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HAKEEM, GEORGIA.
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Hallaicl «** Alkln»on.
H:ol MKHlftfc
Th< n an* h nimilwr of total alwUlnrra
in the pre** nt Engh«h ParHanient, and
th< frund* of teni|M*ian' < wen* m» <!•_*-
lighted with the <ln uin*t.»n« that they
held a public meeting iu the We*tri:ir>«
Ater Town Hall to urleomo them,
A gi ologiat. who *».;* *tudied up io'*
►ul>j«-<t, *ny* that, diamond* in plenty
will yet b<- found in Georgia, in u Im It
that In- kxwtr* between Atlanta mid
th*- Hstannah river, almut on* 1 hiimlrwl
mile# in length and from ten to thirty
mlb in breadth.
Georgia luiaa |wi ofh<« naim-d 'la!k
Ing lbw k. ’ which acquired it* title in tin
following manner Some one in the
vicinity found a large *tone, upon which
wa* painted the word*, “Turn rm- over/’
It required great Mrength to iirrompliah
thia, ami. when it wa* done, the man wo*
<-orifront<'<l with the legend on the other
ode nf the Hone, ‘ Now turn rm bark
ami let me f<w»l *oin< one rim
The unarmorrd y«-m-|* forth- I nitod
Htatea Navy, to l»e built by the govern
men!, will mark a new departure in ma
iin< engineering l i.••'timil. they
niuit have engine* of NSOO hot-' power,
enpabh of developing < i"ht< » n mile* an
houi, which pn-M i*t» a didlcult problem
Chief Enginrt r l.lonng i* «ontident Hint
lhe*e v<-*--el« will Mirpa'H anything that
England po**r*w*.
A loving New England couple dyed
for one another a few day* ago. The
man wa« fronted with the *now* ol
vevrnty yearn, while *he who wa* to b<
hi* bludiing bride hud the raven lock*
of forty, lie dyed hi* hair black, think
ing to plca*e her, and die, ignorant of
hi* noble *i*rrifi< e, bleat hed her hair
white t<» ph-a*e him There Whm a Mraligr
far offm *- when they next met.
'l’he ('him m ruiiiihter at Washington
wa* formerly the governor «»f a province.
After hr had inndr hi* fortune the Em
|h ror saw that he wa* getting rich too
f**t, ami, much to hi* di«gu*t,exiled him
hen- on a salary <»f a y< ar and all
rx|N*n*t * |mid The minister and hi* at
tache* nre prompt in returning nil card
t alk made upon them They make no
i \ caption* If the humblest grocer ahould
M*iul hi* card, a distinguished mandarin
would ap|Htu‘ in |wr*on within a few
day* and sinih ami beam upon tin \\ a*h
ington (filler.
Mi llcmv M Stable), the African «\
plorrr, rrhitc* that when hr *tartcd on
hi* tour through the “Dark Continent, *’
hr took in hi* baggage a large colh»< tion
of l»ooks But a* the number of hi* nu n
wa* l«***eti«*| the l*ook* had one by one to
Im* left by thr waydde, until finally,win n
lews than thru-hundr< <1 mile* from tin
Atlantic, he bad left only the Bible,
Hhak« *p< arr, Carly !<•’* "Sartoi Rr*artn .
Noriv'* Navigation, and thr Nautical Al
manac At Siugn tin Shnkr*pcarr wa*
abandoned, and afhrwaid \<»ri< . tin Al
manic, and, Inst, ’Sartor Rc*artu.*”
were thrown down, only tht Bible going
through t » the end.
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It appear* from a paper r<-ad before a
pharmaceutical mm ivty that <un of the
rra*oiiK (or the low pri» • of quinine lie*
hi th«* (net that the rim Inma troc* art
no lunger destroy rd in the harvesting.
The old plan wa* to cut thriu down ami
►trip off the Imik when they were ten
year* old Then the itlea wa* adopt <1
of tearing otT long strip* apd tilling the
bare place* with mo**. The present
method i* to *crupe off the outer lay, r of
tliv bark, the }*»rtiou richest in quinim ,
and thi* thus not interfere with the
growth of the tn*'. The bark is sen* pet I
halt unwind at one opt-ration, the otlu r
half living scrajH*l dx months afterward.
