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THE INDIANS GUIDE BooK.-H. D..
Thoreau, in the account of his excursion
through the woods of Maine, tell the fol.
lowing of his Iadian guide, Joe Polls g |
asked him how he guided himself in the
woods. oh. said he, can tell many
good ways When pressed him further
be answered Sometimes l lookum side
hill and he glanced toward high hill or
mountain on the eastern shore great dit
ference between the north and south; see
where the sun shone most. So trees-the
large trees bend toward SOUTH Sometimes
l leokum locks (rocks). l asked him what
he cav on the rocks, but he did not de-
scribe anything in particular, answering
vaguely, and in a mysterious or drawing
tone. Bare locks on lake shore-great
difference between n. S. E. W. side-can
tell what the sun has shone on Sup
pose said l, 'that SHOULD take you in a
dark night up here into the middle of the
woods, hundred miles, set you down, and
turn you round quickly twenty times,
could you steer straight to Oldtown? U,
yes, said he; have done pretty much the
same thing. will tell you. Some years
ago met an old white hunter at Milli-
nocket very good hunter. He said he
could 90 anywhere in the woods. He
wanted to hunt with me that day, so we
start. We chase moose all the forenoon,
when we kill him. Then l said to him,
now you 90 straight to camp. Don't go
round and round where ws've been, but go
straight. He said, l can't do that; l
DONE know where am. Where you think
camp? l asked. He pointed SO. Then l
laugh at him. take..the lead and go right
off the other way, and cross our tracks
many times, straight camp. How do you
do that?' asked L. 30, can tell you, he
replied. Great difference between me and
white man.
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THE CLoIsTER.-The cloister was really
the living.place of the monks. Here they
pursued their daily avocations, here they
taught their schools, they transacted their
business, they spent their time and pursued
their studies, always in society, co-operat-
ing and consulting, and. as a rule, knowing
no privacy. "But monk always lived in
a cell p l think you will be inclined to OBJ.
ject. The sooner YOU get rid of that delu-
sion the better. Until Henry II. founded
the Carthusian Abbey Of Witham. in IT'S,
there was no such thing known in England
as a monks cell, as we understand the
term. It was q popularity of the Car
thusian Order, and when it was first intro
duced it was regarded as a startling novelty
for any privacy or anything approaching
solitude to be tolerated il q monastery.
The Cazthusisn system never found much
favor in England. The Carthusians never
had more than nine houses all told the
discipline was too rigid, the rule too se-
we're, the loneliness too dreadful for our
tastes and our climate. In the thirteenth
century, If mistake not, there were only
two monssteries in England in which
monks or nuns could boast of having sny
privacy, any little corner of their own to
tlrn into, any place where they could en-
ioy the luxury Of retirement, any private
study such as every boy nowadays, in
school of any pretension. expects to have
provided for himself, and without which we
assume that nobody could read and write
for AZ hour. The Nineteenth Century,
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ANOTHER PREHISTORIC FOOTPRINT
Two miners who have just returned from
Grand Canyon report most mavelons dis
covery, says the Peach Spring "a. t.
Champion. In the basin of the canyon,
which was once sand bed, and probably
thousands of years ago broad level plain
(but the narrow passsgeway is now hemmed
in by walls lis feet high, they came
upon an imprint in the sand rock, de-
noting bare foot, with toes, instep,
and heel as plain and unmistakable as
the orb of day. 1t measured twenty-six
inches in length and twelve in width.
The average depth Of the imprint is
four inches, while at the ball of the
foot it is six inches. These imprint; ap.
pear along the edge of the narrow passage.
way for some distance, and they are dis
tinctly and evenly eighteen feet apart,
showing the great distance the monster
with the human foot could make at sim
gle step. The men had only three pack
mules and prospecting tools with them, or
they would have taken out the rock con-
tanning the foot imprint bu. it is their in.
tention to return in few days, prepared
to perform the work, and bring these evil
dences Of monster human race to the
public gaze.
