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J. W. ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor SONG OF THE PINES, Oh, song so strange, oh, song so sad, The pines keep ever chanting. Why is it when the world is glad Seems sorrow to be haunting These dark old woods in Southern land Where trees grow tall, unbending, And solitude becometh grand, When years have brought no ending? Is Nature closer to us here? We think of wise old sages, Who found her teachings always clear Far back in those dim ages. She sympathized with human woe And set to music willing, The melody so sad and low These lonely woods is filling. —Maellie V. Dudley. Music and Matrimony. When a “floating” young man of thirty years has a sister of eighteen ready to graduate from the boarding school which has conveniently swallowed her up for the last eight years what is he to do with her? This was the question that puzzled Frank Curtis. He remembered his sister as a very pretty little girl, though he had not seen her for three years. There was no help for it. Frank saw that matrimony for him was immi Bent. About this time he made a trip with the Cutler family; they were rich and telf-made, worshiping their maker, and the household consisted of father, moth¬ er, and daughter, still under twenty-five. Joseph Cutler, of Cutler,Sheffield & Co., was reputed worth $5,000,000, of which one at least the golden youth hoped would be settled on his daughter Lizzie as a bride. Not very clever, not very pretty, Bhe at least knew that her money could buy her whatever she wanted in the way of a husband, and she was con¬ tent to wait until chance should bring her the man who most nearly resembled her ideal. 1 Frank Curtis’ wooing was brief after he had would once decided provide that Lizzie Cutler's j ! money a luxurious home for himself and his sister. He had a small income of his own, and was con sidered clever in his profession. Con¬ gratulations began to pour in thick and fast on the pair when a hundred-thou Band dollar house began to rise at Mr. Cutler’s expense, to be ready t nr the ! young couple on their return from their I 1 bridal trip.' They were to take in Clara ! Curtis r% .. . eommonoornent. na they . traveled, , , J and bring her home with them. Frank was agreeably surprised at his sister’s appearance when he and his bride arrived at her school. In a vague, mascu¬ line way he felt that she and Lizzie did not seem very congenial, but he supposed 1 that would wear off after a little, “Of course you are coming to-night,” Baid ( lara. “It’s our concert.” “I play,” she continued, dimpling and blushing, ‘‘a duet for violin and piano with Mr. j Heldmann.” Frank nodded. He was fond of mu sic, and, to sit through a whole evening of school-girl playing and singing was a sacrifice on the altar of fraternal affee tion and the proprieties. As for Lizzie she always frankly avowed that good music sent her to sleep. But she be¬ came suddenly attentive, and so did Frank, when Clara appeared with the violin and the professor took the piano, Frank heard genius in the moaning and wailing under her hands of that most perfect instrument. If she had been pretty before, she became transfigured now. He wondered how she felt, stand ing before all those people of whom, perhaps, not one in ten understood what «he wasplaying. But the novelty of the thing, the sweet face lovinglv pressed against the violin airings, the delicate bought finders " filing over the do W •he house. She was the success of the evening, and had her first taste of that, intoxicating drink—the applause of the multitude. “I congratulate vou ” said her ' rother. “I was proud of you to-night.” “Clara, Professor Max wants all in the tousic-room,” said one of of her com bullions, and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis were *ft alone, while Clara and her fellow Performers pursued their way to the presence of the professor of music and German, a fair-haired, powerfully built man k of one or two and thirty‘years, nown among his fluttering pupils as Professor Max, and addressed by them Mr. Heldmann. He congratulated 1 hem on their success and then dis blissed ’ all but Clara “I have told vou many times now al r «ady, Mis, runis” ’ he said “You have (renin, tw .J;” 1 H IO " ' f 111 ""' . \ i. , ^ ’ “ E d , ’ U 8 ° ” r “ P *'” study ” hi, brother ? zszz, ^ 7 , a v? > “Talk to hir l t i „ T •„ ^ -ih eakW m y ° ur r fnends from love; you vereh b< - r? t0 ^ p ’ reat ‘ M,lst vou smother such S,h ” ADd ‘ 0rWh8t? ?? h men make , love to you in a ball ipom, and you mwtJ M d die like Mkn Whstfor . career is that for ». 