FOR THE FAIR HEX. The Heck biter. There* some one living In this lews (Mejrbe yon know her name, Xnil mevbe, •honlil I write It (lows, Yonr own might prove the •erne), Who, when you ear, " Ue- good." will erf. Indeed I Yon think that* true, But." very ronfldeuUelly. • You wouldn't— if you kuewt" One a>*. " Whet pretty girl goea byf "Oh. horror* 1 you don't think Bot—Hlnro we're you and I, I'll eay. lier pitrenta Met. An.l ehe wi 11. I won't till It out. Though I've no doubt 'tie true. You think he' nice and pretty—but You wouldn't, l( you knew I" II one elug* eweeUy, " How ehe flat*!" It die Mcd In Uetc, " ll'A<i< etylel" Supremely "vulgar" all her halu, Her dreinr* .Imply " vllo." Ai d when good Deacon Rneliy (ailed I twlile man and true), She -aid. When we hi* lot bewailed. - You wouldu't - U you kuew I" I, t thoeo admire aud love who can Till* malice breeding dame, Who ecetn* to think a proapnoua mas Mutt .urely lie lo blame That twenty I* e mark of ein. That goodnea* muni he crime; She nee. but thieve* and raacalt In The her. e* of the time. Sometime* *he doean't he*l tat* To tell tt* what Ae known. And In nine ca*c* out of eight A lie 1* all ehe nhowa. i'or virtue's aako, I hope to and One good old doctrine true. Heme heat lor uch I abuuld not mind. You wouldn't—if you knew. rI>OT IKUI. Maui. K rg Ct,.in*. Women In Itiimla, A St. Petersburg contributor to tlio Contemporary Review says: "The idealization of woman, anil the type of devoted and submissive love on the part of man, were equally unknown in Mus covy until Peter the Great forcibly opened the teremx, or private apart ments of the women, where they were kept in something like Oriental confine ment. The ancient Slavs considered woman a malign being, an incarnation of the evil spirit, that could not be suf ficiently guarded against. The Tartars, under whose dominion Russia lay for so many centuries, saw in herbnt an in ferior being, the instrument of their pleasures; and these ideas could uot but exerei*e an influence on her fate. The reform abruptly introduced iu private aud social life by Peter tlte Great, and the civil rights granted to women by his daughter, tho Empress Elizabeth, were powerless in restoring the prestige which history had deprived tliem of. Woman in Russia has succeeded in ob taining a degree of liberty and equality unknown to her sisters in Europe, and met with at present only in America; she has played a distinguished port in science and art, and has laid claim to entire emancipation; but, notwithstand ing all these modern triumphs, she has never been able to reconquer the halo with which chivalry had surmounted her brow in other lands, and, while treated by man as Lis equal and com panion, she has never been the object of his homage. This peculiar feature in her destiny became naturally reflect ed in the novel, and it has been fre quently noticed that in it love occupies but a secondary place, and that the fa vorite heroines of our authors are bnt rarely sympathetic characters." The Condition of WomfH, The ages of animal passions, of mus cular supremacy, of conflict with wild animals, of barbarian wars—in short, the ages of physical prowess, when tho only ordeal was one of muscle—belong indisputably to man. The subserviency of woman was one of tho conditions of progress in those rude phases of human existence. But rt does not follow that this will always lie the case. It is a generally recognized principle that the stepping-stones of one generation are likely to becomo the stnmhliug-blocks of a succeeding one; and Mr. Spenoer even uses the argument of a presnmp tive evidence against opinions which have ariscu in a barbarous age. Legouve says: "The protracted subjection of women proves but one thing, that the world so far has had more need of the dominant qualities of man, and that her hour has not yet come. We have no reason to conclude from this fact that it will not come." And he fortifies liis position with the following striking illus tration: "How many centuries did it take to produce this simple maxim of common sense: 'All men are equal before the law ?' The tardy advent of an idea, so far from proving ita usele-sness and fallacy, is often an argument in favor of ita grandeur. The prineiplos of liberty, cnarity, fraternity are all modern prin ciples." It remains for these principles to become still further modernized by t.ieir extension to women as a pari of the human family. Their co-existence, with certain enrions "survivals" from the ages of mnscle, supplies a striking example of the remarkable tolerance of the average human mind for incongru ous ideas, provided these ideas have been associated for a sufficient length of time. In England, until the reign of illiam and Mary, women were refused the benefit of clergy, and in the time of Henry m. an English Parliament prohibited the reading of the New Tes tament in English by women and others of liw i-sUte. The male Mohammedan indignantly rejecta the idea that his female companion, as well as him , • have a aonl. Among the Hin* 'loos, women are still excluded from the Mvantages of