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CARE OF REFRIGERATORS. How I . Krip llmm Read Cl" M I'olat for HnuwkraiMr. During Die warm weather the refrig mUOf comet In for a (food hsre o( at tention. Aside from It usefulness, a good refrigerator It a nice ilocoof fur nlturi', and an ornament to anv homo, yet It take but very Utile neglect to render It any thing but ornamental. Aa a piece of furniture It should no cared for aa conscientiously a any other of the household furu.shlngt, yet few h utewives ri&ognl.e this fact It It usually stowed away In tome out-of-the-way, inconvenient place, and tho only care It gets Is an occasional clean ing out of the inside. Keep It in a cool, dry placo. In tho dining-room, unlets u pantry Is more convenient, but It It not advisable to keep It In a collar, as Is often done, for there are few cellars that are not some what damp, and when put In such places It does not take very long to ruin tho refrigerator. Always keep the ice-box clean os far at you can, and never allow let to las placed in it that ha at first beon washed off. Insist that your iceman wash hit Ice ere putting In the box, and It will be much easier to keep clenn. Never allow the ice to be wholly gone ere gotting In more, for twice tho quantity of ico will be required to cool the refrigerator than ordinarily. Novor put anything warm In the Ice-chest, but lay atlde in a cool place until cold. Never put In anything that it not per fectly fresh, and remove anything bear ing the least Indications of a taint, for buttor or milk absorbs anything of this kind vory readily. It is much hotter here there Is a sopaiate coinpartiue-it for the buttor and milk, as they koop much bettor when placed by them selves, and retain their original flavor, which they seldom do when occupying a place with ther catublos. Once a week, at the least the refrig erator should receive a thorough cleaning. Tako out all tho victuals and placo In a cool place, covering them over to protect them from dust. If there It any ico in it take it out tod roll In several thicknesses of old llanuel or heavy bagging, ami put In a cool place. Remove nil the sholvcsnnd any adjustable apartments, and wash in warm ammonia wulor, using u good map. Many of the stitlus and b aek murks teen on the .Inc shelves can be removed by scouring with pulverized belli brick anil snap, ('loan wooden shelves by scrubbing with brush and some good simp. When all is thorough ly washed, placo them in the air to dry. Wash out the lusldu of tho refrigerator and dry as well as possible and let air. When thoroughly dry. replace tlio nIioIvos etc., put in the Ico. close and let remain until the Inside Iscuol, then replace tho victuals. It Is agood plan to place In one corner a small dish of charcoal, to arrest any Impurities t lint might arise. The woodwork of nosl refrigerators may be kept looking nice by wiping it over each woek with a damp cloth wrung out In clo'ir water. -Boston lludgut. HAPPY ATHENIANS. How Thojr rnjoj Tlirmarlva anil Wlmt It nU 1 1. . in Nowhere outside of France, can lie teen a more striking tort of boulevard life than in Athena Tlio numerous cafes, situated on the principal streets and Mpinros, spread out many doens of small wooden tables on the sidinvalk every afternoon, and Jhose are soon tilled with people, principally gnvern ernment employes. Kvery one Is reus ing s newspaper, and has before him a small cup of black coffee, the price of which It tlyee cents. All the necessa ries of life have Increased in price In ti recce, but the price nf a cup of black coffee hat remained stationary. It Is tlio n 1 1 ionnl beveragu, and any attempt to increase Its price would cause indig nation meetings mid the Imycnttlug of the establishment which had tho li merity to defy public opinion. The coffee-house keepers are perfectly aware of this, and no one has ever at tempted to add even a mill to the price of the denlse taase, lint tho difficulty VtJ solved by diminishing the size of the cups, which now really do not con tain more than three mouthful of the delirious beverage. Willi this outlay of three cents for a cup of coffee. Government employes, the politician smi tapeounloui Maths can tit for a couple of hours in a cafe, look at the passers-by, read the even ing editions of the papers, discuss xill tlcs and criticise tho course of the GoV eminent. An unsophisticated foreigner would take them for idler with e solid income. It Is wonderful how easy these people of the eastern part of Kurope can take life, and what a little satisfies them. Then, the buying capacity of money It double here what it it in America. You can buy three pound of delicious graes in their season for to cent, and your wife can hire a really tine carriage to make her calls for llfly cents an hour. The hct ice and ice-cniams in the fashionable cafes do not cost mure than eight cent, and in the minor