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MISCELLANEOUS.
Out West a mnn who Is hard up
sometimes "raiso too wina ' on a
erc-loan Gripsack.
-.. A West Point cadet who violates
,,tho law against cigarette smoking is
'bilged to paco back and forth, rain
or smne, lor iweivo nours. witn a
tnusket on his shoulder.
The Indians of the Five Nntlons
,take great interest in news from the
eurroundlng States, as well as within
weekly nowspnpora are published
V'lthin the Territory, and a number of
"dally newspapers from the States are
taken by the Indians.
Whoro ver the water is fresh enough
to grow oystors nnd wherever tho
marsh lands also exist, tho construc
tion of ponds for oyster culture is feas
ible on just as grand a scalo as is now
practiced on somo parts of tho coast of
France.
During a matrimonial dispute tho
wife of an apothecary, as a last resort,
tried to work on her husband's better
feelings by bursting into tears. "What's
the use of crying," said ho; "thoro's
nothing to bo madoout of tears. I havo
tested them chemically and find they
consist of an infinitesimal proportion
of phosphato of lime and a littlo chlo
ride of soda; thorost is Insipid, worth
less water."
N Hopeful signs: Tho Sultan of Zan
zibar has abolished slavery. ThoQuoon
of Madagascar has decreed thut all
persons brought from tho neighboring
coast or Africa as slaves shall bo set
free. It Is reported that tho Arabslavo
irauo in J-.ast Arrica is decreasing. Oh
King Leopold's invitation tho Sultan
will send a spocialdelegato to tho Antl
"fcSlavory Congress.
Capital punishment: Teachor, de
scribing expediences of tbo day to a
friend. "In ordor to punish Johnny
Hansom I caused him to sit beside Miss
Fresh, tho prottlost girl in tho school."
Friend "And how did It work?''
"Judge for yourself. Tho girl did not
6eem a whit disconcerted, and smiled
so sweetly on Johnny that ho lost his
head completely." "Why, that was
capital puulshmont." Philadelphia
Press.
Philadelphia has a witty judge
as wise, it is said, as ho is witty who
was once called on by tho Supremo
Court of Pennsylvania to reverse his
own decision against tho admission of
a woman as an attorney and counsel-lor-at-law.
Having duly admitted her
to the bar, tho first of her sex in that
State, the judgo gravely procuodod:
.A.,rl ...... 1,
only remains for mo to declare court
open," etc.
Why do we always talk of putting
on a coat and vest? Who puts on a coat
before a vest? Wo also say putting on
shoes and stockings. Who puts on tho
shoes boforo tho stockings! Wo also
put up signs tolling peoplo to wipo
their feet when wo mean their boots or
shoes. And a father tolls a bay ho
will warm his jacket when ho moans to
warm his pantaloons. We aro a little
eccentric in our phrases, ain't we, at
times?
"What a houseful of children you
have, uncle," said a gontloman to an
old negro, whoso cabin swarmed with
children of all ages and sizes. "Yes,
6ah, yes, sah," replied their father,
proudly, "thirteen in all, sah; on not
one too many. Couldn't spar1 ono. All
boys but two. sah, en chances fo' do
las' one ob 'em to git into Congress.
Yes, sub ! 'Taint many men has do
chance ob boin' fader to 'lobon Con
gressmen no, sah!" Youths' Com
panion. At tho recent State election in Bis
marck, Lum Hing, a Chinese laundry
man, took out citizenship papers and
voted, casting his ballot for tho Repub
lican ticket. This is tho first case of
tho kind Iu tho history of North Da
kota, and the event is subject of much
gossip. Lum Iiing is twenty-eight
r years of age, and says ho will remain
in tho United States during tho re
mainder of his days. Ho may return
to China to visit his people, but ho
will always bo a "Mellcan slitizen."
"At homo Tuesdays in March from
three until six o'clock," read a simple
minded old ludy on tho wedding cards
, of a young couple of hor acquaintance.
y "Well, well," she said, doprecatingly.
"Carrie always was an awful girl to
go, out l uiu tiunK sno u stop nor gnu
ding round and sottlc down after sho
married; but this looks liko sho ex
pected to go it worse than over, when
alio has to send out notice that sho
won't bo at homo but three hours a
weok. Great houso-keoping sho'll do
at that rate! I pity hor husband!"
