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A significant educational tendency of the day, thinks tho Chicago Pott, ia the increased intcrost in tho study of history and politics at Johns Hopkins University. "It will not be long at the present rato of progress," believes the Washington Star, until the oystor will have joined the bii Halo in the happy hunting grounds" In the death of Duron Ilausmann, Paris loses tho architect who, with the assistance of Napoleon III., mado her so beautiful. It cost a great deal of money, remarks the Cincinnati Enquirer, but in tho long run it paid. Within tho past thirty years, estimates tho Atlanta Conttitutum, the population of our cities and fowus has increased 251 per cent., from 5,000,000 to 13,000,000, whilo the rural population has increased less than one-third as rapidly, or about seventy per cent. At tho recent convention of street-car men in St. Louis, Mo., it was shown by statistics, avers tho New York World, that after fifteen fares have been rung up on un ordinary horse car all the re mainder of tho money taken in for that trip is profit for tho company. There aro 6000 Iudiaus still living on reservations iu New York. They aro civ ilized, well educated and nevor give anybody any trouble. The same is true .tif the Oherokcp in the Tndi tin Tftrrilnrv The Indians of the Northwest uud far Southwest give us more trouble than all of the others. The New York Mail and Expreu al leges that one of tho great railroad cor porations paid $300,000 last year for towing cur floats around tho harbor. The amount paid by tho five great trunk lines would equal the interest on 630,000,000 enough to construct two or three bridges and tunnels. The United States opened this year with 167,255 milos of railway in Opera tion .enOU'rh. hnnsr iYin Piniinnoll JP quirer, to go around the globe seven times, and enough to reach ruoro than two thirds of tho way to tho moon. If it were all in a continuous line, and in ab solutely pcrtect condition, it would take our fustest express train six months to run over it. With regard to Germany, who can wonder, asks tho St. Louis Ripublic, at tho iucrease there of socialism in view ing facts. liko these: In Saxony 73.51 per cent, of tho population have an in come of less th:in $200 a year; and of this number 45.49 per cent., aro wretchedly poor, having nn income of less than $125 per annum. The middle class embraces 23.47. Evon these have less than $S20 a year. Only 0.C0 pos sess over $2400 per annum. America is credited with many labor-novi- !vlccs, but there aro some of irigiu, acknowledges the Boston t, that throw our best iuto the )ne of those for tho benefit of is described in an English con . There are persons, it says, ith no faculty of writing, who sum aro prepared to contrive involutions and evolutions of th a full complement of heroes, ers, heavy fathers, scheming d all the rest of it." . M. Johnsou, now a practic t Kendall, Kan., tolls an in baltlo in which Custer was and Colonel Myers, coia roop, wero ruling on the . they saw a squaw prone '.cu ground dead, and bo r or five year old hube cry ing her to nriso. Taking apoose tho Colonel ordered euut to ilismouut and se lister. Ho did so, and Colonel uouehaluutly and 1: "What shall I do with :ement thut the Duke of ichweriu wnuted Prince ''resident of his Council ullicicut to prompt Em to abandon a pleusure trip jw conies tho news th Huv&ria decidedly object - heir army by the German ugh that army is an fi le dofenso of the Empire. of Germany sigus are rves tho St. Louis Star lie liismartkiun fabric of atcs under Impcriul rule is it was on u certuin H'.IO, when its founder p down uud out. r THE WAYSIDE WELL, He stepped at the wayside well, I Where the water was cold and deep; There were feathery ferns 'twixt the mossy I nones, And gay was the old well sweep. , lie left his earring alone; Nor could coachman or footman tell Why the master stopped In the dusty road To drink at the wayside well. He swayed with his gloved hands The well IWmn rTMlrinir nrl ! While from scam and scar In the bucket's side The water plashed back below. He lifted It to the curb. And bent down to the bucket's brim; No furrow of time or care had marked The face that looked back at him. He saw but a farmer' boy As he stooped o'er the brink to drink, And ruddy and tanned was the laughing face That met his own o'er the brink. The eyes were sunny and clear, And the brow undimmed by care, Whilo from under the brim of the old straw hat Strayed curls of chestuut hair. He turned