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researches with the Photophone.

After working for some time with the
thermopile and galvanOmeter, 1t oc-
Cured to me several weeks ago that the
results thus obtained might be checked
by n more direct and simple form of eN-
pertinent. Placing the gases and vapors
in diathermanous bulbs, and, exposing
the bulbs to the action of radiant heat,
the gases and vapors ought, l considered,
to be rendered evident by ordinary eX-
pansion [ devised an apparatus with a
view Of testing this idea. But, ut this
point, and before my proposed gas
thermometer was constructed. / became
acquainted with the ingenious and
riginal experiments of Mr.. Graham
Bell, wherein musical sounds are obtained
through the action of an intermittent
beam of light upon solid bodies.
From the first, l entertained the
opinion that these singular sounds We're
caused by rapid changes of temperature.
producing corresponding changes Of
shape and volume II the bodies impiuCed
upon by the beam. But if this be the
case, aud if gases and vapors really
absorb radiant heat. they ought to pro
duce sounds more intense than those
obtainable from solids. Ipictured every
stroke of the beam responded to by a sud
den expansion of the absorbent gas, and
concluded that, when the pulses thus
excitedfollowed each other with sufficient
rapidity, a musical note must be the
result. It seemed plain, moreover, that
by this new method many of my previous
results might BE brought to an indepen-
dent test. Highly diathermanous bodies,
1 reasoned, would produce faint sounds,
while highly athermanous bodies would
produce loud sounds; the strength of the
sound being, in a sense. a measure of
the absorption. The first experiment
made, with view of testing this idea,
was executed in the presence Of Mr.
Graham Bell, and the result was in exact
accordance with what 1 had foreseen.-
PrQf Z5UqdaH io Popular Science
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Anecdote of Poe.

Mr.. George II. Boxer tells this story
about Edgar A. Poe Zone day 1 was
sitting at a booksellers, who also pub
lished serial, when Poe came in. If
shabby, he was generally genteel, and
had the inherent look of man of the
world out of place and ostracised, yet
with compromising pride in his sense
of finer intellect After some little
while, he said to the publisher, Lend
me $40. L can't do it. He~was al
ready in debt to his friend hundred or
two. Lend me 50, then" said Poe.
can't do it, Poe L have made up my
mind not to lend any more Well,
said Poe, will you give me so for a
poem2' Yes, will be glad to do that
Poe sat down, and almost without hest
tation wrote a sonnet, exquisite In its
feeling. He handed it over to the pub
Usher, who paid the money"
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The Origin of the Name "Artemus
Ward"

There has been not a little specula-
ton as to how Brown came by his nom
dc plume, Artemus Ward. DR..
Shattuck says that, having some conf
dental business with him during one of
his last visits TO Waterford, he took the
occasion TO inquire IN particular about
1t. Brown said il was III this wise :
While engaged at the Plajndcaler Of
fee, in Cleveland, Ohio, he made the
acquaintance of an eccentric old gentle
man whose actual name was Artemus
Ward, though assuming some more pre-
tentiOus titles. This man was IN the
show business, having few wax fig
gers, birds, - snaix" and q kangaroo.
While waiting on the printers for his
bills he amused Brown by telling an
endless number of anecdotes, all of
which were duly treasured up. Among
these were some of the incidents IN
Browns article entitled Edwin Forrest
as Othello." He refeFred TO the follow
ing as one Of the contributions of the
original Artemus Ward
Ed WAS actin at Niblo's Garding,
but let that pars. l sot down IN the
pit, took out my spectacles and com
menced peroosm the eveuin's bill.
As 1 was peroosin' the bill grave young
man who sot near me axed me If I'd ever
seen Forrest dance the essence of Old
Virginny.
- He's immense in that, sed the
young man. He also does a fair cham
pion jig, the young man continnered,
but his big thing is the essence Of Old
Nirginny.
SEE l:
''' Fair youth, do you know what I'd
do with you If you was my sun.
No sez he.
Wall, seq 1. ia appint your fu-
neral tomorrow afternoon, and the
korps should be ready You're too
smart to live on this yearth. "
The old man claimed himself 10 be the
hero of this story. Brown, however,
wanted the credit of correcting the
spelling and of dressing the stories up
in good literary style. Pleased with the
naEe, he attac ed 1t to several of his
comic productions, and, finding that 1t
took with the public, adopted A.
Ward" as his own.-Scri6aer.
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How Kentucky Horses are Trained.


