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Life in Yucntan.

Travelling in Yucatan is by no means
all that the traveller could wish. Beside
the ordinary impcdimcnts of a torrid eli
mate, and the lack of ordinary means of
communication, cleanliness and diet,
there are dangers arising from the on
slant warfare between the civilized
whites and the unconlucrcd Indians of
the Soutlcast-only two or three tnou-
sand in number, it is true, but daring
and deadly enemies of the whites, to
whom they give no quarter. Their un-
pleasant custom of tying their victims TO
Il stake by Il long cord through the nose
while they proceed to further rctinements
of torture. has a decidedly lettering eff
feet upon the ordinary traveller.
One must make up ones mind to he
satisfied with native productions while
travelling in this region. Tortillas (un-
lcavcned corn-cakcs) and ~frijolcs (bcans),
seasoned with fiery red-pepper, are usually
the only articles of food, and must serve
as utensils as well. 'Upon the tortillas,
as plates, you spread the beans, and with
another corn-cakc, rolled up in the shape
of a spoon, you scoop in the f~rijolcs.
When the latter arc finished, you cat tho
spoon, and then the plate, leaving no
troublesome dishes to bother the cook"
after eating, a calabash was passed
round full of water for linsing the mouth.
The proper way is to fill the mouth with
water, and, after inserting the finger and
scrubbing the teeth, to spit it out. This
prevails throughout Mexico, even
among well-to.do people. Coffee and
cigarettes then followed. The latter, in
fact, were going all the time" But the
politeness was unfailing. Everything
was placed at the disposal Of the guest.
the inquiry if a young lady was his
sweetheart was answered with the
customary phrase of courteous insin.
,erity, "Si, amigo MIC, and yours Also"
Outing.
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The Talking DO:.

1t was in a Market street restaurant. y.
solemn man entered, followed by his dog,
seated himself, and asked for the bill
of fare. 1t was given him.
"What would you like to have; sir?'
asked the waiter, Tipping the table with
his napkin.
The dog meanwhile had climbed upon
the chair on the other side of the table,
and was gravcly regarding his master.
"Wcll,n said the solemn man, re-
flcctivcly, ''gimme two fried eggs,
turned over"
"Gimmc the came,' said the dog.
The waiter gaZcd at the animal with
amazement mingled with horror. The
solemn man continued:
"Thcn I guess you can gimme a sir
loin steak, very rare, with fried pota-
toes"
"Gimme the same said the dog.
The walters face assumed the color of
cold boiled veal.
coup O. coffee, plenty O. milk went
on the solemn man.
"Gimme the same" said the dog.
The waiter shuddcred, and, turning,
fled for the kitchen.
4 man with Il squint, ut an ad joining
table, was much interested in the scene.
lie had observed it closely, and finally
spoke to the solemn man:
at must "a been a fearful lot o work
to learn that dog to talk. mister
at was" said the solemn man.
81 should SMILE" said the dog.
What nd you take for him, nowE'
said the man with the squint.
"Wouldn't sell him." said the solemn
man.
You'd better nrt," said the dog.
The man with the squirt was much i'm
pressed. He began making wild offers,
and when he reached II thousand dollars
the solemn MAJ rclcntcd.
"Wcll,' said he, 81 can't refuse that.
I hate to part with him, but you can
have him."
"HeM pc SoTry'for it," said the dog.
The man with the squiEt drew IL check
for the amount, which he gave to the
solemn man. The latter was about lcav-
ing when the dog cried out:
Never Mindful get even. Ill never
speak again"
He never did.
The gentleman with the squirt was
nroprictor of IL Dime and Freak museum
on Market street.
The solemn man was Il vcntriloquial
crook.-!Sna Franctsro .lryona"t.
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4 Bees Feet,

Naturali>ts say that the feet Of the
common working bee exhibit the combi-
nation of Il basket, Il brn>h and a pair of
p%incrrS. The brush, the hairs of which
are arranged in symmetrical rows, are
ONLY to he seen with the microscope.
With this brush of fairy dclicacy the bee
brushes its velvet robe, to rcmovc the
pollen dust with which it becomes
loaded while riI1ing the flowers aud suck
ing up their nectar. Another article,
followed up like a spoon, receives all
the elcanings which the insect carries TO
the hive. 1t is Il panicr for provisions.
Finally, by opening them, one upon
another, by means of a hinge, these two
pieces become a pair Of p%inccrs. which
render important service in the construc-
ton of the combs.
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Artificial NOuriShment.

