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Mukingr Soldiers.
There are no pockets in the trousers
of the Cadets, nor in their coats either.
The Cadets wear no vests, and in short,
they are trained to do without pockets,
They are left free to choose between
putting their handerchiefs in their caps
or their breasts. The authorities say
they must not use tobacco ; they are not
allowed to carry money, and the ones
who govern them cannot see what need
they have for pockets. When the
"plebes" first arrive they swagger
around with their hands in their pock
ets, and in fact, do not seem to know
where else to put them. One of the se
crets of making soldiers at the Military
Academy is by depriving the students
of pockets and compelling them to allow
their hands and arms to seek the cen
tre of gravity. The way in which sol
diers are made here is quite and inter
esting operation. The "plebes" or new
comers are turned over to Cadet officer
immediately after passing the medical
examination. The Cadets, imbued with
the sole desire to attain fameand to help
others to gain laurels on the field, take
hold of the work with enthusiasm and
put the candidates for future glory
through with all the vigor, not to say
interests, they can command. They at
once seek to cultivate a military bearing
and the consequent respect for superi
ors in the plebes.
The Cadet officer assigning a place to
the barracks, compels him to knock be
fore entering the office and to take off
his hat, likewise not to be at all ginger
ly in using the words "Mister" and
"Sir." The Cadets are required to keep
their coats buttoned up to the chin,and
at the outset the plebe, although yet in
civilian's garb, is asked to do the same
thing. He dare not refuse, as he is sub
ordinate to the Cadet, and if his coat
chances to be a cutaway he may nearly
break his ribs in obeying the command.
Possible the plebe may be endowed with
a moustache, and this must come off.
The plebe very likely will say that he
has no razor, and the Cadet will tell
him that he will be obliged to use his
jack-knife, but the moustache must
be removed if it is neoesshry to pull it
out. Tattoo for the Cadets to prepare
for bed is not beaten until 9:30, and be
the plebe ever so sleepy he will rue it if
he goes to sleep before that time. A grad
uate was telling to-day of a plebe who en
tered when he nid. The poor fellow
could not keep his eyes open and fell
asleep on his trunk. The Cadet in
charge came in and discovered him in
that condition. The plebe a moment
later was rudely aroused, and the first
impression was that a train of cars had
struck him. Training a plebe to as
sume the position of a soldier is a task
that affords only he instructing Cadet
pleasure. The plebe is compelled to
put his heels together, draw back his
shoulders until the blades meet, throw
out his chest, hold his arms down by
his side with the palms of his hands
outward and the little fingers on the
seams of his trousers, and keep his
head erect with his eyes fixed, like one
fascinated, on the ground about 30 or
40 paces ahead. The natural tendency
of the plebe to put his hands in his
pockets often causes the Cadet in
charge to sew up his pockets in order
to break him of the habit, and to put
the plan into practice. The muscles
and flesh of the plebe are usually soft
when he arrives, and the Cadet drilling
him in the manual of arms will, with
the object of hardening him to his
duties, require him to slam his piece
against his shoulder until ;it is black
and blue. While plebes are being
drilled the poor ones are picked out
and the awkward squad is formed.
These fellows are marched and counter
marched until they wish the earth
would open and swallow them. The
Cadets and plebes go into camp im
mediately after the June examinations,
but the latter do not receive their uni
forms until three or four weeks after
ward, and they take their first lesson in
tactics in common clothing.
To make a soldier, a Cadet is kept at
books and drills the year round. He
gets up at 5 or 6 in summer or winter,
as the case may be, and after making
up his bed and sweeping out his room,
goes to breakfast. From 8 until 1 he
recites, then he takes dinner and after
ward resumes his recitations, which he
continues until 4. A drill for an hour
is followed by supper, after which a
Cadet goes to his room and sleeps until
tattoo tells him to go to bed. He lias
half a day Saturday, but is expected to
put in the better part of Sunday in
study. He is at all times kept on cer
tain limits, and in military parlance is
compelled to toe the mark in every
thing. This is the program which the
candidates for admission, who are now
arriving, will have to follow for four
years, if they pass.
