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will not do. l viii not affirm that the
whole race was as good as the few
skulls that have survived. But one
thing I must say-that not single fos-
sill skull of an ape or Of an anthropoid
ape has yet been found that could real
" have belonged to human being.
Every addition to the amount of objects
which we have obtained as materials to
discuss has removed us further from the
hypothesis propounded. Beside, we
cannot entirely set aside the considers
ton that it may, perhaps, have been
only in particular position of the earth
that the men Of the Tertiary period
lived. This might be just as pos
sible as in the case of the re-
markable discovery made of late years
in North America, that the fossil ances-
tors of our horses are found in regions
where the horse itself has long since
entirely disappeared. When America
was discovered it was generally horse
less. In the region where the ancestors
of our horses lived there was not liv-
ing horse to be found. just so it may
be that the Tertiary man once existed
in Greenland or Lemuria, and will still
be brought to light somewhere or other
out Of the depths. Only as matter of
fact we must positively recognize that
as yet there always exists sharp line
of demarcation between man and the
ape. We cannot teach, we cannotpro-
nounce it to be conquest of science
that man descends from the ape or from
any other animal. Philadelphia Press
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INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

| A child was fatally poisoned in
New York. few days ago, by Sairey
Camp who administered the wrong
medicine.
"A young woman in Fond du Lac,
Wis, declined to accompany to the al
tar the man she had promised to marry,
because his pantaloons were not quite
respectable. A quarrel ensued over
the unmentionables. and the marriage
was postponed. Both parties regret
the occurrence now, as they cannot
have the ceremony performed until
after Lent.
"A negro man living near Bashi,
Ala, was recently shot in singular
manner. He was acting as a wizard,
and imagined that by certain evolutions,
gesticulations or articulations he could
surround his body with magic armor
that would be impregnable to shot or
ball. Two young negro men and q
white man fired few shots at him
without injury, when one of the me-
groes fired at him again and shot him
down. He died in about week.
The Seneca Falls On. W Courier
says: About six weeks since, l.. G.
Boardman, of this place, was engaged
by ID. V. Benedict, of Buffalo, to disin-
ter his wife, who was buried in the
Canoga Cemetery four years ago this
month, and forward it to Buffalo for
reinterment. The coffin came apart in
the operation, and the corpse was
found to be as natural as when buried,
and as hard and heavy as stone. The
clothing had rotted and lay in folds
upon the form, which was as white as
marble. The deceased was sister-in-
law of Mr.. Boardman, and he says the
features were perfectly natural and full
as when in life. The body had turned
to stone, weighed 400 pounds. This is
a genuine case of petrifaction, and no
mistake"
The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press
says: cat Port Kent, the other day,
one of the children of Horatio Bur
roughs broke through the ice. An
older brother attempted the rescue, and
he also broke i'm The cries of the
children brought the mother to the
scene, and she also was precipitated
through the ice. An aunt living in the
family went to the assistance of the
three struggling unfortunates, and in
attempting to assist the mother in her
predicament was pulled into the water.
The cries of the four people brought
the father to the scene, and in his ex-
cited state he neglected taking the
proper precautions, and was soon
f1oundering in the water with the rest.
About this time further assistance ar
rived, and by means of ropes and
planks the entire family were rescued
from their perilous situation
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must be taken to convince boys and
girls that there are good books which
are more interesting than bad books
are. else the attempt to substitute the
one for the other must necessarily fail;
and this conviction can be secured only
by making the fact evident, only by
choosing good books that are i'll fact in
tensely interesting.
The common mistake in this matter
arises from attempts to Judge literature
by classes. The bad books most sharp
ly condemned are stories of adventure,
and too many parents attempt to avoid
the difficulty by excluding stories Of
adventure from their lists. This is
simply to fix the evil, because every
healthy boy with an active body and
mind wants stories of adventure, and if
good ones are not given to him is very
apt to get bad ones for himself. This
bOyish craving for stories of action, of
outdoor life and adventure, is perfectly
natural and perfectly wholesome. 1t
is as natural as the boyish desire to
climb trees or to-spin tops, or to play
ball, or to do anything else that in
wolves active exertion. If it was pos
sible to repress the taste, as it is not. it
would be hurtful to do SO. The right
thing for every parent to do is not to
give his boys books that are dull to
them. but to choose wholesome books
that the boys will like and read. Sto-
ries Of adventure must always form a
considerable part of every such selec-
ton, but they need nOtbe unwholesome
stories of adventure. They may be as
intensely interesting as you please
without being in the least hurtful; and
they must be intensely interesting if
they are to take the place of the bad
stories which too many boys are read
ing.
We urge this point because the neces-
sary condemnation of the feverish juve-
nile literature Of our time is apt to take
the form, or at least to have the effect,
OF a crusade against all stories OF adj
venture, and so to defeat its own end.
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A Brave Sailor.

