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Hum II Never llt'on Krmwnl
ITiiS it novcrl pen known
A inuiilon fair, wil'i llnxon linlr.
1 2 CJ tender nnil lino, ns vitili tH I, liny
An I ii lover, wh- is all lior own?
I Ins it never been known?
Hu it never bien known
A title tltitt is toll, wilh n ling of golii"'
liOvo'e iiiihine met k'sj, i It u dream ol
hli-
Like n bird liml is flown?
II H it never been known?
lias it never I'een known
A fill' gill in wlijle, in limn reiilm nf liylil;
Now lliislieil, now 1'iile, 'mnlli n biidid eil,
Anil llic man. no limber nl.mu?
lifts it never been known?
Una it never been known
Wilo penile nml ;ooi in her tvoimu'--vi.l ;
Love's eoromil worn, aii'l love's K-'ptie
bono
I ike a rjnuen on lier throne?
H is it never been known?
Hit: Dr. II an la 'i i-i fir I iibp'mltnl.
"A WONDERFUL CURE."
"What's that black figure agin tho
white snow?" asked Mrs. (ietchey,
lilling o'i ho.- far-sighted specs, as shi'
sit at tin! window iiiiiii a threatening
Monday morning.
"That'." said Aurilla Ann. "Why,
that's Mr. Dorking a hanging out tho
riot lies !"'
"Mr. I lurking!" repeated Mrs.
ietchey. "Why, whore's Mariar?"
Her daughter-in-law, Aurilla Ann,
imlulgt'd in a short, snorting laugh.
"I'p stairs in bed, I calculate," said
she.
Sick?" said Mrs. (iotchoy, in ac
cents of concern.
"No niore'n I am!" said Aurilla
Ann, shaking tho table cloth out of
the buttery window, so that the long
logged (indium fowls might have the
benefit of any stray crumbs which
might be going. "Cranky, that's all.
She. always was as odd as Dick's hat
band." "Kh ?"
Mrs. (iotchey, a Western woman,
was evidently unversed in local allu
sions. "Don't you know?" said Aurilla
Ann, with a chuckle. "Dick's hat
b.iml, tha' went liar way around, and
tied ia the middle?"
"Oh !" said Mrs. tiotehey. "lint
Mariar Dorking used to bo as smart,
s:irring a woman as ever I see."
"She's took a notion t'other way, of
la'e," said Aurilla Ann. "I declare, 1
never in all my life felt in sorry as I
do for Daniel Dorking. He's adretfiil
peaceable, good tempered man, and
Mariar treats him real mean, lie
dot s all the work of t he hon-e himself,
even to the washing an I ironing,
because Mariar ehoo-.es to fan-v her
self sick; and I jest wish yon could see
i'ie poor man's shirts ! Hc-ide, there's
tho mill to seo utter, ami the farm
work, though uf course that las', ain't
s i heavy this time o' year, lint it's I
too much for one loan, let alone the
w orry of It."
'Ain't they able to hire no help?"
said Mrs. (ietchey, who had fallen
lin k on her knitting work.
"Why, of course they bo!" Aurilla
Ann made answer. "Hut Mariar won't
have no help abuut tho house."
"That's rather hard on Daniel, ain't
it ?" said Mrs. (ietelioy.
"Well, I should think so," rrplio I
her son's wife, piling fresh knots of
wood under tho wash boiler, prepara
tory to her Monday's work.
Whilo tho neighbor who, uncon
sciously to himself, was the subject of
so much solicitude among tho sur
rounding families, hung out his last
wel and Happing sheet, socuring it by
a battered clothes pin, and hastened,
with bluo nose and frozen lingers, into
tho house.
"Maria !" ho spoke, up tho stairway,
which wound around and around like
a wooden corkscrew - "Maria !"
"Weil?" sighed a mournful voieo.
"Miau't I make ye a little buttered
toast?"
"I don't caro for no buttered toast,"
returned the funereal strains.
Or fry ye an egg? D itry an egg,
Maria with a shaving o' bacon and
no ne coffee ! Ye must eat, Maria, or
ye'll break down. 1'or my sake, Ma
ria, rat something."
Only a sigh was tho response.
Cut Daniel Dorking made the coffee,
and fried tho little slice of bacon, wi'.U
its accompanying eggs, speedily carry
ing the tray upstairs, where he opened
the door by means of a gentle impetus
with his foot.
Maria oceupieJ tho best room in the
house, that was very evident.
