PEARLS OF THOUGHT. 4 What frensy dictates, jealousy be lieves. In every parting there is an imago of death. Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. Judge not from appearance lest you might err in your judgment. An honest man is able to speak for himsolf, when a knavo is not. He who buys what ho does not waut 4' wi:l soon want what ho cannot buy. l'aitli steps in to our aid when our boasted reason and knowledge fail. To love is to admire with the heart, to admire is to love with the mind. Fill the world with good deeds ar.d you will rill it with your own glory. Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them and wise men u:e * them. He shall bo immortal who lirctli when he be stoned by one without ; fault. It is to be doubted whether ho wilj ever find the way to heaven who de sires to get thither alono? Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtne. It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. It is with you as with plants; from the tirst fruits they bear wo learn what may be cxepcted in the fature. The man who is most certain of his strength in temptation is often the first to fall when tempted to wrong. a- Wood barns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him. Tho firmest friendships Lave been formed iu mutual adversity; as iron is most strongly united by tho fiercest flame. The world is out of ttine, and oar hearts are out of tune, and tho more our hearts vibrate to the music of heaven the moro they feel tho discords of earth. A .New Religious Sect. Futon county, Michigan, is the birth 1 place of a new religious sect which is mainly composed of dissenters from all other denominations. Tho services em ployed are similar to those of tho Epis-' copal service. The name of the new denomination is "The Living Church of God," and tho members are called " the chosen." A correspondent of the Chicago / rttrr-Ocf'in , at Battle Creek, ** "writes as follows of the new sect: The members are admitted to the society with great form and a prescribed order of exercises, much like some of the ' secret societies. They claim to be pos sessed of some very grave secrets re _ garding the near approach of tbe world which have been imparted to them by divine inspiration. A delegation of twelve of their members, as chosen apostles, have been selected to prepare a proper Bible for their nse, and which will not be given to any outside of the families of the chosen. It will contain the articles of faith, and is supposed to be mainly composed of extracts from tho Old Testament, as they discard the new version. In rome respects they are communists, as all members who are worth over $.1,000 pnt their property together and divide the profits pro rats. They take many customs from the Jews, and liavo a large nnml>er of holy days, which they keep very strictly, besides and Sunday of each week, which afro observed as days of rest. They do not have anything to with out siders any more than is strictly neces sary. They never marry bnt once, and in the event of death of husband or wife, remain single the remainder of their life. Divorce and separation are not allowed, and any difficulties which oome up in the family or chnreh ate bronght befoTo the twelve elders, from whom there is no appeal. In their dress and mode of living they are very simple, tho men wearing their hair cat short and faces smoothly shaven, and tho women wearing only their natural hair hanging loosely down their backs. They are industrious and frugal, and arc accumulating much property. Much interest is manifested in them in the communities where they reside, and their numbers are increasing very fast. Their preacher* literally obey the Scripture injunction, and go about preaching withont pay or compensation, expecting to get their board, clothes and necessaries of life from their con verts. Altogether they are a moat singular people, She Went. The wife of a municipal officer died at Henderson, Ky., and her husband (ripr T left the last offices prior to interment to ' * two jf her friends. After tbe coffin lid . had been partly faMtened ho could not | resist taking one more look. He dis * covered that the jewelry which he in- Waff tended to be bnried on her was gone. That was two years ago. He said noth- SR ing, but lately detected one of the friends wearing the articles. He said I to ber: M X give you three -lay* to leavo HK. town," and .he wenyjiJgT ~ wS* .