Tb« prmvK* may be nq*att*l year after
year.
Os th< K< \ Sam Jones' preaching a
writer In thv Cincinnati Ca .wcrrmf G.tr
rt*r say* “Cim iunati has had w hat she
lum not had fur many year* a genuine
revival us religion. Grval crowds of
}tvoplr thnmgtsl Mu* . Hall e\cry
to hear tbr truth prvaehed in a plain way
by a man evidently in earnest toconvime
men that thv Ten (Xiinmandment* and tht
S-nimn ou the Mount ought to ml the
life of every human Initiu. Bev. >*m
Jont * it pn aehvr unlike any other man
who has rv< r prva< hvd in this city lb
i» a quiet man in his manner of prx acb
ing. H< iH-\ vt rant* ,he it never M-nm
thuiak lie Hand* up and fctult *dy
prtwt ht* thr truth that is the condition
of ai* classy |M ,q»h h ih.-if t Yvrv
ctwrt* ! with thv world He uw tlu
plainest )u»sMblv English. The cutting
power of hi* language is at time* tvrritk,
and thr effvet upon tht audience *i*
marvellous. Evt rylw»dy wanted to h«wi
him; no church in (Cincinnati was large
enough to hold une third of thv |x*qde
who flockrtl to thv senior* " From Cin
cinnati the Southern oangviist went t*
Chicago.
»
Il county, California, a lot of In
pi:m* Im < aim irnpn -sod with the idea of
tidust. v, »av< d money . Iwnight and paid
for land, ami wi re on tin high roinl to
wealth. When the tax collector called
<>n tlu rn they wen- parnly/a<l. an<l it wu*
imjM/sdble to convince them that, Inning
-in<e paid for hmd, they should Im- asked
o pay for it again.
Blondin, the fomou* ropt*-walker.
wi-h<*slo Murn to America and do *oin<
high feat but hi* agent, now in New
Vmk fin<l* that th*- law would prevent t
repetition of the Niagara or any lew*t
I* ril. Am t would have to Im- spread
umh-rm; th hi* mp- and that would de
trov the < ;' h mine of th< |M-rformam < *.
\ bargain wh- «omplete«l with the man
i ol ,H ,m-, Island i-e-ort for a Bion
din <l4*ol* next irnm< r. but a call on th'
I) strict Attorney elicited a promise that
tin- net law should sun ly l»c enfor- <•<!.
Bion<li;i i- living in London at the age of
r. 2 uid of lat< years ha* ua’k'd the ropr
in | !<»p. in < onoquenee of having lost
mu' h of hi- propeity by unfortunate in
vestment*- Hi* id« i is that a tour in
\m»rpa would replenish hi - fortune, but
his ngeiit ■ iys that, in view of the una
voidable net. he will not come.
[n the \■/ f h {iht-i'iffin 11' if •t' Mi. A.
.1 Ih smoii'l give* Home inti resting figures
Mating Io the fa ! <lw indlifig’ailtli< <|o
main. There ha* l»ceii at tbc disposi
’ion of tin- Government since its foundtt
lion I.*.*}. 1 h0, 3*7 acres. From this
nnoiint an- to Im- <h-<lm t<-d as unavailable
a<■!' . im-luding Alaska,
Indian ami military rcM-rvation* ami
mountain or unfillable land*. Thia leaves
about ‘MMi.IWMi 000 a< r<-s available, of
which 300.d00,000 hav.- gone to actual
-•■filer ;nd pii\af< pm< hi < r*. The dis
f< nnt >f tf' have i" < iv< <l a* swamp
land and for *• hool purpose 161,000,000.
For < anal . wagon roads mid military and
natal b<»imti< - 67.000,000 have be<-n
troisfei re<l. To the railrnmU’<iv< Im ch
giv<-n 112.000.000 rhen- yet remains
.aim 200.000.000, It thus apja-ars that
liv< si venth* of the available public do
main ha* Im < n di*|H»M-d of. ami only <»m
hird *o far i* in thv hands of actual wt
tler* and individual private purchasers.
A Pretty Sleep Story.
