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Intellectual Wives. Do intellectual women make the tfcst partners of life! Emerson says: “It is not beauty that inspires the deepest passion,” and Jean Paul Rich ter declared that he would not lead a woman into the matrimonial noose whom it would not delight to hear him read the learned reviews of Gottingen or the universal German library when they sounded his praise, though it a mi'dit be ft some degree exaggerated. f John Stuart Mill regarded the insti tution of marriage in its highest aim ■i and aspect as “union of two persons of I cultivated faculties, indeutical in opin- ion and purposes, between whom there * exists that best land of equality, sim ilarity of powers with reciprocal su periority in them, so that ono can * enjoy tlio luxury of looking up to tho other and can have alternately the plc:isuro of leading and being led in the path of development.” Cat oUipr men of genius have thought Jni'erently on tho subject. It u au oft quoted sayiug of Dr. John son that "a man is better pleased when ho-has a good dinner on tho Ublo than when his wife talks Greek.” Pacino had an illiterate wifo and was accustomed to boastfully declare that she could not read any of his trage dies. Dufrcsny nmrriod liis washer- 'woman. Goctho’s wifo was a woman of mediocre capacity. Heine said of the woman ho loved, “Sho lias nover read a lino of my writings and docs not even know what a poet is.” The- jese Lavnsseur, tho last ilamo of Rous seau. could not toll tho timo of day. “How many of tho wiso and learn ed," says Thackeray, “liavo married their cooks! Did not Lord Eldon, himself tho most prudent of men, make a runaway match? Wcro not Achilles and Ajax both in love with their servant maids? Seven hundred peoplo sat up all night to see tho I du tiful Duchess of Hamilton gel into her carriage, but would ono in a tlu/.i- sand lose a wink of sleep to get a glimpse of tho learned wife of tin punditj Yainavalka, who discoursed with the Indian in Sanskrit on th< vexed problems of life?”—The Interior Tbo Pljjoon Elyors. * Birds nro susceptible to trainin as wpall know, but it really taxes our credulity to believe tho stories told by Charles Frederick Holder about the pigeons of Modena in his new book, “A Frozen Dragon and Other Tales." But they are strictly true for all that. Read .Whitt'ho says: A travoler in ” v JEflena observed a youth in a pictur esque costumo leaning out of tho win dow of a stono tower, his face show ing every evidence of excitement and pleasure. In his hand ho boro a long stair, upon tho end of which was a colored ilag, with which ho seemed to bo signaling to somo ono in tho dis tance.. Tho travoler soon distinguished several other figures on tho roofs of various houses j*rtho vicinity, all of whom seemed to bo answering tho sig nals Finally all tho flags wcro with drawn hut that hold by ono man. Ho stationed himself upon an eminence on tho roof, raised his stall high nbovo his licad, and from about liis feet sprang into tlio air a vast flock of birds. Up thoy rose, higher and higher into tho heavens, waving and turning, the morning sun glistoning upom their varied colors as thoy ex- poswhliemsclvcs in different positions to its rays. When almost out of sight they turned, and a meteor' of wings carno rushing down with a roaring sound, and ncaritig tho housetops again alightid about tho tall figure on tho lofty roof.* Hardly had this been dono whennnothor figure rose and another flock darted upward. Tlicso were puro white, and resembled fleclts of silvery dond 'as they swept about. These maneuvers wcro repeated two or threo tunes, Jho birds always returning in obcdienco to tho waving of tho flags. In Mbdona thcro aro fully 100 flocks of thesepigeons, composed of soveral hundred birds each, and they liavo been bred and trained from tlio earliest times. They understand and obey tho signals just ns soldiers do on tho field of battle. Sometimes tho whistlo is used as a signal instead of tho tlag, and they oboy that too.