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Jui rt'-'d tln-nmcd nf one slwir.
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prtniiimi if.
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Wor ilouhi ha wu tbxiiionlie'd lretmd 01
uaciJj'ii uin iFwiM
N ionlii'raet roy!rl'IIOf. , i
And lh.T pa.-U without word;
But lii-r bn would tl o loudly,
Hli8 w..lini ur k hi-ird,
4ml h!rniiiwr tenliltf trembled Ilk tlid plum-
geof.blr'i.
"innnMsnOf lldewft !iicln "
Croio bar liilln wliinhim buod.
Through bet foul lif full (lit fragrtoce
Of Ib-UpilK of oiitliernwood,
Ad4 nh thoudlii UieUd to pretty, and believed
bun wlaetud004i , ' . . ,
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y ,TW0 USDS OP COURiUE. .
Kul many yesrj inoe tbe good ship
I'onlo sniloil from Boston, bound to
8utiKifra. Sbe wbb commando I by Oopt.
Jaobn, good teaman and a nat
ural!; good uaturod tuan.bat in his long
cwi'fr boneath tbo trident of Neptune
be id imbibed many of tbo false ideas
prevalent among hia soamon, and be bad
0omi to look niion tbe sailor's life as one
which necessarily did away with those
fine and warmer traits of oharactor that
mark the humane and generous lands
man. In this wiuo Isaao Jacobs some
timos loHt sight of true merit where it
ctaaliy cxibtod.
Among the crow of the Tonto, on hor
prewnt voyage, was a young man named
Cabib Baker, lie bad shipped only
(hieo days before the ship sailod. He
wait a slondor framed man, with a fair,
propoisosiiog oountonanee, ligiit blae
ycH and light brown Lair. Though
light in bis build, be was woll stocked
with mnsolo, and bis motions were
quick, and energetic His anpeartnoe
waa ralonhited to predisposo beholders
fa liix favor.
One day, shortly after the ship had
left port, as Baker was busy about some
mAtUTs of bis own in one of the gang
ways, one of the men, a rough, unoontb
fellow., by the name of Bunkton, came
alonir and gav thfl olotljo bag of Baker
kick out of the way, thereby scatter
imff n no rubor of things about the deck.
"I wish vou would be careful," said
Biker, a ho moved to gather up bis
thins. - " .
"Tht-n keep your things out of my
wht," grnflly rotnrrjud.'Bunkt jd.
r "They wore not iujrour way," Biker
aaanwcrjii. .
, 'I)i) von menu to tell me I lie?"
'I fail tho things wcro not in your
wat.'V ' ' ' '
"Aud I say they wore. Now, Ucn t you
tlixjiulci tuo agaiu."
"Very well, have it your own way,"
Jm1y roturued Baker as he drew bis
liaj; cionor iu toward the bulwarks.
Aml don't yon boimnudont.neither,"
ptovokingly added Bnnkton.
"Iiook ye, Bunktou, if yon. hove any
business of your owu you'd better mind
ft." t '-
;,i:h. lubber? I'll show you my busi
ne. Take that!" ,
'As Bnnkton spoke be struck the young
mal upou tho faoo. Thu crew baa niout
of ilium gdtherod about the plaoe, and
rrti'jomiiuts were quiokly raide for a
figbt. '
."JuAt oonm forward eomo forward,
nil I'll show you my business," oriod
Bnnktan, bristling about with his Huts
doubled up. '
VA flgbt! a fight!" cried half a dozou
oftbotm n. "Don't stand that, Bakor."
Vh yt'ting man's eyes had flashed as
ko ' .reooivod thu blow, and thorewas a
nuiok quiveriog of the musclos of hi
huds, but ho made no motion to strike.
.'"Aiu'iyou goinj to take it up?" askod
Bnnkton..
-No. I waut nothing to do with you,"
returned Caleb. v 1 '
"Then,, you are a coward IV uttereil
Banktou, with a contemptuous tone and
look.
i" Young Baker calmly replied to the
taunt, and Bnnkton became still more
avace." Those who know anything
about ocean life will understand the sen
timouts of the rough crow npon suoh
matters as tho presont. Thoy could
oroprshetid but one kind of courage,
suxl the momeut that Baker refused to
right thoy set him down fur an arrant
eoward. At first they had been propos
meed in his favor, for Bunktou was a
quarrelnome fellow, and they hopod
Caleb would llag him; but whsn they
aaw bim tnrn away and resume his work
thev began to tauut him too,
What's all this?" asked Captain
Jacobs, who was attracted to the spot.
