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SIMILARITY OF PROVERBS. A SOUDANESE THREAT. », , The Africans Propose to Tarn tho Nile Ideas Which Sects to Bo Indieenoas to from Its Coarse. Fvo™ nL C T' " le — E f an ' ,,lM - The warliko Soudanese, who have of ideas wmch seem to bo so stoutly resisted the' introduction of minf n £” 1 i,?°“ ntrles °^ cu ^ to tho civilization into thoir land, aro now ZJZ lld ^'" s _^ dundl ? ncy : found, according to Sir Samu ‘One swallow does not make .. spring” wo And alike in English, Ger man and Russian. In the gunny south it takes tho form, “One TOwer does not „ to Sir Samuel Baker, to be masters of the situation to a de gree for which even tho fall of Khar toum has not prepared the outsido ~ T"“■wivcruucsuuj world. They hold the key of tho Nile, iwke a garland. In Italy wo find nn d prudent and thoughtful men who F™ “n^ PS “ ’ less .& ets ’ •» know tho geography of tho SouX° bimk C ho,ii H ° ? mbraccs to ° m n°k and tho resources and recklessness of • ri\! .;i? 'u? n l ” OU A OW .?r, C -°’J nt 7- tho natives beliovo that tlwt they aro fwi*?« i °f ,P ur Birds of a capable of turning that great river out hwhn Tt oc .i? ^her is represented of its present courso and bringing irre- nL ” i» It ^ Wn i P??* 7 kkc covers its trievable ruin upon Egj-pt. It appears like, the Greek, A comrade loves a that in thn innwessififn fncfn™L£ comrade; the Frer seinble, s’asscmblc.” . . that m tho innccessibio fastnesses of ’ i yui so ras- the desert, where tho bayonets of Flato declared Europe cannot reach, there is a snot fifin t Mot A IVI- .1.1. .. _ - — - A P * . * S t l i J ^ lh ? t A , te ' where even savage African engineer f , i - f ° f a !w? nd , h ,° ,las ing will suffice to find tho Nile a short ou dnnechom our “W hat’s begun | cut to tho sea, and they have already s haU done, and in tho Italian threatened their enemies with this di£ Who commences well is at tho half ' of the task.” There is truo Oriental ring aster. , I If the work is done a fertile land about ] nearly equal in extent to tho states of such proverbs as “Among, the sandal iRinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan aci-pents,” “Rivers will bo changed into a desert an3 a • a '° ?, tusc . 3 ’ but . also alligators. It population of millions will bo blotted rt needless to suggest the western cor- out of a country that is tho oldest in relatives. “By a number of straws history. No such gigantic menace has ever before been held out in tho annals of tho world, nnd never beforo lias it twisted together elephants can bo bound,” is again only tho Indian form of tho Scotch, “Many a little makes a mickle.” Tho Greeks, wishing to cast doubts upon a man’s probity, declared him to bo “A sheep with a fox's tail,” which answers to our “Wolf in sheep's cloth ing,” nnd^the French, “II fait is bon apotre.” The familiar “Finis coronet opus” lias passed by literal translation into French and Russian. “All’s well that ends well,” bears a strong like ness to tho German “Endo gut Alles been so possiblo that a grave threat would bo fatally carried out. It is a figure of speech when wo talk about tno nations changing tho map of Europe; tlio wild spearsmen of tho Soudan liavo it in tho hollow of their hands to alter in fact and deed tho map of Africa. They can, if tlioy E ’ -ase, wo are told, spread tho Sahara o a great yellow pall fully across tho continent from sea to sea. They can build a rampart of sand b nn • i .i . . . vu “ « iiiuiuuu Ul Del IIU I a «“ nst progress that progress can- proveb, “Let a cur’s tail bo warmed, pressed out straight nnd swathed with bandages; if released after twelve years it will nevertheless return to i:s natural shape.” It is easy to trace the similarity of idea our “You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s car.” “Man proposes, God disposes,” ap peal's in tho German, while in lie.