MORAL AM) RKMRIOUS.
A Alolhrr's Nona.
Homo years ago a company of Indians
were captured on the Western frontier.
Among them were a nnmber of stolen
children. They had been with the sav
ages for years. Word was sent through
out the region, inviting all who had
lost children to come and see if among
the little captives thoy conld recognize
their own. A long way otT was a woman
who had been robbed of her darlings—
a boy and a girl. With mingled hopo
and fear shocame; with throbbing ln-art
she approached the group. They were
strange to her. She came nearer and,
with eyes tilled with mother-love and
earnestness peered into their facca ono
after another; bnt there was nothing in
any that she could claim. Nor was
there anything in her to light up their
cold faces. With the dull pain of de
spair at her heart she was turning away,
when she paused, choked back the
tears, and in soR, clear notes began a
simple song she used to sing to her lit
tle ones of Jesus and heaven. Not a
line was completed when a boy and
girl sprang from the group, exclaiming;
" Mamma! mamma !" and she folded
her lost ones to her bosom. Ho lives a
mother's early influence in the hearts
of her children.
Kflliflonti Xrwi it ml Sotvn.
The Lutherans have only twelve com
municants colored people of
the Houth.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey are hard
at work at their second campaign in
Great Britain.
The membership of colored churches
in the United States is between 1,000,-
000 and 1,500,000.
It is reported that the Universalists
of New England have now 170 less
churches than in 1850.
The denomination known as Christian
has GSO congregations in the State of
Illinois, with a membership of 50,000.
The Baptist Foreign Mission conven
tion of the United States (colored) will
send throe missionaries to Africa on
their own account.
Some 200 Chinamen are said to attend
tue Sunday-schools of Brooklyn. They
are fond of their schools, and soon
show attachment to tueir teachers.
The entire Bible has been translated
into the language of the New Hebrides
group of islands in the Pacific ocean,
and the natives have paid the whole
expense of printing it
Missionary work has been done by
the American board on such a large
scale that the reported receipts of 8450,-
(XX) are not enough for the estimated
demands of the work. Efforts are now
to be made for the collection of at least
8650,000 for the coming fiscal year.
The largest increase of Baptists since
1870 has been in the fifteen Southern
States, where the gain is 761,418,
mostly among the colored people. In
the six Eastern States the increase is
16,700; in the Middle Slates, 34,904; in
the thirteen Western States, 64,776,
and in the Territories, 6,060.
The Kev. Sheldon Jackson, D. D., a
superintendent of the Presbyterian
home missions, has just completed his
third tour of Alaska. He has estab
lished two new missions, stationed
three new missionaries, made improve
ments in the missionary buildings, and
traveled 500 miles in canoes.
Tho journal of the second annual non
vocation of the Episcopal diocese of
New Mexico and Arizona, presents the
following statistics; Clergy, including
the bishop, 4; lay readers, 5; missions,
7; baptisms, 13, of which 1 was adult;
communicants, 162; Sunday-school
scholars, 70; offerings, <1,639.63; value
of church property, <8,250.
Til*' tarrying Trade of the World.
From a recent comparative statement
it appears, omitting vessels of less than
liftv tons measurement, Europe pos
sesses forty-two tons to everyone thous
and inhabitants, America forty, and Aus
tralia seventy-nine, while Asia and Af
rica have only two tons per thousand.
Liverpool ranks an the most important
port in the world, with a tonnage of
2,647,373 ; this is succeeded try London,
with 2,330,683, and Glasgow with 1,153,-
676 tona. The Rine landing porta of
Great Britain have a tonnage of 8,724,-
123, while the first fonr porta of the
United Htatea have only 1,976,040. 8b
Johns, New Brnnawiok, is in this respect
aa important as Boston or Charleston
and more ao than Philadelphia. Great
Britain and Ireland possess a gross ton
nage of nearly twelve millions sailing
vessel tons, and with the tonnage other
colonies the British Dag covers fourteen
millions tonnage out of the total world's
existing tonnage of twenty-seven mil
lions. The United Btatea, twenty years
ago, carried sixty-six per cent of their
foreign trade in their own bottoms,
whereas now they carry something leu
than eighteen per cent.
A Honthem journal tays this year's
rice crop in the Oulf Htates will reach
one hundred and fifty million bushels.
It is predicted that the rice industry
will soon rival that of sugar growing
in Louisiana.
BFLKNTIFIC WRAPS.
A well-fed frog is more susceptible to
poison than one which has been fasted
for weeks.