away with a sigh; Nor could coachman or footman toll Why tho master stopped in bis ride that any To drink at the wayside well, Walter Learned BRIGITTE'S FORTUNE. Short, thin, dry and wrinkled as ou apple that lay withered during a long winter, such was tho good man, Farmer Landry. Indeed, he wns one of those closo-flstod old poosaats of whom it is graphically said that they can shave something from an egg shell. Since the death of his wife he had re tired from agriculture aud lived alone in a little house at tho end of the village. Au4 yet, not entirely, alone, for he had witd him his old servant Brigitto. But tho poor woman counted for so littlo in tho household, a littlo above the dog, but not so much as the donkey, that cost a hundred and twenty francs. She entered his family at tho ago of twelve to guard the cows, aud had been there ever since. She knew no othor family life than this one, and the exceeding parsimony of tho master seemed to her entirely natural. She was now a toll, hale woman of fifty, red-faced, square-shouldered, with feet and hands that might have been the prido of a pugilistic trainer. While ex acting very littlo in tho woy of compen sation, she drudged like a pack horse; for indeed, she could not do otherwise in Farmer Landry's house. Besides, in her simple mind existed a canine attachment and real admiration for her master, who was not ashamed to tuke advantage of her good nature. Of course, in the service of this miser Brigitte had not earned a fortune. But the honest creature was amply satisfied when the old peasant , in a patronizing tone, praised her zeal: "What a good, siuiplo creature you arc, Brigitle, are you not ?" Then tho good woman's mouth would open into a loud laugh. "nel hel hel master! You have al ways your littlo maoner of jokinir; he! hel he!" One day while Farmer Landry was him self rcplastering his garden wall, so as not to pay the mason, be mado a fulse step aud fell into the pool just over the point whore the deepest holo was. He splashed wildly about for a few moments, calling vainly for help with nil the power of his lungs. At last, worn out by his efforts, ho was about to siuk from sight, when Brigitte at last heard him. The devoted creaturo courageously jumped into the water, at the risk of diowuing herself. She succeeded in pulling him to the bank ; he was entirely unconscious, but she raised him in her strong arms, ns she would a child, put him to bed, and witli rubbing and remedies recalled him to life. On seeing him open his eyes, tho good Brigitte shed tears of joy. "Ah, good master, how glad 1 am that you aie not drowned and buried in that hole!" The old peasant was glad of it, too, although he had one lively regret the loss of his trowel, which fell into the water at tho some time with himself. However, he had the decency not to ex press the wish that Brigitte should return and jump in after that also. Indeed, in the first impulse of gratitude, he said to his servant with a touch of emotion : "It is you who pulled me out of the hole; I shall never forget it, my good girl, you may be assured of that. I am gcing to make you a present." "Oh, master, indeed there is no need of that I" "But I toll you I will give you some thing; don't doubt it!" And really, the same eveuing, after a thousand hesitations, he drew forth his long leather purse and called Brigitte to him. While making a grimace like one naving a loom drawn, be selected a sil ver piece of twenty cents. Hero, Brigitte, is your present. It shall not be counted iu your wages, you know. Do not be extravagant with it ; that would be a sin. For the service rendered it was not unbridled generosity on the part of the giver, aud the former had some dim in. timation of the fact, for he added (as if to enhance its value) : "It is just the price of a lottery ticket. Buy one, my girl, and you may win twenty thousand dollars." It was the first time in his life that the poor man allowed himself to be liberal, so the thought of it huuuted him for a long time; he constantly wondered about the fate of his bright silver piece. He often asked the servant if she hud yet bought her lottery ticket. "Not yet, master," was her unvarying answer. But at length she decided to cud this constuut questioning by pacifying him. So one day she replied : "Ye;, master, I have bought oue." "Indeed! What number!" "Ot, the cumber is 31." ( "Very good I" said her master, repeat ing the number to impress it on his mina. ue carelul not to lose it I" "Never fear, master." "Because if you do fear