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Newspaper Page TextJ. W. ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor. f j “What shall I do lest life in silence pass?” And if it do, AnS never prompt the way of noisy brass. What need’st thou rue? Remember aye the ocean deeps are mute: The shallows roar; ' Worth is tin ocean—fame the bruit '* Along the shore. [“What ska Thy III do to be forever known?” duty ever. “Bat this full many did who sleep unknown.” Never, no, never. Tlii nk’st thou perchance that they remain unknown Whom thou know’st not? By higher trumps of heaven their praise is Mown, Divin-c their lot ’ What sha’.i I do to gain eternal life?” * Discharge aright The simple dues with which each day is rifo, Yea, with thy might. Ere perfect scheme of action thoudev.se Will life be fled, While be w ho ever acts as conscience cries •'Shall live, though dead. —Schiller. f FAIRLY PAID, r r “Marry you? Why, no, Vane, of [course [leave I won’t! You must have taken of your senses, I always told you [l [and intended to wed a man with blue eyes golden hair, and yours are dark, besides, you arc twenty-seven and a [medical [tolerate student, two things I never could in the man I honor with my ■mart and hand.” And lovely little Lot lie Rexdal laughed a very wicked little laugh as she pushed the end of her red piik parasol into the soft soil under an |>ld laucily apple tree, at the same time glancing up at her companion, a scholarly S'oun-g man. 1 "‘Why do you ask me? she resumed. I “Because 1 wanted to be made fun of, Jro be ridiculed by the little girl I love,” •‘cplied Vane Winton, smiling sadly at [the l'f pert young lady perched on the back a rustic garden-scat, her brown frizzes palling [eyes. roguishly into her dancing brown j “Now that doesn’t sound a bit like our [own grave Vane, who studies medicine pod cultivates an ice cream complexion.” “An ice cream complexion?” asked [Vane AVinton, a little mystified. “Yes; that’s Lottie Rexdal’s term for nomploxions, Yon book- troi 1H8 [study [hue away.until your faces take on the of that sweet compound,” answered [the roguish girl. “If you would only be grave for a Muile I might talk to you,” said Vane. “Yes; you know I’m such a rogue that 1 should put you to the blush a thou¬ sand times a day,” chimed in Lottie. I “I am willing to run the risk.” f “Ah! but I shall not agree to any such sacrifice. Marry some steady, sensible birl. Alice May will be here in one hour. He polite, and captivate her. Miss May as so highly cultured and grave that she will surely not be less than sublime in your eyes. I’ll tell you-” But Vane did not stay to hear more He walked off, leaving gay Lottie Rexdal [laughing merrily. Lottie wins the ward of Vane Winton’s kind father. She had been orphaned at a very early age. A maiden aunt had |thcn adopted her. When Lottie was but pen, and her education not half complet¬ ed, her kind relative died. But before pliat she had sent for Mr. Winton, her irlhood’s lover, and made him promise o receive the little orphan girl. The [kind man consented; and so Lottie be jeame an inmate of Vane AVinton’s home, j Vane was the only child of wealthy larents, and at the time when Lottie ame to his father’s house he was away |on the Continent. When he returned three years after Nvards he found his “ward-sister, ”as he Iliad called her in his letters, away at pome school for girls. So it happened phat Vane and Lottie had never met until pix months before. Vane was a fine pcholar, but he had never studied any profession. Now, at the age of twenty seven, realizing perhaps that “it is never too late to mend,” he was fitting himself por the ministry. Vane wns trying to study at his home that summer. Sometimes he found it [impossible [aroused to do so amid the tempest by mischievous Lottie Rexdal. [She threw open the unused piano, and piia«Ie Pike the house ring with her clear, bell notes. She filled the library with powers, tossed up Vane’s books, and even [scribbled j° the on them. She with rode every horse the [great n place, romped Prince, shaggy dog, tore her dresses, went pare-headed, and turned the wide hall Pnto a skating rink. [and [ She was utterly spoiled by both had Mr. Mrs. AVinton. At first Vane [been original shocked. But the more he studied be¬ per character, the more he rime reconciled to it. Tolerance gave place [time, to admiration, love. and that, in felt due to He had always a pague |"'hoso longing to discover a woman in character he hoped to find origi pality [could and only freedom from affection. If him, he teach Lottie to love p hat a splendid woman she might be [come! I He would wait patiently and hopefully, [be ing reasoned, volume as he walked away. he Tak¬ a from his pocket, sat [down Igan on a bench under an elm, and be to persue it. Soon a merry laugh ■caused him to look up, and he saw Lottie The Covington