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Chang and Eng.

/ In answer to a correspondent who
writes US for information on the above
/ subject, we have compiled the following
| information: Eng and Chang were born
simultaneously, on the 18th day of April,
| 1911, and died at the age of sixty three
years. They We're connected together
| by patent coupler, which entered tie
body of each Ia the region OF the vest
| pocket. This connecting arrangement
| necessarily threw them q great deal in
each others society. When they were
boys their lives We're rendered more or
less unhappy by their widely different
tastes. Eng was very fond of sour ap
pies IN his youth. and when at night he
rolled and tossed upon his couch with a
large stock Of collie on hand, Chang had
to lie awake and get the benefit. Later
IL life Chang developed a strange long
ing for flowing bowl, while Eng was
Gocd Templar. When Eng went 10 the
lodge, the worthy outside guard would
refuse to let Chang III, because lac
couldn't give the password, and as Eng
couldn't go IN and leave Chang IN the
ante-room, he had to go home and wait
till another meeting. Eng was Mason
and Chang was a Knight OF Pythlas,
and they used to give each other away
sometimes, and have lots of fun. Eng
WIS n Half-Breed and Chang was Stall
waTt and that made it bad about attend
ing eaucusses. Chang joined the Epis-
copah Church and believed IN sprinkling,
while Eng was Baptist, and not only
got Immersed himself, but fixed it so
that Chang had his sins washed at the
same time Once in a while Chang
would get an invitation TO n private
party in a set to which Eng did not be
hal 70 ~
question by putting Etruscan noses on
each other as to, whether they should go
or remain at home. Chang died first,
and Eng died few hours later rs mat
ter of courtesy. Eng was not prepared
to die, and regrettedthat he was not con-
suited by Chang before this important
step was taken, but he said it would save
the expense of two funerals, and he
wanted TO do what was right. The lives
of these two men were somewhat peculiar
In many respects. There were many lit
tie nameless annoyances to which each
were compelled to submit, and which
would not at first occur to the student.
For instance, Chang had to get up and
go for the doctor IN company with Eng
whenever Eng's children had the GROUP;
and whenever Chang S wife thoughtthere
was burglar IN the woodshed, Eng had
to get up in his night-shirt, and go with
his brother in search Of the william.
They could ride the festive velocipede,
and when Chang got billing drunk, Eng,
had to go to the jug with him, and stay
there till the fine was paid. Among the
many blessings which cluster about MS,
and are showered down upon us through
life, we are prone to lose sight of the fact
that with all of our sorrows and dlsap-
pointments, we are not born Siamese
twins Laramie CTfV Boomerang.
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Gladstone,s intensity.

Mr.. Gladstone is O man who. having
once put his hand to the pillow. not
only Will not look back, but frequently
disdains to glance to the right or left
also. Although one of the greatest men
this country has ever produced
fnancier of consummate ability. states
man of rare parts, and patriot of I'M
blemished renown-he somehow lacks
that genial savo;r fdire which drew all
men to such leaders as Lord Beaconsfield
and Lord Palmerston. As a lively French
friend of mine remarked, ST can not
understand your Mr. Gladstone: he is so
terribly in earnest" The Premier's ends
are always good ends, but he is so "ter-
ribly In earnest" about reaching his
objects that he is apt to overlook not so
much the principal means Of obtaining
them as the small details, which. though
individually Insignificant, are frequently
collectively of the utmost assistance to
statesmen and statecraft.
Mr.. Gladstone belongs to the Church
of England, and is fond of q fine ritual:
but there is good deal of the old austere
Puritan spirit in his composition. Unlike
Palmerston, doubt II he ever made 4
political convert from the enemies ranks.
and is Inclined to despise those small
social amenities outside the walls of ST.
Stephens which SO often facilitate busi-
ness within. London Correspondence
Philadelphia Telegraph
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Different Modes of Taking an. Oath.


