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flCi JlKtloM iamw>A tin oM tmth :«n iftwback that itood 1b DM > and chip yard bring op m«o «* tpM v«re youtbfal, and cord wood vo* PM «o yith to go n*hin«, or •'** #> • nrlmmtlg Or MkO otb«r •xMWit* Mwmingly Rood, Wo W0*0 toM that good be&Ub through oor niH WMli (o nktuimiiig . . XI wttwiil fell our cxerdio Nwfag (M wood. Wo ooofht oat a placa "naath tho ihwlhirt Aad hearf t hat tb« woman b«d cbaaood to 41*- fktTto-wonl mi needad for baking and too. Umb w alowly adjourned to tho woodplla ao Awl bent otir young back to tbo Mrra-acfap- ing stroko. Hot could we return till the monster w Or noon ell exhausted fn sorvice of oak. Wb*n we came home from achool in the winter­ time dreary Witt visions of sleds or of skates on our mind, ~ rn to the sawbaok until Twa* there, recreation we'd certainly find. Wo grew np apace, and the problem of fuel Waa solved witb a buzz-saw by help of bono pow'r; na aawbuck Itself, by a process quite an»\ Went the way of tl»e wood it had helpd to devour. Hi years since we saw our old enemy perish. Wo bave trod through life's valleys and climbed up its bills; . fkm was nothing about the old sawbnek to cherish. Bat yet, when we think of it, memory thrills When aighs for our boyhood now getting quite distant HM WO bent our young bocks to the nerve- acraping stroke, And noon- spells and night-spell* demands so periiistent Wove made on our muscles in oervfoo (f ook. fHE OFFICE KEY. St:' ?#' n : I think the time has come when someone should protest against the departure of men in the prime of manhood. We are promised three score and ten years on this earth, and It strikes me as unwise to quit it be­ fore we need to. There is no neces­ sity for a man dying before that time, as a general rule, unless under special circumstances that caanot be avoided, such as a railway accident, or an epidemic, although, as far as that is concerned, both accidents and epidemics are entirely our own fault. * America is the country of tbfe young uian. There is no doubt that he gets a better chance there than in any other country in the whole world. Nevertheless, I think that the young man idea is carried a trifle too far in America, when worthy citizens insist on dying younger than it is at all necessary. In England the people have not got Into the objectionable habit of dying young. England is a countiy where a good deal of business Js done, probably quite as much as in the United States. Men make money in England, some fortunes accumulated recently being quite large. England, too. has the bulk of the commerce of the world, so, all in all, it must be admitted that the Englishman un­ derstands trade and knows now to make money. What is the reason, then, that the American man of business wears out HO quickly, while the English man of business continues to live long and prosper? It cannot be the climate, because the English climate is ad­ mitted to be the worst in the world; so we must look somewhere else for the cause of this unfortunate state of things. Americans say they do business j quicker than the English do. Life j In New York and Chicago and other ! large cities is kept up at high press- j lire, yet it must be admitted that the interests of the whole British Em­ pire--which, as 1 have remarked, is | reasonably widespread--are at least | as important as the affairs of a dry goods establishment on Broadway. But the man at the head of the dry goods house seems to be utterly worn out at 60 or thereabouts, while Mr. j Gladstone, who has been managing ! the British Empire on and off for 1 ever so many yean, is hale and hearty at 84. 1 ua?c Kivcii eouic little time to the investigation of this subject and | have come to the conclusion that it all lies in the office Key. The Brit­ ish office key is a ponderous affair, not quite as large as the key of a jail, bat it is too b g for a man to carry wound in his pocket Americans laugh at it when they see it, and pull ' out their little slip of glittering steel which represents the American key, bat they do not realize the signifi­ cance of the ponderous iron key that •pens the British office door. In America you snap to the door and it locks itself. The slim little piece of steel which forms the key to the Yale lock fits easily into the vest pocket, and you close your door with­ out even taking it out. It therefore goes home with you, and its intfueuce is over you: you think about business and worry over it merely because the key is in our pocket. The vest hangs on your bedpost at night and you Cannot get sleep because of it The demon of the office key is beside you all night and you try to think of so­ lutions to your various office worries, and so presently insomnia becomes a-, fixed habit and you go to the doctor about it. He tells you to march off to the seaside or to the mountains or somewhere else. But the office Iter Is with you wherever you go and its spirit dominates your life, and so you break down when you are 50 or TO or TO, just at the time when a man ought to begin to enjoy spending