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A Brutal King.

From Gordon's Book on Central africa.
The King is rapidly going mad. He cuts
off the noses of those who take snuff, and the
lips of those who smoke. The other day a
man went to salute Ras Aloula. In salutlng
him his tobacco box dropped out. Ras Alo-
pie finished him. The King is hated more
than Theodore was. Cruel to de- rec, he
does not, however, take life. He cuts off
the feet and hands of the people who offend
him. He puts out their eyes by pouring hot
| tallow into their ears. Several persons came
| to me to tell me this. l demonstrated with
the King against his edict forcing men to be-
come Christians from Mussulman. He said
they wished it. also demonstrated about
the tobacco edct, but it was of no use. No
| one eau travel without the Kings order,i he
is foreigner. You can buy nothing with
| out the Kings order; no one will shelter
you without his order-iD fact no more COM
plete despotism could exist. 1t cannot last,
to another.
Orders were given that no one was to ap-
proach me; nor was TO approach any one.
The officer who conducted me to the King,
the second in command to Alouia, met his
| uncle and cousins in chains, and burst not
ask why they were chained. The King is a
man Of some As years, sour, ill-favored
looking being. He never looks you in the
face, but when you look away he glares at
you like tiger. He never smiles; his look,
always changing, is one of thorough suspic-
ion. Hated aud hating all,I can imagine no
more unhappy man. Avaricious above all
his people, who do not lack his quality, his
| idea of free port IS that steamers will ar
rive from the powers of Europe with pres
ents for him, to which he will reply by send
ing letter with the lion seal, saying:
"You are my brother, my mother, etc.
How are you?"
| You know have seen many people, but |
never met with more fierce, savage set than
these. The peasantry are good enough. The
King says he can beat united Europe, except
Russia. All the great men do not want a
war with Egypt, and the King fears 1t
when sober, for he drinks to excess at night.
He talks like the Old Testament. lie Is of
the strcsest sect Of the Pharisees-drunk
over night, at dawn he is up reading the
Psalms. He never would miss prayer
meeting, and would have Bible as bIg as a
portmanteau If he were In England. No
women are allowed within 800 yards of his
palace-his hut, should say. He has one
legitimate son-Ras Arya Salam-and one
illegitimate. Two sons Of Theodore are
with him.
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The Fun of Being a Tenor.

This amusing letter from the wife of Gel
ebrated tenor is going the rounds oi the mt
steal papers
My Dear Jenny-It is as you say, we have
10000 francs year the praises of my hus-
band are sounded every day in the newspa-
pers; he is applauded every night he sings,
and is very king in his art. But you don't
know what 1t is to be the wife. of a tenor.
Those who fiatter my husband, and they are
numerous, are necessarily telling him, sMon-
sieur Michael, you have mine of diamonds
in your throat" This may be true, don't
Say it is not but If you could understand
the consequences it entails-a mine Of dia-
monds in mans throat. Michael is always
as cross as bear because of the state of the
temperature. A barometer is less variable.
He is continually opening and shutting the
windows. When they are open he wants
them shut, and when they are shut he says
he stiles. You have no idea of the trouble
We have at hotels, to prevent his taking cold.
Even the style of carpet becomes a study.
And the cart-load of furs we carry about
with us! And the difficulty we have with
the fires! There is also a long chapter as to
what he may and may not eat; this is too
strong and that is too weak. And the night
he sings there is syrup which he must drink
five times during an act, and wash of BRAN
dy and camphor with which he must rub his
throat. From morning till night a tenor
thinks Of nothing but himself; he listens TO
himself sing; he studies poses before look
ing-glass he calls after the servants "Jean,
muffle the door-bell; its noise affects my
nerves. Briggitte, don't pass before me
again; you make draught." He interro-
gates his throat every ten minutes, la, la, la.
Never sensible word, always la, la, la. AT
table he does not talk for fear Of destroying
his la, la, la. II l ask him to take me out
on line day, he runs to the piano and exer-
cises his 10, ID, ID. And 50 remain your
friend In sorrow. MARoyEMTE.
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BAvARIAN BEER BIBBERs.
A Country With a Beer Shop tor Every One
Hundred People.

