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I Several Parisian papers note the di
me of population in France. One says
“We can fix tire day, not a distant dsy,
whan by the perennial falling ol ol
births r rauco will have lost one-third, of
its popviotion. The result is fatal.
Within Kilf a century Franco will have
fallen belo' Italy and Spain lo the rank
of a oecoud rate power, There is no
denying the figures. If this continues,
in addition toother causes of docadence,
we are a lo?t nation."
Speaking o' the Snckville Incident the
London Truth says: “This ii not the
first time Lord Sackvitle has been doped.
A little while ago a man cams to him
and said that th; British legation was
to be blown up that evening, and that
he alone could prevent it, This bo
promised to do if l .e were at once piid
$3110. The sum wasv.hauded over to h in,
how when he he went had 'done’ about Roasting jjhe British everywhere mln>s
ler. The man was a Iprefessioual card
sharper.” \
The young gentlemaiV aged six and a
half, who is now Crow?) Prince of Ger
many, and will Erapero\ be KiJiiperor whoa the
present young is dead, is al
ready being turned inlocVsoldu:*. Every
day he is compelled chubby! few over half an
hour to move his h’gs and hold
bis discipline, immature body according to military
and is seve e!y drilled by
sn ancient Sergeant-or. lie wears
the regulation uniform nd returns tho
salutes of aged Ggrerforals with diguified
nonchalanc e
New M^ork philanthropists arc turning
dir f.jkTtention to the alleviation of the
•gills' sufferings. There is ai-o an
iomake the factory girl more ia
depi 'eat and to this end large sums of
mont, have been raised with a view to
establishing schools for instruction in
the different branches of mechanical
labor. It is claimed that if girl? and
young women are taught a good trade
early in life they can be placed where
they can make au honorable livelihood
independent of brutal employer? and
sordid factory-owners.
The latest gigantic scheme in South
America is being carried out by a French
syndicate which is to bi l l a ra.iwav
from Montevideo through Brazil, Para
guay and Bolivia to the f’aei/ic const at
a C03t of $300,OOO,OOO. The provincial
bank of Buenos Ayres has lodged $13,
000,000 in gold dollars in the Na ional
bank to the credit of tho National
Treasury, and it is estimated that tho
bank to day has a stock of go d vxcee 1
iug $30,000,000. The Argentine llc
public is on the eve of another boom
aud the state of affairs could not be
more satisfactory.
Tbe Chicago Times believes that tho
next census will show the great city on
Lake Michigan to be second, in point
of population, to New York. In
!he census of 1890 it was fourth. The
«lathat (he popuisFon oi
PWago may to day be estimated at
1,03,’,000, and adds; “Chicago ad
mittedly is gaining more rapidly in popu
lation than Philadelphia, a city wli ch
has made nil the territorial increase pos
sible, whereas in Lake, Hyde Park, and
Lake View, Chicago has three large
cities immediately acrost the street.
[Without incorporat ng the adjoining
suburbs Chicago, it rs clear, will pass
Brooklyn in 18.IO. With these suburbs
p< hiengo, it will be shown, will past
Philadelphia and gland second only to
New Y'ork. Then commences the race
for fust place, a contention who h may
continue through several decades, but
with success certain in the long run for
Chicago, which is destined to become a
than London,”
*9 3, ’-nr * ? UM IW oi tog t'Oliml gtauwiwih
IP taken in I SHO. Tt will surprise many
Air readers to learn that the census of
K8S9 has only recently been eonyincj.
pin, nuiouc. -ixoiutnesnecessary to per
fect the census is large. There are
separate books on population, nativity,
age, sex, religion aud occupation; on
smployes in mines and industries, me
[hauiealand agricultural, and the extent
|f manufacturing; the kinds and nutn
HL of lire stock in the country; the
^Bing.and Hmines, dairy products; the output
and the value of ores, coal, oil,
(as, etc.; everything that pertains to
[he manner in which citizens earn a
livelihood; ail about children of school
age or younger; criminal statistics ol
Every available nature, and data about
[he ^ insane, the deaf mutes, and the
d. The next census will be much
More voluminous than the one now com
pleted, and the Chicago Newt thinks
that the commissioner who undertakes
Its compilation will be entitled to I he
prayers of the ordinary citizen that he
may survive the ordeal and not remain
In office until the appointment of his sue
lessor.
