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Astroiogy.

Zadkiel. the astrologer, congratulates hin-
just Is hs predicted year ago he would be.
Venus and Mercury will improve trade this
coming year, but Saturn will make deficit
iu the revenue. The position Of Mars Is bad
fer the theatres in New York; one will burn
up absut Christmas. Uranus being square
to Mercury will give plenty Of work, espec-
tally divorce, to lawyers. Mars threatens
heavy taxation. There is too much violence
in the United States and some great man
will suffer degradation or meet with violent
death. The square Of Saturn threatens col
liery accidents. In the latter part Of Feb
ruary there will be large fire New York;
alarms of war, turbulence and bloodshed In
the United States during March, also rails
road panics, and an epidemic Of diphtheria
and smallpox about the middle Of April.
Mars will produce great cxcitemen. 1t Wash
ington and the Presidents position will be
unenviable. Pestilence, famine, aud great
destruction Of cattle In England aud Ireland.
Mars, Saturn, the Moon and Uranus will
SNAKE il hot" literally and fguratively,
for tho Americans In June-war, panics,
earthquakes and hot weather. In July, ex-
plosions and deeds Of violence In London,
bloodshed in India The United States will
settle down to peace and prosperity for the
rest Of The year, but the King Of Spain will
have III he wants 70 attend 70 IN dodging ths
assassin.
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Beans for Dinner.
Reno Gazette.


They tell good story about one Wyman,
a dmunitive drummer well known here and
on the Comstock. He stepped one night at
Deming, N. NJ, favorite resort Of the cow
boys.
"Madame," said Abe to the landlady,
"giye ms some dinner, and be quick about
it. have not dined since yesterday"
The landlady brought him some bean
soup.
Madame, take the soup away. / never
eat soup. Bring on the roasts right away"
The landlady brought him large plate Of
pork and beans.
"Madame, take that away. never eat
those things"
In vain the landlady explained that pork
and beans was the best the house Afforded.
He was obdurate, and wanted roast beef,
rare. A mi.d-mannered, blue-eyed cowboy
at the table then Clipped in:
"Beggin' pardon, stranger, but you must
excuse the lady. We"
"Who are you, sir?" retorted the drum.
mer. az know my business"
"You don't tell me 2" said the festive
cowboy drawing his navy. snow, you
eat them beans. I'm goin' to sit here and
see you feed. Light ints 'em, quick, or I'll
open you, sure, and put 'em in. This il
blzeness with me, an I'm shoutin' in yer
ear.n
The unfortunate drummer saw blood in
the air, and was forced to choke four plates
of the unwholesome food down before the
cowboy was satisfied with his apology Il
the landlady.
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POETRY.
LITTLE FEET.
sf CARLoTTA PERRY.

Two little feet 70 small that both may nestle
In one caressing hand,
Two tender feet upon the untried border
OF life's mysterious land.
Dimpled and soft, and pink as peach tree
| blossoms
In April's fragrant days,
How can they valk among the briery tangles
Edgins the worlds rough ways?
These white rose feet along the doubtful fu-
ture
Must bear a woman's load;
Alas Since woman has the heaviest burden
And walks the hardest road.
them
T. II dainty, smooth and fair
Will Gull away the brambles, letting only
The roses blossom there.
But when the mother's watchful eyes are
rhrouded
Away from sight Of men,
Aud these dear feet are left without her guild
ing.
Who shall direct them then?
Will they go stumblin. blindly in the dark
ness
OF sorrows fearful shades,
Or find the upland slopes Of Peace and
Beauty
Whose sunshine never fades?
Will they go toIing up Ambitions summit,
The common world above,
Or, in some nsmeless vale securely sheltered,
Walk side by side with Love?
Some feet there be that walk Life's track un-
wounded,
Which find but pleasant ways;
Some hearts there be to which this life is
only
A round OF happy days;
But they are few. Far more there are who
wander
Without hope or friend
Who find their journey full Of pain and loss
And long 10 reach the end.
How shall it be with her, the tender stranger,
Fair-faced and gentle eyed
Before whose unstained feet the worlds rude
highway
Stretches strange and wide?
All! who shall read the future? For our
darling
We crave all blessings sweet,
And pray that He who feeds The crying ra-
vens
Will guide the baby's feet.
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The Earth Drying Up.


