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NAV be vapor ruatin' high.
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plain, high dress, necklace of pearls
of rare size and beauty. while in her
lap lay an open case, containing yet
more gistening white stones.
Il have had a present, Octavia," said
she. "Aunt Dorcas has just given me
a set Of pearls
EYES, said aunt DOrcar Daisyfield;
II brought my pearls, thinking maybe
Fletcher's wife would like 'em, being
she's younger than I. But when |
saw what handsome set she had on,
| knew that it was carrying Goals to
Newcastle, SO / says to Louisa, 'Loui-
sa, my dear, says /, you've been a
good and dutiful niece to me always,
and you deserve something as good as
pearls; so they're yours my dear,
says l.
Mrs. Fletcher Ovington looked at
her husband; Mr.. Fletcher Ovington
looked at his wife; and then poor Dc
tayia began to cry.
sYou're tired, my DEAR said aunt
Dorcas. s.And no wonder, after this
party.-I guess We'll all go to bed
And Octavia never knew that Mrs
Daisyfeld had overheard two of the
guests ridiculing their hostess fool
ish pride in hiring jewels.
| eff she's such a fool as that sale
Mrs. Dorcas Daisyfeld, ''she's no fl
mistress for the family pearls.
And SO she gave them to Mrs. Har
old Ovington, and poor Octavia has NJ
better ornaments to this day than tn
dim garnets she SO despises.
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ANTIQUITY OF IRON.

The oldest pieces Of iron Wrought
irony now known are probably the
sickle-blade found by Belzonl under
the base of a sphinx in karnac, near
Thebes; the blade found by Colonel
Vyse, imbedded in the masonary OF
the G reat Pyramid; the portion of a
cross-cut saw was exhumed at MINI
rod, by Mr.. Layard-all Of which are
now in the British museum. A
wrought bar Of Damascus steel was
presented by King Porus to Alexander
the Great; and the raZor-steel OF
China for many years has surpassed
all European steel in temper and du'
rability Of edge. The Hindoos appear
to have made wrought iron directly
from the ore, without passing it
through the furnace, from time i'm
memorial, and deliberately wrought
masses OF iron are still found in India
which date from the early centuries
Of the Christian era.
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ANcEELEcTRlc PHENOMENA.

The city was interested. last even
ing. by the appearance on G street OF
a strange phenomenon. At first 1t
had the appearance of sparks of fire
coming up through the pools OF water
beside the street. These sparks
seemed to explode on reaching the
surface, in many instances producing
reports loud enough to be heard
across the street, and being accom-
panied by a little cloud Of smoke. ana
emitting decidedly sulphurous
smell. 1t was noticed that the phen-
omena occurred only on one slde'
under the telegraph wires. Ihe
sparks seemed to be caused by drops
Of water falling from the wires OF
the telegraph, which exploded when
striking the pools of water. The So
luton was seemingly confirmed by
the fact that when the wires became
dry the phenomena ceased. 1t still
remains to be explained, however,
why, under the circumstances. sucn
results should follow the falling OF
the water drops from the wlres.-'"-
ginin Cnu Enterprise.
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ed during wakefulness. and for IL
sleep was formed and made need1ul 10
it's preservation. It is true that sleep
does not give the brain a total recess
from labor; imagination and memory
are often yividly active during sleep,
and unconscious cerebration likewise
takes place, but enough rest is Cd
tanned for the renovation OF the braln'
and that which has been torn down
during wakefulness is to certain eA-
tent rebuilt. Sleeps most wonder
full power-often stronger than the
will. as in the case of the sleeping
soldier-and more mighty than pam;
as when sick persons and tortured
prisoners sleep in the midst OF thelI
suffering. No torture, it is SAID mas
been found equal to the prevention OF
sleep. The amount Of sleep needed
differs according to the constitution
and habits. Big brains and persons
who perform much brain labor neeo
a large amount Of sleep. Children
need more sleep than grown people
because construction is more actlVe
than decay in their brains.
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POETRY
LlFEAFTER DEATH.
Ry JOHN W. CHADWICK.