Star. £? t; "irt rooked in her riding habit as she drew lein beside him. “Sir Owl, I’m on my way to meet Miss Alice now; and while I’m gone 1 ball expect you to comb your hair, part, it in the middle, put on a clean collar, pin a flower in your buttonhole, and act very aesthetic and dude-like.” And with a merry laugh, she rode away. For weeks after Alice May’s arrival the house was filled with company. Vane devoted himself almost entirely to her, leaving Lottie to amuse herself. At the frequent picnics Alice shone as the chief star of the occasion. She might be gone all day, but returned with her elegant costumes as perfect as when she started. while Lottie would lose her parasol and fan, and tear great holes in her dresses, and came home with her face and hands as black as a gypsy’s. When Vane and Alice went riding, Lottie would show olf Floss aud jump hedges, thus provoking earnest remons¬ trance from Vane. Then the brown eyed witch rode faster than ever, send¬ ing back gay peals of laughter to the dig¬ nified couple whom she left to bring up the rear. Of late Vane thought he detected a certain recklessness in Lottie’s freaks. When going up the mountain, where it was so steep that he dismounted to lead Alice’s horse, she galloped on, putting whip to Floss, who rushed up the rocky ascent, tearing up pebble and turf, over wide chasms, and along narrow ledges, where a single misetep would have hurled pony and girl down to instant destruc¬ tion. Vane trembled; but to hide his fears, he gave Alice his full attention. One day he went into the library, and found Lottie seated on the window-sill. She was unusually quiet. She had been watching Alice, who, with book in hand, was promenading on the lawn below, under the shady trees. -“She is very beautiful,” said Vane, looking towards (lie graceful figure. “I wonder if she would marry me?” “Vane AVinton, haven’t you asked her yet?” “Not yet. Perhaps I shall to-day. Do you think I had better do so?” “Most certainly.” And she ran off singing merrily. In a short time she was tearing down the road on Floss at breakneck speed. After she had gone, Yane went out to Alico. “What ails Lottie?” that lady in buired. “Lottie? I do not understand.” “As she passed me just a few moments ago to mount her pony, I spoke to her, ‘Let me go, Alice May!’ she snapped, and I noticed tears in her eyes. And then she rode off so recklessly that I am fearful she will put Floss in a bad tem P er -” Alice spoke lightly, but Yane’s face paled as he walked back to tbe house, and waited anxiously for Lottie’s return. Presently he caught sight of Floss be ing led slowly back by a strange man. Then followed a carriage with two men. one of whom held a girlish figure in his arms. “It took place down on the river road,” explained one of the men to Vane “The girl was riding like the wind when all at once the pony made a plunge, and the girl landed among the rocks.” Mr. and Airs. AVinton came hurrying out, and the greatest excitement pre¬ vailed. They took Lottie into tlic house, where it was ascertained that one arm w^as broken, and several ugly cuts and bruises had been received. AVhen Lottie opened her eyes, Vane was at her side. “Go away!” she cried. “Never, darling, for I love you!” “How can you love me and marry Alice?” she pouted. I “I am not going to marry Alice.” “AVhy, Lottie, can it be that you are jealous?” said Alice, taking her hand, “Vane and I do not want each other.” “I was very jealous,” confessed Lottie, “but please don’t go away.” And he did not. “AVhen you spoke of mar tying Alice, I did not care what hap pened to me.” “But you refused me.” “I know it, but only to tease you.” Just as soon as Lottie recovered there was a quiet wedding, and Alice was bridesmaid. AVlmt He AVanted. “I want,” he said, as he helped him¬ self to a light lunch of cheese: “a quart of Aledford rum for bathing purposes, half-a-pound of and four lemons. '> sugar, “You know what I told you, Air. Slugg,” said the grocer. “I recall the insult perfectly, Air. Soper; but this time I want to pay cash. ” He got his goods, and was walking toward the door with them, when the grocer said: “Here -you, Slugg, I thought you wanted to pay cash?" “So I do,” rejoined the other: “but, unfortunately, I can’t. ’ Puck. The practice of cheap publishing in France is about to reach its lowest level in the issue of a series of new original nove Is by well-known writers, printed in demy 8vo on fair paper with Rtfiking coven, at a peony apiece, , COVINGTON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1886. ’how the blind read ; | Scenes in a Library For Sight¬ j less People. Inkless Pages That Reveal Literary Pleasures to the Touch. “The ends of my fingers arc so numb I declare I can hardly read another line and I’ve just reached the most interest¬ ! ing part of the story—the place, you know, where that big stupid boy Moses brings home the green spectacles.” The j i*,T\ , “ a co PW “ fortabla begms a rm-chair our ^ Ton, °lormS T V?i T , P \ ^7" ' J™ 3* I" and ' ' 1 ? 