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DANCING IN THE BARN
-AlonRtho ky sweoiolrs are still;
Across the Rrasffthe moonbeams fall;
Upon the night strikes sweet the trill
Of niRhtlnKale nnil whlppoorwill,
And down tlie vale 1 hear the call
To "Dancing In the llarn."
Ah mc!
So long ago It seems to be
That "Dancing In tho Uarn."
'The torchlight falls on each young face,
As, wheeling in tho country dance.
Now Id, now out, our shadows chase
About tho dear, old-fashioned place.
Can aught In life so much entrance
As "Dancing in the Ham!"
Ah, no!
.4. For youth Is fair, but It must go,
Liko " Dancing In the H irn."
Dut ah I thnt nlch: when as of yore
I heard the l.aunting old refrain
"When Love Is done, It comes no more;
And ah, my heart, how you were sore!
And yet ray feet kept time again
With "Dancing In tho Uarn."
Too lato;
The hour hud struck of life and fato
To "Dane. ng in tho Uarn."
Long after, In n crowded street,
A poor, old, blind man feebly played
Just where the town and river meet.
My heart stood still, my steps delayed,
For that old tune which stopped and stayad
Wus "Dancing In the Uarn."
And oh!
What tales ure told of long ago
That "Dancing In tho U.irn."
Ah, poor young love, Ithoughtyou dcadl
And yet I shed these sudden tears
After so many silent years;
It seemed a requiem o'er your head
That "Dancing In the Uarn."
Uut deep
In my pcor heart that love doth sleep,
With "Dancing In the Uarn."
Anna J- De Koctn, in America.
THE FUTURE VILLAGE.
.A Coinbliintlnn of Industrial with Agri
cultural Kntcrprlse.
Agriculture is so much in need of
aid from those who inhnbit the cities,
thnt every summer thousands of men
leave their slums in tho towns and gj
to tho country for tho reason of crops.
'The London destitutes go in thousands
to Kent and Sussex as huy-makers and
hop-pickers; whole villages in Franco
abandon thoir homes and their cottage
industries in the summer and wander
to the moro fertile parts of the coun
try; and in Russia thoro is every year
an exodus of many hundreds of thou
sands of men who Journey from tho
North to tho Southern prairies for
harvesting tho crops, whilo many St.
Petersburg manufacturers reduce their
production in tho summer, because the
operatives return to their nntive vil
lages for tho culture of their allot
ments. Extensive agriculturo can not
bo carried on without additional hands
in the summer; but it still moro needs
41 temporary aid for improving tho soil,
for tenfolding its productive powers.
Steam-digging, drainago and ma
nuring would render tho heavy clays
to tho northwest of London a much
richer soil than that of tho American
prairies. To become fertilo those
clays want only plain, unskilled human
labor, such as is necessary for digging
tho soil, laying in drainago tubes, pul
verizing phosphorites, and tho like;
and that labor would bo gladly donoby
tho factory workers if it were properly
organized in a free nity for tho
benefit of tho whole . iy. Tho soil
claims that aid, and it would havo it
under u proper organization, oven if it
wore necossary to stop many mills in
tho summer for that purpose. No
doubt tho presont factory owners would
consider it ruinous if they had to stop
their mills for soveral months OV017
year, because tho capital engaged in a
factory is expected to pump money
every day and every hour, if possible.
Uut that is tho capitalists view of the
matter not tho community's view. As
to the workers, who ought to bo the
real managers of industries, they will
find it healthy not to perform tho same
monotonous work all tho year round,
and thoy will abandon it for the sum
mor, if indeed they do not find tho
means of keeping tho factory running
by relieving each other in groups.