Tbe matter was explained to him.
"Didn't resont it?'' uttered the captain,
looking with mingled surprive and con
tempt npon Baker. "W by didn't you
tno. k bim down, Jiukei?"
"Because I don't want to fight with
ay man, sir."
"And you will allow vourself to w
track and not resent it?"
, will defend myself in oase of dan-j
Rer, but I will not so aba mywtlf m to
mochf-e in a brutal fight when it can be
feasibly avoided. I hare as vet done
wrong to no man; but wore I to fight
oaa of my shipmates, I should wrong
him and myself both."
.Then you will have yourtolf looked
upon aa one who may'' be struck with
impunity?"
A. quick flush panned over the young
coxa's face a the captain thus spoke, but
ha was soon ealm.
"I mean, air," he retarned, "to give
no one occasion to strike me; yet Bunk
toa struck me, but you oan ace that be
Jrftady suffers more than I do."
Itankton gave Caleb the lie, and again
tried to urge bim into fight, but the
ofWiu interfered and quiet was re
torod. from that time Calob Baker wu looked
by the crew a a ceward. At flr4
tbf y uuuted bim, bat bw uniform kind
nets soon pot a stop to these outward
inuiiifi'HtutioiiM, and the faeliugs of the
crew were ; expressed by their looks.
Bunkton took every ooraiou be could to
annoy the young man; for be bad taken
bis oath ho would "have fight ont of
the coward yet." ; Tbe rest of the crew
might have let the matter psss, had not
Bunkton's continned behavior kept alive
the idea of Bukor's cowardioe.
- None save himself );new the great
strugglos that went on within that man'e
bosom; bnt he bad resolved that bo
would not fight, excapt in actual and
neoessnry solf defense, and ho adhered
to bis principle. He porforraed bis du
ties faithfully, and Captain Jacobs was
forced to admit'that though Baker was a
coward, he was yet a good sailor.
Tim matters passed until tho ship bad
donbled tho Cape of Good Hope and en
tnro1 thn Tmlian Ocean.' It was toward
tbe clcse of a day that bad been sultry
and oppressive, tuat a nuui oreeze
snrunir uo from tho southward. It come
in nuittk. cool crusts, and the broad can
vas only flapped before it. .
"We aro likely to have a mow soon,
remarked tho mate.
"Not much, I think," returned the
captain, as be took u survey of the bori-
son. "Ibis spitting will soon aie away,
and I thiiik tho wind will come out from
tbe west'rd. Ilowever, it may be well
anongh to shorten tbe sail, ion may
tako in t'gallanU'ls and closo.reef the
tops'ls."
This ordor was qniekly obeyed, and as
ilia PAntjii.i bad uredicted. the spitting
gusts died away, but there was no wind
Came out from the wesfard. It grew
dark, but nO wind bod come. About
ten o clock tboso wuo were on jock were
startlod by a auddon darkening of the
stars, and thoy saw a great black cloud
rolling up from the southward. It soon
bung over tbe ship like a black pall, and
lirnmn In tin friffbtened. The
captain was culled, but before bo came
on dec It tnere came a orasu as mougu
thn vert heaven had been rent asunder.
The old ship trembled in every joint,
and a hugo ball of firo rollod down the
main-mast. Another, and anoin. r crash
ing of tbe lightning oame, aud at longth
th nliii'.lria fin ill beffun to tllaV about
tbe ship in wild, fun Us tic streams.
"The foremast is strncki suontea
one of the mou. "Soa. where Its head is
shivered I" '
All nviti wnrn turned to the BDOt. but
bv tho next wild flash the men could see
that a dangerous havoo bad been made
with the nioin-mant. The cap was shiv
ered, the starboard check was nearly
stripped off, and tbe trestle-treos were
nnivnrinir. Of nnnrse tho beavv ton-
mast was only held in its place by the
dubious trestlo tteen, ana Ana main-iop
threatened ovory instant to oome crash
ing nnnu thn illicit, with the lone toD-
mast and top gallant-mast in its company.
Buou a calastropue wouia surety prove
fatal to the ship, and all know it.