sof, was the air of spring, and at his feet
mr. 4urf full swift. was turning green ana
As from the city Rabbi Nathan passed,
Mns;no on Him tho is the first and last.
The tuneful birds he heard IN woodlands GILL;
Jyooinp each other with that vernel hymn,
With flowing first from the great heart
Kecns fresh the world with its perpetual love,
Anon ne came to where with eager toll
And aged man. tretting the fragrant SUI
With his sharp spade. did make space 70 SET
4 cohar tree-the greatest wonder yet
For seventy wears the cobar tree must grow,
Eull seventy wears leaves bear and shadows
throw,
Ere 10 fair fruit its fair, sweet blossoms turn,
For all the Day god S ever flowing urn.
"What madness this" doth Rabbi Nathan
cry; A..
.sTbon Workest here as one not born to die;
AS if thvself didst hope that of this tree;
Fruit vet should come to be a Joy to thee
Then tnrned the aged man and gently said
ssThis tree shall grow long after am dead;
Bnt though its fruit my hands may never
gain,
Nv planting. Rabbi, will not be i'll vain.
"Have not eaten of the cobar tree!
Nv fathers father planted it tor me-
SO plant this. that in the coming days =,
My children IS children may my labor praise.
.sThou fool" the Rabbi said, ''to work for
those
Who may or not be, Heaven only knows
All earthly things full soon must past away
IT'S only work for Heaven that Will pay"
He wandered on and, as the sun now low,
Rushed to it's setting, and a sudden glow
Filled all the west, he laid him down to sleep
Nor guessed how long the charm It's power
would keep.
For many moon did wax and wane again,
And many a year did bring it's JOY and pain
Ere he aw oke, and not far off beheld
What seemed the tree that he had known o.
old
But now it was full grown, and at its root
man. full-grown was eating OF its fruit,
Who said. when asked how came 1t thus to be
ssMy fathers father planted it for me-
Then Rabbi Nathan knew that seventy years
With all their precious weight OF smiles .anc
tears,
Had fled since he had lain him down to sleep
And felt the slumber DER his eylds creep
He wandered back into the city street,
But saw no friend with voice OF love to greet
Yet in the schools W here he OF old dld teach
He heard the sages quote his silver speech.
And then He saw that not in heaven alone,
But here on earth, we live when we are gone
Too late he learned the lesson of to-day;
The world goes on when we are gone away
The world goes on; and happiest is he
Who in such wise wins Immortality,
That should he sleep forever in the grave,
His work goes on and helps the world to save
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A SET OF PEARLS.

Il always did covet a set of pearls"
said Mrs. Fletcher Ovington, as she
sat looking obviously at a box OF rath-
er dim looking garnets.
"Well, my DEAR" said Mr.. Fletcher
Ovington, "when get rich, I'll buy
you set. But at present | might as
we'll think of cruising ina steam-yacht,
or the Koh-inoor diamond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Ovington had
been married little.moret than year.
Mr.. Ovington was clerk IN bank;
Mrs. Ovington was a lady whom the
immortal "Noddy Boffin' would have
characterized as "a high-fyer at the
fashions In other words she long
ed to have an immaculate visiting
list. hire coupe by the day, and give
evening parties that every one would
come to.
"It's Just as easy to be in the fash
| ion as out of it, said Mrs. Fletcher
Ovington; 'sand, since Mrs. Major
Delaney Wybron and Mrs. Major
Cornleigh have left their cards, | see
no reason why / cannot command any
society that please. Mrs. Delaney
Wybron is cousin to an English bar
onet's lady, and Mrs. Cornleigh's
grand father was one of the slgners OF
the Declaration of Independence. And
they do wear such diamonds!
"Humph!" commented Mr.. Owing
ton. ..Of course" added his wife,
discreetly. Il don taspire to diamonds;
not yet, at least
NO. l should think mott" said Mr..
Ovington, from behind his newspaper.
but pearls would be SO becoming
to mel" sighed Mrs. Ovington. ''Didn, t
YOU tell me once, Fletcher, that there
were some very fine pearls in your
mothers family"
'sThey belonged to aunt Dorcas Dali
syfeld.' said Mr.. Ovington. meek.
lace. pin and ear-drops. Summers. ]
tell you! Look like drops of frozen
moonlight-they are so white and
clear"
81 do wish, could see them, said
Mrs. Fletcher Ovington. pushing away
| the garnets with distasteful gesture
"Well, my dear, perhaps you will,
) one of these days, when aunt Dorcas
comes to visit you. And. after all.
, shouldn't wonder if the old lady LEFT
, them to you in her will. Twas Away:
l her favorite nephew-though. to be
| sure. she don dislike Harold's wife.
: COR said Mrs. Ovington, little
E contemptuously- 1.-the literary LADY,
f "Well," confessed Mr.. Ovington
}. "my sister-in-law does dip little int
5 poetry and essays at times. But sh'
3 always keeps the buttons on Harold I
. shirts, and his stocking heels are IL
y tip-top order"
!, .sBut why can't your aunt Dorca
It let me have the pearls now. wonder.
l. urged Mrs. Ovington, in complaining
S accents.-''what does wrinkled Ole
l. widow like that want with pearls!
> Don't know, I'm sure,' said Mr.
9 Ovington. Zone cant very well asl
y her, you know
e ssShe might have the common sens
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An extraordinary discovery Of an
cient coins has just been made on the
Montrane estate, a few miles from
Cupar Fife, in Scotland, the property
of Mr.. Allan GilmOur. In draining
a portion of land the laborers struck
on what appeared to be boulder, but
subsequently was discovered to be a
pot. A stone was firmly wedged into
it's mouth, and on being removed it
was found that the vessel was filled
with coins, the total number of pieces
being nine thousand. Most of them
have the appearance of well-worn
sixpence, few are of the size OF a
form. though not quite SO thick, and
small number are about the size OF
a shilling. They are silver, and, SO
far as has been ascertained, OF the
twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries. 1t is supposed that they
were used in the reigns of Robert H.,
Robert Ill, and David H., and have
lain in the earth more than three hun
drpd wears
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Gods" and give an account of its
course until it reaches the Mediter-