Tho scattering of industries over tho
country so as to bring tho factory
amidst tho fields and to mako agri
culturo derive- all thoso profits which
it always llnds in boing combined with
industry (seo tho Eastern States of
America) and tho combination of in
dustrial with agricultural work are
surely tho next step to bo mndc, as
soon as a reorganization of our present
condition is possible That stop is im
posed by tho very necessities of pro
ducing for tho producers thomsolves;
it is Imposed by tho necessity for eaoh
healthy man and woman to spend a
part of thoir lives in free work in tho
roe air, and it will bo rendered tho
moro necessary when tho great social
movemonts, which havo now become
unavoidable, come to disturb tho
present international trado and compel
each nation to rovort to hor own re
sources for hor own maintenance.
Prince Krapotkin, in Nineteenth Cent
urij. The Ohio Serpent Mound.
Tho famous Serpent Mound, in
Adams County, O., whero tho Poabody
lusoum of American Archieology has
long had workers unearthing tho so
crots of tho strango structure, lias been
bought and turned into a magnificent
park, for porpotuul preservation. It
is tho most notablo of all tho mounds
of this country. Prof. Putnam has re
cently found reasons for reversing the
opinion that had been growing among
scholars, that this mound, and all sim
ilar structures, woro tho work of Cher
okco or Shawnee, or other historic
tribes of Indians. Ho concludes that
at lonst tho Sorpont Mound wns tho
. work of a race of mon either identical
with tho ancient Moxicuns or akin to
thorn. Tho preservation of our most
"'important and characteristic monu
monts of antiquity should engage not
only our universities, but tho Govern
ment. Harvard, with Prof. Putnam,
has so far boon loft to do tho work In
Ohio. St. lAwii Globe-DanocnL
PRIVATE HOSPITALS.
The r.ntest Freak Tor Wealthy Patients
nnil Scientific i;ptoriitlcn.
The latest professional fnd in this city
is the privnto hospital idea, which
threatens to becomo a craze. Almost
every eminent surgeon has one or
store private houses turned into hospi
tals for tho reception and treatment of
patients who can afford to pay exten
sive prices. Theso houses, which nro
usually elegant dwelling houses
situated on Fifth, Madison or Lexing
ton avenues, nro furnished In tho most
luxurious style. Tho doctor has his
ofllco in tho library. Tho parlor is
made into an elegant recoption room.
The chambers and all othor avallablo
rooms are fitted for patients of wealth.
One room Is sot apart for tho uso of tho
doctor's assistants, usually young medi
cal graduates who nro glad to givo
their timo for their living and tho ex
perience obtained. Tho most import
ant part of tho establishment is tho
patient, who must of course havo
plenty of money, and may bo malo or
female. Tho complaints of both sexes
are treated, though not usually In tho
same house. And theso surgical re
treats offer tho inducement of perfect
privacy to all their patrons, wljich
is ono secret of thoir success. As
may be surmised from what has been
said, many of tho patients aro people
of means who do not wish their friends
to know of thoir illness, and who have
strong reasons for secrecy.
The first private hospital started in
this city was that of a wefl-known
gynecologist and obstotrlcan. In this es
tablishment tho diseases of women aro
exclusively treated, and tho cost to
each patient is about $1,000 a month.
There aro .often thirty or forty in
mates, seldom less than ten or fifteen.
So it will be seen this first venture was
a success. If all tho private hospitals
for tho treatment of women were of
tho same order, it would be a matter
for public congratulation, but of tho
hundreds that havo been opened by
many doctors of doubtful schools of
characters tho majority aro not abovo
suspicion. Some of theso private af
fairs aro really tho laboratories of
human vivisection ists. Moro than ono
famous surgeon who has a hospital at
his command sends tho best of tho hos
pital's cases to his own establishment,
whero ho can experiment undeterred
by tho supervision of human lay-trustees
and other hospital ofllcers.