Corals often permanently ebang
color, when subjected to different con
ditions of living.
The Japanese bronze brass by boiling
it in a solution of snlphuto of copper,
alum and verdigris,
A concentrated beam of electric light
carried seven miles has furnished suffi
cient light to read by.
The solar atmosphere contains sodium,
iron, calcium, magnesium, nickel,
barium, copper and zinc.
According to Ehrenberg a cubic inch
of water may contain more than 800,-'
000,000,1X10 of animalculic.
Platinum when alloyed with silver
becomes soluble in nitric acid, which
does not affect it while unalloyed.
Pig iron contains from ninoty-tlve
to ninety-seven parts of pure iron, and
three to live of carbon, with small quan
tities of sulphur, phosphorus and sili.
con.
Hay, like most vegetable products,
contains much material which is soluble
in water. On this material its nntritivo
value depends, and its removal by damp
ness seriously injures tho crop.
The floods and droughts of the pres
ent time will probably lead farmers and
others to a careful reconsideration of
tho question regarding tho proportion
which wooded onght to bear to cleared
land.
From surveys taken in the provinoe
of Ufa, Russia, it appears that tho
former forest area of 17,577,000 acres
has now been diminished by more than
3,500,000 acres, and yet the population
is only threo to the square mile.
Last year the German wire mills sup
plied England with 30,000 tons of wire,
and Russia with 40,000 tons. France
received from Germany from 12,0 X) to
15,000 tons of steel wire for sofa springs,
and America not leas than 3 >,O<X) from
the samo source.
A Village In India.
Oatside tho entrance of tbe single
village street, on an exposed riae of
ground, the hereditary potter nita by
hi# wheel, molding the swift-revolving
clay by the natural carve# of hi# hands.
At the back of the houses which form
the low, irregular ntreet there are two
or three looms at work in blue and
scarlet and gold, the frames hanging
between the acacia trees, the yellow
dowers of which drop fast on the webs
as they are being woven. In the street
the brass and coppersmiths are ham
mering away at their not# and ]>ans;
and farther down, in tho veranda of the
rich man's boase, is a jeweler working
rupees and gold mohrs into fair jewelry,
gold and silver earrings, and ronnd
tires liko the moon, bracelets and tab
lets and nose rings, and tinkling
ornaments for the feet, taking
his designs from tho fruits and
flowers around him, or from the
traditional forms represented in the
painting* and carvings of the great
temple, which rises over the grove of
mangoes and palms at the end of the
street, stove the lotos-covered village
tank. At 3:30 or 4 o'clock in the after
noon the whole street is lighted up by
the moving robes of the women going
down to draw water from the tank, each
with two or three water jars on her
head ; and no, while tbey are going and
returning in single file, the scene glows
like Titian's canvas and moves like the
stately procession of the Panathenaic
frieze. Later the men drive in the
mild, gray kine from the moaning
plain, the loom* are folded np, the
coppersmiths are silent, the elders
gather in the gate, tho lights begin
to glimmer in the fast-falling dark
ness, tbe feasting and the music are
heard on every aide, and late into the
night tho songs are sung from the
flamayana or Mahabbarata. The next
morning, with sunrise, after the simple
ablations and adorations performed in
•he open air before the bonses, the
| same day begins again. This is the
i daily life going on all over western
India in the village communities of the
Dakhan, among a people happy in their
simple manners and frugal way of life,
and in tbe oultnre derived from the
grand epics of a religion in which they
live and move and have their daily
toing, and in which tbe highest expres-
I sion of their literature, art and civiliza
tion has been stereotyped for 3,000
years.
Buffaloes I>cl*) a Train.
A train on the Northern Pacific was
twice obstructed by buffaloes a short
time ago noar the border lino between
Montana and Dakota, and was forced
to come almost to a standstill. There
were a number of soldiers aboard armed
with repeating rifles, and nearly every
passenger had one or more revolvers.
They all joined in a brisk fire *t the
buffaloes, which numbered sixteen tbe
first time and twenty to thirty the
acoond; but the animals seemed wholly
indifferent to the bnlletai None of
them fell or even showed signs of being
wounded, and the Lain was nr able to
proceed nntil they saw fit to turn tail
and scamper off.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
When a friend corrects a fault in you,
ho does you the greatest act of friend
ship.
Next to silence cornea brevity- the
wise man's strength and the fool's
refuge.
Fancy is imagination in her youth
and adolescence. Fancy is also exc.nr
sive; imagination, not seldom, is sedate.
