Two Dollars per Annum.
HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
EIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, TA., THUBSPAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1881.
NO. 31.
NIL DESPERANDUM.
Trust Them as f.ong as Ton Can.
Look not with suspicion on others
Because at one time yon were foiled j
The world Is too full of misgivings,
With sin and doccit it is soiled.
Yot jndgo not too harshly the next 0110
Who may offor a friendly hand,
Nor think of yonr past wrongs too often,
But trust all as long as you can.
Speak not in rough words to tho fallen,
Perchance they may yet rise again;
Tliou little dost know their temptations,
" Thou little canBt feel their heart's pain.
If Clod In Ilis infinite mercy
Has spared yon the griefs they have felt,
Your heart should respond in thanksgiving,
And pride in humility melt.
There Is much to offend the senses,
There is much to disgust tho tasto ;
Yet often tho hest of material
May be gathered from seeming wasto.
'Tis not for us Unites to measure
To the depths of another's sin
God soos not, as man, but tho outward,
He looks at the motives within.
Our life has its sweet and its bitter,
And often the latter exceeds;
But t'on in tho fairest of gardens
We still can discover some weeds.
Yet our days might bo made much brighter
If we only would try this plan
Of seeking to cover men's failings ;
And trust all as long as ce can.
F. O. Drowning.
THE CANCELED DEBT.
" See, Vincent, I found this memo
randum among a package of grandma's
letters. It must have gotten there by
accident."
Vincent Tracy took the paper, yel
lowed by age, and glanced over it.
. Then he handed it back to his bister,
saying:
"It was just like grandmother. When
she did good it was always in that un
ostentatious way. Her right hand never
knew what her left had given forth. I
wish we might find a friend like her."
"So do I," said Gertrude, with a
sober look on her pretty face. " How
little she thought that even the sum
mentioned in this" holding up the
faintly traced lines and running her eye
over them mechanically " would be a
comparative fortune to us."
" I urn glad the kind old soul was
taken home before the losses came. We
are young and can bear disappoint
ment, and can struggle to make our
own way in the world. But our grand-motlit-r'would
have felt the difference
keenly."
" I dott quite understand how such
a large fortune could melt so suddenly.
!) vnn. Vincent? Has some ne
cheated ns V"
. "Jiu, Ueriie. It was all because of
tho wav the money was invested. Lawyer
Grey advised that it should be taken
from the bank and put into insurance
stock. Thrn came those firs in Chicago,
and afterward in Boston, and some of
the best companies burst up. Our
money went with them. Say, Gertrude,"
as a thought struck him, ' let ns try
and find who it was that grandmother
meant by those initials. If he was smart
ho may have made a fortune out of her
loan, and might be willing to give us
back what be borrowed. Four thousand
dollars would just enable me to finish
my law studies, and would give you the
last year at madam's. Then we'd both
have our diplomas, and might shake
onr fists in the face of the world before
we began to wrest our living from it."
Gertrude smiled at Vincent's boyish
speech, as she said, quietly:
" Wouldn't it be better to coax for
tune instead of to drive her?"
"That depends on circumstances.
Women, of course, have to be silky and
smooth-faced to get along."
"And men have to ape - their beards,
and be rough. Is that the idea, brother
mine?''
Vincent laughed. "That's it, sis,
exactly. But let me have another look at
that paper."
He took it in his hand and read aloud:
"Lent B. V. Z. to-day four thousand
dollars, which I drew irom the bank for
that purpose. I did not require a- note,
as I am old and may be called suddenly,
and would not press him for payment
until ready to make it. I have perfect
confidence in his honesty, and am sure
lie will return it at some future time, if
possible. If not, and his previous bad
fortune follows him in his new venture
he is about to make, I can afford to lose
the money, and he is welcome to it."
The date appended was twenty years
previous, and as Vincent was only
eighteen, while his sister was two years
younger, the loan had been made pre
vious to their births.
Mrs. Graham's only daughter had
married and gone with her husband to
India. Ten years had elapsed before
children had been given to her arms,
and so at the time the memoranda bore
date there was every prospect that the
race would die out with Mrs. Tracy.
" If grandmother had known that she
was to have us to leave her money to,
she would have been more careful of it.
Don't you think so, Gertie?"
i " I don't know," answered Gertrude,
thoughtfully. "At any rate, I am glad
she did as she did. I'm sure she had
treasures laid up in the right place."
Vincent's "Yes" woe an absent
minded one. IIo was in a brown study
about something. Then he said:
"Si, you are very handy in com
posing. Now you just put your wits
to work, and write an article relating to
this a sort of blind one, you know.