A rag carpet, woven in gay maroon
and yellow stripes, covered tho floor;
a cheerful wood fire blamed in the
chimney; the window was curtained
with Turkey red; and Mrs. Dorking,
propped up on a pile of feather pil
lows, was surrounded with a variety of
licvotional books, a camphor bottle,
and a fan.
"The washin' is all out, Maria," suid
io'ji utile Mr. Doiking; "ad l'va
wiped up the Hour, and set tho kettle
o' vegetables back, where it'll simmer
and not bum. And now I'll jest step
oer lo the null."
"And leave mo nil alone, Daniel ?''
'a d his wi'e, lugubriously.
"The mill has got to be seen to, nnw
ihut I'Jiib Jehu on has gone on his
wed din' trip," ,sul Dorking. "And a
man can't be in two places at once,
Marin, ye know."
Mih, wed, it i!on't matter." said
Mr-. Dorking. with a m dam-holy
sniff. "I'm only a pour cieetur, I shan't
both -r nobody very long."
"Ilev a li tl-i more bacon, Maria?''
soothed her husband.
Hut Mis. Dorking; who had already
eaten enough bat-on for a working
man, both the fried eggs, a slice of
bread and butter, and drank ah. nit a
pint of coffee, shook her head, ami fell
hack on "llervey's Meditations Aiuuiig
tho Tombs."
"I won't bo gone long,' said Daniel,
cheerfully. "And I'll fetch a bit o'
fresh meat to ik for dinner. P'raps
you'd fancy a steak or a chop. Salt
ne ai s geitm soil o monotonous.
Hal Maiia declined to notice this
reiiiaik al all, and poor Daniel crept
a-vey, believing himself a heartless
pollr-ion, and his wilo it persecuted
.lllgel.
"I tioii't seo how on earth I'm goin'
to get along this way," said he. "Them
clothes is friz as stiff as boards, and
ought to be took in and dried round
the stove; and tho clrckens ain't been
fed, and the soil soap's sp'iliu', and the
apples need to bo picked over, and tho
p datoes is all sprout in' down cellar,
and my sinkings is full o' holes, cob
ble 'em as I w ill, and Maria won't hear
to no hired help. And my neuralgy
was pretty bad last night. I'm 'n.osl
al'eared I'm goin' to break down. I've
hall' a mind to go over and talk to
(ietehey's folks about it."
It was just a week afterward that
tin! younger Mrs. (ietchey made her
appearance in the bedroom of tho
melancholy Mrs. Dorking.
"How arc you feel in' today?" sho
a-ked, in the carefully modulated
accents of svmpatliy.
Mrs. Dorking shook her head back
ward and forward among the pillows
with closed eyes.
"I'm inis'able, th ankee," she said.
"It must be a comfort to you havin'
Abby .lane here," said Mrs. (ietchey,
seating herself in the splint bottomed
arm chair beside (he bed.
"llain' who?" naid Mrs. Dorking,
opening her eyes widely.
"Why, Abby Jane-tho young
woman your husband's got down
stairs to help with the housework, you
know," explained Mrs. (ietchey.
Mrs. Dorking sat up in bed.
"A young woman," she repeated'
"to help w ith the housewoik?"
Mrs. (ietchey llodd'd.
"D.inT wasn't goin' to say nothin'
about it. to vmi," said she. "Mo cal
culated it would on'y fret and worry
you. Jiut he found he couldn't get
along and do everything himself. And
Abby Jane's right .smart. I jest wish
you could sou how whilo tho clothes is
nit on the lines. And how nice she's
scoured up tho kitchen tins and
bleached the old curtains and polished
the brass candlesticks ! She's a one to
turn on" work, now I tell you !"
"Well!" ejaculate I Mrs. Doiking.
"She's a bakin' pies now," said Mrs.
(ietchey; "dried apple, with plenty of
fennel seeds; and pumpkin, and n
cranberry tart for FJder Swift. Elder
Swift is to bo hero to tea, and he's
dreadful partial to cranberry tarts and
short cake."
Mrs. Dorking turned very red in
the face.
"Invitin' coiuptny, bo they?" said
she; "and cookin' a lot o' things in my
own house, and never omsultin' nto !
Him and his hired gal, indeed !"
D.inT calculated you was too feeble
to bo bothered," said Mrs. (ietchey,
consolingly.
"I ain't s j feeble as he'd like to make
out that I bo!" muttered Mrs. (Hik
ing. "J was a thinkin' a spell ago
about st'ttin' up a little while, .lest
hand mo my stockings, will you, Auril
la Ann?"
