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What Was Ills Creed t
He left a load of anthraoito
In front of a poor widow'! door,
When the deep snow, frozen and whit.
Wrapped itreet and aqnare, mountain and
moor.
That waa hU deed;
He did it well;
"What waa hit creed?"
I cannot telL
Bleat "In bit baiket and hii store,"
' In sitting down and riving up;
When more he got, he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and onp.
He took the lead
In oaoh good task ;
"What waa big creed?"
I did cot auk.
Hi charily waa like the anow,
Soft, white and silken in ita fall;
Not like (he noiry winds that blow
From shivering trees the leaves; a pall
For flower and weed,
Drooping below.
"What was his creed?"
The poor may know.
He had great faith in loaves of bread
For hungry people, young and old;
And hope Inspired kind worda he said
To him he aheltered from the oold.
For he must feed -
As well as pray.
"What was his creed ?"
I cannot say.
In words be did not pat bis trust;
Iu fal'.h his worda be never writ;
He loroi to share his cup and crust
With all mank nd who needed It;
In time of need
A Mend was be,
"What was bis creed?
He tol 1 not me.
He put his trust in Heaven, and
WorUe 1 ever on with hand and bead ;
And what he gave In charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread.
Let us tako heed,
For life is brief !
"What was his creed t"
"Wha". his belief?"
TH6 STOLEN LOOKET,
la the elegantly f ununited drawinsr
roiin ot u Weht-t'tul mansion sat a young
man, wuose genicti bearing, fcroad, no
ble brow, frum which his chestnut hair
was tossed back in graceful carelessness,
an 1 large, thoughtful eyes bespoke him
to be one of nature's noblemen. He
was evidnt)y wmting impatiently ior
some oue; for, as a f-liglit .uoine - waa
heard on the binding, he v -mid Biart,
and fix his eyes eagerly ripen the door.
At last, apparently unable to sit still
any longer, he arose, and, walking to
the window, stood tapping nervonsly on
the glass, and wed "w!i lmtless
eyes the cliauielion-lika crowd . that
passed. While thus occupied he failed
to hear a slight rustle as a girlish figure
entered the room and gliding softly to
his side touohod him lightly upon the
arm. Ilis quick atart and the loving,
gentle manner in which he gathered her
to his heart showod at a glance that they
were lovers. e
While they hold sweet converse let ns
pause a uiome , while a describe my
heroine.
Bhe was of medium height, of a slen
der, delioate figure, and posBessed.of a
nameless grace of movement, wnicb,
added to her other charms, had won her
the name among her many admirers of
"Nellie, the Irresistible." Her beauty
was of the true blonde type, and clod as
she was in a sinning blue dress she
looked worthy of the name. On her
arms gleamed with a tawny haster broad
golden bands; and from one of these,
suspended by a small chain, hung a
tiny heart-shaped locket, one side of
which bore a forget-me-not set of tur
. quoise, with a brilliant diamond spark
ling in the center.
Guy Hartley, for such was our hero's
name, had called, glad of an excuse, to
acquaint Nellie with some arrangement
which he had just completed with regard
to their Boon approaching marriage; and,
after a short time passed in pleasant
conversation, he reluctantly rose, and,
bidding a tender adieu to the fair
girl, left the house with a firm, elastic
tread. . . .
Hardly had he taken his departure
when the front door bell again rang, and
. onoe more a young gentleman was
ushered inlo the drawing-room. The
new-comer was tall and slight, with jet
black hair, and a piercing look in the
black eyes that boded no good to an
enemy. As he sank into a chair, some
thing glistening upon the floor caught
his eye; and as he recognized it he could
scarce refrain from a shout of pleasure;
for Fred Acton had long been the secret
rival of Guy, each striving to win the
hand of fair Nellie Pomeroy. And now,
as he held in his grasp the tiny locket,
which by some evil chance had become
detached from the bracelet on Nellie's
arm, he felt that he possessed an almost
certain means of revenge on Guy, and
stand, perhaps, a better chance of win
ning the fair girl for his wife; for the
locket, as he knew, had been Guy's first
love-gift to Nellie, and was prized as one
of her choicest possessions.
