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HARLEM. GEORGIA
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California, admitted to the Union only
thirty-nine year* ago, has hundreds of
m<-n who are worth over $500,000 apiece,
and in Sin Francisco then- are 104 mil
lionaire*.
The Ch rliiw Indian Nation had the
proldli.bitoiy law thirty year* before
Maine, and it wm in their Constitution
thirty y ar* before Kanina had it. It is
enforced fairly well, paiticularly a» the
United Htatea int'-rcouron laws prohibit
the introduction of intoxicating liquors
into the Territory. Aa to the general
laws of the Indian Nation, they are not
M well enforc'd as they might be.
Whipping is a f write punishment.
Major E. A Burke, late director
general of the World’* Cotton Centen
nial, has just returned from a three
months' trip in Spanish Honduras. Ho
rode 3,000 miles on niulebnck, and criti
cally examined the country and all Am
erican and European enterprises. Tho
prospects for gold and silver are ns great
us in California and Nevada in their best
days. Its agricultural and fine timber
resources are marvelous, but runnot be
utilised without intelligence and capital.
The Spanish National Hymn, called
the “Marche Ileal," baa been discovered
to have been composed by Frederick the
Great. The source of Inspiration from
which the eminent warrior derived this
enthusiastic bit of musical expression is
not known, but that he handed it to tho
Spanish Ambassador as his own produc
tion at a public reception in Berlin is stated
as an undoubted fact. Some years ago
Maisliiil Serrano offered a prize at Ma
drid for the composition of a national
air, but out of (Ivo hundred comjietitor*
who entered the lists, not one offered
anything comparing in soul stirring qua
lities to the ‘‘Marcha Real."
Mexico seems to bo developing In the
manufacture of cotton to a fir greater
extent than in 'he production of the
crop. Official statistics state that, while
the cotton crop increased fr0m50,000,000
ponds in 1879 to only 53,000,000 in
18H3, the importation of raw cotton there
from tho United States rose from 20,-
800,000 in 1883 to 75,000,000 pounds in
1884. There uro eighty-eight cotton
factories in Mexico and seven woolen
mills. There are also fifteen or twen’y
cotton-printing establishments in M -xi
co. The principal cotton manufactures
are brown shirtings, bleached goods
being mostly imported from England.
A correspondent of tho Bt. Louis
(flohelhmoerat has found a midden,
dumb, wild and beautiful, in a cavo at
Moose hike, Indian territory. Tho girl
lives with an old Indian sorcerer mimed
Koomo, and tho only fact which throws
light on her pr senco in that dcsolato
region Is that a family named Holbrook,
and consisting of husband, wifo and
child, settled In tho country previous to
1877 and then disappeared. It is sup
posed that Iho father and mother Were
murdered and the child turned over to
the Indian in whoso care sho was found.
Tint romantic flavor of tho story, how
ever, Is somewhat spoiled by the readi
ness with which the agod sorcerer held
out his hands for alms.
You can get some ideaof how valuable
tlic trees of British Columbia will bo to
that territory when you are told that (our
logs r cently cut nt Vancouver contained
20,580 feet. Tho logs were as follows:
One lor, 03 feet long, 40 inches in diam
eter, 5,82* feet; one log, 53 feet long, it
inches m diameter, 5 000 feet; one her,
30 foot long, 64 inches in diameter, 5,025
feet; one log, 24 feet long, 56 inches in
diameter, 4,050 feet. The Douglas pine
ha* long been celebrated for its great
lire, but it has hitherto been, except
where found near the water’s edge, com
paratively valueless. Now that tho
railway can carry it to the sea it will bo
come an im|«>rtiint export.