"Rustrura," tho elephant pre
sented to tho Berlin Zoological Gar
dens in 1881 by tho Prince of Wales,
I becanio so treacherous that lately it
was decide to strangle him. A three-qunrter-ineh
stool wife was procured,
and while the animal was exercising In
the open air, a noose was mndo and
slipped over his head. Forty-two men
til a given signal, began pulling on tho
V cable, but as soon as "Kustrum" felt
tho growing prospuro on his neck he
jjavi his head a suddon jerk, snapping
tho rope No further attempt to end
tho beast's oxlstonco was mado.
Tho oldest person who has died
this year, according to tho longevity
sharps, was Gottfrlod Wapmaruk, who
passed away In Germany not many
week's ago at tho undisputed ago of 12G
years. Tho oldest person of modern
times whoso death is recorded accu
rately was Louisa Truxo. an English
wumft, who was 175 years old when
sho'dlod in 1780. Thoro was a Don
cestor of tho present family of long
) lived Camerons in Pannnvlvunin. who
died in Scotland in 1759 at tho ago of
130 years.
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
A TCeitern Editor' Experience with no
man Nature.
Wo extract tho following from tho
last issue of tho Arizona Kicker:
We Are Lest. For the past four
weeks our frionds havo been eagerly
pressing us to take tho nomination for
mnyor on tho people's ticket. Wo do
not cravo otllce, and aro a very busy
man, but tho pressure became so great
wo had to glvo in. Last Tupsday oven
ing tho city caucus was hold, and in
stead of being nominated for mayor
wo roceived only three votes out of
upwards of sixty cast. Our friends
woro mistaken whon thoy insisted that
wo woro wanted. Instead of being tho
unanimous cholco of tho patriotic peo
plo, wo had the pleasure of seeing
Jerry Bnxter, tho meanest man in
town, givon tho nomination. O, well,
that's human naturo right enough, and
an editor fool enough to go into politics
doscrvos to bo driven head first into
tho tan-bark as wo were. We have a
word to say, however, tho Kicker will
not only bolt every candidate on tho
ticket, but wo guarantco to have nlno
tonths of tho nominees in prison beforo
thoy aro a montii older. Veni cum
granial which -is Latin for saying:
Don't monkey with a newspaper man.
A Base Falsehood. Wo havo as
certained that it was Colonel Kohoo
who started the story that wo had tho
proprietor of tho Red Star saloon
lynched by a mob last Weok in ordor to
avoid paying him a liquor bill of $18.
Wo encountered tho Colonel in Davjs'
livery barn yesterday,, grabbed him by
tbo throat nnd baoked him against tho
hoots of a stage mule, and botwoon us
and tho muto tho Colonol received a
drubbing which will last him a life
time. Ho acknowledged that ho was a
liar, slanderer and thief, and that his
courso towards U9 was acUiated by per
sonal spite. At that very momont ho
had on our socond-best undershirt, our
Sunday nocktio and the pantaloons that
wo never wear except on holidays, and
was in dobt to us for many ouior favors.
As to tho lynchlug. vo suggested it bo
causoTimO'Niol, the victim, bad fallen
into the' habit of killing a man about
seven times a week, and thoro was eve
ry roason to bcllovo that tho coroner
was standing in with him on tho fees.
Wo should havo suggested staotching
tho coroner's nock a littlo at tho samo
time, but as ho brought us in a club of
thirteen subscribers wo didn't think it
would look exactly right.
HaveGot a Few. A correspondent
inquires if Tho Kickor has any libel
suits on hand, as tho result of Its In
dependent and outspoken courso. Well,
yos, it has a few about four dozen, we
believe, but we aro not worrying any.
They have all been instituted by socond
class ducks, who haven't any character
to bo damaged, and tho wholo batch
will probably bo thrown out of court in
a lump somo day. In tho boglnnlng of
our career a libel suit used to givo us
tho colic for threo days and nights,
and we'd wake up from a troubled sloop
to find our cheeks wot with tears, but
wo soon got sunburned. Indeed, wo
rather profor to seo them come. It
looks like business.
