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Daa kha m 4e bery *>Mt ob life, i .« |>-- n--> iln>iMa tali fcm lade meetpaft »• > 4 L.*"' feel de biireest in de town, r •*.»' * *!prer at ti1«rbt him neber *"flatolenictrei^ . .. £,: j Him the ReberendMr. Isaac Browni Rtf"1 Mi •}•«*•* J • •". .i, . «' *' T[ia<iiM' iaMia? Dreamt**. doron call it? Then bra »'poaa It's ltrln* la de day. - Mo am tallririr/flrtWtt-, no to* tal<ki*t' 'Boat de nnxUse and d»t ktad ob tl f»':fan,3i8!tz"'£; : V?. •••-•• • si*;'*. ;•#• -m0 m -Ins4! .O •'«•" "it# *i •I fMt xml Bill Smiley was a light-figured, en" yonng ibftBt vko it^pnttd Winn by <*h«r peo- plm promfyi vimerti be got the ice. He vu a iobbigpg carpenter by , _, fitjeitpation was that • metiiod he ' waa to travel Bhort djstufebes tieejwlNwii lines, with the of py^[: §B ste&j asabrellas, [•bags, and othW pottAbk articles were fftitqfflciTOtlr. jmriwi , o^tteira. He Ukd (^Itoacent waj nul^pflrom a ptiway,omi*9e joat M the t*au was moving bfi^ seieaMk in Itso it yj» K«fj • iwl w mfi wiu» t>tMniibody •*« btm hKk>dox er nmiM^llfe frota'tb« Kack. On the cottp*i*tfv4lj #«tfe ooewrions when left was disooTered before it .tte' to redWj liian profoM ^«ro geapy <fWB*ed With i or Jew credulity. Bnt, as a lttle, #t« »nnafcll mmNfed to#get «deax «way with his -n* •« «lMbiI|aa^ «o ASfnlij and ^Mkntionsly iWndnct his operaUont, that he 'r had never been convicted, thongh he ̂ ̂m **** '* m h«to«*u tUird-fllass .- 4 ttdcet at the Charing Gross Station on #£ N» >#<l»IHslriet Bailing, audstralled down l , ,, em the platform. Ekepito a sharp look- #& i 4 o«t, aft kk lddKfed ahont waiting lor a tlw *W«wt End. his attention **-:y*inii attracted by the auspicious de- '-fgf «i 'PJrtilaMref 4 tftll Yankee-locking man, .* ^ ^Al»«eeiMil«*xions to abroad ob«erva- **i ttade hik way to the far end of ^tteatatkn. He 'tturrfed a carpet-bap, • ^•wWeh lie carefully placed on tlie nond in front renuurfed fbat when anyone •dbanced to approach,, tlie man monnted igaard oyer the carpet-bain a verr " ^ . »ner. He tried the Apeil- M jfiitaaelf, and felt convinced that the oontonta of the bag must lie valu- llile' A* the result of deliberate ob- oeuclnsion nsysteoena afrnmger was not fjaiiis mind aboot having the bog &r,zws %»%*% wkioh it was not t to surmise that kekad not come %yfltawfally. When these reflections ~ - were czoaaing Bill's mind, a tram came ^ ;1r st^ipn.^|ud in the midst of the ' Miranon wixich ensued, he saw the 4t > ' ̂ 1 --gl i "takewtopiorward and accoet %9': 'WMMIM gfMfd. A 'ftSw words were ex- « ' *&*'"• w>ngedTbetween' tbem, dwftng which mm-.* . yielded to a ittddeh itft^nlse which i«im to esbe hold of the {*..*• 2 itaMSifcr's 'bag and ma^e off with it Before there was a chance of his de- iinqqency being discovered, Bill had . leapt into the train, which was already "beginning to move. He felt a little bit <tiMM$ed #t what he had done, for he #M »l* waa aeoostomed to act with mtich more teirattniepection. The chances were ?;">{«.• i <bat the stranger would immediately e *t '^oetamunicate his losi to the railway •oiBeittls, who would at once telegraph •down the line. This nncomfortable prospect caused Bill to l)reak into a •oold prespiration, for lamiliarity with the danger of being appreheuiled for fobbery had not bred contempt for the ordeal. But by degrees he beg»n to breatiie more freely as ho recollected the Stranger's <Mdent reticence* If, as Bill euapected, the man had reasons to conceal Ira identity, he might prefer to put up with his lass rather then create • disturbance. Bet Mill Bill did not feel at all com- 4ertabl(>, and he hastened to stow the Jpli0 underneath the seat, PO that it 'aught not attract the attention of the guard in case he was warned to look *mt for it. While he was thus occupied <££J!*T1Ker lho was seated °PP«»ite iP jjjy oliserved facetiously: • "That ain't dynamite, is it, mate?" ' "No." replied Bill, with a grin though he was secretly vexed at his IftofMtfebts having been noticed. "It's th«i ooat I'm going to wear to-night have supper with the Prince of •pd the rest of the Koyal a# .inhi ' mii ^e «•! in* 1 to say, the facetiotts re- ow passenpjr made an "un- impression upon Bill Smil tj|WiP*to6' to the toinda very dis Aon. He had hitherto as- Ibag contained valuables Dw other; bnt on that point "* " * > fccttial knowledge. ok of it, it was pos- =±ble that the $ootente of the bag were •ert4J#fM«|t_fjCpm what hehadbar- 0«inedlor. Thia view of the qtwstion •aeumed an ominous sigpiifiance when MUkdybMl ' ̂"n,,n>" °*tnfer' ^Billconld not help shifting uneasily in his seet wheti he thought of the beg reposing snngly underbMMh him. It was ireif essy to seoff «t the lk»tion of ite being the instnunent ol a dieholieal outnure^ For some reason^ or other, he found It itnpoesible to dismiss the sus­ picion from his mind. His follow pas­ sengers' aimless remark seemed to hare acted upon him like a revelation, and, in spite of himself, his suspicions be­ gan growing toe sort of dreadful fore­ boding. He now recollected that when he lifted the bag he heard a strange rattle inside it, and the sound was re­ peated when he put it under .tho seat. Trifling as this circumstance