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If men cared li s' for weuUli nnit fume,
And li'8i lor hmtlelinld hihI ulory j
If will in human neurit n mime
Seems butler tluin a song hikI bloiyj
If innn, insicail of niii'tung Pride,
Would IiihH tolinte am! abhor it;
If itn.ru reicd mi I.'ivo lo (jui
Tim win !il would be llm heller for it.
If mm ili'iilt Iran in slocks nml land'',
Ami mine in bonds nml deeds I'lrtlrnial;
If I.ovo'a wolk lent more willing hiiml
To link tliU world t tlm niip.'rui!;
If moil stored up L ive'n oil mid wine,
Ami on bruised Iiiiinnn souls would pour it;
II " lOiittt" und 1 mine'' would oiu-o combine,
TIim win Id would he llio Im'tei- (01 iu
If mnrn would act tlm piny of l,.lo,
And fewer spoil il in idii'ilml;
If Higolry would tdimlli il kniln
TillK'Xxl Imii'iiiiio mnrn iuiiv-iul ;
U lintnin, k1")' "i'li iyKrownt
Hud lewer blind mi'ii lo h lorn il;
II J nli'iit t-lioni- l'i limit nli, ni,
Th wmld would bo better lor it.
II men were nci in lililn thi
Alli't tiii In. iu nil tlmir donliiiKi;
II licmlg lnil fewer I nil fd si rings
To isohitc their kindly fneliiisH;
II men, tilit-n Wrong benls down the light,
Would Kliive loellier and rc-miio il;
II flight mn In Might in evniy light,
'Hie woil I would be hetlor I. ii ii.
A LUCKY SHir.
Il was iilimit twelve o'clock mi ;i
(lark, i obi lihruary night ; tin? rain had
heen pouring !"" n steadily fm- several
day. ( Mn' i Id hardly imagine a ti i -c
Mi ak, ili :.i lalf st-ili. m lliiiu Llmw 1
on that night, with one lamp making
ilarkiics vi.iil.Ic, the ikillinii iiuiinh
deep in rain, an.! a sleepy st.it imi-ina br
and poller giving the only indications
el life.
Mr. Hugh Lambert, as he pu( mi' nf
the train ami went tu look after hi;
luggage, felt very thankfiil that he
hail only a mile to drive before reach
ing home. He was a man of at I
tcrly, nl. I for his years ami slightly
pay; in ligure he. was tall ami well
imi'le, and his face had an expression
el i level ncss.
As a rule few passenger. alighted ai
IMlliWoo I by that late tr.iin; but ell
this night there were two lesi!is
Hugh Lambert -;i young hiily and In r
maiil, with ii goodly pile of lugg.igs.
Hugh was wondering a little as In
where they could l'l! going, when Ii
hiiir.l tlic girl ask the station-mast r i!
there w;is a cai r.iag! wailing from Mrs.
Newton, of Priarton.
"Why, the ma. I hits din Mockeil since
s:x o'clock, miss! There's bin a dig
landslip, and they're working all trght
to git it cleared. I il.m't think you'll
p t to rriaitnn this week, what with
Hie slip ami the Hoods."
'What iini I to ilo'" exclaimed the
pill, with a fair of Wank ilcpair. "is
there no other road to jjet to I'riai ton ':"
Jluj;li I-amhert was li teiiinj; with
some interest. Mrs. New ton v,n hi
iicarc.it neiiililinr, ami a e;rc;it trii nd of
his; this inn t he her niece, of wlmai
he had ollcn hciinl. lie iiipioa. hi d
the lady ami raisi-d his hat ei.iiH-.ni-.ly
' I iini s.irry to say there is n i .-'h' r
roiid t I'ri.u Inn; nor is there any way
cf pit infr there o-niht. I hear ! of
the landslip only ahoiit an hour iio,
and know that tho road is completely
Mocked."
'What cm I do?" the girl a ked
auain. "Is there any inn here, or must
I take the next train hack to the near
est town ';"
"The hint f rain's gone tin hour; there
iiin't no inn in the count rj-side save
pulilics" - this from tlm porter.
"Von must let me anan'e this
matti r for you," said lluh l,aiiilert.
'I think I must he speaking to Mrs.
Newton's niece. Mis-. Nayton'.'"
"Von have tfucssc.1 rijrhtly;" and
Dorothy Naytoii looked up eagerly, ih;
li),'lilcd to lind .some one to whom she
was known, if only l.y name.
