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THE SHROUDED HEART. : cannot win her. for our ways divide, ■ And we are far apart who once w . re sear. Through misty eyes I saw her go; hers clear. It Untroubled as a summer sky, denied 11 A mirror for my thoughts; the waterside On t'louily days outstretches deep and blank. And doubles not the fern upon its bank. So calm her face; and the drear world an wide. Let be; hid somewhere in the dreaming cloud That wreathes love's altar, though hut smol dering, Amid ttie chilly ash some embers burn. Whose touch eau w ake her dead heart from its shroud. And, like the turning of the magic ring, Back to my side her wandering footsteps turn. —Henry Edward Bedford. ELECTRICAL RESEARCHES. THE OLD SQUIRREL RIFLE. showing How Morse Utilised the Expert incuts of a Century. It is the general belief that Professor 8. F. B. Morse was the inventor of the electric telegraph. On tiio contrary, ho was not tho originator of tho principle. Researches were mado in Leipsic by Winkler in 1740, Watson in London and Le Monnicr in Paris in 1747. These electricians used frictional electricity, and while no practical results came from their experiments the principle was clearly established. Tho earliest successful tele- tph was that of Lo Sago in Geneva in . 74. He constructed a machino with wenty-four wires and was abio to trans- -it intelligence over short circuits. bout tliis time Lomond, a Frenchman, also attained practical results, using a single wire much after the method of Lo Sage. In 1798 Salva constructed a machino at Madrid fsom which ho ob tained satisfactory results by using and grouping a succession of electrical dis charges by means of an electrical spark. Cavallo in 1797 and Ronaldo in 1810 tried transmitting intelligence over long circuits by using impulses attained from the disclutrgo of Leyden jars, which proved a failure. In tho year 1808 Som- mering began experimenting witli the voltaic pile, and constructed a machino consisting of n series of voltameters, in which water was decomposed by the gal vanic current. lie proposed to give sig nals by tho escape of gas from the glass tubes of tlie voltameter. The slowness of working this method wa3fatal tocom- mercial utility. Dr. J. Redman Coxe, of Philadelphia, about this period, invented a system of telegraphing by tho decomposition of metallic salts, which was taken up later and practically worked out by Bain. In 1S20 Oersted/ of Copenhagen, discovered a system of electro-magnetism, and at tempts were at once made to utilize it for telegraphing. Ills plan was afterward carried out by Ritchie and publicly ex hibited by Alexander, of Edinburgh. Baron Schilling, of Cronstadt, next ex ecuted models of electrical machines, but bo died before bis idea was practically carried out. Gauss and Weber, of Got tingen, mado an attempt to carry out the baron's idea in 1833, but practically they mado tho machine ono of their own. They erected a lino and then associated themselves .with Professor Stienhcil, of Munich, who mado it a writing telegraph by using a perforated tape, much after tho manner of tho present automatic sys terns. But in the early researches of Gauss and Weber aro still embodied all tho principles of tho mirror galvanometer used in cable telegraphy. It is well to note that tho researches of all these cele brated electricians wero wliat called tc the attention of Professor Morse tho idea of developing the system which lias mado his name a household word, and has caused tho inventions of all foreign in ventors who preceded him to bo thrown into tho junk box or relegated to tho musty shelves of continental' museums, —New York Press. Fammia Old Men. Beginning his 83d year, M. Ferdinand do Lcsseps can look around and sec but very few men of anything liko equal emincnco who aro as old as ho. The German emperor is 90; Dr. Dollinger is 88; Moltke and Bancroft tho historian aro each 87; Kossuth is 85, and Profes sor Owen is 83; but it is not easy to ex tend tlie list. Yet it is astonishing to note the lurgo manlier of living great men who ltavo passed tho ordinary limit of. human life. Of sovereigns, tho pope is 87, and King William, of the Nether lands, is well on in his 71st year. Of statesmen, Mr. Gladstone is 79, Mr. Bright is 70, Prince Bismarck is 72, M. Jules Grovy is 74, M. Leon Say and M. Leroyor are each 71, Lord Solimme is 75 and Lord Granville is 73. Of generals, MacMahon i s 79, Leboef is 78 and Ba- zaine and Ciaidina aro each 70.- Of poets, Lord Tennyson is 78, Mr. Brown ing is 75 and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes is 78. Of musicians, M. Verdi is 73. Of engineers, Lord Armstrong is 77 and Sir John Ilawkshaw is 70, Of paint. 