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$*•'! * )n !-v' eaMMMM*MlliMifSaifMSMMllNaaNaa*ia*MMMBMM«w«M«aBMaami MrHENRY, *§i*i ¥fei.»«. IIAMWIU S HAFFL. 2'f'^ ; ,/,' r Sv* y ," *£t-k • ^,-4^ BY MHJK8 O'l Oh, teoMii the carls that, jwwjtJiunilk • Lrt w« unyle my land in y»w ball, BUT pet, fiw the world to me had no daintier Bight mn your brown halrveUln* y«r abosMera white. tt «w brown, with a golden clons, Jeannsfcte, jt waatmer than the mlk of the floes, my pel, tNtm a beautiful mtot fal.ijR down to your wrist . Twaa a th ng to be braided and Jeweled and Vv kfened, Tfcaa the loveliest hair in the world, my pit. Myaro waathearmof aclawa, Jeana#** It was sinewy, bri*ltad and brown, my pat, Bo warnly and eoftly tt loved to oareaa • Yonr round, wftlte naok, and your wealth ol tre=»j ":,••• Tour beautiful plenty of hair, my vet >»*•- Yoar eves had a twimmtag glory, JeannetH ̂ Revealing ths old, ««•*story, my pet; They were Kray, w.th thJ chnst.'nel tinge of the When the front toapSMiiefcest to snap the fly. And they matched with your golden hair. Your lips--but J h*ve no words, Jeannetter- They were fresh as the twitter of bir<1s, my pet, When the spring is young and the roses wm wet With the dt wdrops in each red bosom set. And they suited yonr golden, brawn hair, my • pet. Ok, yon tangled my life In yonr halt, Jeinuette! *Twas a silken and golden snare, my pet, Bat, so gentle the btndage, my sonl till im­ plore The night to continue yonr slave ever more, With my fingers enmeshed In yonr hair, my te. - Tbns ever I dream what yon were, Jeannette, With yonr lips and yonr eyes and yonr hair, my pet. In the darkn as of dcFolate years I inoa-i. And my teus f«U Utterly over the stone •' That covers yonr golden hair, my pst. . . . , "3|I IMNOGEHT DECEIVER* BT KKXBIDGK. • • -• i .̂ • s" "' :.Mr" J?:-**. •)- wm Biwvr. mitoo ilM^VnaaWhaPuniablMliirith lBMfacgr «rf* mtt niMiit for one \-i»* * in** .fat l« *r,i< •»*>* Mua>iv *1 TfnM£'\ y*i\m '* iin -'i'-tn,- it.- - *•- *1 im «&* tk .tn if* k „ jrdesr, y<m certainly lookftoarffi- said Mrs. Seymour "but--bat--* "Bat what, mamma?" asked the daughter, querulously, turning away from the long, broad mirror as she spoke. "Your dress Is--well, justa little loud, *fcit not ? The Colonel's taste is for more aiubdaed colors, I fancy, atd if you are to make a conquest yon had better go provided with the best weapons; had jpnn^tr "Would vou rather see me in that miserable areas than in this--the one r« set my heart on wearing for the laqt month ? He will have poor taste in­ deed if he coincides with you." She glaaceft down complacently upon her magnificent toilet of crimson silk, with trailing flowers embroider^*} all * afehftlW niae and up to the handsome bust, where they terminated in a small, delicate spray of liQies. "Do just as yon please, Helen, you always were a contrary thing, and I %pose you'll have your own way now. Only you'll fail in this suddenlv-con- coeted scheme of yours if you wear it, that's alL Would'nt it be better to con­ sult his taste a little now, when you can consult your own afterward? A man with such a fortune is not to l>e sneezed •It I can tell yon, especially by people in our circumstances. Where would all the crimson-silks and pearl neck­ laces come from if your Aunt Helen should take it into her head to stop the supply?" "That's a fact, "the girl acknowledged, rather unwillingly. "Your visits to Saratoga," her mother went on, "well, there'd be an end to those. No more winters in New York, and, worse than all, no further oppor­ tunities of meeting just such men as chance has thrown in your way this ,%e." j "Is it my fault that CoL Kingsly u ' so miserly with all his money?" Helen sourly, after a little silence. *It will be if you marry him and <lon't change matters. But one can scarcely blame him for a few hastily- spoken words. Many a man declares he will not marry a dressy, extravagant "wife, and changes his tune considerably Afterward. And, as long as he has said that, and as long as you want him bo l>adly, _wliy I think you'd better sacri- fice ft little vanity, and wear what he'll think most appropriate." Although Helen's heart was strongly set on tbe crimson silk, yet her mother's wiser couns«l prevailed, it was soon ex- dowMed for, one of more subdued c lor, with but little trimming or decoration. A set of plain--very plain--laces com­ pleted tlie modesty costume, together with small filagree ear-rings and pin. Her mother noted the change with much satisfaction. "Bee what a contrast youll be to Sal- lie Hunt, Ella Kenwood, and all the rest who will be flaunting their dia­ monds and satins right under the Colonel's nose, thinking to captivate him with such style," said Hrs. Sey­ mour, approvingly. ^ j. "Yes," replied her daughter pettishly, '**• "I certainly tliall be a oontrast to them --a miserable one." "But if you cope out ahead thelaugh will be on your side, my dear," replied her mother, consolingly. "A friend, Mrs.'Ashley, •war tdghre a large party in honor of a distant rela- five--Arnold Kingsly--who had but recently returned from Europe. He Was a man past the prime of life, well .made and fairly good looking. He was •sid to be. possessed of a comfortable fortune though no one could tell how }» 0»dfi it, as he had had no vi-ible occupation for years past. He was originally a broker in Wall street, but * sustaining heavy losses had suddenly left for Europe. No one heard much of him for five or six years, till Mrs. , .Ashley, during a call at the