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possess in the Library of the Vatican
is copy made from this Book OF
Kells. We are now living in an age
when Irishmen are found most anxious
to rob Ireland of her well-earned repu'
tation for the high cultivation OF an
ancient literature, an ancient art, and
an ancient architecture. Her lltera-
ture and art, they say, is "Byzan-
tine and her ancient architecture
ssRomanesque." "Gothic,' anything
but Irish. Referring to the Book of
Kells, the learned Wyatt says:
s:Long before Byzantine art had
time to deviate much from it's ancient
traditions a formidable competitor for
the leadership in the art of illumina-
ton had sprung sup in the extreme
west, in the island homes Of the Gel
tic races"
Lady Wilde's remarks on J. 0.
Westwood's wonderful work are de-
serving of great attention here:
ssThe earliest manuscripts Of Greece
and Rome show nothing like this dis
tinctive Celtic art: nor the Italian
museums, nor the wall paintings OF
Herculaneum or Pompeii, beautiful as
are the representations of the human
figures found there; Lor does Bryan
tine art afford any similar types.
From whom, then, did the Irish, the
acknowledged founders of Celtic art
in Europe, derive their ideas OF orna-
mentation This is one of the his
torical mysteries which, like the orr
gin of the round towers, still awaits
solution. One must travela long way,
even to the far East, before finding
the decorations of the ancient HindOO
temples, anything approaching to the
typical idea that runs through all Irish
OrnamentatiOn."
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STARVING ON THE STREETS.

Perhaps never in the history OF
New York have the streets abounded
with SO many homeless, ragged
wretches who appeal to the passer-by
for little pittance wherewith to keep
alive their sinking frames and find a
shelter for their aching weary bodies,
as there are now. A touching case is
that of George Wetzel, aged fifty
three. who the other day accosted a
reporter of the Herald near the city
hall. The scant, battered rags that
covered the shivering creature, and
the torn shoes, split and burst in
many places, displayed the sore, almost
bleeding feet within. were more elo-
quent in their appealing pathos than
the man intelligent and refined face,
which spoke of better days. He eX-
pressed himself in good English.
Il have never felt such degradation
in my life,'' he said the tears courslng
down his wan face. '.For the last
eight nights l have been sleeping IN a
five cent lodging house on Pearl
street. There are 200 people there
every night of all degrees OF wretch
edness. They all sleep on the bare
boards, without covers, pillows or
sheets. | have not tasted food Tor the
last twenty-eight hours.
"You seem to be an educated
man p :.
sob, am, and can speak French, .
and he continued the conversation IN
yery good French. He had acquired
the language, he said, at Columbia
College. where he was educated, be-
tween 1910 and 1843. Old Professor
Anthem. from whose class he gradu-
ated, was dead, and so were all his
classmates and fellow students whom
he had sought. He had been school
teacher for many years, anu since
1862 had been in the house painting
business in Erie, Pa. Through I'M
fortunate real estate transactions he
was ruined. the sheriff finally fore
closing a mortgage upon his house.
and thus rendering him, his wife. and
two little girls houseless. While his
wife and children found shelter with
her father, who has little farm, he
wandered to New York in the hope
of improving his fortunes. He had
found it impossible to procure any
employment, although he had walked
from one end of the city to the other.
Hitherto he had been too proud to
write to his father-in-law for aid, for
the latter was a very poor man him.
self, and now his only hope IS to re-
turn to Erie, Pa, where he may at
least be saved from utter starvation.
He has no longer strength to walk all
the way, as he first contemplated
doing, and must depend upon charity
to reach his home.-N. \. Herald.
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THE BOOK OF KElLS.