A Luckless Lender.
"It is not generally known," said
Thurlow Weed to me Monday evening
after a rubber at whist—for, though he
ran no longer make out the faces of
friends, he can still see cards when
placed in a good light—"lt is not gene
rally known how near Webster came to
being President.''
"It is generally known," I Baid "that
he was a candidate for the Wigh nomina
tion five times and missed it every
time."
"Yes," he acquiesced, "but he came a
good deal nearer than that—a good
deal nearer. I bad always been among
his most profound admirers, and wan
ted to see him President in 1840. But
it became obvious to me during the
winter, that he couldn't get the nomi
nation, that llarrison was lending. 1
went down to Washington early in the
spring and called him into the cloak
room. '1 think 1 shall he the Whig
candidate,' he said. I expressed my
doubt of it. 'Who will be then?' he
asked. 'lt looks to me like Harrison,'
1 answered. He almost sneered at the
idea. He naturally had but little re
spect for mere military men, and he ex
claimed, 'lt is impossible that a man so
ignorant as he and so lacking in every
quality of a chief magistrate, can be
nominated for such a place.' 1 told him
it was simply a question who could poll
the most votes; then 1 got him to sit
down and look over my figures. They
didn't convince him, of course.
"'Why, you don't act as if you be
lieved yourself,' he said, 'for you have
chosen a Scott delegation from your
own State. 'That was to prevent the
appointment of a Clay delegation,' 1
said, 'and Clay cannot be elected if
nominated. But Mr. Webster,' 1 went
on, I baven't come to Washington to
get you to withdraw your name, but to
ask you to accept the nomination for
Vice President in ease Harrison shall
be selected for the first place.' No, he
wouldn't listen to such a proposal, and
he refused with quite as much spirit as
the occasion called for. So lam home
and Harrison was nominated and John
Tyler was made his Vice, and by the
death of Harrison, Tyler became Presi
dent a month after the election. Web
ster saw the fatal mistake lie had made,
and the next time I saw him—he was
then Tyler's Secretary of State—lie con
fessed it to me.
"Well, curiously enough, that wasn't
the last of his fatal mistakes. In IS4B
the very same thing happened right
over again. In 1844 Clay had been de
feated and taken out of the way, and
now Webster thought be would walk
over the course. 1 saw that (ieneral
Taylor was pretty likely to be the man,
for after the Mexican War there was a
great furor over Taylor. During the
spring before the nomination I went
over to Marshfield. 'Well, what do you
think ot it this time ?' asked Mr. Web
ster, with a smile of security.
" 'I think this time,' 1 said, 'that
General Taylor will be the man."
"He was astounded. It didn't look
so at all to him. He thought it a very
wild guess. "Do you seriously think,'
he asked, that such a man can be nomi
nated ?' I assured him that I thought
it very probable. Taylor was then
designated by those who did not ad
mire him, as 'an illiterate frontier
colonel who hasn't voted for torly years,
and Webster seemed to sympathize with
this view. I then appealed to him to ac
cept the nomination for Vice-President
under Taylor. He remembered his
former mistake, and smiled, and said at
last that he would consult his two best
friends, George Ashtnun, ot Massachu
setts, and Senator Wilson, of New
Hampshire, and do as they said.