The best evidence that the industrial
growth of the 8 with is not overestimated
is the nnn< unccmcnt, says a N w Yotk
daily pa]>cr, that practical business men
of the N rth are nvesting millions of
money in Southern manufacturing enter
pr sea. The greatest recent enterprise of
this sort is probably the consolidation of
two coal and iron companies of Birming
ham, Alabama, with the i'ennessce Coal,
iron and Rvlroad C'mpany, at a capital
of $10,000,000. A leading manufacturer
of Pennsylvania has also invested
$1,000,000 in csts'd shing iron furnaces
in Alabama. So tho story goes on. The
As-mu/ deturen' lienr.l, of Baltimore, has
found that during the tl.il nine month*
of 1888 tho amount of capital, including
capital »tock of iucorponitud oom ponies,
ropnsen ted by the new manufacturing
and mimug enterprises, and in tho en
largement of old plants in the South, ag
gregate* about This is an
increase of $31,000,500 in capital and
capital stock over the same time last
year. This impetus to trade and manu
factures is as important to Northern
xuirchacts a* to the South,
The business of killing ditr for their
■ skins is still carried on in Oregon. In
| < very direction m Com, Curry s.ud Jack
son Counties the camps of these ekm
lumtcrs are four I, and around them am
I the carcasses of deer rotting on the
ground. Two hunters will start out
with a pack-horn'-, tach loaded with pro
visions for two wicks, and at the end of
that time return with their horses loaded
with 100 to 150 deer-skin*. For these
they get about 80 cents encli.
The great plateau between the Rocky
Mountains and the Hothis, comprising
the territory of Utah and th ; stntc of Ne
v.i l.i, is apparently destined to become
the greatest cittle range in the country.
Already immense tracts of land, some
embracing nearly 250,000 acres, have
b’en pur< h.w I, and owners of large
herd* in Texas and other southwestern
states arc looking for ranges in this wide
section of natural pasture land. The
pressure of settlers who wish to engage
in agriculture and found hom.-s upon tho
lands in the great fertile plains of the
West and Houth lias been to crowd out
the cattle kings who have for years mo
nopolized the largest part of tho States
which by nature are better fitted for the
raising of crops than for the pasturage
of herds. Thus (her- Inis begun a he- I
gira of cattlemen toward the west,
which bids fair to aid materially in the I
development of those great section* of
cur country that have hitherto been left
almost exclusively in the hands of In
dians and peripatetic cold hunters.
Accident < to Sleep-Walker*.
It seems strange, on the first blush of
the matter, that so very few accidents
befall sleep-walkers. The proportion of
instances in which any injury is sustained
by the subject* of this remarkable state
of scml-slecp Ls very small. Tho ex
planation of the immunity is doubtless
to lie found in the fact that it is n state
of scmi-slccp in which tho sleep-walker ,
makes his excursion. Ho is sleeping I
only so fnr ns j>art. of his cerebrum is
connected. Tho rest of bis brain is i
awake, and, therefore, it is really not a
strange feat to walk carefully and escip -
injuiy, doing all the necessary nets of
avoidance while carrying out some dream
purpose, just ns a walking purpose is
fulfilled. The hypothesis obviously
require a very full explanation of such
an accident ns that by which a sleep
walker recently camo by her death,
namely, falling out of an open window.
It is not likely to have been part of the
dream to get out of the window. There
must have been some error in tho carry
ing out of the process , such, for example,
ns turning to the right instead of to tho i
left on leaving a rcoin, and thus walking j
through n low window instead of through
a doorway. As a luie, the senses are
sufficiently on the nlcrt to cnablo the
alecp-waker to take all precautions for
safety, and when ho conus face to face
with n difficulty involving more than
automatic or subconscious self-control,
he wakes. Wo should like to know
more of tho case which has just ended
fatally from some competent medical
observer who has studied the develop
inent of this interesting disorder in this
particular instance. Surely a practitioner
was consulted. No case of sleep-walking
should ever be left without medical
•mutiny and counsel. In sleep-walking
there is the making of madness, and in
its inception this disorderly sleeplessness
ought to be stayed. Lanett.
Yontlif.il Candor.
Lirtle Julia is not given to caresses.
When she kissel tho members of her
family good-night it is with a business
air of determination to get tho matter off
her mind ns soon as possible. Oc
casionally sho descends from her princess
maimer to bestow an embrace upon some
favors I person, especially if her admira
tion is touched as well as her affection.