was, it helped to increase his uneasiness. Whether his adventure had Hurried his nerve, or his state of health rendered him liable to morbid fears, it is certain that hfe soon became firmly convinced that the prize for which he had risked his liberty was an infernal machine which might blow him to atoms at any moment. ^ The facetious fellow-passenger, re­ marking Bill's partabetion, Which plainly showed itself in his pale face, good-natatedly asked if he was ill, and wanted to pot the window down. This friendly interference caused Bffl to col­ lect his scattered wits, and to reflect seriously what he had better do. His impulse was to seize tho bag and hurl it into the darkness. But he was re* strained from doing this partly from fear of the consequences, and partly from a lingering hope that his booty might be really valuable after all.' If an explosion resulted from the bag being dropped into the tunnel, he would l>e immediately apprehended as the author of the outrage. On the other hand, some fiendish machinery might be at work inside the bag at that very moment, which rendered his hesi­ tation almost suicidal. This last reflection brought on a sort of frenzied desperation which impelled him to take immediate action. He felt he could not sit still another moment and risk being blown up, even en the chance of his booty proving valuable. He-resolved to get out at the next sta- tioiv«Mt leave the bag toits fate. After all, he whispered to himself, it was more than probable that even if the contents of the bag turned out to be inocucms, they would not oompensate him for the risk the possession of the bag would involve. Bill did not stop to reflect thai his last argument was rather of the "sour grapes" order, nor did it occnr to him that he was perhaps imperilling the lives of his fellow-passengers by leav- £ng the bag behind him. HU only anxiety was to get away from it, and consequently, on reaching the next sta­ tion, which was Victoria, he suddenly jumped up and get oat of the train; but before he had time to make good his es­ cape, he was hailed from behind by •several voioes, including the guard, who Mine and touched him on the shoulder. "Hi! You've left your baggage," said the official, curtly. Bill turned round involuntarily, and beheld hi* facetious fellow-*passenger standing in the doorway of the carriage he had just left, holding the fatal bag in one hand and gesticulating violently with the other. * It was a trying mo­ ment, for while Bill shrank from laying a finger on the bag, lie did not know how to avoid doing so. To repudiate all knowledge of it would at once arouse suspicion which would lead to unpleasant disclosures, inasmuch as several persons had seen in his posses­ sion. A wild idea of seeking safety in flight crossed his mind for an instant, but on looking round he perceived that several of tile passengers it in the train, and nearly all the people on the plat­ form, including the porters and guards, were staring at him. The publicity was too mUeh for Bill Smiloy's modesty, and he hastened to put an end to the scene by claiming his property. He walked up to the railway carriage, and received the bag from his late fellow passengers, who remarked: , "1'oung man, if it hadn't been for me you would have had to dine at Marl­ borough House in your second-best suit, which would have been a pity." Bill thought this was the most ghast­ ly joke he had ever heard in his life; but he did not say so. In fact he was too agitated to speak at all, for direct­ ly the bag was put into his hands he again heard the ominous rattle inside it. He tHdught he should have dropped it, so frightened was he by the sound. But all the while he was conscious that a good many people were looking at him, which was a new source of danger, for, as we know, he had the strongest reason for not obtruding himnolf too much upon the public gaze. He therefore made his war as quickly as possible through the crowd and up the stair-case. Once in the street he imagined he would have no dificnlty in disposing of the bag. Meanwhile, (how­ ever, every time lie moved, tho rattling sound inside it sent a thrill through his nerves, and he almost gave himself up for lost. So cruel was his suspense that an explosion would have been al­ most a relief, if it had left him in a con­ dition to realize his sensations. At length he reached the streets, Irat under the first lamp post stood a police­ man, Wh6 eved him very s-uspiciously as he approached. Perhaps he knew Bill by sight, or guessed from some subtile indicaitons that the bag was not in its proper ownership. Bill wonld bavo handed over the bag with his most fer­ vent blessing if that would have satisfi­ ed the official; but, of course, it wonld have been sheer folly to do sa The very nature of the contents of tho bag might get him into serious difficulties. There was nothing for it but to assume an air of bravado, and swagger past ae though he had a perfectly eaay conscience This lie succeeded in doing to his ewn satisfaction, but unfortunately the con­ stable still seemed to have his doubts about him. Whe.n Bill glanced over his shoulder he perceived that the of­ ficer was strolling leisurely after him, ^apparently for the purpose of keeping him in vigilance was especially embar­ rassing, for it compelled him to avoid any appearance of haste, and prevented him from carrying out his design of despositing his burden on the first con­ venient doorstep. Half dead with sheer fright, and in a fever of suppressed excitement, Bill made his way in the direction of Vic­ toria street, Mding the bag with the utmost tenderess, yet longing to drop it and take to his heels. On turning round shortly, however, he preceived that the policeman was still steadily following in his wake. Probably the truth *t«s that tbo o2iccr w&s oiily pur M^BnThad'^*^ her hands, and mm- 'WNQr. •• •;&*!