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VOL. XLII.
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The Mormons are Kradually tearing
I'Uri, for settlement !n Mexico, where
they hare purcb.is?4 large tracts of
'iauJ fn'tn priva t parties.
U',,i. are numerous in Marathon
couaty. Wl. They Invade rarm yards
and L-k kllieU muny chickens and
C4.-'. A Ilaley farmer lately shot
two or the depreiiators and a lynx.
WlifN a woman steals to prevent
starTaHoii as one did at Dover, X.
II.. the other d.iy, it looks as If she
really felt hard times acd was driven
to crimlual acts to escape terrible
needs.
The nan tuvxo EsoLisniiix
who ninrrktl an Indian chief's daugh
ter can claim that lie took bis bride
from one of the oldest families In
America, though she is only a half-breed.
ir the sugar trust and the wheat cor
ners have their own way awhile longer
the old saying that "a person cannot
eat his cake and have It" will lose its
significance, as nobody below the KTtvde
of a bank president will be able to have
any cake to eat.
Over SCO of the men who were In
the war of 1312 are on tbe pension rolL
This war ended 7U years aco, and GO,-
UJO men were recognized as taking a
pensionable part in it. A Boston man
calculates that ou a like ration the
veterans of 1SC1 who survive to 1035
will be 10, WO in nunilcr.
TV m FireT -
Soma faces are npremcly fair.
Some sparkling la ttirir splendor,
Some at, kleraar ami ktrttouair.
And soma iliviiMrly ten ler.
Sore, win u. with one fmal glaoca
('mm ui too bribllj baminj;
Some -irulle tbe .mile that brings a tranc,
llll Ula is UMt In klreautini;.
Some flit before u, ift and gaj.
To till our hearts with lauifhur;
rtrn fiikle, as faneie. fade away.
And leav. no aching after.
A nl Annie Skirae faces sttrrow-klssecl.
Lrrw rohc'St tlioiiht. are tjirotteinkp
Com bark, ekia:e always In tLo uil(
Of Vt-rl4uui lcncio. .
So faces com, and fact-. p:
borne make exintence iwee?er.
Anil some, they makelile sod, we know,
let, being saJ, completer.
Until one face comes np at ltvst
(Heaven knows saca heart, don t Uonot
The future fdes, the pM is past
il C4nuot live without itl
We ask not if we'll call her sweet.
Or lair, or wise, or clever:
We ask, we passionately entreat.
VV ill you be mine forever.
A COURAGEOUS YANKEE-
AN oi.u nkguo. at Da! ton, Ga., Is
said to own "a half chicken half duck.1
Tbe curiosity Is six months old, and
baa "the head and breast of a hen.
while its back, tall and legs are tormed
like those of a Cock. It is not web-
footed, cackles like a hen, and in walk
lug waitiies like a duct."
A. Conn F.i Titer sciiool teacher,
who was receutly forbidden by the
school authorities to punish pupils by
pnttlusr sticks an inch or two long
between their jws and tying their
hands behind them, is said to have
since thru punished the unruly by seal
ing their mouths with court-plaster.
occasionally seasoned with cayenne
pepper.
Tiik. wheat crop of the United States
is unquestionably short as compare 1
with former years, but there Is still
enough to supply the home demand and
leave a considerable quantity or ex
port. If there is any decided increase
in tbe price of flour it will be tbe work
of unscrupulous speculators, and not
because triere is an actual scarcity of
breadstulT. Tbe men who make for
tunes off the necessities of the people
are criminals and should be treated as
such by tin? law.
Indi'stimal. schools are springing
up lu various parts of the country, but
not befoie they are needed. The ex
tincllon of the apprenticeship system
has rendered it extremely difficult for
American boys to become masters of
trades, though tho country is full of
third rate workmen, and foreigners are
rapidly tiUlnu the places requiring
skilled labor. It is li gh time that
something be done to Increase the num
ber of Crst-rate American mechanics.
HlGUr KUYALIT DID THE STOCK
Exciiasoe celebrate the day which
marked Its removal from its old quar
ters to tbe splendid housing prepared
for its members in the Pre el building
at Chestnut and Filth, rh.ladelpbia. In
the courtesies of hospitality, from hosts
to guests, the most hearty cordiality
was exhibited everywhere, the Junior
brokers emulating the elders, and tbe
veterans showing all tbe guild pride and
fpirit of the youngest. The ceremo
nial of tbe day, the address, tbe music.
the decorations and the entertainment
were all well conceived, tastefully ar
ranged aud handsomely carried out,
thanks to the geutlemeu who bad the
affair In charge. Everybody went
long at Saturday's inauguration
nobody short.
The French Government la re
ported to have purchased an American
luvention for tbe tiring of dynamite
shells by means of gunpowder. The
risk of premature explosion is naturally
greater with powder as tbe rropelling
agency than with compressed air, but
the advantages in other respects are
with powder. It seems certain that In
the next war dynamite shells will be
used and the destructive forces greatly
Increased thereby. What with machine
guns, locg-range cannon, dynamite
shells and repeating magazine rules,
wars should be shortened and made tc
depend more on strategy than on actual
Cghting. One or two stand-up fights
with such weapons as are now pro
vided may be expected to settle a con
test for supremacy.
"Iiv the death of Mr. William
GilTord I'alsjrave," says the St. James's
(i-(!f-, 'we have lost one of our most
graceful writers and our most advent
urous travellers. Wherever be went he
bad the art of understanding the people
with whom he was brouzbt into con
tact, and of sympathizing with them
His most famous exploit was his jour
ney into Central Arabia, then an un
known region. Being a priest in the
Order of the Jesuits, he was not per-
muted to protect himself by assuming
the garb of a Moslem, and he travelled
as a doctor through the very centre of a
strict and savage fanaticism. After
bis return he ws employed on various
Having safely landed at St. Louis,
west coast of Africa, we soon bar
gained with the owner of a suitable
boat for a trip up tbe Senegal river in
search of meuacerie stock. Tor a cer
tain sum lie was to obey our orders
fur thirty davs, besides furnishing ail
articles of food aud drink. There were
three white men of us, and each of us
had tw servants, while there were
seven or eight men belonging to tbe
LoaL We bad no cargo except tbe
UOkxls aud capes belonging to the me
nagerie expedition, and the boat was
a cralt somewhat resembling an Amer
ican canal boat, but very light, and
propelled by three oarsmen on a side.