—Philadelphia Times. Wild Dogs of Assam. YVhcrSVer dogs run wild, as in Aus tralia and in India, they show many of th6 characteristics of wolves. Thoy havo a similar habit of hunting in packs. Tlio people of Assam tell won derful stories of tho cunning and sa gacity of theso wild hounds when in pursuit of game. They say that when a pack goes out to hunt, an old dog goes in front and searches for fresh scent of a deer. Having found this, ho starts off alone, and when ho lias ascertained tho whereabouts of tho quarry returns to the pack, winch ho then disposes in a circle of amilo in diameter round it; each member of tho pack has a part allotted to him. 4 * Theso precautions having been taken, tho old general starts alone cnco mortf in search of tlio victim, and on finding gives chase. Tlio start led doer of courso flies from his enemy, who follows, giving tongue as a signal to the rest of tuo pack. The deer, far outstripping tho dog, rushes on, but is suddenly met in front by ono of tho outlying dog,, who gives chase. Tlio deer, of course, turning to tlio right or left, again rushes off, only to bo met and turned by another dog. Thus, turned at every point, tho p°op animal becomes rnoro and more exhausted, wlul 0 tho pack gradually cloaca m upon it, leaving no avenuo of escape, and dozens of sharp fangs soon feast on the victim which has m this wav been run to .loG, v~«n MUST THE NOSE GO? eyesiglii that tin A Claim That tho Olfactory Sense Dimin ishes as Man Progresses. Tlio future of tho human nose looks dark. A scientific gentleman has been making this non-partisan organ the subject of his careful investigation and makes a distressing report Ho argues that it is only a question of time when all sorts of noses, tho Ro man, tho anti-Roman, the snub and (lie turn up, will havo permanently disappeared from the human face. The Philadelphia Telegraph presents this abstract of tlio report: “When the sense or smell vanishes altogether—as, it is affirmed, will in fallibly be tho case one day—the organ itself is bound to follow its examplo sooner or later. It is, no doubt, a fact that the olfactory senso is much keener in tho savago than in tho civilized man, and it is reasonable) to conclude tlint the more wo progress in civiliza tion the duller tho senses'will grow, and ns nature never preserves useless organs, when tlio nose loses its power of smelling tho nose ‘must go.” , A fair count would discloso tho presence of a largo number of noses which their respective owners hold in tho highest esteem. Amid tlio changes of fashion, tlio nose has firmly held its place, and long ager it camo to bo regarded as a staplo—not for a day only, but for all timo. And must tho nose really go? Well, if it must wo pity that noseless ago that lies ahead,of us, for it is certain to* find itself seriously embarrassed. In certain parts of our country sacred and secular music is sung through tlio nose, tlioso indulging in tho exercise arguing that that’s tho truo way to sing. But with the declino and fall of tho nose this school of music must necessarily break up, and unless an other school tako its place, what’s to become of tho flno art of singing? Equally obvious is it that when faces come without noses, eyeglasses will have to be held in their place by strips of sticking plaster or a rubber band going around tho head. Such wretched devices will bo far from or namental, even if tho strips aro edged with pink gimp and tho bands arc ac centuated with yellow rosettes. Conse- ’ ’, noseless j»rs<ttis with failing t will grow neryous—let ustrus. it "they will not grow profane as they sigh for tho uose^qAtlicir ances tors. It is unnecessary toSbservu that tho moment tho nose goe^Bmfhui.-ls will bo forced into bankra majority of people buy flowerj halo their delicious fragrance, order to inhale ono must liav haler. An attempt has been give tlio blind somo idea of col means of certain coloi% scarlet fi ample, being expressed by the blai _ ^ a trumpet. But wo believe that nl educator has over conceived it possible to mako a noseless man smell with his ears or liis eyes, or even with lib wis dom teeth. Hence wo feel warranted in asserting that, let tho noso bo dis carded and florists will not bo able to pay ten cents on a dollar. Will an im- E ortant department of tho crockery usincss also suffer? Inevitably. There will bo little or no call for vases in that evil day of no noses. For tho average lover of bric-a-brac collects vases in order that when tho girl that does tho dusting shatters or breaks them “tlio scent of tlio rese^may hang round them still." But who wants tho scent of roses hanging round a vase— but tho reader will catch our meaning, Tlio subject is so painful that wo stop right here. As has boon so beautifully remarked—wo quote from memory and may not givo an exact quotation—“while tho noso lasts wo havo high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us uml our children. Eryv.i.d that, I seek not to penetrate tlio veil."