A gentleman who liv< - in the eastern
part of this county tells one of tbosi
stories that few people will l>< lieve “with
out si t ing it.’’ He says that he was out
lox hunting, nnd when the chase was at
' thv height of it* excitement hi* horse ran
into mi old well thirty feet deep The
horse was instantly killed by the fall, but
(he ri«i< r was unhurt. The wall* of th'
well hud <-lived in at th< bottom a dis
tuner of three or four feet, and thv gen
th man - ay* this previntvd getting out by
digging toothoh-*. Realizing hi* situa
tion, he brgan to rail lor h< Ip nt the to,
of his voice, but no assistance came. ll<
xviih compelled to remain in the wa ll all
night, and the next morning the stench
arising from the dead • ur< a*s of thv horse
was anything but pleasant, and he notir
cd that bu/./anls were soaring over th<
spot. Finally the buzzards began to
alight in the well, nnd it was then that n
bright i<lva shuck him. lie decided t<
•ntvh the buzzard* by the leg us they
« 4 me down until he got a suflirivnt num- I
l»vr to carry him out. That he did, mid
when lie i aught ns many a* his hands
would hold, he “shooed’’ at them, ami
they th w up. carrying him out of tin
well.
But still the fox hunter wa* in a dilvtu- t
ma The buzzards flew up rapidly
that he could not turn loose when h<
reached the top without falling ba< k in
th» well I pward* the buzzard* flew
with their human freight, and the fox
hunt' i Im gait to despair of his life attei
all. When about 100 yard* above the
ground the fox hunt-r wa* ju*t about t<
I t and fall, w hen h< was <truvk by
another bright idea. He decided to loose
one huzziird at a tint- until hi* weight
would pull tin tn dt wnw anl Acting
upon this plan, he was *oon landed safely
upon the ground.
Tin gentleman who tells thi* *tury tell*
it in all seriousness, and a* though h<
actually Indieves it true, but it will be j
cold i day than any we had during tht
r<‘< < nt bliz/anl laTorv he c an get nnybtxly
tlkto la lit \ v it. (a.
A Medical Directory.
‘ How are you getting on?” asktd
\ vast of young ( iam*'iil»< a\, whom ht
lint on the *tnst the other tlav.
“First rate.” w\» the young man’s re
pb
"What are you doinc ' further <iueri-
Y.a.t,
“I tn a nx .lical director in an institu
tion down town."
\ inialii al dittor "
j "V* you mv 1 direct envelopes ins
jutent nudieine h< um ."
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Ihr t.roipla Bloodhound.
Ihe bl.aslliound docs not
quarry hi* eatne, unl< ss it i» a rabbit— h
raiall ral.it. He in neither tierce no>
powerful. A tx»y van hold n pa, k off
with a cornstalk. But for trailing a fu
gitivo for hugging him clotw as hi,
diadow —or for tiring along hi* track
wl.,n even the grass has forgotten its in-,
press, and the wind ha« |«nvdcrvd it
ever with dust, be is as relentless a«
de-ath itself.—af.or.fu C<<,
Th. Enr* shat Sever Hatch.
Tlioro a a young man on the corner,
Filksf with life and atrength and
Ixxiking far fieyond the preeent,
With the w hole world in bis scope;
Ue ia grasping at tomorrow.
That phantom none van catch;
To <i«y ia lost. He'a waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
Du-rc's an old mon over yonder,
With a worn and weary face.
With aearching, anxious features,
And weak uncertain pice.
He ia living in the future,
With no deaire to catch
The golden now. He’s waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
There'a a world of men and women,
With their life's work y et undone,
Who arc sitting, standing, moving,
Beneath the same great sun;
Ever eager for tdw* future,
Hut not content to snatch
The I'rexe.it. They are waiting
For the .-ggs that never hatch.
THE SURGEON’S STORY.
mod the window of my office and
looked out upon the distant lightning, at
its awful, red rehcaraal in the inky west.
Neither rumbling thunder nor furious
■lash of wind nor volleys of hail proclaim
< <| the advance of the marvelous midsum
mer teni|«‘st. It came on silently, aud
the lightning blades were doing their
deadly work with the flash and silence
of steel.
The area of the storm covered less than
a mile, ami the altitude of the cloud
could not have been more than half of
that distance. finer: overheail the
mighty cloud came to an ominous pause
before pouring forth its varied forms of
vengeance. Then the bolts began to rush
fhrough the air with the sibilant noise of
sky-rockets, and the attendant peals
seemed to paralyze the very pulse and
forever silence the heart of the listener.
