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Ilia Liut Concert.
Ono of the most pathetic of ciphU
was that seen in the lioston music hall
at the last concert given by Mario, the
once famous tenor. He wits toor, and
the hall was tilled with persons who
had been anient admirers of ihis won
derful art. and now that lie had lost
his art were, willing to put money in
his purse.
The tenor tried one of his great
songs, but his derived voice refused
to sing the notes. Atr.un ho tried, and
ngstin he failed. Then, with a sad
smile, and a slow, mournful move
ment of his head, he sutl'ercd the or
chestra to plav through the air, and
retired from tliestngo timid the silence
of the pitying audience.
Another pathetic story is told of
Bottesini, a fatuous violinist, concern
ing his last concert at Parma,:
It was a rainy evening and the man
agers had forgotten to send a carriage
for the veteran, who set out on foot,
and had gone some distanco before a
passing friend perceived him and made
liim enter his carriage.
Arrived at the concert room, Bot
tcMiii tuned his instrument aud began
to rub his bow with rosin. Tlio rosin
crumbled in his hands, and, turning
to his friends with a sad half smile,
he said, "See, it is so that Bottesini,
too. will break up."
Then he grasped his loved instru
ment and drew the low across the
strings, but instantly stopped with a
wondering look, for he felt something
strange iu the tone; his touch was an
swered less-readily and curtain! v than
of old.
. Once more lie tried, and once more
stopjied, this time with a smile, saying
only, "It answers no more." His au
dience perceived nothing unusual in
the performance, which they applnud;
ed as warmlv as ever, but Bottesini
seemed to feel the shadow of death.
On the following day lie was stricken
with illness, and soon after the won
derful hand was stilled forever.
Youth's Companion.
llotv Ciolil ltln" Are Miule.
Gold rings tiro made from bars nine
to fifteen inches long. One of these
bin's, fifteen inches long, two inches
wide sand Il-lU of an inch thick, is
worth $1,000, ami will make 400 four
pennyweight rings. A dozen processes
and twenty minutes' time are required
to convert this bar into merchantable
rings. First a pair of sheai's cuts the
bar into strips. Then by the turn of a
wheel a guillotine like blade attached
to the machine cuts the bar into slices,
one, two or three sixteenths of an inch
wide. A rolling machine next presses
out tho slices and makes them either
flat or grooved. Each strip is then
put under a blow pipe and annealed.
The oxido of copper comes to tho sur
face and is put into a pickle of sul
phuric acid, after which the gold is
stamped "14 k," "IU k" or "18 Tf," ac
cording to quality. Next it is put
through a machine which bends it
into the shape of a ring of tho size re
quired. The ends are then soldered
with an alloy of inferior fineness to
tho quality oi' the ring. Many people
think that ring's are molded because
they can't sec where they are soldered.
The ring spins through the turning
lathe, is rounded, pared and polished,
first with steel (Mings, then with trinoli
and rouge. Rehoboth Herald.
How She Tolled the Tiller.
Some years ago one of the present
congressman from New York state and
his brother were examining tlio stock
of a pawnshop iu London with the
hope of picking up some curiosities.
They came across a necklace of green
glass beads, which the New York man
purchased for $-."0, intending to bring
it home to his little daughter. The bro
ther was surprised to find in the shop
a counterpart of tin's necklace, which
he brought, home to his little girl.
Two months later the latter showed
her crift to a jeweler, who pronounced
the glass beads to be emeralds, and'
wno sola tlietn afterwards lor several
thousand dollars. Tlio member of con
gress, upon hearing this, took his
necklace to the same dealer, who pro
nounced it to be composed of glass
beads. The Ijondon pawn dealer had
purchased them of a thief, who had
stolen them. from si wealthy woman.
The latter kept the emeralds in a safe,
and wore their glass counterparts. Of
course no 'one could tell tho dili'erence
when the necklaco encircled her
throat Exchange.
ftnhellu Tuprotry.
"When you hear people talk about
getting Gobelin tapestrv," says C. R.
Oliil'ord. of Tlio Uphofsterer. "they
usuallv don't know what thev are
talking about. The Gobelin works are 1
in France, and are subsidized by the
government. They turn out goods de-1
siirned for state "jfts, and. tlio same 1
goods arc not made in Philadelphia,
although as the manufacturer of tapes
tries sue is the metropolis of tho
world. It is not thnt we cannot make
tapestries as valuable as the Gobelin,
but who would buy them? No ono
could make them 'without- immense
subsidy. Chevreul. tho great cente
narian chemist, used to bo the chemist
of tho Gobelin works. They spend a
year in turning out as much of tho
article as could be made in a day or
two at our rate of working. People
frequently talk about Gobelin tapes
try, but tnoy apply tho word to some
fancy work done by the women. There
is no manufacturer of it here." Phila
delphia Inquirer.
urloui Vj of Bookkeeping.
