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>RY. I INbq »i'; . .»*> • t;, * \ ^n«r»nu*^«ir \\ \ 1 |e light. •• vw Kir, v ^^ssae&tw.., ftSRSKBSfc:^ i a* tar ks I cOnM throw. HtMJg»a«a|ngr my patient OfW; !4Mr«fWr," a visitor Hid; - ; her head. .. . A . _ shell wwrv thmoghi . giuMs ni Just m *he DMd to [8«3si:'sjsss"-li wlfttnfl tinTl ti« 11ll Hr word; MN*ioficrt»i^'*otte«t >m«ay; ea lessgakHr nny>' I Mil* sndai*, i >4ftubt» itentlfiil Mrs.Roff*K utthoiV £M, dQfctoffgd|& Ok? l l»A ft EXPERIENCE. " • * AHIMOII River. ,:'i locating oar camp on a suitable spot •on the sooth shoved the Amazon, as j as that river can be said to have Murilla and I proceeded to dally excursions into the forest in StU 'dinotkms, usually leaving two of tlae boatmen in cbarge of the camp and _ the other two along to carry sup- fliis. The concession proved to l>e a magnificent forest. Mahogany ... fttn there by the thousand, need- faat the woodman's ax and transpor- down the river to fetch £250 The tract, was intersected by WMika in all directions, along which timber might readily be floated to the *livQK. St was some ten days after our arrival concession when I took Manila Itte for a short expedition into the It was a feast day with the In­ ane! m w® intended to return be- evening we left them all four in ourselves with a of hard-tack apiece and some cold It for lnnch. At noon, where we down to eat our lunch, Murilla dis- WWmod near by a clump of low bushes fr--ring a yellowish berry. This fruit Tossed to recognize as * familar which he had eaten down toward st, though he had never seen any so far in the interior. After ; them he pronounced them deli- jut of somewhat different flavor e both ate of the berries liberally \ the least suspicion of injurious I finding them, as Murilla de- delicious. Ten minutes after the first berry, however, both of e thrilled with a strange exhii- ,We became almost deliriously >m»y, Murilla bursting out ii) the Por- tngjwse doggwel with boisterous hilar- intoadc&t&d wjth absinthe, myself, my whole nervous system I wiCh pleasing excitement to the t^ps. 1 was fairly intoxicated. I jtte recollection of making a XNKklye to check my own wild smjg by nodding my head in of- Meritta^^rocal linaillereii over on - - toy - Pabout midday Not "A. following day slowly com ; Itself. I then awoke-- Idea of trying to extricate from a hideous nightmare can / tan awakening--with a horrible aMBsation of helplessness. It seemed as tiroogfa the lower half of my body was , -. WBnbed and paralyzed bv heavy press- ^reflhaaU directions. A vague im- that my lower limbs were dead Jfei % aad allthe blood forced out of them fttothe upper part of my body crept me. My eyes seemed starting fa® their sockets almost, a singing was M my ears, and my breath came in la- iaate; Bay throat was hot and l a raging thirst. I was not yet returned to my senses; like one 1 withehfenoforia, or a person „ to death, my natural inclina- wrna was to let things take their course. It seemed ansless te think of trying to mirieate myself from the vise-like em- •tace that appeared to clutch me as in <1 rubber mold at terrible tension from tte wriist down. It was only a night- >*•» which would pass away in a little .._"^iffl«8tg|rAnd yet It couldn't be a night- I was dimly conscious of being all, ami., not asleep and sg this, by a supreme effort of I I aroused my Well-nigh dor- Dultiex to a sense that something t' wos the matter. The numbness [idt reached my arms, and I tried -'lniJHMir myself up--I was lying face •downward. As I strove to rise I was >dilg§cd backward several feet along found. Horrified and bewildered, I timed myself up with a frantic effort, ft enmcKent to look toward my helpless "**WWnity. My God! I was half in- ytted in the throat of a monster boa. reptile, finding me lying at •"* M®gth on the ground stupified, had • f -' <ielibei ately set about swallowing me. *ow I was thoroughly Aroused, the --Bgatiicro was as though some powerful •* f smetlort pump were employed in drag- " remorselessly down, down, inch by inch, into the slimy "depth# of my devourer's stomach. I ' "Was suffering no physical pain to speak ; ***» the dredful pressure on the lower ; malf Of the body created only numbness there? above was a sense of oppressive- , but there was an utter absence of . _-B pain. An indescribably sickening ordor also **" .t«tl from the monstrous rep- kt waa leisurely working me down oat. It was the breath from the and slirny stomach that alreudv en- ibed my feet and legs, and would ere "oseover my head. Maddened at •tlisome prospect I gave a horri- •am of agony, and clutching My at the ground I straggled to -- myself from the deadly embrace 4pe serpent's throat. well might some modern Canute stay the tidal wave's resistless as I to struggle for freedom from iving vise stretched like rubber %Y«ry hair breadth of what it en- b^'4* I struggled I could feel the d wngs of my devourer clutch the in ^Ksket I was wearing, and hold --ie a pair of hungry nippers, while bonible Kucti«« ^dmp below Beemed %e worked with anlfems energy. As soon an I realized the utter hope- lessness of accomplishing unytliing by keeping to review the larast hate Kuddfely i t hope of es- it would be mind aadiw- Every struggle I might make to §tt loose would Sod me ail inek farther down into the depths of the boa's slippery tomb by bringing into play the hooked fangs and arousing the activity of that horrible suction force within. From my school-boy recollections of natural history came the oooolusion that my devourer must have been a good twenty-four hours engulfing me up to the waist, and that by offering a merely passive resistance? I might keep my head and shoulders outside as long as ufe re- mained. From the time I discovered myself to be in the boa's lethiferous grip until the above sensible resolve WM ar­ rived at could hardly have been three minutes. For thfe finst time since recovering consciousness my thoughts now found Opportunity to wander from my own sensation*, and my first thought was of Murilla. What had become of him? Was he, too, being devoured or was h® already destroyed? A gieam of hope shot through my brain at the <1W- Perhaps he is unharmed, and wheti he recovers from the stupefying effects oi the berries he will be able tc render