V bat we wanted was to capture some
of tl e Ll. llous of the great Sahara
iesert. aud we hail been shipped away
from Gibraltar very quietly to try a
uew idea lu animal iiuntiug.
Xow. while I had long been In tbe
employ of a German house, and could
rattle oil the language lasier loan auj
native born. 1 was still a Yankee from
top to toe. aui it did not take more
hau two words against my country 10
set ine on ade. V hen we made our
fourth carno uu the river we were a
good City miles above salt water and
in the lion country. W bat was my
disgust to find a larre party ahead or
us -not Animal caicuers. out. aaiiuai
killers. There were five or six tngliau
army and navy otneers, wun a large
reteuue or servants, two French officers
and thres or four French civilians. AH
the crli--e:s weie on leave of absence
and out for a grand lion bunt. When
they found we were only menazerie
men their welcome grew cold very fast.
They had come to meet the king of
beasts In the opeu and give hlia
chance for bis lire. We bad come to
effect his capture and degradation by
underhai-dcd measures. 1 can see now
why they should have felt contempt
fur our vocation, albeit it was an hon
est one aud ou. requiring courage, but
1 couldn't see it then. 1 herefore, cer
tain remarks mat leu mai uigut, in uiy
hearinz nettled m. and aroused all my
Yankee priae. My companions were
likewise. Indignant, and as we turned
in for tbe ninht, our boat at the bank
In front of their camp, it would not
have taken much more to bring about
an open rupture.
Two of the hunting pany were par
ticularly offensive au tuzlisU pay
master aud a French civJlao. Tht
latter had a titte of some sort, aud was
looked up to ou account of it. The
paymaster talked because he saw that
it dl.-i)leaed us; l.ne r rencumau
ciuw he was DOIU i;biksui aoiu tun
ed ted. The point they aimed to make
was that it took a brave man to hunt a
lion, while any coward couia sei a irap
for him. oweacn one oi usuau 1101
onlv downed our lion in a lair ni.i.
hut our t trer as well, and we talked it
over before going to sleep, and deter
mined not to move on next uav, as we
dad at lirst intended. We needed no
assurance from our boatmen that we
ksern in the Hon country, lo the norm
of us stretched the great desert of sand
and shrub, and before ten o docK the
a-urea of several lions had been tieara
.in tlesLlll niEUb air.
we all moved about three miles up uie
tream to a more broken country
kn t.i lirustiiAs. and here, as most
of the men were making ready to go
out on a hunt, the Frenchman took
occasion t express his surprise to me
that we bad guns along, lie supposeu.
he said, that we hid ourselves In trees
And li.-coed the lions as iney yaaseu
beneath- or that we set steel traps in
his path and gave him no show to es
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cape. It was meant iui u
1 at a white neat, out 1 cuumj
t.iwn mv wrath and waited.
v tnew from tne lay 01 ine Krouuu
that no lion wou d be louna wuuin
live miles of the stream, as tne cover
was not of the right sort, ana none 01
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us went out wuu 1110 Fkij.
rtvA or six who did go all came oaca
footsore, but full of brag. Xdke the
ty who had "almost seen a bear."
thev had dbcovered the spoors of llous.
..,.1 ertatlv excited ana encour
aged. A general hunt would be made
on the morrow.
While the lion generally snaaes ou
.w.. nt snnilown. ana lnauitres iu
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rmr h Seldom leaves UlS CUei uuiu
h..e an.i a halt later. On this
i..,t w hail a full moon early In tbe
. . ,Kn. linn.
veninir. ana we auew m.
.,1,1 tua lix.ril irom DV nine a ciui-a.
ti, thrM of us had letl tne rjoat, auu
imrler shelter on the bank below
the other rarty. We had fully can-
4sed what was to be done, and had
drawn lots to see who should be
iti I was the lucxy wiuuer.
was not more than a quarter '
.i,.n a hou roared, and greatly to our
...i.ro.ilnn w rnuna mat us was
mivMvu . .
l,tla nnrtb Of US. X or too apato i
three hundred feet tbe ground was as
Li .4 . floor. Then it ascended
.nht)- for a hundred feet further to
. bevond which was rocky and
hroken wound. As we sprang up we
1. .,r tarn llonS On til IS
The moon was clear, and we could see
.1. .imA.t nlainlv as by day.
-ri,.. wr male and female, of large
alia, and the fact OI tueit c.a
It
peciai missions by our iverniueuw '- -"tw mi. nrnved th elr cour-
aud be was the author of several I , r.T .nd after a hand-
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shake with my companions a
over ts the other party, which bad been
charmingly wiltten books, tba last of
walct was recently reviewed In our
culumus. lie was a member of a very
glfUd family. Ilia father was a I
famous historian, one of his brothers Is
tbe Oxford Professor of Poetry and an
other la Clerk of the House of Coin-1
rk,,-n into a state of great excitement.
Soms had their guns, svnu uu. J
bringing them out, and I raised my
vote aid commanded attention, aud
""JauUemen. the Hon are here I Io
not open a f usilade and scare them off,
but wait until they come nearer."
"Would you wait until they are in
the camp?" shouted the paymaster.
"Not exactly, but they must have a
fair show, you know. Even our cow
ardly natives here can fire off guns and
raise a great row. Why dont a couple
of you go forward with your rides?"
"'Ear him talk!" growled au Eng
lishman. "Nothing but Yankee bluster'."
added a second.
"You and I will advance upon the
beasts alone," I said to the French
sprig of nobility, who stood with guu
la hand.
"No! no! no!" he replied, as he
backed off.
"But I thought you gave the lion a
fair show? Is there a tnun iu tun
crowd who dares go with me?"
I stepped out. revolver in hand, and
for half a minute there was deep
silence. Then two or three of them.
urged Tne not to be foolhardy, while
two or three others growled out that it
was only Yankee bluff and bluster.
The lions roared again, making the
very earth tremble, and I saw that
neither had changed position.
Some of yu have seen Qt to slur
the nerve required by men In our voca
tion," I saitl when the roarings aieJ
away. "I aui goiu? to drive those
llous off the ridge. 1 should line c jni-
pany. Who will come with me?"
