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THIE JOURNAL. ' .. - -WKDXESDAY, .lATN. a, ISfrG. Zs'.crsl at th3 r::::2:i, Cclcrfsit. ITct.. it tiesai clars sitter. THE EGGS THAT NEVER HATCH. 'ilit-re'a a young- ma u on ihe coruT. Filled with lite unil U-;!igtii aud liop: lu Okie? far beyond lite prc?e:.T With the whole world :n his sci' Ke Is frrasplnsr at to-niorrow, TIi at phantom none can catch; i'o-day U lost lies valtinp Tor the cg-ps that never hatch. There's nn old tnaa over yondei. With a worn and weary face, "WJtli searching-, auxioui features And weak uncertain puce Do is living-in the future. With no desire to catch TheTjroidcn Now. He a w.i:tiua: For tlie eggs that never hutch. There's i world or men aua vcn.sn With their life's work vet union Who "re 6111108-, standing-, mov r:r uencam xno same art at uu. Ever eager for the f utiiw. But not content to sxmir ihe Present. Theya.c wj.uust For.the eggs tbar nevei imi.r. - "H jt,i' Traveler. MOJSEY OK JOVE Aii How My Haven Married for One and Gained the Other. '- Of course I have no married him because I was in lore with hiin," said BJay Harriott, with a light laugh. She was sitting in a gold-and-don colored boudoir, hung with silken, fluted draperies and carpeted in pale gray Ambusson bordered with scarlet. The windows were full of flowering plants, an exquisite statue of Hebe oc cupied a marble pedestal in the middle of the room, and the panels of the walls, filled in with mirrors, reflected the young bride's every motion a score of times. Flora Field, her old school-mate, sat opposite her, secretly envious of all this splendor and wondering that May Havcn, who had taught in the same district school as herself, was not more elated at this sudden promotion. "Well, then," said she, "why did you many him?" " Because I was poor and he was rich. Because I was tired of teaching and he offered me all this!" And May glanced around upon the luxuries that surrounded her. "Nobody could be foolish enough to suppose it was a love-match," said she. " He's ever so much older than I am, and not at all my ideal! But I couldn't drudge on forever at mj' pro fession, and I think I've made a lucky exchangc." ' May, you are a heartless coquette," cried out Flora Field. " No, I am not," said May, with a shake of the lovely golden curls. "You would do just the'sahie thing yourself. Flora Field, if you had a chance; you know you would.' And as May laughed out a sweet, de fiant chime, Vac did not know that her silly word- had had another auditor than Flora Field that the door leading into the ricli banker's study was ajar, and that he had heard even syllabic 6hc spoke. It was quite true that Frederick Har riott was not a $ oung man. He had passed the ruhicon of middle age be fore he had allowed himself to fall in love aim marrj and the flame burned :ill the deeper and more tender, in that wood wa mellowed bv age! He the had looked upon May Haven as little less than an angel and ?-.v I t.lirkl,ll li.il-.. L-i r- - j.- .inf... .'iwim.t 11. i, , ixi . i.ii ui;iu&(;. 1" ?j' I .leiacL i he said lo himself, with sMi-p. and trembling limbs. . y.-.M have divined that spring and autumn were unsuiled. So she married me for my money?"" May," he said that evening, "I have ticket for the opera to-night. Would you like to go?" " No, I don't think I care about it," said May. listlessly. "Then we wil!remaiu at home, and I will read you that nw poem," sug gested her husband. " I am tired of poetrj," pettishly re torted May. "I do wih you would leave me Co enjoy myself in my own way once in a while!" "Do I bore you, Mc-J" Frederick Harriott asked, with an "uevplicable quiver in his voice. "Awfully! I'm just in the midst of this delightful story and I e:n't bearto be interrupted." " Very well. The oflvusc shall not be repeated,' said Mr. Harriott, quietly- After that a subtle and sudden change came over his whole life. He was as courteous and attentive to his young wife as ever, but May felt that all the heart and soul were gone out of the little courtesies the scrupulously rendered attention. For awhile he rather liked it. It was a relief to feel that his eye was not always 0:1 her. hi; thoughts" following her. She could go whore she pleased now and he asked no one-lions. She could emplo jut time lo -,nit herself and he had neither criticism nor com ment to oiler. But gradually she be gan to realize that she had last some thing which was not casilv to be re placed. May Harriott had regarded her hus band's love as one of the fixed polar facts of her existence, and a cold chill crept ovtr her heart when she fully per ceived that it was somehow slipping away from her. "Frederick," she said, one evening, sitting opposite to her husband, "have I offended you?" He glanced carelessly up from his book. "Offended me, May? Why, what a ridiculous idea! Of courseyou haven't offended me." "I I thought your manner was somewhat different of late," faltered the young wife, bending her head closer over her embroidery. "One can't keep on the honeymoon gloss forevei,"' said the banker", indif fercntl . Life