0 ,” 10 ”- “>•'■““<'« not no loveme. I give you to art. .. ° u must love day, otherwise your some wirl what n / I have ,Way done laGk; in then leaving y0U WU1 you ’ove, for I ask nothimr All that ! can do to help you will Uo - You must call when you on me Be - ' me, an'l when have the world 1 JWr you feet after your triumph, think fflie Couinaton Slat once at home of the man who first set free the buttering wings of, yourgenius. Re¬ member what I tell you.” Clara, bewildered and frightened, only saw the tears dim his bright blue eyes, only felt two bearded lips on her cold hands, and she was alone with the memory of her first love affair, She went home with her brother and his wife, was called upon, went to’balls, en¬ tered upon a round ol gayeties appropri¬ ate to a girl upon her first season, und< i the chnperonage of a sister-in-law whose prestige of wealth cast a glamour over her. But she was not altogether a 8uc cess. Men thought her quiet and trans cendental; women, shy and uninterest¬ ing. She practiced incessantly, much to the disgust of Lizzie, who declared to her husband that the scraping of Clara’s fiddle drove her crazy. Every day only proved more conclusively that she and her sister-in law were made of different clay. That conversation with Helpmann in tbe music-room recurred to Clara again and again. Another thing troubled her, and that was the very evident desire of Frank and Lizzie to see her married. She had been at home a year now. She had noticed thiit Harry Bennett, a friend of her brother, was beginning to act toward her very much as poor Professor Max had behaved before his explanation in the music room. She liked Harry, but what he saw in her to care for in that way puzzled her greatly. He called one afternoon and found Clara practicing. “Confess that you don’t really like that stuff,” he said, as she laid aside the violin. “You only play it because you think you ought to.” “It is the best part of my life,” she answered gravely; “the only part that I feel is worth living.” ‘I know,” said Harry. “All young girls think they ought to live for some ,hin g- That’s part of their boarding Pcb ° o1 training; bnt I have been hoping formon, hs that we might try life to gether. You shall do just as you like— practice all day long if you want to.” “Don’t think that 1 am ungrateful,” sa i d l lara, in a low voice; “but I can t; indeed 1 c ' an ’ t - Musicians tell me that 1 can > if 1 will > become a great violinist. 1 s ha11 °P on f, ie subject to my brother . 1 Is %el e * ctnn o - “Clara don t do that, I implore you You „ don't know Hung of that jond ° f hte; yoU d . °“ , 1 , " bat emble influences will be brought to bear on you. Give up the fancy; I wish I could ; move you by saying, 'for my sake.’ Give it up.” But ( l ara thought of Professor Max s words, and nerved herself for an inter v ' ew "'itl 1 ber brother. It was more stormy than she had anticipated. From his standpoint she was absolutely iuex disable and equally incomprehensible. But they were obliged to give way before her determination. The world diseov ered tpat tbe Curtises had quarieled with Clara and sent her to huropc, ami hei name W!iB dro PP ed from lt; s 'Siting and after while from its mind. ^ books a I She sent one letter to her relatives, but Lizzie returned it unopened, without con sult.ng Frank, and they received no more i communications. They learned through an ever-vigilant press that Miss Curtis, a y 0,in ? American girl had. as Clara An selmo, made a briliiant debut abroad, alld after that they lost s '" ht of her for several years On taking up his paper one morningFrankdiscovered that j the celebrated violinist, lime. Clara An- j selm0 - and the " ,ear l>olish p,auist composer, Phillippe Noel, who rivaled Chopin in his delicate tancy and the strain of French blood that give him his name, had been engaged for a series of concerts. j “It is the wo ret possible taste for her to come back here,” said Lizzie. “Of course, you will take no notice. “Most people have forgotten her ex istence by this time.” said Frank, depre “ [ sholdd “;* dreaI “ ° f J 0UI going, but think I shall go and hear her P 1 ®?