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SHE CURED HIM.-At last she COM
pletely cured him. For months she
had patiently endured the pangs which
so many thousands of young wives are
compelled to suffer. Almost every
morning at breakfast the heartless hus-
band expressed the hope that he might
live to see the day when he should get
such coffee as ne used to have at home;
or such corn bread as his mother was
wont to make and bake. At dinner, the
meat was Overbaked in the range. To
be sure, his mother used to roast the
meat in an old-fashioned Dutch tin oven,
and the piece was always done to a turn
the last turn of a revolving spit.
Those days were forever gone, but he
might and ought to get such green
apple pie with new cheese as his
mother used to give him. At length,
the long-suffering wife arose in her
wrath, upset the table, sending the
dishes and their contents crashing to
the carpet, strided over to her astonished
husband, gave him q box on the ear
which knocked him off his chair, and
remarked: "There's clip over the head
for you, such as your mother used to
give you when you was boy" There
after, there was domestic peace and
quiet in that house, with never an allu-
sion to the maternal cookery and COM
forts of the by-gone days.
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The DECAY OF GLACIERS.-A glacier
is current of ice derived from snow.
Complete glaciers of the first order take
their rise on the mountains, and de-
scend into the sea, just as all complete
rivers of the first order do. In North
Greenland the snow supply and general
climatic conditions are such that its
glaciers pour directly into the ocean,
and so undoubtedly did those of the Pa
cific slope during the flush times of the
glacial epoch; but now the world is so
warm and the snow crop so scanty,
nearly all the glaciers have melted to
mere hints of their former selves. The
Lyell Glacier is now less than a mile
long; yet, setting out from the frontal
moraine, we may trace its former course
on grooved and polished surfaces and by
immense Gallons and moraines a dis
tance of more than forty miles. The
glaciers of Switzerland are in a like de-
caying condition as compared with their
former grandeur; so also are those of
Norway, Asia, and South America.
They have come to resemble the short
rivers of the eastern slope of the Sierra
that flow out into the hot plains and are
dried up. According to the Schlagint-
welt brothers, the glaciers of Switzer-
land melt at an average elevation above
the sea of 7,4l4 feet. The glacier of
Grindelwald melts at less than 1000
feet; that of the Aar at about 5000. The
Himalaya glacier, in which the Ganges
takes its rise, does not, according to
Captain Hodgson, descend below u, ,9l4
feet. The average elevation at which
the glaciers of the Sierra melt is not far
from 1000 feet above sea-leveI.-John
Muir in Hd1per's Magazine for NoUem-
ber
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A Contested Will.

1t would seem from the following that
the relicts and heirs of a much-married
inventor are having a rough time set
tling up accounts:
The contested will of the late Isaac NJ.
Singer, the celebrated sewing machine
inventor, is still before the Surrogate of
New York. Mr.. Singer was married to
his first wife, Catharine Singer, about
the year 1880. By her he had two chill
dren, who still survive, and for whom
he has to some extent provided. In 1910,
he procured a divorce from Catherine,
on the ground of adultery. He then, it
seems, REMARKED, and lived with his
second wife, and, las she claims) pres
ent widow, Mary Ann Singer, also
known as Mary Ann Foster. By her
the testatOr had ten children, eight of
whom are still living, and to the latter
he bequeaths about S2,000,000. No pro-
vision, however, is made in the will for
their mother, who, it is understood, was
also divorced from the testatOr. De-
ceased went to England in 1864, and, it
is stated, commenced relations with the
residuary legatee under the will, Isa-
bella Eugenia Singer, who is never
mentioned in the will except as the
wife of the testatOr. Since the year last
named deceased had lived with this
lady, by whom he had six children, who
are still living. The Jestator in the
will recognizes only these latter as his
legitimate children, and their mother
as his wife. He leaves her a life interest
in his English estate, estimated at S4,-
100000, together with four-sixths of the
residue of his estatei in America, amount
ing to about S, 100000. Mrs. Mary Ann
Singer, who is represented as the right
full widow of the deceased, claims that
the legacies given in the will to Mrs. Is
abella Singer are nugatOry and void,
because the latter was not his lawful
wife, and, therefore, not entitled to
dover. The counsel in the case are eX-
Judge John X. Porter, with Charles
OConnor as advisory counsel, represent
ing Mrs. Isabella Eugenia Singer; Reu-
ben w. Van Pelt, of Yonkers, for Mrs
Mary Ann Singer; and J. C. Carter, Of
New York, for David Hawley, of Yonk-
ers, sole surviving executor, the other
named in the will having since died.
