X
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
--Siiico the Fraiieo-Germaii war 115
Btatue Iiitvn iH-pif creeled in Franco.
VFranci jinijvin, tho French go:ir
painter, has. boeoaio', blind. Uu hu
painted forty'eiirjf. y
-iieoii Margaret Italy does all
her shoppingjil ixynoii, wiih no more
fus tliitn any-f Ijor subject, ami goes
parly in tho day to avoid the crowd.
A bydt containing fourteen persons
i:u bee successfully worked on the
fcijlifo witli artillclnl win;, acting on
tliii nlr and propolod by a rotating
wheel.
' The Q io mi of Koninania, already
, nn eminent poet, ha engaged to de
liver a course of lectured on "Moilern
Literature" at the Iiuchurest high
'.Itchool.
Tno cens of Franr for lHl
shows a total opnlation of 38.21H.903,
ngainst 37.072,0-IH in 1MH1. Tho popu
lation of Furi ha inrreacd only 75,
000, against nn increase of iWO.OUC re
corded in IHMl.
Tlie (loveiiiiiii nt of Norway has
prohibit! d 111" killing of Ihe beaver in
that country except riming three
month of the year. Hitherto the ani
mal ha b lcKtroyctl at nil seasons,
on account of the injury it lil to for
est in taking tree for building it
hut.
-Mr. (iladstnnc' hirlliilay gift In
cluded among other tiling, n red kci
rhicf for iii neck, at least a dozen
bottle of hi favorite jam, one mutton
Him tln-ee mince pie ami a I ox of pill,
the liiht namcil from the husband of the
woman who forwarded the mutton pie,
The I if 1 ) it Ihrsin-Cuurur say,
api-opo of an oiler of a (ierinun house
to engage a trained velocipede traveler
to iniike a t ' of tint Icailing (ierman
sugar rcliner'e and machine work,
that the rcpn tentative of a promiiicnt
ll-rlin linn ha completely renounced
railroad traveling, and call on hi
customers, even those of Switzerland,
exclusively on the bicycle.
"I,'prny I curable" wa the
bold declaration made Home iiiouth
ago hy Dr. ITrhftm ile Krcita. professor
of Ihe medical hcIiooI in Oporto, and
now lint Cpimlita Mviliru (published at
(oiinlinutlic seat of the only linker
city in I'oi'tiigalJ.'Vxplaiu in detail the
rcaNon fi'rt- tfli assertion, and declare
that scrotal case of leprosy have hcun
cured by., electricity principally.
The editor of the lkiit.ichr t'ruer-Wfhr-'.fitn-hHfl
publishes annually sla
lilicit concerning the Imruiiig of
theater, the lntct improvement for
making Hem lire-proof, etc. The year
lHWi ha been in this respect the most
favored of any since, the burning of the
King Theater, only Mi x llU'ufcr himrtgl
been destroyed by Ih-f;, "including the
Hindu Theater of Tinnervelly the only
casualty which involved any scriou
los of life. The ligtires for the past
few year were: M in lHK.i, 10 in IMI,
22 iii ISSJ and -'.") In mi.
STORIES OF DOCTORS.
tyuerr ThliiR Abiiut thn Mi'ii Who llulil
Our Lin's In Tlii'lr lliinils.
A woman in New York near lifty ha
been a cripple f r years, mid ha suf
fered intensely. She spent, thousand
and thousand of dollar in obtaining
the. medic, il advice, but to no
purpose. Lately she consulted a inounte.
bank, who jruve her a prescription
li ii h evpclled a tape-worm, of which
the regular pivclioncr had entertained
no suspicion.
A doctor who ha been In practice iu
New York for nearly forty car had,
some inon:hs a :o, nu agonizing pain in
hi loins which untitled Iii in for work.
