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Of keby birds cradled oa the top,
Aad atttJajr la, mad bow latin; out,
Birh numr things tfnr raffrtirr V- rf T
That's whet the yoaejr leaves wbisperaeont
t do the yonae leaves whisper abort
A stole mJd said, "When school Is oat,
Of shady walks aad fruits aad Cowan,
Of the adds Bad brooks aad leaping trait,
Aad all fair things that summer Mags
That's wiuutbe young leaves whisperaboa.
What do the young leaves whisper aboat
Said a MasMn-r ntid. "Nerer a doubt
Of lore aad a li Wkx and of happiness;
Of a heart so true aud brave aad stoat;
Aad all sweet things a lover brings."
That's what the young leaves whisper about.
What do the young leaves whisper aboatr
A woman said with light gone out
Of Ufa, "Of faith, trust aad virtae slats.
Of the world's contempt, Its scora aad float;
Aad aM sad things wrong ever brings,''
That's what the young leaves wfaisperaboat;
What do the young leaves whisper about?
- "It may be the world may scora and scout.
But a fallen, trampled soul may rise
If only a helping hand's held out,
And such sweet things as love still brings.''
That's what the young leaves whisper about
Mrs. Jerome Hardcastle in New York World.
A HAIR BREADTH ESCAPE.
In 1870, a month or two before the
outbreak of the Franco-German war, one
of the most promising cadets, or, as they
they are commonly styled, "pupus of
the military college of St Cyr was Gas
ton de Laugeais. He was the last rep
resentative of an ancient family in Brit
tany, whose traditional obstinacy and
impatience of control he had inherited
to an extent which rendered him more
popular with his comrades than with the
presiding authorities.
Not that be was especially remarkable
for turbulence or insubordination, or that
im infractions of rules were more fre
quent than those of the majority of his
fellows. On one point alone he was in
tractable, and exercised all bis ingenuity
in repeated attempts to escape a regula
tion which was inexpressibly repugnant
to him. Gifted by nature with an abun
dance of luxuriantly curling hair, of
-which he was inordinately vain, the pre
scribed necessity of having it cropped
abort was a perpetual grievance to him;
and he looked anxiously forward to his
second year at St Cyr, and to his conse
quent emancipation from the too close
scrutiny to which he had hitherto been
periodically subjected.
"In two months," he said exultingly
to one of his intimates, "my time here
-will be up, and once named officer I shall
be free as air, and no longer ashamed to
show myself to my cousin "Louise. For
you see," he added, lifting his cap, and
displaying a thick growth of short curls
carefully flattened down, "I still have
some hair left "
Castles in the air, however, are apt to
collapse; and Gaston's visionary projects
were, to say the least, premature.
A few mornings later, at the usual
boor of parade, the corps of youngsters
-were unexpectedly summoned to under
go the inspection of the infantry lieuten
ant, Bouchard, a lynx eyed martinet, by
no means favorably disposed toward pu
pils destined for cavalry regiments,
whom he contemptuously designated as
"coxcombs. De Langeais, as the recog
nised leader of the band, was particularly
obnoxious to him; and his keen eyes
twinkled maliciously as he stopped short
before the young man, and examined
him curiously.
"Take off your cap," he said.
Gaston obeyed with an inward shiver
of apprehension.
"I thought as much," growled the
lieutenant. "If that superfluous liair
has not disappeared by this time to
morrow you will pass the next four days
fa the 'salle de police."'
"You are in for it now," whispered his
sympathising comrade when the terrible
Bouchard had passed on.
"Not a bit of it," replied De Langeais.
shrugging his shoulders unconcernedly.
"Why, what on earth can you dof
"I don't exactly know; but I intend to
pot off the evil day as long as I possibly
Next morning, with the aid of a couple
of brushes, well soaked in water, he suc
ceeded in leveling the rebellious locks so
as to deceive even a practiced eye, and
appeared on parade with his wonted
jaunty air, although not a little nervous
as to the result of the coming ordeaL
Presently the lieutenant arrived with an
ominously slow step, and pausing as be
fore exactly in front of Gaston, repeated
the order of the previous day.
"Take off your cap:"
For a moment Bouchard appeared puz
zled by the apparently smooth surface of
the "pupil V head, but, bent on ascer
taining the real state of the case, he un
ceremoniously lifted a portion of the flat
tened hair with his forefinger, thereby
ifOreing a substratum of tiny curls.
Then, turning to the adjutant who ac
companied him, he briefly consigned the
offender for four days to the "salle de
police," and continued his round of in
spection with a self satisfied grin.
