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A Watermelon Joke.

Mr.. Thomas Bray, manager OF the
Crescent Tube works, at Pittsburg, Pa,
left the factory at the usual hour one
night recently, but in passing the office
was halted by the treasurer, who
handed him q watermelon. Mr.. Bray
at first demurred, on account of the dis
lance home, but at length took the
fruit, and placed it before the children
Immediately on reaching home: 1t was
handled the knife. The blade suddenly
struck q box. which was taken from the
center of the melon, and on being
opened was found to contain a gold
watch ami chain. The watch was ln'
scribed as follows: ITO Thoman Bray
manager, from the employees of the
Crescent Tube works, as a testimonial!
of respect" Mr., Bray, astonished and
surprised, was conducted to the p;arlor,
where Mrs. B. exhibited a handsome
silver waterset, presented to her by tho
came artips.
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Substitutes for Sea. Bathing.

People who have no opportunity to
enioy sca-bathing will be glad to know
that a substitute nearly if not quite as
STRENGTHENING is found in IN ammonia
bath. A gill of liquid ammonia in 4 pail
of water makes an invigorating solution,
whose delightful effects can only be
compared to a plunge in the surf. To
weak persons this is recommended as an
incompatible luxury and tonic. 1t
%cleanses the skin and stimulates it won.
derfully, and leaves the flesh rs firm and
cool as marble. More than this, the
ammonia p%uriies the body from all odor
OF perspiration. Those in whom the
secretion is unpleasant viii find relief By
using q spoonful of tho mixture in a
basin of water and washing the armpits
with it every morning.
Many people find great comfort and
benefit from saltwater baths arranged
ia this way: A coffse-cup Of fine dis
titled salt is mixed with a gallon OF
water, and with a hair glove or Russian
bath-cloth the body is thoroughly
bathed with the mixture, rubbing until
the body is aglow. Then follows an
exhilaration akin to surf-bathing. The
druggists sell boxes OF salt specially
prepared, and weighing three pounds,
for ffty-fve cents. For a delicate child
such a bath is recommended az specially
beneficial.
Many people find an occasional bran
bath greatly improves the condition OF
the skin. The French women lind 1t
leaves their dark, clear skin as softa as q
baby's. A peck of common bran, to be
had at any Of the. tsed-stores, is stirred
into q tub of warm water. The rubbing
of the scaly particles ofthe bran cleanses
the skin, while the gluten in it sottens
and strengthens the tissues. The fric'
ton OF the loose bran calls the blood to
the surface, and nervous and irritable
people find special benefit from it Tor
their minds rs we'll as their bodies.
Physicians say the habitual use OF soap
upOn the face leaves tie skin brown,
and recommend q little oatmeal IN the
water or the ammonia suggested above.
Ladies' who have moist or oily skins
should use quite hot water tor their
baths, and q little fine bay rum rubbed
over the face, or q little OF any OF the
fine toilet waters. A tablespoonful in
the washbowl of water prevents that
shiny appearance of the skin which Is
so annoying.
Those famous beauties on whose
charms the worlds eye rested and never
grew weary, Diana, of Poitiers, and
Ninon dc rEnclos, attributed the pres
ervation OF their charms and health to
the continued use Of the rainwater
bath-a recipe for loneliness within the
reach of the ugliest and poorest o
Womankind.
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japanese and Chinese.

