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GRe Mans work.

In a new edition Of the lives Of the
iva erlaat railway men, George Stephen
son and his son Robert, We find sesno
very curious statements-the more curl
GUS for their truth. The first iocOmO-
tive, we are told, was used for hauling
Goals, and went at from four to six
miles an hour The speed was increased
on the Stockton and Darlington line in
1925 to about ten miles per hour. On
the Liverpool and Manchester line Geo.
Stephenson ran the first passenger cars
at about seventeen miles in the hour,
which was considered very fast. That
was in 1S30-31. When the London
and Birmingham line was opened in
September, 1888, Mr.. Stephenson ven
tured to run the mail trains at twenty
three miles in the hour. Gradually the
speed was advanced, until it reached fifty
miles in Mr.. Stephens6n's life time, and
now the fast trains are run at from fifty
to sixty miles per hour-the pistOns in
the cylinders, at sixty miles, travelling at
the rapidity Of eight hundred feet per
minute. These great results, which Op
crate upon travelling in most civilized
countries, emanated from the persistency
and observation and skill of one man.
In Ike manner other individuals have
helped mankind. Watts with the steam
engine Daguerre with photography
Fox Talbot with negatives; Franklin
with electricity; Fulton with steam nayi-
cation; Spencer with the electrotype;
Morse with the telegraph, and Field
with the Atlantic cable.
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ESTABLISHED 1910.

impressive. As the leading medicine
uiaa walks around the wood FIRE, drop
ping haadfgls Of tobacco in the flames.
the whole camp joins in the ohorvs
Ttu-Oe-nsh ho! Tan-ne-nsb Do!
Iau-ne nah hahi Tan me- naG has!
Meanwhile drums and rattles keep up
load din The whisky or Pads-a-ne-
aah song takes a more seductive turn,
ard a sip from the passing bottle makes
I all right with the spirit above and be-
low. After the tobacco song Is finished
the peace pipe is lighted and passes the
rounds, each one taking q Whit or two,
and giving grGnt Of satisfaction IN re-
tlrn.
The dancing proper set in about day
light. and was alternated with chants
speeches and marches as before When
The dancing commenced the sides Of the
great wiewams were thrown outwards
thus affordins oDen views to all. Some-
times fifty. sometimes a hundred Joined
in the dance up and down the wigwam.
The squaws have a sort of sidelong hop
motion, with both feet together while
the men jerk up one leg-at time, re-
minding one Of the turkey in the pic
tuTe dancing on hot ashes.
This most exciting ceremony com
menced about noon. and lasted an hour
[ shall not attempt to describe it. Suf-
ice it to say. that the victim Of the
occasion was the son Of old Four Deers,
taI long haired, duIl-eyed cawky OF
twenty summers. Ola Four Deers had
brought in presents Of blankets, ealieo
and perticoat cloth, worth over a hun
drcd and twenty dollars. After a deal
of Hummery. the young man was seated F.
0n pile Of blankets at the open end Of
The wiSwam. The great medicine chief
then came tearing down ike mad buff
talo from the opposite end Of the wig .
wan. with the nose Of the terrible medi- .
cine bag pointed at him; Tushes upon .
his victim with q dcafening shout-stabs .
him with his medicine bag-Gead falls .
the victim as ifetruck By thunderbolt. .
Tais Is called shooting a new medi- .
cine man. In due time a small white
she'll Is taken from the medicine BAG,
thrust down the throat Of the victim
e0nvulsions follow-he gets up on al
l0urs-he vomits-he staacers to his
feet-he IS restored from death-all by
the wonderful medicine. Heuceforth be
is a fail charged medicine man.
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A New st0ry sr the Creation.

The Hawaiians have the following le-
gend as the story of the creation of man :
A dispute arose between Kane, the
mighty and merciful god, and Kanaloa,
the evil one Kanaloa portrayed his
own image on the sand, but did not sue
ceed in bringing it to life. Kane, per
ceiying the failure, made a figure on the
sand according to his own image, and
called out with a voice of thunder
" E hiki au ola 4 hiki au ola, ola
+ hiki au ola, ola p (when I am
come, or am present, come to life, come
to life D and the figure arose from the
sand in the shape OF a man. The shad-
ow Of a newly created man being OBJ
served on the sand, Kane thought he
could not live without it. lie therefore
shouted in the same manner sc ola
ola r to the shadow, and behold, there
stood up a beautiful woman.
Kanaloa, filed with rage, tried to in
duce them to iorsake Kane aud become
his He succeeded, and they went to
Kanaloa. Kane seeing chat they had
left him, declared that he would not give
them children in their own shape and
form until they made amends. The
name Of the man was Hulihonua, Gin
search Of land, the womans name was
Keakaohulihonua, or the Shadow of In
search Of Land. In consequence Of
Kane's anger, their first offspring were
birds, which accounts for the birds stop
ping at Mokulua.
The first man and woman were made
at Pahonu, Waimanalo, Oahu. The
precipice Of Lape, at Waimanalo, was al
ways considered sacred place by the
Kings Of Oahu. From Hulihonua and
Keakaohulihonue came all the people Of
these islands.
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DECAY o. MEHoaY.