First of all, in order of time and of
value, came the book of kells. which.
along with the gOrgeously Illuminated
Roman :Alissal. charmed Lady Meath
and Mrs. Gladstone. The MlSSal dates
from 1855, and is considered to be one
of the most elaborate and exquisite
specimens in the world. Mr.. Glad
stone particularly noticed III the book
of Kells the pictures representing 1.-The
procession, land the likeness of God
the Father, as being very remarkable
as a production of the inconoclastic
sixth century. Professor Mahony
and Mr.. French told him that proba-
bly,, according to external and internal
evidence, it belonged to the eighth
century. This is one more evidence
of that piggish animus which besets
some of our Irish scholars. Thisl Book
of Kells was written by st. Collumb.
killed in the sixth century, and has no
connection with Byzantine literature
Mr.. Gladstone also noticed the ByZan-
tine character of the Communications
and Examinations. There were also
exhibited the Book of Durrow \. ID.
9l6); the Book of Armagh, the original
OF the Senchus Nor, containing the
Brehon Laws, which have lately been
published ,by the Commission; the
Codex Montfortianus, which is re-
markable for containing the passage
about 1.-the Three that bear witness
in Heaven" in the First Epistle of st
Johh. The passage in the manuscript
was pointed out. some one reading of
the first few words. when Mr.. Glad
stone. using his glass, read off the
remainder as readily as If it was i
Blue Book; and then came the famous
"Codex Rescriptus,' one of the very
few recovered manuscripts in Ireland
The origin of this Book of kells is
too important an Irish landmark to bt
removed over to Constantinople by
Mr.. French and Mr.. O'Mahony OF
Trinity College. This Book of kell:
is one of our national title deeds TO
grand civilization. an advanced Gtera
ture. even before the arrival of st
Patrick. Professor Bourke. of st
Jarlath's College. in his great work
on the Ayriau origin of the Irish race
gives Us the history OF this wonderful
book. Hear him:
1t is now thirteen years since ths
skilled sanity hand of st Columh,
traced these wonderful lines. and We
these letters are as perfect to-day. IN,
the colorlng rs brilliant. and the or
namentatlon rs luStrous. and the tig
ures rs vivid as on the day III which
wonderful Book came from the pen o
the great Doctor of the Irish and til,
picts. This is the appeilation which
Matthew of Westminster addresses
10 st. Columbia.
That Book OF 'kells contains tn,
Christian Gospels which st. Columb;
had gathered by his missionaries from
sundry places in Asia. and had pu
together with his own Inland. writin!
with a camel hair brush. from which
book copies OF the Christian Gospel
were made for various religion
houses. including Sc. Gall. in Switzer
land. The fact is admitted by tn
learned prelates in Rome that the old
est copy Of the Christian Gospels the,
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md Instruction"
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full designs for embroidered slippers and lux
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Amin is not easily earned in these times,
WIFI but it can be made in three months
OIL by any one Of either sex, in any part
1.-THE country WHO'S willing to work stead
Nv at the employment that we furnish. t66
per week in your own town. You need not
be away from your home at night. You can
give YOUR whole time to the work, or only
your spare moments. We have agents who
are making over $50 per day. All who en-
gage at once can make money fast. At the
present time money cannot be made so easily
and rapidly at any other business. 1t costs
nothing to trythe business. Terms and s.
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Jack Hunt was hung from a Madi-
sonville, Tenn. yesterday. for killing
his wife. Time of dying. seven min
|utes. The Sheriff was a personal
friend, aud made short work of it.
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Vondes.s of the Prat,-se Mirage.

