OTHER F'tOCLE'S RIGHTS
Jtllml Vour Own llulne anl Voii'll It tli
Heller I.IUeil.
The person of even average moral
sense lias ii general understanding of
tho fact that his neighbor's house,
Imw iind material good lire objects
toward which ho should show respect
by tin.' -Iniplo process of lotting alone.
The right to alter tho color of his
house, to order tho pruning of hi
trees, t'U:. uro recognized to be mut
ton solely under tho control of their
owner.
Hut in mutters loss material, yet
more personal, there in a grout lack of
reHpect shown in our dealings with
one a not her.
Persons who would resent being
called' discourteous, persons who in
the main are kind of heart and even
IfeneroiiH with their money, are often
sadly wanting in their charltnblo judg
ment of their neighbor1 opinion and
ii proper sense of their peculiarities.
Too commonly the fact i ignored
that n man's opinion and convictions
are hi private personal matter, with
which no one clso has a right to med
dle. A man may hold with all the fervor
of heart and strength of mind of which
ho 1h capable the principle of Protest
antism, but that i no reason why he
should assail tho belief of hi Catholic
neighbor Indeed, it i an excellent
reason why ho should not do bo, but,
lilt-lead, should extend tho toleration
supposed to lie u part of hi religion.
So la politic, tho spending of money,
In social life, in drc and education,
vwh one Hhould soriipu'ously avoid
Acting a censor of others who may
differ from himself.
Least of all i one privileged while a
guest to attack the opinion of uu
family whoso hospitality he enjoy.
When, for any reason, ho can not ac
quiesce in tho family regulation, let
him depart, and not try to reform the
family to hi standard of propriety.
Hy calm personal argument, or by
the force of example, one may try to
convince another that hi way i the
better, but a true courtesy require
that he shall not, unasked, present his
opinions where to do ho will wound
and not alter in the slightest degree
the course of hi opponent.
Nor let any one Hatter himself thai
because a man 1 loud of voice and
blunt in speech, ever ready with
cruel judgment of other, and free
with advice on all matters, ho will
pleasantly accept such treatment from
other, for he 1 qulto as likely to ro
sent interference with hi nlTalr a."
Hie man of gentler speech and greater
charity.
It Is so cany to form the habit of
meddlesomeness and to persuade one's
self into the belief that one' mission
is to be a "private investigator and
public adviser." that one I apt to for
get that in tho regulation of one' own
conduct life presents enough porp'ox
ing problems without trespassing upon
the right of other in a mistaken zeal
to convert the in to a better way.
In short, let no one bo ho Intent upon
the mote in the eye of hi neighbor
that he will forget tho beam in hi
own. l'ttiiijhtt Ti of Ami riVn.
HINTS WORTH HEEDING.
A I-' y (Mil Juekey i:;iliiln lliiw to Tell
n tlnrsf'i A Hi.
A dozen different artifice are re
sorted to by horsemen and horsiv
sharpers to conceal the age of an ani
mal after lie ha passed hi tenth year.
No buylT need be deceived, however,
who will follow t lie rules herewith
laid down. You want to buy a horse
an animal r.ot over nii.o year of
age. The report gets out some way,
and you receive a pot.tnl card inviting
you to call at a certain place. The
would-be seller take you for u green
horn ami is all ready for you. Your
line of proceeding I a struiirht a a
board. Ask to have the horse brought
out into the alley, where you have the
full light of day. Hcgin by looking at
his feet, tnul niter you have Inspected
ll.ein shake your head in u dubious
wav, i if you wouldn't give ten dol
lar for Die boast. j
Next hold the horse' head close to
j our hue and jab your index finger at
iiis eye. If you jab hard enough
you'll'hil the eye-hull. Then pull hi
right ear down ami blow into lU You
may hiow him oil' hi feet, but it i not
probable. Then punch him in tho
ribs, press en his spine, look very du
bious ami luqiiliu:
How old do you call him?"
