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TWO.
Silently, swiftly, riding with me,
Stirrup to stirrup, and stride for stride,
If I stretch out my hand in the night, b/my
s|de,
I touch him, steadily, sullenly,
With his withered face and his misery,
By the firmest and bitterest bond allied,
That never a love nor a hate can divide,
Riding with mo.
Across the land, and from sea to sea.
Plashing and plunging through many rivers,
Recklessly, wearily, desperately,
Ban nor blessing, nor thing that severs,
Can sever the tie 'twist him and me.
Out of the ulglit and into the day,
From season to season, from year to year,
What does it matter where leads the way?
There is nothing further to heed nor fear;
There is nothing to hope in the timo to be;
As I gallop in silence to-night, by my side,
Stirrup to stirrup, and stride for stride,
lie rides with me.
II.
As I ride with thee, shall I rido with thee,
With my withered face, and my misery,
StirrUp to stirrup, and stride for stride,
The cross, and the book and the priest defied.
Through time, and death, and eternity,
No days that breed, nor years that kill.
Nor prayer, nor tear of souls that bo
Past the swift river of good or ill,
Shall sever the bonds that hold me, tied
’ By deed and by will of thy own to thy side,
Stirrup to stirrup, and stride for stride,
Steadily, sternly, silently,
I shall ride with thee.
—P. Y. Black in Overland Monthly.
Good Hornes in I)ud llundn.
A Boston writer tells a nice story
about how he found among the wretched,
bedraggled horses of the fish peddlers a
faultless saddle mare. It is ixwsiblu for
the most excellent and most lovable ani
mals to fall into the bands of brutal
masters, and die “unhonored and un
sung.” But good care and skillful hand
ling would restore many such. If llio
story puts hundreds of kindly people on
the watch to rescue possible from
tlio crowds of animals that drudge i.'out
our city streets, with all the spirit of a
noble horse beaten out by beetle headed
owners, it will fulfill tho evident object
of the writer.—Globe-Democrat.
Hallway .Station fit Itu.ln.
The tracksof ull the roads leading from
tho country palaces to the capital, over
which the czar may travel, are pat: oled
by soldiers, and one can see ten; I all
along tho line at intervals of a few hun
dred yards. This precaution is mado
necessary by tho many attempts that have
been mado to wreck trains on which
members of the imperial family have
been or have been supposed to bo passen
gers. There was one terrible danger
from this source which will never he for
gotten, ns well ns several escapes from
lesser peril.—William Eleroy Curtis in
Chicago Nows.
Tho Strength of Wood.
In a paper on the strength of different
kinds of wo<xl for building purposes,
Professor Johnson calls attention to tho
fact, ns now demonstrated, that many
clteapot' kinds of timber may prove moro
valuable for structures than more ex
pensive varieties, which have been sup
posed to bo stronger, and, therefore,
moro desirable. Thus, pine supports or
pillars have been found stronger than
oak on r.. vlten tested in largo samples.
—New York Sun.
KUul to Contributors, v
Tito Century is very nice in its methods
with its contributors, both active and
would ho. It notifies them immediately
of the receipt of their manuscript, giving
it a number to be used in future com
munications pertaining thereto. This is
done nowhere else in this country. Then,
in about six weeks a decision is reached,
and if accepted the article is paid for.
All tho monthlies and weeklies of stand
ing pay for their matter on acceptance.
New York Graphic.
A Hail llrrnin.
“What can be more depressing than a
terriblo dream?"
“I will tell you what is more dopn
ing; it is to have a pleasant, delightful
dream and wake up to find that it is
nothing but n dream.”
“Have you over lieeti there?"
“Just tho other night. I'll never for.
get tho anguish I felt when I woke."
“What did you dream?”
“That my room rent was paid a month
in advance.—Nebraska State Journal.
Cleared Money on It.
A' Missouri farmer recently learned
that tho grand jury was about to indict
him for working on Sunday. lie didn’t
try to evade ti e charge, hut, on the con
trary, had his four sons summoned as
witnesses against him. He was fined $ 1
and costs, a total of $5. But as the mile
age and witness fees of his sons amounted
to $10.40, the family cleared $5.40 on
tho transaction.—New York Tribune.
Scorpion, ns food. 1
An English traveler told a Belize
(Honduras) nowspaper man that he had
eaten a “scorpion pie” whilo in Mexico,
and that ho liked it. The natives told
him that young scorpions were frequent
ly utilized for food for the lower classes,
who dig them from their nests in hun
dreds, remove the sting and malm ome
lets of them.—New York Evening
World.