A doctor rar ly treat themselves, he
had recourse to about a dozen of Hie
most distinguished physicians' in town
for their diagnosis, ll ich one differed
from the other, and not one's opinion
agreed w ith his own. Many predicted
hi spec ly death; but he cured himself
in a few weeks and ha had no return
nf liie disorder since.
lleee:iil, a w 'H-knowu rich tlnan
rier, having suffered for months from
eciv iic. niacins so .;it relief at the
hands, one at'icr neiih-r, of till the
it ictors in ltotciii, Tucy told Iii tit that
Ids Inaiil w.is iill'eciel, til it hi kidne
were diseased, tlial he had liver com
plain', tlur it wa Ihe indirect result of
neuralgia, etc. K.ich and all prescribed
a remedy. He tried the various renn
dies, Iml none of llicin wa of any avail.
I'inalh he went ahro.id for hi health,
and, being in Vicuna, consulted an emi
nent ph sicia i there, who told him lie
had a onpis iu the uoc, and that it
oii;;lil to l removed immediately. Thit
' iJtr;if(i.;,'lmiMine, was performed,
and the V.yvlcr had no more pain iu
Ids head; .
A sn. J fiil dm-tor will claim that
the palilalias an abscess in the liver
a cry ".serious affection, and w ill
luiu tu! the llesh w ith a small, sharp
rvringcj and pretend to withdraw tho
pus, ii' lot ted to he a chemical mixture
he ha lutixely Introduced into the in
stniimak. The effect of this on Ihe
mind ot if nan believing himself to 1
iillliclcj wih so diingerons an absce-
may ln ivadily imagined. The fancied
pus li'tuoM'd, the abscess will heal; a
complete cure i w rouln. Who would
not p; liU'rally to Ik' thu rid of a
mighty jieril.
M'fr tin1 K.mprcss Kugeuie had jjiven
binlL'!,. (lie Prince Imperial an im
portant oH-raliou was iiciessary,
and ViiH the celebrated doctor of
Pari and several American doe
tor , ividcut there wciv ealh-d
in,; wtnioi'' them lr. Johnson, now
dcl. lining her treatment it was
f.ilul to their cousti'inatiou that the
44rMxl had left her brain. She was in
iitoiuciit.iry Ti il of losing her life. A
miIciiiii consultation took place. No
lody could advise except JoIiikou, who
Jccl.iivd he could remedy the f il. IU
hold her up by tho heel and the blood
flowed back to her brain.. Ho saved
her lifo. Not n of tho Parisian sagos
would havo dreainwd of offering so
monstrous nn Indignity to tho Kmpress
of the French. lit the indignity, a
they nftcrward acknowledged, was
pr f rable to her death.
A millionaire named Parrish had a
prave ailment and several leading
physician were summoned, but none
of them gave him relief. Then a doctor,
able, but often rudo In manner and
speech, wa called in and rendered
thdeired nervlco. Hi bill wan ono
thousand dollar, which Farrish de
clined to liquidate "on the ground th'-t
it wa exorbitant Tho doctor, with
an oii', declared, which wa trim,
that ho had saved hi patient' life,
hut tho lato patient still demurred.
Then suit wa brought and the full
amount recovered, much of which the
plaintiff had to part with for lawyer'
fee. Sonio month after tho patient
had a recurrence of the trouble, and
Snvri wa n train Aimioneil. Ho went,
but refused to do any thing until the
sufferer had drawn a check for one
thousand dollars, which he did inir.o
diately. If thn Hick man had been
poor, tho doctor would, probably, havo
made no charge, but ho wa resolved
that Parrish should not benolit by h'
skill without liberal ivconip.'iise there
for. tloMtm Journal.
A BAD CUSTOM
Home Itrimoin Why a Vmn Khoutd Not
los n III l.lKhtnl lr.