At this moment the footman entered
the parlor, presenting Miss Pomeroy's
regrets, and a request that Mr. Acton
would excuse her that afternoon. The
truth was that with her womanly intui
tion she had long divined the secret
which he had thought known to himself
alone; and, having ever treated him with
polite indifference, she felt less inclined
now than ever to endure a tete-a-tete
It ism? as the footm
her message, and scarcely able to con
ceal the treasure it afforded hi
moment, -when he was still trembling
wiui me zear 01 naving neen seen as he
hastily hid the shining bauble 'in his
1 1 t . .
uosom, ne leu nis compliments and de
paries.
CI m nor iiroMW t a iinls..'. T. ......
chased a small rinc. with whinh Via ?n at
oned the locket securely to his' watch-
chain, and then sauntered down the
street, in the hope of meeting Guy.
His wish was destined tn Ha fulflllorl
for he was shortly gratified by. seeing
juj Kpproacuing, wim a serene, con
tented look
As they stopped to chat, Fred, as if
anxious to conceal something, placed
his hand carelessly on his watch-chain ;
but Guv. as was intended, nntincil thn
action, and said, laughingly: "What
is u mas you are so jealously guarding,
Fred? A love-token from some fair
ladv?"
"Yes; but for fear that it might
Diignt your hopes in mat direction, per
haps I had better not show it you just
at presem, laugnea iaise .tred.-nerr
ously.
1 1 i . ... . n
wa, never xear ior mei saia liny,
"for I have alreadv eaaed mu hint mH
so shall not prove a dangerous rival to
your suit.-
" Well. then, behold!" rmdiAd TVa.1
removing his hand, and disclosing to
view me liny locaei.
Guy turned pale as death; but, mas
tering his emotion by a violent eflort,
he playfully insisted upon knowing the
name 01 x rea s cnarmer.
" un, come," said Ted, "yon are
feigning innocence; for surely you mnst
have often seen this trinket upon the
arm 01 lair eu the Irresistible,' who
has this day bestowed it upon me as a
Dledce of her trite love."
Guy had stood as if turned to stone
i ;i. il a; t .
wane mis uippani speeon was being rat
tled out, and then, with a few common
Discs words. rn.RRnd rnr Vint. Viio imaA
was not as free and elastic as before he
met rrea, ana nis neaa.wnicn then had
been raised proudly, was now bent for
ward dejectedly; for a dark cloud had
4ll1dpnlv nrifltf n itViiaVi iVxrtxatnrmA
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overshadow forever the bright morning
oi nis nappinesB.
Jt red watched him pass on with a Bar-
Ionia SIXlile on his hnnrlnnmn ret ninia.
ter face, and thought to himself, " Ah,
my nne leiiow, mere s many a slip
twixt the cup and the lip as you may
dnd to your cost; and then yon will
know the consequences of standing in
ue way 01 area a.cion r
That evening, in her luxurious home.
Nellie watched and listened in vain for
the familiar footsteps she had learned to
xnow so well; and she retired to rest at
a st, sad and dispirited, and with a dun
sense of impending trouble, that -was vet
too vague to sh tpe itself into connected
thought.
lhe next morning, as the family were
gathered around the breakfast table, a
sorvant entered the room with a note ad
dressed to " Miss Pomeroy." GraspiDg
it eagerly, spasmodically, Nellie tore it
open, and with blanched face read the
following laoonio note :
Njxlik ; All is over between ns.
Thank God I have discovered your
perfidy before it was too late. ' I had
the fullest confidence in you. Nellie :
but that is past now.
I leave for France to-morrow, never.
I trust to revisit this country which
would now be but a sod home for me.
Your onoe-devoted lover,
Gut Hartley.
, Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy, occupied in
their own conversation, had not noticed
the sudden paling of their daughter's
face, as she hurriedly scanned the familiar
writing, till, as she reached the fatal
termination, her eyes closed, and with a
low moan of agony she sank to the floor
in a death-like swoon.
For five years Gny wandered through
Europe; for five years he vainly strove
to nnd lorgetfuiness and happiness in
constant excitement and change of scene;
but failing in this he had at last resolved
to visit again the land of his birth, if
only to mark the ravages which time had
made among his old friends, bo he re
turned to London.