Say that if B. V. Z., or his heirs ore
living, they will hear of something to
their advantage by communicating with
V. T. No; with the heirs of B. G. "
"You mistake. Vincent. It would
be to our advantage."
'Don't interrupt," said Vincent,
loftily. " I look at it from the higher
plane. Isn t it purer pleasure to pay a
just debt than to feel that perhaps one
inas ueirauueu an orphan y"
, "isat it one knows nothing nh rmr if 9
If the person grandma loaned it to is
dead, would his children feel glad to
hear of such a large debt ? You know
that it was twenty years ago that this
happened."
Vincent looked slightly discomfited
at this view pf the subject,
But Gertrude, seeing that she had the
best of the argument, was magnani
mous, and did not follow up her victory.
She took up a pen, and, after a mo
ment's thought, wrote something on a
sheet of note paper.
' There, Vincent, will that answer ?"
'Vincent took it from her and read :
" If B. V. Z., or his or her heirs,
know anything of a sum of money
loaned a long time ago to B. V. Z.
(without any seourity but his promise to
pay as soon as able to do so), they will
confer a favor upon the heirs of B. G.
by communicating with them at their
convenience. Address V. T., Box 1181,
P. o.
"That's all right, Gertie. Copy it
right away, and I'll run to the office
with it."
"Running won't hurry the mail,
Vin," said Gertrude, pithily.
"Don't tease, Gertie. Girls are not
nice when they torment a fellow."
"But a 'fellow' needs to be kept
down a little, or he realizes too deeply
that he is a so-called Lord of creation,
you know, Vincent. But you are better
than most ; so I'll be your humble little
servant, and do as you say."
And the girl bent and touched her
Una tn her brother's forehead, with a
bright smile, which atoned for her teas
ing. Thn advertisement was duly inserted,
and for davs and weeks the two studied
the columns of the daily paper, hoping
for an answer. But none came, and at
last, in the pressure of newly-assumed
dutiee, all thought of it faded gradually
out cf their minds.
Vincent had found a position in a
store, and Gertrude had gone back to
her school as a pupil teacher, so as to
finish the nearly completed course of
study which had been interrupted by
her kind grandmother's death, and the
loss of fortune which had so speedily
followed it.
Timo passed on, and Gertrude was
graduated at the head of her class, carry
ing off high, honors.
She was at once offered a position in
madam's school at a good salary. She
accepted with a glad heart. Now she
could help Vincent to carry out his
heart's dearest wish, as her only expenses
would bo for her clothing, and she could
appropriate tho most of her earnings
toward paying for his tuition at the law
school.
" Wait. Gertie." said Vincent (clear
ing his throat of a lump which had come
into it as he had listened to her unself
ish offer), " until I get a start. It's
your turn now, but mine will come if
industry and perseverance can compass
it; then we'll see."
" I have no doubt you'll get me a
coach and four, Vin," said Gertrude,
with a slight touch of her old mischief
lurking about her lips and eyes; but
she sobered down at once and added,
seriously:
" Love me always as well as you do
now, and continue to be the same
steady, good-principled boy, and I shall
be the happiest, most contented sister
in the whole world."
Spite of Vincent's twenty years and
tall stature, Gertrude still called him a
boy; and that name from her lips
sounded in his cars with a music no
other title could have carried with it.
With the lapse of two more twelve
months Vincent Lad attained the first
stepping-stone toward success. He had
mastered the details of his chosen pro
fession, had passed his examination,
and his name was enrolled among those
who were considered competent to un
ravel knotty law points.
Judge Lorrimer, a famous jurist, had
taken a fancy to him, and admitted him
to his office, first as clerk, then after a
time as junior partner. He found his
position no sinecure, but he worked un
weariedly on, feeling no effort too great
that would help him on toward fortune
and fame.
One day, while searching for some
documents pertaining to an important
case, he came upon some papers yellow
with age, labeled " B. V. Z.'s Bonds."
The conjunction of initials was such an
unusual one, that Vincent's heart gave
a sudden bound. Surely he had come
at last upon a clew which would enable
him to find tho person to whom his
grandmother had made the loan. As
soon as he could gain Judge Lorrimer's
car he told him of his discovery, and of
his reason for being so much interested
in it. The judge listened with attention
until Vincent had concluded his Btory.
Then he said :
"Even if your surmises are correct,
my opinion is that you can do nothing
about it. Mr. Zennington has been
dead many years, and his heirs are
abroad. They were two grandchildren
a boy and a girl and as their father's
friends were in England, after their
mother's death they were, as a matter
ot course, sent to their natural guardians.