, An Able Pulpit Kffort.
Country fillister (to draeon)—So you
think, Brother Jones, that niv sermon
this morning was ait abler effort than
that of last Sabbath? *
Deacon—Yes, 1 do, dominie. Ye sec,
I timed ’em both. an’ today’s was nigh
on to fifteen minutes shorter.—Philip li.
Welch in The Epoch.
ri.jr.ur.rs* V a:.".
An ongrav. r on - i ras-s usually gets a
salary of $:),(•;;:) a y. nr id ... .tg raver
on steel about the >ul. , . .ordit:;; to an
expert
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST THIEVES.
A New Presjrratlvo Art.
M. Truy, the French consul at this
A Deformed Burglar TcID Householders ! P° rt > has in his parlor a httgo decorative
How to Protect Their Property. , piece, seemingly of roses, rosebuds, vio-
First of all, I may say that the house
holder, especially if his house is situated
in the suburbs, should - count as next to
nothing the protection afforded by the
night policeman on ' his beat. I don’t
mean to" insinuate that the night police
man neglects his duty. I believe that, as
a rule, ho performs it ns well as he is able
to, and ic may be pretty safely relied on
that at each time he passes a row of vil-
lets, smilax and other flowers and foliage,
apparently carved with rnoet exquisite
delicacy in bronze. Tho most minute
curves and veiningsof the smallest petals
and leaves are preserved with infinito
exactitude, so that it would seem as if
the piece represented years of patient ap
plication of the highest skill in this diffi
cult branch of art. In point of fact,
however, the whole thing was produced
SOME CURIOUS TABLE MANNERS.
The Good Old Day. When Knives and
Fork. Were Scarce—The Saltcellar.
It was late in the Fourteenth century
when the first evidences of art in the
shape of bilver cups were noticeable on
the buffet. The dishes were mado of
pewter or wood and spoons of bone,
Vt.
las he will cast the light of his bull’s eye * ^ a few hours, and at small expense, by
over tho front garden, if there is one, I new process of (dating, the invention
and over the house front, and tho lower 3 Frenchman. Each bronze flower
windows and street door. If there is no . nnc ^ incloses the real original, upon
front garden, he will see that all is right
and tight in the area as well. But his
beat is a long one, and it is probable he
will not pass that way again for an hour,
or perhaps longer. So that if there is a
job afoot ail that those engaged in it havo
to do is to hido and seo the policeman off,
and they then know exactly how much
time they have to get through their work
before he can make his appearance
again,
which the metal has been deposited by
electric action, and it is affirmed that the
roses so encased retain indefinitely their
perfume, and, even in their deepest
interiors, their natural colors. Tho
same process is applied in tho making of
silver flies, beetles and other insects, and
even in tho coating of lizards and small
snakes for tho ornamentation of parasol
handles and cano heads. Tho dead insect
or reptile is hermetically sealed up in its
Speaking from my experience, and ■ metal coat, and, it is said, will never de-
from that of others with whom I have ! ca . v > at least until * tho m . ctal is worn
been acquainted, I should say that at
least a fourth part of tho number of pri
vate house burglaries that are success
fully committed are assisted by servants.
But speaking of ordinary work it is tho
fcmalo servants who aro made useful,
and that quite innocently on their part.
Masters and mistresses have no idea what
easy simpletons many girls in service
are, or how easily they aro induced to
betray the secrets of the house. And not
only girls, but women, cooks and house
maids, who aro old enough to know bet
ter. A smart chap, with plenty to say
and with money to spend, has but to
scrape acquaintance with the kind of
servants I am alluding to when they are
out for church on Sunday and meet them
a few times afterward, and lie can learn
all ho wants to know respecting the val
uable stuff in tho house and where it is
kept, and tho ways and habits of their
employers and when they aro at homo
nail when away.
It is not often tho burglar himself who
in thi3 way goes a-fishing for useful in
formation. Generally speaking, ho is not
what may lie called a “ladies’ man. ”
Ho is very well in his own line, hut ho
hasn't got tho good looks or tho insinuat
ing ways that go down with tho fair sex.
That part of the programme is intrusted
to tho “sweetstuff man.” lie is an affa
ble, well spoken young fellow, very re
spectably dressed, and no respectable in
his manner that even if lie was caught in
tho kitchen witli the servants at bouses
vliero followers aro strictly prohibited
his appearance would disarm suspicion.
