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SALISBURY. K C. THURSDAY, MA 3, JNO. 31. VOL. I. J--. - . I. . . - - Who Is My Friend! Who Is my friend? My little song shall say, TFor that I do not find him every day ; Though, if by that vexed name alone I guessed, . 'A motley multitude might pass the test, t Nor, to my ear, their speech its guile be wray. I may not guage true friendship in that way ; The false like pure gold shine3 In Fortune's ray; In its eclipse and shade I may know best AVho is my friend. Since glittaring ores oft fail the fire's assay, And mocking jewels, in the glooms, grow gray, Give me no changeful bosom for my rest (Save that it warmer throbs when 1 m sore pressed And such sweet faith shall prove beyond gainsay, Who is my friend. Youth's Companion. WILLFUL MADGEi BY IRENE PRESTOS. "They'll not treat mo as if I were a grown-up child. They'll not select husband for me. I detest Mark Thorn ton. I'll run away if they don't stop pestering me about him." Madge had rushed from the presence of her elders, with rather disrespectfu haste, had ordered Brownie, and was arranging herself hastily in her ridinjr habit. Her eyes were flashing, and two red spots were burning in her dark cheeks. She descended the stairs, holding her head like a young princess, not deign ing to look right or left, and passed ou into the sunshine. Tom held Brownie beside the block; Madge sprang into the saddle and galloped off down the road in the direction of Saxonville, small railway and post-office station a few miles distant. Miss Mary and Miss Martha watched the angry cloud of dust settle away, and then looked at each other helplessly. They meant well, they were painfully conscientious, after their light, but somehow they lacked the tact and wis dom to govern this girl, whom their brother had found in the south, shortly after the close of the war, a homeless, friendless child, and had brought her home and adopted her. "She's so high-strung and willful," sighed Miss Mary. 1 wish George would come home," remarked Misi Martha. "Everything has gone wrong since he went away. He has a knack of. smoothing things over. The more we try to smooth the more we rufflj her, and she's never been th e , s arpyn ny way since she came home "from that visit in the west." Miss Jfarrha would have been still more unhappy had she known the exact foundation for the fact of her last as sertion. Madgo had formed the ac quaintance of Alfred "Winship during that visit. Bxqb.ad kept up a secret correspondence with him ever since, which was easily managed, since sho always rode to the" office for the mail, and was to-day expecting a letter. "Iam old enough to be my own mis tress," Bhe thought, all the petty re straints that had chafed her wilful, im perious spirit from childhood coming uppermost. "I will not submit any longer. I would like now, to gallop on and on away into freedom. I am an alien any way. I feel like a caged bird all the time. There is wild blood in my veins, I believe. Whatever my parentage I never came of such hum drum stock as these people never I ' Her? thoughts touched upOn Mark ThorntonJ He was owner of the estate adjoining that of Mr. Bishop. lie was ften years older than she, and had made no secret of his preference for her. She liked him fairly well until Bhe found that Miss Mary and Miss Martha wished her to marry him, when she began to treat him with freezing civility. "Tamo and commonplace, always reading and studying. "What do I want of him-?" she questioned spitefully, giv ing Brownie an extra touch with the whip. I want vim and dash of spirit. How Alfred Winship " Sho had reached the station. She rode up to the window, through which the ipostoffico clerk handed her mail as usual. She repaid him with a dazzling smile as sho caught sight of Alfred's handwriting, lifting him into the seventh 'heaven, for she was beautiful, and in her gracious moods irresistible. She let her reins fall upon Brownie's neck while she read Alfred's letter. Her heart gave a great bound. Ha was com ing east, would ba ia Boston on the 16th. "How delightful it would be," ho wrote, "if- you could get out of your cage for a week and meet me there. I. suppose the dragons would as soon givo you permission to visit the moon without an escort; and yet we could have a delicious time if you could join me." Had some evil clairvoyance conveyed to Alfred Winship the present state of Madge's mind? In her unreasoning reck less mood, with her' "balance wheel,'' George Bishop, away, she wa3 open to any suggestion that had a spica of free dom in it.. "Why not break looso from this re straint at once and ' forever? Why