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i lVliat Do You Think I
Could we straighten each loop and each
tangle,
That time interweaves in Life’s skein;
Could we garner each long-vanished mo¬
ment,
And live our lives over again—
Would we sail in an ocean unruffled,
And never be stranded or sink,
Or lurched ’gainst the rocks in our blind¬
ness?
How would it be? What do you think?
We might pilot ourselves by the ledges
That once almost shattered our boat,
Avoiding the dangerous waters
Where once we were tempted to float;
Hut taking another direction
And leaving each perilous brink,
Would we pass each breaker in safety?
IIow would it be? Whai do you think?
Life’s ocean is strewn with the flotsam
Thrown overboard out of her ships,
And never a pilot so skilful
Hut sometime the figurehead dips
In the spray dashing over the breakers;
And strange if lie hears not the clink
Of the prow breaking in on the ledges,
How many escape, do you think?
—[Katherine H. Terry in the Housewife.
BESIEGED BY MONKEYS,
A TALE OI'" INDIA.
Duty had taken me to Dharmsala, a
hill station considerably west of Simla.
On the return journey 1 turned off the
main road at Kangra. The object of
this ex:ursion was to see a neighboring
shrine, much venerated by the Hindoos
and called Jwalamookhee. The native
pilgrims, who come in thousands, lodge
jn the open air under the trees and
cook their own food; the rich bring
tents for their accommodation. But
there was no place for Europeans to
lodge in except the usual “district
officers’ bungalow.” This is always a
small house, with two or three rooms,
built and furnished by the govern¬
ment, and put in charge of a man ser¬
vant, who both looks after it and at¬
tends to the wants of those who occupy
it. In it the officers whom duty takes
to such ont-of-the-Europcan-world’s
places, lodge and transact business
during the few days of their periodi¬
cal visits. To this bungalow, there¬
fore, we went. On telling the care¬
taker who wo were, he opened the
bouse; and, while I went in and in¬
dulged in a very needful and refresh¬
ing wash, he a*tended to my horse.
These preliminaries being over, we
sent him into the town, for the double
purpose of procuring ns some food
and of inquiring from tbe priests at
what hour we might pay the temple a
visit.
The main road passes through a
dense wood not 100 yards from this
bouse, which was more than half a
mile away from the nearest part of the
town. From the road a narrow ave¬
nue had been cut among the trees to a
small clearance around the house.othcr-
wise it was quite buried in the wood.
When the caretaker left me I found
the house stuffy and damp. It had
probably not been opened or aired for
days. The stillness around was op-
• pressive. Not a sound was heard ex¬
cept the munching of our horse in the
neighboring stable or the rare cry of a
bird in the trees. There was nothing
in the house to read, and nothing lo
do. Moreover, I had had a long ride
and felt rather stiff in the logs. So
rising from the chair I strolled out of
the house. After walking listlessly
around it, and pacing the small cleared
space in front, I followed the avenue
to the main road, and, then returning,
passed into the wood, immersed in my
own thoughts. It was literally a
“twilight wood;” for though it was
nearly noon on a bright August day,
the trees stood so close ami tho leaves
grew so thick that scnrcc a patch of
sunshine lighted up a few favored
spots. The giant branches of the
grand old trees more than touched:
they interlaced and formed a leafy
canopy overhead, with just hove ami
there a rent, to admit a ray of light
and to give a glimpse of tho bright
blue sky above.
Sauntering under those trees, I sud¬
denly became conscious of noises in
the brandies above me. I looked up
and about; but, though the branches
stirred and the leaves moved, I could
see nothing. I was not, however,
long left in doubt or speculation. A
monkey, a large male, dropped from
a branch to the ground nt a distance
of about thirty feet in front of me.
As he reached (lie ground, lie squatted
on his heels, resting both his liai d ■ tin
his knees and gazing fixedly and
solemnly at me. His gravity upset
mine. Then near him another monkey
dropped down ; a third and a fourth
followed. It began to rain monkevs.
In tens, in scores, in hundreds; old,
middle-aged and young; largo and
small; males and females—many of
tho latter carrying babies, some on
their backs, others iu their
dropping from the trees arouml me.
