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HOW HE TIMED THEM.
Martins Way Of Kuiing FerocIous Beasts.


| Mnrtin's Way OF Ruiing Ferocious Beasts.
From the Baltimore Necs.
curious history, and one that sheds
any CLEANS OF light upon tho character OF
| beasts in the menagerie is that of Henri
! Martin. the lion tanner, who died. 90 years old
quietly at his home among his collections Of
| butterflies and his books of botany" Martin
| according to his own letters began to cultivate
when he WAS connected with Il circus by ac-
Which he tanght e1ery trick Known nt TO the t pr%.
| iesSion. and SOM. of which have hardly boon
tamin.; wild beasts. and soon after he had
n n~rgia nui ha a" Part prorretPr Of me-
ns r"y s tiger o and ha lhhI IN as Sr4n
hyena 70 pick up his. gloves. Hc was nevor
seen See with awhp in his hand; but he crossed
| command to leap on and olr his shoiiIiNrs, and
ne considered his method infinitely 4uperior 10
thht OF ne trainers Who Z" through th'ir bust
MS n. ehely by t9c tHrr1rism Of 4 heavy whip
he said, " they ARC not tanned "a ,auc were,
| and when on of them rebel, YOU cal Judge tho
trGaSic rgsn,, ILHm tle trasi,al end Of Lucas."
| nated trou be with his lion Cphourg Who wns
| Then IN dangerous state of excitement Sha
said: Mo- for if | should do ii once 1hogId
nay" To- g. It. every time rho ',nimal~ hnya
"S 1 %%f 1 on ma NJ i3fiSos liz T ps:
! properly. Cohourg "rouohod low rnd dU:
mand except n dagger in his G.lt -
hnYc Said n"ver, a whn' Instead q Glowing
occurred, in the course II which tho lion took
Martin NJ IN his mouth and shook him in tho
ar. Martin Sfrnrk tho animal over the noso
Tor second lImc, aud then. feeling h's
and turned his back to the beast, So that at tho
next spring IT might attack tho hnre OF HIS
neck. and so - make an end OF tho bust
ness But two seconds passcd-two seconds
around. Tho lions mood hnd changed ii"
looked at the audience; La looked AT me [
gave thr sign to go, He went away.as II moth
ing ilau happened"
perform again, but then the lion worked ~
well as usual, and contiuucd To do so far four
years without amy NOR" capriors. In tanning
one of his tigers Martin began 10y taking the
thcu, armed with 4 dagger, went rapidly iut1
tne cage tnl stood looking at the ti.rr which,
Tor some minutes. lay moti0ncss staring mt
nm n. feeling SILVER, and knowing that
ne went swiftly out. A. the end Of n fortnight
ne Went again into the cage and this time STAY
ed there half an hour. tlirl time lie paynd
w lIor Vislt ol thr"c-uuartrrs ol an hour,
my down before the pigmy who hruvrd it, 70
tame hyona, Martin wrapped hi. logs Hui
arms WIN cords aud protected his h"ai VITA
handkcrchrfs and then wa kim; into ihc Gag,
went straight t. the animal and offered it hii
forearm. me hyena bit it, and TIA" tanner.
LOOK me- steadily IN It's eyes, stood mOtiOnir~,
lhe next day he repeated the experiment sub.
SNIltmtinga leg for an arm, and all the limo
,ringed and .snclcd the feet ii the ma-tcr,'
Martin tanned his subjects hy his personal IN.
iinenee alone, aud Charles N"!inr one" said e
nm: At the head II an army Martin might
haNc been "A BOnapHr'c Chanre hne made Il
man OF genius director Of II managcrie'
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volunteer fremcn. who perceived that with
their adoption much OF the pleasurabe ex-
citoment connected with the profession would
be gone. Still the organization was kept pfor
about seven years after tho Cincinnati steam
engine had demonstrated its superiority to the
hand dram and hand worked machine. The
bill establishing u Fire Department in the city
OF New York was not passed ulftil March, 1863
and the official transfer OF tho property OF tho
department to the Fire commissioners was nc:
made until the following June. Tn, last IRE ut
which the last Chief Engineer Of eho Volunteer
Fro Department was olliclall', present occurred
on Aug. 1, 1865. When 40 new regime came
in everything thing c1nnee I'd with the management
n though tn. the rsmos Of 1910 old firemen had
9een 5.r".son from tho rolls. no injury was
u tLiie ~ the disbandcd volunteers to any Of
..dirrled. however. that In the first eighteen
months under the paid system the loss by fire
T xT9H,er and h yeaTs
The Introduction OF steam engines not only
made the work Of ilremon comparatively tame.
but IL diminished the number OF men necessary
70 the successful operation OF u machine. But.
although relatively few men were needed for u
SINGLE company, yet owing to the eniargement
buildings within 1t. these men were needed oil
the time. and even Mr.. sheldon eulogist as he
Is OF the vonnteer Ere Popar,mltbn acknoW
nor cxpedient for the city to have used their
services without, paying for them. He admits.
moreover that the engine houses had become
the political and social headquarters Of COM
panies who in the discharge OF fire duty. were
constantly impeded by hangers -on of doubtful
interesting narrative of their ach cvemehts will
hold tho volunteer iIremen as body RESPONSE
bic for misees caused by 4u'si cd fo%aysm Or
us that the representative volunteer fireman
himself has always been the most relentless
censor of the misconduct which affected his
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the miracles. visions. and supernatural inter-
positions recorded. But Mr. Bancroft has no
doubt that the best Of the early chroniclers
wilfully lied In some things, and held 1t serving
God to do 3d. Nevertheless. although there was
strong temptation TO exaggerato. yet in
the main and as q whole the writings
OF the Spaniards who first visited America arc
pronounced unIuestfbnably true. Most Of the
pcrvcrsions and miscellaneous are easily cor
rigible. the events described being either i'm
possible or opposed to preponderant evidence.
We must boar in mind that We have multi
tudc Of witnesses. European and American. for
ing their evidence ut widely different times ana
places, The Spanish conquerors themselves
death. writing home long epstlcs Of vindica;
ton and utilization. so that where one cxtolled
aon 10 p"G hin s acWn %Sn from
iars, T e quite possible for 10 ratisSi
indisputable truths Mr. bancroft he's lit
tls >patience with the cr..,iiers who on grounds
OF Of, priori improbn, ..nty have brushed all the
Snd rM5 Yneatap MS dspoSes Of such
sc.,rcnee. THAT innpmerable conduerors. he
aays,, teachers. and travellers of various
creeds and nationali,ies engaged IN y2ri2 on,
ferent lands and at various times. should. to-
gcthcr with tho oral testimony. hierogIyphic
writings. and traditions of the aborlgines to
say nothing Of extant carvings Of stone and
other monumental remains. combine to per
petrate upon the world huge. and compli:
is how there could be found, outside the walls
of lunntic asylum. single person impudent
enough to ask men to believe it." But while
Mr.. Bancroft deems It entirely practicable to
build upon authentic evidence distinct con
ccption cf the status Of the Aztccs and Quic hes
relatively to other nations of the globe, he has
no theory to advance on any unprcvatie prop.
ositiOn concerning for instance the vcXcd
question of the origin of American civilization.
The utmost he will say upon this point is that
tn. civilization Of Mexico and Central America
seems s TO nm indlFenoils rainier tnan exotic;
body OF the history. but rclcgated to n note.
NJ. W. II.
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POEMS WORTH READING.
The Grn reya~d at sippicnn.

