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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. Tho tongue shows to a physician tho tlleoaso of tho body; to n philoso pher tho dlscasoof tho mind; to a Chris tlan the disease of tho soul. In a pood neighborhood ono maybe euro there in pood homo Influences; and, noxt to that, as productive forces In making character, good schools. An instructor In an Indian school nays It Is cosier to overcomoim Indian's prejudice against Christianity and con vert him than roconcllo him to manual labor. Hut after ho Is Christianized, oven then ho won't work. When God would educate a man, ho compels him to loam hitter lessons. Ho sends him to school to tho necessi ties rather than to tho graces, that, by knowing all sufferings, ho may know also tho eternal consolation. Not many men undergo a radical chango of character In death. Tho strong probability In the caso of every man Is that ho will dio as ho has lived. Those who arc calcu'aling upon ndcath bed reiKjnUinco to mako their peace with God, take upon thomsclvuH a moat awful hazard. Independent. There ls,nothIng nioro rcpulsivo or hideous to view than a corrupt, sin-disfigured character brought into sharp contrast by tho weak and shallow dis guises of cosmetics and gaudy attire. Meokncss, patience, kindness, charita bleness, a self-denying spirit these aru tho vestments of tho highest typo of beauty- tho kind which commands not only tho admiration of tho best of men, but is admired by God himself. Chris tian at Work. Christians boar crosses of different descriptions, but tlioy should bear them In one and tho samo spirit of submission to God's will. Tho commonest burden that any man carries becomes his cross of blessing, when ho bears it cheerfully and marchos in the direction of tho Master. Hy looking to Jesus and con templating his earthly careor, tho fol lower quickly learns how to carry any cross that may bo laid upon his shoul ders. Interior. A writer In tho NoV York Evangel ist thinks that tho abundanco of "les son holps" tonus to lesson tho study of God's word. It Is more than possible that there is something in tho sugges tion. Thoso who wrlto Iho losson com mentaries do tho studying, and tho reading teacher, who may do all tho bottor work In his class, yot loses tho jnontal i(nd spiritual benefit of close contact with tho word. If this is true, It Is not tho first instance In which ho who feeds others is himself nn-hungor-cd. All honor to thoso who labor so hard to furnish tho toaehor with weap ons, but sad for "him who Is seduced into neglect of a closo companionship with tho Scrlpturos. L WIT AND WISDOM. Man was given brains for a pur pose. Some never Had this out. Hntchotors and old maids are nat urally quite solf-possesBod. Oil City J)errivk. There Isn't wisdom enough, put It altogether, to toll what makes one ap ple hwooL and tho next one sour. A father may bo more or loss pa ternal ami still not bo a desirable pat torn for his children. Alton Democrat. Advice is a most useless thing a wise man doesn't need It, and a fool won't have lUYicksburg Commercial Herald. Tho man who sits down and waits to bo appreciated will find himself among uncalled for baggage after tho limited express train has gone by. A stained memorial window In a church Is a pretty thi.g to look at on Sundays, but a free bed in a hospital Is a blessing, forever. A'. 0. licuyunc. The shortest and surest way to live with honor in tho world is to be In real ity what wo would appear to be; ami, If wo observe, wo shall And that all hu man virtues Increase and strengthen themselves by ho practice and experi ence of them. Imaginary ovlls soon become real ones by Indulging our reflections on them; as ho who In a melancholy fancy pecs houiethlng like a faro on tho wall or wainscot, can, by two or throe touches with a lead pencil, mako It look visible, and agreeing with what ho fancied. Swift. Guilt, though it may attain tem poral Bplendor, can never confer real happiness. Thu evil consequences of crime long survive their commission, and, like thu ghosts of tho murdered, forever haunt tho steps of the malefac tor. Tho paths of virtue, though very seldom thoso of worldly greatness, are always thoso of pleasantness and peace. Sir Walter Scott. Modesty Is becoming in a man or woman, but that Is false and deceitful modesty which persuaded him or her that no harm will come to others from tho ovll course pursued