I was standing under a mighty
of tho forest, and against its trunk,
some five feet in diameter, i set
THE ENTERPRISE.
back, as the monkeys in their hundreds
squatted down in an irregular semi¬
circle around. They did not go be¬
hind the tree, for its trunk was much
wider than my back, and they chose
to sit only where they could see me.
Around they left a clear space, but at
the distance of about thirty feet they
sat, huddled clos(ttogether, in several
rows, (500 and more in number.
It may be said in passing that mon¬
keys are sacred animals in India.
They arc fed and protected and al¬
lowed to roam at large with impunity.
Vast numbers infest Dilhi, Agra, and
other large towns. At Benares they
are a perfect plague. In so favorable
a situation as Jwlamookhec, they natu¬
rally multiply beyond reckoning, and
people the woods in sufficient hordes
to account for the hundreds that now
surrounded mo. At some distance be¬
yond, several young monkey urchins,
which preferred play to curiosity, kept
suspending themselves from the
branches in long living chains, holding
on to each other’s hands or tails, and
swinging themselves pcndulumwise to
and fro. They were not the small,
puny creatures generally seen in Euro¬
pean menageries, but the real, genuine
Indian Hanooman of which race the
large and strong males stand when
erect, fully four feet in height. There
were many such, among others of
smaller size, in the crowd around me.
It bad not taken three minutes to
form that solid semicircle of monkeys.
They had come down as thick as a
shower of hails:ones, but so softly and
gently had they descended to the grass
and leaf-covered ground that scarcely
any noise had been made. For a short
time they sat motionless and silent,
staring hard at me, and a baby mon¬
key, having made a noise, was instant¬
ly smacked by its mother in a most
human fashion. They looked at me,
and then they began to chatter—first
one, then a few together, then many
af once, finally all in a chorus. They
talked, chattered, jabbered, discussed,
argued, shouted, and yelled, gesticula¬
ting meanwhile, making faces and
grinning. Suddenly there was a dead
silence for a short interval, during
which they gravely stared at me harder
than ever. Every now and again one
or another or several at once would
grip, snarl, and growl at me, showing
their large canine teeth. Again the
chattering discourses would be re¬
newed.
The laughter with which I had greet¬
ed the first of my visitors died a very
sudden death, for my curiosity to
watch til ir behavior did not prevent
my realizing the fact that I was not in
a very safe position. Even ono or two
monkeys would be difficult enough to
deal with, if they chose to attack a
man, for, though small, they are ex¬
tremely muscular and agile, and i!
would be harder to prevent them from
biting and tearing than it would a mad
dog. True, I knew that one or two
would hardly dare to attack a n ar*
but when hundreds crowded together
around one stranger the circumstances
were far from encouraging. Here I
was, unarmed, nothing but a light rid¬
ing whip in my hand, surrounded by
hundreds of monkeys, to which my
white face and European dress were
evidently objects of ns much aversion
as curiosity. Natives they did not
mind, but Europeans they seemed to
regard with (he hatred due to in¬
truders.
I fnlly-sealizcd mv danger, but con¬
tinued calm and collecled, and rea¬
soned the position out with myself.
The only chance of safety was to re¬
main quietly against tins friendly tree,
silently observing the monkeys, care¬
ful to give no offense or provocation,
watchful to give them no advantage
over me till the return of the caretal e r
or some other chance came to my aid.
Had l attempted to strike them or to
flighten them, or to break through
Ihoin or (o flee from them, I have no*
slightest doubt that J should i
llie no
now be writing this account. Their
enormous numbers would have em¬
boldened them to any act. I should
have been quite helpless in their grasp
_would, indeed, have been pounced
upon by scores of llieni, overpowered,
bitten and torn to pieces. So, making
a virtue of necessity, I kept up a bold
front, watched, waited, and prayed.
In one of the intervals cf silence,
(he great monkey that had first ar¬
rived, and that seemed to be one of
the leaders, suddenly hopped nearer
to me, two feet or so. Ilis action was
immediately imitated by all the mon¬
keys forming the front row of the
semicircle, while those behind closed
up as before; and the semicircle con-
tracted around me by two feet in the
radius. More chattering ana gesticu-
latiug followed, more growling and
grinning, with intervals of silence.