1t may here be stated that Mrs. Mary
Ann Singer, who claims to be the
rightful widow of the testator, is the
only one who at present objects to the
will being admitted to probate, the
claims of the numerous legatees having
been amicably adjusted.
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FIVE REASONS FOR STUDYING TELEG-
RAPHY.-1st. The business of itself is
fascinating. The idea of communicating
instantaneonsly with friend thousands
of miles distant never loses its charm.
I'd. Energetic young men can obtain
lucrative positions in a shorter space of
time than at almost any other business.
Sd. The telegrapher may often select
his place of business in accordance with
his own fancy, either in the great me-
tropolis, the quiet village, or the isolated
cabin on the plains.
4th. Railway companies, express COM
panles, and manufacturers, offer a pre-
MUM by way of large salaries for the
service Of photographers to act as agents,
book-keepers, or to fill other responsible
positions.
9th. The study and practice of teleg-
raphy is not tedious, as some suppose;
but, on the contrary, serves as a pastime
rather than a task.-DGiLy Sacramento
Bee.
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TRIFLES GRANDLY Considered
Real tests of character lie in trifles. It
is not the overwhelming griefs, or the
great but rare emergencies of life which
best unvail the soul and show forth its
true stature and proportions. Many
man can rise to the height of the occa-
sion, and put forth marvellous strength
of will under excitement, who loses his
equilibrium in the unOstentatious bat
tle-fields of daily experiences. He van
quishes the giant, and then surrenders
to the dwarf. 1t is not the oarsman
who can make the most brilliant 'spurt'
and for a few moments lay out the most
muscular power who wins the race;
competitor who relies on trained endur-
ance and educated sinews is pretty sure
to bear away the palm. 1t is said of
young engineer that, once being en-
gagged in constructing a railway, he or
dered gang of Irishmen to carry some
rails up steep bank. The men boggled
and shirked and made no headway, un-
til, angered by their shiftlessness, he
seized the rails himself and bore them
up the bank alone. But the next day,
on attempting to carry them back, to
his great surprise he found he could not
! lift them from the ground. These
spasms of effort are not what accom-
plish the great results of life. 1t is the
steady conquest of trifies that's last in
sures the great victory.
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firmly refuse. Therefore, with one hand
she makes, or allows to be made, a
drunkard or a pauper, and with the
other, she feeds and clothes him and his
children.
I do not like this left-handed work.
She should be willing to combat the
evils of society, even if unpopular to do
so, and save poor children from such
utter poverty and destitutiOn.
The poor we have ever with US, and
whenever we will we may do them
good; but even pecuniary aid is not all
that should be rendered. The blessed
Master went about doing good, but he
also had another mission. That mis-
sion was to establish the kingdom of
heaven in the hearts of the people-es-
tablish it there so securely that the life
and deeds would be pure and holy.
"This kingdom is within yOu," he
said to his followers, and when we have
this true heart-cOnsecration, no danger
but the life will be in accordance with
His divine will.
If we have money, we should remem-
ber that we are only entrusted with it
as stewards, and we will be careful to
use it for the good of humanity and the
glory of God. If we have no money,
but instead, have talents and fame, let
US still remember that for these, too, we
are responsible.
Women should help one another. I
do not think it the wisest use of money
to educate fiippant young men for min
listers, who, when settled over parishes
of their own, preach shallow sermons,
deriding the noble women who would
gladly make the world better, the hem
of whose garments would be desecrated
by touch of their unhallOwed fingers.
Colleges for boys have been in exist
ence 800 years. Colleges for girls, about
thirty years. Ought we not then to
help found schools for women, instead
of helping those who do not need it?
Rich women have a responsibility
here. Boys do not need your help as do
the girls. Think how many thousands
of poor girls there are, toilirg for the
most scanty pittance, who would gladly
be in school preparing for the higher
fields of usefulness. No friends to assist
them; none but God knows the bitter
ness of their lives.
