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SUNSET. Yti will bis-ils tiin It fiitWoti U ti'.-h, nrnr mt tmn:j, X'ln 'n nlht iir rragvaut breath . . , 3 11 foortw tilonic. Tlie stirvlnw thn rknrt deeper iirow j Tha xttiiiU are low; the distant tuountnln-top hnve eauptil The wettern Klnr. Petwwn the elomt of crlmnon dye That dock the ultjr. There hursts a Uuht from hintHg rcnTma That further lie. O Rlory of the dyln day, ' J '.! not away. Bat ml us, from yon golden heights, A parting ray I O day, whose hour wer fraught with eiu-a, Ilow wondrou fuir Your close, no full oSqnlet pta And beauty rare 1 May life' Inst sunset he m fcright. As nn.t with Htfht, k Till, In tt nlorv, all esrlh's cares. Are lost from tt;ht, WWff J tyooifH-Ot, l .Srinaflil (.Vil.) Jt puMiVit. ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGES. Rival of Volapnk That Itava Found Ad Mitrerata Many t'oiintrlea. Every cultivated language shows more or loss of art in Its construction, but it is unconscious art. Some recent attempts to frame a universal language are made without any ponoealmont of artificial contrivance The Inventors of these strange tongues seem to take pride it their ingenious schemes. - Readers have soon numerous notices of Volapuk, one of the candidates for universal favor. The namo Illustrates well the formation of tho language. It is formed from tho German Voik, people, and the English word, speeah. lite material is taken chiefly from En glish, French and German, but the parts aro worked down a good deal be fore they are put together again. It may not be so generally known that already several rivals to Volapuk have appeared. The most prominent of these is PivHlingna, which differs from tho former in taking Its material from the Greek and" 1-atin languages. Its name Is compounded of tho Greek Pas, all. and the Latlu lingun, meaning tonsrue or language. Tho namo indi cates a language for all, or tho lan guaga of all; almost a perfect synonym for Volapuk. A comparison of the two tongues will show wherelu they differ. Thus: What o'clock is it? is in Volapuk : "Dup kimid riflw?" la lisillngua the question 1st "Qvot ham rr alf Where do you live? is In Volapuk: aWt- 1-nlensT' in 1 asilingua: "Ubi ktthitira tur . Not even do these two com plot cys toma have the field all to themselves, A more recent dialect, for that is what it is, appear under the name tfpelin. Some explanation maj- bo needed to show that this name is formed from PasiUngua, and has nothing whatever to do with spelling. The syllablo tin represents in a more lazy way than linao tho word iinijua; but w is a slovenly representation of Pas, and the prefix as a sign of a collective noun is no improvement upon the methods of the most highly inflected language. There is still another system devised for universal use, which is called Lin- ffttatvmina. This name ib clearly de scriptive, and means the language ot light. Whether it really possesses any light of its own depend upon tho ac quaintance tho person who uses it may have with the languages from which its elements are taken. In fact, here is the diffici Uv with every one of tho systems proposed, Those who devise them aro familiar with all the languages upon which they draw for material, and to their view tho meaning of their speech is plain; but those who know only one language find it requires about the same study to learn Volapuk, for example, as to learn a foreign tongue. While these experi ments are being carried on, it is en couraging to note that the English, lan guage is gaining ground as rapi'iy as ever. iovla s Companion. How to Produce Merit. Misguided benevolence has its well known faults. . We know the benevo lence that does not "Holp a man to help himself" is not beneficent. We know that nothing is at its best which puts needless obligations upon tho beneficiary. We know that to produce merit is at least as jrood as to find it; that to augment it is bettor that merely to reward it: that its best rewards are pimple recognition, encouragement. and opportunity; and that even in giv ing these, all gratuitousness is danger ous; ana, especially, that mere are great risks in all sudden abundance. lienevolenee has learned that even m social science there is room and need for sentiment, but that sentiment mut follow and obey reason, not lead and rule it. All these things we know by heart, and yet our failures go on Some say that charity has still too much sentiment. But in fact it has not yet enough. Some say that it has taken on too much science). But really it has not enough. There ought to be nolack of sentiment in the word scienoe. Yet many regard science as something that complicates simple things, whereas it simplifies complex things. If science deals with complex things, so does every other province of human life but our mental indolence loosely treats complexities as though they were sim ple, and science as the breeder of com plexities. Human benevolence still needs a more scientific thoughtfulness to soe complexity of things too often thus far treated as simple, and greater depth of sentiment to remem ber it. Our efforts are still crude. Century. "Humph, ' said a front row cory phee in a burlesque show, "I don' think much ofsocfety people, anyhow.' "Do you mean those women in that box party?" "Yes. What do you think of them?'' "I think their decollete dresses are too immodest for any thing." "So do I, perfectly shocking. ' Merchant Traveler. ' . PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. The young man who is too fresh generally finds himself in a pickle sooner or later. Oil City Blizzard. The Piutos dance to bring on rain Holding a Sunday-school picnic has the same effect. Pittsburgh Chronicle. Saccharine, which was to be used as a substitute for susrar. appears to cause nausea and dyspeptic symptoms. It takes a maiden lady of thirty- three to confess she is not so bitterly set against smoking after alL Texas Eiftings. An Ohio man dreamed- of falling into a well, and two weeks later he was married. Coming events cast their shadows before. Burlington Free Press. A sign before a New York office reads: "Women treated lor ugliness. If somebody would treat men for ugli ness there would be a wild rush for the bar without a moment's delay. Lin coln Journal. CAi ,l AND