Switzerland is llii! mily civilized Country in llio world w hieh grunts no pntonts fur inventions. Millions of men in India livo.marry nnd rear npparoiitly happy children Upon nn income which, even when tlio wife works, is rarely nbitvo fifty cents w"i'k, Whilo Spain craftily tempts tlio Cuban patriots with offers of sham re form, Wcylor makes their acceptance moro ntut moro impossible by his Monstrous bi utnljty iu denling with Cuban women, exclaims tUo New York Mail niul Express. According to tlio statistics recently published by tlin Spanish gov ernment, 8, 7'27,51'J persons out of HI, 1)110, 000 Spanish Inhabi tants to riot engaged in nny business. Xn wonder tlio hnughty nml impecunious Dons sneer nt tlio 1'nfted States as "u nntioti of tradesmen," re marks tlio Trenton (X. J.) Amcrieiin. Tlio Good Road Congress In Flori fin has tlio satisfaction nf kuowing tlmt few people, if nny, disnpprovo of its avowed purpose, observes tlio Washington Star. Tin's eouutry is not lacking in labor, nuiteriiil or ex cuse for tlio enterprise. A compara tively few years should find its attain incuts in tbis respect tuoro in keeping with its advancement in other things which pertain to a progressive civili zation, When the present war in Cuba be gan Spain declared that her adminis tration of nlTuira in tlio island was nil light, that uo reforms woro needed ami (lint no concussions whatever would be Hindi) to tlio revolutionists. Now, however, nho conies oil' her high horso nnd offers a largo and varied as sortment of inducements with tlio earnest hope that tlio Cuhnus may ac cept tliem, stack their arms and resume their labors in the cans fields and to bucco plantations. The X rays have luada their appear nneo iu court in Franco, A Marseilles merchant was run over iu the street and bad his clavicle broken. Ho sued lor large damages, which tho owner of the wagon sought to reduce by al leging that tlio bone had knit together again and the results of tlio nccideut were therefore not serious, Tlio plaintift", however, produced iu court a radiograph of his thorax, which showed that the fractured bono had not been reunited, notwithstanding outward symptoms to the contrary, nnd that an incurable injury was the result. The court was convinced by this novel testimony and awarded damages, as claimed- The Cologne Yolks Zoitung says it has proof that Emperor William, after the recent political revelations, wrotj a personal letter to Prince Hismarck, appealiug to him to bo patriotio and to cease his talking of Germany's past policy. The Prinoo, iu a published interview, is quoted as Buying: feel tired but not ill. My complaint is weariness of life. I uo longer have on object iu lifo, and have no oflieial duties and nothing to seeas a spectator which gives ine pleasure. The longer I live, the longer this will bo the case. I feel lonely, have lost my wife, and my sons are occupiod with their own business. Husbandry and forestry huvo lost iutcrest for me with advanc ing years. I seldom visit tho woods and fields, and do not desire to see them now that I do not ride and do not shoot. Politics, too, are bog in niug to bore me." It is said that Lord Salisbury was influenced, first in the matter of the Venezuelan treaty and thott of the general arbitration treaty by tho Rothschilds. Wheu England and the United States wore apparently about to come to blows over the nllegod Venezuelan encrouohmouts, Rnron Rothschild is said to havo gono to Salisbury with the adviao that Eug laud should give .up India mid its South Afrioan possessions rather than to break friendship with tho United htatos. In those interviews it ciuno out that the house of Kothsohild was botter informed as to the resources and possibilities of the United States and the two Americas than even tho Amerioans themselves. This Roths, child information has beou gathering for forty years and curacs from many sources. Today it is comprosscd into one great roport, which would muke many bulky volumes if put iu type. It exceeds in interest to Auiorionus any report ever compiled nnd in a goo logical, agricultural aud industrial way is marvelous for the rosearob shown to have been made and the keon insight into the future dis played by the person who compressed the foots aud jotted down tho com ments thereon. B Hi !' "i j-t-.-'ri i-'"""Hi, s THE WRONG MAM. DT 0. 