Not onoe had a suspicion of Fred Ao-
ton's treachery crossed his mind, for to
Uuy lie had always shown the better
part of his nature; besides the proof of
Nellie's duplicity had seemed too con
clusive to admit of any lingering doubt
his love might have suggested.
And Nellie? Thrown into a nervous
fever by the cruel note from Guy, she
wavered long between life and death;
but finally her perfect constitution
gained the victory, and she again min
gled in the gay world of fashion; but a
certain sadness was perceptible in her
manner, and a weary look in her blue
eyes showed that her heart was not in
terested in the gay scenes by which she
was surrounded.
Vainly had Fred Acton sued for her
hand. Feeling that he was in some
manner connected with Guy'a mysteri
ous behavior, she bad only scorn to give
him. At first she had hoped that some
trivial act of hers had displeased Guy
and he would soon return, but as the
weeks rolled on and no word came from
the absent one, she finally ceased to ex
pect turn.
1'reJ Acton, after repeated refusals
from Nellie, had at last given up all
hopea of winning her hand ; but, loving
her still, as much as his selfish nature
was capable of loving, he attempted to
drown his Borrow in the wine cup ; and,
with drinking and fast horses, was rap
idly eating up the handsome property
leit him by his father. One day, while
riding at break-neck speed, his horse,
frightened at a fluttering rag, bhied, aw J
threw him. When fVA Viaatt'i.rm
moned thvsician had nunimi v,;
wounds, he pronounced him mortally
lujuren.
Knowing, then, that for him all
thoughts of revenge on Guy were use
less, and that he must soon render up
an aeeonnl of Vi5a ri1 AnrJa v,,o
th&ughts turned to Nellie, with a feeble
I 1- A 1. - A.V-.-1 .
wibii uin ne coma undo tne wrong he
had done her. Ho he W?;WI a ltt
confessing his sin, begging her forgive
euu uuuuuuuK iuo iu.fi.cb, aim dis
patched it to the injured girl, who, true
woman that she was, could not but pity
the dying man, bitterly as he had
wrongeu uer, ana, inai ne mignt not die
thinking himself nnforgiven, sent a note
to the hotel to which he had been car
ried, bat the messenger reached there
uuijr iu wme 10 near inat ine unnappy
x' ttu aukju naa oreamea nis last.
Guy had supposed that Nellie and
Fred were long'since married; but hard
ly had he set foot in London when he
wan reoognizea ana accosted Dy one of
his old friends, who. smnn. tl.
he had to relate concerning Guy'a old
luruie 01 acquaintances, mentioned the
fact of Fred Acton's death, and also said
that Miss Pomeroy was as beautiful as
AVAT Vint. nnmamiJ A il. : - St
heart throbbed wildlv. .rt? Viia Von
almost reeled with the idea that perhaps
ma own rasnness naa aasnea me cup of
hatroinesn from bin linn - HnnU ihr
a it wuva7
have been treachery in Fred Acton's
.1 . a i . ...
wuuum, auu naa ne wrongea JNeiue all
vufHB weary years r
WildlV he asked himself tb aaA rtri na
tions while on the way to his hotel: and
1 At . ... - -
oy me ume ne naa arrivea mere ne had
resolved that he wnnld ot. 1 AQfif. BOfl
ne and nave an explanation with her.
Once more he turned his steps toward
the well-known lifmao vViora lia Vid
. ww WwuH UV AlCl-
spent the happiest hours of his life;
miiiar room, where even the p;otnres on
the walls seemed to smile on him in
the old family servant failed to remem
ber him. an ne cava nn'nomA min1
, O " " , uvmy
requesting to see Miss Pomeroy.
T-1t'
eiue soon appearea; dux nardly nad
she crossed the threnVinld vViPn tVio
of love recognized him, and with a wild
4 t S1 - m
scream 01 "wuy, aear uuy r sne was
folded to his heart.
Long explanations followed. Nellie
told of the loss of her locket on the day
of Gnv's last vinit. and Vmv .Via YaA
grotted it, being his gift. She also told
of the dying confession of Fred Acton,
and his restoration of her locket, which
she showed him. worn on a bine rihhnn
about her neck. .