3, Messonier is 72; and finally, of showmen, Barnum is 77. Perhaps, however, M. Chovrcul, who is fairly started ujion his 102d year, ought not to bo omitted.— London News. The Ancient Arui of u Kentucky Hunter. Loading a Flint Lock Gun. I will deseritie tho genuine ancient Kentucky squirrel rifle, sketches of which I have in my possession, made from t'..a best models. Tlie barrel is four feet long and nearly an inch in diameter, while tlie boro is but little larger than a common round lead pencil; just great enough, in other words, to take into it a round leaden lmllet of about one-tenth of an ounce avoirdupois in weight, Tlie stock is of curly maple, elaborately carved out of a single piece of wood, and extends from the semi-circular brass heel plate to tho brass half ring of mounting under the fore tip of tlie barrel. POACHERS OF ENGLAND. Who They Are anil How They Ply Their Kcfariou* Avocation. Just as a liar may bo something else besides a liar, so a imachcr may be, and usually is, something else besides a poacher. Very commonly ho calls him self a farm laborer. Short and inter mittent “jobs” aro what ho likes best, and lie often changes his master. Ho will engage himself to a farmer in order to gain tlie rigid of going upon certain land, and .then, after a careful survey, ho will set gins where ho thinks proper. To be ordered to work in a field next to a*overt is what ho likes best, and when his master's back is turned he notices the hares’ runs in the fenco that divides tho What is called tho “drop,*’or bend of tho . field from the wood. .At night lie re breech, is very slight ns compared with | turns to the scene of liis observations and the fashion of the latest guns; indeed, i seta a Jooso purse net over each run. Ho somo of the old guns have almost straight then goes into tlie covert and walks s jocks and most of them have a grease i through the sido of it next to tlie fence, pot either opening in tlie heel plato or in . when tho chayces aro that at least a bare the left side of tlie stock near that plate, or two will become entangled in Ins nets. Tho trigger guard is of brass and find- | Tho “innocent laborer” typo of poacher fully curved, while the thimbles for the j sometimes carries affeyret anil a rabbit ramrod are placed under the barrel stoclj, | net in his dinner basket, and seats liiiu- in which is a semi-circular longitudinal , self on a hedge bank honeycombed with groove that becomes a round hole in tho j burrows to take his midday meal, with a wood of tlie lower part of the stock. I result which can easily be imagined. Tho lock is tho best model of flint and j Cattle drovers and butchers* men often steel mechanism, elaborately carved and do a great deal of poaching. They aro perfectly fitted into tho right side of tho ! fond of keeping greyhounds, and they stock near the lower extremity of the | train one dog to rango while tho other a correspondent of Tho British Mer cantile Gazette, writing from Canton, calU attention to tho important trado which might lie dono in candles with that country. The candles most in de mand aro of a red color, like ordinary sealing wax. A trial might be made with other colors, and bluo would bo suitable In funeral ceremonies. The article could bo produced at a low “ice, since tho color is only on tho sur- “"^at least this is the case with Chi- tone's. They ought to have a high ■point, to that they may not gutter ^iscd to a current of air, or even ’ circumstances, tint ns well as opaque candles ■itablc. It would be as well rid that n slight strip of bam- Ligh the Chinese candles, tho "ty of which is inserted into the candlestick. barrel. Tlie trigger is double, tho pos terior one setting by a hair spring ar rangement, regulated by an intermediate screw, the forward one at the least touch releasing tho hammer that bears the flint, which in turn strikes open tho steel pan and drops its spark into tho priming In the.under part of the stock, just behind tho guard, is a tiny holo into which is thrust a small quill, probably a primary quill of tho golden winged woodpecker. This feather is used to put into tho “touch- holo” to prevent tho powder from run ning out during tho process of loading. The ammunition for this gun is tho finest Kentucky powder, leaden bullets molded by hand and somo strong, thin white cotton shirting for “patching.” The bullets aro carried in a pouch, tho pow der in a finely carved horn, and tho cliargo is measured in a boar’s tooth charger. To load the min, put tho feathei; in tho touch holo at the pan, pour in a boar’s toothful of powder at the muzzle and then, spreading tlie patching cloth ovrr tho mouth of tho bore, lay on a bullet and press it down even with the rim of the barrel, cut of the cloth as close to the lead ns possible, and with the ramrod push tho missile homo to its bed on (ho powder, Put tho .ramrod back in I he thimbles, take out the feather and till till' pan with powder for priming; close the pan and your riflo is loaded.