FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
"Keep a Stiff Upper Lip."
There hen something none wrong,
My brave boy, it appears,
For I see your prond truggle
To keep hack the tram.
That Is right. When you on not
Give trouble the allp.
Then beitr It, nf 111 keeping
11 A stiff upper Hp."
Thongh yon flan not earape
Dtaappointment and care,
The next beat thing to do
la to learn bow to bear.
If, when for life's prises
You're running, you trip,
Get up-atart again,
. " Keep a atlff upper Up t"
PhaU Cart.
Stew af a Daley.
Far, far away, hundreds of mites from
here, in a field of Rrowing wheat, a little
daisy one day pnshed its way up to air
and light.
It was a very, very tiny affair indeed,
and the wheat that stood tall and green
above it, and bowed gracefully to the
Eassiug breezes, were altogether too
igh-minded to notice the struggling
young creature at their feet. But the
winds paused on their way to give a ten
der kiss, and the little thing took heart,
and reached out its arms to the sun
shine. Days and weeks passed, and by the
time the green wheat had turned to gold
the daisy had shot up into quite a vigor
ous plant. At last, when its loveliness
began to blossom into starry flowers, the
toll wheat did notice it in a patronizing
way.
' Pray, young friend," said the most
venerable among them, " who are you f "
"lama daisy," answered the little
plant, modestly.
" A daisy! and what sort of a creature
may that be ? What are you good for,
anyhow ?"
"I nm sure I don't know," timidly
answered the plant, "unless it is to bear
these flowers. The wind of tin tells me
they are very beautiful."
" Nothing but flowers 1" And here the
wheat rustled rather scornfully.
" My child," resumed the venerable
questioner, flowers are utterly useless
things. It is your duty to be useful,
not simply beautiful. You should bear
grain, as we do, for the benefit of man
kind." " Dear me, I don't know how," criod
the little plant, in despair.
Here a tall stalk of rye, who had trav
eled from afar, and who was, therefore,
much respected by the wheat, was ap
pealed to, and asked if he knew anything
of daisies in his country.
" Daisies daisies ?" he repeated,
lazily, bending his long neck to look at
the plant. " Ah, yes, I remember. We
have them in ourcountry. Trashy things,
though oouldn't bear the least grain if
they tried."
That settled it The daisy was left to
herself and they soon forgot the insig
nificant creature. Still she kept on
growing taller and broader, day by day,
and adorning herself with blossoms. At
last the time came when all the golden
heads above her fell before the sickle, and
the daisy was left alone in the field. But
she never minded that, it was so pleas
ant just to live. .Every Hour of ner life,
while the warm sunshine brooded lov
ingly above her, or the rain touched her
with soft showers, her happiness seemed
to grow. And one day, when the dainti
est flower of "all had blossomed out, she
whispeied to herself: " How glad lam
to be beautiful I"
Ah I what was that cruel iron thing
which came rushing over the ground,
tearing up earth and grass and weeds ?
A plough, surely. And, in a moment,
the daisy lay bruised and dying, her
roots turned up to the sun, and her
blossoms, the glory of her life, ruthless
ly torn from the stem.
But a warm hand picked up the little
flower, and a kindly Scotch voice mur
mured, "Pair thing, cut off in thy
prime I How could I be so cruel ? I
will e'en gang and write a tribute to thy
memory."
And the daisy, despised by the wheat
for being merely beautiful, became the
inspiration of a lovely poem by Robert
Burns, the Scottish poet. That is how
it happened those lines were written,
beginning:
Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r,
Thou'at met me in an evil hour."
Out of the Jurisdiction.
A good story is told of a Vermont ex
judge and ex-member of Congress. The
latter held court in Essex county when
a long-standing case in which an es
pecially sharp lawyer had been engaged
was heard. The judge ruled the law
points against the lawyer in question,
and he lost the case. After tea the
counsellor, who was staying at the same
inn in Guildhall with the judge, ap
proached the latter and invited him to
take a drive, and the judge accepted. A
few minutes behind a good trotter took
them over the line into New Hampshire,
when the attorney turned to his com
panion and said, "Judge, I presume,
now we are in New Hampshire, we are
peers ?" The court assented. " Well,"
rejoined the lawyer, "You blank old
fool, how came you to decide that case
against me?" and expending a part of
his temper upon the innocent animal
that drew the carriage, he sped away
from the line of Vermont, increasing his
vituperation with the distanoe from the
judge's jurisdiction. Finally, exhausted,
he turned his horse and drove back to
Guildhall. As the horse's hoofs sounded
on the bridge, whioh brought the riders
again in Green Mountain State, the now
serene lawyer gracefully raised his hat
and said, " Judge, we have had a very
pleasant ride together. I am greatly
obliged for your company, and hope at
some future occasion to have the honor
of a drive with you again.
