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p W' • . *J£J .agajgi. «(M I AR*K*IA. LOWILLT En> psl*s in hfisvwi th« morning star, A bird, the loneliest of it* kind, ISPMK <lawti'i> fstnt footfall from HW :m While all 1U< mate* «m dumb a«4 blind. fitt Is • yrr* i*d-oolor«d thing, .. A* shy and secret aa a mud, %"h»t, ere In choir the robin* ring, Pipes its own namn like one afridd. It seems pain-prompted to repeat The a viry of some ancient ill, But Piiinlw! Phoebe! sadly sweet Is all it says, and then is still. It calis and "listens: Earth and sky, • Hnshtid by the pathos of its fsto, Listen: no whi*per of reply T Comes from ltw doom-dissevered PhoBbe! it call* and caP« again, Anil Ovid, ei.uld be but have heard, Hsd bi:ntf a legendary pain About the memory ol the bird; A pain articulate so long In penance of some moldered crtaM Whotte ghoet still flies the furies' thong Down the waste solitudes of time; , .Wsif of the yonng world's wonfler-honr, When god* found mortal rnai len* fair, ' And will malign was joined with power Love's kindly laws io overbear. Like Progne, did it feel the stress And coil of the prevailing words , Close round tts being and compress Man's ampler nature to a bill's? One only memory left of all "The motloy crowd of vanished soenea, Hers--and vain impulse to recall By repetition what it means. Phoebe! is all it ha« to say ' In plaintive cadence o'er-and o'er. Like oliildren that hive lort their way Aud know the.r name*, but nothing mora. Is It a type, since nuture's lyre Vibrates to every nole in man, Of that insatiable desire, Meant to be so, since life began? I, in Btrange lands at gray of dawn, Wakeful have heard that fruitless plaint Through memory's chamber* deep with drawl Benew its iterations faint. tk> nigh! yet from remotest years , It seems to <5rar its magic, rife IFith inngings unappeascd and tear* Dra'vn from the very source of life. --tQmatury Magazine. THE AUCTIONEERS STORY. This is, a strange •world! And yet ] never thought so until my attention was called to the fact by a lit tie incident thai befell me one day and set me otl think­ ing so hard that I seemed to grow out ol my own head and reach a great height, and then look down on my other J •with compassion. I don't know that :t made me any wiser, but it at least made me more attentive to my fellow beings --more thoughtful of their joys and sor­ rows--and that counts for something, J reckon. I had cried a dozen of pawnbrokers' sales in my time, and never though I anything about them, unless it was ttiat old Two to One or Give and Take were doubling their money and making a pretty penny, eren with 10 per cent, commis­ sion taken off. But I had never thought of the story connected with any one article of sale-- of the heartaches and despair and wom­ an's tears. It was but a joke to me, who Tiad known the time when to " spout" a watch or pistol or some light trinket, in order to carry on a frolic or help a poor­ er chap than I was, was but the impulse of a moment. But, as I said before, Bomething mad« me think, and ever since I haven't had the same heart to cry away the goods ol the poor creatures that want and misery have driven into old Two to One's dutches. The city of B-- is a splendid market -v for our business. The trade done there M by one house alone would discount any p banking, commission or other businese in the place, and by the same token the pawnbrokers equal us in power and profit, and give us some of our biggest sales. An odd lot came into the ware-room one day, consigned to us by Clutchem A Keep, a shrewd firm of new beginners, and as it fell to my duty to assort and label the goods, it thus also f 11 to my fate to have a part in the following story: The consignment consist d mainly of glass and silverware, pictures and bronzes^ as Clutchem & Keep were rath- •er first-class in their business, and did not yet condescend to clothes and family Bibles; but in the !ot I came across a few pieces of furniture, which attracted my attention from the fact of our having an order from a Western house to pick op all the antiques and oddities afloat, for a bric-a-brac firm. , Here were al>out a dozen specimens of claw-legs, stiff-backs and otherwise un­ comfortable household articles, in tlio shape of chairs, dressing-glasses and cabinets, and I at once labeled them sold, that they might not get into next day's sale, but be forwarded at once to our Western house. One article nUw .with atten- fVtliat lie was bellii><! in his* ctober collections, an J de«iip,l to make as large a payment of dividends to Winfield farmer* Hs possible. He had promised to pay on Thursday, and hnd on hand for that purpose 87,000 in gieeiihacks, that amount heing necet- *nry to meet the claims. whirli ranged fiom to $1,200. Fearing a visit from burglars, he divided the money Into three packages, and hid them on y.