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A MYSTEMOUS CALLER WITH
BLACK BORDERED ENVELOPE.
That was a atzanga atacy tatd. by
ex-congressman the otfcer day, sad tfaa
circumaCaocea ondar wkldi ic waa ra
lated woe aomewbat fawliar. Tka
story waa told aa die Hiatal troth, and
there can be no rwann for doabtiaaj ha
aoabcr's veracity.
It waa a few erasing ago that the ex
congreaaman aat with a ooafla of news
paper correspondent! and a guiwnaanil
official in the lattera room fax a bJr hotel
inthiacitr. They ware dfaeaaatea; poii-i
ticx. and the ex-coareaagaam waa talk
ing; whea. he m aa iaawjayaad ay a fcaocat
at the door. In inapoaaa to- an inrita
tfon the doer waa opened and a aMeaoa
ser boy stood at the entrance, Ik his
hand waa an envelope with, a heavy
black border. It waa each, aa those aaad
to inclose a death meaaaga or ta indicate
deep niourniig. The boy panaad for a
moment, evidently speculating in hia
mind aa to the proper person to receive
the letter. Finally ha tendered it to the
ex-congressman, who waa nearest the
door. That individual turned pale and
trembled, but extended his hand as if to
take the message. He hesitated an in
stant and hia hand dropped nerveless. A
second time he essayed to take t!ie mat
sage from the boy, and again he faflfld,
It was only after the third effort that he
vro3 apparently able to reach it, and by
that time the government official for
whom it was intended had come to die
door, read die address and took the mes
rfagefrom die trembling hand that had
received it
Ah," said he, after opening and read
ing it, "it is only a note from an office
seeker. Why it should be in mourning
I don't know. As the office seeker is a
tvoman, I presume it is merely a femi
nine freak."
THX aCYSTXKIOCS XBBETGKB.
Everybody had noticed the strange
demeanor of the ex-congressman, and,
observing that an gTplanat" was ex
pected, he finally said:
"I think that the use of black bordered
envelopes ought to be prohibited by law.
The very sight of one unnerves me.
When I tall you why you may doubt the
truth of the tale, but it is true neverthe
less. Ten years ago I waa ma1""g a
political canvass in my district At the
close of a speech one afternoon I received
a telegram from, home stating that my
boy, the idol of my life, was dying, and f
that if I wished to see him alive I must
come at once. I went immediately to
the hotel, took my satchel and started for
the depot
"There was no passenger train due for
some hours, but a freight was pulling
out and I jumped aboard. lb waa late
when I reached a little towmesL the river
where I could take a boat forborne. I
hurried to the wharf and found that the
steamer would not pass until after mid
night and that I would thus be delayed
many hours. I was undecided whether
to wait for the steamer or to hire a boat
and leave at once. While I stood on the
wharf hesitating a mrnorngrr boy sud
denly appeared before me. Before I
could say anything he thrust into my
hand a white envelope, with a heavy
black border. A strange feeling came
over me, and it was only by the greatest
effort that I was able to open the letter.
The apprehension I felt in a few mo
ments was awful, for I knew that it
must contain dread news. When finally
I looked at the letter there appeared in a
strange hand the single sentence:
Tou mast came quick.
"There was no signature, and nothing
to indicate the origin of the letter, and
when I turned to inquire of the messen
ger lie had disappeared as completely aa
if swallowed by the oarrh, I knew that
the message referred to my boy, al
though I was entirely ignorant of die
source. I knew that I must hurry if I
would see him alive.
TH3 DYCTG BOY.
"The message decided me, and at once
I sought a boatman, and. securing hia
services, started down the river. I
reached home some hours ahead of the
steamboat upon which I had originally
intended to come. I rushed to the house
and was ushered into the presence of my
dying boy. As I approached the bedside
he recognized me with a smile, and then,
said:
" 'Papa, I've been waiting for you.'
"Those were his last words, and in a
moment he was dead. I then knew that
the message I had received had come
from him, and that ha had been waiting
forme. None of my family or friends
hid seen the mmissge, nor did, they know
anything about it Afterward I made
the most searching inquiries at the town
where I waited for the boat, but nobody
had seen the messenger or ever heard of
him. Not die slightest trace of him. waa
to be found, and I was led to dm inevita
ble conclusion that the meawmger had
never appeared to any one but me, and
that I alone bad seen the message.