They must be grown up by this time."
A client entering stopped the conver
sation, and it was not again resumed.
Some months after Judge Lorrimer in
vited Vincent to a dinner-party.
"Be sure and come and bring your
sisterwilh yon," he said. "Iam ex
pecting some pleasant friends, and I
would like you to meet them."
It was quite an event in the lives of
the brother and sister. Their daily
duties allowed them but little recrea
tion. So when it did come they enjoyed
it all the more.
Among all the guests gathered to
gether within the judge's stately home,
none looked fairer or sweeter than Ger
trude Tracy in her dress of simple
white, and her Dreast-knot or velvet
leaved, golden-eyed pansies. Vincent,
too, oompared favorably with any of the
gentlemen present. Straight and broad
shouldered, with an expression in his
clear, dark eyes which told of a daunt
less spirit, and of a hopeful, sunny
nature, which is one of the most precious
of gifts within fortune's power to be
stow. He was seated at table beside a young
girl who was introduced to him as Miss
Montague. As he glanced at her he
could think of nothing but a modest
white rose. She was of a dainty fair
ness of complexion, with a faint pink
upon each dimpled cheeK. iter eyes
were as blue as forget-me-nots though
their color was rarely visible, so per
sistently did the white lids shut them
in. At first she was very shy, but after
a time Vincent succeeded in drawing
her out, and the two chatted away as
confidentially as though acquaintances
of years instead of houis.
Gertrude was equally well enter
tained. Her vis-a-vis was a courtly
mannered youth, who had evidently
seen much of the world, and his de
scriptions of continental society half
humorous, but without a touch of mal
iceheld the girl's pleased attention
until the party broke up.
The brother and sister weie very
silent as they went home, and, strange
to say, neither questioned the other as
to the cause of the unusual abstraction.
But the truth was each was recalling
the musio of the pleasantly modulated
voices which had so lately entranced
their ears, or were seeing again in mem
ory the witching glances , of bright
PVfiB.
Wliat was Vincent's surprise and
pleasure, some days later when the
judge came into the office with tho two
vounor strangers, who were brother and
sister, and introduced them again to
his vounar nrotesre; but this time he
added, turning to Claude Montague:
"Mr. Tracy is the young man of
whom I told you, Claude," and then
Vincent found his hand taken in a firm
clasp, and heard earnest words of grat
itude poured forth.
"Benjamin V. Zennington was our
grandfather, Mr. Tracy, and once, when
his fortunes were at an ebb so low that
ruin stared him in the face, a noble-
hearted friend gave him help. We
knew of this debt of gratitude, as in
after years ho used to talk about it,
But we my sister and 1 were so
young at the time of his death that the
name of his benefactress escaped our
memories. So we have never canceled
the debt."
" And we can never, never repay it,"
said the soft voice of Blanche Monta
gue; " for money alone would be pow
erless to do so. All we have in the
world is indirectly owing to your
grandmother's assistance."
As Vincent met the iraun gaze oi tne
soft blue eyes he thought how pleasant
it would be to cancel any debt in that
direction by asking for a very precious
gift herself. But as he did not put
his ideas into words Blanche was none
the wiser, although if eyes could have
spoken his ardent look would have soon
told his secret.
This discovery at once placed the
young people on the sure looting oi
friendship, and they were thrown to
gether very often, as a matter of course;
and need I tell my discerning reader
that at last the heirs of Mrs. Graham
and of B. V. Zennington became joint
possessors of both estates by entering
into that mystio alliance which is for
better or for worse ?
Thirty Royal Mummies.
It would not be easy to exaggerate
tho importance of the discovery of
thirty royal mummies in the " Gate of
the Kings," near Thebee. Every Egypt
ologist mutt envy UerrBrugsch for the
good fortune which awaited him wlieu
lie arrived in the Bab el Malook. The
thirty mummies which he found weie,
as he could read at a glance, though he
must have felt it difficult to believe his
eyes, those of all the most illustrious
monarchs of the most glorious epoch of
Egyptian history. There lay, side by
side, Queen Hatasoo, King Thothmes
III., acd King Rameses II., the great
Sesostris himself. Of kings of minor
note were nearly all those of the
eighteenth dynasty, together with the
father and grandfather of Ramses, and
his daughter, whose name, Mautnejem,
is new to us. But here the reports may
be in error, and the n?me be an unusual
form of Maut-notem, the grandmother
of Pinotem. The earliest mummy
found is that of Raskenen, a king of
that obscure dynasty which preceded
the eighteenth, and which is sometimes
reckoned the thirteenth, and sometimes
as the seventeenth. The latest body is
that of Finotem, the third king of the
twenty.llist dynasty, who reigned as
nearly as possible a millenium B. C.