,’riminals Hare Brains Like Animals
It is interesting to know that at the
resent time Professor Benediki, of
lienna, is weighing, measuring and ree
prding the appearances of the brains of
IrninaU. In the Medical Congress held
■ London in 1880 he exhibited the
Inns of forty criminals, murderers and
Iiers, and he has certainly persuaded
K.i-e:f lemble that tbe brain of a murderer may
that of a lower animal in cer
K definite ways.
[There k emblance seemed between to him the to arrangement be a strong of
Is convolutions in the brains of some
.ukejs and that in the brains of some
Iminais. He went even farther and
id leness that murderers’brains had a special
to those of bears. At tbe d;B?
Issson I on this subject the general feel
was that these beings certainly had
■her K poor brains, brains with large
E less developed relationship convolutions, be there
Instrated no distinct to de*
between them and the lower
(
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Jlilic Comtfg Journal
VOLUME I.
The Children.
They are such tiny fret I
They have gone so short way to meet
The years which are required to break
Their etepe to evonnws, and make
Them go
If ore sure and elow.
They are such little hands!
Be kind; things are so new, and life but
stands
A step beyond the doorway. All around
New day has found
Such tempting things to shine upon; and so
The handa ere tempted oft, you know.
They are such fond, clear eyes,
That widen to surprise
At every turn 1 They are so often held
To sun or showers; showers soon dispellsd
By looking in our face.
Lovo asks, for such, much grace.
They are such frail fair gifts!
Uncertain as the rifts
Of light that He along the sky;
They may not ho here by and by.
Give them not love, but more, above
And harder, patience wilh the love.
—[Washington Critic.
INHERITING A WIFE.
“Good by, Helen,” said tho voung
man, with a flush of anger on his hand
some fac% as ha turned from his uncle
towsrds th. palo girl standing by tho
window.
“Goodby, Frank,” sho said, listless
ly, proff ring him a slander white hand.
Ho took the hand, and, bending over,
lightly touched her forehead with his
lips.
She raised her head to address him
with a force 1 effort, and he was gone.
“Th: young fool thinks ho can defy
me,” said M\ John Duncan, angrily,
l ut with love and pity rising to his
kindly gray eyes as he bent them upon
Helen.
The latter was the rich old man’s
adopted daughter, and in her seemed
centered all his hippiness, Sho was
his idol, and he had planned to make
her his heires*, or (hat she should share
all he had of this world's goods with
Frank Duncan, his nephew, But this
latter contingency was ‘to be that these
young people should havo bis fortune
togethor only as man and wifo.
Helen M rioy had been an orphan
ever since she could remember. Sho
hsd ondeared herself to old Mr. Dun
can by her sweet, unselfish lifo and her
devotion to him as her benefactor.
She and Frank had been throwa
much together, as a matter of course,
and old Mr. Duucan, as he looked at
his favorite nephew’s handsome, ani
mated face, and then at Helen's sweet
oval picture, framed by her mass of
bright hair, when the two were to
gether, declared to himself that they
wero made for each othor, and that it
was plainly tho work of Heaven that
they should bo thrown accidentally in
each other’s way.
But ha had juit now serious mis
givings whether or not Heaven ever
had anything to do with such a young
scapegrace as his nephew.
He had just received a terrible shock,
and he was stirred by anger, disap
pointment, and pity for his fair Iljlon.
Then, too; ha w«» placed in so deli
ertf * poaiHoa t'u«i Uv hardly knew what
f “L, , 0 , er „ U>< • , n “
’ ‘ ac->? ranee
JJ J'jg CTef “^.n a word of
“But he can’t defy mo with im
punity !’ growled the irate undo, as
Helon had not replied to his first re
mark about the young gontleman in
question. “I will not leave him a
farthing! I will make a now will! IIs
shall be a beggar for all he’ll get from
me I’ continued John Duncan, stamping
hi* foot fiercely.
“Oh, father 1” said Helen, appealing
ly. “What has he dona to anger you
soT
“Done!” shouted tho old man, fairly
exasperated by this question, forgetting
for the msmsnt that Helen did not
share his news, and therefore Indignant
that she should not join with him in
condemning the young man’* henious
crime. “Done?” ho repeated, in rising
tones of freshly kindled anger. “What
hasn't he done! Upset all my plans!
