Hiram Maxim, inventor of the fam ous gnu, enys that tho bicycle will play au important part in the wars of the future. Tho Now York police department asks for the modest little sum of $7,- 000,000 for the expenses to be incurred In keeping the Gothamites in order during 1897. A dental paper says that a fortune awaits the man who will invent a good substitute for gold as a filling for teeth. Platinum is available for back teeth, but not for front teeth, as it turns black. "The number of Armenian children uuder twelve years of age made orphnus by the massacres of 1895 is estimated by the missionaries nt 50,- 000. The question of what shall bo done with these orphans is receiving the atteutiou of the Christian world. Poor Lo at last seems to be making progress iu the art of agriculture. It is reported that tho Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians of Wyoming raised enough oats and potatoes during the past season to supply their own wants and to fill the contract for these com modities at Fort Washakie. There are a few men in New York who are Directors of so many corpo rations that their fees for attending board meetings would uloue constitute a good living income. Samuel D. Babcock has the reputation of being in more Directorates than any other ono man. Russoll Sage is a very close second, and. at one timo Samuel Sloan was a good third. The new woman in Loudon has cer tainly outstripped her rivals in this country in adopting tho customs of men, observes tho San Francisco Chronicle. At a public diuuer, on the occasion of the opening of a new club in the English metropolis, one of the newspaper reporters was a woman, who vulinlv produced and smoked a cigar ette when the dinner was over. Tho result of tho last municipal election in Glasgow, Scotland, is the greatc st single tax victory yet achieved at t lie polls. In a city council of teventy-Eeven members there is a majority of twenty-tliree pledged to support a measure deriving all munic ipal it venue from laud values. Per mission from Parliament is still to be obtained before the people of Glasgow cau do as they have voted, but, uc cording to tho Chicago Record, there seems to be n u doubt that it will he promptly granted at the next session. According to a report of the Horse sboer*' Protective Association, the horse is not only holding Ins own against the bicycle, but there is actu ally an increase in the number of horses now iu this country. It says there are in Ohio 19,000 more horses thau there were ono year ago, 17,000 more in Michigan, 12,500 more in New York, and a corresponding in crease in other States. The statistician of the association explains this by say ing tlmt bicycles are used chietly by people who never did and never would own a horse, ami that, while an occa sional inan may sell his horso and adopt the bicycle, tho change is only temporary. Less tliau eleven years ago there were only sir firms engaged in the bicyclo business, with an output of a few thousand bic cles. There are now moro thun COO firms, with a product of 1,000,000, oud innumerable smaller ones, which will probably add 200,000 more. As nearly as can be learned more than 0,000,000 bicjcles are al ready in use in tho United States, and some authorities make tho number greater than this by nearly 1,000,000. KVOAJ tho smaller estimates shows that nearly one person out of twenty-four has already taken to tho cyclo as a mutter of business, amusement or health. Iu France, where the number is known because of the collection of a tax, tho proportion is oniy one iu each 2*o of the population. At ft recent meeting of the Indiana fax Commission it wus voted to secure, if possible, the services of Ex-President Harrison to make an argument in the Supremo Court in the behalf of the State of Indiana to enforce the pay ment or taxes assessed against the ex press companies. The commission lo.rned thftt he would not appear in any case for a fee of less thau SSOOO. In the California irrigation cases lie received SIO,OOO. llis largest fee was received two years ago from 1111 In dianupolis street railway ; it was s'2s, 000. In the Morrison will ci.se, at Richmond, Ind., he received $19,000. }- o far as General Harrison is concerned the question, "What shall we do witt our ex presidentsV is not hard to an tw r, comments the New Orleans Pica WHEN LOVE WAS YOUNG AND GREW NOT OLD. HE bad not the least F® shuuie about telling \% rf/l her age. On the coutrary, she was rather prouil to do /\u/so. It was sorno thing to bo proud of. Not that bho was sixty-four, but that at sixty-four she looked not a day over forty-eight, and a blooming forty eight at that. True, her hair was silver, but what a waving wealth of silver 1 Aud it was not sent to soften wriuklus either. She woro as many of those ornaments as it is legitimate to wear at forty eight, and no more. Oh, she was cer tainly a wonderful woman for her age, was Mrs. Joseph Allestree 1 