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/ esss® 0 * 8 ❖ At) 8 * sa s JifctWLj m 97 ❖ Hil "Onr Ambition is to make a Veracious Work, Reliable in its ? Bfgj Statements, Candid in its Conclusions, and Jnst in Us Views. ” VOL. I. At the recent New York Methodist Conference a promise was exacted from ndidates for the ministry to wholly 3 *>»“»<***«“ Several prisoners under the sentence ol death have been interviewed ifi New York, and have unanimously declared in favor of electricity as against the rope. Almost every American craft which goes to sea now carries oil to smooth the troubled waters, and there is hardly a week in which it does not save some ves sel from foundering. The Chinese of Tacoma, Washington Territory, import from Alaska every few months big boxes full of dried hears’ paws, from which they make a medicine similar to their dried lizard tonic. Bear’s gall which sells at $10 a pound, is also in great demand among them. One of the most successful of orchid growers is a young New Jersey woman, who, finding herself in straightened cir cumstandes a few years ago, began flor iculture in a small way on a little piece of pine land. Now she has taken her younger sisters into partnership and is doing a big business. The electric motor for street cars has passed the experimental stage, asserts the DJroit Free Pr . * . It has been tried in Boston and provtd a marked success, drawing a car at the rate of from twelve to fifteen miles an hour with ease, and ascending grades without difficulty. It is claimed that the car can be run eight een hours with but two changes of the storage battery. If this is true, and it is also true that the co?t is less than horse power, the street-car horse is doomed. The late Emperor William, of Ger many, during his lifetime saw disappear from the scene six Popes, eight Emper ors, fifty-two Kings, six Sultans, and twenty-one Presidents. Four of these are still alive, but the remaining eighty nine are dead. Kaiser Wilhelm pos sessed, ’ among ° other virtues of the Hohenzollerns, „ , that ,, , of , economy. With out falling into the sordid avarice of Frederick the Great, he knew how to reckc>h7Tiii3'^u fortune of his house, which was at one time very small. Whatever be the result of the marriage between the Indian Chaska and his pious white school mistress out in Dakota, remarks the New York Sun, it is evident that he has got a wife who puts in prac tice the most advanced ideas of the rights of her sex. According to the reports that come by telegraph, she carried on the courtship by which he was won; she gave him gifts in proof of her attachment; she presented him with a gold wedding ring, upon which both of their names were engraved; she took him out to walk; she manifested her affoction in public; she aided in his education, and it is alleged that she even went so far as to offer to work for his support. There was thus a complete reversal of the customs that are ordinarily practised in the matrimonial market, and the rights of women were asserted in a way which can be justified only by recalling the glorious fact that this is leap year. Emperor -c- William, aged 90, W. W. Corcoran, 89, Mr. Alcott, 88, Chief Jus tice Waite, 71, ’ and Attorney-General Brewster, 71, have all ,, died ,... this year, and , these deaths, says the Conner-Journal, rail attention to tho longevity of active and famous men iu all lands. In America, George Bancroft, the historian, is 87. Neal Dow, only a short time ago defeated when a candidate for Mayor of Portland, Me., is 84. Simon Cameron, who was in Lincoln’s Cabinet, is 88. David Dudley Field is 82 General Jo seph E. Johnson and John G. Whittier are eighty. Jeler.o. Dari, ie 79. Oliver I Wendell rTadSnneaiul Holmes and Hannibal Hamlin ST* with , ' adst0 ne aad TennvVon 1 ennyson,88. L - President McCosh, i of Princeton, and Pres ident Noah Porter, of Yale, are 76. Pres ident Barnard, of Columbia College.is 78. Professor Dana and General -T Fremont are .4, Admiral Porter , is 78. n General Jubai Early is 72. Justice Miller, Jus tice Field and Senator Dawes are 71, the age Ah of An Chief Justice 1 V Waite I ouis Kos sum stiu 1 lives - at the age of 85. Car- , dmal Newman is 86. Von Moltke is 87. Ferdinand de Lesseps is 82. Car dinal Manning is 79 The Pone v*. is 77 aonnijrignt, Tnfcn • V* Marshal X, V, Bazame T, • and A King