The followers of certain creeds object
from conscientious scruples to the usual
verbal oath, holding that it is impious to
rake words OF such awful sanctity upon
the hps in connection with secular mat
tiers these notably the Quakers
make a simple affirmation, none the less
binding In law, though it is said land
one can well believe) that no conviction
OF perjury upon an affirmation has yet
Deen known. Jews are sworn upon the
GA Testament, Mahometans upon the
Moran, and we occasionally witness a
curious scene in our Law conrts when
special aud exceptional form of oath is
rendered necessary by the nationality of
the wltness-as, for example, when
Chlnaman breaks a saucer, or a disciple
OF Aoraster gives his replies with his
hand upllfted over torch. 1t may be
noted, however, that IN China there are
several forms of attestation In vogue, ac-
cordlng to the rank and numerical Dig
nifty OF him who swears while in Japan
oaths are taken VIGOROUSLY by the BONES
or priests, who are paid for doing so ac-
cordIng to fixed tariff, which Is regu-
lated correspondingly to the vehemence
or Importance of tie vow. Mahometans,
too, swear by other things than the
Koran, all more or less holy in their
falth-by the Prophet and his beard, by
the boards of their fathers and grand
fathers, and their own, and by the horses
descended from the Prophets favorite
steeds. The Koran itself abounds with
cautions against false or trivial swearing,
and Ineulcates strongly the sacredness of
an oath. In French courts of Justice
the witness raises his hand to heaven
while making his avowal. This seems
to be one Of the earliest, if not the orig
inal ceremony; there is something
natural and intuitive about the action,
for we practice 1t almost unconsciously
when we make solemn assertion under
the influence of strong emotion. It's sig
nificance IS easily recognized. The APP
awhai and other Indians on the Isthmus
of Panama bow their heads to the earth
In swearing; Kaflirs are said. by early
African travellers, to swear by two peeled
sticks placed crosswise-from which it is
even inferred that they might have some
ancient tradition of the Catholic religion:
and the remnant of Obeah or fetch
worshipers, which still fingers in some
parts Of Jamaica and few other West
India Islands, trace circles on the ground
with the finger smeared in their own
blood. in token of the ghsstly obliga-
tons imposed upon them. There can be
no doubt the oaths of many secret soci-
ties at the present day must be so con
stituted that their periurer would wreak
his own destruction, since they are so
faithfully observed.-LOnd0a Globe.
IT rs the easiest business in the world
to do a thing. The learning how is
where the labor hampton.
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Social Pests

we have no liberation for whining and
we have no pity for winners. They are
among the most tormentine of social
pests. Affected sensibihty is disgusting
morbid sensibility is vexatious. h5t
worst of all Is the drawing dolefulness
with which certain self-consecrate5
martyrs prosecute any acquaintance who
has patience and good nature enouob 10
listen to them. It is the nearer who ia
truly the great sufferer. These talkative
afflicted ones have no mercy, no commas
sion; without consideration or remorse.
they continue TO the extremity of endur-
ance their slow, wasting torture, and
care nothing for their victims pain: are
not sensible to his mute anguish; give no
heed to his imploring looks, and no hear
ing to his stitied groans. We once
heard clergyman preach upon the duty
of people bearing each others burdens.
We told him after service that it would
be as well to preach another sermon on
the duty of people bearing their own
burdens.
In this matter of bearing burdens
their is seldom any reciprocity. The
bearing is usually all on one side, and the
supply of burdens all on the other One
person furnishes the load, and another
person has to carry it. Such persons are
entirely opposite in character and class.
The martyr side or ethics, as the most
repugnant to instinct, is naturally the
side which moralists the most strenu-
ously urge; but needful in general as
this is, the urgency may be excessive
and unreasonable. The constant exhor-
tation is, Care nothing for self care
everything for Others" Think and work
for the comfort and happiness of your
brethren; but as to your own lot, be con-
tent, even joyful, with suffering and sac
ifice.-Henry GILES,
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Pronaeating Plants.

