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SSf xT' W-, / • $ * >"V jr: -V . 1 " " * y ^ ' < -r ,4 ^ •Off POPE MADE POETRY. who directed thoM v«* -T5v *" ' *"\ i1" ' V ^V* "^*^33,1/ her, drew her to- ' •«. ^ I n» »tt--guiii mi i ttUMMi aa* ta deapalr, Ml than, «M: " We MK! mora IM>I|S we < UftiMitJmH"vi*li,w|r Ho aoQMr «M the* done. That <hi -Each Jew waa ordered ont to pray. V,fc« j»r Bat, BketfeeTarka, tamf mayed mvi The ana RNW hotter, and the ground V«l ImiMd tor mile® and mliee WW The tMraty Turk#, .5«spelrinf AaaetabM aa they had wfcwa. <" If ffcis keeps on," the wise aian «U, M In jay aointou, we'll be feed. But tfcerrt another eard tioptay: Make all the dogs of OteW&M pttf.* At ado* wh Christian waa at wMk Te MM e«ci» dog of them by mora CTata* it rained, do « The Ctartettana prayed go all that right wed with mala aad Tb« morntaf broke, and, loI theitta. Came down in floods, nor would it dalgi To oMaa till all Ibe Turks around Begged It to stop, leat they'd be drowntp . When it M cleared the Tnrka came on!, Forgetting then bad been a drought, And mad (bat Christian dogs could pray Aai get an answer right r.wnj. «Onr Allah love* a* not I" they •• II ieu't eo," the sage replied; u He lore* to hear his faithful pwy So much. he kept the rain away. Sut, when tbe Christian doga knelt down, <0lreat Allah'* face aaamned a frown; To iiatec to them he wouldn't daiga, , tal m, to that them up--eent milk" A Wrestle With Wnam, - t ni standing about thirty or forty vards in advance of tire Clifton--that is, thirty or forty yards nearer the 41 Horse- •hoe," along the brink of the rocks, and opposite the American fall. The ground anust have been about the same height as the opposite fall; but, owing to the immense hill down which the rapids rush, it, was possible to distinguish any object of the size of a boat a considera­ ble distance above the fall, so that, now it was pointed out to me, I saw, in the middle of the rapid, a huge log of wood, the ti unk of a tree, which had lodged there some years before, and upon it a black speck. This, alter some observa­ tion, I perceived to move. It waa a man. Yes; he and his two companions had, on the previous night, been rowing •bout some distance above the fall. By aaaae means or other they had ventured too near the rapids, had lost all com­ mand of their boat, and had been hur­ ried away to destruction. It was rap- naned th at about half a mile above the •all the boat had upset, and, with two wretched men still clinging to it, went Over the fall at about 9 or 10 o'clock at night, while the third man was driven against this log of wood, climbed upon it, and sat astride of it through the darkness of the night, amid the roar, the turmoil and tha daahing spray of the rapida. I crossed the river, aseended the rock by the railway, and hurried to the spot, iraiere I found him so near that I could almost distinguish his countenance. lie was then lying along the log, grasping if with both arms, and appeared ex­ hausted to the last degree. He was evi­ dently as wet from the spray as though I be had been standing under water. By ! this time people were assembling, and different plans for his rescue were pro­ posed and discussed on all sides; already, indeed, one effort had been made. A amail boat had bepn firmly lashed to a strong cable, and dropped down to him ingognala to boat, Ha eagerly seized --, ~ ward him, jumped into tor, and made signs to them to draw him up. Thfa was commenced, but some of the tackle had oaught, and it waa deemed necessary to let itloowe for an instant. This waa done; the boat floated a few feet down tine rapid, awung round the iower end of the log, entangling the cable oeneath it, and there remained immovably fixed. Once more tha poor fellow's work began. He drew off on® of his boots and bailed the boat, he pushed at tha log, climbed upon it, and used every possible exer­ tion to mova tha boat, but in vain ! An hoar waa spent in theaa fruitless efforts --an hour of terrible dispense to all who beheld him. Ha worked well, for he worked for his life. Three months after, this boat retained its position, nor will it move until tha rooks grind ita cable in two, or the waters tear it piecemeal into shreds. Another plan must be devised, and this, with American promptitude, was soon done. A raft of from twenty to thirty feet long and five feet broad was knocked together with amazing rapiditj. It consisted of two stout poles, made fast, five feet asunder, by nailing four or five pieces of two-inch board at each ex­ tremity; thus the machine consisted of a sort of" skeleton raft, with a small stage at either and. On one of thes® stages-- that to which the cables (c* which t here were two) were lashed--was tightly tlxod a large empty eask, for the sake of its buovancy, on the other a complete net­ work of cords, to which the man was to laeh himself; also a tin can of refresh­ ments, he having taken nothing since the evening before; three or four simi­ lar cans, by the way, had been let down