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Miss GRACE'S f" x * f f i ?%* \ , ;>tV the Dr.Lake lingered tike of the ler offered him When doctor •ol'tteteotodnte *FIS f- \ <-• Mlaft Grace Archoli, the youngest dtnghter of a wealthy city merchant leading at South Kensington, received •on her 16th birthday a present of a handsome diamond necklace from her gMi-father. It was an extravagant gift r a young girl, but the donor was rich and eccentric. Miss Grace was naturally highly delighted with her first really-good piece of jewelry, and wore it with conscious pride at a little birthday party the same evening. Her juotte were away on the continent, or jMeaibly they might have objected to this proceeding. In their absence, however, MIM Grace scoffed at the wisdom of her elder sisters, who rep- resented, not without a spice of envy, perhaps, that such ostentation was in lad teste. She received many con- on her good fortune from young friends, who regarded the diamonds with a sort of woe-stricken ftdflriration. On retiring to rest, Miss Grace persisted in carrying the neck- late up to her room, perversely de- 4>lining-to deposit it in the strong-room, where the plate was kept, being, apparently, rather unduly elated at thus •en--turn it had caused. In the middle of the night the house- was arroused by a loud shriek, and Mint Grace was found on the land­ ing outside her door in a very scared and hysterical state. It was some time Mire her sisters and the servants «ovld ascertain from her what was the but at length they elicited that had been awakened by some one about her room, and had dis- tbctij heard and seen a man go up to the dressing-table and subsequently disappear through the door. Accord­ ing m her account she had rushed out of bed, too frightened to utter a sound, and had seen the man making hie way down the stairs. She had not dared to follow him, but had,with some difficulty, an reeital naturally caused the excitement. The butler and , who slept in the basement, not yet appeared upon the scene, jfcdfhe terrified women, for there was male member of the family in the began to scream and make a •commotion. Somebody threw up a "window which opened upon the street -«nd shouted for the police. One of the nelder girls, more courageous than the seat, went down-stairs to put the men servants on the* alert There WAS a ^general move toward Miss Grace's foom, where it was ascertained that 3ot only the diamond necklace, but a ahd a few smaller articles of had vanished. In tibe midst of the lamentations and jmroxysms which ensued the door-bell -was heard to ring, and presently sev­ eral persons mounted the stairs headed Jky the butler. Among others was a proving surgeon named Lake, who re­ sided a few doors off. A constable was sdsoof the party, which was mainly composed of gentlemen who were re ^turning home from a ball in the neigh- txnrhood. The cause of the alarm liav been explained, a careful search was made for the burglar, but no trace 2©f him was found. A window on one •of the landings was discovered to be |open, and it was possible he had es- P ^ped by it, though the descent must h^ve been perilous. This possibility, I :ghowever, became a certainty when it aaeertained that all the other win •dows and doors in the house were se |! - curely fastened, and that the thief was clearly no longer upon the premises. ^'C: " While the search was proceeding, Dr Xake was requested to step up stairs to ,K- \ Miss Grace's rcom, where one of the , servants bad fainted from terror and ^ -could not be brought to. The doctor ;^g|: was a young practieioner who was said r ^ to he extremely clever at his profession, but "he was allowed few opportunities tj* of giving evidence of his ability. In f v other words, he had no patients, though he had been in practice a year or two, I • and was undergoing that painful period «f probation which falls to the lot of most medical men. He had rather a striking face, with keen eyes' and a res; ' >V . olutechin, and was decidedly arood- *• ,M%: looking. He soon disposed of his patient, -J whom he restored to consciousness by |,;Y, ~ the simple and summary method of Cp, V*'" dtonaing her head with coid water. He . I then turned to Miss Grace, who was $ I- now quiet and composed, and looked ftV„, "very pretty with her fair hair down her ~baek,ther flushed cheeks, and her smart -dreesing-gown, which showed off her rtliwh ttgnre to advantage. He knew ma family rather intimately, in aneigh- ^orly way, and had, in fact, spent the eWHing there an hour or two previous- Ij, ao ha accosted her without cere­ mony, «ad proceeded to feel her pulse, Iceegmig'his fixed upon her. "Xou aeem to have recovered your fright, IDss Grace," he said in a mat ter-of-fact tone. "tep, thank you," she replied, with nervousness. "Where did you put the necklace'be­ fore you went to bed?" he inquired, ab­ ruptly. *1 wit it--I mean I left it on the