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THE POWER OF LOVE. CARE OF PIANOS. tluw Ir. Jnhmon, (inathe Mil Olnera Wrote to Woman They Admired. Dr. Johnson wuh not -a hilar writer In the trim sense of tho word. His balanced stylo lacked flexibility; hi strong nature abandon; but J)l eplnllcn breathe tho sincerity of his piety, tin 4oflincs of lib spirit tho depcndonne of hia iiciirt on )i 11 in n ri affection. II could write with picturesque, (inic what ponderous vivacity, as mny bo seen by tho group of letters addressed to Mrs. Tliralo during his Journey 'through the Hebrides, which the lady thought wero more delightful than bin iiooks. How pathetic and solemn is .tho glimpse we have of tho iick man in tho following, written to hi friend, Mm. Boolhby "It Im again midnight and I am again alone. Willi, what : meditation shall I amuse this waste hour of darkness and vacuity? If I turn my (.bought upon myself, what lo I perceive but a poor, helpless body. reduced by a bliiHt of wind to woakness and misery?" How touching is this irequest to film Porter "1 shall take 'it vary kliidly if you make It a rule to write to me once at leant every week, for 1 am now very deiolato, and am loth to bo univrslly forgotten, Mr. Lewes has thrown tliHcredit up on the corrcHitondonco of Bcttinn; he treats It as a romance of Betlina's, ad ling Unit: "How much is trim, how much exaggeration, and how much pure llclioii. 1 Mil In no position lo explain." The book when it appeared two year after the poets death threw Germany Into a ferment It was tho story of the passion nto feeling with which Goethe, at sixty yours of ago, hail inspired a young girl of twontv, and of the half-tolerant, half- encouraging response lie had made to it 1 he poet seemed a god to liottlna. 1 In o.plian girl, half German, half Italian, sentimental, mystic, ardent loved the poet with all the strength of her soul before she saw him, and when ho knew him sho worshiped him like a rotary in nu abandonment of devo tiou. "I lie on tho ground on the pot wheni thy feet rested; I am well (hero and nowhere else," she writes, Goethe answered letters full of such outbursts In a manner that showed that his vanity was Mattered, his Im ngiualioii stimulated, his Intellectual urionity (which was over on tho alert lor manifestations of character) aroused. "Thy letters," he writes, "'are liko a braid of a thousand colors which I unbind in order to classify Its iKMiitilul wealth." He bids her go on confiding her feelings to him so that he may translate them, put them into rhyme, use them. Another time ho writes: "Thy letters are road and re rend with a groat deal of pleasure; "what my pen could answer fails to ouvey tho Immediate Impression they produce, and to which ono allows one- olf mo willingly to yield; feeling, not withstanding, that Mioso aro all Illusions, for who could reasonably believe in so much lovcP It Is best to accept It all as a dream ! . I . . . fill iwne ne wines: "inou art llkn a lovely light, softly brightening tho evening of my life." Did the great man tire of iis votary? Did Goethe s wife onuso the sudden rupture that at the end of four year rid tho poet of How to Kp an Imlruinent In Good Con dition for Long Tim. Of nil tho furniidilng of tho house hold, tho piano should be the last thing to be neglected, yet in most cases, this article gets very little care. Aside from dusting it at the lame time, and as often as tho rest of the furniture, It is generally left to take care of itself the remainder of the time. An instrument may be used for years, providing it has been properly cared for during tho time, and hare every bit as good and sweet a tone as when first purchased, and certainly a more mellow, than when new. It may have a very old-fashioned case, and be lacking all tho modern attach ments, but It may not bo any the worse for that for many of the pianos, nowadays, are moitly case, and hardly much of any thing else. To be sure. a good-toned rosewood-cased piano Is a beautiful ploce of furniture and a pleasant companion in the homo, but an old-fnshionod one that has been cared for will be every bit as good a coin pen ion, and though it may not be quite as hnndsomo na one of more re cent date, it is always an attractive article of furniture wherever it may be. Ono of the very first things, nnd tho greatest enemy to the piano, to look out for, Is dampness. Nothing will more quickly ruin tho tone of the piano than this. It