LIFE.
Ufa Is a ralnhnw In splendor tiprlut,
Hun rourtlnit anil tirnuri,
Ephcmcrnl, (Ii'i'tlnn. It aprltiK from the mist
Ami alnki In a cloud 1
Phantasmal. unortnln a rrarllft mm klnt,
A tr-tariilnhpd aliroiklt
Joy, aorrow, loves hatred, funic, fortune
and nil
Miimpntotm w doom!
Till xlinduwa tlicjr sleep 'nenlli Oblivion's
pall,
And (tenth mien snprpiiipl
,Valn hopo that aro faded bcTind our recall,
Poor KboHt of a dreamt
All plcnaurea ar Meeting, but sorrows Inat
Ion
In undying pnln,
And niliiKlod with subs Is the sound of a
Bona
who lliiiorlnK rpfraln
Recalls tln di-nd yum where sweet dream
mcaaurw throng.
Dreamed uever again!
Ah, life la so lonely when love's day Is done
And gloaming sales grieve,
And In the pale Mull! of I lie fiiHt fading sun,
Think how much wo give,
When even the goal of existence Is won,
To breaths snd to live.
Montgomery M. Folsom, In Atlanta Journal.
SAVED BY A SLAVE.
There was onirthlng I forgot what
-to take both grand mother nud grnud
falhor away from home 0110 day lu
Octobor of the year I lived with thuui
in 15 urn i Hollow.
There wero two Bi-rvnuU la the
kitchen, Haunnh Oaks and tho lad An
thony. I heard them laughing merrily
together, for though Hnunah was nu
old woman, she was full of fun, nud
In five minutes the door opened aud
Hannah came Id with the tray.
"Please, miss," said she as she set It
down, "may I run over to Mapleton
to-night? My sister's married daugh
ter had n boy last night, they tell me,
and 1 want to see It naturally it's the
first I've over had of graudnlece or 1
nephew." I
"lou may go," I said, "but don't
stay late. Grandma and grnudpa may
t away all night, and I feel nervous.
To be sure, there Is Anthony, but I
never rely on him. Be certain not to
etuy late,"
llannah promised, and after doing
all I required went away, and I beard
tier heavy shoes ten minutes after on
the garden walk ouUUe.
Eurly as It was 1 dropped the cur
tains and lit the wax caudle on the
mantle, and I sat long over my tea,
finding a certain companionship iu It,
as women of all ages will.
I sat thus a long while, and was
startled from my reverie by a rap at
the door a timid sort of a rap so
that I knew at once that It was neither
a member of the house nor an lutl
inate frioud. I waited, expecting An
thony to answer the door, but, finding
he did not, wont to it myself.
It had grown quite dark and the
moon rose late that night. At first I
could only make out a crouching figure
at the bottom of the porch. But when
I spoko it advanced, and by the light
from the hall lamp I saw a black man.
I had always hnd a sort of fear of a
negro, and Instinctively shrunk away,
but as I did so he spoke In a busky
whisper:
"This Is Massa Morton's, isu't It,
miss 7"
"Yes," I replied; "but grandfather Is
out."
I retreated. He advanced.
"Pleas, miss," be said, "Judge B
sent me here. He said Massa Morton
'nd help me on. Let me stay here a
night, miss. I's trabelled five days
since I left blni. Hldln' like. I's aw
ful hungry 'pears like I'd drop, and
old marsa Is arter me. For de lub of
heaben, miss, let me bide somewhores,
and gib me Jus' a crust Marsa Judge
promise Marsa Morton 'ud help me,
an' it's kep me up. Missus will, I
know."
I knew that grandfather had given
succor to sotno of these poor wretches'
before; but I felt that I might be do
ing wrong in admitting a stranger In
bis absence.
Caution and pity struggled within
me. At last I said:
"You have a note from the Judge, I
suppose?"
"I had some writlu on a paper,"
said the man, "but I's loss It De
night It rained so. Ah, miss, I's telliu'
trull Judge sent me, sure as I's a
sinner. I's been help along so far, an'
'pears like I ninn' git to Canady. Can't
go back noways. Got clear a year ogo.
Miss, I'll pray for you ebery day of
my life If you'll jes' be good to me.
Thank ye, miss."
For somehow I bad stepped back
and let blni in.
It was the back hall door at which
the rap had come, and the kitchen was
close at hand. I led him thither. When
I saw how worn he was, how wretch
ed, how bis eyes glistened and how,
under his rough blue shirt, his heart
beat so that you could count the
pulses, I forgot my caution.
