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p ouxTY ADVANCE. uf J. CSiWFORD, Jr., FiMtter al Pruhelgr. ladcpwidwnt, XiOeal Newspaper. N « I TUEM TUB. I S APTASCE. UH1 corr, s CESTS. VOL. 1. WEST NEW BRIGHTON, S. I., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1886. NO. 22. is at ona of the hotels at Hot Ark., »n mrrftngement of •ianW ud nilros d combined or con- BMted, by which inTolids are wheeled out of their rooms directly t o the baths by steam. OmEV PoDin>VAKRr.'e dnOi is said to hava been caused b y atranKidation. He was eating berry tonp and bunoh- graaa beeL The sonp went down the wrong way, and in eonghing he burst a blood -Tcasel, from which h e died. TBOHAS MILT.EB , a 12-year'«l d Tro- Jaa, got a pissc of wire and threw it 0T« the arm of nn clectric light \to get a abode,\ as he said. He got it, H« • wna 'tnookcd down, ari»e, feli 'again, ab^ died. AnoraiSt Isngaaga myth is Oastioyed In th'S slliloment of a translator ^t the lUlssiim is a rcry easy language t o acqnirc. He strengthens his opinion with the oiplanation that the Terbs ara comparaic^cly rcgnlar and have bn t tlircfl lenibs,while tlie conditional mood is indicnli'd by n particle \bui.\ Th e langitago in not so difUcnlt as its collec- tion of (jonsonantsf so cnrions to • foreifinor, might sef^m. •A- THE bcbr boycott has dereloped tbo fact that ^ho people of Now York City constime nnnnally 1,600,000 kegs of the Ijevoinpe, or 4,nm kegs a day. The Ornot Monuiuont Fnnd may find but few fittbscribers there and the Liberty statue muy TTocp over tho penurioosncss of tlio city it overlooks, bu t wo have no donbt th-^t a proposition to erect inouumen^. to Gambrinus would arouse great enthusiasm. THE fish story has got into th e ad- Tertising: columns. A New York paper contains an advertisement of a St. Lawrence HoteL Tho advertisement consists of plctores of seven fish, the smallest four ponnds and tho largest five and a quarter pounds, all caught in one afternoon by a guest at the hoteL T HE Bev. Cliarles H . A. Ball, whose death at Calcutta has been announced, began his missionary labors in St. Louis, where he worked with and lived in the family of the Bev. Dr . Eliot. One day the Eliots had just sat down to dinner, when Dall rushed in, exclaim- ed: \The worst ease yet!\ snatched the dish of roast meat from the table, and rushed away again, to give it t o a poor family he had discovered. TUE deepest boring yot mode is said to be at Sohladcbach. near the line be- tween J.juip8ic and^Corbetha. I t baa been mndo by j-ho Frnssian Govern- ment for tho ])urposo of ascertaining tho prosonco of coal, and was bored with diamond drills. Its depth is 1,8'JO meters, vr 4,ri00 feet, its breadth at tho boitftm. two inches, and a t the top eleven inTlies. Tho temperature at the bottom i^dicntcs IIB degrees Fahren beit. 1 jk viNciNXATi picBpocset, seemg a young man with a young woman on each arm, deftly relieved liim of his atch. The young man saw the deod and tried to grab the thief, but the girls clung to his arms and cried, \Don't go; hell kill you.\ and more to that effect, until tho thief got well away. They were not confederates of tho pickpocket, either, bu t nice averago Ohio girht, wlio were bound the young man shouldn't get hurt. JOHN JJKMWN, a s all th e wcrld knows , was <^ueun Victoria's favorite servant. Tho true inatinor o( Brown's deaths the tictuul f^uts were suppressed at the (imn—-nrnH (j'Sito curiouo. H e had f<et an ingenious luan-trap for poachers; it was PO iiiRonious, in fact, that ho him- self forgot just how it worked. As rosuU. iu climbing a fonce he was cnnglit in his own trap, and found him- self suspended by his heels, head downword. I t was several hoars be- fore iio .is discovered and ruscued. Tnlnl re^U a followed. \SPK-^^'VISC; of great people,\ says Boston •fJommerci'il Uullelhi writer, \I must not overlook the Genius ol AVnr—that veritable Mars—the Count A'on Mcltke, tho master of tho 'last argnmout/as tho Frinee Von Bismarck is master of tho earlier dialectics of in' teruiitional controversy. An I was walk- ing ono day in JJolle%-nc avenue, I saw standing upon tho curbstone a thin, little mu.li, with an absent look, wear- ing tho