i- full of antitheses, aud love is 'the strangest complexity in life. For, as May Harriott grew strengthened in the idea that her husband was ccasm" to adore her after the old ; lolalrous fashion, she began to fall 111 love with the one she bad' married for money. Frederick Harriott wa. not young, but he was in the prime of middle age. He was not boyishly hamUome, like the wax heads May had seen in the barber's show-windows but he had the port and mien of a prince. All women are prone toliero worship, and our lit tle May was no exception to the ordi nary rule. For the first time in her life she was falling in love and with her own husband. A few weeks only had elapsed when a crisis in the banking business had rendered ii imperatively necessary that Mr. Harriott should go to Vienna for two or three months. Poor May looked aghast as her husbard mentioned his intentions to her in the same cool, " matter-of-fact way in which he might have criticised the wcathrr. "Going to Vienna!" she gasped. -Oh, Frederick!' My dear child, it is but a mere bag atelle of a journey! Cne doesn't mind travel iowadays. I -hall not be later than November in returning.' "Bat I may go with cu? " "Ybu? My dear, doii'r think of il. My travel will necesan" ac too rapid to think of encumbering"riys,elf with a lady companion. 3 must go and come with the greatest snt May said nothing nirr' hn t there was A Hot before her eyes, a jnekeniag sen sation of despair at her heart. He cared no more for the society whiajrhad been dear to. him once, Oh, .what had: she done to forfeit the love that had one been poured out so fondly on her lifoP . It was a rainy June twilight when the banker, wrapped in a dreadnaught coat and with his traveling cap pulled down over his eyes paced up and down the deck of the steamer Galatea, heed less of all the tumult of weighing an chor. Through the misty dusk he tried vainly to catch the ghostly outlines of the city spires tho city that held-his young"wife. "She will be happy enough without me," he told himself, bitterly. "She has her mother and sister with her. She' bade me adieu without a tear, and. it may be that my continued absence will teach her to think less coldly of me. Dear little May sweet spring blossom my pravers may-reach you, if my love oan not' And-as the steamer plowed her way onward and the!, 'darkness-deepencd Frederick Harriott went below. To his infinite suqn-ise the state room he had engaged for his own be half and use was not empty. A lady sat there with veiled face and drooping head. Frederick Harriott paused in surprise the figure rose up, and throw ing aside its ceil revealed the blue, starry eyes and pale cheek of May her self. "Oh, Frederick, pardon me!" she sobbed, throwing herself into his arms, "but I could not let you go alone! I love you, Frederick; lean not live with out you. When I thought of you be ing alone, perhaps ill, in a strange land I thought I should lose my senses. Dear husband, toll me that you are not angry with me!" And she burst into a flood of tears. "My own May my wife my love! Close, close to my heart for evermore!" And that was all he said. May Haven had married for money; May Harriott had learned the secret of love! Chicago Mail. BIRMINGHAM. The Fcunding aud Development of the Magic City of the South. Birmingham, the magic city of the South, was incorporated December 19. 1871, and is beautifully situated in Jones' Valley, Jones County,' Ala., and is the county seat at present. The former capital town of Jefferson County was Elyton, distant about two miles, now a suburb of the city, containing a num ber of fine residences. James B. Powell, John T. Miller and Samuel Tait were the original promoters and founders of the new city. They saw their chance to make a fortune, and had the nerve and means to go in and win by buying up the lands about the time the South & North Alabama & Chattanooga Roads were being built through this then wild and comparatively unknown section, for, until then, little if any thing was known of the vast mineral wealth here deposited. The gentlemen, previously named, after a careful survey of the lands, for the purpose of ascertaining beyond doubt the extent, quality, etc., of the coal, iron and limestone, .were fully assured of the almost inexhaustible quantity and of the superior quality of the same. Immediately they set about forming a company or syndicate for the purpose of developing the lands and bringing into market these rich depos its that had lain hidden for unknown aires. A location for a city was care- Il y and judiciousiysehBctca surveyed and's T ?nd'. Boss Sh,ePu:rd wouiu si . :aiu nut 111 i cuuijjiciieiiaivtj plan, with the. eye of faith to the future ornatiiess of the embrvo eitv. The re- ports at first were doubtfully received, - 1:1.1,. ..i.n.. ......i t- so liicreiumc iiic acuiueu. it wiu hard for the staid" old iron masters of Pennsylvania and other mineral re gions to believe that such vast deposits of minerals could exist in the South, and that it could remain here or else where for so long a time undiscovered. Shrewd and enterprising