in obscurity. A very Inconsequential sinner may develop into a demon of depravity In time; and is equally liable to provoke others to evil doing, who look below their own Ijovol for patterns. Interior, The advlco of a father to his son: "llowaro of entrance to a quarrel, but, being In, Iwar it that tho opposed may beware of thee," is good, but not tho best. Quarrel not at all. No man ra solved to mako tho most of himself can sjwira time for personal contention. Still lot can ho afford to take all tho conso qinc6, Including tho vitiating of hU touiW aiul tho lowt of his self-control. Ylld larger things to which you can ftltow no mow Hum equal right, and yUW mumh onoi, though clearly jour own, lMtor ulvuyour path to ndog than to Iw hlttoil by h' mlotliig or U,f. rNrkt.. Hvm killing tho dog wimM Hi uro iUa Wto. Abraham 1,haAh THE SHYSTER LAWYER. A Story Who Prolmblllty Will Not be Uurntlonetl by HI" " rleniM. It was night Tho streets, deserted by all save an occasional pedestrian with a stolen umbrella, wero swept at intervals by flerco gust of wlhd, and tho rain camo down with a steady pour which threatened an overflow. A lawyer sits In his easy chair read ing a newspaper. Tho marblo clock on tho mantel has just struck ton, and ho Is about to throw down his paper and follow his wlfo to bed, when "Ahl ha! I'vo struck It!" Ills cyo had lighted upon a fiVo-Hno local Item to tho effect that Hloody Hill Hunkum, of 4290 Atwatcr strcot cast, had been arrested for stealing a grind stono, but was discharged at tho pollco court for lack of evidence. Tho lawyer rushed for his boots and hnt and coat. Thcro was business in both optics. "What! going outP" called his wlfo. "Yes." "In this awful storm?" "I must. My duty as a leading mem ber of tho Detroit bar calls mo. A noblo citizen has been basely slandered and liboled by a nowspapor. I must eeo him ere I sleep." "And get tho caso?" "Yes." "On Jidlvy?" "Exactly." "Go, my husband, but bo discreet Don't lot anybody drop on tho fact that you aro shystorlng for cases. You aro supposed to bo a way-up lawyor, de manding a cash feo when you tako tho caso; but If othors shyster why not youp Go hunt out tho slandored Hloody Hill Hunkum and tako his caso on tho whack." It Is an hour later. A flguro wrappod in oil-skins and covered by an umbrollu knocks at tho door of No. -1290. No answer. Knock! knock! knock! "What tho bloody 'oavons is want ed?" demands a voice from an up-stnirs window. "Aro you Hloody Hill Hunkum?" "I ar'. What of It?" "I must seo you at onco. Thoro's monoy In It." Hill felt his way down stairs and opened the door and asked: "Now, then, what bloody thlof aro youP" "I am not a thlof. I am a loading member of tho Detroit bar. Hush! Don't speak so loud." "Come up-stalrs. Now, what Is itP Want mo to swear to an alibif "No. Do you know that you havo been grossly slanderodP'" "I do. When I was up In court tho Judge himself said ho believed I ought to bo in State prison." "I moan by tho papers. Why, tho Free I'rcss has damaged your charactor rlO.OOO worth." "No!" "Yes, It has. It says, or at least, strongly hints, that you stole a grlnd stono." "Which tho samo Is in my bock yard at tho present minuto." "Did you steal HP" "Of course. 1 can bo confidential with a lawyor." "Hut It wasn't proved P" "Oh, no. I had two witnossos to swear that I was in Toledo for that hull month." "And you wore discharged?" "I was. Tho Judge wanted to send mo up, and tho jury looked cross-oyod at mo, and tho prosecuting attorney called mo a jail-bird, but 1 got free, bless tho law." "And now the Free Press jumps on your charactor and seeks to ruin you. You must begin a libel Bult." "I havo no money." "Hut I'll foot all tho costs and tako It for half what wo can got." "Hut tho paper told tho truth." "Hut It can't provo It. Hloody Hill Hunkum, think of your wife." "1 will, sir." "And your children." "Yes, sir." "And of your standing in tho com munity. Do you want tho linger of scorn pointed at you on tho streets?" "Never!" "And have your children taunted about grludstonesP" "Never, some moral" "Then wo will suo tho Free lVess for libel and whack up on tho verdict, which won't be less than $5, 000. Hero, sign this agreement Some of us now keep them on hand In blank. Now, then, a last word: Keep sober, It possi ble. Talk alMjut tho slandor. Toll every body how It pravonta your get ting work. Havo your wlfo ready to testify that you can't sleep from mental worry. Get