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What Allied Dean Swift.

When "the Vandal dissertation of
monuments" in 1895, exposed Swift's
skull to the phrenologists, the great
Dublin aurist might possibly have found
in the bones Of the ear traces Of the
cause of his giddincss. When Mr..
Whitcway examined the brain he might
have found the cause Of Swiit's right
sided hemiplegia and his aphasia. 1t is
enough now that we can diagnose his
lifelong disease ms labyrinthine vertigo,
enthusiastically as domcntia with aphasia;
the dementia arising from general decay
of the brain from age and disease, the
paralysis and aphasia from disease Of
one particular part Of the brain.
With all the tortures Of the life long
2Jsease from which he suffered and its
obvious effect upon his temper in his
later years, il is wonderful that Swift did
cetain his reason until, in the seventy
fourth year of his age, he was in all
probability struck down by a new disease
in the form of localized left side
apoplexy or cerebral softening, which
determined the symptoms Of his insan.
ity.
That Swift's works contain no indica-
ton Of insanity appears to be certain.
AS well say that Shakespeare was mad
because he wrote good deal which We
think nasty. In the fashion Of the day,
Swift was too prone to make what may
called excremcntitious jokes and gibes.
But that perfect gentleman, Antonio,
voided his rhoum upon Shylock's beard ;
and the same kind Of thing runs through
our literature, no one objecting, until we
rather recently become less natural and
more nice. Some Of our smaller humor-
lists and men of letters have criticised
this great king OF humor as il he were
both bad and mad, not percciving that il
he were really insane he must be
pitied and not cursed. But it is the
weakest of arguments TO say. with Fcstus
for want Of argument, "Much learning
doth make thee mad" There is always
weakness in madness, but there is little
sign of this in Swift's works. There il
always some inconsequentness or incohe
reucy in madness, but there is none OF
this in Swift. Down to the last letter ia
Mrs. Whiteway he is most wrctched, but
he is still collected and wholly himself.
-POpuidr Science Monthly.
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CASH.

The word cash is derived from the
Italian casa, the chest in which Italian
merchants kept their money, as do at
the present time the Spaniards in their
GAIA, and the Portuguese in their caxa,
and the French in their caisse. The mp
plication of the word leash to money,
is altogether English, it not having
corresponding term in any other Euro
pcan language. Cash having been so
iiconsiderately adopted instead of casa
CHEST, entries in the cash book Ct
should be chest book are made in count.
ing -houses in this unmcaning way !:
Cash Dr." and cash Cr.," whereas
the chest, and not the money, is DR.. to
what is put into it and credit for what
is taken out.
In China cash is the -thousandth
part of tael, or about one-tenth of an
American cent. The earliest public
bank in modern Europe was that OF Ven-
ice, founded in 1857. 1t originated in
the financial difficulties of tho State,
which in order to extricate itself, had
recourse to forced loan from the citi.
zens, promising them interest at the rate
Of four per cent. 1t is generally be.
iicved that the Chinese were the invent.
ors Of bank notes, which are said to have
originated about 1l9 years b. c., in the
reign Of the Emperor Quit, who hap
poned to be in want of money at the
time, and hit upon this device "to raise
it" About 800 A. d., the Chinese, in the
reign of Haintsoung, of the dynasty of
Thang, issued true bank notes. They
were called feytsien, or flying money.
There was frequent over-issue Of these
notes, and it was so easy to create this
paper currency that the value declined.
1t took II 200 min, or 10, 900 of our dol
lars to buy cake Of rice, and at last the
issue ceased. Two centuries later notes
were issued in China, under legal re-
strictions, by joint stock companies, who
promised to pay cash for them every
three years.
In 1924 Sir John Vaudeville, who Wis.
tied India, saw the described money
made "of lether emprented, or Of
papyre, Troy Times.
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Personal Beauty.

