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Jewish Longevity.

In enumerating the causes which
have made the Jewish people so strong
and vigorous, particular mention must
he made of their observance OF the
Sabbath. This day was appointed for
the double purpose of securing set
norton of time for the worship of God
and aaording rest to the body wearled
with its six days labors. Obedience
to this primcval law is held by the
Jews to be as strictly binding on them
as any other religious obligation. In
Christian countries where the Sunday
is kent sacred or observed as a holiday,
another day of rest in addition to their
own Sabbath is obtained, thus fortl.
lying them against the crushing toll
and nervous strain of modern life. The
loss accrulng from this enforced alb
,tinence from business worries is more
than counterbalanced by the gain IN
nerve power with which periodical
cessation from any harassing employ
ment is compensated. This is doubt
less one of the factors which have
helped to invigorate both mind and
body. and to develop in them those
/ high qualities for which they are just
Iy distinguished.
To sum up: the longevity of the Jew
is an acknowledged fact. In his sur
roundings he is on a par with ms
Christian neighbor. If the locality IN
which he dwells is unhealthy he also
suffers, but to a less degree. If the
climate is ungenial, its influence tell'
on him, too, but with less injurious ct
feet. His vigorous health enables
him to resist the onset of disease Il
which others succumb. These advan
tages are for the most part owing II
his food, his temperate habits, an'
the care taken of him in sickness an'
poverty. No doubt he is special
fortunate in nheriting constitution
which has been built up by attention
for many centuries, to hygienic details
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The Reil Rebellion.

The most explicit and complete
statement of the origin of Riel re.
bellion in Canada yet seen is furnished
the Pioneer Press by n correspondent
and thus summarized by that paper:
All the dominion territory to the
north of us was once ruled by the
Hudson Bay Company, which temper:
ed its iron despotism with exact and
absolute Justice. 1t ruled Indians and
half-breeds severly, but it never broke
faith with them. And they in turn
knew it for their master and obeyed it.
When the Hudson Bay Company sold
out, part of the consideration was in
lands, for which the best have OF
course been selected, and which Will
equally of course be held until their
value Is enhanced. This is the first
grievance of the settler. 1t is iDtensi-
fled by the exclusive grant made to
the Canadian Pacific railway, and tho
corresponding restrictions upon settle
ment. Then the Northwest half-breeds
and employees of the Hudson Bay COM
pany began to get anxious about tho
lands which were promised them by
the company, by the dominion govern
ment, by the province of Manitoba, by
the Canadian Pacific, and by every
body else who could give a promise.
As frequently related, they took up
claims for the most part along the
streams in the Northwest provinces,
in long, narrow strips running back
from the waters edge. 1t is among
these settlements that the war is now
raging. The Canadian Pacific was
first surveyed and located through the
district of Prince Albert. When many
settlers had located there on this &C
count, the route was changed TO one
some hundred miles farther south
and here was q new element OF dis
content. Finally when the dominion
made its land surveys 1t disregardec
wholly the old half breed ellotments
laid out the land into the usual sec
tions, and when the half-breeds CAM
to file and prove up their claims they
found them cut up, and, If desirable
usually in possession of somebody else
1t is an ugly and consistent story o
broken faith and unredeemed promise
! since the Hudson Bay Company relin
} ouished its control. And the men
driven to resistance by such Grim
nal disregard of their rights, are tn
/. men who, under Rel, are now wagin
Q A half savage warfare that may gro'
INTO no end of trouble.
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A Low, SWEET VOICE.
CHAPTER l.

NltAllEh L.
"Is this Mr.. Rufus HarlcyP"
"Yes, sir" replied, turning and
peholding a well.drcssed gentleman.
81 am Anderson Gray" said he, eX-
tending his hand.
~ knew, by reputation, Mr.. Andcr-
son Gray. He was magazine writer.
His articles, by their strangeness, had
attracted my attention. ! was editing
weekly paper and was said to be a
humorist. 1t was Il great surprise to
me when / found that my reputation
was growing, that had become known
in distant states. j..
"a have read many fyouf articles" "
SAID Mr.. Gray, as he shook my hand,
"and very much admire your style.
Your humOr has subducd refinement
of realism. Its very lack Of hilarity
commends it to the readers of good
literature.
bowed my acknowledgements. !
was not nattered. Macaulay, speak
ing of the peculiar character Of
Charles the Second, said that to be be
low llattcry was quite as possible as tc
be above dattery. Perhaps l was be
low llattery. =.
