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A DIFFERENCE.
Ton drink from out your on
The s wo tec t wine j
I have but bitter drogt
And loo, In mlns.
Eou bar the rlohest fruit
In all tho land ;
Mine ha turned to ashes
Within my hand.
You count your conquests o'er
And little dream
My love in greater far
Than all they seem.
A thousand hearts are your,
You care for none.
I'd give my life to bare
The heart of one.
Edith Sessions Tupper.
COMBAT OF THE THIRTY.
The great fencing master of Paris, Vig
caut, of Paris, narrates this extraordi
nary incident in a recently published
work, tho hero of tho story, Jean-Louis,
btiug a French mulatto:
In 1 SI 4 Jean-Louis had not yet left the
army; lie had taken part in more than
thirty battles or engagements in Egypt,
Italy, lTiissia and Russia. It is in Spain
that we lind him during that disastrous
year of 1814; which witnessed tho su
preme effort of Napoleon against the in
vasion of Europe.
Tho Thirty-second regiment formed part
of the third division of the army, and bad
just arrived nt Madrid by terriblo forced
marches. It was no longer a question of
conquest, but of falling back upon France
as speedily as possible.
Scarcely had tho regiment been able to
obtain a few hours rest at Madrid, than
several non-commissioned officers and
soldiers of that regiment true zouaves of
the epoch scattered through the various
quarters of tho city, upon what in troop
ers' language they call la noce "a spree."
Unfortunately the fun was soon spoiled
by one of tlmso soldiers' quarrels, which
occur only too often in an army composed
of the most hetcroclitic elements.
It must be remembered that as soon as
Napoleon I, added a new kingdom to his
conquests, his first euro was to incorpor
ate into his army the armies of the nation
ho had vanquished. Thus it camo to
Eiss that for five or six years, Italians,
utch, Saxons, Bavarians, not to mention
our traditional friends the Poles, took
part on tho sido of France in the great
battles of the empire. So long as the
star" of the conqueror continued to
thine, these armed hosts which Napo
leon urged before him accepted their
condition of subjection; but from tho
day the star began to pale, each only
thought of shaking off tho yoke of tho
terriblo master who obliged Europe to
conquer itself with its own weapons.
The defections of 1813 Lutzen, Raut
stcn, Leipsic especially indicated that
the prestige of the conquerer was being
gradually entombed beneath tho snows
of Russia. All (jiennnny commenced to
turn against those Fiench regiments of
which she had been the auxiliary. The
Italians incorporated into our army were
almost tho only ones v ho remained faith
ful to our fortunes. lint if, even in the
hours following victory, certain violent
animosities had never ceased to exist be
tween regiments so incongruous both by
nationality and temperament, it may
readily be imagined how such ill-feeling
would develop on the day when serious
reverses had robbed our eagles of their
aureole of invincibility.
The Third division of the army of
Spain, which included tho Thirty-second
regiment, of which Jean-Louis was a
mcmber,a'so included the First regiment.
Now this was composed almost exclusive
ly of Italians, incorporated voluntarily or
forcibly into the imperial military system.
Some of them had also started through
the city to seek amusement and wine.
Suddenly the noi-e of a violent quarrel
reached a posad:i in which the French
were singing merrily. These instantly
ceased their fun, and listened:
"It is those rascals of Italians. Ha!
they are fighting with our men!"
The noise redouble!. Soon was heard
the clash of steel, a tumult of tables
overturned, yells of fury, and ferocious
shouts of
"Rally here, Frenchman 1"
"Death to the Francesi!"
In the twinkling of an eye the French
rush into the street, run to the scene of
the light and shout to all comrades to
lollow. Rut other Italians drinking in
other pnsadas have also heard the appeal
of their comrades, and hurry to succor
them. In a lew minutes more than a
hundred men of the Thirty-second regi
ment are lighting with as many men of
tho First. It is a regular pitched battle;
blobd Hows, heaps of wounded are lying
upon the pavement, and ouly the arrival
of two companies with tixed bayonets
stops a struggle which is degenerating
into a butchery.