She was a hrijiht litile hoily, pleas
ant lniikin. though she i mild not lay
claim to great heauty a lrunette with
a clear olive complex inn, dark eyes, and
a straight nose. She had crossed from
her home thill afternoon, she told her
new acquaintance; ami so of course,
her aunt might not have expected her
to arme so early.
"Von must let me take care of you,"
I.Hiuliert sa'jl. "My i la e is clo.-e hy.
I will take you there, and send a nics
s.he to your aunt as soon aspossiMe to
let her know that you are safe."
.lust at that minute a horse was
heard galloping up the dark road, and
presently a man came hurrying into
the station.
"Is there u young lady here for
1'rinrton?" lie iisked.
Iiorothy went forward eagerly.
"If you please, miss, here's a note
from Mrs. Newton. I've lieen four
hours getting here; I had to ride
twelve miles round, for thu road is
blocked and the floods are out. Iliad
to get a rx'iit iit the low meadows, and
borrow another horse on this side; and
this has delayed me in getting here.''
Hardly waiting to listen to this long
explanation from the eld coachman,
Dorothy tore open the noto and read;
"My Dkai!1t Chii.p I am in great
distress. The road hetween here and
the station has lieen lil.nkcd hy a
treuiciiiliiii s landslip; :; it is iuipi'ssil.l.'
tos ml the carriiign to ine-t you. I
have therefore forwarded a note to my
great, friend. Ilii'ili I.aiuliert, asking
him to send for you and give you and
your maid shelter for the night, I ill we
see w hat is to lm iloue. He is the
only neighlmr on Unit side of the hind
slip, ami is so charming you need not
mind going to him; it is indeed the
only thing to he done. In grc.it haste.
"1 our loving aunt,
Makv Ni wkin."
Tlm coachman had also given Hugh
Lamliert it note.
. "I was to have left it at Ley-ton, sir."
he said; "lmt I heard you was coming
hy this train."
Lamliert glanced at the contents, and
then turned to Dorothy.
"Vour iiunt has kindly trusted you
to me; so now you w on't mind acci.m -panying
me home, will you'" he asked.
"I think il. is yu who ought to
mind," win Dorothy's answer. "I ani
afraid we shall he giving you so much
trundle It is very good of you."
A minute later .die was . eatcd desido
him in llm dogcart, spinning along the
dark ro.i Is into what, wa; to her an un
known country.
Dorothy was ury tind, and was
thankful to ice h the house and de
h llltlcd over to the car ' of the house
keeper. Very : ooii ..lie was last asleep
in an old-lii.-liii'ii' d. oak-panelled room
Ihiit would have s-iined very ghostly
to lu r lmt tli.il she ii; too la!igii"il to
dike much heed of hi r surronmljiigs;
and, dc ide, her maid v,i ill I lie di e ss-in-ivum
and v. itliin all.
'I he nest iiioiiiiii ,' Dorothy was
down for half p.ist nine dn akfad, and
was shown into a bright kttleiiiorning
rooin. Mr. Lamliert met her, ami was
' :nd and anvioiis to make lu-r happy
it. home that she very soon found
i i "If talking to liim as if she had
known him for yars. instead nf his
being an acquaint. in. c of a lew hmus
only. Mm w as rat her an uticonvenlioii
a! dttt 'e person, ami by no meanssl ill' or
cold. Mm had warm-lmail-d manner.,
and oo!... at thcwoill in atiu-tful
Wiiy. b-lie-, ir,i people and trust in;; in
t Iii-iii Miuiy. null s she loaud that
tlmy wereii.it to be ilepiiidci upon.
i- -:. al :' j.ro i;i-; 1" f r- trust mg, as
c.mlc;- nature I a id per'naps wisi r folks
do. she had lull brought up by an
old uncle, for whom her elder sister
kcit house. They had no brothers,
ami their p;:r;iil.- bad both died years
before. Mrs. Ncwlon was their
mn' Iter's sister in-law; but her husband
had quarreled with the girl's uncle ami
c.iiarilia:i, Mr. N avion: so it was not
till after the death .f the litter that.
Dorothy ;:nd her sister had been allow
ed to gi to I'liailon. Now however
they had hoped t i spend a good deal
of time there; hut this was Dorothy's
lii- t ijl.
Mary NaMon. her sister, was about
twenty cm 11. an I i . i edin:;v pla. id
ami ..liisil h, but he took things so
quietly thiil Dorothy w isahvays allow
ed to go Ii.towii way and do whatever
she liked; i ousi quint ly. at twenty,
three, she had learned to think and act
for her.-eli', and. m her nature was
impulsive and warm-henrled, she in
dulged in a great many theories of her
own. ha'ed e nvi nti. niiiitiis. believed
lirinly iu I'hitonic I rieniShips, ami not
ii it I il 1 1 -1 1 1 1 got into trouble in con
sequence. It very soon stnnk llu-h Lamln rt
thilt she w;is dilli rent frm fnnst nf the
girls he ha I met, slid she intcrc-tcd
him in cordingly.