Tho best kind of revmge is that
which is taken by him who is ao gener
ous that he refuses to take any revenge
at all.
Is there one who has not to repent
some slight, thoughtless omission of
duty or kindness toward those whom
thoy love?
Never fear to bring the snblimest
motive to the smallest duty and the
mo*t infinite comfort to tho smallest
trouble.
Be what nature intended you for, and
yon will succeed; lie anything else and
yon will lie ten thousand times worse
than nothing.
Let men call you m<-an, if yon know
you are just; hypocritical, if you are
honestly religious; pusillanimous, if you
feel tliat yon are firm.
The will of self-control does not di
minish, but constantly increases in
strength, and there is scarcely any
limit to its attainments.
Whoever is nn imitator by nature,
choice or necessity, has nothing stable;
the lb xibility which affords this apti
tude is inconsistent with strength.
Sincerity is to speak as wo think, to
do as we pretend and profess, to j>er
form and make good what we promise,
and really to tie what we would seem
an d appear to tie.
It is beautifully romarked that a
man's mother Is the representative of
bis Maker. Misfortune and mere crime
sot no barriers between her and her
son. While his mother lives a man has
ono friend on earth who will not deaert
him when he is ne-dy. Her affection
flows from a pur- fountain and ccasc*
only at the ocean of eternity.
What Mutilated Coin* Arc Worth.
Many poople want to know exactly
what mutilated coins arc worth. They
arc only worth their bnliion ralne, and
that, even when these coins are intact,
is something less than the (ace valne.
The United State* government, in
purchasing silver to l>e made into coins,
bases the valne of silver upon the price
in London, taking into consideration
the rate of exchange between New
York and that city, bat generally pays
s trifle lees 'from 1-10 to 1-2 cent per
onnce) than the equivalent of the Lon
don rate. At present a Troy onnce of
pare silver is worth 81.12*43. At thin
price of silver the exact valne of the
silver coina if sold to the government
wonld be:
Trsde dollar fO.HSH
Kilrer dollar 0.57.3
Half dollar 0.40.H
quarter <lollar . n 2" I
Twenty -cent pisce* o If, {
Lime O.m.'j
The silver coins of less face mluo
than the dollar are issned for change
purposes only, and are intentionally
overvalued to prevent their l*eing ex
ported. The alloy of the gold and
silver ooins, which is copper, is of snch
slight mine thst it is not reckoned in
estimating the value of the coins, and
ia pnt in principally to mako the coins
durable. As is stated above, the aver
age run of the cnt from the coins is
about 1-25 of the whole weight of the
coin. Therefore, the moat acenrato
way to get at tho value without weigh
ing the coin is to deduct 1-25 from the
exact value of the ailver coins giTen in
the table above.— Chicago Time*.
The Hug Hat.
The HnUer*' (faiHte says: An ex
change paper says that the ping hat ia
virtually a sort of social guarantee for
the preservation of peace and order.
He who pnts one on has given a hostage
to the community for his good behavior.
The wearer of a plug hat must move
with a certain nod uteres* and propriety.
He cannot mn, or jump, or romp, or
get into a fight except at the peril of
hia headgear. AU the hidden in
fluences of the beaver tend toward re
spectability. He who wears ono is
obliged to keep the rest of his body in
decent trim, that there may be no in
congruity betweon bead and body. He
is apt to become thoughtful through
the neoesaity of watching theakj when
ever h* goes ont. The chances are that
be will buy an nmbrells, which is
another guarantee for good behavior,
and the ears of hat and umbrella—per
petual and exacting as it must over be
-adds to the sweetness of his char
acter. The man who wears a ping bat
naturally takes to tbs society of women,
with all its elevated tendencies. He
cannot go hunting or fishing with ont
abandoning his beloved bat, but in the
moderate enjoyment of croqnetor lawn
tennis he may sport hia beaver with
impunity. In other words, the constant
uae of c plug hat makes a man ocm •
posed in mannsr, quiet and gentle
manly in conduct and a companion of
the ladies. The inevitable result ia
prosperity, marriage and church mem
bership.
CLIPPINGS FOB THF Ct'IUOUH.
There are 700,000 Masons in the
United Htate*.
The length of the East river suspen
sion bridge is 5,998 feet.
The quantity of soda imported into
tho United Htate* from England in 1817
wo* 8,000 tons.
In an edition of Ptolemy's geography,
1510, a donble-tailod mermaid figures in
one of the plates.