reading and writing, and, with a few exceptions, the higher insti tutions of learning are everywhere still hjonopolized by tlie more muscular sex. hat these facte- gathered from widely separated ages and countries—harmon ise in spirit and principle, thus reveal jig a common origin, acaroely needs to *> pointed out; the lawa of heredity descent are therein conspicuously illustrated; and, as between men and women, the age of musclo still exists. ~ " Review lorn* and Kellgtos. most remarkable love story of he summer is told by the Port Jervia font years ago, a gentleman in u on heart of a young lady of "he was the daughter of pfotu Pwents, aud, although she was not oon . ted *ith any church, looked with a acting akin to horror on anything ap proaching skepticism. But the time when she learned that her lover f • that he hod no venoration or tho Bible, and took no interest in churches. She was deeply pained by the revelation. She sent for her lovor and endeavored to oonvince him of his error, but he wns not satisfied with her arguments. She finally wrote to him a tear-stained letter bidding him good-by forever. The lady mourned, but tried to satisfy herself that she had acted correctly. Two years made her more liberal than she had been. The more she read tho more she distrusted her former decision, and she finally became quite as liberal as the lover alio had dis carded. The lover, too, had undergone a change. Lost winter a revival of re ligion took place in the city iu which he was engaged in business. Suffice it to say tluit he united with the church, and in a short time became a zealous member. He thought aver the action of liia former sweetheart in discarding him for his infidelity, nud wrote her a brief note asking the privilege of once more calling on her. When she timidly apologized for her previous dismissal of him, he, to her surprise, defended her conduct, said she had been in the right, and in her place lie would do the some. Her heart sank at these words. She confessed the great change in her sentiments; from lieing a firm Iteliover iu tho Bible, she had discarded it, anil with it her belief in any revealed re ligion. Ho pleaded with her, urged everything he could think of to induce her to ehauge her miud. She could not. and told liirn so. Ho felt thut he must not be yoked with an unbeliever, and gave her up. Calculating Machines. Stiiffel lias invented an arithmetical machine in which three cylinders are so arranged that they can work all the simpler rules of arithmetic, carrying multiplication up to millions by millious; if the machine is required to give an impossible sura, such as sub tracting a large nuinl>cr from a smaller, or dividing a smaller sum by a greater, it refuses, uiid rings a bell as an ad monition. Colmar iuvonted an arithmometer in which tho action is rather by plates sliding in grooves tlinu by rotating cylinders; like Stuffel's, it cau perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division aud evolution. Wertheimer, bv means of a metal plate with indexes, notched teeth and holes, has contrived nn apparatus for adding aud subtract ing sums of money. Baranowski's in vention is for calculating wages, prices, interest, and other sums of money; it is known as the Rcaily Reckoner, and is worked by means of a handle which reveals figures or numerals in openings in a brass plate. Schott, Lalanne, Itoget, Manrel, Roth, Slovinsks, and Scheutz have in like manner invented machines for solving arithmetical problems. Of these, Schuetz's excites great admiration among scientific men. Mr. Rahhnge highly extolled it, and deplored that it had found a purchaser in America in stead of in England. It can compute mathematical tables, calculate to sixteen places of figures, and Btamp on a plate of lead the result np to eight places, producing a matrix or mold, from which a cliche cast in type metal can be ob tained suitable for printing from It does its work at the rate of twenty-five figures or numcrnls per minute, calcu lated, recorded aud stamped in metal— an error either in the calculating or the printing Iteing almost impossible.— Chambers Journal. In the Hewers. In the famous sewers of Faris, the traveling conveniences are superior to many above gronnd. Tho hand cars for pnssci gers are neatly made and furnished with cane seats. Yon may sit as in an Irish jaunting-ear, facing cither side. Of the two other seats, one fteos front, tho other rear. Each car or truck has four lamps. The pro pelling power is men, four to a truck. They roll directly over the sewer, tho rails Iteing laid on either side. The sewer in some places equals a good sized mining-ditch in dimension, with a pretty rapiil current. I cannot give the depth of water. I bad no ambition to bike soundings. One investigating Jtossenger trird it with his rane, but ound no bottom. After tliat I war afraid of his cane. The air throughout averaged a good, strong smell. The men smoked. The ladies held per fumed handkerchiefs to their noses. Many ladies visit the sewers. It is con sidered entirely tho "correct thing" to do. At the I'lace de la