r. VI 4
THOMAS HUMPHREYS was as brave an
English sailor as ever furled sail. He
was crossing Carmarthen Bay, few
weeks ago, in the customs boat, with
Mrs. Bydder (an officers wife) and a
companion, when sudden gust of
wind struck the sail, and they found
themselves struggling in tho water.
He first endeavored t0support his COM
rade, who was an awkward swimmer,
but the poor fellow could not be kept
afioat. He then told the woman to
cling TO the boat, while he SWAN around
to see what could be done. He got his
knife and opened it with his teeth. out
away the cordage, and, after consider
able exertion, disrnasted the craft and
righted her, but as she was full of
water, they could not get into her He
therefore placed the mast across the
boat, and got the weman's arms over
il ON one side while he went and hung
on at the other. Mrs. Bydder then
said, "Every one for himself. and
begged him to leave her and to save
himself, which he could easily have
done, being only about thirty yards
from the shore, but be knew that Il he
left the woman she would be drowned.
He remained BY her. at the cost OF his
life, for an hour and hall, shouting all
the while for assistance. Just as 3
boat reached them, the brave fellow
sank from cold and exhaustion, but the
woman was saved. IN T. TyibH'se.
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A Martyr to Perpetual Motion.

The journal Of Commerce, apropos Of
an inquiry made by correspondent
relates a curious story for the truth oi
which it vouches. The correspondent
had asked whether any Government
had ever offered reward to the sue.
cessful discoverer of practical perpetu.
al motion; and whether the idea of per-
petual motion is not contrary to natur-
al lawsp Our venerable contemporary
replies that no such offer has been
made; but that the idea of perpetual
motion is in itself quite in accordance
with natural laws, the planetary world
furnishing visible illustration of it.
1t then says that thirty years ago ma
chine, moved only by gravitation, Was
exhibited in its Office and seen by many
1t ran in connection with a pendulum
that regulated its motion, which was
very slow but incessant The editor
had it under lock and key and still it
moved. 1t was then exhibited at fair
in New Jersey and there
GA professor from Princeton College
and one or two other very learned and
benevolent persons were indignant that
the people should be SO imposed upon,
and, making the necessary affidavit,
had the inventor, then an old man
nearly fourscore, arrested for swim
ding, as he had taken money atthe door
from few visitors. The man, the
machine and the avengers of the law
were brought into the court. Upon
their representation that the cylinder
could not revolve unless there was a
spring concealed in it, an axe was
brought and, in spite of the tremulous
remonstrances of the inventor, it was
split into dozen pieces. As in a
former celebrated trial described in
John viii: 10Y, the accusers withdrew
in silence, self convicted. There was
no spring in it; it had gone around of
itself, but it was ruined, and SO was the
ownerr'
But no practical good could have
CUIIIU IIVnu ---...--, =. ~
overcame its own friction and could
furnish no useful power.--N Z.
Graphic.
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PERSONAL AND PoLrrIcAL.