tall black cap with the black strip© w!bioh all German oflicers wear, and with a great military coat thrown over Jiis shoulders—the sleevea dan- gling by his sides. I suppose he was waiting for somebody. When he turned and looked yon in tho face, you might see that his eyes were by no means ' dull, although Ise was over eighty. His clean-shaven, wrinkled fjco,|^aud thin white hair were not handsome, bnt im< M. OArTAl* ScniACK, a few of his de- tectives and n select number of the connsel for the State in ibe anarchist trial ot Chicago, says the Evenituj Journal of that city, enjoyed a little dynamito picnic of their own, on the meadow jus beyond tho Marine Hos- pital, whither an expressman conveyed a massive blook of stone weighing about BOO pounds and a three-foot ' boiler ot <100 iionmis weight. On the ecrnc. Captain Schaaeic prodnced half-pound ciirtridga of dynamite, which was tenderly placed on the ground. Over tliia th e boiler •placed.* bottom up, and upon this the . stone. ^ The cartridge was atted with flve-miiinU fuiw. A eall for volunteer 'grena^m was mads, and Deteotiva BcbuttWr (lapped forward. The rest of tha^rty cireamspacUy retired, and as BehntUer viewed them safely aisr. ka sitnck tho match aerosa his tronseia •adloadM d lb * flam* to Ika bwaass end ol Ika luse. Fiva minnlsa wan ' aMI)' aowitad awsy on Iha Captain's lirtd wkMi, snd |iist as tka koid •Wrtad on sixSh mianl* • lapart • * th a dfnliarga ol a baMaiy o l aiaiia- '^pla.'tlw-'ah. \ liii^ mi l vi Aino BT » . T. B M 70m min' o* aula lang sya^ Wh*n th« afinmAr davs van ftaSg And the •an ahone l>iisbl«r far Tbmn b* ha* a'er don* •in* syaaT I xain' w«U tb« -ver» tnrn Whar we cuddled in tb« boxa As' were late (or the echala In the mom. bipe end claeS. And feU mentf bramble bosbee tearing oar claee t An', for f ear they -wed be MCB. We gaed •lipping faame at e'en, were Uc&et for oar paiai. On the mom. What gleeeome fan was there V,'V oar gansee o' hoiin' and bare J -We plaved truant frae ttie ecbnle Because it was the fair. We ran off by Patie's mill To the wads ayont Broom hUI, And were fn'chtened for the taws On the mom. Min* ye o' the maier*e dam Whan tho frosty winters cam? We slid on the curlers' rink And made their game asham: When thoT chased ns thro' the tnaW We took leg hail, ane an' a'? But we did it o'er again On the mom. Where are those bright hearts now, That were then sae leal and tra*? Somo hne left lifo's troubled tcane, Some are yet straggling thro', Bvme hae e'en been lifted high In life's changing destiny. For thoT rose like the skylark In the mom. Now Touth's sweet spring is past. An' life's autumn comes at lasU Oar simmer day has passed awa, Oar winter neerin* fa»t. But. tho' Isng tho night may seem. We ahall sleep •without a dream. TiU we waken oo the bright Sabbath mora. Kao temple well see there, Whar in crowds wo mar repair To worship the Lord o' Hosts. As here hiui been our care. Bat we'll join the ho'avenly throng, An'; wi' voices nweet and strong, We 11 sinB tho ne'er ending song On yon uiom. •liirt ready for me, hey? My samples eame on ahead all right, then?** -Yes. bnt Mr- Girard has ordered me to hold the list back ''Oh, that is aU right Let me have it. I have seen Mr. Girard\ (Tliis was not altogether a fib!) Obtainingthe order list, he retamed to his hotel. There was a letter awaiting him from Smart & Main. It inquired particu- larly about Richard Girard, who, the rumor from the agenev said, tras not sonnd. Hastily be telegraphed to the firm: \O. K. My word for it.\ In a letter to the firm he inclosed Gir- ard's order list. It was then near 2 o'clock p. m. At C he must leave for Western Penns3 'lvauia, tH«n toward Chicago. Thoughts of Laura Girard were hnnnt- ing him. He resolved to attempt nu inter- view with the beautiful girl before his df- parture, and his object may be readily di> vincd. Laura was home\ to him trhen L« called at the merchazit'n residence. \Miss Girard, a second time I must bee of you to pardon my intrusion. Bnt I leave town this evening, and before I ro, 1 have something to say that must be Kpoken. I was an unintentional listener to what passed in your father's office to-day. I know why vour father gave orders to with- hold the cu^marv liitt. But I believe Bichard Girard to be a good business man and a safe one. I have presumed to Udc^ upon myself the responsibility of sending this ii^ormation to the New York firm. Will vou read?