In addition to the royal mummies a
multitude of objects bearing cartouches
will throw great light upon the succes
sion of these kings ; and the tent of
Pinotem, of leather, embroidered and
colored, and covered with hieroglyphics,
cannot fail to clear up some historical
difficulties as to the priest-kings of
Thebes. It has been suggested that
the mummy reported to bo that of
Thothmes ill. is in reality that of the
son of Pinotem, whose name, Ram en
Keper, is the throne name or title of
the great eighteenth dynasty monarch ;
but until all the inscriptions are read
this must remain matter of doubt
Saturday Review,
The Welsh People.
The Welsh people are simple in their
habits and very polite, writes a travel
ing correspondent. The peasant women,
always plainly dressed in short f locks, a
handkerchief tied around the neck and
shoulders, with a tall, conical-shaped
hat, seldom fail to make a courtesy
when they meet strangers or those of
the upper classes. The rich and poor
are proud of their Welsh origin, and
they are clannish and tenacious of their
language, customsand traditions. Their
church services are conducted in the
Wesh language, and they observe with
strict fidelity the church rules and regu
lations. The bulk of the better classes
belong to the Church of England, while
the poorer classes and peasants are
Methodists. During my stay over Sun
day I attended the Episcopal church
wi'h my friends. The services, of course,
were in Welsh. The minister noticed
that we had but one book between us,
and he walked down during the service
and handed us another one, in a simple
and quiet way. I noticed also that the
first lesson of the service was read by
theleader of the choir, while the sec
ond was read by one of the boys who
sang in the choir, and the whole congre
gation impressed one with the earnest
ness and devotional spirit they mani
fested through the whole service. The
language is built up largely of conso
nant, with but few liquid sounds, and
at first, and to a person not familiar
with it, souuds severe and harsh,
FOR THE LAMES.
A Prince of. Ilnytl.
The Boston Traveller gives this de
scription of a Haytian princess:
The lady was the Princess Soulouque,
daughter of the Emperor Soulouque,
who was driven from his throne three
years ago and died in exile in Jamaica.
Her face was a dead jet black, but the
features were softly molded, and with
a fine set of laughing teeth made her
appearance prepossessing. She wore a
jaunty white turban hat with an im
mense cardinal red feather floating
away behind like a ship's pennon. Her
riding dress was of sky blue, very long
and trailing in the dnst. Around her
waist was a broad gold sash, and in her
bosom she wore a sapphire brooch al
most as large as a saucer. She was
niountedTon a Venezuelan horse about
sixteen hands high, which was made a
present to her father by the president
of Venezuela, me norso was as re
markable as the woman on his back.
He was a'clear cream color all over the
body, with long snow-white mane and
tall, and'most admirable shape. The
ladies' riding-whip had a gold handle,
studded with precious stones, and the
bridle chain was of solid silver. She
wore yellow leather gloves, with gaunt
lets extending as far as the elbow. Her
voice had a tendency to falsetto, and its
tones were peculiarly entertaining to
hear. The princess, but no longer a
princess by tho laws of the land, was
educated iu Europe and spoke four
languages.
Fashion Notes,
Basques of watered silk will be worn
with skirts of surah, trimmed with
moire.
Blue denin blouses and overskirts
are worn over sgirts oi lawn tennis
stripes.
Large dots on black, white and col
ored net is the novelty of the passing
moment for street wear.
Stamped silks are to be tho novolty
of next season. The designs are taken
from playing cards and from Alhambra
wall decorations, or sometimes represent
Egyptian heads.
The eyes of peacock feathers are
massed to niako the Argus turbans in
which young girls delight, and wings of
a single dark color are added at each
side of the feuthor bands.
New round fans of pale lilac or deli
cate silver gray satin are painted with
pink geranium blossoms, bits of sea
weed, anemones, and pale blue corn
flowers, and are bordered with gathered
frills of pearl-wrought Spanish lace.
Blackberries, tomatoes, red and yel
low, greengages, dark red plums, hazel
nuts, elderberries, Scottish thistles,
acorns, caterpillars made of silk chenille
and birds' nests filled with tiny eggs
appear upon French bonnets for the
autumn.
A very pretty way for a voung girl to
arrange her hair is to drawit in smooth
waves off the forehead to the back,
where it may be curled in two short.full
curls, that are held together by an or
namented haiqun, a ribbon bow or a
small comb.