11. Dt'MIAM. When our foreinnn went away to tho Northwest territory to find n cut tle nuigo unspoiled by settlers, Hobert wns put in charge of the ranch. This was equivalent to n promotion of liiddy also, for tho Missotirinn, whoso bony framo hud been built from tlio limestone waters of bis native dtnte, wns still tho partisan nnd protector of tho sappy youngster from northern Vermont, "Vou nro a Canadian pony nnd I am Hnmblutouiau," said Hubert; ''but if wo like to trot together, I guess the other bosses on this range will havo to take our dust." Tho friendship betweon theso two men was founded on complementary qualities, nud only a woman could break it. Tho woman in this instance was Miss Roll, the schoolteacher lit tho Rend. Tho burned child dreads tho fire, but a bird will return aud again dash into tho flumes. Hubert's encounter with tho fair feuco-cutter was like flame to the bird. He sought an in troduction and forthwith beenmo n suitor for her baud, liiddy, tlio only ono iu camp who took it upon himself to criticise any act of Robert's, re monstrated with liiiu. "Vou aro a bird, nreu't you?" said he; "the girl mesmerized you once, she'll bamboozle vou for twice, aud bounce you for three times. What do you mean to do?" "I moan to marry her if sho will havo mo," replied Robert, simply. Yes, I know I told you plouty times that a cowboy bad no business to marry, and that's right, but I'm on exception. I don't know bow and I don't know why, but I know I'm hit hard, I got to have her." So Robert, big, bulking.forty years old, was in love for the first time in bis whole life. If force aud earnest ness avail, bo should win. Less forceful, less earnest, half as old, Riddy was in the lamo plight. His advioo to Robert to let tho girl alone was in good faith; ho thought it the best thiug for Robert but he bad a bad case of "physician heal thy self" upon his hands. He, too, was resolvod to win aud marry Miss Hell Ho did not say so to Robert, so bard is it for most niuu to be open iu a love a Hair, nud for a time Rjbert knew nothing of it. Everyoue elso saw it, aud Suotty told Riddy ho bud better stttud from uuder. "If you lock horns with Robort," said ho, "he'll got you down and walk all over your frame," And Sootty added sonio reflections on tho law of supply aud demand. "If thoro were twouty sohooliiiii'uins round here you would not look nt ono of thorn, but boouiise there is only ono, you are fixing to get your akin so plumb full of bullet boles that the wiud won't whistle as it blows through." Riddy laughed uud went his way to call upon Miss Roll and urgo his suit, Aud Robert went his way, which wns tho same way, upon the riiiuii errand. I do not know whether Miss Roll gave to culler man any encourage ment, but us tho dead-shot is said to add a notch to thu marks on his pistol-grip for each man ho drops, so It is supposnhlu that about this tliuo this young lady increased her list of rejected suitors by tho names of theso two cowboys. It was dona iu her kindest manner thlH rejectiou, and she had said to each: "I inn sorry this has occurred, but since you have ho honored mo, you must eomu to my wedding. I am to bo married next mouth iu tho church at Hammond. I ahull really foul it if you do not come." And ouch mnu hud promised to bo there. It had coma to Robert's notice bj fore this tiiuo that liiddy wus his rival, but with the hope aud intention of success strong within him, ho bad been affected differently from Scotty's forecast. Hu went straight to Biddy and told him to "go iu aud win if you can. I don't want the girl unless I can get her fair nn I hold her against all comers." Rut wheu both had been refined, each man thought tho other as accepted, and each waited for tho other to brunch tho subject. Jt was a difllcult time. There woro dark looks, but no explosion. They avoided each other, nil I this little cloud, no bigger than n woman's hand, seemed about to cover thu whole skv. Ilidilv asked for leave of ab sence and got it. They did not meet again until tho wedding day. That day found Biddy still storm ing ut fate; but Rihcrt, who had n simpler and stronger nature, had put his own disappointment behind him and was looking forward with prido if not pleasure to his friend's happiness. What fjllows is in Robert's words: "I got thero early and took n seat iu tlio buck pirt of tho church. I wanted to bo where I could get out if my nerve failed me. Many people ciuno in, and nt last tlio bride, looking very beautiful, enmo out from a sido door with thrco men and stood up in front. And I was proud for liiddv tliat bo was going to havo such n lino wife. Rut I couldn't sue him any where. And the preacher said nny Minn having nn impediment was to step forward. "Then I looked for Riddy, but ho lidii't come. I had never before been nt n wedding iu church, and I thought mnybo it was tlio way to keep him col ruled in tho little room until the Inst moment, for four bo would go back onto the old range. "The preacher went on saying things, aud I didn't pay close atten tion, because I was thinking how pretty slu) looked, until n bold mn'.i in a Hereford shirt nud low-necked vest took her hand, nud tho preacher said 'I pronounce 3-011 mnu nnd wife.' "Then I jumped up wild, '(front Seottl'I yelled, 'that's tho wroug mail I "At that instant somebody clapped a hand over my mouth nud hustled mo out of tho church. " 'If you don't want to got shut up for drunk nud disorderly,' said Riddy, for bo it was who dragged mo oat, 'stop that racket !' " 'What's tip?' I said, soon ns I could get 1113' breath. 