- .in it takes tho form, “God mak tho crooked arrow straight." “Charity begins at home” in Russian assumes tho more graphic and suggestive form, “One’s own shirt is nearest to one’s body.” not cross, such a ucli tremendous power, mischievous possibility, ! gives an interest to the Egyptian prob- ' 1cm that brings it homo to every nation. Tho pyramids hnvo stood since tho inornmg of time; empires r.ml dynasties liavo risen and liavo fallen, and they have not been stirred. ; Yet the ignorant savages in tho desert | aro their masters and can bring tho ! sand upon them to bury them as tlio H0ME8 OF THE JAPANESE. No Window* Nor Itegnlar Doom—Walla and Floors—Tho “Go Down.” Japancso houses consist often of only ono story, and very seldom of more than two. They do not, of course, resembloone another exactly, any more than English houses do; but it may bo said of them generally that they have no windows in our sense of tho word, and sometimes no regular doors, but they are always provided witli a veranda beforo the lower story, and, when they liavo a second story, with a balcony. As to solidity, it is a fact that tho Japancso do not even aim at making their houses substantial, as English houses nre, or as, even when con structed by a “jerry builder," they profess to bo. Tlie outer walls of an English houses aro always intended to bo fixtures, nnd so far durablo that when once put up they cannot bo pulled down without sending for workmen; but among the Japanese two or more of tlio sides are not per manent walls, but aro closed with slid ing screens, which can bo set up and taken down at tho pleasure of tho in mates. On a hot day, or when I borough ventilation is required, tho whole side of a room can be opened to the outer air. _ Of course, people who aro not par ticular about having a permanent wall between their rooms and tho out side world, do not care to have im movable partitions between ono part of tho houso and another. Although in England rooms are occasionally parted from one another by a curtain, or by folding doors, yet, as a general rule, they urc separated by walls, which, however flimsy their construc tion may be, are fixtures, ant! cannot bo taken away and replaced at will. But in Japan ono room is commonly parted from tlio next merely by n screen—a framework of wood covered with paper, which runs in a shallow groove on the floor nnd a deeper groove on tho ceiling, a plan which gives tho inhabitants tlio power of adding to or decreasing tlio number of their apartments at their pleasure. Baron Nordenskjold, tho famous Arc tic traveler, has recorded tlio surpriso with which bo woke up ono morning “BnJIct Playing” In Scotland. His Most Exacting Position la tho Hanks The Scotch miner has many ways of of Railroad Employes, amusing himself. Quoits is a favorito The passenger train conductor has K 0 ™ 0 * ,J ,18 > 60 ki a gamo_ called ) In many respects the most difficult mnndnra —a sortof bastard cricket— position in tlio railroad ranks. He self is popular among tho ' " " ' , but with them football Wo discourage carrying “coals to Newcastle,” the French deprecate talc ing “water to tho river.” Wo “drink as wo brew,” or would if wo could; tho French “sleep on the bed n3 they Lave made it.** T rtlfl Alltnnlnn wno templo of Jupiter Amnion and tlio ut a Japanese inn in quite a small Sphinx itself were buried. If tho room, having gone to bed over night savage wills the sacrifice, a flood fatal nr. that in which Pharaoh perished can sweep Egypt out of exis tence, slowly, perhaps, but surely. It is the land of tombs and memories, the world’s graveyard; perhaps it is time a,, - that it should bo interred itself. Civi- Tho old Athenian was fixation waits upon tho Soudanese. 1* “ ' o News. Subjects for Industrial Training;. Mrs. Laura Osborne Talbot finis de scribed to tho American association heraixpcriences of tlio effects of a little industrial teaching upon thirty in a very large ono. It has been suggested that tho reason why tlio Japanese do not build their houses more solidly is that, in a land like theirs of continual earthquakes, it is not worth whilo spending a long time on rearing up n building which may lie tumbled down again at any moment. But it is doubtful whether this explanation is a true one, for earthquakes violent enough to destroy really strong building do not happen very often at any ono pjace, am 1, I)C- sides, tho Japancso do erect durablo as much concerned to seo a bull in tho is for them to say.—Chi city as wo aro when that quadruped appears in a china shop. With us “still water runs deep;” m Russia they “swarm with devils," a much more vigorous figure.