MISCELLANEOUS).
t tin l'4"1 found that a ((nose can
a. . . .1 l.er until I he thei i -
., urn -
roe to t4 Mow zero. Then net
i... uriu j.
tar
won't save her. Wild duck
feather
. . I . .1 il,M. i IiiWkC unit .
can p "
Ui top.
uncn 01 aassw mm weigneo
Ljjjr.ave pound was picked on a
', ai Winter, Col., recently. Tha
,, set out a few tree a an exnerl-
na it' '
tent iweu'j j - - uu ma
, oecn bearing for ten year.
til
It seem that the average New En-
. 1. kuuhki'mj til. a flirt,, tn .
v im'Uet until the very tlitv that
tm ruti - i- 1 j
llo hnv reaches lii majority, while in
H,e Went tne "oiu rami iei up at the
C f about sixteen. Some one should
p. , II,.
u. -till sliCS I S I1H W ICO time.
.... a ...
jiL proves the most beneficial to the
bo.v.
wrltur in me Liverpool .Mercury
hinks "the multiplication oi inoatori
lm1on is a rcmai iwiuio soci I i e-
LkwaMOt They are now almost too
umeruus to count ai mis moment
,.,-e twenty recognized houses of
nmalic entertainment open nightly.1
. l.tlnn aki n ti
( - V '
filfl lu i,v,l -
-The numoO Kanogun, which is now
L M. fit H (V)lintV in Wnrihinirtnu
J' .. Kn I It .
mwji " " .,--- a. ...-linn-. w
i ....) ..f ii rivtip ihiyv en i w thai
it Hiunities 'the rendezvous
r . ii .,. fcVl. A..
" W
i..U..i rriilll fill OVi'f I 1 1 1 1 1 i r l M
U-itili i lAllimhlmL II ml lit ,.ti
rum -
f ... tlw.lt Ullllllli llll I.I..U i
w. in ili.-ir vear s sunnlv of tUn - . . i
-A Buffalo girl got rid of an undft-
!t.kiA analtA In un iininiiou.ni H .
-.1 '.i om- 1 nu
m.m1 tn tha U'hv hiiiiit fniin j'li i 1 r'.'Fi
Li tha fuir ri'. ;! t ui-i' who 14
thai uhc would lint, m:irrv him till
the conaent of her father.
.... .iwt thn vniintr IiiiK'h fut.lutr ,)!..,(
-1 , i,rii ftltfl tin. il i . , I , i ,. . , . I . . i
TCI f J" -c"mvu
- ,, . . 'i t , I fill f Iht II nt till r !
-There ia a sad and discouraged
4 L'-.U., Pn 'Vuiixniir ...... Mu ......
au . - " - j "
l Li .. f,... h tnu,. U .. 1
nmurui atumu iui umisiu at a unr-
L. ..A Irrvl It ill tii. i Vinnua It M ft I il...
3 .L llH- 1 1
Li. ! I .-If I U...1
lUBSi 1 imIUIU llu C Bin Uli 111 I (MUM.
-During the Franco-Prussian war,
corporal came to the doctor with
. - L! , ,nl.n ... ....lit I tU-
rl p. ine QocUn cxaiiiirn'il hint.
ii nniuu niiu Dunning iivmii i in i iiii.i-
j i J V, I .... rtr...; .. V.
TL .nmnaal a.A alii
me rcquiBiwj! iui ui iur ino unui s iiu-
ISSlUil L(i liiu ut'aiuav uiuiuii iiom Ji-
"Can you spell rheumatism, cor-
rti. i un urn m , in i K i
I 1 .1 lL J t nT l
rfi-utfip thiLnlf vnti.11 rt'nlitH ha
utin tr. The eornoral wu l,nuiM
AtlM..nK ,.( ll... laa 1
ii i ;iriM.
i n . : .
-A young Frenchman named
n ci was rcct' ii v st'iin- cc ar rurm
i i j ii
imprisonment inr ueiraumng several
t - M . . 1 . , . ,
entitv. lhnnoxt. dav another mnn
before the court on a similar
Hri'H. Ill' IIIWIHn 1 1 '1 1 mi Ull W I'l'fll !1
bf U H ' ' II 1 U MM. I I lit1 TIlMir K-
lnnocent, and that the fraud was
rpetratcd by his unknown douhle.
iiici.il, ui i iii. til riuin , tail 'll Jl
rj uuiiuuii VIJVJ VUll IIWl OIK JIOI
" i.rtu tuujr out uii iier, tiyunuugn
5 old hen might sit on thorn by the
urn tney would allow. A man can
tseton the wash bench, but he could
the basin on it, and neither the
a tt it a. .. - . ....
i. nt' an mi nil . i ( ir s :n u
aogwere willing or he might set
foot on it. But if he should set on
aforesaid tail, or sit his foot there,
LT i;i ' :um nn urn iiu t H.r
I IUI' i .(...,...... ..
"'iu JVU, DUIUilgD 113 11
Msailed by the dog nor the gram-
uu. nnstian union.
