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The Beautiful.

The instinct to seek to appear beautl-
ful is universal Some of us are obliged
to content ourselves with approaching
the beautiful only so far as to become
uIeasiuo None need fall short of this.
Bnt whatsoever can become beautiful may
reGari himself dfvineiy called to be
beautiful. Beauty and duty chime as
we'll in substance as In sound. The am
bition to be beautiful is not only right
If il ennobling-it is obligatory. But
beware of counting mere personal beauty
the chief end of life. Mere physical
beautv of person we recognize and adj
mire but supreme. commanding beauty
raceives its crown and halo from the
radiant soul within. A cultured mind
gives charm to the face, and gentle dis
cilpined and benignant heart shines win
ninoly through features which are not OF
classic mold Beauty of person then is
somatbinr which may be cultivated.
Heoce the aspiration to be beautiful is
not a vain one; were it so, kind nature
would not have implanted it in oul
hsarts I do not speak at random when
7 sf4irm that women with cultured minds
ond hearts excel in beauty those who re
main IGNORANT and perverse. From the
day when a course of intellectual anc
spiritual training begins, you may de
teot an Improvement in personal attrac
tion. How vain, then, are rouges anC
dves and other cosmetic inventions
Reanty is not made of paint and powder
4 il the temple which health builds fo
pure. bright spirit; or, as st. Clement
of Alexandria, says: Beauty is tn,
free flower of health. "-Alerande
IV;ncheH. LII. ID.
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Leaving a Man in the Lurch.

It was on a street car. man with a
very hoarse voice looked across the aisle
at man with a country satchel between
his feet, and said;
Wintry day. isn't it ?"
"Hey?" called the other as he put his
hand to his ear.
Seems like winter, doesn't it ?"
shouted the man with the hoarse voice.
Hey hey?" asked the deaf man.
He says" began a man who was
standing up, che says it seems like
winter"
At this moment the hoarse-voiced man
rose up and slid out of the car. As he
did so the deaf man rose up, laid two
parcels on the seat, and called out:
"Speak louder-Tm deaf p
He says 1t seems like winter !"
bawled the man standing up.
"Who says so p
He turned around to the hoarse-voiced
man, but that person had skipped.
Who says SOP demanded the deaf
man.
I-I-why, say So
"Well, what of it? Haven't I sense
enough to know that this is winter
weather? Don't try any of your guys
on me or I'll knock the top of your head
offp'
Then the deaf man sat down and the
middleman sneaked out and dropped
off the car and said he would spend the
rest of his life looking for the hoarse-
voiced man.
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Love Among the MummIes.

The glass case yOnder is getting to be
more and more the Mecca of my glances
and the Atlantis of my hopes. Why is
II This strange new uprising of emotions
tbat ought to be long since dead? l can
neither analyze my feelings nor ignore
them.
wander what she is. Certainly not
Fgvptian of the ancient race. The con-
tonr Of her beautiful features, the cut Of
her cerements, forbid the superstition.
That aauiline was never reflected In
the water of the Nile. The straight
black tresses were never toyed with by
the Nubian breeze. From chronological
INDICATIONS on which it is unnecessary
10 enlarge, / am confident that she is
neither Aztec nor Peruvian. Strange,
lovely being, why did not the curators
think 1t worth their while to label you
distinctly?
Sometimes L fancy that beneath my
ardent gaze the faintest possible blush
OF consciousness reddens the parchment
of her cheek. Sometimes it seems that
her glance turns not unkindly in my
direction. Sometimes hateful thought !
lit seems to glide over my right shout
der towards Rames VI, whose hero
glyphics are brighter than mine, owing
At such times democratic, even COM
munistlc, ideas struggle in me for ex-
preston, and lose ell respect for mai
esty. ! could almost burst my wrap
pings and throttle the old imposter on
his gaudy case !
He is tall, but not too tall. / believe
that he notices the peculiarly becoming
style In which my hair was braided by
the old women of the tribe.
He must have come from beyond the
mountains. No Chinook chief or warrior
ever went 10 the happy hunting grounds
swaddled like a papoose in that ridicu-
lous fashion.
Be still, my maiden heart know he
admires me. 1 feel the melting of the
SHOWS, the song of the spring birds, the
blossoming of the little buds. Why,
when they rearranged the museum, did
they not place me nearer to him My
cheeks must be dreadfully red. Did You
ever see anything SO impairment as his
persistent gaze? How well scarlet
wing feather from that phoaicopterus
'1tber In the third case to the left would
look In my back hair.
he shall never, never know my pref
erence.-Ne,0 York Sun.
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Writing.