to him already, attached to strong pieces of new line, but the cords had in every instance been snapped, and the food lost. The raft was finished, launched, and safely let down to the log. Tha poor fellow oommitted himself to its care, lu lashed his legs firmly, and then signaled to draw up. The raft advanced under the first pull, but its head, owing to the great light cask, dipped beneath it, and as the raft still advanced the water broke over it to such a depth that the man waa pbliged to raise himself upon all fours, keeping his chin well elevated to avoid being drowned. We expected at every pull to see his head go under, but alas ! they pulled in vain, for the front of the raft, pressed down by the weight of fall­ ing water, had come in contact with a rock and would not advance. The ropes were slackened, she fell back, but again hitched in her return. It was then de­ termined to let her swing to another part of the rapiu, where the stream did not appear quite so impassable. This was done, and a second attempt to draw it up was made, half way between the log and the opposite ghore (a email island). This also failed from the same cause, therefore it was proposed to en­ deavor to let the raft fioat down and swing round upon the island. This was commenced, but with the old result, the cable was caught in the rocks, and the raft remained stationary. However, She was floating easily, and the poor fellow could rest. Early in the day, for tha afternoon was now far advanced, one of the large ferry boats (built expressly for crossing beneath the falls) had been brought, but had lain idle. This was now put into requisition, and nobly she rode toward the raft, while in breathless silence we all watched her as she dipped at the'va­ rious falls, and each time recovered her­ self. I shuddered as she waa launched. from the briJge, which crossed the rapid , . T . , A, A .. , ^ between the matialand &nd Goat foe. J. began to see that the man could •bout sixty yards above the log. This ix»t had proceeded a few yards in safety, waa upset, spun round tike a r> of cork at the end of a thread by force of the water, which finally mapped the cable in two, and the boat disappeared over the fall. Bat now a dispatch had been sent to Buffalo (a distance of a little more than SO miles) by electric telegraph, desiring that a life-boat should be sent by the Sift train, 9:30 A. M., and this in time •Mxived, borne on tha ahoolders of about •wenty men, aad a splendid boat she waa--large, built entirely of sheet iron, "With air-ti^ht chambers; a boat that eauld not sink. She was girt round with •ferong ropes, and two new two-inch ca- , lales brought with her. All this arrange­ ment naturally took up much time, ami the poor wretch's impatience seemed ex­ treme, BO that it was thought advisable to let him know what was going mix. This was done by means of a sheet, upon which was written in large letters in Dutch (bis native language) " The life - l»oat is eoming." He stood up, looked intently for a minute, and then nodded his head. When the boat waa at last launched, the excitement was intense. Two cables, each held by many men, were let down from either end of the Imdge, so that they might have some command in directing the course of the boat down the river. She seemed liter- - dUy to dance upon the aurface of the water like a cor£ The rapid consists of a number of mail talis distributed unevenly over all parte of the river, so that there are thousands of cross currents, eddies and whirlpools, which it would be utterly impossible to ^davoid, and in which was the dauger of Mransit for any boat between the bridge Qpid the log. The life-boat's course was aleady at first; she arrived at the first fall; she tripped up and swung rouud with a rush, but continued her eoiir.se safely, only half filled witb water. Again she descended with safety, but at length approaching the log she became unmanageable, swinging either way with immense force, spinning completely over, and finally dasliing against the log with »uch violence that 1 fully expected the whole tiling, man and all, to have been •dislodged and hurried down the rapid. But. no. it stood firm--the boat had reached its destination. Tet, alas ! how useless was its position. It lay com- fjletely on its side above the log, and .with its hollow inside directed toward the bridge, pk.yed upon by the whole force of the current, which fixed its keel firmly against the log. It seemed immov­ able. The man himself climbed towar-J it, and in vain tried to pull, lift or move the (>oat; nor was it moved until, both cables being brought to one side of the river by the united force of fifty or sixty tnen, she was dislodged, and swung • <K»WU the rapid upside-down, finallv not be saved by a boat; a boat never could return against a rapid, however well able to fioat down it. No sooner would her bow come in contact with a fall than it would dip, fill and spin round, aa did the first skiff which waa lost. The poor fellow himself was getting