somo ono to call yourchll dran names. Dig a holo and bury that grindstone, and look out for tho po llco. If it wasn't for tho police and tho newspapers men like ue would bo rich." "Yes, sir." "That W all. Good night Go to your bed with tho assurance that all will bo well and tho case will bo mshod." Verdict for Free iVcw. tho defendant Detroit Unreasonable Expectations. Mr. Jerusalem Cohn Now shust look at yoursollulT. Dot vas tho most bdylUh balr of pants dot efer you went anyvhere, Mr. Chatham Graono Wall, 1 dun no. They HHm to mo u little mmll for tho ktylo. Mr. Juruwiloni Cohn Too tumll, van HP V)'i dot nlotllng Ills you utmitlful. You ilnn'd uptOM It vas ntylUU to put four yard of HviHlollitr goou In a ilrw lollur Imtr uf paiila, M Hf-V'WcU CHINAMEN AT HOME. Their Method of Illinium, the Way They Work unit How Thoy l.lvc. I think I promised to give you somo of tho Chinese characteristics from a business point of view. One rigidly enforced law .or custom of Celestials might bo, with good results, incorpor ated into tho usages of all nations. It Is tho payment of an indebtedness at tho closo of tho year, and I am sure It must add to tho enjoymentof tho week's holiday that welcomes in tho now year, during which all business is suspended and festivity reigns supreme. Whether these people are Indeed tho descendants of tlio "lost tribes," or not, they havo somo of tho traits of tho Israelites found In other lands. Their distinct national peculiarities, as well as their ability to drlvo sharp bargains, makes a Chinaman's personality as dis tinct as that of tho Jew. Perhaps nothing better can illustrate tho busi ness methods of tho country than somo uniquo experience in building a houso on tho American plan. Just before tho debt-paying period was a favorable time to purchase ma terials. Tho brick was bought at a less price than tho samo quality sell for at homo. The wood used for building comes down tho I'ol-llo in logs and is deposited in a log yard, and for a tinio tlmo our yard was a lively scene of donkey carts unloading brick and saw yers cutting the logs into plank, scant ling and joists. Our comprcdoro (tho middle-man who talks "pigeon English" and does tho bargaining) had a tusslo with tho "car rying guild." He tried to uso men out of this class to bring the logs, bnt tho union men attacked them with clubs, and wo wore obliged to uso tho guild carriers. I also had a "racket" with tho saw yors for attempting to cheat in their measurement, and they laid olT for sov eral days. ' They finally agreed to measure according to foreign custom, and the work is dono more satisfactorily than It would havo been at tho mill. Thero is but ono In this region, and that is an English machlno and does inferior work. Three gangs of mon aro now busy hauling dirt to fill In tho low places and wo soon oxpeo to a cart tgo for sand from tho coast and another from tho Interior. Our Oregon lumber will eonto soon. Thero was not tlmo after my order reached Vancouver to have tho door3 and sash made in time for shipment. Finding that thoy would havo to bo made here, I sent for the carpenter to eomo to my olllco and made him un derstand that I wanted him to mako a draft of a door. With a little help ho did so correctly, and was much pleased when I told him to mako a door, which when dono was so workmanliko that I am glad that tho work Is to bo dono horo at a less cost and a better job. Ho lias mado a desk for mo that many a skilled mochanlc could not improve up on, and ho enjoys my commendation highly. Tho Chincso havo very llttlo original ity but aro very observing and careful imitators. What thoy learn thoy know thoroughly, but thoy aro not as houso servants wholly trustworthy, and neod to feel that you aro watching them. Thoy succeed best with but few conven iences, a small kitchen and things in their own way. With tho poorest kind of a cooking-stovo, and with a singlo boiling place, a cook will proparo a sur prising numbor of courses, and servo them all hot. Thoro aro plonty of moat shops in Tien-tsln, and fruits and vegetables can be bought at moderate prices, but for all ordinary grocorles wo must send to Hostou, San Francisco, or somo Eu ropean city, and order a year's supply. Tea, of course, Is abundant and cheap, and of lino quality, though ono would bottor not watch too closely tho curing and packing of it for market. Cor. Cleveland Leader. Dodging the Dullots. Tho physical effect