\ and he handed her the let- ler 6rom Smart & Main, together with a copy of his telegram. When she had read she gasped in great agitntion: l»nt yon can't know all- ^ \milinclv. in him! ^Baminond, whence comes this money?** \My aavings, ^Ir. Girard, thxongh many yaars of hand labor.\ '*How much have you saved?\ \Just twentv thousand.\ ••You have, then, given me all that you d! Then I shall be jost and give worltl, my Chicsfio, February. 18SG. THE: officers of Liancaater County, Pennsylvania, elected in 1883, took office with tho knowledge that a new law of tho State provided that fixed salaries should be paid them, and that all fees should be turned over to the county. They complied with the law until it was declareil wiconstitntional by the Snpreme Court, and then sued for the money they would have received in excess of their salaries had they re- tained the fees. It has just been d^ cided that they arc entitled to th«se fees. MISS \WIEZEL of Sacramento, asked .Tiicob Kline, a comet player in the First Artillery Baud, to marry her. AUhongh he onght to havo clone so, lie refused, brutally, and laughed when iu despair she threatened him. She went home, put on an old dress and hat, exchanged a now nickel-plated re- volver for one that would not glitter so much and thus attract attention, ent to the piazza where the band was giving an evening concert, waited nntil Klino had finished, and then, stepping u p beliind him, sent a bullet into tho back of his head, killing htm instantly. Dn. E . C. ADAMS, ot St. Joseph, Ho., has brought suit against the pro- prietors of Tootle's Opera House, ol that city, claiming $2.%000 damages for •lander ?^ecause a minstrel company held liim u p to ridicule in its local gags. This is rather a novel suit, bu t the Boctor will havo many aympathizers among those who have long been dis- gusted with tho growing tendency among the lesaer lights «f the theater to court favor tnth their audiences at the expense of prominent local charac* ters by supplying low and vulgar g«g« iQ place o£ their legitimate lines. Dr. Adams is a man of means, and promises to push th e case for all i t is worth. Success to his cfTorts at ridding the stage of this cheap haah. smilingly, \I know, and I wonlil stake my very life \Yes A TRAVELIIIB SALESMAIIS \Whv hello, Hammond! Turned Uf •gain?^ \Yes with yoti once more, Edelin. Not here on business this time, however; on tb« way back to Jfew York.\ . He waM a handsome, and engaping fellow, this Hnrry Hammond, and his voice had a henrtv freshness about it as he replied to the clerk in the office of the^Iansion House, Baltimore, this cri^p May evening on which our storv opens. ror several years he had been one of the most valued travelers for the fnmouH New York house of Sm-ort .fc M.iin. He had finished Baltimore some wcelfs previous; had said pood-by to the hotel clerk, with 'vhom he had formed quite an nequaint- ance: and, as on former occasions of the traveling season, Edelin (how many com- mercial travelers may readily recill that gentlemanly dork's indivi»lunlityl) had not expected to see him iigain for months. Yet here was Haiumoad, spnmg almost with the Buddeuness of a jai'lc from a bo*, grin in himd. and smilingly xequefiting: -The Hisme old room, Ildclin, if it's va- cant, please.\ Somethiug out of the uR\ial course was trauspiriug within the life of the young traveler. He wns of fine physi(iue, manly countenance, nffnble manner, a fine conver- sationalist. -withont over-cfTutjivenesB, 38 venrs of age, and—a bachelor. A well- liept man, too, was he, being a living exam- ple of the deniid of the world's general opinion of men of his craft; for the opin- ion is unjustly i>opnlar that the commercial traveler is comprised, on an average, of mere mechanism, bras*, dudish vanity, and dissolute attributew, selling by stereotyped persistencv and obnoxious ubiijuitousness, spending the whole of a salary upon the vain back, or dissipating whatever small balan<M» there mav be in riotous living along the rond. The actnul character, however, of this **i\vernge\ should demand close study on the part of would-be censors. The profession involves a high onler of intellt- gem e, a superior quickness of perception, an essential kcenneKs of business method, a upon \WTiy do yon do this?