Destroyed all my happiness 1 Tells me
he’* in love with that French girl,
Elise Courtois, and that his happiness,
hi* very life depend* upon his marrying
her I And he has the effrontery to ask
my approval of such a ridiculous step 1”
Tho old man paused only at eight of
Helen, who had sunk pale and tremb
ling upon a sofa. Her delicate fingers
were interlaced, aad there was a look
of *uch unutterable pain in her faco
that even Mr. Duncan's anger fled be
fore it.
Inen with . , sudden thought , his
a anger
rose again, and ho demanded, “Has
the villain deceived you, Helen?
m loU n ““ ,, tile , truth ,, By hoaven, if he
*
’‘as, IT!——*
“Oh, no. no; ho has never spoken to
mo of—of-■”
“Thera, there, my dear I I only
wished to know—d meant it all for your
good,” sail Mr. Duncan, tenderly.
Helen fled to her chamber to think,
aad to recover, if possible, from the
sodden blow she had received.
Erero had been no spoken words *f
them for tho threo years
* .constant visitor
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1881).
tho first love of her pure young
had found • safe resting place,
that it was reciprocated by him,
as yet not proclaimed, for
good and sufficient reason on bis
part. Her
But it was all over now. eyos
were open to the mortifying truth. She
cried for pure ahamo at first, then for
Her face was all
dims as she thought of tho possibility
ol the knowledge on tho part of others
of her misplaced love. Then her cheeks
and brow became deadly cold as slio
realized that her young b epos were all
withered and dead.
When Mr. John Duncan saw that the
light had gone out from Helen's eyes
his anger toward his nophow knew no
bounds. lie kDew that Frank had
gone from his presence with a fixed do
termination to win the girl, Elbe Cour
tois, it possible, in spite of all op
position.
And he knew what he could not
speak of to IIoleD, that she had loved
his headstrong and misguidod nephew.
Tho old man was closeted with his
lawyer soon after this occurrence for
several hours one day, and tho result
ol the conference was n row will.
Three years pass.
Thoso three years following the de
parture of Frank Du can in disgrace
from his uncio’i homo had boon to
Helen Morley joyless years of silent suf
fering, unshared by a sympathetic
heart, unspoken to a pitying ear. She
had suffered in silence, and had tried
to walk her allotted path with outward
composure, And old John Duncan,.,
though ho had been more tondor and
solicitous of her wolfare than ever, saw
that ha could do but little to lighten
her burden of sorrow.
But Jilin Duncan had gone now.
Thcro was no longer even liis loving
care to shield Helen from hor own
misery.
It had been but a few wookj since
the old man had blessed Uolen with
his dying breath aid passed away. Sho
was sola possessor ol lii» wealth.
Frank Duncan had been summoned,
but was somewhere abroad, pursuing
his ignis fatuus iu tho 3hape ol fortune
and Eliso Courtois.
He had lost sight of the French girl
with whom he hal become infatuated
about the time hit uncle had dismissed
him angrily from his bo^iso. Follow
ing up a clew he oVertookjper finally in
Paris.
It was a chanco meeting on one of tlio
gay streets of tho French city. Tho
young man was wild with joy as he es
pied her coming toward him. Ho
rushed upon hor with far more of en
thusiasm than discretion. E.iso drew
back in surprise at his offu?ivo greot
ing. “Have forgotten all the psst,
you
then, Eliso?'' asked Frank, bitterly, as
he saw by her cool demeanor that sho
had changed.
“Oil, no, I never forget,” said Elise.
“Did you not get my letter at the
time I loft my uncle’s!’’ ssi'l Frank,
“Ob, yes; I received your letter, and
one from your sees about foe same
lime, in which he informed milyou were
no longer his heir, pus " faggar.J*
said the young woman, laughing aloud.
“Good heavens, Elise I can it be that
you are mercenary, then! I did not
think-”
“No; I suppose you thought I could
many a beggar just as well as not, and
continue to work at millinary for ray
living, and for yours, too, perhapsi”
said tho girl, lightly.