There is abundant evidence that the
amount of water OH the surface of the earth
has been steadily diminishing for many
thousands Of years. No enc doubts there
was . time when the Caspian sea communi-
Gated with the Black sea, and when the
Mediterranean covered the greater part Of
the desert of Sahara. In fact, geologists
tell us that at one period the whole of the
earth, was covered by water, and the fact
that continents of dry land now exist is
proof that there is less water on our globe
now than there was in Its infancy. This
diminution of our supply Of water Is going
on at the present day at rate SO rapid as to
be clearly appreciable. The rivers and
streams of our Atlantic States are visibly
smaller than they were twenty-five years
ago. Country brooks in which men now
living were accustomed to fish and bathe in
their boyhood have in many cases totally
disappeared, net through any act Of man,
but solely in consequence of the failure Of
the springs and rains which once fed them.
The level of the great lakes is falling year
by year. There are many piers on the shores
Of lakeside cities which vessels once ap-
preached with ease, but which now hardly
reach to the edge of the water. Harbors are
everywhere growing shallower.. This is not
due to the gradual deposit of earth brought
down by rivers or Of refuse from city sewers.
The harbor of Toronto has grown shallow
in spite of the fact that 1t has been dredged
out so that the bottom rock has been
reached, and all the dredging which can be
done to the harbor of New York will not
permanently deepen It. The growing shall
lowness of the Hudson Is more evident
above Albany than 1t is in the tide-water
region, and, like the outlet of Lake Cham
plain, which was once navigablc by Indian
canoes at all seasons, the upper Hudson Is
now almost bare of water In many places
during the summer. In all other parts or
the world there is the same steady decrease
Of water In rivers and lakes, and the rainfall
in Europe, where scientific observations are
made, is manifestly less than 1t was at .
period within mans memory.
What is becoming Of our water? Obvi-
ously 1t is not disappearing through evapor-
alton, for In that case rains would give back
whatever water the atmosphere might
absorb. We must accept the theory that,
like the water in the moon, our water is
sinking into the earth's interior.
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Too Mncn Study.

At meeting Of "the old school boys Of
Boston boys who went to school before
1S30-some very sensible remarks were made
In regard to the present "high pressure /"
system of instruction, of which teachers, as
well as pupils, ye more or less the victims !;
although teachers themselves defend the sys-
tenn In obedience to those conservative In
stincts which incline them to feel that teach
ers can not be taught anything. Each teach
err, Is one of the speakers remarked, Is anx-
ious that his or her pupils shall be advanced
as far as those of any other school; but the
result is that the poor little children are
nearly driven to death. He boasted that be
had helped secure the passage Of resolution
prohibiting the pupils Of the Normal
School studying more than three hours
day ont Of school, and he would join So
ciety for the purpose Of checking the evil IN
the Boston schools. Such man y mnci
more of philanthrupist than she ordinary
platform and professional philAnthropist.
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Esauimaux Beauty and Morals.
Corr. N. Y. Herald.

Corr. ". 4. HeTutu
Speaking Of amusements suggests the
latest acquired civilized vice among the Es-
quimaux playing = which knswledge
they have acquired along with other ques-
tionable things from contact with the whale
nen. At the stopping places most frequent
ed by whaling ships we have been asked for
playing cards, and the women showed no
nicely In their morals. As role they are
anything but fascinating. In fact, | have
seen but one-a wsman who came aboard al
Cape Prince Of wales--who might perhaps
have been good looking after taking warm
bath. She Vas voted the Exquimanx belle,
and by way Of manifesting this fact she re-
ceived from appreciaiive blue Jackets numer'
GUS chucks under the chin with the same all
Of gratified vanity that popular beauty does
the attentions of half dozen young fellows
1t ! german. To add to their responsiveness
the females tattoo their chins, their dress b
Of the most unbccoming style, and ibs
smoky, ceracean, fishy perfume dIfiuset
through the atmosphere In their immediate
vicinity Il anything but agreeable 70 refnes
nostTiIs.
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A Good Example.

Quite young little lady was observed
passing down the aisles Of the Utica, N. Y,
Opera House the other evening, says the Oh
scrper, wearing very stylish and attractive,
but quite large "mush" (short for mush-
room) hat. As she glided toward the front
the ladies and gentlemen in the row behind
her began moving about uneasily, IS If they
feared . total eclispe Of the stage for the re-
mainder of the evening. They were not an
noyed long, for after settling comfortably In
her chair, the lady coolly removed her large
hat and hung 1t to the back of the seat In
front Of her. Then she extracted worsted
"fascinator" from the pocket Of her sacque
and arranged IL in very fascinating manner
upon her head, making her look 'too sweet
for anything" IS an old bachelor expressed
1t. All Of her neighbors exchanged approx
Ing smiles, and the coterie In that locality
rewarded Miss +. with quite ripple Of ap-
plause. She set good example for her
elder friends, and deserves season ticket to
the lecture course for her good sense and re-
gard for the comfort and enjoyment Of 9TH
ers. Let Us have few more fascinaton and
few less mushrooms In the parquct.
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CUTTING WHALES IN TWO.
The Steamship Newport Runs Into School
of Them Twenty Miles Long.
Neao York Sur