\ foreign paper relates a novel method
for administering nourishmcnt to IN
valids and persons with weak digestion.
which, it is alleged, has been practiSed
in Paris with much success. Diseases
and cnfecblcd health commonly owe
their origin to the imperfect assimilation
of food. When the digestive functions
arc impaired the body is insutficicntly
nourished, and is unable to resist the
.~cncroachmcnt of disease. For the main
tenancc of health and for restoration
from sickness it is Of the first importance
that the food be not only of the most
nourishing kind. but that it be admins
tered in a form easy OF digestion and as
similation. In IL paper recently com
municated to the Medical Hospital asSo-
citation, Paris, by Doctor Drbovc, he
describes a form Of Authorization which
has attracted much attention. His Sys-
ten is to supply nourishmcnt in the form
of powder instead of bulk. Uncookcd
meat, from which the fat has been
removed, is minced finely, ami allowed
to dry in IN oven of moderate heat, until
it becomes perfectly hard without being
burned. 1t is then reduced to inpalp,
able powder by pounding in mortar and
passing through il fine sieve. The pow
der so obtained represents about four
times its weight in flesh. The fiber and
the large percentage of water contained
in the flesh arc thus removed, and the
essential properties of the meat retained
and presented in Il form not difficult to
digest. Other alimcntary substance,
such as lintclS. beans, peas, etc. ran be
prepared in the same way. In cases
of consumption the treatment is said to
be remarkably successful. and in general
debility aud nervous diseases arising
from weakness, restoration is rapid and
permanent. a few %spoonfuls OF the
powder are equal to the meal OF IA person
with Il healthy appetite. The powder
when bottled. will kccpan indefinite time
and may be taken with Il little milk,
gravy, water or other liquid.
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Moss Paper.

Consul Gadc, of Christiania, has sub
mittcd to the United States government
a report relative to Il new material for
paper. This is the white moss which
grows 50 largely in Norway and Sweden.
The living plant is not used, but the dead
moss which accumulatcs in the woods.
The moldcring which the moss has I'M
dcrgone fits it for use in paper-making.
A factory is now being built in Sweden,
in a district where a million of pounds
of the dead moss can be collected. Paper
of various thickncsscs and cardboard of
the white moss have been made; the lat
ter being as much rs thrcc-fourths inch
thick. 1t is as hard as wood. can caSily
he painted and polished, and it has the
advantage of not warping or cracking
with drought. 1t may, therefore, be
used for window frames and so OIL
CusycW'S NGIUsiHr.
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parlor, and. after a struggle, held in the
proper position for the tin mirrors to 90
their work. He succumbed to the glare,
the music and the passes in eight MIN
utcs. The time would have been shorter,
but he was desperately frightened, and
succeeded in breaking away twice: When
coma did set in he stood as rigidly as a
statue, and Madam b., knceling in front
of him, continued the magnctization with
the hands and with the breath. This she
kept up for nearly ten minutes, the dog IN
the meantime standing perfectly still, OK,
cent for strong convulsive shuddrrs that
passed over him from time to time. No.
body was touching him. The only phys
ical manifestation of his condition, beside
the position and the trembling, was the
Shaver that fell steadily from his mouth.
Madam b. announced that she meant.
if possible, to get en- rapport with the
animal, and when the ten minutes were
ND she had succeeded. She walked to
the other end Of the room. sat down and
said that she was going mcntall.yto
he dog to her. lie was still standing at
dead point in front of the window.
Madam b. said 'now.' The dog
wheeled round and came to her, stopping
= foot or so away from her chair. Lie
down." lie threw himself on the carpet.
sect up" He lay for a moment or more
and then stood on his feet again. Madam
b. explained the delay by saying that he
did not begin to obey until she had made,
in her own mind. an Telegraph of her or
der. The words went for nothing.
s'Imaoinc a rabbit running about the
ROOM suggested one. .
The dog at once took up the chase OF
the phantom that existed but in Madam
BIS brain. In and out from corner to
corner he ran, jumping chairs and tables
in his wild pursuit. Make him swim a
creek" was said. In Il moment Carlo
was lying on his side padding through
imaninary water. The scene would have
been amusing had it not been for the sa-
Iva that continued constantly to flow,
and which was so suggestive of rabies
that every one felt nervous for the result.
So much was the party alarmed about
this manifestation that Madam b., who
shared the general uncasiness, ordered
the dog into an clubhouse in the yard.
where he could be watched. Almost as
soon as he passed out of the trance it was
manifest that he was the victim of hydro
phobia, and it became necessary to have
him shot. Madam B. has declared she
will have nothing to do with this dcvel,
opmcnt of mcsmcrism, rs she was thor
ouphly alarmed at the condition into
which the dog was brought, and although
some of the party may continue to invcsti-
gate the acknowledgment of the lower
animals, it is hardly possible that they
will get such results again, as not one has
the lady's power of concentration of will
and mesmcric cOntrol.-S. LINUS Past
UxlntcH
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4 Romance.