During the last day of his seclusion
Gaston practically employed his leisure
ia decorating his knee, by a judicious
mixture of blue and green paint, with a
. tolerably exact imitation of a bruise,
which he showed to the regimental doc
tor, pretending that the contusion had
been caused by his coming in contact
with a post in the riding school. Whether
be implicitly believed the statement or
not, the good natured medico put him
on the sick list, and thus twenty-four
hours were gained. His reappearance
on parade, however, became at length a
matt of necessity, and this time his
continued disobedience entailed on him a
week's further confinement, at 'the ex
piration of which he was again consigned
.to durance vile for an entire fortnight.
"This will never do," thought De Lan
geais. "The earthenware pot must in
' the long run be smashed by the iron one,
and I shall have to give in at last I had
better try old Grison once more."
Whereupon, having previously by way
of precaution added a few touches to the
pictorial embellishment of his knee, he
limped into the consulting room of Dr.
Grison, who was fortunately too much
engaged with other patients to bestow
. ejronsor. being attached, the preparations
for departure were speedily completed.
At an early hour in the afternoon the
band of exulting youngsters started for
Paris, intent on making the most of the
three days allowed them before joining
their respective corps. Gaston's regiment
being stationed at Lilie, he had ample
luisurr, after partaking of a farewell re
past ac Brebant's with his old compan
ions, to carry into execution his long
cherished project of paying a flying visit
to his cousin Louise at Trouville; and,
waalifwg, on the third day to headquar
ters, reported himself to the colonel of
the Forty-second dragoons, who received
him most cordially .
"Yon are dispensed from duty," said
his chief, "until you have got your kit
in order. IfaToi, young man, you have
arrived in the very nick of time, for be
fscn the week is out we shall be on our
way to the front"
On his first appearance at meas,De
i discovered to his astonishment
; every one of bis new companions.
exception, was closely cropped.
A;wcy necessary precaution," said the
.fxenuBant, "in war time; the less encum
brance we carry about us the better. A
ong beard and as little hair as possible:
iBS comb or razor wanted, nothing but a
Sample 'brush up. "
"Not to mention, chimed in uu old
a very cursory rfsnee at
brniss, and not knowing precisely what
to make of the case, gave the newcomer
an order of admission to the infirmary,
then under the charge of half a doaen
Sisters of Charity, presided over by n
lady superior.
Gaston bad hardly changed bis ordi
nary attire for the regulation loose gray
coat and cotton nightcap when Pf trot,
the tonsor of the establishment, was an
nounced, bearing an enormous pair of
scissors and a laconic note, which ran aa
'follows:
The papU De Langeais' kefr tobecatajf Im
mediately. Boom bb
The poor coiffeur, unwilling to lose so
excellent a customer for pomades and
other capillary unguents, and yet com
pelled to obey the imperative mandate,
was in despair.
"Would it not be possible, monsieur,"
be suggested, "to obtain from the lady
superior a certificate that the effect of
the operation might be injurious to an
invalidT
Gaston could not help smiling at the
ilea. "I don't quite see," he said,
"what r. cropped head has to do with a
bruise oathe knee, but there can be no
harm in trying."
As good luck would have it. Sister
Angelique, in whose memory, perhaps,
still lingered the fondly cherished rec
ollection of some romantic episode of
her youthful days, listened with interest
to the handsome Breton, while he re
lated to her his hopes and fears, and his
attachment to his cousin Louise. Being
naturally kind hearted and sympathetic,
he agreed without much persuasion to
his rather incongruous request, so that
Pere Pitrot, relieved from his disagree
able responsibility, went on his way re
joicing. A quarter of an hour later the lieuten
ant burst into the infirmary in a paroxysm
of fury.
"So, youngster!" he cried, "it seems
you are bent on braving me! Well, we
shall see. You cannot stay shamming
here forever; and, mark my words
when you do come out, Til have that
head of yours as smooth as a billiard
ball!"
With this parting threat he bounced
out of the room, and next day every one
of the future cavalry officers the priso
ner alone excepted underwent the sum
mary operation of "cropping" at the
hands of the tonsor, Pitrot
Meanwhile, Gaston's position was by
no means an enviable one. Through the
grated windows of the infirmary he could
see his companions mounting their horses
in the courtyard, and caracoling gay ly as
they passed, and on Sundays most pain
ful trial of all could hear with a pang of
envy the joyous shouts of his more fortu
nate colleagues, emancipated for a few
hours from duty, and on their way to
catch the first train to Paris.
The day of deliverance, however, was
at hand. Early on the 14th of July a
date never to be forgotten by De Lan
geais the occupants of the infirmary
were suddenly startled by a tremendous
uproar immediately under their win
dows, and, on looking out, imagined for
a moment that pandemonium had broken
loose.
Such a spectacle had assuredly nevei
been witnessed at St Cyr. The entire
quadi angle was thronged by an excited
multitude, rushing to and fro in tumultu
ous disorder, flinging their caps high in
the air, and bursting every now and then
into a loud and prolonged hurrah! Was
it a revolt, marveled the sisters and theix
patients, or what could it possibly mean:
A few minutes sufficed to explain the
mystery. A hasty step was heard out
side the door, immediately followed by
the entrance into the sick room of an ad
jutant, bearing in his hand an official
document, the contents of which, recited
by him in a sonorous voice, were greeted
with an enthusiasm bordering on frenzy
"War is declared with Prussia. By
imperial decree, the seniors are hence
forth sub-lieutenants."