"I wouldn't try to sut up," said
Aurilla Ann; "you ain't able."
"Yes, I be !" snapped tho hypochon
driac. "Who's the best judge of my
feelings, you or me? What sort of a
1 inkin' gal is this that's bossin' my
kitchen while I'm in bed?"
"As pretty as a pink," said Mrs.
(ietchey; "cheeks as red as peonies;
hair as black as a coal; and sho steps
oil as light as a thistledown."
'Humph!' said Mrs. Dorking,
"(iivo mo my double gownd, Aurilla
Ann. I moan to see arter this busi
ness myself; anl if Daniel Dorking
thinks I'm goin' to put up with such
treatment as this"
"Hitter take my arm," suggested
Mrs. (ietchey.
But tho late invalid Impatiently
rejected her offered assistance
"i.euiino alono !" said she; "1 cat;
walk as well as ever I cou'd. Wh.v
shouldn't I ?"
Anil Mrs. Dorking went down s'air
into tho silting room, where her spousr
sat veiy lIoso to a pretty yuuny
woman, both engaged In exaininin,!
the pages of a "I'niver.-iil Atlas."
Mr. Daniel's h md rested familiarly
on the pretty girl's shoulder, and the
pretty girl's braids of black hair were
e.ose to Daniel's own iron gray locks.
"Daniel!" almost shrieked Mrs.
Dorking, "I'm astonished at yon, that
I be!"
Daniel Dorking started up, wilh an
exelaiiimation of surprise; tin: at las
fell from tho pretty girl's knee.
"Why," cried the farmer, "it's Ma
ria !"
"Yes, it's Maria!" enunciated Mr .
Dorking; "and about the last per.toii
in tlie world that you wanted to see,
I guess !"
Hut, to her surpriie, Daniel Dork
ing's face relaxed none of its beami'l;;
cheeiiness.
The pretty girl, ins' cad of lleeing
giiillilv from the room, cuiio forward
with oiltsl retched hands.
"Won't you kiss inc, Maria?" said
she.
"1?" gasped Mrs. Dor'.ing. "Khs
you !''
"Il's Jenny," said D.mid; "my
youngest sister, Abigail Jane, frjiu the
old farm at home. I w rote to her how
bad ol'f w e were here, and she's come,
bless Iter dear little heart, to stay all
winter with us. We was goin' to sur
prise you, as soon as you fell a lit Ho
pittiele better. Hut wo didn't expect
any such good luck as your cumin'
down stairs yourself, ilid wo Jenny?''
"No, indeed !" smiled the pretty
girl, "lint now that you are here,
Maria,
hie !"
Mrs.
we'll make you . ejiiifora
Dorking now turned to Mis.
(ietchey.
"You never told me she whs Dan
iel's sist.t r, from Vermont," said .-he.
"You never gave me time,' .slid
Aurilla Ann, with an odd sparkle
under her eyo-lashes.
That was Hi way in which Mrs.
Daniel Doiking was beguiled down
stairs; and sho never "look to her bed"
again.
lint neither was she ever known to
ad iiit that she was fanciful and fool
ish. No, no! Mrs. Daniel Dorking
was nut to be caught in that trap. She
always alluded to that season as "(ho
time of my dreadful illness !" aed tho
doctor called it "a wonderful cure "
and sent in a big bill.
"I guess we were the true doctors !"
thought Mrs. (ietchey ami Jenny Dork
mg, looking archly at each other.
Ielm J'urrrxt (Iniris.
(Jiiestioninu' the Doctor.
"How'd you find your pat ent doe
tor?" "Went to his room." "Yes;
but I mean how'd you find him when
you got theio?" "Found him in bed."
"Well, but is he better?" "If he's
well ho must be." "Does he improve
any?" "Hasn't any to improve; ho
sold his farm and lives in a boarding
house." "Is he worse?" " Worse
tha.i what?" "Is he better, then?"
"lietter than who?" "Oh, doctor,
what is there about liiin?" "A double
sheet and two blankets." "Hut what
ails him?" "Nobody ales hi in; bo's a
St. John man." "Hut is he danger
ous?" "Naw, gentlo as a lamb."
"Seo here, doctor, don't you want to
tell what's the matter with him?"
"No matter at all, it's a fresh cut."
'Well, you seem to bo pretty smart;
do you know how to tell w hat nilsyuur
patient?" "Oh, yes, I know how to
t-ll, but you don't know h.iw to ask."