Father.
Thus spoke a fair girl, about whose
sweet young face there clustered Il bang
like a solid stone wall around a flower
garden, and in whose voice were mingled
the soft notes of the flute and the silvery
tones of a dinner bell, half IN hour late.
The person addressed was a cold, hard
man, with iron-gray hair and cori;scrcw
whiskers, and with that stern look in his
eye which prompts a man to 90 else
where to borrow Il dollar. He was sit
ting in his office reading the morning
paper. ,,
"Wcll, girl, what is it," he replied,
looking at the head lines of the Chicago
grain market dispatches.
FEATHER, Gerald has asked me to mar,
ry him, and have accepted him.
81 don't doubt it,"
Yes, father; and | thought would
tell you, so it would not surprise YOU
when he asked you for me-
Don't worry yourself, girl. Don't
worry yourself. 1 will not be half as
much surprised as Gerald will, my dar-
ling" and he rcilcctively threw his right
leg up over his left knee, and run his
hand carefully around the toe Of his boot.
- Merchant 1iiurcler.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY

In the social circles of the chicken
yard the lines are very distinctly drawn,
for each hen has her own lei .-.Nerch0nt-
7iurelr.
Ella Wheeler asks: "Have you heard
of the Valley OF Babyland?" No, but we
have heard from" it late at night. -
Hartford Post.
Pythagoras used to say that a wound
from the tongue is worse than a wound
from Il sword. P~ythagoras must have
been q married man. Journal.
If YOU don't believe that "three is
a crowd" just ask the young man whose
swcctheart's small brother infcsts the par
lor Sunday evening.-Ne~ York Journal.
:'Whc.c-wm yelled the man, as the
dentist jerkcd his tooth out. 81 thought
YOU extracted teeth without pain" $50
/ do-without pain to mc."-henturS5
State Journal.
"Wcre you ever caught in a sudden
souall?" asked m old yachtsman of
worthy citizen. 'Well, l guess So" re:
sponded the good man. 81 have helped
to bring up eight babies" Chicago Sun.
The man who takes a party of girls to
a church entertainment may properly be
spokcn of rs the conductor of the
party, for he has to collect the fair
when it's time to 60 home.-Bosto"
Times.
cit is now settled" says an exchange,
that a ncwly-married lady ceases to he
Il bride and becomes simply a wife when
she has sewcd a button on her husbands
clothes" 1t is this fact that makes lis
such happy people. The country is full
of brides -,SJmejrie Journal.
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Ancient Music.

The Egyptian flute was only q cows
horn with three or four holes in it, and
their harp or Tyre had only three strings.
The Grccian Tyre had only seven strings
and was very small, being held in one
hand. The Jewish trumpcts, that made
the walls of Jericho fall, were only rams
horns; their flute was the same as the
Egyptian; they had no other instrumer-
tai music but 10y percussion, of which
the greatest boast was the psaltcry, a
small triangular harp or Tyre, with wire
strings, and struck with an iron needle
or stick; their sackbut was something
like u bagpipc: the timbrcl was a tam
BOURNE, and the dulcimer wasa horizon
tai harp with wire strings and struck
with a stick like the pSaltery. They had
no written music, and had scarcely a
vowel in their language, and yet, accord
ing to Josephus, they had two hundred
thousand musicians playing at the dedi-
cation Of Solomon's temple. Our Chi
cago Theodore Thomas would have died
in the greatest agonics at such Il concert.
- MHWgO Eye.
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How Bismarck is Guarded.