lake, the historian of the Crimea, are 76. Robert Browning and Meissonier are 75. Bismarck Earl Granville and Rawlin son , me mstonan, are „ ~o . <5. rru- ibis certain iy mow* great vitality among the leader# •f the nineteenth century. Our time seem to belong to the old men ‘ But most of x tw, cnem w wouia m prooaoiy , - oe willing .... k> exchange fame for youth. GUAY, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1888. THE OLD WIFE, By the bed the old man, waiting, satin vigil safl atld tender, Wto "« tSaSb^ d ^ “ 1 8 h Slowly from the wall and window chased the sunset’s golden splendor, Going down. ‘Is it night1 ”she whispered, waking (for her spirit seemed to hover Lost between tho next world’s sunrise and the bedtime cares of this), And the old man, weak and tearful, trembling as he bent above her, Answered: “Yes.” “ Are the children inf’ she asked him. Could he tell her? All the treasures Of their household lay in silence many years beneath the snow; But her heart was with them living back among her toils and pleasures, Long ago. And again she called at dew-fall in the sunny “Where summer weather, is little Charley, father? Frank and Robert—have they come?” “ They are safe,” the old faltered; “ man all the children are together, Safe at home.” Then he murmured gentle soothings, but his grief grew strong and stronger, Till it choked aud stilled him as he held her wrinkled hand, For her soul, far out of hearing, could his fondest words no longer Understand. Rtiii+ fcaii the i*a pale r lips stammered f •, questions, lulla bies and broken verses, Nursery prattle all the language of a mother’s loving heeds While the midnight round the mourner, left to sorrow’s bitter mercies, Wrapped its weeds; There was stillness on the pillow—and the old man listened lonely— Till they led him from the chamber, with tho burden on his breast, For the wife of sixty years, his manhood’s early love and only, Lay at rest. “Fare you well!” he sobbed, “my Sarah; you will meet the babes before me ; Tis a little . while, for neither can the parting long abide, For you will come and call me soon, I know —and Heaven will restore me To your side.” It was even so. The springtime, in steps of Scarcely shed its orchard blossoms ere the old [ ffian closed his eyes A»d they buried him by Sarah, and they had their “ diamond wedding ” , . —Church Union. ALONG THE OEINOCO. At . o’clock > nine in the morning of the L>Ui day of September, in the year 18B0, tiie steam launch Naturalist began her ascent ot the Orinoco River. It was an exploring expedition fitted out by Red tol, the English naturalist and taxider mist, and lie had the full consent of the Venezuelan authorities to navigate if possible to the head waters of tho stream Our party wa3 composed of Mr. Iledfol, an Scotch English doctor sportsman named Grant, a and sportsman named Me Jonald, two youngmen named Ward and Baker, who were assistants to the naturalist, an engineer, a fireman, a cook, a steward, two deck hand* and myself. I was taken to act as interpreter, having passed several years on the coast and m the interior. I was also to assist the professor in scouring and caring for specimens, and in helping to supply the party wnh fresh meat, The launch had been built in England espeeially for this trip. She was flat bottomed, screw power, and of light fn? U £ h i' Her CD p ,eS " Cre ^ cry I )0WC1 ' i gmtes arranged for either had , ZZ been f' sacrificed -./ V ! to r00m secure and strength comfort and power, our accommodations were still ample aud convenient, We had a large supply of small arms and ammu mounted six-pounders were ■ on carriages so as to be used at the gangways. All the upper cabin windows were provided with bullet proof shutters, and the woodwork was ,,™ D J; h ea ^ v ?