It was with a feeling id' relief that
he found the real would be imps. --idle
for some days; so ho wrote to Mrs.
Newton, begging her to let. Dorothy
remain with him, instead of returning
home, and asked an elderly cousin w ho
lived a few .stilt ions off to come and
act its chaperon.
The old lady accepted the invitation
and the post allotted her; but. as sh"
Wiis it gnat invalid, Dorothy and
Hugh were constantly left alone
together, lie liked to sit iu the dusk
and hear her sweet voice singing to
him, to wild h her arranging (lowers,
ami lo consult her about the jranlon.
The girl felt supremely happy he was
so kind to her, such an agreeable com
panion in every way, that she thorough
ly enjoyed his society.
A fortnight went by, ami the road
was pronounced perfeitly .-afe; oxen
the lloods had subsided. So Hugh had
no excuse for detaining his fair guest
longer; and, though very reluctant to
part xvith her, he drove her over to
I'riaiton.
She xv as standing in the hall as ho
left that night, alter dinner, ami held
out her hand to say good-by.
"I can't Ih. ink you enough for all
'our kindness," she said softly.
"Nay, my thihl, I cannot tell you
what a pleasure it has been to me;
but perhaps you w ill know some day,"
ho replied, and she went upstairs won
dering what hi) meant.
She believed v lirmlv in t'Litonlc
j friendship that she xvould not let her
j .-.elf think thiil the feeling toward
j Hugh I.iiiudert was anything el-e;
itii'l, although shn knew he disbelieved
i in her theory in the ahstra-t - for they
had argued the subject very xvarmly
I still she thought that los sent!.
incuts were xvell defined in her case.
Hugh Lambert fell its if something
very bright had come into his life since
! he had known Dorothy. Mm was so
quaint and naive in speech, new ami
fnshwith her ideas and theories, so
free and unaffected in mammr, and yet
so womanly xvithnl, that during those
few days they had spent together she
had (onipletely Won his heart, lint he
wiis not likely to act on the spur of the
moment; he was so in in Ii older than
she; how could lm ever expect that
bright little body to regard him as
itinthing but a steady-going friend?
Hut still, day alter day, he would
ride over to see her at I'ri.irloii, and
when h" returned would sit and think
of how she Used to look ill the rooms
that now . cciiied so desolate. II. iw he
longed in the evening for the sound of
her voice singing to him "The Land
o' the Leal" or "Audi liohin !ray!"
And Dorothy began to wat. h for his
coming, and. if. by ihame, something
detained him at home, lu.w long the
day seei 1 and how uninteresting
everything was! At lirst she ju .( ilied
,t to heiself by tlm thought of her
frii ndship to him - a friendship which
had ripened qui. kly in the peculiar i ir
cu'iistiinccs ol their meeting; but little
hv little, as time passed, and she ha I
I been iit I'liarlon nearly three iiimith.
I it dawned upon the girl that the feel-'
ing she enterl 'lined for Hugh I anibert
! win something more than mere friend,
j ship. She fought against herself w ith
'all the strength of her nature; she
j could not bear to prove false to her
' own theories, and traitortohorfavoiitu
cause; but finally she felt the struggle
! was hope!"ss, and made up her mind to
j keep her secret, securely locked iu her
ow n bosom.
While, gat lu ring primroses mm sweel
spring i'llernoiii, Dorothy heard a
step crushing the dead leaves, and saw
ling!: coining toward her.
; "I want to speak to you," ho said,
! "Will you walk w ith me a little?"
' l'rc-icutly he turned sharply and
, took both her hands, and iooking more
in earnest than she had ever seen him
: look.
j "I can't stand this any longer!" he
; cried out. "I must know my fate ono
' xv ay or the ether. It is true that I
'. ill u years older, but no one will ever
: care for y.ui better than I do. If you
' i an not loc uie in return. I will go
i away and never xvorry you any more.
': I give you in v word. Am 1 to go,
! D Tidliy?"
tin! oh, no! she gasped out, hardly
1 able to realize what he was saying,
end feeling as if she could not breathe,
i Not. long afterward tin re wa a
happy wedding at the deal old home;
and thin Dorothy came back to
brighten Up II Id house ,-l Leytoli.