—Maurice Thompson. The Man Milliners of Franco. If ladies aro invading the trades and professions which they could not before equal rights were thought of, the men aro avenging themselves. Most of tha French hatters now work for both sexes, and their shop windows vie witli thoBo of the modistes in exhibition of trimmed hats, smart, neat, stylish, and, in short, tempting as they can be. A hatter said tome: "I would not venture to niako up flowers and flimsy stuffs into hats and bonnets. A woman’s fancy and light fingers are wanted for that. But I don’t fear competing with no matter what milliner when the trimmings are rich and solid. We keep an artist, who has hail medals in tho Salon, to design hats trimmed ns you Bee them.” High art is running into' tho channels into which it flowed in the Eighteenth cen tury, and which wero left dry from tho time of the revolution up to a few years ago. The impetus was given by tlie Universal exhibition, and. must I say it, the conniption of tho Frencli theatre, its well as the necessity under which innu- agetji found themselves of pleasing tho eyes of gilded "rastouquoueres, ” ig norant of French, and wishing to show their womenkind what Parish.': stylo in dress was.—Paris Letter. sneaks aliout in readiness to run into any liaro or rabbit tliat may bo turned to him. Sometimes they” carry their greyhounds in a liglit spring cart, and when they see hares feeding in a field by tho roadsido they stop and send their dogs over tho fence. These greyhounds are taught to hunt by scent ns well ashy sight. A still moro favorito dog among poachers ofsthis sort is a lurcher, nlthough many fear to keep one, liocause his very existence is enough to stamp his owner as a man of doubtful character. Properly speaking, a lurcher is tho result of a cross between a greyhound and a colly; but ho is not always a first cross, and he frequently in herits a strain of some other breed. Ho is a desperate and deadly enemy to hares and rabbits, and lie generally unites an excellent nose nnd great speed with sur prising sagacity and cunning. Of all things it is most important in a poacher’s dog that lie should never give tonguo. We can remember tlie time when lurch ers’ tails used to lie cut to givo their owners an «cruso for pretending that they were sheep dogs. In tlieso days, however, sheep dogs aro usually allowed to keep their tails, so there is no object iti docking a lurcher. Colliers arc much given to poaching in some districts. Their favorito dog is produced by crossing a very small grey hound with a bull terrier or spaniel. Sunday is tiieir great day for poaching. During tho hours of divine service they go for walks in little parties of threo or four, along public foot paths, and allow their dogs to range in tho fields and to draw tlie hedgerows. As every magis trate lias good reason for knowing a large number of petty poaching cases depend upon tho question whether tho culprit was or was not upon what ho calls the .“futtpath” at the timo tho offenso was ^committed. A rat catcher and a mole catcher liavo many opportunities of poaching, and owners of shootings nnd gamekeepers would do well to keep a sharp eyo upon [icrsons following those callings. Perhaps tho worst of all kinds. of jioachers aro poaching game- keeper^ A keeper who hints at any thing liko sharp practice with regard to a neighbor's boundaries is nover to be trusted about his own master’s interests. Wo remember a keeper who was em ployed on an outlying • shooting some miles from home. The mail had always n good show of birds and sent a regular sqpply for the table, but it turned out that ho was ono of tho greatest poachers in tho county, and that ho had killed and sold tho neighbor’s game, if not his master’s, in considerable quantities.