7 0lth h "J 'TT broad 1 touch ou T’ tJ that 7f was ‘ surprising. a “ d She dellC did f C / net ° f ! keep her eye on the pages. They stared j straight ahead of her, as if she was en tranced, but her voice, when she spoke, was as soft and clear as the notes of sa¬ cred music, and the tone of her com¬ plaint was decidedly cheerful. The book she held was filled with little raised dots about the size of bird shot, and there was not a sign of printer’s ink about it. The reader was blind and distinguished the words by the senscof touch. The book was the “Vicar of Wakefield,” and It was one of the collection of the New York Library for the Blind. This is a free institution which was started in October last by Miss Flora E. Rogers, a graduate of the New York Institute for the Blind. She discovered, while at the institute, that only a small minority of the blind were able to buy books with raised print because they were so expen¬ sive. The idea of starting a free circu¬ lating library entered her brain, and she wrote to Mr. Anagnos, President of the Perkins Institute in Boston, setting forth her plans and asking for advice. Mr. Anagnos sent her seventeen books and lots of encouragement as a nucleus for the library. A room was secured over a chapel in Ninth Avenue, and Miss Kitty O’Neil, another young lady who is blind, wag oppointcd librarian . The library was opened every Friday afternoon, and about a dozen people Game weekly and borrowed the books. Many blind peo¬ ple who possessed libraries sent in a book or two from their own collections, and gradually, from this and other sources, the library increased until to-day, after less than six months’ existence, it num¬ bers 106 volumes. The books are all of them very large, and the raised print spreads the leaves apart as they commonly appear in scrap books. A book of ordinary size, re¬ printed in raised letters, would make a volume about the size of a dictionary, and would cost at least $5. The bible which belongs to the library is divided up into ten volumes. Not all of the books in the library are printed in the little dots or “point print,” as it is called, The point system is the easiest of them a ][ to read, and to learn the characters requires but a small amount ’ of study, It has one disadvantage. It cannot be read by the uninitiated, either by sight or touch. If a blind reader’s eyes trouble him, or in other words, if his fingers be¬ come benumbed, an ordinary person can¬ not continue the story to him. None of the characters in the point system are more than three dots in length, and seve¬ ral of the letters, such as “eh,” “fi,” or “ph,” are combined in one. Every num¬ ber is preceded by six dots, three of them above the remaining three, to distinguish it from a word. The Philadelphia com¬ bination is sometimes called the Kneass system, after the blind man of Philadel¬ phia who invented it. The books now in the library comprise poetry, fiction, biography and history, with poetry in the lead and fiction a good second. Dickens and Longfellow are favorites among the readers. Notwithstanding its small beginning the library promis«6 to become, at no distant day, one of the recognized institutions of our city .—New York World. Fersia’s Royal Sportsman. The Shah is himself perhaps the keen¬ est sportsman in all Persia and is also ] auded by } ds sycophants, who wouldn’t dare to say otherwise—as the best shot in the country, says Outing. The nearest forests of Alazanderan, over the Elburz Mountains, north of the capital, and the whole country for a radius of forty miles, is strictly preserved for his own hunting. In the Alazanderan forests are found leopards, panthers and tigers, be¬ sides an abundance of deer and smaller game. AVhen the Shah goes on <t hunt ing expedition he is accompanied by sev eral hundred attendants—hunters, beat¬ ers, gun-bearers, tentmen, grooms, cooks, etc., quite a small host of horsemen—so that the danger of his getting chewed up by a tiger is anything but great. Positive Evidence. Gray—And you claim that Black is a total abstainer. Green—Certainly he is. Gray—Come, cow, doesn’t he keep a drop in the house on the sly? I Green—No sir, not a drop. He couldn’t | do it without my knowlege. Gray—AV'hy not? Green—Because my hired man is court ing his hired girl, and neither of our families can keep the smallest secret from Aha other ,—Boston Courier, • -V . Fish Spearing by the Indians, The Piute Indians of Nevada do not depend wholly on the hock and line for a supply of fish. At tidies, when the trout do not readily take the bait, they resort to spears. Most of the spearing is done in the two mouths of the Truckee, that branchiemptying into Mud Lake being most frequented by those engaged in taking fish in