A few evening* ago hor mmt was ready
to go to a party at the house of a lady
whom Julia likes very much, a house
which she is very fond of visiting. “Oh!
auntie," sho said, hanging about her
aunt, kissing her and petting her, “how
sweet you look 1 Oh! 1 love you so, I
wish you were me nnd I was you."
“You little darlieg," responded tho
young lady, quite touched by her beau
tiful infantile altruism, “what makes
you wish that I" “Because,” said Julia,
with tho unrelenting truthfulness of 6
years, “because then I could go to Mrs.
H.'s and y u’ l have t > stay at homo mid
go to lied."— ll sten Retard.
Threshing by Elect'icily.
A novel application of electric power
has just been made on th? estate of the
Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield, Eng
land. A Gramme machine, driven by
w ater power a half a mile distant, has
been attached to a thrashing machine,
and tho result is slated to be highly sue
ccssful, a regular, rapid an I noiseless
power being obtained, together with a
great saving of cost. To effect a tem
porary stoppage of tho machinery, if
necessary, it has been arranged that tho
current from tho lead* can be turned
from tho Gramme machine into a cluster
of Swan lamps 60 Glut a short break ia
the operations doe* not necessitate any
communication with the source of power
or stoppage of regular working, while st
tho same time it give* warning to the
men when the current is running. CAs-
Utrali.
BIGGEST THINGS-
La rgo it Works of Man and
Nature in the World.
! Interesting Facts Useful When You Get
Into an Argument.
The largest theatre in the world is the
new opera house in Paris. It covers
nearly three acres of ground; its cubic
mass is 4,387,000 feet; it cost about 100,-
<8)0,000 fran>*. The largest suspension
. bridge Is the one between New York city
and I'iooklyn ; the length of the mam spin
is 1,505 feet 6 inches; the entire length
'of the bridge is 5,980 feet. Tiie loftiest
I active volcano is Popocatapetl—“smok
ing mountain"—thirty-five miles south
west of Puebla, Mexico; it is 17,748 feet
above the sen level and has a crater three
miles in circumference mid a thousand
feet deep. The longest span of wire in
the world is used for a telegraph in In
dia over the river Kistnah. It is more
I than 6,000 feet in length and is 1,200
I feel high. Tho largest ship in the world
*js the Great Eastern. She is 080 feet
long. 83 feet broad and 60 feet deep, be
| ing 28,627 tons bur len, 18,915 gross and
I 13,344 net register.
I Tho greatest fortre », from a stm’eg
, ical point of vi w, is the famous strong
j hold of Gibraltar. It occupies a penin
sula jutting into the sea, about three
miles long and three-quarters of a mile
wide. One central rock rises to a height
of 1,435 feet above the saa level. Its
northern face is almost jierjicndicular,
while its cast side is full of tremendous
precipices. On the south it terminates
in what is called Europa Point. Tho
west side is less steep than the east, and
between its base and the sea is the nar
row, almost level span on which the
town of Gibraltar is built. The fortress
is considered impregnable to military as
sault. Tho regular garrison in time of
peace numbers about seven thousand.
The biggest cavern is the Mammoth
Cave, in Edmonson county, Kentucky.
I It is near Green river, about six miles
from Cave City, and twenty-eight from
Bowling Green. The cave consists of a
succession of irregular chambers, some
of which are large, situated on different
levels. Some of these are traversed by
navigable brunches of the subterranean
Echo river. Blind fish are found in its
waters. .
The longest tunnel in the world is that
of the St. Gothard, on tho line of rail
road between Lucerne and Milan. Tho
summit of tlje tunnel is 900 feet below
the surface at Andcrmatt, and 6,000 feet
beneath the peak of Kastelhorn of tho
St. Gothard group. The tunnel is 28
I 1-2 feet wide, and is 18 feet 10 inches
from the floor to the crown of the arched
roof. It is 9 1-2 miles long, 1 5-8 miles
longer than the Mount Conis tunnel.
