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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1881.
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J NAMELESS HERO.
This is the son? of a nameless man.
Listen awhile till the deed is told
Of one who ventured bis life to save
Another's, but not for fame or gold.
Winter had been both hart and long;
Sprin? set in, and the brooklets ran,
Swamplu?the meadows and breaking the
ice
Into mighty.biocks. Then the floods be
gan. Jed and roaring, the rushing stream
On its heavinjr bosom the ice blocks bore;
'Stemmed at length bv a bridge of might.
It foamed and crashed with a sullen roar.
Crashed and dashed on the piers of stone;
-Thoy yield at last to the fearful strain;
The center arch, and the keeper's house
And helpless inmates alone remain.
Fiercer and fiercer roars tho flood.
Wilder the wind in the stormy sky.
The keeper springs to the rocklncr roof:
"Mercy, have mercy, great f!oJ on high:
"Help for my helpless wife and child!"
They heard him loud o er the torrent S
roar;
Help, alas! there i none to bring:
No boat could live if it left the shore.
Whose steed comes galloping hot vith haste.
And stops by the river raging wild?
Count Alfen. who oilers red gold to him
Who'll save the keeper with wife and child.
Cars, a thousand, the offer heard.
Hearts, a thousand, with grief are pore:
They look at the ice, the flood, and the sky.
But never a boatman leaves the shore.
u Boatmen, then, are ye cowards all?
And must they perish within our sight?"
"Try ityoui82lf! Lord Count," they cried.
Alas!" said he, "for my strength is
slight."
Out from the crowd a wagoner steps.
A boat is launched with the speed Of
thought:
Twill save but one with his mighty weight.
But his arm is strong, and he cares lor
naught.
Thrice he guides her with giant strength.
Thrice hath he brought her safe to shore;
Scarce had the la-t foot touched its planks
Wnen with nnriul crash the arch tell o'er.
Who was this valiant man of men?
A simple laborer, brave and bold;
Grand was the deed," 1 hear you say,
But still ho did It for goods and gold."
Listen, then: "Gallant the deed you've
done.
And well," Faid the Count, "have you
earned tho prize."
Frankly and modestly answered then
The valiant man with the fearless eyes:
' My life. Lord Count, Is not for gold.
Your money all to the keeper give;
lost in the flood is his little all.
Yet he and his wife and child must live."
With a careless smile he turned and went,
This man with the frank and the fearless
eye:
Wo sing of his fame, but what was his name
Is known alone to the Lord on high.
-E.2I.Tiaquair.in Harlot's 1 ounu I'co'Je.
THE XOKAL YALUE OF LAUGHTER.
There is a sober side to the subject of
laughter, though sober-sides do not
usually observe it. Nor is it without a
positive nioial value, as might be pre
sumed, from the fact tint no other nat-
ural physical movement of the human
frame is without its signed purpose. :
Laughing is not to be sneezed at any
more than sneezing is to be laughed at,
as an established function of nature.
We should rather inquire what is their
definite design amid the intricate move
ments of life.
publishing,'iu one of ourcieiitific jour-
r.RlR. n. ?er:ns of artieles uikhi "The
Remedies of Xat..re." In suggesting
i;f fnr ,.Arto! ,n.-fl,,SM rno,M-illv i
certain diseases especially .
declares that "next to out-
:iM the best corrective js
n, laughinir and singing." j
asthma, be declares that "next' to out-
door excrci
conversation
lie adds that ".au-jht t
stimulant, while silence
is a peptic
and brown
study favor dyspepsia, a-tluna and
sleeplessness." "A pic.-e. of good news
is worth bushels of asthma-weed-."
And fo say we. Send on your b;he!s
of good news. "As cold waters to a
thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country."
inow laujrhter is evidently designed
to wake up thinirs .reiienillv. and sot
ij , ? iiyiiii ic;cii:ii.i
evervthinjr to moviii"- live!;
elv in that im- i
portant region where the main physical ;
operations of life are going on. There i
is evidently a lttle engineer stationed!
somewhere under the 'fifth rib, on the I
right side of the human frame. When
anything striking or funny meets the
eye or starts in the mind, the bell-rope
that goes down to him receives a sudden
jerk from the i.Uot-l-.otise in the brain, '
and hc turns on the
up throbbing rapidly: the lungs expand
and contract witli considerable violence; j
the bronchial tubes lose their stringency;
the eves twinkle; the mouth drawback
and oDens: a -urn-le and a rasn or two
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follow; then the air is filled with many
a merry ha! ha! and the asthmatic !
patient finds his breath again. All the j
fiarts of the human system have been !
et out for a run, like "the boys at re-;
cess, and after having a geod romp
and cheerful, active exercise, for a few
minutes, come down to regular business
again.
