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HE TAMED ERICSSON.
Jlmv Olo Hull Conquered llio Iron Heart
with tlio Clinrm of UN MiiyIc.
A vory interesting incident is told of
Olo Bull and John Ericsson, ench of
whom have contributed by their lives
no littlo fnmo to the Scandinavian
countries in which thoy woro born.
Acquainted In their early llfo and pood
friends for years, thoy had somehow
been separated and had not met again
until both had earned world-wide fame.
Hull onco visited Ericsson and Invited
him to his concert Ericsson refused
on tho ground that ho had no timo for
ench folly. Each tlmo Bull camo to
New York ho visited his old friend and
never forgot to Invito him to his con
certs. Ills invitations were many
times rofused bocauso tho inventor
pleaded no lime.
"If you don't come to hear mo onco."
paid Bull during ono of his visits, "I
will tako my violin along and piny for
you right hero in your workshop."
"If you bring your violin hero I'll
smash it to bits," was Ericsson's only
answer.
Nothing daunted Bull. Ho was
bound to try what effect his music, that
had entertained so many, would have
upon such an earnest and practical
man as Ericsson, who hud been cooped
up all his life, ono might say, In hit
workshop. Ono bright day Bull wont
to Ericsson's house with his precious
violin, but not without somo misgiv
ings as to how his visit would termi
nate, for ho know that Ericsson was a
determined man and genorally meant
what ho said. When ho ontored tho
inventor's workshop ho was greeted
in any thing but a friendly manner.
Without allowing E lesson an oppor
tunity to blow oIT his wrath on him
Bull opened tho conversation In the
easy, fascinating way for which ho
was noted, upon tho violin's construc
tion, what It lacked, etc.. and flunjly
asked Ericsson his opinion as to tho
best sounding woods for tho manufact
uring of violins. This was followed
by quite a discussion as tc tho acoustic
properties of tho violin. To Illus
trate one of his opinion, Hull
drew the bow across tho strings
of his violin, From ono chord
ho went to another until ho broke
into a lengthened molody. Tho
workmen laid asldo their tools and
listened with Ericsson to tho grand
master of tho violin. All stood spell
bound. Bull became enamored of his
own playing and made his violin utter
tones that It, had never been called on
before to emit. After awhile ho ceased
to play. Ericsson, who had been sit
ting lost in his own emotions, with
tears coursing down his cheeks, cried
out:
"Goon! Goon! For tho first tlmo
I know what has been lacking in my
life."- -Minneapolis Journal.
BOGUS DIAMONDS.
(Ii'Iiih That Ave Hit Ntiiiicroin imtliti Hand
liy tlit Sou-Sliciri'.
Of late years jowolry, and female
Jewelry In particular, as It woro, has
become very numerous and ostenta
tious, so to speak. Formerly the pos
session of a pair of diamond ear-rings
enveloped the happy female in a halo
of aflluonco that caused her to bo
regarded as a modllled female Count
do Monte Cristo.
A minstrel trotipr . whoso perform
ance wo attended not long since, made
a pointed allusion at tho Increased
choapnoss of goins. Tho interlocutor
in conversation with tho genial end
man, congratulated that dusky
humorist because ho had been seen on
tho streets accompanied by a beautiful
young lady. The happy end man In
quire if tho Interlocutor had observed
tho elegant seal-skin cloak worn by
tho lady. Tho interlocutor had
noticed It- With reversed thumb tho
end man Intimates that ho had be
stowed It on tho attractive fomalo.
"It must havo cost you quite a largo
sum of money," replies tho Interloc
utor, who for somo Inexplicable reason
Ignores the negro dialect.
"Yes, sah, tlvo hundred dollars, and
did yo seo dom ar torches?"
"Thoso what!"
"Dom torches. 1 means dom lamps,
hanging In her yoahs."
" Oh, you moan thoso largo solltalro
eai"-rlngH Yes, J saw them. Thoy
must havo cost you at least llfteeu
hundred dollars."