Before the sisters, deafened by the
clamor, had recovered from their stupe
faction, they found themselves alone in
the infirmary, the invalids, one and
all, having mustered strength enough to
throw aside their wraps and make the
best of their way down stairs.
Gaston, whose instantaneous cure Sis
ter Angelique after described as little
short of miraculous, was the first to re
join his comrades; and, descrying his per
secutor, Bouchard, standing apart from
the rest, and apparently in no very good
humor, went up to him with outstretched
hand and a frank, cheery 6mile.
"Well, lieutenant," he said, "you won't
have me cropped now!"
"So it seems," grimly replied the other,
returning somewhat reluctantly the prof
fered grasp. "You have more luck than
you deserve; for, depend upon it, Ishould
have shown you no mercy!"
Each of the seniors entitled to promo
tion having notified to the adjutant on
dutv the regiment to which he was de
campaigner of proverbial baldness, "that
a heavy helmet plays the very deuce
with one's hair."
Gaston listened with due respect to
these well meant exhortations, but with
out the slightest intention of being influ
enced by them; and, on the arrival of
his division at Mete some days later, had
already, more than once, declined to
avail himself of the services of the regi
mental barber.
Nevertheless, he instinctively felt that
a continued refusal to conform to the
general custom must inevitably endan
ger his popularity, and that the only way
to atone for this obnoxious singularity
was to distinguish himself by some ex
ploit which might obtain for him an
honorable mention in the order of the
day.
An opportunity soon came. On the
18th of August his regiment, posted near
St Privat, behind an avenue of popjars
bordering the road to Saarbruck, had
been exposed for several hours to a gall
ing fire of the German artillery, and nad
suffered severely from an incessant storm '
of shells, which were beginning to set
the trees on fire. The position of the
French corps became untenable, and the
colonel, deciding that the enemy's guns
must at any cost be silenced, ordered a
small detachment of dragoons command
ed by De Langeais to charge, and cut
them off from the main body. The Ger
mans, taken by surprise and imagining
they were about to be attacked by the
entire regiment, ceased firing and hasti
ly retreated, leaving one of their guns
on the field, which Gaston, at the bead
of fifteen men, bore down upon, and,
3abering the gunners, carried it triumph
antly into the French lines.
"Bravo!" cried the colonel, warmly
grasping the young sub-lieutenant's
hand; "you have deserved the crow for
this, and I will take care that you get it"
Stimulated by this first success, and
eager to justify by some further act of
daring tiie good opinion of his chief, De
Langeais neglected no opportunity of
proving himself worthy of it Dis
patched on a foraging expedition and at
tacked by an outpost of infantry, he
completely routed them and brought ten
prisoners into the camp, and n few days
later held bis ground for half an hour,
unsupported save by bis own men,
against an entire corps .of the enemy.
His gallantry did not pam unrewarded.
Not only was the Cross of the Legion of
Honor conferred on him, but bis name
was three times mentioned for excep
tional bravery in the order of the day,
and his speedy promotion to the rank of
lieutenant was generally regarded as a
certainty.
At this juncture the unexpected camt-
tuauoa oi jssck was n severe blow to
him, and, unwilling to accept compara
tive liberty on parole, he conceived a
project which, although extremely haz
ardous, might enable him to join the
-Army cf the Loire. His design bafaafap-
SI -a "".
derBaaaine, who intrusted him witha
letter to his cin?ase,no aniens aVi fate
dines, infonaung him that the army of
Prince Frederick Charles would shortly
march toward the Loire, Gaston ex
changed his uniform for a blouse and a
peasant's straw hat, and, carrying n bas
ket of eggs, pursued his way coolly in
the direction of the enemy's Mnes.
"It is a terrible risk," he thought,
"but better be shot at.once than rot in a
German prison.'
Challenged by the first man he met,
and arrested on suspicion, he was taken
before the colonel of the regiment, who,
surrounded by his officers in council,
scrutinized the prisoner attentively.
"Where do you come from?' he in
quired in tolerable French.
"From Ladonchamps, on my way with
these eggs to Grigy," was the young
man's reply.
"Are you aware that you run the risk'
of being treated as a spyr pursued his
interrogator.
"Necessity has no choice," retorted De
Langeais, with a perfectly indifferentair.