Tbore are seventy-two national ceme
teries for the burial of the Union and
Confederate dead.
Among the native* of India white
quartz, boil ed iumilk, is used as a rem
edy for sick children.
A wire 100 feet long can lie made
from ono grain of silver. Such a wire
is finer than human hair.
The ancient Chinese used hydrojiatliy
as a cure for certain diseases, among
others chronic rheumatism.
The ancient Persians taught their
sons, from the age of five and twenty,
only three things: To manage the horse,
to make use of the bow, and to speak
the truth.
Tho largest room in the world, under
one roof and unbroken by pillars, is at
St. Petersburg. By day it is used for
military displays; by night for a vast
ballroom. Twenty thousand wax tapers
arc required to light it.
Steel needles were invented by the
Spanish Moors, before which thorns or
fish bones, with a hole pierced for an
ey<*, were used. The first needles made
in London were made in the reign of
Henry VIII. by a Moor.
The first book published in the North
American colonic* was, it i* supposed,
an " Almanac calculated for New Eng
land, by Mr, William Pierce," which
appeared in Cambridge in 1689. It was
printed by Htepbcn Dave, but not a
copy of it now exists.
Those of us who in winter complain
that the sun has not power of warmth
should Ix-ar in mind Professor Young's
recent remark, that if e could build up
a solid column of ice from the earth to
the sun, two miles and a quarter in di.
ameUr, spanning the inconceivable
abyss of 93,000,000 mile*, and if then
the sun should concentrate its power
upon it, it would dissolve and melt, not
in an hour nor in a minute, but in a
single second; one swing of the pendu
lum and it would lie water, seven more
and it would l>e dissipated in vapor.
Wound* of the Heart,
It 1* j enerally *up|>oed that wound*
of the heart kill immediately, and a
correspondent lis* sent lo na a Mag's
heart with the left auricle practical IT
annihilated and the upper half of the
left ventricle torn completely through
by a bullet; no that three finger* can !>e
readily paaocd through the wound* into
the rarity. Notwithstanding the extent
of the injury " the *tag ran about sixty
yards, the first ten yards up hill." The
fact ia that wounds of the heart are but
seldom immediately fatal, if erer so
Wo know of no ease of absolutely in
stantaneous death from a wound of the
heart, in any part or howcrerextensire.
The experience in the battlefield cor
responds with that of the sportsman,
who never saw a deer shot through
the heart that did not run some
distance. Wounds cf the apex kill
comparatively slowly, in from one
hour upward; and in one case
mentioned by John Bell, in which
the apex was completely severed
from the rest of tho organ by a sword
cut, the man lived twelve hours. In
deed, out of twenty-nine collected caes
of injury to the heart, only two were
fatal within forty-eight hours, and in
the others dea'h resulted in periods
varying from four to twenty-eight daya
Iteeovery may take place even when the
wound is extensive, for a bullet has
been found imbedded in the substance
of the heart after a lapse of six years
from the date of the injury, the patient
having died from a disease of an organ
in no way connected with the lesion.
Borne little time elapses before the
blood wholly escapos from or fails to
enter the cavities, and the walls con- '
tinue to coutract and propel some of it
into tho vessels for a much longer
period than is usually thought to be the
ease.— London Isincrt.
Ink noun Region*.
According to an English geographical
writer, there are four vast areas still to
be opened up or traversed by eivi'ised
man, and which among them constitute
about one-aeventeenth of tbe whole area
of the globe. Of these there is the
Antarctic region, which in extent is
about seventy-five times that of Oreel
Britain; the <eoond lies about tbe N.rth
Pole ; the third is in Central Africa, and
tho fourth in Western Australia. Tbe
l?outh Polar region referred to ia almost
conterminous with the antarctic circle.
The vast African area reaches on the
west very closely to the coast, and it is
only near the equator that it has more
than superficially been driven inland.
In Australia the great undeveloped re.
g'.on is that whioh lies west of the track
explored from nor h to south by Stuart,
and which now forms tbe line of tele
graphic communication across that con
tinent.
FAB CLOUR WEALTH.
A HaikM MSI* wtlk •3U.000.0M0 la n. wi
•* w *l • HaarO- Klorta la K*rrr
Ihr Traaaarr.
'I he International Submarine Diving
company, whose vessel, the Mary D.