his money. It is no use flattering your­ selves that you do more business than the average Britisher does, because . jpou don't You do more fussing and .tushing and worrying. Now the B itish business man's of­ fice key, as I have said, is too ancient ^ • aind clumsy for him to carry about f ith him. He does not even lock is door; he leaves that for the porter , to do, and as the porter ;.pf the clerk has to open the door In the morning again, the Brit sh busi- % fiess man does not bother with the jtey. His brow clears as soon as he •|eaves the office. The business cares |>f the dav are left behind htm--the |cey is not with nim. He has his hour for departing for his home in %$he country, and he -does not stay Hater. ;; i was up one afternoon in the private room of one of the largest i publishers in London. He is a genial ' hearty young fellow, very much younger than I am. as he is only 60 - by English count and I am over 40 V, American measurement We <WMft discussing a matter that was *§rv much more important to him in. He said: 'Five o'ciocfc Mr. Mask." "Thank you," sdH Mr. Blank, risingflt once; hts day was ended. It dfa not matter ww We thsre or what subject wis txnhff dis­ cussed, his &v ended wluB that clerk put to said, "5 o'clock." ArthevffnH|P was helping him on with his overcoat* he said to me; "I'll call around fajfnoripw and see you about this," """HIS hdndsom was waitin? at the 'door to take him to the station, and in half an hour he would bo far out into the country. He has a large place and many acres, about half an hour from London, and by 6 o'clock he would be among his roses or pottering in his workshop, where he indulges in a fad for me­ chanics. On Saturday he does not come to town at all. He tells me that anything pertaining to business docs not cross his mind after he gets into the handsom at his office door. Nor does he again think of business until he enters his office next morn­ ing. Of course this is accounted for ty the fact that he does not take his office key with him, - A few years ago 1 met an Ameri­ can over here who was nearly driven mad by this habit of Englishmen not thinking of business out of office hoars. He was over here on very im­ portant affairs; some big schemes, I forget- for the moment just what they were, but it was vitally neces­ sary that he should interest a press! nent English business man in the subject He placed all the argu> soents and papers before the busine?# man, and then took a dash over t* Paris. He settled his business in Paris on the keen jump, and got back to London on Saturday morning. During the forenoon of Saturday he did about two weeks' business, jump­ ing in and out of a hansom, and pol­ ishing up things in great shape, for he was to Bail on Monday. His last call was upon the business man that i speak of. The American had only just time to snatch a lunch standing, and it was after 2 o'clock when he reached the office of the man whose decision he wanted. "Gone, sir," said the clerk. "Gone where?" asked (he Ameri­ can. '*•' "He's gone home, sr," answered the clerk. "What! At this time ot day?" asked the American, Who had forgot­ ten all about the British half-holi­ day. "Yes," tJal# the <%rk in a sur­ prised manned. .••Where does he live?" asked the American. ' The clerk, told him, hut added; "He won' t see you on business at his home, sir." "Oh, 111 see about that," sA id the American, and, jutnping Into bis hansom, he drove to the station and caught a train to the country place where the business man lived. He found the pi ace ^ magnificent estab­ lishment for the ftnit was ricb. The American met a coramf welcome, and the Engl shman concealed his sur- , prise, if he felt any,, at the unex- j pected visit- » '? - "Oh, no, I naveh't comev*o stay," said th9 American. ' '1 taerely want to know your dec sidn on this com­ pany business; 1 saf for America on Monday." * "Nonesense," .said - the other. '•You've never come down here to talk business. Dome i» and have a glass of something'*tt> firink. What will you take?*? The Americas took "his beverage, and was then shown to a room, to dress for dinner. He had no dress suit with him, but English hospitality does not stop at a little matter like that and ther * was a dress suit laid out for him, He met a number of nice people at dinner, and after­ wards, in the smoking-room, thve were many eood stories told, out there was no chance to talk business, i Ou Sunday luc iauies carried iiiui ull to chur h, and be had the opportunty ! of hearing a good sermon, which he j had not done for years before. In I the evening when he had to leave he drew his host aside aud said: "I hate to talk business on Sunday," "So do 1, my boy," said the other, •therefore don't do It; it's a bad practice, Good-bye." And away the American had to go. On his steamer he found a telegram awaiting him from the Englishman, telling him that he had carefully looked into the affair of the company, and would join in it with him. The telegram came from his office, and not from his house. The moral seems to be: Lead a double life Let jour business caros be locked in your office. Go in for domestic pleasures of some kind, and don't allow the evil genius of the office key to dominate your lives, and then yon will "1 ve long and live happy," as old Rip Van Winkle used to say.