Hugh Lambert would have been
i less or more than a man if he could
have resisted triumphing over her a
; little; and. a they went into the
: library, w here he and she ha I often
argued together, ami the had bravely
'defended her theories, he turned and
i said:
j "liv-the-by, Dorothy, who win right
after all, about diatonic friendships?"
! Lirlli's Miircli iliieiiL'li the Heaven.
I It is ilitlii ult to comprehend that, iu
addition to the earth's motion around
I the sun, the latter is also moving
through space at the rate nf ll'.U.iKM
Oiio miles a year. The astronomers of
the last c cut ury discovered that our
solar system was Hying through spine
in the dircition of the coiisteli.il ion
Hercules; in other words, if the spec
tator were to take a stationary point
in the heavens, no woui.i see our sun
with its attending planets passing
through the space at the rate of I'.H,
(Kui miles per day. Si. thousand years
iigo, it is computed, our solar
system was a million millions of
miles tarthcr from the stars id' Hen u.
les than il is to-day The region in
which we are entering is more thick
ly studded with stars, that is, with
suns of other solar systems, than the
heavenly regions we have left dehind
us. What a marvelous iiniverm we
live in! When we travel on a railway
car iit. the rate of fifty miles an hour, it
makes our heads sxviir; lmt xvhcnwe
call to mind that the earth revolves on
its axis once in twenty four hours and
around the sun. '.iJ.imih.immi nnhs dis
tant, in oii." days, and that sun is lly
ing through space 1i'.ii.oihi,iiim miles in
a year, human consciousness cannot
comprehend the mad whirl of worlds
by which we are surrounded. What
fairy tale or Arabian Nights story is
half so marvelous as the simplest and
most ordinary Licts in astronomy?
Vemortst's.
LIFE-SAYING MEDALS.
Haw the fnltcd Ntates Uomrnmxnt Re.
ward. Tlioie I'erioiil Who have Other!
from Drowning,
Tho Washington correspondent of
The Philadelphia Record says: If you
jump into the Delaware and, at the
imminent risk of your own life, save
the life of another, the secretary of tho
treasury xvill give you a medal. If
your risk was "extra hazardous" or
your services particularly distinguished
you will get a gold medal; if your risk
wiis of :i lower degree it will lm silver.
When the life s;i ing service was reor
ganized under its present efficient chief,
Sumner J. Kimball, congress establish
ed these rewards. They were then
railed tlm tirst -class and the second
class medal., and were given only for
the actual saving of life at the actna
risk of life. IV-ipd) who had saved
life ill the ri.-k of life objected, however,
to re i-iving a second class medal for
what they deemed lirst-chiss service.
One spirited young lady returned thu
silver second-ehiis medal sent to her.
She wanted the host or none, and it
now reposes on it ; velvet bed in Mr.
Kimdall's ntli. p safely. It was found,
too, that men often saved life at a risk
of property or of limit not tantamount
to a ri.-k of life, lmt ie;erving of sumo
recognition. It w;n thought, for in
st.min. that the master of it laden ves
sel who delayed his voyage to save a
w re ked crew ;it great personal expense
mid inconvenience deserved a medal
equally with the loan who simply
moistened his clothes in tlm surf. So
congress, to meet those suggestions,
changed the names nf the medals to
'gold me hil" and "silver medal," and
made tlm provisions of award so
comprehensive as to take in all life
savers at risk. The terms of award
are. however, lmt loose. This is evi
dent from the fa-1 that while many
iipplic.it ion an- relieved (through "my
congressman," of course), few medals
are issued in a year; sometimes as few
;is four or live, and never iimre than a
store. The applications, xv hi, h must be
supported hv iiilidav it ;, go to a com
mittee composed ol the chief of the life
"axing serv ice, the chief of the naviga
tion division of the tivaoiry depart
ment, and the chief of the slcaiu
vesscis inspection service. Tlme
gentlemen have to be lonvinird by
evidence that would satisfy ,i court of
'law. They cannot de bulldocd by
"your member." du-e convinced,
however, they recommend you to the
retiiry of the trea-urv, and he send;
you your mi . la! with a handsome little
letter. The lm il.tls a:e v. tv haml -olue
:u themselves. A lle'.v sorie-i, some
what differing from tiie old. is now
heing prepared in ti e i'hila lelphia
mint. These I have n d seen, but, tlm
eld nii-s were good enough. The gold
"lie ha I a life-boat iu I he ,n t nf rescu
ing a drowning man on the obverse,
ami an angel nr two mi the reverse
vv illi the necessary in i ipt imis. It Is
n.-t strange, perhan-, fiat a man or
woman should deserve a m-dal of this
port several times in the i nurse of a
useful life. As a matl-r nf fait, these
medals have been earned, again and
again, by the same person. They never
get more than one. medal of ea-h class
though; hut for each subsequent
iii hicvnient deserving of a medal, they
are given a bar of gold or silver, as the
rase may he, to be pl.i-ed on the ridden
nf the ilecnr.il ion as the ila-ps are on
l'.iiiopt an vviir medal.-.
i .1 ii -1 as lie Said II.