Relics of General Washington,
The Lewis family of Virginia offer to
sell to the Government the following
reiios oi wasnmgton lor iz,uuu: "Mir
ror" chairs, one on which the General
sat a few minutes before his death; one
double brass candlestick, by whioh the
farewell address was written; silver can
dlesticks; one field glass; spy-glass used
in me xvevuiuiiuu; out) ledger Kepi
monthly by General Washington;
Knives, forks, one plated cake-basket;
portrait of Washington; tbe robe in
which he was christened; silver-plated
lamps; thirty-six pieces or china ware;
tne oedsteaa, presented to Mr. ijawrenoe
Washington by his friend, Admiral Ver
non, and by Lawrence left to his bro
ther, the General; several surveys made
by the General himself; one guitar, pre
sented by General Washington to Miss
Nellie OustiB- miniature portraits of the
General and Mrs. Washington, on wood,
painted by Trumbull; one shaving-glass
ib frame, with drawer; an engraving of
the Countess of Huntington, presented
by her to General Washington.
Nothing beats lightning for speed,
unless it is the way a boy jumps out of
bed when; after his mother has shouted
herself hoarse for him to get up, he
finally hears the tread of hlsl daddy's
boots upon the lower step of the stairs
pommg up,
ASSASSINATION OF RULERS.
A Thirty Tears' Recarrf la Rarepe and
, America ef Attempt the Lives af Jllea
. la Power.
1848 November 26. The life of the
Duke of Mod en a wan attempted. ' "
1849 June 21. The Crown Prince of
Prussia (the present Emperor of Ger
many) was attacked at Minden. . , ,
1851 May 22. Sefeloqne, a work
man, shot at Frederick William IV.,
King of Prussia, and broke his forearm.-
1850 June 28. Robert Pate, an ex
lieutenant in the army, attempted to
assassinate Queen Victoria.
1852 September 24. An infernal ma
chine was found at Marseilles with which
it had been intended to destroy Napo
leon III. .. .
1858 February 18. The Emperor
Francis Joseph, of Austria, was griev
ously wounded in the head while walk
ing on the ramparts at Vienna, by A
Hungarian tailor named Libzens. ' '" '
1853 April 16. An attempt on the
life of Victor Emanuel was reported to
the Italian Chamber.
1853 July 6. An attempt was made
to kill Napoleon III., as he was entering
the Opera Gomiqne.
1854 March 20. Ferdinand Charles
III., Duke of Parma, was killed by an
unknown man, who stabbed him in the
abdomen.
1855 April 28. Napoleon III. was
fired at in the Champs Elysees by Gio
vanni Pianeri.
1856 April 28. Raymond Fuentes
was arrested in the act of firing on Isa
bella, Queen of Spain.
1856 December 8. Agesilas Milano,
a soldier,- stabbed Ferdinand UX, of
Naples, with his bayonet.
1857 August7. NapoleonllX again.
Bartoletti, Gibaldi and Grillo were sen
tenced to death for coming from London
to assassinate him.
1858 January 14. Napoleon IIL for
the fifth time. Orsini and his associ
ates threw fulminating bombs at him as
he was on his way to the opera.
1861 July 14. King William, of
Prussia, was shot at by Oscar Becker, a
student, at Baden-Baden. Becker fired
twice at him, but missed him.
1862 -Decembor 18. A student named
Dossios fired a pistol at Queen Amalia,
of Greece (Princess of Oldenberg) at
Athens.
spl863 December 24. Four more con
of irators from London against the life
Napoleon IIL were arrested at Paris.
1865 April 11. President Linooln
was shot by J. Wilkes Booth.
1866 April 6. A Russian named
Kavarasoff attempted Czar Alexander's
life at St. Petersburg. He was foiled
by a peasant, who was ennobled for the
deed.
1867 The Czar's life was again at
tempted during the great Exposition at
a review in the Boi de Boulogne at
Paris.
1868 June 10. Prince Michael, of
Serbia, was killed by the brothers Rad
warowitch. 1871 The life of Amadeus, then new
ly King of Spain, was attempted.
1872 August. Colonel Gutieriez as
sassinated President Balti of the Rermh-
iio oi rem.
1873 January 1. President Morales,
of Bolivia, was assassinated.
1875 August. President Garcia Ma-
eno, of Ecuador, was assassinated.
1877 June. President Gill, of Para.
gnay, was assassinated by Commander
1 -
moias.
1878 -May 11. The Emperor William,
of Germany, was shot at again, this
time by Emile Henri Max Hoedel, alias
Lehmann, it will be remembered, fired
three shots at the emperor, who was re
turning from a drive with the Grand
Duchess of Baden, but missed him.
To this list we must now add a fourth
attempt on the life of the Emperor
William, at uernn.
A Model Tree.
The valuable properties of oak and
teak and certain other hard woods in
resisting the ravages of decay and of
destructive insects are surpassed by a
species oi iiiuoer growing in vv eBiern
Australia and other parts of the great
island continent, called larraa. which.
though often erroneously referred to as
mahogany, is a species of the family of
gum trees, or eucalyptus. The wood of
all these trees, notwithstanding the
enormous size which they attain and the
astonishing rapidity of their growth, is
of excellent quality; but in jarrah all
the properties of nearly every species
of highly-prized woods are combined.
The great size of the tree places it far be
fore boxwood, which can only be obtain
ed in small pieces, and makes it take rank
even before teak, oak and other giants
of the forest. The straiKhtness of the
trunk places it on an equality with fir.
Its rapid growth renders it more valua
ble to the land owner than oak, and in
its power of resisting the attacks of in
sects it excels all other kinds of timber.