me assistance. In my anxiety to see if Murilla was anywhere around, I tried to look about me. The movement disturbed the boa, and again he dragged me backward two or three feet, and again the pressure irom below exerted itself to try and drag me in. So long as I remained per­ fectly quiet the boa seemed content to let nature take its course, and to remain in a semi-comatose condition. He seemed to realize that he had under­ taken a tremendous job, and one that required a great deal of patience. The least movement on my part, however, he would interpret at once into an effort of his prey to escape, and wotild reciprocate by trying to swallow me. Hours that the horror of my position seemed to lengthen into days, passed by. I thought I should go stark, rav­ ing mad as I felt the fangs of my hide­ ous devourer scraping against my buck­ skin jacket to try and inch me farther down his throat. The heavy odor of the reptile's breath was like some overpowering drug, which if distilled and applied in moder­ ation might even be tolerable to the nostrils. Darkness came, and added to the terror of my situation. My nerves were now badly shattered, and in the darkness my plight was pitiable in the extreme. How shall I describe the weird horrors of that dreadful night? It seemed an eternity spent amid all the blackness aad the mental tortures of Hell itself. Morning dawned at last, although I never thought it would come and find me in possession of my senses. Why it didn't find me a raving maniac, or a blubbering idiot, seemed the strangest thing that had vet happened. My first thought was to ascertain whether the guttap^rchalike opening in my living tomb hail gained on me dur­ ing those awful hours of darkness or not. I was lying all this while face downward, and although by this time weakened almost to a state of helpless­ ness I used my left hand to feel the taut rim of the boa constrictor's jaws. They were three full inches higher up my body than yester eve. The excite­ ment of the night I had just • passed through had exhausted, my emotions, and I remember that Mas- sinister dis­ covery awakened in me no sen to of m- easiness. I tried to form some plan of putting an end to my existence; but my brain refused to make connection between my dim, disjointed flights of thought. It was no longer equal to the concentra­ tion of a definite idea. I was now be- on d all active emotions. Once I suicied I heard the cry of some animal or human being near by; but I was too far gone to pay any attention. At last all seemed to be over wii$t * me. It was as though the darkness of night had gradually closed over me again; a roaring noise in my ears con­ tinued for a while in the darkness, and then all was silent. I had sunk into the unconsciousness of complete exhaus­ tion. * I remembered nothing move I came to my senses again in our camp on the river bank. A couple of days9 nurs­ ing by Murilla brought me round so that I could sit up and listen to his account of my rescue. The cry I fancied I heard just before sinking into unconsciousness was from Murilla. The effects oi the berries had kept him stupefied until the dawn of the second day, the close of the night so full of horrible experiences to me. He had awakened, weak and burn­ ing with tliirBt. Rising up, he beheld not a dozen yards away my head and shoulders protruding from the mouth of a monster boa, whose scaly body lay in serpentine leugths among the debris of decaying forest fungus. Taking it for granted that Iwaf dead, and chilled with terror, he uttered the horrified cry which I had dimly heard, and rushed away to camp. Being an expert woodman, he had no difficulty in finding his way. The Indians had about given us up for lost. They had searched for us, but had never happened to v^sit the right place. Two were out searching when we reached camp. Trembling with weakness and terror, he told the Indians the fate that had be­ fallen us. Returning with axes and crocodile spears the party attacked the boa, chopping him completely in two just below the bulge in his body caused by my feet and legs before he could es­ cape. At the first blow of the ax the monster made spasmodic efforts to dis­ gorge in order to attack his assailants. He tried hard to escape, but the axes were skillfully applied and he was ren­ dered powerless. The Severed head and neck had to be slit open before I could be released. At first they thought I was dead, but were soon rejoiced at discovering a lin­ gering spark of life. Carrying me to the camp, resuscitative remedies were applied, and I was, as you have aeen, finally brought around. In a few days my health was restored sufficiently to start on our return jour­ ney down the river; but my own mother would have failed to recognize me. My hair, which was a dark brown when Miyilla and I sat down to eat our lunoh tit hard-tack and venison, was now a* white as the scant locks of an old man of 90--as white as you see it now. My nervous system had received a shock that left me a victim of nightmare and nervous fears and tremors for years afterward. But a naturally iron consti- , tution finally overrode the effects of my I terrible experience and left me in pos- WCOW> OF nx KVBNTS THAT KA.VK MADE XT MKMOKABJLK, imL--8 »«C X «rito DlMitem by Fin, Flood, Vtmf, Mid «!•••*> WaliytittWert l«»rlB« HaiMiy >IWIIIIIHI br<lMk K«J«h . Ltm*. The Past TWelve Months. _ _ _ IAXVA.KT. ••" ' J--PanUflcil hUh BUMS KM c«l«brata| sit St. Itnpoainc emnanlM. 9--CoMm* day evar known In CaJ rSnSLfL I'v,"' Cfc'pgwm Wis., spirit thsnagmstors wewfed 6B dsKNea btlow zero. 15--Groat autfering among peopto M»4 wbojen •*!« deatroction of o*tt.« in Northern Texas, c*uaod by seven cold weather; Colorado Kivw frown over--fliat time o a reoord. 17--Cosnmiaaion appointed by Mew YorkXeg- ialatain to raport on moat humane mefcbod at •xecattng oondemned criminal* racorn mSoiteit abolition ot hanging and anbaUttuion of elec­ tricity. 