It should not be forgotten that tlio
burglar Ita3 no particular desire in tho
pursuit of his calling to run his bead into
more danger than is necessary, and thero
is nothing that is so much to his liking
ns parapet work—getting in at. attic
windows that are screened bv tlio roof , , ,, - - , ,
parapet. Not ono householder in a score because they wero good, will show
gives a thought as to the security of the | makings closely resembling champagne
through, and, as the deposit may bo put
on as thick ns is deemed advisable, they
may be mado to last as long as people’s
liking for them as a novelty endures.
Tho fidelity to nature in these reproduc
tions is wonderful.
Heretofore something has been dono in
tho direction of plating non-conducting
surfaces by giving them a primary coat
ing of plumbago, but that always was a
necessary imperfect process. Tho French
electrician substitutes for that a bath—
the composition of which is a secret—
into which tho objects to bo plated aro
plunged for a few seconds. When they
are withdrawn they dry off almost im
mediately and seem to have upon them a
faintly discernahlo coating like tho bloom
upon a plum. They are then plunged
into an electric bath, and any metal de
sired is deposited upon them.—New York
Sun.
Drain Photographic Revelations.
A writer in Tlio New York Tribune
tells tho story of tho appearanco of a
man’s brain under a strong microscope
that is both interesting and suggestive.
In the brain matter, ho says, wero no
ticed curious markings, some geometri
cal, somo sinuous, and many others that
proved to lie characters in tho Etliiopic,
Syriac and Phoenician languages, which
tlio possessor of tlio brain, when alive,
had mado a special study. Now for tho
suggestive part. Perhaps soma day
when a man dies wo can tako out his
brain, spread it on a microscopic slide,
and, in a ]>eep, behold him ns ho really
was, not as lie pretended to bo. Every
thing his tnind ever took cognizance of
and formed an opinion about will ho open
before us like the pago of a book.
No doubt the traceries will tako pecu
liar shapes sometimes. Perhaps tho
brains of somo young men, Who died
attic window. He wi l havo his street
door iron plated, with t patent lock on
it, and a chain strong e lough to hold an
elephant, but a catch that can be put
back with a bradawl is good enough for
tho attic window, and all the timo it
is quite as easy to enter by ono
way as tho other- -if tlio houses
stand in a row one ono of them
happens to bo empty This
bottles, night keys and fast horses. Tho
tracings in tlio brain of moro than ono
good bald headed deacon may assume tho
graceful forms of ballet girls, tlio sight of
which made such on impression on him
when alivo and in the front rotv of tho
theatre. Shapes that closely resemblo
beautiful entrain and decolleto dresses
may ho expected in tlio,cranimns of so
ciety belles called henco in tho midst of
of tlio opportunities tho fraternity ' tllcir triu ”P hs ' I" tho brains of re
i wv .. . * : Tvirlnrts will nn nntirml mnnv n-hncinv
are always on tho looko it for. Notliin_
can lie easier than to (iter nn unoccu
pied house at tho bnsi inent, and cr.co
within all a man has to i o is to walk up
stairs and get out on to lie parapet, and
there, well screened fre n view by the
coping, he can creep on liis hands and
knees, and by means of the attic win
dows get into any house lie has a fancy
for. It it is win; :• time,and afterdark,
lie will have no difficulty in taking stick
of the front windows before be makes
the ascent, and so nscerfc ining which of
the front rooms are oep’pied or if tho
family aro at dinner. It the latter ho
cau be pretty sure that tRe servants are
nil down stairs, and liqoau explore the
upper rooms without nitrh fear of inter
ruption. This wouldn't lie called in the
profes-ion tip top work, tin it is a means
by which householders lo»aconsiderahli
amount of portable propeoy, and it very
rarely happens that tho nLber is caught
in the act.
As regards houso fnstoibigs there
in my opinion, nothing safemor windows
titan a long thumb sere win a socket,
going right through the frane and deep
into the sash on both sides u tho win
dow. I don't know if there luivo been
tiny wonderful inventions hi that way
since I took an interest in strh things,
but I never saw a door fasteWr except
the thumb screw that slioull give a
workman a minute’s trouble. IFor tho
street door there is nothing so and ns a
flat bar fastened to a pivot to til center,
60 that it will extend across till jambs
and drop into slots mado on thtfelau cf
a watch and chain swivel. For window
shutters tho cheapest and best portion
is a lightly hung bell on a coil
But bettor than locks, bolts and bah is a
wiry little dog that, roaming loosdwill
o[ien his pipes and let all the house glow
it tho moment ho hears a suspicious
at door or window.—London Telegraph.
