T0 4 FLIED. You say that for Jove you sigh My heart is ever alert} A woman's trust and s woman's Are not often eaught by » firk I know your ways, I understand How tenderness you inwert In voloe snd face us you kiss my hand, Yet I know you only flick, Your idle talk of & parting hour Brings me no woe or hort; My life can never feel the power Of a frivolous, haartioss Sirk, For love of me, oh, do not diel A tragedy I would avert, For a moment do not think X Would ever grieve for a filing, Let these worde cause no gloom, Though they sre short and curt] I much prefer an empty room To an ampty-hearted flirt, Pargxnsnvre, W, Va Woman's Work, Darning little stockings For restless little feet; Washing little faces To keep them clean and sweet; Hearing Bible lessons, Teaching catechism; Praying tor salvation From heresy and schism Woman's work. Sewing on the buttons; Uvarsecing mtions; Soothing with a Kind word Others Inmentations; Guiding clumsy Bridgets And coaxing sullen cooks; Entertaining company And reading recent books Waman's wok. Burying out of sight Her own unhealing sma Letting in the sunshine On other clovded hearts; Binding up the wounded, And healing of the sek; Bravely marching onwand Through dangers dark andfthiok— Womans work. Leading 1 ttle childrer, And blessing manhood vears; Showing to the sinful How God's forgiveness cheers; Scattering sweet 10868 Along another's path; Smihag by the wayside Content with what she hath ~ Woman's work. Letting fall her own tears, Where only God can see; Wiping oft anothers With tender sympathy; Learning Teaching by example; Yearning for the gaieway Golden, pearly, am by experience; pie Woman's work. Lastly cometh silence, A day of sweet repose— Her locks smooth] Upon ber breast a rose; Lashes resting gently Upon the marble cheek; y benided, A look of blessed Peace ¥ Upon the forehead meek! Pale hands softly falded The kindly pulses still; The lips know no smiling, The noble heart no th Her couch needs no smoothing 8s will + ad; She craveth for no care; Love's tenderest entreaty Wake no responses there. Fresh grave in the valley Tears, bitter sobs, regret; One more sclemn lesson That lite may not regret; Face forever hidden, Race forever run— Dast to dust 7” a voice saith, And woman's work is done. GRANDPA WEAVER'S BEAVER. I shall never forget the rapture I fel the morning I was pronounced “finished and, with istic taste, suspended upon a pinnacle shove my less pretentious companions of the showiest of how- wind the popular thoroug! 1 by the weaith- fest people city where I first saw the It is need] cumstances whicl and deseribe tl Arist one IWS e patr n Lid aght, less the cir- debut, which i weess fror of besuty.” Oldasl now am, I still recall with satisfaction the admiration 1 elicited, and the e¢jac- ulations of surprise and commendation thet greeted my first appearance before the worid of fashion. “Every sweet has its bitter,” and 1 regret to say that my seif-complacency was ruffled in some degree by the envy of my associates and the spiteful remarks I was forced to hear. “The very thing to catch the eye of a sporting blackleg, or some brainless swell,” whispered an insignificant “Soft felt ” ton smart-looking “Derby,” while a pe “Nobby” remarked, with a leer, “ All's not gold that glit- ters.” Dissgreeable words like these | eonfess caused some misgivings in rei- arerce to my fulure, but { was not fated to remain long in suspense, for notwith- standing the high price set upon me, only a few days elapsed when an exceed- ingly aristocratic-iooking, venerable gent.eman entered the store and re- quested the obsequious clerk to permit Liim to inspect the elegant beaver, at the same moment indicating my proud self by a motion of his gold-headed cane. After & minute examinstion of my proportions he approached a mirror opposite, and, placing me npon his head, 1 saw instantly by the smile of intense satisfaction which illumined his benev- olent countenance that my destiny was sealed. Very soon after I was incased in a handsome box and sent to the almost palatial residence of the retired mer. chant, Mr. Weaver. 1 was carried up several flights of stairs and deposited in what I discovered afterward was the dressing-room of my purchaser, In my short experience I had heard much of the vanity of indies, snd thought this particular weakness was confined solely to the female sex; but judge of my surprise when suddenly [ was roused from darkness and silence by the | flash of gas jets and the voice of my new master, as be drew me from my snug resting-place and, balancing me above his brow, surveyed the effect produced in the immense glass that reflected the full length of his tall, commanding form. 1 was not long finding out that my owner had a habit, when alone, of talk- | ing aloud to himself, * By George I" he exclaimed, £ ict Ie ils “1 look | beaver could make such a difference.” “Nor did I!” cried a fresh young | voice. The next instant 8 pair of white'arms were wreathed about his neck, “It is perfectly exquisite! dear darling papa!” Then, with a ten- der caress, “But why won't he allow his little Dolly to accept attentions from any of the young ventlemen who call on us? And Mr. Dorsay, too! Such a splendid beau!” The pretty lips pouted, What a VOLUME XIII A. 2.00 a STS Se 1880, “= Yy at in Advance. NUMBER 46. duleent parent, drew him to the door, & att “Com yin 1 884 ed on: papa: will not wall i You promised i not ride with Mr. Dorsay you take me to the opera, and it is time id not rn much penetration 3 110 As 8) #2 min- I would would 8 Heer wig 141 a over 11er i¢ and no wonder, with wavs, remind s she did o his heart in | genith of if was : avable y bereaved merchant r girkwile who won ago, and who died promising woman. hood, leaving Lim Dolly, the sole pledge { mutual Was it any wondea Wi ed his lovely tad 1 it WORE +d § jel i 5 i 131 4st ave, tat Le swshin ter? After family of my master 3 3 PREISG ain, a introduction 1 always hecame fami have i gueniiy ment siond } Will MH & aooount of and snares ther things connected with $s of my owner, 1 learned before Mr. Weaver retired » he had employed a private seo amannensis, im in up | Liis 10 assist of winding OUrt Was 8 young man 3 . a0d during t« ny event, 1 SOCTELATY thrown into presence, such to her father it was remained long away from wavs expressing the deepest whatever concerned 1g peoy tacit hours he so’ Weaver, Dolly's fascinating was her d seldom st its side, a wn olier Bs wus i SyYOolion mnterest Thus the anda ste ye frequentiy unaer tO Satisfy Laeme- wr-dying passion that } 3 a time when the ser lary were no longe S& no longer an ex- C0 L's visits. the anxious hours that { for ever will disturd the urrent of true love. There is, how ever, nothing so inventive as th tender passion. In thiscase, as intl sands of a similar character, the woman was first to discover a soathing re 3 Dolly, pretty madcap Dolly, was not be- hind her sisters in this inventive faculty, while 1, POOT 1INNOCE nt! was the silent instrument in her hands further her WOIDAD'S purpose. Among the piaces my frequented was Lhe shop of a fashionaole ¥ » : or 3 18 San th th § = a {ye eUy. 3 ia to master often FUSS after my entrance Into ti Weaver mansion I saw and became [a miliar with Georze Errincourt, and I am quite sure [ suspected the exister of the love that sprung up O3{ween them before the two lovers were as- sured of it bye for soon after I came pretty Doliy used me oftentimes for a shieid to hide her blushes and sly glances from her watchful guardian, and, ere long, to my astonishment and alarm, I detected the fact that the lic tle hand which toyed with my silken lining was using my interior for a strangely contraband purpc This caused me to be constantly on the watch. [I soon began to understand when Mr. Weaver the hair- dresser’s estal y one of the assistants was the alert, and always ready to seize me and give me a careiul brushing, and as soon as this was done set me down near to the seat occupied by George Errincourt, who also took great interest in me, handling me with (1 imagined) a lovine tenderness. But everything earthly must come an end. The finest beaver ever made, no mat. ter how carefully it may be treated, in the course of time will grow rusty and eed ironing. In spite of the sedulcus notice given by the officious assistant, and even tty Miss Dolly herself, 1 began to show the 1. "ages ol usage. My master at last obsecved "this, and 1 i DOO wi 10€ + Liem se 8 n ne. Lo ¥ nr pre “ | must have my beaver renovated. This was some ti after our first The very next evening- of going as usual to the hair, Ler me aad instead The hatter turned me his huge hands, and my owner: “This beaver over and over | finally said to | too large for you, brim. “Dolly! child! Don’t you know? Can't you understand that you are the very light of my eyes? It will be time enough five—yes, ten years hence to think of encouraging the attentions of beaux. Recoliect, you are barely seven teen—not old enough to know your own mind ; be patient, little puss, and when then—" Alas! the right one had come, but Papa Weaver was ignorant of the fact, while I, unwittingly, was drawn into this afaired amour! Dolly sighed soitly, and shocg ner weaith of shining haira tiie defiantly as her small white Lasu gently smoothed my polished suriace. Sie had removed me from Ler father’s head, and was slyly examining the sheeny lining that added so much to my beauty. Isaw a strange light in her eyes as slie continued to run ber slender fingers dettly under the pliant crimped silk. * On!” she exclaimed, “1 like this beaver ever so much more than the old ‘hen, as it frightened by her own words, she quickly repl me, and, gliding an arm within that of her in- i i { | | | { i i i i i “No!” replied Mr. Weaver, in sur- prise. ‘‘ Why do you ask?” “Sia ply,” returned the workman, | “ because you put paper in the inside.” “Paper I” echoed the merchant. | “Paper, did you say? You mistake—" The hatter with some difficulty ran his broad finger under the lining and drew forth a neat-looking missive, “Don’t vou call this paper?” holding the note to view. Mr. Weaver had not been the success- ui man of business without learning to control sudden emoti n. e reached carelessly: right! It My Lat is “Ah, gee! That's all none too large.” He was prudent enough to walt until | he was safe from interruption in his | own apartments before he examined the | mysterious note. Placing his glasses | upon his nose he opened it and read aloud: “Darrixe Georce: Do not and generous, and we must teil W hen he finds you I am tired of this Besides, lipped our letters in and out of the lining. Yours, “DoLLY.” My master dropped the note, and sat with clasped hands, absorbed in thought, At last he persued the mis sive once more, then smiled as he re- placed it within my lining. mured; * who bui Dolly would have resorted to such means to carry on a courtship?” He paused a moment, then resumed, with a sigh: “ I've been expecting something of the kind—w: iv might be worse!” Again he ued. * Bat, through it sllshe is 0yal to me, and her conscience hurts her for deciving her father. H-e-m! I'll watch the novel correspondence until I find if Errincourt is not after my money, and that his love for my little madcap is sincere, then ——" Here he laughed. * Used papa’s beaver! but it is a capital joke! 1'll see, and if" He did not conclude the sentence, for that instant Dolly entered, and, with usual franknégs, caressed her father with as much fervor as if she had never been guilty of dividing her affection. ‘My master never again gave vent to his thoughts in my presence upon the important subject, although I knew he read the letters on both sides. The last 2 hen very sought i i one he preused despondent, for he immediately his daughter and won from her by ¢ oa the : § 23 es the whole story must have ry It 15% soareely necessary to add Mr. Weaver was convinced In to Errincourt’s intentions, for it bh re | hie i Was 8 Gand that regard Was not ong BOON of mipsion that Always wedding. 