Gods, and give an account OF us
course until it reaches the Mediter-
ranean.
This ancient knowledge of Africa
and the Nile, preserved in Piolemy's
geography, made it possible in Europe,
five hundred years ago. to construct
such maps of the Nile as that found
in the Laurentian Library, at Flor
ence. Long before Vasco de Cana
sailed round the Cape of Good Hope
there were, in the libraries of Italy,
accurate maps of this cape and Of the
southern portion of Africa, drawn
from geographical knowledge derived
from the Arabians. Humboldt men,
tons and describes several Of these
maps. One of them appears in the
''planisphere of Sanuto,' which was
made in 1906. Another. constructed
by a Genoese, was made i'll 1851. The
sPlanisferio de la Palatina,'' made at
Florence in l4l7. presents one OF
these maps. The largest, most par
ticular, and most complete Of them,
perhaps, appears in Fra Mauro's IA
nous 'sMap Of the World which was
constructed in the years 1857 and 1859.
Nomore accurate map of the southern
cape and coasts of Africa can be drawn
now. What we call the cape Of Good
Hope was called ''Cape Dsiab,' by the
Arabians. In the Italian maps it is
called 'sCape Diab.' Pedreio Covil-
han, having visited India, and Sofala
in Africa, wrote to King John OF Por-
tugal, in 1887, that he had learned
from the Arabians that the Portuguese
could sail round Africa to India; and
he gave specific directions for a voy-
age from Portugal to Madagascar A
few years after this letter was written
De Cana sailed round Africa, reached
Sofala, and went to India.
Much is lost, and our study OF the
past is seriously INSTRUCTED. by that
egotistical assumption Of the moderns
which denies the knowledge Of the
ancients, or greatly undertakes 1t.
Capacity to acquire knowledge, dispo-
sition to investigate, genius for inven-
ton, and ingenuity to contrive appll.
ances of civilization, did not wait
! until our time to make their first ap-
pearance in the world. It should not
be difficult for us to believe the great
manufacturing commercial and colo
nizing people of antiquity acquired
accurate and extensive geographical
knowledge of the countries with which
they had fixed and long-continued re-
lations. If the moderns could have
had faith enough in the geography OF
Marinus, as revised by Piolemy, to use
it as trustworthy guide, their prog
ress in knowledge of Africa woulo
have been vastly more rapid, the sour
ces of the Nile would have been shown
accurately in our maps years ago, ane
the pursuit of this knowledge would
not have cost so many lives, SO much
suffering, nor SO much money.-Wor
ceSter Spy.
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the working men and labOrerS OF Eng
land. to whom the FOrs Ctdrigera il
inscribed; and as soon as he had select
ed the site Mr.. Ruskin called some O
the Sheffield men together and eS
planned to them the reason of hi
choice. He was well pleased with thv
workmen, spoke to them in the mos
familiar and friendly strain, and re
marked that he had come to learn ane
not to teach. Having found they ap
preciated the boon he was about tt
confer upon them, he has sent to thu
museum many rare and interesting
objects. On his paying a second visit
to Sheffield, several working mef-
who had embraced the doctrine OF
Robert Owen were anxious to Obtain
an interview with him, especially ai
he was reputed to be Of an exceeding
" amiable and affable disposition, ants
to hear his opinion us to the feaslbilt
ity of establishing a cooperative VII
lage, consisting Of houses, WORKS,
dining and lecture hall, library. etc..
and surrounded with plenty of fresh
air and pure water. Out OF the 1unds
of st. Georges Company he has now
purchased at Abbeydale, Sheffield, q
beautiful estate of thirteen acres, at
a cost altogether of $ll, 900, and has
expressed his willingness to accept his
cooperative friends as tenants until
the annual interest they may contrlD.
ute shall be cleared off the capltal;that
the estate is to be known as Equality
Country, that twelve families have
united in the undertaking, and that
all their earnings will be thrown into
a common stock, are matters OF sur
prise to those who have taken a lead
ing part in the movement. AT most
two families will live on the estate
until it is known that the scheme is
success, the object of it's promoters
being simply to carry on the boot AND
shoe making trade on cooperating
principles, in antagonism to the mod.
ern system Of producing, by means 0!
machinery cheap and nasty goods; ane
} if in this they succeed, they may
gradually increase the number O.
their dwellings and form the whole
into a cooperative village. The gar
den produce will be simply to NEE
their own requirements but il
, whatever direction they may exten6
their present programme, Mr.. Ruskll
has not been asked to furnish then
!, with the requisite means to carry GU
the movement.
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ANCIENT AND MODERN kNOWL-
EDGE.