TV , . .... .
wvurium siory oi ine iravei or a
IW, a letter bearing nearly a dozen
. . , .'(!.' 111' . I'll . , I I II
iduciVBU Ul 1 . 1 K 1 1111. 1,
I W here it has been since it was
- mail at oiniLll uier-
Me., on March 1. could onlv
. nwomi, uut iue syuupsia ui
history of some of its travels may
Riven thus: March 10, arrived at
... ic-uiuueu lor returu
'ard;Murch 19. received at Chi-
Post-oftice; March 19. mailed to
" -, .prii o, again maueu
Chicago post-office; April 5, re-
at WaahinfftCM and forwardad
.I,.
18 nO HO It thirty tr. H otn.h a
.... 11 UI3LUIU l
"ul"l mine prayer was oeing
m in the Oconee church the sharp
P ' an igniting mateh disturbed
""igregation. Just before the
us nri M ii'i.n if f
-'u. ii me VdiniL' lnnii no
maicn win come lorwara
I services and acknowledge iL or
it 'a . -1 ..... i ..... . i
I.K t ... . i . i
viucuwii, we win excuse
Dut if he does not there is a man
7 -""so wno wm silt it out, anu
"1 COSt him .1
bnv. ..I .
in,,;.- i MHII I,I1. 1 lllll-
raaicnes at wholesale.
ucueaiciion the young man
1 young woman walked forward.
the
young man said it was the
-"'"u wno nafl done the awlu
"How did it happen, my sis
'fcked th
1 . . p mmwm ju
I1T. I h.A .1 .... , i. J
' me rmrnrn in my uauu
rubbing it on the bench, not
aot what I was doing, and be
' "new it the thing went off." She
cued.
Filton (Ky.) mother has fl
na the birthda of oh of them
'"Bn nr t .... . i , .. i. . n
herself bPOAIlAA mho ...nth) not
toothache.
roroe which a California Dumi
wniie imnrinor is eoual to
Of ft Umm V.nA ,hoA
of Umber.
1cks of tparrowt at Moundt-
w. V. . . .
engaged m a pitcnea
od wk. ., . . - . .
HAPPY WARRIED LIFE.
a,"'J'' Tr. Mmwte to 11.,
NMWM f..r Kl. Vr..r..
Mm. Gladstone's carter as wife and
mother ha. been points ,0 (or yeu
asamiHU-l. The of
dund wife on m2 other in all cir
cun,.u,nce. ha been noted. The
talesman has found In hi, spouse a
true helpmate, who .ympathi.ed with
h aspirations, with OMMmw in
all hi. movements of hi. long life of
political activity, ha. looke.1 to the
future to bring him success in all his
Projects and vindication of his motives
An amusing anecdote is told in illus
ration of this wifely, unswerving
tto, After the late general election,
when the appeal to the country had
resulted alverselyto Mr. Gladstone.
Irish policy, Mrs. Gladstone was found
somewhat depressed by a visitor at
Huwnrden Gaatit, while the grand old
man was serenely at work in his study
up stairs.
'Never mind," .aid the visitor, m.
path.et.caHy. "There is One above who
will bring things righL in His own
good time."
"Yes. indeod," replied the good
lady. -He will bring things right; but
he will forget all about his lunch if 1
lon'tmU him down."
Mrs. Gladstone nursed all her chil
dren herself. She looked after them
from Infancy, and cared for them in
-very way as if .h-j hud not been the
lady of the cn.tle. who was able to
command any amount of assistance
mat she might require. With their
Itttia one. Mr. and lira, Gladstone
have always been the most tender and
affectionate of parents. Whou out of
Office Mr. Gladstone taught his elder
children Italian. The girl were edu
cated at home by governesses. Knglish.
French and German. The boys all
went to BtM and aft -rward to Oxford.
Blessed herse lf wilh a tierfect constitu
tion and Unbroken health, Mrs. Glad
stone has watched over her husband
with the skill of a iiuree and the vig.
UM0s of a guard Un UgeL She knows
the limits of her own skill to a hair's
breadth, and the moment they are
passed she call in the doctor. Norisil
only in the maladies of the body in which
she has displayed invaluable qualities,
She has certainly kept Mr. Gladstone
shielded from all the minor worries of
life.
Mr. Gladstone is fully sensiblo of
what he owes to his wife, nor has he
made any secret of :he fact that his
continuance in public service was de
pendent upon the health of his partner
in life. Had she broken down and be
come an invulid he would have retired
from the service of his country. It
would have been Impossible, ho felt, to
carry on the work of the Government,
and, at the same time, to have attended
to his duty to his wife, nor could be
have stood the si rain if she, who bad
been througl out 11s a ministering spirit.
Instead of Hiding him, had become a
tax upon hi- vitality. The self denial
of Mrs. Glad 'ton i is twyond .ill p a: ie.
It no doubt s -ems Very da : slinif n id
j imposing to be the wife of a prima
j minister, or even the wife of the lender
1 of the opposition, but the wife her-elf
has a somewhat bard time of iL The
absorption of a prima minister in the
work of the nation leaves him very lit
tio time for domestic intercourse. Mrs.