How we can not see why it is not
chest begins to blow i:s Ik-Hows rapUllv; ! ' e !'!esft ,cre sl'aues "" "sc .m
both sides have to join in whether th6v wlinlra and in about a m.nute thecnt
want to or not, even until thev ac.hJ. ter was al, cut up and Gil was yanked
tlin lionrt.r..pr;s -m immiUn nul w.nL-os aboard; butl'll be dogged if the water
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everybody's duty to laugh, just as much about three weeks old when caught. I
as to eat and drink, and take airy other will keep you in suspense no longer;
kind of physical exercise. Indeed, the the Hon. Jack is neither more nor less
liver, the spleen, and other mysterious than a javelin or young wild hog. Mr.
organs, seem to have the function of Bellamy had the curiosity and the pa
laughter appointed for some special use tience to try his training skill on him,
in their healthful movements, and its and on appl'cation he found him an apt
neglect entails disorder and disease scholar. He persevered, and at the end
upon them. For laughter oils afresh of one month not only was he an effi
the wheels of the body, with its stimu-' cient bod- guard by day, but a faithful
lating effect, chases away that terrible sentinel by night. Mr. Ecllamy is a
enemy of strength and peace, dyspepsia;'! very active and accommodating gentlc
and if physicians are true, d:spels sleep-, man, and has been a long time in the
lessness, with its painful and dangerous i company's employ, yet in his varied
consequences. , duties you will find Jack at his heels,
To "laugh and irrow fat'" is an old ' and he will allow no one to come be
proverb that nrght suggest wisdom to
us, for we are "made "io laugh. But
there is a class of morbid Pharisees who
affect a lofty contempt of laughter and
mirth as undignified and triilinr, and
unworthy the character of sober-minded
men. iheir multiplied sorrows have
deadened the energy of their vital pow
ers; life's burdens have outweighed its
pleasures, and their organic apparatus
gravitates toward a suspension of its
functions. The mainspring has lost its
tension, and they arc already half dead.
All because they :.re neglecting a
physical excreis appointed f-r the" re
lief of their decaying m mbers and
faculties.
Let them wake up, take the fresh air
in a rousing walk, join in the mem-1
laughter of the children, whose buoyant '
spirits d.splay the healthful activity of ,
their bodily system, play witn the do"
run and jump as much as their oTd
bones will let them, and their morbid-
ness will take lasting flight on the merry
tviu5 oi lauguiur.
Or let them take a good horseback I
ride through the wcods and fields, and
they will laugh in spite of themselves, j
Laughter thus possesses a moral quali- J
ty. For our moods are too often the
reflection of our physical conditions, j
Ko man can be a free, earnest servant .
of God, filled with love to his Master
and active good-will to his fedow-men,
who doesn t keep his laughing appa-
raras polished up and m good working
order. He will be filled with jealousies
and nvies and all discouragements, if
tie does not laugh betimes. This is no t
Joke: it is a solemn fact.
We need not indulge in un
timely or uproarious laughter. But
there is a time to laugh; and when the
time comes, it is our Christian duty, for
the sake of our bodies, minds and souls,
.to laugh to the best of our ability to
laugh thoroughly, heartily, and clear
down to our boots. If we don't feel
like it. we ouirht somehow to work.
3jselTes-up to it
..t. - v :.
Beinir Jiappy is a talent that can be
ftsSi: Tie fift of coarming the!
flow of ideas to s pleasant channel, of
I wearing rofieate spectacles as outer
would wear an electric belt, of enjoving
life by a sheer effort of will force,'
may be developed until it lifts us out of
many miseries to which both body and
mind fall heir.
It is not best to tickle others much,
in order to make them lauzh, especial
ly children, who offer such provoking
temptation
catch the
contagion of their merry
But it would wake up and
chuckling.
revolutionize many a drowsy and for
lorn old misanthrope, if applied regu
larly and for a sufficient length of time,
three times a day for a month.
We wonder that the wise physicians
have not set up an establishment for
the "laughing cure," the same as for
the "wfltcr cure." They raightnt least
make it an adjunct to their Turkish
baths. The wit who made his exhaust
ed wife laugh, when she j-i'i-med sink
ing away, produced a reaction and set
alFher vital forces into movement to
ward recovery. Wit and wisdom often
run together," as in this case. It wili
dispel many a vapor, and lift many l.
burden, and bright n and lengthen
many a life, to give laughter its legiti
mate play. Titer. A. A. E. Taylor, in
Chicaqo Interior.
A Lis Oyster Story.
"How's that for an ister?" said the
skipper of an oysterman, p i:iting to an
enormous shell that lay on the deck.
"It ain't not only a big shell," lu con
tinued, "but it's got a powerful big
yarn thatgoes with it.'"
The shell was ce tainly four feet
long, large enough to serve as a bath
tub for a. small boy, and must have
weighed over two hundred and fifty
pounds, as the reporter could not move
it with one hand. It was one of the
largest bivalves known, the tndacna
gigas, more properly allied to the clams,
but passing as a very respectable oyster.
"Yes, sir," continued the skipper,
who was shucking oysters, smoking,
talking and humming a tune at the
same time, that ister was f tclied from
the East Indies by an old mate of mine,
and happenin' to run foul of me he
saj-s, says he: 'Bob, you're in the ister
biz and oughter have the boss ister;
kinder sample j-er goods like.' So
what does he do but send this ere bal
last aboard. There was two of 'em:
one got washed away in a gale of wind
off Pint Lookout, down the Chesapeake,
but the two of 'em weighed over five
hundred pounds, and Willis, he what
fetched 'em, said he eat the ister along
o' the hull port watch of the ship
about twenty, I reckon and there was
half of that ister left. The critter
weighed close on to forty pounds, all
solid meat. Ye wouldn't open many of
'cm in an hour.
