DO TUE MEEK INHERIT THE EARTH I
Boston Saturliy Evening Uautta.
The eagle plucka the raven,
And tlie raveu pluck tue Jay
To who voracious craving
The cricket fall a prey.
The big flb dlnif at leisure
Uxiu the smaller fry,
And tbe minnow rata with pleasure
Tbe pour, unconscious tiy,
Tbe miser iklm hit neighbor.
And tba nelglilior nkiiu tbe puu.,
And tbe pour man donned to labor
Kpurus tbe beggar from hU dour.
And thin tbe world ia preying,
Tbe strong uioa tbe weak.
Definite the precious saying;
" Tbe eartb is lot tlut tiiwk.
OUR NEIGHBOR'S BAY
WINDOW,
How nrarC'aairht Klh.
Cor, LewiHton (Me.) Journal.
Very low people know that boars
take to water naturally. They roam
ovor the mountains and through tlio
forests, dig cpon rotten logs for ants
and worms, secure all tlio hornets'
nests thny can and te.tr them to pieces
and eat the young grubs, pick berries
of all description and eat thorn, and
would sooni to belong to the dry-bind
animals. The fact is different. They love
the water, not perhaps as well as the
moose and deer, but bettor than most
dry-land animal. They are very fond
of fish and aro expert fishermen, and
show more cunning and instinct, if not
reason, than many city chaps I havo
seen about tlio lakes. I came suddenly
upon a very large boar in a thick
swamp, lying upon a largo hollow log
across a brook, falling; and lie was so
much interested in his sport that he did
not notice me until i bud approached
Tory near to him, so thatleould see ex
actly how he baited bis hook and plaved
Lis fish.
He fished in this wise: There was a
largo bole through tlio log on which he
lay, and he thrust his forearm through
tlio bolo and held bis open paw in the
water and waited for tbe fish to gather
around and into it, and when full he
clutched his list and brought up a hand
ful of fish, and sut and ate them with
groat gusto ; then down with tlio paw
again, and so on. The brook Mas
fairly alive with little trout and red
sided suckers, and some black suckers,
so the old fellow lot himself out on tlio
fishes. Ho did not cat their heads.
There was quite a pile of them on the
log. I suppose the oil in bis paw at
tracted the Iisli and baited them even
better than a fly-hook, and his toe
nails were his hooks, and sharp ones,
too, and once grubbed the fish are
sure to stay. They also catch frogs in
these forest-brooks,aud drink of the pure
water in hot summer days, and love to
lie and wallow in tho muddy swamps us
well as our pigs in the miro. They
of ton cross narrow places iu lakes by
swimming, and also rivers, and seem
to love to take a turn ni the water. I
once saw ono swimming from the main
land to the big islund in Mooselinagun
tie luke, with just a streak of his buck
out of the water looking like a log
moving along. Sometimes you Site
only their heads out of tho water; at
other times half of tlioir bodies are to
be seen. We account for this d i Her
on oo by their condition. If fat, the
greaHo helps buoy them up; if lean,
they swim lower in tho water.
C. C. Tost In Chicago Express.
We remember a neighbor who was
always just going to do something,
This was when we were a bov and lived
with our father's family in a log bouse,
and in a neighborhood of log houses.
Outsido of two or three little towns
we do not think there were a dozen
frame or brick bouses within a distance
of as many miles on every side, and
such a thing as a bay window in any
kind of a houso was unheard of. At
least we young ones, born iu that new
and wooden country, bud never heard
of a bay window, and wouldn't have
known what it was if we bad found one
in our porridge
When it was announced in the family
that a stranger had bought the eighty
which joined father's on the east, and
was going to build a frame bouse, we
youngsters lumped to the conclusion
that be must be a very rich man, and
begun to wonder whether his children,
of which we hoard there wore no less
than six or seven, would associate with
folks' children who lived in log bouses.
Judge, then, our feelings when the new
neighbor, having come on in advance of
his family, and began the work of get
ting out the timber, was overheard to
tell another neighbor that he was going
to have a bav window in bis houso, and
that it would be in the socond story,
tuid in front.