establishment tix cents Hut house rent is comparatively high, mid clothing itdeir. on account of the heavy lmKirt dul o which IVomlor Tri ooupls has been obligod to Impose to enable (ireece to pnj punctually the in terest on her mormon national debt, t or. N. Y. CoinmeiviKl Advertiser. - In one of the public schools of At lanta, tin., they have a novel nietho.l of punishing boys who use tin.) language. When any of the oung men are caught saying anything profane they are made rinse their mouths out with wnter which has been left standing in a quassia cup The water it exceedingly hitler, and maket a lasting tmprotou on the boys. Results ought to be labored for 0 eause they will be valuable, but no re suit is valuable merely becsuse it hat been labored for. An aulho- finds it hard to throw away sememes that have cost him night of thought aud days of lalior even though he see how the value of his work will be in creased by this rejection. The only way is to work for a good reault aud not to depend upon a result's being good simply because it na been w-tad fur- & S. Ttmee ADULTERATED TEAS. Dsnsroi aiiifr Shiaawd from hi te tlx I mini Slat, The tea-drinking tnilliont in the Tatted Stale inul have been Impressed by the recent report of our Consul at Amoy, China, upon the qualty of some of the lea shipped to the American market. He told of the extent to which It it adulterated, an 1 of the means employed to palm it off upon American consumers. The question is of importance to all men nod women who qusff the Chinese beverage, for the stuff of which our Consul speaks ll undoubtedly detrimental to health Koine years ago wo learned from an Knglisli paper that ten million pounds of adulterated tea held in bond in Lou don had been condemned at unlit for consumption, and u -t long aiterwnrd it was ascertained that large quantities of it had actual y been sent to the Now York market, though the British in spector had declared that it was doc lorod in an evil way. Now, this It not a thing of slight account. If tho teas outlawod in London aro to be shipped bore, tho people ought at least to be made aware of the fuct. so that they may make up their minds what to do about 1l 'I here are some kinds of tea exported from China that might prop er ly lie lalieled "slow poison." Thoy do hiit-m to those that consume them, pro ducing stomach and kidney complaints, interfering with digestion and irrita ting the nervous system. The ChlpeSI merchants' found out long ago that it wan unsafe to send spurious tea to the itritish market, but they havo been sharp in hunting up Other Holds. This ountry it, next to hngland, the groat t tea market in the world, and wo are not sure, at We hnve not the recent omparatlve statistics at hand, that the American an not Inrger tea consum ers than tho Kngllsh. We now import large quantities of toa from China by way of Kan Francisco, and it Is through that port and Now York that we gut our supplies. It would bo well for every body to steer clear of adulterated tea, even though It is ohonp. HE FIGURED IT OUT. Why John Cracker Ileum! to II Klrksd aii Ores loath oriin. While we wore smoking on the ver anda in front of tho hotel a native in backwoods dross ramu up and tat down mi the steps without addressing any one, and during tho next hour ho scorn ed to be asleep. When he roused up ll was with an uxulain'ttion of ''Htll' and he danced around so lively that tlio Colonel asked him if lie d boon ttung by an insect. "No, tab no sah! ' was tlio vigorous reply. "Do yon always wako up that way? ' "No, sah, but I dun tiggurud it out and I want to be kicked." "What It lt,! "Lust April," mid tho man, as he turned to us, "I was a-drivin' my ole mewl and cart along that road down thar', aud when wecomo to the railroad that mewl quit on me. II jisl stood right thar' and wouldn t pull a pound." "I see." "1 heard (ho train coming and I pulled and pushed and whipped, but it was no use. He stayed right thar' and let the Injine hist him half a mile high." "Welti what have you figured out?" "Why, sah, I orter ouhltchod that mewl aud drlv' him off the track, and then harked tho cart off. I hev felt all along that 1 skipped a cog souiewhar . but I couldn't toll whar'. I hoe it now I kinder fell into a doxo as I sot thai ', and it cum to me like a Hash. Thar' 1 stood witli mouth wide ocu and my legs u-hukln' and saw n ,'. mewl Hung sky-high, to cum down among the spllnlers of a if. id o u t, when I might a-eaved both as easy a mud, Gentle men, please excuse me. I'm a-going around W the Oo't-hoUM to find nil ouory nigger and give him that mewl c harness to kick me all over South Caro lina! Detroit Free Press. - at a i SADDER THAN DEATH. V Tlirili Mrispngrr Hr Thrltiril Won th LeM ( Ilia Inrrlla. taist r'r.dny afternoon a district tele graph messenger, who was sM'ediii; dong the street with lelegi ani tiIiii it fifteen cents n minute, was run ovei