"You can understand now why a
black bordered envelope always fills me
with the greatest dread and apprehen
sion, and why it was that I turned pale
and trembled when the messenger boy,
who hist appeared in the door, tendered
nw thn nminrrciff kmlring mfag '"n tpndW
for you.
"You will observe that my hair is
whim, although. I am. yet a young ttw
Before that eventful night my hair was
aa black as a raven's wing. After I re
ceived the black bordered letter from, the
mysterious messenger, who came to me
at the boat landing that night, a feeling
came over me such as I never knew be
fore nor have known since. The awful
agony of that trip down the river will
remain fresh in my memory until death
ends alL When L reached nome, and
stood at the bedside of my boy, my hair
waa white as snow. It has darkened
some in the years that have since passed,
bat it win sever be black agalnJ Waak
insfci Cor. St Louis Globe-Democrat
Searrrallthe rail muds m India
aaaaer that government and many of the
roads were bnut by the govern an at,
goaranteeing 8 per cent to the atock
hoiders on the condition that the profite
above? per cent shall be equally drriaed
between the gu'wuna t aat tna atock
hnMars Over others of the ranis the
gomnamnthesasortof a. rrsrtsol and
taaMBultisthatthe tenure of nsnmoav
Ifcsisfliiisilisiaih tht mi sslhst nf
tnecrrdaervice; of Faglsnd Xsn ex
aecttontaya lifetime wham they enter
gerof their iMsthargs dariagr goad Le
havior. There are ao strikes in India,
and a. Boaition on the railroad ia consid
ered very deekabfe by the nativn.
The laws are, on the account of the
government owning the roads, almost al- j
together- in favor of the roadaad our
farmers would riat ia indignation at some
of them. If an Aaaericaav baa a cow
killed oa the track of a road running
through hia farm dm railroad company
pays well for it la India the owner of
cattle found trespsaaaaeom. the railroad j
a liable to a penalty of SJ.5Q for each ani-
maL Any man who drives any animal
across an Indian rail way except, at cer
taut appointed tunes and places ia liable
to a fine of $17, and any man who enters
a car reserved for feaaalea can be fined
$33. The man who triea to get on a tram
here after it is started wfll be fined 17.
and anyone who atteipa to defraad die
railway company in any nisnwf r ia liable
to a fine of ilC Frank G Carpenter:
Hear twice before yom
He dances well to whom f brtane pipes.
He doubles his gift whe givmmdme.
He fights with his own shadow.
Ha giveth twice that giveth in a trice.
He has a bee in ha bonnet
He baa bought his noble for nine pence.
He has bad a bite upon his bridle.
He k a wise man who speaks Iittlev
He is proper who hath proper condi-
He knows not a B from a buITa foot
He knows not a hawk from a hand-
He lacks most that longs most
Help the lame dog over die stale.
He Iiveth long and livetfa welL
Hell find some hole to creep oat at
He loses nothing for the taking.
He loses hia thanks who promises and
deiayeth.
He loses nothing that keeps God for
his friend
He loves roast beef well that licks the
spit.
He may well be contented who needs
neither borrow nor flatter
He must needs run whom the devil
drives.
He must stoop low that hath a low
door.
He plays well that wins.
He's a Jack in office
He's gone upon a sleeveless errand
He that always complains is never pit
tied. He that bows in the dust fills his eyes.
He that faUs in an evil cause falls in
the devil's frying pan.
He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sor-
rowing.
He that
has no shame has no ccn-
science.
He that
hath no silver in his purse
ahouki have silver on his tongue.
He that hath a good harvest may be
content with some thistles.
He that is angry is seldom at ease.
He that is warm thinks all are so.
He that lendeth loses double (loses both
his money and his friend).
He that licks honey from, thorns pays
He that lies down with dogs must ex
pect to rise with fleas.
He that lives not well one year sorrows
for it seven.
He that Iiveth wicawdly can hardly die
honestly.
He that reckons without his host must
reckon again.
He that runs fast must not run long
He that runs in the night stumbles.
He that plants not corn plants thistles.
Behoboth Sunday Herald
A roaUakToad.
The other day aa I lay in my hammock
I saw a huge toad winking and blinking
lazily under the large leaf of a foliage
plant He looked contented and happy,
and just as if he didn't care whether
school kept or not A bumble bee came
buzzing around the dowers. That toad
opened bis eyes, looked around, deliber
ately winked one eye at me, and then to
all appearances went to sleep again. He
was not asleep, however, for the next
moment when the adventurous bee
came a trifle nearer; he made- a little
spring; opened hia countenance till I
thought he would actually drop in two,
there was a red flash and die bee had
disappeared. I waa just beginning to
wonder where it had gone, when I ob
served the bad begin to look meUncholy
I then noticed that bis white vest waa
puffed out like an. alderman's. In km
time than it takes to tell it he was the
most lonesome looking toad I ever saw.
