PICTURESQUE PERU.
HOST INTERESTING OF SOUTH
AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
Mines of Fabulous Value and Mar
velous Engineering Monuments
Devasted by Wars—A Ricb Land's
Possibilities.
From an historical standpoint Peru is
the most interesting of South American
| countries. To Peru came the viceroys of
Spain, representatives of the king, hold
ing regal powers, and from Peru Spain
ruled all her American colonies. The
civilization of the Incas was at the high
est point when, in 1532, Francisco
Pizarro with a handful of adventurers
V, subjugated the whole country and took
$15,000,000 of gold from the temples.
! The ruins of cities, the inscriptions on
monuments, the remains of bridges built
by the Incas, all show that they attained
a degree of culture and civilization that
, might truly be envied by the old knights
who so basely betrayed and conquered
them. The island cities of Lake 'litica
ca, the temples of Cuzco, tho Incas' high
way, the stone bridges across the yawn
ing abysses of tho Amies show a skill in
engineering and an advancement in sub
stantial architecture not excelled by tho
crusaders who brought Christianity and
destruction to the Incas.
Cullno, with its well equipped Dar
ccna at which ships are loaded and dis
charged, is the principal seaport of Peru.
It was some fifty years ago that the old
city of Callao was submerged by a tidal
wave and completely buried from sight
i beneath the Pacific. Even now on a
cleat day with a calm sea the old city
can be distinctly sceu at the bottom of
, v the bay, oil ban Lorenzo, and the super-
T stitious can hear of a quiet moruiug the
ringing of the church bells under the
water, the chanting of mass by the
priests. Callao has seen better days.
Since tho bombardment of the place by
tho Chilian fleet in 1880 it has presented
an aspect rather seedy. Tho path of the
cannon ball through walls can be plainly
seen and the evidences of visiting bul
lets to upper stories and under-roof
decorations arc apparent.
Peru has been impoverished by intest
ine strife and made helpless by war with
her neighbor, Chili. Lnable to pay in
terest on her bonds, powerless to obtain
further loans, she was compelled to ac
cept tho proposition of the English bond
holders in 1889. This was an arrange
ment for the cancellation of the external
debt, in pursuance of which Peru sur
renders 780 miles of railroad, grnnts con
cessions for building others, surrenders
valuablo guano deposits and the rich
a mine" of Cerro del Pusco to the bond
holders, who for their part agree to com
plete, by further expenditures, the rail
roads projected by the state (500 miles),
and to return tho securities in prime
order ut the end of sixty-six years. The
mines of Cerro del Pasco, toward
which the road is building, are fabulous
ly rich, having yielded millions to the
Incas and to the Spaniards. The Oraya
railroad from Lima through the Andes
to Eastern Peru and tho Amazon
headwaters shows some of the most mar
velous feats of modern engineering—
highest point at Monte Meiggs, 17,554
feet abovu sea level. Muny of the con
tractors and engineers are Americans, so
that ono meets more hero than in Chili
who can claim the protection of the old
Sag. At the opening of the great Chicla
bridge, a veritable engineering triumph,
12,220 feet above the sea,both the United
States and Peruvian flags floated in the
breczo. Peru owes to Americans many
I of her bast public buildings aud most im
* portant improvements.
From Callao to Lima by rail is a most
delightful ride—past fields of gruin
fenced in by great udobe walls, through
orchards of fruit nnd groves of bananas
and spreading palra trees, past old Span
ish hacienda houses, long stretches of
lawn, the luxuriant vegetation of the
tropics, with the mountains before you,
tho sen behind.
Lima, the capital, the centre from
which everything Peruvian radiates, the
Paris of Peru, has a population of say
110,000 souls. Lima has Bixty-eight
churches, a bull-ring and many theatres.