The much-dreaded terede navalis, or
ship worm, cannot pierce its network of
holes in a pile of jarrah. The white ant,
as destructive on land as the terede in
the sea, avoids it, and fungus and other
parasitio growth are equally powerless
against the soundness of this model tree.
Recent experiments have demonstrated
that the faculty thus pre-eminent in the
jarrah wood is to be attributed to the
existence in the tissues of the plant of
sulphate of copper, in such quantities
that from a block of the wood enough of
the poisonous salts have been extracted
to kill several mice. Thus we find na
ture adopting the same means of pro
tecting certain trees as man has employ
ed without knowing that there was suoh
a good precedent for the practice. To
"pickle ' railway sleepers and other tim
ber exposed to the action of the atmos
phere, or of other destructive agenbies, in
a solution of sulphate of copper has been
a favorite remedy with engineers. A
curious, but not snrnrisinc. fact has
been brought to light in the course of
recent investigations connected with the
growth of jarrah, viz., that its preserva
tive properties are derived from the soil,
an 1 that a tree grown in unsuitable soil
is in this, as in every other respect, in
ferior to one grown in localities where it
can absorb from the earth the salts
whioh, in its best condition, form so
large a constituent.
Logic.
He who would thrive must rise at live.
So says the proverb, though there is
more rhyme than reason in it, for if
He who would thrive moat rise. at five, . .
it must follow naturally,
He who'd thrive more must rise at four:
and it will insure a oonsequenoe that,
He who'd still more thriving be,
Must leave his bed at turn of three;
And who this sitter would outdo,
. Will rouse him at the stroke of two.
And. bv wav of climax to it all.
it
should he hela good that
He who'd never be outdone,
Hast ever rise as soon as one.
But the best illustration would be;
He who'd flourish best of all,
Should never fo to bed at alL
1 Summer Fashions In Hat.
A great mhhy changes have arisen in
the latest styles for summer wear,' Skill
ed American fingers have toned down
the1 too' gay ornamentation of French
models, and so there is less gilt and
glare of tinsel A picturesque eccen
tricity has been developed in the fash
Ion of the Gainsborough bonnet, play
fully christened by a belle the "Dilem
ma," the brim being slit to form two
horns, one of which is intended to stud
up, the other to lie flat, and so one is
between the two horns of a dilemma, to
decide whioh shall be the most becom
ing. Other summer bonnets called the
Incroyable, Are olose copies of the styles
worn in the days of the French revolt
tion. The strings pass over the Square
crown and tie the wide brim down at the
sides under the chin. A cluster .of
flowers is placed high upon the crown or
else a graceful little bunch of ostrich
feather tips nods coquettishly over the
front. All of the late shapes are very
much larger than those exhibited at the
early openings. Brunettes are advised
to wear the new, large, deep yellow
Leghorn bonnets of the Watteau style.
The brim is faced with olive, bronze
brown, citron, or black velvet, and there
are gilt beads for a bordering on the
brims; the flowers are damask roBe-bnds,
half hidden in mossy foliage and dark
twigs. The large Alsatian bow and
strings are ribbon corresponding in
color with the velvet j.facing. For
blondes, these bonnets are faced and
trimmed with delicate blue, cream-color,
mastio or Jacqueminot red, and grace
ful, creamy feathers bend toward the
front. The fine white French chip
bonnets of the Watteau, Inoroyable or
Marie Stuart shapes are very elegant
taimmed with white satin and edged
with pearls, and a cluster of cream and
pink roses or perhaps simply a panache
ot curling, creamy ostrich feathers. In
side the brim a classical or Greek fillet
of velvet or pearls is placed t rest upon
the hair.
Some of the garden hats of Charles I.
are seen in Leghorn bent over the brow,
and trimmed with wild roses and straw
berry vines twined about the crown.
Others have clusters of cream and pink
rohes, or a bunch of creamy featners
half -concealing a branch of lovely red
strawberries. These are for garden
parties, dejeuners, croquet. The Peg
Woffiogton and Fra Diavolo are suc
cessful rivals for driving and out-of-town
use; broad-brimmed and pictur
esque, the brims are faced with velvet or
satin or shirred silk, edged with gold or
silver braid, or beads or gilt or amber.
Clair de luue beads are blackballed, but
jet is equally fashionable iu wide bands
of jetted passementerie edged with vel
et, and feathers tipped with jet. The
trimming is black velvet, tri-colored
roses, clusters of May blossoms,
June roses, apple blossoms, and
haw thorn e and violets, or bunches of
wild flowers composed of marguerites,
southernwood, ivy leaves and butter
cups. Chip hats of these shapes come
also in bright colors, which range from
lightest cream and putty to all shades of
brown. They are trimmed with beige
uoiors to ma ten in satin ribbon strings,
an Alsatian bow placed on top. Black
chip hats of' these two shapes are be
coming when simply edged with a gold
braid upon the black velvet facing, and
having a long black ostrich plume float
ing over the crown and held in place
uy a jet ana goia ornament, Jj'ancy
straws and chips for walking or travel
ling come in both pale and dark beige
shades. Theso hats are simply trimmoil
with beige moss grenadine and ostrich
tips; again the edges are bound with
velvet of the same color, and a velvet
band surrounds the crown. Others
have a trimming or bias silk laid in loose
folds, corresponding with the dress, or
scari oi gauze. x earners and an or
nament of gilt or jet. or two wines.
are used in place of flowers. For ladies
who have passed their first youth there
are wide-brimmed garden hats of Leg
horn, elegantly trimmed with lace, laid
on in close plaits reaching to the edge of
the brim. A cluster of feathers placed
nign upon one side is kept in place by a
jewelled clasp. The new embroidered
veils are so injurious to the eyes that
they are not to be recommended. Very
long beige-colored soarfs of eilk grena
dine and gauze are also worn on travel
ling - hats, laid across the front of the
hat, crossed behind and brouerht looselv
around and then tied carelessly under
tne chin; the portion on the front can
be drawn down over the face if required.