dressing-table with the other things, replied Mias Grace, flushing more be- -oominsly than ever. Dr. Iikke left her side, and strode mr«f to the fire-place, where he stood chanoe ougWuw^Kj he rain before Uie a careful Lake, in the way to the MW Of -- The consteble foliatMd with an grieved air, evidently resentiBg amateur interferaM% and his was decidedly insolent as he pointed out that the gravel path beneath the window in question showed no foot- {»rints. Dr. Lake, however, not the east disconcerted, fell back a step or two and looked up at the house. "After all, it is hardly likely the fel­ low would have dropped from that height on to a hard gravel path," he said, meditatively. "He must have jumped sideways onto that bed yonder. Just bring your lantern here a minute." This surmise turned out to be cor­ rect, for some shrubs were found to be trampled down, and there was a deep impression of footmarks, showing where the man had jumped, with less distinct indications of his hubsequent progress. He appeared to have fallen into the midst of the flower-bed, and then to have run across the lawn, though on the grass all traces of him were lost, owing to the dryness of the ground. "That's him, clear enough, sir," re­ marked the policeman, more respect­ fully. "Well, you must point this out to the Inspector in the morning," said Dr. Lake; "meanwhile, we had better cover up the marks, to prevent their being obliterated by rain or by a predatory cat." "There seems to be a box over there by the outhouse," after turning the light of his lantern in various direc­ tions. "The very thing. It will cover the marks and keep them intact till the morning," said Dr. Lake, stepping across and fetching a shallow deal-box which the constable had referred to. This was carefully placed over the footprints, and was found to protect them completely. Dr. Lake bade the constable "good-niglit" and hurried home to bed, while the officer, with a virtuous feeling of having thoroughly 1 to his beat. done his duty, returned The next morning an Inspector called and inquired into the circum­ stances of the robbery. What seemed to strike him as extraordinary was that the thief should have gone straight to Miss Grace's room and stolen a jewel which she had only possessed a few hours. He was strongly inclined to suspect some of the servants, for they were the only persons who would be likely to know of the young lady's new treasure, and that she had it in her room that night. He cross-questioned all of them, however, without eliciting anything to justify his suspicions; and, on the other hand, there were the foot- pi in Is in the garden, which clearly pointed to the robbery having been committed by some person from out­ side. Miss Grace could throw very little light on the mystery, having only seen the dim outline of the man, and being unable to say whether he was tall or short. On hearing of the occurrence, Mr. and Mrs. Archoli immediately returned home, feeling nervous abont remaining away after what had taken place. In­ spector Davis called upon Mr. Archoli on hearing he had come back, and from his business-like manner was evidently an experienced officer. "Have you any clew?" was naturally Mr. Archoll's first inquiry. "Well, this is an extraordinary case, sir," said Inspector Davis, evasively. "It rather beats my experience. Do you know a Dr. Lake, sir?" . "Yes; there is a young surgeon of that name living a few doors off," re­ plied Mr. Archoli, with some surprise. "I think I should like you to call upon him with me, sir," said the Inspec­ tor, rather mysteriously. "I want to ask him a question or two." "Certainly," said Mr. Archoli, rising from his seat. "Let me see, didn't he come in that night when the alarm was raised ?" "Yes, sir, I believe he did," said the Inspector, dryly. Young Dr. Lake happened to be at home, and received them in a small room, where he was sitting in ragged shooting-coat and blippers, enjoying an evening pipe. "How do you do, Mr. Archoli?" he said, cordially. "I did not know yon were back." ' "I only arrived an hour or two ago," replied Mr. Archoli, as they shook hands. "This is Inspector Davis, who wishes to ask you a question or two with reference to that affair at my house the other night. By-the-by, I have to thank you for coming to the rescue." Don't mention it," said Dr. Lake, turning rather curiously toward the de­ tective. You were soon up and dressed, sir, remarked Inspector Davis, seating him­ self stiffly on the edge of a chair in obe dience to a gesture from the Doctor. "The butler tells me you came round immediately." "Yes. I had not been to bed," re­ turned Dr. Lake. "After Tetnrning from spending the evening at Mr. Archoll's house, I sat up smoking and reading." "You no doubt noticed the young lady's necklace," said the Inspector glancing at Mr. Archoli. Particularly, and admired it very much," replied Dr. Lake, looking him straight in the