rusts the strings, caus ing then to snap or spoil tho tone, and also i nures the case. Never, if it can be helped, hnvo a piano placed across a window, hut If It is in this position do not allow tho window to be opened, more particularly on a damp day. Do not set jt directly against an outor wall, but allow a small space between tho piano and the wall, nnd it will not bo so likely to bo Injured by dampness. An oil-cloth cover is tho best kind for a piano, but as many do not like the looks of them, a woolen ono is next best thing. For tho exclusion of damp ness (hero is nothing will equal the oilcloth covers, and to a person of quiet taste they aro moro attractive than the woolen. Thoy are more serviceable, for the dust can be brushed off them, nnd not work through liko it does in some of tho felt covers. They como, usually, linod with wool, which makes a nice protec tion for the case against scratches. Keep the piano closed when not In use, whoro it is used frequently, but if closed for any length of time, it should bo opened occasionally to let tho light get at tho keys and prevent tholr turn ing yellow. If tho piano is kept closed w hen not in use, there will bo fewer buttons, hairpin, pins, etc., on the sounding board to cause a jingling, disagreeable sound When a string breaks hare another one put in as soon as convenient but if yon have to wait fur this, tako out tho old string, ining wire nippers to unwind it from tho peg, or yon will bo annoyed by a dis- cordant jingle when playing. Keep it In good t into and be sure the person Another employed for this purpose Is compe tent cro allowed to touch it. A great, deal of harm can bo done by an in competent tuner. A new Instrument will need to bo tuned very often for the first year, but after that at much lousier Interval.'. In buvinr a Betlina's rapturous devotion? Long piano ho sure and liuvo a person with jiiicrwniii tney met again, just onco, a short limo before tho poet's death. Of tlaflovu letters of Illustrious men, none aro mora exquisite or tragically pathetic than those of Keats to his "leopardtiKS," as the boy-poet called the woman lie loved. I here Is no play' luiuosa in mono letters. Thoy are written from the tdiudow of tho tomb you who understands tho instrument thoroughly, as the best-looking pianos are not always the best toned. Never get one immediately from tho factory unless you want to spend a good part of your time hammering it down. It is an established custom with most piano firms never to sell a new piano until It has been " hammered with the despair of nn all-absorbing down " by men employed for this pur- love, making life a rapture. Hainan letters to tho Comtesse Hnnka, tho lady whom ho afterward married, are marvels of expression of the away of love over a rich nature. " I have In tho treasure of your let ter, lu tho no less Incomparable ono of my recollections of you, In my grateful and constant thought of nil good you have done my soul by your advice, your example, sovereign renin- poso. The action of a new piano Is necessarily stiff, consequently a now Instrument init be played on a groat deal at first to obviate this, nnd In most p aces this is done in tho sales rooms ny tho tuners or salesmen, and rii Instrument is not allowed to leave the room until the action Is in good order. Do not havo It In too oold a room or too near a stove. If It has been slles against all mlsforture; and I bless In a oold room for any length of thus, you often, my dear and beneficent star, In the silence of the night nnd in the sirens of my torments." Bnlaao had written a few years before to a woman friend: " Friendship goes further than love; for to me it appears to bo the Inst stagu of love, quietness and se curity In happiness." When love toHohod his heart ho wrote no more of the superiority of friendbhlp. Loth don Queen. The Old Lady Caught Him, A pntrolman who was going up Macomb street tho other, night was joined by a rtsideiit of that street who wan on Ilia way homo. , When tho two reached tho house It was nearly mid night and tho clliacn jokingly said: I guess I can get in without the old lady hearing me. Some wives aro mighty particular, you know." He pa.