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InclYilIty.

As a crowded train left Boston ior
New York recently, q gentleman ap.
preached o handsomely. dressed lady
who occupied half Of seat with nu-
merous bundles, and asked, els that
seat occupied, MADAME "Yes, 1t is, F"
was tho snapping reply. The man
walked on. In half anhour the door
opened aud in walked a tall, rough fel-
low, coarse as GPolar bear, with huge
beard uncombed and stained with TO.
lbaeco inice, and clothes badly fitting
and smelling OF the stable. Spying the
lady's seat, with great deliberation he
seized bundle, bandbox and bag, put
them into the lady's lap, and sat down
in the vacant spot. Her defiant looks
produced no Impression. He whistled ;
he stroked his beard; he threw round
his huge arms, and cliuckled inwardly
at her evident rage. She left the cars
at New Haven, when the gentleman
who was refused tho seat reappeared.
To some gentlemen who seemed to take
great interest in the proceedings he
said, "Did You see how that woman
treated me?h eyes, "Well, that
man Is horse doctor that sat down be-
side her. He belongs to Bulls Head.
I gave him dollar TO ride with that
woman us for as she went" We do not
know which less to approve, the in
ciyility Of the lady" or that Of the
/" gentleman"
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Long Lost Brother,

Robert NJ. Greene has been knocking
around tho terrestrial ball since he was
eighteen. Under tho same roof.tree in
London, where Robert howled his first
infant squall, an elder brother wasbor
About fifteen years ago This elder
brother, too, began playing The role Of
the rolling stone. He has however,
been resident OF ST. Louis nearly
three years, and for nine months past
the brothers have been living within o
half dozen squares 0. each cher, walk.
ing the same street daily and yet
never met. The elder brother few
evenings ago chanced in hOlel TO hear
a gentleman say, ~ start iCr London
tomorrow" He addressed this gem
tleman and asked him il heRould de-
liver q letter TO certain number in
Terrace garden, London. " With
pleasure" responded the gentleman,
''and, by the way, there Z another
man here who gave me leler to de-
liver at the same place and b the same
person. Arc you relatiyesi' A re-.
union was the consequence and the
brothers, who had neither seen nor
heard Of each other for fifteen years,
raaf
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The Recelrer Of the pllnonds.

The Philadelphia Bulletin gives the
following particulars OF the American
"AIiss Feenix,n who was Tho cause OF
the theft Of diamonds by lie Grand
Duke Nicolas Of Russia
mThe young woman who dgures be.
fore the world in this disgrnteful affair
as Mrs. and Miss Feenix, b Phila-
delphian, we'll known to o very large
circle, especially to the opposite sex, in
this city. Her career has been one Of
continual proaigacyfor dozen or more
years past, during which time she has
been twice married, her tSl husband
dying suddenly in West virSinia, and
her second, q young New Yorker, whose
name, il appears, she still wears, having
married her in Paris, and afterwards
separated from her.
".Mrs. Feenix is the daughter OF o
former most eminent clergyman Of
this city, now deceased, aud 10 spared
the bitter humiliation Of Tho notoriety
which this Russian scandal has given TO
q life which, in it's comparative privacy,
must have inflicted untold sorrows upon
those connected with q fair woman gone
SO hopelessly astray."
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The Girl 10 Find.

The true girl has.to be sought after.
She does not parade herself in show
goods. She ID not fashionable. Gem
orally she Is not rich. But, oh what
heart she has when you find her 50
large, and pure, and womanly. When
you see IL you wonder II those snowy
things outside were women. n you
gain her love, your two thousands are
millions. She'll not ask you for q car
riage or q first class house. She'll wear
simple dresses, and turn them when
necessary, with no vulgar magniflcate
to frown upon her economy. She'll
keep everything neat and nice in your
sky parlor, and give you such o wei.
come when YOU come home that you'll
think your power higher than ever.
She'll entertain true friends on o dollar,
and astonish you with tho new thought
how little happiness depends on money.
She'll make you love home, df you
don't, yon're q brute and teach you
how to pity, while you scorn q poor
fashionable society that thinks itself
rich, and yainly tries to think itself
happy. Now, do not, pray you, say
any more, II can't afford TO marry"
Go, find the true woman, and you can.
Throw away that cigar, burn up that
switch cane, be sensible yourself, and
seek your wife In O sensible way.
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lIoM 10 Prevent Hrdrophohln.