iron men and capitalists of New Castle, Pa., and Wheeling, W. Va., came on to see for themselves, and were convinced of the truthfulness of the statements made. They purchased lands and erected fur naces, mills, etc. The result has been marvelous. The taxable property of the citv of Birmingham was in 1883, $2,682,909. and in 18SI had increased to $3,302,186. The city is lighted with a superior gas manufactured from coal procured in the immediate vicinity. Water of a good quality is furnished from a clear stream that flows near by. A paid fire department is maintained, while the police and sanitary are all that could be expected. The city boasts of a pretty opera-house, capable of seating 1.260 persons, one of the best arranged places of amusement in the South. Birmingham (Ala.) Cor. Washington Star. QUICK IN RESOURCE. Tact a More Effective Weapon Than Gun or Sword. Tact is sometimes as effective as force of arms, in an cmergencj', and the man who is quick-witted may find himself at an advantage over the one who is mcrch- strong-armed. The histoiyof Kansas, during its most troubled pjtri- iod, furnishes many an instance'of r& id thought and clever resource. 1, 'When, in law, tne town 01 L.awrence was destroyed by bushrangers, and many inhabitants murdered,, the hero ism and tact of the women of the be sieged snot were sienallv exhibited. Four of the attacking wretches, crazed by drink, rode to a hotel in the town, declaring that they would shootv some one, no matter whom. A young wom an immediately offered herself as a victim, coolly remarking: '.'They might as Well kill me," an act of daring which temporarily arrested their de signs. Another woman whose husband-was particularly obnoxious to' the bush rangers gave him opportunity to escape by noticing that the leader of the gang detailed to shoot him, and burn his house, wore a flower in his hat. "Good-morning," she said, cheerful ly. "You have come to see my flow ers?" The yard was full of them. "They are fine!" said the man look ing about, with evident admjration. "They're too pretty to be burned. Til shoot the man that touches them! March on!" Youth's Companion. An Odd Character. An odd old character recently died in Cavendish, Vt. His name was David Ordway, and he and his ancestors ran an ancient grist-mill on the "twenty mile stream." David had a costly coffin made and fitted to himself years before his death, 'and kept it in his front parlor to cheer his guests. He paid a Universalist minister one hun dred dollars to have his funeral sermon preached some years ago,, and was borne with dirges dire in sad array down the aisle of the crowded church, laid out in his coffin. It was the sen sation of the year where he lived. One of his mill-stones now forms the base of a simple monument that tells-in Suaint, illiterate phrase that "tho I am ead yet speaketh, for there is rest upon thi mill-stone top I set this no ble block to let the world know what I had done.' One of the things that he did was to fix upon a certain day when he was t? harvest a big piece of grain. When the day came he saw that ft was going to rain, and, seizing a firebrand, ae rushed into the field and burned up his harvest. Springfield (JfeL'i fi pubticm. MANY MONEYS. Son of the PecoUaritiM or the Payer Oarrencr of DuTfcreat Coaatriea. At a steamship agency a reporter was shown specimens of currency of nearly, every European country. The money is kept there for the purpose of supply ing foreigneis about toj return .to, "Eu rope who wish to exchange American money for that of their own country. 1 Ordinarily the agency keeps up its sup- ply by exchanging United States cur j. reusy with the immigrants of various nationalities who reach here with 1 money of t'tipir own country in their possession, lioi in the spring, wnen there is a rush of returning immigrants going home for a visit, etc., "thesupply sometimes runs short, and foreign banks have to b drawn upon. The Bank ofJEngland note is printed on Irish linen water-lined paper, plain white and with ragged edges. The paper lacks the smooth, oily feeling of our own currency, and the plainness of the lettering and the entire absence of any coloring excepting black and white makes the bill in appearance easy to counterfeit. The bills are five inches by eight in dimensions. They are never reissued from the bank, but burned as soon as taken in. In send ing money from one part of the coun try to another the note is generally cut in two parts, and the pieces sent in separate envelopes. The Bank of Ire land note is in appearance and size much the same, with the addition of more jcroll-work in the engraving. German and Austrian currency bear upon each bill a warning against coun terfeiters, threatening penitentiary con finement to an3T one who shall make, sell or have in their possession any counterfeit or fac-simile of any of the bills. The German bills are printed in green and black upon paper lighter than our gold certificates, and arc about an inch wider. They are in de nominations from 5 marks, or $1.25, to 1,000 marks, or $250. The currency of