-ti! around to the tide door willi a key in his hand, but lu about a minute the o Ulcer hoard a terrible yl, followed by shout for help. A chamber window was thrown up and a head thrust out and the officer asked what i the uialUir. "Oh. nothing much," answered a woman's voice; "l wanVnl to know juxt what time he got home tonight and o I set a stool-trap on the door step. I think It caught him. Von can go on about your btuinesj and I'll go Jown and lot him in." The officer obeyed the auggostion and was heard to say m he pronien ailed his beat: " It beats all how many (winter a feller can pick up after ten o'clock at night!" lcirt ln.4 i'rus. bo careful when bringing it Into tho heat or heating tho room, to do it gradually, or you may snap more strings than you care to par for. Don t have tho top covered with mu sic anil books. These will injure the lonnd if allowed to remain when play , ... ,. , .. ii g io pousu mo case or remove finger marks, rub with a very little warm Unseed oil, afterward polishing Willi a toft cloth. When dusting have a soft eloi especially for this work, and while wiping it over, sliake out tho cloth frequently. A piano cared for In this way will do good service for years, both in the matter of orna- moulalioti and tone. Boston Budjet. blacked ho aud it Wat Down Stairs. He was having his boots en tho post-office steps, and do nly asked of the boy: "Is there a custom-house in De troit " 'Yes. sir." "Where is it ?" " Right up stairs." "Has it any particular custom ?" "No sir; the particular custom is down stairs." "What Is Itf" "h'a our custom to charge double price when a fellow wears over No. 10' a. A dime, if you please. "Dc4roti Frss Prax m 1 Harriet Boeoher Stowe says she hops she will never bo too old to im to church and hear her boy Charles preach. Charles graduated at Har vard College a few years ago and Is Bow pastor of a Congregational church at Hal tfyrJ . FHEtZINQ TO DEATH. A.iU Pain followed by a Terr Comfort able Condition of .Mind. Early in January, 1854, I left Red Win In company wjth b. J. Wiliard, John Day and Albert Olson for a place fourteen miles distant, noar where Vasa Church now stands, for tho pur pose of cutting and hauling logs pre paratory for our settlement at that point the following spring. It was a clear, beautiful day, with the ther mometer twenty degrees above zero. We had a span of good horses, a sleigh partly loaded with lumber, forage and provisions for a few days. We arrived at the spot just before dark nnd camped in n ravine well shel tered with timber. After making our selves comfortable with a good siipjicr, and a blazing log fire, all four laid down to sleep on a bed made on the snow, with a thin layer of hay on top of some boards, and wero well wrapped np In blankets. During the night the temperature changed to a terrible cold, the thermometer, falling to forty five degrees below zero, as we learned afterward. Had we known this and kept our fire burning, there would, of course, have been no danger. lint be ing very cnnfortnblo we all fell asleep early in the night, and wore uncoil scions of tho danger we were in' until awakened by the pain of intense cold, and then wo were already so overcome with the cold that we lacked power or -energy to get up or even to move. Comparing notes afterward we found iliac an had experienced a like sensa tion, namely -first, an ucuto pain, like tiie point of a needlo in every pore, but free from all mental anxiety, except a dull conception of something wrong nnd a desire to get up. but without suf ficient energy to do so. Tills feeling, however, did not last long, and sub sided gradually into one of quiet rest and satisfaction until consciousness censed altogether, and without any struggle or pain, cither bodily or men tal. Wo had all reached that stage when by an accident the arm and bare hand of Mr. Day, who lay on the out side, fell in the snow. This started the circulation in his body nnd gave him such intense pain that he quickly aroused himself ami got on his feet, and of courso wo were all saved. It' took a long time before we could uso our limbs sufficiently to rebuild the fire, nnd during that time we suffered much more pain than we had before. I am satisfied from that experience that a person perishing in that way has a very easy death, because he sinks grad ually Into a stupor, which blunts his sensibility both to physical pain and mental agony long before life becoiues extinct It was about fifty drgrees in tho morning when we got up; wo did not lie down again or attempt to haul out building logs, but started In a fow hours on a bee line for a ravine that would Uad us back to Rod Wing. It was a strugglo of life and death to ret across tno miring