Might Have Been the Pkofessok.
Ever since wo took possession of our
ofllco on Sioux avonuo certain peoplo
havo taken a malicious delight in
heaving rocks at tho doors and through
tho windows at midnight. Wo put up
with it tho first six months because we
woro afraid, and tho noxt six because
wo liked to soc people enjoy thom-
solves. Then we warned tho public to
lot up or somebody would got hurt.
Last Wednesday night a rock weigh
ing threo pounds came through a win
dow and baroly missed our hoad as wo
lay sleoplng on our cot. As wo got to
tho door with our shot-gun somo ono
could bo seon making off over tho
commons towards Elkins' saloon. Wo
drew on him and pulled triggor and
something uttered a yell. Yesterday
tho body of Professor Jonklns was
found in tho sagebrush about two mllos
from town, and it was plain that ho
diod of a doso of buckshot in tho back.
Just as likely as not ho was tho chap
wo aimed at in tho darkness. Wo
didn't owo him any particular grudge,
and wo didn't know that ho did us, and
wo aro willing to foot half tho burial
expenses at a vonturo.
A Base Cowakd. The item in th"
Chicago pro of rccont dato that wo
had been fatally woundod by a judgo
for publishing a slander wai not ex
actly correct. In tho first place, the
individual was a cowboy named Rose.
In tho noxt placo tho artlclo was true,
and in tho third placo. after ha had
firod fivo shots at us w .hout touching
a hair, wo knockod him silly with a
squash which wo picked up in front of
Snyder's grocery. Thon wo stood on
him for about half an hour, nnd whon
ho wont out of town our brtndlod dog
was chasing him at tho rate of twenty
mllos an hour. Detroit Freo Press.
In Hamilton. Ohio, a man died n
fow days ago, who had $500 in money
laid up; and a paymont of $150 waa
duo to skvo his homo. His widow took
tho monoy to buy a lino casket, an ex
pensive lot in tho cemetery, and to hire
twenty-five hacks for tho procession,
and thus used every dollar and lot her
homo go by dofaulL
A charming way to flavor custards
is to beat fruit jolly with tho whltoa ol
tho eggs; red raspberry jelly and
quince jelly nro especially nice for this.
Christian Union.
Blacking the noso as a preventlra
of enow-blindnosa Booms to have b
como recognized as successful.
SCHOOLS IN ALASKA.
Hof) the tJoTernment Help Mlatot,arlea
Educate the Xatlvrt.
What havo tho Senate Committee on
Indian affairs, who so shrewdly choso
a trip to Alaska for this summer's
jaunt, found out about tho schools of
that Territory? This is a subject that
raises discussion from time to time
whon Congress is engaged upon Terri
torial appropriations.
After tho Territory wns acquired
from Russia, the Presbyterians, who
from tho first have boon.promlnont in
missionary enterprise in that region,
established a sort of industrial school
at Fort Wrangoll under Rev. Mr.
Young. Boys and girls wcro taught
farm work. Tho boys also learned
somo trndes, and tho girls woro taught
tho art of housekeeping. Congress ap
propriated $4,000 n year to aid this en
terprise; nnd Mr. and Mrs. Young
wcro encouraged to go on nnd employ
assistants. After two years tho appro
priation wns discontinued and the in
dustrial fnrm was abandoned. Tho
Prosbytorians, however, kopt on else
where with their missions and tholr
schools. Still, as a wholo, tho educa
tion of Alaska was for many years
protty much neglected.
A public school systom was intro
duced in Alaska only five years ago.
Tiio Indian appropriation bill of 1884
provided for tho maintenance of indus
trial schools. Tho appropriation was
renewed for four years, but as It
amounted to only $15,000 or $20,000
annually, tho Interior Department con
sidered that tho wisest use that could
bo mado of tho monoy waa to divido it
among tho religious societies for tho
purposo of onlarging tho existing
schools nnd establishing now ones. By
that time, too, the Indian Ofllco, which
had originally sought to manage tho
schools, concludod that thoy proporly
belqngod to tho Bureau of Education.
