"ON GREAT WATERS."
The ship has crossod tho harbor bar,
And, loavlnff liomo and Irlends afar,
Sails forth beneath tho evening star.
With prayer of watchers left behind,
1 It satis boforo tho springing wind:
Strong Is tho baric, iimlQod Is kind.
baby-souls, sent forth from Heaven,
To you the sea Is also given
.A weary struggle to bo striven I
Ye, too, have loft tho light of homo
Tor warring winds and waves to roam
.Across a dreary waste of foam :
And what shall bo tho end for ytt
Dark shipwreck In tho. midmost seat
Or triumph to eternity?
Fear not: for If yo bnyro tho bjast : -
Willi God's own colors at tho mast.
The haven will bC'piirn.rtlTdH.
Arthur L. 8ilnontSn Good Wrrit,
THE "BOMBAY FIEND."
Diabolical Work of a TTativo of
India in 1858.
An AssiKsIn AV!it M.mtfcHtoil n Mkhicr
' tor tlio lllght Kr of KiiclHIuuoii
Tlio Mmiv Willi Tlieorlm Ad
vanced Caught ut Lust.
Tho Bcrloa of ci'Imos comtnittod by
tho so-culled "Whltochnpol Flood" in
a district of London, is u pinglnrism on
tho work of tho "Hombny Fiond." Tho
only dlfToronco is that ono killed only
mon, and F.ngllshmon at that, and tho
other kills only woinon, and women of
doubtful reputations. It was in 18G8
that tho Hombay ilond pursued his
Woody work, and during his career I
was a resident of that city and saw
most of lila victims after death. As
nil woro English, and all of thorn army
or civil olllcora, and as tho last muttor
dngs of tho mutiny had not yot boon
stampod out, tho Hrltlsh Government
took caro to suppro3S tho particulars
of this Head's work as much as possi
ble. While a thousand men woro
quiotly searching for him tho press
was forblddon to give him any notorie
ty, as it was bolloved tho criminal was
a natlvo, and to particularize would bo
to mako a hero of him and induce
others to follow In his bloody footsteps.
Tho llrsl murder occurred in March,
ISTjS, and tho victim was an English
Captain of infantry, llo was leaving
a club house at ton o'clock at night,
and to reach the street ho had to pats
botweon two stores by an alleyway
eovon or oight foot wldo and twenty
feet Ion j,'. Tills way was lighted by a
single lamp.
People woro coming and going ovory
two or ' thrco minutes, and it was a
public thoroughfare In which a woman
would have felt perfectly safe from vio
lence. Flvo minutes after tho Captain
loft tho club house an nlarm was raised
that ho had boon murdered. A score
of us rushed out to find him dead in
tho alloy way. llo htul boon stabbed to
tho heart, and his right oar hud boon
cut off. Tho body had not boon de
spoiled, and tho general verdict was
that It was a chso of rovengo. There
wis a groat stir over this, tho first of
tho serios, and many natives woro ar
rested on suspicion. Tho Urltlsh woro
carrying things with a high hand then,
and some of tho parties arrested woro
torlui-od to extort a confosslon. It was
IjIvcmi out that one had confessed and
boon executed, but this statement was
only to affect tho native population.
Not ono of tho suspects had a word to
eay to help clear up the mystory.
On tho eleventh night after tho Cup
taln'H murder a Llo-.itonnntof dragoons
wiib found dead at tho frontdoor of tho
bungalow of a friend on whom ho was
about to call. It was only twenty foot
from tho gate to tho stops, nnd tho
path loading up was of Hand. It was
only just aftor dark, with many pooplo
moving about, and yot no one had boon
alarmed. Tho otllcer hud not been
dead flvo minutes when found. As In
tho other case, ho had boon stubbed to
tho honrl uud tho right our cut off and
carried away. This satisfied ovory
body that an assassin was abroad, nnd
tho excitement wns intouso. It was
tho policy of tho Government to sup
press tho facts as far as possible, but
thoy soon became known to ovory
European In tho city, and every man
was on his guard from that time on.
Those who hud been in India longest
roasonod that those murders woro tho
work of a fanntlo-rii religious fanatlo.