prairie, And had the cold been accompanied by a blizzard, wo would not havo got across. To keep warm wo took turns to walk or run behind tho sleigh, nnd Mr. ... I 11 . ii mum was winning wnon no was suddenly missed, " and tho team turned back, following Its tracks a short distance to" a hill sido. wticro wo found him sitting down in tlm snow, apparently comfort able and with no desire to move. Ho rather censured us for coming back after him, claiming that he was nil right, nnd would have como along when he got ready, but the fact was that ho was already so stupefied with the cold that ho would never have made any exertion to move. After a drive of ten miles wo ar rived nt the first and only inhabited house between Vasn and Red Wing, and it was high tinto that we found shelter, both for ourselves" nnd tho horses. That was the coldest day of that year, and to me tho coldest In tho history of Minnesota. Minneapolis Tribune. FAMOUS ACTRESSES. Intlrfatlgitbl Study Kuriitlnl to 8urci on the Ktugn. People say soma people aro "born actresses," but those who Imagine that they have not cultivated with nn inde fatigable assiduity tho talent ho or she possesses from nature havo a very Im perfect knowlcdgo of tho source of that merit which so astonishes them. Who that knows or reads of Rachel renlizes how she worked and struggled to gain the goal hour after hour, day after day. intonation, pauses, declamations all sho studied step by step with her master and her friend Sampson? All cried: "Sho is a genius." yet how many hours of deep reflection and earn est study wero her rare exhibitions of skill tho fruitf "I have studied my sobs," she wrote, "and shall watch to see if you are sat isfied, for I nm not sure they will ' come. This she said of Derhaos her greatest piece or acting, the scene in "Phedre," where she utters "Miserable et jo vis." Not one effect that delight ed and electrified her audiences during two years of this great role but was studied and tried and studied again. Rachel was never lost in a character! it was lost In her. In referring to my own humble ef forts in the past I can only say that my best results have been through my greatest study ami work. Many a night have I cried myself to sleep, unable to reach nn effort or make acertiin point There havo been times when certain roles have lecn as a closed book to me, and cvu after repeated rehearsals re mained a blank, and I became wholly despondent, when all at once the vail fell from In-fiiro my eyes and I seemed to realize the character and its possl bi lilies. I'anH XioituHirt WOLVES AND COYOTES. Bow tha Trror of Wstrn nliocp-Mon Ara Exterminated. r,,u ,.t n-niHipst oes is that' the .i,..n.nien of ihe West have to en iliii-r'" said R.lmrt P. D)dd, alurge- .l.,.iou;n,.r nf II ICO. Col., to a re nor er. "arises from the ravages wolves and coyo'es. The great gray waives of the plains are particularly fond of mutto i. and are very dainty in iiw.lr tnsifls when tliev have a chnnce lo r rat iff them. If a wolf gels into flock whuu the shepherd is out of sight ho will kill nt loast a dozen sheep in half nn hour, as ho does not pretend in devour them, but sucks the blood from their throats, and then turns to another. Fortunately tho wolves are scarce, and the amount of damage hctuiillv done is small. But with the coyotes It Is different Those nni mils are very plenty, and sooin, unlike all oilier wild animals, lo in ere a so as civilization advnncos. The eoyoies are very timid, nnd do not at. tack the sheep in tho daytime when the shepherds nnd dogs are never far off. Ilut at night - they get into I he corrals, and do an immonse amount of execution before they are discov ered and driven away. One night some half doz n coyotes got into my corral, and next morning 1 had seven-Iv-six di ad sheet) on n y hands. The sheep dogs woro powerless ngai isl them, ns the coyotes could run two t ot lo their one, and were never cnpl iirod. home lour or live years age several sheepmen, myself among the niimb' r. bought n di'Z'Mi greyhounds, intending to run down these animal iiml ritl the country of nn intolerable pest. But tho experiment was by nn iiiMiis a success, as, although th greyhound) could ciisily run down tho coyotes, whon they came lo close nunriers the latter woro far imro than n match for the dogs. Turning over on their backs, lliey would snap lo (he right and tho left wi ll their sharp teeth, inflicting severe wounds nnd by tho time the