The negro ate voraciously, as only a
starving man could eat, aud I left him
to find Anthony, to whom I intended
to give directions for his lodging
through the night
To my surprise Anthony was no
where In the house nor about the gar
den. I longed for Hannah's return, and
listened very anxiously until the clock
struck 0. Then, Instead of her foot
steps, I heard the pattering of rain
drops and the rumbling of thuuder,
and looking out saw that a heavy
storm had suddenly come on.
Now certainly grandpa and grandma
would not return, and perhaps Han
nah, waiting for tho storm to pass,
would not be there for hours. How
ever, my fear of the negro was Quite
gone and I felt a certain pride In con
ducting myself bravely under these
trying circumstances.
Accordingly I wont upstairs, found
In the attic sundry pillows and bolsters
and carried them kltchenward.
"Here," I said, "make yourself a bed
oo the settee yonder and be easy for
the night. No one will follow you lu
this storm, and no doubt grandpa will
assist you when he returns. Good
night:" "Good night and God bless you,
miss," said the negro, speaking still in
the same husky whisper. Aud so I
left him.
But not to go upstairs to my bed
room. I Intended for that night to re
main dreasttd and to sit up in grand
pa's armchair with oandles and book
to keep me company. Therefore I
locked niyself In, took the most com
fortable position possible, and opening
a volume composed myself to read.
Reading I foil asleep. How long I
slumbered I cannot teU. I was awak
ened by a low sound like tho prying of
a chisel.
At first It was mixed with my dream
so thoroughly that I took no heed of
It; but at lost I understood that some
one was at work upon the lock of n
door.
1 sat perfectly motionless-the blood
curdling In my veins, and still chip
chip, chip went the horrible little In
strument, until at last I knew whence
tho sounds came.
Buck of the sitting-room was grand
pa's study. There, In a great, old
fashioned safe, were stored the family
silver, grandpa's Jewelry and sundry
sums of money and Important papers.
The safe Itself stood In a closet In n
deep recess, and at the closet the thief
was at work.
Tho tlilff abl without doubt the
negro I had admitted, and fed and
sheltered.
I crept across the room, out Into the
hall, and to the door. There, softly as
I could I unfastened bars and bolts;
but, alas! one wus above my reach, 1
waited, listened.
Then I moved n ball chair close to
the spot nud climbed upon It. In do
ing so I struck my shoulder against
the door frame.
It was but a slight noise, but at that
moment the chip of the chisel stopped,
1 heard n glidiug foot, and horror of
horrors a man came from the study,
sprang towards me with both hands,
holding my arms as in a vice, while
he hissed In my ear:
"You'd toll, would ye? You'd call
for help! You'd better have slept, you
had; for, you see, you've got to pay
for waking. I'd ruther hev let a chit
like you oiT, but ye know me now, and
I can't let you live."
I stared in his face with horror,
mingled with n awful surprise; for
now that it wus close to me I saw, not
the negro, but our own hired man, An
thonyAnthony, whom I had supposed
miles away with Hannah.
I plead with htm wildly.
"Anthony I never did you any
harm. I am young I am a girl don't
kill mo, Anthony. Take the money,
but don't kill me, for grandma's sake."
"You'd tell on me," said Anthony,
doggedly. "Likely I'd be caught. No,
I've got to kill you."
As he spoke he took his hands from
my shoulders nud clutched my throat
fiercely.
I had time to utter a suffocating
shriek; then I was strangling, dying,
with sparks before my eyes, and a
sound of roaring waves In my ears,
and then
What had sprung on my assassin,
with the swift silence of a leopard?
What hnd clutched him from behind,
and stood over him with something
glittering above his head?
The mists cleared away the blurred
mists which had spread over my eyes,
and as sight returned I saw the negro
with his foot upou Authony's breast.
Ten minutes after ten minutes In
which but for that poor slave's pres
ence I would have lieen hurried out of
life the rattle of wheels and tho tardy
feet of old AJax were heard without
and my grandpareuts were with mo.
It came out during the trial that be
hnd long contemplated tho robbery,
that the absence of his master appear
ing to afford an opportunity he had de
coyed Hannah away by a lie, aud hid
den in the study.
Long ago so we heard the slave, a
slave now no longer, met his wife and
children beyond reach of danger.
Twisted Words.
The English language Is remarkable
for the. number of its words which
have beeu completely changed In their
significance since they first came into
use.
Sometimes a comparatively short
time suffices to set a word adrift from
its original and true meaning and to
cause people to forget what Its real
significance is.
Tills is Illustrated In our word "tum
bler," meaning a drinking glass which
sits squarely down upou the table with
out a "foot," as lu the case of a gob
let. What a "tumbler" really Is may bo
Inferred from a gentleman's diary
written in 1S03 an extract which, by
the way, throws a powerful light up
on the social customs of that day, as
well as upon the origin of a familiar
word. The entry In the diary is as
follows:
"Had a new friend to dinner. Tried
my new tumbling-glasses. Very suc
cessful; all got drunk early."
