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VOL. 16, NO. 8.
POETRY.
FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP.

Dear world, looking down from the highest
of heights that my feet can attain,
see not the smoke of your cities, the dust of
your highway and plain;
Over all your dull moors and morasseS a veil
the blue atmosphere folds.
And you might be made wholly Of mountains
for aught that my vision beholds.
Dear world, / look down and am grateful
that so we sometimes all may stand
Above our own everyday level, and know
that our nature Is grand
In its possible glory of climbing, in the hill
tops that beckon and bend
So close over each mortal he scarcely can
choose but ascend.
Though here, . my world, we miss some
thing-the sweet multtudinous sound
OF leaves in the forest atiutter, of rivulets
lisping around,
The smeii of wild pastures in blossom, of
fresh earth upturned by the plow-
The uplnnds and all the green hillsides lead
the way TO the mountains brow.
One world there is no separation the same
earth above and below;
Up here is the rivers cloud-cradle down
there Is its fullness and flow;
My voice joins the voice of your millions
who upward In weariness grope,
And the hills bear the burden to heaven
humanity's anguish and hope.
Dear world, lying quiet and lovely in SHIN
mer of gossamsr haze,
Beneath the soft films of your mantle can
feel your heart beat as gaze;
/ know you by what you aspire to, by the
look that on no face can be
Save in moments Of high conservation you
are showing your true self TO mt.
Dear world, | behold but your largencss l
forget that aught petty or mean
Ever married the vast sphere OF YOUR beauty :,
over which as "A lover | lean;
And not by our flaws will God judge us; His
love keeps our noblest in sight:
Dear world our low life sinks behind us, we
look up 10 His infinite height.
-Lucy Ldrcom, in Hdrper'S Magazine
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The Art of Character Reading.

The ability or rather power of cor
rectly reading character, is not only q
distinct but most rare faculty. Most
people imagine they are personally and
singularly gifted in this respect, when
in reality they have received merely an
impression from an individuality
stronger than their own, which when
they endeavor to convey to others in
language signally fails Of its object. 1t
is so difficult, indeed, TO lose ones self
in an attempt to describe others. They
have an instinct which aids materially
in giving serviceable hints, but they
are speechless if called upon to express
these hints to other minds. Everyone
indeed can easily trace and portray the
most prominent characteristics of n
mere acquaintance; com .Lonpiace
phrase, 4 mere formula of social GUS
tom, will sometimes give fair enough
description and completely satisfy the
curiosity of chance inquirer.
1t is only when the hearer wants to
have, and the observer fain would give
a true, just comprehensive estimate
and picture of q character that the diff
ficulty presents itself. There are so
many indescribable details that mean
much to the close student of humanity,
and which. when described. fail to car
ry the impression from your mind to
another, and it almost seems that the
better we know the individual we wish
to describe the more impossible it
seems. There is his voice, which is so
full of meaning TO us, the tones OF
which we can hear as we speak of him,
and yet cannot describe. There are
his hands, portraying strength and ten
derness to US, and perhaps creating no
impression upon the sensibilities of
others. We are all SO differently con-
stituted that what might mean volumes
in the one instance might pass for
naught in the second.-Forney's Pro-
gress.
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Romeo A. Singer, a Legitimate grand
son of the late Isaac Nj. Singer, the
millionaire inventor of the Singer sew
ing machine is charity lunatic in the
Wards Island insane asylum. He is a
boy of Is. He walks up and down the
halls moody and sullen. constantly en-
gagged in inventing machinery. When
he can he induced to talk he tells
about the devices for new or improved
machines which he has worked out.
His face will light up for a short time
rs he tells of the fortune his inventions
will bring him, but it soon resumes its
sullen aspect, and goes on brooding
over cogs and cams and cranks. He
was taken to Wards Island on June
10Th from the Amityville asylum. He
will probably not leave it until he is
dead.
Romeo Singer is the younges. of the
three sons born to William and his
wife, Anna Singer. The wife, Anna, is
now living as housekeeper in the
home of Mr.. Samuel Colgate at West
Ocangc. She married VIM. Singer 25
years ago. and got Il divorce from him.
one aIleTWaEu marTleu w Ill. Leltn, d
broker. who is dead. She had three
children by VIM. Singer. Her mother.
Mrs. Pape, of No. Chrystie street,
reared them. The Oldest, Walter A.
Singer, is p years of age. He lives in
two rooms ut No. 145 Ludlow street.
His mother says that he is in abject
poverty. He has Il trade. but the dull
season for him is the summer, and he
has been out of work some time. The
next one died last summer. lie was .
deaf mute, but was educated at an in
stitution. He was tramping in the
west seeking work. He was walking
along Il railroad and was struck by u
train. The third is the insane son. He
lost his reason six months ago.-Neo
York Sun
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Bill Arp on Life Partners.

