FOREIGN GOSSIP.
C mm von Moltko wears a yollow
ffig.
Tho Nova Scotia gold mines ylold
od about 5500,000 last year.
Biionos Ayros, in tho Argontino
Republic is now tho largest citv in
South America, tho census of 1887
giving it a population of 481,003.
Tliero aro thirty -so ven tunnels of
moro Ihan 1.OJ0 yar.ls In England, tho
longest boing thatof tho Scvoru 7.CG1
yards.
It is stated that tho numbor of
youths of noblorauKin Italy, studying
for tho .Human pries thood, is smaller
to-dn than ever boforo within tho
incriiory of man.
Tea-drinking is rapidly Increasing
in France, especially in tho wine
growing district. It Is rocomtnonded
as not only tho best digestive, but as
tho sweat moans of sustaining intel
lectual energy.
Alpine guides aro in demand in
tin' II uinlavas. in tho C.iuensus, and
among the N iw Zialanl Alps; and a
British mountaineer recant ly asserted
that our own Mount St. Ellns would
never bo nsoondod without tho aid of a
fow professional Swiss climbers.
Electric ligli s have beon put In
tho Paris morgue, willi an idea of in
creasing tho 11' -ct producod upon mur
derers upon being confronted willi
tholr victims. Under the ollbct of the
light tho "confrontations" aro ox
peclod to bo much moro efiuoliw.
M. Bapst, a Purls jeweler, in a rc
cont lecturo alleged that the snorodly
gunided seopter of Ciiarlomagno is
nothing more than a musician's ba'oti,
anil that underneath tho rod vo vet
surrounding tho handle aro engraved
tho words: "This baton Is my prop
erty , singer in Notre Dame,
1280."
Tho Czar of Russia Is said to do
much more work than any of his min
isters, and can bo found at his desk at
almost any hour of tho day. Ho rises
boforo any of his household, attends
mass every morning, and Is scrupu
lously exact in tho performance of all
his religious dtitios. j
Sehneckonbtirgor. tho author of,
'Dio Wacht am Hholn, " is to have a;
monument at Tuttliugeu, Girinnuy, j
expressing tho sentiiuout of his song. ,
A fund of $7 COO has beon raised for !
the purpose, and tho Grand Duke of
Snxo-Weimnr is pnsldent of the mon
umental committee. German-Amor- ,
leans havo contributed liberally to tho
fund. I
A most admlrablo charitv is that ,
of the Salvation Army In London, I
which has o ened a restaurant, where ,
a nioiil ma' be bought for a farthing, i
Tho small coin pavs for a bowl of soup
or a half loaf of bread, and two far- (
things secures a cup of coffee or cocoa i
and a si ce of bread and j int. Thus i
for nbo.it two eonis a wholesome meal
can bo boitgli'. Tiireoponco brings
meat and potatoes and a halfpenny u
dish of rice.
JAPANESE HAND-STOVES.
it Device Tlmt Ought In 11 u Adopted in
Thl Country.
A great institution that one learns
to appreciate now Is the kairo, or
J ipaueso haiul-sti vo. a little tin or
copper box covero 1 with gaj'-pattern-od
cotton cloth, mid about tho size of
an ordinary purse. It. is an innocent
looking thing b :tlows with a steady
boat that does not waver, and stops
just short of burning or scorching.
'1 lie hidden lire is supplied by menus
of a slick of line charcoal Incased in
paper, that when lighted at one end
burns with a steady glow for four or
five hours, leaving behind a soft
white ash. It l.s said that this pul
veriz )il charcoal is made from bam
boo and pi rsimmou leaves, but if so it
is probable that thoy aro charred
inore for economy's sake than
for any special qualities they
possess. Tim kairo Is cent
uries old In Japan, but a groat im
provement upon rubber bags and hot
water bottlo.T ef Western people. With
a kairo lit I ho pocket or in the hand
one sail brave the coldest, ride, mid
for ailinoiils tliero is nothing like It.