The loaders are arrested; and the mili
tary chiefs immedintely hold council.
This time, beyond ail question, a severe
example must bo made; othcrwisediseip
line will be altogether destroyed. Soldiers,
oblivious of the uniform they wear, have
attacked each oilier. Finally it is unani
mously decided by tho council that the
fencing-musters and provosts of the two
guilty regiments shall answer nil respon
sibility lor the quarrel, and shall honor
ably tight it out in duels until it shall be
decided impossible to continue the com
uat. Fifteen swordsmen are selected upon
either side.
Jean-Louis is the first fencing master
ci the Thirty-second regimeut. The first
fencing muster of the lirst regiment in
Uiacouio Ferrari u man nearly six leet
high, active and incontestable' brave.
'Ie has practiced the science of arms
from his infancy, in that Italian school
still so celebrated. Before entering the
army Giacomo Ferrari hud even opened a
lMciiijf ichoo in Florence, -winch, bud
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VOL. IVII. NO. 11.
won for him a reputation that extended
to the furtherest parts of the peninsula.
It is with this redoubtable adversary that
lean-Louis will have to measure himself
Since tho famous combat of the Thirty,
I do not hesitate to nflirm that military
history never offered the spectacle of a
more terrible encounter than that of those
soldiers, all skilled in the exercise of
their art,-r-all habituated to look death
in the face without winking nil re
solved to sustain the honor of their regi
ments to tho last gasp.
Imagine a whole army all drawn up in
battle array upon one of those plains
without the walls of Madrid 1 In the
center of this solemn marshalling of
soldiers under the dark blue sky of Nueve
Cnstilla, a largo empty space has been re
served. For this space choice has been
made of a slight elevation of the ground,
forming a sort of natural platform which
dominates the scene so that when, in a
little while, the selected combatants shall
take their places naked to the waist, with
drawn swords, there will not bo a single
spectator of tho tragedy among all these
impulsive soldiers drawn up in line of
all the Madrid populace that pant with
excitement as at the outset of a bull-fight
who will lose a single detail of the
combat which is going to take place.
It is in the presenco of ten thousand wit
nesses that the honor of the army is to be
washed in the blood of those thirty bravo
men.
There is a roll of drums. Sonorous
and brief words of command are given.
Simultancosly the butts of all those
muskets descend upon the lirmsoil,making
it quiver as with a vibration of thunder.
Tho men suddenly appear upon the
empty space of the little mound; they
take their places w ith a quick and confi
dent step. One of these two men,' tall
and strong, with black eyes and scornful
mouth, gazed around him at the fever
ishly curious crowd with an air of
haughty confidence it is Giacomo Fer
rari." The second, also tall, very swarthy;
with muscles that seem like bands of
dark steel, remained perfectly motion
less, waiting it is jean-Louis.
The seconds of both combatants take
their respective places.
A silence as of death has suddenly suc
ceeded to tho murmur of curiosity which
hud circulated like tho moaning of the
wind before a storm. And in tho midst
of that silence, suddenly bursts forth
these two words, heard by ten thousand
spectators: "En garde 1"
Tho two fencing-masters cross swords.
From the first instant Giacomo Ferrari
seeks to make a deadly thrust at Jean
Louis, but in vain his sword per
petually encounters tho immovable blade
of his adversary. He retires a step and
resigns himself to more patient manoeu
vres. He caresses, ho teases the sword.
Calm and watchful, Jean-Louis lends
himself to all his adversary's flourishes.