\ \BecWe'l love you, Laura,\ came the plain, straightforward answer. have come here to-day to tell you this, and to ask—lAura!\ With the quick words and a quicker step he was bv her side, and a mighry thrill ]>ervaded him as he drew her, uust'sisting- ly, to his breast. He knew that he owned her heart—knew that she mnst have loved him before that minnte, else she would not so readily have permitted the care««8, constantly proper care of person and mor- dd a dimity in keening — 1 prominence of the ti sent. Their contact with tho world als. an mercial ir is not ft matter of snrpriac that a sentiment of nneasineas should prevail throughout Europe as t o the mainte- nance of TpeMce, says the St. liouis lie- imblican. On th e other hand tho wonder is th»* th e treaty of Berlin should have survived so long. The principal btiaineea of the difTerent Gov- ernments hae been for yeftra tho train- ing ot toldiera. It is estimated that there are now witb the eolora in Eu- rope vefy neerly fonr milUcna of men. rather more tim 5 per cent, of the adtf t male pcpiOalion. This tremen- doua amaaient. forebodes var . Be- cent .estimates show that Ihisaia is . with the com- irm thev repre- . . Ids them a vast experience iu men and and the very rotighncss cf the world parts a polish of manner worthy of imita- tion bv mnnv who profess to be, but fall far short of,'the title of gentleman. Manv nre the strange experiences that these workinc bees of the merchant hive tell. But the most romantic of his own life was that which befell Hammond on bis visit to the Monumental City earlier in the season. Among the merchants who had for some vears bought regularly of Smart A Main was old Bichard Gh^rd, one ot the \land- mark\ clothien of Baltimore. Hammond was in favor with the old gentleman, fair Laura Girard, who had long ago be- come acquainted with the handsome trav- eler at her father's immense establip*\\-\^ •pending $22s.000,000 a year on her armvaad ntuwj; Frase a $200,000,000; Great BfitaiB •150,000.000; Germany MOO,00 <^000;A«stfia .#60,000,000; It- lOy $MVOOO,000; Tmfc^ $30,000,000; Spaia $30.000^<m Tbaae powers .tbe attonnoiis sum of i^OOO^OOO amittaUy in'pr^arincr for aar tM bdiete that a foHh walMiBC iiaslt hf sttobvorki l» miatOwif There 8a^m,900 aiginifti M^me^di ttch was accurtomed to greet him cordially whenever he came to the ci^. Everyone must remember tne extraordi- Barv duUness of trade in the fall of TG— which was just the time that Hammond put in his appearance to take the merchant's order for the next season's stock. He was requested to step into the private office at tho rear, where ilr. Girazd then won. Bnt in a small ante-room he paused involuntarily, for a remarkable exclama- tion came to his ears in the voice of the beantifal Laura. She was evidently ad- diessin^her father, and her voice was al- Dear father,'* she said, brokenly, \atrive to bear up. Perliapa yoa are an* ticiptitins too much. This may be bat a wing'apprehensiou ot vows ** Ko, no.\ mterrupted his tremnlons voice; fear it is already known on the •txeet that I am on the verge of benkropt- cj. I cannot see mywmy. ^ indeed dark for ine But iick at heart. I shall go home. X have air.\ And abrapay ht hvtned foith to the street, nitboirt so much aa notfdM Hammond, who stood almost ott the tteeA- It WHS nearly nightfall when Bichard Ginird returned from a second nttendance at his office. When ho came in his hag- gard face wore even a newer cast of worri- ment. \A verv remarkable thing has bappenedl\ he oxclaimed, suppressedly. \What is it, father?\ \That vonng Hammond had the audacity to tiike the order list from Sap«cintendent Mills, notwithstanding my express cora- mnnds to withhold it.\ And be ad led, decidedly, aa Laura made no response: \I shall write to-niyht io Smart A ^lain, countermanding the order; for I supi>ose, of course, he. llammond, has sent it off.