Ameans Of preventing hydrophobia
has been suggested by o veterinary
surgeonof Paris. 1thas been proposed
that the teeth Of dogs should be blunt.
cd SO that when any animal was attack
ed with rabies it would DO impossible
TO communicate the disease TO other
animals or TO human beings. The pro-
posal was made some time ago, and in
the meantime NJ. Bourrel, its author,
has been diligently making experiments
In order TO prove It's prachcability. To.
day, at O meeting Of veterinary sur
geons, the means whereby the bunting
OF the teeth is To be effected arc 10 be
practically illustrated. Several obiec.
tions 10 this ingenious device for rem.
dering mad dogs harmless have already
been put forward. II has been urged,
for instance, that the operation would
ruin sporting dogs, who would no long.
er be able 10 follow scent II Is also
contended, and with much force, that
dogs would be unable to eat their food,
and although, according to writer in 9
French paper, "the consideration Is OF
small Importance compared with the
possible suppression Of rabies among
dogs" still, II dogs are TO be permitted
to live at all, some kind Of comfort and
ease must bo allowed to their existence.
Oh the whole, II seems very doubtful
whether Il would not be better to kill
the animals outright than subject them
to this kind oi inccnyenisnee, = London
0iebs t4 N
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rhnt Bnd BOY.

Elder Perkins had an appointment OF
the Ladies' Missionary Rooms, at five
o'clock Friday afternoon, and at 4:50
you might have seen the street car com.
Ing down South Main under o full head
OF one.horse power, and the Elder com.
ing up Banks street as fast as $50
live-weight would permit. The bell OF
O milk cart had deceived. him as to the
proximity Of the car, and II o fresh
orange peel had not caused him TO
measure his breadth on the pavement
he would have had 10 wait for IT Asit
was, he had Just time TO fish his spec.
tacles from the gutter, and his stove.
pipe, together with his gold-headed
cane, from IN open hatchway, when
the car was on hand. Tom Fills, tho
butchers boy, was on board, and al.
though most Of the passengers were
smiling at the Elders appearance, Tom
kept up o very sober look Us he politely
offered the frustrated Elder his seat,
taking up D position on the steps. The
Elder was q sight as he slowly moved
to the proffered seat One pantaloon
leg was over tho strap Of his boot, and
his hat looked like the leaning tower
OF Pisa. The muddy sidewalk had
partially eclipsed his nose and painted
q mouStache that would have done
credit To professor Of burnt cork.
The Elder had got opposite to the seat
offered him and was preparing to put
an end To his troubles by sinking with
q digniHed movement into 0 ..place OF
rest, when sudden lurch OF the car
sent him down with vengeance, but
he came up again as il mine oil tor.
pedoes had exploded under the car,
pitching headlong into IN ancient
maidenfs lap, smashing q new summer
bonnet she was taking home, humping
the prominent bugle Of brother ID.
d., on the right, with the gold:headed
cane, and letting OF 0 yell that could
have been heard o block away. Tho
one.horse power started off on on Q run,
enoounterfng the up car, resulting in
throwing them both from their tracks
and mixing things generally. The last
seen Of the polite boy, was, around the
cornef telling the boys how well that
bent uin Ind pefforated old Perkins,
who. by tho way, was at this time wad;
diina home faster than ho came, and
Mining what q glorious ptetogatiyo
Elijah had 70 punish wicked tcys,-'
Danbptv Nsws 5E e
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How the Trains Come and Go.