- Z 1 here was no dloubt . prepared and it was°only common prudenc^to be I for them The English bng Duke took the “/"u ^ndTt * as from that Island we took our de parture that September morning, carry- ; mg as much coal as we could 4. possibly ""'ll* .Her g® tt)n g mto the Orinoco, we were beyond and although the stream is much used by naave boatmen it was only at long intervals that any craft came in sight. There is no river in the G j?, ge9 ’ T.! nch 18 T infested by crocodiles. We saw them almost from the moment we entered the stream, and every mile passed over the number seemed to in crease - They were so bold and numerous as tR be a serious menace to the native craft, and we had been asked by Gov ernment officials to kill as many as possi ble. During the afternoon of the second day three of us killed with our rifles at *® ast fift y of the monsters. Wherever thore was a sandy beach the reptilescould be found by the dozen, and some of the sandbars in the river were hidden from aigbt by the scaly bodies. The engines were slowed down and the launch kept as near the shore as safety would permit, and we were often within pistol shot of our targets. Few of the crocodiles »eemed alarmed at our appearan e, and ,ome sand came bars swimming inspect off from islands and to us. I have seen the crocodiles of India and Africa.where they are supposed to attain their largest sire, but they cannot compare with those of the Orinoco. About .5 o'clock on the afternoon of the second day, as we swerved info the mouth of a creek on the right hand bank to escape some drift wood coming down, every one uttered an exclamation of astonishment at sight of a monster saurian lying among the weeds. He was, as all agreed, fully twenty-five feet long, and his bulk at the middle was that of a horse. He lay with his head away from us at first, but whirled on being made aware of our presence he about, opened his jaws wide his enough to take in an oil barrel, and took time about entering the water. Our astonishment at his size was so great that none of us fired a shot. After proceeding five miles further up the stream we trussed to the left bank, entered the month of another creek, in shore tending to make our first excursion on from this spot. Several crocodiles followed in the wake of the steamer, and some of the men declared that the big fellow was among them. We ran into the creek about four times our length, and in and short made fast to a tree onshore, a time night shut down over the forest. Here tt was a great . highway ,. , which had been more or less navigated for a score of years, and along the banks of which were many settlements, aud yet the pres puce of mau had not made tho slightest inroad into tlie wildness and the savage ness of nature. Scarcely had the dark ness come down when we were besieged on all sides. For the mosquito pest we were prepared. Had we not been no man cou ht have lived an hour. They came down upon us in such swarms that a man outside of shelter would have eon eaten alive. Every door and window was defended by wire cloth, but tho in* sects settled on the glass outside and hidden upon every object on deck until it was down the from creek sight. and The crocodiles came in from the river in such numbers that the swell kicked up times kept the launch in motion. A dozen over we felt their teeth taking hold of the iron screw and slipping oflf. aud it seemed as if men in an would have stood no show whatever against the monsters. Night also brought out a thousand sounds from the primeval forest around us. frightful Frogs, medley, birds, and and there beetles raised a .were ,no roents when all our conversation had to be suspended. We were now high enough up to be among the jaguars and black panthers, and the screams of these savage beasts reached our ears before we turned in to sleep. Indeed, as we sat smoking heard and in the cabin after supper, we felt an animal of the cat tribe spring aboard aud walk back and over our heads. As wo were entirely shut in there was k* no danger to be feared, The engineer ha d of startled our visitor out of his wits and brought half us graveyard stillness for the next hour. Next morning, while the Professor and his assistants landed to scour the woods about and secure specimens I gave the crocodile# all my attention I had an calibre, English and muzzle-loading rifle of lar«-e Tn I shot five of the reptiles the creek behind the boat. A bullet be hind the fore once° leg or in the eye reached their life at While the report of the rifle alarmed the birds and animals of the forest the crocodiles paid little attention to it. Just above was a long, sandy beach, and by eight o’clock in the morn ing this beach was a sight to see. We hal a full mile of it under our eyes, and the number of crocodiles which had crawled up on the sands could not have been short of 50 J. They were of all sizes, from the little chap no long er than your arm to the old