Munich Letter in Springfield Republican.
The little kingdom of Wurtemburg has
1900, 900 inhabitants and Is not so large as
the State of Massachusetts by 300 square
miles, yet find that the published records
show that there were 1898 breweries, large
and small, III active operation within the
kingdom during the past year, and in the
twelve months 1S5, 170, 300 pounds of malt
were brewed. One of the great and impor-
tant industries of Germany is the manufac-
ture of beet sugar. and two years ago the
government returns showed that there were
800 manufactures engaged in this enterprise.
If there are 1898 breweries in Wurtemberg,
what must be the number Of the whole en-
pire, and what must be the vast amount of
capital and labor employed in the manufac-
ture of beer as compared with the manufac-
ture of sugar! In Wurtemberg there are
1920 beer shops or places where beer is sold
by the glass. This would make on an aver
age beer shop for about every 100 of the
Inhabitants, man, woman and child, includ-
ing babies of the tenderest age. The differ
ent towns and cities show a variety of figures
in making up this general average, some go
ing as high as 120 and 130, and others falling
short of 100. In Canstall, for instance, a
suburb, of $4,000 inhabitants, there is a
beer shop for every s4 people. Wurtemberg
which is considered of an inferior class, and
it may reasonably be presumed that very
small percentage is sold outside the borders
of the kingdom. On the contrary, the BaVa-
rian beers-the beers made at Munich, at
Pilsener and in some parts of Prussia, which
have high reputatiou-are in great demand,
and are imported into Wurtemberg in inn
mense quantities, where they are drunk al
most exclusively at nearly all the better
class beer shops. When we consider the
fact that all or nearly all of the beer made in
Wurtemberg is consumed by the Wurtem-
bergers, together with the vast importations
from outside of the kingdom, we begin to
realize the fact that the Germans, judging
by the example of the Wurtembergers, love
beer and drink great deal of it. BY the
statistics / see that last year one brewery in
Stuttgart manufactured sS0,3S0 gallons OF
beer, which would make 29,36G barrels of 81
gallons each. And yet l am told by the
the Germans if l wish to see real beer-drink-
ing must 60 to Bavaria; that the Bavarians
are noted for their love Of beer and for the
quantities that they can and do consume
that the Wurtembergers are but mere chill
dren as yet in the practice.
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ROLL-CALL.
Arg0Haut.

Corporal Green" the Orderly cried,
"Here !" was the answer, loud and clear,
From the lips of the soldier who stood near;
And Here y was the word the next replied
"Cyrus Drew!"-then silence fell
This time no answer followed the call;
Only his rear man had seen him fall,
Killed or wounded, he could not tell
There they stood in the falling light,
These men of battle with grave, dark looks
AS plain 10 be read as open books,
While slowly gathered the shades of night.
The fern on the hillsides was splashed with
blood,
And down in the corn where the poppies
grew,
Were redder stains than the poppies knew;
And crimson-dyed az the rivers flood.
For the foe had crossed from the other side
That day in the face of a nurlr."ils fire,
That swept them down in it, terrible ire,
And their life bio od went Ia roiOr the tide.
Herbert Kilne| At the call there came
Two stalwart soldiers int" line,
Bearing between them thlS Hcrbct Kline,
Wounded and bleeding, to answer his name
ezra Kerr and a voice answered, fIere.''
"Hram Kerr but no man replied.
They were brothers, these two; the sad
wind sighed,
And a shudder crept through the corn-feld
near.
"Ephraim Deane !'-then a soldier spoke
"Deane carried our egIment's colors," he
said;
"Where our ensign was shot ] left him
dead,
Just after the enemy wavered and broke.
"Close to the roadside his body lies;
paused moment and gave him drink;
He murmured his mothers name, think,
And death came with it, and closed his eyes"
Twas a victory, yes, but 1t cost us dear
For that company's roll, when called at
night,
OF hundred men who went into the fight,
Numbered but twenty that answered Here"
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LONG Boards
Some of the More Noted ones-Interesting g
Reading for Ambitious Young Men.
Harper's Weekly.