sat In my piazza ruminating over
the scene, and wandered that there
were SO many happy matings as there
seem to be. Partners for life ought to
be congenial and harmonious in so
many things. When men make q
partnership in business they can't get
along well If they are unlike in dispo-
sition or in moral principle or in busi-
ness ways or business habits. They
can dissolve and separate ut pleasure
and try another man. A man and his
wifa ought to bs alike in most eyery-
thing. 1t is said that folks like their
opposites. their counterparts, and SO
they do in some respects. A man with
blue eyes goes mighty near distracted
over woman with hazel eyes. did.
and I'm distracted yet when look in
to them. But in mental qualities and
emotional qualities. and tastes and
habits and principles and the like. they
ought to class together. Indeed, 1t is
better for them to have the same poll
tics and the same religion. And so l
have observed that the happiest unions,
as general thing. are those where the
high contracting parties have known
each other for 4 long Time, and have
pssimilateI from ihsiF yaAlb in ShaGgtt
aud feeling. Atlaa.a Coq iti.sss,n.
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RICHMOND, Va, August 16.-In the Sem
ate to-day Mr.. Lybrook introduced a resolu-
tion looking to the total reputation Of the
State debt. The preamble sets forth that
every proper, reasonable effort has been re.
peatedly made by the State to effect settle
ment with the holders of onds, which efforts
met with uncompromising resistance, captio
opposition and technical quibbling. The
States responsibility, patience and resources
are now believed exhausted in efforts TO
maintain the credit Of Virginia; that no sub
stantial, equivalent, OF valuable considera-
tion can be shown upon which these bonds
were issued; that the holders are not benefit
creditors Of Virginia, but merely adventur-
Gus speculators who have already realized
from the bonds much more than their orgi-
nal cost; that q syndicate has been formed
by these speculators for the purpose Of per-
petuating legal prosecutions against the peo-
pie of Virginia, and preventing the settle-
ment of this unproven debt, 30 that they may
not have their claims tested, but may con-
iinue TO draw the interest thereon; that GER
tain debts are positively prohibited by Arti-
Gle xiv, Section Of the Federal Constitu-
tion; that we express our unalterable oppo-
sition to the payment Of any part of this al
legged debt, or the interest thereon. The
Auditor Of public accounts Is instructed TO
forthwith refuse the payment Of the interest
on any bonds alleged 10 be held against yir-
ginia. The resolution went over till Moa-
day.
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The Villain Who Does Not Smile.