— Saturday Review. Unlcii* You Have tho Gift. To tho question, how to write, I should lay don't write at all, unless you are ,ure you have the gift, which is God given* liorn witli you, and can no moro lie made to order than can a taste for music when one has no ear for it. Don't think you can write becauso you are fond of reading stories and devour everything which comes in your way, or because you think yourself us capable as j-our friend, who lias achieved n success you fain would emulate. You must have tlie ideal world in yoil nnd aliout you. You must early lie familiar with tho imaginary jieople you are to make real, and who, if you are real yourself, will come to you sleeping and waking, at day dawn and sunset, nnd luying their shadowy hands on yours will hold you fast until you tingle to your finger tips and can no more keep from writing than tlie bird can keep from singing when tho dew is' on the grass nnd tlie morning is at its freshest. It you liavo never ex perienced this glow of enthusiasm, if you have no imagination nnd are taking up writing as you would any other business, because you think it will pay, or you want fame and money, don’t try to write, for if you do it will lie stilted and unnatural.—Mary J. Holmes in New York Mail and Express. Lincoln and IIIn Beard. Shortly after his first election to tho presidency lu> received a pleasant letter from a little girl living in a small town in tho stato of New York. Tiio child told him that 6he had seen liis pictu-e, and it was her opinion, as slio expressed it in her artless way, that he “would lie a better looking man if ho would let his beard grow.” Mr. Lincoln passed that New York town on liis way to Washing- Ion, and liis first thought on reaching the place was aliout his littlo correspond ent. In his brief sjieech to tho people ho made a pleasing reference to the child and her charming note. ” “This littlo lady,” said ho, “saw from the first that great improvement might bo mado in my liersonal appearance. You all see that I am not a very handsome man, and, to bo honest with you, neither I nor any of my friends ever boasted very much aliout iny liersonal beauty.” He then passed his hand over his faco and continued; “Bull intend to follow that little girl’s ndvice, and if she is prelent I would like to speak to her." Tlie child camo for ward timidly, and was warmly greeted by tlie president-elect. Ho took her in his arms uud kissed her affectionately, expressing tho hope that ho might liavo the pleasure of seeing liis littlo friend again sometime. Shortly after this Mr. Lincoln, for tho first time in liis life, allowed iiis beard to grow all over liis face, with the excep tion of the upper lip; and this fashion lie continued as long as ho lived. In speaking of the incident which led him to sjiort a full beard ho afterward re marked, reflectively: “How small a tiling will sometimes chango tlie whole aspect of our lives.”—Ward II. Lamon. Under Italian Skies. We pass in sight of threo seasons. Around us is tho crisp air and golden sunshino of autumn. Beneath us hun dreds of feet the rills of spring murmur their way toward tiio sea. Abovo us the frosts und snow of winter keep their cold and beautiful silence, except when they speak with tlie white tongue of an ava lanche. Sometimes tho dclicato ever green trees of an entire mountain sido have been covered witli rain that frozo as it fell, and tho whole gigantic hill Hashes in a corrugated cloak of silver. Away beyond and abovo this a higher mountain will hold up its mighty drifts tofraternizo with the white clouds. .Wo are rushing along among mansions fit for tiio gods. Tlie people that we see at stations and in tlie coaches aro becoming- moro and moro stubby and swarthy. The guard of the train—a kind of conductor and brake- uian in one—Looks exactly liko tlie tourist from Italy who wanders along our street at homo in tho early morning and ex plores the ash barrel witli an iron book. Women doing their washing in tlie road sido streams ale small and ill-favored. These mountains seem to liavo borne dwarfs. A few soldiers in shabby uni forms look too small to participate in a grown up battle, and make us wonder at Magenta and Solferiuo. Beggars spring up* out of tiio earth, undressed in tiio carefully arrayed rags of professional poverty. An old gray haired woman is plowing in a barren looking field with a pair of cows—tiio yoko twined about their horns. People talk to each other in a queer dialect of Frencli and Italian, broken and ground together.—Will Carlcton. ALL FOR GOLD. f-? <»t* by Skillful Archers. In tile days when tho buffalo was found in vast herds on tlie western plains, , there wero Indians who, whilo riding at a gallop, could send an arrow through a i - buffalo’s body. Remarkable as this watched mo- closely you saw that when shooting was, yet it did not equal that 11 put Bio water to my lips.my upper lip They’ll robo mo in my bridal gown. All me, all me! They'll robe me ill my bridal gown, The orange buds will he my crown. The white veil will &o Heating down; And I shall hear the splendor meet. And .wish it were my winding sheet. i Ah me, nh me! They'll twine white gems about my neck. Ah me, ah mot They’ll twine white gems about my neck, i And I shall give no