II have come TO your town." salt
Mr.. Gray, when we had talked during
several minutes, 'for the purpose o
permanent location. The mildness o
yory climate has recommended itscl
to me. Here | shall continue my mag
azine work. You are not married
man, believer"
81 am bachelor ! replied.
$50 am |. Where do you boardP
81 have q room up on Magnoli
street, take my meals at a restau
rant"
"If not in any way Objectionable,
= would like to share your ROOM"
( Instcad of being Objectionable, MI
Gray, | shall regard it rs companion
able acquisition
@ "Thank you.h
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GRAY was well paid for his work. lie
had learned way of saying things
that could not understand. lie said
that the magazine editors were easily
puzzled, hence their appreciation OF
his work. ,
One dav | was walking along the
hall, nearing my room, heard Gray
and a woman talking to each other,
hut when entered the room, l found
Gray alone. n,
"Did | hear woman's voccP"
He looked up in a surprised way, 81
don't know" he said, 81 have seen
no woman. =,
Two days aftcrwarI | again heard
the woman S voice. She was implor-
inc him to love her.
"My dear husband" she said, "you
know tnat l worship you. Why Will
YOU not love mcP"
81 do love you," he replied.
knocked on the door.
"Come in" said Gray.
entered. No one but Gray was to
be seen. There was no closet, no hid
ing place in the room. 'Gray, l am
sure that | heard woman's voice.
"My dear humorist, men OF your
class are constantly hearing strange
voices"
Several evenings later, | lay on my
bed. Gray came into my room. had
not lighted lamp and the room was
dark. l was half asleep when he en-
tered and / did not speak. l heard
him sit down.
"Manette, he called.
"Yes," replied low, sweet voice
"How long have you been horreF"
"During the entire evening,
"Sit by me. You are lovely crea
ture. Manette. Your hair is as sof
and aeecy rs a summers haze"
: | struck a match. Gray sat in
: rocking chair. Near him low stoo
s had been drawn. / could see n
woman.
= "Hello, you are early" said Gray,
Eyes, I wasn't feeling very vel
I Say, didn'tI hear woman's volc
7 just nowP"
81 don't know"
!. al think that did"
"a "Did YOU ever hear the story Of
:, "Never mind the story of any on'
u GRAY. would like to receive au e'
ID PLANTATION. / have, ON several occi
sions, heard womau's voice in tn
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FIGURES that are both big and inter-
esting are found in comparing the
passenger traffic of the London under
ground and the New York elevated
railway systems. The amount OF pat
ronage bestowed and the enormous
growth of this patronage may be fairly
taken 40 the measure of public appre-
citation. In 1879 total of 9l,42O, ,l7s
persons made use of the London un-
derground lines, while in 1884 the
number had increased to ia, ,i47,5l4;
during the corresponding five years
the New York elevated railroads show
ed an increase from 46,045, l8l to &c.
702,62O. While London still remains
a good distance ahead in the grand
totals, as it does in population, The
ratio of increase was largely in favol
of the American metropolis; in othel
words, while the underground showed
an increase of 23,o27, 1856 in five years
the elevated has extended its figure
by So 657, ,439, at which rate it will no
take New York long to catch up VIII
London.
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The Bartholdi statue, which is con
structed of sheet copper, has inside II
a very strong framework of wrought
iron, consisting of four large angular
pillars braced with iron from bottom
to top. This iron structure is to come
from France with the statue, and
weighs about 120 tons--much more, in
fact, than the statue itself. This IRON
framework will rest upon and be at
tached to two strong steel girders
placed on the top of the pedestal, and
these two girders will have two Others
directly under them at right angles
About sixty feet below the top OF the
pedestal there will be two other pairs
of steel girders, which will be con-
nected with those on top by steel eye
bars, so that the girdcrs which sup
port the weight of the statue and its
framework will be anchored to the
masonry and held securely by the
weight of the pedestal itself. The
weight of the steel system will be lo'
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MAY AND JUNE.

Who shall say that May is sweetest
Or the royal June cOmpletcsti
Lilies crowned the May-Quccn fair,
June has roses In her hair.
Mays white drifts of applc-blooms
Dripping were with Loves perfumes,
June has honey hearted clover
That the bees kiss DER ana over
Who shall say that May Ia sweetest
Or the royal June complctCstl
May blew bird-songs from her mouth,
June has joy-winds of the south.