The biggest trees in the world arc the
mammoth trees of California. One of a
grove in Tulare county, according to
measurements made by members of the
State Geological Survey, was shown to
be 276 feet in height, 108 feet in circum
ference ut base, and 76 feet at a point 13
feet above the ground. Some of the
trees are 376 feet high and 34 feet in
diameter. Some of the largest that
have been felled Indicate an age of from
2.000 to 2,500 years.
Tho largest library is tho Bibliothequc
National iu Paris, founded by Louis
XIV. It contains 1,400,000 volumes,
300,000 pamphlet*, 175,000 manuscripts,
300,000 maps and charts, and 150,000
coins and medals. The collection of en
gravings exceeds 1,300,000, contained in
some 10,000 volumes. Tho portraits
number about 100,000.
Tho largest desert is that of Sahara, n
vast region of Northern Africa, extend
ing from tho Atlantic Ocean on tho west
to tho valley of tho Nile on tho cast.
Tho length from cast to west is about
3,000 miles, its average breadth about
900 miles, it* area about 2,000,000 square
miles. Rain falls in torrents in the Ba
, ham at intervals of live, ten and twenty
1 years. In summer tho heat during the
day is excessive, but the nights are often
cold. In winter tho temperaturo is
j sometimes below freezing point. Tho
greutoit pyramid is that of Cheops, one
I of tho three pyramids forming the Mem
-1 phis group, situated on a plateau about
137 feet above tho level of the highest
rise in the Nile. Its dimensions have
been reduced by tho removal of tho
outer portions to furnish stone for tho
city of Cairo. Its masonry consisted
■ originally of 89,028,000 cubic feet and
still amounts to 82,111,000 feet. The
present vertical height is 450 feet,
again-t 479 feet originally. The total
weight of the stone is estimated nt 6,316,-
] VOO tons. Tho largest bell iu the world
I is the grreat boll of Moscow, at tho foot
i of the Kremlin. Its circumference at
■ bottom is nearly 68 feet and its height
; more than 21 feet. In its stoutest part
it is 23 inches thick and its weight has
I been computed to bo 443,722 pounds.
It has never been hung. — Philadelphia
Timet.
A leading hotter doc lares that the ug
lier a man is the longer it takes him to
suit himself with a hat, and the oftener
doe* he look into a glass while buying
i one. A very unprepossessing customer
i of hi* the other day took two hours and
ten minutes, and then came back to ro
-1 turn the hat, and to hare one mode to
1 order.
“Carat,”
This term was derived from the asm--
of the seed* from the Aby**inian coral
flower or coral tre . “K" i» in
formtd, were very small andvery equal in
size, and were formerly u.ed in weigh
ing gold and precious stores. Hence,
carat has become the name of the weight
used by jeweller* for weighing precious
(tones, and the word is also used to in
dicate the proporlion of pure gold pre
sent in any nlloy of that metal. As a
weight for diamond', the rarat represents
3 1-6 Troy grains, and is divided into
fourths (or carat grains), as well as into
eighths, oixteeoth*, thirty-seconds nnd
sixty-fourths. In regard to gold, tfie
word carat represents no absolute weight,
but only a ratio or proportion. Gold is
never used for coinage, jewelry, etc., in
a pure state; it is alloyed with a coarser
metal, sometimes with copper and silver,
and sometimes with copper alone, for
the purpose of working, and to secure
the necessary hardness. To indicate the
proportion of pure gold in any metal
thus alloyed, the metal is divided into
twenty-four parts or carats; twenty-four
carats meaning pure gold, and any less
number of carats meaning the fraction
or proportion of gold to be found in the
alloy. Sterling gold (the gold of British
coinage) contains twenty-two parts of
gold and two parts of alloy; it is there
fore said to be “twenty-two carats fine,"
or “22-carat gold.” The lower stand
ard, used for watch cases, jewelry, etc.,
contains eighteen parts of gold, and
six parts of alloy; it is therefore called
“18-carat gold." But a much larger pro
portion of alloy is often introduced into
gold represented as “standard;" thu< we
have fifteen, twelve and even 9-carat
gold. Cultivator.
The Mexican El Paso.