Going to the Rcichstag in Berlin
Bismarck is guarded as closely as the
car when he appears in public. Police
agents in plain clothes arc posted all along
the way from his house and even in the
chamber itself, and no onc-not even a
regular government employees adj
mitted to any part of the building with
out a special permit. AS o o as the chan
cellor reaches his desk, attendants place
before him half a dozen we'll sharpcned
and Il large glass of Mosclle
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Tin ware.

Many people still think tinware is pure
tin, and establishment is often depicted
on the countcnances of the unsophistica-
ted when told that only from two to six
parts in a hundred of a piece of tin-platc
is pure tin, the rest being shcet-iron or
steel, and the tin only q thin coating.
The process of coating templates with
tin was first invented in Bohemia, or
Siicsia, in the fore part of the seventeenth
century but, like everything else in those
times the process was very crude. The
iron plates at that time were produced
by hammering, and Of course varied
much in their thickness, and seldom cX-
cccdcd six or eight inches in width and
length; these plates were heated, dipped
in water, mixed with wood-ash, then
polished by scrubbing them by hand
with sand, covered with a greasy sub
stance and dipped into molten tin. On
account of the uneven surface Of the
iron plates, a heavy coating of tin-from
fifteen to twenty pounds per hundred
pounds of iron-was necessary to pro-
ducc a bright appearance. The plates
that were made in those times were very
costly, and were mostly worked into
cuirasscs for warriors, ornaments for
church steeples, and occasionally into
vessels for family use; but the latter
were so expensive that Il piece would be
kent as Il valuable inheritance by several
generations.
These plates were used in England
largely. but were imported, because all
experiments to produce them cheap
enough at home remlined unsuccessful
until about 174O or 1850; from that time
on the tin-platingindustry began to pros
peri England. The process of rcduc-
ing iron into thin sheets of more uniform
thickness was soon after invented, and
gradually, England got control of all
the markets of the world in this commod-
ity, and since the adoption of the COM
modify forsuch general use in the United
States, the consumption here has been
enormous. This country now consumes
about two-thirds of England's produc-
ton. For the fiscal year ending June
:0th. 1SS2, the number Of pounds OF
timed plates imported was 11l,SG3, 900,
representing in value SIG, 1854. 600.
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lie Felt Safe.

81 hear you are going to embark in
the manufacture Of gun POWDER" re.
marked u Third street banker TO a Pearl
street man on Change the other day.
"That's the proposition now before
the house." he replied.
"Ain't you afraid to 60 into that kind
of busincss?"
"Of course I'm not. There's no more
risk of losing money than in any other
business"
81 know that, but I should think
you'd he afraid of being blown up"
"Blown up"
"Certainly. Amt you afraid Of
that?"
"Wcll, not hardly! I've been married
for twenty : five years" Merchant
TIwrcLer.
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r HE SOUL OF A FLOWER IN THE
THOUGHT OF A CHILD.
BY THE EARL OF LfTTON.