-Hdrrid Snedd, IN The Cmrelt
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Or his recent birthday celebration,
Prince Bismarck received congratula-
tions from many sovcreigns, but none
from Queen Victoria, the king OF
Spain, the king of Portugal, the king
of Denmark, nor the king of the
Netherlands.
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IT is denied that "Oliver Wendell
Holmes carries horse-chestnut in his
pocket as a preventive of rheumatic
pains" On the contrary, mo man
on top of the Boston soil is
freer from superstitions and delusions
than is the alert and active-brained
autocrat.h
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PROF. MoMMsEN is hard at work re-
storing the valuable manuscripts par
italy destroyed last year by fire in
his library.
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Mr.. ELLIOTT ZABBIsKr, of West
chester county, New York, known also
as Count Zborowski, on one occasion
Jumped his horse over thlrty-seycn
and half feet of water, from bank to
bank; and Mr. Frederick Gcbhard has
recently been astonishing the London
ers by jumping his horse a height Of
six feet and half.
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CHAPTER II.
| found in Gray that strangcness
which had found in his articles; yet,
he was an agreeable companion, re-
pardlcss of the fact that there was not,
II his mental constitution, single
line of humor. He was not inclined
toward the tragic. He was not in-
clined toward the gloomy, yet, he said
nothing that in the least suggested the
humorous.
Harley he one day said to me,
"did YOU never know humorlst to
become insane?"
81 don't know" l replied. "Pcr-
haps they are all insane"
tIet me tell you, Harley, humor is
the best evidence of sanity. The poet
and the philosopher, the astronomer
and the scientist frequently go to the
mad-housc, but the humOrist, alive to
the foibles of humanity, keenly appre'
ciatlvo of lingual bulls and social mis-
steps, exhibits strength of sanity
which other people cannot hope to I'M
itatc. The humorist does not kill him
self. Do you know what's fact, my
dear boy? The negro does not com
mt suicide. Why? The negro IS
humorist. The German commits sui
eide, WhyP Because he is not hu
mOrist."
At is strange to me that all writer
are not humorous, replied. "llu
NOR is so easy and so natural that | d.
not see how anyone can keep himsel
from falling into it. )" -.
1.-The very fact that it Is natural !
the very fact that keeps men from fall
ing into it, Gray rejoined. "Io b
natural is difficult; to be unnatural
easy. Do you know that humoriSt
/ are born?"
"Yes. If they were not born, ther
never would be any. Fools are ais
horn. Circumstances do not max
fools. Circumstances make wise mel
!. however.
:. "My dear Harley, you are TOO metz
4 physical for humorist. By the wa,
. the magazine people are crowding M
They want more Of my stuff. Do yc
I know why?"
c because it is good matter, | SUI
Is pose"
I. "No. because it is senseless matte
An article can be so senseless that
possesses interest for sensible me-
y Sense is apparent and consequently
&c is common. The thinkers must ha
something to puzzle them. =,
"Gray, you are strange man. -
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DAVID DUDLEY FIELD thinks 25O
students as many as can be properly
educated in one college.
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MIR. YAM PHoN LEE, of Canton,
China, now studying at Yale college,
recently lccturcd in Boston on "Chin-
csc Women; Their Social Condition.
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WHEN Bernadotte, who was made
king of Sweden by Napoleon l., was
stricken down with apoplexy, the at
tendant PHYSICIANS ordered blood'let'
ting, and began to make their prepa'
rations. But the king would not per-
nit it. He withdrew his arm by quiet
movement, and died in few minutes
afterward, The autopsy furnished the
solution for the strange action OF the
king. On Bernadottc's arm the words
"vive la rcpublique" were found tat
tooed. His nephew, King Oscar, is to
day legitimate ruler, and is cordially
received by the most conservative
courts of Europe.
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"IN Ceylon, at least" says Sir
James Tenant, "leopards have a
strange fancy for the flesh of small
pox victims, the specific odor of the
disease seeming to strongly attract
them.n
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GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN still haunt,
Madison square, IN New York, talking
only with children. The other day he
came with lot of roller-skates, sal
down at length beside one of the foun
tain grass plats, and began to distrib
ute the skates in pairs to the cage
children. They fitted them on in
twinkling, and the philosopher sat an'
watched the youngsters skate on tn
asphalt walks, When they were tlre'
they took the skates of, and brough
them back with vote of thanks.
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The duke of SaHe-Coburg-Gotha
will not attend the marriage of his
niece, the Princess Beatrice. He con-
sders it TO be llagrant mesalliance.