A placid and callow-looking young
man, who wore a nil k hat, n fur
triiiinied coat, light over-gaiter. and
palmit leather shoes, tripped nimbly up
to a well-fed man seated in the Liudell
Hotel lobby and raised a mutilated
"snipe" to'his lip with, "A light, if
you please?" Tlio well-fed man con
tinued to work hi liaIf-inoked cigar
while ho made a careful search of
seven of hi pocket for a match. Tho
placid dude kept an uneasy gaze at tho
burning cigar. Two minute passed in
that way, and the well-fed man wa
tired, and he showed it.
"I haven't a match, but you can
probably get a light at the cigar
stand," said he, rising to point out to
Ihe young man an alcohol blazu not
ten steps away.
"lleg y'r pawdon," gasped tho cal
low one, while a (lush of indignation
chased over his face.
Tho well-fed mail resumed his seat
ai P puffed away serenely at hi cigar.
There seemed to be nothing new to Iii in
in the occurrence, but it w is not com
mon, and those about recognized it a
a rare installed of courage, and it wa
the theme for the next half-hour's chat.
. "That wa right," observed tho lirst
thopeak. "and, though it i a little .in
novation of the popular custom, it I a
eouimoti-seu.se act. I always carry
matches ,(or the benefit of my friends,
a well a for nSself, that I may be able
to smoke my own eigar, but if 1 chancii
to be caught withont a match I never
have tho courage to. refuse to turn over
my cigar when ask 'd for a 'light.' I
consider it impertinence to ask a man
fur a light n'V his cigar, but custom ha
established that iinpcrliucnco so linnly
you are criticised if you attempt to in
augurate a new era for smoker.
'It i an old, weather-beaten and
foolish idea that courtesy make it nec-
, . . i . .
e-sary to tei every stranger, wiinoui
consideration of his occupation, handle
your cigar," offered a gentleman on
the other side of th well-fed man. "If
I am smoking a cigar mid it is half or
throe-quarter burned, I am not. going
to let a Strang t handle it ami then re-
; nrii it to mv mouth. A 'gentleman who
thinks before ho act would not expect
me to, and w hen I happen to be w ith
out a matc'i a id do not fed Hush
enough to buy another eigar, I politely
inform the man that I am without a
match. , It i only occasionally you
run upoit a in in who I so rude as to
ask vo.i why you don't give him your
rigaV
"Hut if he should?"
"Well, iii that case mv explanation
is adapted to til ' length of lime 1 have
to spend with the person. There are a
thousand and one objection to the
practice."
"It wa on'y yesterd iv," interrupted
an attentive listener, "that I saw a
physician stop culling tho diseased
llesh of a patient and light a cigar.
Three minute later a man dropped
around and a-ked Ihe physician for a
lii;lit, II ','ave it to him. 1 would not
have touched his cigar, nor would I
have allowed him to to ich ono 1 wa
smoking, for man is naturally a care
less animal. Th -re i an immense num
ber of p'l'sniis whose business it i to
handle poisonous substances, and in
addition to these there are not a few
who accidentally touch a matter of
which a small particle will taint a
cigar. The most minute speak of
poison will cling to the moistened part
of a cigar, and. touched to a chapped
lips may destroy your comfort and
the beauty of your face for week. The
drug clerk, com pounding prescriptions
in w hich are deadly poisons, runs out
to get one of the ingredient at another
corner, and while on the way consider
it hi unquestioned privilege, under the
present custom, to sk you for a light.
The chemist, the scientist, the phy
sician and mechanic employed in cer
tain kind of lab ir arc equally d.i:ijer
on men to give or receive a 'light'
from. One workman may have brass,
dust on his lingers a he goe home
from work, but lie doc not consider
that. I will, and hereafter my cigar
will lie ln iolatV I.ouu AV;i;.V.
oil.
The tvele-y car-old daughter of
Hans Hansen, of Pipestone l unity,
Minn., plowed 112 acres of hi farm
for him last year. IViicija Juitrnul
BREEDING FOR BEEF.
MfnltH'lor thI- llultlnfrom th
MlaUkr or Htork-llalur.