Austria is printed in two languages, German on one side and Hungarian on the other, in order to accommodate his Majesty's, Francis Joseph's, Mag yar subjects. The engraving is profuse with artistic angel heads and rather elaborate scroll-work. The bill is printed on a light-colored, thick paper, but with none of the silk-fiber marks nor geometric lines used on our own currency as a protection against coun terfeiting. Some of the more recently issued German bills, however, are printed on paper very similar to that used for United States Treasury notes. The smallest denomination in Austrian currency is 1 florin, about 40 cents in our money. The denominations are from 1 florin to 1,000 florins. A no ticeable peculiarity is the fact that in exchanging, Austrians or Hungarians prefer the paper money of their own country to coin, while German, Swiss or French people invariably want coin in preference to currency. The rea son for this is not known, unless it is because the smallest bill in Austrian currency is much smaller than the smallest bill in currency of any other country, and the common people be come more used to handling currency there than in the others. Banque de Franc notes look like small show-bills, with their blue and black lettering on white paper, orna mented with numerous mythological pictures. The lowest denomination is the 20-franc note aud the largest is 1,000 francs. Italian currency is is sued in a great variety of sizes and colors. The smaller bills, 5 and 10 lire notes, equivalent to$l and $2 bills, are about the same size as our old "shinplaster" fractional currency, and printed in pink, blue and carmine, on white paper. The latest issues are ornamented with a finely-engraved vignette of King Humbert. "The larger notes are elaborately engraved and of artistic design. The most striking bills are those of Russia. The 100-ruble bill is an elaborate affair, four by ten inches in size, and barred from top to bottom with evey color of the rain bow, blended as they are when thrown through a prism, The center is orna mented with a large, finely-engraved vignette of Catherine I. The colors used in printing are dark and light brown and black. The engraving is not elaborate, and the whole thing looks like a circus poster. The 25 and 50 ruble notes arc much smaller and not so gorgeously colored. The small est denomination in Russian currencv is 5 rubles, about $2.50 in United State's currency. I. E. Hirsch, an attache of the agency, has made a collection of a number of currency curiosities. Anion" these is one of the first bills ever issued by the United States. This is a $4 bill issued in 1779, with these words printed :n four dinerent Kinds of type on one a resolution ot congress ot Ji 1779.' The reverse, in addi ion to ,anm coarsely-engravei scroll-work, 2 -s - jears the inscription: "Printed by Hall & Sellers. Four Dollars, 1779. Four Oollars." Another bill is one of the notes issued jy Louis Kossuth in 1852, when he was working to achieve Hungarian itj'de- Scndence. The bills we?e issued from ew York when Kossuyi came to His country for th.e purpose of railihjar a fund. They are payable on deman$, the first year of the establishment Of Ihe independence of Hungary. Pitts burgh Dispatch. -t FEMALE CUSTOMS INSPECTORS. "amctolnc Concerning Thla Work la the Detection of Fraud. Meeting a lady employed in the mstom-house, I asked her to give mc an idea of her pay and duties, to which she consented. She said: '-' It is generally supposed that the pay of a lady in the custom-house is so large as to enable her to retire wealthy in the course of a few years, but, the truth is, we receive about seventeen dollars a week, upon which we must maintain ourselves and families. Hus bands? Oh, no, there are no husbands allowed us. No married woman could obtain a situation in the custom-house, and a single woman would be dismissed if she were to marry while in the service of the Govern ment. We are obliged to pay our own car-fare, although when we are re quired very late at night, or in very bad weather, a carriage is frequently sent for us. We are often on duty far away from home at meal times, and on such occasions are compelled to patronize the restaurants, which makes quite an item in our expenses. "We are given a percentage upon any contraband goods seized by us. What makes these Government posi tions so mueh in demand is the abso lute certainty of the pay and the al most equal certainty that the employ ment, once obtained, will be perman ent. There are eight only of us lady inspectors in New York, and among us we divide the work of inspecting every vessel arriving on this coast, so you may believe none of us are idle. "It would be dangerous for a woman to go alone at one or two o'clock in the morning to some of the docks we have to go to, therefore a man is always sent to take us to the vessel and accompany os home again if we go back before daylight The most irksome part of the duty, of a lady inspector is that she has never an hour that she may call her own. She never dare make an ap pointment to go out over an hour, or