—Tho Examiner. Concerning Consanguineous Marriages. Dr. Shuttlcworth somo timo ago communicated to tho British Medical association the results of the inquiries which he had made into (ho influeneo “Wo were limited in every way, hut houses fall an easy prey, and by which of consanguineous marriages on off- wo found these children of tho lowest ! l ar £° parts of tho towns aro continu- I s: I houses, which tho rounders’ and cricket itself i younger men, is tho favorite pastime. Leaping, run ning, throwing tho hammer, and toss ing tho caber aro all practiced, and in some parts a game called “bullet play ing" is in high favor. I liavo never seen this played except in thoLothians and Stirlingshire, and there it was at ono timo tho crack amusement. Rather a peculiar amusement it is, too. It is played in this manner: A certain dis tance, say a milo out nnd a milo in, is fixed upon as tho ground to be covered by tho players, and tho man who does so in tho fewest number of throws is declared the winner. Tlio bullet is a polished ball of hard whinstono, and weighs from ton to fourteen ounces, and this hall tho player takes into his hand, nnd, running to a lino drawn on tho roadway, ho swings his arm and throws with all liis might. This is termed “hainching the bullet,” and a good player can cover tho milo in fivo or six throws. Tho game is ono mainly of strength, hut a good deal of skill can bo shown in it. Each player lias a man in front to show where tho bullets should bo landed, and liis business is to seo that if his directions aro followed tlio bullet of his player will have tho best part of the road to run on. Tho game is always played on tho best, highway in the neighborhood, and [tho authorities ob ject to it ns being dangerous, although I never liavo heard of any accident arising therefrom. A bullet match is to tho Scotch minor what a dog fight [ should be a first class freight conductor ; and a iiolished gentleman to boot But , in his long apprenticeship on a freight ■ train ho has very likely beon learning how not to fulfill tho additional re quirements ofn passenger conductor- snip. In that service bo could be un couth and even boorish and still fill his position tolerably well; now he i feels the need of a lifo timo of tuition in dealing with tho diverse phases of j human nutu:-- mot with on a passen ger train. i!e must now man ago liis train in a sort of automatic way, for he lias liis mind tilled with tho care of liis passengers and tho collection of tickets. lie must bo good at figures, keeping accounts, and handling money, though tho freight train ser vice has given him no experience in this lino. Year by year tho clerical work connected with tho taking up of tickets and collecting of cash fares has been increased until now on many roads an expert bonk dork would bo nono.too proficient for tho duties im posed. Tho conductor who grum- Dlingly averred that "it would tako a Philadelphia lawyer with three heads” to fill his shoes was not far out of tho way. Every daji.und perhaps a number of times a day, ho must collect fares f if fifty or a hundred persons in lees imo than ho ought to have for ten. Of that largo number a few will gen erally liavo a complaint to make or an objection to offer or an impudent asser tion concerning a fault of tho railroad company Which the conductor cannot • , . , , I IIH.I1 IIIL VUIIUULIAll V. Ill is to hisrsorthumbruiii or Staffordshire) remedy and is not responsible) for. A congener or a prize fight to an East ‘ woman will object to paying half fare pnd Londoner. Tlio fact that it is for- \ for a 10-year-old girl or to paying full hidden by law adds to its attractive- j rates for ono of 15. A person whoso ness, and it affords amplo opportunities j incomo is ten times larger than lio de fer hotting. Bets are made on the j serves will arguo twenty minutes to tbrow, on l’.:o distance out, and on tlio J avoid paying 10 cents more (in cash) complete match, and when two “dons” J than ho would liavo been charged for ure played the excitement runs high, a ticket. Passengers with legitimate Nineteenth Century. questions to ask will couch them in Invention of tho Shot Tower. There was onco a mechanic nt Bris tol, England, who had a queer dream. Watts was his name, amt ho was by trade a shot maker, Tho making of . ,. tho little leaden pellets was then a inanity (excepting tiioso who travel vnguo and back handed terms, nnd llioso with useless ones will tako inop portune times to propound them. Theso are. not occasional but every Jay experiences. Tlio very best nnd most intelligent people in tho corn- grant boys whom she, with somo other I downs,” for tho pro ladies, induced to attend for threo years an industrial school at Howard ih call ^ . n of their property from loss or accident. Tlio most common accident is by fire, university ono morning in tho week: J which tho inllammablo Japancso i - /"» 1 * -r.il/* 1 « If ... 