Shopping sachols of straw to be
suspended from the belt are made after
the fashion of tho flat, square Russia
leather or tinsel bags. They have
handle and clasps, and on the outside is
a tiny pocket just large enough to carry
a small bouquet of flowers.
Underneath tho tight-fitting princess
dress, inventive woman wears skirts of
washing silk, which fall well to the
figure. Soft curtain lace is also used
for these petticoats finished with full
coquilles of lace at the hem. The peep
one gets at them as the wearer moves
her train is very pretty.
Gimps of solid silk closely resem
bling the richest embroidery are among
the most elegant of fall dress tiimmings.
With those gimp3 come heavy cords
and elaborate pieces for especial pur
poses, shaped to fit the collar, cuff,
plastron, rever cr panel. Crochet and
silk buttons are greatly in use.
A dressy poke bonnet for tho fall is
made ofcream-colored straw, lined with
bottle-green velvet. The trimming
consists of two pheasants' wings posed
on the right side of the hat. On the
left is a cluster of crimson crushed
roses veiled with Spanish lace. The
broad strings of surah show a mixture
of crimson, cream color and dark green.
Velvet forms a very important factor
of the autumn fashions. Nothing ex
ceeds it as a trimming for richness and
elegance. Plush, though exceedingly
effective and elegant, is less durable
and really more expensive than velvet,
as the dampness quickly affects the
downy texture of the pile, giving it a
flattened, soiled look, destroying the
fresh appearance of the most costly
toilet.
Shepherd's plaid dresses of soft all
wool fabrics, iu black and white, blue
and gold, ruby and cream color, or gray
and brown, is one of the materials par
excellence for ordinary street costumes
this fall. A few of the dresses made of
these goods are combined with velvet,
but they are usually made up of kiltings
of the tame, adorned with handsome
buttons of blue or gray steel, or silver.
Audacious Autograph.
The emperor of Japan has for the
first lime fully tasted the sweets of
earthly grandeur; he has been asked
for his autograph. The venerable min
ister of the household was much per
turbed when a letter arrived from Eng
land addressed directly to his majesty.
A thought of infernal machines prompted
him to open, but respect forbade; bo an
interpreter was summoned and the mis
sive opened in the emperor's presence.
Inside was a black card with an orna
mental border and a request that the
imperial name be placed thereon. The
Japanese are said to have a remarkable
veneration for the first of anything, and
as this letter was the first ever addressed
by a foreigner, not only to the present
emperoi of Japan, but to any emperor
of Japan since lbo age cf the gods, it
is supposed that its writer will receive
be august autograph he craves.
SUNDAY REAPING.
Soarce ot 1'ersonnl Ileouiv.
A beautiful person is the natural
form of a beautiful sou'. The mind
builds its own house. The soul takes
precedence of the body, and shapes
tho body to its own likeness. A vacant
mind takes all the meaning out of the
fairest face. A sensual disposition de
forms the handsomest features. A
cold, selfish heart shrivels and distorts
the best looks. A mean, groveling
spirit takes all the dignity out of the
figure and all the character out of the
countenance. A cherished hatred trans
forms the most beautiful linaraents
into an image of ugliness. It is as im
possible to preserve good looks with a
brood of bad passions feeding on the
blood, a set of low loves tramping
through the heart, and a selfish, dis
dainful srdrit enthroned in the will, as
to preserve the beauty of an elegant
mansion, with a litter of swine in the
basement, a tribe of Rypsies in the par
lor, and vultures in the upper part.
Golden Rule.
Itclloloun News and Nolo.
The Southern Presbvterian church
has two churches in the province of
Pornambuco, Brazil, and two other
congregations.
A new missionary society, called the
Evangelical Association ou Behalf of
the German Protestants in America,
has been formed at Barmen. Germany,
Examinations for Sunday-school
teachers on the International Lessons
ar.d on church doctrine and church
government, will be hold by the Pres
byterian church in Canada in Decem
ber next.
It is proposed to make a new canvass
of London, in order to biing a lurger
proportion cf the children into the
Sundav.schools. The number of Sud
day-Ecbcol scholars in the metropolis is
now within a fraction of ten pel cent.
of the whole population, but a quarter
of a million of tho children are still
out.
The ninth triennial conference of
Young Men's Christian associations of
all lands met iu London, July 30.
About 500 delegates, representing
nearly 3,000 associations, attended. One
of the most important addresses was
made bv the Earl of Shaftesbury, who
was the first president of an association
of this kind.