Guy, penitent but loving, was fully
forgiven by his deeply wronged Nellie,
who, in the joy of such a reunion, had
uo heart to blame him.
lElnnn .ffA. am a .1 J Z .
wwu avi nil. i u b g ( uiili wcruuiug
in the stately mansion; and, although
the fair bride's ornaments were milk
white pearls, there hung suspended from
the central cluster of her necklace a tiny
locket, bearing on it a blue forget-me-not.
Curious Swedish Ceremony.
A curious ceremony is performed ev
ery year in Zurich (Switzerland), on the
eve of the eo-called Sechselanten, the
ancient spring festival of the Tigurines,
as our forefathers often classically
named the people of Zurich. But the
most popular ceremony belongs to the
festival itself. This is the solemn con
demnation and execution of the hated
winter. It seems to be a theory of the
Sechselauten that winter ought to end
on the 31st March and that spring
should begin on the 1st April. After
sunset on the last day of March, multi
tudes of men, women and children col-
leot together ou the Stadthausplatz, in
order to witness the burning of the un
lucky "liogg," the god of wuiter.
During the burnihg of the winter god
this year the crown of the neighboring
ueinoerg was wnite witn enow, a sign
mat ine nam zuricn winter was
not over, so that the experiment
with the Bogg was a little daring and
venturesome. The execution of the
Bogg has occasionally been put off un
til a later and less wintry day. in April.
This was the case last year. Yet, when
the citizens arose next morning, the
Bogg seemed like the Phoenix to have
arisen from his ashes and declared that
his reign was not ended, for the city and
the whole neighborhood wore the appear
ance of a winter landscape, every street
and field being white with snow.
A Floating Hospital.
It is a strange story of the sea that
comes from the bark Beatrice Haviner,
whicu nas just reaonea port alter a voy
age commenced on the 17th of Decem
ber, during which three of the crew
died from a disease which seems to
baffle medical analysis. The bark came
from Padang, one of the East India
isles, and was laden with green Java
coffee. Whether the exhalations from
this cargo poisoned the men, or whether
they had contracted the Java fever be
fore starting on their return voyage,
does not appear ; but whichever it was,
it prostrated the entire crew, and for
wo days they were so weak that only
the mate could move about, and, Bitting
in a chair, steered the bark. Coleridge's
Ancient Mariner had not a much worse
time with his dead crew than did this
mate with his sick and delirious com
panions. Finally they fell in with other
vessels, obtained fresh supplies of qui
nine and loans of men, and by slow de
grees worked themselves into port. For
four months the bark was a floating
hospital, and the principal wonder is
that she ever reached port at all. ,Vcu
1'orA Exire$.
A Poor Town fer Business.
He was a red-nosed, wild-eyed man
from the head waters of Sage Run, and
looked as if he had not been in town
since oil was discovered. His rustv
pants were several inches too short for
him, and be earned half a dozen coon
skins in his hand,
At the post-office corner he met a
Boutn Bide lady, and stopping her by
holding the bunoh of hides before her
face, said:
"Can't I sell you something nice to
make a set of furs out ef?"
The lady screamed, and shot across to
the other Bide of the street.
"Does any of your neighbors want
to Duy anything of the kind?" yelled
tun reu-Dosea man. .
The lady screamed again.
"Now, what's the matter with Han.
ner?" remarked the red-nosed man as
the lady disappeared in the door oppo
site. A moment later the man veered into a
bank, and threw his hides down at the
cashier's window.
"Got some A No. 1 coon-skins here
that I'll sell cheap. Not a scratch of a
tooth on any of 'em. Ketched every one
of 'em in a box-trap."
"We have no nse for them," Baid the
president, politely. as he cast an oblione
glance at the goods.
"They'll make yon. a nice vest," said
the red-nosed man. "Two hides '11
make you a vest, and one '11 make yon
a cap that'll wear you as lonar as von
live."
"My dear, sir." replied the president.
somewhat confused, "we don't want
hides here. Take them somewhere else,
please."
"Mebbe your wife would like a Bet of
furs, and these is "
"No, no, no," replied the banker im
patiently, "take the things away, they
are offensive."
" What's that?" said the red-nosed
man sharply.
"Take the blamed things out of this,"
exclaimed the exasperated banker :
"they smell like a slaughter house."
i ll take a dollar for the lot." ,
"The people next door by coon-skins.'
put in the cashier; "take them in there;
take them uptown; take them down
town ; take them across the river ;
themr-"
"Gimme fifty cents for the lot." per
sisted the red-nosed man.