impatient--visibly so. He untied his lashing,. stood upright upon the raft, eagerly waiting to seize the boat and jump into her. She nad but one more fall to pass, and that fall was situated just above where he stood ; she paused at the brink of it, swung down to it like lightning, and, as he leaned forward to seize her, she rose on the returning wave, struck him in the chest, and he strug­ gled hopelessly in the overwhelming tor­ rent. The exclamation of horror, for it was not a err, which burst from the thou­ sands who by this time were assembled I shall never forget, nor the breathless silence with which wa watched him, fighting with the waters as they hurried liim along upright, waving both hands above his head. We lost sight of him at intervals, yet again and again he re­ appeared, and I thought hours must have passed in lieu of one brief half minute. But the end came at last; once I saw his arms wildly waved above his head, and, in an instant, the crowd turned from the spot in dead silence. The man was lost wweir, untu in the course of the day, £•'; I'IV ?.ne cable broken by the efforts of , ft;* the men to dislodge her, and the other ' by the sheer force of the current, she W' , went over the falls--the second sacrifice *° the P°°r fellow, who still clung to the v- swayed between hope and fear. The "Muggy Weather.'* This is a very expressive phrase for the "dog-days," as they average, and the other description tells us so exactly our sensations under the clammy air and close temperature. "Mug" in provincial English dialect means "fog," but this probably is traced to the older Irish word meauing a cup, as our word does now. So that "muggy weather" is weather in a cup--clone weather. The New York Mercantile Journal explains why this kind of weather is always so uncomfort­ able: f "The evaporation of moisture from our skin cools us. Evaporation, as Is w,ell known, is always a cooling process. The heat, from being 'sensible,' becomes 'latent,' as the philosopers say--that is, the heat is used up in making the vapor and passes off in it, just as the heat of the tire is used up in making steam, and really passes off in that. "When tliis process of evaporation is rapid from our system, we are rapidly cooled, and though the weather is warm, are made comfortable. I "But it can be rapid only when the air j is dry. Air already saturated with nearly as much moisture aa it will hold, can, of Jcourse, take up very little more from the evaporation of objects on the surface of the earth. In such weather we must go' on as best we can without the comfort of this cooling process. "The mug is a natural "hygrometer,' somewhat rade, it is true, to tell us how much moisture there is in the atmos­ phere. A real hygrometer only tells the same thing more accurately." I Fuck.] / People talk about Pope, and Addison, and Goldsmith; bat they read Tennyson and Swinburne. If you are a man of or­ dinary intelligence,.you will have learned enough, from these two or three lectures of mine, to get the trick «f the old "heroic" verse, and with a little practice you will be able to turn out any amount of "rubbish quite aa good as Mr. Pope'a or Mr. Addison's. I told you I would teach you to grind out this rococo nonsense, and I will. Turn to your Bartlett's "Familiar Quota­ tions," p. 288, and you will find, by a foot-note at tha bottom of the page, that a certain Frenchman by the name of Pascal wrote: "What a chimera is man! What a novelty--what a chaos--what a contra­ diction! Judge of all things, imbecile worm of the earth, guardian ol. the truth, collection of uncertainties, glory and butt of the universe." This dimly suggests the tone and movement of a passage in Hamlet; but the suggestion is about aa dim as it is possible for a suggestion to be. The passage as it stands is an intelligent, rather gusliy statement of certain self- evident truths--not in any way poetical. Pope fell foul of it, and determined to bang it into decasyllabic verse. The first line suggested itself: dittos of thought, aiid pasaiou, fell confused- Then he had to stop and think of a rhyme to confused. There were used, . refused, infused, diffused, amused, accused, abused-- Abutted filled the bill, and suggested an idea for another line, namely; that man is always falling into error and coming to his senses again: Still by himself abused or disabused-- But on the next line Pope threw him­ self. He said: "I will give the people one of my old patent reversible antitheses --I'll show'm the old man is alive yet!" Then he opened that prototype of Roget's "Thesaurus," which he always earned in his head, and looked up ri«e, which gave him fall for an antithesis. Then he looked for a word that would convey the opposite idea to Lord of Creation. He fixed on prey--man is a prey to all things--that is, every thing exists may be means of causing him suf­ fering. Hence: Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all tmnga, yet a prey to all. At this point he reached the couplet for which the whole