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CHE WINC I saw you tnu the kltee no nigh And bio the birds about the sky) ml all ansind I heard you put, I.Ike ladlcV sklrU tcrvm the Rrrns O wind, Moving all dajr long, 0 wind. Hint sings to loud a eongl 1 anw the different things you did, Hut always you yourwlf you hid. I fell you push, I heard you call I oiuld uol sea yourself at all O wind, a hlow Ing all day long;, O wind, tliat lng w loud a song ! O, you, thai am ao strong aud cold, O blower, are ymi young or old r Am you a beast of fli-lil and tree, . Or just a atmiurT child Uibd met O wind, a blowing all day long, O wind, tliat slugs o loud a fongl - lUiliun Ixiula Hterensou. Tho Ouod Which Ilatl Do. Though tlio rut is a despised nnfmnf, yet lie is a useful servant to man, for the animal Uvea in uml near human habita tions nnd eat every particle of refuse And ftllh that he can get at. Ho is tlio only animal which can thrive and keep a clean exit in the most filthy localities, where the air would le futal to any other creature. Pot are almost Inces santly licking their fur to keep it clcua and, though they doubtless Locoiiih nuisance in ninny instances and places, yet they ufter all mforni great aervice for mankind, cqiccially in cities, by cleaning up every edihlo thing Unit would eventually become a source of noisome odor and of disess, Good Housekeeping. i A Nlrmige Malady. Legrand write on "Narcolepsy" In the current number of Tho France Modi calo. Thi consists in sudden attacks of deep sleep lasting Homeminulcs; not days like a 'trance or seconds liko jx-tit niu!. Moreover, the condition is one apparently of simple sleep, from which tho patient niny easily be aroused. Drain congestion reHiilting from delicieut heart action, gastric troubles or derungomentH of the liver, nnd such diseases a gout, dialM'bn and rlictimiiiism, are some of its associa tions. Tlio fat lioy Joe of tho "Pickwick 1'apfin" will occur to tho reader as n typical ciiho 'if narcolepsy, associated with "casino trouble."--Turin Figaro. Symbol of the Hon. 'Nature" gives us a curious explana tion of tho fliit pieces of iron, five, or six inches long nnd shticd liko a letters, which Hie occasionally seen on the walls of old brick house. This is said to be an undent symbol of tho sun. lliey say in rural purls of England that it protects tho house from fire. The same sign was on old ofllciid seals in Sicily and the Iidn of Man and elsewhere. You may even trace it back to Asia, and to an era lie fore history. Tho curious part of it is that such habils should so long survive tho HUK'i'Ntiiioii, unil Asiatic myths bo written ou Yankee wulls. Globo-IX'Uio-crut. A Cheap llaltery. Tho Elect rienl World mentions a ehenp and effective buttery made by dissolving common soap in boiling wnter and adding toithmnll uniouiits of bran and caustic potaHli of soda. This mixture, while warm, is poured into a jar containing i large coi'Imiu pole and an amalgamated rino rod. When cold the battery "sets" after the manner of a jelly, and conso qui'titly will not rendily evaMruto or spill over. St. Iiouia Republican. for Tenting Ilia Kyes'ght. flio "opsiomler" Is a new instrument for testing the eyesight. It consists of n mahogany ciiso with two front eyeholes, behind which tire two trncling Imnds ununited on rollers. These kinds have holes III w hich different lenses nro fitted, and the person whose sight is to !e tested looks through the holes' and lenses at printed nuiiter behind.-Public Opinion. How In I'nmuunra "floetlie." It is said that the literary Mnpl ot Chiciigo uio divided into three hostile camps over tho question how Goethe's name should lie pronounced. One frac tion says it should rhyme with "teeth," another maintains that it should rhyme with "dirty, " whilo still another asserts thut it should rhyme with "eighty." New York Tribune. I'ure Water far I'lant. ""Persons whoso plant mysteriously sicken und die are warned by Pr. J. V. L. Thudicum, in a communication to the London Society of Ai ts, that only pure water must lie used in watering lliem. Impure water breeds a sort of fungus at the roots, which soon destroys them. Chicago Times. lbs Nam "Auawlua." Tlio name assassins was applied to a trilie or clan called Ismaelians, who settled in tho mountains of Ichnhon aliout WHO and became notorious for their muderoiis proicnsitics; hence the origin of (hemimoas applied to murder ers. Boston Budget. Silk lor Hiram Plnea. Careful exsriments have shown that waste silk Is the most ctTcctivo of all non-conducting coverings for steam pipes, and the demand for this purpose prom ises to bo great, notwithstanding the high price. Arkunsaw Traveler. Wliftlt haaail by Itlmidhnamla, If you aw ever ehused by bloodhounds it may l well to know that sheets ol tix.ne paper placed on the grouml under tho feet nnd then removed, carry with them every trace of tho accni. New Vil k Bun. Itead, rend, but stop whenever there are any signs of mental iudigestinu. Kead iiicessiinilr, but think thrvo liuica as incessantly us you rend. Theclsiirs of the Church of England include 154.000 voluntary and ly.OOO paid male siimer-t, and n?.