Quaiut, indeed, she uppeared, par ticularly on a certain evening, stand ing in tho old Bquure portico, with tho sun shining straight uuder the trees into her face. Tho house at her back was low and long. It stood endwise to the hazy little river that flowed at the foct of the abruptly sloping lawn. On tho side, at the end ot a long, shady ave nue, wns a gate with an old-fashioned wooden arch over it, concealed by vines. It was toward this gate that Mrs. Allestree looked, leaning forward eagerly, like a girl, ono hand shield ing her eyes from tho level sunbeams. Sho wore white—think of her daring to wear white! She was watching for Joseph. He had gone down to Stone ton—only a mile distant—for the post at 5 o'clock. That was two hours ago. Joseph did love dearly to gossip with tho old farmers and shopkeepers, but he really ought to remember dinner time. But Joseph had not forgotten his dinner. At this very minute tho gate opened and his little gig rolled iu, followed by three enthusiastic dogs— u St. Bernard and two red settors. Mr. Allestree, after embracing his wife as if he had just returned from a year's journey, went in with her to dinner, and Mr. Allestree wus —but I will not describe hiui; simply ho was everything that the husband of Mrs. Allestree should have been. Forty two years had gone by since their marriage and in all that time they had never been separated a single day. "Dearest," said Mr. Allestreo as they sat down, "I owe you an apology for my tardiness, but it couldn't be helped. I got u letter calling me away on an important matter, and 1 bad to stop to attend to some things iu the village. I must go immediately— to-morrow." "Oh, that Perley affair," she said, glancing over the pago. "But, Joseph, can't you put it off? Remember, the Kennedys are coming iu tho morning to stay over Sunday." "I cannot, Henrietta It's got to be attended to at once." "But, Joseph, you can't go without me. You know you never did such a thing." "1 am afraid I must do it this time," he replied, monrniully. They sat in silence for some minutes. Twice Mrs. Allestreo wiped away a sly tear with her napkin. At length, bravely assuming a cheerful aspect, she asked: "How long will you bo gone?" "I can't possibly reach London, ac complish all I want to and get home again in less than ten days." "Joseph, it will kill us both." "Ah, no, my dear," ho laughed; "it won't quite do tha:. At least, I hope not. It will bo very, very hard. But think, my love, we were apart five long years once on a time." "Ah, Joseph," with a sob in her voioe, "that was before wo had ever lived together. Wo only knew each other by letter, you know." "And a mighty comfort did wo take out of those same letters. Isn't it strange that iu two and forty years we should never have had occasion to write to one another? Not sineo you were Henrietta Shower." "It is a singular circumstance," she replied. "Yes, wo can write. Do you know, Joseph, the thought of it already consoles rue a little. It will bo such a delightful novelty." It was a good thing for Mrs. Alles tree that she expected visitors. But after tho guests had departed her con dition was pitiable. Especially as no letter had come. Mr. Allestree had gone away early on Saturday. Now it was Tuesday. She had managed to bo patient over the Sabbath, but on Monday morning, when Jimmy came up from Stouetou empty handed, she had refused to be lieve that ho had not dropped the let ter or that the postmaster had not overlooked it. There were only two deliveries in the twenty four hours, and at the evening the saino performance was re peated. On Tuesday Mrs. Allestree went her self to Stoneton and delivered a severe lecture to the postmaster upon gen eral indifference of Government of ficials, thereby greatly annoying the poor man. Mr. Frarnwell began to dread tko hours of delivery. Twice a day, what ever the weather, Mrs. Allestreo pre sented her handsome, anxious face at the window. > When ho handed out the post to her and she found not the letter she longed for, au angry face it was that peered inuthiui, and aster well bred—voice that demanded of him to hunt through every box, lestperchauce he hud made somo error in distribut ing. The deserted, neglected wife must blame Homebody, and she would not blame her husband. She did not at first even dream of blaming Joseph. By the middle of tho week her whole mood changed. She felt hurt, deeply hurt. There seemed to be no reason, no excuse for such neglect. To think that this, their tirat separation in so mauy years, should bo unbridged by a word! She could not have the cousolation of writing to him, for he had left no address, there being an uncertainty about the very part of London in which that troublesome Perley was was living. It was the way of men, and he, it seemp, was not better thau the rest of them. Once out of her sight ho forgot—forgot all tho love and daily devotion of forty-twq years. By Saturday moruiug