1t Is true, my son, n man may smile
and smile and bo II villain. But it is
equally true that II mHn may never
smile and also be II villain Of the ink
lest hue. | know it is q'ti:e the thing
with Il certain class Of rrop;c 10 decry
the smiling man who j. 50 monoton-
ously pleasant that he is sometimes
Extensively unpleasant. | know that
some people bid you beware of the man
who is always smiling. But YOU should
also beware of the man who always
greets you with n glare. If am to be
beguiled by u villain | think | rather
prefer the smiling villain. lie will
swindle me courteOuSlv. anyhow. |
do not admire saturninc countenances
even on good men. | do no' enjoy any
real pleasure in contemplating the
bird OF prey visages; the hungry glare
of the village horse trader, for instance.
never improves my appetite. do not
think there is good reason for fearing
the man that smiles in all sorts of
human weather. do not always be-
lieye in his smile. There are times
when he bores me beyond measure.
Sometimes his set. unvarying smile
wearics me rs does the unwinking sun
in the dead, cloudless calm of sue
cessive August days. and l want to
quarrel with him and try to make him
cloud up and thunder little, or ut
least strike out Il show of heat light
ming. | don't believe his smile is
ctcrnally reflex of his feelings. He
must feel blue and dismal, and troubled
and chafed, and penitcnt and doubtful.
ana anxious and longing and sorrow
tul at times like the rest of us. But if he
chooses 10 veil all his troubles behind
smile that is so set it betrays the mask
and wearics us. why that is his way of
trying to keep his little light shining
i'll this troubled world, my son. 1t
doesn't prove that he is villain. All
mcn who smile and smile are not
villains. nor are all men who look
solemn good men. When you hear
mnn saying. Look out for the man
who always Smiles" that is tho man,
my son. who will rchypothccate your
collatcras. BIB Durdette in The Brook
nm El Jl9
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A Befuddled Groom.

A verdant looking couple, evidently
from the far interior, called at the City
Clerks office the other day, evidently
on q delicate errand. 1t was quite easy
to see from the plentiful white ribbons
that bedeckcd the bonnet of the girl,
and the white gloves in which her
hands were encased. that she was a
prospective bride. The young man
was verv bashful, and. notwithstand-
ing several nudges and whispered
promptings from his lady love, he could
not muster up courage to state his er-
rand. But the genial clerk helped him
over his dilemma, and asked:
'.Do you wish a marriage license?"
1--WE do" responded the maiden.
The necessary blank forms were pro-
duced. and the clerk asked the usual
questions concerning the genealogy
and family history of the candidates
for matrimony. The young man, not
equal to this ordeal, slipped away to
a seat in the corner, while the bride-to-
be gave the required information.
"The maiden name of the groom S
motherp" queried the clerk.
This was too much. She was not
'up" in the intricacies of the family
history of her intended husband.
"Samwell! Samwell!" she called.
what was your mothers maiden
name?"
How should l know anything about
it?" responded Samwell. "She died a
great many years before l was born" "
-Boston Post
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The Carboniferous Jungle.

II we could suddenly transplant our
selves from the gardens and groves of
the nineteenth century into the midst
of carboniferous jungle on the delta
OF some forgotten Amazon or some
primeval Nile, we should find ourselves
surrounded by strange and somewhat
monotonous society, very different from
the varied and beautiful Id in which
we ourselves now live. The huge foli-
age Of gigantic tree-ferns and titanic
club-mosses would wave over our heads
while green carpet of pretty trailing
creepers would spread luxuriantly over
the damp soil beneath our feet. Great
swampy flats would stretch around us
on every side; or instead of the rocky
or undulating hills of our familiar Eu-
rope. we should probably see the inter-
ior country composed only of low ridg-
es. unified as yet by the slow upheayal
Of ages into the Alps or Pyrenees Of
the modern CONTINGENT But the most
striking popularity Of the scene would
doubtless be the wearisome uniformity
Of its prevailing colors. Earth beneath
and primitive trees overhead would all
alike present single field Of unbroken
and urvarying green. No scarlet low-
er. golden fruit. or gay butterfly would
give a CLEAN of brighter and warmer
so!oring TO the continuous verdure of
that more than tropical forest. Green,
and green. and green again. Wherever
the eye fell it would rest alike upon
one monotonous and unrelieved mass
of harsh and angular verdure. -GrGnt
Alien IN Me Gentteman's Magazine.
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Was it Beans or Bugs.