1 wi day previous 1 or marriage, WHS alod wages and her betrothed, remarked, | upon me: new precedes a however i i Bay, 0 Lh my his inl t { oe gel OeRAYeY LAER the bh this dear oid bea t for the greatest to it Besides, since it i ifa £130, I00ks as good as new, upon your wearing it WOrrow, [ not only witnessed two but wher old further Dolly insisted upon « exclusive proj RYE passed I Wi 1 i [ must insist £4 i aurel {o ayel to be ol the eiovated position dressing-y ones thal about tl 10 it n i i #14 Grandpa ry ¥ ¥¥ CAVED 8 Deaver. Captive Humming. Birds, 1@ time of the Monte irds were wd Iarge oon ervalories, lein, of Cincinnati, tels ming-birds which straved year ago, into the house of a lad} city and wer i The iady, a friend of 3 | Li In ming hum i in tar LRT { DIrds, resoived U and fixed a perch he placed a bouquet covered Lhe open end wit flowers were renewed every convoivulus Op 80 4 “% an were iropped | ad oiler at { On the Qrst di flower caps, out amon They also devoure wore g wa tine i witli wal In aps, darting their g the Swi at iit LT SOME ei pped » Week innt lapped : dep (150 A GOR arn rt time the birds were so tas $ vim } . gh ad { nd they flew about the HOE WHS Clean wd with fresh lowers and hi hn as was cy flew the while their giass pa furnisd Out a ished 5 began eating Loney. a nap after dinner, th themselves upon her joyed th 3 8 tins operation £1 took ey i, and & They hummed hours, Lis of thei: forehead eir siesta there, room for u the finger friend dressing thei For 1 ge, they wouid fly again to the honey, but after 8 momentary away they would go, flying about their friend. Towards evening they their perch in the g paince, quick flute notes in the S10. Ti small inge honey, since 1h § ing 1 1 i OT 3 t feathers Hale soug nit { sang OCCASION! ¥ their chief food was str sugar-water, ey thinned with r the bottom of t ey ts, but and ater ¢ hon olten sel QO They thri i fid ed finely on the sugar-water, As the weather became warm in June, the RUSE Covering was entirely removed from their glass palace and little creatures were given the range the whole room, but their food was ways placed in their old dwelling. The tiny birds were not at ali timor- ous, even at first; they did not flutter about anxiously when their lowers were removed and fresh ones brought. Their eyes sail plainly: “We know you are good to us.” They thankfully appre- ciated the care of their protector, and, although they manifested no uneasiness when strangers were in the room, they could not be induced to perch upon any- hody's finger but that of their tender keeper. At the end of September one of them began to be ailing, and a few days after was found dead upon the floor. The other pined from hour to hour, and when the cooler nights at the end of October approached it too succumbed to the friendly ciimate and to its plainly n. fested homesics ness. i ¥V + LOA. thi ol fie 88 I. Brigham Young and His Family, A reporter for the Si. Lovis Hepub- lican has haa a talk with a daughter of the Iate Brigham Young, the Mormon leader, who is now a Mrs. W. T. Harris Mrs. Harris has been away from Mor- monism for some time. She tells of the prophet’s family-life as follows: She said that of the forty-seven chil- dren, each and every one were splendid specimens of physical health and | strength. There was not a weak or | possessed of a good amount of intelii- gence, She spoke in a very admiring way of her brothers; told how one was graduated with high honors from West Point, two fiom the Troy (N. Y.) col | lege, and of another who attended the Naval institute at Annapolis. “How did we live together in that | question; **why, most happily.” ** Nineteen wives aud forty-seven chil- {dren in one house, and no quarreling?” {the reporter said, in a.tonishment { “* How in the world did you get along so | weil together?” | “My father's ruling hand, I think, | | hud a good deal to do with it.” “‘ In what way on He taught us io love one another. i Every morning wives and children met { in the parlor, where we had prayers and | singing. People have often asked me el iildren and wives, but 1 can tell you, | knew it, and found out where Le or she i was.” | “And did you really all live in one | family?’ * Yes, all. Our house was like a great { hotel, and we were the guests. Om { lather was a great manager, and very | practical in superintending his household | uffairs. : | and, without instructions, but by a sort | of understanding, kept it. Our opened into a large hall, like the one in wanted snything from sisters, brothers, | or wives, we went into this room or that at will.” ** And you never quarreled with each other, or had any trouble in the house?” * Never; but hold, Yes, we did have trouble. It came with Amelia, my father's seventeenth wife. She was from the East, and married father for his name and wealth, She was a high- strung woman, and should have stayed in the East. My father thought a great deal of her, so much that he built her what was afterward called Amelia cas- tle.” Stell pint is a fashionable color. The husband of the lady who wears the pink usually does the shelling out. THE PIANOFORTE, The Hingdowms and Countries Contribiun- tiag to Its Mavufactures«Woods and Lhelr Uses Ivory aud the” Dark Continent” Gams from I'he variety of materis Of countries manuiaciure of . i apparent } Lie bo oct a iu CON POSE Ure stance, ther different ¥ § different parts ol LO sap kind wood used \ tig Instrument, pine, maple, ash, chet Epruoe, Dass wood ily. About his mapie prising wood, ebony, IAL Oe Hm di Indi i ned wood than ashi, Wher the ash and iustain a greater strain IY 18 employed, Un Fith wi { m the Adin Our West. rn Diack walnut 1s employed whol 1 is required wd imported NO inlo venoers Versaily iit nis BAY Wir Wl, parts of nav } WOrid, a our S realion i, from the west f ¢ of 10 Dé 8 Hass wood O fmpioved abot t 7 y wian fast Live He mshuih 1 SOECLIVE COuniYies an Wi resent time hunters | the int the interior Lo Hind « in alew years of the east ur Lieir journeyings, Som ATE numbers found bur shied by Lie frroneoun eX where there ind his tusks until he y left exposed wither for time wi peOn ie I any conside lerack and d simost worthiess to tin of piano keys or fine combs Ivory tusks ra to 180 pounds. The tiie trade prime fie from thre quailty ivory pounds known 8 os 5 used Of § Keys Ant tusks wiil ay unas ea { anufacturers fine combs, and the about seventy-five weighing under tusk passing