Ne1c York Sun.
The Newport. of the New York and Cuba
Mail Steamship Company, ran into school
of sperm whales off the Delaware capes on
her last southwark trip. It was about 8
o'clock in the morning, and Captain John p.
Sundberg says he could see millions Of them
from the deck. He estimated the width of
the school at half mile, and its length at
twenty miles. The sea was smooth, the sun
was shining, and all the passengers were on
deck. The vessel was steaming at fifteen
knots. Some Of the whales were seventy
feet long. One Of them, about sixty-fiye
feet long, was struck by the bow of the
steamship at right angles, and about in the
middle of its body. The shock nearly
threw the passengers from their feet. At
the moment Of the collision the whale
threw up Its fukes and deluged the fore part
of the Brooklyn bridge, vino was looking
over the PROV, was among the passengers
who got drenched. The whale, Captain
Sundberg says, was cut in two, the fore part
kOluS W OuC sidC Vi thO NOooVA ~ht WIZ oAsSh
part to the other. The sea was colored with
blood. The head was driven down into the
water so far that when 1t came up 1t rose six
feet above the surface, In plain sight Of those
who were looking oyer the side. The shock
threw the steam steering gear temporarily
out of order, but otherwise the vessel was
not damaged.
A few minutes later . second whale was
cut IN two, almost in the same manner as
the first had been. The head went to the
port side, but the body passed under the bot
tom, and was struck by the propeller blades
The effect of this On the machinery alarmed
the engineer in the engine room, who
thought the blades had struck drifting
spar. The course Of the vessel was then
changed, and she ran out Of the school.
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When Senator Logan heard that he was q
grandfather he shed tears.


| When Senator Logan heard that he was =
grandfather he shed tears.
An umbrella that keeps Lent the year
round is altogether too religious for u.s.
Ingersoll.
Ambitious man: SIS there any fixed rule
for writing poetry" There is! Don't -
Boston Post.
"Smith." said Brown, "thsre'sa fortune in
that mine" 81 know" said Smith, 'T've
put my fortune in it,"
Gentlemen may cry cashier, and cash
there, but when the Board Of Directors wake
| I'D there is cash nowhere.-New York Her
aid.
Since the wreck of the Newark bank the
James brothers feel thst greater than they
has arisen in the land.-N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
"Anerica," says an English man, sis
country where . mans statement in not
| worth two cents unless backed up with an
offer to bet you $l0."
The average life Of = circus actor ia forty
years. The average age Of = circus Joke is
$50 years. The latter is "worked almost to
death " every year, toe.
A recipe, for lemon pie vaguely adds:
eThen sit on stove and stir constantly"
Just IS II anyone could sit on steve with
out stirring constantly.-Derrick.
used to read in books that IL -ou looked
q lion steadily in the eye he would quail.
The British lion is evidently not properly
constructed, or else my book lied.-Charles
| PdrneH.
An advertisement reads: "Wanted-A
young man to be partly outdoors and partly
behind the counter" and the Cleveland
Leader asks: "What will be the result when
the door slams?"
Poots thinks that there should be four
ghosts in the play Of Hsmlet,quoting in sup
port ofhis theory line from Gray's Elegy,
'The rude four fathers of the Hamlet Sleep"
Saturday Night.
| A Connecticut man wrapped q white
sheet around him and appeared" to =
widow. She hit him on the head with an
irsn teakettls, and the next appearance was
that Of . surgeon.
"This safe is enpty-call at the house"
was the card which burglars found on the
safe in Green Bay office. They called at
the house and robbed it of 5000, and the
smart office clerk hasn't the big head any
more.-Free Press.
| In IN su:burst of enthusiasm the Rev.
Tslmage said that "the cylinders Of the
printing press will be the front wheels Of the
Lords cbsriot." Press cylinders are very
we'll in their places, but they must make
very clumsy wheels when used for road
wagons.-Picdytme.
An Illinois paper excuses the absence Of 3
Sunday school teacher from his class by say
ing that he had run away with the hired girl.
until his return, it says, his class will be in
charge of the pastor. The name Of the per-
son appointed to look after his wife during
his absence is not mentioned.
There is food for thought in the following;
"Lsr, mssus," said the old darkey, "wba'
mex you pay money fur to send the chile to
school? got one smart boy, Jonas, but
lsrns him myself" "But, Aunt Charlotte,
replied the lady, show can you teach the
child when you don't know one letter from
another ?" s'How teach him? jes mel
hin tex de book an set down on de flo', and
den l say, Jonas, you tex yer eye from thai
book, much less leggo him, an skins you
aliver"
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Smallpox.
EIchnnne.