following horsemen came up the hounds were badly injured. In a short 'tniio the hounds could not bo induced to go aiivwbere near tho coyo'es, and wo got rid of tho useless animals. We had given up in ricspa'r any hopo ol ridding ourselves of the pests, as poi soned moat hail n more disastrous cff'ct upon our dogs than upon tho wolves nnd coyotes, and by shooting wo could not dispatch any number worth count ing. But last summer n Mr. Lane, oi Che ven no, recommended us to buy a puck of Scotch decrhounds that had proved of great use on the Laramie plains. We bought a half a pack, six teen dogs, and since then wo hnvo en j ived souio of the grandest sport 1 rvorsaw in my life. These aniinnlc aro shaped somewhat like s greyhound. but are heavier, not quite i-o floot out! are very fierce They possess ample speed to run down a coyote, anil when once they have overtaken ono aro sure to kill it. At first thoy did not escape without wounds, ns tho coyotes, generally so cowardly, will, when cornered, fight desperately. But it was beautiful to watch tho way in which the dogs would deal with one, When over taken the coyote would lie on its back, presenting a keen row of teeth for the inspection of the hounds. Instead of springing on him nil nt once tho pack would wait until some old votoran, oi which we had four, came toUlio from. This dog would stand over tlio coyote anil miiKO a movement as if to seizu him by the throat but would Imme diately draw back his head. Snap would go the sharp tooth, nnd before tlio coyote could again prepare himscll tho dog would have him by tlio throat, ami in a few seconds ho would be throttled. Ddiing last July and August the dogs must havo killed upwards of two hundred, nnd the losses nmong the shoop have almost ontirely Cons -d. But when the hounds got after an old gray wolf," continued Mr. Dodd, 'Micro would bo a bnttlo royal. The great gray wolves are larger and far stronger than the hounds and light furiously. They do not lio down to receive I ho nllnck. but turn on the loiinds nml in a moment there is n writ hi ng, struggling mass of yellow hair, in the cei.tor of which can bi nu tho long, gray fur of tho wolf. Tho tight lasts from five to ten min utes, and although tho wolf always succumbs to numbers, there aro usti- alty three or four crippled dogs to be taken care of. ami dining tlio sum mer nine wero killed outritrht. Wo bought somo twentr-fivo additional hounds lnt fall, giving us n full pack. with several over to supply losses nnd havo had most cxcoUni sport all win ter, besides having saved hundreds ol dollars in sheep that would o her. wise hnvo been killed." BL Louti lMt'Dtsiatrh. PITH AND POINT. liow to make a slow horsi fait Don't feod him. . A bad sign an illegible signature. nlnver suriroon to dress wounded vanity. Life. Thoy say necessity Is tho mothoi of invention, but curiosity is its aunt. The swootost thing) in purses is whent pretty girl purses hor lips. The Epoch. No one can blame tho Gorman for wanting one or , Teutonics. Dulth I'aragrapher. The obscure Arab who invented alcoholio stimulants died more than nine hundred years ago, but hi? spirit" still lives. American Arti san. Proud Father "I beliovo, my dear, that that baby knows as much as 1 da" Mother (gazing at tho Infant) "Yes, poor little follow." N. T. Sun. In the conversation of illiterate persons there is apt to be a tense strain upon tho grammar. Boston Po.nL It Is sate to assume that the man who niado a bolt for the door did not do so with the intention of fastonlng himself In. Every time a lady pbysicinn call" on a gi'iuteman paiioiu sue p niuiy shows that sho's Mr. calling. Dam- vil'e Breeze. Tlio sawmill man should bo a plane follow, and shiiv,'!" bis hair. Thh is his best cut. Southern Lumber. man. From a pretty woman's album A stupid follow compliments a wom an nn hur nrotty tenth, but a clever one inako) her laugh." Jud'je. Men who bite off more than thoy enn chew are no worse than those who want lo chew more. than ih'y can bite iS.Biirlin(iton Freo fVei.i. Tlio carponior is an unreasonable fellow. Ho objects lo plain boards, and vol ho doesn't liko a board until it is planed. Damoille Breeze. "You can livo within your inco'vt if you 'ry. says the wise man. Yes, hut how to live wiihout an income it the puzxle that bothers a great many good ninn just now. Min nennolU Tribune. Time at last makes all thtngf even. J. lie rich man goes homo in ho- carriage with an icicle on his