During this brief colloquy the officers
glanced curiously at the stalwart indi
vidual before them, whose appearance
contrasted so strangely with the homely
dress he wore, and were almost unani
mously of the colonel's openly expressed
opinion that he was no peasant, but an
officer in disguise, and consequently a
spy. A pause boding no good to the ac
cused ensued, and 'in another moment
his fate would have been sealed, when a
gray haired major who had been intent
ly gazing at De Langeais suddenly rose
from his seat
"Stay," he exclaimed; "with all sub
mission, I think you are mistaken. This
man, whoever he may be, is no officer.
All those we have taken prisoners have
been close cropped, and no one ever
beard of a French soldier on active ser
vice with such a head of hair as that'
"True, the major is right," assented
several of those present.
"It may be so," said the colonel, only
half convinced, "and in that case he is
entitled to the benefit of the doubt Give
him a pass and let him go and be hanged
somewhere else."
"A narrow escape," muttered Gaston
to himself as he left the camp. "I won
der what Bouchard would say if he knew
it"
A week later our hero reached his des
tination, and delivered his credentials to
the general in command, by whom the
grade of lieutenant was immediately con
ferred on him. At the conclusion of the
campaign he was-promoted to a captain
cy, and in 1871, after the final rout of
the Commune, married his cousin Louise.
In the following year, while on leave in
Paris, he came across his old enemy,
Bouchard, on the Boulevard des Italiens.
"How goes it with you?" asked the lat
ter, as they were sipping their absinthe
together.
"Admirably," replied Gaston. "Here
am I, a captain at 23, Chevalier of the
Legion of Honor, and the husband of a
charming wife; and all this no thanks
to you, by the way, Bouchard because
I saved my hair." Charles Hervey in
The Argosy.
A Rat at His Chla.
In an old house situated on Hamilton
street resides a Bohemian family. The
house stands a short distance from the
water, and is infested with large wharf
rats. On Saturday night last the mother
was aroused about midnight by the
screams of her 2-year-old child, who was
sleeping beside her. The child had rolled
.down beneath the bedclothing to the cen
ter of the bed, and the mother reached
down to lift the child up. In doing so
her hand came in contact with a huge
rat She immediately dropped it with a
scream. The rat dashed across her body,
leaped to the floor and disappeared
through a huge rat hole in the room,
which had been previously covered, but
the rodent was strong enough to force
the covering from the place. The child
was bitten on the arm, but not severely,
as its screams probably caused the rat to
pause. On Sunday night Andrew Toudy,
n boarder in the same building, was
awakened about midnight by a feeling of
suffocation. His first impression was
that a burglar had entered the room and
grasped him by the throat But to his
horror he discovered n huge rat standing
on his neck, its teeth buried in his chin,
and the rat calmly sucking his blood.
The young man jumped up with aery of
alarm, and, grasping the rodent by the
back, he hurled it to the floor and dis
patched it- Bridgeport (Conn.) Farmer.
Hlsaak
"Seen anything of that husband of
mine? inquired a Spring street woman
of a policeman as she came out of the
bouse just before 6 o'clock in the even
ing and peered up and down the street
"No," said the officer.
"What's that crowd up there on the
corner?' she asked.
"They're watching some men cutting
a aewer pipe in two."
"Jim wouldn't be there. What's all
all them folks doing down the other
way?"
"They're looking at a man painting a
new sign on the liquor store window."
"Jim ain't there, neither. Anything
else going on in the neighborhood?"
"Well, there's about two hundred men
around a sick horse that has laid down
up one block in Yarick street."
"That's it I knew something of that
kind was keeping him. He's right down
in front holding the horse's bead and tell
ing the driver jess what be wants to da
Here, you young one, run around where
the sick horse is and tell your pa to come
straight noma to supper if he expects to
get any hero-to-night "New York Tri
bune. Fifty years ago the famous surgeon of
London was Sir Astley Cooper. He was
remarkable for bis manual dexterity and
also for the quickness and accuracy with
which at a glance he took in the whole
situation. A striking proof of his pene
tration was given on his being called to
attend n Mr. Blight, who had been shot
by an unknown smtimtrn
The moment Sir Astley examined the
wound he said: "A pistol has been fired
at you with the left band."
On seeing Mr. Patch, Blight's partner,
be was so struck by the peculiar expres
sion of his countenance that he whis
pered: "If that gentleman were left
banded I should suspect him of being the
murderer."
Patch was left banded, and, on being
tried and condemned, confessed his
guilt Youth's Companion.
The only women's club of Philadelphia
is the New Century, which consists
merely of a number of classes, to all of
which members are admitted. Members
pay an annual due of $10, and outsiders
buy mason tickets to any clam they wish
to join. From this New Century club
has grown the Wortogwomen's guild,
which numbers nearly- seven hundred
Manhtrs. These two. organisations do
an immense amount of good hi Philadel
phia, and they are anstaiiwiJ by a num
ber of Quaker women who teach night
classes, and in every way try to improve
the gi natal welfare of nietnbers, partic
ularly those of tteguikL-lealies News
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And bow with dashesf
Maybe tisstnoke that liSads say ayes.