not meet Alfred Winship as he suggested! She knew he was desperately in lore with her, and she had never seen a happy moment since she parted from him. ' If I had any privileges like other girls," she thought bitterly, "I could invite him out to see me, but Miss Mary and Miss Martha would be scandalized at the mention of such a thing." She glanced over the letter again. He had given her his Boston address, and, cmnd rrrflcious! tomorrow was the 16th. o o ! He would be there tomorrow. Acting on a sudden impulse she turned Brownie's head again towards the station, walked into the telegraph office and deliberately wrote this mes sage: "I shall leave for Boston on the 11.30 train. Meet me at the depot." There 1 It was done and not to bo repented of. She galloped home and took her place at the dinner table with a silent, subdued air. She spent the rest of the day in her room making a few preparations, mus ing upon her grievances and picturing the meeting on the morrow alternately. She was allowed to remain unmo lested by the sister3, who were used to her moods. There was a dash of Spanish gypsy blood in her veins, as she herself sus pected. She had a daring disregard for conventionalities, which was now, under high pressure, overflowing its boundaries. Yet she was high-principled and warm-hearted at bottom, and would be easily governed by one who understood her complex nature with its seeming contradictions. When Miss Mary and Miss Martha saw her gallop off the next day they little guessed that she wore a traveling suit under her riding habit, nor that she had stolen out the evening beforo and secreted a well-filled valise among the brushwood under the trees by the road, half a mile distant. Making sure that no one was in sight, she secured the valise and rode on again until she came to a strip of wood land not far from the little depot. She removed her riding habit, then, after securing Brownie and lavishing parting caresses and a few tears upon him, she walked around the "bend" to the station, and was soon steaming over the road to Boston. Excitement kept her up until, as the train neared Boston, she began to grow nervous. Suppose Alfred should not meet her? Suppose the telegram should have miscarried ? Was she not doing a reck less thing? She banished reflection. She strug gled against a- homesick feeling as sho walked up the long platform of the depot and found her way to the ladies' room.. She sat down near the door. Surely he would come soon. She had a lonely, unprotected feeling. Men pass ing the door gave her bold, rude, ques tioning glances she imagined. At length, with a cry of relief in her heart, she caught a glimpse of Alfred's face at the door of the waiting room. lie stood looking around uncer tainly for a few moments, then, with rather unsteady steps, he crossed to where she sat, held out both hands and said familiarly, "Ah, here you are, beauty. I've been looking for you this half hour." Madge was on her feet in a moment warding'off his touch. Ilij handsome face was flushed and the quality of hi3 glance and smile was insulting. The odor of the potations he .had imbibed sickened her. She could have sunk through the floor with shame and dread of him. He had undergone a metamor phosis. Sha had never seen him thus when she met him at the home o( her friend. Something like disgust she feU, which was quickly succeeded by a fhsh of anger as he laid dm hand upon her shoulder and said rather unsteadily, "Come and have something to eat. You must be hungry. You you are under my protection, you know," he finished with a meaning laugh. The effect upon Madge was madden ing. She scorned him and herself for her folly. He quailed a little under the fire in her eyes, as she shook off his hand and stepped backward, with an imperious air, that had its effect upon him. "I am nqt under your protection," she retorted, with a certain desperation in her voice and manner. At that instant she saw Mark Thorn ton coming towards her across the marble floor. Her first sansation was oae of dismay that Mark had found her in such a com promising situation. The next moment she had rallied har forces. "They have sent you after me," she said recklessly, after thi3 quiet saluta tion. "If I return it will not be with you." "I came on the train with you, but I was not sent,'' he returned, "and I have not the slightest intention of asking you to return with me. I thought you seemed in trouble, and I merely came to ask if I could bo of service to 'you." Madge looked up at him. He seemed so grand and grave and masterful in contrast with Alfred that a sudden sense of his superiority came to Madge like a