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How 70 Live Cheaply.

One of the subjects talked and written
about ut the present time H.. How to
live cheaply. Prices Of all the great
staples Of life are high. Rents are
enormous. Fashions arc exactiuv.
Wants multiply. while resources
diminish. How to make strap and
buckle meet is the problem which
presses on hundreds Of housekeepers
Of the middle class. The difficulty in
the problem is tn reconcile the irrecon-
cilables. The middle class generally
wants all the fine things. all the stylc
and display Of wealthy neighbors.
The problem would simplify itself Mt
once. would the middle class family
cease trying to appear what II is not.
and be content, to appear and be thought
just what II is. II Is what Is done to
keep up appearances that destroys the
equilibrium between outgo and income,
and makes life u drudgery and vcxa.
ton.
How to live cheaply Is a question
easy enough to answer II one will be
content with = cheap living. Substitute
comfort for show. Put convenience in
the place Of fashion. Study simplicity.
Refuse to be beguiled into a style Of
living above what Is required by your
position In society and 10 justified by
your resources. Set a fashion Of sim
plicity, neatness, prudence. and inex-
p~ensivencss, which others will DO glad
10 follow and thank you for introducing.
Teach yourself to do without = thousand
and one pretty and snowy things which
wealthy people purchase, and pride
yourself on being just as happy with
out them rs your rich ncighbors arc
with them.
Put so much dignity, sincerity, kind
ness. virtue and love into your simple
and inexpensive home that its members
will never miss the costly fripperics
and snowy adornments Of fashion, and
be happier in the cory and comfortable
apartments than most Of their wealthy
neighbors r in their splendid estab-
lishmen0.
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Tho gentleman vas from China. lie
wss. In fact . Chinamnn. The yellow
complexion, the obliqus optics, the pig
tail. and the loosely fitting garments
we're all there. There was also On his
arm q fair creature Ut ~ Shc was veil
dressed and gooi looking. and Ma Of
American descent They appeared be-
fore the marriage department and asked
for q marriage license. The clcrk gAsed
In astonishment for n momeas, but
quickly recovering. he mechanically
dipped his pen in the ink and said;
Your lsdy's nAmer'
The Chinsman stared but said roth.
Log. and then ths bride came 10 The ses.
q rs uil r "A
my name," she ,Aid, lis Estalla
Bennett" NT
"E-s-t-a-l-l.a Bennett" spclled
out ths clerk. and your ~gentlcman's
nameP"
.'Oh." said the fair Estalla. hes n
heather Cbinec. he IL, and his name Ia
King feap," and then she playfuliy
chuckled him under the chin. remark
Ing, ''Ain't II. Yeapeep"
While the clerks were getting out the
license the lady became very talkative,
and volunteered the following; r.
II an going 10 get married Just for
the fun Of u. you know"
"IndeedY' said the clerk. with a
smile. And then, the license being
ready. he added. Take your hat of.
sir, and be- sworn"
The Chinaman grinncd.
Take of your hat. you heather Chi.
nee, you" said his future bride, before
the prospective bridegroom could CON-
ply, she pulled of his hat. and address
ing by this time the thoroughly amused
clerks, said;
There, look Mt his hair; you can SEQ
he's a heather Chince. Why, he's got
more hair than | have. II he loses his
hair he can't have me for a wife"
The oath was taken, and then Estalla
continued:
LET rs finish up this Job. Now it's
begun, | don't want To put IL of any
longer. II it's all the samce, dear. wen
60 right through with I, now"
The lady then wanted to see Judge
LOOMS, In order. ~ she said, tn ascer-
tain IL there were any legal obstacles In
the way Of her marriage to King Ycap.
On being assured there were no legal
barriers In the way Of her Joy, she told
the clerks that she had known ''kingce
Ycapce' for three months, end she
didn't see why they shouldn't get
spliced." Ycap. who was n passive
listener throughout. deposited his $3.50
and then the happy pair proceeded over
TO Justice Kaufman, who speedily "in-
ished OPP the job and Miss Bennett be-
came Mrs. King Ycap.-C Chicago Inter.