Foreign physicians use tho kairo with
ail hot applications, keeping poultices
steaming for hours at a time, binding
knifes o i the head and neck of iiou
ralgie patients, and on the chests of
tlni'O nfilloted with colds.
In traveling tho kairo Is the comfort
of life, a n atch boing all that Is re
quired to start tho troploal glow for
uno's lingers; and when wrapped up
in a rug with kalros properly, dis
tributed about, ono can remain on
deck in the coldest weather. When
the deathly agony and mis .try of sea
sickness assails one, the kairo is better
than all the bromidos and powders
compounded, tho Utile firebox re
maining at Its post when nothing
else can be kept on the
stomach. In damp and mildewy sea
sons and places thu shrewd house ivlvos
scatter kalros In the beds, the trunks
and the linen closets, as with one stick
of carbon tho littlo stove keeps up its
gentle heat for more than four hours,
and by pulling In two pieces ii burns
for six and eight hours. Thu littlo
box of peiforated tin or copper, with
lb calico covering and sliding top,
cosu from three cents to ton cents,
and thu carbons, that come in a paper
like firecrackers, aro only ono cent for
leu. The Japanese entry a kairo in
tholr long sleeves', where the) can hold
It In their hands or slip It In their
broad girdles, where thu warmth will
spread and generally cheer thoiu thu
most. Why the exporters havo never
taken up the kairo with enthusiasm is
u inyslery. NVxt after, ton thu kairo
la the greatest blelug Japan can give
to tho w. rid. Cur,, at. Louis tU:obi
Democrat. ..."
MARKETING BUTTER.
BIMInkca That Aro Frequently Commit
toil by Dairy Farmer.
Tubs or packagos should bo noaf, of
proper size, with covors fitting cloo
and suitably fastened Tho gross
weight and tub weight or tare should
bo marked on plainly in pencil or
otherwise. Tho address of tho party
to .whom it is sent should bo neatly
put on olthor by stencil, tag or brush;
tho formor is most dosirablo. They
nro usually furnishod by all commis
sion men, oach stencil having its
special numbor, which is registered to
that particular shipper; for instance.
No. 1 is registered to Smith, No. 2 to
Drown and so on. All goods recoived
withN'. 1 stencil mark aro credited
to Mr. SinUli. whllo all with No. 2
stoncll brand on, nro credited to Mr.
Brown, etc Thoroforo no mistakes
can well occur.
It shoul I bj r.) mo mb crcd that it is
a drawback to tho prico of butter to
liavo churn lugs of different colors in
one tub. If you can not lill a largo
tub at a churning, or guago tho color
bolter use a size suitable to your make.
Many think if they only got a nice
churning on lop tho poor or light c 1
orcd one in tho bottom won't be seen,
but the "trior," which is used most in
variably to examine and soil by, tolls
the tale and shows it. plainly from top
to bottom, even to tiio salt between
the ohurtiiugs or on the bottom. It
also shows any surplus brine that may
be stored away in the looso packing of
tho butter. When tho butter shows
stroakod or mottled on the trier wo
know tho salt or brlno never struck
those light spots, consequently the
butter was not properly worked. If t
tho butler comas out sticking to the
back of tho trior, tough and soft on j
tho front of it. wo know tho butter
was over-wot kod.
Should the butlor come out crisp and
short, breaking i p roughly in places
because of tho fric'ion in drawing
tho trier, wo know it had boeii only
worked onco, and a surplus of brlno
loft In the composition. Whllo such
butter will show In this style In win
ter, in summor it can scarcely bo
got hard; at least noPsolid.
Some who salt tho butter by saturat
ed brine often make the mistake of
packing' when the granules aro so hard
that they do not adhere to each other,
and as the spaces are all filled willi llio
brine, the trier drags them out in tho
same form t!ioy caeio from tho churn,
v Idle the buyer wonders if there is not
corn-meal amongst, it.
There is another trouble in salting
by saturated brlno alone, becau-o of
siiniij lacking conditions tho butter
does not take the salt as usual; there
foro, your butter hns much loss salt
than you think; It has remained in tho
I) fine.