A careful reading Of good authors
gives several distinct products-iacts,
style. readiness of expression. and a GER
tain temper or frame of mind conducive
TO good writing. Before writing a pro-
duction one must gather together an
abundance of material. Facts, style,
and vobulary must all be IN readiness;
must be saturated, as 1t were with the
subject. And yet, if the peculiar power
is wanting, if feeling 10 cold or absent,
mortar without the architect and mason.
1t may be established as a general rule
that no speaker gets worked up into
much greater fervor before his audience
than he experienced when he was prepar-
ing the production in his silent room.
This indefinable mood moves IN ways
mysterious, so much so that men have
impersonated it In goddess, and called
it muse. She Is said to linger along
the banks of rivers, in the leafy woods
at twilight, and along the pebbly shores
of the ocean. But she can be wooed In
imagination in the writings of others,
and carefully reviewing the paths In
which she has flown in the past, we can
more readily obtain her aid. And so the
suggestion is offered, that, after the
materials are gathered for production,
the nextpreparation, of qualimportance,
is to get the spirit as well as the facts;
and this is done by carefully reading the
works of the best writers, and when this
is obtained, give full rein to the inspira-
ton, or afflatus, till its force is spent
BOOMERANG.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.


THE mean depth Of the sea is 1877
fathoms.
ToAps. tortoises, turtles and some liz
ards are entirely destitute of teeth.
CAMoAILE flowers are sometimes used
for the adulteration Of smoking tobacco.
CHEESE is really but coagulated milk
IN more or less advanced stage of de-
cay. -a
In THE swamps surrounding the fssalt
ticks " of Kentucky, buffalo bones are
found packed in the soil in great quanti-
ties.
THERE is no appreciabIe difference, for
the feeding of silk-worms, between the
leaves of the Usage orange and the mul,
berry.
THE sea urchin is remarkable az being
the only animal below mollusks and
artlcuiases possessing, organs for raas-ss-
cation.
THE heat of lava at the bottom Of
the crater may be estimated at 2,OOO',
for refractory metals melt IN contact
with burning lava.
IT HAS been estimated that the
evaporation from the soil Of the forest
is rather more than one-third as great as
that from open soil.
Ok AoAu poibpu4LB SUI litthtt VI 5pttsi
or EPSON salts is the prescribed anti
dote; powdered charcoal and sulphate
of magnesia are also used.
The experiment has been tried extern
sively III France of planting trees IN
belts at certain distances apart, with
marked benefit to the climate.
CHLoRAL does not act as au anesthetic
on the sensitive plant, while ether and
ciIloroform have an effect on 1t similar
to that they exert on animals.
THE existence of rays beyond the
violet end of the spectrum, though al
most invisible TO our eyes, has long been
shown by their chemical action.
WHAT has been commonly knows as
the fat of an eel is seen, under a micro
scope, to consist of egg cells, of which
a single fish may contain 100000.
IT HAS been discovered that the venom
of the Ldchesis rhanbeatd, a species
of snake, possesses the power Of digest
ing albuminous substances and emulsi-
flying fats.
TREES, during rain storms, retain vast
quantities of water. The soil covered
with forests receives six-tenths the whole
rainfall, the trees having intercepted
four-tenths.
The light which falls upon the earth
from the satellites of Mars Is about
equivalent to what a mans hand on
which the sun shone at Washington
would reflect to Boston.
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A DAGGER in his BRAIN.


