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Eyerybody,s Air.Brake.

eyes, sah," said Uncle Zach, Else watched
It forty years an its as ! seq: De fust Of May
an Christmas day Of de same year alters
comes on de same week day"
Further conversation proved Uncle Zach a
most incredulous person. CHANGING. to men
ton DR.. Carver's feat of breaking glass balls
with a rifle, he said:
II heerd bout dat shootin' and knawed
right off 1t wasn't squar' dat was a Yankee
trick, boss, sho's you born"
"What was the trick"
"Dar wuz loadstone put into de glass balls,
an likewise onto de bullets; so when de bull
let fly outen de gun, it an de ball .:es' drawed
tergedder, which, in course, brokes de glass
-dats de trick"
Later, Uncle Zach observed a rope running
along the side of the car.
BOSS, what's dat line furw
ITO apply the air-brake in case of acct
dent" Then we had further to explain how
the force OF the brake was obtained, to which
Uncle Zach responded: .
"Look a here, boss, you sholy don't 'spect
me to b'leeve dat foolishness? Why, do
biggest harricana whatever blowed couldn't
stop dis train, runnin' forty mile q hour.
An you think I gwine to bleeve q little pipe
full Of wind underdo kyars can do it, No,
sah-roe!"
There are a great many Uncle Zachs who
IuuSo cftly tulIo elihPlS W appearances
The air brake does not seem to be q very
powerful thing, but power and efficiency are
not necessarily equivalent to bigness and pre-
tense.
Phillip Beers, Esq, who resides at the
United States hotel. New York city, and is
engaged in raising subscriptions for the New
York World Bartholdi pedestal fund, was
once upbraided by a distinguished relative
who was a physician, for commencing in such
enthusiastic terms, q remedy that cured him
OF Brisht's disease eight years ago. He said:
"Sir, has the medical profession with all
its power and experiences Of thousands of
years, anything that can cure this terrible
disorder@ No, no, that Is true, there is no
mistake about it but that Warmers safe cure
is really e. wonderfully effective preparation.
That remedy is an "air brake" that every
man can apply, and this fact explains whyis
has saved so many hundreds of thousands Of
lives.-CopWfghted. Used BY permission OF
american Rural Home.
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"Great heaven! you surely do not
mean what you say. Tell me. I implorc
you, what has happened and how have
offended you!" Judge Winkler cried,
now thoroughly astonishcd.
81 shall leave you and return to my
parents in Berlin" the young wife said,
bursting into tears.
"What for? What have Idonc?" asked
the bewildcrcd Judge,
"lou arc ahypocrite, 4 traitor, lend.
You have broken your poor wifc's heart
and made q miserable woman out OF a
trusting BRIDE" the girl cried, weeping
bitterly.
"My dear girl, calm your;elf-tell me
what is the matter. Only speak, l beg
you," said the Judge, trying to calm Au'
rclia's excitement.
dearest love" he began.
81 an not your dearest love- cried
Aurclla. lit is your ALWAYS loving Der
tha,' who is your dearest love, you vile
wretch
.'But have no always loving Der
tha,'n echoed the Judge. You must be
crazy, Aurelia."
ii wish to heaven I was crazy; then |
would be deaf to your rillainy,' cried
Aurclia. Here, take your love letter
and let me CO." she said, handing him
the rose co.orcd note. The Judge
glanced at the note, and, laughing Wild
", he struck his forehead with his open
hand.
Il sec it all now he cried. "This,
OF course. came out of the clgir-case,
and the cisar.casc came out of Charlcy'S
pocket. My darling wife, l have COM
menccd our married life wrong by con-
ccaling something from you, which, per-
haps, | should have acknowledged at the
beginning. That wretch Of q tailor
failed to send my wedding clothes home
in time. My packed trunk had been sent
to the cars, and mn old, torn suit was all
| had in my rooms. This is Charlcy's
coat; the cigar-casc is Charicy's, an / the
ever loving BERTHA is also Charley's-
thank heaven!'
Then, my dear husband, I am Your
only love-" demanded Mrs. Winklcr,
smiling through her tears.
"You certainly arc" the happy Judge
declared.
Aurclia kissed the cigar case as we'll
as her husband.
'You must always recall this cTcnt,"
she said, laughing. "And you must re-
member this, that a husband should
never conceal anything from his own
dear wife"
"And YOU must remember this, my
little wife" returned the judge. 'that a
wife should never search her husbands
pockets
The young wife acknowledged her
fault.
ut shall never happen again." she
declared.
Will she keep her word? We doubt
it. - Micago Inter- Ocean.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Sound a slccp-A snore.
Generally (w)rccklcss-Carcful sea-
captains.
A rosebush is thought to lie exceed
ingly modest, but yet it want the
earth.
The only mufrs which have not been
hacked away for the summer are the
base ball muffs.
1t seems q little singular that a mans
face is generally the longest when he is
himself tho "shortest. - Chicago Ledger.
In the morning, cool and early,
Ere it's time 10 rise,
What q blissfu', sleopful season,
Were it not for flies.
Merchant Traveller.
A little miss noticed the gold or her
aunt's teeth, and exclaimed in 1attering
admiration: "Auntie, dear, I wish l had
copper.toed teeth like yours. "-Boston
Beacon.
It is remarkable what q difference
there is in the sensation when you get a
letter enclosing a ten.dollar bill and
when you get n enclosing a bill for ten
dollars. -SomerUM Journal.
M~ooN-BURNT.
One moonlight night a happy boy
OF cherries stole a pailful.
The farmer quickly turned his JOY
Into a sorrow baleful.
And while he roared, it came to pass,
A settled fact the boy learned,
That being tanned by moonlight was
Far worse than being sun-burned.
Life.
THE HYGIENE OF KISSES.
"Chawley, DEAR" said q lovely maid,
As they sat in the house one night.
otis unhealthy to kiss the doctors say,
So, of course, it cannot be right,
Not right"
"Woll. dlrling," spoke the noble youth,
AS the color mantled high,
81 never thought being kissed to death
such q horrible death to die.
Let's try"
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4 Fall of Half Il Mile.