- She had been looking all around he^: US if seeking something. , "You sell the goods, do you not?" Hie said, eagerly. • ' "Yes, madam." "You would know the articles sent Here ? " "Probably." She looked about her again, and the color came and went in her face nerv­ ously. " I have jnst come from Clutchem 4 Keep," she began in hurried tones, as if ashamed of admitting her knowledge of those gentlemen. " They--had-- Some--things--I was--forced--to--part --with--" Here she paused for a mo­ ment, then looked up at me with a f tint smile. "You hear this said so often that I will only weary you." Somehow or other it seemed to me I had only then understood the possibility Of a heart sorrow being attached to the exchange of goods 6ucli as 1 had that day sold. "lam anxious to help yqjff madani And I was ! I believe Jf was grow: •upersti ions, too ; for if seemed t# me as if a. ghoatly pageant was crossiifg and repressing that dim mirror, and the old screen shook %a„if sighs or sobs were Coming from it. " Thank you ! I am looking for a oedar cabinet," said the ladv, gently, "which was among the articles 1 parted with to Clutchem A Keep, and am told it was sent here for sale. I wish to redeem it St any price--" She stopped suddenly as my faae changed. ^ A cedar cabinet! I remembered it at once. The hurt ©n my hand recalled it, also, that it had been labeled for that day's sale. She grew frightened at my hesita+ oru " Do not say it is gone ! " she cried, rising quickly, and grasping my arm. " Oh, God would not so afflict me ! Look, look everywhere for it, I beg you, I pray you f" Her hand shook so on my arm that I could feel the quivering of the thin fingers. i tried to think to whom I had sold a cabinet that day ; then it Hashed over mo that there had not been one in the catalogue. * Had I made a mistake and sent it West with the brie a-bras lot? If so, it could be recovered. I felt glad for my error, but ti;e poor little woman mistook my silence and broke down completely, sobbing so pitifully that I knew then that some great cause was hidden beneath her desire to reclaim the old cabinet. "It is more to me than life or death !" she cried out, passionately, looking straight before lier. "It means my children's honor ! Listen, and you be influenced by my great need to find this cabinet for me. I believe it contains the certilicate of my m arriage and my child­ ren's baptism, without which I can not lay claim to my husband's estate in France. It is not the morey I want!" she added, with proud spirit--"I can not bear to touch that; but my children shall not be robbed of the right to their father's name !" She paused to look at me. I felt as if a severe tension upon her nerves had given away at last, aud, crushed by the fear of the cabinet being lost to her, her silence and reserve had broken down, and that she appealed to me uncon­ sciously in her need. The shadowy pageant passed to and fro across the mirror, and, as she went on passionately with her story, it seemed to me I saw the whole sad episode pass in review on the dim surface. " Fifteen years ago my husband de­ serted me. Evil influences led him astray, aud, while for my children's sake I would have pardoned him, I never saw him again or hcird one word of him, until 1 learned through the paper that he was dead, and had left an estate to his wife aud children. " I could not grieve, except that he died in his sin, nntorgiven by me. I was p'.or, for he left me only the house­ hold lurnuuiv, and I have toiled all these years to maintain my children. So, for their sakes, 1 applied to the lawyer to obtain possesion of the estate. " Oh, the shame, the despair, of find­ ing another claimant in France to my children's name and honor ! " I must prove our claim tis wife and child;en, said the careful French lawyer, by the production of the marriage and baptismal certificates I "And I knew-not where they were ! "The minister w;is dead and the wit­ nesses gone I knew not where. " I felt then as it my carelessness had dishonored my children, and for days could get no rel ef from my horrible anxiety, until by a flash, as if from heaven, I r.*meml)ered tJi»Vi had placed the certificates with.^fier papers in the old cabin* t. kk'ui-parU d with to Clutchem & Kee n, Y T went to them; they had r4>eut ft here tor sale, and now vou--" h THE FARM. in rapidly through his wore a red shirt and had a ' %ni American Cultivate says ths farmer that "ran property brindled bull behind him A SHRBOYGAN, Wisconsin, man was ' fined $10 and costs for skimming his j milk before delivering to the factory and paid $60 besides rather than stand an­ other suit. ] FORE quarters of mutton go about aa well stewed, as any way, if the bonea are cut short and the stewing is done slowly to the point of perfect tenderness, and with considerable gravy. the rice ; fill up with quartered apple, or any fruit you choose. Cover with rice. Tie a cloth over the top, and steam one hour. To be eaten with sweet sauce. Do not butter the dish. POTATOES A NA TRIANON.--Wash, peel and slioe some very good potatoes of medium size, outting each potato into six pieces} steam until tender; have ready some fresh butter cut into dice, place the potatoes in a hot dish, sprinkle crushed halt aud strew the butter over them and serve immediately. MEAT PIE.--Take mashed potatoes, seasoned with salt, butter and milk, and line a baking dish. Lay upon it cold mi'at of any kind; add salt, pepper, cat-HKRE was a man who thought there. . . was a waste of labor in allowing choppers , ?!,1' u ouster, or any eon I gra.y ; put to cord the fuel in the woods in the old j mt a hx?