He seemed to reflect a minute, and
then begot into the attitude in which
the old prints represent Nebuchadnezzar
when he was out to pasture. His big
mouth was close to the ground, while
his hind feet stood on tiptoe.. He had
swallowed something hot and waa now
going to get rid of it by reversing the
process. After several violent efforts,
dnring which his whole anatomy heaved
with emotion, the troublesome- Jonah
was ejected and lay on die grass before
hint.' The toad wasn't winkingtat me
anymore- Instead he wan renting looks
of imnsagffiil spite, at- dm unfortunate
author of alL his troubles which by this
time preainftdaaorryappwaranf i' Soon
he canttonaly approached and with a
lightning" like muemeut the bee again
disappeared, this time to stay; For a
moment the toad moved cautionary , as
if to avoid
fire beneath hia
that It was all right hopped back with
an elated sir and wen t to slapg under the
Dining" one evening with WOkie Cot
Una, he spoke of the diseculty of imagin
mga place or character which hai. not
hat rangytml ht real life- After he- had
described the hones in "Armadale,'' a
gendeman called upon him: and upbraid
ed him for putting 'his -residence into
print- The description was exact al
though Wiikie Collins had never seen
the place. He invented a man who was
so careful about his food that he weighed
it in little acalesrat table. A gentleman,
waa introduced to Mr- Collins and aahfc
"Yon had no rightsir, to caricature me.
I weigh my food in. little scales, out
Here they are. airL 1 always carry them
about with me by advice of my physi
cians. But ts that any nsnow why I
should be Md up to ridicule. atriT In
vam Mr. Collin proteDnl that he- had
sever before: heard of auch a habit
New York 3IetroBoi
for the age m whack he Etss antr all
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CURIOUS COLLECTIONS
CRA2E THAT WOMEN HAVE FOR
GATHERING QUEER THtHOS-
AM
Nearly every ooeseama to have a
for collecting wrtmeramg Wkh
persons it takes the form of
dollars, which gradually grow into
aad lota, and dollars continue to
from every- brick in the house and
every square inch of the lot Thorn are
lucky collectors.
There are other kinds of coQectora, not
less lucky, perhaps, bat their
remain what they were fronf the
uing, instead of being metamorphosed m
to other things. There aresomn men who
save every letter or bill they recertav anal
keep copies of every letter they write.
Such a collection is not appreciated by
their heirs, it is almost needless to say;
Almost as needles it is to say that every
one collects some one thing, or, if they ao
net collect they want to- Because they
do not collect is no reason that they do
not want to. but because they are unable
to do so for some reason or other.
Perhaps women are more given to this
peculiar fad than men, and the reason.
for this may be that they are content to
collect things of less value than men.
Every now and then some woman will
start a craze for collecting some ene
thing, and every woman who can afford
to indulge in it will follow suit Theaa
quisition of fans is a mania of long
standing and a very expensive one.
Fans of all countries and dates, big and
little, historic and otherwise, form the
collection of many a woman, who gloats
over them as a miser does over bis gold.
Another woman collects shawls, and has
as many as eight India shawls, besides
innumerable others of silk; crepe de
chine and lace. The India shawls require
great care to keep them, free from, moths;
and as the possessor of them never wears
diem for they are not intended to be
worn, but only looked at occasionally
they mubt be taken out, aired and shaken
several times a year- But even with
this careful treatment they are often cor
rupted by moths.
One girl's whole soul is devoted to col
lecting: the fashion plates, old and new.
PV haunts the second hand book shops,
buying up old fashion magazines and
newspapers, besides subscribing for sev
eral new ones. She has already her large
scrapbeoks tilled with colored plates, and
an interesting collection it is, showing
the various stages of folly and fashion
through which, women have passed dur
ing the past hundred years or more- An
other girl is collecting pitchers of all
metals, sizes and descriptions. She has
already fifty of them, some hideous and
some truly beautiful. They are tall and
Blender, of Venetian glass, and of Deal
ton, Royal Worcester, Dresden and
Sevres "" She has some quaint sil
ver astchexs-picked up- m brie a htac
shops, some of American cut glass, others
of earthenware and pewter. Several are
of Japanese china, and are very gro
tesque, almost startling-, They are ar
ranged on shelves and in cabinets, and
are more decorative, and therefore more
enjoyable, perhaps, than the fashion
plates.