One bolt descended close by, plow ing in
its vivid progress oblong gulfs in an ap
ple orchard, as if digging graves for its
prospective victims; and during all this i
glare ami din my night bi ll rang furious- ]
ly.
“What!" thought I. “A summons on i
sm h u night as this! Surely it must be I
an urgent case that could not wait until
this most phenomenal of thunder tempests
had passed over.”
As 1 left the rear office I could but ob
serve the play of the blue lightnings
under the thresholds of the doors, like a
viper writhing in flames of blue vitriol.
So deafening were the wild demon
strations of nature that the messenger
could hardly make himself understood,
but I learned nt length that the house of
Judge Hungerford had been struck and
that Miss Blanche Hungerford had been
dangerously prostrated by the shock.
I remembered Miss Blanche Hunger
ford, whom I had met at several social
gatherings, as being very beautiful and
amiable and a beaming star in society.
I found her unconscious, with the fam
ily grouped about her in tears. My first
thought was disfigurement. But she
seemed too superlatively lovely for the
blasting touch of lightning; but she was
safe from this dread physical evil. The
blinding flash and terrific thunder peal
had overpowered her to unconsciousness.
In his excitement the messenger had
made an erroneous statement. Not the
house but a stately elm had been struck I
and cleft, in twain. Miss Blanche had I
just opened the door to observe the dire- |
fill aspect of the hour when the bolt de- ;
s nded and she fell senseless in the hall I
way.
The scene at the bedside was a strange
mid sadly impressive one. At its foot -at
the venerable Judge Hungerford. Ex
treme age had impaired his mice brilliant
faculties, and lie was now nearly an im
becile. At his side stood Mrs. Hung r
ford, a tall, severe-faced woman, wearing
somber, green goggles, while from her
neck hung an ostentatious medal, indi
cating her membership of some reform
association.
The impression this remarkable woman
made upon me is lifelong and unfading.
The combination of artificial green eves,
a pi rfeetly erect and inflexible attitude,
a narrow head, with aquiline nose, and a
certain indescribable air of eager watch
fulness called to my mind a hen eagle,
erect on a crag, and 1 could compare her
to nothing else.
1 was astonished to see in the mother
of the lieuutiful Blanche such an austere
and unattractive jx-rson, but my astonish
ment subsided when 1 learned that she
was my fair patient’s stepmother, the
judge’s second wife.
Alter jwrforming other duties of mv
profession I raised the suffering young
lady's head and proceeded to the use of
restoratives.
S-HHi the beautiful patient opened her
eyes vvonderiugly, murmured "Thank
you!” and then I suffered her noble head
to return to the pillow.
“I>j you feel pain anywhere?" was
whisjHTed.
She turned her eyes in the direction of
her left shoulder.
1 raieed the sleeve of her robe, and lo!
there on that alabaster arm. near the
shoulder, w.is the perfect imprint sf a
tree.
The lightning flash had photographed
upon her fair skin the stricken elm in
miniature!
1 left further instructions as to the care
of the charming young patient, and then,
in the face of the feeble remonstrance of
Judge Hungerford, I took my departure.
In due time I heard of Blanche Hun
gerford's complete convalescence, aud I
must confess the agreeable tidings gave
me pleasure tliat was not altogether of a
professional character. She wus such a
sweet patient, and I had never forgotten
the look of gratitude she gave me when
she whispered “Thank you!” And what
is more delighting to a man's heart than
a grateful expression from a beautiful
woman ?
An increase of reputation opened np a
way for nut to what I had so long and
ardently desired—a city practice. I be
came associated with the distinguished
and Iteloved Dr. Bartholomew, ami upon
his decease I succeeded to his large and
lucrative medical clientage.
Upon several occasions I had conferred
with my esteemed professional brethren
upon the subject of lightning photogra
phy, and, mentioning no names, out of
delicate motives, I cited the case of a
handsome young woman who was pros
trated by the electric fluid. The bolt
blasted a contiguous elm tree, and the
tree eras perfectly and artistically photo
graphed upon her arm. I found that
cases were not unfrequent where inani
mate objects had been photographed by
lightning upon animate ones. One sur
geon vouched for a case where a black,
oak, thunder-riven, was photographed
upon the flank of a white horse.