(? ™ potatoes and another layer way to dry for the summer, and so he hauled a large parcel of it, green, in the spring, and stood it compactly in his i shod, thinking he had done a neat thing. | Now he is complaining that his wood is j soggy and is willing to admit that the ; ways of the fathers are worth studying. I AN OLD barrel, sunk in the ground j away from surface water, is a good place j to stow the family cabbage. Cut off the j heads, strip away loose leaves and pack loosely, with a board cover, not air i tight, bivt sufficient to shed rain. A line of barrels in a deep trench will hold a j larger supply. We may expect that ; cabbage so fixed will freeze dry, and stay so till wanted for the pot. „ I WHEN we inquire about it we shall find that the most of our ensilaging i bretliern are rather short of natural ; {>roductivd meadow and pasture, and ; ike the people of Algiers and many \ other parts of the world, they really needed some device for swelling their i store of winter fodder. Corn stalks • have cured admirably in the field this year,, and farmers who have been in the !• habit of raising corn right along, all their . lives, rarely speak of any difficulty in i securing the fodder in good shape at one time or another. NEED OP ROTATION OF MANURES.--In manuring laud with any special fertilizer, like that of guano, it has been found that though they may be especially valuable in the production of a few suc­ cessive crops, they are seen to decrease under sueli a syst.sm in a short time. A variety aud rotation of manures is es­ sential to success. Manures, like crops, must be alternated. In some cases the soil needs a manure abounding in pot­ ash ; in another case, phosphoric ones; and yet in others, those that abound in humus or vegetable mould. The ques­ tion of the fitness of special manures for the production of special crops and the proper rotation of a'l kinds in order to insure an increase of crops, as well as increase in the permanent fertility of the soil, is an important one. STORING AND KEEPING POTATOES.--01 late years the potato has been one of the most profitable of farm crops in the of meat in the same way till the dish is full; have a layer of potatoes on the top. Bake it until it is thoroughly heated through. BAKED MACARONI.--Break into small Srieces as muoh macaroui as you desire or dinner; boil until soft, then place in a baking pan--of course having drained the water off. Place a layer of macaroni, SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANEY. ACCORDING to Dr. K. Von Fratisch, the cause of earthquakes does not exist at a depth greater than ten or fifteen miles below the surface of the earth. TIIB experiments of several savant» have shown that eighty-eight per cent, of the power applied te drive either a Gramme or a Siemana machine is con­ verted into available electric energy. So EXTENSIVE and varied are the uses "to which paper is now applied that an anthropologist has proposed calling the present the age of paper, as we speak of the past ages of stone, bronze, iron, etc. 'I'm: condition;; attending lightning without thunder witnessed in t\trica by M. P. Abbadie lead him to conclude that the so-called "heat lightning" is not always the reflection of a storm below the horizon, as is usually supposed. AT/THOUGH considered mute, insects have the power of producing sounds by certain movements which, to some ex­ tent, are characteristic of the different species. The shrill chirp of the cricket then a layer of cheese, and another of ; i-s produced by the rubbing together of macaroni, sprinkle cheese over the top ] the wing-case. , The harsh shriek of the and small pieces of butter; over this grasshopper is caused by friction of the p o u r a m i x t u r e o f a h a l f p i n t o f m i l k 1 -- -- " v " " ' and two well beaten eggs. RIOE CHICKEN PIE.--Cover tho bottom of pudding dish with slices of broiled ham; cut up a broiled chicken aud nearly fill the dish ; pour in gravy and melted butter to fill the dish ; add chopped onions if you like, or a little legs against the wings. The shrill trumpet sound of the mosquito and the busy hum of bees and flies result irom tlio rapid motion of the wings while flying. " TITERS is nothing accidental," re- juurks Dr. E. L. Oswald, " and rarely anything inevitable, about a disease ; we ourry powder, which is better ; then add j can safely assume that nine out of ten boiled rice to fill all interstices and to cover the top thick. Bake it for one- half or three-quarters of an hour. COFFEE TO MAKE.--Nothing spoils coffee like over boiling. Coffee should be ground at home, for ready ground coffee is always adulterated with chick- ory. Java coffee is the best. After it is ground mix a little egg with it, then complaints have been caused and can be cured by the sufferers (or their nurses) themselves. Every"prostrating malady is a deviation for the state of nature. The infant, 'mewling and puking in its nurse's arms,' is an abnormal phe­ nomenon. Infancy should lie a period of exceptional health ; the young of other creatures are healthier, as well aa pour in as much water (cold) as required j prettier, purer and merrier, than the for a meal; allow it to come to a boil, then set on the back of the stove where it will keep hot, but not simmer ; put in a very little cold water to settle. SCOTCH SHORT BREAD. -- Mix two pounds of flour, dried aud sifted, with a pound of powdered sugar, then melt half a pound of butter in a saucepan and mix vfith the flour and sugar; roll out the thickness of half an inch, cut in any shape you please and place on the top white comfits in any fanciful shape you like ; press them on slightly, sufficient to keep in place, aud sprinkle on between the large comfits colored jiouperills ; bake a pale color ; put white paper in the tin to bake the cakes on. LADY FINGERS.