In one of her letters from Mexico Fan
nie B. Warde says: Beside the steam
car transit, a small pile trestle bridge—
which is used also as a highway for
wagons and pedestrians, connects tho
two El Pasos by horse car line. It is
difficult to realize that in merely cros
sing that narrow, yellow and insignifi
cant-looking stream we bid “adios” to
the land of the stars and stripes, its laws
and it* protection, and plunge into a
country as old as Egypt! That five
minute*’ ride transports us into another
world, as it were—into the land of a ro.
mantic race, whose civilization, coeval
with the palmiest days of Persia, par
takes strangely of the Orient. The Mex
ican side of the Rio Grande shows more
foliage, flowers, orchards, gardens- a
striking and pleasant contrast after the
deserts we have passed; and still more
pleasing to eyes that have become weary
of mushroom palaces and freshly painted
smartness are the old gray walls and
softened tints—the indescribable air of
rest and repose that well becomes a coun
try which was hoary with antiquity before
our lusty infant, the United States, was
born. •
The Mexican El Paso, though called
the “twin" of the opposite town, is at
least a centuery older, but is considered
by the time-worn neighboring villages as
a precocious young fledgling, barely out
of the shell. It has a population of about
7,000, and is distinguished from its
American sister by the words del Norte
“of the North." Strolling over the
place one sees few signs of the alleged
progress of these latter days.
A Man With a Glass Eye.
“Speaking of glass eyes,” said an old
lawyer, “brings to mind a little incident
that occurred in Chicago. Among our
young professional men is one whoso bril
liant black eyes would attract attention
anywhere. He g , )os much into society and
is quite a favorite nmong the ladies be
cause of his eyes. One of these beau
tiful black eyes is glass, but it seems so
much the counterpart of tho other that
not one person in a hundred would de
tect its artificiality. Among the mem
bers of his profession not one knows that
the young man has only one good eye.
“On one occasion he escorted a young
lady to the refreshment tables nnd enter
tained her with pleasant chat in away
that he thought was making a favorable
impression. As they wcro taking ice
cream he I'oked up as sho gave utter
ance to some startling exclamation, and
was surprised to see her eyes fixed on
him with a look of mystified intentness
and horror. She was a well-bred girl,
but something had so astounded her that
sho continued to look at him in away
that raised the question of his sanity. A
fly had lit square in ths centre of his
brilliant black glass eyo and remained
there, he, of course, unconscious of its
presence. The spectacle of that eye
looking nt her with a fly on it and the
owner making no sttenq>t to brush it off
was too much for his companion. Hit
explanation, even, was not quite *atis
factory. Sho had believed so implicitly
In those magnificent dark eyes that she
ha* since that time regirded him a* »omo
tliing of a fraud." — Inter-Oram.
The President* la Verse.
An educational journal gives ths fol
lowing: The first letter of *ach word of
the following line* is the initial of ths
name* of the Presidents in tho order ic
which they held office:
“Wiadom and ju»:ioe m>nv men admire;
Jarring vic* barm* truth’* pure tremuin*
fire:
Fray ba loyal, jwrtifo. higb**t good a«piire.‘
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
The nursery tale of B ue Beard is »aic j
to date back over 400 year*.
'The only Unitarian churches in th.
.outh are in Charleston, New Orleans,
and Atlanta.
The bath-room of Mme. de Les*ep-’
cost SB,OOO. The exposed faucets ant
p pes are all gold-plated.
Under the extravagant habits of th'
Roman empire a string of pearls was i
sometimes cast among the people for t j
scramble in the public games of the cir
cu*.
A California cow swallowed a stick
twenty inches long and nearly an inch
thick, and in due course of time il
worked its way out of her side without
doing her much damage.
The combined capital of the Roths
childs is estimated at $1,030,000,000. |
Half of thi* has been gamed within tht j
last twenty-five years, and the whole of
it in scarcely more than a century.
Tho crysolite was in old times sup
posed to possess peculiar virtues, and uc
cording to old chroniclers there was <
crysolite naturally in the form of i l
woman which was potent against fasc: [
nations of all kinds.