face. Inspector Davis appeared a trifle dis­ concerted by the directness of the doc­ tor's answer^ and assumed a more defer­ ential tone. "Have you any objection, air, to let me see one of your boots?" he in­ quired, glancing at the doctor's slip­ pered feet. "You will find the pair I have just taken off in the corner there," said Dr. Lake, with rather an uneasy laugh. h e f ^ . lifadow," egptataea deteotive, looking sharply ADr. you alone a xnin- » said the tetter, jou be good the next room a minute ̂ looked at Mr. Aroholl as the latter gave him it to remain, he fol- r rather reluctantly apartment. footprints have upset . Lake, confidentially, Mid proceeded to unlock tjisidtoalt. "Here is the rest of the things, all there," he added, on the table at Qod t what is the meaning of Archoll-titferSiilrt?* exclaimed Mr. iMtfttug violently. *Xt is easily explained. While the inirnli was going on at your house the other night, I was sent for to attend a servant who had fainted in Miss Grace's room. I was at once struck by your daughter's demeanor. Her pulse was singularly calm, considering her recent fright, obe gave me the impression of acting a part, and I could not refrain from asking her rather abruptly where she had placed the missing jewelry. Being taken back her eyes involun­ tarily turned toward the fire-place be­ fore she answered me, and, following her glance, I perceived that the orna­ mental shavings in the empty grate had been slightly disarranged. I im­ mediately guessed that the thing were hidden there." "By--by the thief?" suggested Mr. Archoli, turning pale. "No. By Miss Grace," rejoined Dr. Lake, quietly. "I stepped across to the fire-place, and, when no one was looking, I plunged my hand into the grate, and grasped a small parcel, which I put in my pooket. Nobody saw me except Miss Grace." "Grace saw you!" exclaimed Mr. Archoli. "Yes. She was watching me appre­ hensively, divining, I suppose, tnat I had discovered her secret. But her mouth was closed, and she could say nothing." "Then you mean to insinuate that my daughter deliberately raised a false alarm?" said Mr. Archoli, sternly. "Undoubtedly. But I unfortunately made the discovery too late," resumed the doctor. "A hue and cry had been raised, Miss Grace had given a detailed version of her story before half a dozen persons, including the servants, and the details of the supposed robbery were bound to get abroad. I took the jewels to relieve the young lady from embarrassment in the future, and to en­ deavor to avoid the unpleasant -gossip which would arise if the truth of the matter became known. The best way of doing this seemed to be to give some color to the robbery, and to let the neighbors think it had actually taken place. The jewels I intended to restore to you--as I have now done--in order that you may some day or other sol­ emnly go through the farce of replac­ ing them. Nobody will then be the wiser, and Miss Grace will be spared an unpleasant scandal." "Then the footmarks the Inspector referred to " "Were mine, of course," interposed Dr. Lake, with a laugh. "No thief hav­ ing jumped from the window, there were naturally no footmaiks, a circum­ stance which would at once have put the police on the right track, and led to unpleasant disclosures. I, therefore, slipped round unobserved to the garden and made the mark? to which I subse­ quently drew the Constable's attention. Unfortunately I rather overreached my­ self, and the Inspector, being evidently a sharp fellow, as you see, suspected n me. Tour story is most extraordinary!" exclaimed Mr. Archoli, greatly agitated. I really cannot--I must decline to be? lieve my daughter acted as you say, un­ less she tells me so with her own lips." By all means tax her with my state­ ment," returned Dr. Lake. "Go to her with the things in your hands, and . Xlfc. •• . fttttMTik*'1 1§« man. and meNAi ara a most by a bones imbedded hel^earaBd may be beatt' e»ia the sate* o&ve. I i theae ^^rartig thi ul disdoteries ever made orari*totttfet. We fotmd fish and many crinoftts rocks. ThejukUsturbed remain* ottireatures that hare lived and ditd a natural death are beside th ̂ bones of Igeaturee that must have served the eave-dwellen for food. It time by geol- ,ve been a con- bear. I hope to establish'the truth of my idea that he inay have bg»n something more than a contemporary--let as aay a descendant. The strata below those in which the first bonee were found have not yet been disturbed. But I see many things to convince me that the cave had been inhabited by long generations of bears and men. When the western basin, of which the Morrison soda lakes formed a part, became a great inland sea, bear^ and men, or the pre-liistoric creatures that then stood in the place of men, fled to the caves for protection. The roof of the cave in which we are work­ ing is between twenty and thirty feet high. Men and bears came to live and die in this under world. They came to huge bowlders at the mouth of the cave, and, stepping upon them, were somewhat above the water, and could get breaths of fresh air. I believe that this cave may be but a series of caves, and that if these could be uncovered and explored we should have chambers and underground lakes and rivers tha4. would surpass those in the Mammoth cave of Kentucky.