The mirages of the plains are Of won-
drous beauty. In the autumn, when
all the atmospheric conditions are per-
feet, strange transformations take
place upon the prairie ocean. 1t is
the morning of such day Along the
eastern horizon a narrow belt of silver
light appears. As it grows broader
the silver gray of its lower line changes
to gold Fleecy clouds above the bell
take on a yellow-red. The grayish
shadows of the dawn lift slowly from
the earth, and imperceptibly float sky
ward. just before the red disc of the
sun peers above the horizon line, weird
islands appear in the sky-islands
clothed with trees and waving grasses,
and held together by threads of yellow
and green and azure. The earth stands
inverted i'm the sky. The wooded
bluffs and timber island or the prairie
turn bottom upward in the glaucous
ether above, with their feet knee deep
in water The ground work of this
illusion is a grayish semi-opauue mist,
but the smallest object upon the plain
is limned against it with marvellous
fidelity. Objects far beyond the range
of vision over the prairie are brought
into plain view by this ethereal mirror
have seen little village thirty miles
away, over the plains. standing in the
sky, every feature traced with the
minuteness of line engraving. /
could distinguish the dogs wandering
through the streets. the COWS standing
idly about the yards, and the opening
and closing OF the doors in the cabins.
l have seen dog sledges, whose trains
were out of sight beyond the horizon,
trail through the heavens in a tortuous
course long lines of cart trains sway
ing to and fro over the sand dunes in
the sky. In all these cases the ground
does not appear, only the objects grow
ing upon or passing over it. Every
thing has the appearance of standing
or growing in water. The feet of the
animals. the roots of the trees, the
foundations are all lost in an aqueous
mist.
The ordinary features Of mirage
the simple drawing of distant objects
rear the spectator-aTe of common and
in many places OF everyday occurrence
ut some seasons of the year A few
rods away on every side slight line
of greyish mist, exactly like that ising
| from lake or stream N carly morning
appears. and upon the surface is linn
/ Ell the whole landscape, changing con.
/ stan:ly, like the color OF kaleido
+ scope, as the traveller advances. The
/ illusion continues but few minutes
however. The gold fades from the
fleecy clouds over head rs tie yellow
light descends upon the plain, chasing
the reccoing shades before it. The SUI
rises. and the dissolving views of tn,
mirage fades slowly away.-Dakott
Cor. " J.. Tribune.
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C0RN HUsEE-s .leuI iu the
rvuu.ry sends US one of the popular
corn huskcrs Of his section \ silver
Uf horny hickory wood nicely polished,
sharp pointed. three OF four inches
lvug-arrorliUg 10 the breadth Of the
haud-is strung by a string Of buck
skin TO the inside uf the middle finger.
Then the point Is ready TO engage with
the thumb or fJrclinger III splitting
and stripping OFT section OF husks
while the O,her thumb scalps the tip
Of the ear OF its silk and tue rest Of
the husk, and holds the naked ear by
the butt ready for the final cuff which
tumbles il into the basket.
Young man from Watertown sees
this hickory husker and gives us the
thought of his country, side done in
iron wire, for use in precisely the same
manuer. Wire Of one tenth or one
eighth inch diameter is made to have a
loop at one end for the little finger.
The other end about four and one half
or five inches away (fOr a hand OF
medium size) IS nicely pointed. and
thrust twice through a loop of soft
leather, for the middle finger TO he
stuck into. This rIg, YOU see, with
two fingers in it, is very firmly !asten.
ed to the hand, and seems TO an unex.
perienced person, the more recent
scientific tackle Very likely the bust<
er is a relic of scientific Pequot farm
Hartford Couruat
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FACTS FOB THE CURTOTS

The greyhound runs by the eyeslpi
OILY, and this we observe as q =
The carrier pigeon flies his $50 mil
Lomeward 10y the eyesight-naml
from point to point Of objects VIII.
he has marked but this is only "a
conjecture The fierce dragon Hy MI.
1900 lenses in his eve, darts rinm q.
gle 20 angle with the rapiditv of
flashing sword, and as rapidly d.,.
back, not turning in the air, bun Win
clash reversing the action Of his win.
and instantaneously calculatipu :
distances of the objects, or he won.
dash himself to pieces. But in ali
confoI nation of the eve Goes this ,...
sist No one can answer.
cloud of ten thousand gna,s do,
up and down in the sun, the mimi.
interval between them, vet no o.,
knocks another upon the grass
breaks a leg or wing, long and dcli,.
as they are. Suddenly, amid vr
matcbless admiration Of this dan
peculiarly high shouldered yiric.
gnat, with long, pendant nose daa.
out of the rising and falling cloud an
settling on your cheek, inserts q rr..
onOns sting. What possessed the In.
wretch to do this p? Did be smell ye.
blood in the mazy dance? No On
knows.