; They had a grea. < e.i tosav, an >ev
j all . :id it. and it was ad about me.
j too, for they frequently pointed at me
I with their hands, and snarled and
CARNESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1.1890.
gnashed their teeth at me. Again they
contracted tbe semicircle as bo Core.
And so they kept, gradually coming
nearer and nearer, and growing more
and more excited. Still I remained
quiet and silent, and still in the dis*
tanco the monkey youths played the
mad gambols of their living pendu¬
lum, heedless of what engaged the
attention of their seniors. All else
was silent—no sign of man.
The semicircle had giadtially con-
trac.e.l to within fourteen, or fiftecu
feet of wliero 1 stood; the monkcyi
indeed were so near that in two oi
three leaps they could easily hav«
jumped upon mo. I felt decidedly un¬
easy; wondered how they would at¬
tack me, and when? From the right,
or the left, or the front? I5y jumping
on me from a d'stance, or waiting till
quite near? Then 1 wondered wlicthei
the caretaker would return in time tc
stave off the assault, for I was still
quite close to the house, Of the
dreadful results of the attack, if once
made, I had not the slighest doubt.
Still I remained leaning immovable
against the tree, calm and cool, facing
llieni straight, looking fully into thcii
faces, all in turn, and showing out¬
wardly no sign of flinching or alarm.
\ r et I began to thintc that it was now
only a matter of a few more minutes.
Before a quarter of an hour at the
furthest they would be within touch¬
ing distance of me. They would be
sure to begin to handle my clothes;
and whether 1 permitted it,or resisted,
or tried to fly, I wou'd with equal
certainty be attacked and killed.
But my deliverance was at hand. In
the midst of one of their most noisy
discussions—or did it only seem more
noisy because they were now so near?
—they one and all became suddenly
silent and perfectly still, They
seemed to be listening attentively. I
lisdied, too, but at first could catch
no sound any where; the stilinoss of
death was all around, for even the
young monkeys had ceased their
tricks. What could have disturbed
and silenced the noisy throng? Or
what did they now purpose? Next
from afar oft’ came the loud cry of a
monkey—evidently the warning call
of a scout on outpost duty. Then,first
faintly from afar, and then gradually
nearer and louder, came down the
main road through the wood t!.c wel¬
come sound of the clatter of a horse’s
hoofs at a swift walking pace. This it
was which their quicker cars had de¬
tected long before I had heavd it.
They kept their ground for a few mo¬
ments more, but their attention was
now evidently divided between me
and the approaching horse.
Again, and nearer, the scout’s
cry sounded through the wood.
There was an immediate stampede.
One and all the monkeys rushed off to
the neighboring trees, and, scrambling
up the trunks and into the branches,
they were in the twinkling of an eye
lost to sight in the leafy canopy over¬
haul. They had disappeared in their
h indreds as rapidly as they had come,
and almost as silently, save when the
rustling among the leaves indicated
their course as they passed from tree
to tree and fled further into the wood.
I wailed still against the tree till the
horse and liie rider—a mounted police¬
man going his rounds—had come quite
near. Then I made for tho house and
bolted myself in, thankful for the
timely arrival and involuntary aid of
t'i 3 unconscious patrol. Unknowing¬
ly, but providentially, he had saved
my life.—[Chamber's Journal.
Taxed to Wear a Beard.
In Russia Peter the Great compelled
his subjects to pay a lax for the privi¬
lege of retaining their beards. It
proved to be an unpopular law, but
was rigidly enforced, and those who
would not or could not pay were forci-
bly deprived of this ornament.
During the latter part of the reign
of Louis XIV great care was taken of
the heard. When the gallant of those
days went to spend an evening with
his sweetheart lie usually provided
himself with wax for his whiskers,
sweet-scented oils, and in fact every
necessary article for the lady to use in
combing and dressing hit beard. What
an agreeable pastime it must have
been. If the custom were to be revived
what a falling off there would bs in the
number of barber shops.
Wh?n the practice of shaving was
again revived in Europe instrumental
music was employed in barber shops
to amuse customers while waiting their
turn.—[Washington Star.
White Soap the Best.
If you would know the injuries and
burning effect of highly perfumed
soaps, discontinue their use for one
week, substitute white castile, and one
subsequent trial of the So-called
bouquet soap will suffice for its doom,
A good white soap is not only the
cheapest but tho best for the health of
the akin.—[New York World.