--Take one pound of pulverized sugar, one dozen eggs, three- quarters of a pound of flour. Beat,the yolks and sugar to a cream, then beat the whites, and lastly stir in the flour; flavor with lemon. Bake in long, small tins made expressly for these little cakes, East, and this chiefly ames from the : cr you may drop them on white writing fact that it is somewhat difficult to keep .1 paper ; they are likely in this case, liow- any ver) gieat quantity ot them. Thus • ever, to look irregular about the edge, only as many of them are grown as can > ]3e careful not to put too much dough in be preserved and as the accouimoda- j the tin, as it will rise a good deal. Have tions are limited there is no glut in the j the oven hot and success is certain, market aa there are with things which | ___ are grown and must be sent to market at once: Of course there are times when potatoes rule low. This is apt to he the case with early ones, grown especially for early purposes, and which follow the same law that rules in tran- Bank Robbing in New York. Looking at the bank record of this city it is surprising to observe the immunity with which our banks have been plun­ dered by their confidential servants. I sicnt vegetables. So, also, those whe i have referred to Paying Teller Mc- grow potatoes and have no conveniences Gutcheon, of the Ocean Bank, who es- for storing them. Those who have good I caped all penalty. The Grocers' Bank cellars under their barns, or in any place J was robbed of an equal amount by its safe from frost, and yet cool and dry, i paying teller, George Clarke, who spent can generally make potato growing pay j the money in stylish«xtravagance. Him very well; and these are usually the case was a flagrant one, and yet ones who do. The infected tubers will | ishment could be inflicted. The often rot, especially if the mass heats a little, and the diseased ones will often communicate the disease to the rest. In a cellar this can be seen and noted, but in a mound out of doors no one knows ol the trouble till spring, when great loss is found. Besides this it is so difficult to get at them in winter that those who no pun- le Trades­ men's Bank was robbed by one of its clerks of $40,000. In this case an arrest was made, but nothing further was done. The criminal was shattered by dissipa­ tion and died in the hospital. The Fourth National also occupies a place in the list, the loss being about $30,000. The paying teller of the American Ex- have no way to preserve potatoes except change Bank was noted for his rapidity this, as -a general thing prefer not tc i and accuracy in counting money. He g r o w a t a l l , 1 1 ' • - • • . . . rather than to be bothered j was in fact a prodigy in this specialty, but he wound up his career by robbing the bank of $90,000. The ptty Bank is with this. Dampness undoubtedly favor the spread of the potato disea.se, and therefore * where there is any chance at all of the disease existing in the roots, they ought to be stored as dry as possi­ ble. Tho.se which are to oe kept in this general way should be dry aud cool; but, this should be especially seen in the c^fese of seed potatoes. Sincer the potato beetle came among us, it './clear that we have had the yiry host results from early planting and by the use of the earliest vari«;ti«s. Now these early varieties are more easily affected by the warmth than the late ones. They sprout easily, and coolness is therefore the more essential for them. Some people think it makes little difference whether seed potatoes sprout or not before planting, and we . have known people to tear off the sprouts Sue broke down with a moan of de- j several inches long and cut up the tubers spoir. It was more than I could stand. ! in'full faith that they will sprout out That cry and the pitiful story forced me j again and be none the worse for it. ^ in to action at once | " You shall have back the cabinet, I madam ! " I said, solemnly, as if devot- H ing my life to its search. , " Oh, sir, you will do a noble deed ii I you but find it for me !" she cried, They generally grow, but they are con- I stitutionally weaker and much more lia- j ble to disease than those which do not j sprout till ready to go into the ground.-- i Farm and Firexicbr. •nd friends, as either'tneesifXl J gratefully, looking at me with beaming But subsequent events discovered my mutsJce. Our Saturday sale was a big one--the rival house across on the corner hadn't a chance against us that day--and by noon every article put up tras bid off lively and quick. The crowd had begun to thin, and I was busily mopping my wet face with a f eeh handkerchief--for it is warm work, can tell you, to cry such sales from 10 to 1 o'clock--when a lady camo hack to the store where I was standing, aud ap­ proached me eagerly. "Are you the proprietor, sir?" she asked, vitli nervous haste, and I s IW she was trembling. ' "I am the auctioneer, madam," I said, Wonderin? what was wrong. "I will call the firm it you wish." She loused around, timidly, but ea.erlv. " Perhaps you can attend to my busi- ®^ess. I--T--Jo--not--understand--these .