The candlestick fad is not a new one,
but it has obtained a strong hold upon
the affections of many women, who be
gan their collection with a pair of silver
candelabra that belonged to some ances
tor. Starting with, this, they have made
a large collection of silver, brass, bronze,
china and glass candlesticks, some in
pairs and some singly. Trips to Europe
have been made for the express purpose
of flnHinpr some quaint specimen in out
of the way towns, and bric-a-brac shops
have been searched both in Europe and
Amwtra. Something with a history is
always desired by these insatiate collect
ors, but at the same time they do not
despise modern things that may be
bought at first hand Classed with the
rTuiiggrinfc- mania is the mania for fairy
lamps, one girl possessing thirty-eight
lamps of this land, each one different
from, the other.
These are arranged in her cozy parlor
on tables, shelves, mantel and cabinet,
and when lighted the effect is fascinating-
This girl likes to have something
to show for her money, and has no in
tention of hiding her lights away under
bushels, which, translated into modern
English, means that she will not collect
fans or shawls, or anything else that
must be kept in chests, closets, or dark
cabinets.
Scent bottles of all sizes and shapes
represent another collection, and make
an interesting collector- Some of these
are quaint and curious indeed. Of silver
and gold, most of them, and antique, with
strange histories, European shops and
chateanr. have been ransacked to find
diem. Of grotesque or artistic form,
and studded with jewels, these tiny relics
of die past look as if they might tell
many a romantic tale if they could but
speak, Perhaps, in some instances, they
carried deadly poisons; instead of sweet
smelling apices, for die purpose of injur
ing some hated rivaL Or may they have
been filled with some potent love philter?
If they could but tells us how it worked!
The cup and saucer mania, has passed
away, but it left behind it a mama, for
collecting spoons. This fad is a strong
one, and is within the reach of alL The
spoony girl is found everywhere, and
talks mcesmntiy of her spoons. They
are not collected by the dozen, but by
the piece, as it were; that is, they are
bought one at a time, and, of course- as
m. other collections, no two are alike.
Thcrrare large and small, antique and
monWn, plain, engraved, repousse, and
of gold, silver, aluminum, ivorv, g
and wood- There is the tiny salt spoon
dmt belonged to some ancestor, ana the
slender teaspoon of a centurv-ago;- the
Snasian spoon of today, gilt and enamel
ed; an Apostle spoon is much sought, as
are the French spoons of the Eighteenth
uentuiji. Ladles and gravy spoons, along
with mustard and salad spoons, are
sagfldy bought; the plan of the spoony
girL being to buy a spoon m everv city
or town she visits. New York Star-
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS.
Certem noisy politicians who run away
with the idea that they are vervi
men, should certainly not: omit to
dm catalogues of those who deal in auto
graph letters.
True, if is dTfUrnlt tn m t mal Cm seme
ef the prices. That ritoinsse of r-
Daveyvof Great
Ckw rad AartaJacfta Cliisa as
masrr
hoeaeal
'or
is only
tlat.
m of
which ia only one aad a
quarto size. One of Lord
quarto page in all, ia offered at 11
batjQ&e of Coleridge ia only 3, and for
3a-more ma v be had one of De Qnincey,.
regarding his money troubles, to bis pub
lisher Poets and authors always
their publishers wheat
often fall back upon them when hard up,
A letter of Dickens (i860) is priced at 1
12s. Sd., one from Lord Beaconafield at
t II)., one from David Garrick at ,
and one from -Frederick the Noble" at
quarter of that sum.
If a niau have plenty of half guineas
he may become the owner of aanaaber
of more or less famous antogranh. let
ters; One of these coins, of their cur
cent value, will pat yam in poameasion of
a latter of William Godwin, or of Gou
nod, of Charles Keen, at of Lever, of
Macready or of Lvtfcea, of flpmgian or
of"Prmee Albert ftmrant, tna mxnriea
of wirfch, like the small boy outeide a
cook shop, the poorer collector must be
content with the smell and scarcely
that may be enumerated a William
Blake at8: a Cowper at 4; a Queen
Elizabeth at 25; a Thomas Hood at 9
guineaar a Johnson at 1 7a. fid; a 3fary
Queen of Scots at 58; a Samuel Bich
ardson (of course to a young lady) at
10s.; and a Dante Gabriel Bosettl for
about 3 3s. An original invitation for
the coronation, sent by command of her
majesty to Lord St John, of Bletso, and
signed "Victoria B.," is only priced at
2 3s. A William HI is worth 3 10s.,
but a William IV is not worth, half aa
much.