--Detroit Free Pre & tOUOATIONAL MATTCRfl, Inerooss In irocimiooqwwrtx Thsa lacfiMl A bulletin has been Issued by tlxs Oensus Bureau setting forth the pro- trass mads in edueatofcal tfMfcteia fturlitf the decade from 1880 th 189a It shows that the increase fn educa­ tional facilities and in the number taking advantage of them is greater than the growth of the population. The increase in the number of chil­ dren attending school 28.31 pet cent, while the increase in the population was but 24.per cent At the close of the decade the number of children attending school was 14,- 371,83.'. Of thane 12,768,905 at­ tended public schools and 1,60?,828, private aud denominational schools. There were 5^,120 students in at­ tendance at American colleges, and 4<i5,023 at academies. Parochial schools took care of 7 »», 612 pupils, of whom 620,496 attended Catholic schools and 157,940 Lutheran, leav­ ing 21.166 to he cared for by other denominations. Commercial collegs had 86,711 stu­ dents in attendance, and professional colleges. 77,214. Theological students numbered 7,660; law students, 4,744; medical students. 22,452; students of technology, 7,12f, and of pedagogy, 36,897. Coming back to the public school system again, the bulletins show that the average school term for the entire Union is 130 davs per year. New {Jersey has the longest term of any State. It numters 192 days. Khode Island keeps school for ISS days auu Now York 1ST ti»y& in the South Atlantic States the aver­ age length of the term is but 91 days. In Florida it is 120 days: in Virginia, 118 davs; in North Carolina, 59 days. In the South Central States the aver­ age term Is also 91 days. Kentucky keeps school open 109 days; Texas, 105; Alabama, 70, At the schools in the South At­ lantic States there were 1,168,557 white children and 582,668 blacks in attendance. This made 20.90 per cent of the white and 17.84 percent of the black population in attend­ ance at the public schools. In the South Central group of States, 1,552,- 994 white and 673,264 black children were in attendance, being 22.08 per cent in the one case and 19.32 per cent in the other of the entire popu­ lation ot these States. These figures give a total for the Southern States of 2,821,551 white children and 1,555,932 black children in attend­ ance at the public schools, being 21.84 per cent of the white and 18.67 per cent of the black population. They show further an increase of 48.10 per cent in the white and 61.64 per cent in the black attendance at the schools in tbe decade. There were 219,992 public schools in the United States wh§n the cen­ sus was taken and the total appro- pr at on lor education for the year was $13^.786,393. The greatest new departure taken during the decade in the system of education was the grafting of manual training thereto In a great many places. GOT DAMAGES FROM THE EARL. at its btttle Is kfcpt up until one is killed or put to flight, hot not until they are entirely separated does the victor shut his gaudy fins, that like flags of war, are never lowered until peace has been declared. In South America there Is a small fish that not only attacks its fellows of the sea and river, but is greatly dreaded by the natives, who, during ing certain seasons, have to ford the streams in which the carbitos is foui d. Bathers are often attacked hy them, the sharp, chisel-shaped teeth takfng a bite from the flesh wherever they attack. They are per- feet scavengers, eating the aoimals that float down tfco river, dead or alive. . Fiirhtfnic Man's Most Deadly Foes. For two or three years past there have been indications, increasing in number,that chemists in many lands (one or more even in far otf Japan) are at last giving their minds and their labors to the study of the chemistry of the bacteria. Already we have a probably work­ ing hypothesis, which furnishes a valuable guide to the chemist in this field. This is the view, which must at least involve much truth, that all bacterean diseases are the results of blood poisoning by cer­ tain products or cuiicta ot iuc^roniiu of the bacteria, after these have ef­ fected a lodgment in the tissues of the body. On this hypothesis have been based several methods of experiment, which we have not space tor now. Our pres­ ent object is to sustain assertions made above by citing, as an example, results announced during the last year on the authority of two German chemists, Wernicke and Bebring. They found that tbe posions of both the diphtheria and the tetanus (lock­ jaw) microbes were neutralized, after being introduced into the circulation of animals,by introducing also iodine trichloride. It appeared also that this compound acted as an actual an­ tidote to the blood posion, inasmuch as it did not kill the bacteria them­ selves. while preventing them from killing the