“Elbe, hear mol It is not toolatol
My uncle, Iom ture, ho* not cut mo eff
in his will. Will you not return with
mo, and, for tho sake of tlio past, lot
mo call you my own Elise—my wife?"
“Hush!” Baid the girl, warningly, a*
a man approached. “I could do noth
ing of the kind. Let me present yon
lo my husband, M. Fennel."
And, to his intense disgust and morti
fication, Frank found himself tho next
lastant in the embrace of a vivacious
and voiuablo Frenchman. Tho new
view of the lovely siren in hor coarse
ness and mammon worship, togethor
with this presentation of a heavy, vul
gar man, past middle age, as her hus
band, was a combination of circum
stances that completely disenamored
Frank Dtincsn, and he find precipitately
4s so’on as released from tho man’s
clutches, amid peals of langhtor from the
giddy French girl and nasal adteux
from her male companion.
Old Mr. Somers aat in his dingy little
law office, tcratching his ear with hi*
pen, and glancing occasionally at a
letter ho held in his hand.
Tho letter was from Frank Duncan,
aad informed the lawyer that he, Frank
Duncan, would c–U upon him in a uay
or two on business relating to his de
ceased ancle’s will,
“Tho young scamp must know that
Helen is the pease sor of the old man’s
es'ate. Ho will be courting hor for her
money, and he doesn't Uoservo such a
girl anyway,” said Somers, with a
growl. “And, worse than all, to think
John Duncan has fixed it in such shape,
that—but I'll deceive him a little.”
’ Tho gruff old lawyer had in a sense
welfare with a jealous eye. So, when
Frank presented himself, ho said,
brusquely, “You are cut off without a
shilling, young man, and you deserve
it"
Frank colored, but felt tho justice of
tho rebuke; but he ventured, “And
Helen—Miss Morley?”
“Oh, aho is provided with a moder
ate annuity. The rest goor, I believe,
to some institution—ahem,” said the
lawyer, choking a little at tho fib.
“Thank boa veal'' said Frauk, impul
sively.
Tho old lawyer sprang to his foet in
a passion and, facing tho astonished
young fellow, shoutod, “You thank
heaven than that she is a boggar, too,
do you!''
“I am glad that I may go to her and
comfort her and bo to lior what I once
was, without a suspicion that I come
from morcenary motives,’ said Frank,
exultantly.
“Alioml That's all right, young
man. But you must bo awaro that
your past conduct doesn’t rccommond
you vary highly. I speak plainly, for
Uolen Morlcy is my ward.”
Frank wiacod under this lash, but
all the same ho was rciolvod to bear it
in silenco, and tho scales had fallen
from his oyos now, and ho rememborod
tiifling incidents in their livos—Helen's
and his own—which lod him to boliovo
that ha had throwa away a piarl.
Ho would sock to recover it again,
and was glad that tho impediment of
money did not bar tho way.
Ho knew full well that his foolish in
fatuation for tho gay superficial E iso,
which ho had mistaken for love, would
provo a formidable obstacle; but with
youth, repontaneo, perseverance, and
an earnest devotion to hir purposo, ho
hopod to win H Ion's esteem first, and
afterward, perhaps, her lov.
“Confound tho young scamp, he’s got
good points, after all,” growled Bom
! IS.
Aud so noleu thought whon tho ol d
lawyer told her about it, and made her
understand bow difficult it woul l be to
keep Frank long ignorant of ths pro
visions of his uncle’s will,
Throe mouths are a brlof measure of
>timo as tho ages roll onward, and yot
three short months aro sometimes so
crowded with events boaring directly
upon our lives that years—aye, an age
-—are as nothing id comparison.
Three months of penitonca, of unob
trusive devotion to Helen, of evident
shame for his past conduct, and an un
mistakable determination to atone for
it if possible, on tho part of Frank
Duncan, won tho callous old lawyer to
believe in his sincerity.
And, better than all, it began to tell
upon tho hard wall of reserve that had
grown up between Helen’s unquencked
lovo and her pride till it fairly crumbled
away.
“You forgivo mo at last, Helen; but
lean never forgive myself for being so
stupidly blind and for having caused
you years of pain besides,” said Frank
tenderly.
