UNIQ'JE WAGER.
Four
ttlaa ta a K 'oraitna of Proaataa
Methods
The reign of Napoleon IIL in
Fran e was characterized by many
arbitrary arrests, mad; on uierr sus
picion, by a police wbicb had no re
pect lur individual rights.
A pub ic man of the time, Gram
montrCaderouase by name, took ad
vantage of bis acquaintance with the
prefect of police to protest against
IbU stato ot affairs. He declared
that matter had come to such a
point that no citizen, however inno
cent, wax sure of being able to reich
tvishorueat night without iieing ar
rested. The prefect denied that this
was true.
"Will you wager a thousand
francs?" Grarooioot - Oaderousse
aUid, " that I shall not be arr sied
to-morrow without having i ouiiuitted
one unlawful act or having said one
word?"
"Certainly I will," answered the
prefect.
ery well. The wager is made. "
It seemed to fl ram toon t-( aderousse
that, in the interest ot public safety,
bo was justified in the course he was
about to take. The ne t day he
dressed in poor and shabby clothes,
went to the boulevard cafe, and sat
down at oue o? tbe open air tab s in
(rout of th place. He ordered some
food, and while he was eating it he
took out a handkerchief w.th red ink
stain upon it, and pouring some gold
coin out of it, began to count them.
Five minutes afterward two police
agents tapped h:m on the shoulder,
and beckoned him to come w th
theoi. Without a wo.d or tbe least .
resistance Graunuoot-Caderou se fol-;
lowed them. He was taxen to tbe
police station: bis pockets were ;
searched, and be was locked up. i
Tbat evening, in bis office, tbe I
prefect of police was in formed that a
mb of suspicious appearance bad
been taken, who had on his peison
aa elegant card case containing cards
bearing tbe name cf Graiumont-Cad-erouaae.
""KJeaveos!" exclaimed the prefect
"Uzamujoot Caderousse has been go
lojt Into bad company in the hope of
winning bis wager, and has probably
been, murdered and obbed. Bring
(fee rascal to me."
Tbe rsscjal waa brought and stood
afttbefure tbe prefect, who recognised
am lfit..ntly.
"Well," said Gramraont Cader-
Auaae. "hive you not fa.rly lost your l
Yeu may ask your men
whether I did anything, o said any
thing. I have been in pr son five
hours. It will co-t you only two
hundred francs an hour."
As the result of this extraordinary
proceeding, orders wsr; issued to the
police to be somewhat more cautious
la making arr sts.
AvroM cfle Mountains of Coralct,
Charles H. Adams describes "A
Jaaal Into Corsica" In . be September
amber of tbe Ce tury, and Andre
Caataigne furnishes strik ng I iustra
Uous. Mr. Adams says of a diligence
ride:
1 Bow can 1 describe that eve -to-'
be -f org it en romantic ride across the
mountains of Corsica T e con
ductor blew bis horn, the driver
threaded his hordes with his nier. iles-,
Tfinihed wbip. and the boy driving
the leal orse pounded bis weak-
raukluft steed, a d our heavy-laden
diligence moved off, leaving .he gap-!
tns crowd looking after us. A t he
roada In Corsica re in be same per
fect condition ibut European roads
generally tre, we moved up tbe
mountain at a good pace.
Tbe m-unti lus of tbe island are
vary ataep. to that our rise was rapid,
and we were i ot long in . eacbing i
araat belg.it, from which
ft maguitl-1
eat panorama . was en.oyea, l oe
miA the irrea er part of the island:
tOv.tb nor lb, tbe Capo Corso: to be
want, For.o, Sagona, : nd Ajaccio.
Ta tbe edit, tbe blue Mediterranean
waa plainly vlatble, dotted with the
talaada of Monte Crtsio, Pfanoaa,
Oapraja, and Elba, and farther away
waa tbe mainland of Italy. Tbe en
tire Inland resembled a vast ro ky re-lief-man.
us princ pal mountain-
baOR, with their rivers and valleys.
tiiurlta tnetlr recognizable. To tbe
rihi nf u. on . be lot tr summits of
Monte Rotondo, were fields of snow i
mA im. with the ereenest of verdure i
i to tbe snow. At tnis siae ot
the road, for miles, were little brooks.
ihd oo the cages of hese brooks were
washerwomen, who cast inquiring
gUhces upon us t.s we whirled, by."
The beatbeeooie Joel.