Seymour's, Spoke of his return and invited Helen to the party she intended to give in his " honor. • '• ' . ' Rumc* affirmed that the Colonel in his sojourn abroad had become deeply *"*inxbaed with the economical ideas which •' v8overne<l some of the best families of , 'the continent. He had evidently learned the value of the money he » appeared to possess, for many had >-• aeard him declare that no society ft A -woman of extravagaut tastes and habits should ever have the chance as his wife . ' of recklessly squandering that which iksf*j*fpys"st*iJ Ij* k"! taken so much labor and pain "-<nm , , * • the belles of Waterford were « , fflesifous of winnmg such a man. There ^ 'Were not a few among them who would have undertaken to rid him of «afaduonable and insane notions. Many preparations for the Ashley »ltX. :F'®re going on in every family • Mumk IT l invited. Many were the animated dis- r-*** ^eussions held as to what -might and Uiiglit:sbt meet with the Colonel's ap- f#** pWW>ty«.". • »<®h»«s*e«ung eame. , Miss Hunt radi ^ j f> f * S * U " ; i is® - -.tnmh t it/fi 4itki* tit,. .i ; 'Msts-t *ll£ *1*4 •' *£a-q null. * lift# ,"Mm sa ; ~al ,a/ni - fair •m •V- *•" " ̂ «'»r< INS* .alkali ; • sll three. His name WM filed to their cards, but only. , He did his duty in that respect all tr.r.rvnrA evening, but Helen fancied lie looked much relieiM when it was all over. "These miHitwsaiws -dent seam * tc care much for dancing," remarked Vis Hunt, a young lady whose education, not unlike that of many a society woman, laid rather in her heels than in her head. "Yes, he seemed more bored than otherwise," said Helen, to whom the re­ mark was addressed. It was soon perceived by the wise ones that the new-comer's attentions, though apparently distributed rerj evenly among the many vonng friends of Mrs. Ashley, were bestowed with muoh earnestness and sinoerity upon Mira Seymour. The young lady her­ self was not slow to,perceive it, while Mrs. Seymour inwfcraly congratulated herself upon the soundness of the ad­ vice given regarding the much-despised costume. ~ "I know he'll propose soon," she said to Helen, one afternoon as they sat on the long, low porch opposite to which lay the narrow pathway bordered with roses which ran up from the gate. "I'll take time to rid him of his ab­ surd notions--of that I'm sure," she continued. "Youcan see lie is very set in his own way of thinking--the most peculiar way of thinking I ever heard tell of. But you can do it Helen. Don't be too extravagant at first, but sort o' lead up to it gradually." That evening the Colonel paid his customary visit. Mrs. Seymour must have thought from his unusually-absent and preoccupied manner that the event­ ful moment had come, for, after pleas­ antly chatting awhile ou the weather, she silently withdrew. Nor was she m staken. The Colonel had come that evening with the inten­ tion of laying bare before Ellen's eyes the hopes and anxious expectations which her great beauty, combined with such a gentle, modest demeanor, had aroused in him. He was no longer young, so it was neither fitting nor nat­ ural that he should play the ardent, enraptured lover. "Helen," he began, laying his hand with an almost-paternal gesture on the young girl's shoulder; have been wanderer in many lands, without a home, without any loving, kindly heart to care for me. I never even fan­ cied that I would care for a home until I met yoa. Will you come to me, dear? Will you be so unselfish as to give your­ self to a man, poor indeed, but* who loves you dearly?" Helengtanced shyly up from beneath her drooping lashes. His face was grave and serious yet surely he could not be in earnest' when he spoke of him­ self as poor." "He don't mean to tell me he is wealthy," thought Helen, "he is afraid I might take him for his money alone." A gentle pressure of his hand re­ minded her that he was waiting for his answer. Clearly, unhesitatingly it eame. Vic­ tory and triumph were apparent in the self-possessed reply. Miss Hunt's grand toilet, Miss Kenwood's diamonds-"--ol what avail were they to their owners when the conquest was so surely hers ? Long that night did Helen and her mother sit up, deep in the discussion of the forthcoming trousseau. "Arnold says he'd like a plain, quiet wedding; no display or ostentation at al'." "Well, a wealthy man may be for­ given for such senseless ideas; a poor ASn cannot. So we'll say nothing. Only well take good care that the re­ ception after the wedding shall make up for it," declared her mother. In the month of October they were married quietly at the village church. Helen expected that they would imme­ diately take up their residence in New York, but was surmised beyond meas­ ure when her husband declared his in­ tention of buying a small place near Mrs. Ashley's handsome house. She hinted as much to her mother, who took it upon herself to interview the Colonel on the subject. "My dear madam," he replied, courteously, "I intend to settle here, for I am not a man to Mre beyond my means." "But I. thought your means were ample," she said. He smiled at her earnestness. A new light began to dawn upon his mind. "Whyidid you once declare that you would never marry a dressy, extrava­ gant girl, Colonel?" she demanded, breathlessly, . Alas for Mrs. Seymour's hopes of wealth--of her daughter's dreain of luxury! He calmly said: "Simply because I have not the means to gratify such a woman. I am exactly what! told your daughter the evening I proposed to her--a poor man." Du named ; ' » *4 it: |ipr tfiftA*- - wf ••'jjiv? Jt ?