throu tom-hiouse is stax and numb these numbers beginning with one, s annually. The numbers often high as 19.000 in s single hall Africa contributes gum-copal, used in the manufacture of pianoforte polishing varnishes. All the fine gums imported into this country and Engia are broken up and gradeti ment, Shellacs, which enter into the manu. facture of another kind of varnish, come tous from Calcutta. Lac is a resinous substance which exudes the branches of certain trees in India, and is of curious formation. A little insect of the cochineal tribe punctures smal holes in the bark, from which tl in ous juice flows, hardens over th and fastens then to the brane this substance is prepared the s or shallac, of commerce, The felts and cloths used in various parts of the piano are made from the finest imported wools, some of home aud some of foreign manufacture. One made of German broadeloth in usge costs $8 per yard. The felts for the hammers were formerly of German importation, but, after much experimenting, our own country is now able t this article, though the methods of production are essentially German, Buckskin is another important factor a me 18nG I iity pound yt BRiBO ni before ship» ’ irom i there 1INseCLs . From 1 ea } LO Heii-i is covering the felt, which in turn the hammer. Owing to some peculiarity of German tanning, which skins pliable, gives if a in above service, the German has yet succeeded in producing a buck. will answer this purpose, The music wire is manufactured in but pianofore hardware generally 18 furnished by our own is a fnithiul ally of and alcohol, turpen- rctten stone, pumice of other articles aid his operation. The piano is made up of 6,000 sepa rate pieces, and, as we have shown cle (zlue oil, host sweet i" tine, terinis and the products of almost every a harmonious whole, but what we have why there is such a difference in the cost of pianofortes. A. manufacturer may sell 11 at a very low priee, but those makers who value the reputation of to pay the enhanced cost.— Boston Com- mercial Bulletin. EE ——————— In the Gentleman's Maguzine, of 1741, Appears the curious announcement: “Mr. Gower [made] ratkiller to his majesty—a place of £100 a yewr--an honorable office.” A REMARKABLE MAN, "WwW Could Do ALY Neo Whe sorts of Wanderful Things That Qinery Man Could ra, he most remarkable private er aide in the WaT n named om Ke ey. a Second Mieligan in. arkable began with his arins a full wid | than himsell | ole on a sliver quarter et away, and he could { of a conversation in a fin ordinary late i hapd longer ¢ found, He fn snake, nA knot 1 who ( MUCK DOE ti it i Yolo 8 on Cross {run hail a mik Loree could gm Oy and offer of $10 to any yw, Un q 1 once passed as fast nding d ho him d fu quan fics i {od AS ed hom { APRS hmond three Vicksburg 1 BOLIC He re tual Cily usn who firmly killed ny HOY Hue C and i Was no I's iis Nera in with 4 could a coun Mountain, many of the Cone. ie His disguise i hind been he Union fom cious he guard 68 & BEN- ner Wii Cub of thers ar DY and sl Kelley A SLOVE: } . the back ies une to Or use d out at and walked up Ww i ¥ } ys spiked bhotl na TOW sit Sia i When ran enr uf raised ing at him he WAS ( Hily Limes 3 n asjeep 1€ Opeine d five or the saddle 3 4 escaped had He Hg wg, nn Two revo:ivers in 1 of iis every two hem sn aplured of Lhe over was COaplureac As a spy hie on on fader m Ald i upon al never wou id fy, sna Fis Opiam Drunkards, 3 were si not account of the death » i one of the most in the country, I'he over weked ong af 8 morphine, shed all n was young and beautiful. cuaiture, and was by nature r and ywwabie, A lew YOATS ke opium DECREE 1s VIC inst it were vain. Hig nave nhood. been in the happy ue i + i i wile an moter, s died i her downfall and « jagr Union. be pT on this con 1p Nong women \ r girls, wher suffering nervous disorders, But andy or other y 0 Nnatrons ot ! wonid Wit ub fom res randy or whisky. lnnum, or som gard as harmless, eed leasly prescribe they vaguely oall i overworged mother, on young girl exhausted by incessant dane ing and flirting, when the proper reme. dies would be a few weeks' rest from abhor and care, and a more wholesome, nn LOO, Ww hi h an die, 8D women fare, The busy housekeeper aiyrt a rule, and fOsseeming: y witle, when they than the sacrifio ns easier or Lhe of anda sious of their danger, they are con victims to the most hopeless and terrible POPULAR SCIENCE, M. de Lesseps states that the opening of the Sueg canal lias increased Lhe rain fall in the surrounding country to remarkable extent, Previous to 1870 rain jell only about once BR Year, while it now falls at least twice a month, M. Roudaire has presented to the French academy the resuits of his re. cent Algerian survey, He believes that ap inland sea of 28 iS 250 miles in length may he created without serious difficulty, Professor Dufour, of Paris, has devised a thermometric apparatus which is so itive that it will denote, by & de. fle tion © the index of two inches, the change of temperature causasd | hy thie room where it is placed, it is surprising how quickly the vege- | tation of many countries settled | Europeans bas been modified. A (3er Benn h f i needie entrance of a south of the Valdivia river, states that the scenery between the Rio Buena and [ita winding affluents reminds him very of home. In the park-like associated with are numerous scattered apple wiginally introduced from Ea rope. The apple tree has spread from Valdivia to Osorno, and even crossed the Andes into Northwestern Patagonia, and spread thence eastward, Indeed, it 0 widely distributed and that the Indians from the strongly PERI ios, shes, Lees, « Doe his } y Lins been ou BO general Reo Negro and Rio Colorad« Manganeros, or Apple Indians shown that various bodi walter, er otherwise similar conditions, that greatest quantity of fish ¢ most dissolved biear- A simple explanation of this seemingly strange acl 18 given. The irbonste of ime 18 di the bottoms of RKOS, oul, ey not Laken by the water, If, however, thie water § 2 Of 8 of simple « 3 stributed on insoluble, is which is product ration carbonate into the d, of cours:, by ani this transforms the