A more loatbesome and disgusting
ab act It would be hard to conceive,
naked lrom bead to foot, unless tbe
ajbas with wbicb be Is smeared all
aaf can ha considered a a covering
tltby to tbe iat degree. W ith
aatirl hair banging down bis back,
an hie band he carries a stick wltb a
haft, at lac bed, and this be strikes to
attract attention, as again and again
. .W- 11.. . W A a M. 1
(a a1 Willi UUWl )IMt UIBV
ajsjbi oar ear. It la tbe name of ,
Weba and to whom his lite to devoted,
asjd bla self-imposed duty U to utter,
aaaae ao many thousand times .,
: Ctjr. I
woman crowd around blm and I
tjarh bis laet reverently, any grain
t2m will be prood to five blm at
C3E tond a be will take, but to the
CSl -wt tw tbt miserable wret b
live sbai terleas under the burn.
C3 aua, tod tbrougb bitter freezing
m'-'-AM. aaeloUMd. starving, aeornioa I
wmsmnamt cotaforte, with-
r Istarcauraa wltb u kind, and all
I -t Cm cam of hblra may be beard
. r. tUsi aaJdae glora givan to
1 1 ' II lib bwat wwfld will tbara
t)ncrttrKl QMttota ab
r - C giMftA ur,
l it 4 tt acrbabtlt!f tbjtaww
: in the river. All these I have seen
1 and deeply tendered over. 'f nese
men are no fool or irnlciles, jthey Jo
It of set purpose to g rify ;id a
win heaven, and how strung must
that purpose a d their wills i who
can endure sucn things for all the
years ot a long life: The Mueteeuih
Century.
I Tftttimony or Finger Prinia.
' When a ringer or a finger pr nt ia
closely examined under a iens of only
moderate power it is seen to abound
in minute peculiarities says All the
Year hound. These are cause I by
tbe branchings of some of tbe ridges,
the sudden appearan e of new ones
tbe formation ot rings or ovals, like
evelete, and the abrupt stoppage of
idges without any apparent cause.
It is n ihee counties little pecull
arities even mo e than in the general
character of the pattern that the
value of finger prmis as proof of
identity lies. Kor these appeatanees,
however minute, do not change In
the smallest particular during life.
A pattern may be t aced ou the fin
gers of tbe babe when born. It will
be found the same on those fingers
when he has grown to manhood, and
may be imprinted from the fingers of
the deal without change in the
slightest po nu though a hundred
years should Intervene between birtb
and death. The pattern grows to
gether with the Anger lis propor
tions vary with latness or leanness.
They may tie further affected by wear,
gout, or age. Hut ucb- engages ap
pear in the pattern as a whole
never In the form of correlation of
iu constituent part . The pattern
may neeoiiie altered in length or
breadth by hard wear of a peculiar
kind, but the number or rldtr. that
concur in forming tbe pattern, their
embranchment, tbeir arching,
looks, and other minute character
istic, are not sub ect to change.
They are indestructible as the flutter.
Napoleon and the letter " M
Tbe Rev. J. M. Buckley, It Ma
"Astrology, Divination, . nd Coiocl
deuoes," presents a curioua- array of
fa ta relative to Napoleon L and) the
letter "M." ile says:
".vtarb uf was first U recognize
the genius of apoleon at tbe r.eole
Militaire, Marengo was tbe greatest
battle gained by Bonaparte, and Me
las opened to blm the war to Italy.
Mortier was one of bis- first generals
Moreau bet ayed him, and Mural waa
t h A fi pti t iiijrli t ri tiii sv i sua Vf m w . m.
" V; , r 7 , " .7
; nies, Moscow waa tbe ab s in wbicb.
, be wai engulfed. Mettnroli h. con-
quered him on tbe field of di louiacy.
Six marshals iMasseo ., Mortice; .Mar
moot. Macdooald, Murat Mencey,
and tweuty-six of hi generals of di
visions, had oamei (beginning wltb
the letter M. Murat, 1 ufce of
Dassuo, was tbe counselor in whom
he placed tbe greatest confidence.