Tho commissioners hold that any ap
propriation for this purposo should bo
for tho peoplo of Alaska, not for the
Indians, mid that tho wholo matter
should bo put "under tho manngomont
of tho Bureau of Education, which has
its own olfloialB rm the ground, and is
now better equippod than tho Indian
Ofllco would ovor be for tho prosocutlon
of such work." Congross adopted this
view, and thus tho business has gono
on.
Tho nmount appropriated for educa
tion in Alaska last year was $45,000,
and for 1889 it is $50,000. Last year
Socrotary Vilas reported tho oxistonce
of 38 schools, 15 supported by tho gov
ernment, 15 by tho Russian church,
six by other religious bodies, and two
by tho Alaska Commercial Co.,builton
St. Paul's and St. George's Island. Tho
nggregato attendance in all those
schools was ovor 1,800 pupils, 1,261 of
whom woro Instructed In tho govern
ment schools.
Tho Senate Committoo havo visited
tho colony of 1.200 converted and
christianized nativos who removed
two years uao to Annetto Island from
Matlakahtia in British Columbia and
they woro much improssod by tho
progress of these Indians in civiliza
tion. But the fact is their leader, Mr.
William Duncan, has been engaged
among thorn for about thirty years.
Had not both tho civil authorities of
British Columbia nnd tho Bishop
mado trouble for him, ho and his
India us would still bo on tholjomiiiion
sido of tho line. Instead of
that thoy havo annexed thomsolvos
to tho United States, nnd during tho
first year of thoir residence in Alaska
thoy erected dwellings, school-houses,
a church and a saw-mill, and, as Socro
tary Vilas reported, seomed likely "to
becomo an important oloment in tho
industrial and social dovolopmont of
tho Territory." Congress voluntarily
set apart $2,500 of tho last fiscal year's
school appropriation for this colony and
Mr. Duncan laid It out in paying tho
salaries of teachers. This year tho
colony roccives $3,C00.
Another interesting and important
school is that of tho Presbytorian mis
sion in tho suburb of Sitka, for which
last yoar Congross set apart tho llboral
sum of $12,500 out of its total appro
priation. In return the Homo Mission
Board agreod to support 84 pupils at
tho institution, which had already
been provided from its private re
sources with school rooms, dormitories,
shops for learning tho trades of enr
pentor, shoemaker and blucksmith, a
laundry and sewing room for tho girls
nnd agricultural tools for working the
arm. N. Y. Sun. . -
s r 'Vi
PoroUS Earthen-Ware Floors.
A writer in ono of tho technical
journals advocates porus earthen-ware
floors as preforable in certain respects
to those of wood, brick, stono, or tiles,
especially if raised above the ground
on wooden joists, as they should be, in
order to avoid taking up the moisture;
If laid diroctly on tho ground thoy
must bo asphalted on their under side.
It Ib urgod that their non-conductivity
to cold, on account of tho cellular air
spacos which abound throughout tholr
structure gives them a peculiar ad
vantage ovor tho othor materials
named, which whon not covored, aro
bo cold to tho feet. Tho surfaco be
comes as hard and durable as stono
when proporly couiontod, that Is, whon
tho wares are first thoroughly wetted
boforo tho coinout 1b applied to them;
it will then be a long time in setting,
and becoming thus thoroughly incor
porated with tho wares, Insures a per
manent and unexceptionable iloor sur
face, being llro-proof, vermin proof
and not subjoct ns is wood, to decay or
tho necessity ofreuowal; of course, too,
wind is practically excluded, thoro be
ing no cracks through which it can
find entrance, oven though tho house
be not underpinned. In apnea runco
this atylo of flooring will comparo fa
vorablo with that of stone, brick or
the eoramon rod tile whon uncororod.
N. r. Sun.
INSPIRATION OF HOPE.
frtie Enjoyment of I.lfe CnnaUt In Gen
erous Employment of Time.