“Lot ths dof 1 ', bury their dead,
Frank, but let us who now live again
live oily in tho present, and hope for
compensation for our past sorrows in
tho future.”
i’j^nd I thank Heaven that I did not
have tVifr f » woo you as an heiress. I
wit! worf* f°r you, and wj will bo liap
py
Halont colored and was silont for a
moment)? Stops were heard in tho hall,
and Mr. pomers was announce!.
“Cutoff, without a farthing and yit
happy apparo-tiy,” inking »»id tho lawyer,
bru.qusly, out a legal document
and reading: “And if Frank Duncan
forsako bis foolish object aud marry my
adopted dangler, Huton Morley,within
threo years and ei x months from tho
date ot this testament, I do bequeath
to him half my for'uie.”
“Brttor than you deserved, young
man.”
Helen blushed aa Fran v caught her
in his arms.—[The Idea.
Swarming Butterflies.
Several species of butterflies havo
been known to swarm in lmmcnsa num
bers at certain periods, but in tho
States, so far, only ono spccios
attracted particular attention in
way. It is the Archippu3 butter
and is of a bright orange-red
with black and creamy-white.
ranges front Canada to South
and is ono of tho most com
species in the Mississippi Valley.
Bofore obtaining its wings, it foods on
milk-weeds, where it may bo found
a largo worm or larva, beautifully
with black, white and yellow,
having four long, slender horns,
at each end.
In August, 1880, I first saw this but
in swarms. Two swarms, each
hundreds of individuals,
flying, only a few miles apsrt, in
valley of tho Minnesota river, both
eastward in (he railroad clearing
heavy timber. Such swarms
apt to tccur at almost any Uma
April to tbe last of October.
never fly very far without tter
and this probably accoui the
low n^jeos WO Btj f t
DEEP SEA CABLES.
The Earth Encircled by Nine
Great Submarine Wires.
How the Work is Done by a
Little Army of Operators.
Although It Is comparatively a very
brlof period since the first submarine
telegraph cable was successfully laid bo
tween Ireland and Newfoundland, such
vast Btrides havo bcoa made in the per
fection, construction and laying of deep
son cables that the oaithis now almost
entirely girdled by thorn. Tho coast
linos of tho Americas, Europe, Asia,
Africa and Australia are festooned with
countless miios of submarine cables that
loop gracefully from tho ocean bed at
regular intervals to touch at some busy
seaport or relay oflico. Tlioro aro now
nine great submarine cable companies
in the world, with over sixty thousand
miles of csblo, extending to tho re
motest parts of the habitable globe.
Tiio greatest of thoso companies is the
Eastern Tulograph Company of London,
with 33,000 miles of cable undor its
control. This Hue starts from Lind’s
End, England, and runs under the
ocoan to Lisboa. From there it loops
to Gibraltar, then under the Moditerra
nean to Malta and Alexandria, ovorland
to Su z, undor tho lied Boa to Aden,
under the Gulf of Arabia to Bombay,
looping around to M idras, to Singapore,
to Bii.'on, to Hoag-Kong, Amoy and
Shanghai, in Chino, to Nagasaki, end
ing at VladivLtock, Eistorn Siberia.
Africa is ioopid o.i tho oast from Adan
to Zir.zibir to Capo town. On tho wost
coast 4000 miios of cable only touch at
four placos. Another long cable runs
from ^Lisbon to Pernambuco. South
America is fostoonod on both coasts
as far south as the Argentine Repub
lic. The Eastern also has a liae lo
Iodia throu ;]i Persia, thence through
the Persian Gulf, There are nine
working cables between America and
England. AU tho Wost India islands,
tho Grecian Archipelago and Australa-'
sia are reached by cables.
To work those vast lengths of subma
rine cables a good sized army of opera
tors is omployod. Not much has boen
written about thoso men, but thoso deep
sea cabio operators constitute one of the
finest bodies of skiliod workers in the
world. AU iho cable linos are manu
factured and owned In England. These
cablomcn are bravo, fearless and far
above the avorage intelligence. They
never flinch from going where duty calls
thorn, and they are most important fac
tors in commerce, diplomacy and pro
vincial government. They are groat
traveler^ and numbers of them havo
been in every port of tho known world.