-” , went. Across the hall , v he saw He Harry Bennett and his pretty fiance, un conscious of any interest but music on Harry’s part, for Clara was years before her day. Harry seemed excited and nervous, and, in watching him, Iiank forgot to look for his sister s entrance until the welcoming applause of the audience aroused him. She was the same Clara, simple and quiet as ever, except that a close oh server could see added power in her f head and direct gaze. But ’“'T “^ the .“.tflaed full tide of sound she wemed with ..eitemeu, , . ™^ .. , , Max HehlmriTm was rieht. fie born. The audience was roused s was piano duet to furor by the violin and enmnosedbv Noel and played by him c0 ™ p " could not but ,‘ Even '„ Harry accord S? e! „ vm X thv md perfect tbe He turned to the between • v t hat she pi-1 by 113 “ t T w pretty *">*^ ^ , h , llTh... if h e had “* 3 “ escaped m ^iirhim,. fr th.~-i.ff>oC"'“it belonged she playe< e n i nn trer o When , nknown Uzzie Frank went to see I morninc He met his *' 8 ! er the . they went Harry m the hotel pa arlor . aud ^ together to her rooms, annoy 1 « “ it P 1 wM early as ' 16 *’ already there, apparently on an ^ imimate in urn COVINGTON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 19, 1885. footing. But perhaps he had only come to practice. He rose with Clara as the two men came-forward. “Frank, I am very, very glad to see you. I didn’t hope for this,” she said, giving him an affectionate kiss, and holding out her hand to Harry. “This is mv husband, M. Noel Philippe mv brother ’ Mr. Curtis, and his friend, Mr. Ben¬ nett.” Frank was startled and Harry dis¬ mayed. Something still stirred in the depths of his heart for her in spite of the seven years and the new love. Noel excused himself on a plea of an en¬ gagement, murmuring in French to Clara: “You will dobetter without me,” and departed. “And you never sent me a word of the change in your life, Clara,” said I rank, reproachfully. “I had no encouragement,” she an swered, and blushed a little. “When my first letter was sent back unopened, naturally I did not make a second at tempt, considering our parting. ” “Sent back!” began Frank; then re¬ membering Harry’s presence, and con jeeturing Lizzie’s work, he said hastily: “Forgive me; tell me about yourself now.” “If you care to hear. Mr. Bennett, you won’t be bored. No? Well, I studied hard, night and day, as you may sup pose. My debut was wonderfully sue cessful. I may tell you that without conceit. They said I was a full-fledged artist, and the house fairly rocked with applause. You cannot imagine the triumph, the bliss. To know that you have the power to express to others what music says to you, and that you sway them with your emotions; to feel—feel to your highest and deepest capacity, and leave it all here—.” She held out her hands with a quaint foreign gesture. “I am happy. Then Philippe”—she paused a moment and went on—“music gave us to each other. His first composition was dedicated to me, and I never played anything so well as what he writes. We were married three years ago, and—he is half of my soul, as I am of his. Don’t smile, Harry, You cannot feel the divineness of music, and I cannot tell you; but the universe is in it, and when words are too feeble we play together— he and I.” y-cTasi?ea'hanTs*an«l _ witn loose'] fa r-away eyes. Frank, in his well-fed, placid, domestic life; Harry, in his struggle for the almighty dollar and his tranquil en¬ gagement, could not follow her if they tried, and they did not try. They vaguely felt that she lived in an atmos pkere t00 rare f or them; that poets write ^ neyer g nd . Then Noel came back and they rose to go. uq 0( j b i egg y 0U| Clara, wherever you ma y g 0) ” sa jd her brother in farewell. n(j od Bless you, Clara,” said Harry, clasping her hands. But when they were gone she leaned her head against her husband’s arm, with tkc fight still in her face, and