His hrt great tattle WuS-thatel
Mount Saint Jeau. He gained tlae
battle of Moscow, Montmirail, aad
Mootereau. Tlie.i came tbe assault
of Monmartre. Milan was tbe first
enemies' cap tal and Moscow tbe last
In which he en t red. He lost Kgrpl
through the blunders of Menoa, and
employed Miotl.s to make Pius ML
prisoner Malet consp.red agadriat
blm. afterward MarmonL His aara-
ister were Marefc Montaliveb. and
Moliien. His erst chaoioerlaia was
iontesiuleu, his last sojou n Mal
maison. He bad for bis compasnioQ
at t. Helena Moatbolon, and foi
valet Marcband'
An Unuceltt Join.
To force a crowd of people to move
faat or stow at tbelr will was a fa
vorite joke with two young men wbo
bad a talent for nusie When trav
eling together they would seek a re
tired window, or even tbe roof of the
hotel where .hey were stopping, and,
wltb a drum and fife, piay a inarch
for pedestrains below. It was meir
delight to seii these people going
taster or slower, . as they chose.
Sometimes a brisk measure was se
lected, and then tbe stream of people
fowed fast; again a alow tune set
tbeir feet to crawling, ltofte.i hap
pened tbit tie attention of the
musicians would be attracted to tbe
peculiar walk ot some person who.
having no music In bis soul, could
not be brought into s ep In that
case they penoruied Mahomefa
miracle of the mountain, and, ac-
COmmoiiatiUK u tc iuu uiuiu w uic
gate, brought tbe real of tbe street
into tbe same pace. On warm d
tbey did cruel execution Often did
it bappen tbat some stout old gentle
man would be precipitated for some
distance at a lively rate under the
not sun. and would di appear from
sight, as a brisk an . fiery exe ulio i
of - The Girl I Left Ben nd Me'' car
ried blm steaming round a corner.
Like ibe old fable ot lb; frogs nd
tbeir slayer, It waadedded fun for tbe
two w eked yo ths. but something
more serious for their victlma
' How Clnvae Grow.
The imali everg een tiee from
which c oves are uken waa originally
a native ot tbe Sp.ce Islands, but is
now cultivated lo warm climates lo
II parte of tbe world. Tbe clove of
co roerce ij the unopened Dower of
the tree. Tbey are c'uite small, bat
grow in large 'clusters among tbe
branches After gathering tbe buds
are smoked by a wood fir. and dried
in tbe sun. Both tbe taste and smell
of tbe cloves depend on tbe quantity
of oil tbey contain.
S me times tbe oil ta separated froi
tbe cloves before tbey are sola, and
: tbe odor and taste ate ta cooeaqneoce
, biucb weakened. If you deal re to kaow
oaaetblof of Um torm of tbe bud la
tbe aataiml it ta took a few dove
(or l abort lime ta hot water. TU
net la of tbe Sowar will tvftaa aad
twadily bwroll Datralt fMt Piwaa
Tmm ' t eaa Max mi?
OwiMCbbtwaaa, abd (M il MkO
LONGEVITY ON TH INCREASE,
M- At t ate tointuf 4 fkwrariMrlr.
KpMlllr la A mfii.
The aamher ot d ceased persons
abo ha-i atlainec' an ecVpt4ooii old
ige waa prbably greater in tbe year
i lii.'i than ia any recent period, says
tbe Washington f'ost 1-Uilng. the
. ast three or four auwitbs of th; year.
tbe general publk- bocame familiar,
through a j erusal of ttae daily papers,
with the lemarkahie obituaries of
tbin-e wbo had departed having lived
to a great old age. A month or so
iuce we read of a J lie that bad
reached the extraonliuaj-y limit of
i.iit years. We have sisxre read of
a woman at Hartford, Conn., who
tai old enough to give warning of
the approach of the I irIU ;b i.eet In
Mz, and so saved the . ew ling ami
coat iroiu threatened devitl-ilion.
And still later we have been apprised
of the death at Terre Haute, lud.
of a man .04 years old wbo attended
tbe luneral of Washington, cant bis
first vole for .Vadison, and was a sol
dier in tbe war of .. J- rom other
data it is apparent that great lon
gevity has been on the increase kr
many years, particularly in Ameriia
Bui 11 may be remarked that tAe
constitutions that carried these es
sons up to the i enteonial mark or t
yond were fiw med very many year
before Americans begau living at the
present rate, and thai tbe bel part
of must of these old lives was pais.se i
tietcHe the modern suicidal riwi of
tbe society aud bus ne worlds.