At that date, and oven for ton years
later, religious fanatics woro to bo
found in ovory community. Tlioymado
vowb to do this or that for tho glory
of their God, and it was a rare thing
for one of thorn to abandon his
work. I havo met natlvos who had
vowed never to walk In u straight lino;
others who had vowed to sloop stand
ing; othors who kept ono oyo shut, ono
arm raised, or had vowed not to spoak.
If tho assassin hud vowed to take tho
lives of a curtain number of English
men ho was more to bo dreaded than a
band of robbors. Nothing but his capt
ure would prevent him from fulfilling
that vow, and tho fact of his commit
ting two murders in prominent places
and leaving no clow to his Identity
proved that ho was a crafty fellow.
Thoro was tho usual ory against tho
police force, but ono who stopped to
consider for a moment realized how
bolploss tho officers woro. A dozon
arrests woro mudo and threats, prom
ise and torture usod to secure a point
er, but, tho poor follows knew nothing
and, thoroforo, had uothlng to glvo up.
On iho evening of tho fifteenth day
aftor tho second murder a third oc
curred. An urtlllory Captain, who had
Ibeen through all tho mutiny, and who
had only that day boasted that ho could
kuke carq of himself under till clrouiu
tHae, hud culled at tho bungalow of
hlu brother,-Vrho was In tho civil mirv
loe. NelUfludUig lilui.at homo tho Cap.
tain hnd tukou..u jtura jn tho garden
with hi oltfai. TJio Uhtvo native
household servnnta had noticed him
walking up and down, but aftor a
few minutes ono of them saw him
lylnrr on the trround. Tho thrco ran
out, and It was to find htm dead. Tho
garden was about a quarter of an aero
in extent, and was surrounded by a
brick wall nlno feet high. Tho assas
sin had come and gono llko a shadow,
but ho hud done his work as well as in
tho other cases. Tho ono thrust had
been sufficient, nnd tho right car had
been cut off. I wns ono of tho first
called in when tho alarm was raised.
I took a torch and oxnmlncd tho wall,
and at tho rear of tho garden I found
whoro a polo hud been shinted up
against tho wall to assist a climber
Tho man had llftjd tho polo ovor to
help him down, and I found tho prints of
his sandals in tho soft earth. It was
sottlcd, to my satisfaction, at least,
that tho assassin was a natlvo, although
at this point tho pollco brought or
ward tho theory that tho person was a
European, probably disguised as a na
tive. Tho arrest of a dozen sailors and
vagabonds followed, whllo all the na
tives in jail wcro turned loose. I
never knew whether tho police believ
ed In tho now theory, or whether it.
was advised by tho government, but
circumstances went to provo that the
latter was tho c:iso. The arrest una
abuso of innocent natives was causing
much excitement In tho city, and it
was doubtless deemed safer to take an
other theory. At tho sumo time tho
authorities offered a reward of 1,000
for the arrest of tho real assassin, and
a privato circular was sent to every
European in Bombay warning him to
be on his guard.
On tho evening of tho ronth day
aftor tho third murder I was In a read
ing room much frequented by Euro
peans. When f loft I hud to cross a
plat of ground about forty foot wldo.
It win well shaded by trees, but also
well lighted by gas-light, and a brick
hldowulk six foot wide ran straight to
tho street. Near tho gato lending to
tho street was tho only dark spot, and
a bench was hero placed beneath a
tree. As I camu along I noticed a
native soatod on tho bench as If wait
ing for his mastoi inside. I noticed
him as ono might glanco at a passing
carriage, and was going on, when ho
culled:
"Sahib, for God's sako stop a mo
montl I am very 111. 1 havo boon
poisoned."
"Do you think you havo boon poi
soned?" 1 asked, as I icft tho path and
approached him.
"I um sure of it. Lot mo lako your
hand."
Ilosoizod my loft bund In his loft,
uud his lingers hud the grip of a vise.
Ho half rose from tho bench, and
somothlng forced ino to say:
"1 am sorry for you. 1 will go and
find some Englishman who can render
youald."
"Hut aro you no English?"