1 % • « .......... ...... 1 A ll () I I ? 1 fl'I AllWir llWO** O 1* /I lilt *i-1i,#*lt spring. For want of a uniform basis i of comparison positively accurate con- • elusions are hard to reach. His opinion J kind were delighted to work with tools, nnd somo of them have set up carpenter shops of their own, littl ally being burnt down. On tho ap proach of a conflagration tlio prudent Japanese, ns far ns possible, pulls his quiries to tho life historic.', of the parents, ho found that in the greater number of cases causes of idiocy could bo discovered in addition to or inde pendently of consanguinity. This is in harmony with*the conclu sion published by Dr. C. F. Withing- ton, that inor! id inheritance rather than specific degenerative tendency will account for all the infirmities met with in the offspring of cousins. Wo may therefore ursumo that "the great danger in tho intermarriage of cousins lies in tho circumstance that when there is a neurotic inheritance, there arc two certain morbid factors to con tend with rather than n possible one.” Ou tlio whole, “tho balance of evi dence would appear to bo in favor of tho conclusion that where a close scrutiny fails to discover any heritable | weakness, neurotic, or otherwise, con sanguineous marriage per so is not necessarily a thing to he prohibited.— Popular Science Monthly. The Huckleberry uml Hluebcrry. They arc the only ones of the popu lar berries, says a contemporary, that liavo not been improved by cultiva tion. Middle aged men can recall tho time when the strawberry and black berry were rather poor, commonplace fruit, but they liavo been cultivated, grown from seed, and the result is tho toothsome berries which now adorn our tables. But tho huckle berry wo cat now is the tamo which tickled tlio palates of otu- great grand fathers. Word hits gone forth to im prove this berry, to grow it in gardens from reed, and select the variety which gives tlio iiost result. It is not generally known, hut nearly all our edible plants anil fruits wore originally weeds, or of so inferior kind as to bo scarcely fit for human uses. 'But for countle^ generations man has [been Lmproving^us environment, but •more especially tho grains and fruit [upon which lie now lives. Tlio human •palato itself must liavo been greatly [improved in sensibility, owing to tlio [difference between what fruits and vegetables were and what they ore. There aro tiioso who think that this process is to go on, and that other weeds will bo turned into useful plants, and that by scientific methods the quantity of food will bo at length ; o great that no human being will ever die of starvation. — Scientific American. • hoys criminal class. “Each hoy as he entered the class was taught in the tailor shop to mend his clothes, aud in the shoo shop to mend his shoes. One lamo colored boy from the orphan asylum became, so skillful in sliocmaking that ho could not only mako his own shoes, but could cut up tlio larger, half worn shoes cud make them over for I ’ y feet. All of this I term the best !...:<! of economy, espe cially in a city like Washington.”-— Popular Scieiar ' Monthly. ••Greenland's Icy ylountain*.” “I heard an odd story tho other day about Bishop Ilelier’s beautiful hymn, ‘From Greenland's Icy Mountains,’” said a well known Cincinnatian. “What is itl” “It relates to the music for tho hymn. You remember that Bishop Eober wrote it while in Ceylon in 18--1. About a year later it reached America, und a lady in Charleston, S. C., was struck with its beauty. “She could find, however, no tune that seemed to suit it. Sho remem bered a young bank clerk, Lowell Mason, afterward so celebrated, who was just a few steps down tho street, and who hud n reputation as a musical genius. So she scut her son to ask him to write a tune that would gc with, tho hymn. In just half un hour tho hoy canto back* with tlio music, nnd tlio melody dashed off in such haste is to this day sung with that song.”