Musing upon this subject one cold win
ter evening, I was summoned to the door
by the captain of the police precinct.
His business was thrilling and altogether
too sorrowful. The fast express, behind
time and running a mile a minute, had
been derailed by a displaced switch ou
the outskirts of the city.
The destruction and mutilation hail
been frightful. The St. Mary’s hospital
was tilled with the wounded, and the of
ficers of the police were expeditiously
summoning a corps of city surgeons.
The scene at the hospital was indescrib
able- -and, indeed, if describable, there
would be but little profit in the portrayal
of such misery. An eager crowd, many
of whom had friends in the ill-fated train,
had assembled. Prudence compelled the
closing of the doors against them, but
their anxious, tragic faces were visible at
the windows, looking as if the catastro
phe had imparted a common expression
to them all. Nurses mid stewards were
hurrying here aud there with subdued
footfalls. Now, there is no preference
among surgeons at such a time. Go to
work at once and render assistance to the
nearest case at hand is the rule.
I heard a low moan at my feet. It
came from the lips of a woman. I look
ed upon the cot. Such a lovely, but
pain-vexed, countenance! It was a case
of fractured arm -a compound fracture—
and the attendant fever had already set
in. The wounded member ot that grace
ful body must be set at once. I examin
ed the broken arm. Stars of fate! Near
the shoulder was a miniature tree. My
beautiful patient was again Blanche Hun
gerford.
I need not tell you with what consum
mate tenderness I handled that shapely
arm; but I could not avert the delirium
that followed the fever. Sad as it was to
see her delirious, I could not suppress a
thrill of joy when she more than onee
pronounced my name. In ten days the
fever tide slowly turned and death had
spared the beautiful from the worms of
the dust.
Her first whispered words, as of old,
were "Thank you!’’
I have before asked this question:
“What is more delighting to a man’s
heart than a grateful expression from a
beautiful woman i"
1 new answer it. A grateful expres
sion from a beautiful woman, mingled
with a look of love. And I read—
Love in tier luminous e\es!
When Blanche was nearly recovered I
said to her:
"My darling, lightning and calamity
brought us together. Let love and sun
shine prevent our parting.”
And she only murmured, in the dear,
old way, "Thank you!’’and then I felt
her fair, white arms twining about my
neck.
The Strongest Ship Afloat.
The Camperdown. which was launched
at Portsmouth. England, has cost £475,-
000 for labor and materials, and the esti
mate for her machinery amounts to
£105.000. She has taken three years to
build. 700 hands having been constantly
employed on her, ami it will be another
thr e years before she is ready for sea.
She is the heaviest ship ever launched
from govennent slips, and is the first
man-of-war that has been launched with
her armor on. The Camperdown is built
entirely of steel, and in her armament
she will be the most powerful vessel of
all her class; her displacement will be
10,000 Ums,
When to Advertise.
Advertisers who understand their
business advertise more heavily in the
season of dull trade than in the season of
live trade. It is the slow horse that
needs the lash, not the fast one. The
steady goers are the successful advertis
ers. They build up great business by
keeping themselves before the public,
summer and winter, and whether it rains
or shines, or is a feast day or a fast day,
—Philadelphia lieevrJ.
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
Treatment of Frost-Bitten Fingers and
Toes.
Dr. Lapatin, in the proceedings of the
Caucasian Medical Society, advises that
fingers and toes which have been slightly
frost-bitten, and which subsequently
suffer from burning, itching, and prick
ing sensations, should be painted, at first
once, and afterward twice a day, with a
mixture of dilute nitric acid and pepper
mint water in equal proportions. After
this application has been made for three
or four days, the skin becomes darkened
ami the epidermis is ’shed, healthy skin
appearing under it. The cure is ef
fected iu from ten to fourteen days. Ihe
author has found this plan very effectual
among soldiers, who were unable to wear
their boots in consequence of having had
frozen feet. They were, in this way,
soon rendered capable of returning to
duty.— Britith htedical Journal.
Yon Ought to Know Your.