Tho deep sea cablemcn are taught tho
rudimentary elements in London. Tboy
aro thon aunt to Porta Kurno, Poqzance,
where they becomo familiar with the
working of tho siphon recorder, tho
spark and tho transmitter. Whon pro
ficient they are dotnilod to any place
touched by cable. Thoso operators aro
well paid, work short hours and very
seldom leave (he service. They aro
called upon to work in the deadly fovors
ot Panama and Africa, to faco wild
boas.sin India, to work among prowl
ing bands of robbor nomads in Arabia
and Persia; they must live in the
cholera-stricken cities of Siam and
Chino, tho yellow fever of Cuba, tho
torrid climato ol Sauth Amorica and the
bleak coast of Eistorn Biboria. Butin
spito of tho fact that tho cabio lines are
laid through such postiiontiat countries,
tho morality rate among tho cable opera
tors is vary low. This is no doubt duo
to tho fact that tho companies aro con
tinually changing their men about in
such placos. An operator is detailod to
very unhealthy places for six months or
a year. lies is then sent to somo very
healthy spot. M sn are often trans
ferred from Pan ami to Nagasaki or
Cape Town.
To keep those vast liaos in order a
number of steamships aro fitted up for
that purposo and ths men spend a fow
pleasant months on board them, taking
turn about. Il an operator marries and
locates in a place ha is ailowod to re
main there. Tho men live a very pleas
ant life, except whon they are detailed
to dangerous or unhealthy stations.
Tho men always roly on ths protection
of tho homo Government and they fear
lessly go to stations in tho wildest spots
of Arabia, Turkey, Persia or Africa,
conscious of ths fact that if tho natives
molest them a British gunboat will soon
make things howl In that vicinity.
Tho largest forco Of operators aro
kept at tho repeating stations, wh«ro all
messages havo to bo transferred. At
Suez and Adon 60 cable men are em
ployed at oach station. O r the Ameri
can Bide tho largest force is at Heart’s
Content, Newfoundland, where thcro
are 40 men. This is a steady colony of
cable operators. Nearly all of the
Ctier men are mnrriei,and aro bringing
up families. They havo a chapel,
school, club-house and own their own
houses. At the cable stations tho co m
pany builds eevoral buildings, iurniiflBHHg iochidfl|
club-house
NUMBER 1).
Marriage is encouragod, and when
a man marries he is given a small house,
his fuel and the doctor’s services, all
free. Life is made a* pleasant as possi
ble, and the stations are furnished with
boat housos, sail and rowboats and fire
arms. The men are given thirty days’
vacation with pay yearly, The leave
is cumulative, and if a man works five
years ho is given five months’ leave
with pay, and his passago paid to
whatover part of the world ho may live
in. The cable men are regarded aa a
spcciea of supernatural beings by tho
different wild tribes in outlandish
countries.—[Now York World.
Why tile Primrose Blooms at Night
Our evening primrose does not bloom
in the dark hours for more sentiment
and moonshine, but from a motivo that
lies much nearer her heart Fiom the
first momontof hor wooing wolcomo sho
listens for murmuring wings, and
awaits that supremo fulfilment anticipa
ted from her infant bud. For it will
almost invariably bo found that thoso
blossoms which opon iu the twilight
havo adapted themselves to tho crepus
cular moths and othor nocturnal insects.
This finds a striking illustration in the
instancos of many long tubular-shapod
night-blooming flowers, liko tho honoy
sucklo and vaiious orchids, whoso nec
tar is boyond the roach of any insect
except the night-flying .hawkmoth. It
is true that in othor less docp nocturnal
flowers tho sweets could be reachod by
buttorflios or boos during tho day If tho
blossoms romainod opon, but tho night
murmurors receive tho first fresh invita
tion, which, If met, will loavo but a
wilted, half-hearted blossom to greet
tho sipper of tho sunshine. This beau
tiful expectancy of the flower deter
mines the limit of its bloom. Thus, in
tho ovont of rain or othor causes pre
ventive of insect visits, tho evening
primrose will remain open for tho but
terflies during tho following day, when
otherwise it would havo drooped per
ceptibly, and extended but a listless
welcome. I havo seen this fact strik
ingly illu-tratod in a spray of mountain
laurel, whoso blossoms lingered in ex
pectancy nearly n week iu my parlor,
when the flowors on tho parent shrub
iu the’woods had fallen several days
before) their mission having boon ful—
flUod. ■hi l^e specimens the
radiating atn'.3l/uj In
pockets in tho side of tho blossom cup,
and scorned to brace tho corolla upon
its receptacle. These stamens ore
naturally depondont upon insedFagoncy
for their release, and tho consequent
discharge of pollon, and I noticod that
whon this operation was artificially con
summated tho flower cup soon dropped
off or withered.—[H .rpor’s Magazine.