--Pro/. F. G. Ghtrke, in Denver News. WS SEi have no doubt she will confirm what 1 have told you." "I will certainly see her instantly," said Mr. Archoli, taking up the parcel ana springing to his feet. He left the house hurriedly While Dr. Lake, after seeing him out, strolled into the adjoining room, and chatted with Inspector Davis on different mat­ ters. After a short absence Mr. Archoli roturned, looking very white and agitated. "Inspector Davis," he said, immedi­ ately he entered the room, "Dr. Lake has given me excellent reasons why I should not proceed fuither in this mat­ ter. I would prefer to let it drop. Do you understand ?" " Yes, sir," said the Inspector, look­ ing deeply disappointed, and glancing meaningly in the direction of the doc­ tor. "Please understand that your suspi­ cions concerning Dr. Lake are en­ tirely grouudless," added Mr. Archoli, divining what was passing in the oth er's mind, "and oblige me by saying little as possible about the a'fair to any one. Here is something for you Good evening." Whatever the "something" was, it entirely reconciled Inspector Davis to this unexpected turn of events, for he took his departure with a profusion of thanks and a polite bow to both gen tlemen. When they were alone, Mr. Archoli said: "You were quite right, Lake. The foolish girl has confessed. It was an elaborate piece of deceit. What pos­ sessed her to do such a thing I cannot imagine," he added, looking dejected and humiliated. "There is no occasion to distress yourself, Mr. Archoli," said Dr. Lake, earnestly; "Miss Grace's escapade has been frequently perpetrated by young girls of her age in various forms. It- does not necessarily imply a bad or de­ ceitful disposition, but arises from a sort of hysteria--a morbid craving "for unwholesome excitement, and a desire for an undue amount of sympathy. She was evidently in a high state of exulta­ tion on that evening, and could not re sist the temptation of making herself the center of a fresh excitement. Take my advice, and keep this denouement a secret, even from your own daugh­ ters." "I ana very much indebted to you for your thouglitfulness," said Mr. Archoli, grasping the young man's hand. "As ••••*7': '-4-'4'*R'V«VV ' *¥!l' Pell and Her Mate. The ornithologist Wilson lliniii' a paroquet, or "Carolina parrot," and carried it about with lfim on his travels for a long time. The Chickasaw Indians, whom he met in his hunting- tours in the Mississippi Valley, were much amused with the tame bird, and gave it the name of "Poll"--as every­ body else does when speaking to a parrot. On arriving at Mr. Dunbar's, below Natchez (says Wilson), I procured a cage and placed Poll under the piazza, where, by its call, it soon attracted the passing flooks of paroquets, such is the attachment these birds have for each other. Numerous parties frequently alighted on the tree* immediately above, keep­ ing up a constant conversation with my little prisoner. One of these I wounded slightly, and captured. The pleasure Poll expressed on meeting with this new companion was really amusing. She crept close up to it as it hung on the side of the cage, chatting to it in a low tone of voice, as if sympathizing in its misfortune, scratched about its neck with her bill, and at night both nestled as closely as possible to each other, sometimes Poll's head being thrust among the other's plumage. On the death of this companion she appeared restless and inconsolable for several davs. When I reach New Orleans, I placed a looking-glass beside the spot where she Usually sat, and the instant she perceived her image, all her former fondness seemed to return, so that she could scarcely absent herself from it for a moment. It was evident that she was complete­ ly deceived. Always, when evening drew on, and often during the day, she laid her head close to that of the image in the glass, and began to doze with great composure and satisfaction. Wonderftil Trees. Two remarkable treea of * Central Africa have been described by the Span­ ish traveler, Abargues de Sosten. One of these, the adacia mimosa, grows lux­ uriantly in the mountainous regions, sending out its branches from the ground, much in the same way as the ribs of an umbrella when extended spread out from the handle. To com­ plete its resemblance to an umbrella of gigantic size the scanty leaves at the top are closely interwoven, and the whole forms a natural protection from the sun's rays of no mean import­ ance to the weary explorer as he seeks rest in the heat of the day. Many an­ imals, no