Not a man moved.
Very well, I w.li go alone. This.
as all can see, is my only weapon."
I struck out at a moderate pace, lace
to the lions and fie revolver In hand.
I was going to bluff the beasts or lose
my life. I believed they could be
bluffed. They stood about four feet
apart, heads elevated aud tails up, and
I had not advanced forty leet when
both uttered a deep growl. Before I
had gone a hundred feet the men wern
begging me to return. Had I faltered
or baited or looked bacK my power
would have vauished in a second. 1
had my eyes on the lions, and I went
steadily forward. They growled again
aud switched their tails. When 1 had
covered one-third of the distance the
female crouched as if for a run at me.
while the male was evidently uneasy.
At half the distance the male advanced
a step or two, with a low roar, and the
female, changed her place to the other
side of him. Behind m every man
held his breath, believing I was coins
to certain death. I am not going to
deny that I was in a tremble, and that
1 would have given ten years ot my
life to be out or the scrape, but I had
been insulted and slurred as a Yankee,
and 1 was either to die like a Yankee
or come off with flying colors.
When I had come within fifty feet of
the lions I fully expected they would
rush upon me. Both weie excited aud
angry, and both, ready. Here was
where nerve came into play, it was a
same of bluff, but it takes nerve to
bluff. I kept straight on for the male.
and be let me come within thirty feet
twenty ten inueed. 1 got the full
atreueth of hi offeusive breath before
tin sprang aside with a smri ana l rone 3 r""
away. Ilis mate roiiowea nis move
ments, and I was aaved. Every man
who Las bunted the Hon Knows mat it
you can upset him he becomes cowardly.
To upset him you have got to work ou
his other nat ure. 1 1 e is easily mystiUeJ
and just as superstitious as an old
woman. Tbe idea of my daring to
come straight at litem, aione ana ap
parently unarmed, was too much for
their equanimity. Ouce they were on
the run they became more f tightened
with every rod, and this permitted me
to carry out the second part of the
programme. I bbouled after them,
calling them Jackals aud cowards, and
chased the male along the ridge for
fotty rods or more. I also emptied my
revolver at the pair, taking care not t
tin too careluily, and the result wis
that both ran O J into the desert, with
tLeir tails dragging- 1 returned to
camp to receive au ovation, and Yankee
sto-k went above par at a single
lound. I, of course, tried to make
light of the venture, but 1 wa really
In a cold sweat, and ay knees d.d n t
get over their weakness tor hours.
Next day we separated noin tne
party and pushed up the stream for
twenty miles, where we baited and
made a permanent camp, iue ieii
nand bank was here timbered and
broken, offering good cover for lions.
aud our first night sat is Lied us that we
had them in plenty around us. Ou the
cext night our new Idea in lion catcli
iiii was put to the test. As It was iu
one sense a failure, and as it Is no lon
ger practiced, I can give it awav with
out injury to any one. A German
chemist bad compounded for us au
opiate. As we could not give it direct
to the lions. It was poured down the
throat of a calf. I never knw what the
stuff was, but we forced a yearling calf
to Imbibe about a pint ot it. ana lor
the following ten minutes he acted as
if drunk. Then he got .sleepy, and
lay down and closed his eyes while we
were switching him. w e removed nim
to a ravine about hail a mue irom
camp, and soon after dark a pair of
lions came down aua auiea ana ate
him. We were astir at early dawn,
and we found both animals within a
quarter of a mile of the spot. They
were lying flat on the eartn, neipiess as
old drunkards, and we had had them
caged for hours before they threw off
tbe stupor. We waited a week to dis
cover what effect the stuff would have.
Veither one recovered from the dose.
one dying on the sixth and the other ou
the seventh day. xney actea lauguiu,
bad no appetite, and it was plain that
thev had been thoroughly knocked out
by the drug. We were thinking or
trying It again and using a less quan-
titv. when tne two juks.uuiuiuk mo
stuff were broken by accident, and thauj
was the end of our scheme, utners
have tried it, but no animal caught that
sir lived to reach Amsterdam.
On the ninth day, having discovered
a runway uown wuicu me nuus muio
to drink at tbe river, we prepared a
tran bv digging a deep pit. This was
the work of natives, and their skill was
something to wender at. When they
had finished their work, the keenest
white man would have kept the paih
without suspicion of danger. A few
branches and reeds held up a layer of
rtn- and this earth was so patted
down that it seemed to have been trod
den for weeks. When all was ready
tha natives broke a branch off a bush
beside the path In a peculiar way.
This they told ns would prevent hyenas
or Jackals from following tue pain.
Then a raz was hang on a limb over
the path to keep hoofed beasts from
walk in z into our pit. and ail was ready.
When night came we heard Hons all
amaad us. and one came so close to
rairiD as to alarm us. but If they went
to tbe river they did not follow the path
we had meddled witu. xne next uay
was very close, and we were sanguine
1 of what the night would Dring tortn.
I was In hopes we might capture the
big male lion which bad disturbed our
camp the night previous, lie was a
monster, had a very heavy mane, anl,
as we could see by the sioor left be
hind, his right fore foot had been hurt
ut same time. When night came two
lions begau iiiveethrating our environ
ments, but neither was lull grown. Up
to eleven o'clock the big fellow had not
appeared, and the natives argued from
this that he was lying beside some gams
he had killed, and would be certain to
go afier water before visiting us. Such
was probably the case, it was a nine
after midnight when we beard a sound
hetweena scream and a roar, and the
natives began to shout and explain that
tbe noise was uttered by the lion as he
felt tbe earth giving way under him.
Daylight had hardly begun when
scouts went out to tbe pit to Investi
gate. They speedily re'urneJ with the
news that we had trapped one of the
blzRest lions in Africa. We had to take
ropes and a caee over, and when 1
reached the pit tbe lion was sitting on end
and lookinz up at the crowd as if greatly
puzzled. He had made a great fuss
and tired himself out, the pit beiDg so
deep and narrow that he bad no chance
to use his powerful muscle in a leap.