To have a good cban e for lonaev-
ity Is i almost uiMiessary to say UaX
an originally good coaattiutiou la of
tbe ttrst Importance, llwmjgb lo ibis
primary excellence earefuunens. tm tat
art of living rou-t le added. Tbe
secret of loog lile in on of WBiek
nature alone bolda po!wciti4oo. A re-
rkable tact is that luieUcetuel e-
tivity a ol sue ee have been n bar
riers v lig life Kven Vae pbUo-
sephical studies have proved a help
rather tbtvn a hindrance l Ben of
literary pursuit v altaire; ibu at
Mrth waa- put Into auart pat, i ou4d
never be attained Wsel;ty-fej.rtb
year bad he at followed the Miict,
sober, aetive iKe wbicb be ewose.
madetone eaerclHea tbe Mfbest bow
ers of suoceMsful stataoiaebip at an
age of 8t years, after bavkmc drr
g ne the constant tuajtaoii at poi.tiewl
oateat fo eeosideralJv awre tbaa
half .. century. 1 li-aaarck la nra'-t-ralie
ao octagenarian. Van Meltfce
is nearly mo wheo he- died. It
seems that tbe review of tbesa and
numerous otber instance would sat
tteienti esublish tbe theory that
continaes iMeliectual atlty ia con
ducive to tbe peryetuatioo af gotid
health aud tbe proiomiaalon af Hie.
Thf Rain? Iav at Horn.
A rainy day ha attraction for a
Oman's soul tbaa tbe sunshine In
all its gluey cannot diapeL Not a
day when tbe dr z. le is lust enoitgh
to keep one from going, ut with, eoat-
Tort, but a day when there kv a gen
eral downpour. It Is en such oceas-
aoae, whan goiti out ia a moat an
liuposatlnlltv, whan the firelight is so
inaotue, and tbe brightest roams
have a twilight, dituoe-s, that a wo
man, secure from visitors, puts ou a
wrapper, draws a low rocking chair
Into the lirelibt. anal rips up ber
last winter's ares.
A woman always re arte wok of
tble kind for just such a day, and she
takes the keenest pleasure la tearing
down a seam and the dual that flies
out of It. When that Is finished she
raaeicks every trunk aad box oa tbe
premisea. antil she has unearthed
stores of fur and silk and velvet, that
ail toe bouse with the scent of tar
and arupbor. She revels la uvyly
relics and lares yellowed Uh vears,
and even en.oys the strange ordors
that came from these long-buried
treasures. Sbe make little heaps
around herself oo tbe flooe, and bas
a thoroughly good time until tbe
growing gloom warns ber of the pass
ing hours, and with a gentle sigh she
packs then, all away again, and de
clares abe baa bad a. "lovely day."
Wclabis of Metals.
C ast Iron weighs 444 pounds to the
cubic foot, and a one-inch square bar
will sustain a weight of iti,p00
pounds; bronze, weight 5-fi pounds,
tenacity :r,ooo; wrought Iron, weight
4X0, tenacity S0.0O0; bard struck"
steel, weight 40, tenacity ,00G;
aluminum, weight 1 tip, tenacity
000. We are a customod to tbink of
metals as being stronger than wood.
and so tbev are, generally speaking.
if only pieces ot tbe i-ame size be
tested. Wbeo equal weights of the
two materials are compared, it is
tben found that several varieties of
wood are stronger than ordinary
steel. A bar of liiae just as heavy as
a bar of steel an inch square w.ll bold
up 126,000. pounds, tbe best ash 17.',
000 pounds, and soma hemlocx 200,-
OCO pounds. Wood U bulky, it o
cuplas ten or twelve times tbe space
of ate l Tbe bast coatings made for
tbe i nited States Navy have a
naclty of a-'.OOO to 75,000 pounds to
tba square loch, dy solidifying sucb
castings under great pressure, a ten.
sile strength i f 80,000 to 150,000
pounds may be obtained, Ball way
lie view.
' Proeperoa Indian.
Tbe prosperity of tbe Crows ls
shown la tbe .ashion and furnleblog
of tbeir lodges, soma or wbicb are
really luxurious. Soma of tbem tre
twenty or twenty-! ve feet In dlsm
eter and vary blgb In proportioa
Wltb an Inner lining of some bright
naru ad doth, good I adding, ruga, and
sometimes carpeted almost to tba
re bole wltb b profusion of floe.
woven bags from tba riatbeada, elk
akla fan. aad nteaelM rtdilf oma-
aMaiaa. tbasa lodjaa are (mafartaS
tu ia tan utrama, aaa an aswaiiy
trrtvwry ttabm ...Of nmmatOm
rkka UilSM Uva IoCtm ICkt
A fasr art tCl 1& of tt Ui
A 0ELGIAN MANOWlN.