bicarbonate, which 1t nppears, cuemical an- considerable quantity and convers MALS In res) 1issoives In water, that by Bure may, wiih estimate Ui renaiiy « thier a RIySI8, lore ne probability, ish in 8 hody of walter; Herr Weith has often been al le a remarkabiy ae af ly, to give urate statement of the siiion 8 IX pM body ol ol ®i 00 ol quantity Cavin wWaler on earning Lue fish fin 4 COnRAINea in The Size of a Drop. WL. Talbot hh regard Measuring meaaicines 108 OOns as made a series of ing the size of drops sining a sald Bale io u in question fact snd mecury arly the same number of drops Pn certainly throws consider able doubt upon the ma . Li drops Is effected princip of the liguid, r which the Gr nt iy in specie gravity n and il yfford n to ihe drs proportion Hed prety is CA it tint iochol he sii thar ally the © and the form of lip falls. Bottles with thin even lips give not ropnirs.” The best by up ground necks, wide, fair resuils, bh. 1 are 80 accuse ss { these will not, al Bil well, The ad ministrati { powerful medicines should not by drops i ode of measurement 18, in any case, issable if the quantity exceeds hall whm Lhe iar 1 drop is formed by syrup of gum arabic, forty-fourto the frachm, and the smallest by chloroform 156 to the drach. As a gent rai roe l and esseniia however, Average in 44 4 eT: allempled Mn Gf RES t extiraets than one-hail the acids and solutions ightly smaller than Journal of ( hemustry, tinctures, i048 EE Specions Arguments When a MM XIOus to Dunoon desired th tnke their not wis! ely « party of Paisley weavers, Ciyde from Green- Sabbath morning, ec captain of a Rotlisay steamer sont in tow, as they did rofane the day by using vars, the captain wanted to know » was the difference between e their oars and employing t r's paddies. “The difference!” the spokesman of Lhe crew: “there is sn great between rowing by ¢ power must answer i he and a wheel turning : engine's not a mortal being, and pot an secoun: able agent.’ certainly ; but one more casy to answer than that ivanced by farm servant, willing enough to milk her master’s cows on the 8 but firm in refasing to i them on that day. Drawing a nice y cross the OCR me 0 i 10 Pp Wl n- he vind med ntious Feno i} th wr what engine it diff Of man, wo Os 1 steam i is, there! ’ pocious argument uch ore, a t abbath, fee i we and what are not works of necessity, the shrewd lass said: * The cows canna milk themselves, so to milk them isa clear work of pecessity; but let them out to the fields and the ‘il feed them- y 8g ives. ——————— A Romantic Saicide. Petersburg saper narrates a touching story of an occurrence in ont of the principal hotels in t city. A young gentleman from Moscow hed been staving for a few days by him. golf in the hotel, ordered dinner one day to be served for two He then went the railway station, evidently to meet his expected friend. He, however, turned to the alone at time. tha Lis EL LO hotel police were sent for to break open the door. Toe young gentleman was found t is probable that no one who has the heart. On the table also lay the been able to conquer it. wrote a book that for dramatic horror and pathos has not its like in literature, to prove that it was possible to rise “out of the deep” less and hopeless, The monograph best Another lett was found addressed to the proprietor « the hotel saying that the writer had st ol lady whom be had been expecting hia not kept her promise. Half an how of a brilliant man ot letters who believed himself cured, yet died its victim. Most of our readers oan recall at least one opium drunkard whom they a letter from the young lady hersell, be unable to come till the next day. The scene when the unfortu- terror, are unmistakable, They are signs that the nightmare, down to the grave.— You A's Companion Sr —————————— How to Keep Healthy. than described. Twenty Rich Men. The following twenty men are esti- In the morning hoist the windows, take ofl ticks, turn the upper one over the foot faster while the bed is warm, and you when vou are ready to make them. windows open, but do not In the the doors open connecting with other On no account sleep in tight rooms without at least a crack 4) admit Plenty of fresh a'r gives lungs and body. Keep the pores of the skin open, to let impurities pass out freely, by washing oftener in summer. Have the room warm, bathe quickly and wipe dry, and you will not f el enilly if it has been done properly, If all the elothing worn by day were aired, while we sleep in other garments, much health and com- fort would be added to life. One-third of our lives is spent in our sleeping- rooms. Do be particular about them. Let them be large, dry and pleasant.— Germantown Telegraph, William H. Vanderhilt.... .$100,000,000 Astor, of New York 5,000 000 75,000 000 75 000.000 50,000,000 500,000 000 50,000. 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C—O GPAT, A Boston physician has discovered that telephones are injurious to the ear, and people who run to ears will become alarmed: ~Delroit Free Press. | LIFE AMONG LIONS, ATalk With a Noted Tamer of the Hing of Beasts, { *1 began with lions about 1865 | was bossing the animals in { O'Brien's circus in Girard, Pa. Feilx | MeDonald, the lion man, got a bite that | put him for two months in the hosplial i Somebody had Lo go into the cage, and | | went. I'd seen him often, and I knew | thie animals pretty well, I didn’t have { much diflienlty till the next spring in | Pottaville, 1 was tantalizing the lions | four of "em~-with raw mest, snd one ol | the females got behind we and, quick as { un flash, hit through my calf, 1 kept | quiet and turned around and hammered | ier until she let go." “How do you train them?" * We treat green ones—those vaptured { in Africa—and tame ones born in menngy- | eries ver much the same, The wild ones This is because s lion used to a cage, and to being poked | and teased, is less afraid of you. I'd i i | are betler and saler, Besides, the i i that's used to the publie and spirit in ‘em. We begin with them | years old. When I first go into a oage | of untamed ones I have & fire near by, i with three or fonr thot. If the beasts go for me the men { stand