Harper's Weekly.
Exceptionally long boards have always at
tracted good deal of attention, and history
records many instances of the kind:
Rauber Won Talberg, German Knight,
and Councillor of Macmillan ii, Q575), re-
joiced in beard which reached to his feet,
and from there again to his waist.
John Mayo, a celebrated painter of the
sixteenth century, who accompanied Charles
V. in his campaign, had beard so long that
although he was a tall man it would hang
upon the ground when he stood upright; he
wore it, therefore, fastened to his girdle.
George Kilineworth, sent by Queen Mary
as one of her agents iD 1865 to Gar Ivan, the
Terrible, is said TO have had Deard five
feet two inches long.
In the olden time, when every part Of the
body had its price, the beard was valued at
twenty shill!ngs-a large sum for the time
while the loss of leg was valued at twelve
shilling. We can easily imagine that at pc
RODS when the beard and whiskers were
looked upon as ornamental, false boards
were substituted for the genuine article.
Pedro w. of Aragon (l351) found himself
compelled to prohibit his Catalonian sub
jects f,om wearing false boards. But the
most singular substitute is the golden beard
which Chrysostemus says was worn by the
Kings of Persia. Suetonius says the same of
Caligula, the Roman Emperor. According
to Andreas Fayn, the Kings of France, Of the
first dynasty, wore boards entwined with
gold threads.
Duke Renatus, of Lorraine, wore at the
funeral of Charles of Burgundy, who died at
Nancy in 1647, beard of gold thread hang
Ing down to his girdle. AS Jupiter was
sometimes adorned with golden beard, the
a,ream barbdm habere was equivalent to
saying Denn esse.
Boards were at various times taxed in Eng
land. Thus, we read in Notes and Queries
that the Sheriff of Canterbury paid three
shillings and four pence for wearing beard
In the first year of Elizabeth every beard ol
above fortnght's growth was taxed three
shiliings and sixpence; but the law was toe
absurd to be enforced. The duty imposed
upon boards by Peter the Great was ruble
(about three shillings). This tax met with
similar fate to that of Elizabeth and was
soon cancelled.
The development of the beard, as we'll as
the hariness of the body, differs not merely
in different races, but also in families of the
same race. In Europe and a portion of Asia
boards prevail, until we go beyond India
when gradually boards disappear, as in the
nese.
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The Great Pra yer Question.

The New York Independent grapples man
fully with the great prayer question, thus t:
" President Woolsey began an article for the
Independent with the words, sAnd so God
has not heard the innumerable prayers that
have gone up This statement startled some
of our friends, but 1t Is true. God does not
answer every prayer. He is obliged to deny
a great many. But we are told by some that
the true prayers of faith are really answered,
though the specific petitions which they up
lift are denied. There are
Others, however, to whom ii seems little bet
ter than word jugglery thus to press a word
out of Its ordinary and accepted sense into
an unusual and almost technical one.
We say that God can not an
swer every petition, and that he can not al
low his authority and will to be mutinously
usurped by any number of persons who will
undertake to instruct him as to what Is wise,
etc.
The Chicago Interior (Presbyterian) Is
more candid, also, than some of the religious
papers In its discussion of the prayer ques-
lion In connection with the death
of President Garfield. Speaking Of
the general, importunate, and persistent Pc
tition for his recovery, 1t says: "The prayer
was not answered. We need not evade the
direct issue by saying, as Is often done, that
the prayer was not answered In the form Of
the petition. The frank position is the best
one. The nations PRAYER, whatever else 1t
included collaterally, was focused to this
specific request, that President Garfield might
get we'll. That prayer was denied. Our
good friend, the 4drdnce (CongregationaD,
misses the mark when IL pleads that the
prayer really was answered, thus: Has not
God answered the prayers offered for our la
mented President? He gave us his life
eighty days after the fatal shot. How long
did we want it? Twenty-Five years? He
could not live always, etc. We expect Mr..
Tyndall would be justified in calling that
auibbling. We did not ask for his life for
eighty days, but, specifically, that he might
get well and be again at the head Of the na-
ton. That prayer was specifically denied.
We gain nothing by claiming an answer IN
some narrower sense--or some mystical
sense. Il SCENE 10 ss far wiser 10 say the
Lord, far wiser than man, saw best to refusc
our request"
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A New Process for Preserving Timber.
North American Manufacturer.