The greatest balloon feat that ever
witnessed, says a write in the Philadel-
phia Times, was in September, 1857. Up.
ward Of 5000 people were at Lemon
hill and along the banks of the %Schuylkill
to see VI. GODDARD goupin Il balloon along
with his brother and drop the latter out
from among the clouds in a parachute.
1t is said that the feat had never Gccn at
tempted before in the history Of balloon.
ing, it was a startling novelty, and the
people crowded to see it. When the
balloon sailed gracefully upward outside
of the inclosue VI. GODDARD and two
friends were in the basket, while below
VI. +. GODDARD, his brother, was seated
upon a sinai! barof wood attached to tic
parachute. 1t looked like an immense UNI
brclla. The balloon went over the Schuyl-
kill in a southwcstcrly direction, and
after it had reached an altitude Of about
5000 feet began to slowly descend.
Then the parachute began to expand.
When within about 5000 feet of the
earth the cord was cut and the lara
chute rapidly descended, with GODDARD
hanging on the bar. The balloon shot
upward again. The descent Of the para
chute was kccnly watched by the thous-
ands Of spectators, and many expected
10 see the during man dashed to the
earth in the twinkling of an eye. 1t was
observed, however, that the rcarer to
earth the parachute came the descent
was slow and easy. At last the man and
his big umbrella faded out Of sight over
the hills. and we learned next morning
that he came down all right on his feet,
like a cat, about q half, mile west Of the
old Bell tavern on the Darby road. The
balloon landed in Delaware county, near
the Philadelphia line. GODDARD and his
brother were Frcnchmcn. They returned
to their native country, and, | believe,
were valuable to their c%ountrymcn dur
ing the Franco Prussian war. GamLctta
sailed ont Of Paris to Tours in one Of
their balloons.
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Freaks of Watches.

\ lady school teacher has u dclicatc;y
made little Swiss watch set in a brace.
let. The face {: it is about the size of a
farthing, and the works are protected by
q thin disc Of gl1ss about the same size
on the under side of the bracelet next
to the ann. In fact it SEES right over the
young laly's pulse, AMI t;ic watch is the
wonder and admiration Of all her friends.
But the little watch Dcvcr did keep time,
though it cost five hundred francs in
Paris. The jcwe!cr to whom ii was
carried told the lady that she ought not
to expect a watch the size of a peanut to
keep time. One workman said such
small watches had to be bought on the
principle of a chance in a grab bag, as
they sometimes turned out good time
pieces and ut others were wholly unrc-
liable. The young lady noticed, how
ever. that whenever she loaned her five
hundred francs bracelet to her sister the
watch kept much better time, and when
she kept it locked up in her jewel case it
kept the time almost as we'll rs an ordi-
nary timcpiccc. A well known physi-
clan had his attention called to the mat
ter by the young lady's mother, and en-
planned it in q minute from a physiologi-
cal standpoint. lie explained that the
springs and cnSincry of the watch we're
so delicate that they were affected by
change of temperature and feeling in the
young lady's body. When she became
excited the watch doubtless went fast,
and in her calmcr moments it went slow
or. Upon investigation this hypothesis
was verified, and the phenomena excited
so much curiosity tint the young lady
gave an exhibition to 4 few friends of
the manner in which the watch was com
PEELED to answer the effect of the change
in her various moods.
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Character in Features.