Kight last firing," the man will
reply.
Then you will for the Hi st time open
the horse's mouth, take a lightning
survey, and turn away with the re
mark: "He'll never see twenty-five again."
"What!"
"It was very foolish in you to put
up such a job on me."
"Job! Why. sir, you are sadly mis
taken." "Yes, 1 know: but I didn't want him
just the m. me. lie' got all the mark
of a hor.e who has passed hi twoilty
1'iith yeir. 1 want an old nag for
grinding tan-bark, but I can't take ono
over sixt on years oid."
Say, luster, 1 see you know your
pill, and it' no use to try to work
you. lie' liftei ii or a mouth, and you
van have him for i lio."
You can ititvko any excuse you wish
to get away, but you h.ivo accom
plished the great point In a horse
transaction.
If you are selling an old horse the
case will be liii'.eretit. When the
would-be hi: j r make hi call keep
him wa'.tii.g Tor at b ust tlvo minutes.
Tl.ca, !'. he h;.s stated hU errand,
Jou u ;-t i'.;.'n. cb-crve:
"I ..y I v, ou'.d tell l:iia. u 1
want to get a big cart homo,' but the
wife und children tuko on ho that it
goes ngalnt tho grain. Wo ralod
him. you know, und ho'a llko ono of
the family."
"If you ruisod him you mut know
hi oxaet age.V
"Oh. certainly. Got hi birthday
down In un old diary, llillio 1 niiio
year und a month old."
Tho man look at Ilillio's teeth und
replies:
'Ten years old! Why, the beast Is
abovo twenty or I'm a liar!"
Now you want to lead tho horseback
Into the stall und Innocently remark
to tho viitor: v
"You will excuse mo, sir, but I am
very busy thi morning."
"Hut about tho horse?"
'Oh, ho wouldn't plea-o you, sir.
You'd always feel thut you were
cheated."
"In't he twenty?"
"Didn't I say I had hi birthday in
writing? Didn't I feed him milk with
my own hand?"
"Ho ha tho teeth of an old horso."
"Very wqJI, sir. No harm done, of
course.
"I I rather like hi look."
"So doe overy body. Ho' ahorse
to bo proud of.
"Just w hat I wunt if I wa only sure
about his age."
"Kxcuso me, sir, but 'I must go In
and Hootho the children. They are
crying for fear I'll Hell Hillfe."
"Well, I'll take him at ono hundred
and fifty dollar. If you say ho' only
ten that nettles It, for I know you to
bo a man who wouldn't lio nor deceive
in a trade of any sort." Iklroit Free
Vrcss.
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SELF-CONSCIOUS GIRLS.
Young Women Who Hiieeefiil In Making
ThPinsrlvra erjr llHKreemle.
The self-conscious girl presents nn
iiiteroHting study for awhilo, and till
at lat ono grows so weary of hor that
even us a typo she fails to pleaso. lint
that doe not affect hor at all; Indeed, 1
she Is so absorbed in herself that the
absence of tho interest of anybody olso
is something entirely unnoticed by
her. and it never crosses hor mental
horizon but that all tho world are as
much ubsorbed In hor affairs as she Is
herself. Tho way her gown lit and
the reason thut it fits, tho peculiar
cholcenes of hor gloves, and where
sho buy her boots, tho charm of hei
hat, tho vhic or want of chic In her ap
pearance, are all matters that she
take it as reasonable- should be of
general moment; sho nover forget
any ono of them an Instant, and is al
ways able to congratulate herself
upon thorn. If she hears you admire
red hair, although her own braid be
as black u night, sho will tell you of
tho red thread In them that she
treasure. If hIio hears you praise an
other woman's trick of speech, she
casts about in her mind as to whether
her own lisp 1 equally praiseworthy;
if she see for herself beauty in an
other's eyes, she straightway bethinks
her of her own. It 1 not always van
ity that jmssossos tho self-conscious
girl: it is not always an udmi ra
tlin! of herself; sometime, in
deed, sho is- only too painfully
aware of her ugliness, if sho bo ogly,
and is ho afraid that you will hub wet
her of ignorance of the fact that sho 1
always putting it before you. For,
nevertheless, she ha always a desire
that you shall admire her, and if you