FROM me CENTURY,
Come TO this spot among the rocks and pines,
Tina hidden thou hndst ncer bcheld
Unless persuaded by n poets lines,
Or by the circumstance OF death compelled.
The summer sn.. rotr down their feryd heat
,.r stun,ed hcrbngc and sterile soil;
Tho storms of winter hurl their sungiHg hlect
Aud the hurt trees In agony recoil.
Yet no great names these modest monuments bear;
Thou ire d'st not, traveller, on n hero mere;
Yet these strong to do aud brave to dare
And nllod their places on the busy sphere.
They and the sea were surely kith and kin,
And DER these graves, although they never stop
Maranding sea fogs that come driving In
tribute from their salty plumber drop.
Near this lone nook their labor was not done:
Through Gains and storms from portto port hcy ran
Or from the tropic the frozen zone
They sought and slaughtered the leviathan.
Their virtues or their vices who shall tell. ,
or what their harbOr since fe's sails are furledI
Remote from strife and tuinut they sleep well
Here At the quiet limit Of the world.
Such simple histories deep lessons teach;
who seeketh wisdom let him pause ami learn
That in His plan God hath remembered each,
And each He satsfieth in his turn
That DEATH relentless still In not nnkind,
The vexed and weary to compel 70 rest,
Nor mother earth In her affection blind
To call her crying children to her breast
EN-. PonKaoY.
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IL seems to Us that there are some ncat
H. ns3 in the little volume of occasional verses
published under tho title of Sly Ballads IL,
HaFrad Chtna. by L. =. NJ. lBostcn. A. Will
lialns Il Cob The themes are. for the most
part. such as commend themselves to under
graduates Jut tho treatment il sometimes so
effective ~ to lead us 10 wish that the author
may hereafter choose n larger canvas. In ono
Of tho short poems indoed. here collected-"A
Philadelphia Clavcrhousc the difficulty ex-
porioGeod in our day by old fashioned Calvin
lists in defending ther position IL expressed
%Ith good deal OF point and irony. Among tho
hnppirst Stlokosi II u parody on u Wcil-k
song. setting forth the annoyancGs which are
someLineS entailei on the Harvard under
graduate by an artlnss resort to some simple
ald 10 memory at tho college, examinations.
rho poem Is namod only
Only small OF paper,
With inst u iew dates nothing more
winch At aH unfortunate moment
0'lcs down from my sleeve 10 the moor.
Only Argus eyed proctor
VINE ever pion Tue ani we,
rhe paper whIo, dropped from my sleeve.
Only four months In the country
An extra variation, that's all;
Hgt the ,19hS OF er"G,"s s'Ii s,rkosme
We do not know that we could bcttor exen
plily the crisp and pleasing quality Of These
unproten'pis volsos than by Quoting another
parody This time il il n burnsuuc Of Jenny
oil Broko, Broke, Broke"
Brohr, broke brakrl
have auanluIrd the uttermost son
And have failed IN efforts TO utter
One trivial, last |. o. u
oh, well FOR the infant IN arms
That for ducRiH he need not fret;
Oh well for the placid corpse
lhat h"H settled hi- tinal debt,
And dun after dan comes in,
sach hrirciuS his iiti," account
And Oh foI INC touch Of a nyc'dolur bill,
Or check for a large amount
Broke, broke, broke
Wy course ~ i tiudtut IL ran;
III hacN to u,y Chlt' i..u'i q homo and
The role ~! Tho !rudlgG S1n.
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TriOiets-On u Flirt.