nose, while the poor man now bowls alone in a heaiod cable car. 0 nah't World. The running of this universe i such a big thing, that it is well for all general purposes, that it is not mnn aged by the numerous shortsighted wiseacres, who have only individual benefits, and present result in view. Tha Sleep of Death. Tho negroes in certain distrlc's o i the west coast of Africa aro s.iid to bo subj ct. to a singular nnd invariably fatal malady. The person is seized with asoiisatio i of drowsiness, which increases rapidly in spi o of all efforts to throw it off umil ho shits into a profound and seomingly natural sleep, which continues for altoui three weeks, v. hon doath occurs. D icing this time the patient may oo easily aroused for a short time, will take nourishment and answer questions rationally. All h bodily functions continue in a natural manner, with tho exo ption of the abnormal tend -ncy to sleep. There is nothing to indicate disease, and though careful post-mortem ex aminations hare been Jiiadd no trace of disease could bj fmnd. No remedy has yet been dLovored. Boston Journal DOOZENBURY BOUNCED. Why Ue No Lnnver Kirennt Rchitnm berg, tli Austin Merchant Prince. Young D.iozonbnry has just been discharged by his emplovor. Mose hnumberg. Tho facts are as follows; Doozonbury had just returned from trip over tho Stn'e. His trip hud boon cry satisfactory to Himself, perhaps. but not so to his employer. Ho hud p -nt a great deal of money in buggy ides and one thing another, bu had taken very few orders. When D z- e n bury, on his return, called to see t lit d man ho was as mad ns mischief. II ) said: "I don't peliev you makes anv efforts to sell gools. Ven I vasli a drummer I atvays sold goots to dose merchants, no matter ven dey don'l ant any. I made the acquaintance von every po iy. Doozenburv c.uno very near reply ing that it whs the rcputntion of hie principal that prevented him froir rolling any thing, but he restrained himself. "II w did you manago to soil good when yon wero a drunimevP" "I vill show you nil npout dot. Sclioost you sits down in my chairs. You pees a country merchant; I play now dot drummer." "All right," says Doozonbury. "I'll bo a country merchant, and I'll show you how Ihey do." Dot i tiibury pretonded to be writing at his desk, and Mose Sehnuiiiberg came up from one si lo, bowing and scraping. 'Gont morning. Can't I sell yon sumo gools? say "y no tlio misehiet are you Doozonbury, looking up. "I travels for dot Austin firm of Mose Scliauniberg." You do, do you? So you travel for that infernal old thief, do run? Tako that!" and to impress upon his employer tli t tt . Ill cutties of drumming up trad-, Diozeabury kicked the old man four or livo times, pushed him up in a comor a id choked hi in for awhile. and then told the old gentleman, who was speechless with bona-fUo rae ' If you ever como in hero agnin I'll not leave a whole bono in your body. Moso Schuumberg is the most unmiti' gaied old rascal in Texas." This explains why Diozonbury no longer travels lor Bcliaumberg, the Austin merchant prince. Texas Sift ing A steeple -jack near H i Idersfiel 1 hail climbed to tho lop of nn imnte sc chimney to remove tho scaffolding, when tho ropo by which ho was t descend broke nnd fill lo tho ground. While tho crowd were wondering how h would ever got down, he unrav elled his stockings, and le ting down the thread finally drew up a rope bi enough to let him d iwn. PATENT MAPLE SUGAR. It la Made hf Mixing Extract of Hick. with Any Ordinary Sirup, Among the curious inventions fllf which a patent has been granUd j, one to Josiah Dally, of Madison, Ini, by which any body who likes mspie sugar nnd maple sirup may roailiU supplv himself at a small cost, jf ul( patentee's statement is correct it is no longer necessary to go through the led ions and exhausting labors of tri lapping nnd sirup-boiling lu order 0 obtain maple sugar. If it should be found that the patent proccs) will ai, convert into maple sirup a solution n the newly-discovered chemicnl sweat known as "saccharine, " which is naij t.o be three hundred times sweeter than cane sugar, or the mora recent artificial sugnr of Dra. Fischer and TafoL then the very aonie of transformation will hnvii been reached, and the interposition of Con. gress will be necessary to save the gouuine maple sugar Industry from going lo destruction. The patent iiinplo sugar is made by simply mixing an extract of hickory with an ordinary sirup, such