Maybea tear wmhta then Baa; -Bet
as I pun sy pips there ales
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How Ijghtly names of low werefsnaea.
Ah, every thought aad wish Tre pleased
With something dsshasi
Aad yet within my lonely den
Over a pips, away from men,
I love to throw aside my pea
Aad stir the ashea
Da Witt Starry hi Jadge.
THE OLD TIME PULPIT.
The Preacher Talked Plainly
Made Esews Their
The people did not come simply to be
taught, they came to be interested, to
be moved, to hear evildoers, even if In
high places, denounced unsparingly.
With the gradual awakening of men's
minds which came with the Sixteenth
century, the power of the pulpit increas
ed amazingly. The nation was divided
into two schools of thought; the expo
nents of each side endeavored to per
suade by means of the pulpit, while they
coerced by means of the stake and the
prison. "Have at them, Master Latimer,
have at themP cried the people who
filled St Paul's church yard to the
preacher, as they made a passage for
him to reach the cross. They had no
idea of being listeners only "passive
buckets to be poured into" they in
tended to show which way their sym
pathies went in the great question then
agitating England, to mark approval or
disapproval of sentiments delivered.
Thus, when shortly afterward Bishop
Bonner was preaching from the same
spot, some one in the crowd threw a
dagger at him as emphatic mark of dis
approbation. It is easy to note in the
language of the sermons of that time
how unrestrained the preacher was.
Latimer, when he was preaching, scat
tered denunciations, epithets, invective,
and sarcasm about him in a way which
a modern audience would not appre
ciate. He attacks the judges for unfair
ness, for taking of bribes; the citizens
of-London for their selfishness, their
greedy extravagance; "their brother,"
he cries, "shall die in the streets of cold,
he shall lie sick at their door, and perish
for hunger!" The ladies before him are
reproved for their vanity, "laying out
their hair in tussocks and tufts;" and for
the general people he has such epithets
as "you velvet coats, you upskips. you
hodipoles, you doddypecks."
The preachers of that time could, more
over, employ that dangerous weapon,
humor, which a modern preacher had
best avoid. The people then were used
to humor and understood it Latimer
was preaching once on the want of in
terest shown in church services, and
blaming the clergy for it, he said: "A
neighbor met a gentlewoman of London,
and said: 'Mistress, whfther goest thou?
'Marry,' said she, 'I am going to St
Thomas of Acres, to the sermon. I could
not sleep last night, and I am going now
thither; I never failed of good sleep
there.' " Sometimes his humor is bolder
still. Preaching one day of Elias stop
ping the rain, he suddenly stopped and
said: "I think there be some Ehas about
at this time which stoppeth the rain; we
have not had rain a good while." Tem
ple Bar.
Hemaa Shows Billy a Trick.
William Sparks and Hcman Brainard
were exchanging fish tales, when Heman
suggested that he should show his friend
how to catch black bass. The offer was
accepted. "Well, then." said Heman,
"before we go I will let you into the
secret We must have at least two dozen
shingles of the ordinary length and about
four inches wide. The lines should be
about three and a half feet long, passed
through a hole in the center of the
shingle."
"What do you bait them with?" in
quired Billy.
'1 was just going to tell you that
Bait the hooks with live frogs, so that
they can swim about in the natural way.
Attach one frog to each hook, and when
the line, shingle, hook and frog are all
arranged just drop them overboard and
the big bass will go for the frogs."
The day for the fishing expedition ar
rived. The hooks were all baited and
put into the water together, and Heman
proposed that they should row away and
fish for perch awhile, and then row back
to pull in 'the lines. The water was a
little rough, but the instructor said that
was just what the occasion demanded,
and he anticipated great sport a little
later.
Said he: "As we row down you will
see shingles bobbing up and down, and
as you reach out after one it will disap
pear, and then you will see it on top of
the water again, perhaps fifty feet away,
and so on until we get them."
They decided what to do with the bass
and then rowed back. The shingles were
coming in sight again, and as Heman
pulled the oars Billy held his breath and
gazed forward.
Ho thought he saw a shingle dive, but
it was only his imagination, for there,
placidly and unconcernedly on each and
every shingle sat a baited frog. New
Haven Newa
A School at Motherhood.
There are already established abroad
certain schools for mothers, in which the
juries of motherhood are taught, together
with all the technicalities of work' con
nected with those duties and various of
the moralities of the situation, including
not only the proper training and treat
ment of children in other than physical
matters, but a training also of the mo
thers themselves in the difficult arts of
knowing how to refuse, to prohibit and
punish, without injuring either the moral
nature of the children or themselves.
Unless we are willing to let the state
take charge of the children eventually
and relieve the mothers of their dear
duties, as some social reformers, so called,
have dared to suggest, there are plainly
things in which these mothers should
perfect themselves in order to do justice
to the children and to the future careers
of those whose charge they have assumed.