this manner. The spears used by the Indians are of peculiar construction. Into the end of a pole or shaft, from twelve to fifteen feet in length, is inserted a piece of iron or steel wire, about as thick as an ordi nary lead pencil, and about ten inches long. The end of this wire is made quite sharp. Another piece of wire about two inches long forms the barb, One end of this short piece of wire is made very sharp. It is then laid upon the points of the long wire and tightly lashed with a piece of pitched twiuc. In the centre of the piece of short wire is fastened a string over a foot in length which is made fast to the shaft of the spear. When a fish is struck the point of the spear passes entirely through its body, ^withdrawing it the short wire or barb pulls off, and, turning crosswise, the fish is securely fastened and hangs dang ling to the handle of the spear. The stiff, tarred string forms a loop into which the point of the longer wire is again inserted when the spear is to be thrown at another fish. Before the whites came among them, the Indians made these spears of bone. Their hooks were merely pieces of bone, about two inches long, made sharp at one end. Within about half an inch of the sharp¬ est end the line was attached. The bait was striped over both hook and line. By a twich of the line when the bait was taken, the sharp point of the bone entered the gullet of the fish, and, act- | ing as a barb, held it fast. Difficult Studies. Some one has said that, for the thor ough mastery of the Chinese language, there would be required “a head of oak, lungs of brass, nerves of steel, a consti tution of iron, the patience of Job, and the lifetime of Methuselah.” In the written characters are thousands of com binations of little strokes, dots and curves, which must be thoroughly lenrned, being the equivalents of an alphabet. AVith the spoken word, a s*llght differ¬ ence in inflection brings about a complete change of meaning. This arbitrariness of sound has often given rise to amusing blunders. Lord Elgin, when in Peking, was greatly pleased with the excellence of the Mongolian potatoes, and request¬ ed his interpreter to order a large supply of them. Judge of the dismay of the lat ter when an immense cargo of live eels arrived, and he realized that he had giv en the order for potatoes with the wrong inflection! But Chinese is nofalone in presenting difficulties to the student. It is said that a young minister once devoted him self to the study of Gaelic, in order to please his congregation, with whom it was a familiar tongue. After months of study, he judged himself capable of attempting a part of the service in the jaw-breaking language. As he read, however, he be came conscious of a movement of surprise throughout the congregation. AVhen he escaped to the vestry, he summoned the sexton to ask if he had made any serious mistake. “Oh no,” said the other, kindly. “Nothing serious-nothing but what would would ho be nndpretond understood. ” Upon further urging, however, he ad¬ mitted that the clergyman’s error had consisted in the omission of the word “no?,” all through the commandments.— Youth's Companion. Tea in Japan. In Japan the green tea in leaf is uni versally used. Powdered tea, which at present is a most expensive lnxury, is reserved for rare ceremonious occasions. Tea is not prepared, says a contempora ry, by making an infusion with boiling water, as is habitual with us, but the boiling water is first carefully cooled in another vessel to 176 degrees. The leaves are renewed for every infusion, the 1 same never being used for inexhaustible replenishings of the tea-pot, as is our custom. Tea prepared in the Japanese manner is of the color of pale Sherry or Sauterne, and constitutes a most re freshing, reviving beverage, especially when traveling, or when fatigued by ex ertion. The Japanese, like the Chinese, drink tea without milk and sugar, which, they contend, spoil the delicate aroma; but they recommend the use of both with black and green tea of inferior quality prepared after the Chinese meth od, in order to cover their roughness, The preparation of good tea is consider ed by the Japanese almost an art. Per sons particularly expert in this accom plishment are called ‘ C ha-jin literally “tea-men.” This term, however, beside its laudatory meaning, conveys also a less flattering sense, that of eccentric persons, The Cha-jin prefer to every other kind of tea-pots those of a pottery known by the name of “Rakuyaki,” not only for their elegance and beauty, but also for their property of preserving the heat of tea longer than any other kind. Being very delicate, cups of this kind are al leged to produce a pleasant sensation wheo brought in contact with tbe lipa, SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Tlicre is no P atch of the moon ’ s visib,a surface half “ mile s T lare that is