In old age the brain loses its power to
receive new images, to restore by-gone
Impressions. to connect different images,
or to apply general laws to specific in
stances. That which eun0b,es the man
has passed away. the outward form re-
mains, but the inward structure has lost
its power 10 act. Childhood again en-
sues-uo5 to acquire new ideas, but to
forge. those before implanted. All that
IS beautiful AMI dasirab'e in this world
las IF77l-=e4 allE--the 5Cain has lost It's
p5wes-the mju3 caascs-tae very gZi--
teaea Of the ulu IS unknown 10 himself
t;ll death gives rise to q 1er life, ana dis
closes that new and -le-'ous fate In
which our organization teaches as that
man viii be iu.mateIiai and imm7rtaL
1ir. Stewart c0aecires (savs t-e Rev.
Sydney SMITH. and. as 1t appears to me-,
With great jgstiee-tbat the dacay Of
memory 0bseral.e iu old men. proceeds
as frequently from the very Eule later
est they take III what is passing around
them as In aEY bodily decay by which
their powers Of mind are weakened "
So far as this decay of memory, which
old ase brings along with It, is neces-
sIry consequence Of a physical change
IN the constitution, Or consequence OF d
diminUtion Of sensibility, it is the part OF
a wise man to submit caeeriU.ly TO the
lot Of his nature. But it Is not unreas-
oaal,e to think that something may be
done by our cTslls 30 obyiatc the incon-
veuieBces which commonly result from
IT,"
Sir Benjamin Brodio observes upon
this point It Is worthy Of notice that,
while in old age the recent Impressions
are eTauescent, it is quite otherwise rs to
those which were made formerly; and
hence it Is that the old man, whose mind
wandgrs when he speaks Of what hap
pened to-day OF yesterday, may be quite
clear and coherent when he gees back to
the scenes Of lis early life; and that it
is ou these especially that he loves to
dwell during The day, while they form
almost The entire subject Of his dreams
atuie1t Althe same time ny own obser-
ralious lead me to believe that the fail
uro Of tie mind IN old age is often more
apparent than real. The old man IS net
Stimulated By ambition, as when be felt
thas he might have many years Of life
before him. lie has, probably, with
drawn from his former pursuits, and has
substituted no others for them and We
kuo8 that The mind as well as the body
requires constant exercise to maintain 1t
in healthy state. Where tits still oc-
capied We frequently fud it to survive
the decay Of the body, retaining its en-
orgv ana vigor to the iast
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FlOm Book about Boys
The boy has manners Of his own. he
may not fully recognize the eternal yeri-
ties which prohibit man from eating
peas with a knife, or from shaking hands
with a person TO whom he is introduced
for the first time but IN his way, and to
certain degree, he can be courteous to
his companions and fulfill the require
ments Of the stringent code Of etiquette
which obtains among his equals and,
besides. - fully versed in the ceremonies
which he thinks right to observe towards
those acknowledged By him as his supe-
uOrs. show me the boy VINO dUos not
give to his companions a share OF any
sweets he may buy, and [ viii tell You
that he viii be considered, in the best
circles Of boys, as ill-bred as the nan
would be who might help some one else
10 the leg Of a fowl and keep the breast
for himself Show me the boy who
would be really rude to 4 LADY, don't
include laughing at her chignon, for q
boy LAUGHS at that as he laughs at a m5n-
keys tail, because it is so funny, and be
can't help it-who would not deany ser
vice for a woman in distress-I mean z
woman in a good dress, whom alone he
has been taught BY mis- parents to look
upon as an object for ehivalrous assis-
can assure ven that his
conduct would be as severely reprObated
among boys as you would wish. Show
me 4 boy who would be impertinent to
his teacher-that is, always suppOsing
that said teacher is on a proper footing
Of authority and gets at least Eve pounds
a year more wages than the butier-shOw
me such a boy-and he won't do it
second time, if it is the present writer
he has 70 deal with.
Those who have much to do with BOYS,
and those only, perhaps, can see how
much unsupported courtesy there Is hid
beneath the apparent rOughness Of their
and also how much more might
be developed in them by judieieus train
ng. We ought to do our best to develop
i, to teach our pupils Gods law order
ng US all to be kind and considerate TO
every one Of our fellow-eitizens.
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y investments 10 pol5.sY tickets CHANGED
in to deposits in saahgs banks, cur eDl-
ored people would 81 this time hase
lifted themselves out Of the DEPTHS OF
poverty
Among the interesting members os
this class We remember an old nan who
kept deg school and trained ANIMALS to
perform certain popular accomplishments
He used to 90 about the city occasional
", followed by troupe Of pupils which,
az a signal, would stand on their hind
legs and 90 through the motion Of a
eotillion, dancing TO the tune which
their teacher whistled or sang. Another
well remembered parsonage was aunt
Katy, whose piety and benevolent labors
among the poor made her shining
light. Matthew Collins was also a strik-
ing character He was MARYLAND
slave, but ran away, cagae to this city,
where he became a drunken bully. and,
from has great strength, be was dan
ger0us antagonist Subsequently he
was converted and became a very pious
man. When we made his acquaintance
he was very old and iufrm. and, being
unable to work, he sold peanuts, and
could be seen in Broadway with his
basket and Bible. He was highly gifted.
and those who stopped to converse with
him we're generally startled By the power
Of BIS responses. The writer knew him
well and derived great benefit from his
society. We attended him during his
last illness he died triumphantly and
was buried in the Potter -feld. We
never pass Clafin's splendid warehouse
without recalling the interviews we once
held there in the old rookerv which
stood on the site with good Matthew
Collins.
The eolored people Of this city have
made many attempts to rise IN social and
civil position, but these have been in
vain. They have had two journals, the
tokored Amtrjcaa and the Ramsh0ra.
neither Of which was permanent They
must continue to be degraded as long
as they remain here, and their only
chance for elevation is to go to Liberia.
We regret that they are, to so LARGE
degree, set against the enterprise. vaiuiv
hoping TO enjoy here that which evident
ly Is impossible. They have an example
of emigration in Pref CTummell. and
they would DO well to follow It. la thas
favored Land their children. instead Of
being cooks, BARRIERS and walters, might
rise to the highest Offices OF a republican
government.
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RUSKTE.