"They were summoned and came. I
met them at Mr. Webster's and present
ed my figures. They wete nonplussed
at first, but came finally to my conclu
sion that Taylor's nomination was pro
bably, and they joined me in advising
Mr. Webster to lie content with second
place if the first siiouid prove beyond
his reach. Hereluctuntly agreed to it,
and I was authorized to see the arrange
ment carried out. .lust at that point
his son, Fletcher, came home "from
town and he ridiculed the scheme so
energetically and so bitterly that liis
father returned to his original position,
anil refused to have any thing to do with
my proposal. Well, the Vice-President
went begging. The name of Fillmore
was suddenly sprung on the Convention
and he was put on the ticket. Taylor
ana he were elected ; Taylor died in
four months, and Fillmore became
President, and Webster went down to
Washington and served liinj as .Secreta
ry of State, as be had similarly served
the accidental Tyler ! I think the pair
of curious mishaps did a good deal to
sour liitn, and perhaps helped to make
him reckless in his personal habits."—
It'. A. Crn/futt's Letter in Detroit J'usl ami
Tribune.
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The "Smartness" of Worms and Fish.
"I have made some of my most inter
esting studies of nature in tiio morn
ing," said Seth Green. "That is the
time to see the insects at their best—to
see the mud wasps stinging the spiders
without killing them, and packing
them away where they are kept alive
for weeks to bo used when needed. 1
have seen a small green worm hanging
down on a web. An ant, stationed on
the limb above, pulls up the web, ami
just as the worm comes in reach of his
tiny claws, down drops Mr. Worm. The
ant pulls up again and again, and worm
lets out ariotlur reef and goes down.
This sort of thing continues until final
ly the ant grapples the worm and both
go down together in a grand scramble,
in which the worm manages to shake
off the ant. This leaves the worm .on
the ground. His web is so strong that
it is still fastened to the limb above.
What does Mr. Ant do? Give it up?
No, sir. I have seen him go up the
trunk of that tree, crawl out onto the
same limb, and go to work again pul
ling up the same web. Then after anoth
er battle, 1 have known the ant to get
the better of the fight and lug the worm
off fo his hole, three rods away.
"Why, talk about reasoning powers!
The perseverance and instinct of
those little creatures is wonderful. Peo
ple go out to fish. They splash around
stand up in their boat, drop their lines
three feet away, and wonder because
they don't catch trout. They forget that
trout can see. Fish learn that tackle
and fish are, as a rule, local in their
habitation. There are not as many
gypsies among fish as among men.
Any man who will take the pains to
study fish—or who will remember a
tithe of what he reads about them—can
catch them. They are smart, but our
brains will beat them. 1 remember
once of fishing for SAlmon trout for a
long time and taking nothing. Finally
1 concluded to get down and look into
the water, and so, throwing my coat
over my head, I got the required shade
and peered down. The salmon would
sail up and look at the minnow. Then,
with a quick dart, he would close his
teeth round one-half the minnow and
open them again like a Hush. He did
not attempt to eat the minnow, and
half of the severed body would drop to
the bottom. When it had fallen to the
bed of the lake the salmon would go
down leisurely and eat it. The next time
when I dropped my hook and felt the
quick biteot the trout I let out enough
line to send the hook to the bottom,
and the result was that when the salmon
went down for his meal he was fooled
and I had him."— Utica(N. Y.) Observer.
GRAV and Ward, the Westmoreland
county murderers, are now kept secure
ly ironed to prevent escape.
ADDRESSING EMPTY SEATS.
Backwoods Statesmen Making Records in
Congress.
"He is talking to his constituents," is
an expression very commonly used in
referring to Congressmen when they
make labored speeches to empty
benches or to a house full of noisy and
inattentive members. This thing has
developed into a good deal of a
nuisance, hut there seems to he no help
for it. "A fellow-feeling" makes Con
gressmen "wondrous kind," and the in
superably tedious speech of some hack
woods statesman is patiently endured
because his purpose is so thoroughly
understood. The rule which provides
that a member may, by unanimous con
sent, obtain leave to print his remarks
in the Record, without actual delivery
liasatforded some relief, hut the average
Congressman is too conscientious to
make use of that expedient. He wants
to he able to say that he made a speech
to the House, although he generally
forgets to say under what circumstances
it was made.