—Cincinnati Star. The Increase of Ilahtncu. It is curious how caducity has in creased, and tho prevalence of it taken away tho old reproach. All tho argu ments aro against its existence, and all tho facts provo that tho arguments arc misleading. People lead healthier lives now than they used to do, and yet they are balder. Pcoplo lead longer lives, and yet they glow bald earlier, and, morever, it is tho healthiest pcoplo who are often tho baldest. Indeed, it almost be comes a question whether in these days baldness is evidence' to 'a. very reLiable extent cither of ago or of delicacy. Of tho decay of vital power it is certainly no conclusire proof. Consumptive patients and persons suf fering from lingering [disease are not, as a rule, bald, and more frequently than otherwise seem to nut a great deal of Ktreurrth into thoir hai-.' thickly coated with fireproof clay, vt strong nnd substantial, but very s dom used as a home. The floors of Japancso rooms aro In variably carpeted with rush mats of very careful construction, some two or threo inches thick aud about six feet long by three broad. As these mats aro all of ono pattern, the sizo of a room can lie determined by tlio num ber ofmatsit contains, and it is do scribed us a six mat or twelvo mat room, ns tho oaso may lx?. Since the commonest rooms are either of six or of eight mats, nnd since an eight mat mat room is only about twelvo feet by twelve in extent, it will ho seen that tho rooms of a Japancso house, liko tho Japanese house ilself, aro generally small. Tho Japanese fireplace is gen erally a portable brazier, made of bronze, porcelain or wood, lined with clay, in which not coal, but charcoal ashes are burned. Sometimes, how ever, there is a clay lined hole in tlio floor, containing a lire of tho same kind.—Cassell’s Family Magazine. Tricks of Female Smugglers. “Yes,” tho inspector said, “I do know something of smugglers’ tricks —especially female smugglers, who, I must say, carry on their nefarious business with tho most charming ef frontery. Of course, there are smug glers or both sexes, hut for cunning, boldness end determination tho women cannot bo approached. Do you know that women are born cheats? Oh, well, I mean in this direction. A woman’s dress affords her more facili ties for hiding small but costly articles, and it is far less easy to detect them than men, and, as the older Weller would say, almost impossible to •cir cumvent.’ It takes an experienced searcher to say whether a woman lies got anything concealed about her per son, and, as wo cannot search every body, somo of the clever ones manage to get through without dctectiou.”— Brooklyn Eagle. Steel r.nil V.'rou-'.:: lira. A rurgi.itgive:;as;: reason why steel \.i!i not weld us readily as wrought iron that it is not partially composed of cinder, as seems to be the case with wrought iron, which nrel -is in forming a fusible alloy with tho scale < ■; i.xicatian form' d on the sur face of the iron in the furnace.—Les ion Budge!. slow, laborious and, consequently, costly process. Watts had to tako great bars of lead and pound them out into sheets of a thickness about equal to tho diameter of the shot he desired to make. Then ho cut tlio sheets into littlo cubes, which ho placed in a re volving barrel or box and rolled until tho edges wore off from tho constant friction and tho littlo culics liecamo spheroids. Watts had often racked his brain trying to deviso a better scheme, hut in vain. Finally, after an evening spent with somo jolly companions at the alehouse ho went homo and turned into bed. IIo soon fell into a deep slumber, but tho liquor evidently did not agree with him for ho laid a had dream. lie thought lie was out again with tho “hoys.” Tlioy were all try ing to find their way homo when it began to mill shot. Beautiful glob ules of lead, polished and shining fell in a torrent and compelled him nnd liis bibulous companions to draw their hoavy limbs to a plaeo of shelter. la the morning, when Watts arose, ho remembered tho dream. IIo thought about it all day, and wondered what shape molten lead would tako in -fall ing a distance through tho air. At much) are among tiioso who oftenest Icavo their wits at homo when they tako a railroad triu. All theso pcoplo must be met in a conciliatory maimer, blit without varying the strict regulations in tlio least degree. Tho officers of tho rovo- nuo department are iuexorahlo mas ters, and passengers offended by alleged uncivil treatment are likely to mako absurd compluints nt tlio super intendent's office. A conductor dreads an investigation of this sort, however unrcasonnolo tho passengers’ com plaints may bo, bccauso it may tend to show that ho lacked tact in handling tho case. But after becoming habitu ated to this sort of dcalingSj there aro still left tlio occasional disturbances which no amount of philosophy can mako pleasant. These are tlio en counters with drunken and disorderly passengers. Tho conductor, starting