sometimes to lose it-" "Eh, master!' ts-Yr-i . . ... you neca only give it to me and 1 will hide it in my bureau." "Oh, I shall certainlv not loso It!" The habits of daily life in the little nousenold, disturbed by these events, soon settled into their regular course; eniingsparoiy, very temperate drinking, low hours for sleeping and many for work. Farmer Landry wat almost consoled for his forced prodigality, when one morning, in tne barber's shop, where ho went from time to time to read gratis tho Ontette, a terriblo emotion struck him. He read the result of tho lottery drawing ana at tne bead these words, like lines of fire, flashed before tho dazled spectacles vi ui gooa man : "The number thirty-four has won the great prize of 100,000 francs. The old gentleman gave such a sudden cry that the startled barber, in turning towards him, almost clipped a corner from the ear of the schoolmaster, whom he was snavinj?. "What's the matter, Father Landry." he asked. "Oh, nothing, nothing," answerod the larmcr, who quickly recovered his calnv ness. Rearranging his spectacles, he read again slowly, spelling each syllable to "make assurance doubly sure. There was no mistake; the number 34, Brigitte s ticket, had won. He dropped tne journal and started on In great agi tation towards bis house. Brigitte had prepared her master's frugal breakfast of nuts and cheese, ne placed himself at the table, but he could not cat, for his emotion seemed to clinch his throat and prevent him from swallowing. "What is the matter, master?" anx iously asked Brigitee. "Nothing atall." "You are not illl" . "No, I tell you," be answered angrily, During several days be secretly oh- served the poor woman. Did she know that she had won 100,000 francs I No indeed I Entiroly ignorant that she was the object of such close scrutiny, sho per formed her daily tasks with her usual good humor, while her master was in a fever of unrest. One day he dared to asked her. tremb ling while doing so : "Is there any news, my good girl?" "Nothinc, master, except that one of the hens has the pip." Very good I She knew nothinar about her good fortune. As for announcing it to her--thnt was entirely too much for his nature and long life habit. It seemed to him monstrous that another should profit by this marvellous windfall of a hundred thousand franes, produced by his piece of twenty sous his own bricht. silver bit I Time was lengthened from days to weeks. A notice in the journal (he really bought a copy of the one con taining the announcement) formally stated thut after a delay of three months the unclaimed prizes would be employed for a now capital. The poor man had no more appetite for eating or drinking, or power to sleep; ho was dying of uneasiness. Twenty times he was on the point of speaking of tho ticket to Brigitte; and twenty times he bit the tip of his tongue. One word only might put his scrvaut in the way to learn her good fortune. One morning, after an unusually sleep less night passed in turning and return ing in his bed, he arose with a smile on his thin lips. Ho had found the key to tho pioblem. He commenced by order ing Brigitte to kill tho plumpest chicken, and to cook it in the oven with a good piece of pork. And finally, ho gave his servant money to buy coffee and sugar. Brigitte asked herself if her master had gono mud? "surely some demon has taken pos session of his mind !" she thought with a thrill of fear. It seemed a fearful increase of the malady when the old gentleman, after having ordered her to lay the table for two, usked her to takeber place as his vis-a-vis. "i "Oh, master, I should novcr, never dure to do that 1" "Sit down there, I tell you, foolish woman!" Brigitte had heard that one must not oppose the wishes of maniacs. bo, without answering, she seated her self in great embarrassment on the edge of the chair. "Come, eat and drink, Briijitte, my girl," ho suid, filling her plate gener ously. However, this was not the last surprise for Brigitte. When the coffee was served tho old gentleman suddonly said : "lou see, my good Brigitte, this means tout I am going to get mar ried!" "Iudeed, master, it is not yet too late; if you are old, you are still hule and well," answered the simple servant, ap provingly. "Since that is your view, if you like, we will murry each other." After the roast chicken and pork, and the coffee and sugar, Brigitte expected to hear almost any strange thing on the part of her master. But that 1. Oh, not that! "You are joking me, master!" "Not at all," answered the old