ro to a matinee, or even to church, for tear that a dispatch may arrive in her iitie: "The bearer is entitled to receive four Spanish-milled dpllars, or an equal amount in gold or silver, ac6rding to - ! absence telling her to be at such a dock to inspect a (named) vessel. In thirty five minutes after receiving the tele gram she must be at the place indi cated. We arc rowed out to the vessel, and as in winter the weather is cold aud often stornry, the exposure is trying to the health, and a disagreeable task even to the most robust. Nevertheless, once a lady gets into a berth in thecus-tome-house a most difficult thing to accomplish she stays. There are no resignations and very rarely a death, so that it may be said that there are never any vacancies. "A woman must be a born detective to make agood inspector. She should know almost the first time she lays eyes upon a lady whether or not she has any smuggled goods in her posses sion. Then, when it comes to search ing a woman, it requires a great deal of tact and delicacy to carry your point and yet give no just cause for com plaint. The firmness! dearnue! Some of them beg so hard not to be entirely denuded that it would melt a heart of stone. "What are usually secreted in a lady's dress? Oh, diamonds and other precious stones. They conceal these everywhere in the hair and in the paddings of the dress; in the seams of the clothing and in the shoes. They have shoes made as if for large bunions, which they fill with precious stone. The Italians arc natural born smugglers, and smuggle coral chiefly. First and second-cabin passengers smuggle by proxy now more generally than in person. "Steerage passengers are not re quired to declare their goods, so that many people who want to smuggle light but valuable goods like lace and diamonds pay the passage over of a steerage passenger on condition of his or her getting through certain contra band articles. It is rather risky, be cause the trusted person may walk off with the goods, and the owner can not recover them, or if he does, it is only to have them nabbed by the custom house officers, but there is less risk of detection in the steerage than in the cabin. "I remember an amusing incident: A gentleman returning from Europe brought back half a dozen gold watches as presents to his family. How to es cape paying duty on them tormented his mind until he was nearinghis na tive land. Having become well ac quainted during the voyage with six gentlemen who had no watches, he asked each one to wear a watch until he got ashore. They all consented. Four of them brought the watches ashore unchallenged by the officers, but the other two vamosed with the watches, leaving the gentleman to make the best of his loss. "Had he made any row or arrested the thieves he would have betrayed that he himself was trying to defraud the Government. "Among the other accomplishments of a lady inspector must be a knowl edge of "languages, unless she wishes to be put to great inconvenience and con siderable expense in feeing interpret ers. Immigrants arrive here from every place under the sun. A lady searcher has got to converse with thetn all. Anions the .-steerage passengers a knowledge of the various patois of a I language" is as necessary as of the pure ( tongue itself." A. i. World. SHE FIXED IT. How an KtiterprUtng- Widow Managed an Ardent Admirer. The three of us had been tramping over the battle-field of Malvern Hill all day long, and as night came 011 there was every evidence of a steady, soak ing rain-storm. We had to get shelter right away, and we found it in a small farm-house owned by a widow. She was willing enough to furnish us sup per, but when it came to lodging. she seemed greatly embarrassed. "You see,' she said, "my house is very small. Indeed, I have only this room with a bed-room off." "But can't we sleep in the barnf"' asked the ColoneL. "I have no barn." "But you can go to bed and let us sleep on the floor, can't you?' "Y-e-s, but but " "Oh, you needn't have ny fear of us, madam," protested the Colonel. "It isn't that, sir, but" She blushed like a rose, but none of us could understand until she said: "Well, to tell the truth, my beau will be here to-night." "In this storm?7' "Oh, yes. William would come if it rained pitchforks." "Well, we won't hurt William." "No, sir, but we that is, he will ex pect to spark me, and and " "Exactly" said the Colonel. "I see the situation. You don't want to dis appoint William?" "No, sir; and I don't want to turn you gentlemen out, either. You see, sir, it's probably my only chance to get married and "it won't do to offend William. This is his sparking night, and he's got to come five miles." "Well, we won't stand in the way; we will hunt some other place." "No, sir, you shall stay; but you see how it it is. I think I can fix it. I'll tftke this room, and you three can have the bed-room." "What! Deprive you of sleepP" "Ob, no, sir. William and I always spark tijj daylight. It you would only fix it thii,t way sir." We did. After supper we locked ourlves in the bed-room, and taking the pillows from the