can not admire her looks, then you can
admire her perspicacity in recognizing
the character of thoso look and her
freedom in admitting It. and so she 1
perpetually m cridnire for tho admis
sion. Although tho soir-consclou
girl often succeed In making herself
very disagreeable when plain, sho l
absolutely unbearable when beautiful. 1
No peacock ever preened and plumed
a sho doe, or drew hi stately tail
behind him with more self-approbation
than she extend to her least
movement. She doe not rise from a
chair that sho doe not feel and make
you feel the whole anatomy of hor
back, the precise crook of elbow and
curve of wrist; she does not hand a
teacup without n tacit apostrophe ic
hor grace; she neither enters nor leaves
a room without. In a way forcing yon
to agree with herself as to how much
better she does It than the last ono
did. There is no action of her life in
which she loses remenib'.T.nco of self,
or suffers you to do so, and you wonder
how it 1 that she can approach the
throne of grace in her petitions, and It
she ii then beseeching the angels iimI
ministers of grace to remark the angle
of her bowed bead, or to observe tho
elegant poise of her folded hand in
prayer. - 7uritr'n l!n:ur.
The fact Is," said a trump, "I
have read so much about the trouble
in the labor market, that I am heartily
sick of the w hole business, and I made
up my mind long ago that I would
never have iinv thin to do w ith labor.
As I tiui a mail who never forsake his
principle", I can not work; but if you
have a nice rnro steak and a cup of
hot coffee about the premises, I'll de
vote a few moments to their demoli
tion." i m
In Dublin "N-e here, driver, I
ordered a smart trsp to take a drive in
rimmix Park, and you come around in
rugs not lit for a beggar!" Driver of
jaunting car "I knows it. yer honor,
and 1 would like to wear fine clothes,
but there's not a tailor in all Dublin
that can take me measure, I'm thut
ticklish." Jtmruan.
"Raillery says a French writer
of the gentler ex, "should fall on
fault so light that the person to
whom it 1 directed may also take part
In the pleasantry. Delicate raillery is
t tuliU rc of praUe and faultfinding "
" CRAZES INFUKNlTUKt.
Tlie Wood Moat KsrteiiMvelj Kniiiloj-ed t
Uic I'renent Tlui.
Thoro are many erazos in tho furni
ture business in respect to tho differ
ent wood and their imitations, which
uro extenwivoly ued. For many years
walnut was a wood that held absolute
predominance over all other woods
for furnituro. Hut while other woods
have become very popular, and walnut
i npparontly on tho decline, yet,
really, walnut will always bo a fash
ionable wood. Tho price will gradu
ally increase, for tho lurgo demand Is
fast consuming the supply. In many
State fifteen year ago tho farms wcro
incloed with walnut rail fence, a tho
wood wiih not so valuable iiu thoso
days. Hut in these State whore
walnut grows, tho lumber that
would have been formerly cast aside
with tho "culls" Is to-day sold for high
prices. Even tho small limb of wal
nut tree uro now sawed up into
material for rung and post of parlor
chair. The old snarled limb and
knot of the walnut tree are sought
after with avidity by buyers through
tho country districts, who sell them to
firms that manufacture them into
ornaments for antique shelve, fancy
hassocks and other similar furniture.
Kail fences in these district are now
a rarity in tho extreme. Hut, as to tho
variety of woods that are used in the
manufacture of furnituro, maple, ash,
popular, gum and cho.-ry comprise
tho list. What Is known as quarter
oak is tho latest erazo. Quarter-oak
is mado by first sawing a log from end
to end through tho middlo. Then each
half is sawed from end to
end through tho 'middlo, thus leav
ing four quarters. Each quartor has
only three sides, ono tho bulge part of
tho log, and tho other two sides being
flttt.'and coming to a sharp edgo. Tho
boards are sawed off tho sharp edge,
and each sawing, therefore, throws off
a board wider than tho ono before it.