Coneorle we left the CArs and took the goudolas. The sewers and stream are here mnch wider. Each gondola wiil held about twenty persons. Onr fleet nnmbcred about flvo or six gondolas. Each one carried a large globular lantern. So we sailed in the dim, dark passage. Save an occasional stationary light, it* was dark ahead, dark behind, dark below, damp and obscure above. The Imrges rocked a little, but not agreeably. The motion was not exciting. It seemed like that which might come on a sea of molasses in slight agitation. An hoar and a quarter in the sewers of Paris ia enough. Yon can always recollect the taste and smell afterward. When we emerged from the artificial bowels of Paris to the earth we doubly appreciated air and sunlight, and had no inclination lo repeat onr experiment. How Franklin Was Cured. Somebody has brought ont the fol lowing intereating reminiscence: When Benjamin Franklin was a lad he began to study philosophy, and aoon became fond of applying technical namt)s to common objeeta. Ono evening, when he had mentioned to bis father that be hod swallowed some acephalous mol- Insks, the old man was mnch alarmed, and, suddenly seizing him, called lond ly for help. Mra. Franklin came with warm water, and the old man rushed iu with the garden pump. Tbey foroed half a gallon down Benjamin's throat, then held him by the heels over the edge of tho porch, srul shook him. while the old man said, "If we don't get them Uiings ont of Benny he will be pisencd snrel" When they were ont, and Ben jamin explained that the articles re ferred to were oy iters, his father fondled him for an hour with a trunk-strap for scaring the family. Ever afterward Franklin's language was marveloualy aimule and explicit- CADETS IS THE SADDLE. How lb* Hoy* at WMI I'otut An Tanfht to Hide. IWeat Point tatter.) iho drill for to-duy was "schoolof the soldier mounted," which took place in the great riding hall. As the title in dicates, the drill is an exhibition of in dividual skill in horsemanship. It is said to ho a great favorite with the boys, but tho severity of the training they have to undergo before attaining the degree of skill deemed necessary for un officer is something they never forget. The record of broken arms, strained wrists, disloented shoulders, fractured legs, and days spent in the hospital by reason of limbs rubbed raw, attests the fact thut there is no child's play in the teaching at West Point. They don't do things here for fun, and little sympathy is wasted on the unfortunate youth who in his early efforts in the saddle comes to grief with a broken bone. He is more likely to get reprimanded for his awkwardness than to be condoled with. There was a groat crowd present at the hall when the drill began, too large, in deed, to Hnd room in the small galleries of the place; so, when these were full of ludies, the more agile among the male spectators climbed up on the win dow-sills and the like places, while other crowds besieged each of the four largo doors of the building. This is the one occasion on which tho observer might l>e justified in supposing that tho work was done a good deal for show, l>ecause here it is that the excited spec tators applaud every boy who goes through well. Let him tako every head, und he is certain of a hearty round of applause. Tho comments of the spectators are often very amusing. When tho boys commenced to uso their revolvers, some one in tho gallery anxiously inquired if they had "real bullets" in them, and seemed rather relieved when assured that they did not, und there was conse quently no danger of any struy lead finding its way upward. When the or der was given to dismount and mount at speed, tho area of tho hall was in stantly a scene of galloping horses, rid ers jumping off, others jumping on, some down in the tan bark, others clinging to the mono and bridle, des iM-rately struggling to get astride, horses rearing and plunging, and gen erally a remarkably lively time for all; then tho women began to utter little screams, which increased to a general shout when one of the boys made a spring for the horse's back (there were no saddles), went clear over it, and plowed up the bark in the middle of a rush of galloping beasts, to the immi nent danger of his brains. "Why, this is quite dangerous! " exclaimed an indi vidual in the gallery, indignant at the idea of the boys Wing mode to run such risks. The good gentleman seemed to supposo that the services wore merely for show. It is needless to say that the boys did well; they always do; but, while none fall lielow a certain level, there are vast differences between them above that level. Borne of the boys take wonderfully well to tho work, and feel as much at homo cutting and slash ing al>out on Imre-baoked horses as in a rocking-chair, while to others it never becomes easy. They do the work, but it is hard. The actual movements of the drill with saber and pistol are few. The soldier is started from the company to make the circuit of the hall. Putting his horse to a gallop, he begins by fir ing at a head on a post, returns his pis tol to the