BY II EARL OF LfTTON.
The soul of a white c'ematis am |.
Passing. the maiden that | loved behold ne.
To lose my life in hers. ! know not why,
Her gaze compelld me-.
What could | do: was but Il small flower,
Root-bound. But her sweet eyes
Drew me. loved her: and love gave me
power
To rise, and rise.
To follow thee. I scaled the castle wall.
And leapt tie bridg less moat. To follow
thee
l climb'd the cliff. and did not fear to fall
Down from the windy keep. The grassy len,
Where | was born. beneath me sunk; and
And smaller grew the farm, the field the
tree,
left long since to find thy seagirt hall.
Ilisten'd. and ! heard the curlews call,
- And the hoarsc muruIuring o. the great salt
sea:
Ilookd and saw thee leaning from a tall
Ethereal tower. above the world ana iii'.
knew that | was near thee. That was all
I cared to be.
Love help'd ME upward thro' the patient
year
rose: and still | had no fear:
Tho, as | climbd, the craSSy glen deep
down
Gleam'd with my dropping blossoms thickly
strown.
Nor did the roaming winds and rains forbear
To leave me oft oerthrown.
One happy morn, in at our lattice reeplng,
saw thee Sleeping:
And tap3'd, til thou. with shy amazem"nt,
Didst wake. ami Listen, AMI fling wide the
easement.
Ard 10. l faced thee
Trembling all over, faint at having foun1
Thou d.dst lean DER me. and mine arms went
!, round thee
And | embraced thee,
Clappinc thy hands for gladness, thou dds
cry,
"What. is it thou:
Madcap, how couldst thou dare to climb SO
high:
Look down below.
Think, hadst thou fallen MANY a iall
had l."
Laughing l answered: and made haste to
show
Where. hanging halfway dow the castle
wall.
NV blossoms trembiel over an abyss,
And dropp'd, and dropp'd: and, Thus do
blossoms fall"
Ilaugh'd, ''ike kiss on kiss"
Then didst thou understand me, child, at
last,
And thou dist know HE then by my tlu9
name.
Into thy soul. thro' thy Sweateyes. | paSSd,
And nv own soul a thought of thine be-
came.
VIII.
Thro' thy sweet eyes that thought may still
be seen:
Tho by thyself it be unnoticed quite,
Nor canst thou utter it. Let Others guess,
Some call me Grace: some call me Charm: |
ween
That only One will ever win the right
To know me by my true name. Tenderness.
-yOutL'S COuDuniOn.
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The Charm OF the Human Voice.

4 word spoken has lar more power 10
persuade and to move than the word writ
ten. This is especially true if it be we'll
spokcn-if it be uttered with the proper
%intonations and infections and be en-
forced with the right gestures. The
propositions which upon a printed page
will be examined with Il searching criti-
cism, will when falling from tho lips of a
popular orator carry whole masses INTO
some course of action. The reader will
be able to detect the i'll concealed dis
honestics of the reasoning. lie will dis
Germ ifthcrc be any undistributcd middle
or illicit process of the minor premise.
The nearer, has not time to make any
such determinations. His nervous sys-
tenn becomes by the power which the
speaker sends forth from eye and tongue
and hand. An undesirable magnetism
goes thrilling through him in rapid cur
rents. He becomes charmed. cnthrallcd.
cnslavcd, ready to do or dare whatever
the orator may bid. Much of this en-
chantmcnt is due to the voice alone. Its
swclls and cadcnccs not only delight the
ear, but through that organ excite the
imagination and captivatc the reason. 1t
is no wonder that when an Athe-
MAN audience had listened for
an hour to the glowing
periods of Dcmosthcncs, they forgot their
own weakness and the risks of war, and
cried out as one man, "Lct us fight
Philip" 1t is no wonder that when the
rude soldiers of Hungary listened to the
melting accents of their young queen,
that with gallant enthusiasm they burst
forth with the cry, eve will die for our
sovereign" The spoken voice is. how
ever, far less potent than the voice en-
pressing itself in the melody of music.
The rich gushing of the throat can call
up in intense fo.cc all the emotions OF
the human soul. We have seen large
congregations stirred by the most pro-
found excitement us rude, untutorcd
voices swcllcd into solemn grandeur III a
service of song. The words were Of the
simplcst-having in them no magnetism
whatever. The whole moving power lay
in the vast volume of sound. There is
no exag, Grafton in the old story of Or
phcus bcguiling the powers of the lower
regions by the notes of his Lutte. There
have been singcrs-there are singers now
who could perform feats quite as mar
Vicious. -.Sunny South.
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Waterbury, Conn, June 81, 1888.
Lost Faith in PhySicians.

There are innumerable instances where cures
have been effected Lv Scovill's Sarsaparilla, or
Blood and Liver Syrup, for all diseases OF the
blood, when they had been given over by their
physicians. 1t is one Of the best remedies ever
offered to the public, and as it is prepared with
the greatest car.e, as a specific for certain dis
eases. it is no wonder that it should be more
effectual than hastily written and carelessiy
prescriptions. Take this medicine
for all disorders arising from impure blood.
1t is Endorsed by leading professional
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long before they reach middle age frequently
find themselves suffering from some OF the
complaints and weaknesses peculiar to their
sex. For all such Kidney-W or is a great boon.
1t induces a healthy action Of the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system and
strengthens and gives new life to all the i'm
portant organs Of the body. 1t is natures
great assistant in establishing and sustaining
health. Sold by all druggists.