(00 vohmlaiy aud 2,100 uid female singers. A philanthropist in tiondon lias cstalv lished a snvtacle mission where hh Hple can have their eye tried nnd pt spectacles. Snuietiines a noble faituie serves the wmld.us fuitlifully us a dutinguishcJ SUix e;-. IMih di n. A kijiti. in..l giuineiit Luowu to be 13? jean old is i i vio ut lVLin, UU 8 neeaat by PrTeriir. At one of the milla in the city of Bos ton a boy was wanted, and a piece of paper was tacked on one of the posts: "Itoy wanted. Call at the oillce to morrow morning." At the time named there was a host of Itfivsat the gate. All were admitted, but lbs overseer was a Utile perplexed as to the best way of choosing one from o many, and soid he: "Now, boys, when 1 only want one of you, how can I choose from so many?" After thinking for a moment, he called diem into the yard, drove a nail into a tree, and. taking a short slick, told them that the boy who could hit the nail with t stick a little distance from the tree diould have the place. . The boys each tried thr"e flmes. And fuiled to hit tho nail. They were told to come again the next morning. Wlien tho gate was opened there was but one boy, .who, after being udmitted, picked up the stick and. throwing it at the nail, lot it every time. "How is this?" said tho overseer. "What have ymi been doing?" And tho boy said, "You see, sir, I have 1 mother, and we ure very issir. I have no father, and I thought I would like to get tho place, and so help all 1 can ; and, fter going home ycstenluy, 1 drove a nail into tho bam, and have Ix-en trying ever aim, and have come down Cow morning to try again." The boy was admitted to tho place. Many years have passed, nnd this Ixty is now h prosjici oiis man. ins success no ;omo by perseverance. i cuius LOin- pun ion. Life In tha Deep Rea. Tlio exploring vessel of our fish crnn- aiission iiuvo discovered in tho Sifp len. In ono single season, moro forms of life than were found by tho Challenger expedition In a Ihreo yeors' cruise. ihrougli their agency we nave stumea tho gKi:rnphical distribution of marine life; and in our mnrino laUirntorics ex plorers havo studied tho life history of the most useful forms. Tho know ledge gained has enabled us to brwd and multiply ut will; to protect the young fish during the jieriisl of their infancy (when alono they nro liable to wholesale- destruction); finally to release them in the ocean, in those waters that are most suitable to their growth. The fecundity of fish is so great, und tho pro tection afforded them during tho critical period of their life so ample, that it may now Ihi possible to feed the world from tho ocean, nnd set the laws of Malthas ut defiance Our geographers of tho sea have shown that an aero of water may he made to produco more food for tho mpiKirt of man than ten acres of arable lund. They havo thrown ojion to culti vutio a territory of tho earth constitut ing three-quarters of tho entire surface ut tho glolie. Oui diner O. Uubburd, president National Geographic six:iety. Drilling an Oil Well. Tlio bringing in of a well of the "gusher" cnliU-r is an exciting affair. Tho drill is know n to be half way through tho pay sand, nnd the driller is in his glory. Tho ow ner nnd his friends anx iously watch tho great walking lieam as it rises and falls. Hour lifter hour passes, und as tiie driller pulls tho tools and changes the bit it is noticed that there are several hundred feet or oil In tho hole. The tooli ure lowered and tho ton and a half of steel at the bottom of tho i.000 feet hole isiunds nway once more. Another hour puiscs. The hole is full and the oil begins to spray, saturating everything in the derrick room. Nud- lenlv there is n sound like thunder in mi Mow; aiHS-ketof gas has been struck. Tho spraying oil increases to a shower that hhiM lis clear over tho derrick, whilo dirt, pebbles and slate come up from be low. Iho rumiilmg increases