Comparing the Japanese and, Chinese
students now enrolled in American
schools and colleges, several marked
contrasts and likenesses are made evil
dent. The most prominent difference
in respect to external characteristics Is
the greater readiness with which the
former adopt the dress and manners OF
the Western wcrld. The Japanese
DIRE. ses a Is European, and in excellent
taste; the Chinaman still braids his
oueue, and wears his loose trousers and :
blouse. The Japanese is more easily
denationalized; the Chinaman is con
stantly impressed with the duty OF ioV-
ing and serving the land that gave hin
birth, and is giving him education. The
latter leanrs the English Ian guage with
greater ease, and uses 1t with greater
facility; the former, after q residence
of even five OF six years, e~xperlences,l IN
the case Of not a few individuals, diff
Guilty in conducting an ordinary CONVEX
sation. Both manifest much Difference
to authority, and are models OF decorum
and politeness. The japanese belongs
relatively to higher caste; the major
ity of the Chinese students are from
the middle class of the empire. In
mental characteristics the contrasts ore
less marked than in physical. The ex-
c~ellencies and tie defects Of the two
types of mind are similar. Ia each the.
memory is developed to a degree not
commonly attained by an American
schoolboy; and the Chinese draw
forms and figures which they have once
seen with marvellous accuracy. The
superior development Of the memory
seems to weaken the growth OF the
logical faculties; and difficulty in con-
ductinga processes of thought, OF ordi-
nary i~ntricacy, is one of the first defects
whicha ;teacher notices in their mental
constitution. Intellectually, both are
clear-sighted rather than far-sighted;
and are distinguished for exactness IN
thought and statement, Considered as
a whole, the Chinese make more rapid
progress in linguistic, and the japanese
in mathematical studies. The former
are by temperament the moro passive,
the latter the more impulsive. Both
are hard students, and. though seldom
ranking first, maintain a credltaole
stand in their classes. In respect 70
moral character, also, as well as intel-
lectual, a high degree of similarity -
obvious. Neither, as a body, is addicteo
to the USE of liquors or tobacco, ana
both art free from the vices to when
American college youth are somewhat
subiect.-Scri5ner. :
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The Mother Rules the World.

1t is hard tor q young mother, who
has not yet overcome the wayward ten
denotes of her own youthful nature. to
realize the influence she extrts over her
own little ones. She is constantly sur
rounded by critical imitators. who copy
her morals and manners. AS the
mother is, so are her sons and daughters.
If a family of children is blesset with
an intelligent mother, who is delicate
and refined in her manners, and DIES
not consider it necessary to be o.: e
woman in q drawing-room and an en-
tirely different person in ev :ry-day
life, but who is a true mother and al
ways q tender, charming woman, you
will invariably see her habits OF speech
and perfect manners repeated IN her
children. Great, rough men and noisy
BOYS will always tone down their voices
and step lightly, and try to be more
mannerly when she stops to give then
o kind word or a pleasant smile; for p
true mother will never fail to say or co
all the pleasant things that she AN tLat
will in any way help or lift up and cheer
those whose lives are shaded with care
and toll. The mother,,ot to-day rules
the world Of tomorrow.
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1t proved to be q false alarm, how
ever, from ONE over-timorous lady. and
he was presently nee more at my side,
dripping and smiling.
ooh, I forgot about the sequel" said
he, shaking himself in imitation of Zip,
who was, moreover, enjoying q roll upon
the dry sand. "And that, as it has since
become known to certain inquiring folks
about the hotel here, though not to you
newspaper people, constituted about all
the romance there was in the adventure,
after all.
1.-THE reunited couple were from some
Connecticut city, where, after q married
life of three years, they had been d.