Gladstone has been known to remark
that when .I 0 idstoue was in offic 1
in London, during the season, it was
iU:te a treat In her to be invited to 11
friend's house to dinner together with
her husband. She always then tried to
get seated next to him. "when." .h
said, "it is at least possible for me to
have conversation with my husband:
otherwise I see nothing of him." Lou
don Letter.
THE FIRST MATCH.
A ltmiiiLciicn Which Appsall Strung!.,
to the Seme ui Hie Kltliruloua.
A few days ago a gentleman, who is
now something over sixty yeaas of age,
i .aid to me: "I well remember the
:ime when I first saw a match. 1
was then a boy, and was working in
;he barn with my father, when a young
man, the son of a neighbor, came in
with a box in his hand and said he
could now light a tire without
borrowing coals or striking a spark
with the flint. Opening the box he
took out one of the matches, which
was three or four inches long and had
a yellow looking substance on one end.
This end he dipped into a small bottle
which came in the box with the
matches and contained sulphuric add.
1 ,Vhen the match waa put into
the acid it instnntly burnt into
1 blaze. Although young Grant hail
mid fourteen shilling, (fl.75) for
ids box, which held but fifty
matches, he was quite ready to use up
one or more of the costly fire-makers
in showing father how the wondorf.il
invention worked. But father, having
a wholesome fear of fire, and looking
with some suspicion on any new de
parture from established ays. begged
Grant, if ho would fool with that stuff
to go outside, for he didn t want his
barn burned down, adding, -it may be
un to SOS that go off. hit it ain t going
to do anvbody any good to have fire
ideas' easy a-tlial!'" The old gen
tleman was mistaken. His son has
lived to see the tin- when fire can be
made much more e..-ily. end It does
people good by :iv:..g time and temper
SrhiM the number of tires from the use
of matches is comparatively few. Five
hundred "parlor' matcbe. can be
KSbtfor five eent.; between foy
nd tiftv million matches are made
Sly dav in the United States, and
Jll me country is not yet desi o ed
bt ire m spite of the ease with which
Wecanmake.ire.-ChristianAdv-
colored man living five or .ix
sjHm from Americus. Go., caught
.ven-foot alligator in a .teel trap set
for tbe purpose in Muckalee tree.
The trap caught the ugly orute by one
toe on bis hind foot and held him se
curely. When the negro found that
h! had secured hU prixe be notified
Ue -bite people, who took he.r guas
.d went to the creek. Tbe negro
m.untly. in u mmgaturteak.
h-i.big t"De0i.u;rS to beef
which i pronouced superior w
teak any time.
MUSCLE AND JUDGMENT.
The Two I'rlnie ll.q.nrrnieut. ! tho !
lNtrt'i rr,le.
Gold-besting Is a trade of muscle and
judgment. There it judgment in know-
lng bow to strike the little package oo-j
the tone. mute'e in the hammer
clock-like rise and fall. The motion
Lone of the wrlsL The workman's
elbow joint .tiffens. the hammer fall,
and rebound, uearly to it starling
poinL So. actually, it 1 not the
physical effort, it seems, even though
the hammers, one for each process,
weigh eighteen, twelve, and seven
pounds.
Kach beater receive, fifty penny
weight of gold, rolled from the bar into
the form of a crinkly ribbon seven
yards long and an inch in width. Cut
into 11 pieces thene go Into the
"cutch." 'Ihls consists of detached
leaves of a vegetable fiber, between
each of which Is placed a piece of gold.
Slipped into a tightly-fitting pad, ths
package is laid on the stone, and the
hummer falls again and again, the aim
being to drive the weight toward the
edges. From the "eutoh" the sheets,
then loaves, are picked out with
curious boxwood pincers. Handling
with lha fingers, especially at the lat
ter stages, would be most likely to
break the leaf. F.ach leaf is then quar
tered by a section of bamboo cine on a
little implement known a a "wagon,"
but in reality a tiny sled.
The second pad is the "shoder." It
has 7:11 leave, and is t inches square.
The force of the blo vs here i. greater.
The leave, are beak-n out to the very
edge, as they were net before, and the
gold oozes 011L These particles are
carefully brushed off into au apron at
tached to the stone, for the workman
must account for evuiy oue of bis fifty
pennyweights.
In the third piocess thero are three
"molds" of 900 "leaves each and live
inches square Each mold requires
.ome four hours' work. The leaves
are now so thin that the slightest mis
judgment will produce disastrous re
sult. In spite of the heat generated
by the blows dampness creeps In be
tween the edges. Dryness is positively
essential here; so, whenever necessary,
the mold is placed In A press not un
like au ordinary copying press just
taken from an oven. A short pressure
liberates the moisture
When sufficiently beaten the molds
go to girls, who wilh pincers aud
"wagon" make up books oi tweuty-five
leaves each, three and three-eighth
inches square. Kach workman, from
his beating of three molds is to till
eighty books. That is called a "tail." I
For it he receives to. The molds show
a total number of 2,700 leaves. Kighty
books need but 1,000, For every other
book he can fill, perfect leaves only
being used, ti csnts Is paid. Thus, if
every leaf was perfeel, ho would make
11.75 extra.
As the "wagon" cut. the leaves 8j
inches square there is a continual
waste. This, with the imperfect
leaves, is put in with the shoder waste.