! a carriage comes suddenly uDo,
flock of geese on narrow road o.,
drives straight through the middle
them. a goose was never vet fsfr
run over, nor a duck. They are upd
the very wheels and hoOfs. and
somehow they cOntrive TO a. 81
waddle safely of Habituauy stun.
heavy and indolent, they are ueysrb.
less equal to the emergency.
Why does the lonely wU0iueeSe.
when he decends his tree and ga..
drink, stop several times Oh Dis aaf
listen and look round before DE l.ss.
his draught? No one knows Hoe
is it that the species 0f am. which f.
taken in battle by other ants ta 4.
made slaves, should be black ants
No one knows.
The power Of Judging of aetna. dan
ger and the free and easy boEras.
which results from it. are by no mean.
uncommon Many birds seem t1 l...
a correct notion of a guns range and
while scrupul0usiy careful % Keep la
yond il coutine their Gaze % This eau
lion, though the most obvious resrllg
would be right away ont Of sight al.
hearing, which they do not choose O.
dO And they sometimes appear Cd
make even au OSten a.iUus use oi tLa..
power, fairly putting their Wit aG
cleverness in antIgOnism 90 that Of l.a.
for the benefit Of their fellows. N.
lately read an account. by natlrau,
in Brazil. OF an expedition he msit
to one of .he islands or the Amazon
to shoot spOOUbills, ihiees and gta-
of the magnificent grailatorial bird
which were most abundant there, il.
design was completely bafiled, laE
ever, by a wretched little saudWns
that preceded him, continually utt5-
ing his tell-tale cry, which "a. Ole
accused all the birds within hearing
Throughout the day did this individu.
bird continue his selfimposed duty
sentinel to Others, Cffe"tually preyea
ing the approach Of the fowler to tl
game, and yet managing TO keep on
Of the range of his gun.
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1495-Romanus Pane, 4 Spanish
monk whom Columbus, on his secUut
voyage, left in America, published the
first account Of tobacco uHderthe nau-
Of "CohobO."
l535-The negroes on the p.ani'-
tions Of theWcst Indies began to Use L.
l559-J can Nicot. French envoy TO
Portugal, sent some Of the seeds TO
Paris, and from him it acquired TIE
name OF Nicotiana. When /. was DIS.
used in France it was called "heiu.
du Grande Prieur," of the house Q.
Lorraine, who was very fond ot u.
was called "Herbe de ST. CrOix' iron
Cardinal St. Croix. who first Intro
duced it into Italy.
l570-At this date in Holland ta-
baCco was smoked in conicai jaoes
made of palm leaves plated toEe,A5"
l5s5-First appeared a print oI tas
plant in Andre Thevet's COsmogHp.e'
l5S5-The English first saw tie III
dians of Virginia use clay pipes, iLo.l
which time they began to be uSeu iA
Europe
16O4-James the First Of England
sought to abolish the use ot toO''''
by very heavy imposts upon II.
l6l0-The smoking OF tobacco vs.
! INDUCED in at COnstantnopie. ~
render the custom ridiculous, InIA,
detected thus using the plant, was Z.
through the streets with q pipe 'lI'''
through his nose.
l6l5-The cultivation OF toO"'''
was begun in Holland. -.
l6l9-James the First ordered 'l-.
no planter cultivate more than '-'
hundred pounds. r--.
