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It is said that American children are
spoiled by over-indu]gence, and are con-
sequently ill-behaved and bad-man-
nered, but Japanese children, who are
treated with extraordinary Difference,
and made vast deal of, are reputed to
be the quietest and pleasantest. Tray
elers in Japan say that nothing is de-
MED there to child; his or her ques-
tion receives ready answer from the
most silent, and his request is granted
by the most churlish. All persons, in
every grade of life, show little folks uni
form courtesy and gentleness, and why
these do not take advantage of this
over-regard and tenderness, as they do
in the United States, is beyond ex-
PLANTATION, unless We admit that there
is a marked difference in the race
The Japanese mother, however, is far
from being so happy as her American
sister. She is so wholly subordinated
to the child as to be injured and de-
graded The father often beats her he
cause the child has fallen down or met
with an accident. She has only two
functions in his eyes-to bear children
and enslave herself for them after their
birth. The effect of such superabund-
ant care and devotion is bad, too, upon
the child, who grows up without self
understanding or self-reliance. Ger
tainly, this is not true of our offspring,
and it is curious to observe what re.
markable difference is developed in the
East and West by well nigh the same
treatment.
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New STYLES in Tableware.

Pompeiian red on cream ground is the
prettlest kind of ware, they tell me.
Some of the crown Derby comes in
those colors, and you can find it in
cheaper styles. There is revival of
the old Brosely pattern, which looks
like gooseberry bush in winter, being
a fine tracery of delicate twigs and
thorns, and you can buy this in red or
blue on white ground, and there are
some new Limoges cups and saucers,
with cloiso'1me finish. They are tri-
angular, with their three sides different
both in color and design, and the
saucers are divided into three sections
to match the cups. There are lovely
desert plates in the same ware, but cir
cular. They represent half dozen
plates, each one decorated with it's own
special design, and partly hidden by the
next. Then there are some new lily
candlesticks, with the lily pad forming
the base and the stems twisting and
turning themselves to make the most
graceful Of handles; the candle stands
III one lii y chalice that holds itself
erect. There is a Minton vase abso-
lutely perfect in outline and almost
transparent, that is painted with won
derful crimson and golden orchids, and
has bronze Medusa heads for handle,
and bronze sea-horse upon it's cover.
There are some pretty little red and
sea-green and brown vases with clus-
tiers of white flowers clinging to them
as if tossed there, and some Minton
pilgrim bottles that have exquisitely-
painted boyish figures upon Them
Cor. Boston TRANSCRIPT.
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Webster'S Advice to His Son.

WASHINGTON June %, 1884.
MY DEAR Son: Fletcher wrote me
from Exeter, the next day after your
arrival, and informed me that you had
been so fortunate as to be received at
Col. Chadwick's, and was commencing
your studies: I am glad you are SO well
situated, and trust you will make prog
ress in your studies. You are at a
most important period of life, my dear
son, soon growing up to be a young
man, and boy no longer, and I feel
great anxiety for your success and hap
piness. I beseech you to be attentive
to all your duties, and to fulfill every
obligation with cheerfulness and pune
tualty. Above all, remember your
moral and religious concerns. Be con
slant at church and prayer, and every
other appointment for worship. There
can be no solid character and no true
happiness which are not founded on a
sense Of religious duty. Avoid all evil
company and every temptation, and
consider that you have now leftKyour
fathers house and gone forth to i'm
prove your own character and prepare
your own mind for the part you are to
lead in life. All that can be done for
you by others will amount to nothing
unless you do much for yourself. Cher
ish all the good counsel which your
dear mother used to give you, and let
those of us who are yet alive have the
pleasure of seeing you come forward as
one who gives promise of virtue, USE
fulness and distinction. I fervently
commend you to the blessing of our
Heavenly Father.
Your afectionate father,
DANIEL WEBSTER.
EDWARD WEBSTER
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Advertised.