peas ant. He explained that he was growing old, was without children or family, and did not wish to die alone like a dog. Be side he was grateful! He could not tor get that Brigitte had saved his life his faithful Brigitte. One must not bo for getful of such a service. Finally, tho worthy woman, whoso head was turned by this stroke of good fortune, believed in his sincerity. She, a humble servant, marry her muster? Think of it I It was, indeed, something to turn one's brain. The bans were published, and the marriage followed. Tho couplo were greeted at the church by the good ua turcd smiles of the whole village. After the ceremony the new husbaud hurriedly conducted his wife homo. Having crossed the threshold, he hastily demanded in a joyful roice, while energetically rubbing his hands: "Brigitte, my girl, where have yon put your ticket?" "What ticket!" "Your lottery ticket, No. SiV "What lottery?" "You know very well," he Cried, im patiently. "The one you bought with my twenty-sou piece, that I gave you!" The bride began to laugh stupidly. "Ah! the twenty sous! Listen, Mas ter. One seldom wins in those lotteries. It was very cold last winter, very cold." "Well, well?" interrogated Landry, who began to grow very yellow. "Oh, indeed," sho concluded, "I did not buy the ticket. With tho money I bought mo sorao good fur-liued slippers, which I was suro would do me good. Yes, indeed." From the French, in American Cultivator. The Indian Witch Dance. The Indian witch, or medicine dance, is very different from tho performances before described. It ii really a weird affair, and almost as difficult to witness as the celebrations that New England witches were said to indulge in in the olden time. It must havo some religious meaning, although tho writer was never able to got exactly at what tho meaning was. The medicine men of the Sioux d o nob seek publicity in their incantations, and it was entiroly by chance that I came across three Indiaus going through some peculiar operations, at a point re moto from their camp. A stick about three feet in height was stuck in tho ground, and from it hung out in the breeze a long-haired scalp. Tho hair was dark, and looking on from a short distance I could not tell whether tho scalp was that of a white woman or an Indian. It might have been cither. The three Indians wero leaping and gesturing and at intervals mumbling something, not a song apparently, but disconnected words. Occasionally they would point toward tho scalp. Then they would mumble again and jump about. They were not painted, and their attiro was different from that of tho ordinary braves. They noticed me, and, whilo they mode no demonstration of hostility, their expression meant plainly that they would rather bo left alone. The chades of evening were falling on prairie and hill and river. Tho Missouri stretched like a mighty serpent below, its yellow waters tinctured with a ruddy stain by the final gleam of the setting sun, and here on this hill, away from the painted tents and the silent cottonwood, these children of nature were cnactiug their strange enchantment to move in some way that supernatural power which seemed to have deserted the Indian race. With eerie feelings I withdrew, leaving them to their supcrslitution, and conscious that perhaps its parallel might be found among moro enlightened nations. Chicago Herald. How to Tislt tho Qucoa. Should you be invited by Quccu Vic toria to dinner, the following, according to Edmund Yates in tho New York Tri bune, is some of the etiquetto that you will nave to observe: Guests ore expected to arrive in time to dress for dinner, and they leave after breakfast the next morning. Tho rule is for guests to repair to the corridor in full dress at 8:30 o'clock, tho dinner be ing 8:45, and the Queen comes in from her own apartments just as tho clocks chime the quarter, bows to the company and proceeds into the oak room, where the meal is served. The dinner is al ways excellent and the wines aro superb, but the conversation at tho tablo is of course most vapid and conventional. Af ter dinner the company usually stand about the corridor, or go into one of the three drawing rooms which adjoin it. Tho Queen speaks a few moments to each person in succession, then retires, and tho guests see her no more, as she never appears in the morning; so that a visit to tho Castle docs not iuvolve much personal intercoqrso with her Majesty. Alter the Queen is gone -to her rooms, the company remain iu one of tho draw ing rooms for music or whist, and