The fact that wo bad no idea what a
bay window looked like did not in the
leait dampen the eagerness with which
We m atched the progress of work on the
new houso, or our respect for tho great
man who was to be the happy possessor
oi the woiidoriui window.
We wore pretty well agreed among
ourselvos about one thing; that was
about the color of the window. It
would be the samo as that of a bay
horse, of courso, but undoubtedly there
would be othor very wonderful things
connected with it, and we gave our
childish imagination full scope and
Waited.
The new neighbor was a fine looking
man, well formed, and of erv gentle-
liiunly Waring. He was well educated
The Children's 4 arnlvaU
CrofTut Iu I'b.rajfo Tillmne.
The exhibition ami ball of children
in fancy dresses at tlio Academy Mon
day u ght scored about tho usual sue
cess, and netted considerable money
fur the Hoimeopathiu dispensary. It was
a l'retty sight, no doubt, but overy
child that took part in it is worse oil'
for it to-doy. To turn a crowd of well
behaved childron into b illot dancers,
aud teach them to posture and whirl
ill picturesque undress before thousands
of strangers; cannot bo well for them
some of them little toddlers just able
to walk.
At the public rohearsal lust Sntnrd ly
I called a little girl aside a child of 1
or 8, robed in a short frock of blue with
a spangle of stars and tights on her
littlo'log. She came to me smiling
complacently and dropped her little
claw in mine as if I were her revered
undo whom she had known ever since
she was born. Then she hitched ut me
till I took her up on my kneu.
"Do you like to duneo?" 1 usked her.
"0 yesl she said, with a tremendous
exdoaion of enthusiasm. "I think it
is just boo'fuir
"Why do you like to oomo here?" I
asked her. "Now stop aud think."
" Vuuso for the dancing is boo'ful,"
she repeated, "and the pooido in the
boxes do pat at me when 1 dunce, and
last year they sent me a boo'ful bouquet
with candies iu it. That girl dancing
now isn't near as pretty us me, is she I"
"Yos, certainly she is!" I answered,
and trust that the remark may bo
charged up ou the w hite-lie side of the
ledger, if 1 am ever to 1 questioned
about it. 1 reseutly Mr. Murwig beck
oned to my infant friend, and she
bowed neatly and rau away liko a little
quail. The children at the carnival
looked dreadfully weary, white, and
jadod, with sunken eyes. If anybody
in Chicago 'contemplates starting a
children's carnival 1 would give them
the advice that Punch gave to people
about to get married "Pout!"
Troablo at IV kin.
Chicago Times.
Thoro is great trouble at Pokin. In
the imperial city, just outside the pal
ace walls, stands the Temple of Im
perial Ancestors, and in tbe ieuiplo are
ranged all tho spirit tablets of the de
ceased emjierors of thisdynusty. Night
after night there ii said to be a nivs-
terious sound of wailing and weeping in
the shrine and then a crash, as though
the ta'Jets had all fallen, lagon like,
from their places. Ou ontoring, every
tublet is found in its proper position;
yet the next night tho same inexplicable
noises are heard, aud the greatest con
sternation is felt iu consequence of the
porteutous onion. Weeping and wail
ing are also heard proceeding from the
imperial tombs, where the old emperors
are buried. The Chinese, of course,
look on all this as big with adverse fate to
the Monchu dynasty. There is nothing
impossible in it. There aro, no doubt,
numbers of secret societies in l'ekin,
tbe members of which are quite clover
enough to play off tricks of this sort
upou the credulous population.
too, and could talk learnedly about
great many things which we incline
now to think most of tho grown lieo
pie of the neighborhood knew as little
about as wo youngsters did about bay
wile low s.
Olio of his favorite themes was tho
enormous newer of electric ty, aud ho
hud un electric machine such as is
common among certain schools of phy
sicians nowadays, witn which hoilliis
trated this power in a wnv that was
thoroughly convincing,
We enjoyed greatly getting one and
anoi her of the neighboring children who
so it for the first time, to take hold of
tuo innocent looking little handles at
the end of the two w ires and then watch
their efforts at letting go again
They didn't always succeed in letting
go just the moment thoy wanted to, but
when they did let go it w as with minds
thoroughly imbued with the correctness
of the great man's views regarding the
wonderful power or electricity.
iiy-una-iiy the rrame of tlio now
house was up, but the lumber for the
siding and uiiishing was not even on
the ground. Evidently there was
bitch in the arrangement somewhere.