If you don't get out. of this. I'll kick
your head off," yelled the infuriated
president.
"1 11 take thirty cents for the six.
said the red nosed man. "D'ye say the
word. - and lie dangled tne bunch bv
the tails.
The president started for the outside.
The man with the skins started for the
sidewalk, and after having reached it he
paused and said:
"And this is the boasted Old Oity.is it?
Grea-a-at Godfrey I If Bealskin and
sable were selling for cent a cart-loal
the hull town could not buy the sand
papered end of a rat's tail OU City
uerrtcc. .
A Curious Itetuedial Agent,
In the course of a report which has
just been published by order of the In-
spector-ueneral of Maritime Customs in
China, Dr. F. Wong give us some curi
ous particulars respecting a strange
remedial agent employed by the Chinese
in cases of Cynanchee tonsillaris. The
disease they term Ngo-how, or "goose
throat," and the remedy in question is
called How tsao, a soft stone not unlike
biliary calculus in appearance. It is
expensive, being worth twenty times its
weight in silver, and is said to come
from Siam. Twenty or thirty grains of
this powder taken in water is thought to
be very efficacious. Dr. Wong mentions
having seen a case where this remedy
was given, and where it oertainly ap
peared effective, after gargles and as
tringents had been applied in vain.
The specimens of the stone which have
come under his notice appear like ani
mal concretions and are of various sizes,
some being smaller than pigeons' eggs,
while others are as large as hens' eggs.
The story goes that when a monkey is
wounded the animal, from its natural
instinct, picks out the proper medicinal
herbs, masticates and applies them tc
the wound, so that successive layers are
in this way laid on bo as to form a mass.
In time the wound heals, and the lump
of dried herbs falls off; it is then picked
up by the Siamese, found by them to
possess peculiar virtues, and sent in
small quantities to China as a drug.
Nature.
Mules in the Mines.
In underground places. the intelligence
of mules displays itself in a remarkable
manner. They Boon learn to obey every
command their driver gives them. A
curious freak about mules is that when
anything touches their heads they dodge,
while touching horses' ears makes them
throw up their heads. For this very
reason horses cannot be used under
ground, for they would soon break their
skulls, while mules never get injured
in that manner. The switch mules in
the Nevada mines, when the men are
eating, go from man to man begging for
something to eat, and they will eat
cooked meat, pies, drink coffee in fact,
take anything the men have. One of
the mules, when the men are not look
ing, is in the habit of upsetting the men'a
lunch pails and helping themselves with
out leave. They have also taken to
drinking ice water, and are not satisfied
except they get their regnlar allowance.
The mules which pull the rock-trains
are driven three or four tandem, each
having a torch upon its head, which
keeps bobbing up and down as they
move along, and they present a very
novel appearance as Been from a dibtanco
in the darkness.
PAItif, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
Interesting Hclentlfle Notes.
Sprinos. Springs are formed by the
intervention of clay and sand strata,
the former holding water, and the latter
permitting its free passage.
Self-Windino Clock. An inventor
describes an automatic clock, in which
the winding machinery is operated by
me alternate expansion and contraction
oi glycerine, or other suitable liquid.
a piston, on the surface of the glycerine,
is So connected with ratchet wheels and
toothed racks that motion in either di
rection will wind un the weieht. He
thinks that the contrivance will be es
pecially valuable for self-registering me
leoroiogicai instruments.
Yellow Glass fob Spectacles
Yellow glass gives greater rest to the
eyes than either blue or green, and ob
jects at a distance can be seen more dis
tinctly with than without it. At rifle
practice the yellow glass was found to
take off all the glare of the light without
impeding vision, and allowed the men
to see the targets most distinctly. Yel
low glass cuts off chemical rays, and,
pernaps, on mat account nas a less in
jurious effect on the eyes.
PnocuBrNO Fresh Wateb from Sea
Water. A method of procuring fresh
water from sea water through the direct
action of the sun's rays is among the
ioreign inventions, ine apparatus con
sists of a box of wood one inch thick,
about fourteen feet long, two feet wide,
and of an average depth of six inches.