Some physicians never want the neigh
bors to know anything. Hob liiii-ikttc.
All One Man's Work.
Delitzch is one of the humblest of
the towns in (ertnany; its population,
even now, is not more than Si UK), ami
thirty years ago it was much less; but
from small beginnings among tho
shoemakers of Delit.ch, in 18-tO, Her
mann Schul.o has, by faith and
patience, created one of tho most re
markable social structures of the eon -tury.
When ho died, in tho Spring of
ISHIl, there were 'loOO co operative
societies in (iermany organized under
his own control, besides thousands
more in Austria, Italy, Kussia and
Helgium, which owed their origin to
his example, and looked up to him a?
their father. These 3.M.M.I societies had
a membership of 12,iMiO,0.h), a share
capital of tlO,Oi0,Oin. deposits
amounting to rJl.iHHi.W), and did a
total business of v.l(Hi,(Kli,i)Oi) a year
Hnod Word.i.
A Rank Onieer.
"What'ro yo Join" now. Hill ?"
"Teller in a bank."
"The doueo ! What d'ye have tc
do ?"
"Have to tell when tho stove uec is
tuore coal in it. '
TJIi: DIAMOND DKI'MMl-K.
Men with Birj Fortunes in
their Vest Poi-hot.
Ono of tliom Spo.xks ItiteitMingly of His
Life aud Experiences,
"My lifo is anything but a life of
case and pleasure," sai l . veteran
traveling salesman for ono of tho
largest diamond houses in America,
seated in an easy chair at an uptown
club. "1 have been on the road lor
over twelve years, and have traveled
all over America and Kurope," con
tinued he, taking an easier position on
his chair and lighting a cigar. "Il is
sometimes a wonder lo mvsclf to think
of what 1 have been through and lived.
' I spend ten mouths out of the t welve
1 on the road, and I live nearly always
' on the train or boat. 1 seldom stop at
a city longer than two or three days.
I must stop al the hes; hotels, on ae
c unit of the valuable property I carry.
I start out o:i my trips twico a year,
from New York, in May aud Novein
' her, taking ?l 'i ,mi i to $.10.1,1 mil worlli
j of stones with me cadi trip. I have a
regular route tha' 1 go over once a
year. I take the west in on my May
I trip iind go south as far as Mexico in
November. 1 am treated much more
l courteously than the ordinary jewelry
salesman by the people to whom I sell.
I In the fir. t place, my having such an
' eaoriuous amount of prop rly in my
! pockets commands a certain kind of
i respect. Th.iie is a curious fascination
ibout diamonds that, few mo l can
resist. Nearly everybody loves to loo
it them and w atch the different elfects
if light on them in various positions.
When it diamond drummer enters a
-.tore and makes known his business,
he is generally invited back into a
p.'ivatn room and asked to show his
-lock. If a stone suits it customer,
instead of ordering so many by sample,
ho buys at once, gives his nolo and the
transaction is complete."
"How doyoii carry your diamonds? '
"In cases like this," replied the
'alesman, taking out a liussiiai leather
ase shaped like a cic.iuiion envol.rpo.
It was about six inches long by foil'
broad and sewed together with strong
silk thread. It was lined wilh oiled
silk, and fitted on the inner back w ith
two compartments also envelope shape.
When folded up two heavy bands of
elastic held tho laps. It looked like an
irdinary pocket book. "That little
book," continued he, "will carry about
fdO.iKlii wnrih of diamonds. Nice pile
It? I have my vests especially m nle to
woiiiinodate these cases. 1 havo seven
nf them and pockets for each ono. Al!
tho pockets are on the front of the
vest and strongly protected from pick
pockets. An effective protection
vrainst th" knife of the pickpocket is a
line gauze of steil sewed next to the
idoth of tho vest. Very few can go
dirough that in tho snor. time they
aave to work. I never take my vest
ff, even while 1 am sleeping. I have
sever lost a dollar's worth by robbery
r otherw ise."
"Of coin se you go armed?''
"Well, slightly," replied he with a
puet smile, reaching back of him aud
wringing out an improved Coil's re
volver, IJS-caliber. "1 carry two of
Jieso with mo or two Coil's deringcr
pistols when on the road. I practice
mooting regularly, and 1 thiuK I an
lit a live cent piece at fifty paces."