and seriously Injured by a blind unit named Standfast. Standfast is a crip pie, having a wooden leg. He ha. a .i'ii this leg off to rest it while he sn liy the wayside and begged, and ton e mischief loving Hoys hud taken the le a d hid it Standfast missed t groping along the sidewalk feeling fo t, and Inadvertently moved directly it the mcsacng. r boy's wake. Severa persons, seeing that he won d run tie boy dovMi. shouted to the latter thu tho blind man was after him. and tin boy, realizing his peril, made a despot ite sprint for his life and for a few fee gained on hi pursuer, bui before h was far enough ahead to tu n out wit safety the cripple was upon him an ran clear over him before he could t topicd. The boy s injuries were ver serious, as he fell upon his wri spraiulng it so that it ill probaMj b two wee.s before he can hang out t e step of an omnibus going in th wrung di -ocli on. It was rt ted lat that night that, owing to his inabilit to utll.se his favo Ite official timekillei the hoy bad delivered one mesaiig. nearly on lime, but the rimmr was iu ligusnly denied at hea I ,uarte , th. sUH'rlntendent offering to piovo by tie HHik that such a thin.' had never oc i HI r red since the invention of humai afttaV At a late hour lbi morning i whs feared Hint the boy was rccoverin his inertia, which had leeu serousl- distil. 1 1, .1 Huide'.ie, in li .. v luig.e. - If a nta" is ,",u.'.r cl. oine tctnuei let him nlone. The world will sihii Hod employment He will soon moo with Mime one stronger than himself alio will icpay him better than yoi eaiL A man may light duels all ins lif. it be i ditHised to quarrel. - ( W.I. - Intlnlte toil would not enable yo to weep away a mist, but by ax-vud baj a bttle you may overlook it alio gelber. 8o it is with moral improve meat, we wi-etle tie cely with ni icon hatiit which would have no hold upot us if we ascended Into a higher mo a almoaphersv A. Help. UNCERTAINTY OF WEALTH, In Wall Sirrrl a Ma i Mir ! Rle Tu-lif ami Poor T.i. Morrow. Kstlmntes of wealth based o.i manner of living and hubltt of personal expen diture are by the way. uncertain Home men ieud every dollar they make as fast as they make it, and never have a dollar laid by. To Infer there fore, that because thoy live at the rote of say WW a year they uro worth an amount, which at 6 per cent, would yle d an Income of fJJ.OOO would evi dently bo fallacious. On the other hand, many thrifty and successful money getters, from their thrift. siend no more on themselves and families after thoy have accumulated millions than when they hiul next to nothing. They hsve become fixed In tho habits they acquired in their less prosperous days, and am not get out of them. Every year some man of this kind dies, aud astonishos his nwil Intimate friends by tho immense estate he leaves behind him. This is eipecially the case with old men. who in their lator years re tiro from society, and are, as it wero, forgotten. While they are vegetating In obscurity their Lnmey is rolling over and over like a snow ball, in creasing in geomotrlcal ratio. On this point Muellor' weekly advortisoments of executors' sales of ttooks and bonds aud real estate are most suggestive reading. The quantity of stuff that is poured out upon purchasers from this source is something wonderful Tbeexecutors of the late Joshua Jones, for example, who was not tuppotod to be immensly rich, havo just distributed among his legatees, as the proceeds of a series of such sales, nearly $8,000, 000, and those of the late Samuel Wil lets, who lived in a modest way, sold through the tamo auctioneers about throo years ago $6,000,000 worth of the best kind of securities. For another roason, too, men ol groat fortunes, who do not ostentatious ly displny them, aro much better pro tected against public knowledge of their affairs than tiiose who have small ones. A man ol modorate means has often noed to ask for oredlt. especially If he Is carrying on an active business, and, therefor.., must make statements of his financial condition. These statemen t are presurvod and remembered, and thus, in his particular circle, the amount of hit fortune is tolorably woN known. Itut a largo capitalist, or even a small one, out of business, lends money and does not borrow It, or, If he burrows It, borrows upon collaterals, which obviates tho necessity of further inquiry, and thus luads to no estimate of his condition. I do not soe how tlio fortune of a man like Jupiter Morgan, for instanco, can bo appraisod. He has certainly never told Its amount to mo, nor to any one that I know. I doubt much whether he knows it himself within several millions Whon he comes to die, to bo sure, ills exocutort will find out, but that evont, let us hope, is yot fur off. Mr. Jay Could a few years ago did, indeed, make what hO declared U IIS 0 full 11 II 1 1 Irani UX- hlbltion of his slock Investments, and It wa certified to by