From the Boston transcript.
HER HAIR.
MY heart in her hair
IL nestled and tntangled:
Though uaught she mayaeare,
NV heart lit her hair
Still heats in despair,
Like bells that are tangled;
MY heart In her hair
is meshed and entangled.
HER rYEs.
! looked in her eyes
To see " she meant It;
IN eager surinise
] looked in her eyes.
But rpguish surprise
A new meaning lent it;
looked in her eyes
To see II size meant it.
nER cHrEKs.
An answer to seek,
peeped meath her bonnet;
To me II was Greek
An answer 10 seek
Fair writ on her cheek
No blush was upon il;
An answer 10 seek,
Ipeeped meath her bonnet.
HsR LIPS.
kissed hut the tips
OF lily.Nhite fingers;
In lieu Of her lips
kissed hut the tips
Ar one who but sips
And thirstily fingers
kissed but the tips A
OF lily-white fingers.
HEN HAND.
silently famed,
She nOisily chartered;
While holding her hand
silently famed,
And felt quite unnamed
Though little II mattered;
silently famed,
She noisily chartered.
HER HEART.
Her heart In not hurt
Though mine is a little;
She's only u fiirt-
Her heart IL not hurt,
! boldly assert.
one jot or title;
Her heart IL not hurt,
Though mine Is u little.
MAYBuRY NJ
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From wide .iioake.