"No, I am an Amoricun."
Ho Boomed to gasp, and I hoard him
mutter undor his breath as ho relaxed
his grasp on my fingers. Thou he
btiiu:
"Never mind, Sahib imvnr mind.
Wo aro nil dogs lo the Krnr.-.j i. Thoy
would bo glial to bee mo die. 1 will
find a doctor."
Ho stuggerod away through tho gato
and was out of sight in a moment,
while 1 found myself so weak that I
was obliged to sit down on tho bench
ho vacated. 1 had caught sight of a
naked knlfo in his right hand as ho
half rose from tho Uoneh. Here was
tho assassin! Ho was a powerful follow,
witli musolos of stool. Ho got my loft
hand, intending to lift my arm and
give mo tho fatal blow, but whou 1 gavo
my nationality ho desisted. It was tho
English ho was after. 1 had soon him
in tho shadow, whoro all dark faces
look alike. I had hoard his voice, but
all natives of India seem to havo tho
sumo Intonations. Hud ho been led bo
foro mo two minutes hit or In company
with others I could not havo picked
htm out. Hut what assurance tho as
sassin must have! Thoro was not a
minute in which some ono was not
passing. Indeed, as I stood boforo
him two men entered from tho stroot
and two loft tho reading rooms, llo
hadn't ono ehanco In fifty of commit
ting murder and escaping observation
and pursuit, but ho took tho risks.
It Is a fact conceded by tho averago
Englishman that a Hrltlsh ofilclal who
Is willing to take advice is a rarity.
Tho Indian mutiny wns yours coming.
Tho signs woro as plain as tho sun ut
noonday, but Hrltlsh plgheadeduess
and otllolal egotism refused to see or
believe. 1 verily believe that if
a Now lork dotoctlvo should pro
ceed to Loudon and secure a
straight pointer as to tho Identity of
tho Whltochnpol Ilond ho would not
ouly bo scoffed at, but obstructions
would bo thrown In his way. 1 folt It my
duty to go to tho English chief of po
llco of ltombay and lay tho facta bo
foro htm as I havo before thu render.
Ho begun to smile as soon n I began
to talk, and presently waved mo away,
and said :
"Thanks for your kiudnoss, sir, but
your Htory Is all nonsense. You don't
know these natives as wo do. You
woro a bit scared, you know, and you
saw a knife and a plot where uothlng
of tho sort existed. Thanks, sir, but I
am very busy to-dayl"
I wont away feeling mortified and
indlgir.mt, but revenge was at hand.
That very evening, between ten and
eleven 'olook, a member of tho civil
government of the Hombay presidency
ho was a tax rocolvor, 1 believe
ua found weltering in hU blood aa
tlio ftusln's fourtii victim, llo was
lying- In a heap In front of u bench in u
puUllo park, and it wns easy enough
for um to realize how It luul como
; about. Thogatlvo who took my hand
had taken his. Tho knlfo had gono to
tho man's heart, and tho right car waa
missing. A pollco ofilclal camo to soo
mo. and I was asked to pay tho chief
another visit, but this 1 flatly re
fused to do. I had boon snub
bed nnd Insulted, nnd if ho caught
ills man it must bo without holp
from mo. Tho rownrd was now
Increased to 2,003, and over thirty
arrests were mudo within tho noxt
two days. Tho wholo city was In a
ferment by this tlmo, nnd as tho daya
wont by and tho real assassin waa net
cnughy, tho populace demanded tho
head of tho chlof of police, and ho
had to stop down. His successor had
more than ills keenness and llttlo of
his cone?lt, and when ho aont for mo I
obeyed tho summons. Ho was satis
fied that tho natlvo who spared mo
blow tho collector, but wo wcro still in
tho dark regarding tho man's identity.
Ten days passed, and then a Hrltlsh
Major was assassinated on a public
struot between two lamp-posts. In
this instance tho hour was late nnd the
Major was drunk. Tho murder was
identical with tho others, and during
tho noxt day many Europeans left tho
city.