Having placed tha cae, we ran one
end of the topes through the bars aud
made slip-nooses at the other. For a
full hour the old fellow fought the
nooses off whenever they touched blm.
but by and by we got one over his bead
aid another under a hind leg. and up
he came lu a neap, cnosing, oitiug,
striking and gasping. We hauled him
in the cage aud released tbe ropes, and
when he got bis wiud he was so mad
and disgusted that he slumped down on
the Uoor and shut his eyes and cried.
When we had time to look him over.
we found one of bis feet crippled. He
must have cut it opsn on a sharp rock
a long time before, for It was fully
healed up. though it bothered him to
walk. He was the identical chap who
had aim oat leaped into our camp, aud
his weight, as recorded at Amsterdam,
was fourteen pounds heavier than any
I on had shown for three years. In tha
course of the month we got two others.
both full grown, and all were sent olf
frotn the coast la gojd condition.
ffOMEV AS FCTfRE DRUGGISTS.
Taking Advanta.se of the Profession
ot I'tiaruiacv for an Occupation.
a. Graphic Dawriptiora or How trie
Aartb Would Appear I rom
tbe Nearer bt&ra.
THE KAltTU-
A hlXVCH OP HATS.
All Ix-i ause of the Th achirolrwk of
Mamma, i'apn. Grandpa. Auntie
May and Uncle Ned.
Poor Hobble! he could not go ou
with mamma because that horrid
dog' Don bad chewed up his bat!
To be sure, he had thought it great
fuu yesterday, when Don" had it be
tween bis teeth, and had even helped
him to spoil the hat. Then he had been
very happy this morning when he beard
mamma tell papa to get him a new
one. Now, when she liad gone out
with Auntie Uay, aud left him at
home, it did not seem either funny or
nice. Mamma felt sorry to leave her
little boy behind, but still, sbe thought
it would teach him to be more caret ui
Mamma and auntie went first to
papa's oCce. but Touud 'be had beri
suddenly called out of town for th.i
day. "Mamma, thinking he would
forget about tbe hat, went to a store
(alter Auutie May bad start d for
home), aud bought ltobbie a pretty
new one.
Oa her way home, however Auntie
May, thinking of Hobbie's disappoint
ment, for a surprise bought him a ht.
which she ordered to be sent mimic;
ately.
In the meantime, grandpa, from the
next room, heard lloMbis cryiog, anil
came in to see what was the matter,
and Hobbie told him the whole story.
Grandpa was very scriy for him. Tell
ing him not to cry, for he should Lave
a iiat. lie went to buy one. 0:i hii
way to the store, meeting L ticle ttl,
be told him about it; and b9, also,
bought Hobbie a hat.
At noon when mamma came torn?
with her new hat, thinking bow
pleased Kobbie would bs, she saw him
playing in the yard, with one on his
head, so she called him, aud asked him
if papa bat come borne and bought
the hat. lie told her no; that Uncle
i: 1 had given It to him, and there were
two more in the house from Auutie
Miyand Grandpa.
"Aud 1 have brought you one, too!"
said mamma, "I think, now, you
will have euough."
She put them all away except one,
and when papa came home started to
tell him the s'ory. lie interrupted
her bv brlneiuz m tbe hat which 6ht
told him to cel.
So itobbie hid Gve hats instead o9
one: aud. as L)jn was never allowed
to touch any of them, tbey lasted mm
a long time.
In some of the learned professions,
the women of this, tbe last half of the
Nineteenth Century, are walking side
by side with its men. The staid old
Quaker City has always been the friend
ot woman's progress. Although at
present we have no woman preacher,
one ot the greatest of the woman di
vines, llev. Ada C Bowles, not only
received her training in Philadelphia,
but was for some time pastor ot a
church here. Ou every street the sign
of the woman physician stares us in
the face, and not a great way in the
future we will greet the woman drug
gist. The Philadelphia College of Phar
macy has within the past Ave years
graduated four women Dr. Susan
Hayhurst in 1SS3, Lr. Grace Eee
Liabb in 'SI. Anna Lord in '67 and
.Ella Ameruion 111 the present year
Of these Dr. II i hur.it alone is practi
cing in Philadelphia, as druggist at the
Woman's Medical College. There are
six women now in attendance at the
College of Pharmacy, besides two are
taking a special courso In chemistry.
Dr. Uaynurst was the pioneer, aud
made the path easy for those who suc
ceeded her. She accordingly entered
the College of Pharmacy, and gradua
ted In a class of about one huudred
and fifty, of whom she was the solitary
woman. At the outset of her course,
predictions were made that sbe would
not be able to continue to the end, but
would encounter flarce opposition from
the other members of the class, and
little encouragement from the profes
sors. She was treated with every con
sideration, however, and experienced
no dIClculty lu obtaining her degree,
K12EP1NG PUOFIT3 IX TIIK FAMILY,
Although women entitled to the de
gree Pu. G. are a raritv, iu pharmacy
woman is not altogether a new idea.
Druggists of an economical turn of
miud. desiring to keep ail the profits of
the business in the fa-nlly, have at
various tunes instructed their wives in
the mystery of pill anl potion making,
aud when prcflcent hired them as as
sistants without pay. The old law
recognized them as druggists by rea
sou of their term of apprenticeship, and
granted them certificates. Now, how
ever, the woman who desires a certi
licate to drugs and lacks the time, am
bition or money to take a course at a
college of pharmacy and earn the de
gree l'h. G , must, m addition to the
tour years practical experience, pass a
rigid examination before the Fnarina
ceulical Board.
0:il? one Philadelphia woman has
thus far so represented herself. She is
a graduate of the Woman's Medical
Coilege. Her busoand kept an up
town drug store and she desired to carry
on tha busiuesi after bis death. She
passed a splendid examination and suc
cessfully managed the store for tweuty
one months, at the expiration of which
time she sold It to a male practitioner.
Another Woman's Medical College
graduate Is thus dispensing drus at
the Medico-Ciiirurgical College.
A couple of years ago an ex-school
teacher, having accumulated a few
thousand dollars, looked about for a
chance to Invest It so that it might give
her a permanent source of livelihood.