when the ladies retire tho mon adjourn to the smoking room, in which is a billiard table, a very comfortable snuggery. A Mexican Farm. "On ono farm iu Mexico I saw enough of the luxuries of life produced to make any man happy," remarked C. F. Wood, of El Paso, Texas. "The farm was not large as some farms go in Mexico, it was, to use a slang phrasc,a 'stunner.' I don't think tho mind of man could imagine a vegetable product that could not be pro duced on that farm. At any rate I saw growing there coffee, sugar, rico.potatoes, rye, wheat, oats, corn, berries, cabbage, tomatoes, apples, banauus, cocoa, figs, cochineal, aud a dozen other products. On the upper eud of this farm you could find gold, silver, sapphires, ouyx, and other precious stones. Somo of these articles were not produced iu quantities largo enough to pay to market them, but they were all found there, and all at tho service of the owner of the land. Oh, I suppose the farm contained 10,000 or 20,000 acres of land, but it extended through all temperatures and all eleva tions." Kanmt City 'J'inu. Where Corul Comes From. The lurgest quantity and the hand somest coruls coino from tho Algerian coast. Thuse coral grounds have beeu worked siuce the iniddloof the sixteenth century. Other coral grounds ure found ou the coast of Sicily, Corsica, Sardiuiu, Spuin, the Balearic's uud Provence. More than 500 Italian barks and over 4'i00 per sons ure engaged iu tho corul fishery. Beside these, French and Spanish barks are engaged in the same occupation. The Italian fishermen pay a high royalty to the French Government for their right of fishing for coruls on the Algerian coast. There are more than sixty work shops in Italy, foily of which ure iu the little town, Torre del Greco, at the foot of Vesuvius. These shops give employ ment to about SluUO persons, mo.tly woinoo and children. THE RAVENS OF ALASKA. FEATHERED SCAVENGERS OF OTTB ABOTIO TERRITORY. Their Movements and Habits Hold' inr a Conclave Their Peculiar1 lilll-Why Natives VcncrateThem. The raven is a bird deserving of re spectful attention. He is a bird of very ancient lineage, dating back to the Dol ugo, if not to Eden, and appearing in the history of England ns tho prominent figure on the banner of the hordy Viking devastators. In Europe and among tho Mohammedans thore is a widespread dis like to ravens; in fact they are regarded as birds of ill omen and carrion feeders. But quito the reverse is thought of the bird in Southeastern Alaska, where the natives regard it as a very unfortunate event should one be killed. One of the officers of the United States revenue cutter Service, who has paid sev eral visits to tho southeastern and other portions of the Territory of Alaska, men tioned to a San Francisco Chronicle re porter tho following facts about the ravens of our Arctic province. "My first experience with ravens in Alaska was' at Oonalaska. There the birds fly around the beach and village in large numbers. On the hill top surround ing the harbor they breed unmolested, and were it not for their scavenger work the fish offal that lays around the shore and house would soon engender disease. The Alaska raven is a fine looking bird, as large as a turkey, and upon closer ac quaintance a real handsome fellow. His coat is indeed black, but of a black glossier and more rich than silk and softer than velvet, while in a semi-shade the feathers are tinged with that pe culiar color so often seen on well-preserved blue-black bronzo. It is very funny to see these birds'holding, as-it were, a conclave. Ten or a dozen alight on the ground and walk to the meeting nluce with a stately, erect step, their every movement cool and assured. Then an old bird steps gravely into the middle aud tho meeting begins with a series of guttural and harsh croaks, which gradu ally swell in volume until the entire lot of birds have joined in tho debate. Along comes a dog and for him thoy scat ter, iciumiug thoir positions when he passes, until the meeting again termi nates, and they fly off to the beach and hills. These birds are very seldom killed unless it be by some sailor in pure wantonness. If you examine the bills of these ravens the peculiar construction is remarkable. They are a combination of a chissel, scissors, dagger and gimlet. The bill forms an important fuctor in the raven's existence, for he has to dig on the beach for clums, bore tho hard shell by repeated chipping, and again in pure mischief he will tear and break anything that his bright and unerring eye lights upon. "Just