animal To say the least this is a most encouraging result and justifies tbe hope expressed in the previous article referred to, that it these enemies cannot yet be actually destroyed their baneful and debilitat­ ing agencies may be neutralized, so that the vital energies may have a chance to combat and overcome them. Experiments on men in this direction have been promised and will be awaited with interest --Scientific American. tHC 81NATOII APOLOGIZED# J' MEDICAL •W* P^ffsawsiM* Vmimt- Almost anybody ean find It in his . heart to forg ve the suddea gtkslon ! which emphasizes error vmb it is An English Serving Maid Who to Cnrrjr Coal for Clnnonrty. Recently at the Brompton Couuty court Captain Head claimed £15 from the Earl of Clarcarty for breach of agreement in the hiring of a fur­ nished house. 40 Lowndes Square, says the Westminster Gazette. The defendant signed an agreement to take the house in question from Sept 23 last to Nov. 18 at the rent of £100 Us. This document con­ tained a clause to the effect that his lordship should retain on the prem­ ises the landlord's housemaid, named White, the former paying her three shillings per week lor washing and beer and half her wages (£22 per an­ num,) besides providing her with board. Shortly after his lordship and his servants took up their abode at 40 Lowndes Square, tbe Earl of Clan- carty sent the buttler to tbe house­ maid with an order to make a fire in Lady Ciancarty's room. Whits re­ plied that it was not her place to carry coal while an able-bodied foot* man was in the house Eventually, however, she did light the lire, but expressed her opinion that it was not her duty to carry coal. His lordship, on being informed of this, wrote her note reproving her for what he termed "impertinence" and telling ber to pack up and leajre tbe housed Later on Lord Clancarty offered her month's wages iu lieu of notice, but the plaintiff declined to accept it or to leave the house She stated that she was turned out at 9:30 pi m. by the aid of a policeman. One of the neighbors sheltered her '•-I'M -Mff A New Story of Evarts. When Mr. Evarts was called tp Washington by President Hayes as Secretary of State, his predecessor, Secretary Fish, gave a dinner in his honor. Mra Fish was seated at Mr. Evart's right hand. During a lull in tbe conversation Mrs. t ish turned to Mr. Evarts, speaking so clearly as to be heard even at tbe foot of the table, saying: "Mr. Evarts, 1 under­ stand that you haves ent two of your tons to college." ••Yes, Mm Fish." ~ • •They mm twin brothers, are they not Mr. Evarts?" ••Yea, and they have been play nates and schoolmates until now." •*But is It true that you sent one to Harvard and the other to Yale, al though yon are a Yak graduate your' selff" "Yes, it ls quite trufe." "Then 1 suppose you have done that Mr. Evarts, so that each of them can take first honors?" Here Mr. Evarts looked curiously at Mrs. Fteh for an instant, and then said, earnestly; "Mrs. Fish, vou have divined correctly."-^-Philadel­ phia Press. * ' THK average iraught horse will haul 1,600 pounds twetitv-three miles per day on a level tbad. Tbe average horse weighs 1,000 pogpda, equal to hve men In strength. Yestzbday and W-day "are twins, and every onp occasionally" gets tired of the resemblaueir An Amusing Incident. "I saw an amusing incident in Central Park one day last summer," said J. W. McClellan of New York. "I happened to be standing in front of the monkey cage watching the antics of the 'happy family,' when a keeper came along with a big doll dressed up in a bright red dress, which he placed in a corner of the cage The advent of the new-comer into their abode at first teemed to till the monkeys with astonishment and feur. They huddled themselves together in a remote corner and, keeping their eyes on the doll, chat­ tered away at a great rate. Finally one big monkey, a little braver than tbe rest, began to advance cautiously upon the intruder. When within about three feet of the doll, the monkey proceded to stamp the floor and chatter, evidently intending to frighten the visitor away. Finding that the doll did not move and that there was nothing very formidable about it the other monkeys began to approach until they were collected around their mysterious guest At last after oying it and smelling aiound for several minutes, one of the monbove iMiiincAfl upon the doll and in an instant had torn the bright-colored dress from, its body, whereupon the other monkeys immediately fell upon the poor doll and in less time than it takes to tell it had torn it to shreda"--St Louis Globe-Democrat followed hy a graceful acknowledge­ ment and reparation. J. was think-1 ing of this as a friend told me a story about Senator Butler of South Caro­ lina, says the New York Herald. The . Senator was at the Fifth Avenue Ho- j teL He came down from breakfast one morning and went Into the bar. bersbop for a shave. When he had been duly polished up he reached for ; his hat. dropped his usual liberal tip to tbe "boots," and went away, j But he returned immediately, hat in hand. | "Look here. b>y," said he, tills is not my hat!" The young colored saan came for- wart and looked at it. "It's the same hat you brought down, si.