It is all melted into a "button" and
weighed. This must come to 38 penny
weights. For the HO books 17 penny
weights is allowed, but they may weigh
whatever the workman can make them.
The thinner the leaf, so long as perfect,
the better. Whatever tho waste weighs
over 83 pennyweights 1 a penny
weight is paid tho workman. For ev
ery pennyweight under $1, is deducted.
Thus, although the gold is used over
again, it takes 50 penny weights to turn
out 17. And. again, a man, even
though ho turns out an over number of
books, may have such shortages in his
wastes as to bring his balance on the
wrong way.
Three boatingsa week is the average
number. Thu skilled workman can
make S0, and perhaps a little more.
The actual number of men employed is
.maU. there being only 175 in this city.
Most are Englishmen, Gold-boating
I is done principally in tho Kast. Bos on
and Philadelphia furnishing most of
the other workmen. It I. in tho latter
city that tho largest shop in the United
States is located. A union regulates
wages and matters of tho trade. The
filing out of a gold-beaters' shop where
a number of men are employed Ib a
rather expensive matter. Each man's
personal outfit Is worth some 2M, the
molds alone costing 50 apiece. N. Y.
Mail aud Express,
Winsomenes. in Women,
Do you recollect what your feeling,
were immediately after you had spoken
the first unkind word to your husband?
Did you not feel ashamed and grieved,
and yet too proud to odmi t itP That
was. i, and ever will be. your evil
genius! It is the temper which labors
incessantly to destroy your peace,
which cheats you with an evil delusion
that your husband deserved your an
ger, when he really most required your
love. If your husband is hasty, your
example of patience will chide as well
as teach him. Your violence may alien
ate his heart, and your neglect impel
him U desjieration. Your soothing
will redeem him -your softness subdue
him: and the good natured twinkle of
those eyes, now filling with tears, will
make him al 1 your own. Catholic
Standard.
The phonograph has reached .uob
a degree of perfection that gapes and
yawns are reproduced by it with great
distinctness. At a recent trial given
at Mr. Edison's laboratory a meeting
between two loverB was recorded, and
person, of experience .ay that the
kisses were reproduced with tantaliz
ing accuracy and fervor.
A tired man struck because he
bad worked thirty days for a farmer
and had been served with ninety mealr
of griddle cakes during that time.
It is thought that irrigation will
be the mean, of doubling tbe popula
tion of every Western State and Terri
tory within the coming ten year., and
that in the EasL where the rainfall Is
heavy, but uncertain, irrigation nil,
ultimately be resorted to in order to
insure greater regularity of crops.
Four-tenths of tbe area of the United
States, not including Alaska require
irrigation. This territory includes part
of California. Texas. Kansas. Nebraska
Oregon, all of Arizona New Mexico.
Utah. Wyoming. Montana and portion,
of Iakota and Washington.
A PECULIAR INJUST Y. , PUNQENT PARAGRAPH
Ha .In f ol Kl.l. fur l heir Nkins li Irenrhl ,
Mountaineer. There Is no one In the world so
Tbe raising of kid for their skins .', pleasant as the woman who knows she
a princiuil industry among the French hat a pretty smile. -Boston Post.
ttiiiinti.inee.r. and It supplies no small ! It may be deslrablo to live to a
par: of their ub,lte:ioo S iftasxts, green old age; hut when you have ai
de! eaey of texture and freedom from tained It, please keep away from the
b emish are principal facto - in the bunco men. Puck.
value of kid skins, and to sc ire these
great pa ns are taken. Diet is the prin
cipal thing, and mother's milk is wi.at
keeps the kid in hrfecl condition for
the uses of the glover. As soon a. the
young auim tl bt, 'ins to eat grass the
value of the sln declines, for with a
grass diet its skin Immediately begins
to grow coarser and harder in textu-e,
and its chief merit vanishes. It is,
therefore, kept nlntsjij penned, not only
to prevent it ' m eitiug grass, but
also to secure Us sltltl from ni lntal
Injury from scratc.M. bruise.. , ,. ,
which are fatal to perfection. .'. e- 1
the kids have reached a certa n agi ,t
which the sklus are in the bes r. ili.
lion for the use of the glover, tl aj an
killed, and the skins are sold to trarol
lug havktrs. through whom lltajf reach
the great centers of the tanning Indus,
try at Annonay, Milbau, Paris and
Grenoble.
The superior quality of these kid
skins, duo to climatic causes, it is that
has given Franco tho supremacy in the
manufacture of the finest grade, of reul
kid gloves-a suiireiiiacv that w.U
doubt ess Ik- long maintained, inasmuch
u forei..,, ,..,, ,f..t ,,. ,., 1
eral rest content with second-rate skins.
unless they maintain agents on the
ground, a policy that somo English and
American house, have found neces
sary. Haberdasher.
Five Generation, in One Home.
