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Concerning Tripe.

Occasionally you see man order
tripe at hotel, but he always looks
hard, a, though he hated himself and
everybody else. He tries to look as
though he enjoyed it, but he does not.
Triple is indigestible, and looks like an
india rubber apron for child to put
on. When it is picked it looks like
dirty clothes put to soak, and when it
is cooking it looks as though the cook
was boiling the dish cloth. On the
tall it looks like glue and tastes like
piece of oil silk umbrella cover. A
stomach that is not lined with CORFU
gated iron would be turned inside out
by the smell of tripe. A man eating
tripe at hotel table looks like an Arc.
tic explorer dining on his boots or
chewing pieces of frozen dog. You
cannot look at a man eating tripe but
he will blush and look as though he
wanted to apologize and convince you
he is taking it to tone up his system.
A woman never eats tripe. There
is not money enough in the world to
hire woman to take corner Of a
sheet of tripe in her mouth and
try to pull off piece. Those who eat
tripe are men who have lad their
stomachs play mean tricks on them.
and they eat tripe to get even with
their stomachs, and then 60 and take
a Turkish bath to sweat it out Of the
system. Tripe is a superstition handed
down from former generation of
butchers, who sold all the meat and
kept the tripe for themselves and the
dogs, but the dogs of the present day
will not eat tripe. You throw piece
of tripe in front of a dog, and see if
he does not put his tail between his
legs and 60 off and hate you. Tripe
may have a value, but it is not as
food. 1t may lie god to fill into
burglar-proof safe, with the cement
and chilled steel, or it might answer to
use as breastplate in time of war, or
it would be good to use as bumpers be-
tween cars, or it would make a good
face for the weight of Il pile driver, bu
when you come to smuggle it into the
stomach you do wrong, Tripe ! Bah
A piece of Turkish towel cooked in
axle grease would be pie compared
with tripe.-Burlington HatCkeye.
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Ceiling Even With a Ern,yIer.

Among the score of us who rushed
into railroad clearinghouse in Missis-
slppi at the call of twenty minutes
for dinner" was a chap who had his
mind made up to say something I'M
pleasant when he came to pay for his
meal. He was growing when he went
in and he jawed all the while he was
eating, and when he slouched I'D to
the desk to pay his twenty-five c. nts
he broke out with:
Then sandwiches are enough to
kill dogw
What sandwiches?
Why, them on the table"
but we have no sandwiches on the
table, sir, protested the landlord.
You haven't? Well, l should like
to know what You call them roasted
brickbats on that blue platterw
"You didn't try to eat one of
those?"
"Yes, / did ~
Then, my friend, you had better
60 for a doctor at once! Those are
table ornaments, made of terra Gotta,
and were placed there to fill up space
Land O cakes but you must have
lived in a canebrake all your life r
The traveller rushed into car and
began to suck brandy flask, and he
didn't get over looking pale for three
hours.
And they were sandwiches, after all
real good ham sandwiches made
that day. The landlord had adopted
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From this statement it appears that
the banks in these twelve States, with
b population in 1880 of 10, 505, 106, held
500, 5S5,554 out of 1881, 3S0,832 of
savings deposits in all the States of the
Union on May 81, or very nearly
ninety-nine per cent. of the whole.
Assuming that the population was the
same in May, 1882, as in June, 1850,
which is near enough to the truth for
the purposes ofthe present calculation,
the deposits in the twelve States named
averaged very nearly $50 per head of
population. The same average for all
the States would bring the aggregate
deposits up to the snug sum of s., 1885,
100000 or about S1,110,0O0,00O more
than the total Understanding debt of
the United States.
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Mexican Architecture.