bed lay down on the floor and slept like bricks until called to breakfast When we went to brifaflast the Colonel asked: "Well, did William show upr" "Y-yes, sir," she stammered, "and he asked me to in-marry him! U we hadn't fixed things may-be he'd have waited a whole year longer. B-break-fast is ready, an.d I'll never forget your k-k'ndness to a poor widow!" Detroit Free Press. ---- WOULDN'T BE RASH. The Rebuff Received by a Neighborly In clined Colored Lady. "Lady," said a negro woman, stop ping at the gate of a prominent citizen and addressing the mistress of tho household, "I wants ter tell ycr dat I hab mubed inter de house jes' ercross de street, an' dat ef I fin's yer's de right sort cr pusson I'll neighbor wid ye'r." "What do you mean?" "Nuthin' outen de way, lady. Jes wants ter fine out ef yer's de right sort o' pgsson an' ef yer is, I'll neighbor wid ycr. Lady, I wants ter barrer er dress ter wa'r ter de fuhul." "Go on away from here, you good-for-nothing thing." "Lady, I'll gin yer one mo' chance. I likes ter hab good neighbors whar eber I libs, an' I ain' gwineter be rash erbout nuthin'. Len' me dat dress ter wa'r ter de funul." "Go on away, I tell you. I won't lend a dress. Do you think I'd wear a dress after you had worn it?" "I'll gin you one mo' chance, for ez I tell yer I neber is rash. Len' me er dress, 'case I wants ter be er neighbor wid yer. Is yer gwineter let me hab de dress?" "Go away, or Til send for a police man." "I'll go. Yer kain'beno neighbor o' mine, fur I kain git no satisfack shun outen yer. I'se mighty pertie'ler erbout my neighbors. One p'int wid me is ter git good neighbors an' den go erhead. Now, I won't be rash" The lady slammed the door. Arktm mp Trmyiltr A NOVEL ORGAN. One Whleh la BuUt Upon the Model ot the Unman Throat. . One of the greatest novelties -shown at the Frankliu Institute Exhibition in Philadelphia is the vocaliari organ. It1 has followed the process of produoing sound which is peculiar to the vocal organs of men and animals, and by this method great sonority, purity and, strength are obtained by more compact means than those employed in the pipe organ. In the vocalian organ the wind is conducted into the wina chest, which represents the human lungsfi by a wind trunk from the bellows below. Lead-, ing out from this chest is a throat, re ' sembling the trachea, and a 'short dis tance within and across the" throat-is' a peculiar reed, which performs the same function as the vocal chord in the human throat The sound produced by the vibration ot the reed meets with' a contraction a little distance further within the throat similar to that at the fauces, whence it eniess into the mouth cavity. For 'low notes' there are large throats and reeds and mouths a foot square 'and for high notes proportionately short throats and small reeds and mouths. In' each mouth- cavity is a round hole, corresponding to the nasal opening of the human sub ject and performing the. same function for the vocalian that the nostril does for the man, assisting the vibration and modifying or improving the quali ty of the soun i emitted. Economy of space is one of the advantages aJLthe vocalian orj .. .'.-alent dfght hundred noi. - ; ci;.- being packed in a Compaq- of uwirli larger than an upright piano. T-e instrument has three banks of fc., two and a half octaves of pedal s and twenty stops, by means of which the. hounds of all the instruments commonly imitated on pipe organs can be reproduced. The ad vantages claimed by the vocalian organ is that it remains in perfect tunc. Pipe organs being subject to the influence of changes of temp&ature, their pitch va ries with heat or cold, "and to the re fined ear they are seldom in perfect tune. The merit claimed for the voca lian is that certain of its stops arc even finer than any known to the pipe or gan, and that in the matter of power it is equivalent to the pipe-organ, except in the heavier bass notes, which, in the inventor's opinion, do not require a greater volume than that of the voca lian. Mr. Hamilton's invention is an altogether novel instrument, and is at tracting a great deal of critical atten tion. Cor. Chicago Sun. MEDICINE-TAKING. The Danger of Taking Too Many Polaea oos Compounds. Since there is a special tendency in most communities to take too much medicine, and to take it recklessly, it has not been the object to increase that tendency. While the use and val ue of drugs are not to be denied, it is claimed that no ignorant person should ever dabble with them, remembering that the more active of them are active because the" are poisons, or at least modifications of poisons, and if given injudiciously when not needed, or in too large doses, the poison clement will appear. And here it is proper to refer to that absurd idea that disease is a monster, to be slain by the adminis tration of active poisons killed like any other monster, a tiger to be sub jugated. On the contrary, disease is but the absence of ease and health, a negative rather than a positive condi tion, tiie removal of which depends mainly on co-operating with nature, whose