Mrs. Allestree was ill—ill euough to go to bed. Jimmy had to fetch both posts, and, after delivering in person tho first one, ho vowed to Molly that ho would not approach Mrs. Allestreo again whilo Mr. Allestree was away. All day Sunday Mrs. Allestroe lay silent iu a dark chamber. Molly could not get a word from her, nor would she eat. It was almost restful to bo so weak. True, she was iu despair. She had given up all expectation of seeing Joseph again, but compared with tho bewildering tossings of vain coujectnre, her present state was one of quietude and peace. But by Monday morning sho was sutlering torments ouce more. She felt that if Jimmy returned without either Joseph or a letter she would surely die, aud, indeed, she nearly died as it was. When the wheels sounded again upon the gravel Mrs. Allostreo sat up in bed. She was whiter than her hair. No voices were heard below. She clutched her heart and gasped. Hut presently a door opened and a step came up tho stairs. It was the step of Joseph. As ho entered the room she fell back among tho pillows. "My dear Henrietta, what's all this? ' Ho looked around almost ac cusingly upon the two frightoued women, as if he had caught them in the act of assassinating their mistress. "Didn't Jimmy tell you?" she mur mured. "You kuow Jimmy never tolls any thing. Ho did say you wereu't well. But have you been very ill, dear?" Tho women had withdrawn, uud ho seated himself upon the bed. "Joseph, you might have sent mo one little line!" "Wh—what? I don't quite compre hend. Aline!" "Yes, it wouldn't havo hurt you to write a line." "Henrietta, I wrote to you every day, and sometimes twice a day." They stared at each other. "But I never got a solitary letter," she said presently. "1 sent to every delivery—went myself until I became ill. Mr. Framwell said there was nothing from you. It nearly killed me, Joseph." "However," he muttered, "they couldn't have all miscarried—l—Hen rietta! I havo it! Wait; I'll be back in twenty minutes," and the gentle man fairly ran out cf the room. He laughed all the way down stairs, and she heard his ha, ha, ha's between his shouts for Jimmy to bring back the trap. In a few minutes they rat tled out of the grounds, and within the time mentioned they rattled back ugaiu. Mr. Allestree tore breathless up tho stairs, bursting boy-fashion into his wife's room. He carried a package ol letters, which he spread out iu a cir cle on the bed. There were fourteen of them, and every oue was addressed to Miss Henrietta Showor. For a short space nothing was said, and then the two aged lovers began to laugh, aud they laughed uutil they cried. "Joseph," she said, "it's very funny, very, but was almost tho death of me. How did you come to do it?" "Why, Henrietta, love, when I once got out of your.dear, familiar presence, tho old days came buck completely. You were little lletta Shower, aud—" Joseph Allestree blushed; ho did not often quote poetry— And our two and forty years tieemed a mist that rolled away. —Pearson's Weekly, Hardware Raillery. A Newark (N. J.) hardwareman ii advertising there is a great drivo ii nails, a sharp competition in razors and a rapid movement in knives anc forks.—Hardware, rOI'ULAK SCIENCE. Scarlet flowers stand drought beltei than any others. The camel has the most complicated system of digestive organs. The tires, the machine and the clothing of the cyolist arc very liable to become soaked with rain, nifordicg an excellent conductor for the elec trical bolt. The fastest looomotiva over con structed will not reach the sliced ol tho frigato bud, which will fly about 125 miles an hour, or across the At lantic in one day. Possibly some observing scientist, watching tho motions of the bird, may get at the secret of its great speed, and reproduce it in some practical way, which will make the air, instead of the earth and water, the great medium of communication from one part of the world to another. There are eight storage battery roads in Europe, four of which were iustallod during the past year. The largest system of this type comprises throe roads in Paris, operating nine teen storago battery cars, some of which have been doing duty since 1592, and tho addition of a third road last May seems to indicate that lor the conditions there existing tho storage battery has proved satisfactory. Attention to a curious property of certain plauts has been called by an American botauist, E. J. liyi. It ap pears that the larger part of tho leaves, especially the younger ones, of silpliium lacinatum and silphiutn fcerebinthinnceuin turn themselves in a north and south direction. Sir Joseph Hooker, it is said, noticed tho peculiarity, and was able when travel ing to tell when the train changed its direction by looking at these plants on the plain/ In the Polar regions Dr. Moss found that at a temperature of thirty-five degrees C. a caudle would not burn regularly; for the wax would not melt, being cooled at