*•• the girl. -What is Tor you master," answered Bill, over his shoulder. "I ain*t got no master. Hi! Stop!" cried the girl, raising her voice a»he vanished. "I say, mate, somebody's a catling yon r.ssid an eAekrasa evtftnd hoy, as Bill pltmfeed actoes the roed; < "Bii| Step there! You're wanted!" cried anqtber pass«r-by, in stentorian tones. ,v . There seemed to his excited imagi­ nation, a general disposition on the part of the bystixrderrs to impede has flight, and he hastily ooneluded tbafcifc would be wiser Id yield to the hue and cry. He would stick to his story tb»J he was told to leave the bag at that particular honee, and probably wonld succeed in masing the girl believe him. With this object he retraced his steps, gatherediassnrance aa he wa Iked; bio, as illdock would have it, who should stroll up at the same moment Irat, his vigilant enemy, the constable. ^ "Hit You've made a mistake. This does not belong here. There's no name on it." said the girl as he approached. "What is the matter?" inquired the oonstable, in a casual way. "Oh, nothing. I've made a mistake, I suppose, as the young lady s*J* , so," answered Bill, hastily. He mechanically held.oht his had lor the bkg as he spoke, hut failed to grasp the handle, and it fell through his §n* gers en the ground. Bill started back in consternation, fearing his last mo­ ment had oome, and simultaneously he felt himself collared by the constable. "Hello, young fellow what does this mean ?" exclaimed the officer. Bill, who had dosed his eyes in an agony, of apprehension, ventured to open them again, and preceived that the shock of the fall had burs ted open the bag, the contents of which were scattered upon the doorstep. To his amazement they consisted of a miscel­ laneous collection of silver ploto and jewelry, which made quite an imposing display. The articles had evidently been unceremoniously bundled into the bag, and were no doubt, the proceeds of some recent robbery, The constable naturally concluded that it was his duty to eeoort Bill to the nearest polioe-ststion, tQ.make the ne­ cessary explanations. Durinjathe jour­ ney, Bill's reflections inolinea to bitter­ ness as he realized how foolishly he had abandoned a rich prize. The metalic rattle, whieh had startled him, had clearly beea due to careless packing, and altogether he perceived he had fal­ len a victim to a senseless scare. Need­ less to say, his ingenious story of hav­ ing received the bag from a nameless stranger was not considered satisfac­ tory, and as the valuables were identi­ fied by a pawn-broker in the Strand, whose premises had been burglariously entered during the evening, Bill reoeiv- ed the full credit of the transaction, and was rewarded accordingly. --Lon4ai* Truih. i _ • • : • - , i OK;, Napoleons'g Savagery. Madame do Bonrrienne, speaking of the character of Bonaparte, as it dis­ played itself in the early part of his career, says: "His smile was hypocritical and often misplaced. A few days after his re­ turn from Toulon, he was telling us that, being before that place, where he commanded the artillery during the siege, one of his officers was visited by his wife, to whom he had been but a short time married, and whom he ten­ derly loved. A few days after, orders were given for another attack npo» the town, in which this officer was engaged. His wife came to General Bonaparte, and, with tears in her eyes, entreated him to dispense with her husband's servioes during that day. The General was inexorable, as he himself told us, with a sort of savage exultation. The moment of the attack, the officer, though a very brave man, as Bonaparte him«H>lf assured us, felt a presentment of his approaching death. He turned pale and trembled. He was stationed beside the General, and during an inter­ val, when the firing from the town Has very strong, Bonaparte call out to htm, 'Take care, there is a bomb­ shell coming 1' The officer, instead of moving to one side, stooped down, and was literally severed in two. Bonaparte laughed loudly, while he described the event with horrible minuteness." Ample Kvtdmee. "See here, John Brown I" said Mrs. B. in a severe tone at breakfast t% Mr. B , who had come in very late the night before and had a bad headache, "I want yon to listen to this item which I find in the morning paper: A LESSON.