to a ronr. nnd then, with a mighty rush, up come the took and the golden fluid Hows un- hecked. Tho well is in, aud a "gusher.. Itufus 11. Wilson in Sun Francisco Chronicle. Coruamit Oil In Rugnr Making. Ill tho West Indies much interest is felt in an alleged successful use of cocoa- nut oil, in a prominent factory on tho west coast, as a new sugar milking agent. It is claimed tliat its addition to the pan prior to striking, nt the rate, it is under stood, of alsnit a pint to the ton, pro duces an enormously increased return of sugar from tho inassccuite. Abnormally high figures havo been given for tho in crease, hut The Colonies and India says: After making every allowance for un intentional exaggeration and want of true exriiueutul condition, it would appear that advantage really accrues from its use. As no cnemicni action would lie likely to occur, this advnntago prolwbly lies in the ability to concentrate tho massecuite further than under ordin ary conditions, the lubricating influence of the oil facilitating the striking of tho pan, and preventing too tumultuous boil ing nt the finish. Nothing is heard of its use in making yellow sugar, and experi ence will have to show how far the color, taste ami smell of the sugar will bo in fluenced by it." English Mechanic. Mistakes About llala. Cant. Towell, Into master of tho bark Gray Koglo, in speaking to a reporter, turned some of the old sailors' supersti tions liottom upward. Cnpt. Powell said that the impression that rats would leave a sinking ship was altogether fallacious. if the ship was in tho ocean, as an ordinary rut hail sense enough not to try to swim to a shore hundreds of miles distant. "That sort of thing," ho said, "might work in lieiir creek or somewhere up the head of the Potomac, but it's foolislmess to tell me that anything livin' is goin to leave a thing that issupiosfd to lie siukin' before tlio thing is actually sunk " lHiUimoro Herald. Heaven for Oriental Women. Christians ar mistaken in supposing Paradiso is denied to Oriental women. Their tombstone are carved with flowers, blazoned with texts from the Koran in blue and gold, and with such epitaphs us the one wo copy from the grue of a young girl .in Peru: The chilling bl;u-t of fate caused this nightingale to w lug its course )o heaven'. It hut liiere found merited felicity. 7m bula wrote this inscription and olTcivd up a bumble prayer for Zeiiiak But weep not for her; slio has Wvomo a dweller in tho fadeless jrnrd. n f vara-i;j3."-Susai, L. WulLce in Now York World, ANCIENT LAKE! BONNEVILLE. Great Salt tak the Largest Sarrivar 4 Aaeleat Inland Sea. The largest of the ancient lakes at present known is Lake ISonnoville, tha second in size has been named Lake Lev hontan. Lake Bonneville was shunted on the east border of the Great Basin, principally In Utah, and extended from a few miles north of the Utah-Muho Ixnindary 340 miles southward. It flmxled all the valley of Great Kalt lake, together with the Sevier and Escalante deserts in southern Utah. It was 123 miles broad and 1,000 feet deep, where reat Salt lake is now situated. The site of the temple at Suit Luke City was tin n submerged 8"i0 feet. Lake Bonneville overflowed northward nd became tributary to Snake river. which flow into the Columbia. . At vit rimis stages it waves and currents formed tcrruee and gravel bars on the mountain slopes which confined it. These s'.ill remain as fresh and perfect as when they were formed, and ure in part the records from which the geologist has been able to determine the history of the ancient hike. We know that it rose with many fluctuations until it had a depth of qlxuit 000 feet, but did not overflow. Then a change of climate caused it to contract its borders, and sissibly to lie come completely desictati-d. In tho lower stages of this desiccation it was broken into separate water Ixxlies, which must have been more or less saline. Another great climatic chango caused the basin to lie refilled to a higher level than More and to overflow. The water found an outlet at the north end of Cacho valley, Idaho, and, as wo have said, became tributary t the Columbia. Tho lake continued b overflow until the waters had cut down their outlet 370 feet. During thi period, unless there were some peculiar conditions near the point of discharge, the hike must have been fresh. The discharge of the Liko was finally stopped by a climatjc change which lowered its surface below tho bot tom of the outlet, nnd ngain the basin became partly if not wholly