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STAGE KISSES. =" Nobody on the
stage" said an old actress who used to be
a reigning star many years ago, "neither
man nor woman, kisses from choice. At
least, have never known it to be so. 1t
is not pleasant operation, no matter how
much the people might like one another:
They are covered with paint, grease, and
powder, and often with perspiration, for
kissing is the usual wind-up to some excit.
ing and passionate scene, and the contact
of the two faces, or even the lips, is usually
unpleasant. Any sort of an actor or actress,
if they know anything of their art, can
simulate kissing quite as effectively as if
the kiss were real. No matter how much
one is excited by the scene, kiss invari-
ably spoils the glamour of the actress. 1t
dispels the illusion and brings one back to
earth. On that ground alone / always
objected to being kissed on the stage, even
beyond the paint and grease idea. Actresses
who consent TO be kissed on the stage must
want to be kissed very badly-that's my
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SPIDERS.

Spiders are not insects, as most people
think. There is precisely the same rela.
tionship between a spider and an insect
that there is between q COW and Goldfish.
The COW and the fish are both vertebrates,
and the spider and the insect are both an
nulates, but there the resemblance ceases.
In every other point of structure they differ
widely from each other. The spider has
eight legs, whereas an insect cannot have
more than six. The nervous system is con.
structed on totally different principle,
and so are the circulation and respiration.
The eyes are different, the insects having
many compound eyes. and the spider never
having more than eight, and all of them
simple. Then spider has no separate
head as is the case with the insects, the
head and thorax being fused together.
Neither does the spider pass through the
series Of developments which we call
" transformations" When the young spi-
der is Matched it is spider, and retains
the same shape through its whole life.
Again, no insect that is at present known
can spin siiken threads. Take the silk
worm as a familiar example. The silk is
spun by the caterpillar and not by the
moth. Now, the spider can produce
threads throughout the whole of its life.
1t possesses, moreover, the faculty of pro-
ducing different kinds of silk, according to
the object for which it is needed. If we
watch the first of these creatures we may
see all three silks produced. The web OF
the diadem spider is made of radiating ca
bles, like the spokes of wheel, and hav-
ing slight thread wound spirally over the
spokes. The whole web is suspended by
cables like those which form the spokes,
and guy ropes OF similar structure support
it on every side. A blue bottle fly now
comes buzzing along and blunders against
one of the supporting cables. 1t is not ar
rested by the cable, but falls upon the net,
where it is at once caught. If we examine
the web with tolerably powerful magni-
flying glass we shall see that the cables and
spokes are quite smooth, while the spiral
thread is covered with little globules of
gummy character. There are about !, 400
of these globules in each inch of thread,
and on an average complete web contains
81, 600 of them. These globules act just
like bird. lime, and the moment that an in.
sect touches one of them with its leg or
wing, it is held tightly by the gum
TGOod Words.
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DO YOU EAT TOO MUcR?

Animals living in state of nature do
not over-eat themselves. They stop eat
ing when they have got enough. There
are no prize cattle on the prairies. 1t is
the stalled OK, and the pig in his pen, de-
prived of exertion, that can be tattened
into diseased obesity. Horses escape
this process because men do not to any ex-
tent devour them. The hunter and racer
are not oyerfed. All animals expected to
do their work are carefully fed as to quality
and quantity. If human beings were fed
as wisely they would be as healthy. There
are some good rules for feeding as to
quantity. When our food is simple and
natural in kind and quality and mode of
preparation, there is little danger-for
example. of eating too many grapes, apples,
pears or bananas. Salt, sugar, spices and
luxurious cookery tempt to excess. With
men, as with animals, natural diet Is
self-limited, and we are disposed to stop
when we have eaten enough. The more
artificial the food, the more elaborate and
luxurious the feast, the more liability to
overload the stomach, overtask the diges-
tive powers and overweight the forces of
life. Simplicity of food is condition of
health, and promotes longevity. The
quantity of food which enables a man to
do his daily work without loss of weight is
precisely what he requires. He supplies
the daily waste-no more and no less.
This quantity may vary a little with each
individual, but every one can easily ascer-
tain his OWE measure of requirement by re-
ducing the quantity of daily food until he
finds q balance of force and weight. 1t is
my opinion that the average quantity of
water free aliment requires, say by bust
ness and literary men, is twelve ounces.