The first principle Of beauty, as prac.
ticed in this progressive town, is, How
to he beautiful"
The wife Of an army officer accompa-
MED hef husband many years ago to his
post in distant frontier town. Among
The acauaintances she formed there was
lady who, II remarkable at all, was
noted for being exceedingly homely.
awkward, and commonplace, She had
a waist like barrel, shoulders pitched
forward, a rough, thick skin, coarse
black hair, large, bold eyes, great feet
and besides oil these physical defects
she was dreadfully demonstrative in
manner. She was the senior by several
years OF the officers wife. After time
the fortunes Of war retired the son OF
Mars, who settled his family In Wash.
ington. In the meantime the lever OF
politics had lifted the husband Of the
homely lady into Congress, and the two
friends met in society last winter. Mrs.
Mars could not believe her eyes, 30 great
was tho transformation in the appear
ance Of her old acquaintance. Mrs.
Congress looked ten years younger than
the junior lady. The many ripples OF
soft auburn hair; complexion smooth
and white a fashion Of dropping the
darby fringed eyelids, with faint
shading on the under lid, gave to the
eyes a marked expression OF shyness
aud lnnguor. Her manner was full OF
repose, and strikingly graceful her feet
the perfection Of symmetry, in French
boots the hands had the refinement Of
pink nails and taper fingers, and even
her voice had changed and dropped into
those sweetly modulated tones which
pass current for thorough breeding in
good society. Poor, mystified Mrs.
Mars looked and wondered, bordering
on all this, asking herself and others,
"How in the world did she accomplish
such a metamorphosy?" How? How
does the winning horse lap and pass
others and reach the last quarter pole ?
Through training. Money and time are
the great factors to success, and the way
to succeed is to succeed. Mrs. Congress
has both. Money purchased her beauti-
full hair, paid for Turkish baths and
cosmetics, secured the service OF q maid
who could give proper shading to her
eye.lids and teach her the art Of droop-
ing lids. 1t brought her graceless
figure into shapely proportions. II paid
chiropodists to treat her feet and mani
cures to polish her finger nails. while
time and thimbles tapered the fingers.
1t employed dressmakers and milliners,
salaried master, who instructed hel
how to enter the room, bow, pose, seal
herself and manage her train, all with
the poetry Of motion. The moral neces
sity to be beautiful puts incipient wrin
kles under the embargo of emulsions
sent her to bed with her face buried il
poultces of Irish oatmeal and milk
bandaged feet ard pinioned hands il
ointment-lined gloves. and put tn,
brakes on too expansive waist. Mel
pursue ambition, wealth, and that bub
BILE, reputation women march up to tn
lannon's mouth Of physical torture an,
welcome martyrdom solely to be beauti
full. Washington Free Press.
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Recalling Old Times.

Fourteen years ago, when Chester 4.
Arthur was struggling local politician
in New York Of what is known there rs
the Custom-house variety, he numbered
among his friends the mate Of vessel,
named Kennedy, whose influence Arthur
had often occasion to use when circum-
stances required the votes of the floating
population of the harbor front.
Just about that time Arthur made an
unsuccessful effort to obtain some minor
municipal appointment. The mate con-
doled with his political friend upon his
disappointment, and soon after sailed
for Washington with a cargo Of hard
ware. While ascending the Potomac a
block and tackle fell upon the mates
head, indenting his skull in such man.
ner that the man became practically all
idiot, and was placed in the District of
Columbia Insane Asylum. A short time
ago the famous surgeon DR.. Gross, of
Philadelphia, visited the asylum, ex-
amined the case and straightway per-
formed an operation invented by himself,
which resulted in the almost immediate
return of the patients reason, the inter-
vening fourteen years being, Of course,
complete blank.
A day or two after his recovery, the
mate walked out, and began strolling
through the Capitol building. Almost
the first person he encountered WAS
President Arthur, who was just leaving
the Executive chamber in the Senate
wing.
"Why, how are you, Kennedy2' said
the first citizen, aflably extending his
hand. "Glad to see you"
"Howdy, old man." said the sailor.
"How's things? Got job yet?'
"Well, believe I have" said the
Executive, with smile. "a pretty big
job, too. You must come up to the
White House and see me-"
"To the White House ?" repeated the
amazed mariner
Eyes, just ask for my private secre-
tary, and he'll show you right in" and
the President walked on.
Poor old Chef clean gone, clean
gone" unused the mate. Actually be-
lieves himself to be President of the
United States. Smart man once, too.
That just shows you, gentlemen" he
continued, turning to the bystanders,
"that just shows you what politics and
disappointment will bring man to.
Poor old Chet l"-San Francisco Post.
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EMPEROR WILLIAMS GREAT AGE.
No -aovercSgu Known 90 Have Sat- on q
Throne at Ills Years.