produced upon different mon In tho prosoneo of dangor forms an Interesting study, but In many cases the outward signs as indicated by tho actions of tho Individual In no wiso measure tho degreo of courago or his fear. Tho practice, for instanco, of dodging shots, "jaok-knlllng" under lire, procoods from a nervousness which Is often purely physical, and has bnt llttlo moro significance as a test of cour ago than winking when something is thrown In ono's face. Tho act is en tirely Involuntary. A gonoral ofllcer who was killed at tho second battlo of Hull Hun was ono of tho most gallant soldiers that overdrew a blado. Every body had predicted his early death from tho constant and unnocessary oxposuro to which ho subjected himself. When under tiro tho agllo dodging ho per formed was a whole gymnastic oxorelso In Itself. His head would boh from sldo to side and occasionally bob down to his horse's nook with all tho vigor of a sig nal flag in waving a mossngo. Thoa actions wore entirely beyond his control and wore no Indication whatever of fear. Dodging to somo- extent under a heavy Infantry lira Is very common. I can re call only two persons who throughout a rattling muskotry lira always sat In their saddles without moving a muscle or even winking an eye. Ono was a buglar in thu regular cavalry and the other was General Grant Century. A resident of Ijuicastor, PnM has n stove that was oast In 17o'J. It has but ono door, that for putting In wood In front, ami has what Is supposed to lw a roat of anus on tho front. On each ldo U tho head of a woman ami "II. W. Mlegul. 1701). KlUnlwth rurnaea" At tlio lower corner of tho do lira Miuoiilo umbliiiiu. niul on the hauk thu Hlpira of u limn klamlliitf agiilul u Uoo. CULTURE AND COBBLING. Foot-Covering Turneil Out lijr Million In unit Aro anil Hontoii. Moro than half the people of tho United States men, women and chil dren wear shoes that come from Hos ton. Tills Is, indeed, headquarters of the boot and shoo industry for tlio whole country tho center from which tho marketable product of tho great manufacturing towns hereabout is dis tributed. Tlio population of theso towns is chiefly mudo up of workers in tho huge shops, which .turn out foot gear at tho rate of nearly 100,000,000 pairs every year. Spencer, Worcester, Hrookflcld and other settlements in Worcester County devoto themselves to tho making of long-logged boots. Shoes aro mostly put together In Plymouth, Abingdon, Ho klind, and other places on Capo Cod. Slippers afford almost exclusive employment to tho Busy In habitants of Haverhill. Iow shoes, for summer wear, nearly all come from Newport, and ludles' boots, etc., givo occupation to tho residents o( Lynn, Hc.verly, Nowburyport and Marblchead. All theso goods aro brought, for sell ing, to tho modern Athens, where each big manufacturer has his waro-houso. From tho ware-house agents are sent all over tho continent to solicit or ders of tho "jobbers," or wholesale men. Sometimes tho jobber orders through the agent so many cases, as per sample shown; but moro often ho makes l note of whatever pleases him and koines 1o Hostou himself subsequently, to visit tho warehouses and select his stock for tho approaching season. A factory proprietor dos not ordinarily mako moro than two or threo different id ml s of shoes or boots for tho reason 't is cheaper to produco tho samo sort of tiling in quantities and so tho whole sale man trots about from ono establish ment to another until ho has purchased what he calls a "full lino." Subse quently ho sends out traveling men, to drum up tlio retail dealers, who must buy what thoy sell from tho jobbors. For tho manufacturers, as a rule, will not dispose of their goods directly to tho retailer, thus compelling tho con sumer to pay what would scein to the untutored mind to bo an extra unneces sary profit. And this is rendered tho moro aggravating when one considers tho difforonco between tho actual cost of turning out a pair of shoes and tho price Itt which tho samo pair is finally sold. Tho oxpenso of making it is to tho manufacturer, say, $1.25 of good stock and well constructed for wear and his price, by tho case, is $1.80. Tho jobbor fceolvos $2. GO for it from tho retailor, who charges his customers $4.60 for tho article marked down from $0, don't you know. Tho gains on tho sale of moro oxpensivo boots aro much greater. lioslon Cor. Chicago Tribune. m CHARMING HUMBUGS. How Trrtty Women Aro