! An excited gcntlen:a:i, who took ex
ceptimi to a personal notice male of
L i in iu the paper, tailed at the cilice
the otht r day to demand il correction.
He said that he did not take any stock
in newspaper apologies; that they
xvi re generally an aggravation of the
: original oiicuse, ami to guard against
any such possibility he 'iisislttl that
just xv hitt he xvould tlitlate should be
'printed in rout radii lion and precisely
as he uttered it.
I'crhiips the gentleman tlitl not con
sidcr that, as lm had a very bad cnhl iu
Ihclieiil.hisisiiitinii to print his re
marks "piei iscly as hi! uttered them"
would involve his name somewhat
ridiculous, for he was especially nn
.ihatic in saying thai he "did dot xvadt
tly iloilseils about, it;" but having
agreed to his demand, we fed iu honor
d und to iidi'le dy our promise, ami
! the following is what he : aid and just
a he said il :
"Id lass week's d udder of this tlews
. i.pcr ad itch iipper"ul statidg that
Hister .Inhd Diml iH ..p. . It Siidday id
I' oluddus. As this vv. i ; dot id aco.rd
a.l. e xvith the facts add t odiln t . with
. the geddlcl.il fs sta.l-dedt to Ids labily
; i.dd fliedds that he vv .s id 1 1 reed
j ToxviLshih o l Smlday. tho correct iod is
; cheerfully datle that I'.istcr Dieolas did
i !-pcil Smlday id llrciii lowdshid add
I dud itl t'od dbus, as crrodcoiisly d -tired."
L'iiuinnuti Saturday Atyit.
A LOMihVITV LIST.
The Unities ami Jt-imtl of I'rt inin
XX lm lime l.lnil i;i-y,.ii.l One lltin
ilieil itini,
"1 have r t'ordi of rmre than ten
thousand pi runs who have lived lie
hundred years and itpvvai d." ; a d .bi
scph K. I'eikin.i to a rcpoibr of the
Syra-use I N. V. .v7 whwl. "I have
s"'lit thirty years in i nllecting these
materials, which I am preparing for
pilblii iition. have ransacked almost
every branch of literature, magazines,
newspapers, medical works, encyclope
dias, etc., und I have personally writ
ten to ii large number of centenarians
10 procure authentic statistics."
"Who is the oldest person you have
discovered ?" ii ke I the icp.ut. r.
"According to the historian to (In
king of rt.rliigal. a man named Num.is
tie Cugiiii ili-il in India in LVi, aged
oTU years. I have sixty three names
of persons who dud more than l.'i'i
year old. I might m.iition of tie..,--ot
that number vv ho die 1 iu A mm is .i
a skive named Simm who died iu I
agtil l-in. Iu I i"i'i Louisa 'I'rnxo died
iu South Amciiia. ag.-d I7';. "f
colli .e I i aniiol take into ;u count the
aged people tie litl ilie I in the Hid 'I'e
j.iMi. nt. Ici.iusf in tho.e ihivs a diMer
enl method of i nlnpiil itig lime was in
V ogue."
"What lounliv plod i' s the great -i
-I number of i . nteiiai i .- 1 1 .?"
" lite i old count riis. perhaps l.'us-.-i.i
i oiiie. lust. :-vv it rland, .'wider.
ides, ... oti.oid. ami In I iml proilm - a
great many, fur muti'iy is iim-.icr
the hist, althoiig in mv of our ii iilnii
iin are ot loiii.jn birth. The Amen
ta!! Indians have rem ii Kiible longcvi.
ty. We do mil look fur extremity long
life in the tropics, but il celebrated
phv.ii ian in Algiers, Africa, colle.ii-1
in thirteen year.; l'ij ca ;e.. of Aliicans
more than 1"H years old. I w rote to
him lor the names, but, he ha-l mil pre
served them. The hunsc are imt
very long live I. In I 7s". the . inperor
called it con v oe it ion of all Dm o'd i c-i-tlelits
nl hi empire, ami t'l the liiliiihcr
xvho respond.' 1 only four were more
III. in PM years old. Iml:a ha on rcc
ord a large niilul er of cases."