If butter sniolls choosy, we know the
eream has reached too high temper
ature, ami expect such butter to get
rancid quickly. Smoky rain water,
when use 1 1-v the cows, or in washinir
the butler, is delected by smelling the f
irier of butter, so Is the use of onions
from tho early pasturos. Parched
co lie e within reach of the cream or
butter imparls a docidodly bad flavor
to i . In fact, any thing that emits a
decided smell and is allowed to remain
near the butter or crenm, is liable to
show up on trying the butter and ef
fect Its sale and va'u . If there Is a
peculiar bitter smell and tasto to cor
respond, we know tie milk was sul)
j e oJ to a tompoi'iiluro under lift v do
srroos at most. W. X. 'J'ivi, m Jlitrul
Word.
THE CURIO CRAZE.
Jiiiuiiitao llrhi-it.llritn Mm In In Modern
Anixrluitii Vuntiirlo.
1 have known tho time when a bronz j
catch for a JapaiiOMi coolie's tobacco
pouch was worth a grealdoal, and any
man who had a piece of Japanese
lacquer or a vns", was a man above
thu common. Now thoy make Sat
suina ware in America, and export
Chinese bronz" josses for popular wor
ship Irom U.rinlnghnm to China.
Curios? What's tho use of paying big
prices for curios, when you can Ho i
about t hem just as easy. Ikuowalady j
who has a beautiful set of china, which j
is tho admiration of her friends. She
says it came from J ipan. and is eight
hundred years old. 1 know she bought j
it in Oiklnnd, and it never saw Japan.
Alio. her has an old lamp that was
supposed to have burnt 1 1 the Temple
of Diana, goodness knows how many
centuries ago. Shu fished It up in a
docoud-hand store on Third street, and j
the proprietor of tho store bought It '
with the efiVots of an Irish woman
who made a fortune in a mine and ;
sold out of the old truck she brought ;
from Ireland. '
1 have myself seen the Japaneso ,
curio merchants pay one dollar j
apieeo for brass imitation Japanese
hair-plus, made in Birmingham, and
sold by NajrasakI; and I've soon tho
wily foreitrnor pay them 11 vo dollars J
for thu sum pin and send It home as i
a great curio, Every tiling seems to
grow plentiful, oven tho oldest kind
of relics. San J-'runoisco Chronicle.
A Consldorato Husband,
Husband I never rebuko my wife
except In two cases..
Friend What aro thoy?
"In the first place, 1 am rudu to her
when sho reproaches me."
"And under what other clroutn.
st nuu s are you rude to her?"
"Well, when sho don't reproaoli
ino." umiubus.
J
Mine. Solliuie, a beautiful nmlnttSJ
woman and thu wife of a French j
professor, lias pus-sod liar examination
and Is mi acknowledged douior of thu
l.rls fncu'.ty, ,
i AN ALBANIAN ROMANCE.
The Sad Story of a Girl Captlrated br
Iliindsoine Markaman.
During a visit to Albania, ono of
tho small indopondont Balkan states,
I saw somo rontarkablo deeds of
marksmanship and hoard a straugo
story rogarding tho skill of tho Alba
nians. Tliero was a young man of somo
twonty-four or twonty-fivo who was
not only romarkably handsome among
ail these iinudsomo mon, but was ono
of tho most expert mnrksmon thoy
had. Ho finally was porsuadod to
visit somo cities to show his skill, and
with him iio had a young man who
usod to assist him by holding different
objecls for tiio other to shoot at. Thoy
finally reached this placo after a very
successful tour, and as ho was about
to give an exhibition at his own birth
placo of his powors, his helper was
found lnlplossly intoxicated. I
Among 1 ho disappointed audionoo
was a slender and protty 3'oitng girl
of only slxteou who hnd loved tills
young man In secret over sinco sho
could roniombcr. Ho ofTored five hun
dred drachmas for a volunteer, mniior
woman, who would taKo Ids man's
plnco, and tiiis young girl stopped out
and up to the platform. Ho accopte.d
hor and sho stood without moving or
lliuching wliilo tho balls almost grazed
hordolicato llosh on their way where
lie sent them. j
Hcrcourago captivatod him and thoy
woro married, anil together they visit
ed many countries and in Franco made
a great furor. Thoy had boon married
two years, and iio had perhaps grown ,
weary of such utter devotion, or ho
was dazzled by a woman of rank in
France, and ho neglected his poor lit
tlo wife, and every night tho temptress
sat in a box and watched tho hand
some Albanian who looked up to hor
for approval after oach feat.