onco by tho sur rouuding air. Tho flamo then burned feebly, and sank down iuto a kind of tubular hollow ; and on boring holes into this tho tlame sank down so as to leave a tubular shell, which was ac tually not melted by tho flame. The continuous current of very cobl air induced by the flame was not heated sufficiently to enable it to melt the wax above the flame. Ifcauty of New York's Central Park. Its character, so wonderfully evolved from stubborn material, is full of beauty, with all the simple pastoral charm of natural scenery. Owing to tho conformation of the ground and the various demands of the public it was found necessary to make a number of small picturesque scenes, rather than to furnish a single broad expanse of turf with groves of trees. It was, however, tho efforts of tho designers to furnish the largest opeu spaces practicable, aud at great expense pro truding musses of rock wero blasted out at tho lower end, and the spaces left were filled with loam. To this we owe a peacelul meadow, with its vague borders lost in tho shady recesses ol the tre9H, giving an idea of unlimited extent by the glimpses of grassy slopes seen at intervals beyond, though the preen contains but sixteen acres, and tho ball-ground oulv ton. In the north meadows there is a greater sense of freedom aud space, though only niueteen acres could be secured even there, but the disposition of the roads and paths is so skilful that the fieldf produce upon the imagination the ell'ect of far groater expanses, and are above all restful aud satisfying with their suggestion of seclusion and coun try charm. A distinguished authority, defentliug it warmly from an unfnvor able comparison, remarks, "In nc European city, wo can safely say, i* there a park conceived in so purely naturalistic away and kept so free from inharmonious details as the Cen tral Park." -Atlantic Monthly. All in the Family. A few nights ago a prominent Evan >touiau, who lives iu a handsome home in Lake street, was working overtime on the North Side, and when his busi ness was completed boarded n North Shore electrio oar for home. Ho was enjoying the last of his box of Ha vunas and was contemplating how much the next box would cost whec the conductor cauio out on tho fronl platform for fares. The thoughtful man jammed his hands iuto his pock ets, and in his dismay discovered that ho had only a counterfeit dollar, which he had been carrying for months. Ten miles from home, away from friemh aud "broke" was the uupleasanl though that had tfasho 1 through bit mind, so ho passed up the counterloif coin and received his change. Befori the car had traveled a mile the con ductor came around ugaiu with a HUH- ! picious look on his face and said; "Either you or a lady inside gave me a counterfeit dollar." "It was the woman, of course," re sponded tho embarrassed gentleman; "they ure always doing such thiugs." Tho remainder of the jouruey was not very pleasant to tho man who was "beating" his ride at the expense ol an innocent woman, but he buried himself in thought aud tried to forget. He left the car at Lake street, and had started for home on a brisk walk when ho heard footsteps behind hiin. Turn ing, he saw his wife, who rushed up anil in the most mortified tones said: "flow I wish I had known you were on that car. Tho conductor accused mo of giving him a counterfeit dollai and made mo give him a uew dollar before all those people."—Uhicag# Times-Herald. Good Authority, A Boston authority on lingnal mat ters snyb tho name Maceo should be pronounced as if written Me-thav o, with the accent on the secuud syllable* —Boston Globe. INSCRIPTION ROCK. A GIGANTIC PKAK IN THE NEW MEXICAN DESERT. Inscribed With Names of Spanish Pathfinders and Allusions to Their Deeds—A Record Reaching Back to 1605. IN a far-away corner of far away New Mexico stands a pinnacle of rocks so stupendous that it serves 6 as a landmark, eveo in a land of lofty peaks, with top so dillicult of ac cess that only creatures with wings may surmount it, with appearance so striking that it received a character istic name almost three centuries ago, when it first lay under the astonished gaze of a white man—El Morro. While the pootic and impressionable Spaniards who braved the unknown and opened the Southwest to civiliza tion saw the beauties of tho immense pile, with its resemblance to tho castles of tho Old World, and gavo it a name sigaiticant of its appearance,tho latter day American saw tho writings left by long-gone explorer, and dabbed in "Inscription Hock." When old-time explorers penetrated tho unknown country north of Mexico, "carrying the faith," they passed up tho ancient pueblo of Zuni, thence eastward toward tho ltio Grande River. The natural highway, if it may be so called, led them directly under the shadow of a towering thousands ol feet long and huudreds of feet high. This wall, when faced from tho east, presents the appearance of a wedge of rock, but