North american Manufacturer.
The Blythe process of seasoning and pre-
serving timber, says a London (England)
railway journal, effects most material saw
ing in the cost of sleepsrs by prolonging
their life. The old process Of creosoting tim
ber, which was never completely satisfactory
in its effects, practically sealed up the wood
in a damp proof shell which failed to pene-
trate beneath the surface. Any injury to
the sleeper, even the mere cutting of 1t, was
sufficient to expose the uncreosoted interior,
which Immediately became prey to damp,
fungi, or insects.
BY the Blythe process carbolic and other
tar acids are carried into the heart of the
wood by means of super-heatt d steam. They
there chemically combine with the compo-
nent parts of the timber, so that their anti
septic qualities are exercised throughout ev-
cry fibre and not merely on the surface. Dur
ing this process of steaming the sap is com.
pletely extracted, and so thoroughly Is this
done, that tree felled one day can be treat
ed the next. After the treatment the wood
only needs to be allowed to cool, protected
from draft, in order to be ready for use, when
It will afterward be found TO be free from any
liability to contract, warp, or decay. The
fibre is strengthened, no smell Is given OFF,
and the wood is not made more combustible.
Besides its suitability for sleepers, timber
carbolzed under the Blythe process can be
used for any purpose for which wood Is en-
ployed. Every description of beams, joists,
flooring-boards, and rafters can be treated by
this system, together with oak, American
cherry, walnut, and other fine woods inteud-
ed for cabinet work, joinery, panelling, and
parqueterie. A great saving can be effected
by this process by COMPRISING poplar, Scotch
fir, and other trees of quick growth, until
they have been made rs hard as lockwood,
thus enabling cheap wood to be often used
in place Of dearer.
The method by which the carbolizing Is
carried out is extr emely simple-so simple,
indeed, that the plant for the purpose can be
carried from place to place on trucks m ade
to run on the line, thus effectng great saving
in time and expense, particularly when
seepers are being relaid.
As an instance of the way in which the
system has answered In France IL may be
mentioned that some sleepers cut from beech,
which is unusually perishable in moist
ground, were placed on the main line of the
the North-of France Railway as long ago as
1872, and although subjected to the heavy
traffic which rims over the line between
Amiens and Paris, still shows no signs Of
wear under the seat Of the rails, nor of de-
cay; and the high opinion entertained by en-
gineers OF the process may be gathered from
tue tact that many millions of the sleepers
are now supplied to the French railways an
nually.
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WHY We LAUGH.
Oratory: Chewed wind has had its day
Boston Herald.