These Albanian women havo littlo
mind and no education, and thoy live
only in their love, and when that is
wrecked thoy havo nothing to fall back
on and they die. That was all that
sho could do, and lifo was
not worth tho living without J
his lovo. So sho wrote a poor littlo i
misspelled lettor,, tolling him that sho J
was brokon-hoartcd and was going to
die, so that ho could bo happy with j
that beautiful woman who loved him i
and whom he loved, that sho did not i
blamo him In tho least, she was only '
sorry, and that sho was but young and
could not dio unloss she died by vio
lence, and so, not to have tho sin of j
suicide on hor soul, sho was going to 1
let him kill hor that night. She would (
wolcomo death from his hand.
And that ovening at the perform-
ance, as she hold a roso by a short,
stom, she wai c I until too into for him j
to savo hor, and throw horsolf forward ,
receiving tho ball in her brain and
smiling at him as she died. They
fouiul the poor littlo note, and he took
tho dead body of his wife homo to her
native hills, and sho lies in the sun-
shine on tho slope near tho lako she
loved In vouth. His career was closed.
He is now quito gray, and shuns all
gay company, and has never touched
a gun since that night in Paris. Olive
llurpcr, in Philadelphia 1'ress.
TWO RICH MUSICIANS.
Mllllmiutreq Who l'lithualiintlnitlly I.ovo i
.Mil nlo unit It Kxiionunt.
Andrew Carnegie, tho millionaire j
manufacturer and author, adds an on-
thusiastio love f muslo to his othor
accomplishments. lie is a connoissotir
iu tho matter of voice, and has a lino
tasto as to tho Involvod compositions
of modern musical writers. Before
his marriago thoro was no moro ardent
patron of amateur talent than Mr.
Carnegie. Ho never lost an oppor
tunity of being j resent whon invited
to frcquont the somowliat h arrowing
musicales which prevail in society.
Many an ambitious singer and pianist
of these exclusive circles havo glowed
with pleasure when praised in the
energetic way of tho author of "Tri
umphant 1) nnocrnoy."
Oao of thu country's woaltjiy men
who may bo said to havo tho musical ,
craze is Alfred Corning Clark, only
surviving sou and hoir of tho Into Ed-1
ward Clark of Singer Sowing Machine
Company fame. Tho older Clark died ,
somo eight years sinco, leaving an es
tate, tho present value of which is at
loast $50,000,030. His sou, tho virtual
master of all this great wealth, Is a
most modest and unostentatious man.
Ho lives quietly, gives no exponsive on
tertalnmeuts, and his philanthropies
nro rarely published. Tliero is, how
evor, scarcely another wealthy man in
tho city who does more good with his
money than Alfred Corning Clark.
Ono of his favorite schemes of charity
is the helping along of struggling
musical geniuses who lack the where
withal to pursue a course of European
study, A young man of this city, now
studying at Leipzig, whoso com.
positions havo already forced
attention in thu musical world,
a young man who Is spoken
of as one of tho fow coming masters
of tho organ, was several years ago
about to abandon thu struj'j'lo tu
oduoate himself and return to America
because of lack of liionuy. Thu case
was mentioned to Mr. Clark by a
common friend, himself n musician of
oul lure and experience. Before an
hour had passed the Atlantic cable
was weighted witli a thousand dollars j
for tho young man's immediate needs, I
and also assurances of more to come. :
Thjs is merely n single Instance. Mr. !