She had very long nose and wore
gold-rimmed spectacles and o frizette.
She was not pretty. but she was very,
very good and attended Sunday school
regularly. But she had popularity
Of interposing, in the midst of the
most interesting discussions, with ut
terly irrelevant remarks, or questions
put in the gravest manner possible.
Last Sunday Deacon Bodkin was elu-
cidating the subject of the parable Of
the vine, when she fixed her glittering
eye upon him and broke in:
Deacon Bodkin, / have been read
ing durin' the past week, consarnin'
the plaques Of Egypt an read of the
plague of the locusts. The Scripture
says, the locusts came up over all tho
airth,' Now, my friend, Abigail simp-
kins. has on her big mantel tree o big
locust bean-pod. an she says, an
sticks to it, that them locusts what
come up an kivered all the airth was
beans. thought at fust that she must
be mistaken. an told her the locusts
was sort er insect. or somethin' live.
But she says no it was the beans.
.Ain't beans live?' says she. AN don't
they come up an kiver the airth? An
i amt at all sure but what she's right,
deacon. Now what do you think?
Was them locusts what plagued the
children of Egypt bugs or beansp"
SISTER Grimes, said tho deacon. ~
am afraid ron arp getting frivolous"
And she can't tell to this day what
made the young folks look SO pleased.
--Bosfon Globe.
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Jones Goes On An Excursion.

We met our dear old friend Jones
the morning after the excursion and he
looked mad. We asked him the rea-
son, and he told US he had been to the
excursion, but would be-if he ever
went to another. He gave us the fol-
lowing reasons:
Because Maria, she's my wife, would
insist on me getting up at four o'clock
and holding the baby while she dressed
herself
Because Maria hurried me off with
out any breakfast because she was sure
we were late for the train, made me run
all tho way to the depot with the baby
in my arms, only to find we were full
hour ahead of time. Because while
waiting for the train the baby got
cramps in its stomach and it cost me
fifty cents to get 'em out of it.
Because when l grumbled, Maria,
meaning me, said some men are just too
mean to live.
Because when wanted to go and
get drink Maria would insist on my
taking the baby with me.
Because when Tom - came along
with his girl, and he saw me with the
baby in my arms and the twins leaning
up promiscuously against me, and the
villain laughed, and, pointing to me,
said something to the girl, and she
laughed, too.
Because when a very important gar
ment peculiar to babies slipped down
Maria would insist on strai ghtening it
up before everybody and making mo
hold the pins while She did so.
Because all the boys caught ON to it
and laughed,
Because when the conductor came
round for the tickets Maria tried to
crowd the twins down so that they
might only pay half fare, but tho con-
ductor insisted on unraveling them out
and make me pay full fare for them.
Because when | wanted to slip away
to see u fellow Maria would insist on
slipping with me, and when | mildly
objected she began to cry, and said it
was ;ust like me,
Because had to stand in the cars
the whole way home and most of the
time hold the baby.
Because hate excursions Winni-
peq Siftin1s
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About Prime Donnc.

The New York Star says that prime
donne-especially those of the opera
comique-are forever getting into hot
water. What the reason is wo don't
know; but it is an unalterable fact that
the best of the bouffers are the most
troublesome of the women. The
sprightly Catharine Lewis, who Is per-
petually in trouble either with her hus-
band or her manager, has been kicking
up a parrot and n monkey time of it
down at New Orleans. The volatile
little woman was engaged to sing ut
the Spanish fort, summer theatrical
resort near that city, and up to Sunday
night she managed to keep her active
little heels between the traces. On
that evening the management put up
LA File de Nine. Angot." Little
Lewis was cast for Clairette. She cre-
ated veritable sensation when she
came upon the stage in a costume the
skirt of which was open at the side
from the waist down to the heels. The
manager, q Mr.. Cowniff. was shocked
to such an extent that he didn't dare to
trust himself to speak to Miss Lewis
about the Objectionable garment until
the second night. Then he told her
she must not appear in that sort of
thing again, and she replied that she
would appear in nothing else. There
upon high words came to be spoken,
and the prima donna and the manager
parted company. All this was nuts to
Nine. Selma Dolaro. who happened to
be playing at rival establishment in
the same opera. Miss Lewis detection
or dismissal-whicheve it may be
called-left the other mistress of the
field and sole queen of New Orleans
impras 9 ion n hln youtb
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Uncle Billy's Superstition About
BrOOmS.