CAPRIOTES. An lalitnd In the Mitlltirnuina l'mMi la Nong anil story. In order to son Capri to the best ad vantage the traveler should tnako the our of the Island In a rowboat. This takes about three hours, and tho rugged formation of tho rocks, their variegatod colors, the deep blue, or Ught-groonlsh blue, of the water, and the wonderfully beautiful trrottoes. with their myslorlous sounds, make those few hours seem like tlmo spent In fairyland. The Blue Grotto haa be come celebrated the world over, and it owes ita exceptional beauty to the fact that through the present email en trance Viy little light can enter, but tho eun'a rays passing through tho In-(ilgo-bluo wat?r are refracted; the blue water absorbs tho ml and yellow rays and gives to the cave Ita wonderful blue aspect. The island of Capri Is omposed of limestone, and these caves aro formed by tho chemical no tion of carbonic acid In the atmos phere, carried in the water, upon tho cv.'lonatoa of limo and nuvgnosla. If there bo a fissure in the strata through which the acidified water may tnako lU descent. In the course of time the fissure la worn larg-er, and the water llssolves and hoars away with It the stratum through which It passes. The action of tho sonwator, through tho boating of the waves, assists tho rain water In enlarging the cave. Tho Inhabitant of Cnprl retain many of the poeuliarltioa of trmtr Greek ancestors, as well as much of their beauty. Tho women are cele brated for their clear-cut futures, henlthy, olive complexions, their dark, laughing: eyes and their the liend tha line straight forms, which carrying of burdens on the tends to Increase. Most of men aro away from the island nearly the whole of the year at sea, either coral fishing or employed in tho coast ing trade, and for this reason almost all tbor Is done by women. Tho Cap- note of to-day la as avaricious a his s'!ebratid nn"estor of the Grecian Isles, and in making a bargain with him It is necessary to sMpulato every thing be fore hand; even then he will And some excuse to increase the sum agreed upon when the time for payment comes. Quite a number of Englishmen of rood families, amon them, a lyord have tn&rrietl Capri girls, owing, no dnsbt, to their invutty and winning amues. and have settled down to a "doioe far nieute" existence on this lit tle inland in the tidelsa summer sea. ft Is pleasant to soe the strong, healthy looking, handsome girls tolling up the rocky paths with burdens on tjiei heads, but laughing and chatting with infectious vivacity and casting, a bi- wltebing glance at tha tourist, who has oome from orowdl cities, where civilization makes Its iron rule felt and ramps or develops our faeultios aivd sesnons as it oIioo-mmi. o can not help feeling that, after all. we. who are born to highly civilized life, have not aM tho good tfiings in this world as we look back on the struggle for gain or honor among the educated. whose faces are marked with the lines of core and thought, and compare tho picture of selfish life in the modern gain-getting countries with tho happy sans soucr existence of all those who have eaten the lotos and dwell on this bright gem of tho sea. Aurf Ka- roy, tn imn t ratuiscn Vhronci. MAKING OVER A MAN, A Formolator t.lToa A n ay Some of tli s- crt of Iltn Art. "formulating done here, road a sign over a store. Within Bat a little stubby man. with pmull gray eyes, full red board and an unotuous, flabby face. Scattered around him on the bench on which ho sat and about the floor were pieces of silk, satin and serge, bundle of horse hair and" packages of half- open oottna. The litUo man was busily stitching a blue satin quilted article that looked like a oushion of a baby carriage. "Yes, I am what tailors term formulator," he replied to a question- inc visitor, in a thin, squeaky voice. The word is indicative fif my trade. or rather profession. My occupation Is truly the latter, inasmuch as It Is an art, the art of Improving, embellishing or modifying the masculine figure, a tho case doraauds. Padding? Yes some might term it that. Didn't you know that men pad, chP Why, bles your soul, they have been doing it since the days of Joseph. " ' The speaker separated a thread with a tinger-n.ul c!om3 to tho garment. Then he hold tho pad toward tho ?lght, scrutinizing it critically, seized his tape lino and began measuring th garment, referring constantly to i small piece or paper witn tho meas urements on it. "Tho man that I call patron Is creature of dissatisfaction. Nothing about his own personality or make-up contents him. He is essentially aboing of observation. If he has a friend who is short and fat, while he himself ie tall and thin, ho forms the idea that he. too, would like to be stumpy and lidipose. A tailor can do little for him but we can. Liberal but discrimina ting padding will make him corpulent, and if his make-up is expertly perfected it will give him tho appeiiranco of be ing considerably shorter than when ir ms normal state, iiis irier.as win re mark how well he is looking, ask how he has grown so fleshy, and the artful deceiver will launch into suchadisser tation of gastronomy that the horse hair appliances in his artiScial choi vj.ll shrivel up into a doublo bow knot ith s-Tirprise. "These forms are not limited entire! to the trunk of tho subject. Th alvcs, hips and knees all come in fo its benefit. You knonr that the knee o 4 man's trousers In less than a month after they are made become "baggy" "This necessitates any amount of run ning to the tailor's and having the gar ment pressed, if the wearer desires to be well drossed. Although constant bending of the kneo is in part the cause of this eye-sore to men, the sonstructure of the member is the principal reason of such a state of things. Now, look here," and the lit tle man stretched oe of his fat legs straight out before him. "Feel my kneo; you see the knee-cap sits like hillock over the points. Below it the limb swerves in. Now, how are you going to make a trouser leg sit moothly here without catching? Can't say? Then I'll tell you; use forms below and above the cap, and the trousers will fit like a glove and won't bag. "You see the form being stitched to the lining of the garment makes it stiff and prevents the cloth straining. You may have noticed that the