OJltiriv Is lilinsoir a musieia i oi no
ltuin'goi' attainments. Every Wednes.;
ffiTiv nvimlmr dnrlmr thu winter he
" 7 -- o
conducts a double quartet composed
of pome of thu bust male vocalists in
the city, who are as fearful of ills ad
verse criticism as so many boys at,
school j.V. y. Sun. j
; ARTISTIC CONTORTIONS.
Dow I.lttlo Iloy mid OlrI Aro Trained
for the I'rofomloti.
Tho oilier day I called on a bonder,
a lady, not a gontlomaii, who is well
known as a most scrpontluo contor
l o list, i wished to ask Mile. Vonare
a few questions about her art, witli a
vlow of throwing somo light on tho
training of littlo boys and girls for thu
profession. The lady was sitting Uo
foru tho firo with her slstor. who has
abandoned bonding herself, and ex
hibits a troupe of highly-educated
poodles. A htigo wicker basket con
tained her dress and other stage hab
ils. From its dopths sho produced a
bundle of photographs of herself, tied
and knitted into ail manner of curious
folds.
That is tho business of a bonder.
Tho body is thrown into a score of un
natural postures, which appear to the
audience to bo achioved by dislocating
every joint in tho human frame, and
to bo elloctcd at great risk to limb and
life. Artists are generally enthusiastic
about their callings, and I must say
hat Miss Von aro declared sho would
rather bo a bender than a q'toen, or
domoihiiig to that cfTo t. She bogan at
four years; at five years and
eight mouths she was before
I Iio public, and remains n
bender still. "My father saw a con
tortionist ono night on tho stago. and
lie asked liimseH why he should not
teach me, aged four. I was put into
training at one, and enjoyed the fun,
as a child will enjov any thing new.
Was I uoatcn? Was I starred? N .
I seemed to take to it like a littlo duck
takes to water. You see. wo were a
family of athletes, an I beside s. I win
a daughter and not an .lppi-ulici'. It
tho father is tho trainf? ho may not
spare lliu rod, but ho is cruol only to
bo kind. My experienco is that 1 ss
rod and moro kindness is tho best
plan. Father used to bribo us into
doing tho difficult tricks. To be sue
ci ssful moans years of hard work,
practice and performance. I am
nineteen now, and my performnnco
keops inc in capital training."
In tho business of contortion the
first, lesson is tho backward bond, first
with tho arms, and then without. You
stand on a lonir mattress, so that there
is no danger, and at first your toucher
controls your movements with a bel'.
It is much the samo with othor forms
of acrobatic work, and tho cruelty
flou takes the form ( f taking away
the mattress, which croates a sort
of panic in the pupil's mind. If
he has really tried his best and
failed, he is so terrified that he is al
most certain to fall unless he has a
gr -at deal of pluck, if ho has only
been sulUiii". ii may bring him to his
bearing-'. ().' course children are often
siubboru, and uy the patience of the
teaehir :o its lit nost limit.
"'Ih art of contortion," continued
Miss Vonare, "is learned by degrees.
F rst the backward bend, then i lie
'dislocation.' then tho split,' and so
on. What wo call 'closeness' di--tliiS'iiishes
the best bending. To the
audience bending seems most difficult;
bin I experitmc! no discomfort orj in
coiivuu'.oncu. 1 was a pii'iy child. You
see mo now." Tho lady bender was
certainly most healthful and cheerful,
stout i i body and ruddy in complex
ion, a 'd she strongly maintains that
all women would be greatly htmotittod
if they took to bending. "It is quito
a mistake to think that wo put our
limbs out of joint, or that wosufi'-r
from the curious nature of our per
formance Of course, after one or
more d.tlieiiit positions, ono may suf
fer a little pain, but it goes in no time.
In some attitudes I n ay romaiu for
twenty seconds, as the breathing bo
come difficult; but these are tr lling
inco veniences. I practice a few min
utes every day lokiop myself loose,
here in my room, and that is about all
1 hoed do." ldl Matt Gazette.
Source of Napoleon's Genius.