as soon as the bright sunlight appears the ravines leave their roosting (duces on the hilltops for the beach line, and over tho village and shores of tho bay they fly and wander until sundown invites them to rest. The raven is a fino flyer. On the wing his movements aro well under commaud; with strong, do. cided beats he winnows the air fust or slow, never seeming in a hurry. But if occasion requires the raven can travel at express speed, and when ho sees another bird feasting ou somo delicate morsel of offal down he comes from mid-nir, with his discordant caw, ready to share or steal the prize. "The sumo characteristics are visible all along the Southern coast of Alaska to S: tka. The natives from Ynkutat Bay through the network of islunds as fur as British Columbia havo an ancient legend that the raven was the bird that brought light from darkness when the world was created. On this accouut they venerate it, and the totem of a raven is regarded as denoting tho most illustrious de scended family. , "The raven does not appear to migrate, as tho residents all over that portion of Alasku where tho birds are fouud state they remain throughout the winter." Speed of Insects. The writer was traveliug one day in autumn by rail at about twenty-five miles an hour, wheu a company of flies put iu an appearance at the car window. They never settled, but easily kept puce with the train ; so much so, indeed, that their flight seemed uhuost mechauical, aud a thought struck tho writer that they had probably been drawn into a kind of vortex, whereby they were carried on ward with but little excrtiou ou tho part of themselves. But this notion was soon disproved. They sullied forth at right angles from the truin, Hew to a distunco of thirty or fortjfect, still keeping puce, and then returned with increased speed and buuyuucy to the wiudow. To ac count for this, look at the wiugs of a fly. Each is composed of an upper and lower mcnibraue, between w hich tho blood ves sels and respiratory organs ramify so as to form a delicate network for the ex tended wiugs. These are used with great quickness,aud probubly COO strokes r.re made per second. This would curry the fly ubout twcuty-live feet, but u sev enfold velocity cuu easily be obtuiued, making 175 feet per second, so thut, un der certain ciicumstauces it cau outstrip a race horse, uu insect as lurgo as a horse would travel very much faster thau a cnunon ball. A'eto York Commercial Ad tertiaer. Invention of Fupliu. original iuvtation in poplin The claimed by Avignon, France, once a Papul See, ou which accouut it wa3 culled pupuline, iu compliment of the reigning Pope, at which time (the fifteenth century) this rich muteriul was produced to supply the gorgeous ecclesiastical vestments aud haugiuga in use. The industry was introduced iuto Dublin by French imuiigrunts, refugees, ut the time of tho revocation of the Edict ol Nantes, who settled in that purt of the Irish capital called tho 'Liberties." The La Tuuciie family established the first orguuized muuui'uC tory there, which commenced operations n 16U3. ! scientific and industrial. Electricity has been put to driving drills. It costs sixty-four cents to run a train mile ia England. Wooden-spoon making is an extensive industry in Kussia, about 30,000,000,000 being the annual product. Electricity has just been applied to the reoling, weighing and making up iuto balls of silk and similar woven fabrics. Iron bolts exposed to water in tho bridges over the Thames in England, have in twenty-five years been eaten away one-half. Silk from paper pulp is mado smooth and brilliant, bus about tho same elastic ity as ordinary silk, and is about two thirds as strong. Japan is about to enter tho field as a producer of indigo. The soil aud, clim ate of parts of tho island arc stated to be favorablo to the cultivation of tho shrub. An Austrian has invented nn instru ment resembling a piano in appearance, which contains six violins, 'two voilas, and two violoncellos, and is manipulated by a keyboard. A machine, said to be a marvel of lightness and ingenuity, has recently been built id Australia for experiments in fljing through the air. It is propelled by an engine fed with compressed air. The group of bodies termed by chem ists tho carbo-hydrates because they aro composed of carbon united with oxygen and hydrogen in the proportion in which those two elements combine to form water contain tho well known series of sugars, gums and starches. A 9.2-inch armor-piercing shell, manu factured by tho British firm