If you will persist in burning for a
long time a kerosene oil lamp, or filling
your bed-room with heated gas, you need
not prepare to retire with very strong
hopes of getting a good night’s rest. If
you will allow a vase of flowers to remain
there over one day without changing the
water, or, if you will have any plumber s
work in your room, instead of using a
portable washstand, basin and pitcher, it
is all to no purpose that you insist that
you are very prudent in regard to your
health. As to the question “How much
outside air shall I let into my rooms we
have nothing to say. If you arc an in
valid, your doctor must tell you; if you
are well, and enjoy a sound mind, you
can judge for yourself. You know, or
ought to know, how much you can bear.
Only see to it that the air is fresh; that
what you admit is an improvement on
what you send out. Good Housekeeping.
A Stimulant anil a Aarcotlc.
What meaning should we attach to
the words stimulant and narcotic? A
stimulant may be defined as that which
ministers to healthy activities, support
ing the processes of life in health and
restoring them in disease. A stimulant
acts chiefly in removing or counteracting
depressing influences—it may be pain,
fatigue, or a morbid sensibility. Thus
mustard, applied externally in inflamma
tion, is at times a true stimulant, and
tends to restore healthy vital action by
freeing the circulation and the nerves
from the depressing influences of pain.
A cup of tea, also, is in its place a true
stimulant, restoring the natural tone of
the central nervous system. On the
other hand, a narcotic is a substance
which l>y poisoning the nervous system
produces a gradual paralysis of vital
actions. Under narcotics, intelligence,
volition, reason, consciousness, even life
itself are’ lost; and these are the out
ward and visible signs of a process tak
ing place within the nervous system,
where the powers of life arc stubbornly
fighting against a poison, and yielding
as it were inch by inch to its invasion.
Stimulation, then, is a healthy pro
cess, while narcosis, the condition in
duced by narcotics, is essentially an un
healthy state, being a paralysis of na
tural activities, more or less.— Nineteenth
Century.
Increase of the Anglo-Saxon.
The Latin races, that is. Fiance, Italy,
and Spain, have ceased to be, whatever
any of them may be destined yet to be
come again, the mighty factors in the
world’s progress which of old they were.
They minister exquisitely to the comfort,
the luxury, the culture and the pictur
esqueness of life; but the aptitude for
foreign commerce which they show is
comparatively slight, and in the coloniz
ing business of humanity they only play
a subordinate part. Moreover, their pop.
uiation, when compared with the popula
tion of the Anglo-Saxon and the Teutonit
races, is diminishing. Thus, in a period
of a little less than one hundred years,
from 17S8 to 1885 the aggregate popula
tions of France, Spain and Italy have
only increased from 51,000,000 to 82,-
500,000. On the other hand, the popu
lations of Germany and England durina
this period have each trebled. Germany
in 1788 had a population of about 15, -
000,000; in 1885 it has increased to 4-5,-
000,000. Great Britain iu the same way
had in 1788 a population of 12,000,000"
in 1885 the figure is 36,000,000. Anoth
er country largely, but not exclusively,
populated by the Anglo-Saxon race—
America—has in less than a hundred
years increased nearly thirteen times
that is, from less than 4,000,000 in 1790
to nearly 60,000,000 in 1885. Finally it
must not be forgotten that Canada, Aus
tralia, South America, as well as other
British dependencies, collectively, con
tain a population of some 10.000,000
chiefly of Anglo-Saxons, and there is
every reason to believe that the develop
ment and increase of this population will
be rapid.— Fortnightly Berieie.
Nothing In It.
Bobby—" "You've got a cold in your
head, have you?”
Dade (making a call on Bobby's sister)
—“Yes, a werwy bad cold.”
B. "'Then sister told meastorv.”
D. “Told you—ah—a stonvy?”
B. “Yes; she said you hadn’t nothin’
in your head.— Boston Courier.
Noblesse Oblige.
If I am weak and you are strong,
sVhy, then, why, then.
To you the braver deeds belong;
And so, again,
If you have gifts and I have none,
If I have shade and you have sun,
’Tis yonrs with freer hand to give,
'Tis yours with truer grace to live,
Than I who, giftless, sunless, stand,
With barren life and hand.
We do not ask the little brook
To turn the wheel,
Unto the larger stream we look;
The strength of steel
XVe do not ask from silken bands.