Men of great muscular activity may re-
quire sixteen to twenty ounces. | have
found myself in very good condition for
sedentary work on eight or ten ounces.
When any one who is in good condition for
his work keeps his normal weight he has
found food enough.
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SUCCESS IN LIFE.

Without unremitting labor, success in
life, whatever occupation, is impossible. A
fortune is not made without toll, and
money unearned comes to few. The
habitusl loiterer never brings anything to
pass. The Young men whom you see
louneing about waiting for the weather to
change before they 90 to work, break down
before they beein-get stuck before they
start. Ability aod willingness to labor are
the two great conditions OF success. II is
useless to work an electric machine In a
vacuum; but the air may be fall OF cleo
tricity, and still you can draw no spark
until you turn the machine. The beautiful
statue may exist in the artists brain, and
it may also be said In a certain sense to
exist in the msrhls block that stands be-
fore him, but he must bring both his brain
and his hands to bear upon the marble,
and work hard aud long, in order to
produce any practical result Success
also depends in a good measure upon
the mans promptness to take advantage
of the rise of the tide. A great deal of
what we call "luck is nothing more nor
less than this. II is the man who keeps
his eyes open. and his hands out of his
pockets that succeeds. missed my
chance" exclaims the disappointed man,
when he sees another catch eagerly at the
opportunity. But something more than
alertness is needed we must know how to
avail ourselves of the emergency. An
elastic temperament, which never seems to
recognize the fact of defeat, or forgets it at
once and begins the work over again, is
very likely to insure success. Many a
merchant looses one fortune only to build
up another and greater one, Many an
inventor fails in his first efforts, and is at
last rewarded with triumph. Some of
the most popular novelists wrote very poor
stuff in the beginning. They were learn
ing their trade, ami could not expect to
turn out first. class work until their appren-
ticeship was over, One great secret of sue
cess is not to become discouraged, but
always be ready to try again.-[Ex.
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ELEPHANTS IN EARLY DAYS In 1929
the King of Spain sent an elephant and
five camels to King James l., of England.
This latter monarch was extravagantly fond
of pet animals, and had quite a menagerie
at his palace, so it may be imagined that
he was particularly well pleased with this
gift. Much better pleased, indeed, than
the Chancellor of the Exehequer was, for
the English treasury was, at that time,
sadly depleted To pay the ESQ which
the King ordered given to the man who had
brought the elephant, took away every
penny in the treasury, and made it neces-
sary to refuse to allow the Queen money
for journey that she wished to make to
Scotland that year. And when an esti-
mate was made of the cost OF keeping the
animal, and it was found to be f275 year,
itwasno wonder that Mr. Chancellor groans
were both loud and deep Aud to make
the matter worse, an additional charge was
made for Liquors for the olifawnte.
Z" His keepers affirm that from the month
Of September until April he must drink
mot waterl but wyne, and from Aprile
until September he must have a gallon OF
wyne the dAye. ~ Inter. Ocean.
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RE DENIES The KISSES.

When Miss Sallie Mclean depicted
Leonard Lorenzo Nightingale, one Of her
scholars at Cedarville, Mass, as the hero
of her first novel. "Cspe Cod Folk, she
could scarcely have imagined that hewould
resent her charming description OF his
manly conduct But so it is. The young
man is very angry, and has brought libel
suit against the publishers of the book. 1t
appears that the fair authoress described
her hero as very much in love with her,
and that she goes so far as to confess in her
novel that he kissed her twice. She does
not say that she found these osculatory ex-
periences unpleasant, but on the contrary
actually records that on one occasion she
was compelled to feel the answering
flame creep slowly in her own blood.