It was queer how tho first clew was
struck. Two days after tho murder I
was talking with an English officer
about tho bloody business, and tho
iini'.o of tho first victim was men
tioned "Poor Tom!" sighed tho officer, "I
wondor if ho will find any ears to pull
In that other land."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Woll, ho was a good-hearted com
panion, but a torriblo hard maslor oil
Ills servants. Ho hud his own way of
managing them. Samo of us bollovo
in kicks and cuff, backod up with
good big oaths, but Tom pulled their
oars for them. It was not a week bo
foro his death that I saw him pull tho
right our of his groom until blood
flowed from tho torn llosh. "
I put two und two togothor us quick
as a Hash of lightning, and half an
hour Inter was with tho chlof of po
lice. It hud puzzlod ovory body to
undorstund why tho assassin hud sliced
off and curried away tho right cur in
cuch cuso. Hjro was a solution of tho
mystory. Tho groom had gono into
other service, but was easily located
and nrrested. llo was curing for tho
horses of an officer, and in his box in
tho stublo was found his knlfo and the
four bloody ears. Ho was a bold, gamy
follow, und he boasted of his bloody
deeds, lie said:
"I killed my master becauso ho pulled
my ear. Alter Killing mm i wanted to
kill othors. I had sot tho numbor at
twenty. I am your prisoner. Do with
mo as you like. 1 he four Englishmoa
1 havo killed woro worth to you four
thousand such lives as mine. I am
ready to dlo."
Ho was oxocutod in public, and died
cursing tho wholo English raco. How
do you suppose tho reward was divid
ed? If any body furnished the clow 1
did, but tho money was divided be
tween tho chief of pollco, who caused
tho arrest, and tho otllcer who told mo
about tlio oar-pulling! Thoy woro big-
hearted enough to offer me twonty-llvu
pounds each, but I respectfully do-
cllnod the charity. A. 1. Sun.
ACOUSTIC VASES.
How Tlicy Kniililnil I Co lit it n Actor to llo
lli'itril In iilgaiitlu Tlicittirs.
Tho theaters of tho unolont Homuns
were notable for their good acoustic
properties, duo to the fact of their in
terior being constructed of wood, a
material which, by its own vibrations,
re-enforces sound. Thoso of tho Crooks,
being built ohlolly of stone and marble,
were wanting In this Important ro-
spoet, to romody which thoy woro com-
polod to call lu tho aid of resonance,
which thoy did by placing a series of
hollow brazen or oarthonwaro vossols
of carofully-graduatod slzoa botweon
tho rows of seats In tho audi
torium. Yitruvlua tolls us that thoso
harmonic vases woro placed in colls or
niches botweon tho rows of seats occu
pied by the spectators, to which tho
voice of tho aotor had free passage,
and that they enabled tho actors to bo
heard in all parts of the gigantic thea
ters, some four hundred feet In diame
ter; that thoy woro made of brass or
earthenwaro, and proportioned in
magnitude to tho size of tho building',
and that In tho smaller theaters thoy
were tuned lu harmonic proportions of
fourths, fifths and eighths, with their
replicates; whllo in thoso of greato
magnitude thoro was a vase to corre
spond with ovory sound in tlio dl3
diupuson, or grout muslcnl system, in
all tho genera. Unfortunately, he
does not glvo any descrip
tion of tholr form which in
nil probability resembled that of bells.
These vessels, termed ccheia, woro
found greatly to strengthen tho speak
er's voice, especially when the dlalrijuo
was intoned; and hero wo havo prob
ably the philosophy of tho origin and
practice of intoning our church serv
ice. Each tchcion soloctod a certain
note like the pipe of an organ, and vi
brating In unison with it, responded
and took up tho sound by sympathetic
vibration, thereby increasing its In
tensity. .Any hollow air space will ac
commodate itself more or loss in tho
mine manner, a fact that is now gen
erally takoa advantage of in our tho
ators and public buildings, by leaving
open spaces beneath tho sonts and
tloors, between tho walls and above
tho celling. Chambers' Journal.
"The Chlnosonro very persistant,
remarked Miss Learned to a gentleman
visitor. "1 delist kuuw about that. It
twins lo taw the oksmolor of n China
inuu ts upt to bo wisii.hu-vwili).M
AMUSING ENCOUNTER.