Ocsd0.
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amid . p~rcfusion ~ virtuous sentimsnts.
II IL singular that, while la P~ucelle."
the work Of IN author who really re-
sered viftee, n Dot III - ~ read On .
count Of IL brutal piAlnneAs NJ speech.
julie" which wsa written by q vssy
apostle Of organized immortality. may
be pcruscd by the most modest
without . blush. Tho project 70
erect . monument 70 these two
conspicuous Agures ~ the last csatury
docs not, II would seem. meet with very
marked encouragement In Francs. The
reason Why IL not far TO seek. A cen.
fury In too short . time In allow men
10 settle down 0n . clear. calm. and
Just estimate Of an historical character.
There IL still great confusion In the
vicws taken of the careers Of Kousrsnu
Ind v0ltAlfe. More thAa two centuries
have elapsed since the death 81 Oliver
Cromwell f; yet English opinion IL d..
vidcd between old Clarcndon's judg.
ment thai he vas - brave, bad man."
and tho bciisi that '.he Wa In all things
the greatest prince that ever ruled
these rcalms." A long "A Parliament
hesitatcs 70 place tho statue Of the grim
Protsct0r In the stately marble line Of
British potentates, II In no wonder that
Franco paases before COMMUNICATING
Ia bronze or marble, the Scooter end the
Ssntimcntalist who did their best, q
century ago, IN turn society upside
down. -Appietow's journal for Nay.
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The question, what became Of the
ten tribes Of Israel carried away into
Assyrian captivity" has for many cen.
turfss called out the nost Ingenious
theories from authors and scrtliars.
Josephus believed that the lost hobcs
lived In his day somewhere beyond the
Euphratcs. Christian writers believe
that they have found traces Of the lost
tribes among tho people Ut the foot of
the Him1laya Mountains. among the
Ahghans, among tho Tartars. and
among the North American Indians.
History leaves tho question In lust tho
Shape 70 Be tsntalixine and 10 offer free
sweep for the Imagination. II Il not
surprising. therefore. that the Rev.
Joseph Wild, Of Brooklyn, enters the
Geld with = theory Of hii own. He be-.
!icves that tho ten tribes escaped 10 Ire.
land an1 that tho Prophet Jeremiah.
when he Nod from Palestine with Tephi,
the Kings daughter, went u Tara, In
Ireland. He carried with him the Ark
OF tho Covenant and tho tables OF tho
law. Tephi vas married IN tho King
OF Tara. and from hcr descendants
camc the house Of Stuart. In Queen
Victoria, - the descendant Of tho house
OF stuart, DIR. Wild sees tho fulAllmeut
OF the prophecy, Tho seed Of David
shall not want . man upon the throne"
DR.. Wild believes that Jeremiah WA
the truo 81. Patrick. tho name 81. Patrick
being . corruption OF tho saint Of the
patriarchs.
In advsncip9 the theory that the lost
tribes went u Ireland, DR.. Wild SAYS
!hibcrnia Ia . Hebrew word, only slight
" modified; that there Ia an admitted
familiarity betwech tho Irish and Hebrew
languages; that the Irish language In.
- TACT. = compound of tho Hebrew and
fhwnictan. Nd that historians agreo
ehat there were two hettlenents In Ire.
and--frst by the Ph1nicians, and
second by the children Of Dan; that the
Druid circlca, altar stones, and cron.
lechs oil find ready explanation ON tho
hypothesis that they were corruptions
Of ancient Hebrew religious cercmon.
ial.
Quoting from Jeremiah. "Who arc
these that fy ~ . cloud and A doves To
their windowsP Surely the isles shxll
wait for mo and the ships Of TrarshIsh
first" DR.. Wild aims to prove that the
is!es referred 10 were ireland and the
adjacent Islands, and rosts his cAss.-
Tho future oi ireland. under tho
prophccios, he argues, 10 70 be grand,
but only tor Israel and the Cananitish
proselytcs. All else are to die or be
scattered from the island.