Were such schools established among
ourselves, it would not be the material
part of the work and duty, in which we
should advocate effort half so much as
the ivwmavArial, that immaterial which,
under certain views, becomes the one
material
All very well as it might be that the
mother should go to school, in order to
learn how to cut out the little frocks and
pinafores, make the little flannels, knit
the little socks, and that with the least
effort and waste conceivable; very well,
too, that she should be taught how to
give the bath, to keep the skin whole
some, to judge of the food requisite and
to prepare it to remember the first treat
ment of the little sfclmesBes before the
physician can be summoned, and to
make herself a competent nurse for such
aaaiawe
Msans: ana indhroenssnis as ftlsaJso
that she should be informed aa well m to
Am food and skepand exercise
far maranlf in order to Derfi
awii nut wholesomely it is still
absolutely necessary that she should be
taught also how to treat the child'a pro
pensities toward wrong doing, and to
encourage all its tendencies toward weU
doing; what to do if the child'a imagina
tion runs to lying, how not to intimidate
into lying, how to foster in it generosity,
purity, truth, steadfastness, sweet tem
per, love of humanity aad adoration of
God.
And when the mother lias learned how
to encourage the germ of thorn qualities
already existing, to create them possibly
in their absence, has learned how to
teach the child its rightful relations to
the universe, she will have learned also
bow to repress and control and sweeten
her own temper, how to be transparent
and truthful as light herself, how to love
her race in trying to perfect this young
member of it how to be unselfish in the
daily practice of the art. and in giving
the child God to adore, will have found
God herself. Harper's Bazar.
A Task ia BIsdUpUcaUeav
A problem that at a glance seems easy
enough to tempt many a schoolboy to
spend a portion of liis vacation in an en
deavor to solve it, appeared recently in a
Maine journal, and is as follows: Take
the number 15. Multiply it by itself and
you iiave 225. Now multiply 225 by
itself, then multiply that product by
itself, and so on until fifteen products
have been multiplied by themselves in
turn. The question aroused considerable
interest among lawyers in Portland, and
their best mathematician, after strug
gling with the problem long enough to
see how much labor was entailed in the
solution made the following discourag
ing report upon it:
"The final product called for contains
88,539 figures (the first of which are
1,412). Allowing three figures to an
inch, the answer would be over 1,070
feet long. To perform the operation
would require about 500,000,000 figures.
If they can be made at the rate of 100 a
minute, a person working ten hours a
day for 800 days in each year would be
twenty -eight years about it If, in mul
tiplying, he should make a row of ci
phers, as he does in other figures, the
number of figures used would be more
than 523.939,22a That would be the
precise number of figures used if the
product of the left hand figure in each
multiplicand, by each figure of the mul
tiplier was always a single figure; but,
as it is most frequently, and yet not al
ways, two figures, the method employed
to obtain the foregoing result cannot be
accurately applied. Assuming that the
cipher is used on an average once in ten
times, 475,000,000 approximates the ac
tual number." Boston Transcript
The Koh-1-aeor Mislaid.
An interesting anecdote is related in
the life of Lord John Lawrence in regard
to that most famous diamond, the Koh-i-noor.
When the precious gem was
committed to the care of Lord Lawrence
he stuffed it into his waistcoat pocket
and went on with business. Dinner time
arriving, he changed his clothes and
threw his waistcoat aside. Six weeks
later a message came that the queen de
sired the diamond to be sent home at
once. The matter had entirely escaped
the'memory of the absent minded lord,
and heat first avowed that he had for
warded it long before. When the facta
came back to him he was badly fright
ened, but allowed no misgivings to ap
pear, and took the first opportunity to
slip away to his private room.
Once there, with his heart in his mouth
he sent for bis native servant and said to
him: "Have you got a small box which
was in my waistcoat pocket some time
ago?" "Yes, sahib," the man replied,
"I found it and put it in one of your
boxes." "Bring it here," said the sahib.
Upon this the old servant went to a
broken down tin box and produced the
little one from it "Open it," said Lord
Lawrence, "and see what is inside." He
watched the man anxiously as fold after
fold of cloth was taken off, and great
was his relief when the brilliant gem
appeared. The servant seemed perfectly
unconscious of the immense treasure be
had had in his keeping. "There is noth
ing here, sahib," he said, "but a bit of
glass." Thus, through the indifference
of a uative servant, what might have
been a serious loss was turned into a
happy recovery. St Louis Globe-Democrat
ta a Marias;
The idea of telegraphing to moving
trains had its inception as early as 1851;
but of the many forma suggested all
were impracticable in that they involved
a mechanical contact between the train
and the stationary conductor. Obviously,
it is not feasible to make a circuit, either
through a sliding arm projecting from a
car or by so modifying the track of a
railroad that its rails may be utilised as
electric conductors. But that this may
be done by induction there can be no
doubt, for its feasibility has been shown
in daily practice upon the lines of the
Lehigh Valley railroad for the past two
years. A moving train may now receive
messages passing along a neighboring
wire almost as readily aa New York com
municates with Philadelphia by ordinary
methods. Nor does the great speed of
the train Interfere with successful com
munication. If it could attain the veloc
ity of a meteor, signals upon the wire
would fly across the intervening space,
inductively impressing themselves upon
the metal roofs of the cars with the
same certainty as if the cars were mo
tionless upon a side track; and it is not
even essential that the train and the line
be separated by a clear air space, fot
non-conducting or non-magnetic sub
stances may be interposed without im
peding transmission. During the memor
able blizzard of March, 1888, the capac
ity of the system, in this particular, was
subjected to an instructive test on the
Lehigh road. Charles L. Buckingham
in Scribner.