But while all bands were gazing at
this, another danger arose. The low,
rumbling sound that had been growiug
in tho southward bad esoupod tbe notice
of the crow, nnd ere they kuew it, the
rushing, bowling wind was upon them.
Tbe ship leaped liko a frightened stag
hi.fi.rn thn Dftln. The mate cut the main
top sheets, and the sail was snapped
into ' ribbons. The foretop-sail was
elowod np, and tbe ship was got before
the wind. :, ;.' ' , :
Tho lichtnina cloud was swept away,
and it was dark as Erebus. The wind
bowled fearfully, but thoro was one
sound moro fearful than that. It was
tbe creaking of the shattered trestle
treos, aa tho tid of the topmost bore down
upon thorn.
"0, Oodr" ejuculutod Captain Jacobs,
if the trestle trees vivo way we are lostl
Hark I Hoar them labor!"
Awav n aloft, in tho impenetrable
durkness, stood tbo giant top mast, and
all felt it could not stand thore long.
Tho men crawled alt, and with painfully
boating hearts they heard the mast
labor.
If wo could brtug the ship broadside
to," tmid the mate, "the weather riggiug
muut be out, aud the mast might go
overboard.
"1'run true, returned tho captain,
"but who shall go aloft and do the job?
Thoio would be no foothold in tbe top,
for that will go with a crash. Tho trostlo-
trees are alroady shuttered."
"If vou will port tbe ueim, i will
make tho trial." cried a oloar, strong
voice, which was at onoe rooognizod as
Caleb Baker's.
"It will be sure death,' said Jaool-s.
"Then lot it be so," returned Caleb.
"If I sncoocd the rest of you may be
saved; but now wj aro all iu danger.
Port the helm, and I will go."
Caleb took the ax from tho mizzen-
must. nnd soon bis form was lost in the'
darkness, as he moved toward tho star
board riggiug. The holm was rut
a port, and the ship gradually gave lier
starboard side tc the gale. 8oon the
blow of an ax was beard then another
ami another. The ship boaved heavily
over thtm cracking aud then came the
crash. The hoavy top mast bud gono
clean over the aide. Fragments of tbo
trestle and cross trees came rattling
niion tho deck, but nil eyes were strained
S sinfully toward tho mast bead. The
im outline of the heroio mau could be
soon sifely bunging by the uiizzon top
uiftst stay.
The shin was once more got uoiore me
wind, and ere long Baker came safoly to
the dock. He staggered eft to the bin
nacle, aud there he sank fainting and
bruised upon the deck; bnt lie was
quickly oouvevod to the cabin, and bis
wants were an met.
Cal ib'a bruises were none of them bad.
ml iu a few davs be was again at bis
duty. "The men yod bim anxiously and
they aeemed uneasy as tuey uiei uis
miles. The captain, too, changed color
when be met the kiud. noble loot oi ino
young mau, but soon overcame the false
pride that aotuated bim, and, stepping
to the noble fellow's aide, took bim by
tbebaniL
"Caled" aald be. "if I have done
wrong I freely ask you to forgive me. I
have called you coward, but I did not
know you." , .
Tl.inlr nn mora of it. Said Caleb.
with a beaming eye. "I once promised
to one whom I loved better than life
my mother that I would never do a
deed or which I might afterwards be
shamed." . .
Rnnktnn nreoaed forward. CaieO,
he said, seizing tbe band ot the young
man iu hia bard hat, "you must iorgiv
me for what baa passed. We'll be
friends afUr this."
"Bless you, Bunkton, and friends we
will be," returned Caloo.
"Yes."addod Bunkton. "an if you
won't fight for yoursolf, I'll fight for
you, it you ever atuuu iu nc ui in.
"I tell you, my moo," said the cap
tain, "there's certuinlv two kinds of
courage; and, after all, f don't know bnt
that Caleb Bakor's kin 1 is the best. It
takes a bigger and stronger heart to
bold it, at all events."
' Standard Time,
There is no more vexations incident of
travel in this oonntry than tbe confusion
which prevuils regarding standards of
time. . A man loaves bomowuu.lua watob
oorrcctly set. only to find that a railroad
rido of few hours has mado it ten or
fifteen minutes outof tbe way. If be ad
justs it to this new standard.it may serve
for a number of hours, or a chunge of
railroads may requiro another move ot
tbe minute band within a short time. In
stndying a railroad gnido to plan long
journey, careful attention must be paid
to tbe times nsed by tbe various lines,
and even tho experienced traveler will
sometimes be puzzled at finding what he
is sure mnst be a through train appar
ently leaving a city before it has arrived.