"The yarn? Wall, as I was sayin
Gillis was one o' theso speculatin'
chaps, always lookin' for the main
chance, swappin' knives, clothes, any-
thin? to make a cent, and cute as
make 'cm; so when the ship straw
Hoss latitudes Gil was always on
they
strucjf. the
on the
lookout for curiosities, shells and such.
for to fetch home and sell. So, when
the ship struck the Straits o' Sunda and
kem to, off he goes w th a couple o'
niggers what came aboard to git coral
and things. Wall, thev was wadin'
alonir, as Gil said, haulin' the canoo
aftr 'm and pickin' up chunks of
coral and conchs aud such, and. all to
once Gil see what looKed like a llower,
all pink and yellow, and not kuowiu'
a PinK anu venow, aim n
w.hat ' wa,S-' "P hc ?,,es aUl
kick with his foot. I he ncx
lt soinetiim' close oyer his
wh:it ifc "P hc ?. aU(1 S?ve lt. a
next minute he
foot like a
vise, and was gripped as if he'd took
root, and lookin' down he see his foot
nipped in one of these ere shells. Pull
and haul every way he would ho
couldn't move, and they couldn't get at
the critter, as it was buried in the coral
and the tide on the Hood; it rises about
six feet in that country. Wall, they
thumped the critter with the oars and
hauled away for awhile, all to no
, "iii.
pnpptis. aim curus cnoujjn, un nau ie:i
n,s Kmle anoaru, anu rue oniy inmg to
do was to iro tor it. so ou one oi ine
coons started for the bark, and she a
lyin' two miles away. The other chap
stood by Gil in ease he gev out; and
there they was, the tide a risiu' every
minute, but in about three-quarters of
an hour the ship's cutter came along.
The boys gev Gil a cheer that kind o'
j Facei1 'dm up, and the skipper had sent
his
Overboard jumps the mate
A. m m mi -
wasn i mst UP l ms c.",n , Lno next
da.v tb.e3 en' a, low J"1,0 and got out
lhe , critter's shell; and that s the yarn,
and the,re ? the s f ! ,said the skipper,
m conclusion. Philadelphia Times.
Jack, The Pet Javelin.
Jack was found in the woods near
Lytic Station, on the International,
south of San Antonio, by Mr Y. AI.
McDaniel, some time last summer, and
presented by that gentleman to Mr. E.
S. Bellamy, agent for the International
at that station. It was supposed to be
tween him and his body.
When seated at the desk he lies down
at Mr. U.'s feet, and will allow no one
to touch h'm. At night Jack follows
Mr. B. to his bedside, and if he cannot
manage by stealth or othcrw'se ta get
into the bed, he will lie down beside the
bed and there remain quiet until morn
ing, unless some intruder enters the
room, when he will dart at him with all
the ferocity of his wild nature. Few
who intrude on him unwittingly once
never wish to try their hand a "second
time, yet if not molested he is perfectly
gentle. At the table he stands at his
master's side and receives a portion of
anything he cats, and he is not particu
lar what it is. He is a veritable tip-
pier, and likes his whisky and beer and
any other strong drink." After drink-
ing wlrskv he will smacl
smack his lips and
give signs for more. Any person who
has ever seen a javelin can imagine
what a graceful fiirure he cuts with
his
unshapely body with the whisky glass
in ins mouui.
But a short time ax three coyotes
came on the platform at the station in
the middle of the night Jack jumped
,, and stood between his master and
the coyotes, and kept them at bay until
one of the transportation men woke up
and asked what was the matter. Mr.
B. said it was only coyotes; that Jack
would take care of them, and -rolled
over and went to sleep arain One day
later Jack got up into the bed beside
the babv. He licked its face and then
laid down beside it and kept the flies
off. Jack has 2-ot manv tricks, but the
most important thing that strikes tha
observer is the strong attachment he has
for his master. San Anionic (2Vsc)
Light.
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In twenty-two years ended with
1882, Massachusetts "had 170 murder
trials and 1C hangings; in thirty years
ended with 188U, Connecticut had 97
murder trials 'and 7 hanrinffs:-in-foar
. , . ?, ... ..
years, ended with 1877, -NewYorkCitf
had 185 homicides and lexecutiou. JK
hadlttoht
K Times.
Axeirad the lean Exhibition Hall.
"Young Paul Jenkins has sent on one
of his beautiful landscapes from Now
York. They were hanging it vhen I
came out and it is a great addition,"
said energetic Mrs. Harvey, who was on
her way home from the town hall, where
a loan exhibition was in progress, and
had run for a moment's chat with her
neighbor and co-committee in the enter- J
prise, Mrs. Wells.
"That is very nice," said Mrs. Wells.
He's a line young fellow and quite a
genius, but you know him, I sup
pose?" "Never met him," said Mrs. Harvey.
"The family moved away before my ad
vent in town, you remember, but 1 hear
them often spoken of."
"Paul was always a great pet of
mine," said Mrs. Wells. "He sent me
his photograph only the other day. He
promises to be as Handsome as a man
as he has been as a child and a youth,"
and Mrs. Wells went to the center table
thinking to put her hand on the cabinet
photograph of her young friend.