—New York Tri bune. Colil Weather and Health. There is no greater fallacy than tho opinion held by many—particularly tho young, and strong, and vigorous —that winter, especially a sharp, frosty one, with plenty of ico and snow, is tlio most lioaftby season of tho year. Very few persons seem to reahzo tho facts, that cold is tho con dition of death, whilst heat b that of life.. In warm os well ns in cold cli mates, it is our unconscious effort to maintain our bodily heat at a temper ature of 08 dogs, that wears us out. To tills temperature, called “blood heat,” every cubic inch of oxygon that serves to vitalizo our blood must bo rabed by our own bodily heat or life ceases. Since in cold weather tho maintenance of u sufficiently elevated bodily temperature becomes very oftdn a difficulty too great for <jur strength, tho advent of a severe winter b quito as much to bo dreaded as tho visitation of a pestilence. Besides this, children should not bo sent out to walk of a morning before breakfast in a cold wind, especially with an empty stom ach, as they get chilled, and it does tho system a great deal of harm. A liko rulo should bo observed in mala rious countries, that on no urgency should children or grown up people go out in tho early morning without u cup of tea, coffee or chocolate taken beforehand.--Herald of Health. Tlio Poor of SIcilco. | Growth In Machinery. The peon laborer who earns 37 i Thcro b arising hero and thcro a cents will not grudgo a third of* hb I noto of protest against tlio growing jiav to somo unfortunate comrade, subservienco of society to machinery. THE FALL OF THE 8ASTILE. to somo unfortunate comrade, at. rich inan with an income of 1100 a day will with equal readiness hand out $33 to n poor fellow mortal? I know a caso where a poor serving woman took her little bed and gavo it to a sick woman, and herself slept on tlio hard floor for weeks thereafter. A poor paralytic comes to my door every week and gets alms; it b hard to keep a silver quarter in tho pocket when n deformed man crawls by on hb hands and knees. How many of these poor wretches ono sees on rainy afternoons crawling along through tno mud and dirt of tho streets. Many say, care lessly, that theso poor peoplo should bo in tlio hospitals, but they pro- fer, when able to ' do so, to get out into tlio world of their fellows and trust to tlio charity 'of tho fortunato who have legs to wall: on, for a few bits of money to keep them from starvation. I know a poor woman, paralyzed from tho knees down, who, with her babe in her arms, kneels in ono of tlio pub lic gardens and receives tbo charity peoplo bestow on her. If she gct3 twenty-five cents in a day, she lives well and has a little meat and possibly a drop of coffco. If sho gets but six cents sho lives on that, and thanks heaven. In tho lottery of life some of us draw prizes—sound limbs, good lungs and clear heads, while 011101% equally worthy, get tho blanks. I can not help thinking, as I walk tlio streets of Mexico, that it is good for tlio pros perous, tho comfortably offj to see theso poor cripples, tlicso blind men and women, tlicso strango beings, half human, who crawl at your feet. Shut them up in hospitals, and ono forgets that they exist. Tlio charity which ono puts into a plate at church'goes only indirectly to the nffiicted. Half tho pleasure of doing good is lost. For years there was seen around the streets hero 11 dog faced, lad, who walked on bis bands and feet like an animal. I have not seen him for months, mid perhaps ho is dead. Tlio story w’eiil that this strange, fantastic freak of nature was born tlio son of well to do parents, who, disgusted at his horrid shape, turned him into tho streets. On chilly winter mornings he went about in cotton, for ho was de cently covered, hut his expression of sadness and hunger and weariness went straight to tlio heart To see this poor fellow made ono ashamed of being able to walk upright. Tlioso of us who gave him small coins now and then do not, I fancy, regret it, now that ho has gono from sight. For tlio student of Tinman development tins lad would havo been a treasure. Ho pas human, but ho was also brutish. Ights such as those mako tho blood chill in tho veins, but they also prompt little acts of charily which niake giver and recipient feel their common humanity.