A letter of the Bev. George WhitefiekL
whose tabernacle appears to be going
"down," is "up" at three guineas From,
a general point of view it is not easy to
see why a letter of William. Wordsworth
("celebrated poet") should be priced at
a guinea less than that of the author of
"Night Thoughts," which no one now
reads, offered at -4 la,
A prophet is not without honor, save
in his own country a fact which
explains the appearance of a num
ber of FngKah literary men in cata
logues of autograph letters. A letter of
John Forster ia offered at 75 cente; one
of ilr. Archibald Forbes for L25; one
of Hr. Austin Dobson at the same price;
at which, figure also the collector may
present himself with specimens of W
C. Bryant, Elihu Burrittr 3fr. Chamber
lain, Cobden, 3r, J. A. Froude ("quite
scarce"). Wiikie Collins, Garfield, and
many other persons more or lees fa
mous less than more very often.
The prices throughout the well ar
ranged catalogue are exceedingly mod
erate compared with, soma which we
have seen. One of Mr. Gladstone's let
ters (the line appears to be drawn at post
cards) has reached the hands of the
dealer, who demands $4.50 for it; but one
of Gordon is priced at $8 over and above
that sum; a Goethe goes for $10, a Shel
ley for four times that amount, and a
Scott for $20. Mr- Raskin's shows are
merrshlw diffarenee. beteg: only $4.50;
but three lines of a prince of the Sand
wich islands orderinga bottle of gin sells
for- 75 cents. A Cardinal Newman, is
priced at $2.25, Mme. Patti's at a dollar
more, one of Lord Randolph Churchill
at $1.75, one of Horace Greeley at $2.25.
A Samuel Johnson is sold for $37.50;
but a letter of neither Sir John Lubbock,
Charles Mackay, Professor Masson nor
Mr. W. D. Ho wells appears to be worth
more than seventy-five cents. A signed
letter of Lord Tennyson, two pages oc
tavo, is priced at $12.50; and one from
Thackeray (with the envelope) at $20.
It might act as a sort of deterrent to
this craze for private letters if authors
would insist upon being paid pro rata by
their correspondents for every word
which they write in their letters, not
even omitting the address on the enve
lope, which, when clean, also counts.
St James' Gazette.
Lara Wataelev m tka Gamma Army.
Die German nation may be thankful
to the German army for other reasons
than simply the defense of the father
land, according to Gen. Lord Wolseley.
He writes: "I take the German army as
the highest existing type of the military
system and organization, which the
changes effected in armies by the French
revolution have led up to; and much aa
admire that army as a soldier i admire
it still more as a citizen. Great as it is
for war, it ia infinitely greater aa a na
tional school for the moral, mental and
physical training of the people. Design
ed exclusively for war, it has become
the most Important of peace institutions.
Tn it all Germans are trained to strength
and taught the first principles of personal
cleanliness and of health. There they
learn to be honest and manly, and are
taught the excellence of those virtues
which serve to make men good subjects
and law abiding citizens. It is the school
of the nation, in which deep love of
fatherland is fostered and cherished, and
where all classes learn that there is honor
in obedience and nobility in self sacri
fice. Ufa ajt3aadilaaai,
Nothing can. be happier and more
peaceful than, the life at Sandrfngbam.
and whether alone or entertaining their
friends, die Prince and Princess of Wales
are an ideal host and nontonw They do
not, as a ruler appear at breakfast; but
shortly after 11 they come down and
spend the rest of the day with their
guests. In winter luncheon is generally
taken at some cottage near where skat
ing is going on, and the princess and the
guests join the skaters and walk with
them after luncheon is over. Tea ia al
ways ready in the hall at 5, and every
one appears, the men in velvet suits and
knickerbockers, and the ladies m ten
gowns. Dinner ia at 8, and the evening
is paused either in dancing or games, and
about 12 the prince and princess give
the signal for retiring, and those who go
to bed early can get to rest; but the ma
jority of the guests go to the smoking
room till an earirhcirmtiMmonunav
umcago
The Java Bode records a singular ad
venture which recently befell a govern
ment surveyor m the wilds of
After a hard day's work on n
side ha passed the night in the
in a hut haetuV run, up by hia lyVfr,
As he was failing- asleep after long
watching,, the sight of two fiery eyes
glaring hx at the enrranre of the hut al
most paralysed him. with terrsr. An
royal tiger soon, glided in.
all over, and then, eat to
'work devouriner theresaama of hia even
ing: meal to the last nsoraaL Afterward
sjatarxihla guest
&
white t
BeawasTa.
THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT.
WHr IS THE RIGHT HAND USED
IN PREFERENCE TO THE LEFT?
Oeiaiaaa m
Evarr
Matnryattecaadfioit;aad it would be
priaac fheraforay if ao
the general am of the right
tutelar had
of fact, aa oidmbjeet,
aasfuraaWMdatoeafora
wOaT
left"!
ArcBbiaaap'
called, baaaass it is left i
la that view he doss not
parte inrtaad, 1
The
we eaM
answered aatpaaOcaUr fa the
All are asread oa that point But were the
ancient Habraws a left handed people? Dr.
Crleameyer bus given, an intanatiBg and
learned iactara to prove that they were.
Moat al the Aryan, people write from- the
left to the right of the shoot atpaper, sad ia
their boats the linee ran in the same direc
UOH. Most of the Semitic people, an Otm con
trary, write from right to left Tn stead of
regarding ciiia eaMBtial duTaieace asaoaara
chanctariatic of habit kept op by that rev
erence for traditioa which is deeply rooted in
the Semitic mind,. Dr. Erleameyar thiaka
that the direction taken by the band of a
Semitic scribe was doe Co physiokigicalcBaae
namely, that the left baad was the better
of the two and intritrn that the writers of
she Old Testameat ad probably the early
TfUmmHsta after them, naturally wrote with
their left omuls, and would have found, it dif
ficult, if not uapneMhle, to write with the
other hand. Dr. Erlenmeyer says he baa
found" striking coonrmatina of the theory ia
the Talmud, and cites a passage which
that certain. speciaL prayers
are alnays to be written with the right band
and not with the left As the execu&oa of
this exceptional work was diMmit:, and re
quired time and patience, it is implied that
theprocew of writing with the right aaad
was a departure from the ordinary method
then in vogue.
History, however as was pointed oat aeon
after the pnhlirsrina of tea doctor's lecture
doeot support tbiaaiawaioaB theory- The
moat ancient forme of Semitic letters within
our reach are the PBosaicaaa characters of
the Moabite atone, which i sarai-tar date
from aboat the year 900 B. C. The inscrip
tion in this tmtanra reads from left to right
aa we do in the present day. A learned cor
respondent of The British Tflnritcal Jbaraal
states that the practice cf. writing from right
to left came into oae about the thne of Ears,
when probably the square farm of the He
brew characters began, "The Mi'liiat Greek
inscriptions, nearly allied with the Phos
oician, ax" he adds, 'SaaBaahuea written
from right to left; others from left to right
Others, again, show how the duTeraace be
tweea the two methods waa bridged over by
the imnwfHafis practice of written: alter
nately like an. ox plowing aad, therefore,
called. Boustrophedon writing."
The net remit of this interesting contro
versy seems to be that the
were approxiaamtelr aear Charles Reades
that they did not aokrr
the education of the right hand. Bat the
question asked nowadays ia: "Is tee use ot
the right hand, in preference to tee left
natural, or ia it acquired!"
Aristotle strongly contends that in this, as
in all other instances, the organs of the right
side are more powerful than taoan on the left
Plato, however, ridicules the idea, that the
aaa of tiie right hand is natural, and attri
butes the weakness of the left side to the bed
habit established by nurses and mothers.
Finally, several doctors say there ia no
nnatemiral difference in the two hands.
Here a conflict of authorities with a vea
geance! Though itie not for us to step in
and decide where "doctors disagree." certain
conclusions are so obvious that they will oc
cur to anybody after a little reflection, in
the first place, if the use of what we call the
"dexter" hand, in prenareece to the left, were
an "original instinct" all man alike would
be right handed there could be no exception
The fact that there are exceptions proves con
clusively that the partiality for the right hand
is acquired.