Wo waited and watched for a time.
anil then learned that the great man
was disappointed in somo :f his ex pec
unions about the lumber, ami that as
lio was anxious to have his family with
him, he would side up the building
for the present with rough oak luni
ner, limit a on perpendicularly, and in
a little while would procure pine aid
ing and put on over this, thus making
his residence both more substantial and
warmer.
I ins was a disappointment to us
youngsters, ns tho buy window had not
yet -made its appearance, even in em
bryo, and we were anxious for it to do
so. However we knew it would come
iu time, for wo beard the great man
say that as bo was intending to put a
bay window iu the second story, front,
when he finished oil' tho bouse, ho
would just side up that end entirely
above, until ho'was ready to go on with
the work, und as he did the sumo thing
with the other end ami both sides,
leaving no light whatever except such
as found its way between the cracks
of the rough boards, we cumo to the
conclusion that he contemplated put
ting in bay windows all around, and if
so we could utlord to wait a little.
When the family came we found
them not at all unwilling to associate
w ith folks who lived in log houses. Tho
night they got there they sent over to
father's to borrow a little tea ami some
sugar, and tho next day for a little salt
and some saleiatus, and the day after
for some flour and a little cotl'oe.
There wero two girls and a boy large
enough to run errands. The boy wus
too bashful to speak to grown persons
even wlieu spokon to, but the girls
wore not bashful at all and they were
regularly sent to overr house in the
neighborhood to borrow anything which
the family needed, from a needle and
thread to a corn plow
Their mother was a good enough soul
and hud perfect confidence in the grent
man who was her hubband, believing
that no would do everything needful
just as soou as ho got straightened
round.
When Jacob got straightened
round," she would Kay, referring to her
Husband, "lie wus going to finish oil the
House.
"Just os soon as Jacob got straight
ened round" be was going to build a
burn and put a picket fence ubout the
house ami garden.
"When Jacob once got Btruightenod
Mind" ho would buy a chest of tea and
a barrel of sugar. "Everything would
le all right just a soou "as Jacob got
"straightened round."
Hut some way Jacob never did get
straightened round.
Things borrowed were i-eldom re
turned, no burn was ever built, no
picket fence ever enclosed the yard and
garden, and the houso was nsver
finished.
tuFinally one of tho girls, who had
ore energy and tira than both of her
parent, knocked a board off the house
where the bay window was to have been,
and then climbed up a ladder and hung
it bock in its place with a leather hinge,
so it could be swung outward at the
lower end and let a little light and
air into tho bare, unfinished chamber
where she slept.
After that the swinging board, the
hole which it covored, or both together,
came to be known among us mischiev
ous youngsters os Mr. 's "bay
window."
' Then all the little girls had bay
windows in their play-bouses, and
finally the places in the log stables
where we stuffed in hay to the cattle,
and which were protected by a board
hung on a leather hinge, came to be
known among us boys as "bay windows."
When we left the neighborhood sev
eral years alter having reached our
majority, our neighbor's bay-window
swung by its leather strap, just a the
girl bad hung it. Kite, at least, did not
miscalculate her resources. She knew
what material she had to build with
and built accordingly. She nailed that
leather hinge on thcro to stay, and it
stayed.
Last summer we took a few weeks
vacation and wandered back to the old
neighborhood. A friend took us in a
horse and carriage and drove us out to
the farm whero we were raised. We
passed the spot where the old red
school-house used to stand, but it was
not there. Iu its pluce stood a more
modern and better structure. We
drove on toward our old home until
we approached the farm of the great
man, our ono time neighbor, and
tho nrst thought that came to our
mind at sight of the familiar land
marks was of thut bay window. We
wondered if it was there yet, und when
wo arrived opposite tho house poerod
eagerly through the branches of the
trees, that had grown up since we left,
in an effort to get a sight of it, ami al
most folt aggrieved when instead of the
swinging board we saw a common
twelve-pane (window, such as is to be
seen in farm houses everywhere.