,S N
r a Ch
.lam OMrml.
While the young American bicy.
cliste, Messrs. Alien and Sachtieben,
were crossing the Deeri of cHjbi,
they heard much of a mysterious and
powerful official called the Ling
Darin. Xo one could tell who or
what bo was. Unallv. as they
emerged from tbe desert, starved, ill.
and ragged, they were met by a rich
ly dressed niabdarin, according to tbe
story they tell In The Century. He
gieeted them cordnlly in riear but
broken Eugllh, and, mounted on
waiting noises, they were attended
into tbe city of i-u-chou. 'It was
oroe time before the idea flashed
across our minds that this might in
deed be the mysterious Ling larin
about whom we had heara so raixb.
'Ve?,' said he, 'that is what lam
called here, but my rear na:oe is
Splingard.' He then went on to tell
us tnat be was a tielgiun by i l tb:
tbat he had traveled extensively
through Cliiiia. as the ami pan ion of
Baron JUehlbofen, ard had thus be
come so thoil'Ughly acquainted with
the country and lis people that, on
bis return to the i oast, be had lieen
offered by the Chineae Governaient
tbe position of custom mani.aria at
Su cho, a poeitioa jat then esiab
ii bed for tbe levying of duly on the
Kussiarv goodn ptssiag in through the
northwest previm-e: that be bad
adopted tbe Chinese dress and mode
rf living, and had even married maay
years ago, a Cb nese girl educated at
tbe CaihI.c s boots la Tteotsin.
"We were so absobi d in this ro
mantic history that we scarcely no-ti-ed
the crowati that lined the
streets leading to-tbe Ling sarin's
palace, unt.l the booej. ot a cannon
recalled us to our .iloAtioax From
the Mniie oa the jMiv raee i-enide us
we knew at once whom' weceuld bold
respocMible for tnta rcctptioo. The
palaoe gates were now tbrowa open
by a boat of servanat. and in rv iatrs
and tattera we rolled at naoe from the
hard.blps of the inhospitable Cesert
into the lap of luxury.
"A surplus is oot always- so easily
dispoaea of aa-adefclt at leant we
were inclined to think so in the-ease
of our .u-chouaiet. The Ling lar
iu's table, which, lor tbe eioeptieaal
occasioov was set in the fore gn fash
ion wltb knives and fork) fairly
teemed.. with atMindance and variety.
There was era butter, m. de troto
the milk trf tbe Tibetan. jak, and
condensed- milk for our coffee, tbe
first we bad tasted since leaviog
Turkey, mure than a year berare.
Tbe Ling Maria informed ue than a
can of this-milk, whiebbe oaee pre
sented to Gbinese friends, bad been
mistaken for a face cosmetic, and waa
used by the ladies of the family. Tbe
Ling OarlD'A wife wc foeod aa. excel
lent and even artistic cook, while bis
buxom twin daughters could read aad
write tbeir own language a rare ac
complish meat for a Chinese woman.
"As gueow of oar bighiy reapected
and even venerated ht, we were
visted by nearly ait tbe magJM.r tea
of the city. Tbe Lio Datlin was
never before co to pal led lo answer so
many questions. In seif-deruoe be
was at last for e-t to gel up a stsro
typed Siecb to deliver n each, sortal
occasion. Ttie ioople too, iiesleged
tbe palace gates, and clamored, for an
exhioition. Although or own
clothes had bcnn seat away te be
boiled, we could, not ( Wad lb a a an
excuse. The ilowing Chinese gar
ments wbkh bad. been, provided Lrom
the private wardrobe of Liag Darin
buttered, wildly In tba breere, aa we
rode out throagb the city at tba ap
pointed, hour. Our CbJowtse shoes,
also, were constantly slipping f, and
as we raised the foot to readjust
tbem, a shout weat up Irons tbe
crowd for what tbey thought was
some fancy tou. h la, the way eX rid
ing."
lilon Ran rrom Meia.
One of tbe most famous bustlers in
tbe world h K C Seloua, an kj-glish-
maa. He thinks about as niaeb of
Uing a lion or a tiger aa the rest of
ua would of bringing uown aspa. iow.