vorced two summers before, by reason
of incompatability Of temper, which con-
stitutes sufficient grounds for severance
of the marriage tie in that State, I IN
derstand. 1t seems, however, that they
had all along truly loved each other,
and might have lived happily together,
but for their temperamental dlfterences
having been secretly and constantly
famed into flames of bitterness by n
false friend OF the husband. This mai
the same as was drowned, as you will
readily conceive-was also enamored OF
the wife, whom he hoped to marry after
the divorce, which was ultimately Sc
cured through his villainous machl-
nations.
"In this, though, he was destined to
deserved disappointment. She went
with her little girl to q wealthy rela-
tive's house in Philadelphia, where she
steadfastly refused to listen to his suit.
But, not possessing a great deal of force
of character, she feared him quite as
much as she loathed him; and, unfor-
tunately, the fellow received the coun-
tenance and urgent support of the rela-
tives with whom her necessities COM
PEELED her to make q home.
"She was goaded and almost forced
to accompany him everywhere, and,
though openly expressing her dislike,
to listen to his persistent advances, and
his alternate threats and appeals. Such
was the state of affairs upon the day
that witnessed the episode of the surf l
have narrated.
"Her encounter with her divorced
husband in the breakers was purely acct
dental on both sides-a happy chance:
Their long-hidden but unsmothered
love burst out afresh at the first sight of
each other, and, naturally enough, they
rushed into each others arms.
mo sympathy has been expressed for
the dro Wned villain, and it is said that
the divorced couple, 50 romantically
thrown together by fate, have lost no
time in marrying over again, in another
State"
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Dip a new broom in hot water to make
it durable.
The Marathon Independent calls tents
lighthouses.
Mr.. William H. Vanderbilt is fifty
nine years of age.
A case OF suspended animation- I
Swinging in ahammock.
"Blind Tom".snow wears the name OF.
professor W. F. Raymond"
Strange to say when the mosquito is
on the wing he is always at hum.-SsM
SptccT.
Over 80, 900 buffalo hides have been
shipped from Custer City, Montana, this
season. :
A Texas dog was born without q
tail, and he will sit right down beside
an old kettle.
Africa has 10, 1000 Protestant converts,
the result of the efforts Of thirty-three
missionary societies.
The soft blue-stone rock which under
lies q wide part OF the prairie region Of
Texas is 900 feet thick in many places.
Will Wade went to Des Moines, L.,
to purchase q wedding suit, was taken
with diphtheria, and was taken homea
corpse.
A young man of society out making
a call MAJ wear two watches and
yet not know when it is time to 60
home. (
A summons in q breach of promise
suit against the bridegroom was sent in
among the bridal presents at an Iowa
wedding.
Property-owners in Brook avenue
have the privilege Of grading aud regu5
lstine said avenue between i4lst and
l46th streets at their own expense.
The census Of Utah reveals the fact
that the GENTLE population has in
creased 900 per cent, while the Mormon
increase has only been forty:t1ve per.
cent. I.
$50 out, young man, she's not herer
said q preacher in the midst Of his SER
mon, to q youth whom he saw standing
hesitatingly at the portaL-RochestsT
Nrpress.
A cattle herder named King, living
near the Cheyenne river, Dakota, re-
Gently lassoed q f~our-year-old buffalo,
and is now endeavoring to domesttcate
/ the animal.
There are many unpleasant things IN
this vale of tears, but q collar and . but
tonbole large enoughto stick sozra hea9
through viii cause you about q fsucfrs
trouble as the rest of them.
More lighthouses can be seen from
Black Point, Conn.,, than from any other
summer resort on the New England
coast. On a clear evening you can count
fifteen lights.
In former years Austria used to Ina
port a considerable quantity Of sugar
and export little. Bounties having
stimulated home production, there are
now no imports OF sugar but Large Z
norris.
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At the Cleaning.