While thul engaged see came across a
down-town drug store that was for
wle. Belli? VOU112 and energetic she
was not at all dismaved wheu she
found that Its owner, a man pretty
well advanced in years, had allowed it
The earth exhibits different aspects
that human eyes will never conteui
plate, that the boldest of travellers,
the most fearless of aeronauts can per
ceive neither rrom the summits or
mountains nor from the heights of the
atmosphere, since, in order to fix one's
eyes upon these singular aspects, it is
uecessary to cross immense spaces
through tbe iuliniteness by which our
glole is surrounded.
It is only in imagination, upon tne
swift wings of astronomical science,
that we can accomplish this extraor
dinary voyage- let us, iu the nrst
place, observe the spectacle that the
earth offers to the lunarians or selen
ites If such exist then, leaving the
terrestrial domain, let us examine the
aspect or our globe as viewed from
dillerent planets, successive stages of
our odd excursion into the heavens.
WHAT WE LOOK LIKE FUOII THE
SIOON.
Seen from the moon, which gravi
tates around us at the mean distance
of 240,000 miies, the et-rth appears
four times greater iu diameter and thir
teen times wider lu suriace; and, con
sequently, more luminous than our sat
ellite does to us. Immovable iu the
black depths of celestial space, she
soars with majesty, seeming to reign
over human destinies, aud snows
phases analogous to those exhibited iu
the moon, but in inverse order.
Ween the sun covers with his rays
the terrestrial hemisphere that faces
the moon, the latter is new, and the
full earth Is bhinlug in the ky, while
at the moment, of the full moon, it is
the uon illuminated halt of our globe
that is turned toward this neighbor
ing world; tue earth is theu new. To
the first lunar quarter corresponds the
last terrestrial quarter, and to the tirst
quarter 01 the earth, the last quarter
of the moon.
The lunar day, the period during
which our satellite successively pie
Bents every portion of her surface to
the solar rays, and consequently makes
one revolution upon her axis, equals
U days, 12 hours aud 44 minutes.
During this long uiurual period the
earth offers its first quarter at sunset
and iu last at sunrise. Sj the "earth-
light" contributes much more to the
illumination of the lunar nights than
the moonlight do.-s to the illuminating
of our nitshts, and the selenites truly
have more reasons for believing that
the earth exists for the sole purpose
of dissipating the darkness of their
nights than we have lor consider
ing the moon as created to be tue torch
of terrestrial nights.
Our planet is afterward vlalule, amid
the stars, and despite the suu's pres
ence, under the lorm or a large cres
cent, which gradually diminishes iu
width until it entirely disappears at
the moment or the new earth. The
daily rotation of the earth upon its
axis forms a very attractive spectacle.
Varied spots mark our continents and
seas, over which move vast nanus 01
clouds. Two white cap3 cover the
poles. The oceans have a blueish
green color and appear darker than
the land. The contour of the disk.
more luminous than the inner part, is
aliirhtlv reddish under the influence of
atmospheric refraction. Europe and
Africa, Asia aud the Indian Sea, the
Pacilic, the two Americas, and the
Atlantic defile in turn every twenty-
ifour hours. The earth thus forms a
marvelous celestial clock that may Le
HypnctUtn and Crime.
Hypnotism as an aid to crime has
been variously discussed in r ranee
from both the medical and legal side.
with the general conclusion that legis
lation is needed to cover the most
palpable employment of it. Tbe fac
that a hypnotised subject can take and
execute a criminal suggestion made by
another, and yet be really Innocent of
any immoral Intent, is beyond all
doubt; and this fact has led observers
to the conclusion that the blame must
rest upon tbe giver of tbe suggestion.
An additional precaution which the
true originator of the crime might
take would be to give a suggestion for
bidding tbe subject to reveal to any
one the name of tbe sugzester or the
fact of the suggestion. On tbe con
trary, he was to say and feel that the
act was committed of his own accord.
This complicated the legal aspect of
the question very seriously; but fur
ther experiments have shown that the
instigator of the crime would not be so
entirely sate, after ail. M. J ules Llez
eois. who has studied most carefully
the legal acts of hypnotism, suggested
to a lady subject that ste take a pistol
and shoot a certain Mr. O. Sbe acted
out the suggestion perfectly, not know
ing tbat the load was a blank cartridge.
When again hypnotized, she admitted
the crime and defended her action.
Another gentleman gave ber the sug
gestion (1) that when tbe Instigator of
tbe crime enters the room she should
go to sleep for two minutes; (2) on
awakening she should fix her eyes upon
the man constantly until allowed to
desist; (31 she should then stand
front of him and attempt to conceal
him. When M. Liegoes entered the
room she fell asleep, aud did all tbat
was asked of her, thus revealing tbe
instigator, though told by him not to
do so.
to rnn to Seed, but at once made him-
an offer which he accepted. After tak
i.ir. vauaafjkii her mirctiiLSA. she
kug ' n iw. - - - , - .
. . -1 . 1 : ... kl.a than a.idlJ
touua tuab accuiuiujt k.o mo 1 - -..-ing
law, she was entitled to a drugiss
certiHcata on the presumption that the
manager of a drug store mu3t know
how to nut uo prescriptions. She then
concluded to continue and build up the
business ot her predecessor, and at
once put a college of pharmacy grad
uate iu charge. The new pharmaceu-l
Heal law passed In May. 1SS7. stil
protected her. aud if she had not leen
an ambitious and conscientious woman
she could have trained a practical expe
rience under her manager that would
have enabled her to put up prescrip
tions and eventually take entire charge
of the business herself. "I desired to
be thorough mistress of every detail of
my business," she said to a reporter.
Pharmacy is a noble proiessiou ana 1
want to be second to no one in a mor
ough knowledge of it."
HARD TO GET INTO A STORE.
The most difficult part of a woman's
course ia earning for herself the degree
Ph. G. is not the mastering ot the ot-
struse collegiate studies, but the secur
ing of the co operation of a druggist
who will permit her to come into n s
store and acquire the four years prac.
tical experience, without which her
book lore avails ber nothing. 1 he ma
jority of the women who have takeu
and are taking the course nave j,-r.
Susan Hayhurst to thank for the op
Dortunltv she has offered them ana is
constantly affording womeu to prac
tice in her colleee drug store.