"I can tell you the life of a diamond
broker is one that reipiires iierv.-, and
1 great deal of sharpness. In tho west
a t summer, on my way from Denver
;o Chicago, I discovered I was followed
ay a man who had got w ind of my
vocation and the diamonds I carried
with mo. I had an alligator-skin
-.raveling bag, which I had put up in
tho rack over my head in the railtoad
3ar. Me evidently thought I was tool
:-noitgli to put my diamonds in that
hag, by tho way he eyed it. At a little
way station, about ono hundred miles
this side of Denver, we ha I twenty
minutes for dinner. I went out wi'li
the rest, leaving tho bag in tho rack,
instead of going to the dinner table I
took up my stand by the window look
ing toward the ears. I saw this fel
I iw walk up to the rack, takedown tin
bag and throw the strap of it over his
sdioulders. With a satisfied smile he
walked down the steps of the car, .Mid
started out through the station. A
shot from my revolver caused him to
stop and nearly frightened him to
death. Mo gave up the bag, which
only held some soiled linen and sm-h
things, and I let him go. I have some
adventure every time I go out, and
some day I suppose some one will ki 1
lie," and he laughed lightly and turn
ed to other subjects. AVi York .Yic.v
The highest railroad viaduct in tho
world is claimed to be that of (iarabit
Bridge in France. That remarkable
truetiire is l.riOO feet long, and near
the middle of the great central arch
the distance from the bed of the river
to the rail is i 13 feet.
How Hie ( oiiiiiiaitili'i' ( I'the "Monilui''
was Wounded.
From the Into Commander S D.
(ircene's paper, en'itled 'hi the Moni
tor Turret," published in the CiiiIiii.i.
we ipiole tlie following: "Soon after
noon a shell from the enemy's gun, the
muzlo not ten yards distant, struck
the forward side of the pilot-hou.-.e
directly in the sight-hole, or slit, and
exploded, cracking the sei-on I iron log
and partly lifting Hid top, leaving an
opening, Wordon wasstanding imme
diately behind this spot, and received
in his face the force of the blow, w hich
partly stunned him, and, tilling bis
eyes with powder, utterly blinded him.
I'liis in jury was known only to those in
the pilot house and its immediate
vicinity. Theiloil of light, rushing
throuoh the Ion of the iiiiot-house,
now partly open, caused Worden,
blind its he was, to believe that, tho
pilot-house was seriously injured, if
not destroyed; he therefore gave
orders to pul the helm to .starboard
and 'sheer oil.' Thus the Monitor
rot ire. 1 temporarily from the action,
ill order to ase rlain the extent of
the injuries she had rcc-ived. At
Hie
same time Wordcti sent for me,
md leaving Stimers, tho only ollicer
in Hit! turret, I went forward at om e
and found him standing at the foot
olthe ladder l-alingtotho pilot-house,
"Mo was ii gh islly sight, with his
eyes clos d and the blood apj arendy
rushiit
I""1" 11
part of his face, lie told me that he
Wits seriously wotiude I, and directed
mo to titko command. I assisted in
leading him to a sofa in his cabin,
where he was tend 'rly cared for by
Do.-tor I.ogiii", ami then 1 assumed
command, lilind and suffering as iie
was, Worden's fortitude never forsook
him; ho frequently asked from his bed
of pain of the progress of affairs, and
when told that tlcj Minnesota was
saved, he said, 'Then I can die happy.'
"When I reached my station in the
pilot-house, I found that the iron log
Wits fractured ami I he top partly open;
but tho steering-gear was still intact,
and the pilot house was not totally
dc. 'tri.vi !, uslii.it ljecn fuso-i-tl. In tlei
oonfu-ion of the moment resulting
from so serious an injury to tin' com
manding oll'iccr, tho Monitor bad been
moving without direction. I'.xactly
how much time elapsed from the mo
ment that Worden w as wounded until
1 had reached the pilot house and
completed the examination of the in
juiy at that point, and detci'mii'id
what course to pursue in the damaged
condition of the vessel, it is impossible
to state; but it could hardly have ex
ceeded twenty minutes at the utmost.
During this time the Merriinae, which
was leaking badly, had started in the
direction of F.lizahcth IJiver; and. on
taking my station in the pilot house
and turning the vessel's hea 1 in tic
direction of the Mcrrima.- 1 saw that
she was already in retreat. A few
shots were tire I at the retiring vosse',
and she continued on to Xorf lk."
Mow Insects breathe.