--matters--ytry--well," she faltered ; Sind I Jyw she was poorly eiad, although well bred and tmid. , drew an old chair up into the corner, «Hd asked her to sit down, and she did so gracefully--poor little woman !--I took a good look at her. She was still young and pretty. .Behind her htmrr along mirror. It had grown dim h;ui«ring there, and hnd S misty shadow over it., and in the angles Q( the corner fetooil a faded old Japanese SCreen and a tall chest of drawers. The store was nuv empty, and the light was leaving it, the suu was Steeping away from He djorsill and mounting up to the roof, as he had only Waited for the sale to be over. The lady had a face that touched me •t once. She was pale and timid, but U*8 t'hat in her face that made mo Mte off my hat while I talked to her. I don t know how to express it, but it was ss if I stood in the presence of death, •nd the natural reverence of that great mystery cammandcd my resrxw -What can I do for you, Skm ? " I I®®! eyes. iler face looked to me as if a halo came over it, and I dimly felt why I had stood bareheaded before her. Truly had I stood in death's presence--the death of hope and love in this poor woman's life--the requiem of gladness and im- I pulse. ^ She left me with a hoji^ful smile, | taking mv hand with a pretty grace, and j I watched her, in the mirror, go down I the shadowy room into the sunlight oi • the street, and the shadows seemed to j fall from her, however, i I telegraphed the Western firm. HOUSEHOLD HELP. (Vroiu the Detroit Fret Pr«u 44 Household. "J MEAT CAKES.--Take cold meat; mince fine with fat bacon ; season with pep­ per and salt; mix well; fry in cakes and serve in gravy. BOILED LEO OF MUTTON--Boil well in cle.j: water until tender, seasoning the water with salt; serve with egg sauce and garnish with parsley^ sliced lemons or currant jelly. OR.O COLONY CAKE.--Three eggs, one „ . scant cupful of butter, two and one-half They had the cabinet and returned it at j Clll,iu's ot sugar, one cupful of sour milk, once; so that before many days the Uttle, nervous fingers were searching, in the presence of the lawyer and my­ self, for the precious papers. She found them ! I shall never forget oer ia-'t' when she held thern up. Ths halo \vii« tin-re as bhe said so softly : '* Thank Uod !" And it seems to cling to me yet, and to make me think how much misery our evil prions can work through selfish­ ness and thoughtlessness. Cat. ; It Was 1h<. I There is a | ruin <->f a Tmnd<>n I in j spit fill a1 d eiivi<.., I bin d a boy to cut. v 1 i exactly at th • tiu;e \ ! i'jinvre 1, ami li.v ( I for > the eyes of all i j horrified guests a j makers nine, ma'am." faced urchin, as he<l( ! and left the shop. What, av.nl j protestations of innoc--nee fr.>ni tl | dignant president of the counter ? plot had been carefully laid and it re­ sulted, as was expected, in a stampede of the diners, to return no more. -- Tem­ ple Bar. 'iv'i •-•lorv i'f t ; e 1 t; < 11 >-'•<< Ml 1 v'v !. . i IV 5! •• . - --f.il •••'•11 it l!" ' )> >ii th. <•( i,n*c !• 1 •e- lie w<>.iiii ri• •|,1 dea'l eat. ' • T 'i.t fin- 1,-HZ, -ri '|>!>:<ite,.l Ills b: ; r<' *-n t,;r e and two-thirds cupfuls of flour, t- a^poonful of soda,* spice to taste. Sift powdered sugar over the top of the cake. hi'icr.n APPLE TAIITS.--liub stewed i.-rf apples through a sieve; sweeten i.d flavor with mace or cinnamon. Line "up plat s with crust, fill with the apple. i;d lay lais of crust a quarter of an inch d • over the top of the tart. Bake tdl .he crust is done. VEAL PATES.--Chop some cold veal line, nioiuten with cream and an egg i i aleu; season with salt and pepper; ihen make up with the hands in the ahapeof cones or patty pans, and roll in crumbs. Either try in a buttered pan or bake in a hot oven. LAMB STEAK.--Lamb steak dipped in egg and then in cracker or bread crumbs, and fried until it is brown, helps make variety for the breakfast table. With one of the best managedf' of these insti­ tutions, its Presi»V.ut 'oeing Moses Tay­ lor, whose, fame as a financier is widely eyteaned. Yet in this admirable concern the heaviest defalcation ever known in this city took place. The culprit's name was Leverich. He came of a high fam­ ily, and showed his dignity by the extent of his peculation, which was more than $400,000. It was admitted that nothing could be done, and therS the matter ended. Paying Teller Ellis, of the Park Bank, robbed the latter of $600,000 with equal impunity. The only instance of a bank clerk's punishment on record in this city for pec­ ulation is found in the case of 'the Ful­ ton Bank. The note clerk who was son of the cashier, spent $60,000 of bank funds. I cannot give the details of the procedure here, but there was a peculiar feature in the crime which authorized an indictment. The thief actually got four years in the State Prison. This was at the rate of $15,000 a year, and for such pay many would be willing to take a similar term. One of the most curious bank defalcations of the day oc- I curred at the the Gallatin Na­ tional Bank. A leading employe had for a long time used bank funds for the purchase of " business paper." He was an expert judge of credit, and found the traffic very profitable. One day, how­ ever, his account was found short. He at once admitted the