Our neighbors bay window is gone,
wo said to our companion.
"les, wns the reply, "and our neigh
bor is gone also. Another family owns
the place now and they have made the
changes which yon see." The great
man of our childhood was learned
in some things, and was a splendid car
penter when he could get down to
work, but he was always just going to do
something.
He could nevor correctly estimate
his resources, and always tried to do
uiioui six times us mucn as tho means
at command would justify him iu at
tempting. Hint was his "great weak
ness, and it prevented him from over
accomplishing anything.
Vo our neighbor is dead," we said,
as we drove on. "Well, he was not a
bud neighbor after all, und he did have
a powerful electric- machine. In the
country to which he has gone he won't
need any bav window, aud there, let us
hope 'Jacob has at lust 'got straight
ened round.
A DAY IN TANQIERS.
Heniarkabl Chemical Kxperlment.
Chicago Tribune.
An event of considerable interest oe-
cinred in the chemical department of
Amherest college Saturday. Once in
three years tho experiment is niado of
condensing carbonic dioxide. So dilli
cult und dangerous is the undertaking
by this process that it is forbidden by
law in nil countries except iu the I'nited
Stutes, and probably Amherst is tho
only college where it is undertaken.
Two iron cylinders aro used, one the
generator, the other the receiver. They
resemble howitzers fitted with strong
iron bunds and poculiur valves. J!i
carbonate of soda and sulphurio a"id
are placed iu the generator in such a
way as not to mingle until the cylinder
is securely closed. The union of the sub
stances generates carbonic acid gas with
terrific pressure (being about a ton to
every lour square inches), and this
passes into the receiver w Inch is packod
in ice aud suit. Hie process is re
peated twelve times, until tho gas in
the receiver is forced by the pressure
and cold into liquid form. When this
is allowed to flow out it evaporates so
rapidly that it forms a solid snow-like
mass having the surprising temperature
of 140 degrees below zero. Mercury
poured upon it freezes instantly, and
the effect of touching it is the samo as
handling a red-hot coal. The great
danger in the experiment arises trom
tho tremendous pressure and thus the
liability of a bursting cylinder. Tho
experiment Saturday, which was iu
charge of Inspector Pond and tho
senior chemistry division, was of great
interest to the entire college.
Jin IT for nudtarhea,
Now York Journal. 1
Some person lnnghod and all looked
puzzled ut the object which was con
spicuous under a man s nose, as the
owner of the nose alighted at the door
of tlio .Metropolitan opcrahouse ou the
night of tho l'ulestiue bull. hut ex
cited so much attention was something
resembling an ear muff, which rested
on the man's upper lip and dropped on
each side of his mouth, .
A number of persons followed him to
the coat-room to see what lnppened
there. The gentleman first removed
his hat and coat, then he gave a pull
at each end of his upper lip cover and
oil it came, disclosing a neat waxed
mustache, dry and in perfect order,
Nobody else wore this unique addition
to outdoor wear, but it is said that the
new idea is just coming into use, and
before winter is over the mustache
muffs w ill lie generally worn by all geu
tlemen whoso mustaches have been
waxed and curled to the full-dress degree.
Kortanato rUg-rlom.
Chicago Tim.
A party of Persian pilgrims once
started lor Mecca. They wero, how
ever, forbidden to leave the steamer on
which they took passage, it being re
ported that cholera prevailed in Persia,
'ihey were carried unwillingly from
port to port, aud finally demoted al
most friendless iu London. There
fortune favored them, and, after seeing
the sights and making money, one mar
ried an actress and settled in 1 tars-
water, two others went to Paris, and
the rest returned home with much
worldly wisdom, though a lessened
interest iu the prophet.
Moors, Arabs and Water-Carriers-A
VIkIi to Two Moorish Harems
Their Inmates.
Mrs. John Btratton in New York Sun.