It may bo snidl that hope is the
courage of youth, while resignation is
the philosophy of ng But though it
is truo that time1 is-destined sooner or
later to foreclose' it mortgage on our
most magnificent air castles, wo seldom
permit ourselves. Ui- believe- that thoro
are no roprlsnls-hii store for us. Cer
tainly, it is hotter so; for otherwise the
mainsprings of endea.vor and enterprise
would be broken, awl thoro would bo
an end to progress,. There unx prob
ably, not mnny mem who aro as happy
us thoy expect to bo; but this expecta
tion cheers us-alLalongtlio road, though
wo may bo traveling only from one dls
appointment to another, and ho who
never loses hope Is nover altogether
miserable. Theso things am truo, wo
say, of tho race- as well as of tho Indi
vidual. Tho world has alwaysdrtvuned
of perfection. Its habit is to regard
its condition at any time as temporary
and provisional. Its goldon ago is
always just ahead. For a long time
it hoped to find tho secret of happi
ness by some surprlso of naturo. and
with a child's heart It wont In search
of the treasure nt tho ond of tho rain
bow. Meanwhile, It has mndo somo
actual advance It hits not yot Invented
a perpetual motion machine, but it
has unquestionably inado a great mnny
Improvements iu machinory. It has
not discovered tho philosopher's stono;
but it has unearthed a vast deal
of gold and silver, and it has learned
that Iron is. after all, tho most
precious' of tho motals. It has not
found anywhere a fountain of yoiUh,
or compounded tho olixlr of life; but
it hns made vory valuablo additions
to its !i:cna meaica, iiovolopeu a
sclonco of sanitation, and elaborated a
rational svstom of hygleno. Tho
world, as a wholo. is hoalthlor and
moro comfortable than it used to be.
On the othor hand, philosophy has not
kopt paco with practical sclonco.
Thoro wns quco a hopo that a porfect
system of philosophy would somo xlmo
bo evolved. Men hopod to' think out a
truo theory of life and a faultless sys
tem of government. Thoy sought to
domonstrato by logical procos9cs tho
immortality of tho soul, and to solve
tho problom of tho origin of ovll. But
philosophy, though it is still fascinating,
has never answered its own quostions.
Systom has followed system, and specu
lation nfter spooulatlon has been aban
doned In tho dark until tho world hns at
last lost faith in mero metaphysics. Year
after yoar tho old earth rolls around
Its orbit, grinding out tho lives of mon,
whllo tho Sphinx remains sllont and
inscrutablo in tho illimitablo desort of
human Ignorance Tho multitudes
who havo wandered thoro have loft no
record but a bowlldoring maze of con
fused footstops. But the world onduros
theso failures without losing heart. It
hopes on and ovor, refusing to accept
death as tho last word of destiny to
man. Sclonco has its limitations,
philosophy moves nowhlther, and
statesmanship is baflled In tho hour
of its sooming triumph; but tho world
has no room for despair. Thoro is
moro pessimism on paper than in the
human heart. Good men and true aro
every whoro at work under tho In
spiration of faith and hopo. School
houses, hospitals, asylums, homos for
the homoloss. churches, multiply con
tinually. Hopo Inspires activity, and
action is tho solvont of doubt. Ho Is
to blame who does not know moro than
he can prove It Is possible, at least,
to know that tho truo onjoymontof life
consists In tho gonorous employment
of time. "Do the duty," said ono sago,
"that lies nearest to you." Sit not and
question, stand and act. N. 0. Pica
yune ...
THE SMALLEST NATION.
Sumothlnir About a llrpnlillo with Only
Oun lliinilrml Citizens.
About ten leagues from Oleron, in
tho Dopartmont of tho Lower Pyrenees,
lies the hamlet of Goust, situated on
tho summit of a high mountain. It
consists only of a fow scattered cot
tagos, with a population of alout n
hundred porsous, forming an indus
trious and thriving community who
support thomsolvos by wool nnd silk
weaving. Belonging nolthor to France
nor Spain, tho hamlet constitutes u
small Independent State, uudor the
govornment of a council of aldermen,
whoso col'.cctlr.j &lsdotji lias tho foroc
oflaw. No rates fior ti'x'cs of any de
scription ure paid, for the republic of
Upust possesses pelther a salaried
clergyman nor'a mayor, nor any othor
officials. Iu tho neighboring parish of
LuurciiM their children are baptized,
thoir citizens married and thoir dead
buried. The cemetery of Iiurens ad
joins tho boundary of Goust Kind tho
coffin with its occupant is made to
slide down a channel specially due out
for the purposo, as the only road lend
ing to Laurens is so steep as to bo im
practicable for the conveyance of heavy
burdens on mon's shoulders. Tho citi
zens of tho republic attain a groat agu
and a goodly number of both sexes aro
contonarlans. The young men, as n
rule, get tholr wives from abroad,
chlofiy from the Ossnn Valley, near
Laurens. For centuries past tho popu
lation has remained stationary, and
their ancient manners, customs and
traditions havo been preserved with
remarkable fidelity. No ono in thin
littlo State can bo regarded as rich or
poor, mean or respectable, or as occu
pying tho position of master or servant
Tho tiny republic has a languago of ilk
own, a cross between Fronch nd Spat
lsh. Paris Figaro.