A certain surgeon desired to obtain
a largo number of casos of abdominal
section, a few years ago, and resolved
to perform laparatomy whenever he
could obtain a patient on whom thoro
was tho smallest excuse for this, tho
most difficult and deadly of all oper
ations. Ho was ono of tho surgeons-in-chief
of ono of our largest hospitals,
and proceeded to operate on tho insti
tution's charity patients on the slight
est provocation. Before long tho num
ber of deaths from abdominal section
in tho hospital engaged tho attention
of tho trustees, and tho surgeon was
summoned privately, of course bo
foro tho board. After a long hearing
thoy failed to agree as to whether or
not he had abused his powors; but thoy
agreed to forbid him in futuro to per
form a capital operation without all
the surgeons of tho hospital concurred
and were present. Ho had not yet
obtained tho scientific data that
ho desired, so resorted to tho
private hospital idea. Ho purchnsed
a largo house on Thirty-fourth
street and fitted it up for a private hos
pital. Hero ho could, untrammoled,
cut up his victims and obtain his sci
entific data. Hero ho sent all patients
whom ho could feel justified in operat
ing on. Hero ho has slain his hundreds,
and will slay his thousands boforo ho
gets dono; then ho will publish a book
on abdominal surgery that will mako
him famous. As lie is a wealthy man
nnd can spend any amount of money to
attain his ends, and works strictly
within tho letter of tho law, nothing
can stop him in his death-dealing ca
reer. This is but ono instance. Thoro nro
many others. It is in theso laborato
ries of scionco that most of tho surgi
cal sensations that appear in tho public
press originate.
There is ono advantage gained by
them, however: that is thoy aro tho
best possiblo schools for tho advance
ment of surgical scionco. "Talk about
cutting up dogs and cats! Why, wo
cut up mon tho worthiest animal for
vivisection!" Such woro tho words,
perhaps over enthusiastic, which tho
writer heard ono of thoso students
of anatomy utter. N. Y. Cor. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
In the Dry-Goods Store.
A lady and her little daughter wore
shopping. Tho child sat on a counter
stool and watched tho people coming
and going. Presently sho saw a lady
elegantly dressed, who stopped at their
counter and handed a waterproof and
umbrella to tho young girl in charge
"Take caro of these things until I
call for them," sho said in an auto
cratic tone. Thon sho sailed away.
Tho bright eyes of tho child followed
hor. Tho little face woro a look of
distress.
"Why, mamma," sho whi3pored,
"sho didn't oven say ploaso."
Soonor than sho expected to, tho lady
returned.
"I will take my things," sho said.
There was some little delay in find
ing them.
"I hopo you haven't lo9t or mls
plnced them," sho said In a sovoro
tone to tho young girl.
No. Horo thoy wore. Madame took
them cooly and without a word walked
oST.
This was moro than tho child could
etnnd. Loaning over so that her sweet
young faco 1:01110 clobo to that of the
girl olork sho said, hwoatly; "Thaulc
you!" Deiroit Free I'resu
INTREPID EXPLORERS.
Astonishing Krnults Accomplished by Per.,
sons Triivellnu Alone.
Tho frequent disappearance ana
lengthened absence of such explorers
as Llvingstono and Stanley leads an
anxious public to question tho wisdom
of a man's plunging into tho heart o
Africa without a companion. Tho lm
pression seems to bo that his chances
for keeping up communication with the
outside world would bo greater in pro
portion to tho num Vr of his attendants,
nnd that companions would help him
in tho accomplishment of his main pur
pose. Tho feeling Is a natural ono inde
pendent of experience; but if wo re
view tho history of explorations, wo
find tho facts show that an explorer
succeeds best when he relies wholly
upon himself to meet every emergency.
It is not his personal fortunes from day
to day that tho public can reasonably
bo interested in. It is not this curios
ity thnt tho oxploror Is working so hard
to satlsfv. Ho alms to extend outward.
at- sorao point, tho bounds of human
knowledge.
Tho history of explorations under
taken by persons travoling alono shows
astonishing results. In Africa wo have
the example of Livingstone, whoso suc
cess In traversing an unknown region
unattended, demonstrated tho wisdom
of tho plan ho adopted. Pointing to
tho sumo general truth, wo havo tho
example of Baker, Burton, Kendo and
others, who also accomplished great
things, and contributed much to geo
graphical scionco, by pursuing tho
samo method.