Mr. Scions, has shot tweoty-avelionsJtrie letter.
himself, and has assisted la killing ai
great eneny tlaies that number, no
is, therefore, ao authority on the sub.
ject ot bunting.
When llooe are met ia the dar
time, aays Mr. Selous, tbey will al
most Invariably give way before the
presence of man, even when several, I
are together feeding upon tbe carcass
of a beast they bave Just killed. In
parts of the country where firearms
are much used, llous will sometlntea
retreat so rap dly when tbey are dis
turbed that it is neat to an Impossi
bility to get a shot at one. 1 remem
ber one cold winter day In y aabona
land, in South Africa, coming aud
deoly upon a male lion aa he was
cbaaing a herd of oodoo cows. When
be observed me be atopp d, gazed fix
edly at me for a minute, an i then,
wheeling around, tat off through the
forest at sucb a pa a tbat i d 1 not
been well mounted ha would have es
caped ma As it waa 1 galloped alter
him, and when ha round that my
horse was gaining oa blm, be stood at
bay, wbeo 1 shot blm.
In pai U of tbr country where they
have been but little disturbed, l.oos
will walk away when men In tbe day
timer oi ten turning and ga.ing tt ed
ly at tbe Intru ier, and sometimei
savagely growling and twitching
their tails the while.
Iwe Very Kiret Balloalet.
The Brat living creatures lo make
balloon ascension ware a sbeep a
cock, and a dock, which ware placed
ta a willow basket attached to tba
tower p rt of Mootgoller balloon,
which was sent op from Versailles,
Franca, on Sept if, 1781 Tba first
aerial voyafs ever mada by a human
hatac was ia tan tall of Um
fawMaraabttO ba
QENMAN SCHOOL OiSCW.lME.
Dr. 4. . SM ' rmud m Larfe mt mftr-pmUtf
1 Hrtvwa Tt-Srr mn4 faplM.
Pr. J. M. Idee, who bas g ven a
most careful study of the puone
scbool svstem cf tue l.'nlted .-utev
writes an article on "School Kxcur
sions in Germany" for tbe Centu y.
In the course o! his paper he escribes
one excursion on which he was a guest
made by the 1'edagogicl Seminary
at Jena through the Luther co otry,
in connection with a stu yot the i.e
formation. The follow. ng 1-the re
sult of his observations during tbe
expe Mlio
The sp.rit manifested di.nu'i the
journey was in full accor i with the
pbysiral features. Indeed, lack of
symtathv . o tbe part of tbe teachers
was a chaja teristic it)e of the
tour.
As for the bfys, although they en
dure i the physical hardships with
scarcely a ruuriuur. their behavior iu
other . ireetiooa showed a cocup.ete
lack of mdiilioetrt. or did the feel
ing of gooij-lellowship exi-l. In
many of theiu the tears were always
sear the surla e, aad tbey were shed
in profusion ou the siwhtest pr .vo
cation. If a boy happened to lake
the smallest liberty with one of bis
companions, tbe arfair was seldom
passe over good-naturedly, the uual
result lietng enber a .rylug Aped or a
o-w of aouslve wordrt tne of the
pupils wept long and bitterly simply
oecaua tome one had caile him a
shoemaker. V orstof ali, petty pats
arlia aiuoog tbe pupils were seldom
settled ly ihemseives. Sooner or
later ibe tale of woe was- earned to
one ef tbe teachers, and the latter
not lswreuueot y hrcught an airs to a
close by box ur the e tis of one of Ibe
boys. It luaiu-red otw- which, .so
pattemat was made by the teaveheis to
cu e tbe children of their babyish-
ness, and tattling waa always en
oo u raged Oaee a boy's menial
equilibrium, waa disturbed, be be
came svulien, and a remained aLoof
frwiu the otha.s for houte Aa Hi
humor en the part of a few pupils
naturally rearie i oo tbe other m so
bers of 91. e party, tbe pr vailing feel
ing during liie journey was one ot
gloetn. A gala, laiheeveotng wbea
the Ur.S'W retired, nothing wasdoae
to aaord theua pleasure Aad when,
aftepretiriag. children werefeuud who
failed proaiptlv ta fall asleep, tbeir
reslleasoesn, wal h was mot likely
due t exhaustioa, was put down by
the tcachec a uuruiiness. and tot
receive . aa an aoo yue a bus on tue
ears
All 1 ougb tbe spi it and the physi
cal featUiOs-of tue a crlbed.Jo.,ro.