Thieves mado a Dunkard's moot
ing house in Iloidolburg, township,
Lebanon County, Pa., a ruceptaolo for
stolen poods.
A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
Borne of the I'romlnent Characterlittrft-ar'
the I.tite Maria Mltohetl.
From an ojon letter on Maria Mit
chell, tho astronomer, by Anna T.
Brnckett, In tho Century, wo quoto thc
followlng: "Nothing wns moro char
actoristlc of hor than tho way in which,
sho accepted tho position nnd tho sal
ary offered her, without ovor thinking;
to inqulro whothor tho salary was the
samo as that glvon to tho other pro
fossors. It wns tho chanco to work
that sho wanted, tho chanco for iu
fluonco in ono of tho first colleges for
women. Tho monoy she was to re?
colvo was a minor consldorationi nnd;
quito as characteristic was her Indig
nation when, nfter being there for a
considerable time her attention was-at
last called to tho fact that she, a nia
turo woman, with a European fame,
was receiving a salary loss than that
paid to somo of tho professors who
woro young men, nlmost entirely, with
out experionce and qulto dostituta of
reputation. Tho indignant protest,
which then called for nn oqunl salary,
was not a porsonnl affair. Sho- llamod
out in behalf of all womon, and of ab
stract justice with a glow which
forced an immcdinto incronso In, salary.
Tho oxcuso for thj,s Injustlco must bo
found first in tho fatit that, at tho time
whon Vnssar College was established,
womon had not proved what thoy can
do In professional linos, and. second, in
tho vory conservative iulluoncos which
guided tho policy of the Institution. In
hor religious belief Maria Mltoholl was
attachod to one of the so-called llboral
sects. Tho children of tho old Quaker
families of Nnntucket generally wont
over to the Unitarians if they departed
from tho strict faith of thoir fathers, bo
that in this mattor also sho waa almost
if not qulto ulono at Vassar, But sho
was appointed on tho ground of hor
reputation as an astronomer, and for
tunate waa it for tho collego that tho
quostlon 6f hor religious bollof wns not
raised till aftbr hor appointment.
"Tho absoluto truth which, as I havo
said, was tho koy-noto of her character,
could not fall to mnko hor teaching
thorough, for a love of truth is ouo and
tho samo, whothor 'iu tho intellectual or
tho moral sphere, But, as with all
truo toachors, it was tho force of hor
personal character that acted most
upon tho young women with whom sho
camo in contact. No ono of thorn but
was lifted and strengthened by hor
strongth, sincerity nnd slnglo-hoartod-ncss.
It was difficult for hor to uso di
plomacy In ovor so small a dogroo, and
what skill In It sho did gain waa tho
outcomo of long yoars of oxporienco,
and sho novor employed It without a
mental protest Sho gave tho Now
England stamp Io whatever thing sho
touched, nnd tho linos of inlluonco sho
has left on many characters aro as in
delible as thoso on tho rock surfaces of
Now England's granite hills."
THE GOLD DOLLAR.
According to a Hanker Handle Have Cap
tured the Little Coin.
A Now York banker: "In this spec
ulative ago littlo difficulty Is encoun
tered in literally procuring $2 for $1,
if tho fortunate man only happens
to possess tho right kind of a dollar.