\ \I wouhl not do that, father.\ **.Kn<l whv, prav? I don't see juy way cleftr for ordering such a bill of goods in these hard times.\ ^ , \Mr. Hammond is your fnend. He has sent on the order. Perhaps yon would like to see what he said of you to Smart A Main?\ She handed to him the letter and tele- gram which Hammond had left with her. When he had read he frowned. \What does it mean?\ \It means, father\ with jnst.the slight -st tremor of voice, \that Mr, Hammond loves me, aud \ \And vou love him?\ with a deeper frown. \Yes.'^ He aiose and walked deliberately to her side. \Latiro he said, gently, but firmly, \I have nothing to score against Hnmmond. But business and matrimony are matters of different worlds—sentiment is in the antip- odes. When yon marry it shall be with some one of a higher grade than a mere traveling drummer of trade. Let this go no further. I accept Hammond s friendly fcjMine^Mi action; his sentimental advances to vou, however, I emphatically forbid. As soon OS possible I shall setUe with Smart & ilain.\ The sun had gone down, and the moon was up apjice this lovely May evening, when Harty Hsmmond just in from the est, made a hastv toUet, at the ilansion House, and hastened to the home of his betrothed, on Charles street. _ , It was an appointed night between the lovers; it had been agreed between them that Hammond should then, upon his re- turn from the W^est, stop over on the new \week's end\ ticket, and a k Girard for his daughter Laura in marriage. j^e anticii>ated the servant when his ex- pected signal sounded at the bell. For a brief space they were locked in a close em- brace: Then releasing herself, she said: \I think father is in the library. Come, we will go together to him. But I fear for the worst, Hany.\ ^ „., \Let ns not fear—but come,\ he said. They little knew what a scene was at that moment transpiring in the library. Times had gone even harder than before with Eichard Girard. The strikes through- out the Union had seriproly depres^d trade; in the very midst of his season the merchant found his business blocked at every turn. House after honse hsdbeen - 'to sustain him m the ord^. possessed! to you all that I have in the . . mouierless child, my darling Laura. I know that she loves yon, else a htmdred times twenty thousand'could not buy one of her kisses away from her old father. May God bless yon!\ A sudden and wonderful change has come over the Baltimore House. In front is a new. gold-lettered sign bearing the firm name, \Girard A Hammond.\ There is to be a sound of wedding bells, while ~the flowers that bloo—\ but no matter. Ham- mond has retired from the road; old Bich- ard Girard takes life easy in the gray and grue of a nearly ended career, riding at will in his comfortable private carriage once again. Latira is busy with her trous- seau; and Hammond, the groom elect, is busv infusing the life of his younger lilood. energy, and exi>erience successfully into the fast recovering business of bi<; partner aud prospective father-in-law.—TAe Amer- ican Commercial Traveler. CarioMs Experiments in Hypnotiitm, I have recently attended three very interesting seances given b y ProL Lnys, concerning hypnotism. Th e meetings were held at his private residence, and were attended only by his personal friends and some acquaintances of Dr. Lnvs. The result of the experiments were very singular indeed, especially during a somnambulistic trance. M. litivs has studied, and shown t o us, th e efl^t s of the different drugs and poi- sons when pu t in a glass -vial, firmly sealed with a lamp, and kept near the patient (action des medicamenU a distance). Each diflferent drug pro- duced a special and characteristic ef- fect. Valerian does not act like ether or brandy. Wine, brandy, and cham- pagne do not produce exactly tho same cfTects; that is, the drunkenness brought on by the presence of these different alcoholic beverages is not pre- cisely the same, and the differences clcGclv correspond with those observed in persons really intoxicated with wine, brandy, or champagne. Fo r instance, ether a< ts on Esther X. in the follow- ing manner: After a few minutes'ap- plication of the ether vial behind the neck, she grows leas