Pizarro himself, after capturing Ata
haulpa and taking possession of all the
fold in the country, laid out the City of
itma and expended the greater part of
his private fortune in decorating and en
riching her parks and nlumedas. The
cathedral occupies one side of the Plaza
de Armas; the Palacio or Oasa Verde
(greon house), tho residence of Peru's
president nnd officers of the army, navy,
otc., taking another, while the remain
ing sides are tuken up by hotels and
stores. From the cathedral towers pro
ject two beams from which in 1872 the
brothors Gutierrez, the tyrannical rulers
of Peru, were hanged by an infuriated
i populace—afterwards the bodies were
thrown to the plaza below and burned
amidst general rejoicing. Tho cathedral
is very Targe, with a very rich altar nod
many old and valuable paintings. There
are no preferred pews—poor and rich
kneel on the bard stone floor at their
devotions. The popes are all here—a
painting of each down to Pio Nono. Be
hind the altar is a magnificent choir—
walls and ceilings of richly carved wood
and around three sides carved seats, each
fit for a throne. Under the altar rests
the bones of the mighty Pizarro, the
conqueror of Peru. I'izarro was treach
erously murdered in the Uasa Verde, just
across the plaza from the cathedral.
When wo descended with our sandaled
and shaven guide to the last resting place
of the great man, we found candles
burning nnd mass being said by the
priests as on the day of his funeral in the
sixteenth century.
The most interesting building in Lima
is the Church of San Pedro, erected in
1638, and having many old paiutiugs,
some old musters, and eight richly
furnished nltars. To Sun Pedro go the
rich aud the poor to be healed by prayer
at the shrines aud by touching the figure
of somo saint. A picture it was, indeed,
to see a poor woman carry a lame boy to
a reclining figure of Christ aud rub a
sponge first over the image and then,
over the log of the hoy, whom she lifts
up to the shrine. The picture would be
incomplete without seeing the woman's
fuce that showed a faith absolute in the
efficacy of the remedy. How many
changes this old church has seen ! What
bloody revolutions! The captains of the
galleons that carried to Castile treasures
of gold nnd Bilvcr; the mighty Inca
chiefs converted, have all confessed to
the priests of San Pedro.
The glory of Lima is the exposition
park and botanical gardens covering
many acres, planted with rare trees,
shrubs and flowers, laid out in walks
and lawns and landscapes. The grand
pnlnce of the exposition, a large building
of white stucco with many statues in its
niched walls, the President's villu, where
"his excellency" lunches when he favors
the place with his presence, the kiosks,
i summer houses, pagodas, the artificial
■ m lakes, the bridges across running streams
J were all made during the time of the
I celebrated Henry Meiggs when Peru was
I rolling in wealth. When the Chilians
, ? occupied Lima in 1883 they sent away to
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Santiago and Valparaiso many of the
marble statues and fine paintings from
the exposition buildings. Tho Chil
ians committed many outrages during
their occupancy of the city. They
stabled their horses in the splen
did halls of the national library,
the common soldiers used priceless manu
scripts to cook their beans. Whatever
iu Lima, in private house or public
building, took the fancy of a Chilian
was shipped to Chili. The soldiers
roamed like wild beasts about the city,
rifling houses, and for several years the
wives and sweethearts of Chili's warriors
wore the finest silks and the richest
jewelry to be found in Peru. The lions,
tigers aud elephants from the exposition
were sent to Chili, but, the climate be
ing more severe than in Peru, the animals
all died.
Revolutions are frequent in Peru, as
in other Spanish-American republics.
However, everything is quiet this mouth
and a revolution has not occurred since
the 3d of December last. On that day,
at 5 in the afternoon, au insurrection was
attempted in Fort Santa Catalina by the
general of artillery and his party. By 10
o'clock the President, Don Gonzalo Ber
mudcz, had shot 130 of the conspirators
and dumped the bodies into one great
hole—a common grave. Since this little
target practice tho Peruvians rather hes
itate about beginning another effort to
overthrow tho government, though an
outbreak of the Pierola party is daily ex
pected.
Someone has said that Peru is blessed
by God and cursed by man. In minerals,
i in dye stuffs, in drugs, in soil, iu agricul
tural possibilities Peru is the richest
couutry in the world. If an immigration
of active, pushing, enterprising people
sets in toward Peru it will certainly have
a great future. The present landed pro
prietors art like tho noblemen of South
ern Europe—they make few improve
ments, embark little capital in manufac
tures or machinery, do not educate the
lower classes. A little less romance nnd
blood, a great deal more education of
the masses, will make Peru the greatest
of South American republics.—[Detroit
Free Press.