High above me I behold the bail J
ings and walls of Tangiers. The blue
Mediterranean dashes its waves against
a ruined mole and a temporary pier for
the accommodation of travelers. Every
thing is different from European
scenes. Wild flowers grow in profu
sion on the roofs and old walls. The
bright blossoms of the cactus glow in
the sunlight The prickly pear at
tains the size and height of trees, and
iu many places forms arches, beneath
which ride Moors and others mounted
on mules and donkeys. The natives
eat the fruit, cutting each pear from its
stem with twine. The loaves are food
for camels.
Just below the hotel and outside the
gate of the city is the soko or market
place. On Sundays and Thursdays it
is filled with a motley crowd, who bring
game, meat, eggs, fowls and other pro
visions from the surrounding country.
It is herd that Gibraltar obtuius it
supplies.
Here yon seo tho genuine Bedouin
Arab. Wild and dirty a he is, he is
clean when compared with the horrid
looking mon from the Kitf coast,
descendants of the old pirates lhey
are wild and untamed, and nercor than
untamed animals. Ihey do not even
cover their heads, J. heir heads are
closely shaved after leaving a lock by
which thoy fervently believe Moham
med will pull them up to heaven. The
Jews aro very numerous. They are
known by their peculiar dresses. They
cringe to the dust and put up with
every insult so as to remain in .tangiers.
The noise and din in the market
place is infernal. At least 5,0, )U tongues
are at work, lou can hardly force your
way through the crowd. Once on the
outskirts you are lost in great herds of
cattle aud strings of loaded donkeys
from Borbary. Iheso little creatures
carry wonderful loads. Ihey look
small by the sido of the camels. These
animals, relieved of their lads, are
down in a circle with their fore
1 gs tied together. Near them are
numbers of goatskin tents, filthy in the
e.urcnio, and only high enough to sit
undi r. Tlio confusion is terrible, home
of tho men are banging ou drums, and
othors are pluving the khutah, which is
iiiiimtely worse than the Moorish
drum.
On passing through two gates we
came to a fountain. It was s immnded
by a mob of water-carriers. Tattered
rags lluttored over the naked les. They
fought fiercely for precedence iu filling
their wuter skins. Women whose faces
were covered with the exception of an
eye crouched oil the ground near by,
selling bread. Tho magnificent Moor,
iu flowing white robe and spotless tur
ban, strutted majestically by, not deign
ing to cast his haughty glance at us.
Tho streets swarmed with chihhen in
various, costumes. The small shops
were packed with men sitting cross
legged. Above, below, around, and
beneath there was dirt of every de
scription. Fortunately for ns tito viler
smells hud becu tomperod by recent
rains. In summer the stench is said to
be almost unbearable.
This morning we wore awakened
early by a greut noise. We heard cries,
shouts, and beating of drums, tho tiring
oi guns, and me stendv tramp of am
ninis, biped and quadruped. These
were tho thousands who had fillo 1 tho
soko returning to their homes iu Fez
Morocco, and the great desert of
buhara. Ihore is, however, a denso
resident population.
A few years ogo an English lady
married a Aioor Holding a high position
in laiijjiors. He promised thut she
should be his only wife, but since then
he has espoused tour other women. She
is allowed to w alk out, bat not unless
sho is guarded. If she left him, she
could take nothing with her. If
he sent her away, she would
bo entitled to an income or to i2,0J0
in cadi. The poor thing is a
virtual prisoner. We have reeoived
nn invitation to visit hor, and shall
accept it. Yesterday wo were guests
iu two Moorish harems. Tho inmates
gave us a very kind reception. The
gloomy uppoirance of tho outer w alls
contrasted strong.y with the inside of
the ho iso. The halls were tiled. Mar
ble pillars, bright colors and rugs gave
me rooms a bright appearance. Mat
tresses were laid on the carpets in
apartments facing the court-yard. Thoy
were tlio bod-rooms of the wives. Thore
were no windows. Each wife loaves
her slippers ut the entrance of her bed
room. We saw no chairs, and only an
occasional cushion, lhe wives prefer
to rocliuo or to sit on tho floor. One
or two sat on sheep skins.