fact, and turned out a quantity of "gilt edged" to balanoe the discrepancy. There can be little wonder at such robbery among the clerks when officers are so frequently dishonest. The book­ keepers and tellers are well satisfied that their employers steal at every opportu- nity, and hence it may be asked, Why should they not do the same? The adults, yet the childhood years of the human animal are the years of soreat sickliness. Statistics show that among the Caucasian races men of thirty have more hope to reach a good old age than a new-born child has to reach the end of its second year. The reason is this : The health theories of the average Christian man and woman are egregi- ously wrong, so tljat, only the opposition of their better instincts helps them-- against their conscience, as it were--to maintain the struggle for a tolerable ex­ istence with anything like success, while the hapless infant has to conform to these theories--with the above results." Dr. Oswald's remedies for this state of affairs are those of all the hygienic writers of the day, viz. : better food and less of it, pure air, proper exercise and plenty of sleep. AMONG the many noteworthy applica­ tions of electricity during the past few years, one of the most remarkable is the gastroscope, an instrument for viewiug the contents of the stomach. The ap­ paratus consists chiefly of a bent tube, at the lower end of which is a tiny glass lantern, while the upper end terminates in an eye-piece. In use, the lower end of the tube is passed into the stomach through the mouth and escophagus, the upper end projecting from the mouth far enough for the convenience of the oper­ ator. Small wires conduct an electric current along the tube to the lantern, where a platinum wire is rendered incan­ descent by the electricity, thus illumin­ ating every part of the stomach. The lantern consists of two globes, one within the other, between which a stream of water is passed to prevent any uncom­ fortable heating of the outside. Through the small window in the lantern the images in the stomach travel along the tube to the eve-piece, being bent by prisms sufficiently to pass around the curve. By an ingenious contrivance the window is revolved aj) pleasure, so that any portion of the stomach's contents may in turn be brought to fiew. This new scientific mar^erlias been in actual use in Vienna,.«nd will probably prove valuably to inedical men in studying di- jje>tion and diseases of the stomach. Extaordinary Impediment of Speech. Mr. Edwin Cowles, editor of the Cleve­ land Leader, in consequenco of charges of a low character which were publicly made against him as the cause of an im­ pediment in his speech, published a state­ ment under his own name as to the nature of his affliction, and to say the least, it is strangely remarkable. He says r "The cause of my impediment of speech is a most extraordinary one, and I am informed that there is not a similar case on record. The peculiarity of my deafness is akin to that of color blindness. There are certain sounds I never hear. I can not, nor did I ever, hear the hiss­ ing sound of the human voice ; a portion of the consonant sounds I never hear ; consequently, not heariug any of these sounds when I was a child, I never made them in my articulation, and I never be­ came aware of the existence of those sounds till I arrived at the age of man­ hood, and then I discovered their exist- tence and was taught to make them in my articulation. It having become second nature for me when I discovered the existence of those sounds, to speak without making them, and withal not hearing them when I do make them, it can be seen why I labor in my articula­ tion. In listening to a conversation I am governed by the sense of the remarks, and by the motion of the lips in order to understand what is said. I never in my life heard the music of the birds, and I had always supposed that it was a poeti­ cal fiction till i grew up to maturity, and ascertained that it was reality. Yon may fill this room with canary birds and all may sing at once, and not a note would I hear, but I would hear their wings flutter; the upper notes of a violin, piano or other musical instruments I never hear, although I would hear all notes below the seventh octave. I can reached the acme of hnman perfection in dealing with the oyster, when entirely ignorant of America's triumph in oyster cooking, and I unable to beat the vestige of an idea into their vainglorious brains 1 --Paris le'ter. the Weapons of the World* The earth, the lake and the streams have disgorged the swallowed specimens; the sepulchre and the temple have given back their offerings; the buried city has uuclntclied its relics; the battle-field has rendered up its vestiges. And from all these subterranean pill agings the muse­ ums have grown full. There is the GrCek Hword, so curt that it is little more tlii.u a h»rgo knife, pre-eminently fit for scrambling, hacking, strenuous stabbing in unflinching close quarters. There is the Rjtnan sword, of differing lengths almost as various, indeed, as the countries it conquered. There is the Galiic sword, of such soft, pliant metal that its users had to stop in fight, after each hard blow, in order to straighten it under their feet, thereby enabling the enemy to knook them over uncontestedlv. There are the hooked