Blue silk grenadine long scarfs are also
fashionably worn as described, but are
less useful on many accounts.
Country hats for young girls are made
of coarse straw, trimmed with a full
wreath of wild flowers and . wild straw
berries with natural leaves and dark
mosses. Another style shows the black
or rough-and-ready coarse straw hat
drooping over the face, with the back
brim upturned; placed inside is a large
Alastian bow of black velvet or Jac
queminot red ribbon, and a long ostrich
feather curls over the crown. The Ty
rolean shape for ohildren is new, turned
up on one side: the Alpine peak, sailor.
jockey and Scotch hats make up the re
mainder of the styles for the little peo
ple.
The St. Bernard Dog.
This, which is a variety closely allied
to the Newfoundland .breed, has been
trained by the benevolent monks of the
convent near the top of the mountain of
Great St. Bernard, to hunt out and extri
cate suoh unfortunate travelers as may
have been buried under the snowdrifts
or avalanches while attempting the
neighboring dangerous pass between
Switzerland and Savoy. One of these
noble animals was decorated with a
medal in consequence of his having saved
at different times the lives of twenty-two
persons, who must otherwise have per
ished. In the museum of Berne is still
preserved the stuffed skin of "Barry,"
another of these dogs, together with the
bottle and oollar whioh he bore in bis
lifetime; for the monks, with a provident
care to afford every chance of escape to
the unfortunate travelers, fasten a flask
of spirits about the neck of the dog be
fore he starts on his search. '"Barry"
having discovered a boy, whose mother
had been destroyed by an avalanche, un
hurt and asleep in the hollow of a
glacier, and almost stiff with cold, de
livered to him tbe bottle suspended from
his neck; and when the boy had refresh
ed himself he found means to persuade
and prevail upon him to mount on his
back, nd thus carried the little fellow
to the gates of the convent. . This dog
Lad been the means of .rescuing from
death upward of forty persons before he
was superannuated, when he was sent
to pass the remainder of his days on a
pension in a more genial climate.
His mother was mending his primer,
whioh showed sad evidence of wear and
tear. He looked on for a while in a
brown study, and then said, u Ma, why
are you like one of them prize opera
singers f " "I am ure I do not know,
my child. Why t' ." Because you're a
primer- darner,
I A Living' llfammy.
No, 2911 Broadway, St. Louis, is the
house of a man named Christian H.
Tiepel, who lives therewith his wife and
onlv 'daughters The man Is a shoe
maker, but there appears little neces
sity for a pursuit of his trade since the
family are in good circumstances, Tie
pel being reported as worth from fif
teen to twenty thousand dollars. ' ; Tie
pet himself, is a quiet, mild-mannered
man, past middle-age, who attends to
his work, and who, from his own half
admissions, is not altogether the auto
crat Of the household. Mrs. Tiepel is a
woman of perhaps sixty years of age, of
decided force of character, and with
what appears to be a singular monoma
nia,' The daughter, seventeen years of
age, has, save to a very few, been until
lately a nonentity. For the last ten
years, though neither a cripple nor in
danger of death, she has been in bed. '
A reporter found Mr. and Mrs. Tiepel
at their house. They were very much
averse to admitting him or conversing
with him, but at length the woman said:
" My daughter ' has a fever in her
breast. She has had it since she was
born. She gets it from me. I have it,
too. I told my husband of it before we
were married, but he does not believe it.
When my daughter was very little, I
bathed her with saltpeter water; Do
you know what that is?" , .
"No."
" Then you don't know much."
" Oh, I know what it is, of course, I
meant only that I did not understand
your use of it."
" Well, saltpeter water, when you are
sick as we are, makes you strong and
happy. It does that for three months.
Only when you are bathed in it, and it
makes you feel better, it makes who
ever is with you sick, just as you have
been. My husband was sick when I
bathed in it. After three mouths bath
ing the saltpeter water makes you well
no longer, but sick if you continue it.
When my daughter was seven years old
I bathed her no more that way, but put
her in bed. She has been there since.
Not in bed all the time, but in the room.
The reason of this is that the air or the
sun would kill her. Sometimes the
blood goes to her head. I have wrapped
her in flannel to keep the blocd tight
and away from her head, and have out
off her hair and put on a hood like this.
My husband does not think she is sick,
and says she should work and go out,
and has made me great trouble but I
must endure that.!'
"Does your daughter think she is
ill?" . ... .
" Oh, yes, she knows it."