"A woman drug clerk would be ue
cidedly against the prejudices of many
customers," said a druggist recently in
SDeakinz of the subject. -.Desides,
very few- of ns are able to employ a
porter, and the apprentice is expected
to sweep out. dust the shelves, wash
bottles, polish up the cases aud soda
water fountain ana tase prescriptions
home, none of which duties we would
like to ask a young woman to do.
Despite all these drawbacks, there is a
neld for the woman drujgist, uui it is
not in the crowded city, where her
brothers or the profession have to put
in long and weary hours ot service for
less than laborer's wages. It is la the
country village where with her sister,
the woman physician, sue can mane a
comfortable living. Tbe prejudice
against them, however, will die a nat
ural death and tbe future drug store
owner will add to tbe attractiveness of
his store and no doubt increase his sales
by having behind his counter a bright
and pretty woman."
Keep good men company and yoc
shall be of the number.
Not so much as a dew drop goes a
missing lu a thousand years.
Welt Dressed lierliu Women.
We have been a little surprised at
the number of well dressed people, or
rather at the few badly dressed people,
seen on the streets. 1 never saw so
many neatly attired girls, anl I don't
think that the women of any large city
on tbe globe are so uniformly pretty.
One coming from America naturally
expects to find tbe women-of Germany
very large, bony or fleshy. If you come
here with that Idea in your head you
will be disappointed, for the Prussian
women are petite, as a rule, below the
average stature, well formed and qiics
4.ue men, now
consulted by but a glance at the
heavens, and to which the succession
of the terrestrial phases adds another
base for tbe measuiement or time.
been from the centre of the visible
hemisphere of the moon, the earth
hovers always in the zenith. lu
measure as au advance is made toward
the edges of the disk, our globe ap
tears to uescena progressively, auu
from the circumference of the lunar
hemisphere. It is observed to oscillate
at tbe horizon.
Like all the stars of the celestial
vault, the sun puisues its apparent
course much beyond tbe earth, and, in
its daily motion, passes either above or
below our immovable planet, or some
times even behind her. Aneclijeof
(the sun by the earth then occurs,
while an eclipse of the moon Is visible
'to us. As the apparent diameter of
the sun is four times less than that of
the earth, this sublime phenomenon
'lasts about two hours, when the
'eclipse is total, and is accompanied
,wlth wouderful plays of light, that
are caused by the terrestrial atmos
phere, and that have the effect of sur
rounding our globe iwhich is then
dark) with a luminous auteola. It is
likewise possible to observe the par
tial eclipses of the earth which occur
when we are spectators of eclipses of
the sun.
At times stars or planets come in
conjunction with the earth or hide be
hiud It, and are projicted upon the
edge of its disk in consequence of the
absorption to which our atmosphere
gives rise.
In the course of the long lunar night
of 354 hours, which forms half of the
diurnal period and succeeds daylight.
the earth soars majestically In the
heavens, undergoing her phases from
the first to the last quarter, and at
midnight shines with au intense light
fourteen times stronger than that of
the full moon. With so strong a light
do we illuminate that part of our sat
ellite which is dark at this epoch that
it becomes visible from here, owing to
the retlectiou ot the terrestrial rays
from its surface. This reflection of a
reflection Is styied ashen light.
The earth, an enormous globe of ever
vaiiel aspect, suspended at a fixed
point of space, therefore presents to
the selenites a charming spectacle. Tje
inhabitants of the Invisible hemis
phere of the moon, where our globe is
unknown, have to take a long voyage
in order, from the lunar face turned
toward us, to contemplate that mag
nilieeut star which we call the earth.
and which up there must bear names
that express all the admiration tbat
she Inspires.
Seen from her sisters, tbe planets
the earth suddenly loses tbe magnificent
aspect that she exhibits in the lunar
heaven, and the great diameter tbat she
seems to have, when viewed from our
satellite, is reduced to very modest pro
portions.
The terrestrial globe, so long regarded
as composing tbe entire universe (and
how many people labor under such
delusion). Is. when seen from these
neighboring stations upon tbe celestial
route ot infinity, nothing more than a
star among stars.
FROM MSBCCRT.
To Mercurv. the nearest planet to
000 miles, the earth is an external
planet, shining with the luht of a star
of the first magnitude. She sparkles In
Mercury's sky as Jupiter does In ours.
At tbe epoch of her opposition with the
sun the earth passes to tbe merld sn at
midnight, and is in Uie best period of
visibility, with an apparent diameter of
20 ". After Venus, it is the most 1 r.l-
liaut star to the Mercurians, who t -e
our planet gravitate, like if, through
the constellations of the Zodiac. A
strong eyesight doubtless permits a
slight luminous spot to be seen, uow to
the left aud now to the right ot tU
earth. This little star is the moon.
FROM VENUS.
Seen from Venus, which revolves
around the sun at a distance of OS.Oixj,
000 miles, the earth exceeds iu luster
the most brilliant of the stars, and
offers a perceptible diameter. The punc
as for Mercury, our globe Is an exter
nal planet passing to tho meridian at
miduight wheu she is in opposition
with the sun. The apparent diameter
of the eaith theu rises to o" , aud so its
brilliancy is greater than that exhibited
by Venus at the epoch ot her maximum
luminous intensity, and, while this
beautiful planet is to us a morning ami
evening star, the earth to her is a
splendid star ot night.
The color of the terrestrial disk, 111
bec.iuing modified lu consequence of
the daily revolution or our glotie, which
presents maritime and continental sur
faces iu turn to the solar rays, sullices
to demonstrate to tbe Inhabitants of
Venus the existence of a daily motion
of the earth upon its axis. At Hit
epoch of its greatest angular distances
the terrestrial elobe does not present j
with a full front the hemisphere lighted
by the sun and Biiows a light phase th.it
renders her form oval.
The moou shines like a white speck
at a distance from our planet some
times greater than the lunar diameter
as seen from here, and her revolution
in 2S days around the earth can bt
followed with the naked eye.
FROM MARS.