PRECIOUS STONES.
What Causes the Varying Colors
In Diamonds.
A Magnificent Necklace, and a
Stone Worth $100,000.
No one has ever succeeded in discov¬
ering (he causes that produced a din.
mond. No one has ever produced a
diamond, although tho diamond lias
been analyzed and everyone knows
that it is pure carbon. In the same
mine will be found diamonds of almost
every shade of color as well as the
perfectly white stones. Speaking of
these colored diamonds, now so fash¬
ionable and in such demand for odd
rings, Mr. Farnhnm, connected witli a
large jewelry house in New York,
said to a Herald reporter:
‘•While no one knows positively
what caused the carbon to crystallize
into a diamond, it is thought that tiic
first crystallization is absolutely white.
Then by the action of nature in alter¬
nate lie at and cold the diamond was
sent through the whole gamut of color,
the darker it is the harder it gets.
Some black diamonds have been on the
wheel for years without making any
visblo impression on them, The
stones are found in all colors. I will
show you,” and taking from the safe
little square packages of tissue paper
Mr. Farnliam unrolled them, and with
forceps laid on a piece of white paper
first a perfectly white diamond, and
then in succession a blue-while, a pink,
a green, a (an, a straw, a marigold, an
olive, a brown, a cinnamon, a very
ricli dark brown and a black.
“Now the shades of some of those
stones,” continued lie, “are so delicate
that one not accustomed to them would
be unable to tell them apart. Take
the straw and the marigold. Separately
you can hardly seo the difference.
Put them down together and the dif¬
ference in color is instantly percepti¬
ble. For those stones we have equally
as many colors of gold. The color in
the gold is controlled by the alloy
used. The different shapes of these
stones is peculiarly interesting. All
colored stones are cut in fancy shapes.
There is a brioiet, there a pear shape,
there a square, a sexigon, a cone, a
cube, with one of the ends drawn out
into a point. The elliptical and the
double rose cut are very fishionablc
and much used in fancy rings. We
are today making up us many and as
beautiful fancy rings as we r e ever
made iu the time of Louis X VI., the
time of the rage for fancy rings.
“I have a necklace made of brioiet
shape diamonds, willi drilled points,
that I want you to see,” said Mr.
Farnliam, ringing a hand bell. On
being told what was wanted a messen¬
ger brought in a blue box, inside of
which around a circular platform was
the necklace.
“This is as fine a piece of work as
can be done in Europe. The mount¬
ing of each diamond only covers the
extreme point of the diamond. The
hole is so small that a piece of sewing
silk will just go through it. The hole
is drilled with diamond dust and a
small piece of tempered steel. It is
very laborious work, and only two
men iu the world today ci.n drill dia¬
monds. Their names are not even
known, and a few firms control their
work.
“If we wanted a diamond drilled
we could not do it ourselves, but
would be compelled to send t® Eu¬
rope to the firms controlling the drill¬
ers. The original cost of drilling in
years gone by was much less expen¬
sive than the work done today. Those
stones have probably been drilled for
over a hundred years.
“The kind oi work? Why, the
mounting is called enamelled and gold
tracery, and is really as fine a piece of
work as can be done anywhere, 1
have been all over Europe, in all the
museums, and seen all the private col¬
lections, and you would not find a more
beautiful piece of work in any of
them, not even excepting the celebrat¬
ed Hermitage at St. Petersburg,
Russia.
“Another thing that may be of in¬
terest to you is the cleaving of dia¬
monds. After the cutter determines
tbe (able and girdle of a stone he
probably sees that he can cut off quite
a piece and not injur* the size of the
stone at all. This cleaving is polish¬
ed up and U3ed as a covering for mini¬
atures, and is called portrait brilliant 0 .
We have them here all the way from
the * ize of a lma11 French pea to that
of a ten cent piece,
“We have a large stone here,” con-
eluded Mr. Farnham, “called the Tiff,
auy yellow double decked brilliant,
weighing 12a 3-8 carats. It is the
finest and largest yellow diamond
known in the world. Jt is nearly 20 j
carats larger than (he celebrated Kohi-
noor. Y'es, of course it is for sale, j
but it is pretty expensive—over $100-
000 .”
Superstitious Wall Street Speculators.