Dr. Wild 10 pastor Of the Elm Place
congregational Church. Of BROOKLYN,
and declares that no has spent fifteen
years In studying Hebrew. Greek, and
Irish history bearing on the question:
Chicago hNtev. Ocean,.
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TIE Last siege q GsNssisar.

Inc most memorable, In some re-
spects Of all the fourteen sieges N which
Gibraltar has becn subjected was the
lest. called the 'great Siege" one N
the mighty struggles u history, which
began In the year i779. The famous
General Elliott WA commander Of the
fortress. Spain. In alliance with France
and MosOcco endeavored % surprise
Gibraltar. but q Swedish ship gave n.
lott the alarm. The garrison compris-
Cd but i've companies Of artillery. and
the whole force VA less than five thou.
sand five hundred men. The enemy's
force was fourteen thousand. The siege
began by the blocksding Of the port,
and . camp WA formed 1t San Rogue
with the design of starving out the gar.
rison. When the English Governor re-
solved tn open fire upon his besiegcrs n
lady In tho garrison tircd the first shot.
Never did . siege Of war wage more
furi0usly than did this for nearly three
years. The garrison was often reduced
u sore straits for food; - goose n
worth . guinea" and Elliott tried upon
himself the experiment of living upon
four ounces Of rice . day for u week.
Exciting stories are told Of the priya-
teers that ran In, amidst terrible dan
gers with provisions. and Of the storms
which threw welcome wood and cork
within reach Of the bcsieged. The rock
at n time would surely have been
taken, had II not been for Admiral Rod
ney. who sailing of the strait. captured
. small fleet of Spanish war ships and
merchantmen, and clearing the strait
Of b%esicgcrs, brought his prizes into
port. But all danger was not vet
avcrted; Gibraltcr was again block
aded; scurvy broke out In the garrison
and Morocco refused her harbors 10
Engliah ships. The enemy crept closer
and closer To the fortress, but relief
comlng every nov and then enabled tho
English still tn hold out. The lombard.
meuts were fearful 10 endure. .'1hc
city was almost destroyed; scarcely "A
house habitable. and those left standing
pierced by shot and she'll" At one
tlmc the desperate garrison fell To plum.
doring the town; Elliott shot the lead
ers In this outrage. The long agony,
full of terrific combats and frightful
p~rivations. ended by the final abandon.
mont Of the siege early In 1883. II in
that year tho English had 70 make up
their minds that they must lot go their
American colonies, they had ut least
the consolation that Gibraltar was still
theirs. - drpcr's Magasins.
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Dogs In Boots.

''russ In Boots Is y mythical person
ago, but the dog In boots is no imagin.
AIRY creature. In the regions OF eternal
snow and Ice, where the only beast OF
burden In the dog. the cold Ii sometimes
80 intense, that sharp icicles form be-
tween the claws Of the canine sledge
travellers. This causes n most serious
obstacle to the speedy progression of
the dogs, and would, after a few DAYS,
render them utterly unfit for their labo.
rious duties, IA the icicles grow larger
and larger rs they 60 on. until the poor
creatures arc quite unable to stand.
The older dogs, however, will. every
now and then, stop and bite OF the
icicle from their feet. Not 40 with the
novice. He trudgcs YEARLY along; CIV.
cry stop he takes adds to his torture,
and after q time every imprint Of his
foot on the snow bears q rod stain from
his cut and bleeding paws. At such
times tho dog loot 10 called into requi.
sition by the driver, principally for pol.
10y, but occasionally. lot us hope. out
OF humanity. The dog boot IL gener-
ally made Of raw-hide, land Il simply
shaped like . small bag or pocket This
Is drawn over the foot Of the animal
and made secure by tying Il around the
ankle with = leather string. Thus pro-
tcctcd. II the surface III the snow Is
pretty level. these wonderful Esqui-
mau dogs will travel ut the rate Of forty
miles . day, for many days in success
sion.