* r. .*?• »•> >- The town gossips speak * rather slightly about the failure of Mrs. Kingsley's well-known intention of re­ vising the order of things after mar­ riage, Sdme said they always knew he would convert her to hi* economical views before she ^converted him to her extravagant ones. And though Helen has no desire to have it thought she yielded ever so slightly to his wishes in such matters, yet for very shame she is well content that her mends shall believe things to be as they imagine than learn that truth which she strives so laboriously to conceal.-'-C/ticutfO Ledger. ' Property of Aliens. £*ach of the States has its own laws in regard to the rights of aliens. In Iowa aliens, that is persons of foreign b rth who have not been naturalized by their own act or that of their parents, may acquire, inherit, hold, and dispose of property, real or personal, precisely as if they were citizens. The same is true in most of the States.: In Penn­ sylvania alien friends may buy lands not exceeding 5,000 acres, nor in net aunual income $20,000. and hold the same as citizens may, but there are cer­ tain differences between them and citi­ zens in the matter of real estate con­ veyances, inheritance, etc. A will pre­ vents the property of an- alien from escheating to the State in case of non­ appearance of heirs; and, as in the case of citizens, transcends the statute and common law as to the division of property among the heirs of persons who die intestate, i, 6., withotif: testa­ mentary wills. A COXTEMPOBABY maintains that the persistent use of the microscope is the only means whereby the necesbity for a change of yeast in brewing can be as­ certained, and 1 hat the examination must be kept up from day lo day. As tlie cells are seen to become h t t. i • f •% . • j ' . _ f SOOII &8 IKIY3 UCilf) mo fWTnii nwiMiint* VC Vet aU? i elongated and lose their rotund sliape m JMRAA SS J ^ •imply in plain grenadine, were pre- A CBEDITOB may die, but it is won- to the august gentleman. His | derf ol how an assignee will hang on* IVfeep VSMM MMan.1 , swotter of 1681 a man 'linfe <yune down from the tin* in a new town in Ut the aewingnhaehioe , rity appeared to wait on every financial speculation in which he engaged. Winterlink was a bustling, energetic bus! ess man who easily made acquaintances, and he soon be­ came popular with the citisens and could draw on his face for recognition in the first circles of society. A month or two prior to the advent of Winterlink, there settled in the same town a man named Bigsby, whose per­ sonal character was jrst the opposite of Winter link's. Bigsby was an austere man, with a hard-boiled reputation, and a wicked gleam in his goad eve that would wilt yonng cabbage plants. Bigsby's society was generally avoided, sod those who did business with him did so under protest, and kept their hats on and their hands on the door­ knob. One day Bigsby walked into the ware-rooms of Winterlink and ordered a high-priced sewing-machine sent up to his house, and told Winterlink to send the bill around to his office. There was something in the manner of Bigsby that grated harshly on the sensitive organization of Winterlink, but he said: "Oh, yes; certainly," and before noon a $125 cabinet machine graced the boudoir of Mrs. Bigsby, and then Win­ terlink went back to his office and opened an account with Bigsby. Bigsby was in the lumber business; and next day he discharged one of his team­ sters and shot him because the man ob­ jected to the terms of settlement of­ fered by Bigsby. The Sheriff sent word for Bigsby to come down and see him and leave a bond for $1,003, and Bigsby went right down to the Sheriff's office, and, by a liberal and judicious use of his revolver, inducod the Sheriff to accept bail in the turn of only $75. In about a week a man who owed Bigsby was observed to limp out of the lumber office with a teacupful of buck­ shot in the calf of his leg. He had been trying to settle with Bigsby, and Bigsby had convinced him that he was wrong, but generously threw in the buckshot in the interest of harmony and to prevent a lawsuit. The account of Winterlink ran for thirty days, at the end - of which time Bigsby cele­ brated his birthday with a colossal drunk, in the course of which he gut­ ted a couple of small gin-mills, and was on his way down to clean out the hotel bar, when a life-insurance agent, who didn't know Bigsby was feverish and on the war-path, tried to settle with him on the street, but Bigsby set­ tled with him right there and then by sending him down to a doctor's office to get change for a forty-four-caliber slug under his shoulder-blade. Winterlink had decided to oall on Bigsby the next day for a settlement for the sewing-machine, but on hearing of this incident he decided to make Bigsby a preferred debtoi, and give him sixty days on the machine. Finally Winterlink became somewhat pressed for ready money, and when creditors would call in to see him Winterlink would stand them off by a promise to pay as soon a* he settled with Bigsby. When trade was dull Winterlink would walk out in front of his office, stretch himself, look down the street toward the lumbar office and say: "Well, I believe 1'U go over and set­ tle with Bigsby." Then everybody would laugh, and Winterlink would go back to his desk and make out another statement of ac­ count and put it into his pocket along with fifty or sixty more which he had been drawing up every day for a month. One day a