when seen from the rear, it is found to bo an immense Y, tho ap parently solid wall being split almost to the end by a deep canon which left two immense cliffs of rooks frowning at each other across the great chasm. Whero the two walls joined, the clifl shot up to a towering height in a pin naole of rock which bears the most striking resemblance to an immense castle or fortress. It was this which gave tho namo by which it was known to the cailicst exolorer—El Morro. But the present interest in this structure does not center in tho stu pendous rock, nor in the marvelous beauty of tho cliff which terminates it. There is more human interest in it, more even thau that which is aroused by tho ruius of two great pueblos which look at each other across the chasm which divides the ridges form ing the sides of the V. At the foot of tho castle there trickles out a little spring, the only water to bo found in a long day's ride, and this made it in the past, as it makes it now, tho nat ural stopping place for all travelers who pass that way. History is meagre in its details of the conquest of New Mexico, but there are extant annals which give to the searcher for light many bits of information, that may be patched together to niako a harmoni ous whole, which tell of tho fortitude, the trials, aud the sufferings of those men who braved tho dangers of an uu known country and an unknown horde of savages to carry their faith to the heathen and to search for gold. These early explorers made tho base of El Morro their resting place, and hero they left for those who followed after a record of their presence which has endured until the present tune. Tho sundstono of tho cliff is very fine and smooth, just such a conibinn-. tion as would induce a casual passer to inscribe his name thereou, and the Spanish explorers utilized it as a registry of their passage. It is no au tograph album so valuable that it ought to bo tho proud boast of tho United Etatos that it is within its pos sessions. It is doubtful, however, if the authorities at Washington even know of tho existence of this remark uble record of the early pioneers. With their knives and probably their swords, tho Spanish soldiers carved their names and generally some slight allusion to their mission upon tho smooth surface of the wall, and the result is that to-day this surface bears the autographs of tho men who opened tho way to civilization in the Southwest two centuries beforo other white men from the East penetrated into that wonderful land of canon and desert. The oldest identified autograph, as well as the most important of all the many noble names to be found written in the Spanish of 300 years ago is that of the leader, Juan de Ouate, the real founder of New Mexico, the builder of the two oldest towns in the territory, San Gabriel and Santa Fe, and one of the bravest explorers that ever penetrated an unknown country with a handful of men. He it was that went on that marvelous journey in search of the "South Sea," the Pacific Ocean, and it was on his return from that wonderful tramp with thirty men through a trackless wilderness and desert that he encamped at the foot of El Morro and left his modest inscrip tion upon that eternal page. Here is what he wrote: Paso por ii'jui el ndelantado don Jua de Onate al descrubomendto de la mar del sur a 10 de Abril ao ICOS. (Passed by here the officer, Don Juan do Ouate to the discovery of the sea of the south on the lGth of April, year of 1605;. The lettering is antiquo and much abbreviated, but it is clear, aud holds its appearance well after tbo rain and wind of three centuries. When Diego ile Vargas reconquered New Mexico after tho Puebo Indian uprising, which swept back for a time the advancing tide of civilization, he, too, stopped to rest under the giant rock, and this is the inscription left as a valuable memento of the trip: Aqui est aba ol Genl. Dn. P. <le Vargas, quion conquisto a neustro Santa Fey ala Real Corona toda el Nuevo Mexico u su costa, ano de 1692. (Here was the General Pon Dingo de Var gas, who conquered for our body faith and for tho royal crown nil the Now Mexico at his own expense, year of 1692.) Close by the side of such names as those mentioned and those of Arechu leta, Ynojos, Barbade. Godoy, and others as illustrious, there is a two line inscription which, when read by the light of history, is most pathetic. It is from the hand of a "common soldier," but he was one of the garri son of three left to hold the conquered Zunis in subjection, and was slain by the Indians in 1700. This is the writ ing: Roy de mano Felipe do Arellena, a 1G de Retiembro, soldado. (lam from the band of Felipe de Arel lano, on the 16th of September, soldier. One year later a "force" of six men went from Santa Fe to Zuni, a march of 300 miles throuqh deserts and over mountains, to avenge tho massacre, This force left the name of its Captain, Joan de Urribarri. A plain and