The gentleman in charge received us
very politely, but before we had hardly
thanked him, we heard the sharp and
rapid ring OF q bell overhead. II was
marked "Ninety.sixth to Seyenty.ffth
street." "You see," said the operator,
"there's train coming in, and 1t wants
TO know II we are ready for It," "But
how does it ring that bell ?" "By cleo.
tricity," was the reply. "That is Halls
patent. which works like a charm" In
a few minutes another bell rang. It
was marked "Sixty-Arst TO Fifty.sixth
street." "!rhe train now reports itself
again." said the operator, "and this
renews notice either to prepare for IL,
or 10 signal II 10 STOP" He touched
telegraphic machine and then said (:
"This throws up the signal to come
in" And sure enough, in few min
utes the train arrived. One hundred
and forty trains arrive and depart in q
day, including the Central, Hudson
and Harlem and the New Haven roads,
and hence the signal service is one OF
incessant activity. The operator in.
formed US that each road Inns four start.
ing bells, Of different keys all OF which
were rung by means OF electricity.
Three started passenger trains, and
one ordered out the cars as soon as
emptied. "You see," said he, this
train which hos Just come in. The ras.
sengers are gone, and I want to know II
the baggage is taken out" He touched
o stop and rang q bell (as lle said) six
hundred feet distant. In o moment a
bell overhead struck twice. "Bag.
guge 10 out,n he said, "otherwise he
would have struck once and -I-wonld
have waited. / must order the
train out. Do you SEQ the locomotive
Just ahead? Well, now see It move. u
BE touched n stop, and / saw o letter
z displayed at o window In side build.
ing. Hehears q bell ring also, y said
the operator. The engine backed down
and hitched to the empty train, and 2
disappeared.
"f shall now send him out, said the
operator, as he touched another stop ;
and the empty train at once moved for.
ward and left the depot. The letters
x " Q may add parenthetically) do.
signate the locomotives Of the Harlem,
Hudson River, and New Haven roads,
and are the signals to back down and
connect with trains.
"I am now about TO send ont pas.
senger train, CONTINUED the operator.
"Ahalf hour ago struck twice to open
the doors and let the passengers pass
from the sitting.room to the cars. Now
Ishall soon close that very door but
first 1 must stop checking baggage. I"
A small knob was touched by his finger.
"Now," said lie, "the next trunk that
comes must. wait for another train.
There (another touch with the finger J
the baggage car is hauled out and
switched on to the right track. Five
minutes more and she is off," "Here
goes the close-the-door.bell' "a touch, }
no one passes in after this" "Now l
soy, 'All aboard r" 10 touch) and we
hear the distant voice OF the conductor
echolng through the vaulted roof.
Nowit moreu,n (another touch, and
the rumbling motion was Immediately
perceptible, and in q few moments the
train left the depot.-M Y CDR. Troy
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Peanuts.

The trade in the "grouHi peas +" or
"grounders of the South, or peanuts,
as they are called at thcNorth, has
grown into IN extensive business. Sew.
eral firms on Merchants Row and in
other streets down town handle many
thousand bushels annually; and any
one passing their stores mly sec great
piles Of these delicious esculents in
bags holding several bulhels each,
while the roasted fruit ID dispensed
from every street corner Btind and at
most Of the candy, groceg and fruit
stores in town. Familiaras we all are
with the taste and qualiyoi peanuts,
but few of -un- nre eIara az where thew
are raised. The little State cI DeiHwafe
has the honor OF growing about all that
are raised in the United States. The
ground pea (peanut) grows beneath the
surface Of the ground, as itiname i'm.
ports. The plant has somewhat the up.
pearance Of the common dwarf garden
pea, though much more bushy. II Is
cultivated in hills. Tho pea grows on
tendrils which put out from the plant
and take root in earth. Tho fruit is
picked from the roots by hand, and the
vines are afavorite for horses, mules
and cattle. From thirty TO eighty
bushels are produced on an acre. There
arc some planters who raise from one
thousand to fifteen thousand bushels a
generalization Globe.
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The Brain Under The Microscope.