efforts are always in the right direction, thought not always effectual. All of these, in a certain sense, may be regarded as eurative, though failure often results, either from the lack of sufficient physical foundation, from surrounding adverse circumstances -or from an interference on the part of those who would cure, but who, on ac count of ignorance or false ideas, intro duce discord and false efforts. It may be that such, foolishly believing that the more critical and dangerous the case; even when much reduced in vital force, the more powerful the dose de manded, act on this principle, and give the dose that might be safe, in ordinary cases, to persons of the same age and sex, exercising no discrimination, no judgment. Such should remember that those weak in body are also weak in the stomach, as certainly unable to bear large doses as they are to perform hard labor. 1 have seen many an adult to whom I would give no "more than a strong boy slightly ailing could bear at the age of four years. And when such are dosed with no regard to their weak ness the sudden death is attributed to "heart disease," while the intelligent know that but a very small percentage of the sudden deaths are caused by or ganic disease of the heart. It is also believed that prevention is better, easier, safer and cheaper than cure. Dr. Uai:a:T(l, in Golden little. A Novel Association. A Bridgeport (Conn.) man wants to form a "Humane Interment Associa tion." Its object will be to protect its members from being buried until life b extinct. Each member will be required to take oath not to allow a fellow-member to be buried until the body begins to decompose. He cites many cases to prove the need of the enterprise. One is that of Mrs. Pardee, of Stratford, sworn to before a notary public. She was supposed to be dead, and to make sure her lingers were burned. But all the while she was perfectly conscious of what was going on, but could not move a muscle. Just as she was being transferred to the coffin an arm dropped from position and produced a pulsa tion in the wrist that was noticed, and the application of a galvanic battery soon brought her to life. X. Y. Post. Violating His Contract. "Pa," said Bobby, who had been al lowed to sit up a little while after din ner with the distinct understanding that he was to ask no foolish questions, "can God do everything?" "Yes." "Can He make a two-foot rule with only one end to it?" "One more question like that," sail the old man, "and you will be packet off to bed." Bobby nodded sleepily for ten min utes and then asked: "Pa, can a camel go seven days without water?" "Yes." "Well, how many days could he go if he had water?" " The next thing Bobby knew he was in bed. N. Y. Sun. Valuable Arkansas Hay. A man while passing the house of an honest farmer saw a nnmber of boys breaking a lot of switches from dead trees. The man was at a loss to know what the boys wanted with the switches; and was about to make in- Siuiry of a passer-by, when the honest armer came up to the fence. "My friend,' f said the traveler, "why do you have those switches gathered?" "Because they are valuable," the honest farmer replied. 'What to be used for kindling fires?" "Oh, no." Then, what do yon do with them?" "I bale 'eat up, take 'em to Little oek andieU 'm for hay." Arl iOT?W AND LITERARY. . ---Senor Quesada, the new Argentine Mihlstef 'at Washington, is an editor. The eldest daughter of the late -Charles Dickens has written a biography f her father. Nat Goodwin, the actor, once re ceived a West Point cadetship from John Morrissey and remained at the institution about fire weeks. Four weeks of that time, he says, he spent in the guard-house. Then he left. j--The darighterof King Kalakaua. oi the Sandwich "Islands, the heiress to the throne of 'Hawaii, is called by-the charming name "Victoria-Kxwekin-Kainlani - Lunalilo-Kalaninuiahilapala-"pa" which4 being interpreted signifies -The Heaven-sent Babe." "Uncle T6m'i Cabin" has been translated intOjS the Armenian, Bo hemian, Danish, Dutch. Finnish, Flem ish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Hlyrian, Polish. Portuguese, -Romanic, Russian, Servian. Spanish, Swedish, Wallachian and Welsh lan gaS'ges. Ctiicago Tribuni. People read so much iu these days of multiplied presses that they are in gfcati danger of losing the literary in stinct entirely; the sense of style be comes dulled to a degree which makes it incapable of discerning what is liter ature and' what is mere reading mat ter, good for the moment perhaps, but food for the moment only. Christian Tnion. v Mr. William Patton, of Ohio, has visited Washington once every year since 1829, and always sought the shel ter of a hotel on the site of Willard's. In commenting upon this fact last evening he displayed the board bill presented at the close of his first visit It was written on a sheet of letter pa paper and states his indebtedness of $9.50 to the "Mansion Hotel" for five days' board and lodgings, ending March 6, 1829. The extras charged are candles and cigars. Washington Critic. The first money Henry W. Shaw ("Josh Billings") ever earned by lit erary work was $1.50, which was paid him by a Boston newspaper for his "Essa on the Muel." After his genu's was recognized' and his quaint style be came celebrated ho received from a Now Yorkiweekly .journal $100 a week .for a half column of matter, and was offered. $5,000 a night to lecture in Great Britain and Ireland.' Few lives illustrated more fully than his the ease with which a success once won may be indefinitely prolonged. Boston Jour nal. One evening 'recently a lady no ticed the plain gold ring which ex-President Hayes always wears, and he said, good-naturedly, observing the directioa of her glance, though she- had not spoken: "Yes, that ring has a history. Mrs. Hayes secured me that. We were bridesmaid and groomsman together at a wedding, and when the cake was cut that ring was in my slice, and when I found it, of course I gave it to my bridesmaid. Miss Lucy Webb. When, after a time, she promised to marry me, she gave me back the ring, and I have always worn it since.' Cleve land Leader. HUMOROUS. The only when one gc Lowell Courier real traveling incog it us up in an elevator. A famous tenor has injured hi voice by having a toothpick lodge in his throat. He probably swallowed the toothpick to give his voice more timbre. Prisoner (desirous of flattering the Court) I think there is a fine expres sion in Your Honor's fa-e. Judge (ur banely) So there is, and the fine is ten dollars and costs. Boston Courier. Spoodle was saying that when he was abroad he was presented at court "The deuce you were!" exclaimed Fogg, much "How did it happen? How did thev fine von?" Boston Transcript. A medical writer says nature never intended women to wear rings in their ears. If this man thinks the fair sex will drop rings and wear codfish balls he is very much mistaken. Philadel phia Chronicle-Herald. "This, French cooking is a great art, isn't it?" "How so?" "Why they disguise the dishes so nobody cau tell what the ingredients are." "Oh, yes, we have that at our boarding house we call it hash." The Rambler. Ethel "Papa, I am getting up a subscription to buy a lovely dollar doll I saw in a window yesterday." Papa "Well, my child, is your subscription nearly made up?" Ethel "Oh, yes, papa! Almost. All I need from yon is a bare ninety-eight cents." Tid-Bits. DcGuy "Dearest Amelia" Amelia "Sir!" "What is the matter?" "You have your arm around my waist?" "I am aware of it, my dear. "I am surprised, and I ought to call papa, I know. Now, sir, I will give you just thirty minutes to remove your arm." Philadelphia Call. We have just learned that the Post office Department at Washington has over $2,000,000 taken from registered letters, and we desire to apologize to our delinquent subscribers for any un complimentary remarks we may have made concerning them. We thought it was a little strange that the money hadn't been received, that was all. Merchant Traveler. Partial Loss: All the children had eaten their supper, a good plain meal of bread and milk. All except Johnny, who was shut up in the closet He had been a very bad boy. So after the rest were in bed his mother tucked him in. She was too full to say a word, and so was her naughty little son. When she went and the other boys said: "John ny lost his supper to-night," he could restrain himself no longer and ex claimed: "Yes, but the slide in the pantry was open and I ate a whole cranberry pie. And the other boys can not understand the prosperity of tho wicked. Boston Post. TELEPHONING AT SEA. I'm Queatlo of Ship t Sm ComaiaaJ eating with Each Other Theoretically Solved. Professor Bell of telephone fame and Professor Trowhridge of Harvard College have theoretically solved the question 'of ships At sen communicating with each other, and both are anxious for practical tests. The results so far obtained apply to steamships which are lighted by electricity, and consequently have dynamos on board. A wire whick is attached to the dynamo is allowed to trail after the vessel in the water, thus fjirtag it what amounts to ground con nection. The end on shipboard has fc telephone attached. This end, by it connection with the dynamo, is post tire, while the end trading in the wa ter is negative. If the wire is a mile long, then the water about the ship fof water within the other half radius would be negative. Thus there is a large area of water about the vessel which is affected positively or negative ly, and no vessel with a correspondiflff 'telephone attachment can enter thw area without giving notice to the listen era on board both ships, and communi cation can be carried on over the wires. By such arrangements collision can be prevented in fogs, as communi cation can be continually carried on as long as the vessels are within the gives area. If. on practical tests, communi- J- .. -. . --. A canon can thus be successfully earn oa,teocea racers can, by mot adontiBg the system, continue racing with much less danger of colli dmtuXtw Baiford Standard, PERSONAL Your Hair should bo your c: owning glory. 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