Oratory Chewed wind has had its day
Boston Herald.
Excuse me for the liberty take" as the
convict remarked when he escaped from the
State prison.
In Texas when man wants to cut an ac-
quaintance his procedure is simple. He
uses Bowie knife.
Who says it is unhealthy to sleep in feath-
ers9 Look at the spring chicken and see
how tough he is.-Sanitarian.
Webster was an esthete, because he enthu-
siastically says in his dictionary that the
verb "speak" is to utter.-Puck.
Sitting Bull says he has killed twenty
seven Indians with his own hands. How
the United States army must envy him.
The three styles: Some girls are born
fat, some achieve fatness and some fix them
selves up fat with old newspapers and
things.
The Chicago Journal makes the plausible
statement that "about this time 100 years
ago George Washington was smiling in his
sleeve"
man who goes up in balloon and comes
down all right is called aprofessor. A man
who goes up and comes down all wrong is
called fool.
A ballet dancer died recently at Naples,
leaving large fortune. This shows how
easy it is to accumulate wealth when one
dresses economically.
Queen Victoria has sent Alfonso, of Spain,
new garter. If the gift had been accom-
panied by a pair of homemade socks it
would look more like business.
Webster defines an "ornithorhyncus as "a
| beast with bill" On the first day of each
month our streets are filed with ornithor-
hyncusses, rushing hither and thither.-Free
Press.
The esthetic craze has struck Leadville
A prominent clergyman has written to in
quire which is the more correct taste for q
horse thief being lynched-to carry lily oil
a sunflower.
No, angel cake was not in vented by the
Celestials. They were, however, the origi
majors Of the Chinese cracker, which makes
up in noise what it lacks in nourIshment.-
Some one wrote to Horace Greeley in
quiring if guano was good to put on potatoes
He said it might do for those whose tastes
had become vitiated with tobacco and rum,
but he preferred gravy and butter.
Kentpckv naper saws ..We nav notb;uo
for the air we breathe bpt W. are t,xed fo,
tho w.ter ws dr;,k ~ T-,a amou,, re.,;zed
from, This source I, Ker,,ckv mus, bs nm,
wards sf g If the tax Is honestly collected
Ch;cooo T.;h,ns
man from the country stepped INTO
gun shop OH Austin avenue 10 purchasea gun
muzzle-ioaaing gun was SHOWN hiih' OUT
he said he preferred oreech-ioader. "oh
account Oh lts oe'hs easier ana quicker 70
load mo, ts hot that. had an oiu
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QUICK WORK.
Theft, Arrest, Trial, and Prison Inside of Eight
Hours.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. ga sauce pi-
gudlte was added to the visit of the French
guests this morning by an attempt that was
made to rob General Boulanger and Count
Lichtenstein at the Continental Hotel. These
two gentlemen had been assigned to parlor
No. 80, on the second floor, having two bed
rooms opening off opposite sides. About six
O'Clock this morning General Boulanger was
awakened by a noise, and, sitting up in his
bed, saw large man standing at the dressing
table in his room gathering up his money
and watch. The General sprang out of bed,
seized his sword, and got between the in
truder and the door, meanwhile calling lust
lily for Count Lichtenstein. The man ex-
planned that he had got into the wrong room
by mistake and appeared very cool. As
neitl.er of the gentlemen speak English the
burglars explanations did him no good. The
two officers stood over him with drawn
swords until Policeman Hughes arrived,
when the man was taken to the station
house. At ten o'clock he was arraigned al
the Central Station and at once recognized
as Bill Connolly, alias |" Buffalo Bill, q well
known thief, who has served several terms Of
Imprisonment in various parts of the coun-
try for robbing hotels. The most recent in
stance was his capture In New York for rob-
bing guests In Broadway hotel Of lot of
jewels, the valuables being found in his pos
session. He was also convicted of hotel
robbery i'm Jersey City. He is a man of
quite respectable appearance.
RAILRoADING y A THIEF.
The magistrate at once committed him to
Court, and II was whispered that the French
should have sample of Philadelphia :" rail-
roading.n Committed at 1890, a bill of in
dictment was at once sent to the Grand Jury
and allowed, he was arraigned before the
Quarter Sessions, Judge Allison sitting, at
lI:45, and at 1890 he was convicted by "a
jury of his peers" Judge Allison
sentenced him TO three years solitary con-
finement In the'Eastern Penitentiary, and or
dered that he give bonds for his good behay-
ior for year after leaving Jail. He was
taken out by two special constables and
driven to the penitentiary, reaching his cell
at exactly 1:30--seven hours and half after
the commission Of the crime. The entire
French delegation was present at the trial
and were very much interested and delighted.
q They do this better in Philadelphia than in
Paris" said one. "Quicker, u least an
swered his companion.
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POETRY.
THE CuIDE-POST,
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN DIALECT
ny BAYARD TAYLOR.

Dye know the road 10 the bar'l o. flour?
At break o. day let down the bars,
And plow y'r wheat hour by hour,
Till sundown-yes, till shade o stars.
You peg away, the livelong day,
Nor loaf about, nor cape around;
And that's the road TO the thrashin' floor,
And into the kitchen, I'll be bound
Dye know the roads where the dollars Law I?
Follow the red cents here and there;
For If the man leaves them, / can guess
He won't find dollars anywhere
Dye know the road TO SUNDAYS rest?
Jist don't o. week day be af raid;
In field and workshop do y'r best,
And Sunday comes itself, I've heard.
On Saturday, it's not far OFF,
And brings n basketful o. cheer
A roast and lots O. garden stuff,
And, like rs not, "A jug O. beer.
Dye know the road to poverty?
Turn in at any tavern sign;
Turn in-it's tempting as can be;
There's bran new cards and liquors Inc.
In the last tavern there's a sack,
And when the cash y'r pockets quits,
Just hang the wallet on y'r lack,
You vagabond see how it fits!
Dye know what road to honor leads,
And good old age "a lovely sight
BY way O. temperance, honest deeds,
And tryin to do y'r duty right
And when the road forks ary side,
And you're in doubt which one it is,
Stand still and let your conscience guide;
Thank God, it can't lead much amiss.
And now the road to church-yard gate
You needn't ask. Go anywhere,
For whether roundabout or straight,
All roads ut last II bring you there.
Go, fearing God, but lovin' more!
I've tried TO be an honest guide
You'll find the grave has got door,
And somethin' for you t'other side.