Not long ago a New York Congress
man spoke for over an hour, hut so in
distinctly that not even the member in
the seat beside him could hear what he
was saying, while in the gallieries not
the faintest articulation could he dis
tinguished. Jt was afterward dis
covered from the record that he had
spoken on a subject of importance only
to the district which he himself repre
sented. That style of speaking is, of
course, more acceptable to the unwilling
listner than the roaring and ranting of
other orators, because the latter dis
turbs the thoughts of gentlemen who
are writing letters or peaceably slumber
ing the tedious hours away. The in
audible and the too audible speakers
are, however, making what they call
their record as Congressmen, and it
would be an unspeakable cruelty to de
prive them of their only opportunities
to shine before their constituents.
It is a fortunate circumstance that
the number of those who are compelled
to bolster up their record by making
speeches which tax the patience of the
house and benefit no one but them
selves is comparatively small. They
are mainly confined to those who are
either too dull or too diffident to take
part in debate, or who are unable to
insure the passage of any bill in which
their constituents are interested. In
talking of this phase of Congressional
life, a member said : "It is naturul
enough, under the existing state of
things, that a member should be
anxious to make a good record. His
future political success or failure,
especially if he is a young member, de
pends to a great extent upon it, as
ihose who have a sure thing of re-elec
tion are as scarce as white crows. This
is always kept in mind, and every act
done or word spoken is designed for
the eli'ect it will have upon record."
"What do you look upon as a good
record in Congress?" 1 asked.
"Well, I think the member makes
the best record who works the most
faithfully in the committees to which
he has been assigned. A man's real
ability manifests itself much more
readily there than in the open house,
and it finds a much wider scope. The
men wtio shine as debaters and orators
are not in reality the most useful
either to the country or to their con
stituent'. Frequently their most bril
liant hits are the results of pointers lur
nislied them by men who never at
tempt to address the House at all. Un
fortunately the work a member does
in a committee does not go to his
credit with his constituents. Their
only means of knowing what he has
done is what appears in the newspapers
or in the Congressional Record, and
very little of what is done in committee
ever sees the light through either of
these channels."
"Hut shouldn't a member's record be
determined by his success in getting
bills passed ?"
"To a certain extent, yes. but things
have come to such a pass that the pass
age of bills, particularly if it be of local
interest mainly, 19 a matter of almost
sheer luck. .Suppose you introduce a
bill at the opening of ftie session. The
measure may be .just and proper, and
of great importance to your district,but
it must take its chances among ten
thousand other bill. It may he sent to
a committee already overburdened with
work, and the chances are that it will
never even be considered. If by per
sistent effort you induce the committee
to look into your bill, the probability
is that it will be combated by some
member the interests of whose district
are opposed to those of yours, and the
committee, finding that there is a dif
ference of opinion, will lay it aside
undisposed of.
"If you are fortunate, and get a
favorable report, the bill is placed on
the calendar, there it iB likely to re
main, even though it be at the top, as
there is not the slightest pretense of
following the calendar in determining
the order of business. The time de
voted to matters of a local or private
nature is exceedingly limited, and
seems to be constantly growing less.
Take this session, for instance. Fri
days are nominally set apart for the
consideration of bills on the private
calendar ; but, with the exception of a
few days at the opening of the session,
the regular order has been set aside,
and bills of national importance only
taken up. Then, too, measures of
special interest have excited such
lengthy debate that all minor matters
have been practically crowded out.
"The apportionment bill was debated
nearly a month. The tariff commission
bill took four or five weeks to dispose
of. The contested election cases and
the attending filibustering occupied two
weeks, and so I might go on through
the list. The time for getting local
bills through is almost oonfined to the
two or three days in each month when
the rules can be suspended by unani
mous consent. On one of these days
it is possible to pass only about a dozen
bills, as one chronic objector can delay
each one nearly half an hour, if he
chooses. Under these circumstances,
which are not at all exaggerated, you
see how slim are the chances of making
a record by securing the passage of
bills. It is this almost utter impossi
bility of obtaining credit for legislation
of local benefit which is responsible for
the apparently useless speeches made
by so many members of Congress."