The upper part of the box is closed with
ordinary glass, which has an inclination
of an inch and a half. At the lower
edge of the glass there is a semi-circular
channel, deetined to receive the fresh
water which is condensed on the inte
rior surface of the glass. The operation
is entirely simple. The salt water is let
into the box for about an inch in depth.
feld is then exposed to the rays of the
sun. A very active evaporation then
begins, and it is found that a square
metre of glass will condense daily the
amount oi two gallons oi pure water.
A Cheap Telephone. Professor Bar
rett, in a recent lecture on the telephone.
gav rriys Nature) a recipe for making
a c! i a i one. Tafee a wooden tooth-
rUtii- box and make a hole about the
size of a half-crown in the lid and the
bottom. Take a diso of tinned iron, such
as can be had from a preserved meat tin.
and place it on the outside of the bottom
of the boxj- and fix the cover on the
"ther side of it. ' Then take a small bar
magnet, place on one end a small cotton
or Bilk reel, and round the reel wind
some iron wire, leaving the ends loose,
Fix one end of the magnet near as near
as possible without touching to the
diso, and then one part of the telephone
is complete. A similar arrangement is
needed for the other end. The two ore
connected by the wire, and with this
Professor Barrett sajs he has been able
to converse at a distance of about 100
yards.
Artificial Gems. What we popular
ly call paste is technically known as
strass; this is also the French word for
the same substance (from M. Strass, its
reputed inventor). Paste, then, is a
material with which diamonds are im
itated, and by mixing up with it metallio
oxides of different kinds, crlors in great
variety are imparted to the paste, by
which it serves as a representative of the
various colored gems. Strass is prepared
from silica, potash, borax and oxide of
lead, and sometimes arsenic The cru
cible in which the materials are melted
claims particular attention, since, if the
substance of which it is formed contains
metallio particles, color would be im
parted to the strass. Hard porcelain
and Hessian clay are the best materials
for this purpose. When the cru 'ibles
are supplied with the proper quantity of
ingredients, they are placed in a porce
lain furnace, where they are exposed to
a steady heat for twenty-four hours, aud
then allowed to cool very slowly, bo that
a kind of annealing goes on. By this
means is produced a strass or paste
which, after passing through the hands
of the lapidary, who gives it the form
necessary for setting, presents us with
an imitation of the diamond.
Medical Illnta.
How to Soften the Hands. Take
equal portious of glycerine and alcohol ;
mix well ; before retiring at night wash
the hands in warm water and rub well
with the lotion.
Hair Tonio. Bay rum. one pint:
alcohol, half a piut ; castor oil, half an
ounoe ; carbonate of ammonia, a quar
ter of an ounce ; tinoture of cantharules,
half an ounce. Mix them well. This
mixture is said to promote the growth of
the hair, aud prevent it from falling out.
Freckle and Tan Becipe. Four
pounds of good hard soap; shave fine
and dissolve in ten quarts of boiling
soft water; add one ounce of Baits of
tartar, three ounces borax. Then take
away from the fire and set to cool; then
aild one ounoe of liquid ammonia, two
ounoes glycerine and ten drops of oil of
sassalraB.
Neuralgia and Rheumatism. A
very simple relief -for neuralgia is to
boil a small handful of lobelia in half a
pint of water till the strength is out of
the herb, then strain it off and add a tea-
spoonful of fine salt. Wring cloths out
of the liquid as hot as possible, and
spread over the part affected. It aots
like a charm. Change the cloths as
soon as cold, till the pain is all gone ;
then cover the place over, bo as to pre
vent taking cold, liheumatism can often
be relieved by application to the painful
parts of cloths wet in a solution of sal
soda iu water. If there is inflammation
in the joints, the cure is very quick ; the
wutsh ue?;l to be lukewarm.
Items of Interest.
The early bird catches the worm;
An attaohed couple Oyster-shells.
The fever and ague request Shake I
Many plants close on the approach of
rain.
Labor in vein Working a silver
mine.
The washerwoman's steed A clothes
horse. Boston consumes 6,000 barrels of flour
per day.
Great Britain exports 16,000,000 tons
of coal annually.
A man must necessarily keep his word
when no one will take it.
"There is a skeleton in every horse,"
is the way the little boy read it.