cloth never stretches at the knee cap, but above and below it. A little dressing about the too large calf and a little doctor ing at this member Itself la a valuable aid to the fit of tho leg casement. " 'Fats1 aro made of a variety of materials and worn In a variety of ways. Cheat and spinal articles are mado llko a sleeveless jacket of one continuous piece of material. There Is a hole for the head and the garment Is slipped on by extending the armi pwards and perpendicularly and let ting the article fall over. Over tha muscles of the client the garment Is padded to any extent desired. The mall of the back Is also touched up a necessity dictates. The laidy of the article Is of silk or chamois. Tho chest pads In cold weather are always worn next to tho skin. By this arrangement tho effect Is natural and consistent, and It Is almost impossible, even by feel ing, to discover tho artificiality of the padder's figure. Why, there Is no limit to our possibilities. A good many of our business men wear pndihsl undergarment, not particularly for the effect, but because tho clothing Qts more comfortably. If. Y. Htnr. NEW YORK FASHIONS. Liberty the Motto I nui'rtltril by Paahtontta llvr Hixim.-r f 8H. Tho parasols of the season aro like small touts, and although In many cases made of tulle or liu-e drapod, their huge slse and ugly club handle suggest the utilities rather than the ornaments of dress. Watered silk is still In high fashion. and Is much used for short round skirts under draierles of summer silk or sheer wool fabrics; and pale-tinted molroji aro very fashionably employed In tho construction of Directoire redlngotea and elegant tea-gowns. The semi-transparent India silk have received an addition in the shape of a fabrlo with wide utrlpes of lace el the same color as the silk. The effect I very beautiful. These textiles are used for polonaise or for bodice and overdress over a skirt of like tint in plain foulard or surah. Handsome toilets are prepared this summer show ing white silk skirts under dinplonoue polonaises or overdresses and bodice of tho laee-strlped India silk, in tints of maeda, vloux-rose, straw berry or apri cot, ow pttuiv, deml-t rained skirts el moire. Tho fashions seom well-nlh rtab- Ushed for tho summer. The wis party of eclecticism has prevailed, and in consequence there is exercise for all taste and an unlimited range Kith in styles and fabrics. Liberty Is the motto which fashion ha inscribed upon her banner of "W. In some of the "exclusive" toilet sent over from I'aris for elegant even ing woar this summer are some ex quisite creations in cream-white camel's hair, vailing, and silk-warr Henrietta cloth, wherein stately and intricate Grecian drajwries, held bj silver clasps with bordering of silver embroidery, are feature of these classic gowns. This stylo of garniture. either in gold or silver, is adopted to the exclusion of laee, flowers, or rib bon trimmings, and the effect is very unique and charming. In fashionable summer tints, all th golden shades In fawn and brown, and many in gron and yellow, are cer tainly predominant. la pinks there are but few shades, but those brought out aro In lovely dyes for evening wear under laoe, net, or transparent muslin. Primrose, apricot and corn-yellow are till much used as foundation slip under diaphanous toilets. There are also some rare shiules of rosv nmuvo. to bo used In combination with black or white lace. In gravs are some ex quisite tint In dove, silver and creamy poarl. In goods of faille. Irish poplin, and In cashmere, camel' hair and Henrietta cloth in fine woolen goods thoso all most attractive, while the pastel shades In both grays, browns, and olive come in color capable of producing the most artistic efToets in elegant carriage and visiting costume of corded silk combined with moire. GENUINE BOSTON THRIFT. Kprleno of m Woman IVbo ant l'rt to l'aylnjc Fall I'rir for llemnants. One of these women went into a big dryi?oRl! house the other day to buv material for a gown. . She selected, after a good deal of fussing, a ging ham costing twelve cents a yard. How many yards are there in the piece?" she asked. "There are eleven," tho clerk an swered, after counting. I will take ten," she said. Ho suggested that she take the whole piece, but she insisted that ho should cut off ten yards, and this was accord ingly done. " That's a remnant, I suppose?" she said interrogatively, taking up tho odd yard as he folded the goods. Yes, ma'am." "You sell remnants cheaper, don't you?" " Sometimes," the clerk said, lacon ically. " What will you take for this?" " Twelve cents." But that was just what I paid for tho piece." "Yes. but I haven't any authority tc mark goods down." " Couldn't you send the cash boy to find the man that does mark them down, so as to see what he would take?" the customer asked, anxiously. " Just now," the clerk replied, with a wicked wink to a brother clerk, "hels at his dinner, and I don't think he'll be in to-day." " And you couldn't mark it down yourself and tell him about it?" "No," the clerk said, smiling aggra vatingly. "I couldn't, really." . "Well," tho woman said, with, a 6igli, "then Tm dreadful sorry I had it cut, for I'll have to have that yard any way, even if I do have to pay twelve cents for it. Ten yards wouldn't possi bly do. But I ain't used to paying full price for remnants." The clerk put the odd yard In and what the woman told her dressmaker is unfortunately not on record. Boston Cor. Providence Journal. The average and general influence of a man's teaching will be mere mighty than any single misconception, or misapprehension through miscon ception. A man might run around, like a kitten after its tail, all his life, if he were going around explaining all his expressions and all the things he had written. Let them go. They will correct themselves. Beecher. The only way to. success on the road is through the gate of honesty. An unswerving purpose to succeed, a steady application to the details, a clean speech, a clear head and a kind ly heart will carry almost any man of common intelligenoe to the front, while those of far greater natural endow ments, less careful of conduct, fall gradually to the rear and sink into disgrace and oblivion. Merchant Trav eler. . - . Love and business. Mr, Vera da Vra