The mind readers and face readers may
find hints of use in the signs Of the face
given by a clever reader of physical cX-
preston. DR.. J.. Simms %pronounces the
round eye, like that of the dove, al UNI
failing sign of faithful attachment and
coniugal love. The much-admircd al
mond. shaped eye is given to rowing at
tachmcnts and romantic loves. The full
ness and size of the eye arc significant OF
the sentiment of love. The bow-shaped
lip is sign of intense affection and kind.
ness of nature, apart from amatory
qualities. n roundness Of the upper
part of the check is the sign Of great
friendiincss; q long upper lip shows
self-estecm, as in pictures of Herbert
Spencer and Whittier the poet. Modcsty
is shown by the deep groove in the
upper lip down from the nose; but, says
authority, modesty is large in nil those
in whom the brain and nerve system
predominant, whether this sign be pres
ent or not. Wherefore, friends, let us
all cultivate modesty rs significant of
brains. Boston Gazette.
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HOW Arabs Live Without Much Water.

How is it that Arabs contrivc to live
in tho waterlcss deserts of that much
talked. of.rcgion. They are, to begin
with, abstcmious in their habits, and
know every crevicc and hollow in the
hills where water will collect. They re-
gard this fluid more, perhaps, in the
light of a luxury than as a necessity, aud
use it with wonderful economy. They
would never think of wasting it on the
exterior of their bodies, and consider
that once in forty-eight hours is often
enough to rcplcnish the inner man.
General Colston tells us that when
Bedouins came to his camp water would
be offered them, But often be refused
with the remark that the visitor had
drunk yesterday. BY cultivating this
habit of abstcmiousncss they are able to
cover immense distances, which would
be impossible for q European, unless he
were accompanied by baggage animals.
- Ch0mJers' JWnal.
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HOW 1T

Once on a time q beauteous maid
Or figure most divine,
Of graceful carriage, heightened Dir,
Just cut out right to shine,
sHad for a husband, such q man
As women most do crave
A million dollars and a cough,
And he her ahject slave.
IT'S true he wasn't very old,
Nor either very young,
But he was strong in solid cash,
And very weak in lung.
He furnished all that wealth could buy,
A palace for 4 home,
Her summers, where she might select,
Her winters all III Rome.
The rarest jewels, finest silks,
And yiands fit for queens,
All these and moro were at command,
Because he had the means.
But strange to say, the girl refused
Tie proffer Of his hand
With naughty scorn, and wed q lad
Who kept u peanut stand.
L'ENvoI.
You think this strange! Well, so do all,
Until they've been told why
That poet was to get q prize,
Who told the biggest lie.
-Merchant- Traveller.
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Siam's Sacred White Elephants.