Sawing tho quarters of the log In this
munner the lumber is beautifully
cross-grained. This cross-grained
lumber is "worked" into the flnet
parlor furniture at present. The wood
is susceptible of a very fine polish,
and tho cross-grain produces an effect,
miuloby both nature and tho saw, that
Is far superior to tho art of tho most
experienced gruiner. Hut one of tho
prominent features still in the furni
ture business is tho staining of woods.
There nro tricks in all trades, and this
is tho greatest ono in the furniture
manufactories. A very simple prep
aration composed of coal oil and lamp
black is rubbod into tho highly pol
ished surface of oak, and when it
souks into the pores of tho wood, tho
wood then takes on a dark hue. Tho
varnish is then applied, which gives a
neat finish to tho wood, and this is
then a fair imitation of antique oak.,
Tho common gum is often stained to
represent chorry. Cherry Itself is
very valuable, and is left in its own
natural color, although it is sometimes
stained to represent rosewood. Soft
duiplo, poplar und gum uro stained
with preparations of burnt umber,
crudo oil and lampblack, to produce
an Imitation of mahogany. Ash has
a very pretty grain that stands out
prominently undor color, nnd it can bo
stained to imitato red cherry. Syca
more Is a wood largely used for bed
post, and it stains nicely in imitation
of walnut. St. Louis Qlobe-Dcmocrul.
ALL ABOUT BREAD-FRUIT.
It I'Hcful rriertli' Outllnpil by nn K Xpert
In Spleen.
"That is the bread-fruit," said Mr.
William D. Hennett, the loeturer upon
spices, to a reporter, who was exam
ining a number of long glass jars con
taining curious plnntsnnd fruits of the
tropics, preserved in alcohol, "I be
lieve it is tho only specimen of tho
kind in tho United States. That jnr
which stand near to it contains a, cit
ronthe fruit kind used for candying,
not tho vegetable citron, which Is
grown hero and look like n molon.
The other fruits belong to tho same
class of tree. In the noxt jar are
cloves in growing. Tho clovo of com-'
luorco is a hard substance, while there
you seo them growing in bunches of
pretty, pinkish-colored, flowers. The
eeed forms on the top of tho llowor,
ivhtch, when dried, hardens, nnd to
gether they fr.-m tho spleo as It Is
most commonly seen. That next jar
contains tho fruit, leaves, stem nnd
bark of the elnnninon two. Tho bark
forms tho spice of commerce. It is
also known as cassia, but as such wouliP
hardly find a ready salo. Few know,
tho full value of this article of com
. nierce, and a still less number know
I how it is grown. To pass through a
cinnamon grove is one of tho most deJ
lightful experiences any person can
have. I heard Dean Stanley say that
hi walk through the cinnamon groves
of Ceylon made him realize in tho most
) forcible manner the delights pictured
by David, a set forth in tho l'salnis."
! "Can you toll me something definite
about the bread-fruit?" ;
i "The broad-fruit tree belongs to the?
tropical order Arfaftirptuvir. It is a
j native of tho island of tho Facillo
' Ocean nnd of the Indian Archipelago;
! grows to tho height of fifty or sixty
; feet, ha spreading branches and largo,
'rough, pinnatitld leaves, often over a
; foot. long. The male flowers nro in
catkins, tho female flowers naked and
arranged nn n fleshy receptacle; tha
whole becoming as you see a Mib
globcee, fleshy fruit nloiit a large as
a child's head. That specimen in the
jar U ri'.v nnd has a yellowish skin of
; no great thickness, llencath tho skin
' is a perfectly white eub:.inc some
! what resembling newly b-ikril bread.