It would be bard to exaggerate the con
fusion and inconvenience caused by
these different standards, numbering as
tbey do over fifty for the railroad systom
of the country. ' "
Tbe ideal method of avoiding such dif
ficulties is that adopted by England
' generation ago, which makes
Greenwich timo tho standard for the
wbolo country. Bat such a aoheme
would be obviously impracticable in a
nation of such vast territory as the
United States, with tbo sun reaching the
meridian on its eastern coast when it is
not yet nine o'clock in the forenoon on
the l'aoiflo slope. A great improve
ment, however, would be effected if
the country could be divided into
several parts, with ono time standard
governing each of them. Students of
tli problem have generally agreed that
this is tbe only satisfactory solution, and
there is good reason to hope that it "ill
be reached at ho very distant day. The
railroads are, .of course, most inter sated
in the quest on, and the change will
come, if it doea come, through their
unitod action. The subject has been
disonssed for years at railway time con
ventions, anfl comprehensive scheme is
to come before suoh convention at
Chicago this week. It is proposed that
all roads in tbe eastern part of the conn
try, which are now run by (he looat
times of New York, Boston, Washington,
and a dozen other cities, shall be gov
erned by the seventy fifth meridian, or
Eastern time, which is four minutes
slower than New York time. There will
be no change nntil the traveler westward
reaches a road which now uses tho time
of Columbus, 0., when he will enter the
district of Central, or ninetieth meridian
time, whioh will be just one hour slower
than Eastern time. This is to cover the
wide region extending to Omaha, Neb.,
and will supplant the local time of all
the chief Western cities. The noxt
change will be ono hour earlier, and will
take in the great plains east of the Kock
ios; and the fourth district, with time
ouo hour earlier still, will comprise tho
I'aciflo coast.
Tho scheme is entirely feasible, and
there ought to be no onostion about its
adoption. It happily 'avoids exoiting lo
cal jealousies by taking the noon of the
seventy fifth meridian as the standard
for eastern time, instead of the Yew York
noon, whioh comes four minutes later,
while thero is the added advantage of a
difference of exactly five hours between
this and Oreenwich time, npon which
ocean vossols mtiBt depend. It is ex
peotcd that the time balls in all oities
will drop at noon aocording to the stand
ard for their disiriots. This will make
noon by the dock oome in some plaoes a
full half hour earlier and in others as
much later. than now, but when once
each community becomes accustomed to
the new stundurd, there will be no inoon
venienoe worth considering from tbe
ohango. On the other hand, there will
be the immense advantage that when it
is noon in the eastern district, it is 11
o'clock throughout tbeontraldistrict,10
o'olock all over the plains, and 9 o'clock
on the Paciflo slope.
Several New England railroads have
already adoptod the system, and have
just bogun running on time tables whioh
make noon at the seventy fifth morid
ian their standard. Other roads in the
same section are ' ready to follow suit,
providod the time ball at Cambridge,
whioh now governa Boston time, drops
at noon . of the seventy-fifth meridian,
whioh would be sixteeu minutes later
than it is now. The example ought to
prove contagious, and unless unforseen
obstacles are encountered the System
should speedily spread all over tbe
country. Brooklyn Union.
Slain fer Fashion's Sake.
During the last two or three years, or
sinoe floklo-minded fashion has decreed
that birds as well aa feathers should be
used to ornament the heads of the elite
nt fumininn Hnfliiltv. a new source of
revenne has been openod to the natives
or Southern Ualirorma. bww uaruara,
iminoi 'thn lun.1 nf flowers." ia nooesaar.
ily the home of tho delicate little hum
ming bird, whiou lives npon tne dis
tilled pollen or bee food of our gaudiest
flora. In a glass case npon tbe oounter
vithin Hia ilrnff ntnr ot A. M. Kuis. was
discovered two rows of dead humming
. . . ... . . - A I
birds, eacn witn meir uiue - ioei mrueu
A V.a J.iiim " "Thn traiia is a re
cently developed one," said Mr. Buiz.
"It is less than three years old, bnt it is
growing steadily. We do not propose
to engage very heavily in it, as it is not
exaotly in our line, wniou is uruga ana
nerfamerT. but we find profitable mar
ket for all wo can obtain.''