PRESIDENT HAYES, on the 26th, ap-
pointed ex-Congressman Schofield, of PENN
syvania, as Register of the Treasury, uice ALI
son, deceased. The Senate Finance Commit
tee had agreed to report favorably the nomina-
tion of R. NJ. Reynolds, of Alabama, to be
First Auditor of the Treasury.
In the suit of the United States
against SamuelJ J. T.ldeh for s150,OOO delin-
quent income taxes, Judge Blatchford, Judge
Of the United States District Court for New
York, decided, on the 26th, that defendant
must submit to Jury trial on eleven OF the
twelve counts Of the Indictment
The Iowa Legislature adjourned
sise die on the 26th. Among the bills passed
was one restoring capital punishment in the
State. which passed the Senate on the last day
ofthe session.
THE Illinois State Convention Of the
new National party, met at Springfield, on the
9th. Joseph Gillespie, Of Madison, was
chosen permanent President Gen. z. n.
Bates, Of Chicago, was nominated for State
Treasurer, and Frank h. Hall, Of Kane Coun-
ty, for Superintendent Of Public Instruction
The Toledo platform was indorsed. the reeo-
luttons sdopted declaring 4 70 be The
etcIusfve function Of the General Govern
ment to coin and create money and
regulate its value; that the coln-
sge Of diver should be placed On
tie sane footing as tbat q gold; that the
public lands should BE- donated To actnal setr
tlen in limited quantities; that the Govern
meut should. by general enactment encourage
- d6velc,,...,,t ~ n,,r sUvScuItural uiinex6l.
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An Ancient Chinese Remedy for Bank
ruptcy. ~

The following account of the wav
failures in business were treated by the
Chinese, centuries ago, may be of inter-
est to those who have by hard expert
ence learned to take few cents on the
dollar as full payment. The account
is by an Arabian traveller, supposed
to be of the ninth century. The trans
lation was published in London, 1882:
when any Man becomes a Bank
rupt, and has wasted the Substance of
his creditors, they throw him into q
Prison in the Governors Palace, and
he is Immediately put upon his Decla-
ration (No oaths required This
fact stated earlier.) After he has
been Month in Prison, he is released
by the Governors Order. and Procla-
nation is made: That such one, the
Son of such a one, has consumed the
Substance of such one; and that if he
has any Effects in the Hands of any
Person, Lands, Reversions or Wealth in
any other Shape whatsoever, it must be
made known within the Term of a
Month. In the meantime the Bankrupt
is bamboo'd on the Back, if Discovery
is made of any Effects of his, and at the
same time is upbraided with having
been Month in Prison, eating and
drinking, tho he had wherewithal to
satisfy his Creditors. He is chastised
in the same manner, whether he makes
Declaration of his Effects or not. They
reproach him that his Business is to
get the Substance of private Persons
into his Hands and embezzle it; and
that he ought not SO to defraud those
he had dealings with by stripping them
of their Property. But, after all, if they
cannot discover him to have been guilty
of any Fraud, and it is proved to the
Prince (the ruler of the city, that the
Man has nothing in the World, the
Creditors are called in, and receive a
part of the Debt ont of the Treasury of
the Baybun (this is the ordinary Title
of the Emperor of China). Then it is
publicly forbidden to buy of or sell
anything to this man upon pain of
Death, and so he cannot defraud any of
his Creditors by concealing their
Money. If discovery be made that he
has any Sums in the Hands of another,
and if the Person he intrusts makes no
Declaration, he is bamboo'd to death,
and nothing is said to the Proprietor or
Bankrupt. The Sums that they dis
cover are divided among the Creditors,
and the Debtor or Bankrupt must
never more concern himself with
Trade"
Such is the account, and it may well
be supposed, that, under such a system,
failures would be comparatively rare
Hartford Cor. Springfield (Massl Re
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Why School Was Taught in the
Open Air.