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Curious Discoveries,

Tho old question. Where no all tho
pins 20 tor Ia not noar 10 interesting ~
this conundrum. How do things get
where they are foundp The poems al
Propertius, n Latin poet who lived half
a century before the Christian Era,
wore found In u wine cellar. The dis.
covcry was made In the nick of time,
for the mildew and the rats had be-
gun their destructive work on the
parchment manuscripts. hut how
came these poems In that w~ine-ccllarp
Did some bother, n lover If the muse,
carry them down u read during inter
walls Of rest, and then. overcome by the
fumes Of his W wine, forget To carry
thorn awayP -a.
II Ia said that one Of tho cantos of
Dante's '~lnfcrno" was found, after be-
Ing long mislaid. hidden away beneath
. window-sill. Who hid the prcciou,
manuscript Did he hope a reward
would be offered for its recovery
We = understand how ''Luther's
Table Talk" came to no hidden In the
foundations Of an old house. Pope
Gregory XIII ordered its suppression,
and 10 II became dangerous for any one
% DO found In possession Of the book.
when discovered. II WAS ''lying In a
deep Obscure hole. wrapped In strong
linen cloth, which was waved all over
with beeswax within and without" The
man who did II Was determined that the
book should be read by somebody when
bcttcr days had come.
An old cabinet held for some time a
forgotten manuscript which the world IL
glad the author found. 1t was the first
volume Of ..Wavcrly." II had writ
tcn," says Scott, 1.-The greatest part Of
the first volume, and sketehei other
passages, when ] mislaid the manu-
script. and only found Il by the merest
accident, as was rummaging the draw.
or Of an old cabiaet, and I took the fan.
cy Of finishing IT,
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lssal PrSjuAsess IN Crsar,s..

Absolute justics In current estimates
ct literary and artisti0 performances IL,
no doubt, u~nattAinable, but u there any
foundation for the ~accusMtlons Of prei1
dtce and Improper bias which arc 20
commone These alleged proiudicss are
frequently attributed to sectionsl dis
nkee ana prcferences. We hear, for
Instance. the West continually com.
planning that criticism In the Fast upon
IL art and literature Ia unfair 4; the
South utter the same charge against
the North ; New York repeats the accu.
sation against Boston ; and the whole
country unites In denounoing England
for Ito apparent hostility toward Amcri.'
caa authors and artists. In all these
complaints II Is confidently assumed
that the local estimate ID the correct
one, and that the loss favorable criticism
from foreign or remote quarters IL neces.
sarily p~rejudiced. Sometimes this IA
true, but there may DO just a. nationally
unreasonable prcjudices In behalf Of
neighbors ~ unjust depreciation III
strangers. II is impossible for people
TO remain uninfiucnced by their sur
roundings, to have the same sympathies
TOR the near that they have Tor the re-
mote; but In criticism the very indifer.
enoc OF those who live apart from the
influences that surround an artist or
writer may be favorable for an accurate
judgment. No author can be SURE Of
bis ground until no has won the sui.
tragcs Of tho world beyond his own Sec.
ton. An author should always wisely
distrust tAe applause that coEnes from
friendly circles. and remain satisfied
only with the approval hat bis genius
ooUpels from distant and perhHps un.
wtlung listeners. No writer ever vet
won fame BY whining about the preju-
dice he must encounter ; he recognizes
that there ID some measure Of indider.
which he must Overcoms-peoplc
arc not going 10 assume. ofr.hand, that
no isa prophet, nor arc they ready To
take him promptly At his own estimate
no 10 conspicuously foolish II no
expect . busy world 70 be ~ enamored
OF his performances N his own centre of
a~cquaintances Is. II TiIaslie set up a
OF straw, tho rest Of the world will
not acknowledge him, evcn II II roar IL
self hoarse declaiming about sectional
prcjudices but Vliarsiie never vet set
up . man OF substance that mankind
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(Dnicns.