In South America, Musters travoled
successfully through Patagonia, do
pending entirely on himself. Tho En
glish traveler, Shaw, reached Kashgar
in Central Asia, and returnod to India
quito alono, having made ono of tho
most successful journoys of his day.
Not long ago Hannay travoled alono
from tho Irrawaddy to the Brahma
pootra, through a country that is con
sidered almost impassable on account
of tho lawlessness of its inhabitants.
In tho case of a person travoling
through an unknown country alone,
his utter helplessness and dopendonco
on tho honor of savages about him,
will stand him in good stead. IIo is
compelled to throw himself on thoir
protection, nnd treat them with con
sideration such as a largo party could
not safely show. It would bo inter
pretcd in thoir case as meaning oitho:
cowardice or weakness. On tho other
hand, a largo party by neglecting to
show proper consideration for tho peo
ple about them would wound their
pride and rouse feolings of hostility.
It would also bo difficult for the
chiefs and othors to entertain many
persons for a long timo. or with the
samo freedom they would uso toward
tho solitary traveler. Tho baggago 0!
a largo company also appeals to the
covetousness native to tho savage
breast moro strongly than tho little ol
value which tho prudent oxploror will
take along with him. Youth'' a Com
ininioti. m m
EXPLOSIVE COAL DUST.
Suggestions in Kxpliumtlon of Numerous
Colliery DlmisterH.
Prof. Arnold Luptou, in a lecture de
livered under tho auspices of fho coal
mining department of Yorkshtro Col
liery, at Leeds, England, said that in
the caso of colliery explosions it had
been taken for granted that firo-damp
or marsh gas was tho causo, and tho
eyes of. Inquiry had beon closed to
every othor cause. French mining
engineers appeared to havo been the
first to suggest coal dust as a causo of
explosions, but in 187G, Mr. William
Galloway, thon hor Majesty's inspector
of coal mines, sent a paper to the
Royal Society, in which ho gavo the
evidence of experiments and investi
gations, to prove that coal dust wns
tho prlmo agent of destruction in col
liery explosions. This paper ho fol
lowed up with others. Othor mining
engineers thon took up tho inquiry,
tho Royal Accident Commission, Pro
fessor Abel, tho Prussian Firo-damp
Commission, and others, made experi
ments; but to Mr. Galloway belonged
tho chlof credit of tho discovery that
coal dust Is tho main ugont in col
oiory explosions. Tho oxporlmentsind
investigations proved that very fine
coal dust stirred up with air was ox
plosivo in an atmosphere containing
Inly ono por cont of gas, a percentage
too small to bo detected by tho ordina
ry methods. IIo thon, with tho nid ol
numerous diagrams, described a num
ber of colliery explosions in varioug
conl fields In Glamorganshire, Derby
shire, Yorkshire, Durham and Scot
land. IIo said that with tho knowledge
now gained it was easy to understand
disasters that woro incomprehensible
on tho nsumption that fire-damp was
tho cause. Tho Parks explosion in
1800 was probably a coal-dust explo
sion, so was the Queen Pit, Haydock
and many othors. Somo of thoso pits
ho had himself explored a fow hours
after tho explosion. At Scaham Col
liery tho force of tho explosion of coal
dust was probably equal to tho explo
sion of 90,000 pounds of gunpowdor.
Ho thon proceeded to describe tho
cause of coal dust, and tho means of
laying tho dust by high-pressure water
jets and other means; and in conclu
sion states that several results wero
now plain: (1) That coal dust was
as dangerous as firo-damp or looso gun
powdor; (2) that tho coal dust could
bo laid easily, cheaply nnd with eco
nomical olTects, and that as a result of
this not only would tho death rate
from colliery explosions bo reduced by
eighty-five por cent; but tho heafth and
comfort of tho minors would ho itn
proved. -St. Louis Ghbc-Demociut.
ROOM AT THE TOP.
The It lint of Young Men Who Aro Hound
to Succeed In I.lfe.
The principles of business that can
bo taught aro not many; thoso that can
bo learned nro almost without end.