valuable autograph is that of Diego Lucero de Godoy, an officer who was with General de Var gas in his expeditions and who was noted for his bravery. He was with Governor Ottermin when he hewed his way through swarming masses of Indians after the bloody siege of Santa Fe and fought a passage back to El Paso. On the north side of the rock are found the longest inscriptions. It was on the north sid.e that encampments were made iu summer, where the shade protected tho traveler from the heat of the sun. The winter travelers usually sought the south side, and it is there that their autographs and inscriptions are to be found. In addition to the hundreds of Spanish inscriptions, there aro many old and a few modern Indian hiero glyphics which aro as important in a historical sense as those of the explor ers. Many of these hieroglyphical inscriptions aro now being deciphered, and the results so far obtained indi cate that the Indians, too, had their stories to tell of invasion and con quest, and it is now believed that some inkling may be obtained from these old writings that will direotly connect the cliff and cave dwellers with their moie modorn descendants, the Pueblo Indians, with the anoient races which peopled Mexico and Central America ages ago, when wai builded the ruins indicative of such advanced civiliza tion as wos not fouud on the continent when first entered by white men.— New York Sun. Tricks of A Conjurer. The late Alexander Herrmann, the New York magician, was a great prac tical joker. One day when he was stopping at Syracuse, where he was performing, a friend of his, an ama teur necromancer, introduced to him an acquointanco who had never seen the Professor. The friend purposed to take Herrmann out and show him the town. Herrmann had a parrot in his room that kept up such a jabber ing that conversation was almost im possible. The great talker and the stranger found it impossible to hear anything but the biid's shrill talk. The bird seemed particularly fond of shrieking "Ain't you smart!" The racket didn't seem to disturb the Pro fessor, but suddenly noticing that it annoyed the stranger, he jumped from his seat abruptly and seized the bird. '•I'll stop your noise," the magician cried, and tlung the purrot into Bpace. Bird and clatter vanished simultane ously, aud the stranger never discov ered what became of l'olly, for Herr mann then put on his hat aud went out walking with his two callers. They visited a bank, whore the magician wu3 introduced to the cash ier, whom ho astonished by drawing a loug cigar out of the letter's Van Dyke beard. The cigar ho quickly multi plied into enough to go aiound. The cashier had been busy clipping new bank notes from printed sheets issued by the Treasury. "I see you're a magician yourself," said Herrmann jocularly; "you're making money. That's something I can do myself at all times." He asked to be allowed to examine the sheet of bank notes, and while looking at it he rattled otl oue of his pet stories and got tho cashier and his friend and tho stranger all inter ested. In the midst of the story tell ing some heavy object fell from a desk and apparently startled the magician, who in liis fright tore the sheet of notes in half. The magician seemed angered at his clumsiness, and in a rage he tore the sheet up into small fragments. Then ho offered to make good the loss with the money from his own pocket book. Tho cashier protested that this was needless. Herrmann then declared that perhaps the accident might not be so bad after all. He rolled the torn bits into a ball in the palmsof his deft hands, b'ew in them, and then unroll iug the ball spread out the sheet un harmed. /. In another bank he performed a trick that was always a favorite of his. He wore upon fthe little finger of his left hand a striking looking ring with a heavy setting. The President of the bank commented upon the odd ap pearance of the ring. "Yes," the magician said, "that is an odd ring. It was given to mo by the Emperor of Austria. But you cau have it if you will accept it." Thereupon he drew the ring from his finger and slipped it upon the bank President's little finger. But it wasn't there when the latter looked at hi 9 hand. Instead, it glit tered upon the little finger of the Pro fessor's left hand. The change had been effected by a most skilful bit of palming. Anti-Foot-Binding Movement. The auti-foot-biudiug movement, in augurated by the missionaries in China, is distinctly gaining ground. Many women have pledged themselves not to bind their children's feet, and some have uubound their own, though tho latter proceduro is of little value, a foot that has been bound for years jeing incapable either of recovering its original shape or of performing much useful service when deprived of the support of the bandages. WOKDS OF WISDOM. Whoever has a good temper will be Bure to have many other good things. There is nothing so strong or safo in an emergency of life as tho simple truth. It is the biggest kind of an insult to ofior a small sum of money as a bribe. A poor man with a Runny spirit will get more out of life than a wealthy gambler. 