Ilroeder. feeder and butcher of cat
tlo scolded when tho folly of raising
and feeding boeve for the production
of soap-fat wa shown, aix or eight
year ago. Yet they aw, what every
practical cattle man will see readily,
that three-cent tallow can not be
profitably made by feeding good grain
to stock. It may be true that the feed
er ".vill receive for hi over-fat beeves
price that will pay richly for the
corn fed, but the los i there still.
The consumer pay it Part of the tal
low I saved tj make soap or oleomar
garine, and that make the los to hu
manity somewhat le than it would be
if all the tallow went to the dogs, a a
great part now doc.
To get a correct understanding of
the magnitude of the los of food re
sulting from tho mistaken of breeders
and feeders, one should note how much
fat is left on tho table after the roast or
the steaks have been eaten; ho should
see how much fat tho cook ha put
aside before sending the meat to the
table; he should estimate tho quantity
thus rejected from the whole carcass,
and finally calculate what the aggre
gate i from all tho ripo bullock
slaughtered. Meantime it will bo well
to keep in mind tlio fact that; not Jess
than 4, ." HJ to 5.0UO pounds of corn is
fed iu fully ripening an average bul
lock. That grain -will make from 500 to
GOO pound of beef, of which the great
er part, say 37.') to 4.r)0 pound w ill be
indigestible tallow. Thu the feeder
succeed in condensing from 3,:L'() to3,
ti'.M) pouudof nutritive breadstuff into
31 1 lo82J pound of dry nutrition, or it
oqnivalent. Truly that in condensing
the product of tho farm but the little
nutritive material left after tho proce
seem to have cost the world some
thing. If it be assumed that the corn
i worth 30 cents per bushel tho nutri
tion resulting from feeding it to steers
Will cost at least Nit to '.VI cent per
pound, while tho nutrition in the corn
would have cost only eight-tenths of
one pound.
I will say nothing here of tho tallow
eaten, nor hint lit the bad effects there
of on the digestive organs of the eaters,
for of that there will be diverse opin
ion. Each may decide for himself, if
lie can, how much he i benefited by
tho fat he eats. What all will admit,
for nil will of course be more anxious
to uncover the truth than to uphold
tho breede.'s, i that tallow can be
worth no mora for food a meat than it
is as a material for imitation butter, and
that is probably not far from three
cent per pound. Hut it may be w ell to
drop this line of thought, lest it lead
dangerously near to the conclusion
that the growing of beef or human food
is a most wasteful use of laud ami
labor, for w hich there is the one excuse
only that man will not live by bread
alone, but demand a little butter there
with, and a slice of meat also, be the
cost what it may.
Feeders have been thinking of these
matter, and a few of them have deter
mined to try feeding for the production
of tender, juicy and lean meat. They
think that, handicapped as they are by
the strong hereditary tendency of highly-bred
beeves to make fat of the food
they cat, cattle can bo made, by in
telligent treatment, to go on day after
day adding to their weight of flesh, in
creasing very little the while their
'tore of fat, Tho task may
bo a difficult one, for the
feeder will have to conquer strong
tendencies fixed by generation of
breeding for the purpose of intensifying
the very qualities that may soon be de
clared useless, if not worse than useless.
A few men are preparing to feed I ves
for the production of the greatest at
tainable percentage of juicy, lean meat,
that light may be thrown on the ques
tion w hether or not such beef as will ha
profitable to cousumeik and palatable,
can be made with pr.ilit to the feeder.
The carcass w hich won the sweepstake
iu the last Chicago Fat Stock Show, and
the one w hich w as next to that sweep
stake carcass in the cs'imation of
judges, were of bullocks fed on ratitui
consisting largely of oat. In both
cases the habit of feeding maize was so
strong that the feeders could not resist
it, but made one-quarter of the ration
of thai fattening grain. lloth
steers were of race having a, '
powerful hereditary disposition to
put fat on their carcasses, yet, with all
these disadvantages th. animals turned
out beef in which there was a large per
centage of eatable meat.