ready to jab the irons in their i mouths snd make "em lel me go. never badly hart train one perfect, because you | go slow with em. Not one lion in five is good for tricks, anyway. “* Just as soon as you find one that | out. Some of them are too excitable. corne take big chances, your face toward 'em all the time, i worked on one for five jump s little” “ How do you teach “ We teach ‘em to jump over a stick by having a board fence in the middle of the cage and driving them over it. I'o make em stand up in the corner, we have a tackle hitched to their nack and puli em up. Then we pet ‘em, and they finally get used to it. make ‘em lie down hy w When they're tri we catch ‘em by Lips 0 the mouth and nos- open by so doing it. Then we sticking our heads in. | * That's rather risky, ain't it? “ Not very. You can tell in an instant when they are g ing to close, and jerk your head out. I saw one man killed in that way, though His name was Whidtle—Joe Whittle. i broke him in Maryviand, and he took four lions (swo of ‘em were Frank and George that {| am using now) and worked ‘em lor years. Finally, in Franklort, Joe was nervous one day ano ie wnald Lave a rehearsal before Hw He pa his head in Frank's mouth and the beast ~losed on him, bit- ng clean through his face sand partly through his head, so that his lower jaw fell down on his breast. They tried to get him out, but Frank grabbed Lis leg with hits i git to "” ® wT teeth and hefore they got him. He dix days after.” “Ilo they get up sny affection for you “No, they ain't much on affection They would go for me it | was outside just as quick as they would anybody They're deceiving brutes, and very quick. I recollect in Galveston one ol i a few they would not hurt a fly, ana went up to the cage. | don’t know whether worth much when they got him away I've onivy had five accidents that amounted to anything. Once one of them clawed off my shirt and most of the meat on my chest along with it, but my scratches are mostly little ones.” in evidence, he showed a pair hands that had evidently seen usuage, having been gasned in all di- rections, liard A “Naval Demonstration.” By the treaty of Berli+, the suitan of Turkey was required to give up a small portion of his territory that lies on the borders of the little mountain princi- pality of Montenegro to the raler of that coun'ry. But months, then elapsed, and the sultan failed in this re quirement of the treaty. ‘urks, who occupied the territory, re- sisted their transfer Montenegro, Armed jemselves, and prepared to con test the matter to the end. When Mr. Gladstone became prime minister of England, however, he re | solved that the sultans delay should end. and that he should be compelled to | carry out the obligations which required | him to make the cession to Montenegro. | ! He persuaded the other greal powers to | join him in this purpose, and their en- | | voys all pressed the sultan to yield to | their united demands. Then the sultan | said that he would give up, not the ter- | ritory that had been named, but the | seaport town of Dulcigno to the Prince | ! of Montenegro. This proposition was accepted by that prince and by the great i pow TS. But the Albanians resisted also the giving up of Duleigno, and the sultan { geclared tha. he could not compel them to lay down their arms. Then the | powers, under the lead of England, re- | solved to make what they calied a “paval demonstration” ia Turkish | waters. Accordingly, fleets under the | 10 1 il | Russia, France, Austria, Italy and Ger- | | many—gathered in the Mediterranean, | | and sailed to the Adriatic. These com- | bined squadrons were unde: the com- { mand of the English admiral Seymour. | They anchored in a bay called Gravosa, | very near Dalcigno; and Admiral | Seymour then called upon the prince ol Montencgro to take possession of the town with his troops. But this, the prince declared, he was unable to do | He said that he would soon be overpow- ered by the Turkish and Albanian sol. diers: and he asked that the fleets should giist him by themseives opening hr upon the town. This, how 'ver,the French ships refused to do; and as the powers desired above all things to remain united, it was decided that the only part the fleet conid take was to ride at an- chorage und look on while the Mon tenegrins attacked the town, and took it if they could The sultan now said that if the fleets would go away, and not seem to be threstening him, Dulcigno should be given up. Bat the powers knew toc well what the promises of the suitar were good for. They were nol woitl the paper on which they were written So the fleete remained, and the prince of Montenegro prepared to try to capture the town; while the fiery Albanians still remained fortified and defiant wichin its walls. Au last, however, the sultan yielded, and agreed to give up the town: and thus the ‘ ‘naval demon- stration,” without firing a gun, or per- formine s hostile action, succeeded in its purpose. Other serious ;matters, however, con- nected with the Eastern question ree main to be settled. Turkey must stil: be forced to grant some territory to the (Greeks; and we may be sure that Mr Glndstone, who is an ardent champios of Greece, will be very much in earnest when the Greek frontier comes to be decided. Soon or late the sultan must make up his mind to satisfy these Greek de- mands; but it may be that another and more violent * naval demonstration” will be brought to bear upon hin, be fore he will yield to what must be t« him a very bitier necessity.