Suddenly tho Italian utters one of those
roars peculiar to swordsmen of his
race, and makes a sudden leap to one
side, followed by a lightning upward
thrust. It is an old Florentine trick that
has often done hint good service. Rut
almost at the same instant a cry of anger,
rather than of pain, escapes tho lips of
Giacomo Farruri; with unparalleled
rapidity Jean-Louis has parried the
thrust, and his own blade, after lapping
about his adversary's to present another
lunge, suddenly ubuudous its apparent
purpose, and delivers a swift riposte,
burying itself in tho Italian's shoulder.
" It is nothing," ssys Giacomo, recov
ering himself with difficulty.
Again the swords cross; but almost
immediately tho Italian feels himself
struck in the breast. This time it is the
sword of Jean-Louis which attacks; and
it has entered deeply. A livid pallor
suddenly overspreads the face of Gia
como; his sword slips from his grasp,
and he falls heavily to the ground.
They rush to his side, lie is dead.
Jean-Louis has already resumed his
first position. He wipes his sword, and
holding tho point downward, waits.
The first fencing master of the first
regiment has beeu carried oil dead; but
nothing has been decided. Fourteen
more adversaries, fencing masters and
provosts, aro standing at the foot of the
mound, impatient to measure themselves
with the victor, and eager also to avenge
the death of that cliK-f whom they had
believed invincible.
Jean-Louis has scarcely taken two min
utes rest, lie is again ready; a new ad
versary leaps to meet him; their swords
cross. A sinister clash, a cry, a gasp;
Jean-Louis has delivered his thrust, and
recovers himself holding his sword point
downward. A second corpse is ljing
before him. The third adversary pre
sents himself. The judges of the coin
bat are actually compelled to interfere in
order to prevent him from rushiiig reck
lessly at Jean-Louis, who with an eye
allame now surer of himself than before
and without thinking of rest, is equally
ready to meet him.
"1 am not at all tired," he simply re
marked. The signal is given. The Italian is a
very tall man, like the fi st fencing mas
ter "whoso corpse lies beyond, with a mili
tary cloak thrown over it. lie has at
tentively watched the sword-play of the
mulatto; he thinks that ho has surprised
his set-ret. He multiplies leaps, feints,
surprises. Finally, crouching almost to
the very ground, iike a tiger preparing
to spring, he delivers a terrible upward
thrust at the mulatto. Rut the blade of
Jean Louis, after a lightning parry, buries
itself in the Italian's breast.
The latter is borne away insensible.
Shall I follow the details of nil these
epical duels? No. Let it suffice for me to
remind the reader that what I an. now
writing is authentic history that 1 am
inventing nothiug thul this encounter
is recorded in the official bulletin of t he
army and that I have a. so obtained the
evidence of witnesses who heard the liur
rative from the lips of Jc.iu-l.uuis in
person. So muc h kuid, 1 w ill com hide
the narrative io M few words a poHibie,
MOTH
TIONESTA. PA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 25, 1884.
Ten new adversaries succeeded the first
three all experienced prevots d'armesof
established reputation. All these ten fell
before Jean-Louis. Tho thirteenth was
carried nway sonscless, in tho midst of a
clamor that sounded like a vast clamor of
terror.
After this succession of victories with
out precedent in the history of tho duel,
one might readily suppose the French
master was wearied out. In that unheard-of
contest, which, timed by tho
watclrt had lasted scarcely forty minutes,
Jean-Louis had delivered twenty-seven
sword thrusts, of which three were in
stancously fatal. There were only two
of his adversaries left out of the fifteen
who had been at the outset so anxious to
measure themselves with him. Assur
edly, those two men were Dot a whit less
brave than those who had gone before
them, but however strong human wills
may be, how could their courage fail to
be shaken by the successive shock of so
many poignant emotions! Nevertheless
neither of them showed any signs of the
despair which must have invaded their
hearts. Pale, but resolute, they remained
erect, shuddering, but ready to advance
to their fate.
A sort of momentary truce had re
sulted from that moment of terror for
one side, of proud enthusiasm for the
other. The colonel, an old soldier
bronzed by twenty-five years of cam
paigns, now deemed that the terrible but
necessary lesson had produced the effect
desired. It was now possible, without
Hie least blemish to military honor, to
check the reparation exacted at its thir
teenth victim.