holster, draws his saWr, and, at full speed, makes a thrust at another head on a post, then a cut at one lying on tho ground, then jumps a hurdle, and, in jumping, slushes a head from a post Wsido it, or thrusts at a suspended ring on a level with his own head, and, lastly, makes a right thrust at another head on a post. To go through this performance on a horse without a sad dle. and a big pair of spurs on one's heels, is uot an easy task, and if any one thinks it is he had better try it in the nearest riding-school. The different cuts and thrusts are, of course, as against infantry or cavalry. Tea Cnltnre In the South. The result of tho Bonthern tea-plant ing experiment has been quite success ful. A correspondent, gossiping about tho first crop of American tea, says that as early as 1800 tho attempt to raise tea in tho South was made. Then a largo number of growing plants were sent to Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina by the Agricultural Bureau. The war coming on, the plants were lost sight of, but grew wild. Last fall ono of the firm of Gillett & Co., of Bal timore, rnsoe a trip through the South, at the instance of LeDnc, to ascertain if tea could be cultivated successfully in that section. As a result of this tour, a barrel of tea-leaves wns sent to Balti more last week from Georgia. The leaves had been plucked out of season, and, fermentation having set in, they were rendered useless. Of another barrel, received from South Carolina, one-third wax in fair condition. Ei- Criments were made with these. The ivea were put in wire sieves and steamed. They were then passed through a clothes-wringer to extract the tannic acid. The structure of the leaf was also destroyed by this process. No care was taken to retain the shape of the leaf, however, but the mass was put in an ordinary pan and dried. This process was productive of a delightful aroma and a leaf somewhat resembling the teas of India. From the leaves thus procured some tea was brewed This was the first native-browed tea of this country, and is said to have had a remarkably flue flavor. in Use Other World. Before tho Cadi, a Mohammedan was brought up for burning down a Christian's house. " W'hf re is the complainant?" " May our souls be a sacrifice, but he is in the other world I He was burned up with his house." " Tho Koran," said the magistrate, ' provides that where the complainant is unable to appear, if his abiding-place be known, the culprit shall be taken there and confronted with him. In the present case tho plaintiff does not ap pesr, and is known to be in the next world. Let the law be executed—ditto prisoner." TYITCAL OCCURRENCES. BROTHERS WHO MEET IN PRISON.— The (Sheriff of Polk county, u few dr.ys ago, took W. P. Pressoly to the peni tentiary for burglary at Knoxville. Another prisoner waa brought in for five years for a similar crime. When stripped by the Warden of the peniten tiary it was discovered that they were brothers, who had not seen each other for thirty years.— Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-Eye. HKR DREAM FULFILLED.—A singular instance of the verification of a dream occurred in I'olk county some daysage. A young daughter of Mr. Hill dreamed one night that she had heen burned to death. The next morning she went with her brother into the corn-field to keep the birds from the planted corn. As it was cold they built a fire, and whilo they were warming themselves the clothes of the girl caught fire. Her little brother tried to extinguish the flames, hut could not. Bhe died tha next day .—Tampa (Fla.) Guardian. A BRAVE LITTLE GIRL.— Mr. H. F. (building has a little daughter 11 years old, to whose nerve and courage be is indebted for the life of his 3-yoar-old boy. The circumstances were briefly these: The boy was playing by the cistern in Mr. Gaulding's yam. There was a plank off, and through this aper ture the little fellow fell. lie caught a pluck, however, in falling, and held for some time before he was discovered. But his hold weakened, and, with a plash, he fell into the cistern. His sis ter saw And appreciated the situation. Most girls would have screamed and run off in quest of help. Not so with this little girl. The screams and strug gles for life of her baby brother gave her the courage of a man. Hhe saw a ladder and, with all her might, she dragged it to and placed it into the cis tern, and then went down into the wa ter, reached out and caught her brother just in time to save him from a watery gravo. By this time help arrived, and both were landed safelv from their perilous position. All fionor to this little heroine!