-," he said. "Impossible;" exclaimed the Sena- toij, growing redder than usual "I have got somebody else's bat and somebody else has taken mine" "I'm positive, sir. that it is the same hat you brought in, anyhow," persisted the colored boy. "i say it is not!" thundered the Stalwart Southerner--and raising his cane ^threateningly he took a step forward--"and if you say that again I'll brain you!" The barber who had shaved the Senator now came forward and in a pacific tone interfered. "Runup- stairs," said he to the boy, "and have the man at the dining-room door examine the rack--there is a mistake somewhere Please sit down, Senator, he'll be back in a minute" And, sure enough, back he did come, and bringing the Senator's hat with bitn, too. The latter had picked an­ other man's hat from the rack him- eelf and hadn't noticed the mistake. "It is mv mistake," said he. with s graceful inclination of the body, and turning to the lad whom he bad but a moment before threatened, • and I humbly teg your pardon." But; the colored lad was more em­ barrassed under the polite apology of tbe noble South Carolinian than he had been under the threat of un)ust punishment Not Allowed. "Why did I discharge such an ex­ cellent workman?" said a well-known civil engineer. "Well, I will tell you. I discovered a short time ago that he was keeping a private note­ book, and after notifying him that he must stop it and again learning that he was continuing the practice I was obliged to discharge him. A surveyor in doing a piece of work makes minutes as he goes along of the lines he runs, of the various points marking the bounds of the lands he is surveying and all such data as is not only necessary for tbe drawing of his plans, but also inci­ dentally that which may aid him in the case of any other survey being made later on. In fact, this data really constitutes a sort of capital or stock In trade, for if the party own­ ing the land ever wishes another sur­ vey of it for any purpose he will naturally apply to that same surveyor, whe, having these old memoranda, can do the work easier and more cheaply than any other surveyor. Oftentimes, after many years have elapsed and old landmarks have passed away, those minutes become very valuable. Consequently a civil engineer always wishes to keep these in his own hands, and men in his em. ploy are not allowed to make copies of minutes of surveys which they make while in his employ. Other­ wise an old employe, in leaving and setting up in business for himself, could carry away a large slice of his employer's business." mis Sbo Won ln» Mrs. Bettf In Hiding Five Years. Three and a balf miles west of Aldie, Loudoun County, Va., is the locally famous "black swamp," and a strange story has been current there­ abouts for the better part of this century. Jes e McVeigh lived long ago in an old stone house on the edge until ! of the swamp, and there came to him morning, when she took train to her parents' home in Taunton. Defend­ ant who was stated to be unable at present, to leave his residence at Bal- linasloe, Ireland, was represented by counsel, who stated the defense to be that the girl on refusing to carry coal behaved im| ertinentlv, and defend­ ant was legally within his right In discharging her. His honor said that clearly Lord Clancarty had no au­ thority to dismiss this servant. He (the learned judge) did not think that in a nobleman's family a house­ maid should be asked to carry coal, and ne was of opinion that the girl had treate i his lordship w.th the greatest respect possible He found for the plaintiff for £13, but dis­ allowed £2 railway fare and express to Taunton. Judgment was entersd accordingly, with costs. once a stranger asking shelter. The stranger was taken in and he lived there for five years. He never went beyond the pond for exercise, and he took elaborate precautions at night to guard against surprise. When he died a stranger from a neighboring village came and claimed the body, professing to recognize the dead man as an acquaintance. The stranger who claimed the body was the dead man's son, and he afterward became C.iief Justice of the United States Supreme Court The father, a wealthy and well educated Mary lander, but a man ot ungovernable temper, had slain a guest at his own table by breaking his skull with a decanter. The homicide's place of hiding was hardly more than fifty miles from the scene of his crime.--Chicago Herald. Flohea That Fight. £o aggressive is the s akat a little fish from Siam, that the entertain­ ment it affords has become a national pastime, but not a very creditable one, to say tbe least The fishes are trained to go through regular battles, and are reared artificially for a pur­ pose, while the license to exhibit them to the general public is farmed out and brings a large amount of money into the royal cotiers. They are kept in aquariums built for the purpose, and fed unon tbe larvae of mosquitoes, and every possi­ ble care taken of them. Several years ago a lew of them were pre- seutwd to an English gentleman by the king of Siaw. When the fish Is in a qu et state, wiiis fins at rest the dull colors are hot at a 1 remark­ able. But If the two are brought to­ gether, or within sight of each other, even if one sees his own image in a looking-glass, the little creature b» comes suddenly excited. The fins are raised, and the whole body shines with metallic lustre and colors of ? ;-4" g(!