The Elizabeth (N. J. ) Journal, In a
notice of thu family of Dr. Hough, of
that city, under whoso roof live genor-
atlons are living, says: Tho great-
great-grandfather of tho baby who .0
recently appoand. reached home a
.hort time before tho reporter', arrival.
having been at wor , almost every day
he works full tlmo. He it in good
health and 7M years of age. His wife,
the great-great-grand mother, It also
enjoying excellent health and It ,.'
year. old. The great-grand father 1. 59
years of ago and thegreal-grunduiother
1. 54; the grandfather is 39 years old,
and the grandmother 37 years; tho
father i. '21 years of age and tho mother
18 years. This long line of living an
cestors is all on the child', mother's
side, and it Is tho second time there
havo been live generation, of the family.
When the babe's mother was born she
was also tho beginning of a fifth gen
efntion, her groal-great-grand mother
being alive at the age of K8.
Where Cocoanuts Come From.
As many a. 17.000,000 to flUXMJ.OOO
OOOOOAUta como Into New York City
every year, chiefly from Central Amer
ica, though they arogrown In nearly all
the tropical countries. Those from
Snu Bias aro considered the besL They
Can hardly be .aid to have a "season,"
as the import are nearly constant
through tho year. A well-grown tree
will yield in tho rainy season two mil
in three days, and in tho dry season the
average is about one in two days.
Many aro lost by being blown off by
thu high winds before they are ripe. A
ripe nut fulls of itself. The nuts nru
sorted a. thoy are unloaded from tho
vessels, the inspectors being able to
determine whether a nut is good ly
giving it a single tap Thoy lire then
packed in hag of oue hundred each
and put into the market Good House
keeping. m
Will Writing; Become a Lost Art?
Will tho coining man write? Not at
all. Thero will be no more need of his
learning to w rite than of his learning
to spin. Writing will havo become ono
of the lost arta and a wholly unneces
sary art, by thu time the coming man
appears. His writing will be done by
tho Miionogrnph, which will bo plaood
on hi. desk a. pens and ink are now;
and whenever he has a .tory, a poem.
an ossay or a private letter to lndllo bo
will aimnlv tnik into the nhuniiirnmh I
and send on the plate which hat I
recorded hi. words. Tho teaching of
penmanship will be unknown in tho
school of the futuro, and writing in iho
present fashion will be regnrdod as
much among barbaric mothods as we
now hold the rude hieroglyphics of the
ancients to be. Boston Traveller.
Bean's Island, an unlnhtbllod piece
of land I ing in Frenchman's Bay, off
the coast of Muinu, would bo a para
dlse for cats. It Is Infested wilh rats,
and how they reached there no one ran
telL II is the general supposition that
some year, ago a coasting schooner
must have been wrecked In the buy,
and that it had rat. among the other
valuable portion, of its cargo. The ro
-k-nts are there by thousands, and they
V ,rly swarm over the island. Any 01
who i. not fond of them doe. well in
giving tho place a wide berth, for they
know no fear and make it interesllnf
for visitor.. Much of the island i.
low ami lint, and I. so perforated wilh
their holes that it resemble, a vast
sieve. How they Uvo I. a mystery.
No one knows of any fresh water upon
the island, so the rats must have been
the sole discoverer, of some hidden
spring.
A young married man of Buent
Vista, Ga,, started on his wedding trip.
The best man and a friend of the bride
accompanied the happy pair. Both la
dies were i.eavily veiled, and somehow
they got mixed. Friend are slill poking
fun at the Benedict who, doubtless, it
not as firm a believer in lejtjojaj if
was FalstaH.
Two lovers visited the same young
lady. One evening Jones alone was
with her. He said in tender tones,
Do you think, Mary, you could leave
father and mother, thil pleasant borne
with Its ease and comforts, and emi
grate to the West with a young lawyer
I ho had only bis profession to live on.
:id search out a new home where
both could be happy?" Dropping her
bead on Jones' shoulder, the maid-n
softly whispered. "I think I could,
Archie." "Well," said Jones, "there's
Tom Brown, who's going to emigrate
tod wants to get a wife. I'll mention
it to.bim."
Jack - "What aro you doing, Ma
bel?" Mab.'l "Making angel cake;
don't you want -ome?'' Jock "No.
thanks; I don t want to be au angel."
-Puck.
A young wife can be a good house
keeper without Withering to poll.h up
the spare chauge in ber husband's
pocket every time she cla-is up the
rest of the silver in the house. Som
orville Journal.
If the E iropean Inventor who has
invented a smokeless powder will In
vent a smokeless cigarette, his name
will bo embalmed in the heart of a
grateful world. -Philadelphia Daily
News.
No man ever talked of his work
without saying siiuelhiug about its
great mental strain. We suppos - that
. raa tha sroodaltoppartitwki it is bruin
Ork thai make. him so tired at night.
Atchison Globe.
Husband. -Wife. I wish you had
b.-eu bora with a. goad Judgment as 1.
but l Fear you wart not." Wife "You
are right Our choice of partners for
m 'tbat your judgment is
,"'1 ''' 'ban mine."
Brown -"Did yon hear that young
Benedict suddenly became deaf on the
very day on which he was married?'
btobl neon "You uont say so. That
shows that there Is a silver lining ta
every cloud, no matter how dark it
may bo for a time." Texas Sifting.