None of the colorcd Autographs of the
white elephants of SIAM. says a Bang
kok letter to the New York SIM, convey
even the remotest idea of their color or
general appearance. There is only one
respect in which white elephants can be
said to agree, or in which writer's are in
anything like accord. The so-callcd
white, gray, red, or "off" color is sup
posed to be the result of some unhealthy
condition of the animal, corresponding
to what is called in man and beasts the
albino type. There is in this type a cor
r]cspondence Of color ir the eye, which
is q pinkish yellow, or in the white ele-
chant, rs one writer describes il, "a deep
Naples yellow" 1t is not a point, how
ever. Of which many persons, for obvi.
Gus reasons have ever made q profound
study.
The subject of white elephants, the
esteem and reverence in which they have
for many ages been held, the wars and
political changes they have caused. the
splendid ceremonial with which they are
sometimes surrounded, and even a record
of their names and biographies, is a
matter of very remarkable interest. Every
writer who has visited Siam, either in
an official capacity Or as Il literary tour
ist, has written about them either with
unintcrcsting copiousncss or with unsat'
isfying brcvity. Among the titles which
Bowring says have been given to them
were. "Thc Glory of the World" "Thc
Faith Lcvellcr," and "Thc Radiance OIL
the World" In l547 three white ele-
plants were captured, in 1913 four,
so that the then king of Siam pos
scsscd seven, aud all the nations
of the world came to do him
honor. This number seeming superflu-
Gus to the king Of Pcga, he begged two
of them, and when the modest request
was refused he brought against his par
simorious rival an army of 900, 900 men,
with 1000 elephants and $4,000 horses,
and took from him not only his sacred
pachvdcrms but his kingdom. When
the white elephant died, soon after Bow
rings visit, the king of Siam sent some
of his hairs to Queen Victoria as in his
eyes the most priceless of gifts. Some
lllllcS uUG llOlC Giltbll ~ "AihS SASl~A
is caught in a year. Sometimes several
years pass without q capture, though the
royal honors heapcd on the lucky finder
stimulate the people of the elephant
districts to increasing vigilance. 1t
seems as if, owing to the rapidly en-
hancing price of ivory and the slaughter
of the elephant for spolt or other rea-
sons. like the buffalo it is destined to
speedy extinction. White monkeys used
to be common about the royal stables.
There was one attached to one of the
elephants quite recently, but it has dis
appeared, and though 1 made dlllgcnt
inquiry | could not learn its fate. Fin
lawson, who seems to have studied the
albino type in animals, SAYS that albino
deer and buffalo are common in tho far
East and that n species of fish of light
color and pinkish eyes has beer found
on the coast of Siam.
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CYPRESS.

Moonlight, and love. and magnolia trees;
a. bare, gray house OH a lonely hill;
A river below, with the sweep Of seas;
An air Of stiffness, so strangely still
So still Of trouble or strife or stir,
! heard my heart as it beat for her.
Her lover and she and the cypress trees;
And |: Alone by the black lagoon
A place of ghosts and of mysteries
Lake lilies upheld to the ~loveless moon:
The darkness slain by the sword of cay
And under the cypress trees hidden away.
Her wondrous hair, Her eyes were as large
AS torch-loSt dcer's, that feeding in moss.
And seeing the light i'll The huntsnan's barge,
Lifts up it, head and comes wading across,
Wide-eycd and Gazel, and reaches its head
Trusting and reaching-and so, shot dead!
"The cypress is secret as death" said L,
"And Death, he is dearer tome than gold,
So the cypress wood, and the wave hard by
Have many and many a secret TO hold
For why did she turn to the wool and the
wave
And look and look as in dead loves grave:
Chicago Current.
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A Sad Death.

In Philadelphia recently at q %coroner's
inquest over the badly of a child, the
jury returned q verdict that death was
caused BY the administration of Il patent
cough s!yrlp, containing morphia. DR..
Samuel X. Cox, of Washington, states
that not one cough medicine in ten is free
from this objection. After careful anal
ysis and practical tests he endorses Red
Star Cough cure as being purely vcgeta-
bic, absolutely free from o%piates, polsons
and narcotics. lie regards it as d most
happy and valuable discovery.
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Lakes Of Solid Salt in Asia.

Yar-oilan means "thc sunkcn ground"
and no word can describe the general ap-
pcarancc of the valley Of these lakes.
The total length of the valley from the
kangruali road on the west to the Band.
l-Dozan, which bounds it on the cast, is
about thirty miles. and its grca: breadth
about eleven miles, divided into two
parts by connecting ridge which runs
across from north to south. with an
average height of about l,S0O feet, but
has a narrow, which rises to some 400
feet above the general average. 10 the
west Of this ridge lies the lake from
which the Tckkc Turcomans from Mcrv
get their salt. Tie valley of this lake is
some six miles square and is surrounded
on all sides by a steep. almost prccipi-
tous, descent, impossible for baggage
animals, so far as | am aware, except by
the Merv road, in the northeast corner.
The level of the lake | made to be about
1880 feet above sea level, which gives it
a descent of some 400 feet from the level
of the connecting ridge, ard OF some $50
feet below the general plateau above.
The lake Itself lies in the center Of the
basin, and the supply Of salt in it is APP
parentiy unlimited.
The bed Of the lake is one solid mass
of hard salt, perfectly level. and covered
by only an inch or two of water. To
ride over it was like riding over ice or
cement. The bottom was covered with
a slight sediment, but when that was
scraped away the pure white salt shone
out below. How deep this deposit may
be it is impossible to say, for no one has
yet got to the bottom OF it. To the east
Of the dividing ridge is the second lake,
from which the Saryke of Pcnjdch
take their salt. The valley in which
this lake is situated is much the larger Of
the two. The valley proper is itself
some fifteen miles in length by about ten
miles in breadth. The descent to it is
prccipitous on the north and west sides
only, the eastern and southeastern end
s!opinS gradually up in a succession of
undulations. The level of this lake is
apparently lower than that of the other.
l made it ont to lie some eight hundred
feet above sea level. The salt IN this
lake is not so smooth as in the other,
and did not look so pure. 1t is dug out
in fakes, or strata, generally OF some
four inches in thickness, is loaded into
bags, and carried off on camcls for sale
without further preparation.--Sr Peter
IhmSIcU.
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The BicycIe in the Orient.