doubt, also avail themselves of its grateful shelter. Its height is about ten feet. The other tree is still more curious. Its Bcient'fic name is Baobab dima. This tree has a huge, smooth, dark-brown trunk, hollow in the center. Into this cavity it absorbs during the rainy season a store of water sufficient to last for many months. In short, it seems to be a kind of cistern tree. The branches are thick, short and bent inward. Few leaves are pro, duced, and these are soon dried up, andt falling off, the branches look j»un- enougit. • 'A Lucky Tumble. H. H. White, who has been working In a nun at Dunkirk, Arizona, claims to have v de a rich discovery in a very peculif i n inner. While reading his Bible on nday, under some large pines a mile from camp, he became ab­ sorbed in thought and unconsciously dropped his book in such a way that it fell over a precipice about fifty feet high. Descending into the canon to recover it, Mr. White found it lying up­ ward, open at the Gospel of St. Mat­ thew, chapter viL, while a lar^e piece of rich quartz, which had been dislodged by its fall, lay on top, tearing a jagged hole in the seventh verse, so familiar to all Christians: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." Accepting this as a good omen, Mr. White searched and in a few mo­ ments succeeded in locating the ledge, which was over two feet in width and assays $325 on an average to the ton Deformities. In a paper read before the Genera Hygienic Congress, Dr. Dally has maintained that the deformities of peo­ ple may usually be traced to the posi­ tions in which they are kept while at school. That children are, as a rule, well formed at the commencement of school life, is indicated by the re­ searches of Dr. Chaussier, who found that only 122 out of 23,000 newly-born infants examined by him possessed ab­ normal peculiarities of any kind. . r.<< , always tiriat that ||j|i| tTfcrtrftffl WIMI reinae to aee a curve oi two feet ale pitoher's delivery, incline to that Ifrttn of Princeton wan first ttbthe diamond with it Har­ vard's men have grounds for their be- Kaf, fr«m tfc* feet that the H*rvArd teaa fitst had a practical sight of the curre at Princeton hi 1874. Bnt, as it did net have the effect of winning the game from them then, they regarded it more as a curiosity than anything of importance in Ihe game. The fact Was that Mann was ao much excited about his new delivery that he did not know when to quit, and, after the Harvard men had noticed that the ball always turned about a foot outward after ieating the pitcher's hand, they made their calculations and hammered at it accordingly. The game, up to the fifth inning, was right in the hands of Princeton's catcher, who captured the men one after another, as they struck out, but when Harvard began to bat the prospects changed at once, and Princeton lost by three clear runs. Mann had only one curve, and he did not even vary it by straight balls, so it failed of sucoess against the straight pitching and fine beadwork of Ernst and Ttng. Avery, at Yale, came out with ids curve, the same year, and many of the college nines of that time remember yet how he promised some­ thing new for the Harvard batters as the result of his winter's practice in the gymnasium. He did succeed in defeating them, and next year, by his effective pitching, helped his team to |he championship. Before that time, {however, curve pitching was practiced in professional games, and though Its nature was not much under­ stood, everybody seemed to know ithat peculiar kind of ball could be de­ livered, and that Matthews, the pres­ ent "ourver" for the Athletics, was the man who was doing it. Arthur Cum- pings, who played in the Mutuals in 1872 and in the Stars of Brooklyn the years preceding, also was known to pitch a deceptive ball, but, as he qu t (playing professionally about 1874, his 'work was gradually forgotten, and Matthews given all the credit for the innovation. Matthews himself says that Cummingswas curving the ball before he knew anything about it, and gives further credit to Cummings by adding that he got his first lessons in the art by watching the Mutual pitcher's delivery. In those days, when the first professional association was just getting bn its feet, there were no cast-iron reg­ ulations about where the players should sit or stand, and very often tho whole team stood close around the batter, giving him points when they could, and spending the remainder of the time in chaffing" with the umpire or pitcher Cummings' delivery was known to every' man in the profession as a very peculiar one, and Mat­ thews, whose straight work 'was begin ning to give way before it, made up his mind his mind to take advantage of a position near the bat to learn the se­ cret. He watched Cummings' hands carefully, noting how he held ihe ball and how he let it go, and after a few weeks careful practice in the same way could see the curve