The propagation Of plants by cutting
Is not n difficult operation; yet il would
seem that horticulturists have taken
especial pains to obstruct the operation
with 50 many difficult conditions that
amateurs have been discouraged from
undertaking this delightful and salts
factory employment. To be successful
1t is absolutely necessary that the plant
from which the cutting or " sin" Is
obtained should be IN perfect health.
If this Is weak or diseased, failure viii
be the result An excellent method TO
prove the proper condition Of the plant
from which we wish to root cuttings, Is
To note if the slip breaks or snaps clean
off, instead of bending or kneeing. II
1t snaps clearly off it is IN the right state
to root freely; should 1t bend and not
break 1t Is too old, when If it roots at all
it VIII be slowly and make but q sickly
plant. With but few exceptions. cut
tings Of all kinds root freely from slips
taken from young wood before it be-
comes hardened. The practice Of cut
ting at or below a Joint, which has been
generally considered practicable, has
been the cause of numerous failures,
from the fact that when a slip IS cut al
Joint, the shoot has frequently grown too
hard at that point, while half an inch
higher mp or above the joint, the best
condition viii be discovered.
1t IS wisest TO pot off cuttings as soon
as rooted, even if the roots are very
small. Half an inch is the best length
for them to be; they Will spindle aud
become weakly if left longer, and when
once in the pot viii not flourish as well.
The soil should be finely sifted and the
pots about two inches wide and in depth.
After potting, place on boards or
benches covered with an inch of sand,
sprinkle freely with a fine watering pot,
and shade four or fine days By that
time they viii begin to root, when no
further shading IS necessary.
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4 nridal Chamber.

a gorgeous bridal chamber has peen
completed for the reception OF a bride
who has never known the want OF
money, and by whom 500 IS spent Win
as little thought as many people would
tender 10-cent piece. The walls are
covered with heavy white satin, tuited
with gold buttons, and mirrors are IN
teriected here and there. The ceiling Is
painted Ia the most artistic manner, and
the curtains are of white silk, embrold,
cred IN gold and rich cOlorings III floral
designs. These curtains are mounted
on gilt poles. and, when drawn back,
disclose lace drop curtains that cost S6OO
q window. The portieres are OF white
silk plush, with dado embroidery match
ing the curtains. The furniture IS treat
eel with the same material as the cur
tains, and what little of the framework
is seen is found TO be heavily giloed. A
table cover in white silk plush shows
gold embroidery, and IS bordered with
rich gold bullion fringe, with point d
spange heading. The fringe is seven
inches deep Brooklyn Eagle.
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what a Woman Thinks of bachelor.
and Married Wen.

"a bachelor life makes a man cold
and SELFISH L remarked to nv wifa
" He becomes afflicted. metaphoricolI,,
speaking, with Justification Of ~
heart.
=" II n bachelor life makes a man more
selfish than are most married men. - re-
piled Guiana, g am sorry for him. But
l cannot believe IT. " NJ
| gazed at her inquiringly.
mean she went on, THAT aIl the
married men 1 ever saw were infnifelv
conlprehensiyely and egotistical!v self
lsh. 4 bachelor, as n rule, can harm ro
one by his selfshness. It spends itself
subiectively. Like the asp, he must
sting himself. But with married man
it is different. His selfishness (which is
another name for the consultation of
ones own feelings, the indulgence of
ones own bad temper, has an objective
outlet. The objects are his family.
When bachelor Is out of sorts. tired
vexed by business troubles, he does not
use 1t as pretext for making his COM
panlons miserable. Not 50 with the
head OF family. He returns Mt the
close OF the day out of temper. We viii
suppose that the family is in a pleasant
frame OF mlnd-perhaps laughing and
testing. Enter husband, a scowl on his
brow, black blood in his heart. The
domestic barometer rapidly falls. The
spirits OF all go with it. Dinner is con
Quoted IN the midst of forred silence,
or perhaps 1t is seasoned with singing
remarks from the head of the table.
When every one is rendered thoroughly
miserable, his spirits rise. he has
transferred his troubles to his kin, as
the lsraelites did theirs tothe scapegoat.
He is happy"
Guiana, said !, warmly, always
thought you had some sense. but see L
nave been wrong. I never heard snch
cursed nonsense in all my life.
And, from my standpoint, never did
San francisco Argondttt
Costly Toilets OF stage Celebrities.
Annie Louise Cary, modest in expendi-
ture, says thst her wardrobe for last year,
although she is not by any means the
cost Sl0.o GOO.
From that, says a correspondent, we
may get starting point. American
actresses dress more extravagantly than
any women in the world. The foreign
ers who appear before the American
puoic usually come plainly dressed, out
tneY are made to understand that cos
tnming IS part of their art. Nine.
Gerster has been wearing the same
clothes ever since her first appearance
mere, not that she is accused OF never
q having had new dress, but that she
mas not had new wardrobe. The
cantatrice and her husband are said to be
!, prudent pair. and Nine. EteIka puts
= ner money In bank instead of wearing
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"COOL" BURGESS.
THE MANOR MANY LAUGHS.
A saintIy stump speech by n S-intIy
sinner.