Some women like to be told they
are pretty, but tho really pretty ones
on t care for ll. I bev have to be told
that they are brilliantly Intellectual
George Washington s hatchet wouldn't
stand a ghost of a show now a-days. -
Merchant Traveler,
--Professor." said the ostentmlntta
young inaii al a reception. --I've heard
much talk about the anthropoid apes
approaching very closely to human lav
ings. Now what In your opinion 1
nearest to a man?'' "You want my
cimdid opinion, of course?" "Cer
tainly." "Well, I should tay hi
undershirt." -Washington Capital.
Mr. Jason -"Whj ain't supper
randy, I waul to know?" Mrs. Jason
"1 was down town and gut caught
In tho rain without an umbrella.
I had to wait In a .tore until the
storm was over." Mr. Jason -"So
you did have senso enough to go
in out of the rain, eh? Woll, you
are not au entire fool." Mrs. Jason
"No; only tho better half of ono."
Torre Haute Express.
HOW "lady friends" do hate ono
anot be:-, to be sure! The other day
Uvo of an uncertain age who bad not
rooantly met were having a chat.
"Yaa"aa)d No. 1, --it was my birth
day yesterday and my dear papa gave
me a ring, its usual. He has always
fired me a ring on my birthday over
llaca I left school." "Ever since, you
left school, darling?'' re echoed No. !f.
'why, what an extraordinarily largo
collection of rings you must havo, love,
to be sure."
HYPNOTISM IN. MEDICINE.
lis r.vrh -loatral Istt-iirtants Iteeoi-nlied
liy l.s,lit,v Tienllala.
Tha experiments made by Dr. Char
ol ami his assoeialei have been made
the subject of discussion at a congress
of scientific men recently held al Pari.
Quite a number of reports were rend
indicating rtmurkabla success in the
iroatmont by hypnotism of diseases
( ti it t bara Often baffled the most expe
rienced physicians. 'Two physicians
of Amsterdam reported tho results of
no less than four Hundred and four
teen . uses they had treated by hpno
lism. Of these "unit hundred were ful
ly cured. In ninety-eight there was a
noticeable Improvement, and In only
-o only-one wore there no results
Fifty-eight cases were not followed.
The east; InoJuded organic maladies ol
I be nervous syetOQV menial diseases
and neuralgia.'
I ll lo r physicians re-
purled that in the treatment of tho In
' th-y have su It-.1 in some
cases, though It was admitted that tho
difficulties were far greater than In
physical maladies. It seems to have
oeeii conceded that there If more ex
porl.it io 1 of relief from treatment by
bypnOt sm in nervous diseases In their
various furiiis than In any others, and
even If this bu so It will he a gain to
medical -eienee. Hut tin- te.ts are only
U yet In their experimental stage, and
exactly upon what physiological bails
Ihe investigation- of tho mos; distin
guished ps eliologists are founded does
not yet apM-ur certain. It is curious
enough, nevertheless, tint' thoinChods
of Mceincr, who was denounced as a
charlatan a hundred years ago, but
who has hud some strong followers at
different time since among the higher
Sluts of physicians, to suy nothing of
raveling lecturers who were able to
Metro! the will of person, wno sub
mitted to their treatment It is curi
ous, wo repent, that al the end of a
eentury Piofiaaor Charcot should come
forward public1)' 10 .how thu wonderful
power of uicruit-ristn. or hypnotism, us
.t has boon called, tlnt-e tbe experi
ments of Dr. Baird. of Liverpool, and
hat a congress of scientific men should
lake up anew a half forgotten subject
ind recognize by a long series of experi
111 nts its psychological importance.
But if there is good in hypnotism, there
s also danger in its use, as Charcot
minted 011L If the person hypnotized
nay In- mode unconsciously to curry
nit the will of the oper itor even to the
,-rp tration of a crime. -Baltimore
tea
A CMtM ntfiiiW . eM Francisco
Is said to enjoy an income from the
practice of his profession of 6.00U per
u.onlh. He has been in America
nearly thirty years, and many Cau
casians are among his patients.
Near Elmer, Ore., a firmer out
lown a fir tret: on bit farm. He got
1 1 if for the hark. From the lumber he
built a hu.se 1 lx:.D. x feet high, a shed
Litcben a feet wide and 20 f'-et long, a
woodshed Hxl and hod 500 boards 6
Inches wide and V feet long. He also
cut 834 railroad tins and fifteen cords
I wood -all this fi'T. tr-f.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Tho Primitive Melhodisls held iheir
iiri Baileaal qqufareaioi in Pittsburgh,
Pa
One In twenty of the student in
five of the lending government school,
in Japan I. a Cbr sllan, but only ono
in 1.5IM of the ge.ioral population.
The annual re-union of ihe Luther
an, of Maryland, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania was held the other day at
Penmar. Md , I0.WM.1 people present
- The soul needs to he cultured as
well as Itody and mind. The knowl
edge necessary to its development can
he learned only in the school of Christ.
The Lutheran colleges founded and
endowed by the Baltic Germans In tho
Baltic pro Tinea Of Livonia huvo. In ae
on dun e with the order of the Bussinn
tyranny, ceased to exist
In looking around for Chrlslian
work, do not conclude that It mult be
just such a Is done hy -ome one els -.