Von Moltke's Recipe for Old Age.
On the occasion of Count Moltke's
ninetieth birthday, a Viennese educa
tional society had the good idea to ask a
number of eminent men who had at
tained a 'ripe old age' as to the best way
to grow old. Fourteen men, whose
combined ages amounted to 1,100 years,
answered the questions put to them, and
of these answers the most interesting
were those supplied by Count Moltke.
We give the questions, together with
the nonagenarian's answers, iu full:
44 1. At what age did your school
ing begin, nnd how many hours a day
did you study?—ln 1308, when I was
eight years old, I learned four hours a
day; after 1810 I studied ten hours
every day.
"2. Was your health during youth
delicate or strong?—l was of a tough
nature.
44 3. Were you brought up in town
or in the country?—ln the country, up
to my tenth year.
"4. How many hours daily did you
spend in the open air? Regularly?—lr
regularly, and only a few hour 9.
"5. Did you have athletic and other
physical exercises?—No methodical ones.
11 0. How many hours did you
sleep?— Ten.
44 7. Special observations?— Joyless
youth, scanty food, away from home.
"8. Did you finish your education
in town or in the country?—ln town.
| 4 9. How many hours of mental work
daily?— Differed greatly.
44 10. Do you attribute a favorable
influence on your health to a special
manner of living?— Moderation in all
habits; outdoor exercise in all weathers;
no day entirely spent indoors.
u ll How long did you sleep?—
About eight hours on the average.
44 12. What changes in your daily
habits did you make ou the approach of
a riper age?— None.
44 13. How long daily did you work
in your fiftieth, sixtieth, seventieth, and
eightieth year?— That depended on cir
cumstances, often very long.
44 14. What were your recreations?
—Riding on horseback up to tho age of
eighty-six.
44 15. How many hours do you spend
in the open air?—At present half the
day, during the summer, on my estate.
44 10. How long do you sleep?—
Eight hours still.
44 17. What are your habits with re
gard to taking food?—I eat very little,
and substitute concentrated nourish
ment.
44 18. To what reason do you prim
arily ascribe your healthy old age? (iu
which may God preserve you!)—To
God's grace and moderate habits."
When War Songs Meant Something.
A veteran of the civil war, in speak
ing of the effect of war-songs, recently
said:
44 1 have been with the column, march
ing along roads which were muddy,
when the men looked like anything but
human beings, as they crawled along
splashed from head to foot with dirt,
tlieir clothing disarranged, their pant
aloons tucked iu their stockings, and
their heavy brogans laden with mud.
Somo strong-luuged fellow way up at
the head of the column would strike up
a war-song. It might be 4 Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp,' or it might be 4 John Brown's
Body.' In an instant he would be joined
by others, and soon, away down the
long road as far as the column stretched,
a mighty chorus would be going up,
while the men would brace up, their
eyes brighteu and their footsteps lose
the weary movement as they kept step
to the music. Twenty-five thousand or
thirty thousand men stretched out over
a long distance in marching, and you
can imagine the effect of such a chorus
of male voices. Perhaps way off on
some parallel road, a mile or two away,
another column would be advancing,
and this, too, would take up the re
frain, aud the effect be heightened two
fold. Those were the days when war
songs meant something to the men who
saug them."—[New York Ledger.
Care of Milk and Cream.
Iu milk and cream exposed to the air,
bacteria readily collect and multiply rap
idly. They cause the souring and curd
ling of milk and induce other changes
in it, while their effect on cream is to
aid its 44 ripening." Dairymen let their
cream ripen before churning, because
their experience shows that from such
cream butter 44 comes" more readily,
keeps better, and is of better flavor than
from sweet cream. In a recent paper on
this subject, Dr. 11. W. Conn states that
milk will become contaminated with
bacteria if put into vessels in which par
ticles of curd and grease are left stick
ing in joints and on the sides. Boiling
in water will kill the bacteria, but their
spores or seeds can not be killed without
a higher heat. Hence, to prevent the
souring of milk, cans aid pans should
lo set on ft stove or in tho oven a few
minutes after washing. As cold ciieckt
the development of bacteria, the milk
should be cooled immediately after it is
drawn from the cow, aud kept as cool as
possible. Cream for butter, on the con
trary, should be kept in a warm place,
so as to favor the growth of bacteria.