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According to Senator Vance's own state
ment his W fo is suffer ny from "a regular
old fashioned en-commondInent cold"
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did not again mention the name to
Gray. My pcrpicXity knew no bound
ary lines, but said nothing, One
Saturday evening, day when we
went to press, remained late at the
Office. As | assembled the stairway,
leading to my room, listened, expect
inc to hear the low, sweet voice, but
all was still. opened the door The
room was silent. lighted the lamp
and looked about me. Great God!
GRAY was stretched upon the floor,
dead His eyes were half open. III
his right hand | found folded paper.
| copy the contents;
"My Dear Harley. | am dead. ON
am humOriSt, you see. IL IS SAID
that humorist must be true to life
Can it not as well be true to death:
You will no doubt ask YOURSELF
would be useless to ask newly thi'
tragedy was committed. 1t could no
be avoided, my dear Harley. Durin!
many years | have been insane, NJ,
wife. a beautiful woman, left me be
cause | was crazy. All, poor girl, sh'
/ lltu Ill II ultsNl-llONN'' iiNA '''
Manette. Her hair was light an
ileecy. can see it now. Whcneve
| close my eyes, she comes to me
How earnestly she implorcs me t
come to her. Had | been Il humori>
| should not have committed this deed
, IIumorists never do things which the
should perform, All humorist shoul
kill themselves, but they do not.
, laugh when | think of how | have d'
ccivcd the magazines. They called N
, u philosopher, but was a fool,
$ said things which they did not undel
5 stand and they thought me wise.
buried Gray ina quiet place nei
@ town. He had often sat there. undt
o Il tree.
Q Several nights ago, while was 81
/, ting in my room, | heard low, swc
voice.
l. you say, darling, that my hair
>. as flcecy as summers hazeP
, "Yes. angel" replied a mans voic
II looked in every corner but could 81
nothing. .-ArkanSa,O TrdCelcr.
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The woman was addressing

room. lhe woman was addressing
you"
"My dear fellow he replied, "you
are certainly very strange. l did not
think that humorists were given to
such odd fancies. "
"Gray, | do not indulge odd fancies.
am a practical man"
"a practical man, my dear llar-
loyP"
"Yes, a practical man"
"My dear Harley, you wrote an ar
ticle last week, describing tho embar-
rassment of young man who attend
cd a marriage ceremony
Yes"
"Wcll, now, do you think that a
practical man would write such an ar
ticle?"
$50 tell you the truth, Gray, don't
think that he would
"Wcll, then, don't call yourself a
practical man. Have you read my
Echo Of the Soul'?'
"Yes.n
.
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LEoroLD H., the present king of the
Bclgians, rarely drinks wine; he neither
smokes nor snufls; he detests gloves,
hunting, and physical exercises. lie
can not swim, but not the less remains
for hours in the sea at Ostend. lie
has q weakness for horses, and those
the queen trains for him. The king
hates music. Every morning he ar
ranges with the cook the bill of fare
generally composed of thirteen dishes
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RANDOM CLIPPINGS.

IT costs slO,O75 to build a good
ciphty-tOn gun.
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PREsTAN, the Panama insurgent
leader, is man with a big, high fore
head, waving, turbulent, curly, black
hair, fluffy mustache, big, wild eyes
and mottlcd light chocolate COM
plexion. He sat for his photograph IN
an ill-ftting suit of dark cloth, stand
I'D collar with the ends far apart, and
carclcssly knotted nccktic. His cX'
preston is reckless, and the lowcl
part of the face is weak.
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That is the phrase heard in the hall
way of many home as the man OF the
house is hurting away to exchange
daily labor for daily bread in the mart
of commerce. Sometimes 1t is the
wife who says it, sometimes infant lips
prattle the caressing word, holding up
a sweet flower face for the kiss that is
its warm sunshine of life. and the
strong man waits moment to clasp
his treasure, and is gone; and all day
he wonders at the peace of his heart;
at the nerve with which he meets
business losses, or bears business
crosses. The wife's kiss did it, and
he realizes that it is not wealth, or
position. or luck, that makes our happi-
ness, but the influence we bear with
MS from the presence of those we love.
Kiss me goodbye! . lips that have
said it for the last time! would you
ever ask again in those pleading tones
for the kiss SO tardily givenp Would
we not remember that the relation the
flower bears to the universe is as care
fully provided for as that of the bright
est star; that the little action of low
inc heart goes side by side with the
deed of heroic worth; that love Is the
dew of life; that the parting of day
may be- the parting of lifetime.