*> Cf'!:,'- > Two Rtorie* and a Moral. There was a boy who was sent out by his father to sell some potatoes. He carried the bag around all day w.thout a sale, and on reaching home at night threw, it down with the surly exclamation: "Nobody that I met asked me for potatoes. One fel­ low wanted to know wbat 1 had In my bag, and 1 told him it was none of bis darned business." There was in the same town, colored gentleman who went about bawling at the top of bis voice: "Fish! Fish! Fish! Fresh fish!" "Sbut up that racket!" s|id an angry dame at a window. "You heah me, missy?" "Hear you! You can be heard a mile away." < 'Dats what l'se h oiler in"for. Fish! Fish! Fresh fish!" The colored gentleman was an ad­ vertiser--and sold his goods.--Hard­ ware. ||Vflson Was Shrewd. Dan Wilson was once trying a case before a Missouri justice of the peace, when the opposing counsel cited l l T l i i A A n l A n f n n < S f \ UU'UUiVUL l/ll f 1U VM VV against him that a bold push must be made. Wilson asked him for the book, opened it and, with a look of solemn surprise, said he was amazed that to good a lawyer should bring such a book as that into court "Why," said he, "the author himself never thought of its being used for authority in any case. Just hear what ne says in the preface: 'Doubt­ less a happier selection of these prin­ ciples might be made, and the work might have been much better exe­ cuted by another hand. For, now it is finished, I find It but an approxi­ mation towards what was originally desired. But in the hope that it may still be found not useless as the germ of a better treatise, it is submitted to the candor of a liberal profession.' "Now," continued Wilson, "an au- thp^ who admits that his work is as bad ,as th|s, certainly never expected it to be brought ipto court to govern the opinions of a gentleman who has sat on tbe bench, as your honor has, for eighteen months." The justice was perfectly satisfied. He<ruled the '*authority'f out as of no account whatever, and gave his judgment for Wil&on and his client Curious Divorce Laws. Boman law allowed divorce for three causes--the scriptural reason, designs on a husband's life and the possession of false keys. A decree was granted in Massa­ chusetts because "the defendant keeps this plaintiff awake most of the night quarreling." One Greek state had a law that if a man divorced his wife he could not marry a woman younger than the dis­ carded partner. Does, Cats, Cowl Havo Boon Ot* MrTcd with Adnuitote by Animals get. rid of their watiltes by using dust mud, day, et& 'lltose suffering from fever restrict their diet, keep quiet seek dark, airy places, drink water and sometimes plunge into it When a dog has lost Its appetite, says the Philadelphia Record, it eats that species of grass known as dog's grass, which acts as an emetic and a purgative. Cats also eat grass. Sheep and cows when ill seek out certain herbs. An ani­ mal suffering from chronic rheuma­ tism always keeps as far as possible in the sun. The warrior ants have regularly organized ambulances. Latrelle cut the antennae of an ant and other ants came and covered the Wounded fart with a transparent fluid secreted in their mouths. When an animal has a wounded leg or an arm hanging on it completes the am­ putation bv means of its teeth. A dog being stung on the muzzle by a viper was observed to plunge its head repeatedly for several days Into run­ ning water. This animal eventually recovered. A terrier hurt its right eye. It remained under a counter, avoiding light and heat although it habitually kept close to the fire. It adopted a general treatment--rest and abstinence from food. The local treatment consisted In licking tbe upper surface of the paw, which It applied to the wounded eye Ani­ mals suffer rug from traumatic fever treat themselves by the continued application of cold water, which M. Delanney considers to be more cer­ tain than any of the other methods. In view of these interesting facts we are, he thinks, forced to admit that hygiene and therapeut cs as practiced by animals may, in the interests of physiology, be studied with advan­ tage. Many physic ans have been keen observers of animals, their dis­ eases and the methods adopted by them in their instinct to cure them­ selves, and have availed themselves of the knowledge so brought under their observation in their practice Borrowing Trouble. Once upon a time there was a man and a woman who planned to go and spend the day at the bouse of a friend some miles away from their own. So, one pleasant morning, they started out to make the visit; but be­ fore they had gone far the women re­ membered a very old bridge they had to cross, which was said to be not very safe, and she immediately began to worry about it "What shall we do about that bridge?" said she to her husband. "1 shan't dare to go over It and we can't get across the river In any other way." "Oh," said the man, "I forgot that bridge! it is a bad place. Sunpose it should ibreak through and we should both fall into the water and be drowned9" «'Or even," said the wife, 'Suppose you should step on a rotten plank and break your leg: what would become of me and the baby.