Some skillful breeder will be found
ere long with courage to cut free, from
old "tradition and cuter squarely on
the new line of feeding for the interest
of the consumer, by gi ing to hi cat
tle ration composed as nearly as prac
ticable of blood and tissue making ma
terial. He will find no difficulty in
selling at a good profit every ounce of
such biff as he will make by such a
course, for w hile the public generally
may require educating up to tho point
of appreciating nutricious beef, there
a iv plenty of people who will welcome
any opportunity t get meat while lcrm
and muscular, shall at the same time
be tender, juicy and toothsome. A". II".
iVrry, in Country Inntlainin.
GROWING HOPS.
Th
Soil anil I'rrritiOloiM Svmrr
to
Thvlr Socrrtsdil t ulilvatinu.
Any land adapted to growing corn
will be suitable for hops. The soil
should le good and well prepared, just
K'fore the time of setting, which should
Ive done a stm tlio ground will ad
mit of being well tilled. The roots, or
hop sells, a they mv called, are sprout
thrown out from tho crown, and are
full of eves and may be cut iu piece
two or three inches iu length. There
should always he twb or three eyes on
each piece. The selft are sold by the I
bushel. Two or three root should be j
put into each hill. They should lie
planted by hand in hill six feet square1
' m . 1 ..!!. I !.a.
or sewn ieei oy cigni. iu nc "
the wider space i preferable, a
tlio vine will fully occupy the
ground, and if placed closer together
they could not be cultivated with a
horse. The land may le marked out
to indicate the place fir setting the
root, and afterward a hill of p itatoes
or corn tho first being preferable
may be planted between each hill of
hop in the same row, and another row
half way between the hop row. If
these are made equal space apart, all
of tho row will bo in line so that a
a cultivator may bo worked between
them and the land bo kept clean. By
this plan a go id crop may bo had in
the hop ground the first year, and tho
land he kept clear of weeds gras and
weed will spoil a hop crop, and on
thi account freedom from foulness is
imperative. Before cold weather two
or three forkful of manure must be
thrown directly on the top of the
crown of the hop plants to protect
them through the winder and to give
them a start in tlio spring. The
second year the pole should lie set, one
or more in a hill, or wire should be
stretched across the field along the
rows on high post with win- hanging
down to which to attach the vines.
The poling must bo done early, so
that the vines can bo trained upon
thorn, or to the wire as soon n they
start. Every few days the yard should
he gone over to fasten all stray vine to
the poles or wire. A soon as tlio
ground i lit a cultivator should bo
started and kept going enough so that
Ihe land will he mellow all tlio season
and free from grass or weed. In thu
spring, after freezing weather is over,
tlio manure on the crowns or hills
may be raked out and put around the
hills. Kaeh autiinri there should bo
the same manuring; each spring the
same care should bu observed with
poles and stringing thu, vines,
and tho snnu careful culture
should be given. When all th:s is
done a yard will last a lialf-do.on
years or more and do well. There is
not much differe'ieo in the cost and
labor between the pole and wire sys
tems. The latter is patented. Pole
can be had at various prices, according
to quality, cedar being the best ns
well as the dearest iu first cost. They
mostly come from Canada. Hops,
when well set and cultivated, will
often produce ns good a crop the sec
ond year after planting us aft"rwards.
A soon as the hops are ripe they
should be'picked and the poles stacked.
Picker are paid by tho box-full
usually, and not by the day's work.
The price varies in localities, and ac
cording to the scarcity of help. A
smart picker expect to make 'i to ?3
a day. Rural Sew Yorker.
ORIGIN OF FETICHISM.
Itrllcimi System KrmiltlnK from Simple
MoUi, ot llilnklnif anil ICiminiiiiuii;.