I'liiylng Conll ileiiro (iimiot on HimIiioh Men. "A now class of swindlers havo bo gun operations in Fifth avonuo and up por Hroadway," said ono of Inspector Hyrno's detectives this morning while watching a woll-drosscd woman across tho street. "That 'lady' over thero Is i leading mombor of tho gang," ho continued. "Sho would mako $10 or 15 a day If lot alone. Sho used to bo a shop-lifter. Hecauso of tho danger of detection and a certain knowledge that sho'd bo sen tenced to tho longost term possibloif again arraigned boforo anyjusticoin tho city, sho and somo of her former com panions havo conceived tho idea of making a good living as aristocratic beggars. You seo thoy dress fashion ably, havo pleasing manners and know just whom to strike. "A good-natured business man is their victim every timo. Ono of tho gang will accost him in tho middlo of a block, out of hearing distance. Her manner of greeting him would lead nny ono across tho street to think hor m acquaintance. In a low tone sho says sho luus lost her pocket-book or been robbed. Hor husband or brothor, of course, is a member of tho samo ox chtuigo as tho gentleman addressed. Hor name is given and recognized, and then, with falso embarrassment and blushes, sho would troublo her victim for a few dollars. "Nino times out of ton tho unsuspect ing individual will say: 'Why, certain ly; pray don't mention it,' and pass over a llvo-dollar noto In a hurry, glad at tho opportunity to do it Tho swin dler asks for his card and goes In search for another victim, after expressing her hearty thanks. Tlio samo person Is never 'struck' twice, and In this way tho swindler cscaes positive detection. A fow of the fraternity will tacklo members of their own sex with a story calculated to win a dollar or two; but this Is only dono when thoro Is scarcity of male pray. Thoy work all sorts of dodges, and nra often successful simply bocauso of their tlno appearance and good manners. 1 tried hard to get a well-known man who had been swindled by that woman across tlio way toproso cuto her, but ho declined, saying it would bo a shame to lock up such a pretty woman." .V. I Telegram. Cause for Surprise. Friend (to young artist) Why, Charley, I'm surprised to too you out to-day l Young Artist Why so? Friend I paused your loarding house a llttlo while ago and 1 saw a shirt hanging on tho Hue which I am quite ura belong toyou. 7vm Siftings. ' When a man learns to mind hlsown uiiIiio and to Iinivo the uttulrof ut hor alone ho nwoinplUlio a uovoe u gnmt iu fulU to common mortal. lurfAu'n I'mrum IhivM, GREAT MEN'S NEIGHBORS Rome Mnrlen or LonRfrllow. Hawthorne hiiiI Other Noted Writers. A "society" woman nt whoso table Longfellow was dining asked him: "Oh, Mr. Longfellow, havo you over pub lished a book?" This was after two thirds of his life-work was dono. Haw thorne says that in his later years he met msny people who knew him well ns tho ex-surveyor of tho Port of Salem, but who never know that ho had writ ten any thing, nnd had not even heard that thero was such a book as "Tho Scarlet letter." Even tho genial "Auto crat" Is not appreciated by every body in his' own town. Ono day an American gentleman went into a barber's shop as Dr. Holmes was going out "bo you know who that was that just went out?" asked the barber. Heing curious to ,eo what account of Dr. Holmes tho barber would give, tho visitor shook his head. "Why." said the barber, "that's old Dr. Holmes." "And who is Dr. Holmes?" "Oh; he's been a doctor horo a good many years. I believe ho ain't praeticin" any more, but bo's thought a great deal of." A crushing remark was onco mado by a would-be flatterer lo Mr. W. D. IIowclls, tho American novelist Shortly after the publication of "The Lady of tho Aroostook," "A Foregone Conclu sion," ati'l "Venetian Life," a lady asked that gentleman for his autograph, whereupon he wrote somo ivipromptu verses in her album. Sho read them over, and then gavo an encouraging smile. "Oh. Mr. Howells." sho cx clnimed, "I should think you might do something for tho papers and maga zines; I'vo scon much worse things than thnt in print!" When oven Dickens and Thackeray met with experiences somewhat similar to this, tho small fry can scarcely hope to escape Men well known in other walks of lifo aro scarcely less fortunate than tho novelist Take, for instance, tho story told by a clergyman as boing part of a conversation hold by him with an Englishman to whom ho pointed