desiccated. This second low water period lias con tinued to the present day, and Great Salt and Sevier lukes are the representatives of ancient Bonneville. Tho largest of these representative of tho ancient sea is Great Salt hike. In 18.i0 it covered 1,750 und in 1809 2.108 square miles. Its maximum depth is about fifty feet and its mean depth ap proximately fifteen feet. These recent changes in area ore due to small varia tions in climate, similar in cliurncter to tho changes which produced the great filiations and contractions of tho lake in ancient limes. With change in vol ume there is change in density; that is, the strength of the brino increases with decreased area, and decreases when tho lako expands. In 1850 its waters con tained nliout twenty-two pnrts, by weight, of saline matter in solution to 100 parts of water. In 1800 tho saline matter hnd decreased to a little less than 15 and In 18iil to a little mor than 14 per cent. This change in salinity was accompanied by increased areu. The w aters uf the ocean contain 3-10 per cent, of total salts in solution. Great Salt lake, therefore, in 1810, was six times as saline ns tho ocean. Liko the ocean, too, it holds many substances in solution; the principal ones are common alt, or sodium chloride, and sodium sul phate; lx-sidcs these there are small per celitages of sit:issium, mngnesium, etc. Tho influence of lemeratiiie on tho solubility of certain saline substances is well illustrated by this dead sea of Utah. In summer its waters are clear and transparent, but as cold weather comes on it liecomes milky or opnlescent, owing to the precipitation of sodium sulphate in an exlremely tine condition. In the depth of winter, when the temper ature of the atmosphere nliovo tho lako ,'idls far below freezing, an immense quantity of sodium sulphate is precipi tated uml is thrown ashore by tho waves until thousands of tons accumulate on the beach. When tho tomeraturo rises, tho salt thus precipitated is again dis solved. This natural process of frac tional crystallization produced by a lower ,ng of tenis'rature, is instructive, and should suggest to those who are attempt ing to manufacture salt in Utah a prac tical method of treating the natural brines in order tJ obtain common salt (reu from sodium sulphato. Lake Sovier is also highly saline, and during tho arid season sometimes evaporate to dryness. -Israel C. Russell in Overland Monthly. Aenatnr Stanford's 9100,000 Tomb. The architect who planned the mag nificent mausoleum of Senator Stanford at San Francisco says that it will be tho v4 elaborate repository for the dead ever tmilt in this country. In stylo of architecture tho simple but elTectivo methods of tho ancient Egyptians will be followed. Massive imperishable granite, of a light shade of gray, with an interior lining of tho finest Italian marble, will be employed. The item of expense has not been considered, the designers being given carle blanche ns to cost and di rected to secure the liest of material and crorkmanship to be hud. The total outlay necessary to complete tho tomb and prepare tho surroundings will reach $100,000, and may considera bly exceed thnt amount. Tho item of transportation alone will be a largo one, as the granite will all 1 shipped from Vermont and the marble from "Italy. The site selected is a beautiful four acre plot in the senator's grounds, just out side of San Francisco, It already con Uins handsome shrubbery, and occupies an altitude commanding a magnificent view of tho bay. A driveway sixty feet wide will bo made, circling around a slight elevation, on tho brow of which will bo the tomb. The ni t of the land scape gardener will l employed to beau tify the approaches und render even moro effective tho vistas of tho jork. New York Mail and Express. r.lrla anil Their Dolls. A lady who goes out frequently for a rHin liaih in Kittenhouse square has noticed that most of the lilito girl chil dren who congregate there have dolls that are very liko themselves. If the child is panivred and spoil, d and over div.s.'d, so is the doll; and if, on the other hand, the tiny miss is sedate and mild iho doll in likely to partake of iho same characteiist.es. A tho child is lent v tho uo!l seems to bo iucl.ucd. Philadelphia Time. ' Ingenious Invention for Prngg' ' In order to avoid errors In dispensing poions, an Ingenious inTentor a few years ago constructed a patent shelf upon which sU the bottles containing joisons were to be placed. It is made of two metallic plates, held apart by a