Nightingale seriously objects to this, ana
denies point blank that he ever kissed
Miss Sallie. The great bard asks,
Whats in 3 name - Evidently moth
ing. If there were, could it be con-
conceived of 8 man named Nightingale
that he would object to be depicted
as the favored scholar who had not
only kissed his schoolmarm twice, but bad
once actually been permitted to enjoy the
supreme delight of what some people call
an embrace, but which in good. old.
fashioned Cape Cod is plainly spoken of as
a hug Why, to live up to his name. he
should delight in repeating Miss Sallie's
story of his conquest, should tell it eagerly,
lovingly, as if afraid that time would be
too short for him to utter forth his love-
chant" Evidently this Nightingale is
queer bird. To employ the vernaeular of
cultured and scientific Boston, he is rara
avis in terra. 1t is quite safe to say that
be alone, of all goodlooking young fellows
on Cape Cod, would sue young au-
thoress' publishers because she was honest
enough to admit to the world that he
kissed her. There is an old story that
illustrates his side of this singular case,
while it must be admitted that it seems to
have no application to Miss Sallie's. 1t
tells of maiden and youth parting at
gate Their eyes met first, and then, with
sudden impulse, their lips. "Oh, Sam "
said the girl, don't you tell nobody
To which the swain replied, as he wiped
his lips, Don't be afeard, Sue; I'm just
as much ashamed OF it as you are l"-lChi-
cage News.
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CANiPHoR MATINEEs This is the latest
craze of society. Ladies who are semi
invalids, and debarred from the pleasure OF
gay life, are invited to the house of one OF
their number, and requested to bring their
bottles. The hostess receives them in
stylish negligee and seated in a reclining
position with her csmpher bottle in her
hand. Soon all the visitors are seated,
bottles are produced, and the hostess opens
the ball by uncorking her bottle and tax.
ing a preliminary sniff. Then all the
guests take sniff; then prolonged series
of shifts meanwhile envious and dis
tressed chances are directed to cut-glass
and decorated bottles, and one lady
upset the equilibrium OF whole
company by appearing with colored
camphor. The correct thing is an or
binary hslf.pint white bottle, with a
cork stopper, but red or blue ribbon
may be tied round it's neck. The effect
on the camphor sniffer is said to be both
soothing and exhilarating, but few spite
ful outsiders declare that it is benefit to
the complexion. Be this as it may, the
fact remains that tits the very latest dissi-
patton in the fluid refreshment line.
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the Duke of Cambridge, as Commandment
Chief AS it is, he is the

Chief. As it is, he is the
VIRTUAL HEAD OF THE BRITISH FORCES,
And must remain so for many years to
come. In army matters Lord Woiseley Is
unques tionably the best authority IN the
country, for to the advantages OF the
highest position, he joins the highest per-
sonal intelligence and the keenest powers
of observation. Accordingly, much inter.
est attaches to his recent speech at the
Rife Volunteers banquet, in which he re-
piled to criticisms passed upon the army.
Last wear there were, he said, over 81, 600
men enlisted-the largest number ever en-
listed in one year in time of peace. Only
during some great wars, like the Crimean
or the Indian mutiny, had there been SO
many enlisted before, and then they were
only obtained by paying large bounties.
OF these SO, 600, 81 per cent, he said, are
over 90 years of age, and 20 per cent. over
80. Fifty-eigbt per cent. are over i've feet
seven inches high SO per cent. over
thirty five inches around the chest. and Is
per cent. are for over two years of service
"A showing which, he maintained, would
compare favorably with any army in the
world. He had only one growl, he said,
against the DfltlSH army, anu SASe "os
that there was not enough OF it.
ROYALTY AND DYNAMITE.
1 close, as I began, with royalty. The
Prince of Wales seems to be IN danger.
Up to recently he has gone about as he
pleased, with no guards, aud apparently
without fear of molestation. Now, how.
ever, change has come. The discovery
of explosives in railway tunnel through
which he was to pass, and the arrest OF a
man who had made preparations for shoot
ing him, all within week, show that there
is something in the wind which bodies his
Royal Highness no good. In future his
will be carefully guarded, and
your readers will join me in the fervent
hope that these safeguards may be eff
fectual, II. i.
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"Well," remarked young M. D., just
from college, 81 suppose the next thing
will be to hunt good location, and then
wait for something to do. like Patience
on a monument EYES," said by
stander, and it won't be long after you
do begin before the monuments will be on
the patients"
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Symptoms and Cure.