"Do you imd thai civilization 1ms
anything to do with longevity?"
"Indirectly, perhaps. Almost a
cases of extreme old age lu loiig to the
lower clii is. They have more robust
restitutions to degiu with, and they
are not sudjettcd to the wear and tear,
the late hours, and the tendencies of
dissipat ion that dill to the lot i f a cos
mopolitan. Of the lairopean countries
Triune has the fcwc.t centenarians.
Ill fact, they arc extremely rare there.
Their nervous temperament has much
to do with it. A curious f.nt, how
ever, is that I'reiiihiinn in very large
numbers live to de In t wa t n i.n and so
years old, dul drop oil without going
dcyond the latter figure."
"Which sex lives the longer?"
"There arc more won en who attain
the iige of dm than men. dut more
men live to de rxieediiily old than
women."
"Are then- many t a. cs nf lniigev ity
in this city?"
"1 have tnlleited more than titty
rases ot pcrnns who died in this coun
ty aged m und t.x cr. There iir.- liv
ing here at present three persons older
than 1H0. 'These are Mr. I H im oil
aged I1'"', a colored woman nami d Wi
ll. res in the poor-house, ag..l in.!, ami
11 I nititl stales pen.iii.iier 1"J year,
old. liv ing mi Water street, named Van
Vail."
"Wht n w ill your xvork de ic;nly lor
pul iicat ion ?"
"Within it x ear or two. It will be
tailed 'The I'.ncyi lopi ilia of lliiloan
Longevity; or, liecords of People Who
Have Lived ll'il Vi iir.i and i 'pvv ards.
It will contain del ween two and three
hundred illustrations, and. as I said
more than ten thousand instant cs."
How It ii rim in Ian pt it'll a Show. '
A story is told of how li.iinuin .nice I
succeeded in emptying his big show at !
a time when it wa densely crowded ;
and thousands wire wait ing outside to '
obtain admission. He knew lli.it a
start Wiis all that was needed b elicit ,
this purpose, but how to manage thai
was the rub. At length a bright idea i
occurred to him. Painting up iu dirge i
letters on il piece of calico, " This way !
to Lgress," he hung it up at a cenvc- ;
Iiicnt angle nf his show. Some nf the
pcnple thinking "egress" was some ,
strange new annual just added to the
collection, passed through the slit iu
the curtain, and to their iimazcuuut '
found themselves outside the show. !
The thing was done. I'.v crx body saw
every other body making tor the tur
ner xv here the new animal w as on ex
hibition, ami in a few minutes the show
was cmpl ied, t he outgoing stream hid
ing so great that it was quite inipos.
sible to turn when once caught in its
edtly.
I.-:') ir mil Food.
The lii!' ,a:i doily never ccil'es to
xvork. L in in the nwt profound
slumdcr some ..I the functions of life
are going on, as, for instance, brcal hing.
the circulation of the dlood, digestion,
when tin ic i food in the stomach; and
it follows th;it so'.ie part of the ner
vous sv -t' lii is th-ref in- a v u'.c and at
tending to liusiues.. all day and night
long. In the ;n t of living, some ol the
substance of the d nlv is being coll-
stanlly i ti.i.iiliieil. 'i ll" amount ol
work done dy the lie.nl iu one day in
propelling the Mood is now estimated
as equal to the work of a steam engine
in raising l'."i tons one foot high, "or
one toll Uo bet high. We lose in
weight dy working. Weigh a man
alter several hours' hard labor, and lm
xvill he found two or three, and, in
extreme cases, several pounds lighter.
If xx edo iini xvi .h to be "nine bankrupt.