— Bain bridge (Ga.) Dem ocrat. THK CHEVALIER CLOWN. Some weeks ago the clown of a company of rope duncers, who were performing in front of the Pont d'Austerlitz, in I'aris, fell upon the stones and was killed. He was lo Pere Pigeon. His body was l>orne to the garret in Montrouge, where he had lived. No relatives claimed the remains and ao an Inspector of Police entered the room to make ready for the pauper burial. Nosing about the room the Inspector was mtule wild to find 69,000 in gold and silver coin hid den in a crack. With the money waa a will. Also the baptismal certificate of le Pere. Here was a revelation 1 Le Pere Pigeon, the cracker of jokes, was found by tho certificate to have been none other than Chevalier de Bastard— * memlx>r of one of the oldest and no bleat Burgundian families. Inquiry showed that when Chevalier do Bas tard had attained his majority his guardian placed 680,000, his patrimony, in his hands; that ho had squandered tho money in high living; tliat he had at last awakened to find friends and money flown. What could ho do? Following nature's bent, he became a clown. Increase In the Use of Opium. A statement on good authority has recently l>oen made to the effect that during the last two years the consump tion of opium by the working classes has considerably increased, aud an ex planation has been advanced that this increased consumption has been in duced by the restriction of the sale of intoxicating liqnors by the early closing of public houses under the late act. That the sale of narcotic drugs has of late greatly increased we fear there is hut little reason to donbt, bnt that the explanation referred to is the correct one we feel bound to demur to. It is rather to the hardness of the times than to afiy restraint in the sale of drink that the increased consumption of opium by the working classes is to he attriluited. Opium is cheaper than al cohol, and 2d. expended on the former will give more present ease tbuu fid. worth of the latter. Nor when first commenced does its use produce snch unpleasant after-effects as an intoxicat ing dose of alcohol. It is sad to learn that the sale of opium is extending among the lower classes, and we hope, if the evil lie found to bo gaining ground with the rapidity stated—and from facts ltefore us wc cannot doubt the accuracy of the report in the main - that Government will take action in tho matter and place severe restrictions on the sale of all narcotic drugs. Ths free employment of narcotic drags has wrought individual evil enough among the upper and middle classes of society, bnt it wonld be a national disaster if their nse continued to extend among our working classes.— London Lancet A Brass Brick Betd for Hold. An uncommonly smooth trick waa played upon Lawyer Gallaban, of Fay etto oonnty. Mo. He was victimized by the "bullion game," a dodge long known but one that has not been snc cessfnlly applied for many years. T. G. Clark, a trusted employe of the Co operative Claim Association of 8b Louis, approached Callahan With tha whispered statement that he knew a party who knew another party that had a bullion brick worth. 6fi,<>oo. Callahan nibbled at the loit Clark introduced the man from whom ho hod obtained the-secret Callahan actually tugged at tho line. Ellison, the second uersoc in the approach, introduced the lawver to Capt. Algnro, the owner of the brick, who said bluntly that the treasure was gotten during tbe recent train robber ies. Callahan bit outright He drew 61,500 in gold from his hank and passed it to Algero, receiving the coveted bull ion. He did remember that "all is not gold that glitters," but as a similar if not the same brick was analvzcd in his proscnoe, there was no thought of swindle. But Callahan soon learned that his brick was brass from the Center out. It was an excellent imitation of a valuable ingot, however. Callahan felt sick at the stomach- He thought he wonld aneak off and say nothing about the affair, hot decided to have all ths parties to the aaiearrestcil. THE AUDIOMETER. Instrument for Mmaiirini tbe Hen or of Hearing. (Tram the Irmdoii 1-tnnet. | At tho laHt meeting of the Royal So ciety, Dr. Kichardon demonstrated the action of a new inntnirnent, whieh he iia named the undimeted or audiome ter, und wliieh bus just heen invented by Prof. Hughes, the discoverer of the microphone. The undiometer is used an a precise measurer of the sense of h'aring, It is formed of a small bat tery of one or two Leblanche cells, a new microphonic key, two lixed primary coils, a graduated insulated bar, to which at each end of one of the fixed coils is attached a secondary induction coil, which moves along tlTe graduated bar, and a telephone, the terminals of which are connected with the terminals of the induction coil. The principle of the audiometer is based on the physical fact that when the battery is in action, and a current is passing through two prima ry coils, the secondary coil on the bar becomes charged by induction when ever it is brought near to either of the primary coils; hut when it is brought to the precise center between the primary coils there is a neutral point or electrical balance where the electrical phenomena from induction cease to be manifested. Ry placing the microphonic key between the battery and the primary coil, and by attaching the terminals of the induction to the telephone, Prof. Hughes was able to make the telephone produce sounds whenever he placed the induction coil near to one of the primary coils and moved the microphonic key so as to make it play on a fine needle sustxmded