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BAFFLED.-Lawyers try, if possible,
to confuse a witness, but sometimes, in
so doing, get terribly confused them
selves. The following story to this ef-
feet is told of Mr.. Finn, the actor:
Finn was once witness for the pros
ecutiOn in a case before the Court OF
Common Pleas, and his testimony was
so direct and conclusive that the coun-
sci for the defense thought it necessary
to discredit him. The following dia-
lOgue ensued:
"Mr. Finn, you live in - street ?"
"Yes, do"
"You have lived there a great while ?''
Several years."
"Does not female live there under
your protection ?"
"There does"
"Does she bear your name ?"
''She is certainly known in the neigh
borhOod by the name of Mrs. Finn"
as she your wife ?"
"No; we were never legally married" ;"
'aIhat will do, sir; have no more tC
ask"
"But 1 have something more tc
answer, sir" replied Finn, with spirit.
"The Mrs. Finn, of whom you have
pleased to speak with such levity, is my
mother; and 1 know but one man base
enough to breathe aught against her.
You, sir, can guess who he is. True, she
is under my protection. She protected
me through my infancy and childhood,
and it is but paying small part of the
debt owe her, to do as much for her in
her old age"
The batfied lawyer had not word to
say.
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Give the Girls a Chance.

The only fair way for parents to bring
up their children is to give the girls an
equal chance with the boys. We mean
to educate them as they do the boys,
and prepare them in like manner in all
respects to rely upon and support them
selves. This is the only true solution OF
the much-veXed question of woman's
rights. The strong tendency of the age
is to remove all the disabilities, social
as well as legal, which have heretofore
prevented women from competing sue
cessfully with men in all the different
professions and industries. A girl,
therefore, should be brought up in ac-
cordance with this spirit, taught that
tits upon herself she thould learn to rely
on reaching that age at which boys
strike out into the world; and not to
lean helplessly upon father or brother,
waiting for that future model husband
who is to come some day to provide heI
with Han establishment"
A woman must make, in our opinion,
better wife and better mother for be-
ing educated to. be self-reliant and self
dependent. Then, parents, look to it
that your girls are so educated; and
then, when you are forced to leave
them, you will feel the comforting as
surance that whatever happens, mar
ried or single, they have the ability to
support themselves, and are not liable
to be thrown on the charity of a cold
world. We have always at our college
quite number of young ladies prepar.
pairing themselves for commercial life
but we want to see more of them, fol
they do not bear the proportion to the
boys which we are so anxious to see
We treat the young ladies with the ut.
most impartiality, and pay to theil
training the same attention we give tt
the young men, and they reward US by
proving the theory we advance, thai
women can successfully compete with
men in mercantile pursuits.-HeaIdi
College Journal.
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The School Board of Chicago, n short
time ago, quietly and without any ado,
suspended the reading of the Bible in
the schools, just as they would vote to
omit any other study or exercise. This
action was taken unanimously, and is
now supported by some of the ablest
clergy in the city, including Robert
Collyer, Professor Swing, and Rev. G..
L. Thompson, of the Fifth Presbyterian.
The city is to be congratulated on hav-
ing taken wise step with so little fuss.
No sect can now allege against the pub
lie school system of that city any un-
fairness or partiality in religious in
structiOn.
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FACTS IN NATURAL HISTORY. Frogs,
toads, and serpents never take any food
but that which they are satisfied is
alive.
When a bee, wasp, or hornet stings, it
is nearly always at the expense of its
life.
Serpents are so tenacious of life that
they will live six months or longer
without food.
Turtles dig holes on the seashore and
bury their eggs, covering them to be
Matched by the sun.
LObsters are very pugnaciOus, and
fight severe battles. If they lose claw,
another grows out.
A single Goldfish produces more than 4
million of eggs in season.
A whale suckles its young, and is
therefore not a fish. The mothers af-
fection is remarkable.
Toads become torpid in winter, and
hide themselves, taking no food for five
or six months.
Serpents of all species shed their skins
annually, like sea crabs and Holsters.
It is believed that crocodiles live to be
hundreds of years old. The Egyptians
embalm them.