It can be used as re:id or made Into a
j pudd'Xjj. Sometimes it is sliced and
dried netoro tno nppltcation ol i. tl.
sometimes cooked in an oven. Tun
Tuiiitiiin preparo it for use by befit
ing it into a paste with water or the
milk of t'o cocoanut. making it lnt'j
ball or wrapped up in leaves and buy
ing It in un oven.
"Hefore tho breadfruit is ripe it Is
filled with a substanco like milk, in
stead of bread. Tho leaves, II
wounded, give out a milky juice, hi
fact, nil part of tho plant Jiave thi
peculiarity. Thi make tho treo re
semble the cow treo of South America,
the milk of which is used as a substi
tute for that of tho cow. und 1h highly
nutritious und pleasant. Another
member of tho sVmo elas of treo is the
upas of Java, the milk of which forms
a poison of tho most deadly character.
The bread-fruit treo not only supplies
food, but cloth can bo made from.tho
inner bark, and the timber can be em
ployed in boat-building and for dwell
ings. Tho male catkins can bo used
for tinder, and the viscid, milky juice
as bird li;uo." A". F. Mail awl Ex-
FORMING A TREE-TOP.
A Simple A rr:iii 'fluent fur lir'nifllilt tlir
Minim In I'roper romium.
It is of tho utmost Importance that,
young trees start out with a well-,
formed top. They aro to stand ns
monuments of tho cultivator's work, j
pcrhnps for centuries after his hands j
havo ceased to toil. They may bo liv-.
ing 'rcen memorials of work well !
done, or unsightly objects of man's
neglect und ubuso. Their usefulness
depends altogether upon this curly
training. Low, broad tops nro espe
cially desirable, and they very seldom
attain them, unloss trained with this
object In view. Until young trees nro
finally placed in tho orchard, tho
treatment and way of handling tends
to draw the limbs up near tho trunk,
and unless this is counteracted, they
assume an almost vortical growth,
giving tho tree a narrow and con
tracted appearance. Such trees are
usually unfruitful, and not at ull con
venient for gathering tho fruit. Close
contact and rapid growth causes the
limbs to grow up, and when removed
they arc tied in the smallest possible
bundle and drawn together in a little
knot nt tho top, Perhaps after re
maining there for a week or two they
are untied and buried for the winter,
tho tops being pressed together un
naturally for tivo or six month.
After all this perversion some even
claim that any after-training is
unnecesacy und injurious ns
they will naturally take that
form best adapted to their location and
condition'. If the form hud not been
artificially molded, we could more
readily allow nature to execute her
own designs; but when naturo's func
tions are usurped, we must curry on
the work to completion; the contracted
top must be brought back into natural
shape, if wo would havo a thoroughly
fruitful treo. In most case tho trees
a wo receive them from tho nursery
are so deformed in shape so fur as the
brunches aro concerned that tho trunk
is not at nil protected by the narrow
top, but is left exposed to wind und
sun. which work such havoc in the
alternating weather of our Northern
winters. An arrangement may bo
mado with but little trouble or ex
pense for bringing tho limbs into
proper posit ion. A frame may be mado
by driving four posts three feet apart
at the ground nnd fivont the top, their
height corresponding to that of the
tree. Cross strips can bo cut from
battin stuff or any odd pieces on hand.
These should bo nailed firmly to the
posts; ono row around will do, but two
will add to tho strength of the frame
and mnko it a better protection for tho
young tree ngainut young animal.
Tarred rope or cord may be used for
tying tho limbs down to the cross
pieces, llroad strips of cloth aro best
to attach to attach to tho limbs, that
the bark may not bo Impaired or the
growth contracted. Let the limbs bo
drawn down gradually, a little at a
time, through tho growing season.
W. 1). li'iiiiton, in Western Vlowmtn.
CASTING A HOROSCOPE.
llnw Hie AstroliiRers il Oltl Conducted
Tlielr Ocenlt (nlriilittliiu.