A returned missionary tells me, as il
Illustrative of what he claims proves tn
superiority of Japan owe China. that i'll
tho latter country the people only do not
appreciate the bicycle, bat seem wholly
incapable of comprchending it. In Japan
within the last few years it has become Il
popular vehicle. The japanese do not
have contests of speed and skill in their
use OF the machine, but they put it to
many more practical uses than we do
And Il home made Japanese machine
costs comparatively nothing beside the
fancy prices called for in this country
.:Halton, IN New York Times.
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Guitcau's Poisoned Bouquet.

The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Noes interviews the warden OF
the jail, General Crocker, as follows:
us it true that Mrs. Scoville attempted
to cheat the gallows by presenting her
brother with a poisoned bouquet" was
asked.
cit is" replied the general. "Thc
night preceding the execution Mrs. SEQ.
vile called to sec him. She WAS tod
she could not except in my presence, and
that | was at home il.. She carried in
her hand q beautiful bouquet of roses.
She asked permission to present them to
her brother. which was granted. AS she
handed the flowers through the grating
she said: Notice the centre flower espc-
ciaily. 1t is white and cmblematical of
your own purity and loftiness OF purpose.
She thea departed. l took the notion to
drive over to the Jail that night. Ny re-
sponsibility was rapidly drawing TO all
end. and | wanted TO be sure everything
was s~hipshapc. When / was told about the
boquet sent for it. 1t did not occur to
me that there was anything wrong about
it. | merely asked for it rs a matter OF
prccaution. Upon being told what Mrs.
Scovillc had said about the white flower,
| examined it more carefully and dis
covered that it was detached from the
others and supported by 4 long, slender
stick which had evidently been forced
into the centre Of the boquct after it was
finished. This rather unusual arrange
mcnt aroused my suspicious. While en-
aiming it more closely a white powdcry
substance fell into my hand. | sent lor
one of the chemists Of the Smithsonian
Institute, who pronounced it arsenic, in
sufficient quantities to kill half Il dozen
men. Mrs. Scoville's idea vas that
Guitcau should chew the bud, for it was
really nothing more, and in this way cs-
cape the gailows by committing suicide"
why didn't Guitcau do thisl"
II don't think he understood the sig
nificancc of llis sisters remarks. If he
had it, is not probable that he would
have taken advantage of her spartan
kindness. He did not abandon all hope
of q reprieve until the last moment. lie
was an arrant coward"
"Was there any affection between him
and his family?"
every little. Guitcau himself wa as
cold as q fish, shalt never forget Mrs.
Scovillc's'last interview with him. Said
she: We'll, Charlie, suppose You must
die. l trust YOU are prepared
"'Ch, yes g:untcd the assassin. I'm
all right
".And You'll go to heaven, Charlie,
dear, and You'll meet our mother there.
You'll be glad to see her. won't you'
"'I don't know whether will or not
replied Guitcau, to whom the CONVERSE
tion was obviously unpleasant. 'Isup-
pose if she comes around to see INC |
shall treat her dcccntly, but l don't care
anything about her. l never took much
stock i'll my relations. anyhow"
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An Only Daughter Cured o fCon,umptlo

An Only Daughter Cured Of Consumption.
When death was hourly expected from Con-
sumption, all remedies having failed and DR..
H. James was experimenting, he accidentally
made a preparation OF Indian Hemp, which
on receipt of stamps to pay expenses. Hemp
also cures night sweats, nausea at the stom.
ach, and will break a fresh cold in "a hours.
Address Craddock G. Co., 1882 Race street,
Philadelphia, Pa naming this paper.