Leech, baa been quietly engaged in
(searching for the location of her Britan
nic majesty's brig Do Brook, which
foundered Jnne 10, 1798. off Lewea,
Del., ha* been rewarded with unmislak
able evidences of the loot vessel. Dar
ing the past eighty-three year* no effort,
with the exception of that made by the
Britiah government in 1880, ha* b>-en
made to recover the fabulous treasure
which is known to have been sunk. It
has been abandoned as being irrevocably
lost, because the depth of water is
HO great that all appliances bereto
' foro invented for rai*ing heavy
t >odie* were useless. The Inter
national company, which was or.
ganiz'-d in Philadelphia for no other
purpose than to raise the abandoned
treasure, is fitted up with all that in
; genuity can devise. The most wondcr
. ful piece of mechanism on board is an
( immense diving-bell, in which a diver
might live comfortably for a week. He
has communication with the upper
world by telephone wires, lie is sup
plied with the means ol making bis
own air, and for light in bis exploration
ho is provided with a powerful electric
fiame, which, when in operation, re
veals to him erery outaide object with
vivid distinctness. At the side of the
liell is a mechanical arm with machinery
so perfect that in every movement it ro
sembles the action of the human arm,
even unto the picking up of a pin.
According to papers in the possession
of Bamucd H. McCraoken, a pilot, whose
grandfather was the only survivor, and
who was engaged in piloting the vessel
into the harlmr, about 852,000,000 of
specio ami jewels went down with her.
The money was taken by the De Brook
from au intercepted Spanish fleet while
on her way to Halifax, England, from a
successful cruise on the Spanish Main.
With the H|>ecie were taken two hun
dred prisoners. When the vessel foun
dered the prisoners wore in irons on the
lower decks, and were all lost Captain
James 1 >rew, who <x>mmsnded the
vessel, and whose body was recovered
two days afterward, lies buried
in 8b Peter's churchyard in Lewes.
Two years after the wreck the British
government sent two frigates to raise
the De Brook, but without suocens.
Forty year* ago, while McCrackcn was
on a cruise, circulars were posted around
Hussex county offering $60,000 for in
formation that would lad to the discov
ery of the sunken vesiel. It hail been
supposed up to the present that the
bull bad been swept awav by the action
of the tides. The International com
pany, to keep its real object from
view, had been since September work
iog t another sunken vessel, nt-ar
where' the I>e Brook was kuppoaed to
have foundered. who
is to receive n majority of what
ever treasnr, is discovered, in au
interview, says that the De Brook lie* in
fifteen fathoms o.' water. The divers,
in going down, found a long, irregular
ridge, about fifteen feet high, eighteen
feet wide and sixty feet long. On each
side are piles of loose stone, supposed
to bo the ballast thrown from the frigate
in the effort to raise the wreck in the
year 1800. Hough water interfering
with further operations, the company
was compelled to postpone further in
vestigation, and the divers returned to
Philadelphia. The work, however, will
be vigorously pushed forward as soon
as favorable weather sets in.— Rt>t iing
(Pa.) Tim'*.
A i itlle I!ii-j llee.
A certain restaurant in this city, ap
parently to proclaim the nnlimited re*
sources of its cuisine, has in its show
window a huge tank, whor<>in glittering
goldfish, sullen horned pouts, dignified
bull frogs, and sprawling turtles dwell
together in a greater or leas degree of
amity. The other day a bee fell into
the water, and was gobbled by a gog
gle-eyed fish. ITardly had tbe insect
been engulfed, however, when the fish
was seen to be s'.rangoly excited. He
leaped into the air, drew in great vol
umes of water and blew them out again,
and acted so insanely that the turtle
scuttled away iu hot haste, and the
frogs tumbled off the rocks to right and
left in abcer consternation. Moan while
the bee reappeared and crawled out of
the tank in safety, evidently congratu
lating itself as it dried its wings upon
its possession of a sting and the pres
ence of mind neoesaary to use it to ad
vantage in an emerg noy.
queen Victoria's Lang Reign.
Queen Victoria on October 35 com
pleted a reign of forty-four years and
138 daya, whioh ia joat the length of
time that Queen Elisabeth eat on tbe
throne, that queen reigning from No
vember 17, 1558, to March 24, 1808.
Consequently she has reigned longer
than any other English queen regnant,
and longer than any English king, with
tbe exception of Oeorge 111,, who
reigued sixty years (1760-1820); Henry
111., who rfigwsd fi fly-six (1216-
1373), end Edward HI., fifty yean (1337
Thanksgiving,
Oart-loada of [ximpkla* M yollow m gold.