a wan Drlsrs Four Tnel1es AZ sse.sE.s.
1als mead yFiakcsss Enecl
from The Ioadsa Lancet
An instance Of singular tolerance of
a severe wound Of the brain was recently
communicated by NJ Dubrisay to the
Societe de Medecine de Paris. A man.
aged forty-four, m an attempt at suicide.
sent q small dagger through his skull
into the brain. fihe weapon was ten
centineters long and one wide. He had
held the dagger IN his. left hand. and
given it with the right several blows
with a nallet, believing that he would
fall dead at the first blow: To his pro-
found surprise he felt no pain. and OBJ
served no pafticuIar phenomenon. He
struck the dagger, IA all, about dozen
times. The nan vas fdrunkard, but
WAS salser at fhe moment of the attempt.
Miles, seen. 500 tive hours later, the
iisiiisi { = d1s5 cl ses WIS projecting from
the skull AZ the Iunctian, of the posterior
and middle stiIira. x 4ttle TO the right of
the middle line, and In q transverse po-
sltion. The whole blade waA imbedded
except part one centimetre In length
For half an hour unsuccessful attempts
were made to get the dagger out. The
patient was placed on the ground, two
vigorous persons fixed his shoulders, md
/ aided by a strong pair Of carpentes's
pncers, repeated attempts were made.
but without success. The patient and
assistants were raised off the ground, but
the dagger remained immovable. These
!, attempts caused no pain. More power
full mechanical instruments were then
employed. The patient, who walked
well, and complained of no headache,
was taken to a coppersmith's, and by
strong pincers the handle of the dagger
as fastened to a chain, which was
/ passed over cylinder turned by steam
I power. The pincers, used for drawing
out tubes Of copper, were so made that
the more they were pulled the tighter
1 they grasped. The man was then fast
! ened to rings fixed in the ground, and
! the cylinder was gently set in motion.
At the second turn the dagger came out.
The blade measured ten centimetres IN
I length, of which nine had entered the
/ interior of the skull. The patient, who
4 had submitted with the greatest cool
ness to the maneuvers, suff red no pain
/ or inconvenience. Some drops of blood
/ escaped, and in a few minutes afterward
the man was able TO walk away TO hos
/ pital, where he remained in bed for ten
1 days, but without fever or pain. He
1 then returned to his work. and the wound
I gradually healed NJ Duhrisay endea-
vored by post norton experiment to
ascertain what parts of the brain had
/ been injured. He drove the dagger into
the head Of a cadaver in the same situa-
ton, and to the same depth, and found
that without injuring the superior long
/ itudinal sinus, 1t had passed into the
| cerebral substance, just behind the as
ceudln0 parietal cOnVOlutlOn. and thus
/ behind the motor zone; the point had
4 not reached the base. The difficulty of
/ the extraction had been due solely to
/ the fxation of the instrument by the
! edges of the wound in the bons
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HUMoRs OF THE DAY.