Tho bakers here have a rather orig
inal way of keeping accounts which
may bo 'called a kind of bookkeeping
by doublo entry. When the carrier
delivers a loaf of bread, which, by the
way, is about five or six feet long, he
is handed a wooden lath about a loot
long by tho party to whom ho delivers
tho bread. From a collection of laths
of tho same size, ono for each customer,
ho picks out this particular customer's
ono, and placing tho two parallel, he
cuts a groove across tho face of loth.
In tho final adjustment of accounts
both laths have to have theame num
ber of notches, Cheap, but ingenious,
Prolle (France) Cor. Bt. LouU Post-Dispatch,
IT IS BETTER TO LIVE.
I have sometimes felt thnt the bunlea
Of Ufa was too heavy to bear;
Aud havo longed to lie down at the noontide,
Aud rest and forget nil my care; -But
over my heart comes a message,
llcpcated ngain and ngatu
It Is better to llvo and to suffer.
Than to dla to bo rid of tho pain."
There is rest In tho darkness of dying.
And an cud to tho weary drt.palr.
The grave holds sure peace nnd calm alienee.
No sorrow uor jvxln can bo tliero:
llut perhaps. In tho struggle, of living,
In n soul that has need of my care
Some heart may to bearing a burden
That my hand may lighten or sham.
Twould bo easy tosjy "I am weary,"
And lio dow n and give up tho strife.
To suffer no more ith the hrartacho
And sorrow I meet in this life;
Dut crhaps from my sorrow swept heart
strings A melody sweet may 1 wrung.
And my Una, when they drank deep of suffer
I tig,
Tho tendervst songs may havo sung.
Tls so lmrd to bo (vitlent with living,
When all of the world Is awry;
So woiirisoino waiting for pleasures
That will only come after wo die;
But even through all my complaining
1 can hear that undying refrain
"It Is better to live aud to suffer,
Than to die to lw out of tho pain."
I will llvo aud bo strong, and will suffer,
If nood bo. until I find rest,
When lifts and Its trials nro ovor;
Though never my life should bo blest,
Though alw ays the sun should be darkened
By tho clouds that hang over my way,
I will trust that the light will bo clearer
When ut lust 1 awake "in tho day."
Agnes I,. lratt iu Boston Globe.
IteMiit of Manner.
Charles Coron is a merry, rollick
ing young man, who often tries his
good motiier by his great carelessness
of behavior. She had often said to him
that sho wished he would sit more
quietly, talk iu a less noisy fashion,
and try in every way to cultivate repose
of manner.
Ono evening there was lobe a room
ful of formal company at the Corsons,
and Mrs. Corson gave her son lino
upon line, ami precept upon precept,
"i'hero is nothing more elegant in a
young man." she concluded, "than
perfect repose of manner.1'
The company came. Charles grew
interested in tlio conversation, and
quite forgot his good resolutions. Ho
rushed about the rooms, talked very
fast, and at last, in fetching a dish of
ice cream for one of the guests, stum
bled against his mothers chair and
spilled half of the ice cream down tho
folds of her gown.
.Then came, with a Hash of sweet
tempered emphasis, words which con
trasted drolly with tho abashed face of
the young man.
"Charles, dear,11 said Mrs. Corson,
scarcely turning from the friend with
whom she chanced to be talking,
"Charles, dear, 1 wish you would cul
tivate repose of manner I11
Tho delicate contrast between the
phase of reproof and the vexatious ac
tion that evoked it made every ono
smile; and Charles smiled, too, as, beg
ging his mother's pardon, ho knelt
down, napkin in hand, to wipo tho
ruined folds of silk. Youth's Com
panion. How Juy Gould Dispenses Charity.