There were iu 1880 in India CS9 for
eign missionaries, do'J native ordained
agents, 3-10,1)23 Christian adherents and
102,414 communicants, showing a gain
since 1871 of sixty-seven missionaries,
161 nativo ordained agents, 110,305 ad
herents and 49,028 communicants. The
number of communicants has nearly
(not quite) doubled in ten years.
A new sect has arisen in Chicago,
whose members call themselves Over'
comers. They assume to have a pecu
liar inheritance in the promises which
were made to the seven churches of
Asia, claim to work miracles and be
lieve in the salvation of all, even of the
devil ; but many will first have to pass
through purgatory. Their leader and
some of their most advanced saints are
said to be on their way to Jerusalem to
inaugurate the new dispensation.
Tho programme for the Protestant
Episcopal church congress to Le held
at Providence, R. I., has been pub
lished. Tho set topics for discussion
are "Civil Service Reform," "Meth
ods of Charity Organization," "Revi
sion of King James' Vernon cf the
New Testament," "Tho Relation of
the Parishes to Diocr ses and of Dio
ceses to the Geneial Convention in the
Matter of Jurisdiction and Rcpresenta-
tion," " Liturgical Growth," "Educa
tion of Divinity Students," Spiritual
Culture, its Aims and Methods.
Curing by Charm ltemcdie.
A recently-published European work
ou superstitious, says : At the present
day, in 6pite of the march of intellect,
there is still -a widespread belief in the
prevention and cure of the common ail
ments of life by certain remedies, which
take the form of charms and amulets,
or are preserved in those countless
quaint recipes which from timo im
memorial have been handed down from
parent to child. Indeed, thousands
place far greater faith in their domestic
treatment of disease than in the skill
of medical science. Most of the ordin
ary ailments have "charm remedies."
According to a popular notion fright is
a gocd cure for ague. A key, on ac
count of the ooldness of the metal, is
often placed on a person's back to stop
n nose-bleed. In some places a toad is
killed by transfixing it with some sharp
pointed instrument, after which it is
inclosed in a little bag and suspended
around the neck. According to a deep-
looted notiou among our rural popula
tion the most efficacious cure for scald
or burn is to be found in certain word
charms, mostly of a religious character.
One example runs as follows :
There came two angels from the north,
Oiio was Fire, and one was Frost.
Out Fire : in Frost,
" In the name of the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost."
Sleeping on stones, on a particular
night, is au old method of curing lame
ness practiced iu Cornwall. For rheu
matism professors of the healing art
have advised the sufferer to carry about
in his pocket the right fore-loot of a
female- hare, while others consider a
potato equully efficacious. A Cornish
cure is to crawl under a bramble which
has formed a second root iu the ground
or to drink water in which a thunder-
stone has been boiled. The curative
properties attributed to some colors is
illustrated by the treatment formerly
employed in cases of smallpox. Thus
red bed-coverings were thought to
bring the pustules to the surface of the
body and the patient was recommended
to look at red substances. There are
countless remedies to drive away warts.
One remedy is to open the warts to the
quick and to rub them with the juice of
a sour apple, which should afterward
be buried, and as it decomposes tho
warts will die away. Some rub the
wart with eel's blood and other3 believe
in the efficacy of the ashen tree. After
picking each wart with a pin they stick
it into the bark and repeat this rhyme :
. -" " Alwn tree, ashen tree,
' l'raj Uny theno warts of me,"
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
The antcnnie of insects, besides being
organs of touch, seem to be organs of
smell. Flio dep-ivod of their aDtennre
cease to display interest in tainted
meat.
The arguments of Malthus in regard
to the relation between food supply
and increase of population are said to
apply to llsh. They increase more rap
idly than their food.
Ammonia is to be found everywhere.
By suspending a piece of glass, und
after a while washing its outer surface
by means of a spray bottle, the pres
ence of ammonia may be ascertained.
From a paper published in Le Genie
Civil on experiments performed with
the cremating furnaces of Cadet, Mnl
ler k Fichet and do Lagedardiere, it
appears that the disposing of hnmau
remains by burning is making consid
erable progress iu Italy.