'Why aren't yon in there getting married?' " 'I am not in there getting mar ried, said Riddy, 'because sho wouldn't havo me. I thought you were to marry her today.' " 'What, 1110?' savs I. 'I never was within a thousand miles of it.' " 'Why didn't you say so, old man?' asked liiddy, " 'Say so yourself,' said I. 'You woro dumb 11s nn oyster.' "Then we both laughed, nnd whilo tho folks insido woro crowding up to tho front to congratulate the happy n i r, Riddy aud 1110 had a hearty handshake on the sidewalk, nnd we went homo togotlier." Argonaut, (aptnin Heard's Exploit. Tlio hpued of the Rultimoro clippers iu days gone by iiiado history redound with their exploits. Every boy nnd girl bus rend at soino timo or place of tho piratical, long, low, rakish-look ing schooners that cruised tho ocoau ostensibly us privateers, but chiefly as pirate, iu thoso days, ami have imir veiled more or less ntthoir astounding adventures. A good story is- told of tho lute Captain Augustine Heard, that whilo iu command of a fine ship richly laden, bound from China to New York, ho was overhauled by ono of this kind, which came tip under bis lue, tired a shot into his ship, aud do muuded in "good English." that sho should bo huvo to. Captain Heard watched :i favorable opportunity, Kjuared his yards, ran tho pi ivaU:.:r down, passed over liar between the musts, and when well to leeward brought his tdiip to tho wind nnd re sinned his course, Sho had lost hoiiio of her head-;;ear, but sustained 110 damage iu her hull. Captain Hoard left thu "lung, low, black privateer, or pirate, to tier late, ami had 110 doubt that all her crew perished. It was a daugi runs thing to do, but Heard relied upon the good timber iu his ship's bows to withstand thu shock, although his heart grew sad at t lie loss of life. Still, us ho put it, "My honor and lifo wero ut Htuke, so ho had to go uudor." Harper's Rjiuid Table, A (Jiiesliou of Pronunciation. ' Guest (sarcastically) How do you pronounce the word"oluoiiiargariiie?" Hotel Waiter I pronounce it "but tor," or I'd lose my job. Rjstou Traveler. Heniis ns 1111 Army Ration. "Tnko it altogether," said tho old soldier, "t think I liked beans tho best of the army rations. Hard bread, of course, wos ossontiul, nnd wo ex pected to get that any way; but I am speaking now of the comparative lux uries on tho army bill of faro. 1 should prefer corned beef, if that is sued iu tho army had been uniformly of a dosirablu quality; but often it was of n hardness more like that of quartz, nnd of n saltiness past buliof by thoso who have never tried it, "Salt pork well, fnt salt pork, even of tho best quality, is not desirablo as a steady diet of food, nnd we got more salt pork than any other luent, and it wns most always not of tho best. In fact, no old soldier will ever forgot tho unit pork of tho nrmy, but bis recol lections of it will not bo surrounded by nn ntiroru borealis of delight. "Not everj-body liked beans, but nccordiug to my notion they woro tho best of tho nrmy rations, nil things considered. If wo had a piece of pork to put iu tlio kettle, so much tho bet ter; but wo hud salt nny way, and bean soup, with hard bread to break into it nnd n cup of eoft'00 made of meal that had decided elements of hopefulness, in it. "It is true that sometimes when wo had beans day after day for days to gether sumo of tho men would gut tired of them. Rut you would grow tired of ortolans, wouldn't you, if 3011 had too many of them. 'I always used to be glad when wo had beans ; nnd to this day I like now and thou a disli of bean soup, and I never eat it without pleasant rocol- lootiotis of tho nrmy. " Now l'ork Hun. Qt AIM' AMI (TKIOFS. Ricvcles nro tnxed in Frauee. Maine hns n state photographer. A pound of phosphorus lien ds l, 000, 000 matches. Tho Islo of Mnu possesses mnny privileges nud unique features. It has a music all its own. Tho nneiout.H knew how to cheat. lion led dice have li'ieu found in tho ruins of liurculiineuui. Twenty vears ago thero wero only .'US miles of railroad open iu South Africa; now thoro aro 2, o-K) miles. Tlio highest viilngo in Switzerland is lnf, in tho valley of tho Avors,2,133 metres above tho sea. Rut on tho Italian sido thero is the village of Holy, which lies twenty metres high er. Sailors do not likocats. They have a saying when tho cat is frisky sho haa a gale of wind in her tail, and charm is often resorted to iu a calm by throwing tlio cat overboard to raise a storm. Dentistry is ono of the oldest pro fessions. It is known that the Egyp. tians had dentists 5,000 years ago, Dr. (kdst-Jscobi of Frankfurt, (for mally, has written it history of don tistry from i!700 R. C. to the present