The name of the gentleman heading
this article needs no introductory re-
marks from the writer. Everybody
knows who 'tCool " Burgess is, and what
he Is everybody who is anybody has
seen and laughed at his grotesque per-
fornances, and enjoyed them in such a
manner rs to neverforget them. "CooPs"
laugh is contagious and hilarious, and,
like the cut Of his unmentionables, is
unlike anything on or off the boards. His
oratorical powers are certainly unequnled,
and, as he SAYS himself without egotism,
he 90 don't believe that My Lord Roscoe,
with all his boosted powers as an orator,
could deliver my stump speech as do"
We coincide IN the opinion ourselves.
Nh. Burgess tells heap of truth under
the guise Of burlesque in his roaring and
amusing stump speech. His hit at the
navy is pretty good thing when he
stralglaeus himself up and seriously says
tnat We have as much water as ever, 3"
and then, g" but where, oh ] where are
our ships ?" the laugh that follows is a
pretty good indication the point is well
taken. Nor Is it with water alone that
Mr.. Burgess deals In his oratory; that
gentleman tells some remarkable truths
about oil-one Oil in particular, and that
Is St. Jacobs Oil, the Great German
Remedy for rheumatism. We doubt if
he receives a more hearty laugh at any
time during his performance-and he
receives many such-than when he tells
everyone to use ST. Jacobs Old, the Great
German Remedy. Mr.. Burgess very
earnestly recommends it as the great
panacea, and to show his esteem of the
Oil produces a bottle from the capacious
= 49, ~. IL, I,
knows what he is talking about.
This part of Mr.. Burgess performance
struck the writer as very laughable, and
he called on Mr.. Burgess to ask him how
he came to introduce the Oil in his
speech. In reply to his interrogatories
Mr.. Burgess said:
81 look upon the stage, my dear sir,
as a means of educating the people, and
human nature is such that truth told in
the g4ise of humor will he remembered
ticle. Every word ] say regarding the
mean. am the greatest adnnirer of that
wonderful Incidence there Is in the pro-
fession. and there is not an actor IN The
country who viii not speak IN fs-afse Of
the Great German Remedy. The bottle
which is produced by me on the stage is
no prop bottle, but the genuine article,
as never travel without st. Jacobs Oil.
1t has cured me of the rheumatism when
I was SO bad with that aggravating dis
ease as to have to give up my business.
II cured me permanently, too, and 4 am
~ tl1anIful for being cured that 1 praise
i continually. 1t cured my wife, also,
Of tbe same disease, and l know score
of nerformers who have been cured by
it. In fact, no performer. of good sense
trovals without thatmedicine. You know
rbenmatism is their special dread sooner
or later it comes to them all, owing to
their mode of living and travelling"
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The wisdom OF this age must see that
this constant never ending wear and tear
OF mind and muscle Iauat ana ttOes make
wrecks of women that it enfeebles the
body and dwarfs the mind that it pre-
vents women from developing healthy.
stout imbed, full-lunged and broad
chested offsprings; that for a proper
mental and physical development there
should be each day some period Ofabsolute
waking rest and leisure for regeneration.
for social enjoyment, for the cultivati on
of soma special pursuit, for getting com
pletely outside OF and from the home
cares, and thereby getting back to them
stronger and better that the poor of all
degrees are as much entitled to such
leisure IS the rich that physical ex-
haustion perpetuated IN the child Is one
great source of vice and crime that
Guiteau himself of this may be cited as
a fearful proof. the testimony at the trial
showing that bis mother was overworked
previous to his birth, and thereby he
came into the world malformed as to
cranial deyelopment--a moral moustros-
ity.
There must be number of screws
loose somewhere in the domestic and
social machinery, and I think chief
among these are lack of method lack of
forethought, lack of calculation. lack OF
consideration and appreciation by men
of the extent and exhausting character
of woman's domestic indoor work. All
of which, summed up. amounts to the
lack, in many quarters, of the recog-
milton of tie care of the house. care of
the family and care Of the table at sci
ence.-Pr6RticC Milford
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The Advantage of ssoing Through
tite Motions.