Auother note on the formation of tails
of comets was read by M. Faye before
the French Academy. Ho held that
Herschel, Arago, Delaunay, and other
astronomers did not thoroughly stndy
the subject, but that Newton did so,
and gave an adequate explanation. The
author maintained that the tails of
comets are nothing but the result of a
continual emission of particles from the
heads of these visitants, very like tho
tail of smoke emitted by a runniug lo
comotive. It has sometimes beeu thought, says
7i Lumiere Eleclrimte, that a copper
cable of enormous thickness would bo
required to transmit the hydraulic power
of Niagara Falls to New York. Professor
Ayrton has shown that the whole power
could be transmitted by a slender cop
per wire, provided that the wire could
be thoroughly insulated. He has also
shown that the only hindrance to re
ceiving the whole power is the friction
of the machines. It is, therefore, be
lieved that immense machines, with
continuous currents, with detached ex
citers or magnetic electric machines,
driven very rapidly by steam-power,
will hold a very important place iu the
future transmission of energy. With
such machines it would be possible to
warm and light workshops and give
them the power uecessaty to move all
their machinery by means of an ordina
ry telegraph wire, thoroughly insulated,
and conveying energy from great dis
tances. Professor Perry also thinks it
will some timo become possible to see
what is going ou in remote places by
means of electricity.
The London Time, commeutinj on
the addresses delivered at the late medi
cal congress in London bearing on tho
origin of disease, evidently supports the
germ theory as the only rational one. It
concludes an exceptionally able article
with these words: The study of the
genus of diseases opens an indefinite
vista of possibilities to pathology. If
all epidemic diseases, such as scailet
fever and typhus, originate in specific
spores or poisons if f mallpoi is sown
just as coi n is sown, and if the develop
nient of such maladies in the body be
to the akin process of fermentation as
explained by chemistry the conditions
of medicine and life itself seem revolu
tionized. Wo find ourselves attacked
by subtle enemies, deadly corpurclos
which are barely visiblo and lie almost
beyond human keu. The mo-it wary of
u may find himself m a sort of ambus
cade. But tho theory also brings com
fort. New methods of prevention and
cure are placed in our hands, and we
discover disease' to be, not a self-creating,
ever-renewing foe toman, but a parasite
which, once Idled, would trouble luni
no more.
" Want a 'Bus ?"
The omnibus line at Qaincy, Illinois
is owned by Miss Lillie Slocum, a very
prepossessing young lady of about nine
teen. When rushed with business edie
often takes charge of one of the vehi
cles and attends the trains and boats,
collecting the fare from passengers and
seeing to the handling of their baggage,
It is a little trying on the nerves of
total stranger when he alights from
train to have a charming young lady
with ripe, pouting lips, come tripping
up to him with Would you like a bus
sir.' let it is said to be a daily s en
at the yuincy depot. The farst im
pulse of tho person addressed is
glance quickly around to see if any one
is looking, and then he grins from ear
to ear and says, "I don't mind," and
his astonishment goes away up above
par when she politely points out the
omnibus a short distauco away. There
are busses and 'busses. Free Press,
A I'urloui Spot,
Between the m nth of the Missis-
sip pi and Galveston, ten or fifteen miles
southwest of Sabine Pass, is a spot in
the Gulf of Mexico which is commonly
called "The Oil Ponds "by the cap
tains of the small craft which ply in
that vicinity. There is no land within
fifteen miles, but even in the wildest
weither the water at this spot is com
paratively calm, owing to the thick cov
ering of oil which apparently rises
from the bed of the gulf, about eighteen
feet below the surface. This strange
refuge is well known to the captains of
the email vessels which trade between
Calcasien, Orange, Sabine, Beaumont
and Galveston, and when through stress
of weather, they fail to make harbor
elsewhere, they run for "The Oil
Ponds," let go their anchors and rido
out the gale iu safety.
Farm Work and the Electric Light,
The New York World publishes the
report of Dr. Siemens, of England, on
the cultivation ot plants and fruits by
means of the elcctrio light need at
night. In the daytime he employs the
electric power iu timber sr.wing, chaff
cutting, and other farm work- The cost
of the light is about three pence au
hour. Dr. Siemens finds that the fruits
growu in this manner not only come to
perfection with greater rapidity than by
natural growth but also possess a richer
taste and aroma. He believes that electro-horticulture
can be carried On
profitably, the electro machines being
employed by day iu driving ploa
and doing other farm work now done at
much heavier cost by steam-power.
Courtship and Matrimony.
Moonlight tales, One year,
Midnight walks, Skios cloar;
Longing eyes, Years two,
Soothing slgh, liatherblue, . ,.
Front gale, Vears three,
Can't agree.
Parlor scene,
Feeling mean, County court,
" Dearest Bess, "Splendid sport''
Answer yes." Sorrow. Sin.
Kind kiss, Jury grin.
Blind bliss. Divorce given,
Fotters riven.
Intorvlew
Papa, too. Worried wire,
Nothing loth; Ixmcly life.
Happy both, Husband roaun. . ;
Couple glad, Care. Cost. . ,
Have it bad. "Lovo lost."
Organ swells, moral.
Marriage bells.