brilliant idea flashed over the keen financial intellect of Winter- link. He would sell the account to a stranger. Winterlink didn't have to wait long. He found a man from up the country, who, after inquiring into the financial standing of Bigsby,bought the account for $100, and that after­ noon he waited on Bigsby and pre­ sented it. The melancholy affair was., followed by the usual rrsalt. Another corpse was added to the pleasantly- situated cemetery, whioh was enpying a regular boom through the enterprise of Bigsby; and Winterlink, when he beard the news, dropped into a chair, a ruined, blasted, conscience-stricken wreck. For the first time in his life he realized he was a murderer. If not dead, Winterlink is now a wanderer on the face of the earth. Since the fatal day when he sold the machine to Bigs­ by, ill-luck seemed to attend him. From that h »ur he dates his downfall. The summer breezes may come and go, but they bring no peace of mind to Winterlink. v An AM In a Lien's Skin# ̂̂ When Mr. Blaine was superintend­ ing the completion of his new residence in Washington, he was often dogged by the news-gatherer as he was going to the building. Having gone in one day, he left orders with a mechanic at the door to admit no one. The order had not grown cold when a Chicago news­ paper man put in an application for admission, and of course was refused. He succeeded in getting into the base­ ment where plasterers had been at work, and where one of them had left his laboring suit. He put these on over his own hurriedly, and thus at­ tired wended his way, leisurely to the floor where Mr. Blaine was Bcolding bis architect. The newspaper man asked permi^ion to say a*word to the ex-premier, which was granted, and having retired . o one corner he re- vealea to Mr. Blaine his identity, and relied upon the statement to yield to an interview as a reward for his trouble. The Ex-Secretary, however, was in no mood to be gracious. Get out of here," he roared. "The garb of the honest laborer which you have put on to'gain respectability and au audience will not protect you. If there ever was a practical 'illustration of the fable of the ass in the lion's skin this is one. I will give you three min­ utes to put off that garb and two min­ utes to get down stairs." Inasmuch as the newspaper man had a sarious im pediment in his speech, he had no time to argue the point.--(Jkb-agp Infer Ocean. • J- Writing ©a finger Nail4» ' Fihger nails have been used to aid the memory of the laggard student, and mauy a collegian has inscribed on his finger nails Greek roots or mathemati­ cal formulas that the grappling-irons of his memory could not retain. Town- send, the celebrated Hebrew scholar, covered his tiuger nails each day with Hebrew roots, and transferred them to his memory as he Jiad leisure. It is calculated that there are about 4,000 of them, and, assuming that six were in­ scribed each day on each nailv his task > was completed in about forty day& tag**, ever pi lis'ewtilllB whereh^ were in thought, tfttce portraitures .on his nail seetfaem. How te Drive a Hone. Young man I see yon are about to take a drive this morning, and wili of- fer you aoriM advidd. Y5ur Hone is restive and wauts to Wolf before you are ready; you mar aa well tvealc him of this now as at any other time, and hereafter yon will find it has been a half-hour wteJl spent Just give me the reins, while you put your foot on the step, *s if to get in; the horse makes a move t9go; | tighten the reins and say "whoa.". How put your foot on the step again; the horse makes another move; I hold the reins and speak to him again. The horse is getting ex­ cited. Pat him a little on the neck, and talk to him soothingly. Put your foot on the step again, and repeat this process until the horse will stand for you to get in, and adjust yourself in your seat, and tell him to go. A few such lessons will train him so that he will always wait for the order before starting; Now, as your horse has just been fed, drive him at a very gentle pace for the first two oar three miles, until he warms up and his body becomes lighter. But, before you start, let me show you how to hold the reins. Take them in your left hand, have them 'of equal length from the bit, and to cross each other in your hand, the off-side one resting on your first finger, the other on the fourth finger, the back of the hand up­ wards. Now, in guiding the horse, you have only to use the wrist-joint, which will direct him either right or left, as you wish. Keep your hand steady, with a gentle pressure on the bit--no jerking or switching of the reins. If more speed is wanted, take the whip in your right hand, to be gently used for that purpose; be careful not to apply it any harder than is necessary to bring him up to the required speed. Speak to him soothingly, and inti­ mate, in the most gentle manner, what you want him to do, and he will try to do it. So noble an animal should not be handled, roughly, nor over driven. When you return, have the harness removed at once, and the horse rutybed down with a whisp of straw or hay. Give him a bite of straw or hay, and let him cool off before being watered or fed. Every one who handles a horse, or has anything to do with one, should in the first place cultivate his acquaintance; let him lcnow that you are his friend, and prove it to him l>y your kind treats ment; he needs* this to inspire confi­ dence, and when that is gained, he is your humble servant. If your horse gets frightened at any unusual