Napoleon, as all the world knows,
ato very plain food and little of it,
though always with hunger and rapid
ly. A little clar-i was all he drank; a
single glass of Midolra would Hush
his whole countenance. He was
neither an oaior nor a judge of eating,
wrote C:irenio, but ho was gratofut
(was he?) to M. do Talleyrand for tho
stylo in which ho lived. II j difiered
widely from that poor Stanislas of
Poland, w ho fondly sti. died onion soup
in the inn kitchen at Chalons. Na
poleon had a strango theory about his
bile. 'I'll ere Is no personal dofect that
a man can not get himself to be vain
of for one reason or another. "Don't
you know." said lie to tho Comto de
fc'ogur, ".hat every man that's worth
any thing is bilious? 'Tis the hidden
fire. B, the help of its excitement I
see clear in difficult j Pictures. It wins
mo my battles!" Careme himself a'o
sparingly and drank nothing a sort
of Moses of the Promised Laud by
choice. Saturday llcvicu:
Tho Most Courageous Wins.
If a man does a tiling bravely and
well, oven though it bo directly at
variance with our habits of thought
and action, it is impossible to with
hold fro'ii him a certain sort of re
spect. Ho has courage to assert him
self! and, say what wo will, wo all
secretly llku that quality, oven wl.on
It tells against us. A person who goes
creeplngly and self-dopreciatingly
through the world, like a shy dog In a
strange placo. moiiie itarlly expecting
a pursuing stick or Mono, will goner
ally get It. but lot him -show light,"
and hu may choose ids road, free from
cowardly Inteiriip lon. Thu most cour
ageous wins. Our moral is that this
cout'ugtt should havo iliu light diruc
tlon cur.y. X. 1', ledgtr.
CHICAGO FASHIONS.
Bummer Costumes for the Economical
mid Kxtravucnnt.
For overy-dny wonr may bo seon 1U
tlo fine-chocked gingham, nnd a mR
tcrial called Oxford shirting, which
nro made In almost as severe a stylo
as tho tailor-mado cloth garmonts. It
is even predicted that they will take
tho lnco of tho latter for travel! ig
ci.stuine. It can bo easily seen that
these materials will make a very good
substitnt! for cloth, which has always
been considered tho proper thing for
that purpose, as tho dirt can bo so
readilv removed, and tho efF.ict is
really about tho same. Thoso come in
all tho shades of . tan b irrcd off with
! white, red or blue, and tliero aro somo
j claret colors witli lines of bltto and
I white which aro very attractive look
ing. The challics brought out this soa-
sou are superior in quality and color
to any seen before, and somo of thorn
are not more uiau iw umy-nvo coins u
yard, and aro to bo found in dark bluo
and medium shades of browns,
b it h sotvicenblo colors for or-
j dinary use. These aro usually
made quito simply nnd have for
a finish velvet collars and enfis
. or sometimes tho addition of a little
velvet in the skirt or a waist girdle.
1 There are, of coiirst', hotter q utilities
j of challics which aro very soft and
durable, and besides these tliero have
been some old-fashioned materials re
vived for summer dresses, such as
Bengaline and brilliantine. The
former is a light-weight Irish poplin,
and the latter is shindy a very lino
quality of delaine. Tho Bongalines
come both in plain and fiowcrod and
aro frequently used for combination
costumes, witli a petticoat of the llow
ered and the plain above. Thoso trim
themsolves and requiro very littlo else,
but gowns niado ( f I he plain color havo
to bo more elaborately made. Ono of
the newest things is to dye lace exact
ly the same shade as tho goods and
insert it In lcngthwiso bauds on both
skirt and waist. Ribbon is also used
in quantities on dresses of this kind,
but only as a fiat trimming and not in
bows or loops. S miotimes thoro aro
from three to five rows of ribbon used
on the bottom of a skirl, put on plain
and afterward plaited in with tho goods,
and this samo is usod on the drapery.
The waist may have a yoke formed en
tirely of ribbon, or it may start from
I ho waist lino in trout ( vt tho shoul
ders to the same in the back. Theso
ribbons aro noarly all fancy ones,
either with light or dark colors in
slripo. fiowcrod, or worked in gold
thread. These last aro very protty,
b it are rather gay and only suitablo
for homo toilets.