From Wide .ftodke.
Ny tasks are over for the day,
over at last and am free
M girl in all the land. they say,
Has so much study, so little play,
As the little Queen, dear me!
First came my French and then my Greek,
And then my German-that makes threei
And two are modern, and one antique,
And hate them all most fervently.
Then played the harp till my fingers stung.
That tresoIne GdugiO. minor c;
Ana then the piano, aud then sung:
Next the doctor came TO examine my tongue,
And ordered u horrible dose for ME.
Then the hour OF sums, the worst of all,
such long, long sums in the Rule of Three;
Anu the dance TO practise for the ball.
When | was 30 tired | could hardly crawl
And Ancient and Modern uistoryl
And once paused and looked about
And missed my answer. for u bee
Caught in flower cup Just without
Was making furious burr and rout-
Then how my master looked At mel
"Your majesty is much To blame
70 heed such trivial things. said he;
Aud all my edi-~ -ssia the came
felt my cheeks grow hot with shame,
So solemnly they looked atme.
They tell me that throughout the land
The other children envy me,
Because am 70 rich and grand;
caunOt cannot understand
Why people judge 30 toOlishly.
The other children shout anil run,
And play together full of glee;
] never have n bit of fun,
There are no games for only one
Nobody ever plays with mel
The other children go up stairs
After their merry nursery tea,
Their mothers brush and comb their hairs
And tuck them IN and hear their prayers
How pleasant all those things must bel
Ny ladies duly bend and wait
And serve me soft OH Blended knee,
Put of and on my robes OF state,
And bathe and brush and curl and plat,
hut no one ever kisses mel
am the queen, and I am told
That the whole land belongs to me,
Mine TO upbear and rule and hold,
And am only twelve Years old,
Only = little girl you seel
II might change for few days
And lust "a common child could be
IN i've IN common, HAPPY ways,
With easy tasks aud easy plays
And no one by to chide or see
might perhaps come hack. and class
Myself ~ happirst-it might no;
Rut that Mlll never come to pass,
am the little Queen, alasl
And there Is 40 escape for me
SUSAN CooLip
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A Lovers Fond keprSnchcs.

They tell me thon hast others loved
That OthVr, arms have pressed thee,
That others cars have drunk thy VOWS
And others ips cHress'd thee;
That AT the shrine where have lain
TIT love dceni ouly ours
Others before had brought thoir troth
To fade like summers flowers
fnin had hoped that in thy breast
when close to mime ia fold thee,
nr" born passion gIow'd to hear
The words of love told thee:
tam had hoped that first for me
The heart pressed was beating
That grlhood's fnlcior were hhc snow
A. stainless and US nertny
The springs Grst blossoms let the bees
SIP with the opening hours,
III rather wait tn drink the sweets
OF Summer y tuli.blown iOwersl
Thy youthful passions Ia heli.vc,
Lest greater bpfti me,
Know not the honey ~ true love,
In spite Of all they tell ne.
BY the Hon WILLIAM H. lIusr, Envoy Extraordinary
aid Minister PlrnlpotuniilS Of the United States To
kassia and lately Secretary Of the Navy.
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The New Baby.