in the circuit. When the induction coil is close to one of the primary coils the noißc is very loud; but, as the coil is moved toward the center of the bar, the noise diminishes until it ceases at the tenter altogether. The scale on the bar is graduated into 200 degrees, rep resenting units of sounds from 200 to 0, or zero. At 200 all who can hear at all can hear the vibration of the drum in the telephone. At ono one can hear, while between the two points there are 200 gradations of sound, from the high est down to zero. In using the instru ment the telephone is put to the ear of. th'j listener while the operator moves the microphonic key, and at the same time shifts the induction coil on the graduated bar so as to measure the hearing power of the person under ex amination. Dr. Richardson presented a preliminary report to the Royal So ciety on his first experiments with the audiometer, and that already, by its means, some useful and practical as well as curious facts had been obtained. Among many of these was one relating to an inquiry as to the t>est material for making artificial tympanums for cases of defective hearing from perforaiout or destruction of the natural drum. He had found gold, made into the form of little cups or capsules, exceedingly ef f>ctive for the purpose. The audiome ter promises to become one of those useful adjuncts to practice of which we shall say ultimately, "How did we get on before it was known ?" H4PPT THOUGH h. Prune opinion is a second con science. IT is weak and vicious people who cast the blame on fate. A SWKKT temper is to the household what sunshine is to trees and flowers. THOSE who trample on the helpless are disjjoaed to cringe to the powerful. ADVKRSITT does not take from us true friends; it only dispels those who pretend to lie such. IIK who shows kindness toward ani mals will display the same characteris tics to his fellow-men. THK flower which we do not pluck is the only one which never loses its beauty or its fragrance. THK grandest of heroic deeds are those which are ]x-rfonncd within four walls and in domestic privacy. THK pebbles in our path weary us and make us footsore more than the rocks, which require only a IKJIJ effort to surmount. WORK is a necessity, in one way or another, to all of us. Overwork is of our own making, and, like all self-im posed burdens, is bevond our strength. NEVER permit the most resolute curi osity, or the most friendly concern, to find the lowest depth of your character, (lain the reputation for reserve power by reserving it. LAZINKHR grows on people; it begins in cob-wel>a and ends in chains. The more business a man has to do, the more he is able to accomplish, for he learns to economize his time. TIIK best recipe for going through life in an exquisite way, with beautiful manners, is to feel that everybody, no matter how rich or how poor needs all the kindnest they can get from others in this world. What la Pat lata Letter-Boxes. The carriers who collect the mail from street boxes sometimes find queer deposits therein. Loose silver coins and loose postage stamps are among the princinal discoveries, while a carrier the other day brought in a bank-book containing 985 in bills which he had taken from a lamp-post box. The most remarkable instance of absent-minded ness in this direction was the case, not long since, of a young man who daily carries two leathern hags— one for mail and the other for money, etc. He de liberately, in a fit of abstraction, walked op to a box in the Boston postoffioe, and emptied the contents of one ltag, containing several bank books and bills snd checks amouuting to thousands of dollars, into the mail-box, and did not discover his blunder until he went into the bank and handed the reoeiving teller a bunch of letters. That young man's faoe, it is said, grew so pale as to frighten every one who saw him rush ing through the streets, eyes distended, and heart thumping loudly in his wrotched bosom. He was made a hap pier and a wiser man on receiving at the business office the bank books snd money in place of which be gladly ten dered his bundle of mail matter.—Bos ton Herald. KINO, of Texas, has 110,600 head of stock in one inotosnrs. THE HOKE DOCTOR. FOB THE CTHE or NEUBALOIA.— Take two onnce* of chloroform, two ounoee of chloral hydrate, one and a half ounceii of alcohol, one ounce of sul phuric ether. Mix grains of sulphate morphine, and two drama of oil of pep permint. Put the mixture into a bottle Miifliciently large to hold it, cork it tightly, aliake it thoroughly, and t>atbe the part affected frequently. The above in intended for outward application only. HPBAINS. These are among the more common accident* and are more aeriotu aifd painful than i* commonly supposed. A broken leg or arm is often more read ily cured than a aprained ankle or what. In aprainn, the tendona, ligament*, and soft part* around the joint are atretched and perhapa torn. The first thing to he done ia to place the aprained part in the straight or natural position, and to keep it perfectly quiet until the injured part* have resumed their normal