A clerk very soon reaches tho place
whero ho has been told all that Is act
ually "necessary that ho should bo told
about tho details of tho business; ho
falls into tho ruts of tho house, under
stands tho run of trado, tho variations
in people and prices, and how to got In
and send out goods to tho best advant
age. But all theso details, while they
aro necessary to be learned, only tit tho
young man for that particular place,
and If ho is ambitious ho is always
looking to something bettor. Others
have beon teaching him; it is necessary
that ho should now teach himself.
A dork who remains in ono position
all his life advertises himself lacking
in 0110 of two things ability or ambi
tion. There undoubtedly are Instances
where a clerk is kept so constantly and
continually employed at ono task that
ho has no opportunity to learn any
thing but his present work, but such
Instances aro very rare As a general
rule, every clerk has somo time at his
disposal, oithor at Intorvals during tho
day or In tho ovouing. Theso aro
hours that ho can not afford to throw
away. Not that It follows that ho must
deprive himsolf of every pleasure, or
must desert every form of entertain
ment. All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy, and dullness does not
lead to success. But lot htm havo his
entertainment its recreation, and not
seal it as a business, and thon ho will
still havo many valuable hours for solf
improvoment. One of tho prosperous morchants of
this city began life as an orrand boy in
an olllco. Most boys, and most men,
too, for that matter, would say that
his position offered but little hopo of
advancement. Tho mon in tho office
woro busily employed, and saw or
spoke to tho boy only whou thoy had
an errand or order for him. Ho had
no accounts to keep, no writing to do.
But tho doslro boing there, the oppor
tunities camo. IIo carried tho mail to
and from tho post-olllco; watching tho
letters that passod through his hands,
when ho found an envelope unusually
well addressed ho saved It from tho
waste-basket, and with this boforo him
ho began to try to imitate it.
It was his duty to copy tho lottors In
tho copying pross, and ho read and ro
momberod tho phraseology and tho
stylo until ho could havo sat down and,
with tho topic given him, havo drossod
it up in tho samo form.
Ho was so ready and willing to do
any and every thing asked of him that
tho mon sent him on many private er
rands of thoir own, and In return thoy
could not but answer his questions
when ho asked about tho books or tho
business. A chance offered whore ho
might do a little writing, and ho did
tho work before any 0110 thoro know
that ho could. Thoro was somo sur
prise at tho good hand he wrote, still
moro at tho good form of his matter,
and thon ho told thorn how ho hud
learned. IIo was given a placo at tho
desk, whilo another boy ran tho er
rands, and boforo ho had over thought
of studying to bo book-keeper ho was
ono, and a good ono. On the lload to
liichcs.
PRAISE YOUR WIFE.'
A Woiimii Telln Hiislmiuls How They Cnn
Mitko Themselves Agreeable.
Praiso your wifo, man! For pity's
sako givo her a little encouragement
it won't hurt hor. Sho has made your
home comfortable, your hearth bright,
your food agreeable. For pity's sako,
tell her you thank hor, if nothing moro.