Our Individual ti n I and faculties must
be consul ed. ami what our own hands
find to do what they are Mpeolallj
lilted to do that must indicate our
duly.
'The appropriations of the American
Baplis: Missionary Union for the year
ending March 31 IXilo amounted to
MOS.78o.7L Much now work is pro
vided (or, and Ihe schedule Is more
clearly in aOOOrdMOa with the esti
mates from the missionaries than for
many years.
'The leaching of subjects relating
to public health Is now undertaken at
several of the medical schools in Great
B I tain, ami .Indents are there pie
pared for examination for the several
diploma, in Sanitary Science, and for
holding the appointment of medical of
ficer of health
Tho MelhiHlist alliance convention
of North Ohio oonfoiM' co. at Us recent
session, pledged itself to bring about
the union of all the societies within the
conference, accepted tho name Ki worth
league, and passed resolution looting
toward the organization of presiding- 1
el leit district leagues as soon as pos
sible. It renews one s h.ipo in the future
of American manhood 1 1 lem-n that no
inokitig-cnr. we o called for on the
train, which bore to Philadelphia the
delegates lo tho lain Nitt ona Conven
tion of the Sieietles of Christian En
deavor. One train Hint contained
nearly a thousand delegates, hundred.
of ihum young men. had not a single
smoker on board, "even In tha bag-gage-car."
In the China Inland Mission Hos
pital and Dispensary at Chefoo, 5.539
out-pat. enls have been relioved. '.'17
surgical operations performed, '.Mi in
patients treated aud brought under
iplrttual Induanaea not a few of whom
are believed lo have accepted Christ as
their Saviour; and all this work is thine
at the small cost of 143. One of the
most ii-aging signs of thu mission
ary work In China is the hold the Gos-
pel Is gaining oil the heart of tbowoin- .
an. Ono lady ha. from forty to fifty
present nt a women s meeting each
Sunday.
WIT ANJ WISDOM.
- A mnn who rises above hUdlscniin.
ogomcnt will he only the bolter for,ils
adversities. ,
The way to gain a good reputation
I toendttuvor to la- what you desire to
appear. Socrates.
Man Is not crfert, of course, hut
so long a. woman Is ll does not matter
much. Soiucrvllln Journal.
It I. too hud that tho folk, who
bare no money to pay for n nit-al should
havo such good appetite. N. Y.
Epoch.
To finish the moment, to find the
journey's end In every step of the road,
to Uvu the greatest number of good
hours. Is wisdom. Emerson.
None aro so seldom found alone
and lire so tired of their own company,
as those coxcomb who are on beat
terms with themselves. Cotton.
By adversity are wrought the
greatest wo-k of admiration, and all
the fair examples of renown out of dis
tress and misery a -e grown. Daniel.
Wo pari more eaiily with what wo
poess lhan with the expectation of
what we wish for; and the reason of It
I, that what wu expect I always
greater than what we enjoy.
A busy life, with good principles,
strong purposes, and wisdom enough to
secure a fair cultivation of the different
sides of tho nature. Is one of the most
Important factors for securing 11 rlte
mid happy old ugn. Once a Week.
Ixtt every dawn of morning be to
you as the beginning of life, and every
setting sun lie to you a its cloo; then
let every one of these short live Uvo
ll ure record of Home kindly thing
done for oilier some goodly strength
or knowledge gained for ourselves.
Ru tin.
Itle-s ngs on tin- man w ho sows the
seeds of a happy nature nnd a noble
character broad M0t wherever his feet
wander, who bus a suille alike for joy
and sorrow, a tender word always for a
child, a compa-slonnte otUtrnncu for
suffering, courtesy for friends and for
tranger. encouragement for the
despairing, an open heart for nil love
for all good word for all. Kurul
New Yorker.
Cultivate good habits; they tend to
make virtue habitual, so that " be
comes more easy lo do good than lo
give away to sin. 'Thus make pru
dence a i.s.l. 1. and reckless profligacy
becomes revolting; make sobriety a
habit, and intemperance becomes hate
ful. Hence ihe necessity for the great
est 0 ire and watch'ulnens aguinsl Hit
illicit I of any evil habit, for the char
acter it ulwayi weakest where il bus
once given away.
Tfie important discovery has been
made that two chemically distinct kind,
of sea water are present in the North
s-a One U rich In chlorine, tod
(Mimes from the Atlantic to the south;
the other has less chiorine, and flowt
from ihe Arctic Ocean.
Machinery eepeclally detlgned for
the purpose it employed by shoe
blacking manufacturer In grinding
and mixing ingredients used in com
pounding that useful adjunct to the
toilet Tbe boxes are filled by hand,
experienced workmen acquiring great
dexterity in this particular branch of
the business. . , .
THE HcHSCHEL FAMILY.
Mm, Mitriieii-. njssitaietsmata of Mat rs
iiintia IfltronoiuiT.