paraphrase was written. Pascal's words had suggested to him the liue, ts The glory, jest, and riddle of the world-- Now, the rhymes to world, are very few. They are practically1 limited to furled and hurled. Pope had the choice of representing man as furled up in something or other, or of saying that he was hurled into something else. Pope decided to hurl him. By beginning the line with the observation that man is the /Bole judge of truth-- He had a neat little antithesis suggested at once. He had only to put man down as hurled into error to get his couplet. That was done, and we have the sublime masterpiece: Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abus'd or diaabuu'd; Created half to rise and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. Don't vou really think you can do that kind of thing yourself, now? Hunt the literature of all ages through for plati­ tudinous thoughts, accustom your ear to the mournful monotony of that particular metre, in your leisure moments look up antithetical expressions in Roget's "Thesaurus," and keep at the doleful work until your brain grows dull and heavy, and you really don't know any longer what is good, honest, true, witty, pathetic, noble in literature, and you will become a duffer in the poetical business nearly as insolently and brutally dull and pompous as your great original, and perhaps you too will be the faahion and be worshiped for ages. To tell you truly, though, I don't think you will. There is no money in this class- lcal-Pope-Addison scheme. I have tried it. Writing scurrilous verses under val­ entines pays better, young man, it does, although it is more exhausting on the in­ tellect. Yours, till I tackle the next poet, Y. HUGO DUSENBUBY, Professional Poet. The Science of Forestry. The Boston Globe says: The science of forestry is coming to press more earnestly upon public attention as our forests disappear under the wasteful policy which has prevailed ever since the country was settled, and in various direc­ tions effort is made to save what is left and to repair, for the sake of future generations, the losses already sustained. Such an effort is that of the Middlesex Fells Association; and from the same locality there comes the appeal of Mr. F. Rand for the planting of rock or sugar maples. Mr. Rand's plan is "to take these trees from the forest at a suitable age for transplanting, and set them out on the borders of highways, a row on each side, say one hundred feet apart, or with space enough to allow a fair view of our beautiful New England landscapes from the road. Let them be arranged so that the trees on the two rows may not come directly opposite each other, but have the trees on either side alter­ nate with the trees on the other side. In twenty or twenty-five years the average of these treos would be of suitable size to tap for sap, and meanwhile they would have answered all the other purposes of shade trees equally well or better than others." The rock for sugar making, is a beautiful, hardy, clean, and valuable shade tree, and in addition is especially valuable. Mr. Rand estimates that the cost of this enterprise would be not i more than $1 a piece for the trees, including the frame work necessary to protect the young trees from browsing animals; while the profit does not end when the trees cease to produce sap, for the wood is valuable far various articles of manufacture and for fueL reached out her paw to the plate, se­ lected and seized a qiorsel that pleased her, and, silently as she came, departed to enjoy her stolen meal. The girl nev­ er noticed her loss, and, when told of it by her oomiMtnions, laughed very heart­ ily. It ia evident that the cat, from ob­ servation, had entirely satisfied herself that the girl could not see, and, by a process of reasoning, decided she could steal a good dinner by this practical nae of her knowledge. tre family doctor. PJSWLKSS CURB FOR WAKTS.--Drop a little vinegar on the wart and cover it immediately with cooking soda or sale- ratus; put on as Tmuch soda as you can pile on, and let it remain ten minutes. Repeat several times a day, and in three days the wart will be gone. A good rem­ edy for coins also. EARACHE.--In the omkrse- of practice you will often be called upon to attend a C«;Q of oaracho. This means, patholog­ ically speaking, acute inflammation of the membrana tympani Now, in such a case you may quickly subdue the in­ flammation, relieve the patient from the excruciating pain he is suffering, and save him, perhaps, from subsequent confirmed deafness. The treatment from wliicli such a very desirable result may be obtained is similar to that which you will find so beneficial in analogous cases of eye disease ; viz., leeohes behind the ear, liydrarg c. creta and belladonna powders, with warm fomentations. DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS.--Diseases of the kidneys are of far less frequency than is generally supposed. There is a very general belief that any illness that is accompanied with irregularity of the secretions from the kidneys is ample evidence of disease of these organs. When, however, we understand that the fluid portions of the waste matters from the body are mainly passed out of the system through the urinary passages, and that the quantity and character of these effete matters depend or are in­ fluenced by a variety of circumstances, not inconsistent with perfect lioalth, we shall find little cause for anxiety, on ac­ count of the varied and peculiar appear­ ances of the discharges. Not only is the quantity and appearancc of these secretions affected by what we eat and drink, and by extremes of heat and cold, but even more by mental impressions. Any nervous excitement, as fear, anxiety, grief or anger, frequently caused an en­ tire suppression of these secretions for hours. There is a popular dread of what is commonly called "kidney complaint," and when a nervous man is suffering from any ailment that he can­ not define; if he can locate a dull pain iu the region of the kidneys, and if he notices that the urine is highly colored, and that there is a sediment on the bot­ tom of the vessel in the morning, his worst fears are' confirmed, and he is ready to invest in any, or all, of the ad­ vertised specifics for kidney diseases. It is not to be wondered at that venders of quack medicines of this sort can procure any number of genuine certificates frcm well-known and reputable persons, who feel certain that they have been saved from untimely death by these wonderful preparations. I believe that most physi­ cians will agree with me in the opinion that not more than one person in five who seeks medical advice, under the impression that he has kidney disease, has any serious trouble of that sort. Such persons are usually dyspeptics, and treatment appropriate for that disease usually cures the kidney trouble. But kidney diseases are not infrequent, and, when neglected, are likely to have a painful and fatal termination. I should, therefore, regret to have any well- grounded fears set at rest by anything I have written on tlm subject. It is the duty of every person to promptly seek the best medical advice in all cases of doubt.--Halts Journal of Health. Carlyle and Newton. "F. W. R." sends to the London Times the following authentic version of the burning of the manuscript of the first volume of Mr. Carlyle's "French Revolution," given by. Mrs. Carlyle many years ago: "When Mr. Carlyle had completed the first volume, Mr. J. S. Hill called on him and stated that he hsd heard he was engaged in writing the history of the French revolution, adding that he had himself intended to write on the subject, and that he would be glad to see what was already done, in order that he might judge of the advisability of commencing the work or not. Mr. Carlyle readily lent his manuscript; but it happened shortly afterward that Mr. Mill's cook had occasion to bake some cakes, and finding the precious manu­ script lying about, she concluded that she might turn it to good account, and accordingly, partly as fuel and partly as lining for the cake tins, she used up the whole of the manuscript. "Mr. Carlyle never keeps notes," said Mrs. Carlyle, "but gets all his materials ready, works till he has everything in his head and then winds it out like silk from a reel." Horrified at the accident Mr. Mill and Mrs. Taylor called on the great histo­ rian. "Such a thing never happened before," said Mr. Mill. " Yes, though," answered Mr. Carlyle, ""Newton and his dog Diamond." "True, but New­ ton went mad over it." "Well, well, we shall hardly-lie so bad as that," said Car­ lyle; and he soon afterward began again at the beginning, scarcely saying a word about his misfortune at the time, but afterward, as the work progressed, grum­ bling about it often." Btomach from motion. But observation is better than theory; and it turns oat that even sea-birds are sharera in the woes of men. A party of sailors on the Pacific coast, landing on an island covered with sea- fowl, took a neat from a projecting clift, to which it was carefully glued. The nest had two young birds. The sailors had a long row to their ship, and the sea was rough. Before they reached the ship, the young birds were decidedly sick, and l»egan to throw up their food freely. It consisted chiefly of small minnows. After they reached the ship, and the motion wan less violent, the aickness.ceased. It ia a curious fast that such sturdy birds aa sea-fowl hare sensi­ tive stomachs. >*.. 1 loss of this boat seemed a great blow to him, and he appeared, as far as we could ; judge at a distance, at times to give way j to the utmost despair. A third boat •was now brought--wooden, very long and flat-bottomed. Its passage was '/ • most fortunate, and as she floated down, "iieven alongside of the log without acci- ^; dent, hope beamed in every countenance, fy .and we all felt the man might be saved. 