"How do you obtain these humming
birds?"' queried the reporter.
"Tbe little boys bring them in. There
are four or five little Californians who
live in or near town who are expert with
sling-shots, skillfully manipulated im
provement upon the contrivance used
by David to kill Ooliali. Small pebbles
or teanpoontul of small bird shot is
used, and, when propelled by our little
humming bird hunters, usually bring
down the bird. These little hunters
bring in on an average about five birds a
day "
"Why do tbey not use nets? II would
not destroy or injur the delioate plum
age or these little birds." . '
"V'eU would be better, I believe, but
the little Spanish children are used t
the little sling shots and as are as skill
ful with tbem as are their father with
the tiara, and woe to the humming bird
at which one of these little boys du
charges charge of pebbles or bird
"la there money in the bosinoss?
"No, not worth speaking of. I pay 10
to 15 cents each for the birds and then I
dress them and ship them to San Fran
cisoo. Then I am paid at the rate of 60
ceuts each for the female common bud
and 75 cents each for those male birds of
the brilliant plumage."
"Is tbore more than one varioty of
bumming bird in the market?"
"Yea, we have fonr. There is the
'fiery,' or that bird you see thore with
tho red flaming throat. Then there is
the sulphuretted or yellow bronzed bird.
Next to the ordinary malo, which has
red and green plumago, nnd last the
brown, unbronzad female bird."
"What is the extent of the trade?"
Taut voir wo m-nt off less than a thou
sand birds; we could have found a mar
ket for at least three times the number
exported."
In continued conversation it was dis
covered that while San Francisco obtains
large proportion of these dolicate little
birds, the best and prettiest are selected
and shipped direct to tbe fashion contors
in Paris and Londont whore they com
mund high price.1 Santa Barbara
Press.e - -
A New Air Ship.
A Bridgeport Conn., telegram to tbo
New York World says: Charles F.
Ritchel, of this city, has invented a ship
designed to sail through the air. Mr.
Bichel olaims that it can bo made to rise
or fall as desired, without throwing over
the ballast or losing gas, an in balloons,
and will also float right side up. It is
cylindrical in form, and the ends are cut
off square. To this great cylinder,which
is intended to float in the air in a horizon
tal position, is attached by ropes tbe
framework of the machine. There is no
rudder, Mr. Bitchol having found that
with tbe present progress or invention it
is impossible to steer an air ship with
any degree of accuracy and certainty.
Under the floor, or network, as it might
more properly be called, is series of
canvas shutters on iron frames, lapping
one over ihe other when closed, thus
making pormanent, air-resistmg floor.
mi i.f- : f ii..
lilts latter leuiuro is uuu ui iuo piiuui-
pal features oi jur. .tiionei a invention,
lie says that the tendency of balloon,
when in mid-air. is to move either up or
down from one stratum to another with
ever-increasing velocity. These move
ments have boen checked hitherto
bv ballast throwing and by the loosinz
of gas. He proposes to remedy this by
the floor shutters and by the means of a
oanvas screw propeller rigged below this
floor and geared to several cranks which
may be driven by men from the network
of the basket above. The propeller
worked one way tends to push the bal
loon or ship npward. and by being re
versed draws it toward the earth again.
When an ascent is about to bo made the
balloon is cut loose from tbe earth, the
shutters are opened so as to afford no re-
sisUnco to the air as the machine rieea
npward, and, if necoesary, thesoiewpro
pellor is worked to aid in fanning the
machine toward the clouds. After tho
desired altitude is reached tho screw is
stopped, the shutters are closed, and the
voyage proper commences, ma uosceui
oan be mode in the same way.
Another new footure which Mr.
Bitchol has introduced in ballooning is a
new style of cloth for balloon covering
a light aud very strong substance,wuion
ruin will not affect in either cold or hot
woathor. It is so strong that it cannot
be lorn with the hand, and, though very
thin, is almost totally impervious to
light, ne will soou publish an illus
trated description and plans of the new
ship. '
Taking Care or Clothes.