drowsy, opess her cuRiors ^cis. A woma:? in Havana, HI., is now liv- ing with her ninth husband. A MASS of lead in an elevated fur- nace in Paris was completely diss'pated by a stroke of lightning, no trace ol the metal being found afterward. COLD baths are dangerous to the old and feeble. Warm baths are relaxing, and should not be taken in the morn- ing. The morning U the best time for a cold bath, the evening for a warm one. THE average London inhabitant eats thirtv-two times as much fish as the Berlin person, and Paris, with a popu- lation of •2,0at>,000, uses more fish tb^ all Germanv, with a population of 47,- 000,000. A>' accident in a Melbourne foundry led to the discovery that plunging iron castings into a mixture of treacle and water softens the metal to such a de- gree that it can be worked as readOy as wrought iron. ' S EVERAI. specimens of English flora are said to have been exterminated by modem tourists, plant-dealers, and botanists, the lady's slipper, orchid, and the hoUy fern having disappeared among others. BETWEE N New York and the Gulf of Mexico there are only tour natural en- trances to harbors where the depth at mean low water is over sixteen feet, wldle the largest ships draw from 'itS to feet. THE first printing done in America was in the City of Mexico, in 1531». There were then'200 printing offices in Europe. The second press was set u p in Lima, Peru, and the third in Cam- bridge, Mass., in .Ax ordinarv beetle can draw twenty times the weight of the body, and a large homed beetle, whi^'h was care- fully weighetl and allowed to work un- molested beneath a bell glass, drew 42 2-10 times its own weight. A N association of pharmacists in Paris has been dUcussing the old question of the influence of plants m bed-rooms flISTOBIClI. WsEV the \Romans came t o Englsnd they fotmd n o langaage ^ken except different varieties of Celtic. THE absence of blood in the liver as the supposed property of a cowaiJ originate aays I^. Bucknill, i n the old theorv of th e circolation of the blood. NOTICES of mermjuda are scattered abundantly in books of bygone times, mermen and mermaids, men of the sea and women of the sea, having been as stoutly believed in a s the gre^ sea-ser- pent, and o n vexr much the same kind of evidence- THE old Boman custom or law that an enemy who had come to another cotmtry, even in times of peace, could, if war* broke out, be enslaved, existed in Kurope in the middle ages; and th e enslavement of prisoners did not ceaaa till the middle of the seventeenth cent- ury. L.O\'EIIS* rings in the age of Queen Elizabeth often had j>ojdes engraved on eyes and begins laughing and grinning w.thout any reason whatever. Her mirth is soon very great and even noisy. A very singular fact ia that in her normal condition many colors are not seen by her; but under the influ- ence of ether she sees them quite dis- tinctly, and is astonished at the vivid- ness of her color-impressions. Valerian acts upon her very differently. She begins scratching the floor, as cats do, and believes she is disinterring the re- mains of her mother; and she is in a train of thought Wine, similarly put behind her b^k, intoxicates her in a most pronounced and realistic manner; she is certainly in a state of l>ea8tly in- toxication, and could not possibly be more so if she had really swallowed several bottles of wine, is quite a sight to witness th e experiment. She goes through the whole ordeal from beginning to end, and finally rolls on the lloor as drunk as a drunkard ever was. Water brings on symptoms of liydrophobia. These experiments fully confirm those ot Drs. Burot and Bour- ru, of Rochefort, on the same subject. —Science. Dili i t Herself. There were ^ve of us in the stage riding out to the Mammoth Cave from Cave City, and one of the number was a vonng lady. As she was good-looking and attractive, it was no wonder that all of u s men folks slicked u p our hair, wix>ed of our chin, and sought to enter- tain her. She didn't ask any of us whether he was married or single, but jtist chattered away with one and anoth* er like a sensible girl. W e had gone aboat a mile when the harness broko and we had to wait half an hour while the driver made repairs. During this interval the young lady producetl a small book of poema and interested herself. Pretty soon the Major asked lier to read a tew poems aloud for our delectation. She blushed and hesitated, l>ut finally complied. She was a fair reader, and it read Uke fair poetry, bu t ahe had scarcely finished the first poem when the Major spoke up : Ah! it's Bums ! I recognized him by his false syntax, lame meters and wishy-washy rhymes. J>ear me, but I hope he is not your standard.