settler, alongside have of which laid. a twenty foot pole could been I walked up to the thick of them and began blazing , away. Those reptiles within a space of forty feet hurried into the water at the r ? P ° rt ’ ljU t it °" ly t0 1;md a S ain above and 1 , below, , and it was fully three hours before the game became so shy that I temporarily abandoned the sport, The morning’s remit was 110 crocodiles, i all of which were veterans of the size. During the two days we remained in this spot I killed 207 of the reptiles, and forty more were slam by other mem bers of the party. Four or five days later, while twenty five miles further up the river, we saw a curious and astounding sight. We were finished d/nne^ whe^^a'/e/vi/disiov ered in the forest on the opposite shore, The flames were two or three miles back wddanimals*begmmakfni'thecross'imr ft-ter, but hard!y had we ob- 8 for a distance of two .SI! miles either ES wav S „„d to tee mtont« « fire the water for all this d Stance seemed ! lashed to foam. Wild cattie, deer, tapirs for and jaguars came swimming to our side life. The crocodiles^ for a long distance up and down the stream K ot fbe call to come to a rare feast, and , I believe that a full thousand of them were in sight from the launch. The stream here was over half a mile wide, with a current of about three miles an hour. What with their fear of the flames behind them and the fierce crocodiles around them, the fleeing inhabitants of the forest were in great terror. It did not for a time occur to us that we were in huge any danger, but heading suddenly straight we observed a serpent and tor the launch, some shouted for all to seek cover. The snake came right aboard, and was followed in a minute or two by a jaguar. . Either of the visitors could have easily passed to the shore as we lay against the bunk iu deep water, but both seemeddetermmedtoremainwithus.lt wasn’t two m nutes before the fierce growls of the jaguar proved that a con liict was imminent, and thirty seconds later serpent and beast were having it hot and r.eavv along the hurricane deck. While the row was going on a second jaguar boarded us over the bows, whick , were open back to the pilot house, and looking from a window it seemed as it we were beset from the river side. It was a fuli half hour before the panic sub sided, and by that time every crocodile must have had a square meal and over Jilf,™ serpent came r.? aboard. ,v A ? fight ,"x certainly took place between the snake and the first jaguar, and when the second came aboard, the fight took on a new phase. Whether the two beasts were attacking the reptile together, or whether it was a triangular contest, we could not tell, but after the panic along the river had sub sided, we carefully opened the cabin doors and looked out. One of the jaguars lay dead on the deck, while the other and the serpent were gone, An examination of the dead beast showed that he had been caught in the folds of the snake, and that the latter was a boa constrictor. The backbone and nearly all the ribs were broken. Ti»ce o, four to. kb. wo WU mm and plain view of a still moie singular combat. We had tied up to the bank for the night, and were eating supper, when a wild ‘ hull mme down 1 to Hip xvater by a path only 300 feet , above i us, , He wns either very thirsty or very reclt less,-for feet he gave us no attention. With fo tev of where he lowered his head to dtiuk uas a large tree, and the bull had s^jucely tasted the water when an enormous and outward serpent from flung itself large downward limb and a sei/.ed the bull. I here was agreatfusa instantly. Ihe snake had a tail hold on the limb, but tae bull svas stout and strong and could not be pulled off hifl f ee ^ While taken by surprise, he was not in the least rattled, aud from the ^*yhe that the used serpent hoof had and undertaken horns, we a saw big .i°b. Mud and leaves and grass were eying m showers, almost hiding tho bull from our view, when a monster croco dile tame out of a bed of reeds a few rods -above, and running along down the ban c. seized the bull by a fore leg. The defiant roars of tho victim were now changed to bellows of terror and dismay. While the snake attempted to haul one way the crocodile pulled tlio other, After three or four minutes the saurian g ct au le advantage, his hold and suddenly and the ser P er * ; t