timo. There are .":)( authorized guides in the Alps One hundred and four of tliein have taken a regular courso of instruction iu their profession nud havo received diplomas ; 35 of them nre botweeu 0 and 70 year of age, aud six aro over 70. A London thiof has boon doing 1 thriving business by providing him self with a hook attached to a line, by lueana of which ho managed, from tho flat roofs, to secure birdcages with their inmates, which he sold at a great profit on his investment. Tlio largest mountain lion probably ever killed iu the State of Washing. ton was killed near Mount Raker two weeks ago by a hunter and brought to New Whatcom. Its body is seven foet long, nnd with tail ciutHtreched it is more than ten feet altogether. Tlio "Drummer boy of Areola," who saved tho day fur Napoleon, is not a mvth. At least Prance does not consider him a myth, nnd is about to erect a statue to his memory nt Casta net, in Vsueliise, Ins birthplace, whero ho was known as Audro Etieunc. King Humbert of Italy holds the record of having shot the largost ibex ever Hoen. Tho horns measure thirty live inches iu length tho circumference at tiio base is iiino inches, and the dis tn ilea between tho horns twauty-seven inches. He has also shot the seooud best Kpcoimun, whose horns measure thirty-four inches. . Perhaps the most remarkable art exhibit in tho world is that of the la nntics in the Ville-Evrnrd asylum in Paris. Most of tho patients iu the asylum have been painters or design em, and the physician in charge inau gnrated "salon of their works. The effect on the minds oi patients is said to be excellent, r ' . M.r.ns : Nor i.oks. Nut fur our looks, hut for our deeds, SI111II w" prized ; 'i'lie pur -st. truest hearts on mirth Ar" oft illstfulse.1 Neiilh homely facs. yet one knows lly its sweet lireiuli where hlooms tin-ro.-o." Mrs. I, mini .f. lilttenliouso. niiori'isd is rrftSA. How would 3-011 liko to go shopping in China? Iu tho first place you would havo to hnvo n stout servant to carry vour money, nun iiioti you would have to havo n second servant to protect the first from thieves and to seo that ho didn't rnu nwny with tho treasure. Chinese money is nil in sil ver nud copper, and even a small sum is very heavy to carry. The shopB, many of them, oro not much larger than dry-goods boxes, and each of them has a silver room, or great safe, where tho money is kopt. It takes a long timo to pay n bill, becauso tho storekeeper is very particular about every piece of money which be re ceives. He weighs it carefully, and vour servant does tho samo with the change, so that yoii will not )' cheated. When a Chincso lady desires tho pleasuro of shopping, sho sends a ser vant to her favorito denier with in structions ns to her particular desires. Tho denier thereupon takes down enough material to load anywhere from four to ton porters, and goes j around with tho invoice) to tho lady s home. A European ludy can enjoy the samo privilego without nny extra chnrgo or nny increnso in tho price of goods. A NEST THAT TRAVF.T.EH A farmer who hud storod his buggy iu his barn nil winter without using i. went to market nt Middletown in it . day or so ngo.nud as ho jaunted alot'if tho lonely highway bo noted rpiw sounds that appeared to coma from tho bos beneath bis seat. Once in a rough part of tho road tho vehicle jolted severely,nnd tho farmer thought be beard a feeble squawk, but ho paid slight attention to it. Arrived at a grocery in Middletown, however, bo thrust his arm beneath tho buggy seat and his ringers touched something sleek nnd lively, and thero was no doubt this time that something in tho buggy squeakod loudly. There upon bo throw back the cushion Map ami poered iuto tho dark rooss be neath the sent. In the middle of the buggy box iu n nest of straw and with fourteen eggs under her, snt ono of his best Plymouth H ck hens, who lind been trying to keep her temper and her scat on the eggs all the way, tweivo miles, to Middletown city. Slio had about lost her temper, though, and when ho thrust his arm into her nest sho bridled up and flow iuto his face. Tho farmer replaced her and drove straight home and restored the incu bator buggj-, nest, ben uud eggs to its old placo in tho burn. Chicago Record. THR SPIORR-MOTIlF.n. A gentleman who was very fond of collecting insects for preservation was iu the habit of killing them by placing them in nloohol. Ha inferred that, because they soon became quicr, they had lost nil sense of fueling. One day ho had a largo mother-spider and twonty-fonr of her little ones, about the size of black pinheads, which ha wished to preserve. So ho put tho big spider in tho wide-mouthed buttle of aloohol, and watched for a f iw minutes her writhings nnd frantic efforts to relenso herself ; but by and by the deadly alcohol wrought its work. She folded her limbs close to her body, and was