During the present century, three
writer's have demonstrated, beyond all
others, the capacities Of our hnguage in
force and beauty, and have given US some
insight into the wonderful art of using
it with the utmost effect. Macaulay died
in 1859, Hawthorne in 1865 and, in
our opinion, John Ruskin is the only
living master Of English prose. Mr..
Ruskin is now about sixty years of age,
and resides at Denmark Hill, fashion
able quarter to the South Of London.
His father was a wealthy wine merchant,
who left his whole fortune 60 his son.
The income of that fortune is nearly all
expended in acts Of charity Mr.. Rus
kin keeps a secretary whose sole business
it is to attend to calls upon his bounty,
investigate their prOpriety, and dispense
the funds.
In 1913 appeared the first volume of
Modern Painters, the title-page Of
which gave no indication of the author
ship, except by a graduate of Oxford"
Though 3lr Ruskin had graduated but
one or two years before, this volume
showed a grasp of the broadest ideas Of
art, wonderfully untrammeled critical
Judgment, and a cOnsummate skill in the
use of language Its immediate object
was to prove the infinite superiority Of
modern over medieval landscape painting.
and especially to vindicate the works Of
William Turner. It attracted attention
at once and gave rise to vigorous and
long continued controversies, at the end
Of which it is acknowledged that Mr.
Ruskin is master of the field. The
" Modern Painters" grew under his
hand to a vast discursive treatise on art,
until it was complete in five volumes, the
last Of which appeared IN 1860.
In the meantime Ar Ruskin wrote
and published "StOnes Of Venice" and
% The Seven Lamps Of Architecture,
both Of which are devoted to discussion
Of the principles and criticism on the
practice Of architecture. He has since
published severl smaller works on art
and political economy.
Criticism generally makes a barren
sort Of literature but that Of Mr. Rus
kin seems to ennOble absolutely the art
Of which he is writing, and at the same
time to belittle it relatively by furnish
ing an example Of how much greater are
the capacities Of language as a subject of
art and skill. 1t is highly suggestive,
and opens innumerable vistas into which
the thoughts Of the reader may wander,
with feeling that the author is owner
and master Of them. though he does not
accompany him.
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A disagreeable woman is like vacuum
there is no place for her in nature. She
is a parody upon herself. IF there Is a
touch Of beauty about her, she gives
those she meets the sort Of shock one
would feel on taking what appears to be
wine, and is in reality vinegar. For
tunately, she very seldom is beautiful, in
the true sense of the word. Nature does
not lend itself to shams. It is pitilessly
exacting. Sweetness Of face must re-
suit from sweetness oe disposition. The
face is not a mask, but mirror. 1t re-
veais everything with terrible ingenious
ness. Amiability is not to be simulated
to the observant eye. You cannot stamp
the marks the lines, the flowing curves
Of the agreeable on your face, unless
you have the quality in your breast. For
this reason the disagreeable woman is
never really beautiful Her features, at
their best, remind you Of etchings; the
effects have been "bit in" by acids
The forms of the disagreeable in woman
are infinite, but the effect of all is the
same. In place Of attraction there is
repulsion in the place Of love, pity
if not seora in the place of happiness,
sour discomfort. The disagreeable wo-
man is irksome to every created thing,
including herself There is positively
only one way to deal with her-turn her
into a joke In that way she may be
made tolerable, ike the Frenchman's S
slippers-useless, but just as available as
the basis Of a rag0ut
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a New Theory Of Petroleum.