as she bent ^ face a h ove her hair, in her heart she blessed Max Heldmann, who had given her to art and to love. Earthquake Phenomena. The 0llly settled facts about earth quakes are that they are the result of 80me shock imparted to the rocks at a co , 13 ;iierable distance beneath the sur face,and that this shock reaches the sm face in a series of concentric rings, all poin(s on the Circumference of each ring receiving the shock at the same moment, even though they be hundreds of miles apai . u i n other words, all points at cqual distances from the center of the ear thquake receive the shock at the same momen , A , th0 «gb this is theoretically the case, according to well-known physi cal )awSi gt jfi j n practice the facts are somew hat different; for the shock is re tarded or accelerated according as the rock 0pp0 ses or favors the passage of the waye The severity of the s oc - in _ a given place is dependent upon a variety 0 f caU ses. Iheseare: 1 . The stren of the origimdstyclt; J. The distance rom the earthquake.center;and 8. The K 0 f rock on which one I8 ;‘ a “ dln f ’ °°; e gravels the shock. greatly d.mmish.ng le 1 a the^ 1 force ° earthquakes depends rather upon the suddenness of p l ' amount of motion. , ' ,, io Uomba , t is reported foi ‘ huried across a strea • of one hundred feet, and lan^donan eh va , feet htgher than tas ongma tion of fifty undoubted fact that j position. It is an objects are frequently thioun grea i tauces. I" tl'e valley, dnr j iug e.r,h,«.lt« twistea «, .8.. and to euta «U. g the .j tops of Ue.es were d - the ground. Rivers are sometimes checked in their flow, snd. in pas ge - logical ages, some have been completely turne d from their course by earth ! 9 qu&k e S .-Po } mlar Science Monthly. --—77- His Notes. i Securing Filzgty appeared on the street-hen the.h^.meter »„ eight,-..ode = in .be '! P " adorning the side of his head. h «aHello!” said a friend. “What s the matter? Aren't afraid^of your ears be ing frostbitten, are you, “Oh. na a-w; not at all thanks. Men to the Thomas concert last night. Don t want anT 0 f the harmony to escape, ye know .”—Hartford Post. A Mongolian Legend. an, " llose interested in folk lore , may per apS ®' ad t0 rea< ^ the following le ^ e " d a8 to tbe or >^ n °f the Russians foun ' ! b y Lol. Prjevalsky to be current a,norl # tba Mongol inhabitants of Zaidan, and P u ^^sh.ed in the Buss,an Imalide: “In former times there lived in a cave, far away trom all people, a good hermit lama, or priest, who -passed his life in praying. A pair of nomads, consisting of an aged mother and her daughter, happened to go that way, and the daughter while tending cattle came upon t e cave of the holy lama, who was at that time ill. The compassionate maiden offered him some some sour milk, but he 1 n0 e to taste it. At last he gave Way t0 her entreaties and took the sour nu ^ ever J day until he got well, the V '-’ lama ntu ‘ ld married y> ou f °f the gratitude maiden. for the cure, As soon as the czar of that country , .°* ke sent tr0 °P s t0 ^ill the priest who had so flagrantly broken his vows and committed the sin of mar riage. W hen the troops approached the lama gathered a bunch of reeds and stuck them in the ground round his tent, and then by force of prayer caused them to be turned into soldiers, who defeated tbe t roo P s °f the czar. The latter sent a second and a third army, but both were beaten > aa the lama continued to pray and turn into more fighting men the reeds broken off by his first created defenders, so that the holy lama soon had a great number of troops. After the defeat of his third army the czar left the lama alone in peace, but the latter did not wish to live any longer on the earth, 1 he lama left his wife to rule the people created from the reeds, and from those aiose the Russians. They have white bodies and their hair is often fair, be cause the stems of the reeds were of a yellowish color and the tops somewhat darker. Tendon dimes. A Land Flowing with Wine, and the People all Drunkards. Among the new missionary stations established bv the American board is that of Inhambane, on the cast coast of Africa, about 200 miles northeast of Dela ff oa bay. The missionary at this station, the