The visitor wanted to see the invalid,
but the "old lady's concessions had
reached their limit. He next sought
for Mr. Tiepel, but he had disappeared
totally. From the account of the police
man who had actually seen the girl,
though further facts were obtained:
The young woman was ssventeen
years old in April, aud has not been out
of the house since she was seven. She
lies in bed a veritable mummy, with the
hair cut short and the head 'encased in
an enormous hood. Her legs, arms and
body are wrapped in red flannel, and she
has the appearance of a person weigh
ing at least two hundred pounds, though
rather slight of figure. Her face, from
the long (confinement of years, has as
sumed a wonderful whiteness, but oth
erwise she does not appear to be ill. She
appears from her conversation to possess
intelligence, though she seems patient
in her situation, having probably be
come impressed with her mother's idea
that should tlu i .tk. v- .. Dum
shed its rays upon her she would die.
She is never allowed, even when out of
bed, to sit at the table lest an unex
pected current of air should reach her,
and, part of the time, when in bed she
is kept between mattresses of feathers.
Mr. Tiepel was interviewed by the offi
cer, and stated that he thought the
course pnrsued by the girl all wrong;
that he had combated Mrs. Tiepel's
mania for years, but in vain. He did
not know what to do in the matter.
Inquiries made further in relation to
the singular case elioited the fact that
the young lady is the last of a family of
nine children, and it may be that it is
this sad experience whioh has led
the mother to the belief that the only
way to preserve the life of the one re
maining to her is the adoption of the re
markable course of the past ten years.
Upon one subject she is apparently a
monomaniac, though a loving and ten
der one. It was learned that physicians
had been once or twice called in to pre
scribe for the girl, but that when so
called they had been allowed merely to
prescribe medicine, not to consider and
treat the case fully.
The Rock or Gibraltar.
Three of its sides are so precipitous
as to be wholly inaccessible, and the
fourth sidt sloping down to the water,
is protected by about 1,000 pieces of
artillery. The Moors were finally ex
pelled from the fortress by the Spaniards
in 1462, and tbe latter then greatly
strengthened it, and supposed they had
made it impregnable, but it was cap
tured by a few British sailors, under
Sir George Rook, in 1704, and the most
desperate and most persevering efforts
have been unavailing to retake it. In
1713 it was confirmed to Great Britain
by the treaty of Utrecht. The Spaniards
attacked it with a large force in 1727,
and iu 1779 the assault was renewed by a
combined French and Spanish fleet.
This latter siege lasted three years. By
June all communication between the
rock and the mainland was cut oft, and
the following month the fortress was
completely blockaded. The besiegers
brought to bear all the resources of war,
by land and sea, and their operations
were directed by the ablest French and
Spanish engineers; a powerful fleet an
chored in the bay, and for three weeks
an incessant bombardment was kept up
from eight mortars and 200 pieces of
battering cannon. The garrison made a
sortie on November 27, 1781, and de
stroyed the enemy's works, but the
allies soon reconstructed them and
brought 1,000 pieces of artillery to play
against the fortress, an army of 40,000
men the meanwhile besieging it by land,
while forty-seven ships of the line and a
great number of smaller vessels men
aced it by sea. Admiral Rodney having
succeeded in throwing relief into the
fort by defeating tbe French fleet, the
garrison were greatly enoouraged, aud
by discharging. red-hot shot, silenced
the enemy's enormous floating Latteries
and burned many of their ships. Niae
of the batteries were set on Are. About
400 of the crews were saved by the ex
ertions of the British, but the rest all
perished in the flames, explosions or
drowning; afterward the besieged were
reinforced, but they had lost only six
teen men throughout the attack.
vxmwu, ivu. -Hwum yearn
ago but seven metals had been dis.
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Al. Al . -at k Si . .
whioh. Tinarlv thrM.flfti.li-
fawV 1 WCTOAA
made known to us since the begimfcimy
Obeisances.
Bpeaking of a party of Bhoshones
surprised by them, Lewis and Clarke
say: " The other two, an elderly woman
and a little girl, seeing we were too near
for them to escape, sat on the ground,
and holding down thoir heads seemed as
if reconciled to the death which they
supposed awaited them. The same
habit of holding down the head and in
viting the enemy to strike when all
chanoe of escape is gone is preserved in
Egypt to this day." Here we are shown
an effort to propitiate by absolute sub
mission; and from nets so prompted orig
inate obeisances. When, at the outset,
in illustration of the t .-uth that cere
mony precedes not only social evolution
but even human evolution, I named the
behaviour of a small dog whioh throws
itself on its back in presence of an
alarming great dog, probably many
readers thought I was putting on this
behavior a somewhat forced construc
tion. They would not have thought so
had they known that a parallel mode of
behavior occurs among human beings.
Describing the Batoka salutation, Liv
ingstone says: They throw them
selves on their backs on the ground,
and, rolling from side to side, slap the
outside of their thighs as expressions
of thankfulness and welcome." Whether
or not consciously adopted for this rea
son, the assumption of this attitude,
whioh implies, " You need not subdue
me; I am subdued already," is the best
means of obtaining safety. Resistance
generates antagonism and arouses the
destructive instincts; and by prostra
tion on the back, which perhaps more
man any otner position, mattes self-defence
impracticable, resistance is I
negatived. I say perhaps, because an
other attitude may be instanced as
equally helpless whioh more elaborately
displays complete subjugation. "At
Tonga Tabu the common people show
their great chief the greatest respect im
aginable by prostrating themselves be
fore him, and by putting his frot on
their necks." The like occurs in Africa.