porters will ho noticed many ghastly
family and public oecrets which, out of
reportorial goodness of heart, never wero
| given out to the world. And so wo
luightYontinuo ad infinitum, hut wo re
frain. This scientific investigation must
i not bo pushed further. A key that opens
; a man’s secrets after lie is dead might
| not he such r; hilarious discovery after
j all.—Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
Astrologers' Magical Rings*
The ring among astrologers was a favor-
i ito means of divining the future. It was
suspended by a hair in the middle of a
! cup known as the draining cup. Qttes-
I tions were asked and the ring tupped tho
| sides of tho goblet in answer, hut as the
hand of tho astrologer held tho hair to
which tlio ring was fastened, perhaps
there was not so much divining ill this
as tlio credulous supposed. All astrol
ogers, however, had at least seven magic
rings; one for Uto sun, a diamond set in
gold; another for the moon, a crystal in
silver; a third for Mercury, a luadstono
in silver; a fourth for Venus, an amethyst
ia copper; a fifth for Mars, an emerald ip
iron; u sixth for Jupiter, a cornelian in
tin; a seventh for Saturn, a turquoise in
lead. Many astrologers had a zodiac ring,
or ring exhibiting ill its setting all tlio
signs of the zodiac, tho general effect be
ing that of a calendar or old fashioned
almanac. Charm rings are also very
common oven in later times. Henry VIII
Iiad so much confidence in a ring which
belonged to Thomas a Becket that he
had it set as a thumb ring and wore it
all his life.—Globe-Democrat.
or silver. Knives were rare, and
that account guests invited to feasts
carried their own knives. Forks camo in
general use still later, and for long years
after their introduction they wero con
sidered ridiculous affectation and foppery,
and not nearly so convenient as one’s
own fingers. The lord and his lady
dipped their fingers into tlio same plato
and sipped their wine from tlio same cup.
Even the qupenly Elizabeth, with all her
elaborate ideas of etiquette, was content
to carry her food to her mouth with her
fingers, and at first despised tlio newly
invented forks os unseemly and awk
ward.
Very gradually tho dining hall grow
in comfort and splendor. Dishes of gold
and silver were made, and so eager word
tho nobles for them that they would sac
rifice unything to possess them. Tho
saltcellar was for a long timo tho article
of highest importance on the board. It
was a great affair, and it stood directly
in tho center of the table; it was tho di
viding lino; the nobles wero seated above
tho salt, tho commoners below; lienee
grew tho proverb, “Below the salt." Tho
passing of salt was a ceremon ious custom
tlio guest throwing a pinch over his left
shoulder and murmuring a blessing,
The saltcellars wero of the most curl
ous device. Sometimes they represented
hugo animals, sometimes a great, full
blown flower, or a long, slender stem,
and again they were in shapo of a chariot*,
mounted on four wheels, on which they
were easily run down tho table
Tho first glass cups came from Venico
during tho Sixteenth century, and from
tha: time on society began to loso many
of its primitive ways, and became, in a
sense, more refined.
Henry VIII was bom with luxurious
tastC3. II- 1 bad his banquet chairs sup
plied with velvet cushions, and about
this timo tho parlor or “talking room,’’
as it was called, wa» introduced, and
hero it was that tho dames took refuge
when tho dinner had advanced beyond
prudent limits, a3 it invariably did before
tho finish.
Tho cook that presided over the kitchen
in those days was not tho counterpart of
our Nineteenth century Bridget, but ho
was nn artist, and generally u man of
quality. Tho ladies of tho household,
oven those of noblo birth, attended to
many domestic ' duties, making tho
bread, preserving tho fruits, while to
understand tho proper uso of starch was
considered a great accomplishment.—
.Tillio May Forney in Woman.
Tho Fat Man Trick,
Stage tricks and illusions havo an un
dying charm even when tho veil of
mystery is raised. It was tho celebrated
family of Ravels that invented tho fat
man trick, nnd now we havo an expos!
tion of tho manner in which that seem
ing marvel was accomplished. One of
tho actors in tho pantomimo sits at a
tablo and ravenously eats dish after dish
of food that a servant brings on to him.
Presently tho man. who like most raven
ous eaters was rather thin and scrawny,
begins to grow plump, liis clothes tit
him snugly. His waistcoat steadily
swells out under tho very eyes of tho
audience.