g<> of the tree, then , « u ch a rumpus was kicked up that we could see nothing of the combat. When the air cleared a little the serpent was esc-.ping into a thick fringe of foliage, We tired our.ritlcs at the bull and cioco j dile and scared them off. The bull w-as i weak and evidently had been badly I hurt. ; let ‘^ one u!ous travel ^‘ on’ foot through the United thi mo P°P str ‘ ct; m 'States tmd one would not see a single 1 h-'i.’f.f dog of cat where we saw three f n^the Orinoco. There was were not around us. and most of the tlme one or more were in sight. When ever we ran along close to the banks we them crouched down on flood wood ot oving through the forest, and when e' dr we came to a sandy beach over which the tin tie crawled a jaguar could surely be counted on for every half mile - In the three months we killed up of 200 of these animals, and in al mostevere instance saved the skin. In on ^y one case was a °y of us in danger fro,n tljis cunning and ferocious beast, The steamer had been tied to the bank an< I we had been making excursions from that spot for three or four days, when one afternoon, when only one of the young men was left behind at the fire on the bank, a aguar crept up and sprang upon linn. Jt was a wonderful spring, as where he afterward the beast discovered. crouched From spot to ihe pbircwheie he alighted on his victim was just twenty-six down feet. The young pan ^ was kneeling which and bend n g over a specimen the jaguar fell he was examining and on his back and seized him by the right shoul der ’ / rjl ® man wei « hed al, ,« ost 15 <> the pounds and trotted was a muscular fellow , but jaguar off with him as if he had been a shoulder of mutton, not lift ing but the body entirely from the ground, <Ie dragging it along. Fortunately for victim, the forest was very dense jmt there, and the beast had to take one of the several paths leading through it. He had not gone above 800 feet when he met one of the party on his way back to the boat 1 he jaguar sprang for a bmb ten feet above his head, still hold d ^ rful muscular ’power" tl/tone 1 ofliis forepaws When he dropped actually touched the limb, back it was to receive ^ Z y° ull K man with his claws.-Wait, Y'/rk ^ *■« N »'“ Some time ago an engineer on the Lit tie Miami railroad was suspended be cause, after having been examined by Dr. Clark, he was found to be quite deaf. The engineer claimed at the time that he could hear everything while running his engine, but the doctor found that in a still room he could not hear ordinary con vernation a foot away. The engineer lives at Cincinnati mul received treat ment in that city for his disease, but without any special benefit. After being suspended eight months thc engineer again came to llr. Clark and insisted that he could hear perfectly while on a mov ing engine, The doctor thought he would test the case and, accompanying the man to Cincinnati made a number of experiments withhim on engines. The result was that the doator found the en ginecr was not only ti lling but* the truth in regard to the matter, also that the deaf man could hear low remarks and whispers on a movin'* engine that even Dr Clark’s keen ear failed to catch The engineer wa* reinstated_ ' Columfnu (0.) Journal --------- Mackerel are found in all northern seas. They are caught in long nets HOUSEHOLD MATTERS, Breakfast, Dinner and Tea. do x want for dear? lly You, wants with are nil cheerful in my mind quite smile clear, And your drees, thoughts morning beguile a pretty my to wLd And make me sure that my morning light Beam* strongly true e'en while dancing Be certain bright. give these, all these. to me And anything else that you can or please. But dinner, what will I have for that? Well, dear, when I enter, doff my hat, And turn to the table, 1 want to see you, Standing To just as you always forenoon’s do, fret make mo lose all the Ami cheer far tho afternoon’s work to get. Tell me all your news, and. I’ll tell mine. And with love and joy and jjeaea we'll din*. Bo certain to give me these, all these. And anything else that you can or please. And what for tea? Have I any choice? Yes, dear; the sound of your gentle voice And JSS^tShOSeStTA your gentle presence. 