revelation, while a fear that sha had compromised hersarf forever ia his eyes came over her as Alfred said sneer ingly: "I thought your engagement was with me, but it seems I am one too many." With that he walked off. Madge's defiant mood broke down utterly. She was wretched, humiliated. .Mark stood regarding her gravely. . " You will despise me," she said. " I agreed to meet that man here. I made his acquaintance in the west last winter. Thev they are driving me mad at home," she finished with tears of vexa tion in her eyes. "I understand," Mark said slowly. In those few mnutes he had found the keynote to the actions of this sweet, loving, willful, imperious creature, whom he loved so tenderly. " What am I to do? How, am I to a 1 ' ll A. n go nome ana answer meir questions" Madge asked, looking to him in her ex tremity as a strong tower of protection. "Will you leave it to me? Will you trust me to make it all right?" he asked. "I will do "anything you say," she answered, humbly, "if you will forgive my rudeness to you a few minute3 ago." "And I will retract my statement. and ask you to go home with me," he said, with a smile. "The train leaves in half an hour. I will account for your ab sence. It shall never be known that you met any one." How Madge's grievances diminished on that homeward ride ! What a haven of rest her quiet room would seem if she once reached it, and how gentle and deferential Mark's manner was toward her!, Miss Mary and Miss Martha, who had been half frantic, were greatly reliejved to see Madge under the protection of Mark Thornton, who pursued a high handed course of explanation. "Miss Madge and I hav3 had an advea ture today," he said, airily. . "Will you ask no questions for the present and let Madge go at once to her room? Some day later I will explain. I am only sorry for your uneasiness." The good women accepted the situa tion without a word. Mark was a sort of paragon with them. Madge was safe and there had been no alarm raised in the neighborhood. They could not be sufficiently thankfu1. Madge learned her own heart tha day. She now enjoys full freedom as the wife, friend aad companion of Mark Thornton. The Old Oaken Bucket 4 Scienca goes for things dear to us without mercy. Everybody who has lived in the country and who knows the old well loves the "old oaken bucket." We all love it because we have read what the poet says about it, and in our schooldays we choie the poem as our "piece" and spoke it. We have quenched our thirst from the old oaken tucket with its contents aftei carefully looking into its dubious depths for ' 'wigglers" or worms. We have bal anced the rusty, dripping inconvenience on the curb and submerged our noses in the "nectar" we gulped. We have spilled the "crystal'', on our shirt front and profanely growled as we felt it tricklo down inside "our collar. We 1 AT 1 1 T 1 m nave seen me leasing arizzie, irom a oa in the bucket, spoil our five-cent shine. We have longed under these circumstances for a cheap glas3 tumbler or a common tin dipper, but in all our tribulations we never thought the old oaken- bucket an iron-bound death aeaier, ou; it seems mat it is, lor a scientist tells us that it is "a compound, condensed, mass of nitrogenous and p'hosphatic filthiness, the home of the microbe, and the all-prevailing bacte ria." Martha's Vineyard Herald. Cure for Biliousness. First, on getting up and going to bed drink plenty or cold water. Eat for breakfast, until the bilious attack passes, a little stala bread, say one slice, ana a piece nan as largo a3 your hand of boiled lean beef or mutton. If the weather is warm, take instead a uuie cracKea wneat or oatmeal por ridge. For dinner take about the same. Go without your supper. Exercise freely in the open air, pro- uucing perspirauon, once or twice a day. In a few days your biliousness is all gone. This result will come even though the biliousness is one of the spring sort, and one ' with which you have, from year to year, been much af flicted. Herb drinks, bitter drink, lager beer, ale, whiskey, and a dozen other spring medicines are simply barbarous. Dr. Dio Lewis. The Age of Fishes. Crows are commonly said- to live for a hundred years and turtles are said to have even longer life; but if Professor Baird be riht the greatest animal lon gevity is possessed by fishes Professor Baird says that a fish has no maturity, there is nothing to prevent it from living indefinitely and growing continually. He cite3 in proof a pike, living n Rus sia, whose age dates back to the fif teenth century. In the royal aquarium at St. Petersburg thsre are fish that have been there 140 years. The Twin