The colonel went up to Jean-Louis,
who, in his bronze immobility, seemed
like some antique statue of Fear.
"Master," he t aid, "you have valiant
ly sustained the honor pf the regiment.
In the name of the whole Thirty-third, I
thank you! Rut thirteen successive
duels must have almost snapped your
muscles asunder. Withdraw now! if
your fellow fencing-masters choose to
finish the contest with tho two remain
ing adversaries, they can do so."
Jean-Louis' anger exploded as though
the colonel's words contained the intima
tion of a doubt or as though ho felt a
bitter pleasure in giving voice to the
ovcrfulness of emotion which oppressed
him.
"No!" he shouted "no! I will not
abandon tho post assigned to me by the
confidence of tho Thirty-second regi
ment; I will stay right here; and I will
fight just as long as I can iiold a sword !"
In uttering these words, Jean-Louis
made an energetic gesture. In the over
exerted condition of his nerves, he had
not noticed that tho circle of spectators,
encouraged by the colonel's intervention,
was closing in about him. In gesturing
his sword described a swift half circle,
slightly wounding one of his) comrades in
the leg.
Jean-Louis observed the accident be
fore the wounded man had even time to
utter n complaint; his feverish ardor
instantly left him. He sprun? to his
friend; and tears were seen in the eyes
of the man who, without regnet or weak
ness, had just shed the blood of thirteen
adversaries.
"Ah!" he cried "only one man of
the Thirty-second has been wounded to
day, and that wound was given by me !"
The colonel took advantage of "the in
cident to terminate the encounter.
"Jean-Louis," he said "that is a
warning ! Enough blood has been shed.
All have acted like brave men will you
not take my word for it as a judge of
military honor?"
"Why, colonel?"
" Weil, I declare that honor has been
fully satisfied ; and that only one thing
remains for the Thirty-second to do
namely, to shake hands loyally with the
lirst."
An enthusiastic cheer arose. Only the
two remaining provosts of the First regi- i
mcnt remained motionless and silent.
The colonel, pointing to them, said to
Jean :
"You know they cannot be the first to
come to you."
Jean Louis felt himself conquered. Ho
threw down his sword, and advancing to
the two provosts, held out his hand to
them.
" Vive Jean-Louis ! vive Thirty-second
!" shouted ten thousand voices.
"Vive le First regiment !" cried Jean
Louis "we are all of one family. Vive
l'Hrmec!"
It was the signal of reconciliation a
reconciliation that was sincere and com
plete. In a moment both friends and
adversaries had gathered about Jean
Louis, to compliment him, to dispute the
honor of pressing his hand. Much
affected, the fencing-master tore him
self away with difficulty, by reminding
them that it was his duty to look alter
the wouuded. This mark of sympathy
won all hearts to him. From that
moment all ill-fealing between the two
regiments ceased ; and tho treaty of peace
was celebrated the same evening with
many bumpeis of Xeres wine.
Thus ended this duel, or rather ducl
brelan, which realized in the nineteenth
century the legends of ancient chivalry.
A Lilliputian Locomotive.
One of the finest exhibitions of the
patient ingenuity of a skilled mechanics
is a perfect reproduction of u locomotive
made by Mr. Case, a watchmaker of
Franklin, Penu. From the point of the
cow-catcher to the end of the tank it is
six and one-fourth inches long and weighs
two pounds. It is finished in gold, sil
ver ami steel, and to the most minute
part is a perfect locomotive. Mr. J.'ase
has spent four years in building it. It
makes its own steam, puups water into
the boiler, has a throttle vulve, bell, sand
box and, in fact, lacks nothing found iu
a liist-class locomotive. Many locomo
tive engineers have examined it und they
pronounce it perfect. Mr. Case will have
a miniature track built und place it on
exhibition at the Cotton CenU'Uui-il exhi
bition Ui New OiUiui,
FIRE FROM TIIK ROCKS.