"Ef you put n broom in de cornder
always let the broom part be on dc
flo an dc hanel stickin' up, kase if
you don't bad luck gwine come to that
house dcs as sho' as you do it; deed it
will"
This was n queer statement, in the
opinion of the market men, and, the
idea being ridiculed, Uncle Billy ap-
pealed TO q oolored man whom he
called Dick. whereupon Dick enthu-
siastically indorsed his old partner by
declaring:
"Unk' Billy is talkin' de right sort er
talk. gemmen. He am tellin' dc truf.
eff ebber she wos spoke. Whatever you
do, doan come ter my house an set a
broom up dc wrong way. an let her
stav dat way ober night"
Dick further strengthened his testi-
mony on the broom question by saying:
.'Ef you think this amt de truf. doan
let man make pass at you wild broom
what bin scttin' up de wrong way ober
night kaze. ef you does, you gwine ter
Jail. sho'."
Go to Jail" some one exclaimed.
"Yasser, 90 ter Jail! OATS what /
said. an l knows what rse sayin'.
kaze l done bin dar. Man made pass
at me wild long-hanel broom. an bless
grashus fore dc mex night | was in de
calaboose. Course. tain't no hurt ter
have i'm make pass at you wild wiss
broom, kazc dat's no harm"
Hear dat!' said Uncle Billy, as he
hugged his fish tighter and started to
walk off leisurely, while the Teutonic
tish-vender laughed immoderately and
repeated his former assertion that they
were set of CRAZY goons. st Louis
Republican,.
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OLEAN, N. Y, Aug. 14.-Richard ONeil
and Jas. McGregor bad a prize fight recently.
Each was under the influence of liquor Ac-
conpanied by five Others they went to barn.
After two rounds, McGregor said he was sat.
lsfed and offered to shake hands with
O'Neill. The latter took the hand of his
opponent, and holding it tight in his, tripped
McGregor, who fell heavily on the floor on
his face. O'Nelll seized McGregor by the
hair, and lifting his head repeatedly jammed
it with all his might down on the floor until
McGregor became unconscious. ONeill,
without any interference from the spectators
then beat and kicked McGregor for some
time, after which he took bucket, filled 1t
with water at the pump, and returning To the
barn sponged the blood from McGregor's and
drenched him with water until he regained
consciousness, when O'Neill pounded him
senseless again. and with the others quilted
the barn leaving McGregor senselsss on the
floor. McGregor never recovered conscious
ness. The murderer Is not arrested.
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The Dangers of Yachting.

AS is we'll known to yachtsmen the
danger in yachting lies not so much in
the fact that the boat tips over, but
having once turned over, it sinks to the
bottom, leaving tho occupants without
support. A gentleman well known in
banking circles in Boston, has demon
strated the feasibility of method, SIM
pie in its construction a2d so inexpens-
i've that it can be applied to any yacht,
by which the boat may be buoyed an
indefinite length of time upon the sur
face of the water. In fact it is impos-
sible to sink the boat. A few days ago
this gentleman was sailing with fair
wind, when suddenly the boat was up
set by one of those accidents to which
all yachtsmen are liable. He had pro-
vided for such contingency, however,
and the yacht merely turned over and
foated bottom side up. He easily
climbed upon the keel, and. after pick
ing up the floating articles belonging
to the boat, waited for assistance. He
was seen from the shore, and in short
time boat was put out to his assist
ance and he was soon on shore again,
hone the worse for the accident.
He owes his life to the fact that the
boat was provided with air tight tanks
that prevented her from sinking. These
tanks can be made to fit any yacht,
large or small. at such trihing cost
that any owner can provide them. Most
of the yachts in Boston harbor are New
port rugged, having no water tight
compartments. Being heavily ballasted
they sink as soon as they are filled.
There is, however, plenty of waste
room either at the bow, under the
standing room or along the sides, that
could be packed with tanks. and thus
transform the boat into n regular life
boat. These tanks must of course, be
made of material that is not affected by
salt water. Copper is the best but gal
vanized iron will do. They can be
manufactured in any shape and of any
size and can be fitted to any boat 50 as
to utilize the waste room and at the
same time be kept out of sight The
cost will not exceed $35 or $40 per
boat.