The Mexican architect plans his house
something after this fashion: The site
he selects must be free from any sus-
picion of verdure or shade; the hotter
and drier and sander it is the better.
lie then mixes up some mud, stirs in
some rocks, and with the mess proceeds
TO erect his mansion. The design is
not elaborate-only four straight up
and down walls, without any such
nonsense as bay windows or mansard
roofs; window may or may not be
thrown in, and, when the structure is
complt te, the owner may stand on the
ground and touch the roof, which is Of
mud also. The interior is sometimes
divided into two rooms, and if the
owner is bloated ar :stocnat-say worth
$50 or S40-he adds a sort of porch
across the font, and the thing is done.
A whole village of such edifices is a
very cheerful spectacle. But Mexican
architecture is improving. From the
cliff and cave dwellings of five hundred
years ago (perbaps thousand, for all
certainty we have Of the subject) they
lave arisen TO the present mud huts
above ground; and give the Mexican
another thousand years, and he may
take on some semblance of civilization
n the dwelling he inhabits.
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Rupture of the Ear Drum in Diving.

Two cases of rupture of the drum
Of the ear, caused by diving, have
come under treatment at one of the
Philadelphia hospitals. The explana-
ton of these cases is that the water,
forcibly impinging upon the column of
air in the external auditory meatus,
suddenly increases its pressure upon
the membrane, while the normal press
ure upon tie inside remains I'M
changed; the Eus:achian tube per-
mits the air to escape from the middle,
and thus there is no resistance given
to the internal column Of air, and the
internal force Cf resistance being sud-
denly exceeded by the external imring-
ing force, rupture ensues. To prevent
this when diving, the pressure upon
the membrane from without should be
compensated for by an equal resisting
pressure from with N; that is. full
inspiration should be taken prior to
diving, the mouth being kept shut,
and, to prevent the escape of air by
the nosa, the posterior mares to be
closed by elevating the soft palate.
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How "GreaSersv Live.

The word "GreaSer," a correspond
ent says, is applied to the common ma
tive or Indian Mexican. There is a
great and ma ,ked difference, like q
caste distinction, between the "GreaSef"
Mexican and the Spanish Mexican, who
boasts of descent from pure Castil-
ian blood. The former is law, thrift
less, ignorant, superstitiOps and unsta:
ble. The latter is usually bright, active
and intelligent. AS might be expected,
they, in harmony with the white ele-
ment, control most of the wealth and
commerce of the country. In the
Northern States of Old Mexico the
greatest portion of the people are of
the former class, and hence the gov
ernments are unstable and subject to
/ frequa mt revolution undr the in1u-
ence of factious leaders. In the more
southerly States there is a greater diff
fusion of the CaStilian blood, and revo-
buttons are more rare and difficult On
the ranch or village home of the
"Greaser" Mexican everything bears
the stamp Of negligence and shiftless-
ness. Their gaunt, sharp-nosed, long
legged and tan-coIored hogs share with
their owners in the comforts of the
family residence No fences except
brush surround their fields. Generally
Their are none. They raise just sufi-
cient wheat, barley, beans AMI chill
(red peppers) TO meet their alb
solute needs. They thrash their
crops upon hare, smooth ground by
driving flocks Of goats over them and
washing in the nearest stream. They
often pillow with a crooked stick, and
the hoe is their scythe, sickle and
reaper. Even their hay is cut with a
hoe. They as rule live in villages
and cultivate small fields upon their
outskirts. Living as they do, and
pos essing a soil which under irriga-
ton is wonderfully productive, they
require but little ground to cultivate.
For this reason at points between their
villages there are large traits of unoc-
cupied lands subject to entry, which
are being rapidly occupied by Ameri-
cans.
~Ail AlD l'lNTSolplt plNNe1l1O III
the North and East that the inertia of
this people is due largely to some ener-
waiting influence of the 81 mate. This
is an error. The climate is superb and
the air exhilarating rather than ener-
waiting. / have been here in all sea.
sons, and know of No climate where |
can exert myself SO freely with so lit
tie exhaustion. This is the univerS al
record of American settlers. Rarely
does the mercury range over ninety
degrees in the hottest summer day,
and the summer heats are almost in
variably tempered by pleasant breezes
I have never heard of a case Of SUM-
stroke here. The nights are always
cool, requiring blankets for comfort,
and free from mosquitoes, and sleep is
sweet and restful. / have never seen
a mosquito-bar in New Mexico, nor
have | ever felt the needof one. AS
l have said before, taken as a whole
the country is not beautiful nor attrac-
tive to the eye. Tie mountain scenery
is at many points wonderfully beauti-
full and picturesque. But apart from
the mountains and the few river val
leys the country is one vast cattle
range.-Corresponde71ce Of the Chicago
Tribune.
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The Life of Man.