-" "I don't know," replied the man, "what would become of us; 1 couldn't work and we should all starve to death." So thev went on worrying and worrying till they got to the bridge, when, lo and behold! they saw that since they had been there last a new bridge had been built and they crossed over it in safety, and found that they might have spared them, selves all their anxiety. Now, that Is just what the pro­ verb means: "Never cross a bridge till you come to it." Never waste your worrying on what you think may possibly be going to happen. A Novelty In Counterfeit Coin. There has lately been a very wide circulation of counterfeit coin ID American cities, notably In New York, where the conductors on the street railway cars are said to have had i^ollnnn Vnnl# rl A.1 I n no mnavlAN npuih'lio uviiaiO) uuii t«utiuAot w«w| dimes and 5-cent pieces returned to them by the managememt of the line, to make good, in unprecedented quantities. In some cases the amount refunded by tbe conductor in one day has reached to $4 or $5. There appears to have been similar activity ou the part of the counter­ feiters in the city of Berlin, where a singular fact has come to light It appears that a German coiner has succeeded in putting into circulation throughout the city a large numbet of 1-mark j ieces which have the pe­ culiarity of being actually of more value, regarded as silver coins, than the genuine mark p'eces issued by the state. Their color, their ' ring" and their stamping are all so like the real article that only a very practiced eye can detect them. Their onlj faulos are that they feel a little greasy, and that edges of the letters in their inscriptions are not quite so precisely finished as those on the genuine coins. The remarkable thing about them is that while the real mark (equal to 25 cents) is, in the present state of the silver market only 35 pfennigs, the imitation marks are each worth 40 pfe inigs. . Spurious Comfort. General Mahone was wounded (at second Manassas, and some one, to comfort Mrs. Mahone, sa d: "Oh, don't be uneasy; it's only a flesh wound." Mrs. Mahone, though her tears, cried out: "Oh, that is impossi­ ble; there is not flesh enough on him Thrashing Trollope. There is a reminiscence of Anthony Trollope's early days In the postolhce (when, according to his own account he was a terrible boor) which has never appeared in print. At that period some of tbe junior clerks took it in turn to attend to friends who came to the offlcc to make inquiries, for whose accommodation a waiting room was provided. One day, when Trollope was on duty, a young woman came to make some complaint, and she went away much displeased and up­ set by what she considered to bo the gross rudeness with which she had been treated by him. Next day, Trollope being again on waiting-room duty, two stalwart young men appeared, and, having as­ certained that they were in the company of the clerk who had been e of her gaged ina novel kl^ «il§rfare f#r several weeks. Speckly wis deter­ mined to bring forth a brood (Iff, chickens in the house, while this re­ solve did not meet with favor < n tte part of Mrs. Chipley. "I'm noth­ ing to have benssettln' in my housed" Mrs. Chipley would declare, day after day, as she drove Speckly forth witb the soft £nd ot the broom. Opposi­ tion had no effect on the resolute Speckly. V hen she was driven forth at one door she immediately appeared at another, or came flying and sput­ tering through an open w ndow only / to be again ejected be tore she Could conceal herself under the bed, which was her choice of spots for incubat­ ing purposes. "But you'll not set under my bed nor In any other place in this house, I can tell you that!" Mrs. Chipley would affirm while poking vigorously under the bed with ber bioom, and she would frejuently add: "Now, Miss Speckly, we'll see who comes out best in this fight! We'll see if you set in any place in this house! If you do I miss my guess!" One day she drove Speckly out so fiercely and with such severe whacks on tbe back with the broom that the frightened hen fled to the barn-yard squawking and cackling. She seemec by her manner to acknowledge her­ self defeated for several days after this. ^snt Ebout subdued 2,&d dejected, making no attempt to enter the house although the doors and windows were open. "I guess you've give up," said Mrs. Chipley, triumphantly, 'fend 1 gueds you'd better, if you don't want to go into a pot-pie some day." Speckly