Even now there exist people who be-
licvc in omcns. To enumcrate the num-
her In which u fopefathcrs believed
would be impossible; but We give one
or two which may he amusing tn the
young people. Stumbling Ia going
down stairs or going out in the morn
ing Is very unlucky.. II is u sign of ILL
luck TO lay ones knife and fork cross
wise; for swcethearts to interchange
knives. n II will cut away their love /;
to present an, body with u knife. scis-
sors, razor, or any sharp instrument.
To avoid i'll consequence, u pin, u farth.
ing. or some thrilling reccmpensc, must
be given In return. To find u knife or
razor is unlucky. That il Is i'll luck TO
find money and worse to keep il, may
seem paradoxical to many. II il lucky
to find u four-lcaved clover. IA piece Of
iron, nm old horseshoe.
Moles are indicative Of good or bad
fortune. according to their position on
the body. A mole against the heart de-
notes wickedness; on the knee a veal
thy wife; on the nose, II traveller; on the
throat. riches; IN the lower jaw Of u
woman. sorrow and pain; in the mid
die of tho forehead. u d%iscOurteous and
cruel mind; on the right side Of the
forhead, command, esteem and honor;
on the left. near hair. misery; on the
left, near middle of forehead. persecu.
tons from supcriors; on the lip, a great
eater; on the chin, riches; on the ear.
riches and respect; On the right breast,
poverty; near the bottom Of nOstrils.
good luck; on the left foot. rnshncss;
right foot. wisdom; on the wrist or
hand. ingenious mind; near side of chin.
an amiable disposition; many moles be-
tween wrist and elbow, many crosses
which will end In prosperity.
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The Cure for Gesssp.

Everybody must talk about something.
The poor fellow who Wa told not
to talk for the fear that the people would
find out that he was q fool. made moth
ing by the experiment. He was con-
sidered n fool because he did not talk.
On some subject or another, everybody
must have something TO say, or give up
society. Of course the topics Of con-
versation will relate to the subjects Of
knowledge. II a man. n Interested in
science he will talk about science. II
he is an enthusiast in art he will talk
about art. II he is familiar with liter
allure. and is an intelligent and persis-
tent reader, he will naturally put for
ward literary topics In his o v~ersation.
So with social questions, political Ques-
tons, religious questions. Out of the
abundance Of the heart the mouth
speaketh. That Of which tho mind is
full-that with which IL IL fprnished-
will come out in expression. R
The very simple reason why the world
Is full of gossip Il, that those who do
indulge In Il have nothing else in them.
They must interest themselves. in some
thing. They know nothing bat what
they learn from day to day, In inter-
course with. and observation of, their
neighbors. What these neighbors do
what they say-what happens tn them
in their social and business affairs
what they wear-these become the Qucs-
tons Of supreme interest. The person
al and social life around them--this Is
the book under constant perusal, and
out of this Ome that peseifsrous con-
versation which we call gossip. The
world Is full of II; and In q million
houses, all over the country, nothing 10
talked Of but the personal affairs Of
neighbors. 80
What Ia the curs for gossip Simply
culture. There 10 . great deal q guc-
SIP that has no malignity In H. Good
natured people talk about their neigh.
bOrs because, and only because, they
have nothing else to talk about. =
Gossip Is always . personal confession
either OF malice or fmbecility, and the
young should not only shuu II but by
the most thorough culture relieve them
selves from oil temptation to indulge IN
it. 1t is . low. frivolous, and too ol>sn
= dirty business. There ore country
neighborhoods in which It rages like a
pest. Churches are split in pieces with
It. Neighbors made enemies by II for
life. In many per1ous it degenerates
into . chronic diseaAe, which Il prscti-
cally incurable. Let the young cure II
while they may.
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generally did not soon recognise and
accept. There 10 NO little genius In
the world. and the love and admiration
Tor II avc TN deeply implanted. for peo-
pie willfully 10 shut their eyes 10 Il.