"Why, it is not here, nor here,' she
said going to a side-table, and finally
making atour of the handsome rooms,
looking upon the piano, mantels, cabi
nets and tables, and ejaculating: "Why,
it was here, on a bracket, at first, aud
then upon an easel. The last time I
noticed it, Agnes Fisher and Helen
Brooks were looking at it. Agnes
wanted to carry it up to the seminary to
show the girls," just for fun, you know;
such young things are always up to a
frolicof some kind, but I would not al
low of her taking it. I have not seen it
since, I am sure."
"It is not likely sho would take it and
carry it away without leave," said Mrs.
Harvey, butsome one coming in just
then diverted attention from the subject,
and the hostess did not reply.
The new picture was the center of at
traction in the hall next morning, and
Mrs. Harvey had plenty to say.
You know, of course, hc is an in
timate friend of Mrs. Wells," she run
on. "He ?ent his picture not long
ago, but she can't find it anywhere.
The last she remembers of it was of
Agnes Fisher looking at it as it sat on
the easel on the center table in her
drawing-roorn. Agnes was greatly taken
up with it. Just like her, you "know,
aud she was determined to carry it
awav with her. It is too bad, so many
of his old friends would like to see it i
now that this painting is calling atten
tion to him as an artist."
From lip to lip went the story all the
way around the tastefully decorated
hall, and when, early in the afternoon.
Mrs. Wells came in, a bevy of ladies
surrounded her at once with words of
condolence.
"That dicadful Agnes Fisher! A
church member, too! The idea of her
stealing an oil painting, framed on an
easel, and all from your drawing-room.
What a treasure it would be for us here!
A gift to you! Painted on purpose for
you, his "childhood friend! How you
must feel! Why don't you send an offi
cer to search her room? Have you sent
word to the preceptress? There she
comes now with a party from the semi
nary. Her head is as high as ever. I
shan't speak to her, for one. (Xor I.'
Nor I.') I hope some one will be de
tailed to watch her. There is no telling
what she may carry away."
"What are you talking about? I am
altogether bewildered." exclaimed Mrs.
Wells, sinkiug into a chair and putting
up her hands as If to defend herself. I
can't get at your meaning at all. I have
never seen any of Paul Jenkins' work,
nnd am anxious io look at the landscape
he has so kindly sent," and the old lady
adjusted her glasses. "Oh!" she said,
as she returned the spectacle case to her
shopping-bag, "here is his photograph,
I was sure you would all like to see it.
How do you" do, Mrs. Harvey." as that
lady drew near. "1 found "my young
friend's likeness after you left last night,
and here it is. It had slipped out of
sight in a basket of engravings where it
had fallen."
Mrs. Harvey looked sheepish. The
other ladies dispersed, saying one to an
other: "How a story will grow if once it gets
a good start."
A few conscientious souls took pains
to go around the hall telling the truth
of the matter, and it was hoped no harm
had been done by the exaggeration.
Five yesis later, far out on a Western
prairie, Mrs. Harney was asked by a
relative:
"What became oi thcidrcadful Agnes
Fisher, a seminary girl. yo:i know, who
stole an oil painting from thai loan ex
hibition you were all so interested in the
last time I was East. There is quito a
little Vermont colony about us here, you
know, and she had acquaintances among
them who tried to get her in as teacher
of our high school, but I got hold of it
and put a stop to it right away. I assure
you. They could hardly believe the
story, but when I told them I was there
in the hall when the loss was made
known, they had to give in."
"When the thistle seed is scattered to
the four winds, it is hard to get it to
gether again to destroy it," sighed Mrs.
Harvey. "If one little seed, even with
its feathery sail, eludes pursuit, you maj
run across it any time, far away, the
center of a thicket that it has propa
gated. Be truthful, check the idle word,
and be wary of a breath that can soil a
good name as you would be of wound-
injT a soui inai suaii live, invouini an eier-
;o
nity.
Chiotinn nt MTn-fl'
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An Elephant Whipped by a Man.
One of the cases before the Mayor
yesterday morning was that of Kut'us
Reed (colored), who was charged with
an affray with Sell's little elephant, and
the facts brought out proved that the
man whipped the elephant. Reed, who
is a tall, musculor colored man, had
been giving the elephant a few apples,
handing it all except one, which he put
in his vest pocket. While his attention
was turned the elephant reached out its
trunk and, getting hold of Rufus's pock
et tried to pull the apple out, tearing
the vest nearly off before the wearer's
attention was turned to the elephant's
prank.
Seizing the elephant's trunk ("snoot."
Reed called it), he tried to wrench his
vest and the apple away from it, but
the elephant drew its trunk from Reed's
band, and swinging it around, gave
Reed a terrible blow on the side of his
head. Reed drew back and felled the
elephant to the ground with his fist, de
livered over the eye. The elephant's
keeper then attacked Reed, and Reed
knocked him down. In the meantime
the elephant had regained its legs and
gave Reed another blow on the side.
Reed was now thoroughly exasperated,
and actually knocked the elephant over
on its back, "and then left the tent. As
the elephant had left the city and could
not appear in court yesterday, the Mayor
took Reed's statement and let him ofl
lightlv, feeling that the elephant de
served the flogging. Charlotte (N. C.)