spring, and so evenly balanced that when one bottle is taken off the emilibriuru is destroved and the plates come together, which' creates an electric current, and nn slarni bell is rung. Thus, if a clerk should take down a bottle of wison, the alarm would attract his attention and warn him of the dangerous drug. This was called the "poison Mi." Tbey were introduced into drug stores ah over the country, but they never became popular on account of a peculiar trait in idl cus tomers. When the slarm rung, th cus tomer would ask: "What doc that mean?" and when told it was the "poison bell," the Innovation was never forgot ten, and ever afterward the customer would feel rather chary about taking the prescription when he heard the warning tones of the ''poison Ml." In this way it would not 1 a great while until nearly all the customers found out the meaning of the alarm. As many people have a superstitious fear about taking medicine with poison in it, they would imagine thnt pissib!y tho doctor or iho prescription clerk was making a mistake, and they would Ueal tntn in nccentinc the medicinj. Poisons are- used in small amounts in a vast num ber of prescriptions, and the "poison Ml" was kept busy in attracting tho puinf ul attention of the customers. Why. a nervous lady would come in wun a harmless prescription, but the moment the "noison bell" rung she would be as disconcerted as if its tones were her death knell. Hence, the "poison 111 fell into disuso. as it was continually amusing the approiienrajn of customers. One other superstition, 1 might eay, that customers have is tho prevailing idea that medicines of a green color are jxiison. Kivr.il hnrmless compound will pro duce a green color, but customers nro in variably suspicious of thorn. u rani in Glol- Democrat. Kaceess in Literary Work. tfn man can tell whether a book will ImU-o or not. Tho criticism of tho press seems to have little effect upon the .)op. ularity or a book. Some boons owo ineir success to singular combinations of cir cumstances. A book that had the phe nomenal sale ot 23,000 copies owed its success very largely to the auspices un der which it was brought out. A book that otherwise would full flat might liap len to come out just in tho nick of timo to striki a popular chord. I think that mmt successful authors soon find that they make moro at other literary work than writing books. Some go into the business of getting even for their wounds nt tl u hands of the reviewers and critics by becoming critics themselves on news- pnjiers and magazines, and thus earn much bettor pay than they could at puro auihorshio. Others CO into tho field of editing copy in the big publishing houses, where familiarity with the current worKs of fiction is the thing demanded. Oth ers ao-ain po into iournalism. puro nnd simple, and are heard of no more in the ranks of writers of licuon. lioston Herald. Habits of the Cobra. ll. M. Phipson. secretary of tho fwru- bay Natural History society, says that the cobra lays from twlve to twenty eggs onceayenrduring the rains, and tiie young show signs of venomous powers nt an early nge. me com a is iimiu, ami is nlxwt the only poisonous snake used by "snake charmers," Mng the only one that can Isj easily handled. You have only to attract its attention with one hand, ho says, seizo it with tho other in tho middle of the lxxly, and the snake is yours. It strikes nt moving things, but unlike other snakes, it never turns nnd bites tho hand that is holding it. Snakes have no external ears, and it is consid ered doubtful whether the cobra hears tho music of tho charmers at all. It is attracted by tjio movements of tho musi cal instrument. They feed freely on young rats, birds and toads. New York Sun. rdlan Clvillantion In Mezieo. There bos existed on the Gila rivet, from time immerorial, a white house, the origin of which is unknown, much dilap idated by the wear and tear of time. Also, the remains of a largo aqueduct and fragments of fine porcelain, all of which prove the existence of a civilized raco in these regions at some remote pe riod of antiquity. These Indians all raise corn, beans, melons nnd gourds of good flavor, some of which grow to an enor mous size. The smaller ones are polished or painted and decorated in geometrical designs nnd used for domesti purposes. We brought away a basketful of them, some painted red, with designs outlined in Mack, whilo others were done in white. Thi y make pretty ornaments (or the toilet table, and are unique souveuirc of our visit. Laura