Putting her head into the postofhce
window, she shouted at the astonished
custodian of the mails, "Advertised!"
Marin" said he, after partially recover
ing hi. sef:possession, what did you
wish ?" "Advertisedi" she repeated,
louder than before. By force of Gus
tom he managed to ask, "What name,
parm?" Again came the same reply,
@Advertisedw but this time supple
mented with the demand, "An how
long wild yez kape a body shtanding
here while yez be garruping loike a
moon calf in shtable? Wud yez liver
give me me letther, I soy?" "But what
is your name, my dear woman?" "Och,
don't yez dear woman me, yez ould
sinner! Don't yez name to abode by
yez own directions entoirely, yez old
bald-headed divil? Didn't yez put in
til the papers, Persons calling for let
theirs will Place say advertised!' And
haven't Oh made myself hoarse wild say
ing, sadyertised! advertised! adver-
tised!' Give me me letther, Oh say!
That liver Bridget McShaugnessy
should ha' been thrilled wild by the
loikes of yell" The letter was forth
coming ere she had done, and the Post
master sank back in his chair with q
sigh of relief, while Bridget left the
Office with a very red face and a perfect
cataract of RS escaping from her mouth.
Boston Transcript.
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EurODe's Rich CITY.

Frankfort-on-the-Main, now contain
ing population of about 100, 900, is re-
puted to be the richest city Of it's size
in the whole world. If it's wealth were
equally divided among it's inhabitants,
every man, woman and child would
have, it is said, 10000 marks, or some
$4,000 apiece. There are as may be
supposed good many very poor people
in the town; but the citizens are, as 8
whole, in unusually comfortable cir
cumstances, more SO probably than the
citizens of any other capital in Ger
many or Europe. It is asserted that
there are 100 Frankforters worth from
$4,000,000 to $5,0OO0O0 each, and $50
who are worth 100000 and upward.
The city is one of the great banking
centers of the globe. It's aggregate
banking capital is estimated at $780,
100000, more than one fourth of which
the famous Rothschilds, whose original
and parent house is there, own and
control. The annual transactions in
bills of exchange are in excess of $780,
100000. It's general trade and manu-
featuring industries have greatly in
creased since the formation Of the Ger
man empire, to which Frankfort was
originally averse, being free city and
an opponent of Prussia until coerced in
July, 1856, by Gen. Won Falkenstein,
who entered it at the head of an army
and imposed a fine Of 81 100000 forms
for its characterization. Frankfort is
such place for conventions and assem-
bles of all sorts that it is very apt to be
full of strangers, and is consequently
very expensive and by no means salts
factory to tarry in.
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The SunhOWer.

In many districts in the West the
traveller viii see growing Immediately
about the doors Of farm houses beds Of
sunfowers. The belief of many is that
the growing sunfower is a protection
from malaria and preventive of the
low fevers Of malarious districts. This
plant, we believe, is made of but small
practical use in America. A scientific
writer upon the helianthus says:
Elsewhere the sunfower, if not ad-
mired, is esteemed for practical reasons.
Many of our native aboriginals make
bread of the seeds. It is cultivated in
the South of Europe sometimes as a
field crop, the seeds being used as a
food for cattle and poultry, and also for
making oil, which is little inferior to
olive oil, is burned in lamps, and en-
ployed in the manufacture of soap.
Meal and bread are said to be got from
the seeds in P Portugal, and these, roasted,
are often substituted for coffee. The
seeds are also used like almonds for
4uaking soothing emulsions, and in some
parts of the Old World are boiled and
fed to infants. The leaves are good
fodder for cattle, the stems serve for
fuel, and contain much potash. The
different species of sunfower indigen-
Gus to the United States number some
forty, scattering from ocean to ocean,
and from New England to the Gulf.
For plant generally counted unworthy
as it is with us, it surely has many valu-
able uses.
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Concerning Lizards,

The common lizards of the West In
dies are extremely fond of music. In q
listening attitude, they will approach
the open window of room in which
music is played, coming nearer and
nearer, with heads elevated, intently
listening. Ins a somewhat rare book,
entitled Barbados and Other Poems"
by NJ. J. Chapman London, 1885, this
habit of the lizard is thus referred to !:
Gay sounds are heard within the lighted haals7
The listening leaves the melody enthralls:
The charmed zephyr pauses as he flies,
And mingles with his strains the softest signs;
The wakened lizard leaves his bushy bed,
Climbs to the lattice and erects hls head.
A lizard, so engaged, had it's tail ac-
cidenta]ly cut off by the sudden closing
of the window on the sill of which it
was stationed. This curtailed lizard,
however, continued to visit the spot,
charmed by the music. After short
time it was noticed that the lost appen-
dage was gradually replaced by two.
This occurred at the house of friend
in Barbados. Mr.. II. s. Moseley, in
his charming work, Notes by Nat
uralist on the Challenger" London,
1879, remarks: It is curious how
little animals seem to be frightened by
long wand, like q fishing-rod. Ihave
seen Mr.. Thwaites, in Ceylon, put 4
moose of palm fiber, fastened at the top
of rod of this kind, over the heads Of
numbers of lizards, and carry them off
thus singled to put them into spirit
for DR.. Gunther. The lizards sat quiet
~ to receive the moose, though if we
had moved foot nearer to them they
would have run off at once" -T. Bland,
IN Science Mems.
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EgYntian Tales.