\ -These are not Bums* poems,* she luietlv repled. -Not Bams? Who then?** \I—I wrote them myself, sir!\ Tho Major slid out t o see about tlie harness, and we saw him no more. H e walked back to the hotel to ruminate. —Detroit Free Prega. tmtil now, his crediton having heard of his transactions, had closed in upon htm like wolves-ell. excepting \ Main, of New Toik, and he marveled at their qmet- ness. The once powerfnl merchant actually foond himself on the verge of rain, with es«ait complete^ twenty thonsan^ltawoidd have \tided him over\ and savtsd hun. In the libraiy were the nierchant, the Uwyer. ttie neCaiy. and a lew of the most imiHwtaat msaiaas. Their eonversalaoa riadfaatedtheeliMS U SA assita- latmatleaal FaMe. In competition for the lanrels ot in- ternational f«ne th e pen, or i U ally. tli» printing-press.hii become decided- ly mifchtier tW the sword. If we had to nesa at tlie name of the widest- known citiaen of the United SUtes we should not lose onr time amon« the Wa and G'a. In Boomanian villages, in Tvroleaa daify hamlets, in poor Sile- *-~re the name ot v. 8. Grant haa never been pronounc ^ upon the health. Th e conclusion reached is that plants are beneficial, especially to consumptives. A wonKSiK'p of the stone oge h^ been discovered near the gates of I'aris, and lias yielded nearly 1 00 hand-worked flints, including pieces of polished hatchets, scrapers, blades, i)oints, and two or three little i>olishers. FREXCII microscopist has studied the action of the various condiments on the tissues of the Ovster, aad recom- mends lemon juice as >t.he moat valu- able, as it destroys tho anii:\Jcul:i- in- festing the stomach of the m 'nsk. S ELECT several cards of «;'rent colors, and in the center of each I'astfii bva little mucilage a small round pie«> of black paper. Place over the card thus prepared a j>iece of thin white tissue paper. The variety of hues which the black assumes is very strik- ing. THE housewives of Norway make their common fiat bread largely c^ the powdered branches of the young pine, not so much to >ave dour as t o secure a light loaf. 'Ihe bark proves to be not only innutritions but actually in- jurious,'and is now being denounced by medical men. ANSOSIA hens were not satisfied with the hatching out of twin chicks from a double-yelked egg, but recently Frank W. French had a hen hatch out a chicken with four fully developed feet and legs, the ext.a pair being attachtnl to the body at each side of the taiL On Monday evening the chick was as bright and lively as any one of the brood, bnt on Tuesdav morning it was dead, ihe hen during the night having trodden upon and killed it. A MAMMOTH gum tree in the woods near Cambridge, Md., has for years been used by an eagle for the rearing of her voung. The tree han been cut dovrn after great labor. IThe nest at the top was found as large as a cart bodv, and contained two young eagles nearlv full flcdgeiL The birds sur- vived'the shock, and have been cared for as pets. The old bird ^s out on a foraging excursion at the time. PHOTOOBAPH^V taken by Tissandier and Ducom from a baloon at a height of six hundred and five meters above Paris show conclusively the importance of the method of instantaneous produe- tion of maps of any portion of^ th e earth's surface, particularly of cities. ; fortresses, and regions difficult of ac- cess. Negatives have been obtained as sharp and clear as those made upon terra firma. Instantaneoos methods and extra-sensitive jilatea are reqn red. AccoRDiNo to the Kevue TnatMtri- «He, the quality of leather us^ for belting may b e determined by the fol- lowing simply method: A small piece is cut out of the belt and placed in vinegar; if the leather haa