may not meet wltb our approval, it
is clear, that iu suggesilve value,
fiom ibe standpoint of intellectual
development, is in no way a u acted uv
the foruier. Ia theoselves- the Ger
man methods are not antagonistic to
sy m (a uiy. Ia uet, tor exaiaole, the
kindergarUta, the luiiiuliou whkh
above all to lei s helpfulness, iowe,
and sympathy a creation-of Ger
maov'i' An4 aia not our progressive
schtailsaboaudUw in sympathy, while
llielr tyateoi of Instruction i "founded
on theories evolved by (ieraian eau
ca torsi In a word, as it has been
shown. In so toany direcUkios tbat
wbeo German educational liieories
are fianted In Americao. soil, the
fruit beg. n ut appioach tbe Ideal, it
it uoU reasonable to suppose that the
same would be true in. regard to the
school, excursion.-?
laaat fllnaa..
IUogs, like chickens- and rars-s,
come hoaae to roosU borne yean
ago a man made a design for bis own
seal a sprig ot heather, with the
motto, "Heather," engraved. He
weal to bathe on a lonely beach and
laid bis ting on a flat stone besiur
hi clothes. After dressing be missed
tbe ring, nor could be Hod it any
where. A few days-later be received
a-lettec from a friecd la Australia,
sealed with the heather seal. H
w oie, asking where bis friend pro
cured the ring, wbo bad replied that
it toad, been lent to h.m by a strangei
lo the postoillce whence be bad sent
In th s case tne ring wai
not recovered by lie owner, as tbi
stranger could not be traced: but t. c
coincidence waa curious enough. A
sportsman lost a ring while shooting.
6aI year in breaking a piece of peat
in a iaimnousa, he iwuna bis ring in
tba peat. An old gentleman, sleep-
last at the country bouse of a friend,
Vuat a valuable sapphire ring Lung
afterward It was found in tbe fluted
pillar of the bedstead; perhaps the
owner has deposited I, there In a
tit of souambultsui. A lost ring haa
been discovered by its owner ms.de a
potato which she was peel log.
Wonderlnl Harksmaushlp.
A Texas military romriany were
out on tbe range recently practicing
at rine shooting. Tbe Lieutenant in
command suddenly be anie exesper.
ated at tbe poor shooting, and, siez
Ing a gua from one ot the privates,
cried angrily,
"I'll show you fellows bow tc
shoot 1"
Taking a long aim. and a strong
aim, and an aim altogether, be fired
and missed. C oolly turning to tbe
private who owned the gun, be said,
'That's the way you shoot"
He aga n loaded tbe weapon and
missed. Turning to the second man
In the ranks be remarked,
"That's tbe way you shoot"
in this way he contrl ed to miss
about ofty or sixty times Illustrating
to each soldier bis peisonal Incapac
ity., and finally he accidentally bit
tbe target
"And that" be ej eulated. band
lb tba ion ha k to tbe private, 'Is
tbe way l shoot"
An exohanga says: 'Georgia baa
mora saake liars tbaa say otber 8 tale
w taa uaioa." wan. that's all rbrbt
GsutxU km core aaakat Oaa acjaf
Clrt1CtTES'
rti Caw V ta atrarh That Mvati the"
sfeank.
Sfarry of our reedrs, aays tbe
American Analyst, have no doubt
w nilerd what it was that made tbe
cigarettes usually sold here bave sucb
a vile mepbilic smell, so unlike to
bacco or anything else but sickening
c:gareltcs. We ihiok we bave dis
covered the secret In visiting a
large ma' hiae shop lalv we were
thuwn an ingeaiousiy roo--trucied
pre which we aeie told was in
tended to press out flat and thin as
tobacco leaves. Hie stem of tobacco
after tbey had been steamed. As
these &t in are notnitig but wood we
can easily re oin ile the fiuell of
burning or rather smouldering, wood
in the cigarettes whi h rowdyish
young boys and impecunious youog
men try to sm jke and poison the at
mosphere with. I po" mention nr
our diM:ovciyt a gentleman who
had access to one of these cigaretbr
faeioriej be said be had seen tobacco
stems in bundles and bales there, but
could not Imagine what they used
tbem for, but thought It likely they
were wa-te products to be sent out
He added a 1 ttie to our clock of lo
formation by telling us of tbe , ur
chase by one of tbe cig.irette fac
tories of beet tops which he said were
dried, saturated with tobacco uice
and also made up in cigarettes. These
two items together would aUooully
account for tbe vllesu ocatlng stench
of these cigarettes and for tbe rapid
increase of throat disease among tba
smokers of cigaicttes. 1 very spec
ialist lo throat aad long diseases
states positively tbat the ue of ci
garettes in tbi country has rapidly
and enormously In rexsed the death
rate among young men. W hat have
eur health boaids and legislators
done about It We are aware tbat
these cigar. lie factories are closely
guarded against outside inspection,
bat ofltciai examlaalion cannot he re
sisted. Why sfkttuid not p.oper
beaitb officers examine these poison
manufactories and at one sweep
kill this source of danger to young
mea and ao nova nee to the commun
ity, the cigarette evil?