11. W. Emerson.
"The nun net; lut not liin hope;
Stars rone; bin fitb y earlier up ;
Fixed on the enorDioun irulnxy,
Deeper and older seemed his eye ;
And matched his NufTerance sublime.
The taciturnity of time
lie spoke, and words more rapt than rain
Drought back the Age of God again ;
His action won such reverence sweet,
As hid all measuro of the feat."
The triumph of character over preju
dice, ridicule, indifference and misrep
resentation has seldom been more truly
exemplified than in the case of Mr.
Emerson, whose peaceful death was a
fitting end to the blameless life which
has been passing so quietly among us
for nearly eight years. As if a ray of
divine light streamed upon the past as
Heaven's gates opened wide to let the
gentle pilgrim in, all classes seem to
suddenly arrive at a clearer knowledge
of this good, great man, and hasten to
lay their tributes of love and honor on
his grave.
The young, who found in his brave,
true books ttie help no other teacher
gave them ; the old, whosiw in him the
lovely spectacle of one who took life so
wisely that age had no ti-rrors for him ;
the doubting, who found hope and
courage as they watched his unmoving
loyalty tothehighe-t faith of his own
soul; the bigoted who, while denying
his belief in Hod, could not deny his
love to man, his serene forgiveness of
unjust judgments and harsh criticism,
or the beauty and the worth of long
years devoted to high thinking and holy
living.
Time tries all, and sooner or later
brings the deserved victory or defeat.
Happy are those who live to see once
averted faces aglow with reverence and
love, to feel the cordial grasp of hands,
and hear grateful voices bless them for
their lives and work. This well-earned
joy came to Emerson and made his later
years bright with its satisfactions and
compensations. Many pilgrims wore
away the threshold of his door, for tlie
seed planted fifty years ago, when the
young poet wrote "Nature" in the old
house, fell on good ground, and after
seasons of frost and rain, blossomed
beautiful,y, taking deep root in America
and sending its fragrance across the
sea.
"The perception that virtueisenough
—that is genius," and simply living
what he wrote made him what he was,
a representative man, great in genius,
greater in virtue, greatest in the divine
power of making the highest aspirations
of human hearts, and teaching by pre
cept and example that "nothing can
bring peace but the triumph of princi
ples."
His doctrine was self-reliance. "Nev
er strike sail to a fear. Come into port
grandly or sail the seas with God. Trust
yourself and God, and all things are
possible. Faith and veracity will save
any soul." These truths he taught in
his poetry and prose, and the mingling
of both which was his life.
"Ain I right in calling you aChristinn
theist?" asked a friend, when different
sects were contending for the philoso
pher, who belonged to a broader church
than any of them.
"Yes, and do not leave out the Chris
tian," he answered.
If any doubted his belief in immor
tality, his dying whisper of "reunion
with the boy" (the beloved little son
lost long ago) would set such doubts at
rest; for in those solemn moments the
soul stands face to face with God and
speaks the truth that is in it.
Under the pines which he loved so
well our poet lies among his kindred,
and children cover his grave with flow
ers ; hut for him there is no death, and
ail our memories are happy, hopeful
ones, we imagine him enjoyingthe larger
life of which his own was a beautiful
foreshadowing. L. M. ALCOTT.
From DemoresCs Monthly Jor -Udy.
Receipt for Preserving Meat.
There is no good reason why farmers
and families should eat ao much Bait
pork, leaving all the fresh meat to the
inhabitants of cities and villages, when
the following method will keep meat
fresh for weeks even in the warmest
weather. I have tried it for more than
ten years. As soon as the animal heat
is out of the meat, slice it up ready for
cooking. Prepare a large jar by scald
ing well with hot salt and water. Mix
salt and pulverized saltpeter. Cover
the bottom of the jar with a sprinkle of
sail and pepper. Put down a layer of
meat, sprinkle with salt and pepper the
same as if it was just going to the table,
and continue in this manner until the
jar is full. Fold a cloth or towel and wet
in strong salt and water in which a lit
tle of the saltpeter is dissolved. Press
the cloth closely over the meat and aet
it in a cold plftce. He sure to press the
cloth in tightly aseach layer is removed
and your meat will keep for mouths. It
is a good plan to let the meat lie over
night, after it ia sliced, before packing.