The superstitious of gamblers is an
old theme. And if anything would
induce nte to class my Wall street
friends in (hat category it is the wide
prevalence of fads and beliefs of that
nature among them. There are some
large operators in the street who if the
market is going their way could nol
be bribed to change the suit of clothes
that they happen to bo wearing at the
time. 1 know one member of the
Stock Exchange, a three-times million¬
aire, who would cancel all his orders
in tho market if lie met a beggar iu
the morning and did not have change
wherewith to bestow alms on him.
In several offices one or more rather
dubious samples of tbe genus homo
are allowed to find a resting place and
occasional ‘dips” in money, because,
forsooth, they are regarded by the
head of tho establishments as ‘‘mas¬
cots.” There is ono superstition,
moreover, that all the Stroet believes,
in—that is, that a rainy day is suitable
to a bear market and that bright sun¬
shine is peculiarly tilted for bull
operations. There may be something
about bad weather calculated to keep
people away from Wall street, and
thus help tho bears, but 1 have noticod
that no amount of sunshine could keep
prices from tumbling when they liad a
mind to do so.—[New Y ork Star.
The Prime Minister of China.
Li Hung Chang is the prime minis¬
ister of China, and though he wears
a piglail and wooden shoes, and dress¬
es like a woman, he must be ranked
with the great statesmen of tho world,
with Bismarck, Crispi, Gladstone, etc.
If he did not live in a land of such in¬
vincible conversation ho would do
great lliings for the vast empire over
which ho is virtually the practical
ruler. But China has awakened con¬
siderably from her loins dreams under
the stimulus of his genius, Ho be-
lievos in railroads, commerce, and
education. It is said that he lias con¬
templated vast schemes of conquest.
Ti.e late General Gordon and tho
present Lord Wolscley of England
have both expressed a fear of a Euro¬
pean invasion from t!ie inumcrablo
hordes of China. Led by such a born
leader of men as Li Hung Ciiang, such
an invasion would be a formidable
affair. Li Hung Chang was a warm
personal friend of General Grant and
had many pleasant interviews with tho
American general during his visit to
China in his trip around the world.—
[Yankee Blade.
Are Quakers Declining!
Af.erall, the disciples of George Fox
n:ul Robert Barclay are not dying out.
So, at least, we are assured by “A
Quiker,” whose letter is published in
Murray’s Magazine. It is admitted
that during tin first half of this cen¬
tury the decline in numbers of the So¬
ciety of Friends was very rapid; bill
then for a good many years past tin
accessions by “convincement” have
been every year so greatly in excess
of the secessions that, notwithstanding
Hie very low marriage rate and the
very low birth rate, and some emigra¬
tion, there is yearly a steady 1 hough
s iglit increase in their numbers in
Great Britian. In Ireland the great
majority of the Quakers are said to be
Unionists, and the *ocietyis dwindling
through emigration to England ami
America. In the United States, on
the other hand, the Quakers, we art
told, are increasing in number some¬
what rapidly, especially in the South
and West, and mainly through acces¬
sions from other religious bodies.—
[London Standard.
Watch Springs.
“How long will i, last?” asked a
man of a jeweller, who had just told
him that he would have to have a new
spring in his watch.
“Maybe a week; maybe a year oi
two,” answered the jeweller.
“But this one has lasted four or five
years,” said the man, protestingly.
“Yes, but they don’t make that kind
of springs nowadays. It really does
seem as though they liar] lost the art of
tempering watch springs, I sent out
a hundred dollar watcli the other day
brand new, just from the factory, and
the spring broke within twenty-four
hours. The manufacturers have spent
thousands of dollars within the past
few years experimenting to get. hack
tho old quality for the springs, and
they have failed. The springs seem
to be getting worse rather than bet¬
ter.”—[New York Sun.
Xeglectlng Her Privileges.
2Ir. Fangle (admiringly): “What
an exquisite carriage Mrs. Simcoc
lias?”
Mrs. FaOgle: “Has site? W hy,
she's always walking when i »:o her,”
— [Epoch
< MlLMUlVS COLUMN.
riUSDDIK'H UTAH TIIOCUI1TS.
We sal ami watched ttie stars come out
In tlic dork blue evening skies,
And Fred gazed nt them earnestly,
With wonder in his exes.