"Thirty cents," ropllos tho end
man, reaching down for his bones, or
rather tho bones with which ho makes
discord.
Tho sliabblly-drossod, poorly-paid
fchopiglrl uours gums that Hash in a
dozen dltTorent colors, while tho
young boy who gets four dollars a
week in a button factory carries on
his soiled hand a diamond ring that
might be a prince's ransom in olden
times - If it woro real.
Yot Jowolry, which was formerly
supposed to bo expensive, Is now worn
so generally as to create a suspicion
that the coal deposits are being sub
jected to an alarming drain.
Not everybody knows that it takes
an experienced jowolor to doteot tho
ro'il from the bogus diamond; hence it
frequently happens that grown-up
persons undergo a similar experience
to that of the little girl who complained
to her grandmother:
"Ma told mo it was n diamond, but
1 havo found out that It was nothing
but a grindstone."
A member ot tho famous "poker
legislature" of Texas onco said that
tho most expensive diamonds woro
those that staid In the pack when ho
had four of thorn in his own hand.
Texas Sifting.
Tho library of tho British Museum
will not horoaftor supply novol to
render until II vo yours uftur publication.
? WELDING BY ELECTRICITY. J
A finecemful Inhibition of Till Novel Pro- '
cr Olvrn lit Itinton.
In response to Invitations of Mr. IL !
A. Itoyco. goncral manngor of tho '
Thomson Electric Welding Company of
this city, about fifty gentlemen assem
bled at tho station of tho Maiden Elec
tric Company, in Maiden, to witness tho
novel process of welding metals by
electric current.
Tlicro woro three Melding machines,
ono small and tho other two much
larger. Tho first is called tlio inch
iron machine, for tho reason thnt it lias
a capacity of welding from a quarter to
an inch bar iron. It will also wold
copper from ono-clghlh to one-half Inch
in diameter, and brass of somovhat
la rer sizo.Onoof tho larger machines Is
.ixtwn as tho two-inch pipe machine,
as it has tho capacity of welding heavy i
two-inch iron pipo and smaller sizes, i
Tim third Is called tho two-inch iron j
machine, and will weld a solid bar of j
iron of that size, as well as smaller
sizes. Thoso machines are supplied (
with current by a dynamo having n j
ec. aslant potential of about !IO0 volts,
and strongth from 80 to 90 amperes.
Tho exhibition of welding was begun
on the small machine, when several
pieces of Iron, brass and copper were
successfully welded, much to tho sur
prise and gratllicatiou of those present,
tlio work on this machine being ciosoil
by the welding of a bar of
iron an inch in diameter.
Tho principle of this process is so
simple and so direct that the wonder
is nobody thought of it before. It is
based on the incandescence of tho car
bons in the are light. In tlieso latter
the carbons are placed by tho trimmer
so as to touch, and when tho current is
established In tho circuit and goes
through them thoy aro drawn slightly
apart by proper mechanism in the lump.
The electric current encountering great
esistniuo from tho air, produces great
heat, which, acting on tho carbons,
gives a white incandescence hence the
arc light. This principle is utilized in
welding. Tlio ends of metals to bo
woldod aro brought in close contact;
then the current is run through them,
and when It. Is established theso ends
aro separated siignuy, wnon tlio elec
tric arc Is formed between thoin and
heat ensues, which, by a skillful ar
rangement of tho machine, is gradually
Inlonsilied until tho d sired welding
heat is obtained. At this juncture the
stirronl is shut oIT by tho operator, and
tho machine manipulated so as to pross
tho heated ends together, when the
wold Is at once completed. 'I ho whole
process. Is clean, neat, beautiful.
In tlio weldings done on the small
machine tho file show tho homogeneity
af tho metal at tho point of junction,
and to show how strong this wold was
Mr. Letup twisted one of the joined
bars until the metal broke, but tlio
break was not at tho wold.
Next an exhibition was glvon of
welding two-Inch pipo on the machine
Joslgned for that purpose. This was
is readily and as easily effected as In
tho case of the smaller bars in the first
machine, the wold being perfect, and
leaving but a little ridge oa tho inside.