A Lexington correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader says: Zone after an
other beautiful saddle horses were
ridden out over the track moving along
at a gentle. easy gait, flying at n ranid
canter, racking or breaking into a trot
as the rider wilIed. All these horses /
believe, were thoroughbred, and their
prices ranged from $500 to 1000. So
well We're they gated and trained that
the rider had but to touch the name in
a given place or make a certain signal
to have them take a rack, canter, trot
run, or lope. Anyone can learn to man
age these gaits III a very short time. as
1 found from experience. But the
method by which these horses are so
perfectly trained l could not learn.
Either the trainers do not know exactly
how to impart this information or they
are determined to keep it to themselves.
Some answered my questions by saving:
1T Is easy enough. You can make a
horse do anything you want to- Only
let him know what You want him to do.
You had better wear spurs In riding,
give him his head freely, and if he takes
one gait when you spur him on the right
side, Just spur him again there when
You want the same gait Here a horse
passed on a rack, and as the rider
touched him with the tip of his finger on
the head he struck ont on a square trot
Now said l, how was that horse
trained so as to strike trot by that
signals? Why, answered the Ken
tuckian, our saddle horses all learn that
ne the time they are colts 1 asked
AIf Lindenberger, What Is the secret
of the superiority of Kentucky horses?'
There Is a combination of causes, he
answered. The great majority of the
horses here have some good blood III
them, and Won viii find it crossed some
where back In their pedigrees The
best strains of running and trottng
blood have been taken from here TO other
States. and they there fail to produce
the desired result. There IS something
IN the blue grass, the water, the atmos-
phere and the genial climatic influence
and then. as Mr.. Treacv told you this
morning, there Is everything in judicious
breeding and training. We force our
horses TO gait when they are one year
old, and at three years old they are
pretty well developed. The Northern
men, however, always improve them.
How long have Kentucky horses held
their high placer l uuerried No one
hereabouts can tell. / know men who
have lived here eighty-five years, and
they state that from their earliest child
hood they have heard of the superiority
of our horses. Their fathers before
them had the same story to tell. The
fact Is, that somewhere in the past there
was brought into this State pure strain
Of thorough blood, derived from the
best stock of the mother world, and 1t
has transmitted its qualities from sire 10
son to the present time. 1t IS a lament
able fact that we have not the exact data
upon which TO base a history of the
Kentucky horse
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Extravagant but Rather Pretty.

The following beautiful tribute to
woman was recently delivered by re-
formed man: Z" I should like to propose
toast tonight, although total absti-
hence man myself-a toast to woman. To
be drank, not in liquor of any kind, for
we should never pledge woman in that
which may bring her husband reeling
nome to abuse where he should love and
cherish, send her sons to drunkards
grave, and her daughters to a life of
shame Oh, no, not in that, but rather
IN the life-giving water. pure as her
chasity, clear as her intuitions. bright as
her smile, sparkling as the laughter of
her eyes, cheering as her consolation.
strong and sustaining as her love-in the
crystal water would drink to her that
she would remain queen regnant in the
empire she has already won, grounded
deep as the universe in love-
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TeI sOnnel Vi Our Earlier Presidents
The Presidents of the United States
were generally men of goodpersonal APP
pearance. The extremes In point of
stature were Polk and Iincoln-the lat
ter OF whom was SIX feet four. while the
former was a little more than five feet
three. Van buren,, also, was a small
man. Inc hrst four We're men of much
dignity. concerning Washington, moth
ing neeo pe added on this point. He was
the beau-ldea OF manly beauty, even IN
his latter days, and when Stuart under
took to pant his portrait. the artist was
so overcome with the majesty of his pat
ron that at first he was unable TO proceed
with his task. John Adams lacked
Washington's noble stature and gran
deur of mlen, but he was a man of much
dignity. Jefferson WAS of noble per-
sonnel-tall, well-buIlt and of imposing
appearance. Madison had merely a re-
spectacle look, and, being dressed IN
black, presented much the appearance
of "A clergyman. Monroe and Washing
ton were the only Presidents that served
IN the field during the Revolution. They
were together at Trenton, where Mon
roe was a Lieutenant and received Il ball
which he carried through life He was
the last OF the Revolutionary Presl-
dents, and wore the cooked hat and
continental uniform, which became him
TO a remarkable degree. John Quincy
Adams, like his father. was stout,
thic1-set and deficient in point of
stature. jackson was tail and gaunt,
with bristling hUr, and a nervous but
deficient countenance. Van Buren,
lacked personal dignity, and, indeed,
was the most deficient of all our Presl-
dents IN physique excepting Polk. Har-
rlson was a man of much personal Dig
nifty. Tyler was a spare-faced man, with
broad, thin nose, which gave HIM
rather a comical appearance. 1t was
his station as President sthat won the
hand of the rich woman, Gardiner,
rather than any personal attraction.
Polk was as has been said, a small man,
with cold, repulsive countenance, and
hard, staring pair of eyes that were
singularly free from anything like Il
kindly, genial look. Taylor was a
heavy-built man with rough visage, as
might have been expected of one whose
life was passed on the frontier. He was
bred a soldier, and loved the service.
His face had a pleasant smile at times.
but was often impressed with the stern
character of military life. Fillmore had
n Emphatic countenance-dull, except
when lit up by business or pleasure.
He was agreeable Il society and interest
ing in conversation, to degree much
beyond many of his predecessors. He
was of more than an average size, and
of proportions that suggested dignity If
not elegance. Buchanan was a feeble
looking old gentleman, whose white
choker suggested the clerical order.
His countenance, however, showed that
he was not a man OF progress, and
rather suggested the fossil order of IN
tellect
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The race not always TO the feet,
And he who seeks TO pluck the stars
VIII loose the jewels At his feet.
BabrIon and the ToMer of RaheI.