The second harem belongod'to a rich
Moor. We saw there several clocks
and mirrors, evidently a recent imoor
tatiou from Paris, but thoy looked out
of place. The Moor had only ono
w ifo, and she was just li yoars old. She
naa been married two years. Sho sat
on the floor barefooted with three
other women, w ho were either relatives
or visitors. Sho was very nrottv
With an engaging smilo she motioned
us to sit near her. She looked ani
i i .
iimieu, gr uuu nappy, several ser
vants in Oriental attiro were in attend
ance. The life of Moorish wives, must,
however, be very wearisome. They ore
snui up in apartments with grated win
dows, high above mankind, with only
occasional glimpses of the great world
wiiuoui.
In the first harem I saw a widow w ith
seven children, all girls. Two were
playing cards and two were sewing.
None of the girls hod ever seen a man.
On Fridays only the widow is allowed
to go to the Moslem cemetery to weep
ana 10 pray over nor dead husband.
We w ere ottered coflee and cakes. Eti
quette required that we should drink
four cups of coffee and eat as many
cakes. Our visit was male very early
iu the morning.
. The poor wives seemod glad to see
us, They a Inured our dresses and
called each other's attention to what
took their fancy in the way of jewelry.
They were dressed Ravly. but they had
a slovenly look and an ungraceful "walk.
The Himnr Kindness.
New York Tribune.
"Mummies, as a staple article of
trade, are quite new. Ten years ago
the idea of buying and selling human
flesh, even though it is desiccated,
would have sent a thrill of horror
through every honest Abolitionist. Hut
now ah, my dear sir, we live in a pro
gressive age. I went into the business
about five years, ago, wnon mummies
sold with the wrapping all intact at
about $250. I made a good deal of
money at it, for mummies can be ob
tained in the land of their curing for
the simple expense of digging for them,
ihen the duty on them is not excessive,
and the consoquenco is that the profit
is exceedingly satislactory."
"Ho mummies ever spoil in transit? '
"No," said the irreverent old man,
"They have been too well brought up
for that sort of thing. Then they are
hermetically sealed and had boen well
cleaned before canning, and there were
never musquitoes in Egypt, nor Jer
sey lightning, nor Maine maple sugar,
nor oleomargarine. The Egyptians were
well-conducted individuals who died
when their time came and had them
selves sewed and glued up in the old
clothing of their relatives. No, they
don't spoil, my boy, but they improve
greatly after they have been partially
unwrapped."
"In what way, most mighty sage?
"Well, when we unwrap them the
surface of the body is almost as whito
as your flesh. A white mummy is like
curry without peppers, so we take him
out into the sun und set him full in the
rays of it. Before many davs are Das el
he assumes a color nearly like that of
laniornia renwoou, and tnon lie is
marketable. When bo is sufficiently
tanned we varnish him, and you may
iaco mm in me uarKesi corner oi your
andy closet to frighten Bridget when
TRAMPS' NIGHT REFUGE.
&
sue gets tmraty witnout endangering
bis complexion. I could give you no
dennite idea how mauy mummies are un
ported into this country every year. I
myself sold nearly OJO of tliem m 1683,
You see, when a person gets tired of
his niumuiy and pines to be relieved ot
his uncommunicative presence all he
has to do is to break the Egyptian up
wit n an ax, put tho p.eoes in a coJee
grinder, and then mix the dust up with
turpentine und linseod-oil. The result
will be an excellent color with whion
to paint your dado an Egyptian red."
i'aiut a wail witu human flesh?"
"bv, J'es. Never let unhealthy
sentimentality interfere with high art
decoratiou."
Klckneas, Old Ate, Oenth.
Bill Ai p in Atlanta Couaiu.ai m.
I wish I was a doctor. I would like
to study my own caso. Hocti rs ouirht
to be sickly folks anynow, so they could
learu from their own experience what
is tne matter aud how to givo relief.