Sho doesn't expect it; it will mako hor
eyes open wider than thoy havo for thoso
last ten years. But It will do hor good,
for all that and you, too. Thoro aro
many women to-day thirsting for a
word of praiso tho languago of on
couragomont. Through summor's heat
and winter's toll thoy havo drudged un
complainingly, and so accustomed havo
their fathers, brothers and husbands be
come to thoir labors that thoy look for
and upon thorn as thoy do to tho dally
rising of tho sun and its dally going
down. You know that if tho floor Is
clean, labor has beon performed to mako
it so. You know that if you can tako
from your drawer a cloan shirt whon
ovor you want it, somebody's fingers
havo tolled. Every thing that pleases
tho oyo and tho senso has boon pro
duced by work, thought, caro and of
forts bodily and mental. Many men
appreciate theso things, and fool grati
tude for tho numborless attentions
bestowed upon them in sickness and
health. Whv don't thoy come out with
a hearty "why, how pleasant you make
things look, wife," or "I am obliged to
you for taking so much pains?" Thoy
thank tho tailor for a good fit; thoy
thank the man In tho horse-car who
gives them a seat; thoy thank tho lady
who moves along in the concert-room;
In short thoy thank every body and
every thing out-of-doors; nnd come
home, tip their chairs back and their
heels up, pull out the newspaper, scold
If tho lire has got down, or, If every
thing is just tight, shut thoir mouths
with a smack of satisfaction, but never
say "I thank you." I toll you what,
men, young and old, If you did but
show an ordinary civility toward your
wives; If you gavo ono hundred and
slxteonth part of tho compliments you
almost choked them with boforo thoy
woro married; If you would stop tho
badlnago about whom you aro going to
have whou number one is dead (such
things wives may laugh at, but tlioy
bink deep sometimes;) if you would
cease to speak of thoir faults, however
bantorlngly, boforo othors fewer
women would seok for tithcr sources of
happiness. Praise your wife, thou, for
all hor good qualities and you may
rest assured that her deficiencies aro
110 greater than your own. Ladies'
Home 1 mlor.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH. j
During tho hist four years 160,
000 persons havo been added to tho M.
E. church in America. This bus mado
an increase, aftor making deductions
on account of death and other causes,
from 1,709,534 to 2,093.93.).
An Albany clergyman said in a dis
course on Sunday that if ho had to
chooso between his library and his un
bound literature that is, tho daily
newspapers and monthly magazines
ho would part with his library.
When it is advertised that Mr.
Loud Pedal0 will play tho organ and
Mtss Sehreoehor will slug and tho ser
mon will bo short, does It not look as
though tho sermon, Uko tho bitter
part of a pill, was to bo takon only
with a largo amount of sugar coating?
Tho Wosloyan University of Mid
dletown, Conn., is tho oldest nnd
clnlms to bo the best equipped nnd
most liberally endowed college under
the patronage of the Mothodlst Epis
copal church. It was among the first
of tho New England colleges to admit j
women.
It is tho purposo of tho lreo
Church of Scotland, before tho year
1893, tho fiftieth anniversary of the 1
disruption, comos. to pay tho entire 1
indebtedness on it.s churches. 1-our
yoars ago tho Indebtedness wns $1,
34.r),000. Of this moro than $750,000
havo been paid. Tho means of com
pletion of the fund aro in sight
Fifty years ago soven shoemakers
In tho city of Hamburg said: "By
tho grace of God wo will holp to sond
tho Gospel to our dostltuto fellow
mon." In twonty-llvo years thoy had
established fifty self - supporting
churches, had gathered out 10,000 con
verts, had distributed 400,000 Bibles
nnd 8,000.000 tracts, and had carried
tho Gospel to 50,000,000 of tho raco.
It would only tako 150 sneh men to
carry tho Gospel to tho whole world In
twonty-llvo years.
Says a elorgymnn of this city: " I
think 1 speak for a great many sen
sible Americans whon I protest against
tho silly tomfoolery of 'christonlng'
vessols. Not only is tho prnctlco a
childish survival of a past ago, but It
is a pleco of gross irrovoronco to par
ody Christian baptism in this way.
Thoro is no objection to somo slmplo
ceremony In giving a vossol a namo,
although oven that Is out of placo in this
busy ago. But It is shocking to havo
vossols 'chrlstonod,' that is, mado mom
Dors or mo t. nriatian cnuron uy means
of a bottlo of champagne. By tho way,
if It is necessary to thus formally namo
ships, why isn't It just as necessary to
go through tho samo ceremonies in
naming fiat houses and office build
ings?" N. Y. Tribune.
A FIGHTING MUSKRAT.
How tho I.lttlo Unite Attacked u Hunter
Who I'lii'Niied It.