not accurately mapped, according to Prof, Young, while the earth contains immense \ tracts > and in Central Africa, which have never been surveyed. In late experiments by a Russian phys io’.ogist, neither pure tin nor the bichlo¬ ride of tin proved poisonous when intro duced into the stomach of a dog, but when the bichloride was injected iuto the veins it was quickly fatal, An ingenious system of adapting the alphabetical messages of the elec ric tele graph, or of the heliograph or any other signalling apparatus, to the reproduction at distant points of some kinds of draw ings, has been contrived by Mr. Alexan der Glen, lieutenant of the Inns of Court (14th Middlesex) Rifle Volunteers, Eng land, In a paper read before the Anthropo logical Society of Havana, Signor Juan de Armes has denied that races of tropi cal America have artifically changed the shape of their heads by long-continued compression, and has demonstrated to his satisfaction that the affirmation has neither historic, scientific nor rational foundation. Nature has been quite ! equal to the task of producing the forms of beads supposed to have resulted from modifications effected by man. The sea occupies three-fifths of the sur face of the earth. At the depth of about 3500 feet waves are not felt. The tem perature is the same, varying only a trifle from the ice of the pole to the burning sun of the equator. A mile down the water has a pressure of over a ton to the square inch. If a box six feet deep were filled with sea water and allowed to evaporate under the sun, there would be two inches of salt left on the bottom. Taking the average depth of the ocean to be three miles, there would be a layer of pure salt 230 feet thick on the bod of the Atlantic. The water is colder at the bottom than at the surface, The Hoangho River in China is more troublesome than our erratic Mississippi, Nine instance are on record of its mak ing a complete change of course. It has moved its mouth from south to north,'’ over four degrees of latitude, leaving many sandy wastes and shallow lakes where populous plains had existed. En¬ gineers have been much interested in the question whether these disastrous over¬ flows and changes of the river bed can be checked. They have been convinced for some years of the feasibility of keep ing the river’s erratic tendencies within limits, The name of “Norwegium” has been given to the interesting new metal dis covered by Dahll some time ago, while he was examining a specimen of nickel ore from Keagero, in Norway. This ad dition to the now rapidly growing list of elements, is a malleable metal of white color, with a tinge of brown, and pre- j sents, when pure, a metallic lustre, but on exposure to the atmosphere becomes ! coated with a thin film of oxide; its | hardness is about that of copper, its specific gravity is nearly nine and one half, and it melts at 353 degrees Cent, From its physical properties and chemi- I cal reaction, it appears so to differ from ] every other known metal as to give it a distinct individuality. i _ „ 7, ^d . o"f ,, Health ^ says in the ^astbule egg, , little m: known, There which . .s a condition considera- ,... of - bly J impairs P its sanitary value as an arti of food . Soon a fter it became the practice to transport eggs in large quan *’ties and to long distances by railway trains, it was found on their arrival that adhesion had taken place between the membranes of the yolk and those of the shell, so that the yolk could not be turn¬ ed out of the shell unbroken. On exam ination by experienced pathologists this was found to be the result of true in¬ flammation; the material of the adhesion was found to be precisely the same as that of the plagtic exuda tion in inflam nation of the lungs or bowels. It will at first seem absurb to gpeak of inflam . ffiation in such an unformcd mas3 fls au egg . but this ariges from our forget ting t ba t ) structureless and unorganized as it seems, the egg, even when fresh laid, is a living being and capable of disease f rom external causes. The cause of this inflammation is undoubtedly the shaking and f r j c tion from the motion of the cars, and it cannot but render the egg more or ] es3 unhealthy, as the products of in fiainmation can never be as salutary in food as those of healthy growth. ■■ She “Smelt ’Em !” There is an old lady in the annexed district who makes frantic efforts to keep abreast of the times. Circumscribed, however, in her social sphere, and with limited opportunites of development, this is difficult, and she is compelled some times to resort to her imagination. Vain the effort to tell her anything she docs not already know, or startle her with in formation. A few evenings ago she went to a church sociable, and as she entered the room one of the young ladies said. “Good-evening, auntie; I am very glad you came. AVe are going to have tab’eaux this evening.” “Yes, I know, I know,” replied the old lady; “I smelt ’em when I first came in .”