The magnitude and grandeur of this
Oriental capital of twenty-five centuries
ago stagger all belief Any account of
them, even the most somber, is like a
fairy story or a tale Of Arabian romance.
1t was fifteen miles square, and was en-
tlrely inclosed by walls 100 feet thick
and 300 feet high. The walls were fur
Their mounted with $50 towers, seventy
five feet higher than themselves. There
were $500 miles OF streets In the city.
In 1t was built the marvellous hanging
gardens. These were a kind of artificial
garden, lifted into the air upon immense
piles of masonry. 1t was a stupendous
work, and was the result of gallantry.
King Nebuchadnezzar constructed
them that his Queen, who came from a
= mountainous country, Ecbatana, might
have the delight of mountain garden.
There were trees here from fifty to.
seventy-fve feet IN height and four fee.
in diameter The Tower of Babel was
partly temple and partly a mausoleum.
1t was built of sun-dried bricks, and in
eight enormous stories, each of a differ
ent color. The land of Shinar. between
the Tigris and the Euphrates, is a rich
alluvial plain, devoid OF stone, yet nature
has compensated its inhabitants by max
ing the soil a peculiar mixture OF clay
and sand, which, mixed with water and
baked in the sun, produced brick more
durable than anything we are acquainted
with. Then the bitumen, which flows
out of the ground, forms q cement so
solid that the brick are held together as
one immense mass. Hence the marvel
Gus durability and preservation of these
ancient ruins.
The summit of the tower was crowned
with shrine, and within it a mighty
image of Belus, the Chaldean Jove, forty
feet high and of solid gold, was placed.
The terrible denunciatlons of the wicked,
eifeminate and cruel city which are con-
tanned in the Hebrew prophets have
been strilcingly and literally verified. Its
palaces have become a dwelling place
for owls, and so the voice of history
speaks with loud and startling empha-
sis to our generation, assuring us that
the wrath of God rests upon the workers
of iniquity, and that it VIII sooner or
later surely overtake them. - Prot.
ChickerinQ.
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Something About Fans.