There is evidently to bo a total
change in black col limes for Ibis sum
mer. Worth, the dictator of tho fem
inine world, has announced that lace
gown, both of French orChantilly.
are decidedly passe, and that he will
no lonirer make tlioin up. Of course
tl is will undoubtedly settle their fate,
and other materials will havo to bo
substituted in llioir place. Bruges
net makes very pretty costumes, a d
it is said that tho lime-honored iron-
frame trreiiadine aro once moro coining
back into favor, and will bo par ex
celenco the dross for luncheons, teas,
and receptions. Of course limy aro to
bo olaborately trimmed either with
watered ribbon or jet, and somo seen
latelv have bad velvet used on both
skirl and waist. Chicago News.
YOUNG MEN, READ THIS.
Iitiu't .Mon-iuro Your W irk Ity Your I.y!
Alwuy. Do Y.xir Ilust.
It is very common for young mon,
I think, to dotoriniue tho quality of
their work Tiy tho price which thoy
are paid for it. I only got. says such
a one, live dollars a week, and I am
Riiro that I am giving live dollars'
worth of survice; if my oiuployor
wants more, let him pay more; if ho
wants better lot him give batter
wago. This is spacious reasoning,
but it is f.dso; and it is destructive to
tho bot work, an I th -reforo to tho
best manhood. N man can alTorl to
do any thing less woll than his host.
II) who always strives to do his
best work, in tho very process of
s riving will grow bettor and bettor.
Not only will lm grow more
skillful in that particular workman
ship, but ho will be better equipped
for other 'workmanship. This is an
absolutely universal law. It is the
absolutely universal road to promo
tion. The man who is careful to g'v i
iiothni'r more than ho gets raroly gets
more than ho gives. The man who
works for his own sake, who puts tho
best part of himself into overy blow
that he s rikes, who mixes all ills work
with brain and conscience, w ho studios
to reader the largest possible service
regardless of the compensation which
it brings, sooner or later will fi nd his
way on and up. The world learns
Ids worth, and calls him to higher
si rvice. Nor is this all. Bestirring
bin self up to do always thu bust he
can, he grows into a power to do b t
tcr and over better. Chuutauquan.
Didn't Show It a Bit.
Kansas Tramp What town's this,
pi' ahoa I?
K insas Farmer Odcaloosn.
i 'j ramp Where they've oloctod a lot
o'm onion to thu offices?
Farmer Tho samo.
Tramp (lioulderiiig his hundlo nnd
preparing to tsko tho baok track)
That's all I want to know. I won't
have nothin' to do with nosuohdurnud
town. I was raised in a country whore
mn was oapublu of ruiinin' thlifs
tllfliiidlve.
Farmer (ruhtivo of member of Citv
CUiiior') -Gol! you don't show it "a
bit!- tyiiayo Tribttm
PLEASANT PEOPLE.
rhouch They 3Iiy Not lie Lovable, They
Are Always Likable.
What a bo6n to all his friends and ac
quaintance a pleasant person is! It
may bo hard to define pleasantness,
but wo find no difficulty in recognizing
it when we meet with it. Pleasant peo
ple are not always by any means tho
most admirable of mankind, nor tho
most interesting; for it often hnppens
that tho qualities in a man which aro
ti.ir.at nf esteem arc. for lack of
other modifying elements, the very ones
which make against ids agreeabieness
as a companion; and a person who does
not impress us as particularly pleasant
may nevertheless interest us very much
by "the display of unusual mental
or moral characteristics, or from a com
plexity of nature which scorns to offer
itself as an enigma wo aro curious to
I solve. Pleasant people may not even
be the most truly lovable, but thoy aro
likable; wo perhaps have no desire to
make friends of them, in tiic deeper
sense of friendship, but wc are glad
J when wu meet them, and enjoy our
selves while in their society. The tie
thus formed, though slight, is a reai
, one, and I beliove that we should all do
well to remember, in the interest of our
closer friendships, the attractive and
cohesive force of mere pleasantness.