__ AJi A RACE FOR A lilt IDE. A Krniorkr l.orlilnvni-'a Thirty-Mil* lt*< * fmr a Faurlriu-Viiir-lllil HrUr. A recent isnuo of the Louis villo (Ky.) Courier-Journal tells this etory of a run away eouplo and a battled pursuer: A gentleman from Allen eonnty, wlio chanced to bo in tho city tells an in teresting story of n romantic runaway match which is now being extensively canvassed in that part of the Htate. Scotta villo, a pretty village situated in tho county mentioned, about fifteen miles from the Tennessee line, is tho homo of somo of tho most aristocratic peoplo in Kentucky. It is a place noted for pretty girls and gallant young men, and among ull theso the sweetest belle was Mi.;s Ollio Brown, and tho hand somest beau Mr. Joseph Carpenter. They loved each other unto desperation. Theirs was the sort of love that always loads to marriage, and months ago they determined to link their destines. In this case, as in many others, the only obstacle was parental objection. Miss Brown's mother positively doclared that she was not old enongh to get married, being only fourteen, and her sweet heart's entreaties were in vain. The young conplo made one or two ineffect ual attempts at elopement, but they were never once balked in their deter mination to carry out tho scheme in the sweet by-and-bye. On last Thursday young Mr. Carpenter drove in a buggy to the residence of his sweetheart,and once moro besought her mother to consent to an early wedding. Mrs. Brown was inexorable, Miss Brown was tearful, and Mr. Carpenter excited. At last, when every prayer had been denied, the young man boldly put tho question to his sweetheart: " Will you go with mo, or mind your mother and remain at home?" The girl looked np through her tears, first at ber mother and then at her lover. " I'll go with von," she said, at length. "Then come;'* and with the#io words young Carpenter caught his lady lovo in his arms, and, hurrying out of the house, leaped into the buggy that was standing in front of the door. The horse re ceived a smart blow with the whip and jumped away in a dead run. As soon a* Mrs. Drown realized tlio situation she screamed for assistance at the top of her voice. In a few moments the little town WHS wild with excitement, but the volume of sympathy seemed to l>o with the young people, who hail just whirled through the streets at a terrific rato of speed, taking the road that led to flal- ' latin, Tcnn. The mother whoso daugh ter had been stolen wildly b sought somebody to go in pursuit of the fugi tive#l, and, if possible, stop the wed- j ding. At length Mr. Manion, a young lawyer, and judge of the police court, | consented. In a few moments he was mounted upon a horse of speed and bottom, rattling out of town in the di- I rection taken by the buggy, at a pace that would have captured the "gentle man's cup*' at any fair in the fltatc. From tho very start it was a race of whip and spnr. The fugitives were evidently making for 'Squire Fikc's office, which is just across the Tennessee line, and Jndge Manion was hot upon their trail. It was a chase long to be remembered by the people who witnessed it. In front a horse flecked with foam, go~g at top speed, and drawing a light buggy, in which a gallant youth sat, with rcso lntion upon his face, and a beautiful girl nestled trustingly by his aide. Perhaps a mile in the rear a solitary horseman, applying whip and spnr, thundered along over the level turnpike. The buggy had the best of tho race, and pulled up in front of 'Squire Fikes' office fifteen minutes in the lead of the man on horseback. The clever 'Squire promptly adjusted his spectacles and read the marriage license. It was all right, and tho ceremony would be performed, so the 'Squiro said, and ho was on the point of pronouncing the words so feverishly awaited by the young people, when Jndge Manion, riding like a professional jockey, bore down upon the party and signaled the officer of the law to stop. " I object to this wedding," he said, flinging himself off his panting horse. " Upon what gTounda f asked the 'Bqnire. "It is tho wish of the lady's mother that she shall not marry. I have come I at her bidding." "You'll have to show something in I writing," oaid the 'Squire, bluntly. ; Jndgo Manion promptly took his sest j at a table and dashed off an affidavit, reciting the facts. 'Squire Fikes read it, and mnoh to the discomfiture of the runaways, refused to proceed further with the ceremony. The young people pleaded, but all to no purpose, jftt length Mr. ('arpenter said in very simple j language: "We will go farther. Get in the buggy, my dear. Jndge Manion, yon may prepare for another race. We are off for Gallatin." The young man meant exactly what he said, and in a few minutes the raoe 1 was renewed. The diataneo to Gallatin was eighteen miles, but the buggy horn • wee stanch and ae true a *he lore of the young couple he was drawing. L-. &. Ho leaped nimbly away from the string, and once more got tho best of tho start. Judge Manion, nothing daunted, again took tho Huddle and put tho spurs to his faithful courser. For four miles the race was ucok and neck, neither entry for the grand prise flagging; but at the finish of that dislanco the horse under saddle east a shoe and stumbled to the ground completely exhausted. Judge Munion picked himself up, determined to carry out his mission, and walked along the road for throe miles, when he procured another horse, this time n sorry plug, and started out once more on a run. In the meantime, however, our young people had