B. Starr in Cleve land Lender. A Giant Natural narometer. Pfo need of the weather bureau at Naples, for the Inigo volcano, Mount Vesuvius, serves as a giant barometer and thermometer of the city. The direc tion in which the smoke from the crater blows announces unerringly a comins change of weather twenty-four hours beforehand. The direction of the smokb also indicates the coming of the hot and depre-ing sirocco, when the perfect re pose of tho 'populace is almost migra tive. Also when the neighboring Island of Capri is of a dark bluo color, ami long, lov regular waves roll in from the Roccs Piceola, these are sure premonitory symptoms of the coming sirocco. Troj Budget. Sunhln and Crop Maladies. nn investigating Frenchman proves by records running Kick 120 years that the dcstructivcness of diseases affecting the potato vine and other valuable members of the vegetable kingdom depends upon the nebulosiiv of the skv. In years when agricultural disasters were greatest there was a marked lack of sunshine. The United States is a land of sunshine, nnd to this may wo look, according to the theory advanced, for tho immunity ol our crops from tho maladies which have utterly octroyed crops in other countries and c.uix d families. Cincinnati Com mercial G wear.. 'fHE AGE OP OVERWORK. In-anlty mm tha Ineraaee Wrwked Nor aw Organism A Doctor's Warning. I urge thnt, to be successful our life work must be done with our own special aim and ambition. But whn I pick up an essay that advises more ambition, and more (oil, I writeT to ? id"h The age is now overworked. We need less ;ork. but we need it wisely directed. Bailey, in Festus, is often aprovingly quoted : t I know what study Is it is to toll Hard thmugh the hours of the midnight wat Wrta a slight sleep out of the ooucb: and see The self same moon, which lit ua to our rent. Hit place aearee changed, pcrcupillily In heaven. Now tight ua to renewal of our toll. This is worse than trash; it is false, ex aggerated and misleading. There is no luck of work: but fully nine-tenths of work is wasted. It is folly to point me to the great painters, great musicians and great of all sorts, and to their inde fatimible toil. They all worked to & specific end, and that was their life work. I am out ol all patience wun nneiy worded essavs tliat urge young men to more work. We are now overworked and are working ourselves out of all reason. Insanity is on the increiwe. Cerebral troubles are our most serious ills. Our finely built nervous organisms are lieing wrecked. "The successful banker must take his bank to lied with him." was the remark of a celebrated New York finaccier. Ho must do noth ing of the kind. Our worst possible bed fellows are our daily cares. We must know how to work to a point and how to stop nt a point. The lines quoted from Festus descrilie a process of com mitting suicide, a method of reaching in tellectual confusion and weakness. Thi worries me moro than anything else, thnt young people should be advised to work at night, and be encourages! to "burn the midnight oil. ' I say to them, sleep. If you once form a habit of crowding deep you will find your strength depart ing. igor lies in your power to recu perate. There is no compensation for a habit or deepli-ssness. Moro good work can lie Jone in one hour after a sound nighYs rest than in ten hours when one should be asleep. "I can do nothing," said Grant, "without eight hours' sleep." James Fields said late in life, "If I wcro i boy again, I would keep Mter hours; that is, I would iro to lied earlier than most boys do. Nothing gives more men tal and liodily vigor than sound rest when projierly applied. If we sit up Into wo lecay; nnd Bnom r or later we contract nsomnia. Lato hours are shadows of the jrave." I do not press this point be ?auo I inherit a Puritan prejudice, but lavea physician's conviction, founded on .vide experience. If vou are ambitious .o do a true, stout, manly work, apply our energies nil along the line of tho venrs in ono direction, or in few direc- ions, nnd never crowd tho brain to induo exertion when it is weary. M. Maurice, M. D., in Globe-Dcniocrat. Invented by a Woman. I'liero are mnnv instances wnere women have "invented" articles for con venience nnd of practical usefulness, for which a. patent has never been applied, though not the less patentable or appre ciated, as tho following instance, which shows not only the ability but tho genius with w hich she is by nature endowed. Tho article was devised (?) by a woman in Connecticut, the