Observer.
In the Court of Common Pleas, at
New York, the cousel in a certain case
warmed up, so that one of them. Judge
Dittenhoefer, told his opponent that he
did not wish to call the gentkman a hog,
but that, until Bismarck had removed
the restriction upon the admission of the
hog into German', his learned brother
could not safely travel in the fatherland.
N. . Times.
The occasion of Queen Victoria's
recent interdict against excessive card
playing in the royal palaces was that,
during the residence of the Duke of
Teck at Kensington Palace this season,
the games were often continued all Sun
day and other days at night Enor-
suras were frequently .lost
Vagaries of the Demented.
Ward's Island was tho scene ot un
usual festivity yesterday. The quarries
at the south side of tho island echoed
with the sounds of music, the spla-hing
of water and tho shouts of merry
batters. Beneath a rude shed on the
water's edge an ebony negro twanged
a guitar and sang an exquisite melody
about his hope's of having -a 'Sweet
heart to buy me cider." while two
others danced before an absorba 1 audi
ence of about 400 gentlemen, who rep
resented the tractable inmates. of- tho
city asyluni for the insane. The-a 40J
pe.I-sins with be; in their bonnets were
enjoying a picnic gotten up for their
benefit by the author.ties and enjoy, it
they did hugely. Beddes the guitar
a tiddler assisted in making things as
melodious as possible, and a ge'it'.-man
who labors under the halltic uat.on that
he is Gilmore's band and comprises
6ixty pieces or more, was doing his best
to help oat the symphony, assuming
rapidly a succession of attitudes ex
pressive of the requirements of playing
so large a number of instruments at
once. Others of the p'.cnicers were
disporting themselves in a small creek
and plunging around in the water. As
a rule it was observed that no
one had -much to say to any
oue else. On the contrary,
each one seemed to move
about regardless of his neighbor and
self-absorbed. When the suparmtend
cnl. Dr. MauDonald. who was in
charge, spoke to one of them himself,
the patient would rcuso himself, smile
feebly, and piling? at once into a discus
sion of his favorite illusion. One pa
tient, a tall man with a llorid complex
ion, who wore a green paper shade
over his cye3 and a chicken feather
over his right ear, slated with great
confidence that he was John tho Bap
tist, and had been placed ou the island
by the Almighty as His agent for re
formatory purposes. He presented to
a reporter in confidcaca a ragged
looking letter, tied up with a green
thread, which he said he had that
morning received from President Gar
field. Arm in arm with this patient
was Mr. John Jacob Astor, who readily
introduced himself as the great mil
lionaire, and offered to give the super
intendent 60,000 carload of gold to
land him on the New York shore. Na
poleon Bonoparte casually remarked
that the only oivili'.ed people on tho
face of the globe were Queeu Victoria's
relatives. The ret were Hottentots,
cannibals, lunatics and alligators. As
an illustration of his theory he pointed
out a gentleman of e ilor who certainly
bore a striking rc-eniblance tc the
missing link. The most remarkable
thing about him was his smilo, but that
was sufficient "Coffee,'' said the su
perintendent, laying his baud upon his
arm, "Coffc, smile." Upon which the
aps-like gentleman opened a mouth
which threw that of the late Mr. Backus
into the shade and delayed a cavern
ous development of aw and a set of mo
lars which would have done credit t a
primeval cave in-m. "3mile again.
Coffee," said the superintendent and
Coffee repeated the performance with
an evident satisfaction in the possession
of so unique an accomplishment X.
V. 7'inics.
The Leaves of a Tree.
In a recent lecture Professor Boal
talked about leaves. Among other
good things he said: As is well
known, a tree can not grow without
leaves. These are put forth every -ear
and are a contrivance for vastly increa
sing the surface. An oak tree of good
size exj.oses several acres of surface to
the air during the growing season. It
has been estimated thai the Washing
ton elm at Cambridge, Mass., not a
very large tree, exposes about iive acres
of foliage, if we include both sides of
the leaves. Le-ives are more uearly
comparable to stomachs than to lungs.
A leaf is a labrat jry for assimilating or
manufacturing raw materials into plant
fabric. The cellular structure of the
leaves, wood and bark of a tree is a
complicated subject to treat in a popu
lar way. It requires a vast surface of
leaves to do a little work. By counting
the leaves on a seedling oak antl esti
mating the surface on both sides of
each, we can see how many inches are
needed to build up the roots and" stem
for the first year. After the first year
the old stem" of the oak bears no leaves.
It is dependent on the leaves of the
branches, or its children for support.
A tree is a sort of community, eacii
part having its own duties to perform.
The root hairs take up most of the nour
ishment. The young roots .take this to
the larger oncsnnd they in turn, like
the branches of a river, pour the tlood
of crude sap into the trunk, which con-vej-s
it to the leaves. The assimilated
or digested sap passes from tiie leaves
to all growing parts of the plant, and
a deposit is made where most needed.
If a branch is much exposed to the winds,
the base of it has a certain support or
certain amount of nourishment So with
the trunk of a tree. If the base of a
branch of the main trunk is much ex
posed to the winds and storms, a much
thicker deposit of food is made there.