Then drain ofF all the blood that oozes
from it. It will be necessary to change
the cloth occasionally, or take it offend
wash it first in cold water, then scald in
salt and water as at first. ID this way
farmers can have fresh meat all the year
round. I have kept beef that was kill
ed the 12th of February till the 21st of
June. Then I packed a large jar of veal
in the same way during the dog days,
and kept it six weeks. This receipt is
worth the price of any newspaper in the
land.
CORRESPONDENCE Philadelphia Times:
While 1 was in a Western hotel a few
days ago I had an engagement for 3
o'clock sharp. I WAS still at the dinner
table at 2:30 o'clock and I had some
distance to go. I wanted a cup of
coilee. It was brought. For a wonder
it was hot. I quickly poured part of
the smoking beverage into my saucer
and was drinking it when a very pretty
girl, with banged hair and twenty-five
undred dollar diamonds in her ears,
Raid so that I could distinctly hear
her, to her mother, a fat woman, with a
3ueer top-not and three thousand
ollar diamonds. "Look, ma; what an
old fashioned way to drink." Ma
looked and snickered. I looked, took
in the bangs, the diamonds, and the
opportunity. Finishing my saucer of
coffee and looking the young woman
full in the eye, I said : "Yes, miss, it
is old-fashioneid, but if you possessed
old-fashioned manners you wouldn't
have notioed it." I waited for no re
joinder.
A Curious Way of Courting.
LOVE MAKING AND MARRIAGE AMONG TUE
CUOCTAWH STILL LIVING IN MISSISSIPPI
—AN INTERESTING DESCRIPTION.
The two thousand Choctaws still
living in their ancestral homes in
Mississippi retain in their pristine vigor
many of the usages of their ancestors.
Among these are the methods employ
ed in conducting a courtship and
marriage ceremony. When a young
Choctaw, of Kemper or Neshoba
county, sees a maiden who pleases his
fancy, lie watches his opportunity un
til he finds her alone. He then ap
proaches within a few yards of her
and gently easts a pebble toward her,
so that it may fall at her feet. lie
may have to do this two or three times
before he attracts the maiden's atten
tion. If this pebble throwing is agreea
ble, she soon makes it manifest; if
otherwise, a scornful look and a de
cided "ekwah" indicate that his suit is
in vain.
When a marriage is agreed upon
the lovers appoint a time and place
for the ceremony. On the marriage
day the friends and relatives of the
prospective couple meet at their re
spective houses or villages and thence
march toward each other. When they
arrive near the marriage ground—
generally an intermediate space be
tween the two villages—they halt
within about a hundred yards of each
other. The brothers of the woman
then go across to the opposite party
and bring forward the man and set
him down on a blanket spread upon
the marriage ground. The man's
sisters then do likewise by going over
and bringing forward the woman and
setting her by the side of the man.
Sometimes, to furnish a little merri
ment for the occasion, the woman is
expected to break loose and run. Of
course she is pursued, captured aud
brought back.
All parties assemble around the ex
pectant couple. A hag of bread is
brought forward by the woman's rela
tives aud deposited near her. In like
manner the man's relatives bring for
ward a hag of meat and deposit it near
him. The man's friends and relatives
now begin to throw presents upon the
head aud shoulders of the woman.