benfs
.fssW York Evening Po'l.I
Long reigns arc rare in history, long
royal lives much rarer still. Princes
occupy one Of the lowest levels in the
whole range Of longevity. The air oil
courts is destructive Of health, nerve
and vigor. Lives which early corrup-
ton, luxurious and effeminate habits,
unchecked passions and unceasing eI-
citement do not undermine, are fire.
quently shortened by consuming ambi-
ton or care, warlike toll and peril, or
the murderous hand Of conspiracy.
Among the remarkably long reigns in
history are those OF Uzziah Of Judah
(j2 years., Mithridates Of Pontus (57,
Sapor III, Of Persia (7l), Alfonso i, Of
Portugal (73), Frederick III, Of Ger
many (52), Christian ~, Of Denmark
(G0, Louis XIV, Of France (72), George
Ill, Of England (59, Ferdinand ", Of
Naples (65), and Pedro ii, OF Brazil (5l
til now. But Uzziah was youth when
placed on the throne, Mithridates boy,
Sapoy q newborn babe, Alfonso an in
FAINT, Christian il years oil, Louis 4,
Ferdinand s, and Pedro 8, and Of all
the monarchs mentioned only George
Ill reached the age Of four score. Po-
land had one King who reached the age
Of So, Stanislas Leszczynski; but he
reigned only five years, and survived his
throne fifty.siI years, living IN quiet
retirement. We must 60 back TO the
days Of antiquity TO find William I. 5
royal peers in age, and the only ones
We discover are Hero II, Of Syracuse
and Massinissa Of Numidia, both Of
whom ended their reign at tho age Of
about 90. The reign Of Harnesses III,
Pharaoh Of Egypt-the Sesotris Of the
GreSks-is believed by some Egyptolo-
gists to have lasted about G7 years, and
his life about 100, but Others reduce
both his reign and days 10 normal pro-
portions. Thus, no Emperor known to
history, no reigning King in Christen.
dom ever reached the age Of William /.
Our age boasts Of this extraordinary
royal life, as it does Of the only Pontiti-
cate, that Of Piux TX, which exceeded
the term Of st. Peter. And Berlin,
which still often sees it Emperor King
on horseback, also saw in 1859 Alcxan-
der Won Humboldt give the last touches
to his "Kosmos" in his Goth year Ran
) mer, in 1873, ofliciated as professor in his
Odd; Field Marshal Wrangel, in 1877,
walk its streets In his Oath, and Ranke,
in 1871, issue the first part Of universal
history, intended 10 embrace eighteen
volumes, in his Seth. Motke who is
not yet SO, must thus appear to the
German capital and nation as Il man still
available for action for many year to
come.
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A Hint for Summer.

The tattie in India, says Chambers
Journal, is large curved or sloping
screen, which accurately fits into each
door or window facing the west, and is
made of the roots of the khuskhus grass
(AndrOpogon muricatus), which singu-
arly combines strength and porosity
with the most delicious and refreshing
fragrance. These screens are about an
inch in thickness, and, during the hot and
dry west wind, are saturated from ontside
with water, which Immediately com.
mences evaporating under the fierceness
of the blast and as evaporation always
implies cold, the wind which, in the
veranda, would raise the thermometer to
100 degrees Fahr, passes into the house
OF 70 degrees or 80 degrees, laden with a
delicious fragrance. While tatties are in
working order all other cooling appli.
ances are unnecessary. In the neigh
borhood of Gwalior and Jhansi there is
another form Of tattie. A small creep
ing, thorny variety Of the Der (Zizyphus
jujubd) is largely found in the jungles
this is collected and dried, and at the
proper time the whole west veranda is
inclosed with thorny walls nine to ten
inches thick, and these being saturated
from the outside, all doors are thrown
open, and delightful temperature is
secured. Tatties are Of no use during
the easterly wind, which ushers in and
accompanies the rains. Laden with
moisture, it is damp wind, and, there
fore, retards evaporation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-06-28
Genius Not Hereditary.