90--1In. Glariaaa Jackaon <x>ek County* Ohio, beoame aga of 85 thai i years. (oolorod), of H&b- i grandmother |tt FKBRTTARY. ingredients being ashes. He' waa wakbie to demonstrate its value, because the offlcialH re­ fused to delay the execution of hla death acn- tsiuse, IX--Albert, tlio pedes !rl*n (.Tamea Albert Qatbeaat), the record in a walking-match at New Xcrk, coverlns 6'Jlv, mtles in six days. 97--Inauguration at Chicago of a remarkable Btrike of toe Brotherhood of Looomotlve En­ gineers agafnat tbe O. B. A; Q. K. It.: the cor­ poration ia one of the greatest in mileage and -wealth in the country, and tie B. I>. E. num­ bers about 25,000 members 29--John A. Beal, aged 13, began his term Qf Imprisonment for lit» at tbe Oalrcmlxm <Oh1o) Penitentiary, hla crime being the brutal mur­ der of his mother. 1--For the third time in her married life of three years, the wife of Jamea HtfBlmore, of Texarkana, Texas, gave binu to triplets--ii,ine children, all living and doing well. 12--Great storm along the Atlantic odaat Ph ladelphta almost completely isolated, financial losa to the States involved bxceedSd $2l),v00,o00, New York's aba.ro of this, cam baing $7,000,00.). Tlie metropolis had gone back 2 () years in its history, ao far as travel,was con­ cerned, and tbe strange spectacle was presented of young men starting rom. the City Ball on anow-ahoea tc j ointa within ten ana twenty milea of the cit y. 27--Gen. Bouianger, a disturbing element in rl * " * " APRIL. '. " ... , Elizabeth Arnold (colored) died at Pitti- burgh at the age of 118 yean. 18--New York Assembly pasaed bill substitut­ ing electricity for tbe halter in case of criminals sentenced to death. 21--The famoua trotting horae Dexter died of old age and exhaustion at the stable of hia'bwn- er, Mr. Bobert Bonner, New York. Dexter was foaled in April, 1668, and in Augaat, 18ti7. a; Buf­ falo, covered a mile in 2:17^--the faHtest mile ever trotted at that time--when he was pur­ chased by Mr, Bonner for $33,<K0, and withdrawn from the ttfi f. Sit--General Joseph E. Johnston, highest of rank of living ofBoera of tbe Confederate army, elected an honorary member of a Grand Army: post In Philadelphia. 28--Lack of support compelled title anspensipiii Of the Alarm, the anarchistic sheet formerly ed­ ited by Albert B. Parsons, of Chicago. ^ 90--President Cleveland aent to the Senate the nomination of Hon. Melville Westoar TtoUer, of Illinois, to be Chief Justice of tbe United Stateei ~ a Court, i. ; r G--Dwyer Brothers, of Brooklyn, V. T., paid •8.200 for a yearling colt at a sale of thorough­ breds near Paris, Ky. --higheat-prioed yearling ever sold at auction m the United States. The new purchase 1s a full brother to the famous Hanover, a horse that won #90,000 in eu;«« stakes for the Dwyer a table during 1687. 9--Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott called to tbe pulp! of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, as the suocfeaso; 19--Judge Speer, in the United States District Court at Atlanta, Ga., ruled that when a dis­ honest postal clerk opens a decoy letter he breaks no law and 1s not amenable to ptmisht ment. 29--The Supreme Court of North Carolina de­ cided that a woman who had murdered lur ltU- band was entitled to a widow's share »f Ms property. JT7XX. 8--Steamship Etrarla made-the trip from Queenstown to New York in lost» UU(Bi.clr.flarff two honrs--fastest trip across the ocean on rec­ ord. Average speed, about twenty-two statut* miles per hour. 5--Arrival at Ban Franoisoo, from London, of the British buk Balaklavs* her vojrSare Hating one year and eeventy-four daya. Tbare was Hot a sulor aboard who shipped on her in England: ten were washed overboard in a storm ofl Ci^e Horn, and the remainder deserted while at Valparaiso for repairs; two more lost in a storm after leaving the latter port. 19--At the Pennsylvania Bailroad locomotive works, Altoona, a locomotive weighing IIO.OjO poimda was buUt In 1 > hours S5 minutes. SI--Letters from London, England, were de­ livered at Vancouver, B. C., within twelve days. ,*1--Lake Ben on, Minn., had a severe fiost Which badly injured small fruits and gfain fields. JULY. I--Dispatches fiom Eufaula, Indian Tenrltery,; announced the manler by horse-thieires of Deputy Marshal i hillips and posse, making a record of seventeen sheriffs kUleain that vicinity within two years. 6--The financial exhibit of the C., B. & Q. Boad for the first five months of 1888, compared with the corresponding period of 1387, showed a loss of $4,194,1/2--cauaed by abort crops last year, reduoed rates, and the great engineers' strike II--After drawing pay and emoluments of his various grades lu the army for thirty years, Lieuten nt Colonel Leslie Smith, commanding the po t at Kort Magnnis, Montana, ftiade ap­ plication to'bdcome a citizen; ho had never been entitled tc the right of suffrage. 14--Plant City, Fla., was ordered to be tom down and burned, in order to fctamp ant yeOaw fever. 17--A huge waterspout passed over St. Angus- tine, Fla., upsetting boats In the river, and tear­ ing oat the streets; several drayloeds of fish were secured on the atreeta after it had passed. AUOCST. 1--Dr. Ernest Weiaaenberger, of Heidelberg University, who had been observing the gaa wsHs at Findlay, Ohio, predicted volcanic erup­ tions for that vicinity In the near future. 6--Prospectors brought in rich specimens at find from this Bodlder country, Montana. W--Governor HU1, of New York, disapproves of the custom so long In vogue of having crimi­ nals exi cuted on Friday, and designates Tues­ day Instead. 14--By order of the l reaident, Major General John M. BoboAeld was placed in command of tbe r, with headquarters at Washington. -President Cle%eli>nd's letter accepting a army, with headquarters at Washington. JO--President Cle%eli>nd's " rsnominntion made pub.ic. 16--Two men n. mod bteele and MocksbeS were put off a train at Stepstone, Ky.; they wen drunk and had been fighting; waen the train was a to ped he dial waa resumed, and Mr. Mockabee waa killed by the fifth bullet from Mr. i-teeles pietol, after whioh the latter boarded the train and pr n eeded homeward. S3--The ce ebrttod calf caae (Jonea County, Iowa* terminated by a jury at Waterloo s»wn»g a verdiot for plaintiff, Kobert Johnson, for g;,0u0; tbe case hai been p ending in various oouH* tor more than fourteen years, and several swll-to-do persona were bankrupted in paying costs; the oalf waa worth about $45. --London, Eng., startled by a series of some half douen myaterious murdera in White- Chapel ; all the victims wsre dissolute women of the pooreat ctaaa, and the un­ fortunate wretches were found with their thieata severed and. their bodies disemboweled and mutilated in a tmtal manner; the deteetlvee tbe bodies. SO-- Number of immigrants arrived at porta of the United staiea f om prlnolpal foreign coun­ tries, exoept Dominion r Canada ana Mexioo. daring first nine mon hs of ISA liM.Wil. saalnst 41V*)-during sam.i pericMl lastysar. f., •• ' i -iHjionaB.. 