arrived at Galla tin. A preacher was secured and the wedding was performed at tho principal hotel in the prevenco of a dozen spe cially invited guests. Judge Manion galloped into towu on his worn out hack juflt in time to congratulate Mr, and Mrs. Carpenter, which ho did with the best grace possible. Ancient anil Modern Proposal*. xnw BTYLK. Her eyes shone a beautiful, joyous light when ho leaned forward and said: "Julia, I have something confidential to tell you." "What is it, Augutu* -be asked, in a lowr, silvery voice—a kind of Ger man silvery voice. " Well, Jnlia, to bo frank with you, 1 think," and then ho seemed to bo thinking. " I think," he said, " that under some circumstances I might love yon. Now, do you love me 7" "Yes, Augustus, I do love you—you know I do ;" and she fl.itig her alabaster arms around his neck. "I am very glad, Julia," he said, " for I like to be loved." "Well, Augustus?" But Augustus never - aid another word. Fashionable fellows never *ay moie than that nowadays. They were never married. OLI) KTTI.U. " May 1 call you Pauia." be asked modestly. " Yes," abo said, faintly. " Dear I'auSa! may I call you that?" " I suppose so." " Do you know I love you ?" " Yes." " And shall I love you always?' " If you wish to." " And will you love me ?" Paula did not reply. " Will yon, Paula?" he repeated. " You may love me," she said again. " But don't you love me in return 7' " I love you to lore me." " Won't you say anything more ex plicit 7' " I wonbl rather not." They were married and happy within three month*. Moral. Girls, never tell a fellow that yon love him till he La* asked you to be his wife—A'ew York Sun. Mustard. Before tho year 172 M mustard was little known, according to tho firooert' Journal, at English tables. About this time an old woman of tho name of Clements, residing in Durham, began to grind tho seed in a mill, and to |M the flour through several pro*-esses necessary to free it from its husks. Bhe kept her secret to herself for many ▼ears, during which she sold large quan tities of mustard throughout tho coun try, but especially in London. Here it was introduced to the royal table, whero it received the approval of George I. From the circumstances of Mrs. Clements being a resident at Durham, it obtained the name of Durban, mus tard. The manufacture of mustard con sisted in airnply grinding the seed into a very fine flour, a bushel of seed, weighing sixty pounds, yielding twonty eight pounds to thirty pounds of flonr of mustard. A false taste, however, arose for having an improved color, and the flour of mustard was introduced from which the oil had been abstracted. Hence other material!*, such as capsicum powder, turmeric, terra alba, wheaten flour, etc., are added to bring up the flavor and increase the bulk. Good la Either Case. A seedy-looking psrty armed with a subscription list applied to Gilbooly for a quarter. " Have yon got any change for a dollar bill?" The unfortunate man said he had not " I am very sorry, but I've not got anything smaller. I would liko to help yon out. I sin always glad to assist the deserving poor." The alleged mendicant retired, and in a short time was hack again, saying that he could change that bill. " You can, can you ? Where's there a policeman ? I'll have yon locked up right off. Here yon come around beg ging, and have got your pockets full of money. You are an im poster " —T**u ' Si/ling*. The entire debt of the United States does not amount to the gross income of the people for Ave months in the year. In 1805 the debt amounted to $78.26 per eapita; in 1880 it wh 87.74 pnr capita. a , SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Intensify of color in flowers of the Name species increases with the alti tude. The human body is composed of four teen or more of tlit- common chemical elements. Of reptiles |>OfM-*Miug the snake-like form we have three rpecies indigenona to this country. Vermillion ia manufactured from red sulphrret of mercury, commonly known aa cinnabar. It ia estimated that a drop of human blood contains 1,000.000 corpnaeb-a in a cubic millimetre. It is fluid that tho formation of fogs and clouda arises from the press nee o dust in the atmosphere. In determining the illuminating power i f gas it should not bo conducted through a rubber tube, since this dimin ishes the illuminating power. A man can live on seven in* alt a week, but his snpply of gaseous nour ishment has to be renewed at least 14,000 times in twenty-four hours. From the peats of Brittany have been obtained, by means of reagents, ben r.ine, parafline resinous matters, acetic acid and other substances. It has been computed that the power nf the Kteam engines in England would suffice to raise from the quarries and place in position a'i the Great Pyramid in eighteen hou* *. In a rceoc. work on the neat* and eggs of birds D r . \V. von Iteichenan states that the ornamental plumage, crests, etc , of the male bird arc due to an exctais of energy, while