These tumbling glasses, so-called tum
blers "for short, were mude with a
round or pointed bottom, so that they
could not be set down when they con
tained liquids without falling over and
spilling. They were made ns a sort
of a Joke and to conduce to rapid drink
ing. A generation sufficed to see the
change wrought in the use of this word
aud the complete disappearance of the
original significance.
The Changeable Ohio.
To the artist the silvery, shrunken
Ohio, winding feebly between green
and everlasting hills. Is n charming
spectacle, worthy of transfer to canvas
and subsequent hanging in a favored
place In the home of n purchaser.
But to the practical I'lttsburger the
swollen, turbid, oil stained Ohio, ca
reering to the Mississippi through a
bleak landscape of suow-sprluUled hills.
Is a sight far more attractive than any
afforded lu midsummer.
For the larger Ohio bears on Its
muddy breast the deep-laden cool
boats whose contents are not more
needed by New Orleans nud Memphis
than the money the coul represents is
needed by our river operators and
shippers. These regard the Ohio as n
most lovable stream, when, after
months of picturesque ldleuess, It
arises lu its might and boasts of
"twelve feet"
If our local artists wish to make a
painting of the Ohio which will be
salable to a coal shipper, they must
portray the stream with that number
of feet, with the tawny tnnne of swir
ling water and a procession of coal
boats bending for the sunny South. A
coal "boot," it might be added. Is one
that requires ten feet of water to float
It and Is helpless to reach the lower
markets on a stage of water that will
let out a coal "barge." Pittsburg Bul
letin. A Frequent Oecurreno.
Chorus Girl I understand that Mis
ZoKzleton was married last week.
Light Comedian Yes. I was at the
wedding.
Chorus Girl Who gave the bride
away?
Light Comedian Her whole family,
but the bridegroom never tumbled.
Mvulo and Drama,
THOSE WHO GO INSANE.
Aemarkiible fttatlatict Oattiored by the
York f.iniHey Coiumlinlnii,
The tourtu annual report of the New
York .State Commission in Lunacy
nakes nn Interesting showing of tho
iccupiitlons of insane patients confined
hi all the State hospitals, in the table
ihowlng the occupations of those ad
mitted since" October 1, 18SS, house
keepers lead, the number of patients
having been thus occupied being li.HOl
out of a total of H.oOJt, or n trltle over
.per cent. Next on the list come
laborers, excluding farm laborers, l.&U
of whom, or 14 per ceut., were admit
ted during that period. Farmers and
farm laborers are put nt 1,1X1'.!, or near
ly 11.2 per cent of thoso admitted.
Among the principal of the remainder
of the occupations represented are tho
following:
Agents, 34 patients; commercial trav
ellers 17, clerks 170, salesmen and
saleswomen ai!, 0 actors, 34 barbers, 18
barkeepers and bartenders, 51) black
smiths, (10 bookkeepers, 40 butchers,
only one Christian worker, 42 clgar
inukers, 12 civil engineers, 19 clergy
men, 24 coachmen, 24 cooks, 338 do
mestics, tl editors, 24 engineers, W
factory operatives, 35 firemen, 24 gar
lienors, 17 hotel keepers, 10 "Journal
ists," 21 laundresses, 12 luundrynien,
45 lawyers, 04 leather workers, 01
machinists, 52 masons, 11 mechanics,
174 merchants, 15 millers, 10 milliners,
41 molders, 22 musicians, 15 nurses, D3
painters and varulshers, 40 peddlers,
37 physicians, 12 plumbers, 42 printers,
10 railroad conductors, 52 other rail
road employees, 35 sailors, 20 saloon
keepers, 25 seamen and boatmen, 03
seauistresses, 12 stenographers, 55 stu
Jents, 73 tailors and talloresses, 120
teachers, 14 telegraph operators, 14
tinsmiths. 10 waiters and waitresses,
83 workers in metal, 41 workers in
stone, 232 workers In wood, 24 bakers.
Seven hundred and seventy-three are
put down as having no occupation and
132 whose occupation Is unascertained.