So soon as intelligent curiosity began
to mingle with the dull wonder with
w h'ch human beings had long regarded
unusual natural events such as, for
instance, an eclipse, u flash of light
ning or n flood the only explanations
that could suggest themselves would be
the logical result of the prevalent habits
of thought, of such simple analogical
reasoning as has been referred to. All
moving things being vaguely felt to lie
living, the sun in eclipse would be
thought of as sick or wounded; the
lightning as a creature like a rattle
snake that makes a noise, glides swift
ly and strikes suddenly; the flood as
the river itself iu a rage or pas-ion.
Such va explanations as these of the
nature of tin; external universe, or of
special events in it cmuu nations sn I title
self-conscious and so little reasoned as
hardly ti deserve the name of "expla
nations would seem to be in the
natural course of evolution the lirst
notions that could be called religious;
but such notions are pure fctichism.
The characteristic of such a state of
thought is. that the moving principle is
no! thought of as separate from the
moving tiling, nor the living principle
as separate from the living being, nor
the spirit of other men or animals as
separate from their bodies. The ob
servances appropriate to such a religion
would consist iu appeals to those exter
nal beings or imprecations upon them,
similar to those appropriate between
man and man, because those beings
would be regarded a living and so not
felt to be wholly different from men;
but in every case the tiling or object it
self, and not any thing unseen, would
be the object of any ceremonial observ
ance. A community of children between
the age of two and five might natural
ly evolve' a somewhat similar religious
system. The baby who cries out,
"Naughty door!" w hen it pinches its
lingers in th hinges; the child who
urges a spinning-top to continue spin
ning, or i angry with it for stopping;
or w ho lls en with wondering awe to
a watch and asks if it is alive, long be
fore any of them have any notion of
spirit or ghost, or of unseen causes of
action all illustrate how naturally
fctichism results from simple mode ot
thinking and reasoning. Similar habit.
of thought account for much of both
ancient and modern mythology, with
out the intervention of spiritism, they
appear s a revival iu civilized nation
in the astrology and alchemy of the
middle ages and may to-day be traced
among many savage tribes. (Jeorqe
I'cHi u; in Popular S-ienrt Monthly.
Pref. 11 ighe say a silk ribbon is
t't'nf ligbtuiiig conductor than a
it.otA.l.o .'oil. Chicago Intcr-Occan.
s LITTLE WOMEN.
Tha Dlfflrulty They Kiprrlenc In Obtain.
Ing Hultable Kmployuaent In C ltlea.
Few have any idea of tho trial and
tribulation of cultivated women small
in stature, who seek holiest employ
ment in the'eity. The little lady, may
bo modest, pretty, neatly dressed af
fable in conversation and agreeable in
manner, yet aim st every avenue load
ing to a respectable living i closed to
her. The shop-keeper picks hi female
help in the spirit that animate him
when he m ike a display of good in
hi window. And it must bo con
fessed that practically, if not theoreti
cally, he is right. A commanding and
fine-looking woman will sell a sealskin
cloak in five cases out of six where a
little body would fail. The big woman
can expatiate more grandly on its
merits, and by wrapping it
around her and parading before
a mirror, show it off in all it perfec
tion. The littlo lady may he refined
gold, but there is nothing impressive
about her. Her small stature a a mis
fortune that she can not remedy. Sho
can not become a floorwalker in a dry
goods emporium, for sho lack the
sweep and carriago and tho lordly
aplomb which awe employes and at
tract purchasers. She has great trouble
in securing even a place behind the
counter. Her fragility and tiny size
are in the way. She can not reach tho
goods on a top shelf, nor can she return
them after a sale is made without
climbing to the counter, which un
graceful act would quench thu hist
spark of dignity left by nature nt her
birth. She is out of place again
in the parlor of a fashionable
milliner or dressmaker. You may find
her sitting in a little hack room
sdjoiniiig. stitching away in a had
light and a worse atmosphere, with
her knees up to her chin, b it you will
never see her iu the, salesroom. "A
small woman is out of place- in a show
room," said the proprietor of a fashion
warehouse, when one of her hand
sought a situation for a worthy but
undersized lady. "I have no use f oi
lier there. Shu can not sell even a
pattern. People! will not go to her.