The majority of eminent men have
either left no children or their families
have proved short lived. Walter Scott
and Daniel Webster are almost without
living descendants, though each had
children and grandchildren, and long
catalogue OF like cases could be made.
The fatality seems now to have invaded
the race of tho illustrious Havelock.
His eldest son and inheritor of his title
has just been attacked by insanity. Sir
Henry Havclock Allen-he took tho last
name MS the condition of receiving a
large legacy--has been a prominent
Liberal politician, and also one of the
few titled Baptists of Great Britain.
The Havelock' line may be continued
through the younger sons, but if
the common rule is followed, few, if
any, of the descendants of the founder
will inherit his talent. SCOTS children
were far from brilliant, and Webster's
owed all the reputation they possessed
to the fact that they were their fathers
children. Millions descendants were all
in the female line, and in the second or
third generation had become 80 poor
that they were relieved by public sub
scription. Burns sons were respectable
officials. but they were not great poets.
There are cases in which genius of
high order has been transmitted, but
they are not numerous. The quality
appears to be the result Of q peculiar
combination of qualities and capacities.
Men may have original and sublime
conceptions, but lack the power Of Civ
ing them expression. The union of both
is rare, and its transmission is still less
frequent. Cincinnati Gazette.
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DO Not Dust, But Wipel

Who would believe itp The duster-
that peaceful emblem of domestic toll
may, under certain circumstances, be-
come more dangerous to handle than a
six-shooter. We are in dead earnest,
An eminent scientist declares it to be a
fact. Do you know just what you are
doing when you brush away dust? You
disseminate in the cir, and consequently
introduce into your own interior, into
your tissues and respirtory organs, all
sorts of eggs, sporas, epidemic germs,
and murderous vibriones which dust con.
tains. One movement with n feather
buster may be enough to poison both
you and your neighbors-to inoculate
you all with typhus, varioloid, or chol.
as it may appear. Instead
OF a feather duster take cloth; wipo
away the dust, instead Of stirring it up.
In short, wipe-never dust lie Vol.
tdire.
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Wolves on n Railroad.

A Toledo man, formerly of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad,
left good position with good salary
on the Northern Pacific, and returned ia
Toledo to take the chances of getting
smashed-up on one Of the railroads here,
for less money. When pressed for his
reasons for coming back, he rather re-
luctantly told the following tale:
He said that as soon as he got his train
he started out on his run, and one night
at certain station was tracked for
train that was following him. He
Ordered o brakeman to 60 to the rear
and flag the expected train. The brake.
man turned pale and refused, but de-
clined to give reason. He tried to in
duce other train men to 60, but all re-
fused. He took a lantern and torpedoes
himself and went back some hundred
PAGES. He soon heard a pattering of
feet around him in all directions, and
thought he had got into sheep pen, until
suddenly his ears were assailed with
GLORIOUS OF snarles and bowls, and he
concluded he must be near farm house
well supplied with dogs, but on raising
his lantern, he saw the snow almost black
with savage FORMS whose eyes glared at
him like balls OF fire. For the first time
he realized that he was surrounded by
wolves. His hair stood erect and his
tongue cleaved to the roof Of his mouth.
He hastily placed the torpedoes on the
track and began to beat retreat The
bowling pack circled round him and he
yelled to the engineer to back the train
down to him, but his voice was drowned
amid the demoniac bowling Of the gaunt
sayages which were swapping at his coat
tails. He kept them off with his Ian.
tern, whirling round like Dervish, till
he reached the train. In few minutes
he heard the torpedoes explode and the
howls grew more furious. He said the
whole prairie seemed alive with the
brutes. He conceived a brilliant idea.
He began to toss torpedoes to them, and
could hear them explode, and by the
sounds judged they were doing good
execution. He said he threw out about
1000 torpedoes, when he got orders to
run to the next station. When No. s,
the train following, got to the station he
had left, she was thrown off the track by
an obstruction. When daylight had ar
rived about 200 dead wolves were found
in the cut, all frozen stiff, and it was
this that throwed No. 8 from the track.
$50" said he, ~ made my run back,
and told the Superintendent I guessed
I'd have to get him to excuse mi"
AN out. of-town druggist entered one
OF Boston's apothecary stores and hand
ed clerk simple recipe. "One dol.
lar and fifty cents, said the latter, as he
handed the medicine over. "Isn't that
pretty steepx said. the customer, add
ing, I'm in the business myself, and
know somewhat about the cost Of these
Ingredients. "Ohl that alters the
case" was the response; at cents,
please"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-06-28