fatherland of invent ive genius and Yankee ingenuity, the land of steady habits, wooden clocks, wooden nutmegs and red oak hams. The lady was one day using the carving knife, which probably, from too frequent contact with bones nnd tho stovepipe, which a womnn generally uses for a sterl, with uncertain results, had becomo rather dull, nnd the handle of which, in her frantic efforts to "carve dat possum," twisted about and hurt her delicate digits. At last, after several desperate and hazardous attempts, she turned sharply to her better half, who sat by calmly viewing tho situation, and probably re flecting on the chances of life and death nnd tiie prospect of a square meal, and asked: "Can't you invent a handle that won't twist nliout and hurt so?" With fear nnd trembling lest his answer-should cause his irate spouse to scalp him on tho spot, tho good man answered thnt he could not. "Well lean," was the reply, and with the impetuosity proverbial of her sex she left the room ami soon re turned with a triumphant air and a piece of putty, which she soon hnd shaped to fit her hand, and, holding it up to the admiring, though crestfallen, lord, said: "There, that's what I call a handle." Although no patent has ever been ap plied for, these handles, invented by a woman, ore in great demand, and thou sands are annually modo. Boston Budget. Colored Cll liens' Exenrtion, With tho running of the first excursion train in tho spring the old nomadic in stinct awakes in tho bosom of the colored citizens. They must go somewhere. The destination is of little moment, the jour ney is everything. To the pine woods of Mississippi, among the villages of the Gulf coast, even to the penitentiary ut Baton Rouge, they swarm upon the regu lar excursion days. No matter how sultry the weather, they pack into the cars, an indiscriminate mass of shouting men. struggling women and shrieking babies; and, wherever their journey may terminate, they are allowed for that diy almost exclusive possession of the town. Eviting comes. Hie whistlo sounds. and nil who purpose returning crowd Uon tho train. Few, however, are tho parties of excursionists who do not leave some of their number in durance, sou venirs to the town which they have visited of an exciting day. Cor. New York Post. The Journalist's rrnfe-alon. A famous editor said: "I was first a college graduate, then a reporter, and then nn editor; but 1 ought to have been Jile to stop after I had leen two years in the office and gone Utck to study inter national law, history and Linguae; it would have leen worth a large capital to me. A man docs not find out what lie needs to know until he has lvn ut actual work in journalism for a year or two." ProWihly no profession at the present time requires a greater combination of native tact, with intense application and wido culture. M. Maurice, M. D-, ill Globe-Democrat. v T ' ii'Tii r- AM AMERICAN WOMAN'3 STORY Of What h Saw la Melo Character. 1st les of tha People. It is said of the Mexicans, a of tha Russians, that in repose a deep sadness it expressed In their eyes. The Mexicans are good cliaracter readers, and especj. ally note the bearing of strangers. They are very pol't mnd hospitable, and very proud.- The higher classes of society in Mexico are almost as exclusive as the court circles of Europe. A middle class is growing up in Mexico. Mexican salu tations are exceedingly cordial. "Men fall into each other's arms and remain thus for several minutes, jiatting each other on the shoulder and indulging in all sorts of endearing epithets." Another salutation, even lietween friends of op posite sex. is thus described: "In the quickest, most spirited manner, the arms of both parties are outstretched, they rush together for a second, their breasts barely touch, and while the observer is watching for a kiss to follow this ardent salute, they sejiarate and the abrazo is finished. The extreme frankness accompanying it compels one to admire the custom ; for it means no more than hand shaking among the Americans." If friends meet twenty times a day they must pause to shake hands. At the capital one day there was seen two splendid rarriagesn each occupied by one man. The carriages halted, both men alighted, "removed hats, shook hands, embraced, talked for a few moments, again embraced, shook hands, bowed, took off hats, and each entered his enniogo and went his way." The formal salutation between women is a tap of the right hand on the left shoulder, and then a generous shake of the hand. Women