The Egyptian genius delighted in the
construction of stories. Some of the
stories have come down through the
Greeks, especially Herodotus, who gath
cred them during his travels, and mixed
them up in a confusion which is charm
ing, while it is perple0ng, with his his
torical notes; others survive in forms
more or less imperfect and INITIATED in
the PaPyruses. Some of them give a
sorry idea Of the morals and moral
tastes of the people; but we may hope
that in this respect they do them as
great injustice as the stories of the
French novelsts do to the people whose
life they shamelessly distort. Among
those which have come down through
the Greeks is the incident which is the
probable foundation of the story of
cinderella" It is related by Strabo,
Of Rhodopis, the "rosy-cheeked," who
became Queen Nitocris, and had her
name associated with one of the great
pyramids. The wind carried away her
sandal while she was bathing, and laid
it at the feet of the King, who was sit
ting in the open air. His attention was
attracted by its delicate and symmetrical
shape, and he sought her out and made
her his Queen. The most perfectly
preserved Of the stories in papyrus is
called "The Tale Of the Two Brothers."
and is full of incidents of peculiar
character. A tale called the Doomed
Prince" has attracted considerable at
tention, but it is abruptly broken off by
the mutilation Of the only copy, and
leaves no clew to the ending. Many
other stories are in the same situation.
but what remains shows great richness
of fancy National Repository.
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New York Ticket Spectators.

During steamboat navigation the best
state-rooms are taken up by spectators.
In winter the same class devotes itself
to the theaters, in purchasing the best
seats. When an extraordinary attrac-
ton occurs, half the house may be
taken in advance, and those who wish to
see the performance can do so by pay
ing premium. The managers say the
case is hopeless; they cannot refuse the
seats to any one who offers the price.
The spectators show great tact. They
make opera and star engagements their
harvests, and $3.50 have been made in
one night. The speculator knows the
capacity of every theater, and the at
tractive power of every performer.
This, with capital of 5000, enables
him to make handsome living. There
is no remedy except for theater-goers to
buy tickets early, but this is seldom
done, and hence the speculator may be
considered a permanent institution.
Some Of them have been years in the
business, aud find it easy to make a
good living, as their profits average 800
a night through the season.
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Unsurpassed ssCheek.''

Exhibitors Of "cheek," If they could
be materialized, would command con-
siderable attention at fairs. At one of
these exhibitions q Bohemian printer
who cs">e to this city some time ago,
and who " s1hbed y while on this pa
per, would never fail to receive the first
premium, This i, y specimen: Going
up to the s'ta,s Eoase, he inquired for
the Governor. The Governor had gone
to dinner. He asked for Secretary
Frolich. That gentleman was in his
Office.
':Col. Frolich,' he began, "you are
printer; SO am I. Just now it is high
" essential that I should have dollar.
Lend me the amount and I will pay it
back tomorrow"
The Secretary happened to possess
the amount, and, moved by the "stick-
aod-rule" spirit, passed it over. The
printer smiled, bowed and left. Going
down and passing out into the street,
he hailed hackman:
"What will you charge to drive me
to Gov. Miller's residence and back to
the Capital Hotel?" .'
"One dollar"
Gall right"
"Give me the dollar"
'Certainly; I'd just as lief pay in
advance. I'm gentleman
He didn't pay over the dollar, but as
serted that he was a gentleman.
Arriving at the Governors residence,
the "comp" jumped out, ran up the
steps and rang the bell.
II must see the Governor" he said
to the servant.
"He is eating dinner,
"But I must see him Immediately.
Tell him to come here quick"
The servant few to the dining-room,
and the Governor hurried to the door.
Governor" said the visitor, IT dis
like to disturb you, but it is of an i'm
portant matter that I would speak. T
want to borrow five dollars!"
In history there may be an account
of door closing more suddenly, but
the committee appointed to search the
annals hasn't reported.-A arkansas
Gazette.
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The Philosophy of Blowing Out a Candle.