9--The Hon Geor„'o BaocfBKt, American, his- toalan, reached his eiRtity-eighlh blnMay. t * 8--Chief Jusiioe M i vide WeaioQ Poller, U. 8. Supreme Coar , took tbo oath or office. %--The Missouri U nnt I/odge of Masons de­ cided that saloon-keeper# are ineligible to mem bership In that order. , i|D--Conrr^a^ ekijourned, ihe session bslBg tele loosest in the h eU ry oi the country. ilS--David Crack, of Mai-ibro. Md.. claiming to be 1U7 years o'd and a veteran of tie war of 181S, was jo.nod iu wed ock to t usanna 0»k ». a Widow of 7 . The Michigan Fupremo Court Resided that Wheve an unmarried voter sleeps in one preeiuot -- " eats in another he must r gister in the pre- ' wheie he ents. -The Auatralian Government commanced building hfeuan ol wire netting km miles tongto divide New tviuth Wales from Queensland, to keSp down tbe jnckn b it peats. Australia offers S O ,OOJ to any oue v. ho -will dincover something that will ex erminnt j thu pests. «. V--New Bedforl, Mass., visited two by well- dsfined earthquake ahocka. NOVKHBKB, ' ' 8--Mrs. George Hiraoh. of Navarro Goanty. Texaa, gave b.rth to six childreu, four boya acul two girls. •--Tbe unknown murder flen l of the Whito- chapal (X-ondon) distrlot added another to his list of vtotfiTls- 37--The f-upreme Court of Pennsylvania de­ cided that a at -agrwm: nt of the jury in mnrder Mala la equivalent to an aoauittal, on tbe ground that tho Federal Constitution declares that a man cannot more than once be put in jeopardy of life or limb for the same effenie. m-zCRMUKK. - a--President Cleveland ordered the eiVU.aar. bona , N.Y«afc of „ _ tBtoesctR&ga Ceeaty, adtsaill--sdofM yiara. ~ D^ath-B6H of the iear. •AllT. r,of fc&STiZ.&lZZ BsawslkJS «. A. (fattter of L eut. Bahwat- of OdUGtellowshlp In tbe (mother at the 1*8} year j. Weils, U. S. N. 8u--Prof. Aaa P. Gray, the eminent botanist. ; nmmoAMt. 11--WUHam KeH^, tnventor of the BessenDor •Pe- process ot maldte ate* 15--DavdMoes Locke, widely known as famoaft meohanloal en- troleum V. Nasi Si--George H. CCMIss flfanar anrl manefnefwf ^^WiSiiSrVllion Corcoran, ml Uonaire pfcUanctaopiSt, or Wftshiw^ton, D. C. <m fcoutb Carollaa, noted m,>- ' >• 'ttaneoi " •' i • • 4--jlagtos Bresson AJeott, w«U-kaowm author; , if. Alcott, tlie obanhtng welter and fixttaful datuhtwtf A..B?or.don Aioott. 8--Qen. U.i SL tttrather f Porte Crayon"), artist, atithdr and Rftlflier. 9--Friedrieh Ladirig Wlltelm, first Emparorof Genhany and seveni Thomas of Prussia* resident and ie system, aged 48. aged 91. Meuy, of T " 7""_ lS^-Henry Bergh, of New fork, a waon friend of dumb animals, and organizer of humane societies. 17--Rx-C«f>v. Horace Fairbanks, of Vermont. 20--Ex-U, 8, Senator John P. King, of Georgia. 21--Qen. George W. Cass,t>organlier of the Adams Express. as--Momaon Bem!ek Walte, Chief Justioe United States Supreme Court.. iM--Ex-Gov. John T. HofSTnian, of 'New York. L6- Ex-I4eut, Gov, Win. Dotaheimer, of New York- Felix O. C. Darlev, deitign^r and iliua- trator. 29^--Gen. Charles Ai Stetson, for forty yean proprietor of the Astor Hxue* New YorA. ft>Krr. 4--Benjamin Harris Brewster, ex-United States Attorney Qenertki. . 6--Jfwsob Sharp, t^ia Eriadww (New York) street Railway manipulator. - (>--Rev. Mr. Sutherland, the .NeW; York Svan- gelist, better known to t beater-goers as "Sena­ tor" Bob Hart, formerly of the miustrdl stage. ^7--Quincy A. GUmors, Brevet Major General IB--Matthew Arnold, nsted English poet, critic, and scholar. 18--F.x-HenatAr Roscos Conkling, of New York, nelii *" ' aeverai aaqng lean try, was drownad ai g«»iord bridge ov« gland; agedli. W 19--Dr. Cornelias A. Agne^, of New York, last survivor of tb» once famous United 8, ates San­ itary Commission, ; A. 8. Abvll, founder of the Baltimore ,S'un; a twenty times millionaire, aged (3. Si>--WllMam B. Dinsmore, President of the Adams Express Company , 81--John A. Bice, 61 Chicago, well-known hotel man. Bear < Admiral Charles Stewart Bo^gs, at New Brunswick, N. J. . i,); a4--Judge bamuel I). Lecomptgu' SK-Chlef Jnstioe orthe^eriltbry o? Ransae. "' '• MAT. • 4--General Wtm Levis, VliBtinguished oltl- sen of lowt and SiSttaxt relative of General George Washlngtoo. 5--Norman McDonald, of Cape Breton, N. 8., last known survlvot.of tattle of Waterloo, aged 110. 8--Martin H. Bovea of Wisconsin, chief mover in abolishing capital punishment in many States* 10--CommodoreKoman W. Kittson, of Bt. Paul. 19--Brother Qalnton: leading elder1 of the Dunkaid denomlnatiom, while on his knees offe ing prayer at tbe German Baptist Confer­ ence, NorthManches or. lnd. ao-^JTosie Mansfield, who figured prominently In the-Flsk-Stokes tragedy in New York In 1872. JUNE. I--General Henry W. Birge, one of the com- mesdsra of the Army of the Shenandoah during the rebellion. 8--ftev. James Freeman Clark**, distinguished Unitarian divine; Jamaica. Plain, Mass., aged 78. i!0--Dr. J. H. JZakertort, champion chess.playiir of the world.' Hon. Jo >eph M. b terret^ Penn­ sylvania's oldest editor and i nblisher. ' 23--Hon. John Trunkey, A aociate Jndge Su­ preme Court of Pennsylvania. 28--Thomas B. Linwiln, grandnephew of Gen. Lincoln, of Bevoluticmary fain*, and the only man tried tat treason during the late -civil war: near Elkton, ltd., sgctd 75, JULY. 15--Sir John Henry Brand, President ot the Orange Free State. South Africa. 90--Ex-Governor Thos. L. Young, of Ohio. 25--Ex-Gov. Thea. Camey, of Kaas». 30--BarUey Campbell, well-known playwright. 81--Dr. Bobert Morris, distinguished: Masonio leo.nrer sad poet laureate at Masonry. AVOVST. R--Gensml Philip H. Sheridan IT s ,4 7--Lawrenee M. Donovan,: made famoas by several dwta« leaps fman hridgjs in Uus ooun- " afuBr lamping from the Hun- over tie Tnamej; London, En- _ P^Davloge comedian; or the Southern Pacific Ke.ilroad Company. Co'onel James L, D. (Don) Morr .son, a noted Democratic politician of Illinois. cut--The Sight Rev. Samuel S. Harris, Bishop of the Protestant Epispopal DioceSe of Michigan. BEPTSXUBB, 8--Lester Wallack, tbe veteran actor and man­ ager. • 12--Professor Klchard A. Proctor, ast-ronomer and lecturer. 