sight or noise, do not whip him, for if you do he will connect the whipping with the object that alarmed him, and be afraid of it ever after. II he merely shies at an object give him time to examine it, which, with some encouraging words from the driver, will persuade him to pass it. You get frightened, too, sometimes, and would; not like to be whipped for it,--Stock Journal. * " " • • 1 % r$-? Thurlow Weed's Dresa-Coat. In 1863, while at Washington, I re­ ceived an invitation from Mr. Clay to dinner. They day after, the porter of Oassby's Hotel, where I was staying, said to me. "I hope you will accept Mr. Clay's invitation, sir." I said: "How did you know I had an invitation from Mr. Clay?" "Oh, sir, the letter came through the office, and we all know Mr. Clay's handwriting." He re­ peated his hope that I would go, and added: "Gentlemen sometimes oome to Washington on business without bringing their dress-coats with them; possibly yon may have forgotten yours; if you did, you would do me a .great favor by accepting one that I haventt worn, and which would fit you nicely." The porter, who was evidently an ob­ serving and sagacious man, had divined the truth* I not only had not brought a dress-coat, but I did not possess one to bring and was really regretting the necessity of declining the invitation for that reason. But the porter urged his offer with such kindness and delicacy that I accepted both the coat and the invitation. Gen. Jackson, in 1828, succeeded Mr. Adams as President. From that time until 1840, during the administrations of Jackson and Van Buren, a period of twelve years, I was not again in Wash­ ington. In the latter year, after the election of Gen. Harrison, I again vis­ ited the city, and in passing through the Treasury Department I encountered my old friend Bradv, the thoughtful porter whose coat I had worn to Mr. Clay's dinner, and with whom I ex­ changed a very hearty greeting. He informed me that he had a clerkship in the department from Gen. Jackson, but as the "spoils belonged to the vic­ tors," he now expected to lose his place. After parting with him I went to the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Ewing, and related to him the peculiar obliga­ tion under which I had formerly placed myself to the friendly porter, adding what I was quite sure he would find true, that he was a very capable and faithful clerk. The Secretary was amused at the nature of the obligation I had incurred years before, and cheer­ fully consented to retain my friend in his situation.--Thurlow Weed's Auto- biography. ? / T itt'Hfci WilH" 1 f fc • m forthe tet time ia lOTi. His friand gave ai< tfithtjfory ofMi trouble with *Sta*£ie is a gambler," lie said,. "and when ha llrst eame here everybody w ftfraid of hini, and lie Sorter run the fettlettent. Old Beese was away then. He qaatebaek here about two months •go. The day he returned he was passing along |he street. When he met a ittle boy drying. Old Beeseis very fohd of ohfldfen, and they all like him, He pielted the little feMow up, dried his teats, and inquired the oauae of his trouble. Between his sobs the,.boy told his story. He WM the only son of a poor widow woman who lives down by the river and does washingfor the gam­ blers. Early hi the apring*Bam Stargis had employed him to attend to his horse, promising to pay him $2 a week for his services. Glad to be able to help hip mother, the little fellow took charge of Che gambler's cabal lo, and {roomed ahd fed him for sixteen weeks. Then Sturgis sold the aUlmol, and his services w^re no longer required. He had just been in to ask Stargis for his pay, and the gambler had not only not paid him, but had pitched him out of the casino. He kicked you, did'he ?' said Beese, and those bine eyes of his snapped. " ' Yes, sir,' faltered the boy. "'And he won't pay you your moner?* " 'No, sir,' whimpered the boy, 'and mother needs it.' " 41 think he'il pay,' answered Beese. 'You run right home now, and I'll be down to see you presently and bring the money.' "Sturgis was pretty flush then, and was running a big game. Old Beese went down to see him. Well, sir,, it's only about a week ago that he reoov- ered from that interview and was able to be about. "Old Beese walked into the saloon, called for pen and paper and made out the following bill: LABEDO, TCXAS, Aug. 4,1094. Sam Stnrgia, To th« Widow White's Kid, Dr. To herding pony aizteen weeks, at $3 per week $32.00 To Mailing said kid when he asked for his money .v.., eo.on To coat of oollaetion 50.00 TotaLi... .i.. $132.00 Bee jived payment. "He walked up to the table where Sturgis was dealing monte and laid this bill before him. "'Sturgis,'he said, 'pay this little bill and 111 receipt it." "The gambler glanced at the paper, jumped to his feet, jerked out his six- shooter and said, 'I'll be hanged if I do!' M 'I think you will,' oried Beese, and lie knocked the fellow down. "Before he could reach his feet old Beese was upon him. He jerked the six-shooter out of Sturgis' hand and beat him over the head with it until he cried for mercy. "' Will yon pay the bill?' asked Beese, raising the Bix-shooter to hit hi™ again. "Yes!" And he paid it. - Dentotry In the United Statf̂ ' There are now about 17,000 dentists in the United States, and they pack into the teeth of the American people about a ton of pure gold, and five times that amount of less precious metals (tin, silver, platinum, etc.) annually. Now, these metals are worth $1,000,000, and will take only about 350 years to bury