the vitality of the female is exhausted by the pro duction of eggs and the task of inenha tion. From the photographs of the comet which lias recently disappeared in space Dr. Henry Draper infers that the 1 ypothesis of the pr* f-cnco of oarl>on in tho constitntion of such bodies receives corroboration, and he adds, with appar ent mution, that a part of the spectrum may lie due to other elements. A Sharper** Trick. An Ene railroad conductor, in hi* r< miuiacenc*-* about sharpen*, tells this story: " Ten year* ago one of the boss card -harps wat a young fellow known as ' lied Shirt.' Ho was fmrn Ho ran ton. He was the ne who invented the tissue latent rack' t with cards. His plan was to get np a quiet game of euchre with a party of follows in a smoking car. After they'd played along a while Red Shirt would ray: "'Well, blamed if 1 ain't got jnst at>out the lssst little poker hand you ever saw.' " Whenever he'd ray that, you could make up your mind that some one else a playing had about as good a poker band ' you ever saw. It was always fonr aces. Tho man that held the fonr a**es wouldn't fail to speak out, and reckon he had a hand it wasn't easy to leat. Then Ked Khirt wonbl asy: "' H'ponn we make a little bet, jnst for the fun o' the thing.' "A man that holds fonr a*-ea ain't going to throw away a chance of that kind. They bet. They raise one another, and Red Hhirt knows about when it wil| be a good time to quit, and then be calls. " • I've got four aces,' says t'other man. '*' Lot's see 'em,' UTH Red Bhirt. " The cards are shown up. ltcd Bhirt takes 'em np. "' Aw, here now,' he says, as be puts his hand on the money on the I ward, •what yon doin\ try in' to come yonr New York (Tames onino?' and he, Rive* one o' the cards a rub with his thnmb and shores a little piece of paper off each end of the card, and there's a tray spot. Red Hbirt lays down fonr of a kind, or a full, or anything that'll beat three of a kind, and !>cforc the man can recover from his astonishment, has the money in hi pocket and is off the can for he never failed to time the game for a atop of the train at some station. " Red Bhirt'a name was Jack Brown. There probably never was his superior as a three-card-monto man, either, and he was a regnlar worker of county fairs and races when the railroads go', too hot for him. He died of consumption. He was a hard drinker and fast liver. Weal her WUdom. When you wish to know what the veather is to be, go ont and select the smalle st clond yon see. Keep your eye upon it, and if it decrease# and diaap pears it shows a state of the air which is anre to be followed by the weather; but if it increases in eise, take your great coat with you if you are going from home, tor falling weather ia not far off. The reaaon is this: When the air ia becoming charged with electricity yon will ace every clond attracting all i lower onea towards it, until it gathers into a shower; and on the contrary, when the fluid is passing off, or diffus ing itself, then a large clowd will be seen breaking into pieooa nod dissolv ing. „ A linker should make a fortune If any body, for his wares are always rising. THE FAMILY DOCTOR. The free use of lemon juice and sugar ! will often relieve a cough. The fltrongest and hardiest women do not wear stays. They have never formed j the habit. Those who have find it a nc ! ceasity not because they really need them, but simply lieeanse they think hey do. A mixture of one part of alcohol and : nine parts of crystalizcd carbolic arid | ; is stated to afford great relief in eases 1 of bites from insect". Haw potatoes scraped and applied to burns are very soothing and healing, j Common starch made into a paste with i cold water and applied is also good. , This is an excellent remedy for chafing 1 in infants. ■ i l)r Ochlscblugcr, of Dantzig, has found that salicylate of sodium is a remedy of great value in the treatment of nervous headache, especially if given in a dote of one gramme in the begin ning of an attack. It usually produces drowsiness, and after a few hour* the patient wakes np refreshed and free from pain. It, however, often fails to j produce this cflect in eases dependent on ana mia. - - The Carrier Pigeon. Before the days of steam navigation, m!road communication and the electric ' t'-b graph, the carrier pigeon was an iai- P'-riaiit agent in the rapid delivery of iiupor tint messages. Its nse in peace and war, diplomacy and intrigue, busi - ness and finance, speculation and trade, in the gathering of news or in the 1 securing of private advance information gave the carrier pigeon a usefalness in former times far beyond its service at the present day. Now the electric cur rent far outstrips the wings of the bird, distancing even the light of the sun in 1 its speed. The carrier pigeon is now rarely used for the purpose for which it was formerly required. The lost im , portant event of which we are advised, in which this bird was engaged in it* regular legitimate work, was