A number of years ago, whilo I was
hunting muskrats In a marsh on Long
Island Sound, thoro boing several foat
of snow on tho ground, I chnncod to
got myself in botweon ono of thoso an
imals and his burrow, which hap
ponod to bo tho only moans, boyond his
running away from mo, that prosontod
itsolf for his oscapo. IIo took in tho
situation at a glanco, nnd I was curious
to see what ho would do about It
Imaglno my surprlso whon ho started
to como down for mo as fast as his logs
could carry him, and In a fow moments
ho was too closo for mo to shoot
without tearing his beautiful polt all
to shreds, for I at onco saw that ho
was an unusually handsomo spoclmon,
and to thus spoil him would bo a great
shame. Whon within about a yard of mo,
and his oyos actually Hashing out thoir
moaning at his thus boing cornered,
ho, without a momout's hesitation,
mado a spring at mo and landod on tho
top of ono of my leather shooting boots,
a pair that camo abovo my knees; in
an Instant ho commoncod tearing away
with his tooth at a groat rate, but bo
foro ho had bitten any thing but my
boot I grabbed him at tho back of his
nock, and between throttling him and
bumping his head against the hool of
my gun, lie was rondorod lifeless. This
formed tho only case of a muskrat at
tacking a man that has over come to
mo, and In this particular instance I
admired tho little bruto'o bravery all
tho moro aftor I found that ho pos
sessed but throo logs, ono of thorn hav
ing long since boon amputated high
up, probably In a stool trap, but tho
stump was porfoct, and ho had tho
blackest hair of any muskrat 1 evor
saw. Forest ami Stream.
Don't Bo Too Showy.
Don't put your initials or your namo
on ovory thing you posses.!, so that
pooplo who pick up a fork or look at a
pillow sham will road "John Brown,
my property." It's all right to mark
things of use in somo such a way, but
not things of beauty, and If you must
ho mark them mako the lottors small and
put thorn on tho back of tho object, not
tho front. Tho woman who wears hor
initials in diamonds on a brooch is
vulgar. Tho man who prints his mon
ogram on Ills china docs a useless
thing, for nobody Is going to run away
with his dlslies. Don't assort too
much at tho table Don't bo too showy
and complex. Don't make your nap
kin rings too emphatic and obtrusive
Put flowers on tho tablo, but placo
thorn loosoly or In glass, for if you put
them in china or any othor opaquo
subitum1) you conceal half their beau
tymainly their stems. Don't entire
ly cover your wall with pictures and
whon you havo a picture don't lot tho
shopkeopor kill It with a big gold
frame Try bronzo or something that
will rolyto to tho picture on tho wall
and not make It stand out llkn a big
tihiny spot of color and gilt ginger
bread. Decorator and Finisher.
GROWTH OF CITIES.
An Tmltentton of the 1'reent Population
of Lending American MunlclpalltlM.
Presidential elections always call out
a full vote, and tho voto cast in tho
leading cities of tho country recently
can bo taken as an Indication of tho
relntlvo growth of theso cities. Now
York, with Its 'J70.191 votes for Presi
dent, leads all her sister cities, with
Philadelphia and her L'05,747 votes a
good second. These figures indicate a
population of over ono nnd a half mill
ion pooplo for New York, nnd show
that Philadelphia has passed tho 1,000,
1)00 mark? Brooklyn and Chicago aro
pressing this city, but they are nearly
a quarter of a million behind us. Bos
ton shows the smallest porcentago of
Increase of any of tho cities. The fol
lowing tablo gives tho total number of
votes cast in each of eleven leading
cities for President at tho recent olcc
tion :
Total vets cast
in J.
Now York 870.10
Philiiitrlplila a).?47
llrauhlvtt HTtfGS
Clilcnso 183.475
n,iltlmoro 8IKI
llotton OS, 309
Cincinnati 03.700
St. l.ouls HG,4fi2
San Francisco 53,370
IhiUnlo 45,161
Cleveland 41,00(1
Tho following shows tho population
In 18S0 In proportion to tho voto of
each city In that year:
A'o. of population
to each tnttr
in lsn.