men of unim peachable integrity, but, unfortunately, from the fnut that it was made so frankly, nobody accepted the statement as strictly corrocU Mr. Russell Sage is reputed to io wealthy, and probably is so, but whether he has one. live, ten or twenty millions I would not dare to affirm. Resides, many great fortunes, especially those which are nourished conspicuously before the eyos of the public In woll-trumpetod stock opera tions, aro a uiisubstuutial and evau esoont as soap bubbles. Ton yoars ago Mr. Cyrus Field was reputed to bo worth live millions of dollar He got to speculating In Manhuttan Klevated and wont on until in a single day he was reduced to comparutlvo povorty. Mr. Jay Could, even, has reieutedly In the course of his life boon brought to the verge of tluanclal ruin. The expe rience of .Lis li Kovno is still fresh in the recollection of most frequenters of Wall street. 1 know that ho onco ex hibited to bis lawyor a Now Year's statement showing a balance In his fa vor of $10,000,000. The next New Year's the $15, 000,000 had all beon lost and more, too. Kvon tho late Governor K I). Morgan, who every body said was worth -i0, 000, 000, actually loft at his death only about $3,000,000, and If he hud lived a few years longer ho would probably not have left that. Hundreds of such illustrations will occur tu every one who has been in financial circles here for any length of time. If a mon ument were set up In Trinity church yard to every man who has made and lost a fortune in Wall street since ltttiO, the grnvostonet there would be mighty crowded. N. Y. Sun. The rust Chinese Railway. Tho first railway in China was con structed by the shrewd and progressive Prince Lin Ming Chuan as a miniature affair, carrying thu people on a circle of two or throe miles for a small sum In order to familiarize them with the snorting monster. This being accom plished, a road is now laid of about seventy-five miles, on which the Vice roy make tour without exciting the prejudices of the natives. "The rail way is coming," Is the prophecy of a high official at I'ekin. It la the only way to meet the pressure of outside nations Rul what 1 most interesting is the result In the way of unifying the dialects spoken in China There are now not less than three hundred dia lects, and they differ as much as French from l iertnau There are also Ave dif ferent weights, or scales of weights, and in I'ekin alone, while no standard of time whatever exists, foreign clocks are sometimes found. The first step is to facilitate intercourse, in order to unify the vast ueople. - t-'ube-Dumo- srau Many a mail who was expected to set the world on fire only succeed! in getting up a very disagreeable smudge. Merchant Traveler. The human race la divided Into two class. ss those who go ahead and do something, and those who alt still and Inquire: "Why wasnt it done the other way. "-Oliver Wendell Holmes. All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without Im perfections will never hud what be seeks We love ourselves notwithstand ing our faults and we ought to love our (lend, in like manner. Cyrus A COURAGEOUS WOMN. Bow Sh Uol MM Bt a Vidian Whs Ma Hnl on Kolhrj, One dsy recently, lu the rotunda of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, a number of men were discussing the question of pluck and bravery frequently exhibit ed by persons advanced in years. Gen eral Dan Macauley, now a resident ol this city, but formerly of Indiana, ro latod the most remarkable Instance, as follows: "Dr. Walker, about sixty yonrt ol age, and his wife, a few years younger, together with two grown sons, resided In Indianapolis after the war. Oua night Mrs. Walker retired late, but not to sleep, for she expected her hus band to come in from the next room every moment. A light was burning, and lying on her bed she could too the floor at certaiu angles. Instead of her husband coming In she saw a vllluin-ous-looklng mun, with a bowie-knife botwoon his teeth, crawling through the door on hi all fours. U a second ho disappeared under tho bed. Her husband then came In, blew out the light and got Into bed. "Mrs. Walker said nothing for a few minutes, for she was thinking of a scheme to capture the robla-r and snve herself and husband from being mur dered. Finallys he said aloud to her husband: 'I am thirsty; I'll go and get a drink of water.' She got out of bed and went to the room where her two sons wero sleeping. Putting her hands over the mouth of ono aha whispered In his eur that a man was under her bod and that she wanted hit pistol. The son told her that lie gave her tho pistol a few days ago, because she objected to having one around loaded. Then she roinembcrod thut she had hid It In tho basement-room, on top of a shelf. 