If tbe little Dakota wife's young hus
band nets a good wetting in his best
olothes, she must put them into shape or
show him how. Hang the Mat on a
chair-back aud the pantaloons over a
towel-horse. Do not hang them on
pegs, or they wili dry all a-twist and he
will look aa if he bad been distorted with
a spaRtu of' St. Titus' dance. It will
not take ono long to loia tue ooac, turn
the collar up. double the sleeves, bring
the skirt np to the collar the oloth fold
ded on oloth double down the back and
leave the longth suitable for packing
well. Coat sleeves should be gently,but
firmly, stretohed full length, and when
the garment is to be laid away in a ward
robe they must be doubled with the
crease of the elbow. Pantaloons must
be folded inst the same as when they are
bought, bnt at first get out the creases
from the k'nees. To be kept looking
well they must "be occasionally damp
ened with spongo well wrung out,
placed in the same loius, wrappeu iu
brown psper, and laid undor a weight,
say a trunk.
Clothes oost so much thoy should be
well cared for. We add these sugges
tions for the benefit of these women.
Wo have learned a great deal about the
care of men'a wear from the wife of the
Soor little preacher whom we see every
onday morning from onr window hang
ing out and dusting and sponging and
renovating "bis" one bumble suit of
clerical, best black. In spite of her
cunning and bandy touches, tbey begin
to wear sooty tint.butber love-anointed
eyes do Lot detect tbe ravagea of time.
Sne, poor martyr, thinks they re jet
black, lustrous, satiny, beautiful, and
consecrated, every thread and every
stitch.
Taking Care or the Hair.
The oare of the hair was the subject of 1
nanflr rent to the Penosvlvanian State
Medical society by Dr. Shoemaker, His
opinion is that the stiff bats so exten
sively worn by men, produce more or
less injury. The forms of hats that are
lAoat ininrlons are for winter, soft hata
of light weight, having an open structure
or pierced with numerous notes; lor
summer, light straws, also of open struc
ture. As regards the head C-uvering of
women, the fashions have been for eev-
nt rr.rm favorable to proper form.
The bonnet and bat have become quite
mall, and cover but Iitue of tbo bead.
This beneficial condition, however, is in
part counterbalanced oy tne weigni oi
false curls, switches, puffs, etc, by the
;.! nf whinh thn women lire st tb head.
In Pr'Tia& wa,er l0"" C1P 'D
care should bo taken not to use soap wa
ter too frequently, aa it often causoe irri
tatiou of tbe glands and leads to the for
mation of sou rf. Itw equally import
ant to avoid using on the head the daily
shower bath, which by its suddeu, rapid,
and boavy full, excites local irritation,
and, as a result, loss of hair qniekly fol
lows. In case the health demands tbe
shower bath, the hair should boprotocted
by a bathing cap. After washing, the
hair should be briskly rubbed with
rough towels, tho Turkish towel boated
being particularly serviceable. Oil has
not only a cleansing action npon the
sculp, ant it also overcomes any rough
or uneven state of the hair.
Woe of an Inventor's Wife.
"It is all very well to talk about work
ing for the heathen," arid one, as the
ladies pnt np their sowing, "but I'd like
to have someone tell me what-1 am
to do with inv husband?" "What is the
matter with him?" asked a sympathetic
old ludy. "William is a good man,"
continued tho first, waving hor glasses
in an argumentative way, "but William
will invent. He goes inventing around
from morning till night, and I have no
peace or comfort. I didn't objuot when
he invented fire escape, bnt I did
remonstrate when he wanted me to orawl
out of the window one night last winter
to see how it worked. Then be originated
a lock for the door that wouldn't open
from midnight until morning, so as to
keep burglars out. Tbe first time he
tried it he caught bis coat-tail iu it, and
I- had to walk around bim with
a pan of hot coals all night
to keep him from freezing."
"Why didn't be take bis ooat off?" "I
wanted him to, but he stood round till
tbe thing opened itself, trying to invent
somo way of unfastening It. That's Wil
liam's trouble. He will invent. A little
while ago be got up a cabinot bedstead
that would shut and open without hand
ling. It went by clockwork. William
got into it end up it went. Bless your
heart, be stayed lu there from Satuiday
afternoon till Sunday night, when it flew
open and disclosed William with the
plans and speoiQoations of a patent wash
bowl that would tip over just when it
got so full. The result was that I los'
all my rings and a breastpin down the
waste pipe. Than he got up a crutoh
for a man that oould be used aa an opera
glass. - Whenever the man leaned on it
up it went, and when ho put it to bis
eye to find William, it flew out into a
orutob and almost broke tho top of his
head off. The other day I saw bim go
ing up the street with tho model of a
grain elevator sticking outof his hip
pocket, and he is fixing up an improvised
bhot tower in our bedroom."