—New York Up-town News. i VOL. XII, NO 88. A King’s Daily Lire. Leopold II., of Belgium, Is tall and slender, with strikingly elegant manners. lie wears a long beard, and bis hair, which is closely cut, is beginning to turn gray. In spite of his delicate appearance his health is extremely good. Indefati gably active, he is a better walker than any of the officers accompanying him and outstrips all his secretaries who assist him in his work-room. Leopold’s day’s work at Castle Lacken, which he has converted into one of the i most magnificent royal residences in Eu ' rope, begins at 6 o’clock. At 7 he break- ! fasts heartily and scans the daily papers. While reading the papers the King gives his orders for the day to his adjutant and looks over the bill of fare, which is a rather sumptuous one, consisting of some thirty courses. Time permitting, Leo¬ pold then takes a long walk in the park, after which he settles down to work in his study. Every day the King, who is always in uniform, goes to Brussels, where he gives audiences at his residence or the adjoining gardens. Access into the King’s presence being easily obtnin ed, these audiences are very numerous ' Work is again resumed for some hours, i and then after a dinner with his family | the rest of the evening is spent in read- ; ing newspapers and new books. Neither sport, nor music, nor wine, nor smiking is favored or ever indulged in by the Kin g- At present he has developed a s l )ecial taste for building and plantation, the results of which are several large public parks in different parts of Belgi um and several country scats which are marvels of architecture. Leopold speaks ; German, English and Flemish with great fluency, and is of a very equal 1 temperament, although the only great I crisis in which his powers were tested j was the recent Congo question, in which I he showed great diplomatic talent. On I j the fiftieth celebration of his birthday j some time ago, on receiving an invita¬ tion to the festivities at Brussels he i smilingly said: “What! fifty years? J; am becoming quite an old inhabitant j of Brussels .”—New York World. Nevada’s Stone Troughs and Indian ®Hls. AVhat are called the “stone troughs" are found in comiDg up the Truckee River, Nevada, from the lakes and are a natural formation of a sort of lime stone. They are often seen ten feet long, four or five feet wide, and several inches deep, with the sides two or three inches in thickness, according to size—the small ones thinnest. They are shaped ! like the sheet iron pans used in stoves for baking bread, are quite hard, and ring like a piece of pottery when stiuck. All are found filled with sand. Down about the lake in tbe valley are found many stone troughs of a different kind. These are undoubtedly artificial, and were made by the Indians to be used j in grinding grass seeds. Some of these i oob iis jf they had been in use for hun dreds of years. A few of the smaller ones are portable, but the majority have been formed in lujge fragments or solid ledges of porphyry or granite, just as the Digger Indians of California make mortars in granite reefs in which to pound their acorns. Here, however, the seeds are ground into flour by being rubbed, no t beaten, as are the acorns; therefore, instead of the cavity in the rock being around posthole, it is along, shallow, trough-shaped cavity. Some of these ^ OTinding-troughs « J are several feet long, J d ne tb arc found the stonC8 ® indi ® Th J , and h and to W been ushed , back \ a PP car P and forth by persons seated at opposite ends of the troughs, by means of a stout pole lashed to them in such a way as to form two handles. A few portable mills are found. They are of two kinds. One has a cavity which is perfectly round, and the muller used in grinding is as round as a cannon ball. Those of the other style are oblong, and have a muller or grinding stone of about the size and sha;>e of an old-fash oned sraoothln ... S lron - These were used in former times. Since the Piutes have made the acquaintance of the white man’s flour they no longer have any stem flch for flour macle of the seeds of bunch grass and the wild sunflower.-A m York Sun. A Considerable Difference. An Alexandria woman’s husband had been given a position under the janitor 0 f the Capitol, and the neighbor women were discussing the matter. “g 0 Airs. Bander’s husband has got a j ob a t the Capitol, I hear,” said one. “Yes, so they tell me.” “AAThat was it?” ,< A Senator, I think they said.” “No, not a Senator,” said the other, in ^ of superior wisdom, “a janitor you’re thjnkin - about ." u WeHj it was a Senator or janitor or gomethin , like that> l cou i dn - t jwt ketcb( w hen they was tollin’ me .”