Among the same patients tho prin
cipal assigned causes of insanity ara
recorded os follows:
Imbecility 20, bodily Injury 40, cere
bral disease 21, cerebral hemorrhage
43, climacteric 107, confinement in
prison 30, congenital defect 29, disease
jf skull and brain 13, epilepsy 408,
excessive smoking 14, excessive study
12, typhoid fever S3, general Ill-health
500. hereditary predisposition 425, ill
health following over-work 449, intem
perance lu drink, Oil, Intemperance In
drink and narcotics 117, la grippe 00,
moral causes, such as domestic trouble,
toes of friends, business anxieties,
fright, disappointment, etc., 1,341, old
age 307, opium habit 47, consumption
15, physical disease 211, privation and
over-work 30, puerperal 134, excesses
10, sunstroke 133, traumatic 150, vic
ious habits and Indulgences 49, unas
certained 2,819.
It will be seen that among profes
sional men lawyers suffer most, the
number of patients of this profession
being 45. Physicians rank next at 37,
clergymen at 10, artists at 0 and au
thors at 2. There are 6 each of edi
tors and actors, a rather remarkable
showing for the latter, considering tho
popular belief regarding the prevalence
of Insanity among the members of thia
profession. This may be accounted
for in a measure by the knowledge
that many a so-called actor keeps to
the stage after he becomes crazy, but
harmless, as a long-suffering public,
will attest It Is safer to be a plain
editor than a "Journalist," by Just
60 2-8 per cent
A further examination of the causes
of the mental diseases of these pa
tients show that 011, or nearly 10 per
cent, wero made Insane' by Intemper
ance In drink, whllo the reason of 104
more was dethroned by intemperance
in narcotics and the opium habit To
over-work and privation are also ac
credited many of the cases. The moral
causes enumerated, resulting In a great
degree from weak or overtaxed ner
vous systems, are responsible also for
a very large proportion of the cases.
Almost exactly two-thirds of the
cases to which attention has been di
rected, or 0,225, are of native-born per
sons. Of the remainder 1,250 were
born in Ireland, 729 In Germany, 200
in England and 208 In Canada. Tho
remainder are mainly natives of Sax
ony, Poland, France, Italy, Sweden,
Switzerland and Wales. Troy Press.
Frauds in Dresden and Sevres.
As to porcelain, it is probable that
more than half of the "old" Dresden
china now exposed for sale Is counter
felt. Most frequently the origlunld
have been copied, mark and all, but In
some cases really old Dresden china
that was origluully white has lieen
painted by an umbltlous forger. With
Sevres china, the more common ware
has sometimes had the whole of the
original - pattern and glaze removed
and received a new ground of turquois
or some of the royal colors, to which
painting or medallions in the old utylti
flve been added.
In 1S10 a dopeuuor service, with por
traits of Louis XIV. and the principal
ladles of his court, was offered to
Louis XYI1I. as having belonged to
his grandfather, Louis XV., but on ex
amination it was found that the prin
cipal plateau was of a design not In
troduced nt Sevres until fifteen years
after the death of the reputed owner
of the service. Instead of adorning
the table of the King, the service was
relegated to the Museum at Sevres as
an interesting forgery. Spurious Palls
sy ware is almost a drug in the mar
ket, and nearly every porcelain manu
factory Is now represented by pieces
either wholly reproductions of Its genu
lne products or having their marks
and character in some way modified.
There Is no one who should more dili
gently opply to himself the motto,
"Caveat emptor!" than the collector of
pottery and porcelains. Longman's
Magazine.
A Practical Hint to Inventor.
It is somewhat amusing to see how
often an Inventor will pursue a sub
ject that has been exhausted.
One of the shrewdest ot his class
very cautiously told a friend while sit
ting In the lobby of one of the lead
ing hotels uptown that he had struck
something aud. In fact it was a de
vice really needed in our civilization.
The friend smiled and said: "My boy,
I supposedly Invented the same Iden
tical thing fifteen years ago. Before
I took out a patent 1 had the pateut
omco searched, and the reply came
back: 'Your device is old; was invent
ed ten years ago.' "
The patent office ought always to bo
searched before big fees are rolled up.
Hardware.
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food they need in
Scott's Emulsion
There is Cod-liver Oil for healthy flesh and hy
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Physicians, the world over, endorse it.
Thin Children
ar not known among those who take SCOTT'S EMUL
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natured because they aro well.
Prepared by Scott & Bowne, N. Y. Druggists tell It
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Wheat flour per bbl 3.40
Hay per ton 8.oo
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Turnips " " .15
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Cranberries per qt , .10
Tallow per lb. . . , .04
Shoulder " " u
Side meat " " 15
Vinegar, per qt 07
Dried apples per lb .05
Dried cherries, pitted 12J
Rispberries .12 J
Cow Hides per lb .oa
Steer " " 03
Calf Skin 40 to .50
Sheep pelts ; .Oo
Shelled corn per bus .60
Corn meal, cwt 2.00
Bran, " Iao
Chop " 1.25
Middlings " 1.25
Chickens per lb .10
Turkeys " 12
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