Like most of the successful men of
the present age, Mr. Gould is extreme
ly methodical and systematic in his
habits. Ho rises every morning at
precisely half past 7, seldom varying
from that hour more than ten min
utes. At 8 o'clock ho sits down to his
breakfast, which in his case is usually
'French rolls and a cup of coll'eo, and
expects to find every member of his
family present at that meal. Break
fast over, his private secretary is called
in, and the numerous begging letters
of the morning's mail are laid upon
the table. Each member selects at
random a number of these letters and
reads them over. If any ono of them
are impressed bv any of tho letters
they are laid aside for future refer
ence, while tho others go into tho
waste basket, lliose letters wnicli
havo been laid aside are then taken up
and discussed, and if a majority ol
those present conclude that it is a caso
which really deserves assistance tho
assistance is sure to como within a
very few houi-s in a very substantial
form and without the slightest hint as
to the identity of tho donor. Phila
delphia Inquirer.
How Tlppo Tib (lot. HU Nuiue.
Hamad ben Mohammed Tippo Tib
accompanied Mr. Stanley down tho
Lualabn to the Seventh Cataract iu
1870. The origin of tho latter sobri
quet is peculiar. It was applied to him
by tho people at Kansongo in conse
quence of their hearing tho sharp, dis?
tant rattle of the bandits' guns when
on some of their slave catching excur
sions. The crack of tho rillo shot
bounded iu their cars like "tip tip
tip." Another name that has been
given to this remarkable man on tho
eastern side of central Africa is
"M'Kango Njaa'1 - "A f raid of Hungor"
for the natives iu tin, famine strick
en regions declare that that is tho only
enemy of which Hamad, with his
largo caravans traversing tlieir barren
country, is' iu dread. This inan'u life
for tho past thirty years has been one
constant succession of adventures. Ho
is at tho present moment tho strongest
aud most formidable ruler in tho Con
go regions of equatorial Africa. "Ltfo
Among Congo Savages," by Herbert
Ward m Scmncr's.
To Clean KngrMvIng.
It frequently happens that fine en
gravings, notwithstanding every pro
caution, become soiled and btaiued,
aud a recipe fqr restoring them is val
uable. Put tho engraving on a smooth
board aud cover, it with a thin layer
of common salt, finely pulverized;
then squeeze lemon juice upon the salt
until a considerable Krtiou of it is dis
solved. After every part of tho pic
ture has been bubjected to this treat
ment elevate one end of the board so
that it will form an angle of 45 dogs,
with tho horizon. Then pour on the
engraving boiling water until the salt
and lemon juice are well washed oil'.
It will then be perfectly free from
stain. It must he dried on tho board
or some smooth surfuco gradually. If
dried by the (ire or uu it will be
tinned with a dingy, yellowish color.
Pittsburg I)iUiUti.
Dandles of the Time of Clmrles t.
When Villiers, James I's and
Charles I's favorite, went on his mis
sion to Paris in 1 C-. ho had no fewer
than seven and-twenty suits of clothes
made, tho richest that embroidery,
lace, silk, velvet, gold and gems could
contribute, one of which was n whito
uncut velvet, "set all over, both suit
and cloak, with diamonds valued at
four score thousand pounds, besides a
great feather, stuck all over with dia
monds." "It was common with him,"
bays a contemporary, "at an ordinary
dancing to havo his clothes trimmed
with great diamond button, and to
havo diamond hat bauds, cockades
and earrings; to be yoket with great
and manifold ropos and knots of pearl;
in short, to be manacled, fettored and
imprisoned in jewels."
lo the prevailing extravagance in
dress the satirists again allude in tho
severest terms. "I havo much won
dered," says Henry Peaehatn, "why
our English, above other nations,
should so much dote upon new fash
ions, but more 1 wonder at our want
of wit that wo cannot invent them
ourselves, but, when ono is grown
stale, send presently over into France
to seek a new, making that noblo and
nourishing kingdom the magazine of
our fooleries, and fortius purpose many
of our tailors lie leger (i. e. reside)
hhore, and ladies jest over tlieir gen
tlemen usliVrs, to accouter them and
themselves as you see. Henco camo
your slashed doublets (as if tho w car
era were cut out to bo carbonadoed
upon tho coals) and your half shirts,'
nieciuuiues t.now out oi request), your
long breeches, narrow toward tho
knees like a pair of smith's hollows,
tho spangled gaiters pendant to tho
shoe, your perfumed perukes or peri
wigs, to show us that lost hair maybe
had again for money with a thousand
such fooleries unknown to our manly
forefathers."
Tho reader may find it a pleasant
change to turn to tho rhyming moral
ists. Here to tho fore comes John
Taylor, the so called water poet,
launching his shafts not too sharply
pointed at tho excess of those who
wear:
A farm In shoestrings edged with gold.