Kan 81 was the first lady who carried
a fan. She lived In ages which are past,
and, for the most part, forgotten, and
she was the daughter of a Chinese man
DARN. Who ever saw mandarin, even
on a tea-chest, without his fan? In
China and Japan 70 this day every one
has fan, and there are fans of all sorts
for everybody. The Japanese waves his
fan at you when he meets you, by way
of greeting, and the beggar who solicits
for aims has the exceedingly small coin
.smade on purpose F" for charity present
ed to him on the tip of the fan.
In ancient times, among the Greeks
and Romans, fans seem to have been
enormous they were generally made of
feathers. and carried by slaves over the
heads of their masters and misstresses,
to protect them from the sun, or waved
about before them TO stir the air.
Catherine de Medicis carried the first
folding fan ever seen in France and, in
the time of Louis XIV, the fan was a
gorgeous thing, often covered with Jew
els. and worth a small fortune. In En-
gland they were the fashion IN the time
of Henry VIII. All his many wives
carried them. A fan set in diamonds
was once given to Queen Elizabeth upon
New Years day.
The Mexican feather fans which Cor
tez had from Montezuma were marvels
Of beauty, and in Spain large black
fan is the favorite. 1t is said that the
use of the fan is as carefully taught in
that country as any other branch of
education, and that, by a well-known
code of signals, Spanish lady can carry
on long conversation with any one, es-
pecially an admirer.
The japanese criminal of rank is po-
htely executed by means of fan. On
being sentenced to death he is presented
with fan, which he must receive with
a low bow, and, rs he bows, presto ? the
executioner draws his sword and cuts
his head off. In fact there is fan for
every occasion in Japan
YOUNG Folks
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On the plains of Nevada, mile from
any house, gentleman noticed cat a
huge one. 1t lay on its back, its feet
uppermost, and was apparently dead.
Around 1t, feeding unsuspectingly. was
a flock of small birds. just as he was
thinking how much easier it wonId he
for the animal to feign death and catch
bird by deeeiying it than by slipping
up to it, he was astonished to see he
cat suddenly roll over and grab one If
the feathered tribe that was very near
The other birds few away a bnndrad i
yards or SO, and alighted. The cat onjv
made one or two mouthfuls of the Co..
and then crept around to windwsydA ~
the birds, laid himself out again and
once more successfully played the dead
dodge.
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a PROMINENT Lawyers opinion.

In one eff our New England exchanges
we observe that VIM. T. Filly, Esq, of
Pittstield, Attorney at law and Asst.
Judge of Police Court, and late County
Commissioner, was restored to perfect
health and activity, by the use of st.
Jacobs Oil. He had suffered with rheu-
matism for years intensely; but by the
recent use of the remedy he was, as
stated, completely cured, and says the
Oil deserves the highest praise Spring
feId (lfaSS Re315fb2jc00
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The Summit.

Johnny Boonspiller goes to school
and he loves eggs; but, during the recent
egg famine, when the price was at such
point that one would have to mortgage
his house to buy straw out Of hens
nest, Johnny had to give up his favorite
feed. About this time the class of which
he was brilliant member was called to
give definitions. Said the teacher:
''Tommy Tompkins, name something
very high.
Tommy.
"And you, Jimmy Jackson
"The Himalaya mountains, answered
Jimmy.
"And you, Billie Jones.
"The clouds in the far-away sky, !"
triumphantly replied Billie.
And you, Johnny Boonspiller."
Eggs sententiously remarked that
young man, and, as strange as it may
seem, the teacher told him to go up
d.-Steu6enUille Herald.
THE worst education that teaches self
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Dizziness, nausea, dependency, jaundice.
loss OF appetite, inhammations, gravel, female
end bladder, are quickly and surely removed bv
warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
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there would be much less sickness and ,;D;
in the world; and people fast find,na. .h;s
out whole families keeping well at ss;s liz
cost by its use. We advise all to tryit.-T1' e
Rochester, ". i. ~
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Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the cosmetics
of France. or beautifiers of the world, while IN
Door health, and nothing will give you such
GOOD health. strength and beauty as Hop Bit
tiers. a trial is certain proof. See another
column
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ONLY thegenuine axle grease has the name
Of Frazer On every package, and wears longer
than any oher.
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RFSCTED FRONDE1Tu.

William J. Coughlin OF somervilIe Mass, says: "In
the all Of Is76 taken with BLEEDING LUNGS,
followed by severe cough. lost my appetite and
flesh and was confined 20 my bed. In 1877 was ad-
miited 10 The hospital The doctors said had hole 10
my lung as big as half dollar. time a report
went around that dead gave up hope, but a
friend told me Of DR.. WILLIAM HALLS BALSAM
FOR THE LUNGS. got bottle, when, 10 my surprise
commenced 20 feel better and to-day feel
Tor three Years past. write this hoping every az
nicted with Diseased Lungs VIII take DR.. WILLIAM
HALLS BALSAM, and be convinced that CONSUMP-
TON CAN BE CURED. can positively say Il has done
good than ali the other medicines have taken
ince my sickness"
REST TRVSS ever used aeserirtiye circulars free
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GEMS.