Now York 5.87
Philadelphia 4.91
Ilrooklyn 5.83
CIllCHRO 6.00
llallunoro 5.94
IJoston 6.74
Cincinnati t.70
St. Louis 7.M
San Francisco 5.70
lmmiio 4.8.1
Cleveland 5.23
Tho following tablo contains tho
population of oacli city In 1880 and tho
apparent population at presont, based
upon tho vote cast last Tuesday:
Apparent
Population population
in Itw. in mot.
Sow Yorlc l.SUtVJOa 1,585,59!)
Philadelphia MIT, 170 1,014,333
Hrooklyn 5I10.GG.1 782,2.'!
OIiIcuro CO 1,185 748,858
iiuitimori) :n;,3i.i 507,001
lloston 309,813 410.789
St. Louis .150,518 411,4.11
Cincinnati 855,139 3H,151
Han Francisco 813,959 388,011
Cleveland 100,140 819.KM
llunulO 155,134 818,187
Philadelphia Hccord.
REMARKABLE INVENTION.
An Ingenlotiii Miiehlnu Which Docs Array
with Moviklilo Type.
Thoro Is on exhibition In Now York
1111 invention which proposes to do
away with movable typos in printing.
Thoro is but ono typo for each lottor.
figure or punctuation mark, and all
aro cut on ono cylindrical motalllc
shell. Tho mechanism Is oporatod by
a system of koys similar to that cm
ployed In ordinary writing machines.
Tho printing doos not begin until tho
koys for about fifty lottors havo boon
touched, when a character at a timo la
inked immediately boforo its Im
pression on tho paper. A uuiquo
featuro of tho Invention Is that tho
spacing out and shortening of tho
linos, known in printers' pnrlanco as
"justification," Is automatically ac
complished by tho machlno independ
ent of any mental olTort of tho opora
tor, and whon tho work is dono ench
lino Is found to end ovon with tho
othors. To "justify" a lino in using
movablo typos tho compositor must,
whon it is nearly completed, clthor
put In thicker or thlnnor spacos.
Tho reproduction of tho work dono
on tho machine now on exhibition is
accomplished by lithography. Tho
work of composing on tho machlno la
done in less than a fourth of tho time
required when movablo typos aroused,
tho ordinary speed being from twenty
to twonty-llvo words a minute. Tho
cost of transferring to tho stono is
said to bo much loss than that of mak
ing up forms for tho pross in ordinary
printing, and as movablo typos aro not
used thoro Is no distribution.
Tho machlno has also been touted
with roforenco to Its uso for making
matrices for tho casting of storootypo
plates, and tho rosult shows that, with
certain modifications which aro now
being made, it may bo successfully em
ployed for that purpose . Chicago
Globe.
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GENUINE FORESIGHT.
How 11 Nniiirt Y011111; Mun IV011 a Cool
Twenty ThoiMund.
"Talking about horso racos," said
Tompkins, regardless of the fact that
nothing had been said about horses
for two hours, "I think I havo had as
strango an oxperlenco in that lino as
any body. It was in 1873, and I was
out in a town In Idaho. Tho boys
woro gotttng up a raco for tho Fourth
of July, and among tho outtios was
Sandy Smith's Arrow and Jim Black's
horso Harry B. Harry was somothlng
of a curiosity In his way a whlto
raco-horso. You don't often seo thorn
Kvory body was betting on Harry 15.,
but I mado up that I would win
big or not at all, so I put up ton
thousand on Arrow, at two to ono.
Well, thoy camo around with Harry II.
In tho lead on tho last quarter, but
just as ho camo to tho grand stand ho
faltered and snorted a couplo of times.
That lost him tho raco, and I was just
twenty thousand ahead."
"But how did you know that was
going to happen?" asked one of tho
auditors.
"Bccauso, whon I first camo on tho
grounds I noticed Jim's throe red
neadod sisters right down in front at
tho far oud of tho grand stand, aad I
know tho whlto horso couldn't got past
thorn." Merchant Traveler,
Whon papering n room a small
apartment can bo mado to appear large
by being covered with a papor of sub
dued color without any particular design.