And siungled garters worth n copyhold;
A hose mid doublet Ith a lordship cost,
A gaudy clonk (threu manor's price almost,)
A beaver baud and feather for tho head,
l'rl.tM at tlio church's lithe, tho poor man's
bread
Gentleman's Magazine.
An Unknown I.aml.
Washington has her great unknown
land, like tho interior of Africa, says
Tlio Seattle Press. Tho country shut
in by tho Olympic mountains,' which
includes un area of about 2,C00 miles
square, has never, to tho positivo
knowledge of old residents of tho ter
ritory, been trodden by the foot of
man, white or Indian. These moun
tains rise from tho level country,
within ten or fifteen miles of tho
Straits of San Juan de Fuca in tho
north, the Pacific ocean in tho west,
Hood's canal in the east, and the basin
of the Quiuault lake in tho south, and,
rising to the height of 0,000 to 8,000
feet, shht in a vast unexplored area.
Tho Indians havo never penetrated
it, for their traditions say it is inhab
ited by a very fierce tribe, which nono
of tho coast tribes dared molest.
Though it is improbable that such a
tribo could have existed iu this moun
tain country without their presenco be
coming known to tho white men, no
man has ever ascertained that it did
not exist. Whito men, too, havo only
vague accounts of any white man hav
ing ever passed through this country,
for investigation of all tho claims of
travelers lias invariably proved that
they havo only traversed its outer
edges.
Tho most generally accepted theory
in regard to this country is that it con
sisted of great valleys, stretching from
tho inward slopes of tho mountains to
a great central basin. This theory is
supported by tho fact that, although
the country around has abundant ram
and clouds constantly hilng over the
mountain tops, all tho streams flowing
toward the four points of tho compass
are 'insignificant and rise only on the
outward slopes of tho range, nono ap
pearing to drain the great lakes shut
in by the mountains. 'Ihis fact appears
to support the theory that streams
(lowing from the inner slopes of the
mountains feed a great interior lake.
But what drains this lake? It must
havo an outlet somewhere, and, as all j
tho streams injuring from tho moun
tains rise on their outward slopes, it
must ,1m vo a suiucrnuicau outlet to tlio
ocean, tho straitsor tho sound. There
aro great discoveries iu store for
some of Washington's explorers. Ex
change. A Numerous Family.
There are some good sized families
iu Maino today, but probably nono so
largo as one mentioned in the histories
of old colonial days. It is told on tho
authority cf Cotton Mather that the
first royal governor of Boston was one
of a family of twenty six children, and
was born in the woods of Maino near
tho mouth of tlio Kennebec iu 10.11.
His mother was left a widow when he
was a child, and is said to havo had all
she could do to provide for the wants
of her family. It is hoped that when
the governor got $100,000, a knight
hoou and a goblet valued at $5,000 as
a reward for finding a Spanish treas
ure ship that had gone to the bottom
half a century before, he remembered
his mother and made her last days eas
ier than her earlier ones had been,
Exchange,
A Living Lantern.
Sou 11 American fireflies have been
called living diamonds. In tho same
part of the world is also found a pale
gray or a particularly disagreeable
looking moth which may be called a
living lantern, Kept inclosed in u
box for twenty-four hours, it will be
lound when the box is opened that tho
body of the moth is giving forth suf
ficient light to enable one to read
plainly tiny ordinary tyio. A number
of glass fronted boxes containing these
iifoths Fulgiiria coiiteruaria natural
hit cull them when pluced uround
the room a fiord nearly as much light
us so muny wax caudles, Chicago
TjrnM.
A Novel I'ocketbook.
What is known as a commuter pocket
book is very popular with tho young
women who live in tho suburbs of Cin
cinnati and ride on rnilway trains to
nnd from the city on visiting nnd shop
ping expeditions. This pocketbook i
Hat, roomy nnd rectangular, nnd in tho
front is set a tiny watch, tho face of
which shows through a hole in the leath
er. The unfortunate woman who j al
ways obliged to keep an eye on the flight
of time has this watch in view when en
gaged in the whirl of shopping. Ex
change. A Cloe Corponitloii.
Freshley What did that colored man
want?
Henry What did he want? Ho wanted
to borrow fifty cents.
Freshley Did lie get it?
Henry No. I yain't no Loan an' Bast
Voeiashun. Epoch.
To mend china or glass mix unslaked,
lime with the white of an egg, and having'
the edges of the broken parts qnito clean,
put the paste on with a splinter.
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