1 always feel Comes just in the way 1 love the best, Bo, when especial you are planning onr twilight heart for tea With thought in your mo, Be certain to give me these, all these, And anything else that vou can or please. —Juniata Stafford. - Strawberry Short t ake Three egos one cupful of sugar, two q£ j](>uj- one tablespoonful of of butter, one scant teaspoon of cream tartar, one small haU - teaspoon of soda. Beat ), u tter aud sugar too-etheri Add the c<#rs, well beaten. Mix soda arid cteam ©1 tartar with flour and rub this through a . sieve over the mixture. Bake in four deep * t hi plates Mix three pints of Btla vv berries with a half pint of sugar. Spread a layer of strawberries on one and hot lay a second cake over this cover t }j e top with the berries. A mer i n £ue of whipped with cream or the white of one egg beaten a tablespoonful of sugar may cover the upper berr.ee as dioose ’ - Make Mme Watfr at Home, There . is no need ... whatever of - fu , ™» ln 8 to the druggist and buying lime water every time it is needed. And, by he way, it is very useful to have in tlie l» ouse m case of S6ur .stomach, etc. A teaspoonful of it with half a pint of m lk will often make the milk quite digestible when without tlio lime water, it m g it sour and produce colic, or distrccs m the stomach, lo make lime water, get a lump of good unslaked lime, the s.-e of a hen a egg, or larger; put it in an old pitcher and pour on a pint or so ot water. As soon as it is slaked and cool enough stir it with a spoon or stick and pour oil the principal part of the milky fluid into a pint or quart bottle, leaving the dregs m the pitcher to be thrown ‘tor* the hot 0. ’*Uw«l 1. tjt dissolved in me dc-r xail . u fagm this water WOTWarfy aiwltj s beoi unnorni strength. When used down so that W cannot be poured off without stirring the bottom, add more water, shake the bottle, cork it well, and let it again set tie for use. Once a year or so, make a up a new lot as at first. Lime the size of an egg will be enough for a good many quarts of lime water, which will practically cost of nothing. degrees, At the ordinary temperature contains 00 a pint of clear lime water only 0? grains of lime. (A is pound little is 7000 grains.) d, and Lime little _ water a untac a tonic also .—Prairie Farmer. Kecipes. Sweet Pear Preserves.—For each pound of fruit take one-half pound of SU g a r. gave the perfect cores and skins, p,oi 1 these in sufficient water to merely cover them; si rain this syrup and put in the sugar, aud add the prepared fruit, stew gently until tho syrup becomes colored finely. is When much sealing the bottle pre serves, if there too syrup, f or pudding sauce Carrot Soup.-Boil ‘ as many ' red car rot(J in Wllter us [ro u tiI tender; then cut up the red part and pound it v( . ry lin( , Weigh it and to ever? twelve or thirteen ounces of uounded carrotudd f rnv v with’it- sour) or rich stock -i m , xe d gradually season with i ittlo salt and cayenne; J strain it through L*!?l • , dTce h f wi)h f • d ut into in a lar-’e separate dish J]f y t __Boil artBwa[er a handful of „ U fortwent? ni j nut(;8 . B t ra in one half of it on three f//; P i "‘ s ."" ur - and wheD th,! ° ther s* 1 ; ’ a a . ^ haU al ° f ’ a a Jnt ‘ S Desh J 1 pSus str^g brew mak ferment until it ceases to work; next ” V lke lrc 11 Lve ry wc k. stR w them for an hour, with plenty ol S Jlakc a s ‘" rt P t e wh * L one and yo ks of ’bree ggs, an ,?r. , U /’ ° vaT Z‘q/ * ° U A ent -a i I f I r. 7 f > r int to ' the thickness lt .mitfrT of a nennv ^ mnld wUh fihitwbf rtl the joints with white of ll Rh rice a V : rcmo ve 1C n . '®» , in u 10 8 ‘ At. ■ andSe 1 ^ e : ’ tresh leach ,, Jelly.—1 , eel , and slice ripe peaches enough to heap a quart bowl. Melt an ounce of gelatine over the fire in half a cup of water; while it is melted, press potato-masher. the peaches through the a sieve with a .Mix melted gelatine wlth the [’caches, and beat add the a cupful of pow :l<!r ed s’i«ar, mixture with an egg-whip until it begins to stiffen, Then pour it into a tin mold, or earthen bowl, rubbed with salad oil and set it m the refrigerator from for mold three or four hours, Turn it the before serving, Half a pint of cream whipped to a stiff frot h and mixed in at the same time with the gelatine makes the dish exceed ingly delicate and nourishing; but with Hie cream added, the jelly must be used the same day it is made. NO. 3*2, THH OLD Th* biassed old Ore-place I how bright tt ap pears As back to my boyhood