Blaglrjls mill Woodchuck Kngngo In
Eerie (if Flit ill Duels.
An amusing encounter between
muskrnts and woodchucks was wit
nessed along tho Hondout creek in the
town of Kochester a day or two ago.
Theso little animals aro bitterly antag
onistic to each other, but it is not often
that fifty of tho woodchucks array
themselves in battlo against an oven
number of tho rats. The enemies mot
on a narrow neck of land, tho musk
ruts occupying tho position nearest tho
water, while tho woodchucks formed
in a hnlf-circlo somo eighteen or twen
ty feet away.
The attack was begun by an unusual
ly largo woodchuck, who darted out
from its fcllowa nnd ran in front of tho
solid mass of rats as though inviting
an encounter. Tho challenge was
finally accepted by a big muskrat, the
battlo botweon them lasting several
minutes. Tho strangest feature of the
fight was that tho rest of tho animals
wcro mcro spectators of tho fight
Neither tho rats nor woodchucks
changed their position till the first
battlo was ended and tho woodchuck
lay dead. Thon two more sallied forth
from each sido and engaged in battlo,
these being followed by others until
tho ground was strewn with tho dead
bodies of chucks and rats. At no time
did tho fight become general, nor waa
thoro a cessation of hostilities till at
least three-fourths of tho entire num
bor originully engaged on botli sides
lay dead or dying.
Perhaps tho oddest part of this
unique spectacle was tlio burying of
tho dead. Tho chucks carefully gath
ered their dead comrades and con
signed them, ono by one, to tho waters
of tlio Hondout creek. Tho muskrnts
did tho samo thing, though in a slower
and more dignified manner. Tho rats
stood on tho bank and watched the
scene, whllo tho woodchucks retired
in confusion to tholr liberally-provided
winter nests. X. V. Times.
ANIMAL COMPANIONSHIP.
I'rulrlo ItoK'i OwU ami ItitttlcHiiukc as
I'cllott -Lodger.
Tho othor day I was riding through
California on my way from Los
Angeles to San Francisco. It was near
evening, and wo had for somo distance
passed through a plain covered with
very broad, low, gontly-curvcd
mounds. Thoso wcro, perhaps, fifteen
or twonty foot in diameter and not
more than ono or two foot in hoight.
Suddenly, on tho summit of ono of
them, I saw ti comical llttlo gray owl
solomnly blinking at tho train us it
whizzed by. I rubbod my eyes to
assure myself that I was awake, and
thon kept a sharp lookout. Soon 1
saw another, and then a couplo look
ing at ono another, and horo anothor
and thoro ono. Owls, certainly, and
plenty of them. 1 now suspected we
woro passing through a prairie-dog
town, and I looked at tho low mounds
with increased intorest. Thoy woro
not at all like the pictures 1 had scon.
They woro not so stoop or high. At
last 1 siiw ono of the dogs, standing up
on his hind legs a fat, clumsy little
fellow, something like a woodchuck in
size and gonoral nppoarance. Thon
thoro wore moro of thorn. Somo dis
appeared instantly into tholr holes;
othors kept courago and watched us
So wo went on miles of prairie-dog
town; hundreds of dogs; hundreds of
owls.
This is an example of what a nut
urullst culls "Animal Companion'
ship." Tho prairie dogs dig thoir
burrows deep into tho earth and throw
up tho mounds of earth around tlio
mouth of it. Thon thoso queer little
owls, in sober gray, como and livo
with them or tako possession of do
sorted nests. Thoy say, too, that a
third lodger comos and "bunks In"
with thorn both tho prairio rattlo
stinko. A queer trio of follow-lodgors,
tho prairio dog, tho owls and tho rat
tlesnakes! Nor do thoy always got on
pleasantly together. Swiss Cross.
TYPHOID FEVER CURE.
A I.lln Saved by tln Appllt'iitlon of Suit
I'IhIi to tint I'litlont' IVt.