THEY despise riches that despair of
them.
TEMPERATE anger well becomes the
wise.
BETWEEN sorrow and Joy is but a
single day.
AMBITION is but the evil shadow of
aspiration.
PREFER truth before the maintaining
of an opinion.
ScHooL-HoUsEs are the republican line
of Notifications.
DISCIPLINE Is meant for the making of
heroes, not towards.
WHO has not mastered himself, by
whom can he not be overcome?
Nor kuowest thou what argument
Thy life to tiny neighbors creed has lent.
LITTLE minds are tanned and subdued
by misfortune. but great minds rise
above it.
WORK is the weapon of honor, and he
who lacks the weapon will never
triumph.
THERE is positive aggressive work
assigned to each one of us that no one
else can do.
THOSE who have long waited for the
day are much more ready to appreciate
it when it comes.
1--WE MUST learn, said the great French
painter, AIillet, ''to infuse subhmity into
trihes: That is power
Do NOT ask if a man has been through
college; ask if a college has been through
him; If he is a walking university
If THERE is anything that keeps the
mind open TO angel visits and repels the
ministry of i'll, it is human love.
It's not a wild chorus OF praises,
Nor chance, nor yet fate
IT'S the greatness born with him and in him,
Alice Cary.
observation-disclosures erected in the
great sea of Time, the precious deposi-
tories of the thought and creation OF
genius.-E. P Whippie.
IT IS onderful-wonderful and de-
ightful, to think how long a good mans
beneficence may be potent, even after
his death-HdtCthoTue
YoUrH Is LIES seed time, so the clock
face said. Some took its counsel, as the
sequel showed-sowed their wild oats
and reaped as they had sowed-HolH1es.
THE battle is not 10 the strong,
The not always 10 the feet,
And he who seeks TO pluck the stars
VIII loose the jewels At his feet.
-Pha5e Cary.
Our customs and habits are like the
ruts in roads The wheels of life settle
into them, and we Jog along through the
mire because it is too much trouble to
get out of it.
The hills of lofty endeavor and high
achievement lie all around us, and if we
never catch a glimpse of the views they
afford we need not complain that it is
because of the insuperable limitations of
our surroundings.
No ONE should ever be ashamed of his
or her religion or family, nor make of
his altar god, or his ancestry a worship.
No money, no family can fight down the
qualities of learning, good manners,
self-respect, cultivation and perfect sim
phcity.
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INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostratlon
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MESsNAN' S PEPToSIzED BEEF Tonic. the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blOod-mak-
ing, force-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the result Of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration. overwork, or acute disease, particularly
il resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well Hazard a. Co. nronrletOrs. Now YORK.
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Cosmetics and Collins.

Paint yous faces, girls, but first let
the undertaken have your measure. Such
at least is the lesson so often found in
the reports of our medical practitioners.
We thus learn that poison is poison,
whether 1t reaches the vitals through
the stomach or the skin A well-known
pantomimist who was wont to set the
audience in a roar, became paralyzed bv
the paint necessarily applied to his face.
and he died in an asylum in untimeIv
dotage. Such was the fate of the once
popular g. L. Fox, and now we have tbe
case of Fanny Blanchard, whose death
was also due to cosmetics. Her pbvsi-
clan made a prolonged effort to effect
restoration, but it was too late. The
poison had become fixed in in the system
and the poor girl died by unintentional
suicide Utica Herald
WITH great pleasure we can RECON-
mend as n radical cure for rheumatie,n
st. Jacobs Oil. This wonderful remedy
has been extensively used by a Iarge
number of people who daily testify TO ifs
marvellous effects. GouUerne,r IN "
Herald -
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LadrReanfIher..

THE worst education that teaches sell
denial is better than the best that teaches
everything else and not that.
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Ho VI BAIDHEADsl- There is Just one way,
and no more, by which you may be cured-use
CARBolINE, a deodorized extract OF petroleum.
1t vii positively produce new hair; there is no
substitute for this marvellous hair remover.