Soft feecy clouds athwart the evening sky,
Seem like a veil across a loved ones lace,
Hiding its beauty from the passer by,
Yet lending 10 the covering sweeter grace.
The shadows deepen, and tho night comes
down,
Folding in its embrace the weary earth.
Across the river in the distant town,
The lights fash up, like stars OF Later birth;
While slowly in the West theScrescent sinks
To rise in glory or another scene
OF more transcendent loneliness, methinhs,
Than aught that earth can offer-nore
serene;
And dreaming Of a world than this more fair,
My spirit longs to cleave the ambrient ais;
-LtHo ~. Cushmen.
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Meager county, Montana has n won
derful cave. An arched passage thirty
feet wide, many feet high, and seventy
feet long conducts the visitor to a spa
cious apartment six feet in width and leo
feet in length. From this room passages
open on all sides into other chambers
one of which is estimated to be lG0 feet
square, with a dome-shaped ceiling riS-
ing to o height of eighty feet.
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A Young man OF Woodford county,
ILL.,, has died of the effects Of taking too
severe a shock of electricity while at
tending q circus. He was strong and
wanted to show the other boys present
how much he could stand; therefore the
foil force of the battery was turned on
and in a few days the quiet village Gem
ctery received an occupant.
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In the Dark.

Midnight brooded weird and lone;
Nothing broke the wintry gloom
Save the drowsy monotone
OF the clock, as, one by one,
From its steady hands the minutes fell into
my silent room.
Close beside the larger bed
Stood the cradle in its place;
Mid it's blankets, softly spread,
Lay the baby's golden head,
And his light breath, coming, going, gently
famed against my lace.
Something in the darkness stirred,
Warmly nesting at my side
Like q little sleepy bird,
"Mamma?" very low the word;
Hush and darkness made the narrow space
between us seem so wide.
Then I mur1nured, as he lay,
"Mamma's close beside you, dear;
Soon the night will 60 away,
By-and-bye it will be day;
in the morning when my baby wakens, man.
ma will be here"
Wandering fingers toward me crept;
"Mamma, let me hold your hand;"
Clasping it he hushed and slept;
Clasping bis 1 could have wept,
Humbled by that perfect trust which needed
not 10 understand.
Years have passed me by since then;
Long the little bed has stood
Empty, silent; yet, again,
Thrilling deeper than my pain,
Comes the tender voice to Danish every bitter,
doubling mood.
Through the voiceless hush Of death,
Through lte's midnight dark and dim,
Turning into Christ, who saith
To each asking soul, "Have faith"
Heavenward I reach my LONGING, human
hands to Him.
Does Flo Take them? Ay, he does!
All the cbasm deep and wide
Spanning by his love that flows
Freely for all human woes,
shall wake in heavens bright morning with
my baby by my side.
Caroline Leslie, in the Christian Union.
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The French elections which have just
taken place show q steady and rapid
gain in popularity for the republic, and
the weakening of the numerous non
archical and other factions which 60 to
make up the opposition party or con
| servatives. The elections were for the
| officers Of the many departments or dis
tricts into which France is divided.
The departmental councils participate
with the municipal delegates in the cleo
tions of senators.
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A man recently from Leadville, Col,
says there are not less than 900 we'll edu-
cated.and refined young men in that
city who are literally begging bread from
door 10 door. The country is beginning
to understand the condition Of things
there,
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THE CENSUS OF THE CITIES.

| The Census OF Nearly all tho Chief Cities
OF tho United Statos--Comparsions
with 1870.
The following returns, except those
marked with an asterisS. are the re-
ported official figures Of the census in
most of the chief cities Of the countr y:
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The ancient refined Greeks gave much
attention to improving the breeds OF
horses, sheep, swine and poultry. The
Romans took great pride in agriculture.
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and under its benign influence they en-
Joy in dream and delirium the halcyon

Joy in dream and dellrlum Inc naIcyon
days of Monco Capac. p
Professor Steele. of the American
Pharmaceutical association, from whose
articles on coca I CLEAN these facts, says
COCOA is both salutary and nutritious.
in fact, the best gift the Creator could
have bestowed upon the unfortunate
Indians. They always carry q bag OF
which they draw three times a day
with as much pleasure and delight as a
connoisseur in tobacco smoke from a
fragrant Havana. 1t imparts brilliancy
to the eye and q more animated ex-
preston of the features, agility to the
step and a general appearance OF con;
tent" Indeed one can scarcely read
Professor Steele's article without wish.
ing to test the virtues of this great anti
dote for the blues. The ordinary dose
for adults of the fluid extract is a table
spoonful.
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The city of New York's consumption
of postage stamps amounts to about
500. 600 q week.
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TIMELY TOPICS.