The Philosophy of Blowing Out Candle.
live blow a fire it burns more fercely,
but if We blow candle it goes out.
These two facts taken together are IA
miliar illustration of the influence of
temperature upon chemical affinity. In
both cases, that of the fire and that of
the candle, the burning is the combin-
ing of carbon and hydrogen with oxy-
gen. Now cold carbon or hydrogen may
lie in contact with oxygen for any length
of time without combining with either,
but if the substances are made red-hot
they instantly enter into chemical COM
bination. When a candle is burning,
the heat generated by the combustion
constantly raises new quantities of the
material to the temperature at which
combination with oxygen will take place,
and thus the combustion is kept up. But
if a current of air of a temperature far
below the combustion point is thrown
against the fame, the hot vapors are
swept away, and others which are rising
in their place ere so cooled that combi-
nation with oxygen no longer continues;
in other words, the candle ceases to
burn.
On the other hand, when we blow q
large fire, the mass of burning COM
bustion is SO great that, instead of the
carbon and hydrogen being cooled, the
oxygen is heated, and the combination
is made more active; in other words,
the fire burns more iercely.
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A worthy minister in the west OF Scot
land was regularly annoyed in the fore
noon by sleepy carrier. In the course
OF visiting, Saunders was demonstrated
with for his drowsiness, and pleaded as
an excuse heavy work and porridge for
breakfast. HIS clerical guide advised tea,
but to this Saunders demurred, as tea
"woulna lie on his stomach" 1t hap
pened one very warm day that the minis
ter felt sorely annoyed at the hearty snore
of Saunders, who sat in the gallery. Stop
ping suddenly in the middle of his ser
mon, the reverend gentleman. who knew
every member ofhis congregation, called
out to one John Blunt to awaken Saun7
ders. This having been done, to the be-
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TRE IRON PEN.

Jade from letter of Downward, the Prisoner
Chlllon; the handle of wood, from the friga,
constitution and bound with a circlet Of golt
inset with three precious stones from Siberi
CeylCn and Maine.1
/ Thought this pen would arise
ErOr the casket where it lies
o. itself would arise. and writet
NY rh2,.ls and my surprise.
When you gave it me under the pines,
,.;ea,lit Il these gems from the mines
I:f Siberia. CeSlon and Maine
Would Timlatr rs thoughts in the lines;
That this iron LINK from the chain
OF Bon ward might retain
Some verse Of the poet who sang
OF the prisoner and his pain:
That this wood from the friEate's mast
h.4,ht write me rhyme at last.
IS IT used to write on the SKY
It's SONY OF The sea and the blast.
But nloJioHllSS as wait
Like Ei>hup lying in state.
Lies tle pen. with its inter OF gold,
ALd its jewels iuviulate.
Yen mast I sl), ak and say
That tic light Of ti.:4t summer day
II, tl4e garden under the pines
snail not lad" AND pass away.
small see 90" standing there,
ares Vt Il By the fragrant air.
VIA tie ~nadJ" N you" face.
sd the 5ull>!ilC on your hair.
I ,uan ie,r the sweet low tone
az voice before uuknown
','l..G, = his is from me to YOU
lt''iH me. ANA to you alone.'
so In wo' ds not idle and vain
Sill! answer and thank you again
30" the gilt. and the grace of the gift
btau5l!ul Helen of Maine.
Md forever tl,is gift will be
~ blessing from you to me.
AS Il drop ot the dew of your youth
Nm III" leaves of an aged tree.
He'%y i. Ln,Ue'to,o, IN Ht1pe,''s Naga=ihe
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A Monkeys Trick.