of Thomas Firth & Sous, was recently subjectod to boing fired at a fourteen-inch compound plate. The projectilo passed clean through the pluto. Further tests with this shell will soon bo mado. At a test of steel manufactured at Reading, Penn., the other day, a one inch bur broke nt a strain of 233,833 pounds, "being about 20,000 pounds in excess of the highest record authorituvcly known." The test was mado under the supervision of Government oflicets. At tho Pcchiney Works, at Salindres, France, caustic soda is now prepared for the market in leaves or flakes. This is . effected by allowing tho hot supersatu rated liquor to flow from a funnel bo tween hollow rollers, which latter are kept cool down to a low point by tho circulation of cold water within them. Clay which is pure white, aud that also which is discolored, and has been washed to bring it to a uniform shade of color, is used by the manufacturers of paper hangings to give tho smooth satin surface to the finished paper. It is used by mixing it up with a thin size, apply ing it to the surface of tho piecos of paper, and then polishing it by menus of brushes driven by machinery. Recent investigations by Frofussor Geddes, of Edinburgh, Scotland, havo led him to reject the commonly accepted views of tho origin of thorns. Ho has found that there is a mora or less devel oped general contrast in vegetative habit between thornlcss and thorny varietios. The thorny varieties or species show a moro diminishing vegntativeness than their thoruless congeners; in fuct, they frequently develop their thorns by tho actual death of their germ points. The cutting of veneers isnow done by electricity. The veneering machine, in stead of cutting or shaving around the entire circumfurcuco of the log, us usual, takes a thin slico from the flat sido of it, The logs are of any diameter, uud are cut iuto lengths of ten fect. Tho vcucer iug cutting knife is fixed between two parallel shafts, aud the log is carried up and down in front of it with a circular motion by revolving cranks, aud is fed against tho kuifo by a retchet and pawl, to tho ordinary manner. ICnco Chuugeg. Professor George Barbour, iu his work on tho resources of Florida, describes tho strange race of bipeds which isola tion aud abnormal climatic influences have developed on tho border of tho tropics, iu tho next neighborhood of en tcrprising Yankee-like communities. But it is not possible thut those com munities, too, will by uud by experience the influence of a wiuterless climate? Thus far their energy has been sustuiucd by a constant influx of Northern immi grants, but that influx will ceasu ufter the population of tho North and South has reuehed the equilibrium of its dis tribution and tho "cracker" of tho hum mocks will then come to form the typo of a now race. Strange metamorphoses have happened in Southern Europe, and only tho incontrovertible testimony of historical records can persvudu uu cth uologist to recognize tho present in habitants of Sicily us the direct descend-, nuts of athletic Grecian colonists and of the heroic Normans who followed ltoWcrt Guiscard across the Strait of Messiua. Atio York Voice. Mun-Fooil. Ou the large islands iu the delta of the Amazon Kiver there aro buuutiu gardens which havo continued to produce enor mous crops for nearly a hundred successive years, though the cultivators never use uny kind of fertilizers or think it neecs tury to practice irrigation, or rotation of crops. Two hundred bushels of fruit per ucro is considered only a moderate yield, while ou the Irish potato fauns in cessant toil and the use of all available fertilizers fails to insure tliu tenth part of that produce, uud too ofteu even fails to prevent complete degeneration of tint plant of which millions have slaked their hope of survival. It is true that the potato is uot indigenous to the soil of the British Islands, but would it be possible to substitute uny perfectly re liable food plant, ami might it not, after all, bo the best plan to adopt Puul Courier's suggestion to devote the colder latitudes to pastures uud factories uud raise our IK Id crop iu the tropic? Ji'eio York Yuice. A TWILIGHT STOtlY. "Auntie, will you tell a Btory' said my Utile niece of three, As the early winter twilight fell around ns silently. So I answerod to her pleading: "Once, when I was very small, With my papa and my mamma I went out to make a call; And a lady, pleased to sec un, gave me quito a large bouquot, Which I carried homeward proudly, smiling all along the way. "Soon I mot two other children, clad in rags and sad of face, Who grew strangely, wildly joyous as I noarcd their standing-place. 