all the coin in the United States in the graveyards (another feature in favor of cremation). There are about 4,000 of artificial teeth made in the United States yearlv yet only one-third of the people avail themselves of tUis blessing. Perfect teeth are to be found in the mouth of only one American in eighty, the dental organs of seventy-nine being more or less affected. This state of affairs will never im­ prove until mothers are to bear children with perfect teeth, and pre­ serve them intact until the offspring is 20 years of age. -- San Francisco Hcientijic California. A COLORADO swindle is to buy a lot of "remnants" of Texas herds, mostly barren cows and bony steers, have them "booked," compute the increase by or dinary rules, and after awhile sell the lot' on the range, of course witbftmt counting. It is said that in tl£i way herds of 2.000 haye been sold cad paid for aa 10,000. The. Fewer of Watej^;' - -1 The properties of water are only'par-' tially understood by those who have never seen it under nigh pressure. The Virginia City Water Company gets its supply from Marlette lake, on the Tahoe side of the mountain. It gets it through by a long tunnel, is then on the crest of a high mountain opposite Mount Davidson, with Washoe valley between. To cross this valley by a flume would be almost impossible, so the water is carried down the mountain side to the bottom, and crosses under the Y. & T. railroad track, on the divide between Washoe and Eagle val­ leys, then up again to the required height in iron pipes. The depression created in the line of carriage is 1,720 feet, and the pressure on the pipes is 800 pounds to the square inch. One pipe is eleven inches in diameter, and is quarter-inch iron, lap-welded, and eighteen feet long, with screw joints. There is little trouble from it; but the other, which is twelve inches in diameter and is riveted pipe, makes more or less trouble all the time. The pipe is laid with the seam down, and whenever a crack is made by the frost or sun warping it, or from any other cause, the steam pours forth with tremendous force. If the joint is broken open, of course the whole stream is loose and goes tearing down the mountain, but usually the escape is very small. The break last week was less than five-eighths of an inch in diameter, and yet the water in the flume was lowered an inch and a half by it, and the pressure went down fifteen or twenty pounds. Capt. Over­ ton says that fifty inches of water went through it. It has been probably a year in cutting out, and was made a little stream hardly visible to the naked eye that escaped through a joint and struck the pipe two or three feet off, eating away the iron until the pressure inside broke it through. When such a break occurs the noise can be heard for half a mile, and the earth shakes for hundreds of feet around. A break the size of a knitting needle will out a hole in the pipe in half an hour. Such breaks are repaired by putting a band around the pipe, pouring in molten lead, and tamping it in. Such a strain bores through a rock like a sand blast. The flying water is as hard as iron, and feels rough like a file to the touch. It is impossible to turn it with the hand, as it tears the flesh off the bones, and if the fingers are stuck into the stream, with the point up, the nails are in­ stantly turned back and sometimes torn loose from the flesh. After Mass in a French-Canadian Tillage. After mass we gathered again in groups in front of the church. The parents were now triumphant in the strength of their opposition to emi­ gration, and ..the young people were quite ashamed, and subdued. But the Sunday business was not yet done. The town-crier gatheral everybody about him while he made his weekly announce­ ments. He is still the county news­ paper of Canada. But, so far from be­ ing a literary emporium, he frequently cannot read or write. He has, how­ ever, sufficient tongue, memorv, and assurance to deliver quite a colnmn of public and private matter. He is often unwittingly oomioal, his pompous air being a ludicrous oontrast to the simple facts he has to tell, and the illiterate blunders of his speech. Fir»t come the official announcements, legal advertise­ ments, Sheriff's sales, police regula­ tions, roadmasterkb notices, new &ws, etc.; then private announcement^ are cried out--anotions, things \o/& and found, openiag of nftw storesk fiew pro­ fessional oUiees, etc. Sonre times he sells a pig ov a calf "lor the infant ptiiah tyone ™ fonenft MNAM Saeh neighbor hauls ttatfek or two ; the peo ê aA permission of the |«ie«t *» work on Siutfay, «od after mm thev assemble atid fertst the buiMia*. If the loser be verr poee. «arpM*er* are hired to finish the work ferhim. A portion of the ctbgregatkm went away up the northern nM»uuftiin that dav. and spent thti afternoon raising a le* house and barn. All sorts of tmblM assem­ blies are held fe front of the church just sfter mask Indeed, Sunday is the most unimated day of the week in social, industrial, and political matters as well as religioux , T h e S h o o t i n g e f S e h w l n i e l h e f l : fieob Schwjndelhoff had a miunder- standing with Maj. Nichols, an Auatin lawyer. Veiy severe language was used by both parties* and Schwindel&ofi hit the Major with his umbrella. Mutual friends prevented any further hostili­ ties. The Major, however, remarked at the time that he would "get even with Jacob. Getting even in Texas means planting one or more bullets in the body ; of the party of the