Dairymen sometimes add a little old
cream to a fresh lot as a leaven. Acid
is also added for the same purpose, but
this is of doubtful use.—{Popular Science
Monthly.
HOW FISHES EAT.
Interesting Things for the Boys
and Girls to Know.
Tho sea urchin has five teeth in five
jaws—one in each jaw—all the five im
mediately surrounding tho stomach.
The jaws have a peculiar centralized
motions, all turning inward and down
ward. so that they also act as feeders.
Snails have teeth on their tongues,
hundreds of them, but, as if these were
not enough, some have them also in their
stomach.
The cuttle-fish, which among other
strange thing 9 always walks with its
head downward, does not chew its food
at all, but mnsticates with its gizzard.
The ray, or skate, has a mouth set
transversely across its head, the jaws
working with a rolling motion like two
hands set back to back. In the jaws are
three rows of llat teeth, like a mosaic
pavement, and between these rolling
jaws the fish crushes oysters and other
mollusks, like so many nuts.
The carp's teeth are set back on tho
pharynx, so tliat it may be literally said
to masticate its food in the throp.t." The
carp, too, is about the only cud-chewing
fish, tho coarsely-swallowed food being
forced up to these throat teeth for com
plete mastication.
Some fishes arc absolutely toothless,
like the sucker and the lamprey; others
again have hundreds aud hundreds of
teeth, sometimes so many that they cover
all parts of the mouth.
The great Greenland whale has no
teeth, its baleen plates, or whalebone,
taking their place. Along the centre of
the palate runs a strong ridge, and on
each side of this there is a wide depres
sion along which the plates are inserted.
These are long and fiat, hanging froe and
are placed across tho mouth with their
sides parallel and near each other. Tho
base and outer edge of the plates are of
solid whalebone, but tho inuer edges are
fringed, filling up the interior of tho
mouth aud acting as a strainer for the
food, which consists of the small swim
ming mollusks aud medusie or jelly
fishes.
While the Greenland whale lias no
teeth, the sperm whale has them in grout
quantities on the lower jaw, and uses
them, too, wlieu occasion requires. On
the other hand the narwhal very seldom
develops more than one, the left upper
canine. It makes up for the lack of
numbers by the extraordinary growth
attained by this one tooth. It grows out
and right forward, on a line with the
body, until it becomes a veritable tusk, j
sometimes reaching the length of ten
feet.
The river dolphin of South America ;
has 222 teeth.
The sturgeon is toothless, and draws
in its food by suction, but the shark has
hundreds of teeth set iu rows that some
times number ten.
Lobsters and crabs masticate their
food with their horny jaws, and they
have also sets of teeth in their stomachs, !
where they complete the work of chew
ing.
There is one peculiar kind of crab,
called the king or horseshoe crab, which
chews its food with its legs. This is an
actual fact, the little animal grinding its
morsels between its thighs before it
passes them over to its mouth.
The jelly-fish absorbs its food by wrap
ping itself around the object which it
seeks to make its own. The star-fish is
even more accommodating. Fastening
itself to tho body it wishes to feed on, it
turns its stomach inside out and enwraps
its prey with this useful organ.
The clam feeds with a siphon, and the
oyster with its beard.
Marvelous Screws.
It is asserted that the smallest screws
iu the world are those used in the pro
duction of watches. Thus, the fourth
jewel wheel screw is the next thing to
being invisible, and to the naked eye it
looks like dust ; with a glass, however,
it is seen to be a small screw, with 200
threads to the iuch, aud, with a very fine
glass, the threads may be seen clearly.