sign, no check, ■ But well enough. I, too, shall rock. That dewy pcaris are for my tears; Tho deadly opals for my fears. Ah me, oil me! They'll lay my prayer book in my hand. Ah me, ah me! They'll lay my prayer book In my hand, While I shall calm and stately stand. Ami hear tho organ pealing grand. And I shall neither faint nor fall. But live and smile on through it all. Ah me, ah me! They’ll lend mo to the altar rail. Ah me, ah met They'll lead me to tho altar rail. And my false lips will never fail. Nor my false heart will over quail,' As I breaths o’er those words of old, And sell myself for love of gold. Ah me, ah mel —Boston Saturday Traveler. AN APPETITE FOR GLASS. How tho Alleged Glass Eaters Deceive tho Credulous Fnbllc, Several gentlemen wero disSussing tha other evening at an uptown cafo tho pe culiar appetites that museum freaks have lately displayed for glass. They wero wondering if tho sharp particles were di gested, and ono of tho party said that tho wholo thing was a “fake.” “Why,” said the knowing one, "tho trick is ancient. I've seen it dono hun dreds of times, nnd can do it myself. You don’t bclievo it, eh? Well to satisfy those of yju who doubt my veracity, I’ll do tho trick. ” A very thin gloss, of the kind in which seltzer is usually served, was brought, nnd tho amateur freak called for n glass filled with water. Whilo tho audience, which had increased in size, was wonder ing what was to come next, tho gentle man coolly picked up the thin glass and deliberately bit off a piece, which ho cliowed with the utmost complacency. When it was reduced to tho proper fine ness tlie performer picked up tho glass of water and, to all appearances, washed down tho rather unpleasant dish with apparently us much satisfaction as if tho particles of glass were delicate bits of turkey nnd tho clear beverago cham pagne. It was noticed, however, that ho ditUpct drain tho glass. Everybody looked at him in perfect astonishment and somo of liis friends, thinking it was an act of bravado winch migl fatal, wanted to send for a pliyi “Never mind calling a doci tho trickster, laughing heart mystified expressions on their changed to looks of object terror; all right, and now I'll expose tlie trick. Of course nono of you bclievo I swallowed tho glass, but the question is what be- camo of it.” IIo’then took up tho glass from which ho drank, and, putting a handkerchief over another tumbler, poured its con tents into tho empty receptacle. Wnen tho straining was finished tho handker chief held hundreds of fine juirticlvs of glass. “Now you fellows want to know how tho small pieces of glass got into the tumbler, don't you? “In tho first place there Is little danger in chewing tho glass if ono is careful, but it requires a good deal of practico to eject it without being detected. If you ring it wa night provi ijsictan. )ctor,V srii) ■til yvjgP'th id iho faces I’m Snwduat by the Hal*. Baled sawdust is the latest outfit of the saw mills of Maine. It is put up in neat lialf cord packages covered witli bur laps. A |iowerful hydraulic press is used to press the packages, and the entire supply is shipped to Boston, where it is used by the street car companies for bed ding for horses. A portion of it is used for parking. The cost of transportation is reduced about one-half by the bailing process. I expect to see the sawdust of all the mills in the northwestern luinlicr district utilized in this wav Imfnre low. Sowing Machino Kinks. It i3 astonishing that makers of sewing machines do not put on a dcvico to raise the foot witli the^nec, similar to a swell to an organ. It could ho easily mid simply arranged by ednnecting tho kneo lever with the pressor bar by mc>uns of a cord (or say fine wire cord) about as follows: Fasten the cord to pressor bar guide, quilter screw head or tho thread cutter, thenco up over pulley lever or supporter, attached for that purposo at rear of tho face plate, thence ft similar device at Tear of arm above its base, thenco down through tlie table in a sheave pulley near the top end of right leg, thence across to a lever about twelve inches long, set in a sloping jiosition near tho loft leg of tiio sewing machine. The rear or upper end of tiio lever should bo attached to tho under sido of table, so tho front or lower end will rest against tho operator’s knee. Thus by a little practice the oiierator will soon learn to use such a device, and have tho use of tho right hand where it is much needed at tlie wheel and to help guido tho sew ing. It will do away with this everlast ing grabbing back to the foot lifter twice for every stop. Let us figure a little on this matter. Say that 5,000,000 of machines are in use in this country, tho waste motions in reaching to lifters amount to several hundred million motions per day that might be utilized to licttcr advantage, and tlie timo lost cosh day would perhaps amount to thirty years to ono individual. Please notice tliat figures don’t lie, nnd twenty or thirty cents on each machino would save so much.