Laird says the messengers from the
King of Fundah " each bent down aud
put my foot on their heads." And
among historio peoples this position, or
iginated by defeat in battle, became a
position assumed in acknowledging sub
mission. From these primary obeisan
ces, thus representing, as literally as
may be, the attitudes of the conquered
beneath the conqueror, tuere come
obeisances which expresss in various
ways the subjeotion of the slave to the
master this last being the sequence of
the first Of old in the East suoh sub
jection was expressed when " Ben-had-ad's
servants girded sackcloth on their
loins, and put ropes on their heads, and
came to the King of Israel. " In Peru,
where the militant type of organization
was pushed to so great an excess, Garo
ilasso tells us that a sign of humility
was to have the hands tied aud a rope
round the neck; that is, there was au as
sumption of those bonds which original
ly marked captives brought from the
battle-field. Along with this mode of
simulating; slavery, another mode was
employed when approaching the Ynca;
servitude had to be indicated by carry
ing a burden; and "this taking up a
load to enter the presence of Atahu
allpa is a ceremony which was per
formed by all the lords who have
reigned in that land. Herbert Spencer
in Fortnightly Review.
What Birds Accomplish.
The swallow, swift, and nighthawk
are the guardians of the armnanhere,
Tu.j- .lioua, tne increase of insects thai
otherwise would overload it. Wood
peckers, creepers, and chicadees are the
guardians of the trunks of trees. War
blers and flycatchers protect the foliace.
Blackbirds, crows, thrushes, and larks
protect the surface of the soil. Snipe
and woodcock protect the soil under the
surface. Each tribe has its respective
duties to perform in the economy of
Nature, and it is an undoubted fact that
if birds were all swept off the face of the
earth man could not live 'upon it: vege
tation would wither and die; insects
would become so numerous that no liv
ing being could withstand their attacks.
The wholesale destruction occasioned by
grasshoppers which have devastated the
West is to a great extent, perhaps, caused
by the thinning out of the birds, such
as grouse, prairie hens, etc., which feed
upon them. The great and inestimable
service done to the farmer, gardener.
and florist by the birds is only becoming
known by ' sad experience. Spare the
birds and save the fruit; the little corn
and fruit taken by them is more than
compensated by the quantities ot nox
ious insects they destroy. The long
persecuted crow has been found, by ao
tual experience, to do more good by
the vast quantities of grubs and in
sects he devours than the harm he does
in the grains of corns he pulls up. He
after all is rather a friend than an ene
my to the farmer. v
Are Yon Valuing I
If you are gaining a little every day
be content. Are your expenses less
than your income, so that, though it be
a little, you are yet constantly accumu
lating and growing richer ever day. Be
content, for as concerns money you are
doing well. Are you gaining knowledge
every day? Though it be little by lit
tie, the aggregate of the accumulation,
where no day is permitted to pass with
out adding something to the stock, will
be surprising to yourself. Solomon did
not become the wisest man in the world
in a minute. Little by little never
omitting to learn something, even for a
single . day always reading, always
studying a little between the time of
rising up in the morning and lying
down at night; this is the way to accu
mulate a full storehouse of knowledge,
Finally, are you daily gaining in charac
ter ? Be not discouraged, because it be
little. The best men fall far short of
what they would wish to be. It is some
thing, it is much, if you keep good reso
lutions better to-day than you did yes
terday, better this year than you did
last year. Strive to be perfect, but do
not become down-hearted so long as you
are approaching nearer and nearer to
the high standard at whioh you aim.
Little by little fortunes are accumu
lated; little by little knowledge is gain
ed; little by little character and reputa
tion are achieved.
Some years ago a man in the north of
England proposed for a small wager
"that he would, at four distinct inter
vals, deprive a bull dog of one ot his
feet by amputation, aud that, after every
individual deprivation, he should attack
a bull with his previous ferocity; and
lastly, that he should continue to do so
upon his stumps." The experiment was
made, and the result demonstrated the
truth of the prediction.
A country subscriber wants advice on
the best way to raise his boys. It de
pends altogether on how high he wants
to raise them. A number twelve boot
might raise them a moderate send-off.
Keeping the jelly on the upper shelf is
also a good idea. Cincinnati Breakfast
Table,
TIMELY TOPICS.
It is estimated that American tourists
will leave $20,000,000 in Europe this
year. Of this sum a large slice will be
absorbed by Paris. . ; . :
There is no immediate prospect of a
cessation of the distress in China, Large
quantities of grain are being conveyed
into the famine districts.
Isaac White, who has just died, at
Toronto, at the age of eighty-seven,
fought in the war of 1812, and was by
the side of General Brook when he fell
in the battle of Queenstown Heights.
Kwoh Sung Tao, the Chinese Ambas
sador to England and France, has writ
ten a book of travels, whioh has been
suppressed by his government as giving
too flowery a picture of civilisation out
side of the flowery kingdom.