Prof Boynton, in one Of his lectures
upon the formation of petroleum, eluei-
dated a new theory. An old fellow,
out West" who preached hell and
damnation to the fullest extent, com
mented in one Of his sermons upon the
millions and billions and trillions of sin
ners already burning in the lake of FIRE
and birthstone. A down Easter, who
was present, being given to "fggers, F"
endeavored to make an estimate Of the
amount of room each soul occupied,
taking the preachers estimate of num-
bers, and also the preachers place of
torment, which was the interior Of the
earth-that melted, boiling mass below
us. The Yankee, not being geolOgist,
made 10 allowance for the forty or fifty
miles depth of incrustation Of the earth 5
surface, but included the entire diameter,
and found that the soul Of each sinner
occupied a space the size of "bumble-
bee. The cream of the story lay in
the final conclusion that petroleum is
the oil that must continually oo2e from
the burning sinners, and which has one
thing in its favor, i. e., there's no great
loss without some small gain" And
one might attribute to this the cembusti-
bleness of some kinds of kerosene, and
it ought to console us somewhat, too,
that even if doomed to future roasting,
We will still be light in the world.
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It is said the poet Thompson wrote
50 The Seasons" in which he celebrates
the Morning in Summer, the Morn
ing Walk" and all sorts of morning
glories and delights, lying lazily in bed,
often until noon. A good deal Of excel
lent poetry and preaching too is thus
unpardouably inconsistent. But not so
are the following pretty stanzas, from the
pen of Louisa VI. AIcott, lately pub
lished in the New York ReUolafioa,
(WOman's Rights Paper):
Queen OF my tub / merrily sing
While the white foam rises high;
And 81 urdily wash and rms and wiring,
And rtsten the clothes 20 dry;
Then ont in the free fresh air they swing,
Under the summer sky.
wish We could wash from oar hearts and souls
The stains OF tie week away;
And let water and air, by their magic make
Ourselves as pure rs they;
Tpen Ca the earth there would be indeed
gior.ous washing day!
Along he path of useful lie
VIII heH II lease ever com
The busy mint has no time TO thiak
or sorrow. OF care, or gloom;
And auxsOus thoughts may De swept away,
AS we bu=Iiy WELD d broom.
en- glad n Task to me Is given
To labO- day by dey,
For ib brings me he0ith and strength and nope,
And I e1eeriuily le4In 70 saY,
81 itca1 you NAV think, Heart, yo1 may 3el,
Bus Hand you shall work alW3yH
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Submarine Earthquake.