been per- fectly tanned, and is, therefore, of fto^ qnality, it will remain immersed in the vinepxr, even for several months, withont any other change than becom- ing of a little darker color. If, o n th e contraiT. it is not weU impregnat e with tannin, the fibers will promptly swell, and. after a short time, become converted into a gelatinona msss THE Chinese have the following leg tbem. and were vom by men on the left hand. Shakspeare makes Ctra- tiano say in**The Merchant of Venice*: Abont a bixjp at coM. a paJtrv rins That Bbe did gi%e me; bo»e poesv was Fur all th«> world Uke cutler s poetrv I'lmu a knife, 'Ijove m<? and leare UM> nt»t.* CuAnx.EMAGN£. in 7S9. gave these wise instructions: \Let one open schools to teach chfldren to read; let, in every monastery, in every bishopric, some one teach i>salms. -writing, arith- metic, grammar, and employ correct copies of holy books; for often men seeking to pray to God pray badly on account of the unfaithfulness of copy- istju\ THE early Germans and Teutons were in ap}»earance much like th o Celts, being descendants from tho .\ryan stock. Both the Ciaulsandthe Germans were sujierior to the Komans in one i>oint, namely, the use of soap, though it does not seem quite clear wbetner they employed it -wholly for cleanliness or i>anly for the purpose ol reddening their hair. TBISHN reform began under Cliris- influence during the reign of the first ^nominally t Christian Emperor of Itome. Constantine's legislation A. D.) provided that those accused of crimes should l»e examined -with prompt- nes!^ and not detained in confi^nement: and those arrested were to b e confined in a htxmane manner, while their cell* were to l>e furnished -with light and ventilation- THorr.H it had been long believed that Britain was an island, it was not until th e time of Agrii'ola. the lloman Governor, that this l»ecame fully «»- ta1>lished. Apricola sent ships from a l»»ace bupiK>»ed to have l»een Sandwich Haven, and they sailed on and aU around the north of .Scotlpjid, discov- vering the (>rknev Islands, till they re- tiirJl5>d to th e same place from which they siju^ed. THH ^Ider civilized i^eople, the Greeks llomana, lovtfd <dty life; that was tJkC' civilization. Peopls^wjfto W i in the ^untry were lower leveL : • • rustics an. ~ ^Jit® Z^-*... Another name they ha a lu? —^ « \ did not live in cities, bat in -villages or hamlets, -was pagan (from the Latin ],agtijt, a -village'. The word after- wards came to have another sense. The anaen t Germans hated cities and loved to live apart. THE salt-cellar -was highly prized the ancient Romans. I t held the salt which was sprinkled over the altar at a sacritice, and that which -was used a t jne^a. It usually consisted of a -cnp standing in a dish or saucer; and from being employed at the domestic sacri- fice was r^rarded aa a n object of ven- eration in the family; s o much so, that persona even of slender means were ambitioTU to possess one of silver ,if they could contrive to purchase it. ONE of th e paleolithic men made a picture of an elephant sui-h as lived in ids time (now called a mat^oth\ which had a long hairy ooat and mane. As no such elephant exists now in tb e world, we should hare thonght this a fancy of the artist, had it not bem for the discoverr in Siberia of the frozen bodies of some mammoths vHiich iiad been buried in ice and frozen gzavd for thousands of years, with tho fo r snd hair still in a good state of prea- ervation. LOB O BACOX. whxT some people ^are foolish enough t o think -wrote the ] \ attributed to Shakspeare, \Jndgea should imitate God, in place they sit.\ Yet this man, tb a highest judge in England, was enlarged with taking liribes. a hundred pounds from one and three or four hundred ponnds from another. He was fonnd ^tv. admitted tb e jnstiee of th e ehar« with shame and penitenee. and was degraded from hi* hi^ office by tlM King and Parliament. Bcal^trttcr OBre FaiiU. There are 4,000,000 dead letieis eeived annn^y at the dead-letter of- fice. Three hundred thoosai Fi^thoosand pai^slly Six thonaand nb addresa. I One and a -half millions of orders and drafts of money-ral^ wlMOr MMd^ iMMMray teto . yrnm^ mkmia Iw stf. m tt MM I* pv*