These presents are of any kind that
the donors choose to give, as articles
of clothing, money, trinkets, ribbons,
etc. As soon as thrown they are
quickly snatched off by the woman's
relatives aud distributed among them
selves. During all this tirue the cou
ple sit very quietly and demurely, not
a word spoken by either. When all
the presents have been thrown aud
distributed the couple, now man and
wife, arise, the provisions from the
lings are spread and, just as in civilized
life, the ceremony is rounded off with
a festival. The festival over, the com
pany disperse and the gallant groom
conducts his bride to his home, where
they enter upon the toils and responsi
bilities of the future.
CATFISH ARISTOCRACY.
Beauties of Civilisation Among Some of the
Kansas Crackers,
Gathered around a rusty stove choked
with soggy driftwood, lie drinks sod
corn from a tin cup, plays old sledge
upon the head of an empty keg, and
rtels home at nightfall, yelling through
the timber, to his squalid cabin. A
score of lean, hungry curs pour in a
canine cataract over the worn fence by
the horseblock as their master ap
proaches, baying deep mouthed wel
come, filling the chambers of the forest
with hoarse reverberations, mingled
with an exploaion of oaths and frantic
imprecations. Snoring the night away
in drunken slumber under a heap of
gray blankets, he crawls into bis muddy
jeans at sun up, takes a gurgling drink
from a fiat, black buttle, stoppered
with a cob, goes to the log pile by the
front door, and with a dull axe slabs off
an armful of green cotton-wood to mAke
a fire for breakfast, which consiats of
the inevitable "meat and bread," and
decoction of coffee burned to a char
coal and drank without milk and sugar.
Another pull at the bottle, a few grains
of quinine if it is ager day, a chaw of
navy, and the repast is finished. The
sweet delights of home have been en
joyed, and the spiritual creatures goes
forth invigorated for the struggle of
life, to repeat the exploits of every
yesterday of his existence. * * * *
An animal, bird, long-haired, unac
customed to the use of soap, without
conscience or right reason, gregarious
upon the bottom lands where they
swarm with unimaginable fecundity.
In times of peace they unanimousiy
vote the Democratic ticket. During
the war tbey became guerrillas and
bushwackera under Price, Anderson and
Quantrell; assassins; thugs; poisoners
of wells; murderers of captive women
and children; Backers of defenseless
towns ; bouse burners ; horse thieves ;
perpetrators of atrocities that would
muke the blood of Seboya run cold.
Worse Thau Mowing out the Gas.
Did you hear the story of a man in a
hotel who, meddling with the old style
bell rope in bed rooms to see what it
was, rang it unknowingly, and a servant
appeared ?
"Why, how do you do," he said, ex
tending his hand to the astonished ser
vant whom he thought a visitor. "Sit
down ; what can 1 do for vou f"
"Did you ring?" said the servant.
' Ring ? Why no. Ring what T There
ain't no bell here."
Then the servant explained the bell
rope and left.
After he had gone the man thought
he would try the bell rope just for fun.
He gave it a terrific pull and just
then the gong rang for dinner, and
thinking he had created an awful catas
trophe down stairs, he was greatly
alarmed, locked and bolted his door, |
and sat up all night expecting the ar
rival of the police.
Modesty.
True Modesty is of priceless worth.
It th the safeguard of women and
maidens. Its heart is a house-staying
heart, and that is the happiest. It ia
not found in a brazen-faced pacing of
the street the purposeless tramp that
hurries on to dishonor, and finds its
befouled and bitter end in a house of
harlots. It measures its friendships
by the pulse-beats of a pure heart,
and gathers them to its bosom, a
wealth of joy, to its brow, a crown of
honor. It walks through all the
numerous ways of life with the calm v
dignity of purity and womanliness. It **
blesses and dignifies all on whom the
light of its beauty falls. It faces death,
unstung by scorching regrets, strong
in the might of right. By the forces
of truth and power of love, every
mother should seek to imbue into the
very being of her child the beautify
ing and saving forces of modesty.
1 letter than to have a daughter run
loose and idle on the streets, is to see
her confined and making another bil
low in the graveyard. Better than to
have her heart bv the absence of
modesty become the multiplying seed
pot of lustful looks, would it be to see
her disfigured and made a miserable,
painful, repelling cripple all her life.