The general idea in easting a horo
scope was that tho first hour of each
day was presided over by tho heavenly
body that belonged to that day. as set
forth in the French names for the days
of tho week, viz.: The sun for Sunday ,
the moon for Monday, Mars for Mardi
(Tuotdnvh Mercury for Mereredi
(Wedncs.lny).Jupiter for Jeudi (Thurs
day). Venus fur Vendredi (Friday),
and Saturn for Samedi (Saturday).
The second hour of the day belonged
to the second in this order, and so on,
repeating these seven deities. a often
us was necessary until the birth-hour
was reached.
If, therefore, we wish to cast t"io
horoscope of a child born at nine a. m.
on Maivh 2, IKSO, we observe first that
the day was Tuesday, and that the sun
rose on that day at ti:H4. Tho fir
hour. then. (:I14 to 7:.'14, belong to
Mars; tho second. 7:84 to 8:HI, to Mor-
curv; tho third. 8:.'14 to 11:34, to Jove,
und tho child, being born under the
influence of Jove, w ill necessarily have
it jovial disposition.
A more extended nnd laborious cast
ing of the horoscope consist in ealcu-
latirg backward to find the exact p
sition of the planets nt tho hour of
, birth, and w hat their relative Influence
might thus have ivon upon each other.
The heaver. being regularly divided
into sections, if Saturn should be found
in the house (seeti.m) of Jupiter, his
saturnine ii:;lue:iee would of course
qualify the jovial influence of tho lord
C' tLi.l liUUaO. JAm'iCiH fVfcttMM.
PENSI0N-CRA7ED WOMEN.
IttiulUr rrrwiu W ho liimulnt They llv
Malum un Hie (iuvrrnincut.
Almost liny day persons, a majority
of whom nro women, may bo seen
Hocking to the clerk's office of tho
United States District Court to make
oath to application for pensions. Some
of tho number fire re,;u'ar and period
ical visitors, and have become known
to the ollieiulu us pon..lon crank.
"Their mania is pensions," said nn of
ficial. "They present no ovldonco on
which to fromo an application to tlvo
Department at Washington, but are
tlllel with tho Idea thut the Covern
inent owes thein pensions, und talk
wildly on tho subject. Wo boollio
them with tho assurance that their
money will soon bo forthcoming, und
tliwy go away quietly, only to return
after tlio lapse of a week or two and
renew their demands. Several of them
have been coming hero at intervals for
years."
One of the women, who is continually
luiunling the Federal office with her
appeals for a pension, is kn iwn us
tho "one-eyed bride." A court offi
cer told how she 'got the uppollu
tion. Son.o years ago she vru
drawing a pension of 1S a month
us the widow of a vete.'an of Com
pany D of the famous Sixty-ninth
ll'.'giine.it, who was killed In tho war.
Complaint was made that i.he hud got
another husband, und sho was hauled
before Commissioner Shields on u
charge of perjury. Tho man claimed
to bo her huek.nd was brought into
court. Tho clergyman who performed
the marriage ceremony identified her
a tho bride, but was not sure about
the man being tho bridegroom.
He knew the woman because of her
being minus nn eye. She was dis
charged but the testimony was deemed
sufficient for the annulling of her pen
sion. Since then sho hus behaved us
if sho were demented, and is clumorous
for a pension. Ono of Commissioner
Shields' steady visitors is a black
robed woman of middle ngo nnl quasi
respectability, w hose stereotyped greet
ing is: "I want my money." "What
money, madam?" shys tho Commis
sioner. "My pension money. You
have got it and I want it. Here are
my papers,"' and tho visitor begin
fumbling through an ancient reticule,
from whic',1 nro produced a doughnut,
a piece of cheese and other articles,
but no papers.
"Y'ou will have to apply at Wash
ington, minium," soothingly replies
tho Commissioner. "Very well, but
you w ill hear from mo uguin," and he
always does.
(i. moral I'runz Sigel, tho pension
agent, who pays out $4,000,000 t the
Canal-street agency, says that he is
often worried by women, and men also,
who havo delusive claims for pensions.