THB TAMOUS X.UMIV0US BTOHB OP
SALT Z.AEB.
A Vankre'i Trlrk In India-Phos
phorn rnl OlamumU and Italn
lleat DtalOilng l.lgbt.
" Here's something rather remarkable."
said a mincraloght to a Philadelphia
7'imat writer, handing out a piece of
stone that was of a light gray color and
seemed to possess no particular interest.
"Just stop in this dark room, aud now
rub the stono on the wall."
Tho writer did so, and a streak of red
light was tho result.
"Phosphorescence?" queried the some
what startled observer.
"No. It is nothing but simple lime
stone from the region about Salt Lake.
Some time ago some laborers were dig
ging out the foundation of a house when
they came upon a ledge of this mck that
was so soft that it was found not neces
sary to blast. The contract for building
culled for tho completion at a certain
time, and so a gang of men worked all
night by an electric light, but the first
man that struck his pick into the rock
dropped it and rushed out of the excava
tion in such a manner that the others,
demoralized also, left, and when the
boss demanded the reason the man said
that he had seen a spirit, or had struck
tho evil regions, for as soon as he touched
the rock a stream of red fire came out.
The overseer of course doubted the story,
but jumping in ho struck a blow with a
bar that went far toward coroborating
the other's story, as no sooner did
the iron touch the rock than a flash
of red light ensued that lasted sev
eral minutes, finally, slowly dying
away. It was found that the slightest
touch or scratch produced the same re
sult; in fact, the rock was phosphores
cent. A simple scratch on this, you see,
makes a light that will last two or three
seconds. It is limestone, indeed almost
pure carbonate of lime with a few iip
purities. Examining it nnder the glass
it is found to be loose grained, so that it
really appears like a sandstone.
"You know," he continued, "there
are some objects that only show their
luminous properties on exposure to heat.
Subject this to heat and it will glow for
three or four minutes with a rich, red
light, and then dio away entirely. A
piece was recently exhibited before the
Philadelphia academy of sciences and
tho members mnde the interesting dis
covery that in their collection was an
other specimen of a similar limestone,
but from Kangberry, India. A gentleman
who had visited the locality told me a
curious story in this connection. It
seems that several years ago a genu
ine Yankee from Vermont found himself
in Calcutta with less than enough money
to buy him a dinner and his sole property
an electric battery. He had been a little
of everything in his time, but had de
voted most cf his energies to collecting
minerals and curiosities of all kinds, and
when he found himself in the lurch, as it
were,he determined upon starting through
the country and trusting to luck. He
was very successful nt sleight of hand
and easily mude his expenses. In several
months he found himself at the locality
before named, and in prowling around
discovered the luminous limestone by
accident. With mother wit he deter
mined to take advantage of it, and in
a day or so the little village in which hn
was staying was full of rumors to the
effect that a wonderful wizard was among
them who was enabled to work marvel
ous cures by drawing fire from the rocks
and imparting it to the patient.
"In the meantime the American had
erected a hut near the ledge of rock and
was visited by hundreds, and rigged tip
with a curious costume he carried on a
business for some time that made the
native cure-alls wild with envy. His
method was to take a number of persons
into the hut, and with his tiuger-nails,
that were sharpened for the purpose,
scrape down the side of the limestone
that loft marks of lurid flame, of course
astonishing to behold; then joining
hands with several and having the bat
tery concealed ho gave them a shock that
they thought came from the rock. No
doubt it did them some good, and for u
long time he did a thriving business,
until finally a rival appeared in the field,
and ho was obliged to leave the place.