It was a common saying, not many
yoars back, to speak of a consorvatlvo
business man, not inclined to specu
late, as being so cautious that ho would
not pay moro than eighty big coppor
conts for a small gold dollar. Nowa
days a man can walk into a bank with
a yollow gold dollar and oxchango it
for from $1.50 to $2 in white sllvor, rod
coppor or crisp notes.
"Tho fair sex, as a rule, ia not glvon
to speculation. Novortholoss it has
actually, unintentionally perhaps, and
without malice, mado a corner in gold
dollars. Tho crazo for bangles has
about onded, but only for tho roason
that tho womon of Amorica aro carry
ing almost the ontiro gold dollar our
roncy of tho country upon tholr necks,
ayms, fingers and oars.
"On March 3, 1819, tho United States
Mint was authorized by law to coin $1
gold pieces. Tho weight of tho coin
was to bo 25.8 grains, and tho dogroo
of fineness was fixed at 000. Tho samo
year tho first gold dollar coin was reg
istered, but from tho boginnlng it did
not meet with popular fuvor becuusc
of its inconveniently snnjl size
"Along In tho flftlos tho coin was
made of larger dlumotor but thinner.
During tho war but littlo gold wus cir
culated, ajgd upon tho resumption of
npecio paylncnt tho small golu coin was
not received as woll as tlio sllvor 'cart
wheel' of tho samo douotnlnatlon. So
nppuront is tho 'objoctlon to tho gold
dollar ns a circulating medium, that
for tho past decado its coinngo has
virtually been susponded, oxeept tho
issuance of a fow spocial copies each
vear." Jewelers' Wookly.
Finish What You Bep;ln.
My old grcat-grandmothor Knox had
a way of making hor childron finish
their work. If thoy began a thing they
must complete it. If thoy undortoolc
to build a cob'houso thoy must not
loavo it until it was dono, and nothing
of tho work or play to which thoy set
tholr hands would sho allow them to
abandon incomplete. I sometimes wish
I had been trained in this way. How
much of life is wasted in unfinished
workl Mnny a man uses up his timo
in splendid beginnings. Tho labor do
voted to communco ten things and loavo
them useless would finish fivo of thorn,
nnd mako them profitablo and useful.
Finish your work. Life is brief; timo is
short. Stop beginning forty things, nnd
go finish four, Put patient, persistent
toll into tho mutter, and bo assurod,
ono complete undertaking will yield
yoursoU moro pleasure and tho world
moro profit than adozon fair plans of
which pooplo say, "This man began to
build and was not ubla to finish."
Goldoft Days.
PERSONSOF TACT.
A nrare of Character Capable of Smooth
I lie; IJfe'A ltnuch Edge.
Personal beauty is of far-loss import
nnce than thoso graces of. character
which generate fine manntrs, nnd tha
tact which is capablo of smoothltMr tho
rough edges of life. Tho hostess who
rook a chicken bono in hetrfingors nnd
lalntily gunwed it, becnuso aguest waa
evidently accustomed to .that froedom
of manner, exercised a flrno tact which
very likely savod him ffcom lifelong
mortification.
"O, mamma, Iknow I behaved woll."
uid a young girl on coming- homo from
ler first ceremonious dinner; I'm sure
did ovory thing right, becauso Mrs.
Bland did exactly tho same ovory time"
"I've no doubt you did behavo woll."
mid hor mothor, gently, but you must
omomhor that Mrs. Bland was your
ostess. nnd that sho would bo tho lost
person to teach you a losson.
"O. I'm Uliat fond of hhn!" said an
Irish washer-woman, ono day, in
speaking of an omployor. "Ho makos
yor hwvrt warm up so! If ivor ho comes
tho door, and Tim's, sottin' drunk
m tho step, ho don't look at him. not
io! Ho only says to mo. 'Mrs. Flana
gan, how folno yor dalilys Is, and may
I pick ono for my wlfo? An' how yor
joy Miko is boatln' all tho othor boys
it his books!' An' whon ho goes away
jomotimos I think bo's thfit Innocent
ho don't kuow Tim's had a glass."
But tho gentleman did kuow It, and;
had covered his knowledge with gra
clous tact.
A distinguished literary man, who
was tho guest of tho Princo of Walos at
Sandrlngham, was ono ovonlng talking,
with the Princess Lsulso, whom ho
was to take in to dinner, whon. tha
Princo approached.