If we take any moderately large in
sect, say a wap or hornet . we tan
see, even with tho naked eye, that a
.-cries of small sput-lik-j marks runs
along either side ol the b nly. Thes .
apparent spits which are generally
eighteen or t wenty in number are in
fact the apertures through which aii'
is admitted into the system, and are
generally formed in such a in inner
that no extraneous matter can by any
possibility find entrance. Soini-tiniis
they are furnished with a pair of horny
lips, which can be open.' I an! close 1
at the will of the insect; in other eases
they are densely fringe I with stiff in
terlacing bristles, forming a tiller
which allows air, and air alone, to pa,s.
tint tho appitrat us, or whatever char
acter it may be, is a! way so w.uiler
fiilly p 'rfeet in its aetio itVr it has
been found imp issible to in ject the
body of a dead insect with even so
subtle a medium as spirit of wine, al
though the subject was first immerse I
in the tlitid an I then placed beneath
the receiver of an air pump. The ap
ertures in question, which are techni
cally known as spiracles," communicate
with two large breathing tubes, or
"trachea-," which extend through the
entire length id the body. From these
in tin tubes are given oil' innumerable
branches, which run in all directions
and continually divide and subdivide
until a wonderfully intricate network
is formed, pervading every part of the
structure and penetrating even to the
antenna1 and claws. -Umuf H'ov.v,
Perfect I iider-lan ling.
"I in down on roller skates!" said a
young laly h h with a party of
friends the other afternoon in a candy
store.
"Yes, I notice 1 you were yesterday
wlien 1 saw you at tie' rink. You
'ineil to lie down most of the time.'
And then all the spiteful sisters ol
Kvo giggled at their innocent sister
1"' Hilfn fitlt' suit II.
SdliMIIK SCItAI'S.
I'l-flned petroleum exerts an infiu
euee upon a ship's iiodle the saino as
cargoes of iron and steel.
Tiie ii' i total eclipse of the bud
visible in this part of the world will
take place August 12, l'.V.r.l.
F.vpcrimcuts with tlie electric light
in forcing plant growth are show ing
less effect than was expected.
Ivirtlepiake observations are to be
ntiti.t -don the summit, of the Don
Nevis, where is loculcd the highest
mclo uol gii-al observatory in the
lirilish I.-b-s. The isolated position of
this station renders it particularly
oiitcd to oh-crva! ions of slight, trem
ors. A collection of skulls from the south
rii heinisjilicro has been studied in
Fngland, the nio't notable conclusion
eihe.l being I hat some of the races
if s milt Africa. Australia and the
outh'-riiio ist part of South America,
ire remat kablu for ill" sni illness of
heir he, iK
The do in I. tkn plant ( i ejihaliiia es
111 Ills, .-sclium) hai heen des.-rilc: 1 to
In' Paris Act Icmv of S -ieiic-ts as an
' tslringent and febrifuge capable of
; .-..placing .piitiiue, as well as a dye
' t i,,,i.r ;l I, suitim! yellow c,,or. It
jrrws in West Africa, and resembles
i he Moriud t of tlm South S.m Islands
ilt , , i,,ely in many re.-po.-ts. lis
j , .. ve prineiple is doiiiulakine.
I',-, if. Hnvlcv Ii.n ri.iiiinl.i.,l
lint
iv'nile birds now constitute a well
i leliiicl group, iioboly mistaking the
onus include therein, w e tin 1 the
ase to li.- different when we turn to
.he geological record. Fossil forms
tie found that present definitions do
mt embrace, indicating a w ider t inge
if structure, and the existence of
ypes intei'llie biPe l'"tweeu birds ail I
ept iles.
M. Pasteur recently recommended a
neuiticr of the Aca lemie ties Science
,o experiment w ith young animals in
udcr to ascertain if they can bo noiir
shed upon the absolutely pure food
w hich many people regard its an ideal
lict -that is, a food wholly frco fmui
Microbes. He believed that such a
lie! would imt sustain life, and that
lie presence of common microbe in
die dige.-tivo organs was necessary
0 the proper functional action of those
irgans.
(iai'lii'ld at a baseball (.ame.
A year before his election, ( ieneral
iariield could have been seen gayly
launicring along Pennsylvania Ave
iiie, laughing, talking, nodding his
leal to this acquaintance and that,
vithout any obstruction to his progress
n tho shape of a sidewalk reception.
Those w ho did not know him pcrson
il y were familiar w ith his face and
lame. The ladies had heard his
l.iqueiieo in the House the street
iivhi'is had seen him at tho baseball
jrotimls, shouting, with tho eagerness
if a boy, his pleasure or dhsati-fao-ion
as tho game progressed. While a
nembcr of the Mouse, he often took
jeeasion to run out into the suburbs
if t ho city to witii".-.s this exciting
sport.' I remember one afternoon
ivhen be reached the stand erected on
ho grounds a few minutes alter I did.