out General Grant's residence in New York. The Englishman asking: "Whntnnmo?" and seeming to attain no further light, tho clergyman repeated it to him and said: "Of course, you havo heard of General Grant? Ho was our President for eight years, ending in 1877." "Ah!" remarked the Englishman, still with no evidence of recalling a fact previously known. "Then, too," proceeded tho clergy man, "ho was a great General, and was in command of 1,000,000 mon at tho closo of tho war. You remember our into war, of course?" "Well, no," was tho answer. "Hog pardon, but I havo just arrived in this country, nnd was so long at sea that I havo not heard tho latest nows. I was at sea sixteen days, really." This gentleman was scarcely abreast with the times, and his ignorance reminds ono of mous question to boro: "Adam? Mark Twain's fa il railway carriage What's his othor namo?" It is really surprising how fow emi nent Americans aro known to tho aver age "general reader" in England. In America, tho names of many of our prominent men must bo familiar, in consequence of tho frequency and fa miliarity with which their actions aro discussed in tho columns of most of tho great newspapers. Ono is surprised, in deed, to seo English affairs dealt with iw if England were only somo two hun dred or threo hundrpd miles from Now York. Greatness is paid homngo to by somo peoplo in peculiar whys. Every body must remember tho story told in con nection with Victor Hugo. Tho great poet was startled ono morning by tHo Intrusion of threo Englishmen. "Vic tor Hugo," said one, consulting a pockot book. Tho poet bowed, thinking that ho should bo asked for his autograph noxt. After tho visitors had stared for a fow (eonds tho pocket-book was again consulted. "Eleven o'clock; tho lions!" said tho spokesman. Then tho party bowed and walked out of tho room. Chambers' Journal. PAPER UNDERWEAR. Chinese I'liper-Sliiker Compote. With the Mnniifnrturorii of MuhIIii. Paper fabric will actually tako tho place of genulno cloth to somo extent In a modification of what used to bo called the Fedora front, to be worn by a fashionable girl, tho chemlsetto, or at least a portion of it disclosed between tho front edges of the jackot, Is com X)sed of pujior, stamped and cut In Imi tation of laco and embroidery. This innovation was premeditated to tho ox tent that an order was sent to China moro than a year ago for tho manufac ture of tho stuff in tho fibrous sort of paper produced only in that country. Thus It is that the masculine example of paper collars and cuffs has been fol lowed, in an idealized manner, by a feminine acceptanco of paper chem isettes. Tho paper looks exactly like soft, unlaundrled llnon, and Is qulto tough enough, it Is woll to say, to pre vent easy accidents In tho way of rents. Patterns nra Ingenious imitations, not only of plain, tine muslin, but of lace. That Is timely, because thero Is a tend ency to use laco mora generously with deml-toilets for tho afternoon. Somo ladles aro returning to the handsome real laces so long laid aside, while tho merchant still find their bot profit in the lino hand-woven imitation laces so long popular. Gauzes, net. blonde and ulllc mueltiu, together with rlbboiu.urt) combined with frill and jaUits of laco In pliiktrous, vi'u and Holm of variou kliuU. Kum for full draa tolluU tho Miniii'lta jiiiikuta aro worn with a full Iilouo of uroumwlilto Clilim orujM. ,V. '. .Vtilf ami Kijuch, CRADLES FOR BABIES. Some Singular rrUon I'repureil for In runt In Distant I.nnui. The Chinese havo a queer institution which they call tho winter cradle. It Is shaped somewhat like an hour glass and sUinds on end. Thero Is an open ing ubovo and below, and tho waist, which is contracted, servos to keep tho celestial baby on his feet Day after day little almond-shaped eyes peep over this top of tho cradle and tittle hands play with miniature dragons and other toys until tho nurso puts in an appearance. Somo of theso winter cradles aro mado of wicker-work and aro beautifully painted by Chinese wo men artists. It is almost impossiblo for ono to bo upset; but now nnd then, when two aro placed togethor and tho occupants declare war and measure arms, two cradles roll over tho floor to noises thnt "bring down tho house." Tho Lapp baby very often has a snow cradle, for when tho indulgent mother attends church sho makes a holo in tho snow outside and deposits tho young Laplander therein. It is no uncommon