These screws are 4-1000ths of an inch
in diameter, and the heads are double.
It is estimated that an ordinary lady's
thimble would hold 100,000 of these
screws.
No attempt is ever made to count
them, the method pursued in determin
ing the number being to place 100 of
them on a very delicate balauce, and
the number of the whole amount is de
termined by the weight of these.
After being cut the screws are hard
ened and put in frames, about one hun
dred to the frame, heads up, this being
doue very rapidly by tho sense of touch
instead of by sight, and the heads are then
polished in an automatic machine, 10,000
at a time.
The plate on which the polishing is
performed is covered with oil aud a
grindiug compound, and on this tho
machine moves them rapidly by revers
ing their motion.—[Jewelers' Weekly.
A Curious Radish.
Judgo Tcnsley, of Canton, Ga., has a
radish of remarkable and unusual growth,
not as to size but shape. It very closely
resembles the right hand half closed and
with the fingers pointing upward. The
main stein looks very much like the palm
and wrist and the five roots, different in
size, the five digits of the hand. On
each of these five roots is a kind of
growth resembling fingernails. Judgo
Teasley is a tiue gardener and farmer,
and his toil in this line seems to have
left a deep impress in the soil, and re
produced to a certain extent the hand
that has held the hoe aud guided the
plow in the preparation of the soil and
cultivation of the crops sewn and plan
ted. This radish is a very peculiar and
phenomenal one. —[Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Origin of Billiards.
A letter has just been discovered
among the archives of the British Mu
seum dated as far back as the year 1750,
and which gives the origin of the game
of billiards us now played. The game,
it appears, was invented in 1500 by a
pawnbroker of the name of William
Kow, in London, who was in the habit
of taking down every night the three
balls which hung before his shop and to
push them about with his wooden yard
measure on his counter. Hence tho
name billiards, which is a corruption of
Bill's yard.—{New York Press.
More than 5,000 people were run over in
London during tho year of 1880.
PRECEPTS OF SAVAIUq.
How Manhood's Duties are Im
pressed Upon Torres Straite Isl
anders.
Among the western islanders of Torres
Straite, boys, as soon as the approach of
maturity is indicated by the appearance
of hair on their faces, are taken by their
fathers to a sacred spot and there in
structed in the duties and diguity of
manhood. A number of precepts which
are taught during this probation have
been collected and are published by
Prof. Alfred C. Haddon. Among them
are these:
"You no steal."
"If you see food belong another man,
you no take it, or you dead."
"You no take thing belong another
man without leave; if you see a lish
spear and take it, s'pose you break it
and you no got spear, how you pay
man;"
"•S'pose you nee a dugong-harpoon in
a canoe and take it, he uo savvy, then
you lose it or break it, how you pay
him? You no got dugong-harpoon."
"You no play with boy ana girl now;
you a man now, and no boy."
"You no play with small play-canoe,
or with toy-spear; that all finish now."
"You no like girl lirst; if you do, the
girl laugh at you and call you a woman."
(That is, the young man must not pro
pose marriage to a girl, but must wait
for her to ask first.)
"You no marry the sister of your mate,
or by and by you will be ashamed; mates
all same as brothers." (But "mates"
may marry two sisters.)
"You no marry your cousin; she all
same as sister."
"If any one asks for food, or water, or
anything, you give something; if you
have a little, give a little, if you have
plenty, give half."
"Look after your mother and father;
never mind if you and your wife go with
out."
"Don't speak bad word to mother."
"Give half of all your fish to your
parents; don't be mean."
"Father and mother all along same as
food; when they die you feel hungry and
empty."
"Alind your uncles, too, and cousins."
"If woman walk along, you no fol
low; by aud by man look, he call you I
bad name."
"If a canoe is going to another place,
you go in canoe; no stop behind to steal
woman."
"If your brother is going out to fight,
you help him; don't let him go first, but
go together."—[Popular Science Month
ly-
Australian Statesmen.
In the Australian Federation conven
tion Sir Henry Parkes was the most con
spicuous figure. Fifty years ago he em
igrated from Warwickshire, England, to
Australia a penniless farmer. He tried
farming in Australia and failed at it. lie
tried other things and failed at them.