Cross. A SEAL HUNT. Description of an Expedition in Quest of Sealskin The Animals are Surprised and Killed With Clubs. Seals once having taken to a place will never desert it unless frequently alarmed. Here they periodically return to breed, and thence the old ones never wander far. . Three expeditions, of two nights on each occasion at most, are made yearly, and as only one attack is possible each time, great caution and ex perience are necessary to ensure a good bag. The oars have to be muffljd, and the island approached according to the wind; for seals are not the sleepy crea tures one associates with the 200, but post videttes in commanding positions, and on the slightest alarm there is a rush and a splash, and good-bye to your prospects for that night. Having dis embarked in silence, the men. armed with heavy clubs somewhat resembling though longer than a policeman's staff, are posted at intervals of two or three yards on the glacis by which the seals invariably come and go. " When all is ready every one begins to shout, and then comes a rush like a thousand sheep, and thwack, thwack, right and left, as hard as you like, and the more the better, followed by a splash, "and every one makes for the boats and shoves off. a or the old bulls, often six feet and seven feet long, are very dangerous and will often follow a boat knawinn- at the gunwales. For purposes of commerce the old ones are absolutely worthless, and attention is only paid to the small est and youngest. We started at one a. m., the writer continues the seal island. A glorious mo fin Tnnnfl every object as clear as day, .and in about half an hour we found ourselves alongside about as difficult a landing place as can well be conceived. Imagine O then, a rather steep glacis, as slippery as a slide and extending without one friendly foothold for about twenty yards. But our nimble companions lost no time in the ascent, and in less time than it take3 to write it, we found our selves seized by sturdy arms and in po sition at the top of the glacis. 'Hoo, hool" int crmingled with shouts such as none but Afrikander lungs could possi bly emit, then rent the air, and then : roar such as I can only describe as that of a hundred oxen, followed by a scampering of what seemed a thousand feet and a literal avalanche of seak came tumbling past us and dashed furiously into the water. Personally, I was too excite 1 to do justice to my club; I struck about, re gardless of all instructions, indi3crimi- uaioijr ub uiu anu young tnat came within reach, and was delighted to find when the counting began thattl was the proud exterminator of foujr. The ex perts naa, ot course, done better, and ournignt's work for thirty-two clubs was represanted by 310 seals. To make for the boats and shove off was the work of an instant; and, having laid-to for a snort time in case of attack, we aain ianaea, collected our victims and re turned to the guano island. lhe night s work, however, was by no means over; and after a hearty sup per, the skinning process began and continued till well into the afternoon. The preliminary preparing (or braying as it is called) of the skins is somewha peculiaiand as the fur known as seal skin is an.undergrowth, all the bristles have to be removed, i. e. : pulled backwards from the inside. In the very young animals these bristles have not appeared; hence, the value of the seal the younger he is, and the absolute worthlessaess of the old bulls. Oa the following night the seals were to be left in peace; but on the Thursday we re peated the attack, with much the same experience and an addition of 207 to our bag, making a grand total of 523. London Field. The Olive in California. The olive is to be a source of great wealth to Northern California. It will flourish here better than in Italy, where about 2,000,000 acres arc devoted to the tree. We say "better" advisedly, be cause in the new soil of this state the yield i3 fully double to the acre attained ia the warm soil of Italy. There is no tree worthy of so much attention here." It is pre-eminently adapted to the foot hill region, since it thrives in tho dryest and most rocky soil -without irrigation, and in such situations gives oil of a finer quality than "that obtained from olive orcliards oa rich alluvial soil. But both valley and foothills are suitable to the olive. Oroviile (Cab) Register. """ A Leap Year Explanation. Griggs" See here, Slimley, a word with you before you go. You've been calling on my sister for three months, and I think it's about time to ask your intentions." Slimley 'Terfectly honorable, Tom. She proposed to ma to-night, and -we'll be married soon.'