Propone to Mr. Can,-? ami Mk a Mltaha. "Your question takes mo by surprise, Mr, Vero do Vera. How long havoyou eutertalnod for mo the feelings you have just expressed?" "From the first moment I ever saw you, Mrs. Canaggy. For the last six weeks I have boon in a state of bilious ness and unrest I have fallen off sixteen and one-half pounds In weight, and I haven't had any relish for my food or any of the ordinary pursuits of life. If you could ouly realize how I yearn " Despairing of conveying to the fas cinating and wealthy young widow any Idea of the Intensity, the abandon, tho utter goneness with which he yearned, he shook his head and for somo mo nicnta yearned in silence. "Mr. Vero do Vero." nald Mrs. Canaggy, kindly almost tenderly "have you evor tried Corklns' liver pills?" "Talk not to mo ot pills!" exclaimed the young man, with flashing eyo. "Can you reach tho affection through tho liver? Would you minister to a wounded hrt by putting a mustard plaster on tho feet, Mr. Canaggy?" The lady looked dreamily at hi full grown Waukenphast shoos, and a she smoothed out the folds of her magnifi cent silk dress with a richly-jeweled hand, she murmured, softly: "It would. Indeed, be a terrible waste of mustard." i "Victoria Canaggy t" protested Har old Vero de Vero, losing to lii- feet, and speaking with burning energy,' "Listen! luu have pictured to your self, doubtlesa, in tho dreams of your girlhood, the kind of man to whoso keeping you would willingly surrender tho priceless treasure of your love. I may not stack up exactly a the man of your girlish dreams. Possibly the late Mr. Caiiaiiiry did not Hut no man that over lived could cherish for you a deeper or more passionate de votion or would shield " you from the rude blasts of the world with half the pride nnd tenderness that I would feel II you gave mo the right to bo your champion. v letoria. does not your own hoart plosd for me?"' "Mr, Vero de Vere," replied the lady, evidently moved by hi appeal, "pardon me for asking tho question, but I have known you for so short a time, and It Is a mntter that concerns me deeplv are you a gentleman of correct habits?" "I can answer you truthfully that am." "IV you drink Intoxicating bever age?" "No, upon my honor." "IK you atlead horse races "Never." "Nor chew tobacco?" "No. no." "Nor smoke cigar?" "No." "Nor cigarettes?" "Cigarettes, Mr. Canaggy? If there Is one thing on tho face of tho earth I utterly detest, loathe and ahomlnjate it is the cigarette. It i tho qulntes seneo of all that I vile, execrable, and abhorrent. A man who would smoke cigarettes would stoal sheep, Mrs. Canaggy, nnd tho person who manu factures or deals in them Is a pirate and a double-dyed scoundrel, for whom hanging U too good." "Mr. Vero de Vere, I regret to give you pain. bu. I can never be your wife," said tho beautiful young widow, sadly. "Why? O, why, Mrs. Canaggy?" "Because," nnd her voice fell upon his ear like the murmur of a distant cascade, o the weinl. sepulchral wail of tho night wind among the ghostly tree lojie of a Jsovcmbor landscape "because I am a silent partner In a cigarette factory." Chicago Tribune. INDIGO CULTURE. K rrofltabla Indu.try Whlrh Mlxlit iu I'urtaad bv American lrmera. Farmer In various part of the country are beginning the cultivation of the indigo plant, which form a very Important foutum of Chinese agricult ure, lho Indigo fern U one of the ted-ot variety of plants, with a stock od lenf not u.ilike the fish geranium. hut of darker green In color. It Is very havxly, easily cultivated, and, unlike mauy of our native product, 1 never attacked by Insects. Tho plants are gathered for manufacturing puroscs when they have obtained tho height of alxiut two feet, and at thj period tho leave have assumed a rich dark blue color. To extract tho article that I sold for mechanical and domestic uses, the plants are placed In receptacles and covered with fresh, clear water, in which they remain for throe days, un til the indican. a peculiar substance in the juice of tho plant, is decomposed bv fermentation. JO this is added at specified times a littlo slaked lime. lhe whole is frequently stirred to as sist the process. The indigo is precip itated in a dark blue sediment, which. when dried, is the Indigo of commerce. By repeating the procoss until a great er degree of decomposition takes place. a very dark blue Is obtained, and for commercial purposes the darker the color tho better and higher price it brings. N. Y. Mail and Express. The rooster would be a much more popular bird If it could only be in duced to feel that there Is no real vital necessity for its reporting its where abouts between- midnight and throe a. m. Cocy man's (S. Y.) Herald. Tho servant who drops tears fool ingly at religious services and drops dishes unfeelingly in the kitchen, haa her tenderness altogether too much on one side. And it is a poor kind of religion which seeks opportunities to set others straiffht. but overlooks its own crookedness. An English coroner's jury rocently decided that a man who was found dead at the bottom of a river had died because of a "sudden immersion after a hearty meal." Peijule who wish to lie down In the bod ot-i river should be careful not to do so after eating a hearty meaL N. Y. Tribune. ' "I see," remarked the proof-read er, "that one bad error went through in one of the poems last week. The boys printed 'padlock' for 'wedlock.' Shall I reprint it, or call attention to it in a correction?" "N-no," replied the editor, "let it go as it is. Everybody will understand it." Burlington Hawk- eye. ' - "Yes; father," he said to old Mr, Hayseed, "1 ve graduated, and my education is complete. I s'pose I know about every thing. Now I must choose a field where my abilities can be used to the best advantage. I want a large field where I will have plenty of room." "Son," replied tho old man, "there is the ten-acre cornfield and you can have H all to yourself. Harper' Bazar, PLANT INTERMARRIAGES. A Urul Sliiily That I Well Worthy ol t'nlvarast Attention, Nature seem to forbid these In the vegetable world, as distinctly an reason, experienco and sacred law join with her to forbid them In our own world. Dr. Asa Gray, during his life, jMiured light on tlvemuny singular con trivances by which cross-fort lllaatlon