second part. Schwindelhoff was in great dread of Maj. Niclrols, having reason to believe that the latter would shoot him when ever opportunity offered. A brand of gloomy, low-spirited woe settled around him, and he advertised his stock of "clodings" to be closed out at cost. Yesterday morning the Major, before going to the postoffice, filled the large pipe that he always smokes. He filled it with tobaooo that he keeps loose in a drawer. ^ He filled the pipe without looking into the drawer, and, without knowing it, he got into the pipe a pis­ tol-cartridge, one of a number that he had thrown into the drawer the day be­ fore. All unconscious of the presence of the latent blast in the pipe, the Major strode down to the postoffice. Unconscious of the presence of Maj. Nichols, Mr. Jacob Schwindelhoff also strolled along toward the postoffice. As Jacob turned the corner of Soph- rino street his eye caught the form of his mortal enemy coming after him at a rapid pace. Jacob quickened, his step, but he had not gone twenty yards before bang went the Major's pipe into frag­ ments. The Major was astonished and scared. Schwindelhoff was not aston­ ished for he had been expecting and fearing that the Major would shoot at him on sight. "Scared, did you say?" We should say so. He never looked back, fie knew that he had been shot at by the Major. _ Shielding the back of his head with his hands he ran like an ostrich, and as he ran he lifted up his voice and howled until the eehoes of his lamentations could be heard as they were thrown back from the bluff aoross the river, "Oh, mine Gott, I ves siot dead in de back. Maj. Nichols, the tam scoundrel, has killed me already. I feels dot blood running my baok down.* "Safe me, bolicemans! safe me," he cried, as he ran into the police station, and crawled in behind a desk. "Get some doctors soon or I pleeded myself to deff, pretty quick." It was not until Jacob took off all his clothes and looked at the reflection of his back in a large mirror that he was persuaded that he was not foil of buok- shot. The Major's pipe was a total wreck, none of the fragments being recovered exoept the stem, which he held firmly in nis mouth. His nose, hereafter, will be an object of curiosity, even to nearsighted persons, its unnat­ ural redness being peppered all over with dark blue spots, caused by the grains of powder.--Texas Sittings. A Father Who Forgot His Baby. "Yes, we find a great many things," said the conductor, as he looked over the contents of a lady's purse whioh he had found on a seat in the next oar. "What do you do with them?" N "Turn them over to the chief bag­ gageman at the end of the trip. There is always a fuss kicked up, and he gen­ erally finds owners lor things. Yes, many people are very careless when traveling. They leave all sorts of things in the cars--canes and umbrellas oftenest. I suppose you've heard the old yarn about the man who got on the train and felt as if he'd forgotten some* thing. After the tram had started, you remember, he happened to think he'd left his wife sitting in the depot wait­ ing-room. Well, 1 had a real case about as bad as that last spring. A man and woman put their baby to sleep on the seat behind them, and when they reached their destination a lot of friends met them and carried off their bundles and triips, bat everybody forgot the baby. A telegram caught us at the next station, and the agent took care of the little chap until the careless father came with a buggy. Some people would forget their heaaa if they weren't fastened --Chicago Herald. , Landmarks or HMMNM. We all have oar landmarks---halting- places in the procession o£ events--to which we constantly recur, says the Philadelphia Record. Some ladies have been able to trace back their livea through the changes in their wardrobe --a sort of calico, silk and velvet calendar--from whieh the memories are refreshed. Still others refer fer dates to the years of sash a friendship oi- such a love-. Tkex* are those se frivolous that they mess--re the lapse oi time by the number ef their serious flirtations. Tb» moot melancholy events that indelibly fix themselves in the mind are the loss of friends and kindnd. These are tko fcesdsteaes along the -way of life. But we eoce knew a man who always corrected the log book of his memory by reference to the day on which he heard that Frank Pieroa was elected President. Not fiaUes When Cowariif. We must always speak the truth. Yet we need not invariably tell all the truth w» know. Silence is often golden. It is frequently the part of kindness to refrain from speech, and the truth about our neighbor whioh, doing no good and serving no noble end when proclaimed, serves only to al^niate his friends, would much bet­ ter be suppressed. Silenoe is never I golden when it is cowardly. There is a ! time to speak, as well, as a time to he silent. . . '. HAHTFORD Insurance clerks took to guess'ng how matnydollar bills were re­ quired to weigh as much fcs a $20 gold piece. The Vt»wcak goess was 360 and Jcsus(" the produot of the sale be ng ' the highest* 1,000, whilqflie real num* givefi to a collection for Uie poor. Not [ ber waa4ftirty-fQiir, „ * . - . * 1 A woMAtf tt a Idtaier when she m- ranges aaifc w .(X) than airy oilier fimMe. « WOMKW are of anw. Thar always want thiii> >1 mind litem. ESOLAKD is the motijier country. The North pole w# he the farther. A vtmxBAL rote is usually wHhoat interest to those tout wfcdm it fswttere& A ccsTOMKB asked ids batcher for something to grease his saw with. " All right," said the butcher, «I guess thattl suet." PASTBT cooks have no union of hearts andratea. If they had they would t* called pie-rates. 