The winds give a tree exercise, which
seems good to help make it strong. Our
toughest wood comes from trees grow
ing in exposed places. The limbs of a
tree are all the time striving with each
other to see which shall have tho most
room and the most sunshine. While
some perish in the attempt or meet
with only very indifferent success, the
stronsrestof the strong buds survive.
A Dog Who Died from Remorse.
A remarkable instance of the efiect
that can be produced upon a dog by the
human voice was related to me yester
day. Some of your corresdondents
would consider it confirmatory of their
notion that dogs have mind enough to
understand words; but I myself rather
believe that the sound of the voice acts
upon the feelings of dumb animals just
as instrumental music acts upon us.
The story is as follows: A clergyman
had for a long time a dog, and no other
domestic animal. He and his servant
made a great pet of the dog. At last,
however, the clergyman took to keep
ing a few fowls, and the servant fed
them. The dog showed himself very
jealous and out of humor at this, and
when Sunday came round and he was
left alone he took the opportunity to
kill and bury two hens. A claw half
uncovered betrayed what he had done.
His master did not beat him, but took
hold of him and talked to him most
bitterly, most severely. "You've been
guilty of the sin of murder, sir and on
the Sabbath day, too; and you, a
clergyman's dog, taking a mean ad
vantage of my absence!" etc. He talkod
on and on for a long time, in the same
serious and reproachful strain. Early
the next morning the master had to leave
home for a day or so; and he did so
without speaking a word of kindness to
the dog, because ho said he wished him
to feel nimself in disgrace. On his re
turn the first thing he was told was:
"The dog is dead. He never ate nor
drank after you had spoken to him; he
just lay and pined away, and he died
an hour ago. L. O. Gillum, in Lon
don Spectator.
Fifteen vears ago Horace Greeley
was ridiculed because he said he had
seen a herd of buffaloes fifteen miles
long and half that distance wide. Yet
this was comparatively a small herd.
On the Upper Missouri they were seen
a dozen years ago blackening the coun
try for scores of miles in every direc
tion. To-day a buffalo is very rarely
found even in Dakota. They have
been cooped up in the northern corner
of Montana, and even' there will soon
become extinct unless speedy action-is
taken toprotect them. Chicago Tims,
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Bishop Kane, of Richmond, Va.,
has had a stone cut from Mount Olivet
to forsn the corner-stone of a now ca
thedral at Richmond.
The pa o:;t; of ftcv. Charles II.
Spurgcon recently celebrate.1 their
golden weddmg. Tho lather still
preac:2s though not ivguhoiy.
IV.e Jtate Board ot Fdueation iij
Texas I as resolved to purchase for the
school fund Sl.'.U.OOO in registered fotu
per cent, bonds of the United States.
T:ie ::. .rest to 11-r.vcn of any Sunday-school
in Americ-i is the one recent
ly " organize:! at Hancock, Cal. It is
elev.eu thousand feet above the s.ja.
Git-fl'o T.ib-n:e.
A delicate tri'jiite was paid to the
value m JMoiuit Ilolyoke Seminary re
cently by a l.idy hauding to one of tho
trustees s.yjOO " to L.e- used in helping
girls no: blessed with this world's
goods." Bos on Post.
. The teachers of the Alcorn (Miss.)
University, where only colored .students
are in attendance, in-truct them to dis
own the word "colored," and say
" negro. ' Fred Douglas took the load
in that, several years ago. Detroit Port.
The. commencement exercises of
the University of Georgia were held at
Athens recently. The institution is
uiuety-eight years old and during the
ast ye ir the university and its branches
lavo" beir. atten led by nearly 1,200
students. The college is largely en
dowed by 1 Ik St :te and tuition is free.
N. V. Entrain r.
Hey. II. A. Wc-tfall, of Harvard's
theolog'ca! c:-ss of. .'8 and pastor of
the Tir.-t Universalis Church in Erie,
Pa., has cnt:r::c d the Unitarian faith
an 1 become a niem':er of tho Western
Unitarian Confervnc". H's cungrega
tion is composed of leading and we::ltv
inlluential families, and They indorsed
Ids course and embra-.-e the same fa'th.
Orthodox circles are considerably ex
cited over the change in ecclesiastical
matters. X. Y. Times.
It is proposed that twenty or more
churches in this country .-hall each take
a pew in tha Americ :n Chapel in Paris,
aid pay ioc it eighty dollars a year.
Tiie name .': the church thus taking: a
new Is to b. :n-:"iibe'l on the pew, with
.in invltat onto all m-mbrs and friends
of that church to make themselves at
home in the j ew. The money yielded
hy this scheme to the chapel is to be
Spent in promo' ing evangelical mission
ary work. Chicago Sewn.
Stockport, Scotland, has a Sunday
school which comprises in its member
ship -100 teachers and 4,50 children,
and nc.irly i)5.0:K) children have passed
through the school since its commence
ment. The singing is led by an orches
tra with sixteen violins among tho in
struments. Dr. McGregor recently
preached the sermon on its ninety
ninth anniversary, and he declared that
when he heard the hymns sung from
three to four thousand young voices,
with the accompaniment of the or
chestra and the full force of the organ,
he felt as if the windows of Heaveu
were opened.
Billiard Balls.