Then on tho third machine bars of
wild two-Inch iron woro welded with
tho groati'st ease and In tho most per
fect manner. Tho metal at first as
mines at the junction a dull reddish
color. This color gradually extends
an each side about ono Inch or so, but
while It is spreading there Is a change
to a white heat where tho metals meet.
Borax Is used to prevent outsldo oxida
tion only. Then there is tho sudden
(hutting oil' of tho current, a forcing
together of tho heated ends, with the
result of a complete union of tlio niot
ds. Tho whole process Is ono of mar
velous simplicity and at tho same time
wonderful completeness. Bo.ton llor
ild. CARTOONIST KEPPLER.
Tim ICurly KtriiKultM unit l.utnr Kuv"iuM
ot tho Turnout ArtUl.
Joseph Kopplor, tho groat cartoonist,
who Is Inseparably associated with the
growth of caricature In America, was
born In Ylonna about ilfty years ago.
Ills father was a fancy bnkor, anil the
hoy fostered a lovo of art from orna
menting wedding and birthday cakes
with quaint and curious designs. He
thou made copies of tine costume plates,
which ho offered for sale, and subse
piently drew for tho comlo Gorman
papers. Finding this did not pay, he
joined a dramatic troupe and assumed
it will tho rolo of tragedian and corn
elian. The company foundered, anil
ho became a prestldtgitatour, doing the
lecoinplleo and assistant act. About
ISIiU. feeling the country too small for
him, ho came to America, settling In
St. Louis. Most of his time was spent
in making designs for lithographers,
but ho was too ambitious for that work,
iiiul Induced some friends to aid him In
jstublUhlng tho Gorman Puck. St. Louis
was a poor city for such a paper, and
the venture lived but a few months.
Thwarted but not discouraged. Kopplor
came to Now York in 187l ills genius
was at onco recognized, und ho and
Malt Morgan drew cartoons on Leslie's
In opposition to Nasi on Harper's, fie
remained with Leslie until ISTtl, when,
In company with A. Sehwart.man, he
revived the German Puok, tho English
edition of which appeared tho follow
ing March. Kopplor was not mistaken,
and tho paper was an assured success
almost from the start, l'uok has been
a father to the whole younger genera
tion of cartoonists and a fortune to its
owners.
Personally Mr. Kopplor Iinprossi
ono as a dashing, brilliant man. Ho Is
Uvo feet ten inches in height, of mili
tary bearing, w Ith mustauho and goatue.
Groat inuseus of hair mom to Ileal
on top of his head. Ills tompuraiuunl
Is very gonial. His homo is lit luwood
ou.t he-Hudson, whore ho litis a beauti
ful house. - Chicago News.
MEDICAL SUPERSTITIONS.
Some Itomnrknblr Queer Trench Viignrlef
of thn Olden Time.
A French writer named Chnllatnel
has recently issued a book entitled "A
Blrd's-Eyo View of Franco In tho Mid
dle Ages," in which ho rolates a num
ber of medical suporstltions current in
Franco In tho mlddlo ages, most of
which aro said to prevail at tho present
tlmo also. In thoso dnys tho Fronch
seem to havo had unlimited faith in
preservatives against diseases and in
fallible means of cure, and it may be
ndded that they woro not alono in tholr
trustfulness. Tho following aro somo
of tlio suportitious practices montioned:
To cure fovor thoy abstained from
both llesh nnd eggs on Easter and on
other high festivals; thoy caused a cab
bago stolon for tho purposo from a
neighboring garden to bo dried on a
pot-hook; thoy woro ono of a dead
man's bones as an amulet; they inclosed
a green frog in a bag and hung it to
tho side person's neck; they ato tho
first Easter daisy that they found, and
thoy reoeivol tho benediction in three
dilTcront parishes on tho samo Sunday.