THE lot on West Mission street, on
which was recently erected one-class
school-house, was yesterday the scene
of curious spectacle. This lot is in
dispute, and is claimed by P. Donahue
and also by the Board of Education.
The case was recently tried in the Nine
teenth District Court and resulted in a
verdict in favor of Donahue. The
school-house was occupied for the first
time about three weeks ago, and no at
tempt whatever was made to prevent
the scholars from assembling there un-
til yesterday morning. Mr.. Donahue,
feeling elated over his victory in the
court, determined that no further dis
pensation of knowledge should take
place again within its walls. He was
on hand early yesterday morning with
his cohorts, and when the teachers and
scholars met there as usual they were
informed that admission to the school
house was impossible. The teachers,
after brief consultation among them
selves, concluded that school would be
held though the heavens fell. Then,
marshaling their pupils, they marched
them to within short distance of the
impregnable school-house and seated
them all upon the sidewalk, under a
friendly shelter of high board fence.
The village Hampdens, to the number
of thirty or thereabouts, were then
given the lesson of the day, and despite
the airy condition of their mproviscd
schoolroom and the curious glances of
the many passers-by, they settled down
to their work, oblivious of all surround
ings. This condition of affairs contin-
ued up to the recess hour, when the
scholars were dismissed for their mid
day pastimes. At one o'clock the
warning tinkle of the school-bell called
them together again, when they moved
from the scene of their morning exer-
cises to the porch of an unoccupied
house adjacent to the disputed school
room. They continued there for
short time, until an officer approached
with a warrant for the arrest of the
bold Donahue, when flank movement
was executed by them and they once
more took possession of the school,
house, and there they remained until
dismissed for the day. The school
house is now in possession of the repre-
scntatives of the School Department,
and unless to-day Donahue finds some
other means to circumvent the present
holders the scholars will meet there.
Several police officers were on hand
during the day and prevented by their
presence any breach of the peace
San Francisco Chronicle.
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Tact.

Tact literally means touch. 1t is that
quality by which one ''feels'' his way.
1t is something more than skill ll-some-
thing more than judgment; it is spon-
taneous common sense. 1t is that
power by which one knows how to do
the right thing in absence of precedents
and rules. 1t delights in emergencies
and glories in exceptional cases. 1t ar
rives at conclusion too quickly for
analysis of the steps that lead to it, and
you recognize it only when it has ac-
cemplished its object, as a bullet which
is seen only when it hits the target, not
in its passage through the air. Syllog-
isms are useless and similar cases.
ignored. Tact is to talent what genius
is to knowledge, the one forges and
shapes what the other gathers. Tact
creates, talent accumulates. Tact in
vents, talent discovers. Talent knows
what to do, tact knows hoU to do it.
Talent is wealth, tact is ready money.
The one is momentary, intentional, the
other is long and laborious. Tact pre-
supposes quick perception, lively SYM
pathy, versatility and ready adaptahili-
ity to circumstances 1t can be culti-
waited, but is largely a native quality.
When cultivated it is apt to become
cunning, craftiness, manipulation, and
degenerates into insincerity. 1t will
never do to lose the innocency of the
dove in the wisdom of the serpent.
Tactis always truthful, legitimate, hon.
est. 1t studies opportunities, and has
keen sense of the eternal fitness of
things. The Scotch minister who
preached against the sin of luxury to
an audience not three of whom had
shoes on their feet, was wanting in
tact. As we say, his ''tingers are all
thumbs his zeal is untempered with
knowledge. Such a man, from such a
want, is bungling workman. He be-
comes, in his rashness, moral Jehu,
who overturns more of the chariots of
God than he safely drives. Tact adapts
itself to the occasion, to the persons
with whom it deals. 1t is as necessary
for the physician to know the human
body as to know his medicine-chest.
Voltaire said of the physicians of
France. that :. they put drugs Of which
they knew little into bodies of which
they knew less to cure diseases of which
they knew nothing. " Educational
Monthly.
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aE kp gHuIDAE APlatl ISIS

fun of dash after the mustangs. AWAY
they go pell-mell, in q panic, and the
tame horse galloping swiftly after them.
Down they tumble Knocked over
in the confusion. snorting and fiinging
great fecks of foam from their dilated
nostrils, trampling over each other in
mad haste, each for himself. and the
American horse sweeping after them.
Now the vaquero stands up in his
saddle, and the lasso swings round and
round in circle over his head. Swish!
1t sings through the air with whirring
sound, and opens out in great rings,
while the loop spreads wider and wider,
and at last drops plump over the head
of mustang. The vaquero's horse
pulls up with sudden halt, and sinks
back on his launches. and braces his
fore feet out in front. All! How the
dust flies! The mustang is fast, held
by the slip-knot, and he rears up and
plunges in wild and frantic terror. The
rope strains terribly, but the vaquero
watches his chances, and takes in the
rope every time it slackens. It is of
no use! The poor mustang is hard and
fast. Perhaps another rider comes up
and filings another lasso over his head.
Then they ride round him. and the
mustang is twisted and tangled in the
ropes till he can hardly move. He
falls, and rolls, and kicks furiously,
and all in vain. Painting, exhausted
and conquered, he at last submits to
his fate. His free days are over, and
he seems to know it. A few more
struggles, and he recognizes that man
is his master, and, perhaps, in one or
two days he. submits to Bit in his
mouth, and becomes tame horse for
the rest of his life. If, by any chance,
he escapes before he is broken in, and
runs away to join his wild companions,
he seems never to forget that terrible
lasso, and if he sees the vaquero again,
he will stand, trembling and frightened,
too much terrified TO even run away
Charles barnard, in st. Nicholas for
April.
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A Bookkeeper in Distress.