The head of the rattlesnake has been
known to inflict a fatal wound after
having been severed from the body.
If the eye of the newt is put out, an
other one is supplied by rapid growth.
Fishes have no eyelids, and necessa-
rily sleep with their eyes open.
Alligators fall into lethargic sleep,
during the winter, like tOads.
The power of serpents to charm birds
and small quadrupeds is well authen-
ticated fact.
There are agricultural ants in Texas
that actually plant grain, and reap and
store the harvest.
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LINES ON A SKELETON.

Behold this ruin Twas a skull,
Once Of ethereal spirit full.
This narrow cell was Lies retreat;
This space was Thoughts mysterious seat.
What beauteous visions filed this spot,
What dreams Of pleasure long forgot,
Nor Hope, nor Love, nor JOY, nor Fear
Has left one trace OF record here.
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shone the bright and busy eye.
But start not at the dismal void
If social Love that eye employed;
If with no lawless fire IL CLEANED,
But through the dews of kindness beamed
That eye shall be forever bright,
When stars and suns are sunk in night.
Within this hollow cavern hung
The ready, swift, and JunefuI tongue
If FalsehOOd's honey il disdained,
And where IL could not praise, was chained
If bold in Virtues cause il spoke,
Yet gentle Concord never broke
This silent tongue shall plead for thee
When Time unveils Eternity.
Say, did these fingers delve the mine
Or with its envied rubies shine ?
To hew the rock, or wear the gem,
Can little now avail TO them.
But If the page of Truth they sought,
Or comfort to the mourner brought
These hands a richer need shall claim
Than all that walt on Wealth or Fame.
Avails 1t, whether bare or shod,
These feet the path of Duty trod?
II from the bowers of Ease they fed,
To seek Afiliction's humble shed;
II Grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned,
And home to Virtues cot returned,
These feet with angels wings shall vie,
And tread the palace OF the sky.
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FREEMAsoNRY.-Th are two infiu-
ences combining in England just now
to make Ffeemasonry very prosperous
in that country. One is the bitter oppO-
sition developed against it in the Cath
olic Church, and shown in an especial
manner by Pho NinO. The order is
attacked in the most ill-judged manner
by Catholic writers, who either know
little about it, or are guilty of willfully
misrepresenting it. AS a result, Prot
estants, who hate and fear Rome, get
some good impression of that body
which Rome appears to fear and hate,
and are, consequently, seeking admis-
sion to the brotherhood. The other in
fiuence is the position taken in the order
by the Prince of Wales, who, it is stated,
has an enthusiastic interest in the fra
ternIty and its work. His brother Leo
pold is also an active Mason, and many
persons, including some eminent cler-
gymen, associated with the former for
the visit to India, are taking their de-
grees so that they may visit Masonic
lodges with their brother, Albert Ed
ward. d.-Nea0 York Express,
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The announcement of the death of
Garibaldi's wife at Caprera, brings to the
public mind the tragical fate of the first
conjugal partner of the great agitator.
In 1S48, Garibaldi, being obliged to hide
himself, took refuge in the palace of
Prince Joachim Murat; but his situation
becoming critical, he-fled, disguised as a
priest. His wife being in delicate
health, was confided to the care Of a
PEASANTS family in the neighbOrhOOd,
and few days afterward she died. The
peasant secretly buried her in his own
field. Some years later, when political
quiet was restored, the peasant had re-
moved, and Garibaldi was ignorant Of
the fate of his wife. One day, a dog
began scratching the ground, and
brought to light human remains. The
authorities ordered that they should be
entirely exhumed, and by a handker-
chef placed over the face, the identity
of. the body was proved. Garibaldi, be-
ing informed, transferred the remains
to Caprera.