Whilo tolling their beads thoy searched
for a mullein-stalk and throw it to
tho winds; thoy passed through tho
cloft of a tree; they caused a horso to
drink a bucketful of water, and then
drank after him; thoy crossed a proces
sion bolwcon tho cross nnd tho banner;
they drank holy water on Easter eve
or on tho eve of Pentecost; they twined
the hem of a shroud about their arms
or necks, nnd they drank three times
of a mixture of water from threo wells
in a now pot. Tho pooplo of Provence
had their llshorles blessed on a certain
saint's day. On Assumption day the
peoplo of Perlgord went before sun
rise, walking backward, to gather nine
sprigs of centaury, which thoy fastened
to a fovorish person's neck, after which
thoy gave him an infusion of tho herb
to drink. A toad choked to death on
tho ovon of St. John's day had tho same
virtue. It was common for a feverish
patient to rise early in the morning and
walk backward in a meadow, plucking
a handful of herbs without turning or
looking at them, then throw them bo
hind him au.l keep on in his course
without turning back; the result of this
was that tho fever attacked tho dovil.
Anothor practice was for tho fevered
person to drop a pteco of monoy in a
public place, with bomo mummery;
whoevor picked up the coin took the
fovcr.
Tho wa'crsof several fountains cured
fevers, and In particular tho fountains
uo Krignac triumplicu over tertians.
To overcome fear ono hnd only to stick
plus in a dead man's shoe, carry a
wolf's tooth or oyo about, or rido a
boar. To banish rheumatism tho sick
porson caused a miller or his wlfo to
strlko three blows with tho hammor,
Baying: "in nomino Patrls," etc. Bath
ing tho painful parts with tho wator of
tho fountain of Montos caused tho pain
to cease. In Landos rheumatics and
paralytics woro cured of ills by getting
Into certain openings, called etrinos,
in the pillars of a church. In Britain
a child was protected against all dis
eases by having his shirt put on damp.
Tho peoplo of Perlgord carefully pre
served tho ashes and ombers of tho
yule log, which euros tho maladlos of
both man and beast. In somo districts
tho butter made In May was kopt as a
vulnerary. Among tho peasants of the
Montagno-Noiro a whlto-handlod knife
was an infallible remedy for colic.
Epl opsy was cured by attaching a eru
clllx nail to tho pationt's arm, or by
causing him to wear a sllvor ring or a
modal bearing tho names Caspar, Mel
choir, and Balthasar. For warts there
was a vory simple spoelllo rubbing
thorn with a wad of hair or of broom,
and wrapping chick-peas or pobblos in
a rag, which tho porson was to throw
bohlnd him on a road. Whoovor had
toothache touchod tho aching tooth
witli a dead person's tooth. London
Standard.
Renovating Stcol Rails.
Somo success appears to havo attend
ed the recently dovlsed process of mak
ing old steel rails now, It having boon
found, aflor various oxporlinonts, that
pieces of stool may, at a propor boat,
l)o perfectly and easily woldod togothor
uftor being coatod with a solution of sili
cate of soda, or other solution In which
silica Is contained. Yery satisfactory
results havo been obtained by dipping
tho pieces of stool to bo welded into the
silicate solution, or by pouring it upon
thoin, then bunching together tho pieces
to bo welded, heating them to an ordi
nary heat, and passing them through
rolls. This Is tho process followed in
tho case of largo articles, but those ol
smaller description can bo welded undor
tho hnininor when treated previously
with the solution. Not only is this
mothod found applicable for roworklng
old steal rails and other heavy ploces,
hut It thus renders certain kinds ol
stool scrap highly serviceable which
formerly woro almost worthloss; and
the establishment of an Important In
dustry Is regarded as practicable,
namely, tho treatment of masses ol
steel with the silicate solution, on a
largo scale, placing them In the heat
ing furnace, and then passing them
through the rolls, thus, it is claimed,
turning old rails into now ones as good
as the first product of the steel Ingot
N. Y. Sun.
A Delicate Chicago Foot.
Fashionable shoe store.
