should be erect
ed, in which the entire avulnm nf ntinn.
a I and liberal education for tbe poorer
elates might bo employed from begin
ning to end, hoping thut it "wonld not
bo wi'bout effect upon the common
school sstem at large.'
WX-ro lie tot Left.
Recently wo i.nNnded to do a favor by
bruHhing a huge, u.cly spider fom a
young lady's dress collar; we dijn't go
on tha other sido of Iwr to do it either.
We brushed, and two lacerated fingers, a
toru dress collar, and a metal bag with
two broken legs was the result; no, not
all of the result there was a mad girl,
wbo called ns endearing names, such as
"you horrid thing," to spoil ber beauti
ful bug. Well, firmly resolving that wo
wouldn't notice even a tomato worm on
a girl's check, we expected no more
more trouble. That's where we got left.
The other morning we met her. ' She im
mediately put on a can't-resist it Emile.
We saw it, and a little green worm also,
crawling slowly toward tho uncovered
epidermis under her ear. "How natural
that worm's movements are," we ven
tured to observe, "it is as perfect as
life." It remains in doubt whether a
can of dynamite exploded aboat her or
a cyclono. struck us, bnt a velley of
screams, mingled with "You horrid
brute!" greeted us. and now if we see a
bug ou a girl we won't see the girl. Our
standing in society must not be jeopard
ized by ruining copper bugs and permit
ting live worms to crawl on a fair neck.
Not muoh. Cold water (Mich.) Repub
lican. An extract from a lecture by Dr. Rich
ardson before the Society of Arts, Lon
don, on "Natural Necessities as a Basis
of Natural Education," states tho resalts
of the introduction of industrial school
ing in connection with book learning, in
a large school of obout 600, of whom
about half were girls. The industrial
occupation was gained for tbe girls be
fore it could bo provided for the boys.
This puts the girls on half time tuition
in book. Yet the inspectors found at the
periodical examination tbat the girls
were mentally more alert, and in book
studies were in advance of the boys who
had studied full time.
At the trades union congress, Birming
ham, England, recently, Joseph Arch
offered a resolution that, considering the
largo amount of waste land in the king
dom which is capable of cultivation, rad
ical changes in the land system of the
country are required in order that the
land may be put under productive culti
vation for tbe benefit of the community,
thereby offering a check to excessive im
migration. An amendment was offered
calling upon the government to declare
such land government property, and
with this addition the entire resolution
was adopted.
Admiral Baldwin's enu'ff box coronsr
tion present from the Czar is Urns de
scribed in a Hamburg letter: "It is esti
mated to be valued at $15,000. Six
solitaires, three on each side of the por
trait, are said to be worth $1200 apiece.
Tbe portrait is snrronnded by a ring of
about forty diamonds. The box itself u
an art gem, and baa a capacity for folly
half a pound of snuff."
Miss Fortescue has retired from the
London stage, to become the wife of the
young Viscount Garmovle, eldoet son of
Earl Cairns. Her real" name is Finney.
The Buffalo public schools have used
the same text books for twenty year.
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