who- are intimate friends not only tap the shoulder, but lay their cheeks softly together for an instant. A lady traveler commends this sort of feminine salutation, and evidently pre fers it greatly to the American form of greeting on the lips. . The Mexican makes really as many gestures as a Frenchman, and has quite an extensive social sign language. Their blowing of kisses from the fingers is m graceful demonstration. A certain posi tion of the thumb and forefinger signi fies "stop a moment." One arm held half upright, with the eibow in the other hand, means "he is too stingy to pay his debts;" one hand rublied across the fore arm, "ho plays on tho credulity of his friends;" the palm held outward, with thumb and forefinger forming a circle, "she is very rich;" the fingers of one hand closed, except the thumb and little finger, "ho's a sharper." Educated Mexican men aro great skeptics in relig ious matters except when they ore very sick. The people are temperate. Young girls are sailed "pullets;" marriageable men, "young or old roosters, " nnd tho street anilw who ogle ladies are known as "lizards." Americans who have mar ried Slexican women find it necessuly to live in Mexico, for their wives are very unhappy elsewhere. Mexican children nro never struck. Corporal punishment in schools is prohibited by law. Correc tion takes the form of persuasion and fp peal. The result is that in all classes a gentlo courtesy and consideration for others prevail. Hoodlum children are unknown in Mexico. A hoodlum child is one who has been cuffed and nbused until he naturally fthat is, according to tho ex amples set him) begins to kick and pound others who nro weaker than himself. The step from this to other deeds of violence is short. One cannot tell half of the graces and courtesies of the Mexican children. "In the alnmeda, with kindly deference, they will always yield to elderly and infirm persons their own cozy and shady seats. On entering a sala, where there are few or many guests, these exquisitely polite little gentlemen will go all around, shak ing hands with every ono present. They never break into the conversation, but when addressed will modestly join it; then, wishing to retire, will say, 'with your kind permission,' and, again shak ing hands, move gracefully from the company. Girls are no less imbued with the same spirit of courtesy. A Mexican boy never thinks himself too near man hood to pay the compliment to his mother ot kissing her hand every time he comes Into her presence." The Mexican flowers aro very deeply colored. "If red, it is the most glowing and intense; if yellow or purple, the richest; if white or pink, the purest and most delicate." Fresh flowers are abund ant and cheap throughout the year, in cluding roses, pansies, sweet peas, helio trope camellias and magnificent poppies. "Calla lilies, the size of a fan, bloom lux uriant in every ditch," and the gera niums are as tall as a man. The most remarkable flower is the "tree of tb little hands," a native of the colder re gion. The bright red flowers are well defined miniature hands. It is slow of growth, not reaching full size in 100 years. In the Valley of Mexico fifty varieties of lilies, no two alike, bloom on mountain, crag and plain. The mortality of the City of Mexico is fearful and half of it is due to lung and diarrheal diseases. The Mexican capital can hardly be said to have any system of drainage ami sewerage. Catarrh is com mon, among the Mexicans, and when they have colds they do not allow water to touch their faces. They have very few nervous diseases. The cadence of their lives is too measured for that. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Book Re view. Fonrre of Turo Water. The best water is that which has gone deepest in the earth, where there is the tightest pressure, atmospheric and tel luric. Continued nnd intensified filtra tion has refined it ; but it is here, and not in its open air exposure, before or after, that the water gets effective oxidation. Tho remarkable fact that water absorbs oxygen in something like a geometrical ratio to the increase of pressure, coupled with the other equally important fact that under a certain pressure anil temperature organic cerms cease to exist; both these conditions, protracted for the water, by a long detention in the depths of tho earth, secure tho rarest refinement nnd also vitalization of the element. Sanitary Era. The Irish giant (Tfct t 3 inches) is dead. An appropriate epitaph would seem to ti Cone to bis long home.