4 Hope also had revived in him. He atood for some time upon the log mak- Animal Reasoning. A ' correspondent of Nature, writing from Cambridge, Mass., says: A lady, a friend of mine, was at one time a matron of a hospital for poor women and chil­ dren, which was maintained by sub­ scription. One of the inmates was a blind girl who was there not as a pa­ tient, but temporarily till a home^tauld be found for her. She had learned jo feed herself, and at meal times a trey containing her dinner was placed on l|er ENGAGEMENT broken: An Iowa paper tells of two lovers who were permanently separated by the interposition of a "cold cloud of realism." Being freely inter­ preted this means probably that they j knees as she sat in a comfortable ch|ir were not kindred souls. The circum- for her special convenience in feeding stance recalls the instance of a romantic | herself. One day while she was eating, young lady why had a very fine head of j the pet cat of the establishment placed nair. One evening, when her aflianced herself before the girl and looked long Btood gazing very inquisitively at it in the midnight, she said, with much feel­ ing: "John, are you thinking that each one of these hairs is like a goldeu cord, binding you to happiness?" "Well, uo," he answered, mechanically, "I was thinking what a nice mosquito net they would make."--Brooklyn Eagle. An Act of Charity to a Yillaln. We quote the following from a recent issue of the Detroit Free Press: "Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Burnham, of 14 Columbia street west, were walking up Woodward avenue, aud at the Con­ gress street crossing one of those street- corner oglers of ladies addressed an in­ sulting remark to Mrs. Burnham. Her husband of course heard it, but with Sreat self-control he passed on a few oors, left the lady in a friend's store and returned to the place where the in­ cident occurred. The fellow was still there leering at other ladies passing by. Walking up to him Mr. Burnham quietly said: ' You have insulted a lady and 1 and I am going to punish you for it. Put up your hands.' The fellow accepted the challenge and in about three minutes he was perhaps the most scientifically {mmmeled mortal the streets of Detroit tave seen in a generation. Bleeding, limp aud helpless some men loaded him on a dray and carted him off, while Mr. Burnham wrapped a handkerchief around his swollen aud bleeding right hand, re­ joined Mrs. Burnham and went on his way as coolly as if he had not done the community an invaluable service. His example is eminently worthy of emula­ tion. Tom Doner is the name of the person to whom the wholesome correc­ tion was applied." and earnestly at her, so earnestly that the matron, fearing that the animal med­ itated some mischief to the girl, took her out of the room. Again the next day, at the same hour, the cat entered the room, but this time walked quietly to the girl's side, reared herself on her hind legs, and, noiselessly, stealthily Sea-Sick Birds* One would imagine that birds-are free from sea-sickness. They are so accus­ tomed to be tossed about by the winds, and their nests often sfcing so freely in tempests, that it would seem impossible for them to experience any qualms of Archibald Forbes ea Aaerlcan Polite­ ness and Canadian Slowness. "The English have the idea that the American people are a race of ill-man­ nered, bad-tempered people. But they never were more mistaken in their lives. There are no bad manners in this coun­ try. What has been mistaken for bad manners is the abruptness. One says to a ticket agent: 'Can you sell me a ticket tosuchaplace?' He replies: 'Two-fifty,' and hands one out to you. You instantly think: 'Well, you are an ill-tempered fellow not to answer my question,' but on reflection you become satisfied that is the most practical way of doin« business. You ask a man to move a little. He does not hear you and he says 'Aye,' in­ stead of 'Beg your pardon, sir.' But as soon as he catches your meaning he is all politeness and takea an interest in your welfare." "Then, do you consider the Americans a sympathetic people ?" "Not sympathetic, bat human. I missed a train in the West. The brutes in England would have laughed at me and said, 'You'll be in time for the next one.' But what did they say out West ? 'Oh, that is too bad,' and immediately helped me to get out of the difficulty as much as was in their power. I have met no brutes in this country. At first I thought the hotel clerk was one. He will answer your questions in a mechanical sort of way, and throw a key at you, as much as to say: 'What the devil do you want, anyway?" I left the Tremont House, in Boston, on this account. But experience has taught me a lesson, and I now think the hotel clerk is the traveling man's best friend. His manners are abrupt because the publio doesn't want to hear two words when one will suffice. But if you want to find out anything, to get anything, or to have anything done, you go to the same clerk whom you have thought churlish, and he does it for you readily and satisfactorily." "Have you noticed any peculiar American habits?" "Yes, there