in his own delivery^ Then he began to use it in matches, striking out men in way that no one but Cummings had ever done before, and in a short time he was known as one of the most effective pitchers in the field. To-day he is pitching the same old curve, with all the tricks of delivery that years on the diamond have taught, and the batters don't seem to lxit him onuch better than they used to. ; Other pitchers had to take up the Vrarve or quit playing, just as McBride and Pratt did, and before the centennial the regular craze for curve pitching had set in, which finally forced both League and Association managers to abolish old pitching rules and allow any throwing delivery which would assist in puzzling the batsmen. Every pitcher was pop­ ularly supposed to have a choice selec­ tion of curves, which he soul in at pleas ure, and his value was usually reckoned on the number of different ones he could use. That idea, by the way, is still prev­ alent, and there are many people who believe in an "up" curve and a "down" curve, an "in" curve and an "out' curve, a "zig zag" and a"double" curve and "shoots and "jumps," and faat and slow balls to match. "That's all a mistake, " said Matthews while talking over some of his exper­ iences. "I never saw but one curve and never made any more. Of course a ball will shoot in a little distance, but you can't call it a curve, because you can't hold that kind of a ball so as to make curve out of it. The only genuine curve is the one which turns out from the batsman, but, after two of that kind, a trajght ball, if it is properly pitched looks as if it was turning the other wa}. 'Drop'balls, or balls which ap parently curve or shoot downward, are all deceptive work, and are thrown from the highest start the rules allow Rising balls are the same thing, started from as near the ground as possible and pitched upward. 'Slowed' balls ar started slow, with au apparently fast flourish, for if they were ever start ed fast I don't know what skill could hold them back, and, as to the balls which go both in and out, whv that is a manifest impossibility. I know there have been several tests made of that, one particularly at Cin­ cinnati, where four posts were put up, and the pitcher required to make the ball go on one side of one and the other side of the next, but I don't think he did it. If he did, it was through some deception in regard to the place where he was standing. No, sir: Good, straight pitching, thorough command over the ball, a good out curve, and a good in 'shoot' are what the great pitchers are working with to-day, and I, for my part, don't believe in any­ thing else." pose of a rather big drink of purfl»#|ifeky. "A Mb?" asked looaing over the bat to tomer^s remark. Why, a shock. Ha draught. A reporler who had wandered in to get a tootbpidk had oterheaad the conversation, and begged the Chtoaeo to™ to explain the meaning ofa A R 4 0 1 "It is nothing but a cheap method of purifying, whisky," said he, "age and )unty are almost synonymousin speak- lng Of liquor. By this prooess every aloolican have aUttlemachine turned by hand, and every peraon can be per­ sonally convinced that his whisky is electrically pure. All that is necessary is to have two blocks of carbon, which are inserted in the liquor to be purified. These carbons are connected with the positive and negative poles of an ord­ inary electric machine, and are wrapped about with flannel. The chemicaJ no­ tion upon the liquor is such that all the impurities are attracted thereto. The excess of fusil oil also finds lodgment in the flannel, and when the latter is removed it looks as if it had been steeped in brine. Dealers will no longer need to use the antiquated prevarication that wine has been sent on a voyage. The necessary age can be attached to it by a dynamo-electric machine in a very few minutes." The young man grew quite enthusi­ astic while talking, and,as he said good-,, by, added: "Come to Chicago and. get some liquor with some age to it."-- Cleveland Herald. The Salmon and the Fly. ' }1 Why does the salmon take a is a question which anglers are asking each other in sporting newspapers; and,, curiously enough, the answer that meets! with most favor is, "because it takes itfpn for a shrimp!" At first sight it Beemal as if the letter-writers were poking fun; at the fish; for looking at the cases o% salmon-flies in any tackle-maker's shopi it might be supposed that the nohle creature mistook the gorgeous artificial insect for some rare delicacy just come from the tropics. But to imagine that the fish mistook this resplende t thing of feathers and tinsel for such a famil­ iar object as the common gray shrimp would appear to argue a very poor opinion of the salmon's perceptions. But then it has to be remembered that that salmon always sees the shr'mpfrom below, and this makes all the differ­ ence. Some one writes to the Field that one day, when on his back under water, he was surprised to see flashing overhead a number of brilliant golden sparks, which, when he looked at them from above, proved to be shrimps. It makes all the difference, in fact, whether you look at an object with the Tbright sun behind it, or whether you' see it against a dull back-ground of1 sand. A glass bottle, for instance, floating down stream on a sunny day, may look from below like a blazing meteor.