EDGE.
A newspaper correspondent who has |
visited Florence, Italy, seems over
come with wonder because he found |
there. in the Laurentian Library, ga
map of the world, drawnin l4l0, which
shows clearly the course OF the Nile, |
it's division into two streams, and It's
connection with the two great lakes.
He does not understand how it was
possible, four hundred and sixty seven
wears ago, for a European map-maker
to have an accurate knowledge OF the
River Nile and its sources. This is
knowledge which the royal geograph-
ical societies, and the African explor-
ers, OF modern times, have sought for
wears: and, even now, they are only
beginning to design accurate maps OF
the Nile. Nevertheless, there. in a
library of Florence, he found proof
that some of the scholars Of Europe
had all the knowledge necessary for
the construction of such maps. nearly
five centuries ago. Probably this
writer is one of those who have been
taught TO believe that the knowledge
of mankind was-not of much account
previous to our time. This is one OF
those delusions of modern egotism
which have done more than anything
else to obstruct intelligent and sue
eessful study of ancient history,
whether in the books or in the revela-
tons of archaeology.
Five hundred and four hundred years
ago the people of Europe had no
knowledge of Central and Southern
Africa except what they could get
from Piolemy's geography and from
reports of the Arabians. They had
some knowledge of lower Egypt, and
of the so-called Barbary States. Be-
yond this they knew nothing from
their own observation. In construct
ing maps of the Nile and of the south
ern coast of Africa. they followed
Piolemy: but his work was a repro
duction of the geography of Marinus
of Tyre: that is TO say. it was a revised
edition of an old geography of the
PhnnicianS. who had an accurate
knowledge of Central and Southern
Africa. including the river Nile and
its sources. Their biographies describ
ed and named the mountains of the
MOON" which the geographers OF
modern Europe are not yet able to 10
cate with certainty. Modern travellers
tell us that the region around the
great lakes is still called s'Moonland,
by the natives. Spoke says: "U-nya
muezi. or the Country of the Moon
must have been one of the larges
kingdoms of Africa The same an
cient knowledge of Central Africa Il
found in some OF the old Sanskrit Pu
ranas, which describe this 'Moonland,
and give an accurate account of TIN
sources and flow of the Nile. They So,
the Nile rises in the "Lakes of thu
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Sc1ENcE+
THE VALUE OF THE BAT

That the little bat should congre-
gate in sufficient numbers to make
extensive deposits of excrement,
which have commercial value seems
almost incredible. But in numerous
caves from Virginia to Texas are
found deposits Of the material some
times reaching twenty thousand tons
in extent, and yearly increasing. Mr..
McMurtrie, chemist of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, has made analy-
sis OF the samples collected. The
analysis fairly represent the average
composition which, according to the
valuations Of Professor Goessman, the
State Inspector of fertilizers for Mass
achusetts, adopted by the department.
show them to possess value OF from
fifteen to fifty dollars per ton.
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SLEEP