Rev. Dr. Richards, lately I made an inland tour of 150 miles from tb6.CQ 8iit f . to he could see. and Herald is given a very interesting ac¬ count of this journey, from which we abstract the following: On the third day out the explorers came upon the Ainakwakwa tribe, of whom Mr. Richards says: “They have no guardians at all. They are so fre¬ quently robbed by Umzila’s impis (sol¬ diers) that they have become quite dis¬ couraged. Another reason is that the native fruit is capable of sustaining life, and is abundant; and, again, the palm wine flows freely all over the country. This palm tree is usually four | j or five feet high, seldom ten feet. It manifests little life, * ave the top, where j a few leaves appear, looking like a flower pot on a stump. These leaves are all cut off, aud from the cut each tree yields daily about a pint of delicious juice, but highly intoxicating when al lowed to stand for a few hours. There seems to be no limit to these trees, and we were surrounded on every hand by drunken men and women, Even little children were staggering about as in gloriously as their parents, It was diffi cult to avoid trouble with these people, yet our sums were respected, and a ball fired carelessly at a near tree would produce quiet for half an hour. They were coarse, rough drunken fellows, often plundering, often plundered, and accustomed to quarrels and fights not al together bloodless. One could scarce expect to find pleasure in passing among them. ^ Q l|eer y hm g S a Naturalist Ate. Q n0 0 f ( | le mos t curious traits about ^ wag hJs comp j ete mdifference to the ^ sgustlng side of his experiments in the u8eg of animal Hfe . Thus, when the pan ^ jn the Surrey Zoological gardens died W insisted on having it disinterred, ^ he raight cook a pan’her chop and taste it. which hqdid. wi.h the dry « mark t1aal .. it was not very good ” And he seldom lost an opportunity of trying g MW food . however disgusting some might have thought it. A friend who found him eating a piece °f dead kelt (salmon at the time of the Jear when salmon are unfit to be eateni asked him how he could taste anything so abomi nflbIy , mstv; to which he replied, It is nagty enouRh but how can I say so un , less I have tried it?” ' f,„,, , d ...n, tt .eee.de h- v much tb , M , for ,,«■ o, .here eapm Aments, bow the lump fish soup, which „„— *. t. rather s( , e( | v ” the next day: how the horse flesh banquet resulted m a fit ot . bad indi „ estioa; bow he boiled elephant {runk fof many days without producing particular result on the hardness of the texture; and so forth. With one of an ovster the size of , he ,v.s no more discout ....... »"» —>'-« »» — •« d “*““ he was discouraged by his dislike , . d and 1>hv8 i ca l illness from ventur ^ water in s , , r ch of sal mon eggs—s pursuit ‘ which seems to ^ ^ Mm h g H fe .-We« Spectator. The rail ,-„ads in Pennsylvania . co> $471,190,712. Persian Punishment. The iil-i-Sultan at Ispahan and the late Hissam-us-Sultan at Meshed have been distinguished for the severity of their punishments. The most common of the various punishments in Persia is that of “the sticks.” Persians frequently menace disobedient slaves with “the sticks.” The offender is thrown on his back upon the ground, his bare feet are passed through leathern loops attached to six-feet beam of wood, which is twisted until the loops are painfully tight about his ankles, and is held in the strong grasp of two men, so that by no writhing nor efforts can he rise or re¬ move his feet. The sticks are generally light quarter-inch green rods four or five feet in length, and if sentenced to “fifty sticks,” twenty-five are laid on each side of him upon the ground. Two exe cutioners then break stick after stick by beating them upon the soles of his feet, with horrible result, of which a month’s lameness is likely to be the painful con sequence. Both these governors are said to have adopted the same punish ment for the suppression of highway robbery—they Duilt the captured rubbers into pillars of masonry. The Koran rec ommends the cutting off a hand as the punishment lor theft, and there are men in Persia who carry about evi dence that this cruel punishment i s sometimes practiced, A