"The subject of the phosphorescence
of inorganic matter is of great interest,
and experiments are being made in many
laboratories. Curiously enough," said
the mineralogist, "many of the discov
eries that have been made regarding or
ganic phosphorescence have been the re
sults of efforts to manufacture gold. You
see that is worth tho labor of the chem
ist. Itias hardly been done, though I
know a man who claims to have discov
ered tho process and expects to flood tho
market so the first suoccss-perpetual
motion machine will probably bo made
of this manufactured metal.
"One of the first experimentalists in
the gold-making line was Yiucenzo Cas
tinola, a shoemaker, of Rologna, in the
sixteenth century. He wus a famous
chemist of the time, working alternately
at his shoes and his drugs and bottles.
Tho real reason, however, for his investi
gations was to find out the secret of gold
making, and one night, in wulkiiig in
the country, ho stumbled over a stone
that was so extremely heavy in compari
son to others that he took it home and.
beginning his experiments, discovered
phosphorescence, which he considered
the element of gold. Not being able, how
ever, to get the gold out he took it to
another noted chemist and for many
years it was the subject of innumerable
experiments aud attempts to obtain the
gold, as the stone had the then i niark
able faculty of shining iu the dtiik with
a golden gleam after it had beeu exposed
to the rays of the sun. The stone is now
well known us burytine, that is phos
phorescent after insolation. The purious
mineral U Mill sold, la Bologna, the
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$1,50 PER ANNUM.
Bologna ttone and explained as solar
light.
"The discovery that diamonds are
phosphorescent was mado in 1103 by
lfobcrt Boyle and created a great eonsa
tion. A diamond was shown that looked
like a burning coal in a perfectly dark
room. An old chemist of Hamburg
while trying to manufacture a gold
fluid made accidentally a sub
stance that . shone in the dark,
and in a delirium of delight he went to
the chemist, John George II. of Saxony,
thinking that he had discovered the
golden secret. He took care, however,
not to inform anyone how it was made.
Another chemist hearing of the discovery
t avcled a long distance for these times
and succeeded in buying the secret for
about 200 of our money. But his ex
periments were not successful, the mate
rial being merely phosphorous that was
discovered in this way. Later, in 1C95,
a different phosphorescence was discov
ered by calcimiug nitrate of lime, and
others soon followed, until now hundreds
of different methods of its manufacture
are known.
"Heat in some mysterious way de
velops light in certain minerals; thus
feldspar, lime, sulphuret of calcium, dia
raoncls, etc., when heated to a certain
degree give out a soft, phosphorescent
gleam over their entire surface. In fact,
the luminous property is possessed by
everything plants, insects, minerals,
nnd even the very air often shows re
markable exhibitions. Some years ago I
was traveling on horseback at night near
Trenton, New Jersey, when a sudden
rain-storm came up and in a minute I was
completely surrounded in a blaze of light.
You w-ou!d have thought the liquid fire
wus being poured over me. The trees,
rocks and road gleamed in the same mys
terious way in fact, if I had been in
clined to superstition I should have
thought that my day had come. It soon
d'sappeared and was merely phosphores
cent rain, the cause of which I knew
not."
The Water Lily's Story.