Remodeling (junker Mnrrlngo Laws.
Important changes in tho marriage
laws of the younger branch of ths So
ciety ol Friondi nro now under consid
eration and will bo submitted to the
next quarterly mooting. The chan ,03
rccommendod nro “to discourage”* in
stead of to “Jiicouatcnance” mixed
marriages; or striko out ths prohibition
against courting or “keeping company”
with or attonding the weddings of peo
ple who aro not Quakers. Tho rulo
recommending “treating with” persons
violating thoso regulations and “testify,
ing against” them in case they remain
obdnrato is materially modified, giving
tho montiliy-mealing the right to con
done tho offoosa if tho accused gives
evidence of boing approachable in other
respects. Paragraph 54 of tho Book of
Discipline, adopted in 1840, renders
parties liable to bo expelled for marry
ing out of tho order, or, if both amen
able to Friends’ law, without the sanc
tion of tho monthly meeting is modified
to allow tho retention of tho member
without a written acknowledgment,
provided it b> found that lie or sho is
dosirons of continuing a member of tlio
society. If both parties are “amenable”
and after care has boen extended are
not prepared to make satisfactory ex
planation in writing, they are to bo re
leased from membership. The last par
agraph has also been rendered more
liberafln its provisions for authorized
marriages with porsons not members of
tho Society of Friends.—[Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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Injury of Bandaging the Eyes.
The custom prevalent among physi
cians as well as the laity, of tightly
bandaging or tying up the eye as soon
as* it becomes inflamed or sore, is
branded it bad one by a writer in
Health. Ho says: “It precludes the
free access and beneficial effects of tho
cool air, and at the same time prevent*
and greatly retards the free ogress of
the hot tears and morbid secretions of
inflamed conjunctiva or cornea, or
both. In thoso cases, too, where a
foreign substance has got iato the eye,
the bandage (which is usually clapped
on tho first thing) presses the lids more
closely against the ball, and thus in
creases the pain and discomfort by aug
menting the laceration* cauied by tho
foreign body. This cannot fail to be
harmful. In thoso ca*ei the
ONLY A WOMAN. !
> woman, shriveled end old!
prey of the winds end prey of the cold I
that are shrunken,
Eyes that are sunk™,
Lips that were never o’er bold.
Only a women, forsaken and poor,
Asking for alms at the bronze church door.
Hark to the organ' roll upon roll
The waves of its music go over her soul I
Silks rustle )>ast her
Easter and faster—
The great bell ceases its toll.
Fain would she enter, but not for tbe poor,
Swingeth wide open the bronze church door.
Only a woman, wailing alone.
Icy cold on an ice-cold stone,
What do they care for heri
Mumbling a prayer for her—
Giving net bread but a Btono.
Under rich laaes their, haughty hoarts b-at,
Mocking the woes of their kin in the street.
Only a woman. In tho old days
Hope carolou to her tho happiest lays;
Somebody missed her;
Somebody kissod her;
Somebody crowned her with praise;
Somebody faced out the batttlo of life
Strong for her sake who was mother or wife.
pomebody lies with tress of her haiifv '
a
Light on iris heart, where the death-shadows
are.
Somebody waits for her
Opening tho gate for her,
Giving delight for despair;
Only a woman—nevermore!
She Is dead in snow at tho bronze church
door!
—Christian Intelligencer.
JIUMOU OF T1IE DAY.
A private affair—A musket.
The King of Grcace—l’e'.e Ko'.euin.
A brassworker—An insurance agent
“A writing pen”—An editorial sa.
turn,
A mail-bng—The capture of a huY
band.
A high handed proceeding— Petting a
town c ock.
It doesn’t hurt a missionary to be shot
n his tracts.
Heal estate transfers—Boys throwing
mud at each other.