ef the
The Indian population of the United
States is increasing slowly. Not in
cluding Alaska, the Indian population
on reservations fa 264.599, of which
21,800 are mixed bloods. It appears, by
the 1887 government statistics, that for
that 'year there were 4,794 births and
8,888 deaths, leaving an increase of only
one-third of one per cent Of course
this varies on different reservations, aa
in New Mexico the increase was over
two per cent But it is observed that,
with this one exception, where the In
dian population is comparatively large,
as in the Indian territory, Dakota, Mon
tana, Washington, Arizona and Califor
nia, there fa little or no increase. The
education of Indian children is going on;
the number of Indian schools in 1887
being 281, with an average attendance
of 10545, at a cost of $1,095,879 to the
United States, while in 1878 the number
of schools was 187. average attendance.
8,489, and cost for their support,
$195.853. New York Telegram.
An Australian who waa hanging to the
beam of a bridge, and realized that he
must fall, made a verbal will to a com
panion, deposing of about $50,000 worth
of property, and the courts sustained it
Once in a while the courts do a aciiMihlc
thing.
; THC IUNC
Wlutt marry twatfed
Hismajmtythekai
Wan, 1st ma gtve my moral bow
Deal take thmaa as they i
rai
iaal
do yea Ihmkf Oh! heart ef
imjkmr
-Wl
lTla
"How are you getting along! asked a
traveling man of an acquaintance who
had gone on the stage.
"Oh, 1 have met with a share of suc
cess. Ipmyed'Biaahrt'foTthetirsttime.'
"Did you get through all right!'
'Yes, except that 1 liappened to stum
ble and fall into Ophelia's grave."
That must have been embarrassing."
"It was; but I wouldn't hav miutled
It il the audience hadn't sreiued au dis
appointed when 1 get ouf-Siercluuit
Traveler.
"Johnny, are yon older or younger thaa
JennieT
"Why. MamBaid. weVa just the same
age, we're twins; we're bean twins ever
since we waa born."
According to the newest English life
table, the children born in England in
any one year have now divided among
them "nearly two aaillion years of life"
more than would have been the case
thirtv-fire years ago.
"His pills m thick as hasd-jpeaades 'sew,
Aad where they ml aaoartaialythey slaw.1'
waa aaid of one of those ignorant doctors
in the early times, who might well be.
called the aid-de-camp of death. The
sufferer from scrofula, with sores aa bad
aa Job's, need not now curse the day he
waa born, for Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery will restore health and
beauty, appetite and strength. Es
pecially has it manifested its potency in
curing salt-rheum, tetter, boils, carbun
cles, sore eyes, scrofulous sores and
swellings, hip-joint dieease, white swel
ling, goitre, or thick neck, and enlarged
glands.
Jealousy makes doubts; doubts re
move faith.
Eases.
The transition from long, lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks an epoch in the life of the indi
vidual. Such a remarkable event is
treasured in the memory of the agency
whereby the good health has been at
tained ia gratefully blessed. Hence it is
that so much is heard in praise of Elec
tric Bitters. So many feel they owe
their restoration to health, to the use of
the great alterative and tonic If you
are troubled with any disease of kidneys
liver or stomach of long or short stand
ing yon will surely find relief by use of
Electric BitteraSold at 50c and.fl a bot
tle at David Dowty's drug store.
Gravity is a mystery of the body, in
tended to conceal the defects of mind.
Caasamatlee Sarely Cared.
To thk Emtob Please inform your
readers that I have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. By its
timely nee thousands of hopeless eases
have been permanently cured. I ahall
be glad to send two bottles of my reme
dy fkkb to any of your readers who have
consumption if they will aend me their
express and post once address. Bespect
fnlly, T. A. SxoctfaT, M. d, 181 Pearl
street, New York. 80y
He who
a good turn should
never forget it.