I.gase, O'er the desolate wants of tha vanishing years, From the gloom of these lone latter days-. Us lips are as ruddy, Its heart is as warm',- \ To my fancy, to night, as of yore, When we cuddled around it, and smiled at the storm, As it showed its whit© teeth at the door. I remember the apple that wooed the red flame, Till the blood bubbled out of ft* cheek; And the passionate pop corn that smothered its shame Till its heart split apart with a shriek; I remember the Greeks and the Trojans wha fought In their shadowy shapes on the wall, And the yarn, in thick tangles, my fingers held taut, While my mother was winding tlio ball. I remember the cat that lay cozy and curled By the jamb, where the flames flickers* high, And the sparkles—the flro-flies of winter— that whirled tTptlw flue, as the wind whistled by; I remember the bald-headed, bandy-legged tongs That frowned like a fiend in my face, ,<■ - In a fury of passion, repeating the wrong* They hod borne in the old fire-place, I remember the steam from the kettle thaf breathed As soft as the flight of a soul, The long-handled skillet that spluttered and seethed With the batter that burdened its bowl; Iremember the rusty, identical nail, Whore tho criminal pot-hooks were hung. The dragon-faced andirons, the old cedar pail. The gourd, and the peg where it swung. , But tho fire has died out on the old cablr hearth, The wind clatters loud through the pans, And the dwellers—they’vo flown to tho ends of the earth, And will gaze on it never again; A forget-me-not grows in the mouldering wall, The last, as it were, of its race, And the shadows of night settle down like a pall On the stones of the old flre-plaos. PITH AND POINT. Sharp practice-Surgery. o„ r „„ rw Soled again—A mended shoe, The wasp has one strong point, bat it | j, aot | n his favor. ^ ^ raigjr who is aIway , , n ne#d 11 ur _____ into" holes worn wh .. sock. What is the horse power of our navyt asks a correspondent. One hor**.— Washington Critic. I.EAf YEAR COUPLET ‘ Maid of Brooklyn, ere you pop. Tell mo, can you wield the mop ? —New York Tribune. A roller in a South Side Mid who af fect* dudiah attire is catled “Mil dewed” by his friends .—Pittsburg Chron icle. In some parts of Maryland oyster* pas* as current money. There is one advan tage about that. Bad money of that kind is easily detected. — Graphic. “Amen” at last ilie preacher said, - And lost he start again, A deacon murmured in his dread: "Amen to that amen.” — Merchant-Traveler. Successful Young Artist—“I tell you, Jim, theic m u big field for artists i» New York.” Unsuccissful Ditto— M I suppose you refer to tho Potter * Fieldt” — Uazar. Little Tommy—“Papa, why doe* thi* paper head its jokes ‘Attic halt?'" Pap* —“Because the men who write them in attics make their salt that way, my aoa.” — Terns Sittings. Room for Improvement.—Minister— whe* “Aud do you expect to be a lawyer you grow up, like your father, Bobby!” Bobby—“Yes, sir; I expect to be a law yer, but ma hopes I won’t be one lik* pa. ”— Epoch. “Will you allow me to sleep in the ten-acre lot hack of the barn, ma’am'?" pleaded the tramp. “Certainly,” re sponded the woman matches kindly, “and it her* are a couple of in ease should turn cold before morning.” MaKnetla™. the It is reported as rod an observed fact that lieat uf),lal| V l> ” R « d friction is absent whenever the bodies brought in contact of thc are magnetized. bas An explanation found. eause not yet been A 8trikin 8 ® xam P le is described in a late number of a scientific periodical: A workman fastened two hold powerful ma g netg to his lathe, to more se curely a piece of metal which he wished to drill and turn. The presence of the magnets kept the metal so cold that no wa ter was needed to keep the drill coot, Such an observation as this may lead to important discoveries. Not only may it throw t -ome light upon thc relations of heat and magnetism, but it may be put to practical d use. factories The arises extra largely risk of from fir* i n mills aD cation the difficulty o£ the machinery. of securing constant lubri If magnetizing gudgeons or their bear this ings will danger prevent heat be from friction, TeufV* then may avo.cled. — Companion. - - - - Rabbits ar* becoming *o numerous In Nebraska that their destruction is celltd for by a State law. It is no unusual sight to #(>• a drove of several hundred.