vv e mn -t repl.e e by food the amount
we have lo t in labor. Hunger and
thiist are the in I iic t . vvli.h prompt
us to tl'i tlii . They are Id. e automat
ic alarm eh ni vv hi. h lop I lie engine
a' various point lo lake ..:i Iml and
u.i I i. In a In altiiv man a ; much i
taken in a . is required t
.ciil iiii the
weight ,,f llm body against lo.-s
N it me keep . 1 he .e i . Mill. 'n one
side i ; ..o mm li foil pint in vvoik; on
the other, so mm h re. i i ed into the
stoma h lor . i i -; -.1 ion. iiey .-.hoiild
bill. oe e like tilt iC i ouu' ol an honest
bookkeeper. Iiiii'i uiilicilt hy person
the in t i Hi t ol I 1 1 1 ; I In e idsol'--
d' led iind line . not .. i,n I the alarm,
and -ii the er hi ; mi working
without i.llilg unlil he becomes
panpi ri. ed; or I be in i on t vvoii.s too
Ircqiieiitiy, iiui he cats loo I h and
tings the vital in. i himrv. A cah ula
lion nl the bii aim s done in (he body
lextiils the fa t th.it for ;i hard work -ii'gpii.oii
about eight ;:ud one half
pound '. ol 1 1 and ili ink are used up
daily; seine bodie.. u e nunc ami some
ess, but this i the u'.iiagc. 'The
plolit which the body -, Is on thisti'illl
siiction has bc. n t ab iilalfd. and may
interest our nadtis. ih" energy
si. !id up in the ce. Id ami nlm li.il1
pound . nf l.'i-d l'l I i l.ii -e ol'"!
tons one loot hmli. M t of this ener
gy, how ev er, is c i -!i. leil ill keeping, i
the body warm and il- pint tinus active.
Admit ilie-tintli can be s cut in our,
bodily mux enuiils or in work. 'The j
pmlit. thi n, on the process is about ten ,
per i cut. This is enough to raise .'iln
tons one loot high each day. A profit. .
which is quite cm uh for earning a !
good lixing if rig'. tly expended, iiml it I
is probal ly on re than most make; but j
all ought to strive to r. .i. h this print
if possible.---.V-'. .''.- .!(. ' .in.
'Hie t'niifeil iille Salt Wnrki.
A i oli'i spolidcnt ol the I 'hil.idelphiil
Ledger givis iin interesting a. count of
Salt v i 1 If. iii ,ir I he i I in h mountains, iu
Wet Tiillies.ee. where the southern
people obtain d thtii 'sail dining the
rel'i llion. lii- lo. al l is it ha in iu
t lo nm iibi nl is linn Ii 1 ,e re , the
bill ol a loilm I lake. I. lining one nl
tin. i- ri. h blue-grass butt iii thiit are
vvol Ih il fortune lo the i ,ll t le-l iliser
ami nml. i iv in ; d a -all rock. I h ie
is made the salt that .-upplie (ieorgia
and Alabama In I ' lieotge W.
Palmer, a New ,oik salt-maker Iroiu
Sv la u-c, i .line to the region and went
into the salt-making iiulustrv in a
small way Wells were sunk, piercing
the all I oi k. t he vv att r bi m iith it wai
rai-.cil to the siirlate. dolled in pans,
and I In -alt t hus nblaincd. I he iu
1 1 est iv W.I - in lie ii I .il !' opt I at loll when
the rebi llion began, ami it then extend
ed in an ama ing way. The blockade
ot the southern polls cut oil all the
out. ide supply ol -all. and here almost
the entile i olitedii.l X had to come lor
it. The iiiannlai t iiif xv as made a na
tional one. cell southern stale ist.il
liilied lis agi le v, p.iv ing a royili v for
the salt piodmt'il. audl'ol. I '.ilui-r. ex
tending his diciiie.-, took III lien.
Slu, ut as a partner. Tlmy are now
probably the two vv call hi est men in
Virginia During the war federal
troop ili stioy d the works, but alter
tin y h it the in. unit. i. line was resumed
II vv;is enormously prnlii.iMc Inr Hit
owner-, who tinned out as much a
ten million bushel a year. The re
ceipts ol i onieili isile money were id
tinus so heavv that thev bad not tin
npptitiinilv to i mint it. but bundled it , and never has been, aiming insect
up, taking the account as sent them, j d-tling bird. He is a finch, and there
As gold appreciated and the paper ai-- I fore essentially ii grain feeding dird.
cumulated they doiight hind. In (hit j Mr. .loneiby says he believe a spar
way SI inn t got seventy thousand acres ' row would rat an insect, provided you
ami rainier bought out all tin' region could convince him that some other,
sin rounding Salt dick, thus getting a : bird wauled it ; and. in continuation
niagniliccnt estate of twelve thousand i ol t his a -ia I ion. lie sav lie nine saw
in res. on xvhiiii he now lives with his ! a bluebird about to appropriate.! worm '
brother, ami breeds many thousands ,,r I nl he vv a-, tli iv en i ll dy t w o sparrows,'
sheep iiml liundrcdsof littc cattle. 'The vv ho grccililv ami hccdles-l seized a
salt industry dy this process often pro- j : hol t stung instead of the worm, and,'
ilueed tin-in an acre of kind for a bushel ! alter a still. Is. in t outlet, one of them I
of salt in the high war prices, but tho ! secured it and immediately swallowed
production has now fallen off, about I it. the worm in the meantime makings
I'.OO.tNiO bushels being turned out annu- Mis exit into the ground. - l.utusttr ,
ally. I b'uvimi:
A Wife to Her Husbnutl.
l ie of IH, ilesl
Hut out
W ill .ii by ii bed wiilt n umrveloua fear,
Ami els' 1' a Imml
l.nnviiu cold us it lot'la lor tho tpilil land
lholiiig, wlilcll ouu?