Honeymoon, When you wed,
Ended soon, Look ahead,
Double brown, Might fall,
Settled down, That's all.
Xew Orleans Times,
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
With some women the desire for tho
latest new book is merely a novel sen
sation. " Thev nuarrel like a church choir,"
said Mrs. Slobson, as she Baw two boot
blacks fighting.
When Fenderson said he was at his
wits end, Fogg remarked that it wouldn t
take him long to get back; a very short
journr-y, indeed.
A vagrant who had been'" fined regu
larly every week for begging requested' '
the magistrate to Cue him by the year
at a reduced late.
When a man says he makes his living
by keeping a country tavern isn't it a
sort of declaration of iuu dependence.
Louisville Journal.
A facetious young man culls a certain
female institute a "Vennor wea'her pre
diction" because it contains so many
Misses. Norrist'i mi Herald.
" I always." said the wife of a French
editor, " like to know that ray husband
is fighting a duel, Then 1 feel that ho
is perfectly safe from harm."
Solomon's temple at Jerusalem cost
seventy-seven billions of dollars, com
plete. There were evidently govern
ment contractors in those days.
Jay Gould controls $050,000,000 but
he always thumps a watermelon before
buying it and insists on down weight
when purchasing a pouud of sugar.
Auaxagoras Jones (bawling into the
ear-trumpet of his stone-deaf, beloved
Arabella ("My angel darling, I adore
jou. Will you'be mice forever?" Ara
bella Smith "Louder 1"
It is a matter of economy for a man
to allow his wife to- purchase the meat.
A woman can get more meat for fifteen
cents than a man can for half a dollar.
And she can generally get ft chunk of
liver thrown in, too. Rome Sentinel.
Steamship officials used unusual vigi
lance in searching for stowaways before
leaving European ports last season, in
consequence of which there was a
marked absence of noble dukes, counts,
etc., at our watering places. Detroit
t ree Press,
Smith "I once possessed a splendid
dog, which could always distinguish be
tween a vagabond and a respectable
person." Jones '-Well, what became
of him?" Smith "Oh, I was obliged
to give him away. He bit me." Bos
ton Transcript,
" What is tho moon good for ?" asked
Professor Miller; " what are its princi
pal uses to usV" And the smart bad boy
looked up from the class and said : " To
rest the gas company."
In some States tho evidence of a man
who habitually goes fishing twice a year
will not be received in the courts. The
reason for this bit of judicial wisdom is
obvious. Burlington Hatekeyr
The Boston Commercial liulleitn
speaks feelingly of the dentist as a man
who "fills a long felt void." The Bul
letin, no doubt, refers to a plugjiat,
that being the longest felt void we
know of. A'ldrews' Queen,
Overheard in a horse-oar: First young :
lady " I like them both, but I've made
up my mind to mairy Tom." Second
young lady "Why, Minnie, Charley's
ever so much handsomer." First.yonng
lady "Yes, I know it; but Tom's io
the hairpin business, and father sayt
here's a big margin in hairpins."
Advice to a Young Mau.
James G. Fair is worth S12.000.COO.
And the whole $42,000,0C0 of it, my
dear boy, can't make him cs happy as
you are with the dew of youth in your
heart, when you hold the hand of the ,n
girl you love, acd walk with her in a
pith that is only wide enough for one.
with the rustling branches whispering
above your head, bo happy that you
caunot speak with anything but your
eyes. If you envy him, Telomachus, if '
you, with your brown hands and your .
bright yeung face, with the down just
shading your lip, with not a gray hair
iu your head or a gnawing care in your
heart, with the morning sun shining
upon your upturned face, with the vel
vet turf under your foet and the blue .
heavens above your head, with
the blocd coursing through
your veins like wine, with fifty
or sixty years of life before you, with
mirage atter mirage oi bright dreams
and beautiful illusions and pleasant
vpnities making the landscape beautifu
around you. If you envy this man
with his forty-two millions of dollars,
and his spectacles, and his gray hair,
and his wrinkles, and his old heart, you
are a fool, my boy; and you are scat
tering ashes on the roses that grow in
the morning. There is lightness in
your step, my son, and color in your '
blood, and dreams in your heart, and !
all the love and beauty and freshness
of the sunrise the 842.OCO.000 cannot
buy, and don't ycu forget it. You don't
want 842,000,000 anyhow, Telemachus; ,
$2,000,000 are plenty, that will keep
both of us. And if you want a couple
of millions, why go ahead and get it.
" Seest thou a man diligent in his bud-:
oess? He shall stand before kings; Le
shall not stand, belorg mean mop.."?.
. Burdette
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