"A BABY in Ohio that was fed on ele-
pnant's milk gained twenty pounds in
one week. 1t was baby elephant.
News from the army: The Lieutenant
was badly bitten, about three inches from
the endof his vertebr@ and twenty-five
miles from the mouth Of the Rio Grande,
where he was stationed. lSift-
va9s.-
TIE papers tell Of courtship and
marriage brought about by q note writ
ten on an egg shell. Il is a most eggs
traordinary affair. The two hearts are
now yolked together.-Boston TRANS
cript
PREcooroUs children-"I know" said
the little girl to her elder sisters young
man at the supper table, "that you will
JOIN In our society for the protection Of
little birds, because mamma SAYS you
are very fond Of larks. f,hitdlekphf
Bulletin.
RRTRANsLArED from the Omnibus
Mary, why hast thou to the gentleman
there above O kisshand to thrown ?"
have to him only.that which he TO
me thrown has, back given, Herewith
he himself no false hopes may enter
tain. "-NetU York Evening Post.
But whom We will not now disclose
Asked q little chap not stupid,
What he knew about Cupid
And they could have died,
As he thus replied:
He's a baby wisout ennv close 20
= Wheeling Journal
A CELTIC friend was recently badly
cut about the head in an accident and
bleeding freely, but he demonstrated
against having his wounds dressed, when
the surgeon told him he would bleed to
death If they were not attended to- His
reply was characteristic. sDocthur.
said he, never bled to death in ali
me life"
"MR. BRowN, do you eat mush %
asked four-year-old fiend, of his sis
ter's beau. "Why, Johnnie ?" responded
Mr.. Brown. Zoos sister says she
wishes you wouldn't talk like YOU had
mouthful of mush." Sister faints, and
Brown remembers that he has an en-
gagement in Australia. -Reoklk Gate
city.
A CAPITAL story is quoted by Suther-
land Edwards, in his pleasant book on
the opera, of a young lady. who, buying
piece of music, was asked whether the
fact of it being Sin four fats" would be
any obstacle to her playing it. She re-
Piled that 1t made no difference how
many fats were marked, as beyond two
she scratched them out with penknife
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A BnrrHr heart makes . blooming Wis
age.
HYPoon1sY is the homage vice pays to
virtue.
BErrxn one word in time than two aft
erward.
To I'm weak il miserable. doing or suf-
fering.
Loss on sincerity h loss Of vital
power. a
NONE but wise man can employ leis-
ure well
THE greatest wealth Is eontentment
with little. ,,e
Hz that swells in prosperity il sure to
shrink In adversity.
He who says what he likes, ofben hears
what he does not like.
SOME men and women talk by the yard,
and think by the inch. ~S >
THE touchstone by which men try N
is often their own vanity.
MANY men employ their first years so
as to make their last miserable
MANY an honest man stands in need
Of help that has not the courage to
ask il.
THE charities that soothe, and heat,
like flowers.
SELFISH people always think their own
discomfort Of more importance than any
thing else in the world.
THERE'S nothing kills man SO soon as
having nobody to find fault with but
himself George Eliot. ~
WHAT boy learns he mostly keeps
tall age; so therefore, parents, train your
children well.-Euripides
FORTUNES made In no time are like
shirts made In no time; it's ten to
one if they hang long together.
DIFFICULTIES may surround our path,
buff the difficulties be not in ourselves,
they may generally be overcome.
NEVER does q man portray his own
character more wildly than in his man
ner of portraying another.--R Richter.
CONE what, come may,
Time aud the hour run through the toughest day.
LIFE is a succession of lessons which
must be lived to be understood. All
is riddle, and the key to riddle is an
other riddle.
THEY say fortune is a woman and
capricious. But sometimes she Is good
woman, and gives to those who merit
George Eliot.
NOT ONLY general Things, out also the
most particular, which have entered the
memory, abide there. and are never OBJ
liberated -StcdeH6Org.
FoRrUSE, 10 show us her power in all
things, and TO abate our presumption,
seeing she could not make fools wise,
has made them fortunate.
Real political issues cannot be manu-
featured by the leaders of political par
ties, and real ones cannot be evaded by
political parties.
In SHORT you're always SURF TO detect
A sham in the things felix's most Affect;
Bean-pOds are noisiest when dry,
And you always wink with your weakest eye.
Bird hGrts
In coMMos discourse we ossu.<s--A-.-s.-
persons and things according TO the
major part of their character; he Is TO be
called a wise man who has but fen follles'
TIE more gross the fraud the more
elibly will it go down, ard the more
greedily will it be swallored; SINCE ion OF,
viii always find faith here impo''orS
will find impotence. no. .sa
FxPEnrEscE has .aught me D Lhe
III frianJs we an cal oy< own, who
only ir,eno ae.h.age, are f,ee over whom
can nAso I TO-. cpsed; thf seal OF death Is
t th 1880 rISss friendnip.-BgTon.
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marcb,ng Volunteers.

ne method q marching troops is .
= s.oiect of no lsss interest TO the soldiers
Of the State Man to those who tread the
frontier war path. The late General
UPTON. present one hot day at a review
of a diyieion of the New York National
Guard. was admiring the picturesque
features of the display, the color and
excitement and glitter as the masses
swept by the reviewing stand. looking
toward the rear Of the column over the
miles of flashing steel, he noticed that
the formation was the same-company
front, elbows touching, uniform step,
quick time-while in front the pace was
already beginning to tell on the plucky
but overdriven men, as shown by white
lips, starting eyes, dilated nostrils, pant
ing chests. Turning to q friend, the
General said, "This is sheer crueltyPs
Had he known that some of these regi.
ments would march two or three miles
further in the same close order and regu-
lar step, his wonder and compassion
would have been unbouRded. 1t Is a
grevious mistake and sometimes a crime
TO keep men braced up continuously for
such a distance; as web might the re-
viewing stand be as long as the route,
well-seasoned regulars are never abused
in that way; why should occasionally
exercised militia be so ILL treated? There
can be but one answer to the query, /
fear: 'It is our custom" Whenever
troops are taken outside their armories
the rules prescribed for. marches
should govern. In case of review, the
route step should be taken until within
q very short distance Of the reviewing
point; the uneven and slippery stones Of
city streets make the uniform-step diff
fcult and wearisome and the route-step
q welcome relief. I am sure that the
change would be appreciated, not only
by the soldiers, but also by the curb
stone critics, as giving variety to the
spectacle; besides, the men would be
kept fresher and perform greater ease
the more precise movements when
ordered, and that. yeu will agree with
me, is sufficient reason. - General
Rodenbough, ia Journal Of the Military
Service Institution.
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THE man who said he lost his leg bet
ing on an election must have been twin
brother to one of the Missouri Confed-
crate soldiers, who, during the war,
were to be paid off at Memphis, pro.
vided they had the States certificate OF
Indebtedness on satisfactory proof OF
loss of the certificate they could be paid.
This one, who lacked the document. on
being asked where it was, said he had
LIST it. How had he lost it? Lost 1t
playing poker.
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1T is estimated that the English peo-
ple consume, on an average, twenty
nounds of cheese each, every year. or a
total weight of about 500, 600, 600 pounds.
The population of the United States is
more than double that of England.
while the demand for cheese is less than
3OO. GOO. 900 pounds, or less than six
pounds for each person. If the Ameri-
cans were as great cheese eaters as the
English. we should require more than
!. 600 600, 600 pounds annually,
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a dairy courtry than the United States
with a population of 5000, 600, they
manufacture annually 60, 600, 600 pounds
Of Of cheese, equal to IL pounds per capita.
whiIe we with SO, 0O0, 600, make 3OO,-
400. 600. or 6 pounds per capita. With
4 population not exceeding one-tenth OF
ours. their exports of butter are about
one-half as great as ours.
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lie pIdn,t Mind Che ZExpense.