ns cane sugnr simp or sorghum. Tho patentee says: "The extract is to be obtainod in any con. vonicnt manner, such as making ado coctiou of the hickory bnrk or wood, or percolating liquid through the sumo, or drawing off tlio snp from the tree. The bark or wood of the hickory treo may bo ground to facilitate the xtraction of its principle, and the ex' met maybe made more or less strong by increasing or diminishing tho quan lily of bark or wood, or by boiling the extract f ir a longor or shorter tinio. In prepaid ng sirups ordinarily add about three tablespoon fills of the decoction to a gallon nf hatod or boiling sirup. Of course tlio stronger the extract the less the quantity required for flavoring a given amount of sirup. The sirup mny be manufactured from any kind of sac ch:rino mat tor or mixture of sao cbai'ino matter), or the sirupB ordi narily found in the market may bo nsod. The effect of the extract or tlo c ction Is to give to the sirup the flavor of Iho maple, producing a sirup which can not be distinguished from genuine maple sirup. It is evi dent that the flavored sirup may be boiled down and a sugnr resombling mnplo sutrar in trvsto may be pro duced." Scientifio American. LEGAL RUFFIANISM. Why to A C ticiiina i loan, whose favorit' drivin g mare fell aiik, tuned her on io pasture among a lot of muiis While she W, too f-eb to cir what was going nn, ther a.e her mar and toil off as . horouhl aj a barb tould havj cut them. Lawyers Slionld Be Competed Treat Witness! Decently. A lawyer who is proficient in the art of bndgcring a witness seldom lacks clients. He is considered "smart;" and if, by dint of insolent and exas perating cross-questioning, ho can gond a man into such a state of excilo mont that ho contradicts himself, and Involuntarily commits perjury, tho f at is looked upon as a "great legal triumph." Occasionally, however, an abusive counsel is confronted, out of court by an onragod witness, and re ceives a losson in civility too impress ive to bo readily forgotten. Not long ago a somewhat notorious mom bcr of the bar in a Southorn city was tremendously pounded by a witness in a divorco case, against whom, in summing up for thodofonse, ho had insiniintod nearly all the crimes enumerated in the decalogue. The libeled ciliz 'n, who was a person of irreproachable character, met the pro fessional Inducer nt tho coitrt-housa door after tlio conclusion of tlio day's proceedings and thrashed h m without stint or pity. Tho flagellant was ar rested and held to bull for the assault and will doubtless be punished by fine or impisoiimont or both; but ho was content, he said, to endure any penal ty tho law might inflict for tho enjoy ment of so prime a luxury. We have never boon nble to see why a lawyer should ho permitted to ad dress a respectable member of sooioly in tho witness box. or to refer to him after ho has left it in terms tt) opprobrious as if lie wero a burglar or a pit kpockot. It is. or should be, the businoss of a court to protect from in sult persons who arosummoiiod before it often lo their own groat inoon- vonionco to further the ends of justice; and if such protection is not extended, we hold it to be natural right of the outraged parties to chastiss at the first convenient op portunity the ninligners and slandor- ors. Let tho privilesres of the local profession be respected; but why should men who play tho mill an nt the bar bo exempted from the punish ment winch we all aeught to soo in flated upon ruffianism in the street? K Y. Ledqer. For Medicinal Purposes. A farmer living out on the Gratiot road bought a gallon of whisky as he was trading the other day, nnd while he was absent from his wagon somo one substituted a jug filled with water. Back he came next day, walked into the grocery with the jug, nnd setting it down with a bang he exclaimed: ' Heru's that whisky and it's froaon as solid ns a ro.tf" "Nol" 'Try it and sec!" The groceryman took a s'ick and jalbtd away until eatitfl.'d that such was tho case and then said: "Well, it's queer, and I'll make it all right Thai must have come from the barrel that 1 sell for medicinal pur poP" Detroit Free IYe$l. Coiigr. ss li;u pause I n bill creat ing th i office of Coinmissio icr of Fisheries, with a salary of 5 000. This i.ffici wns fill f r years by the late S encer F. B.iird. who did the work gratuitous y. The bill r q dres that the commissioner shall have a practical ncq lainlaucd with our iil and fisheries.