Is provided for among plant, and he does not hide his light under a bushel, but gives Illustration and explana tion so clear a lobe plainly under standable with the aid of the very slightest nequuihttinco with botany. This useful study 1 well worthy of at tention. If only to afford a Is-ttor nv preelnt km of the mysteries nnd wonder of plant life, which are really a Inter esting as an Arabian Nights tale. It 1 obviously an intent of tho Creater that the plant that meet us every where, nnd as to which we are continu ally asking, "What are they for?" should not merely lie trampled under foot, but should 1h made subject to ex amination. They are, tike tho rain bow, tokens of promise, of hope, in resurrection and of a brighter, happier world. Among tho exposition which Dr. Gray kIvos of Mr. Darwin's deduction Troiii his wonderful stores of observed facts and test experiments, the com parlson Ingeniously made hetweoi, the seedling plants of exactly equal vigor and ago, set In tho same pot and Rutne soil; oneself or closo-ferlitized, and tho other fertilized by pollen from a distant plant are especially notable. The difference In growth whs always In favor of tho latter; and. in iiumy case so trivia, that it seem to prom ise wonder in the way of Improving varieties. All of it who are dweller In the country, know that wheat does not sport Into varieties or mix so fre us Indian corn. The blossom of wheat bus been said by experienced hybrid ists to bo fertilized beforo It leaves the sheath, so that, in the case of this valuable grain, man' aid seems to be wanted, not only through all the many perils and risks of its growth In tho fields, but for the Infusion of vigor In to tho seed through a selection and conveyance of a seWjot and non-related pollen. We hoar ot but few crosi breeders who have made wheat a suo. cessful subject of their useful skill let it Is pel hap the plant, alnive all other In temperate climes, which promises the jrrojitest result and the mod widespread advantages from ef forts in this line. linril AVte Yorker. BEES FOR FARMERS. A Few Hint for TImm U ho Contemplate litr-hains a r r vr Colonies. The farmer, above all other, ought to kovp a few Imsjs. He neMl not keel enough of them to make It a burden or part of hia business to care for llioni, but enough to supply hi own table with honey -- the purest swiot there is. It is always handy to havr in tho house. If one has never kept loos. he will lie unwise to go into Imm- kceplng rashly or extensively. A few hints that mav help some who arc thinking of getting ! are given by Mrs. L. Harrison: It Is poor jMiliey for beginner to purchase l.ts in taxes and barrels, a transferring I not the best kind of work for a novice. Bolter buy a good colony or two. not more, of Italians in a inovnbbvframo hive. Every hive in an apiary should le exactly alike, so that every cover, frame etc., can bo mixed up and all lit when put together. IVutter choose a hive first, and not get hall a dozen uinerenl oues to see which Is preferable Success in lw-culture Is attained only by tho faithful porfortnuuou of many little Items. Somo person never have any "luck" with bws. Why? One year the moth destroyed them and another season the swart left while the hive were being made ready, washed with npple-tre leave and suit. A person who ex poet to make a success in bee culture must study their lesson well, learn tl habits of these industrious insects am their wants, and supply them. last year the honey crop was an almost com plete luiiurc, owing to the severe drought, and many colonies this spring had not a day's ration ahead. I there lie a long contained cold storm nnd Ix-es in this condition must starve. Their owner must know their condi tlon. and this Is one of the good thing of tho movable-frame hive. Bees con sumo stores very fast iu the eprlng because of the rearing so much brood Scientists tell us that au Insect in iti larva; state consume more food than during the remainder of it life. If colony Is short of honey, the liest way to supply it is to remove as quietly a possible to nn empty frame, and insert a full one In its place. Where ne frames of honey aro obtainable, food syrup mado of any kind of sugar when bee aro flying. Littlo wooden buttc dishes make gnd feeders, as bod- cling to their sides and never drown at- they do in glass or earthenware, miles filled with cut straw or shavings. farm, titltt ami Stockman. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. The Froo Chun -fa Girls' School at Tiborias, Palestine, is attended by fifty girls, of whom twenty-two are Mos lems. Tho Young men's Christian Asso ciation of Philadelphia has received gifts to the value ot about 15,000 from Mr. John Wanamaker. ' Rev. George Schwartz, of Jef- fcrsonville, is the oldest Methodist preacher in Indiana, having been li censed to preach in 1822, when he was twenty years old. Bolivia should be a virgin field for the exploits of missions. It contains a population of 2,000,000, and there is not a Protestant missionary in the whole land. " When I look at the congrega tion," said a London preacher, "I say Where are the poor?' When I count the offertory in the vestry I . say Where are the rich?'" Living Church. The Foreign Missionary regards as orthodox the prayer of the little girl "O Lord, bless the missionaries, and help them convert the heathen; and bless the heathenarios and help them convert each other. A United t'resbyterlan congrega tion in Pennsylvania divldod on the question of using' fermented wine at the communion service. Twenty-six members who favored unfermented withdrew and organized a new churchu The member of tho church who will not work only as he obtains, the unanimous consent or approval of those who are associated with him, is likely to have an easy time. Unity and harmony are good things, but it Is possible to sacrifice too much to se cure them. United Presbyterian. SOUL tlulea ay Wlilih Charneter May Urn afttilaail by th Ky. " Wink tin much a you please, but op tlio lid wldo open. Alii ye, llutt will do. You aro one of the few women that 1 have postal who know w to iiso the oyen." Tiio pnknr win Puotograplier Na- oiHun h.u'inia, nnd the person ad- resm-d wn n c lisriiiliig young woman wi'lt mm vt'Uus black eyes ami a wealth 11 II y golden iniir. 