They will hardly ask her a question.
They pass her by as though a child,
and go to a saleswoman more stylish
and commanding. One is promiiicnt
and the other insignificant in appear
ance, and the prominent figure in
variably attracts attention."
A place for the little lady wa found
in the mailing department at six dol
lars a week. At tho same time a tall
woman of good figure, who carried her
head like a Juno, neither well educated
nor particularly agreeable, was placed
in the sluiw-rooni at fourteen dollar
per week. She was not a refined nor
as painstaking as tho little one, but sho
had the physique so highly prized by
an experienced modiste. The little ono
toihdteii hour a day with hardly a
respite, while the big woman walked
grandly up and down the parlor super
intending sales and keeping every tiling
trim.
Petite women are rarely employed as
forewomen iu largo business houses.
Such situations are almost invariably
filled hy ladies of regiilar figure and
hauteur. A few are pre.ty, some are
intellectual, and less are charming.
Many are Amazons by natnrc us well
as in appearance. They aro made
majestic by size and bearing alone,
and are nearly destitute of feel
ing for thosa of smaller stature
whose lines are not cast in places so
pleasant. Such forewomen command
from twenty to sixty dollars a week.
They can be found in every establish
ment where f tshionable female attire is
sold. Salaries seem to bo proportioned
to the size of the woman employed, and
no; on her ability. There are hundreds
of little women holding comparatively
pleasant situations, but even in these
th -y labor under natural disadvantage.
The. salaries are light, and their figure
forbid promotion. The little one are
to be pitied. Witli warmer hearts,
keener intuitions, brighter intellects,
more knowledge of human nature and
more tact iu many cases than their
larger sisters, their business sphere re
mains narrow and contracted. Mar
riage alone can take them from the
rug'.o.l road of life and transplant them
to the pleasant gardens that line the
way. X. V. M'til awl Esprens.
CLARK UNIVERSITY.
An Kiliiratlnnnl Institution to lie t'otinilrd
In the Ity of Worcester, .Mass.
Jonas (iilman Chirk, the wealthiest
citizen of Worcester, Mass., has an
nounced his intention of founding in
that city an institution, for the promo
tion of learning in all its higher
branches, to be called Clark University.
He will start it with an endowment of
$1,000,000. Kight well-known gentle
men of Worcester are associated with
him in the petition for incorporation.
Mr. Clark says he does not expect to
start at once a university complete in
all respects; but it will be on the
broadest jxissible basis so far as instruc
tion is concerned, It will not lie, in
sense, denominational. There will be
religious teaching, but it will be free
from any technicalities of belief. There
will be in connection with it a law
school, medical school, and posihlv a
school of theology. The main college
buildings will set back from Main
street near the Woodland street line.
If the citizens offersubstaritial evidence
of sympathy and support, Mr. Clark
will farther generously endow the
institution n its needs become ap
parent. Mr. Clark's death will make
no difference in the plan. Ile intend
that the new university shall in time
fairly rival Harvard in scope and
National reputation, and he ha ample
funds to carry out his idea. A". F.
STUDY OF A BLUE-QAv
Soma of the Amuilng Thlnn r.
Thli Hljhly IntellHen" B,
Investigating every thing in tu
is ono of my bird's greatest pi,'
and most attractive of ell he flnj 1
drawer of my desk, m the
wliich ho stand delighted and k
.1 .1 I... ,1... i. . . . i:
iiuicu u mo TiuiiHj uuiorenhu, f
would be the havoo if 1 were not ti
and the curious thing about it s.
he will pull things over careles,. j
on touching somo particular tlii.