One of the foremost dang rs supposto
to hover around the new born infant wa:
the propensity of witches and fairies tc
s eal the most beautiful and well-favored
children and to leave in their place:
sue ias were ugly and stupid. These
were usually called changelings.
The milk product of Paretz, the pri
vate estate of the German Crown Prince,
near Berlin, ha* been farmed out. Par-]
etz, once the favorite summer sojourn o(
Queen Louise, tho mother of E nperoi
William, has a model farm connected
with it, whose dairy department yield;
nearly 1000 quarts of milk per diem.
A black gum tree has been found on
the eastern shore of Maryland which ex
udes tiny streams of water from itt
branches and twigs. Standing a short
distance from the tree, so as to place it
between the spectator and the sun, th*
sun’s rays reflect a beautiful rainbow
through the mist.
Holyrood Day or Holy Cross Day
(Sept. 14) was instituted by the Roman
Catholic Church, on account of the re
covery of a large piece of the cross by
tho Emperor Heraclius, after it had
been taken away on tho plundering ol
Jerusalem by Cilosroes, King of Persia.
Among the customs associated with tlxil
day was that of going n-nutting.
A Deadly Weapon.
In an article on the bowie-knife anc
its inventor, Colonel Bowie, the Chicago
Herald tells these stories: During a ses
sion of the Arkansas Legislature in 1837
the speaker of the House had occasion t«
call a member to order. The membei
insisted on keeping the floor for the pur
pose of making an explanation, where
upon Mr. Speaker drew an immens*
bowie-knife and advanced toward the
offending member for the purpose o|
bringing him to order. The membei
also drew his bowie-knife, and, as the
(peaker advanced, threw it at him, ex
pecting to disable him, a feat that h*
had performed more than once. Unfor
tunately he missed his aim, and the
knife fell ringing on the floor thirty pace)
away. The member straightened him
self in front of his foe, who, advancing
deliberately, cut him down with one
dreadful gash, killing him instantly.
The gentleman having thus been called
to order, Mr. Speaker resumed his seat,
and the House adjourned for three days
to attend the funeral. We are told that
Mr. Speaker was tried for tho murder,
but was acquitted.
Another story that had considerable
credence at one time was that at the bat
tle of Buena Vista, a regiment of Missis
sippians, under the command of Jeffer
son Davis, received a charge of Mexican
cavalry in tho shape of a V, with the
open end toward tho enemy. The cav
alry, riding into the open end, were first
greeted with a deadly fire from the rifles,
after which tho gallant Mississippians
went at the “G easers" with their bowie
knives and almost entirely destroyed
them.
The Road to Moral Wreck.
It is not always gambling nos the haste
to be rich that leads to moral wreck. It
is much more often the mere moral reck
lessness that is a part of the spirit of this
ago. Contentment, obedience, a relig
ious devotion to one’s daily duty, are no
longer looked upon as necessary virtues.
On tho contrary, these things are rather
spurned /is incompatible with modern as
pirations. Every man’s duty is to get
into some other man’s place, to “rise in
life" and to be, or appear to be, some
thing other than he is. The rich man
must make more riches; the poor man
must have more than he has earned; we
must all bo moving about in a state of
constant unrest and discontent, amid
which the old notions of religion, virtue,
honor, contented industry and domestic
simplicity have no chance to exist.
When every man is reaching out for
something that d >es not belong to him—
whether in position, in wages, in corpor
ate privileges or public office—it is no
great wonder that so many take the
shortest way nnd transfer their ernploy
er’s money to their own pocket*.—PAtL
adtlphii Timet.
CHILDREN’S COLUM
Wliul ! Kuoit
1 know
Where th* prettiest (lowers grow;
No", the kind that a cool wind kills.
Tli.it live in poteen our window-sills
Bu: bloosoms that hloum of their o \v n s
wills,
All golden and speckled, and shaped lik# bell,
And filled with sweetest smells.
And I know
Where the most I enut'fnl breezes blow
An I where the blackberries ri[>en fir t
And how the flying-squirrel’* babi« ur ,
nursed.
