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.