'Wait, boys, I'll get It,' she said. Going down stairs she passed nnother robber, the pal of the ono under hor bod, though alio was un aware of it at that time. "After stumbling around in the dark she managed to find thu pistol and hastily rushed up stairs with it In the meantime her husband suspected that something was the matter, bo cause the had consumed too much time in getting a drink of water. Tho robber became suspicious atsu and was pulling himself from under the bed, and hud almost assumed a sitting posi tion, his fuco toward the bed and tho knife still clutched between his teeth, when the old doctor was in the act of springing to tho door. Without a mo ment's hesitation the doctor tumbled right on the robber utid ut thu sumo time dealt him a powerful blow in tho face. They both fell on the floor, the doctor on top and gamely punching him at evory opportunity. It was a short and desperate struggle. The robber attempted to cut tho doctor, but the latter knocked tho knifo out of his hand. In tumbling around tho robber gut out his pistol and pulled the trig ger, but the old doctor seized his wrist in time and the ball struck the ceiling. With a strong effort the robber extri cated himself from the doctor uud run Wr the door. "Tho sou, who hud the pistol his mother brought him, thought that his father was duud and resolved to kill the murderer at all hazards. Ho met the robber face to face in the door uud fired point blank at his breast. In stead of falling the robber rushed out. I he doctor, hearing the report of his son's pistol thought the robber had shot his wife in going out. lu a few seconds tho brave old couple wero safe in each other's arms, and the next morning the body of the notorious robber and desperado, 'Hoosier' BUI Rodifer, was found in the back yard with a bullet through his breast. Now, gentlemen, don't you think that old woman had pluck in a wonderful de gree, and that her husband was worthy in evory way to be her mate?" N. Y. Mall and Kxpress. PUNISHING A THIEF. How H Wa .. 1 1 . i 1 ... I to Return an 1'inbrf.lla lo II Ownar. "I saw an attempt to steal an um brella that amused mo the other day." said a gentleman lust evening. "I wus coming home on the train and got into con versat t. in with a friend in a seat op posite mo. To make it more pleasant he crossed the aisle and sat with me, leaving his umbrella, a very beautiful one, standing in the seat he vacated. "At tho first station a man came In and, though there were other vacant seats, seated himself in tho one where the umbrella was standing. My friend quietly nudged me and we kept on talk ing. Pretty soon that umbrella lost its upright position in the corner and leaned affectionately against the well dressed stranger, who foil the texture of Its silk and the carving of the handle with evident relish. Another station was reached and the stranger rose to leave the train. Under his arm tho umbrella found a resting place, and as he walked down the aisle my friend followed close at his heels. He had reached the depot platform when the owner of the umbrella tapped him quietly oil the shoulder and said: Please avium my umbrella to the teat you took it from " "One glance at the speaker's eyes convinced the would-be-thief thu he meant what he was saying, and he Mounted the coach steps and walked to the seat and sot the umbrella in the corner without a word. Those in the car hud by this time become awart of the nature of the difficulty, and. as ths fellow turned shaine-facedly to leave, he wus aided on his way by lively hand clapping and roars of laughter. I think it will be several days at least before ho makes a similar alttemut Ullca (E Y. ) Observer. -The absurdity of applying the title 'Mister'' to all sorts of men, on all torts of occasions, is well illustrated H a recent Issue of a Southwestern paper, in which it was declared that "the late Mr. Hank Rrown was hanged yesterday In the presence of a large and interested audience." One little fellow, on being asked if he was not sorry that the school term was over promptly rc-pondodi "No, sir; I'm glad, for 1 just want to go to some place where I can holler! I'm tired of keeping still." Boatoa Mve MRS. DHUMMUP'S LIST, It Covrd ronISrl.l llroiui I, llul On ol Hr Vlcllw MtVI Know It. It seems that the business of collect log subscriptions is no exception to tin rule that there are tricks In every trade. A mun or woman with a gilt for the business may collect of the some mon at least twice as much as toother would. A little incident will Illustrate. They were getting up a subscription a little wlille ago for tho Home for De cayed Apple Women. There Is no more deterring Institution, as every body knows, tbnu the Home for Decayed Apple Women; and moreover, un in fluential coterie of Buck Hay women, headed by Mrs. Charity Drumuiup. had become interested in the homo, and were pushing tho subscription. When Mrs. Charity Drummitp saib into a counting-room with a subscrip tion paper in hor hand, the bankers and mon of business know perfectly well thut It