The London Ne,rs gives particulars Of
the recent submarine earthquake in the
Atlantic Capt. Christie, Of the bark
Euphrosine. relates that when his vessel
was in latitude about 1910 south and
longitude west the sky suddenly be-
came overcast, with dense black looking
clouds, and in all directions was heard a
noise resembling distant cannonading,
while the sea became tossed and con-
fused. To these signs of agitation
another was added of peculiar signif-
cance: The compass vibrated largely,
and lost almost its polarity sure sign
that a terrestrial disturbance Of great
extent and violence was in progress.
Several large meteors shot out from the
heavens phenomenon which can
hardly be associated with the occurrence
Of submarine disturbances, unless we
suppose that burning matter had been
projected from some submarine volcano,
and that the flying masses were mistaken
by Capt. Christie for meteoric bodies.
The fish jumped out Of the sea and struck
against the sides Of the ship, and the
trembling Of the vessel could be distinct
ly felt as well as heard. Both the last
named phenomena point so distinctly to
submarine action as to remove all doubt
which might be suggested by the appear
ance Of meteOrs. The intense heat of
the matter thrown out in submarine con
vulsions invariably drives the fish away
from the neighborhood, killing large
quantities Of those which happen to be
near the outlet from which the burning
matter Is being erupted. Capt Christie
relates that the volanic action Of the sea
durina the Right until sunrise,
when the weather became clear and set
tied.
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How Ramsay Paid his Rent.

Wit is sometimes worth money but
then it is quite essential to have a good
natured customer to deal with.
When Allen Ramsay, a well-knOwn
Scotch poet, began life, he was 50 poor
that he could not meet his first years
rent AfteEit became due, he met his
landlord and explained his circum-
stances, and expressed his distress at his
failure to meet his obligations. The
jolly landlord vas quite kind to him, and
said that as he was lad Of some genius
he would give him chance to cancel
his debt without paying shilling. IT,
said the creditor, "youH give a rhym-
ing answer TO four questions, in as many
minutes, I'll quit you the rent altogeth-
er. Allen said he would try. The
questions we're: " What does God love
What does the Devil loye2 What does
the world love What do l love2'
Ramsay wrote
- God loves man when be refrains from sin
The Devil loves man when lie persists therein
The world loves man when riches on him dow.
And you'd love me could 1 pay you what
Owei"
The rent is paid, said the farmer.
giving his>ingeniOus tenant he arty slap
on the shoulder.
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a seaGEo.a . conc.

4 terrible sca83id scene recently took
place at Tembow. in RUSSIA. Young
Gorski, a pupil Of the high school OF
that place, and eighteen years Of age.
was to be executed for having murdered
a family OF seven persons. The young
criminal was conveyed TO the place Of
execution on wagon which was es-
corted by q company Of Dragons. The
gallows was surrounded by crowd Of
ten thousand persons. After the doomed
lad had alghted from the wagon, the
sentence Of death was read to him. He
was deadly pale, and tainted before the
warrant was read through The exccu-
toner then branded him, after he had
been restored 20 consciousness; the boy
struggled violently and uttered heart
ren3ing screams when the red-hot iron
was applied to his forehead lie was
thea whipped, receiving about thirty
lashes. The executioner thereapon un-
dressed him and wrapped him 10 long
white blanket, tied his feet together. at
tached the rope 20 his neck, and drew
the blanket over his head He then
lifted him On top Of "A step-ladder and
was about to push him from it when
the secretary ef the criminal court step
ped forward and told the executioner to
stop. The excitement Of the crowd had
reached the highest pitch by this time,
and it seemed rs If all the ten thousand
persons around the galiows were holding
their breath. The executioner lifted
tie Lad from the step-ladder, removed
the blanket from his face which was liyid
and distorted with fear, and then the sec
nsiary read to him letter from the En-
peror changing MS sentence to hard Ia
bon for life. The executoner then
united his feet, and gave him thirty more
lashes-the sentence having ordered that
he should receive sixty lashes--and then
clad him in tlfs convict dress and chained
bis legs. liz was thereupon taken back
to his CELL ans two days aftelward sent
to Siberia,
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Mr.. LoNGFELLow's present family
consists Of two sons, grown, and three
bright, charming little daughters. Nj
LongGellow is greatly changed since the
sad calamity, some years ago, by which
he lost his wife-a lady Of the highest
culture aud refinement. She was acci-
denkillv burned 10 death. Those who
remember him in his happy, married
liie-wbo recollect the genial exhuber-
auce Of his spirits, the cheerfulness Of
his disposition, the warmth of his vel
come, the bright wit which flowed CON
stantly. the buoyancy Of soul upon
Which shone the sunshine Of life, and
athwart which a cloud never seemed to
pass-note with grief the expression of
settled melancholy, the love Of solitude,
and the quickly grown white locks which
one sees to-day.