18-- Bev. Dr. Ravelli, founder of th? kinder­ garten system of education in America; Pitts­ burg, Pa., aged HO. ui--William Warren, veteran comedian. 2,t--Fran o a Aohiile £a a n^i onee s famous Marshal of France, at Madrid, t-pain. General Salomon, exiled President of tbe Hepublio of Hayti, at tail a, France. OCT- BBS. 6--Tom King, ex-obampioo pugilist of En­ gland, who In his time defeated Jem Mace and John C. Heenan. 18--Hon. John ("Long John") Wentworth, a Cieer citizen of Chicago, who during his career been a frontier editor, a farmer, Mayor of Chicago, and member of Congress. 17--Mareeltaa Campos, a negress, at Havan i. Cube, aged Hi yeara, leaving a uu-vear old sum •md ft la-year-old grant-greaJ-gif^p4. grandson. 1»--Bk Bev. E. B. Welles, Bianop of ths Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. 23--At Sandusky, Ohio, Willis J. Coo\ tbe noted telegraph operator, familiarly known as "Blf." 90--Jsx-Gov. Wm. T. Hamilton, of Maryland. General Li Ya Doo, a famous Chinese sold) r and a leader of the Biack Flags who fou 'ht against < he French in Tonquin; 1,20» Chinese, ail in white, marohtxi in the funeral prooeaslon at New York. 29--Judge William K. MoAlllster, of the Chi­ cago Appellate Court, aged 70. Hon. John P. Campbell, ex-Congressman from Kentuoky. NOVJUIBBR. 6--John Halton, of Farmington, Mich., who was a paralytic, desire;! to live long • nough to vote for Cleveland; bis wish was gratified, as he was takes to the polls, where his bal oi was dj- goalted, and he died aoon alter returning to his 8--Mrs. Haunah Sharkey, of Yoanss own. Ohio, aged 1U years. ™ ' 13--Esther Gaines, colored, aged 128 years, at Newport, Ark. 17--Bear Admiral Charles H. Baldwin, U. 8, N., who bad been placedi n tbe ra.lred list. 28-iMri. Gen. Wm. T. Sherman. IMiCKMBKU. 1--Jndga Thomas 8e.de, of North Carolina HV-Rear Admiral Leroy, U. 8. N. ia--Chief Colorow, the celebrated lender of the Utes, agea 70. 14--Anna i^angley (colored) at New York, aged 17; believed to have been the tallest g rl in tbe country--7 feet % inches; one oX her an eaVJfs waa an Indian chief. }«-- Dr. James Scott, of Columbus, Ohio, au­ thor of tbe famaea heott liquor laws. 17--Jamei C. Morford, la >t of the "olddelSnd- sti" of Fort MoHenry; Bal Jmore, aged A. The Yea ŝ Disasters. JANOART. 4-Two express trains sol ided near Meppel, Holland; 20 persons kilted. Ame.-ican ouiu Alfre l D. Bno* wrecked at entranoe to Water­ loo! harbor, Irolun I; . 0 lives loat. Vir-A terrible atoraa mw- pt over the North­ west-the wdrst bli/,isttHi since l07»; f.o:n Da> ko a, Minnesota, luw.i, Kansas, Nebrtska and Montana oiuue pkilu et ries of sivUvring »M death; about ioo people pdr.shed. 1-pit Iwlth i litnoelSO. JOWB. •--Almost the entire city of Hull, 'ipposlte Ottawa. Onfc, -was swept away by fin; W hoosss burned and 2,500 people rendered home­ less. 18--Dubois, a mining town te Pennsylvania* Isldte aches; 3,ooo people homeless; loss, gl,- '"'fev-llfteen hundred lives loot by taundatioai of Leon, a Mexican oityof 100,000 Inhabitants: loss, **,000,000. TXVL.T. 11--Tcntbleloss of life in a coal mine at Kta- beriey, South Africa; over 800 persons (white and black) perished. 17--Volcanice>nrttonatMakmats, Japan; 400 killed^and 1,00j injured. «--Boalyn, a toal-mlnlcg town of Dakota* burned; 1,500 people left homeless; less, KM),000. 25--One thousand persons killed and several villages destroyed in the vicinity of Yokohama, Japan. ACOCST. 8--During a storm on tbe Pacific coast of South Amerloa an Kngliih an I a French bark were sunk in'tbe harbor of Valparaiso, with a loss of twsnty-five lives. 9--Severalbasine** blocks burned at Chatta­ nooga. Tenn.; loss, gl/>0 >,'«0.>. 13--Disastrous flood in the vicinity of Pekin, China; twenty villagas overwhelmed, with 10,- 000 people drowno<! 14--Steamers (Reiser and Thlngvalla collided In a fog off Sable Inland, the former sinking in five minutes; iu? lives lost. 29--Durina a heavy fog in the Bay of 8an Franoisoo the steamers Oceanic* and City of Chester collided, the latter going down in five minutes; over thirty lives loit. 3J--In a Btormat Nekagori, Japan, 3,0)0 housei wet« demoliahed, 80s) vessels wrecked ani In­ jured, and 59,000 people rendered homeless. SBPTSHBBB. 8--Floods in Bohemia reached alarm in? pro­ portions; at Budweis 1>,000 people ware render­ ed homeless, finding refuge in the hills; the Danube rose stealily, submerging six villages in the valley of the Poprad; crops and granaries were swept away. 10--San Fr<mciseo geared by a blase that de­ stroyed property to tbe valneof $1,250,00). 11--Daring a hurricane in Cnb«, entire fish­ ing villages along Uie coast were ( wept, avay, 8J ' li.ea were lont, and the damage to property re:tched into the ii;:!l ons. Valparaiso, Oh'li, flooded by tbe breaking of an artificial pond; 1,(KJU lives lost, 12--Jackeonville and Fernnndina, Fla.,were vis­ ited by the dreal scourge, yellow fever, the result being a total of ubout 4,70.) cases find 4 )0deaths. The Island of Cuba was sw pt by tha fever, causing hun lreda of deaths, and the island of Nassau declared a fot ty-d <y guarautine, as did also the prinoipal cities of the Southwestern States. 80--Bus'ness failures in tbe United States for the first nine month* of 1888 number 7,550, with liabilities of over t9J,090,00 r, against 6.85J ia 188/, with liabilities aggregating $128,000,000. OCTOBi'R. 2--Snow covered the enti e northern penin­ sula of Michigan, and seriously delayed rail­ road tra'ns by heavy and slipping soow on the traoks; the mountains between Whits Haven and Wilkesbarre, Pa., were oovered with snow. 1 >--Seven y people slain In a railway acci­ dent at Mud Run, i'a. 2i--Ten cars of a train of excursionists re- tuniing to Potenza, Italy, from Naples, crashed by an avalanche; ninety lives lost. NOVKMBER. 9--Fire in the Iioohester (N. Y.) Steam Gauge' and Lantern Company's works resulted in the death of forty employes. An explosion of fire­ damp in coal mines at Pittsburg, Kan., killed over eighty miners. 15--Thirty miners met death at Door, Bel­ gium, from on explosion of lire-damp. DECEMBER. 