Is of no possible avail for than to turn her a cold shoulder, un less they are anxious to lose cast or custom among tho wealthy circle which revolves uround hor. Down town there are two solid men. In business, one as a retailer in a large wny, and the other as a lluancicr, who are very good friends. The financier is mercurial, excitable, uud passes for a free-handed, generous sort of per son. The merchant is phlegmatic and slow, and has the reputation of being very shrewd und close in money mut ters. Well, when Mrs. Charity Drummup came down in behalf of tlio Home for Decayed Apple Women, she made one of her culls upon tho linancier and promptly showed him a paper, already signed by at loaat a do.en bankers, merchants and other wealthy mon; and upon this puK-r there was not a single subscription for a less amount thun ISO. "You siM! what they're all doing," said Mrs. Charity Drummtip, with an .Migaging smile. The financier gave a low whistle. "Nothing but fifty dollar subscrip tions, eh?" he said. "Well, I'm afraid this is a little too steep for me. You ire quite right, Mrs. Drummup, in us sii ming that I should not care to load the break-off into smaller figures: but, soe here. Is tills the only paper you havo got, Mrs Drummup?" Tho only ono,'" said tho lady, with a little confusion. "Why, this is the subscription puper, sir." Hut Is it tho only one you hnve got?" Pressed for an answer, Mrs. Drumm up produced from her reticule a pa per, iiH)ii which there were several $85, $10 and even $i subscriptions. "Ah! this looks more liko it," said tho Bnanoier. "You mny put mo down there, if you please, for $'J;i." And he went down there, high up oil the list. That night the financier and tho mer chant met at the club. "Well," said tho merchant, "did you have u call from Mrs. Drummui) to-day f1 "Yea" "Stunk you for $50, I suppose?" "Oh, no; I only gave $Jft." "What? Why, there wasn't a singlo subscription on her list for loss than $50!" "Not on the list she showed you, my friend; but you should have culled for her other paper." He explained the schemo to the closo-Hstod merchant, who became fairly black in the face with chagrin. Ho felt that ho had boon overreached; and the financier, who seemed to have come in for a share of his wrath, is of the opinion th it ho did not sleep thut night, and thut it wits, indeed, several days before h.) regained his usual calm. Hoston Transcript. THE RATTLESNAKES BITE. Mo Sura fur for lit- Vciioui Kuown In the M nl aa i ir in Speaking of people bitten by rattle snakes, Mr. J. H. RitlU, of the Savan nah News, says: "Out of u thousand people bitten by rattlesnakes I do not think a do.en recover. There is no known cure, in spite of the fact thai many people have suld thut they were BUred by whisky. You may depend on it when a man say he was cured of a rattlesnake bite, thong li necessarily not a liar, he is at least luboring under i misapprehension ol theacts. There is a small snake similar to a ruttle--nake in appearance, whose poison is aot so venomous, and negroes bitten by it place line upon the spot or less drink enough whisky to coun teract the poison. Whisky if alteo In a largo quantity, ,-oes directly into the blood and counteracts the poison of the -nuke. Rut the regular Georgia rat tler, from five to seven feet in length, is a deadly customer to meet It does not give any warning but strikes the nomont It is disturbod. and it can strike an object as fur distant as it is ong. A triend of mine was riding ihmg in the saddle one day and a big rattier lying in tho road leaped at him .is he passed. It closed lo his boot leg, driving one of its frangs clear ihrough the thick leather of his bool ind through his trousers, just escaping he flesh. It required considerable ilcklng to shake that snake off, and vhen ho was finally got rid of he tarted in pursuit. My friend faced aflat, in the army with nonchalance, but his hair stood 00 end when he sau that snake coming, and he jammed -purs to his nag and didn't stop until lie hod gone a Quarter stretch li, plantation is full of attlesnakes. anil my lasi week my hands killed twenty ix In a field ol twentv acres." - He is truly great tilai is little in himself, and that makelh no acovunt ol any height of honor. - Some people make a dollar's worth of trouble in accompllthing five cents worth of good. .Atchison t ;.,." . - lu itie csju-lilufion both of oui mind and of ou body, every thing mus: (a on right and harmonize wed t- -aether lo make ut happy Rul thuU .ne ihlnj go wrong, that is quit enough to m ke us miserable: and. al though the joys of this world are val nd short yet it sorrows are real an I. sling. BILLINGS' PMlLuawrnv. tawna of lb Wis sarin ol lb Lamented Joh. The way to git ennythlng I to ackt Just az tho yu did'nt kare whether yu got ll or not it iie diffikult to define a sickness ai it lz to ackount for the meazles. It Is dredful eazy for a