There seems no rwaann to doubt that the
left side might be educated equally ae well aa
the right In cases of accident the left baad
ia often aaade to do work that waa formerly
moBopouaed by the dexter hand; and tee
special eacelieace which not infrequently
"" ' '' frfnrniiw muimrmwH ittiiffl-
culty ia notorious. Of a whnnlmeetrir who
waa born without right hand, the following
waswnttaax
Thoech. of tar tight aaad nature bate bereft
thee,
BJcat well thou wrtteet with cfaa head that's left
thee.
In this particular ease the dexter hand
could not have been miner ri; but even when
it ia, the left hand soon becomes accustomed
to its new duties.
Charles Beade, who once started a long
newspaper discussion an ambidexterity, was
of opinion that mankind can, ought to aad
eventually will be either handed. That it is
possible to train both hands la avfdeat from
the story told of Sir Edwin fanriwnr, who
on oae occasion draw a deer's head with one
hand white he was drawing a landscape with
die other. Again, Professor Edwm Morse,
of Salem, Mast, could draw aainlteneoaaly,
and that too, before an andlaare, two dif
ferent objacta with either hand; or he would
draw an object with one hand aad at tee
same thne write the names of the parte of
the object with the other.
Further -r1 of this asniudextroea
work raeld be givaa, but they are not acces
sary, since in every- day life we can aaa
abundant proof of what is aonahle ia this
direction. Piano players and organists, for
maranrr, have to train both hands Taking
there can be no doubt that
children could be ? to use both hands
with equal freedom and facility, and, per
haps, if they were left to rhamaritvea, the
resultwoaldbs jest the same. Bstitiahn-
perarivethatacaimahonhlbennigfitto
dress, pier and, write as auicklyaa
This ia nateat To teach, a child to do all
these things with both hands would tens
nearly, if not quite, twice as long aa with one
hand only rand, taarwfnre, aaaiuatkeof ex
pediency,, the latter coarse is geaaraOy adopt
ed, and it mast be admitted that taking aD.
tames into conasrlararioay it is tee more jndt
cious one. On the- ground of srijwuaay of
timevtheBvit is extrsaaaiy dcuhtfai whether
Charles BeaaVa ideal will he realised. All
the Tear Bound,
There
nected with dm North
fair, and I
with a sign
regarding: a fat boy. &
was only 14 yearn old and
thatis
400 pound. I paid a nickel to go m
and found a lad of tins age, but hia
weight waa not over 100 pounds. He
was dreased in. crnrawie and aat on a
platform, white dm showman delivered
a short lecture at mtervale,
"See here," T sefci to him, after look
ing the boy over; "are yon aehberataly
swindling the pnhhcT
-HowiT
"By pnaateg that kid cut an a fat boy.'
"NoshrJ
"Ton advertise that he wajgha about
0i
t'a 9aam at Alllilaa iHj.
little caatom or aaeUsritv aaa a
head at prafer-
aarsaea aotica. Itiavaaa
great deal ot
rwrinainn aaahaea aterafly
TlBaW
"Thafsa
to,-
WhenT
"To-day; now? due
"Oh. I see. An
yon-
run a museum in New-
hoy is one of my freaks. Inn
he ia my skeleton and in the
fat bey, it tehee himabent
to make the change, and he
to pickup flesh leaf weak Ha
most Beautiful aawnm yon
and if you can only see hint two
later you'll he delighted at has
Hell weigh all of -tOi m two
from this,"
"Yea, hut I came in here to see a fat
bov."
"WelL
"But he's
bov of hia age. It kmkn to aaa 1
fraud'
"Good heaven, man. but do yon.
the earth aB at onueT hnanansnL "Give
look at thia lock of hair cut front the
head of George Washington. If a my
own property, and not on, exhibitkat but
I want to satisfy yon that lam eauare.
A. skeleton weighing foray-two nonmfri
can't change to. a -400 pound fat boyin
an hour or a day.. We expert the public
to be lenient with, us. Going? WelL.
good-by- Come in with your family and
I'll make reduced ratea.' New York
Sun,
I shall never know him, I hope I have
no foolish desire to know him, I spoke of
the harm I should undoubtedly do him in
writing my chaotic ideas of him, necea
sarily so far away from, hia secret brain.
But T bear testimony in my life that for
twenty years DavidSwinghaa influenced
my life. He stayed here- He survived
He is by all odds the fittest son the val
ley owns. He is the father of our litera
ture. He made his living preaching to
the rich, the Anarchist orators say, but
David Swing says it is a lie. He goes
each summer to Lake Geneva, where the
solitude is awfuL
He comes in town to bury the dead.
