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.