All tiie while ho is eating liko a sau
sage machine. In a few minutes ho
grown to lie a giant eight or nino feet
tall, and with tlio proportions of nn in
flated balloon. Tho food oaten is nil
“property food,” mado of tissue paper,
that tho actor chows up into little halls
and takes out of his mouth when occa
sion offers. His clothes aro all i«i rubber
and mado to fit air tight around tlio
wrists and nock. In sitting down ho
puts tho heel of one hoot over n little
trap in tho stage. An assistant below
immediately couples a tube running
from a bellows to a liolo in the hoot heel.
Then he blows him up. By the time
that the suit has grown so big that tho
inhabitant lias to have : lantern to move
around in it, tho wind supply is cut off
and the I>oot heel is plugged up. Then,
by an ingenious arrangement of springs
under the actor’s foot tho height is ac
quired.—Detroit Frco l’ress.
The people
taken to ratio'
quite a denial
rtf To
Imr-
for i
Informed on Each Other.
Hero is a story told by a New Jersey
justico of the peace; “A man from
Pennsylvania was arrested in Gloucester
for having a dead deer in his possession.
He was fined $50, which ho paid, and
went back to Pennsylvania. About the
same time another Pennsylvanian was _
caught in the same way and fined the if they were ever uttered, and itisprob-
Tlio Legion's Iron Discipline.
Many desertions continue to take place
from tiie French army in Tonkin. All
tho deserters who are recaptured aro shot
without compunction. Lately eighteen
soldiers of tho Foreign legion ran away
from Sottthay with a lot of arms and ac
couterments. They wero caught in tho
mountain defiles after a chase which
lasted a considerable time, and the eight
een wero condemned to ho shot at once.
It is said that when tho men were drawn
up in single file in front of their graves
the adjutant who was in charge of tho
firing party cried out with an oath, on
seeing some of tho doomed men fall
slightly out of their alignment, “Can’t
you fellows keep your dressing better than
that? Eyes right! Dress!" No sooner
was tho command given than tho prison
ers with parade liko punctuality straight
ened themselves up and obeyed ns if they
wero on the drill ground or at u review.
Then the fated command was given, and
the eighteen men went down liefore the
terrible volley. The adjutant’s words—
1VI1I ltun for • Year.
A new thing out is a clock with ordiV
nary works that will run for a year with-'
out attention. An electric battery con
cealed in the case winds up the clock
from day to day. or week to week, as
tHo 1100,1 'may be’ Once in a great while
tho button must l» renewed, but that is
all the care the clock calls for.--Chicago
Tiuies.
same amount. Ho also paid up. In I nblo that tlicy were—show that an iron
both cases tlio whole fine, under the law, discipline still prevails in the French
went to the informant against them. I j Foreign legion.—London Telegraph.
knew them, anil it always puzzled me —
how they came to seem so contented to ociunlists assert that tho newly discov-
pay their fines. Well, sir, I have just j e nsl cities of Arizona aro thn same as
found out. Do you know that thoso i sought by Cortez and tlio early Spanish
ieas\y Pennsylvanians had put up a job j a,tventurers in their expeditions after
conic over hero to kill our deer, and j gold. The cities are seven in number
ien each inform on the other. S" that all ,i show evidences ■ f former civiliza-
fine each paid went right back into lion uml wealth —Chicago llerohl.
pocket of the other, and. their oivr
,’t cost them a cent!”—Chicago News)
Meaning of tie, Wont "Kongo."
It has been generally accepted that the
translation of the name “Kongo” Id
"tiie country of leopards,” the root ko
meaning “the country," and ngo “leop
ard.” J. Janko, in Pctermann’s Mittei-
lungen, shows that this translation is not
satisfactory, os, according to the rules of
the Bantu language, these two words
cannot be combined into the word
"Kongo." He discusses tho various forms
of this word as found among the tribes of
the Lower Kongo—the Bakongo, who
live on the river, from its mouth to Stan
ley Pool; the Bateke, who occu^f the
regions tietweou the Kuaugo and Kongo,
and the Ko' go und Alima; tho Bubtmia,
northwest of the last tribe; and the Bay-
nnzi, bet v. con Leopold Jake and the
Kongo. Tho Bakongo name of the river
is ‘‘Kongo." that used by the Bateko is
“Songo,” and the Baynnzi say "Rongo.”