scimitars of the Tucks, with an inside edge, and the carved Arab yataghans, with the edge outside. There is ths cross-bandied sword of the Crusader, with which he prayed and slew alter­ nately. There is the weapon whose pommel served for a aeajfiike that of ChnrloTiingne, v/ho said, when he nssd it to put his stamp on treatae>.s, "I sign them with this e*d, and with tire other I will take care that they are kept." Then1 are Dutch, Ru.Hr.ian, Portuguese, aud Moorish swords, each one of them with a big type or detail proper to itself. There are the glaives of red-clothed headsmen of the, Middle Ages; there are the Malay krisses, and the notched blades of Zanzibar, and old sabers (the parents of our contemporaneous tribe) from India, Armenia and Kuorassan. There is the esj«odit of tWs Spanish matador, the Sciuavona of Venice, the Albanian cutlass, the Kabyle flisse, the Turkish kaudj.ir, the court sword of a century ago, the claymore of Scotland. There are all the incalculable assort­ ments of German, Spanish and Italian B words. 4 All these and a thousand others are to be found in the collections, with their capricious varyings of blade and handle, of pommel, spindle and hilt, of inlaying and engraving, of complicated basket guards, of every sort of ornament ami complement and supplement that can be adde;d to an implement. lXunmskeoning, particularly (which is the incrnsting of gold and silver into iron and steel, and which, though said by Herodotus to have been invented by Glaucus of Cliio. and tlioiigh cultivated by the Romans, was not seriously pract iced in modern Europe till the fifteenth century) gives a remarkable beauty and artistic vidua to many swords; it is perhajxs, indeed, the most distinctive and the most grace­ ful of all the adornments lavished upon them. And the scabbard*! Why, they fopm a special race: if they were not, by the essence aud condition of their being, a mere adjunct to something efse, they would occupy a place of their own in the world. Their sorts and shapes are so many that they are beyond arithmetic. --Blackwood. Taking out Patents. Apropos of the editorials that are gen­ erally written on patent reforms, the Scientific American notes the fact that the line of argument is substantially identical in most newspapers. It holds that the idea that an inventor who has brought forth, painfully or otherwise, something of value to the rest of the community should be compelled to pay i for the privilege, heavily or lightly, is j simply absurd. Also that the }>enalty j imposed should increase with the amount ; of the benefaction is still more absurd. ! It says : "Indirectly the successful in­ vention does contribute to government support in taxes in proportion to the rate at which it increases individual and pub­ lic wealth ; but that is for service by the government other thau aud independent of the issuance of an official certification of the invention in the form of letters patent. The assertion that the majority of patents are worthless is so contrary to the evidence of fact that it cannot be set down to ignorance." The American denounces the advocacy of the policy of ,extinguishing "useless patents," on the ground that it is a mischievous as­ sumption to presume tint all patents which are not speedily developed and made commercially productive are use­ less. The American pointedly observes that the above-mentioned positions on this subject "are taken by those, and those only, who are pecuniarily inter­ ested--as principals or attorneys--in so modifying the operation of the patent law as to facilitate the seizure and en­ joyment of patented inventions without the preliminary formality of consulting the inventor or incurring any subse­ quent risks of damages for infringement. With a large number of classes of inven­ tions it rests with a few wealthy or­ ganizations to decide absolutely whether a new invention within the class, how­ ever meritorious it may be, shall or shall not be speedily developed and made re­ munerative to the patentee."1 (Thi* engraving r*pr*MBte ttw hugs in k healthy atato.) 1 STillDAU 1EMEDT IN MANY HOMES. ForC*a<7h«, Cold*, Cronp, Bronchitis mi «| ithw affection* o? tlio and WivAled )..«•! uft.«rl,y heyund all CMjftiti.sr. 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KIQDEH'S PASTILLES, IHLTMAE. mm IF TU KAtt., FOBFBITED reputation may be measur­ ably restored by penitence, humility aud patient toil. butt, ri d tor;st or corn muflius, one may be gin the day with courage. PCFF PASTBY.--One pound of flour, a little more for rolling pin and board, j Cut the butter and lard through the Hour (which should be sifted) iuto small thiu shells, and mix with sufficient ioe water to roll easily. Avoid kneading it and use the hands as little as possible in mixing. IIICE FBUIT PUDDING.