The Southern journalist who said
that New York girl kisses cas- If she
were dabbling in Wall-street specula-
tion," knows nothing whatever about it.
The truth is, she goes at it as il her whole
life depended upon the vigoroushess Of
her smack, and having learned that
sweetness long drawn out is better than
the short-and-quick style Of the Massa-
ohusetts girl, she keeps her lips in con-
tact with his just long enough to make
the suffering fellow wonder when she IL
going to quit. -Rochester Express.
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"My boy was badly afflicted with
rheumatism" said Mr.. Barton, OF the
great stove firm Of Redway & Barton,
81 this city, to one Of our reporters;
1--WE doctored him n great deal, but
could find no cure l had heard so much
Of the efficacy Of st. Jacobs Oil that
finally determined to try it. Two
bottles Of the Oil fully cured him.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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French Remedy for Suffering.

NJ. Cheyin Of Paris appears to have
been very successful in his new system
Of treatment for suffering. This sys-
tenn is divided into three stages. The
frat involves various respiratory exer-
cises. during which the patient is first
taught to make long, full inspiration,
the respiratory movements being then
made with various rhythms until they
become full, regular AN and , easy, mS'e9 9n
q srty S3oga & s aIsan as exercises
with vowel sounds are substituted fol
the previous mute breathings, giving to
each vowel the various notifications Of
tone, pitch, duration, ETC., heard in con.
versation. The third stage comprises
exercises on consonants alone, and III
combination with vowcls, at first slowly
then rapidly, varying the duration and
pitch Of each syllable.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-06-28

II YOUR lungs arc almost wasted by con-
sumption DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery" will not cure you, yet as q remedy for
severe coughs, and all durable bronchial, throat
and lung affections, it is unsurpassed. Send
two stamps for DR.. Pierces large, pamphlet
treatise on Consumption and Kindred Afiec-
tons. Address, woRLD's DIsPEysARY MEDICAL
Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-06-28

EVEN the violet hrs its special enemy,
and in Europe at least is Inenaced with
destruction. An almost. imperceptible
spot appears upon the blue OF its petals
as it blooms, and rapidly extends. The
flower soon becomes colorless and dies |;
and then is discovered the microscopic
insect which has been feeding upon it.
The provinces of the Rhone are already
bereft of their choicest flowers.
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ACCORDING to official statistics the
total population of the German empire,
as given by the last census, was As, 234,-
061, of whom 1885, 05 were natives
and 275, 1856 foreigners. OF males there
were 22, 1876, 433, and Of females %, O48,-
62S. Prussia contributes 1914, S66,
the next most populous states being
Bavaria, $500, and Saxony (the
most populous of all for its area), with
J, 100000. The greatest number OF
suicides occurs in Saxony, Leipsic alone
recording more self-mdrders than any Of
the other great European capitals,
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Lifelong RELIEF,

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 81, 1881.
II. II. wARSER & Co.: Strs-Your Safe Kid.
ney and Livery Cure has entirely cured me OF
Kidney difficulty that had been lifelong:
L. II. FERGUSON.
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The local editor Of the Springfield
Mass. Republican, Mr.. j. Fl: Mabbitt;,
saws : 1--WE have used st. Jacobs Oh
in our family for rheumatism, and found
it to DO first-class thing. "-BoSton
Herald,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-06-28

AS WE have our All Fools Day and the
Romans their Festum Stultoruyn. so in
the Brahman Festival Of Spring, one OF
the principal diversions Of the Hindoos
is to send people on errands that are to
end in disappointment, and thus raise q
laugh at their expense.
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JEALOUSY is the sentiment of property,
but envy is the instinct of theft,

MENsMAs's peptonized beef tonic, the only
preparation OF beef containing its enfirs nutri-
tio,ls properties. II contains blood-making,
force generating and life.sustaining properties |:
invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms OF general debility /;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result Of exhaustion, nervous prostraton, over
work or acute disease, particularly II resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard
tCo., propyietors, Now York. Sold by druggists.
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.rbrew AVA, Her supporter"

On. PIERoE:-A neishbor Of ours was suffer
Ing with "female Weakness" which the doc
tors told her could not be cured without a
supporter. After considerable persuasion my
wife induced her to try your " Fayorite Ere
scription." After using one bottle she threw
away the supporter and did large washing,
which she had not done in two years before
JAMES MILLER,
4,246 Jacob Street, Wheeling, W. Va.
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ALL creeds and all guides for living
and doing can be safely boiled down to
this Do your best. That covers the
whole prOund.