—City of Mexico Cor. Boston Herald. Capital ronluUmcnt tn France. “Capital liunisluucut may bo said to be virtually abolished tn Franco at tbo present day,” said tho public executioner of Franco. “Paris alone last year tried 800 men for murder, and convicted only fivo cJ them. Tho leniency shown to criminals in M. Grevy’s timo led to a re duction of my salary from $1,600 to $1,200. This is my entire incomo, for I get no foes or perquisites—yet I am content.'*—Paris Cor. hew York World. \ Causes of Cancer. Dr. Mackenzie in his littlo book about tho crown princo and his treat ment lias a few pertinent words about tho causes of cancer. Ho says: “Thcro can bo no question that tho determining causo or its nppcaranco is in many cases an injury, such as a blow, or a condition resulting from an injury, such ns a scar, or tho persist ent application to a particular spot of something that keeps tho tissuo in flamed and angry, such as a jagged tooth which cliofcS tho tongue. Work ers in paraflluo and petroleum aro pe culiarly liable to cancor of the parts which are habitually cxpose^Tfo tho action of these substances. At-ls well known that a particular f AM of cancer which formerly wafeote^^n enough in England is now nkribst extinct, simply owing to tho fact that tho causo which produced it has ceased to exist When soot commanded a good price it had to bo sifted. This operation na turally involved much of friction against tho skin, whereby irritating particles were rubbed into it, and ‘chimney sweep’s cancer’ was a fre quent result Nowadays it docs not pay to sift the soot, and tho disease to which it gavo riso has disappeared. “Amongthe causes of local irrita tion heat is certainly ono of tho most active. By far tho most common seat of the malignant disooso in men is tho mouth, which is more exposed than any other part of tho body to irritation by hot substances. Every surgeon is familiar with this fact. Whether it bo a lower lip, on which tho hot stem of a clay pipo or tho smoldering paper of a cigarette has rested day after day, or a tongue exasperated by tho frequent contact of acrid tobacco smoke, ortho mouthpiece of a foul pipe, or mado raw by ardent liquors, or stung and blistered by fiery condiments, tho cause is essentially tlio same—viz., tho sear ing of tho superficial covering by pro longed heat In somo places, where hot b rasiers are often applied to tho abdomen and thigh, cancer. of theso parts is not uncommon, tlidbgh all but unknown in cither of theso situations elsewhere.”—M. L. Holbrook, M. D., in Herald of Health. Tb. UnWi n.llrwl Steepen. The six principal railway companies oHTranco use more than 10,000sleepers per day, or 3,650,000 per annum. In the United States tno consumption amounts to 15,000,000[sleepers a year, which is equivalent to the destruction of about 170,GOO acres of forest. The annual consumption of deepen by the railways of the world is estimated at 40,000,000, and that is probably lees than tlio actual number.—New York Telegram. '.71 Kit mi Anarchist Say® About tlie Anni versary of That Event* July 14. An Anarchist of this city, who shaves his beard so as to leavo only a mustache on his face, was interviewed by a Sun reporter in regard to the pre diction of Capt. Bonficld. of Chicago, that thcro will bo a widespread An archist uprising on tho 14th of next July, ana that in Paris, where their operations are to begin, tho centenary of tlio full of tho Bastilc is then to bo celebrated. “It is true," the Now York Anarchist said, “that thcro will bo a big timo in Paris on July 14 next at thoBustilo celebration, and it is also truo that thoy had a big time thcro on the some date in last July, and like wise on that dato of every year since tho establishment of tlio French repub lic. Tbo 14th of July in Francois liko the 4th of July in tho United States. It is till national annual holi day, when all Franco, including tho French government and army, unites in celebrating tho most memorable event in French history. Tlio duy is also celebrated in this country, mainly by Frenchmen, ami it will be celebrated hero next year, as Inspector Bonfield, of Chicago, says. But there is no need of being alarmed about tho