Man, born of woman, is of few days
and no teeth. And, indeed, it would
be money in his pocket sometimes if
he had less Of either. AS for his days,
he wasteth one-third of them, and as
Tor his teeth, he has commissions when
he cuts them, and as the last one comes
through, 10, the dentist is twisting the
first one out, and the last end of that
mans jaw is wore than the first, being
full of porcelain and roof-plate built
to hold blackberry seeds.
Stone bruises line his pathway to
manhood; his father boxes his ears at
home, the big boys cuff him in the
playground, and the teacher whips
him in the School-room. He buyeth
Northwestern at 10, when he hath
sold short at ninety-siX, and his neigh
Dor unloadeth upon him Iron Noun
tain at 6322, and it straightway break
eth down TO 81. He riseth early and
stitch up late that he may fill his barns
and StorehouSes, and 10 his children's
lawyers divide the spoil among them
selves and say la, lar He growleth
and is sore distressed because
it raineth, and he beateth upon
his breast and sayeth, "My crop is
lost y because it raineth not. The
late rains blight his wheat and the
frost biteth his peaches. If it be so
that the sun shineth, evtn among the
nineties, he sayeth, "Woe is me, for
perish" and if the northwest wind
sigheth down in forty-two below he
crieth, Would / were deadr' If he
wear sackcloth and blue jeans men say
He is a tramp" and if he goeth forth
sEaven and clad in purple and fine
linen all the people cry, "Shoot the
dudew
He carryeth insurance for twenty
five years, until he hath paid thrice
over for all his goods, and then he let
teth his policy lapse one day, and that
same night fire des1oyeth his store.
He moveth to Kansas, and cyclone
carryeth his house away over into Mis-
souri,, while prairie fire and ten mil
lion acres of grasshoppers fight for his
crop. Verify, there is no rest for the
sole of his foot, and if he had to do it
over again he would not be born at all,
for 1.-The day of death is better than
the day of ones birth. "-Bawdette. in
Philadelphia Times.
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The M0iS.

A consular report recently issued
contains some interesting particulars
about the Mois, race of savages in
habiting the wilds between Cambodia.
Siam. Burmah and China. Properly
speaking, they have no commerce, but
of course they are obliged occasionally
to resort to carter, though they dislike
all forms of trade and engage in it as
seldom as possible If the simple ex-
change of bullock for a quantity of
rice is intended, there is a long dispute
as to the mode of measuring the rice
and whether it shall be winnowed or
not; but when the transaction is more
complicated, innumerable difficulties
arisa. When all at last is arranged
never without much drink and noise
one of theiaSsiStants Sits a bamboo in
half, and making the portions SINH
lar, cuts on each notches indicating
the importance Of the affair, the num-
Der Of traders, assistants, objects
transferred, ETC., one of the steps being
kept by each party. Money is I'm
known, and if a European seeks to buy
with it he can get it taken only at q
low valuation; but a savage who will
refuse to work for a dollar a day wiz
gladly work for bell or mirror cost
ing few cents.
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MINK TyYnin on Science.

In his new book Mark Twain calcu-
lates The Mississippi, between Cairo
and New Orleans, was 1850 miles
long 176 years ago. 1t was 1,190 after
the cutoff Of l722. 1t was l,040 after
the American Bend cutoff. It has
lost siXty-seven miles since. Conse-
quently its length is only 973 miles at
present. Now, if l wanted to be one
of those ponderouS scientific people,
and let on to prove what had occurred
in the remote past by what had oc-
CURED in given time in the recent
past, or what will occur in the far
future by what has occurred in late
years. what an opportunity is hele |
Geology never had such chance, nor
such exact data to argue from Nor
development OF species,' either Gla-
cial epOchs are great things, but they
are vague-vague Please observe:
"In the space of 176 years the Lower
Mississippi has shortened itself 242
miles. This is an average of trife
over one and half miles a year.
Therefore, any calm person, who is not
blind or idiotic, can see that in the old
oolitic Silurian period, just 1000, 900
years ago next November, the Missis-
sippi river was upward of 100000
miles long, and stuck out over the
Gulf of Mexico like fishing-rod. And,
by the same token, any person can see
that 742 years from now the Lower
Mississippi will be only a mile and
three-quarters long, and Cairo and New
Orleans will have joined their streets
together aud be plodding comfortably
along under a single mayor and board
of aldermen. There is something fas-
chatting about science. One gets such
wholesale returns of conjecture out of
such trifiing investment of fact"
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Fun With Sharks.