--Siftinga. The Virtue or the Yiolin. In power, volume and variety of sound, the organ, is justly entitltd to bo called the king of musical instruments. But in two important points it yieids'tc the violin and to the other members of the violin tri c the viola, the violon cello and the double bass. When some one asked Mozart to state what was req uisite to constitute a good pianoforte player, he touched his linger?, his fore head and hi3 breast, thereby indicating that the pianoforte-player needs brain, feeling and dexterity of hand. Now, given the feeling, -the piano is naturally so cold an instrument that even the most skillful performers on it find a difficulty in throwing all th3 feel ing of which they are conscious into their playing. The violin, on the other hand, ii a warm and sympathetic in strument, and readily responds to the mood of the performer. In other words, the connection between the performer and the instrument is more intimate in the case of the violin and its congeners than in that of any other instrument. Next,' all other instruments lack the power of "singing." In this respect, the piano, the harp, the guitar,, and its first cousin, the banjo, are notably deficient; since, rightly considered, thej are mere y instruments of percussion, and cannot even sustain the notes which they cmi The flute, the organ, and all other wind instruments, on the other hand," do pos sess this sostenente capacity. Bat they cannot, like the human voice, fill in, so to speak, the gaps in the gamut. But are there any gaps in the gamut? Mo3tun doubtedly thore are enormous gaps.. The octave at present in use among all civilized nations comprises but thirteen distinct sounds, all told. But in the scale constructed by scientists Helmholtz and others and hence called the Philosophical Scale or Gamut, the number of distinct sounds is seven teen; and even this gives but a very aint idea of the almost innumerable degree of tone, distinguishable by an acute'ear, between, say middta C and its octave. Now, the human voice can render all these shades of sou id. anl so also can the violin tribe. The music produced ,on these instruments may, therefore, most aptly be termed "linked sweetness long drawn out." CasselL A Pet Ostrich's Mishap. When, as sometimes happens, a soli tary chick is reared at the farmhouse, it becomes absurdly and often incon veniently tame. One called Jackij was the terror of all the little Africans about the place; for, as they sat on the ground' with plates of rice and pumpkin, in their laps Jackie would bear down upon them, requisitioning from one plato after another. Occasionally he acted in such a menacing manner that the young sters dropped their plate3 and ran away crying. Jackie would then squat on his heels among the debris and regale his enormous appetite at leisure. But one day retribution came. Having spotted the pot in the kitchen out of which the pumpkin and rice always came, he thought he would attack the fountain head, so plumping his head into the pot, he greedily scooped up, and, with the lightning-like rapidity tossed down his throat of ostriches, large mouth- ful of boiling rice. Poor fellow ! the next moment he was dancing round the kitchen, writhing in agony, shaking his head nearly off, and twisting his neck as if bent on tying it into a knot. Finally ho dashed wildly from the house ; and the last that was seen ol him' was a little cloud of white dust vanish ing on the horizon. St, James Gazette. Snnshine a Kemedy for Obesity. But here is a secret for women troubled with obesity, which we anticipate will carry some weight, namely, that bodies exposed constantly to the sun "gain such activity of the blood forces as to prevent any excessive forming of adi pose matter." It must not, however, be supposed that, oa the other hand, plenty of sunshine is conducive to lean ness. Not so, for the really healthful condition i3 neither fat nor lean, but shapely and plump, and the sun's raya quicken the nutrient functions, pro ducing a beautiful and elastic roundness of form; indeed, the constant action of the sun upon a human body is like the effect upon a plant, vitalizing and strengthening to every part. Press. A Well Endowed County. Randolph County, in West Virginia, has many things to be proud of. Its area is nearly as great as that of Rhode Island. It has the highest mountain in the state Mount Bayard. The Wilson vein of coal is the richest in the world. The Scott family, on Roaring Creek, will outweigh any family in the United States, and Winchester Park, in the county, is the largest game prcspre east of the Rockies. New York World. Past Mending. Bjoncs That fellow Gagley tried to borrow five hundred dollars of me this morning. . Smythe Five hundred. He must be cracked! Bjoncs; No, he's not cracked, He'a broke. Life. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. The thick deposits covering ancient ruins are now believed to ha Ye beefl largely brought by the air. The model of an earthquake is a unique piece of apparatus that has been constructed by a Tokio (Japan) seis mologist. , Dr. W. D. Miller of Berlin has re duced the proportion of lime salts in the teeth of dogs more than one per cent, by changing the diet of the ani mals for four months. Water is not tho only physical agent concerned in .carrying the earth's solid materials from place to place, modern investigations proving that the dust car ried by the wind produces astonishing changes in the configuration of the land. Fresh researches by Brown-Sequard and d'Arsonval confirm the conclusion that the air emitted from the lungs con tains a powerful organic poison, proi ably an alkaloid. Further evidence of the nature of the poison is being sought. Tests to determine the durability of various kinds of wood when buried un derground show that birch and aspen decay in three years, the willow and horse-chestnut in iour years, maple and red beech in five years, elm and ,, ash in seven years; tho larch, juniper, and arbor vita were uninjured at tho expir ation of eight year3. Wine from a hermetically sealed bot. tie, exhumed in 1877, from the Roman cemetery of Aliscamps, near Aries, is said to have been analyzed by Berthe. lot, the well-known French chemist. The analysis shows that the liquor has retained its vinous character and con tained four and one-half per cent, of al cohol. Corn is a food abounding in starch . 66 per cent, of corn is starch and it is well known that starch cannot be dis solved ia water blood warm or at the temperature of the animal stomach; but when the heat is raised , to 14ft degrees, a part of tho grains of starch will com pletely dissolve. When the starch is in solution it must certainly bo more easily digested than when uadi-solved. The mean height of the laud above sea level, arcording to Mr. John Mur ray, is 2250 feet, and the mean depth of the ocean i3 12, 480 feet. Oaly 2 per cent of the sea is included inside a depth of 500 fathoms, while 75 per cent, lies between 500 and 3000 fathoms. If the land should be filled into the hol lows the sea would roll over the earth's crust to a uniform depth of two-miles. The fact that small springs of pe troleum, together with certain gases, have been met with in the course of boring the Suram tunnel in Russia, have given rise at Baku to tho opinion that large supplies of petroleum probably exist in the interior "of the Caucasus. A large petroleum field has been opened on the shores of the Black Sea, in the government of Kutaisk, on the estate of Prince Gourieli. It has been taken up by somo large capitalists. The great petroleum fountain at Baku has at last ceased to spout, although the oil in the well i3 still ajritated. The Australian War Dance. .. The customs of the "black fellows" of the Australian bush in their wild state are not uninteresting. Their grand dance or corraberee, performed on occa sions of great state, such as a victory over an enemy,' or to appease an angered diety, for they have crude notions of a Supreme Being, is a weird and ghostly spectacle. It 13- always performed at midnight in the darkest glade. A huge bonfire is built, and the natives, with their bones outlined on the surface of their bodies with white painty thus giv ing them the appearance of skeletons, leap and jump in a circle about the fire to the tune of a rude chant. Faster and faster tho dance becomes, higher and higher the leaps aremade, till, in one grand finale, all fall fiat to the ground. Should one fall before the end, he is at once tabooed as possessed of the evirspirit, and death will be his lot if he fails to make his escape. Alta California. A Cnrlous Superstition. It seems that the superstition that no marriage can be a happy one unless the .bride has one hair of every member of her family sewn into ttio lining of her wedding gown is no longer a monopoly of the French. A young lady was mar ried at St. Jude's, Kensington, a few days ago who' had a general collection of hair---even including one from the , favorite pet dog made, aad attached a3 much importance to it as to jthe fifty yards of material, exclusive of lace, 'which her French maid brought from Paris for the wedding dress. Lon don Life. Cause for Singing. Brown -That Jones is an insufferable bore. Robinson -How do you mako that out? - B. Hear him