Napoleon the First said that agricul-
ture was the body and soul of the en-
pire, and in the height of his glory he
gave the subject attention and en-
couragement, and established in France
a department of agriculture. From the
start given to this great art, the nursing
mother of all the arts, France has be-
come the richest and n Of the most
powerful and prosperous among the peo-
pie of the earth; thirty-nine out Of every
forty of her population, according to
statisticians, do not spend their income,
but lay something by.
The Marquis Tseng, the Chinese
plenipotentiary, when he arrived at
Berlin the other day, went through some
odd courtesies with L~i-Fong-Pao, the
Chinese ambassador to Germany. On
arriving at the hotel the two gentlemen
began their formal Asiatic solutions.
They folded their hands, fell on their
knees, and threw themselves on the
ground with outstretched arms. The
members of the two embassies saluted
each other in the same manner, and
then they all exchanged their visiting
cards, which are strips Of red paper a
foot long and half q. foot broad.
While tunneling under rivers is going
on apace in various parts OF the world
q greater enterprise is contemplated
beneath the English channel. On both
the English and French shores shafts
have been sunk for the purpose of test
ing the character of the soil and rock.
The French shaft has temporarily sus-
pended operations, from some difficult
ties not insurmountable; the English
sha #, sunk ninety feet between Folke,
stone and Dover, has been inspected and
found satisfactory thus far by M. Leon
Say and the French engineers; and now
some very deep headings will be driven.
These experiments will be watched
with interest by timorous and seasick
travellers, whose desire to cross the
channel is thwarted by fear of ship
wreck or qualms. The cost of the sub
marine tunnel will be prodigious, par
ticularly if the drilling should prove
difficult, but the railway travel through
it will perhaps pay the interest thereon.
The English and French railways which
would profit by the enterprise furnish
the funds for the experiments.
One of the extraordinary and unac-
countable panics which every now and
then break out in different parts of India
appears to be now prevailing in Madras
city. A rumor has got abroad, and is
firmly believed in by the lower classes
of the natives, that the government is
about to sacrifice q number Of human
beings in order to insure the safety Of
the new harbor works, and has ordered
the police to seize victims in the streets.
So thoroughly is the idea implanted that
people are afraid to venture out after
nightfall. There was a similar scare in
Calcutta some seven or eight years ago,
whan the Hooghly bridge was being
constructed. The natives then got hold
of the idea that Mother Ganges, indig-
nant at being bridged, had at last con-
sented to submit to the insult On the
condition that each pier of the structure
was founded on a layer of children's
heads.
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IN THE RESTAURANT.

1.-Two moro dishes Of cream"
To the wafer he cried,
His eyes staring wildly,
His m nth open wide;
"Ilove her most madly,
To marriage I'm bent,
And I'll satisfy her appetite
fit takes my last cert"
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sUnoficial, estimated.
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q great header came combing and top

q great header came combing and top
ping in, burying them out of sight just
hats they managed to seize a rope, and
when they reappeared he was laughing
boisterously, while she resignedly kept
her place, though still shrinking from
contact with him.
80 says I to myself, it wasn't the
water she was afraid Of so much as OF
the man.
"Just then the little girl came skip
ping down to the waters edge, crying
out in high glee at recognizing her
mother in the surf, and tossing her
bucket and spade about as she retreated
from some Dreaming ripples, which,
nevertheless, overtopped her tiny
CATERS before she could get beyond their
reach.
"The lady waved her hand, a little
sadly, l thought, toward the child, and
vas then dragged out considerably fur
Their along the rope by her companion.
The latter being q capital swimmer then
left her in peace, and began to swim
pretty far out. Indeed, he vas making
such bold wide circuits beyond the out
ermost cork attachment to the rope, that
l, laying my hand on lips collar, was
about to shout out a warning to him
concerning the dangerous undertow,
when I saw him beginning to swim
swiftly in shore again, as though he had
just recognized some one or the sands.
Just at this moment q gentleman
passed me on his way into the water,
and I felt instinctively that it was he,
the recognition or appearance of whom
had caused the bold swimmer TO so sud
denly change his mind and take the back
track for the shore.
"He was q tall, handsome, distracted
looking man, OF middle gc,and a gentle
man every inch of him, by his walk and
bearing, in spite of the miserable, ILL
fitting old bathing costume they had
palmed off on him.
"He seemed to be unaware of the
presence of any other bather on this
particular rope, for the lady was pretty
far out, with her back turned toward
him, and it was a question whether he
could have made out her features in any
event, ust then, they were so over
Swallowed by the overhanging coal
scuttle bat, which every now and then
the white-caps toppled over, making
her look like q mermaid in the waves.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-10-19

Msrriea--At Bcllcvicw Church,
Oct IA, a, 8 o'clock, p D., by Rev. a.
w. MeaclIam, Mr. Edward A. Stowe,
oil this county, and Miss Ella Richard
son, of Ceroleau Springs, Ky.
Attcndants-Fred Stowe with Mics
Fannie Richardson; Robert Daker,jr,
with Miss Mary stowe; Chas. nj.