is one thing, and that is the disgusting habit Americans have of clearing their throats. Canadians are also peculiar. * They never shut a door. I asked a boy in a hotel what a door was for, and he replied, 'To go in by.' But Speaking of Canadians reminds me of my trip through Canada. It was one con­ tinual supper--and speech-making. I could not get away. The Canadians are genial, gentlemenly men; men of sterling character, who I believe mean well. But they are insufferably slow. They admire the Americans, and when an American happens among them they re­ ceive him with open arms--can not do too much for him. But when they cross the border they are dignity personified and keep the Americans at the elbow joint, as if every man they met wanted to rob them."--New York Tribune, Inter­ view. A Nad Hunting Scene. The Chicago correspondent of {lie Cleveland Leader writes out (from a re­ turned army officer's description) the following thrilling incident of a grand buffalo-hunt by the Crow Indians: After riding over mountains for two days, the Crows came upon a fine herd of buffaloes in a narrow valley near by the Yellowstone. There were four hun­ dred Indians and four thousand buffa­ loes. The Crows had been forced by fear of starvation to take to the chase, and the keen hunger they were suffering only sharpened their eagerness for a tilt with their fellow-nomads, the noble bison. The game stampeded down the valley in the direction of the Yellowstone. The chase was hotly followed, half a dozen buffaloes biting the dust before the river was reached. One of the most vehement of the pur­ suers, who had distinguished himself for bravery iu two or three fights with the Sioux, fell from his pony in the midst of the flying herd, and was trampled to death by the frantic beasts. The Yellowstone, a roaring, rushing river even at the lowest tide, was boom­ ing with the regular summer fresliet, the outpoor of the melting snows in the high mountains. When the river was reached the game made a bold stand, and for a time it seemed doubtful which held the mastery; but the incessant fusillade from four hundred rifles, together with the des­ perate proximity of the formidable bat- t ilion, drove the herd in dismay into the roaring torrent. Beside themselves with the excitement of the moment, the Indians urged their ponies into the stream, unwilling that even a flood should spoil their frenzied sport, or cut them oft' from their game. The terrific current, made tumultuous from the huge piles of rock here and there in the channel, whirled buffaloes, ponies and Indians along at a bewilder­ ing velocity, until the thousands of beasts were rolling and writhing in in­ extricable confusion. In the dizzy evolutions of the horses and riders, the latter were left to strug­ gle for themselves in the water, and to be jammed to death between the surg­ ing mass of drowning beasts.^ Some, who saw the danger in time and turned shoreward, found safety on terra ftrma; but those who ventured far enough to be embraced by the sweep­ ing, restless tide, and to become involved in the tangle of struggling animals, were all drowned. The story brought to the post was that thirty Indian? and fifty ponies were drowned, beside five hundred or a thou­ sand buffaloes. How Divers Are Paid in Inite. A writer upon India and its affairs writes in the Boston Ootnniercial Jiulle- tin: "Most of the divers are trained to their business from childhood. They en­ ter the water, as a general tiling, un­ armed and entirely naked, having only a net bag about their necks in which to put the oysters. One minute and a half to three minutes is the usual length of time which they remain beneath the surface. The men are paid according to the number of oysters they catch, they in some cases receiving a certain amount of money, and in others a certain per cent-age of the unopened oysters. This latter arrangement usually pays them best in the end, but they, poor things, prefer to receive a definite amount, even though it may be but a pittance, rather than run the risk of receiving a larger sum, with the possibility of obtaining nothing." WAII-flOilG Or THE SOEKH. Hkndnoff! Stand bagkt Vou aball not rob tia if am own; Wc will bo irm I We win be free I God and right afaatt otir atadardr,feet Qpr fathgn'awMt »»a oar IMk•»' kM hVy. tw junior, Wtttok-tttyrtoc*; Oar mother*' torn, ©or nx>U»i** , gav* halwwed our b** Afrio'a ' TfclK ia our land, thta ia our land, . •eo'iMmcd by one good fathers' hanf? Beclalmrd by than, w* claim it now. A* « garden mad* by tha yeoman'a )Wfc Wa aak hut what to IS# WIMS left. t. or ahaU It f*om our araap be reft-- . Vtar fatherland and fraedom wa wiliMlk. Or live Tfctarionaly. ~ j.