see that I do not approve
recognize my sentiment u l
ly as a bright child Woi
that thing, and that only, i,(
have. At once he snatches it t,!i ,
away across the room, and Iniatf.J
him in vain, lio regards it a ti
got up for his amusement, and or,,
ever equaled him in dodging;
not be driven, and if cornered h(
hi wing. I simply put my wit,,,,
his. follow him about till he has t,'
his load to breathe, when a sudden,
send him olf, and I secure it
cover up any thing lie knows at ml
is some forbidden treasure, and J.
all his energy and cunning, wliid
great, to uncovering and p,,,,,
nimscll ot it. lie open ,nv
by delivering sharp )lWj'
der tho edge of tho cover,
hides my postage-stamp,
book and magazine. Ho him.
the floor in a heavy way, ns often,
ways as straight, and holds his to.
close together as though he had i
tight boots all his life. If startle'
bounds up into the air in the.,
wav, a foot or two, or even nmrp.
erally turning half around, aisle,
down with hi head the other
much alarmed, he will' bounce
this way half a dozen times in
succession, and should he happen
on a table at the time ho usually
lauding on the floor. His alightinj
any flight is most singular; he cc
the floor in a crouching itinn.
sprawled, body horizontal and n
touching the matting, looking h
bird gone mad; then instantly p
uj) six or eight inches, half turn,
stands upright, crest erect, ami :
ing excited, almost frightened
much disturbed, lie comes down
wings half open, tail held up, nmh
feather awry, a if lie were out
gale, uttering at the same time a
squawk. He is the most expert ci'
not only seizing without faiUcs
seed thrown to him. but even Hut;
bit of falling paper, the hardest
things to catch.
The blue-jay is a bird of op':
about most things, and able to n
himself quite clearly as, fur Ms
when be found himself under i
without rounds, on which he Iii
perch, ho stood and looked nine
every side, and made a low, i'n
ing cry, plainly a protest ajpil
unnatural a chair; and again !
scolded at thu rain that came in '
gusts against tlio window, oreli
furiously at tlio tho crack unrten
when he heard sweepin?
side. In general ho is vcr'
when one is in tlio roei;
the moment the door closes
tho last person his voice is li
whis ling exactly like a boy, f
squawking, and occasionally ut
a sweet though not loud song, w!
varied by a sound like rubbing
against glass. The most pii.
prooch silences him. When
strong emotion he may sqiiai
scream before spectators, but he
whistles or sing when ho kih
ono is in the room. When out
sight, and so long silent that h
forgotten me, I have now awl
heard the song.
The funniest thing this knn:'"
low docs is to stamp his feet, ,W '
genuine expression of impa'icM
pleasure. When I lake sonietliiK
from him, or he flunks' I meant"1
or refuse him something he
stands still, and jerks his feet in
way that they stamp with a loud -ns
if they w ere of iron. It is wr
it) serious anger ho adds to this. I
and curtsying by bending tli
snapping the bill, pecking, mi'l
ing up with the body witliei
ing the feet. Ulioe Thome i
Atlan!i:.
Average Length of Life.
It ha been reckoned bysrient
that the average length of lifeofa
is some four or five limes the per
quired to grow to full or adult w
this hold true as regards liiii":t!
well as the lower animals, ever
would be able to reckon hi' ''
probable length of life by renien
the age nt wliich full growth
taincd. Hereditary weakness anil
cident of contageous diseases r
lenee are tho only elements that"
disturb this calculation, wliich i
climate would bring the aver.?
up to about seventy-five j-earsn'
and eighty-five in men. When'
frequently less, we are at lilrt.T
lieve that there i something""
in the rearing and living of & '
bringing down the average."
Lazar.
Why He Shouldn't Luk
Old Mr. Jones, of Austin, '
lost nearly all his teeth, ' 1
the family of a neighbor. a"ll-j'
up little 'Tommy, he Kgan "
him on his knee, laughing P
Tommy laughed.
Suddenly Tommy looked vf?
estly at Mr. Jones and said:
'Why do you laugh so?"
Oil, I laugh because yon. "J- (
-You mustn't, Mr. Jones
you laugh you show all the t
haveu't got rTixat SiflW