celebration of next year, any more than there was about that of last year, or of tlio year before. The celebration is not anarchistic, hut republican, and signalizes tho downfall of monarchy. As the Americans in Franco and other countries celebrate tho Fourth of July, so tiio Frenchmen in America anil other countries celebrate tho 14th of July; and the sympathizers with French liberty who livo in Franco join hands with the peoplo there, just ns the foreign sympathizers with American liberty who livo hero join hands with tlio natives on Independ ence day. That i.sull tlio ground there is for tlio apprehensions of Inspector Bonfield, of Chicago, who probably never was in France. There is not Japan. Cattle and horses are no part | the slightest dmifer in this country, of Japanese country scenes, and an . any more than there is in Franco, of tho American plow, which I saw in a Anarchists raising uny rumpus on tho Tokio store, was pointed out ns a curi- coming French centenary. They aro osity. If it is used at all, it will proha- n hundred times stronger in Franco biy bo pulled by men. As" it is, tho than they aro here, but tiio French land is made fallow with a sort of mat- government takes no liced oi them, tock, which is heavy, and which has It is too bad that Capt. Bonfield should a blade about six incTies wido and two scare peoplo about tho J4tb of next fields of Japan nro 1 July."—Now York Sun. Mr. William Morris, in Tlio No.vem bor Fortnightly, bewails its deteriorat ing effect, but is not without hope that there will bo in somo sort a Sav ing revival of handicraft. Tlio pleas ure which the craftsman once took in liis work, tho individuality ho put in it, is gono. A great clement of liappi ness has disappeared from his daily life, and occupation once interesting is dull and cheerless. The muchino feeder has not tho chanco to grow to the status of tho skilled artisan. Ho is not lifted by his work, but depressed by iL Individuality and tho excrciso of tasto aro denied to the purchaser of goods. “You want a hat, say, liko you woro last year," but you must tako tlio ono that fashion and tho nia- cliino turned out this year. You want a pieco of furniture not “blotched over with idiotic sham ornament," but you cannot get it without paying a prohibitive prico for it. “A serious evil and degradation of human life” result from tlio utilitarian ugliness “produced by machinery” in every thing which tho labor of man deals with. ' Under tlio influence of machinopro duction tho lino between employers and employes is accentuated. Tbo employing class is ono "of slave holders,” with its choice as to mode of life “limited by tlio necessity of find ing constant livelihood ami employ- < ment for tho slaves who keep it alive.” There is a tyrannous condition here which breeds discontent. Just how emancipation is to he brought about i3 not clear. The effectiveness of ma chinery cannot he spared. But the fact that tlio grumbling about its evils has Set in portends u dcsirablo reac tion.—New York World. Evt'r.vllilns Dono bj- Hunt!. It is human musclo that cultivates feet long. Tho rice r living monuments of human labor, J and every grain of rice you eat repro-' sents a certain amount of human mus cle. Tho fields must bo flooded again and again with water, and tlio plants aro transplanted from their first growth into rows. I havo scon men and women by scores bending tlicir backs and hoeing this rice, and I am told that their wages run from 10 to 20 cents a day. Human musclo carries nearly all tho burdens of Japan. Brown skin ned, slant eyed men and women, with boskets containing soveral bushels each upon their backs, pass bv my window as I write, and otlicra follow with great loads balanced across their shoulders on long poles. Six-year-old boys cany two four gallon buckets of water in this way, aim fowls of heavy merchandise aro pushed along tho road in carts. Two or threo men aro har nessed up in front. Several push be hind witn bath head and hands. Tlicir muscles stund out like whipcords ns thoy work. Tlio sweat rolls down their brown ( skiti in streams, and their faces look out from straw hats us big around as a woman’s parasol. Tlicir feet nro soled with straw sandals. Tho A Llfctlmo Crowded Into a Moment. The question of tho duration of dreams has recently been diu'usxzJ in Germany, among others by Dr. F. Scholz, who has given