A bountiful young woman, ovor
whoso head had passed but eighteen
Bummors, and to whom llfo offorod only
tho prospect of unending pleasures, sho
being surrounded with all tlio comforts
that loving hearts and willing hands,
supported by adequato moans, could
afford, was recently taken ill with
typhoid fever. Tho best medical tal
ent that eould bo obtained was called
in, but without avail, and a few even
ings since all was gloom in tho hand
somest residence in Fordham, whore
sho lay ill. Hor physicians had de
parted at a late hour, saying that bo
foro morning tho ond would como.
An aged aunt from tho country, who
was on a visit, happonod fortunatoly
to remomber that years ago, when tho
yollow fever prevailed In tills city, a
physician who luul then but recently
como from Ireland had broken tho
fever nnd saved many lives by apply
ing salt fish to tho feet of tho pationts.
This suggestion was soized upon by
tho now hopeless parents of tho girl,
and salt mackorol, which thoy hap
pened fortunately to havo in the house,
woro applied to tho fair patient's foot
by hor anxious relatives during tho re
mainder of tho night. When tho doc
tors culled tho next morniug, oxpactlug
to hear of tho death of their pationt,
thoy were astonished to find that tho
fever had considerably abated. To-day
tho young woman, who was "given up"
by hor medical advisers, Is convales
cent. V. '. Telegram.
All the speeches and nd&rossos de
livered during the past twonty yours
or so by Albert lidwnrd nre to be piib
Itehwl. TIid will be known as Um
prluta of Wulod. VifwfefiAfii Lntgtr
ABOUT PUNCTUALITY.
Tho Secret or the Suecr of Som KaututU
Men of (ienlu.
Genius Mr. Carlisle lias boldly de
fined lo be patience. Ono might well
adopt the stylo hero, nnd say that suc
cess is tho child of two very plain pa
rents Punctuality nnd Accuracy. It
Is tho habit with too many young
men especially young mm of parts
and of culture to fancy that tho
practice of tho commonplace qualities
wo havo just named is beneath them;
that it would detract somehow from
their cclnt; that it would render them
commonplace, and bring them down
from a higher elevation. Never was
there a greater mistake than this. Tho
most famous men of genius havo been
noted for their punctuality und accu
racy; tho power of taking p.iins, of
concentrating themselves, was tholr
most, essential gift. "Sir Walter Scott's
punctuality, " Biiys Mr. Smiles, "was
ono of tho most .ircfully cultivated of
his liubits, otherwi&o it hud not been
possible for him to get through such an
enormous amount of literary labor.
Ho mudo it a rule to answer every let
ter received by him tho sumo day, ex
cept whoro inquiry and deliberation
woro requisite. It was his practice to
ribo by flvo o'clock and light his own
fire. Hy tlio time tlio family assombled
for breakfast, between nino und ten,
ho hud dono enough to uso his
words to break tho neck of tho
day's work. Yet ho said on ono occa
sion: "Throughout every part of my
career 1 havo felt pinched nnd hum
pored by my own ignorance.'" Think
if tlio humility .of that confession, and of
tlio healthy, frank, candid naturoof tho
man, in whoso character there was cer
tainly no room for affectation! Even
in tho case of poots of tlio moro sensi
tive, passionate or irrilablo order, we
find that tho power of abstracting
themselves from outward disturbances
and working on amid manifold draw
backs wtis ono of tho chief olemonts in
their biiccess. Wordsworth was ono of
iho most systematic and accurate of
men, us we should expect him to be;
but Hyron und Shelley woro liko Schil
ler in their power of accomplishing still
bouts of work.and sticking to their work
till it was finished. Milton, itis clear, was
not only systematically laborious, but
laboriously careful und accurate. In
deed, scarce any tiling in biography
has moro surprised us than tho power
such mon as Hyron and Shelloy showed
of dovoting certain portions of time to
certain things not tho least of then
causes of irritation being interruptions:
of a trivial kind whilo they were at it.
As for the great men of action, all
uliko havo confessed to tho power ol
punctuality and accuracy in'thoir lives.
When Nelson was on (ho evo of de
parture for ono ol his great expedi
tions, tlio coachman said to him: "Tin.
carringo shall bo at tho door punctually
at six o'clock." "A quarter before," said
Nolson: "I havo always been a quartet
of an hour before my time, and it has
mudo a man of mo."