sight to seo a circle of theso snow cradles in front of a Lapp chapol, and now and then a lot of fierce-looking dogs aro on guard to keep off tho wolves that might meditate a raid on tho baby contingent. The Lnppcradlo' In material differs essentially from that used by tho Hushman baby, whoso mother digs a holo in tlio hot sand nnd chucks him therein in tho shadow of some lonely bush. Sometimes tho cradle is ready to hand in tho shape of an ostrich nest, and now and then somo feathers left by the mighty bird help to soften tho nest of tho futuro Hushman warrior. There Is a tribo in tho palm region of tho Amazon that cradles the young in palm leaves. A singlo leaf turned up around the edges by somo natlvo pro cess makes an excellent cradle, and now nnd then it is mado to do service as a bath tub. Strong cords aro formed from tlio sinews of another species of palm, and by theso this natural cradle is swung alongside a tree, and tho wind rocks tho llttlo tot to sleep. Long ago, tho Amazonian mothers discovered that it is not wiso to lcavo baby and cradlo under a cocoa palm, for tho mischiev ous monkey delighted to drop nuts downward with unerring precision. An oldor child is stationed near by to watch tho baby during tho siesta, and tho chatter of tho monkeys overhead is enough to cnuso a speedy migration. Patagonian babies aro kept in cradles mado of flat pieces of board. Two pieces of guanaco skin are so arranged across tho cradlo that tho child is firmly fastened inside, and can bo carried thus suspended from a saddle bow without danger. In tho rudo huts of this people theso cradles aro hung hnmmockwiso to tho rafters, and amid tho smoko that darkens everything, including his very nature, as it beems, tho Patagonian in fant passes tho first stages of babyhood. When tho village migrates tho cradlo is swung from tho saddle, and in swim ming a stream it floats liko a canoo on tho surface, whllo the horso is almost entirely submerged. Sir Francis Head, who saw a good deal of Patagonian lifo years ago, leaves on record tho state ment that tho Patagonian baby in his queer cradle is ono of tho best uatured representatives of tho infant world. Ono would hardly go to KaHlrland for a fantastic cradle, and ono almost as queer as as it is fantastic at that. Yot ho would find such a ono thero. The Ivaflir baby, when ho comes into tho world, Is put into a cradlo or bag mado of antelope skin, with tho hair on. This baby castle, narrow toward tho bottom, widens to within a fow inches of tho opening, when it again suddenly con tracts. Tho skin is turned inward, giv ing tho young Kaffir its soft a bod as somo found in tho cradles of royalty. Four long strips of antelopo skin aro at tached to tho cradle, and cnablo tho mothor to swing it on hor back after a peculiar fashion. Drake's Magazine. m m Don't Learn to Carve. Nover learn to carve, young man. Thero is no fun in it. A knowledge of tho art saddles you whh a responsibil ity, which, whllo it may procure you invitations to dinner, sits heavily on tho soul and brings wrinkles into tho forehead. If you do not perform tho work artistically, you aro criticised. If a tough fowl goU away from you and takes refuge in a lady's lap, you aro laughed at and make an enemy of tho fair ono whoso dress you soil or spoil. You offend Jones if you send tho choic est out to Smith, and vice versa. You must send tho best away and resorvo only tho least to bo desired for yourself. Tho waiters make you tho subjoct of their remarks, nnd by putting their heads together and jerking their thumbs over their shoulders in your direction ombnrrass you dreadfully; you know by the fiendish leer on their faces thnt they have set you down as a blacksmith, if tho room is warm you aro thrown in to a violent perspiration; your collar wilts, neektlo gets awry, your appotitQ leaves you, and when your labors aro finished you begin your dinner with tlio air of one who has been in a pugilistic mill and come out second best Don't learn to carvo. Nebraska State Journal. Knew How It Was Herself. "When you speak of tho early closing movement. Miss Crayoraft," exclaimed tho caller, with enthusiasm, "you touch on a tuple In which 1 am deeply intvr f tcd. 1 am In favor of any thing that will shorten tho dreary hour of work-Ing-muu and women." "I inn glad to hoar you wiy mi, Mr. Slowgn," ah! thu young UAy, as nho lookisl hoMfully itt the ukmk. "1 um u work Int'-vvuinuii uiyolf.H C'hkajo