We met "Old Mose' the other day,
and noticed that there was dark cloud
lowering over his respondent brow.
"What is the matter, unclep" we
asked.
He shook his head as if he had moth
ing left to live for, and said:
"Pse in peck of trouble. De Lord
knows where dis heah is gwine to end.
Use done gibit up.'
"What is the trouble aboutp'
After several signs that seemed to
come up from the bottom of his boots,
he explained that he was the Secretary
of the local colored Lodge of Freema-
sons; that he was the custodian of the
books; that for keeping the books he
was paid by the lodge ten dollars
month; that every Saturday night, aft
er the lodge was over, he carried the
books home and turned them over to
the 8. ole 'oomam, Aunt Dinah,' for
safe keeping, and she slowed them
away in her trunk, !" along wild her
'fishal flowers, and fedders, end finery
-and sich." He also stated th at he had
forgotten to mention to Aunt Dinah
that he was receiving ten dollars a
month for keeping the books, and he
had uniformly forgotten to turn over to
her the aforesaid ten dollars, but had
squandered the same for his own little
personal expenses; that some unknown
demon had informed Dinah that Old
Nose was getting ten dollars for keep
ing the books. and consequently when
he remarked the other evening that it
being time for him to go to the lodge,
and upon requesting her to hand him
out the books, instead of doing so she
sat down on the trunk and positively
refused to turn over the documents un-
til he paid over the ten dollars. When
he told her the ten dollars were~ his'n
for keeping the books, she retorted:
who's been keepin' dem ar books?
Hasn't been keepin' de books in de
trunk all de timer Ham out dem
funds watts comm to me for keepin' de
books"
ssWhat did you tell her, MoseP'
81 tole her wanted dem books to
keep de minits in, dat she didn't know
how to keep de books, but she lowed
she was gwine to show me she knowed
how to Keep de books, and, shuah's
you's bawn, she is keepin' 'em. De
lodge has pinted committee to in
vestigate my accounts, and dar she is
squattin' on de trunk holdin' out her
han for de ten dollars l'se done spent.
Doesn't yer know somebody who wants
ten dollars wuf Of whitewashin' done
in advancep''
The best part Of the foregoing is that
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IOWA STATE NEWS.

] MRs. CLAnA C.xrnox von.r o,,r -,
/ cuteen years old wss bro,, rht f-or,
Sioux City, on the 2ath, and lodged in Jail to
await trial upon the charge of numbering her
thirteen-monfhs-o old step-child. She asserts
that the child took poison. that was meant for
rats, without her knowledge.
JonS WAncurru was sred rnon =,
| known ncrson rccentIv near ~ - ~ = ~. ua
ferson Township lee rounts ~. NJ, nass,ss ays
fbrouob bis hin s-s 's' p''s'ins
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How . Boy Caught . Fish with His
Nose.

FEW years ago. little boy was
out fishing with his mother, on Crooked
Lake, in the western part Of New York;
or, perhaps / should say. she was fish
ing, and he was looking over the side
Of the boat. He could see the fish dart
ing about here and there, and liked to
watch them, and he put his face a. close
down to the water as he could to see
them more plainly.
A big trout came along, and ssw
something smooth and round and white
close TO the top of the water. It was
the boys nose. The trout was hungry.
and suppose he thought It was =
piece Of meat, or something else good
to est; 70 be gave = spring out Of the