1 w as loaning against tho front rail of
he platform, and, clapping me on the
hoillder, he a.-kel: "Who's ahead?"
l j,,,VP hi,,, the information, and lit
dieret'.pon became so interested in the
game that he seemed unaware that his
n avy weight upon my little body was,
:o say the least, inc mvenient. lie was
'instantly exclaiming: "(iool catch!"
Fine hit!" "Oh, what a mull!" and
ither well known extracts from base
ii'l language, and ho soon grew so
xcite 1 as to ma'.e mo feel the effects.
I thought it w iso to move to a place of
safety, and I finally succeeded in edging
iway through tho crowd. Klm nii'l
Minn, in St. yirhulas.
Way l p.
Following is a list of cathedrals,
pyramids, towers, etc., whose iilti
.ude reaches beyond two hundred feci:
Ic-el
VitsliiiiKloii .Miiniinient . .Vt-i
itnid of Cll
'I'-. I-.-tvpt
1 . ol'ine i-ituifilr.i!. lictnctny
I Vitlw-i i e illii di ll, Ileliiini
-Ilaslilll eiillleilrat, tiiininiliy
I .wet of ril-e. llt. 11 .11 ill I..'
' si. t, , fen'.. Vieiinii, Aii-irn
i'vi-aiiii'l of I 'piiMtli-s. l i-yi't
. -t. M ,ilin' chin'cli. Him. ii:t
st. IViei s. Koine, lliilv
. Sotre l):iine, Ainien-, Tr.uu-e
S;,li-li,irv spire, laigliin 1
j -I- rani's, l.onilon
I V oienee oalli' ilral Italy
,'ieniona rattieilial, Italy.
j -'u-iSiei-tf eatliclral, tierniany
I -e liie oallieili.-il, Spain
! Vlilmii oathi-ill-al, It-tly
' Notre ll.i'iie, ll.iv.tri t
Home Uvs litv.tliile-, France
llail. Inn-" eatln-ili.il, (k'liiuiny
-1. I'.ilrii-k's, New York city
i. Ma'.k'selnireli, Venice. Italy
' N"H, u ll catlicl.iil. Knglaiiil .. .'
I lne i.;o II, irinl of Tl-aile
iiiclie-o r citlie Inil, Cngbuul
! li icily el. ii roll , New York
j ' .nteibiiry lower, laixlnti'l
Suite Idnie e illieilial. I'ali-
, -I. I'allnk's. Ilii' lin, lielanil
j iia-u 'W ( 'ulllcilr.ll
itiinker Hill monument, M'tssaeliiiseiu .
Xotre D.in.o, .Moiiirenl
.tin i eiilheiltftl. 1'ent
i.nlent il v enllie h:il, Long Isliunl, N. V
la. I'tilei- nd jNtuI, I'liiladi-liibia .. .,. . . .j
. . ."' 1
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.. in
. .-rii
.40
. .4 V,
. . 4- iti
. IIS
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Itllill-leiini.
)i tu l',e u 1,1. iinll.ni li il lltll-1,
i c mi il.,- M li !i nml lii- I i:i i.i I .
A ii h iii ii' mill lii- ii-;lit li.-inil,
V'l .til lui 'i 'l i-:itihiill-l,vii'lll,
al li e I, 'TO ' I MiiiiIoii.ii
l! i'- ! ll.n e I'l-O il- If'l,
"in- ill He ii null ci'il'lcl,
A 'il Ik- l"il Jli III t lllliil' I.
Aii'l hi-l I I'.' k llo t:iie.ili lir- l 'loom
Wln-e w. lib il i-iiy ill Kliui Iuiiiii.
A . 'I lin n Ic w. ili 'l I'm tlm bum
1 1, I ii :ii-li nii'i'- -;ui 1 ;i ill inn,
I'.ii ,i I liie ,'c i-.i mih 1- wi-.i- 1 1 1 , I ;
I . - i n.ii in lie- n
, ,S : I .'I I Ill' I'll l ll.lll, ,UII.
N I,'.:- ,1 .1.- I'll flol I .- ill I,
li-. I i- o li ' -1 1 1 -, f line I,
li ,l c, ; lii i l . "I I ihlr I il, I.
l ill l,n il - li ill, I- I, ilu:i '- C'll'l
i i !n iii i-i Kli.iil'i.iin.
ill MllliOl S.