- fclTH ACT) PODfTr * - • • Wt7'-•: ry "WHOM did jack-knife ? W«AT was it the staga-straek? A eutcus is a ring-ridden inatitatamn. Ia A hot fiat-iron In bad a sheet anchor? PBIDB goeth before a fall and behind a dollar. WHAT kind of money ia coined in a peppermint! , A FOFCUB flower with fortune hun­ ters--Marigold. fA FRIEND is desirous of knowing what did the monkey-wrench ? MR. BUBNAND, of London, edita " Punch with care." TALK is cheap, but it takes money to win the gopd-looking girl. ENGLISH students are great gour­ mands. At one college they are always Eton. , ' THI man who Rhode Island Nevada done it if he hadn't put faith in Provi­ dence. POCKS andartiolea which are "daahed off in twenty nfinutes or so "are usually balderdash. THB leader of a Chicago orchestra fell down stairs and smashed his fiddle. He wasn't much hurt himself although he fell so violintly.. INGERSOI,I> says : " Treat woman like a BjJlendid flower." Well* men gen­ erally do, Colonel. That ia, they find it much easier to beg them than raise them. "I NEVER argy agin a success," said Artemus Ward. "When I see a rattle- snaix's hed sticking out ova hole, I bear off to the left and say to myself, that hole belongs to that snaix." t AN exuberant youth hails a supposed acquaintance on the street with, "Hello, Joe," but, finding his mistake, adds, " Oh, excuse me, I thought yon were another man!" Laconic stnmger an­ swers, "lam." AN old sportsman says that those who shoot must care less for game suppers. Out of seven good hunters three said that they never ate game, and four said that, while it was good enough, it could not compare with oysters, beefsteak, mushrooms, or "seven-up." "IT is easy to see," said the teacher to his pupil, " that you don't understand the subject." "Very likely," returned the pupil, "father told me only last week that he didn't think it worth while to pay for the services of such an in­ structor." " PA, do they make cannons as they do glass bottles ?"'" Cerfcainiy not. Why do you ask such a question ?" " Well, then, why does the paper say the wind blows great guns?" And then the old man caught the youngster by the neck and breeched him.--Hawk-Eye. THE lament of the office-seeker's wife: I've a letter from sny dad, - . Baby mine, b»by mine. ~ . .... Bp. ia feeling awful bad, ' jlahy mine, baby mine. Ver the " place " he didn't get, Bis la coming back, my pet, And he'll atay at home, you bet. Baby mine. Coii. SNIVENS felt complimented when he was told that he hod a heart of oak ; bat when the simile was carried further, ana he was assured that his head was of the same material, somehow or other he didn't feel complimented, but was under the impression that he waa called wood­ en headed. ONK young countryman said to an­ other, as they were promenading Broad­ way, " What do you suppose is the rea­ son that all these dandies walk with their elbows sticking out ? " To which his friend replied : "I suppose it's 'cause they used to cany parcels when they were errand bo^s." Two FB^ENDS, just married, were dis­ cussing rapturously as they congratulated each other on the merits and charms of their spouses. Said one, " My wife has got the loveliest head of hair I ever paw, even on the hair-renovator labels; when she lets her hair down, the ends fall to the floor." " That's nothing," replied the other : "when my wife lets her hair down, it all falls to the floor." CUBIOSITT--"I vould like to know very mooch," remarked Mose Schom- burg to Gilhooly, " if my brudder Sam vash an honest man." "I'll tell you how to find out if he is honest or not," responded ©ilhooly. "Next time you go off on the train take him along to the depot, and, just before the train leaves, give him a $10 bill and tell him to change it. If he comes back with the change, then he is presumably honest." " But ven he don't come pack?" " Then you lose your $10." " Shimminy gra- shua 1 Tia you suppose for a moment, Mishter Gilhooly, dot I vash completely eaten up mit curioshity ?" Why a Lot Was Never Built Upon Passers by the junction of Berry and Titcomb streets for many yeare have often wondered why the lot on the east­ ern corner has never been improved. There is among a few of the knowing ones, a romantic explanation which, whether true or not, is implicitly be lieved by them. They say that over half a ceutury ago a young Herald office apprentice undertook to deliver an ad­ dress on Brown square near by, and upon an unpopular subject, causing him­ self to be mobbed by the populace and forbidden to speak by the authorities; aud that the owner of the lot in ques­ tion, being a stubborn advocate of free speech, invited the youth to use his land; aud the speech was then delivered; after which the land owner vowed that the land should never be built on as long as he could help it, and that he managed to entail it down to our time, though this entail is understood to be nearly over, there being no such eternal facilities for such work in America as in England. There is some talk of erecting a statue to that young apprentice, and whether the story is strictly tme or not, no more fit­ ting spot could be found to set it. His name was William Lloyd Garrison, and his unpopular subject was negro slavery. --Newburyport (Mass.) Herald. Ton Will Not Be Sorry. 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