from Hts iTtSs
There cans Il pgy, last Sunday night,
rms lui, Fest iitt'H Graft
without an inch of rigging on;
looked, and looked, and laughed.
II seemed 10 curious that she
Should cross the unknown water
And moor herself right in my room,
MY daughter, q my daughter
She has no manifest hui this
No foy nuHts DER the wut,r.
Shes luo new for tho British iloyds-
MY daughter, om! daughter,
Ring out, wild bells ANA tame ones too
King out the lVyrrs moon
Ring III TIA" little worsltd socks!
King IN the bib and spoon,
Ring out the muse ring In the nurse
Ring in the milk and water
Away with paper pen and Ink
ny daughter, y IA. daughter
GkoRGE ". CArLg,
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Jealous Quarantine Omcers.

From ne kIHSIs rify Tpirs
Mr.. c. W. W"ils OF l.arcln. Old Mexico. was IN
Nlls rlN yesterday las the !vu" jack Ii,I "Ul 10
Mexico ~ lie asked
,ne, th,rr ms hrGn no frost Nt, hut the d. .' lag
hoal' Notwithstanding IT'S fact, tltsi uu' I'n's
are stu in force. AMI hH To lphk, mas w. thfuush
-FOUR ct them tn ct H'u IN, I rIt,i states
. why ure luHrHi9tiirS si'l .unis' .trl
On, thc Oh srrs 49, . H.' ..I .... ..'I w. ID,
and they viii k,.i h b. of, ST.. ST.. ,.4"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-09-28
WHAT WE DO NOT LIKE TO 81

WHAT WE DO NOT LIKE TO SEE.
A man who knows so much you cannot tell
him anything.
A yellow saffron c0lored skin, when Burdock
Blood Bitters Is guaranteed to restore the com
plexion.
One man occupying section in a railway
car and his valise and grip sack half another,
while modest people are squeezed in and pack.
cd away sardine style.
live business man who Is ofteper incapa-
citated from business on account Of dyspepsia,
when Burdock Blood Bitters is guaranteed to
cure the worst case of this insidious man-kill-
er.
a man In the street Car who sits and waite
for some other fellow to get up and give a LADY
the seat.
person who is always complaining OF bill
ious attacks and sick headaches when the
trouble can SO easily be cured by using Bur
dock Blood Btters.
niminy priminy lah-di dahdi cigarette
smoking specimen Of Miss Nancy, who parts
his hair in the centre and tries to pass for a
nice young man.
A person that we like, but whom we would
like much better II he did not come 80 close on
account of bis disa2reeable foul breath,and who
won't take Bdrdoek Blood b tiers to purify it.
A person who will succeed in proving to
every lady 10 the land they look perfectly hid
eous In head gear Of huge proportions, espe-
cially at theatre
The man who reads this, and who fails to
prescribe Burdock Blood Bitters to his wife,
who lisa m1rtyr to sick headaches.
FARRAND, WILLIAMS Il CO. Wholesale
lAgt's, Detroit, Mich.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-09-28
A Woman Who Had Had q Good
Time,

A tall, stout looking woman, with a
poodle under one arm and a bandbox
on the other, stood in Sixth-ave. en-
gagged in seemingly interesting con-
versation with friend. Happening
to remember that she ought to take a
passing car up town, she mot;o-s-l 70
the driver to stop. w,
Eyes; we have had a splendid time
this summer" she said as the car glg N
ed up. 1--WE have been at Newport
and Saratoga the entire season, and
such nice people we have met"
"Come, madam" said the conductor,
as he stood with his hand upon the bell
strap awaiting her arrival.
Eyes, in a minute" said the woman,
as she Rugged the poodle closer to her
side and took 6rmer grasp upon the
box. "As l was saying. we met some
splendid people. There were the
Browns, and Van Duzens and the
Smiths. We had lawn tents and tea
parties most every night, and husband,
poor thing, used to come and stay with
us every-driver, driver, why don't
you wait" she exclaimed, as she start
ed on run after the retreating car.
"Think we're runnin' this ere car
on the instalment plan and make only
one trip in hundred yearsp" said the
conductor as the Car moved away.
"Well, / never saw such mean man
in all my life," exclaimed the woman
as soon as she had recovered her breath.
HE wouldn't even wait five seconds
for me to finish my conversation. /
know what I'll do" she said as she
stamped her foot. 81 will go right
straight to the company's Office and
have that man discharged"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-09-28
'Min<i All my owns And my