1 THOSB who fondly oling to the theory of cremation can now sing; "Will yoa love me when l mold?" MEDICAL men recommend iron to young kdiaa as an appetizer. Men of more common nense and la## culture recommend Washing. WHAT is the difference between sn alligator and a gambler? One snsps his jaws and takes you all in, and the other snaps his claws and takes your pocket in. A MEDICAL paper soy* a girl ought not to sit on one leg. It ain't often I agree vlth medical articles, bnt this one hits me plumb. It is very tiresome on the young man, and not a square deal, anyway. "MT son," asked a Sunday-school teacher, "what do you know of the proverb regarding people who live in glass houses?" "I don't know nothin'," wss the response, "about the proverb; but I know that people who live in glass houses ottent to lay a-bed late in the morning unless they pull down the blinds.* •fans the Arkanaaw Traveler.] THS boy that wears a watch is an im­ portant character. At school he is en­ vied, and on the street he is respected. None of the boys grab him and throw him down for they might break bin time-keeper. He tap a way of twisting the chain when he talks, and of looking at his watch when he heara a railroad train, and saying twelve-ten, or six-five, or eight-sixteen. The other boys stand around and regard him with admiration. He grows up and probably goes to col­ lege with a distinguished air, but in after years he pawns Jus watch with a man, who, as a boy, often stood around and admired it. "HB'S blind," said a gentleman, to whom a negro was trying to sell a horse. "Blind I" repeated the negro, oontemptuoualy. "Quit er hittin' at his eyes dat way. He kin see as good as yerse'f kin, and' won't bat his eyqs oase he's so stubbo'n." "Well, I wanted a horse, and had no objeotion to blindness; in fsot, I wanted a blind horse for the ehildren to ride around the yard; but I don't want a stubborn animal." "Boss, dat boss is the blin'est hoss yer eber seen, an' I tole ye what I did ter keep yer from preesin' me inter lettin' yer hab him, case a man down de street sent arter him. Oh, yes, sah, he's de blin'est hoss I eber see, but he sin't stubbo'n." "GENTLEMEH," said an Arkanaaw temperance lecturer, "I appear beforv j you to-day for the purpose of encourag­ ing sobriety. Man was created sober, which proves that it is his duty to re­ main in that condition." "Hold on,* exclaimed an old fellow, arising and addressing the speaker. "You say that ) n was oreated sober, and it is his f duty to remain in that condition?" ! "Yea, sir." ."Well, you ought to em­ brace the entire platform. Man wss oreated naked, and, according to your] belief, he should have remained so.*] "My hearers," said the lecturer, "I convinced that I have not thoroughly,] canvassed the subject. You will pic amuse yourselves while I go out and] take a drink with this philosopl' gentleman." Sack Marie as Indians Make. The Apaohea put aside muoh of theii finery and gathered in groups for game and songs. Their singing always tracts a crowd to the tents. The fashiC is to sit in a cirele, the leaders in a rowJ provided with tom-toms or other soundH ing instruments, and the rest of tt party vrith twiga, if procurable, anything with which they may bea^ time ou the palm of one hand. Ti Coasanches, renegadee from their o\ tribes, and known as Comanche Jot and Domingo, handsome fellows, wit hawk eyes and perfect teeth, are tt best ringers ef the band. John ha provided himself with a large dish-pat His knees are spread far apart to hol«j it. A half-deesen others have tins various sises, the smallest being a di[ per. Bwokskfin hss been stretched int drum eoversfor joints of stovepipe an<| foe kettles. Bows tightly strung re upward bstwsen the legs of three four others* and one genius ha fashioned a ruds instrument with tv strings resembling a banjo. Every pej former has a stiek abuut double tl length and thiekness of a lead-penc John or Itaningo aeta the movemenf and when all the little tins and torns have caught the rhythm, which j a fast, regular beating, and the " strings are thensmming and the _ awitcne* fafflag in time with it, whl ever may be in the lead starts a sonl A compass of five notes is rarely el ceeded, ascent to strike an occai octave, and were is invariably a refrain. The entire band keep at for ho«n, with only occasional mentary lnstiag spells. A* the goes eas aaNidbers of the circle three or fear at a tine, and bob up 1 down with deaoon-like faces. bobbing is said to call muscles play that would quiekly exhaust sons not used to it, but it looks " tam& and lazy performance. The < for the end of it is given by an fellow with a striped fted, on whioh| pipes aanooession of nerve-trying 1 --Cw. Buffalo Courier. A CLOUD of 10,0if> ghats dane«| and down in the sun* tho minutest terval between them, yet no one! another headlong upon the grass, breaks a leg or wing, long and delid as these are. Suddenly, amid your] miration of this dance, a peculiar " shouldered vieions gnat with long dant nose, darts out of the rising] fallhicf clcud, hnd settling on check insert^ a poisonous sting. posfM .-'^fed this little wretch to do ' Did /i smell blood in the mazy daJ . No Ane knows.--Podic Free jPres*.| 1' "CATION is the only interest wc I the <! >ep, controlling anxiety thought--Wendell Phillips, J . i , : ̂ ^ HJ. .'* • 1 WIS, • ".V 'fi'i- J