--A prominent citizen while returning in a hilarious oohdition very late laat night from "the lodge" was inveigled into a--street den and robl>ed of every cent he had about him "Well," answered Mr. B., wriggling uneasily, "I don't see how that concerns me. I was kept a Httle late at the of fice, but you know I took nothing but a little stomach bitters for the dyspepsia "Bo you were not the prominent citizen that was robbed then?" said Mrs. B., with a look which required immediate attention. Certainly not," replied Mr. B nearly dropping his coffee cup and fumbling nervously in his pockets. "Just sea if I am," Mid he handed two ten-dollar bills and a five for examina tion. "This is suflleieat evidence," remark ed Mrs. 15., as she deftly transferred the cash to her pooketa. "I will today bny that new bonnet I have been wait­ ing so long." Mr. Brown ooraes home earlier now. --Philadelphia %OaIL Hew Year's In Japan* On New Year's Day in Japan there is great emulation among the merchant of sound credit to make the first salt of goods. According to law, all Jap anese merchant* are required to settk their accounts and pay their debts by the 51st of December, and are not al lowed to bny or sell goods until the. have done so. If goods are sold on the 1st of January, the merchandise is piled up conspicuously on drovs drawn b coolies. The merchant receives the congratulations of hia friends, and to getmr they follow the goods to theii destination. better FBXSH.--"I bate suc- eggsfrreb and Sweet ft'. dry 6h£ lutad. They most ber kept fa a cool, d*y pfctoe atid the sand mest of oonrae be thoroughly dry, A natform temperature of about 85 degrees .ivbest for them."--J««. Levelt^ Queens County, If. Y. Jr& Mways best to pack differentra- rienftS of apples by themselves rather than to mix up all sorts in a barrel Ofbrt puvdhasers have some preference ia.VMMrd varieties. People who wprajio&lpny at all, or who wonld pay an inieripr price for mixed fruit, would' buy readily and at a good figure a bar­ rel containing only their favorite sort. After the Varieties are all separately paeke& the odds and ends may be tysed at home or for local aata, or may be «cked and shipped, and marked mixfd."--Chicago Jourqfll. 2r« farmers and gardeners desire to save seeds, only the most perfect speci­ mens of vegetables should be mted for that purpose, l>tst tsbfcre is another mat­ ter to ha noticed, which the grower may not be familiar with, whieh ia fertilisa­ tion. Melons of different vmrietiea Will mix, and so will corn. In fact, there is an interchange of pollen, especially in a garden, between plants of an entirely diffdi'ent character, and hence the seeds­ men, who understand such matters, are often compelled to grow their seed on different farms, in order to keep the varieties pure and free from admixture, for that reason unless the manager of a garden is an expert, we would advise him to rely upon the soecfrman for purity of seed although he may collect for his own seeds if all the conditions are favor­ able. FAEM-HOUSK DRAINAGE.--J. J*., Ma­ haska'county, Iowa, writes: "It is too often the case that no good drainage is provided around farm-houses aud that wash water and slops from the kitchen are thrown out wherever most handy, causing oftentimes a sloppy, dirty piece of ground near the house. This is not only\ineleanly and offensive to good taste, but diseases, as typhoid fever, ̂ often reanlt from poisonona emanations: arisiggfffpm <tueh a place- My advice is, by all means have a good drain to carry off waste water from the house. It will save Work, help to prevent sick­ ness and may be made to pay finan­ cially. If a farmer can afford nothing better he may sink a large cask in the ground at a distance from the house and let the drain from the kitchen discharge into it. Near this cesspool sawdust, leaves or manure may be piled in a heap. As the cesspool fills up its con­ tents should be dipped out upon tho pile, and when the latter is saturated it may be hauled away and a fresh load drawn to the cesspool, whose contents are in this way used for enriching and fertilizing the soil. In the course of a year a considerable number of loads of excellent fertilizer oan be obtained." FARM HELP.--Farmers have long been studying how to dispense with laborers as far as possible. They have succeeded in producing several crops almost entirely bv the aid of machines and animals. H is now time they gave attention to the matter of employing laborers , on and about farms. The farms that have been negleoted so long should now receive attention. As land increases in value it becomes necessary to so manage it that it will yield a larger revenue to the owners. Admit­ ting that there is economy in employing machines for doing most of the work of raisiing corn and the small grains, it does not follow that some hand work is not economical in connection with the work performed by machines. Tho hand hoe can be very profitably em­ ployed with the horse hoe in cultivating a crop of corn, beans, or poiaioe*. Pre­ miums are generally awarded to crops that have received considerable culti­ vation by hand. Many crops can only be produced by the employment of hand work. • They require the closest attention in order to be very produotive. The wants of each individual plant must be attended to at the proper time. No horse or other beast of burden hit the intelligence of man and women. No machines can perform certain kinds of work ae well as the human hand. To­ bacco and hops will only become lead­ ing orops in the West when farmers are willing to employ large numbers of laborers. The production of grapes and berries of all kinds calls fer many hands. The ljke is true in regard to the production .of nearly all garden vegetables. Having succeeded in pro­ ducing the principal commercial crops by the aid of machinery, farmers should now consider the propriety of increas­ ing their revenues by tho employment of more laborers.