1 will lo a perfect pis-turn, mis, hi sjil.lj "yon will Ilka It Yon mar eo a proof to-morrow." lhe--, a lho young lady left the Ititllo. Urn llltlu iirlist f. 11 lo Inlking about eye. Il was an Interesting ami n rnclivn chill. It, wiis b-nruii'l tlint dig M r.liflic sofien llitl i xprcFS on. uti-i Icul mtv In woman. A mnrked xuitipln if tin wn Atli'lnlilfi N 'li on. Mm einod to have, a uonbla set of cye-liislio, so liciivy were they. Her great charm was tho nxprcioii of her eye. They wero lai-i and liming. 'J hey li:nl a soul III ilium. unit Hut heavy he-lid poctixo l tliniu. wn Iciii'iioil, loo, Hint a full eye-lid give a Mifienlng expression, and that In1 niitToitiiillng muscle hnvn a grnnt leal to do w illi llin expression of lho ye. But tho whole sunt U rtx pressed it ilm eye when a perso t I earnestly lending. In woman lite eyo I moru clicniely shaped than lit i.an; tho velnshe lire longer and tlio eyebrow i i.I h ilelionloly tiK-lni l. A perfect eye n a woman should bo full, almond Imped, with long Inslir. upper mi l ower, with n del lc:ite eyebrow to suit In sltnpii of llin eye. In color, blue I lliene-iH sentiment nl. biilainall gray eve in a wnuttiii will vary more in ex- ne'slon. None ineii have women's ve. J let great iSai oleon wn one of hum. Il" hud the clear, cold st?el grny eye that showed the lightest and the darkest simile .f t-harncier. It In ho flash of ex preion that make 1 he woman eye lovahie, lhe coquettish part of her nsturo expressing Itself In lhe eve. 'I hero are eye, also, which resemble those of niiimnl the Hon, the eale. he ferret Genet at Ijogmi' eye could ls trull fully culled a hnwk's eye, it ni so black and piercing, yet, withal, it wnr. a full, h' lKSt eye and one of deep feeling. The actor Montague's eve wa often compared to that of a g: r r It wns soft and lie nut if til, and full of soul. il is snid I hat there are thirteen rules by which lho chnrncter may be jitdsred ly lhe eye. Tin .so that are very lnrg and n re also of an extreme ly clear blue, almost transparent when -4CCU In prolil-'. Indira e a ready nnd groat capacity, extreme sensibility. ii-iiiiMMnnem, nn inclination to en- j-iyii cut and curious inquiry. It nek. p.-trkliiig eye that are small and tiud.-r M rung black eyebrows denote p-'iieU n! Imi end often cunning and urtftil si mill atiom. A wenk nature i I -.noted by eye which, seen in ju-oflie. roil nlniost pnralltl with lhe profile of the nose, and a MnnlL pusillanimous rimmed r by eyrs about which there ro many very small, long wrinkles. Eve with long, sharp, liorixontal cor ner and thick-skinned lids covering Imlf the pupil Indicate a sanguine nature and genius. Q lick dUcern iieiit, elegance and la-te. in' ability, pride nnd a strong love for women nre denoted by eye which aro large, .pen. cletirly transparent and which spitrklo with r.ipnl in itlon under sharply-delineated lid. A feeblo constitution and phlegmatic weakness of mind are denoted by eye wlili light, in all eye-brows and very long, oticnve lashea Eyes that nre never very roun t nor entirily ojcn are those which hear while they see, enjoy and color their ohj -ct like theinscl ve, and nre a medium of voluptuous and piiiiiial enj yiiienL PromL sus picious, harsh ad cold-benried ier sous hnve iluei-unken, mall, slinrply ileliueated. dull-blue eye, under a bony, jHTpendicular forehead. Curious f: ds have been observed regarding lho eyes as a feature In na i ion nl physiognomy. 'J ho Italian's eyes nru mall, tho German' light colored nnd surrounded by many wrinkle, and tho Englishman's are strong, open nnd slendf;wt. The Swi have dull eye, iho Laplander nar row eye th the pupil of a yellow brown, lhe 'J'nrlnr small and sunken eyes; lhe ru'itniard nre clear and well funned, and lhe Finlandcr have heavy lid nnd the iris of a deep yel low. The eye of passion Is the grand eye. nnd it is In delineation f p:is9.ou that the nclor oos-esses power. In this Booth is uucxc.dud. Hi great power is iii his ye mid in their great in ten s it v. .V. Y. A nil nnd frp'tss. A POWERFUL MAGNET. Tha Almost lneredllile Forea Nee Overcome Ita Attraction. try to A most interesting eloctrloal experi ment has recently been made at the engineering station of the United States army at Willett's Point, L. L, by Major W. R. King, of tho Engineer Corp, by which he transformed two fifteen-Inch Rodman guns, weighing 60,000 pounds each, into an Immense electro-magnet. The guns were placed side by side, and joined at the breech by a number of pieces of railroad iron. The guns were then wrapt separately by fine insulated copper wire, over eight miles of it being used. The wire used was an old torpedo cablo conslst of forty small insulated wires bound together Into a cable of about three eighths of an inch in diameter. The electricity was obtained from a twenty arc light Weston dynamo. A number of experiments were made w ith this most powerful magnet, and It was found that a force of 20,600 pounds was necessary to overcome the mag net's attraction and draw the arma ture from it. A string of four fifteen Inch shells, weighing 320 pounds each, was suspended from one of the guns. It was discovered In the course of the ex periments that there was a point in the bore of tho guns, and seven and one half inches from the muzzle, where the magnet repelled instead of attracting. Small pieces of iron were propelled from It with forco, while a shell placed at that point was rolled slowly out of the gun until it dropped from the muz zle and was caught by tho attracting forco at the mouth of the gun. , It is thought that the power of the magnet would have' been greatly In creased If more wire had been used in the wrapping and if more railroad iron had been used In connecting the guns at tho breooh. '-.V. Y. MaiL "Well, James," Bald the chiropo dist, "we must keep up with the times. Lopk at this new sign." '"Capital!" exclaimed the assistant. " "That will surely catch tho public. Then he went out and tacked up a sign that read: "Coma Removed While Yo Wait. n Detroit Free Press. WINDOWS OF THE BATHS IN ALQIER3. "! Atmoat Indeaerlbahte Lacarf of TarkUlt or Maori! a Hath. No traveler la the East can consider hi Sojourn complete without tho ex perience at least, If not luxury, of a Turkish or Moorish balh. If you go, yon go to pemplre, and