None of them uro violent, and go away
after receiving assurances that Con
gress i considering their claims. Gen
eral Sigel says thut thoro are 2-4,000
pensioners on tho rolls, nnd that, the
number is increasing annually in the
ratio, ii compared with the decrease
from deaths und other causes, of 17.')
to 100.
The bulk of tho pensions are from$l
to $S a month. Only two inslencesare
known hy tho (lenerul of the voluntary
surrender of pensions. Ono was the
ease of u colored woman, w ho gave up
her pension because of the pestering:-
of agents and others for a share of her
income. The other instance was thai
of an ox-soldier, who relinquished lib
pension so that tho money might go
toward pitying tho Nation's debt. Mrs.
fieneral (Irant and Mrs. (ienerul Han
cock aro the two most distinguished
widows on tho roll. Tho former U
paid $.'),0o0 n year und tho latter $-iiW
a your. A'. Y. Vns.
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TWO COSTLY COFFINS.
Artlstle ('HHkels of h Mnat Luxurious De
serlption AmiiHIiik Two Itiistoiitniift
In Huston nothing Is held to bo too
good for a genteel corpse. Two cof
fins, just now in process of construc
tion by a local manufactured to be
used some day by the granddaughter
of Huron von urleniburg and her
husband will not cost less than five
thousand dollars apiece. They aro
made of mahogany, seven inches thick,
curved in boid relief with the most
elaborate designs. All of these are in
some manner emblematic of death. On
tho panel u spider itself symbolic of
tho grim destroyer has caught the fly
at last in a web so delicately executed
that vim fear to breathe upon it lest it
blow away. In another place u Grif
fin's claw supports ahuniau skull from
a fracture- from which a lizard is
crawling. Still another panel shows
an owl in the act of enpturinga mouse.
und so on. tho intention being to ex
press the idea that death conies soon
or lute to every living thing.
On the top of cuciQ-oltin is carved a
coiit-of-arins, and every availiable
inch of tho interior is beautified by
the culling tools. Insido these
superb caskets nro swung two silken
hammocks for tho cventiul reception
ol tno burcti s granddaughter una heft
spouse. They aro uot dead yet, be it j
understood. (Jr.ilo otherwise. Hut
having no cud of money, they wi-died
to die regardless of expense. A il".'5,
000 dollar mausoleum in a local cem
etery will serve us a receptacle for the
costly boxes. Ctfuw r.ud,j,t.
A Liberal Offer- Western man
"Yes. I'd like to buy a nice house in
New York, but I have no ready cash.
Will you exchange for We-tern land?"
Ileal estate rgent "Y-c-s." Western
man -"G'ad to hear that. How much
vtpukl you want for say nn eight or
nine-rvovi house on Fifth avenue?''
Ileal e-tute agent Well, iT it is good
land, three or four counties will be
enou-h.'" Tit Ci.rtooii.
AN ANCIENT TKAUE.
Old Tetiiient Krerenee tu furpcnteri
ml 1 hvlr Work.
. Though the trade i not definitely
mentioned in Scripture prior to the
time of Noah, yet it Is clear that ear
penterlng work hud been affected ecu
furies before. Nouh could not huve
constructed the Ark of gopher wood
und iniide It so correct as to dimension
ho could not havo joined the pieces to
gether, he could not have formed a
window and door such as would open
nnd I'loso without some knowledge of
carpentering und some acquaintance
with tho tools of a carpenter. More
over, tho tools must have been In ex
istence and in use prior to his time,
which, of course suggests thutourpen
tering must have been practiced in the
patriarchal times. Amid all thechangea
which occur in the history of varied
handicraft. It is interesting to find
that the same trade implements a are
used to-day were in full use in the
childhood of the world. The curpcuft-r
about to begin work selects a piece of
timber which he cull a plank, or a
slightly thinner piece which he
he terms a board. Such are the phrases
used concerning the Tabernacle and
tho Temple. Cod sa;d. "Thou shall
inako boards, for tho Tiiberuuclo of
shittiin wood, ten cubits shall be the
length of a board nnd a cubit and a
half shall bo the breadth of one hoard."