When rheumatism gets iu nit bones I
want to know w hat to do for it on scien
tific principles. If a change of atmos
phere relieves me why won't something
else? Have the doctors been studving
ovor this 2, 000 years aud can't tell ? Well.l
reckon 1 can grunt on. A man wouldn't
enjoy good health if he was never sick.
tie would want to live alwuvs if he
never bad a puui.
Ihere was old Parr who lived to bo
14b years old, and was marriod twice
after bo was 100, and ho took on
powerfully about dying when ho was
taken suddenly with pneumonia. He
was no account. He was lazy an 1 he
never concerned himself about anvbodv
or anything, but just lived along like a
mud turtle. Some men live longer iu
one year than old Parr did in a hun
dred. I reckon that three score years
and ten are about right. That'long
suits most of folks vory well. I notice
that most all old peojde ore willing to
die. They get reconciled to it in due
time, and I'm glad it is so, for it is
a wonderful change, a leap in the dark
and it takes abundant faith iu Provi
dence to prepare one for it.
1 used to tliiuk when I was a boy that
it wns awful and terrible, and couldn't
bear to think of it, and one day I heard
an old man got up in church and say ho
had just as leave to die as to live, and
he could shake off life as easily as he
could shake off his coat. Ho had on a
great big old-fashioned cloak with
s.oeves to it, nnd he just gave it a little
shake at tho shoulders and it fell off on
the floor. I will never forgot that and
I wondered if I would ever feel thut
way.
How He Fools Ills II or up.
Evunsvillo Argus.
There is a doctor in this town who is
too parsimonious to enjoy good health.
He eats about one square meal a day.
and tries to make himself believe ho gets
two moro, but he don t. for breakfast
and supper m merely a sham. Not
contented with starving himself aud
family, he has just hit on a nowschomn
to starve his own horse and vet make
the poor animal think it is his own
fault that he don't got fatter.
I A I. 1. l . m . .
in tue obck pari of the mangor,
where the corn is put. he has sot a
square piece of looking-glass, which he
keeps highly polished. . He puts in
about four ears of corn and of course
the poor horse sees the reflection and
braces himself for a good square meal,
lonuiy imagining that he is getting
ngu. as ue eais cue corn oil the cobs,
the fictitious ears also disappear, and
eight cobs appear to his astonished
eyes. He then wonders hnw ha nn
have gotten away with eight ears and
yet leel no more weight in his stomach.
i ins conundrum, added to the light
feed, is wearing the poor animal away
so fast that if the doctor don't make a
change ere long, he will go around
Joining bis patients on foot.
I'rehlatorle Americans.
Atlanta Constitution.
There is no evidence that the prehis
toric races of America had any knowl
edge of iron, or that they knew.how to
manufacture bronzo. Copper, however,
was used extensively for ornaments and
for implements. "The sjeeimcns of
copper tools found in ancient earth
works show that the prehistorio abo
rigines did not understand the art of
casting, but were compelled to ham
mer their pure copper into shtte.
Bulwer-Lytton: Our ideas, lilt a
orange-plants, spread out in proportion
to the size of the box which imprisons
the roots.
One of the Htrange Mights or Uothant
A IVrnllar Malooa on Chatham
Mqnare.
New York Nows.
Detective Carr stopped in front of a
saloon in Chatham square and said to the
reporter: "This is the tramps' night
refuge." It was a two-story frame
building, and a coarsoly painted sign
proclaimed it to be a hotel. Show
cards in the window announced hot free
lunch and all hot drinks for 6 cents.
"Just keep close to yourself," said the
detective, as he opened the door and
stepped insido. A low-sized man with
a heavy brown mustache behind tU "
bar, a big kettle of beef stew boiling -away
on the stove, and about twenty
tables at w hicb. nearly one hundred
men were congregated. They were of
all classes ami conditions. Occasionally
one would call for a drink and help
himself to a plateful of the appetizing
though not aristocratio stew with a
listlessly mechanical air that would
seem to indicate that he was conferring
a favor instead of receiving one. Having
drank and eaten, he sunk into a chair
and looked steadily at the floor. Once
iu a while he ventured to raise bis
head, but did so in a dazed, uncertain
way, as if afraid or ashamed to be seen.