Fourteen dollars for little lunch for
twol" exclaimed a prosperous looking
customer to the proprietor of restasl-
rant. Why, what the devil do you
take me for?"
"I know it's little steep" said the
steak stretcher, 'but you're the only
soul that's been in to-day, and. my rent
falls due tomorrow" $500 s.....
I'm blamed il I don't really admire q
man with nerve like yours. and I'll pay
Ne swindle," and with an amused smile
thu blooded stranger tossed the hash
pira. $50 note, tipped dollar ont Of
the c.snge 70 the waiter and walked
"whsA . pity. We ca only have ons
chance satNs msn Ike thxt, q hnrmured
the dyspepsh dispenser regrstfully. But,
when The neat day the, rent collector
threw ont the noe as Q counterfeit, his
despair was such.t that it. was Ill -four
walters and the cooA could do 10 prevents
his swallowing bottl>o Of, his own alleged
wine, and thus putting "a end 70 himself.
- VI i4t
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PSYCHOLOGISTS are agreed that the
worst form of cruelty to animsls is 10
starve them. From an insuthclency OF
food they suffer longer, and, there =
good ground for supposing, lar more
intensely, than from wounds OF prok as
bones. One proof of this is that .ne
severest injuries will not prevent tnem
from eating-as witness the irequenIy
addueed instances of horses after being
wounded IN battle.
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WY PRINCES.



She walks beyond me fair and far.
As yon fair ship beyond the bar
Stands out 70 sea, or, in delay,
At anchor rides. day after day.
Day after day before my eyes,
Just out Of reach, the white sails rise;
inst out Of reach, day after day,
Like this she keeps and holds her way,
Who holds and SWAPS my heart. until
Within my soul some tender thrill
Wakes into life, and forget
A moment then the gulf that yet
Between us lies, the swelling sea
That separates my love from me.
NY Lowell With bated breath name -.
Her thus, yet cen thus dare not proclaim
To her. before whom others kneei,
The throes Of passion that feel.
And yet-and yet, day after day,
She leads me on with looks that say
What speech denies, with smiles that prick
Ny arrnor through, through leaden thick.
The daughter of regnant Queen,
My Princess fair, doth she demea7
= 1,sr high. estate. stoop frara ksE lbs,
- TO lure victim by her grace
ET'n while this doubt Assaileth me,
Amidst the courtly throng l see
A face that for an instant there
Seems touched with some divine dess~A'
A look Of human need and loss
That Ike a shadow nits across
The ewes whose smile but yesternigni
shone with a bright, ailuring hsh~
Another moment, down the room
Her gay laugh rings. catch the oio'Ni
OF srdden roses on her cheek;
meet her glance; hear her speAA
In testing words the Old light way.
But down the room the harpers pay
Wild wAltzes, with dying fau
In every note, plaintiNe call
OF passionate, sntreating pain
Inwoven with each mirthiui strain
listen, and remember there
The face touched with divine despair
listen, lifting up my heart;
] look, where near and yet apart
She holds her way afar from ms
AIR yet near 1 look, and see
NV love, though seas may roll oetNeen
Ny own, though Kingdoms stand between
--Harper's Magazine.
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WHEN Brown complained of rush of
blood to the head, Fogg endeavored to
ease his mind by reminding him that
nature abhors vacuum, AID Browns
blood rushed to his head worse than
ever.