The amount OF original scientific in.
vestigation going on even in this coun.
try is greatly beyond the common i'm.
preston Of II. The frat thought is
that original investigations are not
open 10 every one, the field OF science
seems SO thoroughly titled already. But
for those who have eyes there is always
something to see. DR.. Kempster Of
the oshkosh (Wis.) Insane Asylum,
whose investigations were embodied in
a recent paper before the Illinois Mi.
croscopical Society, has been examin.
ing the brains OF insane persons under
the microscope and taking photo .mico.
graphs OF cerebral scenery. To make
his inquest us thorough and conscien.
tious as possible he learned photog.
raphy, SO that he conducts the whole
investigation, from the post-mortem ex.
animation 10 tho mounting OF his views.
It is certainly IN interesting ques.
tion, whether tho brain or any portion
OF our bodies shows q trace OF the fact
OF insanity, which we call and miscall
perpaps o mental disease. DIR. Kemp.
ster has never found in medical works
but single case reported Of an inyes.
hgation OF this character. He hns in
the past six years made microscopic ex.
aminations OF the brains OF 40 lunatics,
and he discovers decided differences
between sane aud insane brains, and
between different classes OF insane,
acute mania presenting quite different
aspect from dementia, and from other
descriptions Of lunacy.
What the phenomena are which he
discovered We need not detail in the
precise and technical language oi
Sciences 10 10 impossible to determine
whether these marks Indicate the cause
or consequence Of the disease. The
usual course Of insanity, however, we
take TO be this First, the soul. disturb.
ance, as by great grief, then the
physical lesion. But dose Of nor.
phine or o blow may produce the same
physical lesion, and, inverting the
order, occasion insanity backward.
DR., Kempster advances no theory OF
explanation Of his work, and declares
himself simply anxious to bring out
the facts in each case and let them
stand for what they will.
II the law could be laid down with
precision that the remains Of q person
will indicate sanity or insanity, itwould
have an important bearing upon many
life insurance trials and will cases. The
insanity dodge" IN murder trials
seems as yet safe from exposure from
this source, since the brain Of q living
person cannot be submitted 10 the mi.
croscope without q personal inconye-
niencenot less embarrassing than hang.
inn itanlf
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Armstrong, "I'll sleep Oh the floor.
You see, stranger" said he, eyeing the
landlord with a peculiar expression,
this fool has been squanlering gold
dust ut monte-three. card monte-nnd
does not deserve to sleep ina bed"
So Armstrong ended tho days battle
by going 10 bed on the floor. Then
came the dreams. he hnt dreamed
that he was sleeping with his feet on
the North Pole and his head in the
tropics, while all the miners Of Yuba
were ground.sluicing in his stomach.
Next he dreamed that he had swallow
ed Mount Shasta for supper, and that
the old mountain had suddCaly become
m active volcano, and was vomiting
acres and acres OF hot lava
Then the scenes were shifted, and he
seemed to have found his final abode
ina n place OF vile smells and fierce
flames, politely called tile Antipodes of
heaven. And while lie vrithed and
groaned in sleepless agony, fork
tailed fend, with his thumb at his
nose, was saying to him Ina mocking
voice, "You buck your money away at
three card monte, do You, Asy?" But
even this troubled sleep had IN end at
last, and Armstrong arose. When he
looked at himself In the htoken look
ing-glass that hung on lAc. wall, he
thought his face borc tracesof wisdom
that never had been there before. SO
he said, ~ think you have learned o
lesson, Armstrong. You can go back
to your mining now, sir, aal let monte
Alone" Time showed that he was
right. - Hia lesson was well learned.
The miners looked q lutte -oarieah
when he re.appeared at hocamp, and
still called him crazy. HOhad learned
lesson many Of thcm had never
learned, poor fellows. They continued
their old ways, making money fast and
spending il foolishly-eyen giving 1t to
monte dealers. But the Armstrong firm
was never broken in that way but once.
Aitcr that, whenever he saw one Of the
peculiar signs, "Robbtrs' Roost, y
uFleecers' Den," or "Pools' Last
Chance" Armstrong woull shake his
head with q knowing rand say 10
himself Us he passed along 10, yes,
Armstrong, you've been there you
know all about that; you don't buck
your money away at threeelrd monte;
not much p-0veriand AioHihlg.
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Items OF Interest,