162O-Smoking introduced ln'oV'
many. 80.
l63l-First introduced into AuS'''1
by Swedish troops. ,.sss,
l634-Ihe use of tobacco foroious- ..s-
in Russia under a penalty ol n"''-7
the nose Gu; of. ,-u5
l653-First used in S"iIL'''',
where the magistrates at first pun.
ell those found smoking; but lIle +.
tom soon became too genera -
suppressed. -,s.
, l69O-Pope Innocent MI exco'i'.r-- y =.
nicated all who should take sH''
use tobacco while at church. .b,
lI24-Pope Benedict re'oNeyb .b,,.
! above bull. as he himself use" W.
i. CO immodcrately.
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FOR THE FARMER.


4st Never get in debt when you
caEnot see yonr way out again. When
rou owe, pay as fast az yoa can and
promptly Never allow yourself To
be dunned for a debt a second time
without paying it. Credit for prompt
ness is of great advantage in any kind
of business and all through life.
81 Never enlarge your farm when
half Of what you own is not half culti-
waited.
81 If yon own more land than you
can till well, are In debt, or need funds
70 make necessary improvements, sell
part Of your fArm and use the money
20 pay your debts and make your i'm
provements
9Th. Never borrow money % build 2
snowy house when less pretentious
one would answer better, and never
lend money wher. you have poorly till
pd land to improve.
5th Iav out system Of improve
menJs for vonr farm AMI buildings. aud
Use your means % carry thsst plans
cut
9Th. Do not enter upon speculatiO II
with other peoples money. or your
own. unless you see clearly that you
will make profits. and even then do not
DO 10 % the neglect of your farming.
9Th DO not keep poor stock when
vou can keep good stock ut the same
expense and with much more profit.
sfh. Do not try to grow crops fOr
NEich yoaF farm Is not well adapted.
9th- Il you have a good location do
not sell out. expecting to better it be
rause you have been offered a good
price
10Th Do not change farms often. for
by so doing you can carry out no def
mite system Of improvement.
llth. Unless your crops are good,
SOW less and farm better
18Th Be present with your employ
ees as much as possible, otherwise
little will he done, and that little very
poorly. No business requires the
masters oversight more than farming.
18th. Keep ahead of your work or
your work will keep ahead of You.
18th Resolve that your farm shall
be a profitable one if indus ry and
k''At'N W tli ittsiNC IL ~
l55h. Invest your surplus earnings in
making such improvements as will add
20 the profit. appearance and conven-
hence Of your farm.
10th. Be kind, not only to those Won
employ but 10 all the animals YOU work
and feed.
l7th. Make yourself thoroughly nc.
quainted with the principles OF agricul.
tune and be guided b. them.
18th PERI ,rm all labor at the right
season
18th. DO aIl joos in the lest Inannei
81 worth doing at all.
20th Take an interest in All improve
fnents that have bearing Oh agriuul
tuTe
2lst In aIl you DO. euiervor 20 Cct
hold Of the long end ol ihc lever %
stead of tIe short emf. 10 YOU wouI.
roIA o. advantage.
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An ISFALLIBLE REMEDY FOR DIPH-
rHEKIA-Diphthc:ia has been preva-
lent at Cleveland, Ohio, for some time
past. \ communication in the Lea
der OF that city SAYS that the follow
ing recipe j. an infallible remedy for
the disease. AL parents should cut
il out and preserve it:
Put one ,caspoonful Of pulverized
sulphur into glass of water, and stir
v ell before using Let the patient
gHIgle this in the throat every halt
hnur. swallowing little of the mix
ture each time
Sulphur must als) he burned IN the
rooms with the patient two or three
times 4 day, if 4 C 5 arv, TO keep the
atmosphere filled with its fumes fol
the patient 10 inhale.
Children too Young TO gargle liquid:
in the throat should have the mixture
fed TO them moderately and allowed
20 continually breathe the fumes of tn,
burning sulphur.
The above remedy is 4 sure but sim
pc one, AMI it is Nithin the reach q
every body. and if used as prescribe,
no-norc deaths need occur from dipll
iberia