I am compelled to show you how
people die," said, courteously, Leopold
de Miohele, and old officer of the Italian
army, to an official in Rome to whom he
had vainly applied for relief, and draw
ing a sharpened wire from his bosom he
drove it into his breast.
Texas contains an estimated popula
tion of 2,000,000. It receives an annual
increase by immigration alone of 250,
000. There are produced in the State
annually about 700,000 bales of cotton.
The value of this crop is 830,000,000.
The annual export of cotton is estimated
at 10,000,000 in value, of wool at 81.-
500,000, of hides at $1,800,000, of beef
in barrels and cans at $2,000,000. and
other produots beside wheat at $3,000,-
uuu. xne present wneat crop will bring
between six and Beven million dollars.
Nf.w York Evening Post.
In the office of the Virginia Citv
(Nev.) Enterprise there is said to be a
compositor who wears a galvanio belt as
a preventive of rheumatism and kindred '
oomplaints. Of late, however, he has
thought he was not deriving the usual
benent from his belt. It did not seem
sufficiently powerful to ward off the i (
fects of cold snaps and sudden changes
of the weather. He has therefore placed
on the floor behind him a battery of
half a dozen itirs, from whioh a wiro for
conducting a generous supply of elec
tricity extends to the belt. Now every
time he puts piece of type in his stick a
Bpark flies from it.
The county infirmary, one mile from
Zanesville, Ohio, came near being the
scene of a terrible disaster on a recent
Friday. John Jones, an inmate of the
institution, who had been adjudged inr
sane, became furious and set fire to some
bedding and furniture. Mr. Christie,
the superintendent, was absent, and
things would probably have taken a des
perate turn had not Mrs. Christie's ex
cited cries for help brought to her assist
ance several gentlemen who were in the
vicinity. On the doors of the room be
ing thrown open a terrible scene was
presented to the eyes of the spectators.
The ward was full of smoke and fire,
while the excited madmen under the
leadership of Jones, many of them de
nuded of their clothing, were dancing
around the room and indulging in de
moniao yells.- Jones was seized and
handcuffed. A revolver and some twenty
cartridges were found on his person.
The fire was extinguished aud good or
der restored.
Mothers ! Mother ! ! Mothers ! ! ! Deo't
fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothine Bymp
main cUnoi ou. in 0tiev6Fui6 uuiior from Da
cares wind oolic, regulates the bowels, and, by
Rmug ruiiei ana neaitn to inecnua, gives rest if
tbe mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy.
IlnnlfvB V.n.r VawIv.
There is probably no other baking powder
manufactured that has become so much of a
household word as Doolev'a Yeast Powder.
For twenty years it has stood before the Dublio.
and the innumerable teetimonials that have
been called forth voluntarily, testify fully to
its nieniH.
Old Dr. Johnson was a benefactor. Beventv-
flve years ago he invented what is now called
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, the wonderful
success of which in the cure of diseases of the
head, throat and longs is truly astonishing.
nu louiity eiiuuia do wimouiu.
Thousands of dollars might be annually
saved to farmers if they would give freely of
Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders to their
horses, cattle, sheep, hoes, and fowl. Thev
prevent disease and promote the urowth. We
said Sheridan's. Those put up in large packs
are utterly worthless.
OHEW
The Celebrated
" Matobxiss "
Wood Tag Plug
TOBAOOO.
Thi Pioheeb Tobaooo Ookpari,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
Tee areiueet lfieeery or Ike Ac is Dr.
robiaa' celebrated Venetian Liniment I Su years before
the public and warranted to oar. Diarrhea. Oyeentery,
Oolio, and Speanu. taken internally ; and Oroup, Ohronio
Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Onto, Braises, Old Sores,
and Pains in the Limbs, Book, and Cheat, externally.
It has new failed. Ho family will en bo without it
after ones cirinc it a fair trial. Frio., 40 eente. Da.
TOBIAS' VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint
Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any
other, or NO PAY, for the euro of Oolio, Onto, Brnieea,
Old Bona, eta. Bold by all DroatiaU. Depot IO Park
Plaoa. Nw Vork.
Tbe markets.
saw Tons.
Beet Cattle Native
J9 & CM
T.IU an m.AankAA nil.
MUohOows.... 40 00 (70 30
Bogs Live, 03O OS
Dwesed Ot Ot
Bheep MXO t
Lambs 07Ha 0
Cotton Middling 10 (4 10
Flour Western Good to Oholoe... 4 OS 0 T 00
State Oood to Oholoe 6 44 13 T 00
Buckwheat, per owt 1 28 SIM
Wheat Red Weatern....... 1 li (117
No. Milwaukee. 1 10 (4 I 10
Jye State...... ...... ............ (7 fHM
Barley BUto. , 73 T4
BerleyMalt. .................. ...... t t
Bnokwheat go go
Oate Mixed Weatern...... , 99 a SIX
Corn Mixed Western.,.,. 40 iA 41
Hay, per owt... a) a to
Straw, per owt.. 1 n a to
gp ws-ei sca ....77s 0 a 10
fork Meas g 75 S 9 SS
UrA-Olty Steam 07X 07
rish .Mackerel, No. 1, new 14 00 018 00
" No. , new 8 00 0 9 00
Dry Cod, per owt.. , Ill 9 4 00
Herring, S .led, Per box.... 18 A 20
wl!?i'T,,.T0r" 07 Beflned, 11
Wool-oaltforr fl 32 ' a
J" " 11 m it
HAn,r" " 9 e m
etAtelX .................. at a IS
Butler State.. 14 A 9o
Weaterr -Oholoe 11 a 14
Western Uood U Prim.. 13 S 18
Western Firkins. 01 2 iu
Cheese Bute Factory 09 a inw
wI.Sf,n,,1 S
western OH a Ot
lgs Bute and PennayiTanla. .... 16 e im
SUVFAM.