8--The jail at Birmingham, Ala., was attacked by a mob bent upon lynching Ki^hard Hawes, a murderer; the rioters were fired upon by a guard of officers, a dozen men being killed and many more wounded. At least 1,0 u shots were fired, none of tho officers being hurt. 13--Failure of De Lesseps' Panama Canal announced. e at Victoria, B. C.; 73 2»--Explos OA In cuat- miners klUed. FEBB0ABY. 18--Terrific earthquake in tbe provlnoe of Yunnan, China; 2. wu lives reported to<w _W--Mbunt Yemen, •!;, ded.royeI by a oy- clone; -ki killed, about 2J0 inju.el; loss to property, <mr ,<) u, x>». 2<--Fe. iyoomt Julia blown ap at ^[«aie'o. Cal.; forty li esiosc. lt iliaa vilag> o Valtorti de­ stroyed by on avatan^he: th.rty parsons ^lUe-l KAUCM. 1--French aehooner Fieur de la M r foundered off the island or Cayenne; sixty P-Msenserj drowned. , . 10-- Kxploaioo of p eaaure st arae/'s boilers at Cartagena,1 West indies; forty 1 voa io*t. --A l>ks.-<ent?ot train or ismi ibrjugh a tres- tteat Biackanea-, (},i.t and leMfo ty feet: twen­ ty-five person* killed. 21--Burning of t ie B&nqmdt Theater at Oporto Portugal; 12i d a in. - , ' 27--in the valley of tho Vistula, Germiur. an area of ten mi,es squ ire, con ainin^ aeventy- seven vUlagee was eawinerged'; iives lu^t .000 peopie made homele .a, and lo^s to otanar- ty estimated »T #>J,O.O,OJU. 2J^Jrtxplosion of fir^-damp la a oolUary at flioh Hill, Mo ; over sixty men killed. AfHir,. SJ-Amesbuty, Maas.. »w0M by »he Iweit couilagr,itk>n IN lis bis ory; joss, *1, KJO, uk ZM. .Nor'Jl T? ,Tex.a? ewjp o er by he worst flood known in its history; ov. r iOj »nii^. 0| ̂ SantaFeHaihraaiosier ua sr. MAT. 4-:-Dethl and Mora lahtid. India, visited by destraoUve ha ls jorm«; 1 >0 po sons kiUed. 12 toJfer-The pvcrdowin 4 wafers ot the Missis­ sippi did great dams-- to towns and Dana an coumbis, 8.O. a at San Francisco. Throttled by the Law. JANUABY. 6 - Natban B. Sutton a", Oakland, Cat 13--Henry Scbmid. at West Union, Iowa. 20--Jamea E. Nowlln (aged 18) at Cambridge, Mass. sw--Dan Driscoll at the Tombs prison, Mew York City. FEBRUARY. .1--At Minden, La,, Jim Cornelius, a negro boy aged 14; murder. 9--Clement Arthur Day at Utlca, N. Y. 10--Patrick J. Hart at Helena, Montana. 17--Martin L. Scott at De r Lodge, Montana. . MARCH. I--Oscar F. Beckwith at Hudson, N. Y. 9--Mscey Warner at JeffersonvlUe, lad. APRIL. 3--Adam Volkovitoh at Wilkesbarre, Pa. 4--Luther Shaffer at Lockhavon, Fa. 7--Prophet Frazer at Wate boro, 8. O. 13--"H ppy Bob'" Van Brunt at Warsaw, N. Y. Nels Olson lioiong st Fergus Falls, Minn. Chil­ lers Banc > at Wiliisvllle, 'icxas. 20--N. B. Lester at Lebanon, Tenn. 95--Geor e McC. Dunham at Woodbury, N. J. 27--Ja k Crow, George Moss, and Owen D. HJU,negri>es with Indian blood* at Fort femith. Ark. Jack Prater at Orangeburg, 8. C. Jamea Davis at Columbia, S. C. John B. Bisooe at Leonardtown, Md. WAT. \ 8--Robert G. Hall and David Vincent ttMs- del,>hia. 11--Bev. George McDuffle at Greensboro, Ga. 12--Zephyr Davis at Chiosgo. 17--Winiam George at Columbus, Ohio. 22--At Greenville, Miss., a white man named Gra'iam and two negroes--David Moore and Wlilard Hall. JUNK. II--James Eady and Michael Bosette, half- breeds. a. i.eiin i, Northw >st l'e rito;-f. ' sa--William 1 atterson st Louisville,; ICr, 2<--George Wilson at Aibion, N. Y. JULY. !;•» ' " 6-- Gus Bogles at Fort Smith. Ark.--the six­ tieth execution that has taken pin: e there. 1j--ltdwa d A. JJcacons at Kochester, N. Y. 13--ti« orge :u. liider at MarsLaii, Mo. Ebone- zer Stanyat'U at Oiumbus, Ohio. 18--Henry Lbert ai, Jersey City, N. J. Blohard Keeney at Freehold, N. J. ,0 -Abra J. ("nai or Jack") Allen at Montloello, N. Y. Hiohs Caimlcbael at hnoxvllle, Tenn. Simon Pitts at Clay .on, Ala. 2^--Frank Williams at Blackfoot, Idaho. AUGUST. 5--Charles (alias "Biinkay") Morgan at Colum­ bus, Ohio. l,>-- Hugh M. Brooks (alias Maxwell) and Henry Londgrar at St. IJOUIS, Mo. Charles H Kiodel at Neivc .stlj, Del. 17--Ale vaudor Wood at Blackfoot, Idaho. 21--Dan Lyons at the Tombs, New Yolk City. 81--Bur it Mitchell at Houston, Texas. bEP-i KMtlKH. 14--Doc der Golden OC. OBKR. 5--Philip PsUedoni at Br.daoport. Conn. 1'--1 amine McCoy, a negro girl aged. 19, st Union Springs, Ala.; murder. m--Wni.am W eaington at Columbus, Tenn. 26--Ben F. Cxrte.'Hi Haw.inn, Wyoming;Hugh Blackman at Toledo, Ark.; Ephraim Mayers at Edgelieia, 8. C. NOVEMBER. 14--Willi m Showers at i ebanois, Pa. 1 >-- Charles Johnao i at Waterloo, N. Y. 21--Jake and Joe I obler at Wicliita, tm 23--George W. Miltiken st Shawnee town, IU. 3d--John Henry Meyer at Piacervilid, CM. J>kckmbh:H. 11--Asbury Hawkins at lUverhead, N. Y. 18--Lyman l us ee, by shooting,' at Tnshkfr- Homma, Indian Territory. • . 1 Vlottma of Judflre 1 1' ' JAWCART. ' , • Oscar Cogor, colofed, Incendiary, st' tftmto- kee, Ala. «--An American named Baggott, near Datan­ go Ciiy, Ar zon i. itt--In Laurens Coonty, Georgia, a negro pris­ oner. iT--1Two murderer* shot by a mob at Caldwell, vd--"Nosey" S nlth at Sun River. Montana. At Limes one, Indian Territory, the leader of a gang of bank-robb<.rs. uunij unknown. 27--'"Drea-1." alias James McKnigat, at Par- Celt, in lion IVniiory. 2i--Tnroe negroes at Plymouth, N. C. Ben Edwards at Amite City, La. FKBltOABV. T8--A negro, name unknown, at Pontohatoula, 9--A. J. Morris at Bever, in No Man's ZsukL 14--Alonzo aolly at Phukne,ville, lit i8--Sum iJii e ao »1 nton Ky. ,, SJ--Torn Foraythe a„ Ca taoge, Tsni^ v*® i I UAH- H. *v; •--Will 'lhoraas at Tunne Hill, Gsk, 10--Tv m ltoof at '11en.on, Ga. r-<", 13--« m. A. l arktr at Washington, N. C. 14--John tkinner a i.op^iniville, Ky. '>^8--Joun Wood a. i^enis^n, Texas. 2U Tucodore Calloway at tayneviile, Ala. APRLL. 4--J. Howe at Fort Coil.ns Colo. 0--Bill Mcrgan and three other horssthlfos at Heaidion. muian i'errttory. 15 - Jack Mollar, haii-brecd, in Garfield County, Colorado" it!--o. ear Gal latin, Tenn., Isia3 Kirkpatrick and bis w f i uas tojloiud); si speoted of ar<<on. iJ--KigLt horsetniev s utrui.g up witnouii time for prayer, in the vicinity ot raroed, Indian Territory. 2j--uardy Posey at Bessemer, Ala. MAT. 1--Joa Harris at Vicksbarg, Miss. Henry Pope at Summer ide, Ga 2--utoige Juor on r»t Warrior, Ala. 8--Jouu Wright at St. He eua, Cat. 8 --Dan Sole no ,r D kiiburg, Ga. Thomas Fra> ser at Hiount s Orea.v, N. >j. 1J--l'om jtooney at Woodburn, Ky. 17--"1 andy H >ot, ih twood, snd two other borsotbiev^x, names unknown, near Wood- Ward, muiu, i Territory. 