at rest. The man was glad that her senses wero ut last benumbed, and proceeded to put in her little ohildreu. The instant they touched tho liquor they begun to manifest great pain. That moment tho mother roused herself, and, dart ing her arms iu every direction, gath ered theui to bur bosom, snd held them close until death relaxed her grasp. Who can toll the mother love in that poor iusect, which even tho fumes of alcohol could not doudun I Tho naturalist learned a lesson by the experiment, aud ever after used chloroform ia destroying the life of to preserve, Youth's I'anncr. TIOYSl IX WAt.fi KTlir.RT. A Wall street boy is expected lo bo nt tho oflieo nt niin o'clock iu tlio morning, nud remnin thero as long as his services nro needed, though he usually grts away about four o'clock, lie has an allowance of half nn hour at noon for luncheon, but tho rest of his time belongs to bis employer, H' is expected to bo neat in appearance, clean ns to hands and face, well man nered, truthful nt nil times, prompt in obedience, nml faithful iu guarding tho secrets of his employers, Tho duties first assigned to him nro to carry messages, deliver ntocki nt other brokerage offices, nnd obtain checks for them. After a whilo ho is advanced to making comparisons of sales of stocks nud taking tho checks received from other brokers to bo cor titled nt tho bunks. Of late years the Stock Exehangl clearing house hns done away with so much of tho stock delivery by boys that tho number of them oil the street is not more than half what it used to bo. Formerly it was not uncommon to seo from twenty-flva to) one hundred boys waiting in lino ftt each of the prominent bnnks to get checks certified, nnd nearly every bank employed a privato policeman to keep the boys in lino and in order. A story is told of a lie boy on the) street Wio onco wont to make a delivery of stock. When tho bookkeeper mudo up tho accounts nt tho close of tho day ho found himself eighty thousand dollars short, and au examination of t!o books showed that one of thu boys lind fnilcd to bring back a check in return for soino stock bo had do 'ivcred. Ho wns perfectly innocent about tho I .,fttter, and ni 1 that ho hi. handed : ;,0 i,,m0rs in nt tho oflieo where ho was sent to make tlio deliver-, and as; they gave him nothing ho supposed thero was nothing for him to got. His employer treated him kin ily, uud told him to bo careful not to mako tho samo mistake again. Ho never did. That boy is now at tho head of ono of tho largest brokerage houses oa liroad street. Harper's Round Tablj. A rmsesE duco-shop. In St. Nicholas there is An nrticlo by Theodora Wores, the artist, en titled "Ah (Jail's Now Year Celebra tion." Mr. Wores gives tho follow ing description of a Chinese drug store in Sau Francisco: Tho intorior of tho shop presented a Uran-o and Oriental aspect. Ono corner wns occupied by tho household shrine, tho chief feature of which was a highly colored picture of some favorite god. Tlio smoke of burning incen se i-suing from n brightly polished brau ves sel rose from the altar boforo this) deity uud filled tho air with its mys terious fragrance. R. sidy tiio shrino on a table was an abundant supply of refreshment, consisting of cakes, both red and yoilow; of lichi nuts, oranges nnd candied ginger,!! uitinber of boxesj of cigars, and hist, but not least, of bottles containing sam-sheu, t'ao favor ito beverage of thu Chinese. Ah (rail's uncle, dressed in a long yellow silk blouse, was standing near this table, busily engaged iu do ing the honors to his numerous oallors. Ho greeted bis nephew aud his friend with great cordiality, and in vited them to partake of refresh ments; but Ah U.u modestly content ed himself with a handful of dried watermelon seeds which be dropped into his capacious iusido pocket. Ono side of tlio shop was taken up by a longconntor.and shelves and drawers extended all nronml the room. Theso wero covered and tilled with it great and miscellaneous collection of st 1 ango and rare herbs and roots. Deerdiorns, iu their velvet stage, were suspended from the ceiling. These, after boingj sliced nsthiu as wafers, nro boiled, and produce what is suppose 1 to bo a, valuable medioine. Dried lizards, neatly spread 011 thiu bamboo sticks, occupied n basket ntoue en. I of of thu counter. Dried toads, sharks' tails and many other curious ol.jcetn used in tho preparation of Chinesii medicines, littered, the shop from end to cud;aud a richly carved uud gilded open-work screen, with two dragons: iu the center, extended across the middle of tho coiling, Tho Chinese uro very much behind hand iu their knowledge of uiodioine. Their methods, which aro bused on ignorance and superstition, aro quite) ns absurd and primitive us woro thoso of the Europeans of the Middle Ages, tho insects ho wished
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