"What slae do you wear, niadamoP"
"Number four."
Clerk -Take a mho. 1 think I can
fit you. Madiuno, I llnd that
you require n number olght, at least.
"Number olghtl Woll, Unit's a four,
Isn't It lov for onuh footf" Chicago
Herald.
THE ANDAMAN PIGMIES.
rtin fiercest f.lttle PuvnKPA In the World
lit l.mt Won Uy Klrnlne.
In tho Bay of Bengal is a chain of
Islands known as the Andamans, whoso
inhabitants havo long been famous for
their extreme ferocity, their diminu
tlvo stature and tho utter fniluro of
missionaries who havo labored among
them for twonty years without making
a singlo convert. It has been almost
certain death for a stranger to sot foot
on somo of these islands, and it may
now bo said for the first timo that
through the exorcises of long nnd pa
tient kindnesses theso littlo folks havo.
been infused with somo measure of
confidence in tho outer world. A largo
part of their coasts may now be visited
without inviting tho tragedies of which
we have often read as occurring there.
Tho Indian Government has long
maintained a pennl colony on South
Andaman. The white olllcers in chargo
of it resolved to try upon tho fierce
dwarfs of Littlo Andaman tho policy
that had won for thorn tho good will of
many other islanders. A while ago an
expedition, assailed as usual when it
landed witli arrows and battle axes,
took threo women and six men prison
ers aid e irriod thorn nearly a hundred
miles away to Fort Blair. They were
treated with the utmost kindness, and
after a while began to think thoy wore
among friends. In two months thoy
woro restored to their island loaded
with all the presents they could carry.
Upon the next visit of the whites the
released captives camo to see them, and
in a few days men, women and chil
dren fcariess'y visited tho camp, and
oven ventured on board the steam
livinoh. Somo of them have sinco vis
ited tho white settlement on South An
daman, and, though tact and caution
aro still required to deal with them, it
Is belioved that soon shipwrecked
c- ews will bo nblo to land on Littlo An
daman with perfect safety.
As far as wo know, the Andamanese
aro ono of tho smallest races of men
that evor existed. Tho average height
of the men, Prof. Flower tells us. is 1
feet 9 Inches, that of tho women I feet
G inches. Thoy arc about tho samo
size as the South African Bushmen, and
wo know no peoplo smaller than the
Bushmen oxcopt the Akka of Central
Africa. Evidently of Negrito stock, tlio
Iso ation resu ting from their lion oness
has kept thorn a pure and primitive
race, still in tho stone age, forming
.loir huts of boughs and leaves, and
presenting to othnologists a most inter
esting Hold of study.
Only ono tribe of thoso wild people
has thus far proved wholly untamable.
Tho Jarawas of Great Andaman keep
tholr arrows sharpened for any whites
who pass their way. Somo of them
have boon taken captlvo, honored with
the kindest attention, and finally sent
homo loaded with presents, but the
hatred thoy chorlshod for tho whito
race is still as fierce and vindictivo as
over. N. Y. Sun.
THE HOT-AIR CURE.
Something Ahout thn Simple Diet of tho
South AlPerleilll Cowlioys.