Modesty is the heart of womanhood.
It is the crown that enthrones woman
the true king of a man's heart and
home.
A Convenient Celestial Custom.
There is one custom in the Celestial
Empire there we would like to set
turned loose here. Boys in China are
not supposed to be responsible till
they arrive at about the age of twenty
years, and their parents are held ac
countable for all their crookedness,
just the same as the owner of any
other dangerous auimal is held re
sponsible for damages.
Supposing a boy walks up and
throws a stone through your bay
window that shatters a calla and busts,
the statue of .Sweet Singer of Michi
gan, you do not go out and chase him
four blocks with an iron rake and
club him till he gets out of reach, hut
you just get an old hoe handle that
swings easy, and you search out flu*
boys' parents aud wear them out with
that hoe handle ami mix them up
with the sand. Then if the boy dou't
behave himself you can go to other
relatives of his, and gradually enlarge
the circle of your acquaintance, until
you have mauled the entire relation
ship, even including the grand-parents
of the boy, and if auy of these people
resist they are subject to imprison
ment. The law, although apparent!}*
stringent, is a good one. It makes
parents take more interest in their
children aud look out for them more
accurately. It encourages parents to
know where their boys are, and to
keep their eyes on them.
m *
l'erry Belmont and the Georgian.
Last night Mr. I'erry Belmont c.arnc
down from New York. As the train
moved out of Jersey City tie attempted
to pass a burly Georgian, half intoxica
ted, who, .cigar in mouth, poured forth
smoke and profanity. "How many
more times are you going through
here ?" he growled ; "you've t.evn
through twice."
' 1 may go through a half dozen times
more," said Belmont, coolly and calm
ly. "I shall go through as often as I
please."
"Well, the next time you go through,"
saiil the big Georgian, "I'll choke you."
"1 think not," said Perry to the swel
ling bully. "And, by the way, what art
you smoking in the ladies' cor for?" By
a dexterous movement, without waiting
tor an answer, he knocked the Geor
gian's cigar from his mouth, and then
passed quietly on with: "We don't
want any more smoking or swearing in
this car."
The Georgia bully was speechless
with astonishment. When lie recover
ed himself he whistled softly, and turn
ing to a friend, said : "Game, ain't he?''
and went into the smoking car.
Ai.Tiiotrcn there are some men who
consider it manly to disparage women,
and never let slip an opportunity to
have a ffing at the sex, they are.happily,
in the minority. To most men there is
a tender memory of some loving, self
sacrificing woman who has done much
to develop what is manly to them, and
for whose dear sake all wotnenkind are
held in esteem. Illustrative of thiß
sentiment, a story is t >ld of two gentle
men traveling in a stage coach bound
for "Bell's Tavern," in Kentucky. In
the course of the ride one of them
began abusing women. The other sat
silent for a while, but at last it became
unbearable, when, bursting the door
open, be kicked the offender out of the
conch. The driver stopped, and the
culprit came up saying apologetically :
"I did not know that you were a mar
ried man, or 1 would not have spoken
as I did." "I am not married." the
man replied, "but 1 have—what I sup
pose you never had—a mother, and for
her sake no man shall speak against a
woman In my presence."
Cunt TOR LOCKJAW. —The following
is the Scientific American's remedy for
lockjaw. It is certainly very simple
and easily tried: Let auy one who haa |
an attack of lockjaw take a smalt
quantity of turpentine, warm it and
pour it over the wound, no matter
where the wound is, the relief will fol
low in less than a minute. Nothing
better can be applied to a severe cut or
bruise than cold turpentine, it will
five certain relief almost instantly.
urpentine is also a sovereign remedy
for croup. Saturate a piece of flannel
with it and place the flannel on th
throat and cheat, and three or four
drops on a lump of sugar may be taken
inwardly.