Onion* in silvery strings,
Sinning rod apples *ol cluster* of graps,
Nut 4ii<] * ho*t of good thing*,
Chicken* and iurkey*, aud fat little pig*
Tbsss ii* what Tlisnksgi ving bring*.
'"l*t forgot ton tivl pUj-Utae begin#;
Krom office, aod schoolroom, and halL
£Ksthcr* tui-i mothers, and ancles, and aunts
Nieoes and nephew*. *ud ail
gH[jo<i away home, an they boar from afar
The roloe of old Thanksgiving call.
Now in the time to forgot all yoor cares,
Oast every trouble away ;
Think of your blessing*. remember your
ir,
Vuu't bo afraid to bo gay I
None art too old, and none are too young.
To frolic on Thauk•giving day.
PUJfWEJfT PAKAtjKAPHN.
Does not tbe man who gets lammed
in a fight feel a little sheepish ?
"Laugh and grow fat," if you are
lean; weep and' grow lean, if you are
fat.
A correspondent writes to inquire if
be can secure a berth on board a court
ship.
Tbe rnau who had a fist thrust at
his nose said be was shaken to the
aoenter.
Cards announcing the birth of a child
are now the fashion. Bawl tickets, so
to speak.
The schoolmaster is a very inquisi
tive person. He is always asking
questions.
Hj*-ak gently : it is better far
To rule by lore thau foar ;
lienidcs, nomc chap might rains a oha'v
And lamm yo 1 on the car.
There is one branch of etiquette that
the tree is proficient in, via., the
bough. Ana the tree also knows when
to leave.
The following typographical error
shows the vast importance of a comma.
At a banquet this toast was given S
"Woman—without her man, is a brute.'
The most horrible case of insanity in
the Massachnsetts asylum is that of a
man who imagines he is a Chicagoaa*
He gets up in the middle of the night
to brag.
Home one has discovered that the
big, wide brim hats the ladies are wear
ing this winter trill hold s bushel of
oats. Now we know what the hats are
good for.
She (of a literary turn): "Doesn't
this remind yon of a lawn f.-te nnder
Louis XIV.?" He (matter of fact).
"Beg pardon, that was rather before
my time, yon know." (Silence).
A French writer remarks : "If m lady
says to yon, ' I can never love you,' wait
a little longer: all hope is not lost.
But if she says, No one has more sin
cere wishes for yonr happiness than I,'
take your hat."
It is rumored that Edison is invent
ing a talking machine, and excited
women all over the coast are shaking
their lingers at him and telling him
they will brook no rival. He is tread
ing on dangerous ground.
Tbe Chinese government is going to
build some railroads, and soon will be
heart! in the land the voice of the Celes
tial brakeman ; " Hcoppee! Vang-txe
kiang jnnction! Trainee stopee tea
minutes, eatee and drinkee P*
Political equality ia veil enough, but
social equality ia out of the question.
Newspaper men are very self-sacrificing,
but it ia too much to expect them to as
sociate with shoddy millionaires who
murder the English language every
time they open their mouths.
An lows dog has coat its owner $930
in dam agea for bites, and the rn ' n de
clares that impecunious neighbors hang
around on purpose to be bitten, know
ing that he settled the claims
promptly. It is hard to decide whether
to class this as a fact or as biting
sarcasm.
A very gushing young Isdy turned to
Mr. Snap and asked him in passionate
tones : " Oh—ah—Mr. Snap, tell me I
What—what—is your idea of real happi
ness r Mr. Snap--" Never reached the
full meaning of the word yet, but I
guess pork and beans would oorer the
ground."
An old fellow whose daughter had
failed to secur# a position aa teacher,
in consequence of not passing aa ex
amination, said : " They asked her
lots of things the didn't know. Look
at the history questions? They aaked
about thiogs that happened before ate (
eras born. How was ate to know about
them ? Why they aaked her about old ,
George Washington and otter men ate
never knew. That was a pretty sort of j
examination P ______ - t'Si
Petrr Peeper's Huccw.
Feter Cooper was asked to what rules
iu life he attributed hie suooeee. "One
was," he mid, "that I determined to give !
the world aa equivalent, iu souse form of 1
useful labor, for all that I consumed j
in it I went on sad enlarged my bust- J
ntes, all the while keeping out of debt,
I cannot recollect a rime when I eonld
not pey what I owed any day. My rule
was: Pay as you go Another thing I
wish to say; "Ail the money I ever
made **> meehanioat Imsinew, and