When I first opened my eyes to the
daylight I was in a lovely place. My
home was a beautiful pond, whose wnters
were so clear they reflected the blue 6ky
and fleecy clouds overhead, and where
everything wus still and calm and quiet;
I was surrounded by fair companions
each as lovely as myself. We grow
fairer and sweeter every day, and we
thought ourselves better than tho com
mon flowers that grew on the farther
sido of the pond, the Daisies, the Blue
Violets, Adders' Tongues, that queer
fellow, Jack in the Pulpit, nnd the Wild
Rose, who was so rude if any one
touched her. Were we not tall and
slender, fair and sweet of face, and did
not our green dresses become our fair
complexions wonderfully? Were we
not admired by every one who saw us;
and more than all, did not our mirror,
the pond, tell us we were beautiful
every time we glanced in it? Yesterday
there came to our pleasant home a gay
pleasure-boat with u tarty of ladies and
gentleman; the ladies all exclaimed, as
soon as they saw us, "Oh, how sweet,
how lovely!" and one, whose face was
like an angel's, reached over and took
me and several of my companions into
the boat with them. The other ladies
gathered some of my fair sisters, and we
were all carried away to our new and
separate homes. The lady that I and my
sisters were with took us to a grand
house on a hill, where we were agaiu ad
mired and our fragrance inhaled, and at
night I hhuno like a star iu the raven
braids of my new mistress's hair in a ball
room. Her lover's hand placed me there,
and as he did so, he bent aud whispered
something in her ear, and then kissed the
rosy lips that looked so tempting. Tho
warm bloom rose to her cheek, and I
thought I never had beheld anything so
beautiful. I missed my old home und
my pretty mates, but 1 felt sure 1 had
fallen into good hands, aud I felt proud
in having so beautiful a mistress, and
being so udinired. When my mistress came
home and looked in the mirror she taw
mv drooping head, for the hc.it in the
ball-room had made me taint und
guid. She took me from her hair,
said tenderly, as she held ine iu
hand. "Poor wilted lilv, I'm orrv
1 inl
and her
vou
faded so soon." Then she put me iu u
vase of water, which refreshed and
strengthened me. and this morning when
she looked at me in v white petals wcie
open once more, which made her excluim :
"Ah, my pretty lily, you are alive yet.
ain't you. Rut I have lost some of my
fragrance, and I know that before the
sou sets 1 shall be dead, for the life of a
lily is very frail. They hay this is a ro'.d
world, but "my lines have fallen in pleas
ant places," and I am turu that when I
urn dead, and alt my beauty and fra
grance gone forever, my sweet mistress
will not throw me into tho street to be
trampled in the mud, but will lay mo
carefully away in remembrance of the
night w lieu her lover whispered sweet,
tender words as he placed me in her
shining braids of hair. t'loml WorU.
Colorlnjr Roses.
A young man entered a Hartford 1
street car earning three roses, ono j
white, oue green and one suliunn col
ored. They attracted much attention,
especially the green. The ow ner finally .
explained that all were white that morn- .
ing, und that the coloring hud beeu done
by putting the steins of one into green
ink, und the other into red ink. The j
leaves were beautifully colored, and the ;
coloring would not rub off, but it sccmc t '
us if nature hud done the work. The
process ouly required ten minutes. :
A wise inuu will desire no uioie tLuu
he muy get justly, use soberly, distribute,
cheerfully, aud leave contentedly.
The best way to prevent hydrophuuia
is to crawl upon a blind, when voj ste h
tyq dog eouuiig,
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SIC TRANSIT GLORIA.
This world is full of people, who
Are always discontented;
Who, if they chance to buy a house,
Wish always they had rented.
Or, if they have one kind of name,
Thpy wish they had another,
And when they have a sister come,
They wish K were a brother.
Just such a one wan Mary Green,
Whose Ufa was out of jingle;
8be thought she must bflcome a wife,
She'd ne'er be happy sins;l&
She didn't like the name of Green,
And wanted something better.
So both her parents let her try
The matrimonial fetter.
Thus Mary Green gave up her name,
And took that of her master ;
Who made her life a dreary one,
As long as it might last her.
"Alas," cried sho, "unhappy I,
These bonds I ought to sever ;
Why do I stay? Though once so Green,
I'm greener now than ever."
MerchanUTraveler.
nUMOIi OF THE DAT.
The easiest thing to kill Time.
Cut down Tho youth's first shave.
A "green grocer" One who does not
advertise. Chicago Eye.
When a man goes to the hairdressers
in warm weather he takes a short cut.
In the social circles of the chicken-yard
the lines are very distinctly drawn, for
each hen has her own set. Merchant
Traveler. An amateur singer frightened a pair of
canary birds to death. It was a case oi
killing two birds with one's tone. Chi
cagv ISun.