There is unusual prevalence Of smallpox
In nearly all Eastern cities. From January
Ist to October 1st, ,359 cases were reported
in Chicago, of which about one and half
per cent. proved fatal. BY far the larger
number Of cases occur in q single ward of
the city-the Fourteenth--where the greater
portion Of the foreign element of tho lower
order live, and where attempts at vaccina-
ton have at times been met by open vio-
lence. In that ward there are 10000 per-
sons who have net been vaccinated, and of
the 10S deaths from smallpox which occurred
in Chicago during September, eighty-one
were in that division of the city.
Since the 1st of January, over 1000 cases
have been reported in Pittsburg, and the
disease has spread till the authorities are re-
sorting to extraordinary measures to check
1t. The deaths from smallpox in that city
now average about twenty per week, being
one-fourth of the entire mortality. This
malady is reported alss in st. Paul, Ailwau-
kee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, and
indeed in Esarly every city. 1t il well
known, Of course, that no considerable city is
ever entirely free from it, but at the present
time it is mere nearly epidemic in many
cities than for long time before. At San
Francisco it 10 more prevalent than usual,
but not so much so as to excite alarm. Its
wide dispersion throughout Oregon and
Washington Territory seems to be due chief
ly TO the fact that most people were unac-
quainted with it, and therefore suffered the
seeds of 1t to become scattered before they
were aware what it was.
On a recent Sunday officers appeared at
the deer of Roman Catholic church in
Chicago with orders to compel the members
of the congregation to submit to vaccina-
tion before their departure for home. This
| incident forcibly declares the alarm Of the
] authorities over the spread Of smallpox in
the city. An eminent physician Of Phila-
| delphia has declared the city in great peril
| from the loathsome disease on the advent Of
cold weather. In other parts Of Pennsyl-
vania it is making inro ads, and in Pittston,
on the Susqushanna, 1t is causing great con-
stsrnation. In q climate like that Of the
Eastern States winter Is the season in which
| its ravages are most terrible. In Californis
the State Board Of Health, under special au-
thorization of the Governor, has undertaken
to arrange for an inspection Of incoming
trains, and quarantine of all infected cars
and Immigrants.
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Luxurious Garnbetta.

The great orator has taste for pomp and
show, which Is, when gratified, out of tune
with the principles he has hitherto repre-
sented. He rides in carriages appoint ed with
luxurious elegance, and drawn by blood
horses. The Petit Bourbon since he came
to live In 1t has been fitted up anew. Some
Of the drawing rooms and boudoirs there
are so exquisitely furnished as to seem to
cry out for occupants feminine, fashionable
and refined. The silver bath Of De Mornsy
has been restored and used by Gambetta.
Splendid vases are filed every morning with
roses in the rooms Of the great orator, who
il fond Of flowers and accepts willingly tho
attentions Of n. Applaud, the chief over
seer Of he city parks and gardens. from
petre, formerly the chief Of the Due de
Nollles, prepares the repasts Of Gambetts,
his secretaries md the friends whom he In
vita to dejesnsev Or dinner.
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A Heroic Physician.

A tale Of almost unspeakable self-sacrifice
comes home from the Transvaal. DIR. Lam
don, of the Army Medical Department, was
wounded at the Majuba Mountain on the
day when Sir George Colley was killed.
The bullet struck his spine and paralyzed
his lower limbs. Knowing be must die, he
called to the orderlies naar Tim md caused
himself to be prcpped MP xg4inlG y boulder.
There. in the yez3 preaeaee u 1eath, he
with bis own h6l,<l breed ~ .orphia solu-
tion into The xpunted orm 81 Corporal
Farmer, and thus. f<n ttiiI1 Hcunded. and
suffering mo- II <<I. ~ 1I60. Ths story
of this gallant kISlk9i1 xcuched for BY
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LOVES JEALoUSIES.
Tenple Bar.

Temple Bar.
Last summertime heard the folk complain,
Because the Sun, returning to bis own,
Cared not to win with smiles what he had
sown,
But brooded In unkindly cloud and rain
And the sad season naught to him would
yield,
Who, like a churl, so scorned the wealth
Which needed but his glance TO make 1t
gold,
Sighting the freewIll Offering of the field.
Chill hearts, whose fires are low, whose light
is dim,
Even stray smiles = Loves u.urers : oft
have won
A mighty harvest at little cost.
Love waits until ye crave gift of him;
Ye kill his kindness by the untimely frost
That cheats the Brethren of their Summer
sun
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Just Found Out.

In the stone floor Of the Grafton, w. Va,
Court House vestibule 10 the word "Jus-
lice Y In large letters An old resident who
had just lost suit was walking out Of the
building sadly and with eyes cast down.
Seeing the letisrs on the floor he halted, un-
covered his bead and spoke: Justice,
knew you we're dead. but ! didn't know
where you we're buried until now
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