Sleep. DR.. w. A. Hammond says,
NAV be defined as general repose: Al
most all the organs rest during sleep.
The heart, popularly supposed to be In
perpetual motion, is at rest nouIs
out of the "a, the respiratory organs
5. and the other organs more or less
The brain alone is constantly employ
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BELLS TALKING TElE-
PHONE

A correspondent asks: "DO you
think that the telephone will take the
place of the telegraph now in use! =
AS this question is one which great
many are now asking, we would say
that we do not. 1t may perhaps SUI
persede the Morse system to some
extent for private lines and the like,
and, possibly, may be utilized some
what in forwarding press reports; but
for regular commercial telegraphing,
it does not appear to us to possess, as
it now stands, any advantages. In
the first place, messages would be re-
quired to be taking down in short
hand by the receiving operator, and
afterward copied in long hand; and we
all know the liability to error, not to
speak of the great delay of such a sys-
TEN. Then, again, while "Anld Lang
Syne,' Home Sweet Home, or any
thing with which we are perfectly
familiar, could be very easily recog-
inzed, it is questionable if regular
messages could be photographed
without serious errors occurring. 1t
is very much like talking through the
little toy sslovers' telegraph or an
ordinary speaking tube. II great care
| is taken to speak slowly and distinct
lv. and you have an idea Of what is
coming. you can generally make out
enough to understand what a person
is talking about. But it seems to us
nobody would care to trust important
messages, sometimes involving life
and death, or thousands of dollars, to
being sent in this manner. We
chronicled, issue before last, ludi-
crous mistake made in just this way
A reporter telegraphed over the po'
lice wires to the editor OF Brooklyn
paper that he was at the lunatic asy'
lum, where he had gone on business
and could not get back in time for the
afternoon edition. The sergeant told
policeman to step around to the
newspaper office and inform the editor
that Koselowski (the reporter) was al
the lunatic asylum. The policeman
misunderstood the message, and re
ported to the editor that Cardinal
McCloskey was insane, and had beer
removed to the lunatic asylum. 1t il
not too much to expect that just such
mistakes would constantly occur were
the telephone in use for commercial
telegraphy. For the above reasons
we do not think that telegraphers
need have any fears about tn etele
phone usurping, to any great extent.
the place of the system handed dowr
to them by Professor Morse.-Ih'
Operator.
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PURlFlCATiON AND USES OF Pt HO'
LEUM,

M. Mason, druggist, OF Lyons.
France, has succeeded in removing
the disagreeable odor Of petroleum by
the following process: Into vessel
containing 225 lbs. of petroleum are
separately introduced, by means OF a
long funnel. 2 ozs. each Of sulphurlc
and nitric acid, and l Il lbs. OF strong
er alcohol are carefully poured upon
the surface Of the petroleum. me
alcohol gradually sinks to the bottom,
and when coming into contact with
the acids heat is developed and some
effervescence takes place, but not III
proportion to the quantity OF the
| liquids. Ethereal products OF very
disagreeable odor are formed, and the
substances thus treated acquire an an
aloeous odor at the same time becom
ing yellowishin color. The operation
lasts about an hour, after which the
liquids are thoroughly agitated tol
some minutes with water, and after
resting eight or ten hours the purified
petroleum is drawn Off. The lower
stratum, which is mixture OF the
acids, water, and alcohol, may be
used for de-odorizingthe heavy oils OF
petroleum, by agitating them well fol
twenty minutes, and, after twelve
hours washing the oil twice with
milk of lime, to remove the free
acids. It will then have the same, but
weaker odor, as the light petroleum
first treated, and answers we'll fo1
lubricating purposes.
Petroleum thus purified may bt
used in pharmacy for many purposes
All the tinctures for external use ma.
be prepared with it, like the tincturt
of arnica, alkanet and camphor; it may
be used for dissolving ether and chic
reform, like alcohol, and, combined
with fats of glycerine, promises to b'
of great utility in the treatment 0
skin diseases, etc. The alcohol USE
in pharmacy might be replaced by thl
purified OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES d
Pharmacie.
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A paper records the abduc ton OF
Miss Elvira Spoon by Henry Bowl.
That is in accordance with the old st0-
nv in Mother Goose where the dish
ran away with the SPOON