to sea every body and every thing around you persplro. After undress ing and depositing your watch and valuable with the proprietor, go to the hot room and stretch yourself upon a rained platform In th center of the tnpldarium, built of large slabs of marble ovr an ovsn lu which a rX,!, "re Is eager to roast yon. Think ot the dolmans of old upon whose back the Drnlds offered their sacrifice, and Imagine yourself any animal you please. When you are roaitcd on ona svln, turn over ami try another corner of your altar to find a cool spot. Then lie on the stone floor, and let your grinning attendant crack your bono, pull your joints, and twist your neck, and knead you with Iiis hand, and walk over you with his knees; then let him roll off your old skin, and with evident pride lay before you long siring of your worthies hide, a dozoa of them , In a row; then yon begin to realize that you have had one bath In your ' lifot line that hits boon of some genuine use to your human existence. Pumice stone f r the soles of your feet, and strong soap, and. wisps of hemp or similar fiber, help to take off your second skin, but you keep on your third to go home with by fixing it with a bucket or two of cold water. Then, to keep what remains of you to gether. and to prevent your third skin from trying to get away, your attend ant wraps you tightly In towels a big a sheets, and your head Ira a turban, and perchit you on high wooden s and a to keep your feet out of the water, for the pnvemont Is also perspiring freely; small river flow In every direction. Ira thl buo imlng garb, like a mart burled by mistake in the catacomb, you come forth and He down with the other mistaken corpses, and help them drink tea, and perspire once more, and throw another- mantle of smoke about yon with a long pipe. Then you ara fit for nothing; He still and let the world wag a It will. The hour set apart for men at the bnllis ar from seven o'clock In the evening until noon, thus furul-hlng thetn with good sleeping quarter for the ntght. Th baths are the srreat places ot rend- svous for the Arab women, who spnnd an afternoon there frequently (their hours being from noon till seven), and they certainly derve th is much of social intronrsa. - Tliey are seen with their children In the street going to the bath, accompanied by a gorgaous negress carrying a bronza vessel filled with necessary articles, and other baskets and bundles contain ing a complete change of linen, also aeverat strings of orange blossoms. Orange-flowar water Is not to be for gotten, for it enters extensively into their luxuries as a drink with their meals and as a perfume. For the lat ter purpose a bottle of brass sliver, or gold, with long neck and a pepper box termination, la nsed, wi'.h winch they sprinkle guets at borne and frieuds at the bath a well a them selves. The baths, again, "take in washing," especlaly of heavy woolen burnooses. haik. blanket, etc., whxli the attendants and the nyoulcht (a voting boy-servant, whose name! evi dently of Spanish origin) wah with thtdr feet and plenty of soap and wa ter on the marble pavement in the hot room. Those articles aro bong, with the balh towels and other linen, to dry on the terraoea To make a atudy tinder the drippings of such an entire laundry mar be looked upon as a feat. aside front the fact that the moutcbo seemed afraid to loave me within ranch of such valuable wet linen. With sulphur fumigations the yello uurnoose. arranged like tents over the smoke, are bleached, lhe opera tion Is equal to a thousand matches burning unwelcome incense under tha artist's nose. The bath attendants are apparently wonderfully constituted to avoid rheumatism and pneumonia; they go iu and out of tha heated room for hours togother with only a towel round their loins, but they do catch cold all the sama -F. A. Bridqman, in Harper's M'xqizine. A Sleek Peddler's Trick. This Is how the poddler of furniture poum managed it. jne maid came up-stairs and told her mis ress that geniloman In the parlor wished to see her on important business. The lady went down, and although it was two o ci ocr in the siiernoon. she wa con fronted by the apparition of a man in full evening dress, with his hands eneasod in lemon-colored kid cloves. He banded her a card which explained that tie was Air. iiianlc, and repre sented a certain house which manu factured a superior article of furniture polish She wns indignant, but he talked smoothly on without the slight est loss of patience or temper. Then the humor tf the situation dawned on her. - Presently she found herself listening, and the next thing she knew she bought a dozen bottles of the hor rid mixture, when she didn't want it at alL "I enn't understand why I did it, she satd. in telling of her gulli bility afterward, "but I did it. I shall never use the polish never; but the experience proves to me that one never knows the possibilities of folly within one s selt N. X. Frets. Williaui'Penn, when laying out the city of Philadelphia in 1682, is said to have modeled it on a design of ancient Babylon, and expressed a desire that Philadelphia should be a "green coun try town, which would never be burnt up and always wholesome." Sacramento, Cal., is virtually a city without laws. In a trial a few days ago the fact . was brought out that the ordinances now used were never or dered or accepted by the City Trustees, or appeared, as required by law, in any newspaper, and there is no record tc show that they were adopted. Uncouth Young Man "May I kiss you, .Miss Jones? ' Miss Jones (Indig nantly) "What do you mean, sir? U. x. nl. (surprised) "lion; you know what a kiss is yet? WelL you are the fuuniest girl I ever saw. Guess you'd better study the dictionary awhile. Good evening." Toledo Bee. Tho latest form of hazing unearth ed by the Annapolis court-martial is standing cadets on their heads and making them chew paper and candle grease. When you practice economy exer cise some judgment in your methods. To save matches do not light your gas at three in the afternoon with a sun glasa Harper's Jiazar. CRADLES FOR BABIES. Some singular I'rlnona prepared for la- fsnUt la I list nn t l.inxl. The Chinese have a queer Institution which they call tho winter cradle. It Is shaped somewhat like an hour gins and stands on end. There