Tbe Italian llooiblacfc.
ITe was a lltlleeid Italian, tattered
and lorn, and bad long been a famil
iar feature of tbe south side of i ham
bers street near Broadway, s-iys the
Mew York Herald. He differed ooiu
ing from bis accustomed appearance
as be stood in front of his boot-blacking
chair and monntouously sol I c led
business from Ibe taer by. et It
was destined to be a glor ou day lor
blm, and to grant him that meed ot
lame that rarely iome to the ' lower
five' of sunny Italy wbo are sojourn
ers in New ork, save by tbe ue ot
etllelto or knife
Business was slack w tb blm, pas-aers-by
were few, when famo burled
ber bolt.
Up the street from tbe fer y came
a young man, aud with hiiu bright
young creature, wltb daheiog eyes
aud Laughing lips, dressed tu tbe
daintiest of gingham gowns, but ber
russet shoes that now aad again
pee, ed from beneath uer skirt, were
covered with mud that red variety
that Identifies the Jerseyite at a
glance.
Beauty looked at tbe chair, rested
hr oro on tbe face and QVure of the
Italian, mentally calculated he was
to lie trvited with her tiny feet,
gazed up aud down the street rapidly
but comprehensively, and then
mounted tbe chair.
Tbe ancleut boo tbi a k i.fted h.s
ayes, saw sitting in bis chair the fair
est vision that had ever rested on bis
soiled and poll she . cushion, and then
looked down to tbe feet so onddent
ly pi ced on the foot resia
Tbe old man kuew bis baslness.
Ills was not to look at faces, but at
feet, aud lorihw th he drew out his
brushes, cloths, and dressing. All
this took but a i oment, then the
trouble be.an for Miss Jerse .
A messenger hoy toddling along
with tbe usual hot weather gait, and
ready tor any ex use to stop, caught
sight of tbe girl in tbe cbal .
"Ceo wblzl" was his ejaculation,
and be stopped.
Somehow or otber tbe street began
to till up. Men sprang fro.n every
doorway and alt looked ai the glrL
There she sat, her eyes riveted oa
tbe Italian as be washed tbe cling
ing telltale mud of New Jer ey from
her Jo. :a The modest men slopped,
looked at her, then crossed the street
and from tbe opposite curbstone con
tinued their observations; tbe bolder
ooes formed a cir le about ibe Intent
pa r. Her escort had made bis es
cape to a nelghliorlng doorway.
One shoe waa aitu at polished. She
looked up A startled glance at tba
crowd, now numbering nearly I oil.
"Goodnes gracious." she said, and
with a t ound was on tbe sidewalk,
pushing ber way through tbe crowd,
and in less time tban it takes to teil
bad boarded a moving down-tovrn
cable car.
Tba Italian was dlsmared. the
crowd laughs and an old gentleman
came up and paid tbe cents, mutter
ing: "John, m , o i ce U near here;
the neit time she comes I'll shine
'em myself."
Odd, bat Trwe.
Bather a curious auhlect has haan
engaging my attention of late says a
recent wnier why Is It that on
never dreams of smelling, although,
no doubt, certain perfumes that of
cook ng. for loilanra utahi hfwl 11' A
a dream, say, of a dellslous dlnaei
i nave meatioaea tbu to a aumber
of mj friends, who all ackaowiedga
tbat my staumeut Is troa; but, wltb
at advancing any theory oa tba sab.
ject, tbey agree tbat eaa dreams at
eating, tailing, waiainf, lying boar.
aw dvhs convorsaiioa
rsatioa aad
tr of, ameJl.a.
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