They have great deal of fun on the
coast of Florida with sharks. A
shark will swallow anything that is
thrown to him, like a politician. People
go out on excursions, armed with
small alarm clocks, about as big as a
baseball, and throw them to the sharks
which sport about the boat, looking
for something to eat. The shark
swallows the alarm clock, which is set
to 60 off few minutes later. Pretty
soon the alarm strikes, and us it
gets in it's work, the shark begins
to founder around, locking scared,
trying to throw up the clock, and as he
turns pale and says his now lay me-"
all the time jumping out of the water
and begging to be forgiven, the people
on the boat laugh until their sides. ache.
1t is rough on the shark, at first, but
we understand some of the sharks get
to like it, and many have been known
to flop out on the shore and go to a
jewelry store and ask for a key to wind
up the clock that is in them. This last
may seem like a fish story, but we got
it from witness in the star route
trial, and it seems as though it ought
to be true.-PtckS Sun.
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single cabin, which Is country store,
postoffice, shipping Office, wareroom
AID farmhouse combined. The clerk
skips ashore on the descend ng gang
plank, the mate sings out in his CHEEKY
way, and in three minutes barrels and
boxes are ashore, checked off, and the
bell rings its warning. The steamer
shakes herself clear of bank and bush,
the light is turned down to give the
pilots eyes chance to penetrate the
night around him. and the steamer
once more breasts the mighty current
which is booming southwark with leg
and tree and bush and rail and the
debr.s Of the great overlooked bottom.
Off to the right are the bluff banks of
the Tennessee line; to the left, away
into that dark bank of coming thun-
derstorm, the waters of the river arr
creeping over fields and highways and
forests thirty miles from the natural
river bank.
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that particular style. instead Of using
club.-DetToit Free Pres.
Seeing the Superintendent.

In the Office Of a certain Western
railroad superintendent it was under
stood that when a communicating
stranger entered the outer Office
and asked for the Great Mogul,
one of the several young men therein
employed should claim to be the Off
cial wanted and thus turn the bore
away. The other day web-footed
stranger with a business squint to his
eyes, asked to see the superintendent,
and the chief clerk promptly replied:
Yes, sir; what can l do for y0u2"
Are you the man."
al am"
mo mistake pa
"None at all"
"Then it's all right. Six months
ago one of your trains killed a cow for
me, and you have been just mean
enough not to answer any of my lei
tiers. Old boss, I'm going to lick $35
cut of your
But, sir, you see
Il see nothing but you! Prepare
to be licked -
And the proxy superintendent was
not only mopped around the room and
flung into the wood-boX as limp as a
clothes-line, but the cow-owner kicked
the others outdoors and upset the desks
and tables with the remark:
1.-The next time l do business with
this corporation l want you to not only
to reply to my letters, but to put in
haste on your envelopes. "-HaN
Street NeaCs.
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"DO LIKEWISE.v

DR.. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N Y.:-"Five
years ago L was dreadful sufferer from
uterine troubles. Having exhausted the
skill of three physicians, was completely
discouraged, and so weak l could with diff
Guilty cross the room alone. began taking
your Fayorite Prescription and using the
local treatment, recommended in your Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser In three
months l was perfectly cured. 1 wrote a
letter to my family paper, briefly mentioning
how my health had been restored, and offer
ing to send the full particulars to any one
writing me for them and enclosin1 o.
stamped enretope for reply. / have
received over four hundred letters. In reply
have described my case and the treatment
used, and earnestly advised them to ''do
likewise" From great many / have
received second letters of thank, stating that
they had commenced the treatment and
were much better already"
Mrs. E. F. MORGAN, New Castle, Me.
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