From M. rs, which Is 145.0O0.00C
miles distant t rom the sun, the aspect
of the earth ii analogous to that ex
hibited to us by the beautiful planet
Venus. As its orbit around the sun is
interior to the curve described by
Mars, it becomes a morning aud even
ing star. The best period of visibility
Ot the earth occurs when It is situ.ilel
at ri'lit angles with the sun, th.it is to
say, at the epoch of its greatest elonga
tion. To the inhabitants of Mars the
earth is then a brilliant star that lol
lows or precedes the sun, and alt.ims
au angular diameter ot O'j . liie
Buiallrst optical instrument permits ot
seeing the different phases offered by
our planet, from a full luminous disk
to a thin cresceut, aud its entire disap
pearance iu the vicinity of tiie star l
day.
Perhaps, when li e earth rises 011 tl o
Martial horizon illuminated by the
first light ot Aurora, or when it de
scends, after the sun, bathed iu the
last fires ot twilight, the inhabitants oi
this neighboring planet admire it as an
abode ot peace and happiness. Hurt
great would they find their mistake to
be were they able to come bltherl
T he passage of the earth aud its satel
lite belore the sun constitutes a r.irt-
and interesting observation for li
astronomers of Mars. Thus, 01 '
12th of November, 1ST'.), at 2 o'clock i
M.. they could have terceived a cm. ill
black point Indenting the solar uisl,
and taking six minutes to enter it
wholly. Toward 4!i., 13 m., appeared
a second and much larger spot, wine!
t-xik 21 minutes to enter the sun. At
lO.'i., 15m., the first of these miuule
disks made its exit ou the opposite side,
aud near midnight the second als.i
detached itself from the sun. These
two stars were the earth aud moon.
Their former pasiage occuried in tl
year 1H00, and the next one will be seen
from Mars in i'.Uo.
OUT OK SIGHT.
The earth Is surprisingly visible in
the heavens of the planets that we h.ive
thus far mentioned, but when, reaching
colossal Jupiter, which is at a mean
distance of 4'J2,OlO,OJO miles from the
sun, we cast a glance behind, our mile
globe no lunger soars amid the celestial
spaces. A neighbor or the sun, almost
eclipsed by its binding rays, tue earth
oscillates but 12 degrees to the east and
west of the star of day. Feeble morning
ing and evening star, sue precedes 11s
NEWS- IX BRIEF.
Memphis is the greatest inland
cotton market in t;e v.orld, receiving
from Tiki. 000 to l.t-OJ.'.O l bales yearly.
A beetle as larjo ss a sparrow has
been received by M;e State etitoruogist
of New York. II c.imn from Central
America.
Statistics of th cost of public ed
ucation in Prussia hae just Iipu pub
lished. They show that the cost is lif
ted per cent, per head.
An 'inch of rain" m?ans a gallon
of water sureaJ over a surface of near
ly two square feet, or a fall of about
100 tons ou aa acre of ground.
It may lis iuteres' in? to chess
players to know the. onrrln of the word
"check-mate." it Is Irom the Arabic
Ex ch ik iiH'it The sheik is dying."
There are f Ki.0:-0 retail tobacco
dealers iu the Un ted States aud iod,
OoO workers interested in tl.e manufac
ture of sruok'1112 and chewing tobacco.
A Bakitiiorpan whocuiniiiitted sui
cide the other day d ie ted in Lis w ill
that $10 should In- 'x; eM-!c- i lor beer
and punch for all who attended Ins fun
eral. Several rich tlepl'.s hive leen
discovered iu t! e old uv.'.er course beds
or Southern Florida that jioiuise to
supply the "ta'.e with phosphates for
home consumption.
French fcoiioiuv is very evident In
marketing of lov.is. Not nlv half
birds can be pun has- I, l ut e-s, w ings
and breast are offered s p.oa
carcasss is used lor s.oup, an
blood is sol 1.
In a canoe i;:tv
three t'.tn-s, cnee t
sails and ail. en
bringing eeiv'.h:n
Hi the other s.d".
he bailed out an I
actually cane In lillii.
The young Unite ( f
is Paid ti) l.e sni pi 1- 'ii y
ligious lor a liue. lie
churclmni'i, mi-l 1 ; I
s.sions '.i.e.!'.'." He- t '-t
liviniz.s. " 1 1 :S 1 i". 1 !
old, not :.t an h n.d ::i
income of ; :J in
r.ip.-r I; nov.
sea wee 1, nee -i:nr t- a
cent'y niveiiie.! m .!.r,-;.n.
made 111 this u.n' 1 1 .-I t
as to l.e a-iu -t tr.. !!!
cieutlv Irans- :ir- lit to a
nig used as a v. iti-low i;;.i-;.s.
I Coi is about (i;n. i.y v.-, II.
A moc-a-'ln l-avli;.- Li
near ni 1: 1 1 1 ; i -, sfin
of ruriositv, !'' " I' -'.-!..
auiinat 1011 ol its 'n.i.iy. 'i'o Hi
nieia they ills-, .iv. r.-.t ttiaL it
lowed a Mirike -f -th
to its own, le -s tl.o in .i'!.
Iieeu chewed oil".
Tho 1.1' est
The
d even the
- nfest-int upset
i.g fie canoe,
te.y over and
a l standing
er each upset
d :i:iead, aud
Newcivstl? is
11101 al and re-
is a devoted
1 t-iry pos-
; un e church
t v-'our years
, and has ail
in '. i .1
ii;l 1 1:
n r
tmel from
process re-
Ti.e ai ticle
o Ir so strong
t..e, is sufli
iiml ci its I ke
eis, and takes
11 kil'el
'1 "VS, out
o.telil ft-
r aniaz
had SW41
:ilv eeuil
w nu-
had
f t!
enees is 11.it
C.li-ti;!i A"
Steam and ex
press have cm
the. Iiiti'iests of
closely inter! u '
li e, urn win r 1
sense of the ui
ismg and follows Its setting
If the inhabitants of J uplter possess
ight like ours, they can scarcely see
the earth except by artificial means.
It is especially at the periods or our
passages anuuaily before the sun, (live
mes smaller theie than here) that the
Jwviau astronomer can discover out
globe, under tbe aspect of a small black
point moving along the solar disk.
To Saturn, the earth H separated
from the sun by but six degrees, and
passes over it every 15 days. To L ran us
she is separated by three degrees, and
to Nejtune by but two degrees.