Nor hearts of oak in willow wands;
IVe do not ask the wren to go
Up to the heights the eagles know;
Nor yet expect the lark’s clear note
From out the dove’s dumb throat.
’Tis wisdom's law. the perfect code,
By love inspired:
Os him on whom much is Le->toxved
Is much required.
The tuneful throat is bid to sing;
The oak must reign the forest's king;
The rushing stream the wheel must more;
The lieaten steel its strength must prjvc;
’Tis given unto the eagle s eyes
To face the midday skies.
HUMOROI N.
Stamping ground.—The post-office.
The camel is the animal with a fouiti
floor back.
It is reported that the banana crop
j will be short this year. This wilt be
I good news to pedestrians.
It seems a little singular that a man's
face is generally the longest where 1. ■
himself is the “shortest.”
A exchannge asks: “Is cremation be
coming popular’’’ It may be, but wi
never heard of any one trying it but one.
Four incorporated towns in Colonnte
are at an altitude of 9.000 feet above the
sea, and it is said that the inhabitants am
very high livers.
“A man cannot get along in the world
without a fair allowance of cheek.” Thr-re
are times when a preponderance of chin
I will serve him as well.
Jt is said that the people of the United
States eat ten billions of eggs every year.
The thrifty restaurant-keeper converts
the ancient ones into omelettes.
A philanthropist asked the daughter of
a rich manufacturer, who employs hun
dreds of men, if she ever did anything
for her father's hands? “No,” was the
reply, “but I rub mine with glycerine
and oatmeal every night.”
It was a droll reply that rose to the
I lips of the Confederate soldier who w s
caught in a persimmon tree by Genera
I Longstreet. When sternly asked by his
commander what he was doing there, the
I veteran at once disarmed his superior's
wrath by saying: “I’m eatin’ some green
, persimmons to draw my stomach up so
it’ll fit its rations.
He met her on the horse car,
And he offered her a seat,
And he thought she was an ang
Till she trod upon his feet.
A Glimpse of Shanghai.
The conservatism of the Chinese char
acter and the extremest point of provin
cialism is instanced in the story told of
the residents within the walls of the na
tive city of Shanghai, writes the Shang
hai correspondent of the St. Louis GkWi-
Democrat. The city has three gates—
the north, south, and west ones—anil
many of the people living at the south
gate have never been as far as the north
gate and could not understand the dialect
of the inhabitants there if they did gm
One nation could not differ more from
another than the Chinese from the Japan
ese if they lived 20,000 miles apart in
‘ stead of only 200 miles, and one is all
wrong if he thinks that having seen Jap
anese cities he can know what a Chinese
i one will be like. While the Japanese are
the cleanest people on the face of the
earth and far ahead of the English for
eternally bathing and scrubbing them
selves, the Chinese are the very dirtiest.
The trim, exquisite little toy houses ol
the Japanese along wide streets are the
greatest contrast to the filthy abodes of
the Chinese, with their dirt floors, mud
. and bamboo-woven walls, anil streets
often less than five feet wide from nail
j to wall. Overhead is a forest of gilt let
ters, gorgeously colored signs and ban
ners that fairly hide the sky. The nar
row streets, with shop fronts all open
above a low counter, seem like passage
in some fantastic exhibition hall u th
booths or “spaces” close together. M""
crevices in the walls correspond to alleys,
and looking up them or down the tunnel
of a street before one it is easy to realize
what is meant by “swarms of people" or
i “masses of human beings.” All through
i old Shanghai the people are packed as if
at a mass-meeting, and one has to dodg'
■ into shops or flatten him«elf against a
: wall at the constant cries of the coolie*
carrying loads by poles or yokes on tin r
shoulders. Buckets of water and g-'-'
bage, bund'ms of dried fish, bodie 1:
dressed hogs, coffins of the dead and -
dan chairs of the living crowded us int
the wall and rubbed against us during
progress through the handsomest an'
most important four-feet-wide street o
' the city. The people were all too busy
1 and too stolidly indifferent to gather ami
I stare at us, or follow us in a train, as i*
the happy Japanese fashion of treating s
strange foreigner, and we really f el ’
twinges of wounded vanity at this neg
lect.