Then in the first Hook of Kings we find
Solomon built the walls of the Temple
with "board of cedar." und covered the
floor with "planks of fir." In order
to shupe tho plank or board, the car
penter uses a saw; and such a tool was
known to nnd employed by tho work
ers in tho early times, for wo read of
the "hewed stone" being "sawed
with saws" for tho foundation of Solo
mon s lompie. io lusnion the wood
according to tho needed purpose, the
carpenter must have at hand his rule,
his lino, his piano and his compass,
And so Isaiah tho prophet says: "The
carpenter stretcheth out his rulo; he
marketh it out with a line; ho fitleth
it with planes und he marketh it out
with a compass." Very often the car
penter has to join various pieces of
wood by what he terms a mortise and
tenon; that Is to say, tho mortise is a
hollow place or socket in one piece of
timber, into which the tenon or project
ing piece cut to exact measurement in
tho other piece, is intended to fit. But
thoso are God-used terms. The Al
mighty, in giving tho Israelites full
directions for the construction of the
Tabernacle, said: "Two tenons shall
there be in the board, set in order one
ngainst another; thus thou shalt make
for all tho boards of the Tabernacle.
And thou shalt make forty sockets of
silver under tho twenty boards, two
sockets under ono board for his two
tenons and two sockets under another
board for his two tenons." Builder
und Wood Worf.nr.
THE WAY TO SUCCEED.
Views or E. T. Jenery, iener;il MAnager ol
the Illinois Ceiitml Knilrond.
Average -ability, perseverance, hon
esty, candor und other characteristics
of manliness uro tho mainspring to
success. A boy who has learned the
alphabet has tho whole world open be
fore him. Ho has the key to all
knowledge, and with experience will
acquire wisdom to guide him in ma
ture years in all his undertaking.
Perseverance will lead him to climb
tho ladder of learning after having
mastered the twenty-six letters of the
alphabet. Honesty and candor and
other manly attributes will win for
him tho respect and confidence of all
with whom ho may come in contact.
Tho Influence acquired through gain
ing the' respect nnd confidence of oth
ers will give him strength und power
in what is right and good. Without
influence thus acquired 'over othors,
and used and exerted in tho right,
learning, experience, wisdom, wealth
und social position uro of small value.
The plodding, painstaking, persever
ing honest man of common sense will
iiccomplish more in this world, and is
of more uso in it thun tho erratic
genius.
Speaking specifically of success in
business as separate and distinct
from nil other successes, the causes
nro economy, thrift, close &
lontion to details, thorough and
comprehensive understanding nfl
knowledge of tho business engaged in,
discrimination in selecting business
associates, and the acquiring and hom
ing of tho confidence of the business
community.
Failure in business, like failure m
every thing else.springs from shift'1'1
ness Inattention. luxurious habits,
a desire to nnko money too i-:p:tlj-and
tho taking of chances in con
sequence thereof; mistakes in th
selection of business associates ai
the failure to acquire tho confide"'
of those upon whom the business is dc
petnlent for support. The love '
money-making lends many to assunw
large risks in order that they may
quire large gains. Tho rUk of losmS
in such ease is usually greater than
the chance of making money. When
ever the old, well established principle
of conducting business nre depsr -from,
failure is more imminent than
success. An habitual violation of jh
old-time maxims: "A penny
a jx-nny earned;" "liny when ot he
must sell, nnd sell when others rn
buy;" "Purchase only that for s
you can pay," nnd others sinii.ar
tone, leads to disaster. .
A man might talk a week on the 5"
iivt nr.d tlw.n nnt ovliinist it, t'"('"f
i
Jou mat.
Tlo ,-....,. iu iiino of ti
working woman of Huston 1--
and her average expeuc are re
ULi'd at i-ul.ij'l.