One of the best things that ever was
heard Of happened in France not many
weeks ago. There lives in the south Of
France man of wealth, whose chateau
or country place of residence has
around it very tall trees. The cook Of
the chateau has a monkey, pert fellow
who knows ever SO many tricks. The
monkey often helps the cook to pluck
the feathers from fowls. On the day
that interests us the cook gave the
monkey two cartridges to pluck, and
the monkey, seating himself on an
open window, went to work. He had
picked the feathers from one of the
cartridges and placed it on the outer
ledge of the window with O satisfied
grunt, when, 10 all at once hawk flew
down from one Of the tall trees near by
and bore off the plucked bird. Master
Monkey was very angry. He shook his
fist at the hawk, which took a seat on
one OF the limbs not far off and began
to eat the partridge with great relish.
The owner of the chateau saw the sport,
for he was sitting in grape arbor, and
crept up to see the end eff it. The
monkey picked the other partridge and
laid it on che ledge in the same place,
then hiding behind the window screen
on the inside. The hawk was caught in
this trap, for when it flew down after
the partridge out reached the monkey
and caught the thief. In a moment the
hawks neck was wrung and the monkey
soon had the hawk plucked. Taking
the two birds to the cook, the monkey
handed them to him as if to say:
Here are your two cartridges, mas
ter The cook thought that one of the
birds looked queer, but he served them
on the table. The owner of the house
shook his head when he saw the dish,
and, telling the cook of the trick,
laughed heartily.
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SlOker's Brass Band,

Old Sloker got married last week, and
he went to his wife day or two ago and
told her he was going to make her a
present.
''Is it a new silk dress?" she huskily
inquired, while her eyes sparkled like
the optics OF half famished bloodhound.
'No, it amt a dressr' carolled old
Sloker, with a smile.
swell, what is IT. Tell me and put
me out of Misery
II am going to buy you brass band.'
~ don't want one"
80, yes you do,' persisted Sloker; ssyou
know you do, and I am just going to get
it for YOU"
'Who wants lot Of Dutchmen around
the place." sighed Mrs. s., tears begin.
ming to form in her pensive eyes.
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now without a charge, and the Jealous
vestrymen are currently believed to be
about to carry the church over to the Re
formed Episcopalians.
AS for the depraved Master Charles, he
has disappeared, and great hopes are en-
tertained by the apple and watermelon
growers of Clinton that he has gone to
fight the Indians, who can scarcely fail
to appreciate his luxuriant, curly hair
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~There amt no Dutchme1," explained
Sloker, as he rolled on the floor, and al
most destroyed himself with laughter.
"There amt no Dutchmen; this band is
q bracelet"
Then Mrs. S. dried away her mental
dew-drops and smiled as sweet as sum-
mer rose kissed by dawn.
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At the &rfndstOnes

A father never thinks his 10-year-old
son is stronger than horse until he
employs him to turn the grindstone to
sharpen an old ak that is about as sharp
at one end as the other. The old man
bears on until the lads eyes hang out
and his trousers buckle flies off, and,
just before he bursts blood vessel,
his father encourages him with the re-
mark: "Does- t-turn-hard ?" Thou
sands of boys have run away from home
and become pirates in order to escape
a second siege at the grindstone.
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The ''Esq." Brought the Money.

A young man, whose money did not
hold out as long as the State Fair,
dropped into the telegraph Office and
sent a dispatch to his father in the in
terror to forward him cash to reach
home with. When the receiving clerk
saw that the dispatch read @To John
Blank, Esq.," he suggested that a saw
ing could be effected by erasing the
ESQ.,"
"Well, mebbe you think so, but I
DON'T" replied the sender. "When I
am at home I can call him dad all dav
long, but when it comes down to black
and white you've got to ESQUIRE him
right up to the mines or walk home by
the dirt road. Don't you dare Leave
that off-not with the roads as muddy
as they are now!"
In about an hour the following an
swer was received:
To John Blank, Esq.,, forwards You
$40, and you can have more, if you want it.
JOHN BLANK, ESQ.
Didn't I tell ye?" chuckled the
young man as he read it. dads COM
mon enough when we're all home and
rushed to get fall wheat in, but the
minute his back gets rested and q
stranger comes along he weighs more
to the ton than any Esq on legs. I
tell ye, you don't know man till We
have hoed corn with him l"-Co217acil
Bluffs U71iO72.
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The Queen and LOngfeMOW.

When Mr.. Longfellow, says the Lon
don Literary World, visited Queen
Victoria, at Windsor Castle, the SER
wants crowded on the stairway and in
the lobbies to get view of him. On
the Queen asking them the next day
why this compliment was paid to the
poet, she was told that they used to
listen to Prince Albert reading
Evangeline" to his children, and,
knowing the.ines nearly by heart, they
longed to see the man who wrote
them.
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AT a funeral service in Slawson, Ct,
the minister, in his remarks, was dwell
ing upon the loss to the husband of the
deceased, when that worthy spoke up:
" Never mind me. Just throw your
heft on the CORPSE