The ups and downs of life are better
than being down ail the time.
liaining than cats and. dogs is surely no
worse hailing strangers.— I.fe.
What’s the matter wilh a howling
mob? It’s all riot.— H'Wiift ton Critic.
Face powder does not always help the a
young woman to go o f quickly iu
matrimonial market.
“Your laundress appears to be very
old.” "Yes; she belongs to the iron
age. "—Boston Gazette.
A pretty girl don’t object to reflections
on herself when they come from a Iook
ing glass.— BnniviUo Bree c.
Dogs are said to spenk with their tails.
Would it be proper, therefore, to call a
short-tailed dog a stump orator?
Adam had one thing lit his favor. Eve
couidu’t ask him whether he had loved
any other.woman beforo he met her. \
Whene’er mine infant lift? bis voice
In acrents tar from ineliow,
His fare and lungs suggest a sym
phony in red and yeli-oh!
— Ho it on Carrier.
A lot of little bootblacks bo India perched rubber on
a curbstone may not
boys, yet they aro gutter perchers.—
Siftings.
butcher's is still unpaid it won’t do to
order a roast; it’s more diplomatic to
ask for one.
“And do you say I am not n good
wutohmaker? No one over left his watch
bcic second to be repaired that he didn’t coma
a time.”
Little Girl—“last Cwistmas I Ututg
up my stockings. Wliat did you
up.'” Abseut-ininded
watch.”— Sifting, i.
Georgia (taking inthedlmew -1 – ii®!
“What’s that, pop?” l’op stij
mummy." Georgio—“Too ' *t
to anybody, ain’t hoi”
“What game do you scholars school^. pie.
most? ’ inquired one of the
tees. “Hookey!” ey cried the bojw in
unison.— Harper's Bazar.
A Berlin scientist asserts that salt is
conducivo to longevity, but he seems to
lo e sight of thu fact that it destroys
freshness .—New York Sun.
Magistrate (to > liiuaman)—“What is
your complaint against tins young mau?”
Chinaman (unable to collect a b aundry
bill)—“Ho too muchce by-and-by.”
Whene’er I hear tho banjo’s wild
think Lugubrious ’tis like ting a-lingy click most tough,
I spring
And very, very stringy.
oston Courier.
Untipfed Waiter (meaningly)-
“Haven’t you forgotten something, sir?”
Guest (meditatively)—"I'm—er—let me
soeA O, ys'. I forgot the toothpicks.
Thank you.”— P,iSHde!f/h>ft Biurl.
morning “Well, after Mildred,” 11re election, remarkeShA-frt^Qjg “tii^^^H
up ” “that “Yes,” replied of dance ttse Higl isi
Girl, variety Burlington^m
ously elevated.”—
SSTER AN INTERVIEW WITH A®i
“Ithink," asserted the Bostoir
‘■For him the proper term is,
‘A To horrid dub skin,’ but I prefer
him an epidermis."
—New York Sun.
“No, young man,” said the jeweler, ad-j
“I’m sorry, but I can’t give you an
vertisemont. Y'ou see, I’m troubled with!
dered heart disease, me to stop and advertising, my physician so has that or-j
may enjoy absolute rest and quiet.
Jewelers' Weekly.
fsrxcini.v OS? A NONSENSE VEBSB. tl Afl«
‘‘Ah', who broad ImR seen the aud,soaring,claimthe mailed lob, ter rtsej 3
Ciup her li 1 wings,
s i es
lVhen tower, did the owl, descending from her j
Crop ’mid the fleecy flocks,the tender floWeria J
Oi the young salt heifer and, plunge, fish-lik with pliant -reive limb
In tho wave . t£BQ
swim?”
— The Progress of Mart.
Using Sugar to Make the Fife Go
A great mystery in a certain hm
hold in Boston has been solved. soifl M
head of the house, who bought
the barrel, often wondered “how H
world the family used as much
ing as they did,” and hi* wife, the]H
not much given togoing > to
said she guessed they didn’t
moie than to other the kitokenf folksy* •v
go Iho
in time to see not
a acoopful Bugi of j
on the fire.
and its fine! a
tho fire flash up in
that the ha
to quicken the fill
said, “we must U
coal burns that^H
broke waitin’