--Exchange. THE MKOHANICAL EFFORTS OF ROOTS. --The true mechanical efforts of root? are exerted in their struggle for pro­ gress through the soil, and examples for illustration are many. To under­ stand the magnitude of their work, we must hear in mind that each root dis­ places an amount of soil equal to its own bulk. Take for instance a crop of mangel wurzels, and imagine what an upheaval must have been produced in the soil by the growth of its enormous mass. The whole surface of the field is raised and its particles loosened. In practical questions of the farm, this power is of valine. Those who give turnips and mangels a place in their system of rotation, do so ostensibly for their feeding value, but t>e- yond this their meohanical offort also of much importance. The sauce. >or with oh. This pfes or tie is deliciohs milk»o*> lemon of wffll a little wffl make two small- very large one. EscAttePKb Boos.--Either bread or cracker crumbs Uay be used ffcthe pre­ paration of eaaalloped eras. Wet them withjrnilk or with meltod bntfcsr, and lay them in a dish wijth alternate kiver-t of boiled eggl sliced very thin, or, bet­ ter still, out into dice. Lay (Shopped meat abtwe this, and then another layer of eggs, and, last of all, a 'covering of crumbs. Bake about an hour. A NICK way to cook mjam of; the round of beef is to line a saucepan with thin sliees of baeon; then iay the beef in. Cover it with water. Cover the saucepan* and let tho meat opok alowly for several hours, qr untfi it j* perfect­ ly tender. As the water boill away add more, oo that plehty will be left for gravy. Season highly with salt, pep­ per. celery spit, or curry, and some small onion* diced. . STEWED BTXAK WITH OittoxB.--TWO pounds of rump steak, one pint of oye- ters, one tab)espoonful of lemon juice, three of batter, one of flour, salt, pep­ per, one cupful of water. Wash the oysters in the water and strain into the stewpan. Put this liquor on to heat. As soon as it oomos to a boil skim and set back. Put the butter in a frying- pan, and when hot, put in a steak. Cook ten mantes. Take up the steak, and stir the flour into the. butter re­ maining in the pan. Stir until a dark brown. Add the oyster liquor and boil one minute. Season with salt and pep­ per. Put back tho steak, cover the pan, and simmer half an hour; then add the oysters and lemon juice. Boil (me min­ ute. Serve on a hot dish with points oI toast for a garnish. How TO CANDLE Eaos.--Eggs can he candled by holding them in the hollow of the thumb and forefinger, placing the large end down, and bringing the finger and thumb around the egg to the small end. The egg is then held to a bright light, whioh shines through it olearly if it is good, bnt more or less cloudy it it is had. If the egg is wholly iaddled, or has a chick in it, it is quite opaque. Another way is to make a cup of moistened card board to fit the end of the egg; to mount this upon a stand of the right height, and surround it with a broad, flat rim of cardboard, covered with black velvet, and having a hole in the center to fit the egg, but so arranged that when the point of the egg is put in the small cup, the whole egg fills the hole in the screen or rim. The light behind shines through the egg. . . " « • ! : in pro-The fesaional tion fothe with th^aafiM natfcwt, fai wwrtaot ijuwhich thMif mop* medicine. Those on< _ tice exceed those of any ' oilier The exact figures from the census ns- port of 18$ shows that the United States has within its bordirs 85,671 physicians and surgeons, 64,137 law­ yers, and 64,689 clergymen. There is one doctor to everyflOO ^habitants throughout the who)* Union. Oonfin- ing attention to the ^roat Northwest, of which Chicago is the qopuoarcial and educational oenler. the proportion be­ comes stiH smaller. In lMO these States and Territories contained the following population and physicians: Illinois XsdlMu...... Iowa f e f t w t o . . . . . . . fieffiSS:::: Nebtanka....; Nevada wtnoonaia.... Dakota &52™ Missomi 'Totals... &SZ. :!« . 1.SJM15 . 9W.0B6 . M3C.WI7 T*>;7?3 . *82,401 . 1,318.497 . 138,171 SM# 92,410 . 30,?89 . 7M,33T . XM8.8S0 Doty Xf 1,M«' 2, Ml 914 807 1H4 *» 77 01 *> 870 4, HO "Peesness Yhas Shaky." • A few days aago clothing dealer in one of the oities up the lake shore opened the door for acustomer who laid a bundle on the counter and began: "Two months ago I bought tail 'ore suit of clothes of you." ' Oxaetly, mv frendt, und in dont fit." "I bought it to bury my brother in. Perhaps you, remember the circum­ stance?" "Oxaetly--mit der greatest pleasure, Yhetl, did you dig him Oop und take off der clothes ?" "No, sir I My brother lay in a trance for four days and then came to life and is now perfectly well." "Yhat a shame to act like dot! Und so he doan' vhant der clothes ?" "No; they are too small for him. Be­ ing as he never wore them we thought you might take the suit bade and return the money." "Dot vhas ompossible, my frendt." "Why?" "Vhell, dot vhas not only against all der rales of commerce; but snch a prac­ tice would bust a peesness ail oop. "I paid you $15; can't you give me twelve i" . ^Ompossjble?