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THE HEROINE OF NEWPORT.-Ida
Lewis latest exploit in pulling out
from Lime Rock Lighthouse in the
lower Newport harbOr, and rescuing a
man from drowning, recalls the earlier
achievements, which have given her
the title of "the Grace Darling of Amer
ica.n She first came into prominence
in 1866, when, on one of the coolest and
most clustering days ever known in
that latitude, she saved the life of a SOL
dier who had started for sail on the
harbor in a light skiff. One day, in
the autumn of 1867, while terrible gale
was raging, two men set out to cross
the harbor with several sheep, and, in
trying to rescue one that had fallen
overheard, came near swamping their
boat. Seeing their peril from the win
dow of her fathers lighthouse, Miss
Lewis went to their aid, and, after land
ing them safely, went back and rescued
the sheep. But her greatest exploit
was performed on the 29th of March,
1869, when boat containing two young
sailors and boy was struck by squall
on the harbOr, and overturned. Though
i'll at the time, Ida rushed out of the
house, launched her life-boat, sprang in,
with neither hat on her head nor shoes
on her feet, and reached the wreck just
in time to save the two sailors as they
were about losing their hold from eX-
haustion, the boy having meanwhile
perished, and rowed them to the light
house. Miss Lewis should be among
the first to receive the new decoration
to be bestowed by Congress for heroic
deeds in saving life.-Springfeld Re
publican.
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THE "SERAPIS." ."-This is the vessel
selected for the accommodation of the
Prince of Wales on his voyage to India.
She is an iron troop ship of large size,
and has been fitted up and furnished in
a luxurious manner. On each side of
the ship is a suite of apartments for his
Royal Highness, comprising sleeping,
bath and dressing rooms, one suite be-
ing set apart for the outward, and the
other for the homeward voyage, so that
only the shady or cool side of the ship
need be used each passage. The grand
saloon itself has been divided into three
portions, each being separated by mas
sive curtains. The aftermost part will
be used as a reception-room, the inter-
mediate compartment will be used as a
drawing-room, and the fore compart-
ment will be converted into state din
ing-room, fitted to accommodate sixty
two guests. The whole of the rooms are
splendidly decorated, and furnished
with couches, chairs, ETC., en- suite. The
cabins of the lower deck will be appro-
priated to the accommodation of the
servants of the Prince and his guests.
The ship has undergone a thorough
overhauling, and has been supplied
with new boilers for the voyage.
Outside the Scraps" has been en-
compassed by broad moulding, COM
posed of two rounds and hollow, the
former being painted red and the latter
yellow. She is provided with O state
barge and new steam-pinnace for the
purpose of the royal. excursion. The
"Serapis' will be accompanied by the
royal yacht "Osborne,n painted white,
after the manner of the Indian troop
ships.
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An Oregon exchange lately came out
with the assertion that all the ladies in
that town were wearing government
socks" The agonized editor tore all
the hair out of his head, shot seventeen
holes in his compositor, and chased the
prOof-reader into the mountains with q
shotgun. He then slipped back in the
night and barricaded himself in his of
flee, where he spent three days iu talk
ing through the keyhole to enraged fe-
males, trying to convince them that he
wrote "Garibaldi sacks. s.n-Ldranlie
,CenfiueL
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EsS AND ESsES.-"So you have fin
ished your studies at the Seminary? /
was much pleased with the closing ex-
ercises. The author OF that poem-MIss
White, L think you call her-bids fair
to become poet"
"We think the authoress will become
celebrated as a poetess," remarked the
young lady, pertly, with a marked en-
phasis on two words of the sentence.
"Oh-ah," replied the old gentleman,
looking thoughtfully over his gold spec
tacles at the young lady. 81 hear her
sister was quite an actress, and under
Miss HosmeTs instruction will un-
doubtedly become quite a sculptoress." :"
The young lady appeared irritated.
"The Seminary continued the old
gentleman, with imperturbable gravity,
sis fortunate in having an efficient
board of manageresses. From the
Presidentess down to the humblest
teacheress, unusual talent is shown.
There is Miss Harper, who, as a chem
istress, is unegualed, and Mrs. Knowles
has already reputation as an astronO-
meress. And in the department of
music few can equal Miss Kellogg as a
singeress."
The young lady did not appear to like
the chair she was sitting on. She took
the sofa at the other end of the room.
"Yes," continued the old gentleman,
as if talking to himself, "those White
sisters are very talented. Mary, un-
derstand, has turned her attention TO
painting and the drama, and will surely
become famous as an actress and
painteress, and even now as lecturess." d"
A loud slamming of the door caused
the old gentleman to look up, aud the
criticess and grammarianess was gone