state. To reduce the inflammation, warm ap plications are in most cases the best for the first three or four days, and may be applied in the following manner: Dip a good-ai zed piece of flannel into a pail or basin full of hot water or hot poppy fomentation —six poppy heads boiled in one quart of water for about a quarter of an hour; w> ing it almost dry and ap ply it over the aprained part. Then place another piece of flannel (quite dry) over it, in order that the steam and warmth may not escape. This proceaa should be repeated a* often as the patient feels that the flannel next to his skin is getting cold—the oftener the better. If, however, the patient find oold or tepid water more comfortable, it should be used. If the swelling lie great, cold water should be applied. The diet should be nourishing, and not tending to constipate the bowels. When the knee is the joint affected, the greatest pain is felt at the inside, and therefore the fomentktlons should mainly be applied to that part. When the shoulder is sprained, the arm should be kept close to the body by means of a linen roller, which is to be wrapped four or five times round the whole of the chest. It should also be brought two or three times underneath the elbow, in order to raise the shoulder. Gentle friction with the hands, after the swell ing and pain have subsided, will help toward recovery. In severe cases, treatment should be applied under di rection of a physu ian. A Sorrow fsl Case. We clip the following from the Chi cago Inter Ocean: "The suicide of Martin Arudt, at the Douglas monu ment Sunday night, revealed one of the saddest cases of misfortune and dis couragement often brought before the [in blic eye. His business was pressing ineu costs, and, by working ten hours and walking five miles each dav, Arudt could make ft.Bo per week. He sup jorted a family on this pittance, and finally, in a moment of supreme assur ance, hail the temerity to ask for half a cent per garment more than he had been receiving. This request was granted for one lot, but immediately afterward another man offered to do the work at the old price, and Arudt was thereupon discharged. He tried to get employment elsewhere, bnt could not, and, believing if he died, even by his own hand, that his family would receive several hundred dollars from s society to which he belonged, he blew out hi* brains. It is rarely that a more sorrow ful case ia presented, and it suggests, nay compela, the reflection whether there ia not something radically wrong in a system that produces sucfi tragedies. Let those who are in the habit of spend ing tens and hundreds of dollars for the simplest pleasures think for a moment of this poor workman—honest, sober, industrious—who struggles on month after.month, and who finally comes to the conclusion thnt there is no room for him on this earth, because he loses a place worth less than f5 a week to him. We arc all accustomed to rail at fortune more or leas, and bemoan the lack of riches, but how all idle complaints are hushed into silence for very shame be fore this spectacle. How many more such cases are therein Chicagoto-dey?" t an Cats Lesson 1 Baron Ton Gleichen, a German dip lomatiat, used to tell a story of a favor ite cat as a proof that the feline raoe can think and draw practical conclusions. The cat was very fond of looking in mirrors hung against the walls, and would gnaw at the frames, as if longing to know what was inside. She had, however, never seen the back aide of a mirror. Ono day the Baron plaoed a cheval-glass in the middle of the room, and the cat instantly took in the novelty of the situation. Placing herself in front, and seeing a second cat, she began to run round the mirror in search of her companioau After running aronnd one way several times, she began to ran the other, until fully satisfied that there wae no oat be side herself outside of the glass. But where was the second cat? Hhe sat down in front of the glarato meditate on the problem. Evidently inside, as she had often before imagined. Suddenly a new thought occurred to her. Rising deliberately, she pnt her paws on the glass in front and then behind, walked round to the ether aide, ana measured the thickness in the same say. Then she sat down again to think. There might be a cavity inside, but it was not large enough to hold a cat. Hhe seemed to come to the deliberate conclusion that there was a mystery here, bnt no cat, and it v. asu't worth while to lother about it. From that time the Baron said she lost all curiosity about lookiug-gloaaee. _______ IK a recent sermon, in Paria, on con fession, Pcre Hyacinths insisted that priesta should be allowed to marry. There was no more danger, he said, of their imparting secrets to their wives than was the case with regard to doctors ■ sud lawyers. And oonfesaon should not bo young men. Sit yean of age. They should be persona of experience anu knowledge of the world. Nor should confession ever be compulsory. It should bo left entirely to tne wauls and. to the feeling* of Christians.
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