‘■.Mamma, what are the stars?'’ he asked,
Ills hrow, beneath the crown
Of shining hair that wreathed his head,
llent in a puzzled frown.
she could not tell this questioner,
Whose years were only three,
That they were other suns that light
Worlds wrapped in mystery.
And while she paused, ’ i think I^know,”
Said Fred, “and I’ll tell you;
There's some holes in (he clouds, ami so
The gold of Heaven shines through.”
Then as we entiled, though Freddie’s face
•Showed not a sign of mirth,
A brilliant, Hashing falling star
Shot quickly down to earth."
And, with a light in his brown eyes,
Most lovely to behold,
The laddie shouted, “Oh! mamma,
There fell a piece of gold.”
AN IN KI KM A It Y COK DEMll ANIMALS.
This is an institution which is the
donation of Anna Wala ltyerss; it oc¬
cupies a farm of 103 acres near Buslle-
lon, Penn. Its object is to provide,
free of cost, a tempornrv homo for
horses, mules and other animals be¬
longin'.’ to cabmen, carters, tradesmen
and others, and also to give a perman¬
ent home to old favorites too old to
work. There is a Horses’ Rest near
London which is an institution after
this order, but there a charge is made,
while the Rycrss Intimary is a free
gift to (lie helpless dumb animals.—
AN INTELLIGENT DOG.
An English officer who was in Pur’s
in 1815 mentions the case of a dog be¬
longing to a shoeblack which brought
customers to his master. This it did
in a very ingenious, though scarcely
honest manner. The officer, having
occasion to cross one of tho bridges
over (he Seine, had his boots, which
had 1 cen previously polished, dirted
by a poodle dog rubbing against them.
He, in consequence, went to a man
who was stationed on the bridge and
had them cleaned. The same circum¬
stance having occurred more than once
his curiosity was excited and he
watched the dog.
Ho saw the dog roll himself in the
mud of the river, and then watcli for
a person with well polished boots,
against which ho contrived to rub
himself. Finding that tho shoeblack
was the owner of (lie dog, the officer
taxed him with the artifice; and, after
a little hesitation, the man confessed
that he had I aught the dog the trick in
order to procure customers for hiirr
self. The officer, being much struck
with the dog’s sagacity, purchased him
at a high price anti brought him to
England. Jle kept him tied up for
some time and then released him. The
dog remained with him a day or two
and then made bis escape. A fort¬
night afterward lie was found with li's
former master, pursuing his old trade
tii dirtying gentlemen's boots on the
bridge.— [Pittsburg Dispatch.
HOW LITTLE 1I1HDS HIDE.
A German author, Adolph Eliding,
writing in the Garfonlanbo, asserts that
lie found it currently believed nt Cairo
that waglails and other small birds
cross from Europe to Nubia and Abys¬
sinia on (lie ba ks of storks and cranes
nnd details the results of conversations
which ho had with several independent
witnesses, all testifying to the same
thing. He then proceeds: “At sup¬
per, in the Hotel dn Nile, I related the
curious story to all present, but, natu¬
rally enough, found unbelieving ears.
The only one who did not laugh was
the privy councillor Von Ileuglin, the
famous African traveler and, except¬
ing Brehm, the most celebrated au¬
thority of our time on the birds of
Africa. On asking ids opinion, lie
remarked: ‘Let others laugh; they
know nothing about it. I do not
laugh, for the thing is well known to
ino. I should have made mention of
it in my work if I had had any per¬
sonal preof to justify it. I consider
the case probable, though I can not
give any warrant for it. My discov¬
ery, if I may so call it,” continues Ilcrr
Ebeling, “I would have kept to my¬
self, even after Hciiglin had thus ex¬
pressed himself, had I not since dis¬
covered a new authority for i‘.
“In (he second edition of Dr. I’ctcr-
inann’s great book of travels I find the
following: JH’rofessor Roth of Mu¬
nich related to mo in Jerusalem that
the well-known Swedish traveler,
Hedenborg, made an interesting ob¬
servation on the Island of Rhodes,
where he was staying. In the autumn,
when the storks came in flocks over
the seas to Rhodes, lie often heard the
notes of sigall birds, without being
able to see them, but ou ouc occasion
he obsevved a party of storks just as
(hey alighted, and saw several small
birds come oft'their backs, having beep
thus evidently transported by them
across the sea. > ft
NO. 30.