Persian governor is alleged to have been success¬ ful in enforcing taxation by a practice of filling the wide trousers of recalcitrant subjects with freezing snow. Crimes of robbery and violence are more frequent jn the south than in the north of Persia. Some ascribe this to the large nomad population, which, according to the sea son, moves from the shores of the gulf toward or from Ispahan. Everywhere j u Persia it is the habit of wayfarers to gather together for mutual protection, Peasants passing from town to town with, perhaps, a bag of silver in their pockets, feel happy if they can join some which includes armed men, and safe if they are in the caTavan a European ' The most common form execution is to cut the throats of and to leave their bodies lying the public 8, T ,are - The bowstring is used by skilful “ferashes,” of whom twist the rope round the with awful rapidity. If a is injured, one difficulty at¬ tending complaint is that the Persian is so easily roused to indis¬ criminate and wholesome vengeance upon its miserable subjects, There will certainly be some victims for the knife or the string or the living death at the hands of the executioners; the main evidence may be that the prisoners were taken near the spot. In Persia there is but the feeblest and the faintest security lor the adminstration of justice.—Lum¬ don Graphic. Obeying Orders. A friend sends us a bit of pleasantry at the expense of the gentlemen who served on Governor Cleveland’s staff in the sura mer o{ l 888 - H bas been in P rint be ' fore, but will bear repetition. When Governor Cleveland visited the State Camp at Newburg in 1883, he was at tended by his _ stall in fuff ng. It was one of the few opportunities the governor’s military family had enjoyed of ap pearing together in public in full uni form, and they presented a very hand some and even brilliant appear, ance. The governor led the way through the private entrance to the camp, closely followed by his secretary, Colonel Lamont, To the astonishment of the staff the gate was then quickly closed and locked. As may be imagined disgust succeeded, when in reply to vig¬ orous remonstrances the gate keeper blandly remarked: “It’s accordin’ to orders, gentlemen. This is the gover¬ nor’s entrance. The band goes in at the other gate !”—Buffalo Commercial Adver¬ tiser. Fought to the Last. A lad of seventeen, who was with the ^ under Hickg Pa8haj was a e . witnuS3 of his death, and give, thjg acconIlt; Hicks Pasha and the very fewKng]i3h officers left with him, seeing all hope of regtorinf? order gone, spurred their horses and sprang out of the con {used ma88 of WO unded,dead and dying. Thege officcr9 Sred the i r revolvers, clear iu a space f or themselves, till all their w „ expended . They killed They had go t clear outside. Th „;. the n 'took to their swords and , '’’T i till thov fell Hicks Pasha a one w is e (error io the Arabs, a man niih ■ They juri -, s l l t killing him heavy arraed (or t Uck or brawny). He ^f^rist all at bav but he was struck , with a sword ami he dropped 0 * He then fell ' __ o(ficer 0 n the summit of , . ? , . r # Plkf 3 ' h ,„. . 1 L ‘ etdiood be-an «yi»« -loon the moun tain. ^ __ 1 , of plant9 used by man is Tfae num er d to exceed ^ ao 00 Of these about . ^ ^ , u0 in medicine. . about35b . ,.employed are «m t in the van . VOL. XL NO 40. THE HOME DOCTOR. Hew CH'TiM'i firt In the 1.lings. In the ordinary healthy lungs, perhaps even in persons who have a consumptive heredity, the germ which causes the breakdown of the lungs may not be able to make an impression: but if the physi¬ cal integrity is destroyed by poor food, or any debilitating influence, or by a cold, then the germ is able to get in its work, and to multiply and produce its kind, and fill the lungs with tubercles. — l)r. Curtis. Red Pepper am? Sail for Cholera. A Massachusetts correspondent calls our attention to the publication about thirty years ago of a very successful cholera cure, introduced in this way: The captain ol an emigrant ship coming from Europe had lost many of his pas¬ sengers by cholera, although freely dosing all who were sick with the reme¬ dies then usual. At last he made a pre¬ scription of his own—one teaspoonful of red pepper