Raid a manufacturer of ivory billiard
ball-: "Only tin tusk of the w id ele
phant furnishes ivory hard enough to
make into billiard balls. The tierce
temper of the wild beast hardens aud
solidifies the tusk, while that of the do
mesticated elephant is of no use for this
purpose. Henry Adolph Meyer, of
Hamburg, Germany, is the largest deal
er in ivory in the world. He sends men
into Asia, Africa and India to buy up
supplies, and there are sales at public
auction every three months in London,
which set the standard for prices over
the whole world,"
"How is the ivory prepared?"
"For making into billiard balls those
parts of the tusks that are of sufficient
diameter and perfectly solid are sawed
into blocks representing the diameter ol
the ball, and are shipped directly to us
in that shape."
On visiting the work-shop it was found
that these blocks are first put into a
lathe and an ivory harness-ring turned
from the outer edges before work is be
gun on the ball proper. After these
rings are taken oft along with tho
"bark" of the tusk an eighth of an inch
thick the ball cut in the rough is laid
away to season for not less than six
months, as it is liable to crack and
shrink if used without seasoning. To
finish the ball from tho rough a block of
hard wood with a socket capable of
holding one-third of the ball is well
chalked and the ball inserted. The
rotating motion causes the ball to
adhere firmly to the wooden socket,
and with a steady hand, a
correct eye and a sharp chisel tho in
telligent mechanic cuts the globe with
perfect symmetry. With a sharp pen
cil hc first outlines the center, then
quartering this is cut with a sharp chis
el a delicato groove to the exact depth
of the diameter of the designed ball,
and with practical precision the ball is
cut down to correspond with the depth
of this groove. To detect any errors in
the symmetry of the ball a sheet of thin
brass" has a perfectly round hole one
third the diameter of the ball cut in it
The ball is placed in this hole and held
up to the light in such a manner that tho
light will show through wherever the
brass fails to touch the ivory. After
the chisel the finest sand paper is used,
then pumice-stone and water, and the
ball is finally polished with whiting and
alcohol. To make the little black
spot on the white ball a small hole is
drilled and a piece of ebony wood
forced into it. To color the balls thgy
are first placed in ajbath of muriatic
acid, and then in the coloring matter
boiling hot. The compounds of color
Jag matter are trade secrets.
" What should be the treatment of
billiard balls?" asked the reporter.
"They should never be bought in the
winter," was the answer, "for ivory,
even after it is well seasoned, is sus
ceptible to tiie influence of the weather,
expanding and contracting with each
change of temperature, and if theso
changes are at all violent they arc sure
to crack the balls. They should always
be kept in a place of even temperature,
such as a room always comfortable to live
in. When they become cracked they
should be well rubbed with sweet oil.
" What are the sizes and prices?"
"We make them from 2 5-1C inches
to 2 inches in diameter. The Ameri
can standard among professionals is 2
inches. South America and Cuba re
quire a larger ball. They cost from $20
to 830 a set, depending upon size."
"How are different colors put on pool
balls?"
We have tight-fitting brass cups to
put them in with openings like stencil
plates, and the exposed part of the ball
is touched with acid and subjected to a
bath of coloring matter."
The manufacturer had nothing to say
in favor of composition balls. They
arc less elastic ann durable than ivory,
besides being highly dangerous, as be
ing composed of gun cotton and cam
phor. This renders them liable to ex
plode or burn if brought in contact with
a lighted taper. A piece of composi
tion harness-ring was ignited and emit
ted a strong smell of camphor, and it
burned as freely as fat pine.
In the n.anufaeturer's show-window
of the hou:-e stand a pair of immense
elephant tusk.-, the largest in America,
the- are seven feet six- inches from tip
to base, and weigh 117 and 123 pounds
respectively, and art: worth 800. They
were taken from a tame elephant from
India, that had been made to assist in
loading and unloading teasels, and
great grooves were worn iu the sides o
'the tusks where tha rope kad been al
lowed to slip in lowering Mary
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
From the cafe converts, etc, on
Chamns Elysecs the city of Paris net
' about $30,000 a year in licenses,
An car of corn containing 1,10".
well matured grains was grown in tha
Grosse Tetc, Louisiana. X. O. Pica
yune. In some parts of Russia it is be
lieved that if the bride tastes the cake
on the eve of the wedding her husband
will not love her.
When Lord Coltridgo was asked in
Chicago whether he would like to in
spect the process of sausage-making, he
replied: "No. I thauk you; I guess 1
won't I eat sausages sometimes. IV.
Y. Graphic,
Cattle, a writer savs, are malicious
ly destroyed in India by wounding them
with a spike molded from the seeds ol
tho Arbus precaionios. Death ensues
on the second day, but the powdered
seeds have little or uo bad effect when
taken internally.
The society reporter of the Roches
ter (N. Y.) Post-Express kindly informs
us that "it is not in accordance with the
usages of polite society to ask an elderly
lady whether she remembers when th
co let of -1812 was here before." Won
der it this man is the author of "Don't"
.V. II Graphic.
At Yuma. Cal., the other day a
man left his hxlg ng armed with a pistol
and ritle am: s!:ot at every one he met
He was not a il rat-class marksman and
only succeeded in hitting one man, who
was lamed for life. He finally ended
his day's sport by shooting himself fatal
ly. San Fr.tueUco Call.