" Von see that old man at the second
table," said etective Carr, "who is
talking about stars and planets and
such like? His face is familiar, isn't it?
Well, in years gone by he was known
all over the city as 'the telescope man,'
and had his stand in tho square. He
was as big a skin as there was in the
business, and swindled many a country
man. He has no telescope now, and
peddles pencils.
"You see that man with the black
mustache and dark eyes, who sells liar
rigan and Hart's songs on Broadway?
Six years ago he was in business in
Third avenue, and was worth from
$10,000 to $20,000. He met with
domestic troublos, and here he is. He
may come to the front again ; but I
doubt it, for once a man comes here it
is rarely he quits until he is carried out,
feet foremost.
"Over in tho corner there, wrestling
with that hot rum, is the old East
Indian sailor, who for years has
solicited churity on New Chambers and
South streets. Look at that chest and
neck. What a powerful man he was
when perfect. Unfortunately, he
shipped on an Arctic whaler, was frost
bitten, and lost his legs. Still old
ltamsur is no slouch ti-day, and it takes
four policemen to bring him in.
"If you want to see an inventor who
is always flat-broke, there is one ready
made for you that man with the keen
blue eyes and gray hair who is stand
ing by tlio store. You see him during
tue day selling needle-threaders on
Broadwiy. He has invented several
machines which ought t o have brought
him a fortune, but others have reaped
the benefit of his brains. He is not the
only man of brains here. There is a
Congregat'onolist minister in that
second chair and a journalist arguing
with him. The man with the crisp
black hair and bloated face, who is
smoking that dirty clay pipe, is one of
the best engineers in the land, and the
fellow a deep, who looks as if he wanted
to break his neck over the back of his
chair, is a lawyer, and a smart one, too.
How do they drift here, did you say?
I.will tell yon. Hum."
By this time the lights had been
lowered, nnd stretching themselves on
chairs aud tables, entered into rest.
Some removed their hats and boots,
which they placed under their heads
for safety. Others were not so careful
and braved adverse fortuno without a
frown: one young man remarking:
"Well, any feller what nails my kicks
won't have a of a lot." So they
slept undisturbed until G o'clock, when
the bar-tender bent the reveille on the
tables with a huge cane. Ten minutes
after the motley gathering had com
pletely disappeared. They had washed
themselves, stepped into the street and
had been swallowed up by the pulsinsr
tide of the great city.
He Didn't Believe It,
(Wall Street News.
A private banker in a town in Wis
consin received a call a few davs ogo
from a stranger, who deposited $10,
and then turned around and asked the
bankor for a loan of $50.
"Why, sir, I can't lend you any
money, replied tho bankor.
"I think you can. Please take time
for reflection. "
'I don't want to reflect unon the sub
ject, sir."
"Would a run on this bank damage
you $50 worth?"
"There will be no run here."
"Suppose there was?"
"It is to absurd too suppose. Good
day, sir."
The stranger walked out doors, and
the bank closed for the day. He
entered a grocery and stated that he
was a depositor, and asked if the bank
was Bound. He entered a dry goods
store and inquired if the hnrd times
might not pinch the bank. He entoed
a drug store and offered his certificate
of deposit for $5. He met a lawyer
and inquired if a receiver had beon ap
pointed to look out for the interests of
depositors. Next ruoruing he was at
the door of the bank, gesticulating and
lamenting, and behind him were
seventy-five or eighty citizens. Before
noon the bank wus cleaned out nnd iH
doors closed, and an ex-private bauke1
was skipping out to avoid being
lynched. ' .
A Mlow Young Man.
luter Ocean. j
"I am afraid that young Featherly, "
who calls on you so often, is rather a
fast young man," said a father to his
daughter.
"Oh, no, ho isn't father," replied the
little brother who was present.
"Whnt do you know about Mr.
Featherly?" demanded the old man.
"I only know he replied, "that I
heard him ask sister for a kiss lust
night and she told him he could have
one if he would be quick about it. But
it was the slowest kiss I ever saw."
nden
educate;
Wilmans :
its mission
War does not
is accnmn1wla.l
when it has burst an inpWtin im..i;V
ment.