—Washington CrUic —--— Not Twins. A lady met two lovely little girls of about the same size and apparently the same age. “Good-morning, little girls. Are you twins?” The brown-headed one turned, indig- , aantly, and replied:— “No'm; we’re bofe girls.”— De* Moines ! Now. r Love roe now! love has inch a little mlnnte, D »7 on *** with 8wift ^ noise ' L , fe - 8 endeomesere fairly we begin it, Pain jostles joy, and hope gives place to dread. Love me now! It will be too late when we are dead! Love me now! While we still are young together. While glad and brave the sun shines over¬ head Hand locked in hand, in blue, smiling weather, Sighing were sin, and variance ill bestead, It will be too late when you are dead! Love me now I Shadows hover in the dis¬ tance; Cold winds are coming; green leaves mush turn red, Frownest thou, my Love, at this sad in¬ sistence? Even this moment may the dart be sped! Love me now 1 It will be too late when I am dead! — SusanCoolidge. HUMOROUS. All played out—Open-air concerts. How to make both ends meet—don’t buy any bone. Tbe ^' lrl w * tb tbo sweet tootb becomes tbe woman w * t b 4 be false one. Bulldogs are an accepted type of cour.ige, but we have known the lowly an H despised kitten come up to tho scratch, It may be supposed that the man who has been sent to House of Correction twenty-three times, is not ashamed of his convictions, Uncle George—And so you go to 6chool n0W) Johnny? W hat part of the exercise8 do you likc best? Johnny The cserd9e we get at rec:s3 . ‘ ‘The Boston base ball club has four pitchers.” If it patronizes a correspond¬ ing number of tumblers, we predict that it will not win the championship. But perhaps tho pitchers are not often full. “Areyou trying to think of something f unn 5'i m y dear?” asked the paragrapher’s wife. “I am,” he said, as he hove a deep sigh and ran his fingers through his long hair. “Then suppose you think that yon nro going to buy me a new bonnet, my dear; that will be something funny foi you to do.” j wr t,v uA.a>mr. No lover at all had the maiden gay, tfc 8he wore no engagement ring, But she bought a fiddle and learned to play, And tbu s a bow on tbe string , “One-Stare” Barrels. Flour handlers and others who use bar¬ rels are interested in a “one-stave” bar¬ rel, manufactured near Detroit. While the size and shape of this barrel are the same as the ordinary kind, the body oi the barrel consists of a single sheet oi timber held by hoops. The timber used is elm, which is cheap and abundant, Canada is the main base of supplies. The logs will be rafted over during the season of navigation, and brought bj rail in winter time. The logs are taken from the boom or yard into the sawmill and cut into two-barrel lengths. Thence they go into a steam chest, where thej remain until thoroughly steamed. In this condition the log is converted inte thin sheets, or veneering, used in the body of the barrel. By a special process a two-foot log becomes rolls of wooden sheetiDg in a minute’s time. There re¬ mains upon the mandrel an eight-inch core, which is utilized in making barrel heads. These sheets go next to a sand¬ ing machine, by whieh both sides are made perfectly smooth. After passing through a cutting and grooving machine they are so cut by a goring machine as t« adapt them to the shape of a barrel. Thence they go to a drying-house. From the dry-house they go to the sizing saws, where they are cut the desired length, when they are ready for the cooper shop or for shipment. They are shipped in bundles and in the “knock-down” to b« put up at their point of destination. Three thousand of them can be stored and forwarded in an ordinary box car. The headings are shipped in barrels.—. Boston Budget. Tobacco and the Eyes, * The New York Mail and Express says: Dr 0yrug mson , B opinion that the rececl poisoning of the crew of the bark Sy ringa, and the accompanyiny ophthalmia, were Hue to the excessive use of tobacco, has renewed the fervor of the anti-tobac conists. For years it has been known to surgeons that abuse of tobacco may lead failure of sight, and this fact has been made use of by the anti-tobacconists, The British Medical Journal a few yean ago published a widely quoted article on this point, in which it said: “In the report of forty cases of tobac co amplyopia by Air. Shears, of Liver wool, it appears that athrophy of the op¬ tic nerves is very rarely met with as the result of excessive smoking, although to bacco is the essential agent in producing failure of sight Great moderation in smoking and especially the employment of f orms 0 f tobacco is all that is iiecet, sary to insure recovery. AV’orkmen in tobacco factories do not appear to be subject to deterioration of eyesight. It one large manufactory where 12,000 men and women are employed, Air. Sears has found that not a single person on tho premises suffered from failure of eyesight, although many of the hands had heel} working there for ten years.”