Detrimental Qualities In Oar 1 Itcrary
Lite.
And this brings ns to tbe neoossity of
counteracting thofe detrimental qualites
in our literary life to which I have al
luded. What we are now suffering from
may perhaps be described as an intellec
tual intemperance, which inflames our
mind and leaves us at the meroy of a
deceased, unholy and demoralizing ex
citement. French fiction, always more
or less unhealthy, is rapidly inocoulat
iug our leading writers, and the conse
quence is that vices of the most repul
sive character are cllowed to become
familiarly known and familiarly disonss
ed. Fortunately for ns there are. few
writers who offer to their readers a repast
that is healthy, in which refinement and
grace of expression go band in hand.
But the general tone is nevertheless
permeated by morbid feeling and vulgar
intrusion into the inner recesses of our
private and delicate relations. Iu our
disregard of whut ought to be s really
sound basis of literature, we have al
lowed ourselvos to accept as the source
of our fiction, the craving for exoitement
which exists in other directions. From
it flow our vitiated taste, our moral lax
ity, and our alternations of wild frenzy
and prostrate depression. In point of
fact we are not so sound and healthy a
people as we seem to be. Beoanso our
standards of life are false, a goneral de
bilitation is seen in vices that prevail
throughout the country. The disease
shows', itself plainly in our literature,
and it shows itself also in the general
character of our amusements. As has
been said by another: "Amusements are
an acourate index of the national stam
ina, and the frivilous, licentious amuse
ments now so common indicate that the
American is undergoing an enervating,
debauching process, as the oruel gladia
torial amusements of the Roman indi
cated that he under went a hardening,
brutalizing process. And it is difficult
to say whioh is the worst, in the aweep
of years, aud with reference lo the per
petuity of society this modern soften
ing of the brain, or that ancient ossifica
tion of the heart. The Manhattan.
Fralt Monopoly In London. -
A great opportunity is offered in Lon
don. The duke of Bedford, in a letter
to the corporation of the city, offers to
sell CoveM Garden market and the
houses around it, the leases ot which are
about to fall in. He admits the neces
sity of improvements, but says he is un
able to make them on the scale required,
which, under our absurd system of life
tenancies, may be true. We do not sup
pose that the corporation will accept the
offer,-as the duke's trustees have no
power to acoept a bid much lower than
the value; and we do not quite know why
"E. C." should expend its property for
the benefit of "W. C." If, however,
London were governed, as it ought to be,
by single corporation, that body would
jump eagerly at the offor, and not only
effect grand improvement in the very
enter of London, but revolutionize the
fruit aid vegetable supply. At present
they are strict monopolies, and good
pple is dearer than good orange,
which bas come perbsps thousand
miles. If the dealera in Covent Garden
bad the orange trade, tbey would stub
up three-fourths of the orange groves,
and aell the fruit at sixpence a piece,
pleading want of room. London
Spectator.
A letter from our private prospector
in North Park relative to the condition
of our Golconda property states that be
Coda upon thorough examination of
tbe mine that it baa foot wall on tha
side and an injunction on tbe other.
This settles the fact that it is clearly
defined lead.
WIT AiJD MpMORi
Ex "post" facto a blockhead.
A mummy is pressed for time.
Ean de Colojne-a till for porfumeryi.
Just the man to fill vacancy-ti,
dentist. ; , ' lU9
Shorthand-The band that is minus a
finger.
Most oities have more saloon keepers
than school teachers.
A dangerous summer resort Man-chascd-ber-by-tbe-aea.
The world's estimate of a man is drawn
from the shine on his coat and nose.
A green backer The simpleton who
lends his name "just to, accommodate."
The fires at Mount Desert will hot go
out until the last Thair Philadclphian
leaves the place. '
"Fresh air, plain food, early hours and
plenty of exercise," saya Mrs. IUms.
botbam, "are worth all the doctors' ros
trums iu the world." '
Mrs. Mary A. Livormore will kindly
give to the public a book whioh Httcmpu
to answer the problem, "What shall we
do with our daughters?" v .