The early bird does not always catch
the worm ; at this season of the year ha
generally catches a body full of shot.
Warsaw Wasp.
The small boy now with line andpol
Hastens to some babbling brook,
And doth tha tinny tribe cajole
To nibble at h s baite I hook.
Richmond, Baton.
A certain poetess is said to make goo1
jellies as well as good poetry. It is sug
gested that she make a new departure
send her jellies to newspaper offices and
can her poems. Xorriitoien Herald.
There are ten millions of artificial teeth
manufactured in the United States every
year, and it is estimated that over nine
millions are destroyed during the same
period in the endeavor to masticate
boarding house beefsteak and spring
chicken. 1'iuk.
A minister suddenly 'stopped in his
sermon and sang a hymn. "If the mem
bers of the choir are" to do the talking,"
he explained, "they certainly will permit
me to do the singing." And then things
in tho neighborhood of the organ be
came moro tjuiet. Philadelphia Call.
MACHINE-MADE JINGLES,
O inky, tinkey, dinkey?
The seasons come and go;
And winkey, linkev. jinkyl
The roses soon will blow.
Then chiuky, chunky, chunky I
How happy I would be.
If w inkey, wnnkey, wonkey,
Were ouly here with niel
For rinkey, dinkey, pinkeyl
1 hold it can t demean,
But kinky, wiuky, sinkey?
To give a girl iee ere-un.
UU City Derrick,
A medical journal states that tho aver
asje Chinese baby weighs but five pounds.
The journal did not state whether the
Chim-so baby's capacity for squalling wai
less, in proportion to weight, than that
of uuy other baby, but if they howl in the
Chinese language as loud as the American
kid does in tho United States language,
how the poor mother must suffer. If any
one h is ever heard two Chinamen hold
ing a convention in their native tongue,
they can readily see that a child who is
just learning to lisp a few syllables intha
Chinese language would make Rome
how I. IWi't Sun.
IIOl'Sli-Cl.EASIMl HORKOltS.
When th vines are softly blowing
Hound tb airy dogwood treti.
And t ie up, I I.iiiIm are snowing
Miell hko Uir-.s,.Nis on the lea,
And the roort.-r's loudly crowing;
WU'ii the dew.hi'p richly spangle
I'.mtv lovely T'OV Will 1 l -nt,
V li I t!i Ian llir I loudly wrangles
V uh tiio t 'imnt our tno mnt,
And the gut yo.ir thumb-null mangles;
YVh-ii the wiM lluuer is emu -nin
liy ne ti'ilil'lbig foivst stream,
An ! bright lenvei Um neU nr screening
Tin u wti rave mi l jump ami scream
O'er the horror of liou.se-;leaiiin';.
The Potalo at a Substitute for Ivory
Billiard balls made of pure ivory are,
according to a French contemporary, be
coming rare, siuco some ingenious in
ventor has discovered that billiards can
bo played as well with potatoes submitted
to a process of his ow n. It is rather
startling to hear of the familiar potato
usurping the ivory ball; but, the inventor
referred to guarantees us to their adapta
bility for the purpose, and it is needless
to point out that the saving of expense is
very considerable. The potatoes chosen
for manipulation must be perfectly sound
und well developed. After curefully
peeling them and removing discolored or
spongy portions, they lire left during u
certain period to steep in pure wuter, to
which sulphuric acid is subseipieutly
added. This preliminary treatment ac
complished, the optiator boils the vege
table for a prolonged period iu u chtiui
cul preparation iu w hich sulphuric acid
is the principal ingredient, Meal care
being llwccaSut v at ttiis stuse of the trans-
loriyutloii. 1 lie pututu (Mt lic.ik-.i he
lo.les "Tuduallv hard, und after being
' posed to u blow tliMiiir piocei is war
muted nut to i lutk, Liu to bit lit i very
)iptct au uUr,t tUtiSnfs ft Ivir),