*^ ,>£•;: *n!^. ^ "My frendt, you doan^Xnow How dis clothing peesness vhas. You bought dot auit eight weeks ago?" "I did." "Vhell, right away after dot dere vhas an awful decline in wool. Next oomes some big failures in Bocliester und New York. On top of dot I sell oudt to my hrudder. Den my brudder assigns to my vife. Den cotton goes down und my vife assigns to me. Shust now der clothing market vhas shaky, und only an hour ago I gif my brudder a shattel mortgage to secure a loan of $300." "Say $8 for the suit." . "I couldn't do it. If you like to leaf it und take a four-dollar oferooat I shut my eyes so dot I doan' r.ee you take it avay haf to tell my brudder dot we doan* make enough profit; to pay our gas-bills," "I'll never do that.--never 1" "Vhell, dot vhas for you to sqv your brudder vhas a man he dies vhen his time comes und not make all dis confusion. I doan' keep sthore for men to go into trances und oome to life. Good-bye! I like to oblige, but pees­ ness , vhas to Bhaky."--,Detroit Pre**. UiMtt,soo 27,T0» This table shows the proportion to be nearly one to 524*-the like of which is not to be found Within any equal area of the earth's surfaoe. Since then the manufacture of doctors has proceeded at itn increasing rate. The forty-two medical schools Within these limits-- leaving out of account students who at* tend Eastern colleges-••have in the last three years granted the title ol Doctor of Medicine to 5,384 persons, and there are from these same States. 3,549 stu­ dents in the vaiious colleges of the eountry preparing for the practice of medicine. The figures show the eoun­ try to .be full of doctors. Indeed, every cross-roads where a grocery and black­ smith-shop are located has the shingle of a medical man in plain view. A large number of inhabitants have settled in' the Territories to the West, and thither the recent graduates, re- enforoed by a goodly number from East­ ern schools, have gone to offer to the new settlers their professional services. No reliable figures can be obtained from, thia .section, but a personal inspec­ tion reveals the fact that no vacancy re­ mains, and renders probable the as* sumption that the proportion exceeds that of the Far West in 1880. Signifi­ cant of this is the faot of no village of 300 inhSbitans being without its prac­ titioner. Eastward the matter is in the same condition, and in Illinois alone has there been a decrease in the number of physicians. By the flgnres of the report of the State Board of Health it now has 3,331,644 inhabitants and 5,716 doctors--an increase in the former of 253,773 and loss in the latter of 183, and dropping the ratio from 1 to 522 down to 1 to 582. This is due entirely to our State Board of Health. In the cities the crowded state of the profession is still more marked, as the following table demonstrates; . ,, POPULATION. DOCTOR*, ChtOMfo ....i..:... . .503,185 Denver as,«a» Detroit ......116,340 Iadianapollfl. 6*,SB8 Kaneaa City........ 85,78# Milwaukee. lis.KM Minneapolis.... -- tf,0ST Bi Lonia .380.518 St. Paid.... 41.47S •18 197 248 a*4 1OT 141 m •3 l to 848 380 489 350 333 S19 387 m No ASIWT «rer received a compliment than this: Some one wan looking at his p£eto?e of a man playing jmi- I _ ww -- suing his beat, and had forgotten Bill %lute. Ho examined it with great care long ago.- But uaforttineteif this | and tlym said, "Well, wlw« I look at soothing reflection did not oocnr to 1 that painting I think myself deaf." most striking results of the me­ chanical power of roots are seen when they come in contact with the most re­ sisting obstables. They have been un­ earthed from compact gravelly soil, where the struggle for room had been in* tierce that they became distorted out of their natural shape. It is not un­ usual to find tree 4 growing in the clefts of ledges, showing unmistakably that the expansion of the roots had forced the rock apart. A Case it cited, on food authority, of a root of the sugar <uaple that had pushed its way under a rock weighing nearly two tons, and by (ts enlargement lifted it entirely from its t»ed. Trees have l>een olmerved growing on the bare rock, resting upon t heir roots which ran out into the soil on either sido, and yet these roots, sup» (sorting the enormous weight of the f ee, formed each year new growth on i heir underside, and lifted the tree by | 'te space of its thickness until seven i tches pf wood had been formed vnder the severe pressure.