"Why did you not put on somo ol
your orders-?' asked tho Princo, after
exchanging a fow cordial remarks.
Tho guest had loft his ordors nt
homo, and was somowhnt puzr.lod to
account for his forgotfulnoss, whon the
Princess Loulso rescued him from hit
uncomfortable position.
"Literary mon do not need ordors
and decorations," sho said "Tholr.
ordors aro tholr published books, and
thoso arc always boforo tho oyos of tho.
public." Youth's Companion.
AMERICAN RAZORS.
A St. T.nuU Ilarber Tallca About the Chief
Implement of Ida Trade.
American manufacturers havo suc
ceeded in rivaling Europoan cutlers in
nearly every branch, but thoy have
failed to mako any sorlous inroads into
;ho razor buslnoss. Sovoral Eastern
aouscs havo tried to mako razors, bul
)no by ono thoy havo droppod out ol
.ho buslnoss, till to-day thoro aro vorj
.ow romaining. qnd in spitoof tho tnrifl
fully nlno-tonths of tho razors sold ii
;hls country aro mado in Europe.
Pooplo who aro "smart" supposo thai
iho words "Shofllold, England," etched
on razor blades aro often put thoro bj
A.morican houses, but this is not tht
jnso. Thoro Is n vory popular razoi
now on tho markot and namod nfter a
amous United States military collogo,
vhlch Is a mystery, nnd not ono mas
m fifty who handles it knows whoro oi
ay whom It Is mado. Tho groat pro
portion of Imported razors aro from
England, though the Germans nro rank
!ng inroads on tho Sheffield trado, at
'hoy are much better concavors and
heir stool is qulto iib good. Vorj
jmall razors aro a fad with somo pooplo,
out a popular slzo Is tho fivo-ulghts oi
in inch blade. In tho Wost th roe
fourths or sovon-olghts usqd to bo most
.n demand, but now thoso nro mostly
considered olumsy. Strango to say,
;ho Wost has advanood moro rapidly
.n this respect than tho East, and oven
30 w in Pennsylvania thoro is a demand
.or blndes ono inch nnd ono and onet
fourth Inches wide Barbors havo a
oroforonijo for vory thin blades, and at
;hoy know how to koop thoso in ordor,
thoy can do good work with them. But
tho mnn who shaves himself, ospoclullj
.f ho Is heavy-handed, had hotter use a
fairly thick blade Othorwlso ho will
damago his razor in loss than a month
and tho skin on his face and chin lo
:ess than u weok. St. Louis Globo
Domocrat. ASTIGMATISM EXPLAINED. '
An Optician's Chat About Hpeotaolea an
ICyo-GIiiimeii,
A Philadelphia optician: "People
vear spectacles a groat doal moro than
formerly. This is becauso, no matter
vhat talis a person's oyos in tho form
it dofectivo vision, it can almost always
io remedied by tho uso of proporly
dttod speotaclos or oyo-glaesos. Near
sightedness was on co tho most prova
ont complaint, but now astigmatism
ins taken first place. A slmplo ex
planation of astigmatism is this: Taka
x porson who is affected by it and
placo boforo him at a distailuo of ton or
.if toon foot a card with fivo or six par
allel linos drawn on it. Turn tho curd
jo that tho linos aro horizontal and
,hoy will appear natural, turn tho card
igain, making tho lines vortical or
ibllquo, and it will produco tin entirely
llfloruut effect, making tho lines seom
urther or nonrur apart or porhapi
jlurrod.
"Eyo-glasses aro most worn. For
mally spectacles hold tho lead, bocaua
jyo-glassoH could not bo gotten to. lit
ind woro gunorally too narrow and did
not glvo tho satisfactory results that
jpoctacloa afford. An lnvoutlon haa
joun patented, however, which pro
vides for a different spring, sotting: the
flussos furthor apart and which has at.
.ached to it a littlo springy ploco ol
:orlc, which is clamped to onu's nose
md which, without pinching, holds it
) firmly that it cun not possibly be
Nnken off." Jowolors' Wookly.
-A drill is a boro especially to th
oor In churgo of tho awkward nquatL,