Their J
Probably no one thing has caused
such a general revival of trade aft David
Dowty's drug store as their giving away
to their cnatosaers of ao many free trial
bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for
consumption. Their trade ia simply
enormona in this very valuable article
from the fact that it alwaya cures aad
never disappointa. Coughs, oolds.
asthma, bronehitia, croup, and all throat
and lung dmwaaes qiekly cored. Yon
can test it before buying by getting a
trial bottle free, large size $1. Every
bottle warranted.
He that too much fears hatred ia not
fit to govern.
An AaawtaM Care.
The ORIGINAL ABD3TINE ODCx
MENT ia only put up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and ia an abjojate erare tor
old sores, burns, wounds, ehappsd hands,
and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will
positively cure all Itinde of pUsavAak for
tfeORIOmALABmNEOINTMENT
Sold by Dowty A Beeher at 35 cents per
box by mail 90 eents. mar7y
They that govern must make least
noise.
Beeklra'ft Aralea Salve.
The best aalve in the world for cuts,
braises, sores, adeerayaalt rheum, fever
aorea, tetter, ehappsd hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
Itwgnranteed to give perfect aatmfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 35 eents
per box. For aale by David Dowty. 3
A good man is kinder to hie enemies
than a bad man is to his friends.
Nlssea m the Bad.
Is it not better to nip consumption,
the erestest acodrge of humanity, in the
bud, than to try to stay its progress on
the brink of the grave? A few doses of
California's most useful production.
SANTA ABIE, the king of consumption,
will relieve and a thorough treatment
will cure. Nasal Catarrh, too often the
forerunner of consumption, can be cured
by CALIFORNIA CAT-K-CUKfc. These
remedies are sold and fully warranted
at Dowty A Beeher at $1, or three for
$50,
Good and bad
are each less so
than they
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EMULSION
OF PURE COO LIVE! WL
Almost as Palatable as Milk.
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tahse.
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SOOTTS EMULSION ia acknowledged by
IhvsieisDS to be the Finest and Best prepa
zanou in the world for the reli. and care of
CONSUMPTION. SCROFULA.
CCNENAL OKBIUTY, WASTING
DISEASES, ESSACIATiON,
COLDS and CHROKIC COUCHS.
The grtnt rtmedy for Consumption, ar.&
Wlutauf in Children. Suld 6y ail Druggittn,
CATARRH
Ely's Cream Balm
rwasmawsi tlw TfaanT TMimaapvi. Al.
Jmjm TnTlamvrmtirwi. TTflalatrtftHrnwpsL
Bestores the Senses of 'Inato, Small
And Hoaxing.
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mmm.SLYJSSmBESSJWanmSLJSw Tork.
PRINCIPAL POINTS
EAST, WEST,
NORTH and SOUTH
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TJ. P. Depot, Columbus.
lSmartf
ni4,. j n .iKiiMnjt mwA mmmmnr1trt
woman. Or. Pierce's Favorite Prescriptkmls
tke keit of all restorative tonics. Itmapoteat
SaseJSB for all taoseChronic Weakaessai mil
Imnaaes peculiar to Women: a powerful, sen;
ami as wee ss uterine, toiifc and wervin. It
tmaarmviaxiraadstrMict&totbewnolesysUm.
ItmTpcureswestoemorstomacB,naHsea.
It is carefally compounded by aa experienced
pajmnmn. ana aaapieaiu mvamum y
in any condition of the system.
mmmaa favorite Preeertn-
sieal' m tae oniy nniaw
for women, bom ot aroaawa.
antmn of ettttsctioa in every case, or price
(S1.SN refunded. lls suarantee kas Jwen
printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully
carried out for many years.
For laraje. ttlHStrated Treatise on Diseases of
WoaseToW pases. wKa fuU directtona for
homn firatmrntf send ten cents in stamps.
Address. World's DisrTtNsav Medicai.
Association. SB Main Street. Buffalo. N. Y.
a aaauvs
MARVELOUS
MEMORY
DISCOVERY.
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clothes by its useyou Will see;
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use it to-day;
tub "twill drive dirt away.
ust, the Washing compound;
what a savingyouVe found
fr.
tryk.
NEBRASKA.
FAMILY : J0UBNAL.
A Weekly Newafftmer itwTMi fftry
WemiwatUy.
32 Calians f rHmg saltier, cm
sistisg f NwsraskE State News
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PATENTS
Caveats aad Trade Macks obtained, sad alPaf
ent txutinms conderted for MODERATE FKK8.
OUlt OFFICK 18 OPFiHHTK U. 8. PATENT
OFF1CK. We have ao sab aat acies. all timiai
direct, hence we can transact psteat linsisMS ia
! time aad at LKSB COOT than those remote
from Washiaetoa. .
Head model, drawiac or photo, with deeerip
tioa. We advise if pataatable or not. free, of
char. Oar fee aotdae till patent is ssenrai.
A book. "How to Obtain Patents," with refer
ences to actaal clients in joar state, meaty or-
towa. seat free. Address
Opposite Patent
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