The population OF ireland, notwith-
standing the emigration statistics, is
said to be $1,000 more than in 1901.
A Detroit boy propounds the awful
query -" Which had you rather do,
be eaten by q tiger, or have all the
maple sugar you can swaller|
II is said that Jones, Of Nevada, can
sit on more Of his spinal column and
shoulder blades than any other man
who ever hoisted his feet against q
wall.
Alady asked a pupil OF school, "What
was the sin OF tho Pharisees "Eat-
ing camels, marm. quickly replied the
child. She had read that the Pharisees
"strained at gnats and swallowed
camels."
git hat si new r hasfS - "WSy, WY Al de- shop,
oi course" "What is de price Of such
an article as dat?" ~ don't know,
nigger-I don't know-de Shopkeeper
wasn't dar."
In Germany, when the vote Of the
Jury stands six against six, the prisoner
Is acquitted. A vote OF seven against
FIVE leaves the decision to the Court,
and by vote OF eight against four the
prise ner is convicted.
The old Nathan mansion in Twenty.
third street, where benjamin Nathan
was murdered, having stood idle and
unoccupied since the tragedy, is now
being rapidly demolished to giyc way
TO another structure.
Why was Adams first day the long.
estp Because there was no Eve. When
did Absalom sleep FIVE in bed? When
he slept with his fore-fathers. Why did
Job always sleep coldP Because he
had miserable comforters.
According to local journal, the rat
tlesnakes In the knobs of Lincoln
county, Ky, have formed o CORNER" in
water, and the supply Of some families
is cut of. They gather in large NUM-
bsrs around the springs, and suffer no
one TO approach.
A little six.year old daughter Of q
Rutland clergyman watched Barnum's
street parade with great interest, and
finally said to her papa, "1f want o
ministers little girl I could go TO the
circus but / suppose I must set IN
example TO the whole church now."
A youth while under the influence
OF liquor entered the dining room Of the
Metropolitan Hotel and stretched him
self on the table among Strawberries,
tomatoes, tumblers, and ice pitchers.
In the Prince stree! police station he
was recognized Us James Lawrence, o
noted banco player, Of 1876 Crosby st.
A literal.minded youngster was
picked up by visitor Of the family,
who, dandling him on his knee, said:
"I wish had this little boy: 1 think
there Is money in him." To which
promptly responded the child: ~
know there is, for swallowed q cent
when I was at grandma's the other
day"
Tho Columbus Enquirer, haYing
completed It's inquiry into the state Of
local social science, presents the fol.
lowing report, which isas yiyidly drawn
as one Of Dore's pictures: "a sorry
sight IL Is to see spike team, consist
ing Of skeleton steer and q skinny
blind mule, with rope harness and o
squinteyed driver, hauling o barrel OF
new whisky over poor roads, on her
maphrodite wagon, into q farming dis:
trict where the people are In debt and
the children forced 10 practice scant
attire by day and hungry sleeping at
NIGHT.
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Hints on House cleaning.

Paint should be cleaned by using
only little water at q time and chang
ing often q soft tlannelcloth or sponge
is better than cotton or q brush; q
piece ofpine wood with q sharp point
should be used for the corners. Where
the paint is stained with smoke, some
ashes orpotash.lS o may be used. Asoft
linentowel should beusedfor wipingdry.
Glass should not be cleaned with soap /;
q little paste Of whiting md water
should be rubbed over, and with anoth.
er cloth II should be rinsed of, and the
glass polished with. soft linen or old
silk handkerchief. Alcohol or benzine
is . good thing TO clean glass,
and clean paper is probably better than
any cloth, sponge or towel dry paper
leaves m excellent polish.
Marble nay be cleaned with mix
ture OF two parts OF common soda, one
part OF pumice.stone and one Of chalk,
finely powdered and tied up in q fine
muslin rag tho marble Is wetted with
water, the powder shaken over II, and IL
Is rubbed with soft cloth until clean,
then washed in clean water and dried
with o soft linen or silk handker.
chief. No soap or polish should be al
lowed on marble. A good furniture
polish is made by melting two
ounces Of beeswax, one ounce Of tur.
pentine, and one ounce OF powdered
resin together, with o gentle heat, and
rubbing when cold with a soft flannel
cloth, and polishing with soft linen
or silk cloth. II for mahogany, little
Indian.red may be mixed in. Cracks
in furniture may be filed with putty,
mixed with Indian.red or brown amber,
TO get the desired shade. When dry, Il
will take an equal polish with the wood.
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Here rests his ashes On tho shelf beneath,
youth to collins and 10 shrouds unknown
Fair sections frOwnOd not on Sic humble death,
Inclneraion marked him for lts own.
No longer seek his ciaders to disclose,
Nor draw his fine residuum from this pot,
Where they, alike lmpalpGble, ropoSO,
Trusting his spirit never felt twas hot.
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AstsounAH BEr.-Aw wealthy English
nobleman has betted 81, 900 TO s. sixteen
times that the Prince Imperial Of France
does mot succeed to the throne Of his
father; 80 that il the Bonapartists
should be in the ascendant within o
reasonable time, the noble wagerer
stands 10 lose $4,000. II has been TO-
marked, and perhaps this was the cause
of the bet.-that no grown.up son Of 0
king or emperor has sat on the French
.thsvns ior Emee hNndEed 2eatsI
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CINNAMON. "A good thing from
Punch on cromatisnis ''The Remon-
STRANGE Of the Undertakers Sir Henry
Thompson" which runs as iollowsi
awho arc you. 70 DO thlsving
Tho poor sections bnMl N
How etn No earn cur llyIiV,
iypu Urn eur dssdN
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Tho Second, crowned Hilh dtoWsyiotus.a .aovcru,
pAshsd in the glowing noon, vhA. time the