Sometimes" says q photographer,
"we have to take almost innumerable
negatives, and bother with customers
for hours before we get one that suits.
One day a young lady came in and com
posed her frizzles for picture I made
an exposure and showed her the mega
tive.
" That's very good, said she, but I
don't like the way my mar Is fixed, ex-
actly, and [ want another sitting
"'All right, said I, handing the plate
to my assistant, who was in the dark
room.
- She pulled the frizzles down nearer
her eyes, arranged her visible pet. and
said she was ready.
went through the notions. the
same rs before, while she sat smiling at
the camera, IN which there was no plate.
My assistant had IL and was making a
few scratches on the forehead. TO repre-
sent the lowered frizzles.
That's Just right now in regard To
the hair said she, when / showed Il ia
her, but l wish it was a little lighter
I'd like to sit again.
60 All right, said 1. and went tbroueb
all the motions again. She went through
the same smile, and supposed a new
plate was IN the camera, whereas it was
simply drying up in the darkroom
-Hhen 1t Is dry 1t Is always lighter.
" When I showed it to her shs said if
was better, but had hardly color enough
in the cheeks, and shed have to SIT
again. l went through all the motions
as before, while my assistant was tins,rp
the plate in the darkroom. When I
showed the plate to her She said it suib-
ed her exactly.
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The Electric ROy.

The Australian boy has arrived from
Melbourne. When eight years old he
gave evidence of wonderful electric
power that has kept developing since.
The only food for which he cares is that
which contains phosphorus. When not
sufficiently charged with magnetism he
complains of nervousness and headache.
When he goes to sleep the supply Of
electricity becomes slightly diminished,
but is much more constant than during
his waking hours. He is now twenty
two years old. He stands upon a mat
ting made of cocoanut threads, and al
lows the curious to examine his clothing
in order to convince them that no cleo
trical apparatus is concealed about his
person. When he touches any one a
current of electricity goes from him into
the other, producing the sensation that
arises from contact with a galvantic bat
terry. He told a reporter that he was al
ways charged in the morning, but that
during the day he gave off so much
power that it left him completely ex-
hausted in the evening. -NeaO York Let
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GENIUS is infinitely more than TALENT
Talent labors, studies, combines go its
products are combinations and the ;o;nts
and crevices show more or less. Genius
creates separate, indivisible units TaI-
ent initiates, improves, completes If can
only initiate nature to a certain axtent.
Genius initiates not; like the silk-worn1
it brings forth the finest tissues from, its
own body. Talent may be inherited :.
genius is communicated from on high
Rabbi Wise
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William J. Coughlin Of SomerviiIe1 Mass, says: in
the fail Of 1876 taken with bleedngs Of the lungs,
followed by severe cough. lost my appetite and
hesh, and was confined 70 my bed In ls77 I adj
mitted to the hospital The doctors said had hole in
my lung as big as half dollar. At time arepor
around that 1 dead. gave up hope, but a
friend told me Of Dr. WILLIAM HALL's BALsAM TIE
LuSss. I got bottle, when, TO my surprise, COM
menced feel better, and to-day feel better than for
three years past write this hoping every afflicted
with diseased lungs will take Dr. WILLIAM HA1L's BAL
SAN and be con WINGED that CONSUMPTION cusED
can positively say has done good than all tn
other medicines have taken since nv Sickness
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.


His hair was back as ravens wing,
He had the brow Of King
His eyes were luminous wels o. gag
And how the creature could sing
] feu in love with his long mustsene'
Twas grand, twas utterly too
laid my heart az NV hero teer
As schoolgirls frequently DO.
might have married him can 'e4-
Re loved me alone, be said; .A.
But he robbed our house one Wlnter nisn'
or all our jewels, and fed.
We met once more. lie was cauSnt anu '--N'
Alas T, his mustache was gone
without wig, his hair was as req
As any the sun shines on