"I nearly quarreled with him,!! said
Mrs. Bumsbotham. "I felt inolined to
say with Shakospeare, 'Cry haddock, and
let slip the hogs of war.'"
The coming question: If man puts a
threo-cent stamp in the oontribntion box
after October 1st will be got credit in
heaven for three or two cent?
The average man is supposed to lose
six ouff buttons per year, and he is juBt
mean enough not to throw away tbe odd
ones so that the finder can make out a
pair.
Another vexatious delay is threatened
in the Kecly moto affair. The fuel to
be used is water, and Mr. Eeely has just
discovered that water won't barn worth
a cent.
' On. tho Bue St. Lazare, tbe othor day,
a chair was seen on which lay a hat with
the following notice: "Please don't for
get the poor beggar, who is just taking
his breakfast."
The season's profits of the Athletic
Baseball Clnb of Philadelphia amount to
between $80,000 and $90,000. The capi
tal stock is about $10,000. Who savs
baseball is dead? -
Country . maidens are now holding
guessing matches. They sit out in the
gardon and guesi whether it's a potato
bug or an army worm that's crawling
down their back.
Railroads in Massachusetts, according
to a correspondent, carry no water for
the benefit of travelers. But some of
the roads use a great deal of the fluid ia
diluting their (stock.
A health journal advises, "Do not lie
on the left side." This is a very proper
admonition. If you are obliged to lie,
be careful to lie on the right side, You
will find it pays in the end. .
Chief Charles, a red man, does not
want to go on the reservation. What he
does want is to go to Washington and
have a talk. Charles has about bim all
the elements of a congressman.'
In 1837 Liszt wrote enthusiastically of
the pianj aud its future,' and of obtain
ing through improvements in construc
tion "that multiplicity of sounds which
are now wanting." We've got 'em.
A Bhode Island clergyman advertised
in large letters "A Man Wanted," and
tho mob that gathered in the evening at
the place designated was disappointed to
find it only the title o." a dry lecture.
"Mrs. Miffin," said a visitor, "Emma
has your features, but I think she's got
her father's hair." "Oh, now I see,"
said the dear little Emma, "it's because
I've got papa's bair that he has to wear
a wig
' House-Plants In SIck-Rooms,
Io'a paper read before she Pennsylva
nia State Medioal society, Dr. J. M.
Anders spoke of the beneficial influence
of plants and flowers in sick -chambers.
He took tbe following position:
"First, that plants exhale" aqueous
vopois with great rapidity, tho rate be
ing carefully estimated at one-fourth
ounoe by woight per square foot of leaf
surface for twelve diurnal hours. Second,
through this process of transpiration
they have tho power to increase tho hu
midity of the atmosphere of an apart
ment to any degree that may bo desired,
by simply regulating the amount of leaf
surface. Third, that the vapor emitted
from plants is most probably changed
and medicated to some extent by passing
through the plant, and is presumed to
possess greater sanitary yalue than ordi
nary humidity.' Fourth, recent experi
ments by the writer, tho results of which
have not yet been published, render it
highly probable that flowering plants
have the power of generating and emit
ting ozone."
The doctor recommends . to invalids
who are confined to the house the culti
vation of plant.", not only as pleasing
mental recreation, but as healthful in it
effects.
A New Educational Idea
Pro'ossor Wait, of Cornell univtrity,
has now iu successful operation a novel
method of instruction, which be has in
vented and developed himself. About
two years ago he began giving, instruc
tion by letter to a personal friend, who
Ws unable to enjoy tbe advantages of a
university d urse. . Tbe plan wored
well. The text book chosen was divided
.'t nnmlt.. rt aAifinntt Oil AftCh Of
these Professor Wait prepared an elabo-
rate syllabus, enlarging on me hu t-
nn;i . .nd furnishing
list of questions. The 'pupil took each
rllabus separately, masiereu mu -
. . . i . i, mail tn the
professor the pointa which had proved
too dittionil to be masiereu. -was
made for a thorough examination at
intervals, which could also be conducted
by mail. In this way the idea grew,
notil now Professor Wait has a class oi
thirty-one profeasor iu colleges m tne
United States and England. nd com
plete courses of instruction have been
prepared in various studies.
Nebraska has probably reached the
climax of absurdity iu tbe way of nam
ing towns. One of tbe towns in thai
state bos just been named Baseball.
One hundred thousand persons find
employment st fan making m Japan.
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