All tlieso names are dialectio variations
of tho same word, the k of ono dialect
becoming r and s in the others. The
meaning of the word in the Bayonzi dia
lect is “spear," and, accordingly, Janko
explains the name of Bakongo as “the
man with the spear;” the name of tho
river, as “fast as a spear." If this trans
lation should bo correct, it seems more
►probable that the name of the river was
derived from that of tho tribe. Janko
remarks incidentally that the root ku
infers a motion, and that it is contained
in tho names of numerous rivers, such os
Kuilu, Kunene, Kuango, Kuanza, which
therefore must not bo spelled Kuilu,
Kwango, etc. It seems probable that tho
samo root may be contained in tho word
‘■Kongo,” and that tho meaning “spear,"
which is, according to Janko, confined to
tho Bayanzi, is also derived from this
root.—Science.
no Figured on It. «
“Got a pencil?" asked a farmer on tho
market tlio other day of acitizen. “Now,
then, let’s figure a bit.”
“What on?”
“Well, I como in most every day with
something, and generally start for’ home
about dusk. Ono boy hi particular up
Grand River avenue lias botliei'cd mo a
great deal by ‘hitching on.’ Tito other
night I thought I’d givo him a lesson.
When ho got on I grabbed his cap."
“And the boy?”
“Ho sat down on some bag3 of oats I
hadn’t sold and was taking back home,
nnd didn’t seem to care much about it.
Ho rode about n mile arid then got off
without his cap.”
“But wlmt about the figgors?"
“I’m coming to them. IIo threw out
six empty bags worth thirty-five cents
each. He slashed into three bags full of
oats witli kis knife and let ’em ran out.
IIo threw away anew tea kettle which
cost me eighty cents, and lie dropped
overboard a horso blanket for which T'
paid $1. Add up these sums, subtract n
two shilling cap nnd seo how much I
come out ahead.—Detroit Free Prcs3.
A SIioo Dealer.
Tlio western nnd southern shoo trade
demands a wider last than is used in the
cast. This is not altogether due to dif
ferences in tho pedal structure. There
nro notions that prevail among dealers os
to how a shoe should ho fitted, which ore
peculiar to sections. The eastern retailer
prevails on a lady to wear a shoo that Is
often a full 6ize longer than her foot.
Havo plenty of room in that direction,
tho foot can then bo fitted with a nar
rower shoo, with a slimmer and more
Elegant appearance. 'On the other hand,
Vcstem and southern dealers rnako the
fit snug ns to length, nnd often after the
shoo is worn a few days tho great toe
protrudes over tho sole. Being crowded
longitudinally, tho foot must havo room
somo way, and tho wider last is therefore
used. Tlio eastern is tho correct method
rtf fitting, being less injurious to tho feet,
and the shoes will wear better and look
better after a fortnight’s wear.—“Dealer”
in Globe-Democrat.
Tho X«t Census.
Already plans aro in outliijo for the
collection of tlio eleventh national cen
sus. Many of tho shortcomings of the
methods of 1880 nro to he remedied.
That census was moro com pie to than any
previous one, but the work was so much
greater than tho sum available to pay for
it that its day of greatest uso was over
before it was put in a shape to be uvaiia-
*ble. Gen. Francis A. Walker, who was
superintendent of tho last census, advo
cates the collection of the statistics two
years hence by tho national bureau of
statistics, which has Carroll D. Wright
at its head. Ho also suggests that the
statistics of population bo taken by ono
Bet of enumerators and published as early
as possible. Thero is a disposition to
make the census of 1890 even moro com
plete than that of 1880.—Philadelphia
Times.
Cemetery In Tangier.
Not far from the market place, upon
tho hillside, is the public cemetery—a
forlorn and dreary place full of sprawl
ing cacti and brambles. Some of the
graves aro inclosi'd with rude low walls,
few havo stones of turban shape, but all
look crude und cheerless. AVo saw two
or threo women sitting among the graves,
enveloped in their white hoiks, and look
ing like tho risen ghosts of those who
slept below. True to tho tenderness of
their sex tho world over, they hod gone
to the graves of their friends “to weep
there." Near by, and also close to the
old citadel, wo saw tombs of former
shereofs—low, squaro structures, sur
mounted with domes, all of dazzling
whiteness from frequent whitewashing.—
G. P. Gates in Boston Transcript.
Magnifying glasses seem to have neen
known in the time of Confucius. the
great Chinese phiUvoplt*r. who died
B. O., for he wrote: "A- " > •• sss
to examine tit • f r oso? • . •
we study i v. ■ t" • ■ 1118
present. —Ariuii.'nw ...“ ■