at the time of the siege of Pari", by the Germans. The most common ue of this bird to day is in trials of speed l*etweei given points, affording those persons inter ested in the sport an opportunity to I*-t or gamble upon the results. Its instinctive aptitude for domes ticity has always marked the carrier pigeon, and it is this love of home, added to its attachment to its offspring, which has imparted the capability o training the birds as carriers. On long , distances such birds are selected, if possible, as have young onew in their nests. Their rate of flight is speeded at about thirty miles per hour, though some have even better records These pigeon* are a little better than the com mon breed, though they are surpassed in beauts by many otter varieties. They are noted for their extreme that their wings ) their jtr pigeon is fiften inches in an l weighs one and one-half {rounds. Th neck is long, and the pectoral muscles very large indicating a power of vigorous and long-continued flight. An' appendage | of naked skin hangs across its bill, con , tinuing down on either side of tho I lower mandible, from the site nnd j shspe of which the value of the bin! is ■ i estimated. Those with wide circlets J destitute of feathers around the eyes J are considered among the le*t. I As soon as tho birds have acquired < their full strength of wing the training may commence. The bird is taken in a covered basket to tho distance of a mile or so at first, the distances increas ing as the training progressea. Flights of immense distanced ami surprising speed are record*-*!, but many such stories . have an air of romance about them j which suggest a flight of thought rather I than the journey of a bird. An ingenious method of taking th e passenger pigeon is practised in Italy, particularly in those romantic defile which separate the rooky heights through which the T*st flights of these birds di rect their course in their migration. Nets an- spread in some mountain pass under the course of the flight of the pigeons, extending from tree to tree or from one abutting rocky point to an other; but as the bird* would fly much above the net worn not some contrivance resorted to by the wily natives to force them to descend, they practice the fol , lowing expedient: Masses of stone are ( here and there raised, on which the , slingers station themselves with a qtian . tity of small-aixed stones. Other per , sons also concerned being placed on the ; summit of these mountain passes, give r notice of the approach of the pigeon , flights by aonnding a horn, hearing t which those stationed on the piles com . tnence slinging their wl jte atones among > the birds, which so attracts their atten I tion that they descend in pnranit of tU* , stones, and in doing so numbers of them , become cnsnaml. —.dmar-feym CuSmttor. Olive oil i second ou the list of Italy's exports, silk being first. Great harm baa been done the trade by the adulteration of the olive with the eot - ton seed oil, a process carried on exten sively (n the free ports of the peninsula. i CLIPPMGft FOR THE (UKIOIH. Dice wm invented IWW B. C. The Chinese written language consist* , of 100,000 characters. The nnmber of vertebratcd animals ii estimated at 20,000. A lot of snnfish fell in a recent raiß storm at Loniiville, Kv. Oregon produces fonr, five, six, and J even seven leaved clover. Iho leave* of the Madeira vine are need in France an spinach. It in said that dwarfs die of prematnre old age and giant* of exhaustion. The Laplander* suffer more than any other cation from the annoyance of , i gnats. The custom of wearing wedding ring* appears to have taken rise among the | Romans. The average annnal crop of an orange tree is from six to eight thousand I oranges. , A European lady in Ja]>an has col , ; looted 700 teapots of different varieties , | and kinds. i The average man measures about five t , feet and one-half inches, and weighs 140 pounds. The United States has produced, dur ing the last fiscal year, $73,700,000 in gold and silver. A hammock suspended on wheels was j one of the styles of carriage among the Anglo-Saxons. Handkerchiefs of yaeen Elizabeth were of parti-colored silk or cambric . edged with gold lace. i The wheel, as a t-ortnre among th i Greeks, consisted in whirling the crimi t nal around nntil he expired. The numeral characters of the Per ' sians and Brahmins arc similar to ! Arabic characters in use among u*. In England the enstom of burying the dead in churches was first sanc tioned in 75b, having been previously forbidden by Augustine. It is affirmed by medical psycholo gists that indigo djers bee,me melan choly, and those who dye scarlet chol t eric. Onrphrase, "the blue devila," may therefore derive its existence from a scientific fact. In a lecture at Ban Francisco, Lieu tenant Bchwatka, the Arctic explorer, • tated that the cnldcat weather ever ex perienced by white men was 103 de , gees below the freezing poini. or sev enty one degrees bcl