--One large tea­ cup of rioe, a little water to cook it par­ tially ; dry ; line an earthen basin with Artisans' Bank was robbed bv its Di- p ^ 1' , . , , .. .. ' " , hear the street car, but never hear the Tlio l ittor li i.l J;-" q>ilIi A ' ear bells. I have walked by the side of a d<»nr«v1'itii»ii»f rVr. rOC-,8°VT|1'V *1 ! policeman and have seen him blow his ut'Vrwird frJi i ^ r and was ! whjstle which could be heard half a mil* have survived, the"' ^ ̂ ̂ 1 WOUld ^ ̂ ̂ eluded to liuish the work, and this thev j 801111 * -- did in a very effectual manner. Thefr ! Paris Oysters. method was to discount loans on tieti- j It always nnule me mad to se:> IOUS securities, such as paper railroad ' a Frenchman sit down to a plate oi raw j midnight, bonus, and the result Was that in the j French oysters--for v.hen he did ••*<. he • The moon ™ a rec('lv,,r THE ytock was only | did it with P.LI uir which seemed to wo 1 per cent. Such was the his- j Hare that of all countries lion# save tory of a bank whose capital was entirely j FmiC* .v.nhl raise *n oyster, ani none panl in, the amount being a half million. | Fivnwiunen k»„-w how to eat an Ihe (xrocers bank was robbed in the | ovstei-. Yet the poor creature, m u.l same manner, and the shareholders found , their scli-eoncvit, sat thusbo:oje a plate themselves the victims of sharp practice j of thin, "opperv bivalve* with naught of on le part of those to whom they had j oondiiuent bet*.r« them, save salt, vM,l>_ per aud vibegav. And I wns obliged t > ga»5 on all tliis ignorant, pomposity, as to the oyster, with visions before my eves of the p datial oystu saloons in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore aud Washington, where human culinary skill has reached its highest flight in dealing with the oyster ; and the " roast," "pan roast," "fried," "fried in crumbs," " fried in batter," " plain stew," "box stew," " Boston stew " and "broil," all attest to the rat ge and scope of Ameri­ can ingenuity in dealing with the king ol bivalves. And to regard these conceited Frenchmen looking as if they had Advancing Education. Answers written by the Metropolitan School Board pupils to questions put by a Government Inspector.--Where is Turin ?--Tureen is the Cappitol of Chin- er ; the people there live in birds nests and has long tales. What do you know of the patriarch Abraham ?--He was the father of Lot and at! tew wiles. Wun was called Hismale and t'other Haygnr. He kep' wun at home, and he hurried t'other into the dessert, where she be­ came a pillow of salt in the daytime and a pillow of fire at nifce. Who was Mo­ ses?--He was an Esrypsiau. He lived in* a hark maid of bulrnshers and he kep' a golden earf and wershipt. braizeu snakes and he het uothm' but. k wales »:;d man- ; ner for forty years* He was kort by the j air of his 'ed while ridin' under a bow of j a tree, and he was kiil'd by his son Ah- | sl<n as he was linn gin* from the bow.] His end was pern*. Verbal answers--- : What is a niinvcle ? I>on't know.. It, you saw the sum tinning oveihead at < what should you cull it? ( Bat if we were to tell jon it was the sun.. I shor.hi say it wtfi'e a lie. But supjjose I drelared t,o you that, it was the sun? I aliou d say you wit; werry drunk. -- FnglUh paper. LYDIA E. nNKHAM'S TZMTANAI COMPOUND. Is a Positive Core thrall IhH ratafkl <?ew»latatt at WookaeesM •OOOHBM l*osikM(fwuUr<*ri««in. ItwllloDxe sattrelr the worst form Oo«- flalnla «11 iiTSihe trnsWn Tinffrn--" •* Uleere (loo* ffaitesf aad Hspteosments, aad Ike con--ipna» •ptaal Weakness, aad la pastieolarty adapted to Ike Llfli It wtu tflBtolvo and ozpel tnmors f»on the sterols as early «tage ot duTeJopuicnt. Tl»» tesdaaey to CMM- ewoue bntnors there Is checked veiyspsetfllyby ttsase. A removes faintnees, flatulency, aiavta^ flWsttzsBlante, and wockaeee ot the stomas*. M earee Moating, destfaciief, Nervous Proetrattea, r.himr. Sfeejilesansss, Dopasesloa aad ladfr ~Tkim feettnf of fceerfagMow®, eemslaff p®Ja, weSfM- beekache, is mlwmys psnaumtlj' exmd by tta ose. It wfil at all times asd aaderanelreaBStanesaaette karaony w*h tfcel»w«®>ai»goreraOieflsmaloqnrteah For the care of Pdnoy Oamylatote «< sttfass- wttk is masiu iisOTud. LTVU E. FTTTKHAJTS TI6ETAB1I OM- Is |ii Bfsiei «t Mi and *6 Wertera Averaa, rrtoe*. Stxbottleeforffc Bentbyiaatt ki TOE TORIK ef pflHs, e&m imSfce for™ of LO ~ , j prise, $1 per bos for eittaer. p all letters eC Inquiry. Bead fei i as above. Jfcmttie (Me ftyir. HynrPr chaold bo wHhoot LTCU S. FBUMW. IXVKtj mis. Tltoy eaio e®»sSli®etoa, •at torpidity of *e mar. f» eente per b< S3T SatS by all ' CONSUMPrWN CAM BE CURSB? nHALL'S F0H THE committed Letter. their interests.--AVu? York A VEBMONT man recently went and paid for a $5 watch he stole eighteen years -ago. He stated that he wanted to free his mind, as he had been in hell ever since he stole it. If it takes eighteen years of hell to make a Vermont man give up $5, there appears to be a basis for the belief that some Vermonters we penurious.--Boston Pott. GBKAT wonders oan be ACCOM PLISHED by resolute pera«ver«aoQ and \ atient toil. Observations About the Baby. The baby dot s not belong to the ani- mnl kingdom ; the animal Kingdom be­ longs to him. Ho is a King. In fact, he is always aching. However, a baby 1 is often spoken of as " this wheat creat- ure;" which is why tiiey cradle him. You can't shock him. He is not a ; creature l omfort. Tlio baby is e.oine- I times called an infant, in fanciful a!lu- | siou to infantry, which he is thought to I resemble l>ecau>e he is generally found | with arms about him. Bless the baby ! --Boston. Transcript. IT is sad but true that a man who once becomes deaf seldom enjoys a happy ke&r after. R R E N F S M T ' T * 1 1 ' R E S I D E , P B O D F S S I S , I N - i'aAnaa fcrouA«Ssl J>l^allix.-i», finmofcltls, Bakrffove**. Crew*. 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