'Min<l All my ownq And my
jewels?'
'All your own. too
Il am glad of that she said earn
estly.
Yes. After all my affairs are set
tied / can still take clerkship, and
keep you and the children above want.
There was a long silence, Unheed-
ing her rich dress, Maude came to her
husbands arms. pillowing her head up
on his shoulder, and whispering low,
loving words of comfort, caressing him
with her little soft hands, and lavish
ing upon him every word in the vocab-
ulary of affection; while Hattie, in her
gentle, tender voice, offered her conso-
lation and love as freely if not with
such eager demonstrations.
1t was nearly day-dawn before they
left the room. At the door Maude
suddenly stopped.
'Wilfred, she said eagerly, you
said sum, more than you could com.
mand, would save you now. What
sumY
IF L had thirteen thousand dollars
before this day week, could 60 on. OF
course we should have to live very eco
nomically for long time before could
entirely recover my position, but still,I
could meet present liabilities and start
anew. But what's the use of discuss
ing itp'
No use at all, said Hattie decided
ly. Good night
No use at ALL, said Maude down in
her heart. Wen see, Miss Hattie. /
am to live in this big house, with all
this expensive furniture, aud keep all
my jewels and finery, and my husband
is TO work himself into his grave earn
ing salary to keep it all up
The next day, with grave face, yet
in his heart the warm appreciation Of
his wife's repentant love, Wilfred Far
quar- went to his contingencies,
while Maude. to Hattie's infinite as
constituent, left Willie, still fretful and
ailing, for morning drive. She was
gone several hours, and finally she
came in radiant with beauty and in
high spirits. Day after day these long
morning drives were taken, Willie re-
covering by Hattie's care, and Wilfred
finding every evening chatty, CHEEKY
little wife in aquiet home dress, wait
ing for him.
The fateful week was drawing to a
close. One day only remained, when
evening found the trio again assembled
round the sitting-room fire. Maude's
face was full of tender love, as she
knelt in her old caressing way at her
husbands feet.
'Wilfred, darling she said, laying
her cheek against his hand, Il am going
to move Tomorrow
Mover
Yes! Brother John has rented me
one of his little houses in l. street.
They are new and very comfortable,
quite large enough for our small fam
lily. Sister Sarah has helped me select
pretty low priced furniture, and found
me good girl. 1 have sold this house,
furnished, and all my jewels, and there
are fifteen thousand dollars in the
bank. Let me cryp for she was Sob
bling in the fullness of her Joy. oh,
Wilfred, will be a better wife and
mother! Hattie will teach me and
help me, and you will be as indulgent
over my new plumbers as over my old
follies. will you LotY She was laugh
ing again now.
My little wife, he said, in low, full
tones, whose heart / never knewl No
more child, plaything. but woman,
to trust as well as love. Oh, Maude,
by the new bond between us, for the
new love and trust can be thankful
now for the impending Ruin
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-09-28

A leading English paper gives the
following statistics concerning the i'm
portations of live stock in England:
From the United States there were i'm
ported, in 1881, to the ports of Barrow
in-Furness, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow,
Hartlepool, Hull, Liverpool, London
and South Shields, 473 cargoes of ami
mails, consisting of 103,692 cattle, 49,
223 sheep and 10 swine were landed
dead, and ITO cattle, SO sheep and Is
swine were 10 much injured that it was
necessary to slaughter them immedi-
ately on landing; 1887 cattle, 947 sheep
and 221 swine were thrown overheard
during the voyage.
Fancy colored ribbon hatbands for
the rich-papa young men are now very
much the fashion.