More than 50,000 pounds of oleomarga
rine are used in New York weekly.
The most sentimental exercises yet
known is said to be women swimming in
tears.
When married men complain of being
in hot water at home, it turns out half
the time that it's scold.
Gardeners might not not like to part
with their gardens, though they are
always ready to fork over their grounds.
It is calculated that, at the present
rate of destruction, the pine forests of
this country will be exhausted in thirty
to fifty years. . r
The Greeks had little or no notion of
butter, and the early Romans used it
only as medicine never as food; so thni,
it is -comparatively a modern article of
diet.
Andre Gauthier is creating a sensa
tion iu Paris by painting a landscape iu
five minutes, a portrait in six, and also
by painting two pictures simultaneously
one with each hand.
England has 150,000 acres in orchards;
Wales 2,536, and Scotland but 1,449.
There are 85,264 acres of market gar
dens iu England, against 2,881 in Soot
land, and 712 in Wales.
"Take time by the forelock, young
man," said a father to aeon. "How
can I," said the young hopeful, looking
at a pioture of buld -headed Time,
"when he hasn't a bit of hair on his
head?"
The name of the phonograph in Ger
man is unsergehausnekeitigenfernste
hanphfteichtaunsgespreecher. When
you wind that up on the cylinder, aud
leave it till it gets cold, and then grind
it out, it usually tears the machine to
pieces and strikes the house with light
ning. Turlington Hawkey e.
The seeds of plants are their eggs. A
sunflower produces 4,000, a poppy 30,
000 a tobacco plant 300,000, and spleen
wort, 1,000,000. Some, as the pea pink.
have but one seed, nmbelliferousflow
ers two, and the slnrge and ranunculus
three. The capsule of the white poppy
contains 8,000 seeds.
The British Medical Journal, in
speaking of the effect of the habit of
smoking upon the general health of boys
under 16 years of age, says: "A cele
brated physician took for "his purpose
thirty-eight boys, aged from 9 to 15,
and carefully examined them. In twenty
seven of them he discovered injurious
traces of the . habit. In twenty-two
there were various disorders of the cir
culation and of digestion, palpitation of
the heart, and a more or less marked
taste for strong drink. In twelve there
was frequent bleeding at the nose, ten
had disturbed sleep, and twelve had
slight ulcerations of the raucous mem
brane of the month, which disappeared
on ceasing from the use of tobacco for
some days. The doctor treated them al!
for weakness, but with little enect until
the smoking was discontinued, when
health and strength were soon restored. "
Artificial Ears and Eyes.
This discovery mania is really awe-
inspiring in its tremendous possibilitie .
Mr. lhomas A. Edison, the phonograr ;
inventor, has written to an aoquaintaiiiv
in Chicago a significant note which w
find in the Tribune of that city :
Menlo Park. N. J., May 10. Dea
Sir: The many letters that I have r
ceived on the subject of an apparab
for the deaf has convinoed me thatt.,
dtm.tnd would be enormous. So I ha v
put two of my roost skilful assistants ut
work testing my ideas. I feel sure thi.t
I will "Produce a practical apparah;
within bix months.
Mr. Edison's ingenuity may be stimu
lated by the fact that he himself is con
Biderably deaf, bo that he has to hold i
hand to his ear and scoop in the voic
like a sailor in a hurricane. And real!; ,
there is no scientific deduction aguinr
the success of the attempt to ereatd i
artificial ear. The organ of hearing is
purely mechanical contrivance, and i
may be possible to convey sensation t
the auricular nerves by artificial met I
ods. And if the deaf can be helped t
hear, why not the blind be mode to eei .
Helmholtz.one of the greatest physioim
living, has spoken with Borne ccmtemi
of the human eye as a mechanical U
strumeut, declaring it far from perfw!
and Professor Clifford has to!
us that it is not achroiniti a
that an important portion of tl
retina does not reflect an ima,'
It would be rather audacious t
a man to attempt to improve ou I
and, as a matter of fact, human beir:
will probably have to put up with t
imperfect contrivance for a gotd r
years yet; but if Edison can art ;1
reach and impress with sentii
aural nerves.ia there any roas i
bliud may not se3 with )
eyes? This is a realm, ho'
experiments are !:'' '