His "church"' hibernates in summer if
the reader will permit me- He-goes out
to lecture aa often as circumstances war
rant and writes for the press whenever
he fiiuM the task agreeable. Nobody can
get his fame away from him, for it is
founded in that need of humanity where
every soul looks for his master, and is
gratified in finding one. David Swing
stands among us as one who has spoken
many forgotten things. Gleaning from
a remark that I do remember, we may
say it is with him as with old books
which have been loug unread. The
words, witty or wise, have passed away.
buffthe friendship and reverence remain
a song without words. John McGov
ern on David Swing.
Sha Uved to Satta Hia.
A certain maiden lady was twice in
her life engaged tu be married, and each
destroy ber hopes of matrimonial bliss,
time some unforeseen event interposed to
Here was a sad case. Time began, to
wrinkle her fair brow, and no new suit
ors appeared. To add to her distress she
became sick nigh unto death- The assist
ant clergyman, of the parish a bashful
youth was sent for. The sick room was
well filled with sympathizing neighbors
when the young divine made his appear
ance, and. after some remarks, proceeded
to read a portion of the Scriptures. He
fell upon the chapter in which the wom
an of Samaria, ia introduced- When he
read the words, "Go, call thy husband,
the sick woman groaned a little; but
when he uttered the words, "The woman
answered and said. I have no husband,'
the old lady rose upright in her bed, and,
with flashing eyes, squeaked out: "Tux
no' gauntostaun sic impidence frae ony
body, preacher or no- I winner yer no
ashamed o' yersel. ye rascal- Tve had
two chances for a man, an' Til leeve to
see anither see if I don't" And she did
Liverpool Courier.
Lift
Human life is estimated to have
lengthened 25 per cent during the last
half century. "The average of human
life in Home, under Cesar, waa eighteen
years," says Dr. Todd, of Georgia; "now
it ia forty. The average in France fifty
years, ago was twenty-eight; the mean
duration in 1867 was forty-five and one
half years. In Geneva during the Thir
teenth century a generation played its
part upon the stage and disappeared in
fourteen years; now the drama requires,
forty years before the curtain falls. Dur
ing the golden reign of good Queen Bess,
in London and all the large cities of
merry old England, fifty out of one thou
sand paid the last debt to nature yearly,
which means, instead of three score and
ten, they averaged but one score, Now,
in. the city of London, the average is
forty-seven years. Herald of Health.
Hie TtoUs llacer-
I heard of an incident which occurred
in a horse car here in Boston recently
which illustrates anew the need of care
by occupants to avoid in juring their fel
low passengers. A manly little fellow
had the end of one wf hLi fingers cut off
by the door of a box horse car being
jammed ngiimrtr it by a heedless passen
ger. The car waa crowded so that the
boy waa obliged to stand up, ad not
being tall enough to reach the straps he
held on by the open door of the car- As
one of the passengers went out he pulled
the door violently and shut it against the
boy's finger, leaving it hanging by a
thread Attempts were made by a sur
geon to whom, the boy's father toot him
to have- the severed piece joined to the
stump, but it would not hold. What
adds to the misfortune of the boy's loss
la that he is studying to be a professional
riouniat, bis father being a well known
p fmnw on this instrument and the
finger mutilated is lus violin finger.
Boston Post
A Chines provincial governor has re
cenfly forbidden the young men. under
his jurisdiction to wear gorgeously col
ored and embroidered garments, a prac
tice which, he declares to be foolish and
unntanly, and he warns fathers, elder
brothers and tutors that they will beheld
responsible for any inordinate-I:ixury of
apparel on the part of the voiur-ptcrs.
What would that governor say tn the
Anteriean dandies wl are trying to In
troduce the faahfoii w;ur::: e""t .t
velvet coats': Boston fraiwm,:-
The word
dar,
all prohsdaMtT derived frosa the
ubeiola, QoleaC. Taa teraa aaav-
Oarasau
.fgtl
nan that
First NartiaMil Ink
bta Slate of
Ma,JdxEtB.
fhsrattamaatl
xassapaid .
Chaea aad ruhur cash item
BUla of other Haalra
Xtetel east costs ...
71S 0B
St
75
Uidsmasina tead with Cis,
r (5 per oaatt f mrralaeiaa
Total
CSM)
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h&Tidnal ctepuatts dnbweCtBH
Diiinsad certiSefaaof dvaeait
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: KAftATX
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