some striking examples from liis own experience and observation. It is not possiblo to givo a definite answer, and probably enough dreams vary much in point of duration', just ns thoy vary in force and vividness. At ono timo tlio figures of a dream, whether they omergo from the horn or tho ivory gate, aro ns real as in life; tho sorrow is oven more in-, tense, tho happiness more realistic. At another timo they seem to livo only in a polo moonlight, and Wo watch the scenes rather than participate in them. It is very certain, however, that tho majority of dreams are only of momentary duration, though ex tended occasionally to tho length of a minute. . In proof of this Dr. Scholz tells the following story from his experience: “After excessive bodily fatiguo and a day of mental strain, of a not disagrcc- ablo kind, I betook myself to bed after I bad wound’my wateh and placed it , , , on the night taolo. Then I lny down few horse carts ono secs upon tho besido n burning lamp. Soon! found streets nro always led rather than 1 mygelf on the high sea on board a well driven by tlio. men, and Japan sccni3 ' known ship. I was again young and stood on tlio lookout. I heard tho roar of tho water and golden clouds floated around mo. How Iqpg I stood so I did not know, but it seemed a very long timo. Then tho scene changed. I wus in tlio country and my longdcad parents camo to greet mo; they took . ,, mo to church, wnero tho loud organ powerfully .increascs^the resjnrat.on ; j ^ delighted, but aUh? to do everything in tho hardest way —Frank Of. Carpenter’s Letter. Coffeo ami It® Effect*. Coffco owes its stimulating and re freshing qualities to caffeine. It also contains gum and sugar, fat, acids, casein and wool liber. Like tea, it but, utiliko it, docs By its use tlio rate of tho pulse is in creased mid the action of tlio skin di minished. It lessens tho amount of blood sent to tho organs of tho body, distends the veins and contracts tbo samo time wondered to sco my wifo ' and children there. Tho priest mounted tho pulpit and preached, but I could not understand what ho said for tho sound of the organ, which con- capillaries, lUu. evssio .1; Z “tlSTJa;',; «liu5h to.r«r, bul .sain ILccmo mi high order, and ono tl.at 13 liablo to Instead of being near my 60n I stood near an early Inown bit produces abnormal wakefulness, indi gestion, acidity, [heartburn, tremors, debility, irritability of temper, trembling,- irregular pulse, a kind of intoxication ending in deli rium and great injury to the spinal functions. Unfortunately, there aro many cofl’co tipplers who depend upon it as a drunkard upon liis dram. On tho oilier hand, coffco is of sover eign efficacy in tiding over the nervous system in emergencies. Coffee is also, in its place, an excellent medicine. In typhoid fever its action is frequently prompt and decisive. It is indicated m tho early stages before local compli cations nriso. Coffee dispels stupor and lethargy, is on antidbto for many kinds of poison, and is valunblo hi spasmodic asthma, whooping cough, cholera infantum and Asiatic cholera. , It is also excellent 03 a preventive long dead officer—I ought to explain that I was au armysurgeon during tho maneuvers. I was wondering why tlio major should look so young, when quite closo in my ears a cannon sounded. Terrified, I was hurrying off, when I woko up and noticed that tho supposed cannon shot had its causo in tlio opening of tho bedroom door through somo ono entering. It was as if I had lived through an eter nity in my dream, but when I looked at my watsh I saw that sinco I had fallen asleep not more than ono min ute had elapsed—a much shorter timo than it takes to relate tlio occurrence." Dr. Scholz has collected many other examples of a similar kind.—London Globe. To Keep the Feet Warm. against infectious and epidemic dis- coldwfoterfonort'hcrn^tufes 0 say^° cases. I.i districts rife with malaria “In extra cold nighU tho chief prob^ and fever, the drinking of hot coffee fom is the difficnlfy of keeping the feet before passing into the open air has wan;i . and t!l0 nu^,- r £ * objcc . enabled persons living in such places ti oa ^ 80^ j ohn ^ ^ ith to e *»P2“ nt aP° n -- Journalof C 0111 - his stockings on can bo compromised mereo (Boston). by tlio use of -hot bricks or warming dm r. Firm ono. crocks. That master of many expen- ^ HS &,fSSSS iX“S Boston True Flag. .£ ~ ‘