18--Four ne-.ro .aboiers at Washington, Tenn.; criminal assault. Jims. 2--Andrew Grandstaff, a yoang desperado, st Viroqua, Wis. <1--Allen Sturgls at Thompson, Ga 10--At i ort 8uaw, Montana, a negro soldleif named lloburteon. Denaia tlilliami at "" • Vilie, Fla. 11--James Foster ait Henderson. Ky, •*--At MottaMi. mm. a umbte • Bsurat on, Dakota. 81--Fnwaont Emmons st Pawnee Ottr. Rek W. H. Handley at Csrthase. Tsm. mm; 10--Amos Miller at Franklin, Tana. 14--James Stott, James Eeott %nd Jeff Wllsoa, Florida. ArtSCWML and Loafs Nstfer, outlaws; ASache 15--NoahuiriSn in tSalhoi . 17--Outlaws In Pleasant hanasd William raneners and stockmen. 20--BUly Cole at Gside Rook, Neb. 81--Archer Cook as FarmviUs, Va, SBPTKMBEB. 16--Jean Pierre Salet and Ville Platte Prairie, La. 28---Lewis Davis at SteelvlUs, Ko. OCTOBBB. • &• 5--At Trinidad, CoL, Hlokman. fe- , 13--Lewis Edwards at Jessnpk Ga. 17--Nut Nathaniel at Wharton, TSxsA _2l--.Ndar Snake Biver, Col., two bantersnsmed Datchle and Adams, who persisted in killing elk sad deer for their hides, after being wsrned to 86--Henry Jones at Woodland Mi Is, Ussm. 87~Thomfts Sayre near Bromwell, W. Vs. KOVSMBEB. >~Archlbaki Pelon st Grayling, Mich... . DRCKMBEU. 4--George Wlthereil at Canon City, CsC U--Nosh Taylor at Harrisburg, Ps. ^ *|I0LD IT OYER A IMLlUgH' BT BOB BUBDETTB. how I write mean Let me tell you letters and bitter editorials, mv boyt 8031c time when a mafi lias pitohed into me and "cut me up rough, and I want to pulverize him ana wear his gory scalp at my girdle and hang his hide on my fence, I write the letter or editorial that is to do the business. I write something that will drive sleep from his eyes and peace from his soul for six weeks. Oh, I do hold him over a slow fire and roast him. Gall and aquafortis drip from my blistering pen. Then, I don't mail the letter and I don't print the editorial. There's al­ ways plenty of time to crucify a man. The vilest criminal ia entitled to a lit­ tle reprieve. I put the manuscript away in a drawer. The next day I look at it. The ink ia cold; I read it over and aay: "I dont know about this. There's a good deal of bludgeon and bowie knife journalism in that. Ill hold it. over a. day longer." The next day 1 read, it c-gain. I laugh and sayt "Pshaw I" and I can feel my eheeks getting a little hot. Hie fact is, I am ashamed that I ever wrote it, and hope that nobody has seen it, and I have lialf forgotten the article or let­ ter that filled my soul with rage. I haven't been hurt, I haven't hurt any-' body, ar/l the world goes right along, making twenty-four hours a day as usual, and I am all the happier. Try it, aay boy. Put off your bitter re­ marks until to-morrow. Then, when you try to say them deliberately, you'll find that you have forgotten the™! and ten years later, ah! how glad-you will be that you did I Be good-natured, my boy. Be loving and gentle with the' world, and you'll be amazed to see how dearly and tenderly the worried, tired, vexed* iiarrassed old world loves jau. He Was n American. . <j A thin, delicate-looking womfa wt ia a Chicago horse-car one evening, and next her sat a native of the Queen's realm. The window behind the Briton was open, and the cool wind blew in On the woman, making her shiver. At. last she said, ia a lady-like way: "'Won't you be kind enough to close the window behind you, as it makes mei very cold ?" , It would hardly have caused the man any inconvenienoe to grant re­ quest, but he replied, harshly: "I prefer- it open. You Americans can't stand anything; you all seem to have consumption." The other passengers in the car waxe| astounded at his incivility. Finally h gentlemen rose on the op­ posite side of the car, and approaching the Englishmen with about 220 pounds avoirdupois, leaned over him, and, grasping the window, slammed it with vigor. Then he remarked: 1 "Now, my friend, if yon think all Americans are aiiiicted with consump­ tion. you just raise that window again.. I am an American." The little woman blushed, and the Briton looked out of the window and thought. . Colors that Harmonise. Bed and violet do not acoord well.* Orange and yellow accord incompar­ ably better than red and orange. Black never produces a bad effect when ii is associated with two lumin­ ous colors. 4 Green and blue produoe an indiffer­ ent effect, but better when the colors' are deep." Blue, when placed by the side of orange, increases the latter's intensity^ ' and vice versa. Green and violet, especially when light, form a combination preferable Ut green and blue. Bed and blue accord passably, es« pecially if the red incline rather to • scarlet than a crimson. When two colors accord badly to­ gether it is always advantageous to separate them by white. Whilo gray never exactly produces a bad effect in its association with two luminous colors, yet in most cases its assortments are dulL Bed and yellow accord pretty well, especially if the red be a purple red, rather wan scarlet, and the yellow rather greenish than orange. Yellow and green form an agreeable combin ation. The arrangement of yel­ low and 1 lae is more agreeable than that of the yellow and green, but is less lively. *oto*iniii» an < TSb* l a Jaok pot. \ Iv any boat can shoot AM rapids cessfnlly we should think ft. would the gunboat--Ocean. W THE criminal who disguised himself to escape evidently madeway for liberty and dyed.-- Boston OateUe. "WHAT a stupid fish*lobster is!" said Cora. "Yes," asserted ICsisittk "bethe is quick to catch on."--Nov York . WHEN an obituary notice eadb,« further seek his frailties to disclose.* ii^ means, "Whiskey killed htm.1*--Texa$S^ Siftings. _ THEY have "potato soeials"in Kansast )•> Si Mi i young folks go there to pare.-- Lowe . Courier. IT is one of the peculiarities of thing! in general th§t the freshest men genwif ally tell the stalest stories.-- 'Bangwk^ Commercial. A CLERGYMAN who married a couple deaf mutes in Brooklyn the other dajfi made a bad brake when he waited them "Unspeakable bliss."--27k« Cartoon, IN Boston theaters yoa find in the front rows the young men with the in-.'* cipient mustaches. And we snppoe# that is where the expression "Down" front" comes from.