If I Were You,
If I were you, I often say
To those who seem to need advice,
I’d always look before I leaped ;
I’d always think it over twice.
And then I’d lienve a troubled sigh—
For, after all, I’m only I.
I’d ne’er discusfl, if I were you,
The failings of my fellow-men;
I’d think of all their virtues first,
And scan my own shortcomings then.
Hut, though all this is good and true,
1 am but I; I am not you.
If I were you and half so vain,
Amidst my folly I would pause
l’o see bow dull and light a fool
I was myself. I don't, because—
(And here I heave a pitying sigh)
1 am not you; I’m only I.
If I were you, no selfish care
.Should chase my cheery smile away;
I\1 scatter round me love and hope;
I’d do a kindness every day.
Hut here again I find it true
That I am I, and you arc you.
I would not be so very quick
To take offense, if I were you ;
l would respect myself, at least.
Whatever others say or do.
Alas! can no one tell me why
I am not you, instead of If
In short, if I were only you
And could forget that i was I;
I think that little cherub wings
Would sprout upon me, by and by.
— [George II. Murphy, in St. Nichols.
HUMOROUS.
A mouth organ—A dental news-
paper.
A bill for beverages ought to be
liquidated.
There is a striking resemblance bo-
tween some clocks.
Wheels are complaining a great deal
now of “that tired feeling.”
The nation which produces most
marriages must lie fasci-nation.
Anomalous as it may seem, a bad
boy always deserves a good thrashing.
It is one of tho remarkable fucts in
riding that, the carriage is always tired
before the iiorso is.
No language can express tho feel,
ings of a deaf-mute who steps on a
tack in a dark room.
Swiggcr.—(Icntlcman’s dress re¬
mains about the same this year,
does n’t it? Twigger.—Mine does.
A dime museum advertises “a great
movement on foot.” 'J’his is probably
when (he fat woman walks around.
Cumso—Did you notice McFeeter’s
prominent cheek bones? Faegle—L
didn’t notice the bones particularly,but
1 noticed his prominent cheek.
“You never see Bangaby and his
wife together.” “No; but it’s all
right. She told folks she was going
to marry him to get rid of him.”
“Yes, I was awfully fond of that
girl, and I believed her to be perfect,
but I saw something about her last,
night that made me sick.” “What
was that?” “Another fellow’s arm.’'
Asia’s Climate Becoming Colder.
A recent writer in the North China
Herald, of Shanghai, says that the
climate of Asia is becoming colder
than it formerly was, and its tropical
animals and plants are retreating
southward at a slow rate. This is true
of China, and it is also the case in
Western Asia. The elephant, in a
wild state, was hunted in tho eighth
century B. C. by Tiglath Pilescr, the
King of Assyria, near Carchemish,
which lay near tho Euphrates in Syria.
Four or five centuries before this
Thothmcs III., King of Egypt, hunted
the same animal near Aleppo. In
high antiquity, the elephant and rhi¬
noceros were known to the Chinese;
they had names for them, and their
tusks and horns were valued. In tho
time of Confucius elephants were in
use for the army on the Yangtzo
River.
A hundred and fifty years after this,
Mencius speaks of the (iger, the leo¬
pard, the rhinoceros and the elephant
as having been, in many parts of tho
empire, driven away from the neigh¬
borhood of the Chinese inhabitants by
the founders of the Chou dynasty.
Tigers and leopards are not yet by any
means extinct in China. The elephant
and rhinoceros are again spoken of in
the first century of our era. If to
these particulars regarding elephants
be added tho retreat from the rivers of
South China of the ferocious alligators
that formerly infested them, the
ihange in the fauna of China certainly
seems to show that the climate is much
less favorable for tropical animals than
it formerly was. In fact, it appears
to have become drier and colder.
Remarkable Census Ceiucldence.
A remarkable coincidence is jeport-
ed from West Virginia. A census of
Elm Grove was taken, preparatory to
incorporating the village as a town,
with the following result: Number of
males over 31 years of age, 148; num¬
ber of males under 21 years of age,
148; number of females over 16 years
of ago, 148; number of females under
10 yoh’8 of #ge, 148; grand total} 592.