A wild pig found in the wood's near
Lytic Station, Ky., was, after consider
able diuicnlu. .so trained by his finder
tiiat he would fellow his master as tha
historic la:i') followed Mary. When
ever his master sits down to eat the pig
will lie down bv his side, and eat ana
drink whatever his trainer hands him.
, Chicago Herald.
Indians in Brazil use ants to dress
wounds, causing them to bite the edges
together and then cutting off the head;
the jaws will not relax, but hold the
wound together until healed. They
were formerly used as a cruel instru
ment of torture by South American
tribes, who tied their victim to a tree,
smeared his body with grease and placed
an ants' nest at his feet.
An aged owl, the pet of a house-
I hold, in Porthmouth, N. H., passed
away and was buried at night with
distinguished honors, slow music and
the recitation of appropriate lines from
the "Burial of Sir John Moore." Above
the grave of the pet bird (which, by
the way, was dubbed William) is the
following inscription: "Sacred to the
memory of William Owl; born, 1880;
died, 1883." Boston Post.
On the 25th day of September, two
or three thousand years ago, a great
Mongolian philosopher fell asleep and
his mjuI was transported to the moon,
where he s:iw a play. Coming back to
earth he built the first theatre and col
lected the lirst company of actors ever
known in the world. Hence the feast
called "Congratulating the Moon,"
which the Chinese celebrate on each
succeeding anniversary. N. Y. Times.
They lived in Springfield, Mass.,
loved and got married. All arrange
ments were made for a little wedding
j trip, but the groom found it impossible
to leave, owing to business, bo the
bride went ahead to wait for him at a
neighboring citv. She was there a
J week, and still he could not escape his
engagements, then she went home. In
a day or two business permitted, and
the groom started off alone on his wed
ding tour. Boston Herald.
A young man from Texas married
a girl in North Carolina and then pro
posed to leave her while he worked his
way back to his Texas home in the hope
of there earning some money to send
for her. She said, however, that she
preferred to accompany him on foot.
They therefore made their journey of
one thousand miles as tramps, but their
good appearance gained for them con
siderable help along the way, and foi
the last fifty miles they rode triumphant
ly in a carriage provided by an enthu
siastic admirer of their pluck. Detroit
Post.
The swells of Washington are an
imitative lot. President Arthur, while
standing alone on the back porch of the
White House listening to oue of the reg
ular afternoon concerts of the marine
band on the lawn, took out his handker
chief, and after using it, carefully folded
it again and replaced it in his pocket.
His actions were closely scanned by the
whole crowd of spectators, and now
ever- swell in Washington carefully
holds his handkerchief out before him and
deliberately folds it, as the President
was seen to do, before replacing the rag
in his pocket Washington Post.
Two men in Miles City, M. T., pre
tended to have learned by telegraph that
the Government had thrown open the
eastern part of the Fort Keogh reserva
tion to settlers. They whispered this
cautiously to special friends, enjoining
strict secrecy. Before night there was a
stampede, the supposed public land
claims were staked off, shanties were
put up, tents were pitched, and the
jokers say that a town was laid out, and
a real estate "boom" was under full
headway before nine o'clock in the even
ing. But by ten the joke was out, and
the place was deserted. Denver Tri
bune. Some practical joker at Humboldt
Wells, New. "stood up" a railroad con
ductor and despoiled him of his valu
ables. Instead of "babying" over it, he
got even. He took a lawyer into his
confidence, and swore out papers charg
ing the jokers with highway robbery.
When his joke began to assume a seri
ous aspect the people of Wells thought
ho was in dead earnest and every avail
able influence was brought to bear to
pull his way from his ostensible purpose.
He was apparently inflexible until he
found he had his tormentors thoroughly
scared, and then he relented. Chicago
Tribune.
Coaches in the Days of George IT.
Haokney coaches were always drawn
by a pair of horses, for the most part
miserable-looking creatures, which
it would have been cruelty to urge to
any speed, though I fancy they were
capable of keeping up their jog-trot for
a considerable time. The drivers wera
usually elderly men, attired in stone
colored great coats with many capes. I
also just remember two or three sedan
chairs waiting for hire near old squares
at the west end of town, but they were
worn and shabby, though with likeness
enough of their better selves to recall
Hogarth's pictures to mind. There were
stage coaches from certain central points
to the suburbs running several times a
day, but seldom starting on their last
journey later than 8:30 o'clock p. m.
Small chance was there of procuring a
place in the "last coach" from any sub
urban district without the preliminary
ceremony of booking it. There was al
ways, however, and at all hours of the
day, one hope though only a forlorn
one for the tired wavfarer, and this
was a "return chaise' The phrase,
familiar enough fifty and sixty years
ago, has no meaning now, but when
railways were not, and the wealthier
classes traveled chiefly by aid of post
horses, the empty post-chaise oh its re
turn journey was often to be seen on
the high road. The postillion, be sure,
always kept his eyes opeu to catch any
sign from a pedestrian going the same
way, for it was a common thing for the
roomy, yellow chariot tobalt ana a little
bargain to be struck, in accordance
witn which the pedaatrian obUiatfl a
ft." London Bodty
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