--Yankees man. ' A PITTSBURGH magistrate refused t» grant a trial the other day to a ma| whose ears were unserviceable. said it was ridiculous to give a deaf a hearing.--Pittsburgh graph. SHE--T mtist show yon my new eloek before you go. He (facetiously)--Somf>, of my friends tell me I am homely enough to stop a clock. She--Oh, tha|>; won't matter! It can be started again*; . A BRAKEMAN who was caught between C two trucks, the other day, was describe , ing his sufferings to his wile. "Why,* she exclaimed, "that's just the way i| feels when yon're breakiag a new pefr ~ fs of corsets." THE man who prays that God wil| ^ make him honest in his business trans* -• • actions needs watching. He may forge| f X to pray once in a while. We don't pray for that which we hsr?o.--Martha'* Vinevard Herald. "To WHOM do we appeal when our r,. heads are filled with throbs and whei*r/! the path of life gives us pain?" exclaim# Dr. Talmage in a burst of enthusiast!# i. -v inquiry. To the dentist and corn-doctor^ , old gentleman.--Arfcansaw Traveler. V* AN enterprising hatter has sent out a 'iff circular stating that men are bald be* - * v cause they wear wool hats instead of' . S J silk ones. That is not the only reason. why men .are bald. They sometimes"' marry the wrong mum,--Peort# '. Transcript. 1 * . • Mj " AN' yez looks ont #" sarim fuii 7 J mornin', Mrs. Dacey," "AH' enough t# ^ ' ' make me, Mrs. Grogan. Last week t lost me husban' and this week twogoats§, The loss of the ould man was ^pretty bad, but goats is high in price, Mrs; Grogan; very high." V TRAMP--Can you give me some sir? Farmer--I guess so. What of work do you want? Tramp--Worl for my jaws. Farmer--All right; come in and talk with my wifet If she can't heep you busy HI eat my boots.--Bttr* ling ton Free Precs. k. it 'MANAGER--I won't r--3 ----*--1-- services as bill-poster poster--What! You're not _ charge me, are you? Why, I'm joat best friend. Manager--Y®ti my best; v - ; i friend ? Bill-poster--Certainly. Nobody' sticks up for you as I do.--America. ,A".$n MAGAZINE EDITOR--Did you pay th^ artist who illustrated that great poenfc- 'Cliristmas Chimes' on our first pagef^ ^ •) m 't neei your valuably ter hereafter. Bill* going to disH y, Im Slecretary--Yes, sir. Sent him a checlf - :C for $250. "Good. How mueh did yoit pay the engraver?" "I sent him $75. 9"Yes. Is there any money left?" "About 17 cents." "Very welL ^ it to the man who wrote the poem."--^ Philadelphia Record. FANNIE and Alphonse were chatting^ merrily about the coming nuptials^ "How entertaining that cottage at Dijon^l my dear," she exclaimed, "and tha A ~ sweet little carriage, and the silver o|- ^ i your mother to go on the mahogany - ^ cabinet, and " "My life's own doe4 <.;" not mention me," broke in Alphonse**, .• "Ah, wait till I get through," and shfii' j itted him under the chin as she ram pat bled on--"and the good donkey to tak«: me to the village, and---bat Alphonse had left the room.--Time. "V7'1 , ^ * • ' it<j LOVING WOBMb , . >"4' Doth the fettero3 oaptlve-ptae For'a genial ray of sanlight On his dungeon walls to shtae? Have we ever thought how gratefofc Wonid the weary traveler be, : • *2J 11 a well of sparkling water ^ ' In the desert he ooaM seef We forget, alael too often. While the path of life we trend, Loving words ore golden snnbeiaa aav shedJt-And their light we ail may We may fill to overflowing. And onr enpa of gladness brfng, From the well of human ktadnese**-" - s'-'~ *Xb a never-failing spring. ' Religious Obligations ef Formerly every pious Mussulman was required to pray fifty times a day. Afterward forty-five prayers were struck off. Another of the daily duties of a Mus­ sulman is to bathe. The right side had to be washed first. Followers of Mohammed are required to give in alms daily one-tenth of all •they possess. Mohammedans endeavor yearly to make a pilgrimage to the four sacred spots of Islam. The pilgrim is ooun ted a very holy man. Ramadan is the terrible month of weary fasting and nightly feasting. The month is a lunar one,and in 1888 began May 25. THE Ohio experiment station reoenm- memls flat or level culture for potatoes ss superior to ridg ng; also that foar inohes is the propt r depth for planting as giving better results thau deeper oovering. SNOW FI>AKB8.--Grate cocoanut into a large'glass bowl. Serve with quartered oranges. Sprinkle with sugar; poor over whipped cream. RUB your lamp chimneys after washfstt with de salt, and you will be surprised < A French Painter ef Gats* tagene Lambert, tho distingul? French artist, who has made such ^ . :? great reputation as a painter of cats, is®;: a fat faced man with a large mustache^ that resembles the whisker of the domes-v.. tic animal he loves so well. In the yard*% belonging to his house the artist has a splendid collection of living models, One of his cats is trioolored, in blacky white, aid yellow, and it appears that-, this variegated fur is never found ex-5-. cept among the female species. Ao- * cording to the artist, a male of this^! shading would bring foar thousand pounds in England. Lmabert's cats are treated with great care by their • master. Their corner of the yard is in- / closed by an open work separation, * "Jv j inside of which are benehea where the'^'.;*";'^! animals can repose, meditate and give' u'j themselves up to the pleasures of the toilet. Their beds consist of baskets of>v different dimensions placed on a shelf ; Ij raised a few inches from the ground. 3 1 The room in which they sleep is warmed in winter and always kept at the same" mild temperature. Lambert's large studio walls are covered with studies in which the cat is represented in all its _ forms.--«T. L, F. D., in The Epoch, A Hard Cass. / "'*• The twelfth Earl of Devon, who re- "r* eently suoceeded to the title, is a splen-'% „• did debtor. In ten years he managed '?'J to pile up debts to the magnificent sum of $3,500,000 and when finally forced " V into bankruptcy, offered to compromise -r*;v with his creditors for $5,000. His en- ^ • tailed estates comprise over 53,000 ^ i acres in England and Ireland. Lord . Courtney's motto was evidently: "After nf the Deluge." ST. AUGUSTIKK, Fla., is the oldest * town in the United States, a fort having been built there by the Bpauuode M „ 1 - . . > ' li -a . ' - •A&; *