singing "Tve got fif teen dollars in my inside pocket." R. Why not? By Jove, if I had fifteen dollars in my inside pocket, I would sing too. -Boston Courier. V The Hollow. The hollow in the old oak tree, , Where happy children play, Where woodbines climb and cling amid The roses' clustering spray. The hollow in the old oak tree, Where happy lovers meet, To linger long and whisper low Upon its mossy seat This hollow in the old oak tree, Where old men feebly come To tell their tales and crack their jokes Or ore" they totter home. . The hollow in the old oak tree One haunts it when the moon Gleams on the dewy wood walks, closa Beside the streamlet's tune. Upon the roughened bark to spend Hot kisses, passionate tears; To murmur to the old oak tree , . Life' grief for Loto's lost years. All the Year Hound, HUMOROUS. A scratch race Barn yard fowls'. A promising band The engagemenl ring. There will be no eclipse of tho honey moon this year. The Envelope Tru3t docs not appeal -to bear the stamp of public approval. A Michigan girl has found 2125 four leaved clovers, and is not married yet. . .j 4Tm stuck on that girl," said th? court-plaster. "Well, she breaks me all up, too," remarked the peanut candy. Stranger (to workman driving rail way spikes)-: Are you working for the; contractor of. this road? Pat:. No sor; Oi'm workin fer tho extender av it. It is in the highest degree impropez and unjust to ridicule a man on account of his small stature. Because ho hap pens to be little it isn't right to belit tle him. The hen, lool though she is consider ed, possesses in a marked degree tho faculty of making much out of : little. Feed her corn by the pint and she eats it by the peck. The original elements are earth, air, fire and water. Fire is the most de structive and water is the' mo3t power-, fuL Fire-water, therefore, forms a com bination that is a teaser. A young preacher picked up Bishop Pierce's hat and put it on his own head,; and it was exactly a fit. "Whyji Bishop," said he, "your head and mini are exactly tho same size." "Yes," re- ' plied the Bishop, 'Jon the outside. It is not always safe to reason by analogy. r Because a water -soaked,1 clothes-line becomes fearfully tight it doej not necessarily follow that every intoxicated gentleman you meet upoa the street is a confirmed cold water drinker. A lady who had been abroad was describing somo of the .sights of her trip to her friends. " But ,what pleased me most of anything," she continued, "was the Strasburg clock." "O how . should love to see It T gmhed a sweet companion; "I am so interested in such foreign sights. And did you see th Watch oa the Rhine, too?" . One man can boast a pedigree; Of his descent, he says; he's proud. Another is self-made, and he About his rise talks long and loud. Effect of Glare upon Eyesight. It appears that Professor Plateau, of the University of Ghent, while trying tO) observe the effects cf the irritation . of the retina gazsd steadily at the sua for twenty second, the result being that chronic irldo-choroiditis developed, ending eventually in total blindness. A number of ! cases are known in which choroiditis and retinitis occurred in . persons who had observed an eclipse ojf the sun. The wngle flash of a sun-reflector has been known to cause retinitis, and other temporary visual disturbance) of a functional character have been fre quently noted. . M. Reich has described! a curious epidemic of snow blindness, which occurred among a body of la borers engaged in clearing a way tnrou2h the masses of snow which obstructed the road between Pas- sanaur and Mteti in the Caucasus; the rays of the sua reflected from tha vast, stretches of snow on every side, pro duced an intense glare of light, which the unaccustomed eye could not support without the protection of d.ark glasses. A few of the sturdiest among the labor en were able to work with iznj unity, but the majoiity suffered so much that among seventy . strongly marked cases thirty were so severe that tho men wero absolutely unable to continue work or to fhd their way home and lay prone on their faces, striving to hide their faces from the light and crying out from pain. Recovery was gradual but complete. Japanese Oranges. The Japanese seedless orange is now being introduced into California,, and Is attracting attention because this dwarf variety is more hardy than ordinary kinds. The fruit, although small, U remarkably sweet. Should it thrive oa this coast it will extend the range of citrus fruits, for it is claimed that it is hardy enough to resist considerable frost. Pacific States Weekly. '9.
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