, The highest virtues and ollicosof friend
i ship we are not called on to exerciso
everyday, and in familiar intercourse
, wo have not less, but rather the more,
I need of making ourselves pleasant, be
( cause of the times when our friends
will have to answer our dralts on their
patience and sympathy.
If we question wha it is that goes to
constitute a man or woman pleasant,
it appears to bo a result of both tem
perament and charaetet. It is hardly
necessary to say that those are not tho
same thing, and yet limy are not dis
tinguished in common thought and
speech as clearly as they might be.
Without attempting any close analysis,
wo may perhaps say that temperament
is a certain combination of elements
given us at birth, while character is an
other set of powers and dispositions,
slowly acquired and .''rown in us; for
tho first, nature is responsible, our pa
rents and ourselves for tho second.
It seems easiest to describe a pleasant
person by negatives, although assuredly
Ids pleasantness all'iets us as u most
positive quality. To begin with, such
a person must not bo to much "shut up
in his own individuality," to use tho
phrase of an English writer. That is.
ho must not be very reserved and con
centrated in his emotions and affections,
but have a certain expansiveness of na
ture anil openness of manner. Ho must
not be too fastidious, but able to take
people for what they are, and what they
are worth to him for the passing mo
ment and the needs of tho social hour.
He must not be of too intense a nature,
nor so preoccupied with the serious as
pects and duties of lifo that he is una
ble to put them aside temporarily, and
lend himself to lighter thoughts and
lighter p ople. One of tho plunsantot
men I ever met was ono of tho most
hardworking, devoted to a dozen good
causes and public interests beside his
personal and professional ones. None
of these were made a bore to others,
and his equable and kindly disposition,
his readiness to enter into other pur
sons' ideas, his interest in literature
and art as well as weightier matters of
polities and science, made him able to
please and bo pleased by men nnd
women of the most diverse sorts. It
has sometimes struck me forcibly with
respect to such a man, how pleasant ho
must bo to himself how comfortable
to livo with ever day! Atlantic.
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EASTERN JUGGLERS.
Some Queer Trick Vhoe Srcrot No One
Could Miikti Out.
Without paraphernalia of any de
scription, devoid of dress except a cloth
around his loins, ho performed tricks
of legerdemain tho recital of which
would bring a shrug of unbelief from
tho reader, and will, therefore, not bo
attempted, and yet one example must
be relatod just to give the imagination
a chance. A common wash bowl was
placed in the center of the room. Four
lien eggs procured in lite hotel were de
posited in tho bowl. The littlo assist
ant of the juggler, in the presonce of
spectators who could plainly seo thu
eggs on the bottom, slowly filled the
vessel with clean water. Tho Hindoo
placed his bare hand on the rim of tho
bowl and tho eggs disappeared from
view, returning when his hand was re
moved. This was repeated several
times, but he kept the explanation of
the trick to himself.
A female contortionist about twenty
years of age, splendidly formed, but of
rather small stature, was our next vis
I or. She went through a series of ex
ercises lying herself into so many pe
culiar knots that wo doubted if nature
had provided her with a backbone, liar,
were convinced when she commenced
her eyelid performance. A dagger,
about a foot long, and as sharp as a
razor, was fastened to tho floor, point
upward. The performer laid a small
cambric needle horizontally across tho
lino point ot the weapon, and standing
before it bent backward until she moved
the noodle from its position with iter
eyelids, without touching the floor with
any thing but hor feet, unfolding a
wrinkle ol female eye capacity wo had
never dreamed of.
Before wo understood tho design a
proof of her dexterity was given which
chilled tho circulating medium in our
veins. A littlo babu of about ten
months (j"dging by Auiorio.ni .stand
ard), was laid upon a cushion, and a
sin ill orange placed upon the naked
baby in the vicinity of its commissary
department. Tho woman thou took a
sbsrp sword, shaped something like a
oinioter.itnd with aswiftdownward blow
cut tho orange without harming tho
ulilUI. No one onviul tho ohild's posi
tion, or voluiiterud to tako its plnoa in
a tinular experiment. Bombay Letter.