Knii:ii.)4 exjieas 's Children.
liu.-i.ii.i. ii, on as well as religious
men s'.oii.'d In w.iru ol false prophets.
1 lake.-a pretty sin. in phrcnolog'st
to :cll what is in a barrel by evainin.
lis I, c,i,!.
V. lieu ii trotting h r.e die. it is it -way.-,
on day after his owner was of
I- I c l i. bibulous price for him.
i ) ie man in lieriiiany has made and
. ,,11 ;;,ihi in in thermometers. 'That's
wiiat you might call making money by
"I'll make m I . in !"' cried an irate
mo her, pur-iiing iu-r firing son, slip
pi r in ban I. "liiep," remarked tho
ju i iiile. - wc sh -d. have il b iw I."
sd.'in an I politeness are not a'
W ilV s ns -o i.tte I. The o , 1 said to li.;
the w isrst of birds is ;ils i tlie nui-.t
i"iilcin tu. us. He hoots ,it overy
Ihillg. s.iid l!r, iighiim when he Wits a
struggMng lawyer- Circumstances
alter cases, in. t I w ish I could get hold
of some rn is that, would alter my
i-ircillii-l.l re.
At dinner: A wagui-h iii"st before
w b un h i I a pl.c-.' I ;i di-h of lish
turn-to his lair n dgi.bor and say-:
Mi- -, will y.ai haw some ol this dead
i'is'i?" 'Dal li-h? Oh-ugh how
It npp'-nr-; !; J:t..'.-t wrinkle in the
way id ornamental !i-ii for a wedding
bp a' f i -l table i lo ba o the photo
graphs of t he bride and groom iiielost d
in a blot ',. of Iran- pari lit ice. 'I his
display of coolness between them
would be much more appropriate
about a viitr later.
The SHpcriorit) of (ii-iinilfatliei-V
(jock.
That the best power for a clock is a
weight, i beyond dispute. Th inven
tion of the coil-spring came near an
nihilating ih ' race of good common
c'.o'ks. "(iran ll'ather's clock," wit'n
its woolen w heel, iind other crudities,
is still tii superior of the grandson's
.-lock a ii t nee-keeper, lor "grandfather'-,
c'.i.-'." hit the great a hau
lage . I a iiiiiiorm power sufficient and
just sufficient to propel the clock w hi n
it was properly .loaned and oiled.
The gran 1-on's elm k has a coiled
-pring as a inotive-powi-r, having,
wh-n it is t;ghtly wound, in t l 'ssthiin
three tine s the amount of power re-
, piired to drive tiie clock, ; n 1 tl 111 11
. ishiug in amount, thereby altering th '
ra'e of the , lock, with each successive
hour. Th'- grandson's clock wl
m uv'i on, o l 'd r tinoiled (and there
fore usually uaoile 1 ), until it comes to
i preiiia'ure end ai c unpleto its that ;it
I the 'o;ieho-s shay." The "gran I -
fatiicr's i lo.-l ," on the other hau l,
1 which lieodned to go unless its rations
1 .if oil were) doled out to it once in ,i
year or less by the peripatetic tinker,
jisgiol i n-another cenuiry, since it
bearings have been saved from cutting
i themselves away from lack of oil. Tie
kitchen do of to-day can only b
m ule to keep ri'spectablo lime by so
regula'iiig it that the gain it makes
when fg.it lv wound shall b offset by
jtholo.s :is It runs down. lnl"i
.S-. ' , Mulltlil'l.
I t K i-(- l i ce One Tliniisaiul Veins Ohl.
I A standard rose, said to have been
' planted by Charlemagne, is one of the
groat curiosities of the ancient city ol
! llil'le-heiiii in Hanover. This rose
i bu b is gnarled and rugged, as be
comes its extreme age; and, in some
i pl;e-e, t he principal stem is about as
j thick as ii man's body. It grows at
, the eastern side of the apse of the ca
! thedral. and this year tho venerable
; and venerated object lias put forth
! several new and thrifty shoots. Fears
have boon entertained for a long time
past that, aft "r its life of a thousand
; years, the plant was losing its vitality.
: Hut now it is apparently taking it
I new lease of life, ami there is much
. rejoicing in llildesheim at Cio fact.
The person who takes charge of the
j ancient rose-bush is instruct l never
: to give away a cutting; and its ftow
i ts, which are pronounced the Very
sweetest of their kind, are also jeal
ously guard 'd from vandal Lauds.