When in tho Itopublics of the Uru
guay and tho Argentine In 18(58, whore
1 mot Captain Burton, I found that tlio
tea of Paraguay (mato) as a hot infu
sion used by Englishmen "in the
camp" did, with mutton, all that it)
claimed by your correspondent. Tho
fellows In tho distant camp wero often
six and eight weeks without any thing
but mate and their sheop, and to my
horror I found that each at a meal could
eat n merely soddon shoulder of mutton,
which for an hour had been toasted
from a wooden stako ovor a llro of dry
cow dung. Tho mutton so propared was
often porforco oaten without bread, salt
or poppor, and then it was always rol
ished for its own sake, but washed
down with mato why, it was living
like a lighting-cock! Still, I am bound
to confess that when tho fellows from
tho distant camp visited Buenos Ayres
or Monte Yideo, thoy mado straight for
a confectioner's shop, and "hobbling"
their horses in tho street, thoy gorged
themselves with cako like so
many schoolboys. Yot tho Repub
lics of South Amorlca con
firm tho statements of your correspond
ent, with this qualifie ition, that tho hot
water may be infused mate, and that
if fat and sinow aro liked thoy may bo
eaton freely. Tho dwellers in the camp
are tho leanost, tho most enduring,
and tho healthiest men living, sixty
miles on horebaek before breakfast
being as little thought of as tho walk of
a Londoner from tho bank to tho stock
exchange it should bo added that
children begotten in tho camp inherit
these qualities, with Intelligence be
yond tholr yours from an English point
of view, Tho boy or girl of eight or
ten years may bo trusted to climb up
the fore leg of a horse that he or she
may chase sheep running before a
storm, to bo headed fyiomownrd to a
corral. Ono word more: a simple linger
cut on tho pampas practically Involves
lockjaw; and It may therefore bo asked
whether this follows from a diet of hot
water and moat without vogotable or
mineral accompaniment. P. Barry, in
Pall Mall Budget.
A well-known Chinaman has start
ed an evening school In Now York fci
teach the English lnngungoo his own
countrymen. A good-slod class began
recently, and It was groat fun. AP of
tho pupils could speak a little "pigeon"
ISiigllsh, and thoy imidu it a mile to
sienk no ChintMo while in the school;
but tho teacher's groatel dllllculty was
to get them to pronounce the English
word projwrly.
i i i ii
A man of notUud uoiivleUnns U ono
who bits boon tontuiiuod to life sorvloo
In a penitentiary., N. 0. Pieuyuuu. ,
THE HERRING INDUSTRY.
flow "Sardine" are Tanned In tho TactO"
, rlc of Kantport, Mr.
Amerlcnn art was not tho only thing
which recived an Impotus nt tho Cen
tennial Exhibition in 187G. It becamo
evident that wo had to learn a great
deal about tho food preparations dcriv
ablo from France, Norway, Sweden,
and oven Spain. Fish products in end
less vnrloty, all excellent, mndo no in
considerable portion of tho foreign ex
hibits. It might tako years of labor
before we could rival the Sevres por
celain, but there could not bo any such
troublo in regard to tho preparation of
sardines. As there always has been a
great deal of enterprise in Now Eng
land, It struck thoso intcrosted In fish
ery products that thoro wero ways of
preparing herring other than simply
salting or smoking them, and nt once,
copying In a certain measure the Scan
dinavian fashion, a now industry had
Its birth In Maine.
Tho center of tho canning of herrings
is found at Eastport, Maine, and hero
at certain seasons a vory large business
Is done. Tho herrings aro caught In
vast quantities by means of seines, and
tho smacks bring tho fish into port As
herrings aro perishable, quick-sailing
vessels aro necessary, so as to hurry
tho catch into port A considerable
portion of the catch is put in barrels
for convenience in handling. As soon
as tho fish aro landed thoy are at once
dumped on long tables, whore thoy aro
picked and cleaned. If the fish aro
for canning, pains aro taken that all tho
herring shall bo of a size. There aro
particular seasons when tho young her
ring run, and tlieso aro best adapted
for canning. Hands becomo vory ex
pert, and a great ntimbor of fish can bo
picked and cleaned in tho briefest
period of lime. Sometimes mechanical
adjuncts of a simple kind aro used to
tako oil tho scales and fins.