man to dis pize rltches who haz got about two hiind -ed and 50 thousand dollars well Invested. If fortune hnz ennv favorites, It lz not tho lndillront. but it iz tbozo whom wo hav to pay to git rid ov tholr tannine l.nv 1 like tho meazles; if we hav rnllv tnit them, thev are sure to sho When u man ll puffed up with harmless kind ov nrido that don't do any hurt, It iz a krewel piece of blzz DOM to take the konsait out ov linn; ll iu krewel az to pull tho feathers out ov a pokok's tale. Kvory one who trades with tho dovll oxpokts to git the best ov him, but novor hav soon it did yet Ono roason why advise costs so little iz bekuuso every one haz sum of it to spare. Wo nro so nvarishtis that even when wo trade with oursolfs wo go for gil- ting tho best end ov the bargain. My philosophical kreed iz "tilv bear tlio whole of tho road If ho wil take It." (Tho harte iz a mlstorlous thing; wc kuu almost all ways find out what iz li a man's hed, but tho things that sleep in the heart aro often unknown eveu to the possessor. Mv sentimental kreed Iz "Straw berries aud kroam if they are handy if not kream anyhow." It mny lie diffikult to decide which men porsew the most eagerly, interest or fame. Yu kun find men who will sumtlmes repent ov a sin, but seldum ov a blun der. Thare iz nothing so natral az to lie. and then dodge behind it Mankind kan bo divided into two heaps, and I not wrong them mutch a heap ov geese aud a heap ov gan ders. I observe more phools among the oli men than 1 do among the old w i tu rn nu I think I am honest when i say than iz no man who luvs to lie praised more than I do, or who hates to bo flattered worse. 1 would rather watch two raskals than ono phool ToknoioM-to talk lz a grate art. but to kno when iz a grater. The only sure way to keep a skerel iz to forgot it N. Y. Weekly. JAPAN'S CROWN PRINCE. The I'lvamilit His ...it nut nf the Mikado's Oldest lot and Heir. Compared to his imperial father even at the present day, Prince Hani is much more emancipated, and nunc of the old traditions soom to have any weight in regulating his conduct There was no precedent to follow in tho education of a Jap inese Prince in the modern way, and Prince Haru lias made many laws for himself. He is u wonderfully bright and precocious little fellow, and his small, twinkling black eyes aro full of mischief and soe everything. He is hardly taller thai an American boy of six yoars of ago. but ho has ut times tho dignity, tin pride of birth, and consciousness ol station and power, of a man of sixty His eyes aro not slanting, nor indeed doos one ofton see in a Japanese face the wonderfully oblique eyes beloved of tho caricaturists. The peculiarity lu the expression of their eyes is given by the eyelids being fastonod in either corner, us if a few stitches had been taken (here. This makes it impossi ble Tor them lo lift the eyelids as high as we do, und gives tho narrower slits, through which they gazo, the peculiar Oriental look. One often seat Japanese with as round, wide-open eyes as those of our race, and jj gives an cspeciul beauty to their Counte nances. Prince Haru has the exquisitely smooth, fine yellow skin that is one o tho points of greatest beauty in Japa nese children, and a bright color some times shows in the pale-yellow of hi little cheeks. Ho has tho rank of Colonel in the Japanese army, and wears his military uniform and his oa with the gold star all the time, hb clothes being dark-blue cloth in wintei and white duck in summer. Ho is fond of riding, and, when mounted, tht miniature Colonel trots along at a fim gait giving and returning tho military salute as ho passes an officer or a sen try, like a young martinet Elizi Huhamah Scidmore, in St. Nicliolaa The Cases Different "Mr. driver wagon. Skinnphlint." exclaimed thi of that gentleman's delivery as he rushed into the storo . I'itedly, "my wagon was run into by u heavy-loaded truck a little while agi at a street crossing, and" "If my property has been Injured li consequence of your carelessness lames,'' said Mr. Skinnphlint sternly. I shall, of course, expect you to mak. the loss good." Injured," replied the driver. "m wagon wasn't hurt a bit The truci just grazed it But the fellow thu was drivin' it tin ned so short that i. 'ox of fancy candies tumble off h; load into my wagon and I didn't find tl out till he got out of my sight J lon't know who he'was, and the box un t marked. In a case like this J uppose there would b no harm if J ;ept " "James," said Mr. Skinnphlint "yc. naygive me that hot of candies." -I ue kip Ul. lU Vllblk whlcll we have heretofore described, contin- ies, under the supervision of Diaz, to '""l--r. mere are now -Jj mission ires. 27 churches and stations, with a .ioiuherhip of ,tM The number of aptism the past year wa 300. -The whole objective f .undation of eligton. considered as a state of the uind and heart, lies in (iod himself I he argument for a religious life i. mph-u. when (;ou properlT define(1 "d apprehended. What he is in Hi ding, attributes, character and rela- ons. at once determine, .k.i " unt 111 U 11 ?. to he. -N. V. Independent an. h t ao P"PI la Alaba,r:. 