Itsh0uld ~ scnombossd. however. that
gsAias when ssrtctIy origfaal must
work " wy slosly into recognition
both ~ home and abroad ; Tor, Whatever
IL wholly new has to create. according
u Colertdgc, tho taste and knowledge
which are IN understand n aud be- In
sympathy with H. -AppictoWs' Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-02

A. y meeting III the phonetic section
VI the Franklin Institute. DR.. Celand.
Of Chicago, Thomas A. Edison's cola.
borev and intimate friend, delivered a
le1tuss In which he reviewed the life
and schiovements Of that well known
electrician and Inventor.
Mr.. Edison, said the speaker. IL an
Ameriran, sad sbout t~htrty-one years
old. His lie had been full III adventure.
Deprived NJ the benefits Of . school. he
applied himself To study At his own
home, and ~ the age of eleven WAS very
we'll vsrsed In chsmistry. physics. engf-
neering, history, and other bsG,ckes II
know ledge. Then he became \ nsws.
boy on the Grand Trunk Railroad, be-
tween Detroit and Port Huron. and
while attending to his duties In thst CO.
pacity was constantly reading and In.
,yestigSting. and ut odd hours. In the
Detroit Free Press ONCE, then owned
by Mr.. Storey. now proprietor II the
Chicago 1inscs. no learned To set type.
lilo erected u case in tho baggage car
Of his train, and with q small supply Of
type which he had gathered together
did the composition for q little paper
which ne published and which soon At
tanned u circulation Of five hundred
copies Edison subsequently fixed up
n sort 81 laboratory In the smoking car
and laid the foundation Of tho Justly
earned reputation which he has to-day
Of being n of the best chemists IN the
country. About this time. Edison, At
the risk Of his own life. saved the child
Of n telegraph operator named McKin-
sey from being run over by an engine.
Mckinscy wanted To reward the boy,
but being poor he could only repay him
by teaching him t~elcgraphy. In six
months Edison WA an expert operator,
and now has No superior in the bust
ness. He got u position in Canada ~ Q
station operator on the Grand Trunk
Road, and there ut the age of fourteen,
studied out his frat invention. which
was an apparatus BY which the night
Waterman, while Edison slept. could
send over the wires the half ..all
right report ~ clevsrly M Edison could
do it himself. He made some of these
machines for his brother operators along
the line, and they worked very we'll
until the officers OF the road discovered
that nearly all the photographers were
asleep ut night, and the telegraphing
was being done by machinery, when tho
apparatus was discontinued. a. was also
the services Of the genius who invent
I'D il. "a
Edison then came " tho United States,
and here invented a register which
would take n message At good speed
and pass to another register. which
would deliver IL very much slower than
the first. Next he went to Memphis,
and from there to indianapolis, and
then tn Boston. There he invented the
gold and stock printer. and at his home
mt Manic Park, New Jersey. he has
turned out many other valuable inven-
tons, including the duplex. the telc-
phone. and the phonograph. He has
secured patents in the United States for
m hundred and twelve Of his inven.
tons. is now applying for thirty add.
tional patents, and has been granted ~
many more by foreign countries. "This
was up to six O'Clock Tonight" said
the speaker. but" he added, she has
probably invented something else by
this time"
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b IL dies ma feilow that IN orAes n
live cheaply "A must live meanly.
The great staples of life are not costly.
Tssfe. refinement. good cheer. Wit. and
eves elegance. are Inexpensive. There
h NO trouble about yoang peoply mar.
rying with NO outfit but health. and
love, and an honest purpose, provided
they wm practice the thrift and pru.
dcncs b which their grandparents
owed ell shsir success. aad make their
thought and love supply whss they lsck
In the means of display. Those who
begin life at the top II the ladder gen.
sssliy tumble Oh. while those VIM begin
~ the f~ot acquire stesiincss. courage.
and strength of arm and will ss they
rise. GoKfsu a0s.