--W. XL, BkflUf tn American Agriculturist. HOUHEKEgrggy HELPS. A NICE dish for breakfast is made by | suiting pork tenderloin ia thin slices; itew them in water till thqr are nearly ~ An Engraver*s Black. ' As the lines in a good wood engrav­ ing have to be very thin, it becomes very necessary that the wood should be of a firm and strong fiber that will not break, or split, or "crumble" easily. And, indeed, the wood used for engrav­ ing is one of the hardest known. It is box-wood, and is obtained almost ex­ clusively from Turkey and Asia Minor. The grain of box-wood is exceedingly close and smooth, and engravers* "blocks" consist of slices about an inch thick and usually from two to four inehee square, cut acro*8 the grain of the tree. The box-tree does not grow to any considerable size, and when a large block is deaired it has to be made by screwing and glueing a nnmber of small blocks together very tightly aud securely. It is said that it would" take more than 100 years for a box-tree to grow large enough to finish a block in one pl«"e of a size sufficient to include the whole of the engraving, "A Mid­ winter Night," which forms the frontis­ piece of this month's St. Niefiolat. That picture is in reality engraved upon niae blocks of box-wood, closely joined together.--W. Lewis Frasei', in St. Nicholas. "TWENTY minutes for dfcnerr shout­ ed the conductor. "If twenty minutes is all you have to eat, I guess I get on,* said a hungry-looking ger. "I'have six months of that of satin' at home, and only a small] ily to keep."--Newman Indep Freedom from the risk of lead ing by using glaaed earthenware' to be secured from varnisl glazed surface with boroailicate ol A Lincoln Memory. Among the papers of the late Thur- low Weed was found the following let­ ter written by Lincoln only a month before hie death: '•EXECCTIVE MANSION. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 15, 1865.--DEAB MR. WEED : Everyone likes a oompliment Thank you for yourB on my little notifi­ cation speech and on the recent inaug­ ural address. 1 expect the latter io wear as well as, perhaps better than, anything I have produced J but I be­ lieve it is not immediately popular. Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of pur­ pose between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in this case is to deny that there is a God governing the world. It is a truth whioh I thought needed to be told, and, as, whatever of humiliation there is in it falls most di­ rectly on myself, I though others might afford for me to tell it. Truly yours, A LINCOLN." The inaugural address to whioh this characteristic letter refers was the sec­ ond, delivered march 4th, 1865, in which occurred the following sentiment, which oalled out his closing remarks : "Fondly do we hope, fervently do wo pray, ihat this mighty scourge of war may speedily paBs away. Yet if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsmen's 250 years of unrequitted toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash snail be paid by another drawn with the sword, as waa said 3,000 years ago, so still it must be said 'The judgments of the Lord are true, and righteousness altogether.*" In this little friendly note to Mr. Weed we have the key to thejeloquent words and lofty sentiments contained in the remarkable inaugural. It dis- oloses to us in the clearest of vision the reverent trust in God and the strong, manly trust in the patriotism of the Nation which actuated the President in ©very step he took towards tho crush­ ing out of the monstrous evil which had darkened and cursed the land. It reveals his character in a still higher and brighter light, and once more shows this country the full extent of its loss when he fell at the hands of the assassin.-- Chicago Tribune. gtlli Even. A hoy was leading a poat around bj a rope, when a pedestrian asked if ho wanted to sell the awmaL "Course not;*wo just got hip, *"as tb"wfat'did you want of a g^t?" "Nothing much. We bought him to get ahead of the Browns, who have a fox; but they've gone and got even ^ow?- Why, three of the family have been mesmerized, and Johnny has had two teeth filled."--Detroit Free Pre**, ,|4H beitf*ou,_ ' ^ Sl*AXTwb of intehao ̂ tttffiiabetter kiokerthan euj to piol£ out a jounjalist in the crowded steoot, because he is tho only person Who always keeps to the wmte.--JBocX&im? Couriei . Emperor FMAXQM JO»ETH sayf he despises cards and dose not know ace from a jack. Tlttr* is wrong "hens. When a man cards, it is because he knows altogether too much of AN exct Y^kpolk^n Wf did not know fbatlfew Yc man wero fend onough of dt come intoxicated with it- phia Coil ... "Is von gwiue to get ap ovemost thio winter?" asked a darkey of • compan­ ion. "Well, I dunno low diftW. gwihe to be," waa the reply; "lee denote*my eye on a eoai, but de fellah dal^to|es;it keeps his eye on it tea."--Neuwrk /palL "How is Johnnie doing at Swiool?" asked a lady of Johnnie's maiMia dur­ ing a call. "flpLendidty. He talks in twe language* now." "Xtan: me; what are they, French or GermAfrffv, "Oh, no. English and profane."--Jtaratf!o&~ Independent. A GOOD story is told of the late< Kev. Dr. Muhlenburg. It seems to have boen* rule of St. Luke's Hospital thai no re­ ligious services not Episcopalian should be conducted there. A terrified nhrse once ran to the doctor, spying, "Do©- tor! doctor 1 a Methodist preaohfsr is praying with one of tho. patients 1" Stop him I" said he, "before his prayers reach heaven!" A RASH mash: "Yes,11 said Fbgg, "Dr. Pilbroiler is a brave ma*} no doubt, but he carries his bravery too far. Hois foolhardy, sir; hOver Saw so rash a man. Oalled him to seelfiM. F. to-day, and he actually asked her to let him see, her tongue! Fact, air, I wouldn't have believed any living man would have had the courage to tma§| that tongue of hers."