and a tablespoonful of salt to a half pint of boiling water; this to be given as hot as possible to every patient when first taken. It is said that this simple remedy acted as a charm, curing all the cases on board that ship, and altaining considerable general popu¬ larity during the time of that cholera visitation. — Seimtific American. Popular Error* f oncerning- Health Professor George II. Rohe, of the Bal¬ timore college of Physicians and Sur¬ geons, lectured recently on “Some Pop¬ ular Errors Concerning Health and Its Preservation.” He discussed first the saying, “One man’s meat is another’s ” and showed that, while idiosyn¬ crasies with regard to certain articles of food or medicine do exist, they are far frequent than is generally believed. Articles of food which ordinary disagree may be better borne if differently cooked. A more serious error is that one should from the table hungry. The sensa¬ of hunger is a cry of the tissues for food, and should always be appeased. Much of the ill-health of brain-workers due to a lack of sufficient food. It is Impossible to lay down hard rules as to the quantity of food one should eat: but the remarks of the old country doctor might had lived in uami hauith “I have n < » be taken as examples: eaten when I wanted to eat as as I wantel, and the best food I get.” Another fallacy is, that all are due to disturbances of diges¬ Graham bread, oatmeal, cracked etc., are more difficult of diges¬ tion than pure wheat bread. It is a dan roils error to withhold cold drinks persons sick with fever, It is objectless, and the dangers that said to follow it are imag The effects of alcohol the body were discussed at some length, and the conclusion drawn that ffcohol does not supply heat to the body rather withdraws it. The greatest to the man who gets drunk in weather is that he may freeze to The no’ion that we should not bathe while overheated is as un¬ reasonable as it is widespread, but per¬ sons should not remain in the bath long enough to become chilled. The tradi¬ tional axiom that boils are an evidence of good health is a snare and a delusion. Prof. Rohe said: “For my own part I should prefer to be without that sort of health. Even Job, when suffering from an abundant cron, could not gain conso lation from his would-be comforters.” That vaccination does not prevent small- : pox is a very dangerous error; but that it is preventive of Statistics other diseases that is j squally a fallacy. prove before the introduction of vaccination deaths annually from small pox numbered nearly 3,000 for every million inhabi iant. Since the practice has become general the percentage of deaths has fallen to about one-tenth of the former number. Without vaccination the deaths from small-pox in this country would be 150,000 a year. Vaccination has not increased other diseases. That «ny one remedy is a cure for all diseases that afflict humanity is an absurdity. Yhile hydropathy and electropathy arc unquestionably of benefit in some dis «ases, they cannot be relied upon for the cure of all. The lecture was Interesting and practical and contained many amus ing narratives .—Baltimore Sun. Baptism W.th . Seen,e _ . Eflec . s The congregatiou was large, and the rervices were unusually impressive. Af ter the discourse thestage setting was prepared for the candidate-for baptism. When .he scenery1. front hack a beautiful signt presented itself. lorm a charming woodland scene the I°ol was placed in the center of the W and was surrounded by; flowers and rocks, which formed a rustic spot; the background was so arranged that the ««ect was as pleasing as it was novel fhe Rev. Mr. Purser, advanced and bnpti/ed Mrs. 9. C. Moore, Mias More Slade and Mr. M. P. lewis. When the ceremony w as finished the choir sang “In the Sweet Bye and Bye.” iu a manner that touched the whole congregation.— Birmingham {Aba.) Age. -- Tea culture in Ceylon is making head *ay. The crop this year is estimated at g. 60 0 l0 00. FUN. A sliver in the bush is worth two in the hand. The silent watches of the night—Those not wound up. The mosquito begins to send in His bill as soon as the plumber leaves off.— Boston Post. The woman question—Now, isn’t this a pretty time of night for you to get home ?