One day he found himself at Sydney
actually starving. As he walked along
the street in despair he saw something
shine. It proved to be a sixpence. This
was the turning-point of his fortunes.
With tho coin he bought some bread and
cheese, and then, refreshed, set out once
more in search of employment, lie suc
ceeded in getting work as a longshore
man, and since then has risen to the
highest station, though still poor in
money. Mauy other delegates can tell
similar stories, says the Illustrated
American. Few owe their rise to any
other cause than native strength of char
acter. J oil n Forrest, the foremost repre
sentative of Western Australia,won fame
as an explorer before he developed into
a statesman. Twice he crossed Aus
tralia by routes through wild and deso
late regions that no other white man
had ever succeeded in traversing. Sir
George Grey was Governor at the Cape
of Good Hope in difficult times, was
twice Governor of New Zealand, and
each time conducted a successful war
against the Maoris, and wooed hardship
aud adventure in the rudest forms as an
explorer in We-tern Australia. The
number of young men among the dele
gates was a characteristic of the conven
tion. With men of such mold as the
makers of Australia, her future should
be great.
The Czar's Watch Dog.
One of the striking features in tho
Russian palace at Gatschina is a gieat
Danish hound that stretches his power
ful frame in the hall leading to tho
private apartments of the Czar.
This great dog, said to be the largest
of its species in the world, was present
ed to the Czarina about four years ago
by her father, tho King of Denmark, it
is said that the Czar took a liking to the
animal ut the start, and never goes on
any prolonged journey without its com
pany. Having but little confidence in
those about him, he seems to center his
faith in the dog, who now sleeps at the
Czar's bedroom door.
For some unexplained reason the dog
became very suspicious of one of the
guardsmen, and growled continually
wiien this man was put on duty as a sen
tinel in the palace.
Nothing could be shown and nothing
was suspected against the man, but to
satisfy the dog he was withdrawn from
sentry duty. In the case of another sen
tinel it is reported in St. Petersburg that
the hound leaped upon him and nearly
tore him to pieces the first time he saw
him. The Czar, hearing the cries for
help, went to the door of his apartment
and hastily called the dog, which obeyed
his summons.
The sentinel was found to be sadly
lacerated. The Czar directed that the
injured man should be cared for and
compensated, hut also ordered that he
never be permitted to enter the palace
again. The autocrat apparently has
faith in the judgment of the dog, whom
he has named Peter, after the founder
of Russia's greatness.—[New York Press
The Great Sun Dragon.
It is the belief among both the ignor
ant and the educated classes of China
that eclipses of the sun arc caused by a
great dragon which attempts to devour
the centre of our solar system. The last
eclipse which was visible in the Celestial
Empire occurrod at a time when the peo
ple were celebrating the birthday of the
emperor. Now, it is the custom to cel
ebrate such an event clad in the best
raiment that can be afforded; it is also
customary to wear sackcloth and go into
mourning at the time of an eclipse, at
leust until the sun has been rescued from
the great dragon which seeks to devour
it. Here, indeed, was a dilemma. At
last the Emperor was petitioned. He
being as superstitious as his people
ordered his birthday ignored and com
manded the people to go into mourning
until tho sun shall be "rescued."—[St.
Louis Republic.
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Old Mrs. Hemingway.
A story once told by a famous Meth
odist minister of a member of his flock
in Kentucky will be new to mauy
readers.
Brother Jones was a large, florid,
pompous man, so wrapped in self-con-
Deit and arrogance as to be almost in
tolerable to other members of the
church. One elder after another had
remonstrated with him upon his mon
strous vanity, and reminded him that
ouch pride was unbecoming to a
Christian; but ho was deaf to hints or
rebukes.
At last, after a solemn consultation,
it was resolved that the minister |
should preach a sermon aimed at I
Brother Jones, and at him only. No
word of it was to be applicable to any
pther man or woman. The rebuke was
to be so severe that it was hoped ho
j would be cured of conceit for the rest
of his life.