at tho forward cud of his train, finds, perhaps, in tho first car ono or two ’•toughs” who refuse payment of faro and aro spoiling for a fight. Care must bo token with this sort of character not to punislnliim or use tho least bit of unnecessary severity, for ho will, when sobered oif, quite likely bo induced by a sharp lawyer to suo lust, when ho could rest no longer, ho j tho railroad company for damages by carried a ladlcful of tho hot metal up ; assault. Tlio conductor, however, u into tlio steeple of tho church of St. ho bo ono who has (in his freight train Mary, of Redelilfo, nnd dropped it into tho moat below. Descending, ho took from tho bottom of tho shallow pool several handfuls of perfect shot, far superior to any ho had over seen. Watts’ fortune was made, for lie had conceived tho idea of tho shot tower, which has ever sinco been the only means employed in tho manufacture of the littlo missiles so much used in war and sport.—Chicago Mail. In»x>ortanco of Ilccnrdlns Deeds. Due record of deeds is a matter of vast importance in transfers, even though a (l-'cd lie “perfectly good with out record against tho grantor himself and his heirs,” and although “a deed not recorded is just as good as if it had been recorded against any partiesortho heirs of any parties who took tho land from the grantor by a subsequent deed, even fora full price, if they lmd at tho • c if is seen in thocaso of tho Onondaga time notice or knowledge of the prior tribe. This tribo owns a reservation (in his freight 1 experience) dealt with tramps is able to cope with his customor and confino him to'tho baggago car or put him off tho train. But a tusslo of this land is, at best, far from soothing to tho tem per, and tho very next ear may con tain tlio wifo of a millionaire, who will expect tho most gdntcol treatment and critically object to any helms ior on tho part of tlio conductor which is not fully up to tlio highest drawing room standard. Experiences of this land, it can be readily imagined, uro exceed ingly trying* Tlio conductor cannot give himself up completely to learning gentility, for ho still has need for his old severity.—B. B. Adams, Jr., in Scribner’s Magazino. Tlio Onondaga Indian Tribe. A good picture of tho state of affairs reprobated by tho recent Indian coun- and unrecorded deed.” Neglect of registration is a fruitful causo of ex pensive worry and litigation. Regis tered judgments, heirs unexpectedly turning up, mortgages whoso satisfac tion has not been recorded, rights of dower and courtesy, both of which conveyancers would gladly abolish in order to facilitate transfera, are diffi culties in tin? way cf undisputed title. Equity ultimately decides in courts- of law who is entitled to possession, but duo pr. caution in search and record would, in most instances, nullify the need of resort to it, All titles are cleared by ;sa_lo under judicial decree. —Richaitl Wheatley in Harper’s Maga zine- » Prujihocy of tho Phonograph. And now they ray that Tom Ilocd first planned tho phonograph; ns witness this, from liis "Comic Annual’' for 1809: “In this century of inventions, when a self acting drawing paper has been discovered for copying visible objects, who knows of G.b.’jO acres on tho sito of tho old ; council fires of tho Six Nations. These 10.00) acres aro uniformly of tho j choicest farming lauds, nnd include • sto:v quarries of the finest gray lime stone. But U:o Indians neither farm their 1....tLi nor work their quarries. • There are twenty-six chief:i for 100 members of tho tribe. Tho old Indian language is still in common use. Tho stuto of morals is absolutely indescrib able in decent English. Tiie tenure of land is tribhl. The renunciation of Christianity is a requisite to election os a sachem; but nominal Christianity i.s professed by about half tho_ tribe. The Feast of tho White Dog is cele brated with indecent ceremonies. Tho question of what to do with tho In- tiiaus is now necessarily to Lx? recon sidered. It is not enough to hold them ou reservations and feedthem.—Globe- Democrat. \\Z\y CitUru uotuc." , ... , t Tho White House at Wasliington but that a future Niepce, or Dagnerre, or derives_ it3 namo from tho fact that Iho Ilerschel, or Fox. Talbot, may find out Virginia freestone, of which it is somo sort of Boswellish writing paper to built, was painted white to conceal tho repeat whatever it licars?”->-New York'^DhxMOi'atious caused by smoko and Tribune. v - f 1 water.—New York Evening World.