--Boston s c r i p t . ' , ; , . • ; A PHILADELPHIA man attempted to beat the record by going on the longest spree. He had been drunk constantly for three years, Mid died a few days since with a glass of whiskey in his hand. He beat the record, but oan not enjoy the notoriety ho attained. Some times it takes whisky a long thne to do its work, but if the patient will perse­ vere it is only a matter of time when whisky can stand on his prostrate body and crow.--Peck's Sun. "WHAT under the son ia tho matter with you Jones, my boy? you look as if you were On the verge of hanging your­ self." "I'm a humorist," replied Jones, in a sepulchral voice, "that's whatfe the matter with me." "Good heavens, my poor fellow, what has happened to you? You look as if you had been' in­ terviewed by a drove of Texaa steers," said Brown to his friend Smith, whose clothes looked as if they had V*6* through a buz saw. "My wife is mak­ ing a crazy quilt, and scuttled'my ward- robe when I was out."--CaH IWtaePe Weekly. THESE was a eompany of gentlemen engaged in a little game of cards in n ft grew late, and fears'were expressed by the party that they were trespassing upon the kindness of the mistress of the house, who, by the way, was not pres- ent. "Not at all, gentlemen--not at all! play aa long as you please. I am Czar here," said the master of the mansion. "Yes, gentlemen, play as long as you please," said a silvery voice, and all rose as the mistress of the house stood before them. "Play as long as you please, gentlemen! But as it is nearly 1 o'clock the Czar is going to bed." He wfit. . Earthquakes as Life Preserver*.' The theory that the earth's internal heat is a residue of its former molten condition is losing advocates, and the idea is gradually gaining ground that the existence of internal heat, as mani­ fested in voleanie action, is due to n secondary cause, L ew, the force of gravity (or in other words, the power of attraction.) whioh resides in every par­ ticle of the earth's mass. This theoiy does not gainsay the hypothesis that the earth was once in a molten condi­ tion, but, accepting that proposition as true, goes a stop farther and arguea that the earth, having already reached the limit of the oooling off process, ia compressing, the loss of our primal heat having left room for an inward movement of rock substances of the crust, and it is the crushing, grinding action of these gathering particle# that produces the intense heat that finds ex­ pression in the mighty npheavels in the weaker portions of the earth's crust-- burstings forth that . change the forma­ tion of vast areas, swallow up thousands of human beings,, and terrorize man­ kind. # - However destructive to life in the concrete earthquakes may be, their'in­ fluence upon the formation of tho earth's crust, whereby habitations are formed and maintained for each forma of life; as flourish only on solids, ia essential to the existence of life; and when the day arrives that the particles of the earth, having been compressed to the fullest degree their attractive power will allow, are no longer Qapa- ble of producing volcanic actiou, then will the sea encroach upon the land un­ opposed until island and oonthient have been ground down to one oommon level, and there is left not even Ararat upon whieh iman may exist. . Biologists agree that the ocean is the mother of lite, the shelter and nourish- mailt of the primordial germ, ina the geologist, garfn* into the dim perspec­ tive of the future, approximates the num­ ber of years when tfce ocean, having swallowed the earth atad its inhabitants, will again nourish in its boundless bosom the only terrestrial things that germinate and breathe.-- W. £ fToi^SC, £ Midland Monthly. ** ts1'® 411 g#.o«.r<r*MHO«f: ® A ,* i m. .•**«# -A ' 1 *#!(. * V# ,(5 .'*1 . i? Ht'W. • < »f-1 r t. i r' V.r„vf; iijt. IIt;" 4 ,»ti 4 A Chunk ef Wisdom. . The Philadelphia Ledger, after mwft thought, has oome to the conojus on that sins of omission are the foundation of the sins of commission; fpr- iSOKS,TIJEJW»what worth your iiispeciioiitii !,{*" • 4 we lolid THE trustees of the old jprt «f the roof of the Basilica of St. Paul, in Rome, a contemporary re­ marks, were framed so far back ae the year 816, and were found to be perfectly sound an^j good in 1814, after thelapee of nearly a thousand years. Theee trusses are made of flr. The timber work of the external domes of the Churoh of St. Mark, in Venice, is more than 840 years old, and it is still in a good State of preservation. Timber under favorable ciremastanoes lasts 1*. very long. Sound logs, for instance, Mens', Boys ami Youths fared to induce yott to purchrt^f^ | are'dng out of bogs fSm. time to time * r4' {from places where they hnvo lain fothi ILL., FKB.u37lh. 1814. 1jm, indefinite period. ';4 ' • V-V- • •i , , •s-:; ifer