The day came. The church was oven
more than ordinarily full of people.
Many of them had come from curiosity;
others hoped to see the vain man, who
had often treated them in a super
cilious manner, chagrined and mortified.
Some of the more tender-hearted of the
congregation stayed at home, not wish
ing to witness his humiliation.
The sermon began. Brother Jones,
with a complacent expression of face,
disposed himself to listen. The man's
infirmity was sketched with bold, severe
strokes. He smiled with lofty superi
ority. As the denunciation grow more
scathing, his smile deepened with a
touoh of complacent pity. At the oon*
elusion of the services he swaggered
down the aisle. One of the elders
joined him.
"What did you think of the sermon,
Brother Jones?" he ventured to ask.
"A great effort sir! But personal.
The pastor aimed his shots too directly.
JPoor old Mrs. Hemingway! I feel sorry
for her. But really that woman's con
ceit is e-normous, sir 1"
We are all ready to give over the re
bukes intended for ourselves to some
Mrs. Hemingway.
It is not uuoommon in insane asylums
for a patient to believe that all his com
panions aro mad, while he alone is
Bane.
Another singular peculiarity of
human nature is that we are most keen
in detecting in others the very faults
which are worst in ourselves.
If wo would learn our own defects we
must compare ourselves, not with our
acquaintances but with the One perfect
model given to the world for all time.—
Youth's Companion.
Over $4,151,.100 is invested in clectrirnl
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The po pulution of Ireland has decreased
453,077 within the paHt ten years.
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By local applications, aa they cannot reach the
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flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper
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deafness is the result, and unless the inflam
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stored to Its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out or ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
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JL y 3 * liTft such a dread disease, its effects so loathsome, it:
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In a town in the far West, a crowd of
i cowboys stord around a fenced en
closure, beside the railroad traok. In
this enclosure was confined a large bull.
The cowboys wero amusing themselves I
by annoying in many ways the poor
brute, who was fast becoming furious.
1 Suddenly, one of their number,lightly
vaulting the fence, landed squarely a<- !
tride of the bull's neck, and grasped
him by the horns. The iufuriated ani
mal plunged and snorted, but his rider,
with wonderful agility, quickly leaped
to the grouud, and before the bull could
turn and gore him, sprang over tie
feuce ngain to be greeted by the ap
plause of his comrades.
Their attention was soon diverted,
however, by the arrival of a passenger
train which was just drawing up to the
station across the street, and the cow
boys, with characteristic shouts and
laughter, ran across toward the plat
form.
Meanwhile, the now maddened bull
had succeeded in breakiug through the
feuce, and with tossing head and lash
ing tail was trotting across the street,
bellowing as he went
Just then a young man, satchel in
hand, came running down the street to
catch the train, passing on his way homo
farmers who wero standing some dis
tance irom the bull.
They shouted to the young man'as he
passed, "Hi, there! Stop! The bull!"
but he kept OD, with a wave of the hand
and an "All right! I'll look for him."
The next instant the bull saw him,
and with lowered horns, ran to head
him off. But the young man was a fast
runner. He passed just in front of the
bull's head, which, the next instant,
brought up with a thud against the side
of the station. It was a very close
shave.
Dazed by the shock, the bull stood
still for a moment, then turned just as
two children, who had arrived on the
train and had passed through the sta
tion, started to cross the street. When
they turned the corner of the building,
they caught the animal's eye, and quick
as a Hash he charged them.
A cry of horror went up from the
group of farmers, as the two little girls,
now aware of their danger, started to
run hand in hand.
A stalwart young farmer soon ap
peared a short distance behind them.
He took in the situation at a glauco.
By hard running, he overtook the bull i
when but a few l'eot from the children,
quickly grasped with both hands tho
horn nearest him, set his feet firmly,
and with one quick, strong, downward
and Backward jerk, threw the animal
heavily to the ground.
With the help of the other farmers,
who by this time had reached the spot,
the bull was secured aud led away
where he could do no more harm.
Thus, in less time than it has taken
to tell it all, occurred perfect examnles
of three distinct human qualities, which
in the minds of many people are often
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