'Twas so good to see the flowers! 'Give us one oh, one!' they cried. But I passed them without speaking; left thorn with their wish denied. Yet tho mem'ry of their asking haunted me by night and day. 'Give us oneT 1 heard them saying, even In niy mirthful play. . "Still I mourn, because iu childhood I re fused to give a flower; Did not make those others happy when 1 had it in my powor." Suddenly I ceased my story. Tears were In my niece's eyes Tears of tenderness aud pity while she planned a sweet surprise: "I will send a flower to-morrow to those little children dear." Could I tell her that thoir childhood had been gone this many a year? Mary J. Porter, llarper't Bazar, HUMOR OF THE DAY. A peck of trouble Hcnpock. Can't be cured Tho stage ham. Brevity is often a sign of the poverty of wit. The gilded youth is simply fashion plated. Losing caste An operation for stra bismus. Sunshine- is molasses on tho bread of nature. Watltington Star. We hate to see girls throw kisses.. The average girl is such a bad shot. Mercurjf. Take lovo and taxes out of life, and not much is left. Indianapolit JournaV The man who can't siug and has a baby if usually made to sing. Klmira Qa teite. Tho hand that rocks tho cradlo is tho hand that wields tho slipper n few years later. Life. Pcoplo who livo in glass houses should raise early vegetables for tho New York markets. Life. Tho New Theory: "Do you believe, in a single tax?" "Not a single tax!" Lowell CitUen. You cannot toll from tho number of its feet how long a run a roam will have. Aorristown Herald. Fuuny, when a man starts out on a business career tho moro checks he re ceives tho sooner ho gets there. U'u.g hamton Ltadcr. It is ono of tho curiosities of natural history that a horse enjoys his food most when he hasn't a bit in his mouth. Ttni Sitiiitje. "It seems thut I am not in it," said tho boy to tho shark. "No," repliod the shark, picking its teeth, "you're out of sight." Vhicaio Neics. What is moro pathetic than to see tho simple faith with which a bald-headed man will buy un infaliiblo hair restora tive from a '.aid-headed barber I Canine Person "I urn cxtiemely sorry my dug has bitten your wife, sir. " Affable Old Gent "Don't mention it, I pray, sir; I like a dog to be a dog." Judy. . , Tho kiss I stole from Kulie, With uiy choicest po''iu ran&v Because, to tell you tmlv, it was, "Returned with thanks." Juiitje. Barker "She didu't return your bow, did she?" Parker "No. The next time I meet her I will cxpluin to her tho rea son I wus with you." Maitacy'a Weekly. "That Salliu Hurkins is tho greatest Hiri ior jfciuug uurgaius nt sreoiii bund." "Isn't bhu? 1 understand she's goiug to marry a widower." AVio York Sun. A lady who advertised for n girl "to do light housework," received a letter -from an applicant who said her health demanded sea uir and ask ail where the lighthouse was situated. Mrs. Ilomeseeker "These apartments ure churmiug uud tho prLo is ccrtai.ily reasonable. Are you suro there are no nuisitnces connected with tlr building:" Honest Agent "Well, mum, it has u janitor. How Sho Impressed It ou His Mi ml. Have our readers ever tried to remind themselves to utteud to something ol im portance by tying a kuot iu their hand kerchiefs and theu wheu they came to take it out, racked their brains iu vain to recollect what tho knot was intended 1 to recall to them? Tho housewife iu tho subjoined anecdote was evidently de termined to take no chances iu the mut ter. A wife rei iitly gave her husband a touted letter, begging him not to open it till he reached his place of business. When ho did so he reud : "1 am foived to tell you something ...... ........ ..... .luiiuiv ,UU, lit JO iny duty to do so. 1 nm determined you i shall k.iow, let the result lie what it niay. , 1 have known for u week that i'tf ' coining, imt kept it to myself uulifto day, when it has reached crisi-, and 1 cannot keep il any longer. Volt must ( not ci nsme me too harshly, for you 't must reap the results us well as ni.-sili'. ' 1 do hope ii won't crush you." Hy this time cold perspiration stood on the husband' forehead with the fear of j soiiui t, rriblu unknown calamity. Ho turned tho pu-'e, his hair slowly li-ing, t und ii id : "The coal is ull used up! l'lcu,c Vail' uud a-k for some to be sent this, ait'f-' uoou. I thought by this method yrnl would n.it forget it." lie didn't. J
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