~ Youth's Companion. | | | i } i ES HI FEAR SEIT OUI RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NOTES, More than 3,000 Hindoo girls are being ducated ir Christian schools in India, (George McDonald, the English author, has crowded congregations whenever hie preaches, : The Eastern German Baptist Confer- ence was held recently at Erie, Pa. The churches reported 264 baptisms during the year, The Free Baptist Foreign Missionary society, at its recent meeting in Boston, reported veceipts of $14,764, and ex- penditures of $15,562, In the shurch connected with the mission of the American board at Erse- roum, the men, women, and children give un average of 815 each, The Free churah of Italy reports if- teen ordained ministers, 1,800 commu- nicanis, 265 catechumens, thirty-six churches, and thirty five out-siations. The American Missionary Association reports receipts the past year of $45,000, Its regular expenditures amounted Lo The king of Congo, Africa, has given fie hins been converted and baptized, If The Presbyterians are growing rapidly Dakota, three years ago, only one Now they fourteen regularly organised Twelve of the larger foreign mission~ r societies, of which six are European and six American, gained last year up- ward of $508,000 in receipts over the previous year. Over $300,000 of this amount represents the gain of the American societies. Sunday-school children are no longer day-schools, it is suid that she was 3 Archbishop Pureell, of Cincinnati, is very feeble physically, while his mind appears to be as active as ever. He re- calls with delight his early theological hundreds of miles through forests to establish The Presbeterian bosrd of home mis- churches, government, is preparing to boarding schools among the Shoshones, the Uintah sand establish Western Rev. George Muller, of the Bristol (Eng.) Orphan House, i= on bis third preaching tour in the United States. He has 1991 orphans in his orphan willion dollars for them since 1836. He does pot talk about this work, lest he he thouzht to he on a collecting tour, but confines himself to preaching, especially entorcing tae life of faith and love upon the minds of young believers. In Berlin, says a Latheran paper, there are bot seventy-three pastors with twenty-four assistants for its million souls. One Sunday, recently, the pas tor of St. Thowas's baptized 192 children None of the pastors spend less than twelve hours a veek in catecheticsl instruction; some spend twenty-two hours, or as much as The classes avernge seventy, and a pastor may have ST N—————. The Navajo Indians. General Doniphan describes the man. atfscture of fine blankets bythe Navajo their country in New Mexico. The wool iors were all vegetable. As two women spun the warp two others retched the yarn upon pegs ériven into we ground, each thread being as long as he blanket was to be. When the warp In this manner four in about three months, ihe Navaj = have not lost the art of While from Santa Fe, the men hunt Some of those whi'h I have seen here are coarse and ean be woven that they wili hold water like a rubber poncho, and sell for from twenty General Doniphan describes the horse- manship of the Navajos as really won- derful. An exhibition of it was given in his honor during his visit to the In- Half a dozen jackmbbits " in a space of a few were “‘corraled ponies and carrving clubs chased them After this sport had kilied the rabbits with their bows and arrows, shooting under their horses’ n fuli career. mS 555 The Great Alhambra. Although shorn of its ancient splen- dors, the city of Granada still boasts of much to interest :nd admire. Its situs. tion—on an outlying spur of the snowy range high above the iovely vega or plain, which no neglect can rob ol its tertility—is impressive and picturesque. But of all its glories, past or present, hambra, the world-renowned palace of the Moorish kings There are within the city many memories of the long- departed Moors—ihe great square of the Bivarrambla, the suburb of the Aibay- cin, the narrow Oriental shops of the thronged and crowded Zaeatin — bm nothing in Granada or in ail Spain is irore characteristic of the exiled owners of the land than this gorgeous world. renowned palace which so maay ealipbs and princes helped to beautify and adorn. It was founded by Ibu-l-Ahmar, the first great ruler of Gransda, upon the site where a palace and fortress had always stood; but the new building was intended to outrival in extent and magnificence anything erected in Spain or in the East His treasures and those of his successors were freely expended upon the great work. One of these em- ployed such vast resources for the pur- pose that he was commonly supposed to be an alchemist, who relied upon the occult sciences to supply himself with silver and gold. Under such continuous and extraor- dinary efforts the Alhambra became a marve: of splendor. Its architecture is said to belong to the third Moorish period, one ot decadence compared to the times which produced the mosque of Cordova; but if the Alhambra misses the massive simplicity and singleness of purposc which mark the produts of the two earlier periods, it possesses in its ornate picture queness, in the deli- cacy and wealth of its decoration, charms and beauties all its own.— Pie- luresque Europe. Banana fiber is suggested by Mr. Thowas J. Spear, of New Orleans, as a promising material for paper making purposes. 1t grows with great rapidity, requires no replanting aiter having been once started on a piece of ground. needs no cultivation, enriches the soi’, and is mostly fiber. An acre planted in banana The prisons of Belgium are the best in Europe. plants will, it is estimated, vieid eight to ten tons of fiber. I med iter With crimson fire again. ; i hear the crisp corn rustle that's into sheaves, : And my heart stands still moment to think of what it leaves, a 1 pick the honeyed clover ‘That blossoms at my lost; Ah, me! long years are over Since first 1 jound it sweet, a [ hear the crisp corn rustle that's gathered into sheaves, And wy heart stands still a moment to think of what it Jeaves. The sadness and the sweetness I ponder o'er and o'er; Nor sighing nor the gladness 1s 8s it was before, I hear the crisp con rustle that's gathered into sheaves, And my heart stands still a moment to think of what it leaves, — A, P. Guerrier. ITEMS OF INTEREST, Form of telegram to your shoemaker Make me another pair exactly like my inst, Punch. A double weight in a cast-iron girder is required to give equal strength with one of wrought iron, Iron is rolled so thin at the Pittsburg (Pa ) iron miils that 10 000 sheets are required 10 make a single inch in thick- n 88. “ Hands wanted on boys’ pants” is the daily advertisement in the news. papers. Twas always thus from child. tivod’s hour. ~ A book entitled * Luxurious Bath ing” was recently pubished in Paris We had no idea that the advent of har of soap would ¢ use such an ex- citement, Trichnm are by no means eonfined to pork. Two French soidiers died lately of trichinois contrasted by eviang the flesh of geese. Dr, Glendenning has de- tected the dangerous parasites in a pike caught near Ostend. 