Immersed lu a luminous fascicle of
Solar rays, our globe is entirely invisible
to these latter planets of the system to
which it belongs. The earth ui unKwuni
to these worlds, which are relatively
near and are connected, like it. w 1th the
destinies of the sun; and the;exititence
upon it or the people that inhabit it.
of that intelligent race which believes
Itself to be alone iu Hie universe, is
suspected by no one. To these planets
neighboring our own we do not exist.
Seeu from the nearest of the stars, the
enormous sun that ill urn mates us is
itself no more than a little point, wan
dering lu the infinite labyrinth of the
worlds.
In their movements. 1 he men.
ever, are large, muscular and somewhat ; he sun, and which gravitates around
groaj In appearance. 'Jie latter at a mean distance of 37,000,-
v : 1-1 confer-
01 r Youi;-: Men's
nations lu Mockholui.
! 1 1. -11 y and the pi intlllg
11 eii th-- ;:iohe until
f i.s d.ver ! pies are
'iii-d. An I t.-i.e result is
iil.ittion ia the bent
r.y in C:ii"!.-'i.e:.doiu.
Pans receives ino.ii' o italics by
'.he will o! a fil.zt'ii who was run t.ver
and killed in that e'ly. lie bequeathed
the money l 11 eel billys over tne
streets at the most daiuii-! ons p.iint',
and the Pans authorities have tiow de
cided to build a sj.ei linen structure
over tht' l.oilteva: I at the. lileat.ni ck
torner of tin; B.e.i'.-v aid Mont mat Ire.
It was so cold at the m:- meet.ng
of the New Yoil; voiintiy t'lnh re
(ently that a young lady on the rand
:-tauI, who wore varnished l.-ot s, for
getfully Kept her leet ti.-ge! in 1, and
when she attempted to .stand up, found
'hatowliijj to the cold and dampness
her boots had stuck together, and she
was helpless unt.l her leet weie plied
ipart.
Tho novel speclacla of a funeral
roeession of street ears was itiiessed
ii Washington re-.-ent'.y. At I'm Pin
era! of two e!iiploeS cf the street
railway, the other emp'oyi s draped an
open summer car, which was n-ed to
serve as a hearse, and tins was followed
bv a rtrlng of cars, a'l draped, and oc
cupied by the employes and their
friend s.
Prince Bismarck lieopi a uarJ of
four soldiers iu a small conservatory
iu the
at Ber
mv life
fisted
guard,
good 1
seeing one of 11. e
before mo In a oi
drew mv revolver, llinii.i:.:
mischief."
The Cl.icu? C lit i.i! V
carries on two day-nui sei i
aggregate of over 1 l.O'.io !
cared for), two kindergartens,
du-.trlal schools, two ined.cal
laiden of his ollicial residence
iin. "After Blind's attempt on
," !i says, "tin? Bmperor In
thai I should have a body
But I sometimes forget thestj
L'ilows, and once at Yeisailles.
i appear suddenly
( r ol my garden. I
iie meant
Flower OarUena for Show.
Oswald Crawford, in The Fortnightly,
lias a charming article on "Summer
Time in Itural Fortugal." He gives
au account ot the survival or the fittest
in the noble gardens tbat are found as
relics and reminders of Moorish taste.
He says that "it humiliates his national
pride to contemplate the pleasure gar
dens of his English friends; even to
pass by tram, in summer time, through
the land and see no garden that is any
refreshment to the spirits, save those
of the cottagers " lu other words, the
northern garden is a show place lot
flowers, but in the southern garden
"flowers of infinitely less importance
than the walks, tbe shades of branching
trees, the greenery oT leaf and spray,
the cooling breezes In summer, the
warmth of the sun in winter, and at all
seasons the golden fretwork that the
sunlight makes upon the ground through
overhanging boughs." We are young
in a good many ways; but In the art ot
the beautiful we have most of all to
learu. Such notes as Mr. Crawford
gives us are especially valuable, not to
England only, but to America. We
have a superabundance of show garden?
without a thought of comfort aud re
freshments. The only need of Ameri
cans is recuperation.
C. T. U.
( where an
dreu weie
two in
fcpens i-
ries, a waifs' s.ibbath-sciK.ol, a nightly
gospel Tempei ain-e un ci ing, a fre
lodging-le use f r (ilils, wherw over 4''J
were cared for last year, a h dglng
house for men, when; Ci,""') wer
lodged during the year, and a lunch
room just Opened.
Tim Scotchman
noted for h s Ion iie
peculiarity in 1 augu :
the following s'..!;.:
per's shop a m;-:: n--1
asked: "Aw' nn'f"
replied the snopkee;
was the next quotio
'ou," was the rep! v.
dialogue would h.in
to thr! fact whelh. r th- ...
wo.jl and all ' ! w.m.I.
swer lieing "yes" to ! ' h pi
When the first .':.- ri-:
was established, the s , e-- l
mission was from four
iniuute with the jive
has long lie-n
is f. ! v i . a els, a
" i'ltis' la'i-d by
Go, tig by a d ra
ti e i a co it and
"Ae, aw' 'oo,"
. "Aw' a' '.,.:"'
i. "Ae, aw' a'
ia 1
ii-r-i
glish the
i simply
L was all
the an-
;t :otis.
telegraph
of iraus-
to live words a
i.e.- ;;; instru
ment; in ItilJ. the aver -e rate for
newspajx-r mess ig. s was stventeen
woids a minute; the present pace of
the electric telegraph between London
aud Dublin, wheie the Wi.ea slone In
strument is employed, reaches four
hundred and sixty-three woi-ls. And
thus, what was regarde I as mii.tctilous
sixty years ago has nuiltipi.t J a hund
red fold in half a century.
Sultan Mulev Ila-siu of Morocco
Is a man aliout 45 years of ; ge, though
it is possible that he iloe-eti'i know his
exact ape. As he has :!,5mi wives it
is probable that he U oks older than he
really Is. lie is a handsome man, with
a calm, imposing maimer wh.cli is
most becoming. Ilis eyes are more
auimate 1 an-! show morn shrewdness
than those of most or I is Countrymen.
He is fairly well n. formed ou ICurotieau
topics, but his into-in, ttion is marred
frequent exhiL'tcm-t of startling ig
borar.ee. Aitoge, !.-r he does not ap
pear like a man who is charged with
doeds ot the bimt revo.liii,; cruelty.