--St. James' Gazette. Zachary Taylor's Scholarship. In the course of an article with the general scope of which I heartily agreed, you were led to assert that Gen. Zaoh- ary Taylor was barely able to write his name. This, be assured, is a great er­ ror. The present writer served as a subaltern officer, in close daily rela­ tions with Gen. Taylor at Fort Jesnp, in Louisiana, and Corpus Christi, Texas, immediately preceding the war with Mexico, as also in the Bio Grande, in the first battles of that war. My regiment had an excellent library, of which I had charge, and to which the Geueral had access. He read a good deal--substantial books covering a con­ siderable range of historical and gen­ eral literature. He was also an atten­ tive reader of such political journals as the National, Intelligencer and the Globe, and no one of his day was bet­ ter acquainted with the early political hissory of this country. He wrote vig­ orously and clearly on public ques­ tions and affairs, as was shown in sev­ eral letters to a kinsman, which got into the newspapers during the war. Col. Bliss, of his staff, was known to be a master of English style, and these letters were ascribed to him, but I heard the Colonel say that he had had nothing at all to do with their composi­ tion. The fact is, Gen. Taylor was one of those men who are always gathering information so long as they live. It seems to me this figment about his il­ literacy, having really no truth in it, should not be uncontradicted any lon- ger.--New York Times. : ' J ,* The Nurse's Voice. . ; We canno>, and should not, forbear attendance upon' the sick because nature has not gifted ns with that rare, blessed boon of a sweet and musical voice; yet, even more earnestly than the elocutionist, should the nurse study to modulate such organs as she does pos­ sess to the utmost gentleness of which they are capable. For nothing is of greater importance, we assure her, if she desires to sooth irritated nerve and quiet perturbed spirits, than to use an habitually-soft and calm speech in all her conversation, either with the sick or in their presence.--American Agri- culturut. _2__ to fasve •If*!* JHMldu woman disguised aea girl THS £aE Mme only tinM Gen. Ora&t «v*r wy WJMR he saw Di pare his own oetui. "!«,* lie Mid, "I pcefar black mad gfam me iqp$ " by my grocer. It dn--rt ao moon when mjr wife A NEWPOBT man ii that he flirta with his own wile, it's a wonder her resembtanoe. to his zaother- T^MUlMOoaldfhUaofQ^ ; Sara be will 4» BO aoauepa, . Mi wffl Join t£e temperaaoe ansa. --OilOitv Jten'ick. WHAT is your entire name ?* asked Frederick the Great of Gen. Zarembla, a Pole who waa in his service. "My entire name ia Ladislans Laremhla de Zulychbeetski." "Why1, the devil him­ self hasn't got a name like that," re­ plied Frederick. "No wonder he hasn't got a name like mine. He don't belong to my family."--Texas Sifting#. THE Italians wish to take life as a huge joke if they can. Here is a sup­ plication which indicates the national temperament: "I pray that I may never be married. Bnt if I marry, I fray that I may not be deceived; but if am deceived, I pray that I may not know of it; but if I know of it, I pray that I may be able tolaugh at the %hole affair." i rvusr n !>•?'*, I UNSEASONABLE rRDU*. Carleth lower, Pain Immense, On the floor, Proetrate, tense. -y-r-f • Mt'i -<.V Pass ccmotiv Can -Janeth boy, Mamma rai For * toy. Telephone i Fcr Doctor Doctor cometh P. D. Q. Brisk confrlcatlon Urchin hollers, Hot application. _ Fee, three dollars.,W f ^ ' f ' l , - j *'^jj • i i •"' "i \ r-5- • 1 e J . ' * _ COL. GBESSOM was ai high-toned Southerner, who held his "honor" at a premium, but he was a poor business manager and broke up. He had trouble ^ ^ | w i t h o n e o f h i s c r e d i t o r s , a n d a f i g h t : & 4 was imminent. One day a gentleman met him and inquired: "Colonel, did v. -J you settle with that mudsill?" "Yes, j Bah, I did, salt. My honah was at stake, ^; | sah." "Ah, I am exceedingly glad to ^ ^ hear you fixed him and came out in ;- ..J such good shape. How did you aettle? ;;< According to the code?" "Well, no," >• I replied the Colonel, dropping his pom- "*< ^ posity On the ground, as it were, and stepping on it, "not exactly." "How Js. A then?" "I settled with him at 10 cents _ - f \t on the dollar, and he was d-- glad to ' ' \ ^ get ii"--Merchant-Traveler. How to Preserve the Eyesight. ";-'f " The editor of this paper, who IWw ^ ^ passed his three-score years without ^ {1 the use of eye-glasses, and can still *;} r read with his natural eyes fine print, ; Vj Wishes to give other people netting the MS sere and yellow leaf the benefit of his ocular experience. Therefore he tells them that in 1865 he found his eyesight ; failing, indicated by dark specks fiittmg over the page and a hazy appearance of the letters when he waa reading. Re­ membering to have heard his mother say that ex-P resident John Quincy Adams (who lived to about 80 years) had preserved his eyesight and read without glasses by pressing the outer and inner corners of his eyes together, the editor tried the experiment. After retiring to bed at night he has ever since the fall of 1869, before going to jleep, pressed gently together the outer and inner corner of each eye between -1 the thumb and forefinger, and the cor- ners of the other between the third and fourth fingers, striving to give equal r- pressure to both eyes. The philosophy ( J of the experiment is explained in this way: As people pass the middle age ^f| there is said tp be a tendency of the * balls of the eye to lose their convexity-- •« in common parlance, to flatten. The habitual pressure of the outer and inner - oorners of the eyes restores the con­ vexity. and thereby the original power of seeing. Near-sighted persons are exceptions to this rule. Their near­ sightedness (as we understand) is caused by too great convexity of the eye. Oftentimes, as they advance in years, their eyes flatten; that is, lose their original convexity, and become more nearly like the good eyes of young people, and tliev can see better without ( lasses and lay them aaide.--HuntgyiUe '• Ala.) Democrat. A,- j mi II • I. n . Concerning the Age of '• It will be remembered that some time since an apparently-authoritative state- ment was published in* our columns setting forth that the concentric rings and .. *j£$. 'biksi S-mH* i THESE are 316 Jesuit places of worship under same order in MM mi v *€r' * c , , . , \Mf iV • If ' W , • « » . ,, > ' • 'fi-'f i-'&TJ* • v * .7** t !• f- Skobeleir. The biographer of Gen. Skobeleff, the distinguished Russian chieftain, says that he used to eat with his sol­ diers with the common spoon out of the camp-kettles, and that no one was more careful to see that the camp-kettles were in their right places. It waa not only the superb genius, which his sol- difCf admired, but his sympathy, his ton, hia homely brotheriiiDeas. went to visit a transport of soldiers Wen badly wounded. One of the recognised him. "OhV What Struck Hhn. "So you've been to the cityf" aald one countryman to another. "Yes, I took her in." * . "Pretty big thing! ' ?- "You.bet." . .. . > * XmM "Lots of people, lots of nousi of rush and hurry and wagons teams and things?" "Lots of em." « • . "What ttruck you first after you got atraightened out for your sight-seeing ? "Oh, nothing, only a brick a mason let fall off a house while I was loafing around below seeing how city folks do their work."--Merchant Traveler No ONE sees the wallet on his own back, though every one ^mes two packs, one before, stuffed wth the faults of his neighbors; the other be­ hind, filled with his own.--Proverb. SCABCELY a day passes that strangers do not place flowers on ti»e gsave of Abraham Lmooln. st?; in the cross-sections of trees were not a. trustworthy indication of a tree's age. | It appears, however, that the old idea* has its frieflds, who are ready to come forward with facta. P. C. Smith, Esq., * an Ohio lawyer, publishes a letter in which he describes a nufnber of land-1.:*m grant cases, in the trial of which "it\ ^'j very frequently became important to£' show the date of the surveys* These dates were shown by the indorsement t \ *J en the survey itself, and corroborated, t by an examination of the hacks on the" line and corner-tree of the survey. * *, These hacks invariably left a scar; 4 which to the practioal surveyor, was ? >?§ readily detected, even after a lapse of ; iixty years. By 'blocking' the free, Kf| as it was called, and tfking the block and counting the concentric lings, from the hack made by the surveyor to ;̂ the outside of the tree, it invariably corresponded with the dates as they appeared upon the returns mfede by ̂ the surveyor, showing as many rings aaf * ̂ years had elapsed frem*hedate of the - survey, thus proving that tor each year dt the lite of the tree an additional con-., centric ring had been added." 14 appears, then, that in some caseeaf *;S least thefings are trustworthy. The ' t ; author of the contrary theory should "' ' rj now be heard from, though mop* people.. j will retain their belief in the general accuracy of the ring record.-*-The Con* \ was Mr. Spurgeoa who saidtha ̂ ̂ FlBB and sword are but alow engin.ee the 'lew Testament revisers were "befc* of destruction in compftriaon with the 1 tei -reek scholaw than U»y were 3 babbler.--Steete. gli*u scholars." 0-1-1 A < f-i. : jM.jrWak.