4 Freneh savant has made a esrefal eomparaiive analysis of the statistiosl tables of suicides for France snd Swadea He finds that they est<blish two laws, viz, that the widowers commit suicide more frequently than married wen, and that the existences and ence of children ia the house diminishes the inclination to suicide both ia men and women. It is now said that printed paper, or paper that hiss been written upon, used ns a wrapping for butter, cheep, ete, is productive of ipjorious results, T'tie ink, and in the ease of manuscript the perspiration which may bare come off from contact with the Land, sud enti red the pores of the paper and then fermented, may contaminate such food and irjure digestion. The msn who told us the folla has 8 good reputation for truth veracity: A red-faced man. with » care dinal hued nasal appendage was being shaved by a barbe: who had the repu- tation of being a tippler. The rezor slipped and ent the man's cheek. “There,” said the customer, ** you see what whisky does.” *“Yes™ replied the tonsorial artist, ‘* it does make the skin awful ender,” — Keokuk Gale Coy» . Use of Flowers, It's a trite and homely sa~ivg, “You ean't eat your cske and keep it too," and we are obliged Lo square our sections with it preity closely; but there is onc pects liar satisiaction in the cultivation of dowers, for, in a certain sense, they sre an #xoeeption to the practical operstions of the ruies of addition and subtraction, us embodied in the expression of them in the old and popuisr axiom above quoted. Duringilie growing snd bloom- ing seasons of many of the best bedding are removed the sreater the amount of bloom. When plants sre silbwed 10 perfect seeds Lhey soon cense to produce more flowers, a8 the whole strength of seeds. Therefore, if you want flowers, ut them and use them; plsce them on your tahles, give them to your friends, and remember those thal are sick: and perhaps, 100, You may use them to help some one who is di-hesrtened, or even to lift up a degraded one who needs, shove ail else, your = y. It would be sad, indeed, if objets so tifai ss flowers shouid be the ocession of growing selfishness. Give them with a liberal hard, and He who sends the sunshine and the rain will bless you with increasing blossoms. A git of flowers can seidom he inappropriste, either to young or old, and purity and goodness are painted on every petal. With the gift “ Our hearts are lighter for ite sake, Our fancy’s age renews ils yoath, And diw-remnem fictions ake The guise of present truh.” — Vick s Magazine An Incredulons Editor. The London correspondent of th: Liverpool Jobst writes: A telezram read out at one of the clubs this evening, announcing that an Irish iord, Mr. R. W.Gason, was fired at to-day, near Borrisckane, drew forth from as by- stander a rather astonishing story. A few years ago one of the Dablin papers pubiished a sensational anvouncement hat Mr. Gasoa’s brother, Mr. Samuel Gason, of Tullamore, had heen shot by some Rory of the Hills. The gentleman in question read with feelings of sorrow the news of his sad end, and ventured to write a letter to the editor, saying mildly that he had not been shot, was, to the hest of nis knowledge, a'ive and weil. To his surprise t .e editor only reproved him for his audseily in contradicting a “par” put in on excellent wthority. Mr. Gason took the train for Dublin, and, presenting ai-eselt in the editorial sanctum, d na a correction of the statement that Lie had been burbarously murdered. The editor, with a beautiful faith in h's cor- respondent which must excite admira- tion. refused to be hoaxed by a “pretend- ed” Mr. Gason, ther.al one £ cend and buried. In fine it was not until that gentleman's solicitor sent a letter threatening legal ings that the editor knocked under. Triple Tradegy. The suicide of Robert Low at West Albany, Minn., was the upshot of a jong strug: le between good and bad na- ture in the man. He was from his boy hood of a peculiarly morose and vindie- tive disposition. As a man, he guar- reled and fought with his neighbors, was cruel to dumb animals, and oecame an ohject of general aversion. The comt munity was astonished when Mrs. Gray, an amiable and pious widow, consented to become his wite. She was strongly advised against the wr but she was certain that Low loved ier sincerely, and believed that she could reform him. For a while after the marriage Le was a different man, and it was thought that his wife's influence was po enough to keep him in good behavior. But at length he fell back into his old ways of violence. She parted from him, and began proceedings for divorce He went to her residence, and begged her to give him another trial. He protest:d that Lie wanted to be a kind husuaad, and felt sure that he could conquer his temper. She repulsed him deci- sively. He had struck her and her son, and she considered him incorrigi- ble. Thereupon he shot her through se heart, killed the son and then him- self. The Montenegrin. The Montenegrins have castoms that might teach civilized nations a lesson. I'bey never go to law. Lawsuits, costs, fines, damages, fees, replevins, mort- gages, appenis, decisions, ete. are un- known to these simple children of nature. If a Montenegrin has a dispute with a neighbor about a piece of land, do they hire surveyors, and then go to court about it? Motthey. They quietly ard peaceably take their rifles, and a couple of swords like scythe-biades, and have a friendly discussion about the matter on the edge of a cliff half a mile or so high. One gets cleft down into his boots, and the other, or perhaps both, tumble down the half-mile, and the whole is forever Yet so-called civilized people would haggle years and years about the thiz in ck , Free Press, . -
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