And when tho nut burrs are ready to bunt
And where the birds com.-tv bathe anddrins
And chirp and ahatter; and—soinebow-t
thin);
That I know
Where dozens of children ought to go
(I’d Lke to go with them to show them
wayl),
And make up their mind, that they’d go and
stay
(For you can t learn ever>/Uung in a day)
1 And I’m almost sure that perhaps by-and by
They’d know very nearly as much as L
lw»y Leigh, in Young People.
Monkey Pocket*.
I suppose you did not know that
monkeys had any pockets, save those in
the little green coats they sometimes
I wear. But that is a mistake; their real
I pockets are in their checks. The other
evening I traveled in the next compart
ment to a little becoated monkey and his
master.
Tlio little creature’s day’s work was
over, and, perched up on the sill of the
carriage window, he produced his supper
from those stowaway poekets of his and
commenced to munch it with enjoy
ment. Several times the platform had
to be cleared of the girls and boys who
had come to see the little friend off on
] his journey. At length a porter, who»o
heart was warm toward little folks, al
lowed them to slip in and remain.
The officials felt the attraction on that
I window, and the stoker addressed the
'monkey as “mate.” Evin the station
; master as he passed cast a sly glance
! toward the monkey, a cheer was
raised when the train was set in motion
' and tho monkey glided away from big
and little spectators.
I heard the other day of a pct monkey
called Hag, a creature no larger than a
guinea-pig, whose master once found in
I his cheek pocket a steel thimble, his own
' gold ring, a pair of sleeve-links, a
, farthing, a button, a shilling and a bit
|of candy. Monkeys, lam sorry to say,
are given to stealing and they use these
pockets to hide the articles which they
have stolen.
I.ittle Opportunities.
Very few of us have opportunities to
i do great things, but we all may be kind
I and loving to those about us, and can
' never tell how far our kind words and
loving acts may reach. The Yaui'li
Temjjeranoe Banner gives an incident
which proves that great good sometimes
grow out of small actions.
Zoa Rodman, as she practiced her music
day after day, noticed a tiny, poorly-clad
child hanging around the gate.
i “Who is it I" she asked, “and why
I does she cornel"
“She is charmed, I think," replied her
aunt, laughing. “Her name is Maggio
Sherman, nnd her poor father is one of
the victims of drink,” she added more
soberly’. “Poor little thing! it is too
bad.”
Zoa wont to the door.
“Come in, little Maggie!” sha said
kindly.
The child could hardly credit her
senses. The beautiful young lady, who
sang so like an angel, bad spoken to her
—had m-ked her to come in 1
She entered shyly.
“Are you fond of music?” Zoa asked.
“O, yes,” she answered; “I do love it
so.”
“And can you sing!”
“A little —some of the pretty songs
you sing,” said the child.
“I am glad to sing for you; won't you
let me hear you sing?" said the Le.iutifu
young lady.
Little Maggie commenced wita a trem
bling voice, for she felt like one in
a dream; but as she sang on the music
took possession of her, and she thrillc 1
and warliled like a bird.
“Thank you,” said Zoa, “Would you
like to have me teach you to sing and
play, Maggie?”
“O! O! would you! But I ha 7o nf>
money.”
“No; nnd I do not offer to teach yon
for money. Only come to me every’ day,
and I will teach you what I can.”
When Maggie Sherman a few years
later became a noted singer and musics.U),
and lifted her fa her’s family to respect
ability and comfort, it was not generally
known that all their happiness
from the kindness of Zoa Rodmau-
Ilyperbolical.
A—“ Just imagine, Prof. Weinbauci
•a so fat that he has been unable to *e«
his feet for the last ten years 1 ’
B. “Tut, tut! nothing extraordinary
about that. Baumlang, the student, i*
so tall that he has always to get en »
step ladder when he wants to take o
hi* hat.”
C. —“Pooh, that is notning. I *
eousln who is so tall that when -is get*
damp feet the Ist of January be begin*
to be troubled with a cold the 2u ’
24th, it takes so long for the cold ts
strike upward*.”— Magdtburger Zeitung.