—Philadelphia Call. “What’s a footlight?” “A landing after her father has kicked you out of the front door .”—Boston Budget. The king of Bavaria pays $40,000 for an opera seat; but then, as he runs no chance of sitting behind a woman wear¬ ing a four-story hat, it is probably worth it.— Boston Post. A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE. As they rolled round the rink together, Ho asked with a winning smile, “ W’ill you take my arm, fair maiden?” And she said, “I am not that style. I have never made an acquaintance, And 1 surely wi!l not to-day, Except That is through an the introduction made in regular way.” Just then she falls to the surface, And a thousand stars she sees, And site murmurs, demure as a kitten, “ Oh, sir, pick me up, if you please!” —Boston Courier. A Boston millionaire provided in his will that his wife should be annually paid a sum in gold equal to her own weight. And now is the only time in her life that she ever envied a fat woman in the side show .—Brooklyn Times. “Waiter!” cried Fogg, “bring me a quail on toast.” “Sorry, sir,” replied the waiter, “but we are all out ot quail.” “Well, then, bring me the toast. I’m not the man to make a fuss about such a little thing as a quail .”—Boston Tran¬ script. TRUTH AND POETRY. The delights of early rising Oft are sung; B very poet seems to have them On his tongue. Still I’ve noticed, and you know I’ve Often said, Poets like, as well as you or I, to Lie abed. This induces the reflection, That do By the way, just poets not always mean What they say. Their enthusiasm oft’ is But a hoax, And their prettiest maxims just apply to Other folks. —Somerville Journal. To Prevent Fires. Kuiau compusB a vast amount oi nseitn information having a iendeucy to prevent fires, thus wise: 1. Always buy the best quality of oil. 2. Never make a sudden motion with a lamp, either in lifting or setting it down. 3. Never put a lamp on the edge of a table or mantel. 4. Never till a lamp after dark, even if you should have to go without a light. 6. Bee that the lamp wick is always clean and thst they work freely in the tube. (i. Never blow a lamp out from the top. 7. Never take a light to a closet where there are clothes. If necessary to go to the closet, place the light at a dis¬ tance. 8. Use candles when possible in going about the house and in bedrooms. These are cheaper and can’t explode, and for many purposes are just as good as lamps. 9. Matches should always be kept in stone or earthern jars or in tin. 10. They should never be left where rats and mice can get hold of them. There is nothing more to the taste of a rat than phosphorous. They will eat it if they can get at it. A bunch of matcbes ig a i raos t certain to be set fire to jj a rat getg at j t n> Have perfectly good safes in every place where matc hes are to be used, and never , et a match be le{t 0 n the floor, 12. Never let a match go out of your band a(ter fighting it until you are sure the fire js ou t, and then it is better to put it in a stove or earthen disb. 13. It is far better to use the safety j matcbeS) which can only be lighted upon the box which contains them, IIave your f urnaces examined carefu n y in the fa n a n.l at least once dur j ng ^ tb e winter by a competent per goQ ^11 the pipes and flues should be care / u n y looked to. 15. If there are any closets in the jj 0Uge near chimneys or flues, which tbcre ougb t no t to be, put nothing of a com bustible nature into them, Such closetg w j d go fi silver and crack crock¬ ery and burn bedding. They form a bad part of any house that contains them. 16 Ne ver leave any wood near a itxv _ nace> range or st ove to dry. ^ Have your stove looked to fre ,’oa, ently to see that there are no holes for drop out. yg Never put anv hot ashes or coals 19 . Be sure there are no curtains or , shades that can be blown into a gas ^ 30 Never examine a gas meter after . dark The turkey was unknown in England until the reign of Henry VIII. Making artificial tails for horses is re ported to be a successful industry in Connecticut. slShl , Q f Wffson^nd' at Plymouth J in 1621. F t gt Mark> in 8t . Augustine, Fla., was finished in 1756 , and is said to have i been 100 years in building.