Wellington was never known to be
livo minutes into; tlio most ill-written
note from an old private who laid served
under him in tlio Waterloo campaign
was certain to receive a full and inime
diato answer. So with General Wash
ington. When his secretary on ono oc
casion excused himself for the lateness
of his attendance, and laid tho blame
upon his watch, his muster quiotly
snid: "Thon you must get another
watch, or I another becrotary."
Punctuality intimately connects itsoli
with tlio subject of delay, though some
how it is most readily associated in the
mind with minor matters of appoint
moot. It is, in reality, far-reaching;
and there Is no important or moment
ous intorest that it does not touch. On
the great clock of timo thoro is but one
word, and that word is "now." "Now,"
says a good authority, "Is tho watch
word of tho wise." "Now," is on the
banner of tho prudent. Lot us keep
this little word always in our mind;
and, whonevor any thing presents itsolf
to us in tlio shape of work, whether
mental or phyr-ieal, we should do it
with all our might, remembering that
"now," is tho only timo for us. It is
indeed a sorry way to got through tho
world by putting off till to-morrow,
saying, "Thon" I will do it. No! This
will novor answer. "Now" is ours,
"Thou" may novor be. Christian
Union.
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The Sun Lights a Lamp,
Tho following conies from Lancaster
County, this State: Above tho doorway
of a storo in Mount Joy is a lantern
which contains a coal oil lamp. Ho
hlnd tho lamp is a glittering rollector.
Tlio othor afternoon a curious thing oc
curred. The sun wna shining brightly,
and tho day had in it a suggestion of
balmy July. Tho rays of tho sun pene
trated tho glass of tho lantorn, thence
through tho chimnoy of tho lamp, and
woro focused on tho polished rollector.
Tho rays woro so focused that tholr ac
tion caused Iho wick in tlio lamp to
ignlto, and It burned somo tlmo be
fore it was discovered. Philadelphia
Letlger.
m
Many yours ago thoro lived in
Hrunswiek, Mo., a prosperous old
Quakor farmer named Jones, whose
conscience troubled him if ho took any
moro of his neighbor's monoy than .ho
considered a fair equivalent for what
ever sold. Ho fixed ono price for his
butter and novor would tako any moro,
no mattor what tho stato of tho market
might bo. One morning his son Thomas
was sont to tho vitiligo with a pot of
butter, which ho sold for flftcon conts a
pound. On his return ho gavo his
father the proceeds of his Ua. The
old gcutleuiuu t-eul hint ImmwlUtoly
Utiit i" t - M"ii!tsur to tvHir.a thiii.
cents a pound- j
CARVING AND TURNING.
An lnterotliiK I)errlitlon of a riennnnt
mill Well-I'iilil Occupation.
There aro few trades requiring moro
skill than thoso of carving and turning
In wood nnd ivory. Tho "kit" of thoso
mechanics comprises chisels and
gouges of various sizes, and what i3
called a "Y" tool. In carving heads,
images or designs of different kinds of
wood tho block is first brought into
rough shape with tho gouges, and,
when this Is done, tho other tools nro
used alternately down to tho finishing,
which is dono with tlio finer chisels.
Tho curving of woodwork of this
description, which does not apply to
furniture, is dono out nnd out by tho
workmen, and for a day of ten hours
they receive S-'.iO to $3. Tho work Is
fairly steady tlio yi ar round, and child
labor or convict labor havo no terrors
for wood carvers.
As a rule the business of Ivory-carving
is combined with that of wood
carving, tho samo work being dono in
most of tho places, and at tho samo
timo a few of them do what thoy call
tortoise-shell work. There aro threo
kinds of ivory used in tlio manufacture
of various articles made from this
material. Tho best is imported from
Africa, and at times tusks aro had aa
much as six feet in length and weigh
ing nearly ono hundred pounds.