'lho violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves. A man's domestic relations sellom trouble him as much as tho relations of his domestics. To see plum pudding in the moon is a far more cheerful habit than croak ing at everything. No soul is desolate as long as there Is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. It is not wise to aim at impossibili ties ; it is n waste of powder to fire at tho man in tho moon. When a man is ashamed to look in a mirror it is a safe bet that that his wife buys his neckties. Tho epochs of our life are not in tho risible facts, but in tho silent thoughts of tho wayside as we walk. A coquette is like a rose. Each lover plucks a leaf; the stem and thorns are left for the future husband. We take great pains to persuade others that we are happy than in en deavoring to be so ourselves. It pays better to tell tho truth and lose temporarily than to state false hood and lose permanently. Many preachers nro good tailors spoilod aud capital shoemakers turned out of their proper calling. After a woman has been married three months she talks less about soul affinity and more about her meals. There ara no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people iu general take to bo happy. If a man is so proud that ho will not see his faults, he will only quarrel with you for pointing them out to him. To character and success, two things contradictory as they may seem must go—humble dependence and manly in dependence. The only thing that can be compared to a good ad. in working ability is a mortgage. They both work day and night, rain orshine.—The South-West. The History ol Health, To trace the history of the search of the human race after health would be almost tantamount to writing the history of the race itself. A careful examination of the position which hygiene now holds will, wo think, jus tify us in alleging that it has made such advances as may fairly entitle it to take its place among the progres sive if not absolutely exact sciences. Its literature has been said with truth to be uraong the oldest in the world. We cannot doubt that iu order of chronology the first raine to be hon ored is that of Moses, as tlio author of the most completo and detailed BVS tern ot' hygiene in ancient timos. We may be protty sure that the codo of Moses was the outcome of tho wisdom and experience of long past ages. Be that as it may, however, we oanuot but admire the oxcelleut precepts laid down for the cleansing and purifying of bouse and camp, for the security of pure water, for choice of good and wholesome food, for the isolation of the sick and the uuolcan and for tho destruction of refuse. It would not bo too much to say that a fairly strict adherence to the Mosaic law would have preserved mankind from many of tho disastrous plagues whioh have alllieted it. During the Middle Ages tho Jews enjoyed a remarkable immu nity from outbreaks of epidemic dis ease—an immunity which still distin guishes them iu our own time.—New York Ledger. Red Rocks Mark Her lirave. In sight of tho Erie tracks, between Susquehanna and Great Bend, are the •'Red Rocks," a red cliff stanuino above the Susquehanna River. Neai them #an be seen traces of the grave of a beautiful Indian maiden, the daughter of a famous chief. She wai betrothed to a young brave, a mem ber of tho father's tribe, theQ en camped near here. Her father de sired her to marry the son of the chief of tho neighboring tribe, and tho wish of the paternal ancestor usually counted for something. In oonsequence, she resolved to fij to the "happy hunting grounds," and one night she stole noiselessly from her wigwam, and, with the death song upon her lips, Hung herself from the high cliff, her life's blood staining the rooks below, and to that day have re tained the reddish hue whioh the raini and floods of a century have failed to efface. When tne maiden's lover saw hei mangled corpse he retired to a cave ir the mouD tains, and was never seen alivo again. Forty years later hit petrified body was found in the cavt by a wandering remnant of the tribe. Under his body were found the long raveu tresses of the old chief's daugh ter.—New York Press. The "Koto of the Waves. 99 It is a favorite theory with the fish ing and seafaring people on tho north east of Scotland that in a storm three waves are strong and violent, while tho fourth is comparatively weak aoil less dangerous. This succession they call a "rote of waves." Fishermen returning from their fishing ground otten prove by experience the truth ol their theory, and hang back as they come near the shore to tako advantage of the lull that follows, they say, pretty regularly after three big break ers.
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