AM ExTRA0gDINARY RAZOR

"AS BEEN INVENTED BY THE QUEENS
III OWN co. Of England. The edge and body
Is so THIN and FLEXIBLE as NEVER TO RE-
QUIRE GRINDING and hardly ever setting. 1t
glides the face like piece Of velvet. making
shaving quite luxury. 1T Is CREATING A
GREAT EXCITEMENT In kurope among the ex-
perts, who pronounce it PERFECTION. Two dol
lars in buffalo handle three dollars in ivory Every
razor to be genuine must bear on the reverse SIDE
the name of NATHAN JOSEPH, GIL Clay street,
San Francisco the only place in the United States
where they are obtained Trade snpphed. sent oy
mail, 10 cents extra, or c. o. d.
THE QUEENS OWN COMPANY, having en-,
laryed their factory are making PEARL al
IVORY CARVING KNIVES, TABLE aud rvCAET
KNIVES, HUNTING KNIVES and SCISSORS OF
the same quality as their maTvelousy wonderful
razor. 1-uho E
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"Ma, are you going out!" eyes, my
dear why do you ask?' Don't you
want to stay and see the fun 2" =" Why,
Willie, what do you mean ?" 1 heard
papa tell Maggie that when you went away
they would have regular picnic.
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A Boston Globe reporter was informed by
Mr.. L NJ Clifford, of the Norway Iron Works,
that city, that nothing he had ever seen
equsled St. Jacobs OH as rapid and perma-
neat relief for the accidents constantly occur
ring 10 manufactures establishments.
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PREVENT nialarial attacks by invigorating
the liver with DR.. Ssnford's Liver hvigor-
ator.
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About eight miles of pipe have been laid
by the water company in Naps.
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BRITISH MILITARY cHIEFTAIN.

From temperance l skip to the great
teetotal General, Lord Wolseley, of Egypt
ian fame, and the hero OF campaign
once upon time in the Red River country.
or the English military chieftaiDs none arc
better known in the United States, nor
more highly respected. Bu. there are many
here who will never forgive him from hsv-
ing risen so rapidly 1t is great offense
In English eyes for fellow to attain any
thing like greatness while still in the
nrime of life. Another grievous complaint
against this reckless STRIPPING of less than
fifty summers is that he conducted his BED
River expedition on tea, and that he has
declared the English army would be the
finest on earth if drunkenness were only
eliminated from it. Nevertheless, Wolse-
ley's star is still in the ascendent, and
only that the Duke of Connaught, who
will have to be given the place because he
is the son of the Queen, stands in the way,
he would eventually step into the shoes OF
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ENGLIsH LANp MoNoPoLY.
THE PEERAGE NUISANCE.

Besides monopolizing the land, see how
they drain the public exchequer. There
has Just been published a detailed esti-
mate of the amount of public money paid
to Dukes, MaTquises and Eirls and their
relatives since 1850. From it re gather
that, altogether, 26l families Of Dukes.
Marauises and Earls, embracing 1886
scions, and filling S DDS offices, have OBJ
tanned from the taxes in tairty.four years
the SUN of &c 247 242 pounds pound
being equal TO five dollars. Very much of
this has been paid in pensions, and these
pensions are to 20 on forever. Thus, there
is plenty of room for the Georges and tae
Bradlaughs, who are seeking TO arouse
the people to the mi Gstice of these things,
and it IL no wonder they find many symps-
thizers.
EFFECT OF ALCOHOL on THE SYSTEM,
In the United States, as in England,
great interest is felt in the question as to
how the human system is affected by the
use of alcoholic stmulants, and any item
throwing light upon this subject is always
welcomed. In lS40 the United Kingdom
Temperance and General Provident Life
insurance Company commenced doing
business solely with totally abstainiDg life
insurers. But after lapse of seven years
an important section OF the shareholders
succeeded in coercing the administrative
body to extend their sphere OF operations
over all applicants for policies. This was
done, but with the provision that the
ignorance section" should be kept dis
tinct from the general section, and now
a document appears giving the results.
For seventeen years-thst is from 1866 to
lSS2-the expected claims by death in the
Temperance section were computed by
ac.uaries to be a total of 2,644, whereas
there occurred only l SCI, being defeat
of the mathemsticisns by temperance of
about thirty per cent. In the general Sec
ton for the same period the expected
claims were taken as 40S. and the reali-
cation came out at $50. These figures
are strictly reliable, and your readers can