Floor...... 4 Ti a 1 no
wheat-N. 1 Miiwauk...;.:;.:: 1 M I M
Con-Mixed a 41
a is
nye....... ...... ...... 4 9 H)i
i!r,,u-;: 78
Barley Malt 91 98
TTiAPTiflA.
Beef Oattle-lxtre. , . 08 C9
Flour f ennsylTanla Ixtra. 4 99 4 90
Wheat-KM Western..... ....... 1 t8 1 19
r"Vi'iX" . 99 4a
Oora Yellow...... .......... , 49 9 47
ft... "" 9lf
Oetl Mixed. .... 91 9 99
Petrolenin-Orod... MH1X Bellned, 11 H
Wool-Colorado ."..
li 59
California...... 10 0 49
vavmavowa, atAea
0af Cattle Poo to Oholoe. ....... 4 90 93 9 90
Sheep..MM...au. w... 9 00 a t II
1 00 A 9 9
ftTTNS &Kti frioeLuttree. Addr
V V 41 9 Great WeaUra Gea Woska, rttbnnbf?.
weowifs BanwomaL TnonHKi.f. wnhi and eolde.
50,000521
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p . nil I
Wilaon iOo..Jhiia.
lOlIB Fill
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r M I 3V Oraa
rasMntoa, N. J.
$330
flaliar. TMnw-wid Outfit Vn. AddM ,
f. J. Timva r t
tri rr.TDin BELTS.
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s ri r he.au nia
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A your Jeweler for iMjn
na-onw E
$10. $20. $50. $100.
Inreated jndloKm.ll In Stock. OP0' fPfoXZsit
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Fish and Fishing, grr&.i!
Rpinnitif, RoTlnir. Flr-Fi.lmm, New Worm Taekle,
if Ulna. Price, 10cfnt. Sold by Newsdealers ; sent
pout paid by Donnelley, Loyd (Jo- Pnba.. Chicago. .
Cook Book, ny' 1,IKI eoipea. Economi
cal, practical, palatable. Hay Manilla OoTera P'ioe,
only IO rente. Sold b Niwarlealere. Sent port paid
by DONNELLEY, LOYD CO., Pnha . Uhioano.
OTlJNNI OFKF.lt 6(1 eente pay. anbaorlptioB
O one yen r for two weekly newnpapera. W ot'lumna.
The N. V. Palladiom, edited by tbe great poet. .Kmrna
Oates Oonklin. and the "Mark Twain" of England
William B. Affleck: also the ytJrira(-poUire free.
Copiea free. Palladiom Pp., I College Plaoe, H. Y
FlowerSeeds Free-
Sample Seeda anl Annual Catalogue for a 8-oent atamp
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$1 0 g $25 l?u47-VTn Novelties
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ASTHMA.
Thouaanda of the worst eases of Aatbma hare been
relieved by ming Jo was Whitoohb's Rkmkdt. In no
oaae of purely Aatbmatio oharacter baa it failed to giro
relief.
Craoi--Ail, January 81, 1878.
Meaars. Jobkfb Bubmktt A Co., Boaton :
QmtUmin I am happy to be able to recommend to '
thote aufferlng from the ct.treaa ot Atlhm.v, your tain
able relief, Jonas WairuoMB's Aiuua Ksukdx.
Se far aa I hare need it my statement oonoure with
other, with whom I am t 'miliar, as to the moat faror
able resulU derived from it a nao.
J. N, DEaN,
Student t Clnci nniti Law Coll. ye.
Homes in Minnesota.
a 5:
FORTY MILLION bushels
01 wneat. maainx EIWIIT
Mil I. ION iiarral. of ari.,u.
worth over Kiliv illilllan
Uelliu-s. Til
IIITV.KIVK Mll.l.lliN hn.h.l.
or uat, -uora,
Rv. Barter. Buokwneat. und Pott.
worth over Twenty .Million Dnllara. Four hun
dred and Fire Ft.OURINU Fifuanhan.
area and elvn Kua , . of Htoue. Tbe
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The bt WaUr Power In tne United
SUWa. One hundred and twenty taouHHjte)
Ilor.e Power at. 81. Anthony Kalla atona. F1VB
111 M It Ml .III.I.I(IN VKKTot lumber aawed.
UREAT ItUoll for Choice WHEAT LANU8.
IMMENSE IMMIGRATION INT 1 878.
Nothing like it nerAnown. Twenty I III Thro
Ilunurra iHIIra at KullroH.l, A U anderery
train orowded. Laud ofiloea be egd witn thronga of
auplicanta. Wineonain, Iowa, and Kauaaa ataooomio.
We inrit. the world into the K.tiHIUK MTATR
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