The Utile that Is known of the an
cestors of the Herschols I honorabla
Abraham. Isaac and Jacob, a the rep
resentative of Ihi-eii generations were
called, were sound Protestants, in day.
when and in place where Protestunt
lm was a reproach. Abraham Her-
schel, the great great-grandfather of
j John, was expeled from Mahron. his
! place of residence. 011 account of bit
ffOteetantlam. Isaac, bit son. was a
farmer near Lei pa la Jacob, ton of
Isaac, declined agricultural puntuits
and gave expression to the family apt
itude for music by making It his pro
fession, by bringing up his sons to the
same culling, and by developing mu
sical ability In all his ten childrou.
Among the sons was the astronomer,
Frederick William, who was born at
Hanover In 173H, uud enmo 10 England
at onc-aiiil-twenty as a professional
musician, but caring even more for
something else than music metaphys
ics. To the end of hit life, when he
wu known all over tho world for hit
nslronuuiical di-coveries, his chief de
light was in metaphysical study and
argumentation. Perhaps we may
ascribe to this taste, prevailing in tho
little household at Slough, tho ten
dency of bis scientific Htm, John, to di
verge Into metaphysical criticism when
ever his theme, or any interruption of
il. afford tl occasion In the course of
composition.
John Herschel win born In tho well
known house ut Slough, where stran
gers wore by that tlmo coming from
furullstnnt lauds to see the wonderful
machine by which groat news had al
ready descended out of tho sky.
Most astronomers come to astrnnmy
through matlieinatlcs. or come to
matheimillcs through OMtronomy. Tho
Herschel were 11 musical family; mil
lc was their vocation; science wa
their rocrout Ion. Although of Jacob
Bonehel'l children Sir William and
Caroline are tho only one who aro
known to science, It I evident that the
taste for science belonged to tho whole
family, a Caroline Hontchol In her
autobiography sieaks of lying awake
uud listening lo discussion, between
the father aud the older brother In
which the names of Newton, Uilbnltz
ami Euler frequently occurred.
William Herschel considered hlm
self very fortunate when ho was en
gaged as musician In an Fjigltah regi
ment Growing In reputation ho was
appointed organist In a church,
studied Italian. Latin and Greek by
himaelf, 11111I road mathematical works
on music. Thu music led him to
mathematics, thence to optic, to as
tronomy, to discoveries, to reputa
tion. Ho became known to G -orgo
III., wn poimlontid, guvo himself
wholly to astronomy, wo knighted,
ami soon became a member of all tbe
learned societies of Europe.
Sir William and Sir Johu were re
markable for tho variety of their re
quirement. Starling with a love of
science, they followed whero It led.
Into tho trackless regions of space and
among remote nebula). Into those
tangled ways where metaphysical and
mathematical science enm to mingle,
touching the margin of that dobatablo
land where theology and science moot
without recognition, yet keeping, espe
cially in Sir John' case, tho equanim
ity of the philosopher ami a kindliness
of heart which made him tolerant of
all uud rendered him beloved as woll
us honored by those who know him.
Worker in physical science have
generally been long-lived, perhaps ho
anttea only with length of years can
any thing be done in science. Per
haps, too, scloutiflc studies are health
promoting, for If It 1. hour after hour
over books It I. also hour after hour
alono with nature.
'The Herschols worked 11 great ninny
yours. Sir William HerscheT. papers,
published in varlou scloutiflc jour
nals, stretch through a period of forty
yours. Sir John Herschel' reached
through a period of flfty-seveu year
about twice the average length of life.
Sir William Herschel died at eighty
three, Sir John at seventy-eight; and,
a If to show that a woman can live
aud work even longer than a man,
Caroline, the sister of Sir William,
died ut ninety-eight -Century.
Theory tnd Practice.
It It not difficult lo conceive that
for many reasons, a man writes much
better than he Uvea For, wllhouton
torlng Into re lined speculations, It may
be shown to bo much easier to design
than to perform. A man prtqiosos his
schemes of life in a slate of almtrnc
tlon and disengagement exempt from
thu enticements of hope, the solicita
tions of uffcctlon. the Importunities of
appetite, or the depressions of fear,
and is In tin-sumo stale with him -that
teaches upon the land the art of navi
gation, to whom the sea Is always
smooth und the wind always prosper
oua Nothing Is more unjust how
ever uncommon, than to charge with
hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for
I virtue which he neglect to
practice; since he may be sincere, con
vinced of the advantages of conquer
ing hi passions, without having yet
obtained the victory; 0 a man may be
confident of the advantages of a voy
age or a journey, without having
courage or Industry to undertake It
and may loneetly recommend to
others those attempts which he neg
lects himself. N Y. 1-edger.
-Ourlng some maneuvers of the
Germ in cavalry at Greig a woman
and her little boy got In front
of a regiment of cuirassiers charging
In full gallop. The leading officer
shouted to her to lie down, and she
did. lying upon ber boy. The whole
regiment passed over without Injuring
her. every horse in whose track the
lay having been made to jump over
her.
A fleet of seventy-five bargee near
Mempblt. containing 660.000 bushels
of coal, recently suffered from the dep
redations of countless myriads of
shrimps, which ate out the oakum In
the teams of tbe boats, rendering
large working force at the pum
necessary to keep them from slukin".
The boats were lately moved into the
current which twepl the little Incum
brances off, and tbe leak, stopped.
u, mey naa nnisnuu
iy dead upon U14 ground.