In some of the largest of these estab
lishments, when fish aro plenty, hun
dreds of women aro employed. Tbore
is no mechanical process yet invented
which will fill tho tins, and so fingers
must bo used. In Franco, sardine cans
aro packed so close with fish that not
anothor one can be put in. The rea
son for this is not because the French
ennnor is a generous man, but for tho
good reason that olivo oil is worth
more than tho sardines. In Eastport
factories the greatest cleanliness is
used, and tlio rooms aro constantly
washed down. As fast as the fish havo
been cleaned and gutted thoy aro
brought into tho canning-rooms. In
some canneries tho fish nro first thor
oughly cooked bofore Doing put into tho
tins; then tho cans aro warmed anow
and soldered. Certain factories cook
tho product directly in tho tins. It re
quires a great deal of skill to give tho
horring their propor llavorings. If
thoro is tho least blunder in tho me
chanicnl part of tho work, tho spoil
ing of tho product is tlio result,
as immediately decomposition takos
place. A great many herrings aro
smoked at Eastport, and following
tho methods employed for cod, bone
less herrings aro made. Theso aro put
on tho market in glass boxes. Thoro
are, howover, somo ways of putting up
tho herring which England seems to
havo tho secret of. Wo havo not yot
succeeded in converting American
smoked horring into tho Yarmouth
bloator. OIT tho coast of California tho
Clupcu sagax Is found, and this is tho
truo European sardine. So far. no
ndvantago has been taken of tho snr
dlno in American wators, but in tho
timo to come, when tho olive-ireo shall
becomo moro plentiful in California,
tho sardino will find Its propor accom
paniment, which is olivo oil, and not
cotton-seed oil.
Horring enter vory lnrgoly into liu
mnn consumption, though to a less do
greo in the United States than in other
countrios. As nearly as can bo esti
mated, -13.000,000 pounds of hor
ring aro takon off tho North Ameri
can coast Tho aggrogato catch In
European wators Is MO, 000. 000 pounds.
Harpor's Weekly.
Intelligence of Beavers.
"Tho intolligenco of tho beavor Is
provorblal," says a correspondent of
tho St James Gazette, "but it may not
bo gonoraliy known that If a stool trap
Is loft visible In ono of his runs ho will
deliberately spring It with a stick; but
if it is so artfully covored with snow or
leaves that ho stops on It unwarily, ho
will twist round nnd round till tho limb
is sovored. It is only undor water that
a steel trap will hold a beavor, and then
because ho drowns before ho can twist
himsolf freo. I onco caught a beaver's
foot In this wav, and somo weoks aftor
ward anothor trapper caught a three
footed animal in a dead-fall. This was
evidently my lieavor, so I bought his
Bkln and ovontually brought it to Lon
don, whore it was sold, to bo convorted
so I was informed into n seal-skin
vest"
A paragraph going tho rounds of
Georgia papers tolls of tho first ap
pearance ol a colorod lawyer
in Atlanta. It was whon Aaron
Alpeorlu Bradloy went to tho Stato
Somite. Bradloy was a klnd-hoartod
mulatto, a sharp fellow, too, and when
ho rose unexpectedly in tho court-room
ono day to defend a caso tho lawyor on
the othor side was so Indignant at his
impudence that ho immediately forgot
cvory thing ho know. Tho mulatto
lawyor called for the papors in tlio caso,
looked at them through his oyo-glassos
und mads a motion to dismiss upon
some technicality. Tho court granted
the motion, and Bradley, with an ag
gravating twist of his nnisUioho, swag
gored oil, leaving tho whlto lawyer so
full of rugo and inortllloatlon that ho
would not upon his mouth.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL
Fifty colored men w latoly
studying for tho priesthood In Homo.
Every civilized country in tho
world is represented by students nt tho
University of Berlin.
Moro col'ego students come from
Connecticut In proportion to tho popu
lation than from any other State. She
sends one to cvory Mi) poisons.
Useful knowledgo can have no en
emies except the Ignorant; It cherishes
' youth, delights the aged, is an orna
ment in prosperity, and yields comfort
in adversity.
Every generation enjoys tho uso
of a vasthoardfof knowledgo) bequeath
ed to it by antiquity, and transmits that
hoard, augmented by fresh acquisitions,
to future ages. Lord Macaulcy.
Creeds may be over-omphaslzed;
hut it is a significant fact that tho men
who do tho most to domonstrato how
little there is in creeds, and how much
they hinder the progress of truth, are
the men who do the least to conquer
tho world for Chris . Dr. F. A. Noble.