—Sewing Machino News. readied by the archers of ancient times, Mr. Dixon, in liis lustory of Gairlock, Scotland, says that the MacRaes of that district were sucli skillful archers that they could hit a man at tho distanco of 400 nnd even 500 yards. He instances the killing of a serving man at 500 yards and of two men killing several McLeods at 400. Lest tiio reader should discount tho distance of the range, tiio author men tions several wonderful shots made by Turks. In 1794 tlie Turkish uuibassador sliot an arrow, in a field near London, 415 yards against the wind and 482 yards with the wind. was laid over tho rim, • and before drank a drop all tho pieces which were under that upper lip wero almost at tho bottom of tho water. To be sure ono must bo careful not to swallow any of the pieces with tiio water, but that can be dono by closing the teeth. Tho finer the glass used the less fear there is of its living detected in tho bottom of tie tumbler.” Several of the audience tried to do the trick, but gavo up in despair when their tongues and gums wero cut by the par ticles of glass. It is, however, becoming very popular for blooded young men to bite pieces out of their glasses, and the The secretary of tho ambassador, on j timo may come when a piece of glass for hearing tlie expressions of surprise from | chewing purposes may bo included in the tho English gentlemen present, said th sultan had shot 500 yards. This was tlie greatest jicrformanco of modern days, but a pillar, standing on a plain near Constantinople, recorded shots ruugiug up to 800 yards. Sir Robert Aipslic, Britisli ambassador to tiie sublime jmrtc, records Unit in 1798 lie was present when tlie sultan shot an arrow 072 yards.—Youth's Companion. Tiio word knowledge strielly em; implies three things, viz.. lr... | conviction.—Whately. Fifteen young ( have gone to Italy lo.-.-.aiy ; i. bUezo*. toyed f and Scandinavian* in tiio United* States. A scries of articles on different nation alities in the United States forms ono of the unique features of tlie current vol ume of Tho Cliautauquan. In a late number Albert Shaw discusses tlie Scan dinavians, und gives the following in his valuable computation of statistics: More people liavo left Norway, Sweden und Denmark during the last seven years to make their homes in the United States than during the entire previous oxistenco of our country. Witli one-fortieth of tho wholo imputation of Euro|m tho Scandinavian countries furnish nearly one twenty-fourth of the aggregate European emigration of the United Stab s 'luring the six decades from. 1820 to I Since 1880 we have admitted in numbers 4,000,000 European n-e ■ our shores, of whom aliout 500,i •. j ..avo been Scandinavians. That is to say, wo aro during the current de cade drawing 12 1-2 per cent, of our new foreign population from a group of kin dred nations which have only 2 1-2 per ” cent, of the imputation of Europe. —Pub- 7 lie Opinion. bill for refreshments.—New York Even ing Sun. A Novel Necktie. The manager of ono of the largo Chi cago wholesale houses in tho line of gen tlemen’s fuihishings, shows a novel necktio which he has just received from Texas. It is a rattlesnake skin, made up in tho form of a four-in-hand tie. The • point-rattle is sot in the center of th* outer fold—to servo tho purpose of a tie pin. As it glistens and shows all sorts of shifting colors in tho sunlf ht or gaslight it makes a very attractive, if not exactly conventional, tie. The owner says that it was sent to him as a sariiple, the sender saying that, as the stock of rattlesnakes in his country is inexhaustible, ho can supply as many of these strange ties os tho Chicago liouso may want.--Chicago News. - shoes of tho Confederacy. Two ladies of our acquaintance, wealthy nnd exclusive at the beginning of the war, wero glad, during its latter years, through the great change wrought in their fortunes, to find tliat their skill in making shoes, siipiiers and gaiters could furnish them with a modest in come. ■ These shoes were constructed from old broadcloth coats and pants, pieces of bombazine and any available black goodd; their soles were often cut from the leather tops of worn out shoes, and tiieir lacings were the coverings of hoopskirt wire dyed black. Toward tfte close of the war many of them sold for * $30 and $40 per lair. —Jennie S. Jiulson.