Anally disappeared, and Mra chipley felt confident that the hen had stolen her nest away abd would in due time appear with a family brought into life in some more appropriate hatching place than any part of the house would have been. Three weeks and one cr two days passed and Mrs. Chipley, who had kept a record of the time of Speckly's disappearance, began to expect her : return. Mr. and Mrs. Chipley were at the breakfast-table one morning when Mrs. Chipley suddenly paused with her coffee cup half-way to her lips and said: "Where does that peepln' sound come from? I've heard it two or three times thismorning--and listen! there it is again. It sounds for all tne wo ld like a newly-hatched chicken." "Peep! peep! peep!'" Suddenly Mrs. Chipley Jumped Up and said excitedly: "Henry Chipley, do you suppo e--> Is it possible that that sneaking Speckly hen has stolen her nest in tbe house after all? I'll know before I'm half au hour older! Help me hunt for her." They left the kitchen and went into the sitting-room, the peeping sound having come from that direc­ tion. They stood still in the middle of the room and listened. The sound was repeated, and Mrs. Chipley stared in all directions trying to locate it Suddenly she sank into a chair and exclaimed: "Well, for pity sake, Henry Chipley, look up there:" Mr. Chipley looked in the direction indicated by Mrs. Chipley's forefinger, and beheld two or three downy ye low heads peeping out over the top of a bookcase that reached almost to the ceiling of the room. A railing several inches high surrounded the top of the case, effectually concealing Madame Speckly, but it was evident that she was up there. "Did anybody ever sob the beat of that!" said Mrs. Chipley when her husband had brought a stepladder and removed Speckly and six peeping chicks from their lofty elevation. "Now that sly trollop of a hen has watched her chances and sneaked in here when Pve been out) and flew up there and laid her six eggs and set on 'em, chuckling all the time to think how she was getting the ad­ vantage of me, and was having her own way. She's sneaked down likely when I've been out milking, and got something to eat, but she aint come down very often, for she's nothin' but skin and bone--poor thing; 1 don't know but I admire ber persever­ ance after all." Plain or Pretty. The great burning question of the hour is: Has the pretty girl become a terror in the land? The London girl who eloped with her father's coachman the other day was pretty. The Paris belle who recently poi­ soned her husband is spoken of in|the papers as very pretty. The Berlin bride who became stage- Struck and joined a traveling theatri­ cal company, looked decidedly pretty. The New York maiden, who drowned herself because ber young man could "only be a brother" to her, was exceedingly pretty. The pretty girl, therefore, instead of being a thing of beauty and a joy forever, is often a delusion and a snare. It is tbe plain girl, who Is never found breaking her father's heart or her husband's head. It is the plain girl who, although she may have an aching heart, has a level head, It is tbe plain girl, with a pug nose, freckled face and red hair, who never causes the tongue of scandal to wag. --Philadelphia Times. "for that" Those who have seen j in attendance there on the previous General Mahone can remark. appreciate the Alcohol. In some countries, particularly in Alsatia, a considerable quantity of alcohol is produced from plums and cheeries by fermentation. A very { pleasant wine is made from plums. --- In the South of France they are WE often wonder that fairies don't mixed for this purpose with honey have rheumatism: dancing on the aitd'f.our. and in Hungary with ap- green ao much. Dies. I Wk y * %<***<#• day, they shut the door, and proceeded to give A. T. a most servers thrash­ ing. The iriir together completely overpowered the fnture novelist, whom they informed, when they had sufficiently chastised him, that this was punishment for his insolencd to the young woman who had called at( the office on the previous day, and who was their sister!--Westminster Gazette SOME men are so small that ent cigar is too big for them. i l l New Way or Getting a Bike. A young lady from New York State has sent a circular letter to nearly all the members explaining what she considers a very complimentary project so far as it relates to the Con­ gressmen. She explains that she wants to possess a bicycle that she may look upon as the gift of Repre­ sentatives, and in order to accom­ plish this end and not bear too heav­ ily on the finances of any one erf them she proposes that they each send her $1. This money will make a fund to purchase the machine. She throws out a tempting bait In the form of a suggestion that she will tell everybody how she came to pos­ sess the wheel when she gets it She could easily buy a machine for her­ self, she relates, but would only value one that she could reganf as a present from the American Congress. --Wash­ ington News. 'if-S- " t ̂ " T t <,-< ' i f 1 * * « . & r ' icSSa 1 I rW . ifc:,' if