It is just ono hundred years sinco
tho introduction of Methodism into
New England. Jcsso Lee had the dis
tinction of having been the first cireult
preachor. and a bronzo equestrian
statue on tho sight of tho old apple tree
at Norwalk. wliero ho held his llrst
meeting, is proposed.
The sum of $70,000 has been ex
pended by tho trustees of tho I'oabody
fund within the last twelvo months, dis
tributed pretty evenly among tho
Southern States. During the last twon
ty years this fund has supplied re
sources amounting to $l,727,Gf0 for tho
extension of educational work in tlio
South.
In Suinmerville, Mass.. a recent re
ligious census shows that thoro aro
2,22d children and youth from l to 120
years old, and all but lol are in somo
Sunday-school. That does not look as
if th" church need ask the Stato to
make the freo schools religious. Tho
I church can attend to her own business
if she will. Independent
There aro 1.21S Young Men's
Christian Associations in America, 622
in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1,
i'J2 in Germany. Holland and Switzer
land, 200 in Japan and o.Vi in IS other
countries. It is an interesting fact
that there is an organization at Naza
reth, wliero Christ lived for thirty
years, and at Jerusalem, whoro ho was
crucified.
Tlio Ocean Buy Society, a corpora
tion recently organized, proposes to
buy the inimenso hotel with 1,200 rooms,
which cost $1,750,000 and has been so
long idle, at Kockaway Beach, to
gether with an adjacent plot of ground
containing about twenty-live acres. It
will be converted into a largo religious
seaside resort similar to Ocean Grove,
and although it will bo non-sectarian
will be under Methodist government
WIT AND WISDOM.
No man ovor did a designed injury
to another without doing a greater to
himself. Henry Homo.
Young, ono Is rich in all tho futuro
that ho dreams; old, ono is poor in all
tho past ho regrets.
If you are a diamond, bo suro thnt
yon will bo found out Cheek, brass or
gall never gets ahead of merit. Bur
dotte. Not what tho world says wo may
do, but what wo know wo ought to do,
is the standard of duty for us In our
daily conduct
If you would construct h, truo and
lasting character you must choose tho
right things in the vory beginning of
life. Dr. Gregg.
When bad men combine, the good
must associate; or olso thoy will fall,
ono by ono, an unpitied sacrifice in a
contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke.
Wo aro all of us bound to make
blunders in this life. Most of our trou
bles como from trying to uphold thorn
after thoy aro made. Somorvlllo Jour
nal. Hard work Is tho cost of all attain
ment that is worth having; yot, while
everybody wants tho attainment, only
now and then one is willing to do the
hard work that is essential to its secur
ing. Thero Is no bright futuro for tho
young man who is shirking every re
sponsibility, ignoring industry, and
glories in being an Idler. Good luck
will never como to him. and it never
should.
Thero Is a burden of enro in gottlng
riches - fear in keeping them; tempta
tion in using them; guilt in abusing
them; sorrow in losing thorn; and a
burden of account at last to bo given up
concerning them. M. Henry.
Tho influences of outward nnture,
of circumstances, of our occupations, of
our fellow-men, aro always pressing
upon us. but tho results of this pressure
upon our welfare, our character and
our life will always depend upon tho
nature of, tho inward forces with which
wo meet it and respond to it Onco a
Wook.
Tho woman who hns found a man
to whom sho can bo an inspinttion,
making him toll oaslly and happily for
her sako, lu; f'iund the widest possible
sphere. The Instinct of ovory woman
lead her to Book this; whatovor olso
women sook is probably sought boeauso
they have boon denied or disappointed
in finding this. llural New Yorker.
The probability In tho caso of ovory
man is that ho will finally dio as he
lived, without any ussontuU cluingo
in his character. Those who nro
hoping to rectify life's mistakes by a
denlh-bod repentance, are almost cer
tain to be inlaUiken in this redjiocU In
most onsets tho ropuntanoe will not come,
and they will go to the bar of God
without It independent