The price of theso tusks ranges from
$2.G0 to 5 a pound, according to qual
ity. There is a Miialler tusk from tlio
same place, which in most cases will
measure from eighteen inches to three
feet in length, tind tho prico of theso
ranges from $1 to a pound. Thoso
tusks are known by the name of "Scriv
elloes." This trado is controlled en
tirely by an importing firm whoso head
quarters aro in Hamburg. Another
species of ivory used in tho trade is
"Wali-us." It is much cheaper than
tho above, but tho ono vital objection
to it is because of tlio "pitti" running
through tho center of it, which materi
ally interferes with its usefulness. The
remaining species, but ono that is little
u-ed, is that of tho hippopotamus. Al
though occasionally utilized, it is of
little value, tlio objection to it being be
causo of its crookedness, which pro
vents its use for any but small articles.
Tho articles made from theso materials
consist principally of keys for musical
instruments, handles for parasols and
breastpins.
Tho tortoiso-shell business comprises
tho carving and ornamentation of ladies
combs. In doing this work tho tooth
tiro first made, und then four or five of
tho shells aro riveted together, the de
sired pattern is pasted on tlio top shell,
and with a highly-tempered and line
jig-saw the design is cut out. Tho combs
aro then given to tlio carvers, who finish
tlio work.
In tho ivory branch tho work is di
vided into two branches, turners and
carvers. Tho wages of tlio former
range from $10 to $11 a week, and of
the latter from $12 to $18 for tho same
period. Liko tlio wood-carvers, their
hours aro ten a day. For somo years
thoro has been no material change in
tho wages of cither branch, each man
being paid in accordance with tho abil
ity lie possesses. Tho wages paid in
this city compare favorably with thoso
paid in othor places. Tho busy seasons
in tlio trado aro in tho spring and fall
of each year, but it may bo said of tho
business that it is fairly steady. The
mnehinory used in tlio places whore
this work is dono aro circular and jig
stiws of the finest texture, lathes for
turning and presses for drilling holes.
Ar. V. Mail and Express.
PULMONARY DISEASES.
How CUiiiitto It 3liuli! tlm ScapiKoat ol
j lVrsonal liiiprtiilfiict..
' "Pulmonary disetiso is tho scourge of
our cliniute," says tho medical faculty,
in its sententious way. This has long
been said, and the phrase will probably
continue to bo repeated whilo grass
grows and water runs. Yet it is llttlo
bettor than a libel on tho elements, for
all that.
Climato is mndo tho scapegoat of por
sonal imprudence. Jf peoplo will over
heat thoir houses and places of busi
ness in winter, if thoy choose to sit, for
an hour at a time, ovoreoated, shawled,
hatted und India-rubbered, in ono an
other's oven-like offices, and to plungo
thonco, bathed in perspiration, into an
open-air toinporaturo bolow tlio freez
ing point, what right have thoy to
charge the climato with thoir coughs,
influenzas, soro throats and consump
tions? Nobody could bo pitched out of
tho tropic of Capricorn into tho frigid
zono two or threo times a day without
damage to his breathing apparatus, wo
tako it.
Practically, so far as dlfToronco of
toinporaturo is concerned, thousands of
us pass through tills sort of ordeal al
most every winter's dny. And yot suf
forors from diphtheria, pnoumonia,
bronchitis, asthma, otc, gonoratod by
tholr own insano nogloct of tho most
obvious snnitary rulos, aro taught to
believe that thoy aro tho victims of
climatic tntluoucos.
Keep tho thormomotor down to sixty
livo dogroos In your stores, countlug
liousos and domlclls from Novombor
till April; novor sit in rooms boated ovon
to that moderate dogreo In your beaver
cloths, furs and promonndo headgear;
warm yoursolvos with oxorclso instead
of immoderate artificial boat; and don't
bo afraid to lot tho outsido nir
brush tho insido of your dwolllngs,
otc, with its hoalthful wings, at least
twlco ovory twonty-four hours. Do
this, all yo whouro "subject" to coughs
and colds that keop you barking and
snullllng tho winter through, with a
dondly-llke gltmpso of consumption
In prospective, and wo venture to my
you will think better of lhi "terrlblu
i-ino.it. M xt fp-gr than yon do at
prvMnL -A'. . LtUcir.