1 ' m '"''' il in.1 IU,. I "Those neo,i J. "'1"". 'S The people referred j!' tit wmmm .....I ... w Hf. . IT 7 ' w,miL'n("vrio '" Winston County, Ak ! S " cnicKen, f()r '"Ik oacco. iney were no., i and women were bu, er "H , children in the footed. j The clay eaten hv o... foot..! ,.i t . ' along il, i ,. NrjJ mountain streams U II quantities, li i, , . . usually; sometimes all -".a has a peculiarly 0, &PDa thlu nil I,-...., tl , ' 'W ii irom tu, 3 hands or mouth, uu nCl not crumble, ami ,. f , r' '14 Will easily soften It - . n I rs m . , . s rolled Into any shape deal almost without to.,. , . v., I "-- uut niu omo nourishment and th. ueuiare mey can J ftn J I t subUt uayn. i ney place a 8Inall mouth and hold it then, ,n ?M ally dissolves and i. ' '."PsM small Quantities ... . .. "i quantity eaten at one time ' a lump as large as a pea f0fTj or beginner to a lump &i hens egg for those K i... ' ""utvewi tor vear. "How did you learn to est the I asked of a nmn i,,... . I -.iiusb aa llIM.lt tl.ft "J eating. "Dunno," ho answered. and t.'nthnra , i mi v.., u, an Ms i. .... n. ... i . vuo noun grow until quire a taste for this stuff?'1 "Huh?" "Can you quit eating clat?" "Dunno; never tried." "Has the stuff a pleasant t "If 'twantgood 1 wouldn't be -it," and the native drew ancoaju from his pocket and begun to 1 with rolish. The only bad eff ct of day j cems to be the peculiar apparm gives me skid or those who iddicted to the habit. The, I, pale; so pale, in fact, as to p,,, aco the pallor of death, and , ater on it turns a pecula, yellow, a color closely rmtH -orae of the clay eaten. Chtldm become addicted to the hiibitgroij at least in appearence, prematod and their faces lose forever the bn glow of youth and h. alth. Ihtt, little sicknoss among tho claj eatt and they live as long as the m .if mankind; so it is conclusive i he habit is not fatal in iu eletn, N. Y. Times. WHAT A WORD DID. How Napier Wa I'enuadeil to Until lllitorj or i In- PeiilnnuUr Su A word whispered on an Alpiaeii may precipitate an avalanche. ail suggestion spoken by a friend i start a man in an honorable cm Sir William Napier, disabled bjiiJ urable wound, and living on hul'fl was walking ono day in London Lord Langdale. Napier had beena olingin painting and sculpture. uud written for the KdinburjU view an able article on Jomini'i work on military operations. Tlio two friends conversed, ill walking, on Southey's narrative oil Peninsular wnr, then fresh tint press, and Lord La gdule was ilnl 'iy Napier's remarks concerniaj t vents of tho struggle, in which 1 himself hud achieved distinction "Napier, what are yougoinjloii suddenly asked Langdule. "Do you mean where am I jobjI line?" answered Napier. "No. no. What are you think f doing for an occupation? 1 night to give yourself to litentaB Your article on Joinini proves 11 you can write. Why not write ill tory of tho wnr?" Napior went home to tell his i what Ixird Langdnle had said I added that he doubted whether M was clever enough to write a W if the war. She believed in her i hand's talents, and was anxisui i he should tako up some serious a pution, and accordingly encowt! him to try. He did try. 15" ,lv he lnhoreil at the desk. Hit ihn.wrl, I,,,,., I. ,.,) u-ilh the cans ill iarge family, was his counsellor" unanuensls. She decipher whole of Joseph Bonaparte'se,1 nanondanrn. written in acipiw"1 had baffled all tho experts wnow. a , , lertaken to read it "I would have given twenty I sand Dounds." said Welitnp hearinir of her success, "to UjF son who could have done that tol in the Peninsular." Five venrs after the eonren ...i.v. i i ....... i. rh,. first 'n P, ll ll ,U ll IJilllll.." - . of. the -History of the Penin'l was published. It made a" hauiHi ti, nniilie were M to read the book of one who had li:ifi'il in iii ri U 1 fi r the history ulnnoenllv narrated. Hi deSCfTB 1 J of battles, sieges and marcnw the hpartt. of readers, and ,1.. I. hi. t lirillisnll . I ' ' i .1 . I I I , . , ins 11-' ' , j But the simnle word of a started the historian io nis , . Going to Be His Brother-in-tI Hullo. Black!" "Hullo. White!" "You're going to ba a brothc3 of mine, 1 hear.'' "A brothe -in-law!"' "Yea" "How can that be? fro not? enter into your family know." You're going to marry M. ain't you?" "I am." "Well, she's my sister." "Your sister? ' , "Yes, she promised to he me always as much as thrtt ago," Boston Courier, y. , -A geuMeman in Ne BP given 1100,000. and Jap- men have tubacrlbed b 0,V found a Christian univertitfJV according to a plan proP0-,, I u , i l th wuaepa neesima. u' - , Board. The Colle.ia ta which Mr. Neesima has up for tome year, contain nine hundred students Obaervtr.