SLOW many go forth in the morning
That never come home at night
And hearts have broken
For kind words spoken
That sorrow can ue'er set right"
Many tears have been shed over
kisses-over those "dear, remembered
kisses after death" Kiss your child
rem, man of business, before You leave
home; kiss the mother of your children,
and then go about your days worE
with "thank God" in your soul that
you have some one at home to kiss
Phre,.ological journal.
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"What do you think of it?'
at is a curious piece OF work" "


AllNl lEh VI.
| was sitting in my room one day
when | heard Gray ascending the
stairs. had been so perpleXcd by the
woman's voice that was determined
upon making an investigation. lcrawl-
ed under the bed. Gray entered and
sat down. He took up u book and be-
gan to read. Pccping out, Watched
him. The book, after awhile, fell upon
his lap. His face assumed Il
strange expression. His eyes, half
closed, looked like the eyes of a dead
man.
"Manette," he said, "do you
not think l am long time COM
ing
"Ycs," replied low, sweet voice.
looked eagerly but could see no one.
am not supcrSttous, but trembled
violently. Listlcssly, his head sank
upon his breast. | could see his lips.
| When he spoke, his lips moved.
When the low, sweet voice spoke, his
lips moved.
He was speaking for himself and he
was speaking for the woman. lcrawl'
ed out from under the bed.
"Grayln ! exclaimed.
He jumped.
whats the matter, uarley?"
"WhO is Mancttc?"
He sprang to his feet and claspet
his hands. His face wore u look o
agony.
"I must 60" said he.
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Senator Edmuuds is an admlrer OF blooded
horses.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-10-21

hacked, and saw little boy kneel down
and kiss it, and the guide said she had
seen hundreds do it. A china plate had
From there we went to the church where
he was buried. There is fine memorial
window put in by Americans; several
others by the English. heard that the
Americans wanted to take the church,
bones and all, to America, which l don't
believe, however The font in which he
was baptized is shown. The Avon flows
peacefully by the side of the church A
beautiful memorial theatre is built in the
town, and the next night, Miss Mary An
derson was TO play Rosalind, in LAS You
Like It" for the benefit Of the memorial
fund. His grave was covered with
flowers by her the day we visited it, Sat-
urday.
To-day we have been to the National
Gallery, had rare treat in seeing many
paintings by the old masters. Murillo's
Holy Family" is so beautiful. I liked
those by Rubens and Rembrandt the best
Saw Sir Joshua Reynolds "Cherubs, the
dear little things; the Horse Fair" bv
Rosa Bonheur, and several fine animals
by Sir Edwin Landseer. One of the GEMS
there is the Virgin and Child" by Leo
nardo da Vinci. Invent with Mr.. A. and
Winter to the tailor's where they ordered
several suits of clothes. They are CHEAP
here. A nice business suit, $13. rs. and \
fine black one, Prince Albert coat, $25.
Third, from Mr.. Austin, dated .Iondon
Sept. 81, 1852
Here I am among the ''blarsted Eng
lish." In some things they are very queer.
They talk about Il fancy, ""You know"
'Egad," and by Jove,S but take them
| all IN all. l like what l have seen of
them: An omnibus man says Thank
you. when l pay him, and so does a
bootblack. l like London very much.
Have been here nearly month. Leave
to- night for Antwerp. We have been
! greatly interested in seeing the old things
Of this country. Commencing at Chester.
We saw the old wall, miles long, around
the town built by the Romans. We
walked all around the wall, which was in
some places 60 feet high, and 6 to ~ feet
wide. Saw the tower where Charles
stood and saw his army defeated, and saw
the Oldest cathedral IN England The
wall was built in A. D. 81. Thence ia
Kenilworth Castle, Warwick Castle. and
6tratford-on-Avon. the home Of Shak
speare.
In London we have been very busy see
ing the sights. Have been al through
Westminster Abbey, filed with the re-
mains of old kings and queens, and othel
noted people. Have been to Windsor
Castle, and saw all we could. Went al
through the Bank of England, which
covers 4 or 5 acres, employing 1000 men
and have been TO several parks. I otter
wonder how they ever could get time t.
build London, when see the monuments
statuary. public buildings, etc. England
seems so small to me when compared will
the U. s. feel sometimes as though
would step off.
We leave tonight for Antwerp. theme,
to Brussels, and the Rhine I sometime
think will not get enough to eat when
get over there. The only word
know in the eating line, in French. i
''potatae," and it will be hard to be oblige,
to live on that.