Is an open ing above and below, ard the waist, which I contrnoted, serves to keep the celestial baby on his feet. Ltay after day little almond-shaped ryes peep owr this top of tho cradle and littlo hand play with miniature dragons and other toys until the nurse puts in an appearance. Some of theso winter cradle are made of wicker-work and are beautifully painted by Chinese wo men artists. It is almost impossible for one to be upset; but now and then, when two are placed together and tho occupapts declare war and measure arm, two cradles roll over tho fhxir to noise that "bring down tho l!oiio.n The Iijiji baby very often ha a snow cradle, for when tho Indulgent mother attend church she makes a hole In tho enow outside and -dejiosit the young Laplander therein. It I no uncommon sight to we u circle of these snow cradles in front of a Iajip chapel, and now and then a lot of fierce-looking dogs are on fruard to keep off tho wolves that might meditate a raid on the baby rontingent. The I.app cradle In material diffem essentially from that used by tho Bushman baby, wIujho mother dig a hole in the hot sand and chucks him therein in the shadow of some lonely bush. . Sometime tho cradle Is ready lo hand In the shajx of an ostrich nctd. and now and then some feathers left by the mighty bird help to soffm the nest of the future Bushman warrior. There Is a tribe In the p&Irn region of the Amazon that cradlea the young in palm leaves. 'A single leaf turned tip around tho edges by some native iiro cess makmi an excellent cradle, and now and then it is made to do service o a bath tub. Strong cords are formed from the sinews of another species of palm, and by these this natural cradle Is swung alongside a tree, and the wind rocks the little tot to sleep. Long ago the Amazonian mothers discovered that it is not wise to leave baby and cradle under a cocoa palm, for the mischiev ous monkey tielifc-Med to drop nuts downward with unerring precision. An older child is stationed near by to ateh the baby during tho siesta, and the chatter of the monkeys overhead is enough to cause a speedy migration. Patagnnian babies are kept in cradles made of fiat pieces of board. Two, pieces of guanaco skin are so arranged across the cradle that the child is firmly- fastened inside, and cj.n be earru.-d tliu. suspended from a saddle bow without danger. In the rude huts of thij people these cradles are hung hammoekwiso to the rafters, and amid the smoke thai darkens everything, including hLs very nature, as it seems, the I'ataeonian in fant passes the first fctapes of babyhood. When the village migrates tho cradle is swung from the saddle, and in swim ming a stream It floats like a canoe on the surface, while the horse is almost entirely submerged. Sir Francis Hoad, who saw a pood deal of Patagonian life years ago. leaves on record the state ment that the Fntajfonian baby in bis queer cradle Is one of tho best entered representatives of the infant world. One would hardly go to KtuTirland for a fantastic cradle, and one almost a quoor as a it is fantastic at that. Yci he would find such a one there. The Kaffir baby, when he comes into tho world, is put into a cradle or bag mode of antelope skin, with the hair on. This baby castle, narrow toward the bottom. widens to within a fow inches of tho otiening. when it again suddenly con tracts. The skin is turned inward, giv ing the young Kaffir aa soft a bod aa some found in the cradles of royalty. Four long strips of antelope skin are at tached to the cradle, and enable tl mother to swing it on her back after a peculiar fashion. Uraker Magazine , Don't Learn to Carve. Never learn to carve, young man. There is no fun in iL A knowledge of tho art saddlos you with a responsibilr ity, which, while It may procure you invitations to dinner, sits heavily on tho soul and brings wrinkles into the fort-head. If you do not perform the work artistically, you are criticised. It a tough fowl gets away from you and takes refuge in a lady's lap, you aro laughed at . nnd make an enemy of the fair one whose dress you soil or spoil. You offend Jones if you send the choic est out to Smith, and rice tx r . Yni must send the best aw ay and reserve only the least to be desired fervour-self. The waiters make you the subject of their rt-mr.ks, and by putting their beads together and jerking their thumbs over their shoulders in your direction embarrass you dreadfully; you know by the fiendish leer on their faces that they have set you down as a blacksmith. If the room is warm you are thrown in to a violent perspiration; your collar wilts, necktie gets awry, your appetite leaves you, and when your labors ai-e finished you begin your dinner with the. air of one who has . been in a pugilistic: mill and come out second beet. Don't, learn to carve. Nebraska State JourraL Man's rviosr r.euaDie capita A man for whom we have always had the highest regard said in our hearing recently: "A man's friends are bis capital.' a truth to which we heartily assent. One may have honor, position, great wealth or learning but if he have not friends, of whatavad are they? There is no treasure so precious, as a life-!o ;g frien I ship. How few such friends hi p-; :here arc! Th ?re are so many ways of losing friend that when one is g.iine 1 he should hooka ness., should friend'. ho grappled to with of - sleeL Pride, seltisli adrancenient or adversity, never be thought of between If only the same excellence is looked for that we are willing should be sought for in u.s. if only the same standard is used by which we are willing to be measured, then there would be much less lo divide those who give promise of Wing life-long f nerds, and it must always be r mum be red if a man is to have fri-n Is ho must show himself friendly. Roswell T. Flower, whose barrel of money is famous, began his life work at the age of seventeen, when his brother-in-law agreed to pay him $5 a month and hia board for tending store" in a country town in Northern New York. Tho bulk of hia fortune has been made in railroad stocks and lands and by investments in coal and iron property. a a a . On many farms there are vacant places that may not be convenient to cultivate, that jould be seeded down to grass and be made aa profitable aa any uiuer piace on uie i arm. esem