Uim (! ih, ib ni !
Ilul one
Will muni l.y llm ollit r's cofliu liier,
And look nml weep.
While Hi. nf iimibbi bps stiaimcdiknco Veep,
D.u lii a, vhiM out?
one of u., dt ui
jbil one!
Uy nil open pave will drop a tear,
Anil bono wind o,
The- mi :ui b nf mi uie'lmiid fciii f to know
D.uliii;;, whiih one?
line ol uii, d uling, i inusl lm;
Il limy be you will .-lip li'i.iu me;
Or (ii'iluipH my bin tuny .just be dona
Wleili .. lie?
PI NUKM I'AKAt.KAI'HS.
A piece of steel is ii good deal like a
man - when you g. t il red-hot it loses
its temper.
It is pi. a ..ml to know that tlm big
dridge I-I wet n New Vnik and I (rook-
Ivn is a suspeiisinn and not a failure.
The mint ii ill it (nl '. ut of the house
i the vx indovv. It is always lull of
p:im ., a id vv ho ha m.t seen more
t lull one w indow -blind ?
-Thank II i it v en!" c m kiimed a fond
latin r. as he paced t he Moor at. mid
night with his how ling Iu ii'; "thank
I leaven, x oil ale Hot t wins!"
fruit ful of trouble (in i n apples.
A man in. iv be ever so absent iiiind
i .1. and x t t In- iievi r forgets his lirst
x'. r slle vv ith a f ai pel lie k.
None but the most inhuman would
think of pulling tloxx n the blind.
A coinpaiiy has been formed in Vi
enna to undertake the gener.il busi
ness of washing windows, .. rubbing,
i leaning pavements, et-. 'The origi
ii.iior of the idea is supposed to liavo
been iit one time a Philadelphia ser
vant girl.
A vigiliin sentinel is posted at the
tloni' nl a picture gallery, xvith strict
orders nf the customary character. A
sight-seer happen alongaud is prompt-
halted. "Here, sir, you must leave
xour cane iit the door!" "lint, my,
friend. 1 haven't got any cane!" "Then
go back and get one! No one is al
lowed to pil -s in lure unless deleaves,
his cane at the door. Orders is or
ders! Don't you forget," exclaimed n
m. in. ;u isiug during a discussion, "that
1 lay over the deck." "Do you mean'
that you can whip mc?" replied a long
h.ii i nl Ark iiisiw man, also arising.)
"No, sir," said the lirst speaker.'
" Then what do you mean when you
sav von lav over the deck?" "I mean
that I am a steamboat man aud sleep
in the pilot house."
i
! Sniip ami Sound.
Some i in ion . demons! rat ions of the
' i II is I mi the color ami ligiires in soap
bubble-, were given al the I ' i.i nd I i n in
1 stitiitcin liuladt Iphia the other even
' ing. A lilm nl soap was pla ed across
! the end of a pholicidoscopc. 'To bring
the sound iu direct contact xv ith the
soap ii tube was used. A rclleetion of
the lilm vv iii throw n on a canvas screen,
where il liM ussiiinnl a bluish-gray
iipp. uram e. An intonation of the
voice, w lib the dps i o,e to the mouth
el the tube, t iill.icd ii number nf black
spots to appear mi the nihetion.
Win n the.e pil -...ed away a beautiful
light green, intermingled with pink,
rnnaiued. iin se t wo appeared tube
the prim i-pal colors caused hv sound.
!t Wiis noticeable, however, thai xxhilo
it